Pawlet (VT) One Hundred Years
Hiel Hollister
1867
J. Munsell, Albany
BARDWELL, CONSIDER S., from Shelburn, Mass., 1834, m. Mahala, da. of Allen
Willis, and settled on the Palmer Cleveland farm. His wife dying in 1841, aged 34, leaving one son, Merritt W.
Bardwell; he next married Sally, another daughter of Allen Willis, who died in 1863, aged 57. Next he
married Minerva, da. of Lyman Kinney, of Rupert. His farm buildings and surroundings are models of
taste and convenience. He has an artificial pond fed by springs gushing from its own bosom, which
supplies motive power for machinery and is well
stocked with trout. It is a favorite resort for sportsmen from the city. He carries on the edge
tool manufacture, and, with his strong right arm, has hammered out a handsome property. He built
in 1864, the first cheese factory in the state, which is now run by a dairy association, incorporated in 1865.
Peat, said by experts to be of the best quality, is found on his premises, contiguous to the rail road.
BARDWELL, MERRITT W., m. Maggie E., da. of Benjamin Wilson, of Hebron, and occupies the
farm of his late grandfather Willis.
