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The Nutters are of Scotch-English descent. Four brothers came from England and settled in Harrison county, where they figured quite prominently as pioneers and as Indian fighters; and from them the far-famed Indian fort took its name; and from them all the Nutters of this, and adjoining counties, are descended. Thomas, one of these brothers, with a company of other men, followed the savages from Harrison county, to what is now the vicinity of Washburn, where they overtook and killed one of the leaders of the band, who man- aged to crawl under a cliff of rocks, where his skeleton was found a number of years afterwards. He (Thomas) was the progenitor of the Holbrook, Oxford, and Leatherbarke fami- lies, his son, Christopher, being the father of Thomas, of Hol- brook ; and his son, John, of Andrew, senior, of Oxford, and of John, of Leatherbarke.
The Watsons .- Other early settlers in this part were Otho, George, and John Watson-three brothers, from Bar- bour county, who all made their improvements on Brush run -- a small tributary of the Middle fork.
They were the sons of Jacob Watson, who removed from Marion to Barbour county near 1812. He married a Miss Gandy-sister of Mrs. John Zinn, and one son, Otho, was born of this union. After her death, he married Miss Sarah Pritchard, sister of Peter Pritchard, and they were the parents of-George and John, and of Mrs. John (Mary) Jett (mother of Wm. Jett, of Otterslide) ; Mrs. Elizabeth Westfall, Mrs. Castor, Mrs. Nancy Divers, Mrs. Amanda Divers, all of Bar- bour county : Mrs. Jane Rowe, and the late William, Roane county ; the late Mrs. Angeline (Lair) Simons, of Auburn; and Emily, who died unmarried.
Otho Watson married Miss Louise Jett, and made the first settlement on Brush run, in 1845; from here he removed to Roane county, where his widow still survives (1908) at the age of more than one hundred years. This pioneer and two of his sons, Jacob, of Roane county, and George, who died during the Civil war, served as Union soldiers; Irvin, Mrs. Elias (Amelia) Pritchard, and the late Mrs. Matilda Boise, of
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Roane county : and Mrs. Henry Collins are the other children.
George Watson married Miss Susan Divers, and remained here until death ; and in the Auburn cemetery, beside his wife, he rests.
His children are-M. B., and Wilson, of Auburn; An- drew, of Salem : George, of Parkersburg; Mrs. Mary Bee, of Berea ; the late Mrs. Martha (J. B.) Gribble, of Auburn : Mrs. Jennie Summers, and Mrs. Alice Adams, Roane county ; Mrs. Elien Smith, Doddridge county ; and Mrs. Adaline (Marshall) Hall, Colorado.
John Watson married Miss Kathrine Thrash, of Barbour county, and spent the remainder of his life on Brush run, where he settled ; and in the Lowther burying-ground, beside his wife, he found a resting place. His children are: Nealy, and Jacob M., of Auburn: the late Thomas, and David. of Elizabeth; Scott, of Parkersburg; Grant, of Cincinnati; and John ("Jack"), of Fenwick.
After the death of his first wife, he was married to Miss Sarah Maxwell, daughter of Lamar Maxwell, of Doddridge county, and was the father of several more children: Mrs. Charles Sinnett, of Auburn ; of Dora, Sarah, Mary, Joe, and Morgan, junior.
William Adams was another early settler on the waters of the Middle fork. Though his domain was just across what is now the Ritchie and Doddridge county line, his interests were identical with those of the other pioneers of this vicinity. He was a native of Harrison county-the son of Jonathan Adams, a Revolutionary soldier, who fought under General Washington. He married Miss Lucinda Wright, of Harrison county (who was a member of the Wright family, of Spruce creek). and in 1840, took up his residence in the forest where his son, William Adams, now lives. Here he passed from sight in 1861 ; and in the Auburn cemetery, beside his wife, he sleeps. After the death of the wife of his youth, he married Miss Louisa Summers, sister of Joseph and Elijah Summers : and they were the parents of five children: Elijah, and Alex- ander Adams, Mrs. Susana Pierce, Mrs. Margaret Husk, and Mrs. Flora Edgell, of Doddridge county.
