The Trowbridge genealogy. History of the Trowbridge family in America

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MY FOREVJORD

I'll call this book:

"The Additions to William Allen, and Amanda Helen (Morris)
Trowbridge," family number 772, page 424 of that Beautiful Book
"History of the Trowbridge Family in America," compiled by Francis
Bacon Trowbridge, published 1908; Library of Congress Number CS
71T806. The first 62 pages in this book are taken from that Book.

The remainder of the pages are a work of family love that I
have been compiling for a long, long time. I've tried to give the
information of each family that personal touch and hope that the
book will be filled with so much love that all my errors will be
overlooked. I am so grateful and thankful to so many cousins and
to Bertha Spence; and to Lemes for his patience.

This book will never be complete as long as there are "Additions".

With loving Memories
Loleita B. Lemes
Spencer Cupps Trowbridge

Copyright <p 1983 by
Loleita B. Lemes
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PREFACE

About the year 1*50 the first attempt was made to collect and arrange in
genealogical order tlie descendants of Thomas Trowbridge, the first of his name
in this country, who emigrated from Exeter, Devonshire, England, to Dorchester,
Alass., as early as lOST, and soon after went witli the early settlers to the
colony of New Haven. Those who were most interested in this undertaking were
Thomas R. Trowbridge of New Haven, Philo !M. Trowbridge of Woodbury,
Conn., and Otis Trowbridge of Newton, Mass. As the result of their etforts,
most of the descendants in the male line of Thomas, the second son of the
settler, were collected by Rev. William S. Porter, who was employed for that
purjiose by Mr. Thomas R. Trowbridge; many of the descendants of William
Trowbridge, the third son. were collected by Deacon Philo ]\r. Trowbridge; and
of the descendants of James Trowbridge, the youngest son, tiie records of several
iiundred were collected and printed in a jiamphlet in l^oi by Deacon Otis Trow-
bridge. John, the oldest son of the settler, did not come with his father to this
Country and dit»<l unmarried in early manhood in Ta\iut<)n, England. The
subject then rested until the s\immer of 1809, when Mr. Thomas R. Trowbridge
employed Rev. Frederick W. Chapman to take the materials collected and gather
such otlier records as might be found and prepare a book for publication. As a
result of his work the ''Trowbridge Family" was published in 1S72.

The compilation of the present book was begun early in 1S98. The genealogi-
cal standard has advanced materially since the "Trowl)ridge Family" was pub-
lished, and the compiler of the present book decided that he would obtain the
best results if he shoidd disregard all printed records of the Trowbridges and
proceed as if no history of the family had ever been published. He has followed
this plan throughout the compilation of this book, and all statements made are
based on public records, e.xamined by himself in nearly every case, or on corre-
spondence with members of the family. ?v[r. I-othrop Withington, a recognized
authority on genealogical research in Entrlish records, has been employed to
couiluct the investigation in England. -Mr. Robert A. Smith of Washington,
i). C, was employed to copy the war records of Trowbridges previous to the
Civil War in the United State* Pension Office. The many hundreds of records
of tlieir service in the Civil War were taken by the compiler from the official
rosters of the several states (a most laborious work, as those volumes are not
iude.xed), suiiplomonted by family letters and a search of the records in the Pon-
fliou office. The compiler has searchwl the public r'^cord? diligently for the few
facts that are missing in the earlier generations and bis correspondents know how
earnestly li<? li^s written them to supply the facts missing in tiie later genera-
tions, lie has made a special effort to give the birth and parentage of the
Trowbridge wives. Tlie completeness of details in the biographical sketches
imlicnte his eftorts in that direction. He has corresponded with some member
of each family circle within the past si.x months, so that tjie family registers are
as complete as it w:is jjossilde to make them. Tlie proof sheets have been com-
pared with the original notes made by the eomiuler and the letters he has received.

The iireater part of this book is a history of Thomas Trowbridu'e and his
tiosccudants. In the course of searches for members of tliat family the compiler
hn8 accumulated considerable data relative to several otiier families of Trow-

8 TROWBRIDGE GENEALOGY

bridiies. «oine perhnps desponding from Tliomas Trowbridge, but so far not cer-
tainly identified, and others known to be not descended from liim. Those have
been included in this book. It is intended to record the history of successive
generations in the male line, and tliat some branches are not brought down to
the present time is due chiefly to tlie indifference of their members. But there
have been very few such eases in comparison with the large number of branches
whose members have been anxious to assist the compiler in every way in their
power. It would have been iin agreeable work to have reconled the families of the
many Trowbridge women who have married, for without their help as complete a
history as this would have been impossible, but to have followed out the records
of the female lines would have taken many more .ver\rs and made another volume
larger than this, which would have at least doubled the cost of the book, and in
very many cases would have been a reprint of portions of genealogies already
published or anticipated others in preparation.

The arrnngement of the successive families is simple. The name of each
male head of a family is preceded by his own consecutive number and followed
by an ancestral parenthesis stating his descent, the particular book number of
each ancestor being printed superiorly. The records of a few members of the
family were received after the numbering of the manuscript was completed, which
has necessitated the \iso of die letters, a, b, etc., after the number.

The compiler thanks the hundreds of Trowbridge men and women and the
many others allied to them by marriage for the help they have so willingly
given him in preserving in this comparatively enduring fonn the history of a
family that has done its full share in the b\iilding of this country. The corre-
spondence has been a pleasant one, except for a letter now and then that told
of the death of one whose letters in the earlier years of this work made possible
the connecting of the present generations with the past. Some branches of the
family deservedly are entitled to have more of their members represented by
portraits, either on account of their prominence or because they or their descend-
ants have taken interest in this genealogy, but the compiler has endeavored
to have at least one portrait of some member of each main stem or a picture of
some old homestead that is endeared to the memory of its members. Likenesses
of a number of the family that the compiler wished to include were either
unobtainable or such that satisfactory portraits could not be made from them.

The compiler feels that he has conscientiously made every effort to make this
history complete and he now with regret draws his work to a close.

Frascis Bacon Trowbridge.
New Haven, Conn., June 30, 1908.

THE TROWBRIDGE ARM8

The arms borne by the TrowbriHgo family are what are termed in heraldry
nnne^ pnrlanfes, becnvise of their nlhision to the n;iiiie — the bridge and the wnter
ninning through. In the earliest hornldry, whenever it was possible, tlie object
(.'hoscn was one whose name bore siitRciont re.-ieml)lance in sound to suggest the
imit'.c of the bearer of it. This characteristic of the Trowbridge arms is an
cvidi'iioe of their anti<iuity.

In ".V Treatise on Heraldry" by Woodward and Burnett, page 362, is printed
the following account of the use of the bridge in liornldry :

"In the later supplement which follows M. Vallrtt.'s edition of the 'Armorial
lie Berry.' . . . Azure, a bridge argent supporting a ciistle, or. is borne by
I'ontaut; this resembles tlie eighteenth century coat of Trowbridge, Bart. Or,
liver wnter in base a bridge of three arches enibnttlcd thereon a tower proper,
its flag flying charged with a cross potent of the field; on a canton of the third
two keys in ?rtltire gold.* Of bridges without castle? there are a pood many
instances. The Scottish family of Bridge naturally bears: Gules, a bridge of one
arch argent, stream transfluent proper. Azure, a bridge argent is a coat of
riorrci>ont, and (with square arches) Pontbriant, Gules, a bridge of two arches
or is boruo by the Marquises of Pontcves in France. Or, a bridge of three arclics
snble is used by the Prussian Briickners. The Venetian Counts da Ponte carried
nzurc. a bridge of ono nrch with steps or."

In tiic herald's vi.sitation of the county of Devon the Trowbridge arms arc
described as: Or, i,ver water, proper, n bridge towered, gules. The Harleian
Society printed in this connection the following document:

"Sclnnt pracspntcs Pt f\itiirl quod oen Wnltcrus de Trobriilce dwli et concrssl Hospro
dp Trobri'tse >toyland de K»ticot Dntivnm mcniii et totnm s'-nviplnin siinm dp omiiibiiH
cfttnllls siiiB. IIU tcstibus Tlio. Fordoton. Rolwrto Wanti, Osbcrto TrobriJge et nliis.
Sons date. (Sealed with niras: a bridge with flag.)"

,\ pict\irc of the old seal may be seen at the top of the nest plate. Two piclui-os
of the arms, one exactly like the seal and the other the snino with n tower added,
may be seen in "Elvin's Dictionary of Heraldry." plate .\.\iii. nns. 10 .and 20.

That the Trowbridge family of Taunton, Somersetshire, was related to that of
Dcvonsliire is snfficiputly proved by the similarity of the family arms.

Ill tin- Pjiriioll rnllcctiim !< an rMiyi-.iviug of tiio Iri.wbri'lae arms, ncirly
rxiu-tly like those slir.wn in the Lwor illustration of thi< nest plate, eujiravod in
ir,:',S. witli this inscription: "This coatc standeth in Kiri.m Ciuirch in y' county
iif ]>pvon and if sreinetli to Imve been given to the first bearer there».if as an
nllu=inn to ills surnfime. quasi Throwbridgo. h.^ving respc^'t to the current .and fall
(if the streams that ilec iias^^c t.hrrmch the nrclios."

In tlic «taincd gin-s wiiid'-.w in tlir fliancel of Sr .faiu.-'s rhuivh. Taunton, the
Trinvhri'lge anns are to be seen quaiteicd with tln'-e of ll.illidny. the second and
third quarferings being for Trowbridge. A picture of tliese arms may bo seen in

• Tlipsr nrms wnr'' l"Tn.' In- .Vilinhnl Sir Tlinmns Trniibrldu". i t>rr\vp naval omcpr und^-r
N, l«nn "lie vvns krich'-rl in 17'i!i. ilir '■rmsspil kpvs nt St. IVirr" lu'lne nilrtpfl to Ills arms
iitlcr his reduction nt rhn ensile ot St. Eiiiio. His motto nns ; .V(/m Pom Vilae E»t.

in TiiowimiDGE gi:ni:ai-()i;y

tlip liivvor iilii<trafiou of tlio opiwsite plute. In these amis the tower is <lonicil,
otherwise tiicy are practically the same as th'ise sliown in the froutispiooe of tiiis
piiealopy. 'I'hat the Trowl)riilt;e anns us hist described were the arms of tiie
TuuntOH family in tlic seventeenth century is proved by the frtct that they are
enijraved on the tankard owned by Thoinus Truwliridffe (No. 2) of Xew IToven.
Conn., the «?oon<l son of Thomas Trowbridge, the primitive settler in America. A
jiicture of the tankard, with the arms traced tliereon, can be seen on the phite
facing pntre 54.

The plate for the arms an shown in the frontispiece wa.s prepared by the depart-
ment of heraldry of Tiffany of New York, after exhaustive investigations by the
compiler, and it is considered by him to corret'tly depict the Trowbridge arms.

The description of the Trowbridge arms is: Or. on a hridge of three Urdu's
embaltled, in fens, ;7u?f4, mosoned sahle, as many streams tninsfinent towards the
base, proper, a tower of the second, tliereon a peniiant iinjent.

The motto engraved below the arms in the frontispiece was chosen by the
compiler and it seems to him an eminently fitting one, containing as it does a
reference to the family name. It is: Sit pons finnns. Let the bridge be firm.

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ON A WINIIHW IN s r. .IAMKs'm L'IIUIIC'II,
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INTRODUCTION

Trowbridge* hns been used as a surname in England for many centuries, but
flio oxnet time tlint it was tirst so used is uncertiiin and the authors of diction-
iirics of family -"umames do not agree as to its derivation. Bardsley in his
"Dictionary of Entrlish and Welsh Surnames" i^fates that the name was first
trivcn an individual on account of his resilience at Trowbriiigi; in Wiltshire.
It may bo that this was its origin, and that a member of the family removed to
J)ovou and gave the same name to his seat in that county, and it is also quite
pnssiblo that some individuals in later timos may have assumed the name of
Trowbridge on account of a residence at Trowbriduro, but that an earlier claim
may be made for its vise as a family name seems to l)e indicated by the history of
the town of Trowbridge.

''Trowbridget is a tiiriving market town situated on a rocky eminence rising
from the valley of the river Biss, and in respect of population is the largest town
in Wiltshire. It.s history has never yet been fully written, and yet few towns
have fairer claims to our notice, both on account of the old and interesting asso-
ciations that are connected with it. as well as from the important position it has
now assumed for some years as one of the principal seats of the woolen manufac-
tiirc in the west of England.

"The parish of Trowbririge forms part of the hundred of Mcll<sham. On the
south side it adjoins the hundred of Whcrwelsdown and on the west that of Brad-
ford-on-Avon. It consists of a strip of land some three miles long and on an
average one mile broad, and contains in all 2,44.T acres. It is divided into
wn-eral tithings: on the north is that of ,Staverton; on the west that of Trowle;
on the south that of Studley; and there is also the town liberty. The town
itself is situated, as nearly as may be. in the center of the whole parish.

"Writers on Trowbridge, especially those connected with it. have sought to
rstj\blish for their town a greater antiquity than has generally been concoied to
if, but imtil we come to tlie ei\d of the eleventii century we can find no trace of
the history of this place and then we find it in Domesday Book, where it is called
Rtrnburg; a strange form of the name, but nevt-rthek-ss pretty clearly to be
identified with what we now call Trowbridge. It is as follows: —

'Brlctrio holils Strnbur^. His father liek] it in the time of Kin? Kdwnrd and it
pnid geld for 10 hidf.v:. Tlic Innd is 0 rariiratps. In doinesiie nre - ranirntes and 7
Hcrfo. Tlii'io ii{e 11 villiins and l^ cnscets with 7 cnnir.Trfs. Tlier» is a mill pnyine 10
sliillinis. luiil 10 :icn's of iiicndnw anil 12 aeres of p;isi\irf. The wood is .' furlonirs
lone niid ;? furlongs blond. It « ;is worth H; it is now wnrtli £8.' [Wilts Domesday,
p. 131.)

• Tlir niinv^ In tlif» irirlv ri^t'urds Is vnrlort^ly snoiip^l ; 'I*roiil«ri!2ce. TrwlirntfCe, Trotit»rIt:i:o,
TrfMihryio, Tn.nlilii-ML'o. Ti-rMilirM;c. Tr^ibhrid^-p. Ti-nh. rldgi'. Tn.lTyUiCP. Tr..lin>.'B. Tr'.olirlrla.
TrolilrlM-ldCP. Tnihlilrlirldi;'-. TlimiislilTid;". 'rhr'nvliiid!:i>. 'rrMlirni;. Tr.-.lirliltv. 'rviwliry.lu-^.
TniHlirlilco. Siiii'lnlL'se. Siinlirlcl'jp, TiirlM-ld;:''. .^1 r.,lini'lL'". Sir'i;.i-hl.rp. .Si lowlni.l;;.- mid Sir:uv.
I'rldiii'. IliP lliinl ■' h.'liii; nmllli'd In m.-iny .visps. Tl'P iii-mI.' d' ip.'lliiiL' now e.'ii.'ii\lly nd'.'pi'ii Is
TrowhrUlKc

t Tlio folliiwinc ni'ioiint r>f TinwhildcP Is pxtncied from "K.irly An'iaU of Trowliridc."
Iiy l!nv. \V ir. .Iniios. c.in.in iif SiiHshiry, puMlslipd In "The Wilrshlro Ari'lixolojlcal and
Koliirnl IlUtoiy Magazine" for June, 1873.

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"In A. D. 1100, just thirteen j"e.Trs after the completion of the Domesday
record, Trowbridge (.Trobregc) and Staverton are recorded as being in the pu^-
se-^siun of Edward of Salisbury, a great Norman noble, who was Vice Comes, or
sheriff of Wiltshire, and had no less than 3S manors in this county. In a docu-
ment of the date A. D. 1120-1130 it is enumerated amongst those estates which
were of his own acquisition in contra-distinction to those which he enjoyed liy
inheritance, and this looks rather as though he had purchase*! it. The descent of
the manor from that time to the present can be easily traced.

"But though Trowbridge had its castle, in these early days it was but a small
and unimportant place. That it was but an insigniticsmt town, even fifty years
after this time, seems evident from the following facts. It is not mentioned
among the towns in Wiltshire on which rates were levied in 1168 (14 Henry II)
'to marry the king's daughter' to the Duke of Saxony, nor among tliose from
which 'aid' was taken in 1187 (33 Henry II), by the king^s justices."

It is staterl in the preceding sketch of Trowbridge that it was an insignificant
town in 11G8, but in 1158 (4 Henry II) in the Devon Feet of Fines there is
mention of John Troubnigge.* It would, therefore, scorn not unlikely that the
name had an origin independent from the town of Trowbridge.

The first syllable of the name Trowbridge is probably derivol from the Old
English word trough, trogh or trou, and the Anglo-Saxon trog or Iroli, a natural
trough or channel in a stream, and the second syllable from the Old English word
brigge, bregge or brugge (unassibilated brig or brugg) and the Anglo-Saxon
brycg or bricg.i

It is reasonable to suppose that the first individual who bore the name of
Trowbridge was one who lived near a stream running swiftly in a well-worn
channel through the arches of a bridge.:): He may have got his name for some
feat of daring at or near tlie bridge, or taken part in its defense. He may
have received his coat of arms for valor while in command of the defense of
the bridge in some engagement, and, if so, the color of the bridge in the arms
would indicate that the conflict was a sanguinary one.

The copies of documents and records relating to the Trowbridge family in
England which are printed in this genealogy were selected from a large amount
of data gathered by Mr. Lor,.rop Withingt<_in of London, whose services were
engaged to conduct the researches in England which resulted in successfully
establishing the parentage and immediate ancestrj' of Tiiomas Trowliridgo, the
primitive settler in America. It will be shown that he bclonge<l to the Taunton,
Somersetshire, branch of the family, and after tlie jiroof of his parentage was
est<iblished the main effort of the researches in England was to prove the connec-
tion between that branch and the other families of tlie name there and in the
adjoining county of Devon. Investigations in that line are still progressing an<l
the indications are that scvitmI generations more will be added to tlie peilicrci' of
T'homas Trowbridge printed in tlii"; gi>ni'a!ogy. Sliurt as this is. comiian-il with
the centuries that the name fiourished bc'forc his birth, his di'sccndant.^ will be
gratified to know that of only a vi-ry few of the early New England settlers has so
much authentic ancestral lineage been proven as is printed here.

The rccord= show that the Trmvliridsre family were Imig seated in Devon, and
it Is said^ that the barton of Trowbridge in the jiarish of Crediton was in tiie
possession of t!ie family in tlio reign of Edward I.

• TIip <-ni-ly oal'-nilar nf tli" P'-'Vi.n I'.'ft of Fiues fm- Tronhridgc Is as follows:
t Ili^nrv II ; .Tnlin Astiir .1:111 .To. Ti'"il>rM::.'i> in Wi-slrod.'.
i:< floury II : Tho rl,> TmnlM-icsc- .niul Tho I'.h s in rp^diron.
22 II nrv III: t'c'tfr tlo Troln l£i' nnd Kic I'l-uPt in r.id'lrswrllo.

t F^nrdslfj-'s '■DIollonary "f Kn§llsli nnd Welsh Snrn.amps" ; "Centuiy Dictionnr.v" :
"Wfl.ster'.*! r)lction;iry.''

t S.>o thi" ilesorlption of the iiniis in flu' rnrnoll ooll.-ctlon n'.>ntion"d on pa^-.- 1.'..

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TKOWBRID<iE GENEALOGY 19

It is suppopoil that a younger branch of the Devonshire family of Trowbridge
settled in Somersetshire,* and many documents relating to it have been found in
tlie records of that county.

It is, however, in the Trowbridge family that is found residing in Taunton,
Somersetshire, about the middle of the sixteenth century, that most readers of
this genealogy will feel the chief interest, for from this branch of the family, it
will be shown, sprang Thomas Trowbridge, the primitive ancestor of a very large
majority of the Trowbridges in America.

Taunton stands on the great road leading from Land's End in Cornwall
Ui the north of England, lying betwcM^n E.xeter and Bridgewater, thirty-three
miles northeast of the former and eleven miles south of the latter — the situation
rendering it the thoroughfare from Bristol and Bath to Exeter and Plymouth.
It has been noted for ita manufacture of woolen, and its trade may be traced
back to the reign of Efhvard III, wlio first brought woolen raanufactorio-s to
England. It was with this trade that tlie Trowbridges of Taunton were so long
identified.

"Taunton has ever been a principal town in the county of Somerset. Before
the modem improvements were introduced, it was deemed well built. Its streets
are spacious, as it extends over a considerable extent of ground. The houses,
even in the middle of it, are furnished with good outlets, which contribute much
to the pleasantness and salubrity of the town, as well as to the convenience of
its inhabitants. It is a mile long, from east to west, and its streets have a
gradual descent to the river. It stands in a fertile and extensive vale, and is
called by Camden one of the eyes of the county. The county all around is
beautified with green meadows, abounds in delightful orchards and gardens; is
enriched with wood, and peopled with numerous villages, so as to exhibit to the
eye of the spectator, who approaches the town, a charming scene. The county
in itself, though, in the winter, moist and marshy, is supposed, by some, to derive
its name (Somersetshire) from the sunimerlike temperature of the air. The part
of it in which Taunton is situated has, if not an exclusive, yet a jieculiar claim
to the excellent qualities ascribed to the whole. On account of its fertility, tlie
peasantry used to boast that it was so fruitful with the zun and zoil, alone, as
to need no manuring. This country is called by the inhabitants, Taunton Dean,
that is the vale of Taunton, and from the high conceit of its pre-eminence above
other counties, hath arisen a beautiful proverb — 'miere should I he born, else,
hid Taunton Dean,' — as if it were a disparagement to bo born in any other
place; and none in England, nay, in the whole world, were to be compared
with it."t The motto of the town of Taunton is: Defendamus, Let us defend.

The description of Taunton in Domesday Book is as follows :t

"The Bishop of Winchester holds Taunton. Archbishop Stigand held it in the time of
King Edward, and it paid the geld for fifty-four hides and two yard-lands and a half,
of which there was arable land enough for one hundred ploughs. Besides this the
Bishop has in demense twenty carucatcs which never paid the geld and thirteen plough.s.
There are eighty Villans. eighty-two bordars, seventy bondmen or slaves, sixteen coli-
liorti anil -^nientofn swineherds, who render seven pounds, ten shillings, and amongst them
nil they have si.'ity ploughs.''

"The hundri^l of Taunton-Dean is divided* into three districts, the hundred of
'J'atmton market, the infaring divi-;i(m and the outfaring division. Taunton
market eomprrjionds that part which is distinguished as the borough of Taunton. .
The infaring division is subdivided into the hundreds of Molway. Hull. Poundis-
ford, St^nplegrove and Xailsbourno and includes the iiarislu^s of Taunton-

• Somerset, the land of tlin Sumorseet.in. is one of (lie Wi'stSaxnn shires which grew by
gradiiiil comincst from tlie W.-lsh. The lam) li:icl no distinct titl.> hpf.ire the I'ligllsb Couquost.
t lirlcf sk.Mch of I'aiinlo^ •stracted frmn .I:imc8 Savages "History of Taunton."
t According to Savage's "History ot Taunton.'*

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St. James, Ruishton. Stoke-St. ^[ary, Wilton. Trull, Bisliop's-llull, Pitmiuster,
Corfe, Staplegrove, Kingston and Rimpton (in Dorset). The outfaring division
contains the parishes of Aiipcr's-Leish, Basborough, Bradford, Cheddon-Fitz-
paine. Cornbe-iTory. Cothelston, lloathfiold. Ilill-FarranL-e. Lydeard-St. Lawrence,
Xv-nehead, Norton-Fitzwarine, Oake, Orchard-Port.man, Otterford, Tolland and
W'ithiel-Flory.

"The majior of Taunton-Dean is bounded on the north by the manors of
Brootnfield ajid Iton ; on the north-east by the manors of West-Monkton and
Cheddon-Fiupaine; on the east by the manors of Croech-St. ^Michael and Thorn-
Falcon and the rivtdet called Black brook; on the south-east by the manors of
Thurlbeer, Orchard-Portman and Staple-Fitzpaine ; on the south and south-west
by the manors of Yarcombe, Church-Stantr)n, Clayhidon and West-Buckland; on
the west by the manor of Bradford; and on the north-west by the manors of
Bishop's-Lydeard and Cotholeston.

"In the hundred of Ilnlway are the tithings of Ruishton and Ilenlade in the
parish of Ruishton; of Tlolway in the parish of Taunton-St. Mary Jfagdalen ; of
St'->ke in the parish of Stokc-St. Mary; of Chipleigh in the parish of Nynehead;
and of Gahnington and Sherford in the parish of Wilton. In the hundred of
Hull the tithing of Dipford in the parish of Tr\ill ; of Hull and Runiwell in the
parish of Bishop's-IIull; North-Trendle in the parish of Pitminster. In the
hundred of Pountlisford the tithings of South-Treudle, Blagdon. Pitminster,
South-Fulford, Duddleston and Corfe, all in the parish of Pitminster. In the
hundred of Staplegrove the titiiings of Staplegrove and Byrland in the parish of
Staplegrove; of Pyrland, Obridge, ilill-Lane aiul Gra.ssgrove in the parish of
Tauutfln-St. James; of Holford in Combe-Flory and Lydeard-St. Lawrence; and
of Ilbeer in tlie parish of Kingston. In the hundred of Nailsbourne the tithings
of Kingston, Nailsbourne, North-Fulford, Cushuish and Tetton in the parish of
Kingston."

The map facing page 18 shows tlie location of Taunton and its neighborhood,
with the modem spelling of some of these names.

About tlie middle of the sevontoenth century there resided in Taunton a family
of Trowbridges the head of which was Thomas Trowbridge, who was engaged in
business there for many years as a mercer and was a man of wealth and conse-
quence in the town. His home was in the parish of St. ilary Magdalen and in
the register of that church were found the follo^ving entries:*

BAPTISMS

1.5C4 Will"" Trowbridge November 27

1.566-7 Agnes Trobblebridge January 3

1.568 Alis Trobblebridge .lune 24

1.568-9 Tomsin Troblcbridge February 24

1570 .lohn Troublehridiie ilarche 25

[Hiatus in the register of baptisms from July 7, 15^2. to June 10, 1588.]

].",!l8-9 Elizabeth the dauglitor of .Fohn Trowbridcre February 8

li;ol .Tohn Sonne of .Inhn Trowbridge Male 'U

li;n-j_T Prudence daughter of .lohn I'rubridgo Fi'bruary .3

li'.04-5 .\i:iios danghtor of .Tnlm Trobridge February 10

1607-8 William sonne of .lohn Trubrii'dgo ^Farclio 22

l<'iii'.) James sonno of .luiui 'J'rou-bridge Docenilier 3

li«12 Jonne daughter of Mr. Ji^hn Tmwbridge Mnye 21

1615 Tacy daugiitcr of Mr. John Trowbridge !Maye 7

• Tbey should be referred to in nmnertl'm ^vith the dociiniciits hereafter printed.

TltUWBKlDOE <.;r:NEALOGY 21

il A BRUGES

ir)(!;J-4 Will'" Trowliridse Alice L<:>nge January 31

inO-t Kohte Gotlsail Dorathie Trowhridfj September "22

lliK! Jolm Hurly and Elizabeth Trowbridge June 2

1(121 William Mace of Exetter and Prudence Trobrige July 1

1029 (Jharles Wether k Agnis Trohridg December 13

1G;J7-8 Aldrid Seaman & Tacie Trobridg January I

IfiCiS Ilobte Strowbridgrc December 24

ir.16 William Trowbridge Marcho 27

KilG Joane daughter of .Nfr. John Trowbridg October 14

l()19-20 ilr. Thomas Trowbridge Februarie 20

1(122 AgTies wife of Mr. John Trobridge June 6

1(''38 James Troberidge October 22

1C53 ilrs. Alice Trowbridge August 25

1(j53— 4 John sonne of Thomas Trowbridge February 16

1072-3 Thomas Trowbridge February 7

At the end of 1611: John Boone, John Trowbridge, Tristram Morse, church
wardens.

At the end of 1615 : Andrew Hendlygh, John Trowbridge, Francis Wills,
wardens.

At the cud of 1G22 : Mr. John Trowbridge, Mr. Hugh [Pitcher?], church
wardens 1023.

St, Mary Magdalen Church. Taunton, was originally only a chapel dependent on
tiip conventual ciiuivh. In olden times there were seven chantries annexed to
St. Mary Magdalen riuirch. and the priests who otticiatcd in them were pensioned
ot the dissolution of the religious houses. The name of W. Trowbridge is given
ns the last incumbent of the Holy Cross fraternity and his yearly pension in
1.553 stood at £4. He may have been Sir William Trowbridge, curate of Ruish-
ton, whose will was proved at Taunton July 4, 1562.

Will of Sir William TROwnniDCE. Cukate of Rl'i.suton.*

"In the name of Goil, .\nien. In the yp.ir of our Lord (lod l."i(;2 ami on the 6fh day
of .lime, I, Sir Williiiin Trovvliridie. Curiite. Kiiishton. of cood iniiiil and pfrlVrt rPinem-
brniKv, make this my h\st will and testanioiit. in this manner fcdlowing: I'irst, I give
my -^oiil to .\lrni|,'hty (jod, and Aiy l)ody to he hiirie<l in Chrislinn hiirinl. nt my
imrishioners' ph'asnre. Item. I jtive to tho calhedrnl churrh of Wolls. 4<1. and to the
poor I'Jd, and I give to tlie children of .lohn Trowhiidite. my hrother. to every and ench
of tliem, 10s. Item. I giv<» to Itiiishton Church .'ts, 4(1. Item. 1 cive to Alice Lnne.
my -iisterin-law. .'!s. 4d. The rest of my Roods, not eiven nor he'inoathed. to Dorothy
Wliilo. tho wife of .Fulin Wliitp. whom I iiinke ?ny -^ule exeiiitiix. Witnos* lieieto. .John
Uowsewell. Clerk. Stephen .Mather. John /ezar." (.\rchdeacoury of Taunton.]

Will of William Tiiowiuupi.k of Taixton.

"In the name of (ioil. .\iiien. in the ycre "t our f.orde cod. ]r>T.">. and in the xxviij day of
maye, I. Willyam 'I'ruliiidi.'e. of the pnrishe of St. .lann-s. hy 'ranntoii. hi-ince of piTlitt
inyiiil and meinoiie. I)o make thi.s my la>le will iJc li'stamentc in maimer ifc forme as
fiillowerhe. I'iixte I siui- my soiilo to almiiililii- coil, and my limly to he linried in the
chiiiclie or cliuriliyarili' of St. .lames afoi-i'.^ai<li\ ttrin I ciiii> all my iromli's. movoahle
mill viimmcahle. Delitcs. & others, that were & is I>rw vnto me. Mito my focr rhildren,
viz: to William, .\liie. .Inliaii. anil IClizaheth 'rmliriilce. whom I make my whole &
iiiyiite e:j('<iitc>rs. .\iiil. if it aiiey of them to l>i". the gooiles to hf di\ idcd mnonci'ste
the reste of my .said children that .-hall happen to he alive, and to llie hrin-ince vp of my
ittidc children. .\nd my will i.s that my fathe-i-Iaw, John Springe, and my brother.

' ■

• Modernized spi'lilng.

22 TROWBRIDGE GENEALOGY

Thomas Trobridge, shall be my oucrspers. to & for the beholf of my foresaid children
during their minoritie, & for the bringinge -rp of tbem. And the resirhie that is and
shalbe left, over and aboue the premises, ray will is that it shalbe divided nmongeste my
aforesaide children, in equal portions. And for their paines I giue to .John .Springe my
beste cloke, .and vnto my brother, Thomas Trobridge, my beste spanishe leather gerkin.
In wittnes of this to be of trothe. is ,Tohn Awdrie and Richavde Berrie with others."
.VdministratioQ during the minority of the exe^-utors granted to the overseers named iu
the will June 6, 1575. [Archdeaconry of Taunton, no. 5, p. 200.]

.lune 27, 1610. "Billof Complaint of Thomas Trowbridge of Taunton Somerset, mercer,
that whereas being seized etc of one messuage and dwelling house situate in Taunton
standinge in the Markett place and bodye of the same Towne nere unto a certen Crosse
commonly called the High Crosse there unto which dwellinge house in the ffore part
thereof there is a verie faire and spacious sboppe belonginge and standinge under the
Uouffe of the said Messuage which shopp standeth and openly to that part of the streete
of the said Towne where the chiefe part of the Markett place of the said Towne is and
where the greatest Concurse of people (in the tyme of the marketts here) ys bcinge a
Markett of greatest request and chiefest note in all the Country there aboutes By
Reason of which convenient standinge of the said Sboppe your said Orator having had
the use and possession of the said .Shoppe by the space of ueere Thirtie yeres ....
and being far stricken in age desiring to let same .... John Trowbridge his
natural and only son having the nexte shoppe adjoining .... for selling of
woolle clothes .... Your orator being desirous to prefer one Thomas Chicke of
the said Towne of Taunton .... some time your orator's servant .... to
whom he granted about half a year ago a lease of the said .shoppe for your orators
Chick's live, said Chick promising to keep the shop for the same trade which not doing
he must surrender it up, etc. But now so it is said Chick having bought a dwelling
house with a sboppe in another remote place in the said tonne to which he seeks to draw
the custom and has shut up the orator's shopp and threatens to let it out for some other
trade." Desires possession. ".Vnswer of Thomas Chick, defendant, June .30, 1610. Says
that 3 or 4 years ago the complainant leased the said sboppe to Benjamin Cosyns of
Taunton, mercer, for complainant's life at £7 yearly who entered in and traded for 2 or
3 years but said Cosyns shortly after growing in decay was compelled to give said shopp
over to one .Tames Proctor of London, mercer, the said defendant being his customer and
chapman has wished him to take over the business which he did with Complainant's
knowledge, but not being able to furnish it suitably would desire to lett it till he is
more able." [Chancery Proceedings, Mitford, 115. no. 104.]

From tlie above bill of complaint it appears that Thomas Trowbridge, tlie elder,
was a mercer and a man of wealth. That he was a man of generous impuLses and
public spirit the following account of the well-known Trowbridge Charity,
established by him, bears witness:

"On the 4th of December, 1614, Thomas Trowbridge, the elder, of Taunton,
granted and assigned' unto ten trustees two closes or pieces of ground, called
Tunaways, the one consisting of five acres, and the other one acre, and lying in
West-Monkton, for the residue of a term of one thousand years, commencing on
the 25th of September, 1613, upon trust, that out of the rents and profits of the
said closes, then worth si.x poimds per annum clear to pasture, there siiould be
p.TJd on St. Andrew's Day yearly, unto the churchwardens and overseers of
St. ^lary ^Nlagd.ilen, six pounils, whereof they wore to pay on that <lay yearly,
to the churchwardens and overseers of St. .James, in or near Taunton, forty
shillings, to be hy them distributed amongst forty of the poorest, oldest, most
honest, and impotent poor of that parish., hy a shilling a-piece; the same distribu-
tion to be made on St. Thomas's Day, before Christuias; and within a month
after such ilistriluition, the said overseers of St. .lames to give a note of the
names of those that rcceivcfl the said benevolence to the churchwardens and
over.scers of St. Mary Magdalen aforesaid.

".Vnd that the residue, being fotir pounds, shniild be distributed by the said
cluirchwardens and overseers of St. ^lary ilafrdalen, amongst eighty of the like
poor of that parish, by one shilling a-piece, the same day; ;md a note kept of tlie
names of the said poor, and such names delivereil in at Easter, before the con-
stables of the borough of Taunton, two or more of the trustees being called in.

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23

And if tlie profits amounted to more than six poiinrls, the rosiijue to be in like
manner distributed amongst the poor of Taunton St. .Mary ^Magdalen, and to be
nncounted for a3 aforesaid. And if the profits should not amount to six pounds,
then a proportional abatement to be made on each parish, and the residue to be
distributed as aforesaid. And when the number of trustees should corae to four,
then n new deed to be made to some person or persons, who should assif^ tiieir
interest back again to these four, and as many more as they should think exx>edi-
ent, the major part to be the most efficient and honest inhabitants of the town of
'I'nunton; so that the term might be preserved to the uses aforesaid. And that
this gift should go on to the increase of the relief of the poor, and not to ease any
rate or taxation. And the donor desired that the poor should bo assembled on
St. Thomas's Day, at divine service, at their respective parish churches, except
Buch as could not; and after the distribution made, the donors name to be men-
tioned, and they put in mind to thank God for His mercy."*

On the west wall of the south porch of St. ;\rary's Church is a tablet, about two
foct six inches long by one foot three inches wide, painted black, with the
following inscription in gilt letters:

Mr. Tho' Troiohrid'je by
deed gave out of his Lands
in Westmonkton, to the
Poor of Taunton S' Mar'j
Magdalen, the Sum of
Four Pounds T" An: to he
distributed by the Church
Wardens and Overseers
on S'. Thomases Day, and
Forty-shillings PT An: to
Tau7iton <Sf Jameses, but
if 'the Lands yield more
then the overplus to the
Poor of Taunton S^ Maty
Magdalen, and if less, then
a proportionable abate-
ment of both Parishes.
He died 1619.

A similar tablet is also placed in St. James's Church.

• Sftvnqe"9 "History of Taunton," pp. 240-2. This charity Is still Uistrlbnted under the
ibOTe terms.

24 TROWBRIDGE GENEALOGY

In connection, with the foregoing account of the cliarity tlie following letter
from Mr. Henry Trowbridge (No. 50) of New Haven, Conn., to his brother
Thomas will be of interest to members of the family.

London, January 20, ISOO.

"I visited Taunton yesterday. Immediately on arrivinc there I went to St. JIary
Macdalen. sent for the sexton, and inqnired for the eelebrafed tablet, the inscription of
which ynu know. I asked him if he could tell me wliere our revered ancestor was buned.
He could not; for in the restoration of the church all the vaults were fille<l u]) ami paved
over. The original .slabs over the graves were, e.xcept as taken care of by desci'ndant.<?,
all worked over and placed in the pavement of the side aisles, and nearly all so worn down
by passing over them as to be entirely defaced. On one the letters TROW on one side
w.as ilistinct, but nothing else could be deciphered. The slab appeared to have been cut in
two, or reduced to conform in width to the rest of the pavement. I think this w.as our
ancestor's slab, but there is nothing certain about it. .\fter speniling as long a time in
and about the church as was desirable. I inquired about the wanleos, and whore the
ai tive or leading one lived. I found he was the e.|itor of the Taunton paper, and not far
off, and so w.'ut in seanh of him, and luckily found liim at home and sent up my card,
lie soon made liis appearance. I immediately told him I was a direct desceiulant from
Thomas Trowbridge, whose good deed was recorded in stone in St. Mary's, lie seemed
much pleased to see me, and at once spoke of the charity as couferriug a blessing annually
upon the poor. I, of course, was all an.tiety to know about it. so he brought out the
book headed Tro" hri'lqc Charity, in which the annual receipt and ilistribution is rerorded
and balanced. There has never, from the day of Thomas' death, been a failure to distrib-
ute the annual income according to the spirit of the will, but not always to the letter.
B'or a long time the shillings were given to the poor without calling them together in the
church, as the will directs; but Mr. May, the present acting warden, and for many years
past, a man of about your age and size, and with just your love and veneration for the
past, iletermined to restore the former usage in exact conformity to the will, and ilid so;
so that now, on St. Thomas' day, 'the poorest, oldest, most honest and impotent poor'
of the parish of St. Mary Magdalen are a.ssembled at the church. e.xcept such as could
not, when divine service is held and a sermon preached to them, previous to which each
one receives a shilling ticket, and at the close receives from the rector a shilling on
presenting the ticket, 'when the donor's name is mentioned an<l the poor put in mind to
thank God for his mercy.' The day is wholly given up to this distribution. Mr. May
says it is a most pleasing duty, and would have gratified me beyond measure to have
witnessed the last distribution, 21st of December, and regretted exceedingly he did not
know I was so near, so as to have invited me to it. He says there are always more
applicants than the fund will supply. Many were eighty .years of age, hardly any below
fifty, who participate. .Vny surplus remaining over is given in loaves of bread to the
most deserving, in addition to the shilling piece. P.ut a still greater good results from the
charity than the temporal relief. It is that these aged and impotent poor who are
prevented from attending church, perhaps for the whole year, on this day hear the (jospel
preached, expressly adapted to them, and under the most impressive circumstances, as it
comes with the charity , which warms and feeds them. The charity is one of five of a
similar character, but is the largest, and yielding now £20. Of course I was all an.xiety
to see the land, which I learned was about a mile from town. .So Mr. May, leaving the
rector with whom he was engaged, got into the carriage and drove with me to it. The
day was beautiful, a bright sun shining, and as we halted in front of the lot, I thought I
ni'ver saw so fair a field. The largest of the two fields contains five acres, and very
similar to our laige lot ou the hill, cccept it rises gently from the highwav, instead of
receding. It is surrounded with a hawthorn hedge, one half in grass and half in cultiva-
tion. Eroni an old oak in the center of the lot, I gathered some dry le.ives which
entwined it. one of which 1 send you. The oak is old enough to have sheltered our
progenitor from the noon day sun. as he walked over his beautiful held. From the
center I cut a small rod, which I have in a box, and will endeavor to carry safe to you.
so iliat there mav be a marriage of Ihe lanrls of the 'L'liotnas of li'.H anil the Thomas of
IM'.ii The other lot is separated from the one first visited by a strip of land, contains
one acre, also lying on the highway. Koth arc precisely as they were when tie' will was
made in 1'J14, in bounds and uieti's.

"Is it not strange that a charily founded by will, more tlmn two hundred aiid forly-live
vi'ars ago. at that tirue so insignificant. shouM have continueil. uuimipaired, and at this
day shedding a fo\irfold blessing upon the p.ior. ami for that space of time the laml
remained in the- same use as when the donor lived? I could not hut think, as the warden
described the joy of the poor in listening to the n-lisious services, and afterwards, with
tears, receiving their share of the good man's bestowment. that in him his rlescendants
hail lii'cn blessed. .Mr. .May said he was glad to have a desceudant to render his account
to. and made a copy of his last account, ISoS. (That of IS.'i'J was not closed in the
parish book.) I send you a copy of it:

ST, MAKY ^tA(MlAI.l■:^• (.ULIiCir, TAUNTON, EN<;r.ANI).

TROWBRIDGE GENEALOGY 0.5

rROWUItlDGE ClfARITT, 1858.

Dr. : cr.

April 20, to cnsh to Messrs. \ Ry stamps, postnse £0 0 H

Froncli for h.ilf ye.ir's rent to ; I'lirtliasiiig ."(10 cnrrls 0 7 (j

l>t\<ly I)ny Inst £7 10 0 | Dpc. 1:iI, to inroiiie ;ilIowi-cl Mr.

Nov. 4. ilo. to Micliaelmas bst. 7 10 0 [ Mlake 022

l)<-c. 21). clo. to Downing Blake | Dec. 21. ilistribution at .St.

Ksq., ono year's rent to Michael- | .^Tory's tliiircli 17 14 10

nins Inst 5 .3 0 i (.'ash to wardens of .St. .fames'. 2 0 0

!

£20 5 0 i £20 r, 0

"Mr. yU\y said the charge for tickets only occurred once in several years. It is for the
sliillinff ticket given to the poor before the service, which they present at the close for
(ho shilling. Hy the number you may .indge of the number of applicants. I have run
hastily over the items, but have civen you enough to show you that your honored
ancestor's will has been faithfully carried out. and will be for centuries to come, thereby
shoairic how much encouragement there is for us all to leave a blessing upon unborn
generations."

J[r. Thomas Trowbridjre died in Taunton, February 20. l(il9-20. By the
provisions of his will, made in the preceding July, and proved .May 6 followinfr,
his l.irge property- was divided between his children, prandchildren, relatives,
friends and dependents, his only son, John Trowbridge, bein^' the residuary
legatee and sole e.xecutor.

Will of Thoma.s Trowbridge of T.\unton.

"In the name of Goil. .Vmeii. The sixth daye of .lulye. in the yeare of o"- Lord god, 1010.
mill in the .^eaventeenth yeare of the Rigne of or .'^overigue Lorde .Tames, by the grace of
(;.k1. Kiuge of Kiiglande. France and Ireland, Defender of the faythe, .Vnd of .Scotlande.
the Two nnd tiftyethe. I. Thomas Trowbridge of Taunton in the County of Somerselt
.Merchant ttaylor, heinge sicke in bo<lye, but of perfect memory, thaukes be giuen to
.Miiiighty go<l. doe hearby make and declare this my Will, thereby makinge my last will
& testament in manner followinge. Inprimis I comitt my soule into the hands of
.Mniiglity god, tnistinge to he saved by the luerrittes. Death, and passion of my onely
mid allsuffii iont saviour .lesus Christ, and by noe other wayes or meanes whatsoever.
.\uil my boclye to the earth, from whence it was taken, in sure and certayne hope of a
joyfuU resurrection, at the last daye. And my desire is to be buried in, or neare the
•epiildire of my late beloved wife, in the parish Church of Marye Magdalen, in Taunton.
.\iid for my worldly goods, wherew'h the Lordo hath blessed mee. my will, intent, and
inemiiuge is, that the same should be yniidoyeil, and bestowed in manner, and forme
fidlowiiig. Item I giue and lM>queath vnto soe many of the Chihlren of my soiiue .lohn
Trowbridge. Wh shall be livinge at tlie tyme of my decease, to each of them Teniie
poiiiiils. .\nd in.v further nill and menninge is. that if any of my said sonnes (.'hildren
an aforesaid, shall depte this lyfe^ before sui h childe or children shall accom|dish the age
of One and twenty yeares (not beinge married I That then the porc'ous to liiin. her, or
(hem. soe giuen and beciueathed, shalbe equally divided amongst the rest of the Children
• iirvivinge. Item I giue and bequeath unto Thoma.s Trowbridge my Nei>hewp. the three
(trenie Chostes in (he Shoppe. sixe greatc ringes boxes, one case of smale boxes. lUie
fnyre glasse hoxe, with all the Shelfes in the shoppe. The greate S|iruse cheste in the
hall, one Table horde, and forme in the hall, one Cupborde, one Rounde lioarde. mie
••kri'eiie ill the hall, w'h all the seilinge, aiul beuihinge. and hoards vnderfeete in the
liiill. Twelve platters in the Buttery, w"' sixe C'aiidle-stickes. one R.ison and Ewer, The
I'Imyre in the hall, and all other thiug"s helonginge to the hall. [tern I giue. and
lir(|iieiith vnto inv Kinswoman .lonne I'arry.* the wife of Stephen rarr\e. g'lit. the sipi.-ire
wniiiglile table hoarde. and frame, standinge in the Dyninge i-|ianil>er. and the Carp-tt
wriiUL'hle w"' cci|ipi'r, ami cru(dl, behingiuge to it, the Cypiu's (.'h.stc in the Ravne
t'lminher, the I'.ed<leade, wherein I lye. in the Ravne (■'haiuber. pcifoniied w"' Featherbed.
lliMilster, pillowes. Ilie ^emnde best ( 'nxerli'tt. and ('uiliiyiirs .iiid ^h'-'ts. mv lie<t quilt.
«alli', the ele;neii sdver s|i.ioiies. w"' roiiude kuciblies. and (lie Ili'U.-t w .1 1 ;il iui;e pauile.
Item I giue and l>e(|iienth vuto .Martha Wehlie. .\gnes Wi'bbe. and .\liie W.hbe, daULditers
of Jtenedict W-bbe, and .Vliio his late wife my'daughter. to eai h of them the some of

• Uer nialtlen name was not found.

20 TROWBRIDGE GBXEALOGT

Tenne pounds. And my furthor will, inteut. and ineaiiinge is. That yf any or eyther of
them shall dppaite this life before such chilile. or children shall accouiplisU tlie ai;e of
one and twenty yeares, (not beinire mariii-il) That then all such porc'ons of iheui, or
oyther of them soe dyinge, and ininicrly given, and bequeathed, shall reinuine to the
survivor or sur\'ivors, amongst them eipially to be divided. Uimu 1 giue and beipieatli
vnto Fraoncis and Marye Go<isall, the daughters of Robert Godsall, and Dorothie his late
wife my daughter, to each of thera the sum of Tenne poun<l.s. And my furtlier will and
meaninge is, if eyther of them shoulde departe this life, before she shall accomplish the
nge of one and twenty yeares, not beiuge married. That then the pore 'on soe bwiueathed
vnto her shall remaine vnto the survivor. Item I giue an<l Ix-quoath vnto my Cosen
Joane Pratten,* the wife of Thomas I'ratten of Taunton, the some of Forty shilliuges.
and to each of her Children «<''' shall be livinge at the tyme of my death Twenty
shillinges apeece. Item I giue and bequeath vnto .Mr. Richard Mercer. Sclioolem' of the
Castle schoole, in Taunton. Forty shillinges. Item I giue and bequeath vnto Mr.
Richarde Davios, Minister of St. .lames, the some of Forty shillinges. Item I giue and
bequeath vnto Margery Wrentmore my late servant, the some of Three pounds. Item I
giue and bequeath vnto Elizabeth Webber, the some of Three pounds. Item I giue and
bequeath vnto Roberte Andrewes my servant, the some of T'hree pounds. Item I giue
and bequeath vnto .loane Tarry ray servant, the some of Three pounds. Item I giue
and bequeath vnto Elizabeth Harris my servant, the some of Three pounds. All the
rest of my goodes and chattelles, moueable and vnuioueable, my debtes paide, and
Legacies, and funerall discharged, I giue and be<ineath vnto my bclove<l sonnc .John
Trowbridge, whome I make, ordaine, and appoiute the sole Executor of this my last will
and testament, thereby revokinge. renouncinge and repealinge all other will or willes
hearetofore made. And I doe most earnestly intreate my wejbeloved freinds ,fohn Clarke,
& Doctor of. Divinity, and Lewes Pope, to bee my Overseers, to see this my last will and
testament to be pformed in all thinges accordiuge to my true intent and meaninge. And
for their paines and travell therein to be taken. I giue vnto each of thera the some of
Forty shillinges. -Vnd for the better assuranuce of all the p'mises, I haue pronounced,
divulged, and declared this to be my last will & testament, and haue subscribed my name
therevnto, and scaled it w"> my scale, the daye and yeare aboue written, in the presence
of those, whose names are vndersubscribed. This will was sealed, signed, delivered, and
published as his last will, in the presence of vs, .lohn Goodwyn, George Randall, Lewes
Pope, Robert Mockridge. John Wrentmore." Proved .May C, lt>20. [Prerogative Court
of Canterbury, Soame, 45.]

Satisfactory proof of the ancestry of Thomas Trowbridge has not been fouiul.
He had a brother who had a son Thomas, for he mentions the latter in his will.
He may have been a brother of William Trowbridge of Taunton, whose will, made
in 1575, mentions his "brother Thomas Trowbridge," as if the latter were well
known. John, son of Thomas, afterwards named a son William. Thomas or
William was probably the father of William, Agnes and Thomasinc Trowbridge,
baptized in St. Mary Magdalen. Tiuinton, in ]564, 1507 and 1509, respectively.

The name of the^vife of Mr. Thomas Trowbridge was not found. As is stated
in his will, she dic<i before him and was buried in St. Mary Magdalen Church.
They had the following

CHILDREN :t

i. Alice, bapt. June 24, iri(iS; m. Benedict Webb of IviDgswood, Wiltshire.

ii. John. bapt. Mar. 2o, IjTO. (See next iiaragraiih.)

iii. Dorothy, bapt. , 15 — ; m. Sept. "J'J, 15!»4, Robert Godsall of Taunton.

Tnlin Trowbridge, only son of Thomas Trowbridge, scorns to have resided nU
his life in Taunton, where from e.Trly youth he was in bu.siness as a wooleiiilrnpcr.
As his father's heir, he bcc.inip at the lattor's death the ciiief Trowbridtre in
Taunton, and was a man of wc.tlth and.prominmico. In middle age he wn.* elected
mayor of the town, and appears to have been conscientious in )>erfonning the
duties of that office. He was for many years one of the wardens of St. Mary

• Her maiden name was not fmrnd. The Tarlsh Keglster of St. Mnry Magdalen records the
mnrrlMge July II, l.T?S. of "Tliomas I'ratten and .loane I.xor ejus."

t Mentioned in their fathers "111. The baptisms of 1 and il are recorded In the Parish
Register of St.- Mary Magdalen, Ta\mton.

TROWDKIDGC GENEALOGY 07

Mnplalen Church and was also a iiicnibor of the l>oaril of trustees of the alms-
house which had been founded in 1015 by Richard Iluish, Esq., of London and
was one of the important institutions of Taunton. The following documents
refer to Mayor John Trowbridge and his family.

November 22. 1613. "Rill of Couiplaint of .John Trowbri<l£;e of Tauntou. county
Somerset, wollen dr.nper tliat .Tolin Rolle late of Stevenston, roiinty Dpvon, gent ami
Mnrcaret his wiffe ahout December in the Oth ye.nr of the I.Ttc Qtieen Elizabeth did lease
to Richard Starre. Edmund Starre and Elizabeth Starre. wife nf the said Richard
Starre three P.nrqages then in occupation of William S>oryer. deceased, for a terme of
:'. lives at a y^-arly rent of 2O3. with the condition that if the said Richard Edniond and
Elizabeth or one of them during their lives did dwell from the premises and there in did
not make theire continuall abode that the said .lohn Rolle nnd Marsaret or their heirs
re-enter, also to collect all rents, etc, and pay same quarterly etc after which tyme said
.lohn and Mariarett died and the lands desi-cnded to Sir IIi nry Rolle, Kut, son of said
.fohn and Marsaret. which said .lohn, Ri.liard. Edmond and Elizabeth Starre hoinz
crowne into some poverty ordered the tenants of bis Burgages fe.^f'ept the aforesaid
three) not to pay their rents as before to the Starres. but to one Simon Kingston of
Rishopp Lyddard. county Somerset, yeoman whom he a|ip.iinted his Rayliffe and after-
wards gave licence to Richard Starre (who is yet living 1 to assign his interest in the
three messuages to said Simon Kingston, etc and about the 7th year of the present king,
said Richard Starre demised the same for GO years if he so long should live unto which
snid Simon entered until! now within two years at 2i">s to be paid yearly to Richard
lOdniond and l-^lizabeth Starre But so it now is that said Kingston being much in debt
he entreated your orator to buy of him bis interest in the three Burgages which he did
about the ,Srd of April last — but on the ground that Richard Starre dwells from the
.same Sir Henry Rolle instituted process at Westminster to re-enter," etc. Answer of
Sr. Henry Rolle Knt, Defendant November -30. li'>13. "The Burgages in North Street.
Richard Starre has lived away three years from the Burgages without Sr. Henry's
licence." Prays the suit may be dismissed. A further answer. A third answer, etc.
[Chancery Proceedings, Mitford, 19, no. 88.]

n^'24.] "This indenture the 20 .January in the one and twentieth year of the reign of
the King between Benedict Webb of Kingeswood, County Wilts, gent, of the one part
nnd John Trobridge of Taunton, county .Somerset, Woollen draper sonne and heir of
Thomas Trobridge. dece.ased. of the other part witnesseth that said Webb in considera-
tion of £100. by said Thomas Trobridge paid in his life time .as for good causes hath
given and sold unto the said John Trobridge and his heirs all the land and tenement
following that is to say one tenement in Stogwosey. county Somerset, noiv or late in
tenure or occupation of one John Cordwent. and eleaven acres in Cauington in county
Somerset, late in tenure of one Winter and one peice of land in Cannington

called Jaottes land nowe or late in the tenure of said Winter and also foure closes of
land, meadows and pasture at Claye Walles in said County of Somerset contayning
twenty acres more or lesse : comonly called Hillacres and Langhams now or late in
occupation of one William Day and twenty acres of land and pasture in Spacton in said
County with comon of pasture therevnto belonging nowe or late in tenure? of Thomas
Symondes and Robert (.^ovett and one other close called Tuthill iu Stogursey now or
late in tenure of said .John Cordwent and all other landes, tenements, common weares
fishinges, woode vnderwoodes, etc in said County which one Nicholas Webb late of
Kingeswoode, deceased, father of said Benedict purchased to him and his heir- of one

John Webbe, late of the Citie of Exon. likewise deceased with . 1 deeds,

writings, etc." (Close Rolls, 21 .James J. pte. 21. no. ^).]

Novemlior 0. 102i'p. "Rill of Complaint r^f John Trobriilie of Taunton. Sonieisot. nnd
Alice his wife, late the wife of Robert Read of Tiverton, county D"von. clothier.
de)-e»snd. That the said Robert Read iu his life time did vse the trade of Clothier
nnd hou;lit wool and go to many faires and markets, etc, did often jouinev to Provost,
''ornwnll. to buy nnd always did lodse there at the house of one Nowell Sprye who
was a girat gainer by said Reade who alwavs paid ready money and liied about 4 years
(lime not being indehtpd to any person, .\dministrarion granted to snid Alice and about
two yonrs since married your orator. Sprye now asserts that lie lent tl.'j to said Read
about )." or li) years ago for which he poss.'sses a bond. Said Read bestowed at his
death near t.jOO to pious uses. To gain his unjust purpose said Nowell Sprye combines
with one Ri.liard Sprye and one C^uistauce Sprye of Pr.ivost and secretly prosecuted
your orator John Trowbridge to an outlaw [sic] for the debts and compelled him to give

og TROWBKIDOE GENEALOGY

s.'.uiitv wliii li lip linil to imv." Prnyinc Sprye shall return this. "Answer of Xowell
Spry Ilpfeiuhiiit." Siateuiciit of account. ".\iis«er of IJichard Sprye iiiid f'onstnnce
his wife." .Mi-s. llartnoll of Tiv^rtou mentioned. (Chancery Proceedings, Charles I,
T. 43, no. 4.J. )

.[line I'.l. li'.Jf*. T)!!! of Complaint of .fohn Trobridge of Taiinton, Somerset, woollen
di.ippr hfinc si^ yean'S ago seized in a parcell of land called Uaw .Morris or Hawe
Marslie in the iiarish of Canninsron. SomersHt then in t.-nnre of .lohn Colford and before
in (I'niup of .IciliQ .Feukins. which for certain snnis complainant agreed to convey to said
.luhn Ciilfonl who pretending to doubt tlic title obtained the .If.'ds of all lands bought by
your iirator from his brother in law, Hpnedict \Vchh. Now complainant having sold
part of the land to one .fohn Mallet and others, cannot obtain his deeds desires relief."
[Chancery I'rooedings, Charles I, Mitford, 80, no. 200.]

•lannary 1. lir.O. ■ I'.ill of Cojiiplaiiit of .lohn Trowbridge of Taunton, ro Somerset,
PraiKT. Whereas one Richard Iloyshe of Khx kclTryers in London gent not long before
his (h'ath did found an hospitnll in Tainiton M.igilalen and appoiiitoil yor orator one of
his i:.\eiutors .mil trustees for said hosiiital. Yor orator liaving e\pende<l divers somes
of money for sayd hospitall or almeshouses now claims payment," etc. [Chancery Pro-
cee<lings! Charles I. 1! & A, T 5, 17.J

May f.. W.i). 'nill of (.'omplaint of .John Trobridge. tlie elder of Tamilon. Somerset,
giMit. now Mayor of same, against the Trustees of certain lands etc. left for llip pour.
William Itill of Ponn.sford. gent. Somerset. Roger Prowse, gent. Andrewe Ilemllcy.
gciit, William I^est.md or L^-chlenil, gent. R>)bprt Hill. gent. .\nthi>ny Ro"se, gent,
Hughe (Jodsall. Phillip Lissent. the elder. Richard Saunders. Thomas Clii(ke, IFiigh
Hill. Hugh Pitdier. Roger Hill, .lasper Chaplcn. Thomas Hester. Robert Moggoridge,
llriiry "Jodsall and Peter Godwine." [Chancery Proceedings, Charles I, .Mitford, T 3(1,
337.1

October 1, lil-'iO. "Bill of Complaint of .fi>lin Trowbridge of Taunton in the County of
Somersett the plder. gentleman none Mavor of the luwne anil Iturrough of Taunton.
Richard Pittes. i;d«ard Cooper. Charles Withers, .Fohn Button. Henry West. IMwnrd
Webbpr and other inhabitants of the said towne. Concerninge lands given for the n.se
of the poor, the rents of which and writings are detained by the trustees. William
Hill of Poiii\sford, Somerset, gent. Roger Prowse. gent, Andrewe Henley, gent, William
Lechlande, gent, Robert Hill, gent, Anthony Itowse, gent, Hugh tJodsell, Phillip
Lissent the elder, Richard Saunders, gent, Peter Godwyne, Thomas Hester, William
Powell, gent, to give the account books, etc. [Chancery Proceedings. Charles I, Mitford.
30, 3'J7.]

Pecember 8, 1<>34. "Answer of Roger Prowse gent, to Rill of .John Trobridge gent. &
others complts. That he believes certain lamls were given lo the inhabitants of Taunton
for use of the poore & other uses, lending money lo pore tradesmen without interest
&e., &c., & security for sd. somes was given by bon<ls \yh the constables & magistrates
of sd. towne used to defiuer &c. about twenty years since n suite concerning one Osmond
Withers concerning tythe of some of sd. towne lands & <liners writings &c. concerning sd.
lands were dpliu'ed to sd. parties in suite &c. & some after deliu'ed to this ileft. vt some
to other pties. this Peft. is ready to give upp same to chest where others are & linth not
hail other bills &c.. &c. that .") yrs. sine recr-ivcd £20 lo be lent to pore tradesmen by one
.Mr. William Simons this peft. then maior & lent same to t Iradesnwn & took bonds for
p.i.\mcnt in 3 years & shortly after deliu'd same to .Mr. .Foliii Trowbriilge be then maior.
This Peft. hath not niaile any other leases of sd. towne lamls uidess ioyned with sd.
.Fohn Trowbridge & other defts," etc. [Chancery Proceedings, Charles L I* & A. T
lU. IS.)

".\nswers of William Hi',' gent. & Robert Hill gent. 2 of ihe Complts to Bill of .Tohn
Trowbiidge gent. & others C.implts. jsain.- suit a.^pareiii l.\ |. That Ftoger Hill I^sip
d..d. father of ( < Williaai Hill ,<: Alcxau'lor Hill gent, alsoe deed., father of

this deft, were ffenffes of sd. towne lands & this deft. William Hill after ileath of his
father Fvoger IFill & this ileft. Robert Hill after rh'alh of his father, .Vle.vander Hill,
found some writings &c. & deliu'd same up to i-onipit .Fohn Trowbridge," etc.

".\nswer of Hugh Pitcher gent. Hugh CuKall gcin.. William Lechlanil gent . Thomas
Chick, Hugh Hill. Roger FFill gent.. I'iiillip I,issaur. the elder, .fpsper Chaplin. 'L'homas
Hisier. Robert M<igeriilge. Richard Saunders. Heniy fJodsall. William P.iwell & Peter
GoiUvin some of the defts to Bill of .Fohn Trowbridge & others Complts." (Chancery
Proceedings. Charles L B & .V, T 17, j7.]

