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vi. MARTHA RHODA, b. in Claremont Aug. 23, 1786; m. - , 1818. Joseph Lamberton of Claremont. Three children. (See Lam- berton.) She d. April 11, 1825.
2. DANIEL FORD (Capt. Daniel?, Samuel:) was b. Jan. 17, 1777, in Middle- town, Conn .; m. by Rev. James Wellman, June 14, 1800, to Esther Deming of Cornish, dau. of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Dana) Deming, b. Oct. 16, 1776, in Pomfret, Conn., and d. Dec. 29, 1837. He d. March 19, 1856, aged 79. Children:
i. ANNA MUNROE, b. April 11, 1801, in Claremont; m. - , Rev. Gib- bon Williams, pastor of the Baptist Church in Cornish. - children. She d. in Indianapolis, Ind., July 5, 1884. He d. Nov. 16, 1865.
ii. DANIEL BRADLEY, b. Dec. 18, 1803, in Cornish; m. - , Betsey Hoisington. Eight children. They buried one in town, Daniel H., b. in 1829, and d. Sept. 23, 1834. After this they went West and finally settled in Toledo, O., where they both d. of cholera. He d. July 14, 1854. She d. July 16, 1854.
3. iii. STEPHEN D., b. Oct. 9, 1805.
iv. HARVEY GOODWIN, b. Jan. 18, 1808, in Claremont; m. - , Elvira Johnson of Whitehall, Vt. Ile was a physician of note. Six children. They buried an infant of nine months in town that d. June 15, 1837. They rem. to Philadelphia about 1838, where he d. Dec. 6, 1846.
v. WILLIAM HORACE, b. March 1, 1810, in Cornish; m. Sept. 17, 1849, Lueia Electa Smith, dau. of John and Electa (Putnam) Smith. They both d. in Claremont. He d. April 23, 1877. She d. Feb. 15, 1853. She left one dau., Ella Josephine, b. Feb. 5, 1853. vi. ELIZABETH DANA, b. Dec. 21, 1813, in Cornish and d. an infant at the age of seven weeks.
vii. JOHN DEMING, b. April 18, 1816, in Cornish. Graduated at Kimball Union Academy in class of 1835, Dartmouth College, class of 1839, University of Pennsylvania, class of 1844; became a dis- tinguished physician; settled first in Rochester, Vt., where he m. April 8, 1845, Eliza A. Morton. Soon after he rem. to Norwich, Conn., where he practiced till 1856. He then rem. to Winona,
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where he practiced till his death, Oct. 29, 1867. She d. in 1872. They had no children. He lived a very active public-spirited life. It was largely due to his influence that the normal and graded system of Minn. were established.
3. STEPHEN DANA4 FORD (Daniel3-2, Samuel1) was b. Oct. 9, 1805, in Clare- mont; m. Aug. 28, 1838, Marietta Jackson of Cornish, dau. of Eleazer, Jr., and Lois (Corbin) Jackson, b. June 2, 1815, and d. Nov. 28, 1877, aged 62. He d. in Cornish Jan. 13, 1858. After his death, his wid. m. July 1, 1863, Samuel C. Moulton of Plainfield. Children (record limited and uncertain) :
i. ELIZABETH E., b. - , 1840; d. March 4, 1850.
ii. MARY J., b. - , 1855; d. Oct. 9, 1859.
FOSS.
JOHN' Foss was the emigrant ancestor, coming from Eng. in a British war vessel soon after the settlement of Mass. He was thrice m. and had eleven or twelve children.
WILLIAM2 Foss, son of the preceding was b. March 11, 1673. Was m. two or three times and had eight children.
