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i. ELIZABETH, b. Aug. 19, 1789; m. Nov. 14, 1815, her cousin, Capt. Cotton Chase, eldest son of Dea. John Chase. Five children. She d. July S, 1868.
ii. MARY, b. Dec. 26, 1790; m. Dee. 13, 1809, her cousin, Freeman Chase, eldest son of Nahum C. Chase. She d. June 15, 1855.
iii. HANNAH Brown, 1ST, b. Dec. 23, 1793; d. Feb. 5, 1807.
iv. PERSIS, b. Oct. 25, 1794; m. April 9, 1823, Horace Ware. She d. Dec. 1, 185S.
V. CALEB, JR., b. Sept. 3, 1797; m. first, -, Sarah Morgan; m. second, -, Jane Rayburn. They res. in Boston.
vi. Lucy, b. July 13, 1798; d. April 9, 1834.
vii. NAHUM C., b. Aug. 3, 1800; d. Aug. 3, 1803.
viii. DANIEL KIMBALL, b. Oet. 16, 1804; m. - , Maria Louisa Cobb. ix. HANNAH BROWN, 2D, b. Sept. 19, 1806; d. Jan. 27, 1824.
6. MOODYS CHASE (Moses4, Daniels, Moses?, Aquilla1) was b. Oct. 10, 1770, in Cornish; m. first, Jan. 28, 1793, Rebecca Chapman of Cornish, dau. of Capt. Benjamin and Jemima (Gates) Chapman, b. - , 1771 (?), d. June 10, 1791, aged 23; m. second, Jan. 28, 1795, Rhoda Cook of Clare- mont (?), b. - , 1769 (?), d. Feb. 21, 1796, aged 27; m. third, -, Lucy Farnham, b. - , d. -. Mr. Chase d. April, 1845. Children by Rebecca Chapman:
13. i. BENJAMIN CHAPMAN, b. Sept. S, 1793.
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ii. Infant, b. - , d. June 8, 1794, two days before the mother d. Child by Rhoda Cook:
iii. RHODA COOK, b. Feb. 15, 1796; m. Feb. 9, 1815, Jesse Vose of Clare- mont.
Children by Lucy Farnham:
iv. HARVEY FARNHAM, b. May 5, 1797; m. Nov. 3, 1836, Sarah D. Wood- bury of New London. He was educated at Kimball Union Academy, rem. to Malcomb, Ill., where he spent his life. A farmer. He d. Dec. 9, 1878. Had one son, James Phineas, b. in Cornish July 17, 1838, before going West.
V. REBECCA CHAPMAN, b. July 4, 1798.
vi. JAMES MAURICE, b. April 4, 1800.
vii. MOODY, JR., b. Feb. 25, 1802. Graduated Kimball Union Academy in class 1825, Dartmouth College, class 1829; Andover Theolo- logical Sem., class 1832. A Presbyterian minister in several parishes in Ind .; m. first, Sept. 17, 1832, Sarah Stuart Bailey; m. second, June 7, 1837, Hannah Jewett. He d. March 22, 1879, in Parkersburg, Ind.
viii. LUCY MARIA, b. March 12, 1804. While being educated at Kimball Union Academy, she d. March 31, 1825, aged 21.
"Short toils, short woes, loved friends were thine, Now joys eternal and divine."
(Inscription on tombstone.)
ix. HANNAH BROWN, b. Oct. 5, 1806. Educated at Kimball Union Academy 1822-1823; a teacher several years; m. -, William E. Withrow of Malcomb, Ill. She d. -
x. HARRIET ELIZA, b. Dec. 8, 1808.
xi. GEORGE CLEMENT, b. Sept. 16, 1811. Graduated Kimball Union Academy, class 1836; Dartmouth College in 1841; and in the Medical Dept. in 1847. Physician at Lyndon, Vt., and Downie- ville, Cal., where he d. June 20, 1878. M. - , Maria Field of Lyndon, Vt.
xii. NEWTON WHITTLESEY, b. Nov. 13, 1813.
xiii. ALBERT, b. April 25, 1817. Graduated Kimball Union Academy in 1840; Dartmouth College in 1844; Medical Dept. in 1847. Physician at Hanover and San Francisco, Cal., where he d. in the spring of 1903.
