Editing Cavendish, Vermont (section)

== Notable people ==
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* [[Lizzie Aiken]] (1817–1906), a nurse in the American Civil War, who was widely known as “Aunt Lizzie”
* [[Harriett Ellen Grannis Arey]] (1819–1901), educator, author, editor, and publisher
* [[Henry B. Atherton]], a soldier in the American Civil War from Vermont, a lawyer and state legislator for New Hampshire during the late 19th century
* [[Richard Fletcher (American politician)|Richard Fletcher]], Member of the US House of Representatives from Massachusetts
* [[Ryland Fletcher]], 24th Governor of Vermont
* [[Phineas Gage]], working near Cavendish in 1848, survived an accident in which a large iron rod was driven through his head
* [[John Martyn Harlow]], physician; who attended Phineas Gage during his recovery
* [[Redfield Proctor]], United States senator, Secretary of War, and 37th [[List of Governors of Vermont|governor of Vermont]]
* [[William H. Proctor]], Wisconsin State Assemblyman and farmer<ref>'Wisconsin Blue Book 1882,' Biographical Sketch of William Henry Proctor, pg. 542</ref>
* [[Thomas O. Seaver|Colonel Thomas O. Seaver]], Civil War era [[Medal of Honor]] recipient
* [[Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn]], Russian writer and historian, Nobel prize winner
* [[Nettie Maria Stevens]], American geneticist
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