Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-10-01


Representative according to the prwi.
sions Of the Act but the General Asscn.
bly,, at the session Of 1888, decided t,h
so much Of the Act dividing the town oi
Fairhayen into two distinct towns an lin.
tied the right to elect Repr sentative
was repugnant to the provisions Of the
Constitution Of this State, which conferred
on each organized town the right TO elect
Representative, and was therefore void
and since that time each town has elected
a Representative A similar decision was
made at the same session. on a similar
question, in the ease Of the town Of
Brookline, the towns OF Fairlee and West
Fairloe, and the towns Of Andover and
Weston.
Doctor Smiths residence and place Of
business in Westhayen was in the South
East part Of the town. near and about
twenty rods South Of the present real
dence Of Hon. Nathaniel Fish. and also
about three-quaIters Of mile North Of
"Caryer's Falls" on Poultney River, ands
short distant West of the old Fairhaven
turnpike road leading To Benson and Or
we'll The old mansion in which no re-
sided is still standing. The parents Of
Horace Greeley, while living in West
haven ,lS9i to 1891 resided in the same
neighborhood and but a few rods distant
from it. After Doctor Smith came to
Westhayen, he continued 70 follow tho
business Of country merchant, and,
nearly to the close of bis life. he contin-
ued To practice as a physician. He was
very successful in business. Hi 5 gains
were chiefly invested in wild lands, and
no man in this part Of Vermont was moro
noted in his time than he as speculator
or dealer in that description Of property,
At the time of his death, he had large
estate, mainly consisting of lands situated
{ in the towns Of Benson, Westhaven, and
: Fairhaven, and in the town OF Hampton
in the State of New York, which adjoincd
. the towns OF Westhaven and Fairhaven;
and he was then, probably, the wealthiest
man in the county of Rutland, Almost
from the beginning of his residence in
, Wcsthayen, he was the local magistrate,
o and the most active, enterprising, and
, leading man of his neighborhood. Before
!. the town of Fairhaven was divided, he
|, was elected its Representative to the Gen.
;. eral Assembly in the years 1889 and l792,
is and, after its division into the two towns
% of Fairhayen and Westhaven, he WAS
,f elected the Representative OF the two
Of towns in the year 1897, He was also the
n Delegate from the town OF Fairhaven to
rs the State Convention held at Bennington
~ in January, 1871, which, on the part Of
IN Vermont, adopted and ratified the Con-
u, stitution of the United States and was
IT. also the Delegate from the town of West
lis haven to the State Constitutional Conven-
n ton held at Windsor in July, l793,-the
vs. restriction on representation contained in
d. the Act dividing the town OF Fairhaven
~. into two distinct towns being construed
he TO apply only to representation in thu
I'll General Assembly, and not as extendin.
nat to representation in the State Constitu
in tiunal Conventions He was elected on
ms Of the Assistant Judges Of the Count,
ch Court for the county of Rutland in tn
an year 1853, was also elected Judge Of tn
,es Probate Court for tie district Of Fair
rs haven which was established by the Ac
H. of October 18th. f,SS, in the year 1892
he but he held each office only for singh
on term of one year. He was also appointe,
~, one Of the Just c = Of the Peace for tn
he county Of Rutland in the year 1890, an
j., was re-apponted to tina, office in eac
~ successive year from that time up 10 tn
or. time of hi, death, making fourteen sue
mt cessivc annual appointments to tina
,ns Office
mt There is n tradition that he was en-
eft gagged in the military service in the Wa
ar of the Revolution. and held Captain
ct commission while in that service but
ties have not been able to ascertain anything
,st- in respect to the length or character Q
val this service. or whether his commission
ter was in the Connecticut State troops or i,
The the Continental line.
n Doctor Smith was twice married, bu
TO- had no children by eithor marriage Tn
Oh maiden name OF his first wife was Eliza
OF beth Grswold a daughter Of Francis an
of h,o,,,1 tpi,,,h,ml Cr;swnJa ,f Norai,,
.ed Connecticut have been informed th,,
lcd she was married to Doctor Smith Will
ha he was a resident. of Sharon, and that sh
u, was widow when she was married +
him; hut. if 50, | have not been able II
in ascertain the date of either marriage, q
III the name Of her first husband. She wa
on born February II, 1923, 1883 and he
',oa brother Daniel Yale Coll l141,l was tn
en-. father Of Mrs iietscy Kent, the sccon,
led wife and the widow Of Rev. Dan Kent, tn
to first settled minister in Benson, and he
so brother Isaac was the father Of the lat,
a. Isaac Griswold, Esq, of Benson. Ar
vas cording to the inscription on the monu
us, n./Iital tablet tablet erected over Doctor
essI Smiths grave, she departed this life II
All 1884. in the j9th year OF her age 1
49,
,,J, the date Of her birth as above given Il
1t correct, which is taken from the genealo
me Nv Of the Griswold family in Stiles His
II, tory and Gcnri,iogics of Ancient Windsor
~; Conn. D 642. 81 and the year of her death
is also correctly stated on this monument
49,, al tablet. She was, ut the time of hel
IN death, in the Gl,t or 62d year of her age
cb The maiden name of DIR. Smiths second
:.o f,,l. .,ryi,,j him waa Cnthariut