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2. MARY L.,7 b. Mar. 22, 1840, in Chicago, and d. there May 8, 1841.
3. HELEN F.,7 b. Oct. 4, 1842, at Chicago; m. Dec. 27, 1864, at Geneva, Ill., John B. Plato (b. Sept. 16, 1842, at Aurora, Ill.), and d. July 28, 1881, at Geneva, having had issue, three children.
4. CHARLES D.," b. Nov. 10, 1844, at Chicago; m. Oct. 8, 1872, Julia S. Trimmingham (b. Oct. 12, 1848, at Baltimore, Md.); d. July 8, 1887, at Geneva, Ill., leaving children :
I. RALPH T.,8 b. Aug. 12, 1874, at Chicago.
II. MARGARET L.,8 b. July 1, 1876, at Chicago.
[11. LOUISA G.,8 b. Oct. 26, 1881, at Chicago.
IV. ALICE W.,8 b. Jan 19, 1885, at Austin.
5. MARY M., b. April 7, 1847, at Horicon, Wis .; was m. Oct. 29, 1868, at Geneva, Ill., to William W. Cole (b. April 29, 1845, at Greenville, Green county, N. V.). Five children.
6. WILLIAM D.,7 b. Feb. 21, 1849, at Horicon, Wis. He m. July 21, 1873, at Parsons, Kansas, Mary A. Bemis, b. Apr. 26, 1855, at Cleveland, O., and has issue, three children :
I. MARION B.,8 b. June 28, 1875, at Chicago ; d. there Sept. 16, 1875.
II. MARY W.,8 b. Dec. 30, 1876, at Chicago; died July 1, 1887, at Los Angeles, Cal.
III. JOHN S.,8 b. Jan. 16, 1878, in Chicago.
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7. GERTRUDE T.,7 b. April 10, 1851, at Chicago; was m. Jan. 1, 1880,at Geneva, Ill., to John G. Massey, b. July 21, 1851, at Middleton, Lanca- shire, England. Two children.
8. PHILIP F.,7 b. Feb. 10, 1853, at Chicago; m. Nov. 17, 1885, at Syca- more, Ill., Lydia E. Tift ; d. Aug. 9, 1887, at Denver, Col. One child, William M.,8 b. Mar. 27, 1887, at Denver, and d. there Apr. 6, 1890.
9. FRANK C.,7 b. Sept. 11, 1854, at Chicago; m. June 6, 1887, at New York city, Mrs. Minnie M. Sharpe, b. Mar. 15, 1856, at Chillicothe, O. No issue.
IO. MARION B.,7 b. Mar. 6, 1859, at Chicago; m. June 25, 1881, at Chicago, Stephen A. D. Volk, b. Feb. 23, 1856, at Pittsfield, Mass. Four children.
1I. LOUIS M. N.,7 b. July 6, 1865, at Geneva, Ill., and d. there April 8, 1869.
CHILDREN OF BENJAMIN AND RACHEL :
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I. EDWARD J.,7 was born at Shoreham, Vt., and settled in Albany, N. Y., where he was extensively engaged in the bakery business, and became widely known as "Larrabee, the cracker man." He was a gentleman of culture and wealth who had traveled much in Europe; was much interested in the history of the Larrabee family, and would have been a cordial promoter of this undertaking if he had lived. The author has forwarded several letters of inquiry to his former address, but these have not been responded to.
2. BENJAMIN,7 was at the head of some educational institution in the south when last heard from.
3. DAUGHTER,7 was m. to Edmund Smith, and resided at Westport, N. Y., where her parents are said to have died.
EIGHTH GENERATION.
CHILDREN OF CHARLES R. AND MARY:
1. REV. EDWARD A.,8 b. Mar. 31, 1852. He graduated at Racine College, Wisconsin, in 1873, and the General Theological Seminary, New York, in 1876, and is now rector of Church of the Ascension in Chicago.
2. ANNIE D.,8 b. Mar. 20, 1854; m. June, 1879, Cecil Barnes, of Portland, Me., head of the university school established by him in Chicago. She was a widow within a year ; m. again, Apr. 8, 1890, John DeKovell, Esq. One son by first husband.
