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& Pittsburgh railroad; married, has a family and lives in East Salamanca, New York. 6. Katherine, mentioned above. 7. Sarah, mar- ried John Moran, a switchman on the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh railroad at East Sala- manca, and has two children. 8. Frank, a switchman at East Salamanca, married and has two children. Children of John Chrysoston McCrea, by his first wife : 1. Stephen J., born in Millerstown (Chicora), Pennsylvania, April 10, 1870, now a hotel clerk in Chicago, Illinois. 2. Mark C., born in Fagundns, Pennsylvania, July 5. 1871, a veteran of the Spanish war, now a hotel clerk in Chicago, Illinois. 3 Laura, born in Millerstown (Chicora), Penn- sylvania, December 7, 1873; married John Kragel, a carpenter of Chicago, Illinois. Chil- dren of John Chrysostom McCrea, by his sec- ond wife: 4. George, born in Bradford, Penn- sylvania, 1886, died when thirteen months old. 5. Daniel F., born in Bradford, 1887; learned the trade of machinist in East Salamanca and Dubois. He joined a special force of police in Buffalo, and was shot in the temple June 20, 1908, while pursuing some freight-car robbers, and died four days later. 6. Clara, born in Bradford, April 28, 1892; a graduate of St. Bernard's School, class of 1909; married, May 10, 1911, Oscar Johnson, a machinist of Brad- ford.
DRAKE Members of this family have been prominent at all periods of English history, many having re- ceived official recognition from the throne. The earliest record of this branch of the family is of Jacob Drake, who emigrated from England to the American colonies, settling in Morris- town, New York. He attained the rank of colonel in the American army during the war of the revolution. He married, and among his children was a son Silas.
(II) Silas, son of Jacob Drake, was born in Roxbury. New York, April 10, 1790, died 1858, at Degolia, Pennsylvania. He was edu- cated for the medical profession, but was dis- inclined to follow. the career prepared for him and became a farmer. In politics he was a Republican, and he and his wife were in belief Universalists. He married, March 13, 1814, Sarah Hamilton, born in Morris, Tioga county, Pennsylvania, April 15, 1788, died in Degolia, 1862. Children: 1. Esther, born March 15, 1815, died in New York state ; married Price, deceased ; children : i. Charles, died from
the effects of disease contracted while in the union service during the civil war; ii. Sarah, deceased, married Dennis Niles, deceased, of Bradford, Pennsylvania; children: Deleven, died in Hornell, New York; Charles, lives in Arcadie, New York. 2. Sarah, born in Rox- bury, New York, May 23, 1817; married Christopher Young, deceased, a farmer ; chil- dren : Christopher, deceased; Adelaide, mar- ried David McClure, and lives in Los Angeles, California. 3. Lorenzo Dow, of whom fur- ther. 4. Clarissa, born in Roxbury, New York, January 12, 1822, died in Erie, Penn- sylvania ; married John Rutherford, from near Binghamton, New York, died in Erie, Penn- sylvania, a retired farmer. 5. Theodore F., born in Catlin, Tioga county, New York, Au- gust 11, 1824, died in Salamanca, New York ; a farmer near Great Valley, New York ; mar- ried Jane died in Salamanca, New York; children: Eva, lives at Perry, New York; Howell, lives near Springville ; Hamlin, deceased; Ella, lives at Great Valley, New York; Luella, deceased; Carrie, lives in Ne- braska: Gertrude, lives near Great Valley, New York. 6. Joshua, born in Catlin, New York, December 16, 1827 ; was a soldier dur- ing the civil war and died in a camp hospital ; married Elizabeth Haiter, deceased ; children : Lou; Ellet; Grant, living in Beatrice, Ne- braska. 7. Eliza, born in Catlin, New York, March 31, 1830, died in Degolia, Pennsylvania, December 24, 1860; a teacher for several years about Bradford.
