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Goodwin, Elias M., was born in Onondaga county N. Y., January 22, 1816. In 1841 he married Amanda Benedict and moved to Ridgeway, Orleans county, N. Y., and settled on the farm where he now resides. They had six boys : Ossian D., who resides in Yates; Egbert B. (deceased) ; Elbert C. (deceased); George S. (deceased); Frank E., who resides on the old homestead, and Charles W., who is a locomotive engineer on the Missouri l'acific Railroad, resides in Sedalia, Mo. One son, Egbert B., was three
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years a private in Company D, 8th N. Y. Heavy Artillery, in the late civil war; wounded at Cold Harbor, contracted consumption in the army after being wounded, and died in April, 1872. His first wife died in 1876. He again married, Mrs. Louisa M. Smith, June 7, 1877. Mrs. Goodwin is a daughter of Simon Holland, who was a widely known man in Monroe county, N. Y.
Mason, W. E., was born in Erie county, September 11, 1860, and for some years conducted a grocery business in Middleport for his father. He came to Jeddo, Orleans county, in 1882 and established his general merchandise business in partnership with his father and brother, under the firm name of F. H. Mason & Sons. He does a large retail business, driving a wagon five days in the week to points in Hartland, Yates, Somerset, Royalton and Carlton. In 1886 Mr. Mason married Anna Dennis, and they have three children : Mildred, Mabel and Fordyce. Mr. Mason is a young, enterpris- ing and highly successful business man. February, 1893, the firm burned out, and he is now the firm's successor.
Colby, M. H., was born in Ogden, Monroe county, August 23, 1839. He followed farming until 1880, when he came to Medina, excepting during three years service in the War of the Rebellion. He enlisted August 31, 1862, in the New York Light Artil- lery, and served until June 23, 1865. He was with the army of the Potomac until the battle of Gettsyburg, in which he participated, and was then with Sherman on his march to the sea. He is commander of Hood Post in Medina. In 1866 Mr. Colby married Mary Ann Adams. They have two daughters, Minnis J. and Ella N. The latter is a teacher in the Medina Academy, where she has taught five successive years. Mr. Colby is a member of the Odd Fellows, Knights of Honor and Royal Templars.
Fuller, Edmund, is now the oldest male resident in Medina, having resided here since 1829, a period of sixty-five years.
Frisbie, Hiram, was born in Granville, N. Y., August 16, 1791. His father was Dr. Samuel Frisbie, who afterwards located in Verona, where Hiram became a clerk in a store. On the breaking out of the war in 1812 he enlisted in the cavalry. He was a bearer of dispatches from Sacketts Harbor to Black Rock, arriving at Buffalo the day after it was burned by the British. At the close of the war he settled at Farwell's Mills, now Clarendon village, where, in company with William Pierpont, he engaged in business, conducting a store and hotel and manufacturing pearlash. He eventually bought out Mr. Pierpont and carried on the business alone. About 1828 be removed to Holley, and, in company with James Seymour, purchased the unsold land of a 100 acre tract where the village is now situated. They donated sites for a school house, also for the Baptist and Presbyterian churches. They erected a two story brick block, known as the Seymour and Frisbie block. Soon after Mr. Frisbie and Augustus South- worth built the stone grist mill, it being the first mill erected in Holley, and carried on the business several years. In the mean time he had engaged in the mercantile trade and was an extensive dealer in wool and produce. He also built a three story brick block called the Frisbie block at the southeast corner of the square. He was post- master of Holley about twenty years, was a strong Democrat, and was elected super- visor of Murray in 1829. Mr. Frisbie was twice married, first to Sallie Sayre, and they
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had one son, Hiram S., now deceased, who was engaged in business for a time with his father. For his second wife he married, June 18, 1828, Juliette A., daughter of Joseph Butler, of New Hartford, N Y. They had six children : Frederick B, who resides in Rochester; Edgar C., who lives in Baltimore, Md .; Charles H., Cornelia E., Sarah L. and Martha S. About 1868 Charles H. Frisbie became a partner in the mercantile trade with his father, and they were in business until 1874. Retiring from the mercan- tile business Charles H. has since been a dealer in carriages and sleighs. Hiram Frisbie, sr., died August 11, 1874. Mrs. Frisbie died August 22, 1878.
