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REYNOLDS HISTORICAL GENEALOGY COLLECTION
ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
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DESCENDANTS
GEORGE WHEELER, CONCORD, MASS., 16^8
THROUGH
DEACON THOMAS WHEELER, CONCORD, 1696
JOHN WARREN, BOSTON, MASS., 1630
THROUGH
EBENEZER WARREN, LEICESTER, MASS,, 1744
COMPILED BY
HENRY WARREN WHEELER
ALBANY, N. Y.
JOEL MUNSELL'S SONS, PUBLISHERS
1892
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
The compiler desires to acknowledge his very great indebtedness to George Tolman, Esquire, of Concord, Mass., for valuable information and assist- ance. All in the following pages which relates to the first three generations of Wheelers has been generously furnished by him. Mr. Tolman has de- voted much time to careful and critical research into the history of the early Concord families, and there is no better authority upon the subject than he.
The late William F. Wheeler of Lincoln, Mass., rendered valuable assistance in searching the Con- \ cord and Acton records, and in other ways.
The thanks of the compiler are also due to Pro- fessor George T. Little of Brunswick, Maine, and to the Reverend Samuel May of Leicester, Mass., for valuable suggestions and assistance, and to the nu- merous members of the Wheeler and Warren fami- lies who have kindly and cheerfully responded to his V requests for information, and who have aided him in
S **^ various ways in the preparation of this record.
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EXPLANATORY.
The arrangement of ihe genealogies contained in this book is similar to that of most works of the kind. A general account of ihc family is first given, followed by an account of its first known ancestor, then of his children, and so on.
On the left of the n;.me of each descendant is a nuniber, printed in large type. These numbers run in consecutive order and serve to identify the individ- ual. A star prefixed to a number signifies that the name thus marked is made the subject of a paragraph farther on in the book, where it will be found with the individual's number jirinted above it. A separate paragraph is given to each male descendant bearing the family name concerrdng whom sufficient informa- tion has been obtained to warrant one. In these paragraphs, directly to the right of the name, is placed a small figure which in^licates the generation. Ad- joining, printed in italics, and within brackets, are given the names of the male ancestors. These names show at a glance one's line of descent. An account of each female descenckuit \\\\\ be found under the record of her father, it being l)eyond the scope of this work to bring the lines down through other families.
To find one's place in the genealogy consult the family index for the individual's number. If it has a star before it turn to the paragraph having the same number above it. If no star is given find the num-
6 Kcplanatory.
ber in the left-hand margin. Having foand one's place in the genealogy his ancestry can be easily traced by noting the number in the center ui the page above the paragraph and then hnding the s mie num- ber in the left-hand margin, and so on.
To determine the relationship between two indi- viduals com[)are the nan]es printed in italics aiid inclosed in brackets, beginning at the ri^^ht hand. If none of the names within the brackets coincide, the two persons are first, second, third cousiiis accord- ing as there are one, two or three names included. In case the names are the same at the begi,ming, re- ject these and compute as before from the balance.
The compiler regrets that diligent inquiries have iailed to elicit information concerning some members of the two families and their descendants, and that in other cases the inforination received is inc omplete.
Every effort has been made to secui-e correctness in the various family reconls herein given, but some <;rrors will doubtless be found. It is impos ,ible in a work of this character, where the compiK.r has to rely largely upon information furnished hy many correspondents, that absolute correctness in all cases should be secured. H(' confidently trusts, iiowever, that such errors as may be found will not impair the general usefulness of the work.
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THE WHEELER FAMILY.
• The Wheeler family is of English origin, but no attempt is herein made to give any account of the English family beyond the simple statement that at least some of its members belonged to the aristocracy, it being a matter of record that during the reign of Charles H (1649-1685), Sir Charles Wheeler was appointed "Captain-General of the Caribee Islands," and that, in 1693, the English fleet under command of Sir Francis Wheeler, put into Boston to recruit. Mr. Orcutt, the historian of Stratford, Conn., says that Wheelers were in and around London four hun- dred years.
Between 1620 and 1650, there were many families of the name who came from England, and settled in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Virginia. In Hot- ten's "Lists of Emigrants to America, 1600-1700," it is stated that in 1620, Henrie Wheeler arrived in Virginia in the Try all ; that Edward Wheeler em- barked at London, May 16, 1635, in the Plaifie Joane for Virginia; that July 24, 1635, John Wheeler em- barked in the Assitra?tce from London for Virginia ; and that Aug. i, 1679, John Wheeler, Jr., embarked at London in the ship Returne for New England. There was a John Wheeler in Newbury, Mass., who, Savage says, came in the Mary and John in 1634. His will, 1668, mentions children and grandchildren here, and sons Adam, Edward and William in Salis- bury, county of Wilts, England. George, Joseph and Obadiah were among the early settlers of Con- 2
10 Wheeler and Warren families.
cord, Mass., and may have been members of the first party which settled there in 1635. Thomas, Timothy, Ephraim and Thomas, Jr., came to Concord directly from England in 1639. There was a Thomas in Bos- ton in 1636; an Isaac in Charlestown, made a free- man in 1643; a Joseph in Newbury, who died in 1659 ; a Thomas in Lynn, made a freeman in 1642 ; and a Moses in Stratford, Conn., who, Mr. Orcutt, the historian of Stratford, says, was born in 1598, in the county of Kent, England.
Shattuck says, that between 1650 and 1680, there were in Concord alone, thirty distinct families of the name. Farmer records as an interesting fact that twenty-six of the name had graduated from New England colleges in 1826.
The Wheelers named in the following pages are descendants of George, of Concord, the record being carried in a single line to the fourth generation, com-- mencing at which the various branches are given.
GEORGE WHEELER, OF CONCORD, AND HIS DESCENDANTS.
George Wheeler was certainly in Conconl in 1638, his name appearing; in the first year's records of the town, and it is not unlikely that he was one of the very first settlers in 1635. From what paitof lingland he came is uncertain, and the relationship between him and the other Wlieelers who came to Concord about the same time is unknown. The records of only a comparatively few English parishes have been printed. It is found, however, that the names Thomas, Joseph, Timothy and Obadiah appear frequently in various parishes in the county of Kent, and as these names were most common among the early New England members of the family, it is prob- able that the Concord Wheelers came from that part of lingland, and were rehited. George Wheeler appears to have been a person of consequ.:nce and presumably, a man of education and judgment, for he was often intrusted with important matters and put on nany committees for the transaction of public business, and we find his name signed to all sorts of petitior s and memorials to the General Court f/om the firsi settlement of the town to the very year of his death. He was selectman in 1660. lie was a man of wealth and owned land in every part of the township — Brook Meadow, Fairhaven Meauow, theCraiiefield, by Walden, Goose and bdint's pond, on White J^ond Plain, on the Sudbury line, etc. He died between the years 1685 and 1687, his will bein^r dated in January, 1685, and offered for probate 2 June, 1687.
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His wife's namo was Katharine, but nothing- more is known concerning her t-xcept that she died in Concord, 2 January, i()84-5.
They had eight children, five of whom may have been born in Enghind, as their birtlis are not recorded here.
Children: *2. Thomas, b. ; m. Hannah Harrod, lo Oct.,
1657-
3. Elizai!ETH, b. ; m. Francis Metcher, i Oct.,
1656.
4. WiixiAM, b. ; m. Hannah Buss, 30 Oct.,
1659.
5. Ruth, b. — ; m. Samuel Hartwell, 26 Oct.,
1665.
6. Hannah, b. ; named in will as " my daugh-
ter Hannah IHetcher."
7. Sarah, b. 30 Mch., 1640; m. bVancis Dudley, 26
Oct., 1665.
8. John, b. 19 Mch., 1642 3; m. Sarah Larkin, 25
JMch., 1663-4.
9. Mary, b. 6 Sept., 1645; m. Eliphalet Fox, 26
Oct., 1665.
Thomas', was doubtless born in the old country. He married, 10 Oct., 1657, Hannah Harrod (or Har- wood as the name is now spelled). He died in Dec, 1686, and his estate was administered at Boston 21 Sept., 1687. An inventory of his estate is recorded in the Suffolk Reg., X, 115, and begins, " Aii inven- tory of the goods and estate of Thomas Wheeler, son of George Wheeler, late of Concord, deceased."
Children: 10. Hannah, b. 25 Oct., 1658; d. 12 Aug., 1659.
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*ii. TnoM vs, b. I Jan., 1659-60. 12. John, b. 2 Sept., 1661 ; m. Elizabeth Wells, 25 J Line, 1684. Three children were born to him in Concord, and then he renioved to Marlboro, where he died in j 721. Some account of his de- scendants may be founel in Hudson's His- tory of Mailboro, p. 465 et seq.
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Thomas* \^TJio}na^'*\, called in the records of Concord " Ensign," \^"as burn in Concord, IMass., 1 Jan., 1659-60. He married 13 Nov., 1695, Sarah Davis, daughter of Lieut. .Simon and Mary ( lUood) Davis. She was born 11 March, 1665-6, and died 5 Aug-., 1728, in the 63d year of her age. He died 2 Oct., 1734, in the 7 )th year of his age.
They lived in whaL was then called the " East Quarter," on the land which had been the site of the dwelling-place of hi:, father, "Thomas Wheeler, Senior." This was un the " Bay Road," the way leading to l^oston, and inchuled probably the estate since occu[)ied by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
The following are the inscriptions upon their grave- stones :
HERE LIES
BURIED ¥*= BODY
OF INSGN THOMAS
WHEELER WHO
D E C" O C r O B E R
¥•= -' A D 1734
& IN V^ 75^'^
YEAR OF
illSAGE
14: Wheele)' and Wurj'c/i Famdles.
Here lyes y'^ Body of M^ Sarah Wheeler Wife to iLnfii^u Thoinas Wheeler; Who DeC^ Au-uft 5"' 1728 in y'' 63^ Year of her A^e.
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Children : *i3. Thomas, b. 14 Aug., i6g6.
14. Sarah, b, 20 Dec, 1697; m. 25 N(jv., 1718,
Jonathan Hart\vell.
15. Dorcas, b. 29 Mch., 1700.
16. Hannah, b. 19 A^jr., 17(32.
17. Mary, b. 3 Mch., 1704; ni. 29 Dec, 1725, John
Holden.
Thomas^ [ Thomas', TJiomas''\ called in the records of Concord " Lieut,," and later in life receiving tlie title of " Deacon," was born in Concord, 14 Auj.;., 1696. He married, first, Mar)- Brooks, daughter of Daniel and Ann (Meriani) Brooks. She was born in Concord, 2 Mch., 1699- i 700, and died in W^orcester, 18 May, 1740, aged 40. He niarried, second, Susan- nah . She died in Worcester, 23 Sept., 1760,
aged 58.
Thomas Wheeler appears to have sold out his pos- sessions in the old part of Concord on 13 Dec, 1722, and to have removed to the " \ ilkaire," or " ne^v errant." which was afterward (in 1735) set oft as Acton. He was the first Town Clerk of Acion, in i 735-0 ; he was also a member of the Board of Selectmen of the town the same years. He removed lo Worcester, l)etween 22 Mch., 1739, and 18 May, 1740. His dismissal
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from the church in Acton to that In Worcester, was dated 22 Mch., i 741. He was one of Ami Selectmen of Worcester, In 1743, 1744, 1745, i 74' . 1751 ^ind 1753. He was elected deacon of the First Church In Wor- cester, 14 Jany., 17^8 and held tlu office until his death in i 769.
In Worcester he rt:slded upon his farm which ad- joined the Leicester line on the old r .atl to Leicester.
Soon after the marriage of his soi; Amos, in 1762, he went to Hardwick, Mass, where ihrce of his soiis resided, and died there, 31 Jan., 1709. His grave- stone Is still to be seen In Hardwick, though much worn, and with its Inscription nearly obliterated. Deacon Wheeler was evidently a man of consider- able wealth, as is shown by conveyances of properly from and to him, as recorded in the Middlesex and in the Worcester Registry of Deeds.
Children :
18. Thomas, b. in Concord, 6 Feb., 1722-3; d. in
Acton, 14 Jan., 1736-7; buried In Concord.
19. Mary, b. In Concord 7 July, 1726. *20. Daniel, b. in Concord in 1728 9.
21, Charles, b, 13 bY-b., 1730-1; iinmarrled; w;is a physician but died young, his death occur- ing- In Worcester, 3 June, i']i>i. *22. Amos, b. July, 1733. *23. Nathan, b. 15 Sept., 1735.
24. Sarah, b. in Acton, 8 Jan., 173 (-7, *25. Thomas, b, in Acton, 22 Mch., 1738-9.
Daniel^ | TJiO))ias\ Thojuas^, Tho))t is-\ was born In Concord in 1728-9. He married, f.rst, Betty Hol- loway, daughter of Lieut. William Hollovvay of Northborough, now Marlboro, Mass. She died in
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Hardwijk, 7 March, 1774. He married, second, Mrs. M try Cleveland of New Marlborough, published 2 April 1775. She died 7 Dec, 18 10. He settled in Har Iwick where he died 10 Jan., 1813, aged 84. He was a farmer, respected for honesty and integrity but not prominent in i)ul)lic affairs. In various legal docuuK nts he was styled " Gentleman." About the time of die Revolution he owned largely in real estate but thi vicissitudes of the times compelled him to mortga ^e the greater part of his property, taking thereff; ' Continc ntal money which subsequently de- preciat( d to seven dollars on a thousand and left him on the verge of poverty.
Children : *26. Ji liN, b. about 1757. 27. Mary, b. aljout 1759; m. 28 May, 1777, Moses Mandell ; d. 28 Apr., 17S2.
Amos^ \^Thov.as\ T/io)nas\ Tho))ms''\ was born in Acton, then a part of Concord, Mass., in July, 1733. He married, 2 May, 1762, Mary Belcher Henshaw, daughter of Daniel"^ and Elizabeth [ Bass f | Hpn- shaw. Shewasborn in Boston, 20 June, 1739, and died 20 Nov., 1824. He died 20 Nov., 1820. After his marriage, as bef(jre, he lived with his father upon the old homestead, until 17 Feb., 1764, when he purchased one-half of the homestead and his father went to Hard- wick to live with another son who resided there. Subse([uently he: purchased additional land in the vicinity and after the death of his father he came
*He WIS son of Josiiua and <4rcat-grandson of William of I.ancashiie, Great lirilain.
fShc v,,is dau<,rlUcr (H S;imurl and Maiv[AidL-n| 15ass, the lallLT hem>; the dau-hler of John .uid Piiscillu Aldcn, made famous by Longfellow's well-known poem.
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into full possession of the homestead. A deed executed 14 April, 1769, from "Daniel Wheeler, gentleman, of Hardwick, Nathan Wheeler, yeoman, and Thomas Wheeler, yeoman, both of Hardwick, for and in consideration of ninety-four pounds eleven shillings and eight pence," deeds to "Amos Wheeler, yeoman, of Worcester, all the right, title and interest we ever had, now have, or should have in and unto a certain tract or parcel of land laying and being in Worcester aforesaid, containing by estimation twenty- six acres, more or less, and is part of the home stade which was our honored fathers thomas Wheeler late of Hardwick deceased and lays and bounds as fol- lows, viz. southerly on land of Amos Wheeler fore- said being parte of said home stade, westerly partely on land of Jabes Green and partly on land of said Amos northerly on land of said Amos Easterly on said Ameses land partly and partly on our land be- ing part of said home stade left us by our father aforesaid by will together with the dwelling hous the barn and other Buildings tliereon stantling, to have and to hold," etc.
Amos Wheeler was a large, portly man, over six feet in height, with a high forehead and a bald head. He was a man of excellent judgment and of more than ordinary intelligence for the time in which he lived, and his advice was frequently sought in busi- ness and other matters. He was of an argumenta- tive disposition, and was fond of discussing political and religious questions; and although he was ear- nest in his discussions and strong in his convictions, he was good-natured and charitable toward his opponent.
In middle life he was in excellent circumstances. He owned a large and valuable farm, well stocked, and with a good dwelling-house and farm buildings. 3
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His house was well furnished, and he is said to have owned the handsomest carriag^e in Worcester. He was very hospitable, and his guests were from the wealthiest and most cultivated families in Worcester and Boston.
About the year 1790 he had a severe attack of rheumatism, which left him lame and obliged him to use crutches the rest of his life. This misfortune prevented his working upon his farm or having a proper oversight of the work which was performed by hired help. Subsequently he leased the farm at "halves," but for want of proper supervision it rap- idly deteriorated, the buildings were neglected, and at last, in 18 14, his son-in-law, Elijah Warren, in or- der to save the property from further depreciation, prevailed upon him to sell it. This was done, and Amos, his wife, daughter Charlotte and grand- daughter Mary B. H.Wheeler, whom he had adopted, went to Leicester and lived in a part of Mr. War- ren's house.
Mrs. Wheeler was a very superior woman. Rev. Dr. Nelson, in his remarks at her funeral, said of her : " It was her happiness to be born of parents who knew the value of education, and who were capable of forming her mind to habits of intellectual exer- tion, refinement and .virtue At the same time they impressed upon her mind and walked before her in all Christian example. Her only intercourse was with the higher classes in society, fier associates were the intelligent, the accomplished and the re- ligious. Hence religion with her had peculiar charms. Being associated with all that was graceful and win- ning in its exterior deportment, it was set off, if we may so speak, with the graces of affability, kindness and good breeding."
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Before her marriage she had received attentions from both the brothers Charles and Amos Wheelor. Both tried to win her, and being compelled Lo choose between them, she accepted Charles who was a physician and well educated, and therefore was, per- haps, more congenial to her than Amos, whose education was more limited. The doctor, however, died before their wedding day arrived. After the death of Charles, Amos renewed his suit and was ac- cepted. Several silver tablespoons now in the family marked " C. W. to AI. B. H.," were given by I )r. Charles Wheeler to Miss Mary Belcher Henshaw in anticipation of their intended marriage.
Children : 28. Elizabeth, b. 4 May, 1763; m. Elijah Warren. *29. Amos, b. 5 Aug., 1764.
30. Mary Bklctikk, b. 19 Dec, 1774; m. bUijah
Warren as his second wife.
31. Charlotte, b. 4 Oct., 1778; single; lived for
many years with her nephew. Rev. Amos Dean Wheeler, D.D. She died in Topsham, Me., I Aug., 1870.
Nathan^ \Tko})ias\ Thomas^, TJiomas'\ was born in Acton, 15 Sept., 1735. llemarried Hannah Hunt. She died 10 Jan., 1813, in the 71st year of her age. He died 3 Nov., 1819. He was a farmer; settled in Hardwick, Mass., where he lived until he was an old man, v;hen he went to Weathersheld, Vt., to live with his son Nathan, and died there.
Children :
32. Persis, b. 27 Mch., 1763; d. 6 Aug., 1853.
33. Lemuel, b. 30 April, 1764; m. 22 Mch., 1793,
Anna Ames of Barre ; he d. 18 Feb., 1837;
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Wheeler and Warren Families.
she d. 4 Dec, 1846, aged 80; resided in Hardwick ; no children. •^34. Nathan, b. 16 June, 1767.
35. Hannah, b. 22 Dec, 1768; m. 2 Mch., 1793,
Lewis Abbott, of Oakham.
36. Betsey, b. 4 May, 1773; m. 28 Nov., 1799,
Elihu Wright, of Westminster, Vt. T^'j. Polly, b. 5 April, 1775 ; m. Peter Wilder, of Oakham, pub. 25 May, 1794.
38. Artemas, b. 10 June, 1777.
Thomas^ \Thomas\ Thovias'^, 77^^//^i^j"^], was born in Acton, 22 Mch., 1738-9. He married Sarah War- ner, daughter of Jonathan Warner, of Hardwick, Mass. She was born i Nov., 1742. She died 1837. He died 10 July, 1804, aged 65. He was a farmer, and settled in Hardwick.
Children :
39. Charles, b. 13 Oct., 1763;
Nov., 1805. *4o. Thomas, b. 3 Mcli., 1767. Moses, b. 26 Mch., 1769.
Daniel, b. ; d. 8 Oct.,
Sally, b. ; unmarried
unmarried ; d. 1 1
•41. 42.
43-
1798. d. 5 July, 1793.
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John^ [Daniel^, TJio))ias\ Tko?fms^, Thontas^\ was born in Hardwick about 1757. He marrit^d Mary, daughter of John Paige, 18 Nov., 1779. She died 5 May, 1 82 1, aged 60. He died 8 June, 1794. He took part in Shay's Rebellion, being ont; of the prominent officers among the insurgents, was tried tor treason and condemned, but was pardoned, and was afterward elected and commissioned Captain of
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Militia. It is a family tradition that he was one of the finest officers on parade. Children :
44. BetsI' Y, b. 3 June, 1780; ni. Isaac Davis of
Rufland, pub. 2 May, 1825; d. 27 July, 1849.
45. Fannv, b. 27 Sept., 1 781 ; m. 27 \)<tc., 1801,
Lemuel Weeks; d. 8 July, 1807; removed to
Ilardwick, Vt. ; three children. *46. DanllL, b. 7 Oct., 1783. *47. John, b. 29 Aug., 1785.
48. Mary, b. 16 Feb., 1788.
49. HoLLOWAY Taylor, b. 29 Sept., 1790; resided
in Rutland; d. 7 Apr., 1841.
SO
Amos^ I A?nos^, Thomas\ Tho)>ias^, T/io>uas~\, was born in Worcester, 5 Au<^., 1764. He UKirricd, hrst, 2 June, 1785, Martha Read of Northbridgi:, Mass. She died 6 June, 1802, aged 36. He married, sec- ond, 18 June, 1803, Mrs. Lydia (Randall) Dean, daughter of Benjamin Randall of Scituate, fourth gen- eration from William of Scituate. She died 29 Sept., 1856, aged 89 years, 15 days. He died 17 Nov., 1806.
It is said of Amos Wheeler that he was naturally active and energetic, but that early cares and dis- appointments discouraged him and he became some- what shiftless, or at least lost some of his energy and perseverance. Among other causes was his early marriage. His first wife was an intellectual woman, of excellent moral character, but she was extravagant in the management of her houseliold aflairs and she was, besides, somewhat of an invalid, which necessi- tated the employment of hired help and this, with their rapidly increasing family, made his expenses larger than he could easily meet.
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In early life he lived with his father on the farm in Worcester. Later he was employed in a neighbor- ing town as a cabinet-maker and was esteemed a good A\^orkman. Subsecjuently he removed to Wood- stock, Vt., where he lived at the time of his death. His moral character is said to have been without re- proach.
His second wife was a smart, active woman who was a real help to him during the few years of their marrit d life.
Children (by wife Martha):
50. Henjamin Henshaw, b. 16 July, 1786; m. Hul-
dah Lord; he d. 14 Aug., 181 3.
51. Charles, b. 19 Jan., 1788; d. 26 Sept., 1805.
52. 1 HOMAs Read, b. 25 June, 1791. He removed
to the west and nothing further is known of him or of his descendants.
53. Mary Belcher Henshaw, b. 22 Feb., 1793;
single ; lived for many years with her half- brother, Rev. Amos Dean Wheeler, D. D.; she was a teacher in Topsham, Me., in 1840, and subsequently; she d. in Topsham, 21 Jan., 1863.
54. LIenry Adolphus, b. 19 Aug., 1798; d. 17 July,
1828. Children (by wife Lydia): *55. Amos Dean, b. 13 Dec, 1803. 56. Charles Augustus, b. 24 Sept., 1805 ; d. 6 Dec, 1806.
