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Leonard Willmarth, son of Joseph, a native of Lyndon, married Dorothy Hubbard, who bore him six children. He married for his second wife Clar- issa Hubbard, sister of Dorothy, and had born to him five children. Philotus M., a son by the first wife, married Mary A. Buel, and had born to him two daughters, Ella L. and Clara H. Mr. Willmarth died December 5, 1867, aged thirty-seven years, and his widow died July 31, 1880, aged fifty-three years.
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Jonathan Weeks, a native of Piermont, N. H., came to Lyndon, from Dan- ville, in 1814, was a shoemaker, and died in 1838. He married Betsey Brown, and reared six children, as follows : George H., Benjamin F., Mary J., Charles M. and John M. The last mentioned married twice, first, Louise C. Mc- Gaffey, by whom he reared two children, Helen L. and Mary E., and second, Fannie E. Bartlett, has one son, Clinton B., and is a merchant in Lyndon.
Benjamin Quimby came to this town, from Sandwich, N. H., at an early day. He served in the Revolution. His son Major Aaron, one of eight children, came here as an early settler, married Elizabeth Wells, and reared eleven children, of whom True married Caroline Kibling and reared seven children. His son Lorenzo K. married, first, Sarah Eaton, and second, Liz -. zie Payne, and has two children, William L., now at Dartmouth college, and Nellie S., at home. He has been president of Lyndon National bank three years, has been a successful merchant for thirty-two years, and is now re- tired from the business, residing in the village of Lyndon. Johnson D., son of Major Aaron, married Corrilla Blake, and has had born to him two chil- dren, Able B., who served in the late war, in Co. G, 3d Vt. Vols., and died in 1870, and Orville J., a resident of Lyndonville. Johnson D., also son of Major Aaron, served in the late war, and resides at Lyndon Center. Alpha, another son of Major Aaron, married Sarah Ann Quimby, located on road Io, and reared three children, namely, Elmore J., who lives on road 17, Gilmer H., who resides on road 10, and Leona, a resident of Lyndonville. Elmore J. married Angia A. Watson, and has four children, Bainbridge F., Walter H., Euna A. and Grace E. Aaron W., son of Aaron, married Har- riet Funwald, and reared twelve children, five of whom are living, namely, Adaline, Martin J., Madison, Charles and Wells L. He died in 1862. Wells L. resides on the homestead with his widowed mother.
Stephen McGaffey, a native of Sandwich, N. H., came to this town with his father, William W., about 1800, and settled on the farm where C. Cole- man now lives, on road 65. He married Sally Hoyt, of Wheelock, and reared ten children, six of whom are living, viz .: Judith Park. Flavia Fulsome, Aure- lia Willard, Martha Miller, Sarah Miller, and Stephen R. The last mentioned married Kate Bemis, and has two children, Lucius K., of New Mexico, and Amasa B., at home. Stephen R. served in the late war, in Co. G, 15th Vt. Vols.
Oren Hubbard, a native of Chesterfield, N. H., married Mary Butler, of Hinsdale, N. H., and reared seven children, viz .: Mary, Sarah, Miranda, Car- rie, George W., Horace R. and James. The last mentioned married Annie McDonald, has one daughter, Addie May, and resides at Lyndonville, where he has lived nineteen years. He served three years in the late war.
Richard Hubbard, son of Nathan, an early settler here, married Loraine Weeks, and reared seven children, viz. : Mary, Lorenzo W., Nathan, Martha, Frank, Elsena and Charles. The last mentioned married Luella M. Park, has two children, Louise and Harry, and resides on a farm on road 5, where
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he has lived nine years. Lorenzo W., son of Richard, graduated from Belle- vue Hospital Medical college, of New York, and first commenced practice at Lunenburg, Vt. After six years he came to Lyndon, where he has had an extensive practice for the last thirteen years. He was a member of the legislature in 1882. He served in the late war, married Mary E. Holton, and has two children, Charles B. and Mary E.
