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sea. Children, all by first wife, born in Chel- sea : I. Thomas, of further mention. 2. Lath- rop G., born September 27, 1801, died January 21, 1856, at East Orange, Vermont; married, March 23, 1826, Sally Merrill, born May 16, 1803, died February 25, 1854; children : Fred- erick L., Mary Ann, Lathrop Merrill, Alma A., Alford, Caroline M., Sarah Ellen, Henry C. and Emma C. 3. Mary, died in Hamburg, New York, 1834, aged twenty-eight years; unmar- ried; came to Erie county, New York, and lived with her sister Lucinda, at Eden; she taught school one or two terms. 4. Elizabeth E., married Salmon J. Moore; children: i. Mary Elizabeth, died July 1, 1865, married Rev. D. W. C. Hutchinson, now chancellor of the Wesleyan University, Nebraska; ii. Laura Lucinda, died May 5, 1881, married, May 15, 1862, Cornelius Wilder Clark. 5. Lucinda, born May 27, 1808, died at Hamburg, New York, August 24, 1898; married, April 28, 1831, at Buffalo, New York, Joseph Bunting, and lived on a farm at Eden, Erie county ; children : Mary, Levi F., Mary Eliza, Julia A., Charles, Thomas Levi and George A. 6. Far- num, bought land in Erie county, New York, in 1831 ; married (first) at Tunbridge, Ver- mont, Noyes; (second) Fland- ers ; children by first wife : Lucinda and Laura ; by second wife: Melvina, Lizzie, George, Al- bert, Flora and Frank.
(II) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (1) Fish and Elizabeth (Lathrop) Fish, was born in Chelsea, Vermont, May 9, 1798, died at Mays Landing, Atlantic county, New Jersey, July 25, 1879. He lived with his parents at Chelsea during his minority, then taught school at Adams, New York, one winter, two years at Buffalo, and fifteen months at Hamburg, New York. In 1825 he began teaching at Eden, Erie county, remaining two years when he married and settled at White's Corners (later called Hamburg), where he engaged in mer- chandising with his brother Lathrop, who soon afterward returned to Vermont. Here his wife died, and his second marriage occurred. Soon after the war he moved to Mays Land- ing, New Jersey, where he purchased a small farm on which he lived until after the death of his second wife in 1877. He then returned to Hamburg, where a year later he again mar- ried, and returned to Mays Landing, where he died. He married (first), November 14, 1827, at Palatine, New York, his cousin, Louisa Lucinda Lathrop, born July 6, 1807, at Still-
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water, New York, died November 19, 1848; he married (second) a sister of his first wife, Sophrona A. Lathrop, born at Palatine, New York, October 25, 1820, died March 17, 1877; they were daughters of Rev. John and Betsey ( Farnsworth) Lathrop. His father, Thomas (1) Fish, also married two Lathrop sisters. Thomas (2) Fish married (third) Mary Ross, born November 1, 1824, at Eden, New York, who survived him. Children by first wife, all born in Hamburg: 1. Milford, of further men- tion. 2. Byron Judson, born July 6, 1830; now living in Chicago, Illinois ; unmarried. 3. Anne Jeannette, born July 26, 1835, died De- cember 29, 1896; married at Dansville, New York, February 7, 1871, William G. Foster, who died in April, 1896; she was a nurse at Jackson's Sanitarium, Dansville, before her marriage; lived in Minnesota and Wisconsin ; died at home of her nephew, Burton Fish, at Hamburg. 4. Josephine, born June 16, 1838, died November 3, 1876; married (first) Par- ley Parks, August 6, 1868, and moved to a farm at Swanton, Ohio; after becoming a widow she returned to Hamburg and in March, 1876, married (second) Jefferson Colvin, a brother of Mrs. Milford Fish; she died less than a year later, in the town of Spring, Illi- nois ; children : Burton and Edward.
