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132. Maria5, b. June 1, 1791; m. Jonathan Warren; d. July 15, 1847.
133. Clarissa5, b. Nov. 11, 1792; m. Feb. 13, 1817, William Davidson ; d. Jan. 19, 1855; lived and d. in Lowell, Mass. (See Davidson family.)
134. Twins5, b. June 5, 1794; d. June 5, 1794.
135. Louisa5, b. Nov. 9, 1795; in. Samuel Jackson, of Bel-
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fast, Me. ; d. in Windham, May 20, 1872; she res. for a time in Belfast, Me.
136. Robert-Park5 [240], b. June 27, 1797 ; d. Aug. 28, 1861.
137. Annis5, b. April 16, 1799; m. (2d w.) Dec. 21, 1826, Isaac Cochran. (See Cochran family.)
13S. John4 [34] (William3, Robert2, John1). He was b. in 1761 ; m. Isabella Hemphill, of Windham, Oct. 27, 1791. He settled on the north part of his father's farm, now occupied by J .- T. Hunnewell, and there plied his trade of blacksmith, and as a smith was a good workman. He was industrious, and built himself a good honse and barn, as well as blacksmith's shop, But his farm was poor ; and whether the shop took so much of his time as to spoil his farming, or the latter occupation so engaged him as to ruin his business as a smith, or whether the intrinsic pov- erty of the soil is enough to account for the fact, it is certain that he failed in both occupations, and, about 1827, was obliged to sell his place. He then moved on to the farm of Isaac Thom, in Windham Range; this place is now (1882) occupied and owned by his grandson, Joseph-W. Dinsmoor. Having profited by past experience, or owing to a more productive soil, although he had passed the prime of life, he was successful in his new work, and soon became owner of the farm. He was a man of decided con- vietions and unyielding in his opinions. Late in life, when per- haps his disposition had been somewhat soured by his reverses of fortune, he was inclined to be morose and to look on the dark side of the picture. His wife was happily of the opposite turn of mind. Always genial and companionable, making the best of every- thing, by pleasantly agreeing with her husband in his sharp and often very just criticisms of men and things, he owed it to her that the thought was but momentary, which, with opposition, would have become chronic. With him she fully appreciated the force of the prayer of the Scotch preacher, who prayed the Lord "to start His people aright. Start them aright, O Lord! for Thou only knowest how hard it is to turn a Scotchman when he is onee wrong." His son John5, their only child in the State, re- sided near him, and was drowned in Cobbett's Pond in Novem- ber, 1834. Thus they were left childless, as it were, in their old age. In January, 1840, his wife, with whom he had lived in most endearing companionship, died of paralysis. She had retired to rest at night in her usual good health, but in the night her hus- band awoke and found she had lost the power of speech, and it never returned. Her death was a great shock to him, and broke np his home. He passed the remainder of his days in the family of his neighbor, Ebenezer-T. Abbott, one of a family whose name is a synonym for the humanities that cheer and relieve distress. Children, born in Windham : -
139. Nathaniel5 [253], b. July 14, 1792; d, in Utica, N. Y., 1824.
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140. Betsey3, b. April 14, 1794 ; m. James Hopkins. April 29, 1817. (See Hopkins family.)
141. Samuel5, b. Dec. 22, 1795 ; d. Jan. 10, 1818.
142. John5 [254], b. April 16, 1798; drowned in Cobbett's Pond, Nov. 2, 1834.
143. William5 [255], b. Dec. 3, 1803; d. at Galen, N. Y., April 13, 1861.
144. Samuel+ [35] (William8, Robert2, John1), was b. in Windham, July 1, 1766. The incidents connected with his fit- ting for college were these, as related by himself.
