Windham HOLTON, Henry Dwight 1st Biography of Henry Dwight HOLTON Men of Vermont: Illustrated Biographical History of Vermonters & Sons of Vermont. Ullery. Brattleboro: Transcript Publishing Company, 1894, pp 204-206 Henry Dwight HOLTON, of Brattleboro [Windham County, Vermont], was born 24 July 1838 at Saxton's River [Windham County, Vermont], son of John Elihu D. and Nancy (GROUT) HOLTON. Having prepared for college, he decided to forego the regular collegiate course and enter into the profession he had chosen; therefore immediately began to study the theory and application of medicine under the tuition of Dr. H. J. WARREN, of Boston [Suffolk County, Massachusetts]. Subsequently he continued under Professors Valentine [MOTT] and A. B. MOTT, in New York, and also attended the lectures in the medical department of the University of New York, from which he graduated in March 1860. After graduation Dr. HOLTON went to Brooklyn [Kings County], New York, where for six months he acted as physician to the Williamsburg Dispensary; in November 1860 removed to Putney [Windham County, Vermont], from whence after seven years of successful practice, he went to Brattleboro where he located permanently. A firm believer in the benefits accruing from the association of medical practitioners; became a member of the Connecticut River Valley Medical Association 1861; the year following made its secretary, a position ably filled by him five years, then elected president; in 1861 entered the Vermont Medical Society; in 1873 elected president, and was a censor for several years; became a member of the American Medical Association 1864, and elected its vice president 1880. During the session he was made a member of the judicial council to which was submitted for arbitration all questions concerning professional ethics. Delegate to the International Medical Congress at Brussels 1875; while visiting England was made a member of the British Medical Association; member of American Public Health Association; elected its treasurer at the meeting in the city of Mexico [Oswego County, New York] 1892; also a member of the Boston Gynecological Society, and the New York Therapeutic Society. Is the recipient of many gratifying testimonials to his medical erudition and skill, not only from medical associations, but also from the authorities of his own state; appointed medical examiner to the Vermont Asylum for the Insane, by the court in 1873; elected by the Legislature one of the trustees of the University of Vermont the same year, in the medical department of which institution he was for some years professor of materia medica and general pathology; received from that institution honorary degree of A. M. 1881. He has traveled extensively in both Eastern and Western Hemispheres; crossed the continent to San Francisco in 1871 to attend a meeting of the American Medical Association, at which he was elected to membership in the Rocky Mountain Medical Association; has been a frequent contributor to current medical literature; his essays have been published in various medical journals and in the transactions of the societies; reported "Mott's Cliniques" for the press. Has avoided that entire restriction of active energy to one pursuit, which sometimes subjects individuals to the charge of narrowness. For twenty years has been an active member of the Brattleboro school board, and during a large portion of this time its chairman; was one of the first trustees of the Brattleboro Free Library; has been a director of the Vermont National Bank for fourteen years; president of the Brattleboro Gas Company for twelve years. Republican; elected in 1884 to state Senate from Windham County, serving as chairman of committee on insane asylum, and member of joint committee on house of correction; in 1888 elected representative from Brattleboro to General Assembly, where he was a member of the committees on education, ways and means, and public health. He served for three years as surgeon of the Twelfth Regiment Vermont Militia. Instrumental in the organization of, and is president of, board of trustees of Pan-American Medical Congress, which under the patronage of the government met in Washington in 1893. (This organization was one of the most important in the medical profession, and was organized for the purpose of scientific discussion and more intimate relations of the medical fraternity of the Western Hemisphere, and undoubtedly will have an indirect influence upon the political relations of the United States and those countries.) Was appointed commissioner for Vermont of the Nicaragua Canal convention held in New Orleans December 1892; was one of the commissioners for Vermont of the Columbian Exposition. Member of Brattleboro Lodge, No. 102, Free & Accepted Masons. On 19 November 1862 he [Dr. Henry Dwight HOLTON] married [Miss?] Ellen Jane, daughter of Theophilus and Mary Damon (Chandler) HOLT, of Saxton's River [Windham County, Vermont]. They have one adopted daughter, Mrs. Clifton SHERMAN, of Hartford [Hartford County], Connecticut. 2nd Biography of Henry Dwight HOLTON Encyclopedia Vermont Biography: A Series of Authentic Biographical Sketches of the Representative Men of Vermont and Sons of Vermont in Other States. Dodge. Burlington: Ullery Publishing Company, 1912, p 224 Henry Dwight HOLTON, physician and surgeon, Brattleboro [Windham County, Vermont], was born 24 July 1838 at Rockingham [Windham County, Vermont], son of Elihu Dwight and Nancy (GROUT) HOLTON. Educated at Vermont Academy, Saxton's River; graduated with degree of M. D. from University of New York 1860; studied medicine with Dr. J. H. WARREN, Boston [Suffolk County], Massachusetts, and Dr. Valentine MOTT, New York. Physician to Williamsburg Dispensary, Brooklyn [Kings County], New York; removed to Putney [Windham County, Vermont], and in 1867 to Brattleboro; has performed most of the capital surgical operations in that town; author of many widely published medical papers; published "Posological Tablet" 1880; has been secretary and president Connecticut River Medical Association; president Vermont Medical Society; vice president American Medical Association, delivering, by appointment, oration on state medicine before that body, Baltimore 1891; delegate to International Medical Congress, Brussels 1875; made member British Medical Association 1875; member American Public Health Association nine years treasurer, president 1902; member Boston Gynecological Society; Rocky Mountain Medical Society; honorary member Maine Academy of Medicine; was active in organization of Pan-American Medical Congress, and chairman board of trustees and executive committee; president Tuberculosis Congress 1901; member National Conference Charities and Corrections; Continental Anti-Tuberculosis Association of Europe; Academy of Medicine, New York; American Therapeutic Society; National Playground Association; National Municipal League; American Civil Alliance; American Statistical Association; American Academy of Political and Social Science; American Geographical Society; New England Educational League; Royal Society of Arts, London; appointed member Vermont state board of health 1896, his term expiring 1914; has been secretary and executive officer twelve years; professor pathology and therapeutics University of Vermont 1873-1876; trustee 1872-1890, honorary degree A. M.; consulting surgeon Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington [Chittenden County, Vermont]; medical examiner Vermont Asylum for the Insane 1872-1878; president Leland and Gray Seminary since 1897; member Brattleboro school board twenty-five years, chairman fifteen; trustee Brooks Free Library; director Vermont National Bank; president Brattleboro Gas Light Company sixteen years; president Brattleboro Home for the Aged and Disabled since its establishment. Republican; elected state Senate 1884; representative from Brattleboro to the Legislature 1888; delegate-at-large to National Republican convention, St. Louis, 1896; Vermont commissioner Nicaragua Canal Convention 1892, and one of Vermont's commissioners at Chicago Columbian Exposition 1893. Baptist; president Baptist State Convention; deacon First Baptist Church, Brattleboro, and trustee for several years. Member Vermont Society Sons of American Revolution; president 1906; member Sons of Colonial Wars; president Vermont Branch Red Cross Society; charter member Brattleboro Lodge No. 102, Free & Accepted Masons, and treasurer for several years. In 1862 [Dr. Henry Dwight HOLTON] married [Miss?] Ellen Jane HOLT of Rockingham [Windham County, Vermont]. Submitted by Cathy Kubly