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(V) Thomas Hulett, cousin of Hon. Charles Hulett, was born at Wallingford, Rut- land county, Vermont, October 9. 1778. He married Harriet Kelly. Children : John M. ; Ephraim G. : Eliza P .. who was the third wife of Hon. Charles Hulett, mentioned above ; Harriet Aurora, who married ( first ) Edward Danforth : ( second ) General William R. Jud-
son ( see Judson). The Hulett family was prominent at Wallingford and Rutland, Ver- mont.
The surname Lothrop or La-
LATHROP throp is derived from the parish Lowthorpe, a small place in the wapentake of Dickering, East Rid- ing of County York, England, with only about a hundred and fifty inhabitants. Walter de I owthorpe was elected high sheriff of York- shire in 1216, and the name has been common in Yorkshire from that time. Robert and Richard Lowthorpe. lived at Whepsted, Thin- goe Hundred, Suffolk, in 1287. and a promi- nent family of the name lived in Staffordshire before 1560. Arms: Sable an eagle dis- played argent. Crest: A cornish chough proper.
(1) John Lathrop, or Lowthroppe. as the name used to be spelled, is the first of the ancient family in England to whom the Amer- ican line can be definitely traced. Early in the sixteenth century he was living in Sheri- burton and in various other parts of the coun- ty, and in the thirty-seventh year of Henry Vill., 1545, his name is on a subsidy roll, assessed twice as much as any other inhabi- tant of the parish. He left a son Robert, men- tioned below, and three daughters whose fam- ilies are named in their brother's will, al- though their names are unknown.
( II) Robert Lathrop, son of John Low- throppe, succeeded to his father's estates at Cherry Burton, and made considerable addi- tions to them during his life. He died in 1558 and his will. dated July 16, 1558, at North Burton ( Sheriburton ), was proved at York, November 20, 1558. He was a Roman Catholic, and left bequests to the church, to friends and relatives, and to wife and chil- dren. Children : Thomas, mentioned below ; John, died without issue : Lawrence, died be- fore 1572: Margaret, married Robert Rodge- son.
( HI) Thomas, son of Robert Lathrop, was born in Sheriburton. He married Elizabeth Clark, widow, who was buried at Etton, July 29, 1574. and he married ( second ) Mary -, who was buried at Etton, January 6, 1588, and ( third ) Jane - , who married
( second ) - Coppendale. He removed to Etton. Harthill Wapentake, East Riding of Yorkshire, about 1576. and died in 1606. His will is dated October 3. 1606, and proved Jan-
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uary following. Children by first wife: Rob- ert, married Ann Pattison : Catherine, married William Akett; Awdrey, married Wickham : Elizabeth, married Thomas Ro- wood : Anne, baptized at Etton, February 13, 1568-69, died young; Isabel, baptized at Et- ton, July 3, 1570; Martin, baptized at Etton, October 21, 1572, died the same year; An- drew, baptized at Etton, April 23, 1574. Chil- dren by second wife, and dates of baptism: Anne, Etton, July 29, 1576; Mary ; Thomas, Et- ton, October 14, 1582; John, mentioned below ; William, May 24. 1587. Children by third wife: Margaret, Etton, February 12, 1590- 91; Isabel, September 29, 1592; Lucy, Etton, January, 1593-94; Richard, October 12, 1595; Mark, Etton, September 27, 1597; Lawrence, August 29, 1599; Jane, March 14, 1600-01; Joseph, December 31. 1602; Bartholomew, March 1, 1604.