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The children of the first union were ; viz.,
William, who lives at the old homestead; Joshua Adams. of Summers-the father of the well known lawyer, Homer Adams, of Harrisville : the late Jackson Adams, of Summers : Mrs. Mary (Thos.) Hickman, of Grove: and the late Mrs. Harriet (Elias) Snodgrass, Ritchie county ; the late Mrs. Mary Ann Leeson, the late Mrs. Elizabeth Lipscomb, and the late Mrs. Sarah Gray, who was the mother of the Gray Brothers, of Elizabeth, Wirt county.
CHAPTER XVI
Bone Creek Settled
OBERT SOMMERVILLE was the first pio- neer to break the forest on Bone creek. He came from Harrison county in 1834, and set- tled a short distance below Auburn, on the farm that is now the estate of his late son, William. Here he continued to reside until he was laid in the Auburn cemetery.
Mr. Sommerville was born near Cumberland, Maryland, on May 1, 1800. He was the son of James Simmeral,1 who, with his wife, and two children, came from Cork, Ireland, near 1788, and settled on the coast of Dela- ware, for a time, before removing to Maryland. When the family came to America, two sons, John and Andrew, remained in Ireland, but Andrew after- wards came to the United States. The other members of the family were: James, Mrs. Nancy Lynch, Mrs. Wni. (Peggy) Burnside, all of Harrison county ; and Robert, above mentioned.
In 1825, Robert married Miss Mary Robert Sommerville. Ward, daughter of William Ward, of Harrison county, a soldier of the war of 1812 ; and for long years after his death, "Aunt Polly," as she was familiarly known, continued to reside at the old home below Auburn, where she fell asleep in 1894, at the great age of ninety-one or two years.
Their children are: the late William, Martin, George. Franklin, John, Hiram, Mrs. Sarah (Charles) Brown, Mrs.
1The name was originally Simmeral, but through some error of pro- nunciation it finally became Sommerville.
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Drusilla Fisher, Mrs. Margaret (A. N.) Watson, Mrs. Ruhama (Wilson) Watson.
All the sons have passed away, except John. Franklin met a tragic death by falling from a building, and Hiram died in childhood, and his remains filled the first grave that "was hollowed out" in the Auburn cemetery. The others all left families ; a noteworthy feature is that the dead of this family all rest at Auburn, and here the living all reside.
Timothy Tharpe .- The settlement of Mr. Sommerville was closely followed by that of Timothy Tharpe, who came from his native county-Harrison, and took up his residence on the late A. P. Knisely homestead, above Auburn. He later moved to the Israel Cookman farm, and finally, to the Earnest Frymire property, where he died, in 1881.
Mr. Tharpe was of Irish lineage. He was born on July 25, 1802 : was the son of H. Benjamin Tharpe, a ship-builder and carpenter. When he was but a small boy his parents died, and he was bound out to strangers, and thus the days of his childhood and youth were sadly spent. He was a brother of the late H. B. Tharpe ,of Iowa; of Mrs. Susan Hall-mother of the late Lemuel Hall-of Auburn; the late Mrs. Hannah Davis, of Parkersburg ; and the late Mrs. Wm. Davis, of West Union. He was a man of very strict religious principles, and was one of the corner-stones of the Auburn M. E. church, as was Mr. Sommerville.
On Christmas day, 1823, he was married to Miss Sarah Cox, sister of Col. Daniel V. Cox, of Slab creek, who was born on December 18, 1805; and thirteen children were the fruits of this union. Mrs. Tharpe followed him to the grave in 1884, and both rest at Auburn.
Their children : Matilda (Mrs. Henry Hayden), Mrs. Christiana Wagner, W. D., and Mrs. Mahala Mitchell, sleep in Iowa ; Mrs. Luvina Collins, on Spruce creek ; Mrs. Caroline Brown and E. H. Tharpe, at Auburn; two daughters died in childhood, and one son, Sedwick S., in the Andersonville prison during the Civil war. The surviving ones are H. B. Tharpe, of Holbrook; P. R., of Harrisville; and Mrs. Eliza- beth (Isaac) Hayden, Auburn.