(III) Milford, oldest son of Thomas (2) Fish, by his first wife, Louisa Lucinda Lath- rop, was born in Hamburg, Erie county, New York, January 31, 1829, died in Pasadena, California, October 7, 1895. When a boy he was a clerk in his father's store at Hamburg. In 1849 he caught the "gold fever" and made the trip overland to California. He located on the west fork of the American river, where in two years he took out five thousand dollars in gold, returning with two thousand. With this capital he started a mercantile business and was very successful. He was an active, thorough business man, prominent in town affairs, and for years a deacon of the Baptist church. He was interested in matters scien- tific, and mounted at his home a telescope of seven and one-third inches clear aperture, pur- chased from Alvin Clark & Son, of Cam- bridge, Massachusetts, and with his son Bur- ton spent much time and derived great pleas- ure from studying the planets. Continued ap- plication to business broke down his health and after spending two winters in Southern California he moved with a part of his family to Pasadena, where by living out of doors as
much as possible he greatly prolonged his life. He married, in Spring, Illinois, February 13, 1853, Hannah Colvin, born December 8, 1830, daughter of Paultis and Eliza (Austin) Col- vin. Paultis was a son of Luther Colvin, born March 20, 1783, at Danby, Vermont; married Hannah Horton (both died in Hamburg, New York). Luther was a son of Amos Colvin, born in Rhode Island, about 1760, died after 1829, at Hamburg, where his wife Mary also died. Amos Colvin was a soldier of the revo- lution ; entered the service November 6, 1778, in Captain Stephen Calkins' company (Ver- mont troops ) ; marched October 13, 1780, on eighteen days service, and was in Captain Ebenezer Wilson's company, Ira Allen's regi- ment, October, 1781 ; on duty at Castleton. Vermont.
Mrs. Hannah Fish survives her husband, and continues her residence at Pasadena, where several of her children also reside. Chil- dren : 1. Burton Milford, of further mention. 2. Emogene Eliza, born December 10, 1855; resides in Pasadena. 3. Clinton Thomas, born in Hamburg, May 20, 1857; he was educated at Hamburg Academy, worked in his father's store, and when the latter moved to California, Clin- ton and Burton Fish assumed control of the business. In 1887 Clinton T. went to California for the benefit of his wife's health, but she died ten weeks later. He then spent some years in Colorado, Iowa, and Illinois, and engaged in the creamery business in Iowa. In 1902 he settled in California, and is now engaged in electrical work at Pasadena, and living with his aged mother. He married, in October, 1884, Carrie Holman, born 1861, died Decem- ber 10, 1887, daughter of Frank and Malinda (Newton) Holman; child: Leska H., born April 3, 1885. 4. Newton Colvin, born March 8, 1859, in Hamburg. After working in his father's store he engaged in the hardware busi- ness, 1884, at Hamburg, and is now the active partner of Fish & Kronenberg, of that village, and a prosperous merchant (see Kronenberg). He is prominent in town affairs, and interested in all that pertains to the prosperity of the village. He is president of the Hamburg Loan Association, was secretary and treasurer of the Hamburg Water Works Company, and has other interests. He married, June 8, 1881, at Hamburg, Ina, daughter of William L. and Lucy M. (Nichols) Woodbury. Children : i. Mildred Lelia, born December 15, 1882 ; gradu- ate of Genesee Wesleyan Seminary and Buf-
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falo Normal School; taught in Hamburg high school; married, October 6, 1909, Dr. Lee De- Merit Gunn, of Hamburg (see Gunn). ii. Ethel Lucille, born September 12, 1887; gradu- ate of Lima Academy, Randolph. iii. Wini- fred Woodbury, born March 12, 1890; mar- ried Foster Piper, October 9, 1911; she was a graduate of Lima Girls' School. 5. Hattie Maria, born January 5, 1861, died aged about three years. 6. Florence Edith, born Novem- ber 23, 1865; married, June 19, 1890, at Pasa- dena, California, Philip A. Laing, a prominent lawyer of Buffalo, and for a time city attor- ney ; child : Grace May, born January 23, 1892. 7. Milton Lathrop, of further mention. 8. Howard Judson, born October 5, 1869; edu- cated at Hamburg Academy; University of Southern California ; Yale, Sheffield Scientific School, graduated, 1893; Columbia Law School (Columbia University, New York), graduated LL. B., 1895 : now engaged in practice of law at Los Angeles, California, residing at Pasa- dena. 9-10. Carrie May, born August 19, 1871. and Verna E., February 14, 1873; re- side with their mother in Pasadena.
