SHEFFIELD
– CALEDONIA COUNTY
1887–1888
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.
(Postoffice address
is Sheffield, unless otherwise designated in parenthesis)
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Ash
Warren I., r 2, laborer.
Ayer
Joanna, r 32, widow of Simeon.
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BARBER
ALDIS A., r 34, sheriff, tax collector, and farmer with his father, A.
L.
BARBER
ASA L., r 34, blacksmith, 1,000 sugar trees, farmer 200.
Barber
John C., r 34, 800 sugar trees, farmer 75.
Barton
Mary J., widow of Rev. Robert H., resident, h and lot.
Berry
Charles E., r 25, farmer.
BERRY
GEORGE F., r 29. farmer, leases of S. & R. C. Hall 200.
Berry
Jonathan W., (Sutton) r 28, farmer 185.
BERRY
MARTHA G. MISS, r 25 cor 26, dressmaker, lives with her father, Samuel.
BERRY
SAMUEL, r 25 cor 26, 1,000 sugar trees, 40 sheep, farmer 140.
Berry
Thomas, off r 7, farmer 70.
Bickford
Charles; r 11, 900 sugar trees, farmer 160.
Bickford
Eugene F., (Glover) r 11, 1,200 sugar trees, 50 cattle, farmer 200.
Bickford
Harriet, r 31, widow of Stephen.
Bickford
Trustum, (Glover) r 11, retired farmer, aged 90.
Blake
John L., r 21, farmer.
BRADLEY
CHANCEY S., r 1, blacksmith and farmer 70.
BRADLEY
LABAN B., r 36, carpenter and joiner, h and 3 acres.
Bradley
Ward, (Wheelock) r 36, farmer about 100.
Brooks
Alpheus, r 16, farmer 68.
BROOKS
CYRIL, (Barton) r 2, farmer.
Brooks
Herbert W., (Wheelock) off r 29, 500 sugar trees, farmer 85.
Brooks
Horace, r 16, farmer 154.
Brooks
Josephus, (Glover) r 16, 800 sugar trees, farmer 125.
Brown
Foster I., r 34, mail carrier from Sheffield to Lyndonville, h and lot.
Brown
Lester A., r 13 cor 16, farmer, leases 140.
Brown
Waldron, r 1, member of school board, justice of the peace, 14 cows, 500
sugar trees, farmer 215.
Bruce
Jonas, r 35, laborer.
Burnham
Dudley J., 2,000 sugar trees, farmer 200.
Bush
John, (Sutton) r 4, farmer, with S. G. Chesley.
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Cass
Jacob M., r 32, selectman, agent for organs.
Chaplin
George D., r 28, farmer 160.
Chase
Amasa, r 36, farmer.
CHASE
ELMER E., r 17, farmer with his father, W. H.
CHASE
WALTER H., r 17, 15 grade Jersey cows, 700 sugar trees, farmer 150, served
in Co. G, 15th Vt. Vols.
Chesley
Alvah L., r 32, laborer.
CHESLEY
CHARLES, r 20, prop. saw-mill, and farmer, 140.
CHESLEY
CHARLES H., r 32, farmer with his father, Joseph W.
CHESLEY
ELIZA K., r 32, widow of James, 500 sugar trees, farmer 115.
CHESLEY
FRANK J., r 32, farmer, son of Eliza K.
Chesley
George W., (Sutton) r 6, 12 cows, 500 sugar trees, farmer 130, and in Sutton
70.
Chesley
John W., r 32, farmer.
Chesley
Jonathan H., r 6, resident.
Chesley
Joseph T., r 32, justice, farmer 30.
CHESLEY
JOSEPH W., r 32, blacksmith, 300 sugar trees, farmer 65.
Chesley
O. Warner, r 25, justice of the peace, prop. saw-mill, 10 cows, 40 sheep,
800 sugar trees, farmer 220.
CHESLEY
OLIN K., r 32, farmer, son of Eliza K.
Chesley
Omer G., (Sutton) r 4, farmer with S. G.
CHESLEY
STEPHEN G., (Sutton) r 4, 1,000 sugar trees, farmer 163.
