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Lamb, Levi, jr., married Olive Mead, of Monkton, Vt., and lived on the homestead of his father. , The names of his children were : James, who died in 1847, aged 12 years ; Adelaide, who died a few years after. Mr. Lamb died about a week after the death of his son, with the consumption. His widow died the following winter, leaving the daughter an orphan. She was taken by her grandfather Mead to Monk- ton, and died as above stated ; by her decease, the family became extinct, a sad case truly. Mr. Lamb and his wife were in the meridian of life, respected, and were useful members of Society. They were members of the M. E. Church. Mr. Lamb was, at his death, 37 years old, and his wife 38.
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Lamb, Russel, 2d, resides in the eastern part of the town, on the Wesly Clemons place, so-called. He married Lydia, daughter of Walter Lewis ; the children's names were : Annette, who married Adams Barden ; Adella and Freddie. Mr. Lamb is the only one left in town, who is of male lineage.
Lamb, Caleb, from Fort Henry, N. Y., married Lurana Roberts, by whom he had two sons and one daughter, who married Wm. Moody ; Merritt married Mary, daughter of Elias Palmer, and lives in town and has a family ; Leonard is West. Mr. Lamb's second wife was a widow Davis. He died in 1867, when she married Mr. Ransom Bateman, of Poultney.
Lewis, David, settled on the west street and occupied and owned the farm that Oscar Sprague now lives on. The children were : Aaron, David B. and Phebe, who married William Blossom ; Aaron married a Miss Wilcox, of Pawlet, and resides in Poultney, at an advanced age. Mr. Lewis held the office of justice several years. In his religious tenets, he was an Episcopalian. He died in 1845, at the advanced age at 88; his wife died in 1837, aged 76.
Lewis, David B., occupied the homestead of his father till a few years since ; he sold out and removed to Poultney, and resided there until his death, which occurred in 1866, aged 73. He married Amanda, daughter of Samuel Culver, and raised a family of eight children. They are as follows : Anna married John S. Hulett ; Laura, who died in 1842, aged 24; David B., jr., Amanda married James Hastings ; Phebe, who is now the wife of Robert Wickham, of Pawlet ; Joseph, Raymond H. and Rebecca, who married Wilder
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Lewis ; David B., jr., married Hannah, daughter of Eliud Smith, and went to Illinois, and died a few years after ; Joseph married Ellen, daughter of Almon Hopson, Esq., and died in 1867, leaving two children ; Raymond H. married Mary Lawrence, and died in California ; his widow went West, where again she married. IIe had one son named John ; Flanklin married and, with his wife, went to California in the spring of 1868. The widow is still living.
Lewis, Levi, lived a short distance north of the village, on the site of ground now owned by Nathan Crandall. His children were : Artemus, Levi, Orlin, Norman and Theodore. He was a tanner by trade ; he died in 1811, aged 37. Norman moved to Ripton, Vt .; Theodore was a physician, and died many years since.
The following incidents which occurred in Mr. Lewis family, was published in the " Mental Repast," in 1807, a periodical printed at Bennington, Vt., by Anthony Haswell.
" One Mr. Lewis, a tanner in Wells, was engaged in the concerns of his calling, his horse at the same time being in his mill grinding bark. The wheel drawn by the horse was very wide, proportionably high, and above a ton in weight. It was made of wood, and filled with long and hard cogs, or trunnions, for the breaking of the bark. His child, a boy of two or three years of age, had followed him out and, unobservedly, got within the circle of the wheel, near the stake. Soon after, the child in attempting to get out to his father, was knocked down by the shaft and the pondrous wheel ran over his head and crushed it in a dreadful manner. Two skillful surgeons were immediately sent for, and soon arrived ; the child lay apparently almost lifeless, his breathing was scarcely perceptible. On examination, the scull was
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found to be much fractured behind by one of the cogs, and over one eye by another ; from the fracture behind several pieces of loose bone were taken out, and nearly a spoonful of the brain removed from the wound. The opinion of the surgeons was, death must inevitably and speedily ensue, and, therefore, to attempt to trepan the scull would be but to give pain, without the most distant prospect of reaping any advantage. The wounds were, therefore, only cleansed in the most tender manner ; and without hope, the afflicted parents and sympathetic neighbors attended, expecting every moment the child would breath his last. Its breathing, however, became more and more perceptible, till at length he opened his eyes and asked his mother for something to eat. He accordingly received food, and was apparently refreshed thereby. Nature, the handmaid of Heaven, wrought a surprising work in his favor, and he is now apparently healthy, active and sensible as the children in general in the neighborhood of his residence."
