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Bliss, John, was born in Rehoboth, Mass., September 17. 1773, and settled in Royal- ton in 1796, where he died August 29, 1859. He married Rebecca Hutchinson. Their children were Emily (deceased), married Orthneil Dunham; Calvin Parkhurst, died in Randolph, Vt .; Nathan, died sixteen years of age; Charles, died three years of age; Sa- rah Ann, widow of Isaac Brown, resides at Bethel, Vt .; Charles William; Mary L. (de- ceased), married Nathan Parker ; John Hutchinson, a resident of Springfield, Mass .; Re- becca Jane (deceased), married Ira Holt.
Bliss, Charles Williams, son of John, born in Royalton, September 16, 1814, married Henrietta Whitney. They had three children, viz .: Willis Whitney, died forty-two years of age; William Henry, an attorney of Middlebury, Vt .; and Daniel W., resides with his father and carries on the home farm.
Bradstreet .- The family of this name in Royalton is descended from Governor Simon Bradstreet, one of the early governors of Massachusetts Bay Colony. Governor Brad- street was born at Horbling, Lincolnshire, England, March 1603. He married first Ann, daughter of Governor Thomas Dndley. John, his third son, was born at Andover, Mass.,
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July 22, 1652, married Sarah, daughter of Rev. William B. Perkins, of Topsfield, Mass., where he died January 11, 1718. His eldest son, Simon, born at Topsfield, April 14, 1682, married Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. Joseph Capin. His eldest son, Simon, born April 21, 1714, married a Miss Flint, and had a son Henry, who was the father of Will- iam Bradstreet, who was born at Topsfield, and removed to Royalton in 1829. He mar- ried Elizabeth Killum. They had a family of five children : Eliza (deceased), married Squire Marcy ; Maria (deceased), married Dr. Nelson Gardner; George W .; Abigail, widow of a Mr. Ward; and Harriet, widow of William Ray, resides in Andover, Mass. George W., son of William, born in Boxford, Mass., May 1, 1809, married Charlotte S. Pierce. They had four children, viz .: George Pierce, who for eighteen years has been clerk of the Sen- ate Committee on Judiciary, and resides in Washington, D. C .; Jennie, died aged two years; Frank W., a resident of Washington, D. C .; and Susan, died aged one year.
Brooks, John, came from Alstead, N. H., and settled in Royalton, Vt, at an early day. He married Martha Prentice. Their children were John, Howard, Austin, Joshua, Ash- nath, Susan, Sophia, Martha and Austin. John died January 25, 1852.
Brooks, Austin, son of John, born at Alstead, August 4, 1799, married for his first wife Huldah Anderson. Of their five children, one died in infancy. Austin's second wife was Susan Smith of West Randolph, born March 3, 1824. Their children are Selden S., Clarence W., a resident of Ogden City, Utah, and Francis D.
Brooks, Selden S., son of Austin, born in Royalton, November 20, 1846, married La- rene, daughter of Harvey and Mary (Washburn) Corbin. They have two children : Ma- bel E. and Sarah S. Mr. Brooks is engaged in farming, and owns and carries on the homestead farm.
Brooks, Francis D., son of Austin, born in Royalton, June 10, 1850, married Eva J. Marsh. They have two children : Lewis Francis, born November 30, 1878, and Lora May, horn May 7, 1884.
Brown, Eben G., born in Augusta, Me., August 18, 1852, is the only son of Benjamin and Harriet Maria (Brown) Brown. Benjamin, the grandfather of Eben G., was born in Epping, N. H., September 2, 1793, and married Mary Colcord of Kingston, N. H. Benjamin, his father, was born November 12, 1830, and died in Boston, May 23, 1884. Eben G. married Hattie Ella, daughter of David and Lendia (Burnham) Allen. Her father was the son of Solomon Allen, who was born in Greenfield, Mass., February 22, 1800, and married Nancy Pressy of Chelsea, Vt., who was born October 3, 1804. Of their seven children, David, the eldest son, was born November 15, 1829, married Lendia, second daughter of Ariel and Sally (Payne) Burnham. Their children are Hattie R., born in Brookfield, Vt., July 18, 1853; Lendia Ardelle, born May 16, 1855, resides in Worces- ter, Mass .; Ariel Burnham, born July 30, 1857, married Mary, daughter of Thomas and Mary Leland, and they have one child, Alice M., and reside in Clinton, Mass. David Allen died March 13, 1885, his wife August 5, 1857. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Brown are Benjamin C., born in Boston September 8, 1877; Lendia Hermione, born February 13, 1882; Albert, born April 23, 1883, died May 7, 1883, and Florence May, born February 28, 1885. Mr. Brown removed from Canaan, N. H., and settled in Roy- alton in 1885.
