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(VI) Joseph, son of Asa and Zillah (Cass) Hicks, was born on Long Island, where his youth was spent. He removed from Long Island and settled in the town of Granville, Washington county, New York, where he pur-
chased a tract of heavily timhered land, built a log house, and in time cleared and improved a farm. The homestead is still in possession of the family, owned by a grandson, William Hicks. Joseph Hicks married Jerusha Rob- lee. Children : Jay, Almina, married Ephra- him Northup; William, married (first) Amy Tripp; (second) Fannie Park; Edwin B., of whom further ; Orlando, married Charlotte Lamb : Almera, married Lucian Webb.
(VII) Edwin B., son of Joseph and Jeru- sha (Roblee) Hicks, was born in the town of Granville, Washington county, New York, October 18, 1820, died May 3, 1888. He was an extensive farmer and stock raiser, also a dealer in cattle, sheep and wool. He made large shipments of sheep, etc., to vari- ous parts of the country, doing a large busi- ness with the western states. He was a large land owner, and in his day was considered a very wealthy man. The present homestead at Slyboro was built by him for a residence. He was a member of the Baptist church and wielded a strong influence for good in his community. He married Sarah Ophelia. daughter of Abijah and Sarah (Brown) Smith, born September 1, 1826. Children : 1. Salome, born August 1, 1844, died 1853. 2. Sarah Louise, December 17, 1845; married Fred M. Mason, of Granville, December 30. 1868; child, Edwin. 3. Frank Edwin, of whom further. 4. Almera Jeanette, July 14, 1850 ; married (first) February 12, 1867, Hi- ram D. Duel, and had Frank E., born No- vember 22, 1867; Frederick H., February 6, 1869: Arthur B., December 14. 1871. She married (second) July 13, 1880, Dr. Willis A. Tenney ; children : Ashton M., born May 29, 1888: Florence H., June 5, 1893. 5. Theresa Ophelia, November 14, 1854; married, Octo- ber 23. 1873, T. B. Jewett: children, Julia, married George Ballard; Jennie and Fred- erick.
(VIII) Frank Edwin, son of Edwin B. and Sarah Ophelia (Smith) Hicks, was born on the homestead farm in Granville, Washing- ton county, New York, March 19, 1848. He was educated in the public schools ; Fort Ed- ward Collegiate Institute and Eastman's Busi- ness College at Poughkeepsie. He returned to the farm after completing his studies and after arriving at man's estate rented the home- stead and operated it for his own account. After the death of his father he purchased the property and has since been continuously engaged in agriculture. stock raising and deal- ing. He also deals extensively in farm prod- tice, especially in fruits and wool. He spe- cializes in fine cattle, maintaining on his farm specimens of choice breeds. He is a thorough
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man of business and practices the most ap- proved modern methods in his farming opera- tions. He is interested in other important lines of activity in his county ; is president of the Granville Telephone Company ; direc- tor of the Granville National Bank and of the National Bank of Whitehall, New York. He is also interested in the Washington Coun- ty Agricultural Society ; served as president and is a leading exhibitor in his special lines. He is a Republican in politics and for two years was supervisor of his town. He mar- ried, September 6, 1871, Ida Josephine Wait, born March 18, 1852, daughter of Mansir K. and Julia Ann ( Hale) Wait (see Wait VII). Children: 1. Edwin B., born May 23, 1873; married Laura Irene, daughter of Morvalden and Mary (Beecher) Brayton; children: Dorothy, Arthur D. and Laura Irene. 2. Man- sir Wait, of whom further. 3. Harry Davis, October 12, 1877 ; married, May 4, 1910, Alice Baldwin. 4. Frank Edwin (2), July 9, 1879; married Mary Brayton. 5. Ida Estelle, March 16. 1887.
(IX) Mansir Wait, son of Frank Edwin and Ida Josephine (Wait) Hicks, was born on the Granville homestead farm in Washing- ton county, New York, May 3, 1875. He was educated in the public schools and Albany Business College. For a few months there- after he was in the employ of S. B. Thing, shoe dealer of Albany, but was then obliged to retire from active pursuits, owing to im- paired health, and later located in the village of Granville, and on the organization of the Granville Telephone Company, became active in its construction and operations ; was con- struction foreman, exchange manager, secre- tary, treasurer, and is now general manager ; later he opened an insurance office, carrying lines of life, fire and indemnity insurance. He is a capable man of business and accomplishes results that give little evidence of his in- firmity. Hle is a member of the Baptist church and politically a Republican. He mar- ried, January 20, 1906, Cora, daughter of Lorenzo and Rose B. (Haskins) Shaffner. Children : Hulda Elizabeth, born August 8, 1907 ; Mansir Wait, October 8, 1908; Merilla, twin of Mansir Wait.
