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i. ANNA, b. 1783.
ii. MARTHA, b. Feb. 22, 1785; m. Peter Chase, Jr., of Cornish Nov. 28, 1810, and d. in Boseawen, Jan. 28, 1850. Five children. (See Chase.)
iii. JOB, b. --.
iv. EXPERIENCE, b. -; m. Dec. 10, 1810, Capt. Josiah Stone of Cor- nish. Seven children. (See Stone.) She d. Sept. 11, 1867.
V. ELIZABETH, b. Sept. 7, 1792; m. March 7, 1814, Joseph Chase of Cornish. Five children. (See Chase.) She d. March 16, 1884.
vi. MARY HALL, b. -; m. Dec. 7, 1818, Sanford Young of Cornish. Eight children. (See Young.) She d. Dec. 18, 1866.
vii. WILLIAM CHIASE, b. -.
viii. HANNAII, b. -
ix. AMos, b. -.
STONE.
DEA. JOSIAH STONE was one of the pioneer settlers of Cornish. He was b. Feb. 17, 1750, in Brookfield, Mass., and came to Cornish about the year 1777. Settled in the north central part of the town, where his sur- roundings were an almost unbroken wilderness. This he made his per- manent home the remainder of his life. He mn. first, March 6, 1777, Hannah Weld of Sturbridge, Mass., dau. of Moses and Elizabeth (Hol- brook) Weld, b. Sept. 25, 1754, and d. in Cornish, Oct. 26, 1794; m. second, June 3, 1795, Margarett Williams, b. in 1753, d. June 20, 1826. He d. May 24, 1833. Had eight children, all by first marriage, and b. in Cornish.
i. MOSES, b. Feb. 2, 1778; d. young.
2. ii. WALTER, b. Oct. 5, 1780.
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iii. SARAH A., b. Nov. 21, 1782; m. Dec. 10, 1804, Nathaniel Huggins of Cornish. Had twelve children. (See Huggins.) She d. July 2, 1850, her husband dying the same day.
iv. CHESTER, b. Feb. 6, 1785; d. Nov., 1786.
V. HANNAH, b. Aug. 5, 1787. Never m .; d. July 6, 1863, in Rochester, Vt.
3. vi. JOSIAH, b. Dec. 3, 1789.
vii. ALMIRA, b. Sept. 2, 1792; m. Feb. 11, 1817, Thomas Coburn. She d. Jan. 6, 1869, in Potsdam, N. Y. Four children.
viii. CHESTER, b. Oct. 16, 1794; m. Feb. 22, 1819, Anna Whittlesey, b. May 28, 1795, in Litchfield, Conn., and d. April 2, 1858, in Franklin. She was dau. of Newton Whittlesey of Cornish. When but fif- teen years of age he engaged with a wholesale grocery store in Boston for about three years, and then returned to Cornish to the store of Newton Whittlesey, Esq., where he remained as clerk till 1824. Then he rem. to Weathersfield, Vt., and was in trade by himself nineteen years, and then rem. to Franklin, where he was associated in trade with his son (Edwin C., who d. in Nov., 1904) till his death Jan. 23, 1872. In religious life, he was firm in the Trinitarian faith and consistent in life. Was Dea. and Sunday school Supt. a great part of his life. While liv- ing in Cornish they had a dau. b. to them Oct. 1, 1820, Susan Whittlesey Stone. They had other children.
2. WALTER? STONE (Josiah1) b. in Cornish Oct. 5, 1780; m. Nov. 16, 1806, Nancy M. Dexter of Claremont, b. March 9, 1791; d. June 29, 1869. He d. Aug. 27, 1863, aged 82. Lived many years on Cornish Flat. Was a harness, trunk and saddle maker. They rem. to Webster, Mass., about -, where they d. Children:
4. i. GEORGE DEXTER, b. April 23, 1808.
ii. NANCY MALINDA, b. July 28, 1809; m. Albert Fisher; d. Feb. 11, 1848, at Claremont.
