Genealogical and biographical record of New London County, Connecticut, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the early settled families, Part 30

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Publication date: 1905
Publisher: Chicago : J.H. Beers & Co.
Number of Pages: 1568


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() Benjamin Hewitt, born in 1662, married Sept 24, 1683, Marie, daughter of Edward and Eller Fanning.


[) Major Israel Hewitt, baptized July 24, ( married March 8, 1714, Anna Breed, who was 1692 born Tov. 8, 1693, daughter of John and Mercy r) Breed.


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(1) Charles Hewitt, born Aug. 16, 1730, mar- :t. 28, 1756, Hannah Stanton, who was born


ried Aug. 3, 1736, daughter of Joseph and Anna (Wh er) Stanton.


April ( Eli Hewitt, born July 31, 1764, married +, 1796, Betsey Williams, who was born Aug. 2, daughter of Bednam Williams and Han-


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athrop) of Stonington, Conn., and Chelsea, respectively. Eli Hewitt was a resident of Stonington, where he followed the occupa- farmer. He was quite successful, owning a act of land, and erecting a house thereon. He 'ied at North Stonington. He and his wife vere the parents of the following named chil- reorge is mentioned farther on; Charles, a on the homestead, married (first) a Miss and (second) a Miss Wheeler ; Benadam, a married a sister of the first wife of his Charles, and died in North Stonington ; Eli, iy farmer, married Mary Lamb, and died in South Vindham; Hannah married Rowland Stan- on, a died in Norwich, Connecticut.


(V) "George Hewitt, son of Eli and father of Eli, was born in North Stonington, Jan. 26, He was brought up to farm work, and re-


Georg 797. eived uch education in the district school as was sual r a farmer's boy of that period. When he as sifeen years old his father died, and, being the ldest


the family, he remained at home and man- ged : farm for the others. When the children ecam of age so that the estate could be distrib-


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disposed of his interest to his brother


harle who resided on the old homestead the rest


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his ife. Several years previous to this time Hewitt had been married, and he then re- o a rented farm in the same town, soon rchasing a farm in North Franklin, to owever, he did not move for about twenty erward. Until 1843 he continued to reside nted farm in Stonington, and that year re- ) North Franklin, where he was success- aged in farming the rest of his active life.


hich ars a the loved lly e e spe his latter years in retirement, and died at rotor Conn., where he was then residing. His ath, ncer


ich occurred Oct. 16, 1884, was due to a It his hand. He was well-to-do, a good bus- ss ni, and was self-made. In politics he was mly les,


nvinced of the good in Republican prin- It cared nothing for the holding of office. wal a member of the Congregational Church,


and was regular in his attendance on its services. On Nov. 26, 1818, George Hewitt married Bridget Wheeler, who was born in North Stonington March 9, 1799, daughter of Nathan and Desire Wheeler, and died in Franklin, Conn., May 30, 1874; her re- mains lie beside those of her husband. Their chil- dren were: George Eli, born May 27, 1820; Giles W., who died young ; Bridget W., born July 8, 1823, who married Dec. 12, 1844, Thomas A. Miner, a farmer in Groton, where she died Feb. 15, 1851 ; and Elizabeth Stanton, born April 1, 1831, who was mar- ried Jan. 23, 1856, to Thomas A. Miner (for his second wife) and has one son, George Owen, who resides in Groton, engaged in the grain business.


George Eli Hewitt was born in North Stoning- ton, in the house erected by his grandfather. He attended first the district school and then select schools presided over by Major Francis Peabody and Latham Hull, who had a school at Milltown, in the town of North Stonington. He was early trained to farm work, and he remained at home, assisting his father, until about the time of his marriage. He was married at the age of thirty-five years, up to which time he was in the constant employ of his father, at no fixed wages. When he was married his father gave him five shares of bank stock, a dozen steers and some farming tools. The spring following his marriage Mr. Hewitt removed to the farm of his father-in-law, in Lebanon, and assumed the management of that farm, where he resided until 1869, when he removed to his present home, which was known as the "Priest Ely farm." It was pur- chased by Mr. Hewitt some time previous to his removal. Mr. Hewitt has added other land to his possessions, and now owns 150 acres of land in the town of Lebanon, and several tenement houses. He has followed general farming, at which he has been quite successful. In past years he was engaged in the buying and selling of live stock, and he made frequent trips to the famous stock market at Brigh- ton, Mass., to buy cattle and bring them to Lebanon and fatten them for butchering. A close student of the markets, he profited much thereby. Being natur- ally neat, he has made many improvements on the farm and in the buildings, and his home is one of the most pleasantly situated in the town.


