The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-05
NATIVES OF
BRATTLEB0RO
Twenty-FOur Named IL List
of 1000 Prominent
NermOnterS
WINDHAM COUNTY
SECOND IN STATE

Second Only 20 Windsor County-In
List Also Are Six Present Residents
of Brattieboro, Natives of Other
Towns in Vermont.
incorporated in the published pro
seedings of the Vermont Historical So
ciety is an article by Dorman B. T.
Kent of Montpelier, one Of the cor
responding secretaries, entitled One
Thousand Men, being the author S
compilation of the names and brief
facts concerning 1000 of the most
prominent Vermonters, natives of this
state who attained prominence either
IN Vermont or elsewhere, together
with interesting predatory comment and
statistics. The list closes as of Jan.
l, 1914. In the Introductory part the
author says: THE dividing line has
all along been hard to determine and
it can be assured that no two minds
would select exactly the same thou
sand men, but after long consultation
with men whose opinions are sound
and solid the writer has been led to
believe that the dividing line has been
as sensibly drawn as most men would
desire. -
In a table of the nativity of coull-
ties Windham county is second with
lis in the list, Windsor county being
first with 1SS and Rutland county
third with 81. In the table of natl>.
ity by towns having five or more in
the list Burlington is first with 30
Montpelier second with - and Brat
tleboro third with 24 Bennington and
Windsor ranking next with % each
The towns in Windham county having
five or more are: Brattleboro, "A; New
fame, 10; Rockingham, 10; Guilford, s
Westminster s; Grafton, Z; Halifax, 8;
Wardsboro, s; Nottingham, s; Athens
s.
The 81 natives Of Brattleboro who
are included in the list are the fol
lowing:
January 4, 1897. Rutherford Hayes
Father of Rutherford B. Hayes, pres
ident of the United States.
August 81, 1892. Wilbur Fisk Cler
! gyman, author, one Of the founders
and many years president of Wesley
an university.
+ April 8, 1898. Alonzo Church. Fo,
80 years the president of the Uni
versity of Georgia. A large number
of the leaders of the e'Old South
graduated under him.
1906. Charles Christopher Frost
Author and botanist
September S, 1910. Seth Wilmarth
Inventor of heavy lathes and planes
and for 20 years superintendent ant
master mechanic of the Charlestowr
navy yard.
September 6, 1911. John Humphrey
/ Moves. Religionist. Founder of the
Oneida community.
December 6, 1911 Samuel Elliott
Perkins. Associate justice of the su
preme court of Indiana and chief jus
tice, professor in Northwestern uni
versity and author.
May 4, 1872 Selah Chamberlain
Banker and civil engineer. Builder 0.
the Rutland, Cleveland & Pittsburg
Minnesota Central and the consolid
ator of the Chicago, Milwaukee & st
Paul railroads.
March 21, 1914. Abram Adam
Hammond. Governor of Indiana, 1866
| 1861
March 81, 1924. William Morri
Hunt. A famous artist.
August u, 1928. Joshua STARK
United States district attorney, cit
attorney of Milwaukee and presiden
of the Milwaukee Bar association.
October 81, 1928. Richard Morn
Hunt. Architect. Designer of tn
. Lenox library, Tribune building, w. I
i Vanderbilt house, Central Park CT
trance, pedestal of the Statue of Lii
: erty and scores of somewhat Jesse
known public and private buildings.
: October IA, 1880. William Hem
q Draper. New York physician. Pr
fessor in the College Of Physicians al
Surgeons and president of the Ne
I York Academy of Medicine.
I September 6, 1885. Alonzo Ora
I vile Draper Captain, major, colon
I and brigadierg general in the Civil We
/ Editor of the New England Mechani
I December %, 1887. Henry Broo