(IV ) Rev. John (2) Lathrop, son of Thom- as Lathrop, was born at Etton, Yorkshire, England, and baptized there December 20, 1584. He was educated in Queen's College, Cambridge, receiving the degree of B. A. in 1601, and taking his master's degree in 1609. He became curate of the parish church in Egelton in the Lower Half Hundred of Cale- hill, Lathe of Soray, County Kent, as early as 1614. probably in 1611, and as late as 1619. When he could no longer subscribe to the creed of that church, he joined the Puritans in 1623, and in 1624 was called to succeed Rev. Henry Jacob, minister of the First In- dependent Church of London, where the meet- ings were secret on account of being illegal. The church was discovered by a spy named Tomlinson, and forty-two prisoners were taken, eighteen being allowed to escape, April 22, 1632, and the Puritan prisoners were put in the old Clink prison in Newgate and in the Gatehouse until the spring of 1634, when they were released on bail, except Mr. Lathrop. He was allowed to leave it only to be with his wife the last hours of her life, and then was taken back to prison. His children ap- pealed to the Bishop at Lambeth for their father, and he succeeded in procuring his re- lease. He came to Boston on the ship "Grif- fin" with some of his men, and arrived Sep- tember 18, 1634, and settled in Scituate, where nine pioneers had already located. He was chosen pastor, January 19, 1634. He married (second) Anna and rented a farm near the First Herring Brook, and had shares
in the salt marshes. After some disagreement in the church he removed to Barnstable, on Cape Cod, October II, 1639, where he was pastor of the church for fourteen years, and was greatly beloved. He stood foremost among the Puritans, a Congregational of the Unitarian denomination, as we now class them. He died at Barnstable, November 8. 1653, and his will, dated August 10, was proved De- cember 8, 1653. bequeathing to son Thomas, John, a son in England, Benjamin, and daugh- ters Jane and Barbara, and to the remainder of his and his wife's children. Children by first wife: Jane, baptized at Egerton, Eng- land, September 29, 1614; Anne, baptized at Egerton, May 12, 1616; John, baptized Feb- ruary 22, 1617-18; Barbara, baptized October 31, 1619; Thomas, born in England; Samuel, born in England; Joseph, mentioned below ; Benjamin, born in England. Children of sec- ond wife: Barnabas, baptized at Scituate, June 6, 1636; child, born and died July 30, 1638; Abigail, baptized at Barnstable, No- vember 2, 1639; Bathsha or Bathsheba, bap- tized February 27, 1641 ; John, born at Barn- stable, February 9, 1644 ; son, born and died January 25, 1649.
(V) Joseph, son of Rev. John (2) Lathrop, was born in England, probably Lambeth, Lon- don, in 1624, and came to America, very likely with his father, in 1634. The first record found of him is his marriage, made on the register of the Barnstable church by his father, December 1I, 1650. He married Mary An- sell. He was deputy to the general court from Barnstable for fifteen years, and was a selectman for twenty-one years. When the county was reorganized he was appointed the register of the probate court and recorded the first deed of the county, 1666. In 1653 he was appointed to keep the ordinary. He was made freeman, June 8, 1655, and in 1664 he was acting constable, and in 1667 a receiver of excise. He had the titles of lieutenant and captain, which shows that he was in military service. In 1676 he was a prominent member of the council of war, and he was also com- missioned to hold select courts in 1679 in Barnstable. He was among the agents for the settlement of Sippecan, and in September. 1689, he is spoken of in skirmishes with the Eastern Indians, and the notice of his service shows that he was a prominent man. His will was dated October 9. 1700, and was proved April 9, 1702, and in it he mentions
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four sons and two daughters. In the inven- tory of his estate were mentioned twenty-seven law books, and forty-three of classics and ser- mons. Children : "Still borne maide child." buried, November 19, 1651 ; Joseph, born De- cember 5, 1652; Mary, March 22, 1654; Ben- jamin, July 25, 1657 : Elizabeth, September 18, 1659; John, November 28, 1661, died Decem- ber 30. 1663 ; Samuel, March 17, 1663-64 ; John, August 7, 1666; Barnabas, February 24, 1668-69 ; Hope, mentioned below; Thomas, January 6, 1673-74; Hannah, January 23, 1675-76, died February 1, 1680-81.
(VI) Hope, son of Joseph Lathrop, was born July 15, 1671, died October 29, 1736. He married, November 15, 1696, Elizabeth, daughter of Melatiah Lathrop. She was born in Barnstable, November 15, 1677, died Feb- ruary 21. 1763. They lived first in Barnstable, where he was a townsman in 1695. He re- moved to Falmouth, Massachusetts, and later to Connecticut, where he bought one hundred and fifty acres of land, in Tolland, in 1726 of Daniel Eaton. There is a tradition that his family lived for years in Hartford and for a time in Sharon, Connecticut, but there is no definite proof that the family ever removed to Connecticut. Children: Benjamin, born in Barnstable, October 18, 1697; John, born in Barnstable, October 3, 1699; Rebecca, No- vember 25, 1701 ; Sarah, December 31, 1703 ; Ebenezer, May 1. 1706: Ichabod, June 20, 1708; Solomon, September 10, 1710; Eliza- beth, January 20, 1712; Hannah West, March 28. 1713: Melatiah, mentioned below ; Mary, June 26, 1716; Joseph, September 12, 1720; Hannah, November 19, 1722.
