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Lydd, Parish of All Hallows. England, the name then being Date. Clement died in of the board of trustees of the Springfield Ilingham, September 17, 1671. aged seven Institution for Savings, and a director in
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the Mutual Fire Insurance Co. : also a mem- ber of the E. K. Wilcox Grand Army Post and of the Nayasset and Winthrop clubs. lle was deeply interested in religious work in connection with the South chureb. and was a trustworthy friend and upright citi- zen, unostentatiously charitable and quietly but Interestedly active in all measures tend- ing to the public good. Mr. Meekins was married October 1. INGF. to Sarah I ... daugh- ter of Joseph Clark and Lucretia Colton Parsons, who survives him, with one dangh- ter. Grace Parsons Merkins. Mr. Merkins died May 19, 1900.
DICKINSON, FRANCKE WALDEN. D. 0. Springfield. Mass., was born in Springfield. April 19. 1549, son of Elijah Walden and Mary Abbott (rossetti Dickinson. His father was a native of Hadley. Mass .. and his mother of Northampton, Mass. : they came to Springfield in 1840, Francke W. Dickinson was educated in the public and private schools of Springfield, and is well known as a funeral director. in Jan- mary 10. 1\73. he was married to Katie May Allgood. They have had three children as follows : Emma AAllgood. died at the age of ten years : Ethel May. now wife of Award W. Beattie, jr. : and Henry Walden Idekinson, who died at the age of twenty years. Mr. Dickinson has been a member of the common council three years and its president one year. president of the board of trade one year, and is past grand regent of the grand counell. Royal Arcanum. of Massachusetts, He is an ex-president of the New England Undertakers' association. of the Massachusetts Undertakers' associa- assoclation.
Aspinwall & Russell, architects. New York ; all inen of marked ability, eminent in their profession. In 1500 he came to Springfield and was for a time in the office of Gardner. lyne & Gardner. In 1800-91 he went to Dorope to prosecute his studies In Paris, Rome and Florence, and in 1892 returned to Springfield and established his present practice. He was the architect of Wesleyan academy gymnasium at Wilbraham. the Home for the Friendless building on William street. the Home for Aged Women, Chestunt street. the William street public school, the Smith & Wesson offices, and numerous pri- vate residences. In 1892 he married Grace Freeman. daughter of George Dwight. jr. They have one son, Philip Leflingwell, and two daughters. Dorothy Dwight and Har- riet Merriam.
MARSH. DANIEL J., of Springfield, was the son of Michael Marsh (born in Hart- ford. 1790. died in West Springfield, in 1×4T). who in 1840 came up the Connecti- ent river from Hartford with his family and effects in a flatboat and settled in West Springfield. In 1846 he was elected town clerk and served in that capacity until his death. llis wife, whom he married, Jann- ary 28. 1828. was Catherine Allyn. daughter of fol. Job Allyn, and a descendant in the sixth generation of Matthew Allyn. of IIart- ford. Tracing his ancestry still farther. Daniel . Marsh is descended from John Marsh (born in 1618, died in 1688), who emigrated from Branktry (now Braintree), Essex county. England. in the early part of the seventeenth century and settled in New England. lle subsequently removed lo Hartford with Gov. John Webster and Rev. Thomas Hooker. lle married Anne, daughter of Gov. Webster, in 1642. Mich- ael Marsh was the son of John and Susan Bunce. the son of Capt. Hezekiah and Chris- tian Edwards. the son of Capt. Jobn and Elizabeth Pitkins. the son of John and Sarah Lyman. the son of John, the latter the immigrant and ancestor of the family in America. Harriet M. Gay. wife of Daniel Jay Marsh, is a daughter of Noah D. Gay and Mary Pomeroy Gay. the former being a descendant In the sixth generation of John Gay, who settled in Dedham in 1030. The children of Daniel Jay and Harriet (Gay) Marsh are Henry Daniel (born
KIRKHAM. Grr. p. o. Springfield. Mass .. was born in Springfield. Mass .. Nov. 14. 1×64. son of William and Harriet (daughter of Charles Merriam, Kirkham, William Kirkham was a native of Newington. Conn .. where the family were among the pioneers. He learned the jeweler's trade and came to Springfield about 184%, where he was a lending jeweler until his death in 1971. Guy Kirkham attended the public schools of Springheld and St. Paul's school, Con- cord. N. H. and took the three years' course in architecture at the Massachusetts Insti- inte of Technology. Boston. 1883-6. From 1\'f; to isss he was in the office of Gilbert & Taylor, architects. St. Paul, Minn .. and March G. IN, married, March 16, 1896, from 1\As to 1590 in the office of Renwick. Anna F. Lillis, born August 22, 1873, dled
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April 25. 1808 : children, John Atherton and Harriet Pomeroy Marsh), and Oliver Allyn (born October 15. 1866, married Anna R. Dwight ; children, Elsie Dwight, Allyn Jay and Caroline Marsh».
