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iv. BETHANY, b. July 1, 1796; d. Mt. Morris, Feb. 10, 1886; m. Feb. 26, 1818, Jonathan Bailey, b. Athens, Vt., a soldier on the Niagara frontier in the War of 1812; wounded in the battle of Lundy's Lane; was one of the pioneers at Burns, N. Y., and later at Por- tage. Children : 1. Mary Ann,4 b. Aug. 29, 1819; in. George H. Summers of Mt. Morris ; d. Mt. Morris, Feb. 10, 1899. Children : i. Henry Hawley,5 deceased. ii. Charles Walker, deceased. 2. Martha Jane, b. Sept. 4, 1821; m. Joseph Wilson of Canada ; d. Mt. Morris, May 24, 1892 ; no children. 3. Sabin, b. Oct. 10, IS23; m Clarrissa Perry, of Livingston Co., N. Y., d. Wrights- town, Kan., Jan. 25, 1872. Children : i. Albert.5 ii. Olive. iii. Lucian. 4. Samuel Lewis, b. Oct. 19, 1827; m. in St. Paul, Minn ; d. Rochester, N. Y., Nov. 25, 1900. Children : i. Nellie.5 ii. Lewis. 5. James H., b. Feb. 19, 1829; m. Oct. S, 1854, Mary H. Hanford of Saratoga Co., N. Y .; res. Ilunt, N. Y. Chil- dren : i. Lizzie Eugenia,5 b. Ilunt, N. Y., Aug. 4, 1855. ii. Egbert Lansing, b. Hunt, Apr. 10, 1858; m. Nov. 23, 1881, May A. Reynolds of Granger, N. Y .; no children. iii. Anna Lila, b.
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HIunt, Mar. 17, 1861 ; m. Dec. 25, 1889, Michael Loughlen. Child : Forest Landsdowne.6 b. Feb. 16. 1892. 6. Ellen Elizabeth, b. Aug. 1, 1832 ; m. Andrew J. Ilill of Castile, N. Y. ; d. Friendship, Wis., May 27, 1876. Children : i. Ella.5 ii. Lilly. iii. Charles L. iv. Jennie. v. Minnie. 7. Sarah Lucinda, b. Dec. 15, 1835 ; m. John Jones of Fairfield. Minn. ; d. Fairfield, Minn., Mar, 15, 1890. Children : i. Herman.5 ii. Walter. iii. Lucian. 8. Laura Mc Curdy, b. Apr. 13, 1839: m. Darius Tupper of Olean. N. Y. ; d. San Jose, Cal., Jan. 12, 1889. Children : i. Edward.5 ii. Emma. iii. Walter.
2. JOHN D.2 ( Jonathan1), b. 1767: m. Ist Nancy -: m. 2d Mar. 10, 1810, Thankful L. Cone of Westminster, Vt., b. 1782, d. April 6, 1860; he d. Oct. 1823.
Children by first wife :
i. NANCY, 3 b. 1801 ; d. May 6, 1869: a tailoress and lived in Grafton, Vt., many years.
ii. JOHN, d. young.
iii. GARDNER. d. young.
iv. ELVIRA, b. Aug. 10, 1807: d. Dec. 22, 1872: m. Sept. 14, 1842, Monroe J. Amsden of Grafton, later a merchant of S. R. Children : 1. Charles Barry,+ b. Aug. 1. 1845 : m. Lizze Ann Lee of Chester, Vt., Sept. 21. 1876; res. Springfield. Mass. Child: Ward Lee,5 b. Dec. 2, 1886; d. July 4, 1905. 2. Ward Monroe, b. Sept. 30, 1848; m. Mary Ella Cushman of Lebanon. N. H., Sept. 14, 1872 ; res. Worcester, Mass.
Children by second wife :
V. LAURA FRANCES, b. ISIt ; d. Jan. 1, 1832 ; unm.
6. vi. WILLIAM STOWELL, b. Nov. 23. 1812; m. Almira Dickinson.
vii. JONATHAN, d. young.
viii. SARAH ADALINE. b. 1814; d. 1899; m. Lysander C. Barber. (See Barber.)
7. ix. GRATIA MARIA, b. Oct. 12, 1817; m. John H. Foster.
x. JOANNA. b. Apr. 20, 1820; d. Nov. 4, 1897; m. Timothy Bliss; lived in Worcester, Mass. Child : 1. Edward,4 b. July, 1854; d. Nov. 27, 1873.
8. xi. DANIEL KELLOGG. b. Jan. 22, 1822 ; m. Luthera Ann Adams.