(VII) Melatiah, son of Hope Lathrop, was born February 20, 1714, died September 5, 1787. He married, probably in Tolland, where the record was found, November 15, 1738, Mercy, daughter of Joseph Hatch, a pioneer of Tolland. She was born there August 23, 1717. died in Columbia county, New York, October 16, 1788. He lived for some time in Connecticut and in 1755 removed to Dutchess county, New York, to Dover, where most of the children were brought up. Children : De- borah, born August 1I, 1739; Lucy, Septem- ber 9, 1740; Jedediah, February 19, 1742 ; Si- mon, January 1, 1744; Eunice, November 14. 1745: Walter, January 24, 1747; Mary, Sep- tember 13, 1748: Melatiah, December 12, 1749: Ezra, August 19, 1751 ; Jerusha. Sep- tember 28, 1753; Ichabod, May 25, 1755; Jo-
siah, Amenia, Dutchess county, May 29 (Au- gust, according to his record), 1757 ; Ebene- zer, July 24, 1759; John, mentioned below ; Elizabeth, March 1, 1762; Eleazer, March 26, 1766.
(VIII) John (3), son of Melatiah Lathrop, was born March 1, 1762, died July 17, 1825. He married, January 19, 1794, Prudence, daughter of Eleazer and Thankful (Lothrop) Hutch. She was born June 8, 1776, died De- cember, 1841. He was a farmer in Sherburne, Chenango county, New York. Children : Myra, born March 3. 1795, died April 3, 1796; Marcia, January 6, 1797, died Septem- ber 22, 1801 ; John Hiram, Sherburne, Janu- ary 22, 1799; Miles, November 11, 1800; Marcus, May 2, 1802 ; Myra, August 6, 1804; Marcia, August 31, 1806, died March 5. 1808 ; Charles Adams, mentioned below.
(IX) Charles Adams, son of John (3) La- throp, was born March IS, 18II, died March 17, 1865. He was farmer. He made his home in Western New York, for some years, and then went to Michi- gan, remaining for five years. He lived for many years in Sherburne, New York, and always was a farmer. He held several town offices, and was a member of the Congrega- tional church. He married, January 20, 18.42, Louisa. daughter of William and Lois (But- ler) Newton, of Sherburne. She was born in 1813, died 1906. Children : William Newton, born September 5, 1843, died March 18, 1858; Charles Henry, mentioned below ; Homer, July 19, 1853, died April 4, 1854.
(X) Charles Henry, son of Charles Adams Lathrop, was born in Parma, Monroe county, New York, in September, 1849. He attended the public schools of Clinton, Sherburne and Norwich, New York. During most of his life he has been a farmer in Sherburne and he has a fine herd of Holstein cows and one of the best dairy farms in this section. In politics he is a Republican. He is a member of the Congregational church and has served as treasurer of the society. He married, Janit- ary 5, 1871. Alice G. Alcott, of Columbus, New York. daughter of Russell and Cordelia (Page) Alcott. Her father was killed in the civil war at the second battle of Bull Run. He was captain in command of a company at that time. He had served also in the Mexican war when he was but eighteen years old. Cor- delia Page was a daughter of Gilbert Page and granddaughter of Joseph H. Page. The
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parents of Joseph H. Page were Jeremiah and Polly (Ames) Page, of Connecticut. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Lathrop: 1. Elizabeth, born February 1, 1874; graduated at Smith Col- lege, Northampton, Massachusetts; married, in 1904. William MI. Golden, attorney, of New York City. 2. Josephine, July 1, 1876. 3. Charles Alcott, May 29, 1879 ; attended Smith College and Oberlin College. 4. Homer New- ton, July 28, 1886: received his education at Cornell and at Madison, Wisconsin : married, August 16, 1911, Eunice Greene. 5. John Marcus, May 14. 1891 ; now in Columbia Col- lege. New York City.