TROWBRIDGE GKXEALOGY -'ij

• "Will of .folin Roze the pMer of [>yme I{<>;is, county Dorspt, M>'i-cliant. 11 Sppteiiihpr
1(127; Iproved lij'JT]. To poor of St. Uiirl;\'lo. NIe of Jprspy. wIuto [ was l)orn. £li).
To Iticliaril Roze mine only «oa and hier apparfnt all my lands in Isle of Jersey, and
.lolin Trowbridi:e, my son in la\v. and Judith his wife, my eldest daughter, and I'aitb and
Joluin Uoze, my youngest daughters, shall lelease their rlaims to my said son. To Fayth
Roze, my wife. £200, and an annuity of '£!."> payable by her lU'other Anthony Ellesdon.
Ri-nt. out of hinds in Whiteehurch. To my wife iliil) a year for life in lieu of her
dower. To Faitii my daujihter £1<X) for her marriaee portion, also £100 for same purpose
Iti my ilauchter .Foban. To Judith ray danihter. wife of .lolin Trowbridge the youn;;er,
XIUO, she giving up lier ilaim to lands called (Jonsh-gan. To naih of my godchildren,
.I'lhan Ellesdon. .Mary Uragge. John Rley, William Roze. .Fohn Fowler, anil John Marten.
Hon of John .Mai fen, -Mts. To each of my sprvants saving John Arthur 20s apiece.
Ri'siduary legatee and pxecutor: son Richard. Overseers: .Vnthony Ellesdon. gent.:
my brother in law, .T.din Roze the younger, merchant, uiv kinsman, -lohn Trowbridge,
my son in law. \Vitnes.ses : Anthony l/arbery, .\Dtliony Ellesdon, Geo. Wood."
H'rerogative Court of Canterbury. Skyuner, 104.1

Will of Joii.n" Trowiiripce, the Yoim^kii. of T.vu.nton.*

"Will of John Trowbridge the younger of Tawiiton. lounly Somerset. Woollen Draper,
2li I>e<'ember li'>.".0 : [proved 20 .lanuary lH'In-I ). To .Tudeth my wife all my plate and
linnen and housidiold stuff on condition she convey to my father .lohn Trowbridge the
house I now dwell in. To mv sister Faith llnas^e 20s. for a ring. To the poor of Tawn-
ton and St. J.inies £5. To Sarah Hill of r.ridgwater the sum of . . . To my cosen
Henry Hurley I say £.">.t To Rice Fitchett and .... or to my overseers to
ilisclmrge them out of trouble for good things £lo if they lie siipil in rhp high Commission
Court. To the [irocuring of a good preacher to be Mr. \'ickar after Mr. (.'larke bis
liiH'ense. Itesiduary Legatee and Executor, Father .lohn Trowbiiilge. Uvei'seer. My
coKen William Ilill of Bridgwater and .Mr. Henry Evan of Tawnton. Witnesses,
Anto: Erbery, Jno Atkins." [Prerogative Court of Canterbury, St. John, 2.]

November 10. lij.'il. "Rill of Complaint of .Tohn Trobriilge of Taunton, county Somer-
net, gent That whereas about 3 years ago a marriage was had between .John Trowbridge
the younger your orators eldestt sonne and ,Iudith Rose, daughter of Fayth Rose of
li>ine Regis, county Dorset, widow at which time your orator did bestow so much
Inndes to his son to the sum of £1,')00 and the said Fayth Rose did lend to him £100
and look his bond which later out of good will she forgave him thinking to deliver
up llie bond. .\nd there being great ilcaliugs between the said .lohn Trowbridge,
Junior, and Richard Rose of Lyme Regis, brother of said ,Tuditli for divers wares,
noodles, and merchanilizes and during this tyme said .fohn Trowbridge did send divers
pnrcells of woUen cloth to said Rose to sell he being a draper. .Vnd whereas about
decemher last said .Tohn Trowbridge fell sick and made his will devising to bis wife
Judith nil his household stuff, plate, etc as was well north £1300 and ordained your said
orator to he his e.xecutor and shoitly died without issue and your orator took upon him
rxerulion of will, and being in greate griefe and heviness for the death of his said sonne,
the rntlier that he would not geve vnto the said Ju<lith his wife, lause of discomfort, did
not iiinke serches or enf|uiry for any writings, specialities or money of said testator but
nuffcTod said .Tiidith his wife to take away all moneys, writings. Chestes and Cujiboardes
bewides the jilate soe given unto her as aforesaid, not thinking she would deal unjustly
with him During the time of testators sickness, .Tudith his wife, said Richard Rose,
Knith Itose. daughter of said Faith Rose, widow, Edward Webber of Taunton. . Vnthony
Klesdon, George Bragge and Edward Williams were daily and howerly with the testator,
e(r vet never mentioned any money due then from testator iiutill 3 or 4 dayes after the
funi'rnll when said Richard Rose made claim for the af.iresaid £100. which orator
would pav if Faitli his widow would on oalh 'jaim same. whi<b she refuses to ilo.
Your orator can only prove the gift by such witnesses as ari- soe oiild and impotent that
llicy rnnnot travel! vnto any place farre distant from their owiie dwelling." etc ".Vnswprs
of Iticliard Kosp, .Vnthony lOllesdon. Faitli Rose, widow I'aiib Rose her daughter, and
Judith Trohridge. wirlow, ilcfendants. Faith Rose, wiilow denies she forgave the d"lit.
Jiiililh Trobridge denies taking awav anvthiuir" [('haucprv I'rocepdiiigs. Charles I.
T:tl. no. 11.1

•Sen ef Mayor .lelm Tr>e\l.rHigp and I'roili'r of Tlioinas Ti'-w l.ridi;e. ilio priiiiiiive st'itler

la ,\liliTlea.

t 'I In- iirereiHng live wenls are s. r.al' le <1 >eit

t Tlie ii«c here of the word "elrle^it" iniisf liave ti, en an rri-ei- of the lawyer who drew ilie
r«>ini>lnlnt nm! who pralmitlv did not know of tlie ai'siiil sun 'I'hnnias. who ".is at that liim*
llTing lu I'xi'ier.

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Fi'bruaiy S, 1037. "Bill of Complaint of JoIiq Trowbridse of Taunton, Somerset, woolen-
clr;iper that his son intermarrying with Judith Rose, daughter of John Rose of Lyme
Regis, county Dorset, gent, deceased, shortly after marriage one Richard Rose brother
of said Judith persuaded jour orator's son to adventure commodities etc beyond the
sras and with Faith Rose widow promised to lend him £100 apeece gratis, the said
Richard having occasions beyond the seas would act as his factor" [Long failed piece.
The defendants seek recovery of the £100 bonds. Sets forth certain properties.] "Answers
of Robert Henley Esquier and Faith Rose, widow, two of the defendants. Faith Rose
sayth at the marriage the complainant clid yeild up his trade, shopp and wares to his
Sonne and that about the month of July 1028 she did lend complainants son £100 and
denies she ever forgave him it. Robert Henley -^aith he heard it to be true that the
complainant w.is to pay to Richard Roze £'20 if Robert Henley this defendant's father
and himself thought it tit for law costs. Robert Henley, brother in law to Richard
Roze. Answer of Richard Roze, defendant." [Chancery Proceedings, Charles I, T 35,
72.)

"The Joynt & severall further answers of Richard Roze & ftaith Roze Detts to the Bill
of Compit of .John Trowbridge Complt.

All advantages of excepcon &c saved. Deft Richard saith that he cannot express the
pcell of Wollen cloth Kersies or wnxe sent by John Trowbridge the younger to Deft to be
transported beyond the seas nor what other dealings were had between Deft & the said
.John Trowbridge the younger & Judith his wife for that he kept noe books of accompt
nor made any protitt thereby nor direct the said Trowbridge to send any goods to him
hut only in courtesic & as a friend Deft dwelling at Lyme Regis in Co Dorset a Haven
towne. True that Deft did send divers goods beyond the seas to .Jacob .\ndrowes factor to
the sd Trowbridge who hath made accompt to said Trowbridge or ought so to do being
his f.u'tor. Couceiveth that it iloth not conwrne this Deft at all that he took no accompt
as he only saw to the goods being shipped at desire of said Trowbridge without any
profitt to Deft. I''urther denies that ('ompit or the said John Trowbridge the younger
did cause any person or persons to pay the said £100 mentioned to be lent to the sd
John Trowbridge the younger or to Com|)lt by deft or the said ffaith Roze or that Deft
or the said ffaith did allow or abate any part thereof. Further that Deft ffaith Roze
did never say that she would give the said £100 lent by her to Complt or any part
thereof to the said John Trowbridge or the said Judith his wife or ever promised to
deliver up the said Bill for payment of the said hundred pounds & denieth that Complt
hath ever compounded for the same nor was the said Bill in the hands of the saiil
John Trowbridge the younger or Judith his wife at the time of the death of the said
John the younger & the Deft Cfaith Roze denyeth any promise to give the said £100 or
deliuer up the said Bill unpaid untill the same had been couipouniled & makes Similar
answer with regard to other matters. Sworn at Lyme Regis Co Dorset 5 Oct. HUJS."
Goods were to go to St Mullens (after called St Mollowes) in France. [Chancery
Proceedings, Charles I, B & A, T .33, 10. ]

"Will of Agnes Moggcridge of Taunton, county Somerset. Spinster, wife of Robert
Moggeridge of Taunton aforesaid. Clothier. 2.3 February 1G32-3 ; [proved 14 November
1037). P.y vertue of certain articles indented bearing date 10 April 10.32 luade between
the said Robert Moggsridge of the one parte, .fohn Trowbridge of Taunton aforesaid,
woollen Draper, Roger Hill of the same gent, and Jasper Chaplyu of the same, clothier, of
the othr parte to make my will as follows. To be buried in St. .Vfury Magdalene in Taun-
ton, to which church I give 20s. To the poor of said Magdalene. Taunton 20s. To Robert
Moggeridge a ring of 40s. To John Trowbridge my father a ring of 20s. To Alice
Trowbridge my moth-»r in lawe a ring of 20s. To eaoh of my brothers and sisters a
ring of 2(is. each. If my sou John Wither dye hefnro his messuage shall he delivered to
hiui by Robert Mnggeridge. luy husband that is during minority, then the sai^l messuage
wliiili came to me by the will of Charier; Wither my late husband, then the said messuage
to Tacie Trowbridge my sLster. and her heires. if she be dead to John Trowbridge my
f.Tlher and his riirht heirs. All the rest of ray land f leave in the same way. The rest
or my goods to Tacie Trowbridge my sister and e.xeiutrix. Overseers and Guardians to
luy Son. John Trowbridge, Roger Hill, and Jasper Chaplyn. Witnesses: John P.uior,
Henry Hourly, (jregory Southwood." [Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Goare. 130.)

I'.'Iini.rrv 2. lO'U. "Coniivlaint of I!ol)rrt Moggeridge of Taunton, county Somerset,
clothier. That whereas one Charles Wither of Taunton, mercer, now deceased about .")0
years ago diil borrow of one .lulin Lane then li\ing in this same towne £."0 for one year
and became hound with one Jasr^'c C_'haplyn. gent, as l.is surely to one bond of £100. hut
paid iiiteri'st !i> lieu of repayment ffir two years, etc. Nov. 17 Charles said Witlier made
his will making Agne.s, his then wife, his sole cx-vutrix, and shortly after died, etc.,
and in about six months your orator took said Agnes to wife. Said .\gn»s died about
May last and yovir orator having laid out over £7i>0 of his owne estate, hoping to get
divers debts, etc., payable to said Charles Wither due upon bonds, bills and Shopp

TROWBiaDGE GENEALOGY 31

bookcs. and hoped to enjoy by his saifl intermarriage ilivers wares, goods, boiiseboUlstuffe,
plate, .fewells, etc. Tacy Trowbridge anotlier daiiglitor and said John Trowbridge do
prctciitl that said Withers left a will giving thera all debts, goodcs, wares, and other
personal estate unailministered by the said Agues and made one of them executor, etc."
.\iLsn-er of John and Tacy Trowbridge, two defendants, who offered the contents of Agues
Moggridge's will as evidence. [Chancery Proceedings, Charles I, M, 8-/177.]

Febninry 21 [?), I(i35-C. "Bill of Complaint of Tacy Trowbridge of Taunton, co\inry
Somerset, daughter of John Trowbridge of Taunton. Woollendraper, that three years
Hince your oratrix sister, Agnes, relict of Charles Wyther, deceased, was possessed of
foods and certain debts owing to her by dyuers persons and of dyuers sorts of wares and
hn\isehold stuffe etc. etc. to value of £2700. and then being a young woman about 2G one
Itobcrt Moggridge of Taunton, clothier, then well stricken in years about march last
three years past was suter to said Agnes in way of raarringe. and that said marriage
nhould take place and agreed between said Robert Moggeridge and said Agnes and friends,
llint said Robert in case said Agnes should survive said Robert, and he the said Robert
Bhould pay to John Trowbridge, father of said Agnes, Roger Hill, and Jasper Chaplin
her friends for her use tlOW in one year after decease of said Robert if shee said .\gnes
•urvive, and that shee during her life should take tl-.e rents, etc., of all messuages, etc.,
of her said late husband <"Jharles Wyther, and said lands, goods, etc, to be at her disposall,
and this agreement jiut into writing about Aprill 8 Charles, between Rob'^rt Moggeridge
of one part, John Trowbridge, Roger Hill of Taunton, gent, and .lasper Chaplin of
TAiinton, Clothier, frienils trusted on behalf of said Agnes, etc, etc.. and said Moggeridge
• Uo became bound in £oOOO to performe said covenant, and said marriage was solemn-
ised, after said marriage said Agnes sold certeyne wares of her said late husband and
rrceived certen Rents, etc., and gave same to said Robert in trust etc., etc., and to benefit
jnur oratrii her sister about February 1Im2-.3 made her will and made your oratrix
Kiccutri.x and Residuary Legatee. Said Robert denies said will and agreement, refuses
tiny books of accompt, has sold stocke, etc. With answer of Robert Moggeridge,
licfendnnt." [Chancery Proceedings, Charles I, B. & A.. T 38. 28.]

IVhruary G, lf>10. "Bill of Complaint of .John Trowbridge of Taunton county Somerset,
woolen draper for 40 years used said trade & bought goods of wholesale mercliants in
Ix)nilon, RristoU & elsewhere & had many dealings with Thomas Woodward of Bristoll
woollendraper about 2 yrs. July last bouglit goods to value of £40-r,)-8 & gave bond
for Wl for payment of same on 2-5 .Tan'y next following, sd. Woodward promissiug to
tnke noc penalty if whole some not payd preciseday &c.

Yc orator payd in Feby next after by hands of Hugh Yoo of Bristoll £40 part of sd.
•omc & liath since tendered residue wch sd. Woodward refuses & ent'red suite in full
iK'onll some notwithstanding part payd," etc. Bill only. [Chancery I'roceedings,
Charles I, B & A, T 27. 7.]

Kebrnnry 0, iri40. "Bill of Complaint of John Trowbriilge of Taunton in the County of
Somerset Woollendrap That using his trade of a wollendraper from Childhood in the
•aid tnwne of Taunton he had sundry dealings with divers persons in particular with
Edwnnl Bysse of Croscombe in the said County clothier for several! parcells of Woollen
cloth & about twoe yeares since in respect of his age and other infirmities desirous of
Wvlng olT the said trade your orsjtor & the said Bysse came to an accompt touching such
monies as were due & after accompt made it was found there remayned due to the said
Itywic £54 & it was then agreed that in respect of the indifferent qtuility and overrating
of «omc clothes the said Bysse should abate £3 of the said £."'>4. & your orator then paid
lh» iiaid Bysse the some of £40 parcell of the remnynder & gave a Bill for payment of
£11 residue at a date now past. Further the said By.sse being then Constable of the
Hundred in which he dwelt and I^ir William Portraan Bar' (then living mvar your
ornlor find far away from the dwelling house of the said Bv^sei bi'ing High Shreife of
th« «iiid Coiint.v the said B3'.sse having to pay to lhi> said Sir William Torlman divers
•ome« of niouey levied in the said County for shipmoney in respect of his olfice of
fon^lflhle about a month before the said Bill became [lavahle desired your orator to pay
111* «nid Sir William Portmau £7 in respect of the sd Shitimoney parcell of the said
ItMlduc of £11. Which said £7 was due by the said Bysse 10 the said Sir William Port-
man a* aforesaid which your orator agreed to tin & accordingly by writing aciiuaintcd the
»«] Sir Williniu Porfnuin of the same, ulio fher«^upon gave an acfjnitt;ince to 'he said
lljv^ of the said some of £7. and your orator after paid ilie s.iid soiu*' of £7 to the saiil
fir William Portnian as airet^d. Now when the said Bill liecaiue due the said Bysse
t»fu»»il your orator to accept £4 balance of the said £11 or to acknowledge the said pay-
B«0l of £7 nlbeat your orator proffered the same at the d.ite when payalde & hath put
lk« uid Tlill in suite against your orator in the Kings I'.euch and threatens to recover
itta whole some of £11" etc. Bill only. [Chancery Proceedings, Charles I, B & A,
T23. 54.) •

32

TROWBKIDGt: GENKALOGY

The following entries appear in the Tauntou Castle Manor Records, Staple-
grove Rental Book :

fo. 15

o

XXIX'

of Will
iij' iiij' w"
Called
was sold "

F/of
the Pine
vi)poD Uie mess
veurdlaad is

Higiaham

Obridg*

John Trubbidn huldeth one meiisseHge tind
half jeard of BnuiUand iu the Titliin^e
aforesaid Called Rowbarton late John CoUe
the Rent vij* x'' o" q for workes ij' o'
for woodwaie !]■* o'' for Hogdaies weight
iiij'' for earthsilver j'' the whole x' vj'' o' q

Hee shall pale pannage and works one daie
in euerie jeere vpou thp Lord Baukes yf need
bee he slialbe allowed allowed by the Biddle
for his wiirke j' at tlie veers end hee shall
bee receiuer Keeiie ami Tithint^mau and paie
iij'' outlo'le but bein^ Titliin(»n]an is to
be allowed his owne outlode for Collecting
the Rest

I* vj"' q.

[many to pay as "John Trubbidg "]

fo. in

A" xvij Eliz F/ iiij''
being the First time

Thomas Trubbidg holdeth the Pasture of
a lane at greene wnie biitte the Rent

-vj'

fo. 20

ese iij excbang

acre latta

Obridg
Thomas Trubbidg holdeth iij acres of o"laDd
at greenewaies Butte in the Tithing aforesd
late John Hutchens the Rent

iij-

o

e

o

F/ XTxix-

ij acres called
the Tithing

one and v acres
forth in the —
Pirland w""
d to Robert
" i.x Ja: vnder
j* Tiij'* soe remaines

e rest the T/ of
ij"" devision ,

The same Thomas holdeth one raesseage and
one five Ac Tennement of Bundland in the
tithing aforesaid late John Hutchins the Rent
xviy' workes ij* x' o' for Hogdaies weight
iiij'' the whole some is iiij* vij'' o'

For meadsilver to the Reeue of Hnll — j''
Hee shall pay pannage and o"" q outlode i''t doe
all other sutes & seruices as he the said Thomas
doth for the other live Ac' tennement

iiij" vij'' ob

Bourne

fo. 20

A' xxij Eliz F/ x"
A' iij S. G F/i«
.Mr. Povle

Ohridg

Thomas Trubhridg holdeth v Acres of
o'land Called •jii'nl'^ns lands late John
Hutshchens the Rent

fo. 00

A' xxij Eliz F/ vj" viij''

.V" piiniii S. G vj' viij '

Mr Poyle

Mr Bourne

A" xxij Eliz F^' xx' iiij""

Obridg

Tlii^ same Th-nnas holdeth one mes.seag
and 'lue Ac' it half of ronilbanil in the
Tithing aforesitid l.ite Ilntcliins the Rent

Item for workes iij' the whole some
The same Thomas holdeth one ni"sseiig
and one five AC Tennement of Bondland

xviij'

• 0l>rirl2e was a h.amlet in the pnrlsh oi" Taiinl^n St. .Tamrs and Inv nliont nnc mile cast of
(ho I'hnrch. Hero was ao anciont mill, held nnjnr the castle of Tiiiinton at the rent of
£<5-ls-Sd.

THOWBRIDGE GENEALOGY

33

A* IX S G F/ XX* iijii"
Mr. Bourn

fo. Jl

A* xxvij Eliz F/ij' vj'<
A* xvjij Eliz F/ ij' vj''
Mr. Pojle
MrB

fo. 21
A' XXXV Eliz F/ xiij' iiij^
A* xvij Eliz F/xiij« iiij"'

Mr Poyle

P

fo, 21

A* ixx Eliz F/ xij' iiij''
xiiij F/ xij' iiij''
Mr Poyle

fo. ;io

The F/of this iij acre
Inclmrned w" a five
acre temiemeut in the
Tithing; of Obridge
Willium
Ponnsbury

fu 34

A» xxxj Eliz F/ xviij' ij''
A* xxviij Eliz F/ivij ij''
Rlward Ponde
Samuel Poyell

A* ix Jn: Rege F/ xj«
Ki'gfr Huish
Laurence Chielate

Vllj''

fo. 38
A* XX Eliz F/ xiij' iiij''

Mr Anthill

fo :io

A* IX' Eliz F/ iiij- iiij'
Mr Antliill

A* ixxv Eliz F/ X' vj''
anno Ix J:i: tl\e ij Gv>>
•ere (r>nneiiiPnts w"
t] (.'i>tta;.'i"< in tlii^
tithing in now nil viider
Ihi* Kiiii' iif vliiij' X''
Mr Anthill

in the Tithing afor«:-said late John

Hutchins the Rent ij' xj'' for workea

ij' X'' o'' for Hoiighdaies weight iiij'' whole

for meadsilver to the Reeue of Hnll j^

He shall pay pannage & shalbe Tithing vj' j'' ob

man & biddeli he shall worke one daie in

en'y yeere ns afnre.said and pay o" q otitlode

but being Tithingman is to be allowed his onn outlode

P

Obridge

Thomas Trubbridg holdeth iij Acres of o^land

in Lon^forth against Rylande in the Tithing iij*

aforesaid late Robert Merrick the Rent

Thomas Tnibbridg holdeth vij Acres and half

of on' lar.d Called Rylande and v Acres of o"

Land in the More.^ Called Rylande in the xij vj""

Tithing aforesaid late Roger Smyth Rent

Poyel

Obridge

John Trubbridg holdeth iij Acres of o'land

in Longforth late Thomas Trubbridg his iij*

father and sometime Edward Knight Rent

Staplegrove*

Thomas Trubbridg holdeth iij Acres of o''land

in Whitmore in the tithing aforesaid late John xij'

Hutchens the Rent

William Pounberi

Pirlandf

John Trubbridg holdeth iiij Acres of o"land
in Langforth in the Tithing aforesaid Called x'

Waterle late John Austens the Rent
poyel

Robt Huish holdeth v Acres of o''land in
Longforth in the Tithing aforesaid late
John Trubbridg the Rent

Millanet

John Trubbridg holdeth one Cottage w""
a courtledge Containing iij Deanes of Bond
land in the Tithing aforesaid late Henry
Merricke the rent

Millane

Thomas Trnbbridge holdeth i>iie C':>ttage next
to .Satchels t'ntt:\'.;e in the Tithing ,ifore.said
sometime Walter Browne the Rent

Thomas Trubbridge holdeth one mes'^age and v
Ac tennMiiiPiits of Bondlainl in the Tithing
aforesaid sometime Elizabeth Tubbell rent

iiij' viiij''

nij"

VJ" vj'

• Hitplrcrnvo was a tithing In the parish of the same name.

• UyrlnnU wur a hamlet In the parish of Taunton-St. .T.-miPs and lay about t"'n miles north-
Ma* nf thn cluircb.

i Ulll-l-ane was a hamlet in the parish of r.iunti,n-St. .laraos.

34: TROWBRIDGE GENEALOGY

"The Trowbridges named in the foregoing extracts were Mayor John, his
father, the merchant Thomas, seemingly described as deceased, and his son
Tliomas, the primitive settler in America. The record appears to be made some-
where between 1620 and 1640, probably after Thomas Trowbridge had returned
from New England or he is referred to without any notice of his being absent.
It was all written at one period excepting the odd names at the bottom of tlie
entries which are seemingly the tenants at some later period. The dates in the
margin merely refer to the amount of the tines at some former period for the
guidance of tho manorial orficials."*

The following is of importance as proving the descent of Thomas Trowbridge
through land ownership.

LAY SUBSIDIES. SOMERSCT.

"Gr.inted for rplief ot the Northero Army at Westmiuster 3 November 1640.

Kiindrod of Wliitley.

West .Monckton.

Thora.TS TrubbiMdce in bonis iiij''

ixi> iiijd" [16 Charles I. 172/304.]

The point is reached where it is proper to present a copy of the most important
document found by ilr. Withington in his researches in England, namely the will
of John Trowbridge, former mayor of Taunton. The following letter from Mr.
Withington, in which he describes the finding of the proof of the parentage of
Thomas Trowbridge, tlie primitive settler in America, shows the value of this
remarkable discovery from a genealogical standpoint and serves as the best
introduction to the will.

London, >8 July, 1908.
Dear Mr. Trowbridge,

I cabled you last evening: "Victory. Withington."

The roasoQ for this was the discovery .-xt the last minute at Taunton two or three
hours before of the enclosed abstract ot all now legible in a rotten and faded paper at
Taunton which is all now left of the much desired will of John Trowbridge the elder,
unidentified by the officials and of course not in the Calendar. This is the greatest coup
ever made in this Knglish work on American origins, beating in dramatic completeness
and overcoming of obstacles work at Somerset House with the magnificent engraved
parchment books of the I'rero^ative Co\irt of Canterbury, .\fter all these years your
theory is triumphant. The mention of that precious second wife Alice settles the whole
question of the missing name of the testator, of which the "nper" (all left of "woollen
draper") is nearly evidence enough, knowing as we do all the Trowbridges in Taunton at
that time, Thomas and his son John.

Three of us have had most unseasonable weather, at Wells, Taunton and Exeter: but
we so organised our work as to give every possible chance of immediate result. At Wells
we went through every existing transcript of the over five hundred parishes of Somerset,
largely repulsive, rotten and faded fragments, to find if possible the marriage of John and
the b.nptism of Thomas. .\t lOxoter we not only u.sed tlio diocesan :ind probate registries
for the avail;il)le points, but also the old registri^-s of St. I'etrock and St. Kerian, to some
purpose. Omt main attack w.i.s however at T.iunton where things sei-med absolutely
linpeless after the partial failure of the hopeless muddle in the Castle and the exhaustion
of every likely name of the probate registry. We s.aw there was nothing for it but to go
through the files for .a hundred yenrs and look at every Taunton will and also any oild-
ments. Hence our triumph. We could only do this, however, with exc'-ptional friendly
ofBcial relations at Taunton, and doing at a moderate estimate three months' work for one
or one month's work for throe in les.s than a w.^ck. .My two colleagues were M.'ssrs.
Noble and Steele. I doubt if any other workers in Knglaud would have a<cnin[>lishcd the
result uniler such apparently absobilely hopeless circumstances. 1 enclose the John
Trowbridge will.

Yours most sincerely,

LOTHROP WiTHINCTOrf.

• r.etter from Mr. Lothrop Withington.

TROWBRIDGE GENEALOGY 35

Will of John Thowdrime, Senior, of Taunton.*

will and Testament nuncupative ot

idse of Taunton in the County ot Som'stt

aper Detnased made and pnblislied by word of

the Hftp day of July Anuo Oni 1040 In the

nd lieareins of Geor?e Serle Ivsq and

as Trowbridp' his sonne and John Tio« bridi;'

his Grandchild in manner and forme following

Deceased beeins of perfe<'t mynde and

inference betweene him and the said (ieorge

luntarilie give and bequeath vnto his eldest

bridge all that his Messuage and tenement

lyinge neere Barthpole Bridge vv^hin the

West .Miinckton in the Countie of Sora'se"

John Beale nowe dwelletli for and During all

of the terrae of yeares w^h hi>e the said deceased

and vnexpired in the same ymedeatly after

his wife theire Death the sai(J AHce hauemg _.

it for her life after the Decease of tlio"said

hee did giue vnto his said sonne Thomas Trowbridge

his Ivinge in Stogursey in the said Countie of

t Certaine tencm" whereof the said

shillings per ann' for High rent

haie Lastli hee gaue

Trowbrid;;e all his goods

slialbe Due vnto him

inst Debts that

made and

bridge his sonne

nd Testament

[Archdeaconry of Taunton, filed will 1049, no. 08.]

Will of John TROwnwDOE of Taunton. t

Tliore is oweinge unto me nowe from my Uncle Mr .Tames Marshall of Exon merchant
(Tortyc nine poundes as this Bill and my account appeereth and from my father Mr
Thomoa Trowbridge Tenn pounds which I lent hira and I have sent for Muclincx [sic]
»l«ht po'crs of snrges cost twentie fine pounds and twentie foure pounds .Mr .Tn" Man-
nlngo of New England Marchant owes me And Twntie one pounds >[■■ William Davis
of MuHltpetn in Newfoundland owes, which I have ordered George Pardon, master of the
WIIIIde Minde to receiue of him this yeare there and carry it with hira for S' Lukas
(ad brinK home returnes with him All which summes amounts vnto One hun<lrpd
inentlo and nine pounds which if please God to fake me hence I doe in the first place,
And my will is, that twentie pounds of it shall bee disbursed in the necessaries for my
biirlull And for the other One hundred and Nine pounds I doe dispose of it as foUoweth
tilt I ilo giue vnto my honored father Mr Thomas Trowbridge ffortie pounds And I
dor kIuc vnto my brothers Thomas William and James Trowbridge betweene them ffiftie
|«)tmd.H .\ud to my Aunt Mace I doe giue fiue pounds And I doe giue unto my Cozen
Jaiiiiii Marshall BEourteene pounds all which I have giuen does amount vnto One hundred
•nd nine pounds This being my last Will wherevnto I doe nowe set ray hand and scale
IbU twentieth day of October One thousand Sixe hundred ffiftie and three in Taunton.

John Trowbridge.

\V<H< whose names vnderwritteu doe confidently beleeve this to he the Iiand writtinge of
i_i_ "^ 1 • 1 ■ ^ ._ ■ . I ... t- , , j^^j forme

gs of it to

\V<H< whose names vnderwritteu doe confidently beleeve this to he the Iiand w
Jnhn Triiwliridge Ix^nt'e formerly .acijuainted with his li:ind writtinge a
huUicribed Jaiues Marshall Senior Christo: Clarke .lunr Hir : Dove

An for the twentie pounds I allowed for ray buriall 1 doe giue (Fortie shillin
lh# poore.

.^ilnion granted 20 June 10-"i4 to father Thomas Trowhridie. principal legatee, no
•Kvutor l)eing name<l." [I'rerogative Court of Canterbury, .Vlehin. I'I2.1J

• Ftthfr of Tlir-mns Ti-n\vhri»lgc. the priinitive s'^ftlep in Aniericn

I V'.lil''*( pen "f Tlioni;is Tr'-v\ tiridu'e, the primiUvf- ^-ottjer In Anii'iirn.

I Ic itw Tor-'celng will .Tolin Trowhridc mentions "my aunt Mnce." Among the childreD
%t John Tniu Iiridiio. Senior, was a (l.nuchter. IM-u'li nee. who marri-'d William Mace. It is
fli««r. ilirr-'foT''. that It siie w.ts an aunt of .Inhn. son of Thoma^. the c,.frl.^r. she ruust have
Wr« a litter of the settler, aod he a son of John. Senior, ami a granrt^nn ot Thomas. Senior.

36 TUOWBRIDGR GENEALOGY

Tho f.ainily legistcr of Mr. .Tolin Trowbridge, Senior, basocl on the information
found in the preceding pages, to conform to the plun of tiiis genealogy is printed
as follows :

John TnowDRiDfiE (I'homax), baptized March 25, 1570, in Taunton; (lic<l

July [5?], 1G49, rii Taunton?; married, first, , 15'J-, in , Agnes

, who was buried June 0, 1022, in Tavinton. lie married, second.

, 1C24, in Tiverton, Devon, Alice ( ) Read, widow of Robert

Il4'ad of Tiv«Tlon, who wan buried August 'Jfi, 1(153, in Taunton.

cuiuilit.v ;•
Bti first wior;iaj/c;t

1. i. Thomas, b. , [150-?]. t

ii. lOuZAUtrii, bnpt. Fdl). fi, 1598-0; lu. June 2, IClfi, John Hurley of Taunton,
iii. John, Impt. May 31, KiOl ; was a woolenilrapcr iu Tainitou ; m. nliout lli'JS,

Juclilli Uose, duiigjiler of Jolin and I'aitli (lOlleiidoa) Itosc of Lyme Ue;;i8,

Dorset, and d. about tbp oml of Dec, KkJO, leaving no tliildren.
iv. PniinicNci:, bu|it. I''cb. 3, l(i0:^-3 ; m. Jnly 1, 1021, William iluce, a merchant

of ICxcler, Devon,
v. ACNKS, bapt. Feb. 10. H'.rn 5 ; m., 1st. Dee. 13, 1C.21). Cborlcs Wither of Tauu-

tou ; ni., 2d, Apr. 22, Kli'.'.;, ItolMrt i\lii(;t:rid);e, n in<-irb:int of Taunton. I
vi. WllJJAH, bnpt. Mur. 22, 1007-8; buried Mar. 27, 1010.
vii. James, bapt. Deo. ;i, Kl'i!); bmied Oct. 22, lii38; uuni.
viii. Joan, bjpt. M:iy 21, lOlJ; bi|riri| O.t. II, lOH"..
ix. Tacy, bapt. .M:iy 7, lOl.'i; ni. .Ian. 1, 1(;37-S, Aldred Seuuiau of Comix;- I'^lory

I)ari&li, Tuuotun.

It is quite i>rohable that Tliomas was the iildest son of John, for there seems
no gap in the register of John's children, and that assumption wottld make him
the correct age to he tliu husband of his wife, who was horn in 1003, and the
lawyer, who drew the hill of complaint of John (see p. 29) which calls .Tolin,
Jr., his "eldest" son, may not have known of the absent Thomas. If Thomas
is regarded as tlie eldest t>on of John, there is at once i)resentcd the coincidence
between the names of their sons. Jolui's four sous were, in order, Thonuis,
juimixl after his father, Joliii, after himself, William and James. Thomas's
four sons were, in order, John, after Iris father, Thomas, after jiimself, William
luid James; and these names, it must be borne in mind, were given liis first three
sons while he was living in Exeter.

•The liaptlsiiiR arc recoi-ded in lice rarish Itogister ut St. Muiy M.iKdaleu, 'J'liuulun.

t No elill(lrii) by serond niniriai;i'.

f Tlie piliullive sitllir la .\iii.il>a

S Kolurl MiiRcriilKP "as a pi' iiiiin i\l iMIzin "f liiniilDii niid was Its iii.nvor In 10:;."!.

"On May 1". I'Hj, Mr. Uiilicil M.>KKrlil>;i- Wy Ills l.nsi will, dati-il lliat ilay. i;.Tve oat nf Ills
lands, called l'"ritliy. In lllslinps llnll. .C'l-lOs, In lie paid In the cliiucliHardi'hs of St. Mary

Mandolin on the first of Mareb annually; £."1 lli.Tenf to be tlven by tlicni In ibe b si

ond religions poor of Ibe parish on the tlilrllelh nf Maicb nt their discretion, and the I'ls In
the chiircliMaTdens for tlieir troiilile In the matter, lie also gave by will tn the poor nt
St. .luiues parish an annual rent cliurKe of £t." ISavate's "lIlKtory of Tuunton."!

THOAIAS TROWBRIDGE

TiiK Primitive Settler in Asikkica and uis Fajiily

1'honias Trowbridfjc, tlie first of liis family to niiiiio to Aiiiorica, was the son,
ns Jicrctoforo shown, of Jolin Trowhridgo, a wealthy incrchnnt anrl prominent
citizen of 'I'annton, SomcrauUhire. llis father lind lon(? l)cen iilcntilicJ with the
woolen trade in Taunton, which was noted for its manufacture of that staple,
mill it was natural that the son when ho grew up should Unix his attention to
somo branch of that indiistrj', and lie is found in early manhood established in
business ns a uicrcer in tlie neighboring city of ]']xctcr iii Devonshire. At the
tinu< when he took up his resilience there he found that the name U'rowhridge was
a well-known and respected one in I'^xeter, with which members of the family liad
liceu long identified through business and residence, and there also his sisti^r
I'nulenee wont to live after her marriage in lC2i to William Mace, a leading
iiiercliant of the city.*

In the jicdigreo of tin; ifarshall family of Exeter was found the name of
"'J'bouias Trobridge of Taunton." This reference was th<r clue that led to the
finding of the record of the marriage of Thomas Trowbridge.

In the list of marriage licenses issued for the diocese of Exeter it is recorded
tliat on March 24, 1C27, Thomas Trowbridge of the parish of St. I'ctrock was
licensed to marry Elizabeth ^Marshall of the parish of St.. Mai-y Arches.

In the ))nrish register of St. JIary Arches a]>i)ears the following entry:

"iiCi Kareh 1C27 Jfr. Thomas Trobrige and Elizabeth daughter of Mrs. Alee
MarHliall widoe married, Jeremy Short parson."

In tho parish register of St. T'etrocU's, lOxcter, are rccordcnl the following:!

IIAI'TISMS

ir,27 ElizalKitli tlie dauKhUir of Thomas 'J'rubbrudgc C, of March lG27[-8]

lfi29 .Tiihn tlie sonne of Tlionias 'J'rubbridge the 5 (.f Novcmlx;r

KI.'U Thomas tlic sonne of 'i'iiomas Troubridge the 11 Ilec.

IGlin William tho sonno of Thomas and I'Uizabetli 'J'rawbridge Septein : S

DUllIAI.

KiHO Elizalieth the davighter of Thomas 'froohridgo 10 ^fay

Klizalietli Marshall^: the wife of Thomas Trowbridge, was a member of a
fiuiiily of this name that flourished in J'^xeter during the &<vcntccnlh eenlury.
Tho first of the name mentioned by Wcstcott^'s ''Devonshire Families" is

• "Itimil iif Wllliain Mncc of tlic parl.sli of St. Korlnii, rAclor. nicrcliont, nnil llnhort Mnn: of
•llHo, ^i-iiitriniin, tu .C 100, for said William Maco MR nilinltiUii-a lor of Ills lulo fathi-r. Ilo^vr
UniT, SI. Kprluii, Cltlc of Eictcr, dixcas.il 15 Anijust IT. .laniis I 11G17]." Inviuloiy
Tilill.llo.l .liily 10, ]r>2ri. ( Arcbdcaconry of F.xotrr, filed ]i;i7.1

Tlir m!m>v<' Is lUc prolmlc of tho estate of the fallier of Wllliain Mnre wlio mnrrleil Prudenc*',
• l»ii'r of Thomas TrowbridRe, and Is of Intiresl ns ll.xing lior nsiiliiiio In llie imrlsli odJoliiliiE
tml iiiiH nulled to that In wlilcli tlic clilldiiu of 'riioinns Tiowlirldi;'' were horn.

I The roni|iihr had ohialned the follouliie eilracts from the Exeter records KCTcral years
(>ilor 111 their discovery hy Mr. Ijnory Mcf'llntork (who published thein In Ibe "New England
llUlorhnl and ilencalogleal Iteglsler" In l'J05) and lie rcsjrcts that they could iiot buve been
ni«t prlnled In Ibla penealogy.

J The folhnvini; account of llie Marshall family Is Id tbc main citructcd from an article In
'Tlic llcnenloulst," Ijondun, 18S0, vol, Iv, p. 11,

40 TUOWRRIDGU GENEALOGY

William Mnrslinll, who had issue Robert Marshall, who married Joan, daughter
and heir of Owsley of Chilliiigtoii, county Roiin'rset. Ilis will, dated Aug-ust 7,
157C, was proved hy her October 9 following. [Prerogative Court of Canterbury,
Carew, 29.] In it he is described as of Ashewille in the parish of Ilminster,
and desires to bo buried in the churchyard of Ilminster. He gives to his son
Edmund Marshall his rynes ajid bark and half his tanne vatos with a mill to
grind bark (from this bwiucst it seems that he was by trade a tanner) ; mentions
his sons, John, Nicholas, William, John (the younger) and 'Thomas (all under
age); and appoints his wife Joan (who appears to have brought him some prop-
erly) sole execiilri.v and residuary legnlcit. lln oppearB to have had two otlier
children, Koger and Anno, who may have been twins, born posthumous. His
wife, as "Joane ^Marshall," had been named as sister in the will of William
Owselcy of Chillington, near Hminster, in Somerset, dated October 8, 1558.
[Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Wells, 22.]

John Marsliall (the younger) probably settled in Exeter in early life. He
was "the worshij)ful Mr. John Marshall." He was bailiff of Exeter in 1001,
sheriff in 1009 and mayor in 1015, retaining afterwards the position of alder-
man. He married at St. Mary Arches August 'M, 1595, Alice Bcvys [Bcvis or
]3oavis], daugliter of Pilchard and Ktizabcth (I'rouz) lievys.

Tho Bcvys family* is traced in Devonshire to the reign of Henry IV. Richanl
Bevys liecamo sheriff nf Exeler in 1591, governor of the Guild of Merchant
Adventurers in IS'.tl and mayor in 10O2, dying August 20 of the latter year. He
made a deed of tru.^t Juno 10, 1002, to Williaui Ticklo and John Marshall, gent.,
for a benefaction to provide marriage portions during future years to worthy
young women of several parishes. His wife, Elizabeth Prouz (Prouzc, Prowse,
Prowze), was probably a relative of Riclianl Prowse, mayor of Exeter in 1578.
According to the pedigree of Prouz of Chagford, near Exeter, a very old family,
Ilichard the mayor was seconil son of Lawrence I'rouz of, Exeter and Chagford,
the estate of Chagford going to Lawrence's eldest son, John, who liad a daughter
Elizabeth, ajiparcntly of about the ago of the Elizabeth married to Richard
Bevys. Tho will of Nicholas Bcvys, son of Richard, a merchant of Exeter, dated
November 8, 1012, and proved June 2, 1013, named as one of the executors
''my brother John Marshall." Of the other sons of Richard Bevys, Peter anil
Richard, the former was the more prominent and became lord of the manor
of Bishop's Clist, near Exeter. The family is traced in Devonshire to the reign
of Henry IV.

Mr. John and Alice (Bevys) Marshall had the following children baptized at
St. Mary Arches, Exeter :f

Jane, June 29, IRflS; buried May 30, 1000.

John, Jime 17, 1599; buried Manh 20, 1000.

Alice, June 29, IGOO; married June 29, 1021, George Harris of Exeter.

(•race, May 0, 1002; burie<l January 11, 1020.

Elizabeth, jVlarch 21, 1002-3; married March 20, 1027, Thomas Trowbridge^

Jane, March 18, 1003-4; married Soptember 20, 1024, James Gould of ]'l'ceter.§

Anne, T\farch 20, 1007; buried November 14, 1007.

James, January 22, 1008-9. [See page 42.]

John, July 19, 1010; buried December 10, lO.'iO.

Susanna, September 29, 1011; married Juno 30, 1035, Richard Lantc of

E.\eter.||
Richard, March 15, 1012-3; died soon.
Richard, November 3, 1C13; buried June 9, 1035.

• The following accouut of the Hcvys nnrt Prouz fomillcs la from Mr. McCllnlock's article
In Xho 'Rc(:ls(cr'* mentioned to footnote t on the preceding page.

t "Tbo (icuealoglst," vol. Iv, p. IG; I'arlsU Register of St. Mary Arches, Exeter.

J Tbe primitive settler In Ameilca.

{ lie became mayor.

II His grcatuuDt Joan Lantc was the first wife of William Mace.

TUOWBRIDGIC GENEALOGY 41

The will of Richard ^Marshall, iiK'rchant. of Exeter, datofl June 4, 1035, was
proved Aupiist S, 1G35, and gives to his sister Trobridge £100. To the poor £50,
to be distributed at tlie pleasure of his brother James Marshall. All the rest of
las goods to be dividoil between his brother and his sisters. [Prerogative Court
of Canterbury, Sadler, SS.]

!J[r. John ilarshall was buried August IT, 1G21. in Exeter, and his widow,
Mrs. Alice Marshall, died January 7 and was buried .January 13, lt)30-l. Their
'.Tills were as follows:

The will of "John Marshall, Esquire, one of the Aldermen of the City of
Kxotor," dated August S, 10-24, was proved by his widow Alice September 17,
1024. It provided that after his debts htkI funeral expenses v.-ere paid "the
residue of all my goods and chattels shall according to tlie custom of the said
city of Exeter be divided into three equal parts. I give one portion thereof to
my wife. I give one other portion thereof among my three sons and two daugh-
tiTs, that is to .-ay James iEarshall, John Marshall, Richard Marshall, Elizabeth
Marshall and Susan .^[arshal!. Out of the third portion I give the following
!• gacics, viz., to my son James ^Marshall so much as shall with the legacy given
liiin by his coii^in Ji.>hn Marshall deceased make up IZCiCi. To my sons -lohn
}J;usliall and Richard iTarshall ^o much as shall with the legacies given them
I'y their cousin John Marshall deceased make up £300 each. To my daughter
Elizabeth ^Marshall as much as shall with the legacy left her by her cousin Jolm
Marshall deceased make up £400, and to mj' daughter Susan so much as shall
lanko up £350. Item I give to my daughter Alice Harris my second best gilt
bowl. Item I give to my daughter Jane my third best gilt bowl. Item I give
to Thomas Milford £3 per annum during his life. Item I give to Ebolt Croot of
Hcavitree £5. Item I give to my ser\'ant Agnes Croote 5 marks. Item I give
to Grace my servant 40s. Item I give to Jane my servant 20s. Item I give
to Mary Wall 40s. Item I give to the poor of the said City of Exeter £5, whereof
20s. to tho poor of St. !Mary Arches parish. Item I give to my said wife the
liouso wherein I now dwell to hold during tho term of her life, the remainder
lliercof to my son James Marshall and his heirs for over. Item I give my lands
niul tenements in the parish of Northtowne. called Eastercoinbc, Wcstercombe
,nnd Luekerton, with tlie rents thereof to my said wife during her life, the
remainder to my said son James and his heirs for ever. Item I give all my
f^tnto and interest of the house wherein Mr. Joseph Trowbridge* merchant now
ilwelloth to my son John ifarshall and his heirs forever, provided my wife shall
Imvo tiic issues thereof during her life. Item I give all my estate and interest
in tho liousc wherein Master William Martin merchant now dwelleth to my son
Ricliard and his heirs forever, provided my said wife shall have the profits
llicreof during her life. Item I give my house wherein Andrew Quashe merchant
MOW dwelleth in the parish of St. Petrock's within the said City of Exeter, and
idso my tenements without Southgate in the parish of the Holy Trinity to my
frir'iid John Gupwill Esquire, now ^Mnyor of the said City, and Peter Bevis
F'lquirc ui.y brotlier in law, provided they sell the saiil tenements as soon as con-
Y>-nioiit, the said money to be divided into three equal iiarts, one part to come to
my snid wife and the otiier tw-o parts to be dividi^l equally among my said five
.'liililrcn. Item I give to my friends -Tohn Gupwil!, I'rter I'evis and Nicholas
Mercer of Exeter merchant, all my tenements in Bampton and my whole est.;itn
In iJie rectory of Bampton in Co. Devon to them and their heirs for ever [?].
Iii'tn I give all the rest of my goods and chattels to my said wife, who?n I mal^o
•.■li< exec\itrix of this my last will. I eon-titute the said .rolin (JuiiwiU and Petir
liovis overseers of the same and give to eacli of tliem 20^. for th.cir pains. Wit-
nl»^.M•n, John Gupwill, Peter Bevis, Nicholas Mercer, Edward Martine, John
Trowte." [Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Byrde, 74.+]

• llo lirloncf'd to the Drvonshire f.imily which appt^ars In the horald's visitation.

t lUiirlnti'd from the "New Ii;nsland Historical and Genoalogical Maqazine." vol. HO, p. 204.

42 TROWBRIDGE GENEALOGY

Tlie will of "Alice ifarshall of the City of Exeter, widow," date<l December 30,
IG.T), (lisposod of a lar;;e ;iro|)crt,y. She gives "to my son and heir apparent
James Marshall the manor of Darcombe in the parish of St. Mary Cluirch, county
Devon; my brother Richard Bevis; to my daughter iilizalx'th Trowbridge £50
and one piece of plate to the value of £10; my daughter Alice Golde [Gould];
my claughtor Susanna Marshall, under ago; legacies bequeathed to said Susanna
by lier cousin John ilurshall and hor brother John Marshall; my son Richard
Marshall, under age; legacy left him by his cousin John ^Marshall; my brother
John Mivrshall ; my tlvc grandi-hildrcn Bartholomew Harris, James Golde, John
Goldo, John Trowbriilge and Elizabeth Trowbridge; to my dear mother Mistress
Jane ilartyn one silver bowl with my coat of arms graved or pounced thereon;
my brotJier Peter Beavis; ray sister-in-law Mistress Susanna Beavis; my four
nephews Richard, William, Peter and Kenry Beavis, sons of my brother Peter
Beavis: son James Marshall to be sole executor." lie proved the will February
24. 1();50-1. [Prerogative Court of Canterbury, St. John, 23.]

.T:unes Marshall, son of John and Alic<\ married ifay 29, 10^2, Susanna
Tayjour. He came among the early settlers to Dorchester, Mas.s., and there is
mention of his land tliere.* He was a merchant in Exeter. Savage's "Genea-
logical Dictionary of Xew England" calls him of Windsor, Conn., in 1010, and
says, "did not long continue, and, perhaps, was the man, expected in vain at
New Haven, 104.3, where his estate was valued at £1.000, his family of five hea<ls.
and his lot transferrin] in 1651, to Richard Mansfield." This lot was on the
northwest corner of what is now Elm and Church streets, opposite the Green,
lie may Ihj that "rich merchant" referred to in "Winthrop's Journal." lie sold
his property in Windsor and soon retumctl to Exnter.+ lie continued to be
actively engaged in business there and was elected mayor of the city in 1053. lie
was buried there January 20. 1004-5. and administration on his estate was
granted to his widow, Susanna ilarsliall, the following nu>nth.

Mr. James and Susanna (Taylour) Marshall had the following children
baptized at St. Mary Arches, E.xeter:f

John, April 16, 1035.

James, November 20, 1037.

Richard, April 12, 104O.

Elizabeth. May 29, 1042 ; buried October 13, 1042.

Sanmel, July 9, 1G4S.

Joseph, :March 31, 1050.

Sarah, ; buried July 20, 1656.

Of the above children James had adniinistration granted on his estate ^fny
10, 1077. to .John Jfarshall, his brother, .Tames Jlarshall, his son, having dcclineil
to serve. He is described as "James Jfarshall senior of the city .if E.xetor. but
at Guinney in [larts I'cyond sea deoeasol." Administration "ilc bonis n<m" to
.fames Marshall, the son, October 10, 1094. [Prerogative Court of Canterbui-y.]
Samuel is perhaps identical with "Samuel Mar-hall of Frcmington, county
T)c>von. ("lork," whose nuiiou]'ativo will of .Tuly 14, lOSl, lefO his "whole stmly
of bo<iks," etc.. to bis mother. Susanna Marshall. .Vdministration on his e-tate
was grantO'I to her July 2."), lOSl.

• Porrtinstnr, ^^flFS.. T'^wn Kt'.-orrls.

f.V Court liolil .lit N"r\\liav'*n t ho -Jd of Novoin ; UUJ :

■ISy n loiter fnmi Mr. Marshall fo Mr. Hill cf Win.s.ir. l.o.irlni; il^tp \\\o TU, „f Aprill li',:;i;.
aii'l a IcttiT to Gooilmn MnnsliiMcl. ihitoil tho ].•? of Cii'tohor 1041. ilt is ovlcloiicoj lo this I'onrt
Ihatt .;nmp of the iMttell tjocin:; nniliT the n.Tiiie of Mr. Trobriitre dolh lieloiii; to Mr. M,irsh:ill
ns his pp ::oo(Is. nanifly a ^hlto cow. reil sparkled, a htMfcr. white ami red si>arkled. and one
white and blacke sparkled ; Henry tJit.hons testitnon.v allso con«'iirins wih the aforesaid letters."
|.\''«- Haven rolon.v U--t()rds. \..l. 1. p. 10] Itiohard Manslield oamo to New Haven with the
oih'T planters as steward for Mr. Marshall.

t "The Genealogist," vol. iv. p. 17; I'arish Kegister of St, Marv Arches. Kieler.

TUOWBRIDGE OENEALOOY 43

. William >[.'irsli;ill of Dinnington, Somcrsuteliirc, undo of Elizabeth, in his will.
iliiUyi Drcriiibor 1, 1623, mentions, ''Elizaheth, Susanna, James, John and
Uiiliiinl, childron of my brotlicr John Marshall of Exeter." [Prerogative Court
of ( 'iiuttTbiiry, Byrdo, 28.]

Juiin .Marshall of E.xeter, a son of Thomas M^arshall, tanner, of Chillin^'ton and
iiui-ni of Elizabeth, in his will, made May 2-t, 1(122. bciiucathcd "to each of the
(•liildn-n of my uncle .John Marshall, al(lemu\n of Exeter, £50." Administration
wiiK (jrimli'd to the uncle John ifarsluiU .luly .5, 1023, who was succoedwl hy his
widow Alii'o on .\[arch 3, 1»;2><. She was succeeded by her son James on June IT,
1031. I I'roroi^ative Court of Canterbuiy. Swan, 72. J

'I'liumas .Mai-shall. perhaps uncle of Mr. .lohn, was a inerch.nnt in E.xeter. He
wiui b.Tilitl of E.xeter in lo57 and one of the founders of the Merch:uit Adven-
larern nuild.

KuMuj;li has been printed here to provp lliat the family of Elizaln-th, the wife
iif '1 l.uimis ' Trowbridge, was ono of prominence and wealth in E.xeter.

"'I'liiit before her marriage Elizabeth was preferred to her sisters, or at any
rtito to lier \uimarriefl sisti^r, is shown by her father's will; and that after her
mnrringe she was preferred by her mother to her married sisters, and by her
limtlier to all his relative.s, is shown by their wills. It is to be inferred that
i.Ik> \v:is kind and helpful by nature."*

'I'li'iMuis Trowbridge was engaged in business as a mercer in E.xeter, as ai^pears
by llio bill of complaint printeil below. Exeter was at that time the emporium
of Uiin woolen goods, such as serges, spun and woven in the neighboring towns,
but lliii.shed in the city previous to exportation.

,Vovrinl)i-r 23. 1(;.".2, there is recorded this "Bill of Complaint: Thom.ns Trowbrirlse of
lh« fittio of K.von inercer for .years past hath had lioalin-s with one Robert Gray of
I>iii<tun niercer .inil .Tbout .May iri20 boii.i;lit of hira or his servants or one of them tjoods
10 Itit vnlewe of £2S or thereabouts to be |iai(l for in 0 moncMis and also about tenth of
l>>«-rmli<'r llVJO i;oods to the valewe of i'\l. lO-i also to he paid for in 'J months and did
jlfo k hill for the p.iyineut of the said 28£ and one other I'.iU lo he paid on 31 May next
following iiiul in .Tatiuary did pay to said Robert Gray or to .laine.s S^ adding, Christopher
Hrynrr .Iiunes .\eveil and Lawrence .Tones or one of them his sei'v.anls by the hands of
Mr. Jolin liuninston &c and said Uobcrt Gray did receive fioni Mr Randall Manning .'i
lllll or ohlicacou of Mr .Joseph Trowbridge upon said .Manuiuc and also other houds
lie *nA yn' Snid Orafo'' at and by the direccon of said Robert Gray did in addition pay
r»ft»io other somes of money to dyuers persons &c &c and yo^ Said Of.at'"' not now
k«irln( no ninny dealings with sd Robert &c. sd Robert has put the sayd Uills in a
•uit« nf Invve i^c and hara.ssing your sd orato'," &c. .\nswer of Robert Gray. [Chancery
l'r«o*.linKM. Charles f, B & A, T 1, 42.1

Thomas Trowbridge a few years Inter decided to go to America. He probably
»lid not inli-nd to settle permanentl.v in the new country, for wlieu he sailed he
\r{t his oldest son in England, probably in the care of his father in Taunton.
Il« and his wife and two youngest sons on landing in Kew iMiglaml went to live
ill Ilofehcster. near Boston, in J[assachu,sett.s. They may have arrived as early
>• li'^^lil. and their choice of Dorchester as a resilience may have been made
lliriu),'ii lh(^ advice of Thomas Jeffrey,+ a friend of Mr. Trowbriilge. who bad been
li»iui: lliero since l<i:54.

lleuiias Trowlitidge .■mil his wife are noted in the records of the town and
•■liun'li lis ".Mr." .Old ".\[rs.," a distinction cmfincd at that time to .iiersons of
p«i«lrli«lie<l p'lililiry. His wife was a meml><.T of the Dori'hester church in li;3s,
|«-rhnp« it\ lI'.iiT. and tlieir .viningest .Si.in, Jaiiii's, w.is li.iiitized there in t'WC of
(liii*ii yenr>. The ago given fi.ir James at the time of hi^ death imlieati'S tliat he
vu l-irn in li;.".('p. .mil a.s he was baptized in Dorchester, the prob.ability is that he
• M n»i horn ii\ England.

• \it il.i nnliHk<; .Titicli-.

I >» Jrffrli'B, wliltb was the mode of spelling the name in Somcrsetsliire at that time.

4:i TKOWBUIDGE GENEALOGY

In the list of members of the Ancient and IlonornWe Artiilcry Company of
Boston in 1038 appears the name ''Thomas Strawbriiifre." It seems quite rcason-
;ihle to suppose that this was an incorrect entry for Thomas Trowbridge, as his
social position and business relations would have made membership in such an
organization attractive to him.

The land records of the town of Dorchester contain the following references
to Thomas Trowbridge. The parcels of land described seem of trilling value in
comparison with his known means and business interests, and these extracts are of
importance only in so far as thoy indicate the approximate time of his arrival
at and removal from Dorchester.

"The 2(1 of .lamiary 1G.'!7[-S]. It is ordored that the p'tj'es vnderwrittoQ shall Uaue
earli of them satisfaction in lieu of iho calues pasture from the Burying place towards
John Phillips — Mr. Ti'ohrii;p 1 al;er."*

"It is ordered that M'- Trohridjo have 2 acres of Maish in M'- Ludlowes necke where
its out of p'priety."

"March IStli, [1037-8]. The Proportion which each man is to haiie in the iiccUe
raocordiD!! to c*(tate ami number of persons | Mr. Trohrid?e. 7 nkers, 1 ijuarter, 20 rodes."
"The proportion of Cowes Pasture and other lands this side the Riuer, 7 acres, 1 rood,
20 rods."

■February l."?, li;:)8[-0]. It is ordered that M'- Clarke shall haue libertie to take in
fouer soails of Innd next his pale towards the meeting howse which is necre the barne
that was lately Mr. Trobidgs."

"October ;U, l(i;;9. It is ordered that .M'- .Toanes shall linue 1 aker of land nere bis
uwnc in leiu of an aker which hee bought of M^- Trobridge which was appoynted him
uoere the burying place."

"Nathaniel Duncan Senior sould vuto .Vuthony Gulliver the l.l"' of the 11"' monotli
101-t about 4 akers and half of land on Capt'" neck which was belonging to M''- .fames
Marshall of ICxetcr in old England and was late in the possession of Thomas Trowbridge."

Thomas Trowbridge and his wife must have found it .i considerable hardship
to live in the newly settled town of Dorchester, accustomed as they were to the
comforts of a home in a city like Exeter. Their residence in the Massachusetts
village, however, was not of long duration.

Thomas Trowbriilge probably removed his househobl to the plantation of Now
Haven in 10-38, but his name is not found among t^hose subscribed to the articles
of agreement at the organization of the church or body politic there in June.
1039. He may have been absent from Xew Haven at that time, or, ns this
Fundamental Agreement, as it was afterwards eallcil, required that, '•cliurch
members only shall be free burgesses,"' he may not have been eligible to sign it,
for there is no evidence tliat he ever .severed his connection with the Church of
England and became a member of the Puritan Clutrch.

In the New Haven records his name again api>ears nearly always with the
prefbc of respect, "!Mr." In the list of proprietors of the plantation in 1041 he
is credited with five heads in his family. These are supposed to have been him-
-df and wife and three sons, Thomas, William and James. His estate is given
as £500, a large sum for tliat place and time, and it was among the larger of the
123 estates mentioned in tlie si'hedule. His lioiise lot was on the west side of what
is now lower St,ate strr-ot, just south of George street, "Mr. Henry ltutherford,t a
prominent shipping nurcliant, being bis neighbor on the south.

On page 20 of the original rate book appears the following:

"Mr. Thuin: Trowbiiil.-e is D'

for .") persons & "lUitt l-^viate

for 37 acres* within 2 miles at 4 pence pr acre O0:rj:iir,

for 7 acres* in y= Neck at 4 pence pr acre I'O 02 ;'"'•

for 27* acres of Meddowe .it 4 pence per ,ncre 00 00 :02

for 110 acres in the 2'"i division at 2 pence pr acre 00 ]S:iU

•Tills and the tollowln.; e\tr.Tcfs arc from Dorchester Town Records, vol. l, pp. 3^. ."."J. 41,
45, 61.

t His daughter Sarah berame the wife of Mr. Trowbridge's son Thotn.is.

TROWnUIDGK (ii:NEALOGY 4.3

"The schcilule, though prepared before April, 1C41, is found in the record book
amid the records of 1G43. It is not easy to determine whether it was copied into
the record book in 1643, after some clianges had been made corresponding with
changes of title, or was recorded when iirst prepared, the secretary reserving for
his report of the court's proceedings the thirty pages which precede it. There is
so much probability that the schedule was recorded before the collection of the
rule due in April, 1041, that it will be designated as the schedule of 1C41."*

The est-ate of Thomas Trowbridge appears in the schedvde thus.t

Nanips of rhe
rianlers

r-3

Tho: Trobridge i a .jOO ; 37i 7.J 27i 110 ■ 02-0-2 -Oti

! 1 I - I I

Thomas Trowbridge appears to have spent but little time in this country.:^
but during his sojourn here he continiied to be occupied with extensive trade
between England, the West Indies and the Colonies. No record was found
jirnving the exact date of his return to England, but it was prior to the fall of
1041. He probably was recalled to England on account of business or some
cvout of importance, and it may have been business in connection with the sottle-
luont of the estate of his wife. The exact date of her ileath was not found, § but
it is to be inferred that she did not long survive her arrival in New Haven, for
it is not reasonable to suppose, from what is Icnown of her character, that if she
hiiJ been living she could have returned to England with her husband and left
hor three little sons in the care of strangers, and the records show that before
li-nving New Haven Thomas Trowbridge placed his lands, houses, chattels and
oatntc in New Haven in trust with his servant or steward, Henry Gibbons,
for the benefit of his three sons, whom ho also left in Gibbons' care. It does not
npp^'nr that he ever returned to America.

(ubbons gave so little attention to his master's affairs at New Haven and the
euro of his sons, that as early as November, 1641, the colony court ordered an
iillnchnicnt to be placed on Jlr. Trowbridge's property "to pay tho town's rates
mill satisfy the demands of those persons to whom he is indebted." The court
plnccd tlie children under the care of Sergeant Thomas Jeffrey and his wife, who
wiTO to keep them in their home until such time as "their father shall come over
or wnd to take order co7\cerning them," wlien the court should determine "what
i* I'qiiul for him to have for the keeping of them and in the meantime he will
tnkp cnrc that they be well educated and nurtured in the fear of God." ilr.
.Iclin Evnnce took the house, which Gibbons had allowed to fall into need of
iinnirdinte repairs, at £100, and settled the claim-; of the creditors.

The references to Thomas Trowbridge in the Now Ha\en records for the next
fi-\v yeni-s consist of accounts of the legal complications arising from hi-
•tiMvord's malfeasance. They are merely technical and are not of sufficient
iiit<'rt><t or importance to demand reprinting hcre.|| 'i'liat he did nor return to
Ni'w Huvcn and personally take charge .-f bis affairs there was probably because
laulters of greater importance kept him in ICngland. '

• .MuntiTS "Ili-WTv of llin "^olony of N.-w I!;\vfil.' |i. luS.

t Nr\T llnvrn Colony Kocoi-(1«. \ol 1. p. IS.