" The child referred above, is Mr. Levi Lewis, now liv- ing in this town, upwards of 65 years of age."
Lewis, Artemus, Esq., married Pamelia Loomis, of Gran- ville, and, with his brother Levi, resided in the village .. The children were Edwin F. and Theodore ; Edwin went to New York where he married. He had one son, named Theodore, who resided with his grandparents, and died in the summer of 1861, a smart and intelligent boy, aged 10 years. Theodore went to New York, where he enlisted into the U. S. naval service and served during the late war; Edwin also served in naval service. Both were in a number of engagements with the enemy. Mr. Lewis has served in the capacity of
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justice of the peace upwards of 20 years. His brother Levi resides with him and is unmarried.
Lewis, Orlin, married Martha Worden, of Granville, N. Y. The names of the children were, Hiram W., Edgar, Lucius and Laura ; Hiram W. married Cornelia, daughter of Ethelbert Lewis, and resides in town ; Edgar went to Fairhaven, where he married; Lucius and Laura are unmarried. Mr. Lewis was postmaster several years, and held several town offices with ability. In his religious belief, he was an Episcopalian. He died in 1865, with the cancer. His widow resides on the homestead.
Lewis, Wilder, married Rebecca, daughter of David B. Lewis, Esq. ; they have one daughter named Ida; Mr. Lewis resides near the Pond saw-mill, which he owns ; this mill, since it has come under his supervision, has undergone a thorough repair ; a circular saw takes the place of the old gated concern ; he has added a planing machine which is doing good business.
Lewis, Alfred, married Catherine, daughter of Whiting Grover, and lives on the James Cox place ; the children are, Burton, Chester, and Elmer.
.Lewis, Abisha, married Julia Pratt of Burlington ; she died in 1867, leaving two children; Mr. Lewis resides in the western part of Tinmouth.
Lewis, William, came from Pawlet in 18-, and resided on the Shubael Sumner farm ; the children were, William, jr., who married Lovina Downie of Pawlet, by whom he had four children: Mariett married Alfred Bookins ; Amanda, Ermina, and Palmer ; he died in 1836, aged 36; Alva mar- ried Jerusha, daughter of Frederic Pember, and resides in Weston, Vt. ; John, Orrin who died in 1854, IIannah married
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John Morse, and lives in Idaho ; Sylvia married Madison Lamb, who died in 1849 ; she next married Harris Stevens, and is again a widow.
Lewis, John, son of the above, married Cordelia, daughter of Michael Clemons, and resided on the homestead of his father until 1864; he removed to Poultney ; the children were, Lucetta who married Pherorus How ; David, a gradu- ate of Union College, is a Methodist minister, and is on a circuit in York State ; Cassius, Ida, and Fanny.
Lewis, Zenas, married a Miss Pratt, and resided on the place now owned by Nelson Lewis ; he removed to Tinmouth about the year of 1843 ; the children were, Wesley who married Elvira, daughter of Walter Lewis, Lorenzo D., Darwin who married Jennet, daughter of Calvin Brewer, now of Rutland ; Newman married Betsey Young of Tin- mouth, where he now resides ; Rosetta, Lucina married James Wales, Maria married Haskins B. Carpenter and resides in town.
Lewis, Lorenzo D., married Mary Ann, daughter of Wil- liam Lewis; the children are as follows, viz: Adelia S. married Franklin D. Youngs; they had two children, Ida and Willis. Mr. Youngs enlisted in the 14th regiment of Vermont vol- unteers, and died in Brattleboro in 1863, on his way home ; Mary E. married Chauncy Robinson of Pawlet ; Sarah Jane married Emmett Farrer of this town ; Lorenzo E., Edna E. and William ; Mr. Lewis resides in Wallingford.
