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He married, at Jamestown, August 20, 1881, Christina W. Lind, born in Sweden, March 13, 1856, daughter of Samuel Lind, born in Sweden, 1805, died 1901 ; married Anna Law- son, born 1811, died April 23, 1905. Their children are: Peter, deceased; Gustus, resides in Sweden; Anna M., resides in a western state ; Carl John, resides in Sweden ; Caroline Sophie, resides in Sweden; John Augustin, resides in Sweden; Charles Victor, deceased ; Otto, deceased; Matilda, deceased; Christina W., married Charles John Carlson. Mr. and Mrs. Carlson had five children, three of whom died in infancy, and the surviving children were: Victor, died young; Edwin Leonard, born in Kennedy, New York, October 5, 1888; educated in the public schools and Jamestown Business College; member of the Methodist Episcopal church ; resides at the family home in Jamestown.
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The first of this family to DAHLGREN come to the United States was August Dahlgren, the youngest of five children of William Daniel- son, of Sweden. I. Anne, married Peter Lager and resides at Rock Springs, Wyoming. 2. Charles, of Stockholm, Sweden. .3. Sophie, married John Johinson, and lives in Sweden. 4. Louisa, married and lives in Sweden. 5. August, of whom further.
(II) August Dahlgren, for reasons unknown, changed his- name from Danielson to Dahl- gren. He was born in Wirserum, Sweden, No- vember 29, 1855, died at Jamestown, New York, October 27, 1910, and is buried in Lake- view cemetery. He received a good education, and learned the trade of cabinetmaker with his father, who was employed in Stockholm by the Atlas Furniture Company, a large furni- ture manufacturing company of that city. Au- gust Dahlgren went as an apprentice with this company and gained an expert knowledge of cabinet and furniture making. In 1881 he came to the United States, arriving June 20 of that year. Four days later he was in James- town at work in the furniture factory of Breed & Johnson, continuing in their employ five years. He next entered the factory of Carl- son, Bloomguist & Snow, at Falconer, Mr. Carlson being his brother-in-law. He remain- ed with them fourteen years. When the Union Furniture Company was started in Jamestown he was the first cabinetmaker employed, con- tinuing two years; then nine months was with another company, after which he took a posi- tion with the Atlas Furniture Company, but after four years he was obliged to retire on account of ill health. He was one of the most expert cabinetmakers, and one whose services were always in demand. His character was of the highest and he commanded the respect and confidence of his employers as well as of his associates. He was devoted to his family, whose welfare he carefully safeguarded. He was independent in his political action, but often supported Republican candidates. In religious faith he was a Methodist.
He married, at Jamestown, July 21, 1863, Alida Sophie Carlson, born in his native vil- lage in Sweden, September 12, 1857, daughter of Daniel August Carlson (see Carlson). She is a woman of strong character, good educa- tion, and is a member of the Swedish Methodist Episcopal Church. Child of August and Alida S. Dahlgren : Elmer E., born in Jamestown, April
18, 1884. He was educated in the public schools and Jamestown Business College. At the age of thirteen he began learning wood carving and spent seven years hand carving on fine furniture. He is a member of the Ellicott Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and of the Methodist Episcopal church. He married, at Jamestown, October 8, 1908, Mabel M., daughter of John and Mary (Peterson) Lindholm; child, Evelyn R., born July 16, 1909.
NORTON The name Norton simply means the Northern Homestead or En- closure, and corresponds to Sut- ton, Easton and Weston. The original name of Lord Grantley's family was Coigniers until the time of Edward III. when Roger Coigniers married the heiress of Norton, and their son took the maternal name. Others have traced the origin of the name in England to a Nor- man origin, and to the time of William the Conqueror, when his constable who came with him to England bore the name of Norville, which became anglicized Nortown and Norton. There were several emigrants of this name early in New England. Captain Walter Nor- ton came in 1630; George Norton came from London and was made a freeman in 1634. William Norton, born in England in 1610, came in the "Hopewell" in 1635. His brother, Rev. John Norton, a graduate of Cambridge, came in 1635, and in 1656 was pastor of the First Church in Boston, noted for his piety and learning. Nicholas Norton was of Mar- tha's Vineyard in 1638, and many others. These different families were doubtless of a common English origin.
