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Hutchinson, William, son of Jerome, was born in Norwich, Vt., May 2, 1807, and mar- ried January 8, 1832, Eliza, daughter of James and Mary (Bartlett) Crary ; she was born April 2, 1807. Of their six children three died in infancy. The others are John W .; Charles Henry, proprietor of a foundry and machine shop in Manchester, N. H., and has one daughter, Charlotte Augusta; Frank, a farmer at Hanover, N. H., also connected in business at Manchester, N. H., and has two daughters, Martha Belle and Arabella Wa- terman.
Hutchinson, Samuel, son of Samuel, was born in Connecticut, September 6, 1751, and married August 16, 1779, Hannah Burr; she was born March 5, 1761. They had four- teen children : Sarah, married Alpheus Hatch ; Ira, died at fourteen years of age ; Levi, died at thirteen years; Samuel; Jemima, married Seth Stebbins; Pearley ; Eunice, mar- ried Samuel Goddard; Timothy ; Betsey, married William Dewey ; Levi, died in Illinois; Elisha, died in infancy ; Emma, married Jonas Boardman ; Hannah, died young; and Austin, died in Norwich without issue. Samuel died September 30, 1839, his wife No- vember 11, 1826.
Hutchinson, Samuel, son of Samuel, was born in Norwich, April 12, 1786, and died Feb- ruary 3, 1845. He married, February 26, 1818, Sarah Boardman, who was born May 6, 1792, and died February 14, 1874. Their children were Eliza, died not quite three years of age; Charles, born July 15, 1820, is a Presbyterian minister, and resides in New Al- bany, Ind. ; Maria, wife of Reuben Loveland, of Hartford, Vt .; Jonas Boardman, died young ; Samuel ; Sarah Isabella, a widow, married, first, Brainard French, and second, a Mr. Bosworth, and lives at Minneapolis, Minn .; Hannah Eliza, resides in Norwich; Em- ma, died young, and Ellen, widow of John O. French, lives at Maxwell, Ia., were twins ; Emma Elmina, died young; Caroline Frances, married William S. Throckmorton, and second, Mr. Eastman, and lives in Lyndon, Vt.
Hutchinson, Samuel, son of Samuel, was born in Norwich, March 28, 1826, and mar- ried Parthenia Blodgett. They had four children : Minnie Barrett, died young ; Charles Ashley, resides at Peacham, Vt .; Harriet Maria ; and Susan Hazen, wife of Harvey Ladd, of Norwich.
Lord, David, came from Colchester, Conn., to Norwich, among the early settlers. He married Hannah Hanks, and had the following family : Richard, died young ; Asa ; Zal- mon, was killed in the War of 1812; Richard, died in Michigan ; David G., resided most of his life at Fairlee, Vt., but died at Hanover, N. H .; Roxey (deceased), married Hugh Pike Howe; Cynthia (deceased), married Reed Page Howe, resides in Thetford, Vt., and was ninety-seven years of age in August, 1890; Ira, died young.
Lord, Asa, son of David, was born in Norwich, October, 1784, and died March 16, 1861. He married, first, Ruth Howe, and their children were Ira, died in Thetford ; Lyman, died at twenty years of age; Abigail (deceased), married William Cummings; Lucia M. (deceased), married Tarbell Senter; Gideon; Amasa C., resides in Illinois; Laura (de- ceased), married Jonathan S. Lord ; Mills A. He married, second, Amelia Root, and their seven children were Frances A .; Abel, died young ; Emma, died at eighteen years of age; Ellen M .; William and Henry, twins, the former residing at Woodville, N. H., the latter died young; and Persis, wife of Myron Colburn, of Norwich.
Lord, Gideon, son of Asa, was born in Norwich, September 8, 1814, and married Beli- sant Clough. They have no children.
Lord, Jonathan, a brother of David, came from Colchester, Conn., about the same time with his brother, He married, in 1772, Mary Smith, and had the following family : Por- ter, died in Orange, Vt .; Russell, died in Thetford, Vt .; John ; Polly, died single; Lydia deceased), married John Proctor; and Rachel, died at eighteen years of age.
