History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers, Vol. II, Part 172

Author: L.H. Everts & Co
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: Philadelphia : Louis H. Everts
Number of Pages: 896

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In 1805, Widow Jane Taggart bequeathed to the Third School District $1200 for educational purposes, and that sum by judicious investment had, in 1878, increased to $2400.

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Among the college students furnished by Blandford in her early history, the first was Eli, son of Deacon Samuel Boies. He entered Yale in 1788, but died before completing his course. William, son of David Boies, graduated at Williams College in 1801. There also, in 1807, graduated Joseph, another son of David Boies. Patrick Boies, son of Reuben Boies, Sr., graduated at Williams in 1808. Artemas, son of David Boies, graduated at Williams in 1816. Gardner, son of Joel Hayden, graduated at Williams the same year. J. HI. Ashmun, son of Eli P. Ashmun, graduated at Williams in 1813. Hon. George Ashmun, his brother, graduated at Yale in 1823. Lester, son of John Lloyd, graduated at Williams in 1814. Lucius, son of Asa Smith, graduated at Williams in 1817. Horace, his brother, graduated at Williams in 1819. Asa, Jr., son of Asa Blair, graduated at Yale in 1810. Ilar- per Boies, son of Wm. Boies, graduated at Williams in 1825. John P., son of William Boies, graduated at Union College, Schenectady, N. Y. Augustus, son of David Collins, gradu- ated at Williams in 1825. Aratus, son of Eli Knox, entered Washington College, Hartford, in 1825, but died shortly there- after. Russell A., son of Andrew Wilson, graduated at ITnion College, Schenectady, in 1823. Eli W., son of James Lloyd (2d), was a graduate also of Union College. Samuel, son of Alanson Knox, graduated at Williams in 1833. There also, in 1830, graduated Custing, son of Joseph Eels. Other gradu- ates were Chauncey Hall, at Amherst ; Edwin Hall, at Jack- sonville, Ill. ; Tyrill Blair, at Williams; D. P. Robinson, at Wesleyan ; James R. Boies, at Brown; Franklin O. Blair, at Wesleyan ; James C. Hinsdale, at Yale; and Patrick R. and Fisher A. Boies, at Williams. Among the female students were Catharine and Celia, daughters of Dr. C. P. Wright; Sarah, daughter of Rev. Charles J. Hinsdale; Mary, daugh- ter of Eli Pease; and Mary P., daughter of Reuben Boies. All these young ladies graduated at the Mount Holyoke Seminary.

BURIAL-PLACES.

There are in the town five burial-places, of which, how- ever, the ground in Blandford Centre is the most ancient, for here rest many of the earliest of the pioneers. Many of the tombstones are so old that their inscriptions are utterly defaced, while others still bear in legible characters the rec- ords which were placed thereupon fully a century and a quar- ter ago. The oldest slab bears in roughly-cut characters the letters " 11. M., 1742," but whose grave it marks no one knows. The next in point of age is that of Grace, wife of James Baird, and bears date 1746. Others are noted as fol- lows :

David Boies, Sr., 1752; Mary, wife of Matthew Blair, 1753, aged fifty-two; David Boies, Jr., 1757; . William Stewart, 1757; Abel and Asa Pease, sons of Nathaniel Pease, 176} ; Eleanor, wife of John Knox, 1760; Nancy and Margaret Campbell, 1759; John, son of Rev. James Morton, 1759; Thomas, his brother,

