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Next day Henry brought us down to Father's. When we got here Hus- band found his brother Shubal irs great trouble. He had signed notes the intention of settling within the with his brother Henry who was in state, and my fears were soon re- alized. I was sold out again and had a dry-goods store with a Mr. Shoe- maker, Shoemaker-Merritt Company, to firms in New York City for $12,- 000.00, more than he was worth at that time. Consequently Shubal made an assignment to his brother Isaac. The same fall Ezekiel Merritt (Isaac's older half brother) was in a store at Johnson's Creek and made an assignment to his brother Wil- son. So there was nothing for us to and try to save to move, but John soon moved in the best and almost the only part of the house, and we stayed there all winter. That was a hard winter for me. In the' spring Husband rented a house two miles east, a public house, calculating to entertain travelers, which we did for a time, for the 24th of May, 1837 my second daughter was born (Hannah Elizabeth). The day that she was born Husband rent- ed the front part of the house to an Irishman and his wife, and I had to take the back leanto again, only one room and a pantry. When my baby was two or three weeks old, my youngest boy, (Albert, not yet two years old) was taken with the Ague and had it most of the summer. I had no way of having a fire in the house, did all of my cooking out of doors by a stump. We had a little Franklin stove. It was like an open firepiace, very pretty to look at, but useless for cooking though we had a fire in it; for it smoked so that I could not have the least blaze in it. My health being very poor that sum- mer and the family in the house die- agreeable; the man and wife quarrel- ed. They kept travelers and some- times pretty noisy ones that kept us avake nights. But we stayed until the twelfth of September.
do but stay here Shubal's property. Consequently in December (1837) we moved down there with Shubal and his mother (Phebe Scudder Merritt), and his wife (Sophia Wilson Merritt) being East on a visit at the time. When she came home and found out how things were she was nearly beside herself, and made herself miserable and ev- eryone around her. But no wonder, it was a terrible blow to both of them and a great disappointment to us. But we stayed here five years. After we moved down to Shubal's, Husband went back to Michigan to look after our effects. Of course we had noth- ing to keep house with. I borrowed a bed and bedding of Mother (Margar- et Waldron Wisner), bought some few things so as to get along until Husband got back. He was gone two months. Shubal hired a room upstairs in Wiison Merritt's house, and Shu- bal's hired man lived with Mother Merritt (Phebe Scudder Merritt), and I did the chores. The next sum- mer (1838) Shubai hired a house east a quarter of a mile, but his wife's health was poor. and she was with one of her brothers most of the time, consequently Shubal and Louis were .with us more than at home.
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Husband was coming to Lockport (Niagara Co., N. Y.) on business and said that I should come and make a visit. You may well believe that I was anxious to come. I work- ed myself sick getting my three children and myself ready, and the 12th of September, 1837 John Mer. the first train' of cars, and had my first ride on them; but their re- sembiance to the cars of today (1888) was no more in comparison than a wheelbarrow to the finest carriage. Well, we came from Ad- rian to Toledo, took steamer and
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MOHAWK VALLEY
GENEALOGY AND
HISTORY
THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1946
St. Johnsville Enterprise and News, St. Johnsville. N. Y.
Questions and Answers A department devoted to the pursuit of knowledge. No charge to regular subscribers. Any reader, whether subscriber or not, is invited to submit answers. Give dates, places and sources.
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KLUMM, Klum, Klom, Clown, Clum Wanted information on the lineage of Philip Klumm, born Austria, ar- rived on ship Medford 1720. He had a son or grandson Wilhelm who mar- red Elizabeth Van Rensselaer, dau. of Last Pat. of Albany. Their son David or John David born 1800 mar- ried Electa Lilly, dau. of Capt. Hiram Lilly. David was born in or near Al- bany, N. Y., 1800 died 1875 at Eliz- abeth, N. J. Can anyone give me any more thorough information as to who Philip Klumm married. I think Veronica Lynnie. Also names of their children, dates and birth places? I am willing to exchange any informa- tion I have.
Mrs. J. Smith,
417 Bd. Bk. Rd.,
Dunellen, N. J.
