History of Royalton, Vermont, with family genealogies, 1769-1911, Part 113

Author: Lovejoy, Mary Evelyn Wood, 1847-
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: Burlington, Vt., Free press printing company
Number of Pages: 1280

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always a delicate child. In her third year she had a severe attack of lung fever, which, no doubt, predisposed her to the disease from which she died. Her musical powers were early shown, even before she was two years old, and her love of poetry was manifested long before she could read. Her earliest recorded poem, "Mayflowers," was written not later than her seventh year, and when she was nine she expressed her thoughts in another production entitled "Woman's Rights." She had a severe attack of pneumonia a few years before her death, and gradually the tide of life weakened, and with the loss of bodily vigor came a diminution of the genuis which had been the delight of many friends. She voiced her own sense of this loss in a poem, "To My Lyre," containing the lines,

"What once was mine is gone and I But wait and hope and fear."

Her last effort was the "Address to Veteran Soldiers," written March, 1884. Some of her poems found place in the best mazagines of the day. Rev. H. A. VanDalsen, who knew her well, in preparing an introduction to the proposed volume of her poems, which idea was never realized through lack of funds, thus characterizes her: "Be- side Broad Brook, which she seemed to regard as a sentient friend and in the charm and scenery of which she reveled with tireless delight, her latent and only half-realized powers took form and ex- pression. The tender, sensitive, winsome child became an earnest observer and vigorous thinker, broadening to the touch of life which to her was full of meaning and gladness; for though a dreamer, she was not a recluse."

One sample of her poems is given, perhaps not her best, but one that will touch the hearts of many who knew and. loved her, and loved the singing stream that inspired her muse.

BROAD BROOK.

No spot made famous by poem or story, The word of a noble, the smile of a king, No legend old throws a ray of glory Over the lines of the song I sing. But in Memory's album of haunts and faces With many another dear-loved nook,

It ripples on thro' the well-known places,

My old companion, the dear Broad Brook.

It draws its life from the silver fountains That bubble free in the shady glen, And hurries on mid the old Green Mountains, By field and forest and haunt of men. It turns the mill in the sheltered valley, And waters the herd on the sloping lea, And over the fall with a rush and rally, It came with a new-found strength to me.

Oh, long, bright hours in the golden summer, When the world was fresh and cares were few, And we offered a welcome to every comer Who sought us out in the haunts we knew. Oh, flowers that bathed in your eddying torrent, And the swift, lithe fish that leaped and swirled, Oh, bubbles that flashed on your silver current, I follow them still through the busy world.

BROAD BROOK. Site of the Grist and Saw Mills, known as Robinson's Mills.

Home of the Poetess, Grace Thomas.

Mrs. Mary ( Moore) Joiner.

Dea. Salmon Joiner, 1777-1854.

1783-1868. Rev. David B. Lyman. Mrs. Sarah (Joiner) Lyman. Mr. and Mrs. Lyman were missionaries to Hawaii.

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The fairy isles and the mimic river, The dark, deep pools 'neath the bending tree, The tiny fall where the sunbeams quiver, Were all familiar and dear to me; For the islands yielded me bud and blossom, Under the walls of the roaring mill, And, plashing down on the still lake's bosom, The great drops fell when the wheel was still.

Oh, dear old playmate, so true and tender, The years may come and the years may go, Your scenes may change, that my heart will render As ever they were in the long ago; But your own dear voice in my ear is ringing, And I dream once more of the joys untold, When I roamed all day to your gladsome singing, And castles built on your sands of gold.

Dear brook, goodbye, with the friends I'm leaving, My childhood lies in your depths tonight, And over the bridge that my thoughts are weaving, I see it cross in the sunset light. Dear brook, goodbye, for my life is waiting Beyond the line of the shadowy hill;

There is work to do in the dawn that's breaking, And battles to fight with the good and ill.