1766; Miriam, wife of Wm. Carnaghan, 1758; Anne, wife of David Boies, Sr., 1766; Elizabeth, wife of Win. Mitchell, 1758; David Campbell, 1769; Matthew Blair, 1770; Mary Hamilton, 1777; Eleanor Ker (1778), "daughter of Mrs. Katherine, relict of William Ker, who was slain by Indians at Fort George in a morning scout, 1759 ;" Sarah, wife of Glass Cochran, 1779; William Henry, 1776; Juhn Sinnet, 1755; John, son of Rev. James Morton, 1766; James, sun of same, 1759; Robert Sinnet, 1774; John Boies, 1783; Daniel Baies, 1786; Susannah, wife of Moses Mitchell, 1785: Isabel, wife of Win. Mitchell, 1788; Sarah, wife of John Hamilton, 1781; Martha, daughter of James Blair, 1787; Henry Thom- sun, 1776; Anna, wife of Alex. Morison, 1783; Rohan and Rhoda, children of Jolin Noble, 1786; Henry and William, sans of Alex. Morrison, 1779; Alex. Osborn, 1787; John Carnaghan, 1780; Nathaniel Taggart, 1787; Martha, wife of Adam Blair, ITS1: John S. Crooks, 1783: Jeannette, his wife, 1785; Eleanor and John, daughter and son of John Crooks, I786 ; Erastus, son of Elisha Noble, 1797; Sarah, daughter of Rev. Joseph Badger, 1795; Clarissa, wife of Russell Atwater, 1795; Glass Cochran, 1795; Sarah, daughter of James Anderson, 1797; Ebenezer Bruce, 1793 ; Hiprebeth, daughter of John Sinnet, 1795; Anna, wife of John Blair (20), 1794; Win. Mitchell, 1796; Mary, wife of Rev. James Morton, 1797, aged seventy-three years; Rev. James Morton, 1793; James Wallace, 1793 ; Mary, wife of Win. Boies, 1797; Eli, son of Asa Merritt, 1795; John Noble, 1807, aged seventy-six ; Anna, wife of John Boies, agel ninety-one; Reuben Blair, 1863, aged ninety-three; Sarah, wife of Alex. Osborn, 1797 ; George Butler, 1795; Rebecca, wife of Jobn Caruaghan, 1812, aged eighty; John Ashmun, 1793; Davil Bishop, 1799; James Baird, 1790, aged ninety-eight ; Jonathan Shepard, 1800; Rachel, wife of Joseph Baird, 1799; Molly, wife of Moses Baird, 1798; Jane Taggart, 1803, aged cighty; Jane Watson, 1878, aged ninety-three.

INDUSTRIES.

The excellent water-power found here in numerous moun- tain streams was largely utilized twenty-five years ago, when several woolen-mills, paper-mills, tanneries, and other manu- factories flourished at North Bloomfield; but these industries proved eventually unremunerative, and now, save the cattle- card factory of Waite & Son, the Diamond Cheese-Factory, and two small tanneries (all at North Blandford), the town has no manufactures. Agriculture is not pursued with either vigor or profit. Ilay to a considerable extent is raised, but the production of grain is so limited that large quantities are annually purchased by the farmers for home consumption. The attention of the farmer is chiefly bestowed upon stock- raising and the manufacture of butter and cheese, which he says is more remunerative than tilling the soil. Blandford possesses a thriving agricultural society, which was organized in 1866. The grounds are located in Blandford Centre, and here every year seven or eight surrounding towns contribute handsomely toward the exhibition, which includes a horse- and cattle-show, and a general agricultural display. The total assessed valuation of the town in 1878 was $336,793, of which $251,135 was on real estate. The State, eounty, and town tax for 1878 was $6927.40, or at the rate of .0189 on the dollar. The dwelling-houses in the town number 213; the farms, 215. The value of manufactured products in 1875 was $33,525, and of agricultural and domestic products $163,856.

WAR OF 1861-65.

The following citizens of Blandford served in the war of the Rebellion :

Henry B. Cannon, 10th Mass.

Austin Williams, 10th Mass.

Edwin Jones, 27th Mass.

Harvey De Forest, 27th Mass.

Wm. W. Brackett, 27th Mass. James Waters, 27th Mass.

Albert F. Sizer. 46th Mass. Leroy Warfield, 46th Mass. Charles Tiuker, Jr., 46th Mass.

Julın Aiken, 46th Mass. Julin W. Bradburn, 46th Mass. Milo E. Couk, 46th Mass. Orlando W. Dayton, 46th Mass. :

Frank T. Smith, 27th Mass. David I. llall, 27th Mass. Jarvis W. Stewart, 27th Mass.

Chas. R. Bemis, 46th Mass. Fred. II. Tracy, 46th Mass. Peter Hall, 46th Mass.

Geo. N. Granger, 46th Mass. Franklin J. Hall, 46th Mass. Benj. P. Kyle, 46th Mass. Dwight C. Oshorn, 46th Mass.

Lyman B. Cannon, 27th Mass. Jefferson P. Moore, 27tl: Mass.

Lester C. Farnum, 34th Mass.

Wm. E. Pease, 37th Mass.

Frank C. Morse, 37th Mass.

W'm. A. Waterman, 37th Mass. Will. H. Smith, Ist Cav.

Joseph Kingsley, Ist Cav. Edward Norton, Ist Cav.

Franklin L. Cannon, Ist Cav.

Thomas Jackson, 59th Mass.

Edwin Baker, 59th Mass.