Daniel J. Marsh, treasurer of the Spring- field Five Cents Savings bank of Spring- field, was born at Hartford. Conn., July 27th, 1837. in the year of the great finan- cial panic. He completed his education at the Wilbraham academy. lle started bus- iness as a druggist clerk and afterward was bookkeeper in a dry-goods store. in 1856 he went to St. Louis. where for three years he was clerk and assistant paymaster of the Northern Missouri railroad. He ran the first passenger train as conductor from St. Charles to St. Louis. After the com- pletion of these two roads he returned to Springfield to take a position in the Five Cents Savings bank, where he has remained ever since, being elected treasurer in 1850. Soon after the civil war broke out. Mr. Marsh started a drill club which sent many officers into the field. In 1862 this club voted to enlist for nine months as ('o. A. 46th Reg. M. V. M. Mr. Marsh was ap- pointed orderly sergeant and later lienten- ant on staff duty. The regiment was sent to North Carolina, with headquarters at Newburn, where he was aid-de-ramp and assistant adjutant general to Gen. Horace C. Lee. lle also served on the staffs of Gen. John A. Dix and Gen. John G. Foster. On the breaking up of the brigade by orders from Washington. he was sent to North Carolina with directions to take all the convalescents from the different hospitals. in all about 1,500 men. to their northern homes. On his return after eleven months' service. he resumed his old place in the bank. Mr. Marsh has served as a director of the Second National bank. from which position he resigned in 1891. and also as councilman in the city government In 1875. He was appointed on the park commission In 1885, and has been president of the com mission since ISSG ; and upon him has prac. tically devolved the burden of the develop. ' ing of Forest park, which has few equals in the country. He was treasurer of Hamp- den Park association in 1870-1575 Inclusive. during which period some of its most suc- cessful meetings were held. He Is also a member of the Nayasset club. Loyal legion and the Willcox Post. G. A. R.
BARNEY, EVERETT HOSMER. is a native of Saxonville (Framinghami, Mass., born De- vember 7. 1835, son of Jarius S. and Har- riet (Hosmer) Barney. On his father's side he is a descendant in the seventh gen- eration of Jacob Barney, who settled in the Salem colony in 1634: and on the maternal side he is a descendant in the seventh gen- eration of James llosmer. immigrant ison of Stephen and Dorothy). born in Hawk- hurst. Kent county .England. in 1605, came to America in 1634, and died in Concord. in 1685. Thus. on both sides Mr. Barney is descended from some of the oldest and best New England stork, and while he him- self appears to have been the pioneer of his family in our own Hampden county, his business life and his unselfish devotion to all the institutions and public interests of our city have given him an extended ac- quaintance throughtout the region.
BREWSTER. HENRY M. p. o. Springfield. was born at Northampton, Mass .. Jannary 21. 1841. His father was Jonathan Brew ster. born at Worthington. Mass .. and his mother was Clarissa Allen, born at North- ampton. Hle is in direct line from Elder William Brewster. of Mayflower fame. on July 18. 1561. Mr. Brewster enlisted In the 57th N. Y. Vals .. was wounded
Fredericksburg. Va .. December 11. 1862 : promoted to Second lieutenant. first lieutenant. captain. brevet major. and resigned August 1. 1965. In 1>>} h+ was elected an alderman In Springfield. He is president and treasurer of E. Stebbins Mfg. Co. and treasurer of Mil lett Core Oven fo .. both of Bright Woud. Mass. Mr. Brewster came to Hamp- den county In 17%, July 1s. At North ampton, Mass. January 21. 1864, he was married to Clementino S. Tanner, and they have the following children : Emma Louise. born in Washington, D C .. March 15. INGa. died In New York. JJuly 9. 1566: Harry Vincent. born In New York. August 2. 1967. died In Springfield. January 21. 1993 : MIIn nir Eminn, burn In New York, January 31. INTo, married Edmund P. Marsh, April \ 150G. to whom was born affe son, Brewster. December 20. 1\96 : Frank Edgar, born In Haydenville, Mass .. November 12. 1921, died In Springfield. September 6, 1993.