Mr. Hewitt was one of the prime movers in the organization of the Lebanon Creamery, and when, through mismanagement, the property was in dan- ger of being lost, he took charge of its affairs, had it incorporated under State laws, and through splen- did business judgment and management it was placed on a paying basis, to-day ranking as one of the best in the State. He has been a director since its or- ganization, was treasurer for many years, and is the heaviest stockholder in it.


In his political affiliations Mr. Hewitt is a Re- publican, and in 1873 he was a representative from Lebanon to the State Legislature at the last meet- ing of that body in the city of New Haven. During his residence in North Stonington he held the com-


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mission of a lieutenant in the local militia for three years. He united with the Congregational church shortly after his marriage, and has been a constant attendant since.


George Eli Hewitt was united in marriage with Anzeline Williams, who was born in Lebanon Oct. 28, 1825, daughter of Henry and Harriet (Babcock) Williams, the former a wealthy farmer of Lebanon. Mrs. Anzeline (Williams) Hewitt was a very su- perior woman, possessing many lovable traits of character, splendid business ability and a most kindly disposition. Her death, which was a severe blow to her family, occurred Sept. 3, 1899. The children of this union were: George Henry, born Aug. 9, 1857, attended Wilbraham Academy, and is a farmer in Lebanon ; he was married Aug. 13, 1881, to Louise Josephine Noyes, who was born Feb. 28, 1850, and they have two children, Ethel Beatrice and Hazel Adele. Harriet E. (twin of George Henry) is unmarried and resides at home. Erwin Wheeler, born Oct. 10, 1859, attended Wilbraham Academy, and is now engaged in farming in Leb- anon ; he was married Nov. 18, 1880, to Nellie Eliza Stiles, who was born Sept. 19, 1863, in Lebanon, Conn., daughter of Edmund Anlonzo and Sophia (Sweet) Stiles, and they have had eight children, Arthur Erwin (born June 20, 1881, married Elsie Gardner), Lawrence Alonzo (born May 6, 1883, died April 1, 1885), Charlotte Eliza (born June 5, 1884, married John E. Burgess, and has one son), Everette Delos (born March 1, 1886), Rodney Will- iams (born Aug. 4, 1889), Bernice Anzeline (born June 8, 1892), Gladys Eva Miriam (born Dec. 24, 1894), and George Edmund (born Feb. 9, 1898).


CHARLES HENRY LUDINGTON, a well known merchant of New York, comes of a family which settled early in Massachusetts and Connect- icut, and to him is Old Lyme indebted for exten- sive public improvements. Chief among his many benefactions to the town was the building and en- dowment of the Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library, a memorial to the mother of Mrs. Ludington.


Charles Henry Ludington was born at Carmel, Putnam Co., N. Y., Feb. 1, 1825, grandson of Col. Henry Ludington, a prominent officer in the Revolu- tionary war, one of the foremost citizens of Dutch- ess (afterward Putnam) county, and a direct de- scendant of William Ludington, of Branford, Conn., who died in 1662. The children of (I) William Ludington were as follows: William, Henry, Han- nah, John and Thomas.


(II) William Ludington (2) married Martha Rose, and their children were: Henry, Eleanor and William (born Sept. 25, 1686). By a second mar- ' riage, William Ludington (2) had several other ( children.


(III) Henry Ludington married, in 1700, Sarah Collins, and their children were: Daniel, William, Sarah, Dinah, Lydia, Nathaniel, Moses, Aaron, Elisha, Sarah (2) and Thomas.


