Rutland

FIELD, Henry Francis

Men of Vermont: Illustrated Biographical History of Vermonters & Sons of 
Vermont. Ullery. Brattleboro: Transcript Publishing Company, 1894, pp 137-138 
(portrait p 137)

Henry Francis FIELD, of Rutland [Rutland County, Vermont], was born 08 
October 1843 in Brandon [Rutland County, Vermont], son of William M. and 
Minerva (DAVENPORT) FIELD. His ancestors originated in Connecticut and were 
descended from Zechariah FIELD, who settled in Hartford [Hartford County, 
Connecticut] in 1639. Obtained his education in public and private schools 
and at the seminary in Brandon. At the age of seventeen he entered the 
Brandon Bank as a clerk, remaining there for something more than a year and 
until, in March 1862, he removed to Rutland to take a position in the office 
of John B. PAGE, then the treasurer of the state. In 1864 he received the 
appointment of teller in the Bank of Rutland, soon after reorganized or 
converted into a national bank, and three years later was elected to the 
cashiership of the Rutland County National Bank, which position he has held 
for the past twenty-six years and still retains. He has also been for many 
years a director of the same institution. He is a member and senior deacon 
of the Rutland Congregational Church, and for a quarter of a century has been 
connected with the Sabbath school of the church as superintendent or 
assistant.

Mr. FIELD's official career commenced as town treasurer, which office he held 
for ten years. He was also, meanwhile, treasurer of the village and of the 
graded school district of Rutland for several years, and has been treasurer 
of the county since 1877. He served as assistant doorkeeper of the Senate in 
1858 and 1859 and was deputy secretary of state in 1861. Republican. Was 
chosen a senator from Rutland County in 1884, when he was chairman of the 
committee on banks, and in 1888 he represented Rutland in the House, where he 
was also chairman of the committee on banks, and served at both sessions on 
other important committees. In 1890 he was elected State Treasurer and 
re-elected to the same office in 1892. On 21 June 1865 Mr. [Henry Francis] 
FIELD married Annie Louisa, daughter of John HOWE, of Brandon [Rutland 
County, Vermont], who was the founder of the corporation known as the Howe 
Scale Company, first organized and established in Brandon and afterwards 
removed to Rutland. The children of this union are two sons: John Howe and 
William Henry. [See also the combined Rutland County, Vermont, biographies 
of Edward Davenport FIELD and Frederick A. FIELD, nephew and brother, 
respectively, of Frederick A. FIELD.]

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