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He seems to have been the first town representative, and was chosen by the legislature as the member from Caledonia county of a committee to fix upon a permanent capital for the state. Montpelier being selected, in 1805, General Whitelaw, Elijah Paine of Williams- town and Ezra Cutler of Waterbury, were chosen a committee "to fix upon a place in the town of Montpelier for the erection of build- ings for the accommodation of the legislature of this state and pre- pare a plan for such buildings." His abilities were recognized in other states. In 1801 the N. H. legislature voted that Gen. James Whitelaw of Rvegate, Gen. Elias Stevens of Royalton and Col. Micah Barron Of Bradford, all in Vermont, should be a committee to locate and survey the 4th New Hampshire Turnpike. Party spirit, personal and politi- cal animosities, prevented the selection of men in that state for the purpose, while all could agree to leave the matter in the hands of these gentlemen from Vermont. His capacity for transacting business was marvelous. He performed an immense amount of work, yet his cor- respondence shows no trace of haste and from it one would gain the impression that he was a gentleman of leisure. He was scrupulous to a degree and with opportunities for acquiring immense wealth was only in comfortable circumstances. He received grants of wild land in
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different parts of the state, much of which was of little value in his own time and for his services for the town and state is not believed to have received anything like adequate compensation. In person he was about five feet ten inches in height, with a sinewy, well-knit frame, ca- pable of great endurance. He had a singular indifference to cold, and would survey all day in the most severe weather, seldom using any covering for his hands, remaining night and day in the woods for weeks at a time.
From the time he left Scotland till his appointment as Surveyor General he was the manager for the Scotch American Co., kept its ac- counts, and executed deeds of land in its behalf. He was town clerk nearly 50 years, and the first postmaster, holding the office nearly 30 years. and. it was mainly by his efforts that the mail route was ex- tended from Newbury to Danville. He was a trustee of Peacham Academy from its opening to 1811, and with Col. Harvey gave the name to Caledonia County. His immense collection of bound news- paper volumes was lost in the burning of the State House, Jan. 5, 1857. His compass, made by John Gardner of Glasgow, his sur- veyor's chain and the journal of his journey with David Allan through the middle and southern colonies are owned by the Vt. Historical So- ciety, the spy-glass used by him in surveying is in the Museum at St. Johnsbury, and his maps of towns and surveys are in the office of the Secretary of State at Montpelier.
For his services in surveying the town he received a grant of land now comprised in the farms of Albert M. Whitelaw and Hermon Mil- ler, and his first house, the first framed dwelling in Caledonia Co., built in 1775, stood till 1909. He died after a short illness, April 29, 1829, and was bur. at Ryegate Corner. In politics he was a Federal- ist ; and was a Mason of high degree, both in Scotland and in America. He was a member of the established Presbyterian church in Scotland, but was never connected with any church in America, yet lived a strict religious life, and was a strong and liberal supporter of the Associate church. "Few men," wrote his daughter, " were more beloved in life or lamented in death." "I wish," wrote Col. Thomas Johnson to Major Caleb Stark in 1803, "you knew our Surveyor General, Mr. Whitelaw. You don't meet more than one such man in a lifetime." Mr. Miller says, "I was born in his day, and have heard more about him than any other man, and never a syllable to his disparagement." Yet Mr. Miller records one instance where his patience was tried be- yond endurance. He was noted for his hospitality, and his kindness to the unfortunate. His funeral sermon was preached by Rev. Thomas Goodwillie of Barnet, who prepared a biographical sketch published in the St. Johnsbury Caledonian, Nov. 18, 1864, and reprinted by the Vermont Historical Society in 1908.
James Whitelaw was m. 1st by Rev. Peter Powes, March 4, 1778 to Abigail, dau. of Col. Robert Johnston of Newbury (b. Hampstead, N. H., April 25, 1760; d. July 11, 1790.) 2d. Nov. 23, 1791 by Rev. Nathaniel Lambert to Susanna Rogers of Bradford (b. 1746; d. 1815). 3d, Aug. 29, 1815 by Rev. David Goodwillie to Janet, dau. Walter Brock and widow of Col. Alexander Harvey (b. 1767; d. 1854.)
Children all by 1st marriage.