Seth A. Fisher, son of Jesse, who was a native of Hinsdale, N. H., came to Lyndon about 1810. He married Sarah Fisher, of Hinsdale, and reared seven sons and seven daughters. He resided on road 34, where he died at the age of eighty-four years. His son Francis B. married, first, Celia Powers, and second, Martha, daughter of Samuel Densmore, of Sutton. He has seven children, viz .: Martin, Harley, Charles, Mary J., Freddie, Mertie and Carl, and resides on road 33.
Benjamin Powers, one the twelve children of Jonathan, married Lydia Wilder, the first female child born in Lyndon, and reared four children, of whom Benjamin F. married Henrietta Colburn, of Brighton, and has had two children, Nellie, now deceased, and Henry G. The latter married three times, first, Carrie Ewins, second, Jennie Ewins, sister of Carrie, and third, Mary Hutchinson, who has borne him four children, Charles H., Hattie I., George H. and Harry E.
Samuel Park, a native of Newfane, Vt , came to Lyndon about 1800, and was the first settler on the farm where his grandson, William L. Park, now resides, on road 5 He married Rachel Chase, of Hartland, Vt. His son Abel married Sophia Dow, of Wheelock, and reared seven children, of whom William L. married Algie L. Williams, and has four children, namely, Hiram A., Ethel M., Lucius W. and Clarence E. He resides on the homestead. Stephen L., son of Samuel, married Clarissa Leavitt, and has had born to him three children, Helen L., Horace E., now dead, and George M. He lives off road 63, where he has lived fifty-eight years, is now eighty-two years of age, and his wife, who is still living, is also eighty-two years of age.
Alpheus Houghton, son of Elijah, was born September 19, 1769, came to this town at an early day, held many offices of trust, and married Isabella Wood. He located on road 65, where he remained until his death in 1849. His son Paul was a native of St. Johnsbury, and came to this town with his father when very young. He was selectman nine years, married Eunice Pot- ter, and reared six children, viz. : William P., Henry A., Austin W., Milo G., Alvira L. and Silas H. The last mentioned married Sarah Shurtliff, and has four children, namely, Eunice N., Mertie H., Sadie E. and Carrie. He is a farmer and veterinary surgeon, and resides on the homestead. William P., son of Paul, married Maria B. Ayer, of St. Johnsbury, and has four children, as follows : Miranda W. (Mrs. Shackford), Luville E., Achsah E. and Wallace W. He lives on a farm on road 64.
Zebina Wilder, a native of Winchester, N. H., came to this town as an early settler, and located on the place where Elias F. now resides, on road
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64. He married Abigail Griggs, and reared four children. His son Levi married Sophronia Hartwell, and reared eleven children, of whom Elias F. married Elvira D. Monroe, of Lowell, Mass .. He has two children, Mabel A. and Katie G., and resides on the homestead.
Joseph Randall was born in Providence, R. I., in 1747, married Anna Comstock, and died in 1840, aged ninety-three years. Job, one of his five children, was born January 19, 1777, married Irene Sales, came to Lyndon about 1800, and settled on road 18, where he remained until his death, Sep- tember 25, 1867. His son William married Aurora McGaffey, has two chil- dren, Edward and Job, and lives on the homestead. His wife died in 1882. Willard, son of Job, and brother of William, married Roancy, daughter of Eli Smith, and has one son, Joseph W. who resides with his father on road 53.
David Bean, a native of Canterbury, N. H., came to Lyndon about 1809, and located on road 192. He married Mary Thompson, and reared seven children, of whom William married Almira T. Currier, had born to him three children, Helen, Louise H. and Austin W., and died on the homestead in 1842, aged thirty-four years. Austin W. married Sarah R., daughter of Dr. Hiram Hoyt, and has three children, Myra I., Willie H. and Helen L. He served in the late war, in Co. G, 15th Vt. Vols.
Jonathan Locklin, son of Jonathan, a Revolutonary soldier, came to Lyndon at an early day, with his father, when nine years of age. He mar- ried Rachel Park, reared six children, namely, Elvira, Caroline, Elias B., Rachel, Franklin I. and Jonathan P., and died in 1869, aged seventy-three years. His son Franklin occupies the homestead. Jonathan P. married first, Julia A. Stevens, who bore him two children, Hattie M. and Julia A., and second, Esther J. Smith, who has borne him one son, Elmer J. H. Mr. Lockling lives on road 20.