Christie
Jesse, r 31, carpenter and farmer.
Christie
Reuben C., r 31, carpenter and joiner, farmer 30.
Christie
Robert Rev., pastor of M. E. church.
Christie
Robert, Jr., M. E. preacher.
Clapp
Dennis S., r 20, farm laborer.
CLAPP
GEORGE W., r 20, hair dresser, farmer 20.
Clark
Jonathan, (Sutton) r 25 farmer 75.
Coffran
Charles W., off r 31, 500 sugar trees, farmer 65.
Coffran
Sarah A., off r 31, widow of S. G.
Cook
Charles C., off r 1, farmer 100.
Cowdrey
Timothy F., r 32, laborer.
Cushman
Gardner H., r 36, tin peddler, h and lot.
Cutler
Foster T., (Sutton) r 25, farmer with W. P.
Cutler
William P., (Sutton) r 25, farmer 80.
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Davis
Arabell, r 30, widow of Elisha, aged 84 years.
Davis
Franklin, r 30, manuf. of winnowing mills, farmer 62.
Davis
Harley, r 30, farmer with Salma.
Davis
Ira, r 32, laborer.
Davis
Salma, r 30, selectman, town agent, 25 head cattle, 100 sheep, farmer 400.
DAY
JACOB F., off r 17, 17 grade Jersey cows, 350 sugar trees, farmer 210.
DeGreene
Freeman, (Sutton) off r 5, farmer 50.
Derusha
Charles J., r 2, farmer.
Dexter
Samuel P., r 36, resident with William.
DEXTER
WILLIAM, r 36, justice of the peace, farmer 74.
Drake
Alexander D., r 21, with his brother W. H., farmer 140.
Drake
Spencer, r 21, retired farmer, aged 88.
Drake
Spencer, Jr., r 24, farmer 130.
Drake
Whiting H., r 21, farmer with A. D.
Drew
Rufus, (Glover) r 1, farmer 40.
Drown
Andrew J., r 12, farmer with William.
Drown
Henry, (Sutton) r 26, farmer 26, and in Sutton 50.
Drown
Herbert V., r 11, farmer with Job.
Drown
Job, r 11, 550 sugar trees, farmer 200.
Drown
John, r 12 cor 9. farmer with William.
Drown
Lucy A., r 32, widow of Horace, h and 6 acres.
Drown
Nathaniel, (Sutton) r 26, farmer 40.
Drown
Ward B., r 1, retired farmer, aged 77.
Drown
William, r 12, owns with his wife farm 100.
Dwyer
William, r 1, laborer, h and lot.
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EASTMAN
ELI, (Wheelock) r 28 cor 29, 850 sugar trees, farmer 130, and carries on
town farm 200.
Eastman
Rachel, r 28 n 29, widow of Beri, lives with her son Eli.
Edwards
Eben, r 7, farmer 42.
Elkins
Hannah, r 36, lives with Emily Gray.
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Farr
Benjamin A., r 32, cooper, farmer 15.
Farr
Charles D., r 32, laborer.
Farr
Jacob W., r 36, laborer.
Fergurson
Ivers, r 17, farmer with John.
Fergurson
John, r 17, 500 sugar trees, farmer 225.
Findlay
Alexander, off r 1, laborer, and farmer 80.
Flanders
John T., r 34, carpenter and joiner, leases house of Aaron Gray.
FOLSOM
NOAH L., r 32, (Folsom & Giffin) farmer 40.
FOLSOM
& GIFFIN, r 32, (N. L. F. and A. J. G.) general merchants.
Fontain
Joseph, r 33, farmer 10.
Fuller
Jefferson C., laborer.
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Garfield
Hosea, r 32 cor 17, 400 sugar trees, farmer 87.
Garland
Charles H., r 32, member of school board, house, carriage and ornamental
painter, and carriage repairer.
Gibson
James B, r 25, 1,000 sugar trees, farmer 100.
GIFFIN
ALBERT J., r 32, (Folsom & Griffin) postmaster.
Giffin
George, r 35, town clerk, treasurer, and farmer 26.
