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Timothy Wilmot, from Tolland, Conn., came to Norwich as early as 1782, after having served three years in the Revolution. He settled at the north- east corner of Norwich, but after a few years located upon a farm near where Joseph W. now lives. He died in 1825, aged sixty-eight years. His wife was Mary Copp, and their children were Timothy, Jr., Joseph, David, Ros- well, Orlando, Willard, and Valentine, and four daughters. Joseph Wilmot was for seven years a sailor, before his marriage, and afterwards was for many seasons foreman for J. B. Sumner on the lumber driving down the Connec- ticut. He served as selectman and justice, and in [811 married Mary D. Freeman, of Norwich. Their children who arrived at adult years were Laura, Harry D., Don C., David F., Elisha F., and Joseph W. The latter
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married Lucina A. Graham and lives in the house in which he was born in 1826. David Wilmot was a Plattsburgh volunteer in 1814. His wife was Rebecca Stowell, and their children were Alden, Ira S., Jerome B., Arthur M., Silas, Almeda C., Rebecca, Drusilla F., and Cynthia. Valentine Wilmot married Louisa Sleeper, of Hartford, who bore him four children. His second wife, Jerusha C. Barrett, bore him one son, Andrew J., who married Abbie J. Avery, of Lowell, Mass. Alden Wilmot, a farmer at North Thet- ford, married, first, Hannah G. Johnson, and has living one son, Newton I., of Lyme., N. H. He married, second, Mercy A. Chamberlin, his present wife.
David Wilcox was born in Suffield, Conn., in May, 1783, and was left an orphan at the age of eleven years. He was brought up by his uncle, William Cushman, with whom he lived upon the farm now known as the " Harris Latham place." When about twenty-one years of age he bought the land now comprised in the farm of his son David S., which he cleared. He mar- ried Lucinda Hosford, and reared six children, viz .: Williani C., of Orford ; Lucinda, who married Daniel Dodge ; Laura (deceased); Brias D .; David S .; and Lemira (deceased). He was one of the Plattsburgh volunteers, and was known by his militia title of captain. He was for some time in the clover-seed business with Henry Gillett and Eliphalet Dodge, and died in January, 1855. David S. Wilcox married Mary A. Ladd, and they have one son and three daughters.
Leonard, Jonathan and Joseph Fletcher, brothers, came from Dun- stable, Mass., and located in this town, Leonard and Jonathan in the last decade of the 18th century, and Joseph in 1804. A granddaughter of Jon- athan, Mrs. Mary E. Burr, is still in possession of the old homestead. Jon- athan died in 1804, Leonard in 1813, and Joseph in 1860. Jonathan E. Fletcher, eldest son of Joseph, born in 1806, removed to Western New York in 1832, and to Ohio in 1833. In 1835 he was appointed by Gov- ernor Lucas, of Ohio, with others, to re-mark the boundary between Ohio and Michigan. In 1838 he went to Muscatine, Iowa, and became a major- general of militia. He was a member of the convention which drafted the state constitution of Iowa, was elected state senator, and was twice ap- pointed United States agent to the Winnebago Indians, serving twelve years. He died in 1872. Samuel Fletcher, son of Joseph, was born in 1813, and has passed his life in Thetford where he has served as selectman and in other public capacities. He married Harriet, daughter of Dr. David Palmer, and their children are Dr. Fred, of Bradford, Katharine, a teacher in Clarke Institution, at Northampton, Mass, Margaret and Julia.
