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WHITTIER The name of Whittier, so
long identified with Salis- bury, Haverhill and Ames- bury, Massachusetts, was transplanted in New England by an immigrant from the mother country who became an early settler in the first-named town, and has been made famous by the distinguished poet and Abolitionist, John Greenleaf Whittier ( 1807-1892). The names Whitcher and Wicher were originally Whittier.
(I) Thomas Whittier, first ancestor in America of the Essex county, Massachusetts, family, was born in England about the year 1622, and in 1638 sailed from Southampton in the ship "Confidence" of London, John John- son, master. With him came John Rolfe, and several other colonists who became the progen- itors of highly estimable families. Settling in Salisbury, Massachusetts, he resided there un- til 1650, when he removed to Haverhill and was admitted a freeman there in 1656. He built the famous Whittier homestead in that town, wherein his illustrious descendant, the poet, was born, and he appears in the early records as a prominent man in both religious and public affairs. He died in Haverhill, No- vember 29, 1696. He married Ruth Green and had a family of ten children: Mary P. (married Benjamin Page), John, Ruth, Thom- as, Susanna, Nathaniel, Hannah, Richard, Elizabeth and Joseph.
(II) Nathaniel, third son and sixth child of Thomas and Ruth ( Green ) Whittier, was born in Haverhill, August 11, 1658. He took the oath of allegiance to the colony in 1677, and was admitted a freeman in 1690. He was a carpenter and resided in Salisbury. He died July IS, 1722. He was first married August 26, 1683, to Mrs. Mary Osgood, widow of John Osgood, of Salisbury, and whose maiden name was probably Mary Stevens. She died May II, 1705, and in 1710 he married for his second wife Mrs. Mary Ring, also a widow. Her death occurred July 19, 1742. Nathaniel
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Whittier and his first wife witnessed the trial of Susanna Martin for witchcraft in 1692, and the same year they both signed the petition for the release of Mary ( Perkins) Bradbury, who had been sentenced to death for a similar of- fence (see Bradbury). Nathaniel Whittier was the father of two children: Reuben and Ruth.
(III ) Reuben, eldest child of Nathaniel and Mary (Osgood) Whittier, was born in Salis- bury, May 17, 1685-86. His intention to marry Deborah Pillsbury, of Newbury, was published November 13, 1708, and the ceremony was performed December 19 of that year. In 1710 he was a soldier in the colonial service, and his death occurred in Salisbury, November 18. 1722. His children were: Nathaniel, Mary French, William, Reuben, Richard, Joseph and Benjamin. September 8, 1724, Mrs. Deboralı Whittier married for her second husband Zachariah (4) Eastman.
(IV) Nathaniel (2), eldest child of Reuben and Deborah ( Pillsbury ) Whittier, was born in Salisbury. August 12, 1711. He resided in his native town until after 1750, going from there to Poplin, New Hampshire, and thence to Raymond, same state. Ilis death occurred at the home of one of his children in Win- throp. Maine, January 21, 1784. He was mar- ried in Salisbury, November 16, 1734, to Han- nah Clough, and had a family of ten children, all of whom were born in Salisbury.
(V) Nathaniel (3), second son of Nathaniel (2) and Hannah (Clough) Whittier, was born in Salisbury, February 23, 1743. He was among the early settlers in central Maine, go- ing there from Raymond. New Hampshire, and residing for a time in Winthrop, and he died in Readfield, April 17, 1798. In 1766 he married Elizabeth Prescott, born in Brent- wood, New Hampshire. January 5, 1745, daughter of Jedediah and Hannah ( Batchelor ) Prescott ; died in Vienna, Maine.
(VI) Benjamin, son of Nathaniel (3) and Elizabeth ( Prescott) Whittier, was born in Readfield, August 21, 1783, died in 1832. He married Nancy Hathaway and she became the mother of four children: Elizabeth Alice, Jo- seph Hathaway, Julia Maria and Charles Thomas.
