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iv. HATTIE E., b. Dec. 25, 1842; m. July, 1867, Charles Hunt, a mechanic of Peterborough. Two children. She d. Aug., 1869.
v. DANIEL G., b. June 7, 1844; m. - , 1868, Bell Willis. One child: Hattie B. He is a carpenter, "a worthy man." Lives in Lud- low, Vt.
9. JOSEPH7 BRYANT (Israele, Sylvanuss, Samuel4-3, John?, Stephen1) b. June 14, 1800; m. first, Nov. 25, 1830, Sula Belona Comings, dau. of Andrew and Lydia (Jackson) Comings, b. March 12, 1805, d. April 30, 1867. They rem. from Cornish to Bridgewater, Vt., Feb., 1837. He was a farmer. He m. second, Nov., 1868, Mrs. Meroa (White) Manning of Claremont, formerly of Cornish. Children, the first three b. in Cornish, the rest in Unity, Vt .:
i. NORMAN SYLVANUS, b. Dec. 22, 1831; m. March 2, 1857, Lucy C. Taft of Woodstock, Vt. Five children. A millwright. He d. April 22, 1900, in No. Charlestown, where he had res. seven years.
ii. PHILANDER CHASE, b. May 5, 1834; m. Nov. 7, 1862, Ellen R. Brown of Woodstock, Vt. No children. He was a manufacturer of woolen goods and res. in Woodstock until he d., Dec. 10, 1873.
iii. LUCIA ANN, b. Nov. 16, 1836; m. Jan. 24, 1858, Francis G. Upham of Ascutneyville, Vt., where they res. One child: Stella E.
iv. ELVIRA LYDIA, b. Dec. 16, 1838. Spent some years teaching in Cornish and Vt .; m. Sept. 28, 1865, Edwin Lewis Reed of Pom- fret, Vt., a soldier in the Civil War. Settled in Claremont where he d. Nov. 22, 1882. One child : Clarence Edwin, b. Jan. 15, 1869.
v. FREDERIC LEWIS, b. Sept. 21, 1843; d. Feb. 23, 1852.
vi. AUGUSTINE GOULD, b. Dec. 25, 1849. A blacksmith by trade, also possessed of great musical talents; m. Sept. 27, 1872, Carrie E. Hastings of Felchville, Vt. Five children. He d. July 20, 1891, in Westmoreland.
10. DANIEL7 BRYANT (Israels, Sylvanuss, Samuel1-3, John?, Stephen1) b. Sept. 4, 1803. A skillful and energetic farmer. Hem. May 1, 1834, Chloe Hildreth,
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dau. of Samuel and Zilpha (Gilbert) Hildreth of Cornish, b. June 13, 1800, d. March 25, 1890. He d. Aug. 14, 1864. Children, all b. in Cornish :
i. GEORGE, b. Jan. 22, 1836; d. March 17, 1836.
13. ii. EDWARD, b. Feb. 7, 1837.
iii. CHARLES, b. Oet. 3, 1838; d. Sept. 2, 1841.
iv. CHARLOTTE E., b. March 27, 1841; m. Nov. 12, 1861, William E. Westgate. Had two children. (See Westgate.)
11. GEORGE WASHINGTON7 BRYANT (Sears6, Sylvanuss, Samuels-3, John2, Stephen1) was b. Nov. 18, 1821; m. Feb. 14, 1844, Lydia Lorinda Shaw, d. in Cornish April 16, 1892. He d. in Cornish June 3, 1869. Children :
i. EMMA EUDORA, b. April 25, 1846; m. Jan. 22, 1866, Leonard Kimball Warner of Champlain, N. Y., a soldier in the Civil War. He d. April 25, 1889. One child: George Clinton, b. Aug. 1, 1870. She res. in Claremont.
ii. GEORGE WASHINGTON SEARS, b. Sept. 13, 1848; d. March 19, 1885.
iii. ALLEN, b. Feb. 1, 1849; d. March 28, 1874.
iv. BELVA ISADORE, b. --; d. young.
