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(III) Joseph, son of Captain Jacob and Saralı (Pipenger) Stull, was born in Sussex county, New Jersey, January 18, 1777; died on his farm in Eldred township, McKean county, Pennsylvania, December 2, 1866. He was a farmer of Chenango and Steuben coun- ties, New York, until 1808, when he came to Pennsylvania, settling in what is now Eldred township, Mckean county. He was accom- panied by his brother John and they at once began a clearing. Each had a ten-acre lot well cleared, when they discovered they were on another man's property. Joseph moved to what is now Stulltown, Mckean county, where he cleared a farm and lived until his death. He married, January 18, 1802, Delinda Brewer, born in Dutchess county, New York, April 17, 1782, died in Eldred township, June 6, 1862. daughter of Abraham and Eunice (Griswold) Brewer, a union with two of the old colonial families. Children of Abraham Brewer: 1. Delinda, of previous mention. 2. Abraham, died in Chenango county, New York, a farmer, married and left issue. 3. Abigail, married John Stull, brother of Joseph, a farmer. She died on the homestead at Elmira, New York.
Children of Joseph and Delinda ( Brewer) Stull, first four born in the town of Starka, Chenango county, New York: 1. Alma, born August 15, 1804, died in Scioto county, Ohio; married Lynds Dodge, died in Eldred town- ship, Mckean county, Pennsylvania, a farmer and a lumberman ; children, all deceased : Eula- lia, Mary, Eliza, Matilda, Luman, Joseph and Henry. 2. Abraham, born August 21, 1806, died in Eldred township, Mckean county, a farmer ; married Philena Green, who died in Eldred township ; children, all deceased : Hand- ford, George, Philista and Alice. 3. John, of
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whom further. 4. Abigail, born August 25, 1811, died at Port Allegany, Pennsylvania ; married (first) David Groman, (second) Jo- sephi Long, a farmer and a soldier in the war of 1812; children of second marriage : George, deceased ; Joseph, now living at Port Allegany. 5. Camilla, born in Eldred township, Mckean county, Pennsylvania, October 12, 1813, died in Harrisonville, Scioto county, Ohio; married John L. Daniels, of Marietta, Ohio, a school teacher, died in Harrisonville. Children: i. James, died in the Union army during the civil war. ii. Artemesia, died in 1912. iii. Mary, now livng in San Bernardino, California. iv .. Camilla, living in Ohio. v. Alma, living in East Liverpool, Ohio. vi. Lee Quincy, de- ceased, a veteran of the civil war. 6. Caleb Baker, born in Eldred township, March 16, 1816, died there a farmer ; married Caroline Boorhees (?), of Farmer's Valley, Pennsyl- vania. Children: i. Ridgway, deceased. ii. Orsarilla, living in Olean, New York. iii. Cynthia, deceased. iv. Arthur, living in Eld- red, Pennsylvania. v. Ann, deceased. vi. John, living in Coveyville, Pennsylvania. vii. Daniel, living in the state of Washington. viii. Grant, deceased. ix. George, deceased. 7. Laurinda H., married Arthur Young (see Young). 8. Mary Delinda, born in Eldred township, March 10, 1820, died there after two mar- riages ; married (first) Rev. Charles Coe, a Methodist minister ; child, Cyrenus, a captain in the civil war, deceased; married (second) John Nolan, a farmer of Emporium, Pennsyl- vania ; children : John, living in Cameron coun- ty, Pennsylvania, and Merrick, deceased. 9. Jerome K., born in Farmer's Valley, Pennsyl- vania, April 21, 1822, died there a farmer, married Ann Maria Kent. Children: i. Dul- cina, deceased. ii. Joseph C., now living in Portville, Pennsylvania. iii. Baker J., de- ceased. iv. Flora, living at Turtle Point, Penn- sylvania. v. Sylvester, deceased. 10. George R., born in Farmer's Valley, March 3, 1824, died there a merchant; married Catherine Lewis, of New York City; children : George and Joseph, both deceased. 11. Joseph, born in Farmer's Valley, April 21, 1826, died in Eldred township, a farmer ; married Lucinda Myers : children : Favoretta, living in Way- land, New York; Cameron, living in Eldred township.