(VII) Charles Thomas, youngest child of Benjamin and Nancy (Hathaway) Whittier, was born in Belfast, Maine, 1823, died Ban- gor, 1891. He was of Damariscotta, Maine, prior to settling in Bangor, and learning the carriage-trimmer's trade became an expert in that calling. For many years he was in charge of the trimming department of a well-known
carriage manufactory in Bangor, and possesses numerous commendable qualities. He mar- ried Fannie Parker McQueston, born 1825, daughter of Daniel McQueston, an early set- tler in Bangor. She is a highly estimable woman, possessing much natural ability and a strongly defined character. Charles T. and Fannie Parker ( McQueston) Whittier reared a family of seven children: 1. Ben- jamin Franklin, born in Bangor, 1844, died in New York. 1871. 2. Charles H., born in Bangor, 1847, died in Washington, D. C., 1864. 3. Julia Maria Hathaway, born in Bangor, 1850. 4. John Johnson, born in Bangor, 1852, died 1855. 5. Asa S., born in Bangor, 1855, died in Portland, Oregon, 1884. 6. Mary Emma, born in Bangor, 1857, died in Bangor, 1889. 7. Alice Belle, born in Ban- gor, 1864.
(VIII ) Julia M. H. Whittier, eldest daugh- ter of Charles T. and Fannie Parker (Mc- Queston ) Whittier, became the second wife of William B. Tobey, of North Berwick, Oc- tober 23, 1889 ( see Tobey VIII).
PLUMMER
Francis Plummer, immigrant ancestor, was born in Eng- land and came to America in
1633. He was admitted a freeman May 14. 1634. He was a linen weaver by trade and settled in Newbury in 1635. Coffin's History of Newbury says that his descendants still own the land he once held ; that his descendants are many and distinguished; that one of them, Hon. George Plummer, was the first white child born west of the Allegheny Mountains in Pennsylvania, and the first congressman elected from that region. It is said that when settlers sailed up the river to their new homes at Newbury, the second to land, after Nicholas Noyes, was Francis Plummer, followed by his wife and two sons, Samuel and Joseph. He had a tavern there in 1635. He died at Newbury, January 17. 1672-73. He held vari- ous town offices at Newbury. He married ( first ) Ruth -, who died July or August 17 or 18, 1647. He married ( second ), March 31. 1648, Ann Palmer, widow, who died in 1665. He married (third), 1665, Beatrice, widow of William Cantlebury, of Salem. Chil- dren of first wife: I. Samuel, born 1619, men- tioned below. 2. Joseph, 1630, married, De- cember 23, 1652, Sarah Cheney ; died Decem- ber II. 1683. 3. Hannah, 1632, married, May 3, 1653, Samuel Moore. 4. Mary, 1634, mar- ried, May 26, 1660, Jolin Cheney Jr.
(II) Samuel, son of Francis Plummer, was born in England in 1619. He was admitted a
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freeman June 2, 1641. He resided at New- bury, and among other enterprises owned a ferry across the Merrimac river. He was a deputy to the general court. He died in 1702. He married, 1646, Mary Bidfield. Children : I. Samuel, born April 20, 1647. 2. Mary, February 3, 1650, married, December 6, 1670, John Swett. 3. John, May II, 1652, killed at the battle of Bloody Creek, in Captain La- throp's company. 4. Ephraim, September 16, 1655, died August 13, 1716 ; married, January 15, 1680, Hannah Jacques. 5. Hannah, Feb- ruary 16, 1657, married David Batchelder. 6. Sylvanus, February 22, 1658, mentioned be- low. 7. Ruth, August 7, 1660, married, Jan- uary 18, 1682, Richard Jacques. 8. Elizabeth, October 10, 1662, married, June 26, 1682, Richard Jackman. 9. Deborah. 10. Lydia, July 2, 1668, married Joseph Morse. 11. Bath- sheba, July 31, 1679, died young.
(III) Sylvanus, son of Samuel Plummer, was born in Newbury, February 22, 1658. He was admitted a freeman in 1690 and settled in Newbury. He married, January 18, 1682, Sarah Moody, daughter probably of Samuel Moody. Children : 1. Mary, born October 20, 1683. 2. Samuel, November 12, 1684, died August 2, 1685. 3. Samuel, mentioned below. 4. Lydia, married, May 18, 1718, Timothy Noyes. 5. Sarah, married Titcomb. 6. Benjamin, married, 1720, Keziah Storer.
