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i. Twin, TYCHO TOR,6 b. Apr. 18, 1942.
il. Twin, CHRISTIAN RANDOLPH, b. Apr. 18, 1942.
iii. JANNIK PORTER, b. Apr. 12, 1946.
iv. KATHARINE ELIZABETH, b. Sept. 1, 1947.
V. STEFAN QUINTUS, b. June 5, 1951.
vi. DEBORAH CHAMPION, b. Mar. 18, 1953.
2. ELISABETH,5 b. May 13, 1917, Winchester; m. June 17, 1944, Charles
A. Woods, Jr .; res. Sewickley, Pa. Children:
i. DEBORAH ANNE,6 b. May 22, 1948.
ii. CHRISTOPHER TAYLOR, b. Apr. 7, 1949.
iii . CAROL GILBERT, b. Mar. 26, 1950.
3. KATHARINE,5 b. Jan. 21, 1919, Winchester; m. Aug. 30, 1940, Frank Chalmers Smith; res. Birmingham, Mich. Children:
i. PETER GILBERT,6 b. May 26, 1941.
ii. SAMUEL CHALMERS, b. Aug. 15, 1944.
iii. £ JEFFREY OLIVER, b. Nov. 1, 1948.
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CHARLOTTE DIVOLL,4 m. Sept. 10, 1914, Edward Hibbard Kenerson. Children:
1, DAVID RYDER,5 b. Apr. 16, 1916, (Dartmouth '37); res. Winchester; m. Apr. 14, 1939, Anita Rubens, Concord, N. H. Children: i. DAVID, JR.,6 b. Apr. 20, 1944.
ii. MARTHA LYNNE, b. Apr. 3, 1949.
2. MARGARET, b. Apr. 27, 1917, (Wellesley '38); m. Sept. 14, 1940, Cleveland Dodge Rea (Princeton and Harvard Law) of Pitts- burgh, Pa .; res. Pittsburgh. Children:
i. DAVID KENERSON, 6 b. June 2, 1942.
ii. KATHARINE HOWE, b. May 2, 1944.
iii. CLEVELAND DODGE, b. July 20, 1947.
iv. THOMAS HOWE CHILDS, b. Sept. 4, 1950.
3. MARTHA MOULTON, b. Aug. 18, 1919; d. Dec. 11, 1923.
4. ELLEN, b. Apr. 4, 1928, Winchester; m. Apr. 26, 1952, William Gelotte, Lexington, Mass.
KATHARINE FOSTER4 (Smith and Simmons Col.), m. Richard Park- hurst, Feb. 19, 1924.
Children:
1. JOHN WILDER,5 b. Apr. 21, 1925; d. July 3, 1945, Calcutta, India.
2. ROGER LEWIS, b. Jan. 30, 1927; d. Apr. 12, 1928.
3. MARGARET, b. June 1, 1929; m. Sept. 20, 1952, Davis Franklin Sykes. Children:
i. ELLEN ELISABETH,6 b. July 25, 1956.
ii. TIMOTHY DAVID, b. Aug. 7, 1957.
4. STEPHEN RYDER, b. Sept. 15, 1930; m. Sept. 15, 1956, Lorraine St. Croix. Child:
i. JOHN LEWIS, b. May 26, 1957.
DANIEL FRANKLIN4 (Darmouth '21); m. (1) Nov. 15, 1923, Virginia Babbitt, B. F. (see Babbitt*), d. Mar. 23, 1946; m. (2) Nov. 1, 1947, Mrs. Frances Randall.
Children:
1. JEAN MARGARET,5 b. Oct. 4, 1924; m. Apr. 17, 1947, Robert D. Allen. Children:
i. VIRGINIA BABBITT,6 b. Feb. 10, 1948.
ii. SARAH ROBERTSON, b. Aug. 20, 1951.
iii . MARGARET ANN, b. July 28, 1952.
iv. MARK RYDER, b. Mar. 20, 1954.
2. DANIEL FRANKLIN, JR., b. June 2, 1926; m. May 15, 1954, Grace Stevenson. Child:
i. DAVID STOVER, b. June 18, 1955.
3. NANCY JANE, b. July 14, 1927; m. Jan., 1953, Albert J. Trimarchi. MARY SCOTT4 (Smith Col. '26); m. William Vrooman Mason, b. May 14, 1906.
Children:
1. PETER V., JR.,5 b. Mar. 11, 1928; m. Bernadetta Cebar, b. Feb. 11, 1921, Bristol, Pa. Child: Mark Cebar,6 b. Feb. 28, 1955, Bristol, Pa.
2. DONALD, b. July 8, 1929; d. 1931.
3. JOAN ELISABETH, b. Feb. 15, 1932; m. Clifford Livingston Pelton, Jr., in Calif., b. May 2, 1932. Children: William; Seth S., b. Mar. 2, 1955.