FISK
Who were the parents or reatives of Rachel Fisk, born about Sept. 12, : 1808, married Daniel Campbell of Bainbridge, N. Y., before 1820 or then ? She died at Bainbridge, N. Y. April 28, 1880 and was 71 years, 6 months, 16 days old. Census records list her as being born in Otsego Co., N. Y. We had understood she came from Wales or maybe her parents did. We believe it was Wales, Mass. or South Brimfield, as many Fisks lived there.
In an old account book we have is the name Achsah Fisk. We believe she was a close relative. Could she be Achsah FFisk who married Jona- than Fisk? If so, what relation was she to Rachel?
Names of Rachel's
five children
were: Charles H. Campbell, Brinton P. born 1830, married a Fuller and she went west after he died; (Emily) Augusta married Lorenzo Moody, Burr Campbell married Mary Pettys first, then second Helen McLean of Guilford, Arthur was the first child niarried Rose Crounse.
CAMPBELLS
Would like to communicate with descendants of John (Cambel) Campbell who came over in the Re- volutionary war, we believe. He mar- ried Anna (Annetje) Masten, daugh- ter of Aart Masten, she born 1761. Where in Scotland did John live, if he lived there as we believe ? John and Anna were married in 1781. Where ? Some children, John, Eliz- abeth and Margaret were born be- fore 1789. John in 1781, Elizabeth 1784, Margaret in 1787. They were said to have come down from Scho- harie to (Jericho) Bainbridge in 1789. Other children were Mary, Archibald, Anna Daniel and Peter. Would appreciate writing to any of these descendants. One Aart Mas- ten was of Poughkeepsie. Was this my Anna's father ?
COPLEY
Wanted information about my an- cestor Elizabeth Copley (widow) who married Nathaniel Phelps at Windsor, Conn. in 1650. Where in England was she born? Also her Copley husband's name? Was he in
know of are Elizabeth, Thomas and possibly Mary. Mrs. Phelps died 1712, Northampton, Mass. Her husband 1702 same place. Would like name of Noah Copley's wife. He was born 28
Nov. 1721.
Would like names of Benjamin Copley's children of Feeding, Mass.
When did Mrs. Jonathan Lyon die ? She was Mrs. Joseph Copley but was Sarah Bowe of Middletown, Conn.
before her first marriage. In 1797
Mr. and Mrs. Lyon lived at Harpers- field, N. Y. as did her sons by the name of Copley, namely Joseph, Jr., Enoch, Herman James. Did she die at Harpersfield, N. Y .? Also where did he die?
Her son James married Sally Birdsall, daughter of Lemuel of Ote- go, N. Y. Did they have children ? If so, I would like their names. Where did James live ? Who was James' sister ?
Parthena Copley was a daughter of a Johannah Copley. She married John Dice (Dies). Was she possibly a daughter of Benjamin Copley of Feeding Hills or whose child was she? I know. Benjamin married widow Hannah (Loomis) Killum. Mabel Loomis,
Mrs. Leon Loomis, 67-132 Dartmouth street, Forest Hills, L. I.
WICKHAM
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Information is wanted concerning the descendants of the brothers and sisters of Hiram Wickham who was born August 30, 1805 at Charleston, Montgomery county.
The names of his brothers and sis- ters were Daniel, Abraham . or. Albram, Jonathan, Jeathmael, Jacob, Isaac, Hannah Thankful (Elsie)" and James.
Huram Wickham was the youngest America ? Were her Copley children Case daughter of Jobe Case who lived born here or in England? Names I [in Dutchess county, N. Y.
Any information regarding the Wickham family will be appreciated.
Burrell E. Staffin,
Gowanda, N. Y.
House Family of the Mohawk
By Melvin Rhodes Shaver
Ransomville, N. Y. Descendants of Christian Hauss (Continued from last week) .. Gerald Ludington and Margaret L. Lawrence. Children:
John L. born Nov. 30, 1920. Jane I. born May 3, 1923. Vivian Ludington and Chauncey Roberts. Children: C. Homer Ludington and Marjorie Ramsey. Children:
Vivian S. born August 24, 1924. Ramsey G., born Feb. 8, 1927. Marion L. Manning and Niles Be- ley. No record of children. Millard House and Alta Rowe. Children:
Fred. No further record .. Henry House married 1st Mary Jennings. No children. . Henry House married #2nd Sarah House Miner. Children:
. Alvin E. House married Ida Dimon. Henry House married 3rd. Alice
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Frank died unmarried. Caroline House married 2, George Sherman. No descendants. Nancy Martin married William Emerson. Vhildren: Arthur. No record. Mary Martin married William Smith. Children: Anna died young. Amanda died young.