WALTER3 Foss, youngest son of the last, was b. about 1703; m. Hannah and lived in Portsmouth, Newington and Greenland. Had one child:
WALTER4 Foss, b. in Newington, bap. there July 15, 1728; m. a Miss Hale and settled first in or near Boston and afterwards returned to Greenland, and from there went to Cornish soon after the town was settled and settled on a tract of land (100 acres) that has since been kept in the name. They had one son :
WALTERS Foss was b. in 1763; about 1788, m. Lucy Cook, who was b. in 1767. They spent the rest of their lives on the Foss homestead. She d. Feb. 7, 1854. He d. Oet. 4, 1852. Children, all b. in Cornish:
2. i. WALTER HALE, b. March 2, 1789.
ii. ABRAHAM, b. April 26, 1791. Never m. Spent his life on the home- stead. Was a devoted member and deacon of the Baptist Church. He d. Aug. 17, 1866.
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iii. ISAAC, b. Feb. - , 1792; m. Dec. 31, 1818, Lucy Whiting of Clare- mont. Two children. Lived in Fairfax, Vt .; d. April 24, 1860. DEBORAII, b. Aug. 18, 1794; m. Dec. 25, 1817, Daniel Sargent. Lived in Sutton. Six children. She d. Oct. 4, 1850.
v. JACOB, b. Oct. 17, 1796; m. Martha Abbie Howland, but had no children. (See sketch, Vol. I.)
vi. LUTHER, b. March 14, 1799; m. in Boston, Dec. 15, 1824, Mina A. Andrews of Wellfleet, Mass. Lived in Boston, Mass., and New London and Sutton, and about 1834, settled in Elmore, Vt., where he d. April 9, 1879. She d. April 18, 1880. They had eleven children.
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vii. EPHRAIM, b. Feb. 25, 1805; m. July 12, 1837, Deloa Demous of Canada. They settled in Elmore, Vt. Had ten children, all b. in Elmore, Vt. The parents both d. in Hyde Park, Vt., he, March 30, 1880; she, June 18, 1904.
viii. Lucy, b. July 10, 1807. Never m. She remained on the homestead during life. She d. June 24, 1891.
ix. PENINNEH, b. Aug. 17, 1810; m. - , Zenas C. Howland. Six chil- dren. She d. June 28, 1891, in Charlestown, Mass. The old Foss homestead is still retained by one of this family-Charles W. Howland-who, having made extensive and permanent improvements upon it uses it for a summer home for himself and family.
2. WALTER HALEG FOSS (Walters-4-3, William?, John1) was b. March 2, 1789; m. July 16, 1817, Mrs. Mary (Griffin) Hook of Cornish, formerly of Sandown, dau. of Isaac Griffin, b. Nov. 4, 1785, and d. June 13, 1865. He lost a leg and was a tin peddler. He d. April 11, 1856. Children:
i. MARY LAVINA, b. Dec. 27, 1817; m. Oct. - , 1837, Ruel Goward of Cornish. Eight children. (See Goward.) She d. in Claremont Nov. 16, 1896.
3. ii. WALTER HALE, JR., b. Aug. 4, 1820.
iii. DYER, b. June 20, 1822. He was m. three times and had six children. Lived in Candia and Portsmouth. He d. in Portsmouth March 23, 1897.
3. WALTER7 Foss (Walter Hales, Walters_4_3, William2, John1) was b. Aug. 4, 1820; m. Nov. 4, 1853, Hannah R. Davis of Cornish, dau. of Jesse and Apphia (Davis) Davis, b. May 30, 1833, in Springfield. Mr. Foss served in the Civil War. (See Military.) Lived several years on a farm north of the Flat near his father-in-law. Rem. in 1875 to Claremont. He d. Aug. 23, 1886. Children:
i. SARAH IDELL, b. Oct. 16, 1854, in Springfield; m. - Austin. Two daus. Lives in Revere, Mass.
ii. GEORGE HALE, b. Aug. 11, 1856, in Cornish; d. about Oct. 20, 1864, of diphtheria.
iii. NELLIE FRANCENA, b. March 31, 1862, in Sunapee. Lives in Everett, Mass .; m. - Noyes. No children.
iv. HANNAH ETTA, b. March 12, 1865, in Cornish; m. --- - Jones. Lives in Townshend Harbor. Has one son.