But there's yet one wish, ere we part forever, And follow our ways to the ocean wide, One thought, that I may not wholly sever The cords of fancy that gild your tide. A wish that when, in the years hereafter, Other children here on your banks may be,

You will weave them the chain of your rippling laughter, And sing them the songs that you sang to me.

v. Marcus A., m. and had Richard, Clara, and Barlow; over- seer in cotton mill, Lowell, fifty years; retired on a pension; spent some time in Roy. and owned property here.

vi. Phylena A., d. with her sister Velina, unm.

vii. Alexander P., prob. d. young.

viii. Joel Barlow, m. and res. in Tonica, Ill .; steward in M. E. there.

church ix. Albert H., m. (1) Mary Eddy; m. (2) Priscilla Webb; no ch .; res. as laborer on Broad Brook for a time; went to Victory. x. Eurydice F., m. (1) Charles Thompson, and had one son, Charles, who d. in young manhood; m. (2) G. W. Leonard (See). xi. Dollie F., d. in young maidenhood.

xii. Velina S., m. an Ashley and had several ch .; one dau., Dollie, m. Harlan Ellis; res., Iowa Falls, Ia.

xiii. Richard, Jr., prob. d. young.

THROOP FAMILY.

GEN. JUDAH DANA THROOP, the son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Throop, b. Nov. 11, 1785, Bethel; d. before Sep. 11, 1826, in Roy .; m. June 9, 1820, Laura, dau. George and Hannah Dana, b. Mar. 17, 1797, Sharon. Gen. Throop came to Roy. about 1810. He owned a good deal of real estate, but settled

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in Roy. village, and bought of Sam. Hartwell the place where Mr. George Laird now lives. He had a store in the village and was in trade with Frederick Orvis some of the time. He went through the military grades to Brig. Gen. He was well fitted evidently to take part in public functions, as he was often called upon in this capacity. On Oct. 28, 1813, the Council concurred with the House in passing an act altering the name of Judah Throop to Judah Dana Throop. At the time of his death, when his estate was offered for sale, mention is made of an elegant brick house. The house which he owned was burned. His widow remained in Roy. some years, and may have died here, but there is no record, and it is not known where either is buried. There is a record of only one child, Ann, baptized June 3, 1827, who joined the church July 10, 1835.

TOLLES FAMILY.

DAVID TOLLES, son of Benjamin or Abner and Sarah (Bisbee) Tolles, b. Sep. 10, 1816, Weathersfield; d. June 13, 1890, Roy .; m. (1) Parthena, dau. Daniel and Parthena Dart, b. May 20, 1818, Weathersfield; d. June 4, 1885, Roy .; m. (2) Oct. 24, 1888, Mrs. Jane Arnold, dau. Abel and Elizabeth Wel- lington, b. 1825, Bethel. Mr. Tolles and Parthena are bur. in Bethel. He settled in Roy. in 1855, when he bought the Mark Bowen farm. In 1857 he sold Dist. 10 land for a schoolhouse. In 1890 he quitclaimed to James McCullough. Only two chil- dren are found on the records.

i. Almon D., b. Mar. 9, 1846, Bethel; in Great Falls, N. H.,

1891.

ii. Edna Parthena, b. Dec. 19, 1854, Bethel; d. Mar. 9, 1877, Bethel.

TRESCOTT FAMILY.

JEREMIAH TRESCOTT, son of Jeremiah of Hanover, N. H., the son of Ebenezer, b. Apr. 14, 1749, Mansfield, Conn .; d. Nov. 6, 1824, Roy .; m. Sarah , b. 1749; d. July 3, 1835, Roy. See "Earliest Settlers." No record of his own children has been found, but several of them must have been born in Roy. The list is not given in order of birth. In a published notice of his death printers in Ohio were requested to copy. His son Thomas lived with him in his last days. On Sarah's tombstone is the couplet,

"Death is a debt to nature dew which i have paid & so must you."

Jeremiah willed to his grandson, Jeriel, his best suit of clothes "from head to foot." i. Sarah; weak mentally; attributed to fright and exposure at the time of the Indian raid. ii. Mehitable. iii. Miriam, m. Feb. 8, 1814, William Miller of Hopkintown, N. Y.