Col. James Williams, born January 31, 1735, a native of Providence, R. I., served in the Revolution as colonel, came to Lyndon in 1802, and built the first log house on a farm on road 55. He married Betsey Peck, reared eight children, namely, Darius, Hosea, Joseph, Cyril, Ira, James, Sally and Cyrena, and died in 1852, aged eighty-four years. His son James married Hannah Kim- ball, of Ellsworth, N. H. Of his three children, Darius is dead, and Marshall and Ashley are living. The latter married Jennie E. Thayer, of Burke, has one daughter, Rosa H., and resides on the homestead, with his widowed mother, who is seventy-three years of age.
John Williamson, a native of Ireland, came to Canada while young, mar- ried twice, first, Mary Duff, and second, Julia Shepard. William, one of his thirteen children, married Sarah Deos, and resides on road 49, in this town.
Stephen Eastman, a native of Bow, N. H., came to Lyndon about 1800. His son David married Rhoda Brewer, of Sutton, Vt., and reared ten children. His son Silas married Hannah C. Matthewson, and has one child, Frank S., who married Kate Le Point, has five children, and is in the jewelry business
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at East Hardwick, Vt. Silas lives on road 5. David, son of David, married Diantha M. Willey of Sutton, Vt., and had'born to him two children, Cyrus W., now deceased, and Mrs. Emma A. Atwood, who lives on the Eastman farm. Mr. Eastman resides at Lyndon Center.
Joseph Fletcher, son of Joseph, married, first, Catharine Cummings, and second, Abigail Reed. Joseph, one of his six children, came to Lyndon about 1838, locating on road 39, married Ruth B. Elliot, of Pepperell, Mass., and died in 1882, aged sixty-five years. He reared seven children, viz. : Catha- rine C., Abigail S., Harriet E., William H., who served in the late war, in Co. H, 14th Vt. Vols., Isaac F., of Minnesota, Frank A., who served in Co. G, 15th Vt. Vols., and resides in Minneapolis, Minn., and Joseph A. The last mentioned is the seventh generation of Joseph's in the Fletcher family. He married Mary A. Bradley, has two children. Carrie M. and Allen J., and re- sides on the homestead, on road 39, with his widowed mother, who is seventy- nine years of age.
Ira Kitteridge came to Lyndon about 1818, and was the first settler on a farm on road 33, where his grandson George H. now resides. He married Hannah Phippen, of Westminster, Vt., and reared four children, namely, Lucia A., Milo, Joseph and George R. He died in 1864, aged about seventy years. George R. married Mary H. Frye, and had born to him three chil- dren, Judson H., Delia R. and George H. The latter married, first, Julia A. Newcomb, who bore him one son, Albert H., and second, Carrie L. Shurt- liff. He resides on the homestead, on road 33.
Leonard Gilson, born in 1795, came to Lyndon in 1837, locating on road 29, married Abigail M. Brigham, of St. Johnsbury, and reared seven children. He died October 24, 1869. His son Daniel B. married Harriet E. Hill, of West Concord, Vt., has had born to him two children, Alvah D. and George A., and resides on the homestead.
Josiah Ladd, a native of Sandwich, N. H., came to Lyndon about sixty years ago, married Marian Webster, and reared ten children, of whom Asa married four times, first, Mercy Quimby, second, Dolly Quimby, third, Han- nah Whitten, and fourth, Mrs. Sophia Dow. His children were as follows : Sarah, Mercy, Aaron, Helen, Charles and George J. The last mentioned married Josephine Perham, has four children, Emma, Dolly, Edwin L. and Elsie M., and resides on road 14.
John T. G. Cunningham, a native of Weare, N. H., came to Lyndon, about 1825, locating on road II, where he now resides. He married Nancy Willmarth, and has two children, Ira W. and John T. Mr. Cunning- ham has served as lister thirty years, has been selectman many times, town agent several years, and has been honored with many offices of trust. He is eighty-four years of age, and during his lifetime has settled 165 estates. His son John T. married Azelia H. Eaton, of Sutton, has one daughter, Susan B., and resides on the homestead with his father. Ira W. married, first, Carrie A. Brigham, of Boston, who bore him one daughter, Marian,
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and for his second wife, Julia A. Bolton, and has one daughter, Ethel C. He resides at Lyndonville.
