Bennington OLIN, Gideon & John H. Biographical Note on Gideon OLIN (father of John H.) Vermont Historical Magazine, No. XI, October 1867, p 234 (extracted from a section on the history of Shaftsbury, Bennington County, Vermont) Gideon OLIN was born in 1743 in Rhode Island, and removing to Shaftsbury [Bennington County, Vermont] in 1776, became one of the founders of the State; was appointed Major of a militia regiment under Col. HERRICK and Lt. Col. Ebenezer WALBRIDGE 06 June 1778, and was afterwards in actual service as such on the frontiers on several occasions, during the war. Was one of the Coucilors of State in 1793, 1794, 1795 and 1796, being chosen and serving four years in succession; represented Shaftsbury in the General Assembly in 1778, and onward for fifteen years with but two or three intermissions; was Speaker of the House through seven sessions of Legislature; Assistant Judge of the Bennington County Court in 1781, and onward for twenty years in succession, with the exception of 1798 and 1799; in 1807, 1808, 1809, and 1810, was Chief Justice of the County Court; was Representative in Congress two terms, from 1803 to 1807. Gideon OLIN was one of the firmest supporters of the State; possessed great natural talents, an intuitive knowledge of mankind, was nobly free in his opinions, and decided in his conduct. He [Gideon OLIN] died in January 1823 at Shaftsbury [Bennington County, Vermont]. Biographical Note on John H. OLIN (son of Gideon) Vermont Historical Magazine, No. XI, October 1867, p 237 (extracted from a section on the history of Shaftsbury, Bennington County, Vermont) Hon. John H. OLIN was born 12 October 1772 in Rhode Island, son of Gideon OLIN; came to Shaftsbury [Bennington County, Vermont] in his father's family in 1776, and [John H. OLIN] died here 17 June 1860. He was a upright, intelligent man, and for many years occupied a prominent position in the affairs of the county. He was two years Judge and Probate and eight, from 1817 to 1825, Judge of the County Court. Both his mental and physical powers continued in great vigor to the last. A few days before his death, in his eighty-eighth year, he visited his daughter in Bennington [Bennington County, Vermont], and also his old friend Samuel FAY, Esq., who still survives, and is a few months the elder. Submitted by Cathy Kubly