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iv. Thomas, b. Dec. 16, 1780, Roy .; d. June 28, 1837, Roy .; m. Mar. 31, 1803, Polly Miller of Sharon, b. 1785; d. Feb. 2, 1863; bur. Brownington Center; made an agreement in 1805 to support his par- ents; he carried on the farm and ran the saw mill, the oldest one in town; ch .: (a) Jeriel, m. Lorenza Tullar, sister to Elihu of Tunb .; ch .: (i) William Miller, b. Dec. 31, 1842, Roy .; d. in Libby prison; (ii) Miranda Stewart, b. June 19, 1844, Roy .; other ch. were, Ellen, Jane, Rosetta, Elmina, Lina, Marcellus Jeriel, and Henry James; Jeriel lived with his father; he rem. to Brownington abt. 1854, having sold the homestead to Isaac S. Shepard; (b) Infant, b. Jan. 15, 1810; d. Jan. 31, 1810; (c) Mary, b. Aug. 21, 1812; m. Elias Curtis Baker, b. Aug. 9, 1817; d. May 18, 1891; ch .: (i) George Stephen, b. 1845; d. 1894; one son; (ii) Charles Carroll, b. 1847; m. and has one dau .; (iii) John Thomas, b. Jan. 25, 1849; m. and has three ch .; res., Min- neapolis, Minn .; (iv) Henrietta Elizabeth, b. 1850; one son; (v) Ar- thur James, b. 1853; d. 1907; m., but no ch .; (vi) Eri Garfield, b. 1855; m., but no ch. Mary had nine ch., only six surviving, and of these four were living in 1910; Elias C. Baker res. Tunb. 1842-53, Brown- ington, until 1873, then rem. to Lyndonville; (d) William Miller, b. Aug. 6, 1815, Roy .; rem. to Peoria, Ill .; (e) Ephraim Holmes, b. Aug. 6, 1820, Roy .; d. Aug. 25, 1823.

v. Son, bur. S. Roy. Cem .; inscription illegible.

vi. Jeremiah, b. 1787; d. Dec. 14, 1799, Roy.

EXPERIENCE TRESCOTT, brother of Jeremiah, b. Dec. 5, 1757, Mansfield, Conn .; d. Apr. 26, 1810, Roy .; m. Abigail who m. (2) Sep. 20, 1810, Sharon, Starling Shepard of Sharon; she was b. 1767; d. Mar. 31, 1848; bur. by her first husband, Broad Brook Cem. No ch. are known to have been born. In his will he bequeathed her his gun and all his prop- erty. The gun is seen in one of the cuts. He was a carpenter and farmer, and seems to have been rather eccentric. He had a prolific orchard on his farm, which he bought of his brother Jeremiah, and which is known as the Franklin Joiner place. He used to say if people came to see Trescott he treated them to apples, but if they came for the apples, he treated them to Trescott.

TUCKER FAMILY.

JIREH TUCKER, parentage unknown, b. Apr. 16, 1792; d. Jan. 30, 1878, Litchfield, Ill .; m. Oct. 10, 1816, Achsah, dau. Cyrus and Hannah (Lillie) Tracy, b. Sep. 21, 1793; d. Apr. 15,; 1868; m. (2) when eighty or more in Nokomis, Ill. Mr. Tucker settled in Roy. the year he was married. He bought the brick house, barn, and distillery which he sold in 1826 to Stafford Smith, and which was in 26 L. A. The next year he bought the farm of Isaac Morgan where he lived until he sold to his son Leonard in 1858, and rem. to Wis. A descendant of his writes that he was fond of high-sounding words. He wrote to his dau., Lucy Ann, Jan. 20, 1868, "This Lord's day I have been to worship with 2d Congregational church of Royalton at South Royalton village, which was constituted and consecrated four days since-a branch of the true & Living Vine. May the

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Lord of the vineyard dress & bless it that it bring forth not wild grapes." He went on to say that he would have been "har- monious in prayer with & for them," but for a hard cold which kept him at home, and adds, "Your mother in this cold com- plaint was my coadjutor." Of a certain school district he wrote, "Its evolutions make both sadness and merriment-the antithetical, synthetical, & analytical phenomenons, & district school meeting anomalies to which other towns in the state of Vermont have not always been heir to." When his young son, Jireh, got his head caught between a barn sill and stone, he called out to him, "Be calm, Jireh. We'll soon have you extri- cated from your uncomfortable situation." At the P. O. he was in the habit of asking, "Mr. Smith, have you paper or papers, letter or letters for me or mine ?"