" I was, one day, helping my father and my older brothers mak e hay in the meadow east of Cobbett's Pond, when it occurred to me I would like to go to college. At noon, while we were sitting under a maple-tree eating our dinner, I said to my father, ' If you will help me through Dartmouth College, I will never ask anything more of you. I ean fit with Parson Williams and board at home.' 'Very well,' said my father, 'talk with your mother about it, and if she thinks best, I will do all I ean to help you.' Mother's approval having been gained, I began at once to study with Parson Williams." He then lived on the farm subsequently owned by Rev. Mr. Cutler, successor of his in the ministry over the same church. At that time the meeting-house stood near the cemetery, at the west end of Cobbett's Pond, and the road from his father's to Parson Williams's house led through Windham Range, the distance being little less than four miles by the road. This was his daily walk, except when the pond was frozen so as to permit his going on the ice. Preparation over, his brother John and he took a pair of oxen and cart, gathering such outfit of furniture, bedding, clothing, and books as could be spared from the house, and started in August, 1785, for Hanover. They drove westwardly to the Connecticut River, then followed its course up to Hanover. At that time there was not even a trail from Windham thither, by way of Concord; and on one occasion they were obliged to cut down a large pine tree to get through with their cart. In order to aid himself in paying his expenses while in college, he taught in the winter months, and, in addition to that, obtained from the faculty permission to open a store for the sale of goods bought in Boston, and brought to him with ox-teams, by his brothers. He graduated at Dartmouth College in 1789, in a class of twenty-four, many of whom distin- guished themselves in their professions, and as men of letters. After graduation, he continued to teach to obtain money with which to gain a profession. He studied law with Felix Sprague, in Keene, and while with him elerked in a store to pay his expenses. By the advice and with the cordial co-operation of Mr. Sprague, he opened an office in Keene. It is related of him that in a single year of his practice his collections numbered a thousand writs issued by justices of the peace. This was indeed a sad commentary on the credit system of that day, but no small com-
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pliment to a young attorney whose integrity commanded this amount of business. He assisted in the organization of the Keene Light Infantry, a military company whose esprit de corps rendered it famous for many years. He was chosen its com- mander, and remained in the military organization many years, passing through the various grades to that of general of division. In 1811 he was elected to Congress. While there his patriotism got the better of his party discipline, and he voted for the war with England, much to the disgust of his partisan friends at home. So violent was the feeling among his constituents on account of this vote, that some of his personal friends feared for his safety on his return from Washington, and went out to meet him, to act as escort, it may be, for his safety. In 1823 he was Republican candidate for governor ; but a division arising in that party, there was no election by the people, and in the legislature the opposition to him united with the Federalists, and elected Levi Woodbury. Governor Woodbury courteously appointed him judge of probate for the county of Cheshire. In 1830 he was the Democratic candidate for governor, and was elected in March, 1831, which office he held by three consecutive elec- tions. On his return home from Concord, at the close of the first session of the legislature in 1831, he was met at Marlboro', six miles distant from Keene, by his townsmen, without regard to party, accompanied by the Light Infantry, and escorted to his house in Keene, where a bountiful collation was served to all, which had been prepared at his own house, by the almost unaided effort of Miriam Bolster, for a long time the efficient servant in his family. The Sentinel, in its account of this reception, makes especial mention of the students at Miss Fisk's seminary, drawn up in line, with their preceptress at their head, to greet his excel- lency as he passed. This all must have been particularly gratify- ing to the governor, inasmuch as on his former attempt to serve his constituents in an official capacity, he had incurred their dis- pleasure by a manly and patriotic act. An official act, creditable alike to his head and heart, deserves especial mention. A vacancy occurred on the bench of the supreme court of the State, and although Mr. Dinsmoor had been elected by the Democratic party, and party lines were drawn very closely in New Hamp- shire, he appointed a Whig, the late Chief-justice Parker, thus showing he could rise above party, when, in his judgment, duty required it. His administration of the affairs of the State was marked with good sense, and his messages to the legislature were statesmanlike. He was plain, artless, and winning in manner, placing every one with whom he conversed, at ease. He was fond of his old friends and neighbors in his native town, and rarely passed a season without riding down from Keene in his chaise, with some member of the family, to spend a day or two visiting them. While there, no case of necessity came to his notice which did not receive kindly advice and material aid when needed,
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Upon the organization of the Ashuelot Bank, he was chosen president of the board of directors, and held that office at the time of his death.
