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Robinson, and had William, Nellie, Cora, Belle, Clara and Grace; Ella, born June 28, 1859, married Dwight Parsons, 1877, and had Ernest and Bert Parsons; Harvey James, mentioned below ; Arthur Jay, born December 17, 1862, a bookkeeper, married Luna Childs, December, 1885, and had Nina, Genevieve, Frances, Arthur, Theodore, Lillian and Alice.
(IV) Harvey James, son of John Henry Baker, was born in Sterling, Cayuga county, New York, April 17, 1861. He was educated in the public schools of his native town. In his younger days he assisted his father on the farm.
For two years he worked in a shop at Hannibal, whither the family removed when he was young. In 1879 he came to Cortland, New York, and since then has made his home there. For a time he was employed in a car- riage shop, and afterward embarked in busi- ness on his own account as a painter and paper-hanger. In 1896 he engaged in busi- ness as a grocer in Cortland, and has con- tinued with notable success to the present time.
In politics he is a Republican and he has served as supervisor from his ward in the city of Cortland for nine consecutive years, and in 191I was re-elected for another term of two years. He has been a useful repre- sentative of the city in the board of super- visors, and possesses to an unusual degree the confidence and esteem of his townsmen. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias, and of the lodge, encampment, canton and Rebe- kah Lodge of Odd Fellows, all of Cortland. He is an active member of the fire depart- ment. In religion he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and for some years has been a steward.
He married (first), in 1879, Bertha Lock, of Plymouth, Chenango county, New York. She died in 1882, and he married ( second) Mrs. Emma C. Wheelock, of Cortland, New York, daughter of Jerome and Jane C. (Burd- win) Wheeler. Her father was a soldier in the civil war; her mother was a daughter of Samuel Burdwin, great-granddaughter of Ed- ward Wheeler, who was an officer in the re- volution. Mrs. Baker is a member of the lo- cal chapter of the Daughters of the Ameri- can Revolution. Child by first wife: Edith, died aged six months. Children by second wife: Florence, born August 26, 1890 ; Earl, born 1893, died December 14, 1908.
Benjamin Babcock, descend- BABCOCK ant of an old New England family, was a farmer all his active life in the town of Fabius, New York. He married Polly Cowles. Children : Isaac, mentioned below ; Homer A .; Lucinda, mar- ried -- Beebe ; Laura, married Pres- ton ; Arvilla, married - Andrews.
(II) Isaac, son of Benjamin Babcock, was born in Fabius, New York, in 1824, and died in Cuyler, New York, in January, 1890. He received his early education in the public schools of Fabius. During his youth he as- sisted his father on the farm, and afterward on his own account he was a farmer in his native town. Subsequently he removed to Cuyler, where he bought a farm and con- ducted it the rest of his life, devoting his at- tention largely to his dairy. In politics he was a Republican. He was a communicant of the Methodist Episcopal church. He mar- ried Mary Fairbanks, of Cuyler, New York, born in 1825, died in January, 1890. Chil- dren: Frank, died in childhood; Francelia, died in childhood; Marietta; John W., men- tioned below.
(III) John W., son of Isaac Babcock, was born in Cuyler, Cortland county, New York, August 5, 1865. He attended the public schools of his native town and the Cazenovia Seminary. Until 1895 he followed farming in Cuyler, and at that time in partnership with Adelbert Holmes, under the firm name of Babcock & Holmes, he engaged in busi- ness as a general merchant in Cuyler. In 1907 the firm erected the large business block now occupied by the store. In politics he is a Democrat, and for four years he has been supervisor of the town of Cuyler. He is a member of Cortlandville Lodge of Free Ma- sons; of Cortland Chapter, Royal Arch Ma- sons ; of Cortland Commandery, Knights Templar, and of Katurah Temple. Mystic Shrine.
He married, in June, 1898, Ella M. Fos- mer, of Fabius, daughter of Emery A. and Ellen (Webster ) Fosmer. They have one child, Marion V., born November. 1900.
