Genealogical and family history of the state of Connecticut, a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation, Volume IV, Part 89

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Clement, E. H. (Edward Henry), 1843- joint ed. cn; Hart, Samuel, 1845-1917, joint ed; Talcott, Mary Kingsbury, 1847-1917, joint ed; Bostwick, Frederick, 1852- , joint ed; Stearns, Ezra Scollay, 1838-1915, joint ed
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 1178


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(VII) Riley, son of Samuel W. and Lucy ( Bostwick) Peet, was born July 16, 1787, diet August 6, 1862. He married, May 25. 1812. Sarah Terrill, born August 15, 1791, died Oc- tober 15, 1865 ( see Terrill VI+.


(VIII) Sarah Florinda, daughter of Riley and Sarah (Terrill) Peet, married Horace Merwin (see Merwin VII ).


(The Terrill Line).


(I) Roger Tyrrel, born about 1612-14, mar- ried, about 1638. Abigail Ufford.


( II) Daniel Terrell. son of Roger and Abi- gail (Ufford) Tyrrel, was born March 16. 1658, died June 10, 1727. He married, about 1686-87, Mary, who died 1712, daughter of John and Mary Smith, who came to Milford with the Peter Prudden Company in the year 1639.


(III) Daniel (2). son of Danie! (1) and Mary ( Smith ) Terrell, was born February 2. 1688. He married, December 12. 1516, Zor- viah, daughter of Jeremiah and Alica Canfield. and granddaughter of Thomas and Phiche (Crane) Canfield, the former of whom canie


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from Weathersfield to Milford in 1646, and died August 22, 1686.


( IV) Captain James Terrill. son of Daniel (2) and Zorvial ( Canfield ) Terrell, was born May 10, 1719. died April 12, 1812. He mar- ried. June 22. 1741, Abigail, born June II, 1722. died January 9, 1774, daughter of Enoch and Mary ( Becbe ) Buck, and granddaughter of Samuel Beche, and of Ezekiel Buck, who settled in New London about 1667, later re- moved to Weathersfield.


(V) James (2). son of Captain James (1) and Abigail ( Buck ) Terrill, was born Decem- ber 31. 1744, died May 2. 1812. He married June 15, 1786, Sarah, born July 6, 1745. died March 19. 1830, daughter of John and Sarah ( Viddeto ) Bradshaw, granddaughter of Ste- phen Viddeto and of John Bradshaw, and great-granddaughter of Humphrey and Pa- tience Bradshaw, the former of whom came from Cambridge, England, 1642.


(VI) Sarah. daughter of James (2) and Sarahı ( Bradshaw ) Terrill, married Riley Peet (see Peet VII ).


DE KLYN The De Klyn family settled in colonial days in New York City. It appears to be of Hu- We find John De Klyn and guenot origin. wife Michelle on the list of French Hugue- nots who having fled from France to England were naturalized October 4. 1688. ( P. 50, In- dex Volume, "French Protestant Exiles," by Rev. David C. A. Agnew).


(I) Barent De Klyn. according to the first federal census, was the only head of family of this surname in New York state in 1790. His name is spelled Barent DeKlyne and he had then two males over sixteen, four under that age, and one female, indicating that he was born before 1750.


( II ) Barent (2), son of Barent ( 1) DeKlyn, was born about 1770, and was one of the sons over sixteen in 1790.


(III) Charles, son of Barent (2) DeKlyn, was born in New York City. March 11, 1793, died June 29, 18SI, in his native city. He was educated there in the public schools, for a number of years he kept a bakery and confec- tionery store in New York. In later life he was an officer of the custom house in New York. He married Maria Newson, born Oc- tober 13, 1792, died January 1, 1832. Chil- dren, born in New York City: 1. Sarah Eliza- beth, December 1, 1815. died November 3, 1880; married Henry Hoffmire. 2. Barent, December 11, 1817, died May 21, 1852, and is buried in Trinity churchyard, New York; married Eliza 3. Charles, July 12, 1819, mentioned below. 4. Maria, December


21, 1821, died May 8, 1851, unmarried. 5. Jane, October 3, 1823. died April 12, 1827. 6. Charlotte, September 15, 1825, died January 13, 1881 ; married Charles Sampson. 7. Jean- ette. September 5, 1827, died February I, 1895 ; married (first ) John Riker; (second) Lake. 8. Alvira, March. 1829, died September 11, 1831. 9. Amanda, October 25, 1831, died October 16, 1891; married George Anthony.


