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4. SAMUEL STILLMAN6 ROBINSON (Everetts, Davids, Georges, Nathaniel2, George1) b. in Cornish, Jan. 25, 1824; m. Feb. 27, 1850, Eliza, dau. of Franklin and Dolly (Richards) Norton of Weathersfield, Vt., b. May 4, 1826, in Weathersfield and d. at Detroit, Mich., Feb. 10, 1889. Mr. Robinson left N. E. in 1853, for the Lake Superior copper country and spent the greater part of his life managing mining properties in various parts of the West. (See photo on page 319.)
He was a practical geologist and at one time could tell at sight the rock from any prominent mining camp in this country and in Mexico. He d. at Pontiac; Mich., June 10, 1904. His children were:
i. IDA EMELINE, b. June 27, 1851, at West Claremont; m. at Detroit, Mich., Edward Pitkin Bronson, ninth in descent from the emi- grant John Bronson, of Hartford and Framington, Conn. This family lived twenty years in St. Louis, Mo., ten in Nashville, Tenn., two in Chicago and now (1911) have been for six years in Chester, III. To this lady we are indebted for many records of this and the Williams family. Three children:
1. JOHN STANARD BRONSON, b. at St. Louis, Sept. 18, 1878; m. at Seabreeze, Fla., Louise Bianchi, dau. of John Bianchi of New York. Lives in St. Louis.
2. ETHEL ROBINSON BRONSON, . at St. Louis, Dec. 23, 1880; m. Sept. 26, -- , at Chester, Ill., Archibald McDougal Patterson of Savannah, Tenn. They had two children and Mrs. Patter- son and the little son, Archibald MeDougal, Jr., were lost by the sinking of the steamer Saltillo, at Glen Park, Mo.,
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thirty miles below St. Louis, on the night of May 11, 1910. Mrs. Patterson's body was recovered but not that of the little son. Mrs. Bronson, her mother, was with her and with the little dau., Dorothy Robinson Patterson, was saved.
3. MILDRED MERRIAM BRONSON, b. May 31, 1884, at St. Louis; m. at Chester, III., Sept. 12, Charles Hillman Corbett of Nashville, Tenn. Live in St. Louis.
SAMUEL S. ROBINSON.
ii. FRANK EVERETT ROBINSON, b. Oet. 27, 1855, at Port Austin, Mich .; m. at Detroit, Mich., Mamie Louise Close, dau. of James A. and Libbie (Foley) Close. He was a journalist of high ability and only his poor health kept him from making a reputation in his chosen profession. He d. at Detroit, Mich., Aug. 18, 1904, leaving six children :
1. MABEL MIMBRES, b. at Georgetown, N. M., Dec. 25, 1882.
2. HELEN CLOSE, b. Detroit, Mich., Dee. 7, 1884.
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3. FRANKLIN NORTON, b. Dec. 19, 1886, at Detroit, Mich.
4. CEDRIC BRONSON, b. July 22, 1888, at Detroit, Mich.
5. ARNEY ELIZABETH, b. Sept. 8, 1890, at Asheville, N. C.
6. FRANCES EVERETT, b. Oct. 28, 1902, at Detroit, Mich. This family live at Asheville, N. C.
iii. Lor, b. Nov. 3, 1858; d. Jan. 11, 1862.
iv. BELLE, b. March 17, 1861, at Hancock, Mich .; m. at Detroit, Mich., March 18, 1885, Frederick Butler Harper. Three children:
1. EMMA LOUISE, b. Dec. 29, 1885, at Detroit, Mich.
2. ALICE BELLE, b. March 9, 1892, at Detroit, Mich.
3. FREDA ROBINSON, b. at Pontiac, Mich., June 30, 1906. JESSIE, b. March 29, 1866; d. July 21, 1866.
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vi. SAMUEL STILLMAN, JR., b. at Claremont, May 17, 1868; m. at Hough- ton, Mich., Nov. 21, 1895, Emma Slock. Has lived at Lake Linden, Mich., and now is at St. Croix Falls, Wis. Manager of Electric Light and Power Plants.
vii. MARY ELIZA, b. at St. Joseph, Mo., Nov. 11, 1871; m. at Pontiac, Mich., Nov. 11, 1895, James Lovell. Two children: 1. Lucy, b. July 25, 1900, at Troy, Mich. 2. Donald Stillman, b. Oct. 24, 1902. .