The ancestry of the Russell
RUSSELL family has been traced to the remotest antiquity and in- cludes many ancient royal lineages. (I) Si- gurd Hring Turstain was king of Sweden in A. D. 733. (II) Ermengarde, daughter of
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Sigurd, married about 750, Throud, King of Throndheim, in Norway. (III) Eisden, their son, was king of Throndheim in 780. (IV) Halfdan, son of Eisden, was king of Thrond- heim in 810. (V) Eisden Glunru, son of Halfdan, was king of Throndheim in 840. (\1) Hilda, daughter of Eisden Glunru, was countess of Upland, and married in 850 Iver, Earl of Upland. ( VII) Eisden Glunru, their son, was Prince of Upland in 870, a warrior and viking. (VIII) Rogvald, his son, was the first recorded Earl of Moers. The first record of him is dated in 885. One of his sons was Earl of Orkneys and discovered the use of peat for fuel. Another son afterwards became Duke Robert of Normandy. (IX) Hrellegur or Drogo, son of Rogvald, suc- ceeded his father as Earl of Moers in 896. (X) Rollo Turstain, son of Hrellegur, was Earl of Moers in Norway, succeeded his father in 920. (XI) Auslech Turstain, son of Rollo Turstain, was made first Baron of Bric- quebec in 943. (XII) Turstain Fastenburgh. son of Auslech Turstain, became Baron of Bricquebec about 980.
(XIII) William Bertrand, son of Turstain Fastenburgh, was with his son Hugh at the battle of Hastings. He was a cousin of Ma- tilda Countess of Flanders, and a cousin also of William the Conqueror. He became Baron of Bricquebec in 1028, and was the first to use the family crest : A lion rampant crowned.
(XIV) Hugh La Rozel, Lord of Barreville and La Rozel, son of William Bertrand, took the name La Rozel from the castle he in- herited in England. He was born about 1021 in Bricquebec. Normandy, and accompanied the Conqueror to England, taking part in the battle of Hastings, and was allotted large properties in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, England.
( XV) Richard De Rozel, son of Hugh, was also Lord of Rozel. He took part in the First Crusade and inherited a great estate from his father.
(XVI) Hugh De Rozel, son of Richard, was born in 1119, and died in 1163. He owned large estates, the greater part of which he gave away in charity. He was also in the First Crusade. The record of his marriage does not give the name of his wife, but de- scribes her as a woman of large wealth.
( XV11) Robert De Russell, son of Hugh. was born about 1130. He spelled the name
Rozel as well as Russell. He was in the command of the Earl of Chester at the battle of Lincoln. He died about 1201.
(XVIII) Odo Russell, son of Robert, lived on the family estates in Berwick, England, near the river Tweed.
(XIX) John Russell, son of Odo, married in 1213. Rose Bardolf, and was one of the barons present at the signing of the magna charta by King John.
( XX) Sir Ralph Russell, son of John, mar- ried. about 1250, Isabel de Newmarch. He was sheriff of Wiltshire. He attended King Henry in 1242 in the war with France.
(XXI) Sir William Russell, son of Sir Ralph, was born in 1257, and married Eleanor de Atlet. He died in 131I.
(XXII) Sir Theobald Russell, son of Sir William, was born in 1304, and married Eleanor LaTour. He was killed in the attack on Helen's Point at the age of thirty-six years.
( XXIII) Sir William Russell, son of Sir Theobald, was a member of parliament in 1338 and 1348. He married Lady Muschamp.
(XXIV) Sir Henry Russell, son of Sir William, was member of parliament from 1425 to 1449.
(XXV) Sir John Russell, son of Sir Henry. married Elizabeth Barringham. He was speaker of the house of commons in the sec- ond year of Henry VI, and was again in par- liament in the tenth year of that reign, and in 1450.
(XXVI) John Russell, Esq .. son of Sir John, was keeper of the royal artillery in Carisbrook Castle. He married Elizabeth Foxmors.
(XXVII) James Russell, Esq., son of John, was member of parliament in the reign of Henry VIII. He married Alicia Wyse.
(XXVIII ) John Russell. Esq., son of James, was afterwards the first Earl of Bed- ford, and his history is familiar to all stu- dents of English history. He died March 14, 1555.
( XXIX ) Lord Francis Russell, son of John, was second Earl of Bedford. He married Margaret, widow of John Costick, and died July 28, 1585.
(XXX ) Sir Francis Russell, son of Lord Francis Russell, married Elizabeth Wyndham, and died at Highgate in 1584.
(XXXO) Edward Russell, son of Sir Fran- cis, was third Earl of Bedford. born March,
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1575. Hle married, December. 1594, Lucy Harrington, and died, May 3, 1627.
