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JABEZ BOWEN, son of Nathan and grandson of Jabez, b. in Rehoboth probably; m. Hannah, dau. Isaiah and Anna (Channing) Lindley, b. Nov. 7, 1767, Rehoboth.
Jabez Bowen was first listed in 1795. His first deed was dated Oct. 12, 1899, when he bought W. 35 L. A. of Laban Gates. He seems to have sold out about 1818 and gone to Bethel. In 1833 he was in Lewis, N. Y., where several of his children went. No trace of them there has been found. The road is thrown up where his buildings used to be. It ran from the Clark farm over the hills to the Solon Lewis farm.
i. Hannah; m. in Essex, N. Y .; rem. to Dundee, Ill.
ii. Jabez; took freeman's oath 1816; d. Lewis, N. Y., abt. 1865. *iii. Martha, b. 1796; m. Benj. Miles of Roy.
iv. Dustin; took freeman's oath in 1826. Said to have lived a hermit life in his last years. Perhaps the same Dustin who was born Jan. 26, 1802; d. Mar. 12, 1886, Roy .; m. Mary Ann (?), who d. in Gaysville. Ch .: (a) Epaphroditus, b. Feb. 14, 1828; d. at age of twenty- one; (b) Happy Melissa, b. Sep. 13, 1829; m. Timothy Tisdall; (c) Vashti Miranda, b. Dec. 7, 1831; m. Mr. Tisdall after her sister's death; (d) Jane Tullar, b. Mar. 26, 1834; m. Mr. Pike of Barnard; settled in
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Gaysville; two ch .; (e) Dustin; in Civil War; enlisted from Stock- bridge, 8th Regt., Co. E, Aug. 5, 1864; d. Dec. 9, 1864, of disease; (f) Jane, d. young; she and Epaphroditus and another dau. bur. in the orchard of the Frank Mccullough farm; (g) James, d. Oct. 10, 1863; in Civil War.
v. Avis, d. New Haven, abt. 1830.
vi. Benjamin; took freeman's oath in 1832.
vii. Harriet; res. Ohio.
viii. Simeon, d. Lewis, N. Y.
ix. Lydia; res., Girard, Pa.
x. Marcus; res., Lewis, N. Y.
xi. Ezra, d. abt. 1840, Lewis, N. Y.
xii. Lovisa, m. and res. in Ohio.
xiii. Truman; took freeman's oath, 1838; cook in hotel in Bos- ton.
BOWMAN FAMILY.
1. JOSEPH [6] BOWMAN (Jonas [5], John [4], Fran- cis [3], Francis [2], Nath. [1]), b. Sep. 19, 1752, Bedford, Mass .; d. Aug. 17, 1815, Roy .; m. (1) Rebekah Freeman, b. Oct. 2, 1755, Hardwick, Mass .; death and burial not known; m. (2) June 29, 1799, Anna, dau. Isaiah and Anna (Channing) Lindley, b. Feb. 22, 1759, Rehoboth, Mass .; d. Jan. 22, 1844, Roy. Jo- seph, Anna, and dau. Lucretia bur. N. Roy. Cem.
On March 16, 1789, Joseph bought 102 acres in 25 L. A. of Isaac Bowman, who had purchased this in 1783, whose wife was Thankful, and who had a daughter born in Royalton, Dec. 21, 1783, and a son, Feb. 7, 1785. Later Joseph bought other land. He began with a small list, which he increased until in 1812 he had the largest grand list in town, $420. The marriages of the Lindley girls drew into the same neighborhood the Bowen, Hicks, Bosworth, Emerson, and Bowman families.
