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the Metcalf farm of his father and returned to the farm to live.
He has been active in the organizations of farm- ers and believes in business-line co-operation. He has long been a member of the order of Patrons of Husbandry, and was master of the Holden Grange for six years. In 1887 he was appointed one of the deputies of Massachusetts-an office the duties of which took him to all parts of the state, and thus widely extended the circle of his personal friends and acquaintances. He is a member of the Farmers' and Mechanics' Club of Holden, the Worcester Agricultural Society.
He has all his life been a Republican and a stu- dent of public affairs. In ISS3 he began to take a prominent part in town politics. In that year he was elected moderator of the annual town meeting, and has since held that office save in 1886. He was elected a selectman in 1884 and was clerk of the board. Again in ISS7 he was chosen selectman and also in 1891-92-93. He is a strong temperance mati, having been a member of various temperance socie- ties, and having always worked to promote temper- ance as a private citizen and as a public officer. He has been delegate to many nominating conventions · of the Republican party. He has served as state cattle inspector. He attends the Holden Congrega- tional Church. He is a member of Anchoria Lodge, No. 142, Odd Fellows, of Worcester.
He married, November 20, 1872, Emmagene Chamberlain, daughter of Sumner and Cynthia (Clapp) Chamberlain, of Holden. Her father was farmer .. She was born October 4, 1849. They have no children.
MAYNARD FAMILY. John Maynard (1), the immigrant ancestor of Ira Broad Maynard, of Hol- den, Massachusetts, was born in England, about 1610. He was a malster by trade, a farmer most of his life, however. He was a proprietor first of Cam- bridge, Massachusetts, as early as 1634, and was ad- mitted a freeman May 29, 1644. He removed to Sudbury and was one of the proprietors of that town in 1639. He was selectman there in 1646 and was admitted a freeman there May 2, 1649. Pos- sibly the earlier record of admission as freeman refers to his father. The name was spelled in the early records Maynard, Mynard and Minor. He was one of the forty-seven petitioners who divided the Sudbury meadows in 1638. He was one of the petitioners for the grant of land called Marlborough in 1656, and removed there among the early settlers. His first wife is thought to have been a daughter of the immigrant, Comfort Starr. (See Starr fam- ily sketch.) He married (second), June 16, 1646, Mary Axtell, widow or daughter of Thomas Axtell, of Sudbury.
He died December 10, 1672. His will was dated September 4, 1672, and proved April 1, 1673. He bequeathed to his wife Mary ; sons John and Zechary; daughters Elizabeth, wife of Joseph Graves, Lydia, wife of Joseph Moores and Mary, unmarried. The children, born in Sudbury, were: I. John, Jr. 2. Zechary, born June 7, 1647. 3. Elizabeth, born May 26, 1649. married. January 15, 1665, died 1676. 4. Lydia, married Joseph Moore. 5. Hannah, born September 20, 1653. married, February 16, 1674, Daniel Hudson, of Lancaster. 6. Mary, born Au- gust 3. 1656. married Daniel Hudson, of Marlboro. (II) Zechary Maynard, son of John Maynard (I), was born at Sudbury, Massachusetts. June 7, 1647, and died there in 1724. He married, 1678, Hannah Goodrich, daughter of John Goodrich, of Wethersfield, Connecticut. She died in 1719. Their
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children, all born at Sudbury, were: I. Zechariah, born April 30, 1679, settled in Sudbury. 2. John, born January 26, 16SI, died 1740; married, 1713, Elizabeth Neadomn. 3. Hannah, born January 25, 1683. 4. Jonathan, born April 8, 1685. 5. David (or Daniel), born May 22, 1687. 6. Mary, born January 2, 1689. 7. Elizabeth, born January 3, 1691-92, married, 1717. Thomas Walker. 8. Joseph. 9. Moses, see forward. 10. Abigail, born May 13, 1700.
