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THE DAY FAMILY.
By Buel H. Day and C. H. Hayden.
Among the early settlers of the town of Jericho were Ben- jamin and Electa (Ransom) Day, who came from the vicinity of New Haven, Conn., where a large colony of the Days was located.
Benjamin and Electa bought and lived on the land located about half way between Underhill and Jericho Center. Carved from the forest by their hands, the farm remained in the Day family until about 1855, when it was purchased by James A. Shedd of Burlington.
Seven sons and two daus. were b. to Benjamin and Electa on this farm:
(1) Hiram Benjamin, b. 1804, d. 1886; (2) Giles, b. 1806, d. -; (3) Galusha, b. 1808, d. -; (4) Wilson, d. in Cali- fornia in 1851; (5) Buel H., d. in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he was a medical student ; (6) Silas, -; (7) Dennis, d. in Min- nesota in city of Albert Lea ; (8) Salome, m. Nahum Whitmarsh of Jericho, Vt .; (9) Ruamah, m. Abraham Rugg and lived for many years in Jericho, where Alice, Electa, Frank and Hiram were b. They sold this farm here, moving to Milton, Vt., where they purchased a large farm where the family have con- tinued to live until the present time. William a very bright and promising boy b. in Milton, d. at the age of 16, and his father and mother a few years later.
Of these children, Hiram B. was the only one of the boys who continued to reside in Jericho. For many years he owned the farm now in the possession of Elmer Irish and also the one now occupied by Mr. Geo. Haylette.
Hiram B. was prominent in town affairs holding the various offices in the power of his fellow citizens to grant. He twice represented the town in the Vermont Assembly.
Early in life he m. Elizabeth, dau. of Joseph and Hanna (Cady) Brown. Five children were b. to them :
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(1) Salome E .; (2) Naomi E .; (3) Giles H .; (4) Buel H .; (5) Byron W.
Elizabeth d. in 1855 and he m. 2 Polly Brown, sister of the first wife. No children were b. of this union. She d. in 1878. Hiram B. d. in 1886.
Of the children of Hiram B. and Elizabeth, Salome m. Henry Howe and one son, Hiram, was b. to them, who lived and grew to manhood in the family of Hiram B. Day. Hiram Howe m. Lena Brown, dau. of George Brown of Essex, Vt. They lived a few years on the home farm in Jericho, afterwards going to Rutland, Vt., where they were successful wholesale and retail confec- tioners. Salome d. at the age of 22.
Naomi E. m. Josiah B. Scoville, grain inspector of the port of Duluth for many years. One dau., Edith S., was b. to them, a prominent teacher in Duluth.
Giles H. early went to California and later settled at Fort Worth, Texas. He was Mayor of that city four terms, School Director ten or twelve years and was largely instrumental in the building up of the Fort Worth schools. He m. Annie Day of Indiana. One son, Lemuel E. was b. to them, now living at Fort Worth and a prominent citizen of that city. Giles d. in 1911. Lemuel m. and three sons and one dau. were b. to them :
(1) Giles, a doctor at Fort Worth; (2) Lemuel, attending High School there; (3) Buel, who d. in High School there; (4) a dau. who d. in infancy.
Buel H., b. Feb. 13, 1844, m. Mary B., a dau. of E. S. and Harriet (Bass) Whitcomb, July 3, 1866. Three sons were b. to them:
(1) Buel Clifton ; (2) Carl Edward; (3) Guy Warren.
(1) Buel Clifton was b. Apr. 17, 1867. He was educated in the schools of Jericho, at St. Johnsbury Academy and graduated from the University of Vermont in the class of 1888 at the age of 21. In 1890 he was Assistant Sec. of the Senate in the Ver- mont Legislature. He was principal of the Craftsbury Academy for several years, resigning to take a post graduate course at Columbia University, following which he became Supt. of Schools at the Hamptons, Mass., for two years. He resigned to spend a year at study in Jena, Germany. On his return he became Supt.
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of the Boys' Parental School of Boston. Poor health forced his resignation and made necessary a sojourn in Colorado. Notwith- standing a stubborn fight for life his death occurred Mar. 30th, 1910, at Colorado Springs, hastened thru injuries received in an automobile accident. Of a happy, sunny disposition he won many friends, and even during his final illness and sufferings was the bright star in the gloomy hospital heavens. (See Teachers).
