The charter was granted pursuant with the following resolution passed by the General Assembly of the state in session at Arlington, Vt., October 21, 1780: --

"Resolved, That there be, and we Do hereby, grant unto Colonel Jacob DAVIS, Mr. Stephen FAY, and Company to the number of Sixty, a Township of Land, by the Name of Calais, Situated in this State, Bounded as follows, and lying East and adjoining to Worcester, and north of Montpelier, Containing Twenty-three Thousand and forty acres, and the Governor and Council are hereby Requested, to State the fees for Granting Said tract, and Isue a Grant under such Restrictions and Regulations as they shall judge Proper."

      The same date the Council --
 

"Resolved that the fees for granting the said tract be, and they are hereby, set at four hundred and Eighty Pounds Lawful Money in silver, or an Equivalent in Continental Currency, to be Paid by the said Jacob DAVIS, Stephen FAY, or their Attorney, on the Execution of the Charter of incorporation on or before the first Day of January Next."      “At Public Meeting of the Proprietors of the Township of Calais, at the house of Mr. Elisha THOMSON, Inholder in Charlton, Mass., November 20th, 1780, came to the following votes. [viz.] [58 Present]: 1stly. Voted and Chose Colo. Jacob DAVIS, Moderator.      "2dly. Voted and Chose Stephen FAY, Proprietor's Clerk.      “3dly. Voted that Mr. Stephen FAY to apply to the Authority of the State of Vermont for the Charter of incorporation of s'd Township, and for Each Proprietor to pay their Money to him, the s'd FAY, the sum of Eight Pounds silver money, or Cont'l Currency equivalent thereto, it being in full for Granting fees for each Right in said Township. By the thirtieth day of December Next (or be excluded from any further Right or Property in Said Township).      "4thly. for the Clerk to give Notice of the above article by Posting.      "5thly. Voted for each Proprietor to Pay their Equal Proportion of their Agents time and expenses to obtain the grant of said Township by the 11th Day of December next, and for the Clerk to enter their names, or cause their names to be entered, in the Charter of said Township.      "6thly. Voted to adjourn this Meeting to the first Wednesday in April next, at one o'clock afternoon, to this place.      "Errors Excepted. Attest,      "STE'N. FAY,      " Pro. Clerk."      "Arlington 29th of Jan'y., 1781.      "Rec'd of Mr. Stephen FAY, Two Hundred and Thirty-three Pounds, fourteen Shillings and three Pence, Lawful Money, Towards Granting fees of the town of Calais.      " Rec'd. Pr. Me. THOMAS CHITTENDEN,       " Committee."

      The time for paying the balance due the state was extended to the ensuing March. The charter was granted August 15, 1781.
 

“Arlington 10th of September, 1781. "Rec'd of Stephen FAY, By the hand of Noah CHITTENDEN, three Pounds, thirteen Shillings, as Part of the Granting fees of the Town of Calais. Rec’d by me, " THOMAS CHITTENDEN." " Boston 28th of September, 1781. "Rec'd of Col. Jacob DAVIS, Two Hundred and forty-two Pounds, Twelve Shillings and Ninepence in full of the Granting fees of the Town of Calais, in the State of Vermont, within mentioned. " Pr. NOAH CHITTENDEN."

      We copy the following from Thompson's Gazetteer:
 

"In the summer of 1783, the proprietors sent a committee consisting of Colonel Jacob DAVIS, Capt. Samuel ROBINSON, and others, to survey a division of this town of 160 acres to the right. A Mr. BRUSH, from Bennington, was the surveyor. The committee and surveyor found their way to Calais with their necessary stores, and after running four lines on the north side of the first division, they abandoned the survey. Of their stores, then left, was a much valued keg, containing about 10 gallons of good W. I. rum, which, in council, they determined should be buried, which ceremony was said to have been performed with much solemnity, and a sturdy maple, towering above the surrounding trees, on the westerly side of Long Pond, with its ancient and honorable scars, still marks the consecrated spot..      "In August, 1786, Capt. Samuel ROBINSON, E. WATERS, J. TUCKER, E. STONE, Gen. Parley DAVIS, came from Charleston to this town, to complete the survey of the first division and survey another.      "This party, after arriving at the settlement nearest this place, which was at Middlesex, laden with provision, cooking utensils, blankets, axes, surveying instruments, etc., passed a distance of 13 or 14 miles to the camp, erected by the party who commenced the survey three years previous; often on the way expressing their anxiety to arrive, that they might regale themselves with the pure spirit which had been permitted to slumber three years; and which they imagined must be much improved in quality by its long rest; but judge of their surprise, astonishment, and chagrin, when on raising the earth, they discovered the hoops had become rotten -- the staves parted, and the long anticipated beverage had escaped.      "Whatever tears were shed, or groans uttered at the burial of the keg, they were not to be compared with the bitter agony of its disinterment."

      The rocks that enter into the geological formation of Calais are calciferous mica schist in the eastern half, a broad belt of clay slate in the central extending into the western part, and talcose schist in the western part. A belt of granite runs through the calciferous mica schist.

      The soil is generally rich and fertile. Dairying is the leading industry, while stock growing receives considerable attention. The water supply is abundant. The principal stream is Kingsbury Branch, the outlet of Sabin pond, which receives the waters of numerous other ponds in Woodbury, and also, with its numerous tributaries, drains most of the surface of Calais. It flows in a southerly direction and passes through the hamlet of North Montpelier, and falls into Winooski river about two miles below.

      Calais may justly boast of its numerous and beautiful ponds. Sabin and Nelson ponds lie on the northern boundary, but mostly in Woodbury. Those wholly within the town are Wheelock, Curtis (Long pond), and Bliss ponds.

      It is presumed that Col. Jacob DAVIS, who was interested in the settlement of this town and Montpelier, suggested the name Calais as he did Montpelier, and consequently two old French cities had namesakes in the Green Mountain state.

      The first permanent settlement made in Calais was in the last part of June, 1787, by Abijah, Asa, and Peter WHEELOCK. Francis WEST had begun to fell timber on a lot joining Montpelier in the spring of the same year. The Messrs. WHEELOCK started from Charlton, June 5, 1787, with two yoke of oxen and a wagon, and reached Williamstown on the 19th. They were laden with provisions, tools, etc. At Williamstown they were obliged to leave their wagon and take a sled, and cut their way through the woods, which consumed two days, and necessarily they encamped two nights in the woods, and reached Col. DAVIS's camp in Montpelier. Here they left their oxen to graze in the woods, proceeded on to their pitch in Calais, and commenced a vigorous onslaught upon the forest. They returned to Charlton in October. Abijah and Peter WHEELOCK returned in the spring, accompanied by Moses STONE. This season they built log houses, and the WHEELOCKs and STONE returned to Charlton to spend the winter. Mr. WEST went to Middlesex. In March, 1789, Abijah WHEELOCK, with his family, Samuel TWISS, with his newly married bride, Moses STONE, and Gen. DAVIS arrived at Col. DAVIS's house in Montpelier, which served as a hotel for all comers. Here they remained about two weeks. On the 13th of April Messrs. WHEELOCK, STONE, and TWISS, with their beds and some light goods loaded upon hand sleds, accompanied by Mrs. WHEELOCK, Mrs. TWISS, and Gen. DAVIS, on the crust over snow three feet deep, went on foot to their home in the forest of Calais. Mrs. WHEELOCK carried in her arms an infant four months old, while their sin two years old was drawn on the hand sled. They reached their destination the same day, and thus commenced the permanent settlement of Calais.

