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GENEALOGIES.
i. MERCY, b. at Portsmouth May 17, 1769.
ii. SAMUEL, b. at Portsmouth June 17, 1771.
iii. HANNAH, b. in Cornish Sept. 7, 1773.
iv. JOHN, JR., b. in Cornish July 19, 1775; m. - , Eleanor Langdon, b. Oct. 7, 1777, and d. May 31, 1841.
v. ELEANOR, twin, b. in Cornish Oct. 4, 1777; m. 1795 (or 96), Nathaniel Johnson of Cornish. Nine children. (See Johnson.) She d. May 31, 1841.
vi. ANNA, twin, b. in Cornish Oct. 4, 1777; m. March 13, 1806, Nathan Bingham. (There is no record on stone of the death of any of the name in town.)
We add the following names: (They may have been children of the above family.)
Joseph Whitten; m. Dec. 5, 1805, Eleanor Taylor, dau. of Joseph Taylor of Cornish.
Sarah Whitten of Cornish; m. Henry Myers of Huntsbury, Vt., Jan. 17, 1803. Elizabeth Whitten of Cornish; m. Feb. 23, 1804, Ede Johnson of Cornish.
Rachell Whitten of Cornish; m. Nov. 6, 1823, Loring Thompson.
WHITTLESEY.
NEWTON WHITTLESEY was b. Oct. 31, 1777, in Litchfield or Wallingford, Conn. Came to Cornish when a young man. Served as clerk in the store of Daniel Chase, and later was in trade several years by himself. M. first, July 4, 1800, Esther Robbins, of Canaan, Conn., b. Jan. 29, 1777, and d. April 15, 1818; m. second, May 15, 1821, Maria Swift Mills of Sutton, Mass., dau. of Rev. Edmund and Abigail (Moore) Packard Mills, b. Dec. 2, 1794, d. Sept., 1894, in Raleigh, N. C. Mr. Whit- tlesey d. in Claremont May 23, 1844. He was a man of great business capacity. It was often said of him that he seldom, if ever, made mistakes in any mathematical reckoning. He represented the town in the legislatures of 1816, 1817, 1818, and 1819. Children:
i. ANNA, b. May 28, 1795 (?), in Litchfield, Conn .; m. Feb. 22, 1819 (23, 1820, town record), Chester Stone of Cornish. One child: Susan Whittlesey, b. Oct. 1, 1820. (See Stone.) Anna d. April 2, 1858. She may have had other children. (This rec- ord of Anna is evidently wrong on comparing dates, yet this is the record as received.)
ii. MARY LYDIA, b. June 7, 1801; m. Nov. 18, 1839, Philander C. Hug- gins of Cornish, a clerk in her father's store. Rem. to Bunker Hill, Ill., where she d. Nov. 11, 1845. No children.
iii. ESTHER MILLS, b. Jan. 30, 1805; m. Aug. 30, 1824, Israel Newell, A.M., Principal of Kimball Union Academy 15 years. No children. She d. May 14, 1873, in Minneapolis, Minn. Mr. Newell was b. April 5, 1794, and d. Feb. 9, 1846, in Durham, Me. iv. LUCY ANN, b. Oct. 13, 1806, in Claremont. Never m .; d. May 28, 1842.
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V. CAROLINE HALE, b. May 13, 1809; m. Sept., 1830, William H. Cheney of Newport. She d. Feb. 9, 1872, in Rochester, N. Y. Two children.
Children by Maria S. Mills:
vi. HELEN MARIA, b. Nov. 28, 1823; m. Aug. 23, 1849, Samuel J. Stevens of Claremont. She d. Dec. 5, 1896, in Raleigh, N. C.
vii. HENRY NEWTON, b. Sept. 25, 1827; m. March 16, 1854, Anna Caro- line Foule. He d. Feb. 12, 1858.
