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(III) Captain Ebenezer Kellogg, son of Nathaniel and Sarah (Boltwood) Kellogg, was born May 31, 1695, in Hadley, Massa- chusetts, and died there (Amherst), Au- gust 17, 1766. In 1731 he was captain of militia ; was a member of the first church organized in Amherst; and in 1748 had twice as much cleared land in that town as any other resident. In 1745 he was on a committee to lay out the streets of Amherst, and kept the first inn in the town. He married, December 13, 1716, Elizabeth (Ingram) Panthorn, widow of Philip Panthorn, born March 15, 1691, daughter of John and Mehitable (Dick- inson) Ingram, of Hadley. Mehitable . (Dickinson) Ingram was the youngest child of John and Frances (Foote) Dick- inson.
(IV) Ensign Ebenezer (2) Kellogg, son of Captain Ebenezer (I) and Eliza-
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beth (Ingram-Panthorn ) Kellogg, was born about 1722, in Amherst, Massachu- setts, where he lived. In 1745 he was ensign in Colonel Choate's Eighth Massa- chusetts militia, and served in General Pepperell's expedition against Louisburg. As a Revolutionary soldier he served as corporal in Captain Dickinson's company, Colonel Woodbridge's regiment, at the "Lexington alarm," eleven days, and was in the same company from May I to Au- gust, 1775. He enlisted May 1, 1776, in Captain Aaron Payne's company, Colonel Whitcomb's regiment, and died in the army at Ticonderoga, November 22 of that year. He married, January 13, 1751, Sarah Clapp, born October 4, 1733, daughter of Preserved and Sarah (West) Clapp, of Amherst.
(V) Jonathan Kellogg, son of Ensign Ebenezer (2) and Sarah (Clapp) Kellogg, was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, and baptized there October 24, 1760. He was a cordwainer in his native town. In a draft for soldiers for nine months in the Continental army, 1778, he furnished a substitute, but later served in Captain Alvord's company, Colonel Murray's regi- ment, as private, from July 14 to October 10, 1780. Later he lived in Brattleboro, Vermont. He married, June 5, 1783, Mary Holland, of Pelham, Massachusetts, probably a daughter of Hugh and Eliza- beth Holland of that town. She died March 5, 1823.
(VI) Ira Kellogg, son of Jonathan and Mary (Holland) Kellogg, was born Janu- ary 27, 1786, in Brattleboro, Massachu- setts. He was a shoemaker and saddler, residing in Amherst and Montague, Mas- sachusetts, dying in the latter place No- vember 16, 1843. He married, January 25, 1808, in Amherst, Ruth Dickinson, born June 18, 1790, in that town, died Septem- ber 18, 1875, in Springfield, same State, daughter of William and Thirza (War-
ner) Dickinson, descendant of a very ancient family, long prominently identi- fied with Hadley (see Dickinson VI).
(VII) Wright Dickinson Kellogg, eld- est child of Ira and Ruth (Dickinson) Kellogg, was born January 12, 1809, in South Amherst, Massachusetts, where he was a shoemaker, and where he died January 3, 1861. He married, December 1, 1831, Roxana (Goodell) Dickinson, widow of Hosmer Dickinson, born March 13, 1804, daughter of Andrew Goodell, of Amherst, died November 2, 1889, in East Chatham, New York.
(VIII) Bela Haskell Kellogg, eldest child of Wright D. and Roxana (Goodell- Dickinson ) Kellogg, was born September 18, 1832, in South Amherst, Massachu- setts, and was a man of much inventive genius. In 1853 he moved to Hartford, Connecticut, and for fifteen years was superintendent of the Hartford Woven Wire Mattress Company. In November, 1884, he went to New Haven, Connecti- cut, and his last days were spent in North- ampton, Massachusetts. He was the in- ventor of the National Type beds. Mr. Kellogg was married, in Springfield, Sep- tember 18, 1858, to Elizabeth Fitch Wal- cott, who was born February 18, 1834, in that town, daughter of Dr. George W. and Mary Fitch (Kinne) Walcott, de- scendant of several notable New England forbears.