i. Harvey Durkee, b. July 3, 1817; served in Civil War in a Vt. Regt .; m. twice; ch., Heman, Eliza, m. and res. in Boston; Violet, m., and George, an adopted son.

ii. Cyrus Tracy, b. Dec. 2, 1818; d. May 17, 1893, Osage, Ia .; m. Dec. 1, 1848, Rand., Sophia B. Green, who had been brought up by Ami Burnham; she d. Mar. 8, 1904. Cyrus taught school, was in busi- ness, finally entered college and worked his way through. He was thirty when he began his first pastorate at Marshfield, Mass .; rem. to Wis .; five ch., only one of which is living, Mrs. Sophia A. Sweeney, Osage, Ia.

iii. Lucy Anna, b. Aug. 18, 1820; d. Nov. 7, 1893, Rutland; m. Aug. 18, 1845, Roy., Joseph Warren Guernsey, of Marlow, N. H. They were students together at Newbury Sem., and taught together at Mar- low before and after marriage. He d. Aug. 4, 1894, Rutland. Both were successful teachers and possessed considerable literary ability as writers of prose and poetry. Two ch. living, a son in Saratoga, N. Y., and Miss Alice Guernsey, at one time teacher in Rand. Normal. She has written more or less for the press for many years, and she has the entrance to the best magazines. She has been officially connected with the W. C. T. U., and is at present editor and business manager for the Woman's Home Missionary Soc., New York.

iv. Harriet Newell, b. Apr. 22, 1822; d. Sep. 27, 1826, Roy.

v. Heman Woodward, b. July 1, 1824; d. July 9, 1848; bur. N. Roy. Cem.

vi. Maria Rosina, b. Sep. 13, 1825; d. July 14, 1903, near San Jose, Cal .; m. Mar. 20, 1849, Elijah, son Sam. Perrin of W. Rand .; d. Dec. 29, 1892, Minneapolis, Minn .; ch .: (a) Marcia Frances, b. May 28, 1850; m. Mr. Gregory, and has a dau., wife of Dr. Paul Adams of Los Angeles, Cal .; (b) Homer Elijah, b. Oct. 18, 1854; (c) Lillie Maria, b. Apr. 5, 1860. Mr. Perrin rem. to Oconomowoc, Wis., 1852, to Fillmore Co., Minn., 1864, to Minneapolis, 1886.

vii. Leonard Tracy, b. Aug. 23, 1827; d. Oct. 8, 1877, Sumner, Minn .; m. Mar. 24, 1852, Lydia, dau. Sam. and Lydia Wallace, b. Sep. 25, 1828, Sanbornton, N. H .; d. Mar. 17, 1909, Oak Park, Ill .; ch .: (a) Carrie Eva, b. Mar. 4, 1853; d. Nov. 16, 1879; (b) Marcia Lavinia, b. Nov. 23, 1857; d. Feb. 28, 1881; (c) Josephine, b. Oct. 20, 1860; res., Chicago; unm .; Leonard was educated at New Hampton, N. H .; ret. to Roy. 1858, and settled on the home farm; rem. to Barre, 1872, to Minn., 1877, on account of his health, but died soon. He had a broad interest in the affairs of the town, and was especially active in the work of Farmers' Clubs.

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viii. Harriet Newell, b. Apr. 9, 1829; d. Jan. 8, 1901, Lowell, Mass .; m. Horace Brown, and had Hattie, Edwin, deceased, Warren, Arthur.

ix. Martha Jane, b. July 31, 1831; d. Nov. 25, 1907, Quincy, Ill .; m. July 31, 1855, Rev. Sullivan, son Seth and Comfort (Barney) Adams, b. Washington, N. H .; d. Sep., 1893, Rutland. Mr. Adams was a Baptist minister, and greatly beloved and trusted in his labors east and west. His wife was a fitting helpmeet. She had a sweet voice, which she used in the services of the church over which her husband was placed.

