private pediatrician :: Article Creator Dr. James Bethel Brayton, A Retired Pediatrician, Public Health Researcher And Veterinarian, Dies Dr. James Bethel Brayton, a retired pediatrician, public health researcher and veterinarian, died of congestive heart failure June 18 at his Monkton home. He was 89. Born in Poultney, Vermont, he was the son of James Edward Brayton, who was Poultney's mayor and a dairy farmer, and Mary Irene Bethel, who also worked on the family farm founded circa 1880. Advertisement "My father developed a love of animals, honed his horsemanship skills and was active showing dairy calves with 4-H annually at the state fair in nearby Rutland," said his son, Michael James Brayton. "My grandfather purchased his first tractor in 1939 so my father grew up around draft horses." He was an accomplished athlete at Poultney High School, where he graduated in 1952. He played basketball, football and baseball...