(III) Lorenzo Dow, son of Silas and Saralı (Hamilton) Drake, was born September 20, 1819, in Roxbury, New York, died in Degolia, Pennsylvania, October 18, 1900. When he was two years old his parents moved to Degolia, Pennsylvania, where his entire education was received in the public schools. He worked on his father's farm after leaving school, and afterward owned his own land, following the occupation of a farmer all his life. He was a strong Republican in politics, and was elected to the office of school director, which he held for thirty years. He was also elected and appointed to several other town offices, which he filled zealously and efficiently. He was an earnest public-spirited man, giving freely of his time, labor and substance for the advance- ment of his town. He and his wife were mem- bers and regular attendants of the Universalist church. He married, December 5. 1845, Rhoda Bassett Tuttle, born in Westfield, Tioga county,
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Pennsylvania, April 16, 1824, died in Degolia, August 19, 1906, daughter of Sheldon Tuttle, a farmer of Westfield, where he died (see Jewett sketch). Children: I. Silas, born in Westfield, Pennsylvania, November 30, 1846; now living at Kearney, Nebraska, where he has a general store, but he is also a banker and a ranch-owner in Colorado; served two years in the civil war with the Bucktail Regulars ; mar- ried and has children : Elmer, May and Leroy, all three living near Sumner, Nebraska; Flor- ence ; Charles, deceased; Frank; Mabel and Dewey, living with their parents. 2. Ralph, born in Bradford, Pennsylvania, March 13, 1848; is a farmer living in Elm Creek, Ne- braska; married Cordelia Wood, of Nebraska ; children : i. Nellie, born in Nebraska, June 8, 1880, died July 18, 1908; married, November 20, 1900, Samuel F. Fleming (see Fleming sketch), born in Allegheny county, Pennsyl- vania, July 21, 1875; children, all born in Degolia : Bernice E., born September 4, 1901 ; Margaret D., October 12, 1906; Nellie S., July 3, 1908; ii. Charles, deceased; iii. Mand, lives in Sumner, Nebraska; iv. Harry, married; v. Anna, lives with parents. 3. Leroy, born in Bradford, February 25, 1850, a farmer and property owner of Ponca City, Oklahoma ; married Jennie Parks, a native of Illinois; children : Guy, an electrical engineer, lives in Wyoming; Mabel, married Raymond West, lives in Wood River, Nebraska ; Edith, a nurse ; Earl; William; Howard and Irene, living with their parents. 4. Russell, born in Bradford, January 12, 1852, a farmer of Easton, Mary- land; married and has children: Neva and Willis, both married and living in Easton, Maryland; Leona, died young; Carl, in the United States army ; Lee, living with parents. 5. Guy, born in Bradford, February 25, 1854, a farmer and stock raiser of Whitman, Ne- braska; married Anna Schoonmaker, of Lime- stone. 6. Millie C., born in Bradford, March II, 1856; married Frank D. Smith, of Frank- linville, New York, who is engaged in busi- ness in Springville, New York, where Mrs. Smith is connected with and a worker in the Universalist church. 7. Ebenezer, born in Bradford, January 30, 1859, died in infancy. 8. Sarah Alice (twin), born in Bradford, Janu- ary 30, 1859; married Eli Sherman, of New Jersey, an editor of the Palisades Tribune, Palisades, California; child: Mildred, born November 28, 1898. 9. Ida Eliza, of whom further. 10. Charles, born in Bradford, April
10, 1865 ; a civil engineer in the employ of the South Pennsylvania Oil Company at Manning- ton, West Virginia; married (first) Clara Slingerland, of South Bradford, who died De- cember, 1910, (second) Sarah Jenks, of Man- nington, West Virginia, October 1I, 19II; children by first wife: Ada, born November, 1892 ; Hazel, born December, 1893, died Au- gust 12, 1908; Harold, born January, 1904, died in infancy ; Clara, born December, 1907 ; Mildred, born April, 1909. The five younger children all attended the Franklinville Acad- emy at the same time for three years. Charles, Sarah and Ida attended the college at Ada. Ohio.
(IV) Ida Eliza, daughter of Lorenzo Dow and Rhoda Bassett (Tuttle) Drake, was born in Degolia, Mckean county, Pennsylvania, October 20, 1860. She was educated in the public schools of Degolia and in the academy at Franklinville, New York, later attending the Normal School at Ada, Ohio. After her graduation she taught school for one year at Rutherford Run, Pennsylvania, but with the exception of that year has remained on the . old homestead at Degolia. She is a member of the Ladies' Aid Society of the Universalist . church of Degolia, and interested in all good works.