7. MOSES5 CHASE (Moses', Daniels, Moses?, Aquilla1) b. Nov. 9, 1772; m. Jan. 20, 1800, Deborah Bull. She d. Aug. 17, 1837. He was a graduate of Dart- mouth College. But little can be learned of him. It is supposed that he left town in early life and his home and occupation have not come to our knowledge. He d. Aug. 27, 1861. Children:
i. EPAPHRUS BULL, b. Oct. 27, 1800; d. at Lyndon, Vt., Sept. 10, 1867.
ii. HENRIETTA MOBLY, b. July 21, 1801; d. at Gainsville, Ala., April 2, 1873.
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iii. WILLIAM COLEMAN, b. Dec. 19, 1803; d. in Denver, Col.
iv. GEORGE MUNROE, b. March 16, 1806; d. at Honolulu, Sandwich Islands, Dec. 5, 1855.
v. MARY ANN, b. April 29, 1808; m. - Chamberlain; d. at Lincoln, Ill., April 12, 1891.
vi. HARRIET ALWOOD, b. April 21, 1812; d. in Cal.
vii. DANIEL K., b. Feb. 20, 1815; d. in Calais, Me.
viii. JANE, b. May 31, 1817; d. Jan. 18, -.
ix. JOHN BRYANT, b. March 18, 1821; d. Nov. 18, 1847, in Boston, Mass.
8. CLEMENT5 CHASE (Moses4, Daniels, Moses?, Aquilla1) was b. July 4, 1776. A farmer and always lived in Cornish. Was a dea. many years in the Congregational Church and was well known for his rigid probity of char- acter, also for his liberality and hospitality. He m. first, in 1798, Lucy Murray of Litchfield, Conn., b. in 1778, d. Aug. 18, 1814; m. second, - -, 1815, Olive Spaulding of Plainfield, dau. of Dea. Champion Spauld- ing, b. Feb. 29, 1790, d. May 11, 1825; m. third, -, Prudence Andrews, b. Aug. 31, 1789, d. July 18, 1863. He d. June 6, 1867, aged 90-11. Children by Lucy Murray:
i. PHILEMON MURRAY, 1ST, b. March 23, 1800; d. in 1820, while teach- ing in Bath, N. Y.
ii. SUSAN, 1ST, b. Aug. 11, 1800; d. young.
iii. SUSAN, 2D, b. April 30, 1801; d. May 15, 1839.
iv. FREEMAN (or Truman), b. Sept. 14, 1803; m. - , Amanda Tisdale of Hanover. No issue. He d. Nov. 29, 1832.
V. GEORGE CLEMENT, b. May 1, 1806; d. Jan. 24, 1807.
vi. LUCY MURRAY, b. Dec. 13, 1807; m. Dec. 25, 1826, Horace Bushnell of Westbrook, Conn. She d. Sept. 30, 1889.
vii. ESTHER ROBBINS, 1ST, b. Jan. 18, 1813; d. March 12, 1813.
viii. ESTHIER ROBBINS, 2D, b. Aug. 13, 1814; m. May 18, 1843, William Silloway of Plainfield, a civil engineer. Rem. to Racine, Wis.
Children by Olive Spaulding:
ix. OLIVE SPAULDING, b. March 6, 1816; m. - , John B. Judson, M. D. She d. Aug. 31, 1866, at Livingstone Mills, N. Y.
x. EUNICE DANA, b. - , 1818; d. Dec. 30, 1832.
xi. CHAMPION SPAULDING, b. March 20, 1820. (See sketch.)
xii. PILILEMAN MURRAY, 2D, b. July 12, 1822; d. July 12, 1823.
Children by Prudence Andrews:
xiii. An infant, b. and d. Sept. 14, 1825.
xiv. RUTH MARIA, b. and d. April 21, 1827.
XV. SARAH, b. Nov. 23, 1829; res., Chicago, Ill .; m. - , Robert H. Lay.
14. xvi. GEORGE MURRAY, b. March 6, 1830. xvii. An infant. No dates given.
9. HARVEY5 CHASE (Moses', Daniels, Moses2, Aquilla1) was b. Nov. 13, 1778; m. - , Eunice, dau. of J. M. Dana, Esq., b. May 20, 1783, and d.
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Jan. 8, 1823, aged 40. He was a lawyer and practiced his profession chiefly in Cornish and Windsor, Vt. He d. Feb. 18, 1857. Children:
i. ALFRED, b. Oct. 16, 1811. Commeneed a course of study at Kimball Union Academy, and d. Sept. 28, 1826.
ii. ISRAEL PUTNAM, b. May 28, 1815; d. June 17, 1816.
iii. POLLY DANA, b. Feb. 18, 1818; d. June -, 1837, aged 19.
iv. CATHARINE, b. - , 1819, never m .; d. June 13, 1896.