3. ASA2 (Jonathan1), b. Jan. 15, 1773; m. Sarah Stewart, b. Sept. 4, 1776, d. Mar. 28, 1851 : he d. Feb. 20, 1860.
Children :
9. i. JOHN STEWART,3 b. Amherst. N. H., Jan. 29, 1802; m. Mary Kidder.
IO. ii. CHARLES HUBBARD. b. July 23, 1804; m. Maria D. Filkins.
II. iii. ALDIS, b Apr. 8. 1806; m. Eluthera A. Lovell.
4. JOEL2 (Jonathan1), b. Jan. 11, 1775; m. Hannah Ober, Mar. 17, 1802, b. Apr. 17, 1779, d. June 3, 1854 : he d. Apr. 1, 1823. Children :
12. i. KENDALL PATTEN,3 b. Dec. 29, 1802 ; m. Clarissa Perry.
ii. MARY A., b. Feb. 23, ISI0; m. Asahel Wilder, Dec. 12, 1833 : d. Jan. 25, 1889 ; no children.
iii. LUCIUS MORTIMER, b. May 11, 1823: m. Eliza M. Nichols of Athens, Vt., July 1, 1844; d. May 15, 1894. Child: 1. Myron S.,4 b. Dec. 3, 1846; d. Jan. 23, 1864.
5. SAMUEL? (Jonathan1), b. 1778; d. Oct. 19, 1859; m. Ist May 24, 1801, Hannah Griffin of Keene, N. H., b. 1770, d. Dec. 3, 1823; m. 2d Mrs. Olive Mason Clark, b. Oct. 15, 1795 ; d. Jan. 26, 1876.
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Children by first wife :
13. i. JAMES,3 b. July 18, 1802 ; m. Laura Hadley of R.
14. ii. JOSEPH BARTLETT, b. Sept. 2, 1806; m. Ilarriet Hapgood.
15. iii. SAMUEL LEWIS, b. Feb. 8, 1808: m. Mary IIadley.
Children by second wife :
16. iv. ARNOLD MASON, b. Nov. 30, 1825 ; m. Sarah J. Fairbanks.
v. ROYAL, b. June 14, 1830; unm. ; leads a retired life in his little home in R.
17. vi. HOLLAND, b. July 30, 1834 ; m. Hattie Fairbanks.
6. WILLIAM STOWELL3 (John D.,2 Jonathan1), b. Nov. 23, 1812; m. Almira Dickinson of S. R .. Jan. 31, 1839, b. Apr. 25, 1814, d. June 25, 1891 ; he d. Dec. 14, 1886.
Children :
i. JAMES WILLARD, + b. November 17, 1839: m. Ist Sarah H. Thomp- son, Apr. 12, 1860: m. 2d Lydia A. Googin of Saco, Me., Nov. 18, 1875 : res. Colorado. Children by first wife : 1. Fred James,5 b. May 31, 1861 ; d. Culpepper. Va., Apr. 14, ISSO. 2. Helen S., b. May 13, 1863; m. Rufus J. Anderson of Idaho, Oct. 2, 1904. Child by second wife: 3. Lucy Virginia, b. Culpepper, Va., Sept. 17, 1878.
ii. JOHN CAMPBELL. b. May 23, 1845; m. Margaret E. Stewart of Fort Miller, N. Y., Jan. 26, 1882; employed over 25 years by the Southern Express Co., as assistant superintendent with head- quarters at Memphis, Tenn.
iii. WALTER WILLIAM, b. Feb. 3, 1848: m. Mary A. Franklin of Towns- hend, Vt., Oct. 18, 1871, a farmer prominent in town affairs ; res. near S. R. Children : 1. Albert Walter,5 b. Jamaica, Vt., June 24, 1874: m. Mary Little, Dec. 24, 1895: res. S. R. Chil- dren : i. Guy Franklin,6 b. Sept. 21, 1897. ii. Raymond Albert, b. June 8, 1902. iii. Ruth Edna, b. Oct. 22, 1903. 2. Herbert Franklin, b. Jamaica, July 12, 1876; res. Newport, N. H. 3. Ruth Helen, b. Chester, Vt., Mar. 19, 1885: m. Walter J. Roider, June 7, 1905 : res. Bainbridge, N. Y.
iv. MARY ALMIRA, b. Dec. 30, 1851 ; for 16 years assistant principal of B. F. H. S., and is held in loving remembrance by hundreds of pupils who passed under her tutelage ; m. Apr. 17, 1895, Rev. A. H. Webb of the Vt. Methodist Conference, b. Biddeford, Eng .; res. Brattleboro, Vt. ; no children.