ROOT.
PHINEHAS ROOT, son of Eliakim and Eunice (Chapman) Root, was b. Aug., 12, 1775. They settled in Cornish in 1811, on the hill southeast of Windsor, Vt., still known as "Root's Hill." He m. March 22, 1804, Elsie Kenyon, dau. of Joseph and Catharine (Enos) Kenyon, who was b. in Plainfield, Nov. 23, 1784, and d. in Cornish, June 17, 186S. Mr. Root d. in Cornish, Jan. 14, 1859. Children:
2. i. JOHN MADISON, b. in Plainfield, Jan. 26, 1890.
ii. JOSEPHINE M., b. April 16, 1813; m. Jan. 1, 1850, John L. Paget, formerly of Strathaven, Scotland. Four children. (See Paget.) She d. in Cornish, March 28, 1904.
2. JOHN MADISON2 ROOT (Phinehası) was b. Jan. 26, 1809. He m. - , Mrs. Clarissa M. Griswold of Claremont, who was b. in 1831, and d. Feb. 14, 1877, aged 46. Mr. Root lived in town till near the close of his life when he went to Grantham and d. there Feb. 2, 1895. Children, b. in Cornish:
i. CLARA MATILDA, b. Jan. 24, 1860; m. - Thornton; lived and d. in Grantham.
ii. LOUISA MARIA, b. May 11, 1861; m. Dec. 25, 1882, Jerome Wilder. They had no children.
iii. JOHN M., JR., b. July 6, 1862; m. and lives in Claremont. Has several children.
iv. ANNIE MELISSA, b. Dec. 8, 1864; d. Oet. 11, 1878.
v. GEORGE EDWARD, b. Jan. 25, 186S, unm. Lives in Windsor, Vt.
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ROWELL.
The Rowells were of English descent. Thomas1 and his son, Valentine?, came to America in 1638. Valentine's son Thomas3, b. Sept. 7, 1644; m. Sept. 8, 1670, Sarah Barnes and d. in 1684. He had a son, Valentine‹ b. in 1681, who m. in 1704, Hannah Sargent and d. Feb. 1, 1727, leaving a son Williams, b. Sept. 5, 1705, who m. Jan. 5, 1731, Elizabeth Chellis. They had a son, Williams, b. Feb. 10, 1736, who m. Hannah Morse. These were the ancestors of Rev. Joseph 7 Rowell, who was b. in Newton, May 15, 1767, and came to Cornish near the close of the 18th century and became the pastor of the Cong. Church. He m. Feb. 15, 1803, Hannah Chase of Cornish, dau. of Esq. Daniel and Mehitable (Kim- ball) Chase, b. Jan. 14, 1783, and d. Feb. 26, 1869, in Claremont. Mr. Rowell was ord. and installed pastor of the Cong. Church in Cornish, Sept. 24, 1800. On April 1, 1828, after a fruitful pastorate of nearly twenty-eight years, he was dismissed. It has been said of him by some, that the town of Cornish owes more to him than to any other man that ever lived in it, for its religious development, prosperity and good name; as from his ministry more than forty young people became ministers or foreign missionaries or the wives of such, 157 souls were converted and added to the church during his ministry, and the church was rendered a power for good. He was a faithful pastor and a bold and fearless preacher. He d. in Claremont Nov. 14, 1842, aged 75. Children, all b. in Cornish:
i. ELIZA, b. Feb. 27, 1804; m. Aug., 1828, Charles Shedd, who was a teacher for some time in Kimball Union Academy. They rem. to Minn., where she d. Sept. 20, 1900.
