TOWN
OF IRA
RUTLAND
COUNTY
1881–1882
EXPLANATIONS
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.
Railroad
Station is West Rutland, five miles north. Tri-weekly Stage.
~A~
Arnold
Samuel B., (Ira,) r 11, farmer, leases of Ira Mann 256.
~B~
Bourk
Thomas, (West Rutland,) r 2, farmer 300.
BROWN
GEO., (Ira,) r 12, mason and builder.
Brown
James C., (Ira,) r 12, mason.
Bryant
H. J., (Castleton,) r 1, farmer, leases of Joseph B. Spencer 100.
~C~
CARPENTER
LEMON, (Ira,) near r 15, retired farmer.
Carpenter
Varnum, (Ira,) near r 15, farmer 400.
Clark
Geo., (Ira,) r 15, farmer 125.
CLARK
PHILETUS P., (Ira,) r 15, farmer 130.
Clifford
Nicholas, (Centre Rutland ) r _, farmer 35.
COLLINS
HARRY, (Ira,) r 15, breeder of Spanish merino sheep and Hambleton horses,
justice of the peace, and farmer 150.
CRAMTON
CHARLES C., (Ira,) r 15, 3rd selectman, supt. of schools, and farmer 380.
CURTISS
MARTIN W., (Ira,) r 15, carpenter and joiner, and farmer 125.
Curtiss
Warren, (Ira,) r 13, carpenter and joiner, and wagon maker.
~D~
Dalony
Christopher, (West Rutland,) r 8, quarryman, and farmer 5.
DAY
A. E. & L. W., (West Rutland,) (Arden E. and Leonard W.,) lime kiln,
burn 2,000 lbs. of lime per annum, and farmers 550.
DAY
DEXTER D., (West Rutland,) teamster for Eben Perry.
Day
Frederick F. (Ira,) r13, (Lincoln & D.)
~E~
ELLIS
ABIJAH, (Ira,) r 15, 1st constable and collector, dairy 20 cows, and farmer
400.
Ellis
Charles W., (Ira,) r 15, school teacher, leader of Castleton band and farmer.
~F~
Farrarr
Andrew, (West Rutland,) r 8, farmer 50.
Farrell
James, (West Rutland,) r 7, farmer 40.
Fish
Albert, (Ira,) r 15, farmer, leases of Bradley.
FISH
BRADLEY, (Ira,) r 15, 1st selectman, town clerk, overseer of poor, town
agent, agent surplus revenue money, farmer 400, and in Richford, Franklin
Co., 20.
FISH
ENOS C. CAPT., (Ira,) r 14, breeder of Irish mutton and Cotswold sheep,
and farmer 160.
FISH
HENRY C., (Ira,) r 10, sheep breeder, farmer 200.
FISH
LEONARD, (Ira,) r 15, breeder of Spanish merino and Southdown sheep and
blooded horses, farmer 125, and leases of Wm. Walker, Clarendon, 300.
FISH
LESTER, (Ira,) near r 10, breeder of Spanish merino sheep, Hambleton and
Morgan horses, and farmer 300.
FISH
LYMAN W., (Ira,) r 14, town treasurer, breeder of Spanish merino sheep,
dairy 11 cows, and farmer 160.
Foster
Milo, (Ira,) r 9, farmer 10.
~G~
GIDDINGS
SILAS, (West Rutland,) r 8, farmer 350, in Castleton, 200, and Kansas,
160.
GILLMORE
BRADLEY F., (Ira,) r 8, farmer 30.
Gillmore
Gillman, (Ira,) r 14, farmer 116.
Gillmore
Mary Miss, (Ira,) r 14, postmaster.
Goodspeed
Gideon M., (West Rutland,) r 4, farmer 45
Gould
Fayette N., (West Rutland,) r 2, dairy 35 cows, farmer, leases of Jeremiah
Thornton, 400.
Granger
Charles B., (Ira,) r 15, farmer.
~H~
Hart
John, (West Rutland,) r 5 farmer 270.
Helly
Michael, (West Rutland,) r 17, farmer 173.
HOWARD
MARY A., (Ira,) r 15, widow Wm., farmer 225.
~J~
Johnson
Smith, (Ira,) r 9, justice of the peace, saw mill, and farmer 200.
JOY
AUSTIN, (Ira,) r 14, farmer 300.
~K~
Kelly
Griggs, (Ira,) r 13, farmer 100.
~L~
Lewis
Joseph B. Rev., (Ira,) r 13, Baptist clergyman.
