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SHEFFIELD – CALEDONIA COUNTY
18871888

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. 
 

(Postoffice address is Sheffield, unless otherwise designated in parenthesis)


~A~

Ash Warren I., r 2, laborer. 

Ayer Joanna, r 32, widow of Simeon. 

~B~

BARBER ALDIS A., r 34, sheriff, tax collector, and farmer with his father, A. L. 

BARBER ASA L., r 34, blacksmith, 1,000 sugar trees, farmer 200. 

Barber John C., r 34, 800 sugar trees, farmer 75. 

Barton Mary J., widow of Rev. Robert H., resident, h and lot. 

Berry Charles E., r 25, farmer. 

BERRY GEORGE F., r 29. farmer, leases of S. & R. C. Hall 200. 

Berry Jonathan W., (Sutton) r 28, farmer 185. 

BERRY MARTHA G. MISS, r 25 cor 26, dressmaker, lives with her father, Samuel. 

BERRY SAMUEL, r 25 cor 26, 1,000 sugar trees, 40 sheep, farmer 140. 

Berry Thomas, off r 7, farmer 70. 

Bickford Charles; r 11, 900 sugar trees, farmer 160. 

Bickford Eugene F., (Glover) r 11, 1,200 sugar trees, 50 cattle, farmer 200. 

Bickford Harriet, r 31, widow of Stephen. 

Bickford Trustum, (Glover) r 11, retired farmer, aged 90. 

Blake John L., r 21, farmer. 

BRADLEY CHANCEY S., r 1, blacksmith and farmer 70. 

BRADLEY LABAN B., r 36, carpenter and joiner, h and 3 acres. 

Bradley Ward, (Wheelock) r 36, farmer about 100. 

Brooks Alpheus, r 16, farmer 68. 

BROOKS CYRIL, (Barton) r 2, farmer. 

Brooks Herbert W., (Wheelock) off r 29, 500 sugar trees, farmer 85. 

Brooks Horace, r 16, farmer 154. 

Brooks Josephus, (Glover) r 16, 800 sugar trees, farmer 125. 

Brown Foster I., r 34, mail carrier from Sheffield to Lyndonville, h and lot. 

Brown Lester A., r 13 cor 16, farmer, leases 140. 

Brown Waldron, r 1, member of school board, justice of the peace, 14 cows, 500 sugar trees, farmer 215. 

Bruce Jonas, r 35, laborer. 

Burnham Dudley J., 2,000 sugar trees, farmer 200. 

Bush John, (Sutton) r 4, farmer, with S. G. Chesley. 

~C~

Cass Jacob M., r 32, selectman, agent for organs. 

Chaplin George D., r 28, farmer 160. 

Chase Amasa, r 36, farmer. 

CHASE ELMER E., r 17, farmer with his father, W. H. 

CHASE WALTER H., r 17, 15 grade Jersey cows, 700 sugar trees, farmer 150, served in Co. G, 15th Vt. Vols. 

Chesley Alvah L., r 32, laborer. 

CHESLEY CHARLES, r 20, prop. saw-mill, and farmer, 140. 

CHESLEY CHARLES H., r 32, farmer with his father, Joseph W. 

CHESLEY ELIZA K., r 32, widow of James, 500 sugar trees, farmer 115. 

CHESLEY FRANK J., r 32, farmer, son of Eliza K. 

Chesley George W., (Sutton) r 6, 12 cows, 500 sugar trees, farmer 130, and in Sutton 70. 

Chesley John W., r 32, farmer. 

Chesley Jonathan H., r 6, resident.

Chesley Joseph T., r 32, justice, farmer 30. 

CHESLEY JOSEPH W., r 32, blacksmith, 300 sugar trees, farmer 65. 

Chesley O. Warner, r 25, justice of the peace, prop. saw-mill, 10 cows, 40 sheep, 800 sugar trees, farmer 220. 

CHESLEY OLIN K., r 32, farmer, son of Eliza K. 

Chesley Omer G., (Sutton) r 4, farmer with S. G. 

CHESLEY STEPHEN G., (Sutton) r 4, 1,000 sugar trees, farmer 163. 