ii. JONATHAN EDWARDS, b. June 3, 1806; m. - , Caroline White. A farmer and lived in Claremont, where he d. Jan. 31, 1854.
iii. MARIA CHASE, b. April 3, 1808; m. Aug. 19, 1834, Calvin Tracy. She was a teacher; d. Aug. 2, 1854.
iv. DANIEL CHASE, b. Aug. 25, 1810. Grad. at Kimball Union Academy in the class of 1833, and d. while a student of Amherst Col- lege, April 7, 1836.
v. MARTHA LAURENS, b. Nov. 9, 1812; m. Sept. 2, 1836, Rev. Edwin Locke, missionary (A. B. F. M.), Hawaiian Isles, where she d. Oct. 9, 1842.
vi. GEORGE BERKELEY, b. Jan. 22, 1815. Grad. Kimball Union Academy, class 1833; Amherst College, in class of 1837; A. T. S., class of 1841. Ord. Oct. 22, 1841, as missionary of the American Board to the Sandwich Isles. M. Jan. 22, 1842, Malvina J. Chapin of Newport, b. April 30, 1816, who graduated at Mt. Holyoke in 1842. They had seven children. He d. June 15, 1884, at Waimea, Kauai.
vii. TIMOTHY DWIGHT, b. Dec. 19, 1817; m. Oct. 23, 1845, Muriel W. Willard. Merchant and farmer. He d. May 3, 1887, in Zim- brota, Minn.
viii. JOSEPH, b. April 22, 1820. (See sketch.) 22-II
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ix. SAMUEL NEWELL, b. Nov. 21, 1821; grad. Kimball Union Academy in 1845; Yale College, 1849; Medical Dept. in 1852. Became a physician of note in New Haven and Wallingford, Conn., in Malta, N. Y., and in Vienna, N. J .; m. first, Aug. 17, 1850, Eliza A. Benham; m. second, Oct. 6, 1864, T. N. Merriam. He d. in Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 3, 1893.
x. CAROLINE ELIZABETH, b. Nov. 21, 1823; grad. Kimball Union Acad- emy in 18-18; m. Aug. 15, 1849, Dr. Albert G. Skinner. Lived in Youngstown, N. Y.
xi. HARRIET LOUISA, b. Jan. 22, 1826; m. Dec. 16, 1850, Augustus C. Stolz. Res. Brooklyn, N. Y.
HILLIARD ROWELL was b. Nov. 29, 1826, in Weare, a son of Hilliard and Phi- lena (Kenerson) Rowell; m. Dec. 28, 1852, Charlotte Ann Roberts, dau. of Thomas and Sophia (Gould) Roberts, b. June 7, 1825. Mr. Rowell is a farmer. They came to Cornish to live, from Newport, Dec. 4, 1889. Children:
i. ELLEN ANN, b. Dec. 30, 1853; d. Sept. 22, 1869.
ii. ALICE DORA, b. March 16, 1860, in Newport; m. Dec. 23, 1880, Fred A. Tifft, a machinist. They live in Claremont (1908). One child: Anna Lorana, b. April 20, 1899.
iii. ESTELLA MARIA, b. June 11, 1865, in Newport; m. June 14, 1885, Clarence Gilman, a scythe maker . One child: Karl Rowell, b. Oct. 22, 1887. Estella M. d. Feb. 26, 1906.
