. 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 . of the Sons of Temper-ance of Vermont. He was elected Trustee, also Profes-sor of Physiology, in Norwich University in 1867; andwas a member of the Right Worthy Grand Lodge of theUnited States, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in1875-76. He early threw the weight of his influenceinto the scale of temperance—is a worthy Good Tem-plar, and foremost in everything that promises blessingson our race. He i
. 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 . of the Sons of Temper-ance of Vermont. He was elected Trustee, also Profes-sor of Physiology, in Norwich University in 1867; andwas a member of the Right Worthy Grand Lodge of theUnited States, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in1875-76. He early threw the weight of his influenceinto the scale of temperance—is a worthy Good Tem-plar, and foremost in everything that promises blessingson our race. He is a capital presiding officer, and by hisgood humor and happy adaptation to circumstancesmakes even a crowded assembly orderly and Bradford was married to Miss Susan H. Edson,daughter of John Edson, M. D., of Randolph, in 1835, bywhom he had one daughter, Miss Ellen E., now the wifeof George W. Soper, Esq., of Northfield, who is a veryefficient Postal Agent in the service of our government,over the Central Vermont railroad. Mrs. Susan H. Bradford died October 15, 1865, and inMay, 1867, the Doctor married Mrs. O. VV. Moore, widowof the late Hiram Moore, Esq., of Sharon, 177 1\) Dr. HrailUinl arc wc iiuU-litLtl tor Iiriii};;iiij4- forwarilaiitl pressiui;- to a vote tlii pulditatioii (tt this history Hon. JASPER H. ORCUTT, Ihe seventh sou ol M. and Mary 15. Orciitl, wasItorn in Roxlmry, Vt., February 2), lS2t. Ilr lived athome, with the e.\fe])tiou ol two seasons, when he tauj^htschool, until 1S4(), when he went to Manchester. N. 11.,and remained there six months, when he retiirne(| to Ver-mont, and moved to Northlield. March 1!>. iSJlt. Frmn1S48 to 1858 he was most ot the time in the em|»loy olthe Vermont Central railn)ad, eng;ij.:;eil in the construc-tion of buildings and other mechanical work. In 1858 Mr. Orcutt entered into the mercantile Imsi-ness with Freeman Page, in the building now occu|)iedby Chauncey Denny and Stebbins cV U
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