Mary, widow of Jonathan Emerson (who was a Revolutionary soldier), came to Thetford from Dunstable, Mass., and bought the farm now occupied by hier great-grandson, Charles C. Emerson. She had four daughters and two sons. Three daughters, Rachel (Mrs. Joseph Fletcher), Lucinda (Mrs. Jeptha Stevens), and Betsey, also lived in Thetford. Allen removed to
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Pennsylvania and Jonathan, coming in 1811, passed his after life as a farmer in Thetford, where he served several years as selectman. He was married in Londonderry, Vt., to Mary Howe, and they had eight children, all born in Thetford, of whom six lived to adult years, viz .: Erasmus D., Mary (Mrs. Varnum Woods), of Groton, Mass., Merceline (Mrs. J. T. Muchmore), of Lebanon, N. H., Cyrel M., of Thetford, Clarissa and Oramel, deceased. Jonathan Emerson died in 1871, aged eighty-six years. Erasmus Darwin Emerson married, in 1852, Abigail Wallace, of Littleton, N. H., and they had four children, two of whom, George E. and Jona- than F., are living. He purchased the farm now owned by his son J. F., in 1854, where he died August 27, 1883, at the age of seventy-two years. Cyrel M. Emerson was born and has always lived upon the pater- nal homestead. He has engaged in agricultural pursuits successfully, and has filled various town offices, including that of representative to the leg- islature in 1878-79. He has been three times married, first to Harriet Hosford, who had one son, Charles C., and two children deceased; second to Almira Coburn ; and third to Jerusha (Knight), widow of Leonard Bas- sett.
Josiah Taylor came from Dunstable, Mass., with his wife, Lydia Cum- mings, soon after their marriage January 22, 1807. They located on a farm on road 28, which they bought of Moses Caldwell. They reared a family of five children, viz .: Simeon C., Caroline, Almira, Jeduthun and Mary. He served his town as selectman, and died here in 1823, aged forty- two years. Jeduthun, the only child of Josiah now living, is a farmer, and has spent his life in this town, where he has also served as selectman. He married Abigail Q. Currier, of Norwich, and has one son, Josiah, and one daughter, Rachael D. (Mrs. George A. Webster), of Cass county, Iowa.
Samuel Slafter, of Mansfield, Conn., was one of the original proprietors of Norwich, Windsor county. John Slafter, his son, the ninth child, was born May 26, 1739, served in the "Old French war," beginning at the age of six- teen years, under Capt. Israel Putnam, and continuing until its close in 1760. In 1762, at his father's request, John made the journey to Norwich to inspect the territory. The following year, 1763, his father transferred his title as a proprietor in the town of Norwich to him, and in company with Jacob Fenton, his uncle, and Ebenezer Smith, he came on and began clearing, first just below the Hanover bridge, but immediately after changed to a location just below the mouth of Ompompanoosuc river. In 1770 he, with four others, was voted special privilege of pitching certain rights of land for having been the first settler. He married, in 1767, Mary, daughter of Edmund Hovey, of Mansfield, Conn., and brought his bride to their pioneer home during that spring. He spent his life in Norwich, and the proprietary and town records show that for a period of more than forty years he was associated in some responsible position by the suffrages of his townsmen, with nearly every important measure relating to education, religion, or pru-
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dential affairs. He removed, in 1784, to a large new house at the " four corners," which is the same now known as the Peter Johnson place. He served at the battle of Bennington and was present at Burgoyne's surrender. He died on Friday, October 8, 1819, aged eighty years.
John Slafter was twice married, his wives being half sisters. Elizabeth. his first wife, was the mother of his seven sons and one daughter. Three of their sons died in infancy. Edmund F. married and died in Norwich, and Elijah removed to Michigan. Sylvester, born June 30, 1780, died May 9. 1850. He married, first, Mary Armstrong Johnson, and second, Anna White. In early youth he studied medicine, but soon abandoned it for agri- cultural pursuits, which were better suited to his tastes. He resided for many years on a farm near Thetford Center, but later bought the " old par- sonage farm," first settled by Rev. Asa Burton, on which his grandson, Carlos, now lives. His first wife bore him ten children, viz .: Thomas J., Christiana S., Sarah A., Mary, Sylvester, Marcus, Edmund F., Christiana S., 2d, Lyman and Carlos. Thomas J. removed to Allegany county, N. Y., where he died. Sylvester removed to Lindenwood, Ill., and died there. Edmund F. fitted for college at Thetford academy, graduated from Dartmouth college in 1840, received the degree of A. M. in 1865, studied at Andover Theological seminary, became a clergyman of the Episcopal church, officiated as rector of St. Peter's church, Cambridgeport, in 1844-46, and of St. John's church, Jamaica Plain, in 1846-53. He was financial agent of the American Bible . society for the Protestant Episcopal church for twenty years. He has pub- lished numerous sermons, and the " Slafter Memorial," and has been deeply interested in historical matters, and a contributor to the periodical press many years. He is now engaged in the settlement of estates, and resides at 249 Berkeley street, Boston Lyman, son of Sylvester, married, first, Mary Taylor, and their children are Charles S., of Hyde Park, Mass., and Carlos, of Thetford. He has served as selectman and is now a justice of the peace. Carlos, son of Sylvester, married Rebecca Bullard, of Dedham, Mass. He attended Thetford academy, entered Dartmouth college in 1845, graduating in 1849. He received the degree of A. M. from Trinity college, Hartford, Conn., in 1867, and has been principal of the Latin High school in Dedham, Mass., since 1852. He was ordained deacon of the Protestant Episcopal church in 1862, and has officiated from time to time as his other duties would permit. His children are Theodore S., whose productions in the art of landscape painting are bringing him renown, and Anna R., a teacher of painting and drawing.
