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(IV) Jerusha, youngest daughter of Cap- tain Joseph and Thankful (Clarke) Taylor, was born. November II, 1779, in New Castle, and became the wife of George Eichhorn, of Wiscasset (see Achorn III).
CRAFTS Between the years 1600 and 1700, many families bearing the name of Croftes dwelt in York- shire, England, and from this group of fam- ilies it is reasonable to infer, in the absence of any conflicting statement, that the New England progenitor came. Family tradition encourages this belief, and it is safe to make it the base of the American family. The form of the family name was changed from Croft to Crafts in the third or fourth generation.
(I) Lieutenant Griffin Croft was born probably in Yorkshire, England, about 1600, and accompanied by his wife Alice and daugh- ter Hannah sailed from England with Win- throp's other colonists, and if we can depend at all on tradition, they were passengers on the "Arabella." Of this company of adven- turous colonists, many came from Boston, in Lincolnshire, and these first colonists are re- sponsible for the New England Boston.
Those having trades or accustomed to living on the seashore and subsisting on the product of the waters for a livelihood remained in the town named afterward for their English home, while the sturdy yeomen of whom Grif- fin Croft was one, ventured into the country and selected lands, cleared it of timber and began planting Indian corn and such other crops as the friendly Indians were accustomed to raise, taught the settlers how to cultivate, and on which the colonists depended for sub- stinance. He located in the newly formed town of Roxborough, his land comprising three acres, and six acres more or less at the end thereof, being on the west bank of the Muddy river, about a mile from the meeting house, which was the nucleus of the town and became the center of the village. According to the records of the Governor and Company of Massachusetts Bay Colony in New Eng- land, "as printed by order of the legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and pub- lished in 1853, appears among the names of one hundred and sixteen who took the "oath of freemen," May 18, 1631, that of "Griffin Crofte." This was the second meeting of the general court held for the purpose of admin- istering the oath, and in the list of deputies that attended "A Generall Courte houlden at Boston the 13th of the first month in 1638," we find his name as the tenth in this list of thirty-three deputies summoned to attend the court, and at "A quarter court held at Boston, the first day of the Ioth mo., 1640," he ap- pears as one of the twelve jurors selected to try Hugh Buet for heresy, and the jury found him guilty and that his person and errors are dangerous for infection of others, and it was ordered that the said Hugh Buet "should be gone out of jurisdiction by the 24th present, upon paine of death & not to return, upon paine of being hanged and the court granted the jury twelve shillings for their service." His service in the general court was as deputy to the court of elections, May 27, 1663, and May 18, 1664, at which John Endicott was chosen governor, and May 3, 1665, May 23, 1666, and May 15, 1667, at which Richard Billingham Esq. was chosen governor, besides at special meetings of the court, August 31, 1664, and September II, 1666. In the militia of the town he was ser- geant, and from September 10, 1653, to Feb- ruary 21, 1675, he held the commission of lieutenant, being released after twenty-one years' service, at his own request, having reached the age of seventy years. He also served as selectman, as commissioner to sol-
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emnize marriages and give oaths to per- sons in civil cases. He with his wife Alice were members of "the Church of Christ of Roxborough," the first religious society of the town, and of which John Eliot was first pastor, and when a new meeting house was built in 1658-9 he was a member of the com- mittee appointed to superintend its erection, and in 1673, when another building was erected, he again superintended its construc- tion. His official position in the church was deacon. His wife Alice died in Roxbury, March 25, 1673, aged seventy-three years, and he married (second) Ursula, daughter of Henry Adams, of Braintree, widow of Will- iam Robinson, of Dorchester, of Samuel Hos- ier, and of Stephen Struter, Griffin Croft being her fourth husband. She died soon after this fourth marriage, and Lieutenant Croft married (third) Dorcas, daughter of John and Barbara Ruggles, who came from Sudbury, Suffolk, England, with their daugh- ter Dorcas. The last few years of Lieutenant Croft's life were passed in total blindness, and he died October 4, 1689, and his widow Dor- cas died December 30, 1697. Children of Griffin and Alice Croft: Hannah, born in England; John, born in Roxbury, July 10, 1630; Mary, October 10, 1632; Abigail, March 28, 1634; Samuel, December 12, 1637; Moses, April 28, 1641.
