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1. Edward, b. May 31, 1815; d. May 17, 1864; m. April 24, 1844, Emily J. Randall, daughter of Lettis aud Joanna (Litchfield) Randall, b. April 19, 1824. Ch. :
(1). Emma Jane, b. July, 1847; m. July 29, 1865, Henry Leonard ; res. in Springfield.
(2). Levi, b. Jau. 3, 1852; m. Oct. 25, 1877, Inza Hewey, daugh- ter of Leonard and Maria (Dodge) Hewey. Ch. :
[1]. Della May, b. Aug. 22, 1885.
[2]. Etta Maria, b. June 19, 1887.
[3]. Marion Alberta, b. June 12, 1889.
(3). Abbie F., b. May 29, 1856; m. Sept. 6, 1875, Horace Kendall ; res. in Charlestown, N. H. Ch. : Mabel E. and Ida L.
(4). Ella Caroline, b. Aug. 22, 1860; m. April 8, 1880, George L. Chapin ; res. in Springfield. Ch. : Howard Ellsworth, b. April 25, 1892.
2. Frederick, b. in Springfield, Sept. 2, 1818; m. 1st, Emily Wood. She d. Oct. 24, 1860. Ch. by 1st marriage :
(1). Susie, b. June 12, 1850; m. in 1868, George Walbridge; res. in Randolph, Vt.
(2). Lewis Frederick, b. June 15, 1858; m. March, 1893, Addie Lovell; res. iu Rockingham, Vt.
Frederick, m. 2d, May 8, 1862, Sarah C. B. Whipple, b. May 25, 1833. Ch. by 2d marriage :
(3). George Mandel, b. April 29, 1866: m. Jau. 1, 1891, Minnie K. Prest, b. in Halifax, N. S., Aug. 18, 1865; res. in Springfield.
(4). Wallace Lincoln, b. March 19, 1869.
3. Eliza, b. Nov. 2, 1820; m. Lincoln M. Field, Feb. 15, 1848.
4. Jane, b. Jan. 2, 1822; d. in Watertown, N. Y., May 16, 1850; in. James Wooley of Rockingham.
5. David, b. Feb. 26, 1826. An enterprising farmer. He served in Co. H, 16th Reg't Vermont Volunteers; was at the battle of Gettysburg, Va. He m. June 1, 1885, Mrs. Merriel N. (Bates) Aldrich, daughter of James aud Mary (Grimes) Bates of Spring- field, b. Feb. 22, 1838 ; res. in Rockingham, Vt.
6. Permelia, b. Sept. 26, 1828; d. March 12, 1829.
7. Lois, b. Dec. 12, 1829; m. May 31, 1864, Beza F. Wood. He d. Dec. 8, 1881, aged 61 years. Ch. : Frank.
8. Maria, b. Dec. 19, 1832; d. Oct. 18, 1863; m. Jan. 16, 1861, Rich- mond Rawson. He d. about 1890; res. in Springfield.
9. Frank, b. July 24, 1836; m. Sept. 25, 1871, Betsey F. Parker,
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danghter of Elisha J. and Azuba (Ball) Parker of Springfield. She was b. Feb. 18, 1845.
10. Harriet, b. Dec. 1, 1838 ; d. in infancy.
VII. Sally, b. -; m. Jnly 24, 1808, Simeon Stoddard ; res. in Springfield and at Charlestown, N. H.
VIII. Aaron, b. April 25, 1795 ; d. Ang. 29, 1839 ; m. 1819, Nancy Conant, b. Ang. 11, 1795 ; d. Nov. 14, 1875. Ch. :
1. Roswell Clark, b. Nov. 7, 1819; m. Britania Burnham; res. in Wisconsin.
2. Aaron Dean, b. Jan. 23, 1822; d. June 18, 1848; m. May 1, 1848, Janette Monroe of Brookline, Mass.
3. Nancy Elizabeth, b. March 4, 1824; d. Jnly 5, 1858; m. in 1847, Horace Robinson. He d. in 1865 ; res. in Washington, D. C.
