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Amasa Sessions, (son of Nathaniel), married (1) Sila -, (2) Phebe Robins Smith, and (3)
resided on Lot 59, Marcellus, in the town of Skaneateles, N. Y., where he died. In the same letter, spoken of above, he says: "I have nine children by my second wife, with whom I lived twenty-nine years, to wit: Sila Bennett, wife of Bennett, publisher of Baptist Register, and my youngest, Phebe, (Hon. Sidney Smith says her name was Elizabeth and not Phebe), who dwells at Utica, N. Y., Alonzo, Job S., George M., Amasa, John, Darius, and Jane M. Yates, all at Ionia, on Grand River, Michigan." John Sessions, became a lawyer and settled in Brooklyn, N. Y., with an office at No. 10 Wall St., New York City; and Alonzo Sessions, settled in Ionia, Michigan, where he became a man of wealth and influence, he not only held from time to time various town offices, but was Sheriff of his county, and Lieut. Governor of the State of Michigan, he was a member of the State Constitutional Convention, member of the State Legislature, and President of the First Ionia National Bank, and the Farmer's Insurance Company. All three of Amasa Sessions' wives were born in Connecticut.)
(Thorn Hill.)
Sila Sessions, (wife of Amasa Sessions). Died January 20, 1808, age 29 years.
(Thorn Hill.)
Phebe (Smith), wife of Amasa Sessions. Died May 25, 1837, age 53 years.
(Thorn Hill.)
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Dea. Ebenezer Sessions, (son of Nathaniel and Irene (Wales) Sessions). Died December 25, 1855, age 74 years, 7 months, 13 days.
(Thorn Hill.)
Mary, wife of Dea. Ebenezer Sessions. Died November 11, 1858, age 80 years, 3 months, 19 days.
(Thorn Hill.)
In memory of Susan, daughter of Ebenezer and Mary Sessions. Died April 7, 1839, age 27 years, 4 months, 7 days.
(Thorn Hill.)
SHARP.
Chester Sharp. Died May 11, 1840, age 72 years.
(He married Anice Churchill, daughter of John and Martha Churchill, and had among other children, Mary A., who married Ranford R. Bates. His wife, who survived him, married (2) Philip Pickett.)
(Cold Brook.)
Harriet E., daughter of John Wm. and Lydia A. (Under- wood) Sharp. Died February 23, 1843, age I year, 5 months.
(John Wm. Sharp, son of Chester and Anice (Churchill) Sharp, married (1) Lydia A. Underwood, and (2) Phebe Isdell, daughter of Andrew and Mary (Harris) Isdell, and widow of William Bacon. He practiced law in Justice's Courts, and was a farmer by occupation. He had a daughter by his first wife: Olive A., who married William Kelsey.)
(Cold Brook.)
SHAW.
James Shaw. Died November 14, 1858, age 63 years. (Mr. Shaw, for many years before his decease, resided near the westerly line of Lot 45, in the town of Tully, in a little huddle commonly called " Shawville," and kept a small store at that place; he had a very respectable family of girls, who married into well known Spafford families.)
(Spafford Hollow.)
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SHELDEN.
William Shelden. Born December 3, 1756, died July 27, 1805, at Stephentown, N. Y., married November 18, 1779, at Stephentown, N. Y., Abigail Udell, born August 4, 1762, died May 12, 1836, at Spafford, and was buried at Thorn Hill. Mrs. Sheldon, after the decease of Mr. Sheldon, mar- ried Hezekiah Mason, November 14, 1811. Several of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Shelden also came to this town, they were as follows: Abigail, born December 25, 1780; William, born January 20, 1783; Benjamin, born January 5, 1785; Lionel, born October 16, 1787; Allen, born August 11, 1789; Alanson, born December 19, 1791, died May 16, 1819; Anna, born June 10, 1794, died September 5, 1867, at Spafford, N. Y., married Asa Mason, son of Hezekiah and Sally Mason, May 10, 1812, she was buried in Borodino Cemetery ; Asa, born April 13, 1796; Erastus, born June 17, 1798, died August 21, 1832; Diadama, born June 10, 1800, died March, 1801; and Diana, born July 30, 1804, died at residence of Hon. Sidney Smith, in Skaneateles, N. Y., May 19, 1892, married Charles A. Calkins, May 21, 1831, and settled at Thorn Hlil, her husband was born September 2, 1805. Diana was the mother of Jennie A. Calkins, second wife of Hon. Sidney Smith, and George A. Calkins, of Chicago, Ill. She was buried in Lake View Cemetery, Skaneateles, N. Y.
