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viii. Robert,+ b. Dec. 27, 1844; served in the Union army in Co. A, 11th Vt., and d. as so many did soon after reaching home.
ix. Margaret Jane,4 b. May 6, 1848; m. Horace H. Duncan of Monroe, N. H., and res, there. One son, Robert, in electric light bus. Portland, Me., and a dau .. Martha, who m. a lawyer named English, and went to Chicago.
x. Agnes Janet.4 b. April 21, 1850; m. W. H. Lynds of Lowell, Mass. Ch. Jane Letitia,5 and Margaret Eliza,5 who are m. and Helen,5 who d. in her 3d year.
4 JOHN,3 ( Wm.,2 Alexander,1) b. Peacham, Vt., Jan. 8, 1832; went to Daven- port, Iowa, while a young man ; ret. to Vt .; m. in R. May 25, 1858, Lois Maria, dau. Wm. Renfrew; settled in Iowa; she ret. to Vt., in failing health ; he was in Colorado some years, mining, but ret. to Vt., 1871 and settled on the Wm. Renfrew farm where he was very success- ful; d. Jan. 28, 1892; she d. Feb. 23, 1904. She was a member of the 1st Pres. ch., So. R.
Children :
i. Frank Renfrew,4 b. Davenport, Iowa, Feb. 20, 1859; farmer on home- stead; has been lister, and school director. Supr. of 1st Pres. S. S., and Session Clerk. He m. by Rev. W. S. Wallace Nov. 10, 1904, Mar- tha J., dau. A. H. Park. Ch. John Franklin,5 b. July 27, 1906.
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ii. Bertha Jane,4 b. Corinth, Vt., Dec. 21, 1865; m. John M. Morrison q. v. Blanche Janet, 4 b. Peacham, Vt., May 4, 1870; in. April 26, 1905; Bur- ton L. Gardner of Newbury.
iv Lois Maria.+ b. Ryegate, Nov. 13, 1872 ; m. April 24, 1894, Moses B. Brown; d. Aug. 23, 1894.
v. Ernest Nelson,4 b. Jan. 1. 1875; fitted for college at Peacham Acad., grad. Vt. Univ. 1901 ; is now connected with the Bureau of Highways, Brooklyn, N. Y .; connected with Pres. ch. and with the Y. M. C. A. in Brooklyn. He m. at Marshfield, Vt., Sept. 21, 1910, by Rev. E. R. Currier, Goldie Maude, dau. Coridon D. Smith.
McDONALD.
This family seems to have been quite prominent in early days, but has long been extinct here. These records by Mr. Mason, with additions by Mr. Miller are given here for their preservation.
ALEXANDER McDonald, b. 1758 in the Scottish Highlands, came to Am. and Ryegate 1790, with Judge John Cameron, who is said by Mason to have been his half brother. He was a farmer, also bought live stock for Mr. Cameron and was the first person to sell goods in Ryegate. He m. 1796, Agnes, dau. John Ross of Barnet; they lived on and owned the farms owned later by Wm. Hunter and Amos Abbott. Alexander McDonald was taken sick in a tavern at No. Hatley, Que., and d. in a few minutes. She d. in R. 1856.
Children :
i. Janet,2 b. April 27, 1797 ; m. John Stewart. 1
ii. Donald,2 b. Dec. 10, 1799.
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iii. Duncan, 2 b. May 1, 1802; never m.
iv. Hugh, 2 b. Jan. 20, 1804; not m. in 1860.
v. Effie, 2 b. Nov. 1, 1805; m. Jacob Parker.
vi. John,2 b. Nov. 8, 1807 ; d. in Boston.
vii. Archibald,2 b. Oet. 29, 1809; went to Wisconsin.
viii. Alexander,2 b. April 6, 1812; m. Elizabeth Judkins.
1 DONALD, 2 (Alexander,1) b. Dec. 10, 1799; n. Agnes, dau. James Thomas (b. Ryegate, Aug. 26, 1800,) Rem. to Peacham, where he d. 1887.
