GROTON
– CALEDONIA COUNTY
1887
– 1888
EXPLANATIONS
(Postoffice address
is Groton,
unless otherwise designated
in parenthesis.)
Directory
is arranged as follows: ~
1.
Name of individual or firm.
2.
Postoffice address in parenthesis.
3.
The figures following the letter r indicate the number of the road on which
the party resides, and will be found by reference to the map in the back
part of this work. Where no road number is given the party is supposed
to reside in the village.
4.
Business or occupation.
5.
A star (*) placed before a name indicates an advertiser in this work.
6.
Figures
placed after the occupation of a farmer indicate the number of acres owned
or leased.
7.
Names in CAPITALS are those who have kindly given their patronage to the
work, and without whose aid its publication would have been impossible.
ABBREVIATIONS.—Ab.,above;
ave., avenue; bds., boards; bet., between; cor., corner; E., east; h.,
house; manuf., manufacturer; N., north; n., near; opp., opposite; prop.,
proprietor; reg., registered as applied to live stock; S., south; W., west.
The word street is implied.
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Annis
Gardner G, r 16½, farmer 70, wild land 19.
Annis
Richard, r 16½, farmer 75, wild land 60.
Annis
Sylvanus, r 16½, farmer with G. G.
Annis
William F., r 16½, farmer with G. G.
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Bailey
Jesse P., (Groton Pond) asst. postmaster, clerk for Baldwin & Hazen.
Bailey
John B., r 12, farmer with Percival.
Bailey
Myron C., r 35, resident with Simeon Fifield.
Bailey
Percival, r 12, 350 sugar trees, farmer 100.
Baldwin John, r 19,
400 sugar trees, farmer 50, and at W. Groton 50.
Baldwin
& Hazen, (Groton Pond) (E. Baldwin, Jr., of Wells River, and L. D.
Hazen, of St. Johnsbury) props. of steam saw-mill, and 5,000 acres of timber
land, manufs. and dealers in all kinds of lumber, and dealers in general
merchandise.
Bancroft
Henry R., lives over R. R. station, ticket and freight agent for W. R.
R. R., telegraph operator.
Bingham
Hazen, carpenter.
Blanchard
Lyman, r 28, sawyer, h and 4 acres.
Brown
Albert H., r 32, 300 sugar trees, farmer 125.
Brown
David, r 32, farmer.
Brown
Olive, r 32, widow of John.
Brown
William, r 32, farmer 70.
Burnham
George H., clerk for Hall & Cochran.
Burton
James, r 28, farmer.
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Caldwell
John, r 11 cor. 9, 300 sugar trees, farmer 70.
CARPENTER
ANDREW J., retired manuf, h and lot.
Carpenter
George W., r 33. foreman for Thomas B. Hall, h and lot.
Carpenter
Hannah, widow of Eliphalet, lives with Andrew.
Carter
Allen H., r 39, 400 sugar trees, farmer 60.
Carter
Jozette, r 34, widow of Luther, lives with Horace.
Chamberlain
Sophronia, r 28, widow of Franklin, h and lot.
Clark
Albert S, r 28 n 15, coal burner, contractor for T. B. Hall.
Clark
Arvilla, r 21, widow of Benjamin, resident.
Clark
Austin, tanner, lives with his mother.
Clark
Benjamin F., justice of the peace, harnessmaker, boot and shoemaker, opp.
Railroad Hotel, Main.
CLARK
HORACE C., wheelwright and carriagemaker.
Clark
Lois, widow of William, farm 34.
Clark
Manly, postmaster, fancy goods, dealer in firearms, h and lot.
CLARK
W ALLACE N., carpenter and builder, h Main.
Clough
Alexander B., laborer, Main.
Clough
George W., pastor Baptist church, first h west of Baptist church.
COFFRIN
ALBERT W., jeweler and dealer in hats, caps, gents furnishing goods, groceries,
crockery and glassware, watches, clocks, plated ware, cutlery, etc., Coffrin's
block.
Coffrin
Daniel, Jr., farmer 75, wood land 100.
Coffrin
Morris D., r 17 n 33, farmer, leases of Daniel W. 50.
Cole
A., laborer.
Corruth
George, r 29, h and lot, farm 21.
Corruth
Gilmore, r 32, farmer 75.
Corruth
James R, r 30, farmer 16.
Crown
Calvin C, r 30, 400 sugar trees, farmer 90, wood land 50.
Crown
Frank, r 30, farmer with C. C.
Crown
Orrin M., r 31, farm laborer.
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Daily
Albert L., r 36, farmer, leases of J. R. Darling 85.