SHELDON.
Caleb Sheldon, son of Joseph and Jemima (Carr) Shel- don, was born in Rensselaer County, N. Y., near Stephen- town; his parents came from Massachusetts and Connecti- cut. He married Lillis Howard, daughter of Sylvester Howard, at Stephentown, N. Y., and settled at Rutland, Jefferson County, N. Y., and from there came to this town in 1837, and settled on a farm east of Borodino Village, where he resided for many years. He died at Onondaga Valley, and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery. His chil- dren were: Catherine, died unmarried, buried Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, N. Y .; Lansing, married Emily A. Cleveland, daughter of Benajah and Mary (Clark) Cleve- land, wife died at Syracuse, (Oakwood Cemetery), and he resides at 207 Cortland Ave., Syracuse, N. Y .; Sylvester
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Howard, married Jane Ferry, daughter of Chester and Saba (Buffington) Ferry, both dead, and buried in Oakwood Cemetery.
Lansing Sheldon, (son of Caleb and Lillis), by his wife Emily A. Ferry, had : Harriet, married Henry Hinman, son of George and Ruth (Smith) Hinman, as his third wife, resides in Syracuse, N. Y .; and Lansing Grant, married Anna Hastings of Onondaga Valley, and resides in Syracuse, N. Y.
SHERWOOD.
Emily J., daughter of Jacob W. and Sarah Sherwood. Died February 5, 1848, age 17 years, 4 months, 21 days.
(Borodino.)
SKELLIE.
Helen, daughter of William I. and Betsey (Boughton) Skellie. Died July 30, 1848, age 20 years, 7 months, 20 days.
" She was a dear daughter, kind sister and dear friend, To her happiness and wishes was ready to attend, In her long and painful illness not a word of complaint, She was always a tried and obedient Saint."
(William I. Skellie came to this town from Cambridge, Washington County, N. Y., about June 1, 1826, and settled on a farm on the east side of the Skaneateles and Homer road, on Lot 42, Tully; he married Betsey Boughton, daughter of Azer and Elizabeth (Nickerson) Boughton, of Washington County, N. Y., and by her had: Amanda D., married Nathan Culver, son of Moses and Amy (Boughton) Culver, of Cambridge, N. Y., husband dead, and she resides (1899) in Syracuse, N. Y .; James V., married Esther Wil- liamson, daughter of James and Hannah Williamson, of Spafford Hollow, she died in Scott, N. Y., his residence not known, (two children buried in this Cemetery) ; Helen, died in Spafford, July 30, 1848, unmarried; Marion B., married Helen Newell, son of Stephen and Mary (Cuykendall) Newell husband dead, and in 1898 she resided in Buffalo, N .Y. (one child, Skellie H. Newell) ; and Josephine C., married Elisha Hewett of Buffalo, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Skellie died in Scott, and were buried in the Seventh Day Baptist Cemetery at that place.)
(Spafford.)
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Harley J., son of James and Esther (Williamson) Skellie. Died September 28, 1863, age 13 years, 11 months, 24 days.
(Spafford.)
Florence Virginia, daughter of James and Esther (Wil- liamson) Skellie. Died December 20, 1849, age 1 year, 20 days.
" This lovely bud was nipped so soon,
To rise and bloom beyond the tomb."
(Spafford.)
William Skellie, a nephew of William I. Skellie, formerly resided in the Nunnery neighborhood in this town, he mar- ried Lucinda Foster. He was a blacksmith by trade, and once worked in the Village of Borodino. He moved to Chautauqua County, and was at one time employed by the Chautauqua Park Assembly Association-dead.
Alexander Skellie also came from Cambridge, Washing- ton County, N. Y., and about April 26, 1828, settled on Lot 10, Sempronius, his wife's given name was Martha.
SMITH.
Ruth, wife of Ira Smith. Died August 23, 1851, age 59 years, 5 months, 17 days.
(Ira Smith came to Spafford and settled on Lot 23, Tully, in Spafford Hollow, on or before January 1, 1829; his chil- dren were: William; Franklin, married Marietta Parker, daughter of Samuel and Amy Parker; Ira, Jr., married Emeline P. Dunbar, daughter of Thaddeus and Caroline M. Dunbar, he moved to Michigan; Chester; Louisa, married Gordon Bailey; and Abigail, married Alphonso Kinney.)
