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elected school commissioner, and from 1844 to 1857 he was superintendent of schools of Lowville; was also trustee of Lowville Academy, and a Free and Accepted Mason. Children : Elizabeth Knox, born November 27, 1824: married George W. Fowler: Maria Knox. February 1. 1827: married John Doig, mentioned above : John J. Knox. June 13, 1831 : Mary Jane Knox, July 28. 1834; married William Doig: Charles Knox. September 24. 1836; Julia E. Knox. March 31. 1839: married Joseph Fitzger- ald: James L. Knox. August 26. 1845. Children of John and Maria ( Knox ) Doig : Frank C., born August 19, 1851 ; mentioned below; Charles K., November 28. 1853.
(III) Frank Collins, son of John Doig. was born August 19. 1851, at Lowville. He attended the public schools and Lowville Academy, in which he ever afterward took a keen interest and to which he gave loyal support. After leaving school he went to L'tica, where he worked as clerk in the drug store of Butler & Hamilton and learned the business thoroughly. In 1874 he purchased the interests of F. P. Kirly in the firm of Kirly & Pelton, druggists, at Lowville. This business was established by his father, John Doig. After a short time the firm became F. C. & C. K. Doig. the sons prov- ing themselves worthy succes-ors of their father in business. The store became the largest and most prosperous in this line in Lowville, and Mr. Deig took rank among the foremost business men of this section. In addition to luis extensive drug business. Mr. Doig found time to engage in other enterprises of moment. He took an active part in the organization of the Asbestos Burial Casket Company, and was chairman of the executive committee and general busi- ness manager of that company. He was a charter member and first president of the Lowville Club from 1804 to 1899 in- clusive. and did effective work in secur- ing the funds for the building of the beau- tiful club house. He was an active member of the Masonic fraternity and passed
through the chairs of the Lowville Lodge. No. 134, becoming worshipful master in 1876, and treasurer in 1879. From 1891 until the time of his death he was a trustee of the lodge. He was also high priest of Lowville Chapter, No. 223, Royal Arch Masons. He was a prominent member and liberal supporter of Trinity Church. He was one of the first board of water com- missioners of the village, and one of the prime movers in securing the construction of the water works there. As a trustee of Lowville Academy he was for many years a zealous worker for that institution and keenly interested in public education. In business, in social life, in public affairs. he was distinguished by earnestness, en- thusiasm and constant usefulness. He was eminently charitable, giving quietly and freely to those whom he found in need, as well as to organizations for charity and benevolence. Perhaps no man in the town was ever mourned by a greater number of friends in all classes of society. His kindly manner. his sympathy and democracy made ltim one of the most approachable of men and bound to him a legion of intimate friends. He never assumed the possession of superior virtue and was altogether un- conscious, apparently, of the great good he wrought in the community. His death was a great loss to the municipality, for the wel- fare and development of which he worked so sincerely and determinedly. He loved his native town and missed no opportunity to contribute of his time and means to benefit the community.
Frank C. Doig married, February 12. 1877. Kate, born at West Union. Fayette county, Iowa, daughter of Henry E. Jones. He died April 2, 1909. Children : Julia. born October 22, 1881: Maria, January 6. 1885.
John Gramer, ancestor of CRAMER the line here under con- sideration, was born in Gier- many, from whence he subsequently re-
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moved to England. He married and had issue.
(II) Zachariah, son of John Cramer, was born in Germany. When he was six years of age his father removed to England, and Zachariah remained there until he was twenty-one years old, when he emigrated to America, settling in Herkimer county, New York, where he married. October 24. 1775. Rebecca Schriver. and had issue.
(III) Henry, son of Zachariah and Re- becca ( Schriver ) Cramer, was born in Herkimer county, New York, February 23. 1799. He was a farmer by occupation. After his marriage he removed to Harris- burg. Lewis county, New York, and in 1835, accompanied by his family, removed to South Rutland. Jefferson county, where he spent the remainder of his life. He pur- chased and cultivated a farm of one hun- dred and fifty acres near the village of Tylerville. He married Lydia Bidleman. of Herkimer county. New York, born October 24. 1804. daughter of Robert and Sally ( Briggs ) Bidleman. and granddaughter of Simeon and Nancy ( Crouse ) Biddleman.
