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CHILDREN.
I William, b. Apr. 24, 1812, d. June 2, 1892.
2 Edmund, b. Sept. 25, 1813, d. June 7, 1884.
3 Albert, b. Oct. 27, 1816, d. Feb. 14, 1890. b. Aug. 11, 1818, d. Oct. 3, 1901.
4 Jervis Orlando,
5 George Washington, b. July 30, 1821.
6 Kiron Wheelock, b. June 11, 1824.
7 Charlotte Wheelock, b. Feb. 11, 1827.
8 Jerome Bonaparte, b. Feb. 17, 1833.
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SKETCHES OF SPENCER HISTORY.
WILLIAM BEMIS 9, Daniel 8, Joseph 7, Edmund 6, Samuel 5, John 4, Joseph 3, Joseph 2, John 1; b. Apr. 24, 1812, in Spen- cer, Mass .; d. June 2, 1892, in Plymouth, Wis .; m. Polly Jones.
CHILDREN.
I Helen.
2 Cora.
3 Duressa.
4 Amber.
EDMUND BEMIS 9, Daniel 8, Joseph 7. Edmund 6, Samuel 5, John 4, Joseph 3, Joseph 2, John 1; b. Sept. 25, 1813, in Spen- cer. Mass .; d. June 7, 1884, in Monmouth, Col .; m. Louisa Hall, in Elba, N. Y., Feb. 12, 1837 ; b. in N. Y., Feb. 18, 1817.
CHILDREN.
I Maria Louisa, b. May 10, 1841, in Alabama, N. Y. d. at Silverton, Col., Aug. 16, 1875.
2 Delephene Charlotte, b. Feb. 17, 1844, in Alabama, N. Y.
3 Frank,
4 Horace Greeley,
d. Oct. 17, 1862, at Evansville, Wis. b. Oct. 18, 1845, d. Mar. 5, 1847. b. in Alabama, Genessee Co.,N. Y.
5 Charles Edmund b. July 29, 1850, in Wisconsin.
6 Luella b. Dec. 31, 1854, d. Oct. 3, 1862, in Milwaukee, Wis.
MARIA LOUISA, m. Samuel L. Wallihan, at Evansville, Wis., Nov. 17, 1857.
CHILDREN.
I Maud,
b. July 4, 1860, d. Feb. 7, 1864.
2 Edmund Percey, b. May 5, 1865.
3 Ernest Collier, b. Sept. 13, 1867.
4 Lucy Maria, b. Aug. 20, 1870.
5 Helen Bemis, b. May 5, 1873.
HORACE GREELEY, m. Addie Carnahan, at Carson City, Col., Oct. 6, 1876.
CHILDREN.
I Kate May b. Apr. 8, 1878, at Monument, Col.
2 Clyde Horace, b. Sept. 14, 1886, at Longmont, Col.
CHARLES EDMUND, m. Addie Souther, Sept. 14, 1889, at Los Angeles, California.
I Charles Worthy
CHILDREN. b. June 26, 1890, d. July 26, 1 890 at Corina, Cal.
2 Waldo Edmund, b. July 26, 1891, at Corina, Cal. 3 Harold Winston, b. Dec. 10, 1893,
4 Muriel Winnona,
b. Feb. 15, 1895,
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GENEALOGY OF JOSEPH BEMIS AND DESCENDANTS.
ALBERT BEMIS 9, Daniel 8, Joseph 7, Edmund 6, Samuel 5, John 4, Joseph 3, Joseph 2, John I ; b. Oct. 16, 1816, at Ham- ilton, Madison Co., N. Y .; d. Feb. 14, 1890, at Evansville, Wis .; m. March 23, 1842, to Martha Ann Fowle, b. Dec. 25, 1820, in Monroe Co., N. Y.
CHILDREN.
I Jacob F., b. June 27, 1844, in Rock Co. Wis.
2 Louise J .,
b. Jan. 20, 1847.
b. Feb. 28, 1850. d. Mch. 28, 1850.
d. Apr. 4, 1850.
JACOB F., m. Maria Cogwell, May 8, 1873; she d. Jan. 21, 1880.
CHILDREN.
I Annie B., b. Feb. 27, 1874, m. Elmer E. Scoville. 2 Marie, b. Nov. 11, 1878.
JACOB F., m. 2d time, Caroline Roberts, Nov. 28, 1889.
ANNIE B., m. Elmer E. Scoville.
CHILDREN.
I Earl B, b. July 1, 1891.
2 Maurice Lee, b. July 4, 1899. 3 Elmer Ellsworth, b. Feb. 19, 1900.
LOUISE J., m. Feb. 21, 1867, Louis J. Haines; Haines d. Mch. 31, 1888.
