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Subject: [VTFRANKL] Re: BROOKS_ROUSSEAU Montgomery
Date: 5 Sep 2003 20:21:16 -0600


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Surnames: Beneway, Brooks, Clark, Hubbard
Classification: Biography

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Source is "MONTGOMERY VERMONT The History of a Town", by W.R. Branthoover & Sara Taylor.On page 9 The only one of these early names of sixty grantees to remain in modern records is that of Hannah Clark, as found n the name of Hannah Clark Brook located on East Hill.On page 301894: Workers in Hectorville Mill which made two-lathe butter tubs included Arthur Brooks, Alfred Brooks, Harvey Brooks, etc.On page 77These men lived in mill houses which were built beside the mill on the Bazoo Road: Alfred Brooks, Harvey Brooks... On page 31"Franco-Americans first appeared in Montgomery between 1830 and 1840, when Antoine Rousseau, etc. were recorded on the census list.On page 322 photographs:Antoine Rousseau, 1813-1875, the first permanent French-Canadian settler.Henretta Senecal Rousseau, 1813-1870, wife of Antoine Rousseau.On page 45Hectorville School circa 1896 Teacher: Lorgene Beneway, Harvey Brooks, etc.On page 65The Committee on Relief had other functions. In the report of 188!
9, Joseph Girrard and Joseph Brooks were reported on the sick list... In 1895, Commander William H. Hubbard reported that the widow of the late Comrade Joseph Brooks had requested the Post to help pay for Brook's coffin, and a committee had been appointed to act on the request.On page 75It was also a member of the Baptist church who was to seek a unique vocation for one of her sex. At a time when women commonly stayed in the home, Montgomery's Miss Grace Brooks sought out the ministry as her profession on November 3, 1922...On page 76There is a photograph of Rev. Grace Brooks.Also, Hazel L. Brooks did a recitation "The Two Portraits" at the Annual Commencement, Montgomery Center Grammar School, June 19th, 1914."Transcribed by Jan Jordan

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