Commemorative biographical record of Dutchess County, New York, Part 35

Author: J.H. Beers & Co
Publication date: 1897
Publisher: Chicago, J. H. Beers & co.
Number of Pages: 1354

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Edward Lane, father of our subject, re- ceived a limited education in his youth, and at an early age left home to support himself. He embarked upon a whaling voyage, and several years passed before he returned to his native land. Having a bright intellect, he spent his

leisure hours in study, trying to gain as best he could the education denied him in his earlier years. On his return home he served on sev- eral boats on the Hudson as pilot and captain, and later became the owner of a schooner, which at that time was the largest that ran to Troy. In 1854 he married Jane A. Hall, a lady of Dutch descent, and daughter of Gilbert and Mary Hall. Three children were born to them, as follows: Charles Edward; Celestia A. died in infancy; and Irvin J. is a prominent physician at Sing Sing, N. Y. In 1863 Ed- ward Lane sold his schooner after a final trip to Providence, R. I., accompanied by his family, and he then bought a farm in Seneca county, N. Y., whereon he lived three years, when he sold it and purchased his present farm in Fish- kill.

The subject proper of these lines, whose name appears at the opening, was born at Clove, Dutchess county, August 16, 1855, and lived with his parents until he was nine years old, when he returned to his place of birth in order to make his home with his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Cutler, the latter being his mother's sister, and as they had no children they practically adopted our subject. At sixteen he had obtained such ele- mentary education as was afforded by the dis- trict schools of the neighborhood, and was sent to the Wesleyan Academy, at Wilbraham, Mass .; but before his course there was com- pleted, his uncle's failing health caused him to return and devote his entire attention to the sufferer. Upon the latter's death, in 1876, he bequeathed to our subject the old home- stead of the Hall family, and associated as it is with memories of mother, grandparents and others, Dr. Lane still retains it as a prized possession. In 1876 our subject took the business course at the Eastman Business Col- lege, Poughkeepsie. On March 28, of the fol- lowing year, he married Hattie A. Yoemans, of Clove, by whom he has had two sons: Theron, born February 27, 1878, who died in infancy; and George Edward, born November 30, ISS 3, who is at home.

In iSSo Dr. Lane entered the New York Homeopathic Medical College, from which he was graduated in 1883, and for five years he successfully practiced his profession at Clove. In 1SS8 he moved to Poughkeepsie, where his abilities as general practitioner and specialist in orificial surgery won for him speedy recog- nition from the medical fraternity, as well as

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from the public. From 1889 to 1894 he was secretary of the board of examining surgeons of the U. S. Bureau of Pensions; he is a mem- ber of the Dutchess County Medical Society, and of the New York State Homeopathic Med- ical Society. While taking a prominent part in the social life of the city of Poughkeepsie, he still retains an active interest in local affairs at his home in Clove, and he is a member of the Christian Church there. He affiliates with Triune Lodge No. 782, F. & A. M .; Pough- keepsie Chapter No. 172, R. A. M .; Pough- keepsie Commandery No. 43. K. T .; Mecca Temple of the Mystic Shrine: Poughkeepsie Council No. 391, R. A. ; with the I. O. O. F., Fallkill Lodge No. 297; and with the I. O. G. T., Lodge No. So, and the International Su- preme Lodge.

G EORGE MARVIN WELLMAN, A. M., M. D., a prominent physician of Dutchess county, residing at Dover Plains, is a de- scendant, in the seventh generation, of (I) Thomas Wellman,1 who in 1640 came to America, probably from Poundsford Park, Som- ersetshire, England, locating in Lynn, Mass. ; and also in the seventh generation, of Thomas Bliss1 and his wife Margaret, ,who likewise came from England and settled in Springfield, Mass., in 1639. Thomas Wellman1 (I) died October IO, 1672, leaving no will. His estate was settled by agreement of the heirs, which agreement was accepted by the court, and is on the records of the town of Lynn, Massa- chusetts.

