Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume III, Part 64

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848-
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 986

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28, 1846. 9. George R., December 27, 1849. IO. Mary A., December 25, 1800.

(VII) Jefferson Moody, eldest son of Jona- than and Almira (Leavens) Clough, was born in Perry, New York, November 26, 1829, and died in Belchertown, Massachusetts, January 16, 1908. He was general manager of the Winchester Manufacturing Company, and he - perfected the first typewriter that was ever made, later known as the Remington type- writer. He married Ellen E. Debit, born Sep- tember 22, 1829, died in Belchertown, Massa- chusetts, October 28, 1904. They lived in Palmer, Massachusetts. Children: I. Adella A. 2. Jefferson Moody ; see forward.

(VIII) Jefferson Moody, eldest son and second child of Jefferson Moody and Ellen E. (Debit) Clough, was born in Palmer, Hamp- den county, Massachusetts, April 2, 1846. He was sent to school up to the age of eight years, when an accident to one eye deprived him of the sight of both, and his future education was in private schools for the blind, in which he made rapid progress, and his acquirements were remarkable considering his affliction. He married, October 5, 1881, Jennie Eva, daugh- ter of William and Martha (Hutchinson) Cooper, granddaughter of Erastus (1806-84), and Sara Slate (1808-87) Cooper, and great- granddaughter of Justin (1789-1849) and Har- riet (1787-1853) Cooper, of Winchester, New Hampshire. Justin and Harriet Cooper had six children : Erastus, Emily, William, Charles, Edwin, and an infant unnamed. The chil- dren of Erastus and Sara (Slate) Cooper were born in Winchester, New Hampshire, as follows: I. Harriet, April 1, 1826; married G. Crosby, and died January 22, 1888. 2. Mary, January 3, 1829; married James May, and died March 9, 1906. 3. Sarah, April 29, 1832; married Cleveland Goff. 4. William, January 12, 1836. 5. George, May 15, 1834, died May 20, 1857. 6. Henry, April 1, 1842, died September 9. 1842. 7. Emily, January IO, 1844, died July 20, 1844. Children of William and Martha Cooper: Jennie Eva, (Ist) ; Jennie Eva (2d), married Jefferson Clough ; Addie Louise.

Jefferson Budd, son of Jefferson Moody and Jennie Eva (Cooper) Clough, was born Sep- tember 6, 1886, and died February 3, 1897.

(For preceding generations see Jeremiah Norcross 1).

(III) Nathaniel Norcross,

NORCROSS born in Watertown, Decem- ber 18, 1665, was a shoe- maker, and resided in Watertown and Sudbury.

He married ( first ) Mehitable Hagar, died April 5. 1691 ; (second) Susanna, daughter of Dr. Philip Shattuck, of Watertown. She died in Sudbury, February 15, 1711-12. He died in 1717, leaving four children.

(IV) Philip Norcross, born March 5. 1698; married, in 1721, Sarah, daughter of Edward Jackson, of Newton, and settled in that town, their home being on the site of the present Fliot meeting house. He died in 1748, leaving nine children.

(V) Jonathan Norcross, born February 7, 1734-35, fifth child of Philip Norcross ; was a soldier in the French and Indian war, and at Lake George in 1758. Two years later he re- moved to Georgetown, Maine, where he mar- ried Martha, daughter of James Springer. In 1775 he was a resident of Readville, Maine, but we have no record of his death. His wife died in 1809, and was buried at Hallowell, Maine.

(VI) Jonathan Norcross, Jr., born 1767; married Jane Atkinson, of Lancaster, England, and resided during the greater portion of his life in Wayne, Maine, where he owned a farm. It is believed at his death he was buried in Winthrop, Maine. His widow died and was buried in Salem, Massachusetts.