      In February or March, 1789, Francis WEST moved his family to his claim, where he lived several years.

      The first grist-mill and saw-mill in Calais were built near the center of the town by Col. Jacob DAVIS and Samuel TWISS, in 1793. Messrs. HOLBROOK and WATERS were the first to card wool. They began in 1802 or 1803. They also manufactured wooden clocks, and cast bells up to 200 pounds weight. As early as 1800 Lemuel PERRY made potash. About 1812 Jonas HALL manufactured axes and scythes, but his was not a large establishment. The first distillery was started in 1812. At one time there were seven, all doing a flourishing business. Lucinda, daughter of Peter WHEELOCK, born in 1790, was the first child born in Calais. Calais was first represented in the legislature, October, 1795, by Peter WHEELOCK. Dr. Samuel DANFORTH was the first physician. He settled in Calais in 1800

      The first town meeting of Calais was held at the house of Peter WHEELOCK, March 23, 1795. The following list of town officers were then elected

      Joshua BLISS, moderator; Peter WHEELOCK, town clerk; Joshua BLISS, Edward TUCKER, and Jonas COMINS, selectmen; Samuel FAY, treasurer; Jonas COMINS, collector and constable; Jedediah FAY, Abijah WHEELOCK, and Aaron BLISS, listers ; Amos GINNINGS, grand juryman; Edward TUCKER, Frederick BLISS, and Goddard WHEELOCK, surveyors of highways; Amos GINNINGS, sealer of leather; Moses HASKELL, keeper of the pound; John CRAIN, tithingman ; Aaron BLISS, James GINNINGS, Samuel FAY, and Jennison WHEELOCK, hay wardens; Asa WHEELOCK, Stephen FAY, and Abraham HOWLAND, fence viewers; Jonathan TUCKER, sealer of weights and measures.

      In 1880 Calais had a population of 1,253. In 1888 the town had eleven school districts and maintained ten common schools, in all thirty-one terms, and employed two male teachers and twenty female teachers, who received an average weekly salary of $6.39 for male and $5.26 for female teachers. There were 265 scholars, ten of whom attended private schools. The entire income for school purposes was $1,994.14, and the amount expended was $1,945.36. M. S. HATHAWAY was superintendent.

      EAST CALAIS is a post village in the eastern part of the town, on Kingsbury Branch. The nearest railroad station is Plainfield (six miles distant), on the Montpelier & Wells River railroad. Formerly this was a place of considerable manufacturing. It now contains a Union church, two general stores, a saw-mill, a box manufactory, a grist-mill, a wood turning shop for manufacturing handles for hoes, rakes, and forks, a shingle-mill, and several mechanics' shops. It is also noted for its neat residences and well-kept yards.

      NORTH CALAIS is a post village situated at the outlet of Wheelock pond, in the northern part of the town. It has a daily mail, and contains two stores, a saw-mill, and about thirty dwelling houses.

      KENT'S CORNERS (Calais p. o.) is a hamlet situated on the "old County road," about one mile west of the center of the town. It is noted as the place where Abijah WHEELOCK settled with his family in a log house, April 13, 1789. This place was built up by Remembrance KENT and his descendants. Mr. L. A. KENT is the only merchant of the place, and is also the postmaster.

      Beniah SHORN, son of Shubael, was born in Calais, February 14, 1788. He was a farmer and blacksmith, settled in Calais, and went from there to Bethel in 1821, where he remained until about 1844. He then returned to Calais, settled on a good farm to which he gave most of his attention until his death, November 17, 1861. He was a good and energetic farmer, an upright citizen, and a kind neighbor. Mr. SHORTT was three times married, first to Miss Sarah BUGBEE, who died March 18, 1814. He then married Mrs. Olive (AINSWORTH) WILDER, who died March 16, 1841. His third wife was Miss Lavonia BURT, who still survives (1888). His second wife was the mother of all his children. Sarah (Mrs. Alonzo SNOW), of East Montpelier, is the only one who resides in Washington county.

      Abijah WHEELOCK was born in Charlton, Mass., in 1764, married Lois NICHOLS in 11786, and came to Calais in the spring of 1789 with his family: a Mrs. WHEELOCK, a son two years old, and a daughter only four months old.  They settled on the farm now owned by Benjamin WHEELER, near Kent's Corners. Here he cleared a farm and reared to maturity eleven children, none of whom died under forty years of age. After a residence of many years on this farm he sold it and next settled on the farm now owned by W. V. PECK, and commenced anew. Here he planted a large orchard, and enjoyed this home quite a number of years. This he sold, and bought the farm now owned by Mrs. Achsa DUTTON in the northeasterly part of the town, where he spent the remainder of his long and active life. He died in April, 1846, aged eighty-two years. Mrs. WHEELOCK died in 1847, aged eighty-three years. Mr. WHEELOCK was distinguished for his honesty and sterling integrity,- and was appreciated and honored by his townsmen, who placed him in several of the offices in their gift. He possessed a fund of quaint, dry humor that was really original and quite pleasing, and made him a favorite with children especially in his old age. He related to them many of the early incidents of his life, and boasted that at one time he was the likeliest and wisest man- in the whole town of Calais. This is literally true. Mr. WHEELOCK was for a week the sole inhabitant of Calais, before he brought his family into the town. His children were Jonathan, Lucy, Laura, Alynda, Cyrus, Perry, Elfrida, Titus, Jairus, Rachel, and Abijah.

      Titus WHEELOCK, son of Abijah the pioneer, was born in 1802, and married Eliza, daughter of Elias HEATH, of Woodbury. He died September 12, 1850. Mr. and Mrs. WHEELOCK were parents of five children, of whom all but Julius S. died young. The latter was born in 1834, and married Hattie N. BLODGETT; of Somerville, Mass. At the age of eighteen years he became the apprentice of the late Dennis LANE, of Montpelier, then of Plainfield, and assisted him to build the first board-mill which made Mr. LANE so famous as an inventor. After three years' service with Mr. LANE, Mr. WHEELOCK began the manufacture of doors, sash, and blinds at East Calais. In 1863, in company with J. O. LAMB, he manufactured shoe pegs, continued this till 1866 or '67, and then sold to the late Joel WHEELER. In 1870 he bought the lumber and grist-mills on Dog river, in Berlin, where he had a successful business the next sixteen years. He then sold the mills and retired to his farm near by. In the spring of 1888 the inhabitants of East Montpelier induced him, by very liberal inducements, to rebuild the mills at the East village recently destroyed by fire. He has just completed a very substantial building, with a foundation of stone work that cost $1,000, and equipped the mills with the latest improved machinery. Mr. WHEELOCK is a thorough business man, and quite popular with the people. He is a Republican in politics, and while a citizen of Berlin was most of the time in town office. He was one of the board of selectmen four years, chairman three years of the time, served as lister, justice of the peace, and represented that town in the legislature of 1886-87. He now resides at East Montpelier.