MORGAN, NEWTON, D D S. P. o. Spring field.is descended un bls paternal side from Mles Morgon. the first settler of that fam
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ily In Hampden county. Nathan Morgan, this sketch. was married July 16, 1873. to another ancestor, was a soldier in the Rev. Anna J. Stebbins. Their children have been olutionary army. On the maternal side, Mr. as follows: Walter H., born December 25. Morgan is descended from Benjamin Cooley 1875 : Harry Leroy, born December 9, 1880, and died Angust 15, 1853; and Natalie. born April 19, 1885. and Abel Cooley. the former having bern one of the early Immigrants to America and who died in 1664: the latter having BRAGG, FREDERICK A .. D. D. S., p. o. Springfield. was born in Milford, Mass., October 13. 1852. and was educated .it the Dean Academy. Franklin. Mass .. and for thirty years has been one of the leading dentists of Hampden county. He married. first. Ida E. Dudley, of which union two children were born: Mabel E .. wife of Arthur Green. of Westfield, and Dr. Henry Willard, of Boston : and married. second. Annie S. Reed. Of this branch of the been a first Heutenant in the Revolutionary army. Newton Morgan was born in West Springfield. Mass., on the twenty-fifth of ik tober. 1\40; was educated in the public schools and later in the Springfield English and Classical Institute and the Academy at Westfield. He Is a graduate of the Phil adelphia Dental College, class of 1868-69. On June 23. 1570, Mr. Morgan married Esther J. Loomis, of Westfield, and they have the following children : Mabel Anita, Bragg fataily, Ariel was the first to con !! born January 1, 1975, and Harold Loomis, born December 4. 1875. Mr. Morgan resides at 7 Lincoln street.
to America. having settled in Wrentham, Mass. in 1650. Frederick A. Bragg's great- grandfather was a private in the battle of CLARK, JAMES II .. D. o. Springfield, Mass., was born in New Hartford, Conn .. on the grandfather was Col. Arial Bragg, who was third of December, 1848. His father was Lewis, a blacksmith, born at Farmington. Conn., on the second of October, I>14: he enlisted in Co. 11. 104th Regt. N. Y. Vols. on on the thirteenth of February, 1862. and Bunker Hill, where he was killed. llis a member of the first board of selectmen of the town of Milford. Mass. Ills father manufactured shoes in Milford. having con- tinned the business established by Col. Arial Bragg in 1790, which business was success was honorably discharged March 15, 1663. fully conducted by the father and son for Lewis Clark's wife, the mother of James over one hundred years. Dr. Bragg is a Il .. was descended from Governor Webster. brother of Judge Henry W. Bragg of Boston. of Connecticut. The other direct Clark an- ESTABROOK, GEORGE HOWLAND. D. O. Springheld, was born at lubbardston, Mass .. October 0, 1559. Ile was educated in the Worcester public schools and the Worcester Institute of Technology, graduating from the latter institution in 1877. May 10, 1566. Mr. Estabrook married Mary Louise Warren. They have had two children : Inth. born in 1857. died in infancy, aged pension : Daniel, a sea captain. the father six months: and Louise Warren, born In 1680. Mr. Estabrook settled in Hampden county in 1876. and has lived at 34 Avon Place since 1892. cestors in America were James, a black smith. the father of Lewis, born at Walling- ford. Comn., 170%, died at Sand Lake, N. Y .. January 12. 1863; James Ward, a black smith, father of Jaimes, born at Walling. ford. Conn .. 1765, died at Sand Lake. N. Y .. March 7, 1541, was a soldier in the C'on- nertient Continental Army and received a of James Ward, was born at Wallingford. Conn .. February 7, 1712, and died in the same place August 17. 1774: Ebenezer, a farmer, father of Daniel, was born In New
