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(VI) Julia Josepliine Clinton, daughter of Ly- man Clinton, was born June 14, 1844, and married .Oct. 10, 1867, Edward S. Miner, son of Darius Miner, of Torrington, Conn. They had children as follows : Stiles, who died young; Nellie, who mar- ried John Bader ; a daughter deceased; Anson; and Stiles (2).
(VI) David Laurence Clinton, son of Lyman Clinton, was born June 11. 1849, and married Sept. 14, 1869, to Fannie M. Vibbert, born July 8, 1850,
daughter of Nelson and Lucy A. (Hosmer) Vib- bert. This union was blessed with a daughter, Gertrude, born Jan. 5, 1879, who married May 16, 1900, Edwin B. Stevens, born April 30, 1870 (a son of Hiram and Marietta (Richards) Stevens, formerly of Danbury (Conn.), and they have a daughter, Helen Clinton, born April 16, 1901. Mr. Clinton is serving a second term as postmaster of Clintonville, and he has also served as deputy sheriff.
(VI) Lyman Frederick Clinton, son of Lyman, was born Aug. 18, 1854, and married March 31, 1876, to Ida A. Marks, born April 6, 1854, daughter of George B. and Julia A. ( Eaton) Marks. Tlirce children have been born of this marriage: (1) Blanche L., born Oct. 23, 1876, married May 16, 1900, William W. Stevens, born July 8, 1867, son of Hiram and Marietta ( Richards) Stevens. (2) Inez J., born Sept. 13, 1878, married June 30, 1897, Alfred W. Brooker, born Jan. 3, 1873, son of War- ren and Aurelia ( Blakeslee) Brooker, of Torring- ton, Conn. (3) George Raymond, born April 24, 1887.
(VI) Anson Blakeslee Clinton, son of Lyman Clinton, was born Jan. 24, 1857, and married in December, 1879, to Mary Stiles, daughter of Ho- bart Stiles. He resides in North Haven, but is the proprietor of a music store in New Haven. He has taken a prominent part in public affairs and rep- resented his town in the State Legislature in 1897. Mr. and Mrs. Clinton have three children, Wilson, who was married in October, 1901, to Miss Anna Bannell ; Stiles De Witt and Mildred.
(VI) Delia Eunetia Clinton, daughter of Lyman Clinton, was born Jan. 25, 1859, and married Oct. 6, 1888, Willoughby Ely Fowler, born Oct. 6, 1860, at Guilford, Conn., son of Sereno and Elizabeth (Ely) Fowler. They have two children, Ruth Ernestine, born Sept. 20, 1894; and Earl Clinton, born Nov. 8, 1898.
(V) Lavinia L. Clinton, daughter of David Clinton, was born in 1820, and died Sept. 8, 1849. She married Ezra Munson, born in 1816, died Dec. 18, 1882. Their only child, George S., born in 1840, died April 13, 1861.
(V) Eunetia O. Clinton, daughter of David Clinton, was born Oct. 23, 1824, and died Sept. 20, 1848. She married Nov. 25, 1846, Sereno O. Todd, born March 8, 1819. No children were born of this marriage.
(V) Delia M. Clinton, daughter of David Clin- ton, was born Sept. 15, 1829, and died July 20, 1855. She married Jan. 14, 1851, Sereno O. Todd, as his second wife. No children.
(V) Celia C. Clinton, daughter of David Clin- ton, was born Feb. 23, 1827, and died May 23, 1872. She married Lyman Basset, and had one child, Irving L. Bassett (deceased), who married May 1, 1883, Catherine E. Tuttle, and had two sons.
(IV) Lyman Clinton, son of Jesse Eton Clinton,
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was born Sept. 21, 1791, and drowned at Branford, June 6, 18II.
(IV) Sally Clinton, fourth child of Jesse Eton Clinton, was born July 29, 1793, and she married Edward Tuttle, who was born in New Haven, and died at Tooele, Utah, in July, 1867. Four children were born of this union, as follows: (1) Eliza A., who was married May 16, 1838, to Joseph A. Gran- nis, of Hamden, by whom she had six children-Le- ander Cook, born May 29, 1841, died Sept. 22, 1846; Susan Adelia, born April 14, 1843, married May 3, 1864, Albert M. Ives, of Mt. Carmel; Charles Wallace, born Ang. 25, 1844, died Feb. 4, 1845 ; El- mira Foote, born Jan. 1, 18446, married Nov. 9, 1870, Dana H. Cooper, of Mt. Carmel; Anna Eliza, born Sept. 17, 1847, married April 23, 1867, James Duckworth, of Pittsfield, Mass .; and Charles Ed- win, born March 27, 1862. (2) Sarah married Jos- eph Meacham, and resided in Toole City (or Tooele), Utah. She had five children. (3) Ange- line married William B. Adams, of Tooele, Utah, and has three children. (4) Norton married about 1850, Elizabeth Utley, and has two sons and three daughters. They reside in Tooele, Utah.