(The Wait Line).
Thomas Wait, of Portsmouth, Rhode Isl- and, died in 1677. He was made a freeman in 1641. On April 30, 1661, he bought land in Acneshnet and Cohasset. His will was made by the town council, he having died intestate. There is no reference to his wife in the settlement of his estate, leaving the inference that her death preceded his own.
He had six children: 1. Samuel, died 1694; married Hannah -; children : Samuel, Joseph and Susanna ; the latter married Moses Barber and had fourteen children. 2. Joseph, died August 25, 1665 ; married Sarah
had a son William. 3. Jeremiah, died 1677; married Martha Brownell, born May, 1643, died February 15, 1744; no issue. 4. Thomas, died June, 1733; married Sarah Cook, died 1733. Children: Mary, Thomas and Benja- min. 5. Mary, married, April 5, 1676, Joseph Anthony; children: John, Joseph, Susanna and Thomas: she died in 1713; Joseph died in 1728. 6. Reuben, of whom further.
(II) Reuben, son of Thomas Wait, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, died October 7, 1707. He was one of the proprietors of Dart- mouth, Massachusetts, in 1685. His will, proved November 5, 1707, names wife Tabitha as executrix, and gives to son Thomas, one- half of the farm; to wife, twenty acres, dwell- ing house and orchard for life and movables forever. He names four sons, Benjamin, Jos- eph, Reuben and Jeremiah, and gives them lands in Dartmouth, etc. To daughters, Elea- nor, Abigail and Tabitha, he gives three pounds each. His wife, Tabitha (Lounders) Wait, died in 1707.
(III) Thomas (2), son of Reuben and Tabitha (Lounders) Wait, was born in Dart- mouth, Massachusetts, where he always re- sided, April 23. 1683. In 1721 he sold his right in his father's homestead to his brother Benjamin. He married, January 25, 1711, Mary, daughter of Joseph and Mehitable (Fish) Tripp. She was born August 22, 1689. Children: John, born November 30, 1711; Reuben, February 7, 1714; Thomas, of whom further; Mary, April 5, 1718; Meri- bah, July 20, 1720; Mehitable, November 18, 1722; Martha, April 5, 1725; Alice April 23, 1729.
(IV) Thomas (3), son of Thomas (2) and Mary (Tripp) Wait, was born February 29, 1716. Ife married, June 6, 1743, Tabitha El- lis. Children: Gideon, born March 3. 1746, married. April 6, 1766, Lois Tripp; Jere- miah : Thomas, April 10, 1755, married Nao- mi Weeks: Mary, February II, 1757, married May 11, 1775, Reuben Wait; Lydia, March 19, 1759, married Doke Moon; Peleg, of whom further ; Rufus, April 23, 1764, mar- ried, December 2. 1784, Eunice Hill ; Alice. (V) Peleg, son of Thomas (3) and Ta- bitha (Ellis) Wait, was born October 23, 1761, died October 7, 1847. He was a soldier of the revolution and is probably the P. Wait named as private of the Sixth Massachusetts Regiment, payroll drawn for amount of grat- uity due non-commissioned officers and sold-
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iers of the Massachusetts line of the continen- tal army, agreeable to resolve of January 15, 1781. (See Massachusetts Soldiers and Sail- ors, vol. xvi, page 399.) He married, 1783, Mary, born March 24. 1766, died February 3, 1862, daughter of Henry and Margaret (Rathbone) Greene. Children : Greene, born September 26, 1784, married (first) Diadema (second) Alida Moon: Clark, of whom further; Mercy, April 4, 1789, married William Gardner ; Thomas, May 1, 1791, mar- ried Chloe Roblee : Benjamin, April 21, 1793, married Mary Odell ; Alice, July 6, 1795, mar- ried James Hewitt; Tabitha, April 18, 1797, married Spink Madison ; Mary, April 30, 1799, married Caleb Wells ; Lois, Dec. 8, 1801, mar- ried Calvin P. Hill; Laura. Nov. 4. 1804.