(IV) Burton Milford, eldest son of Mil- ford Fish, was born at Hamburg, Erie county, New York, February 12, 1854. He was edu- cated in the Hamburg schools and Buffalo Normal College. He clerked in his father's store at Hamburg, and when the latter's health compelled him to go to California, Burton M. and his brother Clinton assumed the manage- ment of the store. Clinton later also moved to California, and since 1889 Burton M. has been sole manager and owner. He is a pros- perous merchant, and still in active business. He is a deacon of the Baptist church, and is held in high regard in his town. In politics he is independent. He was trustee of the village of Hamburg, and for two years president of the People's Bank of Hamburg. He has been deeply interested in astronomy, and has made it a study in his father's private observatory at Hamburg, making observations in 1880 which were recognized by the United States government as valuable, and for which he re- ceived full official recognition.
He married, August 31, 1875, at Buffalo, New York, E. Caroline Moore, born October 12, 1853, daughter of George Augustus Moore (see Moore). She is deeply interested in the cause of education and has served upon the village school board. Children: 1. Catherine M .. born December 29, 1883. 2. Florence E.,
born October 15, 1886, died August 22, 1889. 3. Laura C., born April 26, 1891 ; has been for two years attending Cornell Domestic Science Course.
(IV) Milton Lathrop, fourth son of Mil- ford Fish, was born at Hamburg, Erie county, New York, May 21; 1867. He was educated in the schools of Hamburg, and being of rather delicate constitution, went west with the fam- ily. He did not remain in California, but after teaching school two years in Pueblo, Colorado, went to Boston, Massachusetts, where he enter- ed and in 1895 was graduated from Massachu- setts Institute of Technology, with the degree of B. S. He returned to California and was engaged in electrical work at Los Angeles. For several years ill health kept him out of active business life. In 1905 he came east and spent the greater part of the year in Buffalo and Hamburg. In May, 1911, he settled per- manently in Buffalo, where he has established the Buffalo Sheet Metal Works, manufacturers of ventilating apparatus, etc. He is a member of the Alumni Association of Boston School of Technology; is an authority on ventilation systems and held in high regard by his asso- ciates. He is unmarried.
(The Lathrop Line).
Four Lathrops married two members of the Fish family ; Elizabeth and Polly, sisters, mar- ried Thomas (1) Fish; Louisa L. and So- phrona Ann, sisters, married Thomas (2) Fish, their cousin. They were descendants of Rev. John Lathrop in the sixth and seventh genera- tions.
(I) Rev. John Lathrop was baptized at El- ton, Yorkshire, England, December 20, 1584. He was graduated B. A., 1605, from Queen's College, Cambridge. He was curate of a parish forty-eight miles from London, but in 1623 left the Established Church and joined with the Puritans. He was arrested in London in 1632 and confined in Newgate for his oppo- sition to the Church of England. In 1634 he escaped to America. He settled at Scituate, Massachusetts, September 27, 1634, but his ministry was not successful, and October 11, 1634, he moved to Barnstable, where he was pastor fourteen years. No applicant for mem- bership to his church was asked to sign any creed or "confession of faith." Governor Win- throp says of him: "Mr. Lathrop was as dis- tinguished for his worldly wisdom as for his piety. He was a good business man, as were
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all his sons. Wherever one of the family pitched his tent, that spot became a center of business, and land in its vicinity appreciated in value. It is men that make a place, and to the Lathrops, in early times, Barnstable was more indebted than to any other family." He died November 8, 1653. His first wife died while he was confined in prison in England. He married (second) Anne - -. Fourteen children.
(II) Samuel, sixth child of Rev. John Lath- rop, was born in England, 1623, and came to Scituate with his father in 1634, then to Barn- stable, then to Boston, where he engaged in house building and farming on a large scale. In 1648 he moved to New London, Connecti- cut, and was one of the judges of the local court. In 1668 he settled in Norwich, Con- necticut, and died in 1700. He married (first), November 28, 1644, Elizabeth Scudder. He married (second), in 1690, in Plymouth, Mas- sachusetts, Abigail, daughter of Deacon John Doane, of Plymouth. She was born January 29, 1632, and died 1734, the following notice of her is found in Miss Caulkins' "History of Norwich": "On her hundredth birthday, a large audience assembled at her house, and a sermon was preached by the pastor of the church. At this time she retained in a great degree the intelligence and vivacity of her earlier years. At the time of her death her husband's de- scendants numbered 365."