(IV) Hannah Clinton, fifth child of Jesse Eton Clinton, was born June 10, 1795, and died Aug. II, 1878. She married Harvey Todd, who was born in December, 1790, a son of Joel Todd, and died July 15, 1867. There were the parents of three children, as follows: (1) Grace, born June 15, 1816, mar- ried (first) on Thanksgiving Day, 1836, Charles Pierpont, born in March, 1813, and by this union was born a daughter, Josephine Amelia, June 28, 1841, who died in February, 1873. Grace married (second) Jude B. Smith, who was born March 23, 1808, a son of Jude Smith, and died March 18. 1887. (2) William, born in December, 1821, mar- ried (first) Emeline Brooks, by whom he had five children-Martha, Mary, Hattie (married first, Carl Grainger, and second, Charles Foote). Emma (wife of Alfred Allen, of Wallingford) and Jen- nie (wife of Reuben Harrison). For his second wife, William married Lydia Lord, who bore him four children-Carrie, Rose, and William and Ar- thur (both deceased). (3) Charlotte, born in No- vember, 1823, is now deceased ; she married Warren Cooper, and had two children, both of whom are now dead.
(IV) Elizabeth Clinton, sixth child of Jesse Eton Clinton, was born Sept. 20, 1796, and died Nov. 28, 1886. She married June 17, 1816, Josiah Todd, born Dec. 18. 179. died Oct. 22, 1869, a son of Dan Todd and his wife Lucy Frost. Dan Todd was a son of Christopher, son of Samuel (2). son of Samuel ( 1), son of Christopher and Grace ( Mid- dlebrook) Todd. Josiah Todd and his wife, Eliza- beth Clinton, resided at New Connecticut, Newark Valley, N. Y., and were both buried in Newark Valley. They were the parents of seven children, of whom we have the following record: ( I) Sam- uel, born Aug. 22, 1817, in North Haven, died at
Manchester, Conn., Jan. 5, 1900. He married Jan. 7, 1851, Emily Rich (daughter of Harvey and Nancy (Johnson) Rich), of Owego, N. Y., born Dec. 10, 1825, died at Newark Valley, Dec. 26, 1868. Sam- uel married (second) June 15, 1870, Jane M. But- ton, of North Haven, Conn., who was born Jan. 15, 1848, daughter of John and Mary Ann (Goodale) Button, and two children were born of this union -Clarence J., March 12, 1874; and Jennie A., Aug. 16, 1876. (2) Frederick Handel, born Feb. 26, 1819, was drowned in March, 1865. He married Sept. 17, 1850, Phebe Elizabeth Slosson, who was born March 9, 1830. (3) Aurelia Juliet, born June 7, 1823, at North Haven, Conn., married March 25, 1847, William B. Bushnell, born April 12, 1823, and they now make their home in Berkshire, Tioga Co., N. Y. (4) Henrietta Wallace, born April 21, 1827, in Newark Valley, died in Brooklyn, Jan. 10, 1893, and was buried in Wellsboro, Penn. (5) Robert Burns, born March 5, 1829, died Sept. 28, 1831. (6) Mary Josephine, born Feb. 6, 1833, married May 23, 1861, Charles Grosvenor Osgood, born March 22, 1820, and has three children-Harry Winthrop, born Feb. 23, 1862; Mary Helen, born Oct. 24, 1863, married Sept. 20, 1894, Dr. Clarence W. Webb, and has a son, Charles Grosvenor Os- good Webb, born March 23, 1899; and Charles Grosvenor, born May 4, 1871, a teacher in Yale University, New Haven. The entire family have homes in Wellsboro, Penn. (7) Fidelia, born Dec. 4, 1838, married Feb. 14, 1860, Mandelbert New- ton Chapman, of Newark Valley, N. Y., born July 5, 1837, died Feb. 11, 1868; Fidelia married, second, Edward Beason, of Kansas.