(III) Moses Maynard, son of Zechary Maynard (2), was born in Sudbury, Massachusetts, 1697, and died there March 26, 1782, aged eighty-five years. He married, March 18, 1723-24, Lois Stone, of Framingham. Their children, born at Sudbury, were: I. Hepsibath, born December 21, 1724. 2. Samuel, see forward. 3. Moses, born March 27, 1729, married, 1752, Tabitha Moore, of Rutland, set- tlea there and became distinguished as the fattest man that ever lived there (451 pounds), died at Rutland, December, 1796. . 4. Abigail, born January 18, 1730-31. 5. Lois, born March 19, 1733. 6. Captain Micah, born October 24, 1735. 7. Josiah, born Octo- ber 31, 1737. 8. Daniel, born January 23, 1741-42. 9. Nathaniel, born May 7, 1744.
(IV) Samuel Maynard, son of Moses Maynard (3), was born at Sudbury, Massachusetts, Decem- ber 20. 1726, and died at Shrewsbury, May 29, 1755, aged twenty-eight years. He settled in Shrewsbury about the time of his marriage. He married Sarah Noyes, of Sudbury, February 22, 1750. His widow married (second) Enoch Kingsley, of Windsor, Con- necticut. 1760. The homestead at Shrewsbury was inherited by Samuel's son, Daniel Maynard. Sam- uel and his wife owned the covenant in the Shrews- burg Church, October 28, 1750. Children of Sam- uel and Sarah Maynard were: I. Daniel, see for- ward. 2. Samuel, horn March 2, 1752, married Sarah Noyes; he died of small pox in the revolu- tionary war, 1775. 3. Sarah, born April 2, 1754, died October 12, 1756.
(V) Daniel Maynard, son of Samuel Maynard (4), was born in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, Octo- ber 25, 1750. He was a soldier in the revolution, in the Rhode Island campaign in 1778, in Captain Ephraim Lyon's company, Colonel Wade's regi- ment, and probably also in Captain Joseph Warren's company, Lieutenant-Colonel Wheelock's regiment, in 1777. He married, 1776, Hannah Harrington, daughter of Samuel Harrington, and perhaps lived in Worcester a few years before he settled in Shrewsbury, about 1779. He owned the covenant in the Shrewsbury Church, September 5, 1779, and his wife Hannah was baptized then, as were also two of the children whose births are not recorded in Shrewsbury. He lived and died on the farm of his father. He died February 7, 1834, aged eighty- three years and a half. His widow Hannah died at Shrewsbury. April 1, 1838, aged eighty-one years. Their children :
I. Lucy, married, 1803. Daniel Newton. 2. Nathaniel, see forward. 3. Relief, bap- tized September 14, 1783, died young. 4. Relief, baptized October 2, 1785. married, 1806, Philo Slocumb. 5. Samuel, born May 29, 1787. 6. Daniel, born May 29, 1789. 7. John, born April 10, 1791. 8. Josiah, born July 18, 1794. 9. Luther, born June II, 1798, died April 23, 1832. 10. Hannah, mar- ried Matthias Rice, of Grafton, April 6, 1825; died November 28, 1834. aged thirty-four years.
(VI) Nathaniel Maynard, son of Daniel Maynard (5), was born in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, about 1780. He married Martha Davis, of Grafton, March 22. 1801. He removed to Heath, but returned and both he and his wife died at Fitchburg, where some of their children settled. He died June 20, 1833.
aged fifty-four years. His widow Martha died
1838. Their children : 1. Mary Harrington, born April 22, 1802. 2. Hannah Joslin, born February 21, 1803. 3. Joseph, born about 1805. 4. Daniel, born about 1807. 5. Luther, born about 1810, died at Fitchburg, 1876. 6. Henry, see forward. . 7. Harriet, born about 1814. 8. Charles, born about 1816.
(VII) Henry Maynard, son of Nathaniel May- nard (6), was born at Heath, Massachusetts. Feb- ruary 19, 1812. He received a common school edu- cation. When a young boy he went to North- hampton and worked on a farm and in one of the large livery stables of the town. From there he came to Fitchburg, Massachusetts, where he found employment in the chair shops of Walter Heywood, remaining there for several years. Later he worked for the firm of Crocker & Burbank, paper manufacturers, at West Fitchburg, where he had charge of pulp making machines for a number of years. He was employed for a time also in Os- borne's saw mill. In July, 1856, he removed to Holden, with his family, to an eighty-five acre farm that he purchased. The farm was located near the Rutland border in the northwest part of the town of Holden, and was known as the old Warner place. Besides his farming he was employed by Ira Broad getting out timber and making boxes for some twenty years. He invested considerably in Fitchburg and built a brick house there. He died at Holden, February, 1876.