(VI) Clark G., son of Peleg and Mary (Greene) Wait, was born April 3, 1787. He removed to Petersburg and later settled on a farm in the town of Granville, Washington county, New York, where he afterward al- ways resided, engaged in agriculture. He married Abigail, daughter of Thomas and Martha (Jones) Phillips. Children : Pamelia, born May 6, 1809: Ehalton, March 5, 1812; Clark G., (2), April, 1814; Hamilton, March 22. 1817 ; Mansir K., of whom further ; Abra- ham, July 5, 1821 : Priscilla, October 13, 1823 ; Martha. September 29. 1824; Philetas, March 27. 1828; Leander, October 20, 1830; Abi- gail. April 20. 1832: Dwight, May 25. 1835; Harlan, July 8, 1837.
(VII) Mansir K., son of Clark G. and Abi- gail (Phillips) Wait, was born at Granville, Washington county, New York, May 24, 1819, died December 2, 1892. He married, January 16, 1840, Julia Ann, daughter of Richard and Olive (Whedon ) Hale. Children : Josephine, born May 10, 1841, died October 27, 1846: Pamelia, April 11, 1843. died Janu- ary 23, 1880, married Davis Northup; chil- dren : Mansir, James and Maud: Clark, June II, 1845. died December II, 1864: a veteran of the civil war; Casseus, February 19, 1847, married Ella Rogers ; children : Mansir, Agnes, Carlotta and Clark: Charles, June 3, 1849, died September 3, 1849; Zilpha, July 12, 1850, died May 6. 1854; Ida Josephine, March 18, 1852, married Frank E. Hicks (see Hicks VIII) ; Emma, September 24. 1855, died No- vember 13, 1856; Estella. April 13, 1858, mar- ried. October 8, 1879. George McDonald; children : Harry, married Ada Bromley, Ida and Mabel.
During the earlier generations of ROSA the family in America this family retained the original spelling, Roosa. The latter-day family, or at least some
of them, spell it Rosa, which is the orthogra- phy used by the family in Schenectady herein recorded. It is one of the old Dutch families of the Hudson-Mohawk that settled first in Esopus, then in Albany and Schenectady. The sons of the emigrant all founded families and many of them still may be found in the same localities, settled by their earliest ancestors. Gelderland, in Holland, was the home of the emigrant ancestor.
(I) Albert Heymanse (Albert, son of Hey- man) Roosa, was a farmer of Gelderland, Holland, where he married Wyntje Allard, and had eight children, born in the "fader- land." He came with his entire family to America in the ship "Spotted Cow," arriving at New Amsterdam, April 15, 1660, and made permanent settlement at Esopus, New York, shortly afterward. He was a person of more than usual importance, for on May 16. 1661, he was appointed by Governor Stuyvesant one of the three "schepens," or magistrates, his associates being Evert Pels and Cornelis Barentse Slecht. He brought with him from Holland considerable property, and soon "oc- cupied an influential position in the new set- tlement." In 1661 he was appointed one of the three commissioners to enclose the new village at Esopus, called Hurley. At the destruction of the village of Ifurley, on June 7. 1663. by the Indians, two of his children, with forty-three other women and children, were taken captive. The story of the rescue of these captives by the colonial forces, un- der command of Captain Martin Kreiger, is one of the most interesting episodes in the early history of New York. The records cite many instances of his participation in the early making of Kingston that show him to have been a leader. He rebelled against the tyrannies of Governor Nicholls, and in 1667 a commission appointed hy the governor, sat at Esopus, investigating the "mutiny at Esopus." Albert Heymanse Roosa, Cornelis Barentse Slecht and two others were "found guilty of rebellious and mutinous riot" and were taken to New York for sentence. Nicholls, by advice of his council, on May 3. sentenced Roosa to be banished for life out of the government, and the others for shorter terins out of Esopus, Albany and New York. All these sentences were subsequently modi- fied and the offenders returned. Governor Lovelace restored him to favor, and in 1669 appointed him overseer of the town of Hurley, called New Dorp, or New Village. "In 1673 he was confirmed as one of the officers of Esopus by Governor Anthony Colve, and described as Captain Albert Heymans Roosa, who had been prominent in the riot of 1667."
