Hiram Charlton took on the publication of the Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont for Lewis Publishing. In it, he enlisted the assistance of living residents of the state in providing biographical and genealogical details about their family, and then he published all 1104 family histories in two distinct volumes.
Landon, Elisha H., New Haven, was born in Salisbury, Conn., October 1, 1800, where he was educated; in 1821 he came to New Haven, Vt., and served as a clerk in the store of Rodman Chapman for three years, after which he engaged in the mercantile business in Bristol, Vt., and later in New Haven, Vt. He engaged in farming in 1832, a business in which he has since engaged, continuing until the time of his retirement from active life. He was agent for the Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance Company, for Rutland and Addison counties, for forty years, and has … Read more
Landon, Miles J., New Haven, was born in New Haven, Vt., on December 14, 1845; is a prominent farmer and has held nearly all of the town offices. He succeeded his father in 1878, in the agency of the Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance Company, his father having previously represented this company for forty years. He was married on February 25, 1868, to Harriet Dexter, a daughter of Oliver and Louisa (Preston) Dexter, and by whom he has had three children — Charlotte L., Mary A. F., and Ralph D. Mills J. Landon was a son of Elisha H. and Charlotte … Read more
The Families of Ancient New Haven compilation includes the families of the ancient town of New Haven, covering the present towns of New Haven, East Haven, North Haven, Hamden, Bethany, Woodbridge and West Haven. These families are brought down to the heads of families in the First Census (1790), and include the generation born about 1790 to 1800. Descendants in the male line who removed from this region are also given, if obtainable, to about 1800, unless they have been adequately set forth in published genealogies.