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(Spafford.)
Achsah (Bacon), wife of Willard Doty. Died November 5, 1862, age 67 years, 27 days.
" Verily there is rest for the righteous." (Spafford.)
Emeline, daughter of Willard and Achsah (Bacon) Doty. Died October 24, 1862, age 34 years, 9 months, 13 days.
(She died unmarried.)
(Spafford.)
Willard, Jr., son of Willard and Achsah (Bacon) Doty. Died September 15, 1846, age 16 years, 6 months.
(He was accidentally killed by a runaway horse.)
(Spafford.)
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Seymour Doty, (son of Willard and Achsah (Bacon) Doty. Died September 10, 1862, age 39 years, 5 months, 7 days.
(He married Emily Isdell, daughter of Andrew and Mary (Harris) Isdell. He was born in Jefferson County, N. Y., April 3, 1823. No issue.)
(Spafford.)
Emily Isdell, wife of Seymour Doty. Died April 12, 1864, age 26 years, 2 months, 27 days.
(She was born in Saratoga County, N. Y., January 15, 1828. No issue.)
(Spafford.)
Lottie S., daughter of Willard and Jennette (Maxson) Doty. Died December 14, 1877, age 4 weeks. " Sweetly sleeping in Jesus."
(Willard Doty, son of Warren and Emily (Tinkham) Doty, married Jennette Maxson, daughter of Henry (" Dork ") Maxson.)
(Cold Brook.)
Lovedy E., daughter of Willard and Jennette (Maxson) Doty. Died April 15, 1879, age 1 year, 5 months.
" Sleep on and take thy rest."
(Cold Brook.)
DUNBAR.
Caroline M., our mother, wife of Thaddeus Dunbar. Died June 12, 1845, age 39 years, 4 months.
" Angels have called thee from us, have piloted thee home, Oh! from our sore bereavement may true submission come, Pen cannot paint our sorrows, nor words our anguish tell, How can we dearest Mother, how can we say farewell."
(Thaddeus Dunbar married (1) Caroline M., and (2) Eliza Williamson, daughter of Cornelius and Eliza (Os- trander) Williamson.)
(Spafford.)
EADIE.
James Eadie, a native of Scotland. Died November 2, 1839, age 79 years, 6 months.
(Mr. Eadie first settled in Albany, N. Y., where he married Martha Smith, a native of that place. From there
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he moved to Rensselaerville, Rensselaer County, N. Y., and from there to this town, where, after a short stay in the Marecllus end, he finally in 1829, settled on Lot 11, Tully, on the Saneateles and Homer Road, and there continued until his decease. By his wife, Martha Smith, he had the following children: Elizabeth, married David Jenkins, Syra- cuse, N. Y .; Margaret, married (1) Luther Manley, and (2) Truman Skeels; Jerusha, married James H. Fitzgerald; Daniel S., married Matilda Cowan and went to Chautauqua County, N. Y., where he died; James, Jr., married Zeruah Monk; John W., married Abigail Doty, daughter of Willard and Achsah (Bacon) Doty; Delila, married Shubal Waldo of Aurora, N. Y .; Sarah A., married Joel C. Woodworth, son of James and Hannah (Fish) Woodworth; Euphemia, married David Wiltsie; Charlotte, married John Wiltsie; both Wiltsie families are of Panama, Chautauqua County, N. Y .; Mr. Eadie, while residing in Albany, followed mer- cantile pursuits, but in this town was a farmer.)
(Spafford.)
Martha (Smith), wife of James Eadie. Died October 11, 1853, age 77 years.
(Spafford.)
Margaret, (wife of Truman Skeels), and daughter of James and Martha (Smith) Eadie. Died June 18, 1857, age 58 years, 9 months, 27 days.
(Spafford.)
James Eadie, Jr. (son of James and Martha (Smith) Eadie. Died May 27, 1879, age 60 years, 11 months, 11 days.
" He is not dead but sleepeth."
(James Eadie, Jr., married Zeruah Monk, and by her had two sons and three daughters: Frank married Eva A. Bass, daughter of Wliliam and Catherine (Eglin) Bass; Charles A. Eadie, Angeline, Anise and Alice.)