(IV) Bemon Clinton, seventh child of Jesse Eton Clinton, was born Oct. I, 1798, and married Lavinia Tuttle, who bore him five children, as fol- lows: (1) Harriet T., born in 1830, married Aug. 17, 1851, in New Haven, to Louis W. Gunn, and has one child, Frank. (2) Burton, born Oct. 14, 1831, at Blandford, Mass. (3) Sarah B. (deceased), married at New Haven, Aug. 21, 1853, to Washing- ton C. Cunningham, of Middletown, Conn., and had one child. (4) Mary married William Cook (both deceased), and had one child, George. (5) Jane married George Auger, and had a son Sey- mour. For his second wife, Bemon Clinton wedded Sarah Frisbie, and for his third, Julia Wells.
(IV) Cynthia Clinton, eighth child of Jesse Eton Clinton, was born Jan. 27, 1801, and married Deacon Lewis Bates, by whom she had one child, Angelette, who married Ellsworth Robinson, and had two daughters, Emma and Jennie.
(IV) Aurelia Clinton, ninth child of Jesse Eton Clinton, was born July 14, 1803, and died May 4, 1892. She married Oct. 30, 1823, Orrin Todd. born Feb. 26, 1800, died Dec. 8, 1888, son of Joel Todd. Joel Todd was a son of Hezekiah, son of Caleb, son of Samuel (2), son of Samuel (I), son of Christopher and Grace ( Middlebrook) Todd. To Orrin Todd and his wife Aurelia were born four
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children, of whom we have the following record: (1) Francis Hayden, born Aug. 8, 1827, died Oct. 9, 1899. He was an enterprising and successful farmer, and made an honorable record as a citizen in public affairs. In 1864 he was elected a grand juror, and held that office until his death-a period of thirty-five years. In October, 1899, he was elected treasurer of North Haven for the twenty- fourth time. In 1883 he was elected representative to the State Legislature ; lie also served as selectman several terms. On Jan. 1, 1855, he married Eliza- beth M. Gill, of North Haven, daughter of John Henry and Louisa (Tuttle) Gill, and three children were born of this union-George Henry, born Oct. 31, 1861, married Jennie Maginness, now deceased ; John Hayden, born Nov. 14, 1866, married Dec. 18, 1890, Josephine Cheney, and has two children : and (V) Elizur Zeralı Clinton, son of Jesse Clinton, Jr., was born Sept. 18, 1847, and married Nov. 10, 1869, Julia A. Bishop ( daughter of Erus and Char- lotte (Thorpe) Bishop) born May 1, 1850, died April 10, 1873. On Dec. 3, 1873, Elizur Z. Clinton married for his second wife, Ella J. Palmer, who was born June 25, 1849, a daughter of Timothy and Sybill ( Barnes) Palmer. The children born of this union are as follows : Robert J., born Feb. 6, 1875, : married April 21, 1898, Hilda Matilda Olsen, and William Handel, born March 5, 1871. (2) Grace Angeline, born Aug. 9, 1830, married Samuel Hale, and resides in California. (3) Henry Dennis, born Sept. 2, 1832, is a farmer. He has served as se- lectman in North Haven. During the Civil war he served as a soldier from September, 1862, to July, 1863. His wife was Grace A. Hartley, daughter of Bernard and Sarah A. (Bishop) Hartley. (4) Mary Aurelia, born Nov. 25, 1836, died Nov. 28, 1886. She married Eli J. Brockett, Nov. 25, 1856, has two children, Charlotte Ella and Ruth : Bessie, and had one child, Frederick H., who married Char- lotte T. Bishop, daughter of Erus and Charlotte (Thorpe) Bishop, and has three children-Myron, Horace and Nelson.
(IV) Jesse Clinton, Jr., tenth child of Jesse Eton Clinton, was born May 13, 1805, and died Feb. 20, 1875. On Nov. 16, 1825, he married Rosanna Bassett, who was born Oct. 30, 1803, and died May 23, 1886. They were the parents of six children, namely: Merritt Julius, George William, John Henry, Isaac Bassett, Edwin Jesse, and Elizur Zerah.
