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Mr. Whitcomb resided in Somerville, Mas- sachusetts, where he had a handsome home. He was a Congregationalist in religion, and joined the Broadway Congregational Church of Somerville on Sunday, December 2, 1906. He, however, for many years was active in the affairs of the parish, and contributed lib- erally to the various charities and societies of the church. He gave three thousand dollars to the fund for a parsonage, and his plan to raise the money to pay for the building was successful. For fourteen years various con- tributors of the fund are to pay over the sum . of five hundred dollars annually, and when the aggregate is seven thousand dollars, Mr. Whitcomb's contribution is to pay the bal- ance. The parsonage cost ten thousand dol- lars, and the condition of the gift is that it be used always as a parsonage. Mr. Whitcomb gave freely to other religious societies that appealed to him for aid, and in all affairs, whether municipal, political or religious, showed the spirit of a patriotic American citi- zen. He was an active supporter of Republi- can policies and candidates. He was a mem- ber of Tuscan Lodge of Free Masons, of the Congregational Club, Boston, and of the Home Market Club, of Boston. He was popular among his townsmen and business associates, and was one of the most widely
known and highly respected business men in the United States.
Mr. Whitcomb married (first), June, 1865, Helen M. King, daughter of A. B. P. King. He married (second), July 3, 1877, Emma F. Read, daughter of Edwin F. and Ambre (Stone) Read, of Swanzey, New Hampshire, her parents were natives there, residing in Keene, New Hampshire. Mrs. Whitcomb is prominent in Somerville society and a men- ber of the Heptorean Club. Children of Irvine A. and Helen M. Whitcomb: I. Frank Irvine; attends the Episcopal church; resides in New York City; married, in San Fran- cisco, October 15, 1890, Miriam Miller, born in Bear Valley, California, May II, 1868; child, Frank Irvine, Jr., born November 6, 1891, at New York. 2. Nelson, died in child- hood. Children of Irvine A. and Emma F. Whitcomb: 3. Ernest Read, born October II, 1886, at Somerville; student in Tufts Col- lege. 4. Emmons Joseph, born April 5, 1888, at Somerville; student in Massachusetts In- stitute of Technology.
Mr. Whitcomb died April 15, 1907, at Somerville, Massachusetts. At his funeral, April 18, 1907, the following remarks were made by his pastor, Rev. Robert Welsted Beers, of the Broadway Congregational Church, Somerville:
" In sorrow's dark and gloomy day We blindly grope the troubled way,
And question mid our trembling fears
Why earth is such a vale of tears:
'Til Faith lifts up her radiant eyes, And sees upon the azure skies
These words in heavenly beauty glow,-
ยท Believe-Hereafter ye shall know.'
" We ask in hours of pain and grief Why Love Divine grants not relief- Why earth no comfort can impart,
No solace for the breaking heart; Yet, when the promise we survey,
Our hearts with joyful meekness say, 'Since Love Divine ordains it so. Amen: Hereafter ye shall know.'
" How oft the funeral march we tread, And, weeping o'er our buried dead, The mourning heart the answer craves Why earth is such a world of graves; Then Faith discerns the promised dawn And hails the Resurrection morn; And Jesus speaks to soothe our woe :-
' Rejoice-Hereafter ye shall know.' "
"May this blessed Promise of our Divine Redeemer, the Friend that sticketh closer than a brother, serve to take away the gloom and sorrow of this present occasion, which are due to its peculiar circumstances :
"The keys of death and the grave are in the hands of Him who was dead, but is alive for evermore-in the hands of Him who is the Lord of life and death, and who has so loved
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us as to die the death of the Cross in our be- half. Death can come, neither to us, nor to our loved ones, without His permission. And, since He is infinite Love and infinite Wisdom, we may be confident that He permits it at the right time and in the right way to accomplish the largest outworking of good.
"We should therefore today bow before His superior wisdom, although we would all doubt- less have preferred that Mr. Whitcomb should have remained with us many years longer to use in the service of humanity the endowments and resources with which God had blessed him, and which he himself was anxious to use to the best possible advantage.