FREEMAN.
DANIEL FREEMAN was b. in Conn. March 16, 1727. Settled in Plainfield soon after the Revolution. Built the large Freeman house in 1784. His name first appears among other petitioners in 1785, asking for a release from unjust taxation. He m. in 1758, Mercy Gates, who was b. May 27, 1739, and d. Aug. 14, 1806. Mr. Freeman d. May 8, 1806. Children:
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i. MEHITABLE, b. Jan. 18, 1759; d. young.
ii. TAMERSON, b. Dec. S, 1760; m. March 19, 1788, John Lovell Kimball of Cornish. Two children. (See Kimball.) She d. April 22, 1814.
iii. JAMES, b. Jan. 23, 1763, became a sailor; d. in Demerara, S. A.
iv. DEBORAH, b. Nov. 2, 1764; m. Sept. 23, 1785, Nahum C. Chase of Cornish. Four children. (See Chase.) She d. March 30, 1837. He d. June 28, 1827.
2. v. CYRUS, b. May 25, 1767.
vi. MEHITABLE, 2D, b. July 15, 1769.
vii. SABRA, b. July 1, 1773; m. June 10, 1792, Capt. Oliver Torrey. She d. -. He d. Aug. 14, 1820.
viii. OLLIE, b. Aug. 23, 1775.
ix. DANIEL, JR., b. April 5, 1778; m. -. He d. Dec. 13, 1855.
x. JOSEPH, b. May 3, 1780; m. - , Polly Johnson of Cornish, dau. of Abel and Sarah (Chase) Johnson, b. Dec. 1, 1795. One child: Mary, who m. Arvin S. Bartholemew. Mr. Freeman d. Feb. 13, 1851. His wife d. Dec. 20, 1875, aged 86.
xi. BENJAMIN, b. Aug. 6, 1782; m. June 8, 1806, Euducia Child of Cor- nish, dau. of Stephen and Mercy (Chase) Child; b. June 27, 1789, and d. March 15, 1860. Inherited and lived on the homestead in Plainfield, where he d. June 27, 1828. Six children. A farmer.
xii. MARY, b. July 27, 1785; m. Oct. 11, 1807, Augustus Torrey, M.D., of Mass.
2. CYRUS? FREEMAN (Daniel1) was b. May 25, 1767; m. first, -, Persis Chase of Cornish, dau. of Caleb and Tabitha (Bemis) Chase, b. April 18, 1775, and d. July 22, 1793; no issue; m. second, -, Sarah Dow of Plainfield, dau. of Jeremiah Dow, b. March 15, 1778, and d. Oct. 25, 1860. There is some evidence that Mr. Freeman m. third, Mary Chase of Cornish, a sister of his first wife, b. Jan. 19, 1779, and they had a dau., Elizabeth, b. in 1829, who d. in Cornish May 24, 1843. All the rest of the children were by Sarah Dow. Mr. Freeman d. March 21, 1847. Children:
3. i. JOHN TYLER, b. Aug. 30, 1797.
ii. SARAH, b. Aug. 23, 1799; d. May 5, 1826.
4. iii. FOREST C., b. Aug. 1, 1803.
iv. PERSIS C., b. Aug. 12, 1805; m. - , Benj. L. Fuller of Plainfield. Seven children. She d. in 1884.
v. SUSAN CHASE, b. Aug. 12, 1808; m. June 7, 1841, Enos Spaulding of Plainfield. Three children. She d. Nov. 6, 1858. He d. -. vi. DANIEL Dow, b. Oct. 13, 1810; m. March 27, 1850, Mary Marcy. Lived chiefly in Plainfield; d. in Meriden March 27, 1877. Three children: 1. Mary A., b. May 22, 1853. 2. Lucian, b. Aug. 12, 1855; d. June 16, 1897. 3. Fred, b. Jan. 19, 1858. Mrs. Freeman d. June 11, 1889, in Meriden.
