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viii. Robert J., b. July 1, 1876.
2 HENRY G., b. Newbury, 1832; was five years in lumber business with his brother, Samuel, at Wells River; served in the union army nine months in the 12th Vt .; farmer, building his present house on what was known as the "Robinson place," 1885. He m. Dec. 2, 1857, Harriet, dau. of John Waddell.
Children :
i. Mary E., b. March 2, 1859; m. Sept. 24, 1889, W. A. Cable, of Concord, N. H., who d. at Woodsville. C., Wendell R., b. Concord. N. H., Nov. 1, 1890.
ii. Julia E., b. Oct. 10, 1860; m. Feb. 2, 1887, H. G. Darling of South Ryegate. C., Gladys R., b. Ryegate, Sept. 9, 1888.
iii. Clara Anna, b. Oct. 1, 1862; m. Feb. 28, 1886, C. A. Sinclair. C., Arthur R., b. Montpelier, Sept. 16, 1890.
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iv. Robert W., b. April 12, 1864; m. Jan. 22, 1888, Adelia Boyce of Hartford, Conn. C, Robert W., b. Hartford, Jan. 30, 1890.
v. Edward H., b. July 21, 1867; m. Dec. 30, 1891, Anzanette M. Darling of Barnet. C., (1) Walter S., b. Elizabeth, N. J., Sept. 28, 1892. (2) Henry B., b. Palmer. Mass., May 5, 1896.
vi. Hattie J., b. Jan. 30, 1869; m. June 11, 1891, Irving C. Renfrew of Littleton, N. H. C., (1) Phyllis E., b. Littleton, April 26, 1872. (2) Marguerite E., and (3) Percy L., b. Littleton, Nov. 5, 1894.
vii. L. Josephine, b. Apr. 16, 1872.
*ROPES.
In the year 1637, George Ropes and Mary, his wife, constituting the first generation of the American branch of the family, came from England and settled in Salem, Mass. They were the parents of nine c., from whom have sprung, so far as is known, all in America bearing the name of Ropes. From John Ropes, the fifth of these c., came the Ropes family of Newbury, Hardy Ropes of the fifth generation being the immediate ancestor of the family.
Hardy Ropes was b. Jan. 17, 1763. He m. Aug. 28, 1786, Hannah, dau. of Joseph and Hepsibah Elson. He was a mariner in the merchant service, and lost several vessels in the war with France, which constituted a part of the "French Spoliation Claims" so long before Congress. His health failing, about 1800, he bought a farm in Orford N. H., where he spent the most part of a long life. By his wife, Hannah Elson, he had eleven e., constituting the sixth generation of the family. George, the eighth of these e., was b. at Orford, Nov. 29, 1800. He learned the cabinet maker's trade and settled in Newbury. In 1826, he m. Miriam, a dau. of John Johnson, and granddaughter of Colonel Thomas Johnson, the pioneer settler in Newbury. She was b. Feb. 21, 1807; d. May 15, 1844. They were the parents of eight c., who compose the seventh generation of the family. In 1849, Mr. Ropes moved to Passumpsic, a village in Barnet, and in 1851 to St. Johnsbury, where he d. Aug. 29, 1869.
Their children were:
i. Hannah Elson, b. in Newbury, Jan. 13, 1827. She received her education in the schools of the town and at Newbury Seminary, and was a teacher in the common schools of Newbury and elsewhere. She m. George P. Cummings, a civil engineer, Oct. 20, 1851. They moved to Marquette, Mich., in 1857, where Mrs. Cummings d. Sept. 27, 1892. A son, Charles, is the only e. of this marriage. He is a graduate of Amherst College, and follows the profession of his father.
ii. Miriam Johnson, b. Newbury, Aug. 26, 1829. She is a graduate of Newbury Seminary, and has spent the greater part of her life as a teacher in the schools of Vermont, New Hampshire and Michigan. She is now living in Ishpeming, Mich.
iii. George, Jr., b. in Newbury, March 12, 1829. He spent his carlier days in attending school and at farm labor. He was employed at Passumpsic in building the bridges on the extension of the railway to St. Johnsbury, in the early fifties, and afterwards learned the carpenter's trade. In 1854 he began the study of architecture in Boston, opened an office in that city and practiced his profession there until 1877. He was the architect of many finc and important buildings, among them the new Massachusetts State Prison, the Reformatory Prison for women at South Framingham, the Girls' High and Normal School, Boston, and other public buildings in the city and throughout the state. He rem. to Kansas in 1877, opened an office in Kansas City, Mo., and afterwards in Topeka, where he was employed as architect and superintendent of construction of the new State Capitol. He was the architect of several other public buildings and of many private residences in Kansas and Missouri. His last professional work was in connection with the construction of the Planters' Hotel, St. Louis, Mo. He is now residing in Detroit, Mich. Junc 17, 1860, he m. Sophia A. Taft, b. in Boston, Jan. 8, 1835; d. in St. Louis, Dcc. 12,
*By Arthur Ropes. Esq., Montpelier.
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1900. The c. of this marriage are Arthur Judson, who d. in infancy ; Ella Elson, a graduate of Kansas State University, latterly a teacher in the schools of St. Louis, dying in that city Jan. 4, 1901; Alice Hayward, a graduate of Kansas State University, and a teacher of music; George Hardy, a graduate of the Institute of Technology, Boston, and now an architect in Detroit, Mich. In 1875, the centennial of the building of Col. Thomas Johnson's house was observed at the Ox-bow, at which the following poem, written by Mrs. Ropes, was read by her daughter, Alice:
For centuries had the cloud capped hills In silence watched this spot, In silence had the green banks there The river's kisses shyly caught, When with his gun, his axe and spade, One came, and here his homestead made, One hundred years ago.
The pine tree pointing to the skies The neighboring oak caressed of yore, The soft wind whispered thro' the trees Answered the murmurs on the shore. In quiet else the Ox-bow slept, Or converse with the bright heavens kept, One hundred years ago.
The red man, wolf and catamount Stalked lordly masters of the soil,
The earth still wore its virgin dress, Ere married to the hand of toil. Then all was changed, the forests rang
With blows of axe, with hammer's clang, One hundred years ago.
And now we celebrate the day When bravery and faith in God Conquered the wild and tangled wood, And plowed the meadow, turned the sod, And under Heaven's protecting dome Made here a dwelling place, a home, One hundred years ago.
iv. Julia, b. Dec. 25, 1833; d. March 2, 1835.
v. Julius, b. Newbury, Apr. 22, 1835. After leaving school at St. Johnsbury Academy, he worked at the carpenter's trade. He went to Marquette in the early sixties and learned there the druggist business. He became an expert analytical chemist, the rich mineral resources of the region affording a wide field for the practice of this profession. He devoted much time to explorations for mineral wealth. He discovered silver in the country about Ishpeming and became the president of the Ropes Gold and Silver Mining Company, organized for the development of the deposits of these metals. Mr. Ropes is an ardent explorer and an apt student of the face of nature. His explorations have extended to the mineral regions of the Pacific slope and the southern states. He m. Oct. 12, 1867, Eunice Louisa Rouse, at Marquette, Mich. Their c. are Leverett Smith, a mining engineer in the South; Eunice Luella, Ursula Elson, and Julius Bigelow.
vi. Arthur, b. in Newbury, May 5, 1837. Educated at St. Johnsbury Academy, entered Dartmouth College in the class of 1864, withdrawing at the end of Freshman year to become principal of St. Johnsbury High School. He had previously been a teacher in the public schools and for a short time assistant teacher in St. Johnsbury Academy. He was for several years teller in Passumpsic Bank at St. Johnsbury, and Jan. 1, 1864, was chosen cashier of Northfield Bank, an office from which he retired in 1868 by reason of impaired health. He subsequently engaged in manufacturing at Waterbury and Montpelier. In Jan., 1880, he entered the office of the Vermont Watchman, at Montpelier, and was editor of that paper till 1885. In 1886 he began the publication of the Rural Vermonter at Montpelier, and in 1888 became associated with others in Montpelier and Washington county in the purchase of the Vermont Watchman and in the printing business connected with the paper, in which the Vermonter was merged. Mr. Ropes was made editor of the Watchman and business manager of the association. In 1897 he became sole proprietor of the Watchman
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establishment. In connection with the Watchman he publishes and edits the Montpelier Daily Journal. He m. June 28, 1864, Mary J., dau. of G. W. Hutchins, of Waterbury. They have two daus., Charlotte, and Laura Livingston.
vii. Leverett, b. March 24, 1839; d. March 12, 1842.
viii. Ellen, b. Newbury, March 27, 1841. From her earlier years her home was with her sister Hannah. She received her later education in the public schools at Marquette, Mich., and was afterwards teacher there. She m. Aug. 12, 1868, Charles L. Sheldon of Ishpeming, Mich., and in the latter part of 1899, they moved to Seattle, Wash. They have two c., Elsie Miriamn, the wife of L. T. Turner, Esq., a lawyer of Seattle, Wash., and George Ropes, a mining engineer.
ROSS.
JAMES, son of John and Helen (Black) Ross, was b. in Kinglassie, Fifeshire, Scotland, Sept. 14, 1814, and was m. 1837, to Jean, dau. of John and Isabella (Russell) Kennaird, b. Jan. 12. 1813. He was by trade a tanner and currier. In 1846, with two children, they sailed from Liverpool to Quebec, being seven weeks on the voyage. They came to Newbury via Burlington, and he worked several years at his trade in Woburn, Mass. In 1851 he bought the farm on which he lived 41 years. He d. Feb. 7, 1893. Mr. Ross was remarkable for the extent and variety of his information.
Children :
i. Isabella, b. Scotland, May 28, 1838; m. July 1, 1858, George Chalmers, q. v.
ii. Ellen, b. Scotland, Feb. 19, 1840; m. Feb. 18, 1879, William Scott of Barton. One dau., Ellen Ross Scott, b. March 13, 1881.
iii. Eliza, b. Newbury, June 20, 1852.
RUGGLES.
I. THOMAS, b. Sudbury, Suffolk, Eng., 1584; m. Nasing, Essex, England, 1620, Mary Curtis; came to Massachusetts in 1632; settled at Roxbury, 1637,. where he d. in 1644, and his wife Feb. 14, 1674.
II. JOHN (1624-1658) of Roxbury, m. Abigail Croft.
III. JOHN (1653-1694) of Roxbury, in. Martha Devotion.
IV. EDWARD (1691-1765) of Roxbury and Cambridge, m. Hannah Croft.
V. EDWARD (1724-1797) of Pomfret, Conn., and Montague, Mass., m. Ann Sumner.
VI. SAMUEL, (1752-1778) of Pomfret and Killingly, Conn. This ancestry is from "'The Ruggles Family," prepared 1896 by F. L. Bailey of Boston.
VII. EBENEZER, b. Pomfret, Conn., Dec. 17, 1773; m. at Walpole, N. H., Persis Goodall, who after his death, m. 2d, Thomas Burroughs, q. v. She d. May 16, 1854. Members of 1st Ch. Ebenezer Ruggles came to Newbury in 1802. Lived opposite Richard Doe's at the Ox-bow. He d. Newbury, June 22, 1823.
Children :
1
i. Perley, b. March 27, 1796; d. June 7, 1824.
2 ii. Philarmon, b. Apr. 30, 1798; d. Apr. 15, 1876.
iii. Electa, b. Walpole, N. H., July 16, 1800; m. Dec. 13, 1816, Thomas Downer; rem. to Bellows Falls; d. March 21, 1868.
iv. Lucy, b. Newbury, April 30, 1803; m. Roger Eastman, q. v.
v. Louisa, b. April 10, 1805; m. Thomas Burroughs, Jr., q. v.
vi. Persis, b. March 9, 1808; m. Thomas Church; d. 1888.
vii. Phebc, b. Dec. 5, 1811; d. Aug. 24, 1862.
viii. Mary Ann, b. March 5, 1814; un-m .; d. Oct. 24, 1831.
ix. Ebenezer W., b. Nov. 10, 1818; m. Eliza Taylor ; d. Feb. 10, 1881, Neponset, Mass.
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1 PERLEY, b. Pomfret, Conn., March 27, 1796; m. Dec. 2, 1821, Betsey, dau. Dea. William Burroughs, (b. April 1, 1800; d. Aug. 3, 1868). He was drowned at Millen Falls, Mass., June 7, 1824, while rafting. Two children who grew to maturity :
i. Henry Edwin, b. Nov. 27, 1822; fitted for college at Newbury Seminary ; graduated Dartmouth College, 1845; Union Theological Seminary, 1848; teacher of classics at Lyndon Academy one year; Hoosac Falls (N. Y.) Academy, two years; city missionary, New York City; pastor of a church in St. Louis, and of a Cong. Ch. at Eaton Vill., N. Y., until his health failed ; returned to Newbury and d. greatly lamented at the home of his grandfather. Dec. 24, 1856. He m. Dec. 31, 1853, at Eaton, N. Y., Julia R. Pierce. They had a son, William B., and a daughter.
ii. Harriet Elizabeth, b. Dec. 29, 1824, after her father's death, at the house of her grandfather; educated at Newbury Seminary; teacher with her brother at Lyndon Academy, and at Hoosac Falls, N. Y. ; teacher, 1847-52, in Adelphi College, Booneville, Mo .; teacher, 1854, of drawing and painting in a seminary at Arrow Rock, Mo .; assistant principal, 1856-59, of Saline County Institute, Mo. She was m. Sept. 7, 1859, to Rev. Chauncey L. Loomis, (b. Booneville, Mo., 1819; graduated Western Reserve College, 1846; Union Theological Seminary, 1856; studied medicine in New York). They sailed for the island of Corisco, West Africa, a few degrees south of the equator, where they established a mission under the auspices of the Presbyterian Board, until she was stricken with African fever, and d. Aug. 20, 1861. One c., Henry Lester Loomis, b. and d. at Corisco. Mr. Loomis returned to America, and after a few years sent to Africa for his wife's remains, which were interred at the Ox-bow, Jan. 11, 1865. Mr. Loomis practised medicine many years, and d. at Middletown, Conn., Jan. 13, 1894. Upon the memorial stone to Mrs. Loomis is carved a picture of the mission village, from a drawing made by her.
2 PHILARMON. b. April 30, 1798, at Pomfret, Conn .; m. 1st, Dec. 27, 1821, Eliza, dau. of Thomas Burroughs, (b. April 24, 1798; d. Dec. 21, 1862) ; m. 2d, Mary Ann Burroughs, sister of his first wife, (b. Sept. 13, 1808; d. June 27, 1874). He rem. to Dalton, N. H., in 1823, and later to Milton, Mass., where he d. April 15, 1876.
Children :
i. Eliza N., b. Aug. 20, 1822; d. Sept. 29, 1863.
ii. Amanda R., b. Nov. 14, 1826; d. Dec. 14, 1888.
iii. Mary A., b. Sept. 4, 1830; d. May 16, 1858.
iv. Thomas Edwin, b. May 19, 1838; graduated Yale College, 1859 . res. Milton, Mass .; m. Sept. 13, 1866, Harriet W. Murray. Seven c.
RUNNELS.
HORACE HERRICK son of Jonathan C. and Mary (Dimond) Runnels, b. Deering, N. H , Jan. 16, 1834 ; m. at Henniker, N. H., Mary Carter, (b. at Deering, N. H., March 13, 1836) ; miller at Deering and Lancaster, N. H .; came to South Newbury, 1881, and bought the grist mill there, dealing also in feed and groceries. He is a steward in the Methodist church.
Children :
i. Nettie Elma, b. Deering, Sept. 2, 1866; graduated at Salem, Mass., Normal School, 1892; teacher at Everett, Mass.
ii. Arthur Dalton, b. Deering, June 15, 1868; clerk, and later, in business with his father. He m. in Newbury; Nov. 7, 1894, Bertha May Gamsby. C., Lester Carter, b. Newbury, Oct. 31, 1896.
RUSSELL.
THOMAS K., came to Wells River before 1818, from Claremont, N. H., and lived in a house which stood where the residence of the late Hon. C. B. Leslie now stands. Later he rem. to a house on the north side of the river, a little way above the dam, near the present residence of Robert G. Brock. There was a sawmill on that dam, of which Mr. Russell had charge. He afterwards rem. to Cabot. His wife, as remembered by Mr. Leslie, was a
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very fine woman. Their sons were Willis, Willard, William and Oramel. These sons were all paper makers, and worked in the paper mill at Wells River, in their early days. Willie and Oramel went into the hotel business, and kept two hotels in Quebec. The latter never m. Willard and William continued in the paper business, one at Bellows Falls and the other at Franklin, N. H. These brothers were all strong, sensible men who made a good record of themselves. William m. Almira Heath, and their c. were William A., Henry O. and George W., who were in the paper business in Lawrence, and Mrs. C. H. Sawyer of Bellows Falls. He d. at Bellows Falls, Dec. 18, 1892, aged 87 years.
WILLIAM A. was b. at Wells River, April 22, 1831. His parents rem. to Franklin, N. H., where he went to school, and learned the paper trade. In his father's mill 1848-51. In partnership with his father at Lawrence, Mass., then in business alone. In 1861, he owned several mills and was one of the foremost paper manufacturers in the country. He was the first to manufacture, with success, paper from wood pulp, and, in 1869, established a mill of that kind at Franklin, N. H. In the same year he built a paper mill at Bellows Falls, and, later, purchased the entire water power there, built a new dam, and enlarged the canal. That place has been mainly built up through his enterprise. He was also interested in several mills in Maine. and at St. Anthony's Falls, Minn. In 1897, Mr. Russell became the president of the International Paper Company, which was composed of the owners of about 20 of the largest mills in the country. In 1898, he resigned this office, and retired from active business. He was elected an alderman in the city of Lawrence, 1867. Member of the legislature, 1868, and in the same year, delegate to the National Republican Convention at Cincinnati. Member of Congress from the 7th Mass. district, 1878, 1880 and 1882, declining re-election in 1884. He served on several important committees. He m. Feb. 1, 1859, Elizabeth H., dau. of Wm. A. Hall, of Bradford, Mass. They had three daus. She d. in 1866, and he m. in 1872, her sister, Frances S., and their c. were two sons and one dau. He d. at his home, 39 Beacon street, Boston, Jan. 13, 1899.
RUSSELL.
FRED CUTLER, b. Feb. 23, 1866, at Lovell, Maine. Educated in the public schools of Lovell; prepared for college at Bridgeton Academy, North Bridgeton, Me .; was graduated from Bowdoin College, class of 1889 with the degree of A. B. In 1892, received the degree of A. M .. Bowdoin. Was principal of Warren High School, Warren, Me., 1889-90; 1890-91, . principal of Pembroke, Me., High School; and 1891-93, superintendent of schools at Rockland, Me. Studied medicine at Maine Medical School and Dartmouth Medical College, receiving the degree of M. D., in 1894 from the latter institution. Commenced the practice of his profession at Newbury, Jan., 1895, also practicing in Haverhill, N. H., in 1896-97; m. Dec. 16, 1891, Carric A. Farrington of Lovell, Me. C., John Farrington, b. Newbury, July 21, 1899.
SAWYER.
CAPT. EZEKIEL, b. Rowley, Mass., May 9, 1743; settled in Bradford, on the farm owned and occupied by his grandson, the late John H. Sawyer, on the river road. Hc d. Jan. 13, 1817, and his wife. Mary Payson, d. July 6 1819. They had 11 c., of whom Joseph, their 3d son and 6th child, b. March 28, 1777, settled in West Newbury, where his granddaughter, Mrs. Hazeltine, now lives. He was a prominent man in his day, and major in the old militia. Hc m. Dec. 28, 1801, Azubah, dau. of Col. Remembrance Chamberlain, (b. Nov. 6, 1779; d. March 31, 1830). Hc d. Sept. 22, 1818 Children :
i. Remembrance C., b. March, 1803; d. Aug. 19, 1862.
ii. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 10, 1805; m. April 7, 1828, Hiram Smith, q. v .; d. April 16,1879.
iii. Amanda, b. 1807; 111. Jan. 11, 1834, Clark Chamberlin, q. v .; d. Nov. 13, 1868.
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- iv. Mary Payson, b. Feb. 14, 1809; m. July 9, 1833, Joseph Hutchins Bailey, q. v .; d. June 27, 1850.
2 v. Ezekiel, b. 1811 ; d. Feb. 9, 1863.
3 vi. Jonathan J., d. May 3, 1865.
vii. Hannah J., m. May 27, 1839, Enoch Wiggin, q. v .; d.
4 viii. Joseph, d. Sept. 14, 1881.
1 REMEMBRANCE CHAMBERLAIN, b. March, 1803; farmer at West Newbury, on the farm now that of F. W. Sawyer. He m. Aug. 29, 1832, Zerviah, dau. of Thos. R. Brock, (b. Nov. 6, 1809; d. June, 1888). He d.
Children :
i. Azubah, b. May 7, 1833; d. Feb. 25, 1842.
ii. Joseph, b. Aug. 5, 1835; farmer and in hotel business at Wentworth, N. H., and elsewhere ; m. Dec. 31, 1862, Hannah H., dau. of Daniel Tyler of Deer Isle, Maine. C., (1) Remembrance C., b. Sept. 30, 1863 ; proprietor during several seasons of the Summit House on Moosilauke. (2) Frederic W., b. Feb. 21, 1870; m. April 14, 1891, Ida M. Black of Memarancook, N. B. C., a, John B., b. June 2, 1895; 6, Hilda M., b. Feb. 17, 1901.
2 EZEKIEL, b. 1811. Farmer and hotel keeper. In 1838, he went into the Wells River House with Col. Jacob Kent. In 1842 they dissolved partnership, and Matthew Chaplain became his partner. In 1850, he sold out to Mr. Chaplain, and went into the stage business with V. A. Newell and L. L. Farr. He drove stage from Wells River to Canada Line till the railroad was opened to St. Johnsbury. From 1854 to 1856, he kept the Newbury House, and from 1856 to 1861, the Eagle Hotel at Concord, N. H. Returned to Newbury and spent his last days in the house at the village now owned by Miss Goddard. His farm at West Newbury was bought of Daniel Eastman, the large two-story house was built in 1840 by Daniel Eastman, Sr., and burned in 1885. He m. 1838, Eliza, dau. of Silas and Phebe Howe, (b. Hancock, N. H., 1811). Her sister, Lorinda, m. about 1840, Matthew Chaplain. One dau., m. L. Bart Cross of Montpelier, and another, Louise, m. and lives in Union City, Mich. Ezekiel Sawyer d. Feb. 9, 1863. She d. Sept. 1, 1878.
Children :
5 1.
George A., b. March 7, 1840.
ii. Susan, b. at Wells River, 1840; m. Feb. 14, 1865, Joseph Sawyer, of Bradford, and rem. to Chicago, where she d., leaving two c., (1) Ruth, b. 1867; d. Newbury, Jan. 9, 1874. (2) Frank, now in Texas.
3 JONATHAN J., b. 1813. Hotel keeper at Danvers, Lawrence and Lowell, Mass. He m. 1845, Prudence Brock of Barnet. She d. Lowell, 1864. He d. Newbury, May 3, 1865.
Children :
i. Addie, lived in Newbury, but went with her brother to Portland, Oregon, where she m. and has recently d., leaving five c.
ii. Frank, lives in Oregon.
4 JOSEPH, b. 1819; went to California, 1849, and later to Oregon, and carried on a ranch. He m. in Oregon, Sarah K., dau. John Wallace, of Newbury. Returned to Newbury, 1881, and d. suddenly, Sept. 13, of that year.
5 GEORGE A., b. at the Wells River House, March 7, 1840; kept the Newbury House, 1867-70; farmer at West Newbury, 1870-82; in the latter year he bought of A. L. Woods the house now owned by George B. Barnett, in which he kept hotel five years. In his present location which was formerly the Lovewell Tavern and later the Seminary Boarding House to the present time. He m. Dec. 1, 1864, Sophia Belle, dau. Jacob and Jane (Johnston) Shepard.
Children :
i. Ida Belle, b. Oct. 13, 1865; m. 1885, Maurice A. Gale, hotel keeper in Newbury seven years, now proprietor of the Winona House, Fairlee. C., (1) William M., b. Oct. 31, 1886. (2) Florence Burnham, b. Oct. 2, 1888. ii. Louis, b. West Newbury ; d. at 7 years of age.
iii. Jennie Lona, b. 1872; m. 1892, Arthur S. Cheever, now of St. Johnsbury
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C., (1) Floyd, b. 1893, and (2) Glenn Arthur, b. 1894.
iv. Sue S., b. 1876; teacher, and now postmistress at Newbury.
v. George Alfred, b. 1880.
SCALES.
STEPHEN PALMER, b. Lebanon, N. H., Aug. 23, 1804. Came to West Newbury in 1849, from Hanover, N. H. He m. Feb., 1828, Sarah Noyes, (b. Warren, N. H., Apr. 25, 1801; d. June 28, 1873). He d. in Newbury, March 18, 1877.
Children :
i. Leroy H., b. Apr. 20, 1829; m. 1st, Nov. 26, 1854, Abby Howard of Rose, Wayne county, N. Y., who d. Aug. 7, 1884. C., (1) Sarah J., b. Newbury, Nov. 3, 1856; d. Rose, N. Y., Feb. 24, 1861. (2) Hattie B., b. March 5, 1858; d. May 1, 1874. (3) Stephen P., b. Jan. 3, 1861; m. May 10, 1883, Julia, dau. Thomas Wright ; 2 c; d. July 23, 1898. (4) Nellie C., b. March 24, 1863; m. Oct. 18, 1883, James Mills; 1 c. (5) Clara B., b. June 17, 1869; m. Oct. 18, 1893, George W. Dow. (6) Jennie. b. Sept. 29, 1870. Leroy H., m. 2d, Jan. 27, 1887, Chloe, dau. of Ebenezer Abbott and widow of Thomas Chadwick.
ii. Ellen P., b. May 17, 1834; m. 1st, while living in Springfield, Ill, a Mr. Smith, a lawyer, who d, there; m. 2d, Horace McDuffie of Bradford. One dau., Mabel. b. 1870. Graduated Wellesley College; studied in Europe with Miss Strickland; now private secretary to Mrs. Mary E. Hunt, Dorchester, Mass. She d. July 4, 1899.
iii. Marion B., b. May 15, 1838.
SCOTT.
JOHN, b. Woodside, near Glasgow, Scotland, in 1751. He came here during the Revolutionary War, lived in the family of Gen. Bayley, and after spending a few years in Ryegate, settled near the northwest corner of the town on the "glebe." He cleared that farm, and built a sawmill on the stream which is named for him, Scott's brook. This farm, after his death, became the property of Hon. Peter Burbank, and was called by him "The Hermitage." Mr. Burbank d. there. John Scott m. about 1784, Sarah, dau. of Col. Robert Johnston. (b. April 3, 1762; d. July 25, 1836). He d. Newbury, June 29, 1828. They had thirteen c., of whom three d. y., and all the older ones went west to Ohio and Illinois, and of them no account can be given. Charles J., and Cyrus Johnston Sidney Scott, remained in Newbury, living at Wells River, and were engaged in the lumber business, bought and cleared large tracts of land, owned sawmills, and brought the first steam sawmill to Newbury. They had two sisters, Mary and Sally, who d. un-m, Mary, June 18, 1872, aged 77, and Sally, in 1885, aged 86.
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