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(VII) Daniel Rust, son of Jonathan, and father of Dr. Rust, became a carriage manufacturer, but later retired and lived on a farm. He married first. Feb. 9. 1741. in Peru. Mass., Ann Haskell, who was born in that town, Dec. 19, 1813, and died in East- hampton, June 23, 1847. His second wife, whom he married Oct. 5. 1847, was her sister, Chloe, born April 8, 1812, died Ang. 26, 1855. On May 7, 1857. he married Eleanor Nelson, and he died in Easthampton, Oct. 13. 1872. The children by his first marriage were: Chloe Ann, born Jan. 17, 1842,
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died July 22, 1865 ; Theodore Smith, born April 14. 1844; and Mary Sibyl, born Jan. 19. 1846, died March 31. 1846. One child was born of the second marriage, Fannie Frances, who was born in East- hampton, June 10, 1849. and died July 15, 1865. By his third marriage Mr. Rust had the following fam- ily: Charles Nelson, born Ang. 1. 1859, married Carrie Barton, of Granby, Mass .; Nellie E., born July 1. 1861, is unmarried and resides in Nauga- tuck, Conn .; and George, born Nov. 9, 1863, is un- married and resides in Springfield. Mass. Mrs. Rust removed to Naugatuck about 1887 to live with her daughter.
Dr. Theodore Smith Rust was born April 14, 1844, and was reared upon a farin, learning the trade of machinist, but having a strong inclination toward a professional life, he took up the study of dentistry. in 1863, with his brother-in-law. Dr. Colton, in Meriden. Continuing with him. Dr. Rust became thoroughly versed in his profession, and upon the death of the former, continued the business alone. For thirty-eight years he has been in successful practice in the city of Meriden, and has been in his present quarters.ever since Place Block building was erected, he being the first dentist to locate there. He is a member of Connecticut State Dental Asso- ciation and North Eastern Dental Association, and he is the oldest and leading dentist of Meriden and numbers the best people of the city among his pa- tients.
Dr. Rust is also well-known as a mechanical gen- ius, electrician, and skillful machinist. He was one of the first to construct a telephone, and also to ex- periment with Roentgen ravs, and is now interested in wireless telegraphy. Socially and fraternally he is very popular, and is a member of Meriden Lodge, No. 77, A. F. & A. M .; the Home Club ; and the Wheel Club, of which he was president for a number of years. He was one of the first persons in Meriden to ride a wheel. and is still enthusiastic over the sport.
On May 3, 1864. Dr. Rust married Fannie M. Colton, a woman of refinement and culture. Two children have been born to this union: Theodora Frances, born May 30, 1870, is a young lady of many attainments ; Annie Marinda graduated from the art school at Smith College in 1896, and after- ward studied at the Yale School of Fine Arts. Both daughters at present reside at home.
The COLTON Family. George Colton, from whom all the Coltons in this country are descended as far as is known, came from Sutton-Coldfield, England. He married Deborah Gardner, of Hart- ford, and settled in that part of Springfield called Longmeadow. Quartermaster George Colton died Feb. 13. 1699. His wife died Sept. 5, 1689. Their children were: Isaac, born Nov. 21. 1646, married Mary Cooper, June 30, 1670, and died Sept. 3. 1700: Ephraim. born April 9. 1648. died May 14. 1713: Mary, born Sept. 22, 1649; Thomas, born May I, 1651, died Sept. 30, 1728; Sarah, born Feb. 24, 1652;
Deborah, born Jan. 25. 1654, died Nov. 26, 1733; Hepsibah, born Jan. 7, 1656: John, born April 8, 1659. died Feb. 3. 1727; and Benjamin, born May 26, 1661. After the death of his first wife, De- borah (Gardner) Colton, George Colton married Lydia Lamb.
(II) Isaac Colton, son of Quartermaster George, the emigrant, married Mary, daughter of Lieut. Thomas Cooper, June 30. 1670. She was born Nov. 15, 1651, married ( second) Edward Stebbins, and died Aug. 29, 1742. Isaac Colton died Sept. 3, 1700. The children of Isaac and Mary (Cooper) Colton were: Mary, born March 30, 1671; Sarah, born June 11, 1673, died July 9, 1689; George, born June 16, 1677, died Aug. 6, 1760: Rebecca, born June 20, 1681 ; Deborah, born July 26, 1684 ; a child born Aug. 1, 1687, died the same day ; Hannah, born Aug. 8. 1688: Joseph, born April 20, 1693; Benja- min, born June 18, 1695, died May 6, 1770.