iii. WALTER, JR., b. Nov. 29, 1810; d. June 28, 1811.
iv. WALTER WELD, b. April 10, 1812; d. Aug. 28, 1897, in Beaver Oaks, Mich., aged 85.
v. WILLIAM HARRISON, b. April 7, 1814; m. Aug. 13, 1838, Nancy Plaistridge of Cornish, dau. of Caleb and Susannah (Luey) Plaistridge, b. March 31, 1818; d. Dec. 1, 1891. He d. Aug. 3, 1878. Res. Danville, Vt.
vi. STEPHEN DEXTER, b. in Cornish, March 12, 1816; m. - , Mary B. Silloway of Plainfield. He res. several years in Cornish, and then rem. to Meriden, where he spent the rest of his life. Fe d. Nov. 16, 1901. His wife d. -. Had two children: 1. Mary Abby, b. Aug. 3, 1841, m. - , W. H. Clough and 2. Lizzie S., b. July 30, 1847, mn. July 3, 1870, J. L. Stickney of Meriden. At Meriden, Mr. Stone held inany town offices: treasurer, col- lector of taxes, was Dea. of the Baptist Church there many years,
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and it is said that he was not absent from church communion for over thirty years. In all his relations he was honest, reliable and social.
vii. HARRIET ALMIRA, b. Feb. 4, 1818; m. - , - Thornton; d. at Ypsilanti, Mich., Jan. 3, 1897, aged 80.
viii. MARY ANN, b. May 27, 1820; d. July 8, 1840.
ix. CHESTER HUBBARD, b. July 25, 1822. Left Cornish in 1843, for Weathersfield, Vt., where he m. July 1, 1846, Mary H. Rum- rill. Settled and spent their lives in Springfield, Vt. His wife d. Oct. 16, 1904. He d. Sept. 25, 1907. They had seven chil- dren: 1. Jennie A., b. Sept. 17, 1848. 2. James E., b. Oct. 27, 1850. 3. Charles W., b. July 31, 1853. 4. S. Ellen, b. June 8, 1855. 5. Mary F., b. Aug. 1, 1857. 6. Emma M., b. July 27, 1859. 7. George E., b. May 8, 1861. All living in 1907.
3. CAPT. JOSIAH2 STONE (Dea. Josiah1) b. Dec. 10, 1789. On the day of his majority (Dec. 10, 1810) he m. Experience Stevens, dau. of Job and Elizabeth (Chase) Stevens of Plainfield. (Mr. Stevens' father was great-grandson of the Secretary of Charles the First, king of England, and who emigrated to Plainfield, in 1765; who with others had obtained a charter of the township of Plainfield, and settled on a large farm on the Connecticut river, midway between Cornish and Lebanon.) Mr. Stone was a farmer, a man of sterling integrity and was a Capt. of a company of the State Militia for several years. He d. March 20, 1865. His wife d. Sept. 11, 1867. Children, all b. in Cornish :
i. SAMUEL WILLARD, b. Oct. 6, 1811. Educated in the district schools of Cornish and at Kimball Union Academy. Taught school and engaged in mercantile work in Vt. and N. H. till 1845, when he went west in the same business. In 1869, he rem. to Topeka, Kan., where he opened a music store. Was prominent in musi- cal circles, and author of a number of popular songs, among them, "Wait for the Wagon." His later years were devoted to insurance business. His jovial good nature made him many friends. The parish records of Grace Church, kept by his hand, witness many years of good service as clerk and vestry- man. He was twice m. He d. in Topeka, Jan. 31, 1897.
ii. FLORILLA ELIZA, b. Sept. 22, 1813; m. Nov. 22, 1836, Daniel Rix of Royalton, Vt. Four children. She d. - in Utica, N. Y.
iii. SYLVESTER STEVENS, b. Nov. 12, 1815. His chronicler says of him, "that from early boyhood he seemed to take a special interest in responding with joyous good nature to the wants of his par- ents." He m. Oet. 18, 1841, Mary Huggins of Cornish, dau. of Joseph and Hannah (Bingham) Huggins, b. Jan. 23, 1817; d. Sept. 10, 1868. After his m. he lived a few years in Cornish, then a few years in Boston and also in Ill. After this he rem. to Topeka, Kan., and engaged in real estate and insurance busi- ness until his death, Feb., 1893. No children.