"He was a man of large experience with men, and a man of great possibilities, as was evidenced in his ever-expanding business ; and he was still in the prime of his usefulness, so that we are constrained at this time to exclaim in the words of the prophet: "How is the strong staff broken!" He had a strength of character which became manifest very quickly to all with whom he had to do. He had a posi- tiveness of conviction, a persistence of energy, a solidity of opinion, which made him a tower of strength against opposing forces, and equal- ly a strong staff to lean upon for counsel or as- sistance. He was a man of great frankness, of deep earnestness, of strong determination, and of sterling integrity. Accordingly, he com- manded the respect of the entire community.
"Added to these characteristics, he had a mind of natural keenness, of broad vision, and trained skilfulness, which constituted him still more a man of strength-a strong staff wher- ever he appeared. This was made manifest especially in his business career. He was in love with his business, and burned with en- thusiasm at each new achievement, and strove to use all his powers to advance its utility. Progress was always his watchword. He was intensely active. He could not sit still. And his activity was never aimless. It was always for a purpose; and that purpose was to secure better and larger things.
Not only was his activity and strength man- ifested in his chosen business. It was also shown in behalf of the community in which he lived. He was a public spirited man, taking a deep interest in everything that pertained to the advancement of the community, whether it was of a material, intellectual, or moral char- acter. He was also intensely interested in the church. He thoroughly believed in it as a Divine institution. He thoroughly believed that it is the great uplifting power in the world. And for many years he has been one
of the chief financial supporters of the Broad- way Congregational Church, of which I am now pastor.
"And then, in addition to his great strength of character, exhibited in all spheres of his life, there was the social and private side of his- character, which was as sweet and generous as a woman's, which made him quick to sympa- thize with and relieve others. He had an ex- ceedingly tender heart, full of kindness, which often impelled him to stretch forth his hands in deeds of love and benevolence. If I could chisel upon his tomb the symbol of his char- acter, as it was made apparent to me, I would carve a flaming heart upon a broad and open hand. A flaming heart to denote the intensity of his nature, his burning enthusiasm, his all- consuming persistency of energy-and the broad and open hand to denote his large heart- ed sympathy and liberality. A flaming heart upon a broad and open hand is the truest sym- bol of his character.
"We are fortunate today in having with us one who has been very intimate with the fam- ily for years-one married in this house, and who will soon speak to you from a much longer acquaintanceship with Mr. Whitcomb than it was my fortune to have. Nevertheless, I feel that although my knowledge of him has cov- ered but a year and a half, yet in that time by reason of circumstances in the Providence of God, I have become far better acquainted with his true self than many others who may have been acquainted with him a great deal longer.
"A year and a half ago I came "a stranger" to Somerville ; and he at once "took me in,"- took me into his great big heart of loving sym- pathy, and lavished his affection upon me as a father upon his son. Nay, more ; he took me into his secret confidence, and talked to me of matters the most private and sacred. In re- turn I unbosomed myself to him-told him my plans for the Church, the encouragements and discouragements that I saw before me. And as a result, on the one hand, I am living today in a home provided by his generosity, fitted up according to my own desires -- a project in which he took the keenest delight, not only be- cause he knew that it brought happiness to me and my family but because he believed he was providing a suitable home for the future pastors of our Church for all time to come. I do not believe he ever did anything in his whole life which gave him more gratification than that. And, as the re- sult of our mutual confidences, on the other hand, it afforded me very great pleasure to le the instrument in God's hands of lifting him
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up to the higher spiritual plane of open con- fession of Jesus Christ as his Savior and Lord. I will never forget our communion service last December, when he and ex-Mayor Perry were both received into the membership of the Broadway Church on confession of their faith -two strong men-each one a tower of strength. And I will never forget the earnest- ness of grasp, expressive of his gratification at the step he was taking, which Mr. Whitcomb gave me when I gave him the right hand of fellowship, together with his life-motto in these words of our Risen Lord: "Him that over- cometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne."
"I had hoped, because of this higher spir- itual vantage-ground which he had reached, to have his wise counsel and liberal assistance in everything pertaining to my pastoral work for many years to come ; so that I am sure you can enter somewhat into my feelings when I tell you that I feel a very keen personal loss-a loss which seems to me just now to be irrepar- able.