Daniels
Andrew, laborer.
Daniels
Nathaniel, r 33, laborer.
DARLING
DANIEL R., r 34, manuf. of lumber, h and lot.
Darling
Elmer E., resident with Jonathan R.
Darling
Isaac N. H., r 34, 260 sugar trees, farmer 70, wood land 150, other land
125.
Darling
John H., off r 34, farmer 30.
Darling
John T., resident with Jonathan L.
DARLING
JONATHAN R., town clerk twenty six years, justice of the peace, lumber-mill
in Peacham, 706 sugar trees, 2,000 acres, 1,500 other land, farmer 100.
Darling
Robert N., resident with Jonathan R.
Darling
Samuel, 600 sugar trees, farm 100.
Darling
W. Brock, student at Montpelier.
Davis
Henry E., r 21, sawyer.
Dean
Silas, superanuated Baptist preacher.
DENNIS
HIRAM, r 28, sawyer, h and lot 7 acres, served in Co. F, 5th N. H. Vols.
[Born in Norfolkshire, England, 1844.]
Donahue
Jeremiah, r 21, farm laborer.
Dow
William, retired blacksmith, farmer 50.
Downs
Franklin P., painter and paper hanger.
DUNN
JOHN K., r 1, 600 sugar trees, 2 Jersey and 10 grade cows, farmer 285.
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EASTMAN
SETH N., M. D., allo. physician and surgeon, 2d house west of Methodist
church, h do.
Emery
Elbridge, r 34½, farmer 25.
Emery
Jeremiah, r 17, 700 sugar trees, farmer 100.
Emery
Simon, r 17, 300 sugar trees, farmer 50, soldier in Co. C, 3d Vt. Regt.
Emery
Timothy, r 34½, 1,000 sugar trees, farmer 70.
Emery
Timothy, Jr., r 34½, h and lot, 200 acres wild land, soldier in
3d Vt. Regt.
Evans
Charles, r 35, laborer.
Evans
John H., r 35 cor. 38, farmer 50.
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Farnsworth
Charles H. Rev., pastor M. E. church, lives in parsonage.
Fifield
Simeon D., r 35, 1,000 sugar trees, farmer 100.
Foster
Ansel, r 33, with Charles.
Foster
Charles, r 33, farmer 25.
FRIZZELL
CHARLES H., harness maker, h and lot, soldier in 5th N. H. Regt.
Frost
Aaron, off r 39, 2,000 sugar trees, farmer 80.
Frost
Bradley M., r 39, cooper, farmer 40, soldier in Co. G, 104th Ill. Regt.
Frost
Elijah, r 32, farmer.
Frost
Isaiah, off r 34, farmer 50.
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Gay
William, (Groton Pond) emp. of Baldwin & Hazen.
GILMAN
HEMAN L., prop. grist-mill, custom grinding, dealer in flour, grain,
fine feeds, also Quinnipiac fertilizer.
Glover
Fred W., r 25, carpenter, h and lot.
GLOVER
HENRY C., r 11, deputy sheriff, constable, justice of the peace, farmer,
with his father, 80.
Glover
Otis, r 11, 400 sugar trees, farmer, with Henry C., 80.
Goodwin
Abner, r 36, 500 sugar trees, farmer 110, wood land 60.
Goodwin
George W., off r 53 n 15, farmer 85.
Goodwin
Samuel D., r 34, carpenter and joiner, farmer 175.
Goodwin
Thomas, r 33, shingle maker, farmer 50.
GOODWIN
WILLIAM E., r 28 cor 15, carpenter, contractor and builder, millwright,
owns farm 30.
Greenleaf
John, r 33, laborer.
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HALL
ISAAC N. Hon., (I. N. Hall & Son) agent Vt. Mutual Life Insurance Co.,
500 sugar trees, farmer 100.
HALL
THOMAS B, (Hall & Cochran) and (I. N. Hall & Son) justice of the
peace, prop. lumber-mill.
HALL
I. N. & SON, (Thomas B. Hall) props. of charcoal kilns, live stock
dealers, own farm 80, and other land 1,000.
Hall
& Cochran, (Thomas B. Hall and Alexander Cochran, of Ryegate) general
merchandise, agents for Bradley's phosphate.
HARVEY
JOHN C., r 28, manuf. of bobbins.
Hatch
Abbie, r 28, widow of Joseph.
Hatch
Clark, r 25 cor 23, farmer 5.
HATCH
GEORGE B, M. D., (Newbury) r 25 cor 23. physician, prop. saw-mill at Lanesboro,
Orange Co., and 900 acres wild land, farmer 5.