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vii. TAMERSON KIMBALL, b. July 2, 1814; m. - , Isaac C. Harroun of Barre, Vt. They lost one son, Hollis F., March 14, 1846, aged 3-4. Tamerson d. Dec. 15, 1852.
viii. GEORGE CHASE, b. Aug. 26, 1819; m. - , Sarah Ward, dau. of William Ward, b. June 19, 1824, and d. in 1906. Four children. A general farmer and dairyman, also a breeder of horses. He d. Feb. 23, 1901.
3. JOHN TYLER3 FREEMAN ( Cyrus?, Daniel:) b. Aug. 30, 1797; m. first, Dec. 25, 1826, Ursula Chase of Cornish, dau. of Joseph and Polly (Gerald) Chase, b. Nov. 26, 1803, and d. May 22, 1849; m. second, Oct., 1857, Dorinda Penniman of Plainfield, dau. of Thomas Taft and Dorinda (Wood) Penniman, b. Feb. 18, 1821, no issue; she d. March 24, 1860, at Windsor, Vt .; m. third, Nov. 8, 1860, Sarah H. Wyman of Cornish, dau. of Jesse and Mary (Dorr) Wyman, b. Sept. 5, 1823, and d. Jan. 13, 1903. No issue. In the fifties Mr. Freeman rem. to Windsor, where he carried on the hardware business and later became treas. of Windsor Savings Bank, which position he held many years, till age and failing health compelled him to retire. He d. at Windsor Oct. 5, 1882.
"Life so gently ceased to be, It lapsed in immortality."
(Epitaph on his tombstone.)
Children, all by first marriage, b. in Cornish:
5. i. HENRY CHASE, b. Jan. 2, 1829.
ii. JOHN EDWARDS, b. Nov. 29, 1832. A machinist and gunsmith. Was at the Remington, N. Y., Armory for many years but now (1902) is a res. of Herkimer, N. Y. Twice married.
iii. AUSTIN TYLER, b. Jan. 5, 1838. Also a machinist and gunsmith. Patented some improvements on breech loading guns. Rem. to Cal. Two children.
4. FOREST C.3 FREEMAN (Cyrus?, Danieli) b. Aug. 1, 1803; m. 1831, Nancy G. Penniman of Windsor, Vt., dau. of Nathaniel and Sarah (Hutchinson) Penniman, b. May 16, 1810, and d. June 29, 1885. He d. Feb. 17, 1883. He was a prosperous farmer and about 1838, settled in Cornish on the Moody Chase place near the south boundary of the town, where they remained through life. Children:
i. LELAND H., b. March 16, 1832, in Windsor, Vt., d. April 6, 1832.
ii. JAMES G., b. March 12, 1833, in Windsor, Vt .; m. - , 1866, Ellen Howard, dau. of Irving and Philenda (Simonds) Howard. Have six children. Res. chiefly in Claremont.
6. iii. FRANCIS E., b. April 16, 1834, in Windsor, Vt.
iv. SARAH JANE, b. April 14, 1836, in Windsor, Vt .; d. Jan. 30, 1838.
v. JULIA H., b. Oct. 12, 1837, in Windsor, Vt .; m. April 16, 1857, Edwin T. Ayers of Cornish. One child. (See Ayers.)
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vi. CARSENDANA C., b. Oct. 4, 1841, in Cornish; m. March 12, 1868, Warren Hiram Fletcher. Rem. to Clay Center, Kan., where they res. (1902). Seven children.
vii. ANGELINE N., b. April 16, 1843, in Cornish; m. Jan. 20, 1870, Henry Lyman Fletcher of Cornish. No children. She d. July 8, 1898.
viii. LUELLA M., b. April 12, 1847, in Cornish; m. March -, 1889, Lawson C. Fletcher of Northfield, Vt. Res. (1908) in Cornish, on the S. B. Deming farm. They have no children.