Thomas Wellman1 (I) married Elizabeth -[surname not now known], and by her had six children, as follows: " I Abigail3: 3 II Abra- ham,? born about 1643, died in 1717; ‘ III Isaac,2 the date of whose birth is unknown, but record says that he was living December 17, 1710; and 5 IV Elizabeth2, " \' Sarah2, and "VI Mary2, all three of whom were living and not of age, at the time the agreement was signed, March 22, 1673. Of this family Isaac2 (4) was the great-great-great-grandfather of Dr. George M. Wellman. A descendant of Abraham Wellman2 (3) is Rev. Joshua W. Wellman, D. D., whose home is at No. 117 Summer street, Malden, Mass., and who was born in Cornish, N. H., November 28, 1821. His grandmother, Althea (Ripley) Wellman, was a descendant, in the seventh generation, of Governor William Bradford, of Plymouth

Colony, Mass. Rev. J. W. Wellman, D. D., is a member of the New England Historical and Genealogical Society, and has quite full records of the descendants of Thomas Well- man, the immigrant of 1640. To him Dr. Wellman, the subject of this sketch, is in- debted for many of the events and dates recorded herein.

Isaac Wellman? (4) was married March 13, 1679, to Hannah Adams, who, it is thought. in 1723 (being then a widow), moved with her son, Isaac, to Norton, North Precinct . (now Mansfield), Mass., as related farther on. Her children were as follows: I Isaac, born February 7. 1680, died September 19, 1681; " II Stephen3, born September 6, 1681, died January 21, 1767, aged eighty-five; "III Isaac (2d).3 date of birth not known, died in 1740, at Mansfield. Of this family Isaac $ (2d) (IO) was the great-great-grandfather of Dr. Wellman.

Isaac Wellman3 (10) married Mary Slafter, who was born in November, 1688, the eldest of ten children of John Slafter, of Lynn, Mass. [See " Slafter Memorial, " pp. 4-7]. In 1723 Mr. Wellman and family removed to Norton, North Precinct, Mass., where he purchased IIS acres of land for the sum of 236 pounds sterling, lawful money of the province of Mas- sachusetts Bay, the deed bearing the date of " this twenty-third day of May, Anno Domini, 1723, in the ninth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord, George of Great Britain," etc. Mrs. Mary (Slafter) Wellman died Jan- uary 12, 1793, "in the 105th years of her age ; a religious woman." At the time of her hus- band's death (1740) there were five children in the family, the youngest of whom died soon after, and the name of that child is not on record. The others were as follows: 11 Isaac,' baptized June 8, 1718, died in Norton, North Parish, December 30, 1804; 12II Eb- enezer,' born about. 1720, died February II, 1776, in the fifty-sixth year of his age; "III Hannah,4 baptized May 27, 1722; and HIV Timothy,4 born about 1724. Of these Isaac' (II) was the great-grandfather of Dr. Wellman.

Isaac Wellman' (11) was a resident of Mansfield. He married, August 4, 1748, Hannah Wellman, of Attleboro, Mass., who died November 29, 1794, at Mansfield. Her ancestry is as yet unknown. Their children were: 15I Peter, born August 7, 1750, died May 28, 1791; MII Ebenezer,5 the grand- father of Dr. Wellman; FILI Mary,5 born

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May 12, 1756; unmarried; and ">IV Sarah, 5 born September 19, 1758, unmarried.

Ebenezer Wellman5 (16) was born at Mans- field, Mass., September 22, 1752, and died January, 1831. When a young man he re- moved to Vermont, where he purchased a farm at Grassybrook, since called Brookline, in Windham county.