VThiiMin? 'l*r'.\vbi-iil;;p. goDt.. lato 01 New IIa\iri." U nii^nliniKd ill A'-iiin\\ alls Notrtiial
ll'.-^r.l«. llo.s|on

I Th' ri rcl of il.':iili« in N''\v Ilav.'n docs iml oNinniT n* (at li.ick ris ihnf ihtIocI.

I Tli''J WITO i>rlnlrrl In "Itccoids of the Colony and I'huiiaiioii of New ll;i\eQ from 1G38 10
Irtiy hj rlmrl.-^ J. lloudly.

4,j TROWBIUDGE GIONEALOGY

It must be remembered that the Civil War iii England bo^an soon after
Thomas Trowbridge left America. Ta\inton was t;iken by tlie Parliament
forces in AugTist, IG-t'i, • ami the principal g<>ntry of the neighborhood, tiie
trained biinds, the mayor and principal inhabitants of the town, ai<Ied with
horse and foot the intention of securing tiiis place for the Parlianient. The
attpni|>t to secure and fortify Taunton in the interest of the Parliament soon
met with a temporary impe<linK'nt and defeat, for in the next year the marquess
of ITi.'rtfonl tlrovc out the Parliament forces and took possession, of it in favor
■ if the king. But tho fruits of this victory were not lasting, for on .Inly S,
1G44, soon aft«?r the battle of ^larston lloor. Colonel Blake and .Sir Kohort Pye
again toolc Taimton for tho Parliament. For some months things remained in a
quiet st.ito at Taunton, but early in tlie spring of 104.') an anny of ten thousand
i.f the king's forces under Lord Goring marched to the attack of the town and
began wliat is known as the si(>ge of 'I'aunton. The liistoi-y of the siege, ending
with tho final relief of the town, is well known.*

Thomas Trowbridge aft<^r the death of liis father came into his inherit.inee,
being tho only surviving son. lie succi.vded his father as the chief Trowbridge in
Taunton, just as the latter had .succeeiled his father, and" that he was a man of
ronseqiience there is shown by the prominence given him in the pedigree of his
wife's family which has been previously i[uote(l. lie wrote often to the authori-
ties at New Haven to bring (iibbons to an account for his breach of trust, but
Gibbons kept possession of the Trowbridge estates in New Haven for many
years, and affairs remained thus until the sons came of age.

They liad continued in the meantime to pass their boyhood under the care of
.Sergeant Jeffrey, their father evidently being satisfied with that arrangement,
i'hey had received a good education under the instruction of Mr. Ezekiel
Cheever, tho famous colonial schoolmaster.+ who taught the first school in New
Haven. In the colony records it is noted tiuit at a court held February S, 1C4.3-4,
•'Mr. Cheever desired 4-;i-G out of the estate of Jlr. Trowbridge w'^h is justly
due to him for teaching y'' children." Tlie course of instruction to be pursued
by the schoolmaster for his scholars at tliat time was '"after they are entered
and can read in the Testament; to perfect them in English; and teach them
their Latin tongiie as they are capable; and to write.''

Soon after ho came of age William Trowbridge endeavored to have an account-
ing made of his fatlier's estate that was left in New Haven, and for this end
presented to the court two letters from his fatiier. one dated ilarch O, 1G55, aivl
the other March 4, l(i.">S, whcriMn his father wrote that he "marvells that there
is not an account of it given." This attempt to recover from (iibbons w;us a
failure, but finally, on January 19, lG0.'i-4, Mr. Trowbridge executed and sent to
his three sons a power of attorney, making over to them jointly and severally liis
property in New England wjierover found, to be retained and equally divided
hetween them, and bring the said Gibbons t'> account and punishment.

'"To all < "liri.stian pooplo lo wlmm tliis pvp^'Mir writinc shall rome (tri^tiiv.^.

Know yc that I Thonuis Trrnvhrhli;!" of Tanntnu in y" Cinmfy nf SonnTsiTt. Opiit. doc
lii'i'eby iiiiiUi^ I'lihiiiiii. riiiistiluf :u\il cicpiiti' nii.l in my plnco niiil sti":iil |nit my thri>» sons
'riiomns Trowliiidt'o .tihI William TronhriiK''' "f \.nvhavr>ii nn<l .I.miiios 'L'rowbriil:;? of
I>nrchoNtor in y I'.ay in Nnw Kiiu-lniiil in >'■ p.iirs of .\ini'i-i''a ll■^vonll y- soas. to he my
tnif and lawfnll .Tttoriiios, jointly and .scviM-ally for nu' and in my iiami> lo asko, sue for.
li'vy, rfipiiro n-fover and ivicivo .all and sin-'n!ar my cstati'. houses, lotts. ^ood.s. i-atll';
and chattels whntsoinrr. uhi.h I Infr in trust iu Xi'iv lai^rland afoicvsaid with I [.-lu-y
Gihhpncn. somi^timos my s'-r\ant, or t\iu^ urhiu"\\isi» holoniro unto me ami upon ihMainin;:
IhiMPof Of of any parlioular pavccll lh"n>of, to arrest, attach, call to an account, sui',
iinph'ad and inu>rison yo saiil Ifi^nry Cihln'mo and all and ciiTV olhiT porson and in-rson.s
whatsoevpr, in whosa hands, ■;usto<ly. or possrssion, my said oslate. houses, lotts, so^ds.

• Ilisf.irhal fails aiv r.iimil from Sava-'i''s 'Ili-tory of Taunton."
t lie cniuinuod in cliargo of the school th'-rp until 1'''.'>C).

TuowBiuDGi-: gi:m:alogv 47

ciitti'l .mil cliatti'ls uliarsnovor is are or liavo or hath bpone in any way or course of law
or c'niity. And y*^ ^arae suit or suits to pfi>^ocuto and i^sue to jadgmout, si'iitfuce and final
cxfcution, until recovery shall be had of my said estate, houses, lotts, gooils, cattle and
chattels whatsoever with all co^ts and (lama:,'OS to be had for dftaining the same. And
upon receipt thereof or of so much thereof as my said atturneys or any or eyihpr of them
shall agree for and .accept by way of coinponirion, the said person or person.s soe by my
said atturneyes or any or eyther of them sued and imprisoned, out of iiri'.;on to release
and discharge ami also to make scale and deliver aoiuittances releases or other suHicii-nt
discharses to and for the same or any part thereof, and I do hereby sive and irant unto
my said attorni"s jointly and severally, my full aiul whole power and authority in and
about the premises and by ilie aforesaid or any other lawful aaii's ,uid means whatever to
Ret in and nvn.'r luy said estate, houses lott.s, :;oods. cattle and 'haulms whatsoever in
as full .and .imple ui.anner in every resjiect. to all intents considerations and purpnses as
I myself niiuht or couhl doe in the same if £ were there personally present, ratifying,
allowing and cnilirminf whatsoever my said atturnics or any or either of them shall law-
fully doe or cause to be done in ye premises by virtue of these presents, .and I do alsoe
hereby order and appoint that all and whatsoever of my said estate, houses lott, KOods,
cnttle or chattels whatsoever shall be recovered and rc*'eived by my said attornies or an.v
or either of them shall be had kept aud enjoyed by m.y three sons Thomas AVilliam and
.lames equally dividerl between them to their own use and behoof without any .account to
he rendered unto me for ys same. In witness wherenf I have hereunto sett my hand and
scale, the ninet'^-ntli day of .lanuary in y^ fourteenth year of y rcigne of King Charles
the .^econd et .Vnno gr. detis li;03.

Thom. Trowbridge (Se.vle)
."sealed and delivered in ye
presence of Henry Chase Xotary PublicU, Robert Chase, .Tohn Cliambers.

The above written is a true record of the originell composed therewith and recorded ye
20"i day of February, 10.S3.

By .Tohn Nash Recorder."

(.\'ew Haven Land Records, vol. 1, p. 202.]

Tlio .sons sued Gibbons for posses.sion, but n.s niuttors \voro fouivl. a scttle-
nioiit could not easily be effected before !^[r. Tro\vl)ri(lf^e's deiitli, which occurred
in Taunton, Fcbru.iry 7, 1672-.3. 'i'he suit was finally settlo<l in tf;>'() by Gibbons,
"for sundry good causes best known to m.yself," who nuulo a dee<l of the
propi^rty to Thomas Trowbridge, the younger, to take effect after the death of
(liM'Oiis. This ilcod included his house and lot, and sundry other property,
iiichiding "the bed and bolster I lie on."

"To all people to whom this present writing shall come greetins

I Ifenry Gibbons of Xewhaven in Xew Kngland husbandman send Bri.'etinc. Know ye
tlint I the said Henry Gibbons for ami in consideration of sundry good causes and
reasons (best known to myself) have given, grantcl. (■on\e\ed made over, .\nd by these
presents doo give, grant convey & make over unto Thomas Trowbriilge of Xewhaven
iiierclmnt, in New England aforesaid merchant as follows viz: Imprimis my houses home-
lutt & yard, scituate lying & being in the towne of .Xewh.aven aforesairl. boundeil on ye
South with the house & homelott now behpiiging unto Nathan .\ndreues, on the West
by y hoinelotts now belonging uiuo .lohn Winston i^ W"" .Johnson, on the North wilh a
liiiiiielolt belonging unto Allen Ball ami on the lOast with the streete or highway. .Alsoe
feure acres of meadow lyeing by the old ferry & three acres Sc a half of upland lying in
the suburbs rpiarter alsoe in ye towne of Xewh.aven .aforesaid as also the bed & bolster
( lye on. To have & to hohl after my dei-e.\se all & singular, the houses land meadow
nnd bed as aforesaid to llie aforesaid Thomas Trowbridge his heirs. e>;. Tutors, adminis-
Iratiirs or assignes for ever to his & their proper use and behoof, tlien'of vt therewith
In (lee i^- dispose at his will and pleasiu'e. In wiltiesse whereolT I have hereunto sett my
h.vnd Mud seal, dated at X'iMvha\en this fifth d.i v of l-'ebruar\' in the vea re of our Lord, one

his '
IliMiisnnd six luinilred & eightye. Hetny 1=:| Gibbons.

maike
S;.-ned sealeil .S; delivered ill presence of us i
Jelui .\ash. William X Gibbons - Ili'Ury Gibli.uis appeari-d in Ne\vlia\en this

his mark (

,'i''i of February lilSft & ai knowledged ihe above written deed lo be his volunl.iry act
a.vording to h:in\ Jn" Nash .Vssiscaut." [New Haven Land Records, vol. 1. p. IH'J.]

Ctiblious ilicil in liVSti, and as his brother. William (Jilib.ins, refused tn take out
Iflli'rs of administration, 'I'homas Trowliridge was nppi>iiiti'd udiiiinisfrntor ; and
«« the 8aid Hcnn' Gibbons had no children tiie ni.-ittiT was cmu-ludod.

48 TROWBRIDGE GENEALOGY

'J'lie family register of Tlioinns Trowbridge to conform to tlie plnn ndopted for
this genealogy is printed as follows:

1. Thomas TnowmuDnK* bom , [159-?], in Taunton, Somersetshire,?

JCngland; buried February 7, 1C72-3, in Taunton ;t married ]iliireli 2C, 1027, in
Exotcr, Devonshire, Enghwul.t Elizabeth i[arshjll, daughter of John and Alice

(Bevys) Marshall, baptized Jfarch 24, 1G02-3, iu Exeter;! died

16[41?], in New Iluven, Conn.?

CIIIU>ltKN :

I.

K/.izAiii;iii, bai.l. Mar. 0, 1(L'7S, In Kxviei; llngland;! buiicU May 10. 1030.
in ICietor.l

ii. JoiiN, Impt. Nov. .-, 1G20. iu Kxcti^r;! buiipd Feb. 10. ICM-l in Tauiiloii,
Eogland ; unnit |l
2. iii. Thomas, bapt. Hue. 11, in:;i, in Kxolei-.J
JL"J- iv. Wii.i.iAM, bapt. Si'iit. .•!, ItKiS, in ICxctor.l
WK). V. jAMts. b. , 1I!:]G.»»

Ill3 pnnnlnnD nml Immclialo .iiinslry lus li.vn piiiHirl In the Introdiicllon
t rarlsb ItcBlst<r of St. Mnry Mii;,-.l.nUn. Tnunlon. KiiKlund.
t I'arlsli HcKlsltr of .St. Mmy .\ii Ins, i:xelir. lOuijlaiid.
S I'nrlsh llcpistcr of St. IVIrockV, Kxeler.
II Ilia will Is prIntoU on pn;o ;iri.
•MMacc of l)lrlh not provi-il, l.iit It Is snppo.wd that It was Doiclicst.r. Mass.. whore he was
baptized, probahly the followhii; year.

AVIT.LI A M TliOWlVlil l)(iK

Oi' Nkw Haven, (Vinn.,
AND 1118 DK.SCKNUANTS

100. W'liiMM 'I'liiiwiiiinici; (77iomn.s'), Ijapli/.i'd Seiitftnilicr 3, l(i:i3, in Exeter,
])rv(.iis|iiri', I'!iikI:iiii1 ; ilioil Niiv('iiil)(!i- — , Ui8H,* in Wost |[iivcii,t ("onii.;
inarrifd Miin-li !l, lO.lli-T, in Alilfonl, Tonn., Kliznlictli (Lumlicrton) Scllivant,
widow of Daniel Scllivant, and dan^^litcr of ('apt. (ioorge uml Margaret

( ) Lainlierton. liorn , l(i:i-, in F-umlon?, Englaiul; dii'il

.^ 171<i, in West Haven.

William '1 lowliridce was hroiiglit in eliildiiood l).y liis imrents from KnKlaml,
first tn Diiriliester in llu; Massaelnisotts 15a,v i-olony, and then te tlio plantation
of New Haven. Wlicn his fnlher was ealled haek lo l'',hj;land. lie and Ium hrotliers
were li>lt in ehar(?o of his father's former servant, Henry Oibhons. 'Ihe latter
inisinanafied ihe pniperl.v left for the hoy.s' sujiport, and after a time tiiey were
taken awii.v from him hy the town authorities ami pnt nnd(!r the i-are of Serpt.
Thnuias .lelVrey ami his wifi-, and in their home William and hia brothers passt'd
their boyhood. Ills sehooimiister was ^Ir. J'^zekiel (Mieever.

Sorju after rca<'hiiijr his niajorit,y William 'J'rowbridge made an atl/^inpt to
hriiiK (iihlions to an a<^eiinnt for his stewardship. His etforts were eonlinued
over n .series <d" years, hnl pained litlle resnlt d\irinfr his father's lifetime. A
few years afti'r the hitter's death Oilib<jns mad(! some restitution, as ha.s lieen
printed on a iirm ions )>api^

"Williiini 'I'niu liriiliio (iinpoiiiiili'd In je Cmirl if ho uiitilil liiivo n\\ nciount of liis
fiitlur's rslati' Unit was left in .N'lw Haven, anil fur this cnil ini'si'iiiml two leitors friim
his fiithpr, oni' ihilnl Mairli 0, Idnri. Ihe other Manli 4, H'l'iH, vvtu'iein his fattier writes,
tliat he iiKii'M'lls that there is nut nn nceoiinl of it ziteii. It was lijil liiiii (hat soiiio time
h.is lieiii spent ill seareliiiii; y ri^oiils, but it eoiilil not he i leaied. wherefore lie pavinK
the Seiieiary then y Seiretary would adoid him what help he lonld iliiTiiii to rieare it."

".Inininry I'.. lillH. Willlaia Trowbridge having' had a wiiriaiil for lleary (Jibboiis to
answer him in an aclioii of yc case, was now railed to enter his ailion. lie rei|iiiied of
Henry liihbnns an aiioiiiit of his fatlier's estate that was left with him when he went
for l-^nRland. Win. 'I'rowliridse was nsked hy what aiilhorily In" made this demand? He
showed a letter of attoiiiie from his father, whiili beiiij; read was allowed and nerepled.
Heary Gibbons said that ho bad sivon him an ao'iiiiipt as well as ho <'oiild, but the i>st»t«,
ho said, was taken unf f)f his hands liy order of the aiitlau'ity hero, vV Ihoreforc it mast
be refeiied to >'' roi ords. I'lit the reeords having been looked into formerly and mailers
not found so cleaio as was desired & there beinj; mmU business nt this tyine, the case, was
referred to another time,"

".\t a f'oiiiil.v t'oiiit held at Now Haven .Time 10, ^C^~■^," before .Tatnea Risliop, assistant
and moderator, the a.sslslaiits, coiuinissionors and a jury, in the ruse of Trowbridge vs.

• "Tlie Iiivenloiie nf ihe eslnle of Mr Wllttnin Trowlirtdu'o Into of Newliavcn deeeasod Ind-s-
tnte una rxlilhlled In Court, lunvc-d tiy naiti of .\|i|iil:4rrs nccordlnj; to law and npiiroveU f«tr
reeurd. and [inwer nf adiiilaisiralloii of said esiale }:raiileil to Mlisalii-th yr wlddow* ft relict
ol Ihe said deeeasett & to Tlioiiiiis 'I'ruwliridi^e tlie s<)n nf y deeeaseil & Siiiiiiiol Siiillh.
The children ore William Trowlirldjie, Ttoiiiuis Tr<iw l.ildKe. of nge ; I'Misahetti. Margaret &
.Tiinies iif a^i! ; llaiiiiali -O ,\-ears ■>ld ; Samuel & AMKalle. twins, jihont 18 yi<arfl old; Mnry
lij; .Inppph nhunl 12 venrs old." fNew Haven Pr<"liiile Ueviirds, vi>l. li. p. 100; vol. 4, pp.
27.i, L'TO 1

t Then a parlsli in New Haven.

i Perhaps In May, 1710. for on .June 7, 1710, her heirs iiialie an nKri'eineut.

\>4 'ntow itiiiixiK (!iOiNK.\r,o(;v

(lililxtn^. "W'rn. Trowhriilt:!' nl" Ni'w Ilii\fii tie liis Ijnvfiil iilloj-iiir, plninlif. Uniry flib-
liuiis .if Ihi' sMiiic |ilii(i'. (Ii rciiihiiii . Ill llir 111 I inn (il tlif i use Im iiii iii c(iim|i1 cif llir I'slair
III Mr. 'I'liiiiiiiis 'I'l'iiw 111 ill;;)' iil 'r.-iiiiiiiiii in I lii' ri'iiliii nT l'ji;;hiiiil Miiiilinni'il in liiv Irili'i's
(il Alliiniir iliili'd A'' llHIi of .Iiiiiiiiiry, Kili'J, iiinl sninrl iiiii' in .V iiiissi'ssinii or Inisl of y"-'
siiiil lli'iiiy y ili'fiMiiliiiit lli^ pnsi'il of v^ mil iiri oinitcd fur."

"Ill IliP niliiin wlici'i'in Win. '^lll^vlJ^ill^'l> is riiiiinif iV. Ilriiiy (iililioiis CnnUii liifi'inl-
ant : iifler llii' Uicorils of tlie iiiinsiKiion iiIhiiiI (Ik- rslalo won' road, Tlii! Court ^aw not
tiiu.'so to iidiiiit till' proLe!>t. In wliiili tlic pluinlif si'rmod lo rest satisfied."

\\'illi.iiii 'I'riiu liriilK'' is iisii.illy ilr rril" il ill tlic jiiililii' rceuril.s iif liial liiiio as
n "jiliiliH'r," iiinl lalir nil ii.-. a "liii.-li.iii.liiiaii." in lililj la »|i|ii'iirs to liayir lii'i'il
iimsli'r 111 llic .sliii)|i Cdckf, iiinkiii^ ynyiifri's nut nl New Haven, in 'luiy. ItiiiT,
111' miid Ills liiuisn ami lot. in llii' viliawe of New llavoii. anil |irol)iilil.y aiioiil liiat
liiiii' lii'ianin one of llio first irsiiii'iits in tin" jiarisli of West Haven, ile prnliaiily
iiiiill a iioiise on tluit iiart. of liie "J.amlierton l'"arm" lliat, lliroiiuli iiis wilo
eveiiliially eaiiiP into liis iios.se.ssiiin.* His sliarc was one-sixlii of the l-aiiilierloii
larin, iiinl il inelmieil nil tiie lam] lictwoeii tlie prexpnt Caniiihell and WasiiiuKton
iivenni's from UrouTi street (llif site of llic piiino factory) nearly to I-oiif^ Island
Sound. He also owned 141 aires on tlie Sound near Oyster river.

Williani Trowliridpo was noininaled a froeinun of l.lie colony of f 'onneetieut
on May l.'t, Iti(il). lie lixid on his farm in West llnveii tlie renininder of liis life.
He made piffs to his children diiriiit; his lifetime of much of his real isUite, so
that the inventory of his estate mentions hut nri acres of "second division" land
and a small amount of porsonal proiwrty. Ifc made no will. lie and his wife
were admitted nienihers of the First Church in Now IFaven on April 28, J(i86.

Cllll.lllil-.N IIOIIN IN NKW HAVEN, CONN. :t

101. i. W ii.LiAM, b. Nov. 12, Hi')?.

Wl. ii. 'liio.MAS, h. on. 2, lll.''i!i.

iii. i;i.lZAMKTii. 1). ,liin. .'i. liiiil 2; in. May 28, 1(178, I'l'tor Mnllory of X«'\v Iluven.

W.\. iv. .Iamks, 1). Mar. 2(!. Hl'il.

"' V. Mahiiahi:t, b. .Iiiiii' ], lliiKi; ni. .Tosi'iili CoiiiKvin of Now Ihivpii.

vi. Hannah, b. .hily (>, liiilM; ni. Mosos .lie kson of Sirulford, Conn.

\ii. AiilcAII., ( twins,

KM. viii. Samuki.. I h. (>>t. 7. KmO.

i.'c. Mauy, b Oi t. 12, ]<;72.

lO.j. X. Jo.sKi'il, b. , 1(171!.

I(»l. ('apt. Wit.t.iAM Tuow iiiiiiiiij; ( n'i7//i/i;i"'", Tliiiutnn'). horn Noveiiilier !'_',

IWiT, in New Haven, Conn.; died proliahly in .la iry, 17(KV4. perhaps at sea;:]:

married ahonl 1087. in Middletown ?, (!imn.. Thankful Stow, daiit;liler of llcv.
Siiniuel and J Tope (Fletcher) Stow, horn May .0, Kidi, in Middletown; died

.—' ^',-§

William Trowhridfje iiassed his hoyhood in his native town. New llnveii. Conn.

<^>n .lami.ii-y 2, l(i8l-2, he recciveil a Ki'^n't of •'>" ncres of land in the town of

Snllield, Conn., and on March !) following he was invited to teach the first school

estalilished there, at n salary of £1(1 per annum for live years and a payment for

every additional Hcholnr.

• "'I'lilK uililiij- wltnossplli Hint I Sliiihiicl I'nlnn r of Ni'wpnrI In yt Colony of lllioilp Isl.inil
linvi> Kolil iiiilo my lirolh.-rln liiw Wlllliiiii 'I'r.ov l.ililt-i' of New IPivfii nil my ilclil." &c. "In a
fiiriil nl N.'W ll;i\fii on « liWIi tlii' kiiIiI Wlllinm TnnvhrlilKc n.nv llvrtli. Miiy 4. |ii77." j Ni-w
lliiviii I.niiil liiTiirils. vol, 1, p .^•_'. I

t lly Nr\i lliivrii Town l!i'...rils.

J lie illi'il hrr..rf fi'li. L'. l7o:; I. for Hon liirt lo-c.tli.r ■plmiiiiis wn8 tin' "old.'sl kiii\ IvIllK cIllliV
of lliilr fiilliii. (N,'«- llnvi'li Town Itccinls. vol •_', p. L'JII |

5 "Thnlililill Tio» liiidfc'c, widow nl U'llllnni. lull' of Nrw llnvrn. piiipowprK Hi'n. Alirnliiini
IliMillij lo s.ll h.r liilc liiisliiinils li.iiis.' niol lol .liiiic 'jr.. ITol." "Tliiiiikfill Trowliilili;i'. I.ili'
liiliiil'ILiiil of ltu\lMiry. Aim, .■in IToS. ^nlmli ii'.l mii liili:il>il;iiil of Itn.sion N'mv •j-2. ITils,"
■•Tlialikliil Ti-owhrl.k-i- of MI.IiII.'I.,vmi. widow of Wllliiiin." s.lls Innil In Mid. IP-low n I ii'i- IT.
ITII "Tli.-inliliil TiowPrlili;.'. Inii- of llai if„id." uiu s lo llosion In .May. IVI'.i. and Is ' orilor.'d
oiil" of till' illy .liiiii' 13. ITJll.

THOWIUJllXJK (iKNllAKOUY ViH

lie iiiiirricd mid niiulo his l\oiin' in his iintive Uiwn. He was a iihiiiter and
shii)iiiaster, sailing nut ot New Haven. In tlie New Haven town ree.irds, under
tlic title, "A IC'eord of Sea Atfaiis," and the .hile ()cU)her I!), UlilT. is n-eorded
the t'ollowiufr:

'•William Trowhridgp of New llavon mariiiiT, luiistoi uf tin- K<>'"l sliMipi' •jilli'.l tlie
AilKiifiiii: liy his I'li.ti'st slirwclli llial ti|<.iii llic 'Jd"' of .l\ily last piisl iilioiit eli'vcn of
llie clock In llio forcniKin S. in tin- I.utitiKlo <if :tl» anil J!), In- spied a sliii> uf sea wliicU

bore up to him an.l ali.mt six of \^- .loil, llii- sa Iin in v>^ eveiiinc, she lame up with

him. And [n-iuK a I'reiuh ship ot JiiO i.ms or ihereiilioiU.s, iiioiuUiil Hllh i itlil kuiis and
four iiateraroes with .'!tl men well pro\ ided with small arms, lommandid h.v I'apt. .Ian L
who iiniaerliiilily conunaiidod the said William 'Irowhridce master of said sloope
to put oat her hoals. And (hereafter they caEac on hoard said sloope anil .so seized ou
saiil sloop and carcii ns prize. And inrryed said master and his male & mariners ou
IkhuiI said l''ieu<-h ship, and then wont in plundering of said sloope and kept lioth the
sloop and carso in their possession. And the master, mate and other mariners and pas-
sengers iirisoners unlil the ti'J'"' of the said month of .Inly last that they were dismissed
hy the l'"reiii h. .\ml the sloop and remaining luiit of lurpo put in y"^ hands of .Joseph
Hand male of said sloop for payment to y Treni h of i:!:;0 Crowns for seiurity of which
sum. the sniil mate is convejed away as a hostege unto I'ranie. .\nd further saith that
ihe said shicip and carRoe was nuuh ilam.i;;ed in the storms and winds ut sea hy reason
of iiisutliiiency of her sayles and ricging not lit for voyage. And other dannige sustained
by storms, and the Ihieme's hrenkint; bulk and taking nwny or drawing out n |)ipe of
wine & line ipiarterd cask besides other gooils & pipes of wiiie broached and danmilied by
them. Therefore the said William Trowbridge for bim.self and company protested not
only iigninst the said ('apt. .lo" I.eweini r commaiider of said Krem li ship and his ship ami
company but also against the hazard of the seas or storms and damage sustained thereby.
And y' he & the other mariners should be altogether frei! of any loss or dam.ige sustained
in the said slooji or largms by Ihe Kuemy or otherwise, by hazard of stormes & other
dangers at sea as aforesaid and insuthciency of said sloop, rigging & sailes.

W'" Trowbridge
.\pl)eared on y day & yeare above written this sniil Wn> Trowbridge ami naule ami
ttcknuw Imlgeil this his prut(*bt desiring the same to be recorded

\V"> .lones. Not. I'ublic."

Ootton JlalluT, in his '"NlaKiialia," records the follouint; "interposition of
Divine I'rovidence," wiiieli, he says, is "attested iH'yond nil eontradietinn" :

"On the mill of Dctober in this present year. ICi'.lT, there arrived nl Now Haven, n
sloop of ahoul .''lU tons, whereof ,Mr. A\'illiaiii Trowbridge was master; Ihe vessel belongeil
unto New Haven, the persiUA on boaril were si'\'en ; iiiid seveiilisMi long \\ I'eks had ibey
now spent since thy came fioiu their port, which was I'liynl. I!y so unusually tedious n
Iiassage n terrible famine unavoidabl.v cnme upon them; and, for the live last weeks nf
their voyage, Ihey were so desliliile of all food, that, thrniigh faiiilness, they would liavo
chosen dcalli r.'ilher than life.' Hut they were a praying nml n pious company: anil when
these poor men cried unto the I<ord. he heard and saved them, (iiiil sent his dolphins to
nlleiid them; of these tiny caught still one every day. which was enough to servo Ihem;
onl.\', on Salni'dayH. (hey still catchcd a couple, aiul lUi the Lord's day Ihey could rnlcli
none at all. Willi all posMihh- skill and cm- liny could iiol supply ihiMuselM's with Ihe
lisli in any oilier uuiiibir or order: ami, iiideisl, with a holy blu--h. ihey al last h'fl olT
trying to do anything lai the I.onl's day, when they were so well supplied on the Satur-
days. Thus, Ihe I.oiil kept feeding a (iimiiany that put their trust in him. ns he did his
Israel with his manna; and this Ihey cnnliiiued until the dolphins came to that ihangc
of water where they used to leavi' Ihe vessel. Then Ihey so strangely surrendered them-
selves, that the company took twenty-seven of them, which not only siilTiced them until
Ihey came ashore, but, also, some of them were brought ashore drieil, as a monument of
the Divine benignity."

Captain Trowhridge was iieeustonied to nmke voyapes In the \\'e.~,t Indies,
I'a.vai mill oilier loreiRii ports, iind died on one of these voyuf-'cs. Ho iitleiided
the I'irst ("liiireh. of whieli his wif<' w;is mbiiilteil n ini'iiilier Ala.v l->, KiSO.

ClIlLtlttRK IIOIIN I.V KKW II.WKN, tON.\. ;•

i. TttA.NKiri.. b. Seiit. 2.". 1^V^7 : m. William Ijleason of I'.rooliliue, .Mass.

ii. K.\l'Ki:ii..sci:. h. May 'J.'. Ili'M); d. young.

iii. AniiiAii.. b. Nov. 4. 1li'.)3; d. young.

iv. I.VDIA, b. , ll!Or>; m. July 5, 1714. Charles Moorcock of Boston, Mass.

' Ry New Ilavcn Town Itecords.

120 THOWHRinOR UKNIOALOGY

10"i. Dea. Thomas 'I'uowhkidci; (WiUiiim^"", TlmyiKin''), born Octnlicr 2, W>0,
ill New Iliivcn, Conn.; diril about July, 1750.* in W'ost Haven, f Conn.; inairii'd
Jlii.v 20, 1()S4, in New Haven ?,:|: Alii^^ail Bennisley, dauchlir of Saniuol and

Abigail ( ) ISeardslcy, lioni Angust 10, 1(JG4, in Stratford, Conn.; died

, 17— ,§ in West Haven.

Tliomas 'rrowbridg-e, scltlid in tlin parish of West Haven in liis native town.
His home was on the north side of wliat is now Main street, a little east of Canip-
bill avenue, near tlie Green, but he also owned eon.siderable farm land towards
the Sound. Tie was eiidOKed in fa^nin^c and is described as "husbandman" in
the iMiblie rii-.ii(U of thai time, lb- was eli-itnl n si'lietman of New Haven in
171.5 and 1710. He was among the first members of the West Ifaven Congrega-
tional church, organized in 1719, and became one of its first two ileacons, an
office which he held until his ileatli. In 17.1:! liis name heads the ehiin^h fund
with a donation of £130, the largest amount subscribed by any one person.

CIIII.DHEN HORN IN WEST HA\^N,t CONN.:

i. AniOAiL, b. .\pr. 8. Ifin.'i: m., 1st, . ITlfi, lianici M:illnr.v of West

Hiiveii : Ml., 2(1, , 17in, Nalhnniil ItoocliT of West Haven.

ii. 1 viiiA, b. Dec. ]G, JI107: iii. ,laii. 4, 17:;i-2, James Parker of West Haven.
IIM".. iii. William, b. Apr. 14, ]7<KJ.
107. iv. KiiKNF./.ER, b. Jiil.v 2.5, 1702.

V. Em/.adeth, b. Apr. 2,'t, 1705; ni. Mar. 17, 1725-0, Isaac Beecber of West
Haven.

Cl03i)T1rA. .Tamks Tiiow niiiDrii; ( U'lV/iin/i'"", Thoinns^). born !Maicli 2(!, ini;4, in
Xew Haven, Conn.; died about Ma.v. 17:i2,|| in Wiltmi,** Conn.; married, first,
November 8, 1688, in New Haven, (.ydia AKsoji, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth
(I'rcston) Alsop, born Jul.y 20. 10115, in New Haven; died !May 0, lOltO, in New
Haven. -tt He maFried, .second, September 20, l(i!)2, in New Haven, Esther Howe,

daughter of Epbraiin and Ann ( ) Howe, born November IS, 1071, in

New Tlaveii; died , ltl!»7, in Stratford, C^onn. He married, third, April

1!l, 10(18, in Wilton, ^fary liebleii, daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (Foote)

lielden, born November 17, 1077, in Hatfield, Mass.; died , 17 — -.Jt

James Trowbridge learned the trade of a "eord-wainer," or shoemaker, in his
native town, and followed it in New Haven an<l also in Stratford, Conn., uhither
he removed in Septiiiiber, lOitl. He and his wifi? were admitted memliers of the
Stratford Congregational church April 8, 10(14. In Slralford he was chosen
sealer of leather at the town meetings held from MWH tn 1702. He lived on Long
Hill. In 1712 he rcmnved to the town of NorwaiU, (^mn., piireliasing a large
farm on Chestnut Hill in the ]iari3h of Wilton. He there passed the remainder
of liis life, engaged in farming.

He was probably one of the three original members of the Wilton Congrega-
tional church, and was apiiointed a committee to make arrangements for the
settlement of the Rev. Mr. Sturgeon. He was appointed a deacon of the church,
an otiice wliich he fiUed until his death. In the town of Norwalk he served as
fence viewer in 1717, grand juror in 1719 and town collector in 1721.

• Ills will, (laloil .\pr. n. 17l!l. wns provnrt on llm firm Munilnv In AiiR., 1 7.''in. [Ni'w lliiven
rr.iliati' lif.onla, v..l. 7, pp. 01 in. 7LM, 7;U.]

t Tlii'n a pnrt of llir inwii of New Haven, whrro ttie lilrlhs of llie clilldrcn uro recorded.

t .\t least recirdi il there.

S liifore Iier huslmnd.

II Ills will, d.iled .\pr n 17.t2 (nltnessps sworn Ma.v S, 17.12), was proved June 28, 1732.
fFnirlield l^roliatc Ilecords ]
••Tlirn a part of Nnru.ilk.
tt r..\ gravesiiine In Center chureli cr.vpt.
}t She wsB living !o Wlltun as late as 1737.

Ti{(t\viu:n>(;i; (JKNKAi/xiY 127

<'iiir,iii;i:iN ;•
Uii first mnirinijr:
108. i. .Tamks, 1). Soiit. Ki, ](!>S!i.

lilt Miiuiti }}inn luiif :

WX ji. Isaac, li. , Klii:;.

iii. lOsiin.R, 1). . ]<!;t-l ; ni. Auk. '-■>. 1720, Jatncs Lcnvi'tiworili of Hunting-

loii.t Conn,
iv. Maky, I). , 1fi07; m. lirown of .

lit/ thinJ iiitiitiagc:

110. V. DvMfl.. h. Anp. I."!. 1701.

vi. i;i.iz Mir I If. li. Mar 1. 170.'1: ni. 1 Si. .lulin nf N.nwalk, Ci.nn.

111. \ii. C'ai.kii, li. .Vjir. S, 170i;.

112. viii. .loiiN. l>. .Mn.v 22. I70'.>.

ix. AiiK.Aii., 1>. Si'|i(. I, 1712: m. fiicon of .

X. I.yiha. li. Mny S. ni'i: ni. May !1, 17.'l."i. I'liakini Klnifr of Willon, Conn,
xi. Sahau, I). July 2!), 1717; in. An?. 21), I7;i7, Nathaniel Wi'.slcotl of Willon.

104. Sami::!. TnowiiiiiucK {William^"", JViomn.?'). I'orn October 7, 1(!70, in
New Haven, Ciiim.; iliod in Miircli?, 1741-2. g in Fnirficlil, Conn.; innrriod iil«i\it

](!98 Snrnli . Sim nuirriod, swnnd, Mny 2(!, 1713. in FuirfioM, IvlnaH

TrPiidwcll of Fairfield.

Siimnel 'J'rowiiridtro woiil with liis eld(-r Urotlicr to Stratford, Conn., and in
Jlii.v, iCi'M. wa.s "a soldier pressed in tlie Proviticn p\lley."|| After' liis niarriiiKO
lie seltle<l in tlie jiarish of Slraltield. near I'airtield, C'diin.. wliere lie was enpafred
in farmiiitr. IFe wa« adiiiitl<il a iiienilier of llie Strntfi(dd Congregational cliiirch
oil July 2:i, 17 III, Mild his wifo on Fehriuiry 11, 1713-4.

< iiii.iiiiK.s iioiiN I.N sritA rHKi.n, conn. :••

1. Sauaii. Iiapl. .lull. 22, IliOSO; i|. young.

]i;i. ii. Sami i;i., li. Aug. 2i;, 17iiil.

iii. .loii.N'. liapt. KiH'. 0, 17il.">; il. Oit. 'IC,, 1741, in rairlinld. Conn.; unin.tt

iv. i:i.l/.AiiKTii. hapt. .Inly .".O. 1710; in. N'mliaii Kiihols of Slrallii4(l.

V. IlAN.SAll. Iiajil. On. 21!. 1712; m. Ile/.i-kiiili Tii-aiiwcll of Slrntfu'lii.

vi. Sauaii, Ijiipt. Fell. 1'.), 17ir)(>; in. Danii-I I$i"nnotl of I'airlifkl.

105. JosKiMi TnowiiniixiE (Willmm^"". Thi'max'). horn , lfi70. in New

Haven. Conn.; dii'd May — , 171.''>.}:t in Slratfiold, Ci.nn. ; marritKl about 1708
in FairKelil!', Conn., Anno Sherwood, danghfer of Cajit. ^lattbew and Mar.v
(Fiteh) Sherwiiod. She married, soeond. aboiil, ITl'i. Caleli Faireliild and
removed to Hanover, N. .1.

Joscidi Trowhridpe settled in the parish of Stratfield. near Fairfield. Conn.,
where he followed the trade of a earpeiit<^r and was also engagi-d in farming.
He and his wife were members of the Stratfield Congregational eluireh.

cniumKN noiiN in sritArnKLii, conn.:**

i. Mattiikw. l)apt. .Tiiiu' Ti. 1700; d. in iiifancv.SS
114. ii. Daviii, 1.. Dw. ."{O, 1700.BII

iii. ANNr, Impc. Doc. VS, 1713; m. VcU. 2ri, 1734-5, .Incob Wakcly of Stratfield.

•I hnin In Now Ilnvnn. Conn.; Il-lx In Stratford, Conn.; x-xl In Wilton, Conn.

t 'I'hon lll|ilon parish In Stratford.
t Matililns'i

( Ills will wa.s ilali-(l I'Vli. II. 1741-2; the wltno.ssi'S worn Bwurn Mar. 25. 1711-2, ( Kalrdilil
I'lolialo Iloci.rds. vol. 10. p. IHD.]
{I Cnnnly I'finrl Ui'<-orils.
•• Itapllsnis Irv Slniliiild ('unKrfRallonnl Clmrch lii-cords.

tt Ills will, (laird Inly 1. I7II (wlliicss.s swoin Dec. 8, 17in,"ns prcaontod Feb. H, 1711 2.
irnlrlield rrnliale Itc'Oirds. vol. 10, p 102.]

tt 'I'lio invcnloiy ..f his estat.> was takon May .31, 1715, and prpS.'Dlid Juno 1. 171.''i. (Talr-
flold I'loliair llpouds. vol. r>. p|i. .It:!-*.]

SS Prolialily. as on Inni- T, 171,5, at Ilie Bcdii'incnr of IiIr Inthor'K cslalo there Is monllon only
of Ihe i.lh.'i- two I'lillilK'ii, n( whom their inolher was appoltiled giiardhiu. I Knirflold I'rohale
Itei-i.rds I
!||| liy Mr raiuily lill.le.

128 'I'uownitinr.io (iioNKAUKjy

HXi. \Vii.i,i\i\i Tiiii\viiiim(;K (TIidhuis'"-, Willidiii''"", Tlwmns^), lirnii Ainil 14,
ITUd, in West IFavcu, Coim. ; died Doociidicr 11, 1T«7, in West Haven; inarried
.lime IM, 17^1, ill Wcsl Haven. Meliital.l. Hlakesley, dauKliter <if Samuel and
Saiali ( Kinjlierl.y) lilakesli y, l.urn Aiiynst ;)1, ]7o2, in West Haven; died May
2, 178,s, in Wcbl. Haven.

William Trouliiidi;e lived itll Ids life in Ids native place, tiie jjarisli nf Wc-it
Haven ill Kew llmen, t '.iiiii 111: uas a (ainier. Ho and Ids wife were nieinliers
ol t.lie Wi'Tl lliiicn ( 'i.iifjrrc.il liiiial ilniieli

enii.DiitN imu.s' in wi:.st iiavkn,* coNN.it

115. i. William, li. .hiue ll!, 172;"..

ii. iMmi I MILK, li. ./an. 13, l7lii;-7; in. .lime l.S, 17U, Cniit. Titus Smith of W<iod-

liriilRo, (Joiiii.
iii. TiiA NKi 11.. b. nlioiit 172!IV; in. Miir. 1:1, 171.")('i, Hciijniniii Bristol of Wator-

biny, Conn,
iv. lOl l/.AliKi II, li. Nov. If,, 1731 ; in., 1st, Nov. .t, 17."(i, Cnjit. llzrn Caiulce of

West Haven; in., 2il,t Jo.seiili rriiidle of -West Haven,
v. AiiicAlL, I). ,7uiie 4, 17.'J4.
vi.? JlAuy, b. , 1745; m. , 17(iG, .lolin Heecher of West Ilaveu.S

107. Kdk.nkzkr Tiiowiii(ii)(;i; (Thomas^''-. William^'"', Thoinns^), born .Tiily 2.'),
170J, ill We.st TInven, Conn.; died November 24, 1777, in \\'<- Haven ;|| married
Feliriinr.v 9. 1725-(), in West Haven, Hannah Brown, daiinbter of I'.benezer and

]\liiior (J.ane) Brown, born .January ;U, li)!)()-7, in We.st Haven; died ,

17t<7,** in West Haven.

I'^beiiezer Trowbi id(.fe was a farmer and liveil in llie parisli of West Haven, Ids
native jdaee. His home wa.s known as "Trowbridge Farm."

Cllll.nitl.V llOUN IN WKST 1IA\KN, CONN.:

i. Hannah, Ii. Mar. i:t, ]7J'i-7; <1. miin.tt

llfi. ii. KiiKNK/.Kii, h. I'll). '_'(■>, 172S!I.

iii. Sakaii, b. Apr. 2J, 17;!1 ; ni. T.evi (Minton of West Haven,

iv. Mauv, b. , ]73.'i; m. .John Itenliani of West Haven.

lOH. ,Iami:s 'I'liow iiiili'CK (Jami's'"'', Wllllmn^"". Tlntmns''), born Ropteniber 13,
KiSlI, in New Haven, Conn.; dii-d about 17M0, probably at sea; marrii-d about
171.') Rus-innab 41

.lames 'J'rowbriilf{o wa.s a mariner, sailiiifr out nf Now Haven, where he maile
lii.s homo. Ho apiiears to have been a prosjiorous man, and owned eonsiderable
real oslat/^ and a warehmise near the water front. IFe died at sea while on one
of his voyapes.

• 'IMioii n p:ii-t of New rinvrn.

t The hlrtliM of I, II. Iv nml v nre i-ecnr.Ied la Nrw Hiiven Town neoor.Is.

X llifiiri. .Miir 1, 1771.

i n.v It I! IImkIu's' "neerlii r Ceiiciiln^y." The "TuKlo fioiMalogy." p. l.'i.T. prints Ills nnme
rzui U.edier. 111! 111!-. .',. I7r,.i. n M;uy Trcnliridt'i' ami Wllll.on Trowlirldp- (No. IIKI) wit-
ness it .ieiil fiolu .No. 11.'', iilid hlfi wife.

II AdiMlidslnillon on Ids eshiie wns >;rante(l on llie ilihil Mond;iy In .Tan.. 1778. tn John
Pi-nhnni "In rt^lit of his wife Mary. » dioiuhter of >;iid i:i>.-iie'/iT Trow liiidire."
•• ,\diidnl >li'altoii on lu-r es(;it.- was ui'ant.'d l>e<, .t. 17K7. [New Haven rr'ilmle Iterords 1
tl I'rolial.h. and liefon' h.r niodnT. She was livln;; MMiiiairli'd In U i si llMnri lo 17',J.
tiTlii' only •"SHsnnnnh" In New Haven. \\\ia Is iinpro\ Id.-.l wllh a hushantl ellher hy the
ri'ci.rds or hy Keniah.Klsls. Is Sn.saniiah Itlakesley, d;iug]iler of lOhenezer and Hannah (l.npton)
niiikesley. horn May Iii. IC..'*!!. In New ll.iven.

Idd Ihi' widow of .Innies Tr,»wlirldg(' uinrry. Koeond. nenjnmln SI. ,Tohn of Norwalk? (."see
footnote S oppoRlte pa^e. I

TROWBRIDGE GENEALOGY 129

CIIILimEN BOUN IN NEW HAVEN, CONN. :•

i. Jamks, b. about ITlO.t
ii. John, b. about 1720.t

117. iii. Samuel, b. about 172G.S

ClOW Isaac Tiiduuhidck (James'"^, William^'"', Thomas^), horn , 1093,

ill StratlonI, C'lmn.; iVnA iilioiil IT70 in Soiillihiiiy ?, Oiuiii ; niarrinil, firbt,
about 1717 in Rfrutfoi'I. Umli !'■ i'ly, (l,iiijtlit< r nf Arlhiir iiud Anna (Jnilson)
I'cri-y, liorn Aliiy !>, IHIIO, in Stratford; diud .January 27, 1707, in IJxfonl, Oonn.
He marricil, second, Hannah , who diud March 29, 17H0, afjcd 60 years.

Isaac Trowbridge received a grant of land from his father at the north end of
Long Hill in Stratford, and settled there after his marriage. lie conducted a
tannery in Stratford for a number of years. On January 28, 1719-20, be was
appointed with (^ol. Ebenezer Johnson of Derby a comn\ittee to run a line
between the town and the Indians. The following year he removed to the parish
of Kipton (Huntington), where he and his wife were among those who organized
the Congregational churcli in that parish on February 12, 1724. He was elected
a grand juror of Stratford in December, 1732.

He removed to the adjoining township of Derby, and lived in that part now
the town of Oxford, "the southwest part of Waterbury woods." lu May, 1740, he
was a petitioner for the setting apart of Oxford as a separate parish. The peti-
tion was granU:d May 7, 1741, anil he was chosen clerk of the new parish at the
first meeting, which was held Juue TiO, 1741. He was active in organizing the
Congregational church in Oxford, and ho and his wife were among its first
members, being received October 27, 1745, from the church in Riplon.

ClIILnRKN llOHN IN SmATI ORI), CON.N. :

Hv fi'i'it niurn'dffe.-ll

118. i. JosErn, b. Juno 12, 1718.

ii. ItAcnn, li. Nov. 18. 1719; ra. Moses Bristol of Oxford, Conu.

119. iii. Isaac, b. Mar. 11, 171:1.
120^ iv. IsRAKi., Iinpt. Sept. :J0, 1722.

v. lOsniKii, b. , 1721!; in. Dec. 9, 17<!1. Naholli rntuloe of Oxford.

vi. Sauah, b. , 17aO; ni. Feb. 19, 1755, Huvid .loluisuii of Southbury,

Coim.

110. Daniix TnowmiimiK (James'", William^'"', Thomas^), horn August 13,

1701, in Stratford, Conn.; died , 17 — , in ; married ,

1725, in Norwalk, Conn., Sarah Seymour, daughter of Capt. John and Sarah
(Gregory) Seymour.

Daniel Trowbridge came witli his father to the parish of Wilton in Norwalk,
Conn., where he settled and was engaged in farming. Ills farm was near his
father's on Chestnut Hill. He was elected fence viewer for Wilton in 1728; sur-
veyor of liighways in 1731 ; highway committeeman in 1737; grand juror in 1743
and 1749; ami lister in 1747. He was a member of the (Congregational church in
Wilton, and was appointed one of its society's committee of three in 1733. The
record of his death was not found.

• II is siiii|>nscMl, nUliiiiiKli mil n-cmtli-.l ili.ii'.

t He Ih nipiMliiiiiMl In 111.' will of Ills (;i.iiullnlhi r (No ID.'l). <lnl.il 17r,2. He sold Innil In
New Unven. Inlioilted fruin Ills great-aunt Iluonali Alsop, .Inly 1'.', 1737, nnd no furtlmr
reference to hlni (mti licrn fuund In any recoril.

t He cbose his iiiotlier Rimnlliin May 0. 1734. He sold land In New Haven, Inherited from
his great aunt Honnnli Alsop, ,luly 28, 1742. and no fuillier reference to bim bas been found
In any record.

It Is thouBlit Ly the compiler that 1 and II were sailors and were lost at sea. and that they
were unmarried.

S Chuse Deniurnlii St. .Tohii of Norwalk, Conn., as his Riiardlan Mor. .1. 1740 1

11 No children by second marriage. Authorities: Stratford and Oxford town and church
records.

130 TROWmtlDGB GENEALOGY

t IIII.DUKN DOKN I.V WILION, CONN.;*

li;i. i. Oanif.l, b. Aug. 2r>. ITii:,

IL'2. ii. .Si[:i'iiKN, 1). l)pc 10, 1727.

123. iii. .J-\MK.s, b. Dfc M. ITJil.

iv. S.Mi.Mi, b. nbmit 1732; m. Sopt. 18. 17ri^. Jniiios Oliiisioiid of Willon.

V. AniiiML, b. aliinit 17;'.."; in. Se|il. 11, 17.^i'.l, l);ivi(l llitilirork uf New iMilloid.
('(iiiii.

vi. Ki i/AiiFTit. 1. alii,ii( 17:'.n. hi. Miir 31, 17*;;i, Aaion Ilitdicurk of Now Milforil.

121. vii .Insii'ii. b Miij I I. I'l I I.

122. lill. H.\;.ii Ki., bii|il. !S.'|.T l.S, 1"^;!.
i.\. l.,vlilA, liapl (»rt 27, 17l.i.

125. X. William, biipt. L)ec. ;!0, 1717.

111. Cai.kb 'J'ROwnniur.E (./nnn'.s""', William^'"', Thumas''), liorn A]piil 8, ITOfi,
in iStrntforil, C'oiin.; dioil iluiiLKiiy 2, ITnD.f in New Fairfield, Conn.; niairieil
about l/.'iO in Wilton, Conn., .leminiii Kci-lir, (hmghUr of Ualpli and .lemima
( ) Keelcr. She inai-ried, second, Eliene/.ei' Hi'ordsley of New Fairti.dd.^

Caleb Trowljridge came in childhood with his father to Wilton, (!onn., uhere
he was engaged in farming for a number of years after his nuirriage. He had
six acres from the north )i:irt of his father's homestead on Chestnut Hill, liis
brother Daniel's farm being on the south. Jn ^lay, 1711, lie removed to New
Fnirtield, a neighboiing town, where! he passed the remainder of his life.

The names of Caleb Trowbri.jge and bis wife are in the fiist list of communi-
cants of liie New Fairfielil Conj' legatioiial ehureh. diiled March i'.K lTr>8. One
of his descendants thinks that ( 'aleb was a sohlier in the French and Indian War,
but jio such service is on record.

cnrLiinF.N :5

i. ItinreCA. b. nbout 17;!^; in. .Abel Hodge of New F.TJrfield, f'oim.

ii. Mauv ("Midlv"), li. al)oiit 1735; ni. , nriC, William I'.Ptts of New

Milford, Conn.

liAi.iii, b. HboMt 17:'.7.

.Idmi.ma, bH|it. Oct. 7, 1730; m. p'ob. 5, 1700, Abel Sanford of Newtown, Coun.ll

Cali n, b. nbout 17 !.%.■•*

Kn.LMi, b. nbout 174'.' ft

Kr.t/AiiKTir. I), nbocil Ii.'pO; d young jirobnlily.

Mkiicv, b. iibcMit 17.".2 tJ
ix. KsTUKii, b. nbout 1V50.SS

112. .li.iiN TiiownnniciE (,liimrs">\ William""'. Thoinn.s'), born I^Iay 22, 1700,
in Stratford, Conn.; died !May — , 1777, in Danbury, Conii.;|||| mnrried about
17ii5, in Norwalk, Conn., Mar.v f'onislock, daughler of Cafit. Rair.uel and Sarah

(llnnford) (^omatock, bcu'ii August 5, 1710, in Norwulk; died • , 17 — ,***

in Maubury?.

.lohn Troubriilpo was brought in infancy hy his jiarents to the imrisli of
Wilton in Norwalk, Conn, lie lived there until tb(> spring of 1749, when be
removed to Uanbnry, Conn. Ho served in the French and Indian War us
corpornl uf the Fifth Company, 1th Connecticut Regiment, eidisting September

• Hy Willou rou^ri't^Htlollfii lMnir<'h ItiM'Oi'ds.

t Ills will was ilatod iMo. ■_■.'■. 17'i.S I'lic wltnnss^s. .lolin Trowlnlduo (No 112) and Com-
fort 'riowluidKi' (srcond « ife of No. llli) won sworn Ki'li. '2, 1750. 1 Ihuiliury I'lnhalc Iti-cords,
M.t 1. p. 1C,(! 1

} Till- ili'strni linn >•{ tin- Ni'w I'alrnold town rijeiiril.s has causi'd Irrr-paiablc loss to tlio
reuiirds of No. Ill and Ids dfsci'uilants w!io Ihcd In that town.

S Mintloni'd in lliolr futlipf's ulll ; I Iv piobably lioru In Wilton. Conn ; llie otiiors In Now
l-'alrljpld. Conn. Si-e tootnote i. ^

II f)id sill- ni., 'Jd, .lone Id. I'ni.'. Renlamin Hrlffln of fMnLiury. Conn?
•• Clioso guardian May 1, n.'a.
ttClU'Sc gnardinn Aug 'JS, 17fin.
tt Choso guardian Aug. I't. 1701.
§S Cliosc guarillan .Inn. 'Jo, 17dS.

nil Ills will ilated Mar 'Jit. 1777. pr&vi'd May 26. 1777. mfutlons wife Mary, "son .Tolin no>v
In captlvKy In N.w Ynrk," etc ll'anliury Probate Ilccords, vol 3, p. 495 1
••♦ After tier busbaud.

120.

iii.

IV.

127.

V.

128.

VI.

vn.

vm

TUOWIUaiHJE GKNK.U.OGY ]31

12, and lieinp disfliar^ori November 8, 1755.* TIo was, s(?rgi'iiiit of the Seventh
Company, Sd roiinectieut, Kop;iment, on a roll dated Fort William Henry Octoher

13, 1750. •)■ He was a sergeant of Capt. ,Iohn Barniim's Danlniry militia company
for eif;liteen days in Aiifiust, 1757, in the alarm for the relief of Fort William
lleniy4

.John Trowhriilirii was enp:aj;ed in f.inuinf; in Panhiiry the re^t of his life.
His I'arinhoiise, was iu the Miry Brook dihiriel, jn.-l we.il <i( the (own. and diiriiii;
the Revolution soMierH were (piarlereil iheie mioinii tlicm lii.i (mu in hiw Mr.
F.unies. In Murwalk Mr. 'J'ruwbndtfe was chosen tithinfjninii iu 17;i5, giainl
juror in 1740 and lister in 174U. In Daiibury he was chosen a .seUciman in 175^
and collector of rates in 1701. He was also a prominent member of the Dunbury
Congregational church.

CUILURRN :{

120. 1. .loMX, I), nbniit 17:Hi.

130. ii. D.wni, b. . 1738.

iii. Saiiau, li. iihniit 173!); in. , 17(i3, Iiiciit. Lemuel lionoilict of Dnnbury,

( 'iimi.
iv. Ann, b. about 1741 ; in. , 1701, Josepb Tliomas of Litclitield, Coun.

131. V. Isaac, 1). nhnnt 1714.

vi. EsriiF.u. b. Nov. 6, 1718; m. Doc. 13, 1709, Lieut. Anron Ueneiliot of Miildle-

1)11 ly, ("onii.
vii. I'limr;, ti. July — , 1751 ; ui. Nov. 11. 177S, ICvcrct Fainoii of Pnnliiiry.
viii. I.Miiv. b. , 1755?; m. July 13, 178C, John Woodwnnl of Wntcrtown,

Ij'onn.

11!{, Di:a. Sami'ki, TuowniliDnK (Siunncl"'*, Williinn"'". Thnnuis'), horn
August 20, 1700, in StratlieM. Conn.; died Noven\hor 2t. 1782. in New Fairfield.
(^.IUl.;|| married, first, August 30, 1722. in Strallield, Sarah Seeley,** daughter

of Lieut, .fanufs aii.l .Sarah ( ) Seeley. horn .lune 2'.', 170;',, in .'^tratfieM ;

died March 15, 1752. in New Fairfield. TIc' married, secoiiil, Novendier 1, 1753,
in Ro.\l)ury, Conn., Comfort ( ) Hurlbut.tt widow of Lieut. Joshua Hurl-
but of lioxbury. He iiuirried, thinl, Fc^bruaiy it, 1771, in New Milford, Conn.,
Mrs. Anne IVIogor.

Samuel Trowbridge after his marriage .settled in his native town and lived
then; until the spring of 1740. At that time he removed to the town of New
Fairfield. Conn., wln'ie he passeii the nniainder of his life. He was a fanner.
In Stratford he hidd s( veral of the niiiinr town otiices, such as fence viewer in
1735 aiul surveyor of highways in 1730 and 1710. He and his «ifc were admitted
to fidl communion in the Stratfiebl Congregational church July 28, 1731. They
were also coiumunicaiits of the New Fairfield Congregational church, of which
Mr. Trowbridge was chosen a deacon on March 29, 1758. He held this office
until his <leath and was a leading man in the town.

His family bible, in whieh had been entered the following records of the
family, had been pn-served liy his descendants until 1S5H, when it was destroyed
by fire in a store at Abbeville. S. C:, which belonged to his great-great-grandaon
Joseph Trowbridge. The following verse was also recorded tliere :

"Sainiu'l Trowbridgn. Iioin WBS he
In seveiiti'.n liiindiril. yon inaj' .sec;
TIk! month of .\iikiisI ho was horn.
The siith and twenliilli, in the morn."

• "fniinoellriit Illslori.nl Roticljs Collecllons," vnl. 0, i). 05.

+ Ditto, p. 'J.IT.

t Ditto, pp. I.1S !).

5 I vi liorn In Wilton. Tonn. ; (lie oihnrR in r».'\niiiir> , Tonn

TLp (i.'sli iicllon of till' town riTonls at the liiirnlni: o( rmnliiiry liy the nrlllsh la an lin-pnr-
able loss t<i the gt'Doato^lr-s of fninltU-s \\ Iio lived Iheri-.

II The Inv.nlory of tils estnle was taken .Ian. !.■?, 178;!. Ills "widow Anne" Is mentioned,
innnliiiiy I'rohate Records, vol. 4, p. 201. 1
•• (Jr Sei'l.\.'

ft 'ilii' il:ii.~i of iier lilrlli anil dealli wir.- not foonil. Sli.' was n \vllnis8 to the will of
No. Ill Id 1758 and was alive at the date It \\-as offered for proliate.

132 TROWBRIDGE GENEALOGY

CHILDREN BOR.N IN STnATFItLD. CONN. :
By first marriage:*
i. Abigail, b. July 9, 1724 ; m. Lacy.

132. ii. Stephen, b. Jan. 30, 1720.

133. iii. Seth. b. June 24, 1729.

iv, William, b. Mar. 13, 17.32-3: d. Apr. 13, 1742.
V. JIeuitable, b. Jan. 13. 173.5 G; d. July 12, 175S; unm.

vi. Ha.nnah, b. Feb. 13, 1740-1 ; m. Aug! 22,t 1763, Jolin Stillson of New Mil-
ford, Conn.
vii. Sarah, b. Apr. 27. 1713; m. July 21, 1702. Samuel Dibble of Bethel. Conn.

134. viii. John, b. Apr. 7, 1740.

135. ix. Billy, b. Nov. 4, 1748.

114. David Trowbridgk (-/ospp?)'"^, William^'"', Thomas'^), born December 30.
1709, in Stratfield, Conn.; died November 16, 17G8, in Morristown, N. J. 4
married July 3, 173.5, in Bedford, N. Y. ?, Lydia ( Holmes ?),§ bom January 21,
1716, in ; died January 27, 1792, in Morristown.

David Trowbridge settled after his marriase in "the township of Hanover,
in the county of Hunterdon, alias Morrice county. West New Jersey. "|| He was
a fanner and probably lived in the west part of Hanover which became Morris-
town. He and his wife were Baptists in religion.

Trowbridge Mountain, situated partly in Hanover and partly in Randolph,
N. J., derives its name from tlie fact that David Trowbridge and several of his
sons and grandsons had their farms on and near it.

CHILDREN BORN IN MORRISTOWN, N. J. :"

i. Lydia. b. Aug. 30. 17.^0: d. 5Iar. 9, 1750.

136. ii. Daniel, b. Dec. 2S, 1737.

137. iii. Shubael. b. Sept. 3. 1730.

iv. .\NN, b. Nov. 15, 1740: d. June 6, 1755.

138. V. Samuel, b. Feb. 23, 1742.

139. vi. David, b. July 11, 1743.

vii. Caleb, b. Mar. 29, 1745; d. Mar. 13. 1760.

viii. Mart Ann, b. Oct. 17, 1747 ; m. Jan. 29. 1766, Gershom Johnson of Morris-
town.

li. Taritiia. b. . 174- ;tt d. yonn?..

X. Joseph, b. Apr. 10. 1740: d. July 7, 1753.

140. xi. Absalom, b. May 25, 1750.

iii. Tabitha, b. -. 175- ;tt H. "aged 21 years and 8 months."**

141. xiii. Job, b. Mar. 8, 1754.

142. xiv. Joseph, b. Oct. 2, 175R.

XV. Ann, b. Jan. 30. 1703; d. Dec. 12. 1767.

xvi. Lydia, b. Feb. 23, 1709 ; ra. June 26, 1793, .

116. WiLLLMi Trowbridge (\VilUam">\ Thomas'"-, m7Ztam"">. Thomas').
born June 13, 1725, in West Haven, Conn.; died December 6, 1793, in West
Haven; married , 1759, in West Haven, Rebecca Painter, daughter of

• No children by the other marriaces.

t By New Talrfleld Conpreg.itlonal Church Records; It by New Mllford Congregational
Church Records.

t His will, dated Nov. 9, 1708. wherein he cnlls himself "of the town of Morris." was proved
Dec. 0. 1768. and mentions: "wife and olcht cliildien." Shiib.iel being the only child mentioned
by name. (Trfnton Siurocate Itccorris. Liber K of wills, pp. -58. etc.]