But I know that God's ways are always best. "He is not; for God hath taken him." And do you know that I think the manner of his death was not only the most merciful way possible, preventing as it did, much pain and suffering, but also the most beautiful way. When last Monday evening I received a mes- sage over the 'phone of his death, I hurried at once to his home, and to the room where he died. His death had taken place only a few minutes before ; and as I looked upon him, sitting on his couch with his head resting peacefully against the wall, he looked as if he had only fallen into a sweet, calm sleep, and the words which came instinctively to my lips were: "So God giveth his beloved sleep."
"Perhaps the finest tribute to the dead that can be found in English literature is that which Tennyson paid to his bosom-friend, and is known under the name of "In Memoriam." There is a line in it, which I think is specially appropriate to this occasion, and certainly in accord with God's Word. The line is this : "God's finger touched him, and he slept."
" 'God's finger touched him,'-no enemy, but his best Friend, his heavenly Father. 'God's finger touched him,' and bade him go up higher, to larger opportunities under better conditions. 'God's finger touched him'-the last touch of the Divine Sculptor upon his soul here on earth-the touch that perfects, and makes one fitted for the inheritance of the sdints in light.
1."" 'God's finger touched him, and he slept.'
He sleeps. He is not annihilated, nor gone into a state of unconsciousness of soul. He has entered into the peaceful rest of God. He sleeps. He is obtaining refreshment and re-invigoration. He will be ready to greet us in the morning-the same man, only the stronger and brighter because of the sleep of death.
"And so, my dear friend, we follow you to- day, not with the word 'good-bye!' upon our lips, as though we might never see you more, but rather with the world 'good-night,' for we shall greet you again in the morning.
For first generation see preceding sketch.)
(II) Jonathan Whitcomb,
WHITCOMB son of John Whitcomb
(I), born in England,
about I630, removed from Scituate to Lancaster with his father in 1654. He with others signed a petition for aid after the Indian raid of 1675-76, and he lived nearly all the remainder of his life in Lancaster. With his brother Robert and his brother-in-law, Rodolphus Ellmes, he served on the jury of inquest upon the death of Rich- ard Mann, of Scituate, February 16, 1655. The family property at Lancaster became his by inheritance, and he added to it. He died Feb- ruary, 1690, and the inventory of the estate was taken February 25, 1691, by his brother- in-law, John Moor, Samuel Sumner and Cyprian Stephens, and was returned under oath by his widow, April 7, 1691. The amount of the inventory was about eighty-eight pounds. His widow was killed by the Indians, July 18, 1692, at the house of Peter Joslin in Lancaster. He married, November 25, 1667,
Hannah Children: 1. Hannah, born September 17, 1668, died December 9, 1668. 2. Jonathan, born February 26, 1669, mentioned below. 3. Hannah, born August 29, 1671, married Joseph Blood, of Groton. 4. Abigail, born May 5, 1674, married William Kelsey, of Windsor, Massachusetts, 1694. 5. Elizabeth, born 1676. 6. Katherine, born 1678. 7. Ruth, born 1680. 8. Mary, born 1682. 9. John, born May 12, 1684.
(III) Jonathan Whitcomb, son of Jonathan Whitcomb (2), was born February 26, 1669. He married (first), somewhere between 1685 and 1689, Mary (Blood) Joslin, of Lancaster, daughter of Abraham and Mary Blood, of Lancaster. (Samuel Smith, of Littleton, re- corded he was married (first) to Mary Joslin and (second) to Mary Blood, daughter of Joseph Blood, of Groton, Massachusetts.) He
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married (second) at Concord, Massachusetts, September 4, 1710, Deborah Scripture, of Gro- ton. He died April 10, 1715, and she probably died sometime before him, as about that time he paid Samuel Barrows for a coffin. The chil- dren were named in settling the estate, but the correct order of birth is uncertain. Children : I. Jonathan, born 1690, mentioned below. 2. Joseph. 3. Nathaniel. 4. Hannah, married Joseph Powers, nine children. 5. Martha, died March 18, 1701. 6. Ephraim, born April, 1702. 7. Mary, born 1704, married John Cob- leigh, Jr. 8. Benjamin, born December II, 17II, in Groton. 9. Lydia.