DANIEL KELLOGG, b. Mar. 13, 1854; m. Alice E. Messinger of Springfield, Vt., May 12, 1881 : res. Newport, N. HI.
7. GRATIA MARIA3 (John D.,2 Jonathan1). b. Oct. 12, 1817; m. John H. Foster of Westminster, Vt., 1836. Entire life spent in the vicinity of S. R. : d. Apr. 29, 1900. Children :
i. HARRIET MARIA,4 b. Dec. 1, 1837 : res. S. R.
ii. HENRY, b. Dec. 20, 1838 : d. Feb. 2, 1864.
iii. EDWIN K., b. Feb. 23. 1840: m. Louise Eaton of Me., Aug. 1, 1865 ; res. Boston, Mass. Child: 1. Edith Maria,5 b. June 30, 1866 ; res. S. R. ; unm.
iv. DANIEL KELLOGG, b. June 6, 1841 : was many years a successful mer- chant in Boston ; m. Ella Bowker of Bath, Me., Oct. 24, 1872 : d. June 15, 1899.
8. DANIEL KELLOGG3 ( John D.2 Jonathan1). b. Jan. 22, 1822; m. Luthera Ann dau. of M. W. Adams of R., June 13. 1843, d. B. F. Oct. 18, 1890. They lived several years on the Williams River meadows. later rem. to
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B. F., where he was an active business man and helpful member of the Ist Cong. chh. of B. F. : d. B. F., Nov. 20, 1892.
Child :
i. HIELEN LUTHERA,+ b. May 16, 1845; m. M. D. Jackson, Oct 1, 1868. Child : 1. Alice Helen,5 b. July 2, 1869: a well known singer and the music teacher of R. and other public schools : res. B.F. ; unm. 9. JOHN STEWART3 (Asa,2 Jonathan1 ). b. Amherst, N. H., Jan. 29, 1802 ; m. Mary Kidder of Grafton. Vt. : rem. to Michigan while a young man and exerted great influence in shaping the life of that young state. Ilis memory is preserved there in the name of Barry County. The following inscription copied from his monument in Constantine, Mich., gives very briefly his history :
JOHN S. BARRY Born in Amherst, N. Il., Jan. 29, 1S02. Died Jan. 14, 1870. A pioneer in IS31. A member of the territorial legislative body. A member of the first Constitutional Convention. A member of the House of Representatives. A member of the Senate. Three times elected Governor of the State.
10. CHIARLES HUBBARD3 (Asa2 Jonathan1). b. July 23, 1804: m. Feb. 24, 1831, Maria D. Filkins of Pittstown, N. Y., b. Feb. 24. 1805, d. Oct. 14, 1891. Settled in Raymertown, N. Y. ; he d. Sept. S, ISSS.
Children :
i. SARAH STEWART,+ b. Dec. 1. 1831; m. Nelson McChesney, Feb. 25, 1854 ; d. July 29, 1890. Children : 1. Julia Ann.5 b. Jan. 15, 1855 : m. Mar. 11, 1879. Clarence W. Dater of Lansingburg, N. Y. Child : Henry McChesney,6 b. May 5, 1886. 2. Calvin Stewart, b. Dec. 15, 1857 : m. Caroline Lindsley of New Haven, Conn., Oct. 25, 1898: attorney in Troy. N. Y. Child : Lindsley,6 b. Troy, N. Y., Sept. 1, 1900.
ii. HELEN LOUISE, b. Aug. 24, 1833 ; m. Dec. 17, 1879, Giles B. Mark- ham of Constantine. Mich.
iii. LEONIDAS AsA. b. July 17, 1835 : m. Martha J. Cole. Jan. 3, 1861 ; d. Mar. 21, 1901. Children : 1. Charles Hubbard.5 b. Oct. 2. 1861, d. March 27, 1866. 2. Froman Wemple, b. May 23. 1866: m. Dec. 23. 1896, Lillian M. Watson : d. Sept. 27, 1900. Child : Charles Hubbard,6 b. Apr. 5, 1899. 3. Helen Maria, b. Sept. 10, 1870; m. Oct. 18. 1897. William Gibbs : no children.
iv. CHARLES HENRY, b. Apr. 13, 1838 ; res. Raymertown. N. Y. ; unm.
