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4. Francis Asbury Cumings, born in Mad- ison, Ohio, June 10, 1855, married (first) Oc- tober 6, 1880, Mary Rood, of Madison, Ohio; she died in Madison, Ohio, March 6, 1896. He married (second) July 7, 1897, Winnifred E. Rand, daughter of his cousin, Elmer H. Rand (a granddaughter of Lucy (Cumings) and Martin Rand, born in Mason, New Hamp- shire). His children are : 1. Walter Cumings, born in Criswell, Butler county, Pennsylvania, September 8, 1881, married, and resides in Madison, Ohio. 2. Bessie Agnes Cumings, born in Criswell, Pennsylvania, May 2, 1888, graduated from Wilson College, Chambers- burg, Pennsylvania ; resides in Madison, Ohio, a librarian in Cleveland, Ohio.
5. Jane Rebecca Cumings, born in Madison, Ohio, February 1, 1857; married, May 8, 1884, Howard A. Atkinson, of Willoughby, Ohio, where they resided until his death, June 12, 1904, after which Mrs. Atkinson removed with her family to Cleveland, Ohio. Children : Arland Cary Atkinson, born in Willoughby, Ohio, February 9, 1885, married, and resides in Cleveland, Ohio; Ralph Howard Atkinson, born in Willoughby, Ohio, December 2, 1886; William Charles Atkinson, born in Willough- by, Ohio, October 8, 1888, died there January 10, 1892; Raymond Cumings Atkinson, born October 30, 1895. The two unmarried sons reside with their mother.
6. Benjamin Potter Cumings, born in Mad- ison, Ohio, June 30, 1860, died there Septem- ber 22, 1861.
7. Homer Potter Cumings, born in Madi- son, Ohio, February 19, 1862; graduated at Union College, Schenectady, New York, class 1885. He was retained there as an instructor
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in the college. He later engaged in the busi- ness of civil engineer in Painesville, Ohio, and became city engineer. He has been very suc- cessful. August 13, 1891, he married Jennie Hills, of Willoughby, Ohio. Children : I. Mil- dred Josephine Cumings, graduated from school in Painesville, Ohio, in 1910; she was born February 8, 1893. 2. Homer Harold Cumings, born August 13. 1895.
8. Emily Estelle Cumings, born in Madison, Ohio, January 21, 1864; is unmarried ; she is a deaconess in the Methodist Episcopal church.
9. Mary Maria Cumings, born in Madison, Ohio, September 8, 1866; graduated from Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, class of 1889. She taught Latin and Greek languages for eleven years in Ottawa, Illinois, when she ac- cepted a similar position in Painesville, Ohio, that she might be nearer her mother during her remaining years. She still retains that posi- tion, and resides unmarried in Painesville, Ohio (1913).
10. Nellie Lavinia Cummings, born in Madi- son, Ohio, March 2, 1869; attended Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Oberlin, Ohio, 1888- 89; married, August 15, 1894, Allen N. Ben- jamin, of Madison, Ohio, where they reside; two children, living in Madison, Ohio: Mary Frances Benjamin, September 8, 1897; Allen N. Benjamin Jr., born August, 1906.
11. Kate Cumings, born in Madison, Ohio, January 18, 1872; educated in the schools in Madison, and Oberlin College and Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Oberlin, Ohio; mar- ried, July 25, 1900, Orlando Pershing, of Mad- ison, Ohio, pastor of the Presbyterian church, Pueblo, Colorado, where they reside; one child, Charles Pershing, born in Ada, Ohio, 1909.
12. Edgar Roscoe Cumings, born in Madi- son, Ohio, February 20, 1874; graduate of Union College, Schenectady, New York, re- ceiving degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Mas- ter of Arts. He was an instructor and did post-graduate work at both Cornell College, Ithaca, New York, and Yale College, New Haven, Connecticut. Yale College conferred upon him the degree of Ph.D. He is profes- sor of geology in the Indiana State University, Bloomington, Indiana, where he resides. He married, in Oak Lane, Philadelphia, Pennsyl- vania, June, 1907, a sister of his nephew's wife, Lois Crowthers, daughter of Henry H. Crowthers, of Philadelphia; two children :
Edith Cumings, born November, 1908; Edgar Roscoe Cumings, born 1910.
