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Joseph H. (6), b. Mar. 26, 1834
4) John Richmond (son of 2), b. 1797, d. 1874, m. Betsey dau. Timothy Starr (Q.v.) she b. 1799, d. 1880. Children:
Gilbert, b. Jan. 6, 1821, m. Catherine Lawton. Children: Ella Rose
Etta
Susan Ann, b. 1839, m. George Thomas, d. 1868. Child: Harry Thomas
Herbert J. (7), b. Feb. 22, 1844, m. 1866 Ellen Clisbee
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5) Russell Richmond (son of 2), b. Nov. 5, 1803, m. Sarah (or Elizabeth) dau. Stephen and Desire (Gore) Bixby she b. 1809, d. 1857, m. (2) Mrs. Cynthia Shepardson Bigelow, m. (3) Amanda (Barber) Martin. Children Ist wife:
Seymour, d. young
Briggs, m. Sarah Mowrey
Sarah Ann, m. William Miner (Q.v.)
Mary, m. Bridgham Martin (Q.v.)
Fannie, m. Clark Thomas (Q.v.)
6) Joseph H. Richmond (son of 3), b. Mar. 26, 1834, d. 1899, m. Melissa dau. Daniel and Betsey (Jones) Bixby. Children:
May E., b. Apr. 9, 1863
Edith P., b. 1866, d. 1912, m. Stephen Merrifield
Solon A. (8), b. 1864, m. Anna Baker (Q.v.)
George B., b. May, 1869
Scott, b. June 30, 1874
7) Herbert Richmond (son of 4), b. Feb. 22, 1844, d. Aug. 24, 1914, dau. of Henry and H. (Mather) Clisbee. Child:
Gertrude Susan, b. July 17, 1872, m. Herbert Thayer, he d. Apr. 4, 1915 (Q.v.)
8) Solon Richmond (son of 6) b. 1864, m. Anna Baker June 1, 1892. Children: Abbott B. (9), b. May 10, 1896
Norene, b. Mar. 20, 1899, m. Dana Tuttle (Q.v.)
9) Abbott Richmond (son of 8), b. May 10, 1896, m. Amy Weeden Apr. 2, 1917. Child:
Abbott D., b. Dec. 16, 1917, m. (1) Kathleen Colton, m. (2) Julia Lakie, m. (3) Marjorie Davenport
Abbott Richmond (9), m. (2) Sarah MacTaylor June 6, 1920. Child: Ann, b. Aug. 15, 1922, m. Joyce K. Muncy, Wallingford, Ky. Apr. 16, 1949. Children: Stephen A., b. June 20, 1952 Kendall W., b. Nov. 8, 1955
RIX
1) Sir John Rix, Earl of Offord, was beheaded by order of Henry VIII be- cause he had defended the unfortunate Queen Anne Boleyn, whose father was his friend. The Rix family castle, Brancaster, was "the home of the exile and the refuge of the persecuted" thereafter.
2) Sir John Thomas Rix (son of 1), Earl of Offord, m. Lady Margaret Bruce, descendant of Robert Bruce, King of Scotland.
3) John Rix (son of 2).
4) Robert Rix (son of 3).
5) Thomas Rix (son of 4), b. in Canninghall, England about 1622, d. about 1718. He came to Salem, Mass. before 1649, m. (1) Margaret, widow of Miles Ward who d. Sept. 3, 1661, m. (2) Bridget Musket of Pelham, England. (More information can be found in a "remarkable diary" by Joshua Hempstead of New London, Conn.)
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6) James Rix (son of 5), a shipwright, baptized Oct. 18, 1657 in Salem, Mass., m. Margaret , d. Sept., 1729. They withdrew from the Salem church on June 6, 1703 and went to Preston, Conn. where his father came later. 7 children.
7) James Rix (son of 6), baptized in First Church of Salem in Apr. 1685, m. (1) Anna Herrick on Sept. 7, 1711, b. Feb. 5, 1796, dau. of Ephraim and Mary (Gross) Herrick, she d. in Preston, Conn., m. (2) Mehitable Palmer in Mendon, Mass. in 1752, baptized in Rowley, Mass. on Mar. 4, 1711, dau. of Samuel and Mary (Felt) Palmer.