Gilman
Joseph, (Wheelock) r 28, farmer 140.
GORMAN
LEON, r 21, 20 head cattle, 1,500 sugar trees, farmer 140, served in Co.
D, 4th Regt. Vt. Vols.
Gray
Aaron, r 31 cor 32, justice of the peace, clerk for Hazen M.
Gray
Aaron, 2d., peddler, h and lot.
Gray
Aaron H., (S. Barton. Orleans Co.) r 3, farmer.
Gray
A. W., (Sutton) r 28, farmer.
GRAY
ALFRED, r 36, member of school board, justice of the peace, prop. grist
and planning mill, farmer 160.
GRA
Y ALONZO, (Sutton) r 28, 600 sugar trees, farmer 130.
GRAY
AZRO J., r 8, farmer, leases of J. Drown, of Waterford, 35.
Gray
Edwin H., off r 7, farmer.
Gray
Emily, r 36, widow of Stephen, h and lot.
GRAY
FRANKLIN, r 8, farmer 48.
Gray
George, r 21, farmer.
Gray
Hazen M., r 31 cor 32, general merchant.
GRAY
IRA, JR, r 10, farmer with Noah Drown.
Gray
Jacob F., r 2, farmer 61.
Gray
John, r 2, 20 sheep, farmer 144.
Gray
John C., r 2, farmer with his father, John.
Gray
O. Amasa, r 2l, farm laborer.
GRAY
PERCIVAL, off r 7, 900 sugar trees, farmer 200.
Gray
Polly, r 32, widow of Eliphalet.
Gray
Robert A., off r 7, 1,300 sugar trees, farmer 200.
Gray
Sherlock V., (Glover) r 1, 1,100 sugar trees, farmer 100.
Gray
Warner C., r 8, farmer 102.
Gray
Wells C., off r 7, farmer.
Gray
William W., r 1, laborer.
GREEN
ROBERT, r 8 cor 7, 500 sugar trees, farmer 74.
Grimmard
Octave, (Barton) off r 2, farmer.
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HALL
RILEY C., r 36, (S. & R. C. H.) son of Sylvester.
HALL
SYLVESTER, r 36, (S. & R. C. H.)
HALL
S. & R. C., r 36, (Sylvester and Riley C.) props. saw and shingle mill,
1,500 sugar trees, farmers 200.
Hanna
John. (Barton) r 2, farmer with Thomas.
Hanna
Joseph, (Barton) r 2, farmer.
Hanna
Thomas, (Barton) r 2, farmer, leases of L. C. Grandy 180.
HANSCOM
AARON, r 31, 40 sheep, 700 sugar trees, farmer 105.
HANSCOM
IDA M., r 34, teacher, lives with her father, W. G.
HANSCOM
NELLIE. r 34, teacher, lives with her father, W. G.
HANSCOM
WILLIS G., r 34, auctioneer and farmer 100.
Hitchcock
Louis, (Barton) off r 2, lumberman and farmer.
Hitchcock
Odina, (Barton) off r 2, farmer.
Holmes
Charles F., (S. Barton) r 3, farmer 70.
Hazeltine
Sallie D., r 32, widow of Isaac.
Hudson
George L., (Glover) r 1, farmer 75.
Hunter
Milo L., r 1, cooper, farmer 100.
Hunter
Stanley, r 9, farmer with C. Williams.
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Ingalls
Bradley, r 35, justice, 1,300 sugar trees, farmer 160.
INGALLS
CHARLES, r 32, selectman, 1,000 sugar trees, farmer 100.
INGALLS
JOSEPH, r 34, farmer 25.
INGALLS
JOSEPH H., r 28, 1,400 sugar trees, 15 sheep, farmer 160.
Ingalls
Margaret, r 32, widow of Joshua W., lives with her son, Charles.
INGALLS
OSMAN M. farmer with Joseph.
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JENNESS
MORRILL P., r 8, 8 cows, 900 sugar trees, farmer 90.
Jenness
Oliver H., off r 2, farmer 50.