(V) Merritt Julius Clinton, son of Jesse Clin- ton, Jr., was born June 23, 1826, and died April II, 1879. He was married April 24, 1850, to Emily Blakeslee, born Aug. 9, 1831, and became the father of three children : Origen C., born Aug. 26, 1851, died July 13, 1897; Milo C., born Sept. 22, 1853, married May 3, 1877, Hattie M. Smith (born Nov. 23, 1857, died April 12, 1897) and had three chil- dren-Flora B. (born Sept. 23, 1878, died June 14, 1883), Lina B. (born Oct. 29, 1881, died May 20, 1894) and Clarence M. (born April 19, 1887, died in August, 1901) ; and Frank R., born July 15, 1855.
(V) George William Clinton, son of Jesse Clin- ton, Jr., was born Oct. 12, 1828, and married May 18, 1856, to Frances A. Allen, who was born Sept. 12, 1835, a daughter of Hiram and Nancy ( Button) Allen, and one child, Celia A., born March 2, 1861, has blessed this union. Celia A. Clinton mar- ried Sept. 21, 1887, Wallace H. Mansfield, who was born Oct. 26, 1859.
(V) John Henry Clinton, son of Jesse Clinton,
Jr., was born March 2, 1832, and died unmarried Dec. 23, 1859.
(V) Isaac Bassett Clinton, son of Jesse Clinton, . Jr., was born July 2, 1834, and married May 12, 1858, Grace A. Allen, who was born July 18, 1839, a daughter of Hiram and Nancy ( Button) Allen. The children born of this union are as follows: Evelyn B., born May 7, 1859, married Feb. 14, 1888, Florence A. Redfield (born July 16, 1863, a daugh- ter of Charles and Laura (Bassett) Redfield), and has one son, Leroy W., born Nov. 24, 1889; Friend, born June 20, 1862, married Aug. 2, 1888, Helen G. Clark, born in Middletown, Conn., Jan. 17, 1866; and Elbert, born June 15, 1872, married April 6, 1898, Clara G. Sanford, of Hamden, and has one child, Helen Priscilla.
born March 28, 1878; Lovell E., born June 5, 1883 ; Dora P., born March 17, 1889; Jennie F., born April 16, 1891. Mr. Clinton resides with his family on the old Clinton homestead, and is successfully engaged in farming.
(V) Edwin Jesse Clinton, son of Jesse Clinton, Jr., and fifth in the family in the order of birth, was born Sept. 4, 1836, and married April 11, 1859, to Cornelia Tuttle, who was born Aug. 14, 1842, a daughter of Amos and Harriet ( Bassett) Tuttle, and died March 24, 1885. Two children were born of this union: Andrew D., born Sept. 7, 1862, married May 21, 1885, Lucy A. Bishop, born July IO. 1861, a daughter of Erus and Charlotte (Thorpe) Bishop and has a son Charles, born March 15, 1901 ; and Ida L., born Aug. 30, 1871, married Heinrich Vollhardt, born in Frankfort, Germany, July 21, 1870, and has had five children- Frieda A. (born Sept. 9, 1895), Philip H. (born Aug. 24, 1896), Edwin Clinton (born Dec. 13, 1897), Cornelia (born Dec. 31, 1899, died in Feb- ruary, 1901), and Alfred (borii Julv 24, 1901). For his second wife, Edwin Jesse Clinton married Jan. 20, 1886, Eliza J. Arthur, who was born in Kingston, Jamaica, W. I., Dec. 18, 1853, a daughter of Joseph Arthur (a native of Cornwall, England) and his wife Elizabeth (Haling) Arthur (daughter of William and Abigail ( Hall) Haling). of Chat- ham, Conn. One child, Joseph Arthur, born June 12, 1888, has blessed this union.
Edwin Jesse Clinton was reared on the old Clin- ton homestead, and received his education in the dis- trict schools. For four years after leaving the school room, he was employed in the Clintonville
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Agricultural Works, and then became foreman for J. F. Barnes, of North Haven. During these eight years he had carefully studied business methods, and had thoroughly acquired that practical training for the business world. that cannot be obtained by years of study in the class room. He then entered the business world for himself, building a mill and factory near the home in Clintonville. and here for thirty-five years he has been engaged in the manu- facture of carriage wood work. For a part of this time he had as his partner, his brother Isaac B., and lately his son, Andrew D., has been associated with him. He built a fine dwelling house and has made many improvements upon his home place, making it one of the ideal homes in this vicinity. Mr. Clinton has a fine reputation as an honorable business man, and counts his friends as an army in the village and surrounding country. For many years he has kept a diary, and his notes of passing events are some- times very valuable for reference. Socially Mr. Clinton belongs to the O. U. A. M., and both he and his wife are members of the Grange. Mrs. Clinton is a lady of cultured literary tastes, and has made a specialty of the study of genealogy, spend- ing much time in its investigation.