(2) Carl Edward, b. Dec. 17, 1869, was educated at the Underhill and St. Johnsbury academies, graduating from the Packard Commercial College in New York City. During the season of 1886 he served as page to Gov. Ormsbee in the Ver- mont Legislature. After a business experience of over 20 years in New York City (during fourteen years of which he was the New York representative of Holden-Leonard & Co.) he is now at Chicago, a member of one of that city's largest coat and suit manufacturing firms. He m. Mary Pearl Day, of Albert Lea, Minnesota. Two children were b. to them: Mary Dorothy, who graduated from Jericho Grammar School in 1912, and since at- tending Waterman Hall Seminary, Sycamore, Ill., and Carl B. H., who lives with his grandparents at Jericho (with his sister). Carl graduated from the Grammar School in 1915.
(3) Guy Warren, b. Jan. 25, 1872, m. Bertha Ellis of Boston One son, Kenneth Buel, was b. to them, now attending the Boston High School at Boston. For a number of years he lived with his grandparents at Jericho, graduating from the Jericho Grammar School. Guy Warren d. May 10, 1911. His wife Bertha, d. in New York City. He was for years in the wholesale dry goods business with Lord & Taylor, Hempstone & Day, and Rusch & Co. He was recognized as a keen salesman and a business man of sterling character. He was a musician of exceptional ability.
Buel Harwood was b. in Jericho, held the various town offices for years, representing the town in 1872, and serving as senator in 1884. For nineteen years he was one of the firm of Whitcomb & Day, at Riverside, Vt., successor to E. S. Whitcomb. This business was conducted under these two names over a period of 40 years. Mr. Day was largely instrumental in secur- ing the passage of the Burlington & Lamoille R. R. through Jeri- cho, being one of the Commissioners for the bonding of the town
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for that purpose. The Riverside Steam Mill was built through the efforts of Whitcomb & Day, and was operated by them for years, employing from 50 to 100 men. Besides custom sawing this mill was equipped to produce steamed bent chair wood, fork handles, etc., novelty turning, shingles and clapboards, as well as to do custom grinding. It was one of the largest mill properties in Northern Vermont. In 1888 it was sold to Ex. Gov. Woodbury. The Underhill and Jericho Cheese Factory, now known as the Riverside Creamery and operated cooperatively by the Jericho farmers, was built and run by Whitcomb & Day. The property is owned by Mr. Day at the present time. In 1888 Mr. Day, having disposed of his store interests and mill property, removed to New York City and entered the wholesale dress goods business where he remained for 23 years. In 1910 he re- turned to Jericho, purchasing the home farm of Mrs. Day's family, and later the place built by Henry M. Field at the Corners, where they now reside, making a home much of the time for their grandchildren, Dorothy, Kenneth and Carl. Mr. B. H. Day d. Oct. 25, 1915, and was buried in the family lot in the Jericho cemetery.
Byron W. was b. in Jericho, Apr. 10, 1848. He owned for years and until his death what was Hiram B. Day's original farm at Jericho, at the present time owned by Mr. Geo. Haylette. Byron W. m. Persis M. Goodwin of Underhill. To them were b. four sons and one dau., all living at the present time. Byron and Persis d. within 12 months of each other. Three of the boys lived with their uncle and aunt, Buel H. Day, in New York until his return to Jericho. Hiram B. the oldest, was in the whole- sale dress goods business, largely with Hempstone & Day, and is now of the firm of Pray, Small & Day, cotton goods brokers at 72 Leonard St., N. Y. City. Ernest Buel, third son, after a period of study in New York, went to his Uncle Giles at Fort Worth, Texas, graduated from the High School, and the School of Mines at St. Louis, returning to his uncle's at New York City, where he continued his education as a civil engineer, and where he is now in the employ of the McAdoo Tunnel people as civil engineer and architect, having charge of much of their most important work. Homer Giles was of the three who went to New York and is the private secretary of Henry Walters of the
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Atlantic Coast and Louisville & Nashville Railroads. Roy, the second son, is engaged in railroading on the New Haven & Hart- ford R. R., running from Providence to Boston. Mamie, the dau. m. Dr. Wiltse of Burlington, and at the present time is a trained nurse in that city, a graduate of the Mary Fletcher Hos- pital. Dr. Wiltse was for years State Chemist of Vermont.
INCIDENTS.