Danolds, A. A., was born at Eagle Harbor, May 12, 1853, and has been on a farm since seventeen years of age. In 1886 he married Hattie A Potter, of Medina. Mr. Danolds' father was Truman W. Danolds, a merchant of Eagle Harbor and a native of Livingston county. His mother was Hannah E. Andrews, of Ridgeway. Mr. Dan- olds is a justice of the peace and president of Maple Ridge Lodge, No. 493, Farmers' Alliance. He is a large land owner and one of the leading farmers of the county.
Gray, William, was born in England, March 21, 1818, and came to America in 1832. He settled in Orleans county, and in 1843 he married Lucy Todkill. They have five children : Charles W., Almon J., Walter L., Fred E. and Emma, now Mrs. Leary. Mr. Gray is a large owner of land and thorough bred stock.
Rowe, Harry C., was the first of the family to settle in Orleans county. He came from Oneida county to Holley and carried on a meat market for several years, after- ward carrying on the same business at Hulburton, Sandy Creek and Kendall. From the latter place he returned to Murray and settled at Sandy Creek, where he spent the remainder of his life. He married Nancy A., daughter of Samuel King, of Orange county, and their children were: Phoebe, Joshua, Samuel V., James H., Sarah, Wil- liam, H. B., Cornelia and two that died in infancy. Phoebe married William A. Dun- ning; Joshna settled in the west and died in Chicago. He married Sarah Brown. James H. settled at St. Marys, Ohio; Sarah married twice, first George Allison, of Hindsburgh, and second Lewis Stevens, and resides at Independence, Iowa. Colonel H. B. Rowe settled in Kendall and engaged in the butcher business. He married Hat- tie, daughter of Charles Higgins, of Kendall, N. Y. He enlisted in Company K, 22d N. Y. Cavalry, was mustered in at Rochester, February 6, 1864, and was commissioned sergeant. In 1893 he settled in Chicago. Samuel V. settled in Hulburton and is a carpenter by trade. He married Sarah A. Greave, of Murray, and their children are : Elizabeth B. and Samuel V., jr. (deceased), and James H., born October 13, 1857, at Sandy Creek, who also learned the carpenter's trade, but for several years past has car- ried on a mercantile business in Hulburton. He is a Democrat, was elected town clerk in 1884 and again in 1886, and justice of the peace in 1893, was a member of the Dem- ocratic County Central Committee in 1893-4. He was postmaster at Hulburton during Cleveland's first administration. He married in 1883 Hattie, daughter of William Stackhouse, of Clarendon.
Ryan, James, was born near Knowlesville, November 18, 1835, and has been a far- mer all his life. In 1860 he married Viona Holtzinger, and they have two sons and two daughters: David, Edward, Mrs. Coleman and Rose, who is a graduate of Cornell
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University and professor of mathematics in the Yankton, Dak., High School. Mr. Ryan's father was Charles Ryan and his mother Eliza (Turner) Ryan. He is a very successful and enterprising farmer.
Crossett, Eugene, was born in Clarendon, August 11, 1855, and is of French descent. His father, John, was a son of Nathaniel, whose father came from Fort Ann, Wash- ington county, to Clarendon at an early day with his three brothers, Isaac, Nathaniel and Robert. Isaac settled on the farm now owned by William P. McGowen, afterward removed west, where he died. Robert and Nathaniel settled in Clarendon, where they died. Nathaniel married Matilda Fuller, and their children were : Miles and James, who settled in California, and Aaron F., who settled in Hornellsville, N. Y. John Crossett settled in Clarendon and married Sarah A. Andrews, by whom he has one son and one daughter, Eugene and Julia, who married Archie Ventress. Eugene Crossett is a farmer and resides in Clarendon. He was highway commissioner two years and supervisor. He married, in 1879, Cora P., daughter of David Matson, of Clarendon.
Churchill, Wellington, was born in Niagara County, August 16, 1850, and came to Orleans county in 1854. January 30, 1877, he married Elvira Chase, and they have two children, Jessie May and Roy M. Mr. Churchill's father was Major Churchill and his mother Mary A. Deline.