Lewis, Walter, moved to town in 1832; the name of his wife was Temperance Smith, children were, Nelson, Wilder, Abisha Alfred, Elvira who married Wesley Lewis, and died several years since ; Viola married Poltus Kelly, Lydia mar- ried Russell Lamb, 2d, Laura married Seth Geer, and soon
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after died ; Mrs. Lewis died soon after moving to town; Mr. Lewis died in 1867, aged 76.
Lewis, Nelson, married Caroline Barden of Rupert ; the children were, Mahala, who married Levi Finney of Pawlet, Mosell who is dead, Charles, and Barden ; his wife died in 1858 ; he next married Eunice Pratt of Burlington, by whom he has two children, Ellsworth and Arthur.
Lewis, Nathaniel, was an early settler and lived on the farm now owned by Enoch Cone, in the northern part of the town ; he had four sons, Nathaniel, jr., Reuben, Enos, and John ; Nathaniel jr. married a Miss Cole ; Reuben married , and was a practical physician in town several years, and then went west; Enos married Eunice, daughter of Joseph Button, by whom he had four children : Perrin, who married Emily, daughter of Jared Francis ; she died the next year, he next married Lury, daughter of Francis Cook ; Bradley, who went to the Florida war and never returned ; one daughter married Elijah Bennett, and another unmarried. Mr. Enos Lewis's family left town in 1832, and reside in Harmony, N. Y. ; John married Rhoda, daughter of James Hall, and moved west ; he had one son named Abner, who was born in this town ; and by perse- verance and close application to his professional studies, he - won his way to honor and respect ; he was county judge of Chatauque county, N. Y., and was a member of Congress two years from the western district of New York. Young man, think of this, and imitate the noble example set forth by this poor boy, born in a log cabin, in the early days of our town, winning his way to distinction and honor.
Lewis, Samuel, resided on the place that Michael Cullen now owns; he left town over thirty years since ; he had one
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son named Benjamin, who married Abigail Wyman of Tin- mouth ; he had one daughter named Mary ; she married a Mr. Baldwin of Rutland, and is dead.
Lewis, Benjamin sen., came into town in 1807, and settled on the place now owned by Hiram W. Lewis ; their children were, Louisa who married John C. Hopson, jr. ; Ethelbert, Benjamin jr., Amasa H., and Abba who married William Goodrich. Mr. Lewis died in 1847, his wife in 1862.
Lewis, Ethelbert, married Paulina, daughter of Ansel Goodspeed ; their children are : Cornelia married Iliram W. Lewis ; Jairus married and resides in Poultney ; he was in the service, in the late war of the rebellion, and nobly did his part as a soldier ; Oscar, who went to Pike's Peak a few years since, and Wilbert, who married Amanda, daughter of Alonzo Smith, of Pawlet.
Lewis, Benjamin jr., married Chalina, daughter of Sam- uel Culver jr. ; their children's names are, Matilda, who married Jay Goodrich of Granville, N. Y., and resides in Tinmouth ; Merritt married Mary, daughter of Calvin Grover, and now resides in Granville, N. Y. ; Rodey M .; Harlan P. married Helen, daughter of Robert R. Woodard, Esq., of Middletown ; he, with his brother Merritt, is occupied in the marble business in Granville, and Rollin. Mr. Lewis, with his son Rodney, carries on an extensive manufacturing estab- lishment ; a store has been added to the firm, known as the firm of B. Lewis & Son ; Rodney M. married Maria Foster ; he is the present town clerk, and does honor to the office.
Lewis, Amasa II., married a Miss Jones of Pawlet, and has two children : Albert, who married Hannah D., daughter of James F. Cone, and Abba ; he resides in town.
Lewis, Ambrose, lived on the place now owned by Wins-
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low Goodspeed ; he married Betsy Lamb of this town ; children's names were : Orson, who married a Miss Hyde of Poultney ; Horace married Orah Stevens of Middletown, went to Michigan, and is dead ; Jualine married John Stevens of Middletown ; they went to Iowa; and Emeline, who, with Mr. Lewis, moved west nearly 40 years ago.
