. Centennial proceedings and historical incidents of the early settlers of Northfield, Vt. : with biographical sketches of prominent business men who have been and are now residents of the town . a dwelling house,and lived there till 1839, when he moved to there one year, he went to Lake Mills, Wiscon-sin, and there died in 1848, at the age of seventy-fiveyears. There are noAv standing in this town about fortybuildings, erected for dwellings and for business purposes,by Captain Abel Keyes and his son Joseph. CaptainKeyes was one of the most active and enterprising busi-ness me
. Centennial proceedings and historical incidents of the early settlers of Northfield, Vt. : with biographical sketches of prominent business men who have been and are now residents of the town . a dwelling house,and lived there till 1839, when he moved to there one year, he went to Lake Mills, Wiscon-sin, and there died in 1848, at the age of seventy-fiveyears. There are noAv standing in this town about fortybuildings, erected for dwellings and for business purposes,by Captain Abel Keyes and his son Joseph. CaptainKeyes was one of the most active and enterprising busi-ness men of the town during all his stay in it. He heldvarious offices, was Lister in 1798, Captain of a militarycompany. Justice of the Peace for many years. Selectmanin 1824 and 1825, and represented the town in the Leg-islature the same years. Captain Keyes was in manyrespects a most remarkable man. Possessed of robusthealth, ceaseless activity, and untiring energy, he coulddo everything but persevere and wait. As a farmer hecould prepare his land, could plant and hoe, but he couldnot wait for the corn to ripen; in preparing to build, thenoise and bustle of framing, raising, and enclosing the.
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