Hatch
John F., r 32, 1,000 sugar trees, lumberman and farmer 200.
Hatch
Oscar C., r 32, 500 sugar trees, farmer 100.
Hayes
William H., r 28, carpenter.
Hayes
William, r 28, carpenter.
Heath
Albro, laborer.
Heath
Augustus M., r 28, justice of the peace, surveyor, dealer in wood, lumber
and bark, farmer 7.
Heath
Benjamin F., off r 27, carpenter and farmer 20.
Heath
C. Frank, r 17 n 16, farmer.
Heath
Frank P., r 28, laborer.
Heath
Hazen C., r 36, farm laborer.
HEATH
JAMES M., r 18, 5 grade Jersey cows, 1,000 sugar trees, farmer 225.
Heath
Josiah P., r 28, laborer.
HEATH
ROBERT T., off r 36, 2,000 sugar trees, farmer 200.
Heath
Robert T. Jr., off r 36, farmer, with Robert T.
Hood
Horace, r 34, farmer 10.
Hood
Levi, r 29, farmer 30.
Hooper
Isabell, r 16, widow of Jacob, 300 sugar trees, farmer 130.
Hooper
John, r 22, 1,000 sugar trees, farmer 200, wild land 160.
Hooper
Richard S., farm laborer.
Hooper
Samuel R., retired farmer, h and lot.
HOOPER
STEPHEN W., r 16, 100 acres wood land, with Richard S.
Howard
James A., laborer.
HUTTON
HENRY, off r 15, 600 sugar trees, farmer 120.
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Keenan
Edward F., r 31, resident, with C. C. Renfrew.
Keenan
William, retired farmer.
Kidder
James, r 40, farmer, with T. J.
Kidder
Thomas J., r 40, farmer 100.
King.
Samuel, log turner for A. H. Ricker.
Kittridge
Edwin, r 21, farm laborer.
Kittridge
Frank A, r 21, sawyer.
Kittridge
Lucina, r 21, widow of Zephaniah, h and lot.
Knox
George H., r 29, stationary engineer.
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Laflame
Louis, (Groton Pond) emp. of Baldwin & Hazen.
Larro
Frederick, h Main.
Lovell
Ebenezer A., r 29 near 31, farmer 50.
Lund
Rufus C., r 5, resident.
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McCrea
Neil, r 8, sawyer, 2,600 sugar trees, farmer 100.
McLaughlin
William J., Jr., r 18, 1,000 sugar trees, farmer 200, wildland 25, leases
of William.
Melville
George, r 27 cor. 29, farmer 15.
MERRITT
CALEB, (Groton Pond) chief cook for Baldwin &Hazen. (Removed to St.
Johnsbury.)
Miller
David, r 4, carpenter.
Millis
Wesley J., r 16½, 300 sugar trees, farmer 55.
Minard
Fremont S., r 21, blacksmith, horse shoeing, etc., farmer 17.
Minard
Selden H., r 21, retired blacksmith, with his son, Fremont S.
Morison
Abraham, r 41, 250 sugar trees, farmer 75.
MORRISON
AUSTIN N., r 21, (J. W. & A. N.)
Morrison
Benjamin F., r 31, 400 sugar trees, farmer 120.
Morrison
Francis, preacher.
MORRISON
JACKSON W., r 21, (J. W. & A. N.)
MORRISON
J. W. & A. N., r 21, 250 sugar trees, farmer 70, cedar swamp 13 acres
in Barnet, in Ryegate 9.
Morrison
Orrin, r 31, farmer 90.
Morrison
Sarah, r.21, widow of Timothy, 650 sugar trees, farmer 50.
MORRISON
SILAS B., blacksmith, served in Co. D, 15th Vt. Vols.
Morrison
Timothy, r 14, 400 sugar trees, farmer 100.
Morrison
William, r 28, stone mason, h and 5 acres.
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Olney
George, harnessmaker, h and lot.
ORR
CHESTER, r 4, farmer 59, soldier 1st Vt. Cavalry.
Orr
James, r 4, retired, farmer 130.
Orr
John, r 7, 300 sugar trees, farmer, leases of William McLaughlin 137.
Orr
Robert H., r 5, 300 sugar trees, 9 cows, farmer 200, with William S. 80.
Orr
Ruth B., widow of William, h and lot.
Orr
William S., r 4, 8 grade Jersey cows, farmer, leases of James Orr.130,
and with R. H. 80.
Orr
Washington, r 7, carpenter.
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PAGE
ALBERT, off r 39, 500 sugar trees, farmer 100.
Page
Alexander, r 4, farmer 160.