(IV) John (2), second son of Joseph and Delinda ( Brewer ) Stull, was born in Brading, Steuben county, New York, December 31,
1808. When an infant he was brought to Mc- Kean county, Pennsylvania, by his parents who settled at Stulltown on a farm. He was edu- cated in the public school and became a car- penter, working in New York and Pennsyl- vania, later a farmer. In 1883 he moved to Smethport, where he died. He and his wife were members of the Baptist church. He mar- ried Phobe Wright, widow of Samuel E. Windsor, who died in Franklinville, New York, by whom she was the mother of Orlando, de- ceased ; William E., died in 1911, in Larrabee, Pennsylvania, and Lewis, deceased. Phœbe Wright was born in Ceres, Pennsylvania, March 1, 1814, died in Eldred township, Mc- Kean county, September 17, 1883, daughter of Rensselaer Wright, born about 1791, a farmer and hotel keeper of Eldred, where he died about 1871 ; he married and reared a family of ten. Children of Rensselaer Wright, not known to be in exact order of birth: 1. Phœbe, of previous mention. 2. James, died in Honeoye, Potter county, Pennsylvania, a lumberman ; married Mary Estey, of Ceres; two children. 3. Phelps, died in Michigan, a lumberman ; married a Miss Brown ; two children. 4. John, died in Eldred, Pennsylvania, a lumberman and farmer ; married Editha Moses, of Cuba, New York ; children : William, of Olean, New York; Edick, lives at Eldred, on the old homestead ; John, of Olean. 5. Carl, now living at Coles Creek, Pennsylvania, a lumberman, farmer and oil producer ; married (first) Jerusha Dennis, deceased, who was the mother of his children : Burt, and others ; no issue by second marriage. 6. George, died in Eldred township in 1867, a lumberman ; married a Miss Paine, who sur- vives him with issue, a resident of Eldred. She married (second) Williard Cummings, also deceased. 7. Junius, died in Eldred, a farmer ; married Elizabeth Moddy, of Covey- ville, Pennsylvania, who survives him residing in Eldred. 8. Sarah (Sally), died in Smeth- port, Pennsylvania; married Nathan Palmer, of Ceres, a hotel keeper of Port Allegany, Pennsylvania; children: Adelbert, and three others. 9. Martha, died in Smethport; mar- ried a cousin, Wright, a journalist ; no issue. 10. Maria, died in Michigan ; married Russell Miller, a farmer ; left issue.
Children of John and Phœbe (Wright-Wind- sor) Stull, all born in Eldred township, Mc- Kean county : I. James H., of whom further. 2. Maria, born April 10, 1841, died in Duke Center, Pennsylvania, April 10, 1891 ; married
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Randall Middaugh, of Portville, New York, also deceased ; children : Nettie, now living in Ohio, married; Lily, died aged twenty months. 3. Almeda, born November 15, 1843; married Dana Nichols, of Eldred township, where they reside on their farm; child : Mellie, born 1870. 4. John E., born November 8, 1845, now a re- tired farmer of East Smethport; married Ade- laide Higgin, of Warsaw, New York; child : Clyde, born August 5, 1881, freight agent at Smethport Depot, unmarried. 5. Leroy, born February 28, 1854, now a farmer near Cuba, New York.
(V) James H., eldest son of John (2) and Phœbe (Wright-Windsor) Stull, was born in Eldred township, Mckean county, Pennsyl- vania, November 14, 1839. He was three years of age when his parents moved to Port- ville, New York, where he was educated in the public school, finishing in the high school. His first work was on a farm, later under his father's instruction he learned the carpenter's trade. After he returned to Pennsylvania, he taught one term in the Stulltown public school. After his military service he returned to Penn -. sylvania, and followed his trade in Eldred township, McKean county, where he later pur- chased a farm. He continued carpentering and farming until October 1, 1883, when he moved to Smethport, where he still resides.