The Nortons of Great Valley and Salamanca, New York, descend from Thomas Norton, born in England in 1582, died in Guilford, Connecticut, 1648. He emigrated with his wife and children from Ockley in Runey, near Guil- ford, England, to Boston, Massachusetts, in 1639, going from there by vessel to New Haven, Connecticut, with twenty-four com- panions. Their minister, Rev. Henry White- field, had been pastor of the church at Ock- ley of which Thomas Norton had been a ward- en. Previous to their settlement at Guilford, Connecticut, the twenty-five colonists signed a covenant which united them as a body politic. They chose as their first governor William Leete, who was afterward governor of the United Colonies of Connecticut. Thomas
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Norton married, in 1625, in England, Grace Wells. He did not long survive his emigra- tion, dying in 1648. Children : Anne, married John Warner; Grace, married William Sew- ard; Mary, married Samuel Rockwell; John; Abijah, married Annanias Tryon; Thomas, of whom further.
(II) Thomas (2), youngest child of Thomas (I) and Grace (Wells) Norton, was born in England about 1636. He came to Guilford, Connecticut, with his father ; removed to Say- brook, Connecticut, before November 22, 1661, and died at Durham, Connecticut, after No- vember 25, 1712. He was well educated for his time, and owned large tracts of land at Saybrook, Durham and Middletown. He was made a freeman at Saybrook, September 9, 1668. After the death of his wife he lived for a time with his son Thomas at Saybrook, later with his son Joseph in Durham. He appointed, May 8, 1706, three "Overseers of all his estate and affairs," as well during life as after his decease, "to see the several settlements to his children performed, etc." on account of his "Inability and Incapacity by reason of old age." He married, May 8, 1671, Elizabeth, daughter of Nicholas Mason. She died January 31, 1699. Children, born in Saybrook : Elizabeth, died young; Thomas; Elizabeth (2) ; Joseph; Samuel, of whom further; Abigail; Ebenezer ; John.
(III) Samuel, son of Thomas (2) and Eliz- abeth (Mason) Norton, was born October 4, 1673, at Saybrook, Connecticut, died at Dur- ham, Connecticut, April 2, 1752. He removed to Durham in 1704. He made the purchase of land in Goshen, Connecticut, made by a mem- ber of the Norton family, a proprietor's right bought November 20, 1738, of David Hall, of Wallingford. He married, March 13, 1713, Dinah Birdsey, widow of Benjamin Beach. She was born at Stratford, 1688, died at Dur- ham, September 17, 1765. She had two chil- dren by her first husband and is said to "have been no ordinary woman." Children, born in Durham: Samuel (2), died young ; Ebenezer, of whom further; Samuel (3) ; Noah; Dinah ; David.
(IV) Colonel ยท Ebenezer Norton, son of Samuel and Mary ( Birdsey-Beach) Norton, was born December 30, 1715. He removed to Goshen, Connecticut, in 1739, died there, March 15, 1785. He became one of the most prominent men of Goshen, which town he represented in the general assembly twenty-
six times between 1760-79. (Two sessions were held yearly). He was a strong patriot, enlisted as private in Captain Morse's com- pany, Colonel Hermon Swift's second regi- ment, Connecticut Line, 1781-83; was pro- moted corporal ; later was lieutenant-colonel of the Seventeenth Regiment, Connecticut Militia. He was also state agent for procuring arms for the soldiers. In 1771 he was appointed civil magistrate, and was a deacon of the Con- gregational church from 1776 until his death. It is said of him: "His Christian character was exemplary and uniform." He married, 1740, Elizabeth, who died April 16, 1811, daugh- ter of Nathaniel Baldwin. Both are buried in the East Street cemetery in Goshen. Children, born in Goshen: Miles, of whom further ; Aaron, Elizabeth, Ebenezer, Rachel, Marana. Oliver, Nathaniel, Birdsey.