William Ilsley came from Boscawen, N. H., about 1797, and settled on the farm now occupied by his grandson, Frank W. He reared six sons and six daughters. William Ilsley, Jr., passed his life upon the farm his father set- tled, and it is now ninety years since it came into the possession of the Ilsley family.
Bartholomew Fullington came about 1800, at the age of twenty-seven
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He married Polly Powers, in 1801, and located on a farm which joins that now owned by his grandson, Eber M., where they passed their lives. Their children were Martha, Mary, Eliza, Sarah, Orange, Almira and William. Orange was a farmer and bought the farm where Eber M. now lives about 1858. His first wife, Philona (Newton), of Norwich, had three sons-Oscar, Dennis and Eber M. The latter is a farmer and breeder of registered Merino sheep, and has served upon the board of selectmen for the past three years. His wife is a daughter of Joel Yarrington.
Jeremiah Dodge came from South Danvers (now Peabody), Mass., in the spring of 1802, and bought of Aaron Post 150 acres of land upon which a good part of Post Mills village now stands. With him came his son, Eliphalet S. with his wife, Mary Cox. Jeremiah was a mason and farmer. Eliphalet S manufactured lumber, erected buildings, operated a clover-seed mill and a large farm. Both he and his father served as selectmen. He died in 1854, ajed seventy-eight. Of his family of seven sons and six daughters all were born at Post Mills. George now lives at Lyndonville, aged eighty-five ; Charles removed to New York; Mary (Mrs. David Slack) resides in Dor- chester, Mass .; Daniel, formerly a clothier, farmer and town officer, is de- ceased; Sophronia resides in this town ; Jeremiah, a farmer, drover, town officer and sheriff of Orange county, died in 1864; William, a physician and graduate of Dartmouth Medical college, died in 1867 ; Albert E. removed to Charlestown, Mass .; Adaline, 2d, married B. D. Wilcox; Harvey, a farmer, live stock dealer, town representative, justice, sheriff and assistant judge, re- sides in this town ; Amanda lives in Boston ; and two died in infancy.
Nathaniel Kilborn, from Boscawen, N. H., settled in the southwest part of Thetford about 1793. He was captain of militia and served in various town offices, dying in 1840, aged seventy-two years. His wife was Lois Severance, and their children were eight daughters and four sons. Jedediah Kilborn, the only one of these now living, resides in Strafford at the age of eighty years. His wife, who died March 25, 1887, was born the same year, month and day as himself. They had five children, viz .: Nathaniel, Harriet, Gil- bert, Sarah A., and Lucy J.
Captain Loved Garey located at Thetford hill in 1800, coming from Leb- anon, Conn. Here he kept a country store, but later bought and occupied the present Josiah Taylor farm. He was noted as a breeder of pure Saxony sheep, then a popular breed. His family of children numbered eight, viz .: Oliver, Almira, Lucius, George, Sabrina, Mary G., Quincy W. and Sophro- nia. Loved Garey and his sons served in some of the public offices of the ' town. He died at the age of seventy-six years.
