Herbert William Dutton
(26 August 1881 - 31 March 1967)
3 gen. navigation
Great-grandfather of Darrell Allen Martin.

Herbert Dutton in 1905      Herbert was born in Springfield, Windsor County, Vermont, on 26 August 1881.1,2,3,4,5,6 He was the son of Perrin Smith Dutton and Sybil Dartt. He was a resident in the household of Perrin Smith Dutton in the 11 June 1900 census taken in Springfield, a farm laborer age 18, his son.7 He married Lillie Mae Felch in Springfield, on 27 August 1902.8,9,10,11,12 Herbert and Lillie forgot their wedding certificate on their honeymoon, and had problems because they looked so young. When they stopped at an inn, probably because they couldn't make it in one night to the Felch home in Newbury, they had to call back to Springfield to verify the marriage. Herbert William Dutton resided with Lillie Mae Felch in Springfield, on 5 January 1905. He was a farmer.13 Herbert William Dutton appears in a photograph taken circa 1906 in Newbury, Orange County, Vermont. He was a head of household in the 9 June 1910 census taken in Springfield, a rural mail carrier and farmer living on a mortgaged farm in the Dutton District, age 28; Lillie Mae Felch resided in the same household, as "Lillie M. Dutton", mother of 3 children (all living) age 28, his wife; as did Ernest Perrin Dutton, a student age 5, his son; Derrick Allen Dutton, age 4, his son; and Millard William Dutton, age 2, his son6.14 He was a head of household in the 31 January 1920 census taken in Springfield, a farmer and mail carrier, living on the farm he owned free, age 38; Lillie Mae Felch resided in the same household, as "Lillie F. Dutton", age 38, his wife; as did Ernest Perrin Dutton, a student age 16, his son; Derrick Allen Dutton, a student age 15, his son; Millard William Dutton, a student age 11, his son; Earle Herbert Dutton, as "Earl H.", a student age 7y 4m, his son; and Sybil Muriel Dutton, as "Sybel M.", age 1y 8m, his daughter.9 He married Clara Maxim? on 3 September 1932.15 Herbert William Dutton attended a reunion of the Dutton family in 1935 in Springfield. Herbert was divorced from Clara Maxim? on 30 June 1941.16 He married Clara B. (--?--) on 20 April 1942.17 In 1947, the selectmen of Springfield chose him as one of ten members of a committee to produce a second volume history of the town.18 He ran for Town Representative to the General Assembly in 1952; he was defeated in the Republican primary by Howard Finn, 1,391 to 778. This amounted to the same thing as losing the general election in those Republican days in Vermont. Finn proceeded to whip the Democratic Party's State Vice-chairman by 3,155 to 837 (outpolling General Eisenhower in Springfield, and everybody else on the ticket except Senator Flanders).19 Herbert William Dutton was among those who, with the Association for the Preservation of the Eureka School House, in October 1958 dismantled and stored the schoolhouse in space provided by Senator Flanders. Anna Jackson Hartness was Chairman of the association.20,21 Herbert died on 31 March 1967 in Springfield, at age 85. He was buried in Springfield.

     Appears on these charts:
          10-generation pedigree for Darrell Allen Martin
          10-generation descendants of Stephen Hartwell Dutton
          10-generation descendants of Allen Downing Felch

     Children of Herbert William Dutton and Lillie Mae Felch:

Ernest Perrin Dutton +   (23 Jan 1904 - 22 Aug 1946)
Derrick Allen Dutton +   (5 Jan 1905 - 6 May 1985)
Millard William Dutton +   (13 Feb 1908 - 11 Feb 1979)
Earle Herbert Dutton   (3 Aug 1912 - Sep 1977)
Sybil Muriel Dutton +   (29 May 1918 - )

Cited documentation:

1. [S21] Lyman W. Densmore, Hand-book of Hartwell Genealogy, 1637-1887, pg. 162, "Herbert W."
2. [S11] Dutton, Herbert W., 1910 Census Springfield, VT, "Dutton, Herbert W" age 28 b. Vermont.
3. [S12] Dutton, Herbert W., 1920 Census Springfield, VT, Dutton, Herbert W., age 38, b. Vermont.
4. [S75] Dutton, Perrin S., 1900 Census Springfield, VT, Dutton, Herbert W., b. Aug 1881, age 18.
5. [S16] Derrick Allen Dutton, Birth Certificate, father "Herbert Dutton" b. "Spgfld Vt" age 23.
6. [S117] Dutton, Ruth, compiler, "Descendants of Stephen Hartwell Dutton" 1946. pg. 5, "Herbert William, born in Springfield, Vt., Aug. 26, 1881".
7. [S75] Dutton, Perrin S., 1900 Census Springfield, VT.
8. [S11] Dutton, Herbert W., 1910 Census Springfield, VT, first marriage for both, married 7 years.
9. [S12] Dutton, Herbert W., 1920 Census Springfield, VT.
10. [S16] Derrick Allen Dutton, Birth Certificate, maiden name of mother, "Lillie Felch."
11. [S117] Dutton, Ruth, compiler, "Descendants of Stephen Hartwell Dutton" 1946. pg. 5, "Married Lillie May Felch" [sic May].
12. [S221] Haas, 26 Jul 1996, "Lillie May married Herbert Dutton" [sic May].
13. [S16] Derrick Allen Dutton, Birth Certificate, mother's residence "Spgfld", father's occupation "farmer."
14. [S11] Dutton, Herbert W., 1910 Census Springfield, VT.
15. [S117] Dutton, Ruth, compiler, "Descendants of Stephen Hartwell Dutton" 1946. pg. 5, "Married Aug. 3, 1932 to Mrs. Clara M. Atwood".
16. [S117] Dutton, Ruth, compiler, "Descendants of Stephen Hartwell Dutton" 1946. pg. 5, "Divorced June 30, 1941".
17. [S117] Dutton, Ruth, compiler, "Descendants of Stephen Hartwell Dutton" 1946. pg. 5, "Married Apr. 20, 1942 to Mrs. Clara B. Egan".
18. [S239] Springfield Hist. 2, pg. 436.
19. [S239] Springfield Hist. 2, pg. 496-7, citing Springfield Town Acts, VII, pp. 301-02.
20. [S239] Springfield Hist. 2, pg. 567, discussing the event but naming only the Chairman, "Mrs. W.H. Beardsley."
21. [S167] I learned from a conversation in the summer of 2002 with my uncle, Marshall Dutton, that his grandfather Herbert Dutton was one of those who dismantled the school.

The author strongly cautions the reader about making any assumption concerning the existence of uncited documentation (whether the assumption is that it does exist -- or that it does not).

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