(IV) Charles Henry, son of Henry and Lydia ( Bidleman ) Cramer, was born in Harrisburg. Lewis county, New York, Au- gust 7, 1829, diedl September, 1894. He married ( first ) in 1851, Olive Jane Bailey. born August 6, 1828. died February 30. 1867. She was the mother of seven child- ren. He married ( second) Mary Jane (Clement ) Hazel, of South Rutland, who bore him two children: Caroline Blanche. born December 22, 1870, and Robert Bruce. born June 25. 1873. His first wife, Olive Jane ( Bailey ) Cramer, was a daughter of Timothy and Sarah ( Brown ) Bailey, grand- daughter of Silas and Olive ( Sweetland ) Bailey, and great-granddaughter of Samuel and - ( Clark ) Bailey. Her mother. Sarah ( Brown ) Bailey, was a daughter of John C. and Zada ( Mead) Brown, grand- daughter of Caleb and Sarah ( Elwell ) Brown. Chiklren of Charles Henry and Olive Jane (Bailey) Cramer, all born in
South Rutland, New York: I. Ida Louisa. born August 30. 1853: was educated in the public schools of the village, Watertown high school, and took special courses in literature and science at Cornell and Co- lumbia universities : she is an instructor of wide experience and high reputation. She married. July 6. 1876. Dr. Oscar Herbert Merrill, of Pinckney, New York, son of John S. and Mary ( Graham) Merril !. and grandson of Thomas Merrill Pinckney. Dr. Merrill died April 9. 1894. He was a graduate of the medical department of the University of New York, and practiced his profession in Corinna, Maine. He was a member of the Maine Medical Society, and a literary contributor to the "Medical Rec- ord" of Maine, and the author of many papers on medical subjects. Mrs. Ida Louisa Merrill is a member of Copenhagen Chap- ter, Order of the Eastern Star. 2. Wil- liam Henry, see forward. 3. Sarah Lucinda, born December 8, 1856. 4. Lansing J., see forward. 5. Charles Wallace, born March 19. 1861 ; married ( first ) Carrie Dean and had Harold Charles, born December 5. 18go: married (second ) Bell Twining and had Henry Nelson, born January, 1900. 6. Charlotte May, born June 14. 1864. 7. Nellie Ruth, born May 13. 1866.
(V) Dr. William Henry, eldest son of Charles Henry and Olive Jane ( Bailey ) Cramer, was born in South Rutland, New York, April 17. 1855. He was educated in the public schools of the town and prepared by reading and study for the profession of medicine. He matriculated at the University of New York, medical department, whence he was graduated M. D., class of 1883. He at once located his medical offices and home in Copenhagen, Lewis county, New York. and began the practice of medicine. In his twenty-seven years of successful practice Dr. Cramer has firmly established himself in the confidence of his community as a skill- ful practitioner. a trusted friend and a de- sirable citizen. He is a member of the Lewis County Medical Society, and a promi-
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nent member of the Masonic order, affiliated with Orient Lodge, No. 238, Free and Ac- cepted Masons, Copenhagen; Carthage Chapter, No. 259. Royal Arch Masons; Watertown Commandery. No. 11. Knights Templar, Media Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of Mystic Shrine; Watertown Lodge of Perfection, Ogden burg Chapter of Rose Croix, and Central City Consistory, Valley of Syracuse, Ancient Accepted Scot- tish Rite, thirty-second degree. He is also a member of Copenhagen Chapter, No. 437, Order of the Eastern Star. Dr. Cramer married. October 25. 1876, Eunice Waite, of Rutland, New York, daughter of Charles M. and Martha J. ( Edwards ) Waite, granddaughter of Dennis M. and Eunice (Smith) Waite, of Rodman, New York. They have no issue. Mrs. Eunice ( Waite) Cramer is a member of Copen- hagen Order of the Eastern Star.
(V) Dr. Lansing J., second son of Charles Henry and Olive Jane ( Bailey ) Cramer, was born in South Rutland, New York. January 24, 1859. He was educated in the public schools of the village, pre- pared for college by reading and studying ; entered the medical department of the Uni- versity of New York, and was graduated with honors M. D., class of 1887. He at once began the practice of his profession in his native town, South Rutland, where he continued in practice until 1902, when he took advantage of a promising open- ing and located in Castorland, Lewis county, New York, where he has built up a fine practice. He is a very successful and popu- lar physician : his air of cheerfulness makes his very presence in the sick room a tonic. He is a member of Court Belden, No. 1240. Independent Order of Odd Fellows. of South Rutland: Grange No. 535. Patrons of Husbandry, and Pomono Grange of Lewis county. He is a Republican in poli- tics. Dr. Cramer married. September 26. 1894, Maud Zervah Fish, of Watertown. New York, daughter of Merrit .Andrews and Zervah ( Gotham) Fish, grand-
daughter of Jenery Taft and Caroline (Hutchinson) Gotham, and great-grand- daughter of John Gotham, a large land- owner of Watertown, New York, died 1840.
