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1. Benj Speyer – New York

2. (Illegible) - Do

3. (Illegible) Underwood – Burlington

4. H. G. Edson – St Albans – Henry George Edson (1822 – 1896); States Attorney for Franklin County, 1855 – 1857; An attorney for one of the banks robbed in the famous “St Albans Raid”. He went to Canada to attempt to have the confederate conspirators extradited back to the US. These attempts were unsuccessful.

5. George M. Martin – Claremont, NH

6. E. B. Eddy – Burlington, VT – Ezra Butler Eddy (1827 – 1906); Founded the Eddy Match Company in 1851 by making matches by hand at his home in Burlington. Moved his company to Hull, Quebec in 1854; by 1856 Eddy Match Company was one of the largest match companies in the world and he added other wooden items to his product line. In 1886, he established the E. B. Eddy Company.
Mayor of Hull, Quebec, 1881 – 1885, 1887 – 1888, 1891 - 1892; Represented the Ottawa Electoral District in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec, 1871 – 1875; member of the Hull Community Council from 1878 – 1888. Administrator of the Canada Central Railway Company.

7. John Olsaver – W Vt RR

8. C. Fox - Do

9. A. F. Fleming - Do

10. S. C. Reed – R Vt RR

11. George Thrall – Rutland, Vt

12. A. S. Mann – Rutland, Vt

13. G. W. Hill – W. Vt R R

14. Redfield Proctor – Proctorville – (1831 – 1908);Graduated from Dartmouth College, 1851;
At the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, Commissioned a 1st Lieutenant and a quartermaster with the 3rd Vermont Infantry. In July of the same year he was appointed to the staff of General William F (Baldy) Smith; In Oct. he was promoted to Major and transferred to the 5th Vermont Infantry; In October 1862 he was promoted to Colonel of the 15th Vermont Infantry; Colonel Proctor participated in the Gettysburg Campain.
37th governor of Vermont 1878 - 1880; Secretary of War, 1889 – 1891; United States Senator for Vermont, 1891 – 1908; President of the Vermont Marble Company; Selectman of Rutland, Vermont, 1866; State Legislator, 1867, 1868; State Senator, 1874; Elected the 29th Lieutenant Governor of Vermont, 1876; Delegate-at-large to the Republican National Convention, 1884 & 1888 (Seconded the presidential nomination of Benjamin Harrison)

15. J. C. Wheaten - Pittsfield

16. A. P. Ellis – Boston

17. Israel Munson – Wallingford - Prominent citizen of Wallingford

18. J. Breed – Stonington, Ct

19. P. J. Wallace – Albany, NY – Maker of Stoneware Jugs etc

20. Jackson Putnam – Corydon, PA

21. John Olsaver – W & Vt RR

22. C. Fox - Do

23. A. F. Fleming - Do

24. S. C. Reed – R W RR

25. G. W. Hill – W Vt RR

26. L. L. Thomas – Burlington

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