Old Dead RelativesThe genealogy of my extended family
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| 201 | 5th MA Infantry was stationed at Malvern Hill July 1, 1862, than at Harrison's Landing until August 16. | DAME, Charles Henry (I30460)
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| 202 | 6 children | PARMENTER, Mittee (I46030)
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| 203 | 6 children died in infancy. | BUTLER, Mary (I6208)
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| 204 | 63 years 3 months 22 days (gravestone) | LOTHROP, Louise (I336)
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| 205 | 68 years, 3 months and 18 days old. 3353444 Pte I Depot Battilion Saskatchewan Regiment | HANSON, John Jorgen (I8983)
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| 206 | 7 children —— Rachel of Kittery, Maine (?-1695) was an African-American enslaved woman in the New England state of Maine, who was murdered by her enslaver, Nathaniel Keen, who was subsequently put on trial on for murder. The trial established court precedent in the New England colonies for how juries ruled on murder cases that involved the slave owner murdering an enslaved individual. The only documentation that she existed is several paragraphs in the Province & Court Records of Maine. She was called Rachel & lived in the town of Kittery, York, Maine. Rachel was a slave, who was owned and beaten to death by Nathaniel Keen in late 1694 or early 1695. Nathaniel Keen was arrested & charged with the murder of Rachel on or about May 1, 1695 with the trial being held on May 16, 1695. “Superior Court held at Kittery for York County, present Thomas Danforth, Elisha Cook, & Samuel Sewall, justices.” Sewall was a strong advocate for the rights of slaves . “Sewall, who was probably a slaveholder himself, had first felt misgivings about the practice one day in June 1700…” Sewall went as far as to argue in his book The Selling of Joseph, published in 1700, that New England should do away with the practice of slavery. “But this view could not have been very widespread, for the anti-slavery ranks in Massachusetts at that time were represented wholly by Samuel Sewall.”Rachel’s murder & the subsequent trial of Nathaniel Keen had a direct impact on Sewall embracing an abolitionist position with regards to slavery. “The case was committed to the jury, who bring in their verdict; they find Nathaniel Keen guilty of cruelty to his negro woman (Rachel) by cruel beating & hard usage.” The case of the murder of Rachel was according to Lorenzo Greene “a test case”, which in more modern legal terminology, the case of Rachel’s murder was precedent setting. Unfortunately, the precedent was to find the defendant guilty of cruelty rather than the original charge of murder & to the value of the life of a slave was 5 pounds & additional court costs. | KEENE, Nathaniel (I10324)
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| 207 | 7 children | NICHOLAS, Sarah Anetta (I18944)
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| 208 | 7 children | BLOTT, Judith (I15542)
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| 209 | 7 children, including: Mary Ann (1798—1829); m William MARDEN Patience (1802—1839); m Lyman PARKER 6 Mar 1826 William Dennett (1807—1893) m Mehitable ODIORNE Jan 1828 | LEE, Phoebe (I46863)
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| 210 | 7 free white, 2 slaves, head of house | PURDUE, Prudence (I4494)
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| 211 | 74yr, 4mo, 13da. St Albans, VT buried Purmont Cemetery, Georgia, VT. between St Albans and Georgia. His headstone has all children listed: Samuel, Hamuel, Reuben, George Washington, Dolly. | BLAKE, Samuel (I11668)
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| 212 | 79y 11m 22d | CECIL, Bryan Shelby (I7108)
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| 213 | 819 St. Clair Avenue, St Paul, MN: Built in 1923. The building is a two story, 12 room, five bedroom, two bathroom, 2900 square foot, frame house, with a detached garage. The 1930 city directory indicates that Marcellus L. Countryman, Jr., assistant general counsel for the Northern Pacific Railroad, and his wife, Ruth Countryman, resided at this address. In 1934, Marcellus L. Countryman, Jr., and Ruth Murray Countryman resided at this address. Marcellus L. Countryman, Jr. (1894- ,) with Walker Downer Hines (1870-1934,) represented the Great Northern Railroad before the Interstate Commerce Commission in 1924 on the question of the consolidation of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, the Great Northern Railroad and the Northern Pacific Railroad, and their subsidiaries, and represented the Northern Pacific Railroad in an arbitration proceeding before Mr. William T. Faricy in 1938 over a dispute between the Great Northern Railway Company, the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company, and Northern Pacific Railway Company over the division of revenues under the 1924 Seattle-Portland pool train contract. M. L. Countryman, with E. C. Lindley and Thomas R. Benton, unsuccessfully represented the railroad in Great Northern Railway Company v. State Of Minnesota ex rel the Village Of Clara, 246 U.S. 434 (1918,) which challenged a Minnesota statute that required railroads to build sidewalks where the right of way of the railroad crosses the street as an exercise of State police power. M. L. Countryman, with C. W. Bunn and D. F. Lyons, successfully represented the Director General of Railroads in Davis v. Wallace, 257 U.S. 478 (1922,) enjoining the collection of a special excise tax assessed against each of five railroad companies for the years 1918 and 1919 under a North Dakota statute. Marcellus L. Countryman, Jr., with Anthony Kane, Louis E. Torinus, Jr., Charles A. Hart, Martin L. Cassell, Jordan J. Hillman and Richard Musenbrock, unsuccessfully represented the railroad in an appeal from an adverse Interstate Commerce Commission decision concerning through routes and joint rates for rail traffic moving in the Pacific Northwest in Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Company v. the United States 366 U.S. 745 (1961.) M. L. Countryman, Jr., of St. Paul, was the head of the Northern Pacific Railway’s Legal Department, was appointed a Vice-President and Western Counsel of the Northern Pacific Railway, was associated with the Northern Pacific Railway since 1924, and was its General Counsel since 1949. Marcellus L. Countryman ( -1944) died in Ramsey County. Marcellus L. Countryman, Jr., (1894-1975) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Simmons, and died in Dakota County, Minnesota. The 1880 federal census indicates that Marcellus Countryman (1863- ,) a farm laborer who was born in Minnesota, resided with his brother, Ambrose Countryman (1850- ,) a lawyer who was born in New York, in Appleton, Swift County, Minnesota. In 1880, the Ambrose Countryman household also included his wife and daughter, Jennie Countryman (1851- ,) who was born in England, and Helen L. Countryman (1877- ,) who was born In Minnesota, and his brother-in-laws and sister-in-law, Albert Beswick (1862- ,) a farm laborer who was born in Minnesota of English-born parents, Minnie Beswick (1866- ,) who was born in Minnesota of English-born parents, and Peter Beswick (1864- ,) a farm laborer who was born in Minnesota of English-born parents. Morman Church records indicate that Marcellus L. Countryman (1862-1944) was born at Nininger or Hastings, Dakota County, Minnesota, his parents were Peter Fort Countryman (1829-1905/1906) and Elizabeth E. Gleason Countryman (1828-1899/1900,) and he had 12 siblings, Ambrose Countryman (1850- ,) Levi Alasco Countryman (1851- ,) Florence Countryman (1854- ,) Emily J. Countryman (Mrs. Llewelleyn) Cobb (1856- ,) Harriette Lana "Hattie" Countryman (Mrs. Stephen Daley) Cecil (1858- ,) John Countryman, Mary Countryman, George E. Countryman (1865- ,) Daniel Melville Countryman (1867- ,) Minnie Lulu Countryman (1870/1972- ,) Luceba "Lulu" Countryman (Mrs. E. H.) Maskrey/Mascrae (1870 - ,) and James Harvey Countryman (1875- .) Ambrose Countryman married Jennie Beswick. Levi Alasco Countryman married Sarah Strathers. Henriette Countryman Cecil and Stephen Cecil (1855-1926) were married in 1878 and the couple had two children, Reuben Marcellus Cecil (1881-1919,) and Emily 'Enna' Louise Cecil (1885-1970.) Marcellus Countryman (1862-1944) married Cora Mae Simmons (1865-1947.) Peter Fort Countryman was a County supervisor in 1871 and a County clerk in 1872 and 1873. Social Security/Railroad Retirement System records include Marcellus L. Countryman (1895-1975.) Peter F. Countryman was the brother of Levi Nelson Countryman (1832-1924) and was involved in the business of Tozer & Countryman. Levi Countryman was born in LaFargeville, New York, and moved to Hartsville, Indiana (ca. 1848-1850) where he taught school and attended Hartsville College. In 1851, he married Alta Chamberlain, and in 1855 they moved to Hastings, Minnesota, for reasons relating to Levi Countryman's health. In Minnesota, he farmed in Dakota County, attended and graduated from Hamline University, Red Wing, Minnesota, in 1861, was mustered into Company D, Second Minnesota Regiment (February 7, 1865) and mustered out (May 2, 1865), and returned to farming in Nininger, Dakota County. Later, Levi Countryman was employed in the farm implement business, primarily with the Buffalo-Pitts Company, where he worked and headed the Fargo, North Dakota branch from 1883 to 1892 when he moved to the Minneapolis branch where he worked until his retirement in 1907. Levi N. Countryman (1832- ) was born in Orleans, New York, moved to Minnesota at 1855, settled in Hastings, Minnesota, graduated from Hamline University, Red Wing, Minnesota, in 1861, served during the American Civil War, was engaged in the sale of threshing machines, moved to Minneapolis, and died in Minneapolis. Marcellus L. Countryman (1862- ) was born in Hastings, Minnesota, studied law at Washington University, was admitted to the practice of law in 1885, settled in St. Paul in 1886, and was an attorney for the Great Northern Railroad. Peter F. Countryman (1829-1906) was born in Jefferson County, New York, moved to Minnesota in 1855, settled in Hastings, Minnesota, initially was engaged in a mercantile business, served in the Second Minnesota Regiment during the American Civil War, subsequently was a farmer, and died in Hastings, Minnesota. Ambrose Countryman (1850- ) was born in St. Lawrence County, Minnesota, moved to Minnesota in 1855, graduated from the Washington University Law School in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1874, practiced law in Minneapolis from 1874 until 1878, and moved to Appleton, Minnesota in 1878. The property was last sold in 1999 with a sale price of $285,000. | COUNTRYMAN, Marcellus Lawrence (I7138)
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| 214 | 8th-graders lead effort to pardon wrongly convicted 'witch' Washington Post Thu Aug 19 2021 BOSTON — More than three centuries after a Massachusetts woman was wrongly convicted of witchcraft and sentenced to death, she’s finally on the verge of being exonerated — thanks to a curious eighth-grade civics class. State Sen. Diana DiZoglio, a Democrat from Methuen, has introduced legislation to clear the name of Elizabeth Johnson Jr., who was condemned in 1693 at the height of the Salem Witch Trials but never executed. DiZoglio says she was inspired by sleuthing done by a group of 13- and 14-year-olds at North Andover Middle School. Civics teacher Carrie LaPierre’s students painstakingly researched Johnson and the steps that would need to be taken to make sure she was formally pardoned. “It is important that we work to correct history,” DiZoglio said Wednesday. “We will never be able to change what happened to these victims, but at the very least, we can set the record straight.” If lawmakers approve the measure, Johnson will be the last accused witch to be cleared, according to Witches of Massachusetts Bay, a group devoted to the history and lore of the 17th-century witch hunts. Twenty people from Salem and neighboring towns were killed and hundreds of others accused during a frenzy of Puritan injustice that began in 1692, stoked by superstition, fear of disease and strangers, scapegoating and petty jealousies. Nineteen were hanged, and one man was crushed to death by rocks. In the 328 years that have ensued, dozens of suspects officially were cleared, including Johnson’s own mother, the daughter of a minister whose conviction eventually was reversed. But for some reason, Johnson’s name wasn’t included in various legislative attempts to set the record straight. Johnson was 22 when she was caught up in the hysteria of the witch trials and sentenced to hang. It never happened: Then-Gov. William Phips threw out her punishment as the magnitude of the gross miscarriages of justice in Salem sank in. But because she wasn’t among those whose convictions were formally set aside, hers still technically stands. “It showed how superstitious people still were after the witch trials,” said Artem Likhanov, 14, a rising high school freshman who participated in the school project. “It’s not like after it ended people didn’t believe in witches anymore. They still thought she was a witch and they wouldn’t exonerate her.” DiZoglio’s bill would tweak 1957 legislation, amended in 2001, to include Johnson among others who were pardoned after being wrongly accused and convicted of witchcraft. “Why Elizabeth was not exonerated is unclear but no action was ever taken on her behalf by the General Assembly or the courts,” DiZoglio said. “Possibly because she was neither a wife nor a mother, she was not considered worthy of having her name cleared. And because she never had children, there is no group of descendants acting on her behalf.” In 2017, officials unveiled a semi-circular stone wall memorial inscribed with the names of people hanged at a site in Salem known as Proctor’s Ledge. It was funded in part by donations from descendants of those accused of being witches. LaPierre, the teacher, said some of her students initially were ambivalent about the effort to exonerate Johnson because they launched it before the 2020 presidential election and at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic was raging. “Some of the conversation was, ‘Why are we doing this? She’s dead. Isn’t there more important stuff going on in the world?’” she said. “But they came around to the idea that it’s important that in some small way we could do this one thing.” | DANE, Elizabeth (I46544)
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| 215 | 9 children; 2 died young WikiTree is wrong | PEAVEY, Sarah (I35079)
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| 216 | 9/27/1769. SUTTON, Benjamin, of New Windsor, Middlesex Co Int Adm'rs - Esther SUTTON and Joseph SOUTH. Fellowbondsman - John HEIGHT; all of said place. 9/28/1769. Inventory, 74.12.10, made by John HEIGHT and Andrew DAVISON. | SUTTON, Benjamin (I5873)
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| 217 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | HARFF, M.A. (I44741)
