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Hardware Business Politicians in Vermont
Hardware and Building Supply Dealers

	John Emery Buxton (b. 1839) — of Moingona, Boone County, Iowa; Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa; Middletown Springs, Rutland County, Vt. Born in Middletown Springs, Rutland County, Vt., October 20, 1839. Son of Luther Buxton and Semantha (Paris) Buxton. Republican. Hardware merchant; mining business; member of Vermont state house of representatives, 1900; member of Vermont state senate, 1904. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Married, November 20, 1865, to Antha M. Clift.
	Ezra C. Dike (b. 1838) — of Bristol, Addison County, Vt. Born in Bolton, Chittenden County, Vt., 1838. Republican. Hardware merchant; member of Vermont state house of representatives from Bristol, 1910. Protestant. Burial location unknown.
	Washington Irving Howard (1831-1899) — of Steuben County, Ind.; Rochester, Fulton County, Ind. Born in Jamaica, Windham County, Vt., May 7, 1831. Son of Mary Louise Killeen (1882). Republican. Lawyer; hardware dealer; member of Indiana state senate, 1873; newspaper publisher; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1887; defeated, 1856. Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon. Died in Spencer, Owen County, Ind., 1899 (age about 68 years). Burial location unknown.   Presumably named for: Washington Irving   Relatives: Married 1856 to Mary Rowley Stocker; married to the sister-in-law of Michael Luther Essick; son of Mary Louise Killeen (1882); grandfather of Robert Lendon Bibler. See Howard-Bibler-Merriman-Pillsbury family of Indiana.
	David Safford Walbridge (1802-1868) — also known as David S. Walbridge — of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Mich. Born in Bennington, Bennington County, Vt., July 30, 1802. Son of David Walbridge (1769-1829) and Isabel (Brush) Walbridge (1771-1804). Republican. Hardware merchant; miller; member of Michigan state senate 5th District, 1849-50; U.S. Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1855-59; postmaster. Died in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Mich., June 15, 1868 (age 65 years, 321 days). Interment at Mountain Home Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Mich.   Relatives: Son of David Walbridge (1769-1829) and Isabel (Brush) Walbridge (1771-1804); first cousin once removed of Ephraim Safford; second cousin once removed of Ebenezer William Walbridge, Henry Sanford Walbridge and Robert Crawford Safford; married, October 23, 1823, to Eliza Taggart (1803-1866); second cousin of James Safford and Anson Peacely Killen Safford; third cousin of Hiram Walbridge; third cousin once removed of John Hill Walbridge and Henry E. Walbridge; first cousin twice removed of Cyrus Packard Walbridge; third cousin thrice removed of Clair Hiram Walbridge; second cousin twice removed of Edward L. Safford. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams family of New York.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial

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