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John2 began business in Putney in 1842 in partnership with his father, when paper was made by hand in sheets and dried on poles. This partner- ship was dissolved in 1860. John admitting to the business in 1864, his son, Charles E., from which time to the present the firm name of. John Robertson & Son has been a well known one, first in Putney and later in B. F.
The firm came to B. F. in 1872 and erected the mill on the site of the present John T. Moore & Son paper mill, Mr. Moore then being a member of the firm. In ISSo the same company built the present John Robertson & Son mill and in 1882 the firm divided its business, John T. Moore taking the old mill and John Robertson & Son taking the new one. Soon after the death of John Robertson, in 1898, his son. Charles E., admitted to the firm his son, Louis J., retaining the old firm name as it was in Putney 35 yrs. earlier. Mr. Robertson retained his interest in the Putney mill until his decease.
John Robertson's name always stood for integrity and uprightness. Ile was a broad-minded, conscientious, and public spirited citizen. He repre- sented the town of Putney in the legislature of 1866. represented R. in the same body 1884-5, and at various times held many offices of public trust.
Edward R. Robertson, at one time a paper manufacturer of B. F., was a brother of John, and was associated with him in the Robertson Paper Co. of B. F. Capt. William Robertson. many yrs. a prominent paper manufacturer at Putney was a cousin of John.
In 1901, the heirs of John Robertson, jointly with the heirs of the late Dr. Daniel Campbell of S. R., presented this town with the clock and bell that occupy the tower of the Opera House building in B. F., as a memorial of two prominent, public-spirited citizens.
John2 m. ist Oct. 5. 1846. Nancy J. Black in Putney. h. Mar. 29, 1826, d. Aug. 15, 1886; m. 2d Oct. 10. 1SSS, Stella M. Dana : m. 3d Dec. 12. 1893, Mrs. Martha Pixley ; he d. Feb. 28, 1898 at Palm Beach, Fla., where he was making a short stop during a trip south from his B. F. home.
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Children :
i. MARY C.,3 b. Sept. 16, 1847; m. 1871, Lucian A. Lamson ; res. Hopedale, Mass. Children : 1. Carrie R.,+ b. Feb. 21, 1872: m. Jan. 7, 1897, Lyndon L. Dunham, a member of the wholesale and retail shoe firm of Dunham Bros., Brattleboro, Vt. Child : John Lucian,5 b. Jan 13, 1904. 2. Clarence, b. Feb. 21, 1872 : d. July 30, 1873. 3. Arthur, b. Jan. S, 1873; m. June 7, 1900, Edith Fletcher ; res. Hopedale, Mass. Children: i. Arthur Lyndon,5 b. July 12, 1901. ii. Marian R., b. Dec. 25, 1902. iii. Mary C., b. Dec. 25, 1904. 4. Maud C., b. Feb. 26, 1874; m. June 23, 1897, Henry S. Favor ; res. Providence, R. I. Child : Mildred L.,5 b. Apr. 25, IS98. 5. Lucian, b. June 6, 1879; d. Jan. S, 1SS2.
ii. CHARLES E .. b. Putney, Vt., Sept. 5, 1850; a paper mill owner of B. F. ; m. Flora A. Ward, b. May 20, 1851. Child : 1. Louis J.,4 b. July 1, 1876; a paper mill owner of B. F .; m. Jan. 7, 1902, Margaret Egan ; no children.
iii. HELEN C., b. Apr. 23, 1855 ; d. Apr. 25, 1857.
iv. LIZZIE A., b. Hinsdale, N. H., Aug. 20, 1857; m. Feb. 2. 1876, Henry W. Gough, b. Nov. 9, 1852, d. Oct. 5. 1903 ; res. Worcester, Mass. Children : 1. Harry E.,4 h. Oct 28, 1876: m. Sept., 1902, Mary De Sylvia : res. Altoona, Pa. 2. Bertha R., b. Nov. 29. 1880. 3. Leola I'., b. Feb. 14, ISS4.
v. JENNIE C., b. Apr. 4, 1860; d. Dec. 12. 1862.
vi. JENNIE M., b. Putney, Vt., Feb. 13, 1866: m. George Howes Babbitt of B. F. ( See Babbitt.)
vii. MARIAN, b. Apr. 24, IS91 : d. Nov. 30, 1893.