CALEB T. MERWIN, for many years a prom- inent agriculturist of the town of Milford, was a representative of one of the oldest and best known families of that locality. The first of the name to settle in this section was Miles Merwin, and the line of descent is traced as follows: Miles (2), Miles (3), Miles (4). and Anson, our subject's father, all natives of Milford.
Miles Merwin (4) married Miss Abigail Beach, of Milford, and settled on the present homestead in the southern part of the town on Long Island Sound. They had eight children: Mary, who mar- ried Rev. Mr. Atwater, of Branford: Anna, who married Richard Hepburn, of Milford; Daniel, a farmer in the town of Orange: Samuel, a clergy- man, who preached many years in New Haven. Conn., and later in Wilton, Conn., where he died; Anson, our subject's father ; Nathan. a farmer in Oxford, Conn., and later a hotel-keeper in Milford. where he died some years ago: Benedict, who was a farmer in Milford: and Miles (5), formerly a butcher in Milford.
Anson Merwin, the father of our subject, was born in Milford March 24. 1787, and followed farming at the old homestead throughout his life. He died July 7, 1867. His wife, Calena (Tomlin- son ) who died March 4, 1866, was a native of Mil- ford, and a daughter of Caleb Tomlinson, a sea- faring man. Of their five children the eldest, An- son WV., engaged in the carriage business in Louis- ville, Ky., where he died April 20, 1854: Caleb T. is mentioned more fully below: Samuel M. was a coal dealer in Louisville and died in 1898: Louisa is the widow of Andrew Lincoln, of Massachu- setts, who engaged in the furniture business in
Louisville, but afterward became a farmer in Han- cock county, Ill. (his remains are buried in Mil- ford) ; Mary E. died Dec. 14, 1877, unmarried.
Caleb T. Merwin was born Jan. 1I, 1823, at Pond Point, and grew to manhood upon the farm, receiving his education in a district school. He taught school for about eight seasons in Milford and Orange townships, afterward giving his whole attention to agricultural pursuits, making a spe- cialty of raising garden seeds. His farm contained about 125 acres, and is situated on a high elevation overlooking Long Island Sound.
On April 20, 1852, Mr. Merwin married Miss Maria A. Wheeler, daughter of Ezra Wheeler, a well-known farmer in Bridgeport. Seven children blessed this union: Mary L., who died Sept. 3, 1856, at the age of three years; Ida M., who died July 12, 1889; Mary C .; Jane W. ; Walter L. ; Laura H. : and Sherman T. In 1839 Mr. Merwin united with the First Congregational Church of Milford, and for many years was one of the leading mem- bers, holding most of the offices, including that of deacon for fifteen years. The family are also iden- tified with that church. In politics Mr. Merwin was first a Whig and later a Republican, and in 1860 and 1861 he represented his town in the State Legislature. He passed away Dec. 23, 1899.
HARRY WOODING (deceased), a represent- ative farmer and highly esteemed citizen of Chesh- ire, was born in Woodbridge, Nov. 12, 1829, and was a great-grandson of John Wooding, a native of New Haven, who, about 1750, removed from North Haven to Woodbridge, and was the first of the family to locate in the latter town.
Elijah Wooding, son of John, was born in Woodbridge. He was twice married, his first wife being Thirza Hotchkiss, of Cheshire, by whom he had two sons, Levi and Stephen. For his second wife he married Emma Bradley, and to them were born four children, namely: Eunice, Olive, Thirza and Uriah.
Stephen Wooding, son of Elijah, and father of our subject, was born, reared and educated in Woodbridge, now Bethany, and throughout his ac- tive business life engaged in farming in that see- tion of the county. He married Miss Deborah Bradley, also a native of Woodbridge, who died in Bethany in 1832, and he died in Woodbridge, in 1859. They had four children: Henry, who was born in 1818; Milo, who went to California: Mrs. Eliza Tuttle, who died in Naugatuck, Conn .; and Harry.