Ebenezer Wellman' (12) (who was born about 1720), married (first), May 28, 1747, Sarah Payson, of Stoughton, Mass .; (second) March 26, 1761, Priscilla Day, of Stoughton. Children of first marriage: 19 I Joseph, 5 born December 28, 1747; 2 II Sarah, born March 27, 1749; 21 III Samuel,5 born March 13, 1751; " IV Benjamin,5 born March 18, 1753; Mary,5 born June 9, 1755; 24 VI Judith,5 born February 9, 1757; and 25 VII Phebe, 5 born July 2, 1759. Children of second marriage: 2i VIII Oliver," born October 18, 1761; 27 IX Lucy, 5 born November 30, 1763; 2% X Abigail,5 born July 21, 1767; " XI Betty,5 born March 24, 1769; and * XII Ebenezer,5 born May 4, 1772. Of these, Joseph3 ( 19) and Oliver3 (26) rendered military service in the Continental army, in the Revolutionary war.

Timothy Wellman4 (14) (who was born about 1734) married, August 14, 1755, Rachel New- land, of Norton, Mass. Their children (as far as known) were: 31 I Timothy,5 born in 1757 in Mansfield, Mass., died in Brookline, Vt., March S, 1842; 32 II John,3 [birth and death unknown]; 33 III a daughter [birth and death unknown]; M IV a daughter [birth and death unknown]; %V Darius [birth and death un- known]. There is no full record of their chil- dren, but it is believed that it was their eldest son, Timothy3 (31), who married Lucy Skin- ner, of Princeton, Mass. This son Tim- othy? (31) was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and was in the fight on Dorchester Heights, Mass. There is evidence that he was "a brave, generous and energetic man, a true Christian and a public benefactor." At the close of the war he removed to Brookline, Vt. There is no record of the date of his mar- riage, nor of his wife's family.

Peter Wellman5 (15) married February 5, 1780, Hannah Capron, of Mansfield, Mass. Their children were: "I Solomon,6 born De- cember 21, 1780, died at Lowell, Mass., July 13, 1851; "II Hannah" born January 20, 1783, died September 1, 1874, aged ninety- one years; "III Deliverance," born February 25, 1785; MIV Christiana, " born February 26,

1788, died September, 1809; "V Isaac," born June 8, 1790. The widow of Peter3 ( 15) mar- ried, for her second husband, Solomon Grov- ener, of Jamaica, Vt., September 15, 1796. They had children, and she died about 1840, in Jamaica, Vermont.

Ebenezer Wellman3 (16) (grandfather of Dr. Wellman) married in Mansfield, Mass., Miss Sarah Austin [no date of their marriage given, and no record of her parentage or birth]; she died in Brookline, Vt., September 16, 1803. Their children were: "1I Sarah,' born November 8, 1783; #II Ebenezer,“ born November 11, 1787, died March 20, 1852; 43III Isaac, " born May 20, 1790, died November 24, 1866; HIV Abigail Ann," born February 25. 1797, died February 28, 1865; "\' Marvin," born at Brookline, Vt., June 6, 1800; died at Dover Plains, N. Y., March 20, 1876.

Timothy Wellman3 (31), who married Lucy Skinner, had by her twelve children, as fol- lows: "I Isaac," born January 1, 1784, died January 26, 1848, at Lagrange, Wyoming Co., N. Y .; "II Lucy," [date of birth unknown]; "III Lucinda," born 1790; "'IV Asa," [birth date unknown] died 1820; "V William, " [date of birth and death unknown]; "!VI De Louis", born 1796; 32VII Hannah," born 1797; "VIII Hiram," born 1799; "IX Timothy," born 1801; 55X Daniel," born November 5, 1802; MiXI Laura, 6 born 1804, died 1877; 5XII Elmira", born 1809.

John Wellman 3 (32) married at Mansfield, Mass., April 26, 1784, Cloe Wellman, who was probably youngest daughter of Elkanah Wellinan and his wife, Mehitabel Wellman. Cloe Wellman was baptized in Lynnfield, Mass., May 20, 1764. John and Cloe re- moved to Brookline, Vt., and are reported to have had two sons (58) and (59) [names not known]. The family afterward removed to Amherst, Mass., and conducted a forge, about a mile north of the college buildings.