Lindsay, Matthew, settled on the place now owned by James F. Cone ; he married a Miss Keyes of Middletown ; his family consisted of six children : Harry married Sally, daughter of Cyrus Beardsley, of Poultney ; he removed with his family to Michigan in 1839; Rufus H. married Julia, daughter of William Potter, and left town many years since ; William went west in 1829 ; Keyes married Almira, daughter of Joseph Button, and resides in Wisconsin ; Parla married Enoch Cone, and is dead ; Maria married Marver- ick Rudd of Middletown ; Mr. Rudd went west in 1837.
Lounsberry, M. Nathan, from Pawlet, lived near where Capt. William Lamb now resides; he had one daughter named Sophia, who died in 1841; Mr. Lounsberry was a soldier in the revolutionary war ; he removed to Rutland in 1828, and died in Clarendon at the age of 100 years.
Lumbard, Benjamin, ( by A. Lewis, Esq., ) married Patience Goodspeed, in Barnstable Mass .; they had seven - children, all born at that place; in 1797 they moved to Wells ; the names of their children were : Alvin, who married Sarah Culver ; Bethiah married Levi Lewis ; Olive and Anna both died young; Ebenezer married Pamela McClure; Joseph married Betsey Malory ; Benjamin married Lucinda Tyler. Some of the grand-children are now living in Wells.
Malory, Ogden, was the first settler in town ; he came to town in 1768, and built the first framed barn in Wells. It
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required all the aid that could be obtained in Wells, Poultney and Pawlet, to raise the frame-work of this building ; the site of this barn was near the dwelling house where Rev. Wm. H. Hull now resides ; this building was taken down thirty-five years ago. His children were Silas, Gill. Stephen, and Justin who had a daughter named Sally ; she was drowned in Lake Champlain in 1823; Olive, who married Asa Stevens. Mr. Malory died in 1811, aged 91. Malory Gill mar- ried Sarah, daughter of Joseph Lamb ; he had two daughters, named Polly who married Dr. Nathan Mitchell, and Amy. Mr. Malory went west in 1827.
Malory, Zacheus, came into town about the same time that his brother Ogden came. We learn from the records that he was a delegate from this town, at a convention held at Dorset in 1771. As to his family history, we can obtain no records.
Merriman, Abel, moved into town in 1771; he married Betsy Merriman ; his family consisted of the following chil- dren : Caleb, George, Samuel, and Abigail who married Jonathan Francis, who died soon after ; she next married Timothy Hibbard of Poultney ; from thence they went to Orwell.
Merriman, S. Samuel, married Polly Cross, and settled south of the village, on the place now owned by Nathan W. Crandall ; the children were, Robert, Polly married John Reynolds who died in 1827 ; she next married IIezekiah Winchell who died in 1865 ; Betsy married a Mr. Scovill, and resides in Warsaw, N. Y. ; Martha married Joseph Morse, by whom she had the following children : Samuel, John who married Julia Bryant ; she died ; he next married Hannah, daughter of William Lewis, and resides in Idaho ;
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Carlos, who went to Illinois, and enlisted into the Union service, where soon after he died ; Betsy and Sarah; Hannah married Lyman Ware, and is a widow ; Samuel jr., who died in 1827, and Elihu who married Climena, daughter of Eleazer Crosby of Pawlet, and now resides in Marengo, Ill. Mr. Merriman died in 1847, aged 86; his wife in 1845, aged 74.
Merrills, Hallowel, from Worthington, Mass., settled on the farm now occupied by his son Thaddeus ; he married Mehitable Clemons ; the children were Thaddeus, and Calvin who married Hannahi, daughter of Josiah Cross ; he removed to Roxbury Vt. Mr. Merrills died in 1818, aged 63 ; his wife in 1840, aged 73. Thaddeus Merrills married widow Hannah Lamb, by whom he had two children, Betsey and Polly ; Betsey married Wesley Wales and resides in town ; Polly married Russell Wales, she died in 1858, leaving one child named Vine. Mr. Merrills is in his 77th year, to whom we are indebted for a portion of our family sketches.
