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It is supposed that the Five Nations were able to oppose this marauding band by not less than five thousand warriors, poorly armed with bow and hatchet, formidable weapons in warfare against Indians, but of small account against the weapons used by Spaniards. Ignorance, of course, existed upon both sides as to the arms to be used. The Spanish band could not remain long in their fortified position. Food and water would soon become exhausted, and they resolved to cut their way out. The multitude of Indians assembled knew these marauders as " Espanas," at this time a name hateful to them by reason of the cruelties practiced upon their tributary tribes in Florida and Georgia. Armed as this band was, with weapons of warfare unknown and superior to those of the Indians, it was not un- reasonable to suppose they might cut their way through, but the vast superiority of the Indian force more than balanced the inequality of arms, and not a Spaniard was spared. The slaugh- ter of the Indians, however, was frightful. Probably not less than one, or perhaps two thousand fell. So frightful was the slaughter that the hill was called the " Espana,"' and the early pioneer reports that the Indians found remaining in the locality had a dread of the hill, and could never be induced to ascend it, a tradition existing among them that a powerful spirit inhabited the hill, fatal to any Indian who should venture to ascend it. Con- firming this theory is the fact that in the year 1865, a flood in the Susquehanna, greater than had been known by any one living upon its banks, tore away a bank on the border of a meadow that had been undisturbed from the earliest period-then nearly a century-and exposed a rude boat, thirty feet in length by four feet in breadth, and three feet in height, formed by crude planks cut by broad-axes, and fastened by wooden pins. In short, exactly such a boat as would have been constructed by a maraud-
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ing band for transportation of necessaries, such as indicated by this Spanish force. The writer* was informed by James Hanna, a pioneer of the valley, in 1816, and a notable hunter, that he found a bayonet with Spanish inscriptions, at the base.of Spanish hill, but that his sons caused the bayonet to be made into a spear for fishing, and so the valuable testimonial was lost.
The intelligent reader will receive the foregoing theory at its just value, and until a better theory is found, this must remain unquestioned.
Settlement and Growth. - The first to settle in the town of Bar- ton and make for themselves and their posterity homes among the giant pines that thickly covered its valleys, were Ebenezer Ellis and Stephen Mills, who, in 1791, settled near the mouth of Ellis creek.
Ebenezer Ellis came from Forty Fort, near Wyoming, in 1787, making his way up the Susquehanna in a canoe. He first located in the present town of Nichols, upon what is known as the old "Samuel Walker" farm. He remained there until 1791, when he came into Barton. His cause for the move and again making a clearing in the forest, we are unable to explain. Here he first settled upon the farm afterwards owned by John Hanna, with whom he subsequently traded for a farm at the mouth of Ellis creek, making the exchange for the purpose of gaining control of the water privilege and building a saw-mill. This exchange was made not long after the settlement, and most historic accounts have erroneously stated that upon this latter farm he made the first settlement. He had thirteen children, among whom were Samuel, Jesse, Cornie, Abigail, William and Alexander. The latter was the first white male child born in the town. He mar- ried Betsey Saunders. by whom he had twelve children, viz .: Ira D., Charles B., Zeno W., who died in infancy, Solon S., who died at the age of four years, Nancy, Sarah, wife of Robert Fitzgerald, Christopher S., Nelson A., Lewis B., Cyrus, Char- lotte M., wife of Nathan Saunders, and Hiram. William married Lydia, daughter of Israel Seeley, of Orange county, N, Y., by whom he had thirteen children, viz .: William, Fanny, who died in infancy, John, of Geneva, Ill., Sela, of Ellistown. Amanda, wife of Charles Pemberton, Sally, wife of Henry Swartwood, of Kansas, Ransom, Lydia, Charlotte, wife of James Parker, and Elizabeth. Two others died in infancy. Charles B. married
#Hon. W. F. Warner, of Waverly.
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Elizabeth Maria, daughter of Robert Curtis, by whom he has two children, viz .: J. Addison, and F. Leontine. J. Addison married Alice, daughter of George Edgcomb. Gilbert S., son of Sela, married Amanda, daughter of Robert Curtis, by whom he has had three children, viz .: Harvey W., who died in infancy, Arthur C., and Eddie M., who died in infancy.
