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(Spafford.)
Clarissa Eells Loss, wife of John L. Ripley. Born Decem- ber 5, 1807, died November 29, 1891. (No stone.)
(She was a daughter of Moses and Susanna (Eells) Loss, and born in Skaneateles, N. Y. On her mother's side she was descended from John Eells, who came from Barnstable, England, in 1635, and settled in Dorchester, Mass., as
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follows: Clarissa, Susanna, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Samuel, Samuel, John.)
(Spafford.)
Nancy Elizabeth (Hall), wife of Jonathan D. Ripley. Died November 13, 1866, age 28 years, 5 months, 19 days.
(Spafford.)
Nellie I., died Janaury 17, 1877, age 4 months, 15 days.
Charles P. Died June 11, 1878, age 5 years.
Children of Jonathan D. and Nellie I. (Hough) Ripley.
(Spafford.)
Mary E. (Richardson), wife of David L. Ripley. Died October 4, 1870, age 35 years, 10 months, 14 days.
(Spafford.)
Joshua Ripley, the eldest son of Jonathan and Ruth (Corey) Ripley, came to this town with his father, and the members of his family were in early years well known to the people of this town, but we have no record of any dead of his descendants in any of our cemeteries. By his wife, Mary Ayers, he is known to have had the following children : Washington, killed by a falling tree, unmarried; Clorinda, went West with her brother, David Miner; David Miner, married West; William, died unmarried; and John, married Sarah Peek of Truxton, N. Y., he was a soldier in the War of 1861, first resided in Truxton, and then in Homer, N. Y., where he died and was buried, he claimed to have second sight.
John Ripley, (son of Joshua and Mary Ayers Ripley), by his wife Sarah Peck, who was living in Homer, N. Y., in 1898, had the following: Candace Theodosia, married Charles Gillett of Cold Brook, N. Y .; Nelson, bachelor, resid- ing in 1898 in Geddes, N. Y .; Anna, married Henry Fuller, resides with her mother in Homer, N. Y .; George, resides in Homer, N. Y., unmarried; and Jacob, who also resides in Homer, N. Y., unmarried.
ROBERTSON.
James Robertson. Died February 25, 1859, age 78 years, 7 months, 11 days.
(He came from Jackson, Washington County, N. Y., about 1840, and settled on the county line road, on lot 41, Tully, where he remained until his decease; his wife, Isabel Eadie, was a sister of Peter Becker's wife, by her he had: Christia
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Ann, married (1) Richard C. Goodrich, and (2) Daniel Lyon, she died in Otisco N. Y .; Elizabeth, married Abiathar Melvin, son of Jabez and Rebecca Melvin, as his second wife, husband dead, and in 1898 she was residing in Nebraska; John, died, (drowned), unmarried; Peter, mar- ried Jane Jacobson, resided in Troy, N. Y .; Jane, married Alexander Churchell, son of James and Hannah (Dobbs) Churchell, as his second wife, dead; Agnes, 1898, residing unmarried in Otisco, N. Y .; and Mary, died unmarried.)
(Spafford.) 1870, age 85 yars, 8 months, 6 days.
Isabel (Eadie), wife of James Robertson. Died May 27,
"Our Mother."
(Spafford.)
ROBINSON.
Amy, wife of Archibald Robinson. Born March 28, 1787, died January 14, 1852.
(Archibald Robinson at one time resided on a farm on Lots 10, 11, and 21, Sempronius, in the Nunnery neighbor- hood.)
(Borodino.)
Mariah, daughter of Richard and Mary Robinson. Died February 26, 1825, age 13 years, 13 days.
(Thorn Hill.)
ROBISON.
Abram Robison. Died July 4, 1878, age 25 years, 11 months, 4 days.
" Gone to rest."
(He was drowned in Skaneateles Lake, near Ten Mile Point, died unmarried.)
(Borodino.)
ROGERS.