ROBERTSON
JOHN3 ( William,2 Archibald1), b. Brattleboro, Vt., June 25, 1778: came to B. F. in 1821 ; purchased the hotel building of Webb & Snow which they had just erected on the site of the present Hotel Windham on the east side of the Square, and was its landlord until 1834, it being known as " Robertson's Tavern." It was afterward known as the " Bellows Falls Stage House " and was destroyed in the conflagration of Mar. 14, 1860.
Mr. Robertson at once on coming to B. F. assumed an important place in the business of the then small village, and being a shrewd Scot he accumulated a competency of goodly proportions for that early day. When he disposed of his real estate in 1834 it comprised, in addition to the hotel property, a large part of what is now covered by the village of B. F. There were 6 acres just north of the mouth of Saxtons river, 3 acres on the north side of School street, including the old Wentworth lot now owned by L. Y. Clifford, and 2 acres near the head of the canal. On none of these lots was there a building at that time. He also owned a large tract of valuable old growth pine timber in the Cold river valley southeast of Mount Kilburn. Ile was prominently identified with the laying of the first aqueduct line into B. F., from near Gage's mills, owning a number of shares. In 1834, he purchased a large farm at So. Charlestown, N. H., rem. there and spent the remainder of his life.
His gr. father, Archibald,1 was b. in Edinburgh, Scot., 170S, came to America in 1754 and d. in Brattleboro, IS03. His father, William,2 b. Scot., Sept. S, 1750, came to America with his parents, m. Mary Swan by whom he had four sons and two dau. ; he d. in Brattleboro, 1841.
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John,3 m. ist. 1798, Polly Chamberlain, b. 1774, d. 1813; m. 2d, 1814, Polly Clark, b. 1790, d. 1883 ; he d. So. Charlestown, N. H., Oct. 30, 1839.
Children :
i. ROSWELL. + b. 1799; d. 1873. Children : 1. Sarah.5 2. Roswell.
ii. BETSEY, b. 1801 ; m. William Bill Blake. ( See Blake.)
iii. JOHN. b. 1805.
iv. RUSSELL, b. 1807: d. ISSO. Children : 1. Richard.5 2. Maria. 3. William Blake. 4. Abby. 5. Sarah. 6. George (d. Atlantic City, Ia.).
1. RICHARDSON, b. Brattleboro, Vt., May 14, 1809: m. Maria Silshy.
1. RICHARDSON+ (John,3 William,2 Archibald!), b. Brattleboro, Vt., May 14, 1809 : came to B. F. in 1821 with his father and lived in " Robert- son's Tavern :" was later proprietor of the " Mansion House" on the west side of the Square; in 1842 rem. to Charlestown, N. H., and until 1870 was proprietor of the "Eagle Hotel " there which was destroyed by fire in 1904 ; m. Oct. 13, 1835, Maria, dau. of Isaac Silsby of Charlestown, N. H., d. June 10, 1882 ; retired from business in ISSo and d. Charlestown, Oct. 25, 1905. During his last years his memory recalled more vividly than any other person people and incidents of B. F. at an early date. Many of these incidents are recorded in this volume.
Children :
i. MARY,5 b. Jan. 6, 1837 ; is a sister of the Holy Nativity (Episcopal), in Providence, R. I.
ii. EMILY, b. B. F., Feb. 14, 1839; m. 1861, John H. Bradbury, d. Sept. 12, 1902 ; she res. N. Y. city. Children : 1. Harriet Rebecca,6 b. Sept. 11, 1862; m. Apr. 28, 1886, Charles Alonzo Rich, a prom- inent architect of N. Y. city, where they now res. Children : i. Dorothy Severance,7 b. Nov. 11, 1SS7. ii. Margaret Bradbury, b. Nov. 26, 18SS. iii. Emily Howard, b. Jan. 27, 1894. 2. Mary Robertson, b. Dec. 22, 1864; m. John G. Howard; res. Cal. Children : i. Henry Temple,7 b. July 15, 1894. ii. Robert Board- man, b. Sept. 20, 1896. iii. Charles Houghton. b. Jan. 2, 1899. iv. John Langley, b. Feb. 5, 1902. 3. John Henry. b. Mar. 26, IS66; m. Maria Lane. 4. Richard, b. Dec. 6, 1875.