3. ELEANOR L.,8 b. May 21, 1856; at home.
4. MARY C.,8 b. Jan. 26, 1858; at home.
5. EMILY W.,8 b. May 6, 1859 ; m. Nov., 1886, John N. Tilton, architect, of Chicago. Four sons.
6. ROSALIND C.,8 b. Aug. 16, 1860 ; m., in 1890, to Charles A. Street, a lum- ber merchant, Chicago, and has two children.
7. ROLLIN N.,8 b. Feb. 15, 1863 ; a graduate of Harvard University, nomi- nally of class of 1885. His final examination was delayed by enforced absence, on account of illness, until 1892.
S. CAROLINE,8 b. Dec. 31, 1866 ; at home, unmarried.
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GUILFORD BRANCH.
Timothy Larrabee,5 conjectured to be a son of Timothy, was born Nov. 18, 1763, probably in Connecticut, and was, I think, a cousin of Judge John and Dr. William, of Shoreham, Vt., who also had a brother Timothy. He married Clarissa Corse, Jan. 28, 1794, she born in Greenfield, Mass., Nov. 9, 1768. He died in Guilford, Vt., May 7, 1798; his widow died in Halifax, Vt., Mar. 7, 1842. Children's names will follow.
Samuel Larrabee,5 brother of preceding, was born in 1758, probably in Connecticut, and died in Guilford, Vt., Feb. 7, 1844, aged 86 years; his wife, Polly, died Oct. 27, 1841, aged 85 years and 5 months. These resided in Guilford, Vt. He served in the Revolution and his name was placed on the pension rolls in 1832, when he was 74 years of age. He served in the Massa- chusetts militia, and was a resident of Dummerstown, Vt., at that time a town where many Larrabees settled. His children, seven in number, supposed to have been born in Dummerstown and Guilford, will follow.
SIXTH GENERATION.
CHILDREN OF TIMOTHY AND CLARISSA :
1. HART,6 b. Nov. 17, 1794; m. Fanny Hinsdale, Sept. 4, 1820, she b. in Greenfield, Mass., Sept. 22, 1796, and d. there Nov. 6, 1826. He m. second, Oct. 16, 1828, Clarissa Nash, b. in Greenfield, Mass., Sept. 2, 1798, and d. there Apr. 8, 1888; he d. there in August, 1853. Five children, two by first wife, whose names will appear.
2. RUTH," b. Mar. 12, 1796; m. William Lawrence and removed to Ellis- burg, Jefferson county, N. Y., where he d. May 9, 1851. Six children.
3. TIMOTHY." b. May 1, 1798; m. Cynthia Olds, Aug. 26, 1821, she b. in Marlboro, Vt., Aug. 26, 1803, and d. in Halifax, June 20, 1886; he d. there Feb. 26, 1867. The children, b. in Halifax, Vt., were nine, of whom hereafter.
CHILDREN OF SAMUEL AND POLLY :
1. ABIGAIL,6 b. Sept. 18, 1789.
2. ANNA,6 b. Dec. 24, 1791.
3. SUSANNA, 6 b. May 23, 1794.
4. LEPHA, 6 b. Aug. 19, 1795.
5. CLARISSA,6 b. Mar. 1, 1798; m. Elisha Simonds, Apr. 5, 1839, and d. leaving one child, now Mrs. Henry Reynolds, of Brattleboro, Vt. Mr. S. d. Apr. 6, 1863, aged 82 years and 9 months.
6. SALINDA, 6 b. June 24, 1800; m. - Sikes, and d. June 2, 1852. This family is extinct in the male line.
SEVENTH GENERATION. CHILDREN OF HART AND FANNY :
I. HART, JR.,7 b. May 28, 1824.
2. EBER N.,7 b. Feb. 16, 1830; d. Sept. 15, 1832.
3. EBER N.,7 b. June 5, 1834 ; lives on the homestead in Greenfield, Mass.
4. HARRIET C.,7 b. Mar. 26, 1838.
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CHILDREN OF TIMOTHY AND CYNTHIA:
I. CHIPMAN,7 b. Dec. 28, 1822 ; d. Mar. 4, 1823.
2. HARRIET P.,7 b. Feb. 23, 1824; d. Feb. 25, 1835.
3 FANNY H.,7 b. Nov. 28, 1825; m. Martin Scott, June 10, 1846, he b. in Halifax, Vt., Feb. 22, 1824. These have children and grandchildren.