HAGGERTY Henry Haggerty, the Amer- ican progenitor of the fam- ily of that name, now living in Bradford, Pennsylvania, and herein record- ed, was born in Belfast, Ireland, about the year 1788. He was a well-to-do Irish farmer and cattle dealer, buying and selling cattle and speculating in all forms of standard farm pro- ducts. In 1835 he came to America, settling in Mountain township, Dundas county, Canada, not far from Matilda, where he purchased land and lived until his death in 1863. He was a Conservative in politics and a man of some prominence. He married, in Ireland, Mary McFadden, who died in Mountain township. He and his wife were members of the Pres- byterian church. They were the parents of three sons and three daughters; of these the only survivor is Henry, aged eighty-five years, now living at Irkerman, Canada.
(II) John, son of Henry Haggerty, was born in Belfast, Ireland, in 1812, died at Ma- tilda, Canada, in 1860. He was educated in his native city, and on arriving at a suitable age was apprenticed to a contractor and builder,
John Atmygerty
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with whom he served seven years, learning the stonemason's trade and carpentering. In 1830 (five years before his father) he came to Canada, settling at Matilda, Dundas county, where he bought a farm and engaged in buy- ing and selling live stock, the same business which his father conducted in Ireland. He was a Conservative in politics, and a member of the Presbyterian church. He married Nancy Greyband, born in Belfast, Ireland, died on the farm at Matilda, Canada, in 1870, daughter of William Greyband, a cattle dealer of Bel- fast, where he lived and died. A sister of Nancy, Betsy Greyband, married a Mr. Money, and died in Quebec, Canada. Children + James, born May 5, 1834; Elizabeth, 1836; Hugh, 1838; John, of whom further; Henry, born 1842; Robert, 1844; David, 1846; Alonzo, 1848. All of these are deceased except John.
(III) John (2), third son of John (1) Haggerty, was born at Matilda, Dundas county, Canada, August 8, 1840. He attended the school in Matilda and Branchton, Canada, until he was sixteen years, also helping on the home farm. After his school days were ended he learned the harness maker's trade at Matilda, and later came to the United States, following his trade at Ashtabula, Ohio, and Springfield, Pennsylvania. In 1870 he located at Corry, Pennsylvania, where he remained until the autumn of 1877, when he moved to Bradford, which has ever since been his home. He engaged in the baking business for two years, then became interested in oil production, later became a refiner and is now practically sole owner . of the Journal Oil Company, a very successful and well-established refining and manufacturing company of Bradford Penn- sylvania. For a time he also held an interest in the Mckean Refining Company. He has always been a supporter of the Republican party ; is a member of the Methodist church and of the Masonic order. He has been very successful in business and is one of the highly esteemed, substantial men of Bradford.
He married, January 19, 1862, Margaret Jane Johnson, born near Inkerman, Canada, July 5, 1840, daughter of Simon Johnson, born in Belfast. Ireland, about 1805, died June 16, 1898; married (first) Susan Kitchen, born 1810. in Belfast, died May 12, 1854. Their children : John, James, Simon, William, George, Ellen, Mary Ann, Margaret Jane, Susan, Cath- arine. He married (second) a Miss Munroe, who died without issue, September 12, 1882.
Children of John (2) and Margaret Jane Hag- gerty : Emma Alice, Mary Louise, Harvey, John, Arthur Johnson.
Another branch of this family was founded in Clearfield county, Pennsylvania, by William Haggerty, who owned considerable amount of land at Coalport, in that county, and at his death left a large sum of money to the Pres- byterian church there, of which they were to have the income so long as they continued the Psalms of David as part of their musical service. Descendants of William are promi- nent in business and professional life in Clear- field and Clearfield county, Pennsylvania.