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He served in the military forces of the col- ony as mustering officer, and in other capaci- ties; was sergeant of Captain Henry Pawl- ing's company, and in 1673 was captain of a company recruited from Hurley and Marble- town. He died at Hurley, February 27, 1679. In 1685 his widow, Wyntje Allard, secured a grant of 320 acres at Hurley. Children, the first eight born in Holland, the last two born in Esopus, New York: I. Arie (or Aria) ; married, at Kingston, Maria, daughter of Magistrate Evert Pels. 2. Heyman, mar- ried Margreit Rosevelt. 3. Jan, married Hellegond Williams. 4. Ikee, married Roeloff Keirstede. 5. Maritje, married Albert Jan- sen. 6. Neeltein, married Hendric Pauldin, banns published November 4, 1676. 7. Jan- netje, married Matys Ten Eyck, November 16, 1679. 8. Aert, married Wyntje Aundreum d'Ong. 9. Annatje. 10. Guert, died June 15, 1664.
(II) Heyman, second son of Albert Hey- manse and Wyntje ( Allard) Roosa, was born in Holland, and came to America with the family in 1660. He lived in Esopus and Hurley. He married Margreit Rosevelt, born 1645. Children: I. Geysbert, of whom fur- ther. 2. Albert, born March 2, 1679; in 1715 was sergeant in Captain Johannes' company, in Ulster county. 3. Claase, born April 27, 1684. 4. Neeltje, October 13, 1689. 5. Ra- chel, April 19, 1696. 6. Leah, September, 1698.
(III) Geysbert, eldest child of Heyman and Margreit (Rosevelt) Roosa, was born Oc- tober 16, 1676. He lived in Hurley, and in 1715 was a private in Captain William Not- tingham's company. He married, October 13. 1695. Greetje Bond, of Schenectady, New York. Children: 1. Hellegond, born August 6, 1696. 2. Jan, of whom further. 3. Hen- drick, born August 20, 1703, died in infancy. 4. Hendrick, born March 20, 1707; in 1738 was private of Captain B. Brodhead's com- pany, Ulster county militia ; married, May 2, 1735. Zara Frear, of New Palz. 5. Greetje, born October 5, 1712.
(IV) Jan, eldest son of Geysbert and Greetje (Bond) Roosa, was born May 28, 1699. He married (first) August 27, 1725. Machteldt (Myeltje) Van Kampen. He mar- ried (second) Eva Klearwater. Children : I. Guert, born June 9, 1727. 2. Johannes, No- vember 22, 1728. 3. Abraham, April 29, 1733; a soldier of the revolution. 4. Elizabeth, Sep- tember 7, 1735. 5. Isaac, of whom further. 6. Jacobus (James), born August 10. 1740; a soldier of the revolution ; married Sarah Ennis. 7. Maria, born December 13, 1741. 8. Hclena, August 21, 1743. 9. Gysbut, born
March II, 1745; a soldier of the revolution. 10. Margaret. 11. Henrikje, born June 14, 1749. 12. Teunis Klearwater, June 23, 1751. 13. Greetje, March 28, 1756.
(\') Isaac Rosa, son of Jan and Myeltje (Van Kampen) Roosa, was born February 5, 1739. He married, in Albany, November 22, 1763, Maria, daughter of Ryckert Van Vranken. Children: 1. Johannes, born Au- gust 13, 1764. 2. Annatje, August 18, 1766; married, December 12, 1788, Joseph Yates. 3. Ryckert (Richard), of whom further. 4. Machtelt, born April 20, 1772; married Hocholas Marselis. 5. James (Jacobus). 6. Maas Van Vranken, born September 20, 1780.
(VI) Ryckert (Richard), son of Isaac and Maria (Van Vranken) Rosa, was born De- cember II, 1769. died August 30, 1809. He married, July 21, 1793, Annatje (Nancy), born January 1, 1772, died October 8, 1835, daughter of Nicholas Peek. Children : I. Maria, born November 7, 1794. 2. Henry, August 17, 1795, died June 11, 1829. 3. Isaac R., of whom further. 4. Elizabeth, born October 13, 1799. 5. John. May 28, 1802, died February 9, 1835. 6. Jane P., born August 19, 1803, died June 27, 1879. 7. Martin, born July 30, 1805. 8. Catherine Ann, May 15. 1807.