(III) Israel, son of Samuel Lathrop, was born October, 1659, died March 28, 1733. He settled in Norwich, Connecticut, where he ac- quired considerable wealth. He married, April 8, 1686, Rebecca, daughter of Thomas Bliss.
(IV) Samuel (2), son of Israel Lathrop, was born in Norwich, July 12, 1692. He mar- ried, June 26, 1712, Elizabeth Waterman.
(V) Captain Elisha Lathrop, son of Sam- uel (2) Lathrop, was born July 13, 1713, and was killed at Lebanon, New Hampshire, by the falling of a tree, July 2, 1787. He took an active interest in all military affairs, and was a highly esteemed citizen of both Bozrah, Con- necticut, and Lebanon, New Hampshire. Dur- ing the revolution he served on the committee of safety at Lebanon. He married (first) January 31, 1732, Margaret Sherman, who died October 10, 1742; (second), January 22, 1743, Hannah, daughter of Captain John and Hannah (Denison) Hough.
(VI) Elijah, son of Captain Elisha Lath- rop and his second wife, was born in Norwich,
Connecticut, October 20, 1743, died at Leb- anon, New Hampshire, December 2, 1822. He married (first), April 10, 1763, Elizabeth El- derkin, at Horton, Nova Scotia. They set- tled at Lebanon, where she died February 17, 1812. He married (second), November 4, 1813, Rhoda Gill. Eleven children. Polly, the eldest daughter, married Thomas Fish (1), and after her death he married Elizabeth, the fifth child.
(VII) Rev. John F. Lathrop, third child of Elijah Lathrop, was born at Horton, Nova Scotia, June 4, 1768. He began business life by riding post, supplying a circuit with their weekly newspaper. Later he became a min- ister of the Baptist church. He married, De- cember 3, 1795, Betsey Farnsworth, born at Woodstock, Vermont, August 19, 1777, daugh- ter of Oliver and Elizabeth (Wheeler ) Farns- worth. Ten children. Louisa Lucinda, the sixth child, married Thomas (2) Fish. After her death he married her sister, Sophrona Ann, the tenth child (see Fish).
John Lathrop Motley, the historian, was a descendant of Israel Lathrop (III), as was Jane Elizabeth Lathrop, born August 25, 1828, at Albany, New York, married Leland Stan- ford, the California millionaire and founder of Stanford University.
. This name in early Massachusetts GUNN records appears as Gun, Gunn and Gonn. The earliest record is of Thomas Gunn, who was of Dorchester in 1634, made freeman, May 6, 1635, removed to Wind- sor, Connecticut. Jasper Gunn, aged twenty- nine years, with wife Ann, aged twenty-five, came in the ship "Defense" in July, 1635; set- tled at Roxbury, where he was a proprietor ; freeman, May 25, 1636. After some years he went to Connecticut and may have lived at Milford, but was at Hartford as early as 1648. He was a man of active temperament and versatile talent. In 1649 he was "freed from watching during the time that he attends the service of the mill." In 1656 he is "freed from tra ning, watching and warding during his practice of phissiche." He later removed to Milford, where he was deacon and it is said schoolmaster, and on one occasion at least appeared in court as attorney. He was repre- sentative for Milford; had wives Mary and Christian, but it is not certain which was mother of his children. In his will be gives his sons lands and stock, and his daughter Me-
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hitable "one of Mr. Hooker's books and my . Mary Ann Roe, who died about 1863. After Aynsworth Communion of Saints." He died her death Mr. Gunn went to live with his daughter in Ohio. Among their children was Catherine, Margaret and Robert. January 12, 1671; his widow Christian died 1690. Children, not in order of birth prob- ably: Samuel, Johannah, Daniel, Nathaniel, Mehitable, Abel, a physician of Derby, Con- necticut.
(II) Nathaniel, son of Jasper Gunn (Sav- age says: "Perhaps son of Thomas," but later authorities say of Jasper), married, Novem- ber 17, 1658, Sarah, daughter of Robert and Editha (Stebbins) Day, of Hartford, Connec- ticut, and settled in Branford, Connecticut, where he died in 1663. His widow married (second) Samuel Kellogg, of Hatfield. She was slain by the Indians, September 19, 1677. Children : Two who died young, and Samuel.