4. BENJAMIN ALLEN, b. Oct. 11, 1940, Waterbury, Vt.
5. ANNA LOUISE, b. Jan. 14, 1942.
SANBORN
ELMER. SNOW, b. Dec. 13, 1895, Charlestown, Mass .; d. Jan. 15, 1949, Sunmount, N. Y .; m. W. Rutland, Vt., May 6, 1917, Edyth Barber8 (Thomas,7 William,6 Nathaniel,5 Nathaniel,4 Nathaniel,3 Josiah,2 Thomas1), b. Aug. 24,
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HISTORY OF ROCKINGHAM
1899, B. F., dau. Thomas J., b. Dec. 19, 1855; d. Feb. 27, 1899 and Viola Louisa Brown,b. Norwich, Vt., Mar. 9, 1860; d. Aug. 30, 1925; m. Castleton, Vt., Dec. 18, 1878.
Children:
1. ELMER CORLISS, b. Mar. 5, 1918, B. F .; m. July 10, 1943, Nada Myer of Enid, Okla., b. Dacoma, Okla. Child:
i. KAREN LYNN, b. Nov. 1, 1953.
2. PATRICIA GEORGENE, b. Mar. 29, 1925; m. Sept. 1, 1945, Charles Kendrick Osgood, M.D., Herkimer, N. H. Children:
i. CHARLES KENDRICK, JR., b. Oct. 22, 1946, Boston, Mass.
ii. LLOYD BENSON, b. Feb. 8, 1948, Long Branch, N. J.
iii. CYNTHIA BARBER, b. June 4, 1949, Oceanport, N. Y.
iv. WARREN CARPENTER, b. June 5, 1953, Syracuse, N. Y.
SEVERENS
FRANKLIN, b. Oct., 1811, Derby, Vt .; d. Michigan; m. Elizabeth Pulsipher4 (Samuel,3 David,2 David1) (see Pulsipher*), b. Mar. 15, 1816, d. Sept. 28, 1875, S. R.
Children:
1. CHARLES WEAVER PULSIPHER,5 res. S. R .; b. Mar. 1837; m. Harriet McQuaide. Child:
i. MARTIN ELLSWORTH,6 b. Aug. 12, 1861; d. June 19, 1923; m. (1) 1883, Dora A. Woolley of Grafton, Vt., d. Apr. 18, 1889. Child:
I. RAYMOND MARTIN,7 b. June 25, 1884; m. June 16, 1909, Alice E. Sprowson of Concord Jet., Mass. Children:
a. EDWARD MARTIN,8 b. Mar. 20, 1910, res. Fitchburg, Mass .; m. Nov. 26, 1936, Bertha Houghton. Children: Gail Elaine, b. Apr. 28, 1939; Martin Raymond, b. Mar. 2, 1943.
b. JOSEPH RAYMOND, b. Jan. 19, 1912; m. (1) Sept. 21, 1935, Helena Hazelburg, d. Sept. 21, 1950; m. (2) Oct. 6, 1951, Gertrude Nivell Joynes.
c. ELEANOR ALICE, b. Jan. 1, 1924; m. July 17, 1944, Robert F. Peck of Leominster, Mass. Children: Leslie Ann, b. Sept. 24, 1946; Lynne Elizabeth, b. Nov. 27, 1948; Laraine Eleanor, b. Dec. 12, 1950.
d. NORMAN DANA, res. Townshend, Mass .; b. May 16, 1926; m. Jan. 10, 1948, Lorraine Chalifoux. Children: Mark Dana, b. Dec. 23, 1953; Jayne Margaret, b. July 11, 1956.
M. (2) Dec. 24, 1889, Abbie Susan Davis of Athens, Vt. Children:
I. MILDRED DAVIS, b. May 16, 1892; m. Dec. 23, 1918 Floyd B. Bowen of Dickerson Center, N. Y. Children:,
a. RALPH HENRY, b. Sept. 21, 1919; m. Sept. 14, 1940, Susan Heath Beardslee, Westboro, Mass. Chil- dren: Sarah Heath, b. Dec. 24, 1941; Paul Davis, b. Sept. 20, 1944.
b. DOUGLAS ELLSWORTH, res. Northboro, Mass .; b. Jan. 27, 1925; m. July 7, 1948, Cornelia Jean Wallin, S. Windham, Conn. Children: Marjorie Jean, b. May 4, 1949; Douglas Ellsworth, b. May 22, 1950; Debra Elizabeth, b. Nov. 5, 1951; Darleen Elise, b. Nov. 1, 1954.
II. MARION ELIZABETH, b. Apr. 26, 1894.
III. RUTH WINONA, res. S. R .; b. May 14, 1899; m. Dec. 27, 1920, Walter George Hitchcock of Westminster West, Vt .; d. Sept. 9, 1951. Children:
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a. ROBERT SEVERANS, res. S. R .; b. Oct. 11, 1922; m. Oct. 9, 1948, Gwendolyn Joan Saunders of South- wick, Mass. Children: Linda Jean, b. July 27, 1949; Patricia Ann, b. July 18, 1953; John Walter, b. Sept. 29, 1954; Mary Beth, b. June 18, 1956.
b. HELEN RUTH, b. Dec. 21, 1928; m. June 19, 1954, Bruce A. Kibbee of E. Swanzey, N. H. Children: William Allds, June 28, 1955; Thomas Arthur, b. July 16, 1956.