(II) Samuel, second son and fifth child of Griffin and Alice Croft, was born in Rox- bury, Massachusetts, December 12, 1637. He married, October 16, 1661, Elizabeth, daugh- ter of Robert and Elizabeth (Ballard) Seaver, of Roxbury, born November 19, 1643. Sam- uel Croft took the freeman's oath May 31, 1671 ; served as selectman, constable, and on various committees. He was a carpenter and bridge builder. He was executor of his father's will, and received most of his es- tate. He was lieutenant in the military com- pany. He was one of the twelve of the free- men of Roxbury to whom the grants of 15,- 100 acres of land, known as the "Mashamo- quet purchase," was made in October, 1687, and in May, 1713, the purchase was incor- porated as the town of Pomfret, Connecticut, and he was one of thirty-nine persons who signed to settle in New Roxbury, or Wood- stock, Connecticut, 1689-90, and he had the twenty-eighth lot, and he also took up a twenty-acre lot for his son Samuel. Samuel Croft Sr. died in 1691, and his widow De- cember 9, 1731. Children: Hannah, born December 14, 1662; Samuel, May 24, 1664, died June 5, 1664; Elizabeth, October 2,
1665; Samuel, June 16, 1667; Joseph, July 12, 1669; Mary, October 15, 1671; Abigail, De- cember 1, 1673; Nathaniel, January 11, 1676; Ebenezer, November 8, 1679; Alice, December 19, 1681 ; Benjamin, October 23, 1683.
(III) Samuel (2), second son and fourth child of Lieutenant Samuel (I) and Eliza- beth (Seaver) Croft, was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, June 16, 1667. He married, December 25, 1693, Elizabeth, daughter of Lieutenant John Sharp, of Brookline. Sam- uel, like his father and grandfather, was prom- inent in the town affairs of Roxbury, holding office as surveyor of highways, constables, etc. He died in Roxbury, December 9, 1709, and his widow married James Shed, of Rox- bury, May 8, 1718, and she died April 18, 1743, aged seventy-one years. Children of Samuel and Elizabeth (Sharp) Croft: Jo- seph, born October 1, 1694; Hannah, March 15, 1697; Samuel, June 4, 1701 ; Moses, Sep- tember 29, 1703; Mary, April 1, 1706; Aaron, December 9, 1708, died December 30, 171I.
(IV) Moses Crafts, third son and fourth child of Samuel (2) and Elizabeth (Sharp) Croft, was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, September 29, 1703. He married, November 15, 1729, Esther, daughter of Daniel and Eliza- beth (Greeley) Woodward, of Newton, Mas- sachusetts. He was a weaver, and when his father died he went to live with his uncle, Deacon John Staples, of Newton, who as guardian of the boy taught him his trade. In 1729 he purchased a farm of ninety-three and one-half acres in Newton, on the Sher- born road, and at the death of his guardian, Deacon John Staples, Moses Crafts became his residuary legatee, and December 7, 1746, paid Jonathan Brown three hundred and sev- enty-five pounds for forty-one acres of land with mansion house and barns, in Newton, ad- joining lands owned by his Aunt Mary (Crafts) Staples. He was lieutenant to the military company, selectman of Newton 1741- 45, served in the siege of Louisburg in 1746. He was a careful and painstaking man of sterling worth and integrity. He died in New- ton, Massachusetts, December 3, 1768, and his widow died February 2, 1787, aged eighty- two years. Children: Samuel, born in New- ton, November 23, 1729; Mary, April II, 1731; John Staples, January 9, 1733; Abi- gail, December 15, 1734, died January 9, 1735; Joseph, January 12, 1736; Esther, De- cember 4, 1738, died March 8, 1749; Abigail, March 5, 1741; Martha, June 4, 1743; Beu- lah, June 5, 1745.