Lewis C. Allen, Ist Cav. Judson S. Sizer, Ist Cav.

S. W. Burdick, 59th Ma-s.

Thos. B. Brooks, Ist Cav.

Lewis Herrick, 46th Mass.

James M. Thompson, 27th Mass. Henry T. Jackson, 27th Mass. Alex. Il. G. Lewis, 31st Mass. Philander Dickinson, 31st Mass. Robert McDarby, 31st Ma-s. George Warfield, 31st Mass. Geo. W. Griswold, 31st Mass. Wmu. J. Nye, 31st Mass. Luther C. Nye, 31st Mass. 136

Elijah Nye, 31st Mass. Chas. P. Snow, 3Ist Mass. Edward Chapmin, 3Ist Mass. Charles Granger, 31st Mass.

Ezra J. Dudley, Ist Cav. Patrick Ballon, Ist l'av. Jas. S. Brooks, 46th Mass.

Edwin E. Gibbs, 46th Mass. Chas. B. Hayden, 46th Mass.

Lewis E. Robinson, 27th Mass.

Maxon J. Haley, 27th Mass.

Geo. W. Frost, 46th Mass.

Dighton Goddard, 34th Mass.

Eitward Phelps, 46th Mass.

Jolın T. Linnet, 46th Mass.

GRANVILLE.

GEOGRAPHICAL.

GRANVILLE, one of the southwestern towns of Hampden, lying on the eastern part of one of the Green Mountain ranges, is a region of hills, occasionally broken by fertile valleys. Its boundaries are Blandford and Russell on the north, the Con- necticut State line on the south, Southwick on the east, and Tolland on the west. It has an area of 23,650 aeres, of which a large portion is valuable woodland. Southwick village, about five miles from Granville Corners, is the nearest railway station. Westfield village, the market for Granville, is nine miles from the " Corners."

NATURAL FEATURES.

By reason of its elevated situation, Granville is a region whose atmosphere is remarkably pure and healthful; in wit- ness whereof it may be eited that the town has always been noted for the remarkable longevity attained by many of its inhabitants. An early sanitary record remarks that during a period of fifty years, between 1760 and 1810, one out of every thirty of the inhabitants reached the age of ninety.

The highest eminenee in the town is Winehell's Mountain in the south, which rises 1362 feet above the sea-level. Other noted elevations are Sodom Hill on the cast, Bald Mountain, Bad-Luck Mountain (the latter so named by a party of un- successful hunters), Liberty Hill (where a liberty-pole was erected during the Revolution), South Mountain, and Pros- peet Hill. Mountain-streams, possessing excellent water- power, which is, however, but little used, are numerous. The largest of these is Valley Brook, which rises in the north and flows south nearly through the centre of the town. The fruit- ful valley through which this stream passes is known as Grand Valley, and divides East and West Granville. Other mention- able streams are Hubbard's and Pond's Brooks in the south- west, and Diekinson's and Tillison's Brooks in the east. The hills of Granville afford scenic views of great beauty and interest, even in this favored part of Massachusetts, where Nature seems to have displayed her most skillful handiwork. From Winchell's Mountain a view, it is claimed, may be had on a elear day of forty church-steeples in the valley of the Connecticut.

EARLY SETTLEMENT.

In 1686 the tract now occupied by Granville and Tolland was possessed by Toto, an Indian chiet, who, in that year, sold it to one James Cornish for a gun and 16 brass buttons. Cornish disposed of a portion of his interest to William Fuller, and in 1713 they transferred the entire property to Atherton Mather, who, in turn, disposed of his purchase to a company of proprietors in 1718. This last purchase was not confirmed by the General Court until 1739. The original tract in ques- tion was fifteen miles in length, seven miles wide at the west- ern end, five miles wide on the cast, and covered an area of about 41,200 aeres. The proprietors' records being lost, many facts incident to the early settlement are now unobtainable. Although the purchase of the proprietors was not confirmed until 1739, settlers began to locate as early as 1736. The pio- neer was Samuel Bancroft, of West Springfield, who, with his family, moved hither in 1736. Previous to this time, and up to the year 1754, when Granville was incorporated, the place was known as Bradford. Mr. Bancroft is yet referred to as the patriarch of Granville, and stories are still extant telling