8) Nathaniel Rix (son of 7), b. June 6, 1714 in Preston, Conn., m. Mary Peters, dau. of Seaborn Peters, on Apr. 17, 1743. Nathaniel was one of a group of 33 men to settle Boscawen, N. H., enlisted in N. H. Military Records in N. H. Was in Crown Point Expedition. He was a teamster and is said to have fallen downstairs in a public house and broken his neck.
9) Nathaniel Rix (son of 8), b. July 17, 1753 in Boscawen, N. H., d. Oct. 12, 1828 in Littleton, N. H., m. Esther Clark, b. Apr. 13, 1758 in New- market, N. H., d. July 18, 1832 in Littleton, N. H. A dau. Polly Rix, b. May 15, 1789, m. George Rose (Q.v.).
ROGERS
1) Rev. John Rogers of Stradishall, England, m. Bridget Ray about 1595.
2) Rev. Nathaniel Rogers came to America in 1636, was pastor of Ipswich Church, m. Margaret Crane.
3) Rev. John Rogers, 5th Pres. of Harvard (1683-1684), m. Elizabeth Deni- son, dau. of Maj. Gen. Daniel and Patience (Dudley) Denison. She was granddau. of William (1571-1652) and Margaret Denison-who came from Stratford, Eng. to Roxbury, Mass. in 1631 and Gov. Thomas (1576-1654) and Dorothy (York) Dudley who came from Staffordshire, Eng.
4) Rev. John Rogers, Jr., m. Martha Whittingham.
5) Rev. John Rogers, 3rd, m. Susannah Whipple.
6) Daniel Rogers m. Rachel Ellery.
7) Timothy Rogers, m. Clarissa Coffin (Q.v.). A dau. Henrietta Maria Rogers m. Dr. Silas Reed (Q.v.).
ROSE
1) Thomas Rose, b. Mar. 18, 1758, was a Revolutionary soldier, d. Apr. 23, 1839, on Nov. 26, 1778, m. Eunice Newton, b. Mar. 21, 1758, d. Aug. 11, 1843, was dau. of Levi and Lucy Billings Newton of Sunderland, Mass.
2) George Rose (son of 1), b. June 27, 1787, d. Dec. 21, 1871, on Nov. 20, 1811, m. Polly Rix in Stanstead, Can. She was b. May 15, 1787 in Landaff, N. H., dau. of Nathaniel and Esther (Clark) Rix (Q.v.), d. Apr. 4, 1847 in Guilford.
3) Timothy Rose (son of 2) one of 9 children, b. Dec. 15, 1825 in Guilford, d. Mar. 11, 1870 in Guilford, on July 25, 1853, m. Mary Ellen Sykes
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(Q.v.) on July 25, 1853 in Bernardston, dau. of Seth L. and Charlotte (Barrett) Sikes. A dau .:
Emma Sophia, b. Nov. 5, 1864, d. July 10, 1936 in Brattleboro, m. George Pike Miller (Q.v.).
RYDER
1) Guy Henry Ryder, b. July 11, 1892 in Halifax, Vt., son of Charles and Alta (Stanley) Ryder, m. Ethel May Squiers, b. Feb. 2, 1898 in Guilford, dau. of Edward Perry and Julia (Morrison) Squiers on (Q.v.) Aug. 16, 1914 in Harrisburg, Vt. Children:
Girl, b. 1915, lived several hours
Richard Guy, (2) b. April 5, 1917 in Guilford
Evelyn Marjorie, b. Aug. 1, 1919 in Brattleboro, m. Howard Arthur Moore, b. Jan. 9, 1917 in Newfane, Vt., son of Clarence and Ethel (Russell) Moore, on Feb. 4, 1940 in E. Dover, Vt. One dau. b. May 27, 1945, d. same day.