(IX) Clifford Walcott Kellogg, only son of Bela H. and Elizabeth F. (Wal- cott) Kellogg, was born July 27, 1860, in Hartford, Connecticut, and has been iden- tified with his native State to the present. After passing through the schools of Hartford, including the high school, he entered the Medical Department of Yale University, from which he was graduated M. D. in 1896. Following his graduation, he continued on the staff of the depart- ment as instructor in histology and gynæ-
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cology. Subsequently he became instruc- tor in obstetrics, which position he re- signed in 1902 to engage in private prac- tice. While at Yale he was a member of the Skull and Sceptre fraternity. Locat- ing in Higganum, Connecticut, he estab- lished a very successful career in medicine and minor surgery. In his practice he recognizes the value of genealogy as showing tendencies and characteristics. In 1917 Dr. Kellogg removed to Middle- town, where many of his old patients may easily and do reach his care, and is stead- ily extending a practice which is founded on true principles and sustained by care- ful study and observation. Of kindly and lovable nature, he readily draws to him- self sincere and true friends, and he is highly esteemed, both as man and healer. He is a communicant of the First Congre- gational Church of Middletown, and the friend and supporter of all civic progress.
Dr. Kellogg married, in New Haven, Connecticut, October 30, 1895, Mary Edith Raymond, who was born July II, 1862, in New Canaan, Connecticut, daugh- ter of Samuel H. and Mary E. (Doty) Raymond. She passed away at her home in Middletown, September 22, 1918, in her fifty-seventh year. She is survived by four daughters, whose character honors her memory. The eldest, Elizabeth Wal- cott, born August 1, 1896, graduated from the Middletown High School in 1914, and studied music two years at the Damrosch School in New York. Ruth Raymond, born February 5, 1898, graduated from the Middletown High School in 1915, and now resides in Hartford. Margaret Abbe, born January 12, 1904, and Dorothy Clif- ford, April 12, 1906, are now students at the Middletown High School.
(The Dickinson Line).
The Dickinson ancestry has been traced to one Ivar, a shepherd, who was
carried off by Northmen and became a favorite at the Royal Court of Norway. He was given a daughter of the King in marriage, and was made general of the army in the year 725. Through various mutations, the name came to its present form in England. Walter de Caen, later known as de Kenson, had a manor in Yorkshire, England, and before the re- moval of the immigrant to New England, the name passed through many forms until it became Dickinson.
(I) Nathaniel Dickinson, son of Wil- liam and Stacey Dickinson, was of the fifteenth generation in descent from Wal- ter de Kenson. He was born in 1600, in Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, and was an early resident of Wethersfield, Con- necticut, where he appears on the record in 1637. In 1645 he was town clerk and represented the town in the General Court from 1646 to 1656. In 1659 he re- moved to Hadley, Massachusetts, where he was a freeman in 1661, was deacon of the church, and the first town recorder. His home was in what is now Hatfield, Massachusetts, but he died in Hadley, June 16, 1676. He married, at East Berg- holst, Suffolk, England, in January, 1630, Anne Gull, widow of William Gull.
(II) Nehemiah Dickinson, seventh son of Nathaniel and Anne (Gull) Dickinson, was born in 1643-4, in Wethersfield, Con- necticut, and removed to Hadley, Massa- chusetts, as early as 1690, when he was made a freeman there. He died Septem- ber 9, 1723. His wife, Mary Cowles, was born June 24, 1654, in Farmington, Con- necticut, daughter of John and Hannah Cowles, pioneers of Farmington and Hat- field, Massachusetts.
(III) William Dickinson, son of Nehe- miah and Mary (Cowles) Dickinson, was born May 18, 1675, died June 24, 1742. His wife, Mary Marsh, was a daughter of Jonathan Marsh, whose wife, Dorcas, was
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the widow of Azariah Dickinson, killed in battle with the Indians.
(IV) Josiah Dickinson, son of William and Mary (Marsh) Dickinson, was born August 8, 1724, in Hadley, Massachusetts, and died there October 29, 1772. He mar- ried, November 24, 1748, Sybil Partridge, born October 7, 1732, died October 19, 1819, daughter of Cotton and Margaret (Cook) Partridge, of Hadley.
