Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume III, Part 99

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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(VI) Alvan, son of John Mann, was born in Randolph, December 6, 1806, died there May 10, 1887. He had nearly one-half of his father's farm, a part of which he cultivated extensively, and also sold large quantities of wood. He sold the estate to his son, Royal T. Mann, and retired from aetive life at sixty- four years of age. He married, October 3, 1836, Emeline Mitehell, born in Easton, died in Randolph, October 16, 1890, daughter of Eliphalet and Hannah (Howard) Mitehell, granddaughter of Colonel Abiel Mitehell, a soldier in the revolution, descendant of Timo- thy Mitehell, who came to Plymouth from England in 1623. Children : 1. Dr. Angustine Alvan, mentioned below. 2. Luthera Nelson, born July 22, 1839, died February 7, 1842. 3. Royal Tilson, mentioned below. 4. Edwin Mitchell, born March 23, 1849. 5. Luthera Hitchcock, born July 3, 1851, resides with her brother, Royal Tilsen; assisted in compiling the Mann genealogy.


(VHI) Dr. Augustine Alvan Mann, son of Alvan Mann, was born October 15, 1837. He received the degree of Doetor of Medieine from Jefferson Medieal College, Philadelphia, Mareh, 1860. Hc settled in Valley Falls,


Rhode Island, the same year. In 1861 he en- listed in the United States service as assistant surgeon of the First Rhode Island Cavalry ; was taken prisoner June 18, 1863, and re- mained in Libby prison, Richmond, Virginia, until November 26, 1863. When he left the service he settled in Central Falls, Rhode Isl- and, where he enjoys a very large and lucra- tive practice. He married, June 6, 1865, Sarah F. Bucklin, of Valley Falls, Rhode Island; children: I. Arthur Bueklin, born June 19, 1866; cotton broker in New York. 2. Ruth Mitchell, born July 5, 1873; married, June 6, 1901, Dr. Arthur Hollingworth, of Provi- dence, Rhode Island. 3. Edith, born June 22, 1875. 4. Everett Augustine, born April 3, 1877.


(VII) Royal Tilson Mann, son of Alvan Mann, was born in Randolph, February 10, 1843. He was edueated in the public sehools of his native town and in Stetson high school. He worked during his youth on his father's farm, of which he took full charge in 1870, and to which he succeeded after the death of his father. This farm was purehased in 1734 by Joseph Mann, great-great-grandfather of Royal T. Mann, descended to his son Seth, by him to his son John, by him to his son Alvan, by him to his son Royal T., and in 1909, on account of failing health, sold to Arthur B. Mann, after being in the family for a period of one hundred and seventy-five years. It is within the present limits of the town of Ran- dolph. Royal T. Mann has been active in town affairs and has held many offiees of trust and honor. He was seleetman of Randolph for six years-1880-86, and chairman several years ; member of school committee from 1897, resigning in March, 1909; for twelve years trustee of Stetson high school; justice of the peace twenty-five years; trustee of Randolph Savings Bank since 1894, and member of its investment committee several years. He joined the First Congregational Church in 1872; has. been assessor and trustee of the church funds and sinee 1878 a deacon. In polities he is a Republican. He has never married.


WRIGHT The surname belongs to a num- crous and very ancient Eng- lish family. The ancestry of the American family has been traeed for sev- eral generations in England. Coat-of-arms: Azure two bars azure in chief three leopards or. Crest : Out of a dueal coronet or a dragon's head proper.


(I) John Wright, the progenitor, lived at


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Kelvedon, county Essex, England. He had sons: I. John, mentioned below. 2. Robert, married Mary Greene ; their son John married Grace Glascock and had Thomas and An- thony, immigrant ancestors of the Wethers- field, Connecticut, family.


(II) John (2), son of John (1) Wright, was born at Kelvedon and lived at Wrights- bridge, county Essex. He married Avis Rooke. Sons: I. John, mentioned below. 2. Robert.


(III) John (3), son of John (2) Wright, married (first) Emfell; (second) Ben- net Greene. Children: I. John, married Katharine Garaway, of Wrightsbridge, daugh- ter of Sir William Garaway. 2. Samuel, men- tioned below. 3. Jane. 4. Nathaniel, a prom- inent London merchant, associate of Winthrop in the Massachusetts Bay Company ; married Lydia James.


