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He was courtly in bearing, affable in manner, playful and witty, a gentle- man of the old school. He possessed the happy, mirthful temperament and the sparkling wit of the Irish race, which contributed to his hopeful view of life in this world and the next, and enabled him to parry verbal attacks, whether serious or humorous, by those bright retorts which left the attacking party sileneed if not convinced. Among his people and in every parishioner's house, he was perfectly at home, and was Father Smiley to all. He was never in a hurry, and could always stop for a leisurely chat by the wayside, or as willingly accept an invitation "to tea " from any household along the way. His hearty appreciation of all good things of a material kind warmed the hearts of his people to sueh generosity that the capacious saddle-bags, which were always with him at such times, were again and again most bountifully filled. In his estimation, the farms, flocks, homes , and children of his people were unsurpassed, and he expressed unbounded admiration for everything beautiful, true, and good.
He carried his bright view of life into his funeral services, and, setting aside all faults and shorteomings, with kindly care brought only the good to the ears of his listeners.
In those early days the inhabitants of this town were a church-going peo- ple, and, let the weather be warm or cold, wet or dry, the labors of the week bard or easy, the Sabbath found them in their square, high-backed pews. There were large families that filled the pews to the utmost limit, and as Father Smiley entered the broad aisle for the Sabbath morning service, he would gracefully remove his hat with his right hand, pass it to his left, and, advancing toward the pulpit, would bow smilingly to those on either side.
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The morning service began with the reading and singing of a hymn, then a chapter-reading from the Bible, followed by the prayer, during which Father Smiley considered it irreverent for the congregation to remain sitting. This prayer was called the "long prayer," which was usually completed by Father Smiley in thirty minutes. The sermons were also of corresponding length, and the men who had toiled early and late during the week would often be drowsy by the time "9thly " was reached. At such times Pastor Smiley, not hesitating to address them personally, would call out: "Mr. Brown" or " Squire Stevens, will you have the goodness to awake?" It is said that these men, so overburdencd with fatigue, would sometimes rise and remain standing until the sermon was finished. After the benediction, the congregation would remain standing while Mr. Smiley would bow himself out in the same manner as he came in. "A worthy shepherd of a goodly flock."
Father Smiley was broadly evangelical in his views and inculcated mainly the virtues of a Christian life. His style was plain, his matter practical, his thought appreciable by all his congregation. He paid little attention to theories or metaphysical niceties, and was a clergyman of liberal views, not tenacious as to his particular creed, but considerate and respectful toward all.
His ready wit never failed him, and he usually gave as good as was sent. He had at one time delivered a sermon on worldliness, which was considered at the time one of the best he ever preached. It came home so closely to one of his hearers that, in his exasperation, he determined to be even with the minister, and as he came out of the church he said to him : " You preached a very excellent sermon to-day, Mr. Smiley, and I am obliged to you for it; but hadn't you better take a little of it to yourself?"
"Oh, most of it, most of it," was the quick rejoinder, " but what little I don't take, I hope you'll make a good use of."
When Mr. Smiley first came to Springfield he lived near the schoolhouse in Eureka, on the Woodbury farm, lately owned by Lucius Streeter, and used to ride on horseback to the church on the common, and preach two long sermons each Sabbath, with no fire in the meeting-house at any season. Coming down one very windy day as he drew near Capt. Lynde's, later the Hiram Bisbee farm, his tall hat blew off, the wind taking it towards Mt. Ararat, beyond his reach, with his sermons for the day in it. Calling at Mr. Lynde's they speedily de- spatched a man for the missing hat, who soon brought it back with the sermons unharmed.
He afterward bought, in 1806, of Peter Nourse, the farm just above the common, now owned by Smith K. Randel, where he spent the remainder of his life.
He resigned his pastorate Sept. 4, 1825, and was dismissed by council, Oct. 26 of that year, but still made his home here with his people, and occasionally preached to them. He died June 24, 1856, aged 86 years, and was respected and beloved by all who knew him during his long and useful life.