(VII) Jesse Springer Norcross, son of Jon- athan Norcross, Jr., was born in Wayne, Maine, in 1806. He was a carpenter and builder, also proprietor of the "Norcross Mills," at Wins- low, Maine. He married, in 1826, Margaret Ann Whitney, of Westboro, Massachusetts. They resided in various places in the state of Maine, among them the town of Clinton and Winslow. In 1843 he removed to Salem, Mass- achusetts, where he continued to ply his occu- pation as carpenter and builder. In the year 1849 he joined the great concourse of seekers for gold in California. He died the following year and was buried at Benicia in that state. His widow, Margaret Ann ( Whitney) Nor- cross, was the daughter of Jonah and Anna (Rider ) Whitney. The father of Jonah was Thomas Whitney, a revolutionary soldier from the town of Shrewsbury, Thomas being in the fifth generation from the emigrant ancestor, John Whitney, who settled in Watertown, Mass- achusetts, and was admitted freeman there in 1635-36. The children of Jesse Springer and Margaret Ann ( Whitney ) Norcross were : Ros- ina C., Julia and James A., twins; Elizabeth, Orlando W .; William, died at sea, when nine- teen years of age ; Leander, who died an infant, and Charles Henry, died when four years of age.

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(VIII) Orlando Whitney Norcross, son of Jesse and Margaret (Whitney) Norcross, was born in Clinton, Maine, October 25, 1839, and was a child in his father's family when they removed to Salem, Massachusetts. As he grew to youth and manhood he acquired his early education in the Salem public schools, and after a few years experience in the leather business, doubtless prompted by a mechanical genius inherited from his father, turned his attention to the carpenter's trade, which he mastered and in which occupation he found employment until the year 1861, when he en- listed in the Fourteenth Massachusetts Volun- teer Infantry Regiment, afterwards known as the First Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, and served well his country for three years.

In 1864 the copartnership with his brother James A. Norcross was formed, as before men- tioned, under the name of Norcross Brothers, and it is safe to say that no firm engaged in the building industry ever made more rapid strides towards success and popularity than did the Norcross Brothers. The thirty thousand dol- lars contract for the Congregational church at Leicester, in 1866, placed the firm fairly in line for further like engagements, and soon was followed by one at North Adams. The firm at this time having located in Worcester, began here with a contract for the Crompton block. Then the First Universalist church, and Classical and English high schools were built during the years 1870 and 1871. Later, they built the State Mutual Life Assurance build- ing, the Art Museum, and the new City Hall. Prior to the climax reached in the erection of their massive buildings, they had erected about eighty others in various parts of the United States, all remarkable for their size, beauty and cost of construction, including those de- signed both for public and private use. A complete list of these great structures cannot here be given, but a few of the more important are mentioned : South Congregational church ; Hampden County court house, Springfield, Massachusetts ; Union League club house, New York: Boston & Albany station and granite bridge over Main street, Springfield, Massa- chusetts ; Trinity Church, Boston ; South Term- inal Station, Boston; Norwich Congregational Church, Norwich, Connecticut ; Latin and Eng- lish high schools, Boston ; buildings for Har- vard College, including Perkins Hall, Conant Hall, Fogg Art Museum, Gymnasium building, Sever Hall, and Law School buildings, at Cambridge ; the group of Medical School build- ings on Longwood avenue, Boston ; New York

Central Railroad Station, Albany, New York ; Allegheny court house and jail, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, built of granite from Worcester county, Massachusetts; Exchange building, Boston : Chamber of Commerce, Cincinnati, Ohio: granite work of Pennsylvania & Long Island railroad at New York; Bi-centennial and Woolsey Hall buildings at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut; New York Life In- surance Company, buildings at Omaha and Kansas City ; Howard Memorial Library, New Orleans; Marshall Field building, Chicago; Equitable building, Baltimore; Corcoran Gal- lery of Art, Washington, D. C .; new Massa- chusetts State Capitol, Boston; Rhode Island State Capitol, Providence, Rhode Island ; Co- lumbia University buildings, including Science Hall, University Hall Library, Achermeron Hall, Physic building, S. E. Porch; and at "Brown University, at Providence, Rhode Island; and John Carter Brown Library and Rockefeller Hall. They also constructed the Soldiers' Monument at West Point, New York, the largest polished monolith in the United States; and the Ames Memorial at Sherman, Wyoming, on the highest elevation of the Rocky Mountains crossed by the Union Pacific Railroad.