The grandfather of the pres- DENCE ent generation of the Dence family was David Dence, who married Margaret De Wandler.
(II) John De Wandler, son of David and Margaret Dence. was born in Fonda. February 16, 1829, died June 29, 1898. He was a farmer of Lewis county, a promi- nent Republican in politics, and actively in- terested in all matters that pertained to the welfare of the community in which he lived. He married, in Jefferson county, New York, October 14. 1867, Harriet, born in that county, October 16, 1831, died Sep- tember, 1905, daughter of Zalaman (2) and Harriet ( Prindle) Pool, granddaughter of Zalaman (1) and Mary (Corp) Pool, on the paternal side, and granddaughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Joy) Prindle, on the maternal, and great-granddaughter of Moses and Christine Prindle. Moses Prin- dle was born in 1742 in Massachusetts, and died in Herkimer county, New York, in 1785. Christine, his wife, was born 1726. died in Herkimer county, October 20, 181 ;. Joseph, son of Moses Prindle, was born in Massachusetts, March 7, 1771, died in Herkimer county. New York. August 13. 1861. He married Elizabeth Joy, Novem- ber 15, 1785. Joseph and Elizabeth ( Juy Prindle came from Massachusetts to Ilerki- mer county on horseback, settled on a tract of land and built the first frame barn ever built in the town of Russia, of that county. Harriet, born at Russia, Herkimer count; . New York. November 24. 1796, died Jul. 20. 1872, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Joy) Prindle, married. June 25. 1815. Zalaman Pool, born in Oneida county, Ne .. York. September 26. 1783. died Septembre: 26, 1866, at Theresa, Jefferson county. New York. He was one of the first supervisors of Jefferson county. His father, Zalat ..
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Pool (1), was born August 25. 1767 : mar- ried Mary Corp, born in Oneida county, New York, February 26. 1769. John De Wandler and Harriet ( Pool) Dence had children : 1. Lillian, born February 20. 1865: married George B. Hollbrook, Feb- ruary 24. 1886, and died in March, 1902. 2. John D., see forward.
( III ) John Doig, only son of John De Wandler and Harriet ( Pool) Dence. was born in Lowville. Lewis county. New York. July 25. 1873. He was educated in the Low- ville public schools, and was graduated from Ives Seminary, at Antwerp, New York, class of 1891. He began his business life soon after his graduation, entering the employ of V. L. Waters & Company, at Lowville, as salesman. remaining with them about four years. He then associated himself with Le- roy Crawford and assumed the position of manager of his general store at Chase's Lake, New York. He has made a successful. efficient manager. and still occupies that position with MIr. Crawford. He is a Re- publican politically and represents the town of Watson on the Lewis county board of supervisors, receiving his first election in 1907. and a re-election in 1900. He is a member of Lowville Lodge. No. 134. Free and Accepted Masons: Lowville Chapter. Royal Arch Masons : Watertown Command- ery. Knights Templar. and the Lowville Club. He married. in Lowville. New York. June 28. 1898. Mary E., born in that town. August 26. 1868. daughter of Michael and Ellen ( McGrath ) Phalon. Michael Phalon is a veteran of the civil war. enlisting in 1862 in Company L. Fifth Regulars, New York Heavy Artillery. Ellen McGrath was born in Tipperary, Ireland, near the vil- lage of Golden. June 5. 1840. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Phalon: John Edward. Mary E .. married John D. Dence: Eliza- heth, married Burnham L. Schermerhorn.
(The De Wandler Line).
The De Wandlers settled in New Jersey at an early date. coming from Holland.
They later came up the Hudson river to Port Orange. Albany, where they were among the first settlers. Johannes De Wan- delaer, from Leyden. Holland. tradesman : Sara Schepmoes, of New York. March 17. 1672. He bought and sold lots in Al- , bany. and was a man of importance.