While in all his official duties he exhibited the good sense which in private life had commended him to the suffrages of the people, yet it was in the ordinary walks of life, as a brother and friend, a husband and father, as a citizen of his State and Nation, that he was loved and honored when living, and for which his memory has been cherished. At his death, Mr. Prentiss, of the Keene Sentinel, who had known him long and well, and who had always opposed him politically, said, in his obituary, that it could be said of him, that "in all his relations in life, as lawyer, judge, representative in congress, governor of his native State, he had never betrayed a trust."
He m. Mary-Boyd, dau. of Gen. George and Mary (Woodburn) Reid, of Londonderry. She was a lady of great good sense, who added to the duties of wife and mother a gentle dignity, which inspired both the love and respect of all who knew her. She d. Jan. 3, 1835. Her husband survived her till March 15, of the same year. Children : -
145. Samuel5 [264], b. May 8, 1799 ; d. Feb. 24, 1869.
146. Mary-Eliza5, b. Dec. 2, 1800, at Keene; m. June 30, 1823, to Robert Means, of Amherst, N. H .; d. Aug. 16, 1829; left no children. She was a charming girl; the joy of the household.
147. George-Reid5, b. in Keene, Aug. 15, 1803. He engaged in mercantile pursuits, and was at the time of the financial crash of 1837, a member of the firm of Grant, Seaver & Co., of Boston. His firm failed, and he never recovered from the shock. Those who knew him then, speak of him as an energetic and accom- plished man. He went to California soon after the discovery of gold in that State. Since then he has returned, and lived a some- what secluded life in his native town, and d. in early part of 1882. 148. William5 [267], b. Sept. 20, 1805; lives in Keene.
149. William+ [37] (William3, Robert2, John1), was b. Feb. 17, 1772, and brought up on his father's farm at Windham. Having some mechanical skill and taste, he went to Charlestown when a young man, and worked for quite a number of years at ship-building. He returned to Windham, and having received a deed to a portion of his father's farm (that lying south of Jenny's Hill, extending west as far as his brother John's land, and south to Cobbett's Pond), he proceeded to clear his land. He built the house and barn now (1883) owned by Olin Parker, and on the 9th of April, 1787, married Elizabeth, dan. of John and Mary (Talford) Barnett, of Londonderry. His land was largely cov- ered with a dense growth of oak and pine, and the fields south- west of the house, extending to Cobbett's Pond, were cleared by his own hand, and put under cultivation. He is spoken of by those who knew him as being a powerful man, physically; and it is a well attested fact, that when twenty years of age he loaded a
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barrel of cider from the ground into an ox-cart without assistance, by placing his knee at one head of the barrel and taking hold of the chine at the other end with his right hand. While there is no record that he had any more education than that afforded by the town schools of his day, which were held in dwellings or barns in different parts of the town, in which books were scarce, the teacher alone having an Arithmetic, the pupils learning to write on birch bark, yet he has left in a daily journal a record of his pursuits and of the incidents of the times, that shows he was a superior penman, and had a fondness for letters. He was a great lover of music, and without much art or training, a charm- ing singer. In town affairs he was one of the leading men, occu- pying, at the time of his death, the position of chairman of the board of selectmen. He died Jan. 24, 1818, after an illness of two or three days, occasioned by a fall on the ice, when he was on the way to attend a religious meeting. He wrote his wife's name in their family Bible "Elizabeth," but then, as now, many people utterly disregarded baptismal names, and she was usually called " Betsey." At the death of her husband, she was so named in the court records, and ever after wrote her name Betsey. She was a woman of delicate health and organization, but of deep religious convictions, and great firmness and independence of thought and action. She did what many another widowed mother has done, by a method little less wonderful than the mir- acle of the " widow's cruse of oil," - reared her family on very slender means, and provided for each one at least a fair education. She died August, 1840, at Lowell, Mass. Speaking of her patient example and wise measures with her children, one of them finds no words so fitting as those which Goldsmith wrote of the village preacher, -
She " tried each art, reproved each dull delay,
Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way."