5 She Is called "of BcdCoid" In I ho family bible.

II Ry Strattorii. Conn.. Town It.'.onls.
••Tills family register Is co|iled from the family bible of David Trowbridge which was found
In the mountains, i^leht miles from Dover, N. .T.. hy .Mr. William A. Eardeley of Brooklyn.
N. Y.. a genealogist who visited that locality In behalf of the compiler.
tt Date torn off from family bible register. Perhaps a twin.
It Gravestone In Wlilppany. N. .T.. churchyard. No date on gravestone.

The name of Peter Trowbridge appears In 1783 in West New Jersey Deeds recorded at
Trenton. His relationship. If any. Is unknown.

TKOWBRIDGE GENEALOGy 1;5:{

Shubael and Elizabeth (Dunbar) Painter, born May 19, 1734, in West Haven;

died , 180-,* in West Haven?.

William Trowbridge lived all his life in his native place, the parish of West
Haven in the town of New Haven, Conn. He was a farmer. He is said to have
iset the psalms in the parish Congregational church of which he and his wife were
members. He was conunissioned ensign of the parish trainband May 29, 1751.

CniLDREX BORN IN WEST HAVEN, CONN. :

David, b. May 13. 1700.
Samufl. h. Dpo. 22. 1701.
Thomas, b. Sept. 14, 1704.
William, b. Sept. 2, 1767.
Mehitaple. b. Aug. 10, 17<!9.
.TosEPil Ebexezer, b. July 9, 1772.
Justus, b. May 4. 1774.

110. Capt. EiirNEZER TnowDRiDOE (Ebenezer^"', Thomas^", William^
Thomas^), born February 26, 1728-9, in West Haven, Conn.; died

143.

i.

144.

ii.

145.

111.

14(5.

iv.

V.

147.

vi.

148.

VI!

l"67,t in West Haven ;t married . 17 — . in Wost Haven. Esther Catlin

daughter of John and Jemima (Allen) Catlin, born May 24. 1733, in Deerfield

!J[ass. ; died , 17 — , in West Haven. He is supposed to have married,

second, § in West Haven. Obedience Beecher, daughter of Stephen and Susannah
(Hale) Beecher, born January 27, 1723-4, in West Haven; died January — ,
1S07, in West Haven.

Ebenezer Trowbridge was a sea captain, and died, perhaps, wiiile making one
of hi3 voyages. His home was in his native place, the parish of West Haven,
Conn. In his inventory there is mentioned his interest in the sloop Trojan.

NO CHILDREN.

117. Capt. Sa.muel Trowbridge (Janitjs"", James^"', Willinm'""', Thomas^).

bom about 1726 in New Haven, Conn.; died , 1771. || in Bedford, N. Y. ;

married, first, about 1751** in New Canaan, Conn., Anna Eells, daughter of Rev.
•John and Anna (Beard) Eells, born May 1, 1729, in Milford, Conn.; died

. 17 — , in Bedford. He married, second, Anne (Smith) Jump, born

May 10, 1730. in . She married, third, Seth Whitney of Crownpond

village, Torktown. N. Y., and died there June 29, 1S19.

Samuel Trowbridge after his father's death probably went to live with his
guardian, Benjamin St. John, in Norwalk. Conn. After his marriage he
settled in Bedford, Westchester county," N. Y. He was a shoemaker by trade,
and followed that business in early life, but the last ten years of his life was
engaged in farming.

•Slip uns living In Wrct Il.nvcii .15 l.ito as 1 S1.S. probably, n^ she Is nicntl"n'>>l as "latr
(Ii^i aspd" In .\pril of flint mmi-

■ Ailmlnistration nn his nstaie was i;rantr'l to his hrothor-ln-law Levi Clinton Sept 1. 1707.

There Is a d-ed In New Haven Tm\n Records, vol. 4.". p. 10 1. dated May 2fi. 17!>4. to
i;i"'ne7.er Trowbrldse, .Jr., In the first cla'.ise and to William Trowbridge, Jr., In the second
clause. The name In the first clause must be an nrror.

; Or at sea.

? Prior to .\uc. 17. 1762. There seems to havf^ been no nfber Trowbridce In West Ilav-n
(of suitable acel who coiilrl have been fhe hnsbanri of Mrs, Obedience Trowbridge, as she is
kn.'->vn In deeils and at lier d«;\lh.

.Vdmlnlstratlon -m bis omnre w.is cranff^d f" his wirlnw .Anne Trowbridge Dec. 12, 1771.
I N-^w York City Surroc.Ti" Rcer.nls. I.lh.r O. part 2. p. 10 ]

**Rnfore Ft'b. 1. 17.'2. when he ^u^\ his wif<^ .\nna s.-ll land in Milford. (.'onn.. which she had
Inherited from her maternal grandfather, Jeremiah Beard.

3-19.

i.

]oO.

ii.

iii

151.

iv.

1:34 TROWBRIDGE GEXEALOGr

CHir.UREN nor.N in redford, n. y. :
liij firit marriage:
Jons. b. aljoiit 1T."3.*
Jasies, b. about 175-1.

B]i second mtjrriagcT :
Lydia, b. about 17G3 : m. Nov. 19, 17SS, Ricbard Smith of Yorktonn, .\. Y.t
Samuel, b. Sept. oO. \~<\i.

Lucy, h. Feb. 8. 17f;8:t m.. 1st. ^fay ?.0. 1700. Dr. Reuben Warner of Bri'l^e-
n'ater. Conn. ; m., 2fl, .Sept. — . IS'27, Robert .Andrews of Biooktield, (?onn.

118. Joseph Trowdridgk (/.S(1.7c'°', J'lmcs"'^, Hi/h'am.'''", Thomas'^), born June
12, 1718, in Stratford, Conn.; died October !), 1801, in Danbuvy, Conn.; married
April 13, 1741, § in Southbury, Conn., Trial ^[orehc)U.se.||

Joseph Trowbridge settled in the soutliern part of the town of Woodbury,
Conn., in the parish of Southbury. He was engaged in farminp: there until
a few years before his death, which occurred at the home of liis son Doctor
J.'sepli, with whom he had passed his declining years. He and his wife were
members of the Congregational church in Oxford, Conn.

CIIILDBE.N nOU.N IN .SOUTHBURY. CONN.:

i. LoRANiA. b. , 1742; ra. . 17(54, David Woodin of Oxfonl. Conn.

ii. .Tames, bapt. .\iig. 19, 1744;** d. in infancy,
iii. James, bapt. Dec. — , 174.">;tt d. young.tt

iv. Elihu.SS b. , 1748; d. Mar. 2.3, 1826, in Southbury; unm. [See

below.]

152. V. PiiiLE.MON. h. .Tan. 13, 17."1.

vi. Anna, bapt. Nov. 5, 17.i2;tt m. Nov. 16, 1772, Joel Hicko.x of Wa-sliington,
Conn.

vii.? Elizabeth, b. . 1754; m. Den. Noah .\IIen of East "Windsor, Conn.

viii. Sarah, bapt. .Tan. 29, 17."i.");tt ni. May 7, 1780, Ephraim Stiles of Southbury.

153. ix. JosEPU, bapt. Nov. S, 17ri7.tt

X. Ruth, b. , 1759; m. Sept. 3. 1778, David Mallory of Southbury.

Eliliu Trowbridge was a soldier in the Revolution. lie enlisted April 20, 177"), from
Hatfield. Mas.s., as a private in Capt. Israel Cliapin's company. Col. .Tohn Fellows' re;ii-
ment, and was discharged October .8, 1775. He re-enlisted .Tanuary 1, 177G, in Cam-
bridge, Mass., in Capt. Samuel Hunt's company. Colonel Ward's regiment. M.assacluisetts
Line. He was chosen in February, 177fi, as one of General Washington's Life Guard, as
sergeant under Captain Gibbs, and continued in that service about nine months. He was
appointed a second lieutenant in Samuel Granger's company. 2d Connecticut Regiment,
Col. Charles Webb, January 1. 1777. lie resigned December 4. 1777. In .Tanuary. 177.8,
he was appointed a captain of marines on board of the frigate IVarrcn. coramandeii by
John Hopkin-s. where he served until she was destroyed at I'cnobscot some time in .March.
1779. He then was on leave of absence from the .Marine Committee, of which Samuel
Adams was president, until peace was declared, .\fter leaving the army he followed the
trade of pumpmaking. He lived in Earl, Lancaster county. Pa.. Derby Landing, Conn.,
and Washington, Conn., returning in his old aee to his native place, where he died. He
drew a pension for a few years prior to his death. Ill

• He rt. In .May, lS2fi, "aged 7.'?."

t By "Trow hrtdge family" <;'>me nf their d.^s':riulnnts c!i.tdc<'c1 tlioir siini.-une frr.in .siinlth fo
T' o>i fn i'l'jc and reside In Philad.'lphia. Pa. Thnse of them that the compiler traced fail, d fo
answer his letters.

Suii(toscd to Im' a daiifrlil'^r of No. 117. .\t ln'i- Isf iiuin-iace. in jloxlmry. foun. stm i^
calI'Ml "of Rcil)ury." «hnre Nn. 1 tO. her snppo^.^d t^rother. was living. Was he also the father
of roi.I.\ . menlinned in the second paragraiih of f t.ttnote § under No. 15C?
S P.y "lllst..rv of \V 00.11, Mi-v." vol. 1 ; ITU l.v .lilt... v..l. :;.
Of \\tuim no further partii'iilars ui-re foninl.
*• I'.y \Vo..ill.rirli;c. l'..iin. ( 'on;;! .■..■alional tlini.ii l;.c(uils.
ft Py Oxford. Conn,. ront-Mczational ''hiircli IJ.'tor.ls.

tt I'.y descendants of his hrofhers. No further mention of hira was found In public r'^cords.
$5 Bapt. r:utu3. Dec. "j. ITls

;i;| Authorities : Massachusetts .\rchlvps ; "ronoecticut in tbe Revolution." p. 158; U. S.
Pension Office Records.

TUOWimiDGE GKNEALOGY 135

11«, TsAAC Tiio\v)min(!i: (Isaac">^, Jamen"'^, U'iV/tam'"", Thomas'), l>orn M.inli

11, 1721, ill Stratford, Conn.; died , 1 , iu ; niarrieil, first,

Jniiuary 15, 1747-8 in Oxford, Conn., Jiidilli Hali;.* Ho married, second,
llaniiali ( ) Way,* widow of .Io.sojpIi Way of Litclifiidii. (.'onn.

l.saac Trowliridgo came with liis father to Oxford, (/Oiiii., and lived tliere until
the year 1770. In the spring of that ye.'ir lie removed to J.itciifield, Oonn.,
settling on a farm of si\ty aenv^ in th.' \\isIimii pari of that town in (he parisli
of Milton. Tfo wim a {nriiwr- II.. pi'ilnilil.y fnll.nviid hio ...in [wan'- to the stato
of Nuw y.ok. He anil liis liist wife wi'ro admitted to the </'ongii'fj;alional ehurch
in Oxford July 2(J, 1772, and dismissed to the church in Litchtield November
24, 177ti.

niiiLURi:N bohn in oxkorii, conn. :

By first marriaijc:\
i. Nao.mi, bnpt. Mar. 20, 17-lil.
ii. l)ANli;i., bapt. iMnr. 2.S, 1751. t
iii. Ksrni II, bapt. May 17, 1752.
iv. Mauv, bapt. .\pr. 21, 17.54.
V. SuivL, bnpt. .\pr. 11. 1750; d. Jan. 10, 1700.

154. vi. Isaac, b. , 175S.

vil.? Oi.iVF,, b. about 170- ; ni. Jan. 12, 1780, Phinens Hunt of .(

viii.?SlUYL, b. about 170- ; m. Feb. 20, 1793, Jolin Milsou of .i

Other children VII

(120^IsnAi:i, TitowDiiinfJK (haac^"", James'"^, William''"', Thotnns'), baptized

Sc'iitember 30, 1722, in Strntfonl, Conn.; died , 1795, iu Fnir Haven.

Vt. ; niarrie.l, (irst,^-r ■'-, 1747, in llerhy. Conn., Ifary Johnson, daughter of

Peter and ^lary ('■" '' ' — ) Johnson, horn December H, 1724, in Derby; died
about 17.S1 ^ in l''air Haven?. He jMobably married, second, about 1783 in
Casllcton, Vt , J.ydia (K'ilbonrn) Pnlnur, widow of Henjamin ['aimer of Litch-
firld, t^onn., and daugiiler of Elisha Kilbourn. She married, third, John Lyncli
of J'oultney, Vt.

Israel 'I'rowliridgt: name with his father to Oxford, Conn., and woa engaged in
farming there, his home being near the meeting-house. In the summer or fall
of 17S0 he removed to the town of I'air Haven, Vt., where he settled on a farm
in the eastern ))art of the town, near the west line of CastleUm and on the north
side of the road leading from Hydeville. He was one of the jiroprietors named
in the charter of Fair Haven, anil located in September, 1780, three divisions
of his right, nearly three hundred acres, iu one boily, along Castleton line, and
the river.

CIlILnREN nORN IN OXIOHII, CONN.:

By /ir.«t marriiigc:**
i. AniiJAll., b. Nov. 0, 1718; il. "an.'d 100" in Superior, Mich.; iinm.
11. IlA.NNAU, b. I''i.b. it, 1751; m. Nov. 22, 1772, Jereniiab Durand of Oxford.
Uu» iii. Ia:vi,t1 b. May 25, 1753.

iv. Daviii, b. Mnr. 7, 175.5; was n soldier in tlie Ilcvolution. He enliHtcd in June,
1770, in Capl. Nntbaniel Joluison's innipany. Col. Wiltiain Doucla.s' ri-Ri-
niiiil, CoiuicLtirut slate troops, and wa.s in tli.' battle of Lone I>laud. His
toi iM of service expired iu Occeiubcr, 177(i.tt lie d. May 9, 1777, in Oxford;
uiiin.

• of \\ lioiii 11(1 fiirlln-r i>iirtl(-iil)irR were fuunil.

t Itapilstns iroin Oxf.tr.l t'lmrrli Itccords. No clilldren by s.^coiiil innrrlnuo.

t <>r.iii>t.'lillilri'0 of Ills brntber tmd never lienrd of lilni, and ttic coinpltrr cnald not trace

hliu fUlttllT.

S Hy Slmron, Conn., Town Ilecords.

II One of the ilnogliters of No. 110 inny Imve ninrrled an Allen, for ndnitnlstrnllon on ttie
estate of Trowtirl.lKe Allen of .Aiirelliis, N. V., was ginnted In 1811 to Jeruslia and Seymour
Allen. (See No. 154)
••No ehildien I.y seeond inarrlniie.

It r.apl i:h/ ilill) .liily 1.1. IT.''..*!. Iiy Oxford ('ongregadonal fliureh Ilecords.
J t "Connecticut In the Kevolutlon," p. 4i)7.

136 TROWBRIDGE GENEALOGX

V. Elizabeth, b. M:ir. 15, 1757; ui. Jan. 10, ]7S:i, Dr. Osee Dutton of Oxford.

vi. Sahah. bapt. .fiily 2(>, ITiil ; d. Sept. Ill, 1770.

vii. EiiENKZEK, b. M.iy IS, 17(>;i ; >1. Sept. H, ITTti.

viii. Ann, b. Aug. 2H, r,r>~>; (i. Sppt. 11. 177(i.

ix. Mary, b. , 17(')7; lu. Uulpli Carver of Castloton, \'t.*

121. Daniii. TlinwiiltiliuL (Jhinirl'^", James^"', U'r/Ziiim'"", 77iomas'), born

AuKiisl I'S; IV'.'fi. ill VViliMi,, Louii., (liuil — , 171)2, + in BriJgowater, Oniiii. ;

iiKirrinl iibiMil 17.'')i- in Willaii?, J)e\)(iraii) .

Daniel Trowbridge after his marriage settlud at Drum Hill in his native place,
the parish of Wilton in tlie town of Norwalk, Conn., where ho engaged in
farming. lie was chosen surveyor of highways in 1754. Early in the summer
of 17<)0 he bought a farm of about fifty acres in "Still River Neck," on the west
side of the llousatonic river, in New Milford, Conn., and rcinoveil there tlie
following sunimer. IJe sold this six years later and removed to a farm in
"Shepaug Neck," the lower end of the present town of Bridgtiwuter, then a part
of the town of New Milford. lie there passed the remainder of his life. He and
his wife were admitted members of the Congregational church in Wilton April
6, 1757, and became members of the church in New Milforil after their removal-
to that town.

CIIILPREN :l

]5C. i. EiiENEZKR, b. June 4, 1757.

ii. Sahau. biipL. IVb. IH, ]7.'ii); d. .Tiily K'., 17(l(t.
iii. Sauau, bapt. Nov. ^^i, 17()0.

iv. RKTStv, b. , J7(i,'i?; in. Iti'iijamin Uiigtrle.-i of JJridgewaler, Conn.

v. roi,l.Y. b. , 17(i<>V; 111. ,laii. 2(p, 17KI1, Iru I'ennock of Soutlibiiry, r<inii.ll

vi. AiiiuAii,, b. • , 17707; ra. Sept. 22, 1791, Jonatbaii Liostwick of Uriilne-

will or.
vii. "Cliild" (AlilQAii.?!. bupt. Mnr. 10. 1770.

viii. An.nis, linpt. May 20, 177H ; ni. Aug. 3li 170-1, Castle Warnor of TJridgewater.
Other LliildreiiV*

122. Steimikn 'I'linwiiitihcK or his brother Samuel 'riinwDuiDOR (Diinicl"",
James""', Willuim""', lliotnas'), the former burn lieccmbcr 10. 1727, in Wilton,
Conn., and the latter baptized (here September ]f<. 174.3, may have been the

Trowbridge who married , 17 — , in Dimbiiry?, Conn., Thankful

Benedict, daughter of ]\laltliiw and 'Mnbel (Noble) Bemiiict, born about 17|38?J
in Danbury?. She married, second, ff •lobn Hopkins of New Fairlield, ('onii.,
and did ■ , 17- 4^: in New Fairfield ^ii§

Stephen Trowbridge was a soldier in tho French and In.lian War. He enlisted
April 1, 1758, in tho Fighth (.^ompany.|| || 4th Connecticut Eeginumt, raised for

• ny "lIlRtory of Toir llavpii. Vt."

t .\iliiilnlKlr:illnn mi Ills I'slain was urantod Iipr. 4. ITM'.' Ills "wliluw (IVboinlil and niilj/
«u/ I'll I'liy aim lOUmpzcr" arc ia.<nlli>Dril [Now Mlirnnl I'mliati' Kocdirls.)

t Ilnlisa alio was a sccoml wlli'. Slin inay liavc lircn a ilaiiRlil.^r of Sloplicii Iturrilt.
( Ordrr of lilrlhs iiiii'oilaln. I III horn Id WUdin. runii ; tlie others In KrldgevvuliT, ("oiiii
II Tliilr (liiiiglitcT Polly was the socniid wife of No. 2.''il.
••I''rnm fdntnolL' t It may \w Mi:it tli.-ic ^^aBllf h-asl one iiiiiro son wlio rllod before liis fallH-r.
If pii. Ills iiauii' Is iiukiiuwu to ill hcndaiils of No. I'JI, anil tbe above phraRC (lu Itallpn) may
have hii'ii Ihe ti.rin used by the cuiirt.
11 Hale nut foninl

U I'.elnro hir fallirr, vvli.i d In S.'pt., 17.S1. She lifl the I'liiir Trowhrldgc elilldren liel..w and
one child (Al.ljah) by Mr Ib.pklns.

155 The hiirnlnf; of the N.'w I'alrlli Id town hall nllli the town reennls al.i.iit forty yirirs a;;o
and the de.striiclloii of the liaiil.nry town records at the hnrulni; of Manbiuy hy the British
have caiK^i'd U reparable loss to Ibc genealogies of families who lived In those localities.
III! Of Norwalk.

ti{()\vi!1uii(;k (;i;m:aiak:v 155

(■|m.l>ICl:N IIOH.N IN liANIIIIHV. CDNN.:*

i. Mannaii, li. .Mm-. 24. IT'.fJ ; in. .Vpr. 20, 1,S2(1. Lmvis 1 liilcliliiss nf Noiv lliivcii,

t 'ollll.
ji. Sai.i.y I,.ii!ama. I>. .Miij 11. IT'.il; in. Od. K \S\.\. IVlir ('. Tniiiian. .M.l>.. of

I'oiiKlikc'i'psir, N. V.
iii. Ol.lviA. li. .\iiK. II, ITliH; Ml. !-.t. Tl logins lliiiil nf .Nch llavcii; in., "Jil.

|{.v. t'l'iinris l.iMiT llii«krs. li.D.. nf Niw York l ily.
iv. .loM-a-ii, l>. . l.SiHt; il ><iiiii,!.

l.")4. Isaac 'I'uciu iiuiihii; ( /.sviKt"-', Isuar''''', ,/.n/ii.v"'', IIi7/i-i/m '"", Tin, inns'),

),f,n, , i7.-,s. 111 Oxlord. ("diiii.; cIipiI JiiI.v H', 1^-2, t i" lirutiis, N. \.\

iiKUiiril iil)oiit lT!)r) ill Siis<iiii'lianiin county, I'a.,| Unclicl Ilmlni's. wlio ilicil
iibrnit l.Sdl ill .Mottviilo. N. Y.

Isaiu; 'riiiuluidKr' iiiiin' wilii lii.s I'jitlu r tn tlic piiri.sli of Milton in tlic wcstCTii
part (if the txiwii of J-iti'lilii'M, Conn. Wlicii tuit oitilit^Mi ynirs <kU\ lie joini-il tin-
imtiiot arni.v in tli(> lii'volntion.ij He enlist. d l''cl>riiiiry 2:1, ITTi'.. in tlic Si.\tli
fiiiiipany. Capl. I.utlicr Stodilanl, ("ol. ( liarli'.-i MiirraH's battalion, ('oniuMrliciit
(Jontincnials, rais(>il t<> rcinforcp the Nortlii-ra J)pparlnii'nt, wliidi under Arn(dil
and Woostor were hcsicdinn Quebec. After its retreat from that position, in
April, ITTil, tbi^ reffinient was stationeil at 'J'icunderoRa and that vieinily. His
term ot >erviee expired .lannary 1!), 1777.

He re-enlisted from l.iteblicid, as a pri\iile, "for the war.'" September 1. 1777.
in ('apt. .loseph .\. \Vri>;hl's company, .iiid served iiiider him and ('apt. IClisha
Hrewi'r in t 'ol. Snmncl Brewer's refjimenl in the Massachusetts Line. Id- was
jin. moled corporal Novenibir I. 177!!, and s«'rved under ('apt. .lolin Pra.v in Col.
I'-beiiezer Sprout's renimenl. lie i-outiniied to serve nndir Captain Pra.v in the
1st .Massaclmsetts Ui'fiiniiMit. Col. .losepii \'ose. until his discharire at Newhurtrh.
N. \' ., .lune ."!, 17h:I. lie «as at Valliy l''in-;;<', ami look part in the battle of
(.iermantiiwn. the stonniii;r of Ston,v Point and the batlle of .Monmouth. For his
ser\ ici' in llie war he- received a peiisii.n.

lie is said to have removed with his fallier from l.itcbliild. ('onn,. |u Siisniie-
haiiiia eonnl.v. Pa., and thence to Omnulapi cnniil.v. N. \ . lb* livcil for a time
in Skaiicaleles, removing nnall.v to what is now the lown of Itniliis, ('ayn^a
county, when- he died, lb' was ciif;a^'<cl nii>st of his lil'i' in faiiiiint:.

cilli.i>lli'..N :ll

i. I'oi.i.v. II. — . 17!li>: 111. ('raivftinl of Ijiicrpool, \. Y.

2-11;. ii. .lAsn;ii. Ii. l>.e. 27, 17'.l,'<.

• I'.\ |);inl>tirv 'l*..i\n ItiToi-ijs.

I .Xiliiitiilsinil loll uii ilii- i-shilr (»f l.siinc Tniw ItrlitRi' of lliiitiis, N. V.. Is Kraiilod .Aiip. VJ
IS-.'L'. 1.1 .l..lin <n..\iT ..I Aiirclliis. N. V.

J Ilv a Fi'.'iii.ls.iu.

1: Itco.ir.l .»i' lii?< s.Tvl.'o (xs .l.'si-ill..*.! h.-liiH- wHI 1..* f.tiiiid In I' S. l^cnsiiin Oflio.^ R.Tnr.t.s ntid
"MiiNsa.hus.lls l:.'\..liili.iiini.v Iti.lls' i lii.l.'x. .1 1 In iln' Sliil.' Il.iiis.' ii I H.isl..n. Mass

II i l..'in In M.iiivlll.'. N. V - II In Xkaiii'al.l.s. \. V. Ii.y fanill.v r.M.n.ls i.r a ernndsnii i>f
N.>. l.".l.

•• Mis Ki-av.'slon.' th.'i.- r.-.-IIi-s ttiat lie was; ".\ I'uti'iot (if 111.* !t.''VoI.itl.in."

tt Hy ■rniillj I hill-, h I!. •.•.11 lis

i t • ('(iiui.clli-iil In 111.- Il.vnliilliin," p. 8.

15C TIJOWBKIDGK GKNl^ALOGY

After his iiuirriago lie softkMl on a farm in Oxford. lit; iiml liis wife were
aihuilteil inuiubers of tlio Oxford L'onf^n t,'ational cliurcli April Ih, 1784. He
followed Ills fat.ljcr to Fair llavcii, Vt., and in Aus'i'st, 178(1, tlic latter gavi; him
his ''second division lot" lyiiiK on tlio Koiith siile of the river, lie s^old this
after his father's death and went to live on West street iu the village. He
lived there nntil the sjiring' of 181l\ when he emijirated to Washington county,
Ohio, and settled near ^Marietta. He removed to Ames township, Athens county,
in 1S20, and in .1 une, 18'!(1, to Suau Creek, Ohio townsiiip, Oallia county, where
he piiKsed the remainder of his life. Ho was a prospiioiis tanner and pursued
an aetive life until shortly hefore his death.

CIIIL{)JiK.N nollN IN lAlIt UAVKN, VT. :*

i. S.M1AII, b. Jan. 15, 3784 ; ni.. 1st, Cnlob Wheeler of Fair Ilnveii, Vt. ; lu., 2.1.
lOliphalet (/nso of Swan Creek, Ohio.

riAvni, 1>. June l.'t, nsii.

IMliLO, b. Jaly li, ITSS.

Jacoh, b. Dec. 2."), ]7!I0.

CUAD.Notv, b. Jlar. 21, 1794.

AiicniiiALii, b. Nov. [iO, 17!lG.

A.NNA, b. Dec. 7, 1708; m. Lemuel G. llrowu of Wilkcsvillc. Ohio,
vili. IIa.nxau I'amklia, b. July 0, 1802; ni. Dec. 10, 182C, Anselm Tapper Blake
of Swun Creek.

1.>G. Cai'T. EuKNi:/,i;ii Titownniuct: (DanieV^^, Paninl'^", James^"', 'William'"'',
Tlumms^), horn .lunc 4, 1757, in Wilton, Conn.; died Juno •_', 180(5, in Edinburg,
Ohio; niarri(;d ilarch 10, 1779,t in l?ridgewater,| Conn., Parnel Wheeler, horn
July 11, 17lJ0, iu , Conn.; died Soptendjer — , 1847, in Palmyra, Ohio.

Kheiie/er 'J'rowhridg(! was brought iu ehihihood by l[i.«; jiarents to the village
of liridgowater iu Ni w !Milford, Conn. At tia; age of eighteen years he becauie
a soldier iu the Itevolutiou. He cidisted at New Jlilford February 1, 177tj, in
Cnpt. Ebenezer (Jouch'.s company, Col. Andriuv Ward's regiuicnt, and was in the
service two tuonths and twenty-one days, serving on Long Island. 'I'his was
followed by five luonths' service, inrludiug Crown Point. He re-enlisti:<l Fclirii-
ary 1, 1777, "for the war." iu I'.ipl. lOli ( latlin's company, .')tli Kegimeut,
CiMiuecticut Eiue, ('ol. I'hili|i 15. Hradhy. He was promoted corporal in ^la.%.
177!», and continued in the service until his disidinrge at .\Iorris(ou ii, N. J.,
February 1, 17M). He ai (<■<! as sergeant part id the tiir(e, and tonU p.irt in the
battles of Germantown and iloumouth. For his service in the war hi; received .i
pen.>ion.f

After the war he engaged iu f.irming in Bridge-water, Conn. He was captain
of the militia company of that i)arish about l.soi). He. was prixniuent iu town
affairs and was a S(d)scriber to the new church society iu 180:!. He was also high
in the. Jlasonic fraternity. In 1.^16 a .son, Daniel, came on from the West tn
visit him, and ho an<l his wife decided to aecomiJaiiy hi(u n)>rin his return to
Ohio. At first tlicy livcil for a tiiiio in Palmyra, but fimdly settled in the adjoin-
ing town of Fdiidiurg, where (Japtnin Trowbridge died. He was actively engaged
in farming for most of his life. «

cnii.DitFj.NS r.onN i.v iiiiiui.i.wArcri.t cox.v. :

248. i. Srr.iMiKN nuiiiUTT, b. Oct. 28, 17.S0.

ii. Naomi, b. Jnn 22. J'.Vi; m. .\bijali 'I'vrrell of I'owlei-, Ohio.

241). iii. Danh I., b. July 2, I'.SC.

iv. .\ (liilil, b. , 1788; (1. IVb. 18, 17fl,">.

2.'iO. \. .\.\iMi Dayton, b. ■ , 1700.

• Kscept I, who wa< dorn In O-vfonl. Conn.

t V. S. Pension OITice Records.

t Then a p.irt of New Mllfnid.

S Ciirn.l TrovvlirlilKo. the wl.lnw t.t' Dl.fiieznr ( .N'o. l.'i(i). (ii ln'i- nppllcnilon for n ponslcui
ilcilarcs that she (mil Hiiic chllih.-n. (.ut Arliinus Itoj-'cles. « Im maite lui a(ticliiv(t iu h.i- favm-
In that connecllou, declares that she had sricii, su another chUd as well us No. (v may have

TllOWRRIDCr; fJKNIOAI.OGY 199

iii. AlicrsTA <;aiioi.ink, b. M:ir. 24, 1818; d. Nov. 18, 18J5, in Swan Crook. Ohio;
iiniii.
440. iv. CvitK.M's CiiAUNrEY, 1). I'V'b. 2li. 1.S20.

V. I.KM Mi.Lvii.i.H, I twins, il. .July IS. IS'Jt.

vi. lAHY .Mi:i.i 1-..NA. * b. .\iig. i;!, IM'j:!; ni. Nov. 2.'>. 1847, .Iiiians Siilpbin and

ri'siili's in .Mbia, Iowa,
vii. ^■K.'^l'Klt IjOiii:n/o, i twins, il. Oit. 2."i. I.S'jri.

viii. Vi:.siA l.oiiti.l.A. ) b. (\t. 13, 182."); ni. .M;i.v 2.'i. ISCili, .lames McCorniick of
l;iii(ioM, niiio.
411. ix. I'liAM IS .M\i;i..N, b S.'|il 18, 1S2T.

442. X. lliiiiiN .Mxtti.iiv. il Inly ,'i. IhHi.

xl. lOl.l/A liowiNA, b. .Inly 22, lS.i:t; in., l.-l, .Inly 22. IMili, .l,,bn <'. WllMon;
m., 2(1. It.Mijanun lliiuy Ihillniwuy and icsidps in Hay City, (Jro.*

443. xii. UAVin Stuo.nu, b. .Inne 23, ISaH.

241. Piiii... TltownnilK:i; (Levi'". /.vnipM^". Isnnr'"". Jamrs"'\ IViV/iVim'"'.
Thoman'). Im.iii J iil.y (1, 1788, in Fair Haven, Vt.; <li«-,l Marcli 2il, IS.Mi, in

Moore's Trairir, 111.; married . ISL^.f in Mari.-tIa, Oliio, Alartlia

Blnkc.t (laiiKhtcr of Davi.l aii.l Mnrtliii (l)afrs''tt) lUako, bora , 17'J0,t

in Marietta?; dieil October 29, 1840, in Swan Cruek, Oliio.

Pliilo Trowhrid^'o cmipratcd with his father in December, 1810. to WashinRton
county, Ohio. After his mani.ine he settled on a farm on the Mn->kinf?iim river,
about four miles above Marietta, Ohio, and hiU^r followeti liis elder brother to
Aiiu^sville, Atlir'iis eoiint.v. In lS;i(> ho removed to Swan Creek, in the smithem
part of (iallia county, where ho lived nbout seven years. Ilo then rcmove<l to
Kf/utherti Illinois and sellh'd on a farm in Moore's Prairie, Jefferson county,
where lie lived tlio romaindcr of his life.

(■itii.imi:.v noiiN is AMi-svii.i.F.t oitto:t

i. fAiioi.tvK. b. , 1818; d. , 1S;10; nina.

4H. il. l"iiAN( IS Maiuon. b. , 1820.

-Maiiy .\mmiiia, b. , 1.S2 : in. .\biain llii«kins n( I.oavonwoitli. Knn.

JiAlliilA 1,AI»K1A, b. May 3, 1825; in. Nov. I.!. 1S4'.I, Hi. .I.xd .Mien of r<intiae,
III.
V. I'Ai t.lNA. h. r.b. It. 1.8:10: (1. .Inly II, 1811.
445. vi. IstiAi.i, I )ACGi-;i-f, b. Mar. 22, I8;!7.

HI.

iv.

<^5^.l.uoii Trowiiiiiix:!: (Lrvi"'\ Jsrnrl'-". h.inr">\ ./,imr.s"'\ William'"'.
Thoma.1'), bom DeeemUr 25, IT'.to, in Fair llaxeii. Vt.; di.d April ID. 1867, in

Swan Oreik, Ohio; married, first. , 1812, in Cincinnati?, Ohio, Sarah

Sliepard, dan>;h1or of Asa ami FUen (lliland) Shepnrd. born , 1792, in

, ; died , 1822, in Wasliin^jtmi eounly,!| Ohio. lie

married, seemid, Feluiiiiry 20, 1821, in Washintidm eminty.H ^Mary nooiiier,
daiifrhter of Daniel and IJutli (Perkins) Poomer, burn May 7, 1801, in Fall Itiver,
Ma.ss.; died Oel.>ln'r U>, 180.'), in Swan Creek.

Jaecil) TrowbridKo was a carpenter by trade. He was the first of his family
to emiiiTate to Ohio, (foiuf; tin r(» in 18011 with a innn iianied Carver, and with
him biiildiuK a flour mill at MariiMta. He then went to Cineinnali. wliero he
is said to have helped build Ihe first, mill, and have bellied to erect, and start tlio
nmuinn of the first steam enfrine nseil west, of the Alle(,diatiy Mi.iintains.

His des.'eiidMiits .say that ho enli^.|/^d at Cineiiiniili diirinu the War of 1S12 and
that bi> was the first lo iveeive a commissnin si>;iied by (!(iv<rniir 'Mei^s of Ohio;
that he was ensijin, lieutenant, and for a .short lime: a captain; ihat he was

• I'alli'd to niiswor tlm ronipll.T'R lottois.

T I'ninlly n ul^nr im;;'' from No. ;;44's MIiIp wns lost.

t A si.stcr of the Inislmml of Nn. !.">.'•. vlil.

! Kxo'iit V and vl, who wimp Imiii In Swau Crock, Ohio.

11 Alioiit foiu' iiilh'8 nliovo Mai'letta.

200 TUOWBUIDGE GENEALOGY

taken jirisoner at General Ihills's surrender of Detroit, and was so angered tliat
lie ran his sword into the ground and broke it off at the hill; that he participated
in tho hattles of Chijipewa, Lundy's Lane and New Orleans.

Aft4:!r his marriage, he settled on a farm in Washington county, ahout four
miles above Marietta, on tlie banks of the Muskingum river. He was engaged in
fanning there until April, IS^fi, when ho removed to a farm in Swan Creek,
Ohio township, Oaliia county, v i .re he lived tho remainder of his life.

CUII.DUtN HORN IN WASIITNOTON COUNTY,* OHIO :t
Uu first iMiinirii/c;
440. i. I.Kvi, b. Aiir. 18, 1814.

'"" ii. llAiiiciET Wauo, b. Apr. j;!, 1810; m. Feb. 2, 183G, Robert Waugh of Swan
Creek, Ohio.

iii. ELi.tN, h. Nov. 1, 1818; in.. 1st, Titan Kimball; ni., 2d, Sublet of

("oluinbus, Ky.

447. iv. Febgubon IIilano, b. Sept. 9, 1821.

By second marriage:

448. V. Lejujfx, b. Sept. 10, 1825.

vi. Ann Eliza, b. Jlny 11, 1827; ni., Ist, .liino 18, 1848, Alonzo Victor Trow-
bridge (No. 430) of La Grange, Iowa; ni., 2d, Nov, 22, 1880, I'eter Youlsey
and resides in Uussell, Iowa.

vii. Mary Hope, b. May 9, 1829; m. Aug. 20, 1855, .lames M. Dctoor and resides
in Miller, Ohio.

viii. ANN, b. Jan. 0, 18.!2 ; d. Oct. 20, 1838.

449. ix. Lsaac, b. Apr. 3, 18.(4.

X. Amy, b. Mar. 2.!, 18:'.C. ; d. Apr. 14, 1858, in Swan Creek; num.

450. xi. .luUN, b. July 13, 18;!S.

xii. Chaulf.s, b. Apr. 20. 1811; d. Dec. 23, 1842.

451. xiii. Francis Marion, b. Feb. 2, ISM.

xiv. Ei.lZAUKiii fi.ARiNUA, b. May 15, 1810; ni. Sept. 20, 1807, Francis Marion
Layne of Miller.

24C. CiiAUNCEY TnowBitiDCR (Lei;!'", It-rapW", Isiiac^"", Jamcs^"^, William^'"'.
Thomiis^), born March 21, 1794, in Fair Haven, Vt.; died July 27, ISCO. in
.SuuinrTville, Mich.; married Dcccmhor 31, 1829, in Troy, N. Y., Oatharine E'ish,
daughti'r of Henry and Anna ( Miucfieldl Fish, born January 21, J807, in
M'Uitpiiniery county. if N, Y.; died Alarch 14, 1872, in Sumncrville.

("iiauiKcy Trowbridge in his bo.yhoud ihose the occupation of iiapcr-uialcin!^
and learned tliat trade in Vermont. Tn 1813 ho enlisted in C-aptain tiraliaiii's
i-umpany, 14th lieginicnt, Vennont volunteer militia, and was with his companj'
during its service in tlu" War of 1S12. He expected to be in liie battle of Platts-
burgh, but got there just as it was over.

After tho war he returned to his trade and followed it for several years. In
llio early 20's he went to Montreal, ('anada, and was there engaged in tho wliole-
sale grocery business on Great St. Paul's street. He returned to New Vork and
nt;ain took up paper-making, living in New Berlin, Newburgh and iJallston Sjia.
In 1855 ho removed to Manlius, Onondaga county, N. Y., where lie lived ai)out
fourteen ycaps. In June, 1809, he left there to settle in Illinois, but while
stopping at Sumnervillo, ilich., for a visit at the home of his father-in-law, he
was taken with heart disease and died after a few weeks' illness.

Jlr. Trowbridge w.is noted for generosit.v, honesty and manlini'ss, and was
])()Sscssed of a good intellect, lb' was n member of the Afa.souie fraternity for
fifty years, and at tho timn of his death wa.s a iiu^iiihor of Military Lodge No.
93, F. and A. M., of Ahiulius, N. V. He and his wife wore members of the
MetJiodist E|iiscopaI church.

• About Tonr mllcR flbuvp MHi-ieltn.

t Except Inst fmir. wlin witi' Imrn Id Swan Orefk. Onllla coiiuly.

t Town unknown to her daiialiter.

TUOWIJUIDCK GKNUALOGY 203

two terms. In Octolur, ISHS, lio wnil lo (Lilit'ciiiuu ami scttKd at Fowler,
I'resno i-<iiiiit,y, wlicro lio liouj^lit a raucli and eiigiitjc'l ii> fruit growigjj. Suiiiiilcy
of his dried fruits were exliibiteil at tiio I'aris Jixhiliitidii in 1!KK) and wcro in
tliu list ijf tliciso tiiat driw gold medals, lie resided lliurc until sliortly before
liis death. Ilo was killed while driving with his brother JioUin in a mail
coaeli in Tillamook county, Ort^

Jlr. Trowbridt;!; joined the Alasoiiie fraternity in the early '70s and was master
of Morninj^ Dawn Lodt?e, No. 7, of tialli|>iilis, Ohio, iit tlie lime of his removal
to California. Ilo was never a mendier id' any chnreii, but while living in
(iallipolis was ajipointed and served as vestryman and treasurer of the Kjiiscopal
chureh in that eity.

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771. i. I'wii.nr IIowk, 1). Sipt. 1, ISTO, in i;()liiiiil)iis, IMiin.

ii. FiiANcis Maiiion, li. .luly ], 187il, in Swan t'ri-cU, Oliiii; <I. Se|>t. 12, IS'JJ, in
Kuwior, C!al.

iH. Yu.wcis Jl AiiioN' 'ri(o\vuiin>i;i; (I'hilu-**, Levi}'''', Ifnnd'-", Isaac^'",

Jatncs^"", U'lV/i'/m'"", Tliohins^), horn , ISiid, in Amesvilh;, Ohio; ilic-d

Sep(endior — , ISJ-l, in Moore's Prairie, 111.; married March — , l.'^ll, in iMillers-
purt, Ohio, Niiiicy I'^owler. She luarjied, s(;eond, John Wyatl.

Francis M. Trinvbridire seltlid in Moore's I'rairii'. .lelTerson ei.unly. Til., and
was a farmer, lie dii'd a few months afliT his nnirriaxe.

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i. .V ilaiinlili'r, h. , ISI."); il. in Inramy.

Ai't. lsitAi:i, 1).\(;(:i;tt 'r»o\MiiinM:i: (/'/iiVi/-'*, l.rul'-''\ IsnirV-", Isaac.'"',
JaiurK'"-, William'"", Thomas^), horn iMareli 22, ls:)7, in Swan (Vci-k, Ohio;
resides in lla.xinm, Polo.; married May 2-1, isr.o, In Nebraska t^iwnship, 111.,
Hetsey ]*ringle, danghter of Andrew and I'^liyciihcth (Pringlc) I'ringlc, born
April !), 1840, in Selkirk, Seothiiid.

Israel 1). Trowbridge settled after his marriagt; in Illinois and engnged in
farming. He enlisted during the Oivil War August 11, lS(i2, for tlirix) years
in (Company II, 77lli Illinois Infantry, and was unistiTe<l out with his regiment
.h\\y 1(1, isi!.". After the- war ho settled on .i farm in Clienoa. 111. Tu 1S8(i he
riinove<l to llaxtnm, ("olo., where ho lias since Ikmmi engaged in raising cattle
nnil horses.

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i. .Ti:nnii-:, Ii. Mar. 2, ].Si;i; ni. Mar. !l. ISSO, Warren Casli Myers ami rosiiles in

( 'liicaco. 111.
ii. ItoMKliT FliANCis, 11. \)cc. 28, 1S<;2; is a swilclunan in ("liicaco ; anin.
iii. Li.DoiiA, 11. .Inly •*■ ISii!); m. Dec. 21, 18'.I5, Cii'orco I.eo Ni-ui'rt und resides

in llaxtuiii. ('olo.
iv. Ll/./.ii:, I). Ki'li. 4, 1872: rosidos witli lii>r father; niun.
V. Wll.i.iAM AiMK, li. Sept. ITi, 1874: is in business witli liis father in Ilnxtum;

Minn,
vi. CiiM-NCKY .Iamks, li. Due. l.">, 1S7.S; is in business willi his father in Haxtuni ;

UMUI.

<fT^ 1 ''^ ' TitowiiitMifa; (Juroh-*''. Levi'''-', Isnirl'-", Isaac""', James'"-',
WiUiani'"", 'J'liomas'), born April 18, 1814, in Washington county, Ohio; died
^fay 12, ]8.''i7, in l,a Grange, Iowa;' married .Fanuary IS, Ih.'W, in Swan ('reek,
Ohio, Permeliu Uoss, danghtor of William and Nancy (Knowlin) IJoss, born
September 14, ISKi, in Swan Creek; ilied October 0, lllOO, in Garbondale, 111.

• I tiorii In LoiiK I'olnt. I.lvlnKston coiinly. III. ; II lu Lii I'nilrii', Marslinll county. III. ;
lll-vl Id Clii'uun, McLonii cuunly, III.

294 , TllOWJiUinUE UKNKALOGV

Lfivi 'I'rowliriilgo sorvcil tliive ycnrs in tlio retiular iiruiy diiiiny tlic; Jjlaclc
Hawk Wiir, being with his ccMiuiiiind in Illinois, Wisccmsin, Iowa iind Iniiiana.
Alter his niarriaj^'c^ hf settled in (Jallia county, Ohio, wlnie ho livi^d until I ^."jti,
when he removed to La Grange, Luoas county, Iowa. It is said that he helped
to huild the first house erected in Keokuk, Iowa, lie was engaged in fanning
all his lil'c.

CUlLUltKN bOIlN I^f UALUA COUNTV, OHIO:*

i. Nancy 1;i,lkn, b. Feb. 1, IS.IO; in., 1st, Mar. 2'^, IS;")?, .lolin Moak ; ui., lid,
Sept. IS, 101)5, Gideon Willuii- I'uliiier and resides in T/oiii; IJcncli,' Cnl.

ii. SAUAn I'ntMEI.lA, b. Nov. "Jl, JSKl; in. Allord Mason Clark of Coriulli, Hi.

iii. SorniioMA l!i:i,ijj, b. Sojit. 21, 1S12; ui. AnnusLus Morgan and reaidcs in
ItoiildtT, Colo.

772. iv. William Allkn, b. Sept. H», l.Sll.

V. I'Ai.o Alto, h. Oct. 11, ISliJ; m. MiclKud Gill of (.'oiiulli.

vi. Jacoii Stkkiinu, b. .May 12, 18.'>U; left boaip wlnii a boy and went Wist,
uhcra 111' drove a sla^e in tlic ricrly days of lli« si'Ub'uient. lie is iiileri'sli'd
in gold mines in Mexico and Aii/oua, and resides in Tombstone, Ariz.; niiui.

vii. Llvi ])i;ms, 1). ,7an. 15, 1S52; lilt Iowa at tbe ago of nine years and went
West. lie drove n stage eoaeli tor soiuft years and took part in several
Indian battles. 1-ater be was appointed sbeiill:' of Tinal ((Uinly, .\ri/-. lie
tlien served tlins! years in llic United States navy on tin' I'titsticntii and
[juvkuntmnu. He was for llnei? years in Midbomnc, Australia, and Hun on
two wlialiiig I'Xpedilions. Ilr Hun iitiiinrd ti> liis niol leer's liome in (.'miImhi-
dale, Ml, wliere be lived, until ber dcatb, after wbieb be joined bis brolber
in tlie Wi'sl ; nnni.

viii. .\>iAMiA \n:i(>iciA, b. I'\'b. 18, IS.'.'i; ri'sides in Caibonrliilc : unin.

ix. llA>NAn l';-nA, b. i>ir. 'M, ISJti; in. IJee. 21, ]s77, William T. tirant of
Carbondale.

447. Fi;i!CHisoN IIii.ani) 'JJiowimitx;!; (Jacoh'^'^, Levi'^''. Israel'-", laaiic"",
Jiiiiies"'^, U'(7/miu'"", T/u)Hi(Ls'), horn Ropteniher 0, 1821, in Washington county,
Ohio; died Deccmhcr 1, lS('i2, in (Inllia county, Ohio; niarried February 4, ISll,
in Swan Crock, Ohio, Kuth Crawl'ord, d.uightcr of William ami Elizahcth
(Marshall) Crawford, horn Ain-il 9, 182.'), in Culi)oi>i)cr, W. Va. ; died May 12,
ISiil, in Crown City, Ohio.

]'crg\i.son II. 'I'rowhridgo served in Ihc Black Hawk Indian War. After his
mairlago ho settled in (Jrown <'ity. Gallia county, Ohio. Ih; was a boatman on.
the JCanawha, Ohio and Mississijipi rivers, and was also during part of that time
engaged in farming. ]Je enlisted during tl'.o I 'ivil ^\';^r August 22, 18112. for
three years in Coinpany G, 117th Ohio liH'antiy, which curniiany became C(nn-
pany G, 1st Ohio Heavy Artillery, lie contracted fever In the army, and was
ordered home; but was too ill to r(-ach then;, and <hed at the homo of an uncle,
Anselm T. Blake, five miles east of Crown City.

CUlLunF.N BOnN IN CltOWN CITY, OUIO:

i. APFl.AniK, b. .Inne Itj, 1810; ui. I'Vb. 19, ]8(!-l, .Sunipson .Tobnson and nsldes
in (jallipolis, Obio.

773. ii. Asa lIu.\Nn, b. June 20, 1818.

iii. Sa.manlua Aoi.lia, b. .Ian. 1, 1851; un Mnr. 22, 1871. Albert Gallatin

Tboiaas of Grown City,
iv. E.sTiiKit Kvali.nk. b. Feb. 27, IS.';'.; ni. Doc. 10, 1870, llngb Wilson GaMwell

and resides in NortbruiL Oliio.

774. V. 7a:nin/)N llnNuv, b. .Ian. 10. Is.'iO.

vi. iMuiaiNK, b. M;ir. 2. IS.'iS; la. .tosepb Thomas Galilwill of Morcervilli', Dliio.

vii. Ji;i'i'|-|t.soN Davis, b. .lone 10. I.S(i(l; is a carpenter by traile in (^rou-n <'ity;
unin. Ill' was a solilier in I lie Spanlsb-.Vnieriean ^\'ar, enlisting in Goaijiany
C, 7tli Obio Infantry, in ubieb be was looiiioti'd corpoial.

viii. Alice Slmna. b. Apr. Hi, I.SO:!; in. Sei>t. 18. 1881, Albert Eugene fiek.llt
and resides in Crown City.

• Exccpl ix, wtio wns Imrn )ii l.n t";r:ni;ri'. I.urjis county. Io\\u.
t A lirolhiT of Itie two wiws of Nu. 77.'!.

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ClllLIIKKN IKirt.N I.N IHKSNO, CAL. :

i. Ki.izAiitTll GliAC'E, b. Si'jit. !l, lilO.'i.
ii. DwiullT lIowE, b. JuAe 3'J, I'JllU.

7T2x Wii,i.i\M Am-kn TitowBUii)i;ii (Levi**", Jacoh-*'^, Levi'", IsrueV", Isiiac"",
Juiiies'"'^, William'''"', Thomas'), born SepU'iiibtT 10. 1841, in tiallia comity,
Ohio; resides in Wiiuiliell, 'i'('X. ; luiirried July 27, lS(i2, in Miirysville, Liwa,
Amanilii Jlclen Morris, diiuKlitcr of Bt^njainin and Aniamla (Sissol) Morris, born
July 21, ISU, in Davis county, i\'y.; dii;d January 17, 1U(I4, in Niwot, Tex.

W'illiiim A. 'Irowlirid^ro canuj iii'bnjliood with liis i'albi:r to La Uranfjc, Iowa
At l\u- 11^1! of scvcntwn ho entered tlie anny in the Civil War as a voluntfK-r.
Ilo enlist«;d August 10, 18(11, for three years, or (hiring the war, in Company I,
8lh Iowa Infantry, and was disehar(?ed at Se<hilia, Mo., l-'etiruary 4, ISflu*. He
returned to liis homo in Iowa, whero he was married and wlare lie- lived fur two
years. Tie re-enlisted as a reeruit in Company 1), li.ld Iowa Jufaiitry, and at the.
bnttlo of Jenkins' Ferry on the Saline river. Ark., April lid, 1SG4, he received a
gunshot wouml through llie lieail, just behind ami a little below the eye, blimling
him in the; left eye. lie was captured there, whilo wounilod, and was hidd ns ji
lu'isoner at Cami) I'ln-il juison, Smith county, Tex., for .'litii days, lie was then
relcaseil, the war being over.

J\Ir. 'I'rnwbridgf^ removed with his family to a fai-m in W'llliamsun <'onnly,
111., where hi- lived tbrei- years, lb; ni'Xt moveil In a farm in lii'iiinn <'ounly.
Kan., wlier<' hi' lived ihreo years, going from lln're In a farm in .lolmson eminly,
!Mi)., where he lived lew years. In lhh2 he emigrated tn Texas. lie was
engaged in farming in Coleman coiinly until If*!):!, when hi' ojiened a general
nierehandiso store at Kiwot in that county, bi'ing also appointed iiostmaster there.
In Jan\niry, 11)01, ho removed to lirown comity and has since been engaged in
farming near Wincliell. !Mr. Trowbridge bceiinie a member of the Aliisnnic
fraternity in 1871 aiiil joined tlio Church of (^hrist on Seiitcmber '.), 18S7.

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i. JIauy Ia:NA, b. Mn.v .I, ISfiH; in. Sopt. 27, 18.S,", Itei^il A'amc Ciipiis nml resides

in Niwot, Ti'x.
ii. Cl.AllA .\i\.v, li. May l!i. ISCiCi; in. Awn. 10, l.SS,"!, .Iiinn's llyinin Killiiur anil

rr.-<iileR in \Viiiilii>ll, Tix.
iii. rilAliI.KS CliitlsToenKii, h. Oil. '.i, 1S71; ii'siilos willi lii.'> fnllM'r; iiihii
iv. ri-.ll.MKI.lA .\.MANMA. b. .\ii;;. "JT. ISTti ; 111.. Ui'i'. 4, IS'.lS, <;.-i;ri,'i' 'I'rllii' .MliMiii

and resides in Niwot.

77!{. Asa lIif..\ND Tuowuiiiinii". {Fnnnsoti 11.**', Jiirnh-*--. Li-vi''^'', Israel'-",
L'anc""', ./omr.i.'". William""', Thomas'), bom June 'JO, JS4S, in Crown City,
Ohio; resides in Crown City; married, tirst, April 7, 1872, in Crown City, Klioda
Pickett,!- daughter of Libni and Harriet (Henry) Pickett, born JIarcli 22, IS.'iS,
in Ci'own City; died June fi, IS-S.'), in Crown Cily. Ilo married, .second,
Febrtiary 14, 1900, in Ciiu'iunati. Ohio, Salena Pickett, a sister of his first wife,
born April 21, IS.'il, in Crown City.

Asa II. Trowbridge lives in his native i)lace, Crown C'ily, Ohio. Tie was a
soldier in the Civil War. ]lo enlisted Kebriiary I'l, isC.'i. in Company 0, 10.''illi
Ohio infantry, and was nuistered out M.'i.y 25, ISO.'i. After llie war he was in
business as a carpenter, but for llie. par-t twenty years has been engaged in (he
nndrrlaking business. He has been eleelcd for more (ban ten Mici'i'.-.sive leriiis
of two years each a justice of the peace of (luyan township, Ciallia county, Ohio

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Roll 102 No. 123

Eleventh Census of the United States 1890
Schedules Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows
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in the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps of the United States during the war of the
rebellion (who are survivors, and widows of such persons, in Justice precinct 3,
County of Bosque, State of Texas, enumerated in June, 1890

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STATE HISTORICAL DEPARTMENT

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CENSUS DiyiSION
HISTORICAL BUILDING

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CENSUS RECORD OF THE FAMILY OF

Levi Trpbridge..

as it appears in thifl5.6 CENSUS RETURNS for the fcowniShip-

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From Julia Katherine Trowbridae Jones
Midwest City, Okla. 7 3110

rune, 1981

Soundex 1880
Trowbridge, William
White Male 36
Born Ohio
Trowbridge, Mandah

Mary L.

Clara A.

Charles C.

Cornelia

Mo. T520 - T620

Vol. 18 ED94
Sheet 19 Line 44
Johnson County MCP Jackson
Wife 39 Kentucky
Dau 17 Iowa
Dau 14 111.
Son 9 Ark.

Dau 1 Mo .

(Permelia)

William Allen Trowbridge

b. Sept. 10, 1844

in Gallia Co., Ohio

d. Jan. 17, 1921

Tombstone Jan 31, 1921

in Santa Anna, Coleman Co. ,

Texas Civil War

Married July 27, 1862
Marysville, Iowa

Both buried Cleveland
Community Cemetery
near Santa Anna,
Coleman Co., Texas

Amanda Helen Morris
b. July 21, 1841
in Davis Co. Ky.
d. Jan. 17, 1904
Niwot, Coleman Co.,
Texas. Dau of Benjamin
and Amanda (Sissol)
Morris

1. Mary Lena Trowbridge

b. May 5, 1863

near La Grange, Iowa

d. Feb. 10, 1952

near Tulare, Tulare Co.,

Calif.

Married Sept. 27, 1885
Bosque Co. , Texas

Both buried Cleveland
Community Cemetery
near Santa Anna,
Coleman Co., Texas

Reed Vance Cupps

b. July 26. 1858

Pittsburg, Washington Co.,

Pa.

d. Nov.l, 1934

at home near Santa

Anna , Texas Son of

John Lewis Cupps

and Mary (Perkins) Cupps

"They died as they
lived - Christians"

2. Clara Ann Trowbridge

Married Aug. 16, 1883 James Byram Killmer

b. May 19, 1866

Williamson Co., 111.

d. Dec. 10, 1954

Santa Anna, Coleman Co.

Texas

Buried Cleveland

Community Cemetery

Coleman Co. , Texas

Bosque Co., Texas b. Aug. 29, 1855

Divorced in Ark.

d. Oct. 23, 1934
near Wynnewood, Okla.
Buried Mt. Olive Cemetery
Pauls Valley, Okla.
son of Early and Nancie
(Williams) Killmer b. Tenn.
Early Killmer b. Oct. 11,
1832 in Tenn.
d. July 20, 1915

3. Charles Christopher Trowbridge

b. Oct. 3, 1871

Benton Co . , Ark .

d. Aug. 27, 1939

in Olympia, Washington

Buried Olympia, Washington

Forrest Cemetery

4. Permelia Amanda Trowbridge

b. Aug. 27, 1879
Johnson Co. , Mo.
d. Sept. 27, 1919
Niwot, Coleman Co.,
Texas Buried
Cleveland Community
Cemetery Coleman Co.
Texas

Married Dec. 4, 1898
Coleman Co., Texas

George Tellie Allison

b. June 21, 1875
Lampassos, Texas son of
Wm. Benjamin Allison and
Elvyra (Carver) Allison
d. Jan. 16, 1966
Bangs, Brown Co., Texas
Buried Cleveland Community
Cemetery Coleman Co . ,
Texas

Permelia Amanda Trowbridge
age 19

Tellie Allison Married 2nd

^'^rP ♦

Picture from Fleda's album

1

i

Lillie Perry
b. May 14, 1887

d. Aug. 23, 1951
Buried Cleveland

Community
Cemetery Coleman Co.,
Texas

Tellie s
Lillie Allison

Married 3rd

Mrs. Myrtle Hoyt

of Santa Anna , Texas

William Allen Trowbridge

31
9-10-1844 - 1-17-1921

Married July 27, 1862

Amanda Helen Morris

7-21-1841 - 1-17-1904
Buried Cleveland Community Cemetery
near Santa Anna, Coleman Co., Texas

Reprinted Nov. 1979

Wm. Allen Trowbridge Amanda Helen Trowbridge

Civil War Stone Placed at the foot of Wm. Allen Trowbridge

by Charlie and Thelma Fleming

10

William Allen Trowbridge

Sept. 10, 1844 - Jan. 17, 1921
Gallia Co., Ohio Coleman Co. Texas

Amanda Helen (Morris) Trowbridge

July 21, 1841
Davis Co. , Ky.

Jan 17, 1904
Nivot, Texas
Coleman Co.

Charles Christopher Trowbridge

Oct. 3, 1871 - Aug. 27, 1939

Benton Co., Ark. Olympia , Wash.

Permelia Amanda Trowbridge Allison
Aug. 27, 1879 - Sept. 27, 1919
Johnson Co., Mo. Nivot, Texas

Reprinted 19'/7

11

Wm. Allen Trowbridge (sitting)

Charles Christopher Trowbridge

b. Sept. 10, 1844 in Galia Co., Ohio
d. Jan. 17, 1921 Santa Anna, Texas

b. Oct. 3, 1871, Benton Co., Ark.

d. Aug. 27, 1939 Olympia, Washington

Taken in Boulder , Colorado
@May 1898

Reprinted
June 13, 1976

by Thelma Fleming

12

3 GENERATIONS

Center Background

William Allen Trowbridge

b.Sept. 10, 1844 in Ohio

d. Jan 17, 1921 Santa Anna, Texas

(right) Mary Lena Trowbridge Cupps

b. May 5, 1863 LaGrange, Iowa
d. Feb. 10, 1952 Tulare, Calif.

(left) Celeste Virginia Cupps Rice
b. Nov. 20, 1906 Coleman Co.

Texas
Living in Fresno, Cal.,
this April 1983

Reprinted June 1980

13

t»

Mary Lena Trowbridge Cupps

@ May 1947 near Earlimart, Ca.

Clara Ann Trowbridge Kilmer

near Pixley, Calif.
Last visit to California
first part of year 1954

14

Reprinted 1977

l

Permelia Amanda (Trowbridge) Allison
and Grandau Fleda (Perry) Asta

early 1919

15

1 . Mary Lena Trowbridge

Reed Vance Cupps

1. Cordelia Loretta Elizabeth Cupps

b. May 13, 1887

in Bosque Co., Texas

d. Jan. 9, 1890

Buried Santa Anna Cemetery

Santa Anna, Coleman Co., Texas

2. Clara Ann Cupps
b. June 10, 1889
in Bosque Co. , Texas
d. Nov. 27, 1971
Porterville, Calif.

"Weep not papa and mama for me
for I'm waiting in Heaven for thee"
Lot 1, Block 27 p 5 [W.M. Cupps]
east of tool house Tombstone topped
with lying lamb

Married Sept. 4, 1910

Both buried Delano Cemetery

Delano, Calif. Kern Co.

Porter Clay Clark (twin)
b. April 19, 1879
in Bandera Co. , Texas
d. Oct, 31, 1952
Delano, Calif,
son of John Porter Clay
Clark and Mary Jane
(Leggett) Clark

3. Laura Julia Cupps
b. July 2, 1891
Coleman Co., Texas
d. April 17, 1966
Morro Bay, Calif.

Married July 30-31, 1907 Forest Elmer Battles
Both buried Cayucos Cemetery b. Nov. 18, 1886
Cayucos, Calif. Viola, Ark.

d. April 1, 1958
Cayucos, Calif.

4. William Henry Cupps

b. Nov. 27, 1893

Cleburne, Johnson Co. , Texas

d. Jan. 23, 1971

Santa Anna, Coleman Co. ,

Texas

Pvt. Co.L 49 Inf. WWI

Married Dec. 19, 1919
Both buried Cleveland
Community Cemetery
Coleman Co. , Texas

Dixie Vio Baugh

b. Sept. 23, 1896

Rockwood , Texas

d. Nov. 16, 1972

Santa Anna, Coleman Co.,

Texas

dau of William Lee Baugh

and Willie Lee (Stacy)

Baugh

sister to Loving Pauline

5. Elmer Roscoe Cupps

b. June 23, 1897

Coleman Co. , Texas

d. March 15, 1978

Santa Anna, Coleman Co. ,

Texas

Married Oct. 22, 1916
Trickham, Texas
Coleman Co.
Both Buried Cleveland
Community Cemetery
Coleman Co . , Texas

Loving Pauline Baugh

b. Oct. 16, 1898

in Texas

d. Dec. 2, 1962

Santa Anna, Coleman Co. ,

Texas

dau of William Lee Baugh

and Willie Lee (Stacy)

Baugh sister to Dixie Vio

Married 2nd Dec. 3, 1965
in Snyder , Texas

Etta Mae Hall

b. 1901

in Arkansas

d. April 21, 1982

at her home in Kemp, Texas

Burial was in Kings

Cemetery

16

6. Frances Bacon Cupps

b. Sept. 30, 1899

Colerman Co., Texas

d. Nov. 19, 1962

Los Angeles Co., Calif.

named for Francis

Bacon Trowbridge

compiler of the Trowbridge

Genealogy Published 1908

Married Nov. 7, 1917
Both buried Glen Haven
Memorial Park
San Fernando, Calif.