10. BENJAMIN KIMBALL6 CHASE (Daniels, Moses', Daniels, Moses2, Aquilla1) was b. April 5, 1798. A farmer and ever res. upon his father's estate. He d. June 16, 1842. He had m. Oet. 21, 1835, Sarah Ann Taft, b. June 9, 1815. After his death, his wid. m. March 7, 1843, Enoch F. Chellis of Plainfield, b. Aug. 9, 1815, who, after this, lived in town the remainder of his life, dying Aug. 1, 1885. She d. Feb. 4, 1888. Children:
i. DANIEL, b. July 9, 1836. Was in trade at the Flat several years and afterwards in Boston; associated with his wife's brother in the clothing business; m. - , Abbie H., dau. of John and Mary Ann (Newhall) Atwood. No children. He d. Nov. 21, 1885.
ii. SARAH JANE, b. Aug. 26, 1839; d. March 10, 1850.
15. iii. BENJAMIN KIMBALL, JR., b. Aug. 25, 1841.
11. COTTON6 CHASE (Johns, Moses', Daniels, Moses?, Aquilla1) was b. Aug. 8, 1783; m. Nov. 14, 1815, Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Capt. Calebs and Elizabeth (Deming) Chase, b. Aug. 19, 1789, and d. July 8, 1868. A farmer and mechanie. Most of their lives were spent in town. Mr. Chase d. Oct. 1, 1872. Children :
i. MARTHA COTTON, b. Sept. 21, 1816. She never m .; d. May 23, 1881.
ii. NAHUM, b. July 24, 1818.
iii. CALEB ROWLAND, b. Oet. 23, 1820; d. Jan. 11, 1870.
iv. HANNAH BROWN, b. Aug. 16, 1824; d. Nov. 14, 1827.
v. CAROLINE HANNAH, b. Dec. 18, 1827; d. Oct. 10, 1860. She never m.
12. MOSES6 CHASE (Johns, Moses', Daniels, Moses2, Aquilla') was b. Dec. 20, 1799. A farmer and lumberman, owning and running the sawmill built by his father; m. May 1, 1832, Fidelia, dau. of Isaac and Hannah (Perry) Alden, b. Aug. 12, 1805, and d. March 11, 1864. He d. May 17, 1864. Children, all b. in Cornish:
i. HENRY DWIGHT, b. March 19, 1833; d. July 12, 1836.
ii. JOHN BAXTER, b. April 1, 1834. Enlisted in Civil War, Heavy Artillery. (See Military.) He m. March 11, 1868, Emerett Ayers, dau. of Samuel and Lois (Fitch) Ayers, b. Oet. 10, 1838, and d. April 22, 1874. No children. He d. Aug. - , 1871.
iii. HARRIET FIDELIA, b. Oct. 10, 1836; d. June 18, 1848.
iv. SARAH ANNABEL, b. April 6, 1839; d. Dec. 19, 1860.
V. HELEN MARIA, b. Nov. 21, 1841; m. March 11, 1868, Henry Ayers of Cornish. They rem. to Ashtabula Co., O., where they have 7-1I
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since res., engaged in farming. Five children. (See Ayers.) Mr. Ayers d. March 21, 1897.
vi. ADALINE ESTELLA, b. April 25, 1844; m. Jan. 17, 1871, Darwin B. Kinsman, formerly of Plainfield. Four children. (See Kins- man.)
vii. ORMOND A., b. April 15, 1847; d. Jan. 16, 1865.
viii. GEORGE BYRON, b. Jan. 27, 1850. Rem. West; studied and practiced law at Elkpoint, Dak .; m. - , Clara Hart. He d. at Rome, O., Feb., 1880. Left one dau., Edith M.
