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Nathaniel Goodrich, son of Lieutenant
Joseph and Mehitable (Goodwin) Good- rich, married Martha Deming, born April 15, 1726, eldest child of Lieutenant David and Martha (Russell) Deming, grand- daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Kirby) Deming, great-granddaughter of John and Honor (Treat) Deming, pioneers of Wethersfield.
Isaac Goodrich, son of Nathaniel and Martha (Deming) Goodrich, a native of Wethersfield, died at New London, Con- necticut, in 1813.
Deacon Joshua Goodrich, son of Isaac Goodrich, was a farmer in Wethersfield, and married (second) Mary Ann Welles, who was born November 8, 1808, in Wethersfield, baptized April 25, 1813, and died March 23, 1873. She was descended from Governor Thomas Welles, one of the most distinguished citizens of Weth- ersfield (see Welles, Joseph Francis). John Welles, son of Governor Thomas Welles, lived in Stratford, Connecticut, and was the father of Captain Robert Welles, who was reared by his grand- father, the governor, and lived in Weth- ersfield. His third son, Joseph Welles, also a resident of Wethersfield, married Hannah Robbins, daughter of Captain Joshua and Elizabeth (Butler) Robbins, granddaughter of "Gentleman John" Rob- bins, who also receives extended mention in this work (see Merriam, Horace R.). Joseph (2) Welles, son of Joseph (I) and Hannah (Robbins) Welles, made his home in Wethersfield, and married Mary Robbins, third daughter of Samuel and Lucy (Wolcott) Robbins, granddaughter of John, and great-granddaughter of "Gentleman John" Robbins. The eldest child of this marriage was Joseph (3) Welles, born April 14, 1746, and lived in Wethersfield. He married Jerusha Hurl- burt, daughter of Charles and Martha Hurlburt, of Wethersfield, and was the father of Joseph (4) Welles, who lived in
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Wethersfield, and married, January 26, 1803, Lucy Robbins, born in 1780, died September 6, 1875. Their daughter, Mary Ann Welles, born in 1808, became the wife of Deacon Joshua Goodrich, as previously noted.
Frederick Welles Goodrich, second son of Deacon Joshua Goodrich and his sec- ond wife, Mary A. (Welles) Goodrich, was born April 23, 1848, in Wethersfield, where he grew up on the paternal home- stead. When a young man he removed to Portland, Connecticut, where he engaged through most of his active life in agricul- ture, and where he is now spending the evening of his days in the quiet enjoy- ment of the proceeds of his labor, indus- try and shrewd business management. In early life he lived on the paternal farm at Wethersfield and attended the district school nearby. He was subsequently a student at Williston Seminary. In the spring of 1870 he removed to Portland, and for a time engaged in farming on rented land, known as the Overton Farm. This he purchased and has since made several additions to the original home- stead. For some years he engaged in the cultivation of seeds and tobacco and pro- duced onions on a very large scale. Dur- ing one season he produced 3,000 barrels of onions, which were marketed in Phila- delphia, Pennsylvania. About 1895 he became interested in the Middletown Coal Company, with whose management he was active until his retirement in 1915. He is still a director and vice-president of the company. For many years he was a stockholder in the Hartford & New York Transportation Company, which operated steamers between Hartford and New York, but in recent years disposed of his stock.
Mr. Goodrich is among the active mem- bers of the Congregational church of Portland and is not identified with any
other organization, except the Republican party, with which he has acted through- out his life. A patriotic and public-spirited citizen, he has always been ready to ren- der any service for which he might be called upon by his fellow townsmen. For several years he was a member of the Board of Selectmen under both Demo- cratic and Republican town administra- tions, and in 1917-18 represented the town in the State Legislature, elected on the Republican ticket.