IV. RALPH WEAVER, b. May 14, 1899; res. S. R .; m. Aug. 9, 1932, Stella Lucia Hoxie of Proctorsville, Vt. Chil- dren:
a. RICHARD HOXIE, b. Mar. 10, 1934; m. Aug. 31, 1957, Barbara Ann Child of Syracuse, N. Y.
b. KENNETH WARREN, b. May 8, 1936.
V. MARTHA ESTHER, res. E. Swanzey; b. Nov. 2, 1906; m. June 7, 1931, Charles Friehofer, B. F .; res. Keene, N. H. Children:
a. CHARLES FREDERICK, res. Keene; b. Jan. 8, 1932; m. May 5, 1956, Margaret Mary Grossi of Keene. Child: Charles Alan, b. Aug. 11, 1957.
b. DALE WILLIAM, res. E. Swanzey; b. Jan. 16, 1933; m. Feb. 19, 1955, Gloria Beatrice Fuller of W. Swanzey. Child: Dale William, Jr., b. July 13, 1956.
c. PAUL MARTIN, b. Jan. 16, 1933.
d. CAROLYN ESTHER, res. Keene; b. May 17, 1934; m. Jan. 25, 1957, Warren Arthur Muzzy of West- minster, Vt.
e. JUDITH MARION, b. Apr. 18, 1943.
ii. IDA MAY, b. Jan. 14, 1863; d. May 30, 1925, Burlington, Vt .; m. (1) Cyrus Buss, d. Aug. 20, 1890. Children:
I. CHARLES ALBEE, b. Aug. 4, 1885; d. Jan. 31, 1954; m. (1) Apr. 5, 1923, Delphine Helen Pratt; d. July 10, 1936; m. (2) June 9, 1939, Mary Mildred Moseley.
II. BLANCHE, b. May 21, 1888; d. Mar. 2, 1889.
m. (2) Charles Killam of Burlington, Vt. Child: I. HAZEL MAY, res. Rensselaer, N. Y .; b. May 30, 1894; m. Robert Houghton. Child:
iii. RALPH EDWIN, b. Sept. 19, 1914; d. May 20, 1920. JEFFERSON F., b. Oct. 26, 1864; d. Mar. 27, 1899; m. Elizabeth Walsh. Children:
I. HAZEL.
II. ALBERT, res. Claremont, N. H.
SIMONS or SIMONDS
ENOCH,1 b. Sept. 2, 1794; m. Feb. 22, 1827, Mary Horn, b. Mar. 24, 1795.
Children:
1. B. F. SIMONS,2 b. Nov. 17, 1827.
2. A. L. SIMONS, b. Apr. 10, 1830.
1. 3. JOSEPH VARNEY SIMONS2
4. L. H. SIMONS, b. Nov. 14, 1835.
5. M. E. SIMONS, b. June 26, 1838.
1. JOSEPH VARNEY2 (he changed the name to Simonds), b. Jan. 1, 1833, Warner, N. H .; m. July 8, 1857, Harriet Amanda Derby, Grafton, Vt., b. June 14, 1841. Children: all b. Rock.
2. i. CHARLIE FRANK3
ii. LILLA L., b. June 17, 1860; m. June 17, 1879, Henry Beaumond.
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HISTORY OF ROCKINGHAM
iii. MARY E., b. Apr. 18, 1865; d. Sept. 21, 1904; m. ---- Dwinell.
iv. FRED L., b. Mar. 24, 1867; m. -; res. Ludlow, Vt. Child: I. VERA
II. CLIFFORD
V. GEORGE H., b. Feb. 10, 1870; m. Ethel ----; res. Everett, Mass.
vi. EVA E., b. May 9, 1873; m. Aug. 5, 1896, Fred O. Joslyn.
vii. BERTRAM J., b. Aug. 23, 1875; m. Ella Spaulding. Child: I. RALPH, res. Newtonville, Mass.
viii. LEON A., b. Oct. 23, 1878; m. Aug. 4, 1907, Harriet Graves; res. Mass.