Children :
i. Win. Alexander,3 b. Dec. 19, 1826.
ii. Jerry Orange,3 b. Oct. 21, 1829.
iii. Cynthia Ann,3 b. Sept. 23, 1831,
iv. Eliza Ann,3 b. Nov. 29, 1835.
McDONALD.
MURDO F. 1 son of Farquhar and Hannah (McLeod) b. Geashader, Parish of Uig, Island of Lewis, Scotland, Dec. 14, 1849. (His parents both d. in the parish of Uig and their chil. in order of birth were, Angus, Annie, Murdo F., Effie, John, Hannah and Henrietta, all living but Annie, and all in Scotland but Murdo F. The elder McDonald spent 7 yrs. with the Hudson Bay Co., in the fur trade while a young man and un-m.) Ed. in district schools supported by subscription before the establishment of government schools; followed both ling and her- ring fishery ; served during the drilling season of five years on a man of war ship in the coast guard ; three years on the police force, Glas- gow. Came to Canada 1870 and to St. Johnsbury same year, and began cutting stone for Peter Laird, who organized the St. Johnsbury Granite Co., composed of P. & R. W. Laird and Hiram Moody ; came to So. Ryegate, May 20, 1873 to take charge of their branch shop, and to look after the quarry, and shipping rough stock, which was in that spring hauled by four pairs of oxen from the mountain down by the Martin L. Hall place and No. 3 schoolhouse, and the Henderson, now Fisk place, and loading without a derrick. They were the 1st in the state to use granite polishing inachines. In 1876 the St. J. Co. discontinued their branch shop and he has conducted the business since. He m. 1st. at Newbury, Jan. 13, 1875 by Rev. S. L. Bates, Sarah Isabel, dau. Walter Arthur (b. Ryegate, Feb. 16, 1854; d. Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington, July 12, 1894 ; bur. So. Ryegate.) No chil., but adopted Rubie Nena, dau. Mr. and Mrs. Coffin of Barre. She res. in Boston. He m 2d Feb. 6, 1896, by Rev. S. A. Jackson, as- sisted by Rev. S. P. Brownell, Mrs. Annie, widow of John Smith and dau. of Angus and Margaret (McRitchie) McLean.
Children: George K,. b. March 22, 1897. Mrs McDonald has by a former marriage the following children :
i. William F. [Smith] b. 1885; res. So. R .; in stone shed as tool sharpener and stone cutter.
ii. Gordon A , [Smith] b. 1887; clerk 2 yrs. for Wm. Terry ; bookkeeper and salesman for C. H. Mose & Co., Barre; now with Geo. L. Moore Gro. Co., Canandaigua, N. Y.
iii. Angus H. L. [Smith] b. 1889; student at Jefferson Medical Coll., Phila- delphia.
iv. Alexander J. [Smith] b. 1871 ; clerk in Terry's store, also A. T. Gay's; then at Albany Bus. Coll .; 2 yrs. bookkeeper for Osgood Granite Co , now with M. F. McDonald in granite bus.
Mr. and Mrs. McDonald are members, as was also his 1st w. of the United Pres. ch., in which he has been many years an elder. This is most nearly like the Free Church of Scotland in which he was reared.
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McDOWELL.