Theodore Wicker Spencer
b. March 30, 1893
near San Angelo, Tom
Green Co., Texas
d. Oct. 25, 1966
Los Angeles Co., Calif,
son of James Campbell
Spencer, Jr. and Margret
Jane (Thorton) Spencer
WWI 13th Vet. Hospital
Unit America E.F.
Refer to Hamner Heritage
History

7 . Helen Rhoda Cupps
b. Feb. 1, 1902
Coleman Co. , Texas

Married April 16,
Married 60 years
April 16, 1981

1921 Emil Davis Williams
b. Feb. 6, 1901
Coleman Co. , Texas
son of George and Sarah
Phoebe (Fowler) Williams

8. Celeste Virginia Cupps
b. Nov. 20, 1906 (twin)
Coleman Co., Texas

Married Nov. 20, 1924
Married 56 years
Nov. 20 1980

William McKinley Rice
b. Jan 1903
Coleman Co. , Texas
son of John William Rice
and Emma (Davis) Rice
Descendants of one of
the early Rice Families
in Coleman Co. , Texas

17

Taken from a tin-type with
Amanda Helen Trowbridge
Furnished by Thelma (Cupps)
Fleming

Reprinted 1979

Cordela

Dau of

R.V. & M.L. Cupps

Born May 13, 1887

Died Jan. 9, 1890

"Weep not papa and mama
for me

For I'm waiting in Heaven
for thee"

Copied 5:20 P.M.
May 19, 1980

18

Grandma Cupps seated with her 5 daughters 1 to r Celeste Frances
Clara Helen Laura (? May 5, 1950 Reprinted Dec. 1980

,#

'*. St \ .\ "fc^-lk ,

19

Grandma Cupps seated with "Her other sons" May 5, 1950

left to right Emil Theo Forest Bill Porter

Reprinted Dec. 1980

The Cupps Brothers with Laura
Elmer Laura William

20

2. Clara Ann Trowbridge

James Byram Killmer

1. Flaunie Edith Kilmer

b. June 3, 1885

near Eulogy , Bosque Co . ,

Texas

d. Nov. 5, 1972

San Diego, Calif.

Married Dec. 28, 1911

Winchell, Texas

Both buried Mount Hope

Cemetery, San Diego,

Calif.

Robert Lee Flores
b. Feb. 17, 1881
Seguin, Guadlupe Co.,
Texas

d. Jan. 21, 1957
San Diego, Calif,
son of Edward Manuel
Flores, and Nancy Ann
(Fellers) Flores

2. Bertha Pauline Kilmer

b. April 25, 1890

in Anson, Texas

Living in Panarama City

Calif. May 1983

Married Oct. 20, 1912
Texas

Clarence Leo Spence
b. Nov. 15, 1891
Dallas , Texas
d. Aug. 6, 1944
near Trickham, Coleman
Co. , Texas Buried
Trickham Cemetery
Line V25

3. William Newman Kilmer

b. Dec. 7, 1891

Hood Co., Texas (Floydada)

d. Oct. 24, 1970

Brady, Texas

Buried Placid, Texas

WWI Medical Corps in France

and Germany, Ambulance Co.

#26, 3rd Dividion Brohn,

Germany July 29, 1919

Married Dec. 25, 1919
near Mercury, Texas

Ethel Blanche Sansom
b. Feb. 4, 1902
Mercury, Texas, dau of
Wm. Jefferson Sansom
and Mary Lou (Smith)
Sansom Living near
Brady May 1983

4. Roscoe Sterling Kilmer

b. Aug. 22-23, 1895

Indian Territory, USA

Oklahoma

d. Jan. 27, 1979

Mica, Washington

Buried Pines Cemetery

Opportunity, Washington

Married Nov. 17, 1915
Brownwood , Texas
Divorced

Married 2nd
Divorced

Mamie Kcdleman

b.

in

Buried Coffeyville,

Kansas

Ruby Densmore

b.

in

21

Roscoe Sterling Kilmer Married 3rd July 25, 1946

Dorothy Sorenson
b. Oct. 7, 1905
in Halifax, England
dau of George Robert
Crossley, b. Feb. 15, 1850
Half ax, Eng., and Eliza
(Thorpe) Crossley
1880-1919 George Robert
Crossley 's Mother was a
Trowbridge. His father
was Sir Francis Crossley.

J.\ LOVING MEMORY OF

ROSCOE Stf RLIN KILMER

August 22, 1895 January 27, 1979

Funeral Services

2:00 P.M. Wednesday, January 31, 1979

Chapel of the Volley
Sojth 1400 Pines Road - Spokane Valley

Officiating

Reverend Kirby Berfholf

Vocalist

Merrill Womach

Musical Selections

"The Rojory"
"Beyond The Sunset"

Honorary Casket Bearers

Del Faudree Jim Bristol

Arnie Sandal! lynn Sloan

Jerry Goidos Paul Holliday

Services to conclude at Chapel

Intermcjii

The Pines Cemetery

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22

James Byrom Killmer

Married 2nd

Nellie Stewart
b. Dec. 11, 1886

Grandfather of JBK Jim Killmer b. and d. in Georgia married Mary Meadows
Heard b. in Georgia d. in Texas j Mother's maiden name Hatfield

1. Clarence Lafayette Killmer Married Nov. 24, 1929
b. Oct. 23, 1908
Foreman, Ark.

Cleyon Bennett

2. Howard Windiel Killmer
b. Aug. 30, 1911
Foreman, Ark.

Married July 11, 1936

Iva Moore

3. Chester Lee Killmer
b. Julv 10, 1921
Foreman, Ark.

Married Dec.
Divorced

1941

Jeanette Clark

4. Baby unnamed
b. June 5, 1923

Married 2nd

Evelyn Draper

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3. Charles Christopher Trowbridge Didn't Marry

Buried Olympia,
Washington

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Sent by Don & Vera Floras

24

CHARLEY TROWBRIDGE

Uncle Charley Trowbridge was the last one of our direct line of the
Trowbridge family, who carried the Trowbridge name. He was my mother's
only brother.

She used to tell me of his childhood days - the time at age 3 yrs . ,
when he wandered away from their home on the farm, and was found trudging
along down a small ravine carrying his trousers in his arms.

Another time at 7 yrs. of age, he decided that he did not want to walk
to school, a mile away. So each day he would say "My boots hurt my feet,
I can't walk." So she, only 12 yrs. old herself, would have to carry the
husky little fellow on her back, to school.

I was 10 yrs. old when I first knew him. He was 29 at that time. He
lived that year (1900) with us and helped my mother and her four children,
operate the farm where we lived in the Cleveland Community 7 miles south
of Santa Anna, Texas.

I remember that in those days, all men on farms carried pocket knives
in their pockets. My small brothers, Willie and Roscoe , were always asking
to borrow Uncle Charley's pocket knife. So one day he bought each boy a
knife equipped with a 20 inch chain which hooked on to a shirt button to
keep it from being lost. They enjoyed their knives very much. Willie still
had his little knife when he passed away in 1971, at age 80 yrs.

Uncle Charley was a good man, calm, and quiet and very devoted to his
mother.

Soon after her death in the Cleveland Community he built himself a -'■
small boat in which he rowed down the Texas' Colorado River to near
Austin where the boat capsized. He returned home. A year or two later
he drifted West. No one heard from him again for 32 years. He was then
living in Olympia , Washington.

A few months later he became seriously ill and his two sisters were
notified.

Roscoe sent them, (Clara Kilmer and Lena Cupps) to Olympia immediately
(Ruby drove them) . When they arrived at the hospital there, Uncle Charley
had passed away one hour before.

Funeral services were arranged and he was buried the next day in
Olympia.

Bertha Spence

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{ISCNHOWER'USA

25

Clara Ann Trowbridge Kilmer @1900

Willie Bertha Roscoe Flaunie

Copy of picture form Donald & Vera Flores

Reprinted Feb. 1983

This picture from
Ernestine & Clark Johnson

Flaunie Bertha Willie Roscoe

26

Wm. Benjy Allison 6 mos. old

Annie Laura Allison 23 1/2 mons.

Annie & Benjy

1940

Lease home in Longview

Texas

Pictures form Benjy & Roxie's

album

27

4. Permelia Amanda Trowbridge

George Tellie Allison

1. Annie Laura Allison
b. July 8. 1901
liiwot, Coleman Co., Texas
d. Sept. 20 1974
Ranger Hospital, Santa
Anna, Coleman Co., Texas

Married Dec. 2, 1917
Santa Anna, Texas
Both Buried Restland
Memorial Park, Dallas,
Texas

Robert Clay Perry

b. March 18, 1892

Lockhart, Caldwell Co.,

Texas

d. June 20, 1972

Ranger Hospital , Santa

Anna Texas

Son of Wm. Hendricks

Perry and Minerva Parlee

(Dragoo) Perry

2. William Benjamin Allison

b. Dec. 9, 1902

Niwat, Coleman Co., Texas

Married June 7, 1924
Coleman, Texas
First Baptist Church
by Bro. E.E. Dawson

Sammie Roxie Welch
b. May 2, 1907
Bangs , Brown Co . ,
Texas dau of Gilford
O. Welch and Maggie
L. (Greer) Welch

28

1. Mary Lena Trowbridge

2. Clara Ann Cupps

A. Edith Olive Clark
b. Aug. 13, 1911
Coleman Co., Santa Anna
Texas

Married Sept. 1, 1928
Santa Anna, Texas
double ceremony with
Edith's cousin Clyde
Bigham, and Eula Mae
Baugh

Reed Vance Cupps

Porter Clay Clark (twin)

Jay B (Initial only)
Williams
b. June 15, 1907
San Angelo, Texas Tom
Green Co. son of Jesse
James and Rhoda Ellen
(Teague) Williams

1. Helen Annelle Williams
b. Dec. 7, 1929
Santa Anna, Texas

Married Mar. 25, 1947
Pixley, Calif.
Divorced July 16, 1963
June 20,

Horace Grady Nicholson

b. Oct. 4, 1925-6

Paducha, Texas

USN WWII son of Ernest

Leo and Carie Mae

Nicholson

Married 2nd July 20, 1963
Carson City, Nev.

Robert Charles Dean
b. Dec. 19, 1932-3
El Monte, Calif, son of
R.W. and Joan Dean

A. Veda Virr-inia Nicholson

b. March 10, 1948

Tulare, Calif.

First of the 5th Generation to

Mary Lena (Trowbridge) Cupps

Married Feb. 26, 1967
Carson City, Nevada
Divorced July, 1981

Kenneth Elvert
b. Sept. 17, 1946
Philip, So. Dakota
Korean War Aug. 1966-1968
Mother Anabelle Elvert

i Vonna Joy Elvert

b. Dec. 2, 1964

Porterville, Calif.

First of the 5th Generation to

Clara Ann (Cupps) Clark

Married Dec. 19, 1982
Grants Pass, Oregon

Scott G. Alsterberg
b. Portland, Oregon
Aug. 13, 1962
USN Apr. 1982 Presently
in Memphis, Tenn.
Mar. 1983) son of Philip
George and Claudia Gail
(Hurd) Alsterberg

29

December 19. 1982 Grants Pass, Oregon

Vonna Joy given in marriage by her
Great Grandfather Jay Williams, to
Scott G. Alsterberg

ii Cameron Troy Elvert

b. April 7, 1967

Medford, Oregon, Jackson Co.

iii Kendra Annette Elvert
b. April 21, 1971
Grants Pass, Oregon
Josephine Co.

Kenneth and Veda with
Vonna. Cameron & Kendra

1978

30

b. William Troy Nicholson
b. Feb. 9, 1949
Tulare Co., Calif, at home
Terra Bella

Married Nov. 27, 1968
Springville, Calif.
Divorced June, 1977

Wanda Bennet
b. Oct. 8, 1952
Little Rock, Ark.
Mother Sue Bennet

i Cinimint Kay (Cindy) Nicholson
b. June 5, 1969
Downey, Calif.

ii Steven Craig Nicholson
b. July 7, 1973
Downey, Calif.

C. Edith Mae Nicholson
b. June 12, 1950
Tulare, Calif.

i Grady Dewayne Barnett
b. June 5, 1970
Grants Pass, Oregon

1978

William Troy with
Cinimint & Steven

Married July 6, 1969
Las Vegas , Nevada
Divorced Dec. 23, 1973

Dewayne Dale Barnett
b. Oct. 4, 1944
in Oklahoma

1978

Edith Mae with Grady

31

2. Dorothy Edith Williams
b. Oct. 8, 1931
Turkey, Texas

Married Nov. 17, 1951
Kingman, Ariz.

William Monroe
b. Nov. 1, 1923
North Hollywood, Calif.
WWII USN 1943-1945
Petty Officer recalled
for Korean War Nov.
1950-1951 son of Robert
Taylor and Clyde Marie
(Cook) Monroe

A. Patricia Ann Monroe
b. Sept. 19, 1954
San Bernardino, Calif,
adopted Sept. 2, 1960
by Wm. and Dorothy
Monroe

Married June 23, 1973
Med ford, Oregon

Gene Isaac Hampton
b. June 2, 1954
Vallejo, Calif,
son of Dee and Iva
Jean Hampton

32

i Jason Lee Hampton
b. June 5, 1974
Denton, Texas

ii Kevan Wayne Hampton
b. July 2-3, 1976
Denton, Texas

1978

b. Lynn William Monroe
b. Dec. 14, 1955
San Bernardino, Calif.
Adopted Sept. 2, 1960 by
Wm. and Dorothy Monroe

Dorothy Edith & Wm. Monroe
holding Grandsons Jason & Kevan
'eft Gene & Patty Hampton
right Sharon & Lynn Monroe

Married Nov. 23, 1976
Grants Pass, Oregon
Divorced June 28, 1978

Ann Worship 6
b. Aug. 13, 1957

i April Marie Monroe
b. April 7, 1978
Medford, Oregon

seated Edith & Bill Monroe
with Children Lynn & Patty

33

3. Winifred Winston Williams
b. Oct. 23, 1936
Santa Anna, Texas

Married Auq . 29, 1955
Trona, Calif.
Divorced 1961-3

Claudia Fuller
b. April 11, 19
in California

Married 2nd May 30, 1971
Reno, Nevada

17

A. Winifred Winston Williams Jr. Married Aug. 10, 1980
b. Aug. 7, 1956 Porterville, Calif.

Trona, Calif.

i Jay Nell Becca Williams
b. Dec. 6, 1982

1980

Cordelia Densmore
b. May 10, 1937
Fountain Green,
Maryland

Susan Crane

b. Jan. 20, 1962

Porterville, Calif.

Winifred Winston & Susan

B. Mitchel Allen Williams
b. Feb. 5, 1958
Ridge Crest, Calif.

i Jenifer Ann Williams
b. March 3, 1983
Laneville, Texas (Longview)

Married June 19, 1980
Longview, Texas
Gladwater

34

Sufen (Sue) Chu
B. April 28, 1959
Taipai , Taiwan

1980

Mitchel Allen & Sue

Jay B and Edith Williams and Children
Daus. Dorothy Edith and Helen Annelle
Sons Jay Bennie and Winifred Winston

1978

Cordelia and Winifred seated
Mitchel Allen & Winifred Winston Jr.

35

4. Jay Bennie Williams
b. April 12, 1947
Delano, Calif.

A. Brian Jay Williams
b. March 27, 1969
Porterville, Calif.

B. Debra Lynn Williams
b. May 23, 1971
Porterville, Calif.

Married Jan. 26, 1967
Porterville, Calif.

Barbara Jean Green

b. Oct. 3, 1948

in Claremore, Oklahoma

1978

Jay Bennie and Barbara It.
Brian and Debra Lynn

Edith & Jay and
Grandchildren

Edith & Jay and
Grandchildren and
Great Grandchildren

Jay Nell Becca Williams

Dec. 1982

36

B. Weldon Wilson Clark

b. Sept. 21, 1913

in Coleman Co., Texas

Married June 18, 1938
in Delano, Calif.

Irene May Mead
b. April 4, 1920
in Sanger, Fresno Co.,
Calif, dau of Roy Lee
Mead and Sarah Margaret
(Hollinsworth) Mead

1. Carolyn Lousie Clark

b. Sept. 24, 1940

in Bakersfield, Kern Co.,

Calif.

Teacher of 3rd grade

Married Mar. 21, 1961
in Lindsay, Calif.

Duane Kermit Larson

b. Nov. 10, 1036

in Lindsay, Tulare Co.

Calif.

National Guard

Teacher of 5th grade

37

A. Darin Kermit Larson

b. Oct. 21, 1964

in Lindsay, Tulare Co. ,

Calif.

B. Karen Louise Larson

b. Oct. 8, 1966

in Lindsay, Tulare Co.,

Calif.

Louise and Duane Larson
Darin & Karen

-::, 1973

38

2. Wesley Wayne Clark

b. April 8, 1943

in Delano, Kern Co. ,

Calif. Nat'l. Guard 1966-1972

Superintendent of Administration

Pixley School District

a. Rayna Janeen Clark

b. Dec. 2, 1973

in Lindsay, Tulare Co., Calif.

Married April 6, 1968

Sandra Jean Friesen
b. Feb. 2, 1945
in Santa Monica, Los
Angeles Co., Calif.

b. Janell Sherre Clark
b. Dec. 28, 1975
in Lindsay, Calif.

1976

Sandra Rayna Wayne and baby Janell

c. Stephanie Joy Clark
b. Feb 3, 1978
in Calif.

d. Randy Wayne Clark
b. Oct. 30, 1980
in Lindsay, Calif.

39

3. Joel David Clark

b. Jan. 31, 1946

in Delano, Kern Co., Calif

U.S. Navy 6 years

4 years on the USS Orishany

Rancher

Married Mar. 21, 1970 Gwendlyn Kay Turney
in Pixley, Calif. b. July 27, 1950
Divorced 1983 in Porterville, Tulare Co.,

Calif.

A. Jason Wildon Clark
b. June 6, 1973
in Porterville,
Tulare Co.
Calif.

B. Deena Faye Clark
b. Dec. 28, 1975
in Lindsay, Calif.

Jan. 1976
Gwendlyn

Joel with Jason & Deena

4. Clara Margaret Clark Married Sept. 25, 1969
b. Dec. 8, 1947 in Bakersfield, Calif.

Terra Bella, Tulare Co., Calif.

A. James Alan Yocum

b. Aug. 17, 1971

in Bakersfield, Calif.

B. Angelo Clarice Yocum

b. Feb. 14, 1974

in Bakersfield, Calif.

C. Charles Wilson Yocum

b. Oct. 28, 1977

in Bakersfield, Calif.

James Alan Yocum
b. Nov. 2, 1947
Artestia, Calif.
Vietnam Veteran
U.S. Army 1966-1969

1973

Clara Margaret Holding James Alan Jr.

Jim Yocum

40

Clara & Porter Clark Coleman Co. , Texas

Porter & Clara Clark Delano, Calif.

41

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1

Weldon Clara Ann Edith

Porter Clark sent by Jerry Clark
San Marcos, Texas. First
cousin to Edith & Weldon

Weldon

Edith

42

■^ 1978
^afS ^^^^9^, -/W^-//

•|^ ^Q J. 50th Wedding Anniversary Sept. 2, 197E

Winifred & Cordence Williams Jay Bennie & Barbara Williams
center Jay B and Edith Olive (Clark) Williams
Bob S Annelle Dean Bill & Dorothy Edith Monroe

43

It. of picture: Grandma Mary Lena Trowbridge Cupps 5 Generations

Frances Bacon Cupps Spencer Edith Olive Clark Williams holding Veda Virginia Nicholson

Theodore U'icker Spencer Clara Ann Cupps Clark HelenAnnelle Williams Nicholson
parents of this compiler.

Opal Lena Battles
Aldrege Hogan ' s
dress-tail @ May 1950

Clara Ann Cupps Clark's 5 Generations
Edith Olive Clark Williams Veda Virginia Nicholson Elvert
Helen Annelle Williams Nicholson

44 Vonna Joy Elvert, seated on hi stool

Christinas time 1973 at Weldon's & Irene's Home
standing 1 to r Joel David Clark Weldon Clark
seated center Irene Mead Clark
seated 1 to r Clara Margaret Clark Yocum
Carolyn Louise Clark Larson Wesley Wayne Clark

45

The Luckiest Foursome

Sept. 2, 1978

absolutely!
Loleita

46

If jeam«m jsicn a liHIe way to me
Acr'djj to tUat jtr'jnga coMntr'y, | K« D<iyorrd-,
And y«t, rvot jlKarga, for' it Uaj gr'own to b«
^he korrve of tkoj* of wUom 1 am 50 lon<3.

And 50 for* n-v* tkar'a ij no daatK;

It ij L^jt cr'ojjind, witK atated cir'»atk,

A liHl« jti-lp of 5*0.
"Po Tind on« 5 loV«d onaj waiting on tKe
jnor'«
/Aor'e keaMtifvil, mor'« pr'ecioMj than Lafor'a.

In Memory of

porter (Clark

1879 - 1952

Services from

Delano Mortuory Chapel

November 3, 1952—2:00 P. M.

Kenneth Avoritt, Minister

Singing by Church of Christ Choir

Final Resting Place
Delano Cemetery

Memorial services arranged by

Cecil & Betty LaCourse

of

Delano Mortuary

Delano, California

/h£ Lord is my shipherd; S shall wt wank
He maketh me TOLie down in grech pastuucs:
He LEADtTH ME eesioe the still waters.
He restoreth my soul: He leadeth me in the

PATHS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS EOR HIS HAHE'S SAKE.,
"y l ALTHOUGH U WALU TrlRZjG'1 THE VALlEIOE
THE SHADOW OP DEATH, b f'ii PEAK MO EVIL'.
FOR THOU ART V/ITH ME; THY POD AND THY STAFF
THEY COMFORT ME. JhOU PREPaREST A TABLE
bepjve me w the rrese'^ce op hiwc emehies:
Thouavoihtestmyhead with oil; my cup
HUHHETH OVER. .Surely goodness ano

MERCY shall follow ME ALL THE DAYS
OF MY life: and Z/ will DWELL IH THE
HOUSE OF THE LoRD FOR. EVEPi.

'/

^U'

in Memory of

(Oiar^ S^nn ^(arK

June 10, 1899 - Nov. 27, 1971

Services; Nov. 30, !971 — 3 P.M.

From the Chapel of the Congregations

Mr. Bill Lynch, officiating

Singing under the direction of
Mr. Bill Lynch

Final Resting Place
Delano Cemetery

Memorial Services Arranged

by

Cecil and Betty LaCourse

of

Delano Mortuary

Delano, California

47

1 . Mary Lena Trowbridge

3. Laura Julia Cupps

A. Lawson Alphy Battles

b. May 30, 1908

Santa Anna, Coleman Co. ,

Texas

Married Dec. 6, 1927
in Santa Anna, Texas

Reed Vance Cupps

Forest Elmer Battles

Bernice Maude Huggins
b. Sept. 19, 1908
in Lampasses , Texas
dau of William Evans
and Ella (Holman) Huggins

1. Wanda Mae Battles

b.Nov. 8, 1928

in Roaring Springs , Texas

Married May 26, 1946
Corpus Christi, Texas
Travis Baptist Church

Charles Ned Richter
b. March 9, 1928
in Hammond, Ind.
son of Arthur and
Theresa (Luconi) Richter

A. Lawson Charles Richter
b. Aug 10, 1952
Houston, Texas
Dr. Lawson C. Richter

Married April 1, 1978
Scottsdale, Ariz.

Magali Violette Hansen
b. April 6, 1956
Geneva, Switzerland
Adopted dau of Mr .
Hansen and Mrs. Helen
I. Hansen

2. Margaret Sue Battles

b. Jan. 15, 1934

Santa Anna, Texas, Coleman Co.

d. June 1, 1936

near Santa Anna, Texas

Buried Cleveland Community

Cemetery Santa Anna, Coleman

Co . , Texay

48

B. Gordon Battles

b Sept. 17, 1909

in Texas

d. March 12, 1945

in Delano, Calif.

Buried Delano Cemetery,

Delano, Calif.

Married Nov. 16, 19

in Roaring Springs, Texas

Myrtle King

b. Jan. 31, 1898

in Biardstown, Texas

d. Feb. 26, 1979

in Delano, Calif.

1. Mildred Louise Battles

b. Jan. 18, 1933

in Roaring Springs, Texas

Married Aug. 30, 1952
Tulare, Calif.

Willis W. Pace
b. Jan. 12, 1912
in Bulton, Ind.

A. Dennis Pace

b. Dec. 11, 1955

in Sacramento, Calif.

2. Leon M. Battles

b. April 12, 1936

in Roaring Springs, Texas

Married June 7, 1956
Visalia, Calif.

Permelia J. Harris

b. May 24, 1939

in Mesilla Park, New

Mexico

A. Melonie Ann Battles
b. April 5, 1957
Delano, Calif.

Married July 8, 1976
Pixley, Calif.

Michael W. Todd
b. Sept. 23, 1957

b. Michael Lee Battles
b. Dec. 15, 1963
in Delano, Calif.

C. Leon M. Battles Jr.
b. Nov. 20, 1971
in Delano, Calif.

49

Myrtle King Battles Children by a previous marriage:

Myrtle Battles remarried Ebeling

1. Woodrow King Married Aug. 2, 1949

b. June 21, 1918

Biardstown, Texas

d.

Buried Delano Cemetery

Delano, Calif.

A. Barry Don King
b. Dec. 23, 1951
Porterville, Calif.

Donna 3 yrs.

Irene Marie Armstrong
b. July 17, 1932
in

B. Dwight David King
b. July 19, 1952
Terra Bella, Calif.

Married

b.
in

i Mistelle Dawn King
b. Feb. 8, 1975
in Germany

C. Mark Goble King
b. Sept. 18, 1955
Crescent City, Calif.

D. Donna Kay King
b. Aug. 8, 1956
Crescent City, Calif.

Married

Alice

b.

in

Mark 5 yrs.
Barry 10 yrs.

2. Donnie Lee King -^^' ^4

b. June 21, 1917

Biardstown, Texas

d. March 16, 1934 Torn Green Co., Texas Buried Grape Creek, Texas

Married July 17, 1937
San Angelo, Texas

3. Maxine King

b. Nov. 25, 1919

Bairdstown, Texas

d. Dec. 19, 1976

Buried Delano Cemetery

Delano, Calif.

For children refer to ch. F Garth Rupert Battles

Garth Rupert Battles
b. Sept. 9, 1917
in

50

4 . Winnie Leila King
b. Aug. 31, 1924
Deport, Texas

Married June 27, 1944
Oakland, Calif.

Francis M. Pace

b. Aug. 29, 1919

St. Lawerinaville , 111.

A. Rodney Gene Pace
Sept. 18, 1945
Vallejo, Calif.

Married

Linda Cooper

b.

in

1 . Laura Pace

b. April 29, 1967

Delano, Calif.

B. Gordon Ray Pace
b. April 20, 1947
Delano, Calif.

Married

Collen

b.

in

1. Mathea Marie Pace
b. Dec. 23, 1968
Wasco, Calif.

2. Matthew Gordon Pace
b. Nov. 2, 1970
Wasco. Calif.

51

C. Marshal Battles

b. Feb. 1, 1911

in

d. Aug. 4, 1939

on a ranch near Delano, Calif.

Buried Cleveland Community

Cemetery, near Santa Anna, Texas

"In Loving Memory"

Married

near Veribest, Texas

Frona

b.

In

Frona ' s daughter
Anita (Judy)

Marshal

52

D. Opal Lena Battles

b. July 15, 1913

Santa Anna, Coleman Co., Texas

d. Sept. 7, 1973

Morro Bay, Calif.

Buried Cayucas Cemetery

Cayucas, Calif.

Opal

Married Sept. 28, 1933

Texas

Divorced Feb. 15, 1947

-f-.-.-v-j

««>3-S-S«.s.i4

Married 2nd July 16, 1948

Marvin Aldredge
b. Aug. 23, 1917
San Angelo, Tom Green
Co. , Texas

Cecil Hogan

b. Nov. 21, 1909

McCloud, Okla.

d. April 24, 1971

San Diego, Calif.

Buried Cayucas Cemetery

Caycucas , Calif.

1 . Jo Ann Aldredge

b. Feb. 22, 1935

San Angelo, Tom Green Co. ,

Texas

Married Sept. 1, 1951
Calif.

Jessie Lancaster
b. Aug. 14, 1933
Lincoln Co., Okla

A. Roger Dale Lancaster

b. March 11, 1953

San Luis Obispo, Calif.

d. Dec. 28, 1978

Reno, Nevada

Buried Jan. 2, 1978

Reno, Nevada

I Jessica Lancaster
b. Dec. 13, 1976
Reno , Nevada

Married July 15, 1975
Reno , Nevada

y^m

Nancy Hilts

b.

in Oregon

J Roger Dale 18 mos .

ii Roger Brian Lancaster
b. July 12, 1979
Reno, N.-.vada

53

B. RonaW Lancaster

b. Oct. 9, 1954

San Luis Obispo, Calif.

Married June 15, 1974
Yuma, Ariz.
Divorced Sept. 1980

Teresa Lynn Bearden
b. May 6, 1957
San Diego, Calif.

i Aaron Guy Lancaster
b. May 12, 1976
Lemore, Calif.

ii Abram Gorman Lancaster
b. Sept. 29 1977
Lemore, Calif.

adopted by Teresa Lynn Bearden Lancaster's
2nd husband

C. Robert Edward Lancaster

b. Aug. 15, 1957

San Luis Obispo, Calif.

Married Dec. 18, 1976
Morro Bay, Calif.

Patty Ann Davidson
b. Jan. 30, 1956
Idaho

i. Sarah Ann Lancaster

b. Apr. 20, 1978

San Luis Obispo, Calif.

ii Robert Edward Lancaster
b. April 18, 1980
Oakland, Calif.

iii Jessie Guy Lancaster
b. July 19, 1981
Oakland, Calif.

D. Rhonda Kay Lancaster

b. June 26, 1961

San Luis Obispo, Calif.

Married

Michael Dean Davidson
b. March 9, 1957
Okla.

i Jason Carl Davidson
b. Sept. 9, 1981
Visalia, Calif.

54

E. Bonnie Lee Battles

b. Aug 8, 1915

Santa Anna, Coleman Co. , Texas

d. Aug. 17, 1971 Had open

heart surgery (? year before

Los Angeles, Calif.

Buried Tulare, Calif.

Married July 3, 1933
Tom Green Co. , Texas

Charles Culbertson Westbroc
b. July 21, 1913
Tom Green Co. , Texas son of
Wm. Henry and Molly
(Wheat) Westbrook

1. Forest Charles Westbrook Married June 18, 1955
b. July 7, 1935 Pixley, Calif.

San Angelo, Tom Green Co., Texas
Rancher & Farmer near Pixley

f

>

Betty Marilyn Muller
b. Aug. 12, 1936
Porterville, Calif,
dau of Louis Anton and
Hilda (Mori) Muller

a. Trudy Ann Westbrook

b. Jan. 29, 1956
in Tulare, Calif.

Married July 22, 1977
Tipton, Calif.
St. Johns Church

Warren Harding James Jr.
b. Jan. 27, 1956
in Batesville, Ark. son of
Warren Harding, and Oneta
Mae (Williamson) James

B. Denis Charles Westbrook

b. Sept. 4, 1961

in Porterville, Calif.

2. Raymond Lee Westbrook
b. April 13, 1936
San Angelo, Tom Green Co. ,
Texas Farming with his son
Neal, on the Westbrook
"old home place".

Married Aug. 6, 1955
Delano, Calif.
Methodist Church

Barbara Lee Grogan

b. Sept. 12. 1937

in Delano, Calif. Dau of

Irving Louie and Amy

Frances (Post) Grogan

A. Marsha Kay Westbrook
b. May 29, 1956
Delano, Calif.

Married Apr. 17, 1976

Pixley, Calif.

United Brethern Church

James Doyle Williams III
b. Jan. 22, 1955 Tulare,
Ca. Tulare Dist. Hospital
son of James Doyle Jr.
and Doris June (Deatherage)
Williams

55

B. Sharon Lee Westbrook
b. Feb. 8, 1958
Delano, Calif.

Married Sept. 18, 1976

Pixley, Calif.

United Bretheren Church

Michael Gene Dollinger
b. April 24, 1957
Tulare, Calif. Tulare
Dist. Hospital son of
Donald Gene and Janice
DaVine (Goerts) Dollinger

C. Neal Ray Westbrook
b. Nov. 10, 1959
Delano, Calif.

Married Aug. 23, 1980

Pixley, Calif.

United Bretheren Church

Robin Rene Thompson
b. Nov. 3, 1961
Chula Vista, Calif.
Dau of Ben and Shirley
Easter Thompson

Sharon Neal Marsha

Raymond Lee & Barbara Lee ' s
Threesome

1979

couple left Sharon Lee Westbrook Dollinger

Michael Gene Dollinger
couple center James Doyle Williams III

Marsha Kay Westbrook Williams
couple right Neal Ray Westbrook

Robin Thompson Westbrook

3. Molly Annette Westbrook

b. Feb. 17, 1939

San Angelo, Texas Tom Green Co.

Living in Stockton, Calif. Apr. 1983

Married Sept. 2, 1961
Divorced Sept. 1969

^p/

Married 2nd July 3, 1971

John Los Schwammel
b. Sept. 20, 1938
Porterville, Calif.

Arthur Dennis Embertson
b. Aug. 18, 1942
Riverside, Calif, son
of Arthur and Lois
(Flint) Embertson
National Guard

Molly Annette Westbrook 1 mo.

56

A. Tia Annette Schwammel
b. Oct. 30, 1967 (adopted)
Hanford, Calif.

b. Kim Marie Embertson
b. July 20, 1973
Stockton, Calif.

4. Donald Wayne Westbrook

b. Oct. 29, 1940

in San Angelo, Texas

Has his own business in

accounting in Visalia,

Calif.

Married Nov. 4, 1967

Donna Mary Sinor Hinkens
b. Aug. 10, 1936
in Phoenix, Ariz, dau
of J.D. and Oruia
(Mitchell) Sinor

A. Anton Albert Westbrook

b. Feb. 27, 1957

in Merced, Calif. (Fresno)

adopted by Donald

Nov. 14, 1968 in Visalia,

Calif. Judge Locke Presiding

Service in Germany

Married Dec. 1, 1979
Pasa Robles, Calif.

Stacie Palla

b. Oct. 20, 1960-1

Pasa Robles, Calif.

dau of John and Marilyn

Palla

B. Ronald Ray Westbrook

b. April 13, 1958

in Fresno, Calif.

adopted by Donald

Nov. 14, 1968

in Visalia, Calif.

Judge Locke presiding

June 11, 1983

Karen Schroeder

57

Bonnie Lee

Opa 1 Lena

Reprinted Maf. 1982

58

Laura & Opal

59

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F. Garth Rupert Battles

b. Sept. 9, 1917

in Texas

WWII U. S. Navy

r*.

Married July 17, 1937
San Angelo, Texas
Divorced

60

Maxine King
b. Nov. 25, 1919
d. Dec. 19, 1976
Delano, Calif-
Buried Delano Cemetery
Delano, Calif.

Garth Rupert Battles
Carlsbed, near San
Angelo, Tom Green Co.

Tpvac;

1. Archie King Battles
b. June 3, 1938
Tulare, Calif.

Married June 27, 1958
Pixley, Calif.

Sharon Taylor
b. June 2, 1938
Tulare Hospital,
Tulare, Calif, dau
of Budd & Luda Taylor

A. Kimberly Diane Battles
b. Feb. 20, 1961
Tulare, Calif.

B. Kerry Ann Battles
b. Dec. 5, 1968
San Jose, Calif.

2. Marshal Earl Battles
b. Sept. 11, 1939
Delano, Calif.
U.S. Navy 3 years

Marshal
1949

Married Apr. 17,
Delano, Calif.

1958

Loretta Lou Brownlee
b. Feb. 22, 1942
Lindsay, Calif. dau of
Cecil and Ida Brownlee

» . .

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A. Robin Keith Battles
b. Sept. 15, 1958
Corpus Christi, Texas

B. Sandra Dee Battles
b. April 17, 1960
Delano, Calif.

Married

Kenneth Earl Melson

b.

in son of

Kenneth and Lily Melson

i Kenneth Earl Melson, Jr.

b.

in

ii Devin Paul Melson

b.

in

61

C. Sherri Lynn Battles
b. April 9, 1963
Delano, Calif.

Married

Marvin Ward

b.

in

D. Stacie Dawn Battles
b. May 6, 1964
Delano, Calif.

E. Shellie Ann Battles
b. July 30, 1965
San Jose, Calif.

F. Shannon Lee Battles
b. Sept. 15, 1966
San Jose, Calif.

G. Marshall Scott Battles
b. April 25, 1973
Tulare, Calif.

3 . Jimmy Ross Battles
b. May 1, 1941
Delano, Calif.

Jimmy
1949

(^

Married Aug. 31, 1964
Las Vegas, Nevada

Helen Marie Brown
b. Sept. 5, 1947
Clovis, Calif.

A. Jimmy Ross Battles, Jr.
b. Nov. 22, 1965
Fresno, Calif.

B. Tammie Marie Battles

b. Oct. 24, 1966

San Luis Obispo, Calif.

4. Dianna Gail Battles
b. March 24, 1949
Delano, Calif.

A. Bobby Urias, Jr.
b. May , 1968
in Tulare, Calif.

E. David Shawn Urias

b. Aug. , 1971

d. Nov. , 1974

Tragic accident in cotton gin

C. Charles Urias

b.

in

Married

G. Floyd Earl Battles

b. July 30, 1920

Santa Anna, Coleman Co. ,

Texas WWII U.S. Navy

12-22-1941 Feb. 3, 1945

Served in North Africa

a welder

d. Nov. 1, 1960

Cayucos , Calif.

Buried Cayucos Cemetery

Cayucos, Calif.

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Married Oct. 28, 1945

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b. Oct. 3, 1926
Cache , Oklahoma dau of
Robert Allen and Lillie
Eugene (Cothren) Watson

lAi

Floyd and Charles Spencer saw
each other one time in No. Africa
Floyd had RED beard.

Floyd Earl

1. Douglas Wayne Battles
b. Dec. 10, 1946
Oildale, Calif.
U.S. Army Apr. 10, 1966-
April 11, 1968

Married March 12, 1972
Cayucos, Calif.

Ruth Claudette Mercier
b. Feb. 13, 1949
National City, Calif, dau
of Edward John and Natalie
Gloria (Serpa) Mercier

A. Dylan Douglas Battles

b. March 1, 1975

San Luis Obispo, Calif.

B. Noah Joseph Battles

b. Dec. 14, 1977

San Luis Obispo, Calif.

2. Pamela Sue Battles
b. Oct. 12, 1948
in Oildale, Calif.

Married May 5, 1968
Divorced Oct. 12, 1972

Spencer Daniel Jensen
b. Jan. 24, 1949
in Omak, Washington

Married 2nd

Bruce Anderson
b. Jan. 21, 1949
in Modesto, Calif,
son of John and
Caroline Anderson

A. Amanda Lee Jensen
b. June 10, 1968

in Millington, Tenn.

B. Spencer Daniel Jensen II
b. Oct. 25, 1969

in San Luis Obispo, Calif.

C. John Joseph Anderson

b. Feb. 27, 1975

in San Luis Obispo, Calif.

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with Douglas & Pamela

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H. Forest John Reed Battles
b. May 18, 1923
Silver City, New Mexico
WWII U.S. Army

Married April 10, 1947

1. Laura Ellen Battles
b. June 3, 1948
in Delano, Calif.

Married Nov. 30, 1968

Christean Mae Howard

b. Jan. 29, 1926

in Wagoner, Okla.

d. Sept. 3, 1978

So. Lake Tahoe, Calif.

Buried Morro Bay, Calif.

Bud E. Stocking
b. Mar. 10, 1948
in San Luis Obispo,
Calif, son of James
and Alma Burs ton
Stocking U.S. Navy
Air Jet Mechanic
1968-1971

E.

A. Forest James Stocking

b. Dec. 20, 1973

San Luis Obispo, Calif.

B. Seth Justin Stocking

b. Feb. 7, 1976

San Luis Obispo, Calif.

2. Susan Lynn Battles
b. Nov. 27, 1950
Delano, Calif.

Married March 20, 1969
Divorced Apr. 19, 197 3

Joseph Michael Spellacy
b. Feb. 19, 1950
Taft, Calif.

Married 2nd June 17, 197 3
Salt Lake City, Utah

Richard David King
b. Aug. 24, 1950
in son of

Joel and Dorothy
Smalley King
1970-1976 Reserves
1980-1983 AF

A. Tobey Michale Spellacy
b. July 7, 1969
Penang, Malaysia

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B. Austin King
b. Jan. 12, 197 5
Lake Tahoe, Calif.

3. Forest John Reed Battles, Jr.

b. Feb. 6, 1957

in Crescent City, Calif.

d. Feb. 6, 1957

in Crescent City, Calif.

4. Crystal Gay Battles
b. Oct. 1, 1958
in Crescent City, Calif.
Living in San Bruno,
Calif. April 1983

66

Forest & Laura Battles
50th Wedding Anniversary
July 1957

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4. William Henry Cupps

A. Doris Izola Cupps
b. July 7, 1920 at home
near Santa Anna
Coleman Co., Texas

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Married June 30, 1940
Santa Anna, Texas

Reed Vance Cupps

Dixie Vio Baugh

Edmond Adolph Kelley
b. Dec. 20, 1913
Kaufman, Texas son of
Tom E. and Emma Belle
(Adams) Kelley

Adolph Helen Maxine Doris

1. Helen Maxine Kelley
b. Feb. 6, 1942
Santa Anna, Texas

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Married June 24, 1961

Odessa, Texas

Temple Baptist Church

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Norris Crowden Wright
b. Feb. 3, 1939
Menard , Menard Co . ,
Texas son of Norris,
and Mamie (Wells)
Wright

Marine Reserves 1956 -
1958 Medical Discharge
(Torn shoulder muscles)

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A. DeDee Kay Wright

b. Jan. 6, 1965

in Dallas, Dallas Co.

Texas

B. David Kyle Wright

b. Oct. 8, 1970

in Grand Prairie, Tarrant Co.

Texas

2. Betty Delores Kelley
b. Jan. 18, 1946
Santa Anna , Texas

Married June 15, 1965

Odessa, Texas

Temple Baptist Church

Charles Ernest Vaughn
b. Feb. 15, 1942
Des Moines , Iowa son of
Bill and Vie (Johnson)
Vaughn USAF 8 years

••«#

A. Charles Edmond Vaughn

b. April 3, 1966

Big Spring Air Force Base

Texas

B. Steven Lynn Vaughn
b. Feb. 3, 1970
Houston, Texas

3. Henry Lynn Kelley
b. Jan. 29, 1948
in Odessa, Texas

Married May 15, 1971
Midland, Texas

Brenda Joyce Hines
b. Aug. 13, 1949
in Midland, Texas
dau of Kenneth and
Barbara Hines (Stegall)

A. Susan Elaine Kelley

b. Apr. 8, 1980

in San Antonio, Bexar

Texas

73

B. Lee Vance Cupps
b. Dec. 14, 1921
at home Santa Anna
Coleman Co. , Texas
WWII U.S. Coast Guard
Lee for Gpa Baugh
Vance for Gpa Cupps

Married

Married 2nd June 2, 1951
Loving, New Mexico

i
The William Cupps Family

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Evelyn Haynes

b. June 29, 1921

in Coleman Co., Texas

d. May 22, 1941

at home Santa Anna ,

Texas Buried Clevland

Community Cemetery

Rachel Beatrice Dunlap
b. Nov. 13, 1923
in Kanawa, Oklahoma
dau of William Oliver
and Lola Frances
(Jennings) Dunlap

(3 1942

Father S Son Lee Vance & William H. Cupps

Reprinted June 1980

74

C. Era Juanita Cupps
b. Sept. 13, 1938
Santa Anna, Texas

Juanita 1953

1. John Thomas Naron, Jr.
b. Aug. 23, 1957
Santa Anna, Texas

Married Jan 1, 1956
Santa Anna, Texas

Married Mar. 24, 1979

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March 22, 1979

John Thomas Jr.
June 1958

A. John Thomas Naron III (Trey)
b. June 24, 1981
Hendrich Medical Center
Abilene, Texas

John Thomas Naron
b. Aug. 7, 1937
Brownwood, Texas
U.S. Army - Germany
1955-1957 Juanita
went to Germany also
while John was there
son of Johnny Vestal
and Geneva Berneice
(Lee) Naron

Deborah Denise Coyle
b. Jan. 3, 1958
in dau of

M/M S.D. Fellers

75

2. Janera Lee Naron
b. Aug. 21, 1959
Santa Anna, Texas

Married May 20, 1979
First Baptist Church
Ozona, Texas

Forest Ray Henderson

b.

in son of

M/M H. Ray Henderson

Ozona, Texas

A. Rachel Kathryn Henderson
b. sept. 20, 1981
Ozona, Texas

3. Jody Eugene Naron
b. May 16, 1962
in Santa Anna, Texas
Winner of the Am. Farmer
Degree presented by the
Nat'l Future Farmers of
America Nov. 1981

JODY NARON

4. Jennifer Vio Naron

b. Dec. 7, 1963

in Brownwood , Texas

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50th Wedding Anniversary Dec. 1969

Dons

William and Dixie Cupps
and grandchildren. Great
granddau DeDee Kay in blue
dress 1 to r Henry, Helen
and Delores - Jennifer,
Janera , John Thomas , Jodi
in white coat
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1 to r

Four Generations
DeDee Kay Wright Helen Maxine Kelley Wright

Doris Cupps Kelley Di^^^ Baugh Cupps

Mother and Daughters

Juanita Dixi Vio Doris

Doris

Lee Vance

80

Era Juanita and
John Thomas Naron
& Family

1 to r

Juanita holding Jennifer Vio Naron

John Thomas Naron

Janera Lee Naron

John Thomas Naron, Jr. & Jody Eugene Naron

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sent by Doris

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1 to r Doris; Theo Spencer: Loleita Lemes
Homer Willims, Lena Spencer Williami^ ^ „^ - ,
Frances Spencer holding Helen Maxine WMliams
10 mos. old ^

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40th Wedding Anniversary June 2a, iy30

Families 1 to r

Henry Lynn Kelley Brenda Joyce (Hines)

holding Susan Elaine Kelley

Charles Edmond Vaughn

Betty Delores (Kelley) Vaughn

Steven Lynn Vaughn

Doris & Adolph with David Kyle Wright

Helen Maxine (Kelley) Wright DeDee Kay

Wright Norris Crowder Wright

Kelley

82

1. Mary Lena Trowbridge

5. Elmer Roscoe Cupps

A. Evaline Imogene Cupps
b. April 13, 1917
Coleman Co. , Texas near
Santa Anna ,*i^"

h^ .■ Eval

Married May 24, 1934
Santa Anna, Texas

Farm on Trickham Road

ine 18 months old

Reed Vance Cupps

Loving Pauling Baugh

Casey 0. Herring
b. July 19, 1916
Coleman Co. , Texas
son of Ben b 7-1893
Coleman Co. , and
Bernice (Casey)
b. 4-22-1894 Santa
Anna, Texas Herring
[Kit and Ada (Love)
Casey]

1. Elisabeth Charlene Herring
b. April 14, 1937 Coleman Co.
near Santa Anna, Texas

Married Nov. 3, 1955

Jimmy Schulle
b. Nov. 3, 1931
Coleman Co. , Texas
son of Phillip Fritz
b. Lockhart, Texas and
Euna Lanol (Athins)
b. July 26, 1900
Salado near Temple,
Texas, Schulle

A. Rebecca Joan Schulle
b. April 1, 1957
Coleman Co. , Texas

Married Aug. 20, 1976
Odessa, Texas

James Lewis Lunsford, Jr.
b. Nov. 10, 1957
Odessa, Ector Co.,
Texas son of James
Lewis b. 2-15-1936
and Maylene (Phillips)
Lunsford b. 9-27-1942

i James Lewis Lunsford III (Trey)
b. May 25, 1978-9
Odessa, Texas

B. Connie Ranee Schulle
b. July 12, 1958
Coleman Co., Texas

Married Sept. 17, 1976
Odessa, Texas

David Elder
b. Jan. 23, 1958
Aberdeen. Hartford Co.,
Maryland son of James
Lamar, b. 2-7-1923
Stanman, Ga . and Eleowese
(Moss) b. 2-19-1927
Dallas, Texas Elder

C. James Craig Schulle
b. Oct. 3, I960
Coleman Co. , Texas

D. Doyle Gene Schulle
b. Aug. 20, 1964
Coleman Co. , Texas
Graduated from High
School, Odesa, Texas
May 27 , 1982

2. Kenneth Casey Herring

b. Oct. 2, 1939

Santa Anna, Coleman Co.,

Texas

GENE SCHULLE

Married Dec. 21, 1957
Concord , Brown Co . ,
Texas
Divorced

Married 2nd Oct. 25, 1979

Freddie Geer

b. Oct. 31, 1939

Coleman Co. , Texas

Arvella Ewing

b.

in Okla. dau of

Arval and Els a Simpson

A. Kenmarie Kay Herring
b. Dec. 13, 1958
Coleman, Texas

Married April 25, 1981

Monard Arthur Matz
b. Jan. 26, 1951
Odessa, Texas son
of Johnnie C. and
Patrica Ann (Kendell)
Matz

B. Johnna Faye Herring
b. April 22, 1960
Brownwood , Texas

Married Sept. 1, 1979
Odessa, Texas

Danny Gibson

b.

in

i Daniel Lee Gibson
b. June 19, 1982
Odessa, Texas

3. Dale Wayne Herring
b. Sept. 28, 1950
Santa Anna , Texas

Married Jan. 16, 1971
Divorced 19

Jeanie Ellen Wheat
b. June 21, 1952
Coleman Co. , Texas

A. Peter Lance Herring
b. Aug. 11, 1971
Odessa, Texas

B. Jeffery Lynn Herring
b. Oct. 18, 1972

84

C. Elixabeth Gay Herring
b. Oct. 15, 1962
Brownwood , Texas

D. Max Ray Herring
b. Oct. 5, 1963
Brownwood, Texas
Graduated from
Permian Hi School
Odessa, Texas May 25,
1982

4. Pamela June Herring
b. Jan 4, 1953
Coleman, Texas

Married Dec.l, 1982
Lubbock , Texas

Alton Gillit

b.

in Lubbock, Texas

Married May 19, 1973

David C. Morgan
b. Aug. 7, 1954
Washington, D.C.
adopted son of Gustana
and LaRue (Curry) Morgan

A. John David Morgan
b. Sept. 6, 1973
Dallas, Texas

85

B. Rachel William Cupps
b. May 16, 1918
Coleman Co., Texas near
Santa Anna WWII U.S. Navy
Jan. 14, 1944-Jan. 19, 1946
Aviation Metalsmith Machinest
3rd Class Served on the USS
Aircraft Carrier Randolph
15 monts overseas took part
the first Carrier raids on
Tokyo, Iwo Jima & Okinawa
Awarded 3 Bronze Stars

Married Nov. 24, 1937
Brownwood, Texas

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Rachel William Cupps

Raymon Virgil Cupps

Clara Docia Genz
b. July 18, 1921
Coleman Co. , Texas
dau of Gus and
Rose (Martin) Genz

] . Carylon Frances Cupps

b. July 2, 1940

Santa Anna, Coleman Co.,

Texas

Married Aug. 23, 1959
Bangs, Brown Co., Texas

Ernest Anderson Covey
b. Jan. 3, 1938
Brownwood , Texas son of
Fred and Estelle (Sikes)
Covey

A. Jo Linda Covey

b. Feb. 11, 1963

Las Cruces, New Mexico

adopted by Ernest and

Carylon Covey

B. Patricia Ranee Covey
b. March 3, 1965
New Orleans, La.
adopted by Ernest and
Carylon Covey

C. Michael Ernest Covey
b. Aug. 12, 1967
Houston, Texas
adopted by Ernest and
Carylon Covey

86

2. Patsy Darlene Cupps
b. Nov. 14, 1942
Santa Anna, Texas

Married Aug. 26, 1961

Brown V. Brooke
b. April 28, 1941
Santa Anna, Texas son
of Coy and Merril
(Brown) Brooke

A. Susan Rachele Brooke
b. June 7, 1962
Brownwood , Texas

Married Apr. 12, 1980
Comanche , Texas
Pearl Street Church
of Christ

Lionel Jim Wilson
b.

in son of

Gary Jim and Geneva
(Richmon) Wilson

i Melanie Brooke Wilson

b. Feb. 26, 1981

De Leon Hospital De Leon,

Texas

ii Jason Jim Wilson
b. July 16, 1982
Commanche, Texas

B. Shala Kay Brooke

b. May 11, 1965

in Brownwood , Texas

C. Jeffery Ron Brooke
b. Sept. 24, 1971
in Houston, Texas

3. Billy Don Cupps
b. May 26, 1947
Santa Anna, Texas

Married Sept. 2, 1967
Divorced 1982

Jean Robinette
b. Sept. 18, 1948
Santa Anna, Texas
dau of Robert and
Maggie (Cope)
Robinette

A. Kasha Donn Cupps
b. Nov. 16, 1973
Brownwood, Brown Co.
Texas

C. Thelma Marie Cupps

b. Feb. 6, 1920

Santa Anna, Coleman Co.,

Texas Compiler of the John

Lewis Cupps' Family of

17 children

Married June 30, 1938
Santa Anna, Texas

Thelma

Charlie Woodrow Fleming
b. Sept. 19, 1915
Brice, Texas son of
John Franklin and Verdie
Lee (Curry) Fleming

Charlie S. Thelma

? 1964

1. Charlie Ray Fleming
b. June 17, 1939
Santa Anna, Texas

Married June 26, 1958
Trickham, Texas

Frances Stearns
b. Feb. 23, 1939
Brookesmith, Texas
dau of Robert and
Florence (Grant)
Stearns

A. Leslie Ray Fleming
b. Sept. 25, 1965
Abilene, Texas

B. Christopher Ray Fleming
b. Aug. 5, 1974
Alice, Texas

2. Peggy Ann Fleming

b. May 21, 1940

in Santa Anna, Texas

Married Dec. 11, 1955 Kenneth Dwayne Sikes
Oklahoma b. July 25, 1938

in Brown Co. , Texas
Indian Creek son of
William A. and Neoma
(McMullen) Sikes

88

A. Rodney Dwayne Sikes
b. Oct. 6, 1957
in Lindsay, Okla .

USMC

Married March 14, 1981
Peoples ' Church
Breckenridge, Texas

Julia Diane (Bo) Chaney
b. April 9, 1959
in Breckenridge, Texas
dau of M/M Elmer Chaney
of Breckenridge, Texas

B. Randy Lee Sikes
b. Aug. 28, 1959
Brownwood, Texas

Married Oct. 30, 1982
Howard Payne
University Chapel

Ann Marie Pennington
b. Nov. 2, 1960
in Maryland dau of
Herbert Franklin and
Donna (Drowns) Penningtc

PENNINGTON - SKES - Ann Marie Pennington's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Franklin Pennington of
Corpus Christi, have announced the engagement and
approaching marriage of their daughter to Randy Lee
Sikes, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Sikes of Bangs. The
bride-elect is a senior secondary education major at
Howard Payne University, Academy of Freedom, and
a member of Gamma Beta Phi and Pi Ganuna Mu. Her
fiance was a 1982 magna cum laude graduate of HPU,
Academy of Freedom, with a major in history and a
minor in political science. He is presently employed at
South Park Development Center as recreation direc-
tor The wedding is to take place at 2 p.m. on Oct. 30 in
the HPU chapel with Dr. Wallace Roark officiating.
Friends and relatives arc invited to attend.

C. Ivy Lynn sikes
b. Dec. 23, 1960
Brownwood , Texas

Michael Gene Hitchcock of
Brownwood and Ivy Lynn Sikes of
Bangs were united in marriage
April 23. 1979 at the iiome of
Ivy's grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Charlie Fleming, at 2 p.m. in the
afternoon.

Ivy is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Kenneth Sikes of Bangs

3

Married Apr. 22, 1979
at the home of her
grandparents Charlie
and Thelma Fleming

Michael Gene Hitchcock

b. Jan. 19, 1960

in son of

Gene and Peggy (Hinesle;

Hitchcock

89

i James Michael Hitchock
b. July 6, 1981
Brownwood , Brown Co. ,
Texas

D. Roger Woodrow Sikes
b. July 14, 1962
Brownwood, Texas

E. Iris Ann Sikes
b. Nov. 16, 1963
Brownwood, Texas

Married June 6, 1982
Bangs , Texas at the
home of her parents
Peggy and Kenneth
Sikes

Glen Scott Cook
b. March 7, 1962
Dallas, Texas son of

and
Sherrie (Anderson) Cook

3. Margie Marie Fleming
b. Feb. 19, 1945
Santa Anna, Texas

Married June 8, 1963
Cleveland Church of Christ

William Thomas Molden
b. Jan. 2, 1944
Omaha, Nebraska son of
James Howard 7-4-1919-
1-14-1971 Sioux City,
Iowa and Louise Marie
(Desjarlais) Molden
4-18-1911-12-12-1971
Gregory, So. Dakota

A. Douglas Wayne Molden
b. July 22, 1965
Ft. Worth, Texas

B. Kellie Marie Molden
b. June 16, 1973
Ft. Worth, Texas

C. Sandra Kay Molden
b. Feb. 22, 1977
in Ft. Worth, Texas

90

Charlie & Thelma's Family

1 to r Peggy Ann Fleming Sikes
Charlie Woodrow Fleming
Thelma Marie Cupps Fleming
Charlie Ray Fleming
Margie Marie Fleming Molden

91

D. Rayition Virgil Cupps
b. April 17, 1921
Coleman Co., Texas
His initials stand for
Gpa Reed Vance Cupps
WWII U.S. Navy March 27,
1942 Dallas, Texas
Discharged Sept. 1945
at Camp Wallace, Texas.
Served on the USS
Springfield one year
beginning 9th Sept. 1944
Gunners Mate 3rd Class T-6
N S N R N I S San Diego,
San Diego, Calif. USS
Promcihues, USS Sp ron,
NTS Newport, Rhode Island
His Ship was in the Convoy to
protect the United States
President Franklyn Delano
Roosevelt on his trip for
the Big Three Meeting at Yalta
Churchill, Stalin and our
President Roosevelt
His Ship's Station was usually
about 1000 yards from the
ship carrying The President

Married Aug. 11, 1947
Brownwood , Texas

Ella Lee Stephens Hendrix
b. Aug. 27, 1920
Brice, Hall Co., Texas
dau of Arthur and Mary
(Munsel) Stephens
d. April 2, 1977 at home
Trickham Rt. , Santa Anna,
Texas. Buried Cleveland
Community Cemetery
Coleman Co., near Santa
Anna, Texas

1. Raymond Don Cupps
b. July 11, 1948
Brownwood , Texas

A Jerry Don Cupps
b. June 1, 1969
Brownwood, Texas

B. Joey Lynn Cupps
b. Dec. 16, 1970
Brownwood , Texas

Married June 1, 1968

Doris Marie Moore
b. March 7, 1949
Coleman Co. , Texas
dau of Floyd and
Bonnie (Traylor) Moore

summer 1959

Raymond Don & Jimmy Hendrix
92

2. David Lynn Cupps
b. Jan. 7, 1955
Brownwood, Texas
d. Oct. 30, 1974
Cotton Center, New
Mexico near Roswell

Working near powerpole and was
electrocuted. Buried Cleveland
Community Cemetery, Santa Anna,
Coleman Co. , Texas

3. Judy Elaine Cupps
b. Nov. 24, 1956
Brownwood , Texas

Married May 29, 1977
Odessa, Texas

Robert Lutes
b. Jan. 1, 1954
San Francisco,
Calif, son of Warren
and Lois { ) Lutes

A. Angle Mae Lutes
b. Dec. 26, 1979
Odessa, Ector Co., Texas

B. Sally Dawn Lutes
b. Oct. 12, 1981
in Odessa, Texas

4. Royce Gene Cupps
b. Aug. 24, 1959
in Brownwood, Texas

93

Ella's children by a previous marriage:

1. Louise Hendrix
b. Nov. 28, 1941
Brovm Co. , Texas

Married
Divorced

Married 2nd

Lloyn Hammonds

b.

Coleman Co. Texas

Jim Vaughn
b. Dec.l, 1933
in Ark. son of
Dewey and Ruby
(Mathews) Vaughn

A. Terresa Jean Hammonds
b. Sept. 4, 1959
Brown Co. Texas

Married July 30, 1977
Dallas, Texas

Norman Wayne Chandler
b. May 3, 1956
Deming, New Mexico
son of Leon and Kathleen
(Hobbs) Chandler

i Norman Wayne Chandler, Jr.
b. Aug. 7, 1977
Dallas, Texas

B. Troy James Hammonds-Vaughn
b. May 22, 1962
Coleman Co., Texas
USMC June 4, 1981 Corp.

C. Mary Pauline Hammonds-Vaughn
b. March 30, 1963
Coleman Co., Texas

D. Dewey Lynn Hammonds-Vaughn
b. April 29, 1964
Coleman Co. , Texas
Service Aug. 9, 1983 E3

2. Jimmy Hendrix

b. Dec. 30, 1943

Brownwood, Texas

USA 17 years Master Sgt.