(V) Lieutenant Miles Norton, son of Colo- nel Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Baldwin) Nor- ton, was born in Goshen, Connecticut, March 30, 1741, died there September 17, 1795, and is buried in the East Street cemetery. He served in the revolution as lieutenant of the Provincial Regiment in 1781. He married (first), December 14, 1758, his cousin Esther, daughter of Joseph Norton; (second), Septem- ber 18, 1766, Sibyl Andrews; (third), April 3. 1777, Anne Agard, who survived him; emi- grated to Western New York in 1810, died at Nunda, December 4, 1830. By his different wives he had eighteen children, fifteen of whom attended his funeral. These children all removed to Western New York and the West.
(VI) Judge Ira Norton, twelfth child of Lieutenant Miles and his third wife, Anne (Agard) Norton, was born at Goshen, Con- necticut, October 6, 1783. He emigrated to Great Valley, New York, where he died March. 1866. He was one of the early settlers in the town of Great Valley, Cattaraugus county. He settled in Franklinville in 1807, and in 1816 located on a farm near Peth. He was appointed associate judge of the court of com- mon pleas, taking the oath of office, July 25. 1820. He had previously served as super- visor and justice of the peace. The first meet- ing of what was later the Presbyterian church of Great Valley was held at his house. He was a deacon of that church and firmly op- posed to the use of intoxicating liquors. He was the first person in Great Valley to have a "raising" without furnishing liquor to his
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helpers. The raising of his own residence was the first "dry raising" in the town. He lived in Great Valley for over half a century and saw the unbroken forests give place to fertile fields and pleasant homes. He died in 1866, "full of years and full of honors," aged eighty- three years. He married, in Goshen, Lucy Perkins. Of their fourteen children nine grew to mature years. One of them, Hon. Nelson I. Norton, was justice of the peace twenty years, supervisor, member of the state assem- bly, presidential elector and member of con- gress. Children: Esther Lucinda, died in in- fancy; Esther Lucinda (2), born June 25, 1805, died March 2, 1887; Samantha, Febru- ary 1, 1807, died March 4, 1840; Emmeline, November 18, 1808; twins, died in infancy; Miles Perkins, February 1, 1814, died August 26, 1837; Lucy Phelps, January 10, 1816; An- drews Lorraine, of whom further; Nelson Ira, April 30, 1820; William Wallace, March 18, 1822; Marvin, May 7, 1824, died in infancy ; Edwin DeWitt, May 7, 1827.
(VII) Andrews Lorraine, son of Judge Ira and Lucy ( Perkins) Norton, was born April 27, 1818, in Great Valley, Cattaraugus county, New York, died there in 1893. He spent his life engaged in farming. He was well-to-do and prosperous, owning a well improved farm of one hundred and seventy-five acres. In political faith he was a Republican and in re- ligion a Presbyterian. He bore a high char- acter in the town and was greatly respected. He married Polly Ann Bacon, born June 3, 1823. Children : 1. Miles A., born September 25, 1845; married, May 29, 1867, Annie Cong- don; children: i. Gertrude, born March I, 1868; ii. Ernest, August 21, 1871, married, Au- gust 9, 1898, Mary McLain; children : Ruth, . born November 25, 1903, Phyllis, January 26, 1908; iii. Charles, born June 26, 1878; mar- ried, March 2, 1910, Mettie Marton; child, Helen, born December 6, 1910; iv. Mabel, born July 15, 1879; married, August 28, 1907, Oli- ver Carnes ; child, Albert, born May 26, 1910. 2. Hattie, born August 29, 1849; married, Jan- uary 1, 1873, Rosalvo C. Adams, born Octo- ber 6, 1841, died November 15, 1887. 3. Homer N., born January 29, 1852; married, January 8, 1887, Ada Butler, born May 9, 1852 ; children, Courtney, born April 24, 1888; Wilma, September 23, 1890. 4. Edward F., of whom further. 5. Dell, born April 13, 1863 : married, March 16, 1881, Charles Hess, born August 5, 1857; children, Walter, born
May 1, 1890; Glenn, October 14, 1892; Elmer, October 6, 1896; Clayton, August 21, 1901. 6. Ruth, born May 5, 1865; married, April 27, 1892, Manley W. Frank, born February 16, 1861 ; child, Clarence, born July 22, 1896.
