Asa Eddy (1793 - 1858)

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Died 19 Jan 1858 at age 64 in Brattleboro, VT

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About 1822, Asa Eddy went to Whitehall, NY, where he was engaged in transportation on the Champlain Canal and established the first line of boats on the canal. He sold out in 1831. Asa had a store at the nort end of College Green in Burlington, VT, under the firm name of Eddy, Munroe and Hooker. He was one of the first directors of the Champlain Transportation Co. In 1834 he and his brother Hiram started another line of boats on the canal called the "Northern Line". Te company established a "Six Days Line" as they refused to run on Sunday.

Asa married (1), Oct 30 1816, Lucy Shepard, dau Israel and Elizabeth Shepard. He m. (2) Eunice Hilton Campell.

His children were all born in Moreau, Saratoga Co., NY: 1: William Shepard Eddy, b. July 10, 1817 2: John Lewis Eddy, b. Mar 19, 1819 3: Elizabeth Eddy who married Caleb Barnes and had children Frederick and Cornelia 4: Cornelia Eddy who married, Oct 21, 1840 at Christ Church, Troy, NY, David Wells of Utica

Reference

Reference: 626

The Eddy Family in America published 1930, page 320

Event

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Type: Record Change

Date: 27 JUL 1998