iii. LOUISA, b. Jan. 25, 1841 : d. Montreal, 1876.
iv. ESTHER, b. Oct. 24. 1844 ; as Sister Mary Mercedes has long been connected with the convent of The Sacred Heart, Manchester, N. H.
v. JOHN, b. Mar. 22, 1847; grad. at a theological seminary at Nashotah, Wis., was ordained a Jesuit priest, became a missionary in British Columbia and after his return to N. Y., d. there Aug. IS, 1892.
ROGERS
JOIIN,1 b. Jan. 19, 1788, came to B. F., at ae. S yrs. from Rogersville, N. Y., where his brother, William, was a merchant; lived in the family of Solomon Hapgood ; after marriage res. a few years in Walpole, N. H., but with this exception spent his life in B. F. ; learned blacksmith's trade and for half a century was noted as "the best horse-shoer in the country, and no horse ever got the advantage of him ;" shop was many years on the west side of the canal on the south side of Bridge street, later on the west side of Rock- ingham street : had a unique sign over both shops with a picture of an anvil with a man each side forging iron with hammers, all between the words "John" and "Rogers ;" he lived in the large tenement house still standing on
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the east side of Rockingham street, erected about 1814, now owned by Mrs. John T. Keefe, and at one time in the small dwelling that stood north of Union block, where is now Brown block ; was a noted story teller, a large man weighing 235 lbs. and a jovial popular man in his day, always known as "Uncle John."
Ile m. Nancy Buck, b. Jan. 6, 1788, d. in B. F., Mar. 14, 1861 ; he d. at Concord, Mass., Aug. 5, 1861, while on trip from his home here; both bur- ied in Immanuel cem.
Children all except the two first b. in B. F. :
i. LYMAN CALVERT,2 b. Aug. 13, 1811 ; d. Walpole, Jan. 19, 1812.
ii. SARAII ANN, b. Dec. 26, 1813 ; d. Walpole, Aug. 5, 1815.
iii. WILLIAM, b. Oct. 1, 1814 ; went to N. Y., and d. of small pox.
iv. NANCY AUGUSTA, b. Dec. 25, ISIS; m. Capt. Azariah Wright. ( See Wright.)
v. GEORGE THOMAS, b. Sept. 12, 1820; went to N. Y., and d. of small pox, Feb. 20, 1844.
vi. JAMES CALVERT, b. May 28, 1823; res. in B. F., and known as "Cab"; d. B. F., Apr. 3, ISSo; unm.
vii. JOHN OSCAR, b. Dec. 4, 1825 ; became a fireman and engineer on the Vermont Valley R. R .; later employed in Estey organ factory at Brattleboro, Vt. ; suffered from rheumatism and spent the last nine years of his life in the I. O. O. F., Home at Ludlow, where he d. May 15, 1905. He was m. Sept. 12, 1848, and his widow res. in Brattleboro.
viii. MARY GREEN, b. Jan. 27, 1829; m. Apr. 13, 1857, Daniel Clark ; d. May 17, 1904, in Concord, Mass.
ix. FRED, b. May 11, 1832 ; a printer in B. F., later of Boston ; m. July 19, 1854, Helen Stone of B. F. ; he d. Charlestown, Mass., Jan. 28, 1870.
ROUNDY
CAPT. JOHN,I came to R. between 1777 and 1780 from Simsbury, Hart- ford Co., Conn., and settled above Lawrence Mills on the farm where Warren F. Severance now lives, then a wilderness. The cellar hole of his first house is still discernable, just south of Mr. Severance's home. Capt. Roundy was a prominent man of the town and held many public offices ; represented R. in the legislatures of 1783 to 1787 inc. ; moderator 1783, 5, 7 and 1790 ; selectman 1780-1 ; was a sergeant in Capt. Jonathan Holton's company in Col. Woods' regiment in 1780 and probably acquired the title of "Captain " by service in town militia later.