4. Fanny, b. Sept. 13, 1827 ; d. April 27, 1846.
5. Ellen Conant, b. March 19, 1831; m. James A. White; res. in Marlboro, N. H.
6. George Lewis, b. Jan. 6, 1840; m. Nov. 24, 1863, Carrie Chase. IX. Fanny, b. Oct. 9, 1797; d. about 1820.
X. David, b. Sept. 18, 1800; d. about 1824.
ELBRIDGE L. FARMER, son of Lyman and Martha (-) Farmer, was b. in Grafton, Vt., Feb. 13, 1850; m. Feb. 6, 1879, Mary A. Wakefield, daughter of Alpha and Lucinda (-) Wakefield. Ch. :
I. Anna M., b. Jan. 10, 1881.
Mary A. Farmer d. March, 1895.
JOHN FARNHAM, son of John and Mary (Martin) Farnham, was b. in Mil- ton, N. H., Jan. 20, 1803. His father died when he was three years old, and when he was five he came to Springfield with his mother. He lived with her until seven, then with 'Timothy Goodnow nntil he was nine, when he went to live with Hngh Henry of Chester, where he stayed until he was fourteen. He then went to live with Jeremiah Abbott, and was there until he became of age. He was a millwright by trade, having learned of William Gould. He was chairman of the Board of Selectmen six years. Mr. Farnham m. in 1832 Mary Parker, daughter of Leonard and Abigail Parker. She d. He m. 2d, Sarah Abbott, and after her death m. 3d, Cynthia Brown. Ch. :
I. Susan F., b. in Springfield, April 25, 1833; m. Charles A. Leland.
II. Eliza, b. at Rockingham, April 18, 1836; m. Charles Butterfield.
ABNER FIELD was the son of Pardon Field, who was b. at Cranston, R. I., April 13, 1761, and was the son of James, who was the son of Jeremiah. Pardon Field came to Chester, Vt., between 1784 and 1788; m. Elizabeth Will- iams, who was a descendant of the fifth generation from Roger Williams. Their children were Hannah, who m. John Kibbling; Lydia, m. Robert Field ; James; Jeremiah; Abner; Joseph; Sarah, m. Stephen Austin; Welcome; Elizabeth and Pardon. Abner, the subject of this sketch, was b. in Chester, Nov. 28, 1793. He received his education in the common schools, and when twenty-five years of age began his mercantile life in the store of Peter Adams on " East Hill " in the town of Andover. Later he was in trade with Nathaniel Fullerton in Chester, and in 1831 he came to North Springfield and
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formed a partnership with Sylvester Burke. They opened the store now oc- cupied by his son, F. G. Field, and continued the business until about 1845. Mr. Field was regarded as a man of good judgment, with the courage to ex- press his own opinions, as well as to form thien, and he possessed the confi- dence of the people. It was through his efforts that a post office was estab- lished at the North Village, and he was appointed the first postmaster. He was one of the incorporators of the Springfield Savings Bank, and of the Bank of Black River at Proctorsville, being for a number of years president of the latter. In politics he was originally a Whig, and joined the Republican party at its organization. I He was the representative of the town in the legislature in 1835 and 1837, and a senator from Windsor County in 1842 and 1843. He m.& Feb. 16, 1832, Louisa, daughter of Daniel and Aunah Lenthal (Ames) Griswold, who was b. in Springfield, Dec. 5, 1807. He d. Dec. 19, 1864. Ch. :
I. ¿ Walbridge Abner, b. April 26, 1833. He attended school at Perkinsville, Springfield Wes- leyan Seminary, and Kimball Union Academy at Meri- den, N. H., and gradnated fromn Dartmouth Col- lege in the class of 1855. After serving as tutor two years in the college, he at- tended Harvard Law School, and studied with Hon. Harvey Jewell of Boston. He was a member of the City Council, and assistant United States District At- torney for Massa- chusetts under Richard H. Dana, Jr. In 1869 he was Malbeige A. Frecu appointed assist- ant attorney- general of the United States under Attorney-General E. R. Hoar, and resigned the position to engage in the practice of law. He was a member of the law firm of Jewell, Gaston & Field, and later of Jewell, Field & Shepard. In 1876 he was elected to Congress from
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the third congressional district of Massachusetts, received the cer- tificate of election, but the scat was contested, and the decision was finally against him. He was again elected in 1878, and at the expiration of his term was appointed one of the justices of Massa- chusetts Supreme Court by Gov. John D. Long, and in 1890 was ap- pointed chief justice, which position he now holds (1894). He m. in 1869 Ellen Eliza McLoon, who d. March 8, 1877. Two ch. :
Fre G. Field.