(III) Benjamin Colton, son of Isaac Colton, set- tled in Springfield, and afterward removed to Lud- low. On Feb. 6, 1721, he married Elizabeth Pyn- chon, daughter of John and Bathshua (Taylor) Pynchon. She was born Dec. 17, 1702, and died Sept. 26, 1776: he died May 6, 1770. Their chil- dren were: Benjamin, born Feb. 1. 1722, died June 20, 1808; Charles, born March 8, 1724. died March 9, 1800: Moses, born Feb. 9. 1726, died Sept. 23, 1771 : Gideon, born Feb. 11, 1728, married Johanna Colton, and died June 16, 1823; Elizabeth, born April 13, 1730; Bathshua, born Sept. 6, 1732 ; Isaac, born Aug. 22, 1734, died March 3, 1812; William, born Nov. 6, 1736; Margaret, born Oct. 24, 1738; Hannah, born Oct. 27, 1740; Mary, born Jan. 26, 1742; Aaron, born March 21, 1744; Rhoda, born June 9, 1748; Edward, born April 10, 1750; Reuben. born Jan. 1. 1752, died Sept. 26, 1757.
(IV) Gideon Colton, son of Benjamin Colton, lived at Longmeadow, Mass., and was said to be a man of small stature, and for that reason could not serve in the Revolutionary war. His first wife was Sarah Burt, daughter of David and Sarah Burt ; she had two children, Simon, who died young; and Sarah, who married Reuben Warriner. Feb. 15, 1783. Gideon Colton married his second wife. Jo- hanna Colton, daughter of Lieut. John Colton, June 18. 1761. She died Sept. 10, 1788, and he died June 15, 1823. The children by his second wife were as follows: Gideon, born May 10, 1763, married July 23. 1788, Leucretia Woodworth ; Hanon, born Oct. 4. 1764. married Eunice Cooley, Tune, 1788, and died Aug. 28, 1828 : Zadock, born Feb. 5, 1766. married Hulda Lanckton. Nov. 5, 1794, and. died Dec. 17. 1836: Chauncey, born Nov. 4, 1768, died Jan. 6. 1775; Sabra, born Nov. 30, 1770, married Jan. 25, 1790, Harrison Ewell ; Elizabeth, born Dec. 30, 1774. died July 16, 1861 : and Chauncey, born Jan. II. 1779. died Feb. 15. 1780.
(V) Zadock Colton, son of Gideon Colton. also lived at Longmeadow, Mass., and at Conway and Westfield, the same State. On Nov. 5, 1794, he
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married Hulda Lanckton, who was born Aug. 7, or Sept. 18, 1777, and died March 11, 1833. He died Dec. 17, 1836. Both passed away in Westfield at the home of their son Chauncey. Their children were as follows: John, born April 28, 1796, died that same day ; John (2), born Aug. 7. 1797, mar- ried Lemira Batchelder, and died April 10, 1868; Chauncey, born Jan. 29, 1800, married Marinda Flagg, and died Jan. 9. 1862: Hulda, born Sept. 28. 1801, married Stephen Harrison, and died Sept. 16, 1838: Elizabeth, born Dec. 11. 1806, married Board- man Noble, and died May 3, 1892: Mehitable, born May 8, 1810, died July 9, 1826; Emily, born May 20, 1812, married Moses N. Williams, and died March 6, 1895; Philinda, born April 24, 1815. mar- ried William Sackett and died March 8. 1837: and Gideon, born June 16, 1817, married Magdalen Young, and died Aug. 29, 1873.
(VI) Chauncey Colton, son of Zadock Colton, wa's a farmer by occupation. He married Marinda Flagg, who was born Feb. 25, 1809, a daughter of Eleazer and Elizabeth (Warren) Flagg. of Con- way, Mass., Oct. 26, 1830. He died, Jan. 9, 1862, in Westfield, Mass .. where they lived, and where their children were born. After his death his wife removed to Meriden, Conn., to live with her son
Dr. D. S. Colton, and died Aug. 20, 1896. aged eighty-seven. The children of Chauncey and Ma- rinda Colton were as follows: Ann M., born Aug. 22, 1831, married James Bliss. of Owen, Ill .. and died July 8, 1881 : Jane E., born Jan. 21. 1834, mar- ried Henry Thurston : Benton H., born Aug. 14. 1836, and married Lozina Wheeler : Delizon S., born Feb. 4, 1839, died Sept. 13, 1864: Fannie MI .. born July 20, 1841, married May 3, 1864, Theodore Smith Rust ; Emma E., born July 4, 1844. married Henry A. Shipman, and died. Aug. 12, 1885: Francis V., born May 25, 1847. died Aug. 29. 1849: and Ernest- ine L., born Dec. 13. 1850, died July 22, 1865.
