History of the town of Sutton, Massachusetts, from 1876 to 1950, Volume II, Part 64

Author: Sutton (Mass. : Town); Benedict, William Addison; Tracy, Hiram Averill; Dudley, John C., d. 1951
Publication date: 1878
Publisher: [Sutton, Mass.]
Number of Pages: 656


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Jacob3 (Jasper2, Stephen1) m. Matilda Curtis (Cortes) of Webster, Nov. 7, 1845. She was b. 1822; d. Nov. 22, 1895; he d. Jan. 8, 1898. Ch. 1. Willard, b. Aug. 31, 1846; 2. Sarah Maria, b. June 8, 1848; d. Aug. 22, 1928; m. Charles Walker, Feb. 27, 1867; 3. Francis, b. Jan. 28, 1850; d. inf .; 4. Daniel, b. July 28, 1852; d. Apr. 30, 1878; 5. Herbert J., b. Sept. 30, 1854; 6. Jane, b. July 27, 1856; m. William Harback, of Lyons, Ia. (4 ch.); 7. Mary, b. Dec. 13, 1857; m. 1st, Andrew Aikman of Lyons, Ia .; m. 2nd, Milton Aikman, d. Dec., 1928 (1 ch.); 8. Emily, b. June 22, 1860; m. George Walker (3 ch.).


Calvin3 (Jasper2, Stephen1 m. Dorothy Titus, dau. of Isaac and Dolly (Bal- com) Titus; m. Feb. 10, 1847. She d. Feb 25, 1910, aged 82. He d. Mar. 28, 1911, aged 85. Having no children of their own they brought up two chil- dren of his brother Sardius's, Edward and Caroline.


Oliver+ (Sardius3, Jasper2, Stephen1) m. Anne. Ch. 1. Arthur, b. 2.


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Edward M.4 (Sardius3, Jasper2, Stephen1) m. 1883, Lillie H. Stockton, b. in 1860, in N. B .; d. N. B. 1884. Ch. 1. Lillie M., b. in Boston, 1884.


Elwood: (Stephen3, Jasper2, Stephen1) m. 1st, Belle Walker of Auburn; 2nd, Cora Wesson of Oxford. Ch. by 1st wife, 1. Wallace; 2. Grace; 3. Daisy. By 2nd wife, 1. Catherine.


Elmer E.4 (Stephen3, Jasper2, Stephen1) m. in Millbury, Sept. 15. 1886, Minnie A. Gore, b. July 15, 1870; d. Apr. 5, 1905. Ch. 1. Florence; 2. George, b. Sept. 27, 1890; m. Gertrude Alice Ross; 3. Ernest, m. Gladys E. Fiske.


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Willard+ (Jacob3, Jasper2, Stephen1) m. Ada A. Pope of Oxford, Sept. 1, 1867. He d. Mar. 1, 1900, aged 53. Ch. 1. Henry, b. ; d. aged 9; 2. Ralph, ; d. aged 11; 3. Ida May, b. Mar. 28, 1880; m. in Worcester, Apr. 23, 1907, John Sherman Crane (1 son, Lloyd, b. Oct. 17, 1910).


Daniel4 (Jacob3, Jasper2, Stephen1) m. Sylvia A. Pope of Oxford. He was killed in Worcester freight yard, Apr. 30, 1878. Ch. 1. Mabel, d. in inf .; 2. Wilfred.


Herbert J.4 (Jacob3, Jasper2, Stephen1) lived with the Capt. Tilden family in Auburn after he was eight years old; m. Jan. 21, 1877, Laura Stone of Pax- ton. He d. Jan. 21, 1939, in Auburn. Ch. 1. Effie Maude, b. Dec. 16, 1879; m. Walter Wolfe of Auburn {2 ch. (1) Herbert (2) Rudolphe].


EATON


Cyrus Eaton, b. Sept. 1, 1867 and Annie K. Hosford, b. Sept. 27, 1868, were


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m. May 4, 1889, at Winchester, N. H. They came to live in Sutton, on Burbank Hill, in 1904. He d. Feb. 1, 1942; she d. Sept. 11, 1945. They had six chil- dren. Ch. 1. Hugh Horatio, b. Feb. 19, 1890; 2. Minnie Vera, b. Aug. 19, 1891; d. June 20, 1935; 3. Gene Mae, b. June 3, 1894; m. William Walter Louis, Mar. 24, 1917; she d. Nov. 3, 1943 {ch. (1) William Walter, Jr., b. Mar. 9, 1920; m. Irene Quarelli, June 21, 1947 (ch. Barbara, b. May 26, 1948; Ronald, b. Aug 23, 1951) ; (2) Harold Edward, b. Nov. 17, 1922; m. Rose Stratford (ch. Judy Ann, b. Dec. 7, 1951) ; (3) Anna, b. Dec. 12, 1923; m. James D. Black, June 23, 1943 (ch. Linda, b. May 5, 1946; Lila, b. July 5, 1948); (4) Vera Estelle, b. Jan. 7, 1929; m. Robert W. Jodrey, Oct. 27, 1951]; 4. Hazel Alice, b. Dec. 22, 1896; m. Arthur W. Johnson, Mar. 17, 1918; he d. Dec. 10, 1921; she m. 2nd, Carl E. Tideman of Worcester, July 29, 1937 {Ch. (1) Wallace Eaton, b. Sept. 7, 1919; m. Shirley Putnam, Nov. 6, 1943; (2) Mildred E., b. June 19, 1921; m. Phil C. Stevens, Sept. 20, 1941 (ch. Barry T., b. Dec. 4, 1942; Valerie A., b. June 29, 1946) ]; 5. Harold Wright, b. May 25, 1902; 6. Oliver Cyrus, b. Sept. 13, 1904.