WILLIAM WHITTLESEY, a brother of Newton Whittlesey, was b. July 28, 1788, in Litehfield, Conn .; and d. in Auburndale, Mass., Sept. 28, 1855. Was cashier of the Millbury (Mass.) bank for several years. After this he came to Cornish and joined his brother in business at the Flat, and also lived down near the river. He m. Oct. 27, 1815, Abbie Moore Mills, a sister of his brother Newton's wife, b. in Sutton, Mass., May 16, 1793, and d. in Boston April 3, 1864. Children, supposed to have been b. in Cornish:
i. HARRIET MARIA, b. Sept. 18, 1816; d. Oct. 20, 1864, in Boston.
ii. SARAH JANE, b. March 2, 1819; d. Sept. 29, 1820.
iii. WILLIAM MILLS, b. Feb. 28, 1821; m. Nov. 28, 1849, Susan M. Blod- gett. He d. Dec. 16, 1863, at Fort Edward, Wis.
iv. LEWIS ALFRED, b. Oct. 15, 1826; d. June 23, 1848, at Westboro, Mass.
v. ELLEN, b. Oct. 16, 1834.
WICKWIRE.
SAMUEL WICKWIRE, b. -; d. Oct., 1827. Lueretia -, his wife, was b. in 1740, and d. Dec. 24, 1815, aged 75. So far as can be ascertained they had but one child: Lucretia, who was b. in 1772, and d. in Cornish Feb. 18, 1845, aged 73. Their home was near the present school house in Division Eleven.
WILEY.
FRANK D. WILEY, b. in Langdon July 17, 1855. Res. several years on the Joshua Wyman farm as a farmer, then rem. to Claremont and went into the livery business. He m. Jan. 25, 1881, Lizzie M. Cole of Cornish, dau. of Capt. Seth and Maria (Raynsford) Cole, b. Aug. 6, 1757; d. May 30, 1897, in Claremont. Children:
i. MARY E., b. April 17, 1882, in Cornish.
ii. FITCH R., b. April 26, 1887, in Cornish.
iii. HARRY A., b. Sept. 4, 1889, in Cornish.
iv. GEORGE E., b. Nov. 3, 1891, in Claremont ; d. Aug. 12, 1894.
v. Infant dau., b. Feb. 8, 1894, in Claremont; d. Feb. 11, 1894.
vi. LoIs M., b. Jan. 27, 1897, in Claremont.
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WILLIAMS.
SAMUEL WILLIAMS, with Lois, his wife, lived in Dublin, and had several children. We have been unable to obtain a complete record of the fam- ily. It is not known whether the parents ever came to Cornish or not, but the following children of theirs eame and made homes in town.
2. i. ABIJAH, b. 1777.
3. ii. STEPHEN, b. April 21, 1782.
iii. HANNAH, b. 1784; m. 1804, Oliver White of Cornish. Five children. (See White.) She d. in Cornish,
iv. REBECCA, b. March 30, 1788; m. 1806, Aaron White of Cornish. Nine children. (See White.) She d. Nov. 21, 1846.
V. POLLY (or Mary), b. June 17, 1793; m. - , John Bartlett of Cornish. Eight children. (Sce Bartlett.) She d. Aug. 24, 1849.
2. ABIJAH2 WILLIAMS (Samueli) was b. in Dublin in 1777; m. Jan. 3, 1799, Susanna White of the same town. She was dau. of Thomas and Mary (French) White, b. in 1777, and d. in Cornish Dec. 12, 1857, aged 80. He d. Jan. 25, 1858, aged 81. Eight children (two boys and six girls). The order and dates of their birth have not been received, so their names are entered at random:
i. ABIJAH, JR., b. in 1808; m. first, Florinda A. Lewis, who was b. in 1809, and d. July 4, 1847. Their children were: 1. Roderie R., b. in 1839, and d. March 14, 1863, in the Civil War service. 2. Martin, b. -. Lived in Cornish and Plainfield, and d. in 1910. 3. Lucian, b. -. 4. Lucina, b. May 3, 1849; m. - , a Kellogg, d. Oct. 10, 1902. Abijah, Jr., m. second, Mary Jane Taylor and had three more children: 1. Francis E. and 2. Edgar E., both of whom d. young. (A touching epitaph is on the slab marking their grave.) 3. May Adnie, b. July 30, 1859, and d. June 11, 1865.