CHILDREN.
I Albert L.,
b. Mch. 31, 1871.
2 Lottie M., b. Feb. 28, 1875.
3 Martha L., b. Dec. : 4, 1883.
4 William L., b. Apr. 3, 1886.
ARTHUR L., m. Flora R. Withington, Nov. 28, 1874. She was b. June 5, 1851.
CHILDREN.
I Albert W., b. Apr. 7, 1878.
2 Lillian, b. Nov. 22, 1879.
JERVIS ORLANDO BEMIS 9, Daniel 8, Joseph 7, Ed- mond 6, Samuel 5, John 4, Joseph 3, Joseph 2, John 1; b. Aug. II, 1818, at Hamilton, Madison Co., N. Y .; m. Dec. 19, 1841, to Eunice Marie Bump, b. May 1, 1823 in Byron, Genessee Co., N. Y.
3 Edgar, ?
4 Edwin, S
5 Arthur L.,
b. Feb. 28, 1851.
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SKETCHES OF SPENCER HISTORY.
CHILDREN.
I Daniel Duane,
b. July 3, 1843.
2 Elizabeth Ann,
b. Sept. 4, 1845. d. Wis.
3 George Atward, b. June 7, 1847. d. Wis.
4 Frank Angelo, b. June 1, 1849.
5 Kiron Jervis, b. Dec. 24, 1852.
6 Fred Herbert, b. Jan. 8, 1856.
7 John Bently, b. Aug. 24, 1858.
8 Charlotte Amanda, b. July 22, 1861.
DANIEL DUANE BEMIS, son of Jervis, b. July 3, 1843; m. Annett W. Henderson, Jan. 8, 1868. She was b. Jan. 23, 1844 at Beloit, Wis.
CHILDREN.
I Harry Henderson, b. Dec. 12, 1868.
2 Julia Lee,
b. Sept. 9, 1870.
3 Kate Marie, b. June 6, 1872.
7 Aurela Lee, b. Nov. 13, 1873.
5 Nettie Eunice, b. Dec. 21, 1875.
6 Elizabeth Bell, b. Dec. 8, 1877.
7 Clarence Herbert, b. June 9, 1881.
HARRY H. BEMIS, b. Dec. 12, 1868; m. June 10, 1897 to Lida A. Perry; b. Aug. 18. 1866.
CHILDREN.
I Julia Lee, b. Sept. 9, 1870; m. Nov. 27, 1892 to Thomas E. Williams, b. Aug. - , 1869.
2 Kate Marie, b. June 6, 1872; m. June 20, 1893 to John C. Spangler of Ohio; b. July 16, 1870.
Daniel Duane Bemis served through the Civil War in a Wis- consin regiment.
ELIZABETH ANN, daughter of Jervis O. Bemis, b. Sept. 4, 1845; m. James M. Pool (b. May 17, 1845) March 8, 1867.
CHILDREN.
I Marvin Bemis Pool, b. Aug. 21, 1881; m. Grace Young, Sept. 13, 1893.
CHILDREN. Dorothy Grace Pool, b. Aug. 19, 1895. I
GEORGE ATWARD BEMIS, son of Jervis O. Bemis, b. June 7, 1847; m. May 10, 1873 to Caroline Mary Barkly; b. Jan. 28, 1853; d. Oct. 1, 1883.
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GENEALOGY OF JOSEPH BEMIS AND DESCENDANTS.
CHILDREN.
I Eunice Delphene, b. Jan. 3, 1874; mı. Oct. 4, 1893, Burt E. McElhiney.
2 Jervis Kiron,
b. Nov. 3, 1876.
3 Bently Ambrose,
4 George Ray,
b. Sept. 28, 1878. b. May 25, 1882.
EUNICE DELPHENE MCELHINEY.
CHILDREN.
I William Bemis,
2 Hazel Marie,
b. Dec. 3, 1895. b. June 21, 1897.
FRANK ANGELO BEMIS, son of Jervis O. Bemis, b. June I, 1849; m. Lucy Cory; b. April 6, 1852.
CHILDREN.
I Ivah Betsey,
b. June 23, 1872.
2 Fanny Dale,
b. Nov. 18, 1873.
3 Harvy Bently, b. April 14, 1876.
4 Kiron Cory, b. Jan. 13, 1879.
5 Eunice Lucy, b. April 10, 1881. d. Dec. 8, 1881.
6 Lotty Cory, b. June 14, 1883.
IVAH BETSEY BEMIS, m. Aug. 13, 1893 to Albert J. Christler; b. July 9, 1873.
CHILDREN.
I Lucy Elizabeth,
b. June 23, 1894.