      Moses HASKELL, of Rochester, Mass., was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and after its close he returned to Massachusetts, married Hannah LEBARON, and in the fall of 1789 settled in the forest of Calais. They endured the hardships of pioneer life; began in the woods, cleared a farm, made a comfortable home, and were the parents of eleven children, nine of whom attained adult ale. John, their third child, was born August 19, 1793, and spent his whole life in Calais. About 1821, when he was twenty-eight years of age, he married Polly MCKNIGHT, and reared to maturity five of their eight children, viz.: Andrew J., Mary, Delia, John Q., and Irena. John Q. HASKELL was born in September, 1833. At the age of twenty-seven years he married Lavina RIDEOUT, of Cabot, who died March 13, 1862. She was the mother of one daughter, Clara E. (Mrs. Jared HOLT), of Middlesex. In April, 1871, Mr. HASKELL married Kate A. SLAYTON, who has borne him two children, Dora B. and Robert L. Mr. HASKELL is a worthy citizen, and an enterprising farmer on one of the best farms in Calais.

      Walter P. SLAYTON, son of Jerry and Betsey (KENDALL) SLAYTON, grandson of Simeon, and great-grandson of Phineas who came to Calais in 1790, was born on the farm where he now resides, July 1, 1831. Mr. SLAYTON is a thorough and practical farmer, and a very capable and influential citizen. He has held the office of constable ten years, and has served in alt other town offices except clerk. He represented the town in the legislature of 1872-73. Phineas SLAYTON, his great-grandfather, was an officer in the Revolutionary war. His maternal grandfather, Isaac KENDALL, was also a soldier, and present at the battle of Bunker Hill, and was then nineteen years of age. The remains of both these veteran patriots repose on the farm of Walter P. SLAYTON.

      Phineas SLAYTON, son of Thomas and grandson of Thomas, from England, was born in Barre, Mass., in 1736. In 1761 he married Jane GRAY. He was an officer in the Revolutionary war and a magistrate of his town. He moved to Montpelier in 1790 and settled near the Calais line. He dressed in old English style: wore short velvet breeches, with long stockings that reached above his knees, fastened with silver knee buckles. Hence he was called "Long Stocking." His son Jesse, born in Barre, Mass., in 1764, married Betsey BUCKLIN, and settled in Calais about 1790. He was a Revolutionary soldier, and a voter at the organization of the town. Bucklin Slayton, son of Jesse, was born in Brookfield, Mass., in 1783, and in 1804 he married Sally WILLIAMS. He was a carpenter. Up to his time buildings were framed by scribe rule. He was the first, or among the first, who could lay out a frame by square rule; and he planned and set out many of the frame buildings (stores and dwellings) in Montpelier and Calais. He laid out the factories in Nashua, N. H., in 1823 and 1829. He was a volunteer in the War of 1812.

      Col. Caleb CURTIS, son of Rev. Caleb CURTIS, the first minister of Charlton, Mass., was born March 12, 1770, and was three times married. His first wife was Polly, a daughter of Levi DAVIS, who was a brother of Col. Jacob DAVIS. Col. CURTIS and his wife settled in Calais, at the head of the pond named for him, as early as 1795. His second wife was Miss Anna ROBINSON; the third was a Mrs. DAGGETT. He was father of two sons and seven daughters. Col. CURTIS was prominent in town affairs, held both civil and military offices, and was one of the most influential promoters of education and religion, and largely through his influence and liberality the fine Union meeting-house was built in the west part of the town. Col. CURTIS, in religion, was a Universalist, as was his remote ancestry. This is the faith of a large majority of the inhabitants of West Calais, and was also the faith of the first settlers. The Union church is now owned and controlled by there. This has always been a liberal, moral, intelligent, and independent neighborhood.

      Remember KENT, son of Ezekiel, was born in Rehoboth, Mass., June 11, 1775, and came to Calais in 1798. In 11799 he married Rachel, daughter of Abdiel BLISS. He settled at the location of what is now known as Kent's Corners, so-named in honor of him and the family. There he cleared a large farm and spent the remainder of his days. He was successively ensign, lieutenant, and captain of the militia, and filled various town offices. Their children were Remember, born in June, 1799; Rachel BLISS, born in September, 1800; Ira, born in April, 1803; Abdiel, born in November, 1805; Georgia, born in September, 1808; Ezekiel, born in May, 1811; John V. B., born November 21, 1813; and Samuel N., born in 1817, who died in June, 1835. Mr. KENT died May 13, 1855, and Mrs. KENT November 2, 1843. Their son Remember was a farmer and millwright. In January, 824, he married Delia TUCKER, and spent the most of his life in Calais. He died February 19, 1881. Ira married Polly, daughter of Col. Caleb CURTIS, and always resided on the homestead where he was born. He was one of the firm of I. & A. Kent, manufacturers of boots and shoes, and merchants, and was postmaster sixteen years, and held several town offices. Abdiel married, first, June 7, 1845, Fanny H., daughter of Caleb CURTIS, who died December 24, 1854, and second, Lucy A., daughter of Vial A. BLISS. At the age of twenty-one years he went to Nashua, N. H., and worked on the foundation of the first factory built there. He continued to work at the masons' trade summers and taught school winters until about 1830. He then returned to Calais, and built a shop where the store and postoffice now stands, and established the boot and shoe manufactory, later forming the partnership of I. & A. KENT. In 1832 they added merchandise. In 1837 he built the brick house and kept a hotel until 1847. In 1844 this company, with other persons, built a starch factory. In 1847 they put iron working machinery into the red shop at Maple Corners, which was run by N. W. BANCROFT about four years. They owned a woolen factory, mills, and hotel at Craftsbury, built and stocked a store in Woodbury, owned the Norcross mill in Woodbury, the Ira BROWN saw-mill in the northwestern part of Calais, and the old saw-mill at Maple Corners. They were also large owners of real estate in this and other towns. Besides transacting this large amount of business for himself, he found time to fill most of the offices in town, in an acceptable manner. George, son of Remember KENT, married Mehitable HILL, April 24, 1835. He was a successful farmer in his native town.

      Ira Richardson KENT, son of Ira, familiarly known as "Rich Kent," was never of robust health, but possessed great energy, and comprehensive business ability, which, in a great measure, compensated for his lack of physical strength. At the age of twenty years he assumed the entire management of the mercantile business of I. & A. KENT, which he continued about six years. He next engaged in buying and selling cattle and horses, and at the same time was an acceptable town officer. In 1860 he formed a partnership with J. E. Bacon, of Spencer, Mass., in the manufacture of boots, and did an extensive business until he died, October 9, 1875.

      J.V.R. KENT, son of Remember and Rachel (BLISS) KENT, married, first, Laura A. CURTIS, who died August 31, 1851. December 26, 1856, he married Mrs. Catherine MORSE, to whom was born a son, Charles V., December 19, 1858. Mr. KENT was in the employ of his brothers, I. & A. KENT, as their foreman in the shoe factory fifteen years. He then settled on a farm at Maple Corners, where he resided until 1887, when he retired from active business. He represented Calais in the legislature of 1862-63, and has done a great amount of town business and settled numerous estates. His son Charles V. married, November 23, 1882, M. Martella PECK, of Calais, and is a dealer in fine stock horses. Several fine "high bloods" can be seen at his stables in Calais.

      Gideon HICKS, born in Taunton, Mass., emigrated to Calais in 1800. In September, 1804, he married Sally PECK, of Rehoboth, Mass., and they were parents of eight children, six of whom lived to raise families, viz.: Clarissa, Emeline, Gideon W., Alfred P., Celia M., and Fanny M. Mr. HICKS cleared a large farm, and lived to see the town converted from the wilderness into well cultivated farms. He was the third town clerk of Calais, and held the position thirty-six years, and also served as selectman and justice many years. Alfred P. HICKS succeeded his father on the farm and in town affairs, and held many positions of public trust. January 8, 1837, he married Elnora WING, of New Bedford, Mass., and reared a family of three children. He was engaged in mercantile business fifteen years; afterwards he devoted his whole time to his farm. He died June 6, 1886. His wife survives him, and with the aid of her nephew carries on the farm with success.