After the retirement of his brother from the firm in 1897. the business was continued under the direction of Orlando, who possesses unusual zeal and business capacity, is an untiring work- er. with a remarkable knowledge of the science of mechanics, and has thus successfully mas- tered all obstacles met in the pathway of his various undertakings, many of which have been considered by some contractors to seem almost if not impossible of execution. No man takes deeper interest in his occupation, and his constant aim has been to become a complete master in the building trade. In 1875 he served on a committee of experts ap- pointed to examine the condition of Chicago's great federal building, and the report of that body was found correct. Among his latest works are the following notable edifices: The New York Public Library. the largest marble building in America; and the marble tower of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Building in New York, now nearly completed, the lofti- est building in the world ; and he also rebuilt a large portion of the White House, in Washing- ton City, at the beginning of President's Roose- velt's administration. Mr. Norcross is an earn- est advocate of temperance.

He married, May, 1870, Miss Ellen Phebe Sibley, of Salem, Massachusetts, daughter of

C. W. Norcross.

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George O. Sibley, a descendant from Richard Sibley. of that place. Of their five children three are living : I. Alice Whitney, born March 22, 1872 ; married, October 19, 1897, Henry J. Gross, of Worcester ; they have two children- Phebe, born April 18, 1900, and Phillip Nor- cross, born July 1, 1901. 2. Mabel Ellen, born July 20, 1874 ; married, April 10, 1898, Will- iam J. Denholm, of Worcester ; their children were: Margaret, born April 17, 1900, and Alexander Norcross, born February 12, 1902, died October 14. 1902. 3. Edith Janet, born October 8. 1878; married, October 5, 1904, Charles F. Morgan, of Worcester. 4. James O .. born March 5. 1882 ; died July 28, 1882.

BARKER The name Barker is of English origin and is derived from the occupation of tanner or "bark- er." Ephraim Barker, immigrant ancestor of this branch of the family, came to New Eng- land with his brother Richard before 1752. Richard went west and disappeared. Ephraim married, February 27, 1752, Hannah Grove, and settled in Pomfret, Connecticut. Children : I. William, born November 18, 1753; was in the revolution in the battles of Lexington and Bunker Hill. 2. Hannah, September 15, 1754. 3. John, December 18, 1756; mentioned below. 4. Ephraim, February 28, 1759. 5. Nathan, June 8, 1761 : was in the revolution ; married, November 27, 1783, Lydia Barker. 6. Calvin. 7. Dolly.

(II) John, son of Ephraim Barker, was born in Pomfret, Connecticut, December 18, 1756, died in Stoddard, New Hampshire, March 15, 1834. He was in the revolution in the Conti -- nental army and served as orderly sergeant. He was in the battles of Lexington and Bunker Hill and at Saratoga when Burgoyne sur- rendered. He accompanied Benedict Arnold on the trip to Quebec, was with General Sulli- van in his Indian campaign and with Colonel Alden at Cherry Valley, when the colonel was killed. He married (first ) July 9, 1786, Esther Richardson, born at Leominster, died July 17, 1805. at Stoddard, New Hampshire, where they settled. He married (second) December 2. 1806. Mrs. Sally (Guild) Warren. Chil- dren of first wife: I. John, born January 24, 1787, at Leominster, Massachusetts ; died March 15, 1834; married, January 1, 1815, Susan Bigelow. 2. William, October 20, 1788; died April 30, 1854 : married Phebe Rose. 3. Franklin, Leominster, July 12, 1790; died in Stoddard, April 12, 1799. 4. Sally, May 23, 1792. 5. Cephas (twin), December 7, 1793;

died August 10, 1857; married, February 20, 1821, Mary Jewett. 6. Cicero (twin), Decem- ber 7, 1793 ; died June 22, 1870; married, Au- gust 19, 1817, Mary Satterly. 7. Betsey, July 4, 1795; died May 30, 1877; married Moody Tyler. 8. Albermarle, June 13, 1797 ; men- tioned below. 9. Lerenzy (twin), January 16, 1799; died unmarried July 20, 1845. IO. Louise (twin), January 16, 1799; died same day. II. Ephraim, February 10, 1801 ; died September 13, 1875; married, September 15, 1825, Lydia Vinton. 12. Franklin, April II, 1803; died July 13, 1858; married, April 15, 1826, Betsey Blood. 13. Almira, December 8, 1804; died February 3, 1885; married, May 21, 1834, Daniel Russell. 14. Nathan, June 25, 1806; died July 21, 1806. Children of second wife: 15. Samuel Guild, October 16, 1807; married (first) May 18, 1837, Sarah Towne; (second) November 29, 1865, Phebe ( Myers) Sears, widow. 16. Luman, July 8, 1809; killed at a house raising in Port Eulo, Wisconsin. April 18, 1859. 17. Mary, Decem- ber 2, 1811 ; married, April 18, 1837, Eliphalet Fox. 18. Harriet Newell, January 7, 1819; married - Worcester.