Carpenter, Harlin, was born in Strafford, August 3, 1841, the eldest in a family of three children of Selah and Rebecca (West) Carpenter. After attending the district schools he was a student for three terms at the Academy of New Hampton, N. H. He was graduated from Eastman's Business College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., in 1862. He studied dentistry with Dr. G. D. Blanchard, of West Randolph, Vt., and has been asso- ciated as partner with the following gentlemen, Drs. J. N. Haskell, of Woodstock, Vt., Charles B. Erickson, of New Britton, Conn., G. W. Frame, of Brooklyn, N, Y., George W. Modeman, George E. Nettleton, of New Haven, Conn., F. M. Hemingway, of Bos- ton, and George F. Harwood, of Worcester, Mass. Dr. Carpenter opened an office in South Royalton, August 1, 1887, where he now carries on his profession. .
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Corbin, Elijah, born in Thompson, Conn., in 1776, came to Royalton in 1792, where he died November 5, 1812. He married Orinda Childs, and raised a family of eleven children, viz. : Parley and Elsie, who died in Royalton; Esbon, died in New York State ; Betsey (deceased), married William Hatch ; Erastus, died in Royalton; Frank- lin ; Hiram, died in Royalton; Dolly, died single; Lney (deceased), married Caleb Tem- ple; Mary (deceased), married Chauncy Temple; Martha, widow of John Kent, resides in Royalton.
Corbin, Franklin, son of Elijah, born in Royalton, January 5, 1801, married March 12, 1828, Abilena Clapp, who was born August 14, 1806. Of their nine children two died in infancy. The others were Lucy, wife of John Wild of Royalton; Mary (deceased), married Charles E. Sawyer; Miranda, died single; Arthur, died young; Ella, wife of E. A. Thatcher of Royalton; Arthur. died seventeen years of age; Elba A., born in Royal- ton, married Emma, daughter of Dr. James E. Morse of Hartford, Vt., and resides on the farm settled by his grandfather. He has no children.
Cowdery, Nathaniel, was born November 20, 1699, and married Mehitable Damon. Their son, Jabez, born in Montague, May 29, 1741, married Ruth Wickham, who was born in Glastonbury, Conn., November 27, 1742. They had eleven children. Elihu, their youngest son, was born in Sandersfield, Conn., May 20, 1782. He was a physician, and m 1798 came to Tunbridge, Vt. He married Hannah Fifield, who was born in Unity, N. H., September 6, 1788. Their children were David W .; Chloe, widow of Sewall God- frey, resides in Tunbridge; Fitch, died aged twenty-six; Ruth, died aged nineteen ; Adelia A., married, first, Rev. Lyman Wing, second, Sylvanus Newell; Mary, married Samuel Turner; and George. Elihu died September 16, 1854. David Wickham, son of Elihu, was born in Tunbridge, Vt., May 26, 1811. His first wife was Clarissa Tarbell, by whom he had eight children: Ruth, widow of Wallace Foster, engaged in teaching in Kansas; Betsey Ann, wife of James G. Bingham of Royalton; Mary Ellen, wife of Thomas Johnson of Salem, Mass .; John W., resides at Saratoga Springs, N. Y .; Clara, widow of David Bosworth, and lives in Royalton ; Maria P., wife of William G. Davis, of Glens Falls. N. Y .; Fred D. and Frank D. Mr. Cowdery has been a resident of Roy- alton since 1855.
