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• Barlow, Bradley    b. May 12, 1814  d. November 6, 1889
  US Congressman. Prominent Vermont businessman and civic leader. Attended local schools. Employed as store clerk in Philadelphia. Returned to Fairfield to succeed father in running family farm. Married Caroline Farnsworth (born May 20, 1819), 1837. Six children: Deborah (Dolly), 1838-60; Helen K., 1840-58; Joanna F., 1841-60; Laura, born 1844, who moved to Denver, Colorado after her marriage; Charlotte, born 1844; Anna M., 1847-65. Moved to St. Albans to become Cashier of Vermont...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
  Greenwood Cemetery, Saint Albans, Franklin County, Vermont, USA
   
• Brainerd, Lawrence    b. March 16, 1794  d. May 9, 1870
  US Senator. Noted anti-slavery activist. Father in law of Vermont Governor and railroad magnate J. Gregory Smith. Moved to Troy, New York to reside with uncle, 1803. Moved with uncle to St. Albans, 1808. Completed schooling in St. Albans. Taught school, worked as store clerk. Successful businessman with ownership stakes in stores, banks, steamships and railroads. Vermont House, 1834. A Whig until 1840, when he joined Liberty Party. Party's nominee for Governor, 1846, 1847, 1848, 1852...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
  Greenwood Cemetery, Saint Albans, Franklin County, Vermont, USA
   
• Greene, Frank Lester    b. February 10, 1870  d. December 17, 1930
  US Congressman. Served in the United States Army during the Spanish-American War. Elected to represent Vermont's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1912 to 1923. Also served as a Delegate to the Republican National Convention from Vermont in 1908, and United States Senator from Vermont from 1923 until his death in 1930. (Bio by: K)
  Greenwood Cemetery, Saint Albans, Franklin County, Vermont, USA
   
• Smith, Ann Eliza    b. October 7, 1819  d. January 6, 1905
  Author. The daughter of US Senator Lawrence Brainerd, the wife of Governor J. Gregory Smith and the mother of Governor Edward C. Smith. As Mrs. J.G. Smith she published a collection of essays, "Dawn to Sunrise" (1876), and the novels "Seola" (1878), "Selma," (1883) and "Atla" (1886). The Smith home was a target of the 1864 Confederate raid on St. Albans, the Civil War's northernmost action, but the raiders bypassed the house while fleeing after robbing the town's banks. For her actions in...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
  Greenwood Cemetery, Saint Albans, Franklin County, Vermont, USA
   
• Smith, Edward Curtis    b. January 5, 1854  d. April 6, 1935
  Vermont Governor. The son of Governor J. Gregory Smith, nephew of Congressman Worthington Smith, and grandson of Congressman John Smith, he graduated from Yale in 1875, studied law at Columbia University, and became an attorney in St Albans. He succeeded his father as President of the Central Vermont Railroad, was President of Welden National Bank, and was a founder of People's Trust Bank of St. Albans and New York City's Sherman National Bank. A Republican, he served as a Colonel in the...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
  Greenwood Cemetery, Saint Albans, Franklin County, Vermont, USA
   
• Smith, John Gregory    b. July 22, 1818  d. November 6, 1891
  Vermont Governor. Called J. Gregory Smith, he was the son of Congressman John Smith and the son in law of US Senator Lawrence Brainerd. He attended the University of Vermont and Yale Law School, and practiced law with his father, also joining him in management of the Vermont Central Railroad, of which J. Gregory Smith became President. Under his management, the family's holdings included the St. Albans Foundry, the National Car Company, and the Vermont Iron and Car Company. A Republican, Smith...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
  Greenwood Cemetery, Saint Albans, Franklin County, Vermont, USA
   
• Smith, John    b. August 12, 1789  d. November 26, 1858
  US Congressman. Elected to represent Vermont in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1839 to 1841. Member of the Vermont State House of Representatives in 1827.
  Greenwood Cemetery, Saint Albans, Franklin County, Vermont, USA
   
• Smith, Worthington Curtis    b. April 19, 1823  d. January 2, 1894
  US Congressman. Elected to represent Vermont in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1867 to 1873. Member of Vermont State Legislature.
  Greenwood Cemetery, Saint Albans, Franklin County, Vermont, USA
   
• Swift, Benjamin    b. April, 1784  d. May 11, 1847
  US Congressman. Elected to represent Vermont in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1827 to 1831. Also served as United States Senator from Vermont, 1833 to 1839 and was a Member of Vermont State Legislature.
  Greenwood Cemetery, Saint Albans, Franklin County, Vermont, USA
   
• Young, Augustus  b. March 20, 1784  d. June 17, 1857
  US Congressman. Elected to represent Vermont's 4th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1841 to 1843. Also served as a member of the Vermont State Legislature.
  Greenwood Cemetery, Saint Albans, Franklin County, Vermont, USA
   

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