2. i. Joseph [7], b. Dec. 18, 1780, Barnard.
ii. Calvin [7], b. Dec. 20, 1782, Barnard; m. Oct. 6, 1808, Roy., Betsey, dau. Jabez and Lucy (Waldo) Parkhurst; rem. about 1810 to Troy, N. Y .; ch. (a) Louisa; (b) Josephine; (c) Frances; (d) Sarah; (e) Jabez; (f) Lewis; (g) Lorenzo. All dead but Frances.
iii. Luther [7], b. Oct. 26, 1784, Bar .; m. Nov. 14, 1821, Roy., Betsey, dau. Paul and Elizabeth (Wright) Clark, b. Apr. 2, 1799, Hart- ford; rem. to Moretown abt. 1825; took freeman's oath, his first deed, and was first listed in 1820; this Luther may have died young, and another of the same name born about 1799 may have been the one who married and went to Moretown; ch .: (a) Charlotte; (b) Rebecca; (c) Justin.
iv. Lydia [7], twin of Luther; m. Alpheus Noble of Sharon, and rem. to Moretown.
v. Russell [7], b. Dec. 13, 1786, Bar .; d. Sep. 26, 1824, Charles- ton, S. C. vi. Stephen [7], b. Mar. 24, 1789, Roy. (?); m. Charlotte Grenell of Charlestown, N. H. Lived on the old homestead until about 1829, when he rem. to Troy, N. Y. Ch .: (a) Fidelia, b. Dec. 16, 1816, Roy .; (b) Franklin, b. Dec. 28, 1818, Roy .; (c) Edwin, b. Oct. 8, 1820, Roy .; d. Oct. 14, 1822, Roy .; (d) Edwin, b. Dec. 7, 1822, Roy .; (e)
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Stephen Freeman, b. Mar. 5, 1826, Roy .; (f) Elizabeth, b. Troy, N. Y., prob .; (g) Calvin, b. Troy ( ?)
* vii. Rebecca [7], b. Dec. 17, 1793, Roy .; m. Zabad Mosher.
viii. Elisha [7], b. abt. 1795, Roy .; d. 1871, Medora, Ill .; m. Eunice Congdon; ch .: (a) Joseph C., b. July 12, 1819; d. Nov. 4, 1819; (b) Elisha James, b. Sep. 14, 1820; (c) Charles Henry, b. Mar. 12, 1822; d. Jan. 6, 1872; (d) Frances Antoinette, b. Mar. 19, 1825; d. May 20, 1834; (e) Stephen Russell, b. Oct. 20, 1826; lives in Oklahoma; (f) Caroline C., b. Dec. 1, 1830; d. Sep. 20, 18 -. Ch. all born in Troy, N. Y.
3. ix. John Lindley [7], b. June 20, 1800.
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Lucretia [7], b. abt. 1805; d. Nov. 7, 1855, Roy.
2. JOSEPH [7] BOWMAN, son of Joseph [6], b. Dec. 18, 1780, Barnard; d. Aug. 30, 1835, Troy, N. Y .; m. Sep. 6, 1801, Roy., Betsey, dau. Jona. and Lucinda (Belding) Wooley, b. July 29, 1781, Brookline, Mass .; d. Troy, N. Y. Sold out in 1827.
i. Freeman [8], b. May 6, 1802, Roy.
ii. Betsey [8], b. Jan. 3, 1806, Roy .; m. Feb. 29, 1827, J. Wood- worth of Randolph.
iii. Charles [8], b. Feb. 8, 1810, Roy .; d. July 25, 1859, Troy, N. Y .; m. Apr. 4, 1837, Troy, Emilia Strong Beebe, b. Nov. 29, 1818, Randolph; ch .: (a) Mary Louisa [9], b. Aug. 9, 1843; (b) Sarah Emilia [9], b. Mar. 5, 1848; (c) Charles Calvin [9], b. Nov. 24, 1852; m. July 20, 1880, Elizabeth Law, and has five ch .: (i) William Law [10]; (ii) Elizabeth [10]; (iii) Charles Harkness, adopted, [10]; (iv) Charles Calvin [10]; (v) Law Warburton [10]; Charles Calvin grad. from Union Coll., Schenectady, N. Y., 1875, as civil engineer; mayor of Pitts- ton, Pa., 1886, supt. of coal mine there, 1883-84; now pres. of the Avoca Coal Co .; holds high positions in numerous organizations.