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Andrew Law was the third settler on Bone creek. He came from Lewis county, in 1834, and made his improvement on the farm that is best known as the "Thomas Kniseley homestead"-now the home of W. H. Hall.
He was quite a young man at this time, not having yet deserted single life; but two years later, he was married to Miss Margaret Waldeck, daughter of Henry Waldeck, a Ger- man, who came to America in 1776, as a Hessian soldier in the Revolution ; and who, refusing to return to his native land at the close of the war, though a fortune awaited him, entered land on the river below Weston, where he and his wife, Mrs. Mary Sleeth Waldeck-sister of David Sleeth, of Smithville -- established their home.
A few years after Mr. Law's marriage, on the occasion of a husking bee, while his "good wife" was preparing the pot for dinner, her attention was attracted by an unusual dis- turbance among the logs; and, stepping to the door, she dis- covered an old bear and two cubs making an attack on them. Calling the family dog to her assistance, she managed to tree the mother, and one of the cubs, and to hold them at bay until the "tooting" of the horn brought the men from the field. Mr. Law, seizing his gun as he passed the house, soon brought both offenders to the ground. The other cub, returning in quest of its mother, shared a like fate.
Mr. and Mrs. Law went to Colorado in the early seven- ties, and there, fell asleep.
They were the parents of nine children: Dr. Galelma Law, Mrs. Jeniza (J. F.) Ireland, John E., and Lorenzo D. Law, all of Colorado; the Rev. H. M., of the West Virginia M. E. conference; Leondias F., of Spencer; Mrs. (W. M.) Agnes Rymer, Harrisville; Mrs. Mary E. (G. M.) Ireland, White Oak; and Henry T., who died in the Andersonville prison during the Civil war. Leonidas and Galelma were also Union soldiers ; and Mrs. Ireland, and Dr. Law were once identified among the teachers of the county.
The Laws have an interesting ancestral history. They, being in sympathy with the Wesleyans, were driven from Belfast, Ireland, the place of their nativity, by religious perse- cution. So bitter were their persecutors-the Catholics-
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that they were obliged to leave by stealth, a friendly Catholic girl, having warned them of their peril. And in the wilds of America, "They sought a faith's pure shrine"-"Freedom to worship God." And though many generations have come and gone since that time, the different families of thuis name still adhere to the religious faith (Methodist Episcopal) that brought their fore-fathers to this land.
In 1794, four brothers, Thomas, William, Frank, and John Law, with their parents, set sail for America. The mother died on board the ship, while crossing, and was buried beneath the briny waves, and the rest landed in Philadelphia.
Frank died leaving 'no issue. John, who was an Irish peddler, went West and married and his descendants are scattered over Ohio and Indiana.
Thomas and William remained in Philadelphia for a time, but finally emigrated to West Virginia. William settled at Gooseman's mill, in Harrison county, and was the ancestor of the Lawford branch of the family ; and Thomas, near Jane Lew, in Lewis county.
Thomas Law married Miss Martha Fisher in "Old Erin," and four months after their arrival in the "City of Brotherly Love," twins were born of them (on April 4, 1795)-the first of the name to be born in America. Shortly after their birth, the mother and the infant daughter passed on, and the son, who was known as Billy F. Law, grew to manhood and mar- ried a Miss Thornhill, and from him the Otterslide branch of the family are descended, he being the father of the late Thomas T. Law, of Otterslide, and the grandfather of the late Mrs. John Ehret, Mrs. Azariah Bee, and Mrs. Elisha Maxin.
When Billy F. Law was a lad of fourteen years, he made a pair of red cedar gate posts, and placed them on his father's farm, near Jane Lew, and though a century has past, one of these posts, still stands, as a "lone sentinel," keeping its silent vigil.
Some years after the death of his first wife ( Mrs. Martha Fisher Law), Thomas Law, senior, married Miss Nancy Dixon, who came front Ireland at the same time that he did : and three sons and three daughters were the fruits of this
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union : Andrew, the Bone creek pioneer; the late James, of Cove creek ; and the late Asa, of Jane Lew ; Mrs. Eliza Collins, Mrs. Margaret Armstrong, and Eleanor, who married a Mr. Jackson, of Jane Lew.