Abraham W. House ,John House Line Abraham W. House . married 1, .. Vaness, 2nd Orr. Children: Maud married Smith.
Luella married Alonzo Frost. Ada married Stearns. William born May 17, 1848 mar- ried Lorana Jennings.
No further record of Maud, Luella and Ada.
William House and Lorana Jen-
nings. Children: Elizabeth born July 9, 1876 mar- ried 1 Charles Parmenteer, 2, Amos La Robadier.
Clara born Sept. 9, 1878 married Charles Hammaker.
Loda born May 9, 1882, married Frank Hayner. Evah -born May 30, 1884, married Tracy La Robadier.
George born Feb. 4, 1886, married Alice Hughes.
Genealogical Sources in the Mohawk Valley
AND NEARBY
BIRTH,. DEATH AND MARRIAGE RECORDS
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CHEMUNG COUNTY Elmira (1864) Elmira (1864). 1876. Record, '2 volumes. Arr. chron. 1876-1918, sep- arate index, 3 vols .; 1919- indexed registrar of vital statistics, Wells- R. Utley, registrar of vital statistics, Elmira, N. Y. Ashland
1904. Record, 6 vols. ATT. chron. Indexed alph. by children. Includes deaths, also records for Wellsburg. Custodian, Norman G. Carpenter, registrar ' o fvital statistics, Wells- burg, N. Y. Baldwin
1892. Register, +2 vols. 1892 -- 1914,1 arr, chron. 1915-, arr. alph. No in- dex. Includes deaths. Custodian Mrs Mae McMaster, town clerk, Lowman, N. Y.
be Achsah FFisk who married Jona- than Fisk? If so, what relation was she to Rachei ? Names of Rachel's five children
know of are Elizabeth, Thomas and
possibly Mary: Mrs. Phelps died 1712,
Northampton, Mass. Her husband
1702 same piace. Would like name of
Noah Copiey's wife. He was born 28
Any information regarding the Wickham famtiy will be appreciated. Burrell E. Staffin,
Gowanda, N. Y.
House Family of the Mohawk
By Melvin Rhodes Shaver Ransomville, N. Y. Descendants of Christian Hauss (Continued from last week) Gerald Ludington and Margaret L. Lawrence. Children: John L. born Nov. 30, 1920. Jane I. born May 3, 1923. Vivian Ludington and Chauncey Roberts. Children: C. Homer Ludington and Marjorie Ramsey. Children : Vivian S. born August 24, 1924. Ramsey G., born Feb. 8, 1927.
Marion L. Manning and Niles Be- ley. No record of children. Millard House and Alta Rowe. Children: Fred. No further record ..
Henry House married 1st Mary Jennings. No children ..
Henry House married 2nd Sarah House Miner. Children:
Alvin E. House married Ida Dimon. Henry House married 3rd. Alice Babcock. Children:
Byron H. married Addie Snyder. Simon M. married 1. Edna, 2. Ma- bie Salem.
Pameiia married Herman Moore. Victor died at age of 3 years. Lydia married. No record. Alvin E. House marrled Ida Dimon. Children :
Alvin J. marrled 1. Wilhelmina Os- good, 2. wife unknown. Alvin J. House and Wilhelmina Osgood. Children:
Alvin, Jr. Paui. Alvin J. House had two boys by second wife. No further record.
Byron H. House married Addie Snyder. Children: Keith, unmarried. Hugh, unmarried. Max, unmarried.
Simon H. House married 1st Edna, 2nd Mabie Salem. Children: Agnes. No further record. Hilda. No further record. Mamelia (Miliie) House and Her- man Moore. Children: 1 Dean Arthur born Nov. 8, 1919. Unmarried.
Vivian Isabelle born Aug. 21, 1923. Unmarried.
Marylyn Ida born Nov. 6, 1928. Alice House married Walter Edick. Children : Forest born 1889, married Florence Sanford.
Caroline House, John House Line Caroline House married 1 Amos Martin. Children:
Nancy married William Emerson. Mary married Wiliiam Smilth.
