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Neurology OF Vermont for 1870.

The following is a list of the prominent
natives or residents of Vermont, who have
died during the year 1870:
January 5-Alphonso B. Bascom, Of
Shoreham. He was born in that town,
February %, 1908; was member of the
Legislature in lS53.'54, was constable i
years, and filled other town offices with
acceptance.
January l4-Hon. Charles Durkee, at
Omaha, Nebraska He was born at Roy.
alton, Dec. 5, 1907, engaged in mercan.
tile pursuits, went to Wisconsin, and was
elected member of the Legislature in
lS37-'39; was member of Congress from
1S4S to 1852; United States Senator from
Wisconsin FROM 1855 to 1861; and was
appointed Governor of Utah by President
johnson in 1865. ......s
January l6-Anson Byington, of Char.
otte, at the age of 81. Ho was one Of
the pioneers in the anti-slavery movement,
and one of the founders of the Liberty OF
Free-soil party in Vermont; and an active
advocate of the Temperance reform.
February Hon. Peter I. Washburn,
Governor of Vermont. He was born at
Lynn, Mass, Sept. 7, 1914; was gradu-
ated at Dartmouth College in 1885; stud
led law and came to the Bar in 1888, and
practiced his profession in Ludlow and
Woodstock. Was reporter of the Decis-
ions of the Supreme Court for eight years,
represented Woodstock in the Legislature,
in 1884, was Adjutant and Inspector
General of the State from 1861 to 1867,
and elected Governor in 1869.
March 4-Rev. Ebenezer H. Squier, at
Scpio, N. Y. He was born in Rutland,
May 27, 1909, He was graduate of
Middlebury College; and was pastor of
the Congregational church at Highgate and
subsequently at Middlebury, from which
place he removed to Scipio in 1866 to as.
sumo the pastorate of the Presbyterian
church.
March l4-IIon. Nelson Strong Hill, Of
Isle La Mott, at the age Of 4S. He had
represented his town in the Legislature,
and was assistant Judge of the Grand
Isle County Court at the time of his de-
cease.
March 24-Hymcn Tuttle, of Burling-
ton, at the age of 70. lie was one of the
oldest members of the Masonic fraternity
in the State, and was a firm and an ear
nest advocate of the cause of Temper
ance.
April S-Christopher Minot Davey, of
Rutland. He graduated from the Uni
versity of Vermont in lS4l. and the SUBJ
sequent four years he was engaged in
teaching in South Carolina. He came
thence to Burlington, and devoted him
self to mercantile pursuits, and in 1856
removed to Rutland, where he became in
teresed in the slate business.
April l5-Hon. Augustus Burt, of
Highgate, at the age of 80. He was the
Oldest member of the Franklin County
Bar at the time of his death was Judge
of the County Court in lS39-40-4l -43-44,
was States Attorney in 1S49-50, and was
a member of the Council of Censors in
1S4s.
April 3O-Hon. VIM. Clapp, of St. AL
bans. He was born in Montgomery, April
80, 1871, was bred to mercantile life,
and became prominent merchant in East
Berkshire, was Postmaster at that place
several years, was State Senator in 1S46-
AT, director Of the franklin County Bank,
delegate to the National Republican
Convention in 1860, and appointed Col
leotor of Customs for Vermont in 1861,
which Office he held until 1868.