V. HARRIET CORNELIA, b. Oct. 1, 1840: m. Calvin Dater, June 20, ISSI: res. Raymertown, N. Y. : no children.
vi. JOHN STEWART. b. May 5. 1843: res. Raymertown : unm.
vii. JUSTINA M., b. Jan. 6, 1846: m. Eli Perry. Oct. S. 1874; res. Ray- mertown. Children : 1. Son, b. 1876: d. young. 2. Maria Lou- ise. b. May 21, 18So. 3. Lloyd E .. b. June 5, 1885.
11. ALDIS3 ( Asa2 JonathanI). b. Apr. S. 1806; m. Eluthera A. Lovell of R .. b. July 6. ISIo. d. Nov. 17. 1871 : he d. Jan. 20, 1860.
Children :
i. HERBERT L. ,4 b. in R., Feb. 14. 1833; m. in 1856, Mrs. Sarah Sum- ner Gunn of Keene. N. Il. : he d. Constantine, Mich., May 12. 1902. Children : 1. Alldis Herbert,5 b. Galva, Ill., Feb. 2, 1857 ; in. Nov. 29. 1882. Harriet E. Barnard at Constantine. Children : i. Leona May,6 b. Mottville, Mich., Apr. 14, 1885. ii. Anna Jane.
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b. Mottville, Oct. 19, 1889. 2. Alice Jane, b. Coeytown, Iowa, Dec. 17, 1861 ; m. Dec. 7, 1880, Charles Houser at Constantine. Child : Bessie Agnes,6 b. Constantine, June 21, 1883 ; m. Dec. 27, 1902, Leon R. Suyder of Constantine. One child, Leon R.,7 b. Battle Creek, Mich., Sept. 17, 1904.
ii. MARY, b. Oct. 29, 1841 ; d. Jan. 26, 1843.
iii. LEONIDAS, b. Dec. 29, 1844 ; m. Oct. 1, 1872, Jennie A. Britton of R., b. Oct. 13, 1843; res. Springfield, Vt. Children : 1. Lena Luthera,5 b. Dec. 21, 1877. 2. Leon Hiram, b. Nov. 8, 1881.
iv. LUCIA, b. Mar. 10, 1846; m. Weller Bishop ; d. Jan. 5, 1890.
v. MORGAN C., b. Aug. 20, 1847 ; m. Feb. 2, 1867, Emma M. Sayles of Constantine : d. Oct. 14, 1903. Children : 1. Lucia Maud,5 b. Oelwein, Iowa, Aug. 23, 1869; m. Sept. 24, 1893, Frank S. With- ers ; no children. 2. John Stewart, b. Oelwein, Aug. 27, 1871, d. Aug. 30, 1871. 3. Helen Grace, b. Constantine, Aug. 2, 1874, d. Apr. 16, 1875. 4. Nellie Vivian, b. Constantine, Dec. 24. 1875. d. Jan. 11, 1876. 5. Ruth Louise, b. Constantine, Sept. 16, 1880 ; m. Dec. 31, 1899, Charles Clemens ; res. Constantine. Child : Helen Barry,6 b. Dec. 31, 1901.
12. KENDALL PATTEN3 (Joel,2 Jonathan1), b. Dec. 29, 1802 ; a farmer at S. R. ; m. Dec. 3, 1829, Clarissa Perry, of S. R., b. March 1, 1805, d. Oct. 24, 1899 ; he d. Apr. 3, 1887.
Children :
i. LUCIUS PATTEN,4 b. Aug. 21, 1830; d. Feb. 11, 1901 ; unm.
ii. CLEOPATRA SMITH, b. Apr. 24, 1832 ; m. L. W. Pierce, Sept. 15, 1859, d. Jan. 1, 1899; she d. Nov. 12, 1864. Child : 1. Charles Lucius,5 b. Mar. 1, 1864; m. Amy E. Hill, Dec. 24, 1890. Child- ren : i. Lillian M., 6 b. May 24, 1893. ii. Roy L., b. Mar. 25. 1895.
iii. MILTON PERRY, b. Feb. 3, 1836: m. Sarah A. Johnson, Sept. 24, 1862 ; served in the pay department of the army during the Civil war ; wool dealer ; res. S. R. Child : 1. Heury Milton,5 b. Sept. 7, 1870; m. Sallie L. Edwards, Oct. 20, 1897; a journalist in Providence, R. I.
iv. HENRY FLETCHER, b. Dec. 30, 1840; d. Oct. 29, 1850.
13. JAMES3 ( Samuel,2 Jonathan1), b. July 18, 1802 ; m. June 19, 1827, Laura Hadley, of R., b. Sept. 16, 1804, d. Lyons. Mich .. Jan. 7, 1886; he d. Ovid, N. Y., Nov. 22, 1833.
