The history of Madison County, Ohio, Part 120

Author: Brown, Robert C; W.H. Beers & Co., pub
Publication date: 1883
Publisher: Chicago, W.H. Beers & co.
Number of Pages: 1180


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JOHN H. FINLEY, farmer. P. O. Rosedale. The subject of this sketch was born December 29. 1812. in Rockbridge County, Va., where, in February. 1837. he married Martha A. Ruff, daughter of John and Martha Ruff. To them were born nine children, five of whom are now liv- ing, viz. : William A., David W .. Horace T., Martha M. and Winfield S. ;


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the names of the deceased are as follows: John F., Amanda M .. Matilda V. and Samuel W. Mrs. Finley was born July 28, 1817, in Lexington, Va., and departed this life December 20. 1873. About the year 1849, with his wife and children, Mr. Finley came to Madison County, Ohio, and set- tled in the northeastern portion of Monroe Township. He has served as Clerk of Monroe Township many years, is a member of the Christian Union Church, and the owner of 280 acres of land. Winfield S. Finley, one of the sons of our subject. was born October 5, 1858, in Monroe Township, Madison County, and received a good English education. On Angust 11, 1880, he married Miss Jennie Heath, daughter of James and Melinda Heath. They have one child -Emery. Mr. Finley resides on his father's homestead, the location of which has been given in this sketch.


JOHN FLORENCE. farmer, P. O. Plain City. The subject of this sketch was born October 5. 1843, in Madison County, Ohio. His parents are Robinson and Elizabeth Florence, of Paint Township, this county. After receiving a rudimentary education, our subject, in the fall of 1862, entered the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware, in which institution he remained for one year. On September 16, 1875, he married Miss Blanche Morgridge, daughter of Joshua B. and Harriet Morgridge. This union has been blessed with two children --- Mary M., born August 6, 1876; and Walter T., born May 31, 1878. After his marriage. Mr. Florence resided in Paint Township one year, when he settled in the northeastern portion of Monroe Township, where he now lives. He is the owner of 230 acres of land located partly in Monroe and Canaan Townships.


JAMES GUY, farmer, P. O. Rosedale. The subject of this sketch was born July 17, 1825, in Madison County, Ohio; his parents were James and Mary Gny, who were among the early settlers of Madison County. He was reared to man's estate on a farm, and received the rudiments of an English education in a district school. In December, 1845, he married Miss Adelia J. Williams, born August 8, 1826, and daughter of Ralston and Martha Williams. To them have been born five children, viz .: Clara A., born September 17, 1847, died September 11, 1849; Sylvia J., born Oc- tober 9, 1849; Alice E., born August 12, 1852; Lewis A., born April 14, 1857; and Francis M., born July 26, 1863. Mr. Guy has served as Trustee of Monroe Township, also. as Treasurer. He is the owner of 480 acres of land in a fine state of cultivation, and upon which are erected fine and sub- stantial buildings. His residence, located in the western portion of Monroe Township, is one of the best and most commodious in the township.


JOSEPH HEATH, deceased. The subject of this sketch was born August 11, 1784, near Harper's Ferry, Va. He was reared on a farm and received the rudiments of education in a district school. On February 20. 1811, he married Margaret Bates, by whom he had seven children. She died in December, 1821. Abont the year 1814 or 1815, he came to Madison County, Ohio, and settled in Monroe Township, from Franklin County, where he had located for a short time. For his second wife he married, on February 26, 1824, Elizabeth Bond, by whom he had ten children, five of whom are now living, viz .: Elizabeth, Mahala, Polly, Margaret, and Joseph R. She departed this life August 26, 1842. He again was married in October, 1847, this time to Catherine Cuples, by whom he has nine chil- dren, five now living, viz. : Robert W., Rachel A., Mary C., Noah W., and William L. Mr. Heath served with the American Army during the war of 1812, against the British. He had served as Trustee of Monroe Township,


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and departed this life October 6, 1861. His widow survives him, and re- sides on the homestead, in the southern part of Monroe Township.