1. MARTHA H.,7 b. Oct. 22, 1827 ; m. Almon Ballow, Nov. 25, 1856, b. in Halifax, Vt., Feb., 1815.
5. CLARISSA N.,7 b. Oct. 21, 1829 ; d. Jan. 26, 1841.
6. CYNTHIA,7 b. Aug. 21, 1831; m. George C. Tucker, Jan. 22, 1862, b. in Halifax, Vt., Dec. 20, 1824, and d. there Jan. 26, 1880. Children and grandchildren.
7. TIMOTHY, 3D, b. Nov. 30, 1833 ; m. Susan C. Stacey, Mar. 6, 1855, she b. Mar. 6, 1835. He enlisted in the 4th Vermont Vol. Infantry in 1861-2. He d. in Halifax, Vt., Oct. 27, 1885, leaving five children b. in that town.
8. IRA,7 b. Dec. 25, 1835 ; m. Mary A. Jenks, of Marlboro, Vt., May 25, 1859, she b. Aug. 27, 1839. He resides in West Halifax, where his six children were born.
9. LUCY,7 b. July 7, 1841 ; m. Charles L. Stacey, Mar. 15, 1859, he b. Oct., 1836, and had eight children b. in Brattleboro, Vt., where she resides.
EIGHTH GENERATION.
CHILDREN OF TIMOTHY AND SUSAN C .:
I. SARAH J.,8 b. Feb. 3, 1856; m. Sept. 20, 1875, to Harvey L. Canedy, he b. in Halifax, Vt., Jan. 5, 1850, and has a numerous family.
2. EMMA L., 8 b. Mar. 13, 1858 ; m. Jan. 2, 1878, Seymour Ogilvy, of Dum- merstown, Vt., and had one child. He d. in Brattleboro, Aug. 3, 1888, and she m. second, Jan. 28, 1890, Dura D. Pratt, and had one child.
3. ALTA M., 8 b. Aug. 11, 1860; m. Frank E. Turner, of Bellows Falls, Vt., and has several children.
4. JOEL M.,8 b. Jan. 28, 1863 ; m. Grace Perris, a native of England, Dec. 17, 1889. These had no issue, and adopted his sister's child and changed his name from Frank H. Turner to F. Harold Larrabee.
5. ALBERT A.,8 b. July 23, 1866.
CHILDREN OF IRA AND MARY :
I. MARY J.,8 b. Dec. 4, 1860 ; m. Jan. 28, 1879, to John E. Stone, of Oak- ham, Mass. (he b. Nov. 16, 1844), where they reside, with issue.
2. GEORGE J.,8 b. Jan. 23, 1863 ; m. Mary J. Nash, of Jericho, Vt., Mar. 18, 1891.
3. CHARLES E., 8 b. June 12, 1867.
4. ALICE,8 b. Sept. 22, 1869 ; m. Oct. 3, 1891, to Charles A. Pepper, of Brookfield, Mass.
EDWIN F.,8 b. May 30, 1871.
6. ELSIE J.,8 b. July 1, 1883.
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LARABEES OF BERKSHIRE, VT.
William Larabee,1 said to have been a native of New Jersey, entered the Revolutionary army from that state. He afterwards settled in Weathers- field, Vt., and removed thence to Berkshire, where he purchased a farm in 1806. He married Ammy, or Amy, Howard, by whom issue. His second wife was Millie Rice, by whom six children. It may be observed that this branch of the family spell the name with but one r, the same as the branch from which Dr. George Larabee was descended, and, while I cannot trace the connection, I am convinced that these Vermont families are related.
SECOND GENERATION.
I. LUCY,2 twice m .; d. at the age of 93.
2. ASAHEL,2 was in the war of 1812, and after his term ended settled in Michigan.
3. CHARLES,2 m. Rosaletta Evarts, in New Haven, Vt .; purchased a farm in Highgate, Vt .: removed to Mooers, N. Y., and spent his last days with son Levi, dying at the age of 90. Five children, of whom with third generation.
