Old Families of Cavendish

History of Windsor County Vermont
Lewis Cass Aldrich published in 1891

Adams, Benjamin, was born October 17, 1752, and came from Ashby, Mass., to Cavendish in 1791. He married Mary Stone and had the following family: Benjamin, who died in Ohio; Patty (deceased), married Jonathan Chapman ; Polly (deceased), married Jonathan Chapman ; Samuel; Betsey (deceased), married Josiah French ; Daniel, died in Chester; Joseph, died in Cavendish. Benjamin died April 9, 1830.

Adams, Samuel, son of Benjamin, was born in Ashby, Mass., September 12, 1789, and married Calista French. Their family were Samuel L., born June 16, 1820, resides in St. Charles, III; Charles Philip, died young; Marietta, widow of Friend Weeks, resides in Cavendish; Marcella, wife of Ira H. Adams, of Chester; Josiah Quincy; Jerusha Jane (deceased), married Rev. Moses Marston, a Universalist minister ; Ellen Maria (deceased) married Rev. Moses Marston, Betsey Martha (deceased), in Marston; Betsey Martha (deceased), married John W. Foster. Samuel, died September 9, 1875.

Adams, Josiah Quincy, son of Samuel, was born in Cavendish, May 2, 1830, and married Mrs. Ellen Mayo, nee Hemenway, March 12, 1874. They have had three children : Ida May ; Samuel died at eight years of age, and Ellen Jane.

Amsden, Alanson 0., was born in Reading, Vt, September 28, 1814, and married Maria, daughter of Dan Grout. They had two children, Ellen M., wife of Milton W. Adams, of Cavendish, and Henry H. Alanson O. died November 28, 1850.

Amsden, Henry H., son of Alanson 0., was born in Cavendish, March 3, 1840, and married Lula A., the only child of Alpheus Sargent, who was born in Ludlow, April 23, 1814, married Almira Ober, and died in Cavendish, January 7, 1888. They have one child, Walter, born in Cavendish, February 12, 1870.

Atherton.-The families of this name in Cavendish and Ludlow are descended from James Atherton, who with Humphrey Atherton came to New England as early as 1636. He was a descendant of an ancient family, of Preston, Lancashire, England. He settled at Dorchester, Mass., and was among the prominent citizens of the Bay Colony; was a representative to the General Court, governor' s counselor, and at the time of his death major-general of all the forces of the colony. He had a family of twelve children. James became one of the first settlers of Lancaster, Mass., where his son Joshua was born May 13, 1656. The latter married Mary Gulliver, and a son of theirs, Joshua by name, married Hannah Rogers. Joseph, the son of Joshua and Hannah (Rogers) Atherton was born in Harvard, Mass., about 1728, and married Sarah Hutchins. Their son Jonathan, born November 11. 1759, married Nancy Bridge, and they were among the early settlers of Cavendish. He was a farmer, but practiced law, his services being in great demand. He died March 21, 1826. His family were: Nancy (deceased), married John Parker; Fannie (deceased), married Oliver Farwell; Jonathan; Joseph died at Clarendon, Vt., and Stedman (deceased).

Atherton, Jonathan, son of Jonathan, was born in Cavendish, October 14, 1787, and married January 9, 1817, Roxana Ives, only daughter of Elihu and Phebe (Hall) Ives, of Ludlow, Vt. Their children are, Ellen R., wife of Edwin Clement, of Cavendish ; Solon Ives, Joseph V., Everett H., and Henry B., a lawyer of Nashua, N. H. Jonathan died May 17, 1875.

Atherton, Solon Ives, son of Jonathan, was born in Cavendish, September 3, 1821, and married for his first wife, Laura Lamb, of Bridgewater, Vt. Their children are as follows : Alvin, a resident of Ludlow ; Isaac Ives, died young ; Harry P., who died in 1887 while practicing medicine at Great Barrington, Mass .; Abbie L., wife of James Bagley, of Ludlow; Roxana Alice, wife of Alfred T. Robinson, of Cambridgeport, Mass.; Eliza W., wife of Louis V. Haskell, of Stramsburgh, Neb.; Robert A. a resident of Springfield, Vt. Mr. Atherton married for his second wife Mrs. Rosana Pushee, nee Colburn, and they have one child, Eva Vaughn.

Atherton, Everett H., son of Jonathan, was born in Cavendish, September 25, 1828, and married Laura A. Blood. They have four children : Charles E., employed by the U. P. R. R.; Walter B., Marion L., a resident of Nebraska, and Hugh H. Mr. Atherton has been engaged in the lumber business since 1860, and in that year built a saw and gristmill at Whitesville.