Stephen Mills, originally from Connecticut, also first located in Nichols, moving to Barton about the same time as Mr. Ellis. He was a revolutionary soldier, and became a pensioner under the act of 1832. His son Lewis married Elizabeth, daughter of John Hanna, by whom he had three children : Miama, widow of Syl- vanus Wright, William G., of this town, and John, of Athens, Pa. William G., married Susan, daughter of John O. Shakelton, by whom he has had eight children, viz .: Charles, Elizabeth (Mrs. Cornelius Case), Charlotte (Mrs. Spencer Brougham), Augusta (Mrs. Thurlow Gale), Wilson, Theodore, Adolphus and Anna.
About this time also (1791) Benjamin Aikens settled where the village of Barton now is. He owned a tract of 900 acres, of which Gilbert Smith afterwards became the purchaser. These pioneers were joined by John Hanna. Ezekiel Williams, Luke Saunders, Samuel Ellis, and James Swartwood, all of whom were here previous to 1795.
John Hanna was born in Scotland, and when a boy came to this country, working his passage as a servant to the captain of the vessel in which he sailed. He ianded at Philadelphia, and soon made his way up to Nescopeck Falls, Pa. Here he subsequent- ly engaged in the distillery business, losing heavily owing to the depreciation in value of Continental money. Here also he married Margaret McCulloch, who came from the same town in Scotland as himself, though they were not acquainted with each other there. After his business failure at Nescopeck Falls, he came to this town, and purchased a farm at the mouth of Ellis creek. He sub- sequently purchased of Peter C. Lorillard, of New York city, a thousand acres of land in the locality known as " Ellistown," the original deed of which is now in the possession of Mr. J. E. Hal- let, of Waverly. It is told that at stated periods he used to go on horseback to New. York with gold in a saddle-bag to make pay- ments on his land. Their first habitation here was a log house, which had only an earth floor, and there being no saw-mill he was obliged to split planks from pine logs and hew them smooth for flooring. He had no threshing floor, so was obliged to keep his
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grain until winter and thresh it on the ice of a little pond on his premises. For salt he had to travel to Horseheads, following an Indian trail and returning with only half a bushel at a time, which. he was expected to share with his neighbors. During the cold summer of 1816, people were for months without bread, and sub- sisted chiefly on " greens," made from various herbs and plants. Mr. Hanna cut rye while it was yet in the milk, dried it on sticks laid across a kettle of live coals, and in this way succeeded in pre- paring for mill half a bushel of grain. When it returned to them and they had made their first bread from it, their neighbors. were invited in to feast on the "luxury." Mr. Hanna's first loca- tion he did not occupy long, as he had an opportunity to ex- change with Ebenezer Ellis as we have stated, who owned the farm just north of the one now owned and occupied by John G. Hill. Mr. Hanna's barn was the first frame building ever raised in the town, and in it convened the first Methodist quarterly meet- ing held here. His sturdy Scotch qualities made him invaluable in those early times, and the noble qualities of his heart were evinced in the acts of his daily life. His home for many years was the stopping place of itinerant preachers, and, until a more convenient place was provided, people for many miles round met at his house for public worship. Mr. Hanna was also a veteran of the revolution. He died at the great age of 102 years. Mr. and Mrs. Hanna were the parents of nine children, as follows : John, Nancy, wife of John Swartwood, and afterward the wife of John Shoemaker, Jane, wife of Joseph Swain, of Chemung, William, Margaret, wife of Elisha Hill, Betsey, wife of Lewis Mills, George, Sally, wife of Squire Whitaker, and Martha wife of Joseph G. Wilkinson. William married first a Miss Saunders. Ilis second wife was Jane, daughter of Isaac Raymond, by whom he had eight children, viz .: William, Edward, Stella, wife of Thaddeus Ellis. George, Adelbert, Frederick, Maud, wife of Arthur Fitch, of Arkansas, and Emmet, who died at the age of nine years. George married Stella, daughter of Jonathan Catlin, of Tioga, by whom he has one child, Earl, born September 13, 1882. John, Jr., married Deborah, daughter of John Hyatt, by whom he had four children, viz. : Mary, wife of William T. Ellis, Sally, wife of David C. Lyons, of Wisconsin, Julia, wife of D. B. Horton, of Owego, and Ira, of this town. The latter married Martha A., daughter of Daniel Park, of Nichols, by whom he had four children, viz. : Charles F., of Barton, Sarah, Leonora and Ida L. Leonora married J. E. Merritt, of Athens, Pa., and has four
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children,-Lena, Orrin, Ray and Ralph. Charles F. married Hattie, daughter of Lewis Crotsley, of Barton, by whom he has four children, born as follows: Celia, November IS, 1873 ; Louis, July 20, IS76; Homer, June 12, 1879 ; and Myra, May 7, 1885.