PAGE
BENJAMIN, off r 39, 700 sugar trees, farmer 100, and in Topsham, Orange
Co., 50.
PAGE
FRANK M., attorney at law, lister, tax collector, farmer 7, Main, h do.
PAGE
FRANK W., r 33, mechanic and farmer 10.
PAGE
GEORGE G., r 38, farmer 10, soldier in 3d Vt. Regt.
Page
Leverett H., off r 16 n 17, prop. Lake House, woodland 125, served in CO.
C, 3d Vt. Vols.
PAGE
MOSES, Jr., r 38, shingle maker, 2,000 sugar trees, farmer 150, soldier
in 3d Vt. Vols. Page Samuel E., laborer.
Page
Stephen, r 15, laborer.
Parker
Fred E., r 34, farmer 34.
Parks
Robert, r 28, emp. of A. S. Clark.
Parnell
& Antonio, boots and shoes, Main, Orford, N. H.
Pierce
Charles N., r 8, farm laborer, h and lot.
Pillsbury
George H., resident, Coffrin's Block.
Pillsbury
George H. Mrs. & Co., (Mary Chalmers) millinery, dressmaking, dealers
in fancy goods, hats, bonnets, gloves, laces etc., Coffrin's block.
PLUMMER
EBENEZER, r 29, farmer 42.
PLUMMER
MOSES, r 12, 7 grade Jersey cows, 500 sugar trees, farmer 100, district
clerk for 36 years.
PLUMMER
ROBERT S., r 27, butcher, dealer in Cumberland phosphate, farmer 170.
PLUMMER
SAMUEL, r 8, 12 grade Jersey cows, 12 other cattle, 1,800 sugar trees,
farmer 270, wild land 50 and in Topsham, Orange Co., 30.
Plummer
William, r 8, farmer 35.
Pornber
Sevar, (Groton Pond) emp. of Baldwin & Hazen.
Provost
John Baptist, off r 33, woodchopper, h and 2 acres.
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RAILROAD
HOUSE, Aaron Welch, prop. Parties conveyed to other towns at reasonable
rates.
RAND
GEORGE P., r 21, runs circular saw-mill for I. M. Ricker.
RANDALL
JONATHAN W., r 31, carpenter, 250 sugar trees, farmer 130, with Sidney
G.
Randall
Mary J., r 39, widow of Samuel, lives with Bradley Frost.
Randall
Sidney G., r 31, farmer with Jonathan W., 130.
Remington
Oliver H., r 21, farmer.
Renfrew
Archibald P., r 27, lister, retired merchant, farmer 5, and with Samuel
P. Welch, 250.
Renfrew
Carlyle C., r 31, farmer 100, and in Topsham 30.
RICKER
AMAZIAH H., r 17, lister, manuf. of lumber of all kinds, spruce and hemlock
packing boxes, sheathing and dressed flooring, laths and clapboards, hemlock
bark, wood, chair stock, etc., farmer 100, wild land 900.
Ricker
Benjamin M., r 27, town auditor, dealer in lumber and bark, 500 sugar trees,
farmer 150, wild land 850.
RICKER
CHARLES A., lumber dealer, 200 acres wild land, h and lot.
Ricker
Edwin D., r 17, foreman for A. H.
Ricker
Fred D., blacksmith.
RICKER
GEORGE, r 8, 700 sugar trees, farmer 125, other land 180.
Ricker
Horace C., r 25, blacksmith and machinist with I. D.
RICKER
ISAAC M., lumber manuf., clapboards and shingles, farmer 15, 1,000 acres
of wild land.
Ricker
Joseph, Jr., r 14, 800 sugar trees, farmer 100, wild land 140.
Ricker
Josiah D., r 25, blacksmith, wheelwright and machinist, shop n bridge,
h and 3 acres, served in Co. D, 15th Vt. Vols.
Ricker
Orson, r 28, 1,000 sugar trees, farmer 300, other land 300.
Rindeau
George, r 21, laborer.
Rindeau
Lyman, r 21, tanner.
Roberts
John, retired farmer, aged 83 years, oldest man in town, h and lot.
Roberts
Lucy, r 25, widow of Daniel, farm 27.
Rugg
Elbridge B., r 18, laborer.
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Sanborn
Currier, retired farmer.
Scott
George, harnessmaker for B. F. Clark, h Main.
SMITH
FRANK P., r 21, shoemaker, h and lot.
Sployd
Cornelius, r 2, farm laborer, h and lot.
Stowell
Lavina S., widow of Leander.
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Tabor
Hiram, r 35, farm 80.
TAISEY
GEORGE W., r 25, farmer with his father, William.