(IV) Deacon Samuel, son of John (3) Wright, was born probably at Kelvedon, Eng- land, not later than 1600. He was an early settler in Springfield, Massachusetts, where he was a juryman, December 12, 1639, and from the first one of the leading citizens. After Mr. Moxom, the minister, returned to Eng- land, Wright, deacon of the church, was em- ployed to "dispense the word of God in this place" and his salary fixed at fifty shillings a month. Several other instances are recorded of laymen serving as pastors in the early co- lonial days. Wright was one of the first set- tlers of Northampton in 1656-57. He died there October 17, 1665, while sleeping in his chair. His homestead remained in the family a hundred and fifty years. He held various public offices ; was on a committee to the gen- eral court ; was measurer of land; one of the owners of the first mill ; subscribed to the fund for the college ( Harvard) and was an active and useful citizen. His will was dated No- vember 10, 1663. proved March 27, 1666, be- queathing to wife Margaret, sons James and Judah, with residue to son Samuel; to daugh- ters Mary, Margaret, Esther and Lydia. Chil- dren : I. Hannah, married, November 16, 1645, Thomas Stebbins; she died October 16, 1666. 2. Benjamin, 1627, died at Springfield, October 24, 1704. 3. Samuel, mentioned be- low. 4. Esther, about 1631, married, Febru- ary 16, 1651-52, Samuel Marshfield. 5. Mar- garet, 1633, married, December 8, 1653, Thom- as Bancroft. 6. Lydia, about 1635, married, October 2, 1654, Lyman Bliss; ( second) Oc- tober 3, 1678, John Norton; (third) in 1688, John Lamb; (fourth) in 1692, George Colton ;


she died February 13, 1699. 7. Mary, 1637. 8. James, about 1639, married, January 18, 1685, Abigail Jess. 9. Judah, May 10, 1642. IO. Helped, September 15, 1644, died young. (V) Samuel (2), son of Deacon Samuel (I) Wright, was born about 1630. He settled in Northfield, Massachusetts. He was select- man of Northampton in 1656; on a committee to transcribe the town records in 1657; meas- urer. He was killed by the Indians at North- field in King Philip's war, September 2, 1675. He married, November 24, 1653. Elizabeth Burt, daughter of Henry Burt. His widow married in 1684 N. Dickinson. Children ; I. Samuel, born 1654, mentioned below. 2. Jo- seph, 1657. 3. Captain Benjamin, killed by the Indians. 4. Ebenezer, 1663. 5. Elizabeth, 1666. 6. Elizor, 1668. 7. Hannah, 1671. 8. Benoni, 1675.


(VI) Samuel (3), son of Samuel (2) Wright, was born in Northampton in 1654. He married, January 3, 1678, Sarah Lyman, of Northampton. Children, born at North- field : I. Sarah, 1678. 2. Samuel, 1682, mar- ried Lydia Marshall. 3. John, 1687. 4. Han- nah, married Samuel Phillips. 5. Hepsibah, 1695. 6. Dorcas. 7. Lydia. 8. Stephen, mentioned below.


(VII) Deacon Stephen, son of Samuel (3) Wright, was born in Northfield. He was dea- con of the Northampton church in 1739, re- moving to the adjoining town of Easthampton in 1744. His house stood on the Samuel Hurlburt hill west of Sawmill brook, then within the limits of the town of Southampton. Children: 1. Sergeant Eliakim, killed in the French and Indian war at Lake George. 2. Job, graduate of Yale College in 1757 ; minis- ter at Bernardston, Massachusetts, where he died. 3. Deacon Stephen, married Catherine Sheldon, daughter of Noah, settled on the plain south of the meeting house at Easthamp- ton and built the house occupied by his grand- son, John Wright ; deacon in 1786; had seven children. 4. Elijah, mentioned below.