Solomon Wellman," (36) married Elizabeth Tripp Leeds, daughter of Thomas Leeds, of Dorchester, Mass. [date not known]; she was born September 26, 1791, and died Sep- tember 4, 1849. Their thirteen children were: "I George, born March 16, 1810, in Boston, Mass., died April 4, 1864; "1II Eliza Ann7, born March 25, 1811, in Boston, died June 9, 1875; III Caroline Capron, born August 23, 1812, married Josiah Shaw, of Abington, Mass. ; "IV Lucinda Boyden, born December 3, 1813, died January 26, 1833; "V Mary Eliz-

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abeth, born January 21, 1815, married Martin Bayley Pierce, of Abington, Mass. ; "VI Clar- issa Maria,7 born December 9, 1817; "VII William Lloyd, born October 23, 1819; "VIII Henry Ripley,7 born March 20, 1821, died May 14, 1848; "SIX Charles Payson,7 born De- cember 13, 1823; "X Otis, born January 26, 1827, died in infancy ; "XI Harriet Angeline,7 born March 25, 1828, married John Adams Floyd, of Abington, Mass. ; XII Elisha,7 born October 21, 1830, went to California; 22XIII Lucinda Jane,7 born January 26, 1833.

Hannah Wellman® (37) married April 25, 1805, Jesse George, of Wrentham, Mass. He was born October 22, 1783, and died Septem- ber 5, 1851. Their eight children were: 73I Emily, born October 7, 1805; "II Elizabeth,? born November 1, 1807, died July 8, 1834; "III Hannah Maria, born April 8, 1811, died January 31, 1816; "IV John Capron, born November 4, 1813, died November 2, 1882. Resided in Boston; "V Lyman Augustus,7 born March 17, 1817, resides in Boston, Mass. ; ? VI Hiram,7 born June 23, 1820, resides in Wrent- ham, Mass .; "VII William Emerson,7 born August 11, 1823; "VIII Catharine Augusta,7 born July 20, 1826, died April 22, 1879.

Deliverance Wellman "(38) married Wind- sor Wheelock, of Mendon, Mass. Their six children were: $1I Clara Elizabeth, born -, died September 18, 1857. She married her cou- sin Hiram George, 7(78) who survives and lives in Wrentham, Mass. ; $2II Charlotte," born -, married Marvel Marr, and had as children Waldo and Maria, who reside in West Thomp- son, Conn. ; SIII Nancy™ [birth and death dates unknown]; SIV Mary,7 born -, married Philip Taft; had son Philip; < V Sylvia,7 born , married Nelson Steere, and had children Adelbert and Sarah, who reside in Burrillville, R. I .; MiVI Peter," born - -, married [name of wife unknown], and had Joseph and Mary, who live in Woonsocket, Rhode Island.

Christiana Wellman" (39) married Harvey George, and had Mary7(87), who died in infancy.

Isaac Wellman“ (40) married (first) Lucinda Boyden; (second), Nancy Boyden, sisters, of Medfield, Mass. He had at least seven chil- dren by his first wife [names and births not known.] He removed to Alabama, Genesee Co .. N. Y. After his first wife died he re- moved to Grattan, Kent Co .. Michigan.

Sarah Wellman® (41) married Zachariah Holden [no dates]. Their children were: "I Elmore7 [dates of birth and death unknown],

married and lived in Dansville, N. Y. ; 8MII Elvira7 [no dates given] died young.

Ebenezer" (42) married Susannah Moore [no dates given]. Their ten children were: "I Leavit K.,7 born December 25, 1809; 31II Elvin M.,7 born August 10, 1811; "III Peter Dallas,7 born March 9, 1813; BIV Norman An- drews, born April 15, 1815; "V Mary Moore,7 born June 8, 1817; VI Sarah Austin," born September 22, 1819; "VII Abigail Marsh, 7 born October 23, 1821 ; 9%VIII Marvin,7 born Novem- ber 1, 1823, died in Illinois; "IX Luke,? born January 31, 1826; "'\ Chelis," born 1829. The first four were born in Brookline, Vt., the next four in Montgomery, Vt., and the other two in Avery's Gore, Vermont.