Barrett, Charles F., was born in Mount Holly, Vt., June 27, 1814, and is the second son of Edward and Abbie (Bassett) Barrett. After attending the local schools he became a student in the Black River Academy at Ludlow and the Chester Academy at Chester. His father removed from his native town, Ashby, Mass, to Mount Holly in 1809, but returned seven years later and remained until 1823, when he came to Ludlow, Vt. His father being a farmer, he also engaged in that occupation until he was twenty years of age. He then began as a clerk in Sargeant & Robinson's at Chester, and afterwards obtained an interest in the firm. He remained in Chester until 1844, when he removed to Bartonville, Vt., where he resided till 1848, when he came to Proctorsville, where he now lives. He was constable nineteen years, deputy sheriff two years; was the first station agent on the Rutland and Burlington Railroad at Proctorsville ; deputy U. S. revenue collector seven years, and has been register of probate for the Windsor district since May, 1873 ; he has also served his town in the capacity of selectman, town agent to prosecute and defend suits, representative in the Legislature, justice of the peace, and overseer of the poor. His first wife was Sarah Henry, and they had one child, Frances S., wife of Albin L. Thompson, of Rutland, Vt. His second wife was Lydia E. Ober, now living.

Buck, Milo S., of Cavendish, was born in Cavendish, August 20, 1844, and is a second son of Philemon A. and Abigail (Densmore) Buck. After attending the local schools he became a student at the Green Mountain Academy in South Woodstock, Vt., and the Goddard Seminary at Barre, Vt. He read law with Gilbert A. Davis, then of Reading, and now of Windsor, Vt., and the late John F. Deane, of Cavendish. He became a member of Windsor County Bar in 1875, and began the practice of his profession at Cavendish the same year. Mr. Buck married Mrs. Laura Giddings, nee Goddard, and has two children, Leslie and Ray.

Deane, John F., of Cavendish, was born in Weathersfield, June 29, 1814, and was the eldest son of Barnabas and Isabella (Frink) Deane. He attended Chester Academy, but was fitted for college at the Kimball Union Academy, at Meriden, N. H. He then entered the University at Vermont, graduating in 1836. Mr. Deane read law with Judge Aiken of Windsor, and Judge Dutton, of Cavendish. He became a member of the Windsor County Bar in 1841, and began practicing law in Cavendish, which he continued until his death April 20, 1884. Mr. Deane was a member of both houses of the Legislature, and was State's attorney from 1865 to 1807. His widow, who was Miss Mira P. Barlow, survives him. They had no children.

Dunsmore, Abraham, was born at Lunenburg, Mass., March 18, 1783, and died at Cavendish, January 10, 1852. He married Mrs. Abigail Whitney, nee Snow. They had five children: Nancy (deceased), married Henry Spaulding of Cavendish ; Abigail (deceased), married Philamon A. Buck of Cavendish; Ebenezer S.; Abraham, died in Cavendish; Samuel, died in Chester.

Dunsmore, Ebenezer S., son of Abraham, was born in Cavendish, June 20, 1815, and married Susan Taylor. They had one child, Emma L., who died at eighteen years of age. His second wife was Cornelia M. Davis. Ebenezer S. died March, 1890.

Eaton, Joseph, was born in Ashby, Mass., December 4, 1780, and came to Ludlow, Vt., in 1818, and died at Chester, Vt, March 31, 1801. He married Betsey Willington, and had eight children: Catharine, widow of Arza Smith, resides at Ludlow, Vt.; Lucy (deceased), married Ryland C. Haven; Betsey, widow of Robert Myers, resides in Ludlow, Vt.; Maria (deceased), married Joseph Reed ; Joseph P., Nancy, wife of I. B. Puffer, of Putney, Vt. ; Charles W., lives in Springfield, Vt.; Caroline, wife of Abner Fellt, of Andover, Vt.

Eaton, Joseph P., son of Joseph, was born at New Ipswich, N. H., August 11, 1814, and married Lydia White and they had three children, viz.: Joseph, who died in Cavendish, and married Anna Spaulding and left two children. Fred J., Alice; Albert S., and Nancy F. Mr. Eaton has resided in Cavendish since 1839.