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I. ROBERT, 2 b. Nov. 26, 1778; d. March 9, 1859.
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II. WILLIAM,2 b, July 14, 1781 ; d. Dec. 5. 1858.
III. ABIGAIL,2 b, May 23, 1783 ; d. April 1, 1861 ; m. Alexander Henderson, q. v.
IV. MARION,2 b. Jan. 31, 1787; d. Jan. 7, 1864; m. William Wallace of New- bury. See History of Newbury.
ROBERT,2 (James,1) b. Nov. 26, 1778; farmer, his farm being a large part of 1 that now owned by A. M. Whitelaw. His house, where he kept tav- ern a long time, was on the north side of the road, east of the present .
GEN. JAMES WHITELAW. (SILHOUETTE. )
ROBERT WHITELAW AND MEHITABEL BARRON WHITELAW.
WILLIAM T. WIIITELAW.
MRS. ABIGAIL WHITELAW HENDERSON.
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house. The buildings are all gone. Gen. Whitelaw's work as a sur- veyor and other public business kept him much from home, and the. management of his affairs fell upon Robert. The farm was large and productive. One year he raised 1300 bush. of oats in one field all reaped with a sickle, and threshed with a flail. averaging a bushel from 12 sheaves. At one time he engaged quite extensively in the manufacture of spinning wheels, supplying the whole section. Women sometimes came from a distance to reap grain to pay for a wheel. He also erected a tannery on his farm as early as 1815, in which was car- ried on a shoe making business, employing several men. Prominent in town and county affairs, being town representative 1823-'25, '35, '36, '42, '44, nine years; director in the Passumpsic Turnpike Com- pany, and other enterprises. He had his first pair of shoes at 12 years of age and used to walk barefoot to church at Newbury, put- ting on his shoes when he reached there, taking them off again to walk home. He was not a church inember, but conducted devotional ex- ercises in his family and knew the Shorter Catechism from beginning to end. He was a man of strict integrity. Mrs. Whitelaw was a member, successively of Cong. ch.'s in W. Bath, Newbury and Wells River: He m. Feb. 27, 1804, Mehitabel, dau. Col. John and Mehita- bel [Rogers] Barron (b. Bradford, Nov. 24, 1779; d. Griggsville, Ill., July 27, 1868). He d. March 9, 1859; both bur. at Ryegate Corner. The old tavern stand was taken down ab. 1882.
Children :
i. Susanna Mehitabel.3 b. Dec. 4, 1804, d. y.
ii. John Barron,3 b. April 11, 1806,
3 4 iii. James Hamilton, 3 b. Oct. 3, 1807.
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iv. William Trotter,3 b. July 4, 1809.
v. Abigail Johnston,3 b. June 11, 1811; d. July 5, 1875; m. Wm. J. White. q. v,
vi. Susanna Mehitabel,3 b. Nov. 22, 1812; d. April 17, 1899; m. Moses W. White, q. V.
vii. George Peters,3 b. Aug. 1, 1815; d. Dec. 14, 1817.
6 Triil. Alexander Harvey, 3 b. July 20, 1818.
ix. Eustis Leroy,3 b. Aug. 13, 1825 : d. April 16, 1826.
2 WILLIAM,2 (James,1) b. July 14, 1781; went to N. Y. State while a young man, remaining several years; ret. to the homestead and m. by Rev. Thos. Ferrier, May 29, 1823, Helen, dau. Col. Alexander Harvey (b. Dec. 14, 1783; d. March 17, 1872.) Succeeded his father on the home- stead and built the present house on the site of the 2d frame house built by his father. He d. Dec. 5, 1858. No chil.
3 JOHN B., 3 (Robert,2 James,1) b. April 29, 1806. Was taught surveying by his grandfather, Gen. James Whitelaw. In mercantile bus. N. Y. City 1835-'40; rem. to St. Louis 1840, to Galena, Ill., 1845, to Mineral Point, Wis., 1846, where he again became a surveyor. App. by the U. S. government to survey and select the swamp lands of Wisconsin in which he was engaged a number of years. He m. 1828, Caroline Gillett of White River Junction. She d. 1860, and he ret. to St. Louis, where his only living ch. had located. He d. Dec. 4, 1884, at the home of his sister, Susan J. White, Griggsville, IIl.