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Nathan* \Nai/iaft^, Tho>iias\ TJiojiias^, Tliomas^\ was born in Hardwick, Mass., 16 June, 1767. He marrietl Silence Giles at Chester, Vt., 14 Dec, 1794. He seltled in Weatherslield, Vt., where he died 15
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April, 1833. He was a farmer by o. cupation. He was highly respected, and sustained a ;ood character, but was not prominent in town or St: te affairs. Children :
57. Silence, b. 6 Feb., 1798.
58. Nathan, b. 8 Jan., 1800; d. 7 S pt., 1833. *59. Artemas, b. 9 Apr., 1802.
60. Charlotte, b. 3 Apr., 1804; d, .7 Nov., 1S87.
61. r)AViD, b. 29 July, 1806; d. 14 /■.i)ril, 180S.
62. r\.MOS, b. 12 Feb., 1809; d. 22 Ji.ly, 1809.
63. Martplv, b. 26 Aug., 1 8 TO.
64. Fanny, b. 3 Dec, 181 3.
65. A son, b. 7 July, 1816 ; d. same day,
66. Lucia, b. 11 Mch., 1820.
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Thomas" [ 7"/^<?W(?i"', Thomas\ T/wias^, TJioiiias^\, was born in Hardwick, 3 Mch., 1767. He married, first, Anna, daughter of Lieut. Job 1 )exter, 3 June 1790. She died 20 Mch., 1804. Lie married, second, Mary, daughter of Timothy Paige, 14 Feb., 1805. She died 18 Sept., 1828. He married I vice afterward. He was a very ingenious blacksmith and iron founder. Was long in military service. Was C iptain in 1801, Major in 1811 and Colonel in 1813. He resided in Hardwick until about 18 18, then rem )ved to 1 icon- deroga, N. Y., returned about 1830 and died in Wor cester 26 April, i85i,aged 84. He was buried in the family lot in the old cemetery at H. rdwick, Mass., where, subsequently, a monument was erected l)y his son William Augustus.
Children : ^67. Charles, b. 26 Mch., 1791. 68. A child, b. ; d. 2 May, 1793.
70
72
73 74
75 76
r
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69. Sally, b. 28 Apr., 1794 ; m. 3 Nov., 1814, Dan- iel Wheeler.
A child, b. ; d. in infancy.
William Augustus, b. 30 Mch., 1798.
V child, b. Nov., 1800; d. 26 Jan., 1801.
V child, b. ; d. 4 July, 1802.
\nn Dexter, b. 3 Dec, 1805; d. 18 Jan., 1816.
\ child, b. ; d. 18 July, 1807.
I'iioMAs Alonzo, b. 7 Nov., 1S08; d. 15 Apr.,
1811.
J J. (Charlotte Sopiil\, b. 8 May, 181 1 ; m. 24 Apr., 1828, William Burnett Cooper ; he b. Shore- ham, Vt., 6 May, 1807; d. at Shoreham 16 Oct., 1828 ; one ch. d. in infancy; m., second, 17 Jan., 1 83 1, Ashley Cooper Bennett; he b. Ticonderoga, N. Y., 6 July, 1809; res. Law- rence, Mich. ; she d. 17 Dec, 1887; ch : Ilar- riet Sophia, b. 28 Dec, 1831 ; d. 29 Nov., 1871 ; Jane Elvira, b. 2 May, 1836; Fay c tie H., b. 4 July, 1838 ; ]\[ary Abigal, b. 26 Jan., 1841 ; MartJia- Ann, b. 13 Sept., 1843; 'J- 9 July, 1875 J ^Villiani Alonzo, b. i Dec, 1845 ; d. 14 Feb., 1889; a tiuin brotJier, d. 3 Dec, 1845 i CJiarlcs EdivijL, b. 31 July, 1848 ; Alice Maria, b. 6 July, 1851; d. 18 Apr., 18S7; Gcors^e Wheeler, b. 11 June, 1853.
78. T».Iary EiMELiNE, b. 21 June, 1813; m. Thomas
R. Green; d. 20 Feb., 1843.
79. Rhi5ECCA Ann, b. 6 Mch., 1816; m. Lyman
Burrill ; d. 10 June, 1853.
80. I'^LiZA Jane, b. 15 Apr., 1819 ; m. Stephen
Lovell ; d. 4 Mch., 1848.
81. Juliet Elvira, b. 10 Sejjt, 1821 ; unmarried;
d. June, 1840.
The V/lieeler Familij. 25
41
Moses* \Thomas\ TJiomas', TJiovias', Tho,:as'\ was born in HarcKvicL, Mass., 26 Mch., 1769. He married Mehitable Peaison of Randolpli, Vi., in 1 798. Resided in Randolph irom about 1790 to 1803, ^-'^^^ returned to Hardwick and died there 14 Aui^., 1828. His wife died in Brewer, Me., \^ Aug-., 1854. They were botli meuibers of the Congregauonal church and led exemplary lives. In politics hi: was a Whig. His occupaLion was that of a clothier. Fie was a very ingenious man, and once told a frientl that the only thing he ever failed in making was an In- dian basket; he had plenty of " nuity," but not enough " ingen " in his makeu[).
Children: 82. Sophia, b. 11 Dtc, 1799; m. 12 May, 1825, John Wheeler. *83. Daniel, b. 10 July, 1801.
84. Amanda, b. 6 Dec, 1802; m. in 1826, Alanson
Johnson of Hardwick; removed to Atkinson, Me., in 1836; now resides East Corinth, Me.; ch.: //^;^rj'^., b. Apr., 1827; d. 1853; Wil- licDJi IK, b. Sept., 1834; d. in Hayti, i^l'-^^-
85. Sarah Warner, b. 2 Dec, 1804; m. 3 Mch.
1829, Artemas Wheeler.
86. Moses, b. 2 Sept., 1806; drowned 8 June, 1819.
87. IMehitahle, b. 24 May, 1808; m. 23 Aug., 1829,
Daniel Chase of Atkinson, Me.; he d. 8 Mch., 1 854; d\:.Danicl\\ licelcr, b. 2 7 Dec, 1 840; Mar- tJia Adalinc, b. 8 Feb., 1843; Sara/i Mehit- able, b. 19 Oct., 1846; (1. 26 Oct., 1851; she m., second, 31 Aug., 1866, Jose^^h Da\ is of Brownville; he d. 10 Jan., 1869; she re- ides, Yarmouthville, Me. 4
26 Wheeler and Wan'en Fainilies.
88. Henry Pars(jns, b. 27 Aiio., iSio; d. 15 INlcli.,
1S16.
89. Harriet, b. 24 July, 1S12; m. in 1S43, I )ca. John
Holyoke, Brewer, Me.; he had by a former wife, John Edwartl, b, 1832; Trancis i\I., b. 1834; JuHa A., b. 1838; by wife Harriet, 7///^? Harriet, b. Apr., 1844; m. j 868, A. A. P)ol- ton; widow, resides at Brewer; Clara Amanda, b. 16 Nov., 1848; m. 1875, F. L. Hark)w, merchant, IJrewer, Me.; Dea. Holyoke, d. 2 Oct., 1885; was dea. First Cong. Ch.; rep. to Leg., two terms; pres't savings b'k, fourteen years, and lield other positions ol public trust; his wife, Harriet, was a pu[;i] at Mt. llolyoke Seminary at the opening of that institution; she resides at Brewer, Me.
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Daniel Wheeler \JoJui\ Da>iiel\ Thomas', Thoi)ias\ TJio))ias'\, was born 7 ()ct., 1783. lie married Sally, daughter of Col. 1 homas W^ieeler, 3 Nov., 1814. Resitled in Hardwick. He died 13 June, 1864. She died 20 June, 1864, aged 70.
His father dying when he was but eleven years of age, his grandfather took him, with his brothers and sisters and their mcjther, to his home. Daniel bein(£ the oldest of the boys, was obliged to work early and late, and had but little opportunity t(j obtain an edu- cation. After his grandfather's death, and his own marriage, he sold the old farm and bought a new one south of the " Centre," where his ten children were born. He was an industrious and an honest man and a good citizen, but he was not prominent in public affairs. He was a member of the Congregational church, and in poliiies was a Whig. At the age of
The Wheeler Jbamily. 27
sixty, he fell on the ice and broke his arm, and in consequence of mal-practiceon the part oi the attend- ing- physician, amputation was rem-UMtMl necessary. This rendered him nearly hel[)less for il.i' rest of his life, but he l^ore his mislortune with IuhmIc fortitude. Four ^■ears liefore his de.ath he moved lo W^orcester in order to be with his children. lie and his wife were both buried in the family lot in ll;.rd\vick. Children :
90. Sally Ann, b. 2 Nov., 1815; uimiarricd ; d.
25 Jan., 1833.
91. r^vNNV, b. 15 Sei^t., 1817; m. 10 iMay, 1837,
Forester B. Aiken, ol Hardwicl. ; ch.: Mar- tha Alaria, h. 2 beb., 1839; <-'• ' b *-■!>•, 1840; Alary Ajdi, b. 23 b^eb., 18 |i ; Cliarles Whcc/er, b. 23 b'eb,, 1843 ; d. 2.\ Mch., 1886; Henry Phijuwy, b. 16 Nov., .844; Elloi Francis, h 25 May, 1847; Sarn/i /iI/::tiU-t/i,h. 2 Feb., 1859; ^^- ^^ J^i'i' 1884 ; .'hti'/i/, b. 20 Sept., 1862.
92. INIarv, b. 25 Sept., 1819; m. 3 iMa^, 1843, Fevi
Adams, of Shutesbury ; he was b. 6 Nov., 1820; he d.. in lladlcy, 19 Scq)!., 1885 ; she resides in North Iladley, Mass.; ch.: Iiliza- bctJi Davis, b. Shutt^sbury, ij Ajn-., 1844; m. 16 Aiay, 1867, Thomas Winn ; she resides in North Hadley, Mass.; Md,y U'/ictier, b., Hadley, 7 Dec, 1845 ; m. 2] Dec, 1868, Chas. H. Kellogo-, of N. Amher-i; she d. 16 Oct., 1889; Sarah J., b. 13 b'eb., 18.18; d. 31 July, 1849; Jujinia, b. 15 J. 11., 1851/); d. 19 Jan., 1878; Frank Fiit^tc^ \>. 17 Jan., 1853 ; m, 13 Sept., 1880, Frances .SaddiuL^ton, of Brooklyn, N. Y.; William II. b. 13. Sept., 1861 ; d. 28 Aug., 1865.
28 Wheeler ami Warren BarnUles.
93. Elizabeth, b. 22 Aug., 1821; unmarried; she
was a teacher for many years, and was a nurse in an army hospital after the l)attlc of Gettysburg ; afterward she taught among the freednien in Ahibama; she now resichjs VVcjr- cester, Mass.
94. Daniel Warner, b. 15 Aug., 1823; uLJune,
1848, Delia Jenney, of Ware; she d. 1861 ; he was a soldier in the Civil War ; last heard from at Nashville, just before battle of Pitts- burg L.anding, 6 April, 1862 ; no information concerning his descendants, if any, has been obtained.
95. CiiARLoiTE, b. 13 Nov., 1825; m. Edwin 1).
McEarland, of Worcester ; he was a volun- teer in 51st Mass. Regt; wounded at Peters- burg ; no children.
96. LuTiiERA Alimika, b. 19 June, 1828; m. 19
June, 1 85 1, iulward Dean ; ch. : iMary Eliza- beth, b. 6 Oct., 1852; d. 17 Sept., 1877; Williaia Edward, b. 12 Jan., 1854; Jo/ni Adams, b. 31 Oct., 1S56; m. Nellie South- worth, of Williamstown ; /(^.iYy^/;, b. 27 Mch., 1859; ^- ^5 Sept., \'^']']\ Adclia Jcuiicy, b. July, 1861; d. 27 Mch., 1878; A)i)iic Maria, b. 22 Aug., 1863. *97. John, b. 17 July, 1829. 98. Susan Caroline, b. 24 P'eb., 1832 ; d. 6 Mch.,
1833- *99. William Augustus, b. 8 July, 1835.
47
John^ S^John^, Daniel'', Thomas\ T/io/}ias% Tho?}ias^\, was born 29 Aug., 17S5. He married first, in 1813, Submit Cutting. She died in 1822.
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He married, second, 12 May, 1825, Sophia, daughter of Moses Wheeler. She is now hving; in Hardwick at the advanced age of ninety-two years, retaining her faculties to a remarkable degree. He was a farmer, a hard-working man, honest and upright m character.
Children (by wife Submit :) 100. John, b. ini8i4;went to Wellfleet and became a fisherman ; drowned at sea; had two chil- dren, loi. Daniel, b. 9 April, 1816 ; m. Esther Went- worth ; resides at East Boston ; no children. 102. Mary G., b. 15 July, 1820; m. William Bart- lett ; he d. 1807; two children; d. young; she resides at Greenwich, Mass. Children (by wife Sophia) : *i03. Moses P., b. 2 Oct., 1828. 104. Harriet Sophia, b. 16 Eeb., 1830; m. 21 Oct., 1858, George Warner; reside at Hardwick, Mass.; ch.: Harriet SopJiia, b. 6 Nov., 1865 ; George Daniel, b. 5 Nov., 1867; m. Mch., 1890, Mary Richardson. *io5. Charles Alhekt, b. 31 Mch., 1832.
106. Sarah E., b. 3 July, 1834; unmarried; d. 7
May, 1865.
107. George Franklin, b. 4 May, 1836; retired
merchant in New York city ; unmarried.
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Amos Dean^ [Ainos\ Ai)ios\ Thovias\ T/tonias\ Thomas^ was born in Woodstock, Vt., 13 l>ec., 1803. He married, 25 Aug., 1830, Louisa Amelia Warren, daughter of Elijah and Mary Belcher (Wheeler) Warren, of Leicester, Mass. He died 28 June, 1876.
30 \Yheeler and Wctrre/i Faiailies.
His father dyinor when he was three years okl, he was adopted by James Udall, Esquire, of {iartland, Vt, with whom he Hved until seventeen years of age, receiving- instruction iii the common schools and at Thetford Academy. In 1820 he wenl to Leices- ter, Mass., where his relalives resided, and attended Leicester Academy for a while, subsecjuently tciach- ing school until he entered Williams College, frt)m which he graduated in 1827. lie then taught the academy at Marlboro for two years, at the expira- tion of which time he was elected princij)al ol the Latin Grammar School in Salem. He remained in that position for three )ears, studying;- theology, meantime, with the Reverend Charles Upham, I). D., who was then pastor of the First Clun\h in Salem. Resigning his school in ^'^^2, he speijt a year at Harvard Divinity School, graduating therefrom in 1833. From Cambridge he went to Meadville, Pa., to supply the pulpit of the Unitarian .Society, and re- mained there seven or eight months. WMn'le at Mead- ville he received a call to settle over thai i)arish, but declined on account of the distance from his relatives and friends. In 1834 he was invited U) and was settled over the Unitarian Society in Standish, Me. He continued in that jdace until i83(;, when he received a call to settle in Topsham, Me., where he ever after lived. For fourteen years he preached in the Unitarian Meeting-House in Topsham. At the end of that time the Unitarian Society of Topsham and the Universalist Society of Ih'unswick were united under the name of "The iMason Street Reliof- ious Society," in Brunswick, and Mr. Wheeler was invited to become pastor of the new orgaiiization. He preached to this society until 1865, when he re- signed and was soon after appointed missionary for
The \Slieelc,' Family. 31
the American Unitarian Association to the State of Maine.
In i860 he received the degree of Doctor of Divin- ity from Bowdoin College. He was a member of the Maine Historical Society and for many years was a member of its stantling committee. Soon af- ter coming to Topsham lu: was elected a member of the superintending school committee of the tow^n and held the positioii until within a few years of his death. He was also for many years on the commit- tee of examination of Bowdoin College. " He was a man of unquestioned ability, of cultivated and liter- ary tastes, an easy graceful writer and read)' in ex- tempore address. Few of his contemporaries ex- celled him in mathematical scholarship. He kept well up with the college curriculum in all its depart- ments. He had a poetic taste and faculty beyond the average of cultivated men. Of clear mental vision and and acute argumentative powders, he was strong as he was also fair and good natured in general debate."
" Calm habitually, even to scdateness, self-governed and judicious, he could yet make merry with the gayest within the bounds of right and reason. ^ Ol singular purity of life and conversation, possessing a heart as tender and true as that of a child, scorning all equivocations, pursuing the right with unllinching {)ur- pose, leading the life of the humble and devoted Chris- tian he won the love and esteem of all wdio knew him."* His wife, now eighty-four years of age, is living with her son Henry in Brunswick, Me.
Children : *io8. Charles Henry, b. at Salem, Mass., 11 June,
.1 .
* For a imne extended biogniphical sketch, witli :i fine litliogi;iphic like- ness, see History of lirunswick, Topsluuii and Haipswell, Me.
32 Wheeler and Warreji Families.
^log. William Adolphus, b. at Leicester, Mass., 14
Nov., 1833. *iio. Gi:oRGE AiKiUSTus, b. at Standish, Me., 26
July, 1837. *i 1 1. Henry Warren, b. at Topsham, Me., 23 May,
1840.
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Artemas^ [Natlia?i.\ NatJian^, Thomas\ Thomas^, Tkoinas^\ was born in Weathersfield, Vt, 9 April, 1 802. He married, 3 Mch., 1829, Sarah Warner Wheeler, daughter of Moses Wheeler. She was born in Hard- wick, Mass., 2 Dec, 1804; died in Weathersfield, 12 April, 1 85 7. He died in Weathersfield, 22 July, 1843. He was a farmer and resided in Weathersfield.
Children :
112. Artemas Henry, b. 11 Nov., 1829; resides at Perkinsville, Vt. *ii3. Nathan Albert, b. 19 Mch., 1832.
114. Moses Person, b. 17 Apr., 1834.
115. Sarah Warner, b. 3 Dec, 1835; rn. 6 Sept.,
i860, Ichabod J. Nye of VVeathersfield, Vt.; resides at Barnard, Vt.; ch.: Jason J., b. 23 July, 1 861 ; Jiilia S., b. 30 June, 1865 ; d. 29 Apr., 1880; Almoii P., b. 31 May, 1867; Arven A., b. 4 l^eb., 1870; Delia L., b. 4 Sept., 1873; d. 6 Feb., 1883; iVary A., b. 15 July, 1877.
116. Lucia Ann, b. 8 Mch., 1837 ; m. 6 Mch., 1856,
Alpheus A. Adams; she d. i May, 1870; ch.: Anna C, b. 24 Dec, i860; d. 12 Oct., 1861; Frank IV., b. 3 June, 1863 ; MariiL., b. 5 June, 1867. *ii7. Daniel Augustus, b. 3 July, 1839.
The Wheeler Family. 33
Charles^ \ Thomas^, Tiuviias^, TIioi)ias\ 'fhoiuas'^ 7yio)}iay \, was born in ilardwick, Mass., 26 iMar., 1791. lie married, 2 Mar., 1814, Lnthcra, (laughter of Elijah Bangs. In 18 16 or 18 18 he removed with his fatlu r to Ticonderoga, N. Y., where they located near the fort, built iron foundries and manufactured steel. 1 le was a young man of much [)romise and a mechanical genius. In politics he was a Whig. He died in Ticonderoga 30 Sept., 1818. Mis wife, with her chillren, returned to Hardwick, and she subse- quently married Joseph Adams of Shutesbury, JNIass.
Child) en : ''^118. CiiAKi.ES Henkv, b. 20 Mar., 1815. 119. Ljtiii;ka Hangs, b. 29 Oct., 1817 ; m. in 1841, Benjamin Adams of Hadley, Mass.; they now reside at Bernardston, IMass. ; cli.: Afary Davis, b. 22 I'el)., 1842; d. 2m July, 1843; Josfpli Ifcniy, b. i 1 Aug., 1845; graduated at Amherst 1870; now in business in New York city; Charles ll7ieelcr,h. 2, Aug., 1848; lum- ber dealer; resides at Bernardston, Mass.
7 1
William Augustus' I riiouias^, Thoiaas^ Tho))ias\ Thcmias , T/iO))ias^\, was burn in Ilardwick, Mass., 31 Mar., 1798. He married, 13 Jan., 1825, Almira Warner Allen, daughter of M(jses Allen of Ilard- wick. She was born 20 Y*rh., 1803, and died 28 I'eb., 1867. 1 le died 16 Feb., 1873. He learned the trade of blacksmith and was one; of the oldest Iron founders in the State, having begun in 1812 at "OKI Ininiace Village," Hardwick, named for a furnace established many years previously b)' his father. Imoui llard- 5
34 Wheeler and Warren I/amiUcs.
wick he went to Brookfield and from there in 1823, to Worcester, where he established an iron foundry business at the corner of Thomas and Union streeis. In 1825 he became associated with some of ihe lead- ing men in Worcester in a foundry at IjiOokfield, where all kinds of castings were made, the doors of the Court House in Worcester being of his manuf;ic- ture. To run his "fan" he is credited wiili having the first steam engine employed in the Stat':, west of Boston. In 1830 he returned to Worcester and re- established himself as an iron founder on the (jld ground, where he continued in a large and .^ nccessful business for over forty years. In 1840 a machine shop was added to the establishment. Castings were made for the iron workers and tool makiis in the city besides a great variety of other work, such as heavy sheet iron work, lire-jjroof safes, castings for heavy gearing, mill irons, plow castings ami factory shafting.
He designed the first boring machine in W^orcester, and in 1838 got out patterns for cooking sioves and box stoves for heating, and manufactured tJiem. In 1842 he invented a furnace for heating buildings with wood or coal. In 1838 he added to his business the manufacture of brass castings. In 1852 his son, Charles A. Wheeler, became associated with him in business, the partnership continuing until the latter's death in 1867.
Mr. Wheeler filled many official positions from Worcester's earliest history as a city. He was always interested in its public welfare and growth, and having a practical knowledge his o[>inions and services were required in many schemes lor the ile- velopment of the fast-growing city. He w.ts one of the Worcester Aqueduct Company in 1845. ^'^
TJic Wheeler Fahiily. 35
1848, urged thereto by iniluential citizens (of Wor- cester), he became the contractor for building' the Worcester and Nashua railroad, an enterprise which his indomitable energy and skill enabled him to carry through successfully amid many discouragements and fmancial perils.
He was one of the original founders of the Wor- cester Mechanics' .Association in 1841, and was elec- ted hrst President of that association in 1842; was very influential in the erection of Mechanics' liall in 1857 ; was one of the building committee, and when, throuo'h financial embarrassment, the l)uiKlino- was in ilanger of passing out of the hands of the mechanics, his energy and enthusiasm helped, in a great measure, to save it to the association. He joined the Massa- chusetts Charitable Mechanics' Association in 1838, and during his life was an interested and active member of the association. He was also a member of the old Worcester Fire Society. !l364i04
He was a man of indomitable will and strictest integrity, and of a very clear judgment and generous disposition, as well as of an inventive and ingenious mind. Although having but few opportunities in his youth for the pursuit ot knowledge, his perseverance and industrious habits enabled him \.o acquire a vast fund of information outside of his business interests, and he was justly proud in considering himself, as he was, a self-made man.
He was a member of the old Second Church (Uni- tarian), of Worcester. In politics he was first a Whig and then a Republican. In both church and j)arty he was an active, zealous and disinterested worker.
He and his wife, and their deceased children, are buried in the family lot in " Rural Cemetery," Wor- cester.
36 Wheeler and W'tirren Familus.
Children : *i20. CiiAUi.ES Au(;usTus, b. 27 Jan., 1826. *i2i. William Imske, b. :i.\ June, 1830.