REV. WM. JOHN, son of Henry McDowell b. near Belfast, Ireland, about 1825; studied in the Belfast Academical Ins., and rec. his theological train- ing under Rev. Dr. Andrew Symington of Paisley, Scotland. Came with his father's family to Canada in 1845; preached in South Gower, Canada, and ordained there Jan. 8, 1846, by the Kingston Presbytery in connection with the Presbyterian ch. of Canada. In Feb., 1851, he came to the States to collect funds to erect a church at Kemptville,y Canada, which was done, also two log churches in the frontier towns of Mountain and Oxford, Ont. In 1856, he rem. with his family to the States and connected himself with the Ref. Pres. ch. in which he had been reared in Ireland. Pastor of the Ref. Pres. congregation at Lisbon, N. Y., 1857-'63; Ref. Pres. congregation at South Ryegate, ins. June 17, 1863; res. 1873 and ins. Oct. 21st, pastor of the 2d Ref. Pres. congregation, Brooklyn, N. Y. Then he raised funds to build a church which was dedicated in Nov., 1876. On Aug. 31, 1878 his father d. at the great age of 101 yrs. In May, 1886, having been for some time in charge of a mission chapel connected with the Fourth Pres. ch. in N. Y. City, he left the communion of the Ref. Pres. ch., and connected himself with the Presbytery of New York. Ret. from active service Jan. 1, 1891. Hed. suddenly at Plainfield, N. J., July 22, 1895, and bur. at So. Ryegate. He m. Sept. 4, 1851, Sarah E. Moore, a member of his congregation at Gower, Ont. While living at So. Ryegate, diphtheria broke out in his home in April, 1865, and swept through the town, and in the short time of 19 days days three of their chil. died, which was followed in June by the death of two infant daus. Mrs. McDowell survived her husband 12 yrs., an invalid most of the time, living with her children in Brooklyn; she d. Dec. 11, 1907; bur. at So. Ryegate.
SAMUEL H.,2 (W. J.,1) b. Kemptville, Ont .; came to Ryegate with parents ; attended Newbury Seminary two and one-half school yrs. In employ of E. & T. Fairbanks & Co., St. Johnsbury, 1865-'73; ent. Packard Bus. Coll., Brooklyn, N. Y., grad. there; connected five yrs. with Manufacturers National Bank, Brooklyn; is now paying teller of the Bowery Nat. Bank, N. Y. City. Member and ruling elder in Rose St. Pres. ch., Brooklyn, and Asst. Supt. of Sunday school; member and at one time president of the Eastern Dist., S. S. Association, and now one of the managers of the Brooklyn Sunday School Union. He in. 1882, Marion J., dau. Prof. Geo. L. A. Martin, principal of one of the Brooklyn public schools. Chil. Marjorie, May, Helen Martin, and Wm. John.
MCFARLAND.
ROBERT McFarland and Jane his wife and children, John, Duncan, Robert, Donald, and Jean who m. John Gray of Ryegate, came from Buch- anan parish, Scotland to America and Barnet, in 1775. They settled on the farm occupied in 1860 by the widow of Wm. Aiken, where both died. She is bur. in Old Scotch cemetery, Ryegate. This record is en- tirely by Mr. Mason. Robert and Donald went to Canada and d. there; John d. in Ryegate. Duncan worked some years for his broth- er-in-law, John Gray, and died suddenly in a tavern, while he and Mr. Gray were on their way to Boston with loads of produce; bur. in Old Scotch cemetery with his mother.
JOHN,2 (Robert,1) m. 1781 in Ryegate, by Rev. Peter Powers of Newbury to Rachel Bailey of Peacham. He d. Oct. 6, 1806, aged 61, on the home farm where he lived.
Children :
i. James,3 b. 1782; m. Sarah Flagg ; went west.
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1 ii. John, 3 b. 1783; m. Ruth Fuller.
iii. Anna, 3 b. March 2, 1785; m. Cyrus Bailey.
iv. Elizabeth,3 b. 1787.
v. Robert,3 b. Feb. 1790; went west.
1 JOHN, 3 (John,2 Robert,1) n1. Ruth Fuller of Barnet, who was brought from Scotland by Alexander Stewart in 1809.
Children :
i. Phebe,+ b. 1811; m. in 1857, Calvin Aiken.
il. William.4 b. 1813.
Robert,4 b. 1816.
iv. John,4 b. 1820; d. y.
v. Henry,4 b. 1823; went to California.
McKEITH.
"Duncan McKeith informs his son Thomas hereby, that the lots which his father subscribed for are payed and that all his father's family are in health, also that his brother George has now been at the College of Glasgow and gives great promise of his learning.
DAVID ALLAN to JAMES WHITELAW, Renfrew. Aug. 10, 1781."