JESSEMAN
OEL W., (Sutton) r 6, farmer 70.
Jillson
Mary, r 20, widow of George W.
Jones
Nellie, r 34, widow of Giles.
Jones
Samuel A., r 32, physician and surgeon, h and lot.
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Kenaston
Mary, widow of Jesse G.
Kendall
George E., r 24, farmer with Sylvanus.
Kendall
Sylvanus N., r 24, 40 sheep, 2,000 sugar trees, farmer 175.
Kimball
Fred R., r 37, butcher, and leases of I. Pearl 112 acres.
KING
JAMES C., r 1, 950 sugar trees, 17 head cattle, farmer 165.
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LaClair
Charles, Jr., (Sutton) r 5, farmer 140.
LaClair
Isaac F., (Sutton) r 5, farmer 30.
LaClair
Joseph, (Sutton) r 5, farmer.
LaClair
Mary R., (Sutton) r 5, widow of Charles.
LETTERS
NAZIRE, (Barton) r 2, carpenter, 20 sheep, 800 sugar trees, farmer 160.
(Moved to Barton.)
Libbey
Elijah, r 17, farmer 85.
Libbey
Miron, r 17, laborer.
Libbey
Meshach, (S. Barton) r 3, farmer 110.
Libbey
Meshach E., (S. Barton) r 3, laborer.
Lord
Lewis, (S. Barton) r 3, farmer with Nathaniel.
Lord
Nathaniel, (S. Barton) r 3, farmer 140.
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Marcou
George, r 2, laborer.
Marcou
Henry, r 2, laborer and farmer 85.
Marcou
Isaac, r 2, farmer 50.
Marcou
Isaac, Jr., r 2, farmer, leases of Alfred Gray 160.
Masuer
George A., (Sutton) r 25, farmer.
Masuer
Louis, (Sutton) r 25, farmer.
McDowel1
James A., (Glover) r 14 farmer 140.
McDOWELL
ROBERT J., r 1, carpenter and joiner, farmer 60.
McNeal
Jane S. Miss, r 32, resident.
McNeal
Willard C., r 32, farmer 10.
Miles
Sally G., r 32, widow of A. M., h and lot.
Mitchell
Hugh, r 18, farmer.
MITCHELL
WILLIAM, r 18,10 cows, 500 sugar trees, farmer 120, served in Co. D, 6th
Regt. Vt. Vols.
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Newell
George B, carpenter.
Newell
Henry D., off r 28, farmer.
Newell
Mary, r 35, widow of Daniel h and lot.
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O'Hara
Eliza M., housekeeper for her brother, John C.
O'Hara
John C., farmer 40.
Orcott
John, r 36 cor 35, laborer.
Otis
Thomas F., r 36 cor 35, retired farmer.
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PAIGE
HARLEY E., r 17, farmer.
PAIGE
JOHN D., r 17, 10 head of cattle, 1,000 sugar trees, farmer 85.
Pearl
Isaac, r 32, farmer 112.
PEARL
JOHN, r 29, 6 cows, 30 sheep, 450 sugar trees, 200 apple trees, farmer
190.
Pearl
William, r 32, retired farmer, owns 40 acres.
Peavey
Joseph, {Sutton) r 5, farmer 50.
Phillips
Dana, r 31, laborer.
Phillips
George T., r 10, 400 sugar trees, farmer 100.
PHILLIPS
HARRY W., (Glover) r 13, farmer with his father, John E.
Phillips
John, r 31, son of Dana.
PHILLIPS
JOHN E., (Glover) r 13, 15 cows, 400 sugar trees, farmer 150.
Powers
Jonathan, r 1, farmer 22.
Pratt
Lincoln, r 31, laborer.
Pratt
Thomas B., r 31, peddler, h and lot.
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Randall
Loren A., (Glover) r 1, farmer 140.
Ranney
Charles G., r 19, laborer.
Ranney
Ellsworth, r 18, laborer.
RANNEY
GEORGE, r 19, shoemaker and farmer 70.
Ranney
Harley L., r 18, farmer 80.
Ranney
Irvin A., r 19, laborer.