Isaac Wellman“ (43) married July 12, 1812, in Brookline, Vt., Kesiah Robbins, daughter of William and Kesiah (Benson) Robbins. She was born July 6, 1792, and died November 24, 1866. They had only one child,1 I Everett Perry Wellman,7 born in Brookline, Vt., Jan- uary 5, 1813, died in Brookline, Vt., February 22, 1891.

Abigail Ann Wellman" (44) married June 28, 1814, Allen G. Andrews, of Providence, R. I. They emigrated in 1814, to Hardin county, Ky., and in 1828 removed to Mon- mouth, Warren county, Ill., where they spent the remainder of their lives. Their ten chil- dren were: 101I Sarah Elizabeth, born Octo- ber 10, 1817, married April 1, 1834, Nathaniel Hopper; 12II Allen Talbot ( Ist),7 born March 10, 1819, died August 27, 1829; 13III Abby Ann, born November 28, 1821, married March 20, 1845, Norman Buck; 14IV Roland Green,? born March 17, 1823, married November 2, 1848, Ann Carter, and died August 4, 1849; 105V Alexine Southgate, 7 born February 3, 1827, married October 12, 1847, Elvin M. Wellman; 10VI Lydia Beals,7 born March 2, 1828, mar- ried April 2, 1845, Seth Gates; "VII Cynthia Jane, born October 13, 1829, died August 13, 1843; MVIII Elkanah W. ,7 born August 26, 1831, died March 19, 1834; MIX Lusannah R.,7 born October 17, 1835, married February 25, 1853. William Ward; 110X Allen Talbot (2nd),? born April 19, 1837, married; lives in Monmouth, Illinois.

Marvin Wellman " (45) (the father of Dr. George M. Wellman), in April, 1822, became a résident of Springfield, Mass., where he spent most of his life, engaged in conducting a store at the corner of Maine and William streets. In 1866 he sold his property in Springfield, and

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returned to Vermont, buying a home in Fay- etteville (near Brookline, his native town). where he lived until ist2, when he brought his wife to Dover Plains, N. Y., making his home with his son, Dr. Wellman. On June S, 1826, he married Miss Mary Bliss, a daughter of Zenas and Mary (Babcock) Bliss, of Spring- field. Mass. [See the Bliss genealogy as given farther on]. The children of Marvin" (45) and Mary Bliss Wellman: 1111 Abigail. born June 21, 1827, did not marry; 12II Mary Bliss, born October 11, 1829, married Sep- tember 9, 1861; 11III Isaac Austin (first), born December 11, 1831, died February 25, 1833; 114IV Isaac Austin (second), born April 27, 1834: 113\' George Marvin (the subject of this sketch). born February 24, 1837; 11VI Laura Bliss, born August 5. 1839, did not marry; 11; VII Emma Lucretia, born July 18, 1843. married July 18. 1888, James Y. Robinson, of Kansas, a veteran Union soldier of the war of the Rebellion. No children. They reside in Quenemo, Kansas.

Isaac Wellman" (46), son of Timothy5 (31) and Lucy Skinner Wellman, of Brookline, V't., married April 21. ISOS, Sally Bixby, who was born in Brookline, March 12, 1787. In 1824 they removed to Friendship, Allegany Co., N. Y. Thence they removed to Wyoming coun- ty, N. Y., where they spent the remainder of their lives. They were deeply religious people and belonged to the Baptist denomination. Isaac" (46 was a second cousin of Isaac" (43). There were two branches of Wellmans in Brookline, V't., Isaac" (46 was a deacon and preacher, and several of his sons were elected deacons. Their children: "1"I Chauncey, born July 16, 1810; 119II Nelson H., born April 21, 1815, died December 21, 188 ;; 12VIII Sarah C., born June 14, 1817, died ISS; ; 121 IV Alvin, born May 17, 1822; 122 \ Miriam De- light, born September 26, 1824, in Friendship, N. Y .; SVI Harvey. born April 17, 1827. The first four were born in Brookline.