He enlisted in 1861 in Company H, One Hundred and Tenth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, which was shortly after- wards consolidated with the Fifty-eighth Regi- ment. On November 7, 1862, he was trans- ferred to Company D, Fourth Regiment, United States Light Artillery, in which he served until his term of enlistment expired. He reënlisted February 1, 1864, in the same battery, continuing in the service until the close of the war, receiving honorable discharge, February 1, 1867, serving two years after the war in Texas. He took part in nineteen bat- tles, among which were: Black Water Run, ten miles from Suffolk, Virginia, fought be- tween the forces commanded by General Cor- coran and General Smith during the siege of Suffolk. In that engagement his battery was hard pressed and lost many men. He was with Grant in front of Petersburg, where his battery was engaged, May 9, 1864, and again on May 13, 1864, they were sharply engaged eight miles from Richmond, suffering severe loss. They crossed the Appomattox, June 14, 1864, took the heights of Petersburg and
placed forty-eight pieces of artillery in posi- tion on the crest of the hill. His services con- tinued through the battles before Richmond until the final surrender of General Lee, April 3, 1865. He is a member of Knights of the Maccabees, the Grand Army of the Republic, the Methodist Episcopal church, and in politics is a Republican.
He married, March 8, 1870, Ann Eliza (Terry) Keyes, born in the village of Greene, New York, February 4, 1841. At nine years of age her father gave her to her uncle Salmon Montague Rose, with whom she lived five years in Smethport, Pennsylvania, where she was educated in the public schools. She is a member of the Maccabees and of the Method- ist Episcopal church. Her father Thomas Terry was born in Connecticut, about 1806, died at Afton, in Chenango, county, New York, July 1, 1851, a cloth manufacturer ; he married Mary Rose, born in Binghamton, New York, 1808, died in Afton, August 10, 1849. Mary Rose was the daughter of Salmon Mon- tague Rose, a root and herb doctor, who died in Smethport, Pennsylvania, 1847. He mar- ried and had issue : 1. Hinsdale, a farmer died in New York; married Sophronia Barrett ; children : Henry, Marian, Lucy, William, Emory and Amelia. 2. John, died in Canas- tota, New York, an official of the Erie rail- road; married and had a family. 3. A son. 4. Salmon Montague, a lumberman, died in Auburn, New York; married Eliza Burdick, from Potato Creek, Pennsylvania; no issue. 5. Mary, of previous mention, married Thomas Terry. 6. Lucy, died in the west ; married Asa Sartwell, a lumberman of Mckean county and left issue. 7. Sherland, died in the west, a merchant. Children of Thomas Terry, all born in New York state: I. Violetta, born 1832; married Ferris Loop, of Windsor; died in Savannah, Illinois, a school teacher and book- keeper ; children : Edwin, deceased ; Mary, liv- ing in Iowa ; Alice, living in Savannah ; Flavia, living in Savannah, and Kate. 2. John, born 1834, died in Warren, Pennsylvania, in 1897; a veteran of the civil war serving from New York; married a widow, Mrs. - ( Free- man) Middaugh; no issue. 3. Annetta, born 1836, died in Iowa, in 1902; married (first) a Van Valkenburg ; children : Mabel; Anna, and five others: married (second) a Lewis; no issue. 4. Silas, born in July, 1838, now a re- tired merchant of Harmony, Clay county, Indi- ana; married Acena Smith, a native of Indi-
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ana ; no issue. 5. Ann Eliza, of previous men- tion, wife of James H. Stull. 6. Mary, born in January, 1847, died in January, 1852. Ann Eliza Terry was a widow at the time of her marriage to James H. Stull. She married (first) September 10, 1859, Melvin Keyes, born December 15, 1838, in Portage, New York, died September 14, 1869, in Pike, Wy- oming county, New York, a farmer of Eldred township; children: 1. Mary, born in Eldred, February 7, 1861 ; married Nathan Miller, of Centerville, New York, where they reside on their farm. Children: i. Elma, married Carl Whitney, a farmer of Centerville. ii. Bertha, married Howard Hamer, a farmer of Center- ville. iii. Ernest, a farmer of Centerville, mar- ried Ethel Hamer. iv. Earl, a farmer of Cen- terville ; married v. Myrtle, married a farmer of Centerville. vi. Clarence, unmar- ried. 2. Annette, born in Eldred, April I, 1863, died in February, 1873. 3. Franklin Au- gustus, born in Eldred, October 21, 1864, died February, 1873.