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Lord, John, son of Jonathan, was born in Norwich, August 1, 1782, and died June 19, 1882. He married Lucy Bliss, and their children were David Bliss, died in Norwich ; Jonathan Smith, died in Norwich; Lucius S .; John Mills, a Congregationalist minister residing in Weymouth, Mass .; Harriet A., widow of John Dutton, lives in Norwich ; Lucy Isabella, widow of Augustus Chandler, resides at Guilford, Vt .; Horatio and Albi- nus, both died young.
Lord, Lucius Stebbins, son of John, was born in Norwich, September 7, 1818, and married May 1, 1851, Alpha Rosetta, daughter of Samuel and Arabella (Baxter) Little. They had four children : Abby Sanborn, died at five years of age; John Franklin, born January 28, 1860, a farmer, and resides at Sloan, Iowa; Alpa Rosetta, wife of Albert F. Ruggles, of Norwich, died November 5, 1890, aged thirty-five years; and Eliza Nelson, assistant principal of the graded schools at Lewis, Cass county, Ia. Mr. Lord resides on the farm originally settled by his grandfather. Mrs. A. F. Ruggles taught fifty-five terms of school, and was teaching at the time of her death.
Lyman .- The family of this name in Norwich are descended from Richard Lyman, who embarked from England in August, 1631, and first settled in Charlestown, Mass. Soon after his arrival in this country he migrated to Connecticut and died at East Wind- sor in August, 1640, His son Richard married Hepzibah Ford. He died June 3, 1662. Of their eight children, Richard, the eldest, was born in Windsor, Conn., in 1647, and removed to Northampton, Mass., and from there to Lebanon, Conn. He married, May 26, 1675, Elizabeth, daughter of John Coles, of Hatfield, Mass. Ile died November 4, 1708. Of his family of nine children Isaac, the fourth son, was born at Northampton, Mass., February 16, 1681 ; he was married four times, and had six children. Caleb, his second son, was born at Suffield, Conn., April 16, 1728, and married January 2, 1756, Mary Betts. Of their family, David was the eldest son, and was born in Lebanon, Conn., May 20, 1761. At the age of sixteen he enlisted in the Continental army, serving six months. He married, in 1785, Submit Gould, and with his wife and first child removed in 1789 to Norwich and settled on the farm now owned and occupied by his grandson. David died January 26, 1849. His children were David, died in Norwich ; Orange, died at Wells River, Vt .; Harry and Fanny, twins, the latter married James Avery ; Eu- nice (deceased), married Aaron Drake; Polly (deceased), married Jonathan Smith; Rhoda (deceased), married Joseph Drake.
Partridge, Captain Alden .- He was the second son of Samuel, who was also a son of a Samuel, and was born in Norwich, Vt., January 12, 1785. He entered Dartmouth Col- lege in 1802, but was obliged to give up his course of studies in 1805 to enter West Point. He graduated from the latter October 29, 1806, and at once became a teacher of engi- neering with the rank of captain. He remained at West Point until 1817, when he re- signed, and in 1920 returned to Norwich and was connected with the University, as be- fore stated. After his retirement from the presidency of the University he engaged in establishing schools in various parts of the United States until his death on January 17, 1854. Captain Partridge was elected by the Legislature in 1823 Surveyor-General of Vermont, and in 1818 was the chief surveyor of the American party to establish the northeast boundary between the United States and the British possessions. He repre- sented Norwich in the Legislatures of 1833, 1834, 1837, and 1839. He was the Demo- cratic candidate for Congress in 1830, 1834, 1836, and 1838, and Independent candidate in 1848. Captain Partridge married Ann Elizabeth Swasey, of Claremont, N. H. They had only two children : George C., born August 4, 1838, died in 1856 ; and Henry V., born December 10, 1839, resides in Norwich.
Partridge, Samuel, born in Preston, Conn., in 1722, married Ruth Woodward. They had eight children : Elisha, Ruth, married Peter Branch; Samuel, Olive, married John Wright ; Ephraim, Elias, Reuben, and Isaac. Samuel died October 24, 1806, his wife April 29, 1786.
Partridge, Samuel, son of Samuel, was born in Preston in 1749, and married December 6, 1770, Elizabeth Wright. Their children were Aaron, born February 18, 1773, died in
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Norwich; Alden, and Abel ; Ruth, married Levi Burton; Charlotte, married a Mr. Fay ; Elizabeth, married David Newton. Samuel died July 22, 1834, his wife October 26, 1826.