5. HENRY CHASEA FREEMAN (John Tylers, Cyrus?, Daniel:) b. Jan 2, 1829; m. March 22, 1854, Ellen Phoebe Bartlett of Cornish, dau. of Nathaniel and Sarah (Johnson) Bartlett, b. Aug. 23, 1834. About 1866 he rem. from Cornish to Claremont and settled on a farm on "Red Water Brook" road. "A respected citizen and obliging neighbor." A Free Mason and a loyal Republican. He d. Nov. 25, 1899. Children, first three b. in Cornish, the rest in Claremont:
i. WILLIS TYLER, b. March 3, 1855; m. Sept. 30, 1884, Emma C. Colby of Claremont where they res. One child: Ruth E.
ii. NELLIE EVELINA, b. June 4, 1857; m. Sept. 30, 1884, William C. Smith. She d. Sept. 5, 1889.
iii. DORA URSULA, b. Sept. 3, 1859; m. Jan. 9, 1878, William C. Smith. She d. March 8, 1883.
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iv. JOHN C., b. June 9, 1865; m. Abbie L. Walker of Claremont. One child: Gertrude A. Mr. Freeman received severe injuries while drawing logs in Meriden, that resulted in his death May 25, 1899. EDWIN AUSTIN, b. Oct. 17, 1869; d. Nov. 15, 1889.
vi. ALLEN HENRY, b. April 28, 1873; m. May 29, 1900, Mary H. Hawkins of Claremont. One child in 1903: Raymond H. He remains on the homestead.
6. FRANCIS EDWARDA FREEMAN (Forest C.3, Cyrus2, Danieli) b. April 16, 1834; m. Feb. 15, 1866, Mary Frances Hook of Cornish, dau. of Moody and Eliza (Carroll) Ilook, b. April 29, 1845: d. Aug. 3, 1903. They res. in Cornish until 1877 when they rem. to Claremont and settled on a farm leading from Cornish Flat to Claremont. Devoted much of his time to growing and marketing small fruits. 1 deacon of the Baptist Church. Represented the town of Claremont in the legislature of 1897-98. After the death of his wife he sold his farm and lives with his son. Children:
i. HERBERT GRANT, b. in Cornish Oct. 18, 1868; d. in Jan., 1869.
ii. FRED BROCKWAY, b. in Claremont Oct. IS, 1879. Graduated Stevens High School, class of 1898; m. Oct. 21, 1902, Bertha L. Spaulding. Lived in Claremont, employed as mail carrier several years. Since 1908, has been a general secretary of the State Y. M. C. A. with res. in Concord.
JAMES and REBECCA FREEMAN were a Plainfield family but lived a good many years in Cornish. Most of their children were b. in Cornish and two of them d. and were buried in town. The children were:
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1. POLLY L., b. Oet. 19, 1792; d. March 16, 1794.
ii. SAMUEL L., b. June 24, 1794.
iii. JOSEPH G., b. Oct. 11, 1796.
iv. ADELINE S., b. Aug. 11, 1798.
v. JAMES, JR., b. March 11, 1800; d. Aug., 1803.
FRENCH.
EPHRAIM FRENCH was b. in 1749; m. April 6, 1775, Comfort York of Clare- mont. Came to Cornish to live about 1784, and d. here June 10, 1810. His biographer says, "he was an affectionate husband, a tender parent, true to his trust, faithful in the church, steadfast in the faith towards God, and not aiming to injure man." The census of 1790 says his family consisted of the parents, two small boys and five girls. Children, first four b. in Claremont and the rest in Cornish:
i. REBECCA, b. June 17, 1776; m. Feb. 7, 1799, Andrew Bailey, Sr. Four children. (See Bailey.)
ii. HANNAH, b. June -, 1778; m. April 14, 1803, Phinehas Coburn, had at least six children. (See Coburn.)
iii. EXPERIENCE, b. May 20, 1780.
iv. ISAAC, b. July 25, 1782.