2. CHARLIE FRANK,3 b. Apr. 2, 1858; d. Dec., 1918; m. 1885, Clara Abigail dau. of Clark S. and Mary (Campbell) Lake, S. R. She d. Apr. 18, 1951. Children:
I. HARRY L.,4 b. Dec. 13, 1886; d. Dec. 31, 1951; m. Oct. 31, 1908, Blanche Swift, B. F. Children:
a. LEROY DANA,5 b. Mar. 7, 1910; m. Mildred O'Dette, b. Sept. 6, 1911. Children: (i) Barbara Joan,6 b. July 25, 1933; m. Leo F. Sprague. Children: Christine, b. Sept. 3, 1952; Deborah, b. Oct., 1954. (ii) Carolyn Ruth, b. Mar. 11, 1935. (iii) LeRoy Dana, b. Aug. 23, 1936. (iv) Gerald Colin, b. Oct. 15, 1937. (v) Ronald Dean, b. May 6, 1940. (vi) George Henry, b. Dec. 20, 1941. (vii) Bruce Arnold, b. May 9, 1944. (viii) Clifford Robert, b. Oct. 7, 1946.
b. EARL BYRON,5 b. Sept. 9, 1911; m. Alice Bingham. Children: (i) Earl Byron, b. Aug. 19, 1939. (ii) Carroll Charles, b. Mar. 5, 1943. (iii) Earline Alice, b. July 13, 1946.
c. STUART SWIFT,5 b. Mar. 8, 1915; m. Elizabeth Minard (see Minard).
d. CATHERINE ADELE,5 b. Oct. 4, 1916; m. Edgar D. Frey, S. R. Children: (i) Dianne Kay, b. July 18, 1942. (ii) James Stuart, b. June 3, 1948.
e. FRANK ORSON,5 b. May 31, 1920; m. Aug. 3, 1942, Granville, Ohio, Mary Arminta McKnight. Children: (1) William Frank,6 b. Aug 25, 1944. (ii) Charles Albert, b. Jan. 6, 1951. (iii) Marcia Jean, b. Nov. 13, 1954.
II. RAYMOND C.,4 b. Jan. 11, 1890; m. Elizabeth Ellison; res. Memphis, Tenn. Children:
a. MARY
b. MARTHA
III. GUY M.,4 b. Aug. 4, 1892; m. (1) Hetty King, b. Nov. 21, 1898, d. Mar. 21, 1932; m. (2) Adah Williams Smith, Oct. 23, 1934. Children:
a. PHYLLIS,5 b. Feb. 21, 1925; d. Oct. 15, 1926.
ba CLAIRE, b. May 18, 1927, Claremont, N. H .; m. Feb. 29, 1948, Edward Perkins, b. Dec. 14, 1928. Children: (i) Timothy Guy, b. Sept. 27, 1949. (ii) Michael Kenneth, b. Apr. 18, 1951.
IV. CLARK C.,4 b. June 18, 1894; m. Mildred Dyke, B. F .; d. 1951. Children:
a. RITA,5 m. Harold Nye, Nashua, N. H. Children: (i) Gerald. (ii) Donald.
V. ROLAND F.,4 b. Apr. 11, 1896; d. Jan. 23, 1948; m. Oct. 11, 1924, Florence Gammell Walker. Children:
a. DONALD, twin, b. July 11, 1926.
b. RICHARD, twin, b. July 11, 1926, m. Veronica Kar-
nacewicz, N. Westminster, Vt. Child: (i) Gary.
VI. PHILIP D.,4 b. July 26, 1898; m. Sept. 21, 1922, Mary Louise LaClair, b. Jan. 1, 1899. Children:
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a. MARILYN KAY, b. July 24, 1926.
b. PHILIP CLARK, b. Sept. 19, 1930.
c. ELIZABETH ANNE, b. July 16, 1933; m. Aug. 15, 1955, S. R., Roland Ray William, Jr., Craftsbury, Vt.
d. WILLIAM FRANCIS, b. Oct. 9, 1937.
VII. CHARLES E.,4 b. Feb. 29, 1904; m. Oct. 3, 1927, Irene Davis, Springfield, Vt., b. (July 30, 1904. Children: a. CHARLES EDWIN, JR., b. July 10, 1928, Springfield, Vt .; m. Sept. 8, 1951, Sylvia Lynette Dufresne, b. Sept. 3, 1930. Children: (i) Linda Marie, b. Dec. 6, 1954, Springfield. (ii) Carol Anne, b. Mar. 13, 1957, Boston, Mass.
b. ELINOR MAE, b. Sept. 24, 1930, Springfield; m. July 23, 1951, William Griswold, Jr., b. Oct. 25, 1928, S. Royalton, Vt. Children: (i) Larry Wil- liam, b. Aug. 12, 1952, Springfield. (ii) Arliend Eugene, b. Dec. 22, 1954, Springfield. (iii.) Elaine Marie, b. July 17, 1956, Springfield.
c. MARION LOUISE, b. May 28, 1934, Springfield; m. Dec. 4, 1954, La Verne Albert Breault, b. Feb. 10, 1935, Gansvoort, N. Y. Children: (i) Cheryl Ann, b. Nov. 8, 1955, Groton, Conn. (ii) Donna Lee, b. Dec. 25, 1956, Groton, Conn.
d. JOYCE IRENE, b. May 12, 1940, Springfield; m. Nov. 6, 1957, Gerald Earl Breault, b. Apr. 24, 1938. e. ROBERT LEE, b. Aug. 13, 1941, Springfield.