(IV) Charles (2), son of Charles ( I) De Klyn, was born in New York City, July 12. 1819, died in Danbury, February, 1906. He was educated in the public schools of his na- tive city and became associated with his father in the bakery business. He came to Danbury. Connecticut when a young man, and estab- lished his present business on Main street. now being conducted by his son. Frederick William DeKlyn, and his grandsons. He conducted the bakery and confectionery business in Dan- bury until the time of his death and took rank among the foremost merchants of that place. He was a man of great business ability and enterprise, of sterling character, and a useful citizen. In politics he was Republican ; in religion a Baptist. He married Mary Jane Campbell, born in New York City, Septent- ber 22, IS21, died March 12, 1896. Children : I. Marie Antoinette. born in New York, Oc- tober 25, 1840; married William S. Wright. a prominent builder and contractor of New York City, who died in 1897; they had no children; Mrs. Wright makes her home in Danbury. 2. Mary Elizabeth, born January 4, 1844 ; married T. T. Dorsey, a leading hat- ter, New York City. up to 1871. when he went to Youngstown, Ohio; he died in Norwalk, Connecticut, 1902. 3. Charles Barent, born in New York City, December 10. 1845, died Jan- uary 15, 1901 ; married Louise Riley; chil- dren : Frank Barent, married Carrie Allison and has daughter Louise; Charles Campbell. 4. Benjamin F., June 27. 1848, in Danbury. manager and vice-president of Huyler's well- known chocolate and confectionery manufac- tory, New York City, and prominent in so- cial and business life : unmarried. 5. Fannie Van Valen, born at Danbury, November :S. 1854 ; married, October 8. 1872. George E. Chi- chester, born June 9, 1848: children: Fred- erick William Chichester. born August 9. 1873. married Laura Wagner and has George E. and Mary Chichester: Edward George Chi- chester, born November 23. 18,9, married Harriet Dibble, of Bethel, Connecticut : Mary Antoinette Chichester. born November 32. 1882. 6. Frederick Willian, born November 23, 1858, in Bethel, Connecticut; married (first) Emma Benedict: (second) Minnie


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Hare; children of first wife: Frederick Ward, married Jeanne Begg; Charles Harold. William Frederick, born November 23, 1858 (twin of Frederick William) ; married Rachel Wallace and had two children: i. Harriet, married Louis Klopch and has two children : Frank Louis and Mary Elizabeth ; Mr. Klopch succeeded his father as owner and editor of the Christian Herald: ii. Blanche, died aged seven years.


Samuel Reid was born in Sligo,


REID Ireland, in January. 1823, died at Bridgeport, Connecticut, in 1903. He obtained his early education in his native place, and learned the trade of shoemaker. He came to this country in 1849 and remained in New York City until IS51, when he came to Bridgeport. He was a skillful craftsman and lie followed his trade until his health be- gan to fail. He made the finest kinds of boots and shoes and was well-known and highly respected in the community. In later years he was a general contractor, grading, gardening and trucking. For a time he had a store. He built a home on East Main street and a block on Clarence strect. He owned two other houses on East Main street. In politics he was a Republican; in religion an Episcopalian and a member of St. Paul's Church when Rey. Dr. Richards was rector. He was active in the movement to build the new church. He was an earnest, upright Christian, of kindly nature and charitable.


He married (first) in Ireland, Eleanor ; (second ) Martha Faris: (third) in 1879, at New York City, Eliza Logan Gra- ham, born in Ireland, daughter of James and Elizabeth ( Logan) Graham. Her father died in New York City at the age of seventy and her mother at the age of sixty-nine. Both are buried in Greenwood cemetery, Brooklyn, New York. James Graham was a farmer in the old country; he came in 1850 to New York; children: Adam, died in New York City ; James, died in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania ; Mary, married William Ellis ; William ; Alex- ander, lived in Brooklyn: Thomas, lived in New York City; Eliza; David. James Gra- ham was a son of James Graham, a soldier in the British army who was at the battle of Quebec, and helped to carry General Wolfe from the field after he was wounded, re- ceiving promotion and a grant of six thousand acres of land near Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, as a recognition of his service. The Grahams never settled on the land and therefore lost the claim. Children of first wife: I. James, born in Ireland. 2. William, born in Ireland ; married Jennie Ross and had three children.