He married (first) Cornelia Tolman. December 26, 1842. She was born May 8, 1820, died April 26, 1845. Their children: I. Charles H., born July 13, 1846, died September 26, 1846. The child of Henry and his second wife, Elizabeth Foster, born March 30, 1818, married, October 2, 1845, and died September, 1848. was: 2. Child, born August 7, 1848, died September 20, 1848. The children of Henry and his third wife, Lydia Holt, born Novem- ber 16, 1825, married, May 24, 1849, daughter of Jotham, were: 3. Foster Tolman, born March 13, 1850, died March 29, 1873. 4. Ira Broad, see for- ward. 5. William Henry, born November 29, 1853, married Mary Wells, of Rutland, and they have children-Louise, Frank and Harry. 6. Charles Sumner, born May 21, 1856, died July 2, 1872. 7. Elizabeth, born September 9, 1859, died October 22, 1859. 8. Lucy Ellen Broad, born May 30, 1861, married Paul Johnson, and lived in Athol; had daughter, Edna Frances. 9. Dana Herbert, born October 29, 1863, married (first) Susan Cowdan, of Rutland, who died November, 1892, and they had children-Walter Herbert, born May 2, 1885; Fanny Susan, born October 26, 1887; Leon Charles, born January, 1890; Mattie, born November, 1892, died at age of four days: married (second) Mary Madden, of Worcester. His farm is named "Hill- side farm" and is one of the best and most pro- ductive in the town of Holden.
(VIII) Ira Broad Maynard, son of Henry May- nard (7), was born at Fitchburg, Massachusetts, October 30, 1851. He was five years old when his father removed to Holden, and he went to school there. From the age of eleven to fourteen, when not in school, he helped his father with the farm work. From the age of fourteen to eighteen he worked out on the farm of George A. Gates, of Rutland. Then he returned to Holden and entered the employ of Howe, Jefferson & Austin in their saw and box mill, where he worked for the next ten years. Then he returned to the homestead in Holden and took charge of his father's farm, in which he had a half interest given him when he came of age. When his father died, in 1879, he
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bought the interests of the other heirs and became the sole owner of the homestead. Besides his farming he has worked in various saw mills in the vicinity-for W. E. Austin, I. N. Keyes, William Roberts and Howe & Kendall. He is a member of the Rutland Congregational Church; was deacon for sixteen years and was for many years on the prudential committee. In politics he is a Repub- lican.
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He married. August 31, 1878, Ada Idell Slade, of Rutland. She was born at Rutland, June 3, 1859, and was killed at Worcester in a runaway accident. She was the daughter of John and Jane E. (Wheeler) Slade, of Paxton. Their children : I. Effie M., born January 10, ISSI, died September 21, 1881. 2. Ervin Leslie, born April 13, 1887, re- sides at home with father. 3. Harland Slade, born April 6. 1892. 4. Fred Everett, born December I, 1894. 5. Harry, born March 8. 1898, died March II, 1898.
LANE FAMILY. Job Lane, the immigrant an- cestor of the Lane family of Ashburnham, to which Frederick Douglass Lane belongs, was born in Lancashire, England, in 1620, and came first to New England, where he settled in Dorchester, Massa- chusetts, in 1835. Twelve years later, having made a home in the wilderness, he returned to England to marry and to look after his property. He gave a power of attorney, November 20, 1047, to Mr. Lenthall. minister of Little Haunden, Bucks county, with reference to the lands at Rickmansworth in the same county, now or lately in possession of Henry or John Lane, but which should have de- scended to Job as the eldest son. Various letters relating to this English property of Job Lane are published in the Genealogical Register, Volume XI. The father of Job Lane was James Lane, of Great Misenden, Bucks county, where a number of the pioneer settlers of New England came from. Part of the property owned by Job Lane in England was from the estate of his second wife, whose brother, Boyes Rayner, was slain in battle in 1643 fighting under Cromwell.
