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George Wilson, not related to the above, settled in the township in 1843, and stopped a few days also with Mr. Bowen, after which he moved into the log school-house, a short distance away, which he occupied until he could build a house on his own place. He is now living in Charlotte. His brother, Thomas Wilson, who settled at a later date, is still a resident of Kalamo. These gentlemen are of Eng- lish parentage.
John Davis and John MeDerby settled in the township in the spring of 1837. Davis' cattle strayed from home, and Daniel B. Bowen aided in the search for them. They were finally discovered beyond Charlotte and south west of Eaton Rapids.
Jonathan Dean, Sr., a native of Orange Co., N. Y., is a veteran of the war of 1812, having served with a command from near Buffalo, where he was at the time living. In company with his brother, David Dean, who had also served, he moved into Canada after the close of the war, and both were married. Jonathan Dean's wife was a native of Canada, in which country their children were all born,- four sons and one daughter. Mr. Dean's father, David Dean, Sr., was a soldier of the Revolution, and was with Washington at Valley Forge.
Mrs. Jonathan Dean, Sr., who was a descendant of Col. Monroe, a noted British officer in the Revolution, died July
24, 1879. Mr. Dean is still living, in his eighty-fifth year. He removed with his family to Michigan in 1837, erossing the river at Detroit on the 3d day of July. The Fourth was spent in Detroit, then a comparatively small place. Mr. Dean had been out in June previous, in company with his oldest son, William B. Dean, then a young man, and located 160 acres of government land on section 12. The family remained through the summer at Plymouth, Wayne Co., and in the fall the older three sons-one of them but thir- teen years of age-drove through to Kalamo with about ten head of cattle and two hogs, via Marshall and Bellevue, and pitched their tent on " Pestle Hill," where they re mained the first night, after which they went to the house of Louis Stebbins, at Carlisle, where they boarded while building a shanty on their place. The rest of the family came on in December, and arrived at their future home on Christmas-day, 1837. Mr. Dean gave an old man named Hart a dollar a mile to haul them to Mr. Brooks', near P. S. Spaulding's, on section 36. Hart had two yokes of oxen. From the Brooks place Mr. Dean drove the remain- ing distance with horses. The roadway, such as it was, followed the " hard land," winding along through the timber, and having poles and brush thrown in where there were bad places.
Mr. Dean's old farm is now owned by his son, Jonathan Dean, Jr., who was but seven years of age when the family settled. " Wolves and Indians were plenty."
The Indians to the number of 50 or 100 eamped at the northeast corner of the township every winter, and went away every spring to do their planting. When Mr. Dean settled, the nearest grist-mill was at Marshall, twenty- five miles distant, and it was necessary to go there to have grinding done. He one day discovered, at the Indian camp, a squaw pounding corn in the end of a log which had been hollowed out, and then said he knew how he could pound up corn and not have to go to mill. He therefore hollowed out a pair of ash-blocks, bound them together with iron hoops, and rigged up a large pestle, thus com- pleting his " corn-cracker," which was the wonder of the settlers, and caused them to give to the locality the name of " Pestle Hill." People from the Canada settlement, in Oneida, and from other places equally distant, stopped often at Mr. Dean's, and " Pestle Hill" was well known among the settlers far and near.
Mr. Dean's horses, which were allowed to run at large. ac- quired a habit of mingling with the Indian ponies, and the last time the Indians went away a valuable mare followed them, and did not return. But very few of the Indians were seen in the locality again. The mare was afterwards ridden into Marshall by an Indian who had some huekle- berries to sell, and a man who recognized her spoke to the Indian, saying, " You have white man's horse." The noble red man did not remain to dispose of his berries, but sought safety in flight. Mr. Dean received twenty-five dollars from the government as payment for the animal, the sum being dedueted from the amount which was to be paid to the Indians.