Asa Law married Miss Mary Fell, of Westmoreland coun- ty, Pennsylvania, and lived and died near Jane Lew-on October 29, 1908, at the age of ninety-six years. He was the father of ten children, and at the time of his death, his poster- ity numbered forty-five grandchildren, fifty-four great-grand- children, and two great-great-grandchildren, some of whom had passed on. His progeny are said to be scattered from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and one granddaughter is a mis- sionary in China.
James D. Law was born in Lewis county, in September, 1817, and was married to Miss Mary E. Bowen, in 1852, and resided in his native county until 1876, when he removed to Gilmer county, where he died three years later. He was the father of A. F. Law, C. F., Nancy, Josephine, W. S., W. J., Ida V., Missouri K., and Cree I. Law.
The Rev. George Collins-a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church, also found a home on the Thomas Kniseley (now the Hall) farm, at an early day.
He was the first minister in this section, and was a man of no mean ability. He first married Miss Mary Ann Law, of Gooseman's mill, Harrison county-half-sister of the late Asby Law, of Lawford, and when she was about to leave this world, she requested him to marry her cousin, Miss Eliza Law, sister of Andrew Law-a request which was complied with some time later.
Sylvester, Edwin, Albert, and Mary B. were the fruits of the first union ; and Eliza Catharine, and another child that died in infancy, of the last. The family went to Illinois ; and when Miss Eliza C. grew to womanhood, she returned to this county on a visit, and while here, listened to the wooing voice of John M. Brown, of Hannahdale, and became his bride ; and at Riddel's chapel, she sleeps. She was the mother of Deputy Sheriff C. Floyd Brown, of Mrs. Iona Wagner, of Hannah- dale ; and of Mrs. Mae (John) Harris, Weston.
Alexander Armstrong is said to have preceded Mr. Col-
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lins to the Thomas Knisely farm, he having erected the cabin that Mr. Collins afterwards occupied. He was a brother-in- law of Andrew Law, and Mr. Collins, his wife being Miss Margaret Law. From here he went to near Troy, in Gilmer county ; and finally, to Ohio.
Samuel Mann is said to have been another early settler in this section, but of him we know nothing.
Henry Hayden made the first improvement on the farm that is designated as the Frymire homestead. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1819; and from there, came to Harrison county, in 1840, and two years later, to Bone creek; here he married Miss Matilda Tharpe, daughter of Timothy Tharpe ; and from here they removed to Davis county, Iowa, in 1859, where they both sleep-she having passed from earth in 1900, and he, in 1906.
Isaac Hayden-brother of Henry, was the first settler on the Hayden farm, in this vicinity. He, too, was a native of the "Keystone state," having been born in Westmoreland county, on August 1, 1821. He came to this county in 1849, and two years later, married Miss Elizabeth Ann Tharpe, who was, also, a daughter of Timothy Tharpe, and took up his residence on the farm that remained his home until his death, on February 6, 1894. He rests in the Auburn cemetery, and his widow lives with her son, at Auburn.
Their children are as follows: Wm. Bennett Hayden, Washington; the late Mrs. Mary M. (Samuel N.) Haddox, Pleasant Hill: Mrs. Huldah J. (I. N.) Czigan, Doddridge county ; Mrs. Amanda C. (John W.) Haddox, Calhoun coun- ty ; Irvin M. Hayden, and Gilbert, and Mrs. Abby L. (J. P.) Smith, Auburn: Mrs. Sarah E. (Wilson) Rymer, Gilmer county ; Nathaniel Hayden, Doddridge county ; and Mrs. Ida (John) Wass, Huntington. The eldest son, W. B., taught school in this county for near a score of years, and served one term as County surveyor before going West. Gilbert also held the office of County surveyor for ten years.
The Haydens are of English descent. They came from "The Motherland," and were among the earliest settlers of the New Jersey colony. They figured in Colonial history both as Revolutionary soldiers, and as Indian fighters.