ARTLEY
This family has been in Penn- sylvania since the middle of the eighteenth century, the earliest
records obtainable being of Abraham Artley, born in Liberty, Tioga county, Pennsylvania, in 1783, where he died in 1855. He was a farmer all his life and actively interested in politics, being an ardent Democrat. He was a member of the German Lutheran church, his wife belonging to the same denomination He married Elizabeth Long, who died in Liu- erty when over seventy years of age. Chil- dren : 1. William, a farmer, died in Liberty, Pennsylvania; married Lucretia -, de- ceased ; children : Frank, Laura and Clara. 2. Jonas, of whom further. 3. Christie Ann, lives at Williamsport, Pennsylvania; married George R. Sheffer, deceased, and had a son Charles, deceased. 4. Cassie, married
Weaver, deceased, and lives with her sister in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. 5. Abraham, (lied in Liberty, Pennsylvania ; married Mar- garet - -, deceased, and had among their children a son William, who lives in Liberty. 6. George, married Margaret - -, and lives on a farm in Liberty. Children: Elizabeth, lives in Elmira, New York; Bertha, lives in Williamsport, Pennsylvania; John, deceased ; Charles and Miles, live in Elmira, New York. (II) Jonas, son of Abraham and Elizabeth (Long) Artley, was born in Liberty, Tioga county, Pennsylvania, June 20, 1830, died at Bradford, Pennsylvania, in March, 1905. He obtained his education in the public schools of his native town and later engaged in the hotel business. In 1860 he moved to Lycoming county, Pennsylvania, and established a hotel at Linden, which he conducted for six years ; also establishing one near there, whose exist- ence covered a period of two years. He then
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moved to Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania, continu- ing in the same business, coming to Kendall Creek in 1877 and becoming proprietor of the American ; in addition, engaging in the oil business. The numerous hotels which he con- ducted had reputations for uniformly good service and courteous treatment. His political party was the Democratic : his religion, Pres- byterian. He was a member of Labelle Val- ley Lodge, No. 232, Free and Accepted Ma- sons, and the Equitable Aid Union of Kendall Creek.
He married, January 6, 1859, Sarah Eliza- beth Sheffer, born in Liberty, Pennsylvania, March 31, 1837, daughter of John Sheffer (2), born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, Decem- ber, 1803, died in Liberty, Pennsylvania, De- cember 31, 1876, son of John (1), of English descent, and Susan (Reynolds) Sheffer, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. John (2) married Sarah Shaffer, born in Whitedeer Valley, Pennsylvania, 1804, died in Liberty, Pennsyl- vania, in March, 1877. Their children: I. George, a farmer, born in Liberty, Pennsyl- vania, in 1828, where he died; children : Clara, lives in Bowling Green; Susan; Cora, lives in Williamsport, Pennsylvania; Nellie, lives in Liberty ; Belle, lives in Elmira, New York; Eliza, lives in Williamsport, Pennsylvania ; Elizabeth, deceased. 2. Henry, a wagon- maker, born in Liberty, Pennsylvania, in 1830, died in Williamsport, Pennsylvania; married (first) Sarah Levergood, deceased, and had one child, Sarah; married (second) Sheneth Beck, now living in Montoursville, Lycoming county, Pennsylvania ; children : Viola, lives in Montoursville ; Adele, deceased ; Lurella, lives in Virginia. 3. Martin, a farmer, born in Lib- erty, Pennsylvania, in 1832, where he died; married (first) Henriette Fick, and had one child, Clement, deceased; married (second) Margaret Beck ; children : Elmer, lives in Jer- sey Shore, Pennsylvania; Filmore, deceased ; Ida and Frank, living in Liberty, Pennsylvania. 4. Susan, born in Liberty, Pennsylvania, De- cember, 1834; married Charles Hagenbush, deceased, a furniture maker of Allentown, Pennsylvania : children : John, lives in Batavia, New York; Eva, lives in Evanston, Illinois. 5. Sarah Elizabeth, of previous mention. 6. Philip, born in Liberty, Pennsylvania, 1839, died in Nebraska, a wagon maker and farmer ; he married Miss Ault, deceased, and had one child. Hattie, living in Pasadena, California. 7. Washington, born in Liberty, Pennsylvania,
in 1841, a hotelkeeper in Blossburg, Tioga county, Pennsylvania; married (first) Eliza Kinsman, deceased; children: Annie, lives in Elmira, New York; Charles and Lilly, live in Blessburg ; John, lives in the south ; he mar- ried (second) Margaret Moreland. 8. Alphens, born in Liberty, Pennsylvania, in 1845, a blacksmith in his native town ; married Jennie Kohrback; children: Katherine and Carrie, live in New York City; Harry, lives in Bloss- burg, Pennsylvania ; - -, deceased. 9. El- vina, born in Liberty, Pennsylvania, in 1845, where she still lives. 10. Adeline, born in Liberty, Pennsylvania, 1847; married Jabez Hancher, a farmer, and lives in her native town ; children : Gertrude, deceased; Charles, lives in Liberty, Pennsylvania; Nellie, lives in. Roaring Branch, Pennsylvania; Harry and William, live in Liberty, Pennsylvania.