(II) Johannes (2), son of Johannes ( I ) De Wandelaer, had a house in Albany, cor- ner of Broadway and Maiden Lane. He also owned land in Schaghticoke, which he sold to the city of Albany in 1718 for two hundred and forty pounds. He married Lysbeth Gansevoort and had a large family.
( III) Pieter, son of Johannes (2) De Wandelaer. married ( first ) Ariaitje Van Vetchen: ( second) Anna ( Bogardus Van Vetchen. a widow.
(IV) Johannes (3). son of Pieter De Wandelaer, married Gerritza Gansevoort, May 15. 1777. They had sons, Pieter (2). and Harmen, the latter born September 10. 1781. It is a daughter of one of these sons that married David Dence.
There were early settlers SPENCER of the name at Kittery. Maine, in 1663. Cambridge. Massachusetts, 1631-34. Ipswich, 1634. and in other places. The Jefferson county. New York. family of Spencer descend from William, of Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1631, who was an influential citizen of that town. He was a member of the committee to raise funds by the sale of common stock to erect a building for the meetings of the house of representatives, and was deputy in 1634-38. He was lieutenant of the militia. and one of the founders of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston, his name being fourth on the list named in their charter. In March. 1639. he removed to Hartford, Connecticut, and the same year was representative. also in 1640. He died in 1640. His will. proved March 4. 1641. names wife. Agnes, son. Samuel, daughters Sarah and Elizabeth. Samuel, the only son named in the will, was born in England.
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In 1640 he was under twenty years of age. He inherited one-third of the estate. Had a wife. Sarah, and children : Samuel. Sarah. Caleb. Elizabeth. Rachel. Mary, Abigail and Agnes. Samuel Spencer died in 1710: Sarah, his wife, April 24. 1706. Through Samuel the line descends and for two gene- rations the links connecting cannot be found. The family settled in New York state in several places and showed a marked par- tiality for the profession of medicine, gene- ration after generation producing a skill- ful physician. This is especially noticed of the Jefferson county family.
(V) The great-grandfather of Dr. Ira D. Spencer was Emmons Spencer, who mar- ried and had issue.
(VI) Edward, son of Emmons Spencer, married Polly, daughter of William and Lucy ( Balcom ) Maynard. Children : Wil- liam, Louise, Darius and Nancy. (See Maynard VI. )
(VII) Darius, youngest son of Edward and Polly ( Maynard ) Spencer, was born in Champion, New York. 1826. He was a farmer of Jefferson county, New York, a member of the "Church of The Disciples" and a lifelong Democrat. He married Cor- nelia Ann, daughter of James and Martha Bockus Duley, who had other children : William, Philip. James Andrew. George. Edna, Celeste and Francis Duley. Cornelia Ann was the fourth child and eldest daugh- ter. Children of Darius and Cornelia Ann Spencer : Andrew Jackson, born March 2. 1849: Winfield Sott. June 16. 1851: De Witt Clinten. August 6. 1853 : Mary Louisa. August 9, 1857: Nettie Matilda. December 2. 1860. Iva Darius, mentioned below. Darius Spencer died 1874: his wife. Cor- nelia Ann, in 1870.
(VIII) Dr. Ira Darius, fourth son and youngest child of Darius and Cornelia Ann ( Duley) Spencer, was born in the town of Wilna. Jefferson county. New York, Oc- toher 12, 1867. Ilis early education was obtained in the public schools and at Utica Business College. Deciding upen the pro-
fession of medicine, he entered the Eclectic Medical College of New York City, from which he was graduated MI. D., March 13, 1889. He at once located in Croghan. Lewis county. New York, where he estab- lished a medical practice that has grown and increased until it requires his constant, unre- mitting attention. His skill as a physician and surgeon is recognized throughout the section, and brings him well deserved re- ward. He was appointed United States pension examiner by President Cleveland. holding under his administration. He is examining physician for the Independent Order of Foresters, and the K. O. T. M., and holds membership in both orders. He was health officer of Croghan for fourteen years. He is a Democrat. and in 1902 represented Croghan on the Lewis county board of supervisors. In 1908 he was a delegate to the Democratic state convention, held in New York City. He has served several terms as village trustee. He married, October 5. 1893. at Croghan, New York, Virginia Adella. daughter of Augus- tine and Sarah Elizabeth Simonet. Au- gustine Simonet is a druggist and pharma- cist, established in the drug business at Croghan. He married Sarah Elizabeth Gib- lin. and has children : Lauretta Estella, Vir- ginia Adella, Mary Catherine Simonet. Dr. and Mrs. Ira D. Spencer have a son, Gerald Darius, born May 5. 1896.
