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(VI) Christopher (2), son of Major David Tilden, was born in Boston, April 12, 1769. He lived in Boston. He married Elizabeth Children, born in Boston: Christopher, born May 12, 1796; Elizabeth, January 16, 1798; William B., mentioned below.
(VII) William B., son of Christopher (2) Tilden, was born in Boston, August 5, 1799. He was educated in the public. schools and learned the trade of tinsmith and hardware making. He resided for some time in Charlestown, New Hampshire. He married Sarah Hunt of that town. He died in 1865, in Palmyra, New York, whither he had re- moved and settled. They had a son Christopher, mentioned below.
(VII) Christopher (3), son of William B. Tilden, was born in Charlestown, New Hampshire, in 1827. We was but one year old when the family moved to Palmyra and he attended the public schools of that town and the Glens Falls Academy. He worked on his father's farm in his boyhood. Afterward he located in Manchester, New York, where he bought a farm which he conducted for a number of years. He was a communicant of the Protestant Episcopal church, of Palmyra, of which he was a vestryman and warden. He was a member of the local grange, Patrons of Husbandry. He married in 1849 Marcelline Holmes, daughter of Nathaniel and Tirzah Holmes. Mr. Tilden died April 9, 1903. Child : William Holmes, mentioned below.
(IX) William H., son of Christopher (3) Tilden, was born on the homestead in the town of Manchester, Ontario county, New York, Feb- ruary 21, 1860. He was educated in the public schools of his native town and at Palmyra. He has always followed farming for a vocation. He is a member of the Protestant Episcopal church at Palmyra and of the Palmyra Grange, Patrons of Husbandry. He married, July 13, 1904, Daisy Hortense Culver, daughter of Alexander H. and Elvira H. Culver. They have one daughter, Florence Myrtie. born October 22, 1905.
SEVERANCE.
John Severance, the immigrant ancestor, was a resident of Boston, Massachusetts, as early as 1637. He was admitted a freeman that
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year, and in 1640, was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company. He removed to Salisbury about 1639, where he had a grant of land. He was one of the prudential committee in 1642, and in 1645 was appointed highway surveyor. On December 21, 1647, he sold his houses, the "new and old," to Thomas Bradbury, and opened an "or- dinary." He was afterwards known as a "victualler and vinter." He was on a committee in 1652 to repair the meeting house. His will was dated April 7, 1682, and proved May 9, 1682. He married (first) in England, in 1635, Abigail Kimball, who died June 19, 1658. He married (second), October 27, 1663, Susanna Ambrose, of Boston, widow of Henry Ambrose. He died April 9, 1682. Children: Samuel, born September 19, 1637, died young; Ebenezer, March 7, 1639, died un- married, September, 1667; Abigail, January 7, 1641, died same day; Abigail, May 25, 1643: Mary, August 5, 1645; John, November 27, 1647, mentioned below ; Joseph, February 15, 1650; Elizabeth, April 8, 1652, died 1656; Benjamin, January 13, 1654; Ephraim, April 8, 1656; Elizabeth, (twin) June 17, 1658; Daughter, (twin) June 17. 1658, died June 23 following.
(II) John (2), son of John Severance, was born November 27, 1647, in Salisbury. He and his father kept the inn, and about 1672, he went to Boston, where he settled. In 1680, he removed to Suffield, Connecticut, and in 1689, to Deerfield, Massachusetts, where he settled on Lot No. I. He became a large landowner in Deerfield. About 1703, he removed again to Bedford, Westchester county, New York, where he remained about twelve years, returning to Deerfield about 1713, and living the last years of his life, with his son Joseph. He married, August 15, 1672, Mary - Children, the first four born in Boston, the others in Suffield : Ebenezer, September 19, 1673; Abigail, May 5, 1675; John, September 22, 1676; Daniel, June 3, 1678, killed by Indians, September 15, 1694; Mary, July 14, 1681 ; Joseph, mentioned below.