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iv. WILLIAM ALANSON, b. Nov. 21, 1817. Spent his early years in the loving parental home, where mind sharpened mind and heart responded to heart in common sympathies, worthy objects and exalted aims. A near neighbor, Col. James Ripley, having no children of his own, sought the services of William soon after he entered his teens, and so he left his own happy home and made another with Mr. Ripley until nearly twenty years of age, when
WILLIAM ALANSON STONE.
a strong desire for an education seized him. He entered Kim- ball Union Academy in 1837, graduated in class of 1840; Dartmouth College in class of 1844. During all the years of his studies, he taught schools, and after his collegiate course he became principal of Hill Academy, 1844-45; teacher, Middle- bury, Ohio, 1845-47. Returning east, he continued his chosen profession for nearly twenty-five years as principal of academics and high schools in the towns of Abington, Winchester and
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Woburn, Mass. In 1872, he gave up teaching and has since given his time largely to insurance and investments, brokerage, etc. Hem. Sept. 1, 1847, Emily M. Sumner of Middlebury, Ohio. They have had five children, all b. in Woburn, Mass. "He was one of Nature's truest noblemen." He d. Nov. 7, 1910, in Cliftondale, Mass.
V. JOSIAII FRANKLIN, b. Oct. 16, 1822; m. - , Malvina Clark. He d. Feb. 2, 1881. (See sketch.)
vi. MARY CLEORA, b. Dec. 23, 1827; m. Jan. 1, 1850, David Sidney Richardson of Cornish. She d. July 3, 1904. (See sketch.)
vii. MARTHA EXPERIENCE, b. Jan. 21, 1831. Educated at Kimball Union Academy and also at Royalton Academy where she grad- uated with the highest honors. She m. - , Edward P. Stone of Montpelier, Vt., the principal of the Academy. In 1856 they went to North Carolina as teachers in the Franklinton Institute which was then in charge of Prof. and Mrs. D. S. Richardson. Soon after a malignant fever fell upon the community and school, and she became one of the many vietims, thus cutting short a life of great promise. She d. Sept. 2, 1856. Her biogra- pher says: "A brilliant scholar and the loveliest of women, she endeared herself to all, displaying those charming qualities we all love, and those varied abilities we all admire. She died on one beautiful Sunday morning in the arms of her heart- broken husband, while with sweet, almost inaudible strain she was singing-
" 'Day of all the week the best, Emblem of eternal rest.' "
4. GEORGE DEXTER3 STONE (Walter?, Josiah1) b. April 23, 1808; m. July 30, 1832, Mary Ann Russell of Danville, Vt., dau. of Jethro and Russell, b. July 22, 1812, d. -. He d. Oct. 11, 1886, in Unity. Children :
i. ALVIN B., b. March 11, 1833; d. March 12, 1833.
ii. ALVIN BENJAMIN, b. Nov. 28, 1834, in Danville, Vt. Lived several years in Cornish and then rem. and settled on a farm in Clare- mont. A stirring, energetic farmer. He m. April 6, 1854, Miranda Jane Keyes, b. at Conway, June 2, 1837. She d. May 25, 1883. They had twelve children. He d. Dec. 7, 1905.
iii. HARRIET, b. Nov. 15, 1835; d. Dec. 3, 1835.
iv. HARRIET L., b. Nov. 27, 1836; d. - ("thirty years ago").
v. ORA ANGELINE, b. Feb. 3, 1839; m. first, -- , Baron S. Noyes of Claremont. One child. Divorced; m. second, -, Edward Haines.
vi. HENRY A., b. March 7, 1841; d. the same day.
vii. AMANDA ALMIRA, b. March 27, 1842; m. - , George Pike.
viii. CORNELIUS HATHAWAY, b. June 27, 1844; d. 1901. He was a sol- dier in the Civil War and lost a leg.