iv. Joseph [8], b. Apr. 30, 1815, Roy .; d. Sep. 10, 1896; m. (1) Sarah Van Arnam of Lansingburgh, N. Y .; m. (2) Sarah G. Mosely, Troy, N. Y .; m. (3) Mrs. Cynthia Everett of Troy. He was one of the first to manufacture collars and cuffs in Troy, N. Y., under the firm name of Bowman & Mosely, in 1853. His sons continue under the name of Joseph Bowman & Sons. He was the oldest fireman in Troy, having been appointed in 1843. He left two sons and a daughter, one son, Joseph, who kindly furnished a considerable part of the Bowman genealogy, as did also Charles Calvin, his cousin. Joseph [9], b. Sep. 9, 1852; m. (1) Nettie Wilson; m. (2) Emma A. Ford; ch .: (a) Vinnie G. [10], b. May 16, 1877; (b) Albert M. [10], b. June 2, 1883; (c) Clar- ence F. [10], b. Sep. 7, 1885; (d) Florence B. [10], b. June 30, 1887; all b. in Troy.
v. Samantha [8], b. Roy. (?); m. Galen Richmond; three ch. vi. Rebecca [8]; m. - Pittock.
3. JOHN LINDLEY [7] BOWMAN, son of Joseph [6], b. June 20, 1800, Roy .; d. Oct. 24, 1885, Roy .; m. Nov. 7, 1822, Tunbridge, Susan, dau. Elisha Putnam, b. Mar. 30, 1799, Charles- town, N. H .; d. Jan. 30, 1884, Roy.
In 1806 the father of John L. Bowman bought the Dr. Allen farm of fifty acres, and on this farm John L. lived, and there all his children were born. James Davis later owned this place in 20 T. P. Mr. Bowman was a man whom the voters of the town sought for advice and service. He was overseer of the poor a number of years, and was sent to the legislature in 1845
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to represent the town. In his later years he bought the Jacob Smith residence in Royalton village, where he and his worthy wife were held in high regard. i. Laura J. [8], b. May 11, 1823; d. May 13, 1907, Cuttings- ville; m. May 11, 1852, David S. Holden of Burlington; no ch.
ii. John A. [8], b. July 27, 1824; d. March, 1900; bur. De- troit, Minn., where first wife is buried; m. (1) Mattie Cooney, by whom he had one child, John A. [9], who married and has six ch. in Joplin, Mo .; m. (2) Mrs. Mary A. Bachelor of Boston, who is dead. Mr. Bow- man was an extensive land dealer. He founded Detroit, Minn., and was the chief promoter in settling Loyalton, S. Dakota. He also founded another city in Minn. Detroit was founded before the Northern Pacific had reached the Pacific coast. He died in Joplin, Mo.
iii. Albert H. [8], b. June 20, 1828; d. Oct. 21, 1910, Los Angeles, Cal .; m. Caroline, dau. Jonas Bowman of Barnard; had a son and two daughters, both of whom are dead. He was a soldier in the Civil War.
iv. George W. [8], b. Oct. 15, 1832; m. in Chicago, Almira Allen of Burlington, and had Eva, Nellie, Fanny, Lemuel J., and infant son, b. and d. in Roy .; res. Los Angeles. v. Lydia (Lizzie) E. [8], b. Mar. 15, 1837; m. Sep. 23, 1862, Edwin B. Stillman of Des Moines, Ia .; ch .: (a) Frank J. [9], b. 1863, d. 1885; (b) Paul E. [9], b. 1868; (c) Lucretia [9], b. 1873; res. Jeffer- son, Ia.
vi. Amos B. [8], b. Aug. 25, 1838; d. Sept., 1898-99, Baker City, Idaho; m. Annette Bowman, dau. Jonas Bowman of Barnard; ch .: (a) Daisy [9], unm .; (b) Roy [9], m. and res. in Montana.
vii. Susan A. [8], b. Mar. 4, 1842; m. Dec. 13, 1865, Alonzo W. Rollins, b. May 20, 1832, who died; no ch .; res. Washington, D. C., and Chicago. Mr. Collins founded the Collins College in Palatka, Fla.
