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Children of Joshua, Jr. and Dorothy Abell : William, born Sept. 15, 1788, married Jerusha Arms ; Anne, Dec. 19, 1790 ; Prudence, born Oct. 6, 1792, married - - Whitney ; George, born March 2, 1796, married Tryphena Cathcart ; Nancy, born April 13, 1797, mar- ried Oliver T. Cathcart ; Calvin, born April 5, 1799 ; Susannah, born Feb. 7, 1802, died single ; Mrs. Dorothy died Sept. 3, 1803. William, known as "Captain," removed to Plainfield, New Jersey ; George, also "Captain," removed to Conway, where Lewis S., his son, still re- sides. His second son, George A. resides in Greenfield. His eldest daughter, Caroline P., married Joseph Blake, now of Amherst.
Children of Nathaniel Abell and Eunice, his wife : Versal, born Sept. 23, 1789 ; Clarissa, born June 3, 1791 ; Polly, born Oct. 15, 1792 ; Sally, born April 26, 1794; Mittie, born March 1, 1796 ; Asa- hel S., born Sept. 7, 1797 ; Laisdell, born April 16, 1801 ; Esther, born May 27, 1803 ; Ansel, born April 15, 1805 ; Austin, born Feb.
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27, 1807 ; Nathaniel, born July 16, 1809. Versal removed to Wil- liamsburgh; Asahel S. and Ansel to Northampton.
The Amadon family lived in the West district toward Chesterfield. Ansel, probably a son of Ebenezer, (No. 24, page 70,) is said to have had "a family of seventeen children, all boys but one; all grew up, all went to school to Mr. Emmons Putney, as the latter still delights to relate."
The Banister family, from Brookfield, was numerous and influen- tial. Joseph, one of the first members of the church here, may have been father of the family. John removed to Conway ; Christopher and his wife Abial, members of the church, perhaps died here ; Lem- ue! removed to Phelps, N. Y .- a son, Caleb, became a prominent physician there. Mary and Elizabeth Banister, members of the church, removed to Conway. Elizabeth united with the church 1784, dismissed 1796. Barzillai Banister removed to Framingham. Wil- liam, a brother, early removed from town. His wife was Mehitable
They had a son Jotham, born Oct. 26, 1781. Rachel, sister of Lemuel, married Asa Partridge. They were the parents of Kath- erine, who married Major Ambrose Stone, and Calista, who married Ebenezer White. Persis, another sister, married Benjamin Abell ; a third sister, married - Warner of Chesterfield ; a fourth sister, married John Burnell of Chesterfield, parents of Rufus and Joseph Burnell ; (grandparents of K. A. Burnell, the evangelist and J. S. Burnell, the missionary to Ceylon.) The children of Barzillai and Deborah Banister are given in the records of the town as follows: Irena, born April 17, 1775 ; Allerton, born and died 1778; Dolley, born April 30, 1780 ; Tryphena, born Feb. 23, 1782 ; Sophia, born June 11, 1784 ; Deborah, born June 13, 1786 ; Abigail, born Aug. 7, 1788 , Lucy, born July 13, 1791.
Capt. Elijah Bardwell and family removed to this town from Bel- chertown in 1803. Several members of the family have already been noticed-pages 55-6-9-60-1. Araunah Bardwell united with the church in 1806, became a physician, was dismissed by letter to North Carolina in 1824. He died in Mississippi in October, 1838. Selah removed to Minnesota with several of his family about 1856. His son, Jeremiah H., resides in Easthampton and has been postmaster there for many years. The following is a record of the children of
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Capt. Bardwell and Sarah, his wife : Rhoda, born 1778, married Rev. W. Fisher ; Sophia, born 1780, married Reuben Dresser ; Laura, born 1782, married Calvin Cushman ; Araunah, M. D., born 1784; Elijah, born 1786, married Lavina Howes ; Horatio, born 1788, mar- ried Rachel Furbush ; Selah, born 1791, married Clarissa Hosford ; Sarah, born 1793, married Rev. J. Richards ; Aurelia, born 1796. married Ist, Samuel Naramore, 2d, Benj. White, Esq.