4. LYMAN,2 m. a Miss Crawford and settled in Sheldon, Vt., then removed to Underhill, Vt., as farmer. Large family of sons and daughters, who are living somewhere in that vicinity.
5. MILLIE,2 m. to Oliver Austin, a farmer in Berkshire, Vt., and had seven children.
6. IRENA,2 m. Barton Shaw, of West Berkshire, Vt., and removed to Ohio.
7. AMY,2 m. Benj. Searles, of West Berkshire, Vt., and had three sons and four daughters.
8. POLLY,2 m. Rev. Wm. Galusha, of Berkshire, Vt., and had two daughters.
9. GEORGE W.,2 b. in ,Weathersfield, Vt., Oct., 1800; m. and had a large family. He came to Berkshire, Vt., in 1806, with his father's family, where he was living in 1890, in the family of his son.
10. MALINDA L.,2 m. Arza Andrews, a farmer in Berkshire, Vt., and moved to Ohio.
THIRD GENERATION.
CHILDREN OF CHARLES AND WIVES:
I. CHARLES E., 8 b. May, 1824; m. Mary Searles, of Berkshire, Vt., in 1850, and settled at Chazy, N. Y., where he purchased a farm in 1851 ; worked as mill-wright and carpenter. No children.
2. LEVI P.,3 b. Sept., 1826; m. Mary A. Saunders, of Syracuse, N. Y., where he worked at his trade of tinsmith several years. He subse- quently bought a farm in Mooers. Two children, viz. : Charles,4 who m. Georgie Lapell, and lives at home, and Jessie,4 m. Wesley Aldrige, of West Chazy, N. Y.
3. WILLIAM H.,3 b. Oct., 1828; m. Anna Guynup, of Michigan, where he settled at majority ; resides at Grand Travers, Mich. No issue.
4. CELINA,8 b. June, 1835; m. J. W. Fitch, and lives at Mooers, N. Y.
5. NORMAN, 3 b. Feb., 1837 : m. Anna Sage in Kansas; settled in Missouri; served as lieutenant in the Union army until close of the Rebellion ;
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rebels burned his house and turned his wife outdoors. His wife came to his brother's in West Chazy, N. Y., and remained until his return; they then removed to a farm in Eastport, Mich., where they now reside. Two children married, a son and daughter.
CHILD OF GEORGE, OF BERKSHIRE, VT .:
I. HARDIN A.,3 b. Mar. 15, 1828; m. Martha A. Rubler, Oct. 15, 1850, she b. Sept. 4, 1826, and resides in Newport, Vt. Seven children :
I. GEORGE W.,4 b. July 16, 1851 ; m. Aug. 29, 1876, Libby Armstrong, and has W'iney L.,5 b. Nov. 24, 1878; Bertha L.,5 b. Aug. 25, 1880; Albert B.,5 b. July 7, 1882.
II. OSCAR S.,4 b. May 15, 1854 ; unmarried.
III. ISABELLA M.,4 b. June 3, 1856 ; m. Jan. 1, 1878, Edmund S. Tro- bridge and has issue.
IV. ALVAH R.,4 b. July 20, 1859; m. Feb. 15, 1883, to Anna R. Baker, and has Harry J.,5 b. Dec. 2. 1884 ; Hugh A.,5 b. Jan. 18, 1885, and Flossie F.,5 b. Dec. 19, 1887.
v. ALVIN S.,4 b. July 20, 1859; m. Dec. 20, 1882, to Malissa A. Sweet, and has Gertie E.,5 b. Aug. 1, 1884; Myrtie B.,5 b. Jan. 14, 1885.
VI. HATTIE A.,4 b. Aug. 12, 1864.
VII. EDDIE E.,4 b. Oct. 5, 1866.
LARABEES OF THETFORD, VT.
Horace Larabee,1 b. in 1787; m. Wealthy Howard, who was b. Dec. 29, 1786, and d. May 12, 1827, in Lyme, N. H. He d. Oct. 20, 1864, aged 77. He was a farmer in Thetford, Vt., but spent his last days in Lyme, N. H., where he and wife lie buried. Children :
I. STEPHEN C.,2 b. in Thetford, Vt. ; m. Cynthia A. Sawyer and had two sons. He d. in 1844, aged 30, and his wife d. the same year, aged 29. He was a harness maker and carriage trimmer in Bradford, Vt.
