Geographical gazetteer of Jefferson county, N.Y. 1684-1890, Part 41

Author: Child, Hamilton, 1836- [from old catalog] comp; Horton, William H., [from old catalog] ed
Publication date: 1890
Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y., The Syracuse journal company, printers and binders
Number of Pages: 1384


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William Stow Ely was born March 17, 1789, in Lyme, Conn., whence he removed to the village of Brownville in 1811. He served as clerk in Stoel Lawrence's store a year and a half. In 1813 he formed a partnership with John Paddock, in the mercantile business, which lasted till the death of the latter, in 1816, after which he continued the business in his own name, with great success. He held many offices of trust: was a stockholder of the Brownville Mann- facturing Company, organized in 1814 for the purpose of manufacturing cotton and woolen goods, and treasurer of the same; major of the militia in 1817, and colonel in 1821; town clerk in 1826, and the same year vestryman of St. Paul's Church, and associated with Orville Hun- gerford, of Watertown, and others as superintendent of the Jefferson County poor-house; president of the village of Brownville in 1829; village trustee in 1830 and 1834; notary public and pension agent for Revolutionary claims in 1832. Mr. Ely was highly esteemed in social and business circles for character, honor, integrity, capacity, and energy, and in his domestic relations was most exemplary. He died at Brownville, April 3, 1835, after a sudden and pain- ful illness of 11 days, at the age of 46 years, honored and lamented. He was a Jackson. Republican. Papers of January 29 and February 4, 1835, contain a petition in his favor for the office of postmaster at Brownville, as the successor of George Brown, Esq. He is "recom- mended as a straightforward administration man, sound and strong. etc .- as a man of moral worth, well located, and well qualified for the office." The Whig opponent was S. M. Green, a lawyer who was educated in the office of Isaac H. Bronson, and came to the village in 1832. Mr. Ely was part owner of the steamboat Brownville, built by Turner & Dodd, at Brownville, in the summer of 1827, to navigate Black River.


Cyrus Allen, a sailor, a native of Rhode Island, died in 1799. His wife was Julia A. Taylor, and his son Cyrus was born in Rhode Island, and in 1812 removed to this town, where he now resides, at the advanced age of 88 years. He married Louisa, daughter of Nathaniel and Abigail (Starr) Peck, of Brownville, by whom he had children as follows: Abbie P., James W., Addis E., and Julia A. His son J. W. married Mrs. Clara Baker, daughter of Jacob March,.


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and their children are Frank J., Ida May, and Irene. He resides on the home farm with his father.


Jacob Carpenter, a native of England, emigrated to Washington County during the French and Indian war. His children were Jacob, Philip, Peter, and Rhoda. Philip Carpenter came to this town in 1813, and located at Pillar Point, where he died, aged 72 years. He served in the Revolutionary war. He married Mary, daughter of Nathan Rhodes, of Rhode Island. and their children were Daniel, Asahel, Nehemiah, Rhoda, Polly, Levi, Rebecca, Daniel, Orson, Cynthia, and Permelia. Levi was born in Plattsburgh, N. Y., December 10, 1799, where he lived several years, and in 1813 located in this town, at Pillar Point, where he now resides, at the age of 89 years. He married Eunice, daughter of Abijah and Sally (Wilder) Ayer, of Hounsfield, who bore him children as follows: Lovina, Lucy, Mary, WellingtonL., Rosetta, Absalom, Winfield, Orvilla, La Fayette, and Bruce. His wife is now living, aged 83 years. Their sons Wellington, Winfield, Orville, and La Fayette served in the late war. Mr. Carpen- ter is the oldest one of the first settlers now living in the town, and he draws a pension. '


William Berry, son of William, was born in Massachusetts, and during the War of 1812 removed to this town, where he remained three years, finally locating in Canada, where he died at the age of 60 years. He married Ellen J. Kane, of Canada, and they had ninc children, viz .: John, Susan, Betsey, Margaret, Gilena. Mary Ann, Alexander, William, and James H. The latter married Julia, daughter of Peter and Jane (Ferguson) Cristie, and their children are Ellen J., William H., Minnie A., Lucy M., Cleora S., Archie A., George W., Flora A., and Iona M. Mr. Berry served in the late war in Co. I, 10th N. Y. Artillery, for three years, was honorably discharged, and is now drawing a pension. He resides in the village of Dexter.