v. MARY ELIZABETH, b. June 23, 1855; m. first Dec., 1872, Alfred S. Sisson of Cornish. One child. Were div. --; she m. second, -, Lyman Hunter. He d. March 22, 1887, in Claremont. (See Casualties.) M. third, John Phillips and live in Lowell, Mass. vi. DELIA R., b. Nov. 25, 1859; m. May 1, 1878, Charles D. Nevens. Two children. (See Nevens.)
vii. SARAH HALL, b. Sept. 21, 1864; m. May 16, ISS9, George F. Lewis. One child: Marion H., b. Sept. 1, 1891, who grad. at Kimball Union Academy in 1909. Res., Meriden.
viii. DANIEL DEMING, b. June 17, 1867; m. first, Pearl Merrill of Sunapee; . m. second, - -. Lives in Bellows Falls, Vt.
12. SYLVANUS WOODWARDS BRYANT (Sylvanus7-6-5, Samuels-3, John?, Stephen1) was b. Oct. 23, 1839; m. Oct. 6, 1870, Sarah G. Smith of Westminster, Vt. They have ever since lived on the Flat. He is a jeweller, auctioneer and capitalist. He represented the town in the legislature of 1871. A Republican, having large influence with his party, and among politi- cians generally in town, county and state. Children, all b. in Cornish Flat :
i. MARY H., b. Sept. 6, 1876; d. Aug. 29, 1878.
ii. JENNIE S., b. June 28, 1879; m. Oet. 4, 1905, Herbert E. Leganger of Boston, where they reside. He is a decorator.
iii. GEORGE H., b. Nov. 22, 1880.
13. EDWARDS BRYANT (Daniel7, Israels, Sylvanuss, Samuel4-3, Johne, Stephen1) was b. Feb. 7, 1837; m. Dec. 15, 1859, Julia Helen Gilkey of Plainfield, dau. of James and Naomi (Smith) Gilkey, b. Aug. 5, 1842, d. Nov. 6, 1889. He d. Nov. 7, 1909. He was a farmer. Children, all b. in Cornish :
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i. JAMES D., b. March 6, 1861; m. Nov. 17, 1898, Annie Powers of Somerville, Mass. Their second child, a son, was b. in Cornish, May 13, 1903.
ii. JULIA JANETTE, b. March 1, 1872; m. June 9, 1897, William C. Grannis of Claremont.
iii. CHARLES E., b. April 21, 1873; m. April 13, 1903, Ellen Woods of Ireland.
iv. JOHN G., b. March 4, 1875.
BUGBEE.
The Bugbees are of Danish descent. Edward1 Bugbee came from Ipswich, Eng., in 1634 in the ship Francis and settled in Roxbury, Mass. The direct line of descent from him to their settlement in Cornish was: Joseph2, Edward3, Daniel4-5, to Reuben6 Bugbee, who was b. Aug. 21, 1775, in - . He m. first, in 1800, Polly Marsh of Woodstock, Vt., b. Sept. 10, 1778, and d. in 1801; m. second, in 1802, Lydia Marsh, sister of his former wife, b. March 16, 1782, and d. in Plainfield Dec. 14, 1857. They came from Woodstock to Plainfield about 1840 (?) and settled near the Plainfield line, north of the Flat. He was a farmer. He d. Sept. 15, 1851. Child by first wife:
i. CALISTA S., b. March 12, 1801; m. Jan. 2, 1823, Levi Cobb of Cornish. Four children. (See Cobb.) She d. Jan. 3, 1861.
Children by second wife:
ii. LYNDON, b. Dec. 7, 1805; d. July 7, 1812.
iii. MARY, b. Aug. 18, 1807; m. Dec. 7, 1834, Benjamin Woods. Two children. Lived in ---. She d. April 2, 1860.
iv. REUBEN, JR., b. Jan. 12, 1810, in Hartland, Vt .; m. Dec. 16, 1835, Asenath Morse of Wallingford, Vt., b. Feb. 14, 1808. Lived in Bradford and Manchester. One child: Caroline, b. Aug. 7, 1838, who was killed on the railroad July 1, 1848. He d. May 1, 1883, in Bedford. She d. Feb. 7, 1895.
v. SUSAN, b. July 12, 1813; m. first, Nov. 10, 1836, John Miller, said to have been a Congregational preacher. He d. Aug. 16, 1838. She m. second, -, Luther Newton. She d. at the Flat May 22, 1849. No children.
vi. LAURA E., b. Sept. 21, 1814; m. Aug. 12, 1847, Truman Brown of Boston. She d. there Oct. 10, 1889. Two children.
vii. MARIA PRATT, b. April 12, 1817; m. March 25, 1841, Benj. Chesman Clark. Four children. (See Clark.) He d. July 7, 1888. She d. Jan. 22, 1905, in Auburn, R. I.