122. Anna Maklv, b. 12 Se})L., 1S32; m. 13 Nov.,
1856, William Read ; lesides at Caniliridge, Mass.
123. Josephine, b. 12 Nov., 1834; d. 15 Dec., 1834. *i24. IMusEs Al],Ki\, b. K) All-., 1838.
125. Kliza Jane, b. 19 Dec., 1841 ; d. 1 1 Dec., 1871.
126. Sarah Fkances, b. 10 A[jr., 1844; ^^^- ^ June,
1871, Frederick W. Jenkins; resitles at Barre, Mass.
127. "bllOMAS, 1 , , , ,, ^ 1 11 o ^
o T- M>- 19 J^ily. i'^47; <-'-3i J^b'. i^^47-
128. I'RANKLIN, j y J ^' t^/ ' J J J' XI
Daniel^ \I\Ioscs'', TJuniias^, Thonias*, TJiomas'^, Tho})iay\, was born in Randolph, Vt, 10 July, jooi. In 1835, or 1836, he removed with his mother to Bano'or, Me., where he remaliied until 18^8- He then went to Brewer, Me., wheie he lived until 11^63, when he returned to Bant^or and died there; 13 July, 1886. lie was buried in ISrewer. He was a member of the Congregational Church in Hardwick until the society divided into Unitarians and Congregational- ists, the latter withdrawing, he remaining with the Unitarians. During his residence in Brewer he, with his family, attended the Congrrgational Church. In politics he was first a Whig, an.l later, a Rcq^ublican. During his residence in Ih'ewer, he was tor ele\en years chairman of the Hoard of Selectmen, and was otherwise prominent in public aliairs. lie was highly respected. He marrietl, first, 23 Now, 1826, Mary Hinckley, daughter of l)arnabas and Mary (Billings) Hinckley of Hardwick, Mass. She died
The Wheeler Family. 37
19 Nov., 1858. He married, second, Mrs, Mary J. Gay of Brooklyn, N. Y. She died 5 Nov., 1872. Children :
129. Mary Ann,!). 20 Sept., 1827; m. u Ma), 1859,
Horace B. Chamberlain of Brewc.-r, Me. ; he d. 1861 ; no children; she resides at Bangor, Me.
130. Daniel B., b. 7 June, 1829; went to California
in 1849; ^"^nit; home 1857; returrjed to Cali- fornia in 1858 ; d. in 1880, while on a trading trip to the Socic-ty Isles.
131. Susan, b. 11 Nov., 1830 ; m. 28 Nov., 1850, Rev.
George W. Dunmore of Pennsylvania ; went to Turkey as missionaries ; returned in 1856 ; he was killed v/hile serving as chaplain in army during the Civil War; she m. 23 Sept., 1867, William C. Crosby of Bangt)r ; he d.
; she resides at Bangor; no children,
except one adopted daughter.
132. Adaline Bii.i.iNcs, b. 24 Oct., 1832; m. 10 Jan.,
1856, E. B. Gardner, a merchant in Bucks- port, Me., where the)' still reside ; ch. : .-UiLf Bill in OS, b. 13 June, 1857 ; IWilUr Hinckley, b. 29 Aug., 1862 ; m. 20 June, 1888, Augusta C. Swazey of Bucksport.
]o\i^\Danicl'', Joh)i\ Da)iicl\ 'rhonias\ Thomas^, Tlionias'X wTis born in Hardwick, Mass., 1; July. 1829. He married 6 Oct., 1862, Susannah l<.ice Ham- mond, daughter of Josiah Hovey and Annie (Jrant (Warren) llammond of Grafton, Mas.s. He was educated in the common schools of Hardwick, and at East Hampton and Leicester Academies. In 1849 he went to California, where he lived for i^everal
38 WJieeto' and Warren Favi'dles.
years. April 17, 1861, he enlisted in Co. A., 3d Bat. Rif. He re-enlisted in Aug., 1862, in 51st Mass. Vol., Co. E. He was diichar^ed 2 J\lcli., iSo;^, on account of injuries recei\i;d at Newhurn, N. C. He moved to Cumberland Mills, Me., 4 April, 186;,, where he has since resided. Vov twenty-one years he pur- sued the occupation of farmer. In 1884 he went into the coal business, in which he is still engaged. In politics he is an ardent Jvepublican. In reli<^ign a Congregationalist.
Child : *i33. George Warren, b. 6 Feb., 1864.
William Augustus*^ [Da it id \ Jo/n/'\ l)a}iiel\ Thomas'', Thomas^ T/w)nds^\, was born in I lard wick, Mass., 8 July, 1835. Me married, 4 Nov., 1857, Sarah Elizabeth Howe of Shrewsbury, Mass. She died 30 July, 1859, aged .11 years. He married, sec- ond, 4 May, 1863, I'dlen Maria Hawes of Worcester. She died 28 May, 1887. He was educated at the public schools, at Leicester Academy, and at the Nor- mal School at VVestfield. He was fitted for a teacher, but was unable to pursue that occupation owing to deafness. He therefore \vent to work in William A. Wheeler's iron foundry in Worcester, where he was employed for some years. He invented the " Hercules Wind luigine " and manufactured it for some time, finally selling out to a firm in Buffalo. He resides in Worcester. He is a Republican and a Prohibition- ist, and in religion, a Congregationalist. Child:
134. William Augustus, b. 16 July, 1S59; d. 24 Dec, 1861.
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Moses P.' [John\JoIi;:'\ Da.;icl\ rJiomas\ ritomas\ T/ioincu"\, was born in i lardvvick, Mass., 2 Oct., 1828. He married, in St. Louis, 4 Oct., i860, Anne Maria Smith. At the ^.oe of eiohtcxm he hjft home and went to Sprint field, Mass., to learn the trade of a mason, remaining there about seven )ears, when he removed to Ilartforil, Conn., where he pm-sued his trade until 1857, when he went to St. Louis and engaged in the wood ani.1 luml)er business. lie was in St. Louis about eight )'ears .vhen,his father having died, he returned to ILudwick and took charge of the farm for a number ot years and then, about 1S70, he sold his interest in the farui to his brother Oliarles and engaged in the real estate Inisiness at Springfield, Mass., where he still resides. In politics he is a Repub- lican, and in religion a Congrt.-gationalist.
Children:
135. Elizabeth Soi'iii.\, b. o Dec, 1863; m,, April,
1890, Dr. Stilhnan CI irk; resides at Worces- ter, Mass.
136. Emma Louise, b. 9 June, 1864.
137. Henry Edward, b. 24 July, 1873; cl. 25 May,
1889.
Charles Albert^ \Jo!tii\ Jolni^ Da)iicl\ T/u»nas\ Thomas^, Tho>)ias'\, was born in Hardwick, Mass., 30 Mch., 1832. He married, 7 x\ich., 1865, Christiana 1 lowe. They lived on the old Wheeler farm in 1 f ard- wick until 1884. In 1886, ihey moved to Ilarre, ]\Lass., where they now reside He was deacon of the Congregational Church in I Lirdwick for fl\( years. He always voted the Republican ticket until 1887; since then the Prohibition tic! et.
40 Wheeler and Warren Fauiilles.
Children:
138. Sarah Elizaijetii, b. 30 Sept., 1866; d. 25
Dec, 1889.
139. Maria Louise, b. 25 JNIch., 1869; d. 12 Apr.,
1888.
Charles Henry" lAmcs Dean\ Ainos^, A?//os\ Tho]mis\ Tho))ias\ fhonuts' |, was born in Salem, Mass., II June, 1831. He married, 5 Oct., 1854, Ellen Gardner Gao-e, daui^htcr (jf Rev. Nathaniel Gage and Abbie (Richardson) Gage, of Westbtjro, Mass. She was born in Nashua, N. H., 9 July, 1828. On the 30th of June, 1S8S, while riding together, their carriage was struck by a freight train at the State Line Crossinor, near Winchendon, Mass., and both were almost instantly killed. They were buried in the family lot at Topsham, Me. Me began attending school at a very early age, and was studying the Latin grammar at the age of seven. When eleven years of age he was a pupil in the Academy at North Yarmouth, Me., and at the age of twelve he entered Bowdoin College, from which institution' he was graduated in 1847. During his college course he lived at home in Topsham, a mile and a half distant from the college, attending the early morning prayers ami recitations, keeping up with his class, enjoying good health, sustaining an unblemished character and a high reputation as a scholar. After his gradual ion he taught for a time at the Topsham, Me., Academy and subse([uentl) at Westford, Mass. In 1851 he ent(M-ed the Divinity School at Cambridge, and pursued his theological studies there for a year. I le ihen spent a year at the University of Gottingen, and in travels on the Con-
The Wheeler Family. 41
tinent. Returning- to America he rejoined his class at the Cambridge Divinity School, and was graduated with them in 1854. He was ordained as pastor of the First Unitarian Church in South Danvers (now Peabody), Mass., 4 Oct., 1854, and was the faithful pastor of tliat parish for eight years. In 1865 he accepted a call to the Church of the Unit)', Winchen- don, Mass., and was pastor of that churcli until his death, a period of twenty-three years. In 1867 he was elected a member of the School Committee ol the town and served in that capacity until his death, and during the greater portion of his membership he was Chairman of the Board. He was a Republican in politics.
Of his life and character a writer in the Christian Register oi 19 July, 1888, says: "He signally drew to himself the affections and the conlulence of a people who could appreciate the force and sagacity and tenderness, combined with the c:x(piisite taste and exact scholarship, which lay hidden b(Mieath a calm exterior. He might have adorntd a professor- ship of bciles Icttrcs had his convictions not have drawn him to the ministry.
" In social life he was a charming corn[)anion. His intellectual acuteness and breadth of view, with his reverent spirit and his wealth of sympathy, combined to make him an effective preacher, lu his daily life, patient, cheery, untiring, yet all the time bound, as it were, like a victim to the altar of sacrifice, ''■ he preached more pathetically, more impressively still. "f
Child : *i40. Charles Gardner, b. in South Danvers (now Peabody), Mass., 21 Sept., 1855.
*His wife was afflicted with a liui)clcs.s mcutal iliscasc.
\ For a fuller account of !iis life and cliaraclcr, loj^cihci- wilh a fine like- ness, see a niciuoriai paini)hlct publislicii by Dainii-'ll \' I'liliam, Huston, 1888.
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William Adolphus'^ \.lmos DcaiL\ A)iios'\ Auios^ T/io/uas\ 'rho})ias\ l^ho)iias'\, was born in Leicester, Mass., 14 Nov., 1833. He married, 13 July, 1S56, Olive Winsor Frazar, daaghter of Samuel Altlen Frazarand Maria (Winsor) Frazar of fJuxbury, Mass. She was born 25 Oct., 1835. He died in ik)ston 28 Oct., 1874, and was buried in Duxbury.
He entered Bowdoin College in 1S49, graduating in 1853. After his graduation he taught school in Marlborough, Mass., at Northfield, Mass., and, in the fall of 1854, became preceptor of Partridge Academy, Duxbury, Mass. In May, 1856, he resigned the pre- ceptorshi[) of Partridge Academy and removed to Cambritlge to assist Dr. Worcester in the pre[)aration of his Oaarto Dictionary. In 1857 hci prei)ared, in conjunction with Mr. Richard Soule, a spelling book which was extensively used under the name of Wor- cester's. In i860 he accepted a proi)Osition from the publishers of Webster's Dictionary to assist in the revision of that work. In 1861 he published as ji)int author w ith Mr. Richard Soule, a " Manual of P^ng- lish Pronunciation and Spelling." In 1864-5 he prepared for the press, and published in the latter year, a " Dictionary of the Noted Names of biction." In 1866 he edited, for the Messrs. Hurd (X: Houghton of New York, a reprint, with additions and altera- tions, ol Hole's " Prief Piographical Dictionary." In 1867 he prepared for the Messrs. (i. & C. Merriam, of Springfield, Mass., " The National Dictionary," an octavo abridgment of Webster's larger dic- tionary ; also entirely new editions of the smaller or school editions. In April, i8(38, he became connected with the Boston Public Library and
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in November of the same year he was chosen assist- ant superintendent, which position he held till his death. In 1869 he published a sumptuous edition, in quarto, of " Mother Goose's Melodies," with anti- quarian and philological notes, and an account of the Goose or Vergoose family, of Boston, froin one mem- ber of which the work derived its name. In 1872 he published a " Dickens' Dictionary," whicli bears the name of Gilbert A. Pierce on the title [Kig-e as chief author, but scarcely any thing more than the copy- right and general plan of the work was his.
At the time of his death he was engaged in the preparation of a new edition of Webster's Quarto Dictionary, and in the collection of materials for a " Cyclopaedia of Shakcsperian Literature," on the general plan of Smith's Dictionary of tlu Bible. He had, also, nearly ready for the press, an index to the more noted works in ancient and modern literature, en- titled " Who Wrote It ?" This work has since been completed and published by his nephew, Mr. Charles G. Wheeler.
" His literary work, though not of a kind to attract public attention, was yet, from the accurate and ex- tensive learning which it displayed, such as gave him a high rank among- American scholars. In his spe- cial department of lexicography he stood confess- edly at the head in this country, whilst he had few equals in bibliographical knowledge. His room in the library building was the resort of many scholars who came to seek his advice and assistance ; and no work was so pressing but that he laid it aside to give to the extent of his ability that for wliich lie was asked. The vast and varied stores of his learnino- were opened with generous liberality to every stu- dent. Of winning sweetness of manner, the ex-
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pression of a pure and nobk; nature in which a womanl) tenderness took nothing from a genuine manliness, he attracted all who came in contact with him."*
Me received from Bowdoin College the degrees of A. B. and A. M.; and from Harvard University the honorary degree of A. M. In politics he was a Re- publican, and in religion a Unitarian. Children :
141, Alice Winsuk, b. in Cambridge, Mass., 30 Dec, 1858 ; m. 22 Sept., 1881, Reuben W. Davenport, son of Llewellyn D. Davenport and Harriet (Winslow) Davenport of Rox- bury, Mass.; they resiile in Roxbury ; ch.: Editk Wheeler, b. in Ruxbury, 13 Dec, 1883; Llewellyn Dana, 2d, b. in Roxbury, 9 Oct., 1885 ; Ruth IVinsloiki, b. in Roxbury, 16 Aug., 1887. *i42. Walter Kendall, b. 19 Oct., i860. 143. KurrH Fka/ak, b. in .l)orchester, Mass., 12 Jan., 1863 ; m. 10 Sept., 1884, Percival Way- land White, son of Nelson Davis and Julia Davis (Long) White of Winchendon, Mass.; they reside in Winchendon; ch.: Percival lVayla?id^ Jr.^ b. 8 Jan., 1887; Riehard I'^razar, b. 26 Dec, 1890. ■^144. A LVARo Santos, b. 1 Aug., 1865.
145. EniEL, b. in Dorchester, Mass., 24 Sept., 1868;
m. 14 Oct., 1891, Arthur Lewis Stockman, son of John Baker Stockman and Frances Loraine (Putnam) Stockman of Roxbury, Mass.; they reside in Roxbury.
146. ALvRY Earle, b. in Boston, 27 April, 1874.
* Boston Daily Advatist:)-, 30 Oct., 1874.
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George Augustus^ \A)nos nean\ Amos'-', Anws^, T/io>/ias\ r/ioi)ias\ T/ui!;ias'^\, WAS born in Standish, Me., 26 July, 1837. He was graduated from i)Owdoin College in 1856, and from the Alediv-al School of Maine in 1859. ^'^ ^^59 ^^^ settled in Falmouth, Me. In the same year he removed to Orland, Me. Karly in 1862 he removed to Presque Isle, Ale. In July, 1862, he enlisted in the army and was mustered into the 18th Maine Kegt., as Serg't of Co. G, and went to Washington. He w^as mustered out of the regiment and commissioned Ass't Surg., U. S, v., 4 Oct., 1862. Soon after he was appointed to take charge of the U. S. Gen. Hospital at Annapolis Junction, Md. Gn 30 Mch., 1864, he was commis- sioned Surgeon of U. S. V., and ordert d to the Army of the Potomac and was placed in charge of the Depot Field Hospitals of the (>th Army Corps. In the sum- mer he was ordered to the front and w as at different times thereafter. Medical Director of a division of the 9th Army Corps ; Medical Inspector of Hospitals, 9th Army Corps ; Surgeon in charge of Pdying- Hos- pitals, 9th Army Corps, and, temporarily, Medical Di- rector of the corps. When the army entered Peters- burg he was put in charge of all the RcJjel hospitals there, but owing to a change in the military com- niand of the place he was relieved and ordered to Purksville Junction, V^i., and put in charge of the transportation of the wounded to Ciiy i\)int where he went with three railroad trains ot wounded. At the close of the war he was ordered to Louisville, Ky., and from there to JeUersonville, Ind., to the hospital, where he remained until he was mustered out in July, 1865. 1 June, 1865, he was brevetted
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Lieut. -Colonel " for faithful lunl uieritorious services." After leaving the Mmy he practiced his profession for a short time in Alberton, Mel., then went to Wash- ington, where he w^as employed as a surgeon by the [bureau of Refuo-eesand Freedmen, and had charge of the Hospital at Arlington for about a year. Me was then transferred to VVashington and put iu charge of a dispensary. A year later he was stationed for a short time at Campbell Hospital as an assistant. In 1868 he went to I opsham, Me., to practice, but re- mained only a short time, removing to Ohltown, Me., where he was in practice until 1870, when he removed to Castine, Me., where he has since resided. In 1874 he compiled the " 1 iistory of Castine, Brooksville and Penobscot," and in 1876-8 (in conjunction with his brother Henry) he compiled the " History of Bruns- wick, Topsham and Harpswell, Me." in 1876 he was chosen Chairman of the School Committee of Castine, to which position he has repeatedly been elected since. In 1878 he was elected a member of the Maine Historical Society. He is prominently connected with the Masonic I'raternity. In politics he is a Republicari, and a Unitarian in religion. He married, 17 Feb., 1864, Mrs. Margaret Lavinia Hor- sey, daughter of John V. and Flizabeth Harvercotta, at Springfield, Md. The same day he legally adopted Elizabeth Horsey, daughter of John R. and Margaret L. Dorsey, and gave her the name of Elizabeth Hor- sey Wheeler. She married Fred L. Smith and re- sides in Needham, Mass. Children :
147. Louise, b, in Barbourville, N. Y., 13 Nov., 1864; m. 19 Sept., 1887, Boyd Bartlett of Ellsworth, Me. ; resides in Norlh Andover, Mass.; no children.
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148. Mary Charlotti:, b. in Alberton, Md., 23
Feb., 1866; d. 12 Nov., 1866.
149. Katih^rink Irkni:, b. in Washinoton, I). C, 4
Feb., 1868; d. 6 Sept., 1868.
150. Gi;t)R(;E Dkan, b. in Castine, Me., 8 l)i:c., 1871.
151. I1ar\i:y IJaskell, b. in Castine, iMe., 29 July,
1874; d. 25 Aul;., 1874.
152. Ci.ARKiXCE Albiux\, b. in Castine, Me., 16
Nov., 1878.
Henry Warren^ \.h>ios Dcan\ ji»ios'\ A/nos\ 'r/ioj>i(u\ Thomas'^, Thoii!as'\, was born in I'opsham, i\le., 23 May, 1840. At the ag-e of se\ en (28 Apr., I 847), while stepping from " rib " to " rib " of a \essel \.'hich was then being- built in 'roi)shaiii, he fell and broke his leg. This accident, and a sul)se(juent further injury to the same limb, rendered him lame for life. He was educated at the private school of his aunt, Mary \\. \\. Wheeler; at the common schools in Topsham ; at the Topsham yXcadcmy; and at the Partridge Academy in Duxljur), Mass. His lather offered him a collegiate education, but he pre- ferred a business life. While a boy, fourteen to six- teen years of age, he was a clerk in a store and in the post-ofhce in Topsham for one or tAc; )cars. In 1858 htt engaged in the business of Lt:]egrai)hy in Ikunswick. i Jan., 1862, he removed i,) ]]oston, where he was employed as an operator by the Ameri- can Telegraph Company, and its successor, the West- ern Union Telegraph Com[)any, until 1870, when he returned to Brunswick. Freviuus to hi ; l(^a\'ing Hos- ton, he entered the Boston School for the Ministry with the view of becoming a preacher of the Uni- tarian faith, being urged thereto by the ke\. George
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148. Mary Ciiarlotti;, b. in Alberton, Md., 23
Feb., 1866; d. 12 Nov., 1866.
149. Katiikrink IrenI', b. in Washin^toii, I). C, 4
Feb., 1868; d. 6 Sept., 1868. '
150. Gix)K(;e Dkan, b. in Castine, ]\Ie., 8 Dv.c, 1871.
151. I1ar\i;v Haskei,!., b. in Castine, iMc., 29 July,
1874; d. 25 Aul;, 1874.
152. Clarence Albiun, b. in Castine, Me., 16
Nov., 1878.
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Henry Warren^ \.h>ios Dca7L\ .-huos'', Amos^, 'rhoi)ias\ T/io>!uu^, T/ioi;.'as-\, was born in I'opsham, i\le., 23 May, 1840. At the ai^e of seven (28 .\.[)r., 1847), while stepping from "rib" to "rib" ol a vessel \/hich was then being- built in i o[)shai.i, he fell and l)roke his leg. This accident, and a snbse(|uent further injury to the same limb, rendered him lame for life. He was educated at the pri\ ate school of bis aunt, Mary B. II. Wheeler; at the common schools in Topsham ; at the Topsham iXcademy; and at the Partridge Academy in l)u.\bnr), Mass. His father offered him a collegiate etlucation, but he pre- ferred a business life. While a boy, fourteen to six- teen years of age, he was a clerk in a store anil in the post-ofhce in Topsham for one or two ^cars. In 1858 he engaged in the business of Lelegra[)hy in Brunswick. i Jan., 1802, he removed to Boston, where he was employed as an operator b)' the Ameri- can Telegraph Company, and its successor, the West- ern Union Telegraph Com[)anY, until 1870, when he returned to Brunswick. Previuus to hi-; leaving 1 Jos- ton, he entered the Boston School for the Ministry with the view of becoming a preachei- of the Uni- tarian faith, being urged thereto by the l\e\. George
\
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H. Hepworth, president of the School, and by others, but after pursuing his studies for some time, he be- came more and more conscious of his lack of that early educational training which is necessary for one to become a sound and thorough scholar, and an ac- ceptable Unitarian i)reacher, and he, therefore, con- cluded to remain in the more humble occupation for which he was better fitted, lie entered upon his present duties as ticket agent at the railroad station and manager of the Western Union Telegraph Com- pany's office in Brunswick, i Sept., 1870. In 1876-8 he com])iled, in conjunction with his brother George, the History of Brunswick, Topsham and Harpswell, Me. In 1874 upon the organization of the Unitarian Society in Brunswick, he was elected its clerk and has been annually re-elected. In 18S3, upon the formation of the Brunswick Public Library Associa- tion, he was elected a member of its board of direc- tors,' to which position he has been annually re-elected. Me was one of the original members of the " Gentle- men's Club" in Brunswick, organized in 1884, ancl is still a member. The club is composed of twenty-five gentlemen of literary tastes, who meet fortnightly in winter for the discussion of literary, scientilic, relig- ious, political or other topics, and for social inter- course. In Jan., 1888, he was elected 1^-esident of the Bejepscot Historical Society of Brunswick, and still occupies that position. Me has read before the society several papers upon historical subjects, which have been published in the society's collections. His latest literary effort is this genealogy, for which he hopes for the grateful remembrance of a numerous posterity! In religion he is a Unitarian, and in poli- tics a Republican, but not a partisan. He mar- ried, first, I Jan., 1865, Annie Parker iMcNear,
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daughter of James and Sarah (Trundy) McNear of Wiscasset, Me. She died 20 Jan., 1866, aged 20 years, 3 months, 26 days. lie married, second, 15 Nov., 1870, Mary In-raham Adams, dau-hter of Joshua Gushing and ^Nancy (Whitney) Adams of Owls Head, Thomaston, now Rockland, Me. She was born 12 Dec, 1847.