(IV) William Ludington (3), born Sep 1702, married, in 1730, Mary Knowles, and they d children : Submit, Elisha, Mary, Col. Henry, L Samuel, Rebecca, Anna and Stephen. This fa lived in Branford, where their house was bul May 20, 1754, Rebecca and Anna perishing ir fe flames.


(V) Col. Henry Ludington was born May 1738, and at the age of seventeen enlisted in ( Foote's Company, of the 2d Regiment of Con icut troops, commanded by Col. Nathan Whi He served through the French war, from 175 1760, and took part in the battle of Lake Gec where he witnessed the death of his uncle 1 cousin. Near the close of the war, through w. he had served as a private, he was chosen to con et home from Canada, a party of invalided sold This difficult task he accomplished in safety, lea. his feeble band through the sparsely settled will ness of northern New England back to their ho On May 1, 1760, he married his cousin, Abi who was born May 8, 1745, daughter of Ell Ludington, the direct ancestor of Major Gerfl Marshall I. Ludington, late Quartermaster Ger !! of the United States Army. Soon after his if- riage he moved to Fredericksburg precinct, w 1 has since borne the name of Ludingtonville, in ... nam county, N. Y. From the time of his loca in Dutchess (now Putnam) county to the day of s death, Col. Ludington was prominent in public- fairs. His military career was marked by the grf. est energy and patriotism, and the same qualities tinguished him as a member of the committee Safety, consisting of three members, Col. H. Ludington, John Jay and Col. Thomas, from counties of Dutchess and Westchester. Col. L . ington received a commission as captain from V iam Tryon, the last British governor of the Co!l' of New York, while his first commission as col was from the "Provincial Congress of the Colon New York" June 10, 1776, Nathaniel Sackett, retary (a very rare document), and his second f George Clinton, the first governor of the State New York, May 28, 1778. These three com sions are now in the possession of Charles H. I| ington, of New York and Lyme. From 1778 1781, and from 1786 to 1787, Col. Ludington way. member of the Legislature from Dutchess cot (of which Putnam county was then a part). At battle of White Plains he was an aide of Gen. W. ington, the regiment of Col. Ludington participa in that battle, and also in the battle of Ridgefield. death occurred Jan. 24, 1817, his widow surviv him until Aug. 3, 1825. Their children were as lows : (1) Sybil, born April 5, 1761, married He Ogden, and died in 1839, and her grandson, Ma Ogden, of the United States army, died while ( structing Fort Riley, Kans .; (2) Rebecca, born 24, 1763, married Henry Pratt ; (3) Mary, born 31, 1765, married David Travis ; (4) Archibald, b. July 5, 1767; (5) Henry, born March 28, 1769;


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Deck, born Feb. 17, 1771, died in 1840; (7) Ter- u is, born April 19, 1773; (8) Abigail, born Feb. 26 776; (9) Anna, born March 14, 1778, married oh Colwell, and her sons, Lewis and Joseph, the builders of three of the "Monitors ;" (10) Frferick, born June 10, 1782, died July 23, 1852;


(I Sophia, born May 16, 1784, married a Mr. s; and ( 12) Lewis, born June 25, 1786, died


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De 3, 1857.


VI) Lewis Ludington was born in Fredericks- Dutchess Co., N. Y. (now the township of Putnam county). [An extended account of is fe may be found on pages 378-380 of the "His- or of Putnam County" (1886).] Lewis Luding- or ent to Wisconsin in 1838, and was early iden-


ifi with the settlement and history of that State, g founded the firm of Ludington & Co., in the ityof Milwaukee, in 1839. His partners, who :or icted the business (Mr. Ludington never re- id in Wisconsin) were, Harrison Ludington, a w, afterward governor of Wisconsin, and Nel- on udington, afterward president of the First Na- ior Bank of Chicago. Lewis Ludington founded he ty of Columbus, Wis., and his son, James Lud- ng 1, founded the city of Ludington, Mich. His .ea occurred Sept. 3, 1857, at Kenosha, Wis., in eventy-second year of his age. He married


he Pol eldest child of Samuel Townsend, and their hil en were as follows: Laura Ann, Delia, Will- am dgar, Robert, Charles Henry, James, Lavinia Clizbeth, Emily and Amelia.