(V) John Staples, second son and third
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child of Moses and Esther (Woodman) Crafts, was born in Newton, Massachusetts, January 9, 1733. He married, July 6, 1758, Elizabeth, daughter of Edward and Eunice (Barnes) Park, of Newton, Massachusetts. His great-uncle, Deacon John Staples, be- queathed to him four hundred pounds, and directed that he should "be brought up to learning and fitted for the ministry of the gospel." . He preferred the profession of medicine, and studied to that end, and when he received his degree of M. D., in 1756, he settled in North Bridgewater, where his chil- dren were born and where he practiced, and in May, 1799, when the exodus of families from North Bridgewater settled in Minot, Maine, Dr. Crafts, his wife and four sons (Samuel, Moses, Edward and Zibeon) joined the mi- grating party, and he was made deacon of the First church in Minot, which office he held until his death, at Minot, Maine, May 6, 1816. His wife died before him, on December 28, 1802, when seventy-one years of age. Chil- dren: Thomas, born 1759; Martha, 1761; Samuel, 1762; Mary, July 21, 1764; John, 1767; Moses, January 6, 1771 ; Edward, 1775; Zibeon, January 20, 1779.
(VI) Samuel (3), second son and third child of Dr. John Staples and Elizabeth (Park) Crafts, was born in North Bridge- water, Massachusetts, in 1762. He married, in North Bridgewater, Anne, daughter of Deacon Reuben and Anne (Perkins) Pack- ard, and in May, 1799, he joined the migrants who went from North Bridgewater to the Maine woods, setling in Hebron, Oxford county. At the same time, besides the Crafts, the Packard, Snows, Cushman, Alden, How- ard Kinsley and Bumpus families of North Bridgewater gave liberal numbers to swell the invading army of pioneers intent on founding new homes and growing up with the country. Captain Samuel Crafts was ac- companied by his wife and five children, and became a notable factor in founding and de- veloping the new town. He was a captain in the war of 1812, his company being stationed at Portland. His wife died in Hebron, Maine, January 31, 1833, and Captain Crafts lived to be eighty-two years of age, and died February 2, 1844. Children, first five born in North Bridgewater : Mary, August 6, 1788; Sam- uel, March 21, 1790; Moses, May 26, 1792 ; Isaac Porter, July 27, 1794, and Anne, Jan- tary 29, 1796. The remaining seven were born in Hebron, Maine: John, November 14, 1798; Varen, October 17, 1800; Elizabeth H., August 4, 1802; Thomas Park, September 15,
1805; Phebe Snow, June 29, 1806; Alonzo, January 10, 1809; Hiram, March 4, 1811.
(VII) Moses (2), second son and third child of Captain Samuel (3) and Anne (Packard) Crafts, was born in North Bridge- water, Massachusetts, May 26, 1792. He was a farmer, and lived first in Hartford, then in Hebron, Oxford, Paris and Portland, Maine, successively, and finally settled in Monson, where the eighth and ninth children were born, and where he died June 9, 1874, having reached the same age lived by his father. He married, March 15, 1816, Sarah, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Bersey) Sturtevant, of Paris, Maine. Her father was a soldier in the American revolution. She was born October 12, 1795, and died in Monson, Maine, in March, 1889, at the advanced. age of ninety- four years. Children, the first three born in Hartford, Maine: Alden Bumpus, December 17, 1816; Edward, September 20, 1818, died October 20, 1822; Moses Orville, June 28, 1820. Their fourth child, Justin, was born in Hebron, Maine, April 2, 1823; their fifth, Leonard Sturtevant, in Oxford, August 22, 1825; their sixth, Austin, in Paris, Maine, September 20, 1827, and died June 20, 1829; their seventh child, Sarah Ann, was born in Portland, Maine, November 20, 1829; Benja- min Franklin, in Monson, Maine, January 18, 1833; and Frances Marion, in Monson, Maine, October 22, 1835.