RICHARDSON
EDWIN, general blacksmith and repair shop, Main.
Robbins
Frank M., off r 7, farmer 135.
Robbins
Willie, (S. Barton) off r 3, farmer 70.
ROBERTS
ANDREW, r 11, 1,400 sugar trees, 12 cows, farmer 175.
Roberts
James N., r 11, farmer with his brother, Andrew.
Robinson
Franklin, off r 17, farmer 75.
ROOT
EDWARD F., r 2, 400 sugar trees, farmer 120.
ROOT
EDWARD F., Jr., r 2, farmer, son of E. F.
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Salmon
James F., r 32, blacksmith, h and lot.
Sanborn
John W., (Wheelock) r 38, 400 sugar trees, farmer 200.
Sanborn
Willie G., (Wheelock) r 38, 400 sugar trees, farmer 130.
Shedd
Freeman J., (Glover) r 11, farm laborer.
SHERBURN
CHESTER F., (Glover) r 1,500 sugar trees, farmer 140.
Sherburn
George Y., (Glover) r 1, farmer 70.
Simpson
Adney F., off r 7, 800 sugar trees, farmer 100.
Simpson
Archelaus, off r 2, farmer, son of Jeremiah.
Simpson
Chester, r 2, farmer.
Simpson
Corydon B., r 17, justice of the peace, town lister, farmer 150.
Simpson
Herman P., r 32, clerk for Folsom & Giffin.
SIMPSON
HIRAM, r 2, farmer 89.
Simpson
Jeremiah, off r 2, farmer 65.
Simpson
John F., off r 2, farmer, son of Jeremiah.
Simpson
Jonathan, off r 7, lives with his son A. F.
Simpson
Leonard F., (Glover) r 2, farmer 22.
Simpson
Loraine M., r 17, school teacher.
Simpson
Myron F., r 1, 400 sugar trees, farmer 150.
Simpson
Oscar W., r 1, farmer 65.
Simpson
Sewell B., (Glover) r 2, farmer with Leonard F.
SIMPSON
WILLIAM, r 7, 400 sugar trees, 15 sheep, farmer 90.
SISCO
CHARLES E., r 17, 15 grade cows, farmer 150.
Smith
William, r 8, 400 sugar trees, farmer 70.
Snelling
Charles, r 19, farmer 75.
Snelling
Charles, Jr., r 19, farm laborer.
Snelling
Charles G., r 28, oldest man in town.
Stockwell
Caroline, r 12, lives with her son, Levi.
Stockwell
Levi W., r 12, farmer 65.
Stone
Louis B., (S. Barton) r 3, farmer 70.
Sw1tzer
Samuel A., r 2, laborer.
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Thomas
Tyler, r 20, peddler, and farmer 20.
Thornton
James, r 18, farmer.
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Walcott
Asael, (Glover) r 16, farmer 45.
WALCOTT
GEORGE, r 13, 600 sugar trees, 5 cows, farmer 100, served in Co., 6th Vt.
Vols.
Warner
Sumner, r 32, farmer 215.
Whitney
Bart B., r 8 cor 7, farmer, leases of Charles McClellen, Glover, Vt., 154.
Willey
James, r 36, stone mason, owns farm 2.
WILLARD
PAUL, r 20 cor 22, town lister and farmer.
Williams
Cyril, r 9, 500 sugar trees, farmer 175, aged 84.
Williams
Edwin A., (Wheelock) r 36, farmer 70.
WILLIAMS
GEORGE, r 1, farmer 100.
Williams
John, (Glover) r 15, laborer.
Williams
Philura, r 32, widow of Joseph, h and lot.
Wilson
Warren, r 12, farmer 63.
Woodbury
Lafayette D., r 9, farmer 75.
Woodman
John P., r 8, resident.
Woodmansee
Seth, r 28, formerly farmer.
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Young
Walter G., (Wheelock) r 28, farmer 65.
(Source:
Gazetteer
of Caledonia and Essex Counties, VT.;
1764-1887,
Compiled and Published by Hamilton Child;
May 1887,
Part Two, Pages 107-113)
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