The Maynard' Line
The Maynard history in America begins with John Maynard. immigrant ancestor. born in England in 1600, died at Sudbury. Massachusetts. December 10. 16-2. In early records his name is spelled Mynard. Minor and Maynard. He settled first at Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1634. He was one of the first settlers of Sudbury. Massachusetts. in 1638, and one of the forty-seven who shared in the division of the Meadow canals, along the Sudbury river in 1639. He was admitted a freeman in 1641. and was selectman in 1646 and held other
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offices. By trade a malster. He married ( first ) in England, and probably brought his wife to America with him, but this can only be conjectured as the records are silent. He married ( second) June 14, 1646, Mary Axtell. either daughter or widow of Thomas Axtell. His will left bequests to wife, Mary, children : John. Zachary, Mrs. Elizabeth Graves, Lydia Moore and Mary Maynard. He was successful throughout his entire life, and he left a goodly estate for distribution among his heirs.
(II) John (2), second son of John ( I) Maynard, was born in England in 1625. died at Marlborough, Massachusetts, De- cember 22, 1711. He removed to the lat- ter town about 1657. John Maynard was one of the original petitioners and grantees of the town, but it is not clear whether it was John first or John second. He mar- ried. April 5. 1648. Mary, daughter of Stephen Gates, one of the early settlers in Hingham, Lancaster and Cambridge, Mas- sachusetts. Her mother was Anna Gates. Children of John Maynard : Elizabeth. Han- nah, Mary, John. Elizabeth (2), Simon David, Zachariah, Sarah, Lydia and Joseph.
(III ) Zachariah, son of John (2) and Anna (Gates ) Maynard, was born October 27. 1672. He married Hannah Goodrich. and had issue.
( IV) Zachariah (2), son of Zachariah (I) and Hannah ( Goodrich ) Maynard, was born in Sudbury, Massachusetts, where he died February 11. 1823. He married Za- bella or Arabella -, and had issue.
(V) William, son of Zachariah (2), and Zabella Maynard, was born in Sudbury. Massachusetts, died February 14. 1827. He served in the revolutionary war. August 20, 1772, at Antwerp, New York, he was married to Lucy Balom. Children : Thad- deus, Sally, Henry, Nancy. Lucy, Elizabeth, Rhoda, Jane and Polly.
(VI) Polly, youngest child of William and Lucy ( Balcom) Maynard. married Ed- ward Spencer (see Spencer VI). Children: William. Louise, Darius and Nancy.
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The earliest record of VANAERNAM this family in the Mo- hawk Valley, or in America, is of Jan Janse Vanarnheim, of Holland, who married Hester Fonda, Oc- tober 14. 1606, in Rensselaerwyck. He died April 1, 1708. Children baptized : Sarah, August 15. 1607; Abraham, April 28, ITco; Rebecca. March 23, 1702; Isaac, May 7. 1704: Rachel, November 17. 1706; Jan Dirk. October 17. 1708. The spelling in this generation seems to have been Van Arnhem, but later was usually spelled Van Aernam, to which form this record will be confined.
( II ) Jan Dirk, youngest son and child of Jan Janse and Hester ( Fonda) Van Aer- nam, was baptized October 17. 1708. He married Elizabeth Lansing. a descendant of Gerrit Lansing, "the Founder." Children baptized: Hester, February 14. 1,35 ; Hen- drick. July 2. 1738: Abraham. September 28. 1740: Isaac. February 26, 1744, died in infancy: Isaac Janse. August 25, 1745; Abram, November 19. 1749.
(III) Isaac Janse, son of Jan Dirk and Elizabeth ( Lansing ) Van Aernam. was bap- tized August 25. 1745. He married. Au- gust 24. 1768, Catherine Van Wie. Chil- dren : Alida, born October 9, 1769. died in infancy: Alida (2), born April 18, 1771, died in infancy: Alida (3), born July 5. 1776: Jan Dirksen. January 30. 1779: An- dries, born August 18. 1791.