2. viii. FRANCIS LYMAN, b. June 24, 1819.
3. ix. SYLVESTER MARSH, b. Oct. 24, 1823.
2. FRANCIS LYMAN7 BUGBEE (Reubens, Daniels-4, Edwards, Joseph?, Edward1) b. June 24, 1819; m. Feb. 11, 1846, Ruth Coburn of Cornish, dau. of Simon and Ruth (Eaton) Coburn, b. Oct. 9, 1819, and d. March 22, 1881,
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in No. Londonderry. He d. in Cornish April 27, 1855. Children, all b. in Cornish.
1. ANGELINE M., b. Dee. 1, 1846; m. Oct. 11, 1866, Asahel G. Whidden. Six children. Live in Hudson. (1903.)
ii. Infant dau., b. Dec. 28, 1848; d. unnamed March 23, 1849.
iii. FRANCIS E., b. July 16, 1850; d. Aug. 23, 1850.
iv. RUTH E., b. April 24, 1852; d. May 7, 1852.
V. LYMAN H., b. Dec. 27, 1855; d. Jan. 18, 1856.
3. SYLVESTER MARSH7 BUGBEE (Reubens, Daniels-4, Edwards, Joseph?, Edward1) was b. Oct. 24, 1823; m. first, April 20, 1847, his niece, Livonia Calista Cobb of Cornish, dau. of Levi and Calista (Bugbee) Cobb, b. Dec. 10, 1823, and d. March 17, 1849; m. second, Oct. 20, 1850, Eliza M. Richardson of Cornish, dau. of Dea. Joseph and Sylvia (Day) Richardson, b. May 23, 1825, and d. Oct. 18, 1896. He was a wheelwright and general mechanic. Was choir-master thirty-two years in the Baptist Church at the Flat. He enlisted in the Civil War, was appointed Capt. Co. I, 14th Regt. N. H. Vols., Oct. 9, 1862, and resigned his commission on Dec. 17, 1862. (See Military.) He d. at the Flat Jan. 29, 1897. Children, all b. in town:
i. An infant by first wife, b. and d. in 1849.
4. ii. ORRA S., b. June 7, 1856.
iii. WALLACE LYMAN, b. July 11, 1858. Graduated at Kimball Union Academy in class of 1880; m. Dec. 19, 1883, Ella Frances Barker of Lebanon, dau. of Daniel and Delia (Thurston) Barker, b. Nov. 21, 1863. She d. Sept. 4, 1908, in Claremont. They had no children. In trade in Claremont in 1900.
4. ORRA S.& BUGBEE (Sylvester M.7, Reubens, Daniels-4, Edwards, Joseph2, Edward1) was b. June 7, 1856; m. Nov. 24, 1892, Hattie S. Davis, then of Meriden, dau. of Josiah and Ellen (Smart) Davis, b. Oct. 8, 1860. Lived at Meriden several years. Was mail carrier some years from Windsor, Vt., to both Cornish Flat and Meriden. Lives (1905) in Clare- mont. Collector of taxes. Member of N. H. legislature, 1900-02. Children :
i. RALPH JOSIAH, b. June 3, 1894.
ii. HELEN MARION, b. Sept. 28, 1895.
JOSEPH D. BUGBEE, a son of Daniel Bugbee (?), m. about 1805, Betsey Bruce of Conn. He d. about 1815. His wid. m. March 7, 1821, Francis Cobb of Cornish and by him had one son, Edmund Hooker Cobb. (See Cobb.) She d. March 6, 1832. Her children by Mr. Bugbee, all b. in Cornish:
i. JOSEPH D., JR., b. April 28, 1807. He lived in Boston, where he d.
ii. HENRY, b. June 13, 1808; d. young.