Mr. Goodrich married, December 31, 1874, Ella Louisa Welles, who was born April 15, 1852, in New Britain, Connecti- cut, daughter of Israel S. and Mary Louisa (Hinsdale) Welles, descended from Governor Thomas Welles through the line above mentioned down to Joseph Welles, who was born in 1720, and mar- ried Mary Robbins, third daughter of Samuel and Lucy (Wolcott) Robbins, above mentioned. Joshua Welles, third son of Joseph and Mary (Robbins) (Welles) was born in September, 1726, in Wethersfield, in which town he lived. He married, in 1757, Experience Dickenson, born in 1736, died June 27, 1773, fourth daughter of Elihu and Lucy (Deming) Dickenson, granddaughter of Thomas and Hannah Dickenson, great-granddaughter of Nathaniel Dickenson, patriarch of a great New England family, mentioned at length elsewhere in this work. Levi Welles, second son of Joshua and Exper- ience (Dickenson) Welles, was born Oc- tober 17, 1762, and died January 16, 1814. He married, May 21, 1789, Sarah Dem- ing, baptized May 28, 1765, fourth daugh- ter of Moses and Martha (Welles) Dem- ing, the latter a daughter of Captain Rob- ert Welles, above mentioned. Rossiter Welles, second son of Levi and Sarah (Deming) Welles, was baptized October 6, 1793, in Wethersfield, and lived in that town. He married Emily Butler, who
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was born March 30, 1793, in Wethers- field, youngest child of John and Love (Smith) Butler. They were the parents of Israel S. Welles, who married, April II, 1849, Mary Louisa Hinsdale, who was born January 30, 1830, daughter of Dea- con Gilman and Amanda (Ward) Hins- dale. They were the parents of Ella Louisa Welles, who became the wife of Frederick Welles Goodrich, as above noted. They are the parents of three children, the eldest, Nellie Louise, born July 5, 1876, in Portland, is now the wife of Daniel Wilkins, and mother of Mary Louise Wilkins, born July 15, 1918, and resides in that town. The sons, Herbert W. and Frederick R., receive further men- tion below.
GOODRICH, Herbert Wells, Business Man.
The elder son of Frederick W. and Ella L. (Welles) Goodrich (q. v.), Herbert Wells Goodrich, was born June 6, 1880, in Portland, Connecticut, and grew up on the paternal farm in that town. His edu- cation was supplied by the public schools of Portland and a business college in Mid- dletown. When about seventeen years old he became associated with the Middle- town Coal Company, with which he has been continuously identified to the pres- ent time. He now occupies the position of secretary and manager of this estab- lishment, which conducts the largest wholesale and retail coal business in Mid- dletown, and since 1907 has conducted also a general fire insurance business. While he entertains settled principles in public matters, and usually supports Re- publican party action, he has never taken any active part in political movements and gives close attention to his business undertakings. He is actively connected with the First Congregational Church of
Portland, as is his family, and is esteemed as a substantial and upright business man.
Mr. Goodrich was married, June 23, 1904, to Alice Osterhout, born in Scran- ton, Pennsylvania, daughter of Milo and Janet (Gillespie) Osterhout, the former of Dutch and the latter of Scotch lineage. Her paternal ancestor came from Hol- land to Pennsylvania about one hundred and fifty years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Good- rich are the parents of the following chil- dren: Janet Wells, born May 17, 1905; Burton Milo, born January 7, 1907 ; Her- bert Wells, born August 11, 1910; Stan- ley Osterhout, born November 26, 1914; and Richard Gillespie, born December 31, 1918.
GOODRICH, Frederick Rossiter, Tobacco Producer and Dealer.
Among the leading industries of the town of Portland, Connecticut, is that of tobacco growing, and Mr. Goodrich ranks among the largest producers of the State, giving employment to a large number of people in growing and preparing the crop for the market. His warehouses present a busy season through the winter months and his fields are the theatre of very busy operations during the summer.
Frederick Rossiter Goodrich, second son of Frederick W. and Ella L. (Welles) Goodrich (q. v.), was born May 8, 1882, in Portland, Connecticut, and attended the public schools of that town, includ- ing the high school. As a boy he man- ifested much energy and enterprise and was an able assistant to his father in gen- eral farming, and especially in the pro- duction of tobacco. For five years he was employed in the office of the Hartford & New York Transportation Company, at Hartford, until 1907, when he began the production of tobacco in Portland on an extensive scale, in association with his
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cousin, Raymond M. Goodrich, and has continued in that line to the present (1922), gradually extending his operations until he has now more than three hun- dred acres of tobacco under cultivation annually and is very actively engaged in tobacco packing for the market ; he has a large warehouse near his home in Port- land.