x. Lenda T., b. Jan. 4, 1834; d. Jan. 18, 1834.

xi. Jireh, b. Jan. 30, 1835; d. Apr. 24, 1871, Alton, Ill .; bur. Rome, N. Y .; m. Aug. 22, 1860, Laura, dau. Asa C. and Laura (Clark) Huntington, b. Feb. 8, 1834, Western, N. Y .; ch .: (a) Alice May, b. Nov. 9, 1864; m. 1907, Alfred E. Stanton; res., Chicago; (b) Carrie Maria, b. Dec. 20, 1866; m. 1889, Henry M. Wheeler; res., Chicago; (c) Alfred Huntington, b. Oct. 18, 1868; d. May 6, 1869. Jireh, Jr., received his education at New Hampton, N. H., and fitted for the Bap- tist ministry at Madison Univ., Hamilton, N. Y .; pastorates in Ben- nington, Newton, Mass., Lebanon, N. H .; soon after going to Leb- anon he succumbed to tuberculosis.

xii. Hiram Tracy, b. Nov. 29, 1837; d. June 8, 1901; m. Fanny Badger, and had Albert, deceased, and Charlotte, Mrs. Moran.

TULLAR FAMILY.

DANIEL TULLAR, parentage unknown, b. Mar., 1746; d. Dec. 3, 1833, Roy .; m. Elizabeth , b. 1749; d. Jan. 24, 1829, Roy .; both bur. N. Roy. Cem. Mr. Tullar was one of the original grantees of the town. Whether he was in Roy. before the Indian raid or not, cannot be stated. His earliest deed is dated Jan. 26, 1782, and he is said to be "late of Shef- field, Co. Berkshire, Mass." He settled on 38 L. A., and was one of the most prosperous farmers of the town. He was also an influential man in church and other affairs. He was chosen deacon of the Cong'l church July 5, 1795, and held that office until death. He became imbued with liberal ideas, and was disciplined for believing that ultimately all would be saved, but he died before any definite action was taken. He was probably the brother of Rev. Martin Tullar. There is no evidence that he had more than one child. At the time of the settlement of his estate only the children of Martin seem to have any share in it. He was sent to the legislature in 1790, and was select- man five terms.

Fanny i. Martin, b. Oct., 1784, Roy .; d. Dec. 27, 1832, Roy .; m. The widow probably left town with some of her chil- dren. Martin was a fore-handed farmer. From the grand list it would seem that he made his home elsewhere for a few years, but ret. and d. in Roy. before his father's death. He probably lived with his parents. Ch .: (a) Daniel S., b. July 23, 1810; d. Oct. 7, 1811; (b) Lorain, b. July 6, 1811; d. July 23, 1811; (c) Frances, b. Aug. 12, 1812; d. Sep. 1, 1812; (d) Wilber, d. Oct. 20, 1813; (e) Daniel, b. July 28, 1816; remained in town several years after his father's death; (e) Elizabeth, b. Aug. 27, 1818; m. Isaac S. Pinney (See); (f) Jane, b.

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Apr. 3, 1820; in Burlington 1847; (g) Alden, b. May 29, 1822; in Bethel in 1847; (h) Ellen, b. Sep. 10 (?), 1825; d. July 10, 1833, Roy .; (i) Isabella, b. Nov. 6, 1828; in Burlington 1847; m. Harrison A. Crogian.

REV. MARTIN TULLAR, son of John, son of William ( ?), the son of John ( ?), b. May 30, 1853, Egremont, Mass .; d. Oct. 1, 1813, Roy .; m. (1) Aug. 10, 1783, Mary Brown, b. July 13, 1761; d. Nov. 11, 1799, Roy .; m. (2) Oct., 1802, Mrs. Charlotte (Clapp) Whitney, wid. of Dr. Paul Whitney of West- field, Mass., b. Jan. 10, 1763, Westfield, Mass .; d. Apr. 7, 1833, E. Cambridge, Mass. Mr. Tullar was settled over the Cong'l church of Roy. in 1793, and a sketch of his life can be found in Chap. XIV. The second Mrs. Tullar is described as a very handsome and capable woman. She was buried by the side of her first husband, Westfield, Mass. She rem. to Boston after the death of Mr. Tullar, living with her two sons by her first husband, Paul and Henry. She died of apoplexy, being ill but two days. After she went to Boston one of the finest artists there painted a rarely beautiful picture of her, which was un- fortunately destroyed by fire.