In the Bond of Association, Duncan McKeith is given as a "Flaxdresser at Gateside, Parish of Inchinnan." His son Thomas b. Oct. 14, 1756; came to Ryegate, 1775; served in the Revolutionary war; rem. about 1783, and became one of the first settlers of Topsham, clearing a farm on what is now called Currier Hill. Covenanter and elder in the Ref. Pres. ch. at Topsham. He was a man of great worth of character, and was called Dea. McKeith. He m. 1778, Sarah, dau. John Hasel- tine of Newbury (b. Haverhill, Mass., Oct. 19, 1757; d Topsham, Jan. 12, 1825.) He d. May 17, 1823; buried on Currier Hill. He built 1813, a house, which was burned Jan. 28, 1911.
Children :
i. Pearl,2 or Margaret, b. Ryegate. Nov. 30, 1779; m. May 8. 1800, Joseph Rogers of Topsham.
ii. Sarah,2 b Ryegate, Sept. 6, 1781; d. Topsham, June 13, 1810.
iii. Mary,2 b. Topsham (the 1st ch. b. there) Oct. 1, 1783; in. April 24, 1800, Caleb Wilson. Their dau. Mary m. Walter Miller Brock, q. v.
iv. Betsey,2 b. April 16, 1786 ; in. Moses Wallace ; descendants have lived in Ryegate.
v. Catherine,2 b. April 5, 1788; m. Peter Martin of Newbury ; d. Piermont, N. H., April 24, 1871. Dea. John D. Martin, who d. at Haverhill, N. H., Jan. 9, 1910, was their son.
vi. Duncan,2 b. March 9, 1790; d. Aug. 29, 1864, Newbury ; in. 1st, Mary Page of Corinth. Duncan M. Corliss, who m. a dau. of Edward Miller, was his gr. son.
vii. Thomas,2 b. June 21, 1795; d. Peacham, May 31, 1827; physician.
viii. John,2 b. Dec, 28, 1797 ; d. July 31, 1817.
MCKINLEY.
JAMES.1 b. Paisley, Scotland, 1755; silk weaver by trade; came to America, 1792, landing in Boston, where he remained several years; in Ryegate one season, then went to Chester, N. H., where he m, Jenney McDuffie (b. 1765; d. 1855). She was a descendant of John McDuffie who went from Scotland to Ireland in 1613, and of his son John and " Matchless Martha," his wife, so famous in the siege of Londonderry, 1689.
"James McKinley was of slender frame and delicate constitution, yet he en- dured the toil of a new country for 47 years. A quiet man, not given to political or religious controversy, but a steadfast member of the church. His wife was robust and renowned for her exploits in spin-
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ning and weaving. There was 10 years between their death, both living to be 90 yrs. of age. His father was one of the Scotch Co., he had his land, still owned in the family, south of the Corner."-MASON. Children: The 1st b. in Chester, N. H., the others in R.
i. James 2 b. May 4, 1794; m. Lois Carter.
Ii. John,2 b. May 15, 1795; d. 1816.
iii. Hugh,2 b. Oct. 5, 1796; m. Esther Gilchrist.
iv. Dan.2 b. Nov. 17, 1797; d. in infancy.
1 v. William,2 b. Feb. 17, 1799.
vi. Lois,2 b May 12, 1800; d. in infancy.
vii. Agnes,2 b; April 16, 1801 ; m. Noah Doe, q. v.
viii. Jean,2 b. Oct. 22, 1802 ; d. y.
ix. Robert,2 b. Sept. 4, 1804.
x. Margaret.2 b. Oct. 8, 1806.
xi. Thomas,2 b. July 26, 1808; d. June 12, 1894; in. Joanna Mills who d. March 10, 1881 ; bur. in Walter Harvey cemetery.