JOSIAH GILMAN ROWELL, the son of Levi and Mary (Lear) Rowell was b. in Newbury, July 5, 1829; m. first, in 1858, Maria B. Wilcox, b. in Lemp- ster, June, 1837, and d. July 11, 1870. She was dau. of John B. and Bet- sey Wilcox; m. second, Oct. 12, 1871, Sarah Comings of Cornish, dau. of William F. and Mercy (Jenne) Comings, b. Oct. 28, 1846. Mr. Rowell was a tanner in Gilsum, ten years. Soon after this, he came to Claremont where he first took charge of Charles H. Eastman's tannery for a few years and afterwards entered into partnership with his brother Granville in carriage manufacturing in Claremont. He came to Cor- nish in 1875 and settled as a farmer on the John M. Deming farm in the southeast part of the town in the "Hempyard" district. Here he remained till 1892 when he returned to Claremont, where he lived till he d. Nov. 12, 1909, aged 80 years, 5 months, 7 days. Children by first wife:
1. LILLIE MARIA, b. in Lempster, June 7, 1860; m. Nov. 21, 1883, F. L. Kimball.
By second wife:
ii. SARAH EMMA, b. in Claremont, July 6, 1871; m. Oct. 30, 1901, Her- bert G. Bugbee, formerly of Cornish, but now res. in Clare- mont.
iii. EFFIE ALMIRA, b. in Cornish, Oct. 30, 1878.
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SAINT-GAUDENS.
AUGUSTUS SAINT-GAUDENS, the celebrated sculptor, was b. March 1, 1848, in Dublin, Ire. His father was b. in Southern France and his mother in Dub- lin. They came to Cornish about 1885 and purchased the old brick mansion long known as "Huggins Folly." This he greatly improved, intending it at first only as a summer residence. His artistic and cultured taste soon trans- formed the place into "a thing of beauty." This, together with his fame as an artist, attracted many friends of kindred tastes to his home and vicinity, and in this way it became "the center of the world to him," so that in 1898 he de- cided to make it his permanent home. He had, in 1877, mn. Augusta F. Homer of New York. They had but one child: Homer, b. Sept. 28, 1880, who is giving abundant promise of high rank in the literary world. Augustus Saint- Gaudens d. Aug. 3, 1907, aged 59 years, 5 months, 2 days. (For record of his life-work, see sketch.)
LOUIS SAINT-GAUDENS, a brother of Augustus, was b. in New York Jan. 7, 1854; m. in 1887, Louisa LePierre. She, with her new-born babe, d. the following year. He m. second, Oct. 7, 1898, Annetta Johnson. Their son Paul was b. June 18, 1900. In 1901, they came to Cornish to live. (See sketches of himself and wife.)
SANDERSON.
LEVI HARLOW SANDERSON was b. July 22, 1824, in Springfield, Vt. Came to Cornish about 1854; m. Sept. 14, 1848, Mary Jane Rawson of Cornish, dau. of William and Amanda (Lamberton) Rawson, b. Sept. 14, 1829, and d. May 14, 1899. Mr. Sanderson lived in town many years and later bought and settled on the David Westgate farm in Plainfield, near the Cornish line, where he d. Jan. 23, 1902. He was a farmer and stone- mason. Children:
i. JAMES F., b. Aug. 17, 1849. A stone-mason. Never m .; d. in Me., Aug. 19, 1899.
ii. FRANCIS P., b. May 12, 1852; m. Oct. 19, 1875, Kate Sullivan. He d. Nov. 6, 1888, leaving three children.
iii. HENRY L., b. Nov. 13, 1855; m. Aug. 30, 1892, Hattie Burr, then of Plainfield, dau. of William and Mary (Burr) Burr, b. Oct. 5, 1858. Three children. An officer in Vt. state prison at Wind- sor.
iv. LIZZIE M., b. March 31, 1858; m. Oct. 24, 1878, Newell Edward Huggins of Cornish. One son, Leon M., b. Dec. 7, 1879.
v. EMMA A., b. Jan. 6, 1862. Never m .; d. Feb. 24, 1887.
vi. FRED M., b. May 22, 1865; unm. in 1905. A "guard" in Vermont state prison several years. Now (1905) a shoe cutter in Bos- ton.
vii. ALICE C., b. Oct. 12, 1871; m. Nov. 9, 1892, Herbert G. Dean then of Cornish, but recently of Charlestown. Five children. (See Dean.)