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| 218 | 92 years old, husband of Sibyl G. Long, son of Fred Homer & Zora (Thurston) Long, Veteran, U.S.Army, W.W.2, administrator at Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat hospital, 28 years . | STARBUCK, Hepsibah (I32189)
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| 219 | 92 years old, husband of Sibyl G. Long, son of Fred Homer & Zora (Thurston) Long, Veteran, U.S.Army, W.W.2, administrator at Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat hospital, 28 years . | LONG, Thurston Homer (I44554)
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| 220 | 95 Sunset Rd | LUCE, Catherine Carleton “Twinky” (I36647)
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| 221 | 95 Sunset Rd | CARR, Capt William (I36645)
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| 222 | A 1929 article called Keeper Elmer Conary "one of the most efficient keepers in the lighthouse service of the United States." The article also mentioned that Conary and his wife, Gertrude, had great success growing potatoes and canning wild strawberries. According to the story, the keeper and his wife split the work at the light station "on a fifty-fifty basis, which should furnish food for thought for some of our modern married couples." The Conary's daughter, Alice, died of polio at the lighthouse at the age of 20. ----- Deer Island Thorofare Light, also known as Mark Island Light, is a lighthouse on Penobscot Bay, Maine, about 1.8nm west-southwest of Stonington. It was built in 1857. | CONARY, Elmer Ellsworth (I38123)
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| 223 | A Bible record inserted in a book in the NEHGS library in Boston shows Reuben's birth date as 18 September 1772. | CARLTON, Reuben (I37790)
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| 224 | A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE LIFE & TRAVELS & BIRTH & PARENTAGE OF WILLIAM DRAPER WHO WAS THE s/o WILLIAM DRAPER & LYDIA LATHROP DRAPER. My grandfather's name was Thomas Draper and my grandmother's maiden name was Lydia Rogers; my father and grandfather was born in Pennsylvania state and I was born in the Provice of upper Canada, Township of Richmond, County of Frontanact, Midland District, April the 24th 1807, and in June 1832 for the first time heard the gospel preached by Elder Miller and others in company with him, and in January 1832 I heard Brigham Young preach the same gospel and I believed it. And was all in the Township of Longbarough upper Canada, and I was baptized March the 20th 1833 and in June the same year was ordained a priest under the hands of Brigham Young, and I bear testimony and traveled and preached as circumstances permitted until September the 11, 1834, I then in company with Daniel Wood and family; with my family that consisted of wife and two children. I there and then bid adieu to Canada, to my birth place, and to my father and mother, brothers and sisters, for the sake of the gospel and together with the Saints to Kirtland, Ohio, which we reached the 24th of the same month and I was satisfied and rejoiced at meeting some of my old friends, brethren from Canada, and more satisfied to see the face and hear the voice of the Prophet Joseph and from him and his brethren received much valuable instruction. I then went to work and found a location, built me a house and by hard labor provided a comfortable living for my family which consisted of a wife and three children, but I was quite poor as to this world's goods, but I labored faithfully and prospered exceedingly. And next spring 1835 at the April conference by a unanimous vote of the conference, the walls of the basement of the temple which had been covered the fall previous were uncovered, and the work of building the [Kirtland] temple resumed with a covenant to finish the walls that season. I threw in my might of labor with the rest of my brethren which was but few to do so great a work, but it was done. I also went to Canada that summer on a short mission and was abundantly blessed, and returned again in September to my family and to the society of the church in Kirtland. And the following winter had the privilege of attending the theological school which was superintended by the Prophet Joseph and his councilors from which I received much good instructions preparatory to the endowment when the [Kirtland] temple was finished, during which time I was put into the presidency of the priests quorum which the bishops presided over. During the meetings and endowment which gave me another opportunity of farming more new valuable acquaintances to-wit; Bishop Edward Partridge of Zion or Missouri, and the Bishop N. K. Whitney of Kirtland with their respective councilors, under whose hands I received the ordinances and blessings which were many and great, they being the only bishops in the church at that time. The Twelve Apostles and the First Quorum of Seventies were chosen about that time. And there in the [Kirtland] temple on the Day of Pentecost of the 6th day of April 1836 there was such a time of the outpouring of the spirit of the Lord that my pen is inadequate to write it in full or my tongue to express it. But I will here say that the spirit was poured out and came like a mighty rushing wind and filled the house, that many that were present spoke in tongues and had visions and saw angels and prophesied, and had a general time of rejoicing such as had not been known in this generation. Then all things remained quiet until about the first of June. The Quorum of the Twelve was sent to the eastern states and Canada to hold conferences and regulate affairs in the church abroad in that direction and I was counseled by the Prophet to go on a mission which I did and traveled in company with them to Laborough in Canada, where I had formerly lived and joined the church. We there and in the vicinity around, held several meetings and conferences and set the branches in order and baptized quite a number and had a time of rejoicing together to think and to see that the Lord was blessing our labor with success. But in this place we separated and the Twelve continued their mission further east down the river St. Lawrence and crossed into the states and by that route home. But I took up on the north side of Lake Ontario by way of Toronto and there crossed Lake Ontario to Lewiston and by that route home, found all well and rejoicing in the blessing of the gospel. Things went on comfortable and pleasantly during the ensuing fall and winter, and by the assistance and council of the Prophet I prospered exceedingly well so that I got me a nice little farm of twenty acres on which I built a good comfortable house and made other suitable improvements suitable for the comforts of life. All went well until some time in the summer of 1837 when travelers begin to creep in which changed the state of affairs financially throughout Kirtland, which damaged me to the amount of over one thousand dollars, which took my team and other good property but during the ensuing winter we had a good time in the temple and I was called upon to be ordained a high priest and was ordained under the hands of Don Carlos Smith and counsel who was president of the high priests quorum and brother to the Prophet Joseph. And I was set apart to go to Illinois the coming spring [1838] to take charge and preside in a branch of the church that had been previously raised up. I then went to work with mane and might to make up an outfit and I succeeded in procuring a team and wagon as I intended to take my family with me, for many of the Saints were making preparation to leave Kirtland in the spring and I never expected to return there any more. I expected the avails of my little farm and home to supply me with means to get me another home if I should ever be so happy as to reach Far West where we were all aiming to go and make a permanent home as we thought then. But let me here say that I was sadly mistaken and seriously disappointed, for instead of having means to buy me another home in Far West, lo and behold a Christian gentile had me in his clutches and swindled me out of my little home so I never got one dime for the whole. But he made me a very believable affair that was if I would stay and live on the farm I should have it all my life to support my family on and if not he would keep it, for he said he might as well have it as for old Joseph Smith to have it and so he kept it although he had every dollar of his pay for it. This was the fruit of Mr. Branche's religion although a stray Presbyterian, but as I do not intend this to expose other peoples faults I will let the above suffice, and resume my own travels and say that the above affair afforded another opportunity for me to leave father and mother, brothers and sisters, house and land for the gospel sake. And I hastened to start on my mission to Morgan County, Illinois, which I accomplished and started April the 16th 1838 only having my family that consisted of a wife and five children; that was all the company that I had to travel with for the first hundred and twenty miles. I there lay weather bound for a week on account of storm which made the roads too bad that I could not travel and while laying by a number of brethren came up, some from Canada and some from Kirtland, Ohio. Among that company was George A. Smith and his father and mother and brother John. I fell in with them and we traveled on through mud and more for two or three weeks and finally reached the place of destination for me, some time in May, namely Morgan County, Illinois. There I stayed finding the place of my appointment filled by previous action of the branch; I was satisfied and concluded to make my way on to Far West so I took leave of the brethren and traveled on in that direction until some time in the far part of June when I was brought down with a severe attack of sickness so that I was obliged to camp by the wayside. There stood a big oak tree and under it a nice plat [plot?] of grass. There I took up my abode for a little season, this was at Huntsville, Randolph County, state of Missouri, about one hundred and twenty five miles from Far West. After laying there several days I was taken up by a good samaritan and lodged in the house of a brother by the name of Edward Weaver where my wants were simply provided for and I soon began to revive and get better. After laying there a few days, there came along another company from Kirtland bound for Far West, and in that company was the Prophet's father and mother and two brothers, namely Hyrum and William Smith and their families. The old gentleman, the only [?] living patriarch then known in the Church was invited and entreated upon to stop and hold a blessing [meeting?] which he did, and it was a glorious meeting too, for the spirit of the Lord was poured out upon the incapious Efrisian [?] and I there had an open vision or presentment of much of the surprising of the Saints and especially that of the Smith family. And I proclaimed it to the congregation and it affected the old patriarch so that he wept like a child and said the vision was true and from the Lord, which in a few weeks or months proved to be true, which will be seen by what followed in the coming fall. But father Smith and two sons tarried five days with us after the meeting and organized the place or branch into a temporary stake of Zion for a resting place for the Saints that was worn out in traveling from the east. In which organization I was set apart by them, the Smiths to take charge and preside over the same which I did to the best of my ability until some time in August when a message came to us to break up our organization and come to Caldwell County as there was strong indications of hostilities by the mob. We hastened to comply with the instructions received from the Prophet and in a few days was on our way for Far West but the mob was getting so hostile that after traveling a day or two we began to feel as though it was not safe to keep on the main traveled road through the settlements as the spirit of mobocracy was opposed to any more Saints gathering to Far West. So we concluded to leave the main road and took a by road that led through a thin settled country for about 15 or 20 miles where the settlement and road ended and we took across an uninhabited country without any road about 40 miles which brought us out at the Rinowaned Hauns Mill; [?] and from there through Caldwell County to within about 4 or 5 miles of Far West, where we concluded to stop and make our home in that place. There was a large branch of the Church here known as the Lay Creek Branch. So I bought me a snug little home consisting of a log house and blacksmith shop and seven acres of good land under cultivation with a good rail fence around it, but that took all of my means to pay for it, but one yoke of oxen, one house and two cows, but corn and pork was plenty, corn being the main bread stuff then, so I set to work at shoemaking and made my family comfortable again. And in a short time I was called upon to take the presidency of this branch being the only high priest in the branch. I accepted the appointment and all things went on comfortable notwithstanding excitement reigned in the country around and hostilities increased daily by the mobs on the out side; still many by the adjoining counties and finally by the middle of October hostilities ran so high that we received another message from the Prophet requesting us all in the out settlement to come in to Far West City. We readily complied with the counsel given and many of the brethren tore down their log houses and moved to the city; but I did not tear my house down, but went into the city with the rest of my brethren from that branch, and took shelter in an old log cabin with three other families which required some little patience, for one family by the name of Fowles did apostatize and went off with the mob and I have not heard from them since. I will here say that after we arrived in the city there was quite a stir among the people for reports were daily and almost hourly that the mob was gathering on every side, so it kept us on the look out all the time, day and night until on or about the 22nd day of October there came a report that the mob was ruining houses, destroying property and killing our brethren that had not gathered into Far West, but lived about in or 14 miles out from Far West. On hearing the report there was a company of about seventy five men raised and dispatched to see what the trouble might be, they traveled on until they came to the place of trouble near Crooked River as it was called. There they came in contact, [Battle of Crooked River] with the mob which opened fire on our brethren and quite a skirmish issued which resulted in the death of David W. Patten one of the twelve apostles, also Simeon Carter and a young man by the name of [Patrick] O'Banion and some more of the brethren badly wounded. On their arrival to the city it threw a gloom over the whole place but the most of the brethren maintained their integrity but some faltered; yet there was faithful ones enough left to keep on the lookout and stand guard and do what was required of them, until about three or four days after or on the 27th or 28th of October 1838. While on duty or watching for the mob, lo and behold we spied their glittering armor some two miles in the distance. They came on the direction of our city; which produced some little stir in the place, and in a few minutes there was about two hundred men both old and young, mustered to the public square in the city; the rest of the men living absent. We were immediately marched to the south boundary line of the city in the direction of the mob to defend our wives and children and property from destruction. When we arrived to our post the mob was coming down on to a low piece of ground on the boarders of Goose Creek where there was some scattering timber that took them out of our sight but some of them climbed up in to the trees and looked over into the city and swore that they saw an army of men that would number thousands. This we learned from our brethren that was prisoner then in their camp; the sight of this great army brought terror to their camp which caused them to halt for a little time. But we soon saw a flag raised by a few men coming towards us, a detachment or committee consisting of four men namely George M. Hinkle, Colonel Judge Philips, John Corrill and Reed Peck, Mayor [?]