(III) Joseph, son of John (2) Severance, was born October 26, 1682; in Suffield, and died April 10, 1766. He was a tailor by trade and resided first at Deerfield, where he owned a house and home lot. He was in the fight in the meadows in 1704, and was also a soldier in the service in 1713. He was wounded by the Indians and made a cripple, and was compensated for this by the general court which granted him two hundred acres of land east of Northfield on Mount Grace. His father also gave him land in Deerfield. He lived also at Northfield, and followed his trade there. He was corporal in Captain Kellogg's company in 1723 and orderly in 1747. In 1722, he was selectman. A few years before
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his death, he divided his real estate in Deerfield among his children, and he and his wife went to live with the youngest son, Moses, in Montague, where they both died and were buried. He married, November 17, 1712, Anna Kellogg, born July 14, 1689, died March 13, 1781, daughter of Martin Kellogg, of Hadley. Children, born in Deerfield: Joseph, men- tioned below ; Anna, December 25, 1715; Martin, September 10, 1718; John, December 15, 1720; Experience, March 14, 1723; Jonathan, June 12, 1725; Rebecca, March 4, 1728; Moses, March 23, 1730; Abigail, November 16, 1732.
(IV) Joseph (2), son of Joseph (I) Severance, was born Octo- ber 7, 1713, and married, October 31, 1732, Mary, daughter of Joseph Clesson, born May 9, 1712, died July 25, 1775. He settled in Deer- field, on Lot No. 36. He was a soldier in the French and Indian war, in Captain Cheever's company; was taken prisoner, August, 1757, at Fort William Henry, and taken to Canada, where he remained but a short time. He escaped and returned home. The date of his death is unknown. Children: Joseph, born April 13, 1733, died May 29, 1735 ; Joseph, born June 15, died June 27, 1735; Eunice, January 5, 1737; Chloe, April 7, 1739; Joanna, September 13, 1743; Mary, May 6, 1745; Ruel, April 24, 1747; Jesse, 1751, mentioned below.
(V) Jesse, son of Joseph (2) Severance, was born about 1751, his birth is not on record, but he was doubtless of this family. He died November 21, 1831, aged eighty years. In 1774 he was of Deer- field and of Shelburne in 1781. He settled in Conway and was select- man in 1784, and deputy sheriff in 1791. Before 1806 he returned to Deerfield and was a tavern keeper at Bloody Brook in 1810. In 1790 he was of Conway, according to the first federal census and had in his family four sons under sixteen and five females. He married Eunice Abbott. Children: Eunice, baptized June 23, 1776; Jesse, mentioned below ; Lois, married, February 19, 1815, Captain Nathan Frary ; Lucy, married Allen Mansfield; Jennette, married David Cooley Leonard.
(VI) Jesse (2), son of Jesse (1) Severance, was born in Con- way about 1775 and learned the trade of blacksmith. He came to the town of Phelps in 1815. He married Anna Sophia Abbott. Children : Sophia; Charles; Porter; Albert; William Sidney, mentioned below; Asa and Joshua.
(VII) William Sidney, son of Jesse (2) Severance, was born in Conway, September 10, 1800, and died in Phelps, New York, in 1865. He came to Phelps at the age of fifteen and located with his parents on Melvin Hill. He had a common school education and learned his
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father's trade as blacksmith and followed it all his active life. He married Arzelia, daughter of Charles Joslyn : Children : Ellen, married Jethro Sherborne, and had one child, Kate; Oscar lives in St. Louis, Missouri ; William Dwight, mentioned below.
(VIII) William Dwight, son of William Sidney Severance, was born in Phelps, on the homestead at Melvin Hill, May 11, 1836. He was educated in the union schools, and learned of his father the black- smith's trade. In 1857 he left home and located at Terra Haute, In- diana, where for five years he was in business as a blacksmith. Return- ing to Phelps in 1862, he conducted a farm there for two years and bought it in 1865. Since then he has followed farming in his native town and dealt extensively in horses, sheep and cattle. He has owned some very fine horses. He also deals extensively in farmers' produce. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. In politics he is a Republican. He married, March 23, 1858, Caroline A. Warner, born October 10, 1839, daughter of Chester Warner. Children: I. Zella, born December 25, 1859. 2. Ralph, born February 27, 1870, died Feb- ruary 9, 1899; married Augusta Hyna and had one child Marion.
PECK.