Hugh Horatio2 (Cyrus1) m. 1st, Loretta Moore, July 1912; she d. June 2, 1927; m. 2nd, Lillian Gray of Westboro; he d. July 11, 1947. Ch. 1. Hugh Oliver, b. Feb. 2, 1915; 2. John Alvin, b. Sept. 25, 1917; 3. Paul Moore, b. Oct. 19, 1918; 4. Rita Louise, b. Jan. 7, 1920; m. Paul H. Johnson, June 12, 1943 (ch. Allan, b. Oct. 15, 1947) ; 5. Muriel J., b. June 1, 1923.


Harold Wright2 (Cyrus1) m. Carolyn Stowe, Apr. 14, 1934. Ch. 1. Lynwood Harold, b. Feb. 9, 1935; 2. Bradley Stowe, b. Feb. 24, 1939.


Oliver Cyrus2 (Cyrus1) m. Hazel Colby, Feb. 14, 1928; Ch. 1. Vera Arlene, b. May 28, 1935; 2. Larry Jamieson, b. Mar. 14, 1937; 3. Dale Colby, b. Dec. 4, 1940; 4. Van Duane, b. Sept. 27, 1945; 5. Cheryl Ann, b. Nov. 5, 1946.


Hugh Oliver3 (Hugh H.2, Cyrus1) m. Evelyn Maynard, Mar. 2, 1935. Ch. David Hugh, b. Feb. 4, 1936.


John Alvin3 (Hugh2, Cyrus1) m. Alta Lois Maclaren, Dec. 10, 1942. Ch. 1. Lois Loretta, b. June 20, 1943; 2. Jeffrey Harold, b. June 13, 1947.


Paul Moore3 (Hugh H.2, Cyrus1) m. Thelma Lynch, Jan. 3, 1942. Ch. 1. Patricia Ann, b. June 7, 1944.


FREELAND


Franklin5 (James4, Dr. James3, Thomas2, James1) m. Caroline Adams of Exe- ter, Me., Feb. 25, 1853. He d. Nov. 23, 1893; she d. Nov. 3, 1931, aged 106 yrs., 4 m., 19 days. Ch. 1. James, b. Feb. 9, 1854; 2. Fanny, b. Nov. 11, 1855; m. Thomas Pope of Millbury, Oct. 31, 1875; she d. July 28, 1910; lived in Iowa (5 ch.); 3. Mary, b. Jan. 5, 1859; d. Oct. 4, 1875; 4. John Frederic, b. Oct. 10, 1860; 5. Joseph Eddy, b. Apr. 13, 1866; 6. George Franklin, b. Nov. 28, 1868.


James", (Franklin5, James+, Dr. James3, Thomas2, James1) m. Mary Lillian Shaw, July 9, 1876; he d. Dec. 26, 1926; she d. Aug. 29, 1941. Ch. 1. Fred Shaw, b. Dec. 25, 1876.


John Frederic6 (Franklin5, James4, Dr. James3, Thomas2, James1) m. Jessie Elizabeth Hope, of Montville, Conn., June 1, 1892; she was b. July 9, 1874; he d. Oct. 12, 1947; she d. Aug. 10, 1950; Ch. 1. Hope Elizabeth, b. Apr. 12, 1901; m. Percy Lester Allen, of Montville, Conn., June 27, 1925; 2. Frank


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Adams, b. Sept. 30, 1903; 3. Faith Anear, b. Mar. 17, 1906; m. Ellery B. Smith, Oct. 5, 1929 (5 ch.) *.


Joseph Eddy6 (Franklin3, James4, Dr. James3, Thomas2, James1) m. 1st, Amy Wheeler, Mar. 19, 1891; she d. Aug. 15, 1897; he m. 2nd, Edith H. Harwood, b. June 24, 1870; m. Apr. 15, 1903; Ch. 1. Harry Wheeler, b. Jan. 20, 1892; m. 1st, Alice Davis, Aug. 15, 1913; m. 2nd, Catherine Bedore, July 28, 1946 (3 ch.); 2. Mary Elsie, b. July 10, 1893; m. Clifton C. Stone of Auburn, June 18, 1919 (5 ch.); 3. James Edward, b. May 2, 1896; m. Opal Whitney of Glendale, Ariz., Aug. 11, 1919 (3 ch.); 4. Alice Harwood, b. Aug. 20, 1904; m. Frank Nordyke of Ariz. (5 ch.).


