The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1867-03-15
History OF st. Adams.
by an old Resident.
PART XVII.
NEHEMIAH W. KISGMAN

NLnLhlht W hiNEhAN
Was native of Canaan, Columbia
county, n. Y, and came to st. Adams
more than sixty years ago. He was a
halter by trade, and for considerable
time worked at his trade here. He
subsequently enlarged his business
and kept a small retail store Of groce-
ries and dry goods in connection
with the hating business. BY de-
grees he gave up the hating business,
and limited his attention to dry goods
aud groceries, and such other matters
as were usually kept in a country
store He was industrious and fru-
gal in his manner and style of living;
and by such means he was able, in
the course Of his residence in St Al
bans, to acquire am ample fortune. II
Though living frugally, and avoiding
all sorts of extravaganza in his domes-
tic arrangements, he was liberal and
public spirited in relGtion to what he
considered to be beneficial to the
town or to the community at large
He came to st. Adams poor mechan-
ic, and died worth more than hun
dred thousand dollars, a larger estate
than that owned by any other man in
Franklin county, at that time, except
ing, perhaps, one man. He died in
1S45 at the age of about sixty-fye
years, after a long and lingering i'll
ness, which obliged him to relinquish
business some two or three years be
fore his death.
As man of business and enter
prise, the death of Mr.. Kingman must
be considered as a public loss. There
is reason to believe that had his life
and health been spared, he would
have been among the first in this com
munity to assist and carry forward to
completion the important projects
that have been planned and executed
in this part of the county, which has
added so materially to the wealth and
prosperity of the village and adjacent
country. For many yearc previous
TO his death he was president of the
bank of St. Adams, as we have before
observed, and the stockholders OF
that institution are much indebted to
his prudent management of its con-
Germs; for the good standing 1t con-
stantly maintained through all the
difficulties it had to encounter. and
for its successful termination at the
expiration of its charter.
Among the lawyers, who in early
times settled in ST. Adams, were
Thaddeus Rim, Levi House, DAME
Benedict. Roswell Hutchins, Abnel
Morton, Seth Wetmore, Asahel Long
worthy, and Bates Turner.
HR RICE
Travelled to the South with view tC
improve his health, which bad become
much impaired. He was afflicted
with pulmonary disease, and he die
not live to return He died previous
to 1910, leaving widow. The pres
ent writer is possessed of very little
knowledge respecting Mr. Rlcei
T standing at the bar. or OF his charac
+ ter generally. His impression how
, eve is, that he was not much distln
gu;shed as a lawyer. or as n man o
@ influence among the people OF thu
town.
MR. BENEDICT
Left st. Adams more than forty year
aoo and returned to the State OF New
, HAMPSHIRE, his native State. While
8 here he was not much distinguished
in his profession. and did little bust
ness at the bar. 1t is presumed he i
! not living. though the writer has nj
= particular proof of his death. Hutch
ms and Morton removed to the West