      Amasa AINSWORTH married Hannah BANCROFT, and came from Petersham, Mass., to Calais, at an early date. He was in the battle of Plattsburgh, and died at Calais Center soon after. His son Harry was born in Calais, September 23, 1807. In 1828 he married Mary Ann G. SPALDING, of Plainfield, N. H., settled in Waterbury, Vt., and resided there four years. He cleared and put in order the grounds for the second State House and labored on its construction. In 1840 he resided in Burlington, and voted for Gen. W. H. HARRISON for President. About 1843 he returned to Calais, with his family, but went to Boston to work on Fort Warren. He also assisted in building the Central Vermont and other railroads. After he had finished work on Fort Warren he returned to his family in Calais, and finally settled on a farm near Kent's Corners. Mr. and Mrs. AINSWORTH were blessed with a family of nine children, seven of whom are living (1888). Mrs. AINSWORTH died September 1, 1874. She was an amiable lady of fine mental abilities. Six of her children taught school.

      Isaac ROBINSON, son of Capt. Samuel ROBINSON, of Charlton, Mass., was born July 8, 1781. He married Julia HARWOOD, October 21, 1808, and some time in that year emigrated to Calais. They were parents of five children. Mr. ROBINSON died July 30, 1826. His widow married Col. Cyrus JOHNSTON, and died, a widow, July 27, 1878. Samuel ROBINSON, born December 27, 1816, is the only one of this family now living in Calais. He married Mrs. Harriet (ARNOLD) SIMPSON, of Boston. Mr. ROBINSON followed harness making until 1841. Since then he has been engaged in farming. He is a highly respected citizen, was elected town clerk in 1875, treasurer in 1876, and has since continually held both of these offices.

      John MOWER, of Greene, Kenebeck county, Maine, was a soldier in the Revolutionary army. He married Elizabeth EDWARDS. Their son Jabez was born in Greene, Me., April 4, 1787. About 1810 he came on horseback to Calais, and then his saddle-bags contained all his earthly goods. He served in the War of 1812 as first sergeant; participated in the battles of Plattsburgh, Stone Mills, and at other locations in the Chateaugay country, N. Y. With his savings in this service he bought a lot in Calais. About 1816 he married Ruth, daughter of Peter WHEELOCK, the first town clerk and representative of Calais. Three of their seven children lived to mature age, viz.: Jerry W. was a merchant in Boston and died in Woburn, Mass., in 1879; Mary A. died in Calais in 1874; and Albion J. resides in Calais. He enlisted, in May, 1862, in Co. I, 9th Regt. Vt. Vols., and went out as captain, served about a year, and was captured by the enemy at the battle at Harper's Ferry. After he was exchanged he served as a recruiting officer for the 3d, 6th, and 9th Regiments, and was in the state service one year. Mr. Mower married Relief W. SMITH, of Cabot, and they have five children. His sword has turned to a plowshare and he is a peaceable tiller of the soil. Either the military spirit is rife in this family, or their patriotism is beyond and above a doubt or question. John MOWER served our country in the war that gained our independence. His son Jabez was a sergeant in the War of 1812. His grandson, Albion J. MOWER, was a captain, and gave his service to preserve the Union which his grandfather fought to establish. And now his great-grandson is learning the art of war at Norwich University.

      Thomas FAIR, a native of Scotland and a tailor, was taken from a shop in London and impressed into the British army, served under Gen. John Burgoyne, and was a prisoner of war at Saratoga. About 1791 he married Rhoda MALLARD, in Warwick, Mass. He settled in Barre in 1801, and removed to Woodbury in 1810. He died at Black Rock, N. Y., in 1838. Mr. FAIR was the father of eight children. His son David was born in Warwick in 1793; and removed to Woodbury with his father. In 1817 he married Hannah BLAKE, and settled in ____. He returned to Woodbury in 1837, where he resided until his death in 1872. He was the father of nine children. Three of his sons were volunteer soldiers in the late war, viz.: Martial in Co. I, 11th Vt. Regt.; Simon C. in the 2d.Vt. Battery; and Shubael B., who was born in Calais, October 6, 1834, followed the occupation of shoemaking until he enlisted, July 21, 1862, in Co. I, 11th Vt. Regt., and served to the close of the war, in 1865. He then returned to Calais, and most of the time since has been in mercantile business. He hay served as justice of the peace several years, and postmaster of North Calais since the office was established in 1879. May 23, I85;, he married Matilda A. MCKNIGHT, and they are parents of one daughter, Edith L., born November 5, 1859, who married C. F. BEARD, October 3I, 1881.

      George W. FOSTER was born in Vershire, Orange county, in 1795. At the age of twelve years he went to Calais, and in 1822 he married Polly KELTON, of that town, and they were the parents of eleven children, nine of whom lived and raised families. Sydney H. FOSTER, son of George W., married Miss Louise R. DUDLEY, and engaged in farming. July 22, 1862, Mr. FOSTER responded to his country's call for volunteers and enlisted, a private, in Co. I, 11th Vt. Regt., was first promoted to the office of sergeant, and next was made second lieutenant. At the close of the war, in 1865, he bought the interest of his brother, Alonzo M., in the farm where he now lives, and which they owned jointly. Mr. FOSTER is a practical, energetic, and successful farmer, and one of the most extensive maple sugar makers in Vermont. He is deservedly popular with his townsmen, and represented them in the legislature of 1866 and '67, and has held other town offices. The children of Mr. and Mrs. FOSTER are Herbert S. and Nervie L. The former married Laura A. KENT, of Calais, graduated at West Point Military Academy, is first lieutenant in the regular army, and is stationed in Montana. He had before served as messenger in the House of Representatives three terms. Miss Nervie L. FOSTER resides with her parents.

      Israel DWINELL was born in Croydon, N. H., October 8, 1785. He married Phila GILMAN, of Marshfield, April 1, 1813, and on their wedding day settled on a farm on East hill, in Calais, where he resided until his death, February 20, 1874. Mrs. DWINELL was born in Hartford, Conn., September 17, 1793, and died June 1, 1864. Their ten children were all born in the house where they moved the day they were married. They endured the hardships common to early settlers, but found means and gave educational advantages to their children, above most others, and two of their sons were given a college course.

      Albert DWINELL, the subject of this sketch, was born in East Calais, January 15, 1823, the fifth son of Dea. Israel and Phila (GILLMAN) DWINELL. He was one of a family of nine brothers and one sister, all born on the old home farm at East Calais, now in the possession of L. G. DWINELL, the seventh son of the family. Israel, the father, was born in Corydon, N. H., October 8, 1785, and died February 20, 1874, aged eighty-eight years. Phila GILLMAN, the mother, was born in Hartford, Conn, September 17, 1793, and died June 1, 1863, [note: in above paragraph, her year of death is given as 1864] at the age of sixty-nine years. They were married April 1, 1813, and unitedly began life's work on the farm which they occupied till the time of their death. Albert, the fifth son, served his early years, and up to the time of his majority, on his father's farm, attending the common and select schools, with one term at Peacham Academy, and spending the winter months for five seasons in teaching district schools. In April, 1845, at the age of twenty-two, he was married to Irene Davis RICH, daughter of Capt. Samuel RICH and Dolly DAVIS, his wife, into whose service he enlisted, taking charge of the saw-mill and grist-mill at East Calais. In the year 1850 the estate, together with the mills belonging to Samuel RICH, came into his possession by purchase. During this ownership of the mills lumbering was made a specialty. In 1856, having disposed of his mill property, he gave more attention to general farming; and in 1860, in connection with farming, he engaged in mercantile and produce business in his country village, at which business he continued for twenty years.