Kennedy, Michael, was born in 1842 in County Tipperary, Ireland, a son of William Kennedy. Michael came to America with his parents in 1849 and settled in Canada, and a year later came to Walworth, Wayne county. March 15, 1862, he enlisted in the 105th and 94th N. Y. Volunteer Infantry and served till the close of the war, par- ticipating in the following battles : Cedar Mountain, South Mountain, Antietam and Bull Run; also Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. He was from August 19, 1864, to February 28, 1865, a prisoner at Belle Isle, Libby and Salisbury prisons. He partici- pated in both Fredericksburg battles, and also many skirmishes. Mr. Kennedy takes an active part in local politics in the town of Clarendon, where he has lived since 1873. He is engaged in farming and speculating in live stock.
Agnew, Thomas H., was born in the county of Halton, Ontario, November 11, 1864. He was educated for his profession in Toronto and Philadelphia, graduating from the Philadelphia Dental College D. D. S. in 1891. About the first of May of the same year he came to Medina, where he succeeded in practice the late Dr. S. C. Brownell. In 1893 Dr. Agnew married Grace M. Breed, of Medina. He is a member of the Garretsonian Society and Alumni Society of his college.
Crego, Walter S., was born in Gaines, Orleans county, in 1857. Both his father and grandfather were named Abram, the senior being a son of William Crego of Vermont. Abram, sr., came to Orleans county about 1850 and settled in Albion. He married Margaret Eyghama. Hiram, William, and Abram, jr., their sons, were all engaged in boating on the canal, for many years. Abram, jr., after following that occupation for several years engaged in farming. He took a great interest in the affairs of his town, and was at one time a candidate for county superintendent of the poor. He married Ellen M. Fairfield, and their children were: Walter S., Eldredge C., Ellsworth E., and a daughter who died in infancy. Ellsworth E. and Eldredge C. are unmarried ; Eldredge C. is engaged in the furniture and undertaking business at Holley ; and Walter S. is engaged in farming in Murray. He married in 1883, Antoinette Ocumpaugh, and their children are : Elmer A., Lottie, Grace, Ralph and Margery.
Burns, Mrs. Lorette Wheeler, was born in Clifton Park, Saratoga county, October 31, 1827. Her great-grandfather, Elijah Wood, was born in Norwich, Conn., in 1745, dying February 11, 1810 ; he was a soldier in the Revolution, was a clergyman, and was first pastor of the Baptist Church in Amenia, Dutchess county; he had seven sons and
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four daughters : Andrew, Jessie, Reuben, Jacob, Zepren, Newcomb, Elijah, Olive Sheppard, Lydia Wheeler, Phebe Wood, Anna Sheppard. His son Reuben Wood was born in Dutchess county, June 23, 1777, and died in Monroe county, 1853 ; his son, father of our subject, was born in Clifton Park, Saratoga county, November 7, 1802,and is now living ; he is a Republican and voted at the last election at the age of 91 years. He married his first wife, Delia Cole, born in 1805 in Clifton Park, Saratoga county, and died in Brockport, Monroe county, in 1842, leaving two daughters, Loretta W. and Anna, born August 6, 1830. He married for his second wife Amelia M. Mead, born in Amenia, Dutchess county, August 2, 1803. A very worthy woman, and has been the most devoted of step-mothers, none her equal as many can testify that knew her, now living at 91 years of age; her father, Joshua Mead, died when she was young. She went to Poughkeepsie and learned the millinery trade; in 1844 she came to Albion and worked at the business twelve years. The daughter learned the trade. Anna was married to O. F. Burns, October 1, 1850, by Silas Ilsley; she had three children and died September 17, 1862, leaving her children quite young, the daughter Anna only two years; she was a lovely character leaving all with her Heavenly Father, she thought she had been cared for and her darlings would have all attention needed. The Dr. said it was the most beautiful death bed scene he had ever witnessed. She wished them to sing, she would name the pieces : There is Rest for the Weary, The Dying Christian, The Shining Shore, and many others, and gave to us all a Bible and gifts. She is buried in beautiful Albion cemetery. Her oldest son Robert, born in Barre, December 2, 1850, at the age of eighteen went to Texas and died at the age of twenty years, buried at Columbus, Texas. Edward Mead was born in Madison county, Ky., January 26, 1854, he married Mary Smith of Michigan. He died in Kansas City in the winter of 1892 and left two daughters, Georgia and Anna. Anna Lorette born March 10, 1860 in Albion, married Dr. F. C. Dorrance, they have two daughters, Anna Pauline and Julia and now live in Los Angeles, Cal. Mr. D. has a great reputation as first class dentist. Oscar Fitzallen Burns was born in Metz, Cayuga county, July 25, 1824, died in Central America, July 24, 1866, buried in Greytown. He was a business man of great ability and also a teacher of note, he taught in Kentucky three years. August 27, 1864 Lorette W. Wood married O. F. Burns and she only lived with him two years when he failed for a great amount in the oil speculation and then died as stated, leaving us to do the best we could. Lorette then found her trade a great blessing, and she kept up the home by the help of her father and mother and is now caring for them in their old age, the happiest part of her life. Her maternal grandfather was Samuel Cole, formerly of Rhode Island but lived for years in Clifton Park; he had a contract on the first railroad built in New York State between Schenectady and Albany, then drawn up a hill with horse power ; he also had a contract on Erie canal. Mrs. Burns has in her possession a valuable relic from her great-grandmother on her father's side, a large India China bowl over 120 years old.