Thomas Brown (No. 49, page 71,) probably had no children. His nephew and namesake, Thomas Brown 2d, son of Daniel and Dor- ·cas Brown, born Feb. 1, 1780, lived with him and succeeded to the farm. Thomas 2d, married Zervia, daughter of Dr. Benjamin Bur- gess. His children were Benjamin F., Calphurna, Levi, Cleora, Car- los. The father removed to Cuminington, and the surviving children reside in the West. Mr. Brown, with the assistance of Elias White, nearly sixty years ago, set out the elm trees on the west side of Main street, through the village in front of the residences of Mrs. Mary P. Webster and Oscar F. Washburn.
Greenwood Brown, probably not related to Thomas, lived adjoin- ing (No. 9, page 68,) on the North. The farm was afterwards owned successively by Daniel Hersey, Rufus K., Jabez H. ard John El- dredge, and J. D. Shipman. The buildings were burnt in 1840. Greenwood Brown, Sen., died 1825; Greenwood, Jr., 1828. The ·children of Greenwood, Sen., and Susannah his wife, are recorded as follows: Susannah, born Mar. 25, 1786, in Goshen ; Greenwood, bom April 20, 1787, died 1788 ; Harvey, born April 29, 1789 ; Greenwood, born Feb. 28. 1791, died 1828 ; Cynthia, born May 6, 1793, married Asa Pettengill of Cummington ; Minerva, born April 9, 1795, died 1819.
Joseph Blake (No. 72, page 72,) probably born in Boston in 1738, was published to Comfort Thayer in Braintree, in 1761, whom he, married. They probably removed to Goshen about 1766, and set- tled in the south-east part of the town, on the original lot, No. 2, where they lived for about fifty years. He removed after the death of his wife, in 1811, to Ashfield, and lived, till his decease in 1818, with his son Silas. His children were : Polly, or Mary, born in Braintree, Aug. 16, 1765, married Elijah Wolcott of Williamsburgh ; Rachel, born in Goshen, July 18, 1767, married Joseph Smith of Hat-
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field ; Silas, born Aug. 2, 1771, who married Parnal Beswick of Chesterfield ; Nancy, born June, 1776, married Abner Bates of Ches- terfield ; Eleazer, born March 23, 1778, married Ruth Beals of Goshen ; Joseph, born Nov. 10, 1783, and Comfort, who died young.
Joseph, the pioneer, was son of Joseph, who was son of Solomon, who was son of Edward, who was son of William, the emigrant. The family were of Hingham. Rev. Charles M. Blake, Post Chap- lain of the U. S. Army, has been engaged in the compilation of the genealogy of the Blake Family, which is now continued by Perley Derby, Esq., of Salem. The writer is indebted for a portion of these facts to Silas Blake, Esq., of Ashfield, great-grandson of Joseph, the pioneer.
Dr. Benjamin Burgess resided here about twenty-seven years. His father, Benjamin, Sen., was a physician in Dartmouth, Mass., where he died Sept. 18, 1748, aged forty years, leaving the son an orphan at the age of eleven years. The father had made extensive purchases of land in this vicinity, which the son, after attaining his majority, came up to look after. He was so well pleased with its location that he decided to make the place his future home. He left the "Vineyard" at a time, during the war of the Revolution, when British privateers were cruising upon our coast. Fearing they might fall into the hands of the enemy, his wife quilted a thousand dollars in gold into the skirt of her dress, that it might be secure against any emergency. The British came in sight and fired upon them several times, but caused no serious damage. His family have a tradition that this thousand dollars purchased a thousand acres of land here. The doctor was not only a skillful physician, but was held in high esteem as a man. The records of the church speak of him as "a substantial christian." He married, Nov. 12, 1772, Susannah Man- tor of Tisbury. They had seven children, one son and six daugh- ters. Silas, the son, born Oct. 20, 1776, married Lucy, daughter of Joseph Stone, of Shrewsbury, Dec. 18, 1803. He died Oct. 10, 1830. Susan, the oldest daughter of Dr. Burgess, married John C. Lyman and removed to Cummington ; Mercy, the second daughter, married Mitchell Dawes of Cummington,-the parents of the distinguished Senator from this state, Hon. Henry L. Dawes; Zerviah, the third daughter, married Thomas Brown,-parents of Rev. Benj. F. Brown ;
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Jane died single ; Mary married first, Isaac Williams, second, Stephen Whitney of Deerfield,-parents of Gen. James S. Whitney, a promi- nent business man and politician, and a former Collector of the Port of Boston ; Sarah, the youngest daughter, married Seth Williams, merchant and manufacturer, of Cummingion.