Day .- This name is of Welch origin, derived from the river Dee in Wales. Robert Day, the American ancestor, was born in 1604 and came to Cambridge, Mass,, in 1634. He was twice married, being accompanied on his voyage by his first wife, Mary His second wife was Edith Stebbins. He died in Hartford, Conn., in 1648. Of his four children, John is the common ancestor of the Hartford branch. He married Sarah May- nard and probably died in 1730. Of his family of eight children, John, the second son, was born in 1677. He resided at Colchester, Conn., and was twice married. He had eleven children. His son, Benjamin, was born in Colchester, Conn., February 7, 1704. He married Margaret Foote and died December 22, 1777. Of his family of thirteen chil- dren Benjamin, the eldest son, was born in Colchester, September 13, 1731, and removed from Hebron, Conn., to Royalton in 1774. He married for his first wife Abigail, daugh- ter of Samuel Day of Colchester. Their children were Samuel, Benjamin, Mary, Asa and Solomon. His second wife was a widow, Mrs. Eunice Young, by whom he had chil- dren as follows: Standish, Ralph, Alfred, Sylvester, Ebenezer and Ira.
Denison, Dr. Joseph A., of Royalton, was born at Stoughton, Conn., December 22, 1774. and was the eldest son of James Denison, who became one of the early settlers of Hartland, Vt. Dr. Joseph A. became a resident of Bethel, Vt., in 1797. He studied medicine with Dr. Gallup. He practiced his profession in that town till 1815, when he removed to Royalton, where he died September 5, 1855. He married Rachel Chase. Of their family of nine children, three died in childhood. The six who reached adult age were Joseph A .; George, an Episcopal minister, died at Keokuk, Ia .; James, an attorney, died at San Antonio, Tex .; Alice (deceased), married David W. Grant; Rachel C., re- sides in Royalton; and Dudley C. Joseph A., the eldest son of Dr. Joseph A., was born in Bethel, Vt. He studied medicine with his father, attended lectures at the Medical
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School at Woodstock, Vt., took a classical course at the University of Vermont, and a course of lectures at the Medical Department of Yale College. He spent all of his pro- fessional life in Royalton, where he died. He married Eliza Skinner. Of their family of twelve children, seven are living.
Dutton, Amasa, son of Amasa, was born in Clarendon, Vt., in 1783. At the age of six he came to Royalton with his father. He married for his first wife Tamison Ash- croft, by whom he had children as follows: Harry, died young; Carlos, died in Roches- ter, N. Y .; Caroline, the widow of Dr. James Woodworth, resides in Bethel, Vt .; Carl- ton, died in Buffalo, N. Y .; and Harry died in Rochester, N. Y. His second wife, Altha Louisa Hazen, was born September 14, 1805. Their children were Altha Louisa (de- ceased), married Joseph N. Kinney ; Amasa Parmelee, a resident of Craftsbury, Vt .; Da- vid Hazen; Tamison Ashcroft, wife of Samuel McIntosh; Elnora Maria, died seven years of age; Sarah Parmelee, wife of Rodolphus D. Kinney; and Francis Edward, a resident of Barton, Vt. Amasa died April 1, 1863.
Dutton, David Hazen, son of Amasa, born in Royalton, January 12, 1822, married Har- riet D. Walbridge of Randolph, and they have two children, Henry Walbridge, born in Royalton April 6, 1847, married Laura Anna Chapin, and has two children, Altha Lula and Laura Annie; and Abigail Caroline, wife of Charles H. Kidder of Bethel.
Ellis, Moses, was born in Walpole, N. H., and married Catharine Boyden, by whom he had five children, none of whom are living. He settled in East Barnard about 1785, where he died in 1830.
Ellis, Enoch, son of Moses, was born in Barnard, June 30, 1804. He became a resident of Royalton in the spring of 1842 and married, first, Eliza Smith, by whom he had two children : Moses, a resident of Keene, N. H., and Martha, died thirty years of age. His second wife was Marcia Spaulding, by whom he had four children : Marcus, George, Al- bert and Abbie. Enoch died June 27, 1879.
Ellis, George, son of Enoch, born in Royalton, December 4, 1847, married Florence Spaulding. They have three children: Oliver J, Jesse A. and Clifford E. Mr. Ellis was a member of the House of Representatives in 1884, and is one of the present board of se- lectmen.
Fay, Willard E., the youngest of three children, was born in Williamstown, Vt., De- cember 8, 1861. Gardner Fay, his father, who was a son of Henry, who is still living in Calais, Vt., enlisted as a private in the last war, and was killed at Orange Grove. His mother, Matilda Saucry, married for her second husband Edson Allen. He had two brothers, Allen Gardner, attorney-at-law, lives in Montpelier, and Frank Irvin, jeweler, resides at Orange, Mass. Willard E. was six months old when his father enlisted, and he lived with his grandmother, Mrs. Saucry, in Williamstown till he was seven years of age, then with Norman G. Davis until he was fourteen, then went to learn the black- smith trade of James Parmenter of Brookfield. He worked at his trade the three years following with Albert Martin of Williamstown. In 1884 he finally settled in Royalton, where he carried on his trade.