Child (by wife Annie): *153. Harry Amos, b. in Roxbury, Mass., 14 Jan., 1866.
Children (by wife Mary):
154. Frederick Ada.m.s, b. in Brunswick, 12 Aug.,
1871.
155. William Adams, b. in Brunswick, 18 Jan., 1875.
156. Edward Warren, b. in I^runswick, 12 April
1876.
157. Allen Frances, b. in Brunswick, 10 Mch., 1879
Nathan Albert' {yirlonas-', Nathau\ Natha}i\ Tho)nas\ rhonias\ Tltoiiias^\^ was born in Weathers- field, Vt., 19 Mch., 1832. He was educated in the common schools of Weathersfield, at the Perkinsville, Vt., Academy, the Si^ringfield, Vt., Wesleyan Semi- nary, and at seminaries in l>udlo\v and Randolph, Vt. ' Early in 1854, he started for California, and was there successively engaged in lime burning, farm- ing and gold mining. He was engaged in the latter pursuit from about 1857 to 1872 at different points along the Pacific coast, meeting with moderate suc- cess.'^ At one time he, with seven others, went up the Columbia river in an open row boat, two hundred miles north of the British line. In 1872 h(- went to Washington Territory, giving his attention at lu'st to horticulture, but since 1873, the making of roads and 7
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maintainino- them as toll roads has occui>ied most of his time. He has quite an inventive faculty, and has received United States and Canadian patents on sev- eral of his inventions. In 1878 he was appointed Postmaster of Alpowa, Wash., and still holds the po- sition. He is unmarried. In politics he is a Repub- lican. He is liberal in his religious views and unsectarian.
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Daniel Augustus^ [.-Ir/c^mas^ N'athan^, A^atJian^, Tho»ias\ Tko)iias\ Thoiitas~\ was born in Weathers- field, Vt., 3 July, 1839. ^^^ married, first, 14 April, 1862, IMary B. Butterficld, daughter of Thomas and Martha (Kendall) Initterfield, of Weathcrsfield. She died 27 April, 1863. He married, second, 10 Jan., 1865, Marian P. Whitmore, daughter of Edwin P. and Mary IHizabeth (Chase) Whitmore, of Weathersfield. He was educated in the public schools of Weathersfield. He lived at home and worked upon his father's farm until about i860, when he went to Rockport, Mass., where he was for two years employed as a clerk in a grocery store. On 7 Aug., 1862, he enlisted in Co. P\, 35th Mass. Vols. The re^inient was sent to the front, and was in ac- tive service at "South Mountain" and "Antietam." Soon after the latter battle he was taken sick with a disease which became chronic, in consequence of which he was discharged, 9 April, 1863. Recovering in a measure, he returned to his former clerkship in Rockport. In i?66 he engaged in trade, on his own account, in Rockport, with good success. In 18(19 he re- moved to Perkinsville, Vt.,and for ten years engaged in the manufacture of lumber, and in wood-working specialties. In 1879 ^^*-* removed to Erskine, N. J.,
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where he now resides, [)ursuin<^ the occupation of farming, in addition to A'hich he is more or less in- terested in several othei pursuits.
While in Rockport, he was elected a mcMiiber of the Board of School Trustees of the town. Later, in Weathersfield, he was .everal times elected First Lister, Constable and C( 'Hector, and for five years was a Justice of the Peace fc r the town, lie also repre- sented the town in the State Legislature in 1872-3. \\\ New Jersey, he has l.oen for the past eight or nine years, Township (JommitLeeman and Treasurer for the township of Pompto a, of which Hrskine is a part. In politics he is a Pr(.hibitionist, but has always voted the Republican ticket. He is a member of the Baptist church, uniting with it 27 Jan., i<S56.
Children:
158. AuGUsrus D., b. 21 /\pril, 1863; entered
Brown Universil/; while in his senior year, 2 Aug., 1886, wa ^ drowned while bathing at Rocky Point, R. I.
159. Edwin VV., b. 25 )uly, 1868.
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Charles H^nry^ S^L!iarles\ T/wmas^, Thomas^, Tho))ias\ Thomas'^, Thou:as^\ was born in Hardwick, Mass., 20 J\lch., 1815. He married, 3 Dec, 1840, Abbie Day Mitchell, dai.ghter of Abraham and Ju- dith Mitchell, of Hooksc it, N. H. Lie died 7 July, 1880. She is living, and resides in Llooksctt. His father dying when he wa i four years of age, he lived with an uncle, in Hard.vick, until he was fourteen years of age, when his m )ther having married again, he went to live with her. lie was educated at the common schools of ILirdwick, and at Amherst, Mass., Academy. At .sixteen, he entered a drug
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store in Amherst, as clerk, remaining two or three years, and then went to Hoston as clerk in a sU.ie. At tweniy-two he was clerk in a store at Hooksctt. In 1840 or 1 84 1, he entered the em]>loy of the Con- cord Railroad Co., and was in continuous ser\ ice lor over twenty-seven years, as station agent. Was at Goffs Falls several years, at Hooksett twelve, and at Robinson's Ferry (Bow, N. H.) five years. He ihen retired to his farm in Bow, where he died, and where his family now live. He was a member of the Bo:ird of Selectmen of Bow for three years. Was a Demo- crat in politics and a Methodist in religion.
Children :
160. CiiARLES A.,b. 25 May, 1842 ; d. 2 June, ib|2. *i6i. Henry Adams, b. 3 April, 1844. 162. LuTiiERA Jane, b. 8 Feb., 1848; unmarried; school teacher for twenty-five years ; re^.ides at Hooksett, N. H. *i63. William Augu.stus, b. 13 April, 1861.
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Charles Augustus^ [ ]\'illiam Auoiishis'', Thonuis^, T!io]nas\ Thomas', TJioinas'^, Tlio)nas'~\, was born 27 Jan., 1826. He married, 1 Jan., 1851, Mary bdiza Douglass. He died 18 Sept., 1867. He was edu- cated in the public schools of Worcester and at Wil- liston Seminary at East Hampton, Mass. After an apprenticeship with his father he was admitt(;d into partnership and became the executive head of die iron foundry establishment in Worcester. He was a man of refined scholarly tastes, and made a tour of 1 ".u- rope with great pleasure and profit. He was an ar- dent Republican in politics, and a Unitarian in relig- ion. He held several official positions in Worcester,
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until his failinfT health oblic'cd him to retire from of- fice and from acti^/e business. Children:
164. WILLIAM StEI'HEN, b. iQ Oct., iSsS", d. 28
Apr., 1856.
165. Annie Doluu.ass, b. 15 Oct., 1861; d. loSept.,
1862.
166. Charles L>ouclass, b. 9 Nov., 1805.
William Fisl::e^ \]Vi//iaiJi Auo;iLstu^\ ThoDias^, Thorn a s\ Tlionias\ Thomas^ TliO)itas'"\, \\'as born 24 June, 1S30. He married, 13 Sept., 1854, Adaline Barry Young-. He was educated at Harvard Uni versity, class of 1852, and went to liurope soon aftei his graduation. A weakness of his eyes obliged him to abandon the profession of medicine, which he had intended to pursue. Having a taste for agriculture, he purchased a farm at Trafton, Mass., and conducted a private school for boys, in connection therewith, until the breaking out of the W^arof Rebellion, when he enlisted and was chosen Captain of the Trafton company in the 51st l-^egt. of Mass. Vols. He has sipce the war been broken down in health and given up active business. He is a Unitarian in religion. and a Republican in politics. He resides in Philadelphia.
Children:
167. Frank Aeeen, b. 29 Sept., 1859.
168. Charles Si-ra(;ue, b. 7 Jan., 1863, d. 24 Nov.,
1865.
169. Ada Maria, b. 14 Nov., 1865.
170. TiiOiNLAS, b. 14 Sept., 1868.
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Moses Allen^ | U^illiain Anoiistus\ T/ioDias^, T/uvnas'', Thomas'', Tho)nas\ T/io?)/as'-'\, was born 19 Aug., 1838. Married, iS Jan., 1865, Helen Marion Erwin. lie died 28 Nov., 188-I. He was educated in the public schools of Worcester and at Groton, Mass, He was in the office of his father's foundry, in Worcester, for a number of years, until his failing- health induced him to lead an out-door life. He af- terward enofaefed in farmino; on an estate in the out- skirts of Worcester, where he resided until his death. In politics he was a Republican, and he was a regular attendant at the Unitarian church in Worcester un- der Dr. Alonzo Hill's pastorate. His wife still re- sides in Worcester.
Children:
171. MusE.s Allen, b. 18 Mch., 1866.
172. Harriet Erwin, b. 18 July, 1867.
173. F.VNNY, b. 26 Aug., 1869.
174. Helen Eliza, b. 27 June, 1872.
175. Marion Barnard, b. 4 Feb., 1877.
George Warren^ \Jo/t)i^, Danicl\ John^, Da)iiel\ T/iO)fias\ Thomas^, Tho]iiay\, was born in Cumber- land iVlills, Me., 6 Feb., 1864." Married, 3 Sept., 1888, Florence Winslow, daughter of James Neal and Miriam ( Libby) Winslow of Portland. He resides at Cumberland Mills, Me., where he is eiiLfacred in the coal trade with his fatlier. He is a Republican in politics and a Congregationalist in religion.
Children :
176. Grace Winslow, b. 3 Sept., 1889.
177. George Warren, Jr., b. 1 Nov., 1890,
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Charles Gardner' [(y/ar/iS Ilcury^', .Amos Decur' A)uos^, ^linos^, TJioiiias'', 7//oi/ias\ llioii>as'\, was born in Soutl. Danvers (now Peabody), Mass., 21 Sept., i!:;55. 1 le graduated from l^owdoln Collccic in 1876. After hi;, graduation he was principal ot the Win- cl.endon Mass., High School for two years and subse-' quently 'engaged in literary work. In 1S81 he pub- lished " Who Wrote It," an index to the authorship of the n ore famous works in ancient and modern literaturt,', a work which was begun by his uncle, the late William A. Wheeler of Boston. This was fol- lowed b)' " Familiar Allusions," a valuable handbook of misce.laneous information, which was also begun b)' his Uncle William. . In i<So3 he published a vol- ume entitled " Course of Empire," and in 1889 an " Appendix to Dictionary of Noted Names of Fic- tion." I le is at present engaged in artistic cabinet work in Winchendon, where he resides. In politics he is a Republican, and in religion a Unitarian. He is unmarrietj.
Walter Kendall \\Villia)u An^^tstus^, Amos Dcaii', ^■linos'', Aiiios^ TJionias\ Thoiuas,'^ TJtonias^\ was born in Duxbury, Mass., 19 Oct., i860. He m.irried, 2 Nov., 1887, lennie 1\I. bowles of Topsham, Me., daughter of George S. aiul Leonisa (Barker) Fv)wles of Newcastle, Me. He was educatt;d in the public schools of Dorchester and Roxbury, Mass., and at the private school of J. I*. Hopkinson, Boston. He then learned the trade of caljinet-maker, [uusuing that occupation for several yc:ars, and then entered the employ of the Old C'olony Railroad Company as
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a Ccir builder, residing in Jamaica Plain, T\lass. On the I St of June, 1891, he entered the employ oC 1). 15. Whitney, Winchcuidon, Mass., as a pattern-mal.v-r, and moved with hi: family to that place, where he now resides. In pt)litics he is an lndei)en.dent, with a stron*'- leaning toward Mationalism, and an advo- cate of free trade. In religion he is a Unitarian. Children:
178. Rai.I'II Kendall, h. at Jamaica Plain, 15 Se[)t.,
1889.
179. Walter Kendall, b. at janiaica Plain, 5 Mar.,
1891.
Alvaro Santos^ \ U7///dni A:(^-i^s/:/s\ .Imos DcaiiT, Amos\ A/uos^, T!:ouias\ 'rhonias\ Thomas' \, was born in Roxbury, M;.ss., i Aug., 1865. He mar- ried, 4 Oct., 1887, Nellie Lee Hall, daughter of David F. and Sarah Abbott (Cram) Hall of Rox- bury. He was educated in the public schools of Boston, at the Franklin I'amily School in Topsham, Me , and at the private school of John P. Hopkinson in boston. In 1880 he entered the employ of Messrs. Houghton, Mifllin & Co., publishers, and for six years was the cashier of their Boston othce. In 1 89 1 he was api>ointed, by the same firm, bnsiness manacrer of the Atlantic Moiitlily, which position he now Occupies. He is liberal in his religious views and non-sectarian. In politics he is nKle[)en.lent, leaning, in National affairs, toward Democrats ot the Cleveland sort; a belie\er in free trade, and an ad- vocate of the single tax theory as advanced by Henry George.
Child: iSo. Harold Francis, b. m Boston 27 July, 1888.
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Harry Amos' [Hcn?'y lliwrcn^, yhuos Dea)i\ Aifios^, ^liuos'\ Tlioinas'^, TlhHiias^, TliO))ia<r\ was born in Roxbury, Mass., 14 Jan., 1866. He was educated in the puljlic scliools of Boston, graduating from the East Boston High School in 1H83. After leaving school he entered a wholesale window glass establishment in Boston, to h arn the business, and is now occupying a respc^nsible and lucrative posi- tion. He resides in Medford ( Wellington Station). In politics he is an Independent Republican, and in religion a Unitarian. He is ui married.
Henry Adams" \Charlc> Henry^, CJiarlcs\ T/ioinas", Thomas'^, Thonias\ Thomas^, Tito})tas'\ was born in Goffs Falls, N. H., 3 Apr., 1844. He re- ceived a common si:hool and academical education. He is a farmer and resides in Hooksett, N. H. He has served as Selectman of tne town of Bow for three years. In politics he is a Democrat. He usually attends the Methodist church.
William Augustus^ | CJuu !cs Hcnry\ Charles', TlioDias^, T/iO)nas^, '/7ioinas\ T/:o)nas-\ llio))ias'\ was born at Hooksett, N. tl., 13 Apr , 1S61. He received a common school and academical education Here- sides in Hooksett, N. H. He is a farmer by occu- pation, a Democrat in politics, and a Congregation- alist in religion. 8
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Kxxtn ^amilig.
Enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare ihyscU to the search of their fathers. — y^i, viii, 8.
THE WARREN FAMILY.
The name, Warren, was derived from the n...ne ot the Manor of WiUiam, Earl Warren, which was > ailed fief of W^arrenne, or as some have supposetl, fiom a rabbit warren which stood near by on his groi ads.* He was a Norman baron of Danish extraction. He accom}ianied William the Concjiieror on his e\[jedition to England; fought at the battle of Hastings, io66; was reAv'arded with riches that were shorn Iri/ia the intrepid Saxons; and won the confidence ui the Court to such an extent that when the kin ; left England on a visit to his native land, Earl Warren was ap[)ointed one of the two guardians of the Iving- dom.f From this ancestry the Warrens are followed down throufdi earls, hnii-hts and commoners to the period of the colonization of America. 'Ihen emi- grants of this name settled in Plymouth, WaterLown and lioston, but no proof has been discovered of a connection between these families. A'/c/^cin/ was t\m first of the name to sc;tlle in America. He came in the " Mayllowcr " and settled in Plymouth, /o/^u came fiom England to Watertown in 1630, and an- other _/.'/';/ settled in Hcjston the same year. Among the Yir.;inia colonists, also, there were two Wanens, Joseph, who came from England in the ship "Alice" in 1635 and afterward settled in New England, and John, who came in 1635 in the " Plaine Joan."
* New England Genealogical Register,
f Geneal'.gy of Warren, wiili some liistuiical sketches, by Ur. J, C. Warren, Boston, 185^.
62 Wheeler and Warren I^amilies.
John Warren, of Boston, was the first Ajiieric\in ancestor of the family herein recorded. He came with Governor VVinthrop in the " Arabella," aiid arrived in Salem 12 June, 1630. From Salem he, with tin rcsl ill ihi-. comiiaiiy, Weill lo ( liarlcslovvii, \vli< m ( , altera In ltd Larry, they \vc:iiL U> Hoslon, when: a Imal settlement was made. The name of John Wan on apjjears in the first list of those who took the freeman's oath, 18 May, 1631. This John was doubtless the father of Peter, whose eldest son was named John.*
Peter Warren, born in 162S, is first mentioned in Suffolk Deeds as purchasing land in Boston, on Essex street, 8 Mar., 1659, and is there styled " Mar- riner." He married, first, vSarah, daughter of Robert Tucker, of Dorchester, i Aug., 1660, by whom he had JoJui, born 8 Sept., 1661; Joseph, born 19 Feb., 16(^3; BciiJiDii!. I, horn. 25 Jidy, 1665; Elizabetli,\:>o\:\\ 4 Jan., 1667; Robert, born 14 Dec, 1670; Ebeiiczer, born 11 Feb., 1672; Peter, born 20 Apr., 1676. He married, second, Hannah, by whom he had HaiinaJi, born 19 May, 1680; Mary, born 24 Nov., 1683; Robert, born 24 Dec, 1684. He married, third, Esther, by whom he had no children."' Of these children Joseph had a son Joseph, who was father of General Joseph of Revolutionary fame.
Ebeni.zer Warren, who was born in 1714 and set- tled in Leicester, was, with very little doubt, a grand- son of Peter, but which of Peter's sons was Ids father is' uncertain. It is the family tradition, coming through three lines from Ebenezer, of Leicester, that his (Ebenezer's) children were cousins to (jencral Joseph. If they were first cousins, then he was uncle to the General, but it is an established fact that the General's uncle Ebenezer was born in 1699 and died
* Genealogy of Warren.
The Warren Fandlij. G3
in Roxbury in 1756, while I'Ibenezer, of Leicester, was not born until 1714, and died in iSoo. The family tradition is, however, so positive and so general among the descendants, that it jnust have had some founda- tion in fact, ;ind the most natural solution of the cjues- tion is that ihe father of the General anil Kbene/er, of Leicester, were cousin:, instead of broihers, and the children of ihe latter .vcW/v^/ cousins tu the General instead of cousins, a distinction of which Kbenezcr's descendants have lost sidit. The name, Ebene/er, is frequent amono- the descendants of i^eter, and is not found in the \\^itertown or Plymouih families of that period. There is, then-fore, no reasonable doubt that Ebenezer, of Leicester, was a descendant of John, through lY't( r, and the evidence seems to be conclu- sive that he was a grandsori of Peter, but, as the line cannot be traced, this record will be^fin with Ebenezer, of Leicester.
It is wortliy of note, in passing, that a well-informed member of the family asserts that " ncnie of Eben- ezer's descendants used tobacco in any form until 1857, and but few use it now; " also that " onl)' one has been arrested for crime, and that was for a minor offense. The name has been well honored."
EBENEZER WARREN, OF LEICESTER, AND HIS l)b:SCENDANTS.
Ebeneze..' "Warren lirst appears in Leicester in 1744, at which time he bought of Pa! rick Watson, for ^11 2 10s., three acres of land wiili a dwelling- house, bark-house, mill-house, beam-house and tan- yard. The land compriseil a portion of the farm now owned by Edward VVarren. In the d( ed conveying the property he is styled " of Medford," but the rec-
64 Wheeler and Warren FaniUles.
ords of that town contain no account of hiai, anel it is probable that his residence there had bec:.i of short duration. It is not positively known who liis parents were. There is, however, little douljt thai he was a j^randson of Peter, of Boston. Joseph \\ arren, of Leicester, grandson of Ebenezer, made a written statement that the latter was born in Charh:stown in 1 714. This statement is not substantiated by the records of Charlestown, but no evidence has b^.-en found to refute it. Very little is kno\\n of his life and char- acter beyond the fact that he was a man of intelligence and of good repute. He was evidently quite' success- ful in business, as he added largely t(j Ids pcjssessions, owning, a few years before his death, about one hun- dred acres of land, besides his dwellingdiuuse and tanyard buildings. He died in tSoo and was buried in Leicester, but no gravestone marks the bi)Ot.
He married Lydia Harrington, of Inookfuld, Mass. Nothing is known concerning her, excepting that she became insane and it was found necessary to secure her with a chain, fastened to a bolt in the kitchen, to prevent her from running away. Slie dieil in 1 795.
The dwelling-house namc;d in the deed wa^^ a small, one-story building situated on the north siile of the road to Spencer, a short distance east of the road to Paxton. The tanyard was on the opposite side of the road, a little farther east. About the year 1780 he built a new house a short distance east ot the old one. It was laroer than the lirst, two stoiies hiiih, with an ell of one story in the rear. Upon (lie death of Lbene/er the house descendcul to his sou I'dijah, and from him to his son Henr)' Llijah, by whom it was demolished about the year i860.
Children :
2. Lydia, b. 24 Nov., 1746; d. 7 Aug., 1748.
The ]Var?'cn Family. 65
3. Ebenezer, b. 27 Dec, 1748; d. 13 Feb., 1753. *4. Jonathan, b. 27 Nov., 1750.
5. Lydia, b. 6 Dec, 1752; m. 31 l\Ich., 1774, Ab- ner Dunbar; he was b. 9 Apr., 1753; their son Eboiezcr, b. 29 Mch., 1777; d. 28 Oct., 1877 ; his centennial was celeliratcd 29 Mch., 1877; ^<^^iii^ g'c-nerations were present; up to that time not one of his descendants liad died ; he retained his faculties to the last, eat- ing supper wiih the famil)^ the nigliL before his deatii ; he was orandfathcr of )ohn D. Clark, ^[alconi G. Clark, and Mrs. F. A. Blake of Roclidale, Mass. *6. Ebenezer, b. 9 June, 1754.
7. Esther, b. ; m., in 1782, Daniel Newhall
of Brookfield, Mass.; resided in Alstcad, N. H.; ch.: John, Sally, and several others.
8. Hannah, b. ; m., in 1781, Levi Chllson ;
resided in Leicester; ch. : Lydia, IVar r^'n, Jivi,
Humes, Ebenc.cr, Saiiuicl, BasiiictJi.
*9. Elijah, b, , i 75S.
10. Sally, b. ; \\\., in 1786, Thadeus l/phani;
resided in Watcrtown ; ch. : Lcivis or Lots,
Otis, Mary, Sally.
\
Jonathan'', was born in Leicester, 2^ Nov., 1750. He married, first, 3 Jan,, 1775, Martha" Bc:mis, of Spencer. In 1796 slie fell in a fainting fit into the fire-place, where there was a large bed of oak tan burn- ing, and was burned to death. He married, second, Lucy How. She died u June, 1831. He was a tanner and resided wliere Horace Warren now lives.
*The History of Spencer and town records of Leicester -iw lite n;inie Martha, but accordinf,^ to family tradition it was Pi-nis. It will he noiiccd that there was a daughter Persis.
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66 Wheeler and Warren FarniLcs.