Everett Perry Wellman (100) married Electa Butterfield, daughter of Samuel and Polly Miller Butterfield, at Newfane. \'t .. August 13, 1840. She was born September 10. 1813. and died June 9, 1889. Everett Perry: (100) was a quiet, industrious farmer, universally respected; and honored by his fel- low townsmen by a seat in the Vermont House of Representatives. Their children: 124 I Mary Abby Ann,' born October 20, 1846, at Brook- line, Vt. : 125 II Martha Electa.` born July 9,

1849, at Brookline, Vt. ; Mary Abby Ann' ( 124), married at Brookline, November 16, 1882, Judge Andrew Asa Wyman, who was born March 12, 1830, and died suddenly November 21, 1894, of heart disease, upon the steps of the capitol at Montpelier. \'t., where he was in attendance as a member of the House of Representatives. They had no children. Martha Electa' (125 married, March 25, 1895, at Athens, Vt .. Rev. George Henry Bolster, who was born in Alstead, N. H., Feb- ruary 26. 1860.

Mary Bliss Wellman 7 ( 112) married Sep- tember 9, 1861, at Quincy, Ill., John Sprout, a native of Pennsylvania, a substantial farmer and stock breeder. After their marriage they removed to Monmouth. Ill., where they have since remained. Their children: "I John Wellman, ' born September, 1864: 12 II Ma- mie, born August, 1867.

Isaac Austin Wellman ( second) ( 114) mar- ried November 5. 1879. at Solomon Rapids, Kans .. Mrs. Sarah Mitchell, of the same place. Mr. Wellman is a merchant, and resides at Centropolis, Kans. They have had only one child, 1% I Emma May,` born July 15. 1882, at Centropolis, Kansas.

Dr. George Marvin Wellman (115) mar- ried, at Otego, N. Y., on September 8, 1869, Miss Jeannie S. Cole, daughter of James H. and Augusta Cole, substantial farmers of Ote- go, Otsego Co., N. Y. She was born at Ote- go, N. Y., July 3. 1849, and died at Dover Plains, N. Y .. December 13. 1SS6. Children of Dr. George M.F (115, and Jeannie S. Cole Wellman: 12I Marion Augusta, born Novem- ber 25. 1870; 12 II Fred Browning." born Au- gust 31. 1877, died June 12, 1878; 11 III Maude Sherman, born December 24, ISS4. Marion Augusta Wellman' (129) married at Dover Plains, N. Y., July 1. 1896, Rev. Ed- ward Duncan Kelsey (a sketch of whom fol- lows). They have one child 1221 Marion Wellman Kelsey.º born at Sharon, Conn., May 17, 1897.

Dr. George M. Wellman, the subject of this sketch passed his early life in Springfield, Mass. In the high school of that city he pre- pared for college, and in 1857 he entered Am- herst College, where, working his own way by teaching school, he completed the classical course, graduating in 1861, receiving the de- gree of A. B. Five years later the degree of A. M. was conferred upon him. In 1861 he entered the government hospital service at Washington, D. C., as ward master in Lincoln

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Hospital, serving until 1864, when he obtained an appointment in the Ordnance Office of the War department, where he continued for four years. In the meantime he had taken up the study of medicine in the Georgetown Medical College, Washington, D. C., where he gradu- ated in 1868 with high honors, delivering the valedictory at the commencement exercises in Wall's Opera House in that city. Proceeding to New York City, he then took a one-year's course of study at the College of Physicians and Surgeons.

