Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-06-17
DEATH OF c. p. gibson.

Calvin p. ellison, the veteran auctioneer
and horse dealer died Of heart disease at
almost exactly noon yesterday, at his
home on Pleasant street after a long
and severe illness which terminated in a
shock. For about three years he had been
in i'll health, although able to ofHciate at
auctions. On Jan 2S, last, his condition
reached that point where he was obliged
to remain at home, and on only one day
after that was he able to ride to Main
street. He had been confined to his bed
seven weeks.
Mr.. ellison was Ga years old. He was
born in Spofford y. H., (Chesterfield)
Oct 5. 1899, and was a son Of Prescott w.
and Urania NJ (Streeter ellison His
great grandfather was the first blacksmith
in Chesterfield, and his grandfather and
father followed the ancestral trade. Cal
win =. Gibson was the last survivor of
his fathers family. He received his early
eduction in the common schools of Ches-
terfeld and Walpole and at the age of
II years he began peddlng on foot and
afterwards ran a tin peddler's cart. still
later travelling for a chemical house in
New York.
When he was % years old he enlisted
May II. 1861. with the rank of orderly SER
gent, in Company +, Eighteenth Regi-
ment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
a nine months regiment, and was sent to
Washington d. c., first advanced to Balls
Bluff. then TO Malvern Hill and the Seven
Days battle. He was discharged. came
home and re-enlisted Aug %, 1862, in
Company F. Fourteenth New Hampshire
Regiment, as a musician After a winter
in Poolsville, Nd, he was sent to the De-
partment Of the Gulf, served at Key West
and New Orleans, was on detachment SER
vice on the road between New Orleans
and Lake Pontchartrain as inspecting Of
hcer, afterward participating in the bat
ties of Deep Bottom and Bermuda Hun
dred, and in the siege Of Petersburg. The
regiment then Joined Sherdan's forces in
! the Shenandoah valley and took part in
| the battles of Berryville and Winchester,
| the latter being the scene Of Sheridan's
famous ride. 1t then formed a part of
| Sherman's army in its famous march to
| the sea and connected with the column
| which marched by way of Augusta. Ca,
and thence to Savannah. Sergeant ellison
had charge of the squad engaged in the
pursuit of President jefferson Davis of
the southern confederacy. The regiment
| afterward went to Savannah, and was dis
| charged there, being mustered out July
%. 1865.
Three years later Mr.. ellison opened
| grocery store in West Chesterfield and
| also established a sales stable for horses
| which afterwards was widely known as
| "Gilson's Horse Mart" He sometimes
| handled as many as 500 horses a year,
most of them coming from northern New
| York and Canada. In September, 1880,
| he moved to Putney and was associated
with the late Dennison Davis in the horse
| business, also conducting a hotel where
| F. l. Pierce now lives In March, 1883,
he returned to his mart in West Chester
| field, now the property of w. b Allen,
where he remained until 1889, when he
| and his son-in-law. LiVeryman Henry r.
| Brown OF Brattleboro. bought the Stevens
| property on Elliot street and erected a
carriage repository and other buildings.
I CT,
years ago leasing the Elliot street stable
! to G. z. Gilman. Mr.. Gilman bought the
stable a year ago last April. Mr.. Gill
son continued to live in West Chesterfield
until 1897, when he built the house on
Pleasant street which he occupied until
! his death.
Mr. ellison was at one time a member
Of the Great Western Horse company. He
figured prominently in making Spofford
! lake a popular summer resort, and built
the road from Wares to Pine Grove
| Springs, which is a monument to his
memory. He owned the Granite cottage
and Dew Drop Inn, and conducted an ice
business, supplying many cottages. He
dealt in real estate to some extent, both
| in Vermont ard New Hampshire, and
| acquired a reputation as a dealer in an
tique furniture. In Chesterfield he filled
the offices of road commissioner, select
man. overseer of the poor and some
minor Offices,
For two years Mr. ellison was president
of the Fourteenth Regiment Veteran as
sociation of New Hampshire, resigning
that Office a year ago He was greatly in
terested in all matters pertaining to the
Grand Army, and two reunions of vet
Grams were held at his home in
West Chesterfield He was member of
Phil Sheridan post, of Hinsdale, n. H.,
Golden Rule lodge. f. & A. NJ, of Putney,
and Fort Dummer chapter, Royal Arch
Masons, and Beauseant commandery,
knights Templar. of Brattleboro,
Mr.. ellison married March o. 1867, Ann
E. Streeter, daughter of Capt. Clark
Streeter of Chesterfield. She died in Brat
tleboro Feb I, 1901. Their three children
are Miss Mary A. ellison, who has lived
with her father, Annie M, wife
of Liveryman II. R. Brown of Brat
tleboro and Fred C. ellison of st. Johns
bury, travelling salesman for Dunham
Brothers of Brattleboro.
Although a man of many business ac-
tivities Mr.. ellison enjoyed most his auc-
tioneering business, and in this he was
known throughout a large part of New
England. When the horse business was
at its best he was employed at regular in
tervals to conduct sales at large stables
in Springfield and Greenfield, Mass.
Thompsonville and Waterbury, Conn, anC
other places. 1t is said that he was the
first auctioneer in Vermont to sell horse:
by the carload lot.
Mr.. ellison was open-hearted and gen
erous of nature, and he will be held il
kind remembrance as well by his old army
comrades as among the wide acquain
tances which he made in his various bust
ness relations
The funeral will be held in the Univer
, salist church at 2 o'clock Sunday, Rev
R. K. Marvin, pastor of the church. anC
Rev. F. II. Buffum of Winchester, mem
ber Of Mr.. Gilson's company, officiating
, | Beauseant Commandery, Knights TEN
= plar, also will participate in the service
In accordance with Mr.. Gilson's expressed
, wish an invitation is extended to all oil
soldiers to attend. The burial will be IL
| West Chesterfield.