General William Wells / Dr. H. Nelson Jackson

Historical marker location:

158 South Willard Street, Burlington, Vermont

( Marker is at the intersection of South Willard Street (U.S. 7) and Main Street (U.S. 2), on the right when traveling north on South Willard Street.)

Marker installed: 2005

(1837-1892) / (1872-1955).

Vermont was once an independent republic: In 1777, Vermont declared itself an independent republic, separate from both the United States and Great Britain. The republic lasted for 14 years until it was admitted as the 14th state in the Union in 1791.