(III) Samuel, son of Nathaniel Gunn, was born about 1663. He was taken to Hartford by his mother on her marriage to Samuel Kel- logg. He was an original proprietor and one of the first forty settlers of Sunderland, Mas- sachusetts. He was an important citizen of the new town, one of the first deacons, selectman, and filled other offices. He died August 1, 1755, in his ninety-third year. He married, at Hart- ford, January 22, 1685, Elizabeth, daughter of John and Mary (Bronson) Wyatt, of Haddam, Connecticut. She died October 2, 1737. Chil- dren : Sarah ; Elizabeth, died young ; Elizabeth (2), Nathaniel, Samuel, Mary, Abel, Chris- tian, Editha, John, Sarah.
(IV) John, son of Samuel Gunn, was born in 1707. He succeeded to his father's home- stead; was deacon, selectman and town clerk of Sunderland; representative in 1756; re- moved to Montague, Massachusetts, in 1760; died October 8, 1793. He married, June 10, 1736, Hannah Root, who died March 9, 1793, daughter of Joseph Root. Children : Hannah, John, Israel, Mary, Elijah, Samuel, Editha, died young; Levi, Lucy, Salmon, Editha (2). (V) Samuel (2), son of John Gunn, was born 1750, died before June, 1788. He mar- ried a. Miss Bardwell, March 15, 1781, who survived him. Children: Samuel and Electa.
(VI) Samuel (3), only son of Samuel (2) Gunn, was born 1782. He married and had a son, Samuel (4).
(VII) Samuel (4), son of Samuel (3), was born in town of Newton, Sussex county, New Jersey, died in Wellington, Ohio, in 1867. He was a farmer of Newton. He was a Presby- terian in religion, and a Democrat in politics. He was a member of the militia. He married 20-W
(VIII) Robert, youngest and only living son of Samuel (4) Gunn, was born December 12, 1841. He entered the employ of the Erie railroad at Elmira, New York, continuing with them for forty-nine years, as master car builder. During the last twenty years of this period he was superintendent of the Erie car shops at Buffalo, New York. In 1901 he settled in Hamburg, Erie county, New York. He is an Independent in politics, a member of Trinity Episcopal Church, and of Lodge, Chapter and Commandery of the Masonic order. He mar- ried, October 14, 1868, Adaeliza, daughter of William De Merit Hall, who was born Octo- ber 18, 1822, near Keene, New Hampshire, died September 23, 1906; married Sarah Mor- rill, of Massachusetts. Children of Robert Gunn: I. Roy N., born at Salamanca, New York, November 3, 1870; graduate of the Uni- versity of Buffalo; now in the drug business on Indian Church road, Buffalo. 2. Jay Roe, born at Salamanca, New York, January 4, 1873, died August 1, 1911, at Hamburg, New York, unmarried; he was car inspector for the Erie railroad, and a man of ability, highly re- garded by his associates and employers. 3. Burr J., born February 18, 1881, at Salamanca, died in infancy. 4. Lee De Merit, of further mention.
(IX) Dr. Lee De Merit Gunn, youngest son of Robert Gunn, was born in Buffalo, New York, March 31, 1884. He was educated in the public schools of Buffalo, graduating from Central high school, class of 1903. He chose the profession of medicine, entered and in 1908 was graduated M. D. from the medical department of the University of Buffalo. He was connected with the Emergency Hospital from the spring of 1908 to June, 1909. Then went to New York City and took a special course in obstetrics at the Sloan Maternity Hospital. Subsequently he located at Ham- burg, Erie county, New York, where he is now successfully engaged in the practice of his profession. He is independent in political action, and a member of Trinity Episcopal Church, Hamburg. He married, October 6, 1909, Mil- dred Lelia, daughter of Newton Colvin and Ina (Woodbury ) Fish, of Hamburg, New York (see Fish III).
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JACKSON Richard Jackson had a grant of land in Southold, Long Is- land, from Earl Sterling as early as 1640, but soon sold it. Robert Jack- son, perhaps a relative, married Agnes, daugh- ter of William and Jane Washburne. Chil- dren : John, of whom further ; Samuel; Sarah, married Nathaniel Moore; Martha, married Nathaniel Coles.