EDWARD DAVIS. who was the head of the Davis family of Hamden. New Haven county, and whose sons, William E. and James A .. constitute the extensive brick manufacturing firm of W. E. Davis & Co., of New Haven, was a member of the old Davis family, of Willington, Connecticut.
From Avery Davis, a prosperous farmer of Staf- ford, a native of the town of Willington, Tolland county, and a son of Avery Davis, came the mem- bers of that family in Stafford, Hamden and New Haven. Avery Davis married Hannah Tyler, a daughter of Deacon Samuel Lyon, of the same town, and their children were : Charles. Eliza, Mary. Edward, William, Samuel ( sketch of whom appears elsewhere ) and John. Avery Davis passed his life in agricultural pursuits in Stafford, and there died at the age of seventy-seven years. His youngest son. John, was born in 1826, and married Aurelia. daughter of Joseph Allen, of Ellington. He set- tled in Rockville, where he became a large holder of real estate, over which that city later spread,
making him wealthy. Davis avenue there was named for him. He died Jan. 11, 1899.
Edward Davis, son of Avery, and the father of William E., James A. and Burton A., was born in 1818 in Stafford, and in 1837 established himself on a farm in Hamden, coming to that town with his brother, Samuel. By his upright life and exem- plary habits he won the profound respect of the community. He was selectman of the town and assessor, and also filled other positions of trust and responsibility. In 1842 he was married to Betsey M. Augur, daughter of James and Almyra ( Ford) Augur, and a member of an old New England fam- ilv. She was born in Whitneyville, and spent her life in that part of Hamden. She early identified her- self with the Whitneyville Congregational Church, always took a deep interest in its affairs, and lived a busy, useful life, but one which seemed always serene and peaceful. In her later years she became indeed "a mother in Israel." She was a constant reader and deep thinker, the subjects of temperance and missions being of special interest to her. Thoroughly good and lovable, she left to her chil- dren a legacy of precious memories. Her death occurred Aug. 16, 1889, and she was buried in Whitneyville cemetery by the side of her husband. Children as follows were born to their union: (1) James A., born June 6, 1844, in the town of Ham- den, is mentioned elsewhere. (2) Betsey Maria, born April 12. 1846. is the wife of George W. Ives, of Hamden, by whom she has had two children, Al- fred and Lucy, the latter deceased. (3) William E., born Jan. 30, 1848. married Sophia Tambling- son, and has three children, William Edward, Jr., Jessie and Harold M. (4) Carrie M., born in 1860. died at the age of sixteen years : she was attending New Haven high school at the time of her decease. (5) Burton A., born Sept. 15, 1862, married Mar- tha E. Augur, and has one daughter. Marjorie, and one son, Minott. (6) Myra L., born in 1865. married William T. Burton, of Hamden, and died Feb. 1. 1901 ; she was the mother of John Edward. Ralph William and Donald Hepburn.
After his marriage Edward Davis located on the farm where his son. Burton A., now lives. Although he began life a poor boy, with only a common school education, he prospered in his undertakings, as he was industrious, enterprising and energetic, and he became a large land owner and extensive farmer- in fact, he was one of the successful men in his day in Hamden. During the latter years of his life he devoted his attention to the dairy business. He was a man of good common sense and sound judg- ment. When he began life his capital consisted only of energy and business tact, which latter trait was apparent from his youth. He was a disciplinarian. and his management of affairs, public or private, was such as to secure the best results. for though stern in some respects he could be indulgent. and was a good judge of human nature. Mr. Davis was well known, and his personal acquaintance included
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many of the prominent men in the business and financial circles of New Haven. He reared an ex- collent family to whom he left not only a comfort- able competence, but a name which can be pointed to with pride. His tastes were domestic, and his heart always in his home and family, and he never sought or cared for public preferment, taking an interest in politics solely as a public-spirited citi- zen. He contributed liberally to the support of the Whitneyville Congregational Church, of which he was a leading member.