Children :
i. Son,4 d. in young manhood.
7 ii. George P.,4 b. Ryegate, May 28, 1830.
4 JAMES HAMILTON, 3 (Robert,2 James,1) b. Oct. 3, 1807. Went west when a young man, and settled finally at St. Louis, where he was quite prom- inent, and was harbor master for many years. Nothing can be learned regarding his family.
5 WILLIAM TROTTER, 3 (Robert,2 James,1) b. July 4, 1809; farmer with his father, and succeeding him ; carpenter, serving his time with Leonard Gale of Wells River; his special work was wood turning, or lathe
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work. When married he bought 50 acres of the old Whitelaw farm, on which he built the present house in 1843. At the death of his father he purchased the no. half of his estate. Justice of the Peace many years and during the civil war was enrolling officer; also on com. to enlist men to fill quotas; town rep. 1851, '52. He m. in Peacham, April 30, 1835 by Rev. L. Worcester, Lucy Wells Morse (b. Oct. 1817; d. Jan. 2, 1866.) Members of Cong. ch. at Wells River. Their greatest success was the founding of a typical N. E. home. He d. May 17, 1888.
Children ;
1. Britann,4 b. Jan. 10, 1838; m. W. W. Wright, q. v.
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ii. Oscar L.,4 b. May 19, 1841.
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iii. Albert M., 4 b. Aug. 2, 1844.
10 iv. Robert H.,4 b. Sept. 11, 1847.
6 ALEXANDER HARVEY, 3 (Robert,2 James, 1) b. 1815; m. ab. 1848, Mary Sum- ner of Nashua, N. H. Went west about 1857; d. ab. 1870.
Children :
i. Alice.4
ii. Abigail,4 b. March 27, 1852 (T. R.)
iii. Conrad.4
iv, Carlos S.4
7 GEORGE P.,4 (John B.,3 Robert,2 James,1) b. Ryegate. May 28, 1830. Went with parents to New York, St. Louis and Wis. Crossed the Plains, 1850 to Cal., and was in gold mining till 1853; ret. to St. Louis and was in the mercantile business until 1874, now conducted by his cous- ins and successors, Oscar L., and Robert H. Whitelaw; traveled some years, still calling St. Louis his home; rem. permanently in 1879 to Santa Barbara, Cal. He m. Dec. 22, 1859, Emma J. Gill of St. Louis. Children :
i. Charles W.,2 b St. Louis. Sept. 27, 1860; ed. grammar school and Racine ( Wis.) College. In wholesale grocery bus. at St. Louis 1880-'93, when he became vice-president of the Huse-Loomis Ice and Transpor- tation Co. In 1893 he organized the Polar Wave Ice and Fuel Co., and became its president and so remains. Res. 5291 Westmister Place, St. Louis. Hem. Sept. 16, 1885, Jennie Lee Nanson. Ch. George P.,6 b. March 7, 1890.
ii. George G.,5 b. St. Louis, Oct. 14, 1862 ; ed. prim. dept. Washington Univ .; grad. Harvard Univ. 1887. In wholesale grocery business, and now vice-president of the Scudders-Gale Grocery Co. Res. St. Louis 5825 Gates Ave. He m. Oct. 16, 1889, Fredericka Allison. No chi.
iii. Emma J.,5 m. Judge Daniel G. Taylor, now on the Circuit Bench, St. Louis.