(Spafford.)
Zeruah (Monk), wife of James Eadie, Jr. Died Nov- ember 4, 1881, age 56 years, 3 months, 14 days.
(Spafford.)
John W. Eadie, son of James and Martha (Smith) Eadie. Died October 20, 1873, age 57 years. (No stone.)
(John W. Eadie married Abigail Doty, daughter of Willard and Achsah (Bacon) Doty, and by her had the
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following children: Caroline, married Sylvenus A. Chur- chill, son of Chauncey and Catherine (Merry) Churchill; Achsah, married Caleb W. Churchill, son of Chauncey and Catherine (Merry) Churchill; Mary, Ella, Nettie, Sarah Elesebert, Willard Eadie, and Martha Eadie, who died young.)
(Spafford.)
Abigail Doty, wife of John W. Eadie. Died January 8, 1899, age 82 years. (No stone.)
(Spafford.)
Martha, daughter of John W. and Abigail (Doty) Eadie. Died March 22, 1849, age 2 years, 6 months, 7 days.
(Spafford.)
Peter, son of David S. and Mathilda (Cowan) Eadie. Died May 26, 1849, age 22 years, 21 days.
(David S. Eadie, son of James and Martha Smith Eadie, married Matilda Cowan.)
(Borodino.)
Frank Eadie, son of James, Jr., and Zeruah (Monk) Eadie. Born September 4, 1852, died in 1895.
(Frank Eadie married Eva A. Bass, daughter of William and Catherine (Eglin) Bass, born in Hamilton County, N. Y., and by her had one daughter, Linnie, born September 6, 1885. At the time of his decease he was a merchant in the Village of Borodino.)
(Borodino.)
Eva A. (Bass), wife of Frank Eadie. Born in 1855, (living in 1899.)
(Borodino.)
EARL.
In memory of David Earl. Died August 16, 1818, age 66 years.
(In his will, dated May 22, 1818, and probated October 19, 1818. he mentions his wife Anna Earl, and the following children ; William, married Polly Pitts; Nathaniel; David; Peter; Rebecca, married Aaron Bearse, second wife; Mary; and Anna Gordon.)
(Thorn Hill.)
Anna Earl, relict of David Earl. Died February 2, 1843, age 86 years.
(Thorn Hill.)
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David Earl, Jr. (son of David and Anna Earl). Died March 1, 1838, age 56 years.
(Thorn Hill.)
William Earl, (son of David and Anna Earl). Diea July 1, 1873, age 75 years, 6 months.
William Earl, by his wife Polly Pitts, had the following children : Shepard, married Emeline Smith, daughter of Jared and Rhoda (Harvey) Smith; Ulyssa, married Ed- ward Weston, son of Edmund C. and Clarinda (Rathbone) Weston; Sarah, married Henry Weston, son of Edmund C. and Clarinda (Rathbone) Weston, her husband is now deceased and she resides in Spafford; Anna, married Thomas W. Burns, son of Felix and Elizabeth (Wallace) Burns, her husband is now deceased; David, and William P. Earl, both died young and are buried at Thorn Hill. The Earls and Pitts both originally came from the Town of Onondaga, N. Y.)
(Thorn Hill.)
Polly (Pitts), wife of William Earl. Died April 26, 1889, age 86 years, 8 months.
(Thorn Hill.)
In memory of David, son of William and Polly (Pitts) Earl. Died August 6, 1827, age 4 years, 7 months.
(Thorn Hill.)
William P., son of William and Polly (Pitts) Earl. Died April 5, 1842, age 15 years, 4 months, 17 days.
(Thorn Hill.)
Other Earls at Thorn Hill.
EDDY.
Sylvanus Eddy. Died September 2, 1852, age 64 years. " Weep not for me, my companion and children dear, But prepare to meet me in Heaven."
