JAY – ORLEANS COUNTY
1883–1884

EXPLANATIONS

Directory is arranged as follows: ~ 

1.  Name of individual or firm. 

2.  Postoffice address in parenthesis. 

3.  The figures following the letter r indicate the number of the road on which the party resides, and will be found by reference to the map in the back part of this work. Where no road number is given the party is supposed to reside in the village. 

4.  Business or occupation. 

5.  A star (*) placed before a name indicates an advertiser in this work. 

6. Figures placed after the occupation of a farmer indicate the number of acres owned or leased. 

7.  Names in CAPITALS are those who have kindly given their patronage to the work, and without whose aid its publication would have been impossible. 

ABBREVIATIONS.—Ab.,above; ave., avenue; bds., boards; bet., between; cor., corner; E., east; h., house; manuf., manufacturer; N., north; n., near; opp., opposite; prop., proprietor; reg., registered as applied to live stock; S., south; W., west.  The word street is implied. 
 

Railroad station is North Troy, 4 miles northeast on Southeastern Railway. Daily stage.

Ariel Ami, (Jay) off r 18, sugar orchard 400 trees, and farmer 112. 

Austin Clark, (Jay) r 9, leases of D. A. Brown, of Toledo, O., dairy 30 cows, and farm 350. 

BANNISTER HORACE G., (Jay) r 22 cor 16, county grand juror, dealer in dry goods, groceries, hats and caps, boots and shoes, ready-made clothing, hardware, crockery, notions, etc., carpenter and joiner, and farmer 200. 

Baraw Moses, (Jay) laborer for J. E. Chase. 

Barber Asahel, (East Richford) r 3, farmer, with Noah 100. 

Barber Noah, (East Richford) r 3, farmer, with Asahel 100. 

Barber Theodore S., (East Richford) r 4, lumber jobber, owns 4 acres. 

BARTLETT CHARLES R., (Jay) r 16, overseer of the poor, lister, two sugar orchards 1,100 trees, breeder of grade Holstein cattle, dairy 30 cows, and farmer 400. 

Beadle James, (Jay) r 20, farmer and lumberman. 

Beadle Ira, (Jay) r 20, lumberman. 

Bisbee John, (Jay) r 16, foreman in B. F. Paine's steam saw-mill. 

Blair Enos J., (Jay) r 14, dairy 12 cows, and farmer 200.

Blair George D., (Jay) r 15, farmer, son of John. 

BLAIR JOHN, (Jay) r 15, farmer 240. 

BLAIR MYRON J., (Jay) r 15, son of John, farmer. 

Blair William S., (Jay) r 11, sugar orchard 700 trees, dairy 15 cows, and farmer 167. 

Blanchard Lewis, (East Richford) r 5, jobber. 

Boin Augustus, (East Richford) r 4, jobber. 

Brainerd Aldis O., (St. Albans, Franklin Co.,) owns farm and timber land on r 6. 

Brown Reuben, (North Troy) r 10, farmer 125. 

BURT EDGAR P., (North Troy) r 7, dairy 10 cows, and farmer, leases of Ed F. Young, 150 acres, and owns with H. N. Witham, in Belvidere, 100. 

BUTLER CHARLES A., (Jay) r 21, farmer, leases of Rev. G. S. Butler, of Wilton, N. H., 60 acres, and 40 acres of Sidney D. Butler. 

BUTLER SIDNEY D., (Jay) r 21, cooper, and farmer 40. 

Carrow Peter, (Jay) r 23, laborer for B. F. Paine. 

Case William D., (Jay) r 21, farmer 16. 

Chamberlin Chauncey M., (Jay) farmer, owns 100 acres wood land, h and 1¼ acres. 

CHAMBERLIN HENRY D., (Jay) r 18 cor 16, postmaster, town clerk, constable and collector, justice of the peace, prop. of Jay Peak  House, carpenter and builder, and owns timber land 50, with h and 21 acres 
Chamberlin Martin S., (Jay) r 23, sugar orchard 400 trees, and farmer 136. 

Chaplin Edwin, (Jay) r 22, farmer 60. 

Chase Edgar M., (Jay) r 16, works for B. F. Paine, h and lot. 

Chase Jonathan E., (Jay) r 23, town treasurer, dairy 16 cows, sugar orchard 900 trees, breeder of grade Jersey cattle, and farmer 240. 