2. CALISTA,2 m. Erastus Howard and had issue.
3. JOHN H.,2 went to live with his uncle, George Morey, in Bradford, Vt., after the death of his mother. He went to Lowell, Mass., when a young man and in 1846 he m. Ann Poor. There were no children. His wife was b. in Wolfboro, N. H., Nov. 10, 1824, and d. in Lowell. Sept. 18, 1875 ; he d. there April 11. 1881. He was a butcher.
4. AMANDA M.,2 m. David Harner and had two daughters and a son.
Dr. George H. Larabee,3 son of Stephen and Cynthia, b. Sept. 15, 1840, in Bradford, Vt., and having lost his parents when a child he was brought up and educated by Eliza E. Sawyer, a sister of his mother. He attended high school at Edgartown, Mass., and Dukes County Academy; taught school (grammar) at Edgartown for five years; was baptized and united with the Baptist church there in 1858; studied medicine with Drs. Lucas and May- berry; attended medical lectures at Brunswick, Me., and at Harvard, graduat- ing from the latter March, 1864; same month was commissioned assistant surgeon, roth Mass. Heavy Artillery Vols .; from which, for disability, was discharged in June, 1865. He has been located at Suncook, N. H., since
GA Jarabe M. 2.
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November, 1865, where he has had an extensive and lucrative practice; was married, in 1889, to Susie E. Clifford, of Allenstown, N. H .; represented his town in the Legislature of 1889 and 1890; member of the Loyal Legion, the Grand Army of the Republic, a prominent Odd Fellow, and a Mason of the 32d degree; member of New Hampshire Medical Society. See portrait.
Edward Larabee,3 brother of the preceding, was adopted by another family, and is now a lawyer in Illinois.
LARRABEES OF DUMMERSTOWN, VT.
Stephen Larrabee,1 was a tax payer in Dummerstown as early as 1806; lived at the lower end of the Fitts' meadow, near the east bank of West river, and was probably the owner of a farm. He had a family of children, one of whom, Dea. Leroy Wilder, now (1894) 85 years of age, says was named VARANUS. Two other members of the family in town, namely JOHN and JAMES, were supposed to have been sons of Stephen ; of these more farther on. BEN- JAMIN LARRABEE, of Windsor, Pa., says his grandfather lived in Newfane, Vt., but does not mention his moving to Dummerstown; he says Varanus, his father, lived there, however.
Varanus Larrabee,2 son of Stephen, married Julia, daughter of Samuel Bennett, in Dummerstown, Vt., Mar. 20, 1808. While he lived in that town he was poor and had his abode in a small house not far from his father's homestead. After his father's death he moved into the parental home, and remained there until his removal, in 1815, to the "Beech woods," at Jackson, Susquehanna county, Pa., where he was a pioneer. He and his wife died in Jackson when aged. A large family of children, born in Dummerstown, Vt., whose records cannot be produced, for the reason that those who hold them would not copy them without charges; the only instance of the kind in the Larrabee family.
James Larrabee,2 reputed brother of the preceding, married Lucy Bennett, sister of the wife of Varanus, and had issue, as will hereafter appear. He lived in Dummerstown, Vt., and died there June 10, 1801. His widow was taxed there in 1806.
John Larrabee,2 reputed brother of James as above, died in Dummerstown, Vt., July 1, 1809, leaving a widow. No other record.
THIRD GENERATION.