VIII. KENNETH WALTER,4 b. Dec. 18, 1909; d. Dec. 25, 1957, Keene, N. H .; m. Oct. 15, 1934, Granville, N. Y. Mar- garet Kiniry, N. Walpole, N. H .; res. Keene. Children:
a. LOIS JEAN, b. July 13, 1935, B. F .; m. Oct. 5, 1957, Keene, John Perlowski.
b. WILLIAM JAMES, b. Nov. 5, 1936, B. F.
C. JUDITH ANN, b. Feb. 16, 1940, Keene
d. JANET FRANCES, b. Mar. 16, 1944, Keene.
STOCKWELL
WILLIAM,1 b. Scotland; m. Apr. 14, 1695, Ipswich, Mass., Sarah Lam- bert, dau. of William, Gloucester, Mass .; b. July 4, 1681; res, Sutton, Mass.
DAVID,2 b. 1695; d. 1743; m. Feb. 5, 1719, Gloucester, Mass., Marcy Emmons, b. Nov. 28, 1700, Gloucester, dau. Peter and Martha Eaton (or Killam). She d. Nov. 24, 1771.
JOHN,3 b. Nov. 13, 1737, Sutton, Mass .; m. Aug. 8, 1758, Southboro, Mass., Catherine Newton5, b. Nov. 1, 1739, dau. William4 (Daniel,3 Daniel,2 Richard1) and Elizabeth Wright ; res. Framingham, Athol and Leverett, Mass .; Revolutionary soldier.
EMMONS,4 b. Aug. 14, 1778, Athol; m. Melinda Shumway, Leverett, Mass., dau. Rev. Elijah4 (Jacob,3 Peter,2 Peter1) and Zilpah Gilbert of Easton, Mass. Rev. Shumway was minister at Jamaica, Vt. 1808-1810 also Grafton, Vt. 1810-1812; Revolutionary soldier; d. 1819, Jamaica. Emmons had 10 children he d. Oct. 20, 1851, Fitchburg, Mass.
LORISTON,5 b. Apr. 14, 1817, Jamaica; d. Feb. 8, 1872, Fitchburg; m. 1840, Clara Gardner, b. Oct. 9, 1820, Wilbraham, Mass .; d. Sept. 11, 1904, Fitchburg, dau. of Charles and Patty (Caldwell).
Children:
1. ERVIN W., b. 1841, Fitchburg; d. 1864.
2. ORWELL L., b. 1843, Fitchburg; d. 1863, Alexandria, Va.
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3. MARCIA, b. Jan. 13, 1845, Fitchburg; m. George Crawford. Children: i. ERNEST
ii. BINA
4. AUBREY E., b. Dec. 21, 1847, Fitchburg; d. Nov. 12, 1870, Roxbury, Vt.
1.
5. OZIEL,6 b. Dec. 6, 1849, Fitchburg; d. May 28, 1930, Fitchburg; m. July 4, 1870, Lurancy Trask, Templeton, Mass.
6. FREDERICK, b. June 10, 1852, Fitchburg; d. Sept. 7, 1852.
7. FLORA, b. 1854, Fitchburg; m. George Cate.
8. WILLIAM, b. Mar. 6, 1856, Fitchburg; res. Kansas City, Mo.
1. OZIEL,6 m. Lurancy Trask, b. Nov. 24, 1852; d. Aug. 12, 1929, Fitchburg. Children:
i. ERVIN SIDNEY,7 b. Oct. 16, 1871; d. Oct. 1950; m. July 13, 1893, Grace Elvira Cobb, b. July 18, 1870, Boston, Mass. Children:
I. HELEN ELVIRA,8 b. Aug. 2, 1894, Winthrop, Mass .; m. Willis Eugene Pattison. Children:
a. LEE STOCKWELL, b. June 23, 1920; m. June 1946, Louise Weeks Valentine. Children: Margery, b. June 20, 1947; Stewart Eugene, b. May 12, 1953. STEWART BROWN, b. Dec. 3, 1921; d. July 8, 1945 (W. W. II).
b.
II. ERVIN SIDNEY II, res. Sharon, Mass .; b. Feb. 2, 1898, Winthrop, Mass .; m. Helen Elizabeth Matheson Children:
a. ERVIN SIDNEY III
b. RICHARD MATHESON.
III. HARLAN COBB, res. Evanston, Ill .; b. Jan. 12, 1902, Winthrop; m. Mildred Brian. Children:
a. DAVID COBB.
b. MICHAEL BRIAN. .