ii. ELVIRA, b. in 1810; m. Feb. 28, 1832, Alvin Comings of Cornish. Six children. (See Comings.) She d. April 27, 1847.
iii. KEZIAH, b. in 1812; m. - , Benj. Franklin Clement. Two chil- dren: 1. Henry, b. -. 2. Dwight, b. -. She d. Aug. 2. 1838, aged 26. (See Clement.)
iv. STEPHEN, b. -; m. - , Hannah Hoyt. Three children: 1. George. 2. Charles. 3. Alice.
v. SUSAN, b. -; m. - , Jacob Hart. Four children: 1. Hatch. 2. Hoyt. 3. Cordelia. 4. Adelinc.
vi. ASENATH, b. -; m. - , Enos Burnham. Six children: 1. Pas- chal. 2. Henry. 3. Charles. 4. Sarah. 5. Emily. 6. Louise. vii. SARAH, b. 1819; m. - , Benj. Franklin Clement, her deceased sis- ter's husband. Three children. (See Clement.) She d. Sept. 20, 1860.
viii. ANNA, b. -; m. - , Mitchell Morey. Seven children: 1. George. 2. Fred. 3. Charles. 4. Mary. 5. Jane. 6. Ellen. 7. Addie.
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3. STEPHEN2 WILLIAMS (Samuel:) was b. April 21, 1782, in Dublin, and came to Cornish about 1809 and settled on the Enos Child farm. M. Feb. 19, 1801, Betsey White, then of Dublin, dau. of Thomas and Mary (French) White, b. April 11, 1781, and d. Sept. 13, 1859, in Cornish. He was deputy sheriff in Sullivan County for fifteen years. He d. March 5, 1860. Children, the first three b. in Dublin, the rest in Cor- nish:
i. BETSEY, b. June 11, 1801; m. July 1, 1821, Uriah York of Cornish. Five children. (See York.) She d. April 15, 1879.
ii. STEPHEN, JR., 1ST, b. Dec. 23, 1803; d. March 15, 1811.
iii. MARY, b. May 26, 1805; m. - , Daniel Stearns of Cornish. Eight children. (See Stearns.) She d. Jan. 27, 1891.
iv. ALMIRA, b. Sept. 1, 1810; m. April 12, 1831, Benjamin F. Bugbee. Eight children. (See Bugbee.) She d. Aug. 11, 1884.
4. v. STEPHEN, JR., 2D, b. Oct. 18, 1812.
5. vi. ABIJAH, b. July 13, 1816.
6. vii. CHARLES, b. Oct. 2, 1820.
7. viii. GEORGE PHILANDER, b. March 30, 1822.
4. STEPHEN3 WILLIAMS (Stephen?, Samuel:) b. Oct. 18, 1812; m. first, Oct., 1836, Melinda Hall of Croydon, dau. of Darius Hall. She had three children, and d. in May, 1865, in Iowa; m. second, Feb. 13, 1864, Rhoda M. Lamberton, dau. of Joseph and Hannah (Vinton) Lamberton, b. June 24, 1827. Children by first marriage:
i. ANN JANETT, b. Oct. 23, 1837, in Iowa.
ii. ALBERT GORDON, b. Nov. 18, 1840, in Cal.
iii. FRANCES HAWES, b. Feb. 22, 1851, in Newport.
Child by second marriage:
iv. MATTIE H., b. in Cornish Oct. 24, 1865.
5. ABIJAH3 WILLIAMS (Stephen?, Samuel:) b. July 13, 1816; m. - , Emelissa Stearns, who was dau. of John and Sarah (Campbell) Stearns, b. in 1814. Mr. Williams rem. to Claremont where he spent the rest of his life. Children, all b. in Cornish, except the last one:
i. ELLEN. b. - -.
ii. HAZEN, b. -
iii. EDWARD, b. -.
iv. FRANCIS, b.