V. SARAH, b. Sept. 6, 1785.
vi. LUCY, b. Nov. 27, 1789; m. July 7, 1811, Aaron Smith, Jr., of Cornish. She d. in Feb., 1816. Two children. (See Smith.)
vii. EPHRAIM, b. April 8, 1790.
viii. ELIZABETH, b. Dec. 28, 1792.
FURNALD.
WILLIAM FURNALD, with Molly, his wife, and a family of nine children, ap- pears on the Cornish records. None are left in town to tell of their history. The cemetery records the death of William as occurring Sept. 7, 1816. Also of one of his children and of one grandchild. The hill where he lived, northwest of the Flat, has for nearly a century borne the name of Furnald Hill. All these circumstances lead one to infer that the family remained in town about three decades. There is no record of his wife's death in town, therefore it is supposable that, after the death of her husband, she left town, taking all her family with her, and no record or tradition has been found telling where they went. Their children were:
i. JOHN, b. Dec. 2, 1781.
ii. WILLIAM, JR., b. Sept. 4, 1783; m. - , Lydia -. They buried an infant dau. in town that d. May 15, 1814, aged 2 mos. The child's name was Elsyan.
iii. DANIEL, b. Nov. 10, 1784.
iv. SAMUEL, b. June 15, 1788.
v. JOSEPH, b. April 4, 1790.
vi. THOMAS, b. April 19, 1792.
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vii. BENJAMIN, b. Dec. 15, 1793.
viii. POLLY, b. April 22, 1796.
ix. JAMES, b. Feb. 23, 1798; d. April 11, 1804.
GAGE.
JONATHAN and SARAH GAGE res. in town several years and had the following children:
i. A son, b. in 1810, name and date unknown.
ii. JONATHAN, JR., b. Dec. 11, 1812.
iii. MILTON, b. Jan. 6, 1815.
No further record given of this family.
JAMES and HANNAH GAGE had the following children, recorded as b. in Cornish:
i. HITTY, b. April 2, 1796.
ii. REBECCA, b. Feb. 2, 1798.
iii. JESSE, b. Dec. 24, 1799.
iv. HANNAH, b. Dec. 31, 1801.
V. MANLY, b. Jan. 27, 1804.
vi. ALMIRA, b. March 24, 1806.
GATES.
NATHAN GATES was b. Aug. 20, 1754, in Preston, Conn. When a young man he came to Cornish and lived here many years. He m. - , Tamerson Kimball of Cornish, dau. of Eliphalet and Elizabeth (Woodard) Kimball, b. March 8, 1760, and d. Oct. 10, 1838. They had eleven children. In his early life he served in the 6th Conn. Regt. from May 6, 1775, to Dec. 6, following, and was at the siege of Boston. He d. Aug. 8, 1838, in Morris- town, Vt. His wife d. Oct. 10, the same year.
JOHN GATES was b. in 1772; m. Jan. 5, 1795, Eunice Winch, who was b. Oct. 26, 1770, and d. Nov. 16, 1803; m. second, Oct. 21, 1805, Jemima Harvey. They lived in Framingham, Mass., Keene and Cornish. They had eleven children. Three of these were b. in Cornish: 1. Susan, b. July 10, 1791; m. March 23, 1822, William Sumner Comings of Cornish. No children. 2. Eunice, b. -; m. May 25, 1826, David Dodge, then of Cornish. 3. John Strowbridge, b. -; m. - , Mary Bryant of Cornish, dau. of Israel Bryant. Mr. Gates d. Oct. 26, 1844, while coming to Cornish on a stage.