CHAPIN, EDWARD PLINY. D. o. Spring- Haven, Conn., November 29, 1651, and died field, is a lineal descendant of Samuel at Wallingford. April 30, 1721, having been one of the first settlers of Wallingford : James, father of Ebenezer, was the first American settler of the clark famlly. Hle signed the "Fundamental Agreement" Chapin. who took the freemen's oath in Boston. June 2. 1641, and came to what is now llampden county in 1042. Ile died November 11, 1675. His wife, Cislly, died at February 5. 16-3. These descendants then the first settlement of New Haven and bad followed: Japhet. born 1642. died 1712: his "home lot" In the "suburbs quarter." on John. born May 14. 1674. died January 1, the further side of the creek. This James 1759: Stephen. born May 29, 1718 : Pliny, came from England and was probably bore born July. 1764. died June 2. 1510 : Pliny. In Welles, James H. Clark, the subject of burn May 12. 1\10. died May 13, 1881 ; Ed-
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ward Pliny, our subject, born in Chicopee, May 27, 1892, at Spokane, Wash., and Fay then Springfield, October 7, 1839. lle was Albert Noble, born January 9, 1894, at educated in the public schools, married West Suffield, Conn. Among the early set- Edna Harriet Kibbe on the sixth of June, tlers to whom Mrs. Roadstrand can trace 1866. To this union have been born the fol- her ancestry on both sides are the follow- lowing children : Emily Harriet, born April ing: Christopher Avery and his only son, 17. 1867 : James Edward, born October 30, James, enme to America in 1630 and in 1869 ; Ida Pearl, born July 11, 1873, and Horace Kibbe, boru November 7, 1875.
1649 James became a resident of New London, Conn. In 1656 he built a house BUSH, GILBERT ALDEN, Springfield, Mass., was born in Enfield, Conn., Jnne 7, 1819, son of Rufus Bush, jr. and his wife Sally (Allin) Bush. 1Ie is descended from Jona- than (1), born in 1650, died in 1739 in Enfield, Conn. Jonathan (2), born in 1681 in Springfield, Mass., died in 1746 in En- field, Conn. Aaron (3), born in 1717 in Enfield, and died there in 1805. Rufus, sr., (4) born in Enfield in 1754, and died there in 1840. Rufus, jr. (5), born iu Enfield in 1784, died in Springfield in 1862. Gilbert in what is at present Groton, Conn., and was known as Captain James Avery of Groton. He was born in 1620 in England and was married on November 10, 1643, to Joanna Greenslade-Robert Allyn, born in 1608, came to Salem, Mass .. in 1637, and re- moved to New London, Conn., in 1651, and a few years later to Allyn's Point, now Led- yard, Conn .; his wife's name cannot be recalled ; he died in 1683. Thomas Noble, of Boston, removed to Springfield in 1653. an early settler of Westfield. He was mar- Alden (6), born in Enfield in 1819, Jona- ried November 1, 1660, to Hannah Warri- than, the first ancestor of whom there is ner, born August 17, 1643, in Springfield, record, came to Springfield in 1678, where Mass, Thomas, died January 20, 1704. he took the oath of allegiance the same l'eter Brooks, born in Upton, Mass., June year: in 1680 he emigrated to Enfield. 23. 1803, removed to Westfield, Mass., about Conn., becoming one of its earliest perma- 1850 : married November 29, 1>27. to Emily nent settlers. All his children, except the F. Woodward. He died at Westfield, Octo- oldest son, were born there. Rofus Bush, ber 19, 1872.
sr., great-grandson of the first Jonathan, was a soldier during the Revolutionary field. Mass., was born in Londonderry, N. war-1775 to 1778 serving about two II. March 31. 1836, son of John and grand- son of Amos Shipley. John Shipley was a
SHIPLEY, JOSEPH LUCIEN, P. o. Spring-
years in all, and received a pension from the United States government. His wife, native of Londonderry, N. 11., born April Huldah Alden, great-great-great- 10. 1809, and his wife was a daughter of granddaughter of John and Priscilla Alden. Capt. Joseph Dickey. a soldier in the war of Mayflower fame; therefore, the descend- of 1812, and of Scotch-Irish descent. John ants of Rufus Bush, sr., are also direet Shipley was a farmer and carpenter, was descendants of "John and Priscilla." Gil- a prominent man in his town, holding many hert Alden Bosh received a common school offices, and serving two terms in the legis. education and is a gunsmith by trade. lle lature. He died in January. 1875, and his was married on April 16. 1847, to Enphra- sia M. Cooper, of Springfield. Their chil- dren are Florence E., unmarried, and M. Alice, married, with no children.
