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Exhibit 31.1

            CERTIFICATION OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT TO
                   SECTION 302 OF SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Kenneth D. Gibbons, certify that:

1.    I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Union Bankshares,
      Inc.;

2.    Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement
      of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
      statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such
      statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered
      by this report;

3.    Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
      information included in this report, fairly present in all material
      respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of
      the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.    The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for
      establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
      defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal
      control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
      13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and we have:

      (a)   designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
            disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
            supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
            registrant, including its consolidated subsidiary, is made known to
            us by others within those entities, particularly during the period
            in which this report is being prepared;

      (b)   designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused
            such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under
            our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the
            reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial
            statements for external purposes in accordance with generally
            accepted accounting principles;

      (c)   evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls
            and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about
            the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of
            the end of the period covered by this report based on such
            evaluations;

      (d)   disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal
            control over financial reporting that occurred during the
            registrant's most recent fiscal quarter that has materially
            affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect the
            registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

5.    The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on
      our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting,
      to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of registrant's
      board of directors:

      (a)   all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design
            or operation of internal controls over financial reporting which
            are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability
            to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

      (b)   any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
            other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's
            internal controls over financial reporting.


Date: November 7, 2008


/s/ Kenneth D. Gibbons
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Kenneth D. Gibbons
President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)