Ely, Rev. Richard M., was born in Windsor, Vt., February 10, 1795. His father was a farmer and he received only the benefits of a common school education. He was ordained pastor of the North Springfield Baptist Church. While in charge of the church the Masonic troubles occurred. Mr. Ely had been a Mason since 1818 and rather than renounce the order he resigned his pastorate. He afterwards had charge of the Baptist Churches in Saxton River, Townshend, Chester, Mount Holly, Vt., and Barnstable, Mass. His last charge was at Cavendish, where he died June 10, 1861. He married Lora Skinner, and they had six children : James W. C, a physician of Providence, Rhode, Island; Ryland F., resides at Windsor; Francis W., Mary E., wife of Charles L. Blood, president of the National Bank at Three Rivers, Mich.; Edward P., and Lora S., both died single.

Ely, Francis W., son of Richard M , born at Springfield, Vt., March 27, 1828 ; married Sarah E. Hill, and have three sons: Frank D., he married Flora M. Cady, and they have two children : Florence, and Helen, and reside at Windsor, Vt.; Harry H., and Richard S., both reside at Cavendish.

Fletcher, Asaph, Dr., of Cavendish, was born in Westford, Mass., June 28, 1746, and was the son of William and Elizabeth (Remington) Fletcher. At the age of twenty-two he established himself as a physician in his native town. While a resident of Massachusetts he held many public offices and was a member of the convention which formed the constitution of that commonwealth in 1780. He married Sally, daughter of Jonathan Green, of Chelsea, Mass. In February, 1787, he removed to Cavendish, Vt., where he resided and practiced his profession until his death on January 5, 1839. Dr. Fletcher was a member of the convention which applied to Congress to admit Vermont into the Union ; also a member of the convention to revise the constitution of the State. He was frequently a member of the Legislature; one of the judges of the County Court, a member of the Council, and was one of the electors when James Monroe was first elected President. Besides these he held many other offices, which manifested the respect in which he was held, and the confidence reposed in him. His children were Sarah, who married Salmon Dutton; Asa, born in Westford, Mass., June 26, 1780, and removed to Woodstock, Vt., where he became general of the militia and high sheriff, and where he died, leaving no male issue ; Salome, married Luther Fletcher, a physician who practiced for some time in Cavendish, but died at Granville, N. Y. ; Rebecca, married Asa Fletcher; Richard (for sketch of his life see history of Fletcher Library, in Cavendish); Addison, born in Cavendish, August 25, 1790, engaged in mercantile business in Mount Holly and Cavendish, and died in the latter place January 8, 1832, and left three daughters, Maria Dorothy, who became the wife of Hon. A. A. Ranney, a prominent lawyer of Boston, Mass., and Mary Cornelia, who married Rufus S. Andrews, a lawyer of New York city, and Helen L., who married George H.Johnson; Alpheus, born in Cavendish, July 17, 1793, followed his father's profession in his native town, where he died May 25, 1839 ; Horace, born in Cavendish, October 28, 1790, who practiced law in Cavendish and afterwards became pastor of the Baptist Church in Townshend, Vt., where he died; Ryland, an extended sketch of whom appears in another part of this work.

Fletcher, Henry Addison, was born in Cavendish, December 11, 1839, and enlisted as a private in the Sixteenth Vermont Regiment, and promoted to a lieutenancy at the battle of Gettysburg. He has been a member of both houses of the State Legislature, and was aid-de-camp with the rank of colonel, on the staff of the governor. He resides on the farm settled by his grandfather, and is engaged in farming.

French, Hon. Calvin, of Cavendish, son of Josiah and Rebecca (Brown) French, was born in Cavendish, August 28, 1799. His father came from New Hampshire to Cavendish about 1785, and located about a mile north of Proctorsville. His other children were Josiah, who died at Clarendon, Vt.; Calista, avIio married Samuel Adams; Luther, who died at Wilton, N. Y.; Rebecca, who married Hiram Giddings. Josiah died in his seventy-sixth year in 1839. After attending the local schools Calvin went to academies in Rhode Island and Connecticut. He studied law with Judge Reuben Washburn and Josiah Chandler. He was admitted to the bar in 1837, and in company with Luther Adams opened an office at Proctorsville. This firm was afterwards dissolved, and in 1856 Judge French sold his practice to Clark A. Chapman. Judge French was State's attorney in 1853-54; assistant judge from 1849 to 1852, and from 1866 to the time of his death, June 15, 1879. His first wife was Jerusha Mathewson, by whom he had two sons, Quincy, who died young, and Charles M., who died in Iowa. His second wife was Valeria Blood, and their children were: Jerusha, who died young; George B., who was a member of the First Vermont Regiment and afterwards joined other Vermont regiments and was mustered out of the service with the rank of adjutant, became a member of the Windsor County Bar in 1866, and in the following year was elected county clerk, which position he held a number of years, and now resides in Nebraska; Jerusha, wife of H. G. Day; John Quincy, a member of the First Vermont Cavalry, killed during the war; and Mary, wife of H. P. Gammon, of Proctorsville.