(VIII) Edward Frazier, son of Andrews Lorraine and Polly Ann (Bacon) Norton, was born in the town of Great Valley, Cattaraugus county, New York, October 14, 1859. He was educated in the public schools and at Chamber- lain Institute. After completing his studies he learned the trade of jeweler and has been engaged in that business all his subsequent life. He was first with B. H. Wade, then until 1886 in Corry, Pennsylvania, with his cousin, Herbert M. Norton. In the latter year he es- tablished in business in Salamanca, where he now has a modern and prosperous jewelry store. He is a capable, energetic business man and is influential in public affairs. He is a Republican and has served his village as school trustee, village trustee and treasurer. He is a director of the Salamanca Trust Company and interested in other enterprises. He is a mem- ber and past master of Cattaraugus Lodge, No. 239, Free and Accepted Masons; past high priest of Salamanca Chapter, No. 266, Royal Arch Masons; generalissimo of Sala- manca Commandery, No. 62, Knights Temp- lar, and a member of the uniform rank Knights of Pythias. He is a member of the Congre- gational church, which he serves as trustee. He married, June 2, 1886, Jennie A. Scobey, born in Great Valley, New York, September 7, 1863, daughter of William and Anna B. (Carver) Scobey. Child: Zoe, born August 25, 1895.
(Mrs. Norton's Ancestral Line).
Mrs. Jennie A. (Scobey) Norton, regent of Salamanca Chapter, Daughters of the Amer- ican Revolution, is a descendant in the tenth generation of Francis Cooke, a passenger in the "Mayflower," with his son John.
(I) Francis Cooke, seventeenth signer of the "Compact," was born in England, 1582-83, and came to America in the "Mayflower, 1620, accompanied by his son John. His wife Esther, a Walloon, followed in 1623, in the ship "Anne," with three children: Jacob, Jane and Esther. He was one of the first pur- chasers of Dartmouth, Massachusetts, in 1652, and of Middleborough, in 1662. He died April 7, 1663, aged "above eighty."
(II) John, eldest son of Francis and Esther
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Cooke, and a boy at the time of the "May- flower" voyage, married, March 28, 1634, Sarah, daughter of Richard Warren, and in that year was taxed equally with his father. June 7, 1637, he volunteered for the Pequod war "if provision could be made for his fam- ily." He was elected ten terms a deputy from Plymouth to the general court between 1638 and 1656. For many years he was a deacon in the Plymouth church, but through disagree- ments at the time of the Quaker troubles that connection was severed, and he with others removed to Dartmouth, of which, like his father, he had been one of the first purchasers. He connected himself with the Baptist church of Newport, and is said to have preached at Dartmouth as a minister of that denomination. He was deputy from Dartmouth to the general court, 1666-68, 1673-75, 1679-82, and in 1686. He died at Dartmouth, November 23, 1695, the last survivor of the "Mayflower" passen- gers (see General Society of Mayflower de- scendants, page 409-10).
(III) Elizabeth, daughter of John and Sarah (Warren) Cooke, died December 6, 1715. She married, November 28, 1661, Daniel, second son of Edward Wilcox, of Portsmouth and Kingston, Rhode Island. Daniel Wilcox, died July 2, 1702.
(IV) Lydia Wilcox, daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (Cooke) Wilcox, married, May 26, 1702, Thomas Sherman, born in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, August 8, 1658, son of Peleg Sherman, born 1638, died 1719, married, July 25, 1657, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Law- ton; granddaughter of Philip Sherman, of Kingston, Rhode Island, born February 5, 1610, died 1687; came to Roxbury, Massa- chusetts, 1633; signed the compact at Ports- . mouth, Rhode Island, November 20, 1637; was deputy 1665-67; married Sarah Odding, died 1668, of Dedham, Essex county, England (a daughter of John Porter's wife by her first husband ).
(V) Daniel Sherman, son of Thomas and Lydia (Wilcox) Sherman, was born at South Kingston, Rhode Island, November 27, 1706, died 1804; married, May 22, 1735, Susanna Earl.
(VI) Captain Daniel (2) Sherman, son of Daniel (1) and Susanna (Earl) Sherman, was born at South Kingston, Rhode Island, August 28, 1736, died March 18, 1829. He served in the revolution as captain of the fourth com- pany of Kingston, Rhode Island militia, June,
1780, and May, 1781 (see "Rhode Island Colo- nial Records" ix, pp. 97 and 410). He mar- ried (first), November 11, 1763, Hannah Steadman, (second), April 24, 1766, Rebecca Palmer.