JOHN KREAMER, deceased. The subject of this sketch was born


February 9, 1825, in Pennsylvania. When a boy. with his parents, Joseph and Mary Kreamer. he emigrated to Madison County, Ohio. He received but a meager education in his youth, schools then being not very numerous and of an inferior order as compared with the splendid schools of to-day. On October 16, 1848. he married Miss Mary Snodgrass, born February 5. 1829, and daughter of James and Mary Snodgrass. To them were born six children, four of whom are now living-Martha C .. Eugene C., John and Rosella. In 1860. Mr. Kreamer settled in Monroe Township, near where his widow now resides. and where he remained until his decease, January 27, 1871. He was a kind and loving father and an indulgent hus- band, respected by all who knew him. He had served as Trustee of Mon- roe Township. His widow, an estimable lady, still survives him, and re- sides in the eastern portion of Monroe Township.


DAVID R. LOMBARD, farmer, P. O. Rosedale. The subject of this sketch was born February 29, 1824, in Kentucky. When a boy, with his parents, Jesse and Olive Lombard, he came to Champaign County, Ohio, where they located two years. From thence they came to Madison County and settled in Darby Township, where his parents remained until their de- cease. They were the parents of six children, five of whom are now living . - Jesse H., Harvey D., Laura. Anne, and David R. On March 22, 1849, onr subject was married to Miss Margaret A. Jones, daughter of John and Elizabeth Jones. To them have been born six children -- Elias M., Ida F., William M., Madison S., Martha E., and Olive E. (deceased). After the date of his marriage, Mr. Lombard for eleven years resided in Darby Township, this county. From thence he settled in the northeastern portion of Monroe Township, where he now resides. He has served as Trustee of Monroe Township several years, and as such is now acting, and is the owner of 227 acres of land.


EDWARD S. MANN. farmer, P. O. Mechanicsburg. Benjamin W. Mann (deceased), father of the subject of this sketch, was born March 1, 1797. in Vermont. About the year 1815. with his parents, Samuel and Sarah Mann, he emigrated to Madison County, Ohio. On March 24, 1824, he married Jane Guy, born May 20, 1807; she is a sister of Mr. William Guy, whose sketch appears in this history. To them were born twelve children, seven of whom are now living. Mr. Mann departed this life April 12, 1861; his widow survives him and resides at present with his son, Dewitt C. Mann, in Monroe Township. Edward S. Mann, subject of this sketch, was born August 19, 1836, in Madison County, Ohio, and in his youth received rather a limited education. On November 8. 1859, he married Harriet Howard, daughter of William and Nancy Howard, of Union County; she died January I. 1861. On March 31, 1862, he married Miss Mary J. Hoyt, who was born May 16, 1840. in Batavia, N. Y. Her parents are Hubbell and Elmira Hoyt. To them have been born five children, four of whom are now living - Helen A., born May 18. 1863; Lily G., born August 28, 1865; Freddie, born July 25, 1867; Charles C., born March 26. 1874; and Dora M., born June 14, 1879. Lily G. departed this life April 17, 1872. Mr. Mann has, with the exception of eighteen years (eight years in Henry County and ten years in Fulton County), been a resident of Madison County all his life. In 1880, he returned to Madison County and settled in the


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western portion of Monroe Township, where he now resides. His political views are Republican, and he is the owner of 200 acres of land.


JOSIAH MORRIS, farmer. P. O. Rosedale. David Morris, father of the subject of this sketch, was born November 24, 1807, in Kentucky. With his parents, Joseph and Levinah (Drake) Morris, about 1812, he came to Clark County, Ohio. On January 14, 1831, he married Sarah Weaver, daughter of George and Elizabeth Weaver. To them were born six chil. dren, five of whom are now living-John W., Benjamin F., Solomon, Josiah and Surrilda. Directly after his marriage, Mr. Morris located for five years in Logan County, Ohio. From thence he came to Madison County, Ohio. and settled in the northern portion of Monroe Township, where he now resides. His wife died March 10, 1881. He has served as Trustee. Treasurer and Justice of the Peace in Monroe Township. Politically, he is a Republican, and the owner of 300 acres of land. Josiah Morris, subject of this sketch, was born March 23, 1837, in Madison County, Ohio. He was reared to manhood on a farm, and received but a rudimentary education. On May 26, 1862, he enlisted in the Eighty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for a term of three months, the regiment, however, was not called into active service, and he received an honorable discharge September 20, 1862. On July 4, 1863, he was elected Captain of Company E, Second Regiment Ohio Militia, for a term of five years. On February 21, 1865, he married Miss Orpha Sidebottom, born November 10, 1846, and daughter of John H. and Elizabeth Sidebottom. By this union there has been an issue of two


children -- Carrie and Rosa. About the year 1859, Mr. Morris went on a Western tour to Missouri, where he spent three years. He then returned to his home in Madison County. He is a member of the F. & A. M. Lodge, No. 311, at Plain City, and the owner of 181 acres of land.