. They were chosen and soon sent with a white flag to meet the flag that was coming. They met in our sight but we could not hear what passed between the parties; but they all went to the enemies camp together and in a short time the committee returned to our ranks and said that it was a government army sent out by Governor Boggs to investigate the difficulty if possible, and they wanted Joseph and his councilors, and the Twelve to come immediately to their camp and hold council with them considering the matter. On hearing this Joseph said he could go as he did not wish to contend or resist the government, so he with all of the required brethren that was present started with the committee immediately for the army camp. They soon met the flag borne by a number officers and to the great surprise was delivered over by the committee to the officers as prisoners of war. They then turned and went to the enemies camp when they commenced yelling and howling as if some ugly demons had come from the lower regions; but we did not know what all this noise meant. Soon then our committee returned to us saying that Joseph and the brethren would stay all night in counsel with the officers and would be sent home at eight o'clock in the morning, and said there was some rough and ungovernable characters in the crowd and we had better stand to our arms and be prepared to defend ourselves and wives and children; it being near sunset, but we set to work with all our might and threw up a breast work of such material as we could get, house logs, plies, wagons, boards slabs, and wagon boxes and other materials such as we could gather through the night, and when morning came we had about a half or three quarters of a mile of beautiful breast work, considering our circumstances as we had neither eat or drank since the morning before as our wives or children dare not come to us. But after waiting some time in the morning our committee went again to the camp to learn the result of the council, after a short absence returned to us saying that a treaty had been affected in which we were to lay down our arms in evidence of our living as peaceful citizens, and sign over our property to the state to pay the expenses of the war. And Joseph had agreed to all of this and that the army would be up soon to carry the treaty into effect, and that we must act accordingly; that was a tough pill to swallow, however if Joseph says so, all right. [Surrender at Far West] Sure enough in a short time we saw the army approaching and they marched up to our ranks, and formed a hollow square in which we were all marched by our Commander Colonel Hinkle. We were then ordered to lay down our arms which we did, so that we was divested of every weapon for defense even our large pocket knives were taken. While this was going on another hollow square was formed and we were marched into that away from our arms in a helpless condition. And we stood there waiting for their orders, and every now and then a women would come in crying and saying that we would all be shot down in a few minutes, the soldiers at the same time was busy picking their flints and priming their guns and making ready for to fire when their noble general said I suppose you are tired you can sit down on the grass and rest a little, which was quite a favor and we sat down. And the side of the square where my lot was cast was made up with painted demons which proved to be the old Jackson County Militia. After sitting a little I became drowsy from fatigue and hunger and I lay myself down on the grass, with my feet towards the painted demons and soon fell into snooze, but on hearing some sudden move I raised up and thinking they might shoot me in the legs I changed my position and lay down again with my head towards them and soon fell into a pleasant sleep. But was soon awoke by the word of command; men arise to your feet, and we were soon marched away into the city by the side of the army and after getting some instructions from the general were allowed to go to our families within the city; but not to attempt to go out of the city at our peril, yet this was quite a privilege as many of us had not eaten anything for nearly two days. So after supper we retired to our beds, for we were glad to get a little rest and we had been advised to keep our house dark or we would be liable to get shot. We could often hear guns firing, dogs yelping, hogs squalling and demons howling and yelling, cursing and swearing. After spending the night this amused, we arose in the morning and could see hogs, dogs and sheep laying dead in the street and gate ways that led out of the city. They had been shot by the ruffians that seemed to think they was many running away on all fours, they also committed many other depredations, such as raping and stealing, and the worst of all did outrage and shamefully abuse to some of our most worthy and virtuous females. I will here relate a short conversation that took place between a little boy about twelve years old by the name of Buduas Dustin and a Methodist preacher; and captain of a company and chaplain for the army by the name of [Samuel] Bogard, which took place as follows: One evening when the little boy was present the army was called to order to attend evening services and a solemn prayer and thanks to their unknown God for the glorious works that he was permitting and assisting them to perform, and when the prayer was finished the boy stood as if in deep meditation and said, "Mr. Bogard can I ask you one question" Yes boy", was the answer, and the boy proceeded by saying, "Mr. Bogard, sir, which way do you think is right for a person to have their eyes closed or open when they pray?" Well my boy I suppose either would be acceptable if done in humility but it looks more humiliating to have our eyes closed against the transitory objects around us and from the world." "Well," said the boy, "I think if I was engaged in such a work as you are I should want my eyes open." "Why my boy," was the inquiry. "Because I should fear the devil would carry me off if they were shut." They then threatened his life for a young Mormon; but he said, "I am no Mormon," and he was not and so he escaped but subsequently joined the church. I will now return to the doings of some of the doings of the day after breakfast. We were all called to the public square in the city [Far West] and there required to sign a deed to our property, to pay the expenses of the war; yet Joseph did come nor we did not know but little what was going on, but I will here mention one thing that occurred the first night in camp. There were four of our brethren that was prisoners in the camp allowed to come to the city with a brother by the name of William Carey that lived in the house with me, an old acquaintance that I had baptized in Canada some three years previous. They brought home on a board with his skull broke in with his own gun, by they hands of a mobber by the name of William Dunnihoo [?]. Brother Carey died the next day an innocent harmless man and giving no offense but for his religion must and did by a master. I will now say that after we had got mostly through the business of signing the deeds, we were called to witness one of the most heart rending scenes. Joseph and his brethren were brought up from the camp and driven up [at Far West] to their own dear ones, where they were permitted to see their wives and children a few moments to bid them an everlasting farewell; being told that they would never see them again. They were then driven off, leaving wives and children overwhelmed in a flood of tears, when one of the wives was in a condition not to be left one day without the assistance of her husband, let alone having him dragged off by a ruthless mob never to return. But such was their condition; both husbands and wives in the hands and to the mercy of an unmerciful set of beings. But the Lord overruled all and delivered them out of their hands in his own due time. We then learned when Joseph and his brethren was in camp instead of being in an honorable council with the officers, for which they were competent and abundantly qualified; there were suffering abuse and undergoing a mock trial by court martial for crimes alleged which they were never guilty of. But the court decided guilty, and sentenced Joseph and his brethren in company to be shot the next morning at eight o'clock. General [Alexander] Doniphan with his command was appointed by the court to execute the sentence, but he swore that he would not do it for he said it would be nothing but cold blooded murder. Consequently early the next morning Doniphan commanded was placed under marching orders and marched away about three miles from the main army so that he might not witness the scene, or be implicated with the same, he Doniphan being a noted lawyer, it began to create some uneasiness with the rest of the officers of the court martial, and they concluded to change their former decision and make a new one that would give Joseph a fair chance for his life. So they decided on sending them to Liberty Jail among the old Jackson County mobbers and so they did and sent some of them to guard them safely through. Now after the prisoners were gone and the business of the day through we were called upon to listen to a piece of valuable counsel and advice from over noble General Clark and then be dismissed which was the best of all the doings, and that speech was nearly as follows: "Now men I will say that you have thus far complied the treaty as make with you leaders by giving up arms and deeding over your property to pay the expenses of this war which you have here the instigators of, and I think you must feel as though you have been dealt very leniently with, as our orders were to exterminate you all without discrimination but as you have thus far complied with the treaty made, you will now be let to go to carry out the rest of its stipulations which is to leave the state of Missouri by planting time in the spring or be exterminated or driven out at the point of the bayonet or rifle and one of the two things must and will be done, now on your dismissal. I will now give you a piece of good advice; when you are discharged go to and provide for the wants of your families and make speedy preparations to leave this state and hunt a place wherever you can and scatter about like other people and never gather together again in companies not even of ten under presidents, prophets of bishops and apostles, to govern you, if you do you will bring down the wrath of a just people upon you as you have heretofore done. Now men if you will heed this command and advice it will be well with you, and I will here invite the blessings of the great unknown God upon you to help you so to do; men you are now dismissed to carry out these measures." Now after prowling about the city for a day or two more and gathering what they could best manage of our most valuables, they concluded to leave which they did, taking with them a few apostates which we could very well spare, and now was the time for us to [go] back to our homes that we had been obliged to leave which the most of us did. I seen sat [soon set] about hunting my team which I had turned on the prairie when I came to the city, I went in the direction of the soldiers camping place and soon found the heads of my oxen laying in the road near the camp, and stopped me from hunting anymore, and I returned to the city and got the widow Carey's team to move us back home, on condition that I would take her with us and keep her and team until she could leave the state; the mob having just killed her husband a few days previous, I agreed to do so which I did. On arriving home I could find but one cow, I had left two but on looking a short time I found the head and hide of the other where she had been destroyed; that left me with one horse and one cow to make up my team with which to leave the state in the spring. I will here say that the most of the brethren from this branch came back to their old homes, and soon forgot or neglected to observe or keep the counsel that was given to our dismissal from the army for we did soon assemble ourselves together and rejoice to think we were worthy of suffering for gospel sake, but we did not have the Prophet or bishops to govern us but would have rejoiced to have had them. But suffice to say that I went to work at shoemaking and pork and corn was plenty and cheap and we had plenty to eat and through the course of the winter traded my horse and cow and some spare clothing for a good yoke of oxen. And through the generosity of a brethren by the name of [Eleazer] Brown I obtained money and bought me another yoke of oxen which made me a good outfit for team and on the 12th day of March 1839, I with my family in company with Mr. Brown and others bid farewell to our Missouri home and started to seek a new home in a more congenial clime. We traveled on without anything of note taking place until the latter part of March, we then landed all safe in a little town by the name of Atlas on the border of the great Mississippi bottom in the state of Illinois. There we met a brother-in-law of mine who beset me to stop with him a few days to which I consented, that separated me and Mr. Brown, we taking the road leading north up the river in the direction of what subsequently became Nauvoo. I stayed a few days in Atlas and in the time met with a chance to sell my team which I did and being indebted to Mr. Brown for the money that bought a part of it, I immediately set out to find him and pay what I owed him, which I did by traveling about 12 miles up the river to a little town called Pleasantvale. I there met Mr. Brown and family, we were glad to meet again, not knowing when we parted that we should