(V) William (2) Dickinson, youngest child of Josiah and Sybil (Partridge) Dickinson, was born in June, 1765. He was lieutenant, tythingman and deacon, and died March 15, 1849. He married, in Amherst, September 28, 1789, Thirza Warner, who was undoubtedly a daughter of William Warner, of Hadley, whose daughter, Dorothy, became the second wife of William (2) Dickinson.
(VI) Ruth Dickinson, daughter of Wil- liam (2) and Thirza (Warner) Dickinson, was born June 18, 1790, in Amherst, Mas- sachusetts, and died in Springfield, Sep- tember 18, 1875. She married Ira Kel- logg (see Kellogg VI).
(The Walcott Line).
The Walcott family is descended from William Walcott, who came from Box- ford, Essex, England, to Salem, Massa- chusetts, as early as 1637, and was a large landholder in Manchester, that colony. He was a friend of Roger Williams, and was excommunicated for adherence to the teachings of the latter. He married Ann Ingersoll.
(II) Jonathan Walcott, son of Wil- liam and Ann (Ingersoll) Walcott, was born in England, but later lived in that part of Salem, now Danvers, Massachu- setts, where he died, December 16, 1698. He married, January 26, 1665, Mary Sib- ley, who was baptized September 8, 1644, daughter of John Sibley, who came to Salem in 1629.
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(III) Jonathan (2) Walcott, son of Jonathan (1) and Mary (Sibley) Wal- cott, was born September 1, 1670, settled in Windham, Connecticut, and bought land on Ban brook, in that town, January 30, 1722. He died in Windham, May 25, 1745. His will, made April 2, 1744, men- tions wife Priscilla and all his children. (IV) Joseph Walcott, eldest son of Jonathan (2) and Priscilla Walcott, was born about 1700, and married, April 27, 1731, Sarah Walden, who was born June 9, 1699, in Salem, Massachusetts, daugh- ter of John and Dorcas (Rise) Walden. (V) Nathaniel Walcott, son of Joseph and Sarah (Walden) Walcott, was born October 27, 1744, and married, November 4, 1764, Lydia Flint, who was baptized September 29, 1745, in Salem, Massachu- setts, child of Jonathan Flint.
(VI) Jonathan (3) Walcott, third son of Nathaniel and Lydia (Flint) Walcott, was born April 23, 1776, in Windham, Connecticut, and married, March 1, 1798, Abigail Clark, of that town.
(VII) George Washington Walcott, eldest child of Jonathan (3) and Abigail (Clark) Walcott, was born June 22, 1802, in Windham, and graduated from the Medical Department of Yale University in 1824. He settled in practice at Wind- ham, and died in 1854. He married Mary Fitch Kinne.
(VIII) Elizabeth Fitch Walcott, daugh- ter of George W. and Mary Fitch (Kinne) Walcott, became the wife of Bela H. Kel- logg (see Kellogg VIII). She was de- scended from John Abbe (see Abbe VI).
(The Abbe Line).
John Abbe was born about 1616, in England, and was received an inhabitant of Salem, Massachusetts, January 2, 1637. There he received land grants and probably lived in the part of the town now Wenham, where he was a prominent citi-
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zen, and died in 1690, aged seventy-four years. His first wife, Mary, died Sep- tember 9, 1672.
(II) Samuel Abbe, son of John and Mary Abbe, was born about 1646, in Wen- ham, Massachusetts, and was admitted an inhabitant of Windham, Connecticut, in 1697, and died there in March of the fol- lowing year. He was a member of the church in Wenham in 1674, and a free- man October 3, 1680. He married, in Wenham, March 12, 1672, Mary Knowl- ton, born in 1649, daughter of William and Elizabeth Knowlton, of Ipswich, Mas- sachusetts, and granddaughter of William Knowlton, who died on the voyage from London to Nova Scotia.
(III) Ebenezer Abbe, third son of Samuel and Mary (Knowlton) Abbe, was born July 31, 1683, in Salem Village, now Danvers, Massachusetts, and pur- chased fifty-five acres of land near North Windham, Connecticut, in 1705, being then described as "of Norwich." His name appears frequently in land transac- tions in Windham, and he died at Wind- ham Centre, December 5, 1758. He mar- ried, in Mansfield, Connecticut, October 28, 1707, Mary Allen, who died in 1766, daughter of Joshua and Mary Allen, of Mansfield.