Elbridge Edward, b. Feb. 18, 1921 in Brattleboro
Virginia, b. Mar. 27, 1934 in Brattleboro, m. Franklin Pierce, son of Leonard and Anna (Campbell) Pierce on May 29, 1954 in W. Brattleboro, Vt. Children: David Leonard, b. Dec. 7, 1954 in Shirley, Mass., Donald Wayne, b. Feb. 25, 1956, Daniel Joseph, b. Oct. 12, 1960
2) Richard Guy Rider, b. in Guilford, Apr. 5, 1917, d. Feb. 19, 1961 in Brattleboro, m. Charlotte Hewitt, b. May 7, 1919 in Dummerston, Vt., dau. of Don and Edna (Ray) Hewitt, on June 23, 1940 in Manchester, Vt. Children:
Donald Ernest, b. Aug. 30, 1942 in Brattleboro
Patricia Ann, b. May 2, 1945 in Brattleboro
SCRANTON
1) Ivan Scranton, b. June 7, 1901, m. Mar. 11, 1928 Mildred, dau. of Darling and Lena (Thompson) Franklin, b. Mar. 7, 1910. Children:
Carroll (2), b. Aug. 28, 1929
Caroline, b. Aug. 28, 1929, stillborn twin
Arthur (3), b. Feb. 18, 1931
Duane (4), b. Apr. 18, 1934
2) Carroll Scranton (son of 1), b. Aug. 28, 1929, m. Sylvia Putnam Jan. 30, 1960. Child:
Joy Elizabeth, b. Jan. 9, 1961
3) Arthur Scranton (son of 1), b. Feb. 18, 1931, m. Myrtle Wright Feb. 15, 1958. Children:
Mary Ann, b. Jan: 6, 1959
Annette, b. Aug. 21, 1960
4) Duane Scranton (son of 1), b. Apr. 18, 1934, m. Nancy Tyler, Oct. 29, 1955. Children:
Mark, b. Dec. 28. 1959
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SEARLES
1) William James Searles, b. 1872, d. 1948, m. Margaret Garrity in 1902. b. 1881, d. 1945. Lived in Brattleboro. Blacksmith. Children: Pauline, b. 1904 William A. (2), b. 1905 Mary, b. 1907 James, b. 1908
Frederick, 1909
Katherine, b. 1912
Micheal, b. 1920
Josephine, b. 1922
John, b. 1925 3 died
2) William A. Searles (son of 1), b. 1905, m. Viola Spooner Searles from Randolph, Vt. in 1928. Children:
William Robert (3), b. 1929
Shirley Mae, b. 1930, m. Maynard Squires (Q.v.)
3) William Robert Searles (son of 2), b. 1929, m. Dorothy Record 1952, live in Springfield, Mass. Children: Colleen, b. 1955 Colette, b. 1957
SEVERANCE (SEVERNS, SEVERANS, ETC.)
The name has been searched back through England to France and Ger- many and on to Roman times in Italy. First to bear the name so far as dis- covered was Lucius Septimus Severus, b. 146 A.D. in Sepsis, an African coast town. Many Roman families carried the name including Emperor Septimus Severus. Severance Genealogy by Henry O. Severance notes there is a record in Burke's Landed Gentry, page 1247, stating that "there are ancient and broken records tracing the ancestry of the Severans of Shrawley to a remote period."
1) John Severans of Shrawley in Worcestershire, England.
2) Thomas Severans m. Elizabeth, dau. of John Nash of Martley, Co. of Worcester of Broadway and Powick.
3) John Severans of Powick m. Mary Langley, dau. of Richard Langley.
4) John, d. Apr. 8, 1682, came over in the "Elizabeth" in 1634. An original proprietor of Salisbury 1637, m. (1) Abigail (Ursula per Sheldon's Hist. of Deerfield), dau. of Richard and Ursula Kimball, (2) Susanna, wid. of Henry Ambrose.
5) John, b. Nov. or June 29, 1647, settled an account with Maj. Pynchon Aug. 13, 1717, not afterward heard from. "He was a moving planet and it is difficult to follow him", m. Mary, perhaps Kimball.
6) Joseph, b. Oct. 26, 1682, d. Apr. 10, 1766, m. Nov. 17, 1712 Anna, dau. of Martin Kellogg.
7) Joseph, b. Oct. 7, 1713, d. (in Deerfield as late as 1756), m. Oct. 31, 1732 Mary, dau. of Joseph Clesson.
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8) Mathew, b. June 1735, d. Mar. 14, 1816, m. Apr. 10, 1762 Experience, dau. of Daniel Nash, she b. May 1745. Born at Ft. Dummer, first white child born in Vt. Buried South cem. Leyden, Mass.
9) Mathew, b. July 11, 1765, d. Oct. 29, 1834, m. Nov. 25, 1786 Mary, dau. of Elisha Wells. Buried South cem. Leyden, Mass.
10) Cephas Clesson Severance, b. Apr. 23, 1812, m. Harriet Miner, dau. of Cyrus Miner, b. May 4, 1810.
11) Samuel Severance, m. Anjanett Deane.
12) Edith Severance, b. Nov. 26, 1872, m. A. Gilbert Gallup (Q.v.), b. Oct. 18, 1872.