IV. HERBERT BICKNER, res. Augusta, Me .; b. Feb. 6, 1906, Sharon, Mass .; m. Alice Andrews, Montpelier, Vt. Children:
a. DONALD ANDREWS.
b. ANDREW COBB.
ii. WARREN EDMUND,7 b. Oct. 23, 1873, Fitchburg; m. (1) June 18, 1895, Annie Batten LeBourveau, Hyde Park, Mass .; m. (2) Jan. 21, 1933, Ethel May Speare, Montpelier, Vt.
iii. LORISTON, b. Dec. 19, 1876, Fitchburg; d. Apr., 1948, Melrose Highlands, Mass .; m. (1) Maude ----; m (2) Mrs. Effie Merry. Children:
I. MARGARET.
II. GRANDISON.
iv. LENA, b. Dec. 19, 1879, Fitchburg; d. New London, Conn .; m. Leon Colby. Children:
I. NEWTON.
II. SYLVIA.
III. ARLENE.
V. RAY, b. May 1883, Fitchburg.
vi. STELLA, b. Feb. 26, 1884, Fitchburg; m. Bert Forrest; res. Fitchburg.
vii. OZIEL LESTER, b. Dec. 19, 1885, Fitchburg; d. 1940, Fitchburg; m. Grace Grant. Children:
PHILLIP, IRENE, LILLIAN, KARL, ROLLAND, ROY and GUY (twins), DOROTHY, MARJORIE.
viii. WILLIE GARDNER, b. Jan. 13, 1888, Fitchburg.
ix. EMMONS RUDOLPHUS, b. Aug. 2, 1889, Fitchburg; m. Hazel Children:
ROBERT, EMMONS R., JR., res. California.
x. HAROLD, b. Dec., 1890, Fitchburg; m. Lillian ---- (one child).
xi. GLADYS, b. Feb. 28, 1894, Fitchburg; m. (1) Charles Edmonds;
2.
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m. (2) Ernest Davis. Children: EVELYN, WILLIAM SUMNER, res. Fitchburg.
xii. EARLE, d. infancy.
2. WARREN EDMUND,7 m. Annie LeBourveau dau. William and Frances Adeline Stone; b. May 25, 1870, Fitzwilliam, N. H .; d. June 26, 1930, Montpelier, Vt. His res. Nashua, N. H. Children:
I. FRANCES LEBOURVEAU, b. Mar. 9, 1897, B. F .; m. Sept. 18, 1918, Montpelier, Leverett Charles Lovell (see Lovell).
II. EDMUND FARRINGTON b. Dec. 20, 1899, B. F .; m. Esther Medlyn, Pittsfield, Mass., Aug. 16, 1924 at Carthage N. Y., b. July 27, 1901, dau. Samuel and Eliza of Pittsfield. Children:
a. JOHN FARRINGTON, b. Feb. 17, 1926; m, June 17, 1950, Nancy Wellington, Lexington, Mass. 2 Children.
III. MARGARET STONE, b. Oct. 17, 1901, B. F .; m. Dec. 21 1921, Edwin J. Frehse, Cleveland, O. at Montpelier, Vt. Children:
a. VIRGINIA ANN, b. Jan. 6, 1924; m. Kenneth Lee Wingerter, July 10, 1943. Children: (i) Kenneth Edwin, b. Sept. 25, 1944. (ii) David Bruce, b. Jan. 4, 1947. (iii) Anne Kathryn, b. Sept. 12, 1951.
b. BEVERLY STOCKWELL, b. Aug. 30, 1926; m. Robert John Cunningham, June 26, 1945. Child: (i) Robert John, Jr., b. June 5, 1951.
IV. ESTHER SLATE, b. Dec. 28, 1903, B. F .; m. (1) Nov. 1, 1928, Montpelier, Vt., Robert Sibley Bliss, d. Dec. 20, 1931; m. (2) Ralph Tobin, Barre, Vt., July 18, 1934, Chazy, N. Y.
V. THOMAS GARVEY, b. Apr. 14, 1908, B. F .; m. (1) Mildred Grand Island, Neb., Aug. 1932. Child: a. LEONARD WARREN, b. 1933, Grand Island. m. (2) Madge ----; res. Sunland, Calif.
STODDARD
HENRY A.,4 (John E,3 Jacob,2 Thomas1), b. Apr. 6, 1881, Springfield, Vt .; m. (1) Nov. 2, 1904, Katherine May O'Brien, d. July 21, 1942; m. (2) Mrs. Mildred Grow, Ascutney, Vt., Nov. 11, 1944.
Children:
1. GERTRUDE ELIZABETH, b. Aug. 22, 1907, Bellows Falls, Vt .; unm.
2. ALICE ESTHER, b. Apr. 13, 1909, Bellows Falls, Vt .; m. Aug. 28, 1937, Lawrence Logan Haynam, Minerva, Ohio.
3. KATHERINE ABBA, b. Bellows Falls, Vt., Mar. 18, 1918; m. Oct. 29, 1938, LeRoy Frederick Berg, New Britain, Conn. Children:
i. JOHN STODDARD, b. June 24, 1939, New Britain, Conn.
ii. LEE, b. May 13, 1942, New Britain, Conn.