Charlotte Jane Sink, wife of Captain Henry Harrison Cumings, was born in Rome, Oneida county, New York, April 25. 1846. She is a lineal descendant from the Earl of Stafford, of Warwickshire, England; from John Bill- ings and Sir Thomas Billings, of Rowell and Northampton, England, through eight genera- tions to the emigrant to America, William Bil- lings ; from Sir Thomas Bromley, of Stafford- shire, England, through his son, Luke Brom- ley, and his grandson, Luke Bromley, of Stonington, Connecticut. Thomas Stafford, son of the Earl of Stafford, born in Warwick- shire, England. Was in Plymouth Colony, 1626, later of Providence and Warwick, Rhode Island; his wife was Elizabeth. Their daughter, Hannah Stafford, who died before 1692, married Luke Bromley Jr., born 1665, died 1697.
Mrs. Cumings is also a lineal descendant of the noted Willis family of Connecticut. Thus : William Bromley (son of Luke Jr. and Han- nah Bromley), born 1668, died 1700, married Lydia Billings, daughter of William Billings and wife Mary, of Stonington, Connecticut, baptized 1672. She died 1747. William Bil- lings came from Taunton, England, appearing in Dorchester, Massachusetts, 1658; he died in 1713. Their son, William Bromley, bap- tized at Preston (now Griswold), Connecti- cut, October 21, 1694, married Judith
and resided in Preston, Connecticut. He died January 7, 1769, and Judith Bromley, his wife, died September 28, 1776. Their daughter, Bathsheba Bromley, born in Preston, Connect- icut, February 12, 1733, married William Wil- lis, of New Haven, March 25, 1750. William Willis, born January 9, 1725, died October 9, 1774. Their daughter, Welthy Willis, born September 18, 1772, died in Cleveland, New York, June 23. 1854, married, in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, January, 1790, James Carroll, who was born in the North of Ireland, 1763, emigrated to America, 1780. He died July 16, 1830. He and his wife are buried in the John Davis Cemetery, Cleveland, New York. Their daughter, Camilla Carroll, born Decem- ber 3, 1798, in Lenox, Massachusetts, died in Rome, New York, December 28, 1877, mar- ried, October 19, 1816, Jacob Sink, of Stock- bridge, Massachusetts. Their son, Andrew Jackson Sink, born at Fort Schuyler, near Utica, New York, June 14, 1823, died in
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Rome, New York, February 15, 1880, mar- ried, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 4, 1840, Sarah Catherine Rue, of Lockport, New York. Their daughter, Charlotte Jane Sink, wife of Captain Henry H. Cumings.
On her mother's side of the family, Mrs. Cumings is a lineal descendant of Richard Higgins, of Plymouth, and one of the first pro- prietors of Eastham, Massachusetts, and his second wife, Mary Yates. They removed to New Jersey in 1670. Also a lineal descendant of Richard Stout, who married the famous Penelope Van Princess, in 1624, and also of Matthew Rue, of Staten Island, an early set- tler; and of George Mount, an early settler and prominent man in New Jersey. Her lines trace through as follows :
(I) Richard Higgins married second wife, Mary Yates, in October, 1651 ; their son,
(II) Jedediah (Jediah) Higgins, of Hun- terdon county, New Jersey, married, April, 1715, Mary Newbold, 1684; their son,
(III) Jedediah (Jediah) Higgins Jr., mar- ried Hannah Stout ; their son,
(IV) Joshua Higgins, born 1732, died 1804, married, 1755, Mary Quick, born 1726, died 1813; their son,
(V) Peter Higgins, married Elizabeth -; their daughter,
(VI) Charlotte Higgins, married, 1816, Matthew Matthias Rue ; their daughter,
(VII) Sarah Catharine Rue, married, 1840, Andrew Jackson Sink.
Richard Stout was a son of John Stout, of Nottinghamshire, England, born there 1584, married, in New York, 1624, Penelope Van Princess, born in Amsterdam, Holland, 1602. Mrs. Cumings' lines :
(I) Richard Stout, born 1584, married, 1624, Penelope Van Princess.
(II) Jonathan Stout, married Ann
(III) Hannah Stout, married Jedediah Higgins ; see generation III. in above Higgins line.