Goff, Oliver, a native of Rehoboth, Mass., first settled on the farm now owned by Ed- win Allen in Pomfret. He had ten children : Noah, died in Royalton; Frederick, died in Pomfret; Bliss, resides in Woodstock; Oliver, died in Pomfret, aged ninety-two; Luther, died in Sharon, aged ninety ; Calvin ; Thankful (deceased), married Martin Boy- den ; Olive (deceased), married Chester Perrin; Hannah (deceased), married Luther Boyden; and Nancy (deceased), married Samuel Bowen. Calvin, son of Oliver, was born in Pomfret, and married Lavinia Bugbee. Their children were Phineas, Emily H., widow of Benjamin Day; Lucinda, William S. and Harry B. (twins). Phineas, son of Calvin, was born in Royalton, February 25, 1809, married Aurilla Spaulding. They had two children : Calvin Phineas, born in Royalton, November 30, 1834, married Mary Aus- tin, and they have one child, Abby; and Amanda, died aged twenty-four. Phineas died January 15, 1880. Harry B., son of Colvin, was born in Royalton, May 23, 1818, mar-
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ried June 2, 1837, Lucy F. Follett of Pomfret, who died January 22, 1877. His second wife was Laura A., widow of Elisha G. Shurtliff and daughter of Lewis and Olive Bur- rows. Mr. Goff has adopted two children, viz .: Charles F., living at Barnard, and Hat- tie M., who married Warren F. Wheeler, and died at Stoneham, Mass.
Hickey, Dennis, was born in County Limerick, Ireland, in 1832. His father died when he was twelve years of age. His mother, with seven of her nine children, emi- grated to America in 1849. Dennis and a sister came a year later, landing in New York the 2d of September, 1850. Mr. Hickey was taken sick with ship fever and after re- maining a few months in the hospital at Staten Island, joined his mother at Port Henry, N. Y. In the spring of 1851 he came to Bridport, Vt., and was engaged in farming in that town and Cornwall till 1861. In September of that year he enlisted in Company F, Fifth Vermont Regiment. He was discharged on account of disability April, 1862. Re- turning to Cornwall, he afterwards became a resident of New Haven, Vt., and removed to Royalton in the spring of 1874. He married, September 9, 1866, Harriet Alexander, and has a family of four children : Edward D., George S., Maggie L. and Florence M.
Howard, Philip, a native of Bridgewater, Mass., born in 1770, came to Royalton in 1794, married Rebecca Wilber for his first wife, and had nine children. Caroline Ste- vens was his second wife, and they had two children. His family located in the West, except Elisha, child of the first wife, and Charles, child of the second wife. Charles lives in Bethel, Vt. Philip died at his son Elisha's home in 1860, aged ninety years.
Howard, Elisha, son of Philip, was born in Royalton, July 22, 1806, and died June 24, 1886. He married Polly Davis, by whom he had eleven children. She was born in Pittsfield, Vt., March 14, 1808, and died at Royalton, April 26, 1888. Their children were Almira W., born April 3, 1833, married Humphrey Cheney of Colton, N. Y., where they now live; John Benjamin, born May 7, 1836, died at Salem, Oregon, in 1887; Mary Elizabeth, born October 22, 1834, married Harvey Ainsworth, and lives in Delton, Wis. ; Amanda Melvina, born March 8, 1838, died at her father's home May 10, 1869 ; Thomas Benton, born November 22, 1839, died at Alexandria, July 3, 1861, a true sol- dier of the Union; Silas Wright; Philip Newton, born November 15, 1843, was color- bearer of the 16th Reg. Vt. Vols., and was killed at the battle of Gettysburg, July 3, 1863; David Wheelock, born December 31, 1845, married Lizzie Evans of Furgus Falls, Minn., and they live in Star, Dakota; Sarah Francelia, born January 18, 1847, married Chester Clark, of Royalton, and died June 27, 1884 ; Frank William, born October 9, 1851, married Clara McPherson of Furgus Falls, Minn., where he lives; Aldula H., born September 25, 1854, married M. K. Tucker, of Pittsfield, Vt.