'II) Charles Henry Ludington was born in ar :1, N. Y., Feb. 1, 1825, and attended the acad- my 1 that place, when it was the charge of Valen- ne "ermilyea. He was also a pupil in the Poly- ech : School conducted by Rev: Dr. Hunter, at )wosville (now Croton Falls), and in the Gram- ar chool held in the house formerly occupied by Pe Parley" at Ridgefield, Conn. The master of is tter school was Hugh Stocker Banks, a faith- d able instructor. At the age of seventeen, 8, 1841, Mr. Ludington went with his father ept


v York City, where he became a clerk in the ho ale dry-goods store of Woodward, Otis & l. This store was located at No. 53 Cedar 'ert


near the old Middle Dutch Church, now the the magnificent building of the Mutual Life


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1su ice Company. He remained with this house ntil 846, when Harrison Gray Otis severed. his ion with the firm, and, in partnership with )nn


'tis np


dw 1 Johnes, formed the company of Johnes, Co., by which concern Mr. Ludington was ed as a salesman until Jan. 1, 1849. In Feb- taryof that year he became a member of the im- and wholesale dry-goods house of Lathrop ›rti Lu ich


ener


ngton, established at No. 18 Cortlandt street, I D. Lathrop and Charles Henry Ludington, , and James W. Johnson and Charles T. iers , special, partners. Notwithstanding the oon use


predictions of many of the older business this young firm, with two others, like-


minded, crossed Broadway, leaving the time-honored localities of Hanover Square, Pearl, William and Cedar streets, and became the pioneers in a move- ment which soon completely changed the location, and even the character, of this important branch of business. Their energy and enterprise made them successful from the start, and after eight years they moved to a much larger store in Park Place. This store, running through to Murray street, was built on the site of the former residence of Dr. Valentine Mott. On the retirement of the special partners, the firm name was changed to Lathrop, Ludington & Co., and partners afterward included were, John H. Morrison, Robert J. Hunter and William Faxon.


During the Civil war the business of Lathrop, Ludington & Co. grew steadily, and increased to what, for that time, was of great magnitude-the annual sales ranging from $8,000,000 to $11,000,- 000. The house sold goods to every part of the coun- try north of Mason and Dixon's line, from the At- lantic to the Pacific, and possessed the respect and confidence of the entire trade. Their southern trade, never very extensive, was fortunately much reduced when the secession agitation first began, for their name was among the first to be published in the cele- brated "black list," or list of Abolition houses, printed by the Southern Confederacy, and various notorious papers of Georgia and other Southern States. This list was published with the design of injuring, or ruining, in the South, the trade of such firms as, in the words of Henry C. Bowen, editor later of the Independent, "Sold their goods, but not their principles," and included at first the firms of Bowen, Holmes & Co., Lathrop, Ludington & Co., and a few others; it was afterward extended until it included about forty of the leading whole- sale business houses in New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Baltimore. Unable to go to war him- self Mr. Ludington sent a substitute, and, person- ally, as well as in connection with his firm, assisted by large contributions in the raising of regiments in New York. One entire regiment was recruited mainly through the efforts of this house. After the war the firm of Lathrop, Ludington & Co. moved to the elegant store at Nos. 326, 328 and 330 Broad- way, which was built on the site of the old Broadway Theatre.


In 1868 Mr. Ludington retired from business, and has since occupied himself with the care of his private interests in New York and the West. He is a director in a number of leading institutions in the city, trust, insurance, and other companies. His home has been for the last forty years at No. 276 Madison avenue.


At the opening of the Phoebe Griffin Noyes Lib- rary in Old Lyme, Daniel C. Gilman, LL. D., Presi- dent of the Johns Hopkins University, in his ad- dress, said in part :


"It is fine to see the spontaneous recognition of the obligation which men owe their fellowmen, to contribute their best, whatever that may be, for the


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promotion of those among whom they have dwelt. That is what Mr. Ludington has done. He has pro- vided a commodious, spacious and attractive build- ing to be the literary center of Lyme. It furnishes a suitable place for the books already brought to- gether by the members of the Library Association. The ample shelves are suggestive of future acces- sions. The reading room silently invites the neigh- bors to enjoy the quiet companionship of the best of contemporary writers and illustrators. Here, too, is a place for occasional lectures and readings, and for exhibitions of historical mementoes or works of art. The building is placed on a beautiful site, and it is associated with the life of a woman whose rare gifts and noble character are to be perpetuated as a memory and an example."