The American Pecks belong to an ancient and prolific race, the progeny of John Peck of Belton, Yorkshire, from whom their descent has been traced in an unbroken line to their immigrant ancestors in this country. For centuries before the English colonization in America, they were numbered among the gentry, and their coat-of-arms is de- scribed as follows: Argent, on a chevron engrailed, gules, three crosses formed of the first: Crest: Cubit arm, erect, habited, azure; cuff argent ; hand proper, holding on one stalk, enfiled with a scroll, three roses, gules; leaves vert. These armorial bearings, quartered with those of the Brunning and Hesselden families, with which they became allied by marriage, were duly recognized and attested by the officials of the Herald's College in London, November 20, 1620, during the reign of James I. The Pecks not only became scattered all over England, but established themselves in every civilized country. Deacon Paul Peck, the first of the name in America, arrived at Boston in 1635 and the following year accompanied the Rev. Joseph Hooker to Hartford, Con- necticut. Joseph Peck, son of Robert, and a lineal descendant in the
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twenty-first generation of John Peck of Belton, Yorkshire, previously mentioned, arrived in the ship "Diligent" in 1638, settling first in Hing- ham, Massachusetts, and later in Rehoboth, Massachusetts. Another Joseph, the exact date of whose arrival from England is not known, went to New Haven, Connecticut, about 1638, and was probably a brother of Henry Peck, who settled there at about the same date. The Ontario county family, to which this sketch relates, belongs to this branch of the Peck family. About 1649 he removed to Milford, Con- necticut, where he died in 1700-01. He married (first) Mrs. Alice Burwell, widow of John Burwell, (second) Miss Richards. Children : Elizabeth, Joseph, John, Mary, Ann and Hannah.
(II) Joseph (2), son of Joseph (1) Peck, was baptized in Mil- ford in 1653, and resided there his entire life. He married Mary Camp. Children : Joseph, see forward; Mary, John, Jeremiah, Samuel, Ephraim, Henry, Elizabeth, Nathaniel, Abigail, and Heth.
(III) Joseph (3), son of Joseph (2) and Mary (Camp) Peck, was born in Milford, February 25, 1680-81. He settled in Newtown, Con- necticut, about 1714 and resided there for the remainder of his life. He married Abigail Baldwin, of Milford, January 14, 1706-07. Children : Joseph, Abigail, died aged eleven years; John, see forward; Mary, died young ; Elizabeth, Moses, Mary, and Abigail.
(IV) John, son of Joseph (3) and Abigail ( Baldwin) Peck, was born in Milford, March 28, 1713. He resided for many years in Newtown but late in life removed to what now is Bridgeport, and died April 22. 1768. He married Bethiah Booth, November 8, 1739. Children : Jabez, Joseph, Asher, see forward; Abigail, Israel, and Elnathan.
(V) Asher, son of John and Bethiah ( Booth) Peck, was born in Newtown, July 6, 1744; died in 1822. He married Sarah Judson, No- vember 17, 1768, and she died in 1814. He resided in his native town. Children : Lemira, born August 5. 1769; Lucinda, December 9, 1770: Jerusha, May 9, 1773 ; John, see forward; Abel, June 26, 1776; Judson, January 10, 1778; Edmond, April 2, 1784.
(VI) John (2), son of Asher and Sarah (Judson) Peck, was born in Newtown, January 3, 1775. He resided in Fairfield, Connecticut. He married Sarah Gilbert, April 4, 1799. Children: Hiram, see for- ward : Deborah, born May 6, 1802; Betsey, June 23, 1804; Asher, April 14, 1807; Haley, August 22, 1810; Silas B., April 30, 1813 ; Cealey, Au- gust 13, 1818; Mary. November 16, 1821.
(VII) Hiram, son of John (2) and Sarah (Gilbert) Peck, was born in Fairfield, Connecticut, February 6, 1800; died in Phelps, New
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York, March 16, 1882. He was a blacksmith. He settled in Phelps, in 1818, and in 1824 he purchased a farm which he cultivated for many years in connection with his trade. He was a skilful mechanic, an able farmer and in every way a useful citizen, possessing numerous com- mendable characteristics which won the esteem and goodwill of all with whom he came in contact. He married Margaret Westfall, of Phelps; she died November 24, 1873. Children : Sarah E., born August 29, 1833, died January 18, 1904; Harriet E., born March 6, 1835, died October 20, 1906; Phila M., born November 25, 1838, married James B. Hornbeck, October 27, 1853 ; Mary C., born February 21, 1841, mar- ried William Shear; Charles E., a brief sketch of whom follows.