8 OSCAR LIVINGSTON,4 (Win. T.,3 Robert,2 James,1) b. May 10, 1841. Com. sch. edu. and 3 terms in Peacham Acad. Clerk in Baldwin & Burpee's shoe store. St. Johnsbury ; later with J. C. Bingham at St. J. Tele- graph operator there till enlisted 1862 in Co. K, 15th Vt. Vols .; served as ward master. After discharge, with M. S. Burr & Keyes, drug- gists, Boston, as clerk and traveling salesman, in the Provinces. Went to St. Louis as clerk for George P. Whitelaw, in the paint and oil business which had been established 1853. and in 1885 with his brother Robert suceeded to the business under the firm nanie of "Whitelaw Bros .. Dealers and Commission Merchants in Chemicals, Oils, Paints and Drugs." Office 409 No. Second St., res. 3631 Wash- ington Ave. Member of Merchant's Exchange (2d vice-pres., 1897; . 1st vice-pres , 1898; pres., 1899.) President of National Paint and Varnish Ass., 1889; President National Transportation Ass., 1897- 1900; member and vice-pres., Business Men's League of St. Louis; app. 1911 by Pres. Taft, Assistant Treasurer of the U. S., in charge of the Sub-Treasury at St. Louis. Member of board of trustees and president some years of St. Louis Public Library. Member of First
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Cong. ch .; treas. St. Louis Bible Soc .; registrar St. Louis Ass. Cong. Ministers and Churches. Member N. E. Soc., Ransom Post, G. A. R., and of several clubs and associations. He m. at St. Louis, May 8, 1873, Lillie Dwight Lathrop.
Children :
i. Mrs. Grace L. Wallace.5
ii. Mrs. Bessie D. Terry.5
iii. Mrs. Lucy L. Rexford.5
iv. Hamilton D.5
9 ALBERT MORSE, 4 (Wm. T., 3 Robert,2 James, 1) b. Aug, 2, 1844; com. sch. ed .; farmer on homestead. Private in Co. K, 15th Vt. Vols., in the civil war. Member of state militia 2d Brigade, 6th Reg. Co. F. Fourth sergeant at organization Dec. 12, 1864; prom. to captain May 6, 1865; served till disbanded. He m. at Bath, N. H., June 19, 1867, by Rev. Asa Mann, Stella Ann Squier, (b. Newbury, May 20, 1846.) Members of Cong. ch. at Wells River in which he has been a deacon since 1877. A spot about eight rods e. of his barn, on the site of the log cabin built by James Whitelaw was in early times and for many years called "Old Smoky." Supposed to have been called so because it was low, swampy land where smoke naturally settles.
Children all born in Ryegate.
i. Harry Allison,5 b. Feb. 28, 1871; m. in Boston, Mass., Jan. 3, 1900, Georgena Harrington, dau. of Charles and Gladys Greenough (b. Worcestershire, Eng., July 28, 1877.) Supt. National Sailors Home at Wollaston Heights, Mass.
ii. William Herbert,5 b. Feb. 19, 1873; m. at Franklin Falls, N. H., June 8, 1898, Lottie May, dau. LeRoy W., and Charlotte [ Morrison ] San- born (b. Franklin Falls, Nov. 9, 1874; grad. 1897 from N. E. Holt Normal, Music School, Lexington. Mass.) Train despatcher at North Station Boston, Fitchburg Div., B. and M. R. R.
iii. Lillian Gray,5 b. March 13, 1876; m. in R. Sept. 5, 1905, Harry Bryant Center (b. Gloucester, Mass., Feb. 16, 1875; grad. 1900, with degree of A. B, from College of Liberal Arts Boston Univ. Began work on Boston Post, 1902, sporting editor of do. 8 yrs. Now [Dec. 1912] business manager of Quebec Chronicle.) Ch. Edward Whitelaw, 6 [Center] b. Boston, Jan. 4, 1907.
iv. Marion Louise.5 b. Feb. 7, 1879 ; teacher for 15 yrs. in Vt. and Mass.
v. Stella Agnes,5 b. Dec. 3, 1883.
10 ROBERT HENRY,4 (Wm. T., 3 Robert,2 James,1) b. Sept. 11, 1847; com. sch. ed. Badly injured in left forearm by the discharge of a musket in 1862. After recovery grad. from Chamberlin's Bus. Coll., Boston. With Gardner Brewer & Co., Wool Merchants, Boston; afterwards with Boston Belting Co., as asst. cashier. Went to St. Louis as asst. bookkeeper for Geo. P. Whitelaw. Has been in business there, and in partnership with his brother Oscar L., since 1886. He has held many positions of trust and responsibility, but his most conspicuous public service has been in connection with the Municipal Bridge and Termin- als Commission. This Commission was authorized by the Municipal Assembly, and appointed by the Mayor in 1905. The Mayor is ex- officio chairman and Mr. Whitelaw was selected as the vice-chairman, a position which he still occupies. Situated as St. Louis is, on the west side of the Mississippi River, with large interests in Illinois many conditions had arisen which were a serious handicap to its mercantile and manufacturing interests. The patient and painstaking efforts of the Commission have entirely removed these obstacles, and brought to harmonious adjustment many vexatious problems. In politics, re- publican. Member of 1st Cong. ch., treasurer 21 yrs., member of board of trustees 25 yrs. Member of Missouri and Vt. Hist. Soc's and of the St. Louis Museum of Fine Arts ; member of St. Louis and
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Round Table clubs. He m. at St. Louis, Feb. 1876, Mary Gray, dau. James and Rebecca [Bowen] Westgate of Nantucket, Mass. She d. 1890.