Mr. Goodrich is among the most pro- gressive and public-spirited citizens of the town; he was very active during the World War in promoting all the interests tending to the successful prosecution of the war on the part of the United States. He was among the most prominent in the formation of the Portland Building and Loan Association, of which he is vice- president, and is ever found a ready con- tributor of time and means to the promo- tion of any undertaking calculated to ad- vance his native town. He is a member of the First Congregational Church, and of the Masonic order, affiliating with Warren Lodge, No. 51, Free and Ac- cepted Masons ; Washington Chapter, No. 6, Royal Arch Masons; Columbia Coun- cil, No. 9, Royal and Select Masters ; Cy- rene Commandery, No. 8, Knights Tem- plar ; and the Mystic Shrine, a thirty- second degree Mason. He is a member of the Portland Club and Portland Board of Trade ; was a member and chairman of the Portland War Bureau, and chairman of the Legal Advisory Board of District No. 22, during the World War. Both he and his wife were active in promoting the Red Cross drives and the United War Work drives, and all the other agencies for promoting the welfare of the Amer- ican soldier at the front, Mrs. Goodrich being a member of the Woman's Commit- tee of the Council of Defense. Politically, Mr. Goodrich is a Republican, but he has steadfastly declined to be a candidate for any political office. He is at present
chairman of the Town Committee of his party.
Mr. Goodrich was married, June 15, 1907, to Bertha Wilson, born April 14, 1883. in Thompsonville, Connecticut, daughter of Robert Bruce (2) and Mar- tha R. (Crossley) Wilson, of that town, natives of New Haven, and Enfield, re- spectively. The first of the Wilson fan- ily in this country was Robert Bruce Wil- son, who came from Scotland in 1830, and settled in Enfield. His wife. Manie Lyon, was a daughter of a Glasgow physician. Their son, William Lyon Wilson, was born in New Milns, near Glasgow, Scot- land, and was twelve years old when he came to America. He married Ann Allan, of Scotch lineage. They were the par- ents of Robert Bruce (2) Wilson, father of Mrs. Bertha (Wilson) Goodrich. Martha Roxanna (Crossley) Wilson, mother of Mrs. Goodrich, was a daughter of Thomas Crossley, an Englishman. Her mother was Ruth Francisco, daugh- ter of Delancey and Roxanna (Taylor) Francisco, of Spanish and English lin- eage, the latter a descendant of Rev. Ed- ward Taylor (see Taylor line). Mr. and Mrs. Goodrich are the parents of the fol- lowing children : Frederick Welles, 2nd, born May 24. 1909; Robert Bruce, born June 19, 1914; Norman Rossiter, born July 26, 1915; Dorothy Wilson, born July 6, 1916; and John Hinsdale, born August 25, 1918.
(The Taylor Line).
(I) Rev. Edward Taylor was born about 1642, near Hinckley, Leicestershire, England. In early manhood he came to America, was graduated from Harvard College in 1671, and was ordained to the ministry July 5, 1671, at Boston, Massa- chusetts. He preached at various places and became the first minister of the Con- gregational church, Westfield, Massachu- setts, which was organized August 27,
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1679. He continued in that capacity un- til his death, June 24, 1729, at the age of eighty-seven, a period of fifty years. He married (second), June 2, 1692, Ruth Wyllys, daughter of Samuel Wyllys, who died January 27, 1730.