Merrills, Nathaniel, resided on Butts Hill ; he married a Miss Thompson ; both were from Connecticut ; the children were, Nathaniel who married Lucinda Bassett of Salem, N. Y., and moved to Chatauque Co., N. Y .; James married Rhoda, daughter of the Rev. Shubael Lamb ; he, with his family, removed to the town of Day, N. Y .; Walker, Lorin, and Rhoda who married Amos Stevens. Mr. Merrills and his wife both died in town many years since ; no monument or record is left by which their ages can be ascertained.
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Merrills, Daniel, from Tinmouth in 1845, married Eliza, daughter of Philetus Brookins; the names of the children were, Orestus J., who married Eunice Cull of Pawlet ; Loraine married William License of Granville, N. Y .; Cynthia
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died young ; Daniel, Philetus and Fayette ; Orestus lives in Pawlet, and the remainder reside in town. Mr. Mcrrills died in 1853, aged 35.
Millard, Jonathan, resides on Butts IIill ; he married Margaret Nelson of Granville, who died in 1864, aged 34 ; he has one daughter named Mahala, who resides with her father.
Merrills, Levi, from New Hampshire in 1813, settled on the Gray place ; he had a large family ; he sold and moved to Middletown in 1833 ; his son Whiting died in Middletown three years since, and leaves a widow and two children.
Mosher, Aaron, Esq., son of Daniel Mosher of Tinmouth, married Ruth Richardson of Coventry,. Conn., by whom he had nine children, viz .: Aaron jr., Susan married Asa Brown of Tinmouth, Olive married John Lobdil of Pawlet ; they now reside in Wisconsin ; Maria married Milton Brown of Danby ; Emily married Jackson Cross, and removed to Roxbury, Vt., where she died ; Julia married John Earls of Fort Ann, N. Y .; Austin was a clergyman and married a Miss Earls, also of Fort Ann ; Arch went west when young ; his wife died in 1816 ; he next married the widow of Dr. James Mosher, by whom he had two children ; Betsy and Myron both went west when young. Mr. Mosher was repre- sentative to the Legislature two years, and a Justice of the Peace for many years ; he, with his family, went to Erie Co., N. Y., where he died at the ripe old age of 90 ; his widow still survives.
Mosher, Aaron jr., married Remembrance, daughter of Benjamin Rider ; he lived some years on the IIunt lot ; he then sold and went to Ellington, N. Y., where he still resides ; he left town in 1824.
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Moss, Timothy, from Farmington, Conn., settled in town in 1772; his wife was Mary Churchell, of Middletown, Conn .; she was sister to the Churchells who settled Hub- bardton. Mr. Morse served in the French war, and took an active part in the Revolutionary war. We have heard him tell of the trials that our ancestors had to endure. At the time when a portion of the British army, under Burgoyne, were marching south by the way of Castleton, flushed with their success at Hubbardton, they pressed the retreating Americans with vigor. As soon as the inhabitants got news of their approach, they quickly left their habitations for Bennington ; they buried their cooking utensils and other articles that they could not carry with them ; a bed was put upon a horse's back which served as a pillion for the woman to ride upon, while the husband would shoulder his musket and walk on foot. Several of our first settlers marched to Bennington in this tiresome manner. He had a brother named Joseph ; he settled on the place that R. S. Wells now owns ; but being a tory he was obliged to leave his new home, and seek a more safe place in Canada. He had two brothers who came into town, but soon moved away. Mr. Moss died in 1828, aged 90, his wife in 1833, aged 87. Mr. Moss never had, in a long life, an attending physician - till his last sickness, and never had an illness of any kind to deter him from partaking his daily repast.
Mosher, Doct. James, married Betsy, daughter of Jason Tyler ; he practiced in town a few years, but his usefulness was cut short while his life was full of promise ; he died in 1816, aged -. He left one son named Darwin, who went to Rochester, N. Y., and died in 1833, aged 21.