ever meet again in this world. But I paid him what I owed and he insisted on my coming and settle in this place as the people were friendly and every thing plenty to live on, so I looked around and soon found an old log cabin and three acres of ground which I rented for the season. I soon moved my family onto it and went to work and put the ground to corn and garden truck which done well and I had plenty the coming year. I will here say that about this time Joseph and Hyrum make their escape from Missouri and came to Quincy, Illinois about 30 miles up the river from where I had stopped. They soon called a meeting and gave some general instructions to the Saints that was at the meeting and to be sent abroad to all the Saints scattered about through all the country, and then went immediately looking for a location to gather the Saints so that they might again be in one place as a body. They soon succeeded in obtaining a place by purchasing a little place called Commerce that had been mostly vacated on account of its being so very sickly; but the Saints commenced gathering into Commerce like doves coming to their windows. This was about 50 miles up the Mississippi River from Quincy. I will now return to my own doings for a while. I went to work on my little rented place making garden and also to shoemaking and enjoyed my new home very well until some time in the month of June I was visited by one of the original high council. After he found there was several of the Saints in that part of the country he called them together and organized us into a branch of the church, and I was set apart and chosen to take charge of the same, and to hold meetings among ourselves, and if invited by good responsible citizens to preach, go and do so; which I did, and the Lord blessed my labors and many believed and were baptized and the word prospered until October. Then there was to be a conference held in Commerce October 6, 1839. I went and another such sight my eyes never beheld; that portion of the assembly that had lived in Commerce during the summer looked more like ghosts that had neither flesh nor blood or but very little, yet they seemed to be satisfied and glad to think they were able to attend conference. They organized the place into a stake of Zion and changed the name of the place from Commerce to that of Nauvoo, a resting place and in the organization I was chosen as one of the high counsels, but was subsequently released by telling Joseph what I was doing and what the prospect was in Pike County where I had been laboring during the summer about 80 miles from Nauvoo. He told me to return and continue preaching and when the branch reached the number of hundred he would then come and organize the branch of stake of Zion. I went home to my field of labor, doors were open on every hand, I preached and baptized and in about two weeks the branch numbered 112. I let Joseph know according to his instructions and he being over taxed with business sent his brother Hyrum who was his first councilor and Bishop George Miller. They came and organized the branch into a stake of Zion for a resting place for the Saints that were gathering from the east and from the south in the organization. I was ordained and set apart to preside, and William Allred Bishop; we were then instructed to obtain a piece of land and lay it off into town lots and build a meeting house and provide for the comfort and convenience of the Saints as they gathered in, which we succeeded in doing. We built a frame meeting house, if I remember right 36 by 40 feet and completed it. We held our meetings in it. Many of the old citizens joined the Church and all went on comfortably until some time in the summer or fall of 1842, when mobocracy and persecution began to show their hidry [?] head. By the time I had got me a nice little home and was comfortably situated by, a message came from the Prophet to discontinue our organization and immigrate to Hancock County, and most all the branch submitted to the call, and in the spring of 1843 I moved with my family and located in a place called Green Plain in the vicinity of Warsaw in Hancock County, with the notorious Levi Williams for one of my neighbors. I there bought a farm on good terms and went to improving, built me a good house and a small grist mill and put about 20 acres of land in a good state of cultivation with a good fence around it, and was on good terms with my neighbors although the most of them were gentiles. But they professed to be much pleased with my enterprise in the place, and all went on well with me, until some time in June 1844. Then there was frequent reports about Joseph from Nauvoo, that produced some little excitement, for priests and lawyers and apostates had combined together to again make trouble, the men in the neighborhood where I organized, lived to go to Nauvoo and assist Joseph. They came and invited me to go with them to take Joseph, but I refused, they wanted to know if I would go if the Governor order me to go, I said no I would not go if the devil himself ordered me to go against Joseph for his people were my people and where he goes I will go also. This appeared to vex them a little although we had always been on good terms as neighbors and they then said then you will have to leave, for you can't live here although we like you as a neighbor. So they left me and soon started for Nauvoo, with old Colonel [Levi] Williams as there leader, which resulted in the martyrdom of Joseph the Prophet and Hyrum the Patriarch, Owen Brchers Brasher and [Willard Richards] and John Taylor, the present President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; this was done in Carthage Jail, June the 27th, 1844. Then the desperadoes came back to Green Plain without having the black thoroughly washed from their necks and faces and they never could get it from their character or consciences, but they did not interfere with me any more until about the 20th of October 1845, although they engaged in a little town called Lima that was settled mostly with Saints, in burning houses and plundering and sometimes killed our brethren. And one day there came an armed force of about 60 men, they set fire to my hay and grain that was in stack and then to the house. I will just say here that at that time I had two little boys laying at the point of death, one 4 2 years and the other 2 2 years old; Albert, oldest Edward and Parley Pine by name. They were carried out into the woods and a bed made by their mother on the ground with bed and bedding under them and a large bedstead set over them with plenty of bedding and close over to keep them from getting wet with the heavy rain that was rapidly approaching. I will here say that while the women and some of the gheerous(?) that had volunteered to help her were carrying out some of the things. The rest of the crowd divided the straw out of a bed into the four corners of the room and set fire to it, the women tried to put it out, but some of the ruffians took her by the shoulders and put her out of doors and she was not in a condition to be handled rough with safety, the house burnt down with the rest of its contents. I was obliged to flee to save my life. I remained out until there came on a very heavy thunderstorm, I then ventured out to see what become of my family. I found them all alive and no personal injury done, but my house and grain and hay and considerable fence was burnt to the ground which threw my field open to the commons, where I had about a thousand bushels of corn mostly in the shock [shuck], but all exposed to the ravages of hogs, sheep and cattle which were roaming at large in abundance. But my wife begged of me to leave as the mob was hunting me the last she could see of them. So I was obliged to take shelter in a large shock? of corn as it was raining very hard. I lay there until it began to leak through on to me, so I was obliged to crawl out and I then went to see how my family was getting along, and found them more comfortably situated, for a brother came along and carried the sick children and their bed and bedding into the mill which they had not burned, supposing it to belong to another man, although they had got some wet in changing locations, I remained with them until near daylight. Then I ventured to go to my nearest neighbors, a Baptist preacher by the name of George Walker. When I arrived and began to tell what the mob had done, he said, "Mr. Draper I know it, I saw it all but I could do you no good for I feared they would destroy me next; Is there anything I can do for you?" I said, "I wished to get his wagon to move my family from among this mob and then I will return it." He said, "there is my wagon take it and if you return it, all well and if not, all is well." I then went back to help my wife gather up the little fragments left, by this time daylight appeared and while we were busy preparing to leave, lo and behold we saw ten armed men. They were in pursuit of me again and I was obliged to flee and I make my escape but it was upon my hands and knees through the brush. I succeeded in reaching another neighborhood, there I got a young man to go and let my folks know where I was, and help them pack up their things and bring them to me, which he did. I then took them to Pike County where a distance of 50 miles where I got them into a house with my wife's brother. After that I had them comfortably situated the next day being the 6th of October 1845, my wife was confined and brought me another son, and the other two little boys that was sick soon began to get better. After all was apparently safe and provided for, I then took my leave and started to Nauvoo a distance of about 80 miles. Some part of this I had to pass through a section of country where the mob was daily proceeding about and doing damage and seeking the lives of men that would claim to be Latter-day Saints or Mormons. But I passed through and unharmed and arrived safe in Nauvoo, where Brigham and Heber who was then the president of the church, I told them what I had done, how and where I had left my home, which they highly approved. I then asked their council for my further movements, which they gave as follows: "Brother William, if you wish to remain with the Saints, go back and take care of your family where they are the best you can through the winter and make every effort you can to get ready and go with us next spring to the Rocky Mountains, but come again to Nauvoo in about two months and get your endowment," which I did on the 28th of 1846. While I was there several of the brethren crossed the Mississippi River over into Iowa then on their way for the mountains, but I returned back to Pike County and there made speedy preparation to follow on in the spring which I did, and left Pike County about the 20th of April 1846 and went to Nauvoo and added some to the family and to the outfit. And on the first day of May crossed the Mississippi River and took the trail to follow those that had started before for the mountains through a wilderness country where no white lived. We made quite a company and I was chosen their captain. We traveled on some 200 miles and nothing worthy of note took place but one night where we had camped to our great surprise up came Brigham and Heber returning from the Missouri River, the place which they had reached, they brought us the information that the United States officers met them there and called for 500 able bodied men from our traveling company to go to Mexico to fight their battles. This was quite a damper to us not withstanding we traveled on, but Brigham and Heber went on east to meet other companies. When we got within about six miles of the Missouri River we came to a halt and struck camp to wait for Brigham to return which he did in two or three days. Then a place was prepared and the men was called together, met with Brigham and the army officers and Colonel Thomas L. Kane who had heard of the call made on us, and came to witness the result, but after a short consultation in council with Brigham and the officers it was decided to respond to the call made. And a call for volunteers then issued which was readily responded to and within twenty four hours the required number 500 was more than made up. And there was immediately a large bowery was erected at a little known as Trading Point settled only be Indians and their traders on the Bank of the Missouri, there we had jolly parting dance. And the next morning being the 16th day of July 1846, which was the parting time between husband and wife, father and children, brother and sister, and so 500 of our most able bodied men were marched away across a 2,000 mile desert to fight the battles of the United States from which we had just been driven. Now I will leave those that have gone and turn to those that are left on the prairies. We could look in every direction and see the prairies dotted with wagons and tents and speckled with cattle, who's owners had gone. Now it was that something must be done for the women and children that was left unprovided for and without protection and in an Indian Country, so a meeting was immediately called and the country divided up into districts or wards, and bishops appointed and a bishop to each ward. It fell to my lot to be one of them and when I went to look up those that were in my district there was 33 families and each bishop was to take charge and provide for all that was left in the ward that fell to him. So we immediately set about the work that fell to him. So we immediately set about the work of gathering up the cattle and getting herdsmen to take care of them, and the next move was to provide shelter for the folks and provide for the stock as we were left with so few men that we could not move on any further until the brethren returned from the army, or some other way was provided for our deliverance. So we set to with all our mind and might and strength. We built log cabins and brought some from the Indians that was about to be drove from their homes by the government as we had already been. But I will here mention that Brigham and a large number of the Saints crossed the river to the west side onto the Omaha lands not owned yet by the United States. They built up quite a little town with over 500 houses, but the rest of the Saints remained on the east side of the river on the Pottawattomie land, that the government was about to take possession of, but they were soon gathered into more compact bodies were they could be better provided for, and more easily protected. And I located at a little place called Council Point where there was quite a settlement of half breeds and Indians. I bought one of their farms with quite a comfortable house on it. I had built two cabins before as my family was large, but I was soon comfortably situated, and the Saints keep flocking in so that in a short time we had a fine little town, and it soon become necessary to have a better organization. And it was desired to organize Council Point into a branch of the Church and have ordained a bishop to do business in a church capacity. So I was chosen and ordained bishop and done whatever business that became