(Spafford Hollow.)
Marietta (Parker), wife of Franklin Smith. Died May 8, 1855, age 42 years, 8 months, 1 day.
(Spafford Hollow.)
Caroline, daughter of Ira and Emeline P. (Dunbar) Smith. Died February 10, 1851, age 1 year, 6 months, 12 days.
" This lovely bud was nipped so soon To rise and bloom beyond the tomb."
(Spafford.)
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Alice A., daughter of Ira and Emeline P. (Dunbar) Smith. Died October 10, 1852, age 1 month, 20 days. " Alice! thine angel visit cheered our lone hearts awhile, Then left us. Oh, why is it thou did'st not longer stay." (Spafford.) Horace Smith. Died August 8, 1862, age 61 years. " Our Father."
(Mr. Smith came to this town from Fabius, N. Y., before 1848, and settled on the farm now (1899) owned by Col. Edwin S. Jenney, on Lot 32, Sempronius; from there he moved to a farm on Lots 32 and 33, Tully, in Cold Brook, about 1855, and there remained until his decease. His children, excepting the youngest one, were by his first wife, whose name is not given; he married for a second wife Clarissa G. Reynolds, who survived him, and after his decease married Albert Foster, for his second wife. His children, mentioned in the petition of his wife, Clarissa G., dated August 25, 1862, for Letters of Administration upon his estate, were: Joseph R., of Salmon River, Oregon Terri- tory; Harriet E., wife of David Spaulding of Monticello, Cowlitz County, Oregon Territory; Mary C., wife of Henry S. Alvord of Homer, N. Y .; Horace, of Homer, N. Y .; Maria J., wife of Thomas H. Alvord, of White Water, Kings County, Washington Territory; Levi G., of White Water, Kings Co., Washington Territory ; Rollin C., of Jacksonville, Oregon Territory; and Frederick R., (then a minor) of Spafford, N. Y.)
(Cold Brook.)
Eliza Smith, (wife of David Smith). Died September 26, 1887, age 64 years.
" Dear Mother."
(David Smith lived in the Kellogg Settlement, in Cold Brook, in the town of Scott; his wife Eliza was from Caze- novia. Josie E. Smith, daughter of David and Eliza Smith, married a Mr. Collins. Flora A. Smith, another daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Smith, died unmarried.)
(Cold Brook.)
Josie E. Smith, daughter of David and Eliza Smith. Died November 14, 1880, age 26 years.
(Cold Brook.)
Flora A. Smith, daughter of David and Eliza Smith. Died June 19, 1885, age 28 years. (Cold Brook.)
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Lucilla, daughter of Lemuel D. and Polly (Seeley) Smith. Died October 31, 1842, age 2 years, 3 months, 14 days.
(Lemuel D. Smith resided in Cold Brook; he married Polly Seeley, daughter of Samuel G. and Adah (Fowler) Seeley, and by her had the following children, in addition to the two whose deaths are here recorded in this cemetery : Melvina, unmarried; Parmelia, married a Mr. Harrington ; Julania, married a Mr. Goodwin; Welcome S., married a Miss Knight; Dwight, married a Miss Knight, a sister of his brother Welcome's wife; Jane, unmarried; Louisa, unmarried; and Alvira, married a Mr. Webster.)
(Cold Brook.)
Ann Eliza, daughter of Lemuel D. and Polly (Seeley) Smith. Died January 21, 1852, age 19 years, 8 months, 29 days.
(Cold Brook.)
Isaiah D. Smith. Died November 28, 1868, age 78 years, 2 months, 11 days.
(Mr. Smith came to this town from Bennington, Genesee County, N. Y., January 24, 1819, and settled on Lot 10, Sempronius; his first wife, Rachel, died in 1826, and he then married the widow Juliette Hall.)
(Borodino.) Rachel, wife of Isaiah D. Smith. Died March 5, 1826, age 30 years.
(Borodino.)
Juliette (Hall), wife of Isaiah D. Smith. Died Decem- ber 15, 1861, age 55 years, 6 months.
(Borodino.) Caroline, daughter of Isaiah D. and Rachel Smith. Died 1822.
(Borodino.)
Helen, daughter of Isaiah D. and Rachel Smith. Died April 13, 1842, age 3 years, 2 months, 22 days.
(Borodino.)
Sarah L. (Smith), wife of William B. Smith. Died August 8, 1874, age 21 years.
