History of the Town of Northfield

<p>This history of Northfield in the heart of Vermont is presented in three parts:</p><p>Part I covers the Centennial proceedings complete with a proclamation by U.S. Grant an address by Hon. John Gregory descriptions of the celebration and a brief history of Northfield. This section offers an abundance of names including a list of 1783 proprietors a list of lawyers and physicians and several lists of town officials and representatives.</p><p>Part II the major portion of this book is devoted to biographical sketches of varying lengths. These sketches contain many interesting facts about early settlers and illustrate the town's steady growth and prosperity. Adams Ainsworth Allen Ashcroft Averill Balch Bennett Blodgett Blood Bradford Braley Briggs Brown Buck Burnham Buzzell Cady Carlton Carpenter Claggett Clark Cobleigh Cochran Davis Denny Dewey Dole Dunham Dunsmore Edgerton Edson Egerton Eggleston Emerson Fisk Foster Frizzle Fullerton Gallup Gilbert Gold Goss Gould Green Gregory Hadley Hassam Hatch Hazen Hedges Henry Holton Howe Howes Jenks Jenness Johnson Jones Joyce Kathan Keith Keyes King Kinsman Knapp Lane Latham Leonard Little Loomis Martyn Mayo McClearn McIntosh Morse Moseley Nichols Orcutt Paine Parker Partridge Paul Plastridge Plumley Pope Porter Randall Rice Richardson Richmond Robinson Sawin Shaw Shipman Simonds Simons Slade Smith Starkweather Thayer Thresher Tilden Tubbs Tucker Tyler Wales Warner Weatherbee West White Whitten Williams Winch Worthington and Wright are among the surnames covered.</p><p>Part III Ecclesiastical and Miscellaneous includes religious societies geology schools organizations cemeteries the Great Rebellion of 1861 and more. With 64 illustrations and a new full-name index.</p><p></p>