Nettie Eadie, wife of Charles Rogers. Died June 8, 1876, age 19 years, 1 month, 3 days.
" Remember you still." (She was a daughter of John W. and Abigail (Doty) Eadie) .
(Spafford.)
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ROOT.
Norman Root. Born October 25, 1789. Died May 10, 1853.
(By his wife Anna he had: Artemus; Hezekiah, married Diana Scrivnes; Dana; Mary Ann, married Henry Tucker ; Jenette, died as a young lady; and Esther, married George H. Anthony. In 1838 he resided on the Williamson Farm, west side of Spafford Hollow, about one mile south of Otisco Lake.)
(Spafford Hollow.)
Anna, wife of Norman Root. Born March 25, 1794, died January 6, 1856.
(Spafford Hollow.)
ROSMAN.
Urania Rosman. Died July 16, 1869, age 69 years.
(She came from Auburn, N. Y., and died at the house of Joel C. Woodworth, unmarried.)
(Spafford.)
ROUNDS.
Russel Rounds. Died April 11, 1856, age 38 years, 14 days.
(He married Lydia Harrington, daughter of John and Catherine Harrington, and by her had the following chil- dren: Matilda, married Alexander Green, blacksmith, at Spafford Corners, he died 1899 and she now resides in Spafford; Minerva, married Allen Breed, son of Rufus and Mehitable Breed, he is dead and she resides in Spafford; Lucy, married Henry B. Knapp, son of Augustus Knapp, and (2) Joseph Leffingwell, resides in Spafford; and Anna, married John Odell, resides in Spafford. Mr. Rounds was drowned at New Hope, N. Y., and his widow in 1898 resided with her daughter, Mrs. Odell, in Spafford.)
(Spafford.)
ROUNDY.
Asahel Roundy, (son of Uriah and Lucretia Needham) . Died February 1, 1857, age 72 years, 6 months.
(He came to this town about 1807 from Rockingham, Vt., where he was born, and remained here until his death, first residing on Lot 22, Tully, where part of his children were born, and afterwards on the State's Hundred Acres on Lot
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21, Tully. He was of the seventh generation, in line of descent from Philip Roundy, who died in Salem, Mass., in 1678. The first wife of Philip Roundy is not known, but in November, 1671, he married Anna Bush at Salem for a second wife; he had by his first wife: Robert, died at Beverly, Mass., November 16, 1715, married Deborah Plumb, July 13, 1678; Mark, he was a soldier in King Philip's War, and was wounded in the Narragansett Battle in December 1675; and by his second wife he had Mary, married Thomas Walter, April 19, 1695.
Robert Roundy (son of Philip) was a Coaster, and was sometimes called Doctor, he had a warehouse in Beverly. By his wife, Deborah Plumb, he had: Elizabeth, John, Mary, Deborah, Esther and Benjamin.
John Roundy (son of Robert), resided first in Beverly, and second in Marblehead, Mass .; he married (1) December 2, 1703, in Beverly, Mary Daland, (and by her had: Robert and Lydia), and (2) Elizabeth Savery at Marblehead, and by her had: John, Elizabeth, Martha, Sarah, Joseph, Abra- ham and Thomas.
Robert Roundy, (son of John and Mary (Daland) Roundy), was born January 7, 1704, in Beverly, and died in Lempster, N. H., June 17, 1797 ; he was a weaver by trade and settled in Windham, Conn., where he remained, during the birth of his children, and until the decease of his wife, April 3, 1781, and then went to Lempster to reside with his son, Samuel, where he died and was buried. By his wife, Elizabeth Green, he had: John, Samuel, Robert, Elizabeth, and Mary.
John Roundy, (son of Robert and Elizabeth (Green) Roundy), born August 23, 1726, in Windham, died in Rock- ingham, Vt., married Mary Bass, born in Windham, Conn., June 20, 1729, daughter of Thomas and Dorothy (Parish) Bass, and by her had: John, Almond, Elmariah and Uriah. Mr. Roundy was elected at the organization of the town of Rockingham, as its first Representative. He was commonly called Captain in the public records, and all his sons served as soldiers in the War of the Revolution.