The children of Silas Burgess and Lucy his wife were : Maria, born Jan. 8, 1806, for several years a noted teacher of penmanship, married Josiah Barber, Sept. 2, 1852, resi les in Worcester ; Benja- min F., born July 5, 1SOS ; married Sarah B. Francis, April 15, 1832, removed to Boston when a young man and commenced business which is still continued by him and his son, Benjamin F., Jr. ; Rev. Frederick W. Burgess, born Jan. 25, 1811, and Rev. Joseph S, born Aug. 15, 1813 (see page 57) ; George M., born Aug. 18, 1816, was prominent as a teacher here, and for some years also in New Jersey. He studied medicine, and had a large practice in Blackstone, Mass. He died in the midst of his usefulness, March 5, 1859. His remains were brought to this town for burial. Sirah, born July 21, 1819, married Nathan F. Orcutt, Esq., of Cummington ; Lucy L., born Oct. 11, 1822, married first, E. H. Porter, March 1, 1845, second, L. H. Grandgent, Dec. 28, 1854, a teacher in Boston ; Silas A., married Evelina E. Jones, Aug. 14, 1855. He is a lawyer, resided for several years in Blackstone, and is now of Worcester.
The Burgess family in this country descend from Thomas, the pil- grim, who came to Salem about 1630, and after two or three removals settled in Sandwich, where he at length died, leaving an estate which a few years since was still in the family. His son Jacob married Mary Nye ; their second son, Ebenezer, born 1673, married Mercy Lombard ; the fourth son of Ebenezer and Mercy, Benjamin, born 1708, married Mercy -, and they were the parents of Dr. Benjamin of Goshen, a distant relative of Hon. Tristam Burgess of Rhode Island.
Rev. Dr. Burgess, in his genealogy of the Burgess Family, says : "The origin of the name of Burgess will not admit of controversy. It is a title, civil or official. The inhabitant or representative of a Burgh or Borough is a Burgess. In England the name is well pre- served, but in this country it has been corrupted into Burghess, Burges, Burgis, Borgis, Burge, Burg."
Asahel Billings, born 1786, removed here from Belchertown in 1807. His great grandfather, Benjamin Billings, was one of the first
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settlers of Hatfield. Benjamin's son Joseph had a Joseph Jr., who was the father of Asahel. Asahel had five brothers and two sisters ; all younger than himself. Elijah, his brother, came here in 1816 and served as apprentice to Asahel, who was a blacksmith, remain- ing till 1822. The wife of Asahel was Violet Bardwell-not of Elijah Bardwell's family. They had one son who died young. Asahel was a model man, in whom every one had confidence, and was often called to serve in positions of responsibility. Elijah, his brother, removed here again about 1839, and remained till his decease in 1880. He was often called to serve his townsmen in various official positions. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Reuben Smith. Their children were : Frederick S., who married Sophia Stone ; Edwin ; Sophia, who married Frederick P. Hunt ; and Charles, who died a young man.
Levi Barrus was a resident of Goshen for nearly sixty years, He was born in Charlemont, near the Deerfield river, March 10, 1795. His family resided for nine years on the farm of his grandfather, Jo- seph Cressey, afterwards owned by Joab Willis. They removed in 1812 to Windsor, and thence to Goshen, where they spent the winter of 1812-13, removing in the spring of 1813 to "Cape street," Ashfield. In 1814 they again removed to the southwest part of Ashfield and bought a small farm of Ebenezer Putney and other land where the father resided till his decease, October 10, 1826. Up to the date of the purchase of this place and for some time later, he and his fam- ily spelt their name Barrows. It is said that he was informed by a distant branch of the family, who spelt his name Barrus, that the lat- ter was the true spelling. Having been left an orphan at an early age, with no near relative except a sister, he accepted the statement and adopted the incorrect spelling, which is followed by his descendants to this day, subjecting them to an occasional hint that they "don't know how to spell."
The Pilgrim ancestor of the Barrows families in this country was JOHN BARROWE from Yarmouth in England, who came to Salem in 1637, at the age of 28 years, with his wife Anne. He received two grants of land in Salem in 1637.
In 1665 his name appears in the Plymouth records, in which town he resided from that time, and perhaps earlier till his death in 1692. His will shows that he left a second wife much younger than himself,
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and four sons ; Robert, who married Ruth, daughter of Geo. Bonum, Nov. 28, 1666; Joshua, Ebenezer, Benajah; and two daughters, Mary and Deborah. Robert remained in Plymouth and had by Ruth, his first wife : John, born 1667, died in Plympton 1720 ; George, born 1670, died in Plympton 1758 ; Samuel, born 1672, died in Mid- dleboro 1755 ; Mehitable, who married Adam Wright.