viii. Benjamin Franklin [8], b. May 3, 1843; m. Feb. 2, 1874, Brooklyn, N. Y., Catherine Lloyd, dau. Dr. Bateman and Henrietta Lloyd, b. Feb. 2, 1852, Louisville, Ky .; ch .: (a) Laura Franklin [9], b. May 31, 1875, Philadelphia, Pa .; m. Feb. 5, 1896, Marvin S. Cochran; no ch .; res. Ipswich, S. D .; (b) Henrietta Lloyd [9], b. Nov. 24, 1877, Boston; m. June 18, 1903, William F. Kirkby; ch .: (i) Ruth B. [10], b. June 16, 1905; (ii) Benj. Franklin [10], b. Mar. 27, 1910; res. Ips- wich; (c) Frank Lindley [9], b. Mar. 31, 1879, Boston; m. Aug. 30, 1905, Florence Deison; ch .: (i) Ruth Louise [10], b. Feb. 5, 1907, Berlin, N. D .; (ii) Marjorie [10], b. July 22, 1910, Berlin; station agent at La Moure, N. D .; (d) Hattie Ferris [9], b. Dec. 8, 1880, W. Medford, Mass .; d. Aug. 7, 1881, same place, bur. Pleasant Hill Cem., Roy .; (e) Paul Revere [9], b. Dec. 11, 1881, W. Medford, Mass .; m. Sep., 1907, Ellen Gibson; ch .: (i) Gladys Eliz. [10], b. Oct. 22, 1908, Ipswich, S. D .; (f) Anna Louisa [9], b. May 7, 1883, W. Medford, Mass .; m. Mar. 3, 1909, Oscar B. Nelson, a traveling salesman; res. Minneapolis, Minn .; (g) John Adams [9], b. Feb. 19, 1885, Roy .; unm .; (h) Bateman Lloyd [9], b. Aug. 1, 1887, Vermont Township, Dakota Territory, P. O. Loyalton, S. D .; unm .; (i) Ruth Rollins [9], b. Feb. 22, 1890, Vermont Township, S. D .; d. May 28, 1893, same place and bur. there.
See Civil War Roll for B. F. Bowman's military record. He, with 135 others of the 8th Regt., was captured by Gen. Taylor, who proposed to shoot ten in retaliation for the destruction of his property. Mr. Bowman was obliged to draw lots to see who should be shot. The lots in the Eighth fell on Edwin Spear of Randolph and Charles B. Wills of Bethel. Prompt action on the part of Gen. Butler prevented the
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carrying into execution of Gen. Taylor's design. He was Sen. Vice Dept. Commander, Dept. of S. D., 1898, Asst. Adjt .- Gen., Dept. of Vt., 1904, and member of National Council of Administration, G. A. R., 1908. He is commonly called "Captain."
BOYD FAMILY.
PIERCE BOYD, son of Robert Boyd, b. Dec. 1, 1798, Conn. ; d. Aug. 15, 1878, Roy .; bur. Pomfret; m. Oct. 1, 1829, Lucy, dau. Charles Whitman, b. June 30, 1798, Pomfret; d. Oct. 5, 1877, Roy.
Pierce Boyd came to Royalton from Pomfret in 1846, and settled where his son Darwin now resides. He made several ad- ditions to his original purchase. His children were all born in Pomfret. i. Henry Alanson, b. Jan. 10, 1830; m. Mar. 23, 1868, - Rice of Granville; ch .: (a) Burton; (b) Carl; settled in Hancock. ii. Oscar, b. May 14, 1831; d. Nov. 7, 1839, Pomfret.
iii. Loring Pierce, b. June 12, 1835; d. in Omaha, Neb .; m. but had no ch .; grad. from Dart., 1860; lawyer and journalist.
iv. Darwin Pierce, b. Nov. 6, 1837; m. Apr. 29, 1861, Wood- stock, Pamelia Ann, dau. Caleb H. and Sarah (Sewall) Ray, b. Sep. 15, 1840, N. H .; d. Feb. 11, 1899, Roy .; bur. N. Roy .; ch .: (a) Flora Ella, b. Jan. 28, 1862, Roy .; m. Jan. 28, 1879, Elmer Hewitt, son J. Ellis and A. L. (Bartholemew) Davis, b. in Barnard; ch .: (i) J. Ellis, b. Jan. 26, 1880; (ii) Pearl E., b. Jan. 26, 1886; now in Cal .; (iii) Bernice L., b. Dec. 15, 1888; (iv) Ona Belle, b. July 30, 1891; (v) Dar- win Boyd, b. May 12, 1899; all b. in Roy.