William Dean, the oldest son of Jonathan, was a good deal of a hunter, but was not always fortunate in hunting deer. Ile one day asked a young Indian named Pe-ton-wan
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how he hunted. The Indian said, " Come on, William ; me show you how to hunt deer." One morning the two went off iu company, and soon started a deer. The Indian exclaimed. " Come on, William !" and commeneed to run in the direction the deer had taken. William followed, and finally asked if that was the way the Indians hunted deer. "Yes," the Indian replied, " him git tired putty quick ; then we shoot when he turn round to look !" Wil- lian at once saw the joke the Indian was attempting to play on him, and as he was the fleetest runner in the settle- ment and possessed great endurance he did not propose to be beaten, and kept on, without a word. Streams and logs, when they came to them, were leaped over, and the red- skin after a time began to look somewhat surprised, as well as considerably tired. He asked several times, " William, tired ?" "Oh, no," was the answer, " run two days !" The Indian finally, after leading young Dean away into Barry County, turned around, saying, " No catch 'im deer to-day," and started on the return. Dean now proposed to play a joke himself, and taking the lead bounded off at a terrific pace, jumping over logs and clearing streams with as much ease as though he had not run a rod. The plucky Indian, although badly blown, continued to follow, but finally, in attempting to jump a stream which Dean had easily cleared, fell short of the opposite bank and alighted in the mud and cold water up to his middle. William led the way straight to the Indian camp, where the squaws and all the Indians laughed loudly at the young brave for having been beaten at his own game and come home in such a plight. The next day he saw William and asked him if he wanted to hunt, and, on receiving an affirmative answer, said, "Me plenty sick here," placing his hands on his legs ; " no hunt to-day." He was badly used up, and it is not probable he ever tried a like experiment with William Dean.
In the possession of Jonathan Dean, Jr., is a curious grist-mill, which was manufactured by Bezaleel Taft, while living in the town of Carmel. It consists of a block of wood with a shaft through it, to one end of which are fastened a couple of rough stones made from a bowlder, and channeled like mill-stones, with a tin pan used for a hopper. The larger stone is about a foot in diameter. The " machine" is set upon legs, and the grist was caught underneath. Mr. Taft, who lived near a spring brook, rigged a small water-wheel, and operated his grist-mill with that. The flour is said to have been fine and free from grit, but Mr. Dean thinks his father's pestle eould beat it in the amount of corn cracked in a day.
Erastus Clemons, from Whitehall, Washington Co., N. Y., came to Michigan in 1836, and located at Marshall, Calhoun Co. In 1850 he removed to Kalamo township, Eaton Co., where he is now living. In June, 1838, he drove his team of horses through to Kalamo Centre to visit his brother-in-law, Daniel Herring (now deceased), who had settled with his brother, Samuel Herring, in Feb- ruary previous. Mr. Clemons' horses were the first driven to Kalamo Centre.
Daniel and Samuel Herring, who were from Virgil, Cortland Co., N. Y., purchased land in Kalamo in 1837, and stayed a day or two, while looking for a site, with Danicl B. Bowen. In February, 1838, as above stated, they set-
tled in the township with their families, having no neigh- bors nearer than the Messrs. Stebbins, at Carlisle, two miles distant. The Herring brothers had resided some time in Marshall, Samuel having located there early in the spring and Daniel in the summer of 1836. When, on their way from New York, they reached Buffalo, they found the har- bor so full of ice that it would be some time before they could take a boat from that pert, and in consequence they proceeded to Dunkirk, where they embarked and in due time arrived safely at their destination.
From the records of the County Pioneer Society the fol- lowing facts are gathered :
Edward T. Lacey, a native of Chili, Monroe Co., N. Y., removed to Michigan in October, 1842, and settled in Kalamo township, Eaton Co, in March, 1843, com- ing with his father, E. D. Lacey. The latter located with his family at Hyde's Mills in this town, and resided there until 1857, when he was elected register of deeds, and removed to Charlotte. The son, E. T. Laeey, is a prominent banker of the latter place at the present time .*
Miss Samantha Wyman and Miss Rachel Mitehell, `maiden ladies, settled in Kalamo in 1848. Neither ever married. They lived together, Miss Mitchell doing the out-door work on the farm, clearing, plowing and harvest- ing, while Miss Wyman did the housework.
Joseph Gridley, now deceased, was a native of Virgil, Cortland Co., N. Y., and came to Michigan in 1834, loeating in Eaton County in 1846. Ile became a promi- nent citizen of his township and county, among other posi- tions holding that of Probate judge from 1860 to 1864. During the war he was postmaster at Kalamo.
Alford J. Chappell, from Cayuga Co., N. Y., settled a mile southeast of Kalamo Centre, with his wife and two daughters, in September, 1839, and in March, 1849, removed to Carmel township, locating where his son, E. Chappell, now lives. Mr. Chappell died in 1858, his wife having died a year previous. His oldest daughter is now Mrs. Calvin Stone, of Charlotte.