2 Bently John, b. Aug. 3, 1896.
KIRON JERVIS BEMIS, son of Jervis O. Bemis ; b. Dec. 24, 1852 ; m. June 2, 1887, to Wilhelmina Onderdonk Gesner, b. in Ohio, May 30, 1864.
CHILDREN.
I Jean Marguerite,
b. Aug. 16, 1888.
2 Frances Gesner, b. Aug. 13, 1889.
3 Jeanette Eunice, b. May 23, 1891.
4 Charlotte Elinor, b. July 22, 1894.
5 Berenice Willa,
b. Mch. 18, 1897.
FRED HERBERT BEMIS, son of Jervis O. Bemis ; b. Jan. 8, 1856; m. Mch. 28, 1883, Cora Bell Dean, b. Nov. 10, 1859. d.
CHILDREN.
I Herbert Dean, b. Dec. 17, 1884.
3 Jervis Orlando,
b. July 7, 1886, d. May 11, 1888.
3 Fred Parker, b. Aug. 9, 1891.
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SKETCHES OF SPENCER HISTORY.
JOHN BENTLY BEMIS, son of Jervis O. Bemis; b. Aug. 24, 1858, m. May 15, 1884, to Nannie Cooper Hamilton, b. July 25, 1862.
CHILDREN.
I Fay Hamilton Bemis, b. Sept. 14, 1885.
2 Harold Bemis, b. Sept. 25, 1857, d. Feb. 22, 1889.
3 Bently John, b. Sept. 14, 1890.
4 Marjorie Cambridge, b. Mar. 7, 1893.
CHARLOTTE AMANDA, daughter of Jervis O. Bemis; b. July 22, 1861; m. Nov. 27, 1884, to Philip Parker, b. Jan. 30, 1859.
CHILDREN.
I Philip Walter, b. Dec. 22, 1885.
2 Fred Bemis, b. Jan. 14, 1890.
3 Eunice Deborah, b. Mar. 11, 1892.
4 Richard M., b. Jan. 4, 1894, d. July 25, 1894.
GEORGE WASHINGTON BEMIS 9, Daniel 8, Joseph 7, Edmund 6, Samuel 5, John 4, Joseph 3, Joseph 2, John 1; b. July 30, 1821, in Madison Co., N. Y .; m. Sophia J. Bump, b. Aug. 17, 1825.
CHILDREN.
Ī Florence, Ione,
b. Mch. 27, 1849; m. Medor Jerome DeLent, b. Mch. 16, 1851, d. Apr. 26, 1899; m. Dec. 22, 1873.
CHILDREN.
I Flora May, b. Mch. 6, 1875.
2
Louis William, b. Apr. 2, 1886, d. Mch. 20, 1889.
2 Flora R. Bemis, b. Oct. 1858, m. Wm. S. Bemis, March 27, 1881.
CHILDREN.
I George Arthur, b. Apr. 27, 1884.
2 William Seward, b. Jan. 29, 1891.
3 Louis Medor, b. Dec. 23, 1893.
KIRON WHEELOCK BEMIS 9, Daniel 8, Joseph 7, Ed- mund 6, Samuel 5, John 4, Joseph 3, Joseph 2, John 1; b. June II, 1824, in Madison Co., N. Y .; m, Rachael Wheeler.
CHILDREN.
I Orrin Wheeler Bemis.
2 Edgar Marsh Bemis.
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GENEALOGY OF JOSEPH BEMIS AND DESCENDANTS.
CHARLOTTE WHEELOCK BEMIS 9, Daniel 8, Joseph 7, Edmund 6, Samuel 5, John 4, Joseph 3, Joseph 2, John 1; b. Feb. 11, 1827, in Madison Co., N. Y .; m. Abraham Asa Boyce, Oct. 7, 1846; he was b. June 12, 1821; d. Feb. 14, 1894.
JEROME BONAPARTE BEMIS 9, Daniel 8, Joseph 7, Edmund 6, Samuel 5, John 4, Josephi 3, Joseph 2, John 1; b. Feb. 17, 1833, in Byron, Genessee Co., N. Y .; m. Mary E. Clifford, Aug. 31, 1862; b. May 8, 1840, in Maine.
CHILDREN.
I May C.,
b. July 27, 1863; m. Lewis Fellows, Sept, 7, 1886.
2 Ollie M.,
3 Asa B.,
CHILDREN.
Marion L., I
b. June 14, 1896.
4 Kittie C.
5 Grace M.
b. Jan. 3, 1871; nı. Robin A. Manville, Sept. 10, 1892. b. Oct. 1, 1878; m. Charles Off, Oct. 9. 1897.
CHILDREN.
I Lillian M.,
b. Apr. 15, 1899.