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ix. SAMUEL HARVEY, b. Dee. 9, 1846.
X. HENRY H., b. Dec. 17, 1849.
xi. CHARLES F., b. Nov. 5, 1851; d. same day.
HIRAM STONE, of no known relation to the other families, was b. in So. Berwick, Me., Aug. 19, 1823. Coming to N. H. about 1845, he assisted in build- ing the railroad bridge at W. R. Junetion and other works on the rail- road. He was stone mason. He m. Dec., 1848, Lydia J. Butman of Enfield, dau. of Amos and Mariam (Heath) Butman. Came to Cor- nish about 1850. Lived some years near Cornish "City," afterwards near and east of the "Flat." He enlisted Aug. 22, 1862, in Co. I, 14th Regt., N. H. Vols., and d. in the service Oct. 6, 1864, at Washington, D. C. His remains were sent to Cornish for burial. Lydia, his wid., d. Jan. 27, 1870. Children, all b. in Cornish:
i. THOMAS H., b. March 9, 1850; m. Jan. 1, 1881, Julia Ward of E. Leb- anon where they res.
ii. CHARLES F., b. Sept. 21, 1851; m. May 31, 1896 (June 2, town record) L. Carrie Nichols of Lebanon. Res. in Cornish.
iii. AMOS B., b. Feb. 21, 1854; m. Dee. 28, 1898, Ella V. Walker of Croy- don, dau. of Sylvester G. and Ellen (Winter) Walker. He d. May 7, 1900.
iv. NANCY J., b. Nov. 6, 1855; m. Jan. 23, 1873, B. F. Fellows of Lebanon, where they res.
v. MIRIAM B., b. April 6, 1858; m. March 26, 1883, Clarence C. Moore of Enfield. Res. E. Lebanon.
vi. REUBEN L., b. March 14, 1860; m. Oet. 22, 1882, Josie M. Walker of Croydon, sister of his brother Amos' wife. She d. Nov. 15, 1895. Res. Croydon. He d. June 11, 1897.
vii. PHEBE A., b. June 25, 1862; d. April 1, 1864.
ABEL STONE with Lydia Whittaker, his wife, were a Plainfield family. Their descendants many times became so allied to Cornish families that the preservation of their full record seems justifiable. He was b. April 20, 1742. Lydia was b. Oct. 13, 1740, and d. April 3, 1812. He d. June 15, 1835. After Lydia's death, he m. second, Patience -. Chil- dren by Lydia:
i. BETSEY, b. Dec. 25, 1763; m. - , Luke - -. She d. Jan. 27, 1854.
ii. ABEL, JR., b March S, 1765; m. - , Mercy Kenyon, dau. of Joseph and Catharine (Enos) Kenyon, b. March 29, 1765, and d. July 15, 1848. He d. Oet. 23, 1848.
iii. LEVI, b. Aug. 12, 1766. Had a son Wyman, b. July 7, 1794, who m. Amy Pierce and d. Aug. 10, 1875. Amy d. April 25, 1881. Levi d. June 5, 1803.
2. iv. DAVID, b. April 29, 1768.
v. OLIVER, b. March 25, 1770; d. April 12, 1813.
vi. Lucy, b. July 4, 1771; d. April 7, 1776.
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vii. ELI, b. Sept. 2, 1774; d. Oct. 29, 1856.
viii. HANNANI, b. Sept. 4, 1775; d. Nov. 25, 1845.
ix. LUCY, 2D, b. April 9, 1776; d. Sept. 16, 1812.
x. ENOCH, twin, b. Jan. 12, 1779; d. Jan. 10, 1801.
xi. ENos, twin, b. Jan. 12, 1779; d. June 1, 1843. His wife d. Dec. 1, 1855.
xii. JOHN, b. Jan. 22, 1781; d. Nov. 6, 1857.
xiii. GILBERT, b. Aug. 26, 1782; d. April 9, 1785.