(VII) Isaac R., son of Ryckert and Nancy (Peek) Rosa, was born September 8, 1797, died September 21, 1849. He removed to Fulton county, New York, where for many years he kept a house of entertainment for the traveling public, also owning and operat- ing a farm. He married, July 15, 1827, Ma- tilda Waite, born December 19, 1807, died August 31, 1828. He married (second), No- vember 1, 1830, Phoebe Ann Alvord, born August 14. 1805, died September 27, 1884. Children, all by second marriage: 1. Richard H., born July 25, 1835, died October 1. 1890. He was a prominent lawyer, and served as district attorney of Fulton county twelve years. He was a charter member of Kenny- etto Lodge, No. 599, Free and Accepted Ma- sons, was the first senior warden under its charter of July 3. 1865, and the second wor- shipful master, 1868-71. He continued a member until November 25. 1878, when he demitted to St. Patrick's Lodge, No. 4, at Johnstown, where he died. 2. Isaac A., born November 3, 1836; a prominent contractor and lumberman ; ex-sheriff of Fulton county, and supervisor eight years. 3. Elijah A., born April 9, 1842, died November 23, 1882. 4. James P., of whom further.
(VIII) James P., son of Isaac R. and Phoebe Ann ( Alvord) Rosa, was born May 6, 1848, in Broadalbin, Fulton county, New
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York. He was educated in the public schools, and at the age of seventeen years went to New York City, where he secured employ- ment as a clerk in a dry goods store, re- maining but a year. Returning to Broadal- bin he engaged in mercantile life as junior partner of Chase & Rosa, general merchants, at Union Mills. In 1868 he located at Vail's Mills, town of Northampton, Fulton county, where he purchased a general store, and through firm changes continued until 1880, when he disposed of the business (being then sole owner), and located at the village of Broadalbin, where in association with Charles Butler he engaged as Rosa & Butler in the hardware business. Later Mr. Rosa conducted a gentlemen's furnishing store. In 1907 he disposed of his mercantile interests, having previously organized the Broadalbin Lumber Company, with which he is yet connected as principal owner. He has been successful in his various undertakings, and is an influential, highly respected citizen. Politically he is an Independent Republican, and has been the choice of his party for important offices. He is public-spirited and deeply interested in the cause of public education. For twelve years he has been president of the Board of Edu- cation, and for the same length of time presi- dent of the Board of Trade. He is a member of Kennyetto Lodge, No. 599, Free and Ac- cepted Masons, of which he was master 1884- 90. He is a member of the Baptist church, and since 1881 has served as trustee. He was postmaster at Vail's Mills, serving four years under President Grant, and at Broadalbin held the same office under President Cleve- land. He married, January 26, 1870, Ruth Augusta, born October 7, 1846, daughter of John G. and Eliza C. (Smith) Pettit, of Edin- burg, Saratoga county, New York. John Gatton Pettit was born February 6, 1818, died February 2, 1893; married. December 29, 1841, Eliza Cook Smith, born August 26, 1821, died March 23, 1874: children: I. Esther, born July 27, 1843, died October 2, 1907; married March, 1865, David Allen; children : i. Carrie, born January 8, 1866, mar- ried Edward Armstrong, and had Edward and Amy ; ii. Lizzie, born February 22, 1873. died 1873; iii. May E., born February 7. 1875, died October 26, 1908, married. February 5, 1902. Frederick Trapp; iv. David W., born April 7, 1883, married, October 21, 1907. Edith Hearst. 2. Ruth Augusta, married James P. Rosa. 3. Smith, born February 13, 1848, died May 9, 1874. 4. Sadie Ophelia, born October 20, 1850, died November 1, 1870. 5. Gatton, born August 15, 1852, died November II. 1863. 6. Rebecca P., born June, 1858, died
November 13. 1863. James P. anl Ruth A. Rosa have children : 1. Martha C., born Sep- tember 15, 1870: married, February 9. 1906. Clarence C. Van Buren, and they have one son. James R., born January 9. 1907. 2. Nellie B., born February 5. 1880; married. June 22. 1907, Marvin R. Borst.