Fullam, Timothy, was born in Weston, Mass., December 3, 1741, and married Elizabeth Thompson, of Sterling, Mass. He was a Revolutionary soldier and served under General Washington, and was at the battle of Bennington. He came to Cavendish in 1798 and removed to Reading in 1818, where he died September 10, 1829. He had two children : Ebenezer and Sewall.

Fullam, Ebenezer, son of Timothy, born in Fitchburg, Mass., October 14, 1767, married Abigail Styles, and had ten children, viz.: Lincoln, died in North Carolina ; Betsey (deceased), married Joseph Stone; Lucinda (deceased), married Marvin Robinson ; Roxana (deceased), married Nathan Eaton ; Sophie (deceased), married Rufus Buck; Marie, died young; Sullivan Burbank (deceased); Thomas Jefferson (deceased); James Madison, lives in Springfield; and Augustus Granville, who died July 27, 1852.

Fullam, Augustus Granville, son of Ebenezer, born in Ludlow, February 28, 1814, married Mary S. Pollard and had two children : Mary Ann (deceased), married first Norman Royce, second Joel B. Slack ; and Leighton Granville.

Fullam, Leighton Granville, son of Augustus Granville, was born in Weathersfield, October 5, 1841, married Ada Slack, and had three children : Ernest Leighton, born May 7, 1867; Herman Granville, born October 28, 1868; Eben Joel, born March 20, 1871. Leighton G. has been a resident of Ludlow since 1842, and a member of the firm of Fullam & Adams, manufacturers of lumber and chair stock, his eldest son being also a member of the firm.

Fullam, James Madison, son of Ebenezer, was born in Ludlow, Vt., August 26, 1809, married Anna Pollard, and has four children, viz: James Madison, jr.; Adrioam, a resident of New York city; Joseph Ebenezer, died at the age of six years; and Lucien Winfield, fives in New York city. He has been a resident of Springfield since 1850.

Fullam, James Madison, jr., son of James Madison, was born in Plymouth, Vt., August 14, 1834, and married Mary, daughter of Salmon Whitcomb. They have four sons, viz: Fred W., lives in Weathersfield; Don Pollard; Eben Eaton, lives in Chester, and Robert Lincoln.

Fullam, Benoni Buck, son of Sewall, jr., was born in Ludlow, March 22, 1833. He was one of ten men who enlisted at the first call for troops for the late war and became a member of company E, First Vermont Regiment and was mustered out August 15, 1861. He re-enlisted in the Sixth Vermont Regiment and was appointed sergeant-major and promoted to first lieutenant of Company G; after serving three years he again enlisted in the First Regiment of Frontier Cavalry, and was discharged June 27, 1865. He married Elizabeth H. Metcalf, and has one child, Hattie E.

Goddard, Aaron (deacon), was born October 28, 1771, and having lost both of his parents, was brought up by an uncle. He came from Swansey, N. H., to Reading at an early day. He married Elizabeth Howe, and they had the following family : Eunice (deceased), married Sewall Fullam, jr.; Arnold; Candace (deceased), married Benoni Buck; Hiram, died in Reading; Jubal, died single in Reading; Cynthia (deceased) married Allen Spaulding; Laura, died at eighteen years of age; Aaron Winchester, resides in Reading. Aaron died September 27, 1855.

Goddard, Arnold, son of Aaron, was born in Reading, April 5, 1798, and married Sarah Rice. They had but one child, Mrs. Sarah A. Hager, of Proctorsville, Vt. Arnold died June 12, 1869.

Green, Isaac, a native of Massachusetts, emigrated to New Hampshire, and subsequently came to Cavendish. He was for seven years a soldier in the Revolutionary War and died in July, 1822, in his seventy-second year. He married Miss Chamberlain, and had the following family : Isaac, Thomas, died at Reading, Vt.; Ephraim, died at Plymouth, N. H.; John, died in Pennsylvania ; James died at Barre, Vt.; Abigail (deceased), married Timothy Proctor; Martha, died aged about 75 years, but never married ; Esther (deceased), married Nehemiah French; and another Esther died young.

Green, Isaac, son of Isaac,, was born December, 1781, and married Polly Parker and had nine children, viz.: Mary (deceased), married Lewis Archer ; Eliza (deceased), married Colonel Jabez Porter; John, married Permelia Cady, died in Plainfield, N. H.; James, married Nancy Johnson, died in Plymouth, Vt.; Joshua Parker, Levi J., married Philinda Hall, is a resident of Plymouth. Vt.; Henry, married Augusta Cady, died in Granville, Vt.; Hannah, wife of Thomas A. Cheney, of Plymouth, Vt.; Abner Franklin, married Melissa Hill, lives at Westminster, Mass. Isaac became a resident of Plymouth in 1817, where he died May, 1858.