3. Anna, born in America; married Hugh Stirling. 4. Child, died in infancy. 5. Child, died in infancy. Child of third wife: 6. George Graham, born 1882. at Bridgeport; married Blanche Louise Elliott; he was edu- cated in Bridgeport. followed the trade of burnisher, but has now taken up farming at Newtown Creek; is a skillful yachtsman.


O'NEILL Owen O'Neill was a native of Ireland. He settled at Eagle- ville, Connecticut, when a young man. He married Mary Shea, also a native of Ireland. Children: Owen, mar- ried Miner Brooks; Timothy, never married; John, mentioned below ; Mayo, married Annie Murphy ; Mary, married Robert Burns; Julia, unmarried ; Annie, unmarried.


(II) John, son of Owen O'Neill, was born at Eagleville, Connecticut, in 1854. He was educated there in the public schools, began early in life to follow railroading, and became a conductor in the course of time. He mat- ried Mary Ann Filburn, born in Bean Hill, Connecticut. daughter of Thomas Filburn, of Bean Hill, Norwich, and Mary ( Waters) Fil- burn. Her father was killed in 1864 in the civil war; he was in the Seventh Regiment. Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, under Colonel Joseph Hawley, afterward United States sen- ator from Connecticut. Children : Owen, mentioned below; John T .. born April 28, 1886, at New London, educated in the public schools of New London and graduated from the University of Michigan in the class of 1907.


(III) Dr. Owen (2) O'Neill, son of John O'Neill, was born at New London, Connecti- cut, September 25, 1881. He attended the public schools of New London, including the Bulkeley School. He entered the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, Pennsyl- vania, and was graduated from that institu- tion in 1900 with the degree of M. D. He was an interne at St. Joseph's Hospital at Philadelphia and subsequently at the \lle- gheny Grand Hospital at Pittsburg. Pennsyl- vania. He came to Willimantic, July 1. 1906. and since that time has been engaged in gen- eral practice of medicine and surgery in that city with flattering success. He is a member of the medical staff of St. Joseph's Hospital at Willimantic; member of the Windham County Medical Society, of which he is at pres- ent the censor : the Connecticut State Medi- cal Society and the American Medical Asso- ciation ; the Order of Knights of Columbus and of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. In politics he is an Independent. and in religion a Roman Catholic.


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Frederick Charles Bommos


BOMMOS was born in Germany and died at Bridgeport, Connecti- cut, aged seventy-four years. He was a cabi- net maker by trade. He was a member of St. John's Lodge, No. 3, Free and Accepted Masons, of Bridgeport. He married Mary Elizabeth Stryne, born in Germany, now (1910) aged eighty-seven years. They cele- brated their golden wedding in Bridgeport in 1903. Mrs. Bommos had seven sisters, all of whom remained in Germany and all of whom survived their husbands. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Bommos: 1. Annie, born in Lynchburg, Virginia, December 18, 1854; married Charles Biltz; resides in Bridgeport. 2. Frederick Charles, see forward. 3. George, born in Lynchburg, December 23, 1857; un- married; resides in the west. 4. Christine Elizabeth, born in Lynchburg, March 31, 1858; married (first) John Swenk, a native of Germany, whose death occurred in Lynch- burg; (second) Adolph Torde, a native of Germany. 5. Mary Catherine, born in Lynch- burg, April 1, 1860; married Albert O. Thomas.