Cowles, Henry T., was born in Clarendon, in 1839, and son of Charles H. T. Cowles, who was born in New London, Conn., in 1804, and died in Clarendon in 1890. They trace their ancestery back to John Cowles, who was born in England and came to America in 1635, and settled in Massachusetts, and in 1639 removed to Hartford, Conn. Charles H. T. Cowles came from Vermont in 1830 and settled in Clarendon, taking up a farm of ninety acres. He was at one time Commissioner of Highways, was a member of Murray lodge, F. & A. M., and Holly lodge, I. O. O. F. He married Mrs. Atwel, and their children were: George E. who settled in Clarendon, and is a farmer. He married Laura J. Ford; Mary L., deceased; Ann J., who married John C. Tupper ; Charles B. is unmarried, and lives in Oneida, N. Y .; Henry T. is a farmer who resides on the old homestead. He first married Ellen M. Richardson, and their children were : Jennie A., May L., and Homer H. For his second wife he married Eveline Van Winkle, and they have one child, Edna M. May L. Cowles married Glen P. Colc.
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Chester, Courtland M., was born in Carlton, October 10, 1849 a grandson of Nathan, born April 14, 1765 in Connecticut. The father of our subject was Asa P., born August 25, 1804 at New London, Conn., and died January 8, 1866 in Illinois. He married Mary A. Morgan, born in New London, May 19, 1813, who died in Games December 11, 1892. These children were : Nathan, born August 15, 1833 ; Mary A., born January 3, 1838; Asa F., born January 25, 1840; Josephine, born February 8, 1844; and Courtland M., who was eduated in the common schools in Kankakee county, Ill., where he went with his parents when young. He learned telegraphy at Oberlin, O., and came to Gaines in 1875, working his sister's farm for about fifteen years. He then bought a farm of ninety-one acres, where he now lives. March 27, 1883, he mar- ried Clara M. Warren, born July 18, 1853. in Nunda, Livingston county. Her father was Jonas Warren, born in Stockbridge, Mass., April 12, 1812, who died in Gaines April 7, 1887, who married Diantha Rice. The latter was born in Cattaraugus county, and died in Gaines in 1890, aged seventy-three. Mr. and Mrs. Chester have one child, Loren W., born in Gaines December 22, 1884.
Groat, John H., was born in Montgomery county, December 11, 1843, and came to Orleans county in 1874. In 1878 he married Gertrude E., daughter of Edmund Griffin, and they have one son, Fred H., born in 1878. Mr. Groat's father was Jeremiah, of Cranesville, Montgomery county, born in 1805, and died in 1863, who married in 1832 Mary A. Horsfall. The father of Jeremiah was John L. Groat, of Cranesville, born in 1763, and died in 1845. He married first, in 1791, Sarah Miller, and second, in 1814, Margaret Von Hazen, nee Van Valkenburg. John L. was a son of Louis, of Cranesville, born in Rotterdam, Holland, in 1712, who died in 1794. He married in 1760 Elizabeth Van Epps. He was a son of Philip Groat, who came to America from Rotterdam and in 1716 made a purchase of lands near Cranesville, Montgomery county, N. Y. (See Simms' Frontiersman of New York).