Children :
i. HARRIET ANGELINE,4 b. R., June 18, 1828; m. Thomas Gamble of Lyons, Mich., Dec. 18, 1851 ; res. with her son James, a farmer in Pontiac, Mich. Children all b. West Bloomfield, Mich. I. Susan S.,5 b. June 22, 1853 ; d. Sept. 9. 1855. 2. James Barry, b. May 2, 1855 ; m. Frances E. Ellenwood. Jan. 12, 1881 : no children. 3. Frank Wilton, b. Sept. 23, 1858; a merchant in Pontiac, Mich. : m. May Allen, Oct. 27, 1897. Child : Miriam,6 b. Aug. 10, 1898.
ii. MARTHA JANE, b. R., Apr. 21, 1831 ; d. Feb. 10, 1904 ; m. Andrew Van Dyke Quick of Birmingham, Mich., Oct. 21, 1869.
14. JOSEPH BARTLETT3 (Samuel2. Jonathan1), b. Sept. 2. 1806; m. Harriet Hapgood, in Acton, Mass., Oct. 7, 1830, b. Acton, Mass., Feb. 23, ISO6, d. Ovid, N. Y., Sept. 8, 1884 ; he d. Ovid, Jan. 7. 1861.
Children :
i. CALISTA ANN,4 b. Shirley, Mass., July 10, 1832: m. Aug. 29, 1849, Rev. Bowles C. Townsend at Ovid, N. Y., who d. Dec. 18, 1861. She has been a teacher at Jersey City Heights, N. J., more than
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forty years and is teaching there now at the age of seventy-four. Children : 1. Harriet Barry,5 b. Port Richmond, N. Y., Dec. 16, 1851 ; d. Jersey City Heights, N. J. May 22, 1899; unm. 2. Aun Haseltine, b. Peach Orchard, N. Y., Nov. 29, 1856: m. Buel B. Brown at Salem, Dak .; Aug. 5, 1886; a teacher for many years, now retired ; res. Little Falls, N. Y.
ii. JAMES, b. Lowell, Mass., Nov. 12, 1833; m. Mary E. Sly at Elmira, N. Y., Feb. 10, 1858 : a farmer, res. Ovid. N. Y. Children all b. Ovid, N. Y. 1. Hattie Wisner,5 b. Nov. 28, 1859; res. Farmer, N. Y .; unm. 2. William Bartlett. b. Aug. 25. 1861: m. Sarah Isley, Oct. 12. 1883 ; res. Jersey City, N. J. Children : i. William Bartlett,6 b. July 26, 1884; assistant cashier with John Hancock Mutual Life Ins. Co. ii. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 12, 1885 ; d. Nov. 27, ISS5. iii. Maude, b. Dec. 31, 1886 ; d. Jan. 29, 1888. iv. Rupert, b. Aug. 17, 1888 ; clerk with Penn. R. R. Co. v. Mabel, b. May 24, 1890: d. Mar. 23, 1891. vi. Chester Townsend, b. May 25, 1893. vii. Charles DeKay, b. May 25. 1893. 3. James Amherst. b. Apr. 3, 1863 ; m. Grace Donnelly. Oct. 12, ISSS ; res. Jersey City Heights, N. J. 4. Charles De Kay, b. Mar. 5, 1869: d. Apr. 4. 1873. 5. Emma, b. June 9, 1874 ; m. Nelson M. Boyce, Nov. 17, 1897; res. Ovid. 6. Anna. b. June 9. 1874: m. John K. Kelchner, Sept. 7, 1904 : res. Ovid.
iii. JOSEPH BARTLETT, b. Ovid, Sept. 2, 1835: m. Mattie Keys at Terre Haute, Ind .. Sept. 2, 1857 ; d. May 30, 1889 ; no children.
iv. HANNAH HAPGOOD, b. Ovid. Oct. 11, 1837: m. Edwin C. Parker at Ovid. Sept. 7, 1864; rem: to West Acton. Mass. Children : 1. Charles Barry5 b. Feb. 18. 1866, d. Jan. 19, 1875. 2. Joseph C'lesson, b. Mar. 10, 1868; m. Lucy Wise Dennis, Apr. 25, 1904 ; inspector of work in U. S. Amory at Springfield, Mass. 3. Edwin Mason, b. Nov. 26, 1870 ; an architect and superintendent of con- struction at Stanley Works, New Britain, Conn. 4. Anna Calista, b. Sept. 15. 1872 ; d. Jan. 30, 1875. 5. Allen Brooks, b. Oct. 22, 1874: m. Nora Elizabeth Spayd at Chambersburg, Pa .. Dec. 2, 1903 ; an attorney ; res. with his parents at West Acton, Mass. Child : Allen Brooks.6 b. May 2, 1905. 6. Mary Catherine, b. July 17, 1876; m. Oct. 14. 1903, William Henry Latham, super- intendent of machine construction at Stanley Works, New Britain ; retired kindergarten teacher. 7. Bertha Jane, b. July 25, 1878; d. Sept. 24, 1878. S. Walter Barry; b. Jan. 6, ISSI ; d. Mar. 10, 1882.