WILLIAM F. SANFORD, farmer, P. O. Rosedale. The subject of this sketch was born March 2, 1819, in New Jersey. In the fall of 1833 with his parents, Nathan P. and Anne Sanford, he emigrated to Somerford Township, Madison County, Ohio, where they settled, and remained until his mother's death, in 1855. His father then went to Allen County, where he spent the remainder of his days, having survived his deceased wife sev- eral years. Of the seven children that were born to them, five are now liv. ing -- William F., Horace, Samuel, Edwin and Abigail. On February 8, 1849, our subject was united in marriage to Miss Caroline Brown, daughter of James and Mary A. Brown, who also were early settlers in Madison County. By this union there has been an issue of ten children-David B .. born May 18, 1850: Mary A., born October 23, 1851; Fletcher, born May 1, 1853, died September 14, 1SS0; Charles F., born December 20, 1854; Marshall, born December 20. 1856; Louisa, born October 13, 1858; Arthur M., born October 3, 1860; Francis M., born January 12, 1863: Carrie M .. born July 29, 1865; and Erwin H., born February 5, 1869, died March 15, 1873. After his marriage, Mr. Sanford settled in the western portion of Mon- roe Township, where he now resides. He has served as Clerk of Monroe Township several years, and is the owner of 100 acres of land.


JOHN M. THOMAS, farmer, P. O. Rosedale. The subject of this sketch was born October 20, 1834, in Madison County, Ohio. His parents are Benjamin and Melinda Thomas, of Stokes Township, this county. He was reared to manhood on a farm, and received but a limited education. On March 28, 1862, he married Miss Margaret A. Carr, born January 31, 1844, and daughter of Michael and Mary Carr, of Fayette County, Ohio. To them have been born six children, five now living-Mary F .. Luella. Melinda O.,


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Milton E., Minnie M., and Samuel F. (deceased). After his marriage for five years he lived in Stokes Township, this county, and from thence he located in Fayette County two years. He then returned to Madison County, and after locating for twelve years in Union Township, finally settled in the western portion of Monroe Township, where he now resides. Mr. Thomas is a mem- ber of the Christian Church, and the owner of 140 acres of land in a good state of cultivation.


WILLIAM WAGNER, farmer, P. O. La Fayette, was born in Franklin County, Ohio, Montgomery Township, September 2, 1842; he is a son of Martin and Sarah (Devore) Wagner. He is a farmer, and owns thirty acres of land near where he lives.' He was married, August 7, 1873, to Mary Eliza- beth Akerson, daughter of William Wesley and Susanah (Tillman) Aker- son. She was born June 23, 1854. Her father was a native of Ohio, and her mother of Vermont. Our subject's grandfather was Henry Tillman. Our subject is the father of five children, viz. : Cora Melissa, born Septem- ber 1, 1874; William Harvey, born December 15, 1875, and died July 6, 1877; Christopher Martin, born September 11, 1877, died October 23, 1877; Virginia Mayne, born November 3, 1878; and Robert Jefferson, born Janu- ary 5, 1881. Mr. Wagner served eighteen months in the United States cav- alry, Company E, with Capt. Sandford, and participated in several battles. He was wounded at the battle of Gettysburg, Penn., in the hand, for which he receives a pension.