(Mr. Eddy, at the time of his decease, was residing on the west side of the road, leading from the residence of Col. Hutchens to Edwin S. Edwards, on Lot 22, Tully. His wife, whose name is not known, died in Auburn, N. Y. Among his children were: Sylvanus, Jr., married Sarah A. Knight (who died on the east side of Otisco Lake, in the town of Otisco, and who in her will, dated February 12, 1874, pro- bated July 10, 1886, mentions the following children : Asa;
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Mercy P. Eddy ; Mary Lewis, and one grandson : William J. Eddy, son of Myron Eddy, deceased) ; Samuel, who resided in Auburn, N. Y .; Martin; Lovina, married Washington Babcock; Catherine; Mary; and perhaps others who died young.)
(Spafford.)
Richard M. Eddy. Died April 20, 1875, age 57 years, 11 months, 4 days.
(He married Rich, daughter of Dorr and Anna
(Becker) Rich. They came from Washington County, N. Y.
Mary A., his wife, died January 31, 1848, age 76 years, 2 months.
(Borodino.)
Seth Eddy. Died June 19, 1839, age 65 years.
(Seth Eddy came to this town from Floyd, Oneida Co., N. Y. By his wife Terzy he had the following children : Theron; Edwin, married Adeline Berry, daughter of Jona- than and Thankful Berry; Lilley (or Amelia), married Wil- liam Wallace, son of Daniel and Mary (Low) Wallace; and Olive, married Morgan Wallace, son of Daniel and Mary (Low) Wallace.
(Borodino.)
Sophia B., daughter of Edwin and Adeline (Berry) Eddy. Died March 5, 1873, age 22 years.
(Edwin Eddy and his wife, Adeline Berry, are both dead, and buried in this cemetery.) (No stone at the graves of Edwin and Adeline.)
(Borodino.)
Orrin Eddy. Died August 26, 1897, age 88 years. (No stone.)
(He came to this town from near Fort George, N. Y., and married Harriet Streeter, daughter of Alexander R. and Susan (Carpenter) Streeter. He had by her one son : Orrin F. Eddy, who married (1) Nettie Smith, and (2) Harriet Alvord, daughter of Shubel Alvord of Scott, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Orrin Eddy also had an adopted daughter, Sarah A. Baker, daughter of Ashbel and Sarah A. (Streeter) Baker, who married Roland Rollo of Sennett, N. Y. Mr. Eddy was living with his adopted daughter in
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Sennett at the time of his decease. He was a blacksmith by trade, a Republican in politics, and much respected.)
(Borodino.)
Harriet (Streeter), wife of Orrin Eddy. Died March 31, 1872, age 52 years, 5 months.
(Borodino.)
Nettie (Smith), wife of Orrin F. Eddy. Died October 7, 1852, age 34 years, 10 months, 3 days.
(Borodino.)
(Harriet Alvord, the second wife of Orrin F. Eddy, died at Scott, N. Y., January 19, 1890.)
(Borodino.)
Julia Ann, daughter of John and Fanny (Williams) Eddy. Died October 31, 1840, age 5 years, 2 months.
(John Eddy, by his wife Fanny, besides Julia Ann, above mentioned, had other children, among whom were: John, Jr., and Deborah B., who married Washington Wallace, son of Daniel and Mary (Low) Wallace. John Eddy and his wife moved away from Spafford.)
(Borodino.)
EDWARDS.
Edwin Seymour Edwards, son of Solomon and Abigail Edwards. Born in Skaneateles, N. Y., March 30, 1806. Died in Spafford, September 23, 1890.
(Edwin S. Edwards married April 24, 1832, Ruth Coon, daughter of David and Phebe (Van Camp) Coon, and by her had the following children: Julius A., born December 2, 1833, married Esther Lowery. She died March 7,, 1894, and was buried in Spafford Cemetery, they had one son, Edwin W. Edwards, who married Jennette B. Haskins, and have one daughter, Julius now resides with his son near Preble, N. Y .; Edwin D., born October 13, 1838, married Charlotte C. Adkins, and has one son and one daughter living, having had three other children who died young, resides in Syracuse, N. Y .; and John Orlando, born January 25, 1842, died June 30, 1843. Mr. Edwards was a farmer, but read and practiced medicine. He was Supervisor of this town in 1861-3, Overseer of the Poor in 1848-9, besides at different times holding other minor town offices. He was frequently called upon to act as executor and adminis- trator in the settlement of estates, and was generally re-
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spected by his townspeople. He and his wife were members of the M. E. Church, in which society Mr. Edwards was for a long time the chorister of the choir, and superintendent of the Sunday School. He was descended from Alexander Edwards, who came from Wales in 1640, and settled early in Springfield, Mass., as follows: Edwin, Solomon, Solomon, Ebenezer, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Alexander. (No stone.) (Spafford.)