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WILLIAM,2 b. Feb. 17, 1799; farmer on homestead. Hem. Jan. 13, 1842, Jean, dau. William Orr (b. Nov. 2, 1809; d. ). He d.
i. Margaret,3 b. Nov. 19, 1842.
ii. William,3 b. July 11. 1844; farmer on homestead; m. Ch (1) Jennie, 4 m. Jesse Alger ; lives in Newbury. Several children. (2) William P .,4 b. 1881; on homestead; n1. Jan. 26, 1911, Ruth Ellen Morrill. Ch. Rubin Florence, d. in inf.
iii. Jane,3 b. May 16, 1846; m. Feb. 16, 1867, Frank Lambert of Ballou, Ont.
iv. Elizabeth,3 b. July 13, 1848; killed by lightning Aug. 1, 1857.
v. Mary,3 b, March 31, 1851.
vi. John,3 b. April 15, 1854.
McKIRAHAN.
REV. JOSEPH A., b. Belmont Co., Ohio, the 11th of twelve chil., and the 8th of nine sons of John and Eliza [Porterfield] McKirahan. John McK., and his bro. Thomas m. sisters, Eliza and Jane Porterfield; both reared large families, each furnishing five soldiers for the Union army in the Civil war. John and Eliza McKirahan were m. in 1830 and lived together 64 yrs,, both having completed 88 yrs. of age at time of deaths. Three of their sons became ministers-Wm., now Principal of Norfolk Mission College, a mission school for the Freedmen main- tained by the United Pres. ch., M. F., Chaplain of the Kansas State Reform School for Boys, and Joseph A. The latter was reared on a farm, educated at Geneva and Monmouth Colleges, graduating from the lat- ter 1877, and took his theological course at Xenia (O.) Theo. Sem. Principal of Frankfort Acad., Frankfort Springs, Pa ; of Lincoln Coll .. Greenwood, Mo., and of Gannett Normal Ins., Gannett, Kansas. Ord. 1889 by the Pres. of Gannett. Pastor at Emporia, Kan., Sioux City, Iowa, and Cincinnati, O., building up new congregations in the two last mentioned cities. Came to Ryegate, 1905. Ins. pastor of United Pres. ch. at Ryegate Corner, Jan. 1906.
McLAM.
This name was formerly spelled Mucklewham, and later Macklam, the pres- ent spelling being adopted about 50 yrs. ago. William Macklam of Kilmarnock, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, m. Margaret Wilson of Strath- blane. Their son John,1 b. 1780, a farmer, m. in 1802, Catherine Lid- dle of Strathblane at Glasgow, by Rev. Mr. Banks. They came to America in 1832 with their 11 chil., landing in New York. They came to Barnet, lived in Peacham one year, then bought the James Moore farm in Ryegate, north of Blue mountain which is now a pasture.
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John McLam and wife were received to the Ref. Pres. ch. in Ryegate, June 12, 1834, by certificate from the Relief ch. in Scotland; he was soon chosen an elder, an office held by several of his descendants. He d. Oct. 18, 1860; she d. July 13, 1876, in her 99th year ; bur. in Wal- ter Harvey cem. They had 62 gr. children. A reunion of the descend- ants of John McLam has been for a few years, a notable annual event in Ryegate, and has been strongly influential in promoting the family, and drawing its members together.
Children all born in Scotland.
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i. William,2 b. Dec. 17, 1802.
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ii. Andrew,2 b. Dec. 2, 1804 ; d. Jan. 1, 1869; m. Jane Russell.
3 iii. John,2 b. Jan. 12, 1807.
4 iv. James,2 b. Nov. 12. 1809.
v. Jane,2 b. Oct. 12, 1811; d. Peacham, Feb. 10, 1895; m. Wm. Young ; they joined the Associate ch. in Barnet, 1832.
vi. Margaret,2 b. Nov. 13, 1813 ; m. James, 3 (John.2 James,1) Whitehill, q. v.
vii. Catherine,2 b. Nov. 2, 1815 ; m. Wm. Hunter, q v.
viii. Ann,2 b. April 9, 1818; m. William, 3 (John,2, James, 1) Whitehill.
ix. Robert,2 b. March 27, 1820; served in Co. G. 6th Vt., in the Civil war ; in. 1st, Mary Ann, dau. John Holmes ; she d. Feb. 19, 1889, aged 72. 2d, widow of David Caldwell, who d, May 18, 1896. He d. Ryegate, Feb. 11, 1895.