      Clarence R. DWINELL, the second son of Albert Dwinell, born May 1, 1850, is now in mercantile business at Fast Calais, occupying the same stores and continuing the same business formerly conducted by his father. He was married, March 27, 1878, to Ella H. HAMMOND.

      Dell Burton, the youngest, born April 10, 1867, is at present with his father, at the old home, assisting in the farming and saw-mill now connected with the place.

      The two older boys, Frank A. and Clarence R., were graduated from Barre Academy, under Prof. SPAULDING. The youngest, Dell B., graduated at the Methodist Seminary at Montpelier, under Prof. BISHOP.

      James MORSE and Lucy BLISS, his wife, came from Marshfield to Calais in 1814. Mr. MORSE died September 30, 1840. Mrs. MORSE died June 26, 1830. Their son Ira A. was born in 1813. In 1841 he married Elsie M., daughter of Jonas and Sarah (HOLBROOK) DAVIS, of Plainfield. Their children were Paul H., who died in infancy, and Ada L. (Mrs. Henry W. TOWN), who resides on the Morse homestead. Mrs. MORSE died February 14, 1859, aged thirty-one years. In 1867 Mr. MORSE married Mrs. Sophia E. GOULD, of Cabot, who survives her husband. Mr. MORSE died May 7, 1883. He was prominent in military, political, and society affairs. He was captain of a company of cavalry, held many of the town offices, and represented Calais in the legislature of 1868-69. He loved his home which he beautified, and delighted in rearing and owning fine horses.

      John Taylor GILMAN, M. D., son of Jonathan, was born in Gilmanton, N. H., July 24, 1791. He graduated in the medical profession at Dartmouth College in 1814, and began practice in East Calais in 1815. Dr. GILMAN was the pioneer physician of Calais, and had a wide field for practice quite to himself, until 1823, when Dr. Charles CLARK settled in Calais and became a formidable rival by putting down the price of professional visits to the pittance of twenty-five cents. Dr. GILMAN matched his competitor by reducing rates to the same price. He was successful, and for the times left a fair property. He died, a martyr to the profession, at the age of thirty-four years. He married Ruth, daughter of Col. Caleb CURTIS, in May, 1819. Their children were Marcus Davis and John Melvin.

      William and James HERSEY emigrated to America from Scotland about the beginning of the seventeenth century, for we find that Ejijah, son of William, was born in Hingham, Mass., May 18, 1713. His son, Elijah HERSEY, Jr., was born February 3, 1752, settled in Leicester, Mass., and was father of ten children. His son, Nathaniel Stone HERSEY, born September 29, 1788, came to Calais when a young man. About 1817 he married Asenath, daughter of Jesse and Betsey (BUCKLIN) SLAYTON, who was born May 14, 1799, They were blessed with a family of seven sons and six daughters, eleven of whom are living. Mr. HERSEY settled on wild land, which he cleared, and was a citizen of Calais over fifty years. He died November 13, 1866, aged seventy-eight years. Asenath, his wife, died April 10, 1862, aged nearly sixty-three years. Their daughter Laura A. (Mrs. Orin DAVIS), born September 10, 1827, and their son Nathaniel Stone HERSEY, Jr., born March 7, 1829, are all of this large family that now (August, 1888) reside in Calais.

      Isaac DAVIS, born January 20, 1782, married Esther KENDALL, who was born December 22, 1785, and settled in Calais at an early date. He held the offices of justice of the peace and lister, and died September 8, 1832. Mrs. DAVIS died December 7, 1851. They were parents of four children, viz.: Kendall T., born December 15, 1805; Orin, born August 22, 1808; Zilpha, born December 2, 1814; and Miranda, born September 6, 1824. Rev. Orin DAVIS married Roxana P. WARE, May 4, 1835, who died September 19, 1844. Their only child, Malvina, born October 27, 1835, died May 28, 1858. December 19, 1850, Mr. DAVIS married Laura A., daughter of Nathaniel S. and Asenath HERSEY. Rev. Orin Davis was an early member of the Christian church of Calais, and did much for its prosperity. He was ordained a minister of that denomination in 1850; and since 1860 he has been the pastor of the church in Calais.

      Aro P. SLAYTON, son of Bucklin and Sally (WILLIS) SLAYTON, was born in Calais, September 16, 1818. His great-grandfather was a soldier in the French and Indian war; his grandfather was a soldier in the Revolutionary war; his father was a soldier in the War of 1812; and he aided in recruiting Co. H, of the 13th Vt. Regt., in 1862. He went to the front as first lieutenant of his company, was promoted a captain, and came home without a wound or scratch, but with ruined health. In 1846 he married Lucy B., daughter of John WHITE, Jr. In 1860 Mr. SLAYTON moved to Elmore, built a saw-mill, and did an extensive lumber business, was also a successful bridge builder, and has erected a great number of railroad bridges. He represented Elmore in the legislature of 1868. In 1885 he removed to Calais onto the farm where he now lives, and is giving his attention to its cultivation. His children are Mark L., a lumberman in Elmore; Herman A. and William T., bridge builders in Blackstone, Mass.; Clara (Mrs. Herbert BAKER), of Chippeway Falls, Wis.; Calvin A., a lumberman in Cambridge, Vt.; Florence (Mrs. William HOWIESON), also of Chippeway Falls; Kate (Mrs. Augustus A. BLISS), who died in March, 1885; and Lucy, a teacher, and Orin L., who reside at home with their parents.

      Stephen HALL was born in Barrington, N. H., January 20, 1764. He married Anna LOUGEE, of Exeter, N. H., and settled, when a young man, in Starksboro, where he cleared a farm from the first, and accumulated a competency. In 1811 he removed to Marshfield, and in 1819 came to Calais and settled on a small farm, where he died August 30, 1856. His children were Edmund, born July 3, 1803, died in Chelsea in 1859; Henry T., born June 25, 1810, died in 1881; Stephen N., born December 21, 1812, died in Reading, Mass., in 1888 and Polly, born March 24, I808, married Henry W. Sumner, who was born in Boston, December 7, 1801. Mr. Summer was a shoemaker, came to Plainfield in 1829, and was in the employ of Harvey BANCROFT when he was married. Two years afterward he settled in Calais, where he continued to reside until his death, October 26, 1881. The children of Mr. and Mrs. SUMMER are all living. Their oldest son is in business in Boston, the other in Pennsylvania, one daughter, Mrs. George BEMIS, resides in Marshfield, and the other is the widow of George LOVELL, and resides on the homestead and makes a home for her aged mother.