(VIII) Francis Marion, youngest child of Moses (2) and Sarah (Sturtevant) Crafts, was born in Monson, Maine, October 22, 1835. He attended the academies at Monson, Foxcroft and Hebron, Maine, and early in life left home and engaged in mercantile pur- suits. The outbreak of the civil war in 1861 brought him to the front as a volunteer sol- dier, and he was mustered in as a private in the One Hundred and Second New York Volunteer Infantry, was soon after commis- sioned second lieutenant, and during the bril- liant campaign made by General Franz Siegel in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, he was assigned to duty on the staff of that gallant soldier. He was in command of his company at Chancellorsville, taking a prominent part in a rally which his company sustained with an effective bayonet charge. He was with his regiment at Winchester, Newtown, Cedar Creek, Culpeper Court House, White Sulphur Springs, on the Rappahannock, and at Man- assas, Centerville and Fredericksburg. He was in command of a skirmish line covering a portion of General Slocum's corps at Get- tysburg, where he led his men, numbering one
Francis Marion Crafts
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hundred and fifty, and held them against the Confederate charge until with less than a hun- dred survivors he fell back and rejoined his own regiment, and continued in service for the remaining two days, and witnesed the de- feat of the Confederate forces in the greatest battle of the civil war. His action at Gettys- burg won for him his commission as colonel. He next distinguished himself at Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, and in the bat- tles about Ringgold, Georgia, and under Gen- eral Sherman he was in the assault upon a Confederate battery at Resaca, Georgia, which stronghold fell into the hands of the Union army through the united strength and valor of his regiment and that of the Seventieth Indiana Volunteers, commanded by Colonel Benjamin Harrison. He took part in the for- tunes of Sherman's army from Cartersville to Atlanta. His record is of over fifty battles in which he actively participated, never taken prisoner, never in hospital by reason of wounds or disease, and having escaped in- jury from shot or shell which passed through his clothing and at times through his hair. Upon being honorably mustered out at the close of the war, Colonel Crafts resumed commercial pursuits in New York City. In 1891 he was made collector of United States internal revenue for New York, and was ad- vanced from that position to United States in- spector of internal revenue. He was made a companion of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, and a com- mander in the Grand Army of the Republic. He married May 21, 1870, Eliza Amanda, daughter of William B. and Charlotte (Lor- raine) Goodyear, of New Haven, Connecticut, and niece of Charles Goodyear, the inventor, and he established a home in Brooklyn, New York, at 1423 Albermarle Road. They have two children: Marion Lorraine, born in Brooklyn, New York, August 16, 1875, and Francis Goodyear, born May 22, 1888.
The Harvey family in England HARVEY traces its ancestry to the time of the Conquest. The pro- genitor is believed to be Herveus de Bourges, or Hervey of Bourges, who came with Will- iam the Conqueror, and according to Domes- day Book was in 1086 a baron in county Suf- folk. He was a grandson of Geoffry, third viscount of Bourges, an ancient city of Berry, a former province of France. Geoffry re- built the abbey of St. Ambrose at Bourges in 1012. Harvey as a surname is undoubtedly
derived from the ancient baptismal name vari- ously spelled Herveus, Hervey, Harvey, etc. Surnames came into general use in England about A. D. 1200. The family of this sketch has an unbroken lineage to about 1450.
(I) Humphrey Harvey, first of the ances- tors definitely known and traced, lived at Brockley, Somersetshire, and owned a third of the Manor of Brockley, besides other es- tates. His ancestors doubtless lived in Som- ersetshire also. He died at Brockley, January 4, 1526. He had sons: I. Richard, father of Nicholas. 2. Turner, mentioned below.
(II) Turner, son of Humphrey Harvey, was born in 1485. He was a noted archer and warrior, the mightiest man with the long bow in all England, we are told. "At his death there was no man in the country who could spring his bow." He was a favorite hench- man of King Henry VIII. After a battle in which Harvey had especially distinguished himself, the king bestowed an escutcheon upon which Harvey's arms were emblazoned, and as late as 1640 this had been preserved in the family. It is described : Sable on a chevron between three long-bows argent as many pheons of the field. Crest: A leopard or langued gules holding in a paw three arrows proper. Motto : "Faites ce que l'honneur exige."
(III) William, son of Turner Harvey, was born in 1510, and resided in Somerset. He was appointed blue mantle pursuivant in the Herald's College ordinary, and accompanied his patron, William Paget, on an embassy to France. He was made Somerset herald in 1545 by Henry VIII, when the office was es- tablished, and became Norroy king-at-arms, February 4, 1555, and paid seven official visits to Germany. He was deputed to go to France, June 7, 1557, to declare war. He was appointed Clarencieux king-of-arms and held this office until he died, February 27, 1567.