Job Lane's brother James came to Malden where Job was then living, in 1660. and settled finally at Falmouth (Portland), Maine; he was a turner by trade and was at first employed by Job; he was killed by the Indians and his family driven to Gloucester.
Another of Job's brothers, Edward, came to Malden in 1651, began business as a merchant and married there a daughter of Governor Dudley, but his marriage was unhappy. Another brother of Job Lane settled in Virginia, another in New Jersey. It is believed that Job was related to William Lane, of Dorchester, from whom many of the American families are descended.
In 1654 Job Lane was living in Malden, where he settled soon after his return to the colonies. He huilt a house at New London. Connecticut, and took in payment a tract of fifteen hundred acres of land of the Winthrop farm, Billerica. He got possession of this property in 1664 and removed to Billerica in 1668. He built the great bridge across the Concord river there. After living twenty years in Billerica he returned to Malden, where he died August 23, 1697. He left his English estates to his son, John Lane. His house in Billerica was isolated. It was the only one at that time beyond Ralph Hill's on the way to Concord. In 1675 he was per- mitted to establish a garrison in his house for pro- tection against Indians. The place was lately owned by Hiram Dutton, Billerica, and is situated on the
east side of the road a few rods from Huckins street. The old house may be the one he built him- self and used for a garrison. He bought in Malden Coytmore mill of Mrs. John Coggin and bequeathed it to his son-in-law, Edward Sprague. Mrs. Coggin's first husband was Thomas Coytmore and her sec- ond was Governor John Winthrop. Job Lane was a man of high standing socially, of wealth and in- fluence among his fellow citizens. He was deputy to the general court in 1678 and 1679 from Billerica and in 1685 and 1693 from Malden. He was a member of the Dorchester Church. He was ad- mitted a freeman May 14, 1656.
His first wife Sarah died about May 19. 1659, and he married (second). September, 1660, Anna Reyner, daughter of Rev. John Reyner, minister at Plymouth, and at Dover, New Hampshire. She died August 30, 1704. Children of Job and Sarah Lane were: 1. Sarah, baptized May 28, 1648, mar- ried. October, 1655, died October 2, 1679. 2. Mary, baptized August 7. 1653, married William Avery, of Dedham. 3. Rebecca, born at Malden, May, 1658, baptized at Dorchester, July 4, 1658; died April 6, 1674. Children of Job and Anna Lane : 4. Elizabeth, married, April 3, 1677, Robert Avery, of Dedham. 5. John, see forward. 6. Anna, born and died 1662. 7. Anna, married James Foster, of Dorchester, died five days before husband, Sep- tember 29. 1733, aged sixty-seven years. 8. Jemima, born August 19. 1666, married Matthew Whipple. IO. Dorothy, born July 24, 1669. married, Novem- ber 24. 1693. Edward Sprague, of Malden.
(II) John Lane. only son of Job Lane (1), was baptized November 17, 1661, "above one fourth of a year old, their dwelling soe remote," making his birth about August, 1661. He inherited half of the Winthrop farm in Billerica. He was promi- nent in the colonial wars and Indian troubles, ap- pointed captain October 4. 1699. by Richard, Earl of Belmont. and major of the West Regiment of horse and foot militia. January 22, 17II, by Gov- ernor Dudley. He is called colonel in the records later. He was selectman of Billerica eleven years and held other offices of trust and honor.
He married. March 20. 1681-82, Susanna Whipple, daughter of John Whipple, of Ipswich. She died August 4. 1713, aged fifty-one years. He died January 17, 1714-15. Their children: Susanna, born January 24. 1682-83, married Nathaniel Page; Job, born November 19, 1684; Jemima. horn June 27. 1688, died July 10, 1688; Job, see forward; John, Jr .. born October 20, 1691 ; Martha, born Octo- ber I. 1694. married Colonel James Minot. died February 6, 1759: she died January 18, 1735; James, born August 12, 1696: Joseph, born January 18. 1698-99.