CHILDREN OF VARANUS AND JULIA :
I. VARANUS,3 d. in Texas, leaving issue, now there.
2. LORENZO 1).,8 m. Mary -, in Boston, and d. in Jackson, Pa.
3 CHARLOTTE 3 was m. to Calvin Dix.
4. EMORY,3 m. Laura Wheaton ; lives in Jackson.
5. ROXANNA,3 m. Satin Barrett; lived in Jackson.
6. ADIN,3 mn. Harriet Dougherty; lived in Jackson.
7. PAMELIA,3 wife of Jasper J. Savory, of Jackson.
8. BENJAMIN H.,8 b. Nov. 2, 1823 ; m. Emily M. Hall, Oct. 11, 1848, she b. June 2, 1819. When eight years of age he went, with his parents, from Dummerstown, Vt., to Susquehanna county, Pa., and removed to Windsor, Broome county, N. Y., in 1870, where he has since lived on
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a farm; was a music teacher in early life, and served as drum major, during the Civil war, in the 179th N. Y. Vols. Three children :
I. HADLEY B.,4 b. Aug. 18, 1849; m. Ella R. Rood. He taught his first school at the age of 71 ; from that time until 21, worked on the home- stead farm in summer, attended school during autumn, and taught winters. At time of majority he felt the need of a more thorough education and entered Hillsdale Coll., Michigan, from which he grad- uated in 1875. Returning to Pennsylvania he was elected principal of Pleasant Mt. Academy, which position he filled three years, and resigned to accept the office of superintendent of schools of Wayne county, Pa., to which position he had been elected May 7, 1878. He received a unanimous re-election in 1881, and declined another to accept the superintendency in the city of Creston, Ia., where he began in 1884, and holds the position at present. He directs the work of 35 teachers and 1,500 pupils ; is considered one of the leading edu- cators of the Hawkeye state. Children : Wayne IV.,5 Benjamin R.,5 Nettic M., and William M.
II. DEVILLE E.,4 m. Almy Blackley and has one child named Leva.5
III. NETTIE E.,4 is a school-teacher, now living at home, unmarried.
CHILDREN OF JAMES AND LUCY:
I. JAMES,3 b. Mar. 23, 1796; d. young.
2. WILLIAM,3 b. July 10, 1797; d. young.
3. JAMES,3 b. Oct. 13, 1798; removed to Brattleboro, Vt., and had a family. He committed suicide there; left a daughter, Sophia,4 who m. Asa Sherwin. She was an artist; her dau. is Mrs. Jerome Knight, now of Brattleboro. The wife of James was Eunice Thomas.
4. LUCY,3 b. Dec. 29, 1799.
5. WILLIAM,8 b. Sept. 8, 1801 ; m. Louisa Willard, of Dummerstown, Vt., Oct. 13, 1828.
We supplement the foregoing with a statement from a letter written by one of the family, as follows :
"The members of our family were pioneers, making first clearings, living in prim- itive dwellings, and suffering great privations; we furnished more soldiers in the late war than any one family in the whole country, and have furnished many prominent public men since the war, embracing lawyers, ministers, educators, county superin- tendents, representatives to the Legislature, etc."
The subjoined notice was copied from the Susquehanna Transcript, and re- lates to a member of the family of Varanus Larrabee, a grandson.
Monroe J. Larrabee was born Aug. 4. 1838, in Jackson. His boyhood was the uneventful life of a farmer's boy. The district school claimed his attention, but when old enough to assist on the farm he only had its advantages during the winter. He afterward attended the graded school at Montrose and also the Wyoming Semi- nary at Kingston, Pa. He taught a term of school at Thomson, Pa., and afterwards was engaged for one year selling fruit trees, traveling most of the time in New York state and Canada.
He was in a wholesale grocery store in Boston for one year. But these pursuits were not congenial, and his inclinations tending to a professional life, he commenced, in 1861, the study of law with Hon. William J. Turrell, of Montrose. But the Rebel- lion burst uponthe country, and Blackstone was laid aside in response to the call for . volunteers. He enlisted as a private in Company A, 15Ist Pennsylvania Volunteers,
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in Oct., 1862, and served until the company was mustered out, in July, 1863. Shortly after muster he was detailed as hospital steward of the regiment, and served most of the time in that capacity. He afterwards re-enlisted in Company B, 194th New York Volunteers, and served to the close of the war.