Partridge, Isaac, son of Samuel first, married Lois Newton and died May 15, 1835, aged seventy- three years. His children were Cyrus, died in Norwich, leaving several sons and daughters; William, died at Detroit, Mich., unmarried, during the War of 1812; Samuel removed to Elmira, N. Y., where he died, was a member of Congress from that district; Isaac Newton, died at Logansport, Ind .; Almira, married, first, Major O. G. Bur- ton, second, Professor Ebenezer Bancroft Williston; Louisa, died in Cincinnati, O., in 1830, aged twenty-five years; John Milton, a civil engineer, was accidentally killed at Crow Nest, near Cold Spring, N. Y.
Pennock, Zılah, was born in Connecticut, August 16, 1766, and married, March 18, 1789, Lydia Howard, who was born August 27, 1766. Their children were Alexander, born November 21, 1790, died in New York State; John, born March 9, 1793, fate unknown ; Abijah Howard, born February 10, 1797, died in Michigan; Barzilla; Lurah (deceased), born April 10, 1798, married, first, Nathan Badger, and second, William Courser; Lydia (deceased), born January 16, 1801; Mary (deceased), born January 28, 1803, married Elihu Russell; Abigail Morso (deceased), married Jasper Clark; Sarah C., born June 26 1815, went to New York State and nothing further is known of her. Zilah became a resident of Norwich about 1790 and there died.
Pennock, Barzilla, son of Zilah, was born in Norwich, February 10, 1797, and married, January 3, 1821, Mary Ann Johnson. They had seven children : Carlos Pratt ; Reuben, born August 22, 1825, resides in Norwich; Christinia, born March 27, 1830, wife of Charles Johnson of Norwich; Harriett, born February 18, 1832, wife of Horace B. Goodrich, of Norwich : Juan Alonzo, died at nineteen years of age; Rosada L., born October 16, 1837, wife of W. F. Johnson, of Hartford, Vt .; and Henry Austin. Barzilla died June 28, 1881.
Pennock, Carlos Pratt, son of Barzilla, born in Norwich, May 20, 1821, married, first, Rosalind Grow. Their three children were Eugene, died at eighteen months; Mary A., wife of Edward Carpenter, of Hartford, Vt .; and Lizzie A., wife of Luther Newcomb, of West Fairlee, Vt. Carlos married, second, Susan Clough, no children. He is a farmer and lives in Norwich.
Pennock, Henry Austin, son of Barzilla, was born in Norwich, January 29, 1842, mar- ried Emily Hovey, of Brookfield, Vt. They have no children. He is a farmer and re- sides on the old homestead in Norwich.
Sargent, Thomas, was born in New Chester, N. H., April 10, 1776. He removed to Thetford, Vt., in 1820, and three years later came to Norwich. He married Susan Bart- lett, and had eight children : Daniel, Thomas, Emily (deceased), married Cephas Avery, Ebenezer, Walter, Meriba, died fifteen years of age, Phineas, unmarried, resides in Thet- ford, and Susan, wife of Elam Stowell, of Norwich. Thomas died July 28, 1851.
Sargent, Daniel, son of Thomas, was born at New Chester, N. H., December 5, 1805, and married, April 3, 1834, Louisa Moore. She was born in Chelsea, Vt., May 1814. Their children were Bartlett, John A., a resident of Lebanon, N. H., Mary L., died at the age of three, and Ella L.
Sargent, Bartlett, son of Daniel, was born in Norwich, February 27, 1835, and mar- ried Isadora Ilsley, May 27, 1867. Their children are Leland P., born October 31, 1872; Susie M., born January 21, 1878; Henrietta M., born April 23, 1882; and Myra L., born November 3, 1886.
Sargent, Thomas, son of Thomas, horn at New Chester, N. H., September 16, 1806, married Lydia Cook. The latter was born in Norwich, May 1, 1804. They had thirteen children : Harriet, wife of George Young, of Windsor, Vt .; Mary Ann, wife of Paschal Slack, of Thetford; William; Meriba, wife of Edwin Newcomb, of Thetford ; George, resides in Maplewood, Mass .; Betsey, wife of Cyrus Judd, of Thetford; Thomas, John, Charles, David, Solon, Lydia (deceased), married Harvey Delano; Ellen, wife of T. J. Blanchard, of Norwich. Thomas died July 8, 1889.