(VII) Palmer Sherman, son of Captain Daniel (2) and his second wife, Rebecca (Pal- mer) Sherman, was born in 1768, died Febru- ary 17, 1855. He married Elizabeth Hoxie, born 1778, died April 2, 1859.
(VIII) Susan Sherman, daughter of Pal- mer and Elizabeth (Hoxie) Sherman, was born April, 1803, died December 8, 1875; mar- ried Parley G. Carver, born May, 1799, died October 14, 1835, son of Samuel Carver, born March 3, 1756, at Bolton, Connecticut, died March 3, 1833; married, August 14, 1777. Bersheba Griswold, born 1761, died June 3, 1833, and grandson of Samuel Carver, died September 8, 1817, at Bolton, Connecticut ; married, May 15, 1755, Rachel Loomis, born December 17, 1731, a descendant of Joseph Loomis, of Windsor, Connecticut.
(IX) Anna B. Carver, daughter of Parley G. and Susan (Sherman) Carver, was born April 15, 1829, died October 22, 1882. She married, 1848, William Scobey, born Novem- ber 9, 1818, died January 2, 1891, son of Sam- uel and his first wife, Phoebe (Crandall) Sco- bey, and grandson of Lieutenant James and Catherine (Brown) Scobey, of New Jersey.
(X) Jennie A. Scobey, daughter of Will- iam and Anna B. (Carver) Scobey, married Edward F. Norton (see Norton VIII). Mrs. Norton gains admission to the Daughters of the American Revolution by right of two or more revolutionary ancestors. Her great- great-grandfather, Lieutenant Samuel Carver, of Bolton, Connecticut, was second lieutenant in Colonel Ward's regiment, 1776. This regi- ment was raised in Connecticut on requisition of the continental congress to serve one year from May 4, 1776. In August it was attach- ed to Washington's army at New York. Was at White Plains and fought at the battles of Trenton, New Jersey, December 25, 1776; at Princeton, New Jersey, January 3, 1777; was with Washington at Morristown, New Jersey ; term expiring May, 1777. He was a promi- nent citizen of Bolton, Connecticut ; justice of the peace; selectman, and for twenty-seven sessions represented Bolton in the Connecticut legislature. The second line is from her pater- nal great-grandfather, Lieutenant James Sco- bey, of New Jersey, who enlisted March 13,
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1776, for one year as a sergeant in Captain Anthony Sparks company, Third Battalion, First Establishment, New Jersey Continental Line; enlisted as private, January 1, 1777, served in the expedition to Canada, and took part in the operations before Quebec, May and June, 1776, and was discharged with the bat- talion at Morristown, New Jersey. He reen- listed in February, 1777, for the war, in Cap- tain Flanagan's company, Third Battalion, Sec- ond Establishment, New York Continental Line. He was promoted ensign, May 1, 1777 ; second lieutenant, November, 1777; resigned Decem- ber 15, 1777. He was engaged at the battles of Short Hills, Brandywine and Germantown, all fought in 1777. This record is on file in the adjutant-general's office, Trenton, New Jersey, and at the pension office, Washington, District of Columbia. A third line of revolu- tionary descent is through Captain Daniel Sherman, who served with the troops from Kingston, Rhode Island.
This surname is derived from BILLINGS a place, Billing, very ancient, four miles from the city of Northampton, England, and in Saxon means "a place of meadows." The surname was originally De Billing. In Domesday Book the name is found spelled Belling. The final "s" has been added to the name in America, the first generation spelling it Billing. The pro- genitor of Richard, the American ancestor, is John Billing, of Rowell, England, who had sons Thomas and John.
(II) Sir Thomas, son of John Billing, was a noted lawyer, knighted in 1458; was counsel at the bar of the House of Lords for King Henry VI., when the right to the crown was argued; and in 1465 was chief justice of the King's bench. He died in 1481 and was buried in Bittlesden Abbey, Oxfordshire, where a large blue marble slab was placed over the body, having upon it, wrought in brass, the figures of himself and wife. Later the body was removed to Wappenham Church. He had two wives and eight children.