Christie Jesse, r 31, carpenter and farmer. 

Christie Reuben C., r 31, carpenter and joiner, farmer 30. 

Christie Robert Rev., pastor of M. E. church. 

Christie Robert, Jr., M. E. preacher. 

Clapp Dennis S., r 20, farm laborer. 

CLAPP GEORGE W., r 20, hair dresser, farmer 20. 

Clark Jonathan, (Sutton) r 25 farmer 75. 

Coffran Charles W., off r 31, 500 sugar trees, farmer 65. 

Coffran Sarah A., off r 31, widow of S. G. 

Cook Charles C., off r 1, farmer 100. 

Cowdrey Timothy F., r 32, laborer. 

Cushman Gardner H., r 36, tin peddler, h and lot. 

Cutler Foster T., (Sutton) r 25, farmer with W. P. 

Cutler William P., (Sutton) r 25, farmer 80. 

~D~

Davis Arabell, r 30, widow of Elisha, aged 84 years. 

Davis Franklin, r 30, manuf. of winnowing mills, farmer 62. 

Davis Harley, r 30, farmer with Salma. 

Davis Ira, r 32, laborer. 

Davis Salma, r 30, selectman, town agent, 25 head cattle, 100 sheep, farmer 400. 

DAY JACOB F., off r 17, 17 grade Jersey cows, 350 sugar trees, farmer 210. 

DeGreene Freeman, (Sutton) off r 5, farmer 50. 

Derusha Charles J., r 2, farmer. 

Dexter Samuel P., r 36, resident with William. 

DEXTER WILLIAM, r 36, justice of the peace, farmer 74. 

Drake Alexander D., r 21, with his brother W. H., farmer 140. 

Drake Spencer, r 21, retired farmer, aged 88. 

Drake Spencer, Jr., r 24, farmer 130. 

Drake Whiting H., r 21, farmer with A. D. 

Drew Rufus, (Glover) r 1, farmer 40. 

Drown Andrew J., r 12, farmer with William. 

Drown Henry, (Sutton) r 26, farmer 26, and in Sutton 50. 

Drown Herbert V., r 11, farmer with Job. 

Drown Job, r 11, 550 sugar trees, farmer 200. 

Drown John, r 12 cor 9. farmer with William. 

Drown Lucy A., r 32, widow of Horace, h and 6 acres. 

Drown Nathaniel, (Sutton) r 26, farmer 40. 

Drown Ward B., r 1, retired farmer, aged 77. 

Drown William, r 12, owns with his wife farm 100. 

Dwyer William, r 1, laborer, h and lot. 

~E~

EASTMAN ELI, (Wheelock) r 28 cor 29, 850 sugar trees, farmer 130, and carries on town farm 200. 

Eastman Rachel, r 28 n 29, widow of Beri, lives with her son Eli. 

Edwards Eben, r 7, farmer 42. 

Elkins Hannah, r 36, lives with Emily Gray. 

~F~

Farr Benjamin A., r 32, cooper, farmer 15. 

Farr Charles D., r 32, laborer. 

Farr Jacob W., r 36, laborer. 

Fergurson Ivers, r 17, farmer with John. 

Fergurson John, r 17, 500 sugar trees, farmer 225. 

Findlay Alexander, off r 1, laborer, and farmer 80. 

Flanders John T., r 34, carpenter and joiner, leases house of Aaron Gray. 

FOLSOM NOAH L., r 32, (Folsom & Giffin) farmer 40. 

FOLSOM & GIFFIN, r 32, (N. L. F. and A. J. G.) general merchants. 

Fontain Joseph, r 33, farmer 10. 

Fuller Jefferson C., laborer. 

~G~

Garfield Hosea, r 32 cor 17, 400 sugar trees, farmer 87. 

Garland Charles H., r 32, member of school board, house, carriage and ornamental painter, and carriage repairer. 

Gibson James B, r 25, 1,000 sugar trees, farmer 100. 

GIFFIN ALBERT J., r 32, (Folsom & Griffin) postmaster.

Giffin George, r 35, town clerk, treasurer, and farmer 26. 