Aquilla Moffatt, a native of Plainfield, N. Y., came to Brownville among the early settlers, and here remained until his death. He married a Miss Pattie, who bore him nine children, of whom David, born in this town, married Rachel, daughter of Samuel and Atha Knapp, and they had children as follows: Frances, Jay, Wells, Ida, John, Austin, Ella, Willis, Kate, Mary, and Edwin. The latter married Alice, daughter of Thomas and Martha (Hamblin) Collins, of Orleans, and their children are Horace, Sadie, Susie, and David.


Jonathan Elmer came to Jefferson County about 1819 or '20, at that time being 16 or 17 years of age. He worked out among the farmers until his marriage with Cynthia Carpenter, when he located at Sackets Harbor, a few years later removing to Pillar Point, in the town of Brownville, where he engaged in boat building and carpentering. He subsequently engaged in farming, and died in this town in January, 1885. His wife died in 1887. They had 13 children, viz .: Silas M., Manerva, William M., Malissa, Washington R., Wellington H., Roxanna, Adelaide, Arvilla, Elvira, Ruth, Alice, and Edward B. Twelve of these attained maturity.


William Penn Massey, son of Solon and Mary Esther (Boalt) Massey, and grandson of Hart Massey, was born on his father's farm, two and one-half miles from Watertown, on the Sack- ets Harbor road, in 1824. He died at Brownville in 1885, aged 60 years. He was educated at the select schools at Brownville and the Black River Institute at Watertown. In 1846-47, and in 1847-48, he attended medical lectures at a university in New York city, where he graduated in the latter year, after which he practiced his profession in Brownville with remarkable suc- cess until his death. Politically he was a staunch Republican. He and his amiable wife were prominent members of the Presbyterian Church. He married Adaline A., daughter of Charles and Adda (Macumber) Smith, of Utica, N. Y., May 8, 1848, and his wife survives him, aged 64 years. They had two children, Charles F. and Francis W. H. The latter attended the Michigan University at Ann Arbor, in 1876, and graduated from the medical college at New York city in the spring of 1884, and is now practicing his profession at Brownville. He mar- ried Nellie Torrey, of Batchellerville, Saratoga County, and they have three children, Mary A., Jennie E., and S. Torrey. Charles F. Massey married Lizzie E. Protzman, of Osborn, Ohio, and they have three children, William P., Edith, and Carl F. He is a merchant in Rochester, Minn.


Cyrus W. Giles, son of Samuel, was born in Brownville, where he now resides. IIe mar- ried Jane Moffatt, of Limerick, and they have had children as follows: Frank P., Adelia, Eliza- beth (deceased), William, and Edwin N. The latter married Viola A., daughter of George and Isabelle (Montgomery) Campbell. of this town, and they have one daughter, Minnie M. Edwin N. Giles is foreman of the Black River Paper Co's mills.


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Charles Welch, a native of New Hampshire, came to Brownville in the early days, when there were but two log houses in Watertown. He died here, aged 86 years. He married Eunice Cole, and they reared a number of children, one of whom, Nathan, still resides in this town, where he was born. Nathan married, first, Susan Anderson, of Clayton, by whom he had seven children, viz .: Lyman M., Eliza, James S., Olive, Anderson C., Oren E., and John H. His second marriage was with Jane Delong, of De Kalb, St. Lawrence County, and their chil- dren were Susan, Ida, Charles, and Lewis. John H. Welch married Nancy, daughter of John and Hannah Gunn, of Herkimer, and their children are Stella, Maggie M., Arthur J., Clark N., and Mabel S. He served in the late war in Co. I, 10th N. Y. H. A., three years, and was hon- orably discharged at the close of the war.


Frederick Avery, a native of Vermont, came to Brownville at an early day, and was the first settler on a farm on road 7, now known as the Avery farm. He served as major in the War of 1812, and lived in this town until his death, in 1853, aged 73 years. He married Celia Emerson, who died in 1854, aged 62 years, having reared four children, of whom Sterling, born in this town, married Sarah, daughter of Joseph and Mary (White) Harrison, who sur- vives him, he having died in 1886, aged 56 years. Their children were John W., Brayton E., Charles E., and Celia E. Charles E., who resides on the homestead farm with his mother, married Cora, daughter of Edwin and Adelaide Johnson, of Clayton, and they have one daughter, Blanche.