Luke Saunders came from Connecticut. He married Sarah Dewey, by whom he had eight children, viz .: Sarah, wife of Beriah Lewis, Parish, Jabez, Nathan, Betsey, wife of Alexander Ellis, Christopher, Nancy, wife of William Hanna, and Robert. Parish married Barbara, daughter of Ebenezer Ellis, by whom he had five children, viz .: Lucinda, widow of Thomas F. John- son, Hiram, deceased, John, Benjamin and William.
James Swartwood came from Delaware. He had a family of nine children, viz .: Mary, wife of Isaac Shoemaker, Martha, wife of Benjamin Smith, Sarah, wife of Joseph Langford, Katie, wife of Baskia Jones, Benjamin, James, Jacob, John and Eben- ezer. Benjamin married Catherine, daughter of Ezekiel Williams, by whom he had nine children, namely, James, Ezekiel, Martha, wife of Luther Goodenow, John, Benjamin, Harriet, wife of Robert Light, Lydia, wife of Adam VanAtta, William and Mary. Ezekiel married Margaret A. VanAtta, by whom he has had two children, Nancy, widow of John Harding, and John M., who died in his twenty-second year.
In 1796 John Shepard purchased of General Thomas, of West- chester county, one thousand acres of land, at five dollars per acre, extending along the state line, from Shepard's creek at Factoryville, near the fifty-ninth mile-stone, to the sixtieth mile- stone; thence across the north end of Spanish hill, to the Chemung river, and from the " narrows " across the mountain beyond Shep- ard's creek ; thence down the state line again. This embraced the present villages of Waverly and Factoryville, and many fine localities back of these villages. Large portions of this territory are still retained in the possession of the Shepard family.
Among the early settlers on Cayuta creek were Charles Bing- ham, Layton Newell, Lyon C. Hedges, Philip Crans, Justus Lyons, John Manhart, and Moses and Elisha Leonard. These families were principally from New England, and were among the most industrious and worthy people of the town, and many of their descendants now reside in that valley, particularly at " Lockwood," which long bore the name of " Bingham's Mills," in honor of this pioneer family.
Among the early settlers of Barton village, other than those already mentioned, were William Bensley, George W. Buttson,
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who early built a saw-mill upon the stream which bears his name, John Hyatt, Eliphalet Barden, Benajah Mundy, Samuel Mundy, Peter Barnes, Peter Hoffman and Selah Payne.
William Bensley came, originally, from Smithfield; Wayne now Pike) county, Pa. He removed to this town May 10, 1803, and settled on the farm now owned by John Park, on the river road, about one mile west of Barton village. This place was retained in the Bensley family for upwards of eighty years, it having first been owned by John Bensley, brother of William. William Bensley married Mary, daughter of Isaac Bunnell, by whom he had nine children, viz .: Gershom, John, Daniel, Henry, Eleanor (Mrs. Richard Shoemaker), Elizabeth (Mrs. Charles B. Smith), Anna, who died in infancy, Mary A. (Mrs. James Brink), and Sarah (Mrs. Daniel Van Gorder). Mr. Bensley was a weaver by trade, but followed, to a considerable extent, lumbering and farming. Henry married Betsey Brink, by whom he had six children, three of whom arrived at maturity, viz .: Mary, wife of Frank Kelley, of Athens, Pa., John, of Nichols, and Archibald, deceased. John married Lucy Wrigley, by whom he has had six children, viz .: Henry, deceased, Leora, wife of James Davi- son, Frederick, Arthur and John, Jr. Daniel married Lucina P. Felt, of Potter county, Pa., by whom he had four children, viz .: Elliott L., who lives on the homestead, Charles and Daniel, who died in infancy, and Bertha L. Elliott L. married Mary E., daughter of John Westfall, of Chemung, by whom he has two children, Gertie, born October 8, 1880, and Nellie, born Decem- ber 1, 1884.