Mr. Smiley was m. Aug. 26, 1800, to Elizabeth Harkness, who was b. in Lunenburg, Mass., June 1, 1773, and d. in Springfield, Oct. 2, 1860, aged 87 years. They had eight children :
I. William, d. in infancy.
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II. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 14, 1802; m. May 6, 1833, Henry Williams, who d. Nov. 20, 1835, at St. Domingo, island of Cuba. They had one child, Henrietta Elizabeth, b. in Havana, Cuba, Nov. 5, 1834. She was raised by her grandfather Smiley, and is now living at Alton, Ill., unm.
Elizabeth (Smiley) Williams d. at her father's in Springfield, March 7, 1837.
III. Thomas Harkness, b. May 4, 1804, was a merchant in Springfield. In November, 1842, he removed to Knoxville, Tenn., where he d. Aug. 2, 1866. He m. Oct. 20, 1834, Nancy, daughter of Thomas and Eliz- abeth (Bates) Barrett. They had two children :
1. George Robinson, b. July 25, 1735 ; d. Oct. 20, 1844.
2. Harriet Elizabeth, b. May 14, 1838; m. Nov. 22, 1866, William Albert Henderson, who was born in Granger County, Tenn., July 11, 1836, and lives in Knoxville, Tenn. They have two children :
(1). Mary, b. Sept. 4, 1867.
(2). Anne, b. July 15, 1869. Mrs. Nancy (Bates) Smiley lives with them, with faculties unimpaired, in her 82d year.
IV. David Robinson, b. Oct. 2, 1806; d. April 1, 1810.
v. William Emerson, b. Aug. 14, 1808; a lawyer by profession; d. May 28, 1840.
VI. David Robinson (the second), b. Sept. 11, 1811; m. June 22, 1841, Sarah Williams, daughter of Col. Jonathan Williams of Springfield. For many years they res. in Washington, D. C., where he was con- nected with the Post Office Department. He d. in Springfield, Nov. 26, 1893. Ch. :
1. William Emerson, b. May 26, 1844.
2. George Henry, b. March 25, 1846.
VII. Sarah Jane, b. July 4, 1814; m. May 13, 1847, Seth T. Sawyer, b. Aug. 19, 1806, in Reading, Vt., attorney-at-law of Alton, Ill., settled there in 1832; now living at the age of 82. Mrs. Sarah Jane Sawyer d. March 26, 1885, aged 70. They had five children :
1. Robinson Smiley, b. Nov. 6, 1848.
2. Benjamin Seth, b. Dec. 28, 1850.
3. Sarah Elizabeth, b. Aug. 26, 1853; d. Oct. 9, 1880.
4. Charles Emerson, b. Nov. 30, 1856.
õ. Frederick Ashton, b. May 9, 1860.
VIII. James Francis, b. Nov. 14, 1816, was adopted by Abel Tarbell, and had his name changed to Tarbell; m. Sarah Shepard,] and had seven children :
1. George S., b. March 23, 1845.
2. Frank S., b. Sept. 10, 1847.
3. Clara Anna, b. Aug. 28, 1849.
4. Jennie May, b. May 25, 1851.
5. Jessie Agnes, b. April 27, 1853.
6. Fanny Ellen, b. Feb. 11, 1855.
7. Mary, b. 1857.
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About 1861 James Francis Tarbell sold the old Smiley farm where he lived, and moved to Alton, Ill., where he still resides. He enlisted in the Union army during the Rebellion, and was wounded in battle. Sarah Smiley, sister of Rev. Robinson Smiley, m. Josiah Belknap; and lived in the house now occupied by Heury Leonard. She d. in Spring- field, Feb. 20, 1846. Mr. Belknap d. April 27, 1845.