15. SAMUEL LEWIS3 (Samuel2 Jonathan1), b. Feb. 8. 1808; m. Mary Iladley of Landgrove. Vt., at Ovid. N. Y., Oct. 18, 1834; d. Ovid, Apr. 11, ISSI.
Children :
i. DELIA ORETTE.+ b. Aug. 30. 1838 ; d. Feb. 21, 1877. .
ii. HELEN ELIZABETII, b. Mar. 9, 1841 : res. at the old homestead, on a farm at Ovid ; unm.
iii. EDWIN STOWELL, b. Oct. 6. 1843; m. Deborah Smalley, Oct. 26, 1864 : a retired farmer : res. near Farmer, N. Y.
iv. JAMES ORLANDO. b. July 14. 1846: d. Apr. 29. 1863.
EMILY FRANCES. b. Jan. 8. 1849 : res. at the old homestead, at Ovid ; unm.
16. ARNOLD MASON3 ( Samuel2 Jonathan1). b. Nov. 30, 1825: m. Nov. 30, 1846. Sarah J. Fairbanks : d. Aurora, W. Va .. Aug. 13. 1895. Children :
i. OLIVE HI,+ b. Dec. 25, 1847: m. Jan. 8, 1868, Henry Clay Marsh ; res. Cumberland, Md. Children : 1. Florence Geneva,5 b. Oct.
JEREMIAH BARTON, JR., (1797-1879.) Founder of Bartonsville.
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16, 1868, d. Mar. 4, 1869. 2. Roby Clifton, b. Oct. 10, 1870; m. in 1890, Mary E. Goetz; d. June 19, 1895. Children : i. Joseph,6 b. Aug. 15, 1892, d. June 11, 1895. ii. Mary Olive, b. Mar. 5, 1895. 3. Cora Etta, b. Sept. 20, 1872; m. Nov. 16, 1894, Walter R. Chambers; res. Cumberland Child: Nadine Hattic," b. Sept. 22, 1895. 4. Theckla Owen, b. March 22, 1875 ; m. Oct. 12, 1902, Lizzie Wise: res. Cumberland. 5. Henrietta Bosley, b. Oct. 15, 1877, d. Sept. 2, 1899.
ii. ELLA JANE, b. July 2, 1853 : m. Apr. 10, 1876, William B. Stemple ; res. Aurora. Children : 1. Arthur Milton.5 b. Feb. 4, 1877. 2. Blanche Ethel, b. May 24, 1879. 3. Unice Myrtle, b. June 16, 1883. 4. Cleveland, b. Oct. 12, 1885. 5. Sidney O., b. Mar. 30, 1890, d. Oct., 1905. 6. Helen Irene, b. Jan. 6, 1892.
iii. ELWIN MASON, b. May S, 1867, d. July 20, 1871.
17. HOLLAND3 ( Samuel,2 Jonathan1), b. July 30, 1834; m. Ilattie Fair- banks, Sept. 18, 1854. He had both hands blown off by the premature dis- charge of a cannon, July 4, 1854 ; d. Aug. 9, 1867.
Children :
i. CLARA ELLEN,4 b. Aug. 16, 1856, d. July 25, 1862.
ii. ARTIIUR NORTON, b. Mar. 14, 1864, d. July 27, 1867.
iii. OLIN M., b. Sept. 20, 1865 : d. Oct. 10, 1886.
BARTON
JEREMIAHI (s. of Jeremiah, b. 1763, d. 1847, and Susan Dennis, b. 1777, d. 1813), b. Andover, Vt., Feb. 16, 1797 ; early employed as purser on a line of lake steamers ; about 1832 rem. to a farm which he owned near Bar- tonsville, living there about 35 years ; built the old tavern building still standing in the village of Bartonsville, of which village he was the founder ; owned the water-power then existing on the Williams river at Bartonsville on which was a saw and grist-mill; in 1865 sold the farm and moved into the village, becoming proprietor of the tavern. Ile m. Dec. 30, 1823, Sarah Wetherbee, b. Mar. 29, 1800, d. Mar. 16, 1863. He d. at Bartonsville, Dec. 18, 1879.