Darwin Pierce Boyd has enlarged his original farm, and now has one of the best hill farms in town. He has been afflicted for several years with rheumatism, but is yet able to bring down his deer in the hunting season with the best of them.
BRADSTREET FAMILY.
GEORGE W. [6] BRADSTREET (William [5], Henry [4], Simon [3], John [2], Simon [1]), b. May 15, 1809, Box- ford, Mass .; d. Jan. 21, 1892, Roy .; bur. S. Roy. Cem .; m. Jan. 11, 1848, Charlotte S., dau. Phineas and Charlotte (Parkhurst) Pierce, b. Oct. 7, 1814, Roy .; d. Feb. 16, 1873, Roy .; m. (2) Jan. 11, 1875, Mrs. Frances Boardman Sisson of Hartford, Conn.
George W. Bradstreet came with his father's family to Hart- land, when he was about ten years of age. He learned the har- ness maker's trade in Windsor, where he worked at his trade until he removed to Royalton village, about 1835. He opened a shop for himself, and continued the harness business until he sold to Dea. Asahel Clark in 1843. While he was starting in his business career, he was fortunate in having as a friend Dr. Jo A. Denison, who often aided him in his early financial ventures, and he never ceased to remember and express his gratitude for this assistance. He used to say that at this time he paid $1.25 for board, and slept in his shop with a roll of leather for a pil- low.
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After his marriage he settled on the Capt. Ebenezer Park- hurst farm. Here he built the present house and other build- ings, and here he lived until his death. He dealt largely in live stock and real estate, both in Royalton and adjoining towns. He held various town offices, and was for several years one of the directors of the Royalton bank. He was a member of the Congregational church and a staunch Republican. i. George Pierce [7], b. Dec. 23, 1848, Roy .; m. July 5, 1894, Cora E., dau. Joseph L. Lucas, Saratoga Springs, N. Y .; grad. U. V. M., 1871; lawyer; res. New York City.
ii. Jenny E. [7], b. Feb. 3, 1851, Roy .; d. Nov. 1, 1851.
iii. Francis Willard [7], b. July 26, 1852, Roy .; d. Aug. 17, 1907; bur. Greenridge Cem., Saratoga Springs.
iv. Susan Ellen [7], b. May 15, 1854; d. Sep. 21, 1854.
The emigrant ancestor of the Bradstreets, Simon, was born at Hobling, county Lincoln, England, March, 1603. He was secretary of the Mass. Colony, 1630-43; assistant to the governor, 1630-78; deputy governor, 1678-79; governor, 1679-92; died at Salem, Mar. 27, 1697. He married Anne, dau. of Gov. Thomas Dudley, who was celebrated as the first female poet in New England.
BRIGHT FAMILY.
JOSEPH WARREN [7] BRIGHT (Joseph [6], Joseph [5], Capt. Joseph [4], Josiah [3], Nath. [2], Dea. Henry [1]), b. Mar. 14, 1841, Lowell, Mass .; m. Aug. 18, 1862, Lizzie M., dau. Nathan and Sarah Sleeper, b. Oct. 15, 1843; d. Mar. 12, 1868; m. (2) June 5, 1872, Ruth M., dau. Ira and Alice Tucker, b. Sep. 23, 1847, Randolph.
i. Infant dau. b. and d. Apr. 1, 1866.
ii. Florence L. [8], b. Jan. 12, 1868, Pelham, N. H .; m. Apr. 18, 1889, John P. Wright; ch .: (a) Frances E. [9], b. Oct. 9, 1900; (b) Alice P. [9], b. Dec. 23, 1902.
iii. Josephine L. [8], b. Oct. 16, 1881, Lowell, Mass .; m. Sep. 14, 1908, Rev. Frank Milton, son Freeman and Hattie (Cole) Baker, b. Providence, R. I., 1880; ch .: (a) Warren M. [9], b. Jan. 28, 1909; (b) Ruth L. [9], b. Aug. 20, 1910.
Joseph Warren Bright enlisted Aug. 18, 1862, and was discharged June 21, 1865, as Sergt. in Co. I, 13th N. H. Vols. Dea. Henry Bright, the emigrant ancestor, came from Bury St., Edmunds, England, and settled in Watertown, Mass., in 1630. The Bright family traces its ancestry back to John Bright, who was living in the time of Henry VII. Joseph Warren's mother was Caroline A. Marvell.