1. Eleanor Louise.
2. Elizabeth Lenthal. He m. 2d, in 1882, Frances Farwell of Rockland, Me. II. Cordelia Louisa, b. Oct. 16, 1834; d. July 25, 1843.
III. , Fred Griswold, b. Jan. 1, 1842. Heis a mer- chant and prominent business man at North Springfield, active in town affairs. He represented Springfield in the legislature in 1870 and 1872, and was a senator from Windsor County in 1880. In 1890 he was appoint- ed by Gov. Carroll S. Page, State In- spector of Finance for two years. Hem. July 2, 1872, Anna M. Tarbell of Caven- dish. Ch .:
1. Fred Tarbell, b. Dec. 4, 1876.
2. Bertha Isadore, b. Nov. 29, 1878.
IV. Isadore L., m. Sept. 10, 1872, Durant J. Boyn- ton. (See sketch.)
DANIEL FIELD came to Springfield from Rhode Island before 1780. He settled on what is now known as the Field place, at the mouth of Field brook, and the family were living there at the time the Indians burned Royalton, October, 1780. He was a soldier of the Revolution, in Col. Hitch- cock's regiment of Rhode Island Infantry, which served under Washington, participating' in the battles of White Plains, Trenton, and Princeton. He was b. Nov. 23, 1752; m. Hannah Whitman, who was b. Oct. 4, 1754. They
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came two hundred miles to Springfield, through the forest, with an ox cart, and he used to relate how he paid a hundred dollars in Continental bills for having the tire set, so much had the value of the money depreciated. He bought about 200 acres of land and built a log cabin in the little hollow be- tween the two-story house, now standing (1894), and the brook, and after working through the summer, went back to Rhode Island to work at his trade in the winter, that of a blacksmith, to pay for his land. This he did for several years. The small piece of bottom land below the mouth of the brook was a beaver meadow, and the industrious little animals had entirely cleared it of timber. This was the only cleared spot on the tract, all the remainder being heavily timbered with beech, maple, hemlock, elm, etc. It is said that one white elm which stood a little above the meadow, near where the road now enters the narrow valley going north, measured seven feet in diameter and made fifteen cords of wood. The early settlers of these towns in Vermont endured hardships which our modern pioneers know little about. Mrs. Field used to spin wool for some of the wealthier families at "Number 4." When her week's work was done she would take the yarn and travel to Charlestown, on foot through the woods, and take her pay in such articles as were most necessary in the family. Mr. Field sometimes worked for the farmers at Charlestown, and carried home on his back the proceeds of his week's labor, a bushel of shelled corn.
Daniel Field was commonly called " Quaker Field," from the fact that he always wore the Quaker style of dress, though he was never a member of the sect. His word was always sacredly kept. When the term of service of the Rhode Island troops was about to expire in the army, Washington went among them and personally besought them to re-enlist, as it was the dark- est time of the Revolution. Mr. Field would not enlist, but told Wash- ington he would stay a mouth longer. Washington replied with thanks, say- ing, " Your word is as good as your bond." During that month of voluntary service he was in the battles of Trenton and Princeton.