13. BENJAMIN CHAPMANS CHASE (Moodys, Moses4, Daniels, Moses?, Aquilla-) was b. Sept. S, 1793; m. Nov. 13, 1817, Eliza Royce of Claremont, a sister of Mrs. Paran Stevens of Claremont and N. Y. City. He was a farmer and d. at 36, Sept. 19, 1829. Children, supposed (?) b. in Cornish :
i. BENJAMIN CHAPMAN, JR., b. Jan. 29, 1819. Graduated Kimball Union Academy in 1842; Dartmouth College in 1846; Bangor Theological Seminary in 1849; ord. Jan. S, 1850, in Camden, Me .; was pastor in Attleboro, Mass., Oldtown, Foxeroft and Dover, Me. He d. at the latter place Oet. 13, 1868. He m. Feb. 10, 1850, Almeda S. Blanchard.
ii. MURRAY STEVENS, b. Feb. 14, 1821. A farmer and lived in Ains- worth, Brown Co., Neb. Had twelve children. He d. July 14, 1897.
iii. LUTHERA MARIA, b. Jan. 16, 1823; m. - , Nathan Brown of Boston. No children. She practiced medicine several years in So. Boston, making midwifery a specialty. She d. in the spring of 1883.
iv. MAURICE JAMES, b. March 4, 1826. (See sketch.)
v. HENRY ALFRED, b. July 8, 1828; m. Feb. 7, 1850, Harriet Ann Pease of Boston, Mass. Four children: 1. George Henry, b. -. 2. Paran Stevens, b .-. 3. Flora Estella, b. April 23, 1858. 4. Luthera Eliza, b. Oet. 6, 1860. He lived in Boston, Mass., and St. Albans, Vt. He d. at the latter place June 25, 1905. He was a master mechanic and had the distinetion of making patterns for the first locomotive to pass over the Fitchburg div. of B. & M. R. R., then the Sullivan railroad to Bellows Falls, Vt. He attained a high and respected position in his business.
14. GEORGE MURRAY6 CHASE (Clements, Moses4, Daniels, Moses?, Aquilla1) was b. March 6, 1830; m. first, -, Emeline L. Chapman of Cornish, dau. of Benjamin and Theoda (Colburn) Chapman, b. Oet. 10, 1819, and d. June 7, 1859, leaving two sons; m. second, Nov. 22, 1860, Cynthia A. Butman. Lived in town till March, 1865, when they rem. to Minn., where he d. Aug. 3, 1886. He was killed by an accident with horses that he was driving attached to a self-binder; is buried in Greenwood Ceme- tery at Eureka, Minn. He was a soldier of the Civil War, enlisting from Cornish in the 7th N. H. Vols. in 1861. (See Military.) He was a farmer and hotel keeper. Children, by first marriage, both b. in Cornish:
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i. HORACE BUSHNELL, b. Oct. 25, 1856; m. Dec. 25, 1880, Elizabeth Jelly of New Market, Minn., b. Aug. 4, 1861. Seven children. Lives in Farmington, Minn. A farmer, also mail carrier and engineer.
ii. MURRAY CHAPMAN, b. May 25, 1859; m. April 15, 1885, Emily F. Holland, b. July 4, 1858. Five children. Lives in Chicago, Ill.
Children by second marriage:
iii. Infant, b. in Cornish about 1862, and d. the same year.
iv. GEORGE TRUMAN, b. Aug. IS, 1869, in Minn.
15. BENJAMIN KIMBALL7-6 CHASE, JR. (Daniels, Moses4, Daniels, Moses?, Aquilla1) was b. Aug. 25, 1841; m. first, Jan. 3, 1866, Lucia G. Deming of Cornish, eldest dau. of Solon H. and Laodicea (Silloway) Deming, b. Jan. 29, 1846, and d. Oct. 30, 1871, without issue; m. second, Jan. 5, 1876, Clara E. Allison, b. in Concord Aug. 15, 1854, and d. in Langdon. Mr. Chase d. Feb. 20, 190S, in Cambridge, Mass. Buried in Langdon by side of last wife. One child by last marriage: Everett Kimball, b. June 29, 1889; m. Dec. 25, 190S, Lecia M. LaSalle of Langdon.
CHELLIS.
ENOCH F. CHELLIS, a son of Thomas Chellis, was b. Aug. S, 1815, in Plain- field. He came to Cornish in the winter of 1844. He m. March 7, 1843, Mrs. Sarah A. (Taft) Chase, wid. of Kimball Chase, b. June 9, 1815, and d. Feb. 4, 1888. He settled on the farm then belonging to his wife and her children (the Daniel Chase farm north of the Flat.) (See Chase.) He was formerly a teacher of common schools, a good disciplinarian and much sought for to manage "hard schools." He was a shrewd financier. They had but one child, a daughter, Marion Virginia, b. July 2, 1844, who m. Jan. S, 1867, Col. John L. Rice and settled in Springfield, Mass., where she d. childless Oct. 30, 1873. Mr. and Mrs. Chellis built a new home on the Flat and spent the rest of their lives there. He d. Aug. 1, 1885.