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Nathaniel Hayden-grandfather of Henry and Isaac- was one of the first settlers in the vicinity of Pittsburg, he having gone there from New Jersey, when but a lad. Twice the emigrant party to which he belonged, was driven back to New Jersey by the hostility of the Indians. On one occasion, he, and a few other men, made an average of seventy-five miles a day on horse-back, when compelled to flee from the dusky foe. Mr. Hayden, at one time, owned four hundred acres of land in what is now the City of Pittsburg. His earthly pilgrimage began on November 28, 1755, and closed, on September 15, 1845. His wife, Abigail, lived from June 17, 1762, to April 20, 1836.
Thomas Hayden, his son, married Miss Mary Hayden, and from him the Ritchie county family are descended. Hc was born in Pennsylvania-in Westmoreland county-near the year 1788, and his wife was born in 1790: both died there, in 1874.
They were the parents of thirteen children: Henry and Isaac, of Ritchie county ; James and Thomas, of Mckeesport, Pennsylvania ; Nathaniel, who lost his life in the Union cause : Samuel, of Idaho; the late Wm., the late Alexander, and Abijah, ali of Pennsylvania; Mrs. Christina Marshall, Mrs. Abigail Fell, and Mary M., and Elsie, who both died unmar- ried.
Lemuel Hall .- In 1841, Lemuel Hall canie to the home- stead that remained in his hands until he passed to his reward in 1897. (Mr. Sheets now owns this farm.) He was of English descent, and came upon the stage of action in Lewis county, on August 9, 1820; was the son of Elisha and Mrs. Susan Tharpe Hall. On December 15, 1840, he was married to Miss Susana Woofter, who was born in Lewis county, on January 17, 1823. Mrs. Hall survived him by two years ; and both sleep at Auburn. Mr. Hall was a magistrate for several years, and was long a deacon in the Baptist church.
Their children: Mrs. George Brake (Mary Jane), Gil- mer county ; Mrs. Wm. G. Davis (Martha A.), Doddridge county ; Cyrus J., Ohio; Marshall D., Francis M., and Mrs George Emmerson (Louella B.), Kentucky; the late Gran- ville, and George W., Colorado; the late Mrs. L. D. Bartlett
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(Matilda), Auburn; Edward M., Calhoun county ; Charles, Emory T., Roane county ; and Alfred N., who died in child- hood.
Elisha M. Hall .- On October 1, 1849, the Rev. Elisha MI. Hall-brother of Lemuel-married Miss Tacy Jane, daughter of Joseph Jeffreys, of Doddridge county, and the following year came to Bone creek, where he opened a store, near the year 1857. He made the first settlment on the farm that is now the estate of the late George Somerville, below Auburn. Mr. Sommerville owned the farm that is now the Town Ilall homestead, and he, and Mr. Hall, traded farms. Here Mr. Hall continued to live until he was laid in the Auburn ceme- tery in 1886. He put two hundred acres of land under cultiva- tion on this creek. He was a prominent minister of the Baptist church : a native of Allen county, Ohio, and his natal day was September 1, 1829.
Mrs. Hall died at Auburn, on May 4, 1908, and sleeps by his side.
They were the parents of twelve children: John T., Auburn ; Wm. F., and Joseph S., Colorado; and Mrs. Tacy J. Brake, Gilmer county ; all the rest have joined the throng on the other side: viz., Mrs. Rosa K. (Gilbert) Hayden; Dr. J. Monroe, Preston R., Ava A., Iva O., David A., and two died in infancy.
Lawson Hall, brother of Lemuel and Elisha above men- tioned, has been a familiar figure in the Auburn vicinity, for sixty-seven years, he having come here with his brother, Lemuel, when he was a lad of ten summers. He taught school before the Civil war, as did his brother, and for several years afterwards, and like his brothers, has long been a cor- ner-stone of the Auburn Baptist church. On September ?, 1852, he claimed Miss Sarah J. Sinnett, daughter of Abel and Elizabeth Stuart Sinnett, as his bride, and shortly after his marriage took up his residence where he still lives, and where he has cleared and put under cultivation one hundred fifty acres of land. His wife also survives.