(II) John, son of Robert Jackson, died 1722. He married Elizabeth Seaman. Chil- dren : John, married Elizabeth Hallet ; Samuel, married (first) Ruth Smith, (second) Abi- gail Seaman; James, of whom further; Mar- tha, married Peter Titus; Elizabeth, married Charles Doughty; Hannah, married Richard Seaman ; Mary, married Jeremiah Scott ; Sarah, married Joshua Barnes.
(III) James, son of John Jackson, married Rebecca, daughter . of William and Sarah (Woolsey) Hallett. She died in 1738. Chil- dren: Mary, married, 1717, Jacob Willets ; Thomas, of whom further; William, married Prudence Smith ; Sarah, married Samuel Clem- ent ; Rebecca, married Sylvanus Seaman : John, married Sarah Doty; James, married (first) Sarah Thorne, (second) Mary Thorne; Eliza- beth, married, 1725, Nathan Field; Charity, married John Dingee; Hannah, married John Hicks; Joseph, married Mary Rogers; Rich- ard, married Mary Wright; Martha, married William Green; Phebe, married Edward Fitz Randolph ; Robert, married Sarah Hewlet ; Je- mima, married Henry Hicks ; Samuel, married Sarah Carpenter; Stephen. married Mary Lewis; Benjamin, married Amy Paul, a widow ; two died young.
(IV) Thomas, eldest son of James and Re- becca (Hallett) Jackson, married Mary Town- send. Children : Robert, Amy, Thomas, James, of further mention; Daniel, Benjamin, Re- becca, Samuel, Phebe.
(V) James (2), son of Thomas Jackson, was a farmer of Duanesburg, Schenectady county, New York, where he lived until late in life, then came to Onondaga county, where he died in 1813. He had sons: John, James, William, Benjamin, Amos, and daughter Clarinda, who married a Mr. Willey. James, the second son, was born in Duanesburg, New York, in 1798; came to Onondaga county, where he married, in 1819, Marie Marlette. In 1823 he settled in Ridgeway, Orleans county. where his six sons and four daughters were born. Two of the sons and three daughters settled in and
near Medina. William, the third son, was born in Duanesburg, in 1799. He married Martha Comstock, in 1822, and in 1826 came to Ridgeway, purchased land, built a log house and returned to Onondaga county for his fam- ily. He lived on his farm in Ridgeway, then moved to the village of Holley.
(VI) Benjamin, fourth son of James (2) Jackson, was born in Duanesburg, New York, November 30, 1803, died at Medina, Orleans county, New York, February 7, 1897. He was two years old when the family moved to Onon- daga county, New York, where he was edu- cated in the public schools. His brother James had settled in the town of Ridgeway, Orleans county, in 1823, and induced Benjamin to join him in 1825. He purchased one hundred acres of the Holland Land Company, which was thickly covered with virgin timber. He cleared his tract and remained until 1842. The near- est store to his log house was at Middleport. There were no roads and he made a trail of blazed and notched trees by which he found his way to and fro. In 1842 he bought a tract of land in Medina and later a farm of seventy- eight acres, on which the village of Medina is partly built. In 1860 he built a residence in the village, which was his home until he died. He followed farming from his earliest days, and was well known and respected. He was a Republican in politics, and an active, devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal church, although in earlier days one of the founders of the Baptist church at Shelby's Basin, now de- stroyed.
He married (first) Wealthy Ann Terry, in 1823. She was born in Onondaga county and died in Orleans county. in 1842. He married ( second) Clarissa McCormick, born August 12, 1825, died April 20, 1908, in Medina. Chil- dren of second wife: 1. Wealthy A., of whom further. 2. Harriet J., born March 10, 1847; married Albert Poler. 3. Anna, born March 8, 1850; married Edward Hill. 4. Amos, born January 1, 1853. 5. Martha, born June 4. 1857 : married Eurick Tompkins. 6. Marcus. twin of Martha. 7. Ida, born September I, 1859; married Fred Bottsford. 8. Amanda, born June 5, 1862; married Howard Blake- ley. 9. Clara, born September 25. 1867; mar- ried John Whitwell.
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