Jerome, Norman, was born in Herkimer county, and his son, Norman, jr., was born in Murray, September 9, 1811, and died April 29, 1875. He married Elvira Oakes, of Herkimer county, born April 12, 1820, and died December 1, 1883. Their children were : Hiram, our subject, born in Gaines, June 2, 1839; Sarah Augusta, born Decem- ber 24, 1840; Pulaski, born November 11, 1841, who was killed at the battle of the Wilderness May 8, 1864; Charles, born June 11, 1844 ; Riley N., born October 24, 1855. Our subject was educated in the common schools, and spent his young days on the farm. In 1861 he enlisted in the army. In 1865 he engaged in farming, which occupation he continued till 1875. He was employed by Selheimer & Beckwith in the produce business at Carlton Station until 1883, then entered business for himself, doing a general produce and commission business. In 1889 he was appointed by Harrison assistant inspector of the Bureau of Animal Industry in the Agricultural Department, which position he held four years. He has served as town clerk and commissioner of highways. September 20, 1861, he enlisted in Company F, 8th N. Y. Cavalry, commanded by Col. Samuel Crook, and served at Beverly Ford, where he was made sergeant of General Beauford's body guard; the Wilderness, Winchester, Antietam, Gettysburg, Maryland Heights, Harper's Ferry. Our subject is a member of the A. O. U. W., of Carlton Lodge, No. 247, a charter member of Bates Post, No. 114, of Albion and of the F. & A. M., Eastern Star of New York city, No. 227. January 24, 1866, he married Mary Garbutt, of Carlton, born April 9, 1843. Their children are : Harry, born April 30, 1867, died October 3, 1893; M. Gertrude, born May, 11, 1870, married Henry Spicer, and lives in Falls Village, Conn .; Frank G., born Septemder 16, 1872 ; Elizabeth E., born October 31, 1874; Mahlon D., born March 31, 1878, lives in New York city ; and Ethel M., born December 25, 1882.
The Howard Family .- The first Howard who settled in this county was Josiah, born December 31, 1763, at Stephentown, Rensselaer county, and died at Clarendon Sep-
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tember 1, 1830. He came here in 1815 with his oldest son, Joseph, and took up one hundred acres of land when the locality was a wilderness. He cleared a spot and built a log cabin in the woods. His wife was Phoebe Gardiner, a native of Newport, R. I., born in 1772. Their children were: Josiah, Oran, Hannah, Eunice, Almeron, Edson, Hartson, Arsnowie, Elizabeth and James S. Edson was born in 1804 and lived and died on the old homestead in Clarendon. He was a man of bright intellect and character, a strong Abolitionist and temperance man. His wife was Abigail Ely, by whom he had three children : Rensselaer, born in 1834 ; Webster E., born June 29, 1837; Sullivan E., born April 8, 1842. Webster E., our subject, settled in Clarendon, and with his brother, Sullivan, engaged in the nursery business for several years before the war. He is now engaged in farming and cheesemaking, having factories at Holley and East Kendall, the production being from 50,000 to 60,000 pounds annually. He is an active Republican and has served as highway commissioner and supervisor. He is a member of Holley Lodge I. O. O. F., F. & A. M., and the A. O. U. W. In 1870 he married Maude Williams, of Barre, and their children are: Eugene W., who married Maude L. Gillis; Josiah C., Fred G., who died young, and Otis E. Sullivan E., brother of our subject, is a Republican, and was elected sheriff in 1883. After his term ex- pired he returned to Holley and remained till 1890, then bought a farm near Hindsburg, to which he removed. He is a Mason. In 1866 he married Phina R. Cole, of Barre, and they have two children, William C. and Bessie J.
Lott, W. H., was born in Yates December 10, 1832. In 1856 he married Martha Ann, daughter of Cornelius and Eliza Johnson, and they have two children: Frank F. and Inez L., now Mrs. J. W. Breed, of Yates. Frank F. married a Miss Stockwell, of Yates. Mr. Lott's father was William Lott, of Montgomery county, and one of the pioneers of Orleans county. His mother was Ellen Tilton. Mr. Lott and his son are prosperous farmers.