Rev. Henry Smith, immigrant SMITH ancestor of this branch, was born in 1588, near Norwich, England, and came to this country with Rev. Thomas Hooker. In 1636 the latter, with his people,
removed from Watertown, Massachusetts, where they had first settled, to Connecticut. Rev. Mr. Smith became the first minister of Wethersfield. Connecticut, and died there, ac- cording to one authority, in 1643, to another, in 1648. The name of his first wife is un- known. He married (second) Dorothy -, who survived him, and married ( sec- ond) John Russell, as his second wife. She died at Hadley, 1694. Children of first wife: Peregrine, died unmarried before his father : Daughter ; Daughter: (both married and had children before their father's death). Chil- dren of second wife: Dorothy, born 1636; Samuel ( mentioned below ) : Joanna, born Wethersfield. December 25, 1641: Noah, Wethersfield, February 25, 1643-44: Elizabeth, Wethersfield. August 25. 1648.
(II ) Samuel, son of Rev. Henry Smith, was born in Wethersfield. 1638-39, died at Hadley. September 10, 1703. He married Mary. daughter of James Ensign, of Hartford, about 1662.
He settled in Northampton, Massachu- setts, in 1666, and remained there until 1680. He then removed to Hadley, to care for his mother, who had married John Russell. Chil- dren : Samuel (mentioned below ) : Sarah, married, October 16, 1684. John Lawrence ; Dorothy, baptized 1667 at Northampton, mar- ried, May 30, 1687. William Rocker; Ebene- zer, baptized at Northampton, 1668: Ichabod, born at Northampton, January 24, 1670; Mary. horn at Northampton, January 19, 1673: James, born at Northampton. June 12.
1675 ; Preserved, born at Northampton. Au- gust, 1677.
(III) Deacon Samuel (2) Smith, son of Samuel ( 1) Smith, died at Suffield, Connec- ticut, September 1, 1723. He married. No- vember 18, 1685, at Hadley, Joanna McLath- lin. He was of Northampton until about 1716, and after that of Suffield. He was ad- mitted to the church at the latter place, Oc- tober 31, 1718, by letter from church at North- ampton. Children : Mary; born April 18, 1688: Samuel, March 13, 1690; Thankful, May 13. 1692; Mindwell, February 28, 1694. died young ; Noah (mentioned below ) ; Experience, November 9. 1700: Ebenezer. December 6, 1702; Mindwell, March 5, 1705, died March 17. 1705 ; Mercy, July 5, 1706.
(IV) Noah, son of Deacon Samuel (2) Smith, was born May 12, 1698, died before February 21, 1742-43, when at a town meet- ing in Suffield. Medad Pomeroy was chosen to supply his place as assessor. He married. October 5, 1723. Mary Johnson, who survived him. She was of Colchester, Connecticut, and was admitted to the Suffield church, Novem- ber 29, 1724. He was admitted to the same, July 5. 1719. Children : Elisha, born July 4. 1724; Daniel, August 2, 1726: Martha. De- cember 8, 1728: Seth, September 26, 1734; Cephas, August 5. 1736; Israel, mentioned be- low : Josiah, September 4, 1740. married Mary Treat.
(\') Israel, son of Noah Smith, married, December 30. 1754, Sarah Andrus, who died March 16, 1801, aged seventy-eight years. He died March 7. 1799. Children : Levi (men- tioned below ) : Lois, born April 19, 1758: Ashbel, March 28, 1760; Hopestill. April 30. 1762; Lucy, February 20, 1765 : Roger, May 1, 1767.
(VI) Levi, son of Israel Smith, was born October 6, 1755, at Suffield. Connecticut. Lacking the complete records of the town we are unable to give his family. He probably married and died in his native town. He had sons: Levi, who resided in Suffield; Seth, mentioned below : Gamaliel, who died in New York City in 1824, was a prosperous importer for many years; he also had one daughter, Cynthia, married Dr. Oliver Pease, of Suffield, Connecticut.
(VII) Seth, son of Levi Smith, according to the best evidence at hand. was born in Suffield, Connecticut, about 1780, and settled in New York state. Among his children were
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Gamaliel, Edwin, Myron, mentioned below. The name of his wife is not known.
(VIII) Myron, son of Seth Smith, came from Winfield, Otsego county, New York, to Fulton, Oswego county, New York, where he died in 1887. He married Laura Wood. Children : Harvey Henry, mentioned below ; Helen, Menzo, William.