Green, Joshua Parker, son of Isaac, was born in Plymouth, Vt., August 30, 1822, and married Mrs. Nancy Green, nee Johnson. Of their five children, three died in infancy. The others are James, born in Cavendish, November 8, 1857, married Emma S. Lawrence, no children ; his second wife was Mary J. Lawrence, by whom he has one child, Ralph Waldo; and Walton, a resident of Cavendish. Joshua P. has resided in Cavendish since 1856. His present wife, Mrs. Phoebe Russell, nee Gould Walton, was born September 21, 1868, in Cavendish.

Grout, Henry, son of Dan, was born in Cavendish, September 12, 1834, and was twice married. His first wife was Lorinda Parker, to whom he was married in 1857 and by whom he had six children, viz : Betsey M., Herbert L , Marshall D., Ervin P., Amasa, and Alice M. She died in 1875, and in 1876 he married Hattie E. Proctor, by whom he had one son, Stillman P. Betsey died in her fourteenth year. Herbert married Hattie I. Forbush, and had two children, Ethel and a little son, both of whom died in infancy. Marshall married Emma I. Cooper, and has one son. Ervin married Mary E. Covell, and has one child, Carrie. The three above mentioned sons are in the employ of the Estey Organ Company at Brattleboro. Amasa has been employed in a furniture store in the same town. Alice died at the age of a little more than two years. Stillman resides at home.

Hardy, John, came from Massachusetts to Cavendish, and had the following family : John, who resides in New York State; Ezekiel; Solomon, died in Cavendish; Reuben, died in Michigan; Patty (deceased), married Nathaniel Russell; Jerusha (deceased), married Thomas Green ; and Sarah, married and died in New York State.

Hardy, Ezekiel, married Rachel Tarbell and of their fourteen children two died young. The others were Maria (deceased), married Joel Davis; Mary (deceased), Addison, Thomas, Sophronia (deceased), married James Perry; Sarah, wife of George Ober, of Athens, Vt.; Louisa, wife of Willard Wilson, of Cavendish; Fannie, wife of Joel Ober, of Springfield, Mass.; Calisha, married Lewis Hicks; Salome (deceased), married Darius Smith; Cynthia, died young; Minerva, wife of Calvin Getchell; Addison, died in Cavendish, and Roland resides in Cavendish.

Hill, Abel, a well-known resident of Cavendish for many years, was born in Sudbury, Mass., July 25, 1787, and came to town in October, 1834. He was for a long time an overseer in the Fullerton Woolen Mills, and one of the California "pioneers," making two trips to that territory after he was sixty years of age. He was a good mechanic, and before moving to Vermont manufactured a thread-mill in New Hampshire entirely, from the dam to the machinery, and then operated it. He was also a noted fiddler, and made and repaired violins as well. He died in Cavendish, April 30, 1874, aged nearly eighty-seven, after having reared a family of eleven children, six of whom are now living, and four residents of the town, George S. Hill, president of the National Black River Bank, Harvey M., Mrs. E. W. Whitcomb, and Mrs. Sarah E. Ely.

Hill, George S., was born in Walpole, N. H., May 31, 1823 and is the youngest son of Abel and Nancy (Fisher) Hill. His father moved to Cavendish in 1837. Mr. Hill has been a resident of Proctorsville since 1847, and was engaged in mercantile pursuits till 1856, when he became connected with the Black River Savings Bank, of which he was cashier from January 27, 1856 to 1878, since which time he has been its president.

Kendall, William, was born in West Windsor, Vt, October 12, 1829. He is the second son of Horace Kendall, and has been a resident of Cavendish since 1854. He married Sophia Todd, and has no children.

Proctor, Timothy, was born in Littleton, Mass., July 29, 1762, and came to Cavendish in 1788, where he died July 21, 1834. He married Sally White, of Acton, Mass. They had seven children : Timothy, died at Stowe, Vt; Sally (deceased), married Bliss Russell; Daniel W., died at Massena, N. Y.; Susannah (deceased), married Martin Crowley; Amasa, died in Cavendish, and left no issue ; Miriam, died young, and Stillman.

Proctor, Stillman, son of Timothy, was born in Cavendish, September 26, 1801, and married Harriet Seaver. They had two children: Freedom S., and Hattie E., wife of Henry Grout, of Cavendish. He resides in Cavendish.