(IV) Samuel (2), son of Sylvanus Plum- mer, was born in Newbury about 1685. He married Hannah Woodman, August 8, 1717. Children, all born in Newbury: I. Abigail, February, 1718, married, 1744, James Bayley. 2. Sylvanus, April 13, 1720 married, Decem- ber 7, 1749, Rebecca, daughter of John Plum- mer. 3. Samuel, January 14, 1722, married, April 8, 1755, Mary Dole. 4. Mary, Novem- ber 26, 1723, married Daniel Barbour. 5. Hannah, October 25, 1725, married, November 27, 1753, John Chace. 6. Sarah, March IO, 1727, married, March 6, 1746, John Dole. 7. Elizabeth, May 10, 1729, married Thomas Merritt. 8. Jonathan, April 9, 1731, married, November 27, 1760, Abigail Greenleaf. 9. Anna, December 6, 1734, married Isaac Pear- son. 10. Joseph, December 25, 1735, married Mary Foster; died September 30, 1812. II. Eunice, June 5, 1738, married, June 3, 1771, William Alexander. 12. Moses, mentioned be- low.
(V) Moses, son of Samuel Plummer, was born in Newbury, August 6, 1740. He set- tled in Portland, Maine, and is ancestor of many of the families of Plumer and Plummer of that section. He married, September 9,
1765, at Portland, Esther Hersey. Children : I. Moses Jr., married, August 18, 1799, Nabby Smith at Portland. 2. Joseph, married, March 17, 1793, 3. John, married at Port- land, October 20, 1800, Eleanor Haskell. 4. Child, died October 15, 1782. 5. Arthur, men- tioned below. And probably others.
(VI) Arthur, son of Moses Plummer, of Portland, was born at Sacarappa, March 27, 1791, died January 21, 1864. He married Sophia Rice, born February 15, 1792, died April, 1857. Children: 1. William Henry, born June 23, 1812, mentioned below. 2. Susan, August 17, 1814, married Charles Sta- ples. 3. Mary Jane, April 3, 1817, died De- cember 26, 1835. 4. Charles, August 7, 1819, died July 16, 1821. 5. Charles, September 7, 1822, died August 30, 1864. 6. Elizabeth E., March 11, 1826, died April 6, 1866; married a Mr. Smith. 7. Arthur Jr., December 5, 1829. 8. George A., May 19, 1833, died January 24, 1834.
(VII) William Henry, son of Arthur Plum- mer, was born in what is now Westbrook, Maine, June 23, 1812, died May 12, 1890. He received his early education in the public schools of that place. He removed to Portland where he lived most of his adult life. He was active in political affairs and was an alderman one term. He was a deputy when Neal Dow was sheriff of the county and was active in enforcing the prohibition law many years. General Neal Dow was famous as the sponsor and leading supporter of the prohibition pol- icy to which the state has steadfastly adhered for more than two generations. Mr. Plummer was for more than forty years an election war- den. In those days feeling ran high and trickery was the rule when the opportunity offered. One Saturday night Mr. Plummer left his office late, after completing the check list for the election on Monday. Some mis- creant got access to the list and struck off a dozen names before the polls opened. When the voters appeared Mr. Plummer allowed them to vote, knowing they were legitimate voters. The perpetrator of the fraud was never discovered. In religion Mr. Plummer was Methodist. He was a member of the Whig party, later a Republican, and served as a dep- uty sheriff and crier in the supreme court for many years. He married (first) - -. Mar-
ried (second) - -. Married (third), No- vember 29, 1840, Mary (Wilkinson) Waldron, who died November 8, 1892, widow of Isaac Waldron. Children of third wife: I. Lorenzo B., born November 14, 1841, died March 30, 1892. 2. Mary J., June 11, 1843, died Sep-
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tember 30, 1881 : married George H. Otis. 3. Hannah E., June 13, 1845, married ( first) Au- gustine Chaplin; (second) George H. Chap- lin. 4. Albert Smith, mentioned below.