In 1869 Dr. Wellman located at Dover Plains, Dutchess county, where he soon built up a large and lucrative practice. His plain common sense, good judgment, thorough knowl- edge of medicine and skill in surgery, at once won for him the confidence of the people, and his success was an assured fact. He is one of the prominent members of the Dutchess Coun- ty Medical Society. As a citizen he stands de- servedly high, and has often been urged to ac- cept public office, but cares little for political preferment.

Rev. EDWARD DUNCAN KELSEY, who married Miss Marion A. Wellman, is a son of Lysander and Mary (Duncan) Kelsey, the former of whom was born October 1, 1817, at Rutland, Vt., the latter on March 4, 1826, in Maysville, Ky. They were married May 30, 1847, and became the parents of the following children: Rev. Francis Duncan, born February 15, 1849, re- sides at Oberlin, Ohio; Charles Duncan, born August 25, 1850, died August, 1874; Rev. Edward Duncan, born January 16, 1853, at Wheelersburg, Ohio, resides in Sharon, Conn. ; Elizabeth Duncan, born March 15, 1855, mar- ried to George S. Van Every, of Portland, Oregon, resides at Los Angeles, Cal .; Caro- line Duncan, born October 31, 1860, married to Charles H. Hauks, of Washington, D. C., resides at Tacoma, Wash .; George Duncan, born August 28, 1864, has been twice married, resides at Meadville, Penn .; and Frederick Duncan, born June 8, 1866, married and re- sides at Juneau, Alaska. The father of this family died May 24, 1889, at Portland, Ore- gon, where the mother is yet residing.

Rev. Edward Duncan Kelsey removed, in 1857, to Columbus, Ohio, where he graduated from the high school; from 1870 to 1874 he attended Marietta (Ohio) College, graduating in the latter year; in 1875 he entered Andover (Mass. ) Theological Seminary, where he re- mained two years. In 1877 he went to Ash-

ville, N. Y., where for two years he was pas- tor of the Congregational Church; then, in 1879, entered Yale Theological Seminary, New Haven, Conn., graduating there in 1881. From 1882 to 1884 he was settled as pastor at Almont, Mich .; from 1884 to 1885 was assist- ant pastor of the Seventh Presbyterian Church, New York City; from 1885 to 1889 he was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church at Cutchogue, L. I., N. Y .; from 1889 to 1890 was settled at Prospect, Ohio; from 1890 to 1 894 was pastor of the Presbyterian Church in South Amenia, N. Y. In 1894 he became principal of the high school at Sharon, Conn., in which position he has since remained. Mr. Kelsey has been twice married, first time on June 29, 1881, to Miss Julia C. Baldwin, of New Haven, Conn. She was born at Milford, Conn., February 23, 1857, and died February 1, 1894, at South Amenia, N. Y. The chil- dren of this union were: Frank Childs, born July 19, 1882, died September 3, 1883; Arthur Baldwin, born September 10, 1884; Florence Duncan, born October 13, 1886; and Josephine Dykeman, born July 25, 1893.

The Bliss Genealogy-Zenas Bliss was a descendant of Samuel Bliss, the youngest son of Thomas and Margaret Bliss, who settled in Springfield, Mass., in 1639. Samuel's son, Ebenezer Bliss, married Mary Gaylord, of Madison, Conn., January, 1707. Ebenezer's son, Jedediah Bliss, was born February 7, 1708, and married Rachel Sheldon July 2, 1733. and had by her eight children, and nine by his second wife-seventeen in all. They were: Rachel, born July 24, 1734; Moses, born January 16, 1735; Jedediah, Jr., born April 20, 1738; Mary, born December 11, 1739; Lucy, born March 9, 1741; Lucy (second), born November 24, 1742; Aaron, born 1745; Patience, born October 24, 1747.

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Commemorative biographical record of Dutchess County, New York, Part 35

Author: J.H. Beers & Co Publication date: 1897 Publisher: Chicago, J. H. Beers & co. Number of Pages: 1354

Author: J.H. Beers & Co
Publication date: 1897
Publisher: Chicago, J. H. Beers & co.
Number of Pages: 1354