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HENRY H. SANDERSON, son of David and Margaretta (Conant) Sanderson, was b. in Windsor, Vt., May 17, 1841; m. March 29, 1868, Mrs. Nancy (Kidder) Benway of Cornish, dau. of James G. and Sarah F. (Burr) Kidder, b. June 15, 1843, d. March 9, 1906. Children, all b. in Cornish:
2. i. FRED H., b. June 7, 1868.
H. ALBERT W., b. June 18, 1870; m. July 4, 1893, Gertrude L. Town. Res. Bridgewater, Vt. One child: Gussie M., b. Dec. 5, 1894.
iii. JAMES EUGENE, b. June 22, 1872; m. Nov. S, 1899, Annie M. Parker of Hartland, Vt.
2. FRED H. SANDERSON? (Henry II.1) b. June 7, 1868; m. May 1, 1890, Nellie A. E. Angier of Claremont, dau. of Thaddeus and Ellen (Short) Angier, b. July 15, 1870. Res. a few years in Cornish, and in 1899 went into a store in Windsor, Vt. His health failing in 1902, he resorted to a Southern elime for recovery. Since Jan., 1903, in El Paso, Tex. Children:
i. JESSIE M., b. Sept. 21, 1891, in Cornish.
ii. BENNIE F., b. Jan. 29, 1893, in Cornish.
iii. LEROY J., b. March 25, 1900, in Windsor, Vt.
SARGENT.
JOSEPH SARGENT was b. in 1803. Hem. - , Susan Wright. They had no children. Susan d. June 21, 1884, aged 81. He was a farmer and lived in the northeast part of the town. Was a very exemplary citizen and an ardent supporter of the Baptist Church. He d. Oet. 22, 1875, aged 72.
SARTEL.
JOSIAH SARTEL and Sally his wife came to town about the first of the 19th century. Settled on the river farm now (1908) owned and occupied by Luther E. Chadbourne. He d. in town Sept., 1843. His wife, b. in 1774 (?), d. in town Nov. 20, 1810. But little is now known of the fam- ily, aside from the town record which is as follows: Children:
i. JOSIAH, JR., b. May 8, 1796.
ii. CALVIN, b. April 1, 1798. He evidently m. and lived in town, as the death list records the death of his wife and her child on the same day-May 15, 1845. He d. Aug. 26, 1866.
iii. HARRIET, b. April 27, 1800; m. Oct. 22, 1828, Albert Ellis of Clare- mont.
iv. HENRY, b. Aug. 27, 1803.
v. SALLY, b. Nov. 3, 1804; d. Aug. 24, 1864.
vi. KATHARINE, b. April 3, 1807.
vii. MARY M., b. April 14, 1809; m. 1843 (?), Silas Spaulding. Two children. (See Spaulding.)
viii. NATIIANIEL, b. Oct. 2, 1810.
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SHERBURNE.
SAMUEL MILLS SHERBURNE was b. July 8, 1824, in Conway. He was the son of Henry and Mehitable S. (Merrill) Sherburne, a direet descendant of Henry Sherburne who settled in Portsmouth in 1632. After living in Montpelier and Northfield, Vt., Hanover and Claremont, N. H., he came to Cornish in 1858. He had m. first, May 1, 1851, Mary A. Dewey of Northfield, b. in 1840. She d. Nov. 10, 1865. M. second, June 27, 1868, Jane L. Weld of Cornish, dau. of Willard and Alice (Luther) Weld, b. May 9, 1831. No children. D. April 11, 1896. He d. Jan. 19, 1900, in Orange, Mass., aged 73. Children, all by first wife: i. FRANCES M., b. Nov. 25, 1852, in Northfield, Vt .; m. Nov. 25, 1900, Daniel E. Joy, b. in Lubec, Me., son of Daniel and Martha (Phinney) Joy. Res. in Claremont in 1902.
ii. IDA GERTRUDE, b. July 4, 1857, in Hanover; d. April 29, 1859.
iii. CLARA BELL, b. Dec. 23, 1858, in Cornish; m. May 1, 1878, Chas.