Children :
i. Margaret Gray,5 m. Eugene Smith Wilson, an attorney of St. Louis, and a graduate of Amherst Coll.
ii. Ralph Thomas, 5 grad. Amherst Coll. 1902.
iii. Robert Malcolin, 5 grad. Amherst Coll. 1907.
The sons are engaged with their father in business and reside at the Buckingham Hotel.
In 1844, Robert Whitelaw saw an advertisement stating that two children named Whitelaw at Litchfield, Ct., whose parents were dead, would be sent to the almshouse unless homes could be found for them, asking any one interested to confer with the authorities of L. He drove to L. got the children and brought them home, a girl of 41/2 yrs. and a boy of 3 yrs. He adopted the girl and his brother William took the boy. Their connection with the Ryegate family could not be traced, Their record is as follows :
WILLIAM S. Whitelaw b. Glasgow, Scotland, 1809; d. at Litchfield, Ct., Mar. 14, 1844. He m. Abbie S. - (b. Maine 1813; d. Cold Springs, N. J., Feb. 19, 1843.)
Children reared and educated in Ryegate.
i. Agnes S., b. Bangor, Me., July 14, 1838; d. West Dedham, Mass. Dec. 1, 1888.
ii. William H., b. Maine, Oct. 14, 1839; went to Hartford, Ct., 1859: en- listed 1862 in 19th Conn. Inf, afterward the 2d Conn. Heavy Artillery ; wounded Sept. 19, 1864 ; dis. May 28, 1865 on account of wounds. Res. Hartford. He m. May 1875, Cornelia E. Whitelaw of H. One son b. Aug. 18, 1880; d. Feb. 25, 1886.
WHITELAW.
ALEXANDER,1 Whitelaw, son of William of Scotland and youngest bro. of Gen. James Whitelaw was a calico printer by trade learning the trade at Paisley. Came to Waltham, Mass .. ab. 1796, and was a very skill- ful workman. He m. ab. 1798 Mary Abbott of W. and d. there not far from 1812, and his younger chil. came to R. to live with their uncle. Mrs. W. d. in Barnet.
Children (as given by Mrs. Abbie Stuart Smith. )
i. Sallv,2 b. Dec. 2, 1800; m. Cyril French of Milton, Mass.
ii. Marion,2 b. April 6, 1802; in. a Mr. Davis of Milton, Mass.
iii. Jane,2 b. Dec. 26, 1803; m. William Stuart, q. v. of Barnet.
iv. Polly,2 b. April 6, 1805; m, Joel Brock of Barnet. No chil.
v. Margaret,2 b. June 30, 1807; m. Walter Brock of Barnet. 12 chil., 6 sons , 6 daus.
vi. Alexander Hamilton,2 b. July 30, 1809; m. Phebe --. Lived and d. at Laurel Hill, Ind.
WHITTAKER.
SAMUEL,1 of Scotch-Irish descent, b. Londonderry, N. H., 1769 ; came to Bar- net, 1795, then to R. where he lived with John Cameron 5 yrs. He m. July 17, 1802 by Rev. William Gibson, Janet Little of Lyman, who d. ab. Aug. 30, 1805. 2d, Dec. 11, 1806 by Rev. William Gibson, Ruth. dau. Jacob Page (b. Haverhill, N. H., May 4, 1783; d. Dec. 14, 1854,) Samuel Whittaker's farm was between Geo. Cochran's and G. G. Nelson's; buildings all gone, land afterward owned by W. J. Symes, now by Mr. Cochran. He d. 1842; bur. at Ryegate Corner. Members of Ref. Pres. ch.