(IV) Jonathan Whitcomb, son of Jonathan Whitcomb (3), was born about 1690. He "had lime kilns, was a tanner, currier, blacksmith, shoemaker, and made coffins. By a deed, Oc- tober 20, 1710, he was a cordwainer. The old dam still remains, and places can be seen, where he got his lime rock." He married, May 15, 1716, Deliverance Nutting, daughter of James Nutting, at Groton, Massachusetts. He died about 1767 or 1770. His wife was living as late as 1774 in Lancaster. Children: I. Jonathan, born December 23, 1717. 2. Wil- liam, born September 10, 1719. 3. Oliver, born August 21, 172I. 4. Elizabeth, born January 17, 1723-24. 5. Tamer, born March 20, 1726, married Isaac Haild, June 7, 1745. 6. Lydia, born March 22 or 23, 1727-28, mar- ried Ezekiel Powers; died 1767. 7. Job, born April 16 or 26, 1730, mentioned below. 8. Martha, born December 25, 1732, unmarried in 1767. 9. Abner, born February 12, 1734. IO. Jotham, born August 8, 1737.
(V) Job Whitcomb, son of Jonathan Whit- comb (4), was born April 16 or 26, 1730. He is said to have been a soldier in the Revolution, but his record has not yet been found. He married (first), May 2, 1757, Jemima Farr ; (second), March 6, 1769, Abigail Whitney ; he may have had a third wife as Templeton records mention "Jemima, daughter of Job and Mary Whitcomb." Children of the first wife: I. Simeon, born June II, 1759. 2. Olive, born June 24, 1761. 3. Levi, born April 24, 1763, mentioned below. 4. Reuben, born May 9, 1765. 5. Dille, born September 7, 1766, at Wendell, Massachusetts. Children of the second wife: 6. Susanna, born April 4, 1770. 7. Susanna, born March 2, 1772, died young. 8. Achsah, born August 20, 1773, married, November 26, 1801, Abijah Fiske, and probably removed to Canada. 9. Mille, born July 9, 1775, died unmarried in Temple- ton, Massachusetts. IO. Jemima, born 1778, married Ephraim Bush; died July 27, 1824.
II. Abigail, born May 21, 1779, died unmar- ried in Templeton, fall of 1848. 12. Job, born January 24, 1782.
(VI) Levi Whitcomb, son of Job Whitcomb (5), was born April 24, 1763, at Templeton, Massachusetts. He settled in Nelson, New Hampshire, where he lived until 1801, when he removed to that part of Marlborough, New Hampshire, which became Troy. He was a blacksmith, and later purchased a farm upon which he died September 23, 1827. He served for a while in the Revolution, but the dates and term of service are wanting. He married, February 13, 1787, Hannah Baker, born Jan- uary 21, 1764, and died February 16, 1825. Children : I. Nancy, born December 2, 1787, married Captain William Farrar. 2. Simeon, born May 23, 1790, mentioned below. 3. Ase- nath, born January 5, 1794, died April 19, 1869, unmarried. 4. Polly, born April 2, 1796, died February 13, 1854, unmarried. 5. Dexter, born June 27, 1797. 6. Adeline, born September 20, 1800, unmarried. 7. Gilman, born May 19, 1805, unmarried.
(VII) Simeon Whitcomb, son of Levi Whit- comb (6), was born May 23, 1790. He was a deacon in the Congregational church in Marl- borough for many years. He married, Decem- ber 2, 1813, Sally Lincoln, born May 16, 1792, and died April 8, 1876. He died January I, 1869, in Marlborough, Massachusetts. Chil- dren : I. William Lincoln, born August I, 1814, died September 24, 1815. 2. Sally Lin- coln, born April 9, 1816. 3. Joel Cushing, born April 6, 1818. 4. William Chalmers, born February 9, 1820, mentioned below. 5. Sally Leavitt, born February 14, 1822. 6. Albert Simeon, born March 8, 1825. 7. Han- nah Baker, born June 22, 1827. 8. Henry Lincoln, born July 13, 1831, died March 6, 1838. 9. Harlan Page, born July 5, 1837, died October 30, 1838.