He m. previous to coming to R., Ruth - ; he d. Apr. 23, 1805, ae. 57. His widow later m. Emery of R. ; she d. Mar. 11, 1831. ae. 76 yrs.
Children of John and Ruth Roundy :
I. i. RALPH,2 b. Sept. S, 1774; m. Rosalinda Wright of R.
ii. SABRA, b. Simsbury, Dec. 14, 1777 ; m .- - Graves and went West.
I. RALPH2 ( Capt. John1), b. Sept. S, 1774; in 1798 was a member of the Ist Univ. ch. of R. ; m. July 10, 1794, Rosalinda, dau. of Solomon Wright of R., b. Apr. 29, 1777 ; he d. Plattsburg, N. Y., Feb. 15, 1815, while in the U. S. service in the War of 1812; a short time before his death, his son, John, went on foot from R. to Plattsburg and took his father's place in the army while he came home and made a visit. He d. soon after his return and was buried at Plattsburg.
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Children :
i. LAURA,3 b. Nov. 4. 1794: m. Peter Willard of R. : she d. Sept. II, 1854 ; no children.
ii. JOHN, b. Sept. 22, 1796: m. Laura Simonds, b. Dec. 11, 1800, d. No. Charlestown, N. H., Dec. 19, 1879; he d. No. Charlestown, Sept. 24, 1879. Children : 1. John,+ b. Nov. 9, 1824 ; d. Dec., 1824. 2. Laura, b. Sept. 23, 1826; m. Feb. 16, 1847, Samuel E. Gowing, b. in R., Aug, 31, 1823, d. Dec. 31, ISS9; she res. No. Charles- town, N. II. Children : i. John Roundy,5 b. Dec. 16, 1848; m. Dec. 26, 1877, Abbie F. McCrae of Charlestown : res. No. Charles- town ; no children. ii. Arthur Clifton, b. Sept. 17, 1864; m. Jan. 12. 1892, Annie E. Markham of Wells River, Vt .; no children. 3. Rosalinda, b. May 17, 1831 ; d. in R., Aug, 22, 1844.
iii. SABRA, b. Jan. 13, 1799; m. Nahum Atwood; she d. Chester, Vt., Jan. 21, 1854.
iv. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, b. Jan. 22, 1801 : represented the town of R. in the legislatures of 1832 and 1833; postmaster at R., 1833-4; m. Mary Boynton ; he d. Aug. 13, 1872; both buried in Perkins- ville, Vt. Child : 1. Royal B.4 d. Saratoga, N. Y., May 11, 1895.
RALPH GRISWOLD, b. April 16, 1807; postmaster of Bartonsville 1847 to 1850; m. March 23, 1830, Atlanta Gilson, b. July 2, 1808 ; went West. Children : 1. Elizabeth Atlanta,4 b. Sept. IS, 1831 ; m. Orrin E. Smalley, d. Bartonsville. 2. Charles Griswold, b. Aug. 20, 1833; res. Templeton, Mass. 3. John Gilson, b. May 15, 1835: d. young. 4. Miriam Arabella, b. Aug. 9, 1836; d. Athol, Mass. 5. John Gilson, b. June 4, 1838; went West. 6. Laura Eliza, b. July 24, 1840; d. Salem Mass. 7. George Barton, b. April 9, 1842 : d. in Andersonville prison during the Civil war. S. Ralph Willard, b. August 25, 1844 ; res. Cooperstown, N. Y. Children : i. Frank.5 ii. Paul. 9. Franklin Riah, b. March 24, 1846: res. Nass Harbor, B. C. 10. Ann Jane, b. Dec. 22, 1847 ; d. young. 