(III) Nicholas, son of Sir Thomas Billing, settled in Northampton, England, in 1512; married, and had six children.
(IV) John, son of Nicholas Billing, mar- ried and had four children.
(V) William, son of John Billing, died 1587 ; married and had four children.
(VI) Roger, son of William Billing, died 1596; had two wives and eight children.
(VII) Richard (1), son of Roger Billing, was born about 1560; married Elizabeth Strong and had five children.
(VIII) Richard (2), son of Richard (1) Billing, was born in Taunton, England. He came to America and was in Hartford, Con- necticut, with his wife Margery, in 1640. He moved to Hatfield, Massachusetts, in 1661, died there March 3, 1679. Margery died De- cember 5, 1679.
(IX) Samuel Billings, son of Richard (2) Billing, lived in Hatfield, Massachusetts. He married, about 1661, Sarah, daughter of Rich- ard and Ursula Fellows. They had six chil- dren.
(X) Samuel (2), son of Samuel (1) Bill- ings, was born January 8, 1685, in Hatfield. He married (first) Hannah Wright, (second) Widow Rebecca Miller. Five children by sec- ond wife.
(XI) Zechariah, son of Samuel (2) Bill- ings, was born in Hatfield, Massachusetts, No- vember 29, 1702, died October 11, 1771. He married Ruth, born June 6, 1700, died Decem- ber 18, 1781, daughter of John and Ruth ( Bel- knap) Meekins.
(XII) Silas, son of Zechariah Billings, was born November 13, 1741, died June 6, 1808. He settled in Connecticut. He married, No- vember 25, 1773, Miriam, born May 9, 1746, died February 11, 1836, daughter of Moses and Anna Smith Dickinson.
(XIII) Joseph, son of Silas Billings, was born in Somers, Connecticut, later moving to Smyrna, Chenango county, New York, where he became a well-to-do farmer and a man of prominence in his town. In 1817 he came to the town of Gaines, Orleans county, New York, where he purchased a farm for his sons Lauren, Timothy and Joseph. Later he re- turned to his home in Smyrna, where he re- sided until his death. He was a man of strong character and was held in the highest esteem. He married Amanda Pomeroy. Children: I. Harlow, remained on the old homestead in Smyrna, where he died. 2. Amanda, married Erastus Woods, and died in Smyrna. 3. Abai, married Mann, and died in Smyrna. 4. Lauren, married Roxana Rexford. 5. Jo- seph, of whom further. 6. Timothy, married Betsey Bidwell. Lauren, Timothy and Joseph all became residents of Orleans county, New
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York, where they were prosperous farmers. Lauren was a colonel of the state militia.
(XIV) Joseph (2), son of Joseph (1) Bill- ings, was born in Smyrna, Chenango county, New York, May 4, 1795, died in Gaines, Or- leans county, December 18, 1866. His father purchased a large farm in Gaines which he gave to three of his sons. Joseph and Timo- thy settled on the tract in 1817, Lauren in 1822. They cultivated this farm together for a time, then divided it between them. Joseph received as his portion one hundred and sixty acres. It was well timbered and after building his log house he built a sawmill on March creek, converting the timber on his farm into lumber as fast as possible. He was very successful in his farming and lumbering operations and eventually owned five hundred and twenty acres of cultivated land. He was a Whig in politics, and served the town of Gaines as supervisor in 1837-38-39-40, also was justice of the peace. He was a Universal- ist in religion, and one of the founders of the church of that faith in Fairhaven. He was an energetic, capable man of business, and held high rank in his town. He married, July 4, 1818, Charlotte Drake, born May 2, 1801, in New Jersey, died in Gaines, New York, De- cember 21, 1874. Children: Joseph D., born February 20, 1822, married Melinda Shaw; Myron P., born March 13, 1824, married Phoebe Bement ; Clinton, born February 28, 1827, married Esther Murdock; Clara, Octo- ber 6, 1830, married Elijah Lattin; Helen, June 6, 1833, married John Lattin; Harlow, September 1, 1836, married Delia King ; Henry, born February 18, 1839, died December 18, 1856; William H., of whom further.
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