Otis Evans was born at Spencer, Mass., January II, 1790, came to Lyn- don about 1815, and located on the place where H. Watson now resides, on road 13. He was a lumberman, married Betsey Watson, of Spencer, and reared seven children, namely, Louisa M., John W., Caroline M., Albert H., Oramel, Alanson W. and Helen L. John W. married three times, first, Emily Fisher, of Burke, second, Abbie Darling, and third, Mrs. Mary Col- burn. He had born to him four children, namely, Emma F., Albert T., Car- oline L., and Ella P. now deceased. Albert T. married Ida Bowen, of Burke, and resides on the homestead.
Joel B. W. Butterfield came to Lyndon in 1835, was a blacksmith, mar- ried Eliza Pierce, and reared nine children, viz. : Charles, Nancy, Bailey, George, Caroline, Cora, Florence, Priscilla and Harley A. The last men- tioned married, first, Hattie P. Lawrence, of Waterford, who bore him two children, Nina and Hattie, and second, Florence P. Plummer, of Manches- ter, N. H., who has also borne him two children, Herman and Bailey. He resides on road 41.
Enoch Hoyt was long a resident of Tunbridge, Vt., where he died, aged eighty years. Samuel, one of his eight children, married Rachel Swan, and reared six children, of whom William H. married Sophia Smith, who bore him two children, Charles R. and Emily, now dead, and died at the age of forty- nine years. William H. lives in Lyndonville. John M., son of Samuel, mar- ried Matilda, daughter of Nathan Parker, and died August 21, 1876. His widow resides in Lyndonville, aged seventy years.
Bernard Hoyt was a native of Canterbury, N. H., and resided many years in Wheelock, Vt., where he died in 1850, aged seventy-three years. His son Joseph married Mary A. Weeks, and reared five children, four of whom are living, namely, Charles L., Joshua W., Alden B. and Bernard. Charles L. married Marrilla Houghton, has two children, Joe and Sarah (Mrs. W. S. Brown), of Bridgewater, N. H., and resides on road 42.
Hon. Sumner S. Thompson was born in Halifax, Mass., April 12, 1823, and came to this town in 1836. He is extensively engaged in business as a railway contractor, and as a lumber, grain and flour dealer. He served as town representative in 1860-'61-'66 and '67, has been selectman five years, and has held many other town offices. He was a senator from Caledonia county in 1876.
James Briant, son of James, who was a native of England, came to this town in 1838, married Laura A. Pierce, and has had born to him two chil- dren, Francis and James, both deceased. His wife died in March, 1882, aged sixty-four years. Mr. Briant resides at Lyndonville.
Major William Miller, a native of Dummerston, Vt., married Hannah Wor- den, and reared eleven children. One son, George A., came to Lyndon in 1819, was the first wheelwright in town, and built the first hearse. He mar-
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ried Louise Haven, of Dummerston, and reared ten children, nine of whom are living. The youngest son, Horace H., married Sarah F. McGaffey, and has had born to him two children, George A., now deceased, and Mrs. Mary L. Hutchinson. He resides on Central street, at Lyndon Center.
Ephraim Bigelow was a native of Westminster, Mass., and moved to Wheel- ock, where he died in 1835, aged seventy years. He married Lydia E. John- son, of Westminster, Mass., and reared nine children. One son, Samuel, came to Lyndon in 1844, but moved to Stanstead in 1865, where he remained until his death, in 1880, aged eighty-one years. He married Sally H. Davis, of Wheelock, Vt., and reared two children, Lydia A. and Calvin D. The lat- ter married Mary A. Sanburn, has two children, Elisha and Flora M., and re- sides on road 25.
Alpheus Houghton, a native of Rhode Island, moved to St. Johnsbury about 1786, where he remained twenty years, and then came to Lyndon, where he remained until his death, in 1845, aged seventy-four years. Paul, one of his seven children, came to Lyndon at the age of nine years, married Eunice Potter, and reared seven children. His son Austin married Ann A. Prescott, has four children, namely, George, Hattie, Anna and Etta, and re- sides at Lyndonville.