SHALLOW
1) Earl F. Shallow, son of James and Margaret (Nedeau) Shallow was b. Aug. 24, 1901, was m. in Haverill, N. H. on May 5, 1927 to Marjorie Alice Squiers, b. June 10, 1912, dau. of Edward Perry and Julia (Mor- rison) Squiers (Q.v.). Children:
Francis Donald (2), b. Nov. 26, 1927 in Guilford
Madeline Ethel, b. Jan. 13, 1930 in Brattleboro, m. in Brattleboro on July 3, 1954 to John Dean, son of Loran Dean. Children: Debra Ann, b. May 20, 1955, Diana Marie, b. June 26, 1959.
Margaret Ann, b. May 2, 1935 in Brattleboro, m. Cranford Wal- drop on Dec. 5, 1958. Child: Michael, b. Oct. 27, 1959
On May 20, 1952, Marjorie Alice (Squiers) Shallow m. (2) Lawrence Clark, son of Wallace and Catherine (Manning) Clark.
2) Francis Donald Shallow (son of 1), b. Nov. 26, 1927; was m. on Dec. 11, 1948 in Greenfield, Mass. to Rita Castine, b. May 23, 1931 in Champlain, N. Y. Child:
Larry Francis, b. June 22, 1951 in Brattleboro, Vt.
SIKES-SYKES
1) Richard Sikes, b. early 16th century, emigrated from London in 1630's and settled in Roxbury, Mass. In 1642 he removed to Springfield. Two sons:
Jonathan (2), b. 1646 Titus
2) Jonathan Sikes (son of 1), b. 1646.
3) Samuel Sikes (son of 2), b. about 1675, m. Mehitabel on Nov. 24, 1709, dau. of Thomas and Deliverance (Langton) Hanchett.
4) Victory Sikes (son of 3), b. 1710, m. Jemima Barker, b. 1719. She d. in Bernardston, Mass. on Oct. 1, 1807.
5) Samuel Sikes (son of 4); b. Oct. 13, 1751 in Suffield, Conn., d. Mar. 8, 1833, m. Eunice Hopkins, Feb. 19, 1772.
6) Samuel Sikes (son of 5), b. Mar. 12, 1773 in Suffield, Conn., d. Dec. 22, 1854, m. on Nov. 7, 1796, Lucy Leonard, b. Apr. 22, 1777, d. Feb. 22, 1856. She was dau. of Seth and Comfort Leonard of Granville, Mass. They had 12 children.
7) Seth L. Sikes (son of 6), b. Aug. 27, 1798 in Bernardston, Mass., d. May
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24, 1875 in Guilford, m. on Dec. 2, 1819 in Vernon to Charlotte Barrett, b. Sept. 7, 1799 in Hinsdale, d. Mar. 22, 1873. She was dau. of Simeon and Cynthia Barrett. A dau .:
Mary Ellen, b. June 27, 1832 in Guilford, d. Apr. 20, 1927, m. Timothy Rose (Q.v.). She later m. his cousin Warren Wilder.
SMITH
1) Samuel Smith, with his wife Elizabeth, each aged 32, and their four chil- dren, Samuel 9, Elizabeth 7, Mary 5 and Philip 1, sailed from Ipswich, England on April 30, 1634. They arrived in Boston in June 1634. He was one of the founders of Wethersfield, Conn., where he was Lieuten- ant Deputy from 1641 to 1656. He was among those who signed an agreement in 1659 to remove from Conn. to the Massachusetts Jurisdic- tion and was one of the founders of Hadley, Mass .; on May 11, 1661, the residents of Hadley voted that there should be military training and Samuel Smith, among others, was chosen to be a Lieutenant. This was approved by the County Court in March of 1663. He was a Lieutenant for about fifteen years. In May of 1678 he requested to be freed from military trust, being as he said "nearly 80 years old." He was discharged and his son, Philip, was appointed in his place, approved by the County Court in 1678. Samuel Smith died in 1680 at the age of 78. Elizabeth, his wife died on March 16, 1686.