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Sargent, David, son of Thomas, was born in Norwich, February 16, 1841, and married, first, Lucy Kilburn ; they had one child, Ada Lucy. He married, second, Lucy Lovejoy ; they have three children : Mabel, George David, and Lee Quincy.
Sargent, Walter, son of Thomas first, was born in New Chester, N. H., May 5, 1814, and married, first, Sally L. Yarrington. Their family consists of five sons : Edward T .; James, resides in Thetford, Vt .; Henry, lives at Lebanon, N. H .; Charles, resides in Clare- mont, N. H .; Nelson, lives in Lebanon, N. H. Walter married, second, Mrs. Lois Ann Slack, nee Blaisdell.
Slack, William, married Alice Wood. Their children were William ; Joseph, died in Enfield, N. H., belonged to the Shakers; Jotham, died West ; Henry, died in Hartford ; Parmela, married Josiah Kendall; and Lucy, married Reuben Hubbard.
Slack, William, son of William, was born in Windsor, Vt., and died in 1857, aged sev- enty-seven years. He married Hannah Taylor, and their children were William ; Taylor, died in Norwich; Louisa, wife of Worcester Brigham, of Norwich, Vt .; David, died at Thetford; Lorenzo, died at Lebanon, N. H .; Paschal, resides in Thetford, Vt .; Rhoda (deceased), married Dr. Ira Davis; Prosper, Hannah ; widow of Mr. Phillips, lives in Thetford, Vt .; and George, died in Norwich.
Slack, William, son of William, was born in Plymouth, Vt., June 10, 1802, and died September 3, 1845. He married Roxey Armstrong, who died June 15, 1889. Of their ten children, one died in infancy. The others were William; John A., resides in Royal- ton, Vt .; Ann (deceased), married John M. Emery ; Charles A .; Hannah (deceased), mar- ried three times; Pembroke, lives in Washington ; Granville ; Josephine, widow of J. C. Boardman, resides in Norwich ; and Rosaline, wife of Horatio Blake, of Royalton.
Slack, A. William, son of William, was born in Norwich, November 18, 1824, and mar- ried Zipporah B., daughter of Joseph and Betsey (Brown) Rogers. They have no chil- dren. From 1850 to 1873 Mr. Slack was four different times a resident of California, his longest stay at one time in that State being seven years.
Slack, Prosper (son of William, second), was born in Strafford, Vt., September 5, 1816, and married Fidelia Hartshorn. They had ten children : Jefferson, resides in Sharon ; Ransom; Jotham, died young ; Rosatty, died young; Charlotte, wife of Orson Sargent, of Norwich; Edna, wife of Henry C. Burton, of Norwich; Amy, wife of Elias Water- man, of Norwich; Josephine (deceased), married Mitchell Barby ; Rosie, wife of Azra Northrup, of Lebanon, N. H. Prosper's parents removed to Norwich in 1809, and since then, excepting ten years, he has been a resident of the town.
Tilden, Timothy, was born in Lebanon, N. H., May 26, 1791. He became a resident of Norwich in 1818, settling on the river, but he removed on the hill to the farm now owned by his grandson in 1828. He married Sophia Frary, who was born in Hadley, Mass., August 31, 1793. Of their twelve children one died in infancy. The others were Reuben C., a resident of Norwich; Timothy, died in Hanover, N. H .; Fannie, wife of Samuel Armstrong, of Norwich; Sophia, widow of Oliver Cushman, resides in Norwich ; Louisa, widow of Edwin M. Lewis, lives in Norwich; Verona, wife of Roger Strong, of Thetford. Vt .; Alvira, died single; Ruth, wife of Jason O. Johnson, of Norwich ; Theta, widow of Albigence Gove, lives in Hanover, N. H .; Ransom, died at sixteen months ; Lydia Jane, wife of Anthony W. Johnson, of Norwich. Timothy died October 26, 1879, his wife April 21, 1872.
Turner, Nathaniel, was born in Harvard, Mass., in January, 1769. His parents were Shakers, but on becoming of age he severed his connection with that society. Soon after this he married Miss Susie Baker, who had also been a member of the Shaker society. He removed to Norwich in 1795, and purchased a farm in the northern part of the town, on which he died in 1850. His children were Anna, widow of Joseph Blaisdell, resides in Michigan ; Nathaniel, died in Norwich; Lucy (deceased), married Hart Kendall; Phyl- ena, died single; Edward ; Daniel, resides in Norwich.