Ruth Coon, wife of Edwin S. Edwards. Born December 22, 1805, died in Spafford. (No stone.)
(Spafford.)
John O., son of Edwin S. and Ruth (Coon) Edwards. Died June 30, 1843, age 1 year, 5 months, 5 days.
" Suffer little children to come unto me and forbid them not For of such is the Kingdom of Heaven."
(Spafford.)
Esther Lowery, wife of Julius A. Edwards. Died March 7, 1894, age 52 years. (No stone.)
(Julius and his wife Esther had one son, Edwin W. Edwards, who married Jennette B. Haskins, and has one daughter.)
(Spafford.)
Ebenezer Edwards, son of Solomon and Catherine (Clark) Edwards. Died January 11, 1830, age 52 years. " Come hither mortal, cast an eye
And go thy way and prepare to die."
(Ebenezer Edwards was an uncle of Edwin S. Edwards. In his will, dated December 15, 1829, and probated April 10, 1830, he mentions his wife, Sybel Edwards, his adopted daughter Calista Mead, and his children : William; Solomon ; Sereno; and Polly Edwards. The branch of the Edwards family through which Ebenezer and his nephew, Edwin S. Edwards, trace their descent from Alexander Edwards, the emigrant ancestor, came to Skaneateles from Nothampton, Mass., in the year 1809: Ebenezer, Solomon, Ebenezer, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Alexander.)
(Thorn Hill.)
EGGLESTON.
Dea Benjamin Eggleston, left us January 9, 1868, in the full assurance of a blissful immortality, through Christ his Saviour, age 85 years.
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" Precious in the sight of the Lord is the Death of his Saint."
(He married Elizabeth Wiltsie. In his will, dated Feb- ruary 18, 1865, and probated March 23, 1868, he mentions his wife, Elizabeth Eggleston, and his children: Myron; Rolfe; John; Theodore, married Sarah A. Gardner; Delilah Goodridge; Adeline Wood; Catherine Coon; Rebecca, mar- ried Austin Wyckoff of Navarino, N. Y .; Mary, married Augustin Vanderburgh, son of Stephen and Maria (Cal- kins) Vanderburg; Ruth M. Eggleston, and Sarah E. Patterson.)
(Thorn Hill.)
Our Mother, Elizabeth (Wiltsie) ), wife of Dea Benjamin Eggleston. Departed this life August 31, 1874, age 85 years, 5 months.
" With a good Hope in Christ of a Blessed and glorious Resurrection to Eternal Life."
(Thorn Hill.)
Sarah A. (Gardner), wife of Theodore Eggleston. Died February 20, 1874, age 37 years, 6 months.
" In earnest of Heaven was her pillow in Death."
(Theodore Eggleston was a son of Dea. Benjamin and Elizabeth (Wiltsie) Eggleston.)
(Thorn Hill.)
EGLIN.
Isaac D. Eglin. Born October 4, 1824. Died Novem- ber 22, 1904.
(He married (1) Elizabeth Dedrick, daughter of William and Thurzy (McCausey) Dedrick; and (2) Ailce Case, daughter of Aaron G. and Rebecca (Monk) Case.)
(Borodino.) Elizabeth (Dedrick), wife of Isaac Eglin. Died April 14, 1886, age 58 years, 10 months, 25 days.
" Dearest husband ! thou dearest friend of my Mortal years, thou trusted one thou tried,
Thou art still living in the valley of tears, But I am at thy side."