Uriah Roundy, (son of John and Mary (Bass) Roundy), born October 27, 1756, died May 1, 1813, in Rockingham, Vt., married Lucretia Needham, daughter of Daniel and Hannah (Allen) Needham, born in Norwich, Conn., Sep-
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tember 9, 1760, died in Michigan, December 5 1848, she at one time resided with her son, Asahel Roundy, in Spafford, N. Y. Mr. Roundy, by his wife, Lucretia, had the following children, all born in Rockingham, Vermont: Daniel, born Deecmber 1, 1780, died December 3, 1847, married (1) Laura Hoyt, and (2) Ruth Baird, December 23, 1821, at Spafford, N. Y., he first settled in Spafford and then moved West, where he died; Hannah, born June 19, 1782, married Silas Baird, in Rockingham, Vt., June 28, 1804, she and her husband both died in Ripley, Chautauqua County, N. Y., where their descendants remain ; Asahel, born July 29, 1784, died February 1, 1857, married Hannah Weston at Skan- eateles, N. Y., January 19, 1809, daughter of Jonathan and Mary Weston; Lucy, born March 9, 1797, died June 2, 1850, married Lauren Hotchkiss, they were father and mother of the Rev. Velona Hotchkiss, D. D., Baptist Devine, who died in Buffalo, N. Y .; Shadrack, born January 1, 1789, died July 2, 1872, in Salt Lake City, Utah, married Betsey Quimby ; Naomi born February 1, 1791, died June 7, 1820, married John Baird; Lucretia born March 6, 1793, died unmarried; Maria, born May 10, 1794, died 1890, married John Hutchens in Spafford in 1816, (brother of Col. Phineas Hutchens of this town), descendants mostly in Wisconsin; Uriah, born April 10, 1796, married (1) Polly Lyon at Spaf- ford, sister of Daniel and David Lyon, and (2) Rena Bristol. He died in Iowa in 1870; Mary, born May 23, 1798, married Baxter Lyon; Almira, born April 20, 1800, died April 8, 1883, married (1) Warren Sabin in 1822, and (2) Morgan Williams in 1842; and Matilda, born October 22, 1803, married George Humphrey, resided in Medina, N. Y.
Daniel Roundy, (son of Uriah and Lucretia), by his wife Laura Hoyt, had: Lucretia, born August 17, 1810, married at Spafford, Joel H. Grout, son of John and Elizabeth (Clark) Grout, husband died in this town and she moved to Chicago, Ill., and by his second wife, Ruth Baird, (born October 15, 1799, at Granville, Washington County, N. Y., died in Illinois in 1893), he had the following: Jay, died at Manteno, Iowa, February 2, 1893, married Sarah Ger- main, January 1, 1853; Jane, born April 8, 1823, died young; Dr. Daniel Curtis, born 1824, died in Chicago, Ill., June 1897, married Elizabeth Young. He was a soldier in the War of 1861, Capt. 4th Wis. Cav. Vols., and
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also Surgeon in 37th Wis. Inft. Vols., wife died November 6, 1898; Spencer Beard, died in Brooklyn, N. Y., January 6, 1861, unmarried; and Porter W., married Ann Young, resides at Davenport, Iowa, he was also soldier in the War of 1861, 2nd Lieut. 4th Wis. Cav. Vols., and Hospital Steward in 37th Wis. Inft. Vols.