Hiram B. Day was a man of sterling character, but of few words. When the subject of temperance was being discussed, ' he said there had been a great change in public sentiment, since he was a child, and then told how, when he was a little boy, walk- ing from church with his father, the preacher joined them, and his father said, "That was an excellent prayer you made today." The minister replied that he could have done much better, had his drink been a little brandy instead of Old New England rum.
He was a member of the Gov. Thos. Chittenden household when a young man for sometime and delighted to relate how Anson Chittenden got the better of a gang of men who were shearing the sheep. Anson was not considered of brilliant mind, and he was appointed to carry the fleeces of wool to the attic. The gang bet him a dollar that they would get their work of shearing done before his work of carrying up was over. The work progressed until all the sheep were sheared, excepting the old buck, which could not be found, until Anson was questioned, when he told them that it was in the attic with his fleece on his back. So his work was finished first, and he won the dollar.
DICKINSON FAMILY. By C. H. Hayden.
Reuben Dickinson, son of Elijah and Olive Dickinson, was b. Aug. 24, 1839. His father lived to be 84 years old and his mother was 69 at her decease.
Reuben m. 1 Miss Richardson of Bethel, N. H., in 1860. There were b. to them two children :
(1) Carlton R., b. in 1864. He is m. and has five children and lives in Berlin, N. H.
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(2) Herbert B. was b. in 1866. He m. and located in the West and has six children.
Reuben m. 2 Delila Terrill, dau. of Samuel Terrill, who was b. Dec. 15, 1843. Her father, Samuel Terrill, b. in 1799, lived to be 86 years of age and d. Nov. 12, 1885. Her mother, b. in 1802, d. Aug. 20, 1886, aged 84 years.
The marriage of Reuben and Delila occurred in 1866. Two children have been b. to them.
(1) Laura, who was b. Feb. 14, 1867, and m. Fred T. Horner Sept. 27, 1896, at Jericho, Vt. They reside in Uxbridge, Mass.
(2) Henry Harrison was b. June 8, 1869, and m. Mrs. Emily Gurley Feb. 15, 1908. They have one child, Wallace Ed- win, b. Nov. 8, 1911. They reside in Jericho, Vt.
L. M. DIXON FAMILY.
Leonard Mills Dixon, the son of Col. Luther Dixon, who served in the War of 1812-13, was m. to Eliza Luzerne Bost- wick April 25, 1833. Mr. and Mrs. Dixon were fine types of the old time landlord, and the hospitality of the old Bostwick House, later the Dixon, is well remembered by many that used to be their guests and liked the genial ways of the host and comfort and good cooking of the old hostelry.
The old tavern was a rambling building standing on the edge of Jericho near the Underhill town line, and was a landmark in stage coach days before the railroad, and also a popular sum- mer resort of its period. (See Dixon House, Part VIII).
The old house with its piazzas, fine trees, its ball-room, and the lovely view of Mount Mansfield, was burned in 1890 and its busy life is but a memory to the present generation.
Mr. Dixon d. in the hotel in 1886 and Mrs. Dixon d. in Bur- lington in 1889 and were buried in the family lot in Underhill cemetery. Their survivors are Mrs. Clara M. Bradley, a dau., who resides with her dau., Mrs. T. Edwin Alden at Wellesley, Mass., also Will A. Bradley, a grandson, living in Brooklyn.
Their son, Ashton C., d. in 1895 and is survived by his dau., Mrs. Pearl F. Blodgett, of Montpelier.
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THE DOUGLAS FAMILY.
By L. F. Wilbur.
The parents of Milo Douglas were Daniel and Polly Doug- las. Polly's maiden name was Polly Messenger, a direct de- scendant from Roderick Messenger, one of the three earliest pioneers of Jericho. Daniel and his wife Polly resided in Wil- liston, Vt., and they had seven children, four boys and three girls. None of them ever resided in Jericho except Milo. Milo lived in five different towns, viz .: Williston, Hinesburg, West- ford, Jericho and Essex.
Milo Douglas was b. in 1817 in Williston, and was m. in 1846 in Jericho to Sarah C. Hutchinson. She was b. in Jericho in 1824. They came to Jericho in 1866 and settled on Lee River on the farm known as the "Old Lucius L. Lane farm." He d. in 1903 and she d. in 1910 in Essex.