Miss Elizabeth Griswold, president of the Ladies' Library Association, said in her acceptance of the Library for the Association :


"Our dear friend, Mr. Ludington, most gener- ously came forward, and anticipating every need, planned this touching memorial and has erected this building for the use and benefit of this town and the surrounding towns that wish to avail themselves of it. Truly it is a good and noble work, and we honor him and extend to him our heartfelt thanks."


This Library was built by Mr. Ludington in 1898, on the site of the former home of Phoebe Grif- fin Noyes, and Sept. 1, 1899, it was endowed by Mr. Ludington, together with Daniel R. Noyes and Charles P. Noyes, of St. Paul, Minn., sons of Mrs. Noyes.


In the spring of 1901 Mr. Ludington with char- acteristic public spirit bought and remodeled what is now known as "The Old Lyme Inn," for the benefit of the town, making it one of the most comfortable hotels along the Sound.


Mr. Ludington married Josephine Lord Noyes, fourth child of Col. Daniel Rogers and Phoebe Griffin (Lord) Noyes, both prominent people, who are mentioned at length, below. To Mr. and Mrs. Ludington have been born three sons and three daughters. Col. Daniel Rogers Noyes, father of Mrs. Ludington, was born Aug. 22, 1793, at Wester- ly, R. I. He was the fifth son of Col. Thomas Noyes, who was born Oct. 3, 1754, and who married Jan. 31, 1781, Lydia, daughter of William and Sarah Rogers, of Newport. Col. Thomas Noyes was an officer in the Revolutionary army, and died at Wes- terly, R. I., Sept. 19, 1819. He was the eldest son of Joseph Noyes, who was born Oct. 9, 1727, at Stonington; grandson of Capt. Thomas Noyes, of Stonington, born Aug. 14, 1679, and his wife, Eliza- beth, daughter of Gov. Peleg Sanford, of Rhode Island. His great-grandfather was Rev. James Noyes, born March II, 1640, the first minister of Stonington, who married Dorothy Stanton. Rev. James Noyes was one of the founders and first trus- tees of Yale College, and was Moderator of the As- sembly which drew up the Saybrook Platform.


Mrs. Phoebe Griffin (Lord) Noyes, mothoof Mrs. Ludington, was a remarkable woman, of it ability and strong religious principles. She LIS born Feb. 20, 1797, second child of Joseph d Phoebe (Griffin) Lord, the latter a woman of 'e intelligence and distinction. Mrs. Phoebe G n (Lord) Noyes was educated in New York, in the family of her uncle, George Griffin, a distingui d lawyer. Even in childhood she manifested a ; fit aptitude for teaching, and was finally led to e) lish in her own home a family school, of untal excellence for the time. She had spent much in New York in the study of water color pain and also excelled in miniature painting on ivor. n art which she taught with great success to the ry young girls of the two generations who were cated in her school. Some of her pupils lived 1 fe ornaments of the highest society, in this country ld in Europe, and it would be impossible adequate fo estimate the value of her refining and elevating - fluence upon her school and her neighborhoodgo which, in large degree, must be attributed the maid intelligence and refinement to be found in Old L-je. Mrs. Noyes died Oct. 12, 1875. She was the mour of the following children : Caroline Lydia, bor n 1828, who married E. B. Kirby, of St. Louis, |; Julia Lord, born in 1833, who married George Li .- land, an attorney, of Wilkesbarre, Pa .; Daniel y- ers, born in 1836; Josephine Lord, born in 1), who married Charles Henry Ludington ; and Chil's Phelps, born in 1842. Of these, Daniel Rogers.Id Charles Phelps Noyes founded the extensive w !: sale drug house of Noyes Brothers & Cutler, a |t. Paul, Minnesota.