(IX) Harvey Henry, son of Myron Smith, was born August 4, 1821. He came when a young man from Richfield Springs, New York, to the town of Palermo. In 1857 he came to Schroeppel and followed farming there for many years. He was a charter member and director of the Phoenix Bank to the year of his death, 1888.
Harvey H. Smith married Lavinia, born October 8. 1831, died November 30, 1900, daughter of Alvah Jennings. Children : I. William, born March 3, 1853, died 1889: mar- ried ; children: Josephine, married John Godfrey, of Pennellville, New York : Winifred and Sumner M. Smith, of New York City. 2. Grace L., born November 25. 1857 ; married Dr. W. H. Loomis, of Lock- port, New York. 3. Frank L., mentioned be- low.
(X) Frank L., son of Harvey Henry Smith, was born in Schroeppel, Oswego county, New York, May 21, 1859. He was educated in the public schools of his native town and at Phoenix Academy. He followed farming dur- ing his youth, and he has made agriculture his occupation ever since. He is financially interested, however, in various enterprises. In politics he is. a Republican. and he has taken an active part in public life. He was supervisor of Schroeppel from 1895 to 1905. and chairman of the board of supervisors in 1900. He was assemblyman in 1909, and served on important committees of the legisla- ture of the state. He is a member of the Callimachus Lodge. No. 369, Free and Ac- cepted Masons, and of Oswego River Chapter. Royal Arch Masons, of Phoenix. He mar- ried, September 27, 1900, Adeline M., dangh- ter of Judge Charles W. Avery. Now resides in village of Phoenix, New York.
For many generations the Dy- DYGERT gert family, which came to this country in the early part of the seventeenth century, has been prominently identified with the civil and military affairs of the land of their adoption. The name has
been variously spelled as Deygert, Dygert, Dy- gart. Dykert, Tygart, Tygert, etc.
(I) Joseph or Johann Peter Dygert, im- migrant ancestor, was born near Strasburg. Germany. He married Anna Elizabeth Fuchs (now spelled Fox by descendants) and when a young man came to this country. Children : Gertrude, married Johann George Loucks ; Severinus P. : Henry ; David or Deobald, men- tioned below. Perhaps others.
(II) David or Deobald, son of Joseph or Johann Peter Dygert, was born at sea dur- ing the voyage of his parents from Germany to America. He married Mary Jane, daugh- ter of Johann Joost (or Joseph) Loucks. They had sons David, Henry, Joseph, and probably other children.
(III) Henry, son of David or Deobald Dv- gert, was born in the Mohawk Valley. He served in the revolutionary war, as did also his brother Joseph, who was killed in the bat- tle of Oriskany, New York. The following record is furnished by the war department at Washington, D. C .: "Joseph Dygert (Ty- gart ) was a captain in Colonel Samuel Camp- bell's regiment, New York militia, during the revolutionary war. Henry Dygert (Tygert) was a private in Captain Adam Peipe's com- pany, Colonel Samuel Clyde's New York regi- ment, during the revolution ; a payroll cover- ing the period from June 15, 1779, to July 5. 1780, shows that he was in service sixty- two days, and another, covering the period from July 6, 1780, to July 20, 1782, shows a service of eighteen days. Henry Digard ( Dy- kert) served for a short time in 1779 as a private in Captain Nicholas Weeser's com- pany, Colonel Samuel Clyde's New York regi- ment. Henry Dygert (rank not stated ) was a member of Klock's regiment, New York militia, during the revolution ; a receipt roll, dated November 4. 1784, shows that he re- ceived two certificates for small amounts from Colonel Jacob Klock for services in the mil- itia."
Henry Dygert married Mary Cunningham. Children : Mary, married Henry Ackler : Jane, married Nicholas H. Staring, son of Colonel Heinrich Staring: Henry H., men- tioned below : David, married Caty Staring, cousin of Elizabeth : William, married Caty Miller.