Children :
i. HARRIET,2 b. Sept. 20, 1824; m. Ammi Willard Wright. ( See Wright.)
ii. LUCY ANN, b. Nov. 6, 1825; m. Mar. 6, 1845, Osman B. Emery of Bartonsville, b. Apr. 21, 1817. d. Oet. 11, 1867 ; she d. Sept. 24, 1885. Children : 1. Jeremiah Barton,3 b. May 13, 1847 ; served 3 yrs. in the army in the Civil war; d. Mar. 17, 1866; unm. 2. Esther Louise, b. June 23, 1849; m. Ist Jan. 2, 1868, Joel Marble ; m. 2d July 12, 1888, Albert R. Corey : res. Bartonsville. Children by first wife all b. in R .: i. Ernest,4 b. Mar. 10, 1868; m. Ist Maud Smith of Athens, Vt. ; m. 2d Lizzie ( Clark ) Wheelock of Putney, Vt. Child by first wife, Edith,5 b. May 31, 1891 ; res. Bartonsville. ii. Lillie, b. Dec. 5, 1869; m. Sidney L. Amsden ; res. Chester, Vt .; no children. iii. Minnie, b. Mar. 15, 1874 ; m. John J. Dorand of R. ( See Dorand. ) 3. Lucy Ann, b. Jan. 4, 1852, d. Mar. 20, 1864. 4. Sarah Barton, b. July 1, 1868, d. Aug. 28, 1868.
iii. MARY, b. Feb. 1, 1828 ; d. May 5. 1833.
iv. SARAH ELIZABETHI, b. Mar. 27, 1830 ; d. Feb. 29, 1832.
v.
SARAH, b. Jan. 30, 1833 ; m. Michael Lovell. ( See Lovell.)
vi. GEORGE D., b. in R., Jan. 10. 1836; grad. Vt. Academy at S. R. and from G. M. Liberal Institute of Woodstock, Vt. ; rem. to Neb.
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and engaged in farming, lumbering and mercantile business. He m. ist Lucy Augusta Morris ; m. 2d Jan. 12, 1881, Mina C. Estey, b. Ludlow, Vt., Jan. 12, 1860; he d. Filley, Neb., Oct. 28, 1885 ; she res. at Filley. Children by second wife : 1. Fanny Sylvia, 3 b. Aug. 2, 1882 ; m. Feb. 6, 1901, William B. Linscott of Filley, Neb. : res. Filley. Child : Mark Ruskin,4 b. Mar. 20, 1902. 2. Nelly Sarah, b. Dec. 20, 1884; m. Feb. 14, 1906, Benjamin J. Clark ; res. Filley, Neb.
BAXTER
HORACE,1 was an early resident of whom meagre information is obtain- able. As a young man he studied law with Lawyer Webb in Rockingham village and was admitted to the bar in Windham county, June 7, 1814; became an attorney of much repute; was judge of probate for this district many years : res. at S. R. in what is now known as the "Sid Perry house " on the south side of Main street, and later res. in B. F., first in a dwelling where the Island House now stands, then on the north side of School street ; was post- master at R. 1812 to 1818; in 1846 he had as a law partner in B. F., his son, John N. Baxter.
Ile m. July 6, 1813, Elvira, dau. of Jehiel and Mary Webb, of R., who d. Sept. 23, 1861, ae. 70 years ; he d. May 8, 1857, ae. 67; both interred in Immanuel cemetery, B. F.
Children (there may have been others) :
i. MARTHA.2 d. Mar. 21, 1835, ae. 20 years.
ii. HI. HENRY, b. S. R. Jan. 18, 18IS; was in mercantile business in B. F., when the railroads were built through here ; took a contract for grading " the island " at B. F., and also 3 miles of the R. & B. railroad in this town, beginning a career as railroad contractor and manager in which he amassed a large fortune; he located in Rut- land, Vt., in 1854 and res. there and in N. Y. the remainder of his life ; was adjutant general of Vermont during the Civil war and became prominent in military circles : presented the Baxter Library to the city of Rutland ; noted as a " handsome man " as was his father, also. He m. Ist Eliza, dau. of S. R. B. Wales, of B. F., who d. B. F. Sept. 8, 1849: no children. He m. 2d Dec. IS, 1851, Mary E. Roberts of Manchester, Vt. ; he d. N. Y. city Feb. 17, ISS4. Children : 1. Henry, 3 b. May IS, 1856; d. March 20, 1860. 2. Hugh Henry, b. Oct. 2, 1861 : res. N. Y. city.