(VIII ) Albert Smith, son of William Henry Plummer, was born in Portland, August 8, 1847. He attended the public schools of that city. He was apprenticed at the age of sev- enteen to learn the trade of upholsterer in Walter Corey's establishment, Portland. At the age of twenty-one he went to Lewiston and entered the employ of Bradford & Conant. He was connected with that firm in various positions for twenty-three years. He then en- tered partnership with A. M. Roak and in 1891 opened an undertaking establishment in Auburn, Maine. When his partner died, Mr. Merrill came into the firm and since then the name has been Plummer & Merrill. The firm has a large business and high reputation. Mr. Plummer is a Republican in politics and was a member of the common council of Lewiston two years, being president during his last term. He is a prominent Free Mason and has suc- cessively filled the chairs in the Rabboni Lodge, A. F. and A. M .; King Hiram Chapter, Royal Arch Masons ; Dunlap Council, Royal and Se- lect Masters ; Lewiston Commandery, Knights Templar. He has taken the thirty-second de- gree in Masonry. He is also a member of Au- burn Grange, Patrons of Husbandry. In re- ligion he is a Universalist. He married, Sep- tember 16, 1872, Helen M., born May 10, 1849, daughter of Benjamin and Susan (Buzzell) Curtis, of Wellington, Maine. They have one child: Elizabeth, born in Lewiston, October 27, 1889, a graduate of Lewiston high school, June 19, 1908.
The Pennell family of Maine PENNELL and the west may justly be proud of its ancestry and of the grand achievements of the many descend- ants of Clement and Thomas Pennell. These brothers came from the Isle of Jersey, after 1700, and settled in Gloucester, Massachusetts. The name is spelled Peniel in the old records. A letter from Trinity Parish, Isle of Jersey, says "the family name is spelled Pineel in many places, and sometimes Pinel. This was one of the oldest and highest families in Trin- ity Parish. For above three centuries they held the highest offices, and intermarried with the noblest families in the Isle of Jersey. They settled here in the fourteenth century. Old documents state that they came from England during the war of the Roses. Their name was then spelled Pennell. During the first part
of the eighteenth century many families left Trinity Parish for America. Others left still earlier. Among these were members of the Pennell family. The last one bearing the name of Pennell on the Isle of Jersey was buried about 1879. The only representative of the family now living here is Elizabeth L. Mc- Gurier, a granddaughter of the last of the Pennell name, a very wealthy lady."
These records are given from careful old writings, to show that the story of three Pen- nell brothers (Thomas, Clement and John) be- ing sent to America by their uncle, under the benevolent pretense of giving them an educa- tion, but really in order to obtain possession of their property, is without truthful founda- tion. There were but two brothers-Clement and Thomas, and America was not in 1700 an ideal region for the education of youth. Again, a family of the high character of the Pennells in the Isle of Jersey had no "wicked uncles." Instead of landing at Scituate, Massachusetts, without money, as the fictitious narrative as- serts, Thomas and Clement Pennell settled at Gloucester, and were able to buy lands, and they settled among relatives and neighbors from the Isle of Jersey.
(I) Philip Pennell, of the Isle of Jersey, was twice married. His first wife, Ann L. ( Mortes) Pennell, bore him two sons-Thomas and Clement ; his second wife, Marie L. Hardy, was mother of two daughters-Marie and Rachel, born respectively in 1705 and 1712.
(II) Thomas (I), son of Philip Pennell, with his brother Clement, came to America and settled at Gloucester, Massachusetts. In 1810 he had a common right in Gloucester, derived from his grandfather, Robert Elwell. Three years later he sold land there. He died in Gloucester, March 31, 1723, aged thirty-four, from which it is evident that he was born in 1688 or the year following. He married, Jan- uary 30, 1718, Sarah Durin ; children : Sarah, Thomas, Rachel, Clement.