Lives in Colorado

94

E. Sidney Darrel Cupps
b. Aug. 19, 1923
Coleman Co. , Texas near
Santa Anna WWII U.S. Navy
July 5, 1944- Nov. 26, 1947
Boatsman Mate 3rd Class
Served on USS ALGOL-
A K A 6 July 1946 - Oct.
1946. His Ship made an
expedition to Northern
tip of America to Point
Barrow, 1,015 miles
through icebergs larger than
the Ship, to one point of
900 miles of the North Pole.
Served on Yard Tug Boat 498
in Japan — Dry Dock to Guam
own power to USA taking 101
days going by Bikini Atoll and
ships that were in Atomic Bomb
tests. Took a tow to Pearl
Harbor Left for USA and Long
Beach Calif. Discharged in
Seattle, Washington

Married March 13, 1953
Trichkam, Texas

Docia Lee (Lucille) Wells
b. Nov. 4, 1929
Coleman Co., Texas dau of
John Richard and Elmer
(Shields) Wells
d. Nov. 23, 1982 heart
attack Brownwood
Regional Hospital.
Hurried Cleveland
Community Cemetery

Sidney Darrel Cupps

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1. Richard Elmer Cupps
b. March 4, 1954
Coleman Co. Texas

2. Sydney Lea Cupps
b. Sept. 9, 1959
Coleman Co. , Texas

Married Aug. 21, 1980
Brownwood , Texas

Bob Burleson

b. March 14, 1954

son of
M/M Jack Burleson

A Justin Darrel Cupps
b. June 7, 1978
Brownwood, Texas

B. Ricky Arcel Burleson
b. June 23, 1981
Regional Hospital
Brownwood , Brown Co . ,
Texas

Bobby Jo Burleson
b. July 7, 1974

dau of
Bob Burleson

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F. Ovella Carylon Cupps
b. Jan. 16, 1925
Coleman Co., Texas

Married Jan. 29, 1944
Brownwood, Texas

Ovella
1945

J.E. Williams

1. Jay Russell Williams

b. Sept. 11, 1967

adopted by J E . & Ovella

Williams

Houston, Texas

Russell is also interested

in and participates in all

school activities and Future

Farmers of America. Winner

of the Dec. 29, 1979

Reserve Champion Barrow

John Earl Williams
b. July 20, 1921
Coleman Co., Texas son of
John Wesley, and Willie
Bea (Ferguson) Williams
J.E. has lived in
Coleman Co. all his life
except the time in the
U. S. Army Jan 11, 1945 -
Nov. 28, 1946. Served in
the Phillipines and Kobe,
Japan Sgt. A farmer and
Civic minded "Booster"
in helping with Community
Activities

Jay Russell Williams Age 15, 1982
Freshman Santa Anna Hi School

G. Harrel Roscoe Cupps
b. May 31, 1927
Coleman Co., Texas
d. Aug. 17, 1980 a
horrible two-vehicle
accident. Harrel' s panel
truck was broadsided by
a '71 Mercury Buried
Cleveland Community
Cemetery, Coleman Co.,
Texas

Married Aug.
Coleman Co. ,
Mullin

28, 1947 Betty Joyce Wagner
Texas b. May 11, 1931

Coleman Co. Texas dau of
Silas and Myrtle (Perry)
Wagner. Grdau of Wm. H.
Perry and Minerva Parlee
(Dragoo) Perry and
Fredrich Ernst Wagner
and Theodocia Amanda
(Thornton) Wagner

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1. Harrel Machael Cupps
b. April 17, 1951
Brownwood , Texas

Married Aug. 23, 1968
Divorced 1981

Annita Pauline Rhodes
b. April 1953
Abilene, Texas dau of
Dusty, and Violet (Hull)
Rhodes

A. Sherrie Lynn Cupps
b. March 22, 1969
Br ownwood , T exa s

B. Michael Shane Cupps
b. Feb. 29, 1976
Brovmwood , Texas

2. Regina Sue Cupps
b. Oct. 12, 1955
Brownwood, Texas

Married Aug. 16, 1975
Santa Anna, Texas
Assembly of God Church
by Rev. James Ford

Danny Walker

b. Jan. 21, 1956

Coleman Co., Texas

son of W. Howard and

Violet (Waggoner)

Walker

A. Tonya Renea Walker
b. Aug. 24, 1982
Abilene, Texas

Janice Dianna Cupps
b. Feb. 8, 1962
Brownwood, Texas

Married Aug. 8, 1980
First Assembly of God
Church Santa Anna , Texas

Curtis Fellers
b. Aug. 13, 1961
in son of

James Edward and Estelle
(Hanna) Fellers

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H. Eunice Inez Cupps
b. June 22, 1929
Coleman Co. , Texas
"I guess I've always
loved the big live-oak
tree in the So. West Corner
of the place [Her Parents'
old home place] over on the
hill by the Hays and Jackson
places. Our kidos love it too.
Rand always takes the kidos
over there to climb and play
on it. We've done some work
on the house , enough to get
by but it needs lots more.
Emmett is a country guy and
really loves it."

Married Nov. 28, 1947
Brownwood , Texas

Emmett Gwendolen Terry
b. May 31, 1927
Comanche , Texas son of
Oscar Hill and Delia
(Griffith) Terry U. S.
Sept. 24, 1945 to Jan.
1947 . Served 10 months
in Korea

Arm^
29,

Emmett & Eunice Terry
Feb. 15, 1976

1. Sherrill Gwendolyn Terry
b. Feb. 20, 1951
Coleman Co. , Texas

Married Sept. 20, 1970
at home Ft. Worth, Tex.

Rand Parry Carlson
b. June 24, 1948
Buffalo, New York son of
Floyd Williams and Evelyn
Katherine (Neuberg)
Carlson. Floyd Williams
was one of the first
Helicopter Test Pilots
His name is in the
Aviation Hall of Fame

A. Maria Darlene Carlson
b. July 14, 1974

Ft. Worth, Texas

B. Terry Wayne Carlson

B. Terry Wayne Carlson
b. July 2, 1976
Ft. Worth, Texas

2. Cynthia Pauline Terry
b. April 19, 1954
Coleman, Texas

Married June 12, 1981
Houston, Texas

Jack Russell Bryant, Jr.
b. March 2, 195
Harlingen, Texas son of
Jack Russell, Sr. and
Eleanor (Lovelace) Bryant

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A. Jennifer Kay Bryant
b. April 3, 1983 10:11 AM
Humble, Texas near Houston
Her Grparents Eunice and
Emmett were attending the
Cupps' Easter Hunt Reunion

3. Tawana Sue Terry
b. May 5, 1960
Ft. Worth, Texas

Emmett & Eunice Terry
and their daughters
seated Tawana Sue
standing Cynthia & Sherrill

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standing Sherrill

1 to r Cynthia & Tawana

J. Hazel Jean Cupps

b. Feb. 16, 1931

at home Coleman Co . ,

Married Dec. 30, 1954
Brownwood, Texas

Texas

1 . Rocky Lee Cox
b. Feb. 18, 1956
Brownwood , Texas

Frank Ira Cox
b. April 5,1930
Brown Co. , Texas
Air Force Feb. 14,
1952 - Feb. 15, 1956
Served in France SSgt.

Rocky 2 1/2 years

2 . Rhonda Kay Cox
b. Jan. 6, 1959
Plainview, Texas

Married Jan. 14, 1982

Steve Ingram
b. May 11, 1956
CXiessa, Texas son of
Wm. A. and June
(Hudspeth) Ingram

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Cupps 1975

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Dan, Evaline, Jean, Harrel
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Top row: Virgil, Evaline holding Eunice, Thelma & Rachel
Front row: Darrel , Harrel & Ovella

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& Thelma 1929

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Cousins ;

Frances Spencer & Virgil

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ClUM'S' F\MH,V 1 ASTKH PICMC

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tried !o Ik'. ;ih iiciiii ;i1e :i jMiSsjble on llii.s liislorv liiil (piile |iroli,dil\ some njiues ,ind d.rles
li.i\e lieon overlooked iirtd ;ire wrori''.

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Mrs. Elinvr Cu[>ps 'PaiiUiw. Muinn, CrniiJiiid. Cmil Cuiniliiin iiiiil iWniuliun (\iit\i\\ iins lln-
Iftidvr and ffiidiii^ sfiiiil i>l ihr I tiiijn, iUishr jiiiiiii . Mi-nmrn-s /<>/> ii:iil litis nj IIhiii us IIh-
cbildnn bc^iit U> nuirry and coinv limh lioiiir. i)ii l\,isli-r in ///«■ ri/r/v jurliv^ \lic JiMit dinm-r
and would lul}t Ihr lilllv (!;rnndtliildrcn hunt ImsI>i c^s nrniind Ihc jilmv. On l.n'-i I nsln
Sundays dttrinf^ the war, lunv sliv lid!. id ami nonld iiitrrv uhuiil Iht Imv^ sn Jm Jmni linmr.

How she iniisl hare cnjoy<d lliosc idcnirs in the l.itr forties ami llir fifltcs lirr fnmili
"rowing by Ivajis. 'the ln)\ s hem^ lioim- jroni lite war mm. \e/r luihies nil hn- lime. Unie she
would I ook for a neeic licjore llie i'.nsler jiii nii ami huv I'nsler ei^\ In Ihr ^ml. Jnll.

It was Grandma's house thai the family uumld slu/i on Hie leny Jiom Churrh to l!ie erei I, «i/
wherever the /xVn/r uius to rhaiifie elullies ele. She uould jiimii rrjhl in nnd -^el I'le
ernndehildren all ready jor lite hif^ day. (Irandiiui Cujifis was the one llm! I.enl the /i/i ///<•
^oiii^.

flow she was loved and rfs/xN/cJ hr her ehddren, in laws and ■jrandi hitdien.

Memories l>\ the llma'iiinils

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'COMMENTS" - 19 76

I have enjoyed working up this ,"Lhang" on the Cupps' Easr.er pi cue, I
am sure It vii i\ le a besc seller soon.

Thanks to everyone who has contributed material etc. Thanks especially
to Pegey, Margie and Thelma. Peg,r>y for the research ol tlie old copies
of the Santa Anna Mews and, looking through old pictures. Mjigie ior
pitting Che stories tngiither imd dnln« Mu- i yp i nj; uh.; ii.iJ a luiidicir)
trying to read and -nake since out ot my writing, thanl> s again M.ii-i.-.

I received a letter 1 rom Cynthia Terry and would Hko to sliare a part
ol It with you. ...

All of the Easter picnics have been special Co me. I enjoy jusi. getting
Logecher and seeing everyone. The Easter picnic have alwasy been special
bacanse everybody is there and is happy ( the lood is always greai).
I don't guess I've ever said it but T really appreciate \'(>u']I bavin;
this every year, it has always been lots of fun and nnthing i '^ going lo
k.;ep me from going. (taken from Cindy's letter)

The Cupps' Easter picnic i '; viell into the fourth generation. The 'liiid
generation of Easter egg hunters, Eunice and Jean having repr ■ se-nt ■ .1 Lhe
firsC generation, Charlene the first of the second generation and KM.iell
bringing up th(; rear. Joan the first of the third genera' i m.

The' Cupps Eiister picnics have been lots. of fun with alol of good peoi'le,
I hope there will be a lot more.

Mav Cod's blesr. ings be on the Cujips' family.

Some' things' hit ve changed with the Cupps' Family Easter f)irnjc over the
years but the rest room facilities have remained Lhe .^ame, HIDI' iiEIIIN'p
A BUSH.

Char] ;.e

^fU^i'C-^

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. MEMORIES

ELMER ROSCOE CUPPS

6-23-1897 3-15-1978

•TAD" "GRANPAr"

Didn't anyone enjoy those early picnic, anymore than
Grandad. What-ever games, that were being played, dominoes
baseball, croquet, what-ever. Grandad was right In the middle
of It.

As the Grandkids came along, they found out that Grandad like
white Easter eggs. A lot of the Grandkids can remember pick-
ing out their white Easter eggs for Grandaid .

As time went along Grandad didn't make all of the picnic, but
he did make most of the later picnic and enjoyed hls-self .
Grandad had a big time at the 1970 picnic, with all nine children
present .

Grandad never missed a Easter Sunday or any Sunday at Church.

With the passing of Grandad, the first generation of the picnic
comes to a end .

If all of Grandad family should show up for the 1979 picnic,
there would be 102. What a wonderful hereditary to pass on.
Grandad was very proud of his family.

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Sherril Carlson twisted her ankle in one of the
balloon games. Jeff Herring got into stickers
and had a time pulling them out. Kellie broke
out in a rash.

The 1981 Picnic was jolly and a -.Tiice gathering.
I enjoyed seeing the new babys because we seem
to be decreasing each year. The more the merrier
for the Easter Egg and Treasure hunts. They are
really fun. Charlie sure is imaginative with the
clues.- Rene Elder

The association was impeccable Craig Schulle

I enjoyed the 1981 picnic very much, I was a grand-
mother for the first time. Mellie Wilson was 2 mts.
old. She has to be the cutest, sweetest little baby
I've ever seen. I had sad feelings in my heart this
year. I knew we would never have another picnic with
Harrell. I love all my uncles but Harrell had a special
place in my heart. I can remember when I was very
little and my Daddy had to leave us to serve our
country. I was too young to understand what it
was all about but I can remember I just "had to have
a Daddy" and it didn't take me long to decide Preacher
would do just fine. ITe ate his dessert before meals
like I i/^ould do, saved my toes from being stuck with
a fork (because I put my feet on the table). Carried
me home and washed me up after I was black as a negro
from lightening striking our stove pipe. He did give
me a spanking once, but it really didn't hurt. I loved
him and will miss his smile. In Memory of Harrell Roscoe
Cupps; Born May 31,1927Died Aug. 17, 1930 • Son of
Elmer and Pauline, Husband of Betty Joyce, Father of
Michael, Reginia, and Janice; Grandfather to Sherry
and Shane Cupps. Brother of Rachel, Virgil, Darrel,

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Evaline, Thelma; Eunice, Jean, and Ovella.

I have enjoyed writing these memos for the
Treasure Book. It has been fun and also sad,
ironic as it may be this is the 40th picnic and
I will be 40 this Year. I like the sound of twice
twenty better. I want to thank Brown for helping
me get this together and everyone who contributed
to these pages of memories Patsy Cupps Brooke

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1982 "Cupps" Easter Picnic y^ p^^^^ /y^^

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Easter '82 blew in like a norther & felt like one too.' Jean s Frank
rolled in with their trailer s Russell Williams, Frank Williams, & James
Hartman pitched their tent for the stay. The coal shoveling began around 10:30
Friday night after wood from all around had been hauled s piled high. Those
shoveling coals were David Morgan & Jimmy Schulle. Rocky Cox rolled in that
night in his 18 wheeler s Billy Don came by later to put the meat on to cook.
Without the sleepless nights of the above mentioned guys, our tummies would not
witness the pleasure of the delious B-BQ.

Charlie & Thelma had the grounds manicured. They must have started on them
about Monday morning after the 81 Easter picnic. I think I can speak for the 98
peaple in attenance — that without their long hard work we would all have an empty
spot in our hearts. We all love you all for your dedication to the picnic.

Saturday morning more & more folks came in-in ones, twos, bunches. I be-
lieve this year proved to be the largest reunion recorded. But it still can be

increased as of April 12th, 1982 we have 113 Cupps family members. I be-

it was stated at this picnic we will have three new members to the "Cupps" clan;
Regina (Cupps) Walker, Susan (Brooks) Wilson, & Johna Fay (Herring) Gibson are all
expecting additions to their families. By noon it was cold but we all still
enjoyed the great B-BQ & all the trimings that the ladies are so good at fixin.
After the lunch the tables were cleared s the Easter Bunnies began their egg hidin.
Easter Bunnies this day were: Margie golden, Peggy Sikes, Delores Vaughn, Joan

Lunsford, s Pam Morgan. Oh there were sooo many eggs. The children had gone

to Billy Don's to j\mip on the tram-o-line & to play basketball. All really en-
joyed that. Trey Lunsford said he went to jump on the " jump-o-line" . Well,
when the pickups came back they ran over a few of the eggs that the bunnies left.
Those hunting eggs were: Trey Lunsford, John Morgan, Peter & Jeff Herring, James
Hitchcock ( the youngest I think), Kellie & Sandy Molden, Kasha Cupps, Frank
Williams, Russell Williams, James Hartman, Justin, Bobbie Jo, s Ricky Burleson, &
Maria & Terry Carlson. Terry found the prise egg & got a chocolate bunny for it.
Some were trying to talk him out of it but he was holding on to it pretty tight.
Craig Schulle made dinosaur eggs for the smaller ones to find during the egg
hunt. I wonder if the cave children hunted dino eggs?

After the egg hunt the games were started. The water ballon toss was the

first game well with the temperature around 40^ some were kind of leary to

have the ballons thrown at theiji. Doug & Iris were the chmapions of the ballon
toss. The neat game was the ballon popping contest. Team 2 won the game 2 times

in a row.' \ \ I think it was rigged cause a lot of the chairs fell over with

the other teams? Charlene had a game of pin the tail on the "rabbit". There
was a lot of swinging, see-sawing, & baseball playing. The 42 tables were set up
for some serious playing. Never did find out who the champion was.

We had a new thing brought to picnic this year; that being the display of
pictures. We had pictures from way back up to the present. It was interesting
to see how & what changes in people had been over the years. A lot of memories
were brought back to reality with those phots. Hope everyone got their pictures
back.

The Saturday evening weiner & marshmellow roast was held around the big fire.
The temperature had dropped so the fires sure did feel good. Staying over to
help with keeping the fires going for the B-BQ were Billy Don, Rocky, Ricky, Jimmy,
& David. I think these guys might have gotten a little damp during the night.

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At the Church Services Siinday morning were 54 family & friends, 2 rabbits
of Kasha's & Thelma's dog. Those attending to hear Jack Bryant's sermon (Cindy
Terry's husband) ot "Prayer" were: Bill & Eppie Lowery, Bea Cupps, Steve Ingram,
Rhonda, Jean, Frank, Emmitt, Eunice, Tawana, Cindy, Rand, Sherrill, Maria, Terry,
Darrel, Lucille, James Hartman, Frank Williams, J.E., Ovella, Russell, Billy Don,
Kasha, Browne, Patsy, Shala, Jeffery, Jolinda Covey, Vickie Cummings, Rachel, Clara
Pam, John, Charlene, Jimmy, Gene, James, Joan, Trey, Casey, Evaline, Marlina
Pearce, Rodney, Bo Sikes, Glen Cook, Kenneth, Peggy, Iris, Margie, Sandy, Kellie,
Doug, Charlie, & Thelma. The song service was conducted by Emmitt, & Browne.
It was a great Easter Service. Thanks to all who took part in it.

After the Church Service, everyone began setting up the tables, moving the
chairs, s preparing the food tables. We had a bountiful B-BQ lunch with all the
trimmimgs possible. Shortly after lunch a baseball game was started. Some of
the guys & gals were dragged away from the table to play. No tiem to let the
food settle at the "Cupps" Picnicsli: Those playing ball were Craig Schulle,
Gene Schulle, Russell Williams, Frank Williams, James Hartman, Rand Carlson,
Rodneys Bo Sikes, Roger, David, Jolinda Covey, Vickie Cummings, Shala Brooks,
Jeffery Brooks, & Rocky Cox. An egg hunt was held & a walk to the big tree.
It took seven people holding hands to go around the big oak tree. One of the
groups going got lost but soon all was back together at the picnic grounds.

After the trip to the tree, the business meeting was held. A suggestion box
had been placed on the table on Saturday rooming & the suggestions were read at
the meeting & discussed. Here was one of the suggestions: "I feel that the
yotinger men that live around here should help prepare the picnic area. The
younger people ought to help out more during the picnic, itie Cupps' Easter picnic
gets its originality from the out in-the- pasture atmosphere & all the great
homemade food, I hope that this will always remain the same. If anyone has
ideas of taking the picnic from the pasture, just wipe it away. If it is re-
moved it will loose all its character & originality."

The nominations for President were: Charlie - 9 votes; Peggy - 1 vote; Charlene
9 votes; Ovella - 4 ; Frank Cox - 4; Rhonda 1; Pam - 6. Charlie & Charlene had
a run off with Charlene being nominated for President 1982. Nominations for
Secretary were: Margie -17 votes; Sydney- 9 votes; Exinice - 1; Joan - 9; &
Rhonda-1. Margie being the secretary for 1982. It was voted to have the picnic
at Charlie's place & in case of bad weather to have it at the Church. B-BQ will be
the main course for 2 days but to cut it down a little was suggested. Nobody is
to bring plates, silverware, napkins, coffee cups, or sugar. There were 2 teas
left. Sydney, Cindy, & Rhonda will be in charge of the games.
Financial Report:

$ 179.62 Donated this year

Disbursements: Meat: $ 128,42
Printing $ 54,60
Postage $ 4.00

TOTAL $ 187.02
$ 178.37 Left in the Bank,

Ricky Burleson & James Hitchcock had their first picnic as being part of
the Cupps' family.

I wish to thank the R.W. Cupps family: Patsy & Clara for the pages of the
treasure book. Billy Don for the barbecue. Many thanks to Emmitt 's family for
the Church Services. Peggy.

Pam made the cutest chickens. John cla±med the colored one.

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Craig made some dinosaur eggs for the small eggs. They were precious s it
worked out real well as there were 4 of them & the Lunsfords, Moldens, Carlesons,
& Morgans got one.

James Hitchcock couldn't decide who was his mother Pam, Iris, or Ivy.

This year's picnic was great. We brought Marlina Pierce down here from
Breckenridge & she only enjoyed half as much as Bo & Rodney did. Rodney.

Rachel & Clara enjoyed the picnic. Billy & Kasha did also.

I love everyone & want to thank everyone for coming & working for a great
year. Love the visit every year but not enought time to talk. Charlene.

I think this has been one of the best & biggest picnics. I hope we can
continue to have the love for one another to always get together as was started
many years ago about 1940. Pam

Peter & Jeffrey Herring were ready for the picnic s are already ready for
the next one. Sure gonna miss all their kin folks til next year.

John is always ready for Easter just a blowing & going.

There were 72 immediate family members present throughout the weekend. There
were about 41 family members no present. Maybe see them next year?

I would like to thank Charlie, Thelma, & their family for the wonderful
picnic area; all the cooks, & everyone who came to share tiem vi^ith one another.
We also give ottTi thanks to Jack, Emmitt, s Browne for the Church Services.

The attendance for the picnic were: Margie, Tom, Doug, Kellie, & Sandy
Molden, Kenneth, Peggy, Rodney, Bo, Eandy, Roger, & Iris Sikes, Mike, Ivy, &
James Hitchcock, Charlie S Thelma Fleming, Glen Cook Iris' friend, Marlena fierce
Bo s Rodney's friend, Casey s Evaline Herring, Jimmy, Charlene, Craig, & Gene
Schulle, James, Joan, & Trey ^.unsford. Dale, Peter, & Jeffery Herring, David, Pam,
f, John Morgan, Rachel, Clara, Billy Don, & Kasha Cupps, Jeanne Herring, Jolinda
Covey, Vickie Cummings ( Jolinda's friend), Browne, Patsy, Shala, & Jeffrey Brooks,
Jim, Louise Vaughn, Jimmy Hendrix, Raymond Don, Doris, Jody, & JSrry Cupps, Jane

( cousin to Jim & Louise), Ricky Morton, Wanelda Blount Morton, J.E., Ovella, &
Russell Williams, Frank Williams, James Hartman, Darrel, Lucille, & Ricky Cupps,
Bob, Sydney, Bobbie Jo, Justin, & Ricky Burleson, Ricl>ard Wells, Emmitt, Exonice,
& Tawana Terry, Rand, Sherrill, Maria, & terry Carlson, Jack & Cindy Bryant,
Russell Feather ( friend to Tawana) , Frank, Jean, Rocky, Rhonda Cox, Steve Ingram

(Rhonda's friend), Doris, & Adolph Kelly, Delores, Steve, s Eddy Vaughn, L.V. &
Bea Cupps, Edd, & Ruby Hartman, Bill & Eppie Lowrey, Darrell (Tex) Wright,
Pat & Alys Pelton.

117

xnursoay, April 7, 1983 Santa Anna News

The 42nd Annual Cupps
Family Easter Picnic was held
Sunday, April 3, in our
community.

Those attending were Peggy,
Roger, Randy and Ann Sikes,
Jolinda, Michael, Ernie,
Carolyn and Glen Covey, Jim-
my and Charlene, Craig and
Gene SchuUe, Casey and
Eveline Herring, Kenneth and
Arvella Herring and Max, Dale
Herring, Jeff and Peter, Don
Johnston, Michael and Jeannie
Stewart, Clara and Rachel
Cupps, Billy Don and Kasha
Donn, Darrel and Justin
Cupps, Bob and Sydney
Burleson, Bobby and Arcel,
Doris and Raymond Don
Cupps, Joey and Jerry, Joyce
Cupps, Ricky Cupps, Diane
Berxnia, J. E. and Ovella
Williams, Russell and Frank,
David, Pam and John Morgan,
Terry and Darla Carlson,
Janera and Rachel Henderson.

Others were Renee and
David Elder, Twana Sue and
Kenneth Terry, William Alvis
Mills, Calvin Chaney, Robert
and Judy Lutes, Angle and Sal-
ly, Adolph and Doris Kelley,
Deloris and Chick Vaughn,
Steve and Eddy, Jim and
Pauline Vaughn, Norman and
Teresa Chandler and Norman
Jr., Jimmy Hendricks, Edd
and Ruby Hartman and Mary
Ann, Wanelda and Ricky T.
Morton and Melissa, Jean and
Frank Cox and Rocky, Rhanda
and Steve Ingram, Jason
Wagner, Charlie and Thelma
Fleming, J. R. and Pete Bat-
tles, Randy, Shannon and Mar-
sha Brown, Margie and Tom
Molden, Kclli, Sandi and Doug
and Darla Teague, Joan and
James Lunsford and Trey, P.
S. Cook, Sandra and Jack
Swindell.

Excerpts from Thelma 's
letter. "We had a big
good picnic 109 registered
and guess what Pete & Jr.
came Sun. about noon & told
me they were here to see
Lawson .

All 9 children were represented
this year. Red didn't come,
but 4 of kids did. Louise,
Jimmy, Judy and Don, and
Betty Joyce came for Barrel.
God surely blessed us: sure
missed Lucille."

The following names
were oniitted from the list
of people who attended the
Cupps Family Picnic April
2 and 3: Kenneth Sikes,
Renee Covey, Emmett and
Eunice Terry, Rodney
Sikes, Mat7 Ann Hellman,
Iris and Glen Cook, Jimmy
and Louise Vaughn.

I hope everyone is enjoy-
ing the spring weather, and
have a nice weekend.

118

iIhE SANTA ANN 'EWS ^

!i|es Helu^^
Last Friday
For E. R. Cupps

Funeral services were held in
S«nt« Anna Friday, March 17, for
a long-time Santa Anna resident ,
Elmer R. Cupps, 80, who died
Wednesday, March 15, in Ranger
Park Hospital after a long illness.

Memorial services were held
at Henderson Chapel in Santa
Anna with Jimmy Cantwell, a
Church of Christ minister,
officiating, assistedby Rev. Gary
Lawrence, pastor of Northside
Baptist Church.

Mr. Cupps was born June 23, |
1897 atSanta Anna, the son of the
late R. V. and Mary Lena
Trowbridge Cupps. He married
Pauline Bduyh in Trickham
October 22. 1916. She died in
1962.

He married Etta Mae Hall in
Snyder December 3, 1965.

Mr. Cupps was a lifetime i
resident of Coleman County, a '
member of the Cleveland Church
of Christ, attended the Cleveland
schools and was a stockfarmer.

Survivors are his wife of Santa
Anna; five daughters, Mrs.
Evaline Herring , Mrs. Thelma
Fleming and Mrs. Wovella
Williams of Santa Anna, Mrs.
Eunice Terry of Watauga, and
Mrs. Hazel Jean Cox of London,
Texas; four sons, Rachel Cupps,
Virgil(Red) Cupps, Darrel Cupps
and Harrell Cupps. all of Santa
Anna; two sisters, Mrs. Celeste
Rice of Fresno, Calif, and Mrs
Helen Williams of Keyes, Okla.;
26 grandchildren; 38 great-
grandchildren; and one great-
great-grandchild.

Pallbearers were grandsons,
Billy Don Cupps, Ricky Cupps.
Mike Cupps, Charlie Ray
Fleming, Rocky Cox, Kenneth
Herring, Don Cupps, Royce Cupps
and Russei' Williams.

T^!*^ ''^IkE

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Cupps
Elmer Pauline
Cleveland Community
Cemetery, near Santa
Anna, Coleman Co. ,
Texas

ISA, CORRECTION

/ The list of pallbearers for the

Elmer Cupps funeral did not

include the name of Dale Herring,

a grandson, who should have been

ed in the group.

119

1. Mary Lena Trowbridge

6. Frances Bacon Cupps

A. Loleita Bernice Spencer
b. June 11, 1920 at home,
near Santa Anna, Coleman Co. ,
Texas

Married May 1, 1941
San Angelo, Tom
Green Co. , Texas

Reed Vance Cupps

Theodore Wicker Spencer

Ralph Lemes
b. June 13, 1920
New York, New York
son of B.R. and Esther
(Blixt) Lemes WWII
U.S. Air Force 25 years
Retired Feb. 29, 1964
Hanscom Fid., Mass.
Received Legion of
Merit for work done at
the Pentagon

Angeloan's Husband Now
In Officer Training Unit

Staff Sgt. Ralph Lemes, whose
wife resides at Rt. 1, San Angelo,
has been admitted as an officer can-
didate to the Air Forces Officer
Candidate School at Miami Beach,
Fla.

After successfully completing a 12-
week intensive course of instruction,
Officer Candidates Ralph Lemes will
■be commissioned a 2nd lieutenant.

GOODFELLOWS. ALL
"You've For Us — We're For You!" I

April - June 1942

Ralph Loleita
Oct. 1977

120

1. Ronald Wayne Lemes

b. May 17, 1943

San Angelo, Tom Green Co. ,

Texas Shannon Mem. Hosp.

USAF Apr. 1. 1965 - Apr. 1,

1969 NSSAR # 121311

Az. state # 1134

Married Sept. 18, 1965
Keesler A.F. Base Chapel
Biloxi, Mississippi

Lucille Marie Marsh
b. April 1, 1947
Van Nuys , L.A. Co.,
Calif, dau of Eugene Pharis
and Nora Frances (Rag land)
Marsh grdau of Arthur
Sherman and Josephine
Mabel (Dodson) Marsh; and
Wm. Carlyle and Frances
Cecilia (Santelli) Ragland
g-grdau of Wm. Franklin
and Cerilda Jayne
(Atterberry) Ragland

Lucy & Ron 1983

121

A. Wayne Bryan Lemes
b. Jan. 6, 1967
Keesler Air Force Base
Biloxi, Mississippi

tH

B. Michelle Marie Lemes

b. March 3, 1971

Encino, Los Angeles Co., Calif.

122

2. Jey Roland Lemes
b. Nov. 8, 1944
San Angelo, Tom Green Co.,
Texas St. Johns Hospital
U.S. Army Feb. 1966 -
Feb. 1969 Korea 1967 -1968
Jey has the same NSSAR
Credentials as Ronald & R.J.

Married Nov. 16, 1963
Northridge, Calif.
Divorced July 1974

Anita Eileen Larsen
b. Oct. 19, 1943
Los Angeles, L.A. Co.,
Calif, dau of Robert Rcy
and Eileen Elizabeth
(Crawshaw) Larsen grdau
of Roy Wm. and Anna
Margaret (Chuprinski)
Larsen and Arnold Randolph
and Lillie Gladys (Ische)
Crawshaw g grdau of Arthur
and Sara ann Crawshaw
Remarried Aug. 31, 1974
John T. Young

*!L>W

Jey in Korea 1967 - 1968

123

Jey Roland Lemes

Married 2nd

Oct. 5, 1974

San Francisco, Calif

Susan Joan Thomas

b. Aug. 24, 1951

San Francisco, Calif.

124

A. Dena Marie Lemes
b. April 19, 1967
Lakeport, Lake Co., Calif.

B. Erik Jey Lemes
b. Nov. 24, 1969
Lakeport, Lake Co., Calif.

Dena Baby Erik 'Nita
Nov. 1969

125

3 Ralph Theo Lemes Married Nov. 28, 1980
b. Oct. 6, 1950 Reno, Nevada

495th Dependent's Hospital
Wiesbaden , Germany

USMC July 24, 1968-July 18,197 2
Vietnam Jan. 19, 1960=Aug.20, 1970
Camp David. Maryland, Corp.
Sept. 13, 1971 - July 18, 1972

NSSAR #121505
Ariz. State 1148

Barbara Fay Shelor
b. Feb. 8, 1948

Ukiah, Mendocino, Calif.

Barbara & R.T.

Sun City, Oct. 1981

Badge #34

Eureka, Calif. 95501

Humbolt County

126

THE LEMES ARE
WHOLE FAMILY
OF SERVICEMEN

Ralph T. Lemes of Lakeport
is currently a member of the
recently formed "Giants Pla-
toon" of the U.S. Marine
Corps, at their San Diego
base.

He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph Lemes, who ac-
companied him to induction
ceremonies recently in San
Francisco which were held at
the home plate of the Giants
Stadium prior to a major
league game which the induc-
tees and their parents wit-
nessed.

Young Lemes' platoon dur-
ing his training period will be
in direct competition to a sim-
ilar unit, the Dodgers, which
was formed in Southern Cal-
ifornia. The two training
eroups will strive to outdo
each other in all phases of
their recruit training, a Mar-
ine Corps spokesman stated. [

Two older brothers are also
in the armed services. Ronald
Lemes, who is the oldest, is
an Air Force sergeant and in-
structor at Biloxi, Miss. Jey
R. Lemes is a staff sergeant
in the Army, and is also an
instructor at the Huntsville,
Ala., base.

Father of the boys is also a
serviceman — Ralph Lemes,
who retired from the Air
Force in 1964 as a full col-
onel, is now the owner of the
Phillips 66 station on South
Main Street. He was last sta-
tioned at New Bedford, Mass.,
where he was in charge of el-
ectronics programs.

Ralph T.

loKe Counfy Record-Bee A-1

Thursday IVlorning, August 15, 1968

Ronald W. Lemes

^tl^

Jey

127

1-Dena r-Erik Jey

The Lemes Grandchildren

128

t»iu. .^... :i.

MARRIAGE RECORD

THE STATE OF TEXAS,!
CouNTV OP Coleman, I

To an-g Reiularl-g L\cense3 or OrJaineJ MmiKter of the Gospel, JcWigh Rohhi, JvJ^c of llie Dutnct or Country Co,

or ang Justice of the Peace, i;i anci for State of Texas, GREET! NG: \

Vfnit nrr iiirrrliij AulluiriHrh In &iilnuntEr tlir illitrn nf iHatrimnny i

Between Mr., ^f, y^ ,Jj^^-i^cc<>/:. and M ''^itP-<^-<:-<^jy ^^^ J^/^

atid make due rctiiro to llie Clerk ot the County Court ol said Couuty within sixty days thtieaftcr, ccrliijinp \our action undei this Lict-.
WiTNKSs my official si;^iiature and seal of ofiice. at office in Coleman. State ok Texas, the . ^ c^ - j
day oi..j/c/M.. 19/..? , /

lunlv Court. ..C-/^■t.^2<^<''C^?J^^ Co

CT'.

By Dt^

\. .^^-Z^- -^^^^^^^p hereby cert. iy that on the.. /T.^ ... day o(.. . V2%/i 19/j

I united in Marriaee / ' //^ -V,j^ '0<"f^-Xyny. . mi'/f'^^^J^^ . '^^/^^'l,i;C.^c..C.C^.C^ . iL-^ C

the parties above named. r y/ '^^V^.-i

WlTSESf my hand thu . JP /Y! . . .. day ol . . . /2-^2^'. - . _J9.('/.

V-/A "^'

'^.^..'ryj.^.^iz .^ I

^^.J^^^^J'.:f'^,^.. \

Returned and 61ed lor record the ^It/ ..iv; oi...// S^-. 19.^.?. and recorded the. //^Jay ol.. /^(^^.1 1".'

THE STATE OF TEXAS #
COUNTY OF COLEMAN #

I, GLENN THOMAS, Clerk of the County Court of Coleman County, Texas do hereby
certify that the above and forMOlog, 1i a full, true, and correct copy of the

Marriage License Issued to T. W. bpencer ^ and

Frances Cupps~ as the same appears of record in my office,

in Volume 6 on page d^ , of the Marriage Records of said County, and
I am the lawful possessor and custodian of said record.

Given under my hand and seal, at a(|ice in Coleman. Texas this 3rd j^y
of riovember , A.O., 19 "^ .

./ GLENN THOMAS, CLERK

/.' ■/ ■ -^// COUNTY COURT

DeputvC f^t/'i-', y .'■^^":''''y/? : -; c-^'^- coleman county, texas

Colleen Hayes f

129

CERTIFIED COPY

263 o„. ,..„ 8-20-25

CLCNKS NO. i.\J -) OATC FILCO

Santa Anna o"''cm''*o' Lolieta Bernice Spencer

PLACe or C,»n + = inna ruLL NAMI

BIRTH

sex Fem. LEOITIMATC ySS DATE Or aiPTH

^r'-pAyncp Theodore Wicker Spencer r":°rA"o°:orHc, Santa Anna

Tom Green

COLOR or whttp Aoe or j-i fathers Countv occupation Farmer

FATHER AND MOTHER WHITe TATHER ^' BIRTHPLACE ^^ '-'""' Y OF FATHER

MOTHERS p____!c Rarnn Punn^ aoe or oQ _ Santa Anna

MAIDEN NAME rronClS DOt.tJll I^UppS MOTHER BIRTHPLACE

STILLBORN j~]

, , OF MnTHER I NO. CHILDREN I ALIVE BQ(
OCCUPATION H W T e . INCLUOINO THIS BIRTH ' NOW LIVINO \ LJ

to. OF CHILDREN

(Parent)
Sr:io°w,;E"^="='*'*Mrs. T. W. spencer .oo„ss Snat Anna

THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF COLEMAN

I, GLENN THOMAS, County Clerk in and for Coleman County, Texas do
hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy

of Birth Certificate of Lo I ieta Bern ice Spencer

as the same appears of record in VOL« 6, PAGE ' 2 Birth Records of
Coleman County, Texas,

Given under my hand and seal of office, this 2Qth day

of_____May _f A.D,19 80 .

GLENN THOMAS, COUNTY CLERK
COLEMAN COUNTY, TEXAS ,

130 BY ; ^' 5^'<^ ' Y'i A. //^^^-.-,<zV'

DEPUTY
Dor i s Willi ams

THE STATE OF TEXAS )

COUNTY OF TOM GREEN. ( ^° ^

ro Regulcrly Licensed or Ordained Minister of the Gospel, Jewish Rabbi. Judge of the Distriaor County Court. <,r 'any
Justicj of the Peace, in and for the State of Texas.— Greeting: /

/ YOU ARE HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO SOLEMNIZE THE RITES OF MATRIMONY BETWEEN

i4r RALPH LEME3 ^ „-_„ r^rr,^^,.

nd make due return to. he Cerk of the County Court of u,id County u,ithin ,ixty days thereafter, certifying your action
mder this License. .

WITNESS my official signature and seal of office at San Angelo, Texas, th, 7^t\x^^y ^J April i94JU_

KT>n;T?TT TTRATTm

Clerk County Court. Tom Green County. Texas
SEAL) -

" — , Deputy

'' John T. .Smlt-.h _ hereby certify that on theiJ^t_aay nf Wav jn^

united in marriage Mr Ralfh T.<»*nft n „«^iLrtoa t«i«44.-ci o

w parties, above named. ~ -^'"' ''^^^^ Loleltfl B. SppmnAt.

I WITNESS my hand thit 2nd j^y />/ Mav iP4LLi_

ETURNED and filed for record the ^rd^^,, o^___MflS ,,,!_ and recorded the_Mh.

yof iiay _, jp*JL -

— ■ aiMBTT KTlATTm

j' Sj- (^

THE STATE OF TEXAS ) , Qmo Jones, County Clerk of Tom Gre«t

COUNTY OF TOM GREEN ( County, Texos, hereby certify thot th^

Marriage License as some appears ot recora

'^"" '°^' °^ "TT, r~^„. 69 ■ of the^Uarxiasfi

In my office, m Vol • ^'^S*

Records of Tom Green County, Texas. 22nd ,. .

GrVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE, th.s day of

May , 19— §^

OMA JONES, COUNTT' CL£RK

131

N. B. Do not accept this transcript unless the raised seal
of the Department of Health is affixed thereon.

New York

■n •> ^<l:rtA!

A transcript of a record on file with the Department
of Health of the City of New York.

xuc \_.iix or i^EiV YOBE.

Departucnt of Health.

>^>;£^r^iikj.A

STATE OF NEW TORE

CERTIFICATE AND RECORD OF BIR

PUc* of Birtli
Strert, No. ,

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Before
Mamwe

Mother'!
BirtbpUco

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includinK I'rtwnt Birth

Number of ChUdren of thu Mother No

This is to certify that the foregoing is a true copy
(photographic) of a record on file in the Bureau of
Records, Department of Health. City of New York.

(kUc^'l?

Assistant Registrar of Records

132

A-F-F-I-D-A-V-I-T

STATK OF TEXAS )

COIIMTY 0'^ BEX£E.« J

Personally appeared bofore rre, the undersigned authority
for admini storing, oaths, one Benifr.o R. Lenes, who, havin- h<?er.
duly sworn accordin,: to law, deposes and says:

I, BENIGNO R. L'inCS, fath-ir, do h'^rsby swear that
Ralph Lonos is ono and tho sajie porson as DenicRO Kaphaol L^-os,
Jr., as is desi-na'coc on birth certificate fron tho stats of ::^\i
"ork. ?h'J it;endlnj; p:-/ sician on said birth csrtificat-o ii Dr.
;;arlln-jr, a-d niotn.r of Ralph Le;not: is =;astar Ler.os; f-th^r is
Beni,-no \<. Le-es, '■.■..-■. i.r,dcrai: r-cc.

L-eni.r.c -(.• L.J^nas/ (Fath.^r)
Turtriar daponent saysxh not:

2iid ,.^,.

S'-vcrn to ^nd 3U':scr:b3d in i';y pr^^s-^-ic::, o'as

of February , '-^J^_J-''- "^•'^ -.nto'u:., T-xas

/ ^

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;,ota"y Public . in ^..^.: ; or
,; 3:car C-i'nt^, San /.nto:;lr,

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133

/

I PLACE OF BIRTH
STATE OF TEXAS

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS

STANDARD CERTIFICATE OF BIRTH

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CITY OR
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330

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Give >tnCCT AND HUUBtn OR NAMI OF IN*t(tuTION

RESIDENCE
OF THE
MOTHER

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FOR PLURAL BIRTHS ONLY:

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TRIPLET.
OTHER

I 9 NUMBER.

IN ORDER
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FATHER

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2 FESSION OR KIND \J / f ^

OF WORK DONE
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i±.

5 BUSINESS IN~^ rt r- ~ (l M^

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20 NUMBER OF CHILDStN \

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MOTHER

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SOCIAL

SECURITY

NUMBER

13 POS^FFICE
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21 NUMBER OF CHILDREN
BORN TO THIS MOTHER
AND NOW LIVING

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. TEXAS

I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT I ATTENDED THE DIRTH OF THIS CHILD

AND THE PROPHYLACTIC USED TO PREVENT OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM V/AS

pATE _^ SrG NATURE

Al IVE

.M. ON THE ABOVE DATE.

,i!L^iT^P-JL

-f.

23. FILE NUMBER FILE DATE

I ^ Oma Jones, Clerk. County Courts Tom Green County, Texos^
do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is o true and correct

copy of the certificate nf ^^^^^^ ^^ Ronald Wayne Lemes

OS some appears on file in this office.

GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE thlsil2l_day of

May

19.

80

Oma Jones, County Clerk
Tom Green County, Texas

By %£l

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Dcpiity

134

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CERTIFIED COPY OF RECORD OF BIRTH

I, Archie Lee Gray, M. D., State Registrar of Vital Statistics,
hereby certify this to be a true and correct copy of the
certificate of birth of the person named therein, the original
being on file in this office. ■', . ,-.

Given at Jackson, Mississippi, over my signature and under
the official seal of my office, this the

7th Day Fobraary, 1968

Archie Lee Gray, M D . State Registrar

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MOTHER

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OIVI •Xniir ANO NUMBSR OR MAyl.Or INSTITUTION. M... ,.' (

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a FULL
NAME—

Bii|;^"h Trftnjjfag-

12 U mTHPLACE.

• MTAlt OR ^

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Jliili

I3A TRADE. PRO-
FESSION OR KINO
OF WORK DONE

I3B INDUSTRY OR

BUSINESS IN ■

WHICH ENGAGED *» nt^ t

Major In th«-l>alt»d 8tst«a

MOTHER

14 FULL

m'AIdcn

NAME

18 BIRTHPLACB

(•TATI OR _ , , _

COUNTRY) S«iit« Annft, Texas*

ISA. TRADE. PRO-
FESSION OR KINO
OF WORK DONE - -

exi-j'j 'o; r.ji ••

Hau8««lf*<

l»B. INDUSTRY OR
BUSINESS IN
WHICH ENOAt?ED

0«n Be

20 NUMBER OF CHILDREN
BORN TO THIS MOTHER
INCLUDING THIS BIRTH q

^NATURE OF
"ORMANT

to-*. &»lph lMat^*t-

21 NUMBER OF CHILDREN

BORN TO THIS MOTHER

AND NOW LIVINS - -' £«

ADDRESS OF

'!l''?"-r:^':'Iiout» 4, Box 3S6,S«B Anpol»,ToxfftxA8

tTi?r*nnyM^ ~-- SlEf^ X,g. M~n;: THE ABOVE DATE.

22. MEJ3ICAL ATTENDANCE

PHEREBY" CERTIFY THAT I ATTENDED"tHe'"b7rTH o7th'.S CHILD "yirrRnRN

AND THE PROPHYIACTIC USED TO PREVENT OPHTH ALMIA'Nl'OMATORUM «"ac ' ^^Od 8 * B " Mflthod «

. ' /: •

it.. L. PlIONAfURE

M. or ■

-MIDWIFE

23^.-FILE NUMOERi FILE DATE

. 5IGNATUBE OF LOCAL RLGISTR

//-:ig- ....-^':

^'7//fT

l,OmaJones^ Clerk County Court, Tom Green County, Texas>
do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is c true and correct

copy of the certificate of E£H]L_of Jey Roland Lemes

OS some appears on file in this office.

GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE thic 22nd ^^ ^f

May 1 0 80

19_

Oma Jones, CounW Clerk
Tom Green County, Texas

Deputy

137

MOTHER

OF

CHILD

(

FATHER

OF
CHILD

NUMBER -

|l« NAME OF CHILD-nWT NAME

CERTIFICATE OF LIVE SIRTH dist«.ct.no

STATE OF CAUFOHWIA-OEPARTMEWT OF PUBLIC HEALTH cEHTinCATE numbeh

■la aioouiMUiC

Dena

: SEX

Female

Single

|5» PLACE OF BIRTH— NAME OF HOSPITAL

5c. cm OR TOWN

Lake Dort .

6i>. MAIDEN NAME OF MOTHER— fi«st Huti

Anita

Is AGE OF MOTHER (AtniE Of vm% mmi

Uarle i. Lenes

• MTWiuTiimcMU) 4. DATE OF BIRTH moth M' tw« \*» HOUR

'"*-"'"• April 19, 1967 ! 1:02 P

I Si street ADDRESS coi»tIiwtTo«iiu««iiU)0«c$so«ioc»tio« 00*01 usi» o w. •..

Si) COUNTY

:6i MoouiiMC

:ec UUTSMIC

7 COLOR OR RACE OF MOTHER

White

<l T •f \I • , PP

182$ Mellor Lane

tic. OTT OR TOWN

Lake port :

12*. NAME OF FATICR— nisra

Jey

14. AGE OF FATHER c»TT»t or muwrnii

I HAVE REVIEWED THE ABOVE STATED MFONMA
nON AND HEREBY CORIFY THAT IT B TRUE AND
CORRECT TO THE BEST OF MY KWOWLEBCE

I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT I ATTENOEB THIS BIRTH
AND THAT THE CHILD WAS BORN ALIVE AT THE
HOUR. DATE AMD KACI STATED ABOVE

119. DATE OH WHICH NAME ADDED BY SUTKf-
MOrTALNAaEBCVORT

! Eileen ] Laraen | White |

9 8mTHPUC£<ST.Yto.ra«oa<cou«n. «. IttlUHG ADDRESS OF MOTHER-

Calif. Bog 272, Lake port,Callf. ^^i

IF OUTSIDE OTT CORPORATE UMI
CMfcxoaE __

DONAFARM O MOT ON A FAN

llB. COUNTY

LakB

IS. anrmPLACCiCTAYEORi

Tezaa

Il7> PARENT OR OTHER WFORIIANT

nt. STATE

White

IS. COLOR OR RACE OF FATHER

Uhlte I

Boland . Laaee White

mctwnt. 16a. niESENT OR LAST OCCUPATION I6l. KWO OF INDUSTRY OR

Texaa Armed Farce a | BjS.

nmtaHnSSt.. tU DATE SWNEO BY INFORMANT

^ - - April 20.1967

Wk PHrStaiM ,mmnwmmwmiTwmMt<mmv,.mau.ivM—mMmimmii ISi ADDRESS

► Donald G. Joyce .M.D. Latepor t. Calif .

20 LOCAL REMSTRAR-iKMAnRE |tl DATE RECEIVED BY U>CAL REGISTRAR

' W' *~^

^w^jmsJSfi

The wJthtn Documwt is a correct copy of ttw
record In this c/.'ice. Attest: Ds'^

Comtty RecQTiar in and for Laka County. Stxte
of California.

1«^ ^^:'-

By . //'

/•^.(.\..

> /

Deputy Recordet

138

The within Document is a correct copy of the

record in this office. Attest: Date flfC V ICSC
.^ES L SHINN

mty Recorder in and tor Lake County, State
Oi Califernia^
By {yf^£u/^ ^^3)/^^^^^ Deputy Recorder

CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH

1700

172

STATE BIRTM C[BIinC«T[ NUMBER

MAIL Uf CALIfUHNIA-ULPAHIMtNl Of HUBLIC HtALlH LOCAL REWSTBAtion DISTRICT AND CERTIFICATE NUMBER

THIS

U NAME OF CHILD — FIRST name jit MIOOlt name | Ic LAST NAME

Erik 1 Jey | Lemes

CHILD

2 SEX

Tale

3a this urtm smcLt TWIN ' 3i ir twin on Tuinn twij
OB TttiPtrn 1 CHiio BOB»i ist 2no Sbo?

SinfJ.e ]

i» DATE OF BIRTH— BOWTH oat tia* ■ 4f HOUR

Nov. 2h, 1969 ; 1:42 P..

PLACE
OF

5" PLACE OF BIRTH— NAME OF HOSPITAL '5l STREET ADDRESS i5i«tn a«o »umt> o« loc«iK)«. '5c INSIDE ClTr C0RlK)RATE

Lakesicie Community Hospital ; Ht, 1, Box 369 ^i.-ns .sr.cK^.»o.»o.

BIRTH

5o CITY OR TOWN 'Sc COUNTY

Lakeport i L\ke

6» MAIDEN NAME OF MOTHER — first NAIil'6i MIDDLE NAME ! 6c LAST NAME iMAiotN SURNAHEi

Anita ] Eilocn ] Lars en

7 BIRTHPLACE .state on »0«t«iN counthy i

Cnlif.

MOTHER

B XgE OF MOTHER 'AT Tint OF TMis inmii

26 „..,

9 COLOR OR RACE OF MOTHER

Vftiite

10* RESIDENCE OF MOTHER — STAtCT AODAESl ' tOi INSIDE CITY CORPORATE
.DtCiT .«^ -^ I,... .oo■^^^ o- i«.rK«. I LIMITS iSFtCtrt tti 0« »»0i

Jloma Ccmrt \ Yes

tOc RESIDENCE OF MOTHER— Cirr OR TOWN |10d RESIDENCE OF MOTHER— COUnnr

N ovato 1 Ilarin

lOl lESIDENCE OF MOTHER— STATE

Calif.

FATHER

OF
CHILD

IlA NAME OF FATHER — FIRST NAME '111 MIDDLE NAME Mic LAST NAME

Jey j Roland • ] Le^es

12 BIRTHPLACE iSTate ofi ro»(it«i cou»m»T)

Texas

13 AGE OF FATHER .at ti«£ or tmi5 iktth.

14 COLOR OR RACE OF FATHER

Vniite

ISA PRESENT OR LAST OCCUPATION

Pacific Telephone

15« KIND OF INDUSTRY OR BUSINESS

Corimunication

NF -ANTS
El .ATION

1 M[<I16T CtSTIfT TH»T 1 M«Vt KEVlCwtO THE *»OVC
$T<TCO INfORMATION ANO THAT IT IS TffUt AND COR
"ICT TO TMl BCST OF MT R».0»*LtD&E

I6a PARENT OR OTHER INFORMANT — SIGNATURE iir otmea thai, farcht SFtcirti

► Anita E. Lemes

16i DATE RtviCXO At.D Si&MP i* I«<»0«II«»«T

Nov. 25, 1969

4rrENDANTS

1 MEREBT CERTinr THAT 1 ATTENDED THIS BIRTH
AND THAT THE CHILD WAS BORN ALIVE AT THE
HOUR DATE AND PLACE STATED ABOVE

17a PHYSICIAN .o« otmir ffrsok who AmRoto tmis hatmi signature — DECREE OR TITLE

► Donald G. Joj'ce,H.D.

17« 0»M »(.«(0 ••'-•%'<'•■ f^» 01"l« •"(•CiiKf

Nov. 26, 1969

ERTIFICATION

17c ADDRESS

Rt. Box 370 Lakeport, Calif.

I7o PHYSICIAN S CALirORNIA LICENSE NUMflEO

A - 192/a

LOCAL
REGISTRAR

18

19 LOCAL REGISTRAR — SIGNATURE

► Elsio A. Turnbull

Nov. 29. 1969

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BIRTH csrtificat::

(Bureau of Vital Statistics, V/iesbaden, No. 2292 1^50)

Ralph Theo Lenes

was 130111 oa October 6, ly50

in Wiesbaden.

Father: Ralph Lenes, I'ajor of the United States Air Force,
Protestant, residing at Wiesbadsn-Sonnenberg.

Mother: Lolsita Bemice Lenies, nee Spencer, Protestant,
residing at the same address.

Changes in the entry:

/Rubber stamp:/

The Registrar,
Wiesbaden.

Wiesbaden, October lo, 19?0

The Registrar:
For the registrar:

/signed/ Jung

Ft.

I liZREBY CJH^TITY TIIAT THIS IS A TRUE TPJVIISLATIOn

.diovcXA.

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LT COL GARDIiri3^ S. GIBSON

16 AUG 1956

DAT::

141

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SAFEGUARD IT!

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LAST NAM£ ■ FIRST NAME • MIDDLE NAME

LEMES RALPH

4. DEPARTMENT. COMPONENT AND BRANCH OR
CLASS

Air Force RegAF

7 a. RACE

Caucaslein

6. SEX

Male

10 o- HIGHEST CIVILIAN EDUCATION LEVEL
ATTAINED

Conege 2 Yrs

2. SERVICE NUMBER

3U303A

3 a. GRADE. RATE OR RANK

COL 0-6

5. PLACE OF BIRTH (Ctl) aitd Stale or Countr,)

Nev York City, N Y

c. COLOR HAIR

Brown

tL COLOR EYES

Hazel

e. HEIGHT

3HL

I. WEIGHT

170

DATE

OF
BIRTH

8. U.S. CITIZEN

b. DATE OF RANK (Day. Month.

9 Mar 6l

JLl

MONTH

Jun

YEAR

20

9 MARITAL STATUS

Married

6. MAJOR COURSE CR FIELD

Military Science

11 a. TYPE OF TRANSFER OR DISCHARGE

Retirement

4. STATION OR INSTALLATION AT WHICH EFFECTED

L G Hanscom Fid, Bedford, Mass

c. REASON AND AUTHORITY

SDN: 76Q so AC-2220, DAF, dtd 29 Nov 63

EFFEC-
TIVE
DATE

12. LAST DUTY ASSIGNMENT AND MAJOR COMMAND

Hq ESP (AFSC)

13 a. CHARACTER OF SERVICE

HONORABLE

M. SELECTIVE SERVICE NUMBER

n/a

15 SELECTIVE SERVICE LOCAL BOARD NUMBER. CITY. COUNTY AND STATE

n/a

_2i.

MONTH

Feb

YEAR

6k

h TYPE OF CERTIFICATE
ISSUED

DP 363 AF

16- DATE INDUCTED

h/a

17. DISTRICT OR AREA COMMAND TO WHICH RESERVIST TRANSFERRED

Retired Reseinre Section

18. TERMINAL DATE OF RESERVE
OBLIGATION

n/a

20 PRIOR REGULAR ENLISTMENTS

One (1)

19. CURRENT ACTIVE SERVICE C ^IR THAN BY INDUCTION
a. SOURCE OF ENTRY

I I ENLISTED (Ftrst EnlislmenI) □ ENLISTED (Prior Service) Q REENLISTED

[29 other: OCS-^

b. TERM OF
SERVICE
(Years)

Indef

DATE OF ENTRY

21 GRADE. RATE OR RANK AT T.VE OF

ENTRY INTO CURRENT ACTIVE SERVICE

Major

23. HOME OF RECORD AT TIME OF ENTRY INTO ACTIVE SERVICE (Street. RFD. City.
County and State) J^OdeStO, StaillslaUS CO,

California

25 a- SPECIALTY NUMBER AND TITLE

0016 - Plrector
of Personnel

b. RELATED CIVILIAN OCCUPAT::'. AND
D 0- T- NUMBER

Manager, Personnel
0-39.83

rL

MONTH

Nov

YEAR

kQ

22. PLACE OF ENTRY INTO CURRENT ACTIVE SERVICE (Illy and State)

Modesto, California

za.

STATEMENT OF SERVICE

CREDITABLE
FOR BASIC

PAY
PURPOSES

(1) NET SERVICE THIS PERIOD

(2) OTHER SERVICE

(3) TOTAL iLine iD+lJne 121)

b- TOTAL ACTIVE SERVICE

C. FOREIGN AND/OR SEA SERVICE

J3.

23

03

03

01
"05"

11

01

TIT

n

21

26- DECORATIONS. MEDALS. BADGES. COMMENDATIONS. CITATIONS AND CAMPAIGN RIBBONS AWARDED OR AUTHORIZED

ACM; WWIIVM; EAMECM; APSM; AOCM; BAP; MHA; AFREa^dl; NPSM; IM; AFCM; AFI£A v/k Br
OLC; Auth to wear Guided Missile Insignia, SO M-1255, Hq ARPC, 20Nov58.

17 WOUNDS RECEIVED AS A RESULT OF ACTION WITH ENEMY FOnZlS fp:ace and date, if knnirn)

N/A

;8- SERVICE SCHOOLS OR COLLEGES. COLLEGE TRAINING COURSES A\L. :S POST-GRADUATE COURSES SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED

SCHOOL OR COURSE

Ivliami Beach, Fla
Hq USAFE
Sandia Base, NM
Sandia Base, NM
Sandia Base, MM
Sanoia Base. IM

DATES (From ■ To)
b

Mar k2 - Jun U2

Nov 50 - Nov 50

Mar 53 - Apr 53

Aug

Aug

Apr

53 - Aug 5^
55 - Aug 54
57 - Ap? 57

MAJOR COURSES

Off Candidate Sch
miitary Mgt Crse
Sped Wea Employment
Conference Leadership
Weapons Orentatlon
Weapons Orientation

29. OTHER SERVICE TRAINING
COURSES SUCCESSFULLY
COMPLETED

None

30 a- GOVERNMENT LIFE INSURANCE IN FORCE

El 'ES □ ,

6 AMOUNT OF ALLOTMENT

$25.10

c MONTH ALLOTMENT
DISCONTINUED

Feb 6U

31 a. VA BENEFITS PREVIOUSLY APPLIED FOR (Specify type)

Home Loan

6. VA CLAIM NUMBER

c Unknown

32- REMARKS

Blood Group: "A Pos" . FSSD: 28Pec51 (Germany). No time lost. Not eligible
for MOP. Social Security Number: 552-^40-1837. BI compl 17Feb5i+, Uth Pist OSI IG '«
Boiling AFB, Washington 25, PC. RE: 2. Paid for 60 days accrued leave.

^O

33. PERMANENT ADDRESS FOR MAILING PURPOSES AFTER TRANSFER OR DISCHARGE
(Street. RFD. City. County and SlaloQcln ntpmnn AvpnilP

Northridge. Calif or^a ^^^^ ^""^"^^

Si. SIGNATURE/X*<E

¥AiffiT"&dotMSi5';"(^tf^i;?s3"; m^

Asst Chief, Data Control Branch

DD

FORM
1 NOV 55

nil, REPLACES EDITION OF 1 JUL 52. W

■^i't (8 Part) IS OBSOLETE

14Z

ARMED FORCES OP'tHE UNITED'^TATES
REPORT OF TRANSFER OR DISCHARGE

B. Lena Margret Spencer

b. June 20, 1923

near Santa Anna, Texas

Named for both her

Grandmothers

d. Wed., Nov. 4, 1981 Valley
Presbyterian Hospital, Van
Nuys , Calif., of cancer
Buried Glen Haven Memorial
Park, San Fernando, Calif.

Married Aug. 31, 1941
San Angelo, Texae

*^

Homer Alexander Williams
b. Aug. 2, 1921
Palistine, Teaas , son of
Homer W. and Mary Williams
WW II USAF, 3 yrs in
England

k

\

Homer & Lena

■31-1941

1 ll^

Homer. A. Williams

Homer, Lena, Theo, Frances
Aug. 31, 1941 Lakeview
San Angelo, Texas

143

Lena and Homer Williams @ 1950

144

1. Wyatt Nesbitt Williams

b. Jan. 27, 1948

Van Nuys , Calif. LA County

U S Army

Served in Germany

Married July 31, 1982
Camp Park . Ca .

Joyce Louise Schmidt

b. Nov. 5, 1955

Oxnard, Ventura Co. Calif.

Robert Vincent and Joyce

Lorraine (McMillan)

Schmidt

Jodi and Wyatt July 31, 1982

145

2. Brenda Berniece Williams
b. March 19, 1950
Tulare, Tulare Co. Calif.

Wyatt -

Grandma Spencer
- Brenda

3. Kyle Cordell (Casey) Williams

b. Oct. 28, 1955

Van Nuys, Los Angeles Co., Calif.

Kyle

80-acre farm-ranch near
Earlimart S Pixley, Calif.

146

Wyatt Nesbitt. Homer A. & Brenda B.
Williams

4. Spencer Duval Williams

b. Sept. 3, 1957

Van Nuys, LA Co., Calif

Married July 27, 1981

Elizabeth Ann (Bettie) Smidt

b. March 13, 1955

Kansas City, Johnson Co. Mo.

daughter of Chester

Harry and Christine Rose Ann

(Picotte) Smidt

a. Spencer Lee Williams

b. Jan. 28, 1983 - 9:53 PM
Northridge, Calif.
8 lbs, 10 oz.

t ^ » ,

Spencer Lee - 9 weeks

147

Lena at Brookesmith

I

...»^

Lena and Homer (§ 1945-6

•^ni*il^

Wyatt and Brenda 1953

Wyatt holding Spencer Kyle and Brenda

Kyle and Spencer - June 1958

148

12B Son Angelo, Tex., Standard-Times, Sun., March 2; 194

GERALDINK KUBENA. COKDUIA STRCBE, LENA SPENCER
. . . Gold Star Girls ot 1937

Gold Star Girls Of
County In Review

In observance of national 4-H
Club week, a parade of Gold Star
4-H Club girls for the past 10 years
Js being presented. Three girls
shared the honor In 1937, t-*o in
1939. the other years havin? one g'.rl
of the county who has done out-
standing work.

The award of the gold star pin U
made by the A&M Extension Serv-
ice, and is based on nu.T.oer of
yars In club work, and achieve-
ments in the fields ot home im-
provement, cooking, sewing, and
community activiUes.

Geraldlne Kubena, left, Cordula
Strube, center, and Lena Spencer,
were the only Gold S-ar girls hi
District Six for 1937. and they were
all from Tom Green County. Geral-
dlne Kubena Is now Mrs. Elmer
Wietkoskl of Miles. She Is a grad-
uate of the Chrlstoval High School
and is the mother of two bo>s. She
Is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Adolph Kubena who formerly lived
at Knickerbocker, now residents of
Mertzon. '

Lena and Homer continued community activities
in 4-H Club Guidance with the Granada
Hillbillies, San Fernando Valley, Calif.,
beginning when their daughter, Brenda
was about 9 years of age. Lena and Homer
were highly commended for their efforts
and accomplishments for this community
service § 1979 - the children loved them.
The Granada Hillbillies kept Lena on their
Board of Directors long after she couldn't
physically get around and guide them.
"You don't need to do anything — just
tell us what to do."