Gilman Joseph, (Wheelock) r 28, farmer 140. 

GORMAN LEON, r 21, 20 head cattle, 1,500 sugar trees, farmer 140, served in Co. D, 4th Regt. Vt. Vols. 

Gray Aaron, r 31 cor 32, justice of the peace, clerk for Hazen M. 

Gray Aaron, 2d.,  peddler, h and lot. 

Gray Aaron H., (S. Barton. Orleans Co.) r 3, farmer. 

Gray A. W., (Sutton) r 28, farmer. 

GRAY ALFRED, r 36, member of school board, justice of the peace, prop. grist and planning mill, farmer 160. 

GRA Y ALONZO, (Sutton) r 28, 600 sugar trees, farmer 130. 

GRAY AZRO J., r 8, farmer, leases of J. Drown, of Waterford, 35. 

Gray Edwin H., off r 7, farmer. 

Gray Emily, r 36, widow of Stephen, h and lot. 

GRAY FRANKLIN, r 8, farmer 48. 

Gray George, r 21, farmer. 

Gray Hazen M., r 31 cor 32, general merchant. 

GRAY IRA, JR, r 10, farmer with Noah Drown. 

Gray Jacob F., r 2, farmer 61. 

Gray John, r 2, 20 sheep, farmer 144. 

Gray John C., r 2, farmer with his father, John. 

Gray O. Amasa, r 2l, farm laborer. 

GRAY PERCIVAL, off r 7, 900 sugar trees, farmer 200. 

Gray Polly, r 32, widow of Eliphalet. 

Gray Robert A., off r 7, 1,300 sugar trees, farmer 200. 

Gray Sherlock V., (Glover) r 1, 1,100 sugar trees, farmer 100. 

Gray Warner C., r 8, farmer 102. 

Gray Wells C., off r 7, farmer. 

Gray William W., r 1, laborer. 

GREEN ROBERT, r 8 cor 7, 500 sugar trees, farmer 74. 

Grimmard Octave, (Barton) off r 2, farmer. 

~H~

HALL RILEY C., r 36, (S. & R. C. H.) son of Sylvester. 

HALL SYLVESTER, r 36, (S. & R. C. H.) 

HALL S. & R. C., r 36, (Sylvester and Riley C.) props. saw and shingle mill, 1,500 sugar trees, farmers 200. 

Hanna John. (Barton) r 2, farmer with Thomas. 

Hanna Joseph, (Barton) r 2, farmer. 

Hanna Thomas, (Barton) r 2, farmer, leases of L. C. Grandy 180. 

HANSCOM AARON, r 31, 40 sheep, 700 sugar trees, farmer 105. 

HANSCOM IDA M., r 34, teacher, lives with her father, W. G. 

HANSCOM NELLIE. r 34, teacher, lives with her father, W. G. 

HANSCOM WILLIS G., r 34, auctioneer and farmer 100. 

Hitchcock Louis, (Barton) off r 2, lumberman and farmer. 

Hitchcock Odina, (Barton) off r 2, farmer. 

Holmes Charles F., (S. Barton) r 3, farmer 70. 

Hazeltine Sallie D., r 32, widow of Isaac. 

Hudson George L., (Glover) r 1, farmer 75. 

Hunter Milo L., r 1, cooper, farmer 100. 

Hunter Stanley, r 9, farmer with C. Williams. 

~I~

Ingalls Bradley, r 35, justice, 1,300 sugar trees, farmer 160. 

INGALLS CHARLES, r 32, selectman, 1,000 sugar trees, farmer 100. 

INGALLS JOSEPH, r 34, farmer 25. 

INGALLS JOSEPH H., r 28, 1,400 sugar trees, 15 sheep, farmer 160. 

Ingalls Margaret, r 32, widow of Joshua W., lives with her son, Charles.

INGALLS OSMAN M. farmer with Joseph. 

~J~

JENNESS MORRILL P., r 8, 8 cows, 900 sugar trees, farmer 90. 

Jenness Oliver H., off r 2, farmer 50. 

JESSEMAN OEL W., (Sutton) r 6, farmer 70. 