Nathaniel Peck, who served at Sackets Harbor in the War of 1812, was born at Danbury, Conn., in 1782. His father, Eliphalet Peck, also a native of Danbury, served with three brothers in the Revolutionary war, and was taken prisoner at New York city by the British. Nathaniel married Abigail, daughter of Samuel Starr, of Brownville, and they had eight children. Their eldest son, Samnel Starr Peck, married Eliza, daughter of John E. and Nancy McCollum, and they had children as follows: Sarah, Ann Eliza, Spencer S. B., Nancy L., Henry C., Myron R. C., and Samuel S. Spencer S. B. Peck married Harriet, daughter of Jenks and Eliza (Smith) Gillingham, and they have one son, Henry Roy. Spencer S. B. served in Co. B, 177th N. Y. Vols., from Albany, nnder General Banks, in the Port Hudson campaign. He resides in this town on road 14, on the homestead farm of his great-grandfather, Samuel Starr, and adjoining the farm once occupied by his grandfather, Nathaniel Peck.


Ebenezer Allison, a native of New Hampshire, came to Brownville while young and first worked at the carpenters' trade. finally locating upon a farm on road 28, where he died at the advanced age of 83 years. He took part in the battle of Sackets Harbor in the War of 1812. He married Phebe Phelps, of Brownville, and their children were Sally, Polly, Esther, Julia, Henry W., Jane, Hannah, Lovina, Simeon, and Harlow. The latter married Sarah A., daugh- ter of William and Catharine (McCormick) Allen, of this town, and they have two children, Wayne and Edward. He resides in this town on the homestead farm where he has lived 18 years.


Robert Gates was born in Frankfort, Herkimer County, and now resides in Holmesville, Chenango County. He married Theresa Parrish, of Pulaski, and their children were Elisha, Merrills, Sewel, Betsey, Emma, Julia, Lucia, Sarah, and Robert F. The latter graduated from the State Normal School at Brockport, and later from the Cleveland (O.) Homeopathie College. He located in this town in 1885, where he is engaged in the practice of his profession. He married Ida Beebee, of New Haven, N. Y., daughter of Rev. Charles E. and Clarissa (Vincent) Beebee, and they have one son. Carleton.


Conkey Moffatt was a native of North Adams, Mass., whence le removed to Otsego County, N. Y., and in 1818 to Brownville, where he was the first settler on a farm on road 36. He died in this town in 1841, aged about 70 years. He married Olive Hinman, who bore him nine children, viz .: Aquilla, Persis, Jonathan, Hosea, Olivia, Orlando, Ann, Alexander C., and Reuben H. Hosea Moffatt married Julia, daughter of Benjamin and Julia (Taylor) Prior, of this town, and they have two children, James S. and Brnce. James S. married Nancy, dangh- ter of Richard and Mary (Avery) Buckminster, and their children are Charles E. and Gertrude C. They have lived on their present farm since 1865.


Newton B. Lord, son of William, was born in Brownville, and by trade is a foundryman and machinist. He married Cornelia Stone, of Milwaukee, and they had four children. He was colonel of the 35th N. Y. Vols., and is now in Chili, S. A., where he is vice-president and manager of the railroads being built in that country. The company is known as the North and South American Construction Company.


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Richard Buckminster was born in Plattsburgh, N. Y., in 1800. In 1816 he located in Water- town, and in 1819 removed to this town, where he remained until his death, in 1884, aged 84 years. He married Mary, daughter of Frederick Avery, and they had six children, viz .: Charles. Nancy, Myron, Frederick, Bruce, and Woodruff. The latter married Adelaide, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Vaughn) Buckminster, of this town, and they had one son, now deceased. Frederick Buckminster married Florence, daughter of John N. and Mary A. (Knox) Cole, of Brownville, and they had one son, Evan. Mr. Buckminster served in Co. I, 10th N. Y. H. A., in the late war, and died July 13, 1870, aged 29 years. His widow survives him and resides on a farm on road 16.