      Gilbert LEONARD, an early settler of Calais, married, first, Miss Eliza SALES, of Massachusetts, who died about 1820. About 1822 he married Elfrida, daughter of Abijah WHEELOCK, one of the colony of first settlers in the town. Mr. LEONARD settled on the farm where George PIERCE now lives, and twenty years after he removed to the farm where his son Joseph W. now resides. His second wife bore him ten children. Joseph W., before mentioned, resides on the homestead. He married Dolly A., daughter of Samuel and Dolly (DAVIS) RICH. This union has been blessed with four children, viz.: Alma Davis, born June 26, 1854; Florence Rich and Howard Ray, twins, born January 27, 1856; and Warren Irving, born July 22, 1861 Mr. Leonard gave faithful service under "the old flag," as first lieutenant in the Union army. He represented Calais in 1880-81, and has honorably discharged the duties of several town offices. He is an upright, reliable citizen, and a substantial farmer.

      Lewis O. LEONARD, son of Gilbert and Elfrida (WHEELOCK) LEONARD, was born in Calais, January 19, 1840. He married Hortense COLE, and settled in Woodbury. Mrs. LEONARD died October 9, 1864, at the age of twenty-two years, and left one daughter. Mr. LEONARD's second wife (Lucia J. STODDARD, of Calais) bore him two sons, one of whom is now living. The other died March 7, 1887. Mrs. LEONARD, the mother of his sons, died March 18, 1887, and his only daughter died July 27, 1888.

      Thomas MCKNIGHT, son of Thomas, was born in Montpelier, June 6, 1806. In 1821 his father moved to Calais. He has been a noted joiner. At the age of twenty-two he married Adaline MCKNIGHT, of Montpelier, and five of their eight children lived to adult age, viz.: Harriet (Mrs. Charles R. WHITE), of Calais; Clarinda P. (Mrs. Roderic HOLTON), also of Calais; Annette (Mrs. V. B. AINSWORTH), of Craftsbury; Laura A. (Mrs. S. K. CAMERON), of Woodbury; and Charles E., 3d sergeant of Co. H, 13th Regt. Vt. Vols., who died in Camp Cornish, Va., March 23, 1863. Mr. MCKNIGHT died September 1, 1888, aged eighty-two years. For the last thirty-three years he resided with his daughter, Mrs. WHITE.

      Zephaniah G., son of Noah and Ruth PIERCE, was born in Calais, December 16, 1822, and died May 27, 1880. He was a farmer in his native town until he was thirty years of age, when he went West and engaged in the hardware trade. He returned to Calais in 1855, and continued in mercantile business till his death. April 22, 1845, he married Eliza S. LEONARD. Their only child is Walter L. PIERCE, born October 20, 1855, married Miss Annie F. TABOR, of East Montpelier, in November, 1875, and has two children, Maud L. and Charlie T. Mr. PIERCE is of the firm of White & Pierce, general merchants, of East Calais.

      John and Lucy (BLANCHARD) WHITE, of New Boston, Mass., were parents of fourteen children and grandparents of eighty-one grandchildren. Their son Henry was father of twenty-one children. Jacob WHITE, another son of John and Lucy, was born March 22, 1806, and came to Calais in 1826, where he has since resided. In February, 1826, he married Clariss PORTER, who died March 23, 1858, and left five children. In 1861 Mr. WHITE married Widow Elvira GOODELL, who died May 6, 1880, on her seventy-sixth birthday. Benjamin P. WHITE, son of Jacob, is of the firm of WHITE & PIERCE, merchants, of East Calais, is an influential citizen, and holds the positions of town agent and postmaster. He served as constable ten years, and has represented Calais in the legislature.  He married Christina WHEELOCK, and three children were born to them. After her death Mr. WHITE married Amelia PIERCE, of Cabot, who is the mother of one child.

      Dr. Asa Worthley GEORGE, son of Asa and Sally (WORTHLEY) GEORGE, was born in Washington, Vt., September 24, 1797, and at the age of nineteen years married Miss Betsey E. BRAYMAN, of his native town. He began life as a wheelwright, but commenced the study of medicine while at work at his bench. He commenced to practice with Dr. SARGENT, of Sandwich, N. H., and took a yearly course of lectures at Hanover, until he graduated, in 1824. In February, 1825, he settled in Calais, as the successor of Dr. GILMAN, where he had a very extensive practice up to the close of his long and useful life. In 1849 he received a second diploma, and afterwards gave instructions to numerous students, whom he gave a fine set off in the profession. The Doctor was industrious and indefatigable in his attendance on his patients. Neither bad roads, storms, or dark nights kept him from their bedside. He was constant in attention to the poor as well as the rich. Indeed, the poor he never oppressed. He was brusque in manners, but warm, kind, and sympathetic, and had a wide reputation as a physician. Dr. GEORGE cast the only Republican vote in Calais several years, when he was joined by Dea. George FOSTER. Dr. GEORGE prophesied from the first that he would live to see Calais represented in the legislature by a Republican, and he had that honor in 1854 and '55. He also held all the important offices in his town. He died August 23, 1880, aged eighty-three years. His wife, Betsey E., died October 2, 1872. In October, 1873, he married Maria P. BRAMAN, of Washington, who died in March, 1879. His first marriage was blessed with three daughters, namely, Achsah W., Henrietta B., and Helen M. Achsah W. married George L. DUTTON, of Walden, Vt., in 1841. Their children are Asa George DUTTON, who married Mary J. DAVIS, of Little Valley, N. Y., and owns and resides on the farm recently owned by his grandfather, Dr. GEORGE ; William H. DUTTON, who married Mary E. BOYCE, of Hyde Park; and the sister, who married Albert GEORGE, of Calais. In 1849 Henrietta B., daughter of Dr. GEORGE, married James R. GEORGE, of Berlin. Helen M., in 1846, married Dr. Hiram C. ORCUTT.

      Hon. Alonzo D. PEARCE, a native of Calais, and son of Alonzo and Thirza (DWINELL) PEARCE, and grandson of Asahel and Clarissa (PECK) PEARCE, who was one of the pioneers of Calais, was born September 17, 1825, and has been a prominent man. He was constable and collector a long time, postmaster ten years, sheriff of Washington county in 1870-71, and represented his town in the legislature of 1886. Mr. PEARCE was of the firm of PEARCE & PITKIN, merchants, which firm was discontinued at the death of Mr. PITKIN, and since then Mr. PEARCE has not engaged extensively in business. Hon. Alonzo D. PEARCE is one who is held in high esteem in Calais. In 1856 he united in marriage with Dulcena NELSON. Their children are Harley N., born May 24, 1855, graduated at Tufts College, class of 1880, and is now a teacher in the State Normal school at Morehead, Minn.; and Inez M., born June 27, 1857, is a dressmaker, and resides with her parents. She is also librarian of the circulating library. 

      John A. CHAPIN, born in Belchertown, Mass., in 1790, married Diadama MERRILL, who was born in 1801, emigrated to Calais in 1832, and settled on the James LEBARRON farm, where his grandson, Henry A. CHAPIN, now lives. They were parents of ten children. Mr. CHAPIN died in Westfield, Mass., in 1879. Mrs. CHAPIN died in Calais in 1872. His son Alvin M. was born in Stanstead, Canada, June 18, 1822. In 1843 he married Diana GOODELL, of Calais, and settled on the homestead. Their children now living are John E., who resides in Montpelier; Henry A. in Calais as before mentioned; Alvin in Massachusetts; and Ida V. and Albertin, Calais.