Proctor, Freedom S., son of Stillman, was born in Cavendish, February 24, 1830, and married for his first wife Maria E. Spaulding. Their children are : Fred H., born May 10, 1854, and is a resident of Weathersfield ; Alice M., wife of Oscar Grout, of Weathersfield ; Frank W., and Mary L., wife of Frank Wiggins, of West Windsor. The second wife of Freedom S. was Belle Sanders.

Proctor, Frank W., son of Freedom S., was born in Cavendish, January 20, 1863, and married Mary E. Field. They have one child Elsie M., and reside in Weathersfield.

Pollard, Don C., was born in Plymouth, Vt, April 25, 1840, and was the eldest son o R. P. and Mary A. (Shedd) Pollard. He was engaged in the mercantile business at Plymouth Notch, and came to Proctorsville in the spring of 1863, where he opened a general store. He has also carried on the produce business, and was for three years partner with his brother D. M. Pollard, in the wholesale grocery business at Keene, N. H. He has been first selectman of Cavendish fifteen years, also delegate to the Democratic National Convention at Cincinnati in 1880, on Democratic State Committee several years, and candidate for State Treasurer in 1890. He married Sarah J. Moore, and has four children : Fred D., Mary V., Parker H. and Dallas F.

Piper, Leonard, son of Amos, who was a son of Noah, one of the early settlers of Baltimore Vt., was born in that town August 7, 1806, and married Alvira Warren, and had the following children: Ann, wife of Charles D. Parker, of Cavendish ; Leonard C, a resident of Brattleboro, Vt.; Nelson G.; two named Mary, both of whom died young; Marvin L , who lives at North Springfield, Vt; Oscar, who died young. Leonard resides at North Springfield, Vt.

Piper, Nelson G., son of Leonard, was born at Ludlow, April 22, 1840, and married Almira Blood. Their children were Oscar, who died young; Lillie A. and Ralph R. Mr. Piper has been engaged in lumbering business since 1861, at which time he became a resident of Cavendish.

Russell, Noadiah, was born at Middletown, Conn., in 1745, and married Miss Weston. They had the following children: Isaac, died in Iowa ; Nathan died on the route across the plains to California in 1850 ; Stephen, died in Iowa; Nathaniel; Polly (deceased), married Stephen Weston ; Lydia (deceased), married Lyman Bates; and Lois. Noadiah was the second settler in town, and died May 14, 1833.

Russell, Nathaniel, son of Noadiah, was born in Cavendish, in 1786, and married Patty Hardy. Of their eight children the two eldest died young ; the others were Urial, Milly, wife of Henry Sparks, of Cavendish ; Eleanor (deceased), married Burke Rice; Richard, married Mary Whitney, and resides on the farm settled by Noadiah in 1770; Oliver, and Nathan, both died young. Nathaniel died in March, 1872.

Russell, Urial, son of Nathaniel, was born in Cavendish, July 5, 1823, and married Angeline A. Wilson. They have had three children, Alice R. (deceased), Addie L., and Mattie B., wife of Eben C. Ford, of Ludlow, Vt.

Smith, James, was born in Peterboro, N. H., January 29, 1756. He came to Cavendish in 1790, and built a store near where Captain Coffin settled. Four years later he removed to the Twenty-Mile Stream, where he died August 11, 1842. He married Sally Ames, and their children were Sally (deceased), married James Walker, a lawyer of Peterboro, N. H.; James William, resides at Rutland, Vt; Addison, who died at Cavendish; John, who lived most of his life at Three Rivers, Mich., but died in Cavendish.

Smith, James, son of James, was born in Cavendish, November 13, 1797, and married Betsey L. Brown, of Plymouth. They had seven children, viz.: James, who died a bachelor, at Moro, 1LL. Betsey, who married Norman C. Bigelow, a native of Reading, Vt, and was born January 16, 1818. He became a resident of Cavendish in 1841. Their children are Frank L., a graduate of Dartmouth College, class of '83, and a resident of Rutland, Vt, and Isabel. Mr. Bigelow died October 8, 1882 ; his widow resides in Cavendish. Sarah, widow of Willard Flagg, lives at Moro, 1LL; Harriet, died single; Marcia, wife of Dr. N. D. Thomas, of Little Prairie, Mich.; Isabel, died single, and William, died at the age of nineteen years. James died February 4, 1842.