(In her will, dated June 25, 1878, probated July 7, 1890, she mentions her husband, Isaac D. G. Eglin, but no chil- dren. She also mentions her brother, William J. Dedrick, of Spafford; her uncle, Samuel Dedrick of Rhode Island;
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her uncle, Henry Dedrick of Rhode Island; Tilson Wood and his sister, Louisa, children of her Aunt Harriet Wood, late of Rhode Island, deceased; her aunt, Sally Reed, of Rhode Island; her aunt, Catherine, sister of her father, William Dedrick; and Mrs. Helen Williams, daughter of Charles Mc- Causey of Spafford.)
(Borodino.)
Alice (Case), wife of Isaac Eglin. Born January 16, 1859. Died December 14, 1905.
(Borodino.)
Lehana Delbert, only of Isaac and Elizabeth Dedrick) Eglin. Died July 5, 1877, age 24 years, 6 months, 5 days.
" No sin, no grief, no pain, Safe in my happy home, My fears all fled, my doubts all slain, My hour of triumph come."
(Borodino.)
ELDRED.
Louisa M., daughter of James and Juliett Eldred. Died April 17, 1843, age 2 years, 3 months, 21 days.
" None but a parent's heart can tell
How much it costs to bid this lovely child farewell."
(Cold Brook.)
ELIOT.
Andrew J. Eliot, (son of Elias and Charity (Warner) Eliot). Died September 27, 1886, age 70 years.
(The paternal grandparents of Andrew J. Eliot were Andrew and Jennie (Ayers) Eliot. Their children were: Daniel, married Hannah Carpenter; Lucretia, married Ste- phen Giles; Elisha, died young; Jacob, married Patience Tripp; George, married Jennie McCarthy; Mollie, married William Seward; Peter, married Jerusha McCarthy ; Luke, married Betsey - -; Hannah, married Daniel Hoyt; Betsey, married Nahum Thompson; and Elias, married Charity Warner.
Elias Eliot, born in Decatur, Otsego County, N. Y., in January, 1793, died in Spafford, May, 1841 age 48 years, and buried in Geddes, N. Y., married in 1813 Charity Warner, born April 9, 1795, and died in Deadwood, S. Da., September
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2, 1895, age 100 years, 4 months, 23 days, daughter of Charles and Sarah (Stockwell) Warner, and by her had the following children: Sarah Jane, born March I, 1815, mar- ried (1) David Ripley, son of Jonathan and Ruth (Corey) Ripley, and (2) Willard Doty, son of Warren and Sarah (Wood) Doty, and by her first husband had seven children (see Ripley) ; Andrew J., born February 11, 1817, married Sarah Ann Bulfinch, daughter of Joseph and Lydia (Harrington) Bulfinch; Lucy Ann, born February 17, 1819, married Joseph H. Bulfinch, son of Joseph and Lydia (Harrington) Bulfinch, she had three children, only one surviving: Mrs. Alice M. Cramer, with whom in 1899 she resided in Yanton, South Dakota (see Bulfinch) ; Charles, born December 1, 1821, married Lodemia Hawkins, and has one child, Nellie; Elias E., born July 28, 1822, married Helen Morey, had two daughters, Nettie and Nellie; Wesley S., born January 5, 1824; married Jennie -, and has one daughter Jennie; Lewis H., born February 13, 1826, married (1) Henrietta Morey, (2) Mary Treadwell, no issue; James M., born October 11, 1828, died at the age of 26, unmarried, at the Globe Hotel, in Syracuse, N. Y .; George W., born November 11, 1831, mar- ried in Chico, Cal., no issue; Warner A., born January 31, 1833, married Lottie Spaids, and had seven children : Charles, Chauncey, Craig, Willie, Kathlyn, Flora, Raymond ; Helen C., born April 9, 1836 married Col. Gideon C. Moody, her husband has been United States Senator from South Dakota, she has had five children: Nellie, Charles, James, Burdett, and Warner, she now resides in Deadwood, S. Da .; and Mary Elizabeth, born April 5, 1838, married Thomas Chandoin, Louisville, Ky., five children, Alice, Thomas, George, Eliot and Charles. She is now deceased. Elias Eliot, when he resided in Spafford, lived on Ripley Hill, south of the Ripley Place, so called, on Lot 42, Tully.