(IV) Joshua Abbe, second son of Ebenezer and Mary (Allen) Abbe, was born January 20, 1711, and was a farmer in Windham, Connecticut, owning large tracts near North Windham, in what is now Chaplin, and was called "King Abbe," because of his large holdings. A man of strong religious convictions, with very liberal views, he was generous in spirit, and had many friends. He died January 13, 1807, a week short of ninety- six years old. He married, in Windham, April 14, 1736, Mary Ripley, born Novem- ber 16, 1716, died October 1, 1769, daugh- ter of Joshua and Mary (Backus) Ripley,
of that town, descended from Governor William Bradford of the Plymouth Colony through his son, William Brad- ford, whose daughter, Hannah, was the wife of Joshua Ripley, and mother of Joshua Ripley, whose daughter, Mary, married Joshua Abbe, as previously stated.
(V) Elisha Abbe, fourth son of Joshua and Mary (Ripley) Abbe, was born May 15, 1753, and died August 15, 1829. He enlisted, January 16, 1776, in the Revolu- tionary army, and served as a commissary. A large and independent farmer, he suf- fered much by depredations of the British forces in the Revolution, and was very active in support of the American cause in the War of 1812. He married. in Windham, October 27, 1774, Jerusha Webb, born May 19, 1747, died December 28, 1828, daughter of Samuel and Deliv- erance (Davidson) Webb, of Windham. (VI) Emma Abbe, third daughter of Elisha and Jerusha (Webb) Abbe, was born April 18, 1785, and died in Wind- ham January 9, 1864. She married Elisha Kinne, and was the mother of Mary Fitch Kinne, who bacame the wife of Dr. George W. Walcott (see Walcott VII), and their daughter, Elizabeth F. Walcott, became the wife of Bela H. Kel- logg, and the mother of Dr. Clifford W. Kellogg (see Kellogg IX).
DONAHOE, Daniel Joseph, Lawyer, Author.
Like most English and American names that of Donahoe has been evolved by various modifications coming down through the ages. Its signification is "the dark complexioned warrior, or hero." The ancestors of Mr. Donahoe at one time owned all the County of Kerry, Ire- land, and the descent has been traced to the Clan O'Donoghue Mor, whose chief
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resided at Ross Castle on an island in the Lakes of Killarney, County Kerry. He was called "Cas," son of Corc, and is No. 90 in the line of Heber, according to O'Hart's "Irish Pedigrees." The arms of the family are as follows :
Arms-Vert, two foxes rampant, combatant, argent, on a chief of the last an eagle volant sable.
Crest-An arm in armor, embowed, holding a sword blade entwined with a serpent, all proper.
From Cas, son of Corc, who was King of Munster, the line has been traced di- rectly to Charles O'Donocho, of Lough Lein, County Kerry, Ireland. One of the latest well known members of this branch was Charles O'Donoghue, who was a member of Parliament in 1860. Daniel O'Donahoe, who came from Ireland, married Mary Carey in Boston, Massa- chusetts, in 1849, and resided for some years in Brimfield, Massachusetts. After coming to this country, the prefix letter and apostrophe were eliminated from the name. Daniel Donahoe was related by blood to the famous Irish agitator, Daniel O'Connell, as was also his wife. They removed to Middletown, Connecticut. Daniel Donahoe came to America about 1840, was a blacksmith, and was employed in the construction of the New London & Northern railroad while residing in Brim- field. In 1853 he removed to Middletown, Connecticut, and was employed at the beginning of the construction of the air line railroad. This was abandoned for a time, and Mr. Donahoe continued to re- side in Middletown, where he was em- ployed at his trade, and where he died in 1893, surviving his wife by some ten years. They had several children.