(XXXII) John (1), younger son of Ed- ward, was
born in England in 1597. He came to Boston, Massachusetts, with his wife and son John, in 1635. He removed to Wethersfield, Connecticut, in 1648, and went with the early settlers to Hadley, Massachu- setts, where he died May 8, 1680. He mar- ried (second) Dorothy, widow of Rev. Henry Smith. Ile left sons John, mentioned below, and Philip.
(XXXIII) Rev. John Russell, son of John Russell, was born in England in 1626, and came to this country with his father, when a child. He was graduated from Harvard College in 1645, and succeeded Rev. Henry Smith as minister at Wethersfield. Religious dissension in the church there led to his re- moval with a large part of the church mem- bers to Hadley in 1659-60. In the cellar of his house, the regicide judges of Charles II .. Goffe and Whalley, found a refuge. He mar- ried (first), January 28, 1649, Mary, daugh- ter of Worshipful John and Dorothy (Mott) Talcott ; (second ) Rebecca, daughter of Thomas Newbury: (third) Phebe Gregson, daughter of Thomas, and widow of Rev. John Whiting. Rey. John Russell died December IO, 1602; his widow died September 19, 1730. His epitaph reads: "Who first gathered and for thirty-three years faithfully governed the flock of Christ in Hadley till the Chief Shep- herd suddenly called him off to receive his re- ward, in the sixty-sixth year of his age, De- cember 10, 1692. Rebecca, made by God a meet help to Mr. John Russell and fellow- laborer in Christ's work-a wise, virtuous. pious mother in Israel lyes here in full assur- ance of a joyful resurrection." Children of first wife: Jolin, born September 23, 1650; Rev. Jonathan, September 18, 1655. Children of second wife: Rev. Samuel, mentioned be- low : Elizur, November 8, 1663: Daniel, Feb- ruary 8, 1665-68. died young.
(XXXIV ) Rev. Samuel Russell, son of Rev. John Russell, was born in Hadley. No- vember 4. 1660. He was graduated from Harvard College in 1681, and married Abigail Whiting, daughter of John. He was pastor at Deerfield, Massachusetts, and Branford, Connecticut, where he came about 1685 or 1686, and where he died June 25, 1731. His wife died May 7, 1733. He was ordained March 7. 1687. Children: John, mentioned
below; Abigail, born August 16, 1690; Sam- uel, September 28, 1693 ; Timothy, November 18, 1695; Daniel, July 19, 1698; Jonathan, August 21, 1700 ; Ebenezer, May 4, 1703 ; Je- hial, baptized May, 1705 : Mary. 1708.
(XXXV) Colonel John Russell, son
of Rev. Sanmel Russell, was born January 4. 1686, in Branford, Connecticut, died July 7, 1757. He was graduated from Yale Univers- ity, class of 1704. He was representative to the legislature and many times given positions of public importance and trust. He was a deacon of the church in Branford. He mar- ried, December 17, 1707, Sarah Trowbridge, of New Haven, Connecticut. Children : John, mentioned below : Thomas, born September 15, 1712: Sarah, December 24, 1715 ; Abigail, December 14, 1717, married James Barker, October. 1737: Mary. September 12, 1720 ; Rebecca, February 6, 1722-23, married. De- cember 26, 1749, Ezekiel Hayes : Samuel, Sep- tember 23, 1726.
(XXXVI) John (4), son of Colonel John Russell, was born September 13, 1710, died March 12, 1751. He married, October II, 1732. Mary Barker. Children: Edward, born August 19, 1733; John, mentioned below ; Mary, April 28, 1739: Thomas, July 31, 1743 ; Joseph, December 14. 1746; Ebenezer, De- cember 26. 1747: Orphana, September 18. 1751.
(XXXVII) John (5), son of John (4) Russell, was born October II. 1736. Ile mar- ried, April 4, 1762, Mary, born September 5. 1738, in Branford, daughter of Ebenezer and Sarah ( Wilford ) Linsley, and sister of Han- nah Linsley, who married Captain Joseph Ju- liand. Children: Reed, born October 30, 1762: Polly, June 25, 1764: William. August 30, 1766, lost at sea : Lucretia, January 11. 1769, died 1852, married Andrew Morris; Lydia, April 2, 1772: Sally, January 24, 1774, died September 30, 1838. married Cyrus .A. Cady: John Edward, mentioned below : Ben- jamin, February 12. 1779, lost at sea ; Nancy. April 25. 1783. married John Ward.