A portion of the old house still remains anl forms a part of the present oni . In 1797 he boiiLht a one- half inierest in the old tanyard, his hrotluM" Elij.th ownino the other half, and tOL';ether 1 hey tarried <n\ the business. He died, according to ovm account, } Dec, 1 )24, or, accordiu'^ to another, 20 Jan , 1827. Chihlren (Ijy wife P^lartha):
11. S. LLY, b. 13 Aug., 1775; m. John Beers.
12. Ji.snuA, b. 25 Jul), 1777; settled In VcM'niont. *I3. S 'MUEL, b. 31 Jnly (or 10 Sept.), 1779
'''14. JoMATHAN, b. 2 Dc'C, I 78-!.
15. Pt'i.LY, b. 16 June, 1785; d. 180C'.
16. I'l'-Ksis, b. 5 Mch., 1788; ni. i Apr., 1818, Aaron
.Sibley; shed. 21 June, 1819; ih.: irdrroi.h.
Feb., 1819; resides Auburn, Mass, ^'17, A:iasa, b, 16 Nov., 1790. ''■•18. Ji:ssE Smith, b. 18 Mch. (or Maj ), i7-;)h Chilciren (by wife Lui y):
19. Ki.iZA, b. 16 Feb., 1799; m. Parker,
20. S.M<.Aii, b. II Mch., 1 801 ; m. Cnrtis.
Ebeiiezer^ was born in Leicester, 9 June, 1754. He mauled Phoebe Garileld of Spencer. From Lei- cester he went to Rutland, INFiss., but did not stay there haig, and made a iiermancnt settlement at Hub- bardsto 1, Mass., where he dieel 17 Sept., 1819. His wife died i Aug,, 1829, aged y ;^. Fie was a tanner.
Children: ■"21, }li I':nezei<, b. 21 Jan., 1781. 22, Pi "iCHE, b. 25 Jan., 1783; m. 11 Oct., 1804, Moses Waite; she d. 29 (Jet., 1874; he d. 19 May, i87i,agedi)i ; ch.-./aii/cs/l'soii, b, 7 Dec, 1807; ^^' 9 M^i"-. 1861; I foracc, b. 5 ()ct., 1809; d, 15 Oct., 185M; JoJuL i}il>)ia}i, b. 29 Jan.,
The Warren FaiaUij. G7
1812; d. 8 Apr., 1831; Moses, \i. 24 Feb., 1814 Amandt, b. 29 Feb., 1S16; d. 8 June, 1816 Harrisihi, b. 23 Dec 1S17; d. 6 Aug., 1844 Increase Siwu.er, b. 1 Ma)-, 1820; Carlo, b. ( July, 1822; Addison, 1). 16 Aug., 1825. 23. Increase, 1). 7 Apr., 1785; in. 18 Dec, 1806, Patty ]\lcClenathan; remoxed to Westmore- land, N. II.; lie d. 14 July, 1872; shr d. 30 Aug., 1873; ch.: Lyiniui, d. in ilie army; Geors^e, Rebeeei and H'an/e, d. \'uuni.'; A^or- 7na)i, m Lillian Petty of Keene.
^24. Walter, [>. 28 i^.Iay, 1787. 25. Sally, b. 13 Feb., 1790; m. Prigham Davis; he d. 22 Aag., 1844, le. 59; she d. 26 A[)r., 1845; ch.: Caroline, h. 4 July, 1810; d. 16 May, 1816; John U'arren, b. 8 Sept., 1813; d. 10 Sept., 1845; IJarriel, b. 21 Feb., 1816; d. 21 Dec, 1816; Joseph I:., b. 29 jMch., 1820; d. 1 1 Mch., 1 831; Sarali Ann, b. 12 Aug., 1823; d. 12 Jan., 18 14; Carlo li., b. 31 May, 1826.
*26. Nathan, 1). 3 Oct., 1792.
^27. Samuel, b. 19 ^^dj., 1795.
28. Oliver, b. 7 May, 1797; d. 5 Oct., 1800.
29. Elijah, b. 7 Aug., 1800; m., 6 May, 1824, Sally
W. Smith; removed to Canada; she d. 10 Dec, 1843, '^- 42; 1"-. -second, 21 Mch., 1850, Louisa Kendall; she d. Aug., 18S0; he d. 7 Aug., i38o; cIl: Amanda Susan, b. 27 Jan., 1828; unmarried; resides at Lennowille, Can.; Elijah, 1). 13 I'eb., 1834; unmarried; resides at Lcnnoxville, Can.; Enima Louisa, b. 1851; m. James Wilson; resides in Canada; i henry Anios, Ahelvine, Sally, Ceon^e, F rede rich and seven others, all but two of whom died young.
68 Wheder and Warroi Fain'dit-s.
Elijah", was Lorn in Leicester in 175S. He mar- ried, first, in Aiarcli, 1781, Elizabeth WMueler, daughter of Amos and ^Iary Belclier (llenshaw*) Wheeler of Worcester. She was ho\'v\ 4 May, 1763, and died 30 Mcli., I'Soo. He married, second, 21 June, 1801, Mary Belcher WHieeler, a sister of his first wife. She was l)orn 19 Dec, 1774, and died 15 Aug., 1851. He died 18 July, 1843. ^^^ was a volunteer in the Revolutionary Army, antl was in the battle of White Plains, N. Y. Various transfers of real estate were made to him from his father be- tween the years 1783 and 1798, but, owing to the indefiniteness of the boundaries given in the deeds, it is impossible to locate, [)(3sitively, llic different lots, but they were apparently all in the western part of the town in the vicinity ol Horace and Edward Warren's. On the 5Lh of June, 1783, for ,{,500, Ebenezer deeded to Elijah the three acres of land with dwellinor-house, bark-house, mill-htjusc, beam- house and tanyard which he b^jught of Patrick Wat- son in 1744, together with twelve acres of land which he had purchased of Dorcas Smith, seventeen acres which he had bt)Ught of Daniel lienshaw, twenty acres bought of Capt. Daniel Denny, and four and three-quarters acres bought ol Col. Samuel Denny. The deed was a warrantee deed in which his wife joined. It would appear, however, that Ebenezer re- purchased at least a portion of the real estatii named in the deed abovt: mentioned, as we find that on the 23d of January, i 793, he nioylo;agcd the lirst-named three acres of land and the tanyard to Elijah for five shillings; and later, 17 Eeb., 1795, \\^ sold to Elijah
*She was a direct desci-ndani of \Villiain IIuiisIkuv of l.iiiicasliiri., Great Britain.
The Warren Family. 69
for /lOO, one acre, "being- the same land I pur- chased of Patrick Watson," with a d\velHnq--house and other buildings standing- thereon; and still later, 28 Jan., 1797, he sold one-half of the tan)'ard to h^lijah for $.88.34, Jonathan buying the other half at the same price; and, 25 June, 1798, he .-u)ld to Klijah for $500, ninety-seven acres of land, a portion of which seems to have been that named in the first- mentioned deed.-'' llic dwelling-house which I'dijah bought in 1 795 was doubtless the one erected by Ebenezer about 1780 and which descended to Henry Elijah, by ^vhom it was destroyed about i860 or a little later.
Of his life and character the Reverend Samuel May says : " He was a man of great worth and general estimation. The writer of this knew him only in the last five or six years of his life and has the impression that his age and some infirmities kept him closely at home. He was not an invalid, but is remembered as mostly in his arm-chiar, in the old and comfortable house opposite to the tanyard, where his years of in- dustry had been spent, and that he ap[jeared older even than his years. His mind continued clear, his memory good, his spirit and manners gentle and kindly. Not of many words, he was alive to the in- terests of those about him, and gave cordial welcome to his friends. His old age seemed unusually cheer- ful and serene. As a citizen and neighbor he main- tained a position of confidence and respect."
His first wife is said to have been a most estimable woman, but there is no one who can speak from [)er- sonal knowledge concerning her. Of his second wife, Mary, Mr. May says: "She had passed the
*'riie deeds refciiod lu urc in tin; possession of Edvs.iid Waiicn, Lcices- tir.
70 Wheeler and Warren. Litmilles.
prime of life when the |)rcsent writer became ac- quainted with her. She already possessed a ripeness of character whicli seemed to fcill short of nothin^^'- desirable in life. This is much to say; but it is said with deep conviction of its truth by one whose mem- ory of over eighty years inchak.-s many noble ex- amples of uprig-ht men and honorable women. Tlu: faithfulness and gentleness with which she did all her duty as wife, st(p-mothc;r and mother, grew with her years. No loss or trial impaired her faith or lessened her trust in the Divine Goodness; so that she was a living light and blessing to all who knew her. By all her experiences of life she was made ready to welcome the Unitarian taith as it became known to her in middle life ; and when the Unitarian Church in Leicester was formed she connected her- self with it with a simple dignity and modesty whicli gave new beauty to her always beautiful and gracious life. In her day it had not come into vogue — what may even now be too much of a fashion — to form societies of the King's Daughters, but if that title can ever belong to women in this life, beyond a doubt it belonged to her."
On the 17th of Sept., 1863, there was a remarkable and interestin«f meetiu'r of eioht of the children of Elijah at the old homestead in Leicester. Some of the elder children left home before the younger ones were born, and this was the first and only time that they were all together during their lives. There were present Amos, Joseph, Betsey, Lydia, Mary, Charlotte, Louisa and Henry. The eldest of the number was 81 and the youngest 54. Before they parted there was a large and excellent photograph taken of the group.*
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Children (by wife Elizabeth): *2)0. Amos, b. 25 July, 17S2. ''■31. JosErri, b. 8 Jan., 1784.
32. Betsey, b. 17 Oct., 17S5; m. JonaLhan IJond;
no children ; she d. 10 I\lar., 187 l
33. LvDiA, b. 29 Mar., 1788; unmarried; d. i JcUi.,
1870.
34. Mary Wii!:eler, b. 23 May, i 7qo ; m. Sin\con
Chapin ; he was b. 18 May, 171)1 ; he d. 15 }une, 1865; she d. 6 Vch., 1871 ; ch,; Eliza Warren Sawyer, CJiarlotle Wlicclcr, Catha- rine Hens haw ; lived in Lisbon, 111., where daughters CIiarlotte'AWfiS. Catharine now reside.
35. Charlotte, b. 8 Au^., 1792; m. 21 Nov.. 1811,
Rufus Fuller of Kaston, Mass.; he vvas b. in Attleboro 26 Oct., 1786; he d. 3 Oct., 18 | 2 ; she d. 31 Mar., 1886, aged 93 yrs., 7 Uios., 23 days; they resided in Leicester; her life w;is uneventful ; she was not blessei.1 with riches, and it cost her many a struggle with [poverty to educate and provide for her large landly, but the last forty years of her lile were, by her children, made comfortable and pleasant, and her last years were serene and happy and of blessed memory ; ch.: Charlotte IVarren, b. in Easton 3 Oct., 1812 ; m. 28 Dec, 1831, Samuel Southgate ; she d. 24 Api., 1887; \nt d. 5 Jan., 1877; ^'^ll-i^ ICheeler, b. in Easton 4 June, 1814; m. Corey McFarland ; she d. in Worcester 14 Miiy, 1844; //enry Riij'us, b. in Warren, Mass., 11 July, 1817, d. in Wor- cester 23 Sept., 1843; Charles . I H^^iis'ns, b. in Warren, Mass., 24 Apr., 1819; m. 1 Jan.,
1845, Ann Pcudine Hastings; she d. ;
Sarah Warren, b. in Leicester 7 Aug., 1824;
'''^ W/ieeler and War/\ a Families.
unmarried; resides in Leicester ; GV^yv'-^ Alonzo, b. in Leicester, ; Nov., 1827; m.^S June, 1854, Martha Scott; she d. in Provi- dence, R. L, 25 \)i:iQ.., 1889, •'^g'^^l 62 yrs., 9 mos.; he resides in P/ovidence ; is President of the Stedman & Fuller Mfo-. Co.; one ch., Lotta Persis, who m. Arthur L.^Kelley; Ruf/:s, b. in Leicester 3 \ug.. 1830; m. 1st, 11 Apr., 1855, Lucy RanL;er Lamb; she d. 14 May, 1862 ; he m. 2d, 26 Apr., 1865, Abbie IJrus- cilla Lamb, sister of his llrst wife; I\Iarshall, b. in Leicester 10 Dec, 1834; m. ist, 8 Jan., 1862, Jennie, dau. of Jonas L. Warren ; she d. in Leicester 17 Nov., 1S66, aged 23 yrs.; he m. 2d, 22 Jan., 1808, Carohne Ehzabeth Walker; he d. in Worcester i Jan., 1 S80. Children (by wife Mary) :
36. S.\R.ui Hensiiaw, b. 20 PsLir., 1802 ; unmarried; d. 16 June, 1823.
2^-]. Catuarine Hensiiaw, b. 21 July, 1804; unmar- ried ; d. 17 July, 1828.
1%. Louisa Amelia, b. 18 Aug-., 1807; m. 25 Auo-., 1830, Amos Dean Wheeler ; resides \\\ Brunswick, Me.; she is the only sinwiving- grandchild of Ebenezcr. *39. Hem;v Elijah, b. 4 July, 1809.
40. Antoinette Frances Tucker, b. 21 June, 181 7; d. 8 Jan., 1819.
IS
Samuel^ [Jonathan' |, was born in Leicester, Mass., TO Sept., 1779. He married, in 1806, Sally Gould- ing, daughter of Captain Jonah Goulding. Settled in Auburn, ]\Liss. Fie was a prominent citizen and a zealous Baptist. He was baptized in i8io and
( EORGE A. FULLER.
The Warren Family. 73
united with the church in 1814. Subsequently he and his father-in-law, Goulding, erected a meeting- house on iheir farm and, soon after, a church was organized and a pastor settled. Me was a deacon at the time of his death, which occurred 10 Sept., 1832. He was a tanner by trade.
Children : *4i. Waterman Goulding, b. 16 May, 1807. *42. Elbriuge Gerry, b. 27 Mch., 1810. ■^43. Jonah Goulding, b. 11 Sept., 181 2. *44. Samuel, b. 31 Oct., 18 16. *45. John, b. 27 Nov. 18 19.
46. Sarah Jane, b. 10 Apr., 1825; d. 26 Mch., 1843. *47. George, b. 9 Dec, 183 1.
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Jonathan^ [Jonaihan'], was born in Leicester in 1786. tie married, 12 June, 1816, Mary Livermore, of Leicester. She died 8 Aug., 1839. ^^^ <\\Qd 24 Sept., 1845. H^ resided in Leicester and was a tanner.
Children : *48. Jonas L., b. 14 Dec, 1818.
49. Martilv, b. 6 Apr., 1820; m. Ashel Spring; no
children.
50. Sarah, b. 12 Sept., 1823; m. Daniel l^arker;
four children; she d. in Chicago, 8 Apr., 1861.
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Amasa^ \^Jonathan''\ was born in the south-west part of Leicester, 16 Nov., 1790. He married, 22 May, 1 8 14, Lydia Goodrich Porter, daughter of Nathan and Marcy (Larncd) Porter, of East Brook- field. About 1820 he removed to the north-west 10
74 Wheeler and Warren Families.
part of Leicester where he llveJ until his death, lie was a tanner, quite successful in business, leaviniL;' a fair estate. He was a good citizen, but not [jronii- nent in public affairs, lie was a men. her ol the Masonic fraternity. He attended the Bajtist church, but was unsectarian and liberal in his reli dous vi^nvs. He died in Leicester in Dec, 1826. Children :
51. Caroline, b. 30 Nov., 1815; d. 8 Jan., 1817, "^52. Leonard, b. 24 Feb., 1817.
53. Adaline, b. 27 Feb., i8u,; d. 16 A^)r., 1819. *54. Otis, b, 8 Sept., 1820.
55. Emeline, b. 9 Jan., 1823 : m., in i'42, George
Bemis, 2d; resides in Spencer; ch.: CZ/ar/iS JV., b. 1846; Ejiiily P., b. 1849; ^^v/rr Ji., b. 1853; Jo/uL Q., b. 1855; sons all settled in Kansas.
56. Nathan, b. 20 Mch., 1825; unmarried; mer-
chant ; resides at East Brookfieli, Mass.
57. Lvdia Ann, b. 13 June, 1827; ni., in 1846,
William H. Willard; slie d. in \ /orcc stcr, 9 June, 1867; ch.: IVai'rc'ii E., i\l try (dead), Harry, Eviuia, Jcmiic (dead), G.orgc, \\ illie (dead), Alice.
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Jesse Smith^ \ Jonat/hur\, was born i i Leicester, Mass., in 1794. He married, 22 May, 1817, ?dary Griggs. She was born in Roxbury, M iss., (; July, 1797. She died 18 Nov., 1870. He (iied 6 Apr., 1863. They resided in Charlton, Mass 1L-. was a farmer, but was accustomed to various .)CCU|)alions. He could shoe a horse, make a clothes-pi a or buihl a house. He sustained an unblemished cl;araclor. was faithful in his work and a pleasant comj anion. He
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was much interested in town affairs and was one of the assessors of Charlton. He wa: a 1 1 niversalist and strong in his convictions.
Children: ^58. William Dana, b. 20 Feb., 1810.
59. Ei^iMiRA, b. 16 Feb., 1820; unmarried; d. 26
Jan., 1842.
60. Harriet Willson, b. 7 Aug., 181:3 ; unmarried;
d. 27 Feb., 1842.
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Ebenezer^ [Ebenc'rjei^'\, was born in Ilulibardston, Mass., 21 Jan., 1781. He married, 29 l\lar., 1803, Hepzibah Waite. She died 8 June, 1852. He died 15 Oct., 1859. He was educated in ilie public schools ot Hubbardston, where he livnl for the greater part of his life. He was a farnu.r, but in addition to the care of his farm, in whiter he worked out chair stock for a chair manufactory. In politics he was a Whig ; in religion a Hnitari m.
Children: ■^'61. Samuel, b. 3 Sept., 1804.
62. Mary Ann, b. 23 Jan., 1S06; m. 19 Mar., 1828,
Rufus Holden of Winchendon ; d. 19 Apr., 1S32 ; she d. 14 Apr., 1832 ; cli.: Alcuy sUul Jaiif, b. ; d. 31 July, 1849, ''^' ' 7-
63. Oliver, b. 27 July, 1809; d. 29 Oct., 18 10.
^64. EliENEZER ClIAl'MAN, b. U^June, 181 2.
65. y\LiCE W., b. 27 Feb., 1814; m. 2^ Oct., 1833, lienjamin F. Coleman ; she d. 16 1 )ec., 1887 ; ch.: Alice JiDLC, b. 9 Jan., 1831; /Jin/'aun'/i Franklin, b. 7 Aug., 1836; d. 31 ( )ct., i860; ChristopJicr A [civ in, b. 29 0(:t., j 840 ; d. 2 Jan., 1861 ; Delia Ann, b. 5 Dec, 1840 ; d. 16 Aug., 1873.
76 V^heelev and Wary^en Fain'du's.
66. Sumner, b. 16 Feb., 1816; m. 21 Apr., iS.jO,
Harriet Bennett; d. 20 June, 1852 ; no ch
67. LoLs, b. 7 Mar., 1S18; m. 20 JNlay, 1847, i-n' ^^
Sawyer; resides at Gardner, Ma.ss.; eh.: S. IVarrcn, b. 18 Sept., 1848; £//d /., b. 4 June, 1853.
68. Joseph Garunek, b. 22 No\^, 1819; ni. 1st, :; i
Jan., 1847, Jane (McNeal) Flao-g- ; sh^ d. 19 May, 1849, ^^'- 4-; "i- 2d, J9 July, 1864, Nellie E. Adams; ^\\.: JoscpJiiiic Gco7'gia)uia, b. 6 Feb., 1849; "^- -o ^ct., Dvvio-ht L. Herriek of Chesterfield ; resides at Brattleboro, Vt.
69. RoxA, b. 30 Nov., 1824 ; d. 14 May, 1826.
Walter^ \Ebc)ieza"\, was born in Hubbardstoii, Mass., 28 May, 1787. lie married, i^] May, i8iu, Lucy Moulton. He di(.:d 23 Jan., 18 14.
Children:
70. Emily, b. 20 May, 1810; n-i. 6 Oct., 1835, .\br..-
ham H. Wilson; he d. 14 Dec, 1876; she d. 31 Jan., 1851.
71. John G., b. 14 Feb., 1812 ; d. 28 Feb., 181 9.
Nathan^ \El>cnczcr'\, w^'t^, born in 1 lubbarilston, Mass., 3 Oct., 1792. He married, first, in N(n'., 1815, Dolly B. Howe of Templeton. .She died j 1 Sept., 1821, aged 28. He marrieil, second, 27 May, 1822, Betsey Davis of Templclon. She died 23 Aul;., 1 87 j. He died 9 Apr., 1841.
Children:
72. Jane H., b. 29 May, 1820; d. 26 Feb., 1825.
73. Dolly Howe, b. 24 May, 1823; m. 17 Oct.,
1842, John Davis; he d. 23 Oct., i8;o, . . 5;.
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*74. Walter, b. 5 June, 1824.
75. Lea-\M)ER W., b. II Sept., 1825; m. Lucy IJow-
ker of rhillipston ; he cl. 12 Aul;., 1S73.
76. Jane H., b. 20 Aul;-., 1828; in. 30 Dec, 1847,
Benjamin F. Pond; resides at Sandy Creek, N. Y. yy. Hudson, b. i May, 1830; d. 21 Mar., 1869.
78. Betsey Davis, b. 27 Feb., 1836; ni. 15 Jan.,
1857, J. Blake Pierce of Royalston ; she d. 18 Ditc, 1857.
Samuel^ \_Ebenc::er'''\, was born in llubbardston, Mass., 19 Feb., 1705. He married, i Au^.. iSio. Mary Ann Phillips/ Hj di.d o 1\\-. ;S.n^ >lu- c.\ti 3 A;r.. 1:^:4.
Children :
79. Ciii.OE, b. II Aug., 1816.
80. Abigail, b. 7 Aug., 1817; d. 15 P^eb., 18 19.
81. AiaGAiL H., b. ; m. 6 Dec., iS|.?. Cliarles
Conant of Barre.
82. PiiHrE A., b. — — •; m.. isi .\ddison. riiinv, vK>d:
nr., 2d. Hanimct nilliri;;s of Boskm.
83. Ri.Fus, b. .
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Amos^ [i?./;;:?/.-!, was born m l.c-jrcslrr, j, July I7^>^^ He marrir,], n,-.,t, Sophi.i I b.hu.-, SI, u ,,', '""" ' '. •^^•■y. '•/■•'- •"•'! di. .1 in \\ .,,.4 ,|.,, ,. \ I., \'- June, 1:^25. He married, second, 3 (),l.. i.Sj- ;\'i ,'.'
Caroline G. (Shurtlelf) Chapm.in. ' sh.- ^ , 1,.,,,, , Aug 1783. and died .3 ,SepL, ,s,.. M, .„,,,„ 4 ^'^"■*'' 'I )""•■' ''^M, •^^•'I'y P. .. . 4)., 4,. I , 1 ,)
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1865, aged 75 years. lie was cducateil at llic com- mon schools of Leict;sLer. In early life lie set Lied in Woodstock, Vt., where he died 26 I'eb., 1865. 1 le was a tanner and accumulated considerable wealth, hut met with losses and was in rather reduced ^ ircum- stances at the time of his death. He was a man of good judgment, of sound common sense, and of strict integrity. He was a member of the Episcopal church.
Children (by wife Sophia): *85. Ciiaki.es Walton, b. 25 Oct., 1806.
86. Hi:nkv A., b. 28 Dec, 1807; unmarried; died in
Woodstock, 17 June, 187c).
87. Caroline F., b. 6 Aug., 1809; m. Woods;
she d. 12 July, 1836.