Daniel Joseph Donahoe was born Feb- ruary 27, 1853, in Brimfield, Massachu- setts, and was a small child when his parents brought him to Middletown. For a time he attended the public schools, but
is largely self-educated. Having a desire for knowledge, he was a studious boy and maintained himself one year as a student at Wesleyan University. Subsequently he took up the study of law with the late D. A. McQuillan, of Portland, and was admitted to practice at Middletown, June 4, 1875, when twenty-two years old. He has been very successful as an attorney and has been employed in many capital cases. One of the most noted civil cases brought by him was the now famous case of Brown vs. Brown, which was carried to the Supreme Court, where Mr. Dona- hoe's contention was sustained, namely, that a wife may sue her husband in tort. As a general practitioner, Mr. Donahoe has won high standing and recommenda- tion from his contemporaries, but he is also widely known as a translator and author of considerable merit. He has paid especial attention to poetic literature and has published "Early Christian Hymns, Series 1 and 2;" "Idyls of Israel and Other Poems," 1888; " A Tent by the Lake and Other Poems," 1889; "In Shel- tered Ways," 1894; and "The Rescue of the Princess," 1907. Since 1911 he has conducted a department, "The Councilor," in the "Catholic Transcript," of Hartford. In political affairs he has always been identified with the Democratic party, and his appreciation by his fellow-citizens is shown by the fact that he was some twenty years an associate judge of the City Court, and was judge of that court from 1913 to 1915. From 1886 to 1893, also from 1903 to 1911, he was attorney of the town of Middletown. For ten years Mr. Donahoe was president of the Middle- town Board of Education, and in that capacity rendered valuable service to his home city. He is now what is known as public defender. He is a communicant of St. John's Roman Catholic Church; a member of the Authors' Club of New
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York; Middletown Lodge, No. 771, Ben- evolent and Protective Order of Elks ; and - Council, No. 3, Knights of Colum- bus, of Middletown, of which he is a past grand knight. The stranger who meets Mr. Donahoe is at once impressed with his scholarly character and deep fund of in- formation. He is in every sense of the word a gentleman, and is not confined to any school under that term.
Mr. Donahoe married (first), June 21, 1877, Margaret Burnes, of Meriden, who died in 1888. He married (second), Octo- ber 7, 1891, Sarah A. D'Arsey, daughter of Martin and Mary (Dunnigan) D'Arsey, of Enfield, Connecticut. The family in- cludes three talented daughters: I. Julia T., is now employed in the office of the W. & B. Douglas Company, of Middle- town. 2. Margaret, a graduate of Wes- leyan University; taught English in the high schools of Middletown and Hartford ; is now the wife of George B. Crafts, an attorney of Boston, and the mother of two children, Donald and Roger Crafts. 3. Claire, graduated at Trinity College, Washington; in 1917 she entered the United States service as a yoewoman ; is now employed as a stenographer in Hartford.
CULVER, Moses Eugene, Lawyer, Public Official.
One of the most ancient English sur- names is Culver, which in its original form signified "dove," and in this form it is very often found in early English lit- erature. From the Colonial period the family has been prominent in the annals of Massachusetts and Connecticut.
(I) Edmund Culver, the founder of the family in this country, was born in Gro- ton, England, about 1600, and died in Groton, Connecticut, in 1685. He came to America with John Winthrop, governor
of Connecticut, in 1635, and assisted in the building of the fort at the mouth of the river. He settled in Dedham, Mas- sachusetts, and owned land there. He was granted two hundred acres of land for service in the Pequot War in 1652, and four hundred acres in 1654. In the latter year he removed to Roxbury, Mas- sachusetts. In 1650 he built a grist mill in New London for Governor Winthrop, and two years later purchased land there. Subsequently he removed to New London (now Groton), with his family, and was a baker and brewer. In 1664 he was living in Mystic, Connecticut, having received a grant of land there. In 1681 he is called "wheelwright of Mystic." He was a noted and gallant Indian fighter, and served in King Philip's War. In 1638 he married Ann Ellis, who was admitted to the Dedham church, September 17, 1641. (II) Joshua Culver, son of Edmund and Ann (Ellis) Culver, was born Janu- ary 12 (baptized January 29), 1643, in Dedham, Massachusetts, and died April 2, 1713, in Wallingford, Connecticut. After 1667 he removed to New Haven, Connecticut, thence to Wallingford in 1682-83, and was a first settler of the lat- ter town. He married, December 23, 1672, Elizabeth Ford, daughter of Timothy Ford, who was in Charlestown, Massa- chusetts, in 1637, and in New Haven, Con- necticut, in 1639, died there August 28, 1684.