RESIDENTS IN 1844.
The following list of resident taxpayers in the town of Kalamo for 1844 is taken from the assessment-roll for that year : H. Wilson, Peter O. Wilson, David Lilly, Hiram Bow- en, Hiram Brace, John Davis, John McDerby, Hollister Boorns, David MeDerby, Daniel B. Bowing, George Wilson, Abner Reynolds, Eli HI. Evans, Casper Dunham, Orston Dunham, Samuel Herring, Daniel Herring, Alexander Merritt, Robert Kipling, Harvey Merchant, John F. Oven- shire, Hiram Ovenshire, Charles Ovenshire, James Oven- shire, Ezekiel Blue, John Ayres, David Torrence, Martin Leech, Oliver Watson, A. J. Chappell, T. T. Stebbins, David Mayo, James Cunningham, William B. Dean, Willis Wood, James Walworth, E. D. Lacey, Jonathan D. Krem, Jona- than Dean, Iliran Ticknor, Walter Monroe, Daniel Hults, Seth Pattee, Eliza Higgins, J. J. Monroe, J. B. Bradley,
" Mr. Lacey is also prominent politically, having beon for some timo chairman of the county Republican committee, At tho district convention held at Jackson, in August, 1880, he received the unani- . mous nomination for representative in Congress.
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KALAMO.
Leonard Woodruff, A. Sessions, Aaron Brooks, Nathan Brooks, Clark Bugby, P. S. Spaulding, T. Proctor.
TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION .- LIST OF OFFICERS.
An act of the Legislature approved March 15, 1838, provided that " all that portion of the county of Eaton, designated in the United States survey as township number 2 north, of numbers 5 and 6 west, be and the same is hereby set off and organized into a separate township by the name of Kalamo; and the first township-meeting therein shall be held at the house of Alonzo Stebbins, in said town- ship." On the 21st of March, 1839, the township of Car- mel was set off from Kalamo, leaving the latter included in its present limits. The first township election in Kalamo was held in April, 1838, the following account of it being taken from the township records.
" At a meeting of the inhabitants of that part of the town of Bellevue, to wit : town (2) two north, of range (5) and (6) west, for the purpose of organizing said town in a corporate body for towasbip purpose's, according to seetion 3d of act No. 34 of the session laws of 1838,-N. Brooks, being duly swora before C. Phelps, one of the justices of said town of Bellevue, proceeded to qualify a board for this meeting as follows : Lewis Stebbins, Chairman ; P. A. Stebbins, T. T. Stebbins, Clerks; Phineas S. Spaulding, Gordon B. Griffin, Aaron Brooks, Inspectors of said meeting. Polls open by proclama- tion at ten o'clock A.M .; meeting adjourned until one o'clock P.M., then polls open ; then proceeded to ballot ; polls closed at four o'clock ; the board then proceeded to canvass the ballots. The following offi- cers were elected : Supervisor, P. A. Stebbins; Township Clerk, The- odore T. Stebbins; Justices of the Peace, Eli H. Evans, Phineas S. Spaulding, Lewis Stebbins, Nathan Brooks; Assessors, Hiram Bowen, Gordon B. Griffin, Phineas S. Spaulding; Commissioners of High- ways, Nathan Brooks, Aaron Brooks, Daniel B. Bowen; School In- spectors, Aaron Brooks, Joab Perry, Theodore T. Stebbins; Collector, F. A. Stebbins; Constables, Platt Morey, F. A. Stebbins, Daniel B. Bowen; Treasurer, John Davis; Directors of the Poor, Ebenezer Avery, Jonatban Dean ; Overseers of Ilighways, Hiram Bowen, Lewis Stebbins.
"In 1839 it was voted to raise $250 for improvement of roads and bridges, and fifty dollars for the maintenance of the poor in the township."
The following is a list of the principal officers of the township from 1839 to 1879, inclusive :
SUPERVISORS.
