Chittenden, Thomas
soldier, legislator, governor, was born Jan. 6, 1730, in East Guilford, Conn. He was for many years a representative in the legislature, and justice of the peace. In 1774 he moved to the New Hampshire grants, as Vermont was then called, and settled at Williston, on the Onion river. He rendered service to the state in the councils during the revolution; was a member of the convention in 1777 which declared Vermont an independent state, and was one of the commissioners to solicit admission into the confederacy. In 1777 he was a member of the state constitutional convention; president of the council of safety; and in 1778 was chosen governor of the state, and, with the exception of one year, filled that office until his death. He died Aug. 24, 1797, in Williston, Vt.
CHITTICK, OLIVER USHER FUN- STON, clergyman, was born Oct. 13, 1870, in Canada. He received a thorough collegiate education; has attained distinction as an eloquent clergyman of the methodist church, and now fills a pastorate in Washta, Iowa.