(III) Job Lane, son of John Lane (2), was born in Billerica, Massachusetts. June 22, 1689, died 1762. He is an ancestor of Hon. W. H. Whit- more, the historian. of Boston. He had the Win- throp farm in Billerica and lived on the old home- stead all his life. He married, December 16, 1713, Martha Ruggles, born in Roxbury, daughter of Samuel and Martha (Woodbridge) Ruggles, and sister of Rev. Samuel Ruggles, of Billerica. He married (second) Mary - who died December II. 1783. Children of Job and Martha were: Mar- tha. born June 22, 1716; Joh, born September 27. 1718: John. born October 2. 1720, see forward; Timothy born July 10, 1722, died December 3. 1703: Mary, horn February 24. 1724-25. married Jonathan Hill: Whipple, born September 5, 1727, died October 4. 1728: Benjamin, born August 29, 1729; Lucy, born May 3, 1732; Hannah (twin),
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born September 22, 1733. died October, 1733; Sarah (twin), born September 22, 1733. died December II. 1733.
(IV) John Lane, son of Job Lane (3), was born in Billerica, Massachusetts, October 2, 1720, died December 7, 1789. He removed to Bedford, an adjacent town, and became a very influential citi- zen there. Ile married, February 13, 1745-46. Ruth Bowman, born in Lexington, Massachusetts, Decem- ber 23, 1723, daughter of John and Mary (Stone) Bowman. She died August 13, 1759. He married ( second), May 28, 1761, Mrs. Sarah Hildreth. Chil- dren of John and Ruth Lane were: John, born De- cember 7. 1746; Frances, died young; Francis, born Angust 31, 1750, see forward; Ruth, born April 8, 1752, married, December 9, 1772, John Whitney, of Littleton ; Benjamin, born March 17, 1754, mar- ried (first ) Anna Page: (second) Isabella Hues ; Ziła, born July 5, 1756; Esther, born March I, 1758, married, September 25, 1776, Josiah Crosby, of Amherst, New Hampshire. Children of John and Sarah Lane were: Josiah, born and died 1762; Jonathan, born October 15. 1763: Sarah, born Octo- ber 1, 1765, married. November 1, 1787, Timothy Stearns.
(V) Colonel Francis Lane, son of John Lane (4), was born in Bedford, Massachusetts, August 31, 1750. He removed to Ashburnham about 1775 and was a farmer and miller there. For several years he lived on the Hart place, then removed to Lane village. He was a prominent patriot in the revolution, first a corporal in Captain Gates com- pany on the Lexington alarm and then sergeant in Captain Wilder's company later in the year 1775. He was commissioned lieutenant in 1779 and July I. 1781, made a captain of the Seventh Company, Eighth Massachusetts Regiment. Subsequently he. was active in the military organization of the new state and was commissioned major and lieutenant- colonel. He resigned in 1792. He was prominent in town affairs and frequently held public office. He was an assessor in 1777 and 1784. selectman 1780-84-92-94. elected October 30, 1789, on a com- mittee to draft plans for a new meeting house, and was a member of the school committee. He built a mill in the spring of 1786 on the site of the upper mill of Packard Brothers; in 1805 he enlarged the building and continued to maintain a saw mill and grist mill there until 1822, when he sold the prop- erty to John Kibling who, four years later, sold it to Samuel Foster. The latter sold it to Enos Emery in 1833.
He married. September 30, 1779, Hepsibah Coolidge. born in Waltham, March 9, 1754, daugh- ter of Captain William and Elizabeth (Brown) Coolidge. She died March 14, 1795. He married ( second ), ISO1, Sarah (Cushing) Burr, of Win- chendon, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Leavitt) Cushing. He died May 1, 1823. Children of Colonel Francis and Hepsibah Lane were: John Coolidge, born July 2. 1781. died September 6. 1781; Sarah. born June II, 1782, married John Kibling; Lucy, born July 6. 1783, married John Jones: Elias, born February 21, 1785: Abigail, born June 1, 1786, died August 31, 1786; Francis, Jr., born August 20, 1787, see forward: Abigail, born May 20, 1789. died un- married December 13, 1813: John, born May 15, 1791. died March 19, 1792; John, born October 9, 1792.