BROOKS FAMILY.
1. JOHN DRURY [6] BROOKS (Dea. Simon [5], Eben- ezer [4], Noah [3], Dea. Joshua [2], Thomas [1]), b. Aug. 11, 1757, Grafton, Mass .; d. Apr. 2, 1832, Langdon, N. H .; m. Martha Prentice of Alstead, N. H., dau. Nathaniel Sartell Pren- tice, b. Nov. 24, 1761; d. 1842, Bethel.
In 1835 Mr. Brooks bought a part of 34 T. P., but does not seem to have lived in town more than a few years. He was a
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great walker. It is said that he walked seventy-five miles in a day and a night, on a journey to his father's in N. H. He was a Revolutionary soldier, and was in the battle of Bunker Hill. i. Polly [7], b. Sep. 19, 1779; d. 1840, in Ohio; m. 1801, Buck- munster Wood. ii. John [7], b. Feb. 13, 1782, Alstead, N. H .; d. Jan. 25, 1852, Roy .; bur. E. Bethel; m. (1) Jan. 16, 1810, Parmelia Andrus Reed, who d. Oct. 24, 1834, Langdon, N. H .; m. (2) Mar., 1836, Abigail Clark. John Brooks came to Roy. about 1836, and bought a part of Wright's mills, in company with Josiah P., then of Randolph. Children: (a) Joshua Arnold [8], b. Jan. 16, 1812; d. Mar. 12, 1802; (b) Nathaniel Prentice [8], b. May 12, 1813, Langdon, N. H .; d. Oct. 9, 1884, Mont- pelier; m. (1) May 17, 1841, Lucy Sophia Fish of Bethel, who d. July 11, 1846; m. (2) June 8, 1848, Mary Eliz. Vail of Montpelier; a son, John V. [9], is a merchant in Montpelier; (c) Howard Wales [8], b. June 3, 1816; d. at Boston; m., 1851, Olive Ann Sawyer; (d) Nelson Walker [8], b. Aug. 1, 1818; d. Jan. 28, 1820; (e) Alden Walker [8], b. May 4, 1821; m. Mar. 16, 1847, Ruth E. Moulton.
iii. Oliver Howard [7], b. July 11, 1784; d. Aug. 22, 1870, Bos- ton; m. Sarah Rice, who d. Mar. 6, 1882, aged 90 yrs. 6 mo. 24d .; both bur. E. Bethel.
iv. Sophia [7], b. Mar. 29, 1787; d. Mar. 31, 1865; m. - Cotton.
- v. Joshua [7], b. Feb. 29, 1790; merchant in Avon, O.
vi. Austin [7], b. Feb. 7, 1793; lived 11 days.
vii. Susan [7], b. June 26, 1794; d. in Manchester, N. H .; m. John Glidden; had son, Prentice [8].
viii. Josiah Prentice [7], b. Apr. 4, 1797; d. June 10, 1883; res., Randolph and Northfield; son, Prentice [8], res., Northfield.
2. ix. Austin [7], b. Aug. 4, 1799, Alstead, N. H. x. Martha [7], b. July 2, 1802; drowned in crossing a bridge at E. Bethel, Oct. 3, 1811.
xi. Olive [7], b. May 10, 1805; d. Jan. 13, 1807.
2. AUSTIN [7] BROOKS, son of John Drury [6], b. Aug. 4, 1799, Alstead, N. H .; d. July 17, 1880, Roy .; m. (1) Mar. 11, 1824, Huldah, dau. Luther and Huldah Anderson, b. Oct. 23, 1796; d. Dec. 25, 1844-45, Roy .; m. (2) Jan. 25, 1846, Susan W., dau. William and Sarah (Parkhurst) Smith, b. Mar. 3, 1824, Randolph; d. Sep. 27, 1900, Roy.