2) Philip Smith, son of Samuel and Elizabeth, born in England in 1633, came with his parents, landing at Boston in June 1634. One of the founders of Hadley, Mass., he succeeded his father as Lieutenant in 1678. He was a Representative from Hadley from 1677 to 1680. He also held many other offices of trust in the town. At this time there was living in Hadley, a woman who was accused of being a witch. There was great clamor that she be sent away for trial. She was sent to Boston but was acquitted and returned to Hadley. Soon after she returned, Philip began "to be ailing and low spirited." It was charged that the evil spirit of this woman was troubling him. He died soon after. This caused Cotton Mather to declare that his death was the result of "hideous witchcraft." Philip married Rebecca, daughter of Nathaniel Foote in 1657. They had nine children. He died Jan. 16, 1685. His widow married Major Aaron Cook. She died April 6, 1701.
3) Jonathan Smith, son of Lieutenant Philip and Rebecca Smith was born about 1663. He married Abigail, daughter of Joseph and Abigail Kel- logg on November 14, 1688. She was born October 19, 1671. They had ten children. Jonathan died in November of 1737.
4) Ephraim Smith, son of Jonathan and Abigail Smith was born on March 24, 1711. He married Martha, daughter of Joseph and Lydia (Leonard) Scott. He was one of the first five settlers of what is now Athol, Mass. "They had a hard time but pluck and hard work brought the settlement through in good time." There were eight children. Ephraim died Oc- tober 11, 1793 in his 82nd year. Martha, his wife, died December 10, 1775.
5) Solomon, son of Ephraim and Martha (Scott) Smith, was born on De-
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cember 25, 1753. He married Tabitha Briggs on December 27, 1780. Solomon was a soldier in the American Revolution, serving in the Northern Department at the taking of General Burgoyne at Tarrytown. He was an early settler in Guilford, Vermont. A part of the farm where he settled is Glebe land. Solomon died November 7, 1818 at the age of 65. Tabitha, his wife died August 11, 1842, aged 86. They are both buried in Weatherhead Hollow Cemetery. There were ten children, among whom
John, born Jan. 19, 1787, married Mary Weatherhead on Sept. 12, 1811
Tabitha, born Jan. 5, 1793, married Ira Weatherhead, Sept. 24, 1812
Alvah, born Oct. 6, 1798, married Lucinda Weatherhead, July 7, 1819
Hyram, born Aug. 21, 1800, married Rachel Weatherhead, Jan. 3, 1819
6) Alvah Smith, son of Solomon and Tabitha (Briggs) Smith, was born in Guilford on October 6, 1798. He married Lucinda, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Torry) Weatherhead on July 7, 1819. They both attended the Guilford schools and were Guilford residents all of their lives, living in the "Hollow". Alvah died November 22, 1878. Lucinda, his wife, died November 4, 1889.
7) Sanford Alvah Smith Ist, son of Alvah and Lucinda (Weatherhead) Smith, was born in Guilford on July 25, 1841. He grew to manhood on his father's farm and attended the public schools of Guilford. At the out- break of the Civil War he enlisted in Co. B of the 16th Vermont Regiment. He was with his regiment when it participated in the. battle of Gettysburg. After the war, he began the manufacture of chil- dren's carriages in a small shop on his father's farm. On March 23, 1864, he married Ellen M. Hunt, daughter of Samuel and Harriet (Sibley) Hunt. A few years after his marriage he moved from the Smith homestead in Weatherhead Hollow to East Guilford where in 1868 he built a shop and other buildings and engaged in the manufacture of children's carriages on a more extensive scale. In 1873, his brother-in- law S. S. Hunt, entered the partnership and the concern, then known as Smith and Hunt employed about 40 persons. After the fire on Broad Brook, the business was moved to Brattleboro. In 1889, the name was changed to the S. A. Smith Co. and soon afterwards Mr. Smith's two sons, Fred Lyman and Charles Alvah Smith became members of the firm, the three having previously been engaged in a similar business in Philadelphia which S. A. Smith was instrumental in establishing. Mr. Smith represented Guilford in the legislature of 1888 and in 1890 was county senator. At the time of his death, he was trustee of public money and was a director of the Peoples National Bank of Brattleboro. Sanford Alvah Smith died February 16, 1910. Ellen Hunt Smith, his wife, died December 7, 1896. They had three sons, one of whom died in infancy. On August 2, 1898, he married Lila Boyd of Dummerston, who died in 1937.