Webster, Henry, was born in Otsego county July 14, 1835, and came to Orleans county in 1850. In 1862 he married Hattie L. Hill, who died in 1877. In 1880 he married Mrs. Lottie Bushnell, who died in 1885, leaving one daughter, Ethel. In 1887 he married Mrs. Henrietta N. Stone. Mr. Webster has been a very successful farmer and takes an intelligent interest in local affairs. He has been supervisor of Ridge- way and held other local offices. His father was Charles Webster and his mother Sallie (Robbins) Webster, the former a native of Connecticut, and the latter of New Hampshire.
Weld, Marson, was born in Reading, Vt., October 8, 1808, and came to Orleans county when a boy. In 1851 he married Sarah L Tanner, daughter of William C. Tan- ner, and they have three children : Esther, Marson E., and William T., all of whom live at home with their mother. Mr. Weld died in 1878. His father was Thomas Weld, who was born in Reading, Vt., and was one of the pioneers of Orleans county. The Weld family own a large and productive farm near Ridgeway village. Marson Weld was one of the leading men of the town, and was supervisor and filled other offices.
Merrill, Lemuel E., was born in Bergen, Genesee county, August 9, 1816, a son of Nathan, whose father Israel was a native of Connecticut. Three of his sons came to this State in 1812, and during that war Nathan served as a soldier. He and his brother Henry settled in Bergen, and Epephras, the other brother, in Barre. Nathan settled in Clarendon in 1834, and married Nancy Taylor. Their children were: Henry, who settled at Saratoga, and is alawyer; William, who died at Elmira ; Franklin, who died in early manhood; Nathan R., a farmer in Clarendon, who married Rebecca Templeton ; Alvira, who married Ira Phillips; and Lemuel H. The latter taught school several years in his younger days, and has since been a farmer, also part of the time a traveling salesman. He married Eunice, daughter of Abner Hopkins, an early settler of Claren-
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don, and their children are: Abner, who graduated from West Point in 1866, and is a captain of the 1st Heavy Artillery, U. S. A .; Amy, who married Melville Brown, of Byron ; Dr. A. C. Merrill, who is located in Harbor Springs, Mich .; Adella E., who married Warren Moore, of Michigan; Lemuel H., jr .; Florence, who married Merritt Moore ; Eunice U .; and Lydia J., who married Bradley Lawton, of Oakfield, N. Y.
Root, Warren A., is a descendant of Moses Root, who was one of the first settlers of Carlton. Daniel Root, father of Warren, was born in Carlton and died in July, 1886, aged ninety years. His wife was Annis Hastings, born in Canada and died in Carlton December 3, 1865, aged sixty-two. The children of this marriage were : Warren, born in Carlton May 6, 1822 ; Webster, Walter, and Eliza, all deceased ; Emily, Delilah, Abigail, and Wallace. Warren was educated in the common schools of Carlton, and began business for himself by hauling wheat and other grain from Carlton to Albion, after which he worked land on shares. In 1847 he purchased the farm where he has since resided. He married, April 15, 1847, Phoebe Ann Fuller, who was born October 19, 1827, and died August 13, 1886. They had five children : Mary Inez, born July 19, 1848 ; Lyman Victor, born May 21, 1852; Warren Ernest, born July 14, 1857 ; Nathan W., born August 26, 1862; Alta Roxana, born February 12, 1864. Mary Inez married Benjamin Ticknor and they had four children : William Lewis, born November 1, 1871; Ethlen, born June 29, 1874; Almond, born November 13, 1876. Victor Lyman married Libbie Ranshaw, deceased. Warren Ernest married Elizabeth Hayes, born in Somerset, Niagara county, April 21, 1860, and they have five children : Everett Victor, born April 10, 1879; Eva May, born November 29, 1882; Emma Alta, born September 2, 1885; Phoebe Ann, born April 16, 1889; Ivan Morris, born June 18, 1892. Nathan W. married Ella Malloy, and they have two children : Francis, born in July, 1891, and Gertrude, born February, 1893. Alta Roxana married William An- derson.
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