YALE. The Yale family of New Haven coun- ty has long been prominent and comes of an hon- orable race.
(1) Thomas Yale was born in England or Wales about 1616, son of David and Ann ( Morton ) Yale. David Yale being a descendant of an ancient and wealthy family of that name in Wales, and Ann Morton, the daughter of Bishop Morton of London. Their marriage occurred in 1613, and Mr. Yale died in 1617 leaving three children. The widow in 1618 married Theophilus Eaton. then an opulent mer- chant of London, and with him, and a large com- pany, including her three children by David Yale, came to America in the "Hector" in 1637, stopping in Boston and going to New Haven in the spring of 1638. Gov. Eaton died in New Haven in 1657, and in 1658 Mrs. Eaton and daughter, Hannah Eaton, returned to England.
Thomas Yale married, in 1645, Mary, daughter of Capt. Nathaniel Turner. He had come to New England with his step-father, Gov. Eaton, and party, and settled in New Haven as a merchant in 1638. On the death of Gov. Eaton he accompanied his mother and sister to England, but returned to New Haven in 1659 and purchased lands in that part of the town which afterward became North Haven. and settled there as early as 1660. He was one of the principal men in the colony : was a signer of the Plantation Covenant and filled with honor manv offices of trust. He died March 27. 1683, his wife surviving until Oct. 15, 1704.
(II) Thomas Yale (2), son of Thomas, the set- tler, born about 1647 in New Haven, married '(first) Dec. 11, 1667, Rebecca, born Feb. 26, 1650, daughter of William Gibbards, of New Haven. Capt. Yale removed to Wallingford. Conn., in 1670 as one of the first settlers of the town. He was one of the most active and energetic men of Walling- ford, assisted in the organization of the church, was a justice of the peace, captain of the train band, etc. He died in Wallingford Jan. 26. 1736.
(III) Nathaniel Yale, son of Thomas (2), born July 21, 1681, married Anna. daughter of John Peck, of Wallingford, and settled as a farmer in that part of the town which is now Meriden. He died Dec. 11, 1711. His widow married Joseph Cole and died Feb. 16, 1716.
(IV) AAbel Yale, son of Nathaniel, born March 9, 1707, married ( first ) July 22, 1730, Esther Cook,
and (second) June 3. 1742, Sarah Atkins, of Mid- dletown. Mr. Yale was a farmer and settled in the castern part of the town, now Meriden. He died April 8, 1784, and his wife, Sarah, died Dec. 20, 1800.
(V) Nathaniel Yale (2), son of Abel, born June 28, 1753, married, Sept. 15, 1778, Hannah Scoville. and lived in Meriden. In early life he was a joiner, but later was engaged in farming. He was for a number of years a deacon in the Congregational Church. He died Dec. 12, 1814, and his wife died Feb. 28, 1847.
(VI) Levi Yale, son of Nathaniel (2), born Nov. 31. 1780, married ( first ) Polly Yale, daughter of Joel Yale, and (second) March 5. 1815, Anna Guy. Mr. Yale was a farmer of Meriden. He died Nov. 10, 1844. His wife, Polly, died July 13, 1811. One child, Mary, was born to the first marriage, born in 1807 and died in 1837. The children born to the second marriage were: Sarah A., born April 17, 1817, married Henry J. Tennent and resided in Meriden ; Hannah S., born Dec. 18, 1818, married Ira N. Yale and died March 18, 1847; Bertrand Leland, born Nov. 17, 1820: Clarissa K., born Dec. 15, 1822; Dewitt C., born Jan. 6, 1825, died Oct. 9. 1846; and Letiza X., born Oct. 6, 1827, died March 14, 1833.
BERTRAND LELAND YALE, late of Meriden, whose lineage is set forth in the foregoing, was reared amid agricultural pursuits, living on the home farm until twenty years of age when he commenced in a small way the manufacture of cigars. Later he be- gan business as a merchant tailor and dealer in furnishing goods. During this time he was ap- pointed postmaster and held the office, performing his duties most efficiently, for eight years. He added, in time, to his establishment both a fire and life in- surance business, this branch soon requiring so much of his time that he disposed of his store and devoted his energies to the establishment of quite an extensive insurance business, which he carried on successfully for a period of some twenty-five years. He then returned to his farm and was occupied in farming the remainder of his life, his death occur- ring Oct. 1, 1892, and he sleeps in East Cemetery, Meriden.