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8) Fred Lyman Smith, son of Sanford Alvah and Ellen (Hunt) Smith was born May 5, 1865. He married Edith E. Winkler, daughter of Gustavus and Martha (Maynard) Winkler on June 18, 1889. Fred and his brother Charles were active members of their father's firm, the S. A. Smith Co., Fred having charge of the office and Charles the factory. Fred L. Smith died March 19, 1915. Edith, his wife, died April 30, 1951. They had two sons:
Lyman Marshall was born April 12, 1890. He married Marjorie Crosby, daughter of Charles and Martha (Bemis) Crosby on June 2, 1917. Lyman died on October 31, 1937 Sanford Alvah 2nd was born August 23, 1895
9) Sanford Alvah Smith 2nd, son of Fred Lyman and Edith (Winkler) Smith was born August 23, 1895. He married Lillias Rodden, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Algie) Rodden on October 31, 1921. He was a graduate of Brattleboro High School and of Pratt Institute, School of Engineering. For several years he was the Ford Dealer in Brattleboro in partnership with the late William H. Proctor. Subsequently, he was attached to the Personnel Dept. of the American Optical Co. in Southbridge, Mass. He returned to Brattleboro in 1944 to assume the post of manager of the Vermont State Employment Office. He was well known throughout the state for his love of fine horses and was very active the earlier part of his life in the old Valley Fair Association and the Brattleboro Riding Club. He was a veteran of World War I. Sanford Alvah Smith 2nd died April 11, 1957. There are three sons, Sanford Alvah 3rd, Edward Lyman and Dr. Philip Smith.
Sanford Alvah Smith 3rd, was born on January 8, 1923. He married Mary Putney Wood, daughter of Charles Clement and Fannie (Pickett) Wood on September 29, 1951. He graduated from Brattleboro High School, attended the Cathedral of Learning in Pittsburgh and is a graduate of Norwich University. He served in the European Theater in the Third Army under General Patton and received a Citation in recognition of conspicuously meritorious and outstanding performance of military duty. He has been with the General Electric Co. since 1948. His hobby is making clocks with wooden works. He and his family reside in Pittsfield, Mass. There are three sons,
Charles Alvah Smith 2nd, born July 1, 1952
Thomas Maxwell Rodden Smith, born April 4, 1954
Sanford Alvah Smith, 4th, born August 21, 1959
Edward Lyman Smith was born on December 15, 1927. He married Joanne Adele Gray, daughter of Robert and Janet (Quinlan) Gray on October 28, 1950. He is a graduate of Brattleboro High School, Bullis Preparatory School, Silver Springs, Md. and the U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. He was with the Seventh Fleet in the Korean War and is now Assistant Superintend- ent of the U. S. Steel Bar Mills at Duquesne, Pa. His home is in Bethel Park, Pa. There are two sons:
Edward Lyman Smith Jr., born November 12, 1951
Robert Adrian Smith, born September 10, 1953
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Doctor Philip Smith was born on August 21, 1932. He married Jean Crowl Biddix, daughter of Doctor Joseph and Lillian (Wise) Biddix on December 17, 1960. He graduated from Brattleboro High School, attended the University of Grenoble in France and the University of Vermont and graduated from the University of Maryland, School of Dental Surgery. He is presently an In- structor at the Dental School in Baltimore, Md. and engaged in private practice in Towson, Md.
There hasn't been a girl in the Smith family for about 150 years.
SQUIERS
1) Edward Perry Squiers, son of Charles and Charlotte (Akley) Squiers, b. March 19, 1863, Brattleboro, d. June 23, 1925 in Guilford, m. Julia Eliza Morrison, b. Dec. 24, 1863 in Gill, Mass. 9 Children all born in Guilford:
Edith Persis, b. Feb. 28, 1889
Bryant Edward, b. May 13, 1891
Edward Harry (2), b. Mar. 11, 1896 Ethel May, b. Feb. 2, 1898 Perry Leonard (3), b. July 10, 1899 Perley Maynard (4), b. Feb. 27, 1901 Clifford Ernest (5), b. Nov. 9, 1902 Lawrence Harry, b. Jan. 14, 1909 Marjorie Alice § twins, b. June 10, 1912 Son ¿ lived only few hrs.