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Children all born in Ryegate. By 1st m. (from Family Bible of Samuel Whittaker.)
i. Lydia,2 b. 1802; d. un-m.
ii. Janet,2 b. 1805; in. James Harvey.
By 2d marriage.
iii. Sarah,2 b. Sept. 1, 1809; d, July 3, 1833.
1 iv. Emeline,2 b. Oct. 14, 1812.
v. Nathan,2 b. Sept. 6, 1822.
1 EMELINE,2 (Samuel,1) b. Oct. 14, 1812; m. 1st, at Ryegate by Rev. Wm. Pringle, Jan. 25, 1840, John N. M. Scott (b. Ireland, May 7, 1818; d. Sutter's Creek, Cal., Nov. 19, 1852). 2d. April 16, 1862, Bailey White of Newbury (b. Nov. 30, 1807; d. Feb. 1892). Lived in Newbury 1862 to 1905; d. at Columbus, O., Dec. 8, 1902, and bur. there. Mem. Ref. Pres, ch. in R. and of Cong. ch. in Newbury. In Oct. 1892 she rec. a pension for the loss of her son David.
Children all born in Ryegate.
i. Samuel W .. 3 [Scott] b. Oct. 2, 1840; d. Bath, N. H., July 15, 1863.
ii. David,3 b. Dec. 22, 1841 ; enlisted in the navy in the civil war; d. on the U. S. Ship Pioneer, at sea, Aug. 10, 1863.
iii. Sarah E.,3 b. July 27, 1843 ; d. July 30, 1847.
iv. Caroline, 3 b. Sept. 11, 1845.
v. James P., 3 b. Oct. 10, 1847.
vi. Nathan,3 b. Sept. 18, 1850; m. at Boston, Dec. 31, 1871, Mary A. Roll. See appendix for further record.
WILEY.
REV. GEO. MARTIN WILEY 1 was b. at Putnam, N. Y., Dec. 13, 1830; fitted for college at Ft. Edward Institute and Cambridge (N. Y.) Acad .; grad. Union Coll., Schenectady, N. Y., 1859; Princeton Theo. Sem., 1862; licensed by the Argyle Pres. and came to Ryegate Corner where he was ordained and installed over the United Pres. ch. He res. March, 1868; pastor U. P. ch., W. Hebron, N. Y .. till res. Oct. 11, 1901 and d. there April 15, 1902. He was a man of talent and power. Bur. at Hebron where his people erected a monument over his grave. He m. at R. May 21, 1868, by Rev. Wm. S. Palmer of Wells River, Ella Margarette, dan. M. R. Gray (b. Oct. 7, 1849; edu. McIndoes and Peachiam Acads.)
Children, all b. W. Hebron, N. Y.
i. Mabel Gray.2 b. April 28, 1872; grad. N. Y. State Normal College, 1890 ; taught three yrs. in Argyle (N. Y.) Acad .; in Maynard, Mass one yr .; in a training school, Norfolk, Va., three yrs; in New Dorp, Staten Is- land, nearly three yrs. Was m. Dec. 27, 1899, by her father in W. Hebron, N. Y. to Thomas E. Brownlee, a grad. of Yale Univ. and professor of mathematics, Cheshire, Conn., where both taught some yrs. In June, 1903, they came to Brooklyn, N. Y., where Mr. Brown was Prof. of Math. in Heffley School for nine yrs. He grad. in law from N. Y. Univ., 1910; ad. to the bar 1911. Now in practice in N. Y. city. Ch. John.3 b. Cheshire, Conn., July 25, 1903.
ii. Margaret Cummings,2 b. April 18, 1873; ed. W. Hebron Acad., studied music, several years; two years in Boston under the instruction of Prof. James W. Hill; taught four yrs; m. by her father, March 18, 1900, Howard P. Getz of Grand Junction, Iowa. Came to Chicago, 1902; rem. to Columbus, O., 1912; connected with Conn. Mutual Ins. Co. Ch. Dorothy,3, b. Sept. 5, 1901. Elizabeth,3 b. May 25, 1905.
iii. Nellie Harvey,2 b. June 6, 1874; ed. in public schools of W. Hebron; studied music several yrs .; entered a bus. coll., at Albany, N. Y., com- pleting the course; held a position in a lawyer's office there. She m. July 6, 1904, W. Hebron, N. Y., by Rev. W. S. McEachron, John D. Bell, a salesman. Ch. Kathryn,3 b. Feb. 8, 1912.