Jillson Mary, r 20, widow of George W. 

Jones Nellie, r 34, widow of Giles. 

Jones Samuel A., r 32, physician and surgeon, h and lot. 

~K~

Kenaston Mary, widow of Jesse G. 

Kendall George E., r 24, farmer with Sylvanus. 

Kendall Sylvanus N., r 24, 40 sheep, 2,000 sugar trees, farmer 175. 

Kimball Fred R., r 37, butcher, and leases of I. Pearl 112 acres. 

KING JAMES C., r 1, 950 sugar trees, 17 head cattle, farmer 165. 

~L~

LaClair Charles, Jr., (Sutton) r 5, farmer 140. 

LaClair Isaac F., (Sutton) r 5, farmer 30. 

LaClair Joseph, (Sutton) r 5, farmer. 

LaClair Mary R., (Sutton) r 5, widow of Charles. 

LETTERS NAZIRE, (Barton) r 2, carpenter, 20 sheep, 800 sugar trees, farmer 160. (Moved to Barton.) 

Libbey Elijah, r 17, farmer 85. 

Libbey Miron, r 17, laborer. 

Libbey Meshach, (S. Barton) r 3, farmer 110. 

Libbey Meshach E., (S. Barton) r 3, laborer. 

Lord Lewis, (S. Barton) r 3, farmer with Nathaniel. 

Lord Nathaniel, (S. Barton) r 3, farmer 140. 

~M~

Marcou George, r 2, laborer. 

Marcou Henry, r 2, laborer and farmer 85. 

Marcou Isaac, r 2, farmer 50. 

Marcou Isaac, Jr., r 2, farmer, leases of Alfred Gray 160. 

Masuer George A., (Sutton) r 25, farmer. 

Masuer Louis, (Sutton) r 25, farmer. 

McDowel1 James A., (Glover) r 14 farmer 140. 

McDOWELL ROBERT J., r 1, carpenter and joiner, farmer 60. 

McNeal Jane S. Miss, r 32, resident. 

McNeal Willard C., r 32, farmer 10. 

Miles Sally G., r 32, widow of A. M., h and lot. 

Mitchell Hugh, r 18, farmer. 

MITCHELL WILLIAM, r 18,10 cows, 500 sugar trees, farmer 120, served in Co. D, 6th Regt. Vt. Vols. 

~N~

Newell George B, carpenter. 

Newell Henry D., off r 28, farmer. 

Newell Mary, r 35, widow of Daniel h and lot. 

~O~

O'Hara Eliza M., housekeeper for her brother, John C. 

O'Hara John C., farmer 40. 

Orcott John, r 36 cor 35, laborer. 

Otis Thomas F., r 36 cor 35, retired farmer. 

~P~

PAIGE HARLEY E., r 17, farmer. 

PAIGE JOHN D., r 17, 10 head of cattle, 1,000 sugar trees, farmer 85. 

Pearl Isaac, r 32, farmer 112. 

PEARL JOHN, r 29, 6 cows, 30 sheep, 450 sugar trees, 200 apple trees, farmer 190. 

Pearl William, r 32, retired farmer, owns 40 acres. 

Peavey Joseph, {Sutton) r 5, farmer 50. 

Phillips Dana, r 31, laborer. 

Phillips George T., r 10, 400 sugar trees, farmer 100. 

PHILLIPS HARRY W., (Glover) r 13, farmer with his father, John E. 

Phillips John, r 31, son of Dana. 

PHILLIPS JOHN E., (Glover) r 13, 15 cows, 400 sugar trees, farmer 150. 

Powers Jonathan, r 1, farmer 22. 

Pratt Lincoln, r 31, laborer. 

Pratt Thomas B., r 31, peddler, h and lot. 

~R~

Randall Loren A., (Glover) r 1, farmer 140.

Ranney Charles G., r 19, laborer. 

Ranney Ellsworth, r 18, laborer.

RANNEY GEORGE, r 19, shoemaker and farmer 70. 

Ranney Harley L., r 18, farmer 80. 

Ranney Irvin A., r 19, laborer. 