Mrs. Cumings' line from Matthew Rue, of Staten Island :
(I) Matthew Rue came to Middlesex county and Hopewell, New Jersey, from Staten Island about 1702. He died in New Jersey, 1722. His son
(II) John Rue, married Peternella Wyck- off, of Staten Island, removed to New Jersey about the time his father came there; their son
(III) Matthew Rue, died November, 1755; married (second) Margaret (Mount), widow
of Rev. James Herbert (or Harbour), of Mid- dletown, New Jersey, October II, 1749. Matthew Rue was scalped by the Indians in November, 1755. (After his death, Margaret, his widow, married a third husband in 1760- the Rev. James Dey, of Monmouth county, New Jersey). Their son
(IV) John Rue, born 1754, married, Jan- uary 1, 1777, Anne, daughter of Captain and Judge Jonathan Combs, of Cranbury, New Jersey ; their son
(V) Matthew Matthias Rue, born in New Jersey, February 24, 1782, died 1828; removed to Lockport, New York. In 1816 he married as his third wife Charlotte Higgins, of New Jersey ; their daughter
(VI) Sarah Catharine Rue, married, 1840, Andrew Jackson Sink.
Mrs. Cumings' line from George Mount is : (I) George Mount, born in Scotland, died 1705, in New Jersey ; he was a state deputy in New Jersey in 1698, and of his time a very prominent man in all state affairs and offices, serving in the assembly; married Catharine
(II) Matthias Mount, his son, born in New Jersey, died 1695; married Mary their son
(III) Matthias Mount, born about 1692; married - -; his son,
(IV) Matthias Mount, born 1716, died 1791 ; was an elder in the Presbyterian church ; married Anne - -; his daughter
(V) Margaret Mount, married (first) March 24, 1739, Rev. James Herbert (or Har- bour) ; (second) October 11, 1749, Matthew Rue; (third) November 24, 1760, Rev. James Dey.
(VI) John Rue (see above), born 1754, married, January 1, 1777, Anne Combs, born 1751, died 1789, daughter of Captain and Judge Jonathan Combs, of Middlesex county, New Jersey. Captain Jonathan Combs was in commission as captain in the Third Regiment, Middlesex county, New Jersey, militia, dur- ing the revolutionary war (see records on file in office of Adjutant General of New Jersey ; also, Stryker's "Officers and Men in the Rev- olutionary War.")
See now generation IV. in the Rue line just preceding this; here the lines come together and follow :
(VII) Matthew Matthias Rue, son of John Rue, born 1782, married his third wife, Char- lotte Higgins, in 1816. They resided in Lock-
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port, New York. Matthew M. Rue died there November, 1828, and Charlotte (Higgins) Rue died there April 14, 1827. Their daughter
(VIII) Sarah Catharine Rue, born in Lockport, New York, March 1I, 1823, mar- ried, March 4, 1840, Andrew Jackson Sink, born at Fort Schuyler, near Utica, New York, June 14, 1823. Mrs. Sink died in Adams, New York, June 3, 1881; buried beside Mr. Sink in the family plot in the cemetery at Rome, New York. Mr. Sink died February 15, 1880. Mr. Sink was engaged in the hotel business, owning hotels in Rome, New York; Chicago, Illinois ; Toledo, Ohio; Titusville and Tri- umph, Pennsylvania ; Adams, New York ; and other places. He was an attendant of the Pro- testant Episcopal church of Rome, New York ; and a Democrat in politics. Their children :
I. Charles Melvin Sink, born June 14, 1841, died December 24, 1841 ; born and died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
2. George Henry Sink, born in Rome, New York, November 4, 1842, died there January 21, 1875 ; married in Rochester, New York, May 30, 1870, Rose Cassidy, born in Rome, New York, November 24, 1851; their chil- dren, born in Rome, New York: I. Harriet Charlotte Sink, born August 9, 1871, died in Chicago, Illinois, March 1, 1897, married, June 6, 1894, Albert Thomas Trott. 2. Sarah Catharine Sink, born October 4, 1872, married (first) William H. Gers, April 26, 1897, di- vorced November 2, 1901, married (second) Philip J. Gorman, November 24, 1902, di- vorced December 14, 1912, one son, George Clarke Gorman, born in Chicago, Illinois, Jan- uary 8, 1904. 3. Georgiana Helen Sink, born January 11, 1875, died March 7, 1904; mar- ried (first) Frank Louis Hopkins, February 26, 1894; he died September 8, 1899. She married (second) July 12, 1900, Charles E. Lyon. Two children, residing in Chicago, 5748 West Ontario street : Frank Harold Hopkins, born December 25, 1894, and George Howard Hopkins, born November 26, 1898, both born in Chicago, Illinois.