149

1946

C. James Charles Spencer

b. Oct. 9, 1924

Brooksmith, Texas

The 4th "J. C." of the 4th

Spencer Generation

WW II Navy Discharged Jan. 12,

Attended the EIC school in

Washington DC. Served aboard

the USS Destroyer Rhind in

the Atlantic. Transferred to

the USS Carrier Roosevelt in

the Pacific war zone.

d. Sun., Nov. 1, 1981 Yelm, Wash,

burial Glen Haven Memorial Park

San Fernando Valley, LA Co., Calif

Married May 29, 1953
Divorced - 1955

Phylis Holt

b. July 19, 1935

Married 2nd
Sept. 4, 1976

Nellie Eunice Fugate
b. Sept. 18, 1929
Silvercliff, Wisconsin

1. Sherman David Spencer
Tulare, Tulare Co., Calif

adopted by Carston

Loleita "Jim" Nellie
Cave Creek, Ariz. 1977

Mother and Daughters
Loleita - Frances - Lena

150

James C. Spencer

Lake View Boy
Stood Guard At
Roosevelt Rites

James Charles Spencer, recently
promoted to petty officer, first
class, stood as naval guard along
Constitution Avenue during the
time the Roosevelt funeral proces-
sion was passing. He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Theo W. Spencer of
Lake View.

Young Spencer went Into the
service in July of 1942 and there are
now three battle stars on his service
ribbon which includes the Mediter-
ranean campaign. Serving as an
electrician on a destroyer in tlie
Mediterranean, Spencer relates that
after one engagement there were
78 small holes in the vessel.

Dad Spencer is serving in the
water treatment department at
Concho Field and he has two sons-
in-law in uniform aside from the
son. A daughter, Mi-se. Lena Wil-
liams, is employed by the Navy
Department at Washington and she
saw her brother as he stood guard.

i*

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I

Charles - Frances - Theo.

Grandpa Cupps
and James Charles

151

r

Charles and Wyatt ' 19 54

i

MEMORY PAGE

Lena and Charles

Ronald and Charles holding Jey

_ ^r .__^'^ t_ Ketchikan
June 1976 with Chatles,
Ralph and Loleita

152

Santa Anna, Texas

Mother and Daddy
made in our wedding
clothes Nov. 1, 1917

Married Nov. 7, 1917

153

^.A)s

The last picture of "We 3"

Seated: Frances, Charles and Theo.
standing: Loleita and Lena @ 1933-4

1 to r at Lena and Homers'
Homer, Lena, Charles,
Loleita, Nellie, Ralph

April = May 1977
154 Lena just out of
the hospital

I

Celeste Rice wearing hat, gloves
and coat made by an Eskimo woman from
unborn seal skins.

imini

"R.T." Lemes is also wearing it.
Belonged to James Charles Spencer

1 to r; Clara Clark, Loleita Lemes,
Celeste Rice, Bill Rice, Ralph Lemes
(3 1964

(^'

^-

r>i

t

Grandma Spencer and
grandsons Ronald,
Jey and Ralph Theo

155

3709 Lake St., San Angelo, Texas, Jan. 1947

MEMORY PAGE - Enjoy,

Loleita.

156

A TRIBUTE
published in the pages of

THE VALLEY Ti:-ES

VAN I^UYS, CALIF.

NOV 21 1962

3

After 10 years of conrinement,
Mrs. Frances B. Spencer. 63, of
Pacoima, died early Monday,
Nov. 19th. in Balowen Hospi-
tal, Van Nuys. Funeral ser-
vices will be held at 11:00 a.m.
Friday, Nov. 23rd. at Church of
Christ, 8500 Haskell Ave., Se-
pulveda with Evangelist W. F.
Lee officiating.

Bom in Santa Anna, Texas.
Sept. 30, 1899, the former Fran-
ces B. Cupps obeyed the gospel
at the age of 14. She was mar-
ried to Theo W. Spencer on Nov.
7, 1917. Family moved to Cal-
ifornia in 1946.

Survivors include her husband;
two daughters, Mrs. Loleita
Lemes, of Bedford, Mass. and
Mrs. Lena Williams of North-
ridge; one son, James C. Spen-
cer of Yakutat, .■\laska; four
z,^ sisters. Mrs. Clara Clark of
f <f' Terra Bella. Mrs. Laura Battles
"H-'j • '^^ Cayucos, Mrs. Celesta Rice
r^.^ of Earlimart, and Mrs. Helen Wil-
' \^ liams of Pampa, Texas; two
^ '■^ brothers, William and Elmer
, ,/" Cupps both of Santa Anna, Tex-
>, ",^ as; and eight grandchildren.
,*-^ Burial will be directed by Glen

"^■^ Haven Valley Mortuary. Inter-
"-'^ ment Glen Haven Memorial Park.
)\ San Fernando.
'"^ Bearers will be Marvin and
cy-i^ Olen Steele, Clint B. Lewis,
^■■^'j Marvin Horton, Price Eakers,

'^''i. ^"'^ '^^^^ McGrath. Singing by
j(P#j, Church of Christ Quartet.

Jrn ff'lemory \Jf

THEODORE W, SPENCER

Age — 73 years

PASSED AWAY

October 25, 1966

Panorama City, Califoraia

October 29, 1966 — 11:00 A.M.
Glen Haven Valley Mortuary Chapel

KJtficialina

Rev. W. F. Lee

Jfntti'm.ent

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157

1. Mary Lena Trowbridge

7. Helen Rhoda Cupps

A. Emil Duane Williams
b. June 5, 1926
Santa Anna, Coleman Co.,
Texas WWII USN

Married June 27, 1953

Reed Vance Cupps

Emil Davis Williams

Bonnie Lorene Evans
b. Jan. 13, 1931
in Pliny, West Virginia
Doctor of Pharmacy dau
of Willie and Chloda
Evans . WWI I

1. Linda Gay Williams
b. June 5, 1956
Pensacola, Florida
Student on a 6 - week
European Tour sponsored
by the Foreign Student
League July 17, 197 2

Married Oct. 27, 1978
in Austin, Texas

Charles Paul Horn

b. June 12, 1953

in Chicago, Illinois

Lawyer son of John

Horn and Ann (Jurbala)

Horn

2. Laura Kay Williams
b. Aug. 1, 1959
Pensacola, Florida

Helen (Cupps) Williams

Emil Duane

Emil Davis Williams

158

Emil Duane Williams
3 yrs 11 days

Helen Williams

Duane

Cousins Lena, Loleita, Charles, Duane
159

1. Mary Lena Trowbridge

8. Celeste Virginia Cupps

A. Virginia Faye Rice

b. Aug. 30, 1925

near Santa Anna, Coleman Co.,

Texas

Married Aug. 3, 1943

Reed Vance Cupps

William McKinley Rice

Wilfred Newman Inselman

b. Aug. 13, 1923

in Shattuck, Oklahoma

WWII US Army Feb. 10.1943

Nov. 1945 son of Fred

and Bessie (Bray)

Inselman

1. Larry Wilfred Inselman

b. Aug. 23, 1944

Delano, Calif.

4 years R 0 T C

U.S. Army Korea and Ga.

1969-1970 Lt.

Married Sept. 21, 1980
Couer D'Alene Idaho

Louise Rinder
b. June 28, 1944
in Corpus Christi,
Texas dau of Albert
Ellis and Alice (Riggs)
Rinder

2. Gary Lewis Inselman
b. July 5, 1946
Delano, Calif.
Scholarship to Dartmouth
U.S. Army 1967-1969
Fitchback, Germany
Traveled Europe

Married Aug. 21, 1976
Calif. Hot Springs, Calif.

Linda Ann Mauser
b. July 1, 1950
Inglewood, Calif, dau of
Donald, and Ursla Mauser

From Aunt Leste's Album
Gma Cupps' first 5th
Generation Veda
Annelle, Edith, Clara Ann
Mary Lena (Trowbridge) Cupps

160

3. Linda Janette Inselman
b. July 19, 1947
Kingsburg, Calif.

Married May 1, 1982
Lake Tullocha, Calif.

Richard Herring

b.

in son of

Lester and Lucille Herring

A. Ryan Jay Herring
b. Nov. 18, 1982
Uhaih, Calif.

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Linda & Ryan

161

V.

Wilfred

Faye

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Gary

Linda

Larry

162

40th Wedding Anniversary Nov. 20, 1964
1 to r

Virginia Faye Rice Inselman
William McKinley Rice
Celeste Virginia Cupps Rice
Wilfred Newman Inselman

Faye Inselman and her 1st born

163

B. John William Rice
b. Nov. 1 , 1926
Coleman Co. , near Santa
Anna, Texas
WWII Japan

Married Aug. 24, 1947
Divorced May, 1971

Married 2nd May 6, 1972

Euda Mae Ragsdale
b. Nov. 5, 1925
Ada, Oklahoma

Mary Louise Gregory
b. June 12, 1926
Peacock , Texas

Mary Louise's Children
Ronald Eugene Janssand
b. Nov. 3, 1946
Delano, Calif.

Ruby Ann Janssand
b. Nov. 3, 1948
Delano, Calif.

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Vickie

16 years

1. Vickie Marie Rice
b. May 24, 1948
Delano, Calif.

a. Ann Marie Meiners

b. Oct. 28, 1979
Falbrook, Calif.

b. Heather Elane Meiners
b. July 1, 1981
Falbrook, Calif.

Married Sept. 6, 1969

David John Meiners
b. April 4, 1946
Calif. Alhambra

Annie 3

Heather 1 1/2

164

C. Jerry Elgean Rice

b. Aug. 30, 1928

Coleman County, near

Santa Anna, Texas

Served in the U. S. Army

Oct. 20, 1950 to Sept. 26, 1952

part of this time in Germany.

d. Sept. 7, 1955 near Earlimart,

Calif. , in a terrible car-truck

accident.

Buried Veterans Plot,

Delano Cemetery, Delano, Calif.

FIELD RATION PERMIT

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(Name) (Rank) (SN|

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The enlisted man ,whose name appears above Is
'iuthorize(i ta be subsiste^kt g!jverninent,^pense. .

Validating^Offlcer i^t^J^^-^-i^. . r'.^^^^S^fe^!:^^. .

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.ACL (U 3-51-2MM-J7789-' (Organization) ' '''':",

165

1 to r Vickie Marie Rice
Nita Rae Rice & Mary Alice
Rice Ole Home Place in
Earlimart, Calif.

r to 1 John William (J.W.)
Rice and James Sealy
Phillips [Jim Phillips'
son] Track team that
placed in County Meet
Coleman Park, Texas

1 to r Vickie Marie Rice
Linda Janette Inselman
80 acres of Frances' &
Theo's near Earlimart
& Pixley, Calif. 1955

166

D. Glenda Lois Rice
b. Feb. 24, 1930
Coleman County,
Santa Anna, Texas

Married March 16, 1947
California

Charles Laverne Walker
b. Dec. 29, 1927
Gipsy Corner, Oklahoma

d. March 24, 1977 in
Crescent City, Calif.
Ashes scattered over
the mountains in Idaho.

Glenda

1. Michael Don Walker

b. Oct. 6, 1948

Delano, Calif

USA 1st Cav. Vietnam 2 years

Cambodia

Married July 19, 1981
Idaho

Sue Eakin Kromenhoek
b. June 26, 1949
Elmo, Washington

Sue's sons:
Tim - 15 years

Jamie - 12 years

iFeb. 19, 1983

2. Karen Sue Walker
b. Nov. 10,1950
Delano, Calif.

Married Aug. 4, 1972

William Dean Lesina
b. Oct. 28, 1950
Crescent City, Calif.
USA Vietnam 2 years

1. Scott William Lesina
3. March 29, 1973
Crescent, City, Calif.

). Laramie Lane Lesina
). Jan. 26, 1979
:rescent City, Calif.

Laramie, Scott, Neil

Great Grandma & Grandpa Rice

167

3. Cindy Lou Walker
b. Sept. 4, 1956
Crescent City, Calif.

Married 1973

Vernon Lockhart
b.

Divorced m

Married 2nd - Jan. 24, 1981
Crescent City, Calif

Earl Amundson
b. June 3, 1954
Ashland , Oregon

a. Neil Sheridan Lockhart

b. Oct. 23, 1973
Crescent City, Calif.

168

E. Billie Joyce Rice
b. Nov. 27, 1931
Coleman County, Texas

Married May 30, 1953
California
Divorced 1976

Gerald Beverly Swearinger

b.Dec. 3, 1931

Rocky Ford, Colorado

WW II Lt. CDR USN (Ret.)

1. Eric Clinton Swearinger
b. March 11, 1954
Sacramento, C^ilif.

Married Aug. 23, 197 5

a. Tamrin Elise Swearinger

b. June 30, 198 2
Fresno, California

Patrice Marie Yakouetic
b. April 3, 1957
Fresno, Calif.

Tamrin Elise

Great Grandma & Grandpa Rice

2. Renee Elaine Swearinger
b. Jan. 14, 1956
Modesto, Calif.

Married May 28, 1977
Fresno, Calif., in her
G-Grandma Rice's
backyard .

Divorced 1978

Randall Lee Madrigal
b. Dec. 13, 1954
Fresno, Calif.

Renee Dec. 1979

169

4 Generations
Seated front: Wm. McKinley Rice and Celeste Cupps
Rice holding Tamrin Elise Swear inger;
Billie Joyce Rice Swearinger and Eric Swearinger

3. Stephanie Ann Swearinger Married Feb. 18, 1981
b. Sept. 13, 1958

Modesto, Calif.

a. James Deric Blocker

b. Aug. 17,1980
Fresno, Calif.

4. Jill Katrin Swearinger Stephanie
b. Aug. 20, 1959 Ceres, Calif,
d. Aug. 20, 1959 Ceres, Calif.

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Deric -
28 months

James Darrel Blocker

b.

in

National Guard Reserves

Deric Blocker

Tamrin Elise -
4 1/2 months

170

2. Lori Denese Rice
b. July 16, 1959
Delano, Calif.

Married July 16, 1977
Wasco, Calif.,

Daniel Wayne Isaac
b. Jan. 26, 1956
Bakersfield, Calif.

a. Garrett Wayne Isaac

b. May 21, 1980
Bakersfield, Calif.

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b. Melissa Lyn Isaac
b. April 4, 1983
4-lbs. 8-oz.

c. Michelle Dawn Isaac
b. April 4, 1983
6-lbs. 3 1/2 oz.

Michelle & Melissa

1 month

H. Anita Jonell Rice Married Aug. 31. 1958

b. Jan. 6, 1938

Coleman Co. Santa Anna, Texas Divorced 1977

Charles Earl Dow/ing
b. Aug. 26, 1934
El Reno, Oklahoma

Married 2nd

David Robertson
b. Nov. 25, 1938
Fresno, Calif.

1. Craig Randal Dowling
b. Aug. 27, 1960

Ceres, Calif.

2. Brent Leon Downing
b. Dec. 17, 1961
Ceres, Calif.
US Navy

171

F. Archie Clinton Rice

b. Dec. 22, 1934

Coleman Co., Santa Anna, Tx.

d.Dec. 22, 1934
Coleman County, Texas

Buried Cleveland Community Cemetery
Coleman Co., Near Santa Anna, Texas
Buried near Gpa and Gma Cupps

G. Truman Creth Rice
b. April 5, 1936
Coleman Co. , Texas
Santa Anna

Married Dec. 17, 1955

Charlene Jo Marshall
b. Oct. 15, 1938
Clifty, Arkansas

(Grime;

1. Jerry Lane Rice
b. Oct. 14, 1956
Delano, Calif.

I. Mary Alice Rice
b. Dec. 18, 1939
Coleman Co., Santa Anna,
Texas. Teacher of High
School students
Fresno, Calif.

Married June 11, 1967

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Andrew Kachadoorian
b. April 28, 1922
Fresno, Calif.
US Army, Nov. 1942-
Jan. 1946

J. Nita Rae Rice
b. July 17, 1941
Earlimart, Calif.

Married March 17, 1964

Joseph Emanuel Kobe
b. Jan. 17, 1940
Detroit, Mich.
Refer to Kobedkopenfelts
Geneology

1. Laura Celeste Kobe
b. June 26, 1970
Fresno, Calif.

172

40th Wedding Anniversary
'Bill & Leste" Nov. 20, 1964

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San Angelo, Texas

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and Happy 68th
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The William McKinley Rice Family

Uncle Bill and Aunt Leste

top row, 1 to r:

John William Rice 11-7-1926

William McKinley Rice 1-2-1903

holding Nita Rae Rice 7-17-1941

Jerry Elgean Rice 8-30-1928 - 9-7-1955

Celeste Virginia (Cupps) Rice 11-20-1906

Glenda Lois Rice 2-24-30

front row, 1 to r

Truman Creth Rice 4-5-1936
Billie Joyce Rice 11-27-1931
Anita Jonell Rice 1-6-1938
Virginia Faye Rice 8-30-1925
holding Mary Alice Rice 12-18-1939

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Mary Lena (Trowbridge) Cupps
5-5-1863 - 2-10-1952
Reprinted March 1980

178

Reprinted Sept. 1978

William Lee Baugh
b. 10-22-1868 in Tennessee

d. 9-24-1943 Cleveland Community, Coleman, Texas

County

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b. 9-27-1868 in Moulton, Texas

d. 4-18-1951 in Cleveland Community, Coleman, Co., Texas

Grandparents to many of our cousins

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1^

Mary Lena Cupps
(3 Summer 1942
near Delano, Texas

187

B. V. CUPPS FUNERAL

IS HiXD FRIDAT

The remains ol R. V. Cupps,
76. were laid to rest In me
Cleveland cemetery last Friday
afternoon, following funeral
services at the Cupps home at.
3 p. m. conducted by Rev. Sid-
ney Smith of Abilene, minis-
ter of the Churcn of Christ.

According to data at hand,
Mr. Cupps was bom in May,.
1858 in the state ol Missouri.
He tcdA hi& YQung wife came ta^
Texas 45 years ago, ttrai 5»aii
after their marriage, and settled
on Hay Creek, In the Clevelana
community, where they Uvea,
reared a fine family of children,
accumulated a good farm and
gained the friendship of a sple-
ndid neighborhood.

Coleman county was to the
pioneer stage when Mr. and
Mrs. Cupps came nere, and tney
went thru the ordeals. Incident
.to^helplng build the community
where they lived and developing
It into a splendid place in which
to live and rear a family.

Mr. and Mrs. Cupps were
married September 2/th, 1883.
Eight children were bom to
them, seven of whom ana the
wife still survive. His body was
found lifeless in bed early last
Thursday morning when Mrs.
Cupps called to watte him for
breakfast. The survivors are:
Mrs. Cupps, at home; Mrs. Por-
ter Clark, Santa Anna; Mrs.
Forrest Battles, San Angelo;
WlUlam Cupps and timer Cupps
of Santa Anna; Mrs. Theo Sne-
ncer, San Angelo; Mrs. Emu
WUllams, White Deer; Mrs. Bui
Rice, Santa Anna; thirty grand-
children and six great-grand-
children. All were present for
the fxmerai. j

five brothers and nju»" "•♦•'^ '
also survive. 'iVin brothers,
Sol and Ben Cupps of concno
county, and three sisters also
were present for the funeral.

^eldon Clark, Rachel Cudds,
Gordon Battles, Jay WlUlams,
Charles WestbrooK and tariy
Herring were pall bearers.

Hosch Brothers were in
charge and directed the runerai.

Mr. Cupps was a loval com-"
panlon. a cmd aTIa lovm? fath- ■
er, ar Christian gentleman, ana
a ?ood citizen. He wui be
jrea-ly -vissea m the hOT-» and
cotrmunJtv where ne reared nis
family ar.d lived so loc^.

and f»liDUy

r,-^.

^ "■-«"■' «an;B and (Matty . ».r . .•■

In Memory of

/Hanj ^cna (Cuppa

.•)., .vv~t\ *""»^

1863-1952

Services from

Delano Mortuary Chapel

February 12, 1952, 10 A.M.

Mr. Worshom, Minister

Music by the
Church of Christ Choir

Final Resting Place
Santa Anna, Texas

Memorial Services arranged by

Cecil & Betty LaCourse

of

Delano Mortuary

Delano, California

Mrs. Mary Lena Cupps

DELANO, Kem Co., Feb. 12.—
Funeral services were held today
in the Delano Mortuary lor Mrs.
Mary Lena Cupps of Pixley, who
died Sunday. She was bom May
5, 1S63, in Iowa, and lived in the
Pixley area since 1940.

She is survived by live daugh-
ters, Mrs. Clara Clark, Delano;
Mrs. Laura Battles, Pixley; Mrs.
Frances Spencer, Earlimart; Mrs.
Helen Williams, Pampa. Tex.,
and Mrs. Celeste Rice, Earlimart;
two sons, William and Elmer
Cupps of Texas; one sister, Mrs.
Clara Kilmer of Texas; 36 grand-
children, 49 great grandchildren
and three great, great grandchil-
dren.

188

They died as they lived - Christians
Cleveland Community Cemetery near
Santa Anna, Coleman Co., Texas

Reed Vance Cupps

Mary Lena (Trowbridge) Cupps

Pictures at Aunt Leste Rice's

and Cindy Lou Walker Amundsen

Reed Lena

189

Grandma & Grandpa Cupps
Mary Lena Trowbridge Cupps
Reed Vance Cupps holding
William Henry Cupps
Clara Ann Cupps standing
Laura Julia Cupps seated

190

Elmer Roscoe Cupps (seated)

1 to r: Laura Julia Cupps
Clara Ann Cupps
William Henry Cupps

191

1 to r:

Laura Julia Cupps
Helen Rhoda Cupps
Frances Bacon Cupps
Clara Ann Cupps

1 to r : Elmer Roscoe Cupps

Helen Rhoda Cupps (Frances?)
William Henry Cupps

192

y

Celeste Virginia Cupps

193

Frances Bacon Cupps

Reprinted May 1980

Helen Rhoda Cupps

194

Celeste on Ole Princess
Reprinted Sept. 1980

195

at^iTi

July 1926 Grandpa Cupps ' 68th Birthday

Top rowrEvaline Imogene Cupps Herring; Opal Lena Battles Aldrege Hogan;
holding James Charles Spencer; Weldon Wilson Clark; Edith Olive Clark Williams;
holding Emil Duane Williams; Lawson Alphy Battles; holding Lena Margaret Spencer
Williams; 2nd row: Loleita Bernice Spencer Lemes; Raymon Virgil Cupps; Doris Izola
Cupps Kelly; Thelma Marie Cupps Fleming; Bonnie Lee Battles Westbrook; holding
Virginia Faye Rice Inselman; front row: Forest John Reed Battles; Floyd Earl Battles;
Lee Vance Cupps; Rachel Williams Cupps

Grandchildren of Reed Vance and Mary Lena Cupps

196

Grandma Cupp (sitting center) 0 May 5, 1950

standing 1 to r: Billie Joyce Rice Swearinger; Lena Margret Spencer Williams;
Glenda Loyce Rice Walker; Bonnie Lee Battles Westbrook; Opal Lena Battles Aldredge
Hogan; Edith Olive Clark Williams; Weldon Wilson Clark; Mary Alice Rice Kachadoorian;
Laura Ellen Battles Stocking.

( Grandchildren of Mary Lena Trowbridge Cupps and Reed Vance Cupps)

standing: (far left) Frances Bacon Cupps Spencer; Laura Julia Cupps Battles;
climbing on bench standing center = (back) Theodore Wicker Spencer

197

Grandma Cupps with great-grandchildren @ May 5, 1950
1 to r: Veda Virginia Nicholson; Diane Gail Battles; Wm. Troy Nicholson
Opal Battles Hogan (standing far left)

Grandma Cupps with 5 grandsons & 1 great grandson Aug. 1941

standing, top row: Grandma Cupps; James Charles Spencer;

Jerry Elgean Rice; seated: John William :^ice holding Archie King Battles;

Forest John Reed Battles; J.R. 's school friend, (r) boy unidentified

198

Ronald Edward Ludder's Family

standing: Tory Edward; Brett Erin;

seated :Ron; Virginia Louise (Ginny) ; holding

Kirsten Elaine

Refer to pages 293-294 Family #446 ch.i

Nancy Ellen is Wm. Allen Trowbridge's oldest sister

199

NANCY ELLEN TROWBRIDGE first child and daughter of Levi and Permelia (Ross)
Trowbridge was born Feb. 1, 1839 Gallia Co., Ohio
m 1st March 22, 1857 JOHN MOAK

JACOB T. MOAK b April 26, 1863 Ottumwa , Wapello, Iowa d Feb. 13, 1932 Chicago.
Cook Co., 111. m Dec. 18, 1883 REBECCA KREIS b Oct. 12, 1859 Logansport , Cass
Co., Indiana d Dec. 7, 1928 Chicago Cook Co., Illinois

ESTELL PAULINE MOAK b April 3, 1884 Huntington, Huntington Co. Ind. d Nov. 4
1937 Chicago, Cook Co. 111., m Nov. 5, 1905 EDWARD JOHN LUDDERS SR. b March 8,
1883 Logansport, Cass Co., Ind. d Dec. 21, 1955

EDWARD JOHN LUDDERS JR. b July 13, 1922 Logansport, Cass Co., Ind. m Oct. 10,
1941 LORRAINE LORETTA ARNOLD b Sept. 18, 1921 Chicago, Cook Co., 111., daughter
of Edward Joseph and Julya "Mary" (Gensche) Arnold (Arneau)

RONALD EDWARD LUDDERS b Aug. 20, 1943 Chicago, Cook Co., 111., m VIRGINIA
LOUISE SULLIVAN (Ginny) b May 11, 1944 Charleston, Coles Co., 111., daughter
of Edward Meridith and Vivian Pauline (Hoseney) Sullivan. Ginny is a descendant
in the Cartwright Geneology - a book recently published here in Phoenix

1. Tory Edward Ludders b July 17, 1967 Melrose Park, Cook Co., 111.

2. Brett Erin Ludders b Aug. 16, 1970 Arlington Heights, Cook Co., 111.

3. Kirsten Elaine Ludders b Aug. 7, 1980 Phoenix, Maricopa Co., Arizona

Ginny 's aunt, Mrs. Jordan, and Mr. Jordan (Mary & Harold) belong to the Sun
City Geneology Society, as I do, and they told me about Ron Ludders having a
Trowbridge in his ancestry, a needle-in-the-haystack story, and I am glad
that we are found. - Loleita

Arizona Death Records
An index compiled from Mortuary, Cemetery and Church Records

A Bicentennial Project of the Arizona State Geneology Society, Tucson, Az. , 1976

Page 1296

Towbridge, Lee death date 29 July 1921 Code 134

Buried County Cemetery, Nogales, Ariz, surname may be Trowbridge

(■This may be the Levi Denis b Jan. 15, 1852 - page 294 Family #446 ch. vii)

Loleita
Page 1302 Trowbridge (see Towbridge) Code 154
Katharine D.
Wife of William Bloodworth Trowbridge.
Family 99a page 122 The Trowbridge Book Philanthropist and owner of the
Triangle L Ranch, Oracle, Ariz. 1924. Died Sept. 14, 1941 in New York
Doctors Hospital) Loleita

200

2. Clara Ann Trowbridge
1. Flaunie Edith Kilmer

James Byram Killmer
Robert Lee Flores

A. Imogene Pauline Flores
b. July 29,1913
in Bangs, Texas

Married June 10, 1931
Brownwood , Texas

Marion Glenn Van Zandt
b. April 29, 1911
in Sweetwater, Texas
son of Thomas Marion and
Nora Faye (Anderson)
Van Zandt

1. Norma La Verne Van Zandt Married Dec. 23, 1951
b. Oct. 8, 1932 Ceres, California

Santa Anna, Coleman Co., Texas

a. La Verne Gaye Smith

b. Dec. 4, 1952

in Castle Air Force Base

Married Dec. 27, 1971
in Castle A.F.B.
Merced, Calif.

Marvin Loyd Smith

b. April 9, 1929

in Chouteau, Oklahoma

U.S.A.F.

Steven Albert Dougherty

b. July 20, 1952

in Sacramento, Calif.

i. Charles Marvin Dougherty

b. April 25, 1973

Ehrling Bergquist USAF

Regional Hospital

Off. AF Base, Nebraska

ii. Steven A. (Initial only) Dougherty
b. March 13, 1980
Sacramento, Calif.

b. Rhonda Kaye Smith

b. Dec. 17, 1953

Mather AF Base Sacramento,

Calif.

Married
Reno , Nevada

May 17, 197 5

Lawrence (NI4I) Benitez
b. Sept. 27, 1947

Modesto, Calif.

i. Jessie (NMI) Benitez
b. March 14, 1977
Modesto, Calif.

ii. Larry (NMI) Benitez
b. April 14, 1979
Modesto, Calif.

iii. Shawn (NMI) Bebitez

b. May 25, 1982
Modesto, Calif.

c . Ramona Raye Smith
b. Nov. 1, 1956
Castle AF Base, Merced
Calif.

Married
Merced , Calif.
March IB, 197 2

Albert Wayne Collins
b. June 4, 1951
San Antonio, Texas

i. Cheri Annett Collins

b. Feb. 5, 1972

Castle AF Base, Merced,

Calif.

201

ii. Aaron Werbeski Collins
b. Aug. 30, 1975
Turlock, Calif.

iii. Starlynn Merie Collins
b. Jan. 18,1981
Turlock, Calif.

d. Sandra Faye Smith
b. Sept. 27, 1960
in Atwater, Calif.

Married June 15, 1980
Reedsport, Oregon

Gary Lee McCoy
b. Jan. 1, 1957
Wilmington, Ohio

i. Ronald Loyd McCoy
b. June 30, 1981
Merced, Calif.

Marvin Loyd Smith

USN 1947-1951 Service on the Daniel A. Joy Destroyer Escort

USAF May 1952 - Service at Parks Air Force Base, Livermore, Calif,
SE ?.sia; Korean Conflict/ Castle Air Force Base, Merced, Calif.
"Every phase of maintenance on an airplane"

Alaskc ;

LaVerne Gaye Smith Dougherty

USN July 27, 1971 - Aug. 5, 1971 SR(El) Medical Discharge

Steven Albert Dougherty

US Air Force - Sept. 6, 1971 - Oct. 8, 1979 S/Sgt . (E5)

Lawrence Benitez

US Army - 3 Aug. 1967 = Aug. 1, 1969 SP (E4)

Albert Wayne Col] ins

USN 16 Dec. 1969 - Feb. 8, 1971 CSSN Commissarian

Seaman. Served in Viet Nam. SE-3

Sandra Faye Smith McCoy

USAF Sept. 28, 1977 - June 1981

Gary Lee McCoy

USAF S/Sgt. {E5) 1976 - 1981

202

2. Colysta Ruth Van Zandt
b. Sept. 27, 1934
Santa Anna, Coleman Co.
Texas

Married June 17, 1955
in Modesto, Calif.

John Richard Wallers
b. Dec. 2, 1924
Berkeley, Calif.
Church of Christ Ministei
son of Harry Thedore Jr.
and Opal (Keyser)
Wallers

a. Kenneth Glenn Wallers

b. July 11, 1956
Modesto, Calif.

Married Aug. 17,1979
Houston, Texas

Jo Ann Dykes

b'. .March 3, 1959

Houston, Texas

b. Clayton Maurice Wallers
b. Jan. 31, 1959
Modesto, Calif.

Married Nov. 27, 1981
San Antonio, Texas

Tammy Sherrod
b. Sept. 6, 1963
Fayetteville, North
Carolina

c.Brenda Jane Wallers
b. Oct. 26, 1960
Modesto, Calif.

Married June 12, 1982
Lubbock, Texas

David Wayne Mc Neill
b. June 8, 1955
Flint, Michigan

Glen Van Zandt holding Norma •
Imogene (Flores) Van Zandt, holding j^
Colysta, 3 weeks old. 1934

Zephyr, Texas

-•' »* * ^'

Z03

B. Raymond Eugene Flores

b. Aug. 11 1916

near Bangs, Texas

d. Sept. 3, 1916

Buried Trickham Cemetery,

Trickham, Texas Row V21

Also buried Trickham Cemetery
Ethel May Flores Row V18
Nancy Ann (Fellers) Flores Row V19
Edward Manuel Flores Row V20

204

C. Donald Maurice Flores
b. April 24, 1921
Graham, Texas

Married June 19, 1943

Vera Pauline Pena

b. Jan. 25, 1924

Lakeside, Calif.

dau. of Patrick M. Pena

and Mary C. (Quintanar)

Pena

1. Donald Maurice Flores, Jr.
b. March 1, 1944
San Diego, Calif.

Married March 31, 1979

Sylvia Buckey

2. Raymond Eugene Flores

b. Feb. 9, 1949

San Francisco, Calif.

Married Feb. 18, 1966
St. George, Utah
Divorced 1969

Susan Maureen Cook
b. Sept. 3 1948
in Michigan

a. Michelle Rae Flores

b. April 24, 1967
La Mesa, Calif.

b. Kimberly Sue Flores
b. Feb. 19, 1968
Muskegan, Michigan

3. Kathleen Louise Flores

b. Jan 20, 1950

in San Diego, Calif.

Married April 25, 1969
Tulsa, Oklahoma

Bobby Del Ratliff
b. Oct. 16, 1948
in Broken Arrow, OK
d. April 11, 1977
dune buggy accident
cremated-ashes over
Borrego Desert

a. Jason Sterling Ratliff

b. Aug. 11, 1970
in La Mesa, Galif.

Remarried
Oct. 23, 198]

George Garcia, Jr.
b. April 1, 1946
San Diego, Calif.

205

D. Marjorie Ernestine Flores
b. Sept. 11, 1923
Eastland, Texas
Employed American State
Bank, Lubbock, Texas

Married June 6, 1944
Yuma, Arizona

Clark Johnson
b. Aug. 23, 1922
Tulia, Texas
Church of Christ
Minister Also with Am.
Amicable Insurance Co.
son of Fredrick Alva and
Minnie Ethel (Lyles)
Johnson

i. Maynard Odell Johnson

b. Oct. 18, 1946

Amarillo, Texas

USN Feb. 14, 1968-Dec . 1971

GMG3 (E-4) Ceremonial Guard

in Wash. D.C. May 1968-Mar .1971

Married Nov. 7, 1970
Portsmouth, Ohio

Brenda Kay Gray
Jul7 19, 1950
Portsmouth , Ohio

a. Nicholas Wayne Johnson

b. Dec. 14, 1971
Portsmouth, Ohio

b. David Clark Johnson
B. Oct. 8, 1975
Lubbock, Texas

2. Phyllis Elaine Johnson
b. Dec. 19, 1947

Married Dec. 30, 1966
Lubbock, Texas

Roger Daniel Martin
b. Sept. 21, 1944
Crosby ton, Texas
d. Feb. 10, 1974
Lubbock, Texas of brain
tumor. Buried Rest
Haven Cemetery, Lubbock,
Texas USA Sept. 1968-
April 1970 Staff Sgt.
(E-6) 12 months in Vietnam

Married Feb. 18, 1978
Dallas, Texas

Wilbur F. Near
b. July 16, 1935
Chicago, 111. (Oak
Park) US Coast
Guard, commissioned
Ensign Oct. 1958
6 mos . Active Duty-
Active Reserve
10 years Lt. Commander

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a. Christopher Jon Martin

b. July 6 1969
Lubbock , Texas

b. Roger Cole Martin
b. March 8, 1972
Lubbock , Texas

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• ■^r.-i fha II <^ Navv on Valentine's Day,

for basic training.

Ma^nard „as chosen to serve tn t.e C--on1a, Guard >" WasMn,ton^O.C.

tte S?e"H^ous' !"ca;?to"f -Pen'tlgo. %'d" ws A,r ForcAase and a few
Memorllls (Lincoln, Jefferson. Washington Monument, etc.).

„e also served in many, ™-y /"-"' \ « //'Jr^ ",tTn^ wT.'^He
T. rart'?c^;at'^"%rdi?nua?; fXaVs'." S^ ^de'the ran./rate of
GMG3 (E-4) in the Ceremonial Guard.

"--a zJP^n:'^.''in^-'^-^^^tn^^^ s^"^

worked with nuclear weapons.

on Ouly 4, 1971 he t.9an a -^''-ranean Tour and ^nt^ tojtaly^^

liri": ,;™"-is'"irti ''i:l\Z'Ti.^s bom. He received an
"Honorable" Discharge December, 1971.

Personal Data Sheet of

ROGER DANIEL MARTIN

Address: 1911-A 41st Street, Lubbock, Texas
Telephone: 744-1300

PERSONAL DATA

Nativity:

Born September 21, 1944,

Ralls, Texas
Marital Status :

Married, CSon, age 10 nonths)
Height :

S'lO"
Keight:

150
Health:

Excellent
Memberships ;

Kappa Alpha Order social fraternity,

Finance Club, Church of Christ
Hobbies :

Golf, fishing, skiing

BUSINESS EXPERIENCE

September 1968 to April 1970 -- United States Army. Served final
12 months in the Republic of Vietnam as .A.ssist3nt to ths Chief of
Financial Operations, 64th Finance Section, Da.N'ang. Received five
accelerated promotions, the Army Commendation Medal fcr Achievement
the Bronze Star Medal for Meritorious Service, and was honcrably
discharged as a Staff Sergeant (E-6).

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By Depaiy.

Recorded in book / page ^' Av-
of Nlaniage records ^-

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Miss Flaunie Kilmer

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Robert Lee Flores
1911

Flaunie Edith (Kilmer) Flores

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1 to r Ernestine
Imogene & Donald

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1 to r

Imogene Pauline Flores

Robert Lee Flores

Flaunie Edith (Kilmer) Flores

center front Donald Maurice Flores

Ernestine Flores

June 5, 1927 Atop
Santa Anna Mountain

212

2. Clara Ann Trov/bridge

James Byram Killmer

2. Bertha Pauline Kilmer

a. Roscoe Murrell Spence

b. July 18, 1914
Trickham, Texas

Married Aug. 31, 1935

Clarence Leo Spence
Elgie Taylor
b. Oct. 27, 1914
Santa Anna, Texas
dau. of Amos and
Mae Taylor

1. Linda Lee Spence
b. March 4, 1941
San Fernando, Calif.

Married March 19, 1960

Donald Lipsey

b. March 14, 1939

Benton, 111.

a. Debra Lynn Lipsey

b. March 22, 1961
Santa Ana, Calif.

Married Feb. 14, 1982

Kevin Ashford
b. Nov. 25, 1959

b. Michael Wayne Lipsey

b. Oct. 26, 1962
Saugus , Calif.

c. Kathleene Marie Lipsey
b. Dec. 9, 1969

San Jose, Calif.

213

C. Geraldine Jewel Spence

b. Sept. 20, 1918

Garland, Texas

d. Aug. 24, 1977 of cancer

Ft. Worth, Texas

Buried Coleman Cemetery

Coleman, Coleman Co. , Texas

Married July 27, 1940

George Thomas
b. Feb. 12, 1912
Coleman, Texas

no children

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cousins 1 to r Loleita; Maxine King Battles
Doris Cupps Kelley and Geraldine Jewel Spence Thomas,

214

B. Clarence Weldon Spence
b. June 28, 1916
Trickham, Texas
WWII Bataan March
Prisoner of the Japanese
3 yrs.

Married Aug. 20, 1947

Erma Barton

b. Oct. 8, 1918

Megan City, Utah

1. Jiiranie Lee Spence
b. Nov. 17, 1940
Pasadena, Calif.

Married July 3, 1962

Judy Ann Stuart
b. Jan. 4, 1942
Aurora, 111.

a. Danny Scott Spence

b. Aug. 22, 1968

in Van Nuys , Calif.

b. Gregory Michael Spence
b. April 2, 1973
Van Nuys, Calif.

2. Kenny Ray Spence
b. Oct. 12, 1950
Burbank, Calif.

Married March 27, 1976

Michele Jo Murphy
b. Nov. 17, 1954
Walthain, Mass.

a. Lisa Marie Spence

b. Jan. 5, 1981

Los Angeles Co., Calif.

215

D. Othella Rosalie Spence
b. Aug. 17, 1920
Trickham, Texas

Married 1945

Divorced

Married 2nd 1961

Maurice Smith Vogel
b. in

in Minn.

Frank Gail Weekly
b. Dec. 31, 1925
Avera (Green Co.)
Miss.

1 . Maurice Smith Vogel II

b. Sept. 29, 1949

Los Angeles Co., Calif.

Maurice Smith Vogel
Maurice Smith Vogel II
Othella holding
Dana Paul Vogel
Nov. 1953

2. Dana Paul Vogel
b. May 31, 1953
Los Angeles Co. ,
Calif.

a. Tracy Renee Vogel

b. April 14, 1979
Gulfport, Miss.

b. Bonnie Marie Vogel

b. Oct. 30, 1980
Gulfport, Miss.

c. Justin Anthony Vogel
b. Jan. 25, 1982
Gulfport, Miss.

Married 2nd
June 17 , 1978
Gulfport, Miss

Kathy Ann Abshire
b. June 10, 1958
in San Antonio, Texas
dau. of Joseph and
Peggy Sue Abshire

216

3. Dale Clarence Weekly

b. June 12, 1962

Los Angeles Co., Calif.

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Othella Spence
May 1938

Othella Spence
Aug. 1944

217

E. Rodney Edison Spence
b. May 29, 1925
in Trickham, Texas
WW II USMC

Married Sept. 22,
San Diego, Calif.

1945 Joyce Huse

b. April 1, 1929
Rockwall, Texas dau.
of Earl Barron, and
Mary Jewell (Moore)
Huse

1 . Jerry Wayne Spence
b. Aug. 6, 1948
in Dallas, Texas

a. Christopher Wayne Spence

b. July 24, 1969
in Irving, Texas

b. Daniel Wayne Spence
b. Sept. 9, 1974
in Irving, Texas

Married Aug. 30, 1968

Mary Tucker

b. May 26, 1950

in Mc Kinney, Texas

2. Steve Allen Spence
b. March 20, 1950
Los Angeles, Calif.

Married Sept. , 1968

Divorced 1972

Married 2nd Aug. 15, 1976

Cathy Langston
b. July 12, 1952
in

Jackie Gillaspy Lewis
b. Dec. 19, 1950
Barger , Texas

a. David D' Wayne Spence

b. June 27, 1969
Dallas, Texas

b. Donna Ann Spence

b. May 20, 1970
Dallas, Texas

c. Douglas Allen Spence
b. July 3, 1971
Dallas, Texas

d. April Dawn Spence
b. Sept, 21, 1977
Dallas, Texas

218

3. Beverly Ann Spence
b. Feb. 20, 1955
Los Angeles, Calif.

Married March 1, 1973

Bruce David Gammon
b. Nov. 10, 1954
Dallas, Texas

a. Crissy Denise Gammon

b. Oct. 29, 1978
Irving, Texas

b. Mathew David Gammon
b. Jan. 3, 1983
Irving, Texas

4 . Kathy Lynn Spence
b. Nov. 5, 1958
Dallas, Texas

Married April 5, 1980

Peter Collins
b. Jan. 11, 1958
Houston, Texas

5. Randall Leo Spence
b. Oct. 21, 1960
in Abilene, Texas

Married May 29, 1981

Peggy Sue Overbey
b. Oct. 22, 1961
Texas City, Texas

219

Clarence Leo Spence
& Bertha Pauline Kilmer
Wedding picture Oct. 20
1912

These two pictures from
Fleda's album

Clarence and Bertha Spence
1944

Bertha Kilmer Spence
1981 from Othella

220

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Othella, Murrell, Bertha Spence
Geraldine & George Thomas 1944
at Frances & Theo Spencers home in
San Angelo, Texas

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Clara Ann Kilmer
sent by Ernestine

Clara Ann Kilmer
at Frances & Theo's

(3 April 1932

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All together at Rodney & Joyce's June 1982
Othella Weekly, Rodney Spence, Joyce Spence
Murrell Spence, Elgie Spence, Erma Spence &
Weldon Spence

Rodney s Joyce's children Christma retime 1979
seated 1 to r

Beverly Spence Gammon, Steve Spence, Kathy Spence
Collins, top 1 to r Jerry Wayne Spence,
Randall Leo Spence

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2. Clara Ann Trowbridge

James Byram Killmer

3. William Ne\\man Kilmer

Ethel Blanche Sansom

A. Leo Newman Kilmer
b. March 2, 1921
Mercury, Texas
WW II Sgt. USAF

Married Dec. 23, 1941
Brady, Texas

Sadie Aileen Cox
b. June 12, 1924
Nolanville, Texas
dau. of Oren and
Beatrice (Moore) Cox

i. Gary Wayne Kilmer
b. May 4, 1944
Brady, Texas

Married July 15, 1963
Hondo, Texas

Margie Mummie
b. July 9, 1948
Hondo, Texas dau. of
Mr . & Mrs . Raymond
Mummie

Divorced

a. Dawn Marie Kilmer

b. Feb. 26, 1966
San Antonio, Texas

Leo and Sadie Kilmer 1977

b. Michele Rae Kilmer
b. July 9, 1971
San Antonio, Texas

2. Richard Oren Kilmer
b. April 8, 1947
Brady, Texas

Married Jan.

San Antonio, Texas

Cynthia Ann Mannon

b.

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dau. of Malcum William

b. Mar. 8, 1917; and

Louise (GroEt) b...May

6, 1920, Mannon

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a. Regan Leigh Kilmer

b. Sept. 23, 1974
Houston, Texas

b. Nicholas Gregory Kilmer
b. March 8, 1981
Texas

Twins

c. Christopher Michael Kilmer)
b. March 8, 1981
Texas

3. Karen Ann Kilmer
b. March 14, 1948
Brownwood , Texas

Married Oct. 25, 197 5
San Antonio, Texas

Raymond Eugene Shaw
b. Oct. 30, 1943
in Florida
son of James Edward
and Lillian (Aaron)
Shaw

a. Sarah Ann Shaw

b. Jan 28, 1977
San Antonio, Texas

b. Ryan Nexoman Shaw

b. 1979
San Antonio, Texas

c. John James Shaw
b. Aug. 31, 1981
San Antonio, Texas

4. David Leon Kilmer
b. Oct. 24, 1954
San Antonio, Texas

Married Feb. 20, 1982
Leo Kilmer home
San Antonio, Texas

Tracy Lynn Carpenter

b.

in dau.

of Harry Edgar, b.

Feb, 20, 1937 and

Wendie (Read) b. June

29, 1938 Carpenter

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B. Howard Leroy Kilmer
b. Jan 19, 1923
Placid, Texas
WW II B17 Pilot
(Flight Officer)
Killed in Action
March 6, 1944 Post-
humously awarded Air Medal,
349 AAF Bomb Squad .v

Buried first with 3 other officers
Evangelical Cemetery, Quakenbruck, Germany.
Later moved to U.S, Military Cemetery
Neuville en Condroz, Belgium. Later brought
home and buried Placid, Texas.

Four Oak Leaf Clusters, and Purple Heart.

FLYING OFFICER— Howard
L. Kilmer recently received
his wings in the United
States Army Air Corps at
Turner Field, Go , ond is
now stotioned at Hendricks
Field, Seabring, Fla. Kil-
mer is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. N. Kilmer of Ro-
chelle.

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New Legion Post Named for Kilmer

A new American Legion Posi
was organized ai Mercury Nov.
10.

The new post was named
"Howard Leroy Kilmer Ameri-
can Legion Post" in honor of the
F/0 Howard Leroy Kilmer who
was killed in action M.irch 6,
1944, '>n a mission over
Germany. He had made 30
[irevious missions as pilot of a
D 17 aircraft whiii' stalio'ied ..n
England.

He was tiie si;n oP the iatc
Willie N. Kilmer and Ethel IJ.
Kilmer who lived for many
years at Placid bifore moving
10 Brady. F/0 Kilmer attended
school at Placid and Rochelle
and was a native of McCulloch
County.

The new American Legion
Post opened with 15 charter
miinbers.

Officers elected were Charles
(Chuck) Hubbard, commander;
Kay Weatherman, vice com-
r'Mnder: William .■\. (Tony)
Long, adjutant: Nelson Adams,
finance officer; Charles Hub-
bard, service officer and chap-
lain: Ililiner Kruckemeyer, ser-
geantat-arms.

District commander Doc Hol-
liday of San Angelo' installed
the new officers.

The Mercury post will meet
the second Friday night of each
month at the Mercury Com-
munity Center. The next
meeting will be Dec. 8.

All war veterans in the area
are invited to become mem-
bers. Charier memberships will
be oxtendec ior 90 days.
Prospective members may con-
228

tact officers or other members
of the organization.

Those attending were Com-
mander Holliday and Mrs.
Holliday and Finance Officer
Harry Wilson, all of District 21
Post of San Angelo; C. A.
Mitchell. D. Cox. L. C.
Underwood, Ray Weatherman,
James R. Beasley. John W.
Gilbrcath, Hilmer Krucke-
meyer, W. C. Mc.Mlister.
Nelson .^dams and Charles
Hubbard, ail of Mercury;
Bradley R. Tinney and W. W.
Fikc of Placid: Ray Vernon
Foster and W. .^X. Long of
Ijrady.

Guests attending were Mrs.
Ray V. Foster, Mrs. Long.
Mrs. Nelson Adams and Mrs.
Hubbard of Mercury.

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C. Gary Norman Kilmer
b. Jan. 10, 1925
Placid, Texas
WW II Sgt. USAF

Married Aug. 23, 1952
Dallas, Texas

Betty Dyess

b. April 22, 1931

Ft. Worth, Texas

1. William Norman Kilmer •-
b. July 13, 1953

Baptist Memorial Hospital
San Antonio, Texas

2. Julia Kay Kilmer
b. Oct 13, 1956
Methodist Hospital
Dallas, Texas

bod patiet at home
with cancer (Feb. 1983

3. Jean Marie Kilmer
b. Aug. 4, 1962
Methodist Hospital
Dallas, Texas

Between C-D William Newman Kilmer, Jr.

b. Sept. 16-17, 1926

Lived 24 hours

Buried Placid Cemetery

D. Wanda Ethel Kilmer
b. Sept. 25, 1928
Brady, Texas
Wanda has furnished
most of this infor-
mation for Willis's
Ethel's families

Married Feb. 21, 1947
Texas

Willis Cundiff Oglesby
b. June 28, 1925
Hamilton, Texas
son of Willis C. &
Verla Verlissa (Penny)
Oglesby. Ranching
people. WWII

1982

230

Willis C. & Wanda Ethel
(Kilmer) Oglesby Feb.
1977 Midland, Texas

1. Ronald Howard Oglesby

b. Dec. 28, 1947

Brownwood , Texas

US Army Intelligence

Sp. 5 Served in

Vietnam 8th RFS

Phu Bia

Married Feb. 14, 1970

Paula Diane Young
b. Oct. 30,1950
Baird, Texas
dau of C.B. &
Barbara Young

1970

Ronald Howard & Paula Diane
Oglesby

a. Lori Gay Oglesby

b. March 6, 1973
Fayetville, No. Carolina

b. Ronald Howard Oglesby, Jr.

b. May 24, 1978
Midland , Texas

c. James Barlow Oglesby
b. April 19, 1980
Midland, Texas

" To grandpa Oglesby
James, age 2, Ron, Jr.
age 4, Lori Gay, age 9

231

2. Sharon Lynn Oglesby
b. Dec. 28, 1949
Brownwood, Texas

Married Oct. 19, 1968

Philip Ray Pearson
b. Aug. 11, 1950
Tulare, Calif,
son of Raymond and
Vivian Pearson from
Oklahoma. US Army Sgt.
Served in Vietnam as MP

a. Sandra Kay Pearson

b. June 11, 1969
Midland, Texas

b. Philip Ray Pearson

b. Sept. 26, 1971
Ft. Huachuca, Sierra
Vista, AZ

c. Joseph Newman Pearson
b. Dec. 18, 1978
Midland, Texas

Pearson, Philip & Sharon
Sandra, Philip Jr., & Joseph

3. Willis Calvin Oglesby
b. Jan. 8, 1953-54
Alpine , Texas

Married May 20, 1977

Willis Calvin & Christine
May 20, 1977

Grandmother Kilmer, center
232

Glenda Christine
Bartimus b. June 27,
1955 Centralia, ILL
dau. of Emery
Lavern & Loretta
June (Cameron)
Bartimus; grdau. of
Joseph s Mollie
Gower Smith; & Henry
& Sarah Grubaugh
Cameron

a. Vanessa Hope Oglesby

b. Jan. 19, 1979
Midland , Texas

b. Katrina Michelle Oglesbyl
b. Jan. 11, 1983
Midland, Texas

4. Robert Allen Oglesby
b. Nov. 11, 1955
Midland, Texas

Married April 9, 1977
Stanton, Texas
Belvue Church of Christ
Glen Sarent, Minister

Robert & Judy Jan. 21, 1981

Judy Dale Mc Kenney
b. May 16, 1959
Big Spring, Texas
dau. of Charlie
Edward & Nelda
(Hodnett) Mc Kenney

233

5. Russell Richard Oglesby
b. April 15, 1961
Midland, Texas

Russell Richard Oglesby
age 18

234

E. Sherrod Clark Kilmer
b. April 17, 1934
Placid, Texas
AF reserves

Married Aug. 23, 1952
Divorced March 1971

Margie Mc Millan
b. Nov. 15, 1935
Roche lie, Texas

Married 2nd Oct. 20, 1971

Sherrod S Phyllis Kilmer's Family
standing Paul Justin, Kerri Ann, &
Steven Wade. Seated with Phyllis S
Sherrod; Amanda Marie

Phyllis (Ince) Young

b. Nov. 3, 1943

Brady, Texas

dau. of Walter E. &

Dorothy Marie (Poe)

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Phyllis' children
Kerri Ann Young
b. Nov. 20, 1965
Wichita Falls, Texas

Steven Wade Young
b. Aug. 1, 1969
Ft. Worth, Texas

1. Michael Howard Kilmer
b. Jan. 12, 1957
Ft. Worth, Texas

Married June 11, 1977
Brady Church of Christ

Cynthia Jan Fowler
b. Sept. 7, 1956
Brady, Texas dau. of
Egan Bill & Thelma
Jeanette (Jowers)
Folwer

a. Colista Jan Kilmer

b. Aug. 19, 1979
San Angelo, Texas

b. Michael Howard Kilmer II
b. Nov. 19, 1980
San Angelo, Texas

2. Julie Adette Kilmer
b. April 10, 1960
Brady, Texas

Married May 1, 1982
Wylie, Texas

Robert David Ross III
b. Oct. 8, 1955
in son of

Robert David II &
Betty Jo Ross

Dec.

1983

235

3. Paul Justin Kilmer
b. Nov. 12, 1974
Brady, Texas

4. Amanda Marie Kilmer
b. July 24, 1976
Brady , Texas

236

I /'SALT OF THE EARTH"— '

I W. N.KjlmerFamily oM^lacid Is One of iMost
rProgrressiYe;; Accpmplisi^\yonders on Farm

p^pidj'^ouj ever'drive up the wind-t the! family quota-was canned-'' '

S small young'^^ orchard, just
enough., this y?ar for- family
use. '.but' bids"^ fair" to- • swell the
, family in come in jears ahead.

>»'o\v-,^ let's look at the garden,
the family prfde and a strictly co-
operative affair, the whole family

ative lannly: whO;-ga- aoout. tneir /trame g:
''ail/ task, under 'and* around' this ^d red sixi
blue ca"nopy-y, . .V' f, './'■' ' '• ''. .■.'. [They ha'
' There ia only a litfle more thartfden whic

Ing' roil of '.thavPlacid' Hill, early

\ ort\a.'summer ^mominjf ?'■ If !; you

I have, .then yoaf remember that aS.'-^

ftec the* laboring climb in your car,'

■ what.'a. startling , peek , of a Blue

'Heaven; you' received- when i' once'
atop! that J; mountain.,'A-iThe'n ' yo\<

realize that'>il'ia not th^ blue of ■ \i-orkins;> th^ ' paiden, 'the whole
^the heavens^^yoo are beholding, buti: family eating, tha- ;)Toduct!<- therc-
*that. of the Heavenly Blue Moi-n^fof. There aro- dry pintos,' navy
ing Glory-covered cottage of the'l beans, peas, Iri.sh ' potatoes, 'with
W.: N. Kilmers, It isSsuch a sooth- (six bushels- of i^onions to help boost
ing - ani refreshing -'sight,, that it Jh'e wintor menu,^- Besides this,
raakps'onet wish, to- know more a- Mrs. Kilmer, who is' Food Supply
bout, the progressive and co-oper- JDenicnstrator .for her club, has a
ative family: whO'-go- about, their /frame garden' working thiee hun-

ixty-five days in the year.
iave a; small irrigated gar-
'■ -There ia only a little more thanjaen which, during the whole sum-
100- acres on which^ the Kilmers | n-er an<} ' fall, produced anUrray
live, yet read what they have done , •>?■ fresh, tomatoes, okra, snap-
with-only a small assistance from ^'eans^ hofand sweet peppei',.,and
Uncle' Sam's-, FSA.v Seventy-five .turnips '• .,(.. ■ -- ■ ; V

-acres axe in_ Cultivation, most c,V, Mrs, Kilmer .. canned for her
whichj^is terracied, the remaining [family from her, garden and or-
terrac^'-rmes i-eady.for the actual t ^hard- the, only ' thing purchased
workiwhen money.-can speak: ,,. bemg pineapple:- Ttv date.^she has

-4 • , . »•*,., ,- " • . i.,„ Icanned -94. containers;. • of_ plums,

1 -T^'? y^^*^"? .^%"VfP^°l"'';i peaches. ..pears,., berries and juice,
uig.ther fcJ^o^ving:*= Twenty-^our^^^ juice,. English peas, cream
:acrw of cotton,^ that were as iir.. ^^^^ tomatoes,: tomato juice, corn,

.rpsponsible of production as some ^^^^j^ pumpkins, .pineapple,

Qottoa crops can be. regardless oN^^j^j^^^^ chickens, pork,

tKV best cultivation; five_acres^of,j^„j^ preserves,; with relishes,
corn produced^ 250 a bushels; . the ^^^^^^ hominy, pork and beans, to
hegari' stacked' into several large . ^^ added Uater*, making- her- can-
stdck3,Awhile>inaize=^produced, one| ^^^ supply over- 1,000 containers,
enormous stack?,; sudan from twt> [.y^^j^, Wouldn't you just'love to
crops," produced. 4oa' bales- at -. r^ ^,^^-^ ^. ^inn„ from her pantry ?
cost • except , the -f^wire- and _ hard p^j^_ ^^ shall not overlook the
work .-petting and ancient baler.' \^^ important fact that Mrs.-Kil-
Good'Jei-sey'cows furnish milk rnpr ajjo 'canned 96 containers
and butter for' the year's supply, I f^^ her mother and. mother-in-lavy
so ^will 'the hogs supply meat need- j and '23 quarts . for an., orphans
ed.^Mrs-' Kilmer>raise* '200- chickj- home. . ■ ■ . ' ;.
ens, using 75 for, fryers and can- •• - " - Tr:,-_— v„
ners. She also raised 130 turkeys
which were sold on'tho Thanks-
giving market. X', ■_ - ' ?

As 'the faj-m-.':' is -composed ■ of
both black and sandy land, melons
and bei-ries are raised as a money
crop.-- One and one-half acres of
dewberries brought in- $35 after

In the Kilmers home this year,
has been added running water, and
a- ventilated pantry whicli help.-^
the busy housewife prepare the
six school , lunches every school
dav of the' year. ,

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is more of this kind of salt of, the ^
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I'ACE 4— THE BRADY HERAT, D. BRADY, TEXAS— T|ESDAy, FEB. 10, mvo

Kilmers Observe
50 fh Anniversory

50th Wedding Anniversary
" Willie & Ethel "

Mr. and .Mrs. ,W. I«r. Kil-
mer, long-- time, residents of
McCiUloch County", celebrated
thefr Fiftieth. ■'Wedding An-
niverrary Dec. :25' with open
house , al their^-.old. home
place in Placid,. which is now
owned, by the- Leo Kilmers.^

Cakev and ., punch were
served tot about. 80 friends^
and relatives. ..'_ r • .:1'..'':
■ Jlosta- for the occasion were
Mr. and. Mrs. Leo Kilmer of
San-Antonio and Mr. and.'
Mrs. Willia Oglesbyof Mid-'

land.- ..The- Kilmers, have- two
other sons, .Norman of Ir-
ving 'and. Sherrod : of . Brady,
also 14' ■ grandchildren;- and
two Kreat-grandchildren. •
- >■" We want-^to- thank those
,who came, by. especially, the
out-of-tosvn gueats. -Also^our
thanks to Mrs. Fred .Roberts
for baking -the •..'beautiful
cake." .Mrs. Kilmer saadj.'-:'

OPEN HOUSE FOR COUPLE |T
There will be an Open House f"
for' to. and Mrs. W. N. Kil- '
raer from 3 until 5 p. tn. .!
Dec. 25 at their old home i""
Placid. They are celebra'
their 50th wedding annivers
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Willie Kilmer Family

seated Wm. Newman, Sherrod, & Ethel
standing 1 to r Gary Norman, Howard S
Leo

William Newman Kilmer

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Ethel Blanche (Sansom) Kilmer
about 16 years

Wanda Ethel (Kilmer) Oglesby
about 14 months

Mother s Daughter

Ethel Blanche
Kilmer at Sherrods
about 80 years.

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Howard Leroy Kilmer

Gary Norman Kilmer
about 18 years

" Seeing is Believing "
Sherrod Clark Kilmer
with Mother Ethel on her
70th birthday

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2. Clara Ann Trowbridge

4. Roscoe Sterling Kilmer

A. Howard Kilmer
Lived about 2 1/2 years
Buried Trickham Cemetery

Row V22 Trickham, Coleman Co.
Texas

B. Gary Wayne Kilmer
b. 1940
Alaska

James Byram Killmer
Dorothy Sorenson

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SHE WAS A LADY

BY WANDA

Though Gramma has been dead twenty years, the glow of her memory is undi-

mlshed. She touched us lightly, but the impact was terrific. She never lived

in the past; her Interests lay in the present and the future. Were she here,

she would be pinching pennies just in case a small space be made available

on a moonship.

If being a lady connotes worldly possessions, then Gramma wasn't one,
but if one is measured by inner attributes, then she was indeed a lady of
quality. In her own limited way, she even did that which was right. For her,
a wrong just couldn't be twisted to look good. No amount of persuasion could
change her. Her sole income was old age assistance, yet she would report each
meager amount of money she received as gifts. To refrain from doing so, re-
gardless of the consequences to her pitiable monthly check, would have smacked
of rank dishonesty. She wasn't about to lose the innate pleasure of a gift to
a thrashing, troubled conscience.

Her total hours toiling in the hot, dusty fields would be considerable,
yet to her the night was made for much needed rest. On hot, summer evenings
she sat with her children on the front porch, telling them marvelous things
about the stars, the Bible and history. Because of this, her children, though
not highly educated, read extensively and had considerable reasoning power.

She never ceased to be excited by knowledge. Newspaper clippings and
magazine articles concerning new discoveries about space, archeology and the
world in general were thoughtfully brought to her. As her black eyes excitedly
devoured the information, she would murmur softly, "Oh my, oh my!" The space-
age was in its infancy during her lifetime, but she truly believed men of
vision would someday reach the moon. Now we watch men bolt into space on our
television screens. We wish she were here to share this wondrous accomplishment
of man-kind with us.

When Gramma moved into town and had electricity, six relatives, unbeknownest

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to each other, sent her an assortment of radios. She marvelled that sound could
be carried on the a1r waves. She got carried away with one soap ooera in oarti-
cular. It was about a ridiculous, silly man with a long suffering wife. She
listened faithfully with irritable patience. With her silver, close-cropped
head almost touching the softly-tuned radio, she would sit in motionless suspense.
One afternoon we heard her muttering, "Damn fool!" Imagine our consternation and
delight from one so strait-laced and proper!

