Rutland

HOLDEN, Charles Reed

Men of Vermont: Illustrated Biographical History of Vermonters & Sons of 
Vermont. Ullery. Brattleboro: Transcript Publishing Company, 1894, pp 200-201

Charles Reed HOLDEN, of Holden [Rutland County, Vermont], was born 03 June 
1840 in Mt. Holly [Rutland County, Vermont], son of Fitch and Chloe (TODD) 
HOLDEN. After the customary public school education he pursued a course of 
study at the Springfield Methodist Seminary, after which he went to Illinois, 
following the occupation of a farmer and stock raiser for six years. Though 
meeting with success, he returned to the East in 1865, where after a 
temporary residence in several towns, he finally settled in Chittenden 
[Rutland County, Vermont], and there has engaged extensively in the lumber 
trade, paying some attention also to agriculture. So highly has Mr. HOLDEN 
been esteemed in the community where he resides that when the U. S. government 
established a new post office in that part of the township known as North 
Chittenden, it received the title of Holden as a deserved compliment to 
him. Mr. HOLDEN has passed through the routine of office in his town and 
represented Chittenden in 1878, giving his services to the committees on 
elections and debentures. On 04 June 1859 he [Charles Reed HOLDEN] married 
M. Ellen, daughter of Beeman and Rhoana BIXBY, from which union have sprung: 
Jennie May, Charles R. Jr., Agnes J., Ada R., Ottie L., and Guy B.

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