Frank died unmarried. Caroline House married 2, George Sherman. No descendants. Nancy Martin married William
Emerson. Vhildren: Arthur. No record. Mary Martin married William Smith. Children : Anna dled young. Amanda died young.
Abraham W. House , John House Line Abraham - W. - House . married 1, .. Vaness, 2nd Orr. Children:
Maud married Smith.
Luella married Alonzo Frost. Ada married Stearns. William born May 17, 1848 mar- rled Lorana Jennings.
No further record of Maud, Luella |R. Utiey, registrar of vital statistics, and Ada.
William House and Lorana Jen- nings. Children:
Elizabeth born July 9, 1876 mar- ried 1 Charles Parmenteer, 2, Amos La Robadier.
Clara born Sept. 9, 1878 married Charies Hammaker.
Loda born May 9, 1882, married Frank Hayner.
+Evah-born . May 30, 1884, married. Tracy La Robadier.
George born Feb. 4, 1886, married Alice Hughes.
Elizabeth House and Charies Par- menter. Children:
Rose born Nov. 29, 1897, died Feb. 2, 1920.
Louis born June 22, 1889. Ciara born Feb. 27, 1901, married
1, Leonard Lumb, 2, Larrie Maiion. Charles W. born Oct. 17, 1905. Clara House and Charles Hanmak- er. Children:
Vernon J., born Nov. 6, 1911, mar- ried Madelina Scranton.
Lora House marrled Frank Hay- nor. Children:
Juanita born March 21, 1900 mar- ried Herbert H. Knop. James born Nov. 20, 1903, died April 29, 1919.
Evah House and Tracy La Robo- diere. Children: Donald born Sept. 17, 1910. Janet born March 5, 1921.
George House and Alice Hughes. Children :
Anna L. born Jan. 24, 1911, mar- ried Floyd Duger.
1847-49, 1882-Record, 3 vols. Arr. chron. Indexed alph. by children. In- cludes deaths. Custodian , Charels R. James V. born April 27, 1912, died | Hanlen, Jr, town clerk, Erin, N. Y. June 22, 1932, Horseheads George R. born Dec. 21, 1915. Eila H. born May 19, 1917 married Francis. Olmstead. Clara Parmenter and Leonard
Lumb. Children: Richard born Dec. 17, 1921.
Juanita Hayner married Herbert
H. Knop. Children: Frank H. born Feb. 3, 1921.
Anna L. House married Floyd Du- İger. Children:
Caroi H. born Feb. 5, 1927. (To be continued)
Genealogical Sources in the Mohawk Valley
AND NEARBY
BIRTH,. DEATH AND MARRIAGE RECORDS
CHEMUNG COUNTY
Elmira (1864) Elmira (1864). 1876. Record, '2 volumes. Arr. chron. 1876-1918, sep- arate index, 3 vols .; 1919- indexed registrar of vital statistics, Welis-
Elmira, N. Y. Ashland
1904. Record, 6 vols. Arr. chron. Indexed aiph. by children. Includes deaths, also records for Weilsburg. Custodian, Norman G. Carpenter, registrar' o fvital statistics, Wells- burg, N. Y. Baldwin
1892. Register, 2 vols. , 1892 -- 1914," arr. chron .: 1915, arr. alph. No in- dex. Includes deaths. Custodian Mrs Mae McMaster, town cierk, Lowman, N. Y. Big Flats
1849. Record, 7 vols. Arr. chron. Indexed alph, by children. Includes deaths. Custodian Jerry F. Rhodes, town cierk, Blg Flats, N. Y. Catiin
1887. Record, 3 vols. Arr. chron. Indexed alph. by children. Includes deaths Custodian, John Perrigo, town clerk, RD 2, Beaver Dam, N. Y. Chemung
1883. Record 4 vols. Arr. chron. Indexed alph. 'by children. Includes deaths Custodian, Mrs Floyd Gun- derman, registrar of vital statistics, Chemung, N. Y ..
Elmira
1884. Record, 4 vols. Arr, chron. 1884-1913, Indexed alph. by children; 1914-, no index. Includes deaths. Custodian, Clinton J. Case, registrar of vital statistics, Elmira, N. Y. Erin
1882. Register, 7 vois. Arra. chron, Indexed alph. by children. Includes; deaths. Custodian, Joseph Lynch, town cierk, Horseheads, N. Y.