(IV) William (2), son of William (I) Harvey, was born in Somersetshire, in 1560, and resided in Bridgewater, in that county. He had sons: I. Thomas, mentioned below. 2. Henry, bought the Manor at Bridgewater.
(V) Thomas, son of William (2) Harvey, was born about 1585, in Somersetshire, and died there before 1647, as shown by the will of Agnes Clark, of Ashill, Somerset, widow. He lived at Ashill, a small village on rising ground three miles west of Ilminster, and nine miles east of Taunton. It is named for the ash trees of the great forest formerly near there. Children: I. Daughter, born 1610,
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married Anthony Green. 2. James, born 1614; died 1691. 3. Thomas, mentioned be- low. 4. William.
(VI) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (I) Harvey, was born in Ashill, Somersetshire, England, in 1617, and came with his brother William to Dorchester, in 1636. Both settled at Cohannet (Taunton), Massachusetts. He deposed November 8, 1638, that he was aged twenty-one years, and between 1639 and 1642 he became a proprietor of Taunton. His name was on a list of those able to bear arms in 1643. He married, in 1642, Elizabeth, daugh- ter of Henry Andrews, of Taunton. Har- vey died at Taunton in 1651, aged only thirty- four years, and his widow married (second) Francis Street, of Taunton, to whom she bore one daughter. She married (third) Thomas Lincoln, the miller, of Taunton. Lincoln died in 1683, and his widow in 1717, aged one hundred and three years. Children of Thom- as and Elizabeth Harvey: I. Thomas, born 1643; mentioned below. 2. William, 1645. 3. John, 1647; died January 18, 1705.
(VII) Thomas (3), son of Thomas (2) Harvey, was born in Taunton, in 1643. He married, in 1668, Experience, daughter of William Harvey (2), his uncle. Her brother Thomas married Elizabeth, daughter of Dea- con John Willis, of Bridgewater. Thomas Harvey was proprietor of the ordinary in Taunton. He was an original owner of lot 77 in Taunton South Purchase; was sergeant in the military company in 1673, raised to march against the Dutch in New York and New Jersey ; was grantee in the Bradford deed of Taunton in 1689. He was impressed for service in King William's war. He deeded to his son Ebenezer the homestead of four hundred acres, adjoining the farms of his sons Thomas and Ebenezer, on the highway leading to Brown's Brook, in consideration of love, etc., and with the obligation to care for his sisters Experience and Mary, as well as his parents, while they lived. Thomas died in 1726; his wife in 1720. Children, born at Taunton: I. Thomas, born 1669; died 1748. 2. John, born 1671; died 1739. 3. Nathaniel, born 1673; mentioned below. 4. Ebenezer, born 1675; died 1757. 5. Experience, born about 1677 ; married, January 20, 1709, Elisha Hayward, of Bridgewater. 6. Mary, born 1679; married, June 21, 1716, Nathaniel Hay- ward, of Bridgewater.
(VIII) Nathaniel, son of Thomas (3) Har- vey, was born at Taunton, in 1673, and in 1700 was a member of the first military com- pany of the town. In 1708 he was living in
the North Purchase of Taunton, and was one of the petitioners for a new precinct. He married Susannah His children set- tled at Bridgewater. Children: I. Nathaniel, born 1705; mentioned below. And doubtless : 2. Joseph. 3. Jenny, married, 1732,
4. Mary, married, 1739, Charles Cushman. 5. Elizabeth (?), married , 1747. 6. Mehitable (?), married, 1738, Caleb Orcutt.
(IX) Nathaniel (2), son of Nathaniel (I) Harvey, was born in 1705, at Taunton. He married Margaret, daughter of John Willis, in 1733. He died at Bridgewater in 1801, aged ninety-six years. Children, born at Bridge- water: I. David, born 1735; married Content Byram. 2. Nathaniel, mentioned below.
(X) Nathaniel (3), son of Nathaniel (2) Harvey, was born in Bridgewater, Massachu- setts, in 1744. A Nathaniel Harvey from this vicinity was a soldier in the revolution, in Captain Moses Harvey's company, Colonel Woodbridge's regiment, from August to No- vember, to reinforce the northern army at Saratoga. He married, about 1766, Bethiah Hayward, daughter of John, of Bridgewater. Children, born at Bridgewater: I. Daniel. 2. Bezer, mentioned below.
