History of Franklin and Grand Isle Counties, Vermont; 
Edited by Lewis Cass Aldrich; Syracuse, N.Y.; 
D.Mason & Co Publishers; 1891.

County:  Franklin
Township:  Richford

STANHOPE, HIRAM S.,  born in Richford, March 8, 1816, was the 
grandson of Joseph Stanhope, a pioneer of the town.  His parents, Joseph Jr., 
and Zebiah (Nutting) Stanhope, had a family of eleven children, as follows:  
Harriet, Hiram S., Eliza, Miranda, Ezra, Samuel, Susanna, Ruth, Hazen, and 
two who died in infancy.  Of these only four, Hiram S., Ezra, Samuel, and 
Susanna, are living.  Hiram S. Stanhope has always been a farmer, and his is 
considered one of the best farms between Richford and Stevens Mills.  It 
comprises 130 acres.  Mr. Stanhope has been twice married, his first wife 
being Lavina, daughter of Porter Bliss.  They had a family of nine children:  
Charles, Lucinda, Pruella, Mary, Amanda, Juliette, Orilla, Leona, and 
Celinda.  His second wife, whom he married in 1866, was Lydia Hendricks, 
by whom he had three children:  Joseph H., Gideon S., and Ethel L.  Adeline 
(Hendricks) Stanhope was the daughter of Gideon and Adeline (Barrett) 
Hendricks, both of whose names stand for pioneers of Richford.

Submitted by Linda Pingel