how he used to inspire reverential awe among his neighbors each Sunday morning with his antique dress, triangular cocked hat, and great bushy wig. His wife was Sarah White, a descendant of one of the Plymouth Fathers. The cellar of the first house be built in the town is still to be seen in the northeast section. It is said that during the first fifty years of the present century as many as 89 persons bearing his name resided in East Granville. Following Mr. Bancroft closely came Daniel Cooley, Jonathan Rose, Samuel Gillet, Thomas Spelman, John Root, Ephraim Monson, Phineas Pratt, Thomas Brown, Jabez Dunham, Peter Gibbons, Jona- than Church, Asa Seymour, Timothy, Noah, Daniel, and Phineas Robinson, Ebenezer and Amos Baldwin, Aaron, Ebenezer, and Daniel Curtis, Samuel Coe, David, Daniel, and Levi Parsons, John Bates, and David Clark. The early settlers in the western part of the town-now Tolland-have been treated of in the history of the latter town.

As nearly as can be ascertained, Samuel Baneroft had but one son, Jonathan, whose descendants are still living. Jonathan's three sons were Lemuel, Ethan, and Samuel, all of whom are dead. Lemuel had a son, Lemuel, Jr., who died in the far West ; a son, White, who is dead, leaving a son, Levi, who resides in Westfield ; a son, Ethan, who was killed by a horse early in life ; and a daughter, who married a Mr. Root, of West- field. Samuel had a son, Barbour, who is dead, and whose son, Benjamin, lives in Granville, N. Y .; a son, Samuel, Jr., and another son, both of whom reside in Ohio. Ethan had two sons, Bela and Alpheus, the latter leaving a son, James, now living in Granville. Ethan had also three daugh- ters. One married Mr. Justus Rose, and died in Granville ; another is Mrs. Elisha Brown, of Buffalo, N. Y. ; the third married Mr. George Chandler, and died in Westfield.

Jonathan Rose, who was burned to death at the age of one hundred and three, had three sons,-Sharon, Daniel, and Tim- othy. The latter served as a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and after the close of the war earned some distinction by con- ducting a colony of settlers from Granville, Mass., to Granville, Ohio, where he became one of the judiciary, and died in 1815. Sharon had a large family, consisting of Giles, Sharon, Jr., Peter, Oliver, Dwyer, Mercy, Ruth, and Abigail. The de- seendants of Jonathan Rose now living in Granville are Isaac, Justus, Patrick, Salem P., Jephtha, James, Emerson, and Miles.

Thomas Gillet's sons were Frederick, Thomas, and George ; his daughters, Mollie, who married Josiah Kent, and died in Southwick ; and Sybil, who married Lot Clark, and died in Granville. The sons are all dead,-Frederick having left a son, Thomas, now living in Suffield, Conn .; Thomas having had no children, and George having left a son, John, now liv- ing in Westfield.

The only descendant of Ezra Marvin living in Granville is Eleazer, whose father, William, was a son of Ezra. All of William's brothers removed to Genesee, N. Y., early in lite. Mrs. Harmon Coulton, of Granby, Conn., is one of William's daughters. A son, Jackson, lives in Westfield. William's widow still lives in Granville, at the age of eighty.

Of the Bates, Grangers, Ilarveys, and Hatehes, no deseend- ants are living in Granville. Apropos of old Josiah Hatch, it is related that, driving to church one slippery day in winter, he found his horse unable to make much headway up a steep

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hill. " Well," exclaimed Josiah, "if this is the way to heaven, I'm not going," and, utterly disgusted, he turned his horse about and drove home. lle once angrily remarked to his son Jonas, " I believe you're a son of the devil." " Yes," said Jonas, " I've always thought that." " But," said the old man, catching the point, " I mean by the way of your mother."

Asa Seymour had five sons,-Alexander, still residing in Granville, at the age of ninety ; Arden, William, Asa, Jr., and Deming, all dead ; and Elijah, now living in Granville. Of his three daughters, Abigail married Timothy Gibbons, and died in Granville; Laura married Buel Spelman, and died in Ohio; Ruby married Wells Gibbons, and died in New York. Asa, Jr., had two sons,-Alfred, now dead, and Noble, living in Ohio, Mila, one of the daughters of Asa, Jr., mar- ried Silas Rose, and died in Cabotville, Mass. ; Eliza, another daughter, lives in Springfield, Mass. Alexander's son, Ed- ward, lives in Granville; Frank, a second son, is dead. One of Alexander's daughters is Mrs. Simon N. Henry, of Gran- ville. His other daughters, Jane, Abigail, and Calista, mar- ried and went West. Arden's son, James, lives in Granville, and another, Augustus, resides in Bloomfield, Conn. ; John, a third son, is dead. Of his daughters, Laura married a Mr. Curtis, and lives in Ohio; a second daughter married Chaun- cey Newberry, and died in Bloomfield, Conn. ; Susan married Rev. Mr. Newton, a missionary, and resides in the West. Five of William's sons are living,-Collins, in Suffield, Conn .; Asa, in Granville; Milton, in Pennsylvania; Har- vey, in Connecticut ; and Marshal, in the far West. Thirza, one of William's daughters, married and removed to Mich- igan, where she died ; Ellen, a second daughter, is Mrs. Wm. Roberts, of Granville. Elijah, fifth son of Asa, the elder, has one son, Stephen, a lawyer in Springfield. A daughter, Clarissa, died when young. Deming, the youngest son of Asa, the elder, married Corinthia Gibbons, and removed to Ohio early in life.