While her husband was absent working at the forge in the winter to pay for the farm, Mrs. Field lived alone with her two children in the Vermont forest. Wild animals, especially black bears, wolves and catamounts, were then plenty. Once she scared a huge panther from her door, and at another time thought the Indians were upon her when at night she heard the fierce howls of what proved to be a pack of wolves, that came down over the Whipple hill up to the yard near the house in which were two yoke of oxen and a cow. They tried to get the latter, but the oxen stood with their heads facing outward and kept them at bay with their sharp horns. There were sixteen wolves, and though Mrs. Field had two loaded guns in the house, she feared to shoot lest she should kill the cattle. After a half hour fighting with the oxen, the wolves galloped off and left them. She used to hunt the cows in the woods, leading her little boy and carrying the baby in her arms. In those days there was no dam on the river, and she used to ford it at the " Point of Rocks " and again at the mouth of the brook.
Daniel Field carried on blacksmithing in the shop on the brook until near the time of his death. His son Arthur followed the business after his
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father's death. Daniel and his wife both died in the old Field mansion, the former July 6, 1824, and Mrs. Hannah Field d. Sept. 10, 1834. Ch. :
I. Salathiel, b. Oct. 4, 1778, settled on the farm in the west part of the town now owned by his grandson, Arthur M. Field ; m. Sept. 22, 1803, Sally Howe. She d. Jan. 29, 1808. Ch. :
1. Lorenzo D., b. June 22, 1804; d. in Mississippi, Dec. 20, 1836.
2. Daniel, b. Oct. 13, 1805; m. Mary Fuller. He was a Methodist minister, member of the Vermont Conference; d. at Williams- town, Vt., May 20, 1883.
Salathiel m. 2d, Jan. 26, 1809, Lydia Bragg. Ch. :
3. Sarah H., b. May 2, 1810; m. Asa L. Spaulding, d. in Enfield, Conn., March 7, 1863.
4. Benjamin F., b. Nov. 18, 1812; d. in Red City, Mich., Dec. 11, 1886.
5. John B., b. Feb. 22, 1815.
6. George Olcott, b. April 10, 1817.
7. Lincoln M., b. Sept. 15, 1819; m. 1st, Eliza P. Fairbank ; m. 2d, Louise M. Bowen. He d. in Lowell, Mass., Feb. 11, 1882.
8. Abigail Brown, b. Nov. 24, 1822; m. John Simonds.
9. Mary Jane, I b. May 27, 1828.
10. Lydia Ann,
Lydia (Bragg) Field d. May 27, 1828.
Salathiel m. 3d, Susan Merritt. Ch. :
11. Elizabeth Chase, b. Jan. 10, 1831; m. Foster H. Whitcomb.
12. Hannah Whitman, b. Oct. 4, 1832; unm.
13. Susan Alice, b. Sept. 17, 1834; m. Joseph A. Wilson.
14. David Salathiel, b. Feb. 1, 1837; m. May 10, 1861, Millie M. Shaw. He went to Lowell, Mass., learned machinist trade, and was a contractor in Lowell machine shops. He bought, a few years since, the homestead farm in the west part of the town, now owned by his son Arthur, but never moved on to it. He d. Jan. 29, 1890. Ch .:
(1). Arthur M., b. Oct. 11, 1865; m. Estella Kinsman. Ch. : Edith.
(2). Charles W., b. Feb. 27, 1867; m. Mary S. Pettengill; res. in Chelmsford, Mass.
Salathiel Field d. Dec. 12, 1865.
(3). Bernice, b. June 21, 1882.
II. Zilpha, b. Jan. 26, 1780. ~
III. Mary, b. Feb. 22, 1781.
IV. Arthur, b. Dec. 1, 1783. He worked with his father at blacksmith- ing, and manufactured hoes and other farming tools in the shop by the brook near the old Field place. His hoes had a great reputa- tion, and no farmer was thought to be well furnished with tools unless he had a "Field hoe." They were the best tools of the kind then made, and for quality of material, proper shape, and ease of working, they have not been excelled since. In those days they sold for $1.50 each. Arthur Field was a man of ability, had a won-
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derful memory, and was well versed in the history of his town. Ch. :
1. Arabella S., b. Oct. 18, 1815; m. Feb. 19, 1835, William M. Messenger. He was a carpenter, and built the house now owned (1895) by F. G. Ellison. He d. Sept. 2, 1849. Ch. :
(1). Ambre, d. at age of 20 years.