2) Edward Harry Squiers (son of 1), b. Mar. 11, 1896 in Guilford, d. Dec. 12, 1958 in W. Brattleboro, m. (1) Mildred Halladay of Dummerston, Vt., dau. of Leslie Halladay, (2) Annie (Petrie) Webster, b. April 7, 1911 in Guilford on Dec. 25, 1936, dau. of Wm. and Martha (Jacobs) Petrie. One adopted dau .: Evelyn Ruth Webster, b. May 31, 1931 in Guilford, m. (1) Walter Abbott in 1951-2, children: Sonya Ann, b. May 9, 1952, Curtis Walter, b. Nov. 1953 (lived only 4 days), m. (2) Donald Blood in 1955-2 children: Donald Blood, Jr., b. Dec. 18, 1955, Bruce Edward Blood, b. May 21, 1958.
3) Perry Leonard Squiers (son of 1), b. July 10, 1899 in Guilford, m. Mil- dred Frampton, b. Nov. 11, 1897 in Harmony, Maryland, dau. of Charles and Hattie (Todd) Frampton, in Brattleboro on June 8, 1923. She died June 24, 1959 in Guilford. 2 Children:
Lawrence Perry, b. Jan. 13, 1924 in Guilford and was killed July 15, 1948 while in active duty in World War II in the Navy. Julia Anne, b. Aug. 2, 1931 in Brattleboro, m. (1) June 7, 1952 Francis Hartwell, b. Mar. 3, 1928 in Shelburne, Mass., son of Harry & Eliz. Bridges Hartwell :- 1 child: Shelley Anne, b. June 6, 1953 in Brattleboro, (2) Theodore J. Garfield, b. Mar. 23, 1932 in Hardwick, Vt., son of Carroll and Marion (Ainsworth) Garfield-1 child: Michelle Marie, b. Dec. 6, 1957 and 1 step- son: Theodore John, Jr., b. July 23, 1953 in Cheyenne, Wy- oming.
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4) Perley Maynard Squiers (son of 1), b. Feb. 27, 1901 in Guilford, m. on June 18, 1925 in Guilford, Marjorie Gertrude Baker, b. Sept. 3, 1904, dau. of Wm. and Lizzie (Noyes) Baker. 9 Children:
Jason William (6), b. May 11, 1926 in Brattleboro Adela Phrenia, b. June 22, 1928 in Brattleboro, d. 1935
Maynard Clifford (7), b. May 11, 1931 in Guilford
Marie Lizzie, b. April 19, 1933 in Guilford, m. on Mar. 5, 1955,
Douglas J. Flagg, b. April 30, 1933, son of Almon and Marion (Abbott) Flagg
Lyndon Martin (8), b. July 25, 1934 in Guilford
Beverly Ruth, b. April 4, 1936 in Guilford, m. on March 10, 1956, Clyde Beckwith, Jr., b. April 28, 1936 in Bernardston, son of Clyde and Natalie (Ward) (Beckwith) Flagg. Children: Wanda Jean, b. Sept. 14, 1956 in Meriden, Conn., Douglas Ellwyn, b. July 21, 1958 in Meriden, Conn., Daniel Richard, b. Sept. 14, 1959 in Meriden, Conn.
Irene Marjorie, b. Sept. 21, 1937 in Guilford, m. Robert John Lincoln Henry, Jr. (Q.v.)
Jeanette Eva, b. Dec. 30, 1938 in Guilford, m. Floyd Ellis in Nov. 1959, divorced April 12, 1961
Doris May, b. Dec. 31, 1939 in Brattleboro, m. on July 30, 1960, Allan Griswold, b. Aug. 15, 1939 in Montague. Child: Mark Allan, b. March 29, 1961 in Brattleboro
5) Clifford Ernest Squiers (son of 1), b. Nov. 9, 1902, was m. on Sept. 15, 1924 in Albany, N. Y. to Catherine Gallup, b. Oct. 21, 1904 in Guil- ford, dau. of Amos and Leila (Severance) Gallup. Children:
Gretchen Marie, b. Aug. 22, 1925 in Brattleboro, d. Apr. 21, 1926 Donald Gallup (9), b. Oct. 25, 1926 in Brattleboro
Webster Gilbert (10) b. Mar. 28, 1928 in Brattleboro
Barney Clifford (11), b. Aug. 31, 1933 in Guilford Stillman Charles (12), b. Feb. 9, 1935 in Brattleboro
6) Jason William Squiers (son of 4), b. May 11, 1926 in Guilford, was m. on Mar. 29, 1947 in Leyden, Mass. to Virginia Beecher, b. Sept. 26, 1922 in Madison, Wis., dau. of Benjamin and Helen (Moore) Beecher. 3 children:
Marjorie Day, b. July 7, 1948 in Greenfield, Mass.
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