Ezra, Eleazer and Jeremiah Cummings, from Dunstable, Mass., were early settlers here. Ezra, as shown by papers now in possession of his grandson, Harry P. Cummings, owned the same farm in 1793 which Harry P. now oc- cupies. Ezra married Esther Abbott, and their first child, Ezra A., was born here in February, 1797, and passed his life of nearly eighty-seven years upon the
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same farm. While serving in the War of 1812 Ezra was taken with fever, of which he died soon after reaching home. Ezra A. married Phebe Waterman, and their youngest son, Harry P., now owns the farm which has been in the family ninety-five years. Of Eleazer Cummings's sons, James served in the War of 1812, and afterwards settled in Illinois; David reared eight children, all of whom have removed from this place ; Warren was a carpen- ter at Thetford Center; Asa married Harriet Campbell and settled upon the farm where his son James C. now lives, where they had born to them eight children, of whom four reached adult years. Deacon Henry A., one of their sons, owns the farm on which the first church in town was built, and where the first physician, Augustus Burgoyne, lived.
Jeremiah Cummings first purchased the Dr. Burgoyne farm, but after a few years bought the land including a large part of the site of North Thetford, originally settled by John Chapel. His oldest son, Eben, bought the farm and passed his life in its cultivation and keeping a public house. He was largely instrumental in the building up of the village, and was one of the original investors in the Passumpsic railroad. His wife, Betsey, daughter of Moses Jaquith, bore him one son and three daughters. Harlan P., the son, lives upon the original farm. He has served many years in the offices of lister, justice and notary, and two years as representative.
James Crocker, from Lebanon, Conn., came to Thetford about 1798, having married Mary, a sister of Hon. J. P. Buckingham. He settled where A. O. Turner now lives. James D. Crocker, his son, married Achsah Ladd, and they had seven children, three of whom are living, viz .: Jane P. (Mrs. J. A. Morrill), and Charles and Henry C., of Brookfield.
Oliver Barrett, from Sunderland, Mass., settled on road 47 about the year 1800, when his only son, Chester, was about twenty years of age. Chester married Achsah Nichols and passed his life in Thetford, rearing three sons and four daughters, of whom one son and three daughters survive.
Benjamin Robbins, from Dunstable, Mass., settled on road 36, about 1792. He married Lois Gay, of Dunstable, soon after coming here, with whom he passed over fifty years of wedded life upon the farm they first settled, where they had born to them seventeen children, of whom eight lived to mature years. He died at the age of about eighty years. Two of their daughters, Mrs. Sarah Russell and Mrs Lucinda S. Butler, reside in Thetford. Captain Daniel S. Butler, husband of the latter, was born in Hallowell, Me., and was captain of a company of state militia, a farmer by occupation. He died in September, 1878, aged sixty- five years.
Nathaniel and Samuel Turner, brothers, from Leominster, Conn., settled in the northwest part of Norwich, Windsor county, near the beginning of this cen- tury. Samuel afterwards removed to Duxbury. Edward B., son Nathaniel, resides in Norwich. Daniel B., another son, settled in Union Village in 1867, where he now lives. His life'has been devoted to farming, house building and general carpentering, though for some years he has accommodated travelers as
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host of the Union Village Hotel. His wife was Sophia L. Yarrington, and their children were Lucy A. (Mrs. H. L. Carter), of Hanover, N. H .; Allen O., the well known drover, and two daughters and one son now deceased.
Gershom, Seth, Silas and Job Morse, brothers, from Wareham, Conn., located in Norwich and Thetford, Job in the southwest part of this town. He served in the Revolution. His wife was Lydia Swift, and their children were Bethuel, Elijah, Zelotes, Oramel, Abigail, Content, Gedida and Lydia. Sidney, son of Freeman W. and Janette (Richardson) Morse, and grandson of Elijah, resides at Union Village.
Hezekiah and Henry Porter came to Thetford about 1806, and Amos, Isaac, and William followed later. Hezekiah, a clothier by trade, was located where C. W. Sayre's shop now is. He and Samuel Farnsworth built a grist- mill over seventy years ago where the present one now stands. Before that Charles Hopkins had a mill there. Hezekiah Porter married Mary, daughter of Abijah Howard, by whom he had ten children, viz .: Amaziah, Eleazer H., Mary, Sarah A., Laura, Amos P., Harriet, Chastina, Caroline and Arad. Eleazer H. Porter was for twenty years engaged in freighting to and from Boston ; but of late years has been engaged in farming. He married Susan Newton, and their children were Laura A. (Mrs. S. J. Coombs) ; Solon F., who died while serving in the 2d N. H. Vols .; Adelaide (Mrs. Willoughby) ; Adaline (Mrs. R. E. Tewksbury); Albert H., Charles E., Adna B., Ella F. (Mrs. C. W. Sayre), and Belle C.