3. Charlotte Jane Sink, subject of this sketch, was born in Rome, New York, April 25, 1846; married in Brooklyn, New York, April 17, 1867, by the Rev. George T. Thrall, Captain Henry Harrison Cumings, of Tidi- oute, Warren county, Pennsylvania. They were married at the home of Mrs. Cumings' cousin, Fanny (Higgins), wife of Joseph Judson.
Mrs. Cumings attended the schools of Rome, New York; Chicago, Illinois; and Notre Dame, in South Bend, Indiana. Mrs. Cumings is a member of the Woman's Relief Corps, having held the positions of president of the Col. George A. Cobham Woman's Re- lief Corps, and other offices ; also has held state offices in that organization, as well as having been the president of the State Department of Pennsylvania, Woman's Relief Corps, 1893 and 1894. She has also held the office of national aide of the Woman's Relief Corps, and other similar offices in the national organization of the Woman's Relief Corps. In this work she was a member of the "Andersonville Prison" Board when it was being restored and was given to the government of the United States. She organized the Tidioute Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and was its regent for eleven years, when she re- signed to accept the regency of the Pennsyl- vania State Society, Daughters of the Amer- ican Revolution, where she has successfully served two terms, and has received the nom- ination for a third term. Mrs. Cumings is also a member of the following local clubs in her neighborhood: The Shakespeare Club, the Mendelssohn, and the Eastern Star, in each of which she was a charter member; she is also a member of the Philomel, of Warren, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Cumings and family are members of Christ Protestant Episcopal Church of Tidioute. Their nine children :
I. Harriet Emily Cumings, born January 9, 1868; educated in the Tidioute public schools ; the class of 1890, of Oberlin College; and Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Oberlin, Ohio. She married, in Mayville, New York, August 27, 1888, Theodore Horatio Ellis, born in Oberlin, Ohio, February 20, 1867, son of the Rev. Professor John Millot Ellis, born in Nashua, New Hampshire, March 29, 1831, and his wife, Minerva Emeline (Tenney), born in North Amherst, Ohio, September 19, 1837, she a daughter of Luman Tenney, M. D., born in Orwell, Vermont, April 3, 1809, and his wife, Emeline Charity ( Harris), born in Becket, Massachusetts, October 9, 1809. They resided for three years in Grandin, Missouri ; ten years in Tiona, Penn- sylvania; two and a half years in Reading, Pennsylvania ; and since 1904 in Baltimore, Maryland. While residing in Tiona, Penn- sylvania, and also in Reading, Pennsylvania, Mrs. Ellis kept up her interests in the clubs of
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her old home in Tidioute. She assisted her mother in organizing the Tidioute Chapter, daughters of the American Revolution, and was its treasurer in 1902-03; she was a mem- ber of the Shakespeare Club and the Twen- tieth Century Club of Tidioute, Pennsyl- vania ; also of the Woman's Relief Corps, Col. George A. Cobham Corps, being its president in 1893. She filled different offices of that corps while residing in that place; also, Mrs. Ellis held several state offices, being installing and instituting officer, National Woman's Relief Corps, and the first patriotic instructor. It was due to her efforts that the Flag Salute was first introduced into all the schools of the state. Mrs. Ellis wrote a personal letter to every teacher in the state asking them to use the Salute daily in their schoolrooms. The county and state superintendents furnished Mrs. Ellis with a list of names of every teacher, with their addresses. In this organization Mrs. Ellis served as national aide for three years, and in other offices, such as flagbearer and guard at the national conventions at Indian- apolis and Pittsburgh. Mrs. Ellis is interested in the Mothers' Club of Baltimore, the Woman's Club of Forest Park in Baltimore, and was the organizer of the Mordecai Gist Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolu- tion, and is a member of Federated Women's Clubs of Maryland. She also takes an active interest in philanthropic and civic work in Baltimore ; and last but not least, does a great deal of historical and genealogical research work, endeavoring to have old and ancient manuscript state records printed and bound and placed where the people of the state will be able to consult them and have a better knowledge of their state history.