Mr. Yale's political affiliations were with the Democratic party, and in his earlier life he took quite an active part in politics. For many years prior to his death his business duties rather pre- vented him from active work in public affairs. He served with ability and efficiency as an alderman of Meriden, elected in 1888. served in that year on the Finance and Water committees, and in 1889, in ad- dition to these, on the committee on By-laws. Dur- ing the last year of his service as alderman Mr. Yale acted as mayor pro tem. For many years he was a director of the Meriden Bank. He was a man who commanded the respect and esteem of his fellow citizens and held their full confidence. His good common sense and practical business ideas,
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along with good judgment, made him a valuable man in the community. Fraternally Mr. Yale was a Mason, becoming an apprentice in Harmony Lodge, No. 27, New Britain, Oct. 4, 1848, and he was a charter member of Meridian Lodge, serving as the first secretary ; he was made senior warden in 1852 and Master Mason in 1854.
On Feb. 4, 1861, Mr. Yale was married to Chloe Elizabeth Holcomb, daughter of Hon. Raynor Hol- comb, of East Granby, Conn., and to them came a daughter, Jennie Holcomb. Mrs. Yale is a repre- sentative of several of the oldest and best families in Connecticut, and is a lady of fine attainments, with natural charm of manner.
Jennie Holcomb Yale was united in marriage with John B. Hall, son of Seth J. Hall, mention of whom is made elsewhere in this volume. Two chil- dren have blessed this union: Liane Holcomb and Elizabeth Yale. Mr. Hall is engaged in the flour and grain business with his father, and politically is a Democrat.
JEROME C. MUNSON, one of the best known citizens and most progressive farmers of Hamden, belongs to an old and prominent family of New Haven county. The first to come to America was Thomas Munson, who was born in England in 1612, and was a carpenter by trade. For a time he re- sided in Hartford county, Conn .. but in 1647 came to New Haven county with Samuel Whitehead, and later was granted 100 acres of land in this county. In 1653, when war was declared against the Dutch of the New Netherlands, he enlisted in the first com- pany that was organized here, was elected sergeant and afterward promoted to the rank of lieutenant. He also participated in the Pequot war as one of Mason's renowned army, and at that time held the rank of sergeant. He seems to have been a member of the Congregational Church. He died May 7, 1685, and his wife, Joanna, who was born in 1610, died Dec. 13, 1678. Their children were: Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Cooper; Samuel, who was baptized in August. 1645; and Hannah, who was baptized June 11, 1648.
(II) Samuel Munson, son of Thomas, was a shoemaker and tanner by trade, was a member of the Congregational Church and was quite prominent in civil and religious affairs. He resided in New Haven and Wallingford and died in the former place in 1693. He was married Oct. 26. 1665. by Rev. Mr. Gilbert, to Martha, daughter of William and Alice (Pritchard) Bradley, and to them were born ten children, whose names and dates of birth were as follows : Martha, May 6. 1667 ; Samuel, Feb. 28, 1668; Thomas, March 12, 1671 ; John, Jan. 28, 1672 ; Theophilus, Sept. 1, 1675; Joseph, Nov. 1. 1677; Stephen, Dec. 5, 1679 ; Caleb, Nov. 19, 1682 : Joshua, Feb. 7, 1684; and Israel, March 6, 1686.
Church. He was married Nov. 10, 1692, by Rev. John Moss, to Sarah Cooper, daughter of Sergeant John and Mary ( Thompson ) Cooper, and they had eight children : John, the oldest, was born July 7, 1693; Elizabeth, born May 15, 1695, was married Feb. 28, 1716, to Seth Perkins; Hannah, born Feb. 9, 1697, married A. M. Andrews ; Joel, born Aug. 18, 1702, is mentioned below: Ruth, born Jan. 30, 1707, was married Dec. 19, 1728, to Caleb Hotch- kiss; Anne, born Sept. 18, 1704; Mehitable, born Oct. 17, 1709, married Benjamin Morris ; and Sarah, born Sept. 27, 1713, married Enos Stone.