The completion of the meeting-house on the common and the settlement of a minister, after so many years of fruitless effort, not to say contention and hard feeling, constituted an cpoch in the religious history of the town, and the advent of Father Smiley, as he was afterwards to be called, was an occasion of general rejoicing. A large delegation of the people, among them the most prominent citizens of the place, met him at the Connecticut river and escorted him from the ferry with great pomp to his new residence a few rods from the Enreka schoolhonse, ou the Woodbury farm, Mrs. Smiley riding on Mrs. Whipple's saddle, and the party took dinner at Mr. Jennison Barnard's. There was one Asahel Draper, who sometimes allowed himself to be overcome by the convivial spirit which prevailed on such occasions in those days, and the leaders of this affair, wishing to preserve order and decornm in the presence of the new minister, gave the said Draper very plainly to understand that his room would be more agreeable than his company. Thereupon Draper deter- inined to celebrate the day in his own way and take a sweet revenge on those whom he considered no better than himself; and with the help of a few genial companions, procured a large potash kettle, inverted it, and mounted it in some way like a bell, near the route of the procession. Taking a hammer he crawled nnder it, and as the party went by, he tolled the bell as a salnte in token of his respect and admiration.
DAVID M. SMITH, son of Samuel and Margaret (Wright) Smith, was b. in Hartland, Vt., May 29, 1809. His father was of Scotch descent, a soldier in the Revolution, aud member of Washington's body-guard. When quite yonng, David learned the shoemaker's trade of his father, the first of seven trades in which he became a skilled workman. He learned the carpenter's trade in Gilsum, N. H., where his father had moved when he was fourteen years old. The old bank building at Rutland and a church in Clarendon, Vt., were the most prominent buildings erected by him. At the age of nineteen he was teaching school in Gilsum, and a few years after, with Luther Hemenway, he began the manufacture of awls on the haft, of which he had granted him, Oct. 25, 1832, letters patent signed by Andrew Jackson. The awI haft manu- factured under this patent was nearly, if not quite, identical with the one now known as the Aiken awl. In 1840 and 1841 he represented Gilsum in the New Hampshire Legislature, and moved to Springfield in the fall of the last named year, and commenced business as a machinist, at the same time working at two other trades, - silversmith and plater. He was at one time engaged in the manufacture of a supporter invented by Dr. Eleazer Crain. April 13, 1849, he patented a combination lock that was much used, and of which Hobbs, after having picked all the locks brought him in London, said : " It cannot be picked." His next invention was a combination key lock, which he manu- factured in company with Ira and Isaac G. Davis, in a shop where that of Gilman & Townshend now stands.
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About this time he patented the first iron lathe-dog ever used, selling the patent for $900. These dogs can be seen in any machine shop. Next he in- vented the patent spring clothes-pin, so long manufactured in Springfield by D. M. Smith & Co.
The spring hook and eye, for the manufacture of which the firm of Smith, Mason & Co. was formed, was also the invention of Mr. Smith, for which patent it is said that he refused a very large sum. He invented a blanket hook, corn-planter, a patent screw head and driver, an ingenious broom-holder, a lifting spring for watch cases, an adding machine, improved breach-loading fire-arın, a patent joint for carpenters' rules, and other articles during the later years of his life, besides perfecting many inventions for others. It should also be mentioned that not the least among Mr. Smith's inventions were the ma- chines for the manufacture of the same.
The accumulation of wealth was nota prominent object with him, but he was continually adding something to the talent which he possessed. His inventive ability was unlimited, but, as is often the case, others reaped the fruit of his genius and industry.
Mr. Smith was also a spontaneous wit and poet, and the unwritten local his- tory of the village abounds with sharp sayings that originated with him. He was a man of large heart and soul, as well as of brain, and will long be remem- bered as one of the prominent men of his time. He d. Nov. 1, 1881. Jan. 1, 1831, he m. Lucy B. Hemenway of Gilsum, N. H., who d. in Springfield in January, 1847 ..