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iv. George Martin,2 b, Dec. 24, 1875; fitted for college, Glens Falls Acad .; grad. Union Coll., 1899; asst. prin., St. Johnsville (N. Y.) Acad .; prin. Palatine Budge, East Aurora, and Dunkirk High Schools; supt. City schools, Dunkirk, N. Y., 1905-'08; State Inspector of Schools, 1908-'10; Chief of administration division in N. Y. State education department. He m. June 25, 1902, St. Johnsville, N. Y., Miss Lillian Hoffman. Ch. Robert Hoffman,3 b. Oct. 11, 1910.
v. John Gray,2, b. Dec. 23, 1877 ; now with Am. Locomotive Works, Schen- ectady, New York.
WOOD.
HIRAM, 1 b. Burke, Vt., July, 1, 1805. His father was one of the first settlers and built the first house in the town. His sister Mary was a tailoress in Ryegate about 1838. Hiram m. April 21, 1830, Hannah, dau. Jonathan Gates (b. on the John S. Clough farm, March 29, 1803.) He d. Nov. 11, 1845. She m. 2d, Ashael Burrington ; d. Jan. 8, 1854. Children born in Groton.
i. Mary Jane,2 b. May 19, 1832; d. Nov. 25, 1882 ; m. 1870, Wm. B. Wil- son (b. Scotland, Aug. 20, 1818.)
ii. Ennice T.,2 b. May 25, 1834, on the Peter Gibson farm, Ryegate; m. George E. Lind. Mr. Lind was a native of Germany. Lived at So. Ryegate many years. See appendix. He d. Sept. 1, 1909; she d. 1907. Members of 1st. Pres. ch.
iii. John,2 h. July 28, 1836.
1 iv. Hiram T.,2 b. Oct. 15, 1838; d. Dec. 8, 1892.
v. Roxana B.,2 b. April 14. 1840.
1 HIRAM THOMAS,2 (Hiram,1) b. Oct. 25, 1838 in Groton; enlisted July 22, 1863, Co. B, 3d Vt .; wounded at the Battle of Cold Harbor, in the neck, badly ; recovered and was in the last battles of the war around Petersburg. He m. Rosina Darling; d. Topsham, Dec. 8, 1892.
Children :
i. Jennie E.,3 b. May 2, 1860; m. May 21, 1885, Everett E. Willey of Tops- ham.
ii. Nathan D.,3 b. Feb. 16, 1862; m. Nov. 30, 1886, Lillie E. Bixby of Tops- ham; d, Oct. 16, 1889.
iii. Geo. W.,3 h. Oct. 2, 1866; m. May 20, 1889, Myra A. Peaslee; res. Barre, Vt .; carpenter.
iv. Walter A.,3 b. Feb. 18, 1879; m. July 4, 1891, Flora J. Bailey, gr. dau. Percival Bailey ; res. Topsham.
WORMWOOD.
DANIEL, 1 b. in Maine, 1787; lived in Cornish, Me., where he m. Mary True of Sandford. They came to Groton 1807, and to Ryegate 1808 and be- gan to clear the farm on the n. side of Blue Mt. afterwards owned by Edward Miller and now by Thos. A. Meader. They lived in North- umberland, N. H., ab. 6 yrs, She d. April 23, 1839. He d. Nov. 13, 1846.
Children :
i. Ira,2 b. in Me. 1803 ; never m., d. Boston.
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ii. Thomas,2 b. Cornish, Me., Sept. 1805.
2 iii. Daniel,2 b. Dec. 21, 1807.
iv. James,2 b. Groton, 1810.
v. Amos,2 b. March 9, 1813; went to Texas, ab. 1844. 2 ch.
vi. Obadiah,2 b. Oct. 24, 1814; lived and d. in Boston.
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