Chase Merrill E., (Jay) r 23, farmer. 

Clark L. G. (East Richford) off r 4, leases of E. H. Wright, dairy 20 cows, and farm 290. 

Coburn Silas, (North Troy) r 17, wood chopper. 

Crandall Lanson A., (Jay) r 23, dairy 20 cows, sugar orchard 500 trees, and farmer 300. 

Davis Austin, (East Richford) r 5, jobber. 

DAY GEORGE W., (North Troy) r 14, farmer, leases of Sarah M. Sheldon 60. 

Day Lucius, (Jay) r 15, retired farmer. 

DAY MARTIN, (Jay) r 15, dairy 20 cows, sugar orchard 800 trees, and farmer, leases of T. Abel Chase, of Island Pond, 235. 

Day Sullivan L., (Jay) r 23, sugar orchard 300 trees, and farmer 85.

Deaett Henry N., (North Troy) r 10, son of Jerry, and farmer, with his father. 

Deaett Jerry, (North Troy) r 10, sugar orchard 700 trees, dairy 13 cows, and farmer 125. 

Deforest Miner, (East Richford) r 2, farmer 8. 

Denison George D., (Jay) r 20, sugar orchard 200 trees, farmer 15. 

Denison Nancy A., (Jay) r 20, widow of William. 

Domino Eli F., (Jay) r 18, sugar orchard 1,500 trees, and farmer 140.

Elliott Lamando J., (Jay) r 151, teamster for B. F. Paine. 

Ellsworth Amos C., (Jay) off r 12, trustee of school fund, and text-book committee, sugar orchard 800 trees, farmer 150, and timber lot 130. 

Emery Adelbert G., (Jay) r 15½, Methodist preacher, and cooper.

Everts Albert, (Jay) r 17, sugar orchard 600 trees, dairy 12 cows, and farmer, leases of Edward Bickford, of Troy, 112. 

Everts George, (North Troy) r 7, farmer 100. 

Everts Romer D., (Jay) r 10, teamster and farmer, leases of R. Brown 125.

Everts Orson E., (Jay) r 11, farmer, leases of A. C. Ellsworth 130. 

Fanfaw James M., (Jay) r 21, carpenter and joiner, and machinist. 

FARRELL WM. J., (Jay) r 23, h 18, blacksmith, horse-shoeing a specialty. 

Ford Dennis, (Jay) r 10, (Dennis and John.) 

Ford Dennis & John, (Jay) r 10, sugar orchard 1,200 trees, dairy 25 cows, and farmers 236. 

Ford John, (Jay) r 10, (Dennis & John.) 

Foster Emeline G., (Jay) r 16, widow of William, resident. 

Greenwood David, (East Richford) r 4, farmer 25. 

Gross Daniel A., (East Richford) r 5, jobber. 

Hadlock Andrew J., (Jay) r 10, farmer 85. 

Hadlock Hiram E., (Jay) r 10, laborer. 

Hadlock Lucius, (Jay) r 16, laborer. 

Hadlock Lyman H., (Jay) r 21, farmer 2. 

Hadlock Percival S., (Jay) r 19, farmer, leases of A. R. Percy, dairy 9 cows, and farm 300. 

Hadlock Royal, (North Troy) r 10½, farmer 50. 

Handy Daniel, (North Troy) r 8, dairy 18 cows, sugar orchard 2,000 trees, and farmer 350. 

Handy George, (North Troy) r 8, with Daniel, farmer. 

Heaton Elizar, (North Troy) r 10, farmer. 

HINKSON ABNER D., (Jay) r 14, manuf. of lumber, owns saw-mill and 4 acres. 

Hogaboom John, (North Troy) r 10, farmer 40. 

Honsinger Asel W., (Jay) r 20, lumberman and prop. of lumber and shingle mills on r 21. 

Honsinger Ira J., (Jay) r 20, farmer 120. 

HUNT EDWARD K., (Jay) r 16, selectman, sugar orchard 200 trees, dairy 14 cows, breeder of Holstein cattle, and farmer 200. 

HUNTLEY STEPHEN S., (Jay) r 18, breeder of grade Jersey cattle, dairy 18 cows, and farmer 200. 

Huntley Walter S., (Jay) r 18, son of Stephen S., farmer. 