The first child of said Milo and Sarah Douglas was Henry Homer, b. in 1846, and he m. Elizabeth Dearborn in 1877. He d. in 1883 at Minneapolis. .
2nd. Rollin M., b. in 1849 in Hinesburg, m. 1 Lucy Ben- ton and m. 2 Myrtle Beebe. They had one dau. by the 2nd m. who lives in California.
3rd. James H., b. in 1851 at Hinesburg and m. 1 Emma Robinson and they had seven children, none of whom ever lived in Jericho. He m. 2 Carreen Coally and they live in Essex.
4th. Emma J., b. in 1853 in Hinesburg, m. Albert C. Spaulding in 1873 and they have one son, Frank D. They lived in Burlington during most of their m. life. Albert C. d. in 1903, aged 53, and she d. in 1912.
5th. Cassius M., b. in 1857 in Westford, m. Elizabeth (Dearborn) Douglas. He d. in 1896 in N. Y.
6th. Charles E., b. in 1859 in Westford, m. Ethie Schofield in 1896. They live in California.
7th. Fred, b. 1867, m. Blanche Ashton in 1896. No chil- dren. They live in California.
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EDWARDS FAMILY.
By C. H. Hayden.
Avery Wilbert Edwards with his family moved into Jericho from Shelburne, Vt., Mar. 4, 1885. He was b. in Richmond, Vt., Feb. 24, 1848, the son of Sophia Burr and George Edwards. He m. Sept. 10, 1865, Frances E., dau. of Eunice Manwell and Saf- ford Towers of Richmond, Vt. To them have been b. 10 children, eight of whom are living.
(1) Ellis B., b. Apr. 19, 1867, d. Dec. 23, 1898.
(2) Emma R., b. Oct. 30, 1869, now living with her mother in the old homestead.
(3) Charles S., b. Dec. 25, 1871, who m. Abbie Atchinson of Barre. They have one son, Howard.
(4) Maude G., b. Jan. 30, 1873, who m. B. M. Thurston of North Conway, N. H. No children.
(5) Earl H., b. Apr. 6, 1875, who m. Lena Kesler of Wor- cester, Mass., and they have two children, Gladys and Helen.
(6) Marion F., b. Jan. 1, 1878, who m. W. S. Payne of Cambridge, Vt., and they have three children, Melba, Frances and Blanche.
(7) Grace L., b. July 27, 1880, m. W. H. Grace of Starks- boro, Vt., and they have two children, Stuart and Robert.
(8) Harold R., b. May 12, 1885, and d. May 5, 1906.
(9) Doris L., b. July 27, 1887, who m. Max C. Bessey of Burlington, Vt., and they have one child, Virginia.
(10) Clark B., b. June 4, 1890. Mr. Avery Edwards d. in Jericho, Vt., Feb. 17, 1912. Mr. Edwards was a soldier, and dealt very extensively in cattle and farm produce, and was con- sidered a good business man.
THE ELDRIDGE FAMILY.
By S. H. Barnum.
Lyman W. Eldridge was b. in Broome, Canada, in 1862. His grandfather was Stephen and his father Lewis Jackson Eldridge. Lyman had three brothers, Lovell J., Geo. W. and Dennis H. He came to Jericho in 1889 and in 1891 m. Eva M. Connor, dau. of Gustavus A. Connor. She was b. in 1868 and d. in 1910.
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There are five living children : Mary E., b. 1892; Harold L., b. 1895 and in 1915 m. Helen E. McDonald of Palmer, Mass., where he lives; Clayton W., b. 1901; Helen M., b. 1903, and Lenora G., b. 1907.
THE ELLIOT FAMILY.
By Elizabeth H. Elliot and L. F. Wilbur.