Spaulding, Willard, was born in Weathersfield, Vt., and removed to Champlain, N. Y., where he died, in 1824 or 1825, at the age of forty-four years. He married Rebecca Winn, and had five children; Bethuel, died in Cavendish; Curtis, died in Salem, N. Y.; Esther, died single ; Jackson, died in Cavendish: Gilbert J., born in Essex, N. Y., February 11, 1814, married Olive M. Blanchard, and their only child, George J., died at the age of twenty-four years. Mr. Spaulding has been a resident of Cavendish since 1844, and is engaged in farming.

Spaulding, William, was born at Chelmsford, Mass., September 11, 1737,and came from Westford, Mass., to Cavendish in 1783. He married Esther Dutton and had the following family : John, William, Mary, Esther, Asa, Joseph. Zedekiah, Betsey, and Zacheus

Spaulding, Zedekiah, son of William, was born at Westford, Mass., in 1775, and died March 25, 1847. He married Grace Wood, and their children were Aaron Wheeler, died in Cavendish; Salmon, died in Bloomfield, N. Y.; Sally, married Charles Ives, died in Ludlow; and Allen, died in Cavendish, August 14, 1885.

Spaulding, Allen, son of Zedekiah, was born in Cavendish. September 3, 1805, and died August 14, 1885. He married Cynthia Goddard, and had two children: Laura (deceased), married Frank M. Robinson; and Marcus A., born in Cavendish, February 17, 1835, married Victoria E. Fullam, and they have one son, Arthur G., born November 30, 1869. Mr. Spaulding is a resident of Ludlow.

Spaulding, Phineas W., was born at Chelmsford, Mass. He married Rachel Hadley, and had eight children, viz.: Phineas W., who died in Cavendish; Rachel, Armenia (deceased), married William Spaulding; Ryland R., died in Weston, Vt.; Melvina, wife of A. H. Moore, of Charlestown, N. H.; Fidelia (deceased), married R. D. Kellogg; Rufus, Lydia M., wife of Hiram Stanley, of Weathersfield, Vt.; Elbridge E., resides at Athol, Mass. Phineas W., died in Ludlow, October 30, 1865.

Spaulding, Rufus, son of Phineas W., was born at Ludlow, November 13, 1828, and married Ellen Lawrence. They have four children : Edwin R., resides at Springfield, Mass.; Willis L., married Belle Bigelow, March 15, 1890, and lives in Cavendish; Walter L., and Florence E. Rufus has resided in Cavendish .since January, 1869.

Stearns, John, was born in Ashburnham, Mass., December 15, 1788, and married Abigail Hartwell. He died August 12, 1838. Their children were Thomas, who died in Cavendish, but left no issue; John H., George, died in Cavendish, but left no male issue ; Susan, died at nine years of age; Abel, died at seven years of age; Adams, died at eight years of age; Luke, resides at Springfield, Vt.; Christopher W., lives on the old homestead in Cavendish settled by John in 1815.

Stearns, John H., son of John, was born in Cavendish, January 4, 1817. He married Relief T. Tarbell, and they had no children.

Tripp, Joshua. born at Lyman, Me., May 14, 1819, is the second son of Theodore L. and Abigail (Knight) Tripp. His father removed to Kirby, Vt., in 1826, where he remained three years, removing thence to Charlestown, Vt. He received only a common school education, following farming until he was of age. He learned the blacksmith trade which he followed until he removed to Proctorsville in 1861. For the next six years he ran the stages from Proctorsville to Windsor, Vt. He then engaged in mercantile business, which he followed until 1881. Since then he has been a farmer. He married Clara Watkins and has one child, Mary, wife of Asa W. Putnam, of Proctorsville.

Wheeler, Daniel, was born in Jaffrey, N. H., January 12, 1788, and was the son of John and Susanna (Spaulding) Wheeler. His father was born December 27, 1756; was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and died April 16, 1791. Daniel first came to live in Cavendish in 1804, remaining until 1809, when he returned to his native town, but became a resident of Cavendish again in 1819. He married Mary Powers, of Jaffrey, N. H., and had three children, Mary L., Daniel Hosmer, and Peter Powers. He died April 16, 1870.

Wheeler, Daniel Hosmer, son of Daniel and Mary (Powers) Wheeler, was born in Jaffrey, N. H., November 9, 1816, and married Susan Davis. They had two children, Daniel Davis and Frank Herschel. He died February 17, 1891.

Wheeler, Daniel Davis, son of Daniel H. and Susan (Davis) Wheeler, was born in Cavendish, July 12, 1841. He entered the war of the Rebellion September 21, 1861, as a second lieutenant in Company C, Cavendish Company, Fourth Vermont Volunteers, and rose to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, Assistant Adjutant-General, and Brevet Colonel of Volunteers. He is an officer of the regular army with the rank of Captain and Assistant Quartermaster, and is stationed at the General Depot of the Quartermaster's Department, at New York City. He married Sophie S. Deming, of Terra Haute, Ind., and has two children, Deming and Sophie.

