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History of Barnet, (Caledonia County) VermontOur database does not include an historic photo for Barnet, (Caledonia County) Vermont, do you have one you would like to contribute? Contact Us! 15% - 35% off all Products ยป The Ready Store Biographies:Charles Downer Hazen Biographical Sketch Charles Downer Hazen, educator, was born in Barnet, Vt., March 17, 1868; son of Lucius Downer and Orinda Griswold (Kimball) Hazen; and a grandson of Lucius and Hannah B. (Downer) Hazen, and of Lloyd and Lois (Griswold) Kimball. He was graduated from Dartmouth college in 1889 and from Johns Hopkins university, Ph.D. in 1893, and was made professor of history in Smith college, Northampton, Mass., in 1894. He received the John Marshall prize from Johns Hopkins university in 1898. He was elected a member of the American historical association. He translated the Adoption and Amendment of Constitutions, by Charles Borgeaud of the University of Geneva (1895), and is the author of Contemporary American Opinion of the French Revolution (1897); and contributions to periodical literature. |
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Additional Local History Notes: The 1854 Gazetteer of the United States by Thomas Baldwin shows: BARNET, a post-township of Caledonia county, Vermont, about 25 miles E. by N. from Montpelier, watered by Passumpsic and Stevens rivers, which afford valuable water-power to a number of mills. Population, 2521. Barnet is situated 174 meters above sea level. |