(II) Eldad Taylor, fourteenth child of Rev. Edward Taylor, and son of his sec- ond wife, Ruth (Wyllys) Taylor, was born April 10, 1708, at Westfield, and died May 21, 1777, in Boston, Massachusetts, at the age of sixty-nine years. For thirty-six years he was deacon of the church at Westfield, from 1741 until his death. For eleven years he was select- man of the town, two years treasurer, thirty years town clerk, and also served as justice of the peace, and was a member of the Council of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He married, November 1, 1732, Rhoda Dewey, born July 10, 1712, in Westfield, died June 22, 1740, daughter of Jedediah (2) Dewey of that town, granddaughter of Ensign Jedediah (1) and Sarah (Orton) Dewey, great-grand- daughter of Thomas Dewey, founder of a very prolific American family, who came from Sandwich, County Kent, England, and was one of the original grantees of Dorchester in 1636. He came to America as early as 1633, was admitted a freeman in 1634, and in the following year sold his lands at Dorchester and removed to Wind- sor, Connecticut, where he was one of the first settlers. He married, March 22, 1639, at Windsor, Frances, widow of Joseph Clark. She married (third), as his second wife, George Phelps, and died September 27, 1690. Their youngest child, Ensign Jedediah (1) Dewey, born December 15, 1647, at Windsor, owned land there, which he sold when he be- came of age. After living a short time in Farmington, Connecticut, he settled at Westfield, Massachusetts, where he died in May, 1718. He received grants of
land in Westfield, being among the first settlers, and in association with Thomas and Josiah Dewey, erected mills on Two Mile Brook, where they received a grant of forty acres to encourage the establish- ment of the mills. Ensign Jedediah (I) Dewey subsequently received other grants, was admitted a freeman January 1, 1680, joined the church September 28th of the same year, and was selectman many years. A wheelwright by trade, he lived on the east corner of what is now Silver and South streets. He married, about 1670, Sarah Orton, baptized August 22, 1652, at Windsor, Connecticut, daughter of Thomas and Margaret (Pell) Orton, of Farmington, died November 20, 17II. Their eldest child, Jedediah (2) Dewey, born June 14, 1676, was the father of Rhoda Dewey, wife of Eldad Taylor, as above stated.
(III) Eldad (2) Taylor, eldest child of Eldad (1) and Rhoda (Dewey) Taylor, was born in 1733, in Westfield, and was among the earliest settlers of Becket, Berkshire county, Massachusetts, where he was chosen a selectman at the organ- ization of the town July 15, 1765. He married, about 1753, Esther Day, born February 20, 1733, in Springfield, Massa- chusetts, daughter of Ebenezer and Mary (Smith) Day.
(IV) William Taylor, son of Eldad (2) and Esther (Day) Taylor, was born in 1753, probably in Westfield. and lived in what is now Middlefield, Massachusetts, where he died, April 7, 1827, at the age of seventy-four years. He married (inten- tions published at Middlefield, May 31, 1784) Priscilla Loveland, born in March, 1755, in Hebron, Connecticut, died Sep- tember 25, 1834, in Middlefield, eldest daughter of Malachi and Priscilla (Nor- kott) Loveland.
(V) Roxanna Taylor, born May 16, 1799, in Middlefield, became the wife of
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Delancey Francisco, and the mother of Ruth Francisco, who became the wife of Thomas Crossley, and the mother of Martha Roxanna Crossley, who married Robert Bruce (2) Wilson, and was the mother of Bertha Wilson, who married Frederick Rossiter Goodrich, as previ- ously related.
MARKHAM, Revilo Clark, Man of Affairs, Public Official.
A descendant of one of the first fami- lies who settled in Middletown, Mr. Mark- ham has been nearly all his life identified with the banking interests of that city, and has acquired the esteem and respect of business men of the community. The ancestry of the Markham family has been traced for many generations in England, beginning with Claron, of West Mark- ham, a Saxon chief, who was rewarded with a grant of land for services rendered in the Conquest, although this land had been held by his father and grandfather before him. The name is a combination of two words, the last syllable being an old English word for "home." "farm" or "possession." Claron's lands descended to his son, Roger, who subsequently acquired other lands in East Markham on the banks of the Idyl river. The name in those days had a Latin form, and Roger's son, Fulc de est Markham, was the father of Sir Alexander, known as Knight Castellane, of Nottingham Castle. He was born in 1130, and held prominent offices in the time of Henry III. His son, Sir William Markham, of Markham and Tuxford, succeeded to his father's estates. He married Cecilia, daughter of Richard de Lexington. Their second son, Rich- ard Markham, succeeded to the estate of his father, and his elder brother, who died young, but did not inherit the title, be- cause of the law in existence at the time