(VIII) Elijah, son of Stephen Wright, was born August 22, 1733. He was a soldier in the revolution, a corporal in Captain Jona- than Allen's (third) company, Colonel John Fellows's (eighth ) regiment in 1775 ; sergeant in Captain Elijah Clapp's company, Colonel John Dickerman's regiment in 1775 ; also ser- geant in the same company and regiment in 1777; also in Captain Joseph Clapp's com- pany, Colonel Israel Chain's regiment (third) sent to reinforce the Continental army in 1779 for three months. He was in the Claverack


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tour. He lived on the homestead of his father bought when his father first moved to East- hampton. He married Mary Strong, daugh- ter of Ichabod Strong. Children: I. Mary, married Benjamin Lyman. 2. Hannah, mar- ried Enos Janes. 3. Esther, married Russell, of Warwick. 4. Eunice, married Benoni Clark, of Westhampton. 5. Elijah, born August 30, 1765, died January 8, 1814; built the house on homestead; tanner and shoemaker ; married Naomi Kingsley, a native of Westhampton. 6. Daniel, lived on the homestead. 7. Medad. 8. Ichabod, men- tioned below.


(IX) Ichabod, son of Elijah Wright, was born August 24, 1776, died 1844 at Easthamp- ton. He removed to Park Hill and occupied the house built by Josiah Phelps. He was prominent in the church at Easthampton, "an active working Christian, ever ready to stand in his lot and bear his part in the work of the church." The neighborhood weekly prayer meeting was often held at his house and when it was at the school-house or elsewhere he was always present "ready by prayer and exhorta- tion to contribute to the interest and profit of the occasion." He was a school teacher as well as a farmer. He married Mary Clapp, daugh- ter of Jonathan Clapp. Children: 1. Horace, had a tannery at Roberts Meadow ; removed to Syracuse, New York, and St. Louis, Mis- souri. 2. Ichabod Strong, removed to Brook- lyn, New York. 3. Edmund, graduate of Williams College in 1836 and of the Theologi- cal School at East Windsor, Connecticut ; home missionary at Weston, Missouri, pastor of the Congregational church at St. Louis; secretary of the Home Mission Society of Mis- souri. 5. J. Rockwell, mentioned below. 6. Russell M., graduate of Williams College in 1811 ; teacher in Williston Seminary, re- moved to Georgia and was principal of a girls' school at Athens; returned at the time of the civil war and became instructor in natural science at Williston Seminary.


(X) J. Rockwell, son of Ichabod Wright, was born in Easthampton in 1813, died Octo- ber, 1899. He was educated there in the pub- lic schools and followed farming during his active life. He was a member of the Congre- gational church. In politics he was a Repub- lican. He lived on the homestead, removing later to South Hadley, Massachusetts. He married Roxana W. Gaylord. Children: I. Mary J., born February 6, 1850, married, June 10, 1875, Morrison Smith. 2. William S., born March 6, 1854, died February 7, 1863. Alvin L., mentioned below.


(XI) Alvin L., son of J. Rockwell Wright, was born in Easthampton, October 28, 1857. His parents removed to South Hadley when he was four years old and he was educated there in the public schools and in Wesleyan Academy. He was associated with his father in the work of the farm and devoted most of his attention to farming until 1901. He has been active and prominent in town affairs, serving several terms as selectman and being chair- man of the board for a number of years. He was director of the Hampshire Street Rail- way Company until it was sold to the present owners. He is president of the Springfield Plaster Company. He was a corporate mem- ber of the Mechanics' Savings Bank of Holyoke and is a member of the board of trustees of the Gaylord Public Library. He represented his dis- trict in the general court in 1906-07, and was member of the ways and means recess commit- tee for investigating state institutions and com- missions. He is an independent Republican in politics. He is president of the Evergreen Cemetery Associantion and has been for many years. He is a member of Mt. Holyoke Lodge of Free Masons and of Iona Lodge of Odd Fellows. He is also treasurer of the Odd Fel- lows Land Association. He is past master of the South Hadley Grange, Patrons of Hus- bandry. He is deacon of the Congregational church and a corporate member of the Amer- ican Board. He married, January 4, 1881, Carrie E. Trimble, born in Crown Point, New York, daughter of Colonel Chilion and Char- lotte (Stone) Trimble. She is a descendant of Benjamin Franklin. They have one son, Wil- liam S., born November 29, 1886, who attend- ed the public schools, Cushing Academy from which he graduated in 1906, president of his- class : student in the University of Illinois, class of 1910.