Thomas Colby came to this town from Warner, N. H., about 1809 or 1810, and soon bought the farm now owned by H. W. Hewins, built the brick house upon it, and there resided until his death. He was a Plattsburgh vol- unteer, and was married three times, first to Mary Barrows, who was the mother of his nine children. He married, second, widow Martha Clark, and third, widow Olive Elkins. Three of his children, Ruth, Thomas and Joel, are still living. Joel married, first, Susan Cilley, by whom he has two sons and two daughters, and second, Lucy N. (Waterman) Wilmot.
Bulkley Holton, Sr., located in Thetford in January, 1817. coming from Concord, Essex county. He bought of Moses Farnsworth the farm where his son Bulkley lately died, and reared a family of eight children, four of whom are now living, viz .: Almira (Mrs. Joseph Ide), of Waterford, Caledonia county ; Mary (Mrs. Jesse Bishop), of McIndoe's Falls, Caledonia county ; Clarissa (Mrs. Elijah Bailey), of Waitsfield, Washington county ; and Rosaline (Mrs. Samuel Ward), of Danville, Caledonia county. Mr. Holton died in Lyme, N. H., in 1858, aged seventy-nine years. His son Bulkley, Jr., mar- ried Catharine Jeudevine, of Charlestown, N. H., and they had five children, two sons and three daughters, of whom two are now living-Charles H. and Caroline (Mrs. Charles Bedel), of Lyme, N. H. Bulkley Holton, Jr., died August 9, 1887, aged seventy-three years.
Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Dorchester) Burr came to America and located in Connecticut, where their oldest son, Seymour, was born in 1772. They
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subsequently located in Grantham, N. H., where they reared six sons and two daughters. Two of the sons, Seymour and Oliver, settled in Thetford, and Arba in West Fairlee. Oliver came to Thetford in 1817, and one year later bought the farm now occupied by his son Warren, where he died in 1844, aged sixty-three years. His wife was Celinda Stowell, of Grantham. They had children as follows : Harvey, Tryphena, Truman, Bradley, Warren, Oliver, Celinda, Lucena, Lucinda, Eben, Pamelia, and two who died in infancy. Truman Burr, born December 14, 1809, engaged in the business of milling at Thetford Center, Strafford and Post Mills. He was selectman in Thetford five years. He died at Thetford Center, October 8, 1883, where his widow now lives. Warren Burr has lived all his life upon the homestead purchased by his father. He married Sarah Eastman, and has two sons and one daughter. Arba Burr, youngest son of Ebenezer, settled in West Fairlee about 1830. He was married four times, and by the first three wives reared ten children, of whom seven survive. He did considerable public business. His first wife was Ruth Lamberton, who died in 1832, aged thirty-one. Their eldest child, Harvey V., now lives at " Swaney Bean," where he located in 1845, on the farm settled by J. Tyler in 1796. Arba Burr died in 1865, aged sixty-eight years.
Thomas Sargent, from Hill, N. H., came to Thetford and settled after a few years in Norwich, near Thetford line, about 1817, on the place now owned by his son Phineas. Five children of Thomas Sargent, Jr., who at the age of eighty-one still lives in Norwich, are residents of Thetford, viz .: Mary A. (Mrs. P. Slack), William H., Mirabah (Mrs. E. Newcomb), Betsey (Mrs. C. Judd), and Charles A.