necessary in the branch by the church law. But by this time there was circumstances and characters in our midst that the church law did not fully provide for and they were not willing to be governed by what laws we had and Iowa was not organized with a territorial government, consequently was without any civil code to govern with, so in the absence of other laws we went to work and organized a provincial government with a law making department. And appointed or elected officers to administer the laws as they were made or as occasion required, in which department I held a position and we went on administering the laws as they were made by issuing writs, punishing crime, assessing fines and collecting them, and sitting in judgment in cases of debt and using the means for enforcing the Missourians and all other business necessary to preserve peace and safety in the country. Every thing moved on quietly, some went to farming and some to peddling off their surplus clothing and such articles as they could best spare to the merchant to obtain bread for the destitute. And so we were all provided for, and the next year we raised plenty for our own consumption and the country soon bare testimony in favor of its new settlers fortheir perseverance, industry and tact and thrift. All things moved on well under our mode of government until the United States organized Iowa with a territorial government. Then we ceased further operation under our provincial government, and sent our court records to Washington which there met with the highest approval. I will now say a few words about the company that crossed the river and built up Winter Quarters of which a large number sickened and died from privation and hardships they had to undergo. However those that were sick and did survive began to revive when winter set in and by spring had so far recovered that a company was raised and some, them in April with Brigham at their head, started as a company of pioneers consisting of about hundred men to cross the trackless plains where nothing but the savages and the wild beast roamed. This was to seed a home for the Saints in the valleys of the mountains where they could serve the Lord and keep his commandments. But the various incidences of their travel I shall not attempt to write but leave it for better writers and those that have the sad experience and let it suffice by saying that they arrived in safety to the valley of the Great Salt Lake July 24th, 1847, and there located the present Salt Lake City sight with its temple block and other public grounds, which stands forth in evidence of the greatness and wisdom and perseverance of its founders. I will here say in the spring of 1848 all that was able left Winter Quarters as it was called with it 500 houses and started to join the Saints in Salt Lake Valley and those that were not able to go were taken back across the river into Iowa. And there provided for by the brethren was doing well, flourishing little towns and making and cultivating large farms which produced abundance for the inhabitants. The chief place or head quarter for public business was Kanesville [Iowa] so called because of the kindness and gentlemanly conduct of one Colonel Thomas L. Kane who came to visit and witness our affliction. Soon the gentiles began to come in to Kanesville with stores of goods, which afford abundance of necessaries and luxuries and convenience to fit out for the mountains and plenty for them that stayed longer. About this time and previous, the brethren had returned from the Mexican War and resumed the cares of their own families that liberated those that had the responsibility before they came. Now it was in the Spring of 1849, I was counseled to immigrate to Salt Lake that season, I responded to the call and made speedy preparation to go with a company that was to immigrate that season. And on the 5th of July I bid farewell to my home and friends at Council Point, and started to join the company to old Winter Quarters, where they were waiting to organize for the travel. And when I arrived we were organized, and I was appointed by George A. Smith to take part in the oversight of the traveling company in connection with Judge Apelley [Appleby?] and Judge Clark. We then started out to cross the plains for Great Salt Lake, we travelled on slowly and nothing special occurred worthy of note, there was but little incident that occurred. On the 2nd of October near the south pass we were caught in a great storm that lasted 36 hours which killed over 70 head of our cattle and horses; that weakened our team some. But after the storm ceased we shoveled our way out and traveled on again. We did not travel many miles until we came to where there was no snow and all was fair weather, which continued until the 26th of October when we arrived safe in Salt Lake City, and broke up camp entirely; having been four months and a half on the plains, but was happy now to meet with our brethren that had also come up through great tribulation and make them a home in the mountains. I then stopped a few days with my brother Zenird in which time I met with a chance to rent a house and lot for one year, my family being large it required some little exertion to provide for their wants for flour raised before harvest to the enormous price of from 75 cents to one dollar per pound, and it was hard to get seed grain, but I succeeded in getting both, so my family did not suffer or do without bread. During the winter I bought me a little farm and rented another about 6 miles south of the city; it being too far to go back and forth to farm it and tend the crop. I bought a small log cabin and some time in February moved a part of my family to Mill Creek where my far? was. I put the city lot in with potatoes and the farm with wheat and corn and raised a good crop of each so I had plenty for the ensuing year and some to spare. In the summer of 1850 there was a new settlement started on what was then called South Willow Creek, about twenty miles south of Salt Lake City. I was invited to come and settle there which I did, and in November 1850 moved my whole family there. I took up land and made me a good farm and raised plenty of grain and cattle and horses, and the settlement increased so it became necessary to have the place organized into a branch of the church. I was called to preside and serve them as bishop, having been ordained to that office before. I served in that capacity until the close of 1857 and in the spring of 1858, I was obliged to leave a good home again, and go south in the general move. I went as far south as Spanish Fork about 42 miles in distance. I there stopped and located. I never expected to go back to my old home again, I there purchased four houses and lots and about 80 acres of land of which over 50 was good farming land and the rest grass land. I used to raise plenty of grain for my own use and had lots to spare, and I done well until 1862. Then the grasshoppers and crickets destroyed my crops so they proved almost an entire failure. The year 1863 was also followed with another failure and grain of all kinds raised to an enormous price, (wheat to five dollars a bushel) and wood was hard to get, being a long way off, and I had four fires to keep up, and my oldest boys had all married and left me with a large family of little helpless children with only their mothers to help me. Putting all these disadvantages together I found it taking off my best property faster than I could well stand; one bushel of wheat per day for bread or $5.00, and two loads of wood per week and it took from two to three days to get one load, and I found I could not stand that way of living much longer, so I concluded to sell out and immigrate to Sanpete where ceder wood was plenty and where we got the most of our bread stuff from. So in the fall of 1864, I sold out my property in Spanish Fork for less than half what it cost me, and early in 1865 immigrated to Moroni, Sanpete County, where I bought a house and lot and about 15 acres of land for which I paid 900 dollars in property. I also bought a share; one third of an old grist mill, worth about $400- $500? for which I agreed to pay $1,500 for one third of the mill. My property was going very fast for bread at $5.00 a bushel and I could make my bread with the mill, although I had to pay $500 five hundred dollars down in property, I thought I would have my share in the mill left and if I paid it out for bread I should have nothing, and I got about as near that as I wanted; for I only realized for the whole after spending about two or three hundred dollars in repairs, I got about one hundred. But I made my bread with it by working hard and raising some on the land I bought. Since mill and land are all gone I have had some anxieties, but I have got nearly through with all, for my young and helpless children that I have spoke of before are now grown to be men and women and are able to take care of themselves, and lend a helping hand to their mothers, and as for myself; I think I shall not need any help, for I do not wish to be burdensome to my children or any one else. I will here say that I have lived in Moroni hardly seventeen years, but am sorry to say that in this short period I have suffered more in body and mind than I have all the rest of my life. Although I have spent nearly fifty five years of that time in this church, but when I was about to sink under the weight and influence of temptation, the Lord verified his promise; wherein he said you shalt not be tempted more than you are able to bare, but in every hour of temptation I will make way for your escape; and he did by sending his servant President John Taylor on or about the 18th day of August 1880. He invited me into the house of Bishop J.W. Irons and after being seated he asked me a few question which I answered briefly. He then called upon one of his counsel George Q. Cannon and one of the apostles, Erastus Snow and they laid their hands on my head and reordained me to all the offices and all the various grades of priesthood that I ever had been previously ordained to and confirmed and in addition ordained me to the office of patriarch after the ancient order, and reconfirmed all the blessings that had ever been pronounced upon my head by those that had administered to me before by ordination or otherwise, and that seemed to impart new life and vigor to both body and mind and spirit. But I find that I am on the decline so far as my bodily strength is concerned and must ere long lay off this mortal tabernacle and my spirit go to rest or to join those that have gone before who have passed through great tribulations and have conquered the last enemy. And for this reason I have written this imperfect narrative that my children and grandchildren and finally all my posterity to the latest generation may see what their progenitor, and those that he associated with in this Church, had to pass through for sake of the gospel. And I now feel thankful that I have the privilege of bearing my testimony to the trust of what I have written, although there may be some little errors in dates, but nothing designly or that would destroy the truthfulness of this narrative. And I also feel to bare testimony to the truth of the everlasting gospel as introduced to this generation by Joseph Smith the Prophet, and is now being preached by his successors and the Elders of Israel that are going forth to carry glad tidings of salvation to the nations of the earth. And I also feel to join the labor by calling upon all men, Jew and Gentile, bond or free, priest and people, to home or abroad; all who have not obeyed the gospel to listen and hear and believe and be baptized for the remission of your sins, and have hands laid on you by one who has authority for the gift of the Holy Ghost and you shall receive it, for the promise is to you and to your children and to all that are afar off as many as the Lord our God shall call. Now in conclusion I will say that I have been some two weeks writing this imperfect narrative, and will now come to a close on this eleventh day of December in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty one; (December 11, 1881) which makes me seventy four years and seven months and seventeen days old, and the husband of five living wives and father of fifty one children and grandfather to about one hundred; and great-grand-father to about twenty more, and I now leave my blessing upon them all, and ask my Heavenly Father to seal the blessing of Abraham and Isaac. | DRAPER, William (I18772)
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| 225 | A calf was tied with a rope to the yard fence. She went between the calf and rope and tripped over the rope. (from the death certificate - how she broke her ankle.) | SUTTON, Lena Florence (I3853)
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| 226 | A captain in the militia, a member in 1734 of the Congregational Churchin what is now Eliot, Maine. John and Dorcas had four sons and fourdaughters. | SHAPLEIGH, Capt John (I33675)
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| 227 | A clothier of Dedham, his will was dated Mar. 10, 1626 , and proved Mar. 31, 1626. Married Feb. 23, 1625 , Wattisfield, Suffolk, England, Mary GULL (Bap. May 22, 1604, Dedham; bur. there Dec. 3, 1647), the daughter of Richard and Grizell GULL. Children of Edmund and Mry RAVENS: Nathaniel; two children died in infancy; Martha died young; two children died in infancy.«s131» | RAVENS, Edmund (I30922)
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| 228 | A cordwainer by trade, he served on the Grand Jury in 1675 and 1689 and as a trial judge in1694. He was the Constable in 1695-96. He was admitted as a freeman on June 21, 1669. | HEARD, Benjamin (I3860)
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| 229 | A Cumberland Presbyterian preacher and at one time Governor of the Choctaw Nation. He was an (the only) Indian blacksmith that is known in the entire record of the Choctaws. He married Eliza Hays, and had only two sons, who died in childhood, and one daughter, who died soon after marriage. | FOLSOM, George (I11969)
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| 230 | A Farmer & in the War of 1812 | ORCUTT, Elijah (I23255)
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| 231 | A fire (Nov. 27, 1836) in which Mary Amelia, widow of James 1st Marquis of Salisbury, was burnt to death at the age of 85, the W. wing of Hatfield House was almost totally destroyed. | HILL, Mary Amelia (I10227)
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| 232 | A Genealogy of the Folsom Family By Jacob Chapman Before Sept., 1749, he had removed to Haverhill, Mass., and probably may have lived in Canaan in 1791, where Josiah Folsom sold land in Atkinson to Bailey Bartlett, of Haverhill, Mass. He had a son Josiah, who may have made that deed. He had 9 ch. bapt. in Haverhill between 1749 and 1764, according to the records of the first parish there ; but he had only one son in 1764. | FOLSOM, Josiah (I11020)
