Washington

HUNTLEY, Eber W.

Men of Vermont: Illustrated Biographical History of Vermonters & Sons of 
Vermont. Ullery. Brattleboro: Transcript Publishing Company, 1894, p 216

Eber W. HUNTLEY, of Duxbury [Vermont], was born 11 November 1839 in Duxbury 
[Washington County, Vermont], son of Gilbert and Mary E. (NASH) HUNTLEY. He 
availed himself of the school training of his native town, and then pursued a 
course of study at the Peoples Academy of Morrisville [Lamoille County, 
Vermont]. He early manifested an aptitude for mechanical pursuits, and soon 
after his majority commenced working at the carpenter and joiner's trade, and 
later was a millwright and house builder. In the fall of 1886 he purchased 
the mill site in Duxbury, near Waterbury [Washington County, Vermont], a 
wonderful natural water privilege. There he rebuilt the mill and put in a 
large plant for planing, dressing, and matching hard and soft wood lumber, 
which is sold as a finished product. A large share of his stock is purchased 
in the neighborhood and thereby the farmers are furnished with a convenient 
home market for their surplus wood products.

He was elected by the Republicans of Duxbury to the Legislature of 1882, 
where he was a member of the committee on corporations. His personal 
standing in the community has resulted in his being called to the occupancy 
of many town offices since he was twenty-one, and among these he has been the 
incumbent of the town clerkship and also town treasurer for more than twenty 
years. He has received the degree of the Blue Lodge in the order of Free 
Masonry, and has twice occupied the chair in the east. On 26 August 1863 he 
[Eber W. HUNTLEY] married Minta F., daughter of Janus and Eurette (CROSBY) 
CROSSETT, of Duxbury [Washington County, Vermont]. One child is issue of 
this union: Mertie E.

Submitted by Cathy Kubly