George Franklin6 (Franklin5, James4, Dr. James3, Thomas2, James1) m. Emma Florence Hart of Danvers, Mar. 15, 1904; b. Apr. 21, 1874; he d. Aug. 14, 1943. Ch. 1. Evelyn Hart, b. Sept. 19, 1906: m. Daniel S. Smith, Aug. 4, 1928 (4 ch.) *; 2. Caroline Thorne, b. July 1, 1913; m. Hagop M. Malkasian, Oct. 30, 1937 {ch. (1) Alan Endicott Malkasian, b. Oct. 31, 1938; (2) Neil Adams Malkasian, b. Aug. 25, 1942].


Fred Shaw7 (James6, Franklin", James4, Dr. James3, Thomas2, James1) m. Bessie Davidson, July 14, 1902; she d. Dec. 29, 1945; he d. Nov. 1, 1951. Ch. 1. Lillian Frances, b. Jan. 1, 1903; m. William Hoffman, June 2, 1930; 2. Veleda Caroline, b. Mar. 18, 1905; d. Feb. 25, 1915; 3. Shirley May, b. Jan. 3, 1909; m. Lewis Roland Taylor, Aug. 28, 1929 (2 ch.); 4. Frederic James, b. Sept. 12, 1912; m. Dorothy M. Johnson, Oct. 29, 1938 (1 ch.); 5. Fordyce Shaw, b. Mar. 24, 1918; m. Shirley L. Lever, June 23, 1945 (3 ch. ); 6. Marian June, b. June 21, 1922; m. Edwin C. Butcher, Apr. 17, 1947.


Frank Adams? (John6, Franklin5, James4, Dr. James3, Thomas2, James1) m. Harriet C. Moreland of Essex, Aug. 18, 1928. Ch. 1. Beverly Ann, b. Jan. 7, 1929; 2. Louise Elwilda, b. Mar. 28, 1930; 3. John Frederic, b. Aug. 1, 1931; 4. Audrey, b. Sept. 7, 1934; d. Sept. 8, 1934; 5. Judith Evelyn, b. July 28, 1936; 6. Lawrence Adams, b. Nov. 19, 1946; 7. George Edward, b. Oct. 4, 1947.


GIFFORD


Thaddeus Gifford was b. in Brockton, Mass. Jan. 13, 1927. He m. in 1868, Phebe Eudora Brightman, b. Jan. 9, 1843. He d. Nov., 1903. She d. Nov. 15, 1937, in Sutton. Ch. 1. Frederick Perkins, b. Jan. 13, 1870; 2. John Edwin, b. Oct. 1, 1873; 3. Joseph Herbert, b. 1878.


Frederick Perkins2 (Thaddeus1) m. 1900 Florence Cook. He d. in 1935. Ch. 1. Ernest, b. 1902; 2. Herbert, b. 1906.


John Edwin2 (Thaddeus1) m. Luella M. Dudley, Oct. 19, 1904. He d. May 18, 1944. Ch. 1. John Dudley, b. Dec. 9, 1905; d. July 2, 1913; 2. Charles Ed- win, b. Oct. 4, 1907.


Joseph Herbert2 (Thaddeus1) m. Annie Goodell, Dec. 25, 1898. He d. Oct. 25, 1906. (She m. 2nd, George W. Perkins, Mar. 25, 1925.) She d. 1951. Ch. 1. Fred Lawrence, b. Oct. 25, 1899; 2. Bernice Louise, b. Dec. 3, 1901; m. George Rice Lincoln, July 30, 1925 (ch. George Rice, b. Dec. 15, 1926); 3. Annie Josephine, b. Jan. 1, 1905; m. Raymond Henry, Dec .28, 1922 {ch. (1) Russell Franklin, b. May 12, 1932; (2) Kendall Gifford, b. Oct. 8, 1936].


Charles Edwin3 (John Edwin2, Thaddeus1) m. Doris V. Allen, June 11, 1932.


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Ch. 1. Nancy Louise, b. Sept. 23, 1935; 2. Dudley Allen, b. Apr. 25, 1939; 3. Merrilee Diane, b. Dec. 20, 1946.


Fred Lawrence3 (Joseph Herbert2, Thaddeus1) m. Lois Beth Putnam, June 27, 1925. Ch. 1. Fred Lincoln, b. June 16, 1930.