Children of Jonas and Sarah Elizabeth (Sheffer) Artley: 1. Philip Sheffer, born in Lock Haven, in 1860, died in Bradford, Penn- sylvania, August 10, 1896; married Annie M. Karns : their son, Roy Stephen, born in Brad- ford, Pennsylvania, August 14, 1887, lives in Wichita Falls, Texas, managing a store for the Atlas Supply Company 2. Carrie Blanche, born in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, August 9, 1864; married Joseph Ellsworth, of Holton, Maine, who died in West Virginia, November 15, IQII, was an oil producer; she and her daughter, Pauline, born August 9, 1892, live in Bradford. 3. John Huling, of whom fur- ther.
(III) John Huling, son of Jonas and Sarah Elizabeth (Sheffer) Artley, was born in Jersey Shore, Lycoming county, Pennsylvania, July 2, 1872. Here he lived until he was five years of age, moving with his parents to Bradford in 1877, where he attended the public schools, and completed his education in the Bradford Business College. His first position after leav- ing school was with the Tyler Tube and Pipe Company of Washington, Pennsylvania, with whom he remained five years, returning to Bradford at the end of that time and estab- lishing in the oil producing business. He has ever since continued in that business with great success, owning valuable properties in the oil fields of Pennsylvania and West Virginia. He is a member of the Knights of the Maccabees, Tent No. 5, Bradford, and the Bradford Gun Club. In politics he is a Democrat, in religion a Presbyterian, which church his wife also attends, although she is an Episcopalian. He
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married, November 24, 1896, Georgia Nina Cowan, born in Farmers Valley, Mckean county, Pennsylvania, February 23, 1872, a graduate of Limestone high school, New York, (see Cowan line). Children : 1. Phyllis Huling, born in Babcock, Pennsylvania, July 18, 1902, attends school in Bradford. 2. John Carlton. born in Bradford, Pennsylvania, August 11, 1904.
(The Cowan Line).
(II) William Carl Cowan, son of Isaac Cowan, was born in New York state, 1808, died August, 1871. He was proprietor of the first store in Fullerton (now Limestone), New York, and married Abigail Cramer, born 1818, died in Whitesville, New York, 1900. Chil- dren: I. Fannie, born in Candor (?), New York, 1846, died 1907; married William Mat- terson, a farmer, deceased; children : George, lives in Lima, Ohio; Nellie, lives in Pasadena, California; Abigail, deceased. 2. Mary, born in Candor (?), New York, 1848; married William Burleu, deceased, a painter of Ithaca, New York ; son, Guy. 3. George J., of whom further. 4. Nathan, born in Candor ( ?), New York, 1852, a shoemaker and farmer of Elk- land, New York ; married Phoebe Dennis ; chil- dren: Eva, deceased, and Bertha. 5. Isaac, born in Candor, New York, 1854, a contractor ; married Annie - -, and lives in Webb City, Missouri ; children : Frank, Jessie, Thaddeus, Thomas, Alice ; all live in Webb City except Jessie, who is a resident of Niagara Falls, New York.