iii. ALGERNON SIDNEY, b. in R. Nov. 14, 1819; was prominent locally in developing the Abenaqui mineral spring in the '50s : later rem. to N. Y. city, where he d. Apr. 28, 1897. He m. Maria W. - , who d. Apr. 4, 1854, ae. 34 yrs. Among their children were : 1. Charles Henry,3 who d. in N. Y., Dec. 13, 1847, ae. 5 years and 8 months ; 2. William Wallace. b. Apr. 1, 1845 ; d. June IS, 1890; 3. Frank, who d. Apr. 15, 1854, ae. S mo.
iv. JOHN N., was admitted to the Windham county bar Apr. 7, 1846 and practised in B. F. some years in company with his father; later rem. to Rutland, Vt. ; he m. Sarah C. - ; a son, Johnnie,3 d. May 12, 1852, ae. 4 yrs. and S mo.
V. MARY WEBB, d. Apr. 8, 1840, ae. 16 yrs.
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WILLIS C.I (s. of .J. 2. A., gr. s. of .Joseph), b. Berlin, Vt., Apr. 7, 1866 ; grad. Dartmouth, '92, Ann Arbor (Law Dept. ), '93 ; then employed by the Chattanooga (Tenn.) Daily Times, until '95, when he came to B. F. Has
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been editor and publisher of the Bellows Falls Times since that year. Ile m. Katie M., dau. of W. B. Carpenter of B. F., Apr. 6, 1898, b. West Tops- ham, Vt., May 20, 1876.
Children all b. B. F. :
i. PAUL CARPENTER,2 b. Feb. S, 1899.
ii. CAROLINE MAY, b. Apr. 7, 1902.
iii. MARGARET ARDELLE, b. Feb. 1, 1904.
iv. HILDA FRANCES, b. Apr. 3, 1906.
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AMASA5 (Ezra4 of Springfield, Vt., Ithamar3 of Westboro, Mass., John,2 John1), b. Lunenburg, Mass., Jan. 10, 1777; rem. with his parents to Springfield about 1788; came to R. about 1812 ; lived many years on a farm in R., near the Springfield line, where he d. Jan. S, 1857; bur. in Athens, Vt. ; he m. Nov. 12, 1812, Betsey Bailey of R.
Children :
i. ELIZABETHI,6 b. July 4, 1813; m. Reba Nichols of Athens, Vt .; d. in Putney, Vt., ISSS.
ii. MARY, b. Mar. 9, 1815; m. Orin Nichols of Athens, Vt. ; d. Iowa City, Oct. 17, 1857.
iii. LOUISA, b. Dec. 24, 1817 ; m. W. R. Lynch ; d. 1857.
iv. CURTIS H., b. Feb. 10, 1819; m. Abagail Jane Simonds ; res. Wil- ton, N. H.
v. TRYPHENA, b. Aug. 30. 1821 ; d. Putney. Vt., Feb. 27, 1849: unm.
vi. WILLIAM MERRILL, b. Oct. 11, 1825: was thirty-two years horse- ear driver between Boston and Brookline; m. Carrie A. Bailey ; he d. Brookline, Mar. 1, 1894 ; seven children.
vii. CHIARLES FRANKLIN, b. Dec. 14, 1827 ; forty years in the iron trade in Boston ; m. Mary Frances Snow ; he d. Brookline, Mass., Jan. 7, 1896. Children : 1. Frances.3 2. Charles Franklin.
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COL. BENJAMIN3 (Benjamin,2 John] of Concord and Marlboro, Mass., migrated from England in the "Hopewell," 1635), b. Lancaster, Mass., May 26, 1712; " the founder of Walpole. N. H. ; " a grantee of Rockingham, and the most influential citizen of this vicinity in his day. (See Chapters III. and IV. of this volume, also " The Bellows Genealogy," 1898, by Thomas Bellows Peek. ) A few of the descendants of Col. Benjamin have been prom- inent in Rockingham. Among these :
ROSWELL5 ( John,4 Benjamin,3 Benjamin,2 John1), b. Walpole, Jan. 23. 1779; early a merchant in Walpole and, about IS01, rem. to S. R. where he was a farmer and the owner of the water-power in that village, which he sold in 1814 to Jeduthan Russell. He was the first postmaster of the town, Jan. 1, 1801 to Jan. 1. 1802, the office being located at Rockingham village ; select- man, 1804 : he m. Aug. 5, ISO1, Martha. dau. of John Lovell of R.
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