of the elder brother's death. His son, John, Lord of East Markham, was a law- yer and King's sergeant, and lived during the reigns of the first three Edwards. His wife, Joanna, was the daughter and heiress of Nicholas Bottomsell. Their son, Sir Robert, also a lawyer and sergeant, mar- ried Isabell Caunton. They were the par- ents of Sir John Markham, barrister and judge, who committed Henry, Prince of Wales, to the fleet prison in London for a misdemeanor. He died on St. Sylves- ter's Day, 1409. His first wife was Eliza- beth de Cressi, and his second wife Milli- cent, daughter of Sir Thomas de Picker- ing. His son, Sir Robert de Markham, survived him only four years. He mar- ried Elizabeth Burdon, and was the father of Sir Robert Markham, Knight, who mar- ried Sarah Joanna Daubeney, who brought him estates in Cotham. He died in 1496. His son, Sir John Markham, married Alicia Skipworth, who brought him an estate. He commanded a battalion at the battle of Stoke, one of the important engagements in the reign of Henry VIII. His son, Sir John, was lieutenant of the famous Tower of London, and one of his daughters was maid of honor to Queen Elizabeth. His first wife, Ann (Neville) Markham, was a great-granddaughter of the Earl of Somerset, who was the son of the Duke of Lancaster, son of King Henry III. Sir John Markham married (second) Marjory Langford, and (third) Ann Strelly Stanhope. It is said that the founder of the Markham family of Vir- ginia was his grandson. His son, John Markham, married Katherine Babbing- ton, and died when comparatively young. His only son, Robert Markham, was born in 1536 in Sireton, Nottingham, and inher- ited his grandfather's estate. His second wife, Jane, daughter of William Bunnell, had five sons, two of whom were soldiers and writers. In 1601 Francis, the elder
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of these, published a pedigree of the Markhams of Markham, Cotham, Axton, Allerton and Sedgbrook. One son, Sir Robert Markham, of Cotham, married Ann Warburton. He was a man of sport- ing proclivities and squandered the estates of Cotham and East Markham. His third son, Daniel, inherited only a small estate, and engaged in commercial pursuits, by which he regained a considerable portion of the family fortune, and died at Plum- stead, now known as Pirney, Norfolk, in 1690. He was the father of the American ancestor of Markhams. His son, Daniel Markham, was born in Plumstead Manor, near Norwich, England, of which ancient city his brother, Matthew, was mayor in 1634. The latter was the father of Daniel Markham, colonel of the British army, who came to New York with the Duke of York in 1664, and was ancestor of peo- ple of the name recently living in Inde- pendence, Iowa. Sir Clements Markham, of the Royal Geographical Society, is also a descendant of this ancestor.
(I) Daniel Markham, the American immigrant, arrived in Cambridge, Massa- chusetts, in 1665, and two years later re- moved to Middletown, Connecticut. He was made a freeman in 1674, was one of the proprietors of the first bell that hung in the meeting house, November 18, 1679, and was deacon of the first church in 1690. He died February 6, 1713, in Mid- dletown. He married, November 3, 1669, Elizabeth Whitmore, or Wetmore, born May 2, 1649, in Cambridge, eldest child of Lieutenant Francis and Isabel (Park) Wetmore, who removed from Cambridge to Middletown.
(II) Daniel Markham, eldest child of the immigrant, was born in November, 1671, in Middletown, and died May 6, 1760, in Enfield, Connecticut, leaving a family of ten children. He married, April 2, 1703, Deborah Meacham, born
April 8, 1681, daughter of Captain Isaac and Deborah (Browning) Meacham, of Enfield.
(III) Jeremiah Markham, third son of Daniel and Deborah (Meacham) Mark- ham, was born February 18, 1710, in Mid- dletown, and made his home in Enfield. He was a blacksmith, engaged in ship iron work, and died September 22, 1753. He married, in Enfield, in March, 1733 (inten- tions entered February 3), Sarah Hall, who was born about 1709, and died March 30, 1787. They were the parents of twelve children, of whom the eldest was Jere- miah, of whom further.
(IV) Jeremiah Markham, son of Jere- miah and Sarah (Hall) Markham, was born January 20, 1735, in Enfield, and was brought up to his father's trade. He was very active in the Revolution, serving as a sergeant in Cook's regiment under General Gates, and fought in all the battles from Ticonderoga to the second engagement at Bemis Heights. At the latter he was shot through the head, but recovered, and died November 17, 1827, at Plymouth, Connecticut. He married, April 20, 1769, Amy Deming, born Sep- tember 4, 1743, in Wethersfield, a daugh- ter of Ebenezer and Amy (Bunce) Dem- ing, and died March II, 1825.