JOSEPH WILLIAMS, farmer, P. O. Rosedale. The subject of this sketch was born June 11, 1837, in Madison County, Ohio; his parents were Ralston and Martha Williams, who settled in Madison County at quite an early date. He was reared on a farm, and received the rudiments of an En- glish education in a district school. In the summer of 1862, he enlisted in the Twenty sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Army of the Cumberland. He participated in the battles of Murfreesboro and Chickamauga, and in the lat- ter he received a wound in the left foot, which obliged him to remain in the hospital for several weeks, when he returned home to Madison County, in December, 1863. After being at home a short time and believing himself capable, he again reported himself for duty at Camp Chase. He, however, was again taken ill, and confined in the hospital a few weeks. He was then sent to Columbus, where he was ordered on garrison duty; he also was a . short time at Cincinnati, and received an honorable discharge in the sum- mer of 1865. On December 19, 1867, he married Miss Elizabeth A. Brad- ley, daughter of John and Sarah A. Bradley. To them have been born eight children, seven of whom are now living, viz. : Edgar A., Kate, Clara, Nellie, Ralston, Marion and Bessie. Mr. Williams has served as Trustee of Mon- roe Township, and is the owner of 322 acres of land.


LAFAYETTE WILSON, farmer, P. O. La Fayette. The subject of this sketch was born December 19, 1839, in Madison County, Ohio. His parents were William D. and Nancy Wilson, early settlers of Madison County. He was reared on a farm, and received the rudiments of an En- glish education in a district school. On May 24, 1871, he was united in marriage with Miss Sarah A. Temple, daughter of Thomas and Mary J. Temple, of Madison County, formerly of Guernsey County, Ohio. This union has been blessed with two children-Howard, born February 19, 1873. and Maud L., born June 12. 1878. Shortly after the date of his marriage, Mr. Wilson located in the southern portion of Monroe Township, where he remained until the fall of 1876, when he settled about one and one-half miles north of where he first located. He also, for six months,


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served in the Eighty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the late war of the rebellion, but did not participate in any active service. He received an honorable discharge at the expiration of his term of enlistment, and re- turned home. He is the owner of 400 acres of land in a good state of cul- tivation.


JONAH WOODS, farmer, P. O. La Fayette. The subject of this sketch was born December 26, 1838, in Madison County, Ohio. His parents were Jacob and Mary Woods, who were early settlers of Madison County; they both died when Jonah was a mere boy, and thus left him to shift for himself. From his youth up, he enjoyed the quietude of farm life, and received but a limited education. On September 24, 1861, he enlisted in Company A, Fortieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Army of the Cumberland. He participated in the battles of Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Kenesaw Mountain, and numerous other important engagements. He received an honorable discharge in October, 1864. He has thus enrolled his name with the thousands of others, who so bravely volunteered in defense of their country, whose flag was about to be trampled under the iron heel of a most formidable enemy. On February 15, 1870, he married Miss Isabella Ben- nett, by whom he had four children, three now living-Leora A., Winnie G. and Sylvia C. Mr. Woods has served as Trustee of Monroe Township; he is a member of the F. & A. M. Lodge at Plain City, and the owner of 230 acres of land.


CANAAN TOWNSHIP.


HENRY ALDER (deceased) was born on the old "Alder place," in Ca- naan township, March 16, 1809. He is a son of Jonathan Alder, one of Madi- son County's carliest settlers, who is fully spoken of in the body of this work. Our subject grew up on the farm and devoted his whole life to that honorable avocation. He was one of twelve children, eight daughters and four sons. He began life for himself by renting land, and afterward purchased a tract of two hundred acres across the creek from his father, where Henry Clay Alder 'now lives; when about twenty three years of age, he married Elizabeth Millikin, who died January 1, 1874. He afterward married Rebecca Timmons, daugh- ter of Thomas and Hannah (Silvers) Timmons, natives of Pennsylvania. He died March 26, 1877, about eighteen months after his second marriage. He had nine children. all by his first wife, viz .: Isaac, Jacob (deceased), James (deceased), Mary (deceased), Henry Clay, Angeline (wife of Martin High), twins (who both died young), and Lewis (who lives on the old homestead). Mr. Alder was a promenint Republican, County Surveyor many years, and, Justice of the Peace more than thirty years. His widow resides on their farm in Canaan Township. She was born in Pennsylvania, while all the balance of the family were natives of Ohio.