(VIII) Charles E., son of Hiram and Margaret (Westfall) Peck, was born in Phelps, March 15, 1845. He was reared to farm life, edu- cated in the district schools, and succeeding to the possession of the homestead, he has tilled the soil with gratifying success. As a repre- sentative farmer and a progressive citizen he has frequently demon- strated his sterling worth in forwarding the general interests of the town, and for a number of years he served as a trustee of the district schools. He is a member of Junius Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, and also of the Presbyterian church at Oaks Corners. Mr. Peck married (first), May 23, 1878, Anna Maria Stryker, who died in 1889. He married (second), August 3, 1894, Mary E. Burnette Van der Vort. His children are: Charles S., married, June 6, 1906, Ina B. Howell, and they have three children: Anna M., born May 5, 1907, Ethel R., born June 14, 1909, and Eliza A., born November 17, 1910; Alida, born June 22, 1881, married Flood King, May 1, 1907.
PECK. D
William Pecke, the founder of this branch of the family, was born in or near London, England, in 1601 and died in New Haven, Connecti- cut, October 4, 1694. He emigrated with his wife and eldest child, probably with Edward Davenport in the ship "Hester," which arrived at Boston, June 26, 1637, and was one of the original proprietors of New Haven, signing the Fundamental Agreement, June 4, 1739. He was admitted freeman of the New Haven colony, October 20, 1640, was one of the leading merchants of the town and was trustee, treasurer and general business agent of the colony Collegiate School. From 1659
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until his death, he was a deacon of the New Haven church and is gen- erally referred to in the records simply as "Mr. Peck." He married (first ) about 1622, Elizabeth -, who died December 5, 1683 and (second) Sarah, widow of William Holt, who survived him. Children, all by first marriage: Jeremiah, born in 1623, died June 7, 1699, mar- ried, November 12, 1656, Joanna Kitchell; John, born probably in 1638, died in 1724, married, November 3, 1664, Mary Moss; Joseph, referred to below; Elizabeth, born in April, 1643, died about 1684, married, in 1661, Samuel Andrews.
(II) Joseph, son of William and Elizabeth Pecke, was born in New Haven, in January, 1641, and died in Lyme, Connecticut, Novem- ber 25, 1718. About 1662 he settled in East Saybrook, Connecticut, which, five years later, was incorporated into the town of Lyme, where he held various religious and civil positions. He married, not later than 1662, Sarah -, who died in Lyme, September 14, 1726, aged ninety years. Children : 1. Sarah, born August 4, 1663, married, May 2, 1684, Matthias Gilbert. 2. Joseph, born March 12, 1667, died Oc- tober 10, 1677. 3. Elizabeth, born September 9, 1669, died August 29, 1688; married, December 6, 1686, Samuel Pratt. 4. Deborah, born July 31, 1672, married, April 3, 1694, Daniel Sperry. 5. Hannah, born Sep- tember 14, 1674, married June 25, 1696, Thomas Anderson. 6. Ruth, born August 19, 1676, married, April 29, 1696, Jasper Griffin. 7. Sam- uel, referred to below. 8. Joseph, born March 20, 1680, died after 1721 ; married, October 3, 1704, Susanna
(III) Samuel, son of Joseph and Sarah Pecke, was born in Lyme, Connecticut, July 29, 1678, died in Lyme, January 28, 1735. He was the first member of this branch to drop the final "e" from his name. He married (first) Elizabeth Lee, who died August 29, 1731 and (second), January 25, 1732, Martha Barber, widow, of Killingsworth, Connecticut. She married (third), January 8, 1736, Peter Pearson. Children, all but one by first marriage: I. Elizabeth, born April 26, 1702, died January 15, 1705. 2. Elizabeth, born May 14, 1705, died October 8, 1730 ; married, January 23, 1724, Richard Ely Jr. 3. Samuel, referred to below. 4. William, born August 31, 1709, died after 1738; married, January 25, 1732, Jemima Marvin. 5. Benjamin, born March 6, 1711, died after 1754; married, February 8, 1734. Sarah Champen. 6. Elijah, born October 20, 1713, married (first), April 28, 1737, Hepsibah Pearson and (second), January 8, 1771, Jane Minor, widow. 7. Jedediah, born June 1, 1717, died in 1744; married in 1738, Tabitha Pierson. 8. Daniel, born March 4, 1721, died March 1, 1751 ; married,
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November 8, 1744, Abigail Lord. 9. Silas, born October 2, 1724, died in June, 1808; married, November 4, 1746, Elizabeth Caulkins. 10. Martha, born June 4, 1738.