(XXXVIII) John Edward, son of John (5) Russell, was born in Branford, June 18. 1777 ; died in Monticello, New York. September 8, 1830. He was a merchant in New York for a time, an1 in 1816, moved his business to Monticello, where he remained the rest of his life. He was county judge, also a Free Ma- son. He married (first). January 25. 1807, Ann Hardenbrook Manold. widow of Freder-
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ick Manold, and daughter of Gerardus and Deremus Hardenbrook, of New York. She was born March 17, 1786, and died July 23. 1825. He married (second ). 1828, Mrs. Juliet Weston, widow of Abijah Weston; she died September 30, 1866, aged eighty years. Chil- dren. by first wife: 1. Sally Ann, born in New York City. November 12, 1808; died in Wyoming, Illinois, December 8, 1868; mar- ried Henry A. Holst. 2. Louise Mary, born June 1, 1810: died July 10, 1840. 3. John Hardenbrook, November 4, 1811. 4. Lydia Maria, October 17, 1813 : died March 6, 1834; married Richard F. Seabury. 5. Catherine Eliza, November 22, 1815: died March 21, 1899. in Peoria, Illinois; married, June 15. 1836, in St. John's Church, Monticello, New York, Richard Francis Seabury, son of Rev. Charles Seabury, and grandson of Bishop Samuel Seabury ; children : i. Lydia Maria, born in Tremont, Illinois, October 28, 1837. ii. Charles. Tremont, December 21. 1839, died January 23, 1910: married, April 27. 1870. Clarissa C. Ward. and their children are : Charles Ward, born August 6, 1876, married, October 16, 1909. Louise Lovett, and their daughter, Martha Louise, was born in 1910. Roxy Kathrina, married. December 30, 1908, Percy B. Wright, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. and Clara Hazel, married Albert Cotsworth Tr., of Oak Park, Illinois. iii. Samuel, Tre- mont, December 9. 1841. died April 17, 1908: married. May 23. 1866. Isabella Frances Woodward, at Normal, Illinois, and their chil- dren are: Edward Frances. William Samuel, Charlotte Isabella, Fanny Mayo, Catherine Eliza. Bertha Mary. iv. Richard Francis, Tremont. November 17. 1843, died August 4. 1908: married. June 7, 1866, Sara A. Kerr, child, Edna Abby. born January 15. 1868, died 1893, married James Agnew. children : Dor- othy Seabury, born January 23, 1891, and Jay Richard. horn August, 1802, died July 14, 1893. v. Mary Amelia, Kickapoo, February 27. 1846. vi. Jeannette Russell, Kickapoo, July 14, 1849. vii. Catherine Eliza, Kickapoo. November 17. 1851, married, September 11, 1878, Henry Carleton Stevens. viii. Frances Saltonstall, Kickapoo. September 26, 1856. 6. William Frederick, mentioned below. 7. Jen- nette Lucretia, January 28, 1820 : died January 22. 1865 : married Perry B. Bowers. 8. Sam- uel Gerardus. December 7. 1821 : died Janu- ary 21, 1899. 9. Edward Benjamin, October 3, 1823 : died July 12, 1824.
(XXXIX ) William Frederick, son of John Edward Russell, was born in Monticello, New York, October 25. 1817, and is now living in Greene, New York. He received his educa- tion in the public schools of Monticello, and for a short time went to business college. In 1851 he moved to Greenc, where he has since lived. In 1859 Colonel Joseph Juliand estab- lished the Juliand Bank, and was aided by his son-in-law. Mr. Russell. in carrying on the business until the death of Colonel Juliand, February 13, 1870. At this time Joseph E. Juliand succeeded to his father's interest, and a co-partnership was formed under the firm name of Russell & Juliand, which was con- tinued until 1893, when it was made a state bank, with Mr. Russell as vice-president. The original business was carried on in a build- ing fitted up from a store standing on the northeast corner of Genesee and Chenango streets. This building was completely de- stroyed by fire. December 25, 1892, and the present three-story brick block was erected on the site. Mr. Russell has seen continuous service in the interests of the Juliand Bank for the past fifty years. The corporation has resources of over $250,000, and celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in 1909, with a brief his- torical report, also showing its present pros- perous condition. In politics Mr. Russell is a Democrat. He has had several offices, among which we might mention: President of the corporation of the village of Greene; trustee of schools, and treasurer of the town and the school district. He is senior warden in the Episcopal church.
