History of Danville, (Caledonia County) Vermont United States of America

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Stephen Alonzo Schoff, engraver, was born at Danville, Vt., in 1818; son of John Chase and Eunice (Nye) Schoff; grandson of John and Priscilla (Chase) Schoff, and of Elisha Nye; of German ancestry on his father's side, and English on his mother's. He attended the public schools at Newburyport, Mass., and went to Boston in 1834, to study and work at line engraving. In 1839?41, with his employer, Joseph Andrews, he went to Paris, where he studied drawing and line engraving. Upon his return he began banknote work in New York. He was employed in the bureau of engraving in Washington, and later resided in Boston, New York, Newtonville, Mass., and Brandon, Vt. His best known works are: Caius Marius on the Ruins of Carthage (1843); William Penn; a portrait of R. W. Emerson, after Rowse; The Bathers, after William M. Hunt; Moonlight Marine, after Dr. Hess.

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

Charles Porter Mattocks, soldier, was born in Danville, Vt., Oct. 11, 1840; son of Henry and Martha (Porter) Mattocks. He was graduated at Andover academy in 1858 and from Bowdoin college, A.B., 1862, A.M., 1865. He enlisted in the 17th Maine regiment as 1st lieutenant, Aug. 2, 1862; was promoted captain, Dec. 4, 1862; major, Dec. 22, 1863, and colonel, May 15, 1865. He commanded the 1st U.S. sharpshooters during the winter and spring of 1864, and was brevetted brigadier-general for gallant services during the campaign ending with the surrender of General Lee at Appomattox, March 13, 1865. He received a medal of honor from congress for gallantry at Little Sailors Creek, Va., April 6, 1865, and was mustered out of service in 1865. He was graduated from Harvard Law school, LL.B., 1867, and practised in Portland, Maine. He was state's attorney of Cumberland county, Maine, 1869-72, a representative in the state legislature, 1880-84, and was appointed judge of probate of Cumberland county, Dec. 11, 1900. Upon the outbreak of the Spanish American war he was reappointed brigadier-general of U.S. volunteers, June 9, 1898, and was assigned to the 3d army corps at Chickamauga, Ga. He was honorably discharged, Oct. 31, 1898, at the close of the war.

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