Charles Bingham left the Wyoming Valley at the time of the Indian massacre there, and with his family was obliged to steal his way by night, in Durham boats, in order to escape the sav- agres. In their first settlement they were so troubled by Indians that he returned to Wilkesbarre. The year following, he came again and settled near Spanish hill. Here they were afflicted with small-pox and lost one or two children. They then removed north, up Shepard's creek about six miles, and settled on the farm pow owned by E. Van Buren. The great inducement for him to Settic there was the growth of maple trees in that vicinity, maple sugar being about the only thing then marketable. His sons were John, Ebenezer, Jonathan and Charles, Jr. His daughters were Anna, who married a Mr. Drake, Margurite, who married a Mr. Hedges, and Sarah, who married a Mr. Sanford. Charles, Jr., built a mill at Lockwood, upon the site where the Bingham
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Brothers mills now are, and it was among the first in this section built on Shepard's creek. He married Anna M., daughter of David Davis, by whom he had six children, viz. : Mary J., wife of Bernard Campbell, of St. Croix county Wis., Jefferson, of Wa- verly, Ann E., wife of Rev. La Fayette Ketchum, of Owego, George W. and Edmund J., of Lockwood, and David T., deceased. George W. married Mary A. Inhoff, of Marietta, Pa., by whom he has had ten children, viz .: Jessie D., Fred, Helen and Mary (twins) who died in infancy, Clara, Joseph, Robert, deceased, Mary A., George and Harry. Edmund J. married Libbie K. Baldwin, of Chemung, by whom he has five children, Addie L., James B., Marion, Arthur and Laura A.
David Davis settled first in the Catskill region, afterward in Greene, Chenango county. His son Samuel H. married Minerva Barnes, of this town, by whom he had two children, viz .: Mary M. and Hannah A., the latter the wife of Eugene Van Buren, who resides on the homestead. Their children are Lena T. and Pearl. Samuel Davis was a blacksmith by trade, but was also engaged in lumbering and farming.
Sutherland Tallmadge came from Schaghticoke, Schoharie county, N. Y., very early in the history of this county and set- tled on the farm now owned by Mr. Elliot, and occupied by Tallmadge Hulett. His brother Franklin settled on the farm now owned by James Sliter. The locality is still known as Tallmadge hill.
Charles B. Smith, son of Jonas, was born in Sheshequin, Pa., in IS14. His mother died when he was but four years of age, and he came to this town to live with the Bensley family. He married Elizabeth, daughter of William Bensley, by whom he had one son, Rushton. The latter married first, Ellen Bunnell, by whom he has one child, lone, wife of Lewis Mills, of Sayre. His pres- ent wife is Katie, daughter of H. V. Kinner, of South Waverly.
Elisha Hill was born in Connecticut, May 4, 1793. About ISIS he came from Plainfield, or Hartford, Conn., to Bradford county, Pa., with all his possessions tied in a pack which he carried across his shoulder. He remained there two years, when he returned to Connecticut, and brought back with him his brother Caleb. In IS21 he removed to this town and located on the farm now owned and occupied by his son, John G. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and served at Black Rock and other points. He married Margaret, daughter of John Hanna, who was born December 16, 1798, and by whom he had five children, born as follows : John
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Griffin, September 17, 1821 ; Philomela, wife of Alanson Welton, of Factoryville, May 7, 1823 ; Sarah, February 26, 1826; Hannah, July 28, 1828 ; Elizabeth, wife of Joseph Park, of Nichols, Sep- tember, 26, 1831 ; and Tabitha J., wife of Montgomery Mead, of Waverly, August 26, 1837. John G. married Elizabeth, daughter of David Boardman Cure of this town. Elisha Hill died Sep- tember 20, 1864. and Mrs. Hill died September 4, ISSo. Caleb Hill married Eunice Durphy, of Smithfield, Pa., by whom he had five children, viz .: Erastus, a member of the legislature of the state of Missouri; Polly, wife of - Davis, deceased ; Alonzo, a physician of Malden, Mo., Hon. David B., the present gover- nor of the state of New York, and Sarah, deceased.