KIRON W. BEMIS moved from Alabama, Genesee Co., N. Y., in 1844 to Plymouth Rock Co., Wisconsin. He was chair- man of the board of supervisors of Plymouth for many years; also member of the County board of supervisors of Rock County; also member of the legislature of Wisconsin in 1858; afterwards re- corder of deeds of Rock County. He held a position in the provost marshal's office by appointment of the government.
SUSAN BEMIS 8, Joseph 7, Edmund 6, Samuel 5, John 4, Joseph 3, Joseph 2, John 1; b. June 23, 1791, at Spencer, Mass .; d. June 5, 1856; m. Joel Wilson; b. July 31, 1787; d. Aug. 15, 1859.
CHILDREN.
I Chester, b, Oct. 4, 1811. d. Jan. 22, 1890.
2 Wilbur,
b. July 2, 1813. d. Dec. 10, 1871.
3 Winthrop, b. Aug. 25, 1816. d. Jan. 28, 1887.
4
Susan,
b
d. Apr. - , 1856.
5 Joel Jun., b. May 21, 1820, d. Nov. 9, 1849.
6 Jane, b. Apr. 7, 1826, d. Feb. 25, 1887.
7 Mary Ann, b: May 27, 1828. d. June -, 1872.
b. Apr. 1, 1865; m. Fred S. Fel- lows, Oct. 7, 1884.
b. Feb. 22, 1869; m. Blanch Vevoin, July 31, 1895.
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SKETCHES OF SPENCER HISTORY.
CHESTER WILSON 9, Susan 8, Joseph 7, Edmund 6, Samuel 5, John 4, Joseph 3, Joseph 2, John 1; b. Oct. 4, 1811; d. at Jamaica, Vt., Jan. 22, 1890.
WILBUR WILSON 9, Susan 8, Joseph 7, Edmund 6, Sam- uel 5, John 4, Joseph 3, Joseph 2, John 1; b. July 2, 1813; m. Sarah Demond of Rutland, Mass.
CHILDREN.
I Sarah.
2 Chauncey P.
3 Walter J.
WINTHROP WILSON 9, Susan 8, Joseph 7, Edmund 6, Samuel 5, John 4, Joseph 3, Joseph 2, John 1; b. Aug. 25, 1816; m. Cornelia Lamb Wheelock of Charlton, Mass., Sept. 13, 1841; b. May 3, 1818.
CHILDREN.
I Marion D., b. June 14, 1846. d. Sept. 25, 1849.
2 Ansella D.,
b. Dec. 24, 1849.
3 Luella M., b. Aug. 15, 1852.
4 Edgar M., b. May 6, 1855.
5 Adella M., b. Sept. 13, 1858.
LUELLA M., m. Harlan P. Morse, Dec. 21, 1881; b. July 2, 1855.
CHILDREN.
Arthur Wilson, b. Nov. 2, 1883.
Everett Harlan,
b. Oct. 12, 1885.
SUSAN WILSON 9, Susan 8, Joseph 7, Edmund 6, Samuel 5, John 4, Joseph 3, Joseph 2, John 1; Susan Wilson m. Thomas Foley, of Northfield, Vt.
CHILDREN.
I Thomas.
2 James.
JOEL WILSON JR. 9, Susan 8, Joseph 7, Edmund 6, Samuel 5, John 4, Joseph 3, Joseph 2, John 1; Joel Jr. b. May 21, 1820; in.
CHILDREN.
I George; m. Emma Tolman of Worcester, Mass.
CHILDREN.
I George Jr.
JANE WILSON 9, Susan 8, Joseph 7; Edmund 6, Samuel 5, John 4, Joseph 3, Joseph 2, John 1; Jane b. April 7, 1826; m. Dea. James I. Goulding, of Springfield, Mass., June 5, 1873.
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GENEALOGY OF JOSEPH BEMIS AND DESCENDANTS.
MARY ANN WILSON 9, Susan 8, Joseph 7, Edmund 6, Samuel 5, John 4, Joseph 3, Joseph 2, John 1; Mary A. b. May 27, 1828; m. Sewell Wheeler
CHILDREN.
I Frank.
2 Mary.
3 Susan.
4 Ella.
5 Anna.
ELEAZER BEMIS 8, Joseph 7, Edmund 6, Samuel 5, John 4, Joseph 3, Joseph 2, John 1; b. Nov. 17, 1793, Spencer, Mass .; d. Aug. 11, 1873; m. Susan Hartwell, Sept. 2, 1822; b. June 7, 1802; d. Aug 16, 1834; m. 2nd time, Julia Huntington, Oct. 12, 1837; b. 1818; d. Mch. 20, 1892.
CHILDREN. (by first wife.)