V. HENRIETTA E., b. in Claremont; m. - , Horace Spencer (second wife.)
6. CHARLES3 WILLIAMS (Stephen?, Samuel1) b. Oct. 2, 1820; m. first, Lois White of Cornish, dau. of Aaron and Rebecca (Williams) White, b. Oct. 1, 1815, and d. Aug. 13, 1867; m. second, May 21, 1868, Mrs. Sarah A. Draper of Claremont, b. 1829, and d. Jan. 25, 1873, aged 44; m. third,
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-, Laura Gallup. He d. Oct. 26, 1894, in Windsor, where he had lived several years. A farmer till the last years of his life, which he spent in peddling. Children, mostly b. in town, by first wife:
i. HENRY BERIAH, b. Aug. 24, 1843; d. March 26, 1847.
ii. JOSEPH P., b. April 24, 1846; m. first, -; m. second, May 8, 1875, Mrs. Frances L. (Bartlett) Leslie, dau. of Lyman and Catha- rine (Hilliard) Bartlett, b. Jan. 7, 1845, and d. March 17, 1886. One child, Fred Lee, b. June, 1877; d. Aug. 13, 1877. M. third, He d. in Claremont,
iii. HARVEY BERIAH, b. June 19, 1848; m. Dec. 24, 1870, Julia E. M. Wenham.
iv. GEORGE HENRY, b. May 4, 1851; m. -; res. in Lowell, Mass. - children.
v. CLARENCE HERBERT, b. Feb. 8, 1855; unm .; res., Windsor.
vi. MARCIA LUTHERA, b. Oct. 31, 1856; m. -. Res. in Lowell, Mass. - children.
Children by last wife:
vii. EMMA, b. -. Res., Windsor, Vt.
7. GEORGE PHILANDER3 WILLIAMS (Stephen?, Samuel:) was b. March 30, 1822; m. Sept. 3, 1843, Caroline E. White, dau. of Aaron and Rebecca (Wil- liams) White, b. Feb. 23, 1826, and d. Feb. 14, 1909. He was a farmer and lived on "Dingleton Hill." He d. Feb. 16, 1902. Child:
i. ELLA E., b. Oct. 28, 1856, in Cornish; m. Feb. 2, 1878, Wells H. Jones of Cornish. Three children. (See Jones.) She d. June 25, 1899.
WILLIAM WILLIAMS, the son of Theophilus and Ruth (Brown) Williams, was b. in Providence, R. I., Feb. 25, 1858; m. March 18, 1785, Susanna Pond of Bellingham, Mass. She d. Aug. 11, 1843, aged 86. He d. Aug. 13, 1841, aged 83. They both d. and were buried in Croydon. He was a Revolutionary soldier, serving in the Continental Army one year. It is also said that he served on the sea, and was captured by the British, carried to Havana, from whence he escaped and made his way into the service again. It is not known when he came to Cornish, but probably soon after the war, where he lived till enfeebled by age. They went to Croydon and lived with their dau. Nancy Metcalf. Children :
i. JULIA, b. April 20, 1786; m. April 17, 1805, Everett Robinson of Cor- nish. Eight children. (See Robinson.) She d. Jan. 24, 1826.
ii. EDENA, b. May 19, 1788; d. April 24, 1820; m. Dec. 25, 1806, Joseph Taylor, Jr., of Cornish. Five children. (See Taylor.)
iii. SYLVESTER, b. March 27, 1790; d. Aug. 23, 1795.
iv. PHILO, b. Jan. 19, 1793; d. March 8, 1804.
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v. NANCY, b. July 22, 1795; m. June 8, 1820, Moses Metealf of Croydon. Five children, all of whom grew up and were m. This entire family rem. to Whitewater Falls, Minn., in 1857.
vi. URSULA, b. July 7, 1797. Never m. She d. in Cornish April 8, 1878, aged 81.