Ezekiel Conklin, a native of Herkimer County, came to Brownville in 1820, and here re- mained until his death. He married Hannah Ackler, and their son Daniel, born in Warren, N. Y , in 1804, came here with his parents, where he remained many years, finally removing to HIounsfield, where he died in 1869. Daniel married Lucy, daughter of Jesse and Elizabeth (Livermore) Benjamin, of Hounsfield, and they had born to them six sons. One son, John T., born in Hounsfield, married Sarah, daughter of Othaniel and Mary S. (Wilson) Edwards, of Depauville, and they have had two children, viz .: Eddie, who died in 1875, aged one year and seven months, and Fred J., who died in 1885, aged 19 years. John T. Conklin resides at Brownville village. Theodore C. Conklin, brother of John T., married Lorendine Wallace, of Lyme, and they have three children, Mary, Herbert, and Willie, and reside on a farm in Hounsfield. Jesse Benjamin, mentioned above, served in the battle of Sackets Harbor in the War of 1812. He was the first settler on what is now known as the Conklin farm, on road 31, in Hounsfield.


Silas F. Spicer was born in Stonington, Conn., in 1792. He removed with his parents to Oneida County, and finally located in Sackets Harbor, previous to 1812, where he learned the tanners' and shoemakers' trades. He married Charlotte Wescott, of Hounsfield, in 1815, and they had 14 children, viz .: Charlotte, Silas, Mercy, Henry, Fanny, Maria, Caroline and Clarissa (twins), Edward, 1st, Mary, Jane, Edward, 2d, Sarah, and George. Mr. Spicer died at Perch River, where he settled in 1821. aged 73 years. Edward Spicer, a native of Perch River, was twice married. He wedded, first, with Hannah, daughter of Ebenezer and Phebe (Phelps) Allison, in 1860, who bore him one daughter, Jessie (deceased). By his second wife, Frances, daughter of Levi and Nancy (Snell) Loucks, of La Fargeville, he has had two children, Howard (deceased) and Irene. Mr. Spicer served in Co. G, 10th N. Y. H. A., two years, and was honorably discharged. He is now serving his third term as supervisor of this town, and has served as justice of the peace. Henry Spicer was born in Brownville in 1820. where he married Delia E., daughter of Berial and Diana (Prior) Allen, who died in July, 1879, aged 52 years. They had four children. viz. : Fremont W., Carrie E., Henrietta, and George E. Mr. Spicer engaged in the mercantile business in 1845, and continued with marked success until 1863, since which time he has given his attention to dealing in stock, hay, etc. He re- sides in the village of Perch River. His youngest son, George E., served in Co. A, 35th N. Y. Vols., and was killed on the eve of the battle of Autietam, September 16, 1862. Fremont W. Spicer married Minnie A., daughter of Oscar M. and Mary L. (Easterly) Wood. in 1881, and they have two children, Mollie and Murill D. He resides in Dexter, and is a dealer in coal, hay, and grain.


Isaac Day, a native of Massachusetts, settled on a farm in this town in 1822, where he re- mained until his death in 1850, aged 77 years. He married Annie Hinman, of Plainfield, Otsego County, and they had eight children, viz .: Orville, Reuben, George, Betsey, Otis, Russell, Mary, and Rufus. The latter was born in Otsego County, and in 1822 came to this town with his parents. He married Eliza A .. daughter of Robert and Elvira (Rockwood) Bolton, and they have had two children, William H. and Alvira A., the latter deceased. William H. married Catharine, daughter of Parmalee and Fanny (Allen) Judd, of this town, and they have one daughter, Fanny E.


Horace Gilmore, son of Robert, of Scotch descent, was born in New Hampshire, whence he removed to Watertown, and later to Brownville, where he died at the age of 42 years. He had born to him eight children. His son, James E. Gilmore, married, first, Susan Livermore, of Hounsfield, daughter of Levi Livermore, and by her had four children, viz .: Charles G., Frances A., Anna S., and James A. His first wife died in 1858. He married, second. Mary E. Livermore, a sister of his first wife, and their children are Henry I., Erskine H., and George E.