( IV) Jan D. (Jehn), son of Isaac and Catherine (Van Wie) Van Nernam, was born Jammary 30. 1779. in Aibany county, New York. He married Polly Crouse, and had issue.
(V) William C., son of John and Polly (Crouse ) Van Aernam, was born June 27. 1810. in Columbia county, New York, died June 14. 1906, aged ninety-six years. He settled in Lewis county, New York. in 1829. He owned a farm of three hundred acres. and was a millwright and lumberman. He was assessor and prominent in town affairs. He married (first ) Mary Sand. Children: I. Isaac, born January 18. 1836, died in in-
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fancy. 2. Mary Catherine, born August 27. 1838; married. September 17. 1862. Wessel Gallup. 3. John Henry, see for- ward. 4. Mary S .. born June 10. 1843: married George Delmerah: married ( sec- ond) Lida Ann Gould, and had issue. 5. Ann S., born September 28, 1844. died De- cember 24. 1900 : married George A. Graves. 6. Christopher, born September 24. 1846: married Josephine Graves. 7. William J., born May 14. 1848. 8. Archibald W., born June 20. 1849: married Ella Norton. 9. Ellen M., born August 13. 1852; married Lafayette Turner. 10. Grace A., born March 31, 1854: married Frank Warren. II. George C .. born September 23. 1855. 12. Agnes A .. horn October 28. 1857 : mar- ried Horace Miller.
(VI) John H., son of William C. and his first wife. Mary ( Sand ) Van Aernam, was born in the town of Greig, Lewis county. New York, October 7, 1837. He was edu- cated in the public schools and was reared on the farm. His inclinations were strong- ly for a business life, and he left the farmi and entered the employ of the Hartford Sewing Machine Company, and was so suc- cessful that he was made general agent for Northern New York, and for several years continued in that position. He was also interested in real estate. wild and improved. buying and selling a great many properties. He was for a time in mercantile life in the village of Glenfield, where he had built a large business blick and had real estate in- terests. He prospered in his varied under- takings. In 1898 he disposed of his Glen- field interests and with his family went south, settling at Fitzgerald. Georgia. He purchased a farm there which he cultivated. and in addition dealt in real estate. He re- mained in the south until 1907. when fail- ing health caused his return to his north- ern home in Glenfield, where he died Janu- ary 9. 1908. He led a busy, useful and eventful lite. He fought and won life's battles through sheer energy and persever- ance. coupled with a fine, well-balanced
business judgment. He was a Republican in politics, and a member of the Methodist church. He married. March 27. 1861. Zada A. Smith, born November 7, 1843. daugh- ter of George R. and Martha ( Bowen ) Smith. and granddaughter of Benjamin and Lucy ( Beebe ) Smith, who came to Lewis county from Columbia county. New York. in 1836. George R. Smith was born at Chatham, Columbia county, New York, January 9. 1812, and came to Lewis coun- ty with his parents in 1836. He married. February 14. 1838. Martha Bowen, died March 13. 1892. They settled in the town of Martinsburgh, where George R. died January 22, 1902. Children of George R. and Martha ( Bowen ) Smith : 1. Lucy Ann, born August 14. 1839. died July 27. 1872: married I. Frank Graves, September 9. 1863. 2. Zada A., married John H. Van Aernam. 3. Charlotte born April 21, 1847: married N. J. Corwin. July 4. 1876. died June. 1902 4. Seymour, born August 17. 1848. died July 28. 1860. 5. Celestine, born August 17. 1848. died September 19, 1861. Children of John H. and Zada A. ( Smith ) Van Aer- nam: 1. Frederick E., see forward. 2. George W., born July 30. 1863: married. January 22, 1884. Rose Connell. of Des Moines, Iowa. 3. Jennie ME., born July 30. 1865: married. August 29, 1892, Wallace Casler: they reside in Lubback. Texas. 4 Grant W., born March 29, 1867: marrie 1 Emma Wimbolt. October 13. 1891 : they reside at Dayton, Ohio. 3. Jessie F .. born May 20. 1874: married. April 7. 1807. Charles Millington. 6. Gertrude J .. horn January 22, 1876: married Henry Bryn. August 4. 1898; they reside in Lubback. Texas. 7. Frank, born May 23. 1879: mar- ried Paphia Rugar: they reside at Cincin- nati, Ohio. 8. Reba, born August 17, 1888.
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