Taisey
Phebe, widow of John, aged 89 years, oldest person in town.
Taisey Thomas H., r
28, 1,200 sugar trees, farm 150.
TAISEY
WILLIAM, r 25, 1,000 sugar trees, 150 apple trees, 12 cows, farmer 200,
and in Topsham 80.
Thurston
Ora, r 33, mechanic, h and lot.
Thurston
Peter, r 33, resident.
Thurston
Stephen, r 33, laborer.
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Vance
David H., r 31½ farmer 110.
Vance
George H., r 37, 1,000 sugar trees, farmer 300.
Vance
Joseph E., section hand M. & W. R. R. R.
Vance
Morris C., r 37t, 14 grade Jersey cows, 3,000 sugar trees, farmer 198,
served in 3d Vt. Regt., Co. C.
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WELCH
AARON, prop. of Railroad House, Main.
Welch
Alexander G., foreman for Hugh Gibson in tannery, h Main.
Welch
Alvin, r 28, farmer 15.
Welch
Ara, r 19, farm with John M. 50.
Welch
Carlos, r 34, manuf. of lumber with Joseph T., 1,000 sugar trees farmer
130, wild land with Peter 120.
Welch
Carlos B. & Joseph T., r 34, manufs. hard and soft wood lumber.
Welch
Cyrus H., farm laborer, h and lot.
Welch
Elbridge M., owns h and store.
WELCH
HOSEA, r 4, (H. Welch & Sons) 1,300 sugar trees, 8 cows, farmer
123, and with Warren and Loran 310, h and lot.
Welch
Hosea, 2d, r 21 cor 28, restaurant, 1,000 sugar trees, farm 30.
WELCH
H. & SONS, r 27, (Hosea, Warren M. and Loran G.) lumber mill and clapboards.
Welch
James A., r 7, 1,000 sugar trees, 11 grade Jersey and Devon cows, farm
196.
Welch
James M., r 41, farmer 50, wild land 100.
Welch
John H., r 20, breeder of Morgan horses, 1,500 sugar trees, farmer 210.
WELCH
JOHN M., r 19, 6 grade jersey cows, 800 sugar trees, farmer 50, and with
his father, Ara, 50.
Welch
Joseph T., r 34, manuf. of lumber with Carlos, farmer 100.
Welch
Lebbeus, r 13, 1,000 sugar trees, farmer 100.
Welch
Leverett H., r 33, sawyer, h and lot.
Welch
Loran G., r 8, (H. Welch & Sons) carpenter, blacksmith, and sawyer.
Welch
Martha, widow of Jonathan, 2,000 sugar trees, farm 125.
Welch
William Merrill, r 41, 400 sugar trees, farmer 60.
Welch
Peter, r 34, 1,200 sugar trees, farmer 20, other lands 140, with Carlos
50.
WELCH
SAMUEL P., selectman, general merchant, flour, grain, feed, hardware, dry
goods, lumber, woodland 150 acres, and with A. P. Renfrew 250.
Welch
Stephen, r 40 cor 41, farmer 80.
Welch
Timothy, r 40, 400 sugar trees, farmer 100.
WELCH
WARREN M., r 7, (H. Welch & Sons) saw-mill, clapboards, etc., owns
50 acres wild land with Loran G.
Welch
William M. Jr., r 39, 800,sugar trees, farmer 60.
WELD
MARTIN, justice of the peace, 500 sugar trees, farm 100, h and lot.
WHITCHER
NELSON, r 23, 400 sugar trees, farm 50, wild land 250.
Whitehill
Albert P., 300 sugar trees, farm 132.
Whitehill
Dolly, r 28, h and lot.
Whitehill
James, r 23, farmer with his son Newton 100.
Whitehill
James, r 8, 300 sugar trees, farmer 100.
Whitehill
Moses H. r 28, jobber in lumber, h and lot.
Whitehill
Newton, r 23, with his father, James, farmer 110.
Whitehill
William A., 800 sugar trees, farmer 200.
WILSON
ISAAC, r 7, 800 sugar trees, farmer 140.
Worcester
Fred, section hand M. & W. R. R. R.
WORMWOOD
DANIEL, r 35 cor 34, 250 sugar trees, farmer 100.
Wormwood
Thomas, r 34, retired farmer, h and lot, aged 81.
Worthington
Martha J., widow of Rev. Watson A.
Wrinkle
Betsey, widow of Rev. Thomas, h and lot.
(Source:
Gazetteer
of Caledonia and Essex Counties, VT.;
1764-1887,
Compiled and Published by Hamilton Child;
May 1887,
Page4 1-47)
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