2. iii. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, b. Dec. 17, 1809.
iv. GEORGE, b. March 12, 1812; m. in 1834, Eunice Lamphire of Hart- land, Vt. She was b. in 1807, and d. Jan. 13, 1870. He d. sud- denly in Cornish Sept. 3, 1882. They had but one child: Jane
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M., b. Dec. 27, 1836, who m. May 5, 1860, John Murray Cole and had four children. (See Cole.)
V. BETSEY, a twin with the last, b. March 12, 1812; m. Aug. 31, 1838, Moses Walker of Cornish. Seven children. (See Walker.) She d. in Cornish June S, 1879.
2. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN3 BUGBEE (Joseph D .? , Daniel1) was b. Dec. 17, 1809; m. April 12, 1831, Almira Williams of Cornish, dau. of Stephen and Betsey (White) Williams, b. Sept. 1, 1810, and d. Aug. 11, 1884. Mr. Bugbee d. March 9, 1887. Children, all except the last one, b. in Cornish :
i. HENRY ALLEN, b. Oct. 12, 1832; m. Oet., 1856, Lucy Bryant of Lebanon. Eight children. He d. Sept. 20, 1882, being killed on the railroad at Lebanon. His wife d. Aug., 1907.
ii. LOUISA MASON, b. Feb. 27, 1834; m. May 23, 1854, Charles H. Swain of Claremont, b. Dee. 2, 1826, in Brattleboro, Vt. Two children: Lewis E. and Anna B. Mr. Swain d. Dee. 25, 1901.
iii. LOIS LISCOMB, b. Nov. 26, 1836; m. Nov. 26, 1856, Samuel S. Judd of Claremont. Two children. Mr. Judd d. Dec. S, 1897. His wife d. Dec. 2, 1904. They both d. in Keene, where they lived.
iv. NORMAN ORLANDO, b. March 21, 1838; m. Nov. 7, 1859, Louisa Gates of Hartland, Vt. Three children: 1. Frank E., b. Oct. 3, 1862, in Windsor, Vt., and d. in Keene June 28, 1893. 2. Dora F., b. in Cornish Oct. 12, 1865; m. Wm. Simmons of Lebanon. 3. Orimer N., b. June 19, 1873, in Cornish; m. Mae Morgan of Woodstock, Vt. Mr. Bugbee d. in Hartland, Vt., April 15, 1876. V. HORACE LORENZO, b. Jan. 24, 1840; m. in 186-, Minnie Butterfield of Springfield, Mass. Six children: 1. Edna Vietta who m. a Mr. Pollard. 2. Irving R., who m. Jennie Thomas. 3. Alma m. Irwin Fitterly and lives in Brooklyn, N. Y. 4. Fred, who m. Emma Levalley. 5. Lubert, unm. 6. Essie, who m. Mr. Sylvester and lives in California. Mr. Bugbee d. in Claremont Aug. 25, 1901.
vi. SARAH ANN, b. Jan. 30, 1842; m. Nov. 24, 1861, Martin Williams. Two children: 1. Erwin E. and 2. Edna May. The latter d. by sealding April 11, 1871. (See Casualties.) Mrs. Williams d. in Cornish Oct. 29, 1878.
3. vii. GEORGE ERASTUS, b. Dec. 26, 1844.
viii. BENJ. FRANKLIN, JR., b. Jan. 12, 1846; m. first, in 1867, Nellie Albee of Claremont. No issue; m. second, in 1876, Abbie Richmond of Taftsville, Vt., where they reside. One child: Rodney. Mr. Bugbee was a veteran of the Civil War.
ix. MARIA H., b. Oct. 17, 1848, in Norwich, Vt .; m. Sept. 24, 1868, Eugene A. Rowell of Croydon, b. in Goshen March 9, 1848. Two children: 1. Ella A., b. Oct. 29, 1870, and 2. Florence E., b. March 14, 1SSO. Mr. Rowell d. March, 1885. She m. second, Jan. 1, 1891, Edwin H. French, who d. Sept. 20, 1898. She res. in Keene, N. H. (1910.)