Oliver Phelps, an early settler, was at one time during the Revolutionary struggle a commissary in Granville, charged with the furnishing of provisions for the army. He per- formed his task so well that Washington is said to have written him a letter saying : "The comfort and even the life of the American army is owing to the seasonable supply of provisions from your hands, for which accept my grateful acknowledgments." In company with Nathaniel Gorham he purchased the Genesee Country* in New York, opened it for settlement, afterward represented a New York district in Con- gress, and died in Canandaigua, N. Y., at a ripe old age.

Of the living descendants of Oliver Phelps none ean be traced. Eli resided in Blandford, where he died. Mrs. Dr. Wright, who died in that place some years ago, was likewise a descendant, as was Mrs. Joseph Parsons, who died in Gran- ville. Another descendant was a Mrs. Baker, who some years since lived in Connecticut.

Lemuel Haynes, a colored man, who, at the age of twenty- seven, was licensed to preach the gospel, and afterward became nationally famous as "the great colored preacher," was brought up in Granville by Deacon David Rose. 1Ie preached extensively in various parts of the country, and after a life of much usefulness died in Granville, N. Y., in 1833, aged eighty.

Peter Gibbons, one of Granville's earliest settlers, died in 1824 at the age of ninety-four. His children were Peter, Lemuel, Bildad, Timothy, Eli, Jedediah, Elizabeth (who died unmarried), Mary and Sarah (who died young), Sarah (who married Joseph De Wolf and went to Ohio), Mary (who mar- ried Benoni Battles and died in Ohio), and Hannah (who died unmarried). Of the sons, Peter, the eldest, removed to New

York with all his children, save Hannah, who died in Gran- ville many years ago. Lemuel, the second son, had a daugh- ter Amelia, who married a Mr. Messenger, of Granby, Conn. ; a son William, who removed to Granville, O., and two sons, Lemuel, Jr., and Larkin, who settled in Pennsylvania. Bil- dad, the third son, had thirteen children. His only living descendants in Granville are Linus O. and Orlando W. Timo- thy, the fourth son, had Timothy, Jr., Datus and Alpheus ; all dead. A daughter Elizabeth is Mrs. Reuben Ranney, re- siding in Elizabeth, N. J., aged ninety-one. Another daugh- ter (Athe) married Samuel Spelman, and died in Granville. Another daughter was Samuel Spelman's second wife, and died in Granville. A son Lucius is still living in Granville, aged eighty-five, and has residing with him two children, Orson F. and Elizabeth D. Eli, the fifth son of Peter, the elder, had Sophia, who died unmarried; Timothy W., who died in Franklin, N. Y. ; Lucy, who married Eliachim Pome- roy, and died in Suffield, Conn. ; Polly, who married Timo- thy Hvag, and died in Montgomery, Mass. ; Naney, who married Timothy E. Botsford, and lives in Akron, O. ; Ru- hanna, who married Adijah Dibble, and died in Granby, Conn .; Eli, who lives in Franklin, N. Y .; John G., who died in Franklin; Sarah Jane, who died young; Henry B., who died in Newport, N. Y .; and Deeatur, who died in Springfield, Mass. Jedediah, the youngest son of Peter, the elder, had Carlos, whose son, J. M., is the town clerk of Granville; another son, Martin T., resides in Granville; another son lives in Westfield ; another son, Edwin, died in Kansas. Damaris, a daughter of Carlos, married Lucius Gibbons, and died in Granville; Phylura, another daughter, married James Gibbons, and died in Granville; Amorette married Israel Godard, and resides in Bridgeport, Conn. ; Hiram died in lfartland, Conn. (the latter's son, Monroe, lives in Springfield ; another son, Watson E., lives in Hartland, Conn.). Eliza, a daughter of Carlos, married William Stan- ard, of Granby, Conn., and died there; Jedediah, a son of Carlos, lives in Hartland, Conn.