Children, b. Windham : -
150. Eliza5, b. Jan. 17, 1808; d. July, 1809.
151. John-Barnett5 [270], b. April 15, 1810; res. Sterling, Ill. ; d. Feb. 8, 1882.
152. William-Addison5 [272], b. Dec. 15, 1811; d. April 11, 1867.
153. Elizabeth5 [273], b. Nov. 15, 1813; m. J .- W. Pillsbury ; res. Milford, N. H.
154. S Albert5, b. May 10, 1816; d. March 17, 1817.
Adaline5, b. May 10, 1816; d. Jan. 18, 1817.
155. James5 [274], b. March 3, 1818; res. Sterling, Il.
156. Isaac4 [38] (William3, Robert2, John1). He was born May 15, 1774. He learned the carpenter's trade when a young man, and though he owned a farm during all the active years of his life, he worked at his trade in his immediate neighborhood, and in Lowell and Danvers, Mass., as well as in Nashua and
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Amoskeag, N. H., taking contracts for building in each of these places. He helped build the meeting-house in Derry Upper Vil- lage; it was two stories high, built in the prevailing style of that day. When there at work, to display his wonderful strength, he took on his shoulder a bunch of a thousand wet shingles, and car- ried them up the ladder, and laid them on the staging of the roof, - a feat which Dr. Winship, with his ability to lift 1,400 pounds, would hardly like to undertake. He m. Hannah Little, dau. of Taylor and Elizabeth (Morss) Little, of Weare, Feb. 24, 1801. They settled on that part of his father's farm west of Jenny's Hill, now G .- W. Hanscom's. Soon after Rev. Samuel Harris was settled in Windham, he sold his farm to Mr. Harris, and moved to Chester. There he bought a farm with a mill-site; he cleared the land, erected upon it large buildings, and built a dam and saw-mill. But he became involved in litigation about flow- ing lands from his mill-pond, which greatly embarrassed him financially. In 1834, he sold his property in Chester, and taking his family, furniture, and other effects in his wagon, and driving his own team, moved to Ohio, where his son Luther and son-in- law Carleton lived. They, with their families, had preceded him a few years. He bought a farm near Lodi, Athens County, Ohio, and there resided the remainder of his life. His wife, who was b. in New Boston, N. H., July 16, 1778, d. on the 3d of Oct. 1838, at Lodi, O. She was a woman whose physical and mental powers fitted her for the situations in which she was placed. Possessed of rare health, kind and genial manners, her house was not only the attractive home of her own family, but of social entertainment to all friends and neighbors. She reared a large family, whose good conduct and acknowledged respectability are the most flattering testimonials to their mother's worth. After her death, Mr. Dinsmoor m. in March, 1839, Margaret Havens, with whom he lived until his death, which occurred at Lodi, Ang. 18, 1857. His wife survived him until Nov. 4, 1874. She was 68 years old at the time of her death. Children by first wife : -
157. Charles5, b. at Windham, Dec. 26, 1801; d. at Chester, June 2, 1822.
158. Isaac-Alvah5 [275], b. at Windham, Dec. 12, 1802; d. Troy, O., 1861.
159. Luther5 [279], b. at Windham, March 31, 1804; d. at Coolville, O., Sept. 1, 1839.
160. Ann-Matilda5 [280], b. at Windham, April 27, 1805; d. at Coolville, O., Aug. 1864.
161. Janc-Morrison5 [281], b. at Windham, Nov. 13, 1806; d. at Hiawatha, Kansas, March, 1873.
162. Lewis5 [282], b. at Chester, Feb. 18, 1808; d. in Arkansas, March, 1842.
163. Daniel5 [283], b. at Chester, Aug. 29, 1809; d. at Eureka, Kansas, 1873.
164. Elizabeth-Clark5 [284], b. at Chester, Feb. 14, 1812.
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165. William-Anderson5 [285], b. at Chester, Oct. 3, 1814. Children by second wife : - -
166. Margaret5 [286], b. at Lodi, O., Feb. 16, 1840; d. at Lodi, July 16, 1869.
167. Charles5, b. at Lodi, O., Nov. 25, 1841; d. June 19, 1863. He was a volunteer in the late civil war, and d. in a sol- diers' hospital.
168. Harriet-Louisa5 [288], b. at Lodi, O., June 16, 1846: m. Dec. 26, 1877, at Grafton, Ill., Allen Carson; res. at Blue Stem, Kan.