(II) Frederick Charles (2), son of Fred- erick Charles ( 1) Bommos. was born at Lynchburg, Virginia, September 17, 1856, died November 21. 1891, at Bridgeport, Connecti- cut. At the age of six he came with the family to Bridgeport, where he was educated in Mr. Strong's private school. He began his business career in a meat and provision market, and in the course of time embarked in business for himself with a market on State street, where he continued with marked suc- cess to the end of his life. He was very ener- getic and active in business. He was inter- ested in public affairs, serving as collector of taxes at the time of his death, and had held other offices of trust and honor. He was a member and had been president of the Butch- ers' Association. In polities he was a staunch Republican. He was an attendant of the Ger- man Lutheran Church. He was a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, Knights of Pythias, also the Turners, Concordias and Sharpshooters, the three leading German so- cieties. In 1887 he built a large brick build- ing on Broad street, Bridgeport, and had other real estate in that city. He was extremely popular among all classes of men and his sud- den death was the cause of great sorrow to his family and friends. He was on his way to a meeting of the Butchers' Association when he discovered, after the train had started, that he had made a mistake and was on the wrong train. He jumped from the moving train and was fatally injured.


He married. September 17, 1878, at Bridge- port, Anna Estella Rubey, born June 13, 1859, at Bridgeport, daughter of George A. Rubey, born at Albany, New York, died December, 1906, at Bridgeport, aged seventy-four years, married Anna Maria Patterson, a native of Ossinning, New York. Mrs. Rubey survives her husband. Children of George A. and Anna Maria Rubey : Ella MI. Rubey, never married; Anna Estella, married ( first ) Fred- eriel: Charles Bommos, and ( second) in 1895, Horace Elmer Bigelow, a native of Nova Scotia, a blacksmith; he died July 4. 1899. George A. Rubey was educated in the public schools of Albany, and for many years was a box manufacturer in Bridgeport with a tac- tory on Gregory street ; was a prominent and well-known Republican; member of the local lodge of Odd Fellows and an attendant of the Presbyterian church; a kindly, generous. charitable man. George W. Rubey, father of George A. Rubey, was a physician at Albany and at Westport, Connecticut. Dr. Rubey married (first) Catherine Rankin, of a promi- nent family of Troy and Albany, New York. She was born at Albany. Children : Samuel Rubey, a carriage builder of Norwalk. Con- necticut ; Mary C. Rubey; George .1. Rubey, mentioned above. Dr. Ruber had two chil- dren by his second wife. Children of Fred- erick Charles and Anna Estalla ( Ruthey ) Bom- mos : 1. Ella C., born at Bridgeport. Septem- ber 3. 1879; married Charles Fenton, a me- chanie in Bridgeport ; no children. 2. Anna Rubey May, born at Bridgeport, July 31, 1881 ; married Clifford St. John, engaged in the painting business in Bridgeport; child, Sanchez Milton, born March 11, 1903. 3. George F, born October 21, 1883; engaged in the box business in Bridgeport.


Patrick Farley was born in FARLEY county Meath. Ireland, in 1823. was educated and learned his trade there. He came to this country when about twenty-five years old and made his home at Stockbridge, Massachusetts, where he fol- lowed farming the remainder of his life. He died there in February, 1906, at the great age of eighty-three years. He married Bridget Barry, who was born near his native place in Ireland. Children : Michael, lives in Stoek- bridge; James Laurence, mentioned below ; Thomas, resides at Pittsfield, Massachusetts: Elizabeth, lives at Stockbridge: Theresa, lives in New York: John. lives in Torrington ; Mary, lives at Stockbridge.


(II) James Laurence, son of Patrick Far- ley, was born at Stockbridge. September 4, 1852, and received his early education there


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in the public schools. He went west when a young man, and worked for a short time at Dixon, Illinois. Returning to Stockbridge, he learned the trade of carpenter and after completing his apprenticeship worked for a time as a journeyman. In the course of time he engaged in business as a builder and con- tractor and had important contracts not only in Stockbridge and Great Barrington, but more distant points in the Berkshires. In 1890 he came to Torrington, Connecticut, and since then has been in business there. as a builder and contractor, and ranks among the leading men of that town. He bought a tract of land on Main street, extending to Prospect street, and built a residence for himself and a house of several tenements. In 1905 he erected his commodious factory on North Main street. He has built by contract several hundred houses since coming to Torrington. He is ac- tive in town affairs and has served on the board of selectmen of the town and on the borough board of burgesses.