(IV) Joel Munson, son of John, was born and reared in New Haven, but later removed to Ham- den and became a member of the MIt. Carmel So- ciety and the Congregational Church. He owned and operated a grist and sawmill in that town. On May 9, 1726, he wedded Mary Morris, of New Ha- ven, who was born in East Haven in January, 1702, a daughter of Joseph Morris. They became the parents of seven children, whose names and dates of birth were as follows: Austin, March 20, 1727; Bazel, Jan. 23, 1729; Sarah, March 18, 1731 ; Joel, July 14, 1734; Mary, Jan. 2, 1736; Mehitable, Nov. 14, 1739; and Sybil, Oct. 25, 1743.
(V) Bazel Munson, son of Joel, owned land in Mt. Carmel and also engaged in the sawmill busi- ness there with good success. He was married May 2, 1751, to Keziah Stiles, of New Haven, a daugh- ter of Isaac Stiles. She was born Aug. 6, 1731, and died Oct. 16, 1768. He was again married Oct. 22, 1771, his second union being with Abigail Bas- sett. of New Haven, who died in July, 1772, and his third wife, Mary, died Oct. 5, 1777. He died Nov. 17, 1803, and was buried in Mt. Carmel Cemetery. By his first wife he had six children: Bazel, Jr., born Sept. 26, 1752: Titus, Jan. 31, 1755; Ezra, May 15, 1757; Isaac Stiles, Sept. 13, 1761 ; Keziah, March 1, 1763; and Mehitable, Sept. 6, 1766. By the second union there was one daughter, Abigail Bassett, who was born July 20, 1772, and was mar- ried March 6, 1791, to George A. Bristol.
(VI) Bazel Munson, Jr., son of Bazel, was also a land owner and miller, operating both a saw and grist mill in Hamden. His home farm is yet in the family, owned by his great-great-grandson, George WV. Munson. He was a member of the Episcopal Church, of Hamden. Prominent in public affairs, he was highway surveyor in 1789; constable of New Haven from 1779 to 1781; was collector of taxes and also held other offices. He was married Oct. 26, 1775, to Lucy, daughter of Ebenezer Beach, of Hamden. She was born in 1758 and died Sept. 22, 1807. He was again married April 10, 1808, his second union being with Nancy Thompson, of Farmington, who was born Jan. 21, 1779, and died about 1862, while he died Jan. 10, 1828. His chil- dren were Ebenezer Beach, born Sept. 14, 1777;
(III) John Munson, son of Samuel, was a mil- 1 Mehitable, Dec. 14, 1779: Bazel. Dec. 30, 1781 ; ler of New Haven, took an active part in public af- Sarah, March, 1785; Lucy, Oct. 19, 1787; and Job fairs and was a member of the Congregational Lucianus, Nov. 25, 1789.
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(VII) Job Lucianus Munson, the grandfather of our subject, was a farmer and miller by occupa- tion, grinding Indian corn for the West Indies markets. He was liberal in his religious views and a Democrat in politics. He died of dropsy of the chest June 28, 1864. For his first wife he married Sally Moss, of Cheshire, who died Feb. 9, 1830, at the age of forty years. On June 17, 1830, lie mar- ried Adelia Tuttle, daughter of Lyman Tuttle. She was born in 1804 and died Sept. 14, 1849. He was again married Dec. 30, 1850, his third wife being Mrs. Rachel L. Watson, daughter of Lodema Moss. Ilis children were as follows : Julia Ann was mar- ried April 25, 1830, to Nehemiah Curtis, of New- town. Bazel, father of our subject, is next in order of birth. Sarah Nancy, born Ang. 23, 1817, was married April 10, 1838, to James Clark, who was born April 14, 1815, and she died in Newtown, Conn. Cornelia married George W. Bradley. Lucy Lodema, born Jan. 17, 1821, died in October, 1824. Abigail Adelia died Jan. 22, 1835. Job Lui- cianus is a resident of West Port, New Zealand. Adelia, born in 1840, was married Feb. 4, 1864, to Frederick M. Wood. Lyman Tuttle, born in 1841, was a member of Company A. 10th Conn. V. I., during the Civil war and died at Newbern. N. C., Dec. 27, 1862, from a wound received in the battle of Kinston, N. C. John Watson, born in 1843, was also a soldier of the Civil war, and he died in the Sandwich Islands in May, 1891, leaving $20,000 to the Salvation Army.
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