LORD. The. Lord Family, from which Ludington is descended through her mother, .S also one of note from the earliest days of Conr. cut.


(I) Thomas Lord, born in England in 1583, ( e to America, and was in Newton, Mass., in 163. He became an original proprietor, and the first tler, in Hartford, Conn., in 1636. He and his Dorothy, who was born in 1589, and died in 1 came over in the ship "Elizabeth and Ann." was a merchant and mill owner, and lived on je north side of Hartford, fronting Mill river.


(II) William Lord, of Saybrook and Le about 1645, was born in 1623, and died May7, 1678. He married (first) Dorothy, and (secc) Lydia Brown. They came to Newton, Mass n 1635, and moved from there in 1636 to Hart: 1, where they had land assigned to them. In 1645 settled in Saybrook, William Lord being a large d owner there and in Lyme, purchasing from the l- dians one large tract in the latter place. Wil n Lord died in 1678, and his wife in 1676. They e the parents of thirteen children.


(III) Lieut. Richard Lord, born in 1647, d Aug. 20, 1727. He married, in 1682, Eliza ),


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daugter of Samuel Hyde. Mrs. Lord was the first whit child born in Norwich, Conn. She died July 23, 36.


(.) Judge Richard Lord, born in Lyme in 1690 lied there Aug. 20, 1776. In 1720 he married Elizeth Lynde, who died in 1778. He was com- misshier of the peace, and judge of the quorum. (|) Capt. Enoch Lord, born Dec. 15, 1725, died Feb. 5, 1814. His wife, whom he married March 31, 1.9, was Hepzibah Marvin, who died in 1813. They vere the great-grandparents of Mrs. Luding- ton.


([[) Richard Lord, son of Capt. Enoch, born Sept , 5, 1752, was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. He married Dec. 9, 1790, Ann, daughter of Capt Villiam Mitchell, of Chester, and they were the gondparents of Mrs. Salisbury.


() Joseph Lord, another son of Capt. Enoch pzibah (Marvin) Lord, was born at Lyme, . 1757, and died March 15, 1812. He in- a Marvin farm, and married, Nov. 25, 1794, "d cousin, Phoebe, daughter of George and borr) Griffin, and sister of the distinguished George Griffin, of New York City. As a s. Phœbe (Griffin) Lord studied the college f her talented brothers, and was considered qual in mental ability. She was . eminently adorn any position in life which might have to her, and her daughters followed in her s. She became the acknowledged leader in lectual society that surrounded her, and was vhom all her neighbors turned for wise and .dvice, and for ready sympathy and help in sickness and trouble. Her memory will al- cherished by those who know of her life. The children of Joseph and Phoebe (Griffin) Lord follows: (1) Harriet, born Sept. 25, 1795, vere lied


le 5, 1882. She was a woman of strong harad r, a great student of history and literature, vell ilormed as to public affairs, a woman of warm eeling: and of a generous, self-sacrificing spirit. 2) lay I Debe Griffin, born Feb. 20, 1797, married 1827, Col. Daniel Rogers Noyes ; they were arent of Mrs. Ludington. (3) Hepzibah, born in 1799,


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ed in March, 1844. (4) Julia Ann, born 5, 1803, died Dec. 31, 1884, a woman of culiarities, but possessing much talent, and faitl il and active Christian. (5) Lucy, born , 1805, died Aug. 31, 1884. (6) Catherine, 807, married Enoch Noyes, and died Nov. (7) Frances Jane, born in 1810, died Feb. (8) Josephine, born in 1812, married, arch 7, 1837, Alexander Lynde McCurdy. (V


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) Stephen Johnson Lord, son of Richard (Mitchell) Lord, was born in Old Lyme, ), 1797, and was married Aug. 24, 1829, by ev. Cluster Cotton, to Sarah Ann McCurdy, only of Richard McCurdy. Their children follows: (1) Richard Henry, born Aug. 18 died at the age of five years. (2) Dr. bbert IcCurdy, born Jan. 10, 1833, died May II,




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