Horatio Nelson Wright who WRIGHT was descended from Deacon Samuel Wright, the immigrant ancestor, (see preceding narrative), who set- tled in Springfield, Massachusetts, was a stonemason by trade, and lived in Granville, Connecticut. He died in middle life, and his widow married (second), a Mr. David Drake. Horatio N. Wright married Amaryllis Loomis, born October 28, 1805, died Septem- ber 4, 1889. Children: 1. Oliver N., born September 26, 1831 ; died April 18, 1873. 2. Julia A., born September 8, 1831 ; died April 18, 1903 : married William Cox, and had Ella S. Cox, born March 20, 1851, died March 16, 1884. married Arthur S. Earle. 3. William


Alvin R. Maright.


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Henry, mentioned below. 4. Frank, died in middle life. 5. Nellie, married William El- liott, of Springfield.


(II) William Henry, son of Horatio Nel- son Wright, was born June 6, 1833 in East Granville, Connecticut, and died August 26, 1897. Being in the tobacco region, he learned the trade of cigar-maker when a boy, and be- fore he was twenty-one became foreman and buyer for a factory in Suffield, Connecticut. He went to Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1858. and was employed by Calvin L. Loomis in his cigar store. Later he became a partner with Mr. Loomis, and the first store was where Patton's block stood later. Six years later they moved to 479 Main street. Upon the death of Mr. Loomis in 1866, Mr. Wright bought out the business and carried it on himself, con- ducting it on a conservative and solid basis, and established a reputation for certain lines of goods and kept them up to the standard. Some of these lines were on the market for more than thirty-five years. His long experi- ence in the business made him an expert, and he was called one of the best, if not the best judge of Havana tobacco who went to New York. This expert knowledge enabled him to produce a very fine cigar, and his "Gold Bar," "Massasoit" and "Wright's Hand-made" brands were well known all through the wes- tern part of the state and are to-day holding their old-time prestige with those who are lov- ers of a good cigar. He accumulated a com- fortable fortune, and owned considerable real estate. In politics Mr. Wright was a Repub- lican, and served on the board of aldermen in 1887-88, and from 1890 until his death was a member of the board of public works, the last part of the time its chairman. His practical good sense and sound judgment made him a valuable public servant. He was a director of the Second National Bank and a trustee of the Hampden Savings Bank. He was a member of the Nayasset and Springfield clubs, and of Hampden Lodge of Masons and Springfield Commandery, Knights Templar. He was a lover of a good horse, and was a stockholder of Hampden Park, and one of those who guar- anteed purses for races there. He was also one of the directors of the early base ball asso- ciation in 1879-80, and was a member of the old Horse Guards before the civil war. His first residence in Springfield was on West Bridge street, near the present site of Wink- ler's Hotel. Later he moved to the corner of Mattoon and Elliot streets, then to the Benja- min Bowles place on the corner of Union and


School streets, where he lived for several years before he sold it to Mrs. Horatio Lyon. After that for a time he lived at the corner of Elliott and Salem streets, just opposite his former residence. About 1893 he moved to the War- ren place on State street, where he lived until his death. His death was sudden, and oc- curred at Quechee, Vermont, while he was out driving. He was staying at his summer home at Woodstock, Vermont, and while driving from White River Junction to that place, was suddenly stricken with paralysis, and died be- fore help could be summoned. Personally Mr. Wright was social and agreeable, and of fine physical appearance. He was generous and kind at all times. His associates on the board of public works join in saying that his work on the board was faithful and conscien- tious, and while guarding well the interests of the city, he was painstaking in his efforts to be fair and just to individuals, and impartial to all.


He married, May 14, 1852, Charlotte Ann Prior, born at East Windsor, Connecticut, April 4, 1834, died July 26, 1905, daughter of Horace and Charlotte (Chapin) Prior, great- granddaughter of Captain Thomas Abbe of Enfield, Connecticut, of revolutionary fame. She attended the North church. Children: I. Charlotte Isadore, born October 25, 1854 ; died January 4, 1861. 2. Horace Prior, mentioned below.