Children of James H. and Ann Eliza (Terry- Keyes) Stull, all born in Eldred, Pennsylvania : 1. Myrtle Rose, born August 10, 1874; married George Howard, of Arcade, New York, now an oil well driller and foreman for the Crosby Chemical Company, of the gas wells, and is also a contractor ; living at Smethport, Pennsyl- vania. Children: i. Nettie Elizabeth, born August 20, 1896. ii. Harold, January, 1898. iii. Erma', December 25, 1901. iv. Ralph, Jan- uary, 1904. 2. Cora Mundane, born October 31, 1876; married Fred Nourse and resides on their farm near Smethport ; children : Forrest, born March 3, 1896; Loida M., October, 1898; Lois, December 17, 1906. 3. Grace Belle, born July 11, 1878; married Alfred Hoskins, a farmer, now living near Centerville, New York; children: Raymond, born December, 1897; Sylvia, September, 1899; Robert, 1900. 4. Hattie May, born March 7, 1882; married Clayton Wales, of Friendship, New York, now living in Bolivar, New York, a teamster, fol- lowing the oil fields.
The family of Houghton is HOUGHTON of very ancient origin in England, and the name, which was originally De Hocton, is supposed to be derived from the Anglo-Saxon word, Hocton or Hoctune, signifying "Hightown," or "High place," and was taken from one of the manors of the family in Lancashire, Eng-
land, which was remarkable for its lofty situa- tion. The first to assume the name of this manor was Willus De Hocton, or as some- times written, Willus Dominus De Hocton. This was in the year 1140, very shortly after surnames were first introduced. A son or grandson changed the spelling to De Hoghton and about the middle of the seventeenth cen- tury we find the "u" introduced.
Among the Norman barons who came over to England with William the Conqueror was one named Herverus, and after the battle of Hastings, lands were apportioned him in Nor- folk, Suffolk and Lancashire. In the time of Hamo, the grandson of this Herverus the Manor of Hocton came into the possession of the family, and it was Hamo's son, Willus or William, who first assumed the name of De Hocton. The family continued to be a dis- tinguished one, taking an active part in many stirring historical episodes and holding offices and titles of conspicuous distinction. In the eighteenth generation from Herverus, the Nor- man progenitor, Thomas Hoghton built during the reign of Queen Elizabeth Hoghton Tower from the stone of a quarry in the hill on which the tower stands. This is one of the most splendid specimens of the Tudor architecture that is extant, and it was here that James I. was entertained by Sir Richard Houghton in 1517 with a lavishness that impoverished the house for many years. Sir Richard had, upon the institution of the order six years earlier, been made a baronet, ranking second in se- quence of creation. A long list of Houghtons after his time sat in parliament for county Lancaster.
(I) Ralph Houghton, the American pro- genitor of the family, was born in Lancaster, England, in 1623, died in Milton, Massachu- setts, April 15, 1705. He was a man of much larger property than was common among the colonists of the time, and the tradition is that he was the younger son of Sir Richard Hough- ton, who in the parliamentary wars was a zeal- ous adherent of the King. According to the story, Ralph became a Puritan and took a prominent part in Cromwell's forces, actually leading on one occasion the assault of the Roundheads upon his ancestral home. For this treason his name was dropped from the rolls of the family. He, thereupon, came to this country, probably about the year 1647, and with several others bought of the Indians a tract of land and organized the town of Lan-
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caster. This place was repeatedly the scene of savage Indian attacks until the death of King Philip. Ralph Houghton took a leading part in all the activities of the newly organized town, and was a man of unusual ability and force. He married Jane Stowe, born in Eng- land, in 1626, died in Milton, January 10, 1700. The children of Ralph and Jane (Stowe) Houghton were: 1. Ralph, born probably in 1648. 2. James, of whom further. 3. Mary, born April 11, 1653, died in Charlestown, Oc- tober 8, 1679; married, January 20, 1675, William Bently, of Harvard, Massachusetts ; children : triplets, William, Henry, and Han- nah. 4. John, born February 28, 1655, died October 1, 1679, at Charlestown, Massachu- setts. 5. Joseph, born May 1, 1657, died March 22, 1737; married (first) 1693, Jane Vose, (second) Margaret Redding. 6. Experience, born August 1, 1659, in Lancaster ; married, as second wife, May 12, 1684, Ezra Clapp, of Dorchester, Massachusetts. 7. Sarah, born December 17, 1661; married, December 28, 1687, Caleb Sawyer; child, Beulah, born in 1699. 8. Abigail, born May 15, 1664; mar- ried, May 14, 1688, John Hudson ; child, John, born in 1690. 9. Hannah, born October 16, 1667, died October 8, 1679.