(V1) Captain Francis Lane, son of Colonel Francis Lane (5), was born in Ashburnham, Massa- chusetts, August 20, 1787, on the homestead in the northwest part of the town. He was educated in the district school in the north part of the town. When not in school, he helped his father on the
farm and in the mill. He started on his own ac- count when a young man on the old Cutting farm of a hundred acres, which he bought. He built a mill in 1833 and carried it on in addition to his farming. In his mill he made chair stock for his neighbors, who made up the stock into chairs dur- ing their odd hours in winter. He bought many wood lots. In 1846 he traded his mill for the one his father had built, and in partnership with Enos Emery continued the business of making chair stock and lumber. Captain Lane at length took his two sons, Samttel and Milton Lane, into partnership, under the name of Francis Lane & Sons, and the firm was in business until Captain Lane's death, October II, 1856. The brothers continued the busi- ness. Captain Lane was a Whig in politics. He was captain of the Ashburnham Light Infantry in 1821. He was a member of the Orthodox Church, a man of exemplary character and good business ability.
He married, November 11, 18II, Susannah Foster. born September 25, 1789, died March 15, 1867, daughter of Samuel and Susannah (Wood) Foster, of Ashburnham. Their children: Allen Francis, born March 24, 1812, married, October 28, 1840, Laura P, Tyler ; Hepzibah, born June 14, 1813, married, August 13, 1843, Israel A. Packard; Amos F., born January 30, 1815. married, June 26, 1839, Martha Ward, daughter of Nathaniel D. Ward; he died March 7, 1878: she died January 28, 1862; Samuel, born March 21, 1817, see forward ; Milton, born February 27, 1819, married, November 5, 1851, Mary Parkhurst, born August 1, 1831, died Octo- ber 25. 1863: married (second), January 1, 1867, Jane (Pierce) Flagg; she married (second) J. Chauncey Lawrence: Leonard, born April 21, 1821, married, June 4. 1856, Lucy Pollard, daughter of William Pollard: Hosea, born April 20, 1823, died August 7, 1828; Susan W., born January 23, 1825, died unmarried; Rebecca Clarissa, born January 29, 1827, married Merrick Eaton, son of Josiah Eaton; Eleanor Jane, born January 27, 1829, married Daniel W. Lane, son of Benjamin Lane; Hosea Foster, born February 7. 1831, principal of the Templeton high school for more than thirty years; married, August 16, 1858, Elizabeth E. Fairbanks; Charles W., born August 15, 1833, married. Ocotber 31, 1867. Philena (Howard) Packard, born January 20, 1834. widow of Horace O. Packard.
(VII) Samuel Lane, son of Captain Francis Lane (6), was born in Ashburnham, Massachu- setts, May 21, 1817. He received his early educa- tion in what was called the Lane school at Nankeag Lake in the northwest part of the town, and as soon as he was old enough he went to work in his father's mill. He learned the trade of carpenter and built his father's house. Later he built a house for him- self and several others near the lake. About 1846 he entered into partnership with his father and brother Milton in the lumber business. The firm name was Francis Lane & Sons. They made chair stock, match wood and lumber in the saw mill. They also carried on the grist mill. Samuel Lane was a good mechanic and had charge of the ma- chinery and plant. The match wood was sold principally to Stephen Thayer, of New. Ipswich, and to Byam & Carlton Company, of Boston. Sam- uel Lane was a man of much enterprise and great energy. He died in the prime of life, soon after his father, November 6, 1856. Milton Lane con- tinued the business of the firm until 1867, when he sold it to C. & G. Winchester; C. F. & A. B. Packard bought the property in 1881. Samuel Lane attended the Congregational Church. In politics he was a Republican.
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He married, December 30, 1841, Nancy H. Eaton, of Shirley, Massachusetts, born April 18, 1822, died June 12, 1904, daughter of Joel and Mary Eaton. Her father was a farmer in Fitchburg, Massachu- setts. She married (second), January 1, 1861, Charles B. Jones, son of John E. and Cynthia (Lin- coln) Jones. Children of Samuel and Nancy H. Lane were: Joel, born April 18, 1843, died January I, 1859; Mary Susan, born January 20, 1845, died December 5. 1845; Samuel Edward, born October 18. 1846, married, June 3, 1866, Edna L. Pierce, of Ashburnham, and they have two children: Lil- lian, married Leonard Robinson, of Fitchburg, and Elwin D., of Rockport, Massachusetts; Frederick Douglas, born July 4, 1849, see forward; Susetta M., born October 20, 1850, died December 23, 1858.
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