CHILD.
This name was at first used as a prefix or title to other names, but finally became a surname throughout England. Several noteworthy families of this name are mentioned through the centuries following the Norman conquest, sketches and incidents of whom are of abundant record. They adopted armo- rial ensigns, or coat of arms, varying in significance and design. A leading one of these bore the motto: "Imitari quam invidere," signifying, "I imitate those whom you envy." The paternity of early emigrants is often veiled in a
greater or less degree of uncertainty. So in this case, the parentage of Ephraim Child and Benjamin Child, his nephew, cannot be given. Together they came to America in 1630 and settled in Watertown, Mass. From Benjamin have sprung all of the name who have ever lived in Cornish. He, with Mary, his wife, became the parents of twelve children. Benjamin2, their second child, was born in Roxbury, Mass., in 1656. He m. Grace Morris, March 7, 1683. They also had twelve children. Ephraim3, their first child, was born in Rox-
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bury, Mass., Dee. 18, 1683; m. Priscilla Harris in 1710. He, with six of his brothers migrated to Woodstock, Conn., then called "New Roxbury." Eph- raim and Priseilla had ten children. Their second son, Daniel4, was b. in Woodstock, Jan., 1713; m. Jan., 1747, Ruth Ammidown Curtis. They had six children. Stephens, was their third child and third son.
1. STEPHEN5 CHILD (Daniels, Ephraim3, Benjamin2-1) was b. Nov. 27, 1749, in Woodstock, Conn. Came to Cornish March 18, 1775. Bought and lived on the farm now occupied by his grandson, W. H. Child. Entered the army of U. S. May 7, 1777; marched from Cornish under Col. Jona- than Chase to Ticonderoga, N. Y., ninety miles, to reinforce the Northern Continental army under Gen. Gates; was discharged June 18, 1777, after serving one month and twelve days; enlisted again Sept. 23, 1777, under Col. Chase, and marched to Saratoga, N. Y., 110 miles, rendering service of one month and one day. He was at the surrender of Bur- goyne Oct. 17; he served as corporal during each term of service. On Sept. 8, 1778, he m. Mercy, eldest dau. of Dea. Dudley and Alice (Cor- bett) Chase, who with their children had removed from Sutton, Mass., and were the first family of settlers in Cornish that included any women. Mercy was ten years of age, when she, with her mother, came to town. (See Settlement.) She was b. April 6, 1755, and d. in Cornish Dec. 27, 1835, aged 80. Mr. Child d. May 24, 1831. Children, all b. in Cornish :
i. DANIEL, b. Aug. 6, 1779; m. Nov. 11, 1804, Apama Lyman. They settled in Bethel, Vt. He was a surveyor; was accounted good authority in legal matters and did a large amount of business in those lines being accounted a prominent man in Bethel. Nine children. He d. Jan. 7, 1853.
ii. RUTH CURTIS, b. Dec. 25, 1780; m. Feb., 1803, Samuel M. Chase, who was b. in Walpole, Aug. 15, 1782, d. in Langdon Feb. 19, 1820. They lived in Langdon and had ten children. (See Chase.) She d. March 11, 1856, in the home of her son, Samuel, then president of Jubilee College in Jubilee, Il.
iii. ENos, b. Jan. 10, 1783; m. Aug. 23, 1806, Sarah Bemis of Cornish, dau. of Benj. B. and Abigail (Hall) Bemis, b. in Spencer, Vt., Sept. 3, 1783. Lived in Cornish a few years and then rem. to Bethel, Vt., where they spent their lives. They had ten children. A son of theirs, Dr. Asaph Bemis Child, b. Aug. 22, 1813, became a noted dentist in Boston; also a Spiritualist, and became dis- tinguished as an author by publishing several books on Spiritual- ism. Enos d. Jan. 30, 1839.
iv. URSULA, b. June 2, 1785; in. Nov. 2, 1806, Eben Comings of Cornish. They lived in Cornish till she d. June 29, 1831. Six children. (See Comings.)
v. ALICE, b. April 2, 1787; m. Dec. 24, 1812, Bela Chase, a brother of her sister Ruth's husband. Lived in Cornish. Five children. (See Chase.) He d. Sept. 9, 1841. She d. May 6, 1857, with her son, Francis X., in Oregon, III.
vi. EUDOCIA, b. June 27, 1789; m. June 8, 1806, Benjamin Freeman. They lived in Plainfield. Six children. (Sce Freeman.) Mr.