      William H. CHAPIN, son of John A., was born September 20, 1840. He enlisted as a private in the Springfield Heavy Artillery in 1863. He was then engaged at Springfield, Mass., as a machinist. He left the shops and went to the front with his battery, and served until July, 1865, when he was discharged. He returned to Calais, and May 18, 1869, married Ellen J. CARNES, of Barre. Their children were Jennie M., born April 21, 1870, and Georgie W., born February 6, 1872, who died at the age of two years. Mrs CHAPIN died September 25, 1874, aged twenty-eight years. February 29, 1876, he married Mrs. Martha (WHITEHILL) EDWARDS, widow of Rowland EDWARDS. Mr. CHAPIN is now living on road 76, and is engaged in farming.

      Matthew JACK, son of Matthew, was born in Marshfield, September 14, 1815. At the age of twenty-one years he moved to the central part of Calais. In 1847 he married T. Celinda, daughter of Charles WHEELER, of Woodbury. In 1867 he purchased the farm of James HAMMOND where his widow now lives. Mr. JACK was honest and upright in dealing with his neighbors, and gave his attention to his own business. He died September 13, 1881. Mr. and Mrs. JACK were parents of an only son, Lewis L., who died September 13, 1871. Lewis L. JACK was a youth of amiable, filial, and scholarly qualities, and was admired and respected by his entire circle of acquaintances.

      Charles S. BENNETT, son of Ira and Huldah (HERSEY) BENNETT, was born in Calais, September 17, 1825. Mr. BENNETT is a skillful and popular carpenter, joiner, and builder. He married Caroline LEBARRON, of Calais. Eight of their ten children are living, viz.: Ellen C., wife of Fred SNOW; Elia A. (Mrs. Frank J. PARKER); Ella H. (Mrs. E. TEMPLETON) ; Etta C. (Mrs. George H. CLARK), all of whom reside in East Montpelier; Carrie E. (Mrs. Leander COBURN), of Minnesota ; Cassius C., of Dakota; and Ina B. and Van F., who resides, with their parents.

      Isaac GRAY was born in East Montpelier, married Martha BILLINGS, and settled in the little hamlet of Pekin, in Calais. Their children are Ira B., a business man in Boston; Martha (Mrs. Stephen BATES), of Harkwick, Vt.; John, a carpenter, who resides in Oregon; and George S., who resides on road 80, in Calais, and is engaged in farming. He married Sarah BUGBEE, of this town, daughter of Chester and Amanda (DAGGETT) BUGBEE, and granddaughter of Lyman DAGGETT, who came to Calais with his uncle, Peter WHEELOCK, in 1789, when only twelve years old, and who lived to the great age of ninety-four years. Mr. and Mrs. GRAY were married December 10, 1866.

      Luther CONVERSE was born in Elmore, and came to Calais when a young man. His father, Ira, died in February, 1887, aged eighty years. His mother, of the LAMBERTON family of Marshfield, still survives (1888), aged nearly eighty-one years. Luther CONVERSE married Asenath W. SHORTT, of Calais. Four of their six children are living, viz.: Jesse O., Elmer P., Albert J., and Homer L. Jesse O. married Miss E. PRAY, of East Montpelier.

      Capt. William V. PECK, son of William and Hannah (HACKETT) PECK, was born in Wolcott, Vt., February 8, 1834. His parents removed to Calais in 1841. February 6, 1858, Mr. PECK married Helen M. DUDLEY, of Calais. He served as captain of Co. H. 13th Regt. Vt. Vols., four months, under the command of Col. F. V. RANDALL, and returned in broken health. Mr. PECK is a practical farmer, on road 45, and is the inventor of the noted odorless fertilizer, and is of the firm of PECK & DUDLEY, of Montpelier.

      Gilman GUERNSEY was born in Haverhill, N. H., came to Calais when a boy, and learned the joiners' trade of Salem GOODENOUGH. About 1837 he married Clotina SOUTHWICK, and continued to reside in Calais to the close of his life. Their children are Mahala, who married Abram J. WALLACE, a contractor and builder, of Waterloo, P. Q.; George H., the celebrated architect and builder, of Montpelier; and Oscar W., born January 22, 1847, who is a farmer in Calais. February 15, 1873, he married Sarah J. LEACH, and they have three children, Myrtie M., Alice M., and George H.

      Charles S. GUERNSEY settled as a farmer in Calais, on the farm where his son A. C. now lives, about 1843. He married Cynthia HANKS, of Duxbury, a descendant of the SPRAGUE family of that town. They had born to them the son before mentioned, and a daughter, who married Carlos WHEELOCK in 1848. Her home is in Boston, Mass. Mrs. WHEELOCK is the guardian of an orphan child, Hope CLEMENT, who owns a residence on road 45, where Mrs. WHEELOCK makes a summer resort.

      Austin H. SANDERS was born in East Montpelier, January 4, 1839, where he resided until 1867, when he bought a farm on road 45, in Calais, which has been his home since that date. Mr. SANDERS, in June, 1863, married Mary, daughter of H. D. SINCLAIR, of East Montpelier, who served as a soldier in the late war, under Gen. THOMAS, and in the military printing office at New Orleans. The children of Mr. and Mrs. SANDERS are Arthur L., born August 16, 1865, and George E., born January 28, 1868, both of whom reside with their parents. Mr. SANDERS is honest, upright, and highly respected. His parents were Peter and Hannah (PIKE) SANDERS.

      J.K. TOBY, son of R. W. TOBY, was born in Calais, June 17, 1845, and received his education in the common schools and at the Union school of Montpelier. He engaged in land surveying and school teaching, and was a teacher in New Jersey from 1865 to 1870. He married Miss Sherill ROBINSON, and settled on a farm at Maple Corners, where in the last years of his life he engaged in raising seeds for the firm of B. K. BLISS & Son, of New York. Mr. TOBY was entrusted with many of the offices of his town, and interested in educational affairs.

      Sargent F. BAILEY was born in Danville, in 1814. His parents removed to Woodbury when he was two years old, and where he resided until he was twenty. He then went to Barre and learned the trade of mason. He traveled in thirteen states, and labored at his trade in each. In December, 1847, he married Caroline EDSON, of Cabot, and has had born to him five children, only two of whom are living, viz.: Sarah C., who married Chauncey C. HASKELL, in May, 1877, and is the mother of a daughter, Helen S., born in October, 1878; the other married O. S. JOSLYN, of Waitsfield, in January, 1878, and is the mother of four children. Mr. BAILEY settled on the farm where he now lives, in Calais, in 1882, and since then he has been a farmer. He was a resident of West Woodbury forty years, and one of the highly respected citizens of that neighborhood.

      Erasmus L. BURNAP, son of Ebenezer and Ruth (Tucker) BURNAP, was born in Auburn, Mass., in 1813. He removed to Cabot in 1837, where he resided until 1859, when lie settled in Calais, which has since been his home. December 17, 1834, he married Susan HAWES, of Wrentham, Mass. Five of their seven children are now living, viz.: Charles H., born in December, 1839, learned the joiners' and carriage makers' trade when twenty years of age, and went to reside in California, but found the climate uncongenial and returned to Calais, July 17, 1862, he enlisted in Co. I, 11th Vt. Regt., served to the close of the war, and was discharged June 24, 1865. He married Sarah W. LEONARD, of Calais, and is father of one daughter. He is a farmer with his father on road 56. Isabel F. is the wife of O. H. LEORARD. Harvey E. married Mira L. JACOBS. Anna E. resides at the old home. Mary H., the eldest, married Levi W. PITKIN, and resides in Marshfield. The others all reside in Calais. Mrs. Susan BURNAP died August 2, 1862. April 17, 1867, Mr. BURNAP married Elsie A. SHORTT. He has been prominent in town affairs, and represented Calais in the legislature of 1876-77. 