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3. GEORGE ERASTUS+ BUGBEE (Benj. F.3, Joseph D .? , Danieli) was b. Dec. 26, 1844; m. Jan. 14, 1869, Cynthia L. Pierce of Goshen. A farmer and lived on the homestead of his father where he d. Feb. 13, 1900. Two children, both b. in Cornish:
i. HERBERT G., b. Feb. 20, 1870; m. Oct. 30, 1901, Sarah Emma Rowell, formerly of Cornish, dau. of J. Gilman and Sarah (Comings) Rowell, b. July 6, 1874. He is a machinist. They live in Claremont.
ii. ALICE MAY, b. July 2, 1SS0; unm .; a shoe worker, lives in Lynn, Mass. (1910.)
HOWARD BUGBEE came to town when a young man. He m. first Lucinda Chase of Cornish, dau. of Samuel and Damaris (Sabin) Chase, b. Nov. 16, 1789, and d. -; m. second, Lavina Chase, a sister of his first wife and by her had the following children :
i. CHARLES CHASE, b. Feb. 6, 1815.
ii. GEORGE HOWARD, b. Aug. 25, 1817.
iii. HENRY MUNROE, b. Oet. 11, 1819; d. Sept. 21, 1842.
iv. JOHN FELLOWS, b. April 16, 1823.
V. WILLIAM COMINGS, b. Aug. 28, 1827.
The relationship of this family to the others of this name is unknown.
BURNAP.
DEA. JOHN BURNAP and SUSANNA, his wife with six children, came to Norwich, Vt., in 1771, from Lebanon, Conn. One of their sons, Dea. Elijah Burnap, b. Jan., 1756, m. Sept., 1783, Naomi Farrington, who d. June 26, 1839, aged 84. By her he had four children, all b. in Norwich, Vt .:
i. ORRIL, b. Oct. 7, 1792, m. Feb. 26, 1812, Asa Goodnow. Lived in Deering, where she d. May 22, 1850. Several children.
2. ii. ARUNAH, b. Oct. 10, 1794.
iii. JEDIDAH, b. -; m. Dec. 27, 1832, Francis Cobb of Cornish. Two children, both b. in Cornish. (See Cobb.) Spent her life after marriage, in Cornish; d. Feb. 28, 1862.
iv. DAVID, b. April 5, 1801; m. June 12, 1820, Almeda Williams of Plain- field, where he resided until he d. June 16, 1871. Ten children.
2. ARUNAH3 BURNAP (Elijah2, John1) b. Oct. 10, 1794; settled on Cornish Flat in early life and spent his life there; m. first, Feb. 14, 1816, Betsey Burr of Grantham (now Cornish), dau. of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Dorchester) Burr, b. Aug. 27, 1787, d. July 14, 1865; m. second, June S, 1870, Mrs. Lucy (Mathews) Coburn, dau. of Jeremiah and Hannah (Woodbury) Mathews, b. April 22, 1813, and d. June 4, 1893. No issue. Mr. Burnap carried on the shoemaking business for several years and afterwards engaged principally in the insurance business, besides cul- tivating some land. He was a staunch Republican, a devout Christian member of the Baptist Church, of which he was a dea. for many years,
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also its clerk for twenty-seven years. A Free Mason, and secretary of Cheshire Lodge for several years. Represented the town in legislature in 1860-61. A safe counsellor, always void of ostentation and show, and was noted for his meekness and candor on all subjects. He tenderly cared for his aged mother who lived with him until her death, June 26, 1839. He d. Dec. 29, 1877. "The memory of the just is blessed." Two children by first wife, both b. in Cornish:
i. ALMINA MANDANA, b. March 23, 1818; m. Feb. 14, 1835, Zeno Hunter of Cornish. Had four children. (See Hunter.) She d. April 18, 1856.
ii. MARY ELIZABETH, b. Dec. 25, 1831; d. July 26, 1833.
BURR.