(William B. Smith, son of Isaiah D. and Juliette (Hall) Smith, married Sarah L. Smith, daughter of Jessey Smith). (Borodino.)
In memory of Job Smith. Died January 16, 1827, age 80 years.
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(He was born in Norwalk, Conn., and married there Elizabeth Keeler; from there he first settled in Greenfield, Greene County, N. Y., and from there came to this town, about February 25, 1806, and settled on a part of the State's Hundred Acres, on Lot 74, Marcellus. He was Paymaster in the War of the Revolution. By his wife, Elizabeth Keeler, who was also born in Norwalk, Conn., he had the following children: William, married Mary -, he was a farmer and settled in Richmond, Ontario County, N. Y., he never came to this town; Sarah, married Mr. Shepard in Greene County, N. Y., she never came here, she had a son, Cyrus Smith Shepard, who resided with his maternal grand parents in this town, and went to Califor- nia, where he died; Elizabeth, died unmarried at Thorn Hill; Stephen, married Freelove Green, he was a farmer and carpenter, and died at Thorn Hill, December 27, 1825; Phebe, married Amasa Sessions as his second wife, she died at Thorn Hill, she had a son, Alonzo Sessions, who settled in Ionia, Michigan, and became very wealthy, he was Presi- dent of a bank in Ionia, Member of the Michigan Legislature on several occasions, Sheriff of the county of his residence, President of the State Constitutional Convention of Michi- gan, and once Lieutenant Governor of that State. Another of her sons: John Sessions, was a lawyer in Brooklyn, N. Y., and married Elizabeth Fisher, a niece of Bishop Hunting- ton, of Syracuse, N. Y. She also had a grandson, John Sessions, Jr., who was also a lawyer, and married a daughter of Bishop Huntington ; Lewis, married Chloe Ben- son; Charles, married Sophia Bull, he died in Skaneateles at the age of 34 years; Seth, married Lois Hecox, sister of Col. Warren Hecox of Skaneateles, he moved to Lyons, N. Y .; and Cyrus, married Lucinda Harvey, daughter of Medad and Anar (Buell) Harvey, he was a merchant and settled in Marengo, Wayne County, N. Y. From there he moved to Clyde, and then to Chautauqua County, N. Y. From Chautauqua County he moved to California, where he was engaged in the milling business at the time of his decease.
Lewis Smith, (the fourth son of Job), was a Lieutenant in Col. Warren Hecox's Regiment of New York Militia, in the War of 1812, and served in a short tour of duty in defence of Sackett's Harbor, in the year 1814, and was dis-
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charged at Smith's Mills, N. Y. He was prominent in town and county politics, he served as Supervisor and Justice of the Peace in the town of Marcellus, (now Spafford), as Sheriff of the County of Onondaga (1826 to 1828), and was Member of Assembly in the New York Legislature, 1820, 1821, 1829, and at the time of his decease, which occurred at Thorn Hill, at the age of 43 years. He was a farmer and resided on a farm on Lot 74, Marcellus, adjoining that of his father, Job Smith. His wife was Chloe Benson, daughter of Elkanah Benson, a native of Mendon, Mass., and who, at the time of the marriage, resided at a place Known as " Benson Street," at the southwest corner of the town of Skaneateles. By his wife Chloe, Mr. Smith had the follow- ing children, all born in this town near Thorn Hill: Hon. Sidney, born in 1815, married (1) Adeline E. Blodgett, of Chautauqua County, N. Y., and (2) Jennie E. Calkins, daughter of Charles A. and Diana (Shelden) Calkins, after marriage he resided on the old homestead until 1870, and then settled in Skaneateles Village, where he resided until his decease in 1900, he held various offices in his native town, among which were: Justice of the Peace, Supervisor, Town Superintendent, and Inspector of Schools, and Mem- ber of Assembly in the New York Legislature, in the year 1857, he claimed in 1899 to be the oldest living native of the Marcellus end of the town of Spafford; Mary, residing (1898) in Skaneateles, unmarried ; William, he was educated in Homer Academy and Yale College, and first settled in Baltimore, Md., where he taught school and studied law. From there he moved to Missouri, and then to Sacramento, Cal., where he engaged in the mercantile business. He died of cholera at the latter place in 1850, unmarried; Stephen, married Lucy Culver, daughter of Judge E. D. Culver, of Brooklyn, N. Y., he is a prominent physician in New York, City, where he was appointed Commissioner of Charities in 1881, Commissioner of Lunacy in 1882, and Delegate to the International Sanitary Congress, held in Paris in 1894, he is especially remembered for his generous gift of a valuable medical library, to the Medical College connected with the Syracuse University ; and Job Lewis, married Mary Ann Hana and settled in New York City. He was a graduate of Yale College, and became a prominent physician and surgeon in the latter city, he was also an instructor in the medical
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schools in New York City, and is well known to the medical fraternity, as the author of a valued work on the Diseases of Children. He died in New York City in 1897. There are no known descendants of Job Smith at this time residing in the town of Spafford.)