Clarence C. Van Buren, who married Martha C., daughter of James P. Rosa. is a lineal descendant of Cornelis Van Buren, the founder of the noted Van Buren family of the Hudson Valley, which includes a former presi- dent of the United States, Martin Van Buren. The line is as follows :
(I) Cornelis Van Buren came to America from Holland, in 1631. (II) Martin Cornelis. son of Cornelis Van Buren. (III ) Pieter Martense, son of Martin Cornelis Van Buren.
(IV) Barent, son of Pieter Martense Van Buren, married Maria Whinney. He was a resident of Kinderhook. Children: Ariantje, born November 8, 1724: Elsie, October 23. 1726 : . Francis, of whom further ; Maria, Sep- tember 2. 1730; Pieter, February 18, 1733.
(\') Francis, son of Barent and Maria ( Whinney) Van Buren, was born at Kinder- hook, November 16, 1728, died May 6, 1815. In 1779 removed to what is now the town of Mayfield. Fulton county, New York, where he purchased and settled upon a tract of five hundred acres. He served during the revolution in the Seventh Regiment, Albany county militia. He married, about 1760. Jo- hanna Van Slyck, horn October 23, 1736, died April 5, 1815, also a descendant of an early Dutch Mohawk Valley family. Children : Ba- rent, born September 28. 1762, died February 20. 1763; Angelica, born January 22, 1764 .. died February 19, 1850; Barent F., born No- vember 26, 1769. died January 7, 1862 : Peter, born August 2, 1772; Ilarmon F., of whom further.
(VI) Harmon F., son of Francis and Jo- hanna (Van Slyck) Van Buren, was born March 29. 1775, died September 30. 1858. He accompanied his father to the Mohawk Valley and became the owner of one-quarter of the Mayfield purchase. Here he followed agriculture all his days, becoming prominent in town and church affairs, being especially active in the latter. He married, about 1706, Catherine Miller, born 1774. died March 13. 1845. Children : Hannah, born February I, 1798, died in infancy ; Charles, born March 5. 1799. died February 15. 1860: Johanna, born October 10, 1800, died January 18, 1853: Lu- cinda, born November 22. 1802, died March 3. 1874: Francis, born February 22, 1805- lied March, 1872: Oliver Miller, of whom further : Angelica, born March 6, 1809. died
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August II, 1884; Peter, born May 4, 1813, died November 17, 1885.
(VII) Oliver Miller, son of Harmon F. and .Catherine (Miller) Van Buren, was born in Mayfield, Fulton county, New York, April 4, 1807, died June, 1882. He was a farmer and a devoted member of the Presbyterian church. He married, January 21, 1829, Sallie Maria Hayes, born April 9, 1811, died April 18. 1883. Children : Elizabeth, born January .9, 1830; Charles Henry, born May 17, 1836, died March 2, 1897; Harmon E., of whom further ; Ansel Hayes, born April 17, 1846, .died August 31, 1910; Granville, born August 2, 1853.
(VIII) Harmon E., son of Oliver Miller and Sallie Maria (Hayes) Van Buren, was born June 28, 1839. He was a glove manu- facturer, and served the town of Mayfield as assessor for ten years. He married, February 4, 1874. Adeline Thompson, born June 29, 1846. Children : Harriet T., born November 18. 1874: Clarence Edward, of whom further ; Samuel T., born July 17, 1880, married, March 1, 1908, Ruth T. Martling, and has Oliver N., born October 3, 1909.
(IX) Clarence Edward, son of Harmon E. and Adeline (Thompson) Van Buren, was born January 30, 1876. He was educated in the Gloversville high school and at the New Britain (Connecticut) normal school. After completing his studies he taught at Lake George, New York, until January 1, 1903. when he was elected school commissioner of Fulton county, entering upon the duties of his office on that date. He was a Republican in politics, and a member of the Baptist congre- gation. He married, February 7, 1906, Martha Charlotte, daughter of James P. and Ruth A. Rosa. They have James Rosa Van Buren, born January 9, 1907.
Three towns in the United LOBDELL States have been named after descendants of Simon Lob- dell, viz: Lobdell, Louisiana, near New Or- leans, where, in close proximity, reside de- scendants of Abraham James and John Little Lobdell, the pioneer Lobdell settlers of Louisi- ana and Mississippi; Lobdell, Clinton county, New York, named from descendants of Jared Lobdell ; Lobdell, Kane county, Kansas, named after Charles E. Lobdell, formerly speaker of the Kansas Ilouse of Assembly, also a de- scendant of Jared Lobdell.
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