ISAAC ALDER, farmer, P. O. Canaan, is the descendant of a family that is considerably noted in this part of the country, they being among its earliest settlers. He was born in Franklin County, Ohio, November 27, 1836, and is a son of Henry and Elizabeth (Millikin) Alder. His father was a native of Canaan Township; was born in 1809, and died March 26, 1877; his mother, a native of Washington County, Penn., was born in 1812, and died January 1, 1874. Our subject was married March 24, 1864, to Margaret Crego, a native of Madison County, and a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Davis) Crego; her


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father, a native of New York State, aged sixty-eight years, and her mother, a native of Ohio, Madison County. Subject's father was surveyor of this county for several years. Our subject's parents were married in 1834. Mr. Alder has had nine children, seven boys and two girls, four living-Isaac, Jacob (deceased), James (who was a member of the Ninety-fifth Regiment, Company K, Capt. G. W. Daugherty; participated in the battle of Richmond, Ky .; served as teamster, and died of black jaundice in 1863, aged twenty-three years), Mary (deceased, aged eight years). Henry Clay (married Elizabeth Patterson), Angeline (wife of Martin High), two died at birth, and one at the age of six or seven years, and Lewis C., who married Nancy Patterson, and resides on the farm of the grandfather and father on the banks of Big Darby.


DANIEL ANDERSON, farmer, P. O. Plain City. The subject of this sketch was born May 28, 1841, in Madison County, Ohio. He is a son of Daniel and Louisa Anderson, who were among the early settlers of Madison County. Ile was reared to man's estate on a farm, and received a good common English education. On October 16, 1862, he married Manzilah Ortman, born November 12, 1837, and a daughter of William and Elizabeth Ortman, of Franklin County. Ohio. To them have been born two children-Thomas McLellan, born July 28, 1863, and Maud, born March 29, 1875. Mr. Anderson has from his youth up been a resident of Madison County; he is a member of the M. E. Church at Wilson's Chapel, and the owner of forty acres of land. William Ortman, father of Mrs. Anderson, was born in Maryland, where he married Elizabeth Harlin, by whom he had eleven children, seven of whom are now living --- Joshua, Thomas, Emily J., Joseph, Mary E., James W., and Manzilah. About the year, 1849, he emigrated from Maryland to Henry County, Ind. where he located one year, when he came to Franklin County, Ohio, where he and his wife remained until their decease.


S. D. ANDREW, merchant, West Canaan. This gentlemen was born in Washington County, Penn., July 23, 1828 ; he is a son of Cyrus and Sarah (Dille) Andrew. He emigrated to Madison County, Ohio, in October, 1856. He received common school education, and is by occupation a merchant. He was a salesman two years at Van Buren, a partner four years, farmed eighteen years and was in business for six years in Amity. His grandfather's name was Cyrus. He. our subject, was married March 1, 1855, to Ann E., daughter of John and Rachel (Bayne) Milliken, natives of Pennsylvania, of Irish, German and Scotch descent. By this union there were born'six children, viz .: James C., deceased, aged twenty-three years, married Martha Worthington ; Flora B .; Cyrus H .; Rachel Odessa, deceased, at eighteen months ; Elmer, and Ann, deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew are members of the Presbyterian Church. He has held the office of Township Clerk and is a Democrat in politics.


WILLIAM ATKINSON, farmer, P. O. Plain City, a native of Greene County, Ohio, came to Canaan Township in 1853. He was born February 22. 1832. His father, Cephas Atkinson, was a native of Pennsylvania, who came to Ohio in the year 1811, and settled in Clinton County. He was born November 30, 1790, and died in November, 1860. His wife, Abigail (Oren) Atkinson, was a native of Pennsylvania, where she was born in April, 1796; she died December 24, 1876. Joseph Atkinson, the grandfather of our subject, was a native of En- gland, and his wife was Susannah (Mills) Atkinson. William A. was married, May 29, 1866, to Lueinda, daughter of John and Mary (Rhulen) Nunemaker. natives of Germany. He was born November 22, 1808 ; came to Fairfield County, Ohio, at the age of eight years, and died in April, 1879. His wife was born December 26, 1806. The grandfather, Nunemaker, died at the ripe old age of eighty-three years. Our subject's wife was the widow of Robert Flemming, and was born in the year 1839. By her Mr. Atkinson has three children, viz .: Mary Eva, born June 17, 1867 ; Charles Francis, born June 24. 1870 ; and Cephas,


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born December 24, 1876. Mr. Atkinson owns 1,0374 acres of land, situated five miles southwest of Plain City. He has served as School Director and Trustee, and in politics is a Republican.


