History of Granville, (Addison County) Vermont United States of America

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Albert Clarke, publicist, was born at Granville, Vt., Oct. 13, 1840; son of Jedediah and Mary (Woodbury) Clarke. He attended the academies of West Randolph and Barre, Vt., was admitted to the bar in 1860 and practised in Montpelier and Rochester for several years. In August, 1862, he enlisted as a private in the 13th Vermont volunteers; was promoted 1st sergeant, and later 1st lieutenant, commanding a company at Gettysburg. He was subsequently colonel on the staff of Gov. Paul Dillingham. From 1868 to 1880 he was connected with the St. Albans Messenger, most of the time as sole proprietor, and was for nearly ten years engaged in a memorable controversy with the Central Vermont railroad. He sat in the state senate in 1874. In 1881 he removed to Boston, Mass., was editorially connected with the Advertiser until 1884 and meanwhile was president of the Vermont and Canada railroad company. He was editor and manager of the Rutland, Vt., Herald, 1886-89, and on his return to Boston he was elected secretary and manager of the Home Market club, supervising the issue of the Home Market Bulletin, an economic journal, and of a large number of pamphlets pertaining to protection and sound money. In this service he delivered addresses, engaged in debates, and took part in the campaigns in many states. He was a delegate to the Republican national convention in 1892, and in 1896, 1897 and 1898, served in the Massachusetts house of representatives, becoming chairman of the committee on ways and means. From various local positions of prominence in the Grand Army of the Republic he became judge advocate general in 1896, and his elaborate opinions in several difficult cases were highly commended by the National encampment in 1897. Dartmouth conferred upon him the honorary degree of A.M. in 1887.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Abraham X. Parker, representative, was born in Granville, Vt., Nov. 14, 1831; son of Isaac and Amanda (Patrick) Parker; grandson of Abraham (1763-1829) and Sarah (Whitney) Parker; great-grandson of Joseph (4th) Parker, a minute man and soldier at Bunker Hill, and a descendant of Joseph Parker, who came from Newbury, England, to Newbury, Mass., in 1638, at the age of twenty-four, removing later with his brother Nathan to Andover, Mass., where his descendant, Joseph (4th) was born, 1735. Abraham Parker's maternal grandfather was Joseph Patrick, of Scotch-Irish extraction, who was town clerk of Granville, Vt., for more than forty years. Isaac Parker served in the Vermont legislature, moved to Potsdam, N.Y., in 1840, and there became a farmer, town superintendent of schools and supervisor. Abraham X. Parker attended St. Lawrence academy, Potsdam, and the Albany Law school, and was admitted to the bar in Albany, 1854, returning to Potsdam to practice. He was married in 1857, to Mary J., daughter of Alpheus Wright, of Potsdam. He was a member of the assembly, 1863-64, refusing re-nomination in 1865. He was elector-at-large on the Republican presidential ticket in 1876, and a representative from the nineteenth and twenty-second districts in the 47th, 48th, 49th and 50th congresses, 1881-89. He served on the judiciary and other important committees, and in the 50th congress was a member of the special committee appointed to investigate the coal and railroad employee strikes and other labor difficulties affecting the commerce of four states which were visited and inspected by the committee. After this public service he returned to Potsdam and resumed his law practice until his appointment by President Harrison as assistant U.S. attorney-general. Sept. 8, 1890. With the change of administration, March 4, 1893, he resigned, but was retained in office upon the request of Attorney-General Olney, to complete important work, until the adjournment of the supreme court in May. He took active interest in the educational institutions of Potsdam, and became president of the Thomas S. Clarkson Memorial School of Technology.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor