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iv. Julia Annie [8], b. Nov. 20, 1852; m. Daniel C. Woodward; five ch., Walter Carleton, surgeon, Seattle, Wash .; Carroll Newcomb, at home, Rand .; Bessie Ellen, wife of H. C. Phillips, Mohawk Lake, N. Y .; Guy Eric, civil engineer, in Oregon; Alice Gertrude, stenogra- pher, Mohawk Lake Mountain House, Mohawk Lake, N. Y.
4. WILLIAM [8] SKINNER, JR., son of William and Maria B. (Smith) Skinner, b. Oct. 20, 1839, Bethel; m. Nov. 16, 1871, Katherine Kendall, dau. William and Katherine Fletcher (Kendall) Rix, b. Oct. 15, 1845, Sumterville, Ala. Mrs. Skin- ner inherits the literary taste of her father and the love of music characterizing her mother. She possesses the accomplish- ments and training that fit her to shine in social and public life, but has chosen to devote herself to her home and domestic duties, though by no means neglecting her obligations to the community in which she lives. Guests in her home are gra- ciously welcomed and entertained.
William Skinner, Jr., was born in Bethel during a tem- porary residence of his parents, but ere the child was a year old he was taken to Royalton, and the town has ever remained his home. His family name, so honorably conspicuous in the annals of the town, county, and state, has been made all the more so by his own long and honorable career. His preparatory education was obtained in the public schools of Royalton, and later in the then state-famed Royalton Academy. One year of his early manhood was passed in Wisconsin, after which he re- turned to Royalton, and took up the labor of a well-directed manhood. In the passing years he has served his town and fel-
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low citizens in practically every town office, and has been town clerk continuously for seventeen years, except a brief interim in 1909. In his business life he had the management of extensive farm interests, and has had experience as a dealer in all that pertains to the carriage and farm implement trade. In his re- ligious life he is an Episcopalian. He is one of the oldest Masons in the state, having been connected with Rising Sun Lodge since 1857. He acted as secretary of this lodge ten or more years. He has been chairman of the Republican town committee for as long a period.
i. Willie Rix [9], b. Jan. 6, 1873, Roy .; d. Jan. 25, 1873; bur. N. Roy. Cem.
ii. Katherine Maria [9], b. Feb. 27, 1874; at home, unm.
iii. Lucia Denison [9], b. Mar. 8, 1876, Roy .; m. Feb. 12, 1901, Nelson Merrick, son Nelson and Olivia (Blodgett) Gay, b. 1886, Stock- bridge; grad. of Rand. high school; a year or more in N. E. Conserv. of Music, Boston; special lessons on the violin with Prof. Allen of Boston; before marriage in frequent demand for public functions; stenographer in Boston; no ch.
iv. William Rix [9], b. Dec. 3, 1878, Roy .; dealer in automo- biles; res. with his parents, unm. v. Richmond Kendall [9], b. Dec. 3, 1878, Roy .; educated in the academy; a year or more in Med. Dept. of Dartmouth; has been med. attendant in some of the Mass. hospitals; at present in Roy, unm.
HARVEY [5] SKINNER (Benjamin [4], Abraham [3], Thos. [2], Thos [1]), b. 1770; d. May 12, 1823, Roy .; bur. N. Roy. Cem .; m. July 2, 1793, Hannah, dau. Rev. John and Me- hitable Searle. He was first listed in 1792. He was a black- smith, and seems to have lived in the village for a time; later he bought considerable land and at the time of his death was living on a farm, probably 27 and 28 Dutch, his last purchase. Children all b. in Roy.
i. Betsey [6], b. Aug. 3, 1795.
ii. Harvey Searle [6], b. June 15, 1797.
iii. Oramel Danford (Danforth?) [6], b. May 15, 1799; m. 1821, Alice, dau. Elisha, Jr., and Alice (Flynn) Kent, b. May 1, 1802, Roy .; d. Feb. 28, 1851.
iv. James Searle [6], b. Apr. 4, 1801; m. Jan. 15, 1835, Julia Ann Vail, b. Feb. 10, 1814, Pomfret; a physician.
v. Polly Safford [6], b. Mar. 24, 1807; m. Apr. 24, 1836, Shu- bal Rowland Green, b. Feb. 5, 1810, Columbia, Conn .; res. Lansing, Mich.
vi. John Dunbar [6], b. Mar. 2, 1808; m. Jan. 8, 1829, Clarissa Strong, b. Sep. 28, 1808; he was a blacksmith in Windsor, Mich. Ch .: (a) Susan [7], b. Oct. 28, 1831; m. Sep. 6, 1855, Henry Hinckley of Lansing, Mich .; (b) John Dunbar [7], b. Aug. 8, 1834; killed at bat- tle of Fredericksburg, Aug., 1863; (c) Hannah Searle [7], b. Sep. 7, 1836; m. Nathaniel Tilden Atkinson, who was killed May 31, 1863; (d) Julia Ann [7], b. Nov. 5, 1840; unm .; (e) Benjamin Harvey [7], b. Aug. 20, 1842; served in Civil War; (f) Mason William [7], b. Mar. 19, 1844; m. Aug. 26, 1869, Alice Nichols, at Great Ledge, Mich .; (g) Amos Strong [7], b. Dec. 25, 1847; res. Windsor, Mich .; (h) Martha Jones [7], b. Apr. 11, 1850; (i) Calvin Clark [7], b. June 17, 1853; m. Dec. 1, 1878, Florence Jane Chandler, b. May 25, 1851; ch .: (i)
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Henry Chandler [8], b. Dec. 15, 1879; (ii) Emily C. [8], b. Sep. 20, 1881. vii. Benjamin L. [6], over fourteen at time of his father's death. viii. Sally [6], b. 1810; d. May 3, 1823, Roy .; bur. N. Roy. Cem. ix. William Porter [6], under fourteen in 1823.
x. Laura [6].
xi. Horace Mason [6].
In 1809, in a cavalry company of militia, 4th Division, 2nd Regt., 1st Brig., Harvey Skinner was a lieutenant. His widow in 1824 deeded her right in the estate to her son Harvey Searle, who sold out in 1826, and the family probably left town about that time. On June 21, 1787, Judge Throop appointed Abel Stevens guardian of Harvey Skinner, son of Benjamin, late of Woodstock, Conn., so his father was probably dead at that time, and he was here with some relative. It is possible that he was a relative of Rev. John Searle's wife, and when he died it was necessary to have another guardian.
BAXTER [5] SKINNER, brother of Harvey [5], m. Sep. 28, 1797, Miriam Prouty of Langdon, N. H. He was first listed in 1796, and last, in 1811, though some of the intervening years his name is not found on the list. In 1811 he purchased an interest in the carding and fulling mill on the First Branch.
i. Betsey [6], b. 1798, Langdon, N. H.
ii. George [6], b. May 9, 1800, Langdon, prob.
iii. Oren [6], b. Mar. 24, 1802.
iv. Martha [6], b. Aug. 16, 1804; m. Nathaniel Millard.
V. Otis Ainsworth [6], b. July 3, 1807, Roy .; d. Sep. 18, 1861, Napierville, Ill .; m. July 30, 1831, Angela Malvina, dau. Rev. Sebastian Streeter, b. Aug., 1808, Weare, N. H .; ch .: (a) Angela Adelaide [7], b. Jan. 15, 1832, Baltimore, Md .; (b) Otis Streeter [7], b. Dec. 26, 1838, Boston, Mass. He was a Universalist minister, residing in Marlbor- ough, N. H., and Baltimore, Md. His name should be added to the list of natives who have become clergymen.
vi. Samuel Prouty [6], b. Nov. 16, 1809, Roy .; d. Oct., 1858. vii. Frances Louisa [6], b. 1815.
viii. Benjamin Harvey [6], a hotel keeper in Chicago.
JONATHAN VENNER SKINNER, of whom nothing is known, except through deeds. He bought, Nov. 8, 1790, of Nehemiah Noble, 15 T. P. He was first listed the next year. In 1793 he sold his lot and disappears from the records. From other sources it is learned that he had a son Orin, b. Mar. 9, 1808, Eastford, Conn .; m. Oct. 8, 1835, Abilena, dau. Samuel and Lucy Brown; he d. Nov. 30, 1839; one ch., Helen Elizabeth, b. Sep. 25-6, 1838; m. Nov. 26, 1866, William E. Baker.
EDMUND ROYCE SKINNER, son of Silas and Betsey (Powers) Skinner, b. Feb. 24, 1819, Croyden, N. H .; d. Mar. 23, 1903, Tunb .; m. (1) Dec. 26, 1839, Rebecca, dau. Daniel and Sarah Damon, b. Aug. 28, 1818, Marshfield; d. Sep. 2, 1850, Plainfield; m. (2) Feb. 23, 1851, Lucinda, dau. George Ward and wid. of Col. Bacon of Vershire; d. Oct. 20, 1900, aged abt. 87. Mr. Skinner rem. from Plainfield to Roy. Feb., 1852, and bought the John Storrs farm, where he lived fourteen years, when he rem. to Tunb. He was a farmer, a devout church mem-
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ber, and held town office. He spent some of his spare time in writing poetry, some very creditable samples being in the pos- session of his son, Anson P. i. Betsey, b. Aug. 3, 1842, Marshfield; d. Oct. 31, 1890, Plain- field; m. Alpheus Batchelder; ch .: (a) Helen, who d. unm .; (b) Anna, who m. Octavus St. Cyr, and had two ch .; (c) Arthur, m. and res. in Plainfield.
ii. Anson Perkins, b. Mar. 5, 1845, Marshfield; m. May 9, 1875, Nellie R., dau. Clark Currier and Martha Porter (Eaton) French, b. Oct. 10, 1850, Tunb. See Chapter XL .; ch .: (a) Leon Anson, b. June 13, 1877, Roy .; m. Dec. 26, 1910, Delia Susannah, dau. George W. and Ellen Sarah (Bliss) Preston, b. Jan. 11, 1887, Quechee. Leon A. is a grad. of Norwich Univ., 1896; corp. and color sergt .; member of Co. F, 1st Vt. Vols., Spanish war, 1898; Mrs. Skinner is a grad. of S. Roy. high school, 1905; conducts a home bakery; (b) Edith Nellie, b. July 25, 1879, Roy .; m. Dec. 25, 1901, William Emerson, son Lucius and Julia (Emerson) Clogston, b. July 26, 1877, Fairhaven; ch. (i) Dorothy Helen, b. July 25, 1902, Boston; (ii) William Emerson, b. Feb. 5, 1906; d. Mar. 30, 1906, Boston; bur. S. Roy. Cem .; (c) Archie Clyde, b. Dec. 11, 1887, Roy .; d. Jan. 12, 1896.
iii. Ruth, b. June 3, 1848, Marshfield; d. Oct. 31, 1906, S. Roy .; m. (1) Oct. 9, 1872, William Henry Smith, who d. Mar. 6, 1895; m. (2) May 5, 1898, Charles Alexander Sargent, b. May 12, 1839; d. Mar. 16, 1911, S. Roy .; bur. Strafford; he m. again, July 9, 1907, Jennie Louise, dau. Danforth and Lucy Jane (Huggett) Hubbard, b. Apr. 13, 1855, Norwich; res. S. Roy. She was the wid. of Byron W. Prescott.
SLACK FAMILY.
JOHN W. SLACK, b. Dec. 4, 1821, Norwich; d. Feb. 26, 1895, Vergennes; bur. Northfield; m. Eunice, dau. Richard and Eunice Houston, b. Mar. 7, 1821, Strafford; d. Mar. 15, 1889, Roy. Mr. Slack rem. from Northfield to Roy., Nov. 20, 1865. He bought the Erastus P. Williams farm, where his son George now lives.
i. George M., b. Mar. 16, 1849, Northfield; m. Nov. 27, 1891, Helen L., dau. Abial and Arvilla Hanks, b. Apr. 30, 1863, Warren; ch .: Harold E., b. Jan. 17, 1893, Roy .; senior in Rand. high school; educated in Roy. Acad. ii. Heman B., b. Dec. 10, 1854; m. Feb. 14, 1884, Mary A. Taylor.
iii. Ella M., b. July 31, 1857, Northfield; m. Dec. 1, 1887, Carter R., son Caleb and Mary (Leland) Rogers, b. 1864, Barton.
JOHN ADAMS SLACK, son of William and Roxana (Arm- strong) Slack, b. Nov. 18, 1826, Norwich; d. Mar. 7, 1898, Roy .; m. Harriet Lorrain, dau. Sam. and Abigail (Baxter) Little, b. Aug. 30, 1830, Littleton, N. H .; d. Oct. 22, 1900, Roy. Mr. Slack lived on what is called the Slafter farm near Pierce's mills.
i. Charles W., b. Sep. 17, 1850, Norwich; d. Apr. 13, 1896; m. Feb. 20, 1872, Mary Emogene, dau. Geo. H. and M. (Houghton) Burnham, b. 1851, Putney; ch .: (a) Eunice M., b. 1873, Roy .; m. Mar. 21, 1892, Alison T., son Thos. R. and Melissa (Bowen) Neff, b. 1868, Bethel; one ch., Paul Slack, b. May 25, 1899, Roy .; res., Rand. ii. Samuel, b. Nov. 18, 1851; m. Adella Batchelder; lives in Lindsey, Cal .; ch .: (a) Hattie. m. Frank Barden; res. Newport, N. H .;
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(b) Wallace; (c) Harry, m. and lives in Lindsey; (d) Ira Batchelder, b. May 23, 1890, Roy .; lives with parents.
iii. Fred, b. Dec. 3, 1853.
iv. Lewis, b. Nov. 22, 1855. v. Hattie, b. 1861; m. Oct. 29, 1879, William B., son Harvey and Sybil (Whitney) Smith, b. 1855, Sharon; divorced; m. (2) Smith N. Clark; res., Boston; two ch. by (1): Eva Lou, and Etha May, who m. Walter Lowell Eastman, and lives in Laconia, N. H .; Eva res. with her.
*vi. Louisa S., b. 1862, Roy .; m. William A. Woodworth; living with her son Ivanhoe in Williamsport, Pa.
SLAFTER FAMILY.
DAVID FROST [4] SLAFTER (Anthony [3], Moses [2], John [1]), b. Mar. 1, 1784; d. May 31, 1866; m. (1) Feb. 10, 1811, Dimmis, dau. Elijah Baldwin of Norwich, b. Dec. 18, 1791; d. Aug. 15, 1819; m. (2) Jan. 18, 1820, Emelia, dau. of Rev. Timothy and Phalle (Richardson) Grow of Hartland; d. abt. 1874 at her daughter's, Rachel Lyman, in the West. Mr. Slaf- ter rem. from Norwich to Roy. in 1837, and bought the farm now owned by Charles Seymour near the Pierce mills. His son James lived with him, and they sold the place in 1854 to John A. Slack, and rem. from town. James went to Northfield.
i. Dimmis Eveline [5], b. Dec. 15, 1812; d. Apr. 28, 1830.
ii. Edmund Baldwin [5], b. 1815; d. Aug. 27, 1821.
iii. Chastina [5], b. Aug. 15, 1817; d. Aug. 28, 1821.
*iv. Rachel [5], b. Oct. 5, 1820; m. George Lyman. v. James Grow [5], b. Jan. 11, 1822; d. July 9, 1907; m. (1) Oct. 14, 1845, Roy., Lucy Malinda, dau. Albina Wheeler of Newport, N. H., b. Mar. 2, 1826; d. Apr. 30, 1851; m. (2) Apr. 24, 1856, Julia Augusta, dau. Uriel Blanchard of W. Windsor and wid. of Horace Ziba Lambkin, b. May 27, 1826; one ch., James Carlos, b. Feb. 7, 1850, Roy.
*vi. Charlotte Elizabeth [5], b. Jan. 23, 1826; m. John Wild. vii. Clarissa [5], b. Oct. 9, 1827.
viii. Clarinda Lamson [5], b. Oct. 25, 1829; d. Dec. 22, 1855.
John [1] is supposed to have come from Wales about 1680, and to have settled at Lynn, Mass. Later he rem. to Conn., and made joint purchase of a tract of land which was incorporated as Willington. Samuel [2] was one of the original grantees of Norwich, and sold his rights to his son John [3]. The first potatoes ever raised in Windsor Co. are said to have come from a quarter of a bushel which he carried on foot from Charlestown, N. H. ( ?) to Norwich. John [3] held import- ant town offices for 40 years, and responsible positions in the state gov- ernment. When Royalton was burned, as soon as he heard of it, he had the oven heated and the family spent the whole night in baking bread. At dawn he took the bread and cured meats from his own store, packed it on his horse, and led him through the whole distance to the afflicted town. He was a Revolutionary soldier and present at the surrender of Burgoyne.
SMITH FAMILY.
JACOB SMITH, son of Jonathan and Esther, b. Sep. 6, 1770, Lanesboro, Mass .; d. Sep. 22, 1814, Roy .; m. (1) Jan. 6,
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1796, Martha, dau. Rev. Burkley and Martha Olcott, b. Oct. 11, 1778, Charlestown, N. H., prob .; d. Sep. 11, 1808, Roy .; both bur. N. Roy Cem .; m. (2) July 12, 1810, Dolly, dau. Jonathan and Eunice Arms of Deerfield, Mass., b. June 9, 1783; d. Aug., 1862; she was killed at Deerfield, Mass., by stepping in front of a train after leaving the cemetery, which she had visited; bur. there; she was quite deaf. She seems to have been christened Dorothy, but was called Dolly in the town records. She was a descendant of the first Arms in this country, "a knitter of stockings and a man faithful to his friends and his God." See "Legal Profession" for a sketch of Esquire Smith. His home was where Rev. Joel Whitney now lives in Roy. village.
i. Infant son, b. Nov., 1799; d. when five days old.
ii. Burkley, b. Dec. 10, 1801; d. Mar. 8, 1802.
iii. Charlotte, b. Oct. 4, 1803; d. Mar. 16, 1804.
*iv. Sarah Hoyt, b. Feb. 12, 1805; d. Apr. 25, 1833; m. Alden Noble.
v. Louisa, b. Mar. 5, 1806; d. Oct. 21, 1808.
vi. Martha Olcott, b. Aug. 23, 1808; d. June 25, 1838, unm.
vii. Susan, b. May 29, 1811; d. and bur. in Danville; m. June 20, 1832, Hon. George B. Chandler of Danville; ch .: (a) Sarah Noble, b. Apr., 1833; d. June 11, 1897; m. John T. Perry of Exeter, N. H .; no ch .; (b) George, b. Jan., 1835; d. Nov. 2, 1886, Chicago; m. Dec. 26, 1864, Elizabeth C. Curtis of St. Johnsbury; no ch .; (c) Mary Lyman, b. July 10, 1837; m. Rev. Joshua Coit of New London, Conn., who d. Dec. 15, 1907; ch .: (i) Robert, an architect; (ii) Helen, m. Rev. Fred- erick H. Means; res.' Madison, Me .; (iii) George Chandler, a lawyer. Mr. Chandler, Susan's husband, m. (2) 1846, Helen Colby, and had John Winthrop, Chas. Colby, Edward Phelps, Susan, b. 1856; d. 1861; Sam. Colby, Elizabeth Nelson. He died Oct. 28, 1878, St. Joseph, Mich., aged 75 yrs. 7 mo. 11 d. Susan and Sarah were m. at the same time. Dolly Smith res. with Susan until her husband married the second time, then she went to live with her brother, Pliny Arms in Deerfield.
The father of Jacob Smith was b. Mar. 4, 1740; d. Sep. 9, 1802; his wife, Esther, was born Mar. 11, 1744; d. June 12, 1797; the father of Martha Olcott Smith was Rev. Burkley Olcott of Charlestown, N. H., the son of Timothy Olcott, Jr., of Boston, Conn .; grad. from Yale, 1758; ordained pastor of the Cong'l church at Charlestown, May 28, 1761, and held the pastorate until his death, June 16, 1792, when he was 59 years old. He married Martha Pomroy, dau. Col. Seth Pom- roy of Northampton, Mass., b. Aug. 12, 1740; d. May 30, 1803.
COL. STAFFORD SMITH, son of Willard and Mary Craig, b. Feb. 12, 1773, Plainfield, Conn .; d. July 27, 1841, Bethel; m. Betsey Peak, who is buried in Plymouth, Wis. See Chap. XXVII. for service in War of 1812. In what regiment he held the commission of colonel has not been ascertained. While he was landlord of the hotel now called the "Cascadnac," it had the reputation of being one of the best conducted and most popular hotels on the stage route from Boston to Bur- lington. Running a hotel could only partially employ his super- abundant energy, and so he is found as a manufacturer, and a land speculator, but his enterprises were too heavy for him, and
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he became so involved that he was compelled to close up his business. He returned to Bethel, where two of his brothers, Benjamin and William, had been among the earliest settlers. He is bur. in N. Roy. Cem. In the Vt. militia, 1807, 1st Brig., 2nd Regt., he was major.
i. Sidney S., b. Feb. 10, 1809, Bethel; d. Feb. 2, 1879; lived in Roy. until after 1850, unm .; said he was going West to get out of the way of the railroads; located in Plymouth, Wis., and later in Sheboygan.
*ii. Betsey Maria, b. Jan. 28, 1811, Roy .; m. William Skinner. iii. Martha, b. Nov. 16, 1813, Roy.
iv. Charlotte, b. Oct. 14-15, 1815, Roy .; m. Samuel B. Orms- bee of Plymouth, Wis .; three ch.
v. Harriet B., b. Dec. 24, 1817, Roy .; d. Plymouth, unm. She was endowed with rare intellectual powers, and was one of the most brilliant students that ever attended Royalton Academy.
vi. Horatio Nelson, b. Mar. 20, 1820; rem. to Sheboygan, Wis., and later to Plymouth, Wis .; elected to Wis. Assembly in 1850, and to the senate in 1853.
vii. Douglas, b. Sep. 10 or 24, 1822; d. Feb. 26, 1858, Mobile, Ala .; m. Rebecca Wheeler, dau. John and Rebecca (Wheeler) Francis, b. Apr. 28, 1824, Roy .; d. Mar. 15, 1893, Burlington; two ch. Mrs. Smith was a niece of Pres. Wheeler of Dartmouth. She rem. to Bur- lington soon after the death of her husband. Douglas was a grad. of the U. V. M. in 1841; admitted to the bar, 1843; to superior court of Alabama, 1849; he was a lawyer of exceptional talents, practicing in Mobile, Ala.
viii. Patrick Henry, b. Sep. 29, 1827, Roy .; went West with his brother Horatio; served in the senate of Wis. in 1880-83.