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| 233 | A Genealogy of the Folsom Family By Jacob Chapman Lieutenant Jonathan Folsom, brother of General Nathaniel Folsom, of Exeter, though not so widely known as his brother, was not less brave or patriotic. He was born in Exeter in 1724 and married (1) a Gilman, (2) Deborah, daughter of Joseph Hall. He lived in Newmarket and in Epping, and had a large family. Late in life he made his home in New Durham, with his eldest son, Jonathan, where he died about 1800. In 1745, at the age of 21, he was lieutenant in Captain Somersby Gilman's company, which fought under Sir William Pepperel, at the first capture of Louisburg. Ten years later, in 1755, he was in the expedition to Lake George against Crown Point, where many of his fellow soldiers fell in battle, and where his brother, then captain, acquired much honor by his bold and successful attack upon the French and Indians. At this battle he received a dangerous bullet wound through his shoulder under the collarbone, the scars of which he carried through life. Having fought so often and exposed his life in defence of the English government, he would naturally feel reluctant to engage in opposition to it. So when the Stamp Act was repealed, in 1766, and there was a prospect of peace, there was much rejoicing. At the celebration, May 19, 1766, he lost one leg by the bursting of a cannon. It is said to have been an old swivel which had been buried nearly twenty years, which the enthusiastic citizens in the excitement of the occasion had dug up and had brought into use, without the precaution of testing its strength. One would suppose that under these circumstances it was time for him to retire. But when the Revolutionary war commenced, he set out for another campaign, and found his way to Bunker Hill. Here he hobbled into battle on his wooden leg, and took charge of a mortar. It is said that at the second shot he threw a bomb upon the deck of a British man-o-war, which led her to draw on as soon as possible into safer quarters. His posterity have become numerous and widely scattered, many of them in the West. His son, Jonathan, was many years town-clerk in New Durham. Among his descendants are Captain Hawley Folsom, of the Boston police, Dr. James Folsom, Commercial street, Boston, Thomas J. Pinkham, Esq., Lynn, Mass., W. F. Durgin, Medford, Mass. | FOLSOM, Lt Jonathan (I11221)
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| 234 | A Genealogy of the Folsom Family By Jacob Chapman Owned land in Exeter and Stratham. He removed to Ashford, Conn., about 1720, where he purchased lands between 1724 and 1730. In Oct., 1724, Israel joined the Congregational church in Ashford; and Nov. 1, 1724, his 4 ch. were bapt. | FOLSOM, Israel (I6763)
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| 235 | A Genealogy of the Folsom Family By Jacob Chapman ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE. The story of Miss Folsom, the Stratford beauty, who became Lady Stirling, of Edinburgh, Scotland, will perhaps lose little of its interest if divested of some of the fictitious additions that have in a hundred years become attached to it. Few are aware that her grandfather, and probably her father, were natives of Exeter, N. H. About 1722, or 160 years ago, Israel Folsom, of Exeter, removed to Ashford, Ct., and had a son Samuel, probably born in Exeter, baptized at Ashford. Samuel Folsom married Ann Bingham, and in 1743 or 1744 removed from Windham to Stratford, Ct., where he and his wife united with the Episcopal society, which was organized about that time. He was a farmer, and had, like many other Yankees, some skill in handling tools. On his land was a blacksmith-shop, where he did his own work in iron, and perhaps sometimes did a job for a neighbor. In his family record I find nine children named, of whom the eighth was remarkable for her beauty, and when quite young was called the belle of the village. On the record her name is first Anna, and Glorianna is written after it. With respect to the way in which she became the wife of Sir John Stirling, I will allow her brother's granddaughter, Mrs. E. F. Norris, of Glens Falls, N. Y., to tell the story mostly in her own words. Mrs. Norris was brought up in the family of Rev. John Folsom, of Glens Falls, a younger brother of Lady Stirling, who was well acquainted with all the circumstances connected with this marriage. It took place just before the Revolutionary war, and so for many years she had but little intercourse with her relations. About 1768 the only s/o the Baronet, Sir John Stirling, Scotland, was sent to one of the West India Islands to look after some property belonging to his mother. He was well supplied with clothing, etc. He was to write home for money, if he should need it, putting a private mark upon his letter. After a while he was taken very sick of a fever. When he wrote, he forgot about putting the private mark upon his letters, and so received no answers to them, and was in a pitiable state among strangers, without funds or good health. Providentially a sea-captain, from Stratford, Ct., came to board at the same house where he was staying. He took pity on him, and kindly offered to carry him home, in his vessel, without any money. He told Stirling he could write to his father from Connecticut. He gladly accepted the offer, and sailed with him to a more healthful climate. Some time after he left, a letter came from his father in Scotland to some person in the town or near the place where he had been, inquiring for his son, John Stirling. The answer returned was, that he had been there, had been very sick, and they could not learn what had become of him. They supposed he must be dead. When the young man had reached the home of his benefactor, refreshed by the sea voyage, he did not "travel incognito," nor assume any other name. He had no money to expend in traveling; he had given up hope of receiving aid from home. But he determined to make an honest living by the proper use of what he had kept during the days of disappointment, poverty, and sickness. The education he had received in Scotland now became his means of support, for the people of Stratford were glad to pay him for instructing their children. Among the pupils under his care was Miss Folsom, who, though about 18 years of age, was more anxious to acquire an education than to secure a husband. It is not known whether he wrote home from this place or not, but he heard nothing from home. It is not strange that under these circumstances, when he had become acquainted with her moral character and intellectual abilities, he should be captivated by her beauty, and find his affection reciprocated. They were married in 1772, and he continued in his office as teacher. After the birth of their first child, Mary, a young minister who, according to the custom of the Episcopal church, was going to Scotland to be ordained, having made the acquaintance of Stirling, offered to hunt up his father and family when he reached Scotland, and inquire why they did not answer their son when he wrote to them. Stirling seemed to think it was of no use. But the clergyman, having become interested in him, insisted upon his giving him the means of proving to them that he was their long lost son, still living. He was furnished with a list of the supplies which his parents had put up for him when he left home, such as clothing, etc., evidence to satisfy them of his identity. His clerical friend sailed for Scotland. But he had deeply stirred up the recollections of home in the mind of the quiet teacher. He dreamed one night that he was again with his parents, in the home of his childhood, and of that private mark which he was to put upon every one of his letters, and which he had forgotten. When the young clergyman reached Scotland, he soon found the family. The mother and sister were dressed in deep mourning. When he asked them if they had a son who went to the West Indias, they commenced weeping, and said he was dead. He at last convinced them that their son was alive, telling them his circumstances. They were overjoyed, and at once wrote for him to come home on the first vessel, without waiting for his wife and child to get ready, and in due time they would send for them. He did so. It is very possible, and even probable, that the gossips, when he took leave so suddenly, concluded that he must have been an imposter, and lamented the sad condition of the deserted wife and her little daughters, — for she had a second daughter, Jane, born soon after the departure of her husband. But there is no proof that she heard nothing from him for two years, as the story says. It may have seemed a long period to the neighbors, but, after he had had time to prepare a home for her, and a large quantity of beautiful clothing was made up for his wife and children, the ship left and arrived safely in New York. She received the request to embark immediately. She left Stratford with her children, and found in the vessel everything which she needed, provided for their comfort and convenience, and a servant maid to aid her in the care of the children. She reached Scotland in due time, and her husband, as only son, succeeded to the estate and the honors of the Baronet Stirling, and she became Lady John Stirling. I have in my possession a long letter from her husband to her brother, John Folsom, Esq., merchant in Albany, and afterwards of Glens Falls, N. Y., an elder and a preacher in the Presbyterian church; and another written just after her death by her oldest daughter, Mrs. Mary Achison. She was not only a beautiful woman, but a woman of remarkable energy of character. They lived for a time near Stirling castle, and afterwards, by the request of his father, in Edinburgh, near his father's residence. They had eighteen children, of whom sixteen lived to be old enough to attend the Parish church, at the same time with their parents, one Sabbath. Though she only saw one of her father's family, a brother, after she left, she never forgot the happy days of her early life, and used to tell her daughters of the scenes through which she had passed in childhood and youth, perhaps the happiest days she ever knew, for with wealth and honor came many trials, which she endured with Christian patience and fortitude. | FOLSOM, Lady Gloriana (I11073)
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| 236 | A Genealogy of the Folsom Family by John Chapman He was probably not so successful in pecuniary matters as some of his younger brothers. He dealt some in lumber, and in 1667 promised a large quantity to Mr. Cutts, of Portsmouth. Being paid in advance, he mortgaged his land to secure the delivery of it. In Jan., 1692, he was appointed administrator upon the estate of "John & Mary Folsom both deceased." In the performance of this business, he provoked his brother, Dea. John, who in his passion, by violent language, exposed himself to prosecution for a violation of the law; but after some deliberation the trouble was amicably settled. | FOLSOM, Samuel (I6711)
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| 237 | A GOLDEN WEDDING One of the most interesting and joyful occasions that can come but once in their lifetime, was the golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Macomber of Oak Park, Ill. It took the form of a reception tendered them by their son, Frank and his wife. The affair was informal and delightfully cordial. Beautiful roses and other flowers were everywhere. The dining room scheme was golden, and most excellent refreshments were served. This couple were married near Sterling, Ill., on Dec. 28, 1864, by Rev.J. T. Mason. They lived on a farm south of Rock River for some years, removing to Sterling in 1872, where Mr. Macombaer engaged in the grocery business for about ten years. They then moved to Chicago and later to Oak Park. Mr. Macomber has been connected with the Babcock and Wilcox Company for the past twenty years. In all these business activities and in his serving the public for three years, as one of Whiteside county's supervisors, he has acquired an enviable record as a good citizen. By his quiet but genial disposition he has won hosts of friends in Sterling and Chicago, and few appreciate friends more than he. His wife has been a faithful helper, and also won many friends by her kind and generous ways. The joys and sorrows of others always draw from her interest and sympathy. The good wished of all absent Sterling friends were with them, and deep feelings of respect and admiration were evident in the formal congratulations of those present. Such couples as these are the balance wheel of the nation. Quiet, unassuming lives full of a steady contentment in work, and a keen interest in life both in and outside of their home. Beside the home family of their son, Frank and wife, and grandson, Bartlett, their son Herbert and wife, and their two sons, from Kendallville, Ind., were present. The minor note was the absence of the granddaughter, Ruth, but she and her husband telegraphed their loving congratulations from California. Other relatives present were the sisters of Mrs. Macomber, Lizzie and Ida Rundlett of Sterling; and a niece of Mr. Macomber, Lizzie M. McGrath, her husband, two sons and adaughter from Chicago. Former Sterling friends there, were Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Witherwax anddaughter, Carrie Striben and her husband; Mrs. Illie Moses Hornsey;Walter Moses and wife; James Criswell and family. These now live in thevicinity of Oak Park. About ninety friends and neighbors enteredheartily into the pleasures of the occasion. Despite the intentions ofMr. and Mrs. Macomber, there were beautiful gifts of gold and otherappropriate remembrances. It is the wish of all that there may be added years of peace and prosperity allotted to this couple. | MACOMBER, Levi Franklin (I17284)
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| 238 | A History of England shows a sketch of Sir Cuthbert Scofield and identifies him as a younger s/o the Scofields of Kent, who was knighted in 1588 by Queen Elizabeth 1, for his services in the fight against the Spanish Armada. This entry indicates that Arms were granted to the family in 1582 and Cuthbert was granted Arms upon his knighthood. In 1290 the family became known as the "Scofields of Kent" Arms was granted to the family in 1582, under Queen Elizabeth 1, as: Gules, a fess between three Bulls Heads, couped, argent, (Red Shield, a silver band between three silver bulls head cut off straight at the neck). | SCOLFELDE, Sir Cuthbert (I38893)
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| 239 | A list of the freeholders of Morris,, 31 Aug 1752 includes, in Mendham, 'Ebnezor Byram' and 'Jos: Gurin.' The only other Guerin in this list was 'Thomas Gurin' in Morristown, who is thought to have been the first Guerin in the Morris, area. On 16 Sep 1757, 'Joseph Geren' and Ebenezer Byram were witnesses to the will of 'Enock Lennrd.' Since Joseph Guerin was the only Guerin appearing in Mendham records during this period, he would be the prime candidate as Lydia's father. The Morris County history says that "the Guerins are rather a Morristown then a Mendham family, but they intermarried with Mendham families. They were French Huguenots." The link to the Byram family is strongly indicated by the name of the proprietor of the old and new Mansion House hotels in Morristown in the 1860s-1880s, Byram C. Guerin. | GUERON, Lydia (I29743)