(V) Jeremiah Markham, eldest son of Jeremiah and Amy (Deming) Markham, was born May 13, 1771, in Middletown, Connecticut. He was a blacksmith and miller, owner of Markham Mills, and died in 1853. He married, October 1, 1795, Sally Clark, born in 1776, in Haddam, baptized October 14, 1781, in Middletown, died February 19, 1866, daughter of Oli- ver and Sarah (Pelton) Clark.
(VI) John Markham, eldest child of Jeremiah and Sally (Clark) Markham, born March 5, 1797, in Middletown, Con- necticut, succeeded his father as owner of the mills, was a blacksmith and gun-
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maker, and died August 24, 1874. married, September 15, 1819, Polly Clark, born September 8, 1795, eldest daughter of Daniel and Abigail (Northup) Clark. Her father was a Revolutionary soldier, in Captain Van Dusen's company, Gen- eral Waterbury's brigade, was wounded in the service, and received a pension from the government. Polly (Clark) Markham died August 17, 1873. She was the mother of eleven children.
(VII) Oliver Markham, third son of John and Polly (Clark) Markham, was born July 17, 1825, in Middletown, Con- necticut, and died February 7, 1902, at Jacksonville, Florida. Under the instruc- tion of his father, he became a gunsmith, and during the existence of Sharp's Armory at Hartford he was a contractor in that establishment, and designed and perfected parts of the famous Sharp's Rifle. While there he was elected a member of the City Council in 1862. On his retire- ment from active life he spent his sun- mers in Middletown and winters in Jack- sonville, Florida. At the time of his death he was a director and vice-president of the Central National Bank, of Middle- town, but led a retired life. He married, July 23, 1848, Sarah Ann Clark, born July 8, 1825, eldest child of Ambrose and Minerva (Root) Clark, descended from John Clark, who was born in 1612, in Ips- wich, Suffolk, England. At the age of twenty-two years he came in the ship "Elizabeth" to Boston, Massachusetts, and before the end of 1634 was a resident of New Haven, among the first to form a civil government there. In 1648 he was clerk of the militia company. According to tradition, he married a daughter of Captain George Lamberton, of the ship "Phantom." His son, John Clark, born 1637, settled at Middletown, and was known as "Plain John" to distinguish him from others of the name who bore vari-
He ous official titles. He married Abigail Cheney, probably a daughter of William Cheney, who represented Middletown in the General Court from 1660 to 1663, and several times subsequently. Ambrose Clark, second son of John and Abigail (Cheney) Clark, born March 25, 1696, in Middletown, owned a tract of land in the western part of that town, extending in width eighty rods, a little more than four miles northward from the Durham line. His dwelling on Long Hill was famous for its heavy timbers, and because of his large possessions and well known execu- tive ability, was known as "Lord Am," and died March 18, 1764. He married, April 21, 1715, Elizabeth Ward, born No- vember 11, 1694, daughter of James and Elizabeth (Rockwell) Ward. Lamberton Clark, fourth son of Ambrose and Eliza- beth (Ward) Clark, born August 24, 1731, married (second), August 29, 1759, Sarah Foster, born July 17, 1736, in Middletown, second daughter of John and Sarah (Eggleston) Foster. Her third son, Am- brose Clark, born December 2, 1763, lived in the Newfield District of Middletown, where he owned land now occupied by a brick yard. He married, March 26, 1787, Alice Ransom, of Salisbury, daugh- ter of Peleg and Sarah (Foster) Ransom. The fourth son of this marriage was Am- brose Clark, born in 1793, who married, in 1823, Minerva Root, born in 1807, in Scipio, New Hampshire, daughter of Oba- diah and Suzanna (Wilcox) Root, the last named a daughter of Comfort and Con- sider Wilcox. Their eldest child, Sarah Ann, was the wife of Oliver Markham. Mr. and Mrs. Markham were the parents of two sons, Revilo Clark, of whom fur- ther; and Ernest Arthur, whose sketch follows.
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