The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-10-25
A HANDSOME GIFT.
Endowment Of n $1,000 schoI.r,b,,
at Vassar by Calvin Huntington.

Endowment Of $4,000 Scholarship
at Nassar by Calvin Huntington.
1t is announced that Calvin Hunting
ton, formerlyia well known resident Of
Rochester, and now prominent citizen
OF Fort Scott, Kan. has endowed a $4,000
scholarship in Vassar College, at Pough-
keepsie. 1t is to be called "The Calvin
Huntington Scholarship" 1t is intend
ed to furnish board and tuition at the
institution for one Of his family, in per-
petuity. Precedence is gwen to the
daughters of nephews; nsxt to daughters
Of nieces, and their descendants: next
to other branches OF the family whose
names are traced in the Huntington
Memoirs" all student, not bearing the
name OF Huntington, awaiting themselves
OF the privileges OF the scholarship are
to take the name Of Huntington for a
middle name in recognition of the bene-
fits conferred.
The scholarship has already begun its
good work, the first appoiptee being
Miss Margaret Hooker a grand niece OF
the founder; he giving her 10 addition
a special course in Art.
DIR. Taylor, the popular president OF
Vassar College, is a graduate of Roches-
ter University and the Theological Sem
mary. His wife is a daughter OF Eon
Huntington>of this city, and niece of
Calvin Huntingdon Rochester Demo-
crdt d; Chronicle. fS,
The above named donor is the .ame
person, who at the first call for volun-
teers by President Lincoln sent 5000
fIcm New York to SALISBURY, Vermont,
to be given to the first ten volunteers
to enlist from his native town. This is
believed To be the first bounty paid in
the war, His grandfather, Amos Hunt
ington, moved from Norwich, Conn 10
1863 and settled in West Shaftbury. He
was Captain OF the first OF two com
panies raised from the said town in the
Revolutionary war. Hisysster, Lydia
Huntington, was the mother OF Jonas.
Jacob and Amos GaIusha. Jonas (after-
wards Governor of the State for nine
terms) was Captain Of the second Of said
companies at the Battle of Bennington.
AT that time Captain Huntington was a
prisoner in the Jersey Prison Ship on
New York Bay, New York city then
being in possession Of the British. He
had been taken prisoner at the Battle of
Hubbardton by General Frazer, COM
manding the advance of Burgoyne. AZ
ter the surrender Of Burgoyne in Sep
TENDER, New York was evacuated, and
Captain Huntington when released went
first TO Norwich, Conn, and called on
his sisters. His unshorn beard and torn
and tatIered appearance prevented re-
cognition and they said, "Who are your
II am Amos, and lousy as bear from
the dark hole jersey Prison Ship" he
exclaimed in reply. lie was the father
of Amos, Matthew, Elias and DIR. Daniel
Huntington, all of whom raised large
famllies in SALISBURY. HIS daughter,
| Lydia, married Russell Loomis, and the
Loomis's in North Bennington are their
descendants, and Alfred A. Loomis the
eminent physician of New York city, is
I their grandson. The children of Amos,
eldest son of Captain Amos were nine.
The eldest, Peace, married Judge Nathan
| II. BOttum. Their children were Elijah,
Norman, Nathan and Julia. all are now
deceased except Nathan, who is well
known in SALISBURY. Elijah's only
child, Frank NJ, is lawyer in Roches-
ter, n. Y. Norman's son, II. Merle Bot
tum is the present representative OF the
town of SALISBURY. Julia married Roll
lin Galusha of Jericho, Vermont. Amos
G. next, died in 1894 at Union College.
Schenectady, in the last year of his
course. He was class mate OF the late
Gov. w. II. Seward. Myron, the second
son died at his fathers home in early
manhood. Nathan, the third son, stud
led law with Erasmus G. Merrill in Ben
nington, went to, Rochester, N. Y. in
1885, where he practiced law some years.
He was the author of many articles dur
ing the late civil war, giving reasons
why Canada should support the North,
which were also published in Canada
He was among the first to subscribe $l00I
to the Bennington Monument. Harlow,
the fourth son of Amos, died in 1864 at
the brick homestead in Shaftsbnry, built
by him and where his first wife Marga-
ret died in March, 1888, aged "a. Their
daughter Hattie, and her husband, II.
B. Bottum, now occupy and own the
homestead. Myron, only son OF Harlow,
married the only son of Nathan L. Cross,
and with family OF five sons and a
daughter removed to Belvidere, Illinois,
in 1867, Pamela, second daughter of
Amos, born in 1904, died unmarried, at
her brothers. in Rochester, in 1915
George, fifth son of Amos, married the
youngest daughter of Gov. Jonas Galu-
sha, bought the homestead and reared a
family of six children. After the death |
of his wife in 1864, he moved to Roches- |
ter, N. l., where he now resides, aged |
81 years. His daughter, JRnnet p, was
one Of the early graduates of Vassar
College, entering from Salisbury, at
the age of fifteen, by the ddyice ana aid |
of her uncle, who has now founded the |
Calvin Huntington $4,000, Scholarship.
1t Is said that 1.-THE Vassar girls never |
make unhappy marriages. In 1874, two
years after graduating she married, the
now Hon. + f. Ware, prominent lawyer
and poet of Fort Scott, Kansas.
Elon Huntington, the sixth son of
Amos, married Anbjsnnette Cole of
SALISBURY in 1885, and went to Roches.
ter, N. Y, gaHes$i000 toward founding
the University Of Rochester, forty years !
ago, and has ever since been member
of its Board of Trustees. Under the
spreading oaks at his spacious mansion
near the Lower Fulls in Rochester, for
twenty years on the Fourth OF July of
each year, the College Faculty and their
families and all the relations OF the host |
and hostess were accustomed to gather
for the enjoyment Of rural picnic. The
death of bis wife, three years ago, at
their winter Cottage in Florida, has mar
rowed these gatherings down to the
children and grandchildren andnear re-
lations.
Calvin, the seventh son of Amos, was
sugar merchant for twenty years be-
tween New York, Cuba, and New Or
leans. When secession was declared, he
retired. He is single, and has always
preferred ''to give rather than TO re-
celve." Has helped many Of bis neph-
eve and nIeces in their education. Has
travelled extensively, and for the last
sixteen years has resided, nine months
of the year in Fort Scott, Kansas, and
has helped TO improve the city in no
small degree. The leading hotel OF the
place is called the Huntington House.
and boulevard, eighty feet wide, three
miles around, ia also pamed after him.
lie makes his summer home in R1cbes-
ter, N. Y, where resides his only broth
ers living, George, aged eighty two,
Elon, aged eighty, himself, aged seventy
eight, All voted for William Henry
Harrison Ind640, and expect to vote for
Harrison ~ Morton in 1885,
1t is remarkable fact that, Of the
forty, young and old OF the second gen.
Grafton of the name of huntington, who
filed The church, the school house, and
singing schools Of that day in Shafts I
bury, only Que Of the name can now be
f,.una a. ha plaea ~