1839, Bezaleel Taft; 1840, Eli H. Evans; 1841-42, Hiram Bowen; 1843, no record; 1844, Phineas S. Spaulding; 1845-50, E. D. Lacey ; 1851-52, Benjamin Estes ; 1853, lliram Bowen ; 1854, Benjamin Estes; 1855, E. D. Lacey ; 1856-60, T. D. Green ; 1861, D. W. Larison ; 1862-63, P. S. Spaulding; 1864, Leander Kent; 1865-67, P. S. Spaulding; 1868-71, Leander Kent; 1872, B. R. Babcock; 1873, Leander Kent; 1874, J. P. Cessna ;+ 1875 -77, Benjamin F. Wells; 1878, Warren II. King; 1879, Benjamin F. Wells.
TOWNSHIP CLERKS.
1839, Theodore T. Stebbins; 1840, David Mayo; 1841, Russell Gage;# 1842-43, Alexander Merritt; 1844, E. D. Lacey; 1845 -46, F. A. Stebbins; 1847-50, T. D. Green; 1851, James Bradt ; 1852, M. W. Robb; 1853, Benjamin Estes; 1854-55, F. A. Steb- bins; 1856, J. P. Cessna ; 1857-58, R. Gridley ; 1859-60, S. B. Kipliog; 1861-62, L. J. Wilson ; 1863, Cyrus Slosson ; 1864, J. P. Cessna; 1865, Ervin J. Emmons; 1866, J. T. Wilson ; 1867, E. J. Emmons ;¿ 1868-76, Warrea Ackley ; 1877, O. W. Gridley ; 1878, John F. Getty ; 1879, Warren Ackley.
TREASURERS.
1839, Jonathan Deaa; 1840, James Walworth ; 1841, Phineas S. Spaulding; 1842, Leonard Woodruff; 1843, record missing; 1844-51, Robert Kipling; 1852-53, Potter C. Sullivan ; 1854-59, Leaader Keot: 1860-61, no record; 1862-63, Leander Kent; 1864, Hiram Gridley; 1865-67, O. G. Stebbins; 1868, Ambrose Slosson ; 1869, Robert J. Lee ;| 1870, Egbert L. Ellis; 1871, Al- bert Wack ; 1872-77, Ambrose Slosson ; 1878-79, Elbert Gridley.
JUSTICES OF TIIE PEACE.
1839, Phineas S. Spaulding; 1840, Theodore T. Stebbins; 1841, H. Bowen, T. T. Stebbins ; 1842, Eli II. Evans; 1843, record miss- ing : 1844, Nathan Brooks ; 1845, Hiram Bowen ; 1846, Eli H. Evans; 1847, Phineas S. Spaulding; 1848, T. T. Stebbins; 1849, lliram Bowen; 1850, Joseph Keat; 1851, Joseph Gridley ; 1852, Jonathan Dean ; 1853, Daniel B. Bowen; 1854, P. S. Spaaldiag ; 1855, V. Babcock ; 1856, Benjamin Estes; 1857, D. B. Bowen, Joseph Gridley ; 1858, D. W. Larison ; 1859, Jonathan Dean, Jr .; 1860-61, no record; 1862, D. W. Powers; 1863, B. F. Wells ; 1864, D. B. Bowen ; 1865, C. A. Robinson ; 1866, B. R. Babcock ; 1867, A. J. Laraway (did not qualify); 1868, Benjamin F. Wells; 1869, D. B. Bowen ; 1870, B. R. Babcock; 1871, Cyrus Slosson ; 1872, B. F. Wells, P. D. Patterson; 1873, J. J. Gould, Joseph Gridley ; 1874, J. B. Hartwell, L. B. Swift ; 1875, Cyrus Slosson; 1876, John S. Tyler; 1877, John G. Miller, James A. Grant, Peter Sears; 1878, F. M. Potter : 1879, James A. Graat.
1880 .- Supervisor, Benjamin F. Wells; Towoship Clerk, Warren Ackley ; Treasurer, Ambrose Slosson ; Justices of the Peace, Charles D. Spafford, Edward Teich ; School Superiotendent, Alden B. Swift; School Inspector, Levi Wittoa ; Commis- sioner of Highways, Israel Dille; Drain Commissioner, S. C. Tarbell; Constables, Gideon Cogsdill, Gilbert Stone, Thomas E. Niles, Albert Spaulding.
KALAMO VILLAGE.