GOODELL


Arthur Goodell was b. in Millbury, May 11, 1847. He d. in Sutton, Mar. 27, 1914; m. Mar. 5, 1869, Mary E. Prentice; b. Oct. 20, 1849; d. in Millbury, Sept. 28, 1939. Ch. 1. Fred V., b. Feb. 14, 1870; m. Anna V. Slayton, Feb. 27, 1901; 2. Stella M., b. Mar. 10, 1872; m. George R. Lincoln, June 23, 1897; she d. Jan. 12, 1925; 3. Annie L., b. Jan. 12, 1875; m. 1st, Joseph H. Gifford, Dec. 25, 1898; he d. Oct. 25, 1906; she m. 2nd, George W. Perkins, Mar. 25, 1925 (3 ch. by 1st marriage) *.


GURNEY


Ralph Waldo Gurney was b. in Millbury, May 11, 1903. He was the son of Waldo Abram Gurney, b. Jan. 14, 1860, in Grafton, Mass. and Annie Maria (Lee) Gurney, b. July 11, 1862, in Slatersville, R. I .; m. Feb. 18, 1885, in Slatersville. He m. Luella Evalyn Marble, dau. of Ezra W. and Jennie (Putnam) Marble, Sept. 24, 1921; she was b. Oct. 23, 1903. Ch. 1. Barbara Evalyn, b. Mar. 14, 1922; m. William Emmett Weaver, Sept. 3, 1942; he was b. May 13, 1921 {ch. (1) Merrilee Ann, b. Sept. 3, 1943; (2) Ross Emmett, b. Apr. 28, 1948]; 2. Carolyn Lee, b. May 3, 1923; m. Rex Henry Spaur of Bussey, Iowa, Oct. 16, 1944 (ch. Rex Dennis Spaur, b. Jan. 14, 1948, at Wilmington, Del. ); 3. Ralph Waldo, Jr., b. Feb. 5, 1925; 4. Stephen Darryl, b. Aug. 2, 1938.


HOLBROOK


A branch of the Holbrook family is represented in Sutton by descendants of Levi Holbrook, who was b. in Boylston, Mass., Apr. 16, 1815, and d. there Feb. 12, 1884. He m. Rebecca Emerson of Harvard, Mass., Dec. 11, 1839; she was b. Aug. 9, 1814 and d. Apr. 7, 1907 in her 93rd year. They had five chil- dren, two of whom lived in Sutton. Jacob Emerson was b. Mar. 18, 1841 and Walter F. Holbrook was b. Feb. 4, 1852, both in Boylston.


Jacob Emerson was a First Lieutenant in the 4th Independent Battalion Ohio Vol. Cavalry in the Civil War. He was discharged Sept. 21, 1863. Later, he en- listed in Co. D, 25th Mass. Inf. and was discharged Apr. 21, 1870, having served several years after the war was ended. He afterward lost a leg as a re- sult of injuries received.


J. Emerson2 (Levi1) m. Julia Annie Crossman, June 20, 1872, in Sutton; she was b. in Sutton, Jan. 9, 1848; he d. May 4, 1916; she d. May 16, 1940. Ch. 1. Milton Levi, b. Mar. 3, 1887.


Walter F.2 (Levi1) m. 1st, Nellie Parks of Shirley, Mass. Ch. 1. Nina; 2. Annie; he m. 2nd, Ella J. Woodbury of Sutton, Jan. 17, 1905; she was b. Dec. 4, 1861; he d. June 6, 1929, in Sutton.


Milton Levi3 (J. Emerson2, Levi1) m. Lucy G. Glynn, June 22, 1914; she was b. Nov. 5, 1895, in Shetland Isles, Scotland. Ch. 1. Lucy Hunton, b. Apr. 23, 1915; d. Dec. 20, 1918; 2. June Emerson, b. June 27, 1916.


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HOUGHTON


Joel Houghton m. Julia Ann Parker of Newton, 1846. Ch. 1. Albert E., b. Aug. 16, 1847; d. 1903; 2. Ella Margaret, b. Nov. 8, 1849; m. Albert Hathaway, 1872; d. 1887; 3. Henry, b. 1852; 4. Kate Lyon, b. 1854; d. 1940; m. Daniel C. Brown, 1878; 5. Wellington M., b. 1856; d. 1887; 6. Augusta S., b. 1858; d. 1937; m. Lewis Evan Chase, 1883 (2 ch.) *.


Henry2 (Joel1) m. Kezia Pickford, 1881; he d. 1914. Ch. 1. Augusta P., b. 1882; m. 1918, George B. Mulligan of Worcester; 2. Lottie, b. 1892; m. 1914, Irving Stowe of Millbury.


HUNTON


William Henry Hunton was b. January 9, 1859, in Claremont, N. H .; he m. Anna M. Lane of Charleston, N. H., May, 11, 1885; she was b. Jan. 30, 1860. Their son, Paul, was b. in Boston in 1900; the family came to live in Sutton around 1910. Mrs. Hunton d. in Sutton, July 15, 1931; he d. Aug. 8, 1941 in Worcester.