(XI) Bezer, son of Nathaniel (3) Harvey, was born in Bridgewater, about 1770. He married, in Bridgewater, 1795, Ruth, daugh- ter of John Carver. (See Carver.) After his marriage he settled in Leeds, formerly Liver- more, Maine. Children: I. Columbus, mar- ried Esther Stafford; (second) the widow of his brother Stillman. 2. Daniel, mentioned below. 3. Stillman, removed to Ohio; one of his three sons was governor of a western state. 4. Janet, married John Carver, her cousin. 5. Bethia, married Caleb Carver, brother of Janet's husband; she died of con- sumption eight months after her marriage.
(XII) Daniel, son of Bezer Harvey, was born in Livermore, Maine, or vicinity, August 9, 1800. He was educated in the district schools and followed farming through his active life. In personal appearance he pos- sessed the characteristic high cheekbones of the Harvey family, dark blue eyes, and brown hair. He was a Universalist in religion and a Democrat in politics. He lived at Leeds, Livermore and Brunswick, Maine. He en- listed with some of his neighbors in the Aroo- stook war. He married (first) in 1821, Me- hitable Gott, born in Leeds or Wayne, Sep- tember 12, 1800, daughter of William and Rhoda (Knapp) Gott; (second) Clementine Children of first wife: I. Harrison, born in Wayne or Leeds, Maine, January 19,
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1822. 2. Ruth Mehitable, born in Wayne or Livermore, April 16, 1823. 3. Albion, born in Wayne or Leeds, August 22, 1824. 4. Al- bert, born October 31, 1825; mentioned below. 5. Lorenzo, born March 12, 1826. 6. Mary Emma, born February II, 1829. 7. Jane, born in Livermore, October 15, 1832. 8. Lorenzo Daniel, born in Bangor, October 21, 1834. 9. Helen Lauraman, born in Leeds, September 28, 1838. 10. Milton, born April 23, 1841. II. Daniel Webster, born in Brunswick, Jan- uary 21, 1844; killed in battle of Bull Run, in the civil war.
(XIII) Albert, son of Daniel Harvey, was born in Brunswick, Maine, October 31, 1825. He received a common school education, and was a farmer by occupation. In religion he was a Universalist, and in politics a Demo- crat. He was for several years postmaster at Canton Point, Maine. During the civil war he enlisted as a private in Company A, Thir- tieth Regiment, Maine Volunteers, and was mustered into service January 28, 1864. He was wounded in the head in the Red River expedition, under General Nathaniel P. Banks, and died at the Barracks Hospital in New Or- leans, Louisiana, June II, 1864. He married, at Canton, Maine, December 3, 1849, Satira Eastman, born at Rumford, Maine, January 25, 1830, daughter of William Eastman, and Olive (Wilson) Eastman, granddaughter of Mark and Content (Ludden) Wilson. Mrs. Harvey is a Baptist in religion, and is active in the church and in the work of John A. Hodge Woman's Relief Corps of the Grand Army of the Republic at Canton, Maine. Children: I. Charles Albert, born January 8, 1851; died November 22, 1908; married July 20, 1890, - -; children : Satira, Fan- nie, Edna and Alice. 2. Dr. Albion Keith Parris, born May 9, 1855; mentioned below. 3. Celia Satira, born August 12, 1857; died February 12, 1886; married Frank W. Mer- ritt; children : i. Leon Warren Merritt, mar- ried, December 12, 1903, Alice Mae Green- leaf, of Farmington, Maine; ii. Leona May Merritt, married, January 14, 1902, Birchard Albert Clary, and have children: Celia, Isa- dora and Charlotte Burns Clary; iii. Elmer Albert Merritt ; iv. Edna Alberta Merritt, mar- ried, January 26, 1904, Frank Hari Eaton, of Portland, Maine. 4. Milton Douglas, born October 14, 1862 ; graduate of Wilton Acad- emy ; now stenographer in Department of the Interior, Washington; married, January 31, 1890, Lena Newman, of Abingdon, Illinois. 5. George, born December 3, 1864; died Sep- tember 19, 1865.
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