Reading Township Index

READING - chartered in 1761; Villages & Communities include:  Felchville, Hammondsville, Reading, South Reading

·       Town of Reading, VT

o   Early Reading History

·       The young Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase and Robert Estabrook on Shedd Hill, too, (in Reading, Vermont), by Stephen F. Ells, includes a photo view from Bald Hill, Reading, Vermont.

·       Centennial Celebration, Together with an Historical Sketch of Reading, Windsor County, Vermont, and its Inhabitants from the First Settlement of the Town to 1874, By Gilbert A. Davis, Bellows Falls, Press of A.N. Swain, 1874.

·       History of Reading, Windsor County, Vermont. Vol. II. By Gilbert A. Davis,  [Windsor? Vt., 1903].  Supplementary to the author's "Centennial celebration, together with an historical sketch of Reading, Windsor County, Vermont, and its inhabitants from the first settlement of the town to 1874 ... Bellows Falls, Press of A.N. Swain. 1874."

·       History of the Town of Reading, Vermont

·       Reading Historical Society Museum: Reading, VT 05062;  Phone: (802) 484-7271.

·       Reading Library: 717 Route 106, Reading, VT 05062;   Phone: (802) 484-5428.

·       Reading Town Clerk:  P.O Box 72 - Reading, VT 05062;  Phone: (802) 484-7250.

·       CEMETERIES in Reading, Vermont include:

Amsden Cemetery: Established in 1804, Located north of Felchville (Reading P. O.), in eastern Reading Township, near the Reading and West Windsor boundary, Latitude: 432817N; Longitude: 0723151W

Buck Cemetery (family): Established in 1828. Last burial in 1861, north of Reading in the woods off of Route 106.

Felchville Cemetery: Established in 1842, Located at Felchville, in southeastern Reading Township, Latitude: 432721N; Longitude: 0723232W

Hapgood Family Cemetery: Established ca. 1795, Located west of Hammondsville; at Bailey's Mills Bed & Breakfast

Hapgood-Spite Cemetery: Established in 1807, Located in east central Reading Township, Latitude: 433015N; Longitude: 0723407W

Rice Cemetery (family): Established in 1836. Last burial in 1864, Location unknown

Shedd Cemetery: Established in 1831, Last burial in 1883, Located in north central Reading Township, Latitude: 433123N; Longitude: 0723434W

South Reading Cemetery: Established in 1811, Located at the village of South Reading, in Reading Township, Latitude: 432827N; Longitude: 0723515W

Spear Cemetery: Established in 1798,

Swain Cemetery: Established in 1825, Last burial in 1878, Located in central Reading Township, Latitude: 433049N; Longitude: 0723633W

Weld-Sawyer Cemetery (aka Sawyer-Stand Cemetery): Established in 1786; Located in south western Reading Township, Latitude: 432859N; Longitude: 0723710W