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He died in 1883, aged 57 years. His son James A. married Addie E., daughter of Edgar and Mary A. (Huntington) Leonard, and they have had three children, Edith M., Mary E., and Leonard J., all deceased. James A. Gilmore resides in the village of Dexter, where he has been engaged in the manufacture of sash, doors, and blinds for the past 10 years. His grand- father, Levi Livermore, served in the War of 1812.


George Bell was a native of County Down, Ireland, where he died. He had five children. His son George, born in 1776, married Margaret Buchanan, of the same place, in 1802, and she died January 8, 1866, aged 82 years. He came to America in 1812, and was taken prisoner by the British and held three years. In 1815 he located in Washington County, this state, and in 1826 removed to this town, where he died in 1841, aged 65 years. His children were Mary, John, James A., George P., Robert R , and William. The latter was born in Hebron, Washington County, in 1819. He came to Brownville with his parents. He married Betsey, daughter of Henry W. and Susan (Overocker) Seeber, in 1842, and their children are Eliza S., Susan E., Lysander W., Mary J., James H., Emma A., and Alice C. He is a retired farmer, and resides in the village of Dexter.


Ephraim Hoyt, a native of Vermont, did faithful service in the Revolutionary war. He came to Brownville in 1830, and finally removed to the town of Alexandria, where he died at the age of 78 years. His wife was a Miss Stephens, also of Vermont, and their children were Timothy, Wait S., Daniel, Mettie, Sally, Sarah, and Samuel. The latter, born in Vermont,. served in the War of 1812, and in 1820 removed to this town and settled on what is now known as the Gale farm. He finally removed to Alexandria, where he died at the age of 77 years. He married Nancy Parker, of Alstead, N. H., and their children were Horace, Harriet, Nancy, and Samuel. The latter was born in Brownville. He married Eunitia, daughter of Horatio and Minerva (Dillon) Norton, of Pamelia, and their children are Mabel and Eunitia.


William Seeber, a native of Montgomery County, who with six brothers served in the Revolutionary war, died in 1845, aged 74 years. His wife, Hannah, died in 1860, aged 93 years. Henry W., the eldest son of William and Hannah Seeber, was born in Johnstown, Montgomery County, in 1796. He removed with his parents to German Flats, Herkimer County, when seven years of age, and there lived until 1825. In 1830 he removed to this town, where he died in 1877. He married Susan Overocker in 1816, who died in 1874. They had fourteen children. Their son Frank D., a native of this town, married Emogene, daughter of Philester and Lydia (Wait) Jones, of Dexter, and is now a resident of this town, where he has lived since the day of his birth, 47 years ago. From his grandfather to the present generation there have been born and married into the family, including great-great-grandchildren, 145 souls, 120 of whom are now living. Mr. Seeber served three years in the late war in Co. I, 10th N. Y. H. A. Chester A. Seeber, another son of Henry W., was born at German Flats in 1821, and came with his parents to this town, where he now resides. He married Mary A., daughter of George and Mary A. (Snlief) Fredenburg, and their children are Adelaide, Edgar, and George H. William Seeber, son of Henry W., was 12 years old when he came to this town. He married Eliza, daughter of Henry and Rachel (Mandigole) Groat, and their children are Nelson W., Alonzo H., and Sylvester F. The latter married Addie M. Gardner, of Clayton, in 1879, and their children are Pearl F., and Berdie and Bertha N., twins. Nelson W. Seeber, mentioned above, served in Co. I, 10th N. Y. H. A., was honorably discharged, and now resides in Texas. Edward Seeber, son of Henry W., married Mary E., daughter of William V. and Laura A. (Powers) Morgan, and their children are William H., Albert E., Georgia A., Carrie E., Susan V., Annie L., and Mary E. He has lived on the homestead farm of his father since his birth in 1841.


William T. Skinner was born in Westmoreland, N. H., in 1826, and died in 1878. When four years of age he came with his father, Alanson, to this town. and here remained until his death. His occupation was that of a foundryman, and he continued in that business, in the buildings erected by his father, until his decease. He married Lucy, daughter of Oliver and Mary (Ormsby) Horr, of Watertown, who survives him, and resides in this town with her son Frederick. They had born to them two children, Frederick W. and Albert A.