(2). Abbie, res. in Dorchester, Mass.
(3). Emma, m. George Demary ; res. in Dorchester, Mass.
(4). William O., member of Co. A 3d. Reg't Vermont Volun- teers; wounded in battle June 3, 1864; d. of wounds June 6, 1864.
(5). Henry Arthur, d. April 23, 1893.
2. Marcia, b. Nov. 4, 1817; now living on homestead in Springfield (1895).
3. Richard, b. Jan. 18, 1821; worked with his father in manufacture of hoes aud other tools. At one time worked in locomotive works, Boston, Mass .; afterwards returned to Springfield and was in business with his father. He m. Jan. 1, 1851, Susan Kilbourn, b. in Claremont, N. H., Aug. 12, 1827. She d. in Springfield, June 20, 1890. He d. Jan. 1, 1894. Ch. :
(1). Charles R., b. March 21, 1852; res. in Springfield.
(2). Lillia A., b. April 18, 1857; res. in Springfield.
(3). Jennie, b. July 22, 1860; d. in infancy.
(4). Annie, b. June 23, 1865 ; d. in infancy.
(5). Frederick A., b. May 17, 1868 ; res. in Malden, Mass.
V. Susaunah, b. May 7, 1785.
VI. Oliver, b. Feb. 7, 1787.
VII. Hannah, b. Nov. 14, 1789 ; d. May 8, 1798.
VIII. Esther, b. April 7, 1791.
IX. Anna, b. July 15, 1792.
X. Phebe, b. Feb. 28, 1794.
XI. Anna, 2d, b. June 8, 1795.
XII. Desdemonia, b. April 9, 1798.
XIII. David, b. April 12, 1800.
ISAAC FISHER was born in Natick, Mass., Nov. 5, 1763. He had a twin brother, Abraham, who settled in Claremont, N. H., and d. there in 1851. Isaac appears to have lived in Leominster, Mass., in 1788, and up to about 1793, when he moved to Bolton, and thence to Lancaster about 1796. He moved to Charlestown, N. H., in 1799, where he was known as a carpenter and joiner and miller. He operated a gristmill on the brook north of Charlestown village on the road to Springfield, owned by John Willard. He built the first bridge across Connecticut River from Charlestown to Springfield, in 1806. In that year he moved to Springfield, and bought the gristmill of John White. At this time the road from Charlestown to Springfield was the Crown Point Road, across Skitchawaug Mountain, to a point near the Chase farm, the present residence of H. M. Arms, thence by the Tower Farm to Lock- wood's Falls. At the falls there was a gristmill, a sawmill, a fulling mill, and a few dwellings. It was as unpromising a site for a business village
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as conld well be found. The land about the mills was steep side hill or swamp. Men from Chester and other places had looked the situation over, and re- garded the discouragements as too great. The practical eye of Isaac Fisher discovered at a glance the possibilities for enterprise and business. His in- domitable spirit was not dismayed by the obstacles to be overcome, but rather gathered new energy by the silent opposition of nature to the con- templated improvements of man. He bonght land and rights, until he con- trolled nearly the whole water power of the falls. He surveyed, planned and built the system of dans by which the water is used over aud over to turn the wheels of industry, and made the wheels to utilize the water. Within a year he had the road surveyed from Cheshire Bridge up Black River to North Springfield, and had built the bridge at the latter place, and the one at the lower end of the village, and not long after the one called Fisher's Bridge near the farm uow owued by Nathan P. White.