Shadrack Roundy, (son of Uriah and Lucretia), was one of the trustees of the Free Will Baptist Church in Spaf- ford, at its organization, December 13, 1825, and left that church about 1832, and joined the Mormons and followed their movements, first to Pennsylvania, then to Ohio, then to Nauvoo, and finally at Salt Lake, Utah, where he died. In the latter church he was prominent, and from time to time held civil, military and religious offices with the Mor- mon organization, and by that people was recognized at the time of his decease, as patriarch and saint. By his wife, Betsey Quimby, he had the following children, several of whom were born in Spafford: Lauren Hotchkiss, born August 21, 1815, married (1) Johanna Carter, 1843, (2) Jane Coyle, and (3) Martha; Julia Rebecca, born April 5, 1817, died in 1837 in Missouri, unmarried; Bishop Lorenzo Wesley, born in Spafford, June 18, 1819, accidentally drowned in Colorado River, May 24, 1876, married (1) Adeline Whiting in 1843, she died in 1845, and he married (2) Susannah Wallace, and (3) 1858, (Plural wife) Pris- cilla Parish. (By his first wife he had two children, by his second eight, and by his third (plural) seven children. His descendants are numerous, residing in Utah; Lauretta, born November, 1821, married David H. Beck at Nauvoo, Ill., 1841, and moved to Utah (she had ten children) ; Samantha, born June 2, 1824, married John David Parker, February 3, 1846, no issue; Bishop Jared Curtis, born Jan- uary 5, 1827, in Spafford, married (1) Lovisa Jenny, Jan- uary, 1852, (2) Eliza J. Snyder in 1855, (3) Elizabeth Drake, January, 1879, and (4) Ellen M. White, December 20, 1883, the last three were plural wives, he died May 21, 1895,. By his first wife he had nine children, and by his last (plural) he had five children, by the other two plural wives he had no issue, his descendants are numerous in Utah,; Almeda Sophia, born March 7, 1829, in Spafford, and married John David Parker, February 3, 1846, the husband of her sister Samantha, as his plural wife, both
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being married the same day, she has had ten children, resided in Utah; William Kelsham, born November, 1831, died August 14, 1839; Nancy Jane, born May 23, 1834, died July 6, 1885, has been twice married and had nine children ; and Malinda, born June 23, 1838, died March 8, 1842, at Nauvoo, Ill. The descendants of Shadrack Roundy in Utah will exceed two hundred in number.
Uriah Roundy, (son of Uriah and Lucretia), came to Spafford early, and there married his first wife; he was also a member of the Free Will Baptist Church, and joined the Mormon Exodus from Spafford about 1833, and went to Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois, but when the Latter Day Saints started for Salt Lake City he left them near Council Bluff, Iowa, and renouncing polygamy joined and assisted in oganizing, at Gallows Hill, Iowa, the Reformed Mormon Church, which exists at that place to this day. He died in Iowa. His children by his first wife were mostly born in Spafford, they were: John, born December 6, 1818, married (1) Sarah Shearer, and (2) Frances J. Jones, farmer, resides at Moulton, Iowa, has had nine children; Mary, died at 28 years, married Gilbert Miller; David LaFayette, died in infancy; Washington, born in Spafford, September 26, 1824, married (1) Serelda Iler, and (2) Alvira Williams, and (3) Mrs. Nancy Black, he has had eleven children, farmer, has been a member of the Iowa Legislature, resides at Manteno, Iowa; Jenette, born 1826, married Thomas Putnam, eight children, resides in Iowa; Asahel, born Sep- tember 10, 1828, married Sarah Vanausdall, March 20, 1853, at Gallows Hill, Iowa, he died June 6, 1878 ten children residing mostly in Shelby County, Iowa; Alma, died in infancy; Zebedee, born in 1834, and died in 1855; and Martha, married Alexander Black and had eleven children.