I Jane, b. July 29, 1824; d. Jan. 12, 1833.
2 George W., b. Oct. 13, 1826, Spencer, Mass.
3 Susan Hartwell, b. Apr II, 1832; d. June 20, 1899.
GEORGE W. BEMIS 9, Eleazer 8, Joseph 7, Edmund 6, Samuel 5, John 4; Joseph 3; Joseph 2, John 1; b Oct. 13, 1826, Spencer, Mass .; m. Apr. 11, 1855, Narcissa T. Roszelle, Alabama, Genessee Co., N. Y .; d. Aug. 9, 1899.
CHILDREN.
2 William Seward,
I May B., b. June 27, 1857; m. Oct. 16, 1879, in DesMoines, Iowa. to William D. Lee; d. June 8, 1883. b. Sept. 27, 1859, in Independence, Iowa; m. Apr., 17, 1881, to Flora R. Bemis, in Janesville, Wis.
CHILDREN.
I George A.,
2 William S. Jr.,
4 Louis Medor,
b. Apr. 27, 1884. b. Jan. 29, 1891. b. Dec. 23, 1893.
3
Arthur Roszelle, b. Dec. 6, 1862; m. May 31, 1894, to Birdie May Ahern; b. Oct. 15, 1875.
CHILDREN.
I Narcissa May, b. May 27, 1895; d. Oct. 2, 1895.
2 Arthur Roszelle Jr., b. Sept. 28, 1897.
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SKETCHES OF SPENCER HISTORY.
ELEAZER BEMIS moved from Spencer, Mass., to Alabama, Genessee Co., N. Y., in Oct., 1837, where he purchased a farm on which he lived until the time of his death, Aug. 15, 1873.
SUSAN HARTWELL BEMIS 9, Eleazer 8, Joseph 7, Ed- mund 6, Samuel 5, John 4, Joseph 3, Joseph 2, John 1; b. April II, 1832; m. April 8, 1862 to Elijah Town; b. July 24, 1827.
CHILDREN.
I Charlotte Z.,
b. July 31, 1865; m. July 31, 1900 to Charles W. Ferris; b. April 2, 1865.
CHILDREN.
I Paul Eugene, b. May 9, 1901.
2 Mary Hartwell, b. Aug. 20, 1869; d. July 17, 1885.
3 Susie H., b. June 24, 1872.
WILLIAM BEMIS 8, Joseph 7, Edmund 6, Samuel 5, John 4, Joseph 3, Joseph 2, John 1; b. Aug. 27, 1786; d. July 12, 1873; m. Aug. 27, 1820, Samantha Hollenbeck; b. in 1804; d. Nov. 16, 1852.
CHILDREN.
1 Joseph Craig, b. Oct. 22, 1821; d. Jan. 27, 1894.
2 Mary Lucy, b. Feb. 6, 1826; d. Aug. 17, 1896.
3 Daniel Webster
b. Oct. 19, 1828.
4 Sarah L.,
b. June 11, 1831.
JOSEPH CRAIG BEMIS 9, William 8, Joseph 7, Edmund 6, Samuel 5, John 4, Joseph 3, Joseph 2, John 1; b. Oct. 22, 1821; d. June 27, 1894; m. Lucia Annie Wood of Woodstock, Vt., Dec. 12, 1848. She was b. Dec. 30, 1823; d. Jan. 29, 1882.
CHILDREN.
I William E.,
b. Oct. 22, 1849; m. July 25, 1883, Mary Watts; b. July 4, 1857.
CHILDREN.
I Florence E.,
b. June 4, 1884.
2 Alice C., b. July 14, 1853, m. Dec. 14, 1886 to George A. Sturtevant; b. March 5, 1860.
CHILDREN.
I Ray Atherton,
b. Feb. 9, 1889.
2 A. Edith,
b. Sept. 27, 1862; m. Sept. 20, 1888 to Harry A. Sturtevant; b. July 4, 1864.
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GENEALOGY OF JOSEPH BEMIS AND DESCENDANTS.
CHILDREN .
I Lucia E.
b. March 10, 1890.
2 Wallis H., b. April 22, 1891.
3 George C., b. October 3, 1892.
4 Dorothy Bemis, b. Dec'hr 30, 1896.
JOSEPH CRAIG BEMIS served through the Civil War in a Massachusetts regiment.
MARY LUCY BEMIS 9, William 8, Joseph 7, Edmund 6, Samuel 5, John 4, Joseph 3, Joseph 2, John 1; b. Feb. 6, 1826; d. Aug. 17, 1896; m. July 6, 1852, Leander Bartlett; b. in 1822; d. Nov. 2, 1856.
CHILDREN.