5 x. Walter,2 b. May 23, 1821.
6 xi. Alexander,2 b. July 29, 1824.
1 WILLIAM,2 (John.1) b. Dec. 17, 1802; came to America with parents; farmer and with most of his family, Covenanters. He m. Nov. 21, 1839, by Rev. Wm. Pringle. Janet, dau. Theophilus McLure (b. Oct. 8, 1808 ; d. Jan, 20, 1887). He d. Jan. 3, 1887, aged 84 years.
Children :
i. John Theophilus, 3 b. Jan. 14, 1841; d. Sept. 8, 1844.
ii. Infant son,3 b. Nov. 17, 1842.
iii. Jannett Irene, 3 b. Jan. 5, 1844 ; d. June 30, 1864.
iv. Martha J.,3 b. Oct. 6, 1845; d. June 5, 1863.
7 v. William T.,3 b. Nov. 19, 1847.
vi. James Beattie,3 b. June 10, 1849; d. May 30, 1874.
vii. Thomas Smith, 3 b. March 29, 1851; d. Sept. 5, 1898.
2 ANDREW,2 (John,1) b. Scotland, Dec. 2, 1804; m. Jane Russell (b. Scotland, Jan. 26, 1813). Lived with his father-then on the James Smith farm, in Topsham. He d. at the home of his bro. James, Jan. 13. 1869; she d. Feb. 26, 1863; bur. Walter Harvey cem.
Children :
i. John,3 b. Feb. 13, 1833; d. Dec. 7, 1855.
ii. James, 3 served in the the Union army ; d. Bradford, Vt.
iii. Andrew,3 m. Eliza Ward; res. Charlestown, Mass. Deacon in a Coven- anter church.
3 JOHN, 2 (John,1) b. Jan. 12, 1807; m. March 9, 1837 by Rev. James Milligan Mary, dau. Theophilus McLure (b. May 27, 1811; d. May 21, 1897.) They were members of the Ref. Pres. congregation at Ryegate until the organization of the Barnet congregation. He d. Feb. 8, 1882: bur. at Ryegate Corner.
Children :
i. Elizabeth Catherine, 3. b. Dee. 12, 1837; m. Archibald Whitehill, q. v.
ii. James Milligan,3 b. Oct 13, 1839; ed. at McIndoes Acad. Went to Cal. in 1861, via the Isthmus of Panama ; mining and teaching ; had a fine literary taste, especially for poetry and some of his unpublished work is preserved. Hed. San Jose, Cal., April 6, 1866, and bur. at Center- ville. He was the last child bapt. in R. by Rev. James Milligan.
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iii. John Knox,3 b. June 16, 1842.
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iv. Robert Gilbert 3 b. Aug. 4, 1844; ed. McIndoes Acad. In store of Mr. Dutton at McIndoe Falls some time ; enlisted in U. S. Navy, Jan. 11, 1864; d. at Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass., of inflamation of the brain, Feb. 3, 1864; bur. in Naval cemetery, Chelsea.
9 v. Walter T.,3 b. Sept. 6, 1846.
vi. Andrew Jackson,3 b. April 9, 1848; rem. to Cal., res. in different parts of the state; res. for many years at Los Angeles, where he runs a livery and sales stable. He m. Nov. 16, 1848, Ella J. Cross. Ch. Leonora, 4 who grad. at the Normal School and is a teacher in the schools at Los Angeles.