(IV) Henry H., son of Henry Dygert, was born April 25, 1772. in Herkimer county, New York. died December 25, 1831, and was buried
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on old farm in the town of Canajoharie. Ile married, November 8, 1795, Elizabeth Staring, or Starin, daughter of Colonel and Judge Henry (or Heinrich) Staring, or Starin, of Herkimer, who died April 3, 1843, and is buried on the old farm of her son, John H. Dygert, in the town of Schroeppel. Children : I. Mary (Polly), born August 25, 1796, died May 15, 1881, buried in Brooklyn, New York ; she married Andrew Nestle and soon after moved to Brooklyn, New York; children : Henry ; Harriet E., died December 30, 1862; Andrew G., died April 30, 1871 ; Adam, died June 16, 1899, buried in Greenwood cemetery, Brooklyn. 2. Jane, born July 15, 1798; died unmarried. 3. E. Elizabeth (Betsey), born August 3, 1800; married Daniel Dillenbach ; children : Caroline, born October 14, 1826, died February 26, 1891, married Horace Bugden; John Nelson, December 24. 1827, died in army, date unknown, married a lady from Troy, New York, name unknown ; Jar- vin, April 6, 1829, died September 15, 1845 ; Sarah Elizabeth, August 3, 1832, died Decem- ber 10, 1854; Charity Ann, August 23, 1833, died March 20, 1900, married W. T. Buddle : William Henry, August 8, 1834, died June 16, 1910; David Dygert, March 17, 1835, died December 10, 1839. 4. Henry, born July IO, 1804, died 1825, buried on the old farm : he was unmarried. 5. John H., see forward. 6. Charity, born December 12, 1809, died March 1, 1885, buried at Freys Bush, in the Dunkel burying ground: she married Elijah Dunkel ; children : Peter, William, John, Mary, married Frank Smith, of Fort Plain, New York: Alvin, died September, 1910, at Little Falls, New York. 7. Daniel, born January I. 1812, died, unmarried, November 6, 1836, buried on the old farm. 8. Hannah, born June 7, 1815, died November 19, 1891, buried at Fort Plain, New York; she married John Hess ; children : Almira and Charity. of whom the latter died at the age of twelve years.
(V) John H., son of Henry H. Dygert, was born in Herkimer county, New York, May 5. 1807. died at Phoenix, New York, of paraly- sis, after an illness of thirty-six hours, during which time he was conscious, but unable to speak, January 8, 1890, and his remains were interred in the Phoenix Rural cemetery. The family removed to the town of Canajoharie when he was a child. After the death of the father they sold the farm, and for a num- ber of years he conducted a general store in
the village of Fort Plain, New York. In 1836 he followed his wife's father, Captain Wart, to make his home in the town of Clay, Onon- daga county, New York. After a short time he moved to the town of Lysander, where he lived just across the river from Phoenix, in a frame house owned by Major Burnett. The cellar wall of the old house may still be seen in the northeast corner of the Catholic ceme- tery. He also lived for a short time farther up the river, on the east side of the road, nearly opposite the John Pendergast place. About 1838 he bought seventy-five acres of John E. Hinman, on lot 74, town of Schroep- pel, Oswego county, New York, about three miles north of Phoenix, New York, on what is known as Bankrupt street, but only secured a deed for forty acres. In this plot is the spring which is the headwater of Brandy brook, which running south empties into the Oswego river at Phoenix. In 1840 he built what was then the largest barn in the town, and at the "raising" every able-bodied man in the town was present and assisted. About this time his mother and sister Jane (men- tioned above) came to live with him. His mother remained until her death in 1843; his sister, who was crippled, and quite helpless, remained until some time after he had re- moved to Phoenix, when she returned to Cana- joharie, New York, to live with her sister Charity, where she died, and is buried on the Dunkel farm.
Mr. Dygert while on the farm took an ac- tive part in the school affairs of his district. was trustee for several years. and was partic- ularly successful in securing good teachers. among whom may be mentioned Miss Augusta Schenck, of Fulton, who afterwards married Professor Eggleston, of Fulton, and Miss La- vinia Smith, who married Seth W. Alvord, of Phoenix. The county where he lived be- ing new and rather low, he was sick half the time with malaria. Naturally not strong the pioneer life proved too much for him. and in November, 1852, he rented his farm to George Benedict, and bought a house on Cul- vert street. in Phoenix, from Charles S. Sweet, and made his home there. He was employed in the grocery of his brother-in- law, William Wart. After a year or two he opened a restaurant with a stock of fruit, con- fectionery, nuts, etc., in the basement of a building that stood where the S. W. Alvord brick block now stands, on the east side of
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