ORVILLE BREWSTER WILLIAMS, the son of Orville and Amy (Gates) Williams, was b. in Morristown, Vt., Aug. 30, 1830. He m. March 27, 1855, Mariam R. Sargent, dau. of Trueworthy and Mary (Abbott) Sar- gent, b. in 1832, and d. June 20, 1895. He first came to Plainfield where they lived several years. They came to Cornish and settled on a river farm, where they lived several years. His parents, both dying in 1875, were buried in Cornish. He had formerly been a successful peddler, now became the successful farmer. Was one of the selectmen of Cor- nish in 1884-85. He d. April 25, 1885. His death was caused by the kiek of a horse. A few years after his death, the family rem. to Wind- sor, Vt. Children, all b. in Plainfield :
i. CARRIE ARDELLA, b. Oct. 1, 1857. A teacher of large experience and success. Unm.
ii. MARY IDA, b. Jan. 11, 1863; m. March 27, 1884, Alfred Fitch of Cornish. Five children. (See Fitch.)
iii. NETTIE GATES, b. Nov. 3, 1866. A teacher also, and unm.
WILSON.
ROBERT and PATIENCE WILSON early became residents of the town. He was h. in 1741, and d. Oct. 9, 1822, in Cornish. His wife, b. in 1740, also d. there Aug. 25, 1828. Children, as per town record:
i. ZADOCK, b. Dec. 2, 1769; d. May 21, 1780.
ii. TAMISON, b. May 5, 1772; m. May 2, 1796, George Cook of Cornish. She d. April 18, 1849. Nine children. (See Cook.)
iii. A dau., name not given, b. July 4, 1775.
iv. STEPHEN, b. Sept. 15, 1778; d. Sept. 6, 1780.
v. JOEL, b. Dec. 19, 1782; d. April 30, 1803.
In 1790, the family consisted of the parents, one boy and two girls. The name soon became extinct in town.
WITHERELL.
D. GERRY WITHERELL came to Cornish from Chazy, N. Y., in 1898. Settled on the farm recently owned by Joseph B. Comings. He was b. July 5, 1855, in Chazy, N. Y. Was the son of David J. and Cynthia (Wait) Witherell. M. Jan. 12, 1887, Sylvia Wheeler, b. Jan. 26, 1857, dau. of Horace and Alice (Irish) Wheeler. Children:
i. HARRY D., b. June 17, 1888, in Sheldon, No. Dakota. Graduated Kimball Union Academy, 1908. Studying medicine (1910).
ii. ELWYN W., b. May 13, 1893, in West Chazy, N. Y. Student Kim- ball Union Academy, 1910.
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WOOD.
1. REUBEN WOOD was b. in 1753, in Scituate, R. I. He was m. there but the name of his wife is not known. She d. about 1792, in R. I., leaving four little children. He m. second, -, Merey Phillips of Scituate. She was b. in 1772 and d. in Cornish Nov. 1, 1856, aged 84. He was a soldier of the Revolution from R. I., rendering service at the Battle of Bunker Hill and presumably, at other historie points. They came to Cornish about 1793, soon after his second m., and settled on a farm. He was Dea. and a devout member of the Baptist Church in Cornish and a man highly esteemed. He d. Feb. 10, 1836. Children by first wife, all b. in R. I.
i. ROBERT, b. Jan. 2, 1783; m. Jan. 9, 1810, Esther Smith of Cornish. Moved away. He d. in Jan., 1835.
ii. MARY ANN, b. Jan. 2, 1785. Never m. She d. March 20, 1810.
iii. REUBEN, JR., b. July 20, 1877; m. - , Sally Grant. He d. in March, 1853.
iv. CONSTANT, b. July 12, 1790; m. Dec. 3, 1819, Lucy Clark of Plain- field. They went to Mich. He d. Oet. 20, 1828.