(II) James, son of Ralph and Jane (Stowe) Houghton, was born in 1651, probably in Charlestown, or Woburn, Massachusetts, died in 1711. In 1697 he moved to that part of . Lancaster now called Harvard, and with his brother-in-law, Caleb Sawyer, built a home- stead or garrison house on the land given him by his father near Still River, which house is still in the possession of his descendants. This is for many reasons one of the most interest- ing historical houses in that part of the state. He married Mary, born in Lancaster, Febru- ary 14, 1653, presumably the daughter of Thomas and Mary ( Prescott) Sawyer. Their children were: 1. James, born in 1690; mar- ried Sarah Sawyer. 2. Ralph, date of birth not known. 3. John, born in 1697-98; married, November 18, 1718, Mehitabel Wilson. 4. Ephraim, of whom further. 5. Edward, born in 1705, died March 17, 1777; married, No- vember 16, 1727, Abigail Coye. 6. Hannah, married T. Sabin. 7. Experience, married William Houghton.
(III) Ephraim, son of James and Mary (Sawyer) Houghton, married, December 10, 1725, Hannah Sawyer. Their children were: I. Ephraim, born December 1, 1727. 2. Joseph,
born October 12, 1731. 3. Elisha, of whom further.
(IV) Elisha, son of Ephraim and Hannah ( Sawyer ) Houghton, was born July 20, 1746. HIe resided at Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Chil- dren : 1. Maria, born 1777. 2. Moses, of whom further. 3. Aaron, twin of Moses, born March 22, 1781, died November 24, 1842; married, . September 13, 1804, Martha Eaton.
(V) Moses, son of Elisha Houghton, was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, March 22, 1781, died at Lock's Mills, in the town of Greenwood, Maine, sometimes called Wood- stock, October 31, 1847. He married, in 1802, Martha Haskell or Gaskell, born February 15, 1780, died April 14, 1823. Children. I. Rich- ard, born in Acton, Massachusetts, June 9, 1804; married Lucinda Barrows, of Hebron, Maine ; occupation, cooper and gunsmith; died at Mechanic's Falls, Maine. 2. Martha, born September 4, 1805; married Nathaniel Knight, of Paris, Maine. 3. Samuel, born September 5, 1807, died April 9, 1809. 4. Samuel H., born July 20, 1809; married Betsey Tuell. 5. Elijah, born May 15, 1811, died July 30, 1830. 6. Maria, born in Norway, Maine, April 6, 1813; married Gillman Tuell, of South Paris, Maine. 7. Sally, born in Norway, Maine, March 1, 1815; married James Dunham. 8. Ruth, born February 22, 1817 ; married Hora- tio Russ. 9. Susan, born February 22, 1819; married (first ) Henry Russ, (second) a Mr. Tuell. 10. Moses, of whom further. II. Aaron, born March 25, 1823; married Martha Farris, of Paris, Maine; died in Augusta, Maine.
(VI) Moses (2), son of Moses (1) and Martha ( Haskell or Gaskell) Houghton, was born in Waterford, Maine, October 21, 1820. He lived for many years in Greenwood, Maine. He moved from there to West Paris, Maine, and then to Norway, where he died in 1877. He married, in 1840, Lucy Ann Smith. Children: 1. Charles Remington, born Octo- ber 17, 1841, died November 7, 1907 ; married (first) March 15, 1868, Mary H. Bolster, died November 27, 1881, (second) Sylvia Fogg, of Hartford, Maine. Children of first wife: i. Jennie Mary, born November 11, 1869, mar- ried Harry Cole ; ii. Bessie Anna, born Novem- ber 14, 1874, died April 21, 1883; iii. Charles Frederick, born 1878, died November 25, 1881. Child of second wife: Alice Bessie, born February 2, 1886. 2. Mary Ellen, born Jan- uary 23, 1844; married, in 1866. George W.