Capt. Asahel Roundy, (son of Uriah and Lucretia), came to this town or horseback from Rockingham, Vt., about 1807, and two years afterwards married his wife, Hannah Weston, with whom he became acquainted while she was teaching school at Spafford Corners, she coming here for that purpose on horseback, from her home in Skaneateles Village; by her he had the following children, all born in Spafford : Lucretia, born April 25, 1810, died in Syracuse, N. Y., married (1) Dr. Horatio Smith of Otisco, N. Y., and (2) John Lathrop at Syracuse, N. Y., November 24, 1852,
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she died without issue, buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Syra- cuse, N. Y .; Gordon N., born December 4, 1811, died Feb- ruary 17, 1896, at Turner, Illinois, married Maria L. Kimble, October, 1840, (his children, all born in Turner, Illinois, are: Charles Franklin, Asahel Madison, James E., (the foregoing died in infancy), Mary Ellen, Maria Louisa, Charles William, Lucy Jane, Margaret Elvira (died in infancy), Carrie Elizabeth, Franklin Gordon, and Kate Linda) ; Mary Ann, born January 31, 1813, married Dr. John Collins, April 4, 1832, at Spafford, husband dead, and she resides, 1899, with her son, Capt. George K. Collins, in Syracuse, N. Y .; Lizana, born March 29, 1814, married Sey- mour N. Wood, June 9, 1831, husband dead, and she resides (1899) with her daughter, Mrs. M. Adelle Miller, at Onon- daga Valley, N. Y .; Nancy M., born June 28, 1816, died April 18, 1895, married Levi Hurlbut, December 13, 1838, both dead, and buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, N. Y .; Asahel Madison born April 29, 1818, died August 19, 1857, married Melissa Andrews, daughter of Rev. Benjamin and Mary Andrews, his widow resides in Auburn, N. Y., his only child : Adelphene, died unmarried at Auburn, N. Y .; Uriah, born July 24, 1819, married Mary Ann Tinkham, daughter of Russel and Mary (Cook) Tinkham, April 3, 1842, resides in Spafford, N. Y., has been Loan Commis- sioner, Justice of the Sessions, Supervisor, Justice of the Peace, Postmaster and Excise Commissioner; Franklin, born April 28, 1822, died in Michigan, January 30, 1896, married Orissa Fisher, daughter of Dakin and Sally (Youst) Fisher, blacksmith by trade, and was farrier in Company "G," 4th Mich. Cav. Vols. in the War of 1861; and Prof. Charles Orlando, born May 18, 1823, died Sep- tember 30, 1892, married Nancy Burroughs of Skaneateles, N. Y., October 26, 1848, he was a teacher and A. M. from Hamilton College, among other places he taught was as Principal of the Skaneateles Academy, Moravia Academy, and Syracuse High School, his widow still survives and resides at Moravia, N. Y. Capt. Asahel Roundy received his rank as Captain from the State of New York, he com- manded a Company in the 98th N. Y. Militia in the War of 1812, in a short tour of duty at Sacketts Harbor, N. Y., in the Fall of 1814. He was prominent in town affairs, and during his active life held prominent town offices, such as
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Supervisor, and Justice of the Peace, he was also Post- master.
Uriah Roundy, (son of Capt. Asahel and Hannah), by his wife, Mary Ann Tinkham, has two children: Adelbert, born April 14, 1848, at Spafford, N. Y., married Juliette Little, daughter of Hon. Feremorz Little of Salt Lake City, Utah, merchant, residing at Salt Lake, Utah, (four children born at latter place : Mary, Florence, Jay T., and Dorothy) ; and Jay C., born July 3, 1851, married (1) Alice A. Hill, daughter of William and Mary Jane (Vincent) Hill, and (2) Nettie Warner, daughter of Edward Warner, rancher, resides at Haden, Fremont Co., Idaho, (three children : Pearl, Frank, and Adelbert). Mr. and Mrs. Roundy also had one adopted son, Charles Weston, who was a first cousin of Mr. Roundy, being a son of Columbus and (Delano) Weston of Skaneateles, N. Y., he was a member of the 76th Regt. N. Y. Vols. Inft., War of 1861, and is now deceased.
