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Abner Harris, son of Abner, came to this town from Woodstock, Conn., soon after 1777, and purchased 150 acres of land, the same being a part of the farm which has long been known as the Harris farm. His children were Abner, John, Perley, Elizabeth, Experience, Esther, Tamar, Deborah, Sarah, Lydia, Mary, Thomas, Zerviah and Dolly. Wilder, son of John and grandson of Abner, was born May 11, 1797, married three times, first, Harriet, daughter of John Davis, in 1817,who died November 2o, 1851; second, Mrs. Nancy J. Wood, of Saxton’s River, Vt., July 5, 1854, who died in December, 1869; and third, Mrs. Mary J. Clark, of Springfield, Vt., July 21, 1871. In his earlier years he was a carpenter, and worked at his trade pretty extensively. Mr. Harris was also interested for sometime in the manufacture of lumber and shingles, in two mills erected for that purpose, on Lily Pond brook, near where it empties into the Catsbane. He removed to Brattleboro in 1865, where he now resides. His children are George Francis, Broughton Davis, Gordis Day, and Urban Wilder.