Mr. Ellis is a large stockholder and man- ager of the United States Asphalt and Refin- ing Company, in Baltimore, as his main busi- ness, but has an interest in several other busi- ness enterprises. He is a member of De Mo- lay Commandery, Knights Templar, Reading, Pennsylvania, and Rajah Temple of the Mystic Shrine, of the same place. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., of Clarendon, Pennsylvania, and Modern Woodmen of America. In Balti- more he is a member of the Maryland Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, and of the Crescent Club and Baltimore Yacht Club. Mr. Ellis and family attend the Asso- ciate Congregational Church. Their children are :
(a) Bernard Tenney Ellis, born in Tidioute, Pennsylvania, May 29, 1889; graduated with the class of 1908, Baltimore City College, and was in Johns Hopkins University, class of 1912. He is a small stockholder and interested in the U. S. A. R. business with his father. He is a member and chief petty officer of the Maryland Naval Brigade. He is also a mem- ber of the Masonic organization ; he is unmar- ried, and resides with his parents.
(b) Charlotte Cumings Ellis, born in Tidi- oute, Pennsylvania, July 15, 1895 ; educated in the public schools of Baltimore; graduated in class of 1913, Baltimore Eastern High School, vice-president of her class; member of the Baltimore Art Institute.
(c) Minerva Tenney Ellis, born in Tiona, Pennsylvania, April 6, 1901; two years in public schools of Baltimore, and a member of the Girls' Latin School, in Baltimore; mem- ber of the Baltimore Art Institute.
2. Charles Andrew Cumings, born in Tidi- oute, Pennsylvania, December 12, 1869; early education in the public school of Tidioute, then at Pennsylvania State College. He settled first in Butler, Pennsylvania, on an oil lease, remaining there for several years. While there he became a member of the Pennsylvania National Guard. He enlisted in the Cuban war, and for the war in the Philippines, where he served as first lieutenant for three years. He voluntarily resigned his commission in 1901. Next he became a government guager, with headquarters in Pittsburgh and in Mead- ville, Pennsylvania, where he continued for several years. After resigning from this work he removed to Syracuse, New York, for sev- eral years, and finally settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he is in business. He married, in Ridgewood, New Jersey, Novem- ber 14, 1901, Helen Ada Crowthers, daughter of Henry H. Crowthers, formerly of Ridge- wood, but now of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They have one daughter, Margaret Shippen Cumings, born April 26, 1908, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
3. Henry Harrison Cumings Jr., born in Tidioute, Pennsylvania, August 24, 1871 ; at- tended and graduated from the public schools of Tidioute; attended Oberlin College, Ober- lin, Ohio, one year, and then had three years at Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania. After leaving college he entered business with his brother-in-law, Theodore H. Ellis, refining oil at Tiona, Warren county, Pennsylvania.
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They continued this business until the spring of 1901, at which time they sold out and opened an oil business in Reading, Pennsyl- vania. The following winter Mr. Cumings was called to Rome, New York, to look after family business there, taking charge of the Stanwix Hall, one of the hotels owned by his grandfather, Andrew J. Sink, leaving Mr. Ellis to look after the oil business in Reading. Finding the hotel business congenial, Mr. Cumings has remained in Rome, New York, in this business. In Erie, Pennsylvania, July 15, 1896, Henry Harrison Cumings Jr. mar- ried, at the home of her mother, Mrs. Garetta (Hatch) Pierce, Bertha Garetta Pierce. They have two sons: Henry Harrison Cumings (3d), born June 20, 1897; Pierce Amsden Cumings, born March 5, 1900; both born in Tiona, Pennsylvania.