Of the descendants of the Parsons, Israel, living in Boston, Mrs. Enoch Root, of Westfield, and Mrs. Orson F. Gibbons, of Granville, are grandchildren of Israel, whose daughter Thirza resides in Hartford, Conn., unmarried. One of bis daughters, Elmira, married James Cooley and died in Gran- ville ; another daughter, Mrs. Caleb Rice, died in Springfield ; another daughter married a Mr. Marvin and died in New York. Ezra M., a son, removed to Rochester ; Alsop, an- other son, died unmarried ; and Marshfield, another son, re- moved to New York. Hon. Anson W. Parsons, who resided in Philadelphia in 1850, and served with distinetion as a State Senator in Pennsylvania, and an eminent member of the ju- diciary in that State, was born in Granville in 1799.

Daniel Cooley, with his brothers William, Clark, and George, settled in Granville about 1741. William's son Tim- othy was for fifty-nine years the pastor of the Congregational Church at East Granville. Two of Timothy's daughters, Jane and Mrs. Calvin Martin (widow of Judge Martin, of Pitts- field), reside in Granville. James P. Cooley, of the firm of Noble & Cooley, Granville, is a grandson of Rev. Timothy, as is Timothy M. Cooley, of Westfield. The descendants of Clark living in Granville are Zadoek F., Harmon, and Lu- man. Neither George nor Daniel left any descendants.

Thomas Spelman's sons were Aaron, Stephen, Charles, Daniel, Timothy, and Eber. His daughters, Mary, who mar- ried James Coe; Eliza, who married Samuel Bancroft; and Martha, who married Abel Tillotson. Aaron, the elder son, had one son, Elijah, and three daughters, one of whom mar- ried Claudius L. Collins, and moved to Connecticut ; another married Shem Truman, and removed to Vermont; and the third married Asahel Graves, and went to New York. Eli- juh, Aaron's son, was thrice married. By his first wife he had thirteen children ; his second wife had six children when

* This great tract, known as the " Phelps and Gorham Purchase," contained 2,600,000 acres, covering the greater portion of Allegany, Livingston, Monroe, On- tario, Schuyler, Stenben, Wayne, and Yates Counties in New York. It was pur- chased of the State of Massachusetts.

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he married her, and by her he had four more ; his third wife had eight children when he married her. Elijah's living de- scendants are,-Solon, a son, residing in Westfield ; Chapman and Levi T., sons, in Granville ; William H., a grandson, in Granville ; Mrs. Lemuel J. Bancroft, a daughter, in Castile, N. Y .; Mrs. George Lewis, a daughter, in East Granby, Conn .; Mrs. L. V. Elliott, a daughter, in Penn Yan, N. Y .; and Mrs. D. Stanford, a daughter, in Elizabeth, N. J. None of the descendants of Stephen, the second son of Thomas, the elder, are living in Granville. The only deseendant in Gran- ville of Charles, the third son, is Mrs. Leeson Brown, a granddaughter. Daniel, the fourth son, was one of a band of counterfeiters who, in 1770, oceupied a eave in Granville, where they manufactured spurious coin and passed it off on the Indians. Daniel was captured and lodged in jail, whence he escaped, and settled in Providence, R. 1., where he raised a large family. After an absence of forty years he returned to Granville, where he died at the age of ninety, never having been troubled more with reference to his counterfeiting procliv- ities. Timothy, the fifth son, removed carly with his family to Granville, Ohio. Eber, the sixth son, removed at an early period to Stafford, Conn. One of his sons, Solomon C., is a court erier in Springfield, and another, Sylvester, a physician in Ohio.

The only descendants of John Root in Granville are Jacob and John, sons of Silas and grandsons of Amos.

Of the Dickinsons, Beville C. and his three sons, Ethan, Otis, and Lester, are living in Granville. Of the Barlows living in Granville are Ileman, aged eighty-seven, a grandson of Edmund Barlow, an early settler. There is also at Gran- ville Edmund B., a great-grandson of Edmund.

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History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers, Vol. II, Part 172

Author: L.H. Everts & Co Publication date: 1879 Publisher: Philadelphia : Louis H. Everts Number of Pages: 896

Author: L.H. Everts & Co
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: Philadelphia : Louis H. Everts
Number of Pages: 896