Andrew J. Eliot, by his wife Sarah Ann Bulfinch, had five children : Jane Ann, married Newton Bates (no issue) ; Mary, (now deceased), married John Van Benschoten, son of James and - (Price) Van Benschoten, two chil- dren : Sarah, married Edwin Van Benschoten, son of James and (Price) Van Benschoten, husband dead, one son, resides at Onondaga Valley, N. Y .; Andrew, died young; and Lewis Henry, died young.
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Mrs. Charity (Warner) Eliot, the mother of Andrew J. Eliot, was in many ways a remarkable woman, of strong personality, high Christian character, and full of kindness and motherly tenderness. Her father, Charles Warner, was a soldier of the Revolution, and died at Geddes, N. Y. By his wife, Sarah Stockwell, he had nine children: Esther, Lucy, Charity, Sophia, Betsey, Mary Sarah, Charles and Israel; several of whom, besides Charity, lived to a remark- able old age.)
(Spafford.) Lewis Henry, son of Andrew J. and Sarah A. (Bulfinch) Eliot. Died September 12, 1851, age 9 months, 11 days. (Spafford.)
ELISON.
Hannah, wife of George Elison. Died August 1, 1841, age 28 years, 4 months, 12 days.
" When ere my children do draw nigh
And on this marble cast an eye, Then on this willow drop a tear For one who always loved you dear."
(Spafford.)
Mary, daughter of George and Hannah Elison. Died December 24, 1830, age 4 months, 15 days.
(Spafford.)
EMMONS.
Mary A. (Abbott), wife of Lewis Emmons. Died April 14, 1884, age 54 years.
(Lewis Emmons came from LaFayette. By his wife, Mary A. Abbott, he had two children : George, married Mary L. Grinnell, daughter of Ansel and Asenath (Bennett) Grin- nell; and Milton, married Laura Stanton, daughter of Samuel H. and Sarah (Patterson) Stanton.
(Borodino.)
Anna M. Patten, wife of William A. Emmons. Died February 2, 1869, age 40 years.
(William A. Emmons came from LaFayette; his wife was a daughter of William and Fanny (Rathbone) Patten.) (Borodino.) Frank, son of William A. and Anna M. (Patten) Emmon. Died June 2, 1868, age 3 years.
(Borodino.)
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ENGLISH.
Mary (Taft), wife of John W. English. Died November 14, 1849, age 33 years.
(John W. English, son of Richard and Eliza English, married Mary Taft, daughter of Ellis and Cynthia (Knapp) Taft. The English family, through mistake, were from Ire- land. The family left Spafford about 1836, and settled in Ohio and Michigan, where its descendants remain.
(Cold Brook.)
ENOS.
Chloe, wife of Joseph Enos. Born May 4, 1777, died January 19, 1843.
(Joseph Enos also died at Thorn Hill, September 20, 1852, age 73 years.)
(Thorn Hill.)
Jessie, daughter of Charles H. and Josephine (Williams) Enos. Died July 18, 1878, age 1 year, 2 months. " God's little angel gone home."
(Charles H. Enos was an adopted son of Joseph Enos, Jr. In 1898 he was residing at Rock Creek, Minn.) (Borodino.)
FAY.
John Fay. Died June 23, 1857, in his 68 year.
(Mr. Fay, by his wife, Isabel, had the following children : Andrew, married Milly Harris, daughter of William and Nancy (Davis) Harris; Jeremiah, who died unmarried at the age of about 28 years; and Mary Ann, married Robert Randall, son of Silas and Mercey (Harrington) Randall.) (Spafford.)
Isabel, wife of John Fay. Died June 2, 1859, in her 68th year.
(Spafford.)
Jeremiah Fay, (son of John and Isabel Fay). Died June 3, 1859, age 27 years, 10 months, 14 days.
(Spafford.)
FERRY.
Asa Ferry. Died January 9, 1864, age 84 years, 3 months, 12 days.