The building of the road to Cheshire Bridge was a hard undertaking for a new town, where every man had to struggle for his own existence. The corduroys which were laid were swept ont by high water, and the clay bauk above Morris Mills gave much trouble. It took several years to complete a permanent road, but in 1812 it was done, and he had in operation a cotton mill, oil mill, card shop and foundry, and the woollen factory nearly done. Wheu the miller went to sleep aud let the grain run out and set the mill on fire in 1809, he said to the farmers, " The machinery is left. I will have it run- niug again. Bring your grists in a week, and I will griud them." True to his word, in seven days the mill was runuing again. Theu he built a mill on the present site of Cobb & Derby's, with a cardiug and fulling mill in oue part of it. He had previously sold the power now owned by Gilmau & Son to Amasa Houghton. In company with - Hawkius, he had a machine shop ou the west side of the river below the Falls Bridge. They built aud repaired carding and shearing machiues. This shop was burned in 1833. In 1810 he leased to Isaac Fisher, Jr., that part of the gristmill containing the cloth-dressing ma- chiuery, aud iu 1813 sold the gristmill to Peter White. In 1820 he sold the sawmill to Alleu Bates, aud bought Bates's farm above the Whipple place. In 1826 he sold the foundry to Noah Safford, Jotham W. Durant, Isaac Fisher, Jr., aud Richard McCrae. He built the Toutine for his residence, and it was said to be a very nice house for those times, with Mrs. Fisher's well-kept flower garden just below it. Its comeliness long siuce disappeared beneath the en- largements, additions and other excrescences. Iu farming, he was as enter- prising as in other business, and made his land productive far beyond the natural capacity of the soil.
Mr. Fisher was not only possessed of public spirit, but of private liber- ality. Many a poor man waked on a cold morning to find a load of wood at his door. The children of the village knew him for a friend, and their researches in his pockets for nuts and raisins were not in vain. They all called him " Grandpa Fisher." He was prominent in establishing the Universalist Church, and one of the reliable supporters of Brother Skinner, the early pastor. After the death of his wife in 1831, he sold his farm to John Miller, and went to live with his son-in-law, Jonathan Chase, and died in 1848 aged 84
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years. Father Smiley said at his funeral that he was a leader in all the vil- lage improvements, and that the town was indebted to him more than to any other one man.
Isaac Fisher m. Elizabeth Glover. She d. Dec. 17, 1831. Ch. :
I. Isaac, b. at Leominster, Mass .; m. Dec. 3, 1810, Harriet Johnson. She d. at Rockford, Ill., Aug .. 26, 1866. He d. at same place, June 5, 1862.
Children born in Springfield :
1. Eliza Glover, b. May 18, 1813; m. April, 1847, Henry Barnard. (See Barnard family.)
2. George B., b. May 30, 1815 ; d. in infancy.
3. Henry, b. Jan. 1, 1817 ; m. Dec. 25, 1845, Alma Parkhurst. Ch. :
(1). Alice, b. Nov. 18, 1846.
(2). George, b. September, 1848.
(3). Lucy.
(4). William.
(5). Frank.
4. Emily, b. April 24, 1819; m. July 11, 1843, Isaiah Ford of Jack- son, Ohio. He d. September, 1851. She d. April, 1889. Ch. :
(1). Fanny, b. April 26, 1844.
(2). Emma, b. Sept. 9, 1848; m. - Long of Jackson, Ohio. Two children.
5. Charles, b. Nov. 8, 1825; m. in 1852, Sarah Smith. Two chil- dren.
6. Lewis G., b. May 24, 1828; m. Emily Taylor. One child; d. in infancy.
7. Francis H., b. July 3, 1831; m. April 29, 1858, Samuel Mueliny ; res. in Cincinnati, Ohio.
II. Eliza, b. Nov. 11, 1789, Leominster, Mass. ; m. December, 1809, Tisdale Lincoln of Putney ; moved to Salisbury, Vt.
III. Jacob, b. at Leominster, Mass., June 3, 1791; m. Dec. 27, 1815, Clarissa Stevens of Claremont, N. H .; lived in Claremont, after- ward in Springfield, and later moved to Woodstock, where he d. in September, 1871. Ch. :
1. Isaac M., b. at Claremont, Oct. 26, 1816; m. May 12, 1840, Mary F. Parker; res. in Woodstock, Vt. Ch. :
(1). Charles F., b. Aug. 31, 1844.