Paul2 (William H.1) m. Gladys E. Donaldson in 1917. Ch. 1. Harold Eugene, b. June 19, 1918; 2. Phyllis, b. Oct. 25, 1919; m. John Edwin Anderson of Sut- ton, June 30, 1939 {ch. (1) John Lane, b. Mar. 7, 1941; (2) Gail, b. Nov. 12, 1944]; 3. Priscilla, b. Sept. 29, 1921; m. Elmer Arvid Anderson (brother of John), Nov. 30, 1939 {ch. (1) Arvid Hunton, b. Oct. 10, 1940; (2) Ronald Lee, b. Apr. 11, 1944]; 4. Paul Kenneth, b. Aug. 19, 1923; 5. Shirley, b. Apr. 12, 1925; m. John Direnso of Worcester, June 9, 1951.


Harold Eugene3 (Paul2, William1) m. Mildred Stockwell of West Mill- bury, Nov. 4, 1939. Ch. 1. Janice May, b. May 18, 1940; 2. Bruce Barry, b. Oct. 5, 1943; 3. Betty Ann, b. July 16, 1952.


Paul Kenneth3 (Paul2, William H.1) m. Mary Ellen Vincent of Voluntown, Conn., July, 1944. Ch. 1. Paul Henry, b. Dec. 25, 1945; 2. Brien Lee, b. Mar. 4, 1946.


JOHNSON


John Johnson, with his wife, Margery, and two sons, Isaac and Humphrey, landed in Boston with Gov. Winthrop's Fleet. They settled in Roxbury. He was called a yeoman. John, of the eighth generation, was b. in Sturbridge, Mass., Oct. 4, 1773; m. Mary Smith Dec. 25, 1794; b. June 18, 1775, in Woburn; he d. in Western (now Warren) Aug. 10, 1805 and was buried in Sturbridge. Ch. 1. Mary; 2. Abijah; 3. Almira; 4. Elvira; 5. Eliza; 6. Pliny, b. in Western, June 29, 1797.


Deacon Pliny9 (John8) m. Sophie Albee in Sturbridge, May 25, 1819; she was b. in Dudley, Aug. 16, 1799; he d. Aug. 16, 1853; she d. January 27, 1878. He lived in So. Sutton for some time with his large family and their descendants lived in this vicinity for many years. All the families of the Deacon Pliny John- sons are buried in South Sutton Rural Cemetery. Ch. 1. Emily, b. in Burrville, R. I., Mar. 24, 1820; m. Oct. 16, 1844, Ebenezar Cutler at Whitinsville (b. in Oakham ,July 18, 1819; d. June 2, 1886) ; she d. Oct. 10, 1874 (1 ch.); 2. Mary Eliza, b. in Douglas, Sept. 25, 1821; m. May 5, 1847, Adelphus F. Brown of Douglas (b. in Douglas, Feb. 1, 1819; d. Oct. 25, 1904); she d. Oct. 23, 1865 (10 ch.); 3. Pliny Fiske, b. in Douglas, Sept. 29, 1823; m. 1st, Julia Reed (b.


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in Northbridge, Apr. 15, 1824; d. June 10, 1861); she had 4 ch .; m. 2nd, Phebe Emma Mann, Oct. 28, 1862 (b. in Smithfield, R. I., Oct. 12, 1832; d. Oct. 15, 1912); she had 7 ch .; 4. John Gere, b. in Douglas, Apr. 23, 1825; m. Oct. 28, 1847, Sally Rich Walker (b. in Douglas, July 5, 1828; d. in Provi- dence, Nov. 1, 1911); he d. in Wellfleet, Apr. 17, 1896 (6 ch.); 5. Moses Salis- bury, b. in Douglas, Dec. 17, 1826; m. Ann Burden of Sutton, Dec. 17, 1851 (b. June 19, 1832; d. Jan. 22, 1891) ; he d. Apr. 17, 1883; 6. George Henry, b. in Douglas, Feb. 10, 1829; d. Apr. 18, 1847; 7. Elmira, b. in Douglas, Aug. 9, 1831; d. July 6, 1841; 8. Sarah, b. in Northbridge, July 17, 1833; d. July 18, 1833; 9. Elisha Smith, b. in Northbridge, Aug. 23, 1834; m. 1st, Elizabeth Draper, Sept. 10, 1858 at So. Sutton (she d. May 11, 1859); m. 2nd, Esther Jane Morse of Douglas, July 6, 1862 (she was b. Aug. 18, 1841; d. Sept. 27, 1888); he d. Feb. 15, 1885 (5 ch.); 10. Carew, b. in So. Sutton, May 17, 1836; m. May 17, 1853, Elexa Walker (she was b. Sept. 29, 1835; d. May 24, 1891); he d. Apr. 3, 1899 (5 ch.); 11. Sophia, b. in Sutton, Feb. 14, 1838; m. James F. Putnam; he d. July 31, 1890; she d. 1894; 12. Danford, b. in Sutton, July 4, 1842; m. Mar. 29, 1865, Mary Bailey (b. in Oxford, Jan. 29, 1847; d. Sept. 7, 1874) (4 ch.) ; he m. 2nd, Oct. 15, 1878, Mary Hubbard (b. 1842; d. Feb. 1, 1924).