N. Hilliard, formerly of Cornish, but now (1902) res. in Ilion, N. Y. Four children. (See Hilliard.)
iv. INEZ MEHITABLE, b. Nov. 5, 1868, in Cornish; m. Nov. 5, 1888, Arthur H. Haselton of Bellows Falls, Vt. Res. in Orange, Mass. Two children.
SISSON.
JOHN F. SISSON, son of Job Sisson, was b. in 1813, in Portsmouth, R. I. Was a carpenter and also a groceryman; m. Sept. 27, 1838, Emily A. Smith of Fall River, Mass., b. June 25, 1820, and d. July 20, 1907. In the spring of 1856, he, with his family, came to Cornish from Fall River and settled as a farmer on the Dea. John Chase farm. He d. the following winter on Jan. 10, 1857. His wid. remained on the place till her death. A few years after Mr. Sisson's death, she m. Erastus O. Cole and had children. (See Cole.) Children by J. F. Sisson, all b. in Fall River, Mass .:
i. SALLY F., b. July 7, 1839; d. July 26, 1839.
2. ii. WILLIAM HENRY, b. July 31, 1840.
3. iii. CHARLES B., b. Dec. 9, 1843.
iv. JOHN F., JR., b. Jan. 17, 1846; d. April 25, 1848.
v. LUCY A., b. Sept. 9, 1848; m. Nov. 30, 1865, Russell Tyler of Cor- nish. One child. (See Tyler.) She d. suddenly in Westfield' Mass., Nov. 17, 1891.
4. vi. ALFRED SMITH, b. Feb. 14, 1851.
vii. EMILY JANE, b. July 24, 1853; m. in 1873, D. Henry Raymond, formerly of So. Woodstock, Vt. She d. Feb. 21, 1874, by acei- dental shooting in So. Woodstock, while sporting with a pistol in her own hands.
2. WILLIAM HENRY3 SISSON (John F .? , Job1) was b. July 31, 1840; m. June 1, 1862, Louise S. Gates of Holyoke, Mass .; b. May 16, 1843, dau. of John
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and Hannah A. (Bean) Gates. He enlisted and served several years in the Civil War. (See Military Record.) After the war, he returned to Holyoke, Mass., and in 1870 eame to Cornish where he has since res. Has been honored by his townsmen in many ways; has been supervisor, town elerk, 1889-92. Represented the town in the legislature of 1890- 91. Was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention. Was county treasurer four years, and for several years has been justice of the peace and notary public and engaged in settling estates, while at the same time is actively engaged in harness-making and in the sale of stable and carriage goods. Child:
5. i. GEORGE HENRY, b. April 6, 1867.
3. CHARLES B.3 SISSON (John F.2, Job1) was b. Dec. 9, 1843. He enlisted in the Civil War. (See Military.) M. March 21, 1864, Lucy M. Cum- mings of Newport, dau. of Thomas and Mary (Davis) Cummings, b. Jan. 31, 1846. They lived chiefly in Keene, and Windsor, Vt. He was express agent in the latter place, where he d. Nov. 10, 1893. Chil- dren, both b. in Cornish:
i. ELIZABETH R., b. Aug. 21, 1866; m. Sept. 22, 1898, Theodore H. Dinkel. Lived in Tarrytown, N. Y. In 1910 they came to Cornish to live. Three children: 1. Christina Lucy, b. Nov. 25, 1900. 2. Theodore Hart, b. Aug. 27, 1902. 3. John Sis- son, b. Feb. 12, 1904.
ii. CORA G., b. June 14, 1868; m. July 6, 1892, Edwin Pease. They live in Winchester. Four children: 1. Malcom S., b. April 24, 1893. 2. Gladys Lucy, b. April 30, 1895; d. May 2, 1895. 3. DouglasS., b. March 28, 1900. 4. Dorothy, b. March 5, 1907.