He married, in 1878, Mary McCabe, of Pittsfield. daughter of Daniel and Ann (Story) McCabe. Children: William, asso- ciated in business with his father, married Alice Winn, of Winsted, Connecticut ; Sarah ; Annie; Sophronia: Daniel; Celia; Stephen ; Maria ; Lucy: James.


Rufus Wellington was WELLINGTON born in England. He came to this country when a young man and followed his trade as shoemaker in New Hampshire. He married Esther - -. Children : Ellen Jane, Edwin R., mentioned below.


(II) Edwin R., son of Rufus Wellington, was born in Derby, England. about 1831, and came with his parents to America when he was about two years old. He was educated in the public schools, learned the trade of shoemaker, which for many years lie fol- lowed in Milford, Massachusetts, and since 1885 has been in the shoe business in Minne- apolis, Minnesota. He enlisted in the civil war and served four years. In politics he is a Republican. He married Mary Jane Dale, born in England. 1836, died in Milford, March 31, 1907, daughter of Samuel and Mary Jane Dale. Children, born at Milford: 1. Walter, died aged seven years. 2. Estelle, born at Milford, Massachusetts, April, 1857 ; married Benjamin Franklin, of Milford, and has one son, Claude Franklin. 3. William Winthrop, mentioned below. 4. George Dale, born 1861 ; farmer at Milford; married Sophia Hayford; children : Guy and Carl. 5. Ruthven, born February, 1863 ; engaged in the shoe business


at Stoneham, Massachusetts ; has son Charles. 6. Bertha, born at Milford. died at the age of twenty-five years. 7. Thalburg, died in in- fancy. 8. Elsie, died at the age of twenty-five years. 9. Benjamin, died in infancy. 10. Charles, died in infancy.


(III) Dr. William Winthrop Wellington, son of Edwin R. Wellington, was born in Mil- ford, December 8. 1859. He attended the pub- lic schools of his native town, and began the study of medicine in the office of Dr. W. H. Dale, of Boston. He graduated from the medi- cal department of the University of Vermont, at Burlington, in the class of ISSS, and began to practice in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, near his native place. After a short time he lo- cated at Terryville, Connecticut, where he lias practiced since 1889 with abundant success. He has been medical examiner since 1894 and lias also been health officer of the town. He is a member of the Litchfield County Medical Society, the Connecticut State Medical Society, the American Medical Association and the Bristol Medical Association. He is a ment- ber of Franklin Lodge. Free and Accepted Masons, of Bristol ; of Granite Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, of Thomaston; of the Knights of Pythias ; and of Etham Lodge. Independent Order of Odd Fellows. of Bristol. In politics he is a Republican. He resides opposite Terry- ville Park. He married, October, 1883, Hattie M., born July 17, 1859, daughter of Samuel and Dorothy ( Boyington ) Spiller, of Liberty, Maine. They have no children.


GRANEY Martin Graney was born in Pulaturick, county Galway, Ireland, February 22, 1824, died in Sheffield. Massachusetts. December 18, 1890. He received more than the ordinary education in his native place, and when a young man went to England, and for some twenty years was a clerk in Birmingham, Eng- land. He came to America in 1856 and set- tled at Sheffield, Massachusetts, where he fol- lowed farming the remainder of his life. He married, in England, Mary Malonev, born in county Mayo, Ireland, died in Sheffield, Feb- ruary, 1894, aged about seventy years. Chil- dren : James Stewart, mentioned below ; Mar- tin; Ellen; Frank; Mack; Martin; Maggie; Thomas; Martin.


(II) James Stewart, son of Martin Graney, was born at Birmingham. England, September 10, 1854. He came to America with his par- ents when he was about eighteen months old and received his early education in the district schools of Sheffield. He assisted his father on the farm in his youth and learned the trade of carpenter. He was for twenty years em-


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ployed in railroad construction, and afterward engaged in business as a carpenter and builder. He built his present residence in Canaan, Con- necticut, in 1905. He has had a very success- ful business in this section. He is a member of Housatonic Lodge, No. 61, Free and Ac- cepted Masons, of Canaan, and is past master of the lodge. He is a member of the Order of the Eastern Star of Canaan. In politics he is a Democrat. He married, December 16, 1883, Harriet Jane Belcher, of Ancrain, New York, born April 27, 1864, daughter of Charles W. and Frances F. ( Snyder ) Belcher, grand- daugliter of John Belcher, who with three brothers manufactured cannon at Amesville, Connecticut, during the civil war. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Graney: I. Mary Frances, born December 8. 1884, married George Math- ers, of Canaan, Connecticut ; child, James Al- den Mathers, born March 29, 1910. 2. James, April 28, 1886, died in May. 1886. 3. Adella Belcher, May 13, 1887.