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Turner, Edward, of the above family, was born in Norwich, September 17, 1804, and married Rosady Yarrington. They have one child, Amburgh Van, born in Norwich. July 9, 1846, and married Emma Fullington. They have four children, Leon, a resident of Boston, Willie, Hila, Esfa. Mr. Turner is engaged in mercantile trade and also in farm- ing, and has been actively identified with town affairs.
Waterman, Daniel, came from Mansfield, Conn., to Norwich in 1767. He married Ann Ford. Their children were Samuel, Daniel, James, Elijah, Elisha, Levi, all of whom died in Norwich ; Anna, married Levi Baldwin; Mary, married Jeremiah Hedges; Eliz- abeth, married Daniel C. Baker; and John. The latter was born in Norwich, July 2, 1768, and married, January 30, 1793, Hannah Hedges. She was born January 2, 1770. John died June 23, 1856, his wife April 4, 1858. Their children, excepting the young- est (William), are all dead. The others were John, Lavina, married David Freeman, Daniel, Warren, Hannah, Hannah second, and Willis.
Waterman, Willis, son of John, was born at Norwich, March 28, 1808, and married Sarah Howard. They had nine children, viz .: Richard ; Harriet, wife of Stephen Davis, of Methuen, N. H .; Rhoda, died in Norwich; Mary, wife of Rufus Simonds, of Hartford, Vt .; Hannah, wife of Horace T. Sargent, of Hartford, Vt .; John, Charles H., Elias L. and Webster D.
Waterman, Richard, son of Willis, was born in Norwich, February 22, 1832, and mar- ried Abbie C. Pierce. They had two children, Addie and Delbert.
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Aylward, John, was born in County Kilkenny, Ireland, in 1815, the sixth in a family of nine children of James and Margaret (Cossin) Aylward. Only two of the nine chil- dren emigrated to America, John and a sister, Ella. After the death of her husband the latter returned to Ireland and died there. Only John and a sister, Alice, are now living. John married in Kilkenny, November, 1847, Julia Murphy, born in Kilkenny, May, 1829. In 1848 he emigrated to America, and for the first twenty years lived in West Clare- mont, N. H., and Mount Holly, Vt., for the most part in the latter place. In 1868 he purchased of Moses Pollard the farm in Plymouth which he still owns and carries on. Mr. Aylward has demonstrated what perseverance and good management will do in making a good living and " more too " on a Vermont mountain farm. His children are James S., born December 31, 1848, in Claremont ; John P., born June 16, 1850, at Wells River, Vt .; and Edward, born December 10, 1854, at Mount Holly. James S. married Sarah A., daughter of Harvey McWain, and lives in Ludlow, Vt. Their children are John, Ann and James. John P. and Edward carry on the home farm.
Boynton, Parker A .- This gentleman is descended in the fifth generation from Nathan- iel Boynton of Westford, Mass. The line is first Nathaniel; second, Amos; third, Isaiah ; fourth, Amos; fifth, Parker A. Nathaniel was twice married ; his first wife was Han- nah Perham, by whom he had eight children. His second wife was Elizabeth Shedd, and by this union there were six children, of whom second Amos Boynton was the fifth. He married, January 9, 1770, Mary Parker, of Westford, and their children were Isaiah, Amos, Joseph, Mary, Abigail and Lydia. Isaiah was born in Westford, Mass., in 1770, came to Vermont about 1791, and settled in Plymouth on what has always been known as the Boynton farm. He married Rebecca Page, December 18, 1796. The latter died May 12. 1816. He married, second, Hannah Parker, September 16, 1816, who died June 13, 1872. Isaiah Boynton died June 12, 1851. He had eight children by the first and two by the second marriage. Amos Boynton, the fifth child by the first marriage, was born November 11, 1807, at the homestead in Plymouth. He married, February 20, 1831, Cornelia Bates, daughter of Oren and Lois Bates. (For further notice of the Bates family see Warren Taylor's biography in this volume.) Their children were Lois A., Rebecca P. and Parker A. Lois A., born April 10, 1835, died August 28, 1843.