Southport
1847-50, 1885 -. Record, . 6 .vols. Arr. chron. Indexed aiph. by children. Includes deaths. Custodian, Ettio B. Everett, town clerk, Southport N. Y. Van Etten
1884 -. Record, 5 vols.'Arr. chron. Indexed alph. by children. Inciudes deaths. Custodian, A. F. Ford, town cierk, Van Etten, N Y.
Veteran
Moderate fee. Mrs. Veva P. Hamii-
NOTICE
Have access to many vital and
ton, 148 Clinton avenue, Albany 4,
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1885- Record, 3 vols. Arr .: chi; Indexed alph. by children. Inclu deaths. Custodian Mrs. Margery
genealogicai records of the New Engiand, local and other states. N. Y. 6-27-4t Kenney, town clerk Miliport, N.
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Elmira Heights (1896)
1919 -. Record, 6 vols. Arr. chron. Indexed alph. by children. Includes marriages and deaths. Custodian, C. S. James, village clerk, Elmira Heights, N. Y.
Horseheads (18837)
1894 -. Register, 5 vols. Arr. chron. No index. Includes deaths. Custodian Mrs. Edna Bowes, village clerk, Horseheads, N. Y.
Millport (1928)
1926. Record, 1 vol. Arr. chron. Indexed alph. by children. Includes Now that your volume is written deaths: Custodian H. B. Tuttle, vil- you next concern is how to get it
lage clerk, Millport, N. Y. Van Etten (1876)
1884 -. Record, 5 vols. Arr. chron. Indexed alph. by children. Includes deaths. Custodian A. F. Ford, town clerk, Van Etten, N. Y. Wellsburg (1872)
1904. Record ,7 vols. Arr. chron. Indexed alph, by children. Includes deaths ,also records for Ashland. Custodians: 6 vols., Norman G. Car- penter, town clerk (of Ashland), Wellsburg, N. Y .; 1 vol., D. A. Hoff, village clerk, Wellsburg, N. Y.
GENEALOGICAL WORLD
Mrs. Winifred Moyer, 127 North Washington street, Herkimer, N. Y. and Mrs. Mary Reese McCumber, East Herkimer, stopped in at The Enterprise and News office last week to show the editor a 1786 deed signed by Governor George Clinton, conveying land west of Canada creek and next to the Snell-Zimmer- man patent to John Van Deusen. Mrs. McCumber is tracing her Casler, Wricker and Reese ancestors and would be glad to hear from any one interested in these families.
Henry W. Millar, box 474, Utica, N. Y. is searching the Wagner, Wag- goner line and particularly for infor- mation on the burial place of John Wagner, born 1753, died 1829, some- where in the town of Minden, Mont- gomery county. He also wants his wife's name and the name of the children.
For some years Mrs. Louise C. McKitrick, 2303 Iowa street, Cedar Falls, Iowa, has ben trying to find clues to the parentage of her great grandmother, Jerusha Fuller Spen- cer, born August 18, 1802, in Seneca, Ontario county, N. Y. She was mar- ried November 22, 1822 at (license Issued) Medina, Medina county, Ohio to George Codding who was born at Bristol, Ontario county, N. Y. on May 31, 1800.
The Seneca Falls Historical Socie- ty, Seneca, Ontario county, has a back to 1800. Some of the churches have records from 1800.
DIRECTORY OF MONTGOMERY AND FULTON COUNTIES
Explanations to Directory.
1. Name of individual or firm.
2. Post office address.
3. Business or occupation. Figures placed after the occupa- tion of farmers, indicate the number of acres of land owned or leased by the person named.""
(Copied' by Leslle A. Frye, Glovers- (Continued from last week)
"LOCAL HISTORY"
BY DONALD D. PARKER Brookings, South Dakota "LOCAL HISTORY"-HOW TO GATHER IT, WRITE IT, AND PUBLISH IT'
(Continued from last week) Various Means of Publishing Local History )
published. You will never make a for- tune publishing a local history. It may even cost you more than the sale may bring in. Nevertheless, it is | possible for you to get your book into circulation in some form, if per- haps not in the form you most de- sire. There are about half a dozen ways of reproducing material and these will now be considered.