The Burrs were of English descent. Benjamin1, with Samuel?, his son, came to America soon after N. E. was open for settlement. Lived in Hartford, Conn., some years, where Jonathan3 was b., who rem. to Middletown, Conn., where Ebenezer4 was b. He rem. to Haddam, Conn., where he had a son, Ebenezer5, b. The father and son both emigrated to that part of Grantham which subsequently was annexed to Cornish. The son, Ebenezers, b. March, 1749, m. Elizabeth Dorchester. He d. Sept. 15, 1829. She d. Feb. 22, 1828. The following brief sketch of these ancestors by Fred A. Dean, Esq., we insert here:
"The Burrs came to Grantham to settle several years before the Revolu- tion. They settled in that part of the town since set off into Cornish.
"They cleared a farm, and generation after generation lived and died on the old farm. After more than 125 years of ownership, and occupation, it passed out of the family keeping into the hands of others.
"From that old farm one of the Burr boys went to fight a king that a nation might be born. Great-grandmother Burr came all the way from Haddam, Conn., to Grantham, N. H., on a pack horse. Came up the Connecticut river to old Fort No. 4 and on to Windsor, Vt., thence over the hills to their new-made home in the wilderness. The story of their life and hardships I need not write. It was the life of all who go ahead to hew out honors and institutions for the generations that come after them. It takes brave men and women to be pioneers.
"They must sow that others may reap, suffer that others may gain, and labor that others may have a life worth living."
EBENEZER and ELIZABETH (Dorchester) BURR had the following children, all b. in Grantham except the first one who was b. in Haddam, Conn.
i. SEYMOUR, b. March 15, 1772; m. - , Hannah Roberts. He d. July 31, 1853.
ii. MARY, b. Sept. 22, 1776; m. - , Jesse Johnson. She d. Jan. 9, 1859.
iii. TIMOTHY, b. Jan. 25, 1779; m. about 1805, Sally Fairchild, who d. June, 1835. They had six children and lived in Boston. The youngest, Mary, m. her cousin, William D., son of Ebenezere. Timothy d. Oct. 18, 1860.
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2. iv. OLIVER, b. Dec. 2, 1780.
3. v. EBENEZER, JR., b. Oct. 13, 1784.
vi. BETSEY, b. Aug. 27, 1787; m. Feb. 14, 1816, Arunah Burnap. Had two children. (See Burnap.) She d. July 14, 1865.
vii. VERSEL, b. June 12, 1794. Never m .; d. Nov. 22, 1825.
viii. ARBA, b. Nov. 24, 1797; m. first, Ruth Lamberton; m. second, Lucy Bartlett; m. third, Charlotte Hobart; m. fourth, Sophrona Lucas. We have no record of his death.
2. OLIVER6 BURR (Ebenezer5-4, Jonathan3, Samuel?, Benjamin1) b. Dec. 2, 1780, m. Selinda Stowell of Grantham (now Cornish), dau. of Ebenezer and Pamelia (Whiting) Stowell, b. - , d. -. He d. June 30, 1844. Children:
i. TRIPHENA, b. April 24, 1808; d. Nov. 12, 1876.
ii. TRUMAN, b. Dec. 14, 1809; d. Oct. 8, 1863.
4. jii. BRADLEY, b. Feb. 20, 1813.
iv. WARREN, b. March 12, 1815; d. Dec. 29, 1890.
v. OLIVER, JR., b. June 29, 1817; d. March 6, 1818.
vi. CELINDA, b. Jan. 10, 1819; d. Jan. 30, 1845.
vii. MARY ANN, b. April 2, 1821; d. May 27, 1822.
viii. PERMILLA, b. June 12, 1823; d. Nov. 8, 1824.
ix. LUCENA, b. May 2,1825; m. first, Feb., 1846. He d. Sept., 1852. She m. second, Oct. 3, 1853, Nathaniel Royes. One child by each husband. Res., Fairlee, Vt. Living in 1903.