1 William Leander, b. March 28, 1853; m. Jan. 2, 1879 to Mary Frances Cushing; b. July 26, 1856.
CHILDREN.
I
William Cushing, b. March 28, 1886; d. April 8, 1886.
DANIEL WEBSTER BEMIS 9, William 8, Joseph 7, Edmund 6. Samuel 5 John 4, Joseph 3, Joseph 2, John 1; b. Oct. 19, 1828; m. Aug. 5, 1853 in Fitchburg, Mass. to Mary Hughs; b. Oct. 12, 1833.
CHILDREN.
I Maud,
2 Walter Herbert,
3 Mary Elsa,
4 Richard Percival,
5 Ralph Emery,
b. Jan. 6, 1855 in Illinois; d. Aug. 16, 1855.
b. Aug. 3. 1857, Fitchburg, Mass .;
d. Feb. 18, 1861.
b. Sept 18, 1860, Fitchburg, Mass. b. Sept. 11, 1862; m. June 20, IS94, Anna Stuart Welsh.
b. April 26, 1872.
SARAH L. BEMIS 9, William 8. Joseph 7, Edmund 6, Samuel 5, John 4. Joseph 3, Joseph 2, John 1 ; b. June 11, 1831.
DANIEL W. BEMIS was a civil engineer, and was em- ployed in the location and construction of railroads in different states, also in Mexico. About 1875 he surveyed for John Gilman and others a railroad projected to go through the Wire Villages in Spencer. He served in a Massachusetts regiment in the Civil War.
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CHILDREN OF AMASA BEMIS
JR.
PERSIS NEWELL BEMIS, late wife of Dexter Bullard. Born August 20, 1818. Died June 11, 1845.
CHANDLER, 1820-1880.
JOSHUA EMERSON, 1822-1851.
EDWIN AMASA, 1823-1887.
LORENZO, 1825-1895.
SKETCHES OF SPENCER. HISTORY.
BEMIS MEMORIAL PARK.
The agitation of a memorial to Samuel Bemis brought about more extended results than the Board of Trade committee antici- pated.
The original plan was to have the monument near the road- side where passing travelers could readily stop and read the in- scription. Mr. Thomas A. Prouty, who then owned the Bemis homestead grounds, kindly donated land for this purpose and a foundation was put in. Some of the family, however, were not wholly satisfied with the location. Mr. Walter C. Bemis, taking an active interest in the matter, and being very desirous that the monument should be placed near the site where Samuel Bemis built his first house, purchased the original house lot of ten acres with the intent of making it available for that purpose.
Through the generosity of Mrs. Phoebe Anna Bemis, the committee were given the privilege of appropriating the whole or so much as they thought desirable for the purpose-the gift to be in memory of her husband, Chandler Bemis and his brothers, Joshua Emerson Bemis, Edwin Amasa Bemis, Lorenzo Bemis and sister, Persis Newell Bemis, late wife of Dexter Bullard, and children of Amasa Bemis Jr.
At a meeting of members of the committee and members of the Bemis family, about three acres of this tract of land was selected and it was suggested that the place be called Bemis Memorial Park.
Through the generosity of a great grandson, George W. Bemis of Independence, Iowa, a monument to Capt. Edmund Be- mis will be erected in the park this fall, and it is thought later one to the memory of Lieut. Jonas Bemis Sr., and one in honor of the fourteen grandsons of Samuel Bemis who served in the War of the Revolution, will be erected through the generosity of mem- bers of the Bemis family.
The Park is to be placed in the hands of nine trustees to beautify and embellish as they think best. The trustees are to re- ceive and expend such funds as may be placed in their hands for such a purpose.
When the trustees so decide and it is agreeable to the town of Spencer they are to deed the same to the inhabitants thereof to be kept and known forever as "Bemis Memorial Park."
The following are the names of the trustees:
Walter C. Bemis, Henry M. Tower, John G. Avery, Dr.
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SKETCHES OF SPENCER HISTORY.
IN HONOR OF SAMUEL BEMIS
ECONO SETTLER OF SPENCER
FAME OF JODEN BEMIE
GLAND AND BEYTLEON
BEM
SAMUEL BEMIS MONUMENT.
(Photo by Currin.)
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BEMIS MEMORIAL PARK.
Alonzo A. Bemis, George A. Craig, Dr. Ephraim W. Norwood, Henry Bemis, E. Harris Howland, Joel S. Bullard.
The Trustees would also like funds with which to erect a suitable log cabin for a care-taker of the grounds, and to put in an old-fashioned well sweep, and believe in time money will be forth- coming for such purposes. When all the work outlined is com- pleted the Park will be a most delightful place for public resort, a place of just pride to the Bemis family and the town of Spencer, and its educational value to the youth of each succeeding generation beyond computation.