Jonathan Ingalls, a resident of Sheffield, married Hannah Joy, reared two children, John and Joseph H., and died at the age of ninety-five years. Jo- seph H. married Comfort Weeks, of Wheelock, and reared ten children. Hollis married, first, Maria Carter, of Wheelock, who bore him three children, Com- fort, Mary and Joseph H., and second, Dianna Payne. Mr. Ingalls lives on a farm where he has resided nineteen years.
Moses Chase, a native of Cornish, was a lawyer, and located for a time in Bradford. He came to Lyndon in 1836, where he died at the age of eighty- four years. He married Deborah Bull, of Litchfield, Conn., and reared seven children. His son Epaphras B. married Louise Baldwin, of Bradford, Vt., and reared six children, viz .: Emily, Charlotte, now deceased, Ada, Mary L., Martha E. and Henry. Epaphras was one of the early permanent settlers of the town, owned one of the most productive farms in the town, and was a man greatly respected by all. His son Henry has held the office of select- man many times, and was representative in 1864, married Sarah W. Robinson, of Brooklyn, N. Y., and has five children, namely, Henrietta H., Gordon B., Florence, Charlotte and Robert R. He resides on a farm on road 50, cor- ner 25. Charles M. Chase married Mary E. Wells, of Sycamore, Ill., has five children, namely, Everett B., John B., George, Jennie and Nellie, resides at Lyndon village, and is editor and publisher of The Vermont Union.
D. P. Chase, of this town, son of Ebenezer, who died in Sanbornton, N. H., at the age of eighty-six years, married Dolly Randlett, of Belmont, N. H., and reared three children, two of whom are living, Francis L., of Carmel, Me., and Oren G. The latter married Mrs. Sarah M. Hutchinson, who has two children by her first husband, Irving B. and Mrs. Estelle S. Morrison, and
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has one son, Ernest B. Mr. Chase served in the late war, as Ist and 2d lieutenant, in Co. A, 11th Vt. Vols.
Andrew Latham, a native of Winchester, N. H., came to Lyndon and settled on road 59, where he lived until his death, in 1857, aged seventy- eight years. He married Mary Burbank, and reared five children, of whom Emeline, the only one now living, married Ward Knapp, and has reared three children, viz .: George, who served in the late war, in Co. H, 7th Vt. Vols., and died in the Mobile hospital, in June, 1865, aged twenty years ; James S., and Mary L. who resides with her mother. James Knapp was a native of Petersham, Mass., came to Lyndon about 1800, married Louise Stearns, of Walpole, N. H., and died in 1840. He reared ten children, one of whom, Ward, was the husband of Emeline Latham. Ward died in September, 1873, aged seventy-two years.
Louis Boudett was a native of Canada, and died there in 1868. His son David, also a native of Canada, came to Vermont in 1833, and located in Lyndon. He married, first, Ora Fisher, who bore him one daughter, Mrs. Anna Smith, and second, Mrs. Sarah J. Fisher, who has one daughter, Lizzie L., by her first husband, and has had born to him one child, Alza D. Mr. Boudett lives off road 65, where he has resided thirty-eight years.
Daniel Bowker was born in Fitzwilliam, N. H., January 12, 1795, married Phila Ripley, of St. Johnsbury, Vt., and reared ten children, three of whom are living, namely, John A., a physician, Mary and Algernon S. He came to Lyndon in 1820, engaged as a cabinet maker, and remained until his death, in 1861, aged sixty-six years. His widow died in 1872, aged seventy-six years. Algernon S. married Marianne Dwyer, and has had born to him eight, children, only three of whom are living, William H., Lillie and Franklin. He resides at Lyndon village. William H. married Mary A. Carpenter, and resides in the village.
Josiah Pratt, a native of Plainfield, Vt., married Abigail Lamb, reared ten children, and died in Plainfield, at the age of seventy-five years. His son Silas married Maria Russell, and died in Stowell, Vt., aged seventy-three years. He had seven sons and three daughters, of whom Josiah married Josephine J. Hayes, of Bakersfield, Vt., has one son, Julius J., and resides in this town. Julius J. married Mary J. Suitor, of East Concord, Vt.