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Freeman was b. in Plainfield Aug. 6, 1781, and d. June, 1828. She d. March 15, 1860.
vii. ARAMINTA, b. Sept. 3, 1791; d. in infancy Oct. 6, 1791.
2. viii. STEPHEN, JR., b. Aug. 20, 1792.
ix. MERCY, b. May 10, 1794; m. March 18, 1819, Abner Palmer, who was b. in Langdon Nov. 27, 1792, and d. April, 1856. They lived in Alstead. Three children. She d. Jan., 1836.
x. JENNY, b. Nov. 4, 1797; m. March 12, 1820, Jacob J. Safford of Randolph, Vt., who was b. June 9, 1795. Six children. Lived and d. in Oberlin, O. Were prominent supporters and patrons of the college there.
xi. PRUDENCE, b. March 7, 1800; d. in infancy Aug. 25, 1802.
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2. STEPHEN6 CHILD, JR. (Stephens, Daniels, Ephraim3, Benjamin2-1) was b. Aug. 20, 1792. Being the youngest son, he was his parents choice to remain on the homestead and care for them in their declining years. Here he spent his life as a farmer. Was a member of the Baptist Church. As a
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politician, he was at first a Jeffersonian Democrat. Espousing the cause of the slaves, he, among others was dubbed an abolitionist, and later was a Republican. He m. March 20, 1822, Eliza Atwood of Cornish, dau. of William and Elizabeth (Hall) Atwood, b. in Pelham April 21, 1801, and d. Dec. 31, 1891, in Cornish. He d. Feb. 1, 1866. Children, all b. in Cornish :
i. ELIZA JANE, b. June 13, 1823. Taught school several years; m. May 4, 1868, Freeman Woodard of Greenfield, Mass. They lived in Greenfield, Everett, Pembroke and Stoneham, Mass. Mr. Woodard d. Feb. 1, 1900. They had no children :
ii. PHILANDER CHASE, b. Sept. 30, 1824; m. Sept. 20, 1846, Sarah Hodg- don. They had no children of their own, but they adopted one, Annie, who d. in May, 1905. They lived many years in Clare- mont and then rem. to Chelsea, Mass., where they kept a provision store a few years and afterwards rem. to Attleboro, Mass., where she d. Oct. 1, 1897. He d. in Boston Feb. 6, 1903. .
iii. GEORGE FRANKLIN, b. July 18, 1827; d. Aug. 22, 1834.
3. iv. WILLIAM HENRY, b. Dec. 22, 1832.
V. MARION ELLA, b. Oct. 6, 1844. Educated in the schools of Cornish and Oberlin College; taught schools in N. H. and Ky .; was also a teacher of music and languages. Lived several years in Hyde Park and Jamaica Plain, Mass., and in 1905 rem. to Stoneham, Mass. The last few years she has been engaged in writing on theological subjects, particularly that of prophecy. She m. July 10, 1867, Joseph J. Hatlinger, a native of Hungary, Europe, who had served as aid on Gen. Louis Kossuth's staff. After com- ing to this country he first studied medicine in the Medical Dept. of Yale College; soon after he enlisted in the Civil War; he was soon promoted and became Capt. of a company of colored troops. He afterwards received an appointment as assistant sur- geon and rendered efficient services to the close of the war. He d. in Chelsea Soldiers' Hospital April 28, 190S. They had no children. He was buried in Cornish. She still (1910) res. in Stoneham.
3. WILLIAM HENRY7 CHILD (Stephen6-5, Daniels, Ephraim3, Benjamin ?- 1) was b. Dec. 22, 1832. Has res. chiefly on the homestead farm. Grad- uated at Kimball Union Academy, class 1856; spent a few years teach- ing in N. H., Vt. and Ohio. Was superintendent of schools, 1886-97; devoted his time chiefly to farming until 1897. In March of this year the town of Cornish decided to have its history written. Dr. George W. Hunt was chosen historian with authority to appoint five aids. Mr. Child was one of the five selected who at once began the work. A love for the work has caused him to continue it. In 1901, Dr. Hunt re- signed his position as historian and Mr. Child was chosen in his stead to carry on the work, and the town has since voted appropriations as needed for the purpose. He m. Jan. 1, 1857, Ellen Frances Leighton
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of Hartford, Vt., dau. of Isaac T. and Jemima (Wood) Leighton, b. Aug. 9, 1836. This couple celebrated their golden wedding Jan. 1, 1907. Their children were all b. in Cornish except the first.