169. Milo-Guthrie5 [287], b. at Lodi, O., June 30, 1848.
The remarkable fact will be noticed, that there were 46 years and 6 months between the birth of the eldest and the youngest child of Isaac Dinsmoor.
170. John5 [49] (Robert4, John3, Robert2, John1), was b. March 23, 1781; d. Nov. 1843; m. Betsey Talbot, of Frances- town. Children : -
171. James-Hervey6, b. Dec. 19, 1811; m. May 22, 1854, Mary-Jane Hoyt; d. April 7, 1875.
CHILDREN.
1. Mary-Ida7, b. June 30, 1856.
2. Etta-A.7, b. June 28, 1858.
3. Effie-M.7, b. Feb. 29, 1860.
172. Horace-Fuller6, b. Feb. 25, 1814.
173. Lucretia-A.6, b. Oct. 27, 1816, in Francestown; m. Win .- B. Whittemore, May 26, 1842; d. at Hillsborough, N. H., Feb. 13, 1862.
CHILDREN.
1. William-Hammond?, b. at Antrim, June 5, 1845; d. at Hillsborough, May 25, 1865.
2. Jacob-B.7, b. Dec. 9, 1851 ; has been captain of the Carter Guards; is now paymaster of the regiment; lives on the farm formerly of his grandfather, Hon. Jacob Whittemore.
3. Mary-Ellen7, b. Nov. 1853.
174. John-Otis5, m. Eliza-Jane Proctor, of Francestown ; d. in the army; left no children.
175. James5 [52] (Robert4, John3, Robert2, John1), was b. May 9, 1787, at Francestown (now Bennington), N. H .; he m. Betsey Jameson, dau. of Hugh and Mary (Steele) Jameson, of Antrim, in 1814; settled in Society Land, N. H., and resided there till 1823, when he took his family and all his worldly effects in an ox-wagon covered with leather, to New Hudson, N. Y. After residing there thirty years, he moved to Brooklyn, Jackson County, Mich., where he resided till 1859, when he again moved to West Union, Fayette County, Iowa, and d. at that place Oct. 19, 1862. It might be inferred from his changing his place of residence so often, that his habits and character were not as well fixed as his ancestry would warrant. Such, however, was not the
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fact. The independence that would lead a young man to start for a better country, as did he, ever enabled him to form an opinion for himself on any subject, and that opinion to maintain. His wife was of the same Scotch ancestry, and a most worthy companion and helpmeet. The standard of integrity, morals, and religion raised by them in their youth in New Hampshire, was never lowered to accommodate caprice of fortune or accident of place. His wife survived him fifteen years, dying at Hastings, Minn., June 10, 1877, aged 88 years. Children : -
176. Solymon6, b. in Aeworth, N. H., June 8, 1816; m. Car- oline, dau. of AAshbel and Priscilla Stiles, May 5, 1839.
CHILDREN BY FIRST WIFE.
1. James-1.7, b. Jan. 28, 1841 ; m. Fannie Walker; has had four children.
2. Priscilla-B.3, b. Sept. 28, 1842; in. Charles-V. Noble, Dec. 21, 1865, at Waterloo, Iowa; now lives in Colorado.
3. Josephine, b. Sept. 14, 1844; m. Wallace Wellington, Oct. 3, 1861 ; d. at Dunleith, III., Jan. 13, 1864.
4. Almena7, b. Sept. 13, 1847 : d. Oct. 1, 1847.
His wife Caroline d. Sept. 13, 1847. For a second wife he m. Fidelia, dau. of Pell and Achsah Teed, April 6, 1848. Ch. : Mary-Fernandez7, Achsah-Minerva7, Pell-Teed", Fidelia", Frank-S.", Charles-L .- G.7. Mary-F.7 d. June 29, 1870. Achsah-Minerva? and Pell-Teed d. in infancy. The last three are living (1880) with their father in Winnetka, Ill.
177. Almenas, d. Dec. 1839.
178. Hugh6, d. 1826.
179. J .- H .- Goodrich6, b. March 11, 1823; now res. in Hast- ings, Minnesota; m. Ist, Albena Merrill, Oct. 1847, who d. Nov. 19, 1862; 2d, Kate-M. Copley, May 20, 1863. Is an extensive manufacturer, at present, of fanning mills.