Below is a complete list of donors to the monument fund:
Allen, Mrs. George A.
Avery, Mrs. John G.
Adams, Allen
Bemis, Lewis T., Spencer
Bemis, Henry, Spencer Bemis, Lewis D., Spencer
Bemis, Theodore J., Spencer
Bemis, Henry W., Spencer
Bemis, Frank B., Boston, Mass
Bemis, Cheney, Spencer
Bemis, George E., New York City
Bemis, H. E., Boston
Bemis, Eugene, Boston
Bemis, Joshua, Spencer
Bemis, Mrs. David, Spencer
Bemis, Amasa T., Spencer
Bemis, Charles E., Spencer
Bemis, Tilly, Brookfield Bemis, George, Spencer
Bemis, Mrs. Phœbe Anna, Spencer
Bemis, David, Leicester
Bemis, Alvin H., Dell Rapids, So. Dakota
Bemis, H. C., Spencer
Bemis, John E., Goodwin, So. Dakota
Bemis, Charles, South Bend, Indiana
Bemis, Albion F., Foxboro, Mass.
Bemis, Prof. Edward W., New York Bemis, A. Edwin, Worcester
Bemis, Mrs. George 2d, Spencer Bemis, Emily P .. Spencer
Bemis, Eleanor E., Boston
Bemis, Henry E., Lebanon, Kansas
Bemis, Moses, Worcester Bemis, George H.
Bemis, Waldo L.
Bemis, Oscar W.
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SKETCHES OF SPENCER HISTORY.
Bemis, Harvey W.
Bemis, Jonas, Charlton Depot, Mass.
Bemis, Jonas Jr., Charlton Depot, Mass.
Bemis, Harriet, Charlton Depot, Mass. Bemis, Hattie, Charlton Depot, Mass.
Bemis, Mrs. Florence Adams, Charlton Depot, Mass. Bemis, Sarah J., Worcester
Bemis, Adna D., Welchville, Maine
Bemis, Frank W.
Bemis, Albert L. Bemis, Herbert B.
Bemis, Milton Amasa, age one month
Bemis, Alonzo Amasa D. D. S.
Bemis, Mrs. Nellie I.
Burkill, Mrs. A. Mattie
Bullard, Joel S., Spencer
Comins, Mrs. Pamelia K., Spencer
Converse, Mrs. George C., Brookfield
Capen, H. H., Spencer
Capen, Miss Elida M., Spencer
Conger, Mrs. F. E., North Brookfield
Curtis, Miss Anna S., Spencer
Clark, Mrs. C. Bemis, Spencer
Desoe, Mrs. Edward G., West Springfield Drury, Frank A., Spencer
Drury, Mrs. Franklin, Spencer
Draper, Mrs. H. P., Spencer
Denison, Elias Bemis, Portland, Maine
Denison, William B., Newton, Mass Estey, Mrs. Florence Fanning, Mrs. Ida
Guilford, Miss P. Maria, Spencer
Green, Mrs. E. M., Spencer
Harrington, Mrs. C. G., Worcester
Harlow, Miss Margaret, Worcester
Howland, Henry P., Spencer Howland, Lewis, Brookfield
Howland, E. Harris, Spencer
Howe, Charles S., Brookfield
Heffernan, William J., Spencer Jones, Asa T., Colorado Springs, Colorado
Jones, Jarvis H. Jones, Warren J. Jones, Frank E.
Jones, Marion J.
Luke, Mrs. Lydia Howe, West Newton, Mass. Lamb, Mrs. A. George, Worcester
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BREATHES THERE THE MAN.
Merrick, Mrs. Estes L., Spencer
Norwood, Mrs. E. W., Spencer
Prouty, Mrs. George P., Spencer
Smith, Mrs. Fred P., Spencer
Starr, Mrs. Flora E.
Smith, Mary L. Howe, Brookfield
Sawyer, Mrs. Emma Angella N. Spooner, Jersey City, N. J.
Tower, Henry M., Spencer
Breathes There the Man. SIR WALTER SCOTT.
Breathes there the man witli soul so dead Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land ! Whose heart hath ne'er within him burned, As home his footsteps he hath turned From wandering on a foreign strand ! If such there breathe, go, mark him well; For him no minstrel raptures swell; High though his title, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can claim, Despite those titles, powers, and pelf, The wretch, concentrated all on self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonored, and unsung.
IN CONCLUSION.