JAY PEAK HOUSE, (Jay) r 18 cor 16, Henry D. Chamberlin, prop. 

Jewell Isaiah, (Troy) r 15, teamster for B. F. Paine, h and 4 acres. 

Judd Enoch, (North Troy) r 7, farmer 50. 

JUDD FRANK, (Jay) r 16, teamster. 

Kelley Albert N., (North Troy) r 7, farmer, leases of J. Kelley 100. 

Kelley Alphonso, (Jay) r 12, son of Truman. 

Kelley Truman, (Jay) r 12, sugar orchard 500 trees, and farmer 114. 

Kinney Homer E., (Jay) works for B. F. Paine. 

LaDue Homer H,, (Jay) r 16, farmer. 

Lapier Charles L., (East Richford) r 5, lumberman. 

Lapier Eddie, (East Richford) r 5, lumberman, with his father, C. L. 

Loux Parker, (Jay) r 21, laborer, employee of B. F. Paine. 

LUCIER CHARLES, (Jay) off r 21, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, dairy 14 cows, breeder of grade Jersey cattle, and farmer 200. 

Lucier Charles, A., (Jay) r 21, farmer 25. 

LUCIER, GEORGE L., (Jay) r 27, lumberman, and farmer 37. 

LUCIER GILBERT C., (Jay) r 23, town representative, lumberman, and farmer 50. 

Macomber Albern A., (Jay) r 25, with William M., farmer. 

Macomber William M., (Jay) r 28, dairy 12 cows, sugar orchard 1,500 trees, farmer 75, and timber land 70. 

Magoon Andrew, (Jay) r 20, sugar orchard 150 trees, and farmer 100. 

Magoon Robert, (Jay) r 20, farmer 50. 

Mahan David, (Jay) r 10, sugar orchard 400 trees, dairy 20 cows, and farmer works on shares for C. R. Bartlett 175. 

Manuel Hollis, (North Troy) off r 14, hop grower, dairy 10 cows, sugar orchard 400 trees, and farmer 100. 

MANUEL WESLEY A., (North Troy) off r 14, son of Hollis, farmer. 

McClure James, (Jay) r 21, laborer. 

Messiah Henry A., (North Troy) r 7, farmer 100. 

Miller Henry W., (Jay) r 21, farmer 75. 

Miller John S., (Jay) r 21, farmer, with Henry W. 75 acres. 

Miller Lydia A., (Jay) r 21, widow of Samuel, farmer 5½. 

Morse Franklin, (Jay) r 12, farmer 158. 

Morse Nelson, (Jay) r 12, farmer, with Franklin. 

Morse Richard, (North Troy) r 13, dairy 12 cows, sugar orchard 300 trees, and farmer 100. 

Morse Rominer, (Jay) off, r 21, farmer, leases of Samuel Parker, of Newport, 100. 

Ovitt Curtis D., (Jay) r 16, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, and farmer 87. 

Ovitt Horace S., (Jay) r 16, prop. of threshing machine, sugar orchard 250 trees, and farmer 100. 

Ovitt Silas S., (Jay) r 16, farmer. 

PAINE BENJAMIN F., (Jay) r 16½, town agent, grand juror, manuf. of  lumber, clapboards, shingles and boxes, dairy 10 cows, and farmer 300. 

Parker George H. Rev., (Jay) pastor Baptist church. 

PERCY ALPHONSO R., (Jay) r 19, sugar orchard 1,200 trees, dairy 9 cows and farmer 300. 

Percy Bradford H., (Jay) r 20, carpenter and joiner, farmer 9. 

PERCY LOCKE H., (Jay) r 18, dairy 8 cows, sugar orchard 500 trees, prop.  threshing machine, and farmer 350. 

Place A. Judson, (Jay) r 7, sugar orchard 200 trees, farmer 45. 

Place Benjamin, (North Troy) off r 10, farmer. 

Place Benjamin F., (North Troy) off r 10, dairy 20 cows, farmer 130, and mountain land 50. 

PLACE GUY, (North Troy) r 7, sugar orchard 500 trees, and farmer 100. 

Place Stephen, (North Troy) r 7, farmer 40. 

Place Wallace W., (North Troy) r 10, farmer, with B. F. 

Porter William, (Jay) r 18, prop. of Jay Valley tannery, manuf. of leather, and farmer 6. 