His second wife was Sarah G. Burr of Springfield. Ch. by Ist. m. :
I. Rosalie Hemenway, b. Feb. 15, 1832; in. 1st, John Burt : 2d, Frederic C. Webster.
II. Laforest M., b. Oct. 12, 1833; m. July 17, 1856, Frances A. Wales.
III. Desbrow M., b. Sept. 26, 1837 ; m. Aug. 16, 1858, Elizabeth Riley.
IV. Flora Marietta, b. Ang. 8, 1839 ; m. Barney Russell.
V. Beulah Corinna, b. March 19, 1842; m. June 23, 1865, Augustus Trull.
ISAAC BRIGGS SMITH, son of Apollos and Sally (Powers) Smith, was b. Oct. 30, 1814. His father was b. May 4, 1774, and d. May 17, 1814. Briggs, as he was familiarly called, was a blacksmith and a good mechanic. He had a shop on the hill below the lower bridge. For a number of years he manufactured the Smith & Burr patent harness hame. He was also somewhat noted as a musician, and in his younger days taught singing school and was chorister in different churches. In the band he played the tenor drum, and many a June training and brigade muster was enlivened by his music. He was a member of the Universalist church. He d. May 15, 1875. Hcm. March 27, 1844, Adelaide E. Willard, daughter of Joseph and Martha (Mason) Willard. Ch. :
I. Mary A., b. Feb. 21, 1845; m. March 30, 1868, Carlos MeNab; res. in Sedalia, Mo. Ch .:
1. Harry B., b. July 22, 1871.
II. Ruth Ann, b. Oct. 22, 1846; d. Oct. 7, 1851.
III. Martha J., b. April 23, 1849; in. Dec. 30, 1869, John H. Doxey. She d. April 15, 1885. Ch .:
1. Adaline L., b. Oct. 27, 1879.
2. Ruth Ann, b. May 24, 1883.
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IV. Allen B., b. March 28, 1851; m. June 24, 1874, Alice M. Carpenter. Ch. :
1. Mabel, b. Feb. 28, 1876.
V. John H., b. Nov. 2, 1853; m. May 10, 1873, Mattie L. Brown, daughter of Charles H. and Lydia A. Brown. Ch. :
1. Fred D., b. Jan. 4, 1878.
VI. William A., b. Sept. 3, 1857; m. June 15, 1886, Susie L. Fairbanks. He d. Dec. 24, 1892.
VII. Freddie B., b. June 12, 1861; d. March 2, 1863.
MILES SMITH, son of Kimball and Angelia (Cum- mings) Smith, was b. in Unity, N. H., April 28, 1826. He came to Springfield in March, 1855, as overseer in the cotton mill of Fullerton & Martin, having previously worked at the business in Lowell, Mass., and Clare- mont, N. H. He continued with Fullerton & Martin till they shut down, at the be- ginning of the war in 1861, then worked for Parks & Woolson, and afterwards for Ellis, Britton & Eaton in the cab shop. When Ball & Thompson bought the snath business, Mr. Smith began work for them, selling snaths on the road. In 1869 the Vermont Snath Co. was formed, and Mr. Smith was one of the stockholders. He was elected president of the company in 1882, and still MILES SMITH. holds the office, having the confidence of all the large number of business men whose acquaintance he made in the many years he travelled selling the goods of the company.
Several valuable improvements in snaths invented by him have been pa- tented.
He m. April 1, 1847, Lucy Ann Lawton, daughter of Reuben and Elizabeth Lawton of Lowell, Mass., who d. June 16, 1854. April 6, 1856, he m. Thank- ful Fletcher, daughter of Justin and Thankful Fletcher of Springfield; she d. Nov. 6, 1886. Ch. :
I. Ida L., b. Aug. 10, 1851; m. Frank H. Lippincott; they live in Chel- sea, Mass., and have one daughter :
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1. Gertrude May, b. June 13, 1882.