(IV) Samuel Peck, son of Samuel ( I) and Elizabeth (Lee) Pecke, was born in Lyme, Connecticut, July 12, 1707. He married, November 7, 1728, Alice Way. Children: 1. Samuel, born September 7, 1729, died in 1776; married Hannah Beckwith. 2. Abner, born September 27, 1731, married, November 30, 1786, Caroline Reed. 3. Darius, referred to below. 4. Carter, born June 23, 1737. 5. Elisha, born November 27, 1739. 6. Daniel, born March 27, 1742, died April 25, 1802; married, December 25, 1764. Jerusha Yerrington.
(V) Darius, son of Samuel (2) and Alice (Way) Peck, was born at Lyme, Connecticut, September 1I, 1733, and died there in 1797. He married, April 19, 1857, Elizabeth Beckwith. Children: I. Martin, born October 8, 1759, died September 30, 1808; married (first) Lucy Sennet, and (second) Frances Seburn. 2. Elizabeth, born December 10, 1761, married Simeon Holton. 3. Darius, referred to below. 4. Simeon, born January 3, 1766, said to have married Lanphere An- drew, born February 2, 1768. 5. John Moore, born February 1, 1770, died in September, 1831 ; married, about 1797, Abigail Pratt. 6. Hul- dah, born August 31, 1772, married Elisha Rice. 7. William, born July 18, 1774, died about 1794. 8. Elisha, born May 16, 1777, died about 1820. 9. Timothy, born August 15, 1779, died March 14, 1851 ; mar- ried (first). September 18, 1805, Catherine Smith, (second), Mehitable Smith and (third) Betsey Brockway.
(VI) Darius (2), son of Darius (1) and Elizabeth (Beckwith) Peck, was born in Lyme, Connecticut, February 2, 1764, and died in Phelps, New York, July 31, 1814. He removed to Conway, Massa- chusetts, in 1789, and to Phelps, New York, in 1804, settling on land which is still in the family. He married, July 20, 1786, Lydia Mack. Children : I. Betsey, born October 29, 1787, died in 1850; married Isaac Bigelow. 2. Elisha, referred to below. 3. Horace, born January 10, 1790, died August 3, 1867 ; married Sebe Chapman. 4. Lydia, born October 15, 1792, married William Ottley. 5. Darius, born Novem- ber 20, 1794, married (first) Betsey Raymond and (second) Phebe Williams. 6. Elijah, born October 21, 1796, died November 26, 1798. 7. Fanny, born August 20, 1798, died in 1850; married William Crit- tendon. 8. Enoch, born August 22, 1800, married (first) Julietta Ann Jones, (second) Caroline Ann Sevan and (third) Almira Dixon.
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9. Ira, born July 20, 1802, married Polly Porter. 10. Ann, born about 1804, married Daniel Stewart. II. Charles, born about 1804.
(VII) Elisha, son of Darius (2) and Lydia (Mack) Peck, was born in Connecticut, or Conway, Massachusetts, April 11, 1789, and died in Phelps, New York, May 6, 1868. He came to Phelps with his father, when he was a young boy. He married (first) Lucinda, daughter of Jesse and Sarah (Warrener) Warner, who was born in Conway or Phelps about 1796, (second) Percy Scott and (third) Sarah L. Crouch. Children : 1. Alvira, born March 24, 1814, married, April 10, 1834, Richard Hallett. 2. Lewis, referred to below. 3. Lydia, born February 6, 1818, died August 11, 1850; married, in October, 1844, Daniel Crouch. 4. John, born November 29, 1819, married in 1841, Amanda Gates. 5. Ira, born November 18, 1821, married, December 18, 1845, Maria B. Dixon. 6. Jesse, born February 29, 1824, married, July 1861, Hattie Walthart. 7. Sarah, born December 13, 1825, died September 14, 1853; married, in January, 1846, Luther Worden.