LINCOLN
CORNELIUS, (Ira,) r 10,breeder of Spanish merino sheep and farmer 240.
Lincoln
Frank F., (Ira,) r 13, (L. & Day.)
Lincoln
James, (Ira,) r 13, dairy 14 cows, and farmer 130.
Lincoln
James S., (Ira,) r 13, dairy 14 cows, farmer 140.
Lincoln
& Day, (Ira,) (Frank F. Lincoln, Frederick F. Day,) r 13, saw mill.
Logan
James, (Ira,) r 9 farmer 100.
Logan
James, (West Rutland,) r 8, farmer 3.
~M~
Mann
Charles D., (Ira,) r 11, laborer.
Mann
Ira, (Ira,) r 11, farmer 650.
Mann
Lyman, (Ira,) off r 12, lister and farmer 100.
MASON
LEONARD F., (Ira,) r 15, lister and farmer 264.
McGilley
Patrick, (West Rutland,) r 6, farmer 80.
McIntyre
Duncan, (Ira,) r 9 laborer and farmer 5.
Moriarty
Michael, (West Rutland,) r 4, farmer 180.
Mulford
Patrick, (Ira,) r 8, farmer 100.
Mullins
Patrick, (West Rutland,) r 13, blacksmith and farmer 130.
Mumford
Patrick, (West Rutland,) r 8, quarryman and farmer 80.
~N~
Newton
Marcus A., (Ira,) r 15, farmer, leases of Albert Fish.
Norton
Alfred, (Ira,) r 11, laborer. Paine Frederick, (West Rutland,) carpenter
and joiner.
~P~
Parker
John, (Ira,) r 9, farmer.
Parker
Willard, (Ira,) r 9, farmer.
Peck
Lewis, (Ira,) off r 12, farmer 150.
Peck
Simon L., (Ira,) town grand juror, auditor and farmer 45.
PERRY
EBEN B., (Ira,) r 9, town representative, 2d selectman and farmer 340.
Perry
Emmett, (West Rutland,) r 5, farmer, leases of Mrs. Phoebe Thornton 400.
Peters
Frank W., (Ira,) r 13, farmer, leases of Betsey E. Peters 1 1/2 acres.
Potter
Lafayette, (Ira,) r 15, farmer, leases of Mrs. Mary A. Hayward.
~R~
Ryan
James, (West Rutland,) r 4, farmer 120.
Ryan
John, (West Rutland,) r 5, farmer 110.
Ryan
Patrick, (West Rutland,) farmer 300.
Robinson
Justin R., (Ira,) r 9, farmer, leases of Geo. Clark 100.
Rogan
Patrick, (West Rutland,) off r 2, farmer 130.
~S~
Smith
John, (West Rutland,) farmer, leases of A. E. & L. W. Day.
Spencer
Charles, (Castleton,) r 1, farmer 140.
Spencer
Joseph B., (Castleton,) r 1, farmer 100.
Squier
Amos K., (Ira,) r 9, farmer.
~T~
Thomas
Wonder, (Center Rutland,) r 6, farmer 35.
THORNTON
ABEL, (West Rutland,) r 3, farmer 300.
THORNTON
PHEBE, (West Rutland,) r 2, wife of Jeremiah.
Thornton
Jeremiah, (West Rutland,) r 2, dairy 30 cows and farmer 400.
Tower
Lyman, (Ira,) r 13, blacksmith and farmer 53.
Tower
Lyman Mrs., (Ira,) r 13, milliner.
Tower
Thomas A., (Ira,) r 11, lister and farmer 180.
~W~
WETMORE
AMOS, (West Rutland,) r 4, sheep breeder and farmer 300.
Wetmore
James E., (Ira,) r 7, farmer, leases of A. E. & L. W. Day 30, and of
George Clark 130.
Wetmore
John, (West Rutland,) r 3, highway surveyor, dairy 16 cows, and farmer
300.
White
Albert, (Ira,) r 13, farmer 100.
White
Erwin, (Ira,) r 15, jeweler.
White
Henry, (Ira,) r 15, farmer 150.
Wilkinson
Ira, (Ira,) r 14, farmer 70.
Wilkinson
Warren, (Ira,) r 13, carpenter and joiner.
Gazetteer
and Business Directory of Rutland County, VT.;
1881-82,
Compiled and Published by Hamilton Child;
Syracuse,
N.Y.; Printed at the Journal Office
August
1881, Part Two, Pages 350-352.
Transcribed
by Karima Allison 2004
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