STOWELL*
SAMUEL,1 b. England; d. Nov. 9, 1683; m. Oct. 25, 1649, Mary Farrow, b. Sept. 22, 1633, Hingham, England, d. Oct. 24, 1708, Hingham, Mass., dau. of John and Frances.
DAVID,2 b. Apr. 8, 1660, Hingham, Mass .; d. Sept. 9, 1724, Newton, Mass .; m. Apr. 7, 1692, Cambridge, Mass, Mary Stedtman, d. Sept. 27, 1724, Newton, Mass., dau. of Nathaniel and Temperance.
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DAVID,3 b. 1693, Newton, Mass .; d. Sept. 5, 1763, Willington, Conn .; m. May 2, 1716, Newton, Mass., Patience Harrington, b. Oct. 10, 1697, Watertown, Mass .; d. Oct. 21, 1724, Newton, Mass. Res. Watertown and Newton, Mass., Pomfret Conn. (1725), Windham and Willington, Conn.
ELIZABETH.4 m. David Pulsipher (see Pulsipher).
STOWELL*
JAMES H,4 (David,3 Asa,2 David1), b. 1838; d. 1914; m. (1) Ann Halla- day, Oct. 5, 1874; m. (2) Lucy Sparks Benson. Children:
1. JAMES HENRY, b. Dec. 23, 1866; d. 1914 (mother Ann Halladay).
2. ERNEST BEAUMOND, b. Apr. 9, 1881; m. Ella Jeanette Wooley, Apr. 9, 1904. Children:
i. WALTER HENRY, res. Barre, Vt .; b. July 24, 1905, Grafton, Vt .; m. Cynthia Goodsell; Children: Walter Henry, Jr., b. July 29, 1937.
ii. ELEANOR JEANETTE, b. Sept. 20, 1910, Grafton.
iii. MARGUERITE ISOBEL, b. Nov. 6, 1912, Grafton, d. Nov. 26, 1917.
iv. WINIFRED ALICE, b. Mar. 13, 1915; d. Apr. 10, 1915.
v. DAVID ERNEST, b. Sept. 6, 1916, Grafton; d. May 30, 1957. (awarded Purple Heart and Silver Star in W. W. II), m. Eleanor Lamareaux, Nov. 20, 1940. Children: Christine Ellen, b. Aug. 30, 1949, Burlington, Vt.
vi. RICHARD BRUCE, res. Wollaston, Mass .; m. Betty Ellen Mack, July 28, 1946. Child: Diane Ellen, b. Mar. 28, 1947, B. F.
vii. JAMES DONALD, res. Keene, N. H .; b. Apr. 23, 1924, (W. W. II), m. Clara Dubois, May 13, 1947. Child: Marnee Gail, b. Aug. 7, 1949, B. F.
viii. ROBERT CHARLES, res. Rochester, N. Y .; b. Jan. 19, 1926, S. R., (W. W. II); m. Marion Blood, Sept. 5, 1950. Children: Bruce Robert, b. Sept. 4, 1953, Hartford, Conn; Linda Mary, b. May 13, 1956, Rochester.
ix. GEORGE RALPH, b. Oct. 7, 1930, B. F .; d. July 9, 1932.
SWITZER
ALBERT HENRY, son of Albert H. and Louise Johnson Switzer; b. Woodstock, Vt., Apr. 14, 1867; educated St. Albans, Vt .; came to B. F. 1887, employed Rutland and B&MRR, became General Agent for both; m. Sept., 1893, Belle Emaline, dau. Orrin H. and Nancy Coleman Whitman, b. Oct. 9, 1870, Westminster, Vt.
Children (all b. B. F.):
1. KARL WHITMAN, b. Dec. 1, 1894; d. Sept. 16, 1941; m. Oct. 7, 1920, Eleanor Frances, dau. Frank and Frances Pike Hardy, b. London- derry, N. H., June 19, 1900. Children:
i. KARL WHITMAN, JR., b. Jan. 27, 1923, Newton, Mass .; m June 13, 1951, Joan Campbell, b. Cambridge, Mass., July 26, 1929. Children: David Hardy, b. Jan. 8, 1952; Linda, b. July 3, 1954; Cynthia, b. June 12, 1957.
ii. CHARLES DANA, b. Jan. 10, 1926, Newton, Mass .; m. (1) Aug. 3, 1950, Ann Orth, Newton Center, Mass. Children: Karen Lee, b. Sept. 9, 1951, Boston, Mass .; Jeffrey Pike, b. Dec. 12, 1953, Boston, Mass. M. (2) Louise Turner, July 3, 1955, b. West Medway, Mass., Sept. 3, 1934. Child: Susan, b. Apr. 25, 1957.