Robert married 2d, Lydia Dunham, and had Robert, born 1689, died in Mansfield, Conn., 1779 ; Thankful, born 1692, married Isaac King ; Elisha, born 1695, died in Rochester, Mass., 1767 ; Thomas, born 1697, died in Mansfield ; Lydia, born 1699, married Thomas Branch.
George, born 1670, called "Captain George" for his success in treating with the Indians, had a large family and was an extensive land holder. His son Peleg received the homestead now in Carver, which is still in possession of his descendants. Joseph, son of Peleg, removed to Maine, and was the ancestor of Judge Wm. G. Barrows, and Hon. George B. Barrows, formerly President of the Maine Sen- ate ; and also of Rev. Charles D. Barrows of Lowell. Peleg Jr., was ancestor of Arad Barrows, Esq., of Philadelphia, a prominent business man.
Samuel, born 1700, son of Capt. George, removed to Middleboro, where he was called Samuel Junior, to distinguish him from his uncle, Deacon Samuel. He married Susannah Tobey* of Sandwich, Nov. 21, 1723 ; removed to Killingly, Conn., and had eight children, of whom Noah, born August 20, 1727, was grandfather of Rev. Wil liam Barrows, D. D., late Secretary of the Mass. Home Missionary Society ; and George, born March 21, 1733, was grandfather of Levi Barrus. This George resided in Tolland, Conn., where he and all his children, except one son, Lazarus, and one daughter, Keziah, died of malignant fever in 1777.
Samuel, known as "Deacon Samuel," born 1672, son of Robert, removed to Middleboro, 1699, and built a house soon after, which is still occupied by his descendants. It was built with reference to de- fense against the Indians, and has a port hole through which to fire muskets at the enemy. Robert, Jr., of Mansfield, Conn., born 1689,
* The author has a sugar bowl that belonged to this lady, probably at the time of her marriage. It was preserved in the family of her son, George, and came to her grandson Lazarus, and thence to his daughter Ann, by whom it was given to its present owner.
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died 1720, was the ancestor of Rev. E. P. Barrows, Professor in Ober- lin Seminary.
Thomas, brother of Robert, Jr., also of Mansfield, was the ancestor of Rev. John O. Barrows, now missionary to Turkey.
Three of the sons of JOHN, the emigrant, early removed from Ply- mouth-Joshua and Benajah to Attleboro; Ebenezer, to Cumber- land, R. I. Their decendants are numerous, like the posterity of the elder brother, Robert, and are scattered from the Atlantic to the Pa- cific. John, eldest son of Benajah, born 1708, was father of John, the graduate of Harvard College in 1766, who was a teacher in Dighton for fifty years. He had a son Thomas who was a physician ; and an- other son, John, who was a teacher. Prof. John Manning Barrows of Olivet College, Michigan, was a son of this teacher, and has two sons in the ministry : Rev. John H. Barrows, pastor of the Maverick church in Boston, and Rev. Walter M. Barrows, missionary in Salt Lake City, Utah. There are many other ministers of the gospel, teachers and physicians, in the different branches of the family, whose names are reserved for a more extended genealogy now in preparation by the author. The name of the family is supposed to be from Barrow, a mound, or Borough, or Burgh, a town, which seems to ally it with the name of Burgess.
Lazarus Barrows (or Barrus), born 1763, married Ruth, daughter of of Joseph Cressey. They removed from Tolland, Conn., to Rowe, Mass., soon after the birth of their first child. The following dates of births of their children are from the records in Charlemont : Julia Ann, born Nov. 11, 1785, married Elijah Warren ; Susannah, born Jan. 26, 1788, married Bani Parker about 1812 ; Patience, born July 22, 1790, married first, Elisha Phillips, second, Jona. Lilly, third, -- Clark ; George, born April 2, 1793, married first, Rhoda Keyes, se- cond, Rhoda T. Graves ; Levi, born March 10, 1795, married first, Almeda Stearns, second, Elvira W. Allis ; Freelove, born April 21, 1798; Perus, born April 1, 1801, M. Huldah Rogers ; Ruth, born Dec. 18, 1803, married Elijah Howes Nov. 24, 1831 ; Anna, born March 29, 1808, married Madison Knowlton Nov. 11, 1830.