Moody, James, married Abigail, daughter of Simeon
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Atwater ; the children were, Charles who married Loverna Wilkins, and resides in Poultney ; John married Caroline Smith of Poultney ; William married Jane, daughter of Caleb Lamb of this town. Mr. Moody died many years since ; his widow now lives with her fourth husband, Mr. Ran- som Bateman of Poultney; William served in the 14th Regiment Vt. Volunteers. A fatal accident befell a little boy of his, by being run away with a team attached to a wagon ; the boy was in the carriage at the time ; he was thrown out upon the ground, and terribly mutilated ; when his father came to him he said, "Pa, I have got to die ;" he lingered in great agony till the next day, when he expired. This took place in 1868.
Mitchell, Ichabod, married Joanna Root ; he had two sons, Alvah and Nathan ; the latter was a physician, and died in 1823, aged 33. He married Polly, daughter of Gill Mallory. He left one son named Safford. She afterwards married a Mr. Witheral of Moriah, N. Y. Mr. Mitchell died in 1829, aged 74.
Mitchell, Alvah, resides on the Seth Potter farm, west of Pond Bridge ; he married Lydia, daughter of Ansell Good- speed ; he has one son and a daughter, Isaac and Paulina ; the latter married Darius S. Parks ; Isaac married Elizabeth- Foster ; they have one son named Alva. Mr. Mitchell has by his industry accumulated a large estate.
Munson, Doct. Joseph, came to town in 1828, from Salem, N. Y., and practiced as such till age unfitted him for his practice. He married Anna Beardsley of Poultney ; his children were, Alfred, Laura Ann, and Roxanna who died in 1841, aged 27. Alfred married Miss Minerva Beckwith by whom he had two daughters, Laura Ann and Helen ; Laura
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Ann married Franklin Fenton, and Helen married John S. Wells. Doct. Munson died in 1852, aged 72.
McArthur, Samuel, married Louisa Simms of Granville, N. Y., and lived in town until his death, which occurred in 1859. He raised a family ; his son Franklin enlisted in the 7th Vt. Regiment, and died soon after, while in service.
McFadden, Henry from Granville in 1860, and lives on the Samuel Culver farm, married Calista Rogers ; the children are : Charles, Mary, Sarah Alice, Benjamin and Albert.
Nichols, Dr. Charles C., from Castleton in 1856, and has practiced as physician in town to the present time. He married a Miss Spaulding, by whom he has had two children -Jennie, a promising girl, but died while young, and Carrie.
Nott, Epaphreus, came into town about the year of 1783 ; he was a cooper by trade, and lived near Mr. Joshua Howe's residence. He married Jemima Sumner. IIe moved west. to central New York, in 1798, and died in 1848, aged 98.
Norton, James, from Granville, N. Y .; he resides on the Roger Culver farm ; he is a member of the society of Friends, or Quakers. He is the proprietor of the cheese manufacturing establishment, which he has carried on for a few years with success ; the milk brought to this establish- ment is from the west part of this town, and the northwestern part of Pawlet. The name of his present wife was Cynthia Carpenter ; he has a son named Amos.
Norton, James T., resides on the Conant farm, in the western part of the town ; he came from Granville, N. Y. He married Louisa, daughter of Abijah Williams of Poultney.
Parker, Abel sen., from Poultney ; he was twice married ; by his first wife he had three children-Willard, Abel jr., and Clarissa who died of consumption. Mr. Parker's second
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wife was Miss Eleanor, daughter of David Howe, of this town, and reared a family of children. He owned the grist- mill till 1837, when he sold to Halsey Goodrich, and removed to Illinois.
Parker, Abel jr., married Amanda, daughter of Ansell Goodspeed, Esq., and resided on the place now occupied by Thomas Pratt ; his children were : Carlos A., Eveline who married Barden Beals ; Sophia J. married Charles W. Potter ; Delos J., who went to Illinois ; Amanda A., who married Myron Willard, and is dead ; Wilbur F., who resides in Rutland, and is in the jewelry business of the firm of Bailey & Parker. Mr. Parker died in -; his wife in 1867.
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