(III) Albermarle, son of John Barker, was born in Stoddard, New Hampshire, June 13, 1797 ; died at Newton Upper Falls, Massachu- setts, April 18, 1848. He was a blacksmith by trade and when a comparatively young man met with an injury through a fall, which re- sulted in the complete paralysis of his lower limbs. so that he was obliged to spend the re- mainder of his life as an invalid. He married Abigail A. Francis, of Marblehead, Massachu- setts, born July 17, 1800. Children: I. Alber- marle, born in Lexington, Massachusetts, March 13, 1825 ; went in 1849 in the ship "Ed- ward Everett," to California, to join his brother William; was a successful miner and cattle owner. 2. William Frederick, June 19, 1827 ; went to California in 1848 in the ship "Leo- nore" among the first company of about three hundred men ; at the end of two years he was one of only six survivors, and lay ill of the fever alone ; he was found and brought back to health by a stranger ; was taken once by a party of Indians and escaped after a terrible struggle with his three captors, escaped, having killed them all; his left arm was disabled and he was cut in many places ; returned in 1879 to Springfield, Massachusetts, and later settled in Washington state, as a farmer; he married Kittie Chambers and had William, George, Ida and John. 3. Horace Rice, June 27, 1829, in Lexington ; died in Lowell, September 1886;

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married Martha M. Merritt and had Louise Ardelle and Bertha Estelle ; learned the machin- ist's trade with his brothers in Otis Pettee's shop in Newton, Upper Falls, Massachusetts ; was owner of the H. R. Barker Machine Shop in Lowell; prominent citizen; alderman of Lowell. 4. Abigail Ann, June 12, 1831. 5. Sarah Adelia, February 12, 1834. 6. Ellen Amanda, born in Needham, May 13, 1836. 7. John Francis, December 16, 1839; mentioned below. 8. Louise Maria, January 12, 1841.

(IV) John Francis, son of Albermarle Barker, was born in Needham, Massachusetts, December 16, 1839. His education was limit- ed to the district school, and at the age of nine, a year after his father's death, he went to work on a farm. After he was twelve years old he was obliged to give up studying altogether. At the age of thirteen he was employed by Brown & Company, of West Newton, to drive a two- horse express between West Newton and Bos- ton, and remained with them a year. Soon after he went to Lowell to work for his brother Horace R. in the machine shop, and at the age of fifteen he owned a complete set of tools and had a force of men working under him. He remained in Lowell about four years, and then worked in Philadelphia until 1862. At that time he went to Springfield, Massa- chusetts, to take charge of the pipe-works in the water-shops of the National armory, hold- ing that position for four years. About this time he became superintendent of the newly organized New England Portable Gas Works Company of Springfield, for the manufacture of portable gas machines. A year later, find- ing their machinery impracticable, they re- organized as the Springfield Gas Machine Com- pany, in July, 1867, under patents planned by Mr. Barker, for machines of a different style. He was fortunate in getting his patents grant- ed without delay, and the company was organ- ized with a capital of $125,000, Mr. Barker's patents being valued at $110,000. This com- pany continued in active business until two years later, when the firm of Gilbert, Barker & Company bought out the business of the Springfield Gas Machine Company. In 1869 Mr. Barker left the company and went to New York, where in partnership with C. N. Gilbert he opened a store, chiefly for the sale of the Springfield Gas Company's goods. In Sep- tember of that year Gilbert, Barker & Company bought the plant at Springfield, Horace R. Barker, of Lowell, and W. S. Gilbert, of Cohoes, being added to the firm. In 1870 the firm was incorporated as the Gilbert & Barker