i. Infant, b. Aug. 15, 1784.

ii. Polly, b. Nov. or Dec. 9, 1786; d. abt. 1842; m. Aug. 29, 1809, Horatio Hollister, a successful farmer; had eight sons and four daughters, all living to manhood and womanhood, and all present at her funeral. She is said to have been a woman of untiring energy.

iii. Nabby, b. Aug. 16, 1788, Derby, Conn .; d. Mar. 9, 1870; m. Oct. 28 or 29, 1816, Henry, son Dr. Paul and Charlotte (Clapp) Whitney of Wiscasset, Me., where he was engaged in the dry goods and ship chandlery business for many years. Six of their eight ch. were b. there; rem. to E. Cambridge, Mass., as general manager of N. E. Glass Factory, which position he held twenty years. Mrs. Abby Whitney Brown, a dau. of Nabby, living in La Crosse, Wis., and an author of some note, writes, "The first surprise that came to my par- ents, the year after their marriage, was a pair of twin daughters, born Nov. 24, 1817, to which my mother devoted herself most assidu- ously. To a person possessing less of her wonderful executive ability this double care and responsibility might not have been considered altogether desirable, but I never knew her to complain of anything, not even the weather; and during the last ten years of her life, when bereft of sight, and she could no longer read or see the faces of her children, she was never known to speak of it as a trial, as that would have seemed too much like a reflection upon Almighty love. My father's large family have all passed away, as well as my own, I, the youngest, alone being left to mourn their blessed companionship."

iv. Charity, b. Sep. 6, 1790; d. at advanced age; m. June, 1811, Tiverton, Mass., Daniel Foster, a merchant in Newburyport, Mass., but later of Le Roy, N. Y .; had seven daughters; three oldest ones m. three Danforth brothers, lawyers, the oldest being a judge in Le Roy; girls all finely educated, and held prominent positions in life; all m. except one and lived to a ripe age.

v. Betsey, b. Apr. 5 or 6, 1795, Roy .; m. May 23, 1816, Asahel Nash, a farmer of Shelburne; had a beautiful home on Lake Cham- plain, which was sold many years later to the Vanderbilt family for a summer home; had several ch.

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vi. and vii. Twins, b. Nov. 11, 1799, and bur. with their mother. The service was held in the meeting-house and Rev. Jo. Bowman of Bar- nard officiated.

viii. Charles, b. Sep. 23, 1804, Roy .; d. abt. 1874, Green Bay, Wis., unm .; employed by the Lawrence Bros., Amos and Abbott, in Boston, and while with them they recommended him for a responsible position in Green Bay, which he obtained and held until he was sud- denly stricken with apoplexy, dying within twenty-four hours. He was a highly respected citizen, and bore the title of Colonel.

ix. Martin Brown, b. July 4, 1806, Roy .; d. abt. 1826, Roy. He and his brother Charles were wrestling in a frolic to test their strength, when Martin accidentally thrust his foot through a light of glass, cutting it so badly that lockjaw set in, and very soon proved fatal. He was a promising young man.

Charlotte Clapp Whitney, step-dau. of Rev. Martin Tullar, b. June 12, 1791; d. June 16, 1859; m. at Roy., Rev. Chester Wright, b. Han- over, N. H .; d. Apr. 16, 1840, Montpelier. Her mother m. Oct. 2, 1763, Dr. Paul Whitney, b. Mar. 23, 1853, Petersham, Mass .; d. 1795. He was distinguished for piety and literary attainments. He was the son of Rev. Aaron Whitney.

John Tullar was born in Simsbury, Conn., Mar. 25, 1815; rem. to S. Egremont, Mass., about 1760; married Anna, who d. June 25, 1785; he d. May 1, 1797. In one of the cuts is seen the early home of Rev. Martin Tullar, with the letter I (which used to stand for J) for John, and the letter T for Tullar, and A for Anna, and a heart between signifying marriage.