88. Mary E., b. 26 Mch., 181 1; m. Dr. Thomas E.
Powers; she d. 4 Se[)t., 1874; he d. 28 Dec, 1876; ch. : Ada, m. Charles Anderson; she d. 15 Nov., 18G2, a;. 29.
89. Lucv Ann, b. 13 IMch., 1814; m. W. H. Camj)
of Owego, N. Y.
*90. Amos W., b. 13 Mch., 1816. 91. Soi'iHA H., b. 24 l)ec., 1818; m. 10 Aug., 1836, Dr. Richard H. Colfax of New York; she d. 2 Apr., 1839; he d. 3 May, 1841; ch.: Harriet, b. 17 May, 1837; m., about i860, John H. Bates of Kalamazoo.
*92. Georce Wasiiinc'ion, b. 15 May, 1821. Child (by wife Caroline): 93. Harriet Woou, b. 14 June, 1826; m. 28 Oct., 1S46, F. A. (iarfield; lived in Highgate, Vt.; he d. about 1848; ch.: I'^rcdcrick A., lived 6 mos. ; she m., 2d, 14 June, 1854, Dr. Charles L. Allen of Mitldleluuy, Vt.; she d. 2- Apr., 1858; lied. 2 July, 1890; ch.: I'^ranccs Louisa,
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b. 21 May, 1855; ni. 16 Dec, 1S75, I'Mwanil D. Page of Rutl.ind, Vl.; resides at < )aklan(l, Cal.; no children; Ilajrict \\'\ir)\'}i,\). () \\)X., 1858; m. 2 Aul;. , 1883, '^^'^'- Jol^'^ C. Uoddard of New I.omlon, Conn.; rc.'sides at Salisbury, Conn.; ch.: Catharine, b. 1 July, 1884; IMiriam and Rose, b. 5 -Vug., 1885; Charles /Vllen, b. 24 Dec, 1886, John Calvin, b. 31 July, 1888; Louisa Page, b. .25 Apr., 1S90.
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Joseph^ [Elija/r\, was born in Leicester, Mass., 8 )an., 1784. Me married, Jan., iSii, Sail)' (ireenc of Hrookfield. He lived in Leicester and pursued the occupation of a tanner with his father, ami also carried on a farm. He was named for General Joseph Warren, and was quite proud of the fact. Me died 25 Feb., 1865. His wife died Feb., i86-|. Me was a genial, kincbhearted man, a good citizen, and a oood neitrhbor. Children:
94. Caroline, b. 23 Nov., iNii; m. Nelson Waite; ch.: Horace, .-1/oji.zo, (icor>^r, JUiza, Sarah Louisa, iMary fane, lillcii, Lcaiidcr, Joseph Thomas. *95. Alhekt, b. I Sept., 181 3. ''^96. Leanj)i:r, b. 22 Aug., 18 15. '^97. CiiAKi.j'S Wiikkli:k, b. 7 Jul)-, 1818. 98. Li.i/.A, b. 24 Ai)r., 1822; m. 21 Dec, 1S53, FVanklin \Vhip[)le; resid(;s in Worceslrr, ]\hiss.; ch.: ALiry Ji/!a, b. 5 I'eb., 1S57; Dora Harriet, b. 23 Nov., 1858; d. \'uiing; Charles Pcrley, b. 8 Apr., i860; d. )<)ung. '^■99. HoRACJ':, b. 7 Oct., 1824.
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lOO. Sarah, b. 5 Apr., 1827; ni.. June, 18 jq, ( harlcs M. IIowc; resided in iMarlboro, Mas,.; .she d. 2 June, 1857; ch.: Ji//a /i.::aij, f/i, L. 5 Alch., 1 851; d. 14 Aug., 18 ,3; Albert Jo^.pJi, b. 24 May, 1853; Gra.\ l.iHa, b. 7 .Sept., 185 i-i ni. It; Se[)l., 1877, Kev. (ames H. Roberts of Hartford, Conn., and went to China, where the\' now reside; // alU r, b. 1 3 A|)r., 1856; ni., Jan., 1881, Susan VY. beUun of INIarlljoro; he resides at Hilo, island Ha- waii, Sandwich Ishmds; Sarah ]l\>i-rL,i, b. 16 May, 1857; d. at W^orccster, 31 I )ec., 1887.
Henry illijah^ | lilijaJr |, was born in Leicester, Mass., 4 July, 1809. He married, 3 ( )ct., 1839, Mary Whiiteniore, dauohu-r of John and Nancy (Howard) Whittemore ol Leicester. He died 5 July, 1865. Of his life and character the Revert iid Samuel May says: " Lie inherited the hue qucdities of character of his parents. Succeeding to his f.ithc r's business, he- enlarged it, and strove mosi dili^cMuly to maintain it And if faithful applicatioi. and prid)- ity could have commanded success, he muit have se- cured it. luit the competition of the rapiill) -growing- west, with iis ample means of manufacturing leather more easil)' and cheaply than could be d(.ae in New England, \\ as too much for even his courage and in- dustr)-. His severe and mortal illness in iniddle life was undoulitedly brought on by his too strenuous labors. But he had not wholly failed of i:V(m mate- rial successts. He jjuilt for himself and gro\. iuL; lamily a commoditHis and handsome residence, where also he made a home for his mother and step-^ister. He enlarged arid impro\ed the [Kitcrnal iari 1, and was
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ail industrious farmer as well as worker in leallier. Indeed he took upon himself labors bc:yond (jne man's strength. lie had early itlentifu'd himself with the Unitarian Society and church, then newly formed in Leicester, and was ever an exemplary and respected member of it. His widow still lives, hav- ing the respect of all who know lier. His children fill important places in life efficiently and honorably. His meniory is cherished as that of a true man, modest withal but brave and hopeful, affectionate in his home and faithful in his friendships."
Children: ■^'loi. Charles Henry, b. 27 June, 1840. *i02. George Howard, b. 29 June, 1842. 103. Mary Louisa, b. 9 b'eb., 1844; m. 14 b^eb., 1S77,
Stephen II. Hammond of Shelburne, Mass.;
resided at Sprin^;held, Mass.; no children;
she d. 3 June, 1884. *io4. Edward, b. 24 Feb., 1846.
105. Eliza, b. 10 Sept., 1847; m. 26 (^ct., 1869,
David H. Barnes of Spencer; no children; resides at Spencer, Mass.
106. Katharine, b. 6 June, 1851; m. 24 Feb, 1873,
Henry H, Sugden of Spencer; no children; he d. 5 July, 1878; she resides in Spen- cer,
107. Sarah, b. 7 June, 1853; m. 25 Nov., 1879,
Clarence A. White of Leicester; ch.: 0/ive Wheeler, b. 10 Apr., 18S1; Ralph Warren, b. 2 May, 1884; d. 12 Aug., 1884.
108. Ellen, b. 21 Feb., 1857; m. 20 Nov., 1878,
William b". Drake of Spencer; resides in Worcester; ch. : Ches/er Warren, h. 19 Apr., 1882; Helen Louise, b. 3 (3ct., 1887. 11
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Waterman Goulding' \'S(fj/n/r/\ /ofia/ ).i^r\, was born in Ward (now /\iiburn), Mass., on (heoKl Warren homestijad, in that part of the town Lnowi as West Auburn, i6 JMay, 1S07. Ih? niarric^d, 22 Apr., 1 S ;o, Mary b.ddy, daughter (jf Samuel and Lyda (Ilart) Eddy. She was born at Auburn, Mas.,., 7 1 rb., 1 Si'^o, and died 3 Sept., 18S7. lie died 7 Aug., i,;So. He belongc d to a family of tanners, his anrestois for four generations, on both his fatlu>r's and his motUer's side, having pursued that avocation. llis opj) >rluuities for obtaining an education were e.\tr ;mel\ limited. He worked upon his lather's farm antl in th.; lannery summeis and attended the district school winters. When l.e was married his wetlding present from his father was two dollars to pay tlie minister'h fee, and the loan of his old horse and "shay" with which to bring- home his bride. Two years after his marriage his father died and he inherited the ancestral tannery. He pursued the business of tanning with varying- success until 1840 when he removed tcj Hoi len, con- tinuing in the same business, in [partnership wilh his brother Samuel, for ten )ears. In the ^[Mang of 1850, this pari nership was dissolved by mutual consent and he purchased the Kdward Richardson tiuUnery located unedialf mile west of 1 lolden C'entre. Tin tannery was enlarg^ed and impro\'ed and the bu ,mes- success- fully continued for mort; than tw(jnt)-.ive )ears, his son Sanuiel being his [)artner lor a portion oi the time. In 1874 he formed a partnership will, his two other sons under the firm name oi 15. o 11. \V. War- ren cs: Co., and this company erected ihe briik lan- nery nearer Holden Centre. He still eonlinned llie business with his cdde:,t son, al the Riehard ,on lan-
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nery. The new tannery in its character and euuip- ment, its facilities for producing' card leatlur, \vlii>.h is its specialty, is probabi)', not surpassed b)- au) otlicr in the State. In 1882 the old tannery was abandoned and Samuel became a member of the firm coasistin^; of the father and three sons, the style being" changed to W. G. Warren & Sons. The business was suctess- fully continued, being carried on since the death (jf the father in 1886, b)' the three sons under the iirm- name of W. G. Warren's Sons.
lie was a devoted husband and father, kind-hearted and charitable; a man of good common sense, scnmd judgment and strictest integrity. He had maiked peculiarities and a strong personality. He was an ardent temperance man and a liberal sup[)orter uf all the moral reforms of his day. In early life he was an abolitionist and after the enactment of the b\igitive Slave law he made his home a refuge for the escap- in*"" bondman. Fie boldly proclaimed his sentiments in favor of liberty for the op[)ressed when such action meant scorn and persecution. He and his wife attended the Baptist church, but were not members of the church. Children:
109. Ann E., b. in Auburn, Mass., 13 b'eb., 1831; m. 9 Oct., 1862, Lester Williams; resides at H olden; he b. in West Springfield, Mass., 24 July, 1823; ch.: IVaicruicxn Lester, b. in H olden, Mass., 10 Aug., 1867; graduated, Amherst College, class of '91. no. Sus.\N Ellen, b. 27 Mch., 1833; resitles at H olden, Mass. *iii. Samuel, b. 15 Oct., 1834. "112. Beriiiikk, b. 22 Oct., 1836. *ii3. Henry Watekm.vn, b. i8 Mch., 1838.
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'^\h^\di^^Q^XXy'{Sa))niel\ Jonathait'\, was born 27 Mar., 1 8 10. He married, 9 April, 1834, Lydia Elvira Stone. He resides in Auburn, Mass. He carried on a tannery for thirty-nine years with his brother John, under the ijrm name of E. G. & J. Warren. The business is continued under the name of John Warren & Sons. He represented the town in the Legislature of 1862-3, and has held numerous positions of responsibility and trust. He is an Inde- pendent in politics and a llaptist in religion.
Children :
114. Erastus Stone, b. 6 Dec, 1835; d. i -^ Jan., 1840.
115. JuNAH G., b. 12 Oct., 1838; d. II Jan., 1840.
116. Ei.MRiDGE Gerry, Jr., b }^o Oct., 1840.
117. Mary L., b. 15 Mar., 1844. *ii8. Sherman Hall, b. 27 Nov., 1845.
119. Lydl^ a., b. 9 Mar., 1848; unmarried. Re-
sides at Auburn, Mass.
120. Elmira, b. 13 Mar., 1850; m. 15 Junt:, 1871,
Edwin Ryder of Oxford, Mass. He d. 19 May, 1882. She resides at Worcester, Mass.; ch. : Gertrude Elvira, b. i July, 1874.
121. Sallie Augusta, b. 27 July, 1852; m. 8 Dec,
1880, Edw^ard N. Davis, who was b. in .Spring- field, Vt., 28 Feb., 1852, and d. 17 Nov., 1882. She resides at Hrattleboro, Vt.
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Jonah Goulding'' {Samuel^, Jonaf/ian"'] was born at Auburn, Mass., 11 .Sept., 1812. He graduated at Brown University, class of 1835, and from New- ton Theological Institution in 1838. He was or- dained at North Oxford in the autumn of 1838,
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and immdiately settled as pastor of the Baptist church in Chicopee, Mass., where he remained till 1849, when he was called to 1 roy, N. Y., and labored in that city six years. In May of 1855 he was elected corresponding- secretar)' of the American Baptist Missionary Union, first in the home department, af- terward in the foreign, continuing in its service until 1872, when he resigned on account of failing health. The remainder of his days were spent in the quiet and peaceful surroundings of his home in Newton Centre. He received from Rochester University, in 1856, the degree of 1). D., and was a trustee of Brown University from 1858 to 1873.
An obituary notice says of him as a preacher: " His fervor of feelincr testified to the decree in which his own heart was penetrated by the truth, but did not tend to make the intellectual process less clear and strong, while every now and then the quaint indi- viduality of his style of expression made the most familiar truth seem fresh and original. ''■ * * He leaves the memory of a good man who served his own generation, by the will of God, with a high measure of devotion and efficiency." His death oc- curred 27 Feb., 1884. He married, first, at Cov- entry, R. I., I Nov., 1838, Penelope M. Water- man. She was born in Coventry, 17 Mar., 1812, and died in Troy, N. Y.. in 1850. He married, sec- ond, at Troy, N. Y., 17 Jan., 1852, Mrs. Susan- nah Gearn. She died in Troy, 22 Jan., 1889.
Children by wife Penelope : *i22. Andrew Fuller, b. in Chicopee, Mass., 12 Dec, 1842 ; and one or two others who died in infancy.
Children by wife Susannah : 123. P2mma Svhil, b. Nov, 1854 ; d. 1863.
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Samuel* [Safmie/', Jo)ial/iair~\ was born in Au- burn, Mass., 31 Oct., uSi6. He married, Sept., 1839, Georgianna Barton, of Spencer. She died in Holden, Mass., 27 Nov., 1849. Me married, second, Feb., 185 1, in Troy, N. Y., Mrs. Nancy ITao;g Trask, of Holden, Mass. She died 25 Sept., 1875. He married, third, Sarah EHzabeth Rice, of Worces- ter. In early life he tried mercantile life for a few years, but abandoned it and went into the tanning business, manufacturing card leather, which he fol- lowed for fourteen years in Holden and for thirty- five years in Worcester, where he now resides. In religion he is a Baptist and in politics a Republican. Children by wife Georgianna : 124. George Pascal, b. 28 Mch., 1840; m. July,
1871, Miss Laurenza Strator, of Chicago. Resides at Detroit, Mich.
*I25. Joseph Addison, b. 8 Mch., 1848. 126. Samuel Barton, b. 11 Oct., 184^;; m. 2 Oct.,
1872, Mahala H. Spear of Warren, Me. Re- sides at Detroit.
Children by wife Nancy : *i2 7. CifARLEs Goulding, b. 22 Oct., 1855. 128. Sarah M., b. 7 Dec, i860; m. 9 June, 1885, Gilbert G. I)avis. Resides at Worcester, Mass.; ch.: Warren Gilbert, b. 19 Dec, 1887 ; Inez Flagg, b. 20 July, 1890,
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John* \Samueh, JonatJian''^ was born in Auburn, Mass., 27 Nov., 1819. He was educated in the public schools of Auburn and at the Worcester Academy. He married, in 1854, Sarah C, eldest
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daughter of Captain Samiu 1 Eddy. She died 20 May, 1881, aged 58 years. lie is a tanner and re- side.s in West Auburn, Mass. In polities he is a Democrat, and in religion a " hard shell " Baptist He was Chairman of the Board of Selectmen of the town for several years, and has held otlier offices of responsibility and trust, and l\e was a member of the Legislature in 1854.
Children : '''129. John F., b. i Aug., 1846.
130. Jonah G,, b. 21 Apr., 1850. ■^131. Richard Hknrv, b. 9 Mar., 1854.
132, Rhoda C, b. 23 Jan., 1856. *i33. Waterman A., b. 1 Dec, i860. 134. Anna M., b. i Dec, 1800; m. 22 Apr., 1886. Henry E. Sibley. Resides at Worcester ; ch.: RalpJi Warren, \:>. 16 May, 1888; Jlarold Hobart, b. 27 July, 18S9. *i35. Frank E., b. 29 June, 1862,
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George* \Sar)iiiel^, Jo)iatlh )i''\ was born in Au- burn, Mass., 9 Dec, 1831. He was educated in the Auburn schools and at Worcester Academ). He married, 12 May, 1858, Laura Sophia Kdd), daughter of Captain Samuel Eddy, of Auburn. She was born in Auburn, 23 Feb., 1838. .After lea\ing school at the age of twenty-one, he engaged in the leather business in Worcester, with his brother Samuel, hi 1864, he removed to Brattleboro, Vt., antl remained there six years, and in 1871, after about a )ear at Uxbridge, Mass., he removed to Newton Centre, Mass., where he has since resided. Lie has been a moderately successful business man. He is now en- gaged in the coal business. He has held various of-
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fices of trust, and is at present City Assessor and Overseer of the Poor. In reli;.non he is a IJaptist and in [joHtics a RepubHcan. Children :
136. 1'"annie Laura, b. 10 Sept., 1860; d. 19 Mch.,
1864.
137. Grace Augusta, b. in Brattleboro, Vt. 30
Oct., 1865. She was educated at the Nev ton High School and at Wellesley College ; m. 28 May, 1888, Rev. Robert Woods Van Kirk (b. South Strabane, Pa., 6 Oct., i860); ch.: Warren, b. Fall River, Mass.. 2 May. 1889. They reside at Grand Rapids, Mich.
138. George Eddy, b. Brattleboro, Vt., 20 (^ct.,
1868. He was educated at the Newton High School and at Brown University; un- married. Resides at Newton Centre, Mass.
139. Alice Amelia, b. in Uxbridge, Mass., 23 Mch,
1 87 1. She was educated at the Newton High School; unmarried.
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Jonas L/ \Jonathaii\ Jonatha)i^\ was born in Leicester, 14 Dec, 1818. He married, 12 June, 1841, Charlotte Phillips of Spencer. He resides in Shirley, Mass., where he pursues the occupation of a tanner.
Children :
140. Am ASA, b. 6 Sept., 1843. Resides at Haver-
hill, Mass.
141. |knnie, b. 4 May, 1845 ; m. 8 Jan., 1862, M.ir-
shall Fuller. She died in Leicester, 17 Nov., 1866.
142. Mary, b. i Oct., 1847; m. William Graham.
Resides at Westboro, Mass.
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Leonard* \Aviasa^'', Jonatha!r^^\\■;xshox\\ in Leices- ter, 24 r"eb., 181 7. He was educated at the public schools of Leicester and at Leicester Academy. He married, 1846, Augusta HodL>es of Warren, Mass. She died in East Brookfield, Mass., in 1853. He married, second, in 1862, Mrs. (.'.arrie B. (Pearl) Brighaiii. She was born in Wellington, Conn. He resides in East Brookfield. He is a merchant, in which business he has been (juite successful. He represented the town in the Legislature in 1857, and has held numerous town offices. In politics he was first a Democrat, then a Frtie Soiler, then a Repub- lican. In religion he is a Universalisl, but unsecta- rian.
Children :
143. Au(}USTA H., b. East Brookfield, 24 Oct., 1863.
m., 19 June, 1883, Warren E. Tarbell. Re- sides at East Brookfield, IVIass.
144. Mary P., b. East Brookfield, 4 June, 1878 ;
m., June, 1890, Harrison Grant. Resides at East Brookfield, Mass.
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Otis^ \Amasa\ JomitkaiL'\ was born in Leices- ter, 8 Sept., 1820. He married, in 1S46, Caroline E. VVilhird of Charlton, Mass. He resides in Wor- cester, Mass. He is an iron founder, and does an extensixe business. He is an active member of the Universalist Society, and has been a member of the common council of the city of Worcester. In addi- tion to his own children, hi- adopted, in inkuicy, Alice T. Willard, born in 1867, daughter of his sister, L-ydia Ann [Warren J Willard. 12
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Children :
145- AiiJERT W., 1). in Chicaj^ro, [9 Dec 1S47; fl- at East Hrookfield, AJass., 1 Oct., 1849.
146. Wu.LiAM Otis, b. in Worcester, Nov., 1859; tl. 19 Aug., 1S60.
William Dana^ | /^'^■^■^' Smitlr, Jonatliair\ was born in Charlton, Mass., 20 Feb., 1818. He married, 25 Dec, J 842, Margaret M. Lunt. She was born at Portsmouth, N. H., 20 July, 1817. She died 1 Mch., 1885. He married, second, 2 Dec, 1886, Mrs. C. V. Parsons of Hartford, Conn. He was educated at the common schools and at the Leicester Acad- emy. He is a farmer, but has also been a railroad contractor. He resides in Rochdale, Mass. In re- ligion he is an Kpiscoi)alian. June 0, 1888, his house was struck b)' lightning and burned to the ground, his children having to escape in their night clothes. He rebuilt it immecHately.
Children :
147. Harriet EliMira, b. 30 Oct., 1843 ; ^- 30 Sept.,
1850.
148. Henry AuGUsrus, b. 31 Oct., 1845; ^1- 1 <^^ct.,
1849.
149. Sarah White, b. 10 Feb., 1847 ; d. 10 Oct.,
1849.
150. WiLiTAM, b. 20 Sept., 1849; d- 20 May, 1850. *i5i. Francis Marion, b. 17 June, 1851.
152. Mary Caroline, b. 24 Jan., 1854; d. 9" Feb.,
1865.
153. William Henry, b. 25 Nov., 1856; m. Jose-
phine Turner.
154. Lydia, b. 16 May, 1859; ^- -^ ^^1'^)', 1^59.
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Samuel* \EbcKCzer'\ Ehcnczcy'\, w.i.; born 3 Sept., 1804. He marriLcl, 22 Feb., 1827, 1\ lly NewLon of Westminster. He died 25 Aug., 1 ^■ 1 7. She died 17 Oct., 1875, agt (I 70. They resided in ilubbards- ton.
Children :
155. RoxA, b. 11 Aug., 1827; d. 4 1 )cc., 1843. *i56. Levi, b. i Oct., 1830. *i57. RuFus, b. 15 Mch., 1832.
158. Mary Ann, b. 8 Mch., 1834 ; ni. i^ Jan., 1864,
Joseph H. Marean. Ivesides at Boston.
159. Calvin, b. 21 May, 1835; m. 17 Ma)-, 1866,
Ellen Whitney of Gardner, Mass. Resides at Gardner; ch.: Frederic, b. 12 .Apr., 1870.
160. Augustus S., b. 28 June, 183;; m. 4 Nov.,
1862, Josephine S. Upton ot (iartlner Re- sides at Gardner ; no children.
161. Samuel Larklv, b. 16 June, \.:\-\o\ d. 5 Oct.,
1841.
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Ebenezer Chapman* \Ebeiiezer\ -■:be)iezcr'\ was born 19 June, 1812. He married. i\ Oct., 1833, Olive G. Coleman. He died 18 Oct. 1847. He re- sided in Hubbardston, Mass., where be was engaged in the manufacture of chairs, employin ; some twenty- five or thirty men. In his religious \ iews he was a Unitarian. His wife resides with her (.laughter Sarah, in Cleveland, O.
Children:
162. Horace, b. 7 July, 1834; d. 20 I'eb., 1837. ^163. Oilman, b. 20 Feb., 1836.
^164. Horace Sumner, b. 3 May, 18^,8.
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165. Sai^mi E., b. 23 Feb., 1840; m. 3 June, iS-g,
Rcillin C. White of Cleveland, O., wlu re tli.y no .V reside.