X. LUCINDA, b. July 9, 1827; d. Sept. 19, 1852.
xi. EBEN, b. Nov. 15, 1829; m. Aug. 30, 1853, Hannah E. Burr. Res. in Keene. Three children. Living in 1903.
xii. PERMILLA DORCHESTER, b. Feb. 9, 1832; d. Feb. 15, 1895, in St. Johnsbury, Vt .; m. July 11, 1853, at Westmoreland, John L. Couch of Cornish. One child. (See Couch.)
3. EBENEZER6 BURR (Ebenezer5-4, Jonathan3, Samuel2, Benjamin1) b. Oct. 13, 1784; m. April 29, 1813, Mary Hall of Windsor, Vt., dau. of David and Olive (Smead) Hall, b. - , 1786, d. May 16, 1867. Occupied same farm his father owned during his life. He built the stone house about 1837-38. Was a strong anti-slavery man and a zealous Baptist, and a successful farmer. He d. Jan. 17, 1875. Children, all b. in Grantham, now Cornish:
i. ELIZABETH, b. Nov. 22, 1813; m. John Bradley of Woodstock, Vt., where they lived. No children.
ii. SARAH F., b. May 15, 1816; m. Sept. 16, 1841, James G. Kidder of Weathersfield, Vt. Res. chiefly in Cornish. Three children. (See Kidder.) She d. March 3, 1898.
iii. LUCY HALL, b. March 1, 1818; m. - , 1842, Erastus Stone of Plainfield. Six children. She d. in Worcester, Mass.
5. iv. WILLIAM D., b. March 5, 1820.
6. v. OLIVER PERRY, b. April 25, 1822.
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vi. JULIA M., b. May 1, 1824; m. Geo. T. Bradley of Woodstock, Vt., where they reside. Four children. She d. - , 1SSS.
vii. CLARISSA B., b. July 26, 1826; m. April 9, 1850, Rufus G. Badger. Had five children. (See Badger.)
7. viii. VERSEL EBENEZER, b. April 7, 1829.
ix. HARRIET AUGUSTA, b. Aug. 15, 1831; m. March, 1855, George C. Dean of Bethel, Vt. Two children. (See Dean.)
4. BRADLEY? BURR (Oliver6, Ebenezers-4, Jonathan3, Samuel?, Benjamin1), fourth child of Oliver and Celinda (Stowell) Burr, b. Feb. 20, 1813, in Cornish. Rem. when young to Thetford, Vt., and res. there until 1840, when he came back to Cornish. He had m. April 6, 1836, Maria S. Reed of Thetford, b. July 22, 1813. They remained in Cornish until 1870, when they rem. first to Windsor, Vt., where they lived ten years, and then to Lebanon, where they both d. She d. Dec. 25, 1881. He d. Feb. 23, 1892. He ran the grist mill at the Flat many years. Was auction- eer, constable, etc., and was in many ways a useful man. He and his. wife were both devoted members of the Baptist Church in Cornish. At Windsor, he was one of the officers at the state prison. Child:
i. MARY MALINCY, b. July 4, 1837; m. Dec. 2, 1869, Joseph Orlando- Richardson, then of Cornish, but afterwards of Lebanon. They had one child, Leon B., b. April 14, 1878. (See Richardson.)
5. WILLIAM D.7 BURR (Ebenezer6-5-4, Jonathan3, Samuel?, Benjamin1) b. March 5, 1820; m. March 20, 1855, his cousin, Mary Burr of Boston, dau. of Timothy and Sally (Fairchild) Burr. Caring for his parents in their declining years on the old homestead, they remained there until after their parents' death and then rem. to Plainfield in March, 1875, where he d. April 4, 1885. She d. Jan. 23, 1907, aged 84-0-14. Chil- dren, both b. in Cornish:
i. HATTIE B., b. Oet. 5, 1858; m. Aug. 30, 1892, Henry L. Sanderson, son of Levi H. and Mary Jane (Rawson) Sanderson of Plainfield, Nov. 13, 1855. He is (1903) an officer in the Vermont state prison at Windsor. Three children:
ii. CHARLES S., b. July 20, 1856. He is a farmer; m. Nov. 30, 1886, Julia A. Whitaker of Plainfield, dau. of Ephraim and Delia Whitaker, b. April 28, 1862. Res. in Plainfield. Four children.