Mr. Russell married. October 17, 1849. Cornelia Juhel Juliand. daughter of Jo- seph and Anna Maria ( Perkins) Juli- and. She was born in Greene, Novem- ber 24, 1826, and died May 18, 1909. Children: 1. Agnes Maria, born September 9. 1850; died December 3. 1866. 2. Cornelia Anna, born November 14. 1854: died May 8, 1856. 3. William Juliand, mentioned below. 4. Anna Maria, July 30, 1860 : married, Octo- ber 17, 1883, Charles Warren Gray, insur- ance agent and banker in Greene: children : Agnes, January 4. 1885, married, May 18, 1909. Frederick B. Skinner, child, John Alba, born July 9, 1911 ; Frederick R., August 9, 1887 : Lillian A., October 28. 1888; Mary C., July 21, 1890, died October 9, 1891 ; Charles Juliand, April 24. 1893: Dorothy A., Febru- ary 15. 1896: Russell W .. August 7, 1898;
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Elizabeth MI., July 22, 1901. 5. Cornelia Jean- nette, June 3, 1862 ; married Erford L. Page, president of the Page Seed Company, Greene ; children : Joseph and Lyman. 6. Sarah Eliza, January 28. 1865. lives with her father in Greene.
(XL) William Juliand, son of William Frederick Russell, was born in Greene, New York. August 25, 1857, and was educated in the public schools of his native town. At the age of twenty-one years, he became a clerk in the banking house of Russell & Juliand and was soon afterward appointed cashier, a posi- tion he has held in the Juliand Bank to the present time. He is also engaged in the real estate and insurance business in partnership with Charles W. Gray, under the firm name of Gray & Russell, with offices at Greene. He is a director of the Greene Manufacturing Company of Greene, and of the Page Seed Company of that town. He is a member of Eastern Light Lodge, Free Masons, of Greene : treasurer of the board of education, of the incorporated village, and of the Agri- cultural Society. He is a communicant and vestryman of the Protestant Episcopal church. In politics he is a Democrat. He married, February 20, 1889, Ruth E. Donley, born at Syracuse, New York, April 5, 1867, daughter of James and Anna J. (Watson) Donley. They have one child. William Donley, born May 2, 1890, educated in Pawling, Garden City, and at the Buffalo Business College, Buf- falo. New York.
MUNYAN Edward Munyan, or Munyon, the first of the name in New England and progenitor of all the colonial families of this surname, settled in Salem, Massachusetts, about 1700, accord- ing to the "History of Windham County, Con- necticut." He was a weaver by trade. In 1721 he came to Windham county and bought a hundred acres of land east of John Has- kell's. in Quinnatisset, now Thompson, Con- necticut. With him came a son and two daughters. He appears to have left one or more sons in Salem. for during the revolu- tion Gabriel and Edmund Munyan, doubtless his descendants, served in Essex county regi- ments from Massachusetts. The journey through the wilderness in 1721 was beset with danger and difficulties. The roads were poor and the travel laborious and long. He had six cows, ten sheep and four hogs, besides
his household goods, to transport. As he went from town to town he hired oxen to draw his goods. The wolves pestered his cattle. He built a log house and planted corn in the spring.
(II) Joseph, son of Edward Munyan, born before 1700, came to Killingly, now Thomp- son, Connecticut, with his parents in 1721. He settled there, and as early as 1739 built him- self a frame house. His home was in Kill- ingly, near the Rhode Island line. He appears to have had sons Israel and Jonathan, who stayed in Killingly, and doubtless other chil- dren.
(III) Jonathan, son of Joseph Munyan, was born in Thompson, then Killingly, about 1740. He was one of the petitioners for the establish- ment of a Sixth Principle Baptist Church at Thompson in June, 1772, and two years later was appointed on the building committee.
(IV) John, son or nephew of Jonathan Munyan, was born in Thompson, in 1773, and died December 4, 1803. He removed from Thompson before 1790 to Northampton, Mas- sachusetts. He married Mary Knapp, born October 2, 1774, died May 6, 1827. Chil- dren: Orrin, born June 29, 1794; Mahala, August 19, 1797; Augustus, mentioned be- low ; Dan, born June 16, 1800, died Novem- ber, 1867, was state senator; Thirza, born September 1, 1801 ; Esther, February 17, 1803, died December 10, 1835; Mary, February 28, I 804.