Recor Lester, (Jay) r 22 cor 23, farmer 160. 

Rice James, (Jay) r 2o, laborer, and farmer 4. 

ROBISON MYRON J., (Jay) r 16, engineer at Wakefield & Bedel's steam mill in Westfield. 

Ross Harry H. W., (Jay) r 15, laborer, h and lot. 

Ross Matthias, (Jay) r 15, laborer. 

Ryan William, (North Troy) r 8, dairy 10 cows, sugar orchard 1,000 trees,  and farmer 150. 

Salls David. (Jay) r 14 cor 10, retired farmer. 

Salls George, (Jay) r 14 cor 10, farmer 160. 

SARGENT FRED F., (Jay) r 14, son of Zelotes, laborer. 

Sargent William, (North Troy) r 10, hop grower, dairy 10 cows, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, and farmer 90. 

Sargent Zelotes O., (Jay) r 14, justice of the peace, blacksmith and farmer 10. 

Sisco Calvin M., (Jay) r 10½, farmer 50. 

Sisco George A., (Jay) r 18, wheelwright and carpenter. 

Sisco Harrison C., (North Troy) r 10, farmer, with his sons William A. and Robert M. 

Sisco David J., (Jay) r 10½, son of C. M. 

Sisco James M., (North Troy) r 10, farmer 80. 

Sweet Alonzo, (Jay) r 11, sugar orchard 500 trees, farmer 150, and leases of George E. Braley, of Chicago, 50 acres. 

Sweet John, (Jay) r 11, Cooper. 

Sweet Silas, (Jay) r 11, laborer. 

Tatro Frank, (Jay) r 23, laborer. 

Titus Charles H., (Jay) r 23, laborer. 

TITUS HARVEY F., (Jay) r 21, manager of B. F. Paine's clapboard mills, and farmer 60. 

Trim Henry, (Jay) r 11, laborer. 

Tute Orrin, (Jay) r 14, teamster for B. F. Paine. 

WAKEMAN ARTHUR M., (Jay) r 18, sugar orchard 200 trees, dairy 10 cows, breeder of Jersey cattle, reg., and farmer 110. 

Wakeman Ernest H., (Jay) r 16, works for B. F. Paine. 

Wakeman Frank B., (North Troy) r 13, dairy 12 cows, sugar orchard 200 trees, breeder of grade Jersey cattle, and farmer 120. 

Wakeman Seth B., (Jay) lister and trustee, apple orchard 400 trees, breeder of grade Jersey and Holstein cattle, 40 sheep, dairy 19 cows, and farmer 160. 

West Henry, (Jay) r 21, night watchman for B. F. Paine. 

WETHERELL CLIVE N., (Jay) r 11, son of Thomas J., farmer. 

WETHERELL THOMAS J., (Jay) r 11, county grand juror, sugar orchard 2,000 trees, and farmer 216.

Wheeler Israel, (Jay) r 16, farm laborer. 

Wheeler Moses, (Jay) works for B. F. Paine. 

Whitman Daniel A., (Jay) r 17, sugar orchard 225 trees, dairy 10 cows, and farmer 112. 

Willson Benjamin H., (East Richford) r 2, farmer 25. 

Willson Sabrina, (East Richford) r 2, widow, farmer 40. 

Willson Willoughby, (East Richford) r 3, farmer 50. 

WITHAM HOLLIS N., (North Troy) r 7, farmer, owns with E. P. Burt, in Belvidere, timber land 100. 

Wright Abijah, (East Richford) r 3, farmer, with his son, George H., 50. 

Wright Alonzo, (East Richford) r 1, dairy 13 cows, and farmer 150. 

WRIGHT ELIAS H., (East Richford) r 4, justice of the peace, book agent, sugar orchard 1,000 trees, dairy 25 cows, and farmer 290.

Wright George H., (East Richford) r 3, farmer, with his father, Abijah, 50. 

Wright Hiram, (East Richford) r 1. 

Wright Homer E., (East Richford) r 5, jobber. 

YOUNG ALEXANDER, (Jay) r 11, sugar orchard 150 trees, and farmer 55. 

(Source: Gazetteer of Lamoille and Orleans Counties, VT.;
1883-1884, Compiled and Published by Hamilton Child; 
May 1887, Page 519-523)

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