166, Ei.-NiiRA tl., b. 30 Jan., 1842 ; m. 28 Feb., 1861,
L( vi H. Higley. lie d. 17 May, 1864; m. sei ond, 31 Jan., 1806, Richard A. Hi own of Br.ittleboro, Vt. ^167. Elijah A., b. 19 Ma)', 1843. 168. ALiii.RT, b. 15 Jan., 1845 ; <-^- 20 June, 1846.
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Walter' \^A^alha)i\ El)C)tczer'\, was born in Mi.'b- bardston, Alass., 5 June, 1824. He was educated at the public schools of Hubbardston. lie married, 5 Feb., 1849, LJydia R. Read of RuiJand, Mass. He is a tanner by trade, and carried on ihe business in Hubbardston until 1808, when he removed lo Worcester and engaged in the real estate business, which is his present occupation.
Children : *i69. Naiiian Alonzo, b. 8 April, 1857 170. Elianor Amelia, b. —,1860; d ,1863.
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Charles Walton^ \Amos^, lUijalrY -^'^s horn in Woodstock, Vt., 25 Oct., 180O. He married, 27 Dec, 182.), Julia M. Perry of llartland, Vt. He died 15 Jan., 1875. She died 13 June, 1881. He was educated at the public schools of Woodstock. At some time after his marriage, the [Jiecise ilate not being known, he removed t(j Hart land, Vt., where he lived for over forty years, and died there. He was by occupation a tanner and a farmer. In politics he was a Republican, and in religion a Congregation-
TJte Warren l'\ivill(j. 9l»
alist. He was Master of a Masonic Icxloc at Wind- sor foi about eig-htecn years. He was a careful, shrewd busini-ss man, and was in good circiunstances at the time oi his death. lie ccjinuKuulcd the re- spect of all who knew him. Children :
171. NuRiMAX CiiARLKS, b. 14 Aug , 1 8 ^,o ; d. 2 Oct.,
1830.
172. iLi.iZAr.irni A,, b. i April, iSjj; d. 2 Nov.,
1867. *i73. ('iiAKi.i's Cakleton, b. Ji l^b., 1843.
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Amos W.' \^A)nos^, EIiJa/r\, was born in Wootl- stock, V't., 12 Mch., 1816. He marri.:d in Huston, 17 April, 1867, Mary Ann Ct)llins, who was born In Sandy Hill. N. Y., in 1827. He died 2:, Dec, 1882. She dii'd i July, 1887. They had no children, but adopted a daughter, Alice M. Warren, who was born in Albany, N. Y., i Aug., 1865, and married, 1885, Herbert E. (iibson ; residence, Schenectady, N. Y. They also adopted a son, Harry Eugene Warren, born in Rutland, Vt., 25 Feb., 1873; resides \vith Mrs. Gibson.
George Washington^ \Avios'\ ]ilijah'\ was born in Woodstock, Vt., 15 May, 1821. He married, 7 Dec, 1847, Miranda Cdltner of Ithaca, N. Y. His youth was spent in Woodstock, where he attended the public schools antl received a good business -;du- cation. At the age of eighteen lu: left Woodstock, and entered the employ of his brother-in law, Camp, in the hardware business in Owego, N. Y., remaining there about s(;ven years, when he moved to the town
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of Wa\erly, where he kept a gener.il nu rchaiiclisc store for a number of years. He th«. a sold out lii , Inisine^s and removed to Fond du 1.. ,; c:o int), W'i ■ consin, where he purchased a small la ui U]>on wliich he resided about five )'ears. The con plicMed c oiuli tion oi Mr. Camp's business caused Jiim lo s^ II hi farm and return to Owego. He rem. ined in the lai ter pla.:e till 1858, and then returned lo \\ (jodhiock, and eut-aofed in farmiiiL!. His health nad 1 ecome se- riousl) impaired by overwork and mental anxiety, and in 1872 it was found necessary lo taice him to the ae^ylum at f^ratileboro, where l.e died, about 1880, (-f paralysis of the brain. In politics he was a Republican, m religicjn an Episcopal an. His char- acter vvas exemplary in every resj) 'ct. \\v. was strictl) temperate, honest and upri dit. His wilr now resides with her son brederick in Deuver, Coh* rado.
Children :
174. IsACKLi.E, b. 19 Oct., 1848; m. 4 iMay, 1870,
John S. Sanderson, Resides. I L)i nver. C-ol.
175. CiiARiacs A., b. 6 Dec, 1850; d 25 iMay, 1851.
176. Kate, b. 27 April, 1852; d. 19 \lar. 1855. ^177. b'REDERlCK. b. 29 I'^eb., i860.
O^
Albert'* \Jost'p/i^, lUijah'\, was bor.i in Leicester, Mass., i Sept., 1813. He married, iirst. in i\la)', 1839, I'-in'iice Alden Arnold, eldest duig-luer of Al- fred and Bethiah (Alden ) Arnold. Sl.e di> d in J uly, 1861, at Lawrence, Mass. He mariied, ,econd, in June, 1864, L'liza A. Arnold, a sister ol' his first wife. His wi\'es were lineal descendants of John and I'ris- cilla Alden, made famous by Lono-felhi a''s welbkiunvn poem. He was educated at the puldic sciioolij and
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at the academy in Leicester. He settled first in En- lield, Mass., where he remained for several ) ears. In 1850 he removed to Lawrence, Mass.. where: he was a manufacturer of machine card clothinL,^ Me was a member of the first Board of Alderme^i, and was elected Mayor of the city in US55, and ai^ain in 1856. He retired from business in 1872 on account of ill-health, and in 18S2 removed to Warren, Mass , where he ever after lived, fie was a Republican in politics, and in religion an orthodox Congregation- alist. lie had two children, both of whom died in infancy. He died suddenly of heart failure, ;o Ian 1889. o J •-
Leander^ I .M.//!3_ fi/ijalr\^ was born in Leices- ter, Mass.. 22 Aug., 1815. lie married. 22 May, 1842, Sarah A. Bond, tlaughtcrc.f i^berand Minerva (Stetson) Bond, of Leicester. .She was born 18 Feb., 1817. He died 3 June. 1862. He was edu- cated m the public schools of Leicester. After leav- ing school at the age of eighieen years, he was en- gaged in the business of bottoming boots. At twenty-one years of age, and for the rest of his life, he was a currier of leather, in Leicester, in which business he was very successful. He was a member of the First Congregational Church, in politics he was a Republican. His wife resides in Leicester. Children:
178. M.AKsiiAi.L Ai.oNzo, b. 14 Aug., 1843; ^1- II
Oct., 1845. •179. Edwin Alonzo, b. 29 Nov., 1846. 180. Ida Fr.wces, b. 19 Nov., 1851; unmarried;
resides in Leicester.
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i8i. Ada Minerva, b. lo Nov., 1854 ; m. Ji July, 1878, Win. De Loss Love, Jr. She died 31 May, 1 88 1.
182. Rui'US Leandek, b. 27 b'eb., 1856 ; d. 25 Oct.,
1856.
183. Charlie Leander, b. 23 Sept., 1857; d. 27
Sept., 1859.
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Charles Wheeler'' {Joseph^, E/iJa/r\, \\.\s born in Leicester, 7 July, 181S. Me married, 26 Apr., 1843, Jane White. In his childhood and )'outh he was in rather delicate health. He was educated at the public schools of the town, and at the Leicester Academy. After leaving school he learned the card- maker's trade, working- at it for eighteen years, when he engracred in business on his own account, at first with a small capital, making heel stiffeners for shoes. By continued effort, his business increased from year to year, and he is now doing an extensive business in the manufacture of sheet heeling for boots and shoes. He has a strong sense of justness and u})- rightness of character, and it has been said of him that he was " too honest to get a living." In politics he was first a Whig, then an /Vbolitionist, and is now a strong Temperance Republican. He is a member of the First Congregational C-hurch in Leicester.
Children : *i84. AriiERT, b. 14 Feb., 1844. ■^'185. Arthur 1 Iiinrv, b. 26 Aug., i84(i.
186. Maria JainIC, b. 23 No\'., 1849; m. Augustus Minott. "^^187. Herhert, b. 29 Oct., 1S52.
188. JosEi'H AioNZO, b. 29 ]\Ich., 1S57 ; d. s Nov., 1858.
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189. Addie JosiPHiNE, b. 7 Oct., 1859; in. J )r.
Llewellyn E. Harrington, who was killed i Aug., 1883.
90
Horace^ \JoscpJi^, Elijah Y \va;-> born in Leices- ter, 7 Oct., 1824 He married, 10 Oct., 1849, J^l^^'')' A. Gleason. Ht: resides in Leicester, upon the old homestead. He was educated in the public schools of the town. \n his early life he followed the occu pation of tanning, and later that of farming. He is a Republican in i)olitics, and a communicant in the First Congregational Church in Leicester.
Children :
190. Marshall Gleason, b. 11 Mch., 1851 ; d. 13
Mch., 1 85 I.
191. Frederick Horace, b. 4 ^Lly, 1852 ; d. 26
June, i88{j. *i92. Francis, b. 17 Mch., 1S54. *'93- JijI'H^'-' Ed(..\r, b. 27 Nov., 1857. *I94. Silas Glea.^cjn, b. 14 Nov., 1803.
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Charles Henrys {Iloiry FJijaJi\ EUjah'\, was born in Leicester, Mass., 27 June, 1840. He mar- ried, 26 Aug., 1869, Sarah M. Minot of Gardner, Mass. He was an apothecary. He settled first in Springfield, Vt., subsequently removing to Brandon, Vt., where he died 29 May, 1876. His wife died 24 Dec, 1878.
Children :
195. Ethel Loi lse, b. 19 b'eb., 1870.
196. Henry Eviorett, b. 20 June, 1871.
197. Arthlir IMixor, b. 31 July, 1872.
198. Ida Maria, b. 22 Apr., 1874.
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98 Wheeler and Warren Families.
George Howard^ [/A .vn' Elijah^ J-Jijah' |, was born in Leicester, Mass., 29 June, 1842. He mar- ried, 9 Feb., 1863, Esther S. Spencer of l.ee Centre, N. Y. He resided in Lee Centre from i8iiO to 1874 ; in Howell, Mich., from 1874 to 1880, v. hen here- moved to Alpena, Mich., where he now resides, lie is by occui«ation a merchant, and has been quite suc- cessful in business. In politics he is a Democrat. He attends the Congregational church, but his re- ligious views are more in accord with those of the Universalists or Unitarians.
Children :
199. Eveline Elizabeth, b. in Lee Centre, N. Y.,
12 Dec.,, 1864.
200. Hknkv E., b. in Lee Centre, N. \., 10 Nov.,
MM
Edward^ {^Henry Elijahs /iiija/r\ v/as born in Leicester, Mass., 24 Feb., 1846. He married, 14 Apr., 1879, Ida V. Lippett of Boston. He was edu- cated at the public schools of Leicester. He owns and occupies the old Warren farm, which descended to him from his great-grandfather, Ebenezer. He has added largely to his real estate, and his farm is now one of the largest and most valuable in Leices- ter. He is a Republican in politics, and in religion a Unitarian.
Children :
201. Mary Whittemork, b. 27 June, 1880.
202. Roiu-RT LiPPHTT, b. 8 July, 1882.
203. Henry Wheeler, b. 16 Mch., 1884.
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204. Rachel Catharine, b. 23 Dec, 1885.
205. Edward Irving, b. 14 Apr., 1888.
206. Bertha Marjorie, b. 9 Aug., 1889.
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Samuel^ \\Vaterma)i Goiildi)ig\ Saf>iuel^, Jona- than'\, was born in Auburn, Mass., 15 Oct., 1834. He married, 13 May, 1869, Marion E. Lakin, daugh- ter of George S. and Nancy (Hubbard) Lakiu of H olden, Mass. He was educated at Worcubter Academy and at the VVestfield Normal School. He resides in Holden, Mass., and is a member ol the hrm of W. G. Warren's Sons, tanners. At vai ious times he has been a member of the Board of S( lect- men, School Committee and Assessors of Holden. He represented the town in the State Legislature in 1867. He is a Republican in politics, and a Congre- gationalist in religion.
Children: 207 Herbert Lakin, b. 24 Aug., 1870.
208. Arthur Kirke, b. 13 Dec, 1871.
209. George Waterman, b. 3 Dec, 1882.
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Berthier^ \}Vaterman Gonlding'', SiDiiiiel^, Jona- t/ia}i^\, was born at Auburn, Mass., 22 Oct., 1836. He married, 4 Sept., 1871, Eunice C. Boyden, daugh- ter of Comfort and Silence (Dryden) Boyden of Holden, Mass. He was educated in the common schools of Llolden, Mass., and at Wilbraham and East Hampton Academies. He resides in Llolden, and is a member of the firm of W. G. Warren's Sons, tanners. In politics he is a Democrat, in religion a Congregationalist.
100 Wheel 67- and Warden FaiuiHes.
Children :
210. Mary Silence, b. 24 Jan., 1S75.
211. IIarkv Lester, b. 9 Apr., 1880; d. 15 Apr.,
1881.
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Henry Waterman^ \ iratcnjia/i CfOulding\ Saui- uel^, Jo}iatJian^\, was born in Auburn, j\biss., 18 Mch., 1838. He married, 8 Nov., 1877, Dora b. Howe, daughter of Deacon Wilbani and Mary Ann (Jeffer- son) Howe of Holden, Mass. He lifted for college at VVilliston Seminary, and entered Yale College in 1861, graduating with the class of 1865. He took an oration appointment at the junior examination and at commencement. After graduation he was, for six months, teacher in the public schools of Nash- ville, Tenn.; then, with a brother, he purchased a plantation in Leake county, Miss., where he re- sided ten years. He was I'robate Judge of Leake county in 1867, and was a niember uf the Constitu- tional Convention of Mississippi froni that county in 1868. He represented the county in the Legislature in 1870 and 1871, and was Speaker of the House of Representatives the latter yc:ar, and was Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives for the four years subsequent. In 1873 he was ap[jointed Levee Com- missioner of the .State. He was a delegate from Mississippi to the National Republican Convention at Chicago, when Gen. Grant was nominated for the Presidency, and again when Hayes v.'as nominated at Cincinnati. He left Mississippi in the summer of 1876 to reside in Holden, Mass., where he still lives. He is a member of the firm of W. (^..Warren's Sons, tanners. He was a member ol the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1882 and 1885, and has served the town of Holden as a member ot the
-y^.
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The Warren Family. 101
Board of Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor and Town Treasurer. In politics he is a RcpubHcaa. Children : 2 12. William Hovvk, b. 28 Sept., 18; 9.
213. Blanche Louise, b. 11 July, 18.'^ i.
214. Helen Gouldin(], b. 7 Nov., 188^.
215. Waterman Goulding, b. 16 iNo\\, 1890.
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Elbridge Gerry^, Jr. \FJbridge Ge> ry\ Sa)iiHfl\ Jonatha)L'\,^2i's,hoxn in Auburn, Mass., joOct., 1840. He married, at North Oxfurd, Mass., 24 Apr., 1862, Livona O. Aborn, daug-hter of Reuben and Amelia (Fetters) Aborn, She was born in Tdland, Conn., 7 Jan., 1 84 1. He was educated at the conuuon schools of Auburn and at an institutioii in Suffield, Conn. He is a tanner by trade. In 1864 he re- moved from Auburn to Bratlleboro, \/t., where he now resides. In politics he is a Republican. He has no children.
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Sherman Hall^ ^I'Ubridoe Geyry\ Samuel\Jona- than'-\, was born in Auburn, Mass., 27 Nov., 1845. He married, 24 June, 1869, Mary Louisa Dalrymple, daughter of William Dexter and Jane (Toole) Dal- rymple of Auburn. 1 le was educated at the com- mon schools of Auburn, at the Niche. Is Academy, Dudley, Mass., and at Howe's Busir,css College,' Worcester, Mass. In 1873 he removed to Brattle- boro, \^t., where he now resides. He is a tanner by trade, but he has recently been appointed Supt. of the Chestnut Hill reservoir which furnishes the water supply for Brattleboro. He has been a n. ember of the Baptist church for twenty-seven years. In politics is an Independent.
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Child :
216. Alfred Dalrvmi'le, b. 17 Nov., 1871.
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Andrew Fuller^ \ /o/ia/i Gouldi}ig\ Sa}iiuel\ Jonalhaii^'], was born at Cabotville, now Chicopee, Mass., 12 Dec, 1842. He married, at Bath, Me., 4 Nov., 1873, Fannie C. Stearns, daughter of Wil- Ham B. and Lucy Whitmore (Potter) Stearns. He graduated at Brown University, class of 1863; re- ceiving the degree of B. P. In 1862 he served for one hundred days in the loth Rhode Island Volun- teers. In 1 87 1 he settled in Pensacola, Fla., where he still resides. He is a wholesale dealer in fresh hsh.
Children:
217. Lucy I^en elope, b. 5 P'eb., 1875.
218. MoLLiE Waterman, b. 19 Nov., 1877.
219. William SteakiNS, b. 12 Dec, 1878; d. 24
May, 1879.
220. Fannie Stearn: , b. 19 Dec, 1885.
Joseph Addison^ \Samiu'i\ Samuel^, Jonathan^\, was born in H olden, Mass., 8 Mch., 1848. He mar- ried, first, 14 May, 1875, Alice Clyde Wilkins. She died 24 Apr., 1884. He married, second, 7 Sept., 1 887, Fannie M.Cooper. They reside in Detroit, Mich.
Child (by wife Alice): 221 Lottie Barton, b. 5 Mch., 1876.
Children (by wife Fannie):
222. Joseph Addison, b. 27 Nov., 1S88.
223. Mary Palmer, b. 7 Sept., 1890.
Charles Goulding^ \Sa})iuel\ Samuel^, Jonai/ian^\
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was born 22 Oct., 1855. Wc. married, 15 Oct., 1878, Mar)^ L. Sessions. He received a common s. hool and academic education, and learned the trade of tanner. Me resides in Worcester, and is a menber of the firm of J. F. & C. G. Warren & Co., manu- facturers of oak-tanned leather beltin^, mill and rail- road supplies, he having charge of the manufactur- ing department of the concern. In politics he is a Republican, and in religion a Baptist. Children:
224. Geokge Session.s, b. 21 Sept., 1881.
225. Charles Gouldinc, Jk., b. 18 Aug., 1S88.
226. Arthur Mikick, b, 6 Dec, 1889.
John 'Fj\yo/in\ Saniuci\ Jonatlia}i'\, was born in Auburn, Mass., i Aug., 1846. He married, 4 Jan., 1872, Alice Wilkinson, daughter of A. 'I\ and Maria (Sayles) Wilkinson of Milford, Mass. He resides in Worcester, Mass., and is senior meml)er ol the firm of J. F. & C. G. Warren & Co., manufacturers of leather belting.
Children :
227. A daughter, b. 8 heb. [879 ; d. 7 Mch., 1879.
228. John Leslie, b. 18 Nov., 1884.
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Richard Henry' \^JoIul\ Savmel'^, Jonathan''\ was born in Auburn, Mass., 9 Mch., 1854. He married, first, in Apr., 1876, Flla P. Taft of Oxford, Mass. She died in 1882. He married, second, in Apr., 1885, Alice E. Morse of C).\ford, Mass. He was edu- cated in the public schools ol Auburn and at Wor- cester Academy. He resides in West Auburn, and is a member of the firm of John Warren ik. Sons,
104 Wheeler and Warren Favulics.
manufacturers of leather. He is a member of the Baptist church, and for six years has been the super- intendent (jf its Sunday School. In politics he is a Democrat, and a believer in Prohibition. He repre- sented in the State Legislature, in iSgo, the Eighth Worcester District, comi)rising the towns of Auburn, Oxford and Webster. He has also been a meniber of the Board of Selectmen for the past five years. Children (by wife Ella):
229. RoiiERT Taft, b. I Jan., 1877.
230. John Warren, b. 12 Eel)., 18S2; d. 20 Feb.,
18S2. Children (by wife Alice):
231. Ariiiur Willis, b. 6 June, 18S6.
232. Sarah Caroline, b. 27 Apr., 1891.
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Waterman A.^ l/o/in\ SamncP, fonalhan'\ was born in West Auburn, Mass., i Dec, i860. He mar- ried, 23 Apr., 1885, Mary Morse of Oxford. He was educated in the common schools of West Au- burn and at Worcester Academy. He is a tanner by occupation. In politics he is a Democrat, and in re- ligion a Baptist. He resides in West Auburn, Mass.
Children:
233. Ciii.sTER W., b. 17 Mch., 1886.
234. Ellridge, b. 12 Aug., 1890.
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Frank E.^ \Johu\ Samuel^, Jonai/ian''\, was born in West Auburn. Mass., 29 June, 1862. He was edu- cated at the public schools of Auburn, at Worcester Academy and at Hinman's Business College in Wor- cester. He is a farmer, residing in West Auburn. In religion he is a Baptist, and in politics a Demo- crat. He is unmarried.
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Francis Marion^ \]\llliaiii Dana\ Jesse Snn'/h\ JoHai/i(i/i'\, was born in Salislmry, iMass., 17 June, 1 85 1. lie married, 17 June, 1875, Mary Auousta Parry, daughter of Felix D, and Sarah (Sawyer) Parry of Salisbury. She was jjorn 23 Sept., 1852. He received a common school and academic educa- tion, taught school himself for a while, and subse- quentl) took a course of engineering at the Massa- chusetts Institute of Technology. After leaving the institute |ie went to Kansas and Nebraska, where he was employed as a civil engineer by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe, and the Atchison and No braska railroads. Returnino- east he encra<ied in the manufacture and sale of lumber at Barre, Mass. After his marriage (his father-in law being a manu- facturer of carriages), he entered the carriage trade in Hartford, Conn., where he now carries on the business, keeping in stock als(j harness, and having a sale and livery stable connected with the establish- ment. He is captain of one of the oldest mili- tary organizations in the State, the " First Com- pany Governor's Horse Guards." In religion he is an Episcopalian, and in politic s a Rejiublican.
Children :
235. Mary Louise, b. in Amesbury, 20 April, 1876.
236. Im<ki)EKICK Francis, b. in Barre, 23 Sept., 1877.
237. Helen Marion, b. in Hartford, 8 June:, 1885,
238. Sarah i\lAR(JARET, b. in Hartford, 24 April,
1888.
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Levi^ \Sam7(cl\ Rbenezey^, I\benezcr''\ was born in Hubbardston, Mass., 1 Oct., 1830. He married, 9 14
106 W/nrlcr (/?),/ Wdri.n Families:.
Nov., 1853, Lucretia Browning. She died in Wor- cester, 20 Nov., 18S5. He' resides in Gardner, Mass.
Cliildren :
239. NiiTTiE L., b. in Gardner, 20 May, 185S ; m.
22 Dec, 18S4, William K. Kca-r. Resides at Worcester; cli. : /it /id B., b. 9 \pr., 1887; /^/-^vV A\, b. 17 Feb., 1089.
240. Wilfred S., b. in Gardner, 8 July, i860; ni.
16 Nov., 1886, Fannie M. MbMer. Resides at Worcester.
241. Alfred L., b. in Gardner, 6 Jan., 1870. Re-
sides at Worcester.