2. PEARL DAYTON, b. Mar. 8, 1897; d. Feb. 24, 1957; m. Laura Belle, dau. Arthur G. and Alice Day Spaulding of Ludlow, b. June 22, 1896. Children:
i. FREDERIC DANA, b. B. F., May 17, 1922; m. (1) Feb. 2, 1943,
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Ardivee, dau. Willard and Lillian Tarr, Fort Wayne, Ind. Children: Anne, b. Jan. 4, 1944, Fort Wayne; Peter Michael, b. Sept. 17, 1949, Fort Wayne. M. (2) Patricia Bullard of Texas, May, 1955. Child: Laura Grace, b. Oct. 12, 1957, Tokyo, Japan.
ii. LAURA MARIE, b. B. F., Dec. 3, 1924; m. Carl B. Martin, son of Doris and Carl B. Martin, Apr. 1945, Watertown, N. Y. Children (all b. Watertown): Christine, b. Apr. 3, 1947; Diane, b. Aug. 31, 1951; Linda, b. Jan. 4, 1954.
3. REGINALD ALBERT, b. Dec. 14, 1899; m. Grafton, Vt., June 15, 1927, Roma Safford, dau. Robert W. and Ada Safford Barlow, b. Chicago, Ill. Mar. 21, 1904. Children:
i. ROBERT ALAN, b. B. F., Jan. 6, 1945.
4. WENDELL DANA, b. Feb. 13, 1909; d. Mar. 15, 1950; m. Aug. 14, 1932, Windsor, Vt., Helen Josephine, dau. Dana Stillman and Elizabeth Butterfield Vilas, b. LaGrange, Ill., Apr. 5, 1909. Children (all b. B. F.):
i. LAWRENCE VILAS, b. July 3, 1933; m. Mar. 18, 1953, North- field, Vt., Norma Fuller, b. Newbury, Vt., Jan. 16, 1936. Children (all b. Northfield): Lawrence Vilas, b. Dec. 12, 1953; Kevin Wendell, b. July, 1955.
ii. DOUGLAS KARL, b. Apr. 18, 1935; m. July 27, 1957, Flushing, N. Y., Frances Ann, dau. Jerome Niles and Nancy Cardoza Doumaux, b. Toledo, O., July 12, 1936.
iii. BRUCE DAYTON, b. Apr. 20, 1940.
iv. WENDELL DANA, b. Sept. 21, 1943.
v. NANCY LOUISE, b. Oct. 23, 1945.
THAYER*
DORR M., b. Sept. 18, 1855, Jamaica, Vt .; d. May 11, 1936; m. Jennie B. White, Feb. 25, 1880, b. Dec. 12, 1861, Putney, Vt., d. Dec. 31, 1941. Children:
1. RUTH JENNIE, b. July 4, 1881, Putney, Vt .; m. James Joss Hay, Sept. 12, 1905, b. Apr. 2, 1878, Huntly, Scotland, d. Oct. 19, 1923. Children:
i. RUTH DOROTHY, b. Aug. 2, 1906, Bellows Falls.
ii. JAMES Joss, JR., b. Mar. 24, 1912, Bellows Falls; m. (1) Sylvia Barton, Apr. 21, 1938, b. Oct. 19, 1916, New York City. Child: Lelia M., b. May 20, 1945, Red Bank, N. J. M. (2) Audrey Brown, Apr. 29, 1948, b. Dec. 24, 1907, Poultney, Vt.
2. GENEVA MINNIE, b. Nov. 22, 1883, Bellows Falls; m. Frank L. Patterson, Aug. 11, 1916, b. June 1, 1877, Lowell, Vt., d. Sept. 19, 1930.
3. FAITH DULCENA, b. June 18, 1887, Bellows Falls; m. Adolph R. Buechner, Sept. 10, 1923, b. May 12, 1887, New York City,d. Oct. 29, 1942. She d. Dec. 12, 1957.
4. GLENN DORR, b. Apr. 28, 1889, Bellows Falls; m. Marcia Ross, Apr. 28, 1918, b. Oct. 21, 1897, Chatfield, Minn. Children:
i. JANICE M., b. Jan. 5, 1921, Butte, N. D .; d. Jan. 15, 1921. ii. DORR Ross, b. Nov. 23, 1929, Oxnard, Calif.
5. PAUL WHITE, b. Oct. 18, 1893, Bellows Falls; m. Jessie McGregor- Norman, July 5, 1930, b. Feb. 8, 1898, Melrose, Mass. Child: i. PAULA N., b. Jan. 27, 1937, Newton Center, Mass.
6. RUEL KIDDER, b. Jan. 3, 1895, Bellows Falls; m. Esther Buchanan, Sept. 14, 1921, b. Feb. 20, 1896, Pleasant Valley, Vt., d. Apr. 20, 1953. M. (2) July 3, 1955, Mrs. Maude M. Tate. Children :
i DORIS MARGUERITE, b. Oct. 7, 1922, Saxtons River; m. Leonard Lisai, Sept. 9, 1944, b. Mar. 13, 1922, Claremont, N. H. Children: Gary M., b. Sept. 21, 1946, B. F .; Brent T., b.
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May 19, 1949, B. F .; Raymond A., b. Apr. 13, 1951, B. F .; Leonard P., b. Nov. 14, 1953, B. F.
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