Austin Brooks settled in Royalton about 1834, and pur- chased the farm, which with additions he owned when he died, in 36 and 37 T. P. He had no political ambition, but was a man of good sense and business ability, and of unsullied character.
i. Infant son, b. Feb. 24, 1825.
ii. Oliver Howard [8], b. July 12, 1826, Hancock, N. H .; d. Nov. 27, 1894, Boston; m. Jan. 1, 1854-55, Roy., Sarah M., dau. William and Sarah (Parkhurst) Smith, b. Jan. 4, 1828; d. May 18, 1908.
iii. Hiram Anderson [8], b. Feb. 16, 1828, Hancock; killed at Hartford Station, Wis., on Milwaukee & La Crosse R. R., Oct. 7, 1859; m. Nov. 20, 1858, Julia Lamont; no ch.
iv. Martha Surviah [8], b. Aug. 30, 1830, Hancock; d. Jan., 1895; m. (1) Nov. 23, 1866, Cleveland, O., Derwin F. Chandler; m. (2) at Portage, Wis., Theodore Reed; four ch.
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v. Sumner Austin [8], b. Mar. 11, 1833, Hancock; went West; last heard of in Texas; government detective; supposed to have been murdered; unm.
vi. Infant by second wife.
vii. Selden Smith [8], b. Nov. 20, 1846, Roy .; m. Mar. 11, 1874, Bethel, Lorene M., dau. Harvey and Mary Corbin, b. 1849, Bethel; res., S. Roy. Selden S. has held the different town offices, including that of selectman. He was a farmer in District Nine until 1903, when he rem. to S. Roy. Ch .: (a) Mabel Etta [9], b. June 3, 1878, Roy .; m. Jan. 19, 1909, Roy., Mansfield A., son John and Levina (Turney) Daniels, b. 1859; U. S. Commissioner at Poplar, Mont .; ch .: (i) Mar- jorie Addie [10], b. Mar. 2, 1910; (b) Sarah Shepard [9], b. June 8, 1880, Roy .; m. July 18, 1906, Fred Clifton Flanders, b. 1883, Tunbridge; ch .: (i) Malcolm Brooks [10], b. Feb. 17, 1907; (ii) Martha Beatrice [10], b. Sept. 10, 1910.
viii. Francis D. [8], b. June 10, 1850, Roy .; m. (1) Dec. 18, 1877, Eva J., dau. Horace and Emeline (Wood) Marsh of Sharon, b. 1855; divorced; m. (2) Feb. 12, 1896, Mrs. Eleanor Goodyear Chamber- lain; ch .: (a) Lewis Francis [9], b. Nov. 30, 1878, Roy .; (b) Lora May [9], b. May 7, 1884, Roy .; m. (1) Apr. 29, 1901, Frank W. Huntington of Rochester, who d. Apr. 16, 1906; m. (2) July 10, 1906, Pliny Kins- man of Rochester.
Francis D. Brooks resides on a farm near the homestead of his father, the old farm being now owned by Lewis F. Edmunds.
CHARLES BROOKS, son of Antoine and Harriet (Nich- ols) Brooks, b. Jan. 21, 1857, Montgomery; m. Jan. 27, 1877, Lizzie Belle, dau. Francis and Sophronia Martin, b. July, 1858, Newport, N. Y.
Mr. Brooks settled in Royalton about the time of his mar- riage, and lives at the "Mills." His children were born in Roy- alton.
i. Mary, b. Dec. 7, 1879; m. Jan. 1, 1895, Homer, son Antoine and Louise (Riley) Brooks, b. 1869, Montgomery; res., N. H.
ii. Martin Charles, b. Aug. 23, 1886; d. Aug. 27, 1886.
iii. Lula T., twin of Martin Charles, m. Aug. 10, 1903, Clar- ence W., son John and Mary H. (Stevens) Smith, b. 1882, Fort Ann, N. Y .; res. Bethel; ch .: (a) Sterling, b. May 29, 1906; (b) Lawrence. iv. Martin Charles, b. Mar. 14, 1891.
v. Joseph, b. Mar. 11, 1897.
HARVEY BROOKS, son of Antoine, and brother of Charles, b. Apr. 28, 1857, Montgomery ; d. Feb., 1911, Roy .; m. Feb. 24, 1880, Caroline May, dau. Hiram and Caroline (Percival) Ten- ney, b. Aug. 14, 1858, Roy .; d. Aug. 11, 1902, Roy.