4. Sarah Charlotte Cumings, born in Tidi- oute, Pennsylvania, April 15, 1875. died there September 10, 1875.
5. Ralph Hunter Cumings, born in East Brady, Pennsylvania, December 11, 1876; edu- cated in the public schools of Tidioute, Penn- sylvania : prepared for college in Kiskiminetas Springs School, of Indiana, Pennsylvania, and of the class of 1898 at Yale College, New Haven, Connecticut. Just before graduation he enlisted for the Cuban war, with the Yale Battery. While the company was held in camp he was acting quartermaster. After the close of the Cuban war he was in the hospital in New Haven for several months. When well, he returned home and engaged in busi- ness in Marietta, Ohio. A few years later he sold out his business, returning to Tidioute, and went in with the Union Razor Company, and was their secretary. In 1910 he sold out this business, removing to Baltimore, Mary- land, where he formed a company and went into the manufacture of roofing. He married, in East Orange, New Jersey, September 5, 1906, at the home of her sister, Mrs. Wood- ruff, Elizabeth Harriet Benjamin, of New York City. They had one son, born April 27, 1908 ; he died the same night.
6. Laura Frances Cumings, born in Tidi- oute, Pennsylvania, August 27, 1879; edu- cated in the public schools of Tidioute, Penn- sylvania, graduated class of 1896; entered Lake Erie College, in Painesville, Ohio, for one year. She married, in the Presbyterian church, of Tidioute, Pennsylvania, by the Rev. Dr. Garrett, of Christ Protestant Episcopal
Church, June 15, 1904. Arthur Burr White, of Riverside, California, formerly of Boston, Massachusetts. They resided in Riverside, California, then Corona, California, where Mr. White was the city engineer and civil engineer. When his term of office expired Mr. White removed to Los Angeles, California, where he engaged in the civil engineering business for himself. They own several ranches in Cali- fornia, at Lancaster, Ontario and Corona. Their children: Muriel Burr White, born in Riverside, California, April 13, 1905, died there February 28, 1906; Henry Cummings White, born in Corona, California, November 28, 1906; Laurence Adams White, born in Los Angeles, California, December 6, 1909; baby daughter White, born in Los Angeles, California, November 17, 1911, died there No- vember 18, 1911.
7. Baby daughter Cumings, born in Tidi- oute, Pennsylvania, February 2, 1883, died there February 16, 1883.
8. Benjamin Rue Cumings, born in Tidi- oute, Pennsylvania, October 4, 1887, died there December 13, 1890.
9. Abigail Lynch Cumings, born in Tidi- oute, Pennsylvania, November 17, 1893; at- tended the public schools of Tidioute, also Westlake School for Girls, Los Angeles, Cali- fornia, and later Miss Marshall's School, Oak Lane, Philadelphia, where she graduated with high honors in the class of 1912. Miss Cumings has been endowed with a beautiful voice and is a great addition to the clubs of which she is a member in her home town. She has traveled extensively with her parents, and resides with them, except when studying music and perfecting her voice with the best teachers in Philadelphia.
The fourth child of Andrew J. Sink and wife, Sarah Catharine Rue:
4. Willard Stockton Sink, born in Stanwix, New York, June 2, 1852; married, at Rome, New York, October 17, 1877, Sarah A. (Hook) Strong, widow of Giles Strong, who died June 22, 1875; she was born January 28, 1855, a daughter of John and Rebecca Hook. Their children :
I. Blanche Emily Sink, born in Rome, New York, August 28, 1879. died there July 6, 1891.
2. Charlotte Frances Sink, born in Rome, New York, November 11, 1883: married, in Toronto, Canada, August 13, 1902, Wilford Meeker St. Auburn; their children: a. Wil-
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ford Meeker St. Auburn Jr., born in Welling- ton, Ohio, April 26, 1903; b. Ernestine Meeker St. Auburn, born in Rome, New York, April 29, 1905; c. Marian Meeker St. Auburn, born in Rome, New York, June 25, 1906; d. Ray- mond Meeker St. Auburn, born in Yorkville, New York, May 2, 19II.
3. Helen La Rue Sink, born in Tidioute, Pennsylvania, July 10, 1885; married, in Oneida, New York, July 10, 1903, Harry B. West; their children, born in Rome, New York: Harold Bela West, born November 28, 1904; Ben Rue West, born March 23, 1906, died there August 4, 1906; Stewart West, born July 2, 1909; Dorothy West, born Febru- ary I, 1911 ; Marjory West, born July 8, 1912. 4. Willard Stockton Sink Jr., born in Rome, New York, May 17, 1890, died there Septem- ber 24, 1890.
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