ROADSTRAND, ALICE MAUDE ( Noble), p. o. Springfield, Mass., was born in Westfield. Mass., February 20, 1861. Her parents were Ilenry S. and Augusta W. (Brooks) Noble. On December 31, ISN5, she was married to Charles J. Roadstrand. ller brother. Harris Wells Noble, of Feeding Hills. Mass., was born at West Suffield. Conn., January 26, 1870, and was married to Emma Nelson on October 8. 1891. Their Republican at Seranton, Pa., and two years children are Walter Anthony Noble, born
wife on April 10, 1886. Joseph L. Ship- ley attended the common schools, and was prepared for college at Kimball Aendemy, Meriden. N. IL. : he was graduated from Yale in 1861, with an excellent record. For two years he was prinelpat of Bacon Acad emy, at Colchester, Conn., and In 1863. came to Springfield as night editor of the Republican. After three years' service on this paper In this department. he went to the Boston Journal, where three years was spent on the editorial staff of that paper. After a year as managing editor of the
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and Chronale of Allentowwn. Pa .. early In George William Bailey, born In Springfield. 1472. he went to Taunton. Mass .. to assume May 21. 15%4. Mr. Bailey came to Spring- the management of the Gazette, to remain hold in 1:55 and has been treasurer and only till Angst of the same year, when he secretary of the Hampden Savings bank for thirty-two years, He is a member of the military order of the Loyal Legion U. S .. K. K. Wilcox Post No. 16, G. A. R., was commander of Springfield commandery. Knights Templar four years, and is an hon- orary member of Hampden lodge, I. & .A. M. accepted a call to take an editorial position on the Union at Springfield, which connee. tion existed for the next twenty years. In 1ss1 he berame editor and chief owner, and through hls previous and subsequent man agement the U'nlon became one of the lead ing journals in the state. In 1\92, owing to failing health, he was forced to dispose In NBAR. NAfrM (deceased), was born In North Bridgewater, Plymouth county. Mass .. in March. 150G. son of Ebenezer and Re- becca ('opeland ) Dunbar. Nahum Dunbar was descended from Robert Dunbar, who came to America soon after the battle of Dunbar, where he fought against the forces of Cromwell, ard, according to tradition, sought safety here. Ile had a son James. who took up land in North Bridgewater. and the farm upon which Nahum Dunbar was born is a part of the land which had been held in the family name until a few years ago, when Emily Dunbar, who inher- ited it. married a Mr. Thomson. thus ex- tinguishing the Dunbar name from its own- ership. Through his of his interests in the Union. In the fall of Iste% having regained his health In a measure. he was elected to the legislature and re-elected in 1994. He died suddenly from heart disease on December 17. 1994. while at home In Springfield. Mr. Shipley was for many years an active member and for some time one of the deacons of the First church, a member and vice president of the Connecticut Valley Congregational club, and state delegate to the l'ongrega- tional council in IS86 ; he was a member of the Winthrop club and of The club, an organization composed of a limited number of literary men, and was a director of the Massasoit Paper Manufacturing co. of Hel yoke. Mr. Shipdey was married on October 4. 1864. to Margaret IL., daughter of Capt. Hiram Weeks, of Colchester, Conn.