i. WILLIAM PALMER, b. in Hartford, Vt., Nov. 15, 1857. In 1877, before he became of age, he betook himself to a seafaring life. This he followed many years with Australia as his adopted country. In Aug., 1883, he m. Annie Scott of Kent Co., Eng., and by her had two daus .: 1. Annie Lillian. 2. Nellie His wife, Annie, d. and he m. second, Laura Howland, and by her he had two more children: 1. William Henry. 2. Eileen. Mr. Child lived several years in Brisbane, but lastly and chiefly near Sydney, New South Wales, where he d. Dec. 4, 1909.
ii. FRANK EUGENE, b. April 19, 1859; d. April 4, 1860.
iii. HATTIE LILLIAN, b. Dec. 28, 1863. She was a successful teacher of schools with five years' experience, beginning at fifteen years of age. She m. Nov. 14, 1883, Reuben C. True, an extensive and thriving farmer of West Lebanon, where they res. Three children: 1. Mary Cutler, b. Nov. 30, 1886, and d. Nov. 27, 1898. 2. William Bradley, b. June 3, 1890; a graduate of Kimball Union Academy in 1909. 3. Olive Lillian, b. Sept. 18, 1898.
4. iv. EDWIN LEIGHTON, b. May 15, 1867.
V. IDA LOUISE, b. Feb. 7, 1870. Spent several years teaching; graduated Kimball Union Academy, in class 1893; following this she taught the grammar school at West Lebanon five years. She m. June 15, 1898, Alfred W. Sibley of Westboro, Mass., but more recently of West Lebanon. He is a traveling salesman. Two children: 1. Marjorie Lueile, b. March 27, 1899. 2. Harold Child, b. June 30, 1901. They lived in West Lebanon till 1906 and then rem. to Worcester, Mass.
4. EDWIN LEIGHTON& CHILD (W'm. Henry7, Stephen6-5, Daniel4, Ephraim3, Benjamin2-1) was b. May 15, 1867; educated in the schools of Cornish and at the N. H. Agricultural College associated with Dartmouth College, then at Hanover. Soon after he became interested in dairy work espe- cially in butter making and graduated from the Vermont Dairy School at Burlington, and afterwards became an instructor in the same institu- tion; was employed by the Cornish Creamery Company from 1897 until 1909 as its superintendent-a period of twelve years. He devoted his time and energies towards rendering this plant a popular one abroad and a profitable one for its patrons. He successfully competed with 972 of the leading creameries and dairies of this country and Canada, and at the Pan-American Exhibition at Buffalo, winning first honors in every case exeept one. At the Paris World's Exhibition his manufacture scored highest of all N. H. butter and was thus awarded the only gold medal coming to the state. He also twice captured the grand sweepstakes prize of the state, winning the silver trophy offered by the Granite State Dairymen's Association, scoring on one exhibit 9914-100. He was also
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prominent in Grange work in the state. Beside being master of his own grange six years, was district deputy two years of his own district. He m. Feb. 15, 1894, Ida L. Ford of Danbury, dau. of Rev. Robert and Mary A. (Towle) Ford, b. April 16, 1867. Children, all b. in Cornish:
i. FORD LEIGHTON, b. Feb. 22, 1895; d. Jan. 7, 1904. A child of great promise.
ii. ROSWELL TOWLE, b. May 12, 1898.
iii. EDNA LIZZIE, b. Oct. 19, 1903.
EDWIN L. CHILD.
CHOATE.
WILLIAM CHOATE was an early res. of the town. His former record is not at. hand. Naught but his tombstone and town record is left for the geneal- ogist. He was b. about 1740 and d. March 22, 1815, aged 75. He m. Nov. 13, 1767, Deborah Yerrington, a sister of Phebe, wife of Dea. Samuel Hilliard. Children:
i. CYNTHIA, b. March 2, 1769; m. Feb. 27, 1800, David Dudley.
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ii. PHEBE, b. June 11, 1771; m. first, May 30, 1815, Archibald White of Windsor. He d. -; she m. second, Nov. 29, 1825, Rufus Day of Cornish (2d wife). No children. She d. in Cornish March 3, 1838.
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