II. Angie L., b. Sept. 30, 1861; d. Feb. 15, 1863.
III. Jennie May, b. Nov. 9, 1865 ; m. Thomas Chenoyeth. Ch. :
1. Gladys Ruth, b. Dec. 29, 1888.
2. Paul Smith, b. Sept. 5, 1890.
WALTER N. SMITH, son of Alvah and Almira (Perham) Smith, was b. in Holyoke, Mass., June 18, 1854; m. Jan. 12, 1882, Edna Damon, daughter of Almon and Henrietta (Staples) Damon. Ch. :
I. Gertrude E., b. March 15, 1883, at Holyoke, Mass.
II. Grace A., b. June 6, 1886, at Springfield.
SAMUEL STEELE, son of Eleazer and Ruth (Chapman) Steele, was b. in Tolland, Conn., May 6, 1757 ; settled in Weathersfield about 1787, and in 1810 moved into Springfield to a farm bought of Nathan White, on Connecticut River, near Weathersfield line. In 1826 his two sons, Samuel and Ashbel, to relieve their father of financial embarrassment, assumed the management of the farm, and successfully engaged in wool raising and the manufacture of brooms, raising the broom corn on the farm.
In 1839, the brothers dissolved partnership, Samuel remaining on the White farm and Ashbel moving to the Holden farm.
Samuel Steele, Sr., m. Lois Fenton, daughter of Elijah and Lois (Hovey) Fenton of Tolland, Conn. She d. April 9, 1820. He d. Nov. 25, 1835. Ch. :
I. Lois, b. Sept. 30, 1786; m. Oliver Mason ; d. in Ludlow, Vt., Sept. 15, 1864.
II. Ruth, b. June 9, 1788; m. Joseph Pierce; d. in Claremont, N. H., Sept. 21, 1881.
III. Helenery, b. Dec. 15, 1789; d. in Springfield, Feb. 25, 1873.
IV. Orpha, b. Jan. 7, 1792; m. Elijah Holden; d. in Waitsfield, Vt., in August, 1864.
V. Content, d. in infancy.
VI. Ann, b. March 11, 1795 ; d. in Springfield, March 10, 1849.
VII. Samuel, b. Feb. 12, 1797; lived on Connecticut River near Weathers- field line; afterwards moved to the village and built the house now owned by Rufus O. Forbush. Later he moved to West Windsor, where he died.
VIII. Edna, b. Oct. 24, 1798; m. S. G. Tenney; d. in Coaticook, Canada, in 1880.
IX. Hannah, b. Sept. 10, 1800; m. 1st, George C. Powers ; m. 2d, William Davidson; d. in Charlestown, N. H., July 17, 1877.
X. Ashbel, b. Aug. 13, 1802. For a number of years he carried on the home farm on Connecticut River, in company with his brother - Samuel; afterward moved to the Holden farm. He was always in- terested in all good causes for promotion of education, morality, and religion. He was an earnest temperance advocate, greatly in- terested in the children, being for many years superintendent of the Sunday school. He was an active working member of the Congre- gational church, and held the office of deacon more than twenty- five years.
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He d. in Springfield, July 6, 1883. His first wife was Lucy Maria Barnard. They were m. Oct. 7, 1835. Ch. :
1. Richard Fenton, b. Aug. 22, 1836; d. Aug. 22, 1836.
2. Lucy Ellen, b. Sept. 10, 1837; d. Sept. 12, 1875.
3. Mary Barnard, b. Nov. 19, 1839; d. Aug. 17, 1842.
4. Hattie Seymour, b. Nov. 1, 1841; m. April 13, 1870, Dr. William L. Dodge. (See sketch.)
5. Frances Ann, b. Sept. 15, 1845; m. Aug. 27, 1879, Ambrose H. Burgess (deceased).
6. Alice Maria, b. July 28, 1848; m. Feb. 1, 1876, Edmund C. Nason. 7. George Herbert, d. in infancy.
Lucy Maria Steele d. Jan. 15, 1852.