(III) Horace Prior, son of William Henry Wright, was born at Boston Neck, near Wind- sor Locks, Connecticut. September 5, 1856. He went with his parents to Springfield when he was two years of age, and there attended the public schools. He also attended the Allen school in West Newton. He went to work with his father in the cigar business and remained with him until his death. Mr. Wright inherited the business which he has since conducted very successfully. He is a member of the Nay- asset, Winthrop and Canoe clubs of Spring- field.


(The Loomis Line-See Joseph Loomis 1).


(IV) Captain Noah Loomis, son of Wil- liam Loomis, was born May 12, 1724, and died August 9, 1808, at Southurd. He married at Westfield, November 5, 1747, Rhoda Clark, died November 30, 1806, aged eighty-one years Children : 1. Rhoda, born January 13, 1749, married Benjamin Davey. 2. Mercy, born March 12, 1750; married Zur Root. 3. Tir- zah, born February 20, 1752 ; married Martin Stiles. 4. Noah, born April 11, 1754 ; married


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Mary Dewey. 5. Shem, born September 13, 1756; married Rebecca Phelps. 6. Ham, born November 28, 1758; mentioned below. 7. Japhet, born July 14, 1760; died July 31, 1777. 8. Grace, born November 5, 1763; married Martin Holcomb and resided in Southwick, Maine.


(V) Ham, son of Captain Noah Loomis, was born November 28, 1758, and died August 3, 1827. He married, in 1781, Elizabeth Al- len, died March 4, 1829. Children: I. Ham, born December 5, 1782; mentioned below. 2. James, born September 25, 1784; married Sarah Pelton. 3. Rowland, born September 4, 1806; married Mary Johnson. 4. Elizabeth, born July 23, 1788; married William Brown. 5. Riley, born October 18, 1790 ; married Rox- ana Atwater. 6. Parks, born October 4, 1792 ; married Emily Hathaway. 7. Allen, born April 6, 1795. 8. Fanny, born February 4, 1797. 9. Kneeland, born April 19, 1800, died May II, 1828. IO. Moses, born March 10, 1801. II. Aaron, born December 30, 1802. 12. John Welles born May 23, 1805; married Eliza Whitney.


(VI) Ham (2), son of Ham (1) Loomis, was born December 5, 1782, and died at South- urd, March 23, 1825. He married, in 1804, Anne Burritt. Children: 1. Amaryllis, born October 28, 1805 ; married Horatio N. Wright (see Wright ) ; ( second) David Drake. 2. Malia, born October 24, 1807 ; married James M. Rowell. 3. Mary Ann, born January 15, 1810; married Timothy Hatch. 4. Emmeline, born July 2, 1813 : married Allen Barnes. 5. Ham Burritt, born December 4, 1816; married Harriet Henry. 6. Caroline, born March, 1818; married Roswell Warner.


HYDE The Hydes were a noted family in England. Sir Nicholas Hyde was chief justice of the Kings Bench, and Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, was lord chancellor at the restoration, and was grandfather to two queens in the English suc- cession, Mary, the second, and Anne. The Hyde ancestry in America is equally strong in great men. Such was Hon. Matthew Gris- wold, chief justice and governor of Connecti- cut ; such the Hon. John M. Niles, United States senator and postmaster general in Van Buren's administration, such was the Rev. Ed- ward Duran Griffin, president of Williams College ; such the Hon. William Woodbridge, United States senator and governor of Michi- gan.


(I) William Hyde came from England to


this country about 1633, and sojourned for a time at Newton, Massachusetts. It is sup- posed he was a follower of Rev. Thomas Hooker and he went with that clergyman to Connecticut in 1636, settling at Saybrook. He was one of the original proprietors of Nor- wich, Connecticut, in 1660, and was frequently called to undertake public office. He died at Norwich, January 6, 1681. Children: Samuel and Hester.


(II) Samuel, son of William Hyde, was born about 1637 and died in 1677. He settled in Norwich, West Farms, as a farmer, and married Jane, daughter of Thomas Lee. Chil- dren : Samuel, John, William, Thomas, Jabez, Elizabeth, who was the first white child born in Norwich ; Phebe and Sarah.