Franklin Roundy, (son of Capt. Asahel and Hannah), moved to Dorence, Branch Co., Mich., where he died; by his wife, Orrissa Fisher, he had the following children, two first of whom were born in Spafford, and the others in Michigan: Flora Elizabeth, born March 26, 1852; Evan- geline, born October 1, 1853; Asahel, born January 25, 1858; and Charles, born February 15, 1860. The widow of Mr. Roundy is still living in Michigan.
Charles O. Roundy, (son of Capt. Asahel and Hanah), by his wife Nancy Burroughs had five children, the first four in Syracuse, and the last in Moravia: Frances Adelle, born May 23, 1852; Mary Ella, born March 29, 1858, mar- ried and resides in Moravia, N. Y .; Sarah B., born Decem- ber 25, 1859, married and esides in Moravia, N. Y .; Charles B., born March 7, 1868, died January 9, 1871; and Charles O., born September 20, 1872, married and resides in Skan- eateles, N. Y. Mr. Roundy's widow is still living and resides at Moravia, N. Y.
(Spafford.)
Hannah (Weston), wife of Capt. Asahel Roundy. Died October 22, 1855, age 68 years, 1 month.
(She was born at Fitzwilliam, N. H., September 22, 1786, and came to Skaneateles Village with her parents on or before 1800, and resided in early childhood in a log house,
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situate between the Skaneateles and Hamilton Turnpike and the Lake, on the site of the present residence of Mr. Poor in that Village.)
(Spafford.)
Uriah Roundy. Born July 24, 1819, died May 29, 1902.
Mary A. (w.). Born June 29, 1820. She is now deceased.
Asahel Madison Roundy, (son of Capt. Asahel and Hannah (Weston) Roundy). Died August 19, 1857, age 39 years, 3 months, 20 days.
(He was a merchant at Spafford Corners at the time of his decease.)
(Spafford.)
Charles Weston, adopted son of Uriah and Mary Ann (Tinkham) Roundy. Died July 10, 1865, age 21 years, 9 months.
(For three years he was a member of Company " D," 76th Regt. N. Y. Vols. Inft.)
(Spafford.)
ROWEN.
John Rowen. Died October 15, 1858, age 79 years.
(Borodino.)
Nancy, wife of John Rowen. Died September 17, 1847, age 58 years.
" Oh! how sweet to sleep in Jesus."
Sophia M. (Berry), wife of John J. Rowen. Died May 19, 1879, age 65 years, 2 months, 24 days.
(John J. Rowen, son of John Rowen, married Sophia M. Berry, daughter of Jonathan and Thankful Berry; they had one daughter, who married a Mr. James Murphy and now resides in Spafford.)
(Borodino.)
RUST.
Jehiel Rust. Died February 16, 1845, age 78 years, 4 months, 16 days.
(Mr. Rust came to this town before 1815, and that year settled on a farm of 60 acres on Lot 74, Marcellus, pur- chased of Alexander M. Beebe; by his wife Polly he left no issue. In his will dated March 23, 1837, and pobated May
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3, 1848, he mentions his wife Mary and Zipporah and John Chappell, children of Martin Chappell.)
(Thorn Hill.)
Polly, wife of Jehiel Rust. Died July 7, 1842, age 75 years, 11 months, 11 days.
(Thorn Hill.)
SANFORD.
In memory of Lucy Ann H. Sanford, who died June 10, 1837, in the 4th year of her age.
(Spafford.)
SEELY.
Samuel G. Seely. Died September 10, 1852, age 77 years, 8 months, 2 days.