After the close of the war he resumed his studies with Mr. Turrell, and was ad- mitted to the bar in August, 1868. Ile immediately commenced the practice of his profession at Susquehanna, where he has successfully continued it to the present time, and has gained the reputation of an able lawyer and reliable counselor. He held the office of notary public for two terms, and has been attorney of the borough of Sus- quehanna. In politics he has always been a Republican, and active and zealous in aid of the success of his party by voice and vote. He was elected to the Legislature of Pennsylvania in 1876, and served in the sessions of that body in 1877-78. In 1882 he was the nominee of the Republicans of the Twenty-sixth Senatorial District for senator, and in ISS4 received the Republican nomination in the county for Congress.
In 1883 he married Miss Kate L. Dennison, of Montrose, who had been a teacher for several years, and was teaching in the graded school at Montrose at the time of her marriage. The children are LOUISE, b. Mar. 2, ISS4, and BESSIE, b. July 3, 1886.
He was an able lawyer, standing high at the bar of the county, and his safe and wise counsel was sought after by a large circle. Public-spirited and patriotic, his elo- quent tongue was heard whenever a public movement or a good cause needed an advocate or defender. He was a brave soldier, and when his country needed his ser- vices he shouldered a musket and went to the front, enduring all the privations inci- dent to the life of a soldier. Among the old veterans he was always popular, for they knew he was one of them and knew their wants and sympathized with them.
A man of strong convictions, he spoke fearlessly on all occasions; and whether at the bar or on the platform he said what he thought was the truth. There was no trickery in his entire composition, and if he never reached the goal of his ambition, it was because he scorned the work of the average political trickster. Right and duty were everything to him.
An honored and consistent member of the Methodist church, his words and pres- ence will be greatly missed in its meetings and councils. He was a Christian in the full meaning of the word. In him the cause of temperance had a giant advocate and defender. He had his convictions on the subject, and his voice rang out in clarion tones and with no uncertain sound. Those who did not agree with him in his views respected him for his sincerity and admired him for his boldness. He was a manly man ! He died Oct. 26, ISSS, at Susquehanna, Pa.
LARRABEES OF POWNAL, VT.
The Larrabees seem to have been among the pioneers of Pownal, Vt., and received original grants of land there. I assume that they were all of the Connecticut branch of the family. JOHN LARRABEE, the recorder for the town, and his sons, JUDGE JOHN S., DR. WILLIAM, and TIMOTHY, were, we know, from Plainfield, Conn. Those of whom we take notice in this section of the family history were in the township at the same date and were probably near relatives. From these Vermont families numerous sub-branches have rotated westward and their number fully equals those descended from Stephen Larra- bee, the head of the other great branch of the American family.
Eleazer Larrabee, 1 had a " survey " of 90 acre lot of land, called a "Pitch" in the records, June 9, 1779, in Pownal, Vt. He may have been a brother of John Larrabee from Plainfield, Conn., who was there with him. He removed to the state of New York before the war of 1812, and some of his sons served at Sackett's Harbor, when an attack was looked for. The whole family moved to Hamburg, Erie county, where they remained about eighteen years, then they went to East Otto, Cattaraugus county, N. Y., and some of the descend- ants are still there. Mr. Eleazer Larrabee died in Otto about 1833. He had a numerous family, probably all born in Vermont, named, THOMAS, NATHAN, MINOR, IRA, SIDNEY, ANNA, PHEBY, and POLLY, of whom more presently.
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LARRABEE FAMILY.
Ozias Larrabee,1 brother of Eleazer, was in Pownal, Vt., March 15, 1797, and at that date conveyed by deed forty-one and one-fourth acres of land there to Gideon Myers, for a consideration of fifty pounds. He seems to have removed to Williamstown, Mass., where several families of the name have long been domiciled. Some of his children were born in Vermont.
SECOND GENERATION.
CHILDREN OF ELEAZER, OF POWNAL, VT .:
I. THOMAS,2 probably b. in Powna), Vt .; m. Hester Babcock, in Hamburg, N. Y., Sept. 28, 1808, and settled at East Otto, N. Y., where she d. in 1844. In the spring of 1845 he removed to Lake county, Ill., where he m. his second wife, Betsey Webb, about 1850, and where he d. in Feb., 1857. He had issue, eleven children, named Anson,3 Albert,3 Grant,3 Francis,3 Hiram,3 Joseph,8 Almira,3 Sally,3 Dolly,3 Esther,3 Elisa.3
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