11. Rosalinda Roxalana. b. Apr. 27, 1850; m. Horace Glynn ; res. Fall River Mass. Children : i. Charles.5 ii. Grace. CARLTON HUMPHREY, b. Aug. 2, 1810; m. Sept. 28, 1835, Orpah Boynton Damon, b. Apr. 26, 1815: he d. Mar. 1, 1878. Children : 1. Morton Carlton,3 b. Bartonsville. Aug. 27, 1840 ; a farmer ; res. on the Upper Meadows in R. ; m. Ist Mar. 19, 1861, Susan Ellen, dau. of Chas. W. Pulsipher, b. in R., Sept. 4, 1839, d. Feb. 6, 1872 : m. 2d Aug. 29, 1874, Sarah Ann dau. of Rodney Wiley, b. in R .. Feb. 18, 1850. Children : i. Charles Carlton,+ b. May 3, 1862; a commercial traveller ; m. in R., Mar. 15, 1887, Belinda Harriet, dau. of Simon M. Allbee of R., b. July 2, 1864; res. Randolph, Vt. Children : 1. Ruth Anne,5 b. Charlestown, N. H., Dec. 27, 1890. 2. Susan, b. Westminster, Vt., Sept. 23, 1896. ii. Lela Rose, b. Oct. 4, 1863 ; m. Nov. 29, 1886, Clarence Ware Downing, d. Apr. 29, 1897; she res. on R. meadows. Children : 1. Morton Franklin,5 b. Nov. 7, 1887. 2. Ramon Clarence, b. June 6, 1890. 3. Arlon Roundy, b. Sept. 21, 1891. 4. Hazel Alice, b. Aug. 11, 1893. iii. Susie, b. Jan. 29, 1865 ; d. Feb. 19, 1866. iv. Rodney Wiley, b. Apr. 17, 1875 : grad. Amherst and Yale Theological school and is pastor of the Congregational chh. in Ludlow, Vt. ; m. June 22, 1904, Florence A. Champion of Lyme, Conn. Child : Paul Ruthven,5 b. Ludlow Apr. 21, 1905. Susan Pulsipher, b. Feb. 27, 1877; res. in R. vi. Mabel Laura, b. Aug. 13. ISSO : m. July 16, 1906, Geo. P. Kenvon of Bradford, Vt. : res. Bolton, Vt. vii. Mary Wiley, b. Dec. S, 1883 ; res. in R. 2. Rosalinda Diantha, b. Sept. 1844; m. George Jefferson Wright : he res. East Braintree, Mass. ; she d. Aug. 27, 1883. Children : i. Olive Rose,4 b. Oct. 7, 1872 ;
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m. Sanford M. Damon ; res. East Braintree. Children : I. Ruth Olive,5 b. June 9, 1899. 2. Esther Loring, b. June 6, 1901. 3. Mary Whitcomb, b. Nov. 6, 1902. ii. George Ernest, b. Aug. 29, 1874; m. Jennie L. Hall; res. in R. Child : Ralph Weston,5 b. in R., Jan. 10, 1904. 3. Lewis Atwood, b. Aug. 15, IS51 ; lost off the Grand Banks, Sept., 1877.
Vol. II, page 902, town records of R. has the following record of the children of Uriah and Lucretia Roundy : David, b. Dec. 1, 1780; Hannah, b. June 19. 1782 : Asahel, b. July 29, 1784 ; Lucy, b. Mar. 11, 1787; Shadrah, b. Jan. 1, 1788; Naomy, b. Feb. 11, 1790 ; Lucretia, b. Mar. 6, 1793 ; Mariah, b. May 10, 1794 ; Uriah, b. Apr. 10, 1796; Mary, b. May 23, 1798; Almirah, b. Apr. 20, 1800; Matilday, b. Oct. 4, 1803.
RUSSELL
JEDUTHAN1 (s. of Jeduthan, gr. s. of James of Walpole, N. II.), b. Walpole, N. H., Mar. 14, 1785 ; rem. to S. R. in 1814 and bought the grist mill of Roswell Bellows that stood on the site of the mill taken down a few years ago on the middle falls. Mr. Russell rebuilt it in 1821 and it remained in the Russell family until 1865, when his son-in-law, Amos Holmes, sold it to William Spaulding.
He m. Rhoda, dau. of David Hall.