Peter Gabriel, son of Adolph GABRIEL and Margaret ( Hoffman) Ga- briel, was born March 19, 1833, in Neuenburg, Rhine Province of Prus- sia. Both his parents were natives of that town. His father, who was a millwright by trade, died there in 1837; his mother died in 1851. They had one other child, a daughter, who died in infancy. His grandfather, John Gabriel, born in Neuenburg, died there 1835. He married Margaret who died 1857.


Peter Gabriel obtained his education in the schools of his native province, and at the age of sixteen came to America to seek his for- tune. On landing at New York he found employment with a manufacturer of billiard supplies, and after serving an apprenticeship went to Seymour, Connecticut, and took a po- sition with A. G. Day & Company, manufac- turers and dealers in rubber goods. He re- mained with this firm seventeen years, taking charge of the manufacturing department, and on leaving traveled two years in the west. In 1870 he located in Bridgeport. in the em- ploy of the Wheeler & Wilson Manufacturing Company, and later had charge of the as- sembling and adjusting department. Here he continued until his death which was sud- den and unexpected. In politics he was a Republican, and in 1886-87-88-89 was elected alderman from the fifth ward, now the ninth and tenth districts. In this position he did effective service, being a member of various committees and the chairman of the commit- tee on streets, sidewalks, sewers and claims. In 1893 he was a member of the board of education, being vice-president for one year,


and chairman of the building committee. He was a director in the Lake View Cemetery Association. and was identified with many philanthropic and ecclesiastical organizations. He was especially active in the work of the Park Street Congregational Church. He was a member of Pequonnock Lodge, No. 4, In- dependent Order of Odd Fellows, and St. John's Lodge, No. 2, Free and Accepted Ma- sons, at Bridgeport. He died February 15, 1908.


He married, 1857. Martha Jane, born in England, September 26, 1837, daughter of William A. and Mary ( Hartley ) Atkinson. William A. Atkinson was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, died there in IS.48. He was a practical boot and shoe maker and made a specialty of fine shoes ; he employed a num- ber of assistants and made a good living. His wife, Mary ( Hartley) Atkinson, was born in 1812, died in 1894. in Bridgeport. Connecti- cut. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Atkinson : Martha J., aforementioned as the wife of Mr. Gabriel. Harriet Ann, married Robert Geisler, of Seymour and Bridgeport: three children; he served in the civil war. Mary Ellen, mar- ried Emanuel Siviter, of Bridgeport. Connecti- cut; one child. George Frederick, of San Francisco, California ; married : children: Da- vid, Ethel, Ellen, Frederick. Virginia, mar- ried Victor Burke, of Bridgeport. After the death of Mr. Atkinson his widos married (second) George Masterman and their chi !- dren were: Thomas and Emma [. Master- man. Mr. and Mrs. Masterman came to this country and Martha J. Atkinson ( M-s. Ga- briel) accompanied them ; they moved to Ser- mour, Connecticut, from New York. in IS50. Children of Peter and Martha f. ( Atkinson ) Gabriel : I. William Atkinson, mechanical draughtsman and inventor, engaged with the Elgin Watch Company, Elgin. Illinois : mar- ried Emma Selby; children : Elizabeth. Ger- trude and Elsie. 2. Mary Hartley, residing with her mother. 3. George Peter. residing with his mother. 4. Charles Raleigh, em- ployed in Brooklyn, New York, with the Bliss Company; married Jennie Lent; children: Winifred and Gladys. 5. Frederick Alten. born IS70, died February II, 18;8. 6. Mar- tha Ann, married Frank Fargo, a salesman in Jackson's book store in Bridgeport: child. Charlotte. 7. Jessie May, born November. ISTS, died December, 1884. 8. Alien Freder- ick, residing at home.




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