They are the parents of ten children: Mrs. Martin L. Cunningham (Euphamy), Abel, John A., Mrs. S. A. Weirs (Sarah E.), Mrs. C. A. Ward (Catharine), Mrs. Van Riddel
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(Columbia), all of Auburn ; the other four have passed on ; viz., Mrs. C. F. Beall (Sofronia), and William, who were twins; Franklin was a twin of Mrs. Riddel, and George A. died in childhood.
Martin Sommerville-son of Robert-and his wife, Mrs. Susan Gaston Sommerville, were the pioneers on the Town Hall homestead. They were succeeded here by his brother, George, and his wife, Mrs. Nancy Thomas Sommerville, who later exchanged farms with the late Rev. Elisha Hall, as above stated. Martin Sommerville went from here to Otter- slide, and there passed from earth, where his son, Robert O). Sommerville, now lives.
His other children are: Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Nets, and Mrs. Caroline -, of Ohio; Mrs. Martha Barrackman, of Roane county Mrs. Fillmore Kelly (Olive), of Berea ; Floyd, of Holbrook; and the late John A., and Charles E. Sommerville.
The children of George and Nancy Thomas Sommerville are Charles and Henry Sommerville, and Mrs. Louisa Garner, of Auburn ; and Madeline and Hattie, who died in youth.
Franklin Sommerville made the first improvement on the Hoff farm, below Auburn, but while erecting a stable here he met his death by a fall, and this improvement passed into the hands of the Rev. John Miller; and afterwards became the property of the late John Hoff.
Mr. Sommerville's widow, Mrs. Caroline Chevront Som- merville, and her only child, Newton, went to Nebraska, where they still survive.
John Miller was a lay minister of the Methodist Episco- pal church, and a blacksmith by trade. He had been reared by the late Waitman T. Willey, of Morgantown. He married for his first wife a Miss Robinson, of Monongalia county, and while residing on the Hoff farm, she passed on. Diphtheria invaded the home here, and stilled the voices of all the chil- dren, but two sons. Some time after the death of his wife. Mr. Miller married Mrs. Mary Cox Alexander, niece of Philip Cox, and mother of Calvin Alexander, of Auburn, and they finally went West.
Martin Ward was the pioneer of the "Ward homestead."
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which is still in the hands of his heirs-his late son's (Smith Ward's) wife, who is now Mrs. Laban Bush, being the owner.
Mr. Ward was the son of William Ward, an Englishman, and of Mrs. Sarah Shobe Ward, a Dutch maiden, who crossed the sea, and came to Harrison county, before her marriage. Here she and her husband, who were identified among the early pioneers of the county, lived and died, and here, in the Bethel cemetery, near their old home, they are sleeping, side by side. Five of their ten children sleep in Ritchie county ; viz., George W., who settled just across the line in Gilmer county ; Mrs. Robert Sommerville, Mrs. Elizabeth Bailey, who died at the home of Martin Ward, with their brother, Martin, all rest at Auburn; and Mrs. Daniel Cox, on Slab creek.
Martin Carr Ward's nativity was Harrison county, on August 1, 1821. There on December 17, 1840, he was mar- ried to Miss Mary Jane Gaston, daughter of John Gaston, who was born in the same county, on June 22, 1823 ; and two years afterward (1842), they came to Bone creek, and settled at the "Ward homestead," where he passed from earth, on March 8, 1897, and she, on December 18, 1908.
When they came to this county, Mrs. Ward made the trip on horse-back, through the wilderness, carrying her babe in her arms, and her sister-a giri of ten years, behind her. Marvelous were the changes, they lived to see. None of the other pioneers were longer identified with the interests of the community than they, and none were held in higher esteen.
They were the parents of twelve children: Sarah Eliza- beth died in childhood; John J., who was a Union soldier, resides in Colorado: Mrs. W. B. Zinn (Anna), at Holbrook : Thomas F., and Albert M., Berea ; Mrs. J. T. Hall (Amanda), and C. A. Ward, Auburn : Calvin B., North Dakota; Mrs. J. E. Amos (Eliza J.), near Harrisville : Lewis M., died in child- hood ; Wm. W., in his youth ; and Smith, a few years since, leaving a family.
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