Children, by Merey Phillips, all b. in Cornish :
V. JACOB P., b. Jan. 7, 1795; m. Feb. 2, 1820, Betsey Clark of Plainfield, sister of his brother Constant's wife. Lived and d. in Michigan. He d. - , aged 85.
vi. MERCY, b. March 21, 1797; m. Nov. 29, 1821, Samuel Avery of Plain- field. Five children. She d. Aug. 7, 1862.
vii. HANNAH, b. Oct. 29, 1799; m. Dec. 8, 1818, Jonathan Paine, and rem. to Pennsylvania. She d. Aug. 12, 1865.
viii. MAHALA, b. July 9, 1800; m. Sept. 20, 1826, Samuel C. Day of Cor- nish. Three children. (See Day.) She d. at the home of her dau. in Ashburnham, Mass., April 21, 1893.
ix. SUSAN, b. April 26, 1802; m. March 7, 1826, Dr. John Manchester, b. Jan. 16, 1804. Lived in Royalton, Vt. Six children. She d. Jan. 26, 1886. Dr. Manchester d. Sept. 7, 1883.
2. x. ARIEL K., b. Nov. 26, 1804.
xi. WILLARD, b. Dec. 7, 1806; m. - , Abigail Foster of Montpelier, Vt. Two children, b. in Stanstead, P. Q. He d. May 14, 1865. xii. LYMAN, b. Nov. 5, 1808; m. --- , Mary King of Auburn, Me. Two children. He d. Feb. 4, 1896.
xiii. BENJAMIN, b. Nov. 9, 1810; d. May 22, 1817, in Cornish.
xiv. MARY ANN, 2D, b. Feb. 19, 1813; d. Dec. 2, 1833.
XV. LUCY DUNCAN, b. Feb. 4, 1815; m. 1841, J. M. Hubbard. Lived most of her life in Stanstead, P. Q. Five children. She d. Aug. 1, 1902, in Northboro, Mass., at the home of her dau.
xvi. WILLIAM S., b. March 14, 1817. He m. and lived in Morrisville, Vt. He d. April, 1897.
2. ARIEL K .? WOOD (Reuben1) was b. Nov. 26, 1804; m. Sept. 7, 1828, Eme- line Day of Cornish, dau. of Rufus and Betsey (Comings) Day, b. July
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MRS. ARIEL K. WOOD.
ARIEL K. WOOD.
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4, 1810, and d. July 16, 1887. Mr. Wood was a farmer and lived on "Dingleton Hill," where he d. Nov. 11, 1890. Children, all b. in Cornish:
i. LUCY ANN, b. Feb. 11, 1830; m. Nov. 27, 1849, Elisha Farnum Spaulding of Plainfield. Lived chiefly in Windsor, Vt. He was a machinist. Four children. She d. Dec. 26, 1894, in Windsor. He d. July 23, 1910, in Ludlow, Vt.
EGBERT O. WOOD.
ii. JULIA ANN, b. Jan. 29, 1833; m. Sept. 14, 1853, Dana N. Morgan, then of Cornish. Six children, all daus. (See Morgan.) She d. Dec. 4, 1SSS.
iii. EMELINE ELIZA, b. Jan. 23, 1835; m. March 20, 1856, Edwin P. Bartlett of Cornish. Five children. (See Bartlett.)
iv. An infant, b. Aug. 10, 1837; d. Aug. 12, 1837.
3. v. LYMAN D., b. July 23, 1838.
vi. EGBERT O., b. March 2, 1841; m. Dec. 25, 1867, Anstris B. Baldwin of Hudson. Four children: 1. Egbert B., who res. in Nashua;
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(l. Feb. 21, 1909, aged 40, who left a wife and one dau., Pauline A., b. March 27, 1895. 2. Herbert A., who d. young. 3. Mar- jorie A., who d. young. 4. Karl D., a physician in Santa Rita, New Mexico. He was b. June 6, 1878, and d. Oct. 21, 1907. Mr. Wood rem. to Nashua, where since 1871 he has been engaged in manufacturing patent alarm cash drawers, showcase brack- ets, etc. He m. second, Oct. 21, 1907, Mrs. Agnes Watson of Nashua.
4. vii. ARTHUR L., b. Oct. 22, 1843.
MR. AND MRS. LYMAN D. WOOD.