Printing
Printing a book is an expensive proposition, more expensive than you may think. The late Robert C. Bink- ley, who made a thorough investiga- tion of the cost of various methods of reproducing material, wrote in 1936:
In analyzing the 'composition, the area and the running costs for pro- ducing a book by straight printing in Chicago as an example. A, book of 50,000 words in an edition of 250, on 128 6x9 inch pages, could be made for $246.57. Taking these figures as an illustrative sample, it appears that for composition and printing a book, about 50% of the cost goes for composition, about 32% for
makeup, 12% for make-ready and 6% for actual printing in a minimum editlon.
Running costs are not decisive in small editions. The difference be- tween the cost of printing 50 and 100 copies is so small that firms often quote the same price for both. It is thus possible to have an overprint, which can be left in shcets until needed, at a very slight additional cost.
points out that ordinary printing of a book as done by the big commer- cial publishing firms "will take care of any material desired by 2,000 pay- ing customers." If, therefore, you are
sure of 2,000 purchasers of your low . cal history, you can think of ordi- nary commercial publishing as a pos~ sibility. Do not, however, be misled: regarding the number of sales for your volume. One local history which. met with what was considered mark- ed success was printed in an edition of 1,000 copies for a city of 6,000 residents. This volume had 207 pages, cost $900.00 to publish ,and sold for $1.50 a copy, so that a small profit. was realized. Kingsport, Tennessee, with a population of 35,000 in its im- mediate area published a local history" recently, printing an edition of $7,500 of which about 4,800 were sold to. subscribers .Others were sold until only about' 300 copies remained two> years after publication.
Mount Morris, Illinois, a town of: about 2,000 had a local history pub- lished in 1938, a 404-page book pro-, fusely illustrated and well arranged and edited. The author, who is also ._ the head of a' large. publishing com. pany which did the printing writes:
I did not publis this book with the idea of making any money out of it, and up to date the cost has been about $1,000.00 in excess of the rev- enue. I printed 1,000 copies and had 600 copies bound of which I sold ap- proximately 550 copies at $3.00 per copy. I have now had the remaining 400 copies bound in a cheaper cloth which I expect to sell at $2.00 per. copy. The total cost not counting any of my time was somewhere between $2500.00 and $3000.00.
No charge was made for biograph -. ical sketches.
It might be possible to make & book of this kind pay but I made no. effort to do so because I wanted to include in the book onl material of: historical interest.
I am quite sure that the principal: factor in the sael of my book due to. the many illustrations and especially. the old pictures. The best source for- pictures of this kind ds the morgue of the local newspaper, and I was par -.
The same investigator further ticularly fortunate here because of the fact that we have had an engrav- ing department for many years and; used illustrations quite liberally int the Mount Morris Index.
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Personal Recollections OF DeLilah Wisner Merritt
(Continued from last week) In the fall Sophia went East to her parents, which was a relief to all of us. After Husband came back from Michigan we bought new' .fur- niture. We had been using some of Sophia's, such as chairs and cooking utensils. We carried on the farm the
was put out of the east window fra the dining room. Consequently in ther fall when the weather became, cold! and the east winds became frequent, the smoke and even blaze would: come out into the room in such a. degree that I would have to open doors and windows and it would take: same, Shubal working on the farm Ime hours to get a meal of victuals ... brother, but in reality making more money than ever before in the same length of time. In four years he
great deal of historical data running under pretense of working for his[ And to add to all of my hardships,"
my girl left about the 25th of No -. vember, 1848, and as my health was? very poor I went to Father's until" got the parties to compromise and take so much on the dollar and they gave him a new suit of cothes. we could get another girl. I went to- Father's on Saturday and the fol -- lowing Wednesday my twin boys Then Husband began to look around for a farm, and finally he bought our Moses North' in Somer- were born. My twins' names were Henry A. and Harvey A. I was left. in such a feeble state that I didn't. set, where we built a house and get home until the last of January,, moved the forepart of July, 1842. My third and fourth sons Isaac Elmer and Shubal Scudder were born while living on Shubal's farm. (This farın on the Lake Road about four miles
1849. I left one of my babies with Mother. My health was very poor and my babies little weakly thingsz The one Mother had was apparent -. ly the weakest for the first years. It. kaaniner ansich and summer
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goner line and particularly for infor- mation on the burial place of John Wagner, born 1753, died 1829, some- where in the town of Minden, Mont- gomery county. He also wants his wife's name and the name of the chlidren.
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