REUBEN GATES (parentage unknown) was b. July 28, 1826. He m. March 11, 1851, Eliza Wakefield of Cornish, youngest dau. of Dea. Jonathan and Rebecca (Haven) Wakefield, b. Oct. 10, 1832. Two children. Mr. Gates d. April 21, 1889. His wid. and children res. in St. Charles, Wis. (1902).
GLEASON.
TIMOTHY A. GLEASON, the son of Dr. Timothy S. and Elizabeth (Putnam) Gleason of Claremont, who was b. in Claremont May 13, 1837; m. Oct. 22, 1861, Mrs. Cleora A. (Wilson) Tribou, b. May 15, 1840, in Middlebury,
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Vt .; d. Feb. 6, 1897, in Arvada, Col. Came to Cornish in 1863 and engaged in trade, first as clerk, then as partner, then afterwards as sole proprietor in the store at the Flat. He continued there until about 1879, when he retired from trade and returned to Claremont, where he d. Jan. 6, 1883. While in Cornish he served as town clerk 1871-77. After the death of his father, his mother, Elizabeth (Putnam) Gleason came to Cornish and lived with her son. She d. July 2, 1877. Also a sister, Mary Converse Gleason, b. Dec. 26, 1831, came and res. with her mother. She never m. but d. on the Flat March 4, 1908, aged 76-3-8. Children, all b. in Cornish:
i. HARRIET GERTRUDE, b. Nov. 22, 1863; m. Sept. 21, 1892, Charles Davis. Res., Jacksonville, Fla.
ii. CHARLES TIMOTHY, b. Nov. 4, 1867. Res., St. Paul, Minn .; became blind.
iii. EDWIN JAMES, b. March 27, 1872. Res., St. Paul, Minn.
GLINES.
REV. GEORGE A. GLINES was b. Sept. 17, 1827, in Moultonboro; m. Sept. 19, 1849, Susan Adeli Moody, eldest dau. of Jonathan Moody of Clare- mont, b. April 9, 1828. They came to Cornish in April, 1875, and he was pastor of the Baptist Church five years ending April, 1880. In 1890 he was recalled to the same pastorate and served another five years ending in June, 1895. This was his last pastorate. (See Baptist Church History.) Retiring from the ministry they settled in Claremont; built a fine res. there. He d. in Claremont July 6, 1907. She d. Feb. 20, 1911. Children:
i. CARL CLIFTON, b. July 23, 1852; d. Nov. 8, 1853.
ii. WILLEY ANDREW, b. Feb. 14, 1855; m. Ellen Maude Hovey. Was employed seventeen years in Boston by the firm of R. H. White & Co., first as elerk and afterwards as floor-walker. In 1896 (?) he came to Claremont and opened a store of dry and fancy goods in Hotel Moody block. This continued till his death, Sept. 18, 1904, of locomotor ataxia.
GORDON.
ELDON H. GORDON was b. March 17, 1854, in Alburg, Vt. He was son of Seldon P. and Jane J. (Smith) Gordon; m. March 24, 1875, Jennie H. Pierce, dau. of D. T. and Elizabeth (Starr) Pierce, b. Sept. 9, 1857. They res. in West Chazy and Plattsburg, N. Y., and came to Cornish --- , and settled on the Joshua Wyman farm (so called). He is an up-to-date farmer. Children:
i. CARMEN P., b. Feb. 10, 1876, in West Chazy, N. Y .; m. Feb. 6, 1899, Frank C. Harris of Cornish. Three children (1903).
ii. CHARLES W., b. May 13, 1878, in West Chazy, N. Y.
iii. SHELDON T., b. July 20, 1881, in West Chazy, N. Y.
iv. PERLEY H., b. June 21, 1883, in West Chazy, N. Y.
v. A. DREW, b. Dec. 31, 1885, in Plattsburg, N. Y.
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GOULD.
BENJAMIN GOULD came from Pawtucket, R. I., to Hartford, Vt. Had several children there. His son, Harry, b. in Hartford, m. Martha Perkins, of Montpelier, Vt. He d. about 1814. Had three children:
i. MARY, b. Dec. 15, 1809; m. Ephraim Jackson.