(He came to this town before 1807, and settled on a farm situate in the southwest corner of Lot 12, Tully, where he remained until the timeof his decease. He was a member of Captain Asahel Roundy's Company, in the 98th N. Y. Militia, and served a short tour of duty near Sackett's Harbor, N. Y., in the Fall of 1814, in the War of 1812. By his wife, Adah Fowler, he had: Polly, married Lemuel D. Smith of Cold Brook, N. Y., (eleven children) ; Cynthia, she died October 6, 1869, age 70 years, unmarried; Sally, mar- ried, Alvin Churchill, son of John and Martha Churchill, both dead, and buried in Cold Brook Cemetery; Huldah, married William Bell; Philura, married (1) Mr. Eldridge, and (2) Russel M. Burdick, she had one son, Samuel Eldridge, by her first husband, and a daughter, Mary Bur- dick, married William Cullen Bockus, by her second hus- hand; Hiram, married Betsey Jane Jacobs, daughter of Elias and Betsey J. Jacobs, of Spafford Hollow, both dead, and buried in this cemetery; Adelia, married James Bell; and Clarissa, died February 9, 1826, age 17 years.)
(Spafford.)
Adah (Fowler), wife of Samuel G. Seely. Died June 13, 1852, age 77 years, 10 months, 2 days.
(Spafford.)
Clarissa. Died February 9, 1826, age 17 years, 5 months, 3 days.
Cyntha. Died October 6, 1869, age 70 years, 25 days. Daughters of Samuel G. and Adah (Fowler) Seely.
(Spafford.)
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Hiram Seely, (son of Samuel G. and Adah (Fowler) Seely). Danied January 1, 1883, age 68 years, 2 months, 7 days.
" He has gone to his loved ones."
(He resided on the old homestead with his father, where he died ; by his wife, Betsey Jane Jacobs, he had: Marcus N., died March 14, 1892, age 53 years, married Orissa T. Filkins, daughter of George D. and Margaret (Fisher) Filkins, wife still living in Syracuse, N. Y .; and Orlando R., married Anna Eddy, farmer, resides in Homer, N. Y.) (Spafford.) Betsey J. (Jacobs), wife of Hiram Seely. Died April 19, 1881, age 63 years, 5 months.
" She rests in Heaven." (Spafford.)
Marcus N. Seely, (son of Hiram and Betsey J. (Jacobs) Seely. Died March 14, 1892, age 53 years.
(By his wife, Orissa T. Filkins, he had two children: Eugene, died young in 1862; and Carrie, married Herbert C. Faxton of Syracuse, N. Y., husband works for Solvay Process Company. Marcus resided during his lifetime on the old Seely Homestead, on Lot 12, Tully, he was a farmer.)
(Spafford.)
Eugene, infant son of Marcus N. and Orrissa T. (Filkins) Seely. Died in the year 1862.
(Spafford.)
Francis Irvin, son of Orlando R. and Anna (Eddy) Seely. Died November 5, 1881, age 8 years, 8 days.
(Spafford.)
SESSIONS.
Amasa Sessions, son of Nathaniel and Irene (Wales) Sessions). Died November 13, 1838, age 59 years.
(Amasa Sessions was born in Union, Conn., June 30, 1779, and came to the town of Skaneateles in October, 1798; he was supposed to have been descended from Samuel Ses- sions, who came to this country from Wantage, Berkshire Co., England, in 1630, and settled in Andover, Mass., as fol- lows: Samuel, Alexander, Nathaniel, Amasa, Nathaniel, Amasa. His father, Nathaniel Session, was born in Pomfret, and settled in Union, Conn., where he died, October 5, 1824;
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he married (1) Irene Wales, November 16, 1775, she died December 3, 1793, and he married for a second wife Fanny Chandler. Amasa Sessions, in a letter dated in 1838, in speaking of his father, says: "My father, Nathaniel, died at Union in 1824, age 74, and my mother in 1793. They were members of the Congregational Church. He had two wives, by whom he had six children each : Amasa, Ebenezer, (born May 11, 1781), of Skaneateles; Susan Wright, at Vernon, N. Y .; Irene, died at Chautauqua; Lydia Chap- man, in Onondaga; Nathaniel, with his six sons and three daughters, in Ionia, Mich .; Col. Moses Chandler Sessions, at Union, Conn .; Polly, died at Union, Fanny Eaton, Darius and Eliza Webster, with their families, are at Macomb Co., Mich .; and Hannah, at Marcellus."
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