4. ALFRED SMITH& SISSON (John F .? , Job1) was b. Feb. 14, 1851; m. first, in Dec., 1872, Mary Elizabeth Bryant of Cornish, dau. of George W. and Lydia (Shaw) Bryant, b. June 23, 1855. They were divorced after a few years. M. second, Dec. 5, 1894, Velzora E. Cummings of Plain- field, dau. of Joseph and Luella P. C. (Hebard) Cummings, b. March 28, 1873. Mr. Sisson lived on the homestead, dividing his time between farming and in the employ of his brother, William H. After the death of his mother he sold his farm and rem. to the Flat. Child by first wife and b. in Cornish:
i. KITTIE MAY, b. in 1874 (?); m. - -- Two children in 1906.
5. GEORGE HENRY SISSON (W'm. H .? , John F.2, Job1) was b. April 6, 1867, in Holyoke, Mass. Was employed in Windsor, Vt., a few years. M. June 12, 1889, Minnie A. Ladieu of Windsor, Vt. Was educated at Kimball Union Academy and University of Ill. Fitted for the ministry under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Has held pas- torates in So. Londonderry, Ludlow and Waterbury, Vt., Muncie, Ind., Uniontown and Rankin, Pa. Was for a while president of the Pitts- burg Ministerial Association. His health failing by reason of excessive
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labors, he retired from active pulpit and pastoral labors in 1909. Im- proving in health, the following year he was recalled to So. London- derry, Vt., where he first entered the ministry. Has received the honorary degrees of Ph. D. and D. D. Children, b. in Windsor, Vt .:
i. WALTER H., b. Oct. 10, 1890. A student in Kimball Union Academy (1910).
ii. LOUISE MAY, b. May 31, 1893.
SMITH. ICHABOD BRANCH.
It has been the aim of the genealogist to find if possible a common ancestor for every family name, so that each member of that family may know their place in the family tree, and the number of their generation from a known ancestor. With the name Smith it has been found impossi- ble to bring them all into such relationship, yet two or three branches of them can trace to a common ancestor. The monumental record of Ichabod Smith, Sr., antedates all other Smiths in town by a full gen- eration. He was b. in 1738 and d. in Cornish Jan. 26, 1814, aged 76. Esther, his wife, was b. in 1738 and d. in Cornish, Oct. 23, 1829, aged 91. Their children, so far as ascertained, were:
i. JOSEPH, b. 1760 (?), d. Nov. 28, 1855, aged 95. Jerusha, his wife, b. 1748; d. Nov. 18, 1835, aged 87. In 1790 his family consisted of himself and wife, a son and a daughter.
ii. BENJAMIN, b. 1764 (?).
2. iii. DAVID, b. 1764 (?).
3. iv. ICHABOD, JR., b. Dec. 9, 1771.
4. v. GIDEON, b. Nov. 6, 1773.
vi. LEMUEL, b. 1778. No record of m. He d. Jan. 28, 1814, aged 36.
2. DAVID? SMITH (Ichabod1) was b. about 1764, and d. in Cornish, July 4, 1801, aged 37. Lucy -, his wife, was b. in 1769, and d. June 7, 1850, aged 81. The date of their m. is unknown. In 1790 his family con- sisted of five persons, two males and three females. Children, as per town record:
i. REBECCA, b. Dec. 22, 1789; m. Nov. 12, 1818, Joseph Osgood of Barre, Vt.
ii. MOODY, b. Oct. 27, 1791; m. Feb. 26, 1818, Betty Comings of Cor- nish, dau. of Col. Benj. and Mary (Cooper) Comings, b. April 3, 1791, and d. Aug. 17, 1869. No children. He d. July 6, 1856.
iii. DAVID, JR., b. Dec. 22, 1793.
iv. MARSHALL, b. Oct. 17, 1795; d. Nov. 29, 1811.
v. BRIGHAM, b. Sept. 16, 1797.
vi. ALVAH, b. Aug. 8, 1799; d. Dec. 1, 1814.
vii. LUCY, b. May 22, 1801.