Ashbel Stcele m. 2d, Sept. 13, 1853, Electa Jewett. She is still living in Springfield (1894).
XI. Harriet, b. June 9, 1804; m. Martin Wires; d. in Cambridge, Vt., Aug. 28, 1843.
XII. Salmon, b. May 10, 1806; d. in Springfield, Sept. 15, 1819.
XIII. Eleazer F., b. May 6, 1810; m. Elizabeth Cobb, daughter of Moses and Martha (Prentiss) Cobb of Springfield. He d. in Rochester, Minn., Oct. 29, 1864.
WILL F. STONE, son of Levi and Marcia (Bishop) Stone, was b. in Cornish, N. H., Oct. 10, 1862; m. Oct. 10, 1883, Carrie M. Litchfield, daughter of Anso- lum and Abigail S. (Bates) Litchfield.
JOHN J. SULLIVAN, son of John and Julia (Lee) Sullivan, was b. in Ireland, July 12, 1845; m. 1st, Sarah Rafferty. She d. Feb. 22, 1877. He m. 2d, Ellen O'Brien.
Children by 1st, marriage :
I. Joseph B., d.
II. Minnie E., b. Sept. 17, 1872.
Four children by 2d marriage d. in infancy.
WILLIAM A. SWEET, son of William and Harriet (Bisbee) Sweet, was b. in Wolcott, N. Y., Jan. 6, 1831. He worked in Springfield many years for the Parks & Woolson Machine Co. He d. in Chicago.
He m. July 6, 1851, Sarah J. Grove, of Arcadia, N. Y. Ch. :
I. Charles E., b. at Lyons, N. Y., April 17, 1854; m. Kate Simpson.
II. Lovilo D., b. Dec. 22, 1856, at Hermon, Mich.
GEORGE F. TANNER, son of Gerard and Emily (Allen) Tanner, was b. at Hebron, N. Y., Jan. 19, 1858; m. Jan. 9, 1881, Emma Hadwin, daughter of Oliver R. and Sarah J. (Baker) Had win.
ISRAEL TAYLOR was one of the first settlers in Springfield ; a cooper by trade. He located in the west part of the town, on the hill east of the farm now owned by U. G. Nourse, and had two sons and a daughter. They lived to ad- vanced age.
LUKE TAYLOR was b. in Jaffrey, N. H., March 17, 1804. He came to Spring- field in 1837, and lived in a house that then stood between Mrs. Woolson's res- idence and that of W. H. Wheeler. He bought an eight-horse team of Solomon
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Randel, and, with his brother Caleb, engaged in teaming to and from Boston. Later he inveuted and manufactured the " Taylor mop," and was a member of the firm of Smith, Mason & Co. at the time of his death, Feb. 15, 1873. He m. Oct. 17, 1827, Julia F. Heminway, b. in Boylston, Mass., Aug. 22, 1806, who is still living (1894) in Springfield. Ch. :
I. Luke W., b. in Jaffrey, N. H., March 18, 1829. He m. Ellen A. Russell of Windsor, Vt., where he engaged in farming several years. Afterward . he moved to Upper Falls, Vt., and in company with his father aud two brothers, Arthur and Albert, carried on the wood-turning business. In 1872 his shop was burned, and he came to Springfield, and contin- ued the wood-turning business, in connection with the manufactur- ing of machinery, until within a few months of his death, which occurred Nov. 3, 1893. He made and improved the machinery for manufacturing the jointed doll and numerous other toys.
Mr. Taylor was a mechanic of rare ability. Among all the men of inventive genius and mechanical ability for whom Springfield has been so noted, perhaps none excelled him. Iu one respect he was the peer of all; for any piece of machinery which he undertook to build was finished to perfection ju every part; and for making a machine that would operate to make the thousand and one different articles, he was always the man sought. Ch. :
1. Minnie E., b. in Springfield, Jan. 9, 1858; m. Frank J. Powers of Chester. Ch. :
(1). Perley T., b. June 5, 1879.