(III) George J., son of William Carl and Abigail (Cramer) Cowan, was born in Candor, Tioga county, New York, June 7, 1850, died in Limestone, New York, January 28, 1903. He was a carpenter by trade, a Republican in politics and a survivor of the civil war, having served in Company C, One Hundred and Ninth Regiment New York Infantry Volunteers, en- listing in 1861 and being honorably discharged in 1864. He married Anna Hill, born in Ham- burg, New York, March 17, 1850, daughter of Albert Vedder Hill, born in Schenectady, New York, died in Limestone, New York, March 9, 1882, a gunsmith, son of Henry and Ann (Vedder) Hill. He married Catherine Paff, born in Holland, 1822, died in Hamburg, New York, March 2, 1855. Their children : 1. Nich- olas, born 1842, in Hamburg, New York, died in infancy. 2. William, born 1846, lives in Olean, New York; married Catherine (Zeliff) Fisk, a widow of Limestone, New York, the
second white child born in Cattaraugus county, New York; children : Clara, born July, 1868, married Peter Daly; Henry, born January 18, 1870, lives in Olean, New York; Judson, born September 3, 1872, lives in Bradford, Penn- sylvania. 3. Anna, of previous mention. 4. Frederic, born in Hamburg, New York, 1854, died in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Children of George J. and Anna (Hill) Cowan: 1. Frederick, a carpenter, born in Candor, New York, November 6, 1866; mar- ried, January 1, 1890, Lina Besson ; children, born in Limestone, New York: Arlene, born December 16, 1891; Alan, born February 16, 1904; Georgia, born October 26, 1910. 2. Georgia Nina, of previous mention. 3. Lucy Mary, born in Limestone, New York, March 2, 1875; married, December 12, 1895, George Knight, born December 13, 1873, an oil well driller of Bradford, Pennsylvania. 4. John, born in Limestone, New York, October, 1878, died April, 1879. 5. Lottie Ethel, born in Limestone, New York, April 17, 1880, died March 2, 1882.
ASH This family traces to Germany where Dunham Ash was born in 1806. He was educated in the excellent Ger- man schools, and when a young man emigrated to America, settling in Kingston, Canada, where he died in 1879. He also lived in the United States, having a son born in Erie county, Pennsylvania. Dunham Aslı was a veterinary surgeon. He married, in Kingston, Canada, Margaret Breden, born in the North of Ire- land in 1807, died in Kingston in 1893, daugh- ter of Thomas Breden, born in Ireland, a cattle dealer and a protestant in religion. He had children : John, William, Robert, Samuel, Mar- garet and Bessie. Children of Dunham Ash : 1. Thomas, born 1839, in Waterford, Pennsyl- vania. 2. Catherine, born in Kingston, Canada, 1841, married, in 1870, a Mr. Snyder ; child, Bayard. 3. William Breden. born 1843. 4. Margaret, born in Waterford, Pennsylvania, 1845, now residing unmarried in Kingston, Canada. 5. John Breden, born in Waterford, 1849. 6. Dunham E., of whom further. 7. Susan, born in Kingston. 8. Jane, born in Kingston.
(II) Dr. Dunham E. Ash, son of Dunham Ash, was born in Waterford, Erie county, Pennsylvania, April 4, 1852. He was edu- cated in the public schools, later entering the University of Ohio, at Cincinnati, where he
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obtained his medical education and was gradu- ated with the degree of M. D. He came to the oil country in 1865, and later entered the oil business, which he has engaged in through- out his life in connection with his medical practice. In the year 1887 he began the prac- tice of medicine in Bradford and is now well established as a skillful and thoroughly reli- able practitioner. For the convenience of his large clientele Dr. Ash maintains two offices, one on Main street, Bradford, the other in East Bradford. Associated with him is his son, Dr. Garrett G. Ash, an eye, ear, nose and throat specialist. Dr. Ash Sr. is a supporter of the Republican party, and in 1890-91 was burgess of the borough of Kendall, now a part of the city of Bradford. He also served for eight years as a member of the school board of Bradford and since 1899 has been a mem- ber of the city council. Prior to coming to the United States Dr. Ash served in the Canadian army, enlisting in the Forty-seventh Battalion Canadian Volunteers. He is a member of the Masonic order, belonging to lodge, chapter and commandery, and is also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. His clubs are the Country and Edgewood.
He married, March 7, 1878, Mattie Garrett, born in Kingston, Province of Ontario, Can- ada, July 25, 1858, graduate of the Kingston high school and prior to her marriage a teacher in the public schools of her native province. She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, worthy matron of Bradford Lodge, Order of the Eastern Star, and a member of the Country Club. She is the daughter of Jonathan Garrett, born in the North of Ire- land, August, 1817, died 1907. He emigrated to America, finally settling in Kingston, Can- ada, in 1831, continuing there until his death. He married Elizabeth Conner, born in Scot- land in 1828, died in Kingston, Canada, in 1886. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Garrett: I. William, now a resident of North Dakota; married Elizabeth Hunter, deceased ; children : Alice, Mary, Alfred and Annette. 2. John, married Jeannette Brevnor and lives on the old homestead farm at Kingston; children: Frederick and Elmer. 3. Mary, born 1847,
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