Reared in Bethany, Harry Wooding obtained his education in the common schools of that town, and later learned the machinist's trade, at which he worked in different places in Connecticut and Mas- sachusetts. Coming to Cheshire in 1857, he pur- chased a farm, and in connection with its operation continued to work at his trade for some years.
Mr. Wooding was married in Cheshire, in 1865,
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to Miss Irene J. Watson, a native of Torringford, Conn., and a daughter of George and Jane ( Belden) Watson. He father died in Roseville, Ill., and her mother, a daughter of Jeremiah and Love (Dean) Belden, of Canaan (now Falls Village), Conn., died in Norfolk, Conn. To our subject and wife were born two children: Ida, widow of Benjamin Chat- field has two children, Gladys W., and Lorin, and lives in New Haven ; and Waldo, a machinist resid- ing in Cheshire. Religiously, Mr. Wooding was a member of the Episcopal Church, of which his wife is also a communicant. Politically he was a stanch supporter of the Democratic party. In all the rela- tions of life he was found true to every trust re- posed in him, and he commanded the respect and confidence of those with whom he came in contact. Brave and patient under the sufferings of his last illness, he was ever considerate of those about him, and when the end came, Nov. 9, 1900, a dearly be- loved father and husband entered into rest, leaving behind him a vacant chair to be filled only in that last Grand Reunion.
ALFRED BARNETT. Among the worthy men whose histories add interest to this volume, none stand higher in public esteem than this well- known resident of Ansonia, who is passing in retire- ment the evening of a long and useful life. He was born Aug. 22, 1823, in Birmingham, England, a son of Joseph and Catherine (Withington) Barnett. Joseph Barnett, who was born in London, England, became a shoemaker by trade and for many years conducted a store in London, amassing a handsome competence. He then retired and spent the remain- der of his life in Birmingham, where he died at the advanced age of eighty years. Catherine (With- ington) Barnett was born in Shiffnal, Shropshire, England, and lived to be eighty years old. Joseph Barnett and his wife had a family of four children, two of whom are still living: David, a resident of Kansas; and Alfred, our subject. Both parents were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and were highly esteemed in the community.
Alfred Barnett passed the earlier years of his life in Birmingham, England, and at the age of fourteen began to learn the trade of fine wire draw- ing, which required an apprenticeship of seven years. He continued in this business as a journey- man, and at the age of twenty-five removed to New York, where however he remained only a short time. In 1849 he went to Greenwich, Conn., but soon afterward removed to Birmingham, now Derby, and entered the employ of Wallace & Sons, where he remained until 1851. During that year he visited England, and on returning he resumed his work for Wallace & Sons in their new mill in An- sonia. In 1861 a desire to try the life of a farmer tempted him to Wisconsin, where he remained four years, but he then returned to his former position with Wallace & Sons. Two years later, in 1867, he was given the position of superintendent, or con-
tractor, for the fine wire department, being the overseer of a number of men. He continued in this work for many years, and only left it in 1887 to go into complete retirement from business. His pres- ent dwelling house was built in 1874. During his long residence in the city it has grown from a farm- ing community of only a few houses, to a city of 13,000 inhabitants.
In 1851 Mr. Barnett married his first wife, Mary A. Robinson, of Birmingham, England, daughter of John Robinson, who died in 1865, in the West. His second wife, Mary Selby, was born in Ireland, a daughter of William Selby, a farmer, and died at the age of sixty years. Both were members of the Episcopal Church of which Mr. Barnett is a regular attendant. By his first marriage he had three chil- dren : Mary married Henry Miner (deceased) and had two children-Hattie (who married and has one child) and Edward; John; Alfred T. (de- ceased ) married and had two children-Mabel and Ethel. There were two children by the second mar- riage, viz .: Maria, who married M. P. Fillingham, a draughtsman, and has one child, Alfred Barnett ; Melvina, who married P. K. Leng, a merchant in New York, and has had two children, Alfred Steeles and Mary. Mr. Barnett is a Republican in politics, has been a burgess of the borough for three years, and has served a number of times on the jury.
SMITH S. CLARK (deceased) passed his last years in the enjoyment of a rest which he truly earned and richly deserved by reason of his indus- trious efforts of former years. Accomplishment and progress ever imply labor, energy and diligence, and it was those qualities that enabled our subject to rise from the ranks of the many and to stand among the successful few.
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