(VIII) Lewis, son of Elisha and Lucinda ( Warner) Peck, was born on the old homestead in Phelps, Ontario county, New York, May 13, 1816, and died October 30, 1878. He worked his way through Col- gate University and then went to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he was principal of the high school for a number of terms. Returning east, he taught school at Port Byron, New York, for a year and then became the first principal of the new union school at Phelps, a position he held for ten years. He was distinguished as a surveyor, an educator and also in politics. In 1860, he was elected a member of the state assembly ; was appointed by President Lincoln, assessor of internal revenue for his district, holding the position nine years, and he was supervisor of the town of Phelps for eight consecutive terms. He resigned his revenue position when he was elected assignee to settle the affairs of the Crane and Norton Bank. He also did much of the surveying in both Ontario and Wayne counties, New York. He married, October 27, 1854, Sarah Long, who died July 30, 1907. Children : Cora, born July 12, 1855, married Charles Cheney ; Charles, referred to below; Nellie, born May 19, 1860, married H. C. Burdick.
(IX) Charles, son of Lewis and Sarah (Long) Peck, was born in Phelps, Ontario county, New York, February 8, 1857. He received his education in the schools of Phelps and in Canandaigua Academy and then returned to the old homestead, where he engaged in farming. He is a trustee of the Methodist Episcopal church of Phelps, a charter mem- ber and at one time overseer of the grange and is one of the largest
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stockholders of the Phelps National Bank. In politics he is an Inde- pendent Republican. He has on his farm the only gas well in the county, and at one time he supplied his house with gas from it. He has also been an extensive tile manufacturer. He married November 15, 1885, Lillie, daughter of Emmons and Pamelia (Curtis) Gifford, of Phelps, New York. Children: Lewis, graduated from Syracuse Uni- versity in 1909; Lillian, a student at Vassar College ; Charles Gifford.
GALUSHA.
The name Galusha is an uncommon one owing to the meagre number of its bearers, and practically no information has been gathered concern- ing the origin. The family to which this article relates is of French descent, and its American forbears were among the early settlers in Ver- mont. The name was made prominent in the history of the "Green Mountain State" by Jonas Galusha, who, in addition to serving as a soldier in the revolutionary war, was its governor from 1809 to 1813, and again from 1815 to 1820.
(I) Seymour Galusha, a native of France, settled in Vermont prior to the American revolution. But little information can be found relative to him or his family history, but he is known to have had a son Amos, who settled in Otsego county, New York.
(II) Clark, son of Amos Galusha, was born in Otsego county, October 11, 1824. Reared in a sparsely settled community his education was confined to the limited advantages afforded by the public school system then in vogue in the rural districts, but he made good use of his oppor- tunities for study and became a man of considerable learning. His prin- cipal occupation was tilling the soil. In early manhood he resided for a time in Italy, Yates county, New York, and settling in Phelps, Ontario county, in 1864 he purchased a farm which he carried on successfully for the remainder of his active life. In 1864 he enlisted in the Fiftieth New York Engineers Corps for service in the union army, and served until the close of the civil war, receiving an honorable discharge in 1865. Although the management of his farm absorbed the greater part of his attention, he nevertheless found opportunities to exercise his abilities in other fields of usefulness, and was one of the most prominent citizens of Phelps in his day. He took a special interest in the study of history and was re- garded as an authority upon that subject. In politics he was a Republican.
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He was a member and trustee of the Methodist Episcopal church, for a number of years acting as superintendent of the Sunday School. Mr. Ga- lusha died May 28, 1906. He married Eunice Burnette, who died October 23, 1896. Children : Evangeline, married T. V. Fox, of Clifton Springs, New York; Amanda, married C. Schultz, of Clifton Springs; Herbert, died at the age of two years ; George S., whose sketch follows :
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