3. LYMAN D.3 WOOD (Ariel K.2, Reuben1) was b. July 23, 1838; m. June 3, 1863, Susan A. Flower, dau. of Ahira and Eliza (Barrel) Flower, b. Feb, 10, 1845. A farmer and lived on "Dingleton Hill." He d. July 16. 1908. Children, all b. in town:
i. MINNIE S., b. Jan. 11, 1865; m. April 21, 1887, William L. Chad- bourne of Cornish. Two children. (See Chadbourne.)
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ii. FREDERICK L., b. Sept. 28, 1867, and d. Aug. 5, 1875. His death was eaused by a fall in a barn breaking his neck.
"Over the silent river, in his bright angel home, Dwelling in Joy forever, waiting for us to come." (Inscription on tombstone.)
iii. ERNEST C., b. March 19, 1876. Mail carrier in Claremont. M. June 29, 1904, Jennie A. Black.
iv. HERBERT E., b. Mareh 12, 1878. A teacher of instrumental music; m. Sept. 12, 1906, Lizzie F. Comings of Cornish, dau. of Fenno B. and Esoline (Robinson) Comings.
V. BLANCHE E., b. July 12, 1884.
4. ARTHUR L.3 WOOD (Ariel2, Reuben1) was b. Oct. 22, 1843; m. first, Oct. 18, 1864, Esther E. White of Cornish, dau. and only child of John and Lucinda (Hastings) White, b. Aug. 25, 1845, and d. Dec. 14, 1895; m. second, April 1, 1897, Mrs. Marion P. (Bartlett) Martin, formerly of Cornish, and dau. of Gilman M. and Angeline (Comings) Bartlett, b. Oct. 2, 1861. Children by first wife only:
i. BERT A., b. April 4, 1867; m. April 4, 18SS, on his 21st birthday, Addie Maxham of Hartland, Vt. One son : Ralph H., b. Aug. 24, 1895.
ii. ANGIE L., b. Dec. 30, 1881; m. Aug. 30, 1900, William Fairman, son of Joseph Fairman of Windsor, Vt. They live in Springfield, Mass.
CAPT. JOSEPH WOOD was b. in Lebanon March, 1789. He was the oldest son of Joseph Wood, the centenarian of Lebanon. He m. first, Sarah W. Dana of Pomfret, Vt. She d. in Plainfield, in 1825, leaving one son, Joseph Wood, Jr., who d. Aug., 1844, aged 28; m. second, in 1827, Mary Smith, dau. of Judge James Smith of Grantham. They rem. from Plainfield to Cornish in 1834, and settled on a river farm. They lived here many years. He was a prosperous farmer, kept a hotel, represented the town in the legislature of 1852 and 1853. Later in life, he sold his farm in Cornish and rem. to Meriden to live with his son: where he d. Feb. 19, 1859. His wid. d. Jan. 7, 1866. They had one son : James S., b. Jan. 1, 1828, who m. June 12, 1855, Mary Fran- ces Cutler of Meriden, where they res. James S. Wood d. March 5, 1909. He left no children.
WOODBURY.
ISAIAH and Lois WOODBURY lived several years in town and had four children.
He d. Nov. 16, 1819. His wid. m. Oct. 10, 1821, Daniel Coburn, (second wife.) No record of her death. Children of Isaiah and Lois:
i. ISAIAH Eldridge, b. Aug. 7, 1814.
ii. LOUISA JANE, b. Feb. 23, 1816.
iii. MARTHA, b. Feb. 12, 1818.
iv. JOHN, b. March 25, 1819.
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WRIGHT.