Daniel Elliot, direct ancestor of Dea. Elliot of Jericho, Ver- mont, lived at Framingham, Mass., as early as 1686. At about that time he m. Hannah Cloyes, dau. of Peter Cloyes of Fram- ingham. Of their eight children, Jonathan, their sixth child, b. Aug. 16, 1701, m. Lydia Harwood, of Sutton, Mass., Mar. 25, 1726. Jonathan, the oldest child of the above, was b. at Sutton, Mass., 1727. He m. April 25, 1749, Hannah Wheeler, of Sutton. John, the fifth child of the above Jonathan and Hannah Wheeler, was b. at Sutton, Mass., January 17, 1758. He was three times m. and while living with his first wife- between 1782 and 1784-removed from Sutton, Mass., to Croy- don, N. H. July, 1803, he m. for his third wife Betsey Chamber- lain, dau. of Ezra and Huldah (Perrin) Chamberlain. She was b. at Woodstock, Conn., Oct. 30, 1763. Ezra, the first child by this third marriage and the eighth child of John Elliot, was b. at Croydon, N. H., Oct. 21, 1804. John Elliot, the father of Ezra, d. at Croydon, Oct. 14, 1831, and his mother at Sharon, Vt., Nov. 30, 1841. Feb. 10, 1830, Ezra m. at Cornish, N. H., Eliza Hall, dau. of Jason and Hall, who was b. at Newport, N. H., Jan. 4, 1808. The children of Ezra and Eliza Elliot, were Mary Ann b. May 8, 1832; Lucian, b. Nov. 21, 1833; Lester Hall (2), b. August 1, 1835 ; and Almira F., b. Feb. 21, 1838, at Croydon, N. H., from which place the family removed during the winter of 1840-41 to Jericho, Vt., making the latter place their per- manent home. Betsey Ermina, b. Dec. 21, 1843, and Ezra F. W., b. Aug. 3, 1850, were b. at Jericho. Lucian and Betsey Ermina d. in infancy. Mrs. Elliot d. March 10, 1863, and Dea. Elliot d. Sept. 30, 1880.
Mary Ann, as well as her younger sister, Almira, attended school at Mt. Holyoke, and both were successful teachers in the vicinity of their home. Mary Ann d. April 3, 1870.
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Lester Hall fitted for college at Essex and Johnson, was graduated from the University of Vermont in 1861 and from Union Theological Seminary of New York City in 1864. He was licensed to preach by the Brooklyn (N. Y.) Congregational Association, and commenced by supplying the pulpits of the Con- gregational churches of Colchester and Winooski, Vt. May 21, 1866, he was ordained and installed as pastor of the church at the latter place, where he continued till 1872. In December of that year he began to preach at Bradford, Vt., and continued as pastor till the spring of 1880. After preaching three years at Keeseville, N. Y., he accepted the position of Secretary of the Vermont Bible Society, which position he continued to occupy for twenty-three years, or till the time of his death at Waterbury, Vt., July 20, 1907. While in Winooski he was superintendent of the public schools, and represented the town of Waterbury in the legislature of 1892.
Oct. 2, 1866, he was m. at Greensboro, Vt., to Lois Maria, dau. of Enoch and Abigail (Cook) Tolman, who d. Feb. 6, 1871. Their children were Anna Maria and Henry Tolman, who both d. in infancy.
He was again m. Nov. 30, 1875, at Campton, N. H., to Phoebe Elizabeth, dau. of Ezekiel H. and Almira (Dole) Hodgdon. Their son, Henry, was b. at Keeseville, N. Y., Nov. 14, 1882. He was graduated from the high school at Waterbury in 1900 and from the Edmunds High School, Burlington, Vt., in 1901, and entered Yale University in September of the same year. A few days before the beginning of his Senior year, after an illness of ten days, he d. at Waterbury, Sept. 1, 1904.
Almira F., second dau. of Ezra and Eliza Elliot, was m. June 1, 1881, at Keeseville, N. Y., to Rev. Austin Hazen. From this time to the death of Mr. Hazen, May 22, 1895, their home was at Jericho and Richmond. On a voyage to Europe he became ill, died and was buried at sea. Her death occurred at Montpelier, Vt., Oct. 26, 1899, after a few days illness with pneu- monia.
Ezra F. W., a business man, d. at Boaz, Mt. Rosa, Colorado, May 7, 1897, killed by a premature explosion in a mine.
Dea. Ezra Elliot located in the south part of Jericho on a large farm on the road to Richmond, where Andy Johnson now
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resides. He was chosen Deacon of the Congregational church of Jericho Center, and was a faithful and beloved officer of the church until his death. He left a legacy for the support of preaching. He was a farmer and held the office of Overseer of the Poor of Jericho for many years.
THE FAY FAMILY. By E. C. Fay.