(V) Augustus, son of John Munyan, was born in Thompson, Connecticut, April 30, 1799. He removed to Northampton, Massa- chuetts, when a child, with the family, and died at Charlestown, Portage county, Ohio. January 18, 1875. In 1819 he went to Raven- na, Ohio, of which he was one of the early settlers. He was a builder and contractor, and was in business at Ravenna and Charles- town, Ohio. He held the office of justice of the peace. He married (first) Laura Knapp ; (second) Marietta Gibson Ensign, of War- saw, New York, born in 1811, died in 1890. Child by first wife: Permelia. died young. Children by second wife: Charles Augustus, mentioned below ; George C., born July 29, 1849, lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, married Ella Burroughs, and had Hattie, Claude, Georgia, Frances and Earl: William, born December 13, 1852, lives in Thomasville, Georgia, is a manufacturer, married Ida Wetmore, and had children, John and Mary.
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(VI) Charles Augustus, son of Augustus Munyan. was born in Ravenna, Ohio, De- cember 22, 1846. He attended the public schools and the Ravenna high school. For twenty-five years he was employed in the bas- ket-making industry. He resided for three years in Kingsville, Ohio, and for two years at Ashtabula, Ohio. When the plant of which he was superintendent removed to Oxford, New York, in 1890, he went with the concern, which was incorporated in 1906 under the name of the Oxford Basket Manufacturing Company, of which he continues to be the su- perintendent.
He married, January 7, 1872, Frances Cur- tis, born February 18, 1851, in Charlestown, Ohio, daughter of Henry and Laurana (Wil- cox) Curtis. Children : 1. Henry Augustus, born in Charlestown, Ohio, April 8, 1875 ; an electrical engineer ; married Emma Youngs, of Oxford, New York; children: Ivan Cur- tis, born May 6, 1894; Raymond Ernest, born July 15. 1902. died August 16, 1904; Ken- neth Augustus, born August 3, 1910. 2. Charles Ernest, born in Martinsburg, Pennsyl- vania, November 23, 1878; educated in pub- lic schools of Oxford, and at Rochester Busi- ness College ; assistant superintendent of Ox- ford Basket Manufacturing Company, in charge of the counting room ; married, May 24, 1906, Maud Miner, of Oxford ; children : Ruth Emily, born April 7, 1907 ; Helen Fran- ces, August 2, 1908: Clarence Miner, January 17, 1910. 3. Ellen Cecilia, born February 4. 1885 ; married, August 3, 1909, Howard J. Steere : one child, Frances Lucinda, born Au- giist 23. 1910.
Major Snell, of the old German SNELL family for which the town was named, was born in Snell's Bush, Montgomery county, New York. He served in the Mexican war, and was interested in the construction of the Erie canal. He had sons : George, Christopher, and Daniel D. (mentioned below ).
(II) Daniel D., son of Major Snell, was born at Ballston, Saratoga county, New York, in September, 1832, and died at Albany, New York, August 23, 1873. He was a blacksmith by trade, and discovered the process for weld- ing steel flues. During the civil war he en- listed in the Union army, but on account of his skill as an ironworker and his expert- ness in welding steel flues he was dis-
suaded from serving in the army in order to follow his trade, at the urgent request of the New York Central Railroad Company. He resided in Albany during most of his active life. He married. in 1855. Mary Ann Doo- lan, who was born in Limerick, Ireland, in 1838. and died July 3, 1870, daughter of Mi- chael and Elizabeth (McNamara) Doolan. Her father was a civil engineer, and came to America about 1852. Elizabeth, wife of Mi- chael Doolan, lived to the great age of one hundred years. Children of Daniel D. and Mary Ann Snell : I. John G., born in Al- bany. May 5, 1857 ; lives in Ilion, New York, a real estate broker : married Eliza Shoudy ; children : Clarence Bertram, Charles E., Minnie A., and Hattie Virginia. 2. Daniel D. Jr., born February 18, 1860 : lives in Mechan- icsville, New York ; is county sealer of weights and measures : married Lizzie Paeglow ; chil- dren : William and Anna. 3. Charles Edward, mentioned below.
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