(VIII) William Chalmers Whitcomb, son of Simeon Whitcomb (7), was born February 9, I820. He studied at Gilmanton Theological Seminary in 1847. He was licensed to preach in 1845, and was ordained May 1, 1851. He settled in Stoneham, Massachusetts, and after- wards was pastor at Southbridge, North Car- ver and Lynnfield, Massachusetts. He was commissioned by Abraham Lincoln in July, 1862, as chaplain of hospitals in and around Newbern, North Carolina, and served as chap- lain until his death, October 29, 1864. While the yellow fever plague was raging, he was in Portsmouth, North Carolina, a year, and after- wards at Moorhead City, North Carolina, where he died, He married, May 1, 1851,
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Harriet Lincoln Wheeler. (See sketch of George F. Wheeler, of Concord, Massachu- setts). Children : 1. Eva Myrtella, born Janu- ary 6, 1853, married S. R. Bartlett. 2. Mary Harriet, (twin) born August 22, 1855, died September 28, 1855. 3. Maria Sarah, (twin) born August 22, 1855, died October 27, 1855. 4. Lizzie Philena, born July 12, 1856, mar- ried Rev. S. W. Adriance; children: i. Wil- liam Adriance, born December 23, 1880. ii. R. I. Adriance, born February 16, 1885. iii. Margaret Adriance, born July 6, 1898. 5. Al- bert William, born March 8, 1858, at Roches- ter, New York, married Alice Bennett, one child, Irene Bennett, born December, 1890. 6. Mira Florence, born April, 1860, died May, 1860. 7. Nellie Lincoln, born June, 1861. 8. John Chalmers, born March, 1865, died Sep- tember, 1879.
(I) Francis Bushnell, the BUSHNELL immigrant ancestor, was born in England. He set- tled at Guilford, Connecticut, where he was the third signer of the Guilford covenant in 1639. He lived but a few years after coming to this country, dying in 1646. His will was proved October 13, 1646. Rev. John Hoadley, who also signed the covenant, came in the same ship. On the voyage to this country, accord- ing to his grandson, the famous Bishop Ben- jamin Hoadley, the minister met Sarah Bush- nell, daughter of Francis (I), and an attach- ment followed, resulting in marriage.
Francis Bushnell (I) married Rebecca He had a home lot of three acres in Guilford, his neighbors being John Hoadley, William Dudley and Thomas Jordan. Chil- dren: I. Francis, born in 1609; died Decem- ber 4, 1681; came in the ship "Planter," in April, 1635, with his wife Marie, aged twen- ty-six, and child Martha, aged one year ; set- tled at Boston; was admitted an inhabitant of Salem in 1636; was a carpenter by trade ; removed to Guilford with his father, and fol- lowed his trade and operated a mill there. 2. Rebecca, married, 1646, at Guilford, John Lord. 3. William, born about 1612; men- tioned below. 4. John, born 1614; barber and glazier by trade : came in the ship "Hope- well" in April, 1635, and settled first at Salem ; was paid for glazing windows of the meeting house in 1637: removed to Boston, and died August 5, 1667. 5. Sarah, baptized November 26, 1625, at Horsfield, county Sussex, Eng- land ; married July 14, 1642, Rev. John Hoad- ley; returned to England and died at Hal-
sted, county Kent, July 1, 1693; she died at Rolvender, county Kent, July 28, 1668; her sons were Bishops Benjamin and John Hoad- ley. 6. Richard.
(II) Lieutenant William Bushnell, son of Francis Bushnell (I), was born in England about 1612, and come with his father to Guil- ford, Connecticut, as early as 1639. He was lieutenant of the militia company, and doubt- less fought against the Indians. He settled in Saybrook, Connecticut ; married Rebecca Chapman, sister of Robert Chapman. He died November 12, 1683. Children: I. Joshua, born May 6, 1644; died March, 1710. 2. Sam- uel, born 1645; mentioned below. 3. Re- becca, born October 5, 1646; married John Hand. 4. William, born February 15, 1648-9; died December 9, 17II. 5. Francis, born Jan- uary 6, 1749-50; died young. 6. Stephen, born January 4, 1653-4; died August, 1727. 7. Thomas, born January 4, 1653-4 (twin). 8. Judith, born January, 1655-6; died November 17, 1740 ; married Joseph Seward, of Guilford and Durham, February 5, 1681-2; he died February 14, 1732. 9. Abigail, born Febru- ary 5, 1659-60; died January 30, 1750; mar- ried Captain John Seward, of Guilford (see N. E. Reg. July, 1898) June 25, 1678. 10. Lydia, died August 24, 1753; married Caleb Seward of Guilford and Durham, brother of Joseph and John Seward. II. Daniel, born 1683; died, February, 1727-8.