THE BEACH FAMILY .* The genealogy of the Beach family of Madison County runs through ten generations since coming to America. Moses Perkins Beach, of 309 Fifth avenue, New York City, son of the late Moses Yale Beach, of the New York Sun, in his arrangement of our genealogy, refers to our earliest ancestor in America, as " ye pilgrim Thomas. of Milford," Conn., in contradis. tinction to "ye pilgrim John." of Stratford, Conn., the original Beaches who came to this country in the early days of emigration. My great-grandfather, Amos Beach, born at Wallingford, Conn., in 1724, was a great-grandson of "ye pilgrim Thomas ;" and he married December 24, 1746, Sarah Rice, or Rays, as it was then spelled. To them were born twelve children, eight sons and four daughters, as follows : Chloe, born 1747 ; Chauncey, born 1748 ; Ambrose, born 1750, was a soldier in Captain Titns Watrous' company, in the Revolutionary army, and died July 8, 1776, of camp distemper ; Amos, born 1751 ; Brewer, born 1753; Abraham, born 1755, died June 5, 1777, at Milford, Conn., on his way home from British prison ships ; Esther, born 1757 ; Obil, born December 27, 1758 ; Sarah, born 1760 ; Isaac, born 1762; Roswell, born in 1764, and died May 1st, 1858, in Belmont County, Ohio ; Sarah, born 1766. Of the eight sons above named, all were soldiers in the Revolutionary army. The mother of these children died in 1820, at the home of her son Brewer, in Goshen, Conn., aged ninety years. Of the above children, Obil Beach, born in Goshen, Conn., De- cember 27, 1758, was my grandfather. In October, 1777, when two months less than eighteen years of age, he entered the Revolutionary army, under Capt. Chapman and Col. Swift ; and was present and witnessed the surrender of Burgoyne, at Saratoga, October 17, 1777. He served for three years, and was mustered out in New Jersey in October, 1780. On the 27th day of June, 1782, he married Miss Elizabeth Kilbourne, or Kilborn, of Litchfield, Conn., born June 9, 1765. She used the Quaker dialect ; but I think she was a Presbyte- rian at the time of her marriage. She is said to have been of Scotch descent. They each had small interests in real estate, the one in Goshen and the other in Litchfield ; but soon after marriage they moved to the township of Poultney, in Rutland County, Vt. By a deed, now in my possession, it appears that one Ebenezer Hyde, of Poultney, County of Rutland, for and in consider- ation of the sum of twenty-three pounds and ten shillings, " lawful money," sold to Obil Beach, of Goshen, Conn., seventy-five acres, "in said Poultney," on the 8th day of March, " in the sixth year of American Independence," Anno Domini, 1782. And on the 6th day of November, 1782, he also received a deed from Jason Bell, of the Township of Poultney, County of Rutland, for fifty acres ; for which he paid sixty pounds. On the 10th day of September, 1783, Joseph Ballard, of Fairhaven, County of Rutland, State of Vermont, for the sum of thirty pounds, sold to Obil Beach, " of the Township of Poultney," one hundred acres ; so it would seem probable that he moved to Vermont in 1782. the same year of his marriage, or early in the spring of 1783. He subsequently moved to New Haven Gore, Addison County, Vt .; and on the 5th day of December, 1788, Oliver Strong, of Poultney, deeded him seventy-six acres "in a gore of land called New Haven Gore," in the County of Addison, State of Vermont, for sixty pounds, "lawful money ;" and also, with even date, fifty acres for forty pounds at the same place, to Elizabeth Beach, his wife. So that, in the absence of better proof, it is presumable that he moved to New Haven Gore in 1788. To him and his wife Elizabeth were born twelve children, as follows: Susannah, born September 20, 1783 ; Amos, born July 9, 1785 ; Marova, born April 18, 1787 ; Uri, born December 7, 1789 ; Ambrose, born March 17, 1792 ; Rhoda,




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