Obed Packard Johnson, b. July 21, 1830 and his wife Julia Ann (Shepard) Johnson, b. Apr. 21, 1835, came to Sutton from Sharon about 1867 with two children. Mr. Johnson d. Feb. 1, 1900 and Mrs. Johnson d. Apr. 14, 1926. Ch. 1. Elmore, b. July 3, 1852; m. Anna Ranger and lived in Worcester (3 ch. Ronald, Helen, and Stanley); 2. Mary, b. May 3, 1859; m. Benjamin F. King, Nov. 7, 1877 (4 ch.) *; 3. Vernon S., b. in Sutton, Nov. 12, 1871.


Vernon Shepard2 (Obed1) m. Bertha Burroughs, Dec. 27, 1893. She was b. May 15, 1874. Ch. 1. Lester Morton, b. Feb. 15, 1895; 2. George Herbert, b. Sept. 25, 1897; 3. Chesley Harold, b. July 17, 1899; 4. Marjorie Mary, b. Dec. 28, 1904; m. Stanley Knapp, June 18, 1945; 5. Julia Frances, b. Mar. 30, 1907; m. Elmer Ridlon, Nov. 30, 1928 {ch. (1) Ann Sewell, b. Nov. 20, 1934; (2) Charles Shepard, b. July 13, 1939]; 6. Stuart Franklin, b. Feb. 17, 1910, 7. Paul Marshall, b. Aug. 5, 1911; 8. Wilfred Vernon, b. Mar. 3, 1914.


Lester Morton3 (Vernon S.2, Obed1) m. Edith Florence Fairfield, Oct. 11, 1924. Ch. 1. Louise, b. Apr. 27, 1929; m. Bernard O'Leary, Dec. 27, 1947.


George Herbert3 (Vernon S.2, Obed1) m. 1st, Gladys Caswell, May 15, 1920; she d. Feb. 8, 1936; he m. 2nd, Mrs. Ruth White, Oct. 23, 1937. Ch. 1. Mildred Shirley, b. Apr. 18, 1922; 2. Albert Hurd, b. June 21, 1924; 3. Grace Lydia, b. Mar. 9, 1926; m. Richard Brickey, June 8, 1945 {ch. (1) Patricia Jean, b. June 24, 1946; (2) Lawrence, b. June 30, 1948]; 4. Anah Elizabeth, b. Apr. 27, 1928; m. Alden Perry, Apr. 24, 1949 (2 ch.) *.


Chesley Harold3 (Vernon S.2, Obed1) m. Mabel Caswell, May 15, 1920. Ch. 1. Chesley Harold, Jr., b. Mar. 17, 1921; 2. Everett Vernon, b. Oct. 9, 1923; 3. Myrtie Mabelle, b. Apr. 22, 1925; m. George Brotherton, Jan. 14, 1944 (2 ch.).


Stuart Franklin3 (Vernon S.2, Obed1) m. Vera Belle Jones, Feb. 6, 1932. Ch. 1. Valerie B., b. Oct. 10, 1932; 2. Stuart Grant, b. Sept. 8, 1933; 3. Gale Marjorie, b. May 5, 1935; 4. Jeanine Ruth, b. Aug. 24, 1937; d. Sept. 17, 1945; 5. Walter Clifford, b. Apr. 3, 1940.


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Paul Marshall3 (Vernon S.2, Obed1) m. Lois Duby, Oct. 29, 1932; he d. Sept. 11, 1943. Ch. 1. Joyce, inf., d. 1933; 2. Beverly Ann, b. Sept. 5, 1934; 3. Mar- shall Louis, b. July 3, 1938.


Wilfred Vernon3 (Vernon S.2, Obed1) m. 1st, Marion Bruninghaus, 1934; m. 2nd, Anna V. Labor, Mar. 5, 1949. Ch. 1. Caroline Louise, b. Apr. 29, 1935; 2. Vernell Martha, b. Dec. 7, 1936; 3. Charles Douglas, b. Nov. 14, 1937.


Chesley Harold, Jr.+ (Chesley H.3, Vernon S.2, Obed1) m. 1st, Marian Bethel, Nov. 26, 1943; m. 2nd, Ethel Johnson. Ch. 1. Cherylee, d. Jan. 9, 1947. Everett Vernon+ (Chesley H.3, Vernon S.2, Obed1) m. Mildred Bethel, Dec. 26, 1943. Ch. 1. Beth Ann, b. Nov. 14, 1946; 2. Susan Frances, b. Dec. 31, 1947; 3. Betty Jean, b. Mar. 11, 1949; 4 & 5. Twins, Verell and Verna, b. July, 1950; 6. Otis, b. July 12, 1951.