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| 240 | A mastmaker, James moved to Phillipstown (Sanford) in 1739 (Sanford TR). He was in Capt Jonathan Bean's company of scouts in 1747-48, at Phillipstown in 1758, and in Capt William Gerrish's sentinels in 1759. James' estate was probated in Jul and Oct 1763, and Apr 1764. Elijah Allen of Wells was appointed administrator (YP 11:88-9), "3 children being under seven years old," Bridget, Deborah, and James (ibid). Bridget Knight Chadbourne Allen, age 90, testified in Wells 24 Oct 1811 about members of the Shapleigh family.«s130» | CHADBOURNE, James (I5093)
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| 241 | A Member of The Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants of Plymouth. Plymouth Antiquarian Society The Stetson Kindred Of America American Association Retired Persons National Association Federal Retired Employees Treasurer of Long Pond Ladies Guild of Plymouth Worked at U.S. Naval Station, South Weymouth as Chief Clerk in Disbursing. | BASSETT, Laura Isabell (I23166)
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| 242 | A member of the original Cleveland Browns, and college All-Star with the University of Illinois football team, Don Greenwood retired from professional football due to injuries in the late 1940s. He then coached at Western Reserve University in Ohio, and Yale University in New Haven, CT. In 1950 he moved his family to Peoria, Illinois where he and his wife established a private pre-school and summer camp and later a Montessori elementary school. He died in 1983. His wife continued its operation for another year or two before she retired. Served briefly in the Army Air Corps during World War II and was medically discharged due to a back injury sustained in the course of training. | GREENWOOD, Donald Gregg Adams (I33119)
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| 243 | A native of Dutchess County, New York, he moved to Andes, DelawareCounty, New York, with his parents when he was 2 years old. He and Janette had 4 daughters. Three died in infancy. | PIERCE, Robert (I30148)
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| 244 | A Revolutionary War bronze marker with no stone is on this lot, for Amos Carleton, father of Joseph. He kept a public house. | CARLTON, Amos (I37755)
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| 245 | A selectmen serves as a town's chief executive. They has overall responsibility for the general operations of town government. They are usually the major non-school appointing authority for a town. They are authorized to enter into contracts on behalf of the municipality. | HUBBARD, John (I47206)
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| 246 | A small party of Indians killed Daniel as he was walking on the Parsonage Road not far form the present Atkinson Depot. He did not leave a will. | BRADLEY, Daniel (I12088)
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| 247 | A soldier in the Revolutionary War, enlisted August 19, 1777, discharged April 10, 1781. Served at Machias under Capt William Reed and Colonel Jonathan Buck. Anecdotal evidence lists him as present at the battle of Lexington in 1775. He also helped organize a company of "minute men" in Sedgwick during the War of 1812. | BILLINGS, Abel (I15843)
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| 248 | A soldier in the war of the Revolution, and a Federalist in politics. He preached Presbyterianism, Methodism and Quakerism, but finally became a Freethinker and preached his own new doctrine until he died at the age of ninety-two years. From p. 970 of Beers, J.H. and co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania, 1893. Lot was a very large man, being about six feet seven inches in height. He was raised a Presbyterian, but in later life reformed to the Universal Salvation. Lot assisted all his children in acquiring homes and land during his lifetime. This accounts for his peculiar will in which he left only twenty-five cents to each of his surviving children and the remainder of his estate to his second wife Frances. Served in Morris Co., N.J. militia 1775-1776; served 1778 as a captain of Indian Spies and rangers with headquarters at Jarret's Fort, Greene Co., Pa. Private in Captain James Archer's Company, 4th class. He was born in Mendham Township, son of William; married 1) Elizabeth Hoge 2) Frances Willis; died in Greene Co., Pa. Pension N.J. Frances R6291 D.A.R. 118394 | LEONARD, Lot (I20182)
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| 249 | A tiny plot on the East end of Spruce Lane, Dover, New Hampshire near the west bank of the Bellamy river, to the north east of the other Nute lot on the same property and in the woods. Location: Assessors Office, Map #J/Lot #8A This burial ground was recorded in/around 1988 [Scales (pp. 202, 267,) states that there were stones here with inscriptions for James Nute, William and Martha Dam, and that of William Dam died Mar. 20, 1718] | DAM, Leah (I1272)
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| 250 | Abbie may have m(1) a Butler. | BUTLER, Abbie A. (I2390)
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| 251 | ABBIE P. CARLETON APR. 28, 1832 JULY 13, 1923 CARLETON | WASHBURN, Abbie Prince (I37354)
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| 252 | Abigail Emma Stanley was raised by her aunt Margaret Jane Thompson who married Lorenzo C. Dam (person ID 464). | STANLEY, Abigail Emma (I287)
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| 253 | Abigail inherited thirty pounds from her father's estate. After her father's death, her mother moved to West Bridgewater to live with Abigail until her death in 1727. From her mother, Abigail received one-third of the wearing apparel of her grandmother Mary (Watson) Leonard, miscellaneous household items and money (some of it to be given to her dead sisters' children) and with the stipulation that she quit her interest in her father's wearing apparel. Abigail married Ephraim Howard (or Hayward, as it appears in some sources), the s/o Ephraim Howard of Bridgewater, who was born in 1697. He was the grands/o John Howard (Hayward) who was brought up by Miles Standish and became his right-hand man. Ephraim was a representative to the General Court in 1723. Abigail and Ephriam lived and raised their family in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts Bay Province. | TISDALE, Abigail (I21119)
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| 254 | Abigail was distinguished for uncommon energy and earnest piety. She retained her faculties both physical and mental to extreme old age. At the age of eighty years she spun and relled a maid's stent - two double skeins, without exhibiting uncommon fatigue. | CARLETON, Abigail (I36862)
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| 255 | Abigail was only eight years old when she was brought before the magistrates of Salem in the craze of 1692, accused of witchcraft and made to testify that her mother had made her a witch, thereby assisting in her mother's condemnation. Children: Abigail Lamson Whipple, Thomas Lamson Jr, Paul Lamson, Martha Lamson Knowlton, Sarah Lamson Forbush, and Elizabeth Lamson Fisk. | FAULKNER, Abigail (I45157)
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| 256 | ABIGAIL WIFE OF Benj. Varnum. DIED March 27, 1896, AE. 65 yrs. 7 mos. | CONARY, Abigail P. (I2158)
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| 257 | Abigail, her sister Elizabeth Johnson, her sister-in-law Deliverance Dane, two of her daughters, two of her nieces, and a nephew, were accused of witchcraft and arrested. Abigail was convicted and sentenced to death, but her execution was delayed due to pregnancy. Before she gave birth, she was pardoned by the governor and released from prison. | DANE, Abigail (I45159)
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| 258 | Abijah was a farmer and lived near his brother Sidney in Wisconsin later buying Sidney's farm. | SMITH, Abijah Jay (I21475)
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| 259 | Able to Bear Arms list | MULLINS, William (I39988)
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| 260 | About 1770, Benjamin moved his family to Hancock County. In 1798, he and his family lived in Sedgwick, which at its incorporation as a town, in 1789, included the present towns of Sedgwich, apart of the town of Brooksville, and Brooklin. In 1797, Benjamin gave some land (on the neck) to the town of Blue Hill to be used as a burying ground, and in return he received a vote of thanks. They had 11 children. | FRIEND, Benjamin (I4486)
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| 261 | About the Mid 1800's the spelling of the Name Kinney was changed to Kenney Occupation Farmer & merchant History Penobscot County Page 265, Lived inEast Holden, Maine | KENNEY, Ithemar (I23176)
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| 262 | About the year 1766, CAPT John Trefry and CAPT Joshua Pitman Trefry came from Marblehead to Cherbogue and settled on Chebogue Point. In the grant of Yarmouth township in 1767, CAPT John Trefry was allotted 2 shares, 1911 acres, and CAPT Joshua P. Trefry 1 share, 888 acres. | TREFRY, Capt John (I39189)
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| 263 | About Waterman Eddy's purchase of land in New York in 1797: In 1796 a group of men from Suffield, Connecticut invested in a land purchase in New York state. This was a 20,000 acre tract of land west ofthe Genesee River, a part of what is known as the Phelps-Gorham Purchase. (Now encompassing the city of Rochester and adjacent western suburbs and towns). Oliver Phelps was a resident of Suffield. They intended to establish a town on the west bank of the Genesee River. Because if its proximity to waterfalls, this settlement was sometimes called Fall Town. The settlement was also called King's Landing in honor of Gideon King, the leader of the settlers. It was later called Hanford's Landing in honor of the Hanford brothers who arrived in 1809. Waterman Eddy's wife's (Lucy Granger) father, Zadock Granger, was one of the principal investors. Lucy's sister Ruth's husband, William Wheeler Williams, also invested in the venture. Waterman Eddy, William W. Williams, and Zadock Granger all visited the settlement at various times but did not live there. Their families remained in Suffield. Only Lucy's brother Eli Granger and his wife and children actually lived at King's Landing. | EDDY, Waterman (I26460)
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| 264 | Abraham BROWN appointed his guardian in 1694. | HYDE, John (I3396)
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| 265 | Abraham Sutton & Philip Hewit were appointed guardian May 3, 1791 for Phoebe, Sarah, David, Mary and Ann Frazee, children of David Frazee all under age 14. (Washington Co, PA courthouse Orphans Court Docket A, page 89) | SUTTON, Abraham (I3725)
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| 266 | Abraham was the grandfather of the president of the United States. He came from Virginia to Kentucky in 1782. He was killed by an Indian in May of 1786, near Hughes's Station in the Kentucky courntry, leaving a widow and three sons and 2 daughters. His oldest son, Mordecai was able to kill the Indian before he took his fathers's scalp. | LINCOLN, Abraham (I4786)
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| 267 | Abrahaml (s/o Deacon John 4), soldier 1696, scout duty 1710. List 67, 376b, 1698. He married 27 Oct. 1703 Anna Chase (1 jr.). Administration relinquished 24 Sept. 1740 by "ancient" widow Elizabeth (Robinson) widow of James Rundlett, married by 1732. 4 children surviving. | FOLSOM, Abraham (I34468)
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| 268 | Abt 1797-1799 - moved to Barnstead, NH. 1843 moved to Concord, NH. | DAME, James Chadbourne (I1325)
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| 269 | Accord to Burke’s Peerage: Sir Simon de Brugge, of the county of Hereford, supposed to have sprung from the old Counts de Rethel, in the province of Champagne, in France, having taken part agains Hery III, lost by confiscation, a great proportion of his lands, which were conferred upon Roger, Lord Clifford. Sir Simon was father of another Simon de Brugge, (commonly omitted in the printed pedigrees) who m. the daughter of Walwyn, a family of distinction, in the county of Hereford, even to the present times- and had issue. | BRUGGE, Sir Simon (I35294)
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| 270 | According to "The Cecils of Hatfield House An English Ruling Family" by David Cecil, Houghton Mifflin 1973: With his father's help, aided by his own skill and cunning, he became the Queen's Secretary by 1596. Robert was dropped by a nurse when a baby. He had grown up very short, with a crooked back and awkward way of walking, splaying his feet. He had hazel eyes. Robert the public servant was prudent, rational and reliable. Robert the private person was an extravagant reckless gambler, suspected of many affairs and liable to fits of depression. He was an MP at age 18. He never remarried after his wife died, but his name was linked with many women. He was knighted in 1591, then made a member of the Privy Council. His cousins included Anthony and Francis Bacon. Their mother was Anne Cooke. In 1603 James I made him Lord Cecil, then Viscount Cranborne. In 1605 he was created Earl of Salisbury. Built first Hatfield House, bought Cranborne Estate. In 1607, James appointed him Lord Treasurer and Chief Secretary. —— James VI made him a privy councillor and secretary of state, earl of Salisbury in 1605, and in 1608 Lord High Treasurer, making him the most powerful man at the royal court. | CECIL, Earl Robert (I10074)
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| 271 | According to 1880 census: Father born in Virginia, Mother born in Virginia According to 1900 census: Father born in Ohio, Mother born in Virginia According to 1910 census: Father born in New York, Mother born in West Virginia | VINCENT, Rev Thomas Talbot (I45695)
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| 272 | According to a letter found in William Wallace's bible, one of Thomas' sons was stolen by pirates. This is the only son not totally accounted for. It is said that he died shortly after birth. | CONARY, Israel (I2143)
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| 273 | According to a note in the Munsell family history, she died, at the age of 80, in a well. | WAY, Lydia (I2646)
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| 274 | According to Army enlistment record (1941) Height: 69 [inches] Weight: 142 [pounds] | CROFT, Russell Fletcher (I600)
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| 275 | According to both the Heimskringla Saga and the Orkneyinga Saga, Eystein Glumra was the s/o legendary king Ivar Halfdan and the father of Ragnvald Eysteinsson. He was married to Åsa Ragnvaldsdatter, the daughter of Ragnvald Olafsson, king of Vestfold. | IVARSSON, Earl Euslin (I35231)