RICHARDSON EDWIN, general blacksmith and repair shop, Main. 

Robbins Frank M., off r 7, farmer 135. 

Robbins Willie, (S. Barton) off r 3, farmer 70. 

ROBERTS ANDREW, r 11, 1,400 sugar trees, 12 cows, farmer 175. 

Roberts James N., r 11, farmer with his brother, Andrew. 

Robinson Franklin, off r 17, farmer 75. 

ROOT EDWARD F., r 2, 400 sugar trees, farmer 120. 

ROOT EDWARD F., Jr., r 2, farmer, son of E. F. 

~S~

Salmon James F., r 32, blacksmith, h and lot. 

Sanborn John W., (Wheelock) r 38, 400 sugar trees, farmer 200. 

Sanborn Willie G., (Wheelock) r 38, 400 sugar trees, farmer 130. 

Shedd Freeman J., (Glover) r 11, farm laborer. 

SHERBURN CHESTER F., (Glover) r 1,500 sugar trees, farmer 140. 

Sherburn George Y., (Glover) r 1, farmer 70. 

Simpson Adney F., off r 7, 800 sugar trees, farmer 100. 

Simpson Archelaus, off r 2, farmer, son of Jeremiah. 

Simpson Chester, r 2, farmer. 

Simpson Corydon B., r 17, justice of the peace, town lister, farmer 150. 

Simpson Herman P., r 32, clerk for Folsom & Giffin. 

SIMPSON HIRAM, r 2, farmer 89.

Simpson Jeremiah, off r 2, farmer 65. 

Simpson John F., off r 2, farmer, son of Jeremiah. 

Simpson Jonathan, off r 7, lives with his son A. F.

Simpson Leonard F., (Glover) r 2, farmer 22. 

Simpson Loraine M., r 17, school teacher. 

Simpson Myron F., r 1, 400 sugar trees, farmer 150. 

Simpson Oscar W., r 1, farmer 65. 

Simpson Sewell B.,  (Glover) r 2, farmer with Leonard F. 

SIMPSON WILLIAM, r 7, 400 sugar trees, 15 sheep, farmer 90. 

SISCO CHARLES E., r 17, 15 grade cows, farmer 150. 

Smith William, r 8, 400 sugar trees, farmer 70. 

Snelling Charles, r 19, farmer 75. 

Snelling Charles, Jr., r 19, farm laborer. 

Snelling Charles G., r 28, oldest man in town. 

Stockwell Caroline, r 12, lives with her son, Levi. 

Stockwell Levi W., r 12, farmer 65. 

Stone Louis B., (S. Barton) r 3, farmer 70. 

Sw1tzer Samuel A., r 2, laborer. 

~T~

Thomas Tyler, r 20, peddler, and farmer 20. 

Thornton James, r 18, farmer. 

~W~

Walcott Asael, (Glover) r 16, farmer 45. 

WALCOTT GEORGE, r 13, 600 sugar trees, 5 cows, farmer 100, served in Co., 6th Vt. Vols. 

Warner Sumner, r 32, farmer 215. 

Whitney Bart B., r 8 cor 7, farmer, leases of Charles McClellen, Glover, Vt., 154. 

Willey James, r 36, stone mason, owns farm 2. 

WILLARD PAUL, r 20 cor 22, town lister and farmer. 

Williams Cyril, r 9, 500 sugar trees, farmer 175, aged 84. 

Williams Edwin A., (Wheelock) r 36, farmer 70. 

WILLIAMS GEORGE, r 1, farmer 100. 

Williams John, (Glover) r 15, laborer. 

Williams Philura, r 32, widow of Joseph, h and lot. 

Wilson Warren, r 12, farmer 63. 

Woodbury Lafayette D., r 9, farmer 75. 

Woodman John P., r 8, resident.

Woodmansee Seth, r 28, formerly farmer. 

~Y~

Young Walter G., (Wheelock) r 28, farmer 65.

(Source: Gazetteer of  Caledonia  and Essex  Counties, VT.;
1764-1887, Compiled and Published by Hamilton Child; 
May 1887, Part Two, Pages 107-113)

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