mother. Rebecca Copeland. Nahum was a lineal descendant of John Alden and Priscilla Mullins, and of John Winslow and Mary Chilton, all of BAILEY, PETER SHARPE. D. o. Springfield. Mass .. was born in New York city. May 31. 1441. a son of William E. and Jane ( Sharpe) Balley. He is descended from whom came to America on the Mayflower. Ebenezer Dunbar, father of Nahum. when a hoy of eighteen years, enlisted in the continental army when the Lexington Benoni Bailey in. who was born in Bethel, alarm reached Bridgewater, and fought In Conn . 1697. and died at the age of ninety- several of the battles of the revolution. Col. Lemuel Dunbar, an unele of Ebenezer. was commissioned commander of all the forces in Massachusetts Bay during the French and Indian war, as Is shown by a slx. Simnel Bailey (2). a lieutenant in the 16th Regiment of Connectient in 1776. Noah Starr Bailey 130, born in Norwalk. Conn .. in 1790. William E. Bailey (1. lwrn in Norwalk, Conn .. October 31. 1817. parliamentary commission in possession of Peter S. Bailey (5. His mother's ances- fors were among the first settlers of Brook- lyn. N Y Peter Sharpe Bailey was edu- cated in the public schools of Brooklyn. N Y. and at New Britain (Conn.), high school. In September. 1861. he was ap pointed first Heutenant In the 27th Mass. Infantry and Was discharged as captain in January. 1565. On October 1. 1$63, he was
the family. Nahum Dunbar was educated in Bridgewater and Boston, whence he re- moved to Springfield and engaged In the pattern-making business with Philos Tyler. later selling ont his share of the trade, but still continuing in charge of the pattern- making department of the American Ma- chine works. In March. 1936. Mr. Dunbar was married to Roxana Davis, and their married to Larina I. Johnson. of Nashua, children were as follows: Mary Austin and VI who dled December 12. 1\\0. On William Frederick, who both died in in- June 6 1583, he was married to Ida F. fancy : Mary Louise Dunbar. Edward Mor- Shapleigh, who was born In Great Falls, ris Dunbar, who was a physician In Hart- \ I June 9. 1859. They have one son, ford, Conn., and died in IST6: Elizabeth
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Anna Dunbar, who was first married to of the United States, were descendants of William N. Jewett, an artist, who died in Jehn. Henrietta Wilcox was educated In 1872. and in 1877 she was married to J. public and boarding schools and was mar- Iloward Smith, of California; and Arthur ried to Jenness K. Dexter on October 6. llerbert. who died in Forquay, England. in 1579.
DOWNEY. CHARLES JOIN, M. D .. p. o. Springfield. Mass .. was bom in Granville. Mass., March 23. 1860, son of John F. and Catherine ( Loftus) Downey. John F. Dow- ney was born in County Kerry, Ireland, in 1832. and came to America in 1846. De- vember 25. 1802. he was married in West- field to Catherine Loftus, who was born in County Clare, Ireland, in 1835. and came to America in 1851. Dr. Charles J. Dow. ney was educated in the public schools of Granville, a private high school, and was graduated from the Westfield State Normal school and from the U'niversity of Ver- mont.
SWAZEY. WALTER W .. D. D. S .. D. o. Springfield, Mass., was born in Springfield in 1850. son of Exeter. George W. Swazey. M. native of N. 11., and Sarah E. Allen, his wife, a native of Bath, Me. Dr. George W. Swazey was the first and for many years the only homoeopathic physician in this part of the state, coming to Springfield from Newbury- port. Mass., where he previously practiced, in 1844. Dr. Walter W. Swazey is a den- tist, a graduate of the Philadelphia Dental college, and has practiced in Springfield since 1873. In 1877 he was married to Lydia P. Winne, of Albany, N. Y. Their children are Genevra W., and Walter W. jr .. both born in Springfield.
DEXTER, HENRIETTA Wilcox), p. Springfield, Mass .. was born in Springfield. daughter of Philip and Ezra Parma- lee Wilcox. Philip Wilcox was a native of Berlin, Con .. and came to Springfield In 1820. lle was descended from Daniel WIl
ROBERTS, JOIN W .. P. 0. Springfield, Mass .. was born in Pharsalla. Chenango cox, one of the founders of Berlin in 1686. county, N. Y., October 31. 1862. With his Mrs. Eliza Parmalee Wlicox was born In widowed mother. Mrs. Huldah T. Roberts, Middletown, Conn., and was descended born In Fenner, N. Y. March 1. 1\26. he from Jehu Burr, who came with William came to Hampden county In April. 1. Pynchon to Springfield in 1436. Jehu Borr and to Springfield in Ortober. 1-2 H> was one of the three signers of the original was educated In the common schools of New York and Massachusetts and Inter at. tended the Coleman Business college, in Newark, N. J. on January 4. 1>>>. he was married to Susie L. Alexander. They linve one chill. Arthur C. Roberts, born January 21, 1400. deed of Springfield, but soon after coming here was appointed tax collector for the king. for the Connectleut valley, and moved to Danbury, Conn. : thence to Fairfield. Conn. Aaron Burr, first president of Prince- ton college, and Aaron Burr. vice president
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