Salmon Johnson was born in Vermont, near Lake Champlain, and at an early day came to this town, locating at " Ellistown." His son, Thomas Floyd, married Lucinda, daughter of Parish and Barbara (Ellis) Saunders, by whom he had five children who arrived at maturity, viz .: Barbara (Mrs. William Weller), D. Jane (Mrs. Edward Tozer), Sarah (Mrs. Oscar F. Burke), Cyrus, and Emma L., (Mrs. Charles Parker). Salmon Johnson moved to the state of Ohio, where he died.
Peter Bogart, or " Van de Bogart," as the name was originally written, came from Princetown, now in Schenectady county, N. Y., about the beginning of the present century, and settled in Tompkins county, between Ithaca and Newfield, on the farm now known as the Crawford farm, and in 1825 removed to this town, and located on the farm now owned by Cornelius Harding. He married, first, Betsey Hunter, and they had children as follows: Michael, Catherine (Mrs. Joseph Joyce), John, Eva (Mrs. Jesse Bailey), Joseph, Mindred, Betsey (Mrs. Casper Lampman), Polly ( Mrs. Samuel Ford), Jane (Mrs. Edward Sherwood), Fanny (Mrs. David Johnson) James, and two or three who died in infancy. Hle married second, Maria, daughter of Samuel Gray, of Tomp- kins county, by whom he had thirteen children, viz .: Sarah (Mrs. F. Foster), Jeremiah, Peter, Caroline (Mrs. Henry Lounsberry), Charles, who died at the age of twenty-five, William, Samuel, Loury, David, who died in infancy, George W., and Emma (Mrs. Andrew Nevin), of Boston, Mass. George W., married Amelia, daughter of Daniel Rogers, of Barton, by whom he has one son, (. Frederick. James married Lucinda, daughter of Robert Curtis, Ww whom he has had three children, viz .: Leonora (Mrs. John W. Morgan), Henry M., of Waverly, and Robert C., who died in October, 1878. John married Ruth, daughter of Nathaniel
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Bailey, of Tompkiris county, by whom he had nine children, viz .: Peter V., Charlotte (Mrs. Alanson Williams), Nathaniel, Elijah, who died at the age of four years, James, Joseph, John, and Ira J., who died at the age of five years. Peter V., married first, Matilda Williams, by whom he had one child, Merritt Delos. His present wife was Sarah A. Dailey, by whom he has had two chil- dren, Olive, who died at the age of nine years, and Orpha Eve- line, wife of Guy V. Spear, who has two children, born as fol- lows : Anna, February 18, 1882, and Clyde, December 28, 1883. Mr. P. V. Bogart has dealt largely in real estate, having owned at one time eight hundred acres. He has been engaged princi- pally in lumbering and farming. Peter Bogart, Sr., died Novem- ber 16, 1857, aged ninety-three years.
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Abial F. Hill came from Deer Park, Orange county, N. Y., in 1814, and located on the farm now owned by Ira Hill, on the Shepard's creek road. He married Francis Burns, by whom he had seven children, viz .: Anna Jane, (Mrs. Thomas Shelp), S. Maria (Mrs. Freeman Shelp), deceased, Mary A., (Mrs. Ira G. Hill), Mahala, second wife of Freeman Shelp, Charles M., de. ceased, Adaline, wife of Joseph Quackenbush, deceased, and Arminda, widow of Stephen Clearwater.
Freeman Shelp came from Montrose, Pa., very early in the history of Tioga county, and was engaged in driving stage from Towanda, Pa., to Ithaca. By his second wife, S. Mahala, daugh- ter of Abial Hill, he had three children, viz .: Charles F., of Waverly, Francis M. (Mrs. Charles Hill), deceased, and Belle A. The latter married A. T. Andre, of Lockwood, and has one son, Freeman J.