(III) Samuel Bushnell, son of Lieutenant William Bushnell (2), was born in Saybrook, Connecticut, in the middle of September, 1645. He was a farmer at Saybrook. He married, October 7, 1675, Patience Rudd ; second, April, 1700, Priscilla Pratt. He died in 1727. Chil- dren of the first wife, born in Saybrook: I. Abigail, born July 27, 1677; married May 30, 1705, Eliphalet Hall. 2. Judith, born Septem- ber 14, 1679; died at Durham, March II, 1715-6; married James Wright, Jr., Decem- ber 14, 1707. 3. Samuel, born August 21, 1682; married March 31, 1710, Hannah Hill, who died in 1776. 4. Jonathan, born April 10, 1685 ; mentioned below. 5. Daniel, born February 20, 1687-8. 6. Nathaniel born Feb- ruary 18, 1690-I, resided in Saybrook; died January 1, 1755 ; married April 8, 1725. Tem- perance Seward. Children of the second wife : 7. Hepzibah (twin), born August 19, 1701. 8. Ebenezer (twin), born August 19, 1701. 9. Priscilla, born December 19, 1703. 10. Josiah, born June 9, 1706.
(IV) Jonathan Bushnell, son of Samuel Bushnell (3), was born in Saybrook, April 10, 1685 ; married March 2, 1710, Mary Calkins.
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Children : I. Jonathan, born 1720; mentioned below. And others.
(V) Jonathan Bushnell, Jr., son of Jonathan Bushnell (4), was born in 1720; married, De- cember 9, 1741, Elizabeth Stevens. He died March 19, 1801. He resided in Saybrook all his life. Children: I. Nathan, born July 18, 1753; mentioned below, and others.
(VI) Nathan Bushnell, son of Jonathan Bushnell (5), was born in Saybrook, July 18, 1753 ; married October 20, 1774, Rhoda Bush- nell; second, Esther (Hester) Lord, Novem- ber 16, 1777. The records show a Nathan Bushnell in Captain Martin Kirtland's com- pany, Colonel Erastus Wolcott's regiment, at New London, February 28, 1777, in the Revo- lution. Children of Nathan and Esther Bush- nell: I. Nathan, Jr., born October 17, 1779; mentioned below. . 2. Rhoda, born September 2, 1781. 3. Elihu, born July 25, 1784. 4. Polly, born March 25, 1787. 5. Lydia, born July 6, 1788. 6. Henry Lord, born July 15, 1792. 7. Harvey, born November 2, 1794. 8. Richard Kirtland, born July 28, 1797.
(VII) Nathan Bushnell, son of Nathan Bushnell (6), was born in Saybrook or Madi- son, Connecticut, October 17, 1779. He mar- ried first, September 26, 1805; second, Mrs. Chloe (Scranton) Judson, who was descended from John Scranton, who came from England in 1635. He was a manufacturer of shell combs. Children of first wife: I. Electa Ann, born September 21, 1806; married Se- lah Lee; children: i. Elliott Lee; ii. Hamil- ton Lee; iii. Maria Lee, married Bidwell; iv. Isabel Lee, married Blackstone; v. Anna Lee married Boss; vi. Katie Lee, married Rich. 2. Elizabeth M., born April 28, 1809; married Frederick Hall, of Guilford; children: Martha, Mary, Josephine, Grace, Adelaide. 3. Wil- liam C., born March 17, 1811; died October 19, 1887; married Cynthia Anne Griswold, born 1815, died August 8, 1854; children: i. Ann Augusta, born May 18, 1840, died March 30, 1844; ii. Adelaide Eliza, born March 2, 1842, died April 14, 1849; iii. Frank Chap- man, born April 16, 1847; iv. Ellen A., born December 1, 1848, died August 30, 1854; v. Charles Wilfred, born October 30, 1850, at Madison, Connecticut; married, January 4, 1881, Lillie A. Ravenscroft, born in Litch- field, Connecticut, March 27, 1853; children: Ellen Almyra, born April 1, 1883, Lillian Adelaide, born March 26, 1885; William Charles, born January 27, 1887; Ruth Fran- ces, born September 20, 1888; Frank Chap- man, born April 20, 1890, died April 1, 1898; Pauline Gladys, born April 1, 1892; Earle
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