Harvey Brooks came to Royalton in 1878, and lived at the "Mills." He was a job workman, a capable and reliable man to employ. He was afflicted with asthma, from which he died.
i. Infant dau., b. Jan. 13, 1881; lived five days.
ii. Eva May, b. Nov. 10, 1884, Roy .; d. Aug. 19, 1886.
iii. Bessie Aimee, b. Jan. 29, 1887, Roy.
BROWN FAMILY.
ARTEMAS BROWN, b. Dec. 31, 1789, Guilford; d. Dec. 4, 1877, Waitsfield; m. (1) Oct. 21, 1819, Eunice, dau. William
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HISTORY OF ROYALTON, VERMONT
Dewey of Hanover, N. H., b. Apr. 7, 1784; d. Sep. 27, 1851; m. (2) Apr. 10, 1853, Mary, dau. Thos. Prentiss and wid. of Mat- thias S. Jones, b. Dec. 31, 1791; d. July 13, 1884.
Artemas Brown joined the church in Royalton, Mar. 24, 1822. Just two years before he, with Ezra Hough, bought a farm in what is known as the Russ neighborhood, District Seven. He sold out in 1825, and some time after returned to Hanover, N. H., and later removed to Waitsfield.
i. Lydia Dewey, b. Dec. 23, 1821, Roy .; d. Nov. 2, 1903; m. Jan. 31, 1845, Elijah Wyatt, son John Bisbee, b. Aug. 17, 1816, Weathersfield; d. Feb. 24, 1897, Moretown; ch .: (a) Edward Wyatt, b. and d. 1847; (b) Lucy Jane, b. 1849; d. Feb. 14, 1854; (c) Burton Dewey, b. Sep. 10, 1852; m. Jan. 28, 1883, Lucia R. Joslin; (d) Edward Wyatt, b. Feb. 27, 1856; m. Jan. 20, 1886, Julia Snow; lawyer in Barre; (e) Arthur Brown, b. Mar. 22, 1858; m. June 23, 1886, Alice M., dau. Dr. Sumner and Diana (King) Putnam of Montpelier; physician in Montpelier; (see "Medical Profession"); (f) John C., b. May 17, 1863; m. Alice Turner; (g) Daniel Ralph, b. Sep. 22, 1865; m. Sep. 24, 1895, Etta A. Drew of Barre. ii. Lucy, b. May 27, 1824, Roy .; m. Feb. 2, 1852, Charles Dar- win Smith.
iii. Harriet Pinneo, b. Dec. 13, 1826; m. Jan. 20, 1848, Charles Darwin Smith.
ALEXANDER BROWN, m. Anna Horton. Not much is known of him. He was in a law suit Jan. 23, 1789. The next November he bought 30 Dutch, and was to pay in part in shin- gles. This lot had much pine timber, which he sold. In 1791 he was living in 36 Dutch, on lots purchased of Dr. Searle, east of the First Branch. He was listed until 1799.
i. Permelia, b. Mar. 25, 1779, Somers, Conn .; m. Sep. 17, 1798, in Sharon, Aaron, son Thos. and Martha (Hoar) Howard, b. July 10, 1772, Munson, Mass .; d. Apr. 6, 1818, Hamburgh, N. Y. Ch .: (a) Patty M., (b) David Horton, (c) Betsey Maria, (d) Leonard, (e) Lucy, (f) Laura Ann, (g) Lorrin Tullar, (h) Maria Ann.
AARON BROWN, m. Azuba He and his wife joined the church before 1793. His first purchase of real estate was in Mar., 1789, when he bought 34 T. P. He probably built the mill there. He was listed until 1805. In 1808 he was in Water- town, N. Y.
ISAAC BROWN, b. Apr. 16, 1798, Putney; d. Apr. 27, 1829, Bethel; m. (1) 1824, Mary, dau. Joab Newton, who d. Dec., 1835; m. (2) Oct. 21, 1838, Sarah Ann, dau. John and Rebecca (Hutchinson) Bliss, b. Sep. 15, 1812, Roy .; d. Feb. 3, 1897; res., Bethel.
i. Coolige B., b. Feb. 13, 1827; address, 355 Webster Ave., Chicago, Il1.
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