Child by last wife:
xiv. PHILENDA MARIA, b. Nov. 15, 1816.
2. DAVID2 STONE (Abeli) b. April 29, 1768; m. - , Ruth Kenyon, dau. of Joseph and Catharine (Enos) Kenyon, b. Sept. S, 1774; d. March 8, 1859. He d. Nov. 3, 1861. Children:
i. POLLY, b. Jan. 30, 1796; m. - , Andrew Fitch of Cornish. Ten children. (See Fitch.) She d. Jan. 22, 1843.
ii. CLARISSA, b. March 5, 1797; m. - , Calvin Spaulding. Two chil- dren: 1. Emeline, b. Feb. 21, 1821; m. - Evans and d. at St. Albans, Vt., Aug. 20, 1856. 2. Henry C., b. July 10, 1830; d. March 24, 1861, at Lebanon. Clarissa d. Aug. 13, 1832.
iii. SOPHIA, b. Aug. 24, 1800; m. - , Harry Chapman of Cornish. Five children. (See Chapman.) She d. June 3, 1887.
iv. ANGELINE, b. Dec. 9, 1802; m. Aug. 17, 1828, Philo Norris. Two children. (See Norris.) She d. Sept. 27, 1885.
v. HIRAM, b. May 15, 1804; d. Jan. 10, 1892.
vi. AURILLA, b. May 24, 1806; m. - , Lyman Smith, who d. March 17, 1887. She d. April 28, 1894.
3. vii. SOLOMON, b. Nov. 6, 1811.
viii. DAVID HENRY, b. Aug. 20, 1815; m. first, Augusta Holmes. Two children. M. second, Julia Holmes and had three children. M. third, Mrs. Laura (Emmons) Sylvester. He d. April 6, 1899.
3. SOLOMON STONE, the son of David and Ruth (Kenyon) Stone was b. in Plainfield, Nov. 6, 1811; m. Nov. 6, 1833, Betsey Fidelia Reed of Cor- nish, dau. of Septimus and Betsey (Chapman) Reed, b. June 11, 1813, and d. Oct. 2, 1898. He d. Jan. 12, 1892. Children :
i. DIANTIMIA JANE, b. June 30, 1834; m. first, April 8, 1856, Franklin S. Bartlett. Two children: 1. Effie J., b. May 18, 1857; m. Jan. 19, 1881, Charles W. Boyd. 2. Hattie E., b. Aug. 14, 1859; m. Nov. 5, 1878, Lucius W. Small. Mr. Bartlett d. April 6, 1864; m. second, Oct. 7, 1874, Sumner T. Pierce. She d. Aug. 27, 1893.
ii. MARTHA ROSELLA, b. March 24, 1836; m. June 15, 1858, William E. Chadbourne of Cornish. Six children. (See Chadbourne.)
iii. LUCIA S., b. Sept. 21, 1837; d. June 15, 1810.
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iv. LUCIUS CUTLER, b. April 30, 1841; m. Feb. 1, 1869, Isabel M. Chap- man of Cornish, dau. of Levi and Alice (Squires) Chapman, b. Jan. 27, 1845. No children. He d. March 25, 1895.
V. LUTHER S., b. June 19, 1844; d. July 7, 1863, in New Orleans. En- listed in Civil War and d. in the service.
vi. CLARA JULIETTE, b. March 27, 1855; m. June 13, 1878, Daniel C. Westgate. Two children, daus .: 1. Mary E., b. Nov. 27, 1879; m. Aug. 5, 1903, Harold Chellis of Meriden. 2. Bessie S., b. Oct. 15, 1883.