(Thorn Hill.)
Mrs. Elizabeth (Keeler), wife of Job Smith. Died August 31, 1835, age 87 years.
(Thorn Hill.)
Elizabeth Smith, (daughter of Job and Elizabeth (Keeler) Smith). Died August 14, 1848, age 72 years. (Thorn Hill.) Stephen Smith, (son of Job and Elizabeth (Keeler) Smith). Died December 27, 1825, age 46 yars.
(Thorn Hill.)
In mmory of Asa Smith, who departed this life Septem- ber 11, 1821, age 56 years.
" Within this tomb by death o'er come A tender husband rests,
With love sincere his children dear He frequently caressed, A master's part with generous heart It's known he acted well;
May those he's left of him bereft His virtuous ways excell." (His wife and children moved to Michigan.)
(Thorn Hill.)
Jared Smith. Died March 26, 1870, age 76 years, 16 days.
(Jared Smith married Rhoda Harvey, daughter of Medad and Anar (Buell) Harvey, and by her had the following: Emeline, married Shepard Earl, son of William and Polly (Pitts) Earl; Harriet, married Ebenezer Corning Cowles of Otisco, N. Y .; Lydia, married William Briggs, son of Daniel Briggs; and Seth, married and resided in Michigan. At the time of his decease Mr. Smith was the owner of what is now known as the Alanson Colton Farm, near Borodino.) (Thorn Hill.)
Rhoda H. (w.), died August 16, 1890, age 91 years. (Thorn Hill.)
Among the members of the Smith family who have resided in this town, whose names do not appear above, are
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the following: Isaac Smith and family, who resided on the east side of Spafford Hollow: Azariah Smith, resided on or owned 160 acres of land, in a square farm, in the north west corner of lot 34, Tully ; Alvah Smith and wife, Clarissa, settled on lot 69, Marcellus, on or before 1804; Amasa Smith and wife Mercy purchased land on lot 77, Marcellus, March 9, 1818; Chester H. Smith purchased land on lot 12, Sem- pronius, January 18, 1859; David Smith purchased land on lot 77, Marcellus, in 1803, and sold to Lemuel Smith in 1803; Daniel S. Smith of Owasco, N. Y., purchased land on lot 69, Marcellus, September 3, 1817; Ephraim Smith sold land on lot 75, Marcellus, September 25, 1815; James Smith and wife, Sarah Ann (Barber), lots 32 and 33, Tully, 1827, to 1840; Jedediah Smith and wife, Caroline, lots 22 and 23, Tully, 1832-4; John Smith and wife Lois, lots 89 and 76, Marcellus, 1828; John Smith and wife Lucinda, lot 22, Tully, 1811 to 1823; Josiah Smith, lot 89, Marcellus, 1822; Lemuel Smith and wife Sally, lots 77 and 76, Mar- cellus, 1803 to 1830; Lemuel P. Smith, lot 77, Marcellus, 1827-8; Levi Smith and wife Lucy, lots 76 and 89, Marcellus, 1828; Lester I. Smith and wife Lydia, lots 10 and 11, Sem- pronius, 1827, 1830; Lyman Smith and wife Sally, lots 10, 11 and 12, Sempronius, 1827 to 1857; Oliver Smith and wife Abigail, lot 77, Marcellus, 1808 to 1828; Oliver S. Smith, lot 77, Marcellus, 1811; Samuel Smith, lots 44 and 45, Tully, 1825; Sylvester Smith and wife Lucretia, lot 24, Tully, 1814 to 1821; Thomas Smith and wife Lydia, lot 32, Tully, 1827; Welcome Smith, lot 89, Marcellus, 1829, 1832; and William S. Smith, lot 12, Sempronius, 1859.
SORNBORGER.
In memory of Eliza Sornborger, daughter of Henry Sornborger. Died September 4, 1852, age 16 years.