Children :
i. RHODA,2 b. Sept. 14, ISI0; m. Leonard Wait Blake. (See Blake.)
ii. HIRAM K., b. Sept. 13, 1812 : d. Apr. 25, 1848.
iii. SOPHIA, b. Feb. 21, 1815; m. Asa Titus of Walpole, N. II. ; she d. Dec. 1, 1894. Children : 1. Charles H.3 2. Jane (both deceased). iv. ALBERT W., b. June 1, IS17 ; d. Mar. 10, 1892 ; m. Rebecca Ober.
v. . IRENA A., b. Sept. 7, 1819: m. Amos Holmes, b. Grafton, Vt., July 13, 1815. He came to S. R. in 1836; carriage maker until 1851 when he purchased the grist-mill of his father-in-law and con- ducted it until 1865 ; was sexton and had care of the village ceme- tery from 1872 until 1890; he d. of consumption, Nov. 19, 1892. His widow still res. in S. R. ; no children.
vi. ABIGAIL, b. Dec. 30, 1824 ; m. Stephen Childs ; she res. in S. R.
vii. IIARRIET, b. July 2, 1826 ; d. Jan. 5, 1861.
viii. ELIZA, b. Mar. 2, 1828: m. Ist William Marvin ; m. 2d A. J. Searles : she d. Mar. 20, 1899.
ix. MERAB, b. Nov. 17, 1829 ; m. Roswell Hodskins ; res. in S. R.
RYDER
HERBERT DANIELI (s. of Daniel A., gr. s. of Jotham, gr. gr. s. of Jotham), b. Acworth, N. H., Nov. 12, 1850; grad. New London academy and Dartmouth college ; principal of Springfield, Vt. high school three years and B. F. high school six years ; chairman school board of R. the past fifteen years and county examiner of teachers; lawyer and state's attorney; has been deputy collector of revenue, bailiff of B. F. village and held other offices ; is of Scotch-Irish ancestry, mixed with Puritan ; m. Nov. 30, ISSI, Margaret Elisabeth, dan. of Franklin P. Ball of B. F., b. July 3, 1861 : res. in B. F.
Children all b. in B. F :
i. JESSIE ELISABETII,2 b. Feb. IS, ISS4.
ii. MARGARET SARAII, b. Apr. 26, 1885 : m. June 19. 1905, Edward II. Kenerson; res. Winchester, Mass. Child : 1. John Bodge,3 b. Nov. 17, 1906.
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iii. HELEN WINIFRED, b. June 27, 1887.
iv. CHARLOTTE DIVOLL, b. Sept. 4, 1889.
v. KATHARINE FOSTER, b. July 26, 1895.
vi. DANIEL FRANKLIN, b. Jan. 9, 1900.
vii. MARY SCOTT, b. June 18. 1904.
SABIN
ELISHA5 (Elisha,1 Benjamin,3 Benjamin,2 William,1 the emigrant who settled in Rehoboth, Mass .. and d. very aged in 1686) b. Dudley, Mass., Oct. 12, 1733 ; was one of Rockingham's residents of the 18th century ; was a member of the Baptist chh. in Dudley, Mass., as late as 1788; clerk of Bapt. chh. in R., May 30, 1789; settled on what has since been known as the "Sabin farm," nearly half way between S. R. and R. villages; m. Maria (or Martha) -; he d. in R., Apr. 14, 1798.
Children all b. Dudley, Mass. :
i. SARAH,6 b. Mar. 9, 1756.
ii. JERMIMA, b. Nov. 5, 1758.
iii. LEMUEL, b. Apr. 29, 1760; d. Jan. 10, 1778.
1. iv. LEVI, b. Jan. 16, 1764; m. Barbara Stearns.
v. CHILOE, b. May 4, 1768.
vi. ABIGAIL, b. June 7, 1775 ; d. Nov. 17. 1777.
vii. EZRA, b. July 30, 1781.