LEVI FREEMAN STONE, son of Wyman and Amy (Pierce) Stone was b. Oct. 8, 1830. Came from Meriden to the Flat about 1860. He had m. Aug. 4, 1851, Adalaide Marcia Bishop of Windsor, dau. of Lyman and Margaret (Conant) Bishop, b. May 1, 1834. He was a painter and paper-hanger. He d. Nov. 28, 1879. The circumstances connected with his death have ever been shrouded in mystery, as he was found in a dazed con- dition, unable to give an intelligent account of himself, with a severe contusion upon the back of his head and with a broken skull, from the effects of which he soon d. His wife d. May 31, 1910. Children, all b. in Cornish except first two:
i. BYRON HUBERT, b. Dec. 18, 1854, in Rockingham, Vt .; m. Dec. 15, 1881, Clara A. Martin of Springfield, Vt. One child. He d. Feb. 2, 1884.
ii. MARY MAZELLA, b. Feb. 4, 1858, in Meriden (?), N. HI .; m. April 26, 1878, Marshall M. Howard of Cornish. Five children. (See Howard.)
iii. WILLIAM F., b. Oct. 10, 1862; m. Oct. 10, 1883, Carrie M. Litch- field of Springfield, Vt., where they res. No children.
iv. A daughter, b. Nov. 4, 1863, and d. young, unnamed.
v. KITTIE LOUISE, b. Nov. 14, 1865; unm. in 1904.
vi. FRANK WARREN, b. March 4, 1867; m. - , Julia Merritt. Two children.
vii. CHARLES HARDY, b. Oct. S, 1872; m. July 23, 1894, Ella Knights of Springfield, Vt. One child: Ruth May, b. March 14, 1895.
STOWELL.
This family was early implanted in New England, and from that point has spread through the country, and its representatives are especially numerous in the northern portion of it. It has had many honorable representatives who have been conspicuous in public life and have done credit to the name.
SAMUEL1 STOWELL (or Stoel, as then spelled) was the emigrant ancestor who came from Norfolk Co., Eng., to Hingham, Mass., in 1647. Two years afterwards he m. Mary Farrow and they had eleven children.
DAVID2 STOWELL, son of Samuel, m. April 7, 1675, Mary Stedman. They had six children and lived in Cambridge and Newton, Mass.
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DAVID3 STOWELL, son of David?, m. first, Elizabeth Hammond; second, Pa- tience Hammond; third, Mary Dilloway, and had several children.
ISAAC+ STOWELL, son of Davids and Mary Dilloway, was b. Oct. 6, 1739, in Pomfret, Conn .; m. first, in Willington, Conn., Feb. 9, 1758, Phebe Root; m. second, in Rockingham, Vt., Nov. 15, 1783, Sally Emerson.
EBENEZERS STOWELL, son of Isaacs and Phebe (Root) Stowell, was b. Dec. 14, 1758, in Willington, Conn .; m. in Rockingham, Vt., May 31, 1781, Pamelia Whitney. He served in the Revolutionary War for some time and then came and settled on the west side of Grantham mountain which was afterwards annexed to Cornish. He d. April 27, 1837. Pamelia d. Aug. 4, 1848. Their children were:
i. EBENEZER, JR., b. -
ii. EZRA, b. --; m. - , Clarissa -, who d. Jan. 26, 1822, aged 28.
iii. ISRAEL, b. -
iv. ELIAS, b. - -.
v. IRA, b. -; m. Oct. 4, 1814, Eunice Coburn of Cornish, dau. of Merrill and Abigail Coburn, b. April 23, 1790.
2. vi. CALVIN, b. -.
3. vii. AMASA, b. - , 1795.
viii. SELINDA, b. -; m. - , Oliver Burr of Grantham (now Cornish) She had twelve children. (See Burr.) She d. -.