(2). Ethel G., b. Nov. 4, 1885.
(3). Thessie M., b. March 8, 1891.
2. Henry E., b. in Windsor, May 23, 1865; m. Ida M. Richardson of Chester, Vt.
3. Eben R., b. in Weathersfield, March 2, 1867 ; m. Alice R. Sheldon of Weathersfield. Ch. :
(1). Marjory C., b. Aug. 3, 1891.
4. Effie M., b. in Weathersfield, April 1, 1869; m. Fred B. Hoag of Springfield. Ch. :
(1). Mildred I., b. Nov. 14, 1890.
5. Luke H., b. in Weathersfield, Sept. 18, 1870.
6. Will C., b. in Weathersfield, March 14, 1872; m. Minnie Blanch- ard of Springfield. Ch. :
(1). Rena M., b. Nov. 23, 1892.
7. Arthur F., b. in Springfield, June 12, 1876.
II. Julia E.,. b. Dec. 30, 1830; m. Charles J. Haywood, who d. April 30, 1894. Ch .:
1. Walter L., b. in Springfield, May 6, 1854; m. Louisa Townsend of Boston. Ch .:
(1). Perley H., b. Nov. 19, 1876; d. March 12, 1878.
(2). Charles H., b. March 29, 1878.
(3). Julia E., b. April 12, 1879.
(4). Elmer.
(5). May.
(6). Merton.
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2. Ida L., b. in Springfield, September, 1856; m. William Slate of Bellows Falls.
3. Della, b. in Durham, July, 1860; m. Norris Allton of Nashua, N. H. Ch. :
(1). Robert A., b. March 9, 1892.
(2). Donald, b. Aug. 4, 1893.
III. Cynthia R., b. Jan. 9, 1833 ; m. Charles Hayden of Springfield, who d. Dec. 13, 1866. Ch. :
1. Charles H., b. July 14, 1855.
2. Fannie L., b. Aug. 9, 1860; m. Henry Sparrow.
3. Fred T., b. May 4, 1865; m. Lou Potter of Castleton, Vt. Ch. : (1). Charles H.
IV. Arthur C., b. April 2, 1834; m. 1st, Louisa Putney of Westmoreland, N. H., who d. July 2, 1881. He served nine months in the 16th Reg't Vermont Volunteers. Ch. :
1. Herbert, b. March 27, 1859.
2. Lena, d. in infancy.
3. Leon D., b. Aug. 4, 1865.
4. Charles A., b. Oct. 22, 1867.
5. Jennie H., d. in infancy.
6. Maude P., b. Oct. 2, 1872.
7. Bradley, b. March 6, 1878.
He m. 2d, Feb. 8, 1883, Nancy Berry. Ch. :
8. Julia M., b. March 15, 1886.
9. Freddie, b. Dec. 21, 1889.
10. Luke W., b. April 10, 1891.
V. Charles H., b. in Springfield, July 14, 1836; d. Nov. 12, 1853.
VI. George W., b. in Springfield, Oct. 7, 1838; m. 1st, Agnes Cook, who d. in 1864; m. 2d, Ellen M. Eddy of Troy, N. Y .; res. in Gilsum, N. H.
VII. Albert L., b. in Springfield, Feb. 9, 1841; m. Kate P. Smith of Haddam, Conn. Ch .:
1. Lenora I., b. in Springfield, Jan. 18, 1865; m. Charles Barrows of Lewiston, Me.
2. Fred A., b. in Springfield, June 11, 1869; d. Feb. 2, 1870.
3. Eva A., b. in Springfield, Nov. 6, 1876.
4. Laverna, b. in Alstead, N. H., July 29, 1879.
VIII. Lucia A., b. in Springfield, Aug. 27, 1843; m. Samuel Brock of Dorset, Vt. Ch. :
1. Bertha L., b. in Springfield, Jan. 16, 1866; m. Will Spaulding of Rutland, Vt. Ch. :
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