Addison

EDMUNDS, George Franklin

Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography: A Series of Authentic Biographical 
Sketches of the Representative Men of Vermont and Sons of Vermont in Other 
States. Dodge. Burlington: Ullery Pub Co, 1912, pp 178-179

George Franklin EDMUNDS, physician and surgeon, Bristol [Addison County, 
Vermont], was born 30 October 1862 at Irasburg [Orleans County, Vermont], son 
of William and Abigail Hoyt (BRYANT) EDMUNDS. Educated in the primary 
schools of Irasburg, Barton and St. Johnsbury Academies; University of 
Vermont, and Baltimore Medical College. Taught school three years while 
acquiring an education. Began the practice of medicine in 1892 at Hinesburg 
[Chittenden County, Vermont]. In 1894 he located in Bristol, where he has 
since done a general practice. Member of the Vermont State Medical Society 
and American Medical Association. Republican. Congregationalist. Member 
Phi Chi College fraternity. Past Master of Libanus Lodge No. 47, Free & 
Accepted Masons; member of Mt. Calvary Commandery No. 1, Knights Templar; and 
Mt. Sinai Temple. In 1886 Mr. [George Franklin] EDMUNDS married [Miss?] 
Mattie O. SOMERS of Hinesburg [Chittenden County, Vermont]; she [Mattie O. 
EDMUNDS] died in 1899; they had five children, of whom three daughters are 
living: Mary Kathleen, Marjorie Abigail, and Florence Edith. In 1901 Dr. 
[George Franklin] EDMUNDS married Mrs. Frances (DUNNING) EDMUNDS of Bangor 
[Penobscot County], Maine. [The manner in which names are usually presented 
in this source suggests that Miss Frances DUNNING was married to an EDMUNDS 
before her union with the subject. Submitter, who is not researching this 
surname, did not seek marriage records for Frances to confirm this, or 
thereafter seek to determine if that EDMUNDS was related to George Franklin 
EDMUNDS.]

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