E. Wright Fay was b. in the house where he now resides in Jericho, May 16, 1887. He is a direct descendant of the John Fay who came from England in 1656 and settled in Sudbury, Mass. This John Fay's oldest son was also named John and lived in Marlborough, Mass. One of his sons was named Stephen, who afterwards became proprietor of the famous Cata- mount Hotel in Bennington, the headquarters of the American Army at the time of the battle of Bennington. His oldest son, John, was a Revolutionary soldier and was killed in the battle of Bennington. He left eight children, the oldest of whom, named Nathan, removed to Richmond, Vermont, and was the father of ten children, the oldest of whom, named John, m. Polly Bishop and removed to Williston. His son, Daniel B., had a family of three children. The oldest son, Ransom Taylor, was a member of the First Vermont Cavalry, Co. E, in the Civil War, and was killed in the Battle of Stony Creek, Va., on Wil- son's raid, June 19, 1864. Daniel B's other children were: El- lery C., and Odella: Ellery C. m. the daughter of the late Smith Wright. Ellery C. was the father of three children, viz. : Herbert R., who d. July 1, 1885, E. Wright and Josephine L. Ellery C. moved to Jericho in February, 1877, where he resided until March, 1910, when he moved to Essex Junction, disposing of his farm to his son, E. Wright Fay, the present owner and subject of this sketch. The said Ellery C. m. 2 Melissa Hapgood.
THE DAVID AND ANSON FIELD FAMILY. By R. Burton Field.
David Field and Lois French, his wife, came to Vermont from Guilford, Conn. about 1790, and settled on the hill back of the present Congregational church at Jericho Center. Seven
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children were b. to them: David, Henry, Anson, Lois, Eunice, Anna and Mary. The mother d. May 3, 1810, the father living until Oct. 21, 1833.
Anson, the youngest son, and Mary lived practically all . their lives in Jericho. Mary m. John Lyman, who was for so many years Town Clerk. They had four children: Sey- mour, Mary, Myron and a son that d. in infancy. All of this family have passed away.
Anson Field was b. March 14, 1803. He received rather more than the ordinary education of those times. He attended school at Hampton Academy, Hampton, N. H., where on Dec. 1, 1828, he and Almira R. Shaw were united in marriage and came to Jericho to live, first at the "Center," then at "Steam Valley," and last at the "Corners." There in the early '50's he owned the factory now Reavy's grist mill, and carried on an extensive furniture business and also manufactured starch. Nine children were b. to them between the years of 1832 and 1850 inclusive:
(1) Edward Bracket Shaw, who never m., d. at Rockford, Ill., Nov. 9, 1889.
(2) Henry M., m. Lucy Davis, who d. Sept. 21, 1874. They had one daughter, Emma (Mrs. Homer Holmes) who re- cently passed away at Burlington. In 1875 Henry M. m. for his second wife, Mrs. Elizabeth (Blodgett) Shaw. They had one son, Jed, who d. at thirteen years of age. The parents soon after moved to Boston, Mass. Henry M., d. May 24, 1915.
(3) Mary A., now living in town.
(4) Almira J., m. Scott Benson of Warren, Ill .; both have passed away but their two sons survive.
(5) Anson, Jr., m. his cousin, Ellen H. Woodford. They have both "gone before," their two children, Clinton and Lora, dying in childhood.
(6) Granville Shaw d. in infancy.
(7) Ella H., m. Henry Golding Warren of Illinois. They and two of their four children, Burton and Bessie, have passed away. George and Myron are living.
(8) Lucia A. lives at Marengo, Illinois.
(9) R. Burton, m. Clara H. Levene, who d. suddenly, alone, on the lawn of her home at Stratford, Conn. She is buried in town.
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The mother of this large family d. Oct .. 13, 1856, not quite fifty years of age.
On Dec. 27, 1857, the father m. Mary Jane Bliss and one son was b. to them: Charles S., who m. Laura Stevens, Oct. 3, 1884. Three children have been b. to them: Burton A., Nellie C., and Marjory, the latter living but a few months. Anson Field, Sr., d. Dec. 27, 1884, and the mother of Charles S. d. March 27, 1885.
Henry M., Anson and R. Burton Field, the sons of Anson Field, Sr., were ingenious and skilful mechanics and active business men. Henry M. and Anson carried on an extensive business at Jericho in the manufacture and sale of pumps and water tubing for many years, supplying the people over a wide territory. Henry M. also carried on a large business in the manufacture of chairs at the building that had formerly been used by George B. and William E. Oakes as a grist mill.
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