Joseph Bartron came from Meshoppen, Pa., and settled in Nichols, on the bank of the Susquehanna, at a place called Smith's Mills, where he worked, being by trade a mill-wright. He re- moved to this town in 1821, and cleared the farm now owned by his son Joseph. He built the first saw-mill on Buttson creek, for Gilbert Smith. The mill was located about where the Erie rail- road now crosses the creek. He married Betsey Place, who bore him eight children, viz .: James, Eliza (Mrs. Morris Walker), Anna (Mrs. Jonathan Rolf), Moses, Delila, widow of Daniel Graves, Chloe (Mrs. Elijah Van Gorder), Joseph, and John P. Joseph married Harriet, daughter of George W. Johnson, who bore him nine children.
George W. Johnson came from Ithaca, N. Y., and located in this town. He married Betsey Severn, by whom he had thirteen
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children, viz : Abram, John, Charles, Amyette, Jane, Matilda, Elvira, Julius, Harriet, Washington, Josiah, James, and Cynthia. John married Jane, daughter of James Garrett, of Tioga.
Eliphalet Barden was born in Connecticut, and after his mar- riage came to Greene, Chenango county, N. Y., and in 1821 removed to this town, and settled on the farm now owned by Francis Giltner. He married Miriam Priest, by whom he had eight children, two only of whom are living, Freelove, wife of N. W. Schoonover, and Zalmon, who resides on road 39. The. latter married Mary A., daughter of William Todd, of Tioga, and they have had four children, viz .: Charles E., of Tonawanda, N. Y., Freelove L., wife of William Holt, of Tioga, William M., who died at the age of eight years, and Mary E., wife of Frank Harding, of this town.
John Parker settled in Ellistown, at an early date. He mar- ried Lizzie Ellis, by whom he had seven children, viz .: Fred- erick, Henry, Clark, James, Hiram, Caroline, and Abby. James married Charlotte, daughter of William Ellis, who bore him eight children-Frances, Albenia, Genervy, Charles, Mattie, Christina, Mack, and Hermeone.
John W. Van Atta was born November 1, 1782, and came from Rockburg, Warren county, N. J., about 1827, and located on the farm now owned by A. J. Van Atta, on road 52. He married Elizabeth Albright, who was born August 16, 1787. and by whom he had eleven children, born as follows: Peter, July 28, 1810; Margaret, November 21, 1811; Adam, November 18, 1813 ; William, February 1. 1816; Benjamin, June 6, 1818 ; Caroline, June 19, 1821 ; Sarah, July 15, 1823 : Isaac, July 22, 1826; Aza- riah J .. December 15, 1827 ; and Rebecca M., December 11, 1832. Peter married Fanny J., daughter of Reuben Harding, by whom he had two sons, Oscar H., and Clarence, of this town. Peter and Benjamin were musicians in the old state militia.
Shaler Shipman was born in Connecticut, April 21, 1800, and came to this town in 1829. settling first on the farm now owned by P. G. Schuyler, and then removed to the one now occupied by Adam Albright, where he resided until his death. He built two saw-mills, and was engaged in lumbering and farm- ing during most of his life. That section of the town, about the geographical center, is commonly called Shipman Hollow, He married first, Melinda Speer, by whom he had ten children, born as follows : Prosper, March 2. 1829; Lucy A., October 11, 1830 ; Abram, September 27, 1832 ; Rachel, June 10, 1834; Philip H.,
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-March 5, 1836; Stephen, April 27, 1838; Susan M., March 25, 1840; Rufus T., October 23, 1841 ; George W., September 25, 1844; and Harvey D., August 21, 1847. His second wife, Bar- bara (Bowman) Hunt, bore him four children, viz .:. Perlie E., January 24, 1868; Shaler B., January 26, 1869 ; Orrilla M., January 4, 1871 ; Ada M., August 8, 1876. Mr. Shipman died December 24, 1878. Rufus T. Shipman enlisted October 1, 1861, in Co. H, Ioth N. Y. Cavalry, and served until August 14, 1862. when he re-enlisted in Co. B, 6th N. Y. Heavy Artillery, and served until September 14, 1865. He married Frances, daugh- ter of Asa Doty, who has borne him three children-Ella .A., born November 2, 1866, died August 5, 1874; Isaac D., born March 29, 1873 ; and Cleveland, born March S, 1885, died March 24, 18S5.
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