(III) Thomas (2), second child and eldest son of Thomas (I) Pennell, was born in Gloucester, February 25, 1720, and was bap- tized in the First Church there, October 22, 1721. He was an infant at the time his father died, and when about six years old Captain Thomas Stevens was appointed his guardian. He was a shipwright by trade, and of sturdy character. The records of Alfred, Maine, show that he received from Jeremiah and Rachel Riggs, January 13, 1736, a deed to land, probably in Falmouth, where both then resided. In 1739 he received a deed to land from Thomas and Mary Westbrook, and
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March 30 that year he sold land purchased of Jeremiah Riggs to Charles Frost. August 11, 1757, he and his son Thomas were members of Captain Skillings's company at Stroudwa- ter, in the French and Indian war. In 1764 he purchased land at Brunswick, and soon after removed to that town, where he was a leading citizen, and where he is said to have died about 1770, at the home of his son John. His sons are also characterized as leading citi- zens. June 14, 1735, at Falmouth, was pub- lished intention of his marriage to Rachel Riggs, born March 10, 1717, in Gloucester, great-granddaughter of Thomas Riggs. Thom- as Riggs came to Gloucester in 1658, and died there in 1722. He was town clerk fifty-one years, schoolmaster, and representative to the general court. His wife Mary was a daughter of Thomas 'Millett. Their son, John Riggs. married Ruth Wheeler, and they were parents of Jeremiah Riggs, born in Gloucester, Oc- tober 5, 1694, married, December 31, 1716, Ruth Ilaskell, born March 13, 1697, and they were parents of Rachel and Ruth Riggs, who became wives of the Pennell brothers. Chil- dren of Thomas (2) Riggs: John, Thomas, William, Lucy, Rachel, Matthew, Stephen, Affie and Hannah.
(IV) Thomas (3), second son of Thomas (2) Pennell, was born February 21, 1739, probably at Falmouth, died November 25, 1812. He early established a large shipyard at Middle Bays, near Brunswick, Maine, and taught all his five sons the shipbuilding art. This location became one of the most famous shipbuilding sites on the Maine coast, and here Thomas Pennell completed in ninety days, ready for launching, a privateer which was employed by the colonists during the revolu- tionary war. While Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe resided at Brunswick, she often visited the Pennells, and one of the most interesting chapters in her "Pearl of Orr's Island" de- scribes the launching of a vessel at this yard. When the poet Longfellow was a student at Bowdoin College he witnessed many a launch- ing scene at Middle Bays, hence his famous poem, "The Building of the Ship." One of these vessels was "The Union." Thomas (3) Pennell married Alice Anderson, born Jan- uary 27, 1748, at Freeport, died Christmas Day, 1839, aged ninety-two years, daughter of Jacob and Agnes ( Phinney) Anderson, of Freeport. Children of Thomas (3) Pennell : Agnes, Rachel, Thomas, Mary, Jacob, Will- iam, John, Alice, Robert and Peggy.
(V) Robert (1), youngest son of Thomas (3) Pennell, was born October 16, 1789, died
April 22, 1861. Like his father and brothers, he was a shipbuilder. He married, January 25, 1810, Jane Simpson, born April 8, 1789, died January 30, 1851, daughter of Lewis and Martha ( Skolfield ) Simpson. Children : Rob- ert, Thomas, Martha, Louis S., Captain Isaac Alexander, Mary A., Agnes, John, Albert, Elizabeth and Rebecca.
(VI) Robert (2), eldest child of Robert ( I) Pennell, born November 20, ISII, died Sep- tember, 1877. He was educated in the local schools. He was a prominent citizen of Brunswick, Maine, and a leading shipbuilder during his entire active career. He built many vessels of note, among them a number of ex- ceedingly fast clipper merchant vessels for Major Thomas Harward, of Bath, among them the "Thallatta," "Union," and the "Lizzie Har- ward," all at Bath. Later he built at North Brunswick. Maine, a large number of vessels for himself and others, among them the "Mar- tha Bawker." "Majestic." "Ellen Hood." "Caroline Lamont," "Galveston," and the "Nettie Marryman." All these were world- famous in their day, and were known in every port reached by American commerce. In 1865 Mr. Pennell purchased the old Pennell home- stead at Brunswick, and in 1868 he took up his abode there, and there lived during the re- mainder of his life. He attended the Congre- gational church. He married, in 1853, in Bath, Maine, Sarah Hathorne Maxwell, born in Bowdoinham, Maine, May 20, 1819, died Feb- ruary 2, 1903, daughter of Robert and Abigail ( Hathorne ) Maxwell. She was a woman much loved by all who knew her. Children : William Maxwell, of whom further ; Elizabeth Ilarward, unmarried ; Thomas, died in child- hood.