HORACE WRIGHT was b. March 12, 1809. He m. - , Mary Butman of Enfield, dau. of Amos and Marion (Heath) Butman, b. April 13, 1818. They came to Cornish about 185S and settled on a farm far up the moun- tain road east of the Flat, in "Poppy Squash" district. Here they both spent the rest of their lives. He was a farmer. He d. Jan. 2, 18SS. She d. Sept. 14, 1895. Children (the order may not be correct) :
i. AMOS B., b. -; m. -- , Elizabeth Barker.
ii. WILLIAM H., b. -. Never m. Enlisted in the Civil War and d. in the service. His funeral at the Flat was Oct. 26, 1862.
iii. JOHN B., b. Oct. 20, 1844; m. first, Dec. 25, 1868, Margaret L. Geer. He was a soldier in the Civil War; m. second, in 1906 (?) Mrs. - Whitney.
iv. ANDREW P., b. -. Never m., also enlisted and d. in the service.
v. MARY JANE, b. -; m. -- , Roe Decker.
vi. ELLA F., b. -; m. Oct. 7, 1866, Paul Young.
vii. A child, b. -; d. young.
viii. MARIAM S., b. -; m. - , A. Metcalf.
ix. HORACE L., b. Jan. 10, 1862; d. young.
x. A child, b. -; d. young.
xi. CHARLES F., b. -; m. - , Gertrude Elmer. He is a blacksmith.
WYMAN.
FRANCIS1 WYMAN, with his brother, Lieut. John, were among the first to settle Woburn, Mass., about 1641. They were large landholders there, and their names often appear on legal writings of the town. From Francis1 all the Wymans of Cornish have descended. The generations following him are: William?, Edwards and Williams. Of this family, which resided in Pel- ham, three brothers, Joshuas, Jonathans and Jesses came and settled in Cor- nish and spent the remainder of their lives here.
1. JOSHUAS WYMAN, the eldest of the three, was b. Nov. 4, 1767, in Pelham. He m. in Pelham Sept. 9, 17SS, Miriam Richardson of Pelham, dau. of Joseph and Miriam (Hildreth) Richardson, b. Aug. 24, 1768. They were admirable specimens of the old Puritan character that has made New England what it is. They continued to live in Pelham till March, 1794, when they rem. to Cornish. He built the two-story brick house de- stroyed in 1905. He d. June 9, 1815. Being thus called to leave his fam- ily of eight living children, in the midst of a highly useful life, he caused them to assemble at his bedside, where he tenderly addressed them one by one on the great concerns of eternity, giving them such counsel as only a Christian father can give his children in a dying hour.
Of the wife and mother, her biographer says: "She was eminently worthy of such a husband. She outlived him more than thirty years, and brought up in the fear, love and service of God, her large fam- ily of children. She was a noble Christian woman. She managed with
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great skill and success a large farm,-the farm now (1903) owned and occupied by Wilbur Quimby-and her house was always the abode of peace and joy. She looked well to the ways of her household and in due time, they all rose up and called her blessed. Nor has the blessed influence of her instructions, example and prayers been lost among her posterity." She d. Dec. 17, 1848, aged 80. Children, the first four b. in Pelham, the rest in Cornish:
2. i. JOSHUA, b. Dec. 26, 17SS.
3. ii. SAUL, b. Oct. 8, 1790.
iii. MIRIAM, b. Jan. 31, 1794; m. June 18, 1817, Peter Bradford Spicer. Two daus. : Mary and Pamelia.
iv. PHEBE, b. Oct. 31, 1796; m. Sept. 22, 1819, James Ripley Wellman of Cornish. Six children. (See Wellman.) She d. May 6, 1885. This inscription marks her resting place:
"Mother, Home, Heaven, but Christ is all and in all."
v. SOPHIA, b. Feb. 5, 1799; m. Oct. 29, 1828, Daniel Dwight Chapin of Newport. One son and three daus.
4. vi. MILTON, b. March 7, 1801.
vii. EDWARD W., b. March 31, 1803; d. Nov. 16, 1803.
viii. EDWARD, b. Sept. 26, 1804; m. March 3, 1831, Cynthia Peck of Leb- anon. They lived in Newport. No children. He was a suc- cessful teacher of schools; a Maj. Gen. of the Militia; selectman six years; town representative in 1848; register of probate, five years; superintending school committee, and census enumera- tor in 1850. He d. April 4, 1864, aged 59.
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