Journalist, Printer, Abolitionist and Political Leader. His newspaper office was a stop on the Underground Railroad. Poland was a Free Soil Democrat and was active in anti-slavery third parties until becoming a Republican when that party was founded in the 1850s. Washington County Probate Judge, 1852-1853. Vermont Senate, 1858-1860. Civil War Payroll Allotment Commissioner, 1861-1865. In 1863 he was Vermont's agent for the purchase of land in Montpelier for Sloan US Army Hospital. Vermont House, 1870-1871.
Journalist, Printer, Abolitionist and Political Leader. His newspaper office was a stop on the Underground Railroad. Poland was a Free Soil Democrat and was active in anti-slavery third parties until becoming a Republican when that party was founded in the 1850s. Washington County Probate Judge, 1852-1853. Vermont Senate, 1858-1860. Civil War Payroll Allotment Commissioner, 1861-1865. In 1863 he was Vermont's agent for the purchase of land in Montpelier for Sloan US Army Hospital. Vermont House, 1870-1871.
Family Members
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Mary Ann Rowell Poland
1817–1862
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Emma E. Poland
unknown–1847
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Clara Poland
unknown–1865
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Joseph Monroe Poland
1841–1891
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Charles Torry Poland
1847–1847
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Charles Francis Poland
1848–1875
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Alice Eliza Poland
1850–1852
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Edward Rowell Poland
1855 – unknown
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