(VII) William Maxwell, elder and only sur- viving son of Robert (2) Pennell, was born in Brunswick, Maine, October 13, 1857. He has been a lifelong resident of his native town. He was educated in the public schools there, and at Kent's Hill Academy. He early en- gaged in agriculture, and cultivated about two hundred acres of land, paying particular atten- tion to stock raising and dairy products. He subsequently engaged in the insurance busi- ness, to which he added real estate dealing, and followed this occupation several years. For several years he was postmaster at Brunswick. In 1902 he was elected sheriff of Cumberland county, and was re-elected in 1904 and again in 1906. He is active and energetic, and these successive elections indicate clearly the confi- dence of the community in his ability and in- tegrity. He is a very active worker in the
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interests of the Democratic party, believing that its principles and policies best conserve the public interests. He married, June 7, 1882, Leida Merry, born June 25, 1858, in Damaris- cotta, Maine, daughter of Abner Stetson, of that place. Children : Christine Lenox, Sarah Hathorne and Robert Maxwell.
( H) Clement ( I) Pennell was of Falmouth in 1741. In 1750 he bought of his brother Thomas an acre of land at Capisic. Both served in Captain Samuel Skillings's company at Falmouth, from August 11, 1757, at the out- break of the French and Indian war. Both were ship carpenters and builders. May 2, 1766, Clement Pennell purchased a quarter of an acre of land of Colonel Waldo, and on No- vember 10, 1769, a half-quarter. In 1766 hie purchased ten acres of land between Capisic and Nason's Corner, and later five acres more. Upon this lot he erected a house, in which he died. Clement Pennell and Ruth Riggs were published June 10, 1741, according to old Fal- mouth records, but some authorities give Jan- uary 10, 1742, as their marriage date. After the death of Clement Pennell his widow kept an inn, receiving a license in 1766, and which was continued until her death. She was sole executrix of the last will and testament of her husband, according to a record in the Cumber- land county registry of deeds. With her hus- band she was a member of the Congregational church and the parish records show that he had charge of the meeting house for several years. Children of Clement and Ruth ( Riggs) Pennell: Abigail, Molly, Joseph, Clement, Thomas and Eunice.
(HI) Thomas (I), son of Clement and Ruth ( Riggs) Pennell, born 1767, died West- brook, March 2, 1848, aged eighty-one years. He resided near Nason's Corner, in the district of Deering. He married (first), February I, 1791, Eunice Knight, born in Buxton, Maine, died November 15, 1808, aged forty-three years. He married (second), April 28, 1809, Sally Jones, of Standish. She was a Metho- dist, and not finding a meeting congenial to her religious views near her new home, she prevailed upon her husband to dispose of his property, which he did in 1809, the year of their marriage, for thirteen hundred dollars, and they removed to Methodist Corner, Bux- ton, where their descendants still reside upon the ancestral tract. Sarah (Sally) ( Jones) Pennell died November 30, 1862, aged eighty- one years, and was buried in the graveyard at Saccarappa Village. Children of Thomas Pen- nell, by first wife: Nancy, Henry, Almira.
By second wife: Thomas, Jones, Charles, George, Sophia J., John P. and Ephraim.
(IV) John P., sixth child and fifth son of Thomas and Sally (Jones) Pennell, born Bux- ton, March 14, 1819, died February 18, 1897, aged seventy-eight years. He was a cooper and manufacturer of barrel heads, and for many years before his death resided at No. 37 Spring street, Saccarappa Village. For a half century he was a pillar in the Methodist Epis- copal church, and superintendent of its Sun- day school. He married Mary Augusta Nor- ton, born in North Madison, Connecticut, April 7. 1828, daughter of Jonathan Ellsworth and Eliza ( Stone) Norton, and a descendant of Theophilus Eaton, first governor of New Haven colony. Their children : 1. George E., born 1853, is an attorney in Atlantic, Iowa; married, July 2, 1878, Mary Addie Kidder, born in Bridgewater, Maine, August 26, 1855 ; children : i. Iva H., born in Atlantic, Iowa, July 28, 1879, died February 12, 1903; ii. Henry Hodgdon, born June 30, 1881, resides in Texas; iii. Zina May, born June 22, 1884, married, September 27, 1906, Robert H. Ely ; iv. Deo Dell, born July 9, 1886, married, No- vember 9, 1906, Charles W. Gregory. 2. Henry B., see forward. 3. Lillian Gertrude, single; is a teacher, and resides on the home- stead with her mother.
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