ELIHU TULLAR, son of Samuel, m. Betsey Ann, dau. Nathan Goodwin and Olive (Whitney) Smith; ch .: (a) Frank Smith, b. May 22, 1868; d. Dec. 10, 1891, unm .; (b) Fred Ver- non, b. Aug. 15, 1871; m. Nov. 12, 1901, Hattie Arlene, dau. William A. and Olive Ann (Armstrong) Danforth; ch .: (i) Thomas William, b. Aug. 11, 1902, Tunb .; (ii) Marjorie Arline, b. Nov. 18, 1908, Tunb. Both Elihu and his father Samuel lived for a time in Roy. Samuel was a brother of Butler, father of Myron Tullar, who also lived in Roy. some years, and m. Francelia ,and had a dau., Mertie B., born in town, June 5, 1881.

VESPER FAMILY.

THOMAS VESPER, son of Thomas and Lucinda (Ilsley) Vesper, b. Mar. 4, 1819, Avon, N. Y .; d. Jan. 21, 1893, Roy. ( ?) ; m. Apr. 10, 1860, Sarah Josephine, dau. Sullivan and Har- riet (Stanley) Waldo, b. Oct. 19, 1831, Roy .; d. Dec. 9, 1909, Roy .; both bur. N. Roy. Cem. The father of Thomas d. when the children were young. His mother with her five ch., Oramel, Thos., Nicholas, William, and Ann, came to Sharon, and after the children were grown, she rem. to Roy. with her son Nicholas. She later married Noah Roberts, b. 1790; d. May 28, 1860, Roy. They lived for a time in Sharon, then rem. to Roy. on a farm near Philip Sewall, but later went to live with William in one of the brick houses at N. Roy., where they both died. She died June 4, 1868. She was the dau. of William and Rachel Ilsley,

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b. Mar. 20, 1796. Thomas with his brother William bought the Roberts farm in 1860. After his mother's marriage to Mr. Roberts, William lived with Thomas. He was born June 24, 1829, Avon, N. Y .; d. May 26, 1889, unm. Mrs. Thomas Vesper spent her last days with her dau., Loetta Maria.

*i. Anna Stella, b. Aug. 24, 1861, Roy .; m. Charles E. Rogers.

ii. William Thomas, b. Jan. 15, 1864, Roy .; m. Jan. 17, 1892, Gertrude, dau. Lieut. Harrison and Julia B. (Burney) Dewey, b. Apr. 3, 1864, Roy .; ch .: (a) Harrison D., b. Mar. 16, 1894, Roy .; d. Apr. 18, 1895, Roy .; (b) Otis, b. Nov. 28, 1897, Roy. William T. res. on the Roberts farm.

iii. Frank Albert, b. May 10, 1867, Roy .; m. Dec. 12, 1900, Fanny Emma, dau. Cicero H. and Ella (Downing) Hale, b. 1882, Mor- ristown; ch .: (a) Bertha Gladys, b. Jan. 6, 1904, Roy .; (b) Mabel Katherine, b. Feb. 3, 1911, Roy.

iv. Myron, b. Apr. 30, 1870, Roy .; m. Feb. 10, 1900, Minnie E., dau. Charles H. and Josephine (Beedle) Luce, b. Apr., 1882, Roy .; ch .: (a) Owen Charles, b. June 6, 1901, Roy .; (b) Henrietta Emma, b. Feb. 7, 1904, Roy .; (c) Ralph Thos., b. Mar. 22, 1906, Roy .; (d) Es- tella, b. Mar. 21 (?), 1909, Roy .; res., N. Roy.

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History of Royalton, Vermont, with family genealogies, 1769-1911, Part 113

Author: Lovejoy, Mary Evelyn Wood, 1847- Publication date: 1911 Publisher: Burlington, Vt., Free press printing company Number of Pages: 1280

Author: Lovejoy, Mary Evelyn Wood, 1847-
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: Burlington, Vt., Free press printing company
Number of Pages: 1280