Howard, Sllas W., the sixth child of Elisha and Polly Howard, and the only one of their family whose residence is Royalton, is a farmer and lives on a farm adjoining the one on which his grandfather settled, and where the family have lived for the last thirty- five years. He was a soldier in the Rebellion. He was mustered into Company E, 2d U. S. Sharpshooters, November 27, 1861, and was discharged in 1862. While in the service he was severely wounded, having received seventeen wounds at the battle of Antietam. He married Dorah Rand, daughter of Reuben and Harriet Rand of Barnard. They have seven children, Frank B., Edith M., Erva A., Willie D., Arthur H., Lucinda and Florence.
Jones, Joseph R., M.D., was born in Livonia, N. Y., June 12, 1815, the youngest son of Abiel and Rebecca (Rix) Jones. His father was a physician and a Presbyterian min- ister, and went as a home missionary to Ohio, returning to Royalton in 1825, where he died. Dr. Jones was a student in the Royalton Academy, took a course of lectures at the Medical College, Woodstock, and was graduated from Dartmouth College. He stud- ied medicine with Dr. Charles B. Chandler of Tunbridge, also with his brother, Dr. Daniel Jones of Ludlow. He commenced the practice of his profession at East Barnard, but after two years he was obliged to move West on account of ill-health. Locating at Princeton, Ill., he practiced there five or six years, when he removed to La Moille, Ill., where he continued in his profession until his death, December 22, 1882. Dr. Jones was
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a member of the Illinois State and Bureau County Medical Societies. He married Susan Hutchinson of Tunbridge, who returned to South Royalton in the spring of 1883, where she now resides. He had no children.
Lamb, Hon. Charles M., of Royalton, was born in Randolph, Vt., April 6, 1803, and is the youngest son of Joseph and Dorcas (Marcy) Lamb He received his education in the district schools, and by attendance one term each in Randolph and Claremont Academies. Mr. La nb became a member of the Orange County Bar in 1850, and commenced the practice of his profession at Tunbridge, Vt. In December, 1852, he moved to South Roy- alton, at which time he became a member of the Windsor County Bar. He continued his practice alone till 1870, when he entered into a partnership with Arthur Culver, which continued until Mr. Culver's death. He associated himself with Charles P. Tarbell in April, 1873, which partnership still exists under the firm name of Lamb & Tarbell. Mr. Lamb is the eldest man in the practice of his profession in the State. He married Louisa Hutchinson and had a family of four children : Amos H .; Emily, wife of Henry H. Kins- man of Hartford, Conn .; Hellen (deceased), married Joseph Stannard of Cleveland, O .; and Susan.
Pierce, Nathaniel, married Priscilla Shepard and had children as follows: Lucy, mar- ried Dr. Phineas Parkhurst of Lebanon, N. H .; Williard, Betsey and Isaac. The latter married Polly Smith, who was a sister of Joseph Smith, the Mormon Apostle, who was a native of Royalton ; also Bester, who lived and died in Potsdam, N. Y., and Priscilla, who married a Mr. Howe.
Pierce, Willard, son of Nathaniel, born in Connecticut in 1761, married, July 22, 1784, Susan Waldo of Pomfret, Connecticut. Soon after his marriage he removed to Royal- ton. He had a family of eight children, viz .: Betsey, died young ; Phineas ; Albigence, died in Royalton; John D., died in Strafford, Vt .; Lucy (deceased), married a Mr. Her- rick of New London, N. H .; Betsey (deceased), married, first, a Mr. Greenough, second, Joseph L. Dewey ; Priscilla (deceased), married Dr. Thomas Wnipple of New Hamp- shire; and Daniel W., died in Sharon, Vt. Willard died in Royalton in 1828.
Pierce, Phineas, the son of Willard, born in Royalton, July 13, 1787, married, Septem- ber 30, 1813, Charlotte Stone Parkhurst. They had eight children: Charlotte Stone (deceased), married George Bradstreet; Susan Waldo, wife of Horace P. Allen of Roy- alton ; Phineas Dana, married Eleanor D. Kibbe; Martha Parkhurst (deceased), married David Bryant Cox; Priscilla Whipple, widow of Silas H. Clark; John Henry, died young; Frances Caroline ; and Ellen Augusta. Phineas died November 15, 1875.