Rufus- \SamHel\ Iibcnezer^, EbcnL\zc>'^\ was l)orn in I lubbardston, Mass., 15 McJi., 1832. He mar- ried, 10 Jan., 1856, Alice F. Marean of "llubbardston. His early life was spent at his native home in liub- bardston, getting what schooling he could in the summer and winter, the rest of the year assisting his father, who was a chair manufacturer. The father died when the son was hfteen. At this early age he took charge of his mother's property, getting what time he could for school, and finished his education at Chester Academy, Chester, Vt., at the age of twenty-one. At twenty-four he commenced his mer- cantile life in a retail store, for himself, in Ganlner, Mass., continuing, with success, until 1867, when, with others, he established a wholesale boot and shoe business in Boston, which is still continued under the style of the " Warren Boot and Shoe Co." 1 h: re- sides in Cambridge, in politics he is a stauncli Re- publican, never having voted any othcn- ticket. In religion he is a UnitariaiL
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Children :
242. Marv Augusta, b. in t iardner, 3 Apr., 1S57 ; m.
10 Jan., 1883, Rev. ]>. R. I^ulkeley of Concord, Mliss. Resides at Concord ; ch. : . I lice Ma- rcan, b. 24 OcX.., 18S4; Mary Reynolds, b. 29 Sept., 1886; \\'ar)\)i, b. 27 Nov., 1889.
243. HoHi'RT Endicoit, b. In Canii)ridL;e, 26 Sept.,
1808. Entered Ha/vard Medical Scliool 26 Sept., 1890.
Gilman^ \Ebcnczcr C/iaj>)iiau\ Jibcncrjcr^, Jiboi- e::er^\, was born in I lubbaidston, Mass., 20 Eeb., 1836. He was educated ai the Chester Academy, and at seminaries in Townsaend and West Brattle- boro, Vt. He manicd, 7 Nov., 1861, Addie F. John- son, daughter of Isaiah \V. (jr.) and Sophia A. John- son of Vernon, \^t. In 1858 he went to California and settled in Laporte, Sierra county, remaining there until i860 when h<; returned to Hubbardston. In the spring of 1861 he settled in Guilford, Vt. where he remained for five years, then removed to Halifax, Vt., where he li\ed until Sept., 1890, when he moved to Brattleboro, Vt. , his present residence. He is a farmer and is also a manufacturer of chair stock, and a dealer in lumber. He was a Listor in Guilford, in 1863, and Town Grand Juror in 1864, In Halifax he held the offices of Sc lectman. Over- seer of the Poor, and Town Grand Juror for nine years, and School District Clerk and Treasurer for nineteen years. He is a Republican in politics, and in religion a Methodist Episopalian . Children: 244. William B., b. 15 Sept., 1865 ; m. 3 Oct., 1889, Mary L. Thurber of^ Halifax, Vt. Resides at West Halifax, Vt.
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245. Walter L, b. 13 Aug., i'.;©.
246. Webster G., b. 28 June, 1873 ; ^^- 3 ^1"- ^^'^7-
247. Merton H., b. 3 Nov. 1878.
Horace Sumner^ [Ede^iczcr Chiip})iar\ E[>cnezcr\ Ebenczey~\ was born in HubbarJston, Mass., 3 May, 1838. He married, i Nov., 1865, Helei. M., daugh- ter of Dexter P. Merritt. She died 10 Ma)-, 1881. He was educated at the comn:on schools of Hub- bardston, and at the Townshcnd (Vt. ) Academy. During the war he was for three years a musician in the iith Vermont Volunteer Regiment i^lrst Heavy Artillery. He resides in V/orcester, Mass., where he pursues the occupation of a mechanic. He has been a director and treasurer of a co-op<'rativc chair company for six years, and held the same olliccs in a co-operative store for two years. In p(jlitics he is a Republican; in religion unsectarian. In 1874 he adopted a son, Charles H., who is at present attend- ing a business college in Worcester.
Children :
248. A daughter, b. 1870; d. in infancy.
249. Emergene M., b. 20 July, 1877.
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Elijah A.^ \Ebenc:zer Chapuian*, Eboiezcr'', Ebcn- ezcr''\, was born 19 May, 1843. He married, 3 June, 1868. Eliza H. Wood of South Gardner.
Children :
250. Ambrose G.,b. i Apr., 1873.
251. AsAiMi W., b. 4 Aug., 187b.
Nathan Alonzo^ \\VaUe)'\ Matha)i\ EbiJU'.Zi-r'\, was born in Hubbardston, Mass., 8 April, 1857. His
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childhood, up to tlic a^c of twelve years, was spent in Hubbardston, wh(^re lie attended the public schools. In 1869 he removed with his father's family to Wor- cester, where he went throu<^h all the grades of com- mon school, titting- himself for the hioh school, but not entering- it. After spending- hve or six months in a drug- store, he entered Wesleyan Academy, Wil- braham, Mass., and graduated in 1875. The same year he entered the JMedical School of Harvard Uni- versity, but finished his medical studies at Hellevue Hospital Medical College, graduating in 1879. After taking special courses in medicine in New ^'ork, he went, the same year, to Yonkers, N. Y., and took a position as house physician and surgeon in St. John's Riverside Hospital, remaining- two years. Then, after an extended trip through the West and South, he opened an ollice in Yonkers for the practice of his profession, in which he has met with good success. He is a member of the Westchester County Medical Association, of the Jenkins' Medical Association, and has been secretary and treasurer of the latter. He is one of the staff of surgeons to St. Joseph's Hcjs- pital, Yonkers, and is secretary and treasurer of the board. He is a membc;r of the Young Men's Chris- tian Association, of the lnde[)endent Order of Odd Fellows, and of various other organizations. He is a Presbyterian, and is one of the trustees of the West- minster Presbyterian Church. In politics he is a Re- publican. He is unmarried.
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Charles Carleton | Charles \Vulfon\ Amo!s\ Elijah''\ was born in Hartland, Vt., 11 Feb., 1843. He married, 15 Dec, 1873, ^-^^^ ^- McElroy, daugh- ter of Jerry and Florella (Broadwick) McElroy of
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Middlesex, Vt. He was educated at the scliools of Hartland, and at Kimlx.ll Union Academy, Aieri- den, N. H. In 1862 he entered the army as a first- class musician, joining the First Vermont Brigade Band, with which he remained until the discharge of the band in 1864. The band was attached to the old Vermont Brigade, which was the Second Brigade, Second Division, Sixth Army Corps. The brigatle was sent to New York at ilie time of the draft, and he, with the rest of the band, accompanied it, remain- ing about a month and tlu:n returning to the Army of the Potomac. They were among the hrst troops to enter Richmond. At the close of the war he re- turned to Hartland and engaged in the tanner)' bus- iness with his father. Aft( rward he was in company with Mr, Wilson Britton in the same business until 1868, when they were burned out. lie then leased, for four years, a fine new tannery in W^aterbury, Vt., and tanned in partnership with Homer & Wyeth of Boston, He subsequently purchased the tannery, and ran it on his own account, making harness and rein leather, in the manufacture and sale of which he is still engaged, and does ari extensive business. In 1887 he purchased a large farm in the village of VVaterbury, which he managed in addition to his tan- nery, doing a large dairy business. In 1889 he sold the farm to the State of Vermont, and upon it has been erected an insane asylum. He has recently been appointed Director of the State I'ish Hatchery, and also State Msh Commissioner. He is a Repub- lican in politics, and non-sectarian in religion. Children:
252. Kate Grace, b. 4 Feb., 1876.
253. A son, b. 21 Aug., 1S79; d. in infancy.
254. Charles Cari.eton, Jr., b. 29 Sept., 1888.
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Frederick^ [^Gconv ]yas/u'ngtoii\ A)/ios\ FJijaJr\, was born in Woodstock, Vt., 29 Feb., i860. Most of his life has been spent on a ranche near Denver, Col. In 18S9 he moved to Denver, where he now resides. His occupation is that of collector, and he is also interested in r.al estate. In politics he is a Democrat, and in religion a Liberal, and non secta- rian. He is unmarried.
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Edwin Alonzo^ | Lcandcy\ Joseph', Eli/ah^], was born in Leicester 29 Nov., 1846. lie married, 24 Nov., 1874, Emma L. Low, daughter of Philip H. VV. and Achsah Low of Leominster, Mass. She was born 13 May, 1856.
He attended the district and high schools until 1 86 1, when he entered Leicester Academy, remain- ing there three years, then entering Phillips Acad- emy at Andover, Ma:,s.; but on account of ill-health remained there but one year. At the age of nine- teen, he went into th : drug store of W. H. Goulding, at Worcester, Mass., where two years were spent, when he bought the apothecary store of John C. Hill, situated in the Bay State tlouse, Worcester, Mass. There he conducted an extensive retail drug business for eight y^^-ars, which in the fall of 1875 he was obliged to relinquish on account of unprofit- able investments out;;ide of his regular business. He then removed to the West, and in the spring of 1876 took charge as chemist of Noyes Bros, and Cutler's laboratory at St. Paul, Minn., which position he now holds, manufacturing a full line of chemical and phar- maceutical preparaticns, employing about fifty hands.
112 Wheeler and Wari'en Favr'dies.
He is a great student, [)ossessing one of the largest scientific libraries in the We:,t ; and not only has he the best books, but is w^dl \ ersed in their contents. In connection with his presjnt duties, he has been elected and served as profet sor of pharmacy in the St. Paul Medical College, ;uid has also been em- ployed as instructor of and lecturer on pharm.i.:y at St. Joseph's Hospital, St. Paul, Some of his lee lures and articles have been publi.-hed in the various |)har- maceutical journals of the day. In politics h.: was brought up as a Republican. He belonged to the old stalwart branch of the party, 1 ait is now what is ti rmed a " Mugwump." During the summer he resides at Bald Eagle lake, fifteen mih:s from St. Paul, where he has extensive interests, his home there, "Arcadia," as it name indicates, being a beautiful place. Child: 255. Crete, b. 24 Nov., 18S1.
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Albert^ [Charles Whceler\ Joseph\ Elija/r\, was born in Leicester, Mass., 14 P'eb., 1844. He mairied, 24 Dec, 1867, Angelia E. Hastings, daughter of Chester and I^mlly W. Hastings. She was boni 31 Aug., 1845. He attended the common schools in Leicester until 1861, when he entered the middle class of the classical department of Phillips Acad- emy, graduating in July, 1S63. In the fall of the same year he entered Yale College, graduating in 1867, ranking nine in a class of one hundred mem- bers. After graduation he taught In Ripon Cc^Uege, Wis., at Leicester Academy, at an academy in l^ur- ham, Conn., at the Spencer, Mass., High School, and at the Grafton, Mass., High School, until 1879, when he moved to New Haven, Conn., to study theology,
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completing his course in 1882. He then entered the service of the American Home Missionar)' Society, and went to Mankato, Minn., where he was ordained 31 Aug., 1882. In 1883 he went to Lake Benton, Minn., where he was pastor of the Congregational church until 1885, sinci: when he has resided upon his farm a few miles from Lake lienton, heincr en- gaged more or less in missionary work, but having no permanant pastorate. He is an Independent in politics, generally voting with the Republican party. In the last State election he was identified with the Alliance party and ser\ed as Secretary of its State Central Committee. He is now serving as Engross- ing clerk of the House of Representatives. Children :
256. \Valti:r CiiESTKi;, b. 26 Oct., 1868; m. H.
Jennie Lyon.
257. Charles Ai.uERr, b. ;2^o June, 1872.
258. Kmil^ Mvrtie, b. 5 Dec, 1873.
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Arthur Henrys \C/!aylcs Wheclcr\ Joseph^, Eli- j(.ili'\ was born in Leicester, Mass., 26 Aug., 1846. He married Mary McDermott, and resides in Lei- cester.
Child :
259. AuDiE, b. June, 1S82.
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Herbert^ \ Charles \rhcelcy\JosLph\ IUijah^\ was born in Leicester, Mass., 29 Oct., 1852. He was edu- cated at the common schools of the town and at Lei- cester Academy. After leaving the academy he en- tered the Harvard Medical School, from which insti- tution he graduated in 1874. While pursuing his 15
114 Wheeler and Warren Faniilies.
studies at the medical school he served as house sur- geon at the Boston Cit)' Hospital from May, 1873, to July, 1874. In Oct., 1874, ^^^ entered upi-n the practice of his profession in Worcester, Mas.^., and is still in practice there. In politics he is a R( publi- can ; in religion a Congregationalist. He is un- married.
Francis^ \Horacc\ Joseph^, Elijah^], was born in Leicester, Mass., 17 Mar., 1854. He married, 2 April, 1879, l^Jiini^i I- Grout. He is a farmer, and resides in Leicester,
Children:
260. Mabel F"ran( es, b. 15 Jan., 1880.
261. JusEi'H Frederick, b. 3 April, 1881.
262. Edith Florence, b. 26 Oct., 1882.
Julius Edgar^ \HoraLC\ Joseph^, Elijalr\, was born in Leicester, 27 Nov., 1857. He married, 19 Aug., 1879, Mary J. McLaughlin. He resides in Leicester. He is a teacher.
Children :
263. Marion, b. 10 Sept., 1S80.
264. Julius Ekne.m, b. 6 July, \
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Silas Gleason' \f/orau\ Joseph^, FJija!r\, was born in Leicester, Mass., 14 Nov., 1863. He married, 22 Dec, 1887, Julia A. Watson. He is a carpenter and builder, and resides in Leicester.
Child : 265. Chester Arthur, b. 9 April, 1889.
WHEELER INDEX.
EXl'LANATOJ V NOTE.
The number given opposit Genealogy. If it is prefixed the page above a paragraph, in its consecutive order in the in infancy are not given in the
Ada Maria, 169. Adaline Billings, 132. Allen Francis, 157. Alice Winsor, 141. Alvaro Santos, *i44. Amanda, 84. Amos, *22. Amos, *2g. Amos Dean, *55. Ann Dexter, 74. Anna Maria, 122. Artemas, 38. Artemas, *59. Artemas Henry, 112. Augustus D., 158.
Betsey, 36. Betsey, 44. Benjamin Henshaw, 50.
Charles, 21. Charles, 39. Charles, 51.
i; a name i, that individual's number in the
with a stai find the number in the centre of
If no star s given, the number will be found
left-hand aargin. Names of children dying
inde.K.
( liarles, '^6y. C harles Albert, *i05. C harles Augfustus, ■''"120. Charles Douglas, 166. C liarles Gardner, "140. (harles Henry, ^fo8. C harles Henry, •■ i 18. Charlotte, 31. Charlotte, 60. Charlotte, 95. Charlotte Sophia, yj. Clarence Albion, 152.
Daniel, *20.
D:miel, 42.
Daniel, *46.
Daniel, *83.
Daniel, 101.
D.iniel Augustus, *i 1 7.
D.miel B., 130.
D miel Warner, 94.
D jrcas, 1 5.
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Wheeh I' Index.
Edith Frazar, 143. Edward Warren, 156. Edwin W., 159. Elizabeth, 3. Elizabeth, 28. Elizabeth, 93. Elizabeth Sophia, 135. Eliza Jane, 80. Eliza Jane, 125. Emma Louise, 136. Ethel, 145.
Fanny, 45.
Fanny, 64.
Fanny, 91.
Fanny, 173.
Frank Allen, 167.
F^rederick Adams, 154.
George Augustus, *iio. George Dean, 150. George FVanklin, 107. George Warren,* 133. George Warren, Jr., 177. Grace Winslow, i 76.
Hannah, 6. Hannah, 16. Hannah, 35. Harold Francis, 180. Harriet, 89. Harriet Erwln, 172. Harriet Sophia, 104. Harry Amos, *i53. Helen Eliza, 174.
Henry Adams, *i6i. Henry Adolphus, 54, Henry Edward, 137. Henry Parsons, 88. Henry Warren, *i 1 i. Holloway Taylor, 19.
John, 8. John, 12. John, *26. John, ■'^47. John, *97. John, 100. Juliet Elvira, 81.
Lemuel, 2i2>- Louise, 147. Lucia, 66. Lucia Ann, 1 1 6. Luthera Bangs, 119, Luthera Almira, 96. Luthera Jane, 162.
Maria Louise, 139.
Marion Barnard, 175.
Martha, 63.
Mar)-, 9.
Mary, ij.
Mary, 19.
Mary, 27.
Mary. 48.
Mary, 92.
Mary Ann, i 29.
Mary Belcher, 30.
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Mary Belcher Henshaw,
53- Mary Karle, 146.
Mary Kmelint, 78.
Mary C, 102.
Mehitable, ^J.
Moses, *4i.
Moses, 86.
Moses Allen, ■^'124.
Moses Allen, 171.
IMoses P., *i03.
Moses Person, 1 14.
Nathan, *2 3. Nathan, *34. Nathan, 58. Nathan Albert, *i 13.
Persis, 32. Polly, 37.
Ralph Kendall, 178. Rebecca Ann, 79. Ruth, 5.
Sally, 43. Sally, 69. Sally Ann, 90. Sarah, 7.
Sarah, 14. Sarah, 24. Sarah E., 106. Sarah Elizabeth, 138. Sarah Frances, 126. Sarah Warner, 85. Sarah Wariier, 1 1 5. Silence, 57. Sophia, 82. Susan, 131.
Thomas, *2. Thomas, *i 1. Thomas, *i 3. Thomas, 18. Thomas, *2 5. Thomas, *40. . Thomas, 170. Thomas Read, 52.
Walter Kendall, "142. Walter Kendall, 179. William, 4. William Adams, 155, William Adolphus, *I09. William Aus^ubtus, ''^■71. William Auy^ustus, *99. William Aui^ustus, *i63. William P'iske, *i2i.
Wx\RREN INDEX.
EXPLANATORY NOTE.
The number given opposite a narni Genealogy. If it is prefixed wiili a st the page above a paragraph. If no st, in its consecutive order in the left-ham in infancy are not given in the index.
Abigail H.,8i. Ada Minerva, i8i. Addie, 259.
Addie Josephine, 189. Albert, *95. Albert, ^184. Alfred Dalrymple, 216. Alfred L., 241. Alice Amelia, 139. Alice W., 65. Amasa, ^i/. Amasa, 140. Ambrose G., 250. Amos, *30. Amos W., *90. Andrew Fuller, *i22, Ann E., 109. Anna M., 134. Arthur Henry, *i85. Arthur Kirke, 208. Arthur Minot, 197. Arthur Mirick, 226. Arthur Willis, 231.
is that indiviilual's number in the ar, tind the number in the ceiiiic of ir is given tl>e number will be f. >und i margin. Nauu-s of children d\ing
Asaph W., 251. Augusta H., 143. Augustus S., 160.
Bertha Marjorie, 206. Berthia, *i 12. Betsey, 32. Betsey Davis, 78. Blanche Louise, 213.
Calvin, 159. Caroline, 94. Caroline i^., 87. Catherine Menshavv, T^y. Charles Albert, 257. Charles Carleton, *i73. Charles Carleton, Jr., 254. Charles Goulding, *i27. Charles Goulding, Jr., . 225.
Charles Henry, *ioi, Charles Walton, *85. Charles Wheeler, *97.
War/'e/i Index.
lilt
Charlotte, 35. Chester Arthur, 265. Chester \V., 233. Chloe, 79. Crete, 255.
Dolly Movve, J2>'
Ebenezer, *6. Ebenezer, ''"^ i. Ebenezer Chapman, ^64. Edith Florence, 262. Edward, '''104. Edward Irving, 205. Edwin Alonzo, *i79. Elbridge, 234. Elbridge Gerry, Jr., *42. Elbridge Gerry, *i 16. Elijah, *9. Elijah, 29. Elijah A., *i67.
Eliza, 19.
Eliza, 98.
Eliza, 105.
Elizabeth A., i 72.
Ellen, 108.
I^lniira, 59.
Elmira, 120.
l^lmira II., 1 66.
Emeline, 55.
ICmergene M., 249.
Emily, 70.
Emily AJyrtie, 258.
Emma Sybil, i 23.
Esther, 7.
Ethel Louise, 195. iM'clinc Elizabeth, 199.
Fannie Stearns, 220. Francis, "192. Francis Marion, ''151. b>ank E., *i35. P^rederick, *I77. P'rederic P'rancis, 236. P^rederick Piorace, 191.
George, '"'47. George P^ddy, 1 38. Georee Howard, ''lOJ. George Pascal, 1 24. George .Sessions, 224. Georfrc Washin-ton, "92. George Waterman, 209. Gilman, "163. Grace Augusta, 137.
I lannah, 8.
Harriet Wilson, 60. . Plarriet Wood, (^3. Helen Goulding, 214. Helen Marion," 237. Henry A., 86. Henry E., 200. Henry lilijah, "39. Henry Iwerett, 196. Henry Waterman, ■• 1 13. Heiiry Wheeler, 203. Herbert, '•187. Plerbert Lakin, 207. Plobert P^ndicott, 243.
120
Waf'refi J/tdeji.
Horace, *99.
Horace Sumner, *i64.
Hudson, yy.
Ida Frances, i8o. Ida Maria, 198. Increase, 23. Isabelle, 174.
Jane H., 76. Jennie, 141. Jesse Smith, *i8. John, *45. John F., '^'129. John LesHe, 228. Jonah Goulding, *43. Jonah G., 130. Jonas L., *48. Jonathan, *4. Jonathan, *i4. Joseph, "■31, Joseph Addison, ^125. Joseph Addison, 222. Joseph Frederick, 261. Joseph Gardner, 68. Joshua, 12. JuHus Fdgar, *i93. JuHus Frnest, 264.
Kate Grace, 252. Katherine, 106.
Leander, *96. Leander W., 75. Leonard, ^52.
Levi, ''156.
Lois, 67.
Lottie Barton, 221.
Lousia Ameha, 38.
Lucy Ann, 89.
Lucy Penelope, 2 i 7.
Lydia, 5.
Lydia, ^^.
Lydia A., 119.
Lydia Ann, 57.
Mabel Frances, 260, Maria Jane, 186. Marion, 263. Martha, 49. Mary, 142. Mary Ann, 62. Mary Ann, 158. Mary Augusta, 242. Mary Caroline, 1 52. Mary F., 88. Mary L., 1 1 7. Mary Louisa, 103. Mary Louise, 235. Mary P., 144. Mary Palmer, 223. Mary Silence, 2 10. Mary Wheeler, 34. Mary Whittemort,-, 201. Merton H., 247. Mollie Watcrniuii, 218.
Nathan, *2 6. Nathan, 56. Nathan Alonzo, •^169. Nettie L., 239.
War /'en Index.
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Otis, *54.
Persis, 16. Phebe A., 82. Phoebe, 22. Polly, 15.
Rachel Catherine, 204. Reuben, 84. Richard Menry, '''131. Rhoda C, 132. Robert Lippett, 202. Robert Taft, 229. Roxa, 155. Rufus, 83.
Ruf
us,
157-
Sally, 10. Sally, 1 1. Sally, 25.
Sallie Auousta, 121. Sauuiel, '"'"i 3. Samuel, '"'i']. Samuel, *44. Samuel, '^"61. Samuel, *i i i. Samuel Barton, 126. Sarah, 20.
Sarah, 50. Sarah, 100. Sarah, 107. Sarah Caroline, 232. Sarah E., 165. Sarah Henshaw, 36. vSarah Jane, 46. Sarah M., 128. Sarah IMaruaret, 238. Slierman Mali, *i iS. Silas Gk .ison, "194. Sophia i 1., 91. Sumner, 06. Susan Ellen, 1 10.
Walter, '24. Walter, -74. Walter ( liester, 256. Waller 1., 245. Waterm; n A., ■•'133. Waterman Goulding, *4i. VVateiman Goulding", 215. Webster G., 246. Wilfred \\., 240. William li., 244. William Dana, *5S. William iienry, 153. W illiam 1 lowe, 212.
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