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3. ICHABOD2 SMITH (Ichabod1) was b. in Fitchburg, Mass., Dec. 9, 1771; m. first, Nov. 10, 1791, Anna Bruce, b. in Hopkinton, Mass., Dec. 22, 1766, and d. in Cornish, Nov. 26, 1837. It is not known when they came to town yet one record says they were m. here. He was a farmer and set- tled on the farm since owned and occupied by Harrison Leslie. He also built a sawmill on his farm and operated it a portion of each year. He m. second, Clara Preston, in 1838, in Windsor, Vt. She was b. in 1792, and d. Sept. 2, 1853. Children, all by first wife, and b. in Cornish:
5. i. HARVEY, b. June 19, 1793.
ii. ANNA, b. Feb. 29, 1795; m. Jan. 10, 1820, Samuel Luey. Five chil- dren. (See Luey.) She d. Jan. 12, 1860, in Concord.
6. iii. ICHABOD, b. May 17, 1797.
iv. ELISHA, b. in 1799, and d. in 1803.
V. ESTHER, b. Dec. 23, 1802. She never m. but lived on the homestead all her life. She was the genealogist of the family. She d. Feb. 13, 1865.
vi. MARY, b. Sept. 13, 1805; d. unm., Jan. 18, 1831.
4. GIDEON? SMITH (Ichabod1) was b. Nov. 6, 1773; m. - , Lucy - who was b. Sept. 13, 1773, and d. Oct. 16, 1822. He d. July 19, 1834. Children, as per town records:
i. APHIA, b. Oct. 28, 1792; m. Jesse Carter. No children. She d. April 11, 1876. Jesse d. March 22, 1875, aged 90.
ii. SUSAN, b. Aug. 8, 1794; d. March 12, 1811.
iii. LUCY, b. Sept. 8, 1796; d. March 2, 1811.
iv. GIDEON, JR., b. Sept. 15, 1798; d. July 6, 1803.
v. ELIZABETH PERKINS, 1ST, b. Sept. 26, 1800; d. June 26, 1803.
vi. ASENATH POTIPHERA, b. Jan. 1, 1803; d. Jan. 4, 1832.
vii. GIDEON WHITE, b. April 21, 1805.
viii. ELIZABETH PERKINS, 2D, b. July 25, 1808; d. March 1, 1811.
ix. PHEBE, b. July 24, 1810; d. April 1, 1811.
X. PASCHAL, b. Oct. 25, 1812.
5. HARVEY3 SMITH (Ichabod21) was b. June 19, 1793; m. Dec. 30, 1818, Hannah Johnson of Cornish, dau. of Jesse and Sarah (Harrington) Johnson, b. in 1798, and d. Oct. 2, 1869. He was a farmer and lived on the homestead near his father. He d. Nov. 18, 1862. Children, all b. in Cornish:
i. MARY A. ESTHER, b. June 26, 1820; m. Dec. 31, 1846, George W. Craigue. Lived in Concord. She d. March 14, 1908.
ii. CAROLINE ELIZABETII, b. Aug. 29, 1823; m. Feb. 28, 1870, Milton Ruggles of Windsor, Vt. He d. in 1882, since which time she has lived in Concord.
iii. HANNAII MARIA, b. Dec. 13, 1826; m. - , Sylvester Wood. She d. in Stoddard, in 1861.
7. iv. EDWIN HARVEY, b. March 9, 1829.
8. v. FORDYCE HARRINGTON, b. June 26, 1832.
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vi. CORNELIUS WORCESTER, b. Aug. 26, 1835; m. Oct. 10, 1872, Lillian West. Res. in Agawam, Mass. A carpenter. Two children:
1. Adelia May, b. Oct. 21, 1873; d. Aug. 27, 1896. 2. Walter B., b. Jan. 24, 1878.
vii. SARAH WHITNEY, b. July 18, 1838. She d. unm., in Manchester, Feb. 19, 1865.
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