2. ii. HENRY, b. Jan. 15, 1810.
iii. HARRIET, b. , 1812; m .- Graham.
HENRY GOULD.
2. HENRY GOULD, after the death of his father, when but four years of age went and lived with an uncle, a blacksmith, of Hartland, Vt., until 22 years of age. He then came to Cornish where he spent most of the rest of his life. He has been engaged nearly forty years in earriage building, beside farming. He built and owned the upper mills and shops at the Flat, also a fine res. The town, recognizing his business ability, sought his services first as treasurer two or three years; then as selectman three years. During the Civil War he enlisted about thirty men for the serv- ice. Being possessed of a shrewd business talent, of sound judgment
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and integrity, and a good degree of liberality he has been one of the fore- most to advance any project that tended for the public good. A Bap- tist, devoted and true, he, with the cooperation of his devoted and faith- ful wife, have, in addition to many former gifts, bequeathed the sum of $3,500 for the benefit of the Baptist Church in Cornish.
He m. April 17, 1834, Sarah Atwood, dau. of William and Elizabeth (Hall) Atwood, b. Sept. 2, 1813. No children have blessed their union, but their lives have been sweetly blended as lovers for nearly seventy
MRS. HENRY GOULD.
years and they have presented an object lesson of great and increasing beauty, and one rarely seen. But the long, loving spell was broken at last by her death, March 25, 1902. He d. Sept. 7, 1905, aged 95-7-22.
GOWARD.
FRANCIS1 GOWARD, b. in Eng. When a little boy, for some reason not now known, was put into a leather bag and smuggled aboard a ship bound for America. After the ship was well at sea, he was liberated. He
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arrived in port safely. He grew up and settled in Easton, Mass. He m. Mary Presby and raised a family of children. Had a son Isaac?, b. in Easton, Oct. 28, 1782, who m. Sept. 30, 1804, Abigail Lothrop, then of Easton, dau. of John and Sarah (Cook) Lothrop, b. Oct. 13, 1787, and d. in Cornish June 16, 1848. They res. in Easton till 1808, when they rem. to Croydon. About 1822 they came to Cornish and settled on or near the farm now occupied by his descendants. A farmer. He d. June S, 1855. Children:
i. ISAAC, JR., b. July 29, 1805, in Easton; m. in 1830, Eliza H. Bassford. He was a teacher of large experience. Res., N. Y. City. Nine children. He d. July 16, 1858.
ii. FRANCIS, b. June 15, 1807, in Easton. Never in. He d. in Cornish July 10, 1882.
iii. SALLY L., b. Dec. 14, 1808, in Croydon; m. Oct. 26, 1831, Daniel Atwood of Cornish. Seven children. (See Atwood.) She d. Sept. 5, 1890, in Acton, Mass.
2. iv. RUEL, b. March 27, 1812, in Croydon.
V. WATSON C., b. May 23, 1814, in Croydon. He m. in 1840 Mary Bent of Boston, Mass. For many years he res. there as manager of the Real Estate Register. Afterwards rem. to Chicago, Ill., where he engaged in furniture manufacturing till he d. March 23, 1872. Four children.
vi. LOUISA R., b. Nov. 26, 1817, in Croydon; m. in 1736, Macy Record. Three daus. She d. Sept. 10, 1845.
3. vii. JASON, b. Nov. 19, 1820, in Croydon.
viii. FIDELIA M., b. May 6, 1826, in Cornish; m. first, Feb. 24, 1846, William Dean, no issue; after his death she m. second, May 15, 1853, George W. Thomas. One child. Res., Mansfield, Mass. ix. BETSEY ANN, b. June 29, 1830, in Cornish; m. June 5, 1854, Iloratio H. Stearns of Acton, Mass., where they have res. Three chil- dren, all daus.
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