(He married first Ruhama , who died Novem-
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ber 5, 1818, second, Christina Buffington, who died May 11,
1852, in her 73rd year, and third, Harmony In the petition for letters of administration upon his estate, made March 9, 1864, by his wife, Harmony Ferry, mention is made of the following children: Chester, married Saba Buffington, of Spafford, N. Y .; Harvey, then residing in Wisconsin; Malinda, married Joseph K. Lamb, he then deceased and she then of Wisconsin; Dolly, married Asa Keen, of Ohio; and Lavina, married Clark Bowker of Wis- consin.)
(Borodino.)
Mrs. Ruhama, wife of Asa Ferry. Died November 5, 1818, age 40 years.
(Thorn Hill.)
Christina (Buffington), wife of Asa Ferry. Died May 11, 1852, in her 73rd year.
(She was a widow when she married Mr. Ferry, and the mother of Charles H. Buffington, who died January 6, 1852, and was buried in this cemetery.)
(Borodino.)
Chester Ferry, (son of Asa and Ruhama Ferry). Died March 16, 1876, age 76 years, 6 months.
(He married Saba Buffington, whom he survived. In the petition for letters of administration upon his estate by his son, Charles H. Ferry, dated April 21, 1876, mention is made of the following children : Charles H., merchant, resid- ing in Syracuse, N. Y .; Asa P., of Rockford, Kent Co., Mich .; George H., of Canonsburgh, Kent Co., Mich .; Jane, married Sylvester H. Sheldon, they are both dead, and buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, N. Y .; Harriet Davis, of Rockford, Mich .; Henrietta Miller, of Canonsburg, Stevens Co., Mich .; Martha Barnes, of Navarino, N. Y .; Ruhama Ida, of Ellery, Stevens Co., Illinois; Americus V., of Skaneateles, N. Y., and John T. Ferry, of Rockford, Mich. Harriet died young.)
(Borodino.)
Saba (Buffington), wife of Chester Ferry. Died Feb- ruary 16, 1873, age 70 years.
(Borodino.)
Harriet, daughter of Chester and (Saba) Sarah Ferry. Died March 31, 1836, age 3 months, 27 days.
(Borodino.)
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FILKINS.
George D. Filkins. Died March 30, 1855, age 42 years. (He married Margaret Fisher, daughter of Dakin and Sally (Youst) Fisher, and by her had three children : Ensign D., who was a soldier in the War of 1861, and died unmarried at the age of nearly 26, in the year 1863; Angeline, married George Spencer Carr, son of Thurston and, Lorane (Green) Carr, at Spafford, March 5, 1871 resides in Heber, Arkansas; and Orrissa, married Marcus N. Seeley, son of Hiram and Betsey Jane (Jacobs) Seeley, her husband died in 1892 and she now resides in Syracuse, N. Y.)
(Spafford.)
Margaret (Fisher) Churchell, former wife of George D. Filkins. Died March 1, 1879, age 66 years, 2 months, 21 days.
(After the decease of her first husband, George D. Filkins, she married Alexander M. Churchell, son of James and Hannah (Dobbs) Churchell, as his third wife. She was buried by the side of her first husband.)
(Spafford.)
Ensign D., son of George D. and Margaret (Fisher) Filkins. Died September 28, 1863, age 25 years, 10 months, 13 days.
(He was a Union soldier in the War of 1861.)
(Spafford.)
FISHER.
Sacred to the memory of Amos Fisher, who died October 28, 1833, age 82 years, 6 days.
(The Fishers came to this town from Springfield, Otsego Co., N. Y., before 1820, and settled on the southeastern part (of subdivision No. 6) of Lot 1, Tully. By his wife, Mar- garet, Mr. Amos Fisher had the following children: Rachel, married Osmer Orton of Spafford, N. Y .; Dakin, married Sally Youst, of Spafford, N. Y .; Clarissa Cone of Mayville, Chautauua Co., N. Y .; Amos, of Otsego, N. Y .; Rebecca married William Billings, of Spafford, N. Y .; Sarah, married Ossage Cone, of Pomfret, Chautauqua Co., N. Y .; Eli, married Nancy of Spafford, N. Y .; Mary, married Erastus Wait, of Chagrin, Ohio; Orrissa, married
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