The author is not an apologist by nature and seeks not on the contents of this book the "kindly indulgence of a critical world." He has made an earnest, and as he believes, a worthy endeavor to gather historical treasures and present them in permanent form for general use, and all this of necessity had to be accomplished in less than four months, in addition to attending to his business as usual. Could more time have been taken no doubt the text inight have been improved and the matter better classified and arranged. The work has been projected and finished with Lincoln's motto in mind, "Do your best. If not that, then the best you can."
The writer has not consciously "drawn upon his imagination for facts", and no unqualified statement has been made unless it appeared to be the truth.
The author has taken much pleasure in compiling this work and trusts the same, as a whole, may meet the approval of his fellow-citizens.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
PAGE.
Henry M. Tower,
3
Paul Dudley Esq.,
8
Ye Narragansett Fort Fight, Obadiah Wood's Seal,
20
Bemis and Wood Map,
23
House of Nathan Bemis Sr.,
24
House of Nathan Bemis Jr.,
25
House of Hannah Green,
26
House of Cheney Bemis Sr.,
27
Cheney Bemis Sr.,
28
John G. Avery,
31
Rude Log Cabin,
32
The Stealthy Indian,
33
Joshua Bemis,
36
Moses Bemis,
37
George Bemis,
38
Persis (Guilford) Jones,
40
Persis (Bemis) Guilford,
42
Soapstone Kettle,
43
Indian Pestle and Axe,
44
Joel Howe,
45
Foster Bemis,
49
Lewis Bemis,
50
William Bemis Sr., House of
51
Jonas Bemis Sr., House of
52
David Bemis,
53
Old Sun Dial,
54
The Bemis Elm,
55
Pair of Andirons,
56
Edmund Bemis' Powder Horn,
58
Seven Mile River Bridge,
63
Chloe (Bemis) Livermore,
64
Spencer Scenery,
65
Drive in Spencer Public Park,
67
Bemis Hill,
70
Moose Lake and Public Park,
72
Hiram Howe,
75
Summer Residence Dr. A. A. Bemis,
76
The Old Bemis Mansion House,
78
William Howe,
81
Elias Howe Jr. Monument and Grounds,
83
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ILLUSTRATIONS.
183
Alphonzo Howe, Ancient Chestnut Tree,
Capt. Edmund Bemis House,
85 87 89 91
First Sewing Machine, Elbridge Howe,
Tyler Howe,
The Old Howe Homestead,
Elias Howe Jr.,
Cloth Sewed on First Sewing Machine,
Mrs. Lydia Howe Luke,
100
Elias Howe Sr.,
IOI
Alpha Bemis,
IO2
Elias Bemis,
103
Thomas A. Prouty,
104
Polly ( Bemis) Howe,
105
Anna ( Bemis) Capen,
106
Catherine ( Bemis) Howland,
108
Dexter Bemis,
IIO
Elias Howe Bronze Statue,
II2
Lieut. Frederick A. Bemis,
114
Elias Howe Jr. Birthplace Tablet,
115
Fanny (Bemis) Howe,
116
Sally Bemis Sampler,
118
Bemis Cover Quilts,
120
Old No. 9 Red Schoolhouse,
1 28
Maria L. Merrick,
129
Bemis Family Group,
1 32
John Bemis,
1 34
Pliny Snow,
135
Daniel Ball,
I 36
Daniel Ball's Peg Factory,
137
Napoleon B. Prouty,
139
Ruel Jones,
140
Fragment Church Bell,
141
Betsey ( Beers) Adams,
145
Old Mile Stone,
146
The Mason Inn,
147
Horatio Hall,
148
Polly (May) Tower,
I53
Joseph Garfield Jr.,
154
The Last Bear Shot in Spencer,
155
William May House,
156
Capt. John Newhall House,
I57
George Washington Bemis,
159
District No. 2 Schoolhouse,
161
Joseph Bemis House,
162
Sons of Amasa Bemis Jr.,
176
Samuel Bemis Monument,
178
93 95 96 98 99
CONTENTS.
History of Nathaniel Wood, Explanation of Bemis and Wood Map, Inception of the Bemis Monument, Our Ancestors; a poem,
PAGE.
7
23
30
Bemis Historical Address,
35
Bemis Revolutionary War Record,
107
Bemis Civil War Record,
II3
Fragments of Bemis History,
117
District No. 9 Old Red Schoolhouse,
127
Literary Curiosity,
I3I
History of the Peg Industry,
133
History of the First Church Bell,
14I
Ebenezer Mason's Pear Story,
I45
Spencer Distilleries,
149
Joseph Garfield's Bear Story,
153
Stories of the Revolution,
I55
Spencer Company of Mounted Men,
157
Biographical Sketch of Geo. W. Bemis,
I 59
Genealogy of Joseph Bemis and Descendants,
165
Bemis Memorial Park,
177
Conclusion,
18 I
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