Manufacturing Company, Mr. Barker being treasurer and manager. In 1884 Mr. Gilbert retired from the business and Mr. Barker be- came president. He has held between fifty and sixty patents, all marking important eras in the development of the business, which has led to an enormous trade, amounting to half a million dollars yearly. The company manu- factures machinery which converts crude petro- leum, as well as distillants, into gaseous form, extensively used for heating and lighting. The business has done so much towards revolution- izing the fuel and lighting industries of New England that many enterprises remain in the east which would otherwise have removed west where cheaper fuel could be obtained. Mr. Barker is a Republican in politics. He is a member of Hampden Lodge of Free Masons of Springfield ; of the Royal Arch Chapter ; of Springfield Council ; of Springfield Command- ery. Knights Templar, and up to and including the thirty-third degree ; member of Melha Tem- ple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles Mystic Shrine, and of the Hampden Lodge of Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows. He was one of the charter members of the Rod and Gun Club, now merged into the Winthrop Club. He at one time belonged to the Amabelish Fish and Game Club, limited to thirty-five members, which leased from the Canadian government a tract of land on the Amabelish river and lake where the club house was built on an island. He is also a member of the Masonic Club and the Westminster Club on Bay street, Home Market Club of Boston, and is one of its vice-presidents ; this club was incorporated August 7, 1888. He and his family attend Hope Church. He married (first) in Lowell, March, 1858, Laura B. Pierce, born April, 1840, died May, 1884, daughter of George Pierce, a jeweler, of Lowell. He married ( second) November 26, 1888, her sister, Jennie F. Pierce. Children of first wife: I. Fred- erick Francis, born June 17, 1859; accidentally drowned at the age of seven. 2. Amelia Maria, April 27, 1865 ; married Wheeler H. Hall (see Hall family). 3. John Francis, October 18, 1879. Children of second wife: 4. Horace Richard, March 9, 1890. 5. Laura Francis, September 29, 1896.

SPELMAN The Spelman family is one of the oldest in England. It was doubtless a descriptive or nickname originally, meaning a man of learn- ing or one who worked spells or charms. The lineage is traced to Sir William Spelman,

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knight, of Brokenhurst, Hants, whose lands were granted for knightly service in 1156. He died in 1231. The coat-of-arms of the Essex county family is described : Sable two bars argent in chief as many mullets or. The Spel- mans of county Kent bear: Sable a plate be- tween two flaunches argent. Henry Spelman, whose father was Sir Henry Spelman, a direct descendant of this Sir William, wrote "Rela- tion of Virginia," in 1609, edited and pub- lished in 1872, by J. F. Hunnewell. The Spel- man pedigree is published in Blondfield's "Nor- folk," second edition, vol. v., pp. 50-55. It is also to be found in a manuscript chart in the New England Historic Genealogical Library. Henry Spelman may have been brother of Thomas Spelman, who died in Virginia, in 1627, leaving a son Francis, "lately of County Cornwall, England." Thomas Spelman came in 1616. aged sixteen, to Virginia, and lived in Kecoughton, in Elizabeth City, now Hampton, and another of the same name came in 1623, aged twenty-eight, and located at James City.

(I) Richard Spelman, immigrant ancestor of the Connecticut family. may have been re- lated closely to the Virginia families. He was born in Danbury, county Essex, England, in 1665, and came from Chelmsford, England, in 1700. He settled at Middletown, Connecticut, where he died April 21, 1750, aged eighty-five years. His tombstone stands in the Farm Hill burying ground, Middletown. The Middle- town records give the name of the children of Richard and wife Alice, and state that they were born between 1701 and 1716-17. He was accompanied to this country by Alice (or Alley) French, his betrothed, born in Wales, in 1674. They were married about 1701, and lived in Durham, Connecticut. He was one of the founders of the Book Company, supposed to be the first circulating library of the colony, October 30, 1733, continued to 1856. Chil- dren : I. Mary, married William Lucas ; chil- dren : Richard and William. 2. Daniel, died 1733 ; children : Thomson and Daniel. 3. Rich- ard, married Margery Gillett ; children : Amy, Phineas, Amy and Huldah. 4. John, had seven sons. 5. Thomas, mentioned below. 6. Samuel, had four children.