The family claim that this record of births should date two or three years later. George Barrus died -, 1869.
Children of Levi and Almeda Barrus : Hiram, born July 5, 1822 married Augusta Stone ; Lorin, born May 31, 1825, married Lucinda, Naramore ; Laura Ann, born July 26, 1827, married Jacob Lovell ;
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HIRAM BARRUS.
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Theron Levi, born Sept. 1, 1829, married Czarina Robinson ; Alvan Stone, born Oct. 14, 1841, married Emeline P. Wakefield ; Charles, born May 25, 1834, married Clarissa Hill ; Louisa Jane, born July 20, 1838, died Sept. 4, 1850.
Hiram Barrus removed to Boston in 1861, where he received an appointment in the Custom House under Collector J. Z. Goodrich. After serving in several minor positious he became assistant cashier in 1864, a position he has retained under six different collectors, with the same cashier, E. L. Frothingham, Jr.
Hiram Barrus married Augusta, daughter of Col. Luther Stone, April 24, 1845. Removed to Reading, May 19, 1863. Children : Edna Stone, born Oct. 25, 1846, married Galen A. Parker ; Frederick P. Stone, born May 7, 1848, died Oct. 12, 1851 ; George Winthrop, born Sept. 26, 1850, died March 26, 1851 ; Mary Almeda, born Feb. 19, 1852, died Aug. 21, 1867 ; George Hale, born July 11, 1854, mar- ried Sadie L. Dewey ; Jennie Rood, born July 10, 1856.
Edna S. married Galen A. Parker Nov. 7, 1867. Children : Liz- zie Augusta, born Jan. 18, 1870 ; Winthrop Dana, born Oct. 28, 1871 ; Marion Edna, born Oct. 28, 1873 ; Jennie Barrus, born Oct. 27, 1879.
George H. Barrus married Sadie L., daughter of F. O. Dewey, June 23, 1877. Bella Dewey, daughter of George and Sadie Barrus, boin March 24, 1878.
Lorin Barrus married Lucinda, daughter of Franklin Naramore, June 5, 1848. Children : Walter Frank, born March 24, 1850, died Jan. 23, 1851 ; Helen Lucinda, born Oct. 19, 1851, married William Bartlett ; Charles Franklin, born Dec. 21, 1854 ; Frederick Walter, born 1857 ; Ann Lurane, born Aug. 5, 1559, died Oct. 17, 1877; Eva Elvira, born Nov. 1861 ; Sheridan Ezra, born Sept. 29, 1867 ; Josephine Ruth, born Oct. 11, 1869.
Laura Ann Barrus married Jacob Lovell, Nov. 28, 1850 ; resides in Cummington. Children : Ellen A., born Oct. 5, 1851, married Ed- ward Warner ; Lizzie J., born Sept. 17, 1853 ; Julia Ann, born Sept. 24, 1855 ; Hattie L., born Jan. 14, 1858 ; Alvan E., July 10, 1863, died April, 1869.
Theron L. Barrus married Czarina A. Robinson of Cummington, May 17, 1854. Children : James Levi, born Oct. 13, 1855, married Nellie Lesure ; Willie Arthur, born Oct. 2, 1857 ; Edward T., born Oct. 14, 1861 ; Mary Almeda, born Jan. 11, 1868 ; Lida Emily, born Aug. 13, 1872.
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Alvan Barrus married Emeline P. Wakefield of Reading, June 29, 1869. Children : Lena Wakefield, born Nov. 2, 1875 ; George Levi, born Dec. 15, 1880.
Charles Barrus married Clara Hill of Ashfield, Jan. 1, 1859.
Children : Charles Stanley, born Jan. 9, 1860, died in infancy ; Clifton Levi, born Jan. 15, 1861 ; Laura Almeda, born March 13, 1862 ; Flora A., born June 15, 1863 ; Hiram Austin, boin Aug. 13, 1867 ; Alvan G., born Dec. 3, 1868 ; Calvin, born Dec. 3, 1868, died Aug. 15, 1869 ; Augusta L., born May 30, 1871 ; Carl Birdsie, born Dec. 29, 1874 ; Walter Leander, born July, 1877.