Some time previous to 1855 a store was opened at this place by Van Tuyl Babcock, in a small building which stood next north of the present post-office. It was destroyed by fire, and Babcock built another farther north, on the east side of the street, at the top of the hill. Several others have kept stores in the village,-Dr. J. P. Cessna, Gridley & Bardun, John T. Wilson aud Lyman J. Wilson, - Booth, and others, Booth being in business about 1857, after the removal of Babcock to Homer, Calhoun Co. The village now contains two stores, owned by T. A. Cran- dall and D. C. Smith, a saw-mill, a post-office, a hotel, a tin-shop, and a shoe-shop.
A village plat was laid out Jan. 8, 1873, by Frank P. Davis and Reuben Gridley, and it was expected that the Mansfield and Coldwater Railway, which was graded through the place, would soon be completed, but the citizens were doomed to disappointment in that respect.
Joseph Kent kept hotel at the place quite early, in his log house, to which he afterwards built a frame upright. It was burned, and the present frame " National Hotel" was built on the site, in 1876, by H. C. Sanders.
The saw-mill now at the place is owned by Hiram Gridley, and has been in operation but a few years. The first one in the locality was built by him, and he and his brother Reuben erected a grist-mill previous to 1856, which was afterwards sold and removed to Vermontville, where it is still in existence. A saw-mill, built previously by Hiram Gridley, was also removed to the bank of the Thornapple River, at Vermontville, by Stewart Porter.
At this meeting nineteen votes were cast, but one was that of a minor, and was thrown out.
t Removed, and Reuben Gridley appointed.
į Removed, and T. T. Stebbins appointed.
? Removed, and Cyrus Slosson appointed. 62
" Did not qualify, and E. S. Gridley appointed.
{ Resigned, and D. W. Powers appointed.
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HISTORY OF EATON COUNTY, MICIIIGAN.
Kalamo post-office was established about 1845, with Joseph Kent postmaster, and mail was brought onee a week from Bellevue, which place continued to be the head of the route until the completion of the Peninsular Railway to Charlotte, since when mail has been brought from the lat- ter place, rid Carlisle, three times a week. Reuben Grid- ley succeeded Mr. Kent as postmaster, and held the position during the war of 1861-65. His successor was Oramel G. Stebbins, who gave place to Joseph Gridley, the prede- cessor of the present incumbent, Warren Ackley, who has held the office since Feb. 7, 1871, and had been deputy for Joseph Gridley a year or two previously.
SOCIETIES AND ORDERS.
Kalamo Lodge, No. 327, F. and A. M., was chartered about 1874, with Charles Parsons as Master. It had then been running under dispensation. The present officers are : Luther Culton, W. M. ; S. C. Tarbell, S. W .; Fra J. Pin- nock, J. W .; Leander Kent, Treas. ; C. W. Wilson, Sec.
Kalamo Lodge, No. 87, I. O. O. F., was instituted pre- vious to the war, but during that struggle its membership was greatly decreased, and it was suffered to go down. About 1871-72 it was resuscitated, and has at present about thirty-two members and the following officers : James A. Grant, Noble Grand ; Walter E. Johnson, Vice-Grand ; J. V. Gould, Sec. ; John M. Arnold, Perm. Sec .; H. M. Sherman, Treas. ; Warren Ackley, of Kalamo, has been a member of this order for thirty years.
CARLISLE.
A large frame saw-mill was built at Carlisle, in 1837, by Charles Moffat. It afterwards passed into the hands of Oliver A. Hyde, and the locality became known as " Hyde's Mills." E. D. Lacey also afterwards owned, or operated, the mill, and continued its management until he was elected to the position of county register, when he removed to Charlotte. A furniture-factory, owned principally by Dr. C. A. Merritt, of Charlotte, is now standing on the site of the old saw-mill, but is not at present in operation. Aside from the latter, Carlisle now contains one store, a post-office, a blacksmith shop, and a wagon-shop. A small grist mill and a saw-mill are located on the stream below the village. The present grist-mill stands where Frederick A. Stebbins formerly had a saw-mill. The members of the Stebbins family have all left, and most of them are dead. Theodore, one of the sons, resides at Dowagiac, Cass Co., Mich.
Joseph Pinnock, from Monroe Co., N. Y., visited Michi- gan in 1844, and in 1852 settled in the township of Kalamo, where he now resides.
Carlisle post-office has been in existence for thirty years or more. The present postmaster is Edward Bordeaux.
SCHOOLS.
It is elsewhere stated that the first school-house in the township was built at Carlisle, and that William Fuller was the first teacher.