1. DR. LEVI6 ( Elisha,5 Elisha,4 Benjamin, 3 Benjamin,2 William1), b. Dudley, Mass., Jan. 16. 1764; grad. 1798 from medical school at Dartmouth college : became the resident physician in R. and had an extensive practice ; always res. on the ancestral farm between S. R. and R. ; occupied many positions of trust, among them first selectman from 1799 until his death, excepting 3 yrs. : a strong character and left permanent impress upon the community ; a mem- ber of the Masonic fraternity before local lodges were established ; a stone in the R. village cemetery to his memory states : "Erected by order Worthy Mark Masters of St. John's Lodge, Massachusetts." He m. Oct. 21, 1790, Barbara Stearns, d. July 13, 1860. ae. 91 yrs. ; he d. in R., Oct. 30, 1SOS.
Children :
i. LEMUEL DICKERMAN,7 b. Mar. 12, 1791 : a physician : rem. to Herki- mer Co., N. Y. ; m. Relief Read, b. in R. : he d. Sept. 10, 1848. Children : 1. Dickerman.8 2. William ; res. in R., later rem. to N. Y. state. 3. Lucius; m. in 1852, Roxana W. Adams ; res. Ashburnham, Mass. 4. Sarah; m. - Taylor : res. N. Y. state. WILLIAM CULLEN, b. Apr. 21, 1793 ; m. Rachel Wolfe of R.
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iii. HENRY WELLS, b. in R., Apr. 22, 1795 ; spent youth in Brattleboro, Vt .; in 1820 went on foot to Cleveland, O., later rem. to Strongs- ville, O., purchased land, built a cabin and returned to Brattleboro for his bride; in 1850 rem. to Hudson, O., in order to educate his eight children in its schools. He m. Clarissa Church of Brattle- boro : he d. Hudson, Mar. 31, 1871. Children : 1. William Rod- way, 8 b. Oct. 19, 1821 : d. ae. 21 yrs. 2. Clarissa Sophia, b. Feb. 5. 1823 ; m. Aug. 3, 1878, Albert Blakeslee ; d. Aug. 3, 1878. 3. Samuel Henry, b. Aug. 29, 1824; res. Windsor, Wis., later rem. to Chandler, So. Dak., where they now res. ; they have ten chil- dren ; a dau., Ellen C.,9 is president of Milwaukee-Downer college. 4. Edward Fiske. b. Apr. 19, 1826 : d. ae. 8 yrs. 5. Mary Ann, b. Oct. 15. 1827; m. in 1853, Hon. Emerson E. White, a promi-
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THREE SONS OF DR. LEVI SABIN. William Cullen.
Elisha Stearns.
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nent educator in O .; a son, Albert B.,8 is governor of West Vir- ginia. 6. Levi Parsons, b. Oct. 14, 1832; grad. Dartmouth college, '56, Union Theol. Sem., 1861 ; a clergyman ; served in the Civil war; m. in 1863, Martha L. Bronson ; he d. in 1873 ; a son, Henry W.,9 was of California State University, 1887. 7. George Myron, b. Sept. 18, 1834; was a judge of Carson City, Nev. : d. May 12, 1890. S. Maria Louise, b. Dec. 20, 1836; m. June, 1864. Thomas M. Cochrane.
iv. ABIGAIL, b. July 7, 1797; m. - Baker ; d. Oct. 1, 1839; had a son and two dau.
v. SALLY, b. Mar. 31, 1799; d. in R., 1833.
vi. ELISHIA STERNES, b. Jan. 18, 1802 ; m. Sophia Willard Hall.
vii. LUCINDA DICKERMAN, b. Mar. 17, 1804; m. 2d Apr. 16, 1826, William Philo (or Fillow), d. New Hartford, Ia., July 21, 1866 ae. 64 yrs.
viii. MARIA, b. Feb. 7, 1So7 ; m. 1st - Willard : m. 2d Gilbert Hatha- way; res. Galva, Ill. ; had three sons and two dau.
2. WILLIAM CULLEN? (Levi,6 Elisha,5 Elisha,4 Benjamin,3 Benjamin.2 William1), b. Apr. 21, 1793 ; was many yrs. a deacon of Cong. chh. of S. R. : a farmer ; res. on the farm between B. F. and S. R., now owned by Henry A. Thompson ; m. Apr. 6, 1814, Rachel, dau. of John Casper Shana Wolfe of R., b. Jan. 26, 1790, d. Jan. 23, 1871 ; he d. Aug. 21, 1864.