Mr. Levi Barrus was an industrious, frugal, and thoroughly honest man, who minded his own affairs, shunned official positions of every sort, and lived to a good old age. The Hampshire Gazette of March 27, 1877, gave the following obituary notice of him : "The death of Mr. Levi Barrus, which occurred March 18th, was not unexpected by his family and friends. For some months he has been gradually failing, yet he will be none the less missed. Interested in every good word and work, whether of town or church affairs, he held a place in the hearts of the whole community. As far back as we can remember, we see him sitting at the head of his usually well-filled pew in the church, and so leniently had time dealt with him, that he looked little older to us as we last saw him in that same place, not very long ago. Especially will he be missed in the social gatherings, where he was a constant and welcome guest as long as his health permitted. His last days have been in marked contrast with many others, made peaceful and happy by the kind and respectful atten- tion of his children. His funeral was attended on Wednesday last by a large circle of children, grand-children, great-grandchildren and friends. Mr. Barrus leaves a wife, a most estimable woman, some years younger than himself."
Children of Adam and Lydia Beal: Ezra, born Jan. 17, 1778, in Chesterfield ; Lydia, born July 17, 1780 ; Ruth, born July 24, 1782 ; Wheat, June 30, 1784.
Adam Beal removed to Vermont, probably Fairfield. It is said that he was one of the party that threw the tea into Boston harbor.
Caleb Cushman was born in Woodstock, Conn., Oct. 21, 1749 ; married Bathsheba, daughter of Asa and Mary Spaulding. Children : Wealthy, born and died, 1775 ; Rufus, born Sept. 18, 1777 ; Wealthy,
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born Oct. 1, 1779 ; Ralph, born April 8, 17S2 ; Calvin, June 13, 1784 ; Theodama, born Aug., 1786, married Erastus Knight in 1828, died 1833 ; Minerva, born Aug. 20, 1788; Vesta, born Oct. 27, 1790; Mary, born Nov. 26, 1796, married David Worthington of Peru.
Caleb Cushman was a descendant of Robert Cushman, the Pilgrim, born about 1580, who preached the first sermon ever printed in America. The largest monument on Burial Hill, in Plymouth, was erected to his memory some years since by his descendants. The name on the records in Leyden is spelt Coctsman.
Caleb Cushman died in Goshen, Jan. 3, 1809 ; his wife died Jan. 17, 1805. (See history of the church for fuller account of the family.)
The Carpenter families originated from Attleboro'. Ezra, who lived on the Capt. Tower farm, may have been the father of Deacon Cyril, Joab and David. Esther, wife of Ezra, was received to the church by letter from Plainfield in 1808. David married Rachel, daughter of Maj. Ambrose Stone, May 30, ISHI, and lived for some years in Chesterfield. His children were: Edwin A., born 1815, married Charlotte A., daughter of Thomas Lyman, Nov. 30, 1837, removed to Pleasant Prairie, Wis., 1849 ; Ezra, born 1817, married ist, Martha Dresser, 2d, Calista Packard, Nov. 27, 1851 ; Lurane A., born 1820, married Hiram Packard ; Maria, died 1831 ; Ambrose S., removed to Wisconsin ; Alvan S., engaged in mining in Colorado.
David Carpenter was a teacher in his younger days, an accurate musician-the bass viol being his favorite instrument, and under- stood land surveying.
Richard Carpenter was of another family, came from Amherst, was father-in-law of Reuben Smith.
Simeon Cowles was also from Amherst. His children were : Rufus, who married Emma Stedman Oct. 26, 1840, and removed West ; Amasa S. ; Esther, married Franklin Naramore, Feb. 14, 1833 ; Charlotte, married Samuel Luce, 2d, Oct. 26, 1840; Mary, married Quarters Tower, Nov. 28, 1844; Harriet, married J. J. Wag- ner, Dec. 17, 1845.
Solomon Cushman and Barney Prentiss came from Worthington about 1831, and purchased the mills on Swift River, which had been occupied for several years by Asa Partridge. They displaced the grist mill by shingle and peg-making machines, and sold to Samuel
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and Edward Ranney about 1837, who manufactured faucets, &c. Levi and Reuben Gardner, subsequently with S. Ranney, as the firm of Ranney and Gardner, manufactured broom and brush handles, and children's carriages here. Samuel Ranney married Flora Sel- den, and had Lyman ; Mary, died Jan. 1846; Edward Willis, born Aug. 9, 1843 ; Mary L., born March 3, 1849 ; Josephine, born Nov. 9, 1851.
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