Willard Smith, father of Stafford, served in the Revolution. He, with Samuel Peak and others, was taken prisoner and confined in a war ship in N. Y. harbor. They had only salt pork, crackers and water. The pork became tainted, fever set in, and starvation and death stared them in the face. They were allowed to go ashore two at a time, but the Tories would give them nothing to eat. Mr. Smith be- came chilled and wanted to lie down to sleep. Peak tried to keep him warm and finally beat him, which so angered him that they fought, until they both got warm. In the battle of Bunker Hill, when his am- munition gave out, he took off his linked cuff button, and used one for shot. The other half, an amethyst set in silver, is the property of Mrs. Horatio N. Smith.
WILLIAM SMITH, son of William and Margaret (Mc- Allister) Smith, b. 1783; d. May 14, 1864, Roy .; m. Sarah, dau. Benjamin and Sarah (Shepard) Parkhurst, b. Feb. 9, 1792, Roy .; d. Oct. 15, 1877, Roy., prob .; both bur. N. Roy. Cem. Mr. Smith rem. from N. H. to Roy. about 1839, in which year he bought a part of 10 T. P. and land on the river. Some years after he bought the farm on which was the Rix and Adams saw mill.
i. Charles.
ii. Lucian.
iii. Julius Percival, b. Dec. 21, 1821, Rand .; d. Mar. 24, 1885, Roy .; m. Feb. 10, 1845, Laura, dau. Chester and Hannah (Cole) Bel- knap, b. Jan. 29, 1822, Rand .; d. Dec. 19, 1879; ch .: (a) Laura A., b. 1849; m. Apr. 13, 1875, George K., son Alex. and Mary E. (Sproul)
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McDonald, b. 1850, Bangor, Me .; present res., Bridgeport, Conn .; (b) Frank W., res., Bridgeport, unm .; employed in Belknap Brass Manu- factory, Bridgeport; Luella, chiropodist, Bridgeport, unm. Julius P. Smith came to Roy. with his parents. He learned the tailor's trade in Woodstock, and was a merchant tailor in Roy. until his death. One did not need to send to Boston for fashionable suits when he was alive. He was postmaster from 1853 to 1881. Mrs. Smith was highly esteemed by all who knew her.
*iv. Susan W., b. Mar. 3, 1824, Rand .; m. Austin Brooks. *v. Sarah M., b. Jan. 4, 1828; m. Oliver H. Brooks.
*vi. Julia A., m. Silas R. Williams.
STILLMAN FORDYCE SMITH, son of Elias, the son of Christopher, b. Nov. 11, 1817, Bar .; d. Dec. 10, 1869, Roy .; m. Jan. 9, 1840, Hannah, dau. John and Betsey (Avery) Tag- gart, b. Nov. 26, 1820, Stockbridge; d. Dec. 14, 1906, Cambridge, Mass. In 1854 Mr. Smith rem. to Roy. village and bought the "Blodgett lot." He lived in the house now owned by Robert Waterman, and had a blacksmith shop near by. When S. Roy. was started he had an interest in that settlement, and was in company with Mr. Bradstreet in business. His family added to the already established reputation of the village for possessing inhabitants of culture and refinement. i. Henry Christopher, b. Feb. 23, 1841, Barnard; d. Sep. 19, 1903, Haydenville, Mass .; m. Sep. 8, 1864, Helen, dau. Thos. and Han- nah Fay, b. June 13, 1842, Roy. Henry C. was educated in Roy. Acad- emy; leader of the regimental band, 4th Vt. Vols .; settled in Bethel; then rem. to Haydenville in 1866; in mercantile business there; select- man for fifteen years; member of school and library committee; Chris- tian worker; prominent member of the prohibition party, and was nominated by it for representative, senator, secretary of state, and lieut. gov. One ch., N. Fay, b. Feb. 6, 1866, at home of his grand- father, Thos. Fay; m. 1897, Amy N. Boehne, Island Pond, Neb .; ch .: Richard, Paul, Helen, and Henry; grad. from Moody Bible Ins., Chi- cago, 1893; ordained in Crete, Neb., 1895; taught in Moody Schools in Northfield and Mt. Hermon, Mass., 1898-1903; pastor of Cong'l church, E. Northfield, Mass., since 1903.