Richards, Samuel H., was born in Middlebury, Vt., April 16, 1856, the eldest son of Samuel H. and Phebe Richards. He has been a resident of Royalton since 1884, and is section boss on the Vermont Central Railroad, also engaged in farming. He married Melinda Pecor and bas a family of five children, viz .: Erva A., Ella May, Hattie M., Maud Edna and Samuel H.
Shepard .- Among the early settlers of Sharon was Moses Shepard, who was a native of Connecticut, and was born in 1753. He died February, 1828. He had four children : Thomas, Isaac, Polly and Sarah. Isaac, second son of the above, married Esther Hitch- cock, and their children were Constant, who resides in Worcester, Mass .; Isaac Steph- ens; Mary (deceased), married Horace Gould; Ruth (deceased), married John Waldo ; John, died about thirty-three years of age; Pliny, died in Minnesota ; and Ann (de- ceased), married Alvin Fellows. Isaac Stephen, born in Sharon, Vt., June 14, 1802, married December 7, 1827, Lucy Wheat, who was born in Pittsfield, Vt. November 4, 1803. They had four children : George, died in Wisconsin in 1862; Mary Jane (de- ceased), married Rev. Rollin Fay, a Congregational minister ; John F .; and Esther Ann, wife of James Riddle of Royalton. Isaac S. died August 21, 1883. John F., son of Isaac S., born in Sharon, September 4, 1835, married Mary Button. They have five children : Charles F., resides at Barre, Vt .; Lucy A., wife of Arthur Fowler of Royalton ; George S., lives in Pawtucket, R. I .; John C .; and Fred J. John F. has been a resident of Royalton since 1846, and is engaged in lumbering and farming.
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Skinner, Edmund R., born February 22, 1827, married Rebecca Damon. They have three children : Betsey, wife of Alpheus Bachelder of Plainfield, Vt. ; Anson P .; and Ruth, wife of Henry Smith of Strafford, Vt. He removed from Plainfield to Royalton in 1853, and in 1882 became a resident of Tunbridge, where he now resides.
Skinner, Anson P., was born in Marshfield, Vt., March 5, 1845. He commenced the meat and grocery business in South Royalton in 1872, and having been burned out in August 1886, united in building the fine block in which he now carries on business. He inarried Helen French and has three children : Leon A., Edith and Archie.
Slack. John A., married Harriet Little and had six children, Charles W .; Samuel L .; Fred J., resides in Manchester, N. H .; Lewis P., lives in Washington; Hattie L., wife of W. B. Smith of Lake Village, N. H .; and Louisa S., wife of William A. Woodworth of South Royalton. Samuel L. was born in Norwich, November 18, 1851, and married, October 2, 1869, Ade J., daughter of Ira and Elvira Batchelder. She was born in Plain- field, Vt .. April 9, 1853. They have three children : Hattie E., born September 11, 1873; Wallace W., born December 3, 1876; Harry J., born December 11, 1880. Mr. Slack removed to California in 1871, and returned to Vermont in 1888, locating in Roy- alton.
Slack, Royal, was born in Windsor, Vt., 1786, and died in 1849. He married Sally Wilcox and of their eleven children, eight died in infancy, the other three were Harriet, died single ; Joel P., died in Northfield, Vt., and John W., born in Norwich, Vt. Decem- ber 4, 1821, became a resident of Royalton in 1856. He married Eunice Houston of Northfield, Vt., who died March 15, 1889. Their family consisted of three children : George M., a resident of Royalton ; Heman B., married Mary Taylor, they have one child, George, resides at Proctor, Vt .; and Mary Ella, wife of Carter R. Rogers of Proc- tor, Vt.
Southgate, Thomas, was one of three brothers who settled at an early day in Bridge- water. He had three children : Mary (deceased), married Alonzo Davis; Franklin, lives in Colorado ; and Thomas. The latter was born in Bridgewater, June 17, 1795, and mar- ried Dulcina Marsh, who was born December 26, 1798. Thomas died August 2, 1839, and his widow married Samuel Harwood of Holley, N. Y., where she died September 5, 1881. Thomas Southgate was a merchant in Bridgewater, also postmaster and town clerk. He had children as follows: Julia Adeline, wife of Robert Johnson of East Ken- dall, N. Y .; Charles Carroll ; Volney Marsh, lives in Rockford, Ill .; and John Murray, also living in Rockford.
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