10 vii. Alexander W.,3 b. Feb. 18, 1850.
viii. Mary Ann Sophronia,3 b. March 23, 1852; d. July 28, 1873; in. Robert H. Gates, q. v.
ix. Margaret Jane,3. b. March 27, 1855; m. at St. Johnsbury, Sept. 7, 1881, by Rev. W. R. Laird, Fred Munroe Walker of Lempster, N. H. Res. since July, 1883, Somerville, Mass. He d. Dec. 31, 1900. Ch. (1) Ruth Marguerite,4 b. Oct. 7, 1893. (2) Elsie Gordon,4 b. June 17, 1896.
x. Jennette Sophia,3 b. Jan. 8, 1858; m. March 9, 1882, Osmand B. Hull of Ackworth, N. H. Went west in 1890; lived in several states. Were in San Francisco during the earthquake and fire of 1906, losing nearly all their property ; have since res. in Los Angeles. Ch. (1) Arthur Leroy,4 b. Jan. 1883 ; d. 1884. (2) Nettie Irene,4 b. Nov. 25, 1884.
4 JAMES,2 (John,1) b. Scotland, Nov. 12. 1809. He m. Agnes, dau. Archibald Leitch (b.1816; d. Jan. 26, 1874). He d. Dec. 10, 1882 ; bur. in Wal- ter Harveycem. They were members of Ref. Pres. ch. in which he was ord. elder, Nov. 25, 1857.
Children ;
i. Mary Jane,3 b. Aug. 28, 1837; m. William B., 3 ( William,2 William,1) Gibson, q. v.
ii. Isabel 3 b. May 24, 1839; m. James M. Doe, q. v.
11 iii. James R., 3. b Nov. 24, 1841.
iv. Elizabeth,3 b. May 2, 1844; d. Nov. 18, 1852.
12 v. Joseph B.,3 b. Jan. 13, 1849.
13 vi. John A.,3 b. March 10, 1852.
vii. Agnes L.,3 (twin to Jóhn A.,) d. Jan. 14, 1873.
viii Sarah E.,3 b. May 9, 1854; m. Fred H. White, q. v.
ix. Margaret L.,3 b. Oct. 1, 1858; m. Charles E. Taplin, q. v.
5 WALTER,2 (John,1) b. Scotland, May 23, 1821 ; came to America with par- ents; m. by Rev. J. M. Beattie March 4, 1847, Caroline M. Covell (b. in Vt., Nov. 12, 1824). They went to Michigan, 1857; res. Palouse, Wash., where he died.
Children :
i. John A , 3 b Jan. 22, 1848; d. Jan. 22, 1869.
ii. Emiline,3 b. Dec. 6; d. Dec. 10, 1849.
ii. Eveline, 3 b. Dec 6, 1849; m. Dec 20, 1884, Abraham Harvey. No chil- dren.
iii. Eleanor Sophronia, 3 b. Nov. 12. 1850; d. Dec. 6, 1852.
iv. Franklin C.,3 b. March 14, 1854; res. Palouse, Wash., real estate owner and candidate for state senator 1896 on the silver Republican ticket, being defeated by six votes; now in postal service. He in. Sept. 12, 1877, Phœbe A. Williams. Ch. (1) Ward W.,4 m. Sept. 6, 1900, Minnie Cox. Ch. Lloyd, Alva, Leveta. (2) Walter C.4 (3) Leon- ard C.4
v. Walter F.,3 b. June 4, 1856 ; d. Oet 31, 1879.
vi. Eleanor J.,3 b. April 16, 1859; m. March 22, 1885, A W. Little. Ch. Andrew (dea.,) Frank. Blanche.
vii. Ruby A.,3 b. Sept. 12, 1862; m. Jan. 8, 1880, J. W. Lazell. Ch. Curtis, Glen, Hazel.
viii. Dency V ,3 b. April 16, 1864; d. May 7, 1870.
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6 ALEXANDER, 2 (John,1) b. Glasgow, Scotland, July 29, 1825; came to America with parents, rem. 1845, to Ontario, and settled at Scarboro, near Toronto, removing to Kincardine, 1869. He nı. Nov. 2, 1848, at Dun- das, Ont., by Rev. Andrew Bell, Jane Armstrong (b. Ancaster, Ont., June 25, 1827 ; d. Kincardine, Ont., Jan. 4, 1901.) In 1905 he went to live with his youngest dau. at Mineota, Manitoba, where he d. April I, 1911.