ii. Harriet Elizabeth, b. Aug. 9, 1843, Bar .; m. Sep. 8, 1864, Lyman Stephens, son Ira and Betsey (Richardson) Emery, b. Jan. 3, 1839; d. June 10, 1900; four ch .; res. Washington, D. C .; held many positions of honor and trust in Wash., and was loved and respected by all who knew him. Harriet was educated in Roy. Acad.
iii. Isadore Maria, b. June 16, 1854; m. Feb. 20, 1878, Wash., D. C., John Henry Thurston of Cambridge, Mass., where they have since res .; no ch. Isadore M. was educated in Roy. Acad. and Rand. Normal.
iv. Elmer Ellsworth, b. Oct. 19, 1861, Roy .; d. Apr. 12, 1864. v. Carlton Lincoln, b. Apr. 14, 1865; d. July 16, 1878, by being run over by the cars.
JOHN G. SMITH, b. July 24, 1784; d. Mar. 27, 1861, Roy .; m. July 27, 1805, Esther Milliken, b. Nov. 25, 1786; d. Dec. 24, 1870, Roy .; both bur. Branchview Cem. Mr. Smith rem. to Roy. about 1852, and bought a small place at Pierce's Mills, and built the house where Mrs. Patton lives.
i. Esther, b. Feb. 13, 1807; d. Oct. 5, 1864; m. Oct. 8, 1837, George Leonard.
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ii. William F., b. Feb. 5, 1809; d. Mar. 20, 1861; m. Oct. 12, 1845, Mary Harper. iii. Emily, b. Apr. 30, 1811; m. Apr. 11, 1839, Daniel Dick- inson.
iv. Lorin, b. Dec. 23, 1813; d. Sep. 5, 1814.
v. £ Gordon, b. July 5, 1815; res. in Roy. a short time.
vi. Elizabeth F., b. Aug. 16, 1817; d. Apr. 22, 1865 ( ?); m. Oct. 27, 1884, David S. Blanchard.
vii. Triphena D., b. Dec. 16, 1818; m. Dec. 22, 1839, Orison
Foster.
viii. Horace, b. May 20, 1822; d. Mar. 28, 1833.
ix. Mary G., b. Dec. 20, 1825; d. May 21, 1866; m. May 7, 1848, Osman Town.
*x. Louisa P., b. Dec. 21, 1826; m. Chester Sanborn, Jr. xi. Alexander M., b. Mar. 31, 1829; d. Mar. 31, 1833.
WILLIAM CHAMBERLIN SMITH, son of Ebenezer and Abigail (Steele) Smith, b. July 25, 1825, Cabot; d. Nov. 4, 1901, S. Roy .; m. Katherine Wallace, dau. Hector and Lucretia (El- kins) McLean, b. Apr. 24, 1824, Peacham; d. Mar. 19, 1906, S. Roy. The father of Mr. Smith invested several thousand dol- lars in real estate in S. Roy. a short time before his son rem. here. One lot seems to be the one next to Dr. Whitcomb's, where William Smith res. for several years. William C. rem. from Cabot about 1859. His business career is given in the chapter on "The Villages." Mr. Smith had a good deal of dra- matic instinct, and was one of the best story tellers. He and his most estimable wife were well-read, and vitally interested in the higher phases of life. Their home was a popular place for young and old. i. Kate G., b. Aug. 6, 1860, Roy .; d. June 12, 1883, Roy. Kate was a young girl of rare promise, the possessor of unusual talent, and a character that indicated great usefulness, had she been spared. ii. Margaret L., b. Sep. 3, 1864, Roy .; d. May 27, 1889, Roy. Her sickness was long and trying, but she bore it with Christian grace and courage. With her death, her parents were left childless.
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