(After her decease her father and mother moved to Chau- tauqua County, N. Y.)
(Thorn Hill.)
SPAULDING.
There were several families of Spauldings who resided in this town in years past, many of whose members inter- married with other well known Spafford families, but the
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history of these has been so fully and well told in the excel- lent genealogy of that family, that we omit any further statement of them here, referring the reader to that valued work for further information on that subject. None of that name are here now.
SPENCER.
Ellen Brown, wife of Clark Spencer, and daughter of Jacob and Deborah (Morris) Brown. Died September 22, 1859, age 21 years, 9 months, 15 days.
" When lingering disease involved this house of clay,
How sweet to look beyond my house and long to fly away." (Spafford.)
SPRAGUE.
Franklin, son of Solomon and Lucy Sprague. Died Jan- uary 9, 1835, age 6 years.
(After the decease of Solomon Sprague, his wife Lucy married John Babcock, Jr., as his third wife; she survived her last husband, and was one of the administrators of his estate.)
(Borodino.)
STANTON.
Mary (Shearman), wife of John Stanton. Died August 4, 1838, age 88 years, 9 months, 1 day.
(Samuel H. Stanton, in 1898, in speaking of his grand parents and their family said: "My grandfather, John Stanton, was born in Rhode Island, and there married my grandmother Mary Shearman, who was also born in that State. After their marriage my grand parents moved to Pownal, Bennington County, Vt., where my grandfather died. After his decease my grandmother moved to this town, and resided with her son, Benjamin Stanton, until her decease. The children of John and Mary (Shearman) Stanton were: John, died in Otsego County, N. Y .; Thomas, died in Otsego County, N. Y .; Samuel, died in New Lisbon, Otsego County, N. Y .; Clark, died in Italy, Yates County, N. Y .; Joseph, died in Michigan; William, died in Mayfield, Chautauqua County, N. Y .; Lodowick, died in Michigan; Benjamin, married (1) Sally Noble, and (2) Amy Perkins,
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sister of Hopkins Perkins of this town; Sally, married John Noble of this town; Susannah, married John Lawrence of Spafford; and Polly, married Russel Johnson. John Stan- ton, my grand father, was a brother of Mary Stanton, the wife of Joseph Lewis, formerly of this town, buried in Lewis Yard.")
(Stanton Yard.)
Benjamin Stanton, (son of John and Mary (Shearman) Stanton). Died February 5, 1871, age 91 years, 22 days.
(He was born in the town of Pownal, Bennington Co., Vt., January 11, 1780, and married (1) Sally Noble, and (2) Amy Perkins. By his first wife he had one child: Sally, married Israel Knapp, she died in Alleghany County, N. Y .; and by his second wife had: Sheldon, married Ruth Shearman, daughter of Peleg Shearman of this town, died in Allegheny County, N. Y .; Melinda, married Samuel Shearman, son of Peleg Shearman, died in Allegheny County, N. Y .; Allen J., married (1) Anna Rainey, and (2) Aurilla Clark, died in Spafford; Julania, married Sylvanus N. Grout, son of John Grout, died in Scott, N. Y .; John, married Rebecca Fish, died in Eau Claire, Wis .; Polly, married Samuel Shearman as his second wife, and moved to Alleghany County, N. Y .; Samuel H., married Sarah Patterson, daughter of Calvin Patterson, he died February 14, 1899, age 76 years, and his widow now resides on the old Stanton Homestead, on Lot 13, Sem- pronius, in this town; and Rhoda, married Delos Billings, moved to Alleghany County, N. Y.
Samuel H. Stanton, born in this town, at the time of his decease left surviving his widow, Sarah Patterson, and the following children: Emmet; Mark Stanton, Mrs. John H. Purchase; Mrs. Milton Emmons, residing in Spafford; C -- P. Stanton of Luddington, Mich .; Mrs. W.
F. Fairbanks, of Scottville, Mich., and Elmer E. Stanton, of Grand Rapids, Michigan.)
Samuel H. Stanton, 1821-1899.
Sarah T. Patterson (w.), 1825 -.
(Stanton Yard.)
Amy (Perkins), wife of Benjamin Stanton. Died March 31, 1872, age 89 years, 4 months, 20 days.
(Stanton Yard.)
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Frank, son of Samuel H. and Sarah (Patterson) Stanton. Died March 25, 1876, age 21 years, 10 months, 10 days. (Stanton Yard.)
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