Thomas Worthen came from Bradford to Thetford in 1819, and bought of Abner Bartholomew a farm on road 6. He was born in Bradford, to which place his father, Thomas, Sr., immigrated from Londonderry, N. H. Thomas Worthen passed his life upon the farm he had purchased, and died there in August, 1860. He reared four sons and three daughters, all but one of whom are living, and Joseph H. Worthen is the only one remaining in Thetford. Joseph H. married Elizabeth G. Chase, of Bradford. Of their children, Thomas W. D. is a professor in Dartmouth college; Joseph H., Jr., is a lawyer and judge of the municipal court in Kansas City, Mo .; John A. is civil engineer at Nebraska City, Neb .; George N. is a speculator, at Los Angeles, Cal .; Hattie E. (Mrs. W. C. Davis) resides in Concord, N. H .; Jennie P. F. (Mrs. Milan E. Davis) resides in Canaan, N. H.
Horace E. Brown, son of Wait and Sarah (Caswell) Brown, was born in Thetford in 1824. Being obliged to shift for himself, at an early age he learned the lesson of self-dependence, working his way through school, and at the age of twenty years went to Boston, where he worked at the mason's trade. He afterwards went to Worcester, where he engaged in business as a contractor, in which he continued until 1860, doing many large jobs in various places, several in. Manchester, N. H., and Rutland, Vt. In 1861 he returned
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to Thetford to live. In 1862 he enlisted as captain of Co. A, 15th Vt. Vols., serving one year, when he returned and took part in recruiting a company for the 17th Regt. In 1865 he engaged in the manufacture of straw-board, in company with S. M. Gleason and J. B. Cram, continuing until 1870, when he bought and fitted up a factory for the manufacture of shoes. After three years this was burned, and he has since devoted his time to his farming inter- ests. His first wife was Harriet A., daughter of Joseph Matson, by whom he had four children-Flora (Mrs. T. D. Francis), Hattie A. (Webber), Nellie A. (Mrs. C. Lucas), and Norman J., who died in 1873. Mrs. Brown died May 31, 1877, and December 24, 1878, he married Julia A., daughter of Dr. Enoch Chase, of Milwaukee, Wis.
Hiram Bronson Sloan was the first wheelwright who did business at Thetford Center. He was born in Lyme, N. H., in 1805. His mother dying while he was a child he was brought up by an aunt in Connecticut. When twenty-one years of age, having learned the wheelwright's trade, he came to Thetford Center and established a shop where C. W. Sayre's shop now is, about 1826. Here he continued in business until 1852 when he removed to Manchester, N. H., where he now lives. He married, first, Anna G. Tyler, who was the mother of six children. After his removal to Manchester he married Lucretia J. (Hunt), a sister of his first wife, who bore him three sons. Mrs. Frances Holmes, and Hiram Franklin Sloan, the eldest son, still reside in Thetford. Henry A. and George S. are in business in Chicago. Edgar C. and Charles E., sons of the second wife, are in their employ. Hiram Franklin Sloan, the oldest son of Hiram Bronson Sloan, was born at Thetford Center, in Decem- ber, 1833, and has been most of his life in this town. He served eleven months in Co. A, 15th Vt. Vols. He married Lucy A. Shepard, of Man- chester, N. H., and they have three sons.
Captain William Harris Latham, son of Arthur and Mary (Post) Latham, was born in Lyme, N. H., in 1788, where he married Azubah Jenks, October 18, 1809. His life was passed principally in Thetford, where he was engaged in farming and merchandising, and was eminently successful. His store was located upon his farm, where W. L. Murfey now lives. He served in various town offices, and in early life was captain of militia. His father, who was born in Bridgewater, Mass., removed to Lyme, N. H., in 1780, and about 1790 established the first store at Lyme Plain, where he continued in business from forty to fifty years. Capt. Latham had a family of seventeen children, viz .: Lucy H. (Mrs. Thomas M. Kelley), of Cleveland; Azubah ; William H., a physician in Indianapolis, Ind .; Arthur, deceased, was a merchant ; Azubah, 2d, (Mrs. D. N. Barney), deceased; Nehemiah, deceased ; Julia A. (Mrs. Gardner B. Murfey), of Cleveland, Ohio; Sarah A. and Mary A., twins, widows respectively of N. H. Stockwell and John Baker ; Charles F., deceased, who was connected with the Wells, Fargo & Co. Express; Marcia A. and Gracia I., deceased ; Henry M., of Lancaster, Mass .; Lavina J., deceased ; Edward P., a merchant at Wasseca, Minn .; James K. S., deceased, who was a banker
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