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Rebecca P., born August 5, 1839, is the wife of Gilman Bond, a farmer living in Cav- endish; they have one child, Lois M. Parker A. lives on the farm of J. H. Bates in Cavendish.
Davis, Joseph A., was born in Compton, Lower Canada, October 5, 1824, the third in a family of six children of Gaylon and Rhoda (Hoisington) Davis. The latter was the widow of Ralph Howard at the time of their marriage. They were both natives of Windsor, Vt. Their children were Gaylon, jr., Aaron (deceased), Joseph A. William H., Orlando (deceased), and Susan. All were married and raised families. The father died in Bridgewater, and the mother in Windsor. When Joseph A. was ten years of age he was bound out to Francis Perkins for seven years, but remained only three years. He learned the carpenter trade, and has followed it as a business since he was twenty-one years of age. He married September, 1845, Samantha, daughter of Abijah and Betsey Hudson. Since his marriage, with the exception of a year and a half in Windsor, he has lived in Plymouth. He enlisted January 5, 1864, as a private in Company C, Sixth Ver- mont Volunteers. In October, 1864, he was transferred to Company E, Tenth Regi- ment of the Reserve Corps, and served in that regiment till the close of the war. He was mustered out at Washington, July 20, 1865. He was in all engagements in General Grant's advance on Petersburg, and received a rupture at Brandy Station, Va., on which account he receives a pension. The Tenth was stationed at Washington, D. C., when Lincoln was killed, and when they wanted forty men of the regiment to do duty that night, those who would volunteer to step forward two paces, Mr. Davis was one of the number. He had done duty the night before and did duty the night thereafter, making three nights without rest. Though Mr. Davis owns and carries on a farm in Ply- mouth, he devotes most of his time to his trade as a builder. His first wife died May 12. 1866. He married second, 1869, Matilda Potter, widow of George Potter. Her maiden name was Gove. His children are Sylvanus, killed in the battle of the Wilder- ness ; Orzina, wife of Gustavus Curtiss, of Woodstock; Orlando, married Hattie, dauglı- ter of Mason Davis; Addie, wife of A. W. Taft, of Woodstock; Norman, married Eva, daughter of Mason Davis; Alice, wife of George Potter, of Plymouth; Lora, wife of Her- bert Cook, of Rutland; Ella, wife of Ransom Hastings, of Plymouth; Delia A. (de- ceased) ; Clara, wife of Allen Carlysle, of Plymouth; Mary, wife of Warren Flanders, of Cavendish; Edgar (deceased) ; and Bertie E. (deceased). Mr. Davis has seventeen grandchildren.
Foley, William, was born in Middlebury, Vt., March 18, 1849, the second in a family of five children of Miles and Margaret (Cavenaughi) Foley. His father and mother were natives of County Wexford, Ireland. They were married in Ireland, and their eldest cluld, Margaret, was born there. They emigrated to America in 1847, and settled in the village of Poultney, Rutland county, Vt. Miles Foley was a contractor on the D. and H. Railroad. He subsequently bought a farm in Hampton, Washington county, N. Y., which he carried on until his death, which occurred in 1854. His widow afterwards married James Cullen, now a resident of Fair Haven, Rutland county. When about ten years of age William left home and worked for Rodney Ray till he was 22 years old, at- tending winter schools. After leaving Mr. Ray he purchased teams, and followed team- ing from 1871 to 1888, in Poultney and Fair Haven. December 21, 1888, he purchased the "Boynton " farm in Plymouth, which he now carries on. He married January 27, 1879, Julia A., daughter of Michael and Mary (Agan) McCague. Mrs. Foley was born in Fair Haven, October 20, 1856. Their children are John D., born January 15, 1880; Ed- ward J., born November 21, 1882; and William H., born June 21, 1884.
Gould, Simon, was born in Shrewsbury, Vt., November 26, 1828, the second child of ten children, of Chester and Hannah (Gilman) Gould. His father was twice married. Chester Gould, the father, was born in Guilford, Vt., June 16, 1799, and died at his home in Shrewsbury, March 6, 1869. He carried on farming for fifty years in Shrewsbury. Elder Gurnsey, who preached his funeral sermon, writes of him : "He was ever ready to lend a helping hand, and by his industry and frugality, neighborly kindness and charity,
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