(III) Samuel Culver, son of Joshua and Elizabeth (Ford) Culver, was born September 21, 1684, in Wallingford, Con- necticut. His first wife, Sarah, was the mother of Caleb Culver of whom further.
(IV) Caleb Culver, son of Samuel and Sarah Culver, was born February 18, 1723, in Wallingford, Connecticut, and died September 26, 1788, in Shoreham, Vermont. He later removed to Wells, Vermont. He married Lois Hall, born
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October 26, 1727, daughter of Amos and Ruth (Royce) Hall, and a descendant of John Hall, first deacon of the Walling- ford church.
The founder of the Hall family in this country was John Hall, who came from England to Boston in 1633, later removed to Hartford, and subsequently lived about thirty years in New Haven. In 1637 he was a soldier of the Pequot War, and re- ceived a grant of land in Hartford, which he forfeited by removal. In 1639 he was one of the free planters of New Haven, and signed the "foundamental agree- ment." He was one of the original pro- prietors and settlers of Wallingford, a signer of the original "Covenant," as were two of his sons. Born in 1605, in Eng- land, he died at Wallingford in 1676. In 1641 he married Jeanne Wollen, who died November 14, 1690. Their son, John (2) Hall, born about 1642, was the first deacon of the Wallingford church, select- man in 1675, deputy to the General As- sembly in 1687, and died September 2, 1721. He married, December 6, 1666, Mary Parker, daughter of Edward Parker, of New Haven, Connecticut. She died September 22, 1725. Her second son, Nathaniel Hall, was born February 8, 1677, and died August 16, 1757. In May, 1699, he married Elizabeth Curtis, who died August 30, 1735, eldest child of Jo- seph and Bethiah (Booth) Curtis, of Stratford, Connecticut. Their eldest child, Amos Hall, born January 24, 1700, in Wallingford, died November 30, 1752. He married, June 8, 1720, Ruth Royce, born in September, 1700, died November 2, 1775, daughter of Robert and Mary Royce, of Wallingford, and granddaughter of Isaac and Elizabeth Royce, great- granddaughter of Robert and Elizabeth Royce, who came from England to Bos- ton in the ship "Francis," in 1634, and were later in Stratford and New London.
Lois Hall, second daughter of Amos and Ruth (Royce) Hall, born October 26, 1727, became the wife of Caleb Culver (see Culver IV). Caleb Hall, second son of Nathaniel Hall, born January 3, 1703, in Wallingford, lived in that town, and died May II, 1766. He married Esther Umberfield, and they were the parents of Titus Hall, who was born August 16, 1746, in Wallingford, and married, No- vember 26, 1767, Olive Barnes. Their second daughter, Lucy Hall, born De- cember 14, 1775, married Moses Culver (see Culver V).
(V) Moses Culver, son of Caleb and Lois (Hall) Culver, was born about 1765, in Wallingford, Connecticut, and married his cousin, Lucy Hall, born December 14, 1775, daughter of Titus and Olive (Barnes) Hall, previously mentioned.
(VI) Hon. Moses (2) Culver, son of Moses (1) and Lucy (Hall) Culver, was born June 30, 1817, in Wallingford, Con- necticut, and died October 21, 1884, in Middletown. He was one of the leading lawyers of his day and held in high re- spect by his contemporary brethren. After completing his common school edu- cation he entered the law office of Hon. Ely Warner, of Chester, Connecticut, and there, under the able preceptorship of Mr. Warner, studied law. In 1845, eight years later, he was admitted to the bar and took up his practice in Colchester, Connecticut, remaining a year. In 1846 he removed to East Haddam, Connecti- cut, there succeeding to the clientele of Hon. E. A. Bulkeley of that town, and for ten years continued successfully, maintaining always the high standard he had set for himself. His townsmen were quick to appreciate his superior qualities and were eager to honor him with public office. He served in the Legislature and as judge of probate, in addition to many minor offices. In 1856 he removed to
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