James Cowan, a Scotchman, emigrated to Antrim, Ireland, where he died in 1836, aged 80. years. He was married three times and reared eight children, among whom was John, who emigrated to Amsterdam, N. Y., in 1823, and in 1830 came to this town, where he died in 1872, aged 82 years. John married Elizabeth Mckinley, and their children were David, James,


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Elizabeth, and John M. The latter was born in this town, in the house where he now lives, and he owns the homestead farm of his maternal grandfather, John Mckinley. Mr. McKin- ley, also a Scotchman, came to Amsterdam in 1824, and finally located in Brownville, where he died in 1836, aged 93 years.


Francis Williams, from Dutchess County, removed to Le Ray, in this county, where he died. Of his four children, Jacob married Catharine Smith, and their children were Eliza, Hiram, Henry, Mary A., John, Norman, Grover B., and Morgan. The latter, a native of Fair- field, Herkimer County, removed to Pillar Point in 1830, where he now resides. He married Calista A., danghter of Samuel and Sally (Sherwin) Reed, and their children are Alambert G., Eugene E., Ida, Germain, and Edgar D. The latter married Ida E., danghter of James and Margaret (Sills) Drury, of Pillar Point, and they have one son, Harry M., and reside on road 80. Alambert G. Williams, now a resident of Chicago, served in Co. H, 10th N. Y. H. A., as a private, and was promoted to a second lieutenancy in a colored regiment at Vicksburg, Miss. Germain Williams married Mary, daughter of Nathaniel Walrath, of Brownville, and they have two children, Grace G. and Eddie G.


Terrance Farmer, a native of Ireland, emigrated to Brownville in 1832, whence he removed to Hounsfield, where he died in 1883, aged 79 years. He married Catharine Corrigan, who bore him four children, viz .: James, Ellen, Dennis, and Peter. The latter married Ann Hunt, and their children were John, James, Alice, and Frank. Frank Farmer married Annie, daughter of Michael Doran, and they have two children, Annie and Charles, and reside in this town.


John Adams was a son of Moses, who served in the French and Indian war. He was born in New Hampshire, and about 1815 emigrated to Rodman, where he died. He married Mary Rollins, and their children were Hepsibah, Abigail, Mary, John, Henry, James, Moses, Joseph, Jesse, and Seth. His son Henry, who served in the War of 1812, was born in New Hampshire, and located at Pillar Point, in this town, in 1832, on a farm on road 56, where he remained until his death in 1870, aged 88 years. He married Hannah, daughter of Deacon Solomon Ingles, of New Hampshire, and their children were Solomon I., John, Doddridge, Mary, Philip D., James R., Maria, Charlotte, and Henry. The latter was born in the town of Nelson, N. H, and in 1834 located at Pillar Point, in this town. He married, first, Eliza Spicer, of Hounsfield, by whom he has one child, Alexander S. By his second wife, Mrs. Emily Acker- man, daughter of Jonn C Dickinson, he has had children as follows: Jane C. (Mrs. Alfred Ackerman), of Kenosha County, Wis., and Edwin R., who married Hattie, daughter of John and Mary (Ackerman) Crandall, of Watertown, and their children are Brayton C., Charles R., Henry W., and Myrtie.


John Adams, son of Henry, was born in Rodman, and in 1834 located at Pillar Point, in this town, where he now resides. He married Eunice Farewell, of Denmark, Lewis County, who died in 1888, aged 78 years. She was a danghter of Solomon and Sabina (Burlingame) Farewell, and their children were Seth O., Cordelia S., Edwin, Laura L., Cynthia H., Ken- drick S., Dianthia V., Levi D., and Milo J. The latter married Laverne E., daughter of James R. and Margaret (Satchwell) Adams, of Pillar Point, and now resides in this town. James R. Adams was born in Rodman, and in 1832 located at Pillar Point with his father, where he still resides. He married, first, Margaret, daughter of Josiah and Catharine (Billinger) Satchwell, and their children were Mary C., Albert, Charlotte, and Laverne. He married for his second wife Mrs. Susan Lepper, daughter of Henry and Mary (Keith) Lepper, and now resides at Pillar Point at the age of 71 years. His daughter Mary married Charles D. Emerson, and they have three children, Rollins A., Sterling, and Myra L., and reside at Kearney, Nebraska.




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