2. CALVIN6 STOWELL (Ebenezers, Corneliuss, Samuels, David2, Samueli) was b. -; d. Sept. 25, 1847. He m. - , Pamelia Bickford of Hopkinton, b. - , d. Feb. 6, 1855, aged 53. Children, all supposed to have been born in Grantham (now Cornish):
i. ALBERT, b. Jan. 6, 1820; m. Dec. 19, 1849, Louisa W. Pillsbury. Two children. A farmer and lived in E. Unity. He d. Nov. 29, 1892.
ii. HARRIET, b. Nov. 27, 1822; m. June 17, 1846, John Gove of Plain- field. Two daus. She d. -.
iii. MARIA, twin with the last; m. Francis Newton, then of Cornish. children. She was instantly killed by being thrown from a carriage.
iv. ALFRED, b. Sept. 18, 1826; m. first, Caroline Dutton of W. Enfield. She d. March 23, 1860; m. second, June 20, 1861, Janette Frances Eastman of Lebanon, b. Oct. 25, 1829. No children by either wife. Mr. Stowell was a teamster and tin peddler. He d. April 4, 1892.
v. AMBROSE, b. Oct. 14, 1828; m. - , Julia Ann Flanders of Warner. Three children, one at least b. in town in July, 1859 (a son). They separated. He went west and m. again.
vi.
EDWIN, b. June 10, 1834; m. first, -, Naomi Moody of Andover. After her death in -, m. second, -, Anna Price of Boston. Lived in Unity. He was postmaster there several years. Had one dau. He d. June 28, 1904.
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vii. SYLVANUS B., b. June 20, 1837. He was a soldier serving in the Civil War; m. first, Oct. 4, 1864, Hannah M. Stowell. Two sons. She d. Aug. 8, 1873; m. second, March 29, 1874, Nettie A. Boynton. Two children also by this m. A farmer; res. Unity. Living in 1906.
3. AMASA6 STOWELL (Ebenezers, Cornelius4, Samuel:, David?, Samueli) was b. in 1795 in Cornish (then Grantham). He m. in 1817, Betsey Spaulding, dau. of Abel and Elizabeth (Chase) Spaulding, b. in Cornish Aug. 28, 1796, and d. Nov. 7, 1854. He d. --. Children, all b. in Cornish (then Grantham):
i. SYLVESTER F., b. Feb. 24, 1819; m. first, Silvia Thrasher, dau. of John and Betsey (Walker) Thrasher, b. Nov. 2, 1811, and d. in Sept., 1851, leaving one child, Elizabeth; m. second, Dorothy M. Thrasher, sister of his former wife, b. Dec. 12, 1827. He d. May 28, 1905, in Unity.
ii. WHITNEY S., b. Sept. 2, 1820; m. first, Hannah McCoy; m. sec- ond, Lucinda Bagg; m. third, Harriet Brown; m. fourth, Mary E. Flint. Had a dau. by each of first two wives, two children by third wife and two by last wife. He d. Jan. 9, 1893. iii. LUCINDA N., b. April 29, 1822; m. June 12, 1842, Albert G. Harlow of Springfield, Vt. She d.
iv. JOSEPH, b. April 10, 1824; m. first, Oct. 15, 1849, Jane Nesmith who d. June 26, 1852, aged 29. They lost one child, dying in infancy. M. second, March 16, 1854, Marion Dickey, who d. Dec. 22, 1892. Lived in Lawrence, Mass., was in the livery and carriage business. He d. Feb. 8, 1900. Children: 1. Frank E., b. Sept. 4, 1857. 2. Hattie E., b. Jan. 3, 1860. 3. Orville L. F., b. Feb. 20, 1863.
V. MARTHA C., b. Jan. 8, 1826; m. --- Goodwin. One son, Henry, b. Dec. 14, 1847. She d. April 25, 1851, aged 25.
vi. EVALINE L., b. Sept. 16, 1827; m. Jan. 3, 1856, George W. Hewey of Springfield, Vt. Three children.
vii. DEWITT CLINTON, b. Oct. 8, 1830. He m. --; d. May 2, 1866. Had two daus .: 1. Ida, b. Feb. 17, 1869; d. April 17, 1888. 2. Elva S. D., b. March 27, 1859.
viii. CAROLINE M., b. Oct. 14, 1832; m. first, Albert G. Harlow, the wid. of her deceased sister. He was killed by accidental shooting. One son, Frank S., b. Feb. 18, 1857. She m. second, Calvin Adams of Springfield, Vt. She d. in 1895.
ix. GEORGE HENRY, b. Oct. 28, 1835. (See sketch.)
x. AUSTIN S., b. in Sept., 1838; m. -- , and had one son, Fred. Mr. Stowell was in business with his brother Joseph.