(2). Geo. B., b. Aug. 23, 1846.
(3). Elizabeth Chase, b. Aug. 26, 1848.
(4). Nellie F., b. May 9, 1860.
2. James, b. at Claremont, Sept. 24, 1818 ; d. in infancy.
3. George, b. at Springfield, Jan. 9, 1820; m. March 23, 1847, Emily W. Royce of Woodstock, Vt. She d. July 7, 1864. Ch. : .
(1). Clara E., b. May 18, 1848.
(2). George A., b. Jan. 6, 1852; d. July 6, 1864.
George Fisher m. 2d, Sarah A. Pierce of Woodstock.
4. Charles, b. Sept. 8, 1824 ; m. Sept. 15, 1846, Mary J. Dunham of Woodstock ; res. in New York. Ch. :
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(1). Charles W., b. July 4, 1850.
(2). Francis M.
(3). John E.
(4). Henry J.
5. Abram, b. Oct. 19, 1827; m .-; Abram and his wife d. in Cali- fornia. Ch. : Alvah.
6. Lucretia, b. Jan. 14, 1830; d. March 18, 1832.
7. Henry, b. July 20, 1833 ; d. Aug. 20, 1834.
8. Jacob E., b. Nov. 20, 1835 ; m. Josie Mills of Nashua, N. H .; res. in Houston, Texas. One child, Mary.
IV. James, b. at Lancaster, Dec. 30, 1792; m. March 27, 1825, Elizabeth W. French. He d. about 1830. His widow and children moved to Flint, Mich.
V. Charles, b. at Bolton, Mass., April 20, 1794; was a physician ; moved to Memphis, T'enn., thence to New Orleans.
VI. Glover, b. at Bolton, Feb. 5, 1796 ; lived in Woodstock, and moved to Pennsylvania.
VII. Susan, b. at Lancaster, July 1, 1797; m. March 11, 1818, Jonathan Chase of Springfield. (See Chase family.)
VIII. Joshua ?
IX. George died young.
ROYAL E. FISHER, son of Timothy and Sarah (Hildreth) Fisher, was b. in Townshend, May, 1820; m. Emily A. Evans, daughter of Eli and Sarah (Edson) Evans of Rockingham. Ch. :
I. Warren E., b. Dec 15, 1858; fitted for college, and graduated at Bos- ton University in 1888 ; now principal of high school at Lyndon, Vt. ; m. Aug. 3, 1893, Elizabeth A. Orcutt.
II. Carrie M., b. Feb. 14, 1860; m. Jan. 6, 1886, Fred L. Howe, son of Horace H. Howe.
III. Rollin Everett, b. Feb. 10, 1863 ; d. Sept. 3, 1865.
IV. Royal Earl, b. Sept. 4, 1864; d. Sept. 10, 1865.
BAILEY N. FLETCHER, son of Jonas and Lucinda (Sawtelle) Fletcher, was b. in Chester, Vt., Sept. 21, 1821. He d. Feb. 23, 1865; m. Hannah H. Martin, daughter of Ephraim and Nancy (Haywood) Martin. Ch. :
I. Martin B., b. at Manchester, N. H., May 4, 1845; d. in infancy.
II. Nelson E., b. at Springfield, Oct. 9, 1846; d. Sept. 30, 1848.
III. Joel C., b. May 15, 1849, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; m. Carrie E. Rangle.
IV. Kate J., b. Sept. 15, 1851, at Springfield; m. Nov. 1, 1871, George C. Wood.
V. George F., b. March 15, 1854, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
VI. John F., b. Nov. 4, 1856 ; d. Oct. 21, 1880.
VII. Flora A., b. July 5, 1859, at Quincy, Ill. ; m. -.
VIII. Willie A., b. March 13, 1862, at Ellington, Ill. ; m. Cora Holmes.
Mrs. Lucinda. (Sawtelle) Fletcher, mother of Bailey N. and George L. Fletcher, celebrated her one hundredth birthday at North Springfield, Aug. 29, 1888. The following account appeared in the Springfield Reporter of the same week : -
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