About 1840 a school was kept in the southwest corner of the township, in the Evans neighborhood, and children attended it from the family of Hiram Bowen, a dog belong- ing to him accompanying them to the school-house, and
going after them when it was time for school to close. Two years later, Mrs. Peter Wilson taught a school in her own house, in the Bowen neighborhood, and a log school-house was soon afterwards erected, a " bee" being held to raise it. This building answered the purposes of school-house, meet- ing-house, etc.
From the report of the township school inspectors for the year ending Sept. 1, 1879, are taken the following items :
Number of districts in township (whole 8, fractional 3) 11
school-children in township 528
in attendance for the year 416
days school taught. 1387
¥ school-houses (brick 1, frame 10). 11
seatings in same 524
Value of school property $3760.00
Number of teachers employed (males 8, females 15). 23 Wages paid samme (males, $502.50 ; females, $661.15) .... $1163.65 Total resources for 1879 .. 3115.45
Amount on hand Sept. 1, 1879. 816.86
Total expenditures, less amount on hand 2298.59
RELIGIOUS.
Congregational Church, Kalamo .- This church was or- ganized about 1867, by Rev. O. H. Spoor, who had been preaching for some time in the neighborhood. The present brick church was built in 1868 or 1869, and Rev. John Scotford preached in it before it was finished. Revs. Alva H. Brown and Hiram Elmer, of Olivet, preached for a time, but the only settled ministers have been Revs. John II. Boughton and Henry Marsh, each of whom remained two years. Mr. Marsh's time expired in April, 1880, since when the church has had no pastor. The pulpit has been supplied by numerous persons, among them being Rev. D. Payson Breede, formerly of Ypsilanti, and now of Eaton Rapids. The present membership of the church is large, a number having been admitted during the past year. Among the prominent members are Mrs. Warren Ackley and Mrs. Dr. F. L. Snell. A Sunday-school is maintained, with George Sprague as superintendent.
Methodist Episcopal Church, Kalamo .- This society was formed quite early, and in 1868 built a commodious brick church, which was dedicated June 3d of that year, by Rev. A. P. Mead, of Jackson. The building is thirty- one by forty-seven feet inside the walls, and the outside tower is twelve feet square and eighty feet high. The building cost $4070, and the bell (weight 1000 pounds), organ, and carpet were purchased at an expense of $415. The church is located in the northern portion of the vil lage, and the Congregational edifice in the southern, both on the east side of the street. The Methodists have a good membership.
BIG TREE.
The largest tree in Eaton County, and the largest known in the State, stood formerly in the township of Kalamo, north of the farm of Joseph Gridley, about twenty rods west of the Vermontville and Bellevue road. It was a gigantie sycamore, hollow from bottom to top, and between sixteen and seventeen feet in diameter inside of the hol- low. A door was cut through into the hollow, and it is said that horses measuring sixteen hands high had been ridden into it and turned around. The tree was finally cut down for the purpose of taking a seetion of it to Marshall, to be used as a grocery, but it was found the labor of moving it would be too great.
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
K :- G.
D. B. BOWEN.
DANIEL B. BOWEN.
Daniel B. Bowen, one of the very oldest pioneers of Kalamo township, was born at Martinsburgh, Lewis Co., N. Y., March 20, 1811. His youth and early manhood were spent in farming, lumbering, and mechanical pursuits. His grandfather, Asa Bowen, was a native of Connecticut, and served through the Revolutionary war, attaining the rank of captain. He retired to private life, reared a large family of children, again enlisted, in the war of 1812, and when peace was proclaimed settled at Shelbyville, Orleans Co., N. Y., where he spent the remainder of his life. Asa, Jr., was born in Connecticut, and after becom- ing of age married Miss Mehitabel Boyden, a native of Vermont. They were the parents of ten children, all of whom (save one) reached years of maturity. There were eight sons and two daughters. Asa, Jr., served in the war of 1812. He had previously settled at Martinsburgh, Lewis Co., N. Y., to which place he returned at its close. He lived to see his children grow up around him and depart to homes of their own, and now sleeps side by side with the partner of his joys and sorrows. On Sept. 15, 1836, Daniel B. took to himself a wife in the person of Beulah D. Cox, daughter of Elisha and Abigail (Clifford) Cox, both English. The Cliffords were of noble birth. Soon
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