KEITH


George Andrew2 (George L.1,) m. Mary E. Putnam, June 30, 1880. She was b. Aug. 6, 1859 and d. July 11, 1947; he d. Oct. 27, 1929. Ch. 1. Wendell, b. Oct. 23, 1880; 2 & 3. Twins, b. Dec. 23, 1885; 2. Mamie, m. Ford Putnam, Mar., 1905 (3 ch.) *; 3. Millie, m. Thomas Rouselle, Nov. 25, 1911 (ch. Don- ald Rouselle, b. Jan. 9, 1919); 4. Lucy Sarah, b. Mar. 7, 1889; m. Frederick W. Bodge, Sept. 21, 1912; he d. Feb. 16, 1925 {ch. (1) Dorothy E., b. Apr. 21, 1913; (2) Evelyn F., b. Sept. 1, 1916; (3) Shirley F., b. Sept. 13, 1920; d. May 20, 1925; (4) Muriel E., b. Jan. 11, 1923]; 5. Wallace, b. Jan. 9, 1892; 6. Caro- line A., b. Sept. 12, 1893; m. Edward Leroy Miller, June 17, 1916; she d, Aug., 1937 (ch. Lola May, b. Feb. 8, 1920; m. Frederick Ellis of Millbury (2 ch.); he d. Feb. 16, 1926; 7. George Emory, b. Feb. 13, 1899.


Wendell3 (George A.2, George L.1) m. Hattie F. Stephens, May 28, 1905. Ch. 1. Doris, b. Jan. 5, 1907; m. Stanton D. Putnam, July 3, 1926 (3 ch.) *; 2. Russell A. S., b. Jan. 22, 1909; 3. Norman W., b. Nov. 9, 1911; m. Lillian Generoux, Nov. 11, 1935; 4. Roger W., b. Oct. 12, 1913; m. Alice Robinson, Nov. 24, 1936; 5. Harold, b. Aug. 29, 1915.


Wallace3 (George A.2, George L.1) m. Grace Lent. Ch. 1. Phyllis M., b. Aug. 9, 1922; 2. Constance M., b. July 7, 1926.


George Emory3 (George A.2, George L.1) m. Hannah Alice Phair, June 21, 1917. Ch. 1. Virginia May, b. Oct. 22, 1918; lived 3 days; 2. George Emory, Jr., b. Oct. 14, 1919; 3. Barbara E., b. Oct. 18, 1920; m. William Stewart Fyfe of California, July 30, 1945 [ch. (1) William Jr., b. July 30, 1946; (2) Beverly Alice, b. Feb. 26, 1949].


George Emory, Jr.4 (George E.3, George A.2, George L.1) m. Doris McCloud Holden, Jan. 10, 1942. Ch. 1. Dale Holden, b. Nov. 1, 1945. Family moved to Texas.


JONATHAN KING BRANCH


Solomon Dexter® (Solomon5, John+, Jonathan3, John2, William1) b. Dec. 15, 1813; m. Julia Ann Hall, Apr. 16, 1837. Ch. 1. Solomon, b. Apr. 16, 1838; d. Oct. 12, 1860; 2. Simeon Edmund, b. Mar. 4, 1844; m. Emma A. Barnes, Nov. 22, 1870; both d. in West Millbury; 3. Henry Hall, b. March 20, 1856; 4. Sarah Jane, b. Sept. 14, 1857; m. Andrew R. Bennett, Dec. 25, 1879 (1 son, Roland) ; she d. in Philadelphia, N. Y., her home for many years.


Henry Hall7 (Solomon D.6, Solomon5, John+, Jonathan3, John2, William1) m.


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HISTORY of SUTTON


Mary A. Wedge, Sept. 2, 1879; he d. Nov. 10, 1885; she m. 2nd, Walter A. Wheeler, June 9, 1887. Ch. 1. Fayette Armsby, b. Sept. 6, 1883; 2. Henry Hall, b. Sept. 24, 1885.


Fayette Armsby8 (Henry H.7, Solomon D.6, Solomon5, John4, Jonathan3, John2, William1) m. Bessie L. Pierce, Dec. 10, 1903; she was b. May 2, 1883; he d. Jan. 30, 1944. Ch. 1. Pauline, b. May 15, 1905; m. Carl T. Johnson, Nov. 22, 1928 (ch. Robert Arthur, b. June 24, 1931); 2. Francis, b. May 16, 1918.


Henry Hall8 (Henry H.7, Solomon D.6, Solomon5, John4, Jonathan3, John2, William1) m. Ethel Heald of Rutland. Ch. 1. Phyllis; 2. Madeline; 3. Austin. He lives in Ithaca, N. Y. and is connected with Cornell University.