(II) Thomas, son of Richard Spelman, was born in Durham, Connecticut, September 8, III. With his family and widow mother, Alley, he moved to Granville, Massachusetts, about 1745, and his mother died there in 1767, nearly a hundred years old, the earliest born of those buried in the old burying ground at Granville. He and his wife joined the church

in Granville in 1756. Many of the settlers there were from Durham, which was incor- porated in 1756. He married, March 28, 1733, Sarah Hickox, born in Durham, April 14, 1716. Children, born at Durham: I. Aaron, January 22, 1734-5. 2. Mary, August 18, 1736; married James Coe. 3. Daniel, July 12, 1738; died April 17, 1829, aged ninety. 4. Elizabeth, July 14, 1740 ; married Samuel Ban- croft. 5. Martha, March 21, 1742-3; died young. 6. Charles, December 24, 1743. 7. Stephen, December 5, 1745; married, in Gran- ville, June 28, 1770, Deborah Rose; twelve children. 8. Sarah, January 30, 1747-8. Born in Granville : 9. Eber, October 27, 1753 ; men- tioned below. 10. Timothy, 1756. 11. Jesse, 1758; died young. 12. Martha, 1762 ; married Abel Tillotson.

(III) Eber, son of Thomas Spelman, was born in Granville, October 27, 1753. He was a soldier in the revolution, in Captain Lebbeus Ball's company of minute-men, on the Lexing- ton alarm, April 20, 1775; also enlisted April 29, 1775, in Captain Ball's company, Colonel Timothy Danielson's regiment, and served three months, ten days ; also in same company October 6 to December 22, 1775. He was a farmer in Granville. He married Lucy Thrall, born July 23, 1757, died August 21, 1824. Aaron, Charles, Stephen, Timothy and Eber lived at Granville within half a mile of each other. Children, born at Granville (Bible record) : I. Daniel, October 16, 1778. 2. Statira, March 29, 1780. 3. Eber, July 14, 1782. 4. Apollos, November 25, 1784; men- tioned below. 5. Statira, March 11, 1787. 6. Sylvester, September 7, 1789. 7. Samuel T., March 4, 1792. 8. Charlotte, June 21, 1794. 9. Alsa F., July 25, 1796. 10. Anson, Decem- ber 24, 1798.

(IV) Apollos, son of Eber Spelman, was born at Granville, November 25, 1784, and died in Stafford, Connecticut, November 23, 1826. He married, at Stafford, September 8, 1807, Myra Clark, born at Sturbridge, Massa- chusetts, October 25, 1789, died at Stafford, May 3, 1847. Children, born at Stafford ( Bible record) : I. Abigail, January 30, 1809. 2. Sarah, May 10, 1811. 3. Solomon Clark, July 14, 1813; mentioned below. . 4. William Patten, November 9, 1815. 5. Horatio, June IO, 1818. 6. Augustus, November 17, 1820. 7. Jasper Hyde, March 19, 1824.

(V) Solomon Clark, son of Apollos Spel- man, was born in Stafford, July 14, 1813. The spelling of the name still differs in various branches of the family, Spellman being that

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of this branch. He was educated in the public schools, and worked at farming in his boyhood. At the age of twenty-one he removed to South Wilbraham, Massachusetts, where he embark- ed in business as a general merchant and con- tinued with marked success for fifty years. He was honored with many offices of trust and responsibility by his fellow-citizens. He represented his district in the general court in 1852 ; was trial justice for many years, and a special county commissioner. During the last years of his life he was a keeper in the county jail and resided in Springfield. In politics he was a Democrat. He was court crier for many years. He was an active member of the Congregational church of South Wilbraham, now Hampden. He belonged to Hampden Lodge of Free Masons and was a Knight Templar. He died August 23, 1883. He mar- ried, June 1, 1842, Martha Jane West, born in Wilbraham, February 14, 1821, died August 17, 1855, daughter of Major John West. Chil- dren: I. Charles Clark, born December 3, 1843 ; mentioned below. 2. Delia Morris, born October 6, 1847; married, June 8, 1870, Dr. George T. Ballard, physician, of Hampden, Massachusetts, died July 18, 1907 ; children : i. Charles Spellman, born April 25, 1875, attorney in Springfield ; ii. Howard Thompson Ballard, born December 19, 1877, attorney in Chicago. 3. Rodney Comstock, born August 2, 1854; died in infancy. Children of second wife, Elizabeth M. Newell, born April 5, 1831 ; married, at Wilbraham, July 14, 1858: 4. John Bigelow, born December 30, 1864. 5. William Patten, October 26, 1868.

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Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume III, Part 64

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848- Publication date: 1910 Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company Number of Pages: 986

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848-
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 986