Henry Gray, long a resident of Sheffield, Vt., moved to Grafton, N. H., where he died at the age of eighty-three years. John, one of his seven children, married Maria Simpson, of Sheffield, and reared five children, four or whom are living, namely, Ellery, Henry A., Josephine and Lorenzo W. He was a life-long resident of Sheffield, where he died, aged forty-two years. His son Lorenzo W. married Comfort Gray, has three children, Edwin A. Dorney D. and Nellie E., and lives in Lyndon.
Benjamin Wing was a native of Hardwick, Mass., and reared twelve chil- dren. Enoch, the youngest son, married, first, a Miss Heath, and second, Mary Miner, of Littleton, N. H. He reared seven children, three of whom
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are living, namely. Russell W., now in California, John A., of Needham, Mass., and Willard C. He died in January, 1835, aged sixty years. Willard C. married, first, Maria Knapp, who died in 1857, aged forty years, and second, Gabriella Knapp, who died in 1881, aged forty-seven years. He resides on the homestead, on road 41.
Jonas M. Trefren, son of James, who was a native of Alton, N. H., moved to Danville, Vt., at an early day, married Nancy Chark, of Alton, and reared eight children, of whom James married Emeline Roberts, of St. Johnsbury, and has two children, Cephas J., and Emeline J. who resides at home with her father, on road 52. Cephas J. married Amada C. Powers, has two chil- dren, Joanna A. and Frank J., and lives off road 57. James Trefren served in the Revolutionary war. His son Jonas M. served in the War of 1812, and died in 1833, aged thirty-eight years.
Ebenezer Thompson married a Miss Baker, of Holderness, N. H., moved to Danville, was a carpenter and farmer, and died in 1843, aged sixty-six years. He reared six children. His son Nathan B was born in Wheelock, in 1800, married, first, Lucinda Stevens, and second, Mrs. Cynthia (Morrell) Pope. He died in 1870, aged seventy years. Of his six children, James S. married Helen L. Park, and has five children, viz. : Philip S., Clara L., Na- than L., George D. and Anna M. He served in the late war as captain in Co. F, 10th Vt. Vols., and now resides in this town.
George W. Staples, a native of Williamstown, Vt., married Theodosia R .: Nichols, of Williamstown, and moved to Barton Landing. He reared five children, viz. : Mrs. Hattie E. Goodrich, of East Hardwick, Mrs. Nellie A. Fulsome, of Barton Landing, Vt., Mrs. Nettie F. Chandler, of Eart Hard- wick, Louise E. and Henry G. The last mentioned married Ellen A. Dodge, of Montpelier, and has three children, namely, Carroll W., Henry Corsell and F. Lillian. Mr. Staples is a dentist, and resides in this town, on Chapel street.
Franklin Wilson was a native of Drewsville, N. H., married Sarah J. Anger, and reared six children. His youngest son, Willard A., married Alice J. Bacon, of Lowell, Mass., and has one daughter, Ina F. Mr. Wilson lives in Lyndonville, and has been a freight conductor on the Passumpsic railroad for the past seven years.
James Wilson, son of Robert, married first, Polly Morrison, of Rock- ingham, who bore him three children, namely, Sally, Mark and Rodney, and second, Hannah Morrison, and had born to him three children, George, Martha and Squires J. The last mentioned married Abbie C., daughter of Ezra Smith, and has two children, Charles H. and Homer C. The latter married Alice Lincoln, and lives in Lyndonville.
Joseph Hall, son of Joseph, and a descendant of John, who came to Amer- ica in 1617, married Mary Cox, and reared eight children. His son Elias married three times, and reared eighteen children. Dudley P., son of Elias, came to Lyndon in 1864, married Amelia Gregory, and had born to him
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eight children, viz. : Albert H., Edward C., Delia, now deceased, Emma H., Albert C., Ella A., Mabel and Alice E. He was an extensive manufacturer and dealer in lumber, was justice of the peace, served in many offices of trust, and died in 1885. His widow survives him, is sixty-two years of age, and resides on road 65.
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