Children :
1 Mary Jane,3 b. Sept. 1, 1849; m. March 21, 1871 at Carrollton, Ill., James Mungall (b. Falkirk, Scot., ) and res. there. Ch. Harry,4 (dea ,) Jennie,4 William,+ James,4 Jessie,4 Robert,4 and Collville. They have 8 gr. chil.
ii. Catherine,3 b. Galt, Ont., Nov. 11, 1851; m. at Unexter, Aug. 15, 1868, John G. Tremaine, who d. Listowell, Oct. 21, 1882; rem. to Detroit, Mich., and res. there. Ch. Emerson,+ Lizzie,4 (Mrs. Hume) Adam, 4 (dea,) Myrtle,4 (Mrs. Pell) and Florence,4 (Mrs. Burns.)
iii. Adam,3 b. Galt, Ont., Jan. 18. 1854; d. Kincardine, Jan. 24, 1871.
iv. John,3 b. St. Jacobs, Ont .; Dec. 26, 1855; m. 1st, at Palmerston, Ont,, Aug. 4, 1873, Elizabeth Ann Kettlewell. who d. at Kincardine, Sept. 24, 1897. Hem. 2d, 1899, Minnie Amey, half-sister of 1st w. Res. Kin- cardine, Ont. Ch. by 1st m. Maggie,4 William.4, George,4 Mary,4 Austin,4 Wrennie Ernest,+ Merle,4 Thomas,4 (dea.), Benton,4 (dea.) By 2d m. Lloyd.+
v. Ellen,3 b. Galt, Ont., Dec. 21, 1858; m. at Kincardine, Jan. 3, 1890, Dan Norman of K., where they res. 1 dau., Clara.4
vi. Jennet 3 b. Galt, April 1, 1861; m. at Kincardine, Feb. 1, 1887, John Long; res. Brussels, Ont. Ch. Willis, 4 and Winnie, + living ; Vernie.4 (dea )
vii Frank A.,3 b. Waterloo, Ont., Dec 4, 1862; m. at Buffalo, May, 1870, Sarah Brummer, who d. He m. 2d, Annie Ferris; res. Ripley, Ont. No children.
viii. William G .. 3 b. Maryborough, Ont., Feb. 15, 1866; m. at Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 1897, Susie Johns of Huntsville, Ont .; d. Buffalo, Feb. 21, 1903 ; bur. Kincardine, where his widow and chil., George, + Cecil,+ and Alvin, 4 res.
ix. Lydia,3 b. Maryborough, March 1, 1869; m. Oct. 14, 1905, at Winnipeg, Thomas Conway of Miniota, Manitoba. Ch. Myrtle Riella.+
7 WILLIAM THEOPHILUS, 3 (Wm., 2 John, 1) b. Nov. 19, 1847; in Cal. one winter ; farmer on homestead 1882-'98; in the latter year with his bro. Thomas he bought the Waterman Wright farm, known as Fair View ; has held all town offices and was town representative in 1900. He m. by Rev. Wm. Bruce. Jan. 7, 1869, Ella Letitia, dau. Wm. F. Gibson (b. Jan. 7, 1851). Members with all their chil. of Un. Pres. ch. of which he is session clerk.
Children :
i. Anna Belle,+ b. Aug. 18, 1870; grad. St. Johnsbury Acad .. 1894; teacher there till m. Sept. 27, 1899, Lawrence Preston Leach, merchant at St. Johnsbury (b. Raynham, Mass., son of James and Susan Leach). Members of No. Cong. ch. St. J.
ii. Nellie May,4 b. Sept. 18, 1874; grad. St. J. Acad. 1896; teacher in St. J. one year; milliner; m. Jan, 7, 1909, Royden Winthrop Cheney (b. Glover, Vt., son of R. H. and Nellie [Burroughs] Cheney ; grad. Har- vard Univ, 1901; assistant manager Mutual Life Ins. Co., N. H., and Vt.). Res. Manchester, N. H.
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