6. OLIVER PERRY7 BURR (Ebenezer6-5-4, Jonathan3, Samuel2, Benjamin1) b. April 25, 1822; m. - , Maria L. Westgate of Plainfield, dau. of David and Lucy (Williams) Westgate, b. - , 1819, and d. April 21, 1882. He d. Feb. 7, 1889. He was a farmer and always lived in Cor- nish. For many years they had the care of the poor in Cornish until the county took care of its paupers in 1868. Child:
8. i. ORLANDO POWERS, b. Feb. 16, 1853.
7. VERSEL EBENEZER? BURR (Ebenezer6-5-4, Jonathan3, Samuel?, Benjamin1) b. April 7, 1829; m. March 20, 1855, Janette Hibbard, dau. of Zebulon
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and Eliza Hibbard, b. Nov. 28, 1836. Res. in Cornish until he enlisted in Aug., 1862. He was a member of Co. I, 14th Regt. N. H. Vols. in the war of the Rebellion. He d. in the service Aug. 23, 1863. Three chil- dren, all b. in Cornish:
i. JOHN V., b. April 22, 1856.
ii. KATIE J., b. April 20, 1859.
iii. MARY J., b. March 14, 1861; d. Feb. 29, 1872.
8. ORLANDO POWERS BURR (Oliver Perry7, Ebenezer6-5-4, Jonathan3, Samuel?, Benjamin1) b. Feb. 16, 1853; m. Jan. 3, 1871, Emma Jane Fletcher, dau, of Quartus and Charlotte (Hilliard) Fletcher of Cornish, b. March 15. 1852. Children, all b. in Cornish:
9. i. PERRY FLETCHER, b. Feb. 19, 1872.
ii. EDWIN QUARTUS, b. April 22, 1874; m. Oet. 31, 1897, Loretta Sander- son, dau. of Franeis Sanderson.
iii. MYRTIE JAEL, b. June 9, 1882.
iv. ELLA MARIA, b. Nov. 27, 1884.
9. PERRY FLETCHER9 BURR (Orlando Powerss, Oliver Perry?, Ebenezer6-5-4, Jonathans, Samuel2, Benjamin1) b. Feb. 19, 1872; m. Oct. 27, 1891, Abby R. Hebard of Cornish, dau. of Norman E. and Mrs. Julia (Avery) (Mer- rill) Hebard, b. July 24, 1870. Children, all b. in Cornish :
i. ELEANOR BLANCHE, b. Nov. 24, 1892; m. June 25, 1910, Clifford Bonner.
ii. JULIUS HEBARD, b. June 30, 1895.
iii. MARIA JULIA, b. July 14, 1896; d. Aug. 30, 1896.
iv. WILLIAM MCKINLEY, b. May 1, 1899.
v. WALTER NORMAN, b. Feb. 23, 1902.
vi. THEODORE ROOSEVELT, b. May 10, 1903.
vii. DORIS, b. Nov. 25, 1905.
BUTMAN.
AMOS BUTMAN, b. in 1786, with Marion (Heath) Butman his wife, b. in 1796, lived in Enfield and raised several children. They came to Cornish in advanced life. Two daughters, Mrs. Hiram Stone and Mrs. Horace Wright, already lived here. A son, John Butman, eame a few years later. Amos d. June 23, 1861. His wife d. Sept. 4, 1872. John was b. in Enfield Feb. 5, 1821; m. first, Jan. 30, 1856, Laura L. Allen, b. Feb. 26, 1837, in Hinesburg, Vt., and d. June 4, 1871. They lived a few years in Morris- town, Waterbury and Burlington, Vt. After the death of his wife he- came to Cornish, where he spent the rest of his life. He m. second, Oct. 18, 1879, Jennie M. Austin of Lebanon, b. Nov. 21, 1834, and d. Dec. 6, 1908. He d. Jan. 23, 1899. Children, all by first wife:
2. i. ALBERT PERKINS, b. Aug. 11, 1859.
ii. ABBIE JANE, b. July 1, 1861, in Waterbury, Vt .; m. - Dorwin and has several children. A son, Lawrence, was b. in town, June- 28, 1891.
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