STUART.
WENTWORTH STUART, son of Wentworth Stuart, was b. Jan. 19, 1820, in Raymond, Me. He finally became a res. of Windsor, Vt., where he was a
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successful tailor. He was twice m. His last wife whom he m. April 4, 1877, was Mrs. Esther B. (Prescott) Downer. They came to Cornish to live in the spring of 1886, settling as a farmer on the place formerly owned and occupied by Dr. Samuel Hardy, where he d. Aug. 9, 1900. His wid. d. May 22, 1904. They had one child:
1. WENTWORTH, JR., b. - , in Windsor, Vt. He m. Dec. 13, 1900, Sadie E. Chase of Cornish, dau. of Joseph S. and Hattie (York) Chase, b. Jan. 23, 1884. Soon after the death of the father, the Hardy farm was sold and the family purchased the Rich farm and occupied it a few years. Here the mother d. when the young man with his family rem. to Windsor, Vt., where he entered the employ of - - Kennedy, as gardener. They had several children:
i. WENTWORTH, JR., b. March 28, 1902. d. -.
ii. EDMUND T., b. July 19, 1903.
iii. WENTWORTH, 2D, b. Sept. 15, 1904.
STURTEVANT.
1. JOB STURTEVANT came from - to Cornish about 1782. He m. Lucy -, b. in 1766, in -. They settled on a farın in the southwestern part of the town near Claremont line but lived some in other places. Children :
i. ABEL, b. Oct. 5, 1783, in Cornish. Went to Claremont.
ii. MOLLY, b. Dec. 15, 1785, in Claremont.
iii. MICAH B., b. Sept. 23, 1788, in Claremont ; d. Nov. 23, 1789.
2. iv. NAHUM, b. Feb. 7, 1791.
ZADOCK, b. Feb. 2, 1794, in Hartland, Vt .; m. - , Mary
V. A dau. of theirs, Lucy M., d. July 31, 1827, aged 3 years, 12 days.
vi. CHARLES, b. June 26, 1796.
3. vii. JOB, b. Dec. 15, 1798.
viii. MATILDA, b. Sept. 23, 1803; d. Dec. 19, 1804.
2. NAHUM2 STURTEVANT (Job1) was b. Feb. 7, 1791, in Hartland, Vt .; m. first, Oct. 6, 1812, Sarah Chase of Cornish, dau. of Peter and Sarah (Cady) Chase, b. March 2, 1783, and d. March 16, 1836; m. second, Dec. 4, 1836, Mrs. Lucinda (Leet) Thomas, dau. of Benjamin Leet of Claremont, b. -; d. -; he d. Sept. 22, 1845. Child by Sarah Chase:
4. i. NAHUM CHASE, b. Aug. 30, 1816. Child by Lucinda Thomas:
ii. SARANI C., b. Aug. 17, 1837, in Cornish; m. - , Elbridge H. Smith. She d. Dec. 29, 1862.
3. JOB2 STURTEVANT (Job1) was b. Dec. 15, 1798, in Cornish. He m. Aug. 1, 1822, Lydia S. Smith. He was a farmer and continued on the home
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of his father where he d. Oct. S, 1881. His wife d. July 16, 1880, aged 84. Children, b. in Cornish:
i. GEORGE FREDERICK, b. Jan. 17, 1823; m. March 11, 1846, Elizabeth Shally.
ii. HIRAM SMITH, b. Sept. 24, 1824. He d. Nov. 4, 1904.
iii. LUCIA ROSINA, b. Dec. 15, 1828; m. - , d. in 1905.
iv. LUTHERA ELIZA, b. Dec. 31, 1830.
v. HANNAH ELIZABETH, b. July 23, 1833.
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