WILLIAM KING BRANCH


P. Dwight8 (Putnam7, Isaac6, William5, Henry1, William3, John2, William1) m. Mary J. Whitney, Mar. 2, 1866. He d. Mar. 31, 1899. She d. Feb. 22, 1923. Ch. 1. Ernest Dwight, b. Apr. 27, 1867; d. Dec. 29, 1934.


Eli Davis8 (Putnam7, Isaac6, William5, Henry4, William3, John2, William1) m. Harriet Smith, Oct. 10, 1882. He died July 31, 1921. Ch. 1. Marion Louise, b. Oct. 1, 1893; m. Charles Bumpus, Aug. 28, 1922 {ch. (1) Janet, b. Apr. 10, 1924, Hopkinton, N. H.]; 2. Henry Davis, b. Nov. 3, 1895; m. Eva Beesaw.


Benjamin Franklin8 (Putnam7, Isaac6, William5, Henry4, William3, John2, William1) m. Mary H. Johnson, Nov. 7, 1877. He d. Aug. 9, 1926. She d. June 12, 1939. Ch. 1. Charles Putnam, b. May 13, 1881; 2 and 3. (Twins) Walter Johnson, Wallace Franklin, b. May 14, 1885; 4. Arthur Edward, b. Mar. 10, 1894.


Ernest Dwight9 (P. Dwight8, Putnam7, Isaac6, William5, Henry4, William3, John2, William1) m. Carrie Howard, Dec. 19, 1889. She d. May 13, 1922. Ch. 1. Wilder Howard, b. June 20, 1894; m. Edith Clark, June 15, 1918.


Charles Putnam9 (Benjamin8, Putnam7, Isaac6, William5, Henry4, William3, John2, William1) m. Ruth Clark, Apr. 24, 1912. She d. Dec. 15, 1928. He d. Dec. 28, 1939. Ch. 1. Donald Alverson, b. Nov. 17, 1913; m. Elizabeth Kelley, Mar. 23, 1944; 2. Robert Gordon, b. Feb. 28, 1917.


Walter Johnson9 (Benjamin8, Putnam7, Isaac6, William5, Henry4, William3, John2, William1) m. 1st, Gertrude E. Gurney, May 18, 1918; she d. Dec. 30, 1918; m. 2nd, Hazel E. Davidson, July 15, 1923. Ch. 1. William Davidson, b. Feb. 18, 1924; 2. Virginia May, b. Nov. 6, 1925; m. Edward T. Kozlowski, Jan. 14, 1950 {ch. (1) Michael Edward, b. Apr. 4, 1951]; 3. Gertrude Eliza- beth, b. Feb. 16, 1927; 4. Ruth Alice, b. Sept. 20, 1930; m. Dec. 16, 1950, Charles Meserve.


Wallace Franklin9 (Benjamin Franklin8, Putnam7, Isaac6, William5, Henry4, William3, John2, William1) m. Ethel Woodbury, Nov. 9, 1910. She d. Nov. 5, 1941. Ch. 1. Everett Franklin, b. June 21, 1911; 2. Dwight Woodbury, b. Jan. 2, 1913; 3. Edward Stevens, b. Feb. 24, 1914; 4. Charles Wesley, b. Nov. 30, 1915; 5. Norman Wallace, b. Mar. 17, 1917; 6. George Lewis, b. May 13, 1919; 7. Marion Elizabeth, b. Nov. 15, 1923; m. Charles Allen Duck, Mar. 9, 1949 [ch. (1) Sharon Ann, b. July 23, 1950]; 8. Dorothy Frances, b. June 20, 1926; m. Sept. 29, 1950, Frederick Ploch.


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GENEALOGICAL


Arthur Edward9 (Benjamin Franklin8, Putnam7, Isaac6, William5, Henry4, William3, John2, William1) m. Eunice E. Perry, Dec. 28, 1918. Ch. 1. Mary Marthena, b. Oct. 1, 1919; m. Edward S. King, June 5, 1943 (2 ch.) *; 2. Arthur Perry, b. Oct. 25, 1924; d. Jan. 23, 1926; 3. David Shepherd, b. Dec. 30, 1927.


Robert Gordon10 (Charles P.9, Benjamin F.8, Putnam7, Isaac6, William5, Henry4, William3, John2, William1) m. Mary Isabelle West, June 23, 1945. Ch. 1. Charles Harwood, b. June 12, 1947.


William Davidson10 (Walter J.9, Benjamin F.8, Putnam7, Isaac6, William5, Henry4, William3, John2, William1) m. Helen Mary Grecko, Dec. 25, 1947. Ch. 1. Sharon Ann, b. Jan. 5, 1949; 2. Dale Marshall, b. Feb. 20, 1951.


Everett Franklin10 (Wallace9, Benjamin F.8, Putnam7, Isaac6, William5, Henry4, William3, John2, William1) m. 1st, Frances Marsh, Oct. 2, 1937; m. 2nd, Eleanor E. C. Olson Johnson, May 17, 1947. Ch. 1. Charlotte Ann, b. Feb. 24, 1948.




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