      George C. SLAYTON, son of Joseph A. and Lucinda (HACKETT) SLAYTON, was born November 14, 1860. He acquired his education at the graded school at Maple Corners, where he prepared himself to teach, and has taught in Calais and adjacent towns. November 14, 1881, he united in marriage with Lovinia A. GOODELL, and both taught the ensuing four years. He then bought the farm on road 48, where they now reside, and are engaged in securing a comfortable home.

      JOSEPH A. SLAYTON, SON OF ORIN AND DULCENA (ANDRUS) SLAYTON, and grand son of Bucklin SLAYTON, the carpenter, and an early settler of Cabs, was born in East Montpelier, December 6, 1833. In 1859 he married Lucinda HACKETT, of Calais. In 1860 they settled in the western part of this town. In 1867 they removed to the farm where they now live, on road 10. Mr. SLAYTON is a thorough farmer and stock grower. His marriage has been blessed by the birth of two sons, viz.: George C., a farmer on road 48; and Mahlon A., who lives with his parents.

      E.D. HASKELL, SON OF DANIEL AND BETSEY (SPAULDING) HASKELL, was born in St. Johnsbury, July 16, 1833, where his mother was born about 1803. At the age of twenty-one he married Lorinda P. HOYT, and the same year commenced the manufacture of doors, sash, and blinds at Woodbury, which he continued six years, when he sold to Alonzo A. CLARK, and bought the farm where Harley RICKARD now lives. He conducted the farm three years, sold it, and entered the mercantile business at North Calais, in March, 1863, and is a merchant at the present time (1888). Mr. HASKELL was also a manufacturer of woolen goods three years. He bought the mills of George WHITE, put in machinery, employed from eight to ten hands, but after three years it passed into the hands of G. ORMSBEE. Mrs. HASKELL died January 9, 1885. Their only child, Charlie E., was born June 8, 1856, and is now of the firm of E. D. HASKELL & Son, merchants, doing business at Wolcott, Vt. Both father and son are energetic business men.

      Albert GEORGE, son of Rufus, was born in Chelsea. This GEORGE family is, of unmistakable English origin and of noble blood. Mr. GEORGE has in his possession the family coat of arms. At the age of twenty-five years, after a sojourn in Boston, he came to Calais, and June 3, 1866, united in marriage with Miss Lucretia DUTTON. This marriage is blessed with one son. Mr. and Mrs. GEORGE have a beautiful home and good farm, one mile from East Calais, where they dispense a generous hospitality. Mr. GEORGE is genial, kind, a good neighbor, and reliable citizen. He defended the  old flag," in the late war, and at the expense of two severe gun-shot wounds -- one in his thigh and the other in his right shoulder. He now receives a pension from his country which he so heroically defended.

      Curtis O. EASTMAN was born in Compton, P. Q. His parents removed to Walden, Vt., when he was but two years old, and from there to Woodbury. At the age of fifteen he left home, and married Sarah THOMPSON, of Glover, when he was twenty-three years of age, and two children were born to them. In 1862 he enlisted in the 11th Vt. Regt., and served the ensuing three years. While he was in the service of his country his wife and children died. In 1865 he married Emma S., daughter of Elias SMITH, who was a son of one of the earliest settlers of Marshfield. Elias SMITH settled in Calais in 1830, on the farm where he spent the remainder of his life. He died in November, 1879. Mr. and Mrs. EASTMAN, with their family of six children, have, since his death, occupied the homestead.

      The soldiers in the Revolutionary war who were afterwards citizens of Calais were John BEATTIS, who deserted from the British, Seth DOAN, Jonas COMINS, Backus GARY, Ebenezer GOODENOUGH, Stephen HALL, Moses HASKELL, Francis LEBARRON, Job MACOMBER, John MARTIN, Shubael SHORTT, Jesse SLAYTON, Samuel WHITE, Edmund WILLIS, Duncan YOUNG, who also deserted front the British, David FULLER, Asa WHEELOCK, and Joshua BLISS.

      The soldiers in the War of 1812, who went from Calais, were Danforth AINSWORTH, Welcome Ainsworth, Benjamin Bancroft, John Goodell, David Green, Isaac Hawkins, Enoch Kelton, Ansel LEBANON, Shubael LEWIS, Azael LYON, Jason MARSH, Perry MARSH, Dwight MARSH, John MARTIN, Jr., Jabez MOWER, Ephraim PRAY, Isaac ROBINSON, Joel TUCKER, Josiah WHITE, and Daniel YOUNG.

      In the late civil war Calais did her duty promptly and well. Ninety-six soldiers enlisted for three years, twenty-three for one year, and twenty-seven for nine months. Of the thirty drafted men, six entered the service and twenty-four paid commutation. Thus the town furnished three in excess of the quota of 173.

      In August, 1823, a call was issued, signed by Caleb CURTIS, Midad WRIGHT, and Nathan BANCROFT, inviting all interested in building a meeting-house to meet at the house of Midad WRIGHT on the 18th of that month. The meeting was accordingly held and the First Meeting-house Society of Calais was then formed, by-laws adopted, and officers elected as follows: Caleb CURTIS, moderator; William DANA, clerk; and Joshua BLISS, treasurer. A committee was appointed to select a site and draw a plan for the meeting-house. On the 30th of the month a meeting was held, and the committee reported that they had agreed upon a building lot, and had drawn a plan for a house '”40 by 42 feet, with 40 pews on the lower floor, 5 by 6 feet, and 18 above of the same bigness." This report was accepted. The house was to be three years in construction; one-half the expense to be paid in three installments: half in neat cattle and the other half in grain. The house was completed, accepted, and dedicated in November, 1825. Six religious societies owned the house, and its occupancy was apportioned to them according to the amount that each had contributed. The first recorded apportionment was in 1828, when the Universalists had twenty Sundays, Baptists ten, Congregationalists nine, Christians six, Freewill Baptists four, and Methodists three. In 1848 there was another apportionment made, which was Universalists thirty-two, Congregationalists seven, Methodists five, Baptists four, Christians four. The house was used almost every Sunday, summer and winter, without a stove, until 1831. It is still in fine condition, and kept nicely painted and repaired, although it has been but very little used for a number of years.

      The Christian church, located at Calais Center, was organized in 1810, by Rev. B. PUTNAM and Rev. R. DODGE, with about fifty members. Rev. B. PUTNAM was the first pastor. At its organization there was a monthly conference established, and maintained to the present time. The church has sustained preaching nearly all the time of its existence of nearly eighty years. Their house of worship was erected, of wood, in 1866, at a cost of about $2,000. The membership is about sixty, with Rev. Orin DAVIS, pastor. The value of church property, including grounds and buildings, is $2,000. The house will comfortably seat 300. For the past twenty-five years their Sunday school has numbered from 100 to 130 members, and at present has about 100.
 
 
 

Gazetteer Of Washington County, Vt. 1783-1899,
Compiled and Published by Hamilton Child,
Edited By William Adams.
The Syracuse Journal Company, Printers and Binders.
Syracuse, N. Y.; April, 1889.
Pages 222- 242

Transcribed by Karima Allison, 2003