The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-06
BRATTLEBoRo VILLAGE.
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OF the assistant marshals who took the
census that year were destroyed. 1t is
estimated that ESQ were employed
throughout the country.
The taking of the first census in Brat
tleboro was hardly a money making
scheme. The United States marshal for
the district of New Hampshire had
barge of making the enumeration in New
Hampshire and Vermont and was given
nine months in which to make his re-
port to the President at Philadelphia,
then the government seat. He received
$500 for the work. His assistants in
towns the size of Brattleboro received 81
for every $50 population.
Five enumerators were employed in
the 1870 census for the town of Brattle-
boro, including Brattleboro village, and
they were given 30 days in which to
complete the work They were Pearl T.
Clapp, John Eckels, w. H. Miles. Mrs.
Vera Wheeler and Justin j. Moran
Their remuneration was placed at four
cents name, 80 cents being allowed
for each farm The list of questions
over the number asked in the first GEN.
sus also had increased materially. 90
making up the ordinary QUESTIONABLE
and 70 making up the farm question
naire. Some of the farm questions were
sub divided into as many as 20 divi.
sions
Guilford, according to the first census
of Vermont, was the banner town of
Windham county, with 2,422 inhabitants;
Putney was second with S4S, and West
minister was third with 1899, or just 10
more than Brattleboro, which was fourth
noticeable thing about the heads of
families given in Brattleboro is the alb
sence of a middle name in every instance.
While the average family numbered six
the first man on the list, Josiah Arms
was credited with family of Is per
sons. Joseph Clarks family numbered
l3 and Henry Cole was the head of
family of Is.
Only five questions were asked by the
enumerators of 1890. The name of the
head of every family was ascertained and
the number of free white males 10 wears
and upward was something the census
taker made no guess about in making his
return. The object of this inquiry was
to obtain definite knowledge of the mill
tary and industrial strength of the coun.
try. In this respect Windham county
led the state of Vermont with 4,4l6 white
males 10 years and over. Windsor
county came second with 4.0O4. The
town of Brattleboro. according to the
faded records, had the largest family in
Vermont.
Following is the list of the heads of
families in Brattleboro, and while MANY
Of the family names no longer are found
IN town there are still many representa-
cives left of the men whose names appear
below:
Joseph Arms, Elnathan Allen, William
Avery, John Alexander, Thomas AkeIey.
Nathan Adams, William Avery, jr.
Nathaniel Blakely, James Blakely.
Jesse Butterfeld, John Bennett, Stephen
Bennett, Daniel Blakeiy, Isaac BumpHs.
Nathaniel Burnham, David Bigelow, Ben
amin Baker, Solomon Briggs, Joseph
Burt, John Burnham, John Bemis, Ben
lamin Butterfield, Gideon Briggs. Isaac
Barrett, Samuel Briggs, Noah Bennett
John w Blake. Levi Briggs, Joseph Bias
set, Elisha Briggs, Frederick Baker.
Thomas Bond, John Blair Lem Burnham.
VIM. Blasdale, Dudley Bayley, Gideon
Badger, solomon Brush
John Carpenter Nathaniel Cole, Ben
iamin Chase, Peter Coven Jonathan
Church, Oliver Cook, Joseph ChamberIin.
Joseph Clark, Henry Chandler, Malachi
Church, Tim Church, Josiah Church,
Nathaniel Chandler, Samuel Chandler.
Eber Church, Eber Church, IT., Isaae
Crosby, Peter Croswell, Reuben Church.
Solomon Cook, Benjamin Carter, Gardi-
ner Chandler, William Cune, William
eune, ir, John Chapel, Isaac Cune, Jo-
5eph Cook, Samuel Carpenter, William
Granny, Peter Castle, Joseph Castle
Elias Croswell, Henry Cole.
Asa Degget, Lemuel Dickerman, John
'Dickerman, Jonathan Dunkley, Joseph
Dunkley, Benaiah Dudley, John Dicker-
man, ir., Samuel Dickinson.
Warren Easterbrook, Benjamin Ellis.
John Ellis, Simpson Ellis, Simeon Eaton.
William Evans, Benjamin Easterbrook.
Widow Evans, Samuel Earl, Imry Evans.
Andrew Ferrand, Ebenezer Fisher.
kbenezer Fox, Daniel Frost, Jesse Frost :.
esse Frost, jr., Joseph Fuller, Daniel Fra
ger, Nathaniel French, John French. Asa
French, Isaiah Fisk, Asa Frost, Bennett
Field.
Isaac Gale, Stephen Greenleaf, iona
than Goodnow, John Gould, Abel Grout. .
Samuel Guernesy, Stephen Greenleaf !
IT., Benjamin Gorton, Daniel Greenleaf !.
Samuel Guernsey, Stephen Greenleaf,
ner Gardiner, Nathan Gould, BENJAMIN
Gould, Levi Goodenow, Joseph Goodale.
ARENAS How, Valentine Harris.
Ebenezer Haws, Calvin Harris, Jesse
Hadley, William Hail, Josiah Hall, Oliver
Harris, Joseph How, Hiram Houghton.
Philemon Houghton, Joshua Harris
John Houghton, Jacob Hadley,
Harris, Peter Houghton, William Harris
Ebenezer Hadley, Rutherford HAYS, viii
liam Holton, Jonathan Herriek, John
Hopkins, Widow Hagar, James Harris
James Houghton, jeremiah Hopkins
Phinehas Houghton, Nehemiah Hough
ton, Welman Harris, Nathaniel Haven.
John Kelsey, David KNAPP, Samuel
Knight Isaac Kendall, James Knap,
Ebenezer KNAPP, William King. Adoniiah
King, Gushing King, Seth Knight, Ezra
King.
Peter Lamb, James Lawton.
Samuel Mixer, Daniel Mixer. Ros-
botham Munro, William Morgan, Caleb
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