Children :
i. LIVERIA A.,8 b. in R., Feb. 16, 1815; m. Apr. 4, 1839, Leonard A. Bushnell of Penn.
ii. HENRY WELLS, b. in R., Dec. 15, 1818; a farmer; res. in R. and Westminster entire life; in recent yrs. owned "Basin farm" near B. F. ; m. Ist Nov. 3, 1846, Emily R. Stoddard of Westminster, d. Dec. 31, 1858; m. 2d July 3, 1869, Eleanor O. dau. of George and Orinda Y. ( Wolfe) Willard, d. Apr. 9, 1887; he d. May 27, 1904. Children : 1. Helen Augusta,9 b. in R., July 2, 1848; m. Sept. 17, 1873, Earl J. Ward of Grafton, Vt. ; she d. Oct. 12, 1889. Children : i. Guy Sabin,10 d. in childhood. ii. Burt Chester, grad. St. Johnsbury, Vt. academy ; res. Moretown, Vt. ; unm. 2. Henry Wells, b. So. Charlestown, N. H., June 1, 1853; m. Nov. 27, 1884, Kate Cook of Hadley, Mass. ; res. So. Hadley. Children : i. Leroy Cook,10 b. Mar. 19, 1888. ii. Grace Emily, b. Dec. 10, 1892. iii. Laura Harriet, b. Sept. 27, 1894. iv. Ruth Elizabeth, b. Dec. 7, 1897. 3. Hattie Eliza, b. Westminster, Vt., July 3, 1855; m. Nov. 17, 1875, George Tudor Lovell; res. B. F .; no children. 4. William Cullen, b. Westminster, Aug. 27, 1858; d. ae. 3 yrs. 5. Emily Orinda, b. in B. F., Aug. 11, 1863; m. Fred H. Kimball. (See Kimball.) 6. Susie May, b. in B. F., Oct. 22, 1866; d. Nov. 27, 1872. 7. Willard Cullen, b. Sept. 17, 1872; d. Mar. 12, 1881.
iii. MARY A., b. in R., Aug. 2, 1820; m. Aug. 2, 1843, James T. Stoddard, d. Mar. 7, 1856; she d. Dec. 31, 1845.
iv. WILLIAM IRVING, b. July 10, 1825; a farmer ; res. in R. and West- minster ; m. Nov. 8, 1848, Adaline F. Knight, b. Sept. 20, 1826, d. Feb. 13, 1897 ; he d. on his farm between B. F. and S. R., Feb. 27, ISSI. Children. 1. George Cullen,9 b. Mar. 10, 1860; res. near B. F. ; unm. 2. Addie L., b. April 2, 1862 ; d. Dec. 2, 1888 : unm. 3. Mattie E., b. Jan. 3, 1865 ; d. May 2, 1888 ; unm.
3. ELISHIA STERNES? (Levi,6 Elisha,5 Elisha,4 Benjamin,3 Benjamin,2 William1), b. in R., Jan. 18, 1802 ; res. on ancestral farm and was deacon of
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Cong. chh. of S. R. ; m. Feb. 14, 1826, Sophia Willard, dau. of Jona. Hall. b. Nov. 25, 1803, d. Jan. 22, 1884 : he d. in R .. May 14, 1889.
Children :
i. ELISHA STEARNS,8 b. in R., May 5, 1828; m. Apr. 26, 1852, Lydia E. Leach. res. at S. R. ; he d. Apr. 30, 1892. Child : Allen Hall,9 b. Nov. 11, 1858 : a merchant of S. R., and B. F., m. Sept. 1I, 1901, Lillian M., dau. of Timothy B. Lovell of R .; res. B. F. Child : Laura Lillian, 1ยบ b. Jan. 25, 1904.
ii. GEORGE KIMBALL, b. Mar. 19, 1830; m. Dec. 26, 1868, Rena Miner, who d. in IS78; he d. Dec. 12, 1897. Children : I. George," d. in infancy. 2. Mary, grad. Smith college; teacher in Denver, Col., high school. 3. Florence R., grad. Smith col- lege ; a physician connected with Johns Hopkins university of Baltimore Md.
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