(III) William (2), third son of Samuel and Jane (Lee) Hyde, was born at Norwich in January, 1670, died August 8, 1759. He was one of the magistrates of Norwich, a member of the colonial legislature, and a man of wealth according to the standards of that day. He married Anne Bushnell, who died July 8, 1745. Their children: William, who died in infancy ; William, Richard, Ezra, Jede- diah. Elisha, Benjamin, Anne, Elizabeth and Hannah.


(IV) The Rev. Jedediah, fifth son of Wil- liam (2) and Anne ( Bushnell) Hyde, was born at Norwich, June 2, 1712, died there Sep- tember 26, 1761. Mr. Hyde was ordained to the Christian ministry in the Congregational church and preached at Beans Hill. He mar- ried, July 17, 1733, Jerusha, daughter of Dea- con Joseph and Martha ( Morgan) Perkins, of Norwich. She died February 8, 1741. Chil- dren: Jedediah, Martha, Jerusha and Dia- dama. He married, May 17, 1742, Jerusha, daughter of Captain Joseph and Mary (Win- slow ) Tracy. She was descended from Gov- ernor Edward Winslow of the "Mayflower." Children: Reuben, Apphia and Elizabeth. Af- ter Mr. Hyde's decease, his widow married Daniel Peck and had one son. She died Au- gust 20, 1769.


(V) Captain Jedediah (2), only son of Rev. Jedediah ( [) and Jerusha ( Perkins) Hyde, was born at Norwich. August 24, 1735, died at Hyde Park, Vermont, May 29, 1822. He was an officer in the revolutionary war. At Bunk- er Hill he was lieutenant in Captain Coit's company and was slightly wounded there. He afterward commanded a company in the reg- ular army. He married. Jannary 28, 1761, his second cousin, Mary, daughter of Asa and Lucy ( Hyde) Waterman, of Norwich, who


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died September 2, 1780, while he was away to the war. Their children: Jedediah, William, Arunah, Thomas W., Pitt William, Jerusha, Mary and Deborah. After his first wife died, he married Elizabeth ( Brown) Parker, relict of David Parker. The romance connected with this marriage is that Mr. Parker joined Captain Hyde's company soon after his mar- riage and Mrs. Parker applied to the captain to release him. He declined doing that but re- marked jocosely that if her husband should be killed and his own wife should die before his return from war, he would himself become her husband. And sure enough both Private Parker was killed and Mrs. Hyde died at her home in Norwich and Captain Hyde kept his promise by marrying the Widow Parker. They removed to Hyde Park, Vermont, after whom the town was named, and of which he was an original proprietor. He was a farmer. Chil- dren by second marriage : Reuben, Russell B .. Jabez, Hiram, Martha P., Elizabeth and Dia- dama.


(VI) Pitt William, fifth son of Captain Jedediah (2) and Mary ( Waterman) Hyde, was born in Norwich, December 29, 1776, died May 29, 1823, at Sudbury, Vermont. He was a farmer, kept the ordinary and lived at Hyde Park and Sudbury. He married, October 19, 1796, Mary, daughter of James and Mary ( Crampton) Kilbourne, of Castleton, Ver- mont. Children: Arunah W., James K., Oli- ver M., William Pitt, Sarah B., Nancy Anne and Mary Anne. Mrs. Hyde died at Sudbury, March 3. 1813, and Mr. Hyde married ( sec- ond) November 4, 1813, Widow Rebecca (Sherman) Gaige, of Ferrisburg, Vermont. Children by this marriage: Pitt William and Mary.


(VII) Hon. Oliver Moulton, third son of Pitt William and Mary (Kilbourne ) Hyde, was born March 10, 1804. He was a merchant and settled in Castleton, Vermont, later going into the blast furnace business at Mount Hope. New York. In 1840 he removed to Detroit. Michigan, where he was elected mayor arki was appointed collector of customs by Presi- dent Lincoln. He married Julia Anne, daugh- ter of Daniel Sprague, of West Poultney, Ver- mont. Children: William Pitt, Charles H., Henry Stanley (mentioned below), Julia M., Harriet S., Louis C., who is postmaster of Springfield.


(VIII) Hon. Henry Stanley, third son of Hon. Oliver Moulton and Julia Anne (Sprague) Hyde, was born at Mount Hope, New York, August 18, 1837. In 1840 he re-




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