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| 276 | According to Burke’s Peerage: The family of Harley can be traced to a period antecedent to the Conquest, and its rank was then so exalted, that the eminent house of Harlai, in France, deduces its origin from the Harleys of England. Sir Robert de Harley, knight, (eldest s/o Sire Richard de Harley, knight, who d. about the 13th year of Edward II) m. Margaret, eldest daughter and co-heiress (with her sister Elizabeth, wife of Sir Richard de Corneal, s/o Richard, Earl of Cornwall, King of the Romans, brother of Henry III.) of Bryan de Brampton; by which marriage he acquired a great estate and the seat of Brampton Castle, which has continued ever since the chief residence of his descendants. https://books.google.com/books?dq=robert+de+harley&q=harley&id=seAKAAAAYAAJ&ots=otpJjI8pWU&output=text#v=snippet&q=harley&f=false Brampton Castle - built prob 1295 by the Brampton family. When Bryan de Brampton died, Robert Hartley inherited the castle through marriage to his daughter Margaret. For almost 700 years since the castle has remained in the Harley family. It was severely damaged in 1642 during the Civil War. —— This 'bijou' Castle stands near the site of a Roman fort, so its position had been strategic long before the first Castle was built here by Bernard Unspec some time before 1120. A survey was made of the estate of Bryan de Brampton upon his death in 1293 which refers to a tower and curtilage (curtain walls). This was quite probably still in wood. The Castle passed to one Robert Harley and it was he who rebuilt in stone. The impressive Gatehouse was added later in the 1300s by Bryan de Harley. This Castle was attacked by Owain Glyndwr, the Welsh Prince, in 1403 and the Castle held out. In early 1642 Sir Robert Harley added some modern fortifications to the Castle and went off to London, leaving his wife, the exotically named Brilliana, in charge. Harley was a Parliamentarian and in July 1643 the Royalists arrived and laid siege to Brampton Bryan. Lady Harley and a garris/o about 100 men held out against the attack until September when the Royalists withdrew. Sadly, shortly after this, Lady Harley died (apparently from stress brought on by the siege). It was left to the family doctor, Nathan Wright, to hold the Castle against a second attack in 1644, eventually the Castle had to surrender and was left the ruin we see today. Brampton Bryan Castle stands in the private grounds of Brampton Bryan House, but if approached correctly the owner is happy to show you the property http://www.r-l-p.co.uk/bbryan.html | DE HARLEY, Sir Robert (I19703)
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| 277 | According to draft card, he was medium height, medium build, gray eyes and brown hair. | CONARY, Albert Edwin (I2362)
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| 278 | According to draft card, medium height and build, brown eyes, black hair. | CONARY, Wyman Felix (I2372)
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| 279 | According to Early Families of Limerick "She and her sons are buried inNorth Raymond Cemetery, North Raymond, Maine." | FOGG, Mary (I33475)
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| 280 | According to Early Families of Old Kittery, Mary was "unmarried in 1762." | HILL, Mary (I33567)
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| 281 | According to Fred E. Bradford, Thomas died on Long Island in Blue Hill Bay, was Protestant of faith. He also lived in Brooksville, ME before moving to Deer Isle, ME. Reportedly, Thomas was Scottish and settled in Northern Ireland. When Thomas settled in Maine is unknown, but he had deeded land about 1774 in what was called Majabagaduce which is now Penobscot and Brooksville. —— The CONARY's are originally Scottish and moved here from Ireland. The English transplanted Scottish people into Ireland from the 1600's through the early 1800's in hopes that the Scottish would control the "unruly" Irish. However, the Scottish turned out to be more Irish than the Irish themselves. During the many immigrations to this country, many Scottish-Irish came with the true Irish, and came to be known as Ulster Scots. —— THOMAS CONARY was the first settler of what is known as Black Island, lying in the Reach, also called Conary's Island, and … was included within the limits of the town by the act of the Legislature of 1868. As has been understood, Mr. Conary was a native of Ireland. He was a very witty person, and in former years I used to hear of many of his witty and comical expressions. His first wife was the daughter of the ancestor of the Limeburner family, now living in Brooksville, by adoption. Mr. Limeburner emigrated from Scotland before the Revolutionary War, and with him came, besides his own family, two children, a son and a daughter adopted by him. The son was Cunningham Limeburner, who died at an advanced age, not far from 1825, in Brooksville, and the daughter, Mrs. Conary, was, I believe, a sister by birth to him. After her death he married a daughter of Mercy Staples, and a sister of Messrs. Joshua and Moses Staples, and by both marriages had ten sons, one of whom made this town his permanent residence - Mr. Thomas Conary, Jr., who died at an advanced age. His other sons settled in towns in this vicinity, and all of the name in this and other towns near us are the descendants of Mr. Conary, Sr. He had three daughters of whom I have had knowledge. One was the wife of Mr. Robinson Crockett, Jr., who lived in this town many years, afterward removing to Brooksville, where he died; another was the wife of Mr. Ebenezer Marks, of Brooksville; another of the late Mr. Amaziah Roberts, of Sedgwick. —— The names Conroy, Conry, Conree and Conary in Ireland are all derived from the native Gaelic Mac Conraoi and O'Conraoi Septs of County Galway and from the O'Conaire and O'Maolchonaire Septs of Munster and Roscommon. Other anglicized versions of these names include Conrahy, Connery and King. | CONARY, Thomas (I2135)
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| 282 | According to Henry W. Moulton's "Moulton Annals", Luther was declaredmentally incompetent in 1792, being placed in the guardianship of hisbrother, Calvin. | MOULTON, Luthor (I43097)
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| 283 | According to Hosmer, "An History of the Town of Deer Isle, Hancock Co, Maine She was adopted in Scotland by Mr. Lymeburner and came to this country when he came here. The latest information obtained by William R. Conary seems to suggest that Margaret and her brother Cunningham were not adopted, but in the care of an uncle who came to this country. | LYMEBURNER, Margaret Mary (I4369)
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| 284 | According to legend, fought in Battle of Bunker Hill., 17 Jun 1775. | SPEAR, Robert (I36627)
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| 285 | According to legend, John left Wales as a youth and set out for London. He was accompanied by his friend, Abraham Conley, who was Irish. It was in England, before 1626, that John married Ann (surname unknown) and they had five children, including Nathan who was born about 1633. When John died in 1633, his friend Abraham Conley married John's widow, Ann Lord. Later, when Abraham came to New England, he brought his step-son, Nathan, with him. ----- The following is taken from a paper "Nathan Lord of Old Kittery", presented by Ernest C. and Judith H. Maby, at the 1992 meeting of The Sons and Daughters of Nathan Lord: " We find a record of Nathan Lord's parents, Nathan Lord and Ann Lord, in Rye parish registers in Sussex, England, which show the baptism of five children, born between 1626 and 1633 to this couple. The same registers also record the burial of his father, Nathan Lord, shoemaker, February 1, 1633; the earlier deaths of three of the children; and the baptism of our Nathan Lord, September 1, 1633, seven months after his father's death. By February 1633, Nathan's mother, Ann, was a widow with two surviving children, Mary and Nathan. On January 1, 1634, the widow Lord married Abraham Conley in Wittersham parish, Kent, England. Her daughter, Mary, died January 6, 1634, only a few days later. The baptismal records of Wittersham parish show a s/o Abraham Conley, baptized on November 5, 1636. It is not known whether this child survived infancy. Ann Lord, herself is thought to have died about November 1636, not long after. Abraham came to America bringing his step-son, Nathan, with him. Whether or not Ann Lord Conley, Nathan's mother, and the little boy baptized in 1636 lived long enough to come with Abraham and Nathan, we do not know. Abraham Conley's second wife was Elizabeth (surname unknown). She is known to have been alive as late as 1664, for in that year she was with him as a witness against Thomas Crawley. Abraham and Elizabeth had a daughter, Judith, born about 1637/1638, who eventually became Nathan Lord's first wife. So Abraham Conley was not only Nathan's stepfather but his father-in-law. Not only that, but Abraham Conley married once more after the death of Elizabeth, this time to Margery Everett Nash, and our Nathan's second wife was Martha Everett, Margery's daughter by her first marriage to William Everett, making Abraham Conley Nathan's father-in-law twice over." (Above excerpts from the paper "Nathan Lord of Old Kittery" provided courtesy of Cushman and Louise Gray.) | LORD, John Nathan (I3986)
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| 286 | According to Nellie Bell, grand-daughter of Truman Bell. Polly Hayward's mother's family came to New England in 1632. | HAYWARD, Olive “Polly” (I27041)
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| 287 | According to Old Kittery and Her Families, "Miriam died young." | HILL, Miriam (I33571)
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| 288 | According to Old Kittery, Daniel was "unmarried in 1762." | HILL, Daniel (I33566)
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| 289 | According to several records-marraige especially-William's middle name is R and married to Susan C Peavey not Perry-His son is prob William H but have not proved it. | DAME, William R. (I30493)
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| 290 | According to the 1880 Federal census of Orangeville, NY, Louisa's father was bo rn in NY and her mother in RI. | POTTER, Louisa Jane (I44140)
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| 291 | According to the sagas, Hild was the daughter of Rolv Nefia (Hrólfr nefja), jarl at Trondhjem (modern Trondheim). In the Orkneyinga saga, the daughter of Rolv Nefia is called Ragnhild, although in the Heimskringla she is called Hild. Her father used to go on viking expeditions. One summer he plundered in Vík. This aroused King Harald Fairhair's anger and he was banished. Hild appealed unsuccessfully for clemency for her father. On this occasion she composed a skaldic stanza (lausavísa), which is one of the few examples of skaldic poetry composed by a woman that have come down to us. | HROLFSDOTTIR, Hildr (I44349)
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| 292 | According to the visitations, he had his seat at Wedhampton in the Parishof Urchfont. He recovered seisen of his lands in Urchfont by the name of John Le Eyr in the reign of Edward II. ----- Possibly s/o Galfridus Le Eyre born 1250 Brormham, Wiltshire died after 1275 | EYRE, Simon (I35140)
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| 293 | According to Virginia Winslow, her grandmother, Virginia Shearman, was 4"10" and her grandfather, Admiral George Frederick Winslow, was 6"4". | SHEARMAN, Virginia (I20916)
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| 294 | According to tradition, Tudwal's descendants had been forced from their homelands in northwest Britain in the fifth century and resettled on the Isle of Man. d/o Ednyfed | TUDWAL AP ANARAWD, Princess Celenion (I4295)
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| 295 | Accountant, U of MN | CECIL, Emily Louise “Emma” (I3632)
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| 296 | Accountant, U of MN, $1440/yr | CECIL, Emily Louise “Emma” (I3632)
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| 297 | Active in Masonic orders. | DAME, Fred Russell (I35401)
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| 298 | Addie was only eight years old when her father died and most of hergrowing up years were spent in the household of her stepfather WarrenStratton on Northfield Mountain. She would have gone to school there andwas probably good friends with her future sister-in-law, Jennie Sargent,who was just her age. In the years after they moved permanently toErving, Addie was a "pillar of the church", always involved in churchsuppers and for several years, vice-president of the Ladies Aid. Sheeven played a role in a play produced by the young people of the church.Her grandson, Clyde, remembered what a treat it was when she took him andhis siblings to Orange on the train, to shop and visit, and sometimes allthe way to Athol on the trolley. | LEONARD, Addie Laurene Elizabeth (I26868)
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| 299 | Additional info from Alfred H Tewell - states Reuben Jr. enlisted for 1 year on Mar 30 1865 as a musician in the Civil War - and was killed on May 7 1865 of a head wound suffered 5 miles south of Richmond, Virginia. According to NPS, the campaigns Reuben would have been involved with are: Watkins' House March 25. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. White Oak Road March 30-31. Crow's House March 31. Fall of Petersburg April 2. Sailor's (Sayler’s) Creek April 6. High Bridge, Farmville, April 7. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. At Burkesville till May 2. March to Washington, D. C., May 2-12. http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-regiments-detail.htm?regiment_id=UPA0110RI It appears Reuben was at the fall of Richmond, the Confederate retreat, and the battle at Appomattox, after which Lee surrendered. It must have been a heady time to be a Union soldier. Many decisive Northern victories and the surrender in Virginia. Reuben must have been killed after Lee’s surrender and during the march to Washington. Abraham Lincoln had been killed on April 15. The last battle of the civil war was the Battle of Palmito Ranch, Brownsville, TX on May 12, 1865. | SUTTON, Reuben Albert (I3693)
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| 300 | Adelaide was raised by deaf parents in St. James, Minnesota. She contracted small pox at age 16 in 1920. Worked at Montgomery Wards, Red Owl, and J.C. Penneys as a sales clerk and buyer. For many years, she was active in the social and political life of St. James and Minnesota. Lived at 109 First Avenue South, St. James, Minnesota all but one year of her life. Died of pulmonary heart failure, while visiting Illinois for granddaughter Julia Kennedy's second wedding. | GRIFFIN, Cornelia Adelaide (I30386)
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