Wheeler, Frank Herschel, son of Daniel H. and Susan (Davis) Wheeler, was born in Cavendish, February 27, 1851. He married Kate Dole, of Hartford, Vt., and has two children, Merrill Dole and Frank E. He resides on the farm that has been in possession of the family since 1830.

Whitcomb, Thomas, was one of the early settlers of Cavendish, and was the son of Lieutenant Asa, and grandson of Colonel Asa Whitcomb, of Lancaster, Mass., who commanded the Sixth Massachusetts, foot, in the Revolution, and was with Ethan Allen at Crown Point and Ticonderoga. Thomas was born November 7, 1789, moved to town in 1817, and settled on the farm now owned by H. J. Belcher. He died in St. Charles, 1LL., April 13, 1869. His second wife was Anna Wentworth, a descendant of the family which in colonial times furnished two governors of New Hampshire. He raised a family of eight children, three of whom are now living in Cavendish, Willard F. Whitcomb, Mrs. Rosilla C. Chapman, and Mrs. Victoria M. Spaulding.

Whitcomb, Asa Wentworth, was born in Cavendish, September 11, 1822, and on becoming of age entered the employ of Robbins & White, of Cavendish. During the building of the Rutland and Burlington Railroad he was employed by that corporation, serving the company in various capacities. He was the first station agent at Cavendish, filling that position before any depot was erected, and the first mail agent serving on the first train over the mountain before the completion of the road. He was conductor on the fast express between Rutland and Burlington, and was afterwards connected with the ticket and freight department in the Rutland depot. For a time he gave up railroading, and was clerk for Fullerton & Co., in the Cavendish woolen mills, and during the last years of the war was in mercantile business for himself at Proctorsville. He then returned to Rutland and was for some years clerk at the Bardwell House. In 1872 he again went into railroad service at Bellows Falls, but after remaining eleven years was compelled to retire owing to failing health. He died at Cavendish, April 13, 1890, and left a widow and two sons, viz.: Charles W., cashier of the National Black River Bank, and George W., an engineer on the Central Vermont Railroad.

Whitcomb, Charles Warren, was born in Rutland, Vt., October 15, 1854, and is the eldest son of Asa Wentworth and Elizabeth W. (Hill) Whitcomb, who have been residents of Cavendish most of the time for the past fifty years. Charles W. received only a common school education, excepting two terms, at the Green Mountain Institute, at South Woodstock, and one at the Rutland High School. In 1871 he was employed by the National Black River Bank. where he remained one year. He then worked at Cavendish station for the Central Vermont Railroad and in the American Express Office, at Burlington, Vt., until 1874. Since that time he has been employed continuously by the above bank, and has been its cashier for the last twelve years. He is at present Grand Treasurer of the Grand Lodge of Vermont, F. and A. M., the Grand Chapter of Vermont, Royal Arch Masons, and the Vermont Council of Deliberation, A. A. Scottish Rite. Also Secretary Lafayette Lodge No. 53, F. and A. M., Cavendish, and High Priest Skitchewaug Chapter, No. 25, R. A. M., Ludlow.

White, Samuel, the son of Mark, was born in Acton, Mass., February 5, 1744, and married for his first wife, Dorothy Billings. There was no issue that lived to maturity. His second wife was Hepsibah Barrett, and their children were Dorothy, who married Edmund Ingalls; Hepsibah, who married Miss Dorrin and removed to Michigan ; Samuel and John twins, the former died at Westford, Vt, Anna, died at the age of seven years; Joseph, died at Cavendish; George Washington, died young; Benjamin Franklin, died at Boston, Mass.; Anna, married Sewall Kinney. He married for his third wife, Mrs. Rachel Adams. Samuel died in Cavendish March 24, 1823, where he had resided since 1786.

White, John, son of Samuel, was born at Westford, Mass., August 18, 1851, and married Lydia Wheeler. Their children were Mary, died single ; George Washington, and Lydia (deceased), married Joseph P. Eaton. John died August 29, 1859.

White, George Washington, son of John, was born in Cavendish May 19, 1820, and married for his first wife Ruth Bailey. His second wife was Clara M. Swift, by whom he had one child, Elliott G.

White, Elliott G., son of George W., was born in Cavendish June 8, 1856, and married Nella C. Wheeler. They have one child, Marion C. Elliott G. is engaged in mercantile business at Cavendish, and is the present town clerk and postmaster.

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