CHILDREN.
1. Groutī, b. at Clifton, Wis., May 20, 1865.
2. Lydia7, b. in Prescott, Wis., Oct. 15, 1868.
180. Othniel6, b. at New Hudson; d. 1825.
181. Robert-James6, b. New Hudson, N. Y .; d. Feb. 9, 1870.
182. Thomas6, b. New Hudson, N. Y .; d. 1842.
183. Betsey5 [56] (Robert4, John3, Robert2, John1), was b. March 20, 1796; d. Jan. 8, 1868; m. John Dodge, Esq., of Ben- nington. Children : -
184. John-Cole6, b. in Society Land, N. H., Nov. 9, 1818.
185. Sarah-Elizabeth6, b. Nov. 9, 1818; m. Reed-Paige Whitamore, Feb. 10, 1842.
CHILDREN.
1. Charles-A.", b. Jan. 23, 1843; m. Anne Woodbury, granddaughter of P .- P. Woodbury, of Bedford. Ch. : Arthur-P.s, b. Oct. 27, 1870; Edwin8, b. June 22, 1874; William-R.8, b. April 19, 1877.
2. George-R.7, b. May 21, 1845; m. Helen Grimes, of Hillsborough. Ch. : Henry-E.8 ; resides in Boston.
3. Maria-C.7, b. March 19, 1848; m. Rodney Smith, of Hillsboronghi.
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186. M .- Maria6, b. Sept. 10, 1820; d. June 8, 1842.
187. ) Frances-C.6, b. Sept. 20, 1822 ; d. Dec. 20, 1839.
188. 6 Gideon-F.6, b. Sept. 20, 1822; m. Sarah-Ann Baldwin. Children : -
189. Mary-Ann6, b. July 20, 1825; d. Jan. 9, 1827.
190. Martha-Ann6, b. Nov. 20, 1828; m. John-Milton Taylor ; d. Oct. 11, 1852.
191. Mary-Jane6, b. Feb. 16, 1831 ; m. N .- W .- C. Jameson, of Antrim, May 14, 1857; was his third wife.
CHILD.
1. Anne-Belle", b. June 10, 1858 ; d. June 4, 1877. The History of Antrim thus speaks of her: " She was a fine scholar, an excellent organ- ist and pianist, a sweet singer, and a most humble and devoted Christian ; adding to this that she was beautiful in features, most attractive in manners, it is not strange that she was spoken of as too fair for this world."
192. Othniel5 [57] (Robert4, John3, Robert2, John1), was b. April 4, 1798; graduated at Harvard College in 1822, and read law with Elisha Fuller, at Concord, Mass., where he was connected with the academy. He was a young man of much promise, and by his genial manners and varied accomplishments made many warm and lasting friends in that town. Before engaging in the practice of his chosen profession, his health failed him, and he went home to his father's for rest and recuperation. But instead of recovering his health, he rapidly declined, and died there of consumption, April 18, 1827.
193. Silas5 [57] (Samuel4, John3, Robert2, John1), was b. in Antrim, Sept. 10, 1802. A native of so patriotic a town as Antrim, from which, on the first news of the march of the British on Concord, 1776, all the men except two, able to carry arms, left the same day for the fight; and of these two, one, being over sixty years of age, followed the next morning with provisions for his neighbors who had gone the day before, and the other volunteered and fought all through the Revolution, -it is not to be wondered at that he caught the military spirit with his first breath. In 1815, on the reception of the news of peace with England, we find him a member of an improvised company of artillery, with a swivel for a field-piece, to speak the glory of success in America's vindi- cation of her rights to free trade on the high seas under her own Stars and Stripes. The spirit thus early manifested was appre- ciated by his fellow-citizens, and he continued in the military service for twenty-nine years, and passed the various stages of promotion until he became colonel of the regiment. He has devoted his attention to farming, first, in his native town, and subsequently in Stoddard, whither he removed, and where he still lives, though in somewhat feeble health, honored and respected. He m. Clarissa Copeland, Sept. 22, 1831. Children : -
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