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Bryant. 3. Rev. Moses Henry, of whom fur- ther. 4. Hannibal Hamlin, born February 16, 1848; married Laura A. Willis; children: i. Winifred Laura, born January 1I, 1881, died in December, 1888; ii. Izah Lucinda, born April 29, 1872; iii. Nellie Agnes, born Sep- tember 14, 1874; iv. Frederick Mason, died 1896; v. Nina Hortense. 5. Etta J., born . January 17, 1854; married George A. Brooks, died in Norway, Maine. 6. Rev. Frederick Mason, born October 20, 1855, at Bethel, Maine, died at Deering, Maine, December 30, 1898; he graduated at Tufts College and Di- vinity School; he married Alice Josephine Buckman, born February 9, 1855; they had two children: Louise Etta, born May 6, 1888, and Charles Frederick. 7. Lucy Emma, born May 28, 1858, in Bethel, Maine ; married, June 20, 1889, J. Clinton Harris, born March 25, 1862 ; children : i. Ersel Dawn, born December 19, 1890, graduate of Brookline high school, June 1910; ii. Carmen, born August 16, 1895, and now (1912) a senior in the Brookline high school. 8. Nina Hortense, born September 14, 1861, at Lock's Mills, Maine, died No- vember 12, 1904; married, May 12, 1904, Hudson Knight.
(VII) Rev. Moses Henry Houghton, son of Moses (2) and Lucy Ann (Smith) Houghton, was born at Locks Mills, Oxford county, Maine, March 17, 1846, died in May, 1910. His early education was acquired at the Acad- emy at Norway, Maine, going from there to the Harvard Divinity School, from which he was graduated in 1873. He entered the min- istry at Bath, Maine, taking the pastorate of the First Universalist Church. His charge, which lasted for three years, marked a period of great prosperity for the church, a hand- some parsonage being erected during the time at a cost of $3,000. He then organized the Universalist church of Grand Haven, Michi- gan, and was its pastor two years. He was also pastor of the Universalist church of Hy- annis, Massachusetts, for three years, and of that of New Haven, Connecticut, for six years. His health becoming impaired he went west and served as pastor at Storm Lake, Iowa, for three years, and at Dubuque, Iowa, for two years. He was pastor of the church at Ti- tusville, Pennsylvania, for two years. For eight years he was pastor of the Universalist church in Bradford, Pennsylvania, and during this time a beautiful church was erected and equipped with a pipe organ at a cost of
$25,000. Owing to failing health he retired from the ministry, and was for eight years collector in the United States internal revenue department. He then returned to the minis- try and was pastor of the Springville, New York, congregation, his last ministerial work. He was an eloquent pulpit orator, and a man whose blameless life attracted many to the cause he championed. "Possessing a sunny disposition, a sympathetic heart and a strong intellect, he made a marked impression wher- ever he labored, and was one of the most popular pulpit orators of the day".
He married (first) January 1, 1865, Agnes Abbott, and they had one child, Clifton El- well, born October 12, 1868, now living in Erie, Pennsylvania. He married (second) Ida, daughter of Woodbury Langdon and Julia ( Estes) Martin (see Martin IX), now a resi- dent of Bradford, Pennsylvania. She is a member of the church whose service claimed the best years of her husband's life, also be- longing to the Ladies' Literary Club, of Brad- ford, of which she was president, and for five years was one of the vice-presidents of the State Federation of Women's Clubs.
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The name Martin is not only of frequent occurrence in the old world, but became com- mon in America from an early period, being · found in the early lists of settlers in Massa- chusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Vir- ginia and other colonies. The name is vari- ously spelled even in the records of the same family as: Martin, Marten, Marttin, Marteen, Martain, Martine and Martyn. As it is com- mon to all countries there is nothing in the name to determine the nationality of the fam- ily bearing it. It is found in England as early as the Conquest and was the surname of the Lords of Cemmes for seven generations. In America the name is a respected one and has been borne by men and women who have been good and useful members of society, acting well their part in the sphere in which they were placed.
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