She was never Idle. When she grew tired, she didn't wait until a task was
finished to relax. She would stop for fifteen minutes and be ready to resume
her work, full steam ahead. She always had a small garden plot, a quilt on a
quilt frame, cross-word puzzles to mull over and cast off magazines to read in
odd moments. She read and took food to shut-in neighbors then obliging rubbed
their tired, old backs If they were bed-fast. Before church, she walked the half
mile to the small -town post office because she knew a newsy letter from her
faithful daughter would be waiting. As her eyesight failed miserably, she used
her donated quilt scraps to make tiny dresses for little doll -loving girls in
children's homes.

At eighty years of age, she began to grow frail. Two years later she died
as she had lived -- quietly and with dignity.

V/e went quietly to her rented room to gather her meager possessions. As we
passed her tiny garden by the back door, we saw the turnips were crisp and
green. We gathered them because we knew the waste would hurt if she knew. Inside
the door, we saw a clean but happy clutter. V/e sadly began the final task of
sorting her fist-full of possessions. There were seventy-six finished doll dresses
by her open sewing machine. She had indeed been doing for others to the end.

Knowing her Intent, we slowly oacked them as we unashamedly wept, and sent
them where little g,irls without loving grammas live and olay.

Sent to me by Bertha Spence February 5, 1973

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Texas, friday, December n, i95ij(

Mrs. C. A. Kilmer '
Dies After
Long Illness

By MRS. A. L. ODER

God's trumpets sounded at
7:40 a. m. on Friday, December
10, for Mrs. C. A. Kilmer, who
lelt for "That Land Beyond the
Blue" to join her loved one, gone
bi'.'ore her. ,

She had .been seriously 111 for
about seven v/eeks and In failing
health for a long time previous-
ly.

Much of her Illness was passed
In the Santa Anna Hospital,
where death claimed her.

She also spent a part of the
time In her apartment in my
'home, where she had lived for
,more than ISVz years.
t Members of her family, old
'neighbors and friends gave her
every attention in her apart-
ment, and assisted in her care at
tTe'lAspltal. -

Funeral services were held at
2:00 p. m. on Saturday in the
Hosch Funeral Chapel, with Ol-
lle Cantwell, Church of Christ
minister of Brownwood, of flclat-

Mrs. Kilmer had been a mem-
ber of the Church of Christ most
of her life. . ' . '

Clara Ann " .Trowbridge was
born M^ay 19, 1886 in Illinois, to
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Trowbridge.
•They lived later. In Missouri and
moved to Bosque County, Texas,
when she was about 14 years old.
She and her family came to
Coleman County in 1900. Mr.
Trowbridge was postmaster and
ran a general store at Nywatt,
south of Santa Anna, for a num-
ber of years.

Being widowed when her
children were, young, Mrs. Kil-
mn- cse-to the occaslop and by
5^'V^°'^^ an^sao^flce,- reared
intiis^jrl gave Lhem'as good an
education as others around her
^"e getting. Her love for her
children was intense. AH survive!
her. ... (

She could do almost any kind
of work whether ih^ j^ ^^

considered, a man's or a wo-
man's, -y

— When heavier work was not
pressing, she could make pretty
quilts or crochet. Her energy
boundless. : » ;,,
Of late years her hobby has

ibaen to mjtke doll dresses in
good style, for orphan's homes
and other, organizations and for
little girls, whose mothers do
not like to majke doll dresses.
She- had made about the usual
number -the past faU, and they
have been sent out.

Life was not all work with Mrs.
Kilmer. During her long life she
had been a great reader and was
much better informed than most

I people her age. She was quite

; an authority on secular and Old

i Testament History and new

I Testament teachings.

1 She had traveled much in the
last 15 or. 20 years. A trip to
Alaska, to Minnesota, almost
annual trips to California. She
had also been to Kansas, Wash-
ington and Idaho.

All of her children were with
ner during her illness and quite
a number of her grandchildren.
She is survived by two sons,
W. N. Kilmer of Placid, and Ros-
coe Kilmer of Mica, Washing-
ton and "Moscow, Idaho; two
daughters, Mrs. R. L. Flores of
Ceres, Oaiifornia and Mrs. Clar-

lence Spence of Van Nuys, Calif.

I Also surviving the 13 grand-
children, 21 great grandchildren
and two great-great grandchild-
ren,-and a number of nieces and
nephews, the latter including
Elmer and William cupps of
Santa Anna.

Pall bearers were grandsons,
Leo Kilmer, Norman Kilmer,
Sherrod Kilmer, Willis Oglesby
ind George Thomas, and a
nephew, Benjy Allison.

Ladies in charge of the floral
Lributes were Mrs. Silas Wagner,
-Mrs. Joye Smith, Mrs. Clark Mi\-
ler, Mrs. Luther McCrarv. MrT
Roy West, Mrs. J. E. WUliarrS.,
Mrs. Casev f^erring and Mr?-.
Charlie Flemins.

Burial wos in t;>r C<evel?)vi
Cemetery, where r-'utives irr
buried.

Hosch Funeral Heme wn.<: o\
charge of arrangen->«(\j^

Attend Church Regularly

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13. NAME

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•.uicide, or homielda? ..^^ Data of Injury , 193

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STATE REGISTRAR OF VITAL RECORDS

4. Permelia Amanda Trowbridge

1. Annie Laura Allison

A. Felda Laurine Perry

b. Oct. 8, 1918

Niwot, Coleman Co., Texas

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George Tillie Allison

Robert Clay Perry

John Vincent Asta
b. June 17, 1919
Bristol, Bucks Co.,
Pa . son of Giacoma
& Thomasina (Bond)

Asta.
WW II Apr. 1941-
July 1945 Company A
53rd Signal Battalian
2nd Corps. Served
in England, Africa

ly & Italy.

Corporal.

1. Joye Elaine Asta
b. Oct. 26, 1946
Trenton, Mercer Co.
New Jersey

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seated Fleda, Robert Perry, John V.

standing Thelma Darlene, John
Jacob, and Joye Elaine

2. Thelma Darlene Asta
b. Aug. 5, 1948
Trenton, Mercer Co. ,
New Jersey

Married Nov, 26, 1966
Denver, Colorado
Divorced Dec. 11, 197 2

John Roger Quattrocchi
b. Aug. 5, 1946
Philadelphia, Phila. Co.
Pa. son of Rosario
Quattrocchi & Leola
(Hector) Quattarochi.

a. Cary Vincent Quattarocchi

b. Sept. 3, 1967
Victorville, San Bernadino,
Calif.

Fleda Asta &

Grandsons

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b. Aug. 31, 1970
Trenton, Mercer Co., N.J.

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Thelma Darlene Quattrocchi Married 2nd

Oct. 25, 1975

Gary Vincent Quattrocchi
1981 Age 12

Alexander Joseph
Zdrojewski, Jr.
b. Oct. 5, 1944
Northeast Hospital
Philadelphia, Pa. son
of Alexander J. &
Marie Sarah (Mc Govern)
Zdrojewski

Christopher John Quattrocchi
1981 Age 10

3. John Jacob Asta
b. Jan. 15, 1953
Philadelphia, Phila.

Co.

Married Jan. 28, 1972
Langhorne , Bucks Co.
Pa.

Susanna Catherine McDonald
b. April 6, 1954
Philadelphia, Pa. dau
of James Francis S
Susanna Agnes
(Mc Grath) Mc Donald

John Jacob and Susanna
Asta 1979

1. Michael Jerome Perry

b. Sept. 24, 1953

Corpus Christ! , Nueces Co.,

Texas

Married Nov. 20, 1976
Dallas, Texas

Patricia Jane Hiibertus

b. Aug. 8, 1953

New Braunf els , Texas

a. Michelle Gertrude Perry

b. Feb. 21, 1983
Dallas, Texas

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2. Melissa Ann Perry
b. Jan 13, 1955
Corpus Christ! , Nueces
Co., Texas

a . Ryan Robert Javier

b. Oct. 16, 1979
Dallas, Texas

Married Aug. 9, 1975
Dallas, Texas

Michael B. Javier
b. Dec. 15, 1952
Los Angeles Co. ,
Calif.

Melissa Ann, Holly Michael B.
Jan. 1982

b. Holly Rita Javier Holly
b. Oct. 12, 1981 Oct. 1981
Dallas, Texas

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C. Nelda Fay Perry

b. May 31, 1929

Leedy Community 10

miles south of Santa

Anna, Coleman Co.,

Texas d. April 9,

1968 Ft. Worth, Tarrant

Co., Texas. Buried Restland

Mimorial Park, Dallas,

Texas

Married May 9, 1966
Oklahoma

Everett Ray Lewis
b.

4th child Barrett
(Barry) Edmond Lewis
b. Nov. 5, 1965
Hurst, Texas Richland
Hills, Tarrant Co. ,
Texas adopted June 16,
1972 by Roberta Ann
(Perry) Biberdorf & David
Veral Biberdorf

Nelda Fay Perry Lewis
with Baby Barry Lewis

1966

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D. Roberta Ann Perry
b. Jan. 8, 1939
Santa Anna, Coleman
Co. , Texas

Married Jan. 16, 1959
Quiniby, Iowa

David Veral Biberdorf
b. July 9, 1935
Waterbury, Nebraska
son of Oscar David
& Vera Fern (Hooker)
Biberdorf

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children

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standing Perry David
Barry Edmond & Dorian
Lane Biberdorf

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1. Davida Laurice Biberdorf

b. Dec. 2, 1959

Sioux City, Woodbury Co. ,

Iowa

Married Sept. 1, 1979
Euless, Tarrant Co.,
Texas

Mitchell Ross Long
b.

a. Joshua Michael Long

b. July 13, 1980
Arlington,
Tarrant Co., Texas

Davida S Mitchell Long
Wedding Day Sept. 1, 1979

2. Perry David Biberdorf
b. April 6, 1961
Dallas, Texas

3. Barret Edmond Lewis Biberdorf
b. Nov. 5, 1965

Tarrant Co. , Texas
adopted June 16, 1972
natural child of Nelda Fay
Perry Lewis

4. Dorian Lane Biberdorf
b. July 26, 1966
Euless, Tarrant Co.,
Texas

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Roberta Ann (Perry) and David V. Biberdorf Family Fall 1978
standing 1 to r Dorian - Davida - Perry - Barry

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Annie Laura Allison & Robert Clay Perry
Wedding Day Dec. 2, 1917
Santa Anna, Texas

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Memory page from Fleda Perry Asta's Album

George Tellie Allison was the last survivor of the t-Jm. Allen Trowbridge
children ( son - in - law ) listed on page 424, Family S 772 in the
Trowbridge Genealogy Book. He was the husband of Permelia Amanda; father
of Annie Laura Allison Perry and Wm. Benjy Allison; grandfather and great
grandfather.

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Dallas, Texas
Fathers Day 1978

Dear Loleeta and Ralph,

It was such a pleasant surprise that you called me by
telephone. I was surprised you had gotten my letter so soon
after I mailed it. Thanks for your nice letter, I've enjoyed
so much reading it. AJ ..o thanks for the picture copy. I suppose
you meant for me to keep it. If so I will /rive it to our
Daughter because her Brother has the original. We also enjoyed
looking at the Sun City Activities Calendar. Rita liked it, but
then she is getting old and more Civic minded J You two must live
in a real retirement City. Anyway it seems there is never a dull
moment. It's nice that everyone can stay busy.

As you will find enclosed, I have mailed the original Uncle
Charley letters to you. The first one (with the envelope) which
was addressed to my late Grandmother, the other one was the
answer to Grandads reply to the first one. NOW, before you get
after me for taking a chance of getting them lost, let me explain.
I haven't had any luck trying to copy them on a regular x-erox
machine. Being so old and written in pencil they just will not
copy. My only other choice was the off-set photo copier. The
Printer won't set it up for less than fifty copies of each page
plus fifty copies of the envelope, and the envelope is a story in
itself. That seemed so expensive and I'm not sure they would be
good copies. I sent the same origionals to Thelma to have copied.
i didn't see her copies but I suppose she was happy with them.
Anyhow I'm sending them to you so you can see about copies. If
you don't mind I'm sending back your three georges because I
didn't use them. OK? You are welcome to take the old letters and
see if you can have successful copies made of them, then send
them back or send me a copy of them. I inherited them from my
Mother some years ago, and I have kept them only for posterity
sake. They have now been around for forty years and I know they
will do noone any good laying around in some ones chest of drawers
waiting to be lost forever. My only desire is for them, along with
their strange story, to become a part of the W. A. Trowbridge
history. So do as you like about them, OK?

If you don't mind hearing it, I may be able to add a little
to the story of that first letter from Uncle Charley T.
At the time Grandad Allison received the letter he was carrying the
mail on the Trickham and Whon Rural Route. He had bid on, and was
awarded tliat particular rur-al route contract previously on two
consecutive one year terms, but was at that time delivering the
mail on a three year contract for the Post Office Dept. Because of
the way Uncle Charley had written Santa Anna, the letter had first
gone to San Antonio. (Post mark on back of envelope) Then evidently
some alert postal clerk had written in red ink, and I might add, in
beautiful handwriting, Santa Anna, Texas. The Postmaster in Santa-
Anna asked Grandad if the letter might be for him. He said he had
a Brother-in-law named Charley Trowbridge but none of the family
had any word about him in thirty years. Grandad took the letter but
was reluctant to open and read it so carried it with him all day
on his mail route. When he got back to Santa Anna that after noon

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the Postmaster, an old friend of his Mr. Lee Woodward I believe,
asked him about the letter. Grandad said he would let him know'the
next morning. He took the letter home and asked his wife Lillie
to open and read it, for somehow he just couldn't open and read
it himself. We (our family) had left the farm in '36' and at that
time (for a year) lived in Wichita Falls about a hundred and fifty
miles from Santa Anna. Grandad wrote to Mother sending the letter
and asking her what he should do. Mother helped him to write a
reply to Uncle Charley, and of coarse the rest is history. He
answered letters from other members of his family including the
enclosed second letter he wrote to Grandad. I know of no other
letters he may have written to Grandad Allison. If there were
others Mother didn't get them or never mentioned them.

My Mother had always clearly remembered her Mother Permelia
giving Uncle Charley some folded pages from a writing tablet, as
he was leaving Niwot, asking him to write to her. When my Mother
saw that first letter she noticed the paper looked so o] d and
yellowed around the edges that she always believed they were some
of the same pages his Sister had given him thirty years before.
Of coarse no one knows, but it could have been some of the same
paper. The thing I have often thought of is the miracle that my
Grandad got the letter at all. By the way it was addressed we
surely have to give credit to some persistent postal clerks for
helping get it to where it was intended. If it had of gotten lost
or even sent back to Olympia, chances are that none of us would
have ever known about Uncle Charley. What really happened to him
could have always remained a mystery to his people. 1 say this
because when your Grandmother and Aunt Clara went to see him, he
had already passed away and the State was arranging to bury his
body with State funds and had made no effort to notify any of his
relatives. I understand his Sisters were told he only had about
twenty dollars cash when he died. The authorities may have been
truthful or, there may have been more money. They also found that
he owned about forty acres of land with the shack he had lived in.
They discovered there were considerable deliquent back taxes owed
on the property, so not having the time and funds to try and keep
it they let it revert back to the State. Who knows, that 40 acres
might be worth a million dollars todayi Anyhow it all makes for
an interesting true story. The truth is indeed stranger than fiction,

You asked about the original pictures of the Reed Cupps _ fami ly .
There were no dates on them, only the names my Mother had written
on the backs. On the front, at the bottom, including the one of
the copy you sent to me, was: CHAMBERS STUDIOS, SANTA ANNA, TEXAS.
I know that was before my time.

You mentioned about Uncle Silas and Aunt Myrtle Wagner being
related on your Grandmother Spencer's side of the family. As I'm
sure you know, my Daddy's elder Sister, Aunt Viola Perry married
Hillard Thornton, Grandmother Wagner's eldest Son. So the two lerry
Sisters married half Brothersl Uncle Hillard and Aunt Viola left
Coleman County many years ago, before I can remember, and went to
Rrawlev Calif Uncle Hillard was a Mortician so they established
a'aier^l home business in Brawley which they operated many years

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until they retired a few years apo . Aunt Viola made a few trips
back to Texas to visit her people here but Uncle Hillard, as far
as I know, only came back once and that was in the 20' s - 25 or
26 1 believe it was. I was too younp; to remember about it.
I had the p-ood fortune t.. ^et to visit with them at their home
one time in 1943« As you know I was in the Navy, 19^3-^6. I was
in the Navy Air Dept. so spent most of my service time flying.
I had f fine through basic training at N.A.S. Astoria, Oregon with
U.S. Naval Air Squadron VC 60. From there we (the squadron) were
transfered to NAS Holtville, Calif, for four weeks of night flying
(training). You can imagine griping and groaning we did from being
cool rain-forest climate of the North-West corner of

the squadron jeeps - you know, T sort of checked it out under
•official business* to go the Marine Air Station at El Centre.
But the ,]eep turned the wrong way and I wound up going north to
Brawley to visit my Uncle and Aunt. I enjoyed a most pleasant visit
with them all that afternoon, (ha, I never did locate that ficticous
Marine Colonel at El Centre). I remember one of uncle Millard's
favorite jokes was that in his profession he didn't have to worry
much about do-it-yourself kits hurting his business. I also remem-
ber that when T told them where I was stationed they both chuckled,
then went on to explain they had a contract with the Navy to pick
up and take care of any fatal casualties from Holtville NASI I
laughed and said I hoped they didn't get my remains in their morgue,
but Aunt Viola assured me that their contract had a clause stating
they would not work on any relatives. Some consolation huh.
They could tell many strange and weird stories of their undertaking
career. She worked along with him in the business. They are still
living there in Southern Calif. I know that Uncle Hillard has been
in bad health for a long time and they must be around 90 years old
by now. Aunt Viola was older than my Dad. After they retired they
often thought of moving back to Texas. I suppose it was through
Aunt Myrtles persistence, but at one time they even arranged to
buy a place in Santa Anna but something happened that it never
materialized. I'm sure if they ever really wanted to move back to
Texas that they just waited till it was too late. Aunt Viola wasn't
able to make the trip when Aunt Myrtle died and I often wander about
them because they have no living children. My Cousin Nila, Uncle
Gordon Perry's oldest Daughter, used to look in on them when she
and her Husband Jeff lived in southern Calif, but they now live near
her Mother, Aunt Gladys Perry, in Doublin, Texas. It seems so sad
for people to grow old without children around to care for their
well being.

I just thought of another little true story about our Grandpa
W.A. and my Grandad Allison. I remember it pretty much in detail
because I've heard my Grandad tell it many times. I'll tell it as
best I can remember. Back somewhere around the turn of the century,
I can't recall what year, perhaps Bertha Spence would know. Aunt
Clara Kilmer and family lived in Oklahoma (Indian Territory).

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She had decided to'leatve* her Husband Mt- u-ii™^

her Daddy asking him to come get he? and her fSurVh n ?' ""'''^^ ^°

llT.Tf^t '\'^'^' V" ^^^ -^- and'Jook'offX'ln aTTerritorv
tho f H \'^r^ °^ ^* ^^^^^"t ^^° hundred and fifty miles Ind?n^'
those days must have taken months. Anyhow on the way back to Niwil
It seems they had encountered bad weather between ?ortSorth and
Stephenville. plus I'm sure his team was weary and they were all
travel weary, so Grandpa wrote a letter to Grandad Allison (hi ^

^h^'r r ^^k'"^ ^^'" "^^ "■^^'^^ °"^ i" ^'^ ^^^°" and come to meet
them to help them get home. Tellie prompl y hitched his best team
to the best wagon and took off alone toward StephenvHle. He went
thru Brownwood then Comanche and a few miles north of Comanche?
where the Leon River crosses highway US67 , he spotted them stranded
and camped because of high flood waters from the recent rains
There was a bridge across the river channel but about a half mile
north of the river is a depression whore over flowing water was
running wide and swift. Grandad, being the young 'showoff that he
was, decided to try going across with the team and wagon. He later
would say he didn't stop to realize tha : Grandpa W.A. would not
have risked the crossing with all those Children and belongings '
until the water had receded to a safe level, and he was iust as
well off on the other side, so off into the water he drove! He
reached the middle where the water was so swift, up to the wagon
bed, that the team could barely manage the situation. At that
moment a long drifting log came down stream and lodged squarely on
the end of the wagon tongue just in front of the horses! For a
long anxious moment while everyone held their breath they waited
to see if the log would swing toward the wagon, which surely meant
everything would be swept down the gorge, or would it swing and
drift free in front of them. Finally it slowly swung out in front
of the horses and drifted free, but it had been a close call.
Grandad often said that when he pulled up to their wagon if the
old man had said, "well, lets get started", he would have declined
by Eayinj5, go ahead, I'll wait untill the water goes down a bit.
A few hours later they all went on toward Niwot and made the rema-
inder of the trip withuot further incident.

I have driven down highway 6? by that spot many times and I
never pass by there without thinking of that true story. What
always fascinated me most about the story was that Grandpa wrote
a letter in Stephenville which is only about 80 miles from Santa
Anna. Now days one can easily drive it in an hour and a half.
Most of it is divided four lane highway. The Santa Fe railroad
runs between Sthephenville and Santa Anna and in those days that
was the only mode of travel which made any good time. The mail
always traveled quickly.

As I'm sure you know. Grandpa Trowbridge founded the town
of Niwot, Texas. There was a general store, a Post office and a
barber shop. Grandpa T. was the Postmaster, other members of the
family operated the store and Grandad Tellie operated the barber
shop for several years. The records in the Texas archives in
Austin tells of it. 1 looked it all up one time when I was there.
We often wandered where Grandpa got the name Niwot. I suppose no
one knows for sure, but from what I could lenrn, the general con-
sensus of opinion is that it came from an old Indian word meaning,
•near water' .

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I roamed around the grounds, where Niwot once stood, many
times when I was growing up. The only things left there that I
recall, were; the rock and mortar round top of an old under
ground water sistern, which is gone now, and a couple of old oak
trees. To me it always seemed a little sad that a little town-
ship could flourish, then suddenly die. How.ver we all know that
in the early pioneer days towns usually lived or died dependir^g
on where the railroads were built. Thats what happened to
Trickham, the oldest town in Coleman County. The railroad was
built through San La Anna J

The old W.B.Allison place (of which Niwot was once at the
north-east corner) still belongs to a descendant of the Allison's.
My Great Grandfather W.B. Allison bought the 32o acres in I879 for
$1.50 per acre. When he and Great Grandmother died in 1935. just
nine days apart, half of the place (south 160 aci-es) was deeded
to Dr. T.Richard Sealy who had cared for them during their long
illness. This v/as done to pay the Dr. and hospital, bills plus
the burial expences. The north 160 acres was inherited by the
eight Allison heirs, twenty undivided acres each. The State would
not allow it to be officially divided. Through the years my Great
Aunt Mollie Allison Nabcurs-Hnyr -Cochran gradualy, through hook
and crook, acquired all the I60 acres. When she died a few years
ago it went to her only living Son, Wilber Nabours who is a retired
rancher in Oklahoma.

The old Allison place hasn't been worked in 30 years so the
once little cultivated fields have grown up in mesquite brush.
I used to love to go there just to roam around in the fresh
country air by retracing my many footsteps I made there since I
can remember, and also reminisce the many fond memories I have of
those days gone by. I suppose those were signs of getting old.

You said something in your letter about Bertha Spence. By
coincidence she was here just last week! She flew from Calif, to
visit with Rodney, Joyce and family. Rodney and I see each other
often, and he had told me his Mother was comming out for a weeks
visit. So last Saturday, the day before your Birthday, I drove to
Grand Prairie where they live, just a few miles from here, and
had a most delightful visit with Bertha and all of them. Bertha
read the Uncle Charley letters and told little interesting stories
of him and Grandpa T. I enjoyed it so much. Now I wish I had
thought to ask Bertha if she knew what year it was when Grandpa T
went to Oklahoma to fetch her Mother and family back to Texas.
Bertha is 87 years old.

You spoke of my old wartime wounds. Well that has been Jk
years ago and they won't be any better, but I long ago learned
that a person can make the best of most anything. When I first
left the Service 1 had a bit of that, feel sorry for myself atti-
tude, and often thought; now why did this have to happen to me?
Why me have to be a cripple for life? Then in 19^7 I had an opper-
tunity to go overseas while working for the Government. I worked
overseas for three years 19^t)f-^9-50. Most of that time 1 was on
Guam and in the Philippine Islands. While I was over there I had

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opportunity to, and did, make working tours all over the far
East. I went to .Japan, China, India, Pakastan, Siam, many of the
Islands and even 'down under' to Australia and New Zealand.
I saw all that part of our world as a civilian traveling on a
passport, and I learned many things. I was once and for all
convinced of how much our dear ole U.S. of America means to me.
When we stopped in Hawaii on the way home I remember how beauti-
ful it looked to me again. When I arrived back home 1 made a
promise to myself I would never again grpie about my little mis-
fortunes because I was so fortunate to have been born in the
greatest coi^intry on earth. My whole outlook on this short life
was changed and I have been able to do pretty good by thanking
my maker for, and counting, my many blessings through the years.
Real life has it's disappointments and heartaches but I simply
have no room to gripe about misfortune.

Rita and I are not wealthy by any standards, we just meet
our obligations and manage to live comfortable, but in many ways
we feel we are some of the i-ichest people in the world. We have
so many things to be thankful for. Health, happiness, good
Children, good relatives, good friends and to live in a country
with the freedom to go and to do whatever whenever we desire.
Many of our friends had told us that when our Children grew up
and 'flew the coop', so to speak, we would be lonely in this big
ole house alone. I'm happy to say that in our case nothing has
been furthekr from the truth. We have enjoyed being alone again.
We have been free to pursue our interests and hobbies and to
roam around some in our later years. Our Children live within
about four blocks of one another which is about a mile from us.
They all have good jobs and they are healthy and happy, so what
more could we ask? This is the old nest to them, so they pop in
and out now and then during each week. They all seem to have that
sense of seeing about Mom and Dad, so Rita and I are living it up.
We have taken advantage of a freedom that many people dream about.
When we decide to go to the Coast (Texascoast) for a few days, or
maybe to Ohio and Michigan or wherever, we call the Kids and say,
"feed the old cat now and then for us, we will be gone for a few
days". Thats all there is to it. We are now known to our Kids and
friends as, 'gad abouts'.We like itl

I,o]eeta I'm sorry that I have probably bored you with this
long letter (book) I have written. 1 rarely write a personal
letter any more, but this morning I arose with the urge to write
a letter to some one. Besides I am trying to prove to you that I
can answer a letter sooner than two years like the first one you
wrote to me. I'm just glad that some one has undertaken the time
and patience to carry on with the tradition of the Trowbridge
family history. I thank you fo.r working at at, for I have always
been proud that I am a descendant of the Trowbridge tamily.
I know it has been rewarding to yoii as you uncover more and more
about long lost relatives, even ones in your and my generation.
Keep up the good work and when some day you compile, in book form,
any so?t of I recent history, let me in on it if I may. flow me
?o'pe?haps purchase some copies of ^-^^^f ' "f .^J^^^know
me but for my Children. At least I can tell them I dont know

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where they are g^oing but I can show them where they came from.

It was mentioned that Ralph was into Lapidary work and
Silvercraft. I just happen to think that Rita has an Uncle, a
retired school teacher, who lives in Ohio near her Daddy that
does some T;apidary work as a hobby. He has made a lot of pretty
jewelry most of which he cut from his own stone collection of
which some are quiet rare and valuable. Rita has a few pieces
of jewelry he has made and given tvO her. Lapidary along with
Silver smithing, which T would suppose go hand in hand, are
surely fascinating hobbies.

A few days ago I was rummaging through some of my Mother's
old things and I ran across a couple of old poems I wrote and
sent to her many years ago. I thought I would send a copy of one
of them to you since it is along the line of these family hist-
ories we have been talking about. You can read it and toss it
out if you like. I don't, it has any real meaning to anyone
anymore. .<a*-]>y'^'«^

Write to us any time you like and can find time. Tell us
more about yourselves and your family.

By the way, "Happy Birthday y belated, but none the less
Sincere.

Our best regards to all of you.

Love ,

S'^^ 4 Wi-c^ "/i^^

Here are the names and dates of my Great Grandfather and
Great Grandmother Allison. Thought you might like to see them.

I'm sorry, but I don't know the date they were married.

William B. Allison
Born - April 9, IB50
Where - Bell county, Texas
Died - October \h , 1935
Where - Coleman county, Texas

Elmyra Carver Allison
Born - November 2h , I853
Where - Comanche county, Texas
Died - October 23, 1935
Where - Coleman county, Texas

They neither one, in their lifetime, were ever out of

the State of Texas 4

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4. Permelia Amanda Trowbridge

2. William Benjamin (Benjy) Allison

A. Venita Joye Allison Married Feb. 25, 1951

b. Feb. 25, 1935

Longview, Texas Divorced 1953

Gladewater, Gregg Co.,

Texas

George Tellie Allison

Sairanie Roxie Welch

Francis Gene Smith
b. May, 1933

Married 2nd 1961

George Francis Gehring
b. June 27, 1928
Oakdale (Allc!n Parish)
Louisanna Allen
son of Francis
Gehring and Voss
( Kersh ) Gehring

Venita Joye
17 years '

301

1. Bennie Jean Smith - Gehring Married Jan. 12, 1974

b. Aug. 17, 1953
Brownwood , Brown Co.,
Texas adopted by
Geo. F. Gehring 1962

Eola, Concho Co.,
Texas

Larry Wayne Kiesling
b. Jan. 9, 1948
San Angelo, Texas
son of Leon Kiesling
& Ida Krieg Kiesling

Bennie Jean

a. Leslee Kay Kiesling

b. June 26, 1975
San Angelo, Texas
Tom Green Co. Eden
Concho Co. , Texas

b. Lyndee Kay Kiesling
b. Dec. 12, 1978
San Angelo Community
Hospital Tom Green Co.
Texas Eden, Concho Co.
Texas

Leslee Kay and Lyndee Kay

302

2. Allison Marlene Gehring

b.- Jan. 1, 1962 weighed 2 lbs.

Brownwood , Brown Co . , Texas

THE SANTA ANNA NEWS

rhursday, July 24, 1980

Allison Marlene 1979-80

Kin of Santa Annans
Awarded Two Scholarships

Allison Marlene Gehnng,
granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs.
W. B. Allison of Santa Anna,
has been awarded two scholar-
ships to Texas Tech University
in Lubbock, and academic
Scholarship from the University
and a scholarship from First
Baptist Church of San Angelo,
awarded on the basis of
academis achievement, extra-
curricular activites and civic
involvement.

A 1980 graduate of San
Angelo Central High School.
Miss Gehrir.g was a two-year
member of the National Honor
Society, serving as treasurer her
senior year; a member of the
Chorale which receiver three
sweepsliakes at the Texas UIL
vocal contest and superior
rating at the Six Flags festival
in St. Louis. She sang in the
Madrigal and Chamber choirs
and was a two-year member of
the Ensemble. She was a
member of the G«rman Qub,
the Bobcat Boostersand Ladies

Auxiliary, Oranddaughters ot
American Veterand of World
War \. She was recognized for
many other achievements inclu-
ding being inducted into Who's
Who Among American High
School Students in 1979.

She finished sixth among 674
students with a 94.7 average.
She will attend Texas Tech
University in the fall majoring
in political science and internat-
ional history. She plans to
pursue a career in law.

303

Aug. 18 1940

Benjy & Roxie Allison June 7, 1924

From Benjy &
Roxie 's Album

Three Generations

Jove and ht-r dtju.
Bennie Jean 2 mos,
28 days

Benjy, Joye , Roxie

304

Roxie and Benjy with cake

Roxie and Benjy 's Group

50th Wedding Anniversary

June 7, 1974

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55th Wedding Anniversary
June 7, 1979

Wm. Benjy Allison 17 yrs.

305

William Allen Trowbridqe's descendants in WW-I. (Thecdore
Wicker Spencer isn't a bloodline Trowbridge but he was
married to a dear one for 45 ye?trs.)

306

William Henry Cupps
W W I Pvt. Co. L 49th Inf. 1918 - March 1919

REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE.

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thai on the Rcgiitralioo Caitl.)

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day of

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William Henry Cupps & Dixie Vio ( Baugh )
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in France s Germany Ambulance Co.
# 26 3rd Division Brohm, Germany
July 29, 1919 Reprinted March 1982

Willie & Ethel ( Sansom ) Kilmer

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institutioii. ho left to tiiUo ;i )M»itioii with l[. 'rni\vl)ri(li.'c"> Sons of New Unvcii.
Wc-,1 h\i]\:\ jiiereh;mt>. of which his fatlier w;is senior imrtner. iind w:is coii-
necti'd with their representnlives, 'I'rowliridire & Co.. in Riirhjidos, West Indies.
After tlie dissolution of the tirni in 1SS)1, he purchased a ula.vhouse in Providence,
11. 1.. and lu^-anie luanaycr and (jwner of the Star Tjioatre in that eil.v. While in
this capacity, he lie<'anie e.xalled ruler of 1!. P. (). Klks. I'rovideueo 14. the
younirc-^t exalted nder ever elected to till this position. Jle retired from tlie
theatrii-al line and entere<l the fiirnitiin^ house of The (!eo. ('. Flint Co. in New
York City. In ]!M).'! he removed to (";hieaj;d. Til., and identified himself wiih
the furniture interests of .Mandcll liros. of that city, leaviiifj them in 1!H(.". lo
take a similar )iosition with C.ind)el I'.nis. in .Milwaukee, Wis. lie left this house
in ;i .Year's time to accept a manairerial ))Osition with the Kliufrman Sample
Furniture Co. of ^lilwaukee. He resiRued in lild" to accept a position on the
display advertisiupc staff of the .Milwaukee ./niinidl. the larjiest eveninfr daily
j)aper in ilihvaukee and nne of the largest in the Northwest. His principal line
on this [lajjcr is the autonmliile divisimi. in whicdi ho figures as automohile editor
and display advertisiufr soHi-ii.jr. creatinj; this lino of advertisinfr in this ))aper,
which has ^;rowu to he the leailiuir automohile iKijier, l)oth from an editorial and
an advertising standpoint, in the city.

!Mr. Trowhrirl^c wliile at Yale was electeil Ui the Thetji '/.\ frateruily. lie was
raised in Hiram Lodg-e, Xo. i. F. and A. .^I.. in New Haven in 1MI.">. lie i~ aho
a niendier of the B. P. O. F:iks. Providence 1-t: the F. O. E:l^^cs. Milwauk.-i-.
Xo. K>7; Cieneral (irant Council. Xo. i;T. Royal IxMfine. of Cliieajro; ami tlie
Jlilwaukee Automoliile Clnli. His \vmv is in Milwaid<ee, Wis.

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foril^", JJaiiirl'', Thomas*, Thvntiis-. 'J'lioiiui.s^). horn .hnic V. Isilil. in New Haven.
Conn.; resides iu Xew Haven; married .hnie 30, ISitS. in P)rooklyn. X. Y..
;^^allel Christine Xelson. ilauiihtcr id' .lames Aufjustiis and Helen .lo.sephiiie
(Chipinan) X'elson. h(u-n Septeudicr 14. IST.'i. in New Haven.

Francis 15. 'I'rowhridfie took the preparatory coursi' of study .at llopkius t'.ram-
inar School iu his native city, lie wa- j^radualiMl from N'ale Uuivcr-ity in ls>-7
with the dc^iree of B.A. and from the Yale l.aw .School with the dct;n'c of I,l..n.
in ISilO, and was admitted to tin- Connecticut har. He diil not. however, en^'a^'c
in the i)raclice of his profession, hut heeame associated with his father in the
nianat^ement id' family real estate ami trusts, sueeeedinir to several of tin- latter
after his father's death in ISllS. and is at iircsent acting in a fiduciary eaiiacily
for several instates.

He has fiiven consider.ihle attention to {r<'nea]<>t;ical research au.l has .-om-
jiiled three f.imily histories, which have received favorahle criticism from tlie
reviewers. His )iuhlished I'ook- are; '-'rhe Clianii>ion Cenealofry.'' T^!'l : "T''"
Hoadley C.enealot;y." 1MI4; -Tlie Ashley CeneaUw." ls!"(i; and the present
vohime.

;Mr. Trowhvidire is a nuniher of the (Juiunipiack and Country (duhs of Xew
Haven, the Yale Cluh of Xew York City and the Yale ehajiter of the Psi Fpsilon
frateruily. Th' is a life meml.cr of the New Knirlaud Hi-tori.- ( h-ucalo-icnl
Societv of ]!o-ton. :Mass.. and is a uiciiiIkt of the .\inerican Hi-t..ri<-al Ass,H-ia-
li,.ii. the Cnnectient So.aety of the Sons of the .\merican Pvcvolntiou and the
N.w Hav.u t'.douy Ili-tori.-al Society, of the latter of which he is a director.
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GeH-e;ilogy. 1 am ;ilrea<Jy in correspondence with about a thousand of tiie
family, and so may not be able to answer' at once any genealogical
questions you may ask me.

I shall notify you from time to time as to the progress I am making,
and request you to inform me of any births, marriages and deaths, and
changes of residence in your imnu-diatc family.

Wluii writing to me please put at the top of your letters Vol. O'
Page 33,}

Vdiiis truly,

FRAN'CIS U. TROWBRIDGE.

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DAR Patriot Index

TNirp. I

B«ntam<n b3 3 I74«dp 1 7 90 m Eunc* Wskaf «ld Lt M A
Bflnjamin be 1745dp 1802 m Eluabath - Pvl Rl
Cilvin bS IS l7S8d2 20 1841 m Manha Recoid Pvl MA
OavidJi b7 19 I7&8dp I 790 m Lucy Poltei Pvt MA
Edward be 1 715 d 3 19 I 780 m Susanna CS Rl
EveroM b I 754 d 1834 m — Pvl NY •
francis bl759dp 10-2 1832 m Belsay Wilson Pvl Rl *
Gideon b1737dp 11 23 I 793 m Amy Shippoa CS Rl
Isaac b I700d 12 26 17 78 mlDSaiah Sweel <2I~ Spancar

l3ISa>ah Do» PS CT
Job b I 74 1 d 1 808 m Hannah Carver Drm MA
Job b1731 6dp 1 790 m Hannah Rice Cpl NY
John b I 756 d I 796 m Sally — PS CA
John b325l761 0 91 61 847 m Jedidah Smith Pvt MA
Peles b 12 I I 755 d 9 6 1838 m Mary SamisI Pvl MM NY
Peleg b 6 13 1 723 d - m Sarah - Pvl Rl
Rrchard b 1720 d 181 1 m Ann McClary Cpl NH
Robert b 1 1 1 764 d 8 30 1 845 m Mercy Woodward Pvl MA *
Robert b 1722 d 12 30 1800 m Grace Caw PS NC
Robert b69 1758dp 1797m— Pvl Rl
Stephen b 1 725 d 4 4 1 785 m Sarah Topham Ens Rl
Wm b12 24 1749d3 1828 m lUOorcas Low l2IKMiah

Thompson Cpl MA
Wm b 1759 d 1851 m Leah Van Buskirli Pvl NY *

TRITT. loe DRITTI

Jaco b 1-1 01 746 d 12-I91818m Eljabelh Beyer Cap! PA
Pelei.Ji b] 5 I755d2 24 l839mEliiabethLaFevrePvi PA '

thoodon.

Solomon b1760d5 141826m Tabitha York Sol NC
Wm b3 1722dc 1781m-PSNC

TROIINOEH. (or TROLLIMOERI

Henry b3 10 1 762 d 2 29 1844 m Mary Thomas Pvl PS VA *
Henry Jacob b 1 7 1 8 d 1 798 m Barbara — PS VA

TRONQUfT.

Nicholas b 1 1 13 17e0d5 2 1825 m Mary Ganrafd Sol ErA

TROTT.

Beniamin b8 14 1 741 d 1829 m Mahitabel Sewall Sgl MA
John b1738d2e 1820 m (DAnn Motherwell l2IPh«ba Read

Sot MA
Umuel b 1 743/4 d1 23 1832/3 m Martha Motherwell 2LI MA
Thomas b I 730 d 1 82 1 m Sarah Knapp Capl MA

TROTTER.

Anne Hannis be 1 742 d 11 22-1825 m IDRrchard Troller

l2tJames Bailey Set PS VA
Christopher blO 1 758 d 1828 m Prepare Mc Cliniock Pvl VA *
George b12 23 I746dp 5 16 1 806 m Calherina Crook PS VA
Isham be 1 744 d 1791 m Jennie Burch PS VA
James b5 1 1753 5d 7 13 1827 m Margaret Downey LColVA
James ba 1745dc 1790 m Mary Beard Capt VA
James be 1725 dp 8 1 7 I 782 m (IIAnn - l2IHannah Wilton

Pvl VA
Joseph be 1745 dp 9 5 1808 m Nancy — Pvl VA
Ricbard be I738d 10 10 1774 m Anne Hennrs Sol VA

TROTTI.

Gasper Joseph b 111 1740 d 131813 mdlClanssa Koronrua
l2IMary Keller l3IMrs Oougharly Sol SC

TROUGH.

Adam be 1749 dp 12 27 181 3 m Eva - Pvl PA

TROUP.

Jacob be 1750 da 1 782 m Mary Pvi VA

TROUT, lot TRAUTI

Anthony Daniel b12-24l751d221 1 644 m Mary Calh*rine

GiubbPvlGA*
Saltus b6 27 1 758d IBIOm Hannah L 0 Hoffman Gnr PA
Ballier be 1743dp 12 27 I 782 m Eva Moter CMman PA
Baluer b 1757 d 7 5 1837 m Eluabelh Rumour Pvl VA *
Chrisiian b 1 753 d 6- 16 1847 m Eluabelh Geerhan Pvt MO*
Daniel be 1 758 d 1826 m Anne Maria Kline Pvt VA
Henry b2 12 1757 d 10 11 1812 m Catharine Bossa/i Ens MO
Michael be 1734de 1 798 m Elizabeth Basgal PS MO
Michael be 1 740 d 1822/23 m Eluabelh 8aer Ens VA
Wendet b 10 29 1 743 d 9 9 1820 m Eluabelh Druckenbrod Pvl PA

TROVINOER.

Christopher be 1 753/4 d 12 1 7- 1620 m Barbara Kimmel Pvl PA

TROW,

Bartholomew bpl 7 25 I 736 d 9 20 1806 m Moiy Call LI MA
Israut b1737d2 17 1 825 m 1 1 IMary Clapp l2IPrudeiKe Leonard

Cjtjl MA
John l> 10 I745d11 28 1806 hi Hannah Duilge Pvl MA
Jo^eiili h I 740d 5 8 1833 in Martha Dudue Pvt MA

TROWRRIOOi.

Aaron b 3 25 1 765 d I 7 1 63 1 m Kaiia Jacob fVl MA *

Abel b9 28 1751 d9 23 1 6 1 5 m Anna Mosior Pvl CT

Billy b I I 25 1 748 d 2 16 1 798 m Rhode Beardsley LI CT «V*

Caleb b8 7 I747d 12 14 1799 m Anne Sberman Capl CT

Caleb b I 745 dp 1 BOO m Belhra Russia Pvl MA

Daniel b7 I 1757d3 14 1814 m Mary Taylor Pvl CT

Daniel Sr b 4 6 I 71 1 d 10 I 1 795 m 11 IHannab Spring

l2IJerusha IPranicel Bowen PS CT
Daniel Jr b7 20 173Bd10 2 I 7 76 m 1 1 lP^ebe Pama I2IH««

Pearl Sgl CT
Daniel b8 25 I726d I 792 m Deborah PS CT
Daniel b2 I 1764d3 1825 m IllPrudence Badger l2)Hellv -

Pvt MA
Ebenezer b6 4 I 757 d 6 2 1836 m Parnel Wheeler Pvl CT *
Edmund b 10 3 1752 4 6 30 1812 m Eluabelh Wiswall Sgl MA
Isaac b I756d 1822 m Rachel Hodges Pvl MA
James b 1753 d 5 5 1 82 I m Eli/abeth Harris Sgl NY w*
Job b 3617 54 d 8 12 1821 m Martha Doly Wgm fsj w*
John b6ll748d9 7 179lm Thankful Dooliltle LI CT
John 64 II 1742d3 5 1831 m Anne Kmne Sgl CT
John b4 7 1746 0 2 28 1825 m Abiah Stevens Sgl CI •
John Sr b522 1 732 d 5 22 1807 m 11 IMargarel Tanar

l2IMariha Fisher (3)Eluabelh lUphaml Fiske Col PS MA
John Jr b2 12 I752d7 29 1825 m Mary Beni li MA
John 64 8 1739d6 I 794 m Elizabeth Parker Pvt MA
Levi b5 25 1753 d 12 14 1843 m Hannah Smuh Pvl CT
Luther b6 3 1756d2 19 1802 m Elizabeth Tillman Capi MA W*
Newman b9 7 1738d4 29 1816 m 1 1 lElizabeth Bills 12 IMis

Reb«;ca IDoOOl Cable PS CT
Oliver b 12 1 1 1759d 1800 m Anna Noble Pvl CT
Philemon bll317Sld39 1812 m Eunice Hicock PS CT W*
Ralph be I737dc 1 800 m Hannah Pvl NY
RulherlorO b2 3 174404 6 1825 m IllOoicas Hiichcock l2IM<t

Thanklul Ailing Mia PS Sol CT
Samuel bl222 1 76 10721 1827 m Lydia Johnson Sol CT
Samuel 6624 1757d9 231B43m Eluabelh Bond Capl MA
Samuel b2 23 1742d 1824 m llUane Ruble l2IChrisliann0umMa

PS VA
Selh b6 24 1 729 d 2 16 I 798 m IIIMary Hayl l2IMrs MaUa

Barnum Sgl CT
Selh b6 1 1763 0 5 10 1836 m lucreiia Spore Pvl MA*
Sbubel b9 3 1739d3 12 1782 m Mary Bayles Pvl NJ
Stephen Sr b 1 30 1 726d 6 6 1812 m Lydia Crofoot Ent PSCT
Stephen b 1 IB I756d 1 I 5 1841 m Elizabeth Barnum Pvl CT *
Wm bpl 12 30 I 747 d 10 30 1837 m Hepzibah Waller Pvl CT
Wm b5 1 1748dl 12 1 834 m II ISusann Sessions l2lCynin.a

Child l3IDorcas Barlholomaw Pvt CT
Wm b3 20 1751 0 9 30 1833 m IllSarah Rice l2IA<sah Hearsay

Sgl MA W*

TROWER.

Solomon b 17 340 1 840 m - Givens Pvl VA *

TROXELL. llnckMtoa TRAXELl k TROXEll

Daniel b 1 7 54 0 1 8 1 4 m Maiia Veronica - Pvl PA

George b 0 1 790 m Catharine - Pvt PA

Jacob b 12 23 17500 10 2 1836 m Elizabeth Pvl PA

John b 1 748 d 12 1 I 1835 m Margaret Harpole Pvl MO

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FESTIVITIES TO BEGIN FRIDAY fort wobth startelegham

Coleman County to Mark

100th Year

BY AUnS McMAHAN.

COLEMAN, June 28.— Coleman
County's nine - day centennial
celebration will begin Friday
with an old settlers' reunion and
will end July 15 after the final
performance of a four-night
rodeo.

First scheduled event will be
a welcoming address by County
Judge L. E. Walker at 9:30 a. m.
Friday in Coleman City Park.
Oldtimers will register hi a spe-
cial centennial book at the rep-
L'ca there of the main building at
old Camp Colorado.

Floyd Sfaelt^n and Lewis Jobe
will be masters of ceremony.
The centennial queen, Mrs. Eula
Cox Norwood of Coleman, daugh-
ter of county pioneers Mr. and
Mrs. John W. Coz, will be pre-
sented.

Events will delude a short his-
torical play, "The Coleman
Story," directed by Mrs. Nathan
Cliett; barbershop quartet con-
tests; judging of beards: and
recognition of the oldest native
stiU living In Coleman County,
the married couple who have
Ofed longest in the county and
vietHiut.4^iiniy resident.
Twin MonnUins.

Historical exhibits, which will

'be open for a week, will be dis-

' played Saturday and there -mia

be a street dance here Saturday

oight.

iSanta Anna's principal observ-
EDce of the centennial will be
held Saturdaj\ v^ith the Santa
Anna chapter of the Epsflon Sig-
ma Alpha sorority in charge of
Jtneral arrangements. Commit-
tee members include Mrs. Billy
rampbcll, Tom TCingsburv. John
D. Gregg, Mrs. Roy Stockard,
Mrs. Charles Benge and Mrs.
U. t. Guthrie Jr. ■ '

The town, widely known for its
twin mountains, inherits some of
Toleman County's most colorful
iistory. It will have interesting
telics of early times on display
b downtown stores.

£vents of Santa Anna's Satur-
lay program include a fiesta,
sarbershop singing, square danc-
ing, a hound dog show, recogni-
tion of the oldest county resi-
Sents and an old-fashioned buggy
redding.

First settlers in Coleman Coun-

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— Phoioi by AuflUs McMil.An. Siephen^'Uie

ARMY POST REPLICA — Centennial building at
Coleman represents main structure at old Camp Colo-
rado, established before the county was created
in 1858.

ty located south and east of Santa
Anna.

First comers were U. S. Army
personnel, Texas Rangers and
:attlemen, for the story of Cole-
nan County is closely associated
with the cattle industry.
Created in 1858.
The county v, as created by the
Legislature in 1858 from Brown
»nd Travis Counties and named
for Robert M. Coleman, who
lught in the battle of San Ja-
to.

lom in Kentucky, Coleman

le to Texas and served briefly

836 as captain oLa Texas

§cr coaipont. Lntrf he *as

pide to Gen. 6am Houston.

signed the Texas Declaration

ndependence and was a mem-

of the Texas constitutional

JCnvention.

The county was laid out in
1856 by a party of surveyors led
by J. E. McCord.

In 1855 and 1856 a few families
bad settled in the southeastern
edge of Coleman County and
from 1856 until 1861 enjoyed the
protection of the frontier fort of
Camp Colorado. The Army post
first was located six miles south
of the Colorado River, on the
road from Fort Belknap to Fort
Mason; but later was re-estab-
lished, within the county limits
on -Jim Ned Creek.

Rtplica of its administration
buildirig was erected in Coleman
City Park in 1936 by the Federal
and Texas Centennial Commis-

sions, the Works Progress Ad-
ministiation.flnd the City of Cole-
man.

Maj. Earl Van Dorn command-
ed the camp, which once was in-
spected by Robert E. Lee, when
the future commander in chief
of the Confederate Army was a
U. S. colonel stationed at Fort
Sam Houston.

Practical J«ker.

The county's first white settle-
ment became the town now
known as Trickham. It was a
stopover on John Chisum's cattle
trail to New Mexico, and Chisum
caUbUshad a £tqr$ there for his
trail drivers.

This store was operated by
Emnry PeiATt. G«orge Teague
and Bill Franks.

Franks was a practical joker
and because of his pranks the
community was known to cow-
hands as "Trick 'Em." One of
Franks' favorite trijcks was to
sell bottles of water to the cow-
boys for whisky.

Franks, who liked the name,
spelled it "Trickum" and Bsed
it in applying for a postoffice.
But postal authorities decided it
ought to be Trickham.

Chisum sold the store to L. L.
Shield, who operated it until it
was destroyed by fire in 1892.

Other early settlers around
Trickham were John, Enoch and
Dick Fiveash, Charlie Shield. Bud
Boles, Martin and Jim McElreath
and Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Bingnam.

Bingham is said to have rid-
den the first train from Missi-

P.\IR OF QUEENS— Ray

Kingsberry of Santa Anna,
rodeo queen, adjusts bon-
net of Mrs. Eula Cox Nor-
wood of ColBhian, named
queen of the Coleman
County centennial j

sippi to Fort Worth in 1876. His
daughter, Mrs. Beulah Kings-
ton. 78. still lives in Trickham.
A pioneer business man there
was M. R. Cheatham, a miller,
reputed to be the first to sell
flour in sacks, rather than bar-
rels. His sacks were labeled
"Trickham's Best."

Known for Chief.

Santa Anna, then known as
"The Gap," because of its loca-
tion between the two Santa Anna
mountains, may have been Cole-
man County's second trading post
Among its early settlers were
Duke Jackson, Lewis Taylor,
Henry H. Brown. W. J. and Tom
Crosby. Bill Brannan. Frank and
Miles Wofford and the Atterbury
and McGonagill families.

Oldtimers claim the mountains
were named for the Kiowa chief,
Sfltanta. c.-xi Ih-at the town wni
named for the peaks but the Post-
office Department, which seem-
ed always to pioneer orthography,
edited the name into its present

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form before granting it the privi-
lege of a postoffice.

Santa Anna went on a boom
early in 1886, when the Santa Fe
Railway reached that poinL
Many Trickhani settlers and busi-
ness men moved to Santa Anna
and the town moved out of the
gap south of the west mountain.
The Santa Anna News was es-
tablished by Con Rowland in 1886.
Successive o w n e r b included
Charlie Spann. Will Hubert, Aus-
tin CaDan and George Faulkner.
Faulkner sold it in 1920 to J. J.
Greggs, father of John C. Gregg,
its present publisher.

Coleman County was not or-
I ganized until 1876, but a tenta-
tive organization, with Camp
Colorado as county seat, was at-
tempted in 1867. First regular
county officers were: Judee J. F.
Miles, Clerk L. C. Williams,
Sheriff L. D. Greaves, Treasurer
S. S. Golson, Hide and Animal
Inspector W. B. grown. Tax As-
sessor Ed Lodge, Jusuce oi me
Peace M. M. Callan, who als«
was Coleman's first postmaster,
handling the mail at his home;
Surveyor R. S. Bowen and Com-
missioners Rich Coffej-, G. K.
Elkins, L. L. Shield and R. M.
JRucker. , , .. .

! Surveyor McCord, who laid out
'the county, with E. A. Lindsay,
J. F. Gordon and F. M. and Dick
Boyen. laid out the Coleman cit?
townstte, patterning 9, alter "Aus-
tin's street plan. . '

McCord, who came here from
Austin, later setUed on Home
j Creek, near Trickham.
I Oldest Business.

' Part of the Coleman townsite
I was donated by R. J. Clow, a
veteran of the Texas revolution.
The courthouse and high school
were built on land he donated.

Coleman's first newspaper, the
Telegraph, was founded by W.
L Gibbs in 1877. but it did not
last long. The Voice was esUb-
lished by J- J- Callan in 1881 and
the Democrat by WiU'Hubert m
1887 They were merged in 1907
into' the Democrat-Voice, now
published by R. A. Autry and his
sons, Milton and Roy Jr. .
Possibly the city's oldest busi-
uess, sST is -'is cri!)Tial Joca-
uon7 is the saddle shop establish-
ed by W. P. Rascoe in 18T7. It
was bought by J. H. Nance in
1902 and is now owned and oper-
ated by his son, B. A. Nance.

The oldest natives of Coleman
County include Mrs. Zona Stacy,
80 of Trickham, and J. M. Elk-
ins. 79, and Press McCord of
Coleman. , ,

Thousands of cattle moved
through Coleman County in the
trail days.

In addition to its place on the
old John Chisum trail, "Coleman

County lay astride the "new
western" or "Dodge trail." which
was blazed in the 1870s from
Brownsville via San Antonio and
Fort Mason to Dodge City, Kan.
It often was confused later with
the Jesse Chisholm Trail from
the Rio Grande to Abilene, Kan.
It has been claimed the west-
ern trail carried more cattle
north than the Chisholm trail did.
There's a marker on its on the
Coleman courthouse lawn, set up
in 1925 by the Daughters of the
American Revolution.

Driven Returned.

Two of the trail drivers return-
ed to Coleman County to estab-
lish ranches. J. P. Morris, after
four successful drives to Canada,
eventually acquired 60,000 or
more acres, still owned by his
family. .A daughter, Mrs. J. A.
B. Miller, 84, of Coleman, is a
business, civic and social lead-
er. Two other daughters are
Mrs. E. L. Knox of Burkett and
Mrs. Mary Dunman of Novice.

Day, a native of Missouri, was
the first to buy land in the coun-
ty, although it was then open
range. Leaday is located on land
for which he paid 45 perils an
acre. He is credited with build-
ing the first fence and starting
the first herd of Hereford cattle
in the county. .^^

He fenced 7.500 acres in 1881
and called it the Red Wire Pas-
ture, because the fence was paint-
ed red. He was killed in a stam-
pede in 18S1 and his widow oper-
ated the ranch for many years.

Other pioneers were H R.
Starkweather, who fenced 40.000
acres: C. -M. Grady, Noah Arm-
strong, John Banister, W. B. Bev-
ins, CoL R. H. Overall, who set-
tled on a 30,000-acre spread
south of Coleman; C. E. Jones,
Henry Sackett, the Coffeys, Per-
kinses, Closes, Coulsons and John
Watts.

Bit of Coleman history is con-
tributed by the town of Whon,
south of Trickham. It was
named for a Mexican named
Juan who worked on the farm of
John McCain. When a postof-
fice was applied for by Mrs. Sam
McCain in 1903, she spelled Juan's
narpe Whon, because that -was
the wav it sounded to her. For
once, postal authorities let the
name stand.-

As a part of the centennial pro-
gram, the Coleman County Rodeo
issociation, of which Rob 0 Hair
I» president, scheduled its 21 st
annual show here for July 9-12.
There will be a paraoe at S p m.
July 10. which will be led by Gov-
ernor Daniel, the centennial
queen. Mrs. Norwood, and the
rodeo queen. Kay K^gsben;.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. b.

KingsDery of Santa Anna.

Milton Autr>- is chairman of the
centennial committee. Members
include Cecil Home, Floyd Shel-
ton, M. B. Casey, Robert Jame-
son. Lee Craig, Doyle Glasson,
J B. Howell, James West and
Mmes. M. T. 'V^'hite Jr., Nathan
Cliett, Wiley Gillespie and David
Merce of Coleman; Ford Barnes
and Mrs. C. D. Bruce of Santa
Anna, and Mrs. Toppy Beaver of
Talpa.

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INDEX

Abshire, Kathy Ann 216

Aldredge, Jo Ann 53

Marvin 53

Allison, Annie Laura 28

George Tellie 8

Venita Joye 301

Wm. Benjamin 28

Aisterberg, Scott G 29

Amundson, Earl 168

Anderson, Bruce 63

John Joseph 63

Armstrong, Irene Marie 50

Ashford, Kevin 213

Asia, John Jacob 279

John Vincent 277

Joye Elaine 277

Robert Perry 280

Thelnia Darlene 278

Barnett , Dewayne Dale 31

Grady Dewayne 31

Bartimus, Glenda Christine 232

Barton, Erma 215

Battles, Archie King 61

Bonnie Lee 55

Crystal Gay 66

Dianna Gail 62

Douglas Wayne 63

Dylan Douglas 63

Floyd Earl 63

Forest Elmer 16

Forest John Reed 65

Forest John Reed Jr 66

Garth Rupert 50, 60

Gordon 49

Jimmie Ross 62

Jimmie Ross Jr 62

Keary Ann 61

Kimberly Diane 61

Laura Ellen 65

Lawson Alphy 48

Leon M 49

LeonM. Jr 49

Margaret Sue 48

Marshal 52

Marshal Earl 61

Marshall Scott 62

Melonie Ann 49

Michael Lee 49

Mildred Louise 49

Noah Joseph 63

Opal Lena 53

Pamela Sue 63

Robin Keith 61

Sandra Dee 61

Shannon Lee 62

Shellie Ann 62

Sherri Lynn 62

Stacie Dawn 62

Susan Lynn 65

Tammie Marie 62

Wanda Mae 48

Baugh, Dixie Vio 16

Loving Pauline 16

Bearden, Teresa Lynn 54

Benitez, Jessie (NMl) 201

Larry (NMl) 201

Lawrence (NMl) 201

Shawn (NMl) 20!

Bennet, Wanda 31

Gleyon 23

Biberdorf, Barret Edmond Lewis . . .287

Davida Lauricc 287

David Vcral 286

Dorian Lane 287

Perry David 287

Blocker, James Darrel 170

James Deric 170

Brooke, Brown V 87

Jeffery Ron 87

Shala Kay 87

Susan Rachele 87

Brown, Helen Marie 62

Brownlee, Lorelta Lou 61

Bryant, Jack Russell Jr 99

Jennifer Kay 100

Buckey, Sylvia 205

Burleson, Bob 96

Bobby Jo 96

Ricky Arcel 96

Carlson, Maria Darlene 99

Rand Parry 99

Terry Wayne 99

Carpenter, Tracy Lynn 227

Chandler, Norman Wayne 94

Norman Wayne Jr 94

Chaney, Julia Diane 89

Chu, Sufen (Sue) 34

Clark, Carolyn Louise 37

Clara Margaret 40

Deena Faye 40

Edith Olive 29

Janell Sheree 39

Jason Wildon 40

Jeanette 23

Joel David 40

Porter Clay 16

Randy Wayne 39

Rayna Janeen 39

Stephanie Joy 39

Weldon Wilson 37

Wesley Wayne 39

Collins, Aaron Werbeski 202

Albert Wayne 201

Cheri Annett 201

Peter 219

Starlynn Merie 202

Cook, Glenn Scott 90

Susan Maureen 205

Cooper, Linda 51

Covey, Ernest Anderson 86

Jo Linda 86

Michael Ernest 86

Patricia Ranee 86

Cox, Frank Ira 101

Rhonda Kay 101

Rocky Lee 101

Sadie Aileen 226

Coyle, Deborah Denise 75

Crane, Susan 34

Cupps, Billy Don 87

Carylon Frances 86

Celeste Virginia |7

Clara Ann |6

Cordelia Loretta Elizabeth 16

David Lynn 93

Doris Izola 72

Elmer Roscoe 16

Era Juanita 75

Eunice Inez 99

Evalinc Imogcne 83

Frances Bacon |7

Harrel Michael 98

Harrel Roscoe 97

Hazel Jean Id

Helen Rhoda 17

Janice Dianna 98

Jerry Don 92

Joey Lynn 92

Judy Elaine 93

Justin Darrel %

Kasha Donn 87

Laura Julia 16

Lee Vance 74

Michael Shane 98

Ovella Carylon 97

Patsy Darlene 87

Rachel William 86

Raynion Virgil 92

Raymond Don 92

Reed Vance 7

Regina Sue 98

Richard Elmer 96

Royce Gene 93

Sherrie Lynn 98

Sidney Darrel 95

Sydney Lea 96

Thelma Marie 88

Wiliam Henry 16

Davidson, Jason Carl 54

Michael Dean 54

Patty Ann 54

Dean, Robert Charles 29

Densmore, Cordelia 34

Ruby 21

Dollinger, Michael Gene 56

Dougherty, Charles Marvin 201

Steven A. (initial only) 201

Steven Albert 201

Dowling, Brent Leon 171

Charles Earl 171

Craig Randal 171

Draper, Evelyn 23

Dunlap, Rachel Beatrice 74

Dycss, Betty 230

Dykes, Jo Ann 203

Elder, David 83

El vert, Cameron Troy 30

Kcndra Annette 30

Kenneth 29

Vonna Joy 29

Embertson, Arthur Dennis 56

Kim Marie 57

Evans, Bonnie Lorene 158

Ewing, Arvella 84

Fellers, Curtis 98

Fleming, Charlie Ray 88

Charlie Woodrow 88

Christopher Ray 88

Leslie Ray 88

Margie Marie 90

Peggy Ann 88

Flores, Donald Maurice 205

Donald Maurice Jr 205

Edward Manuel 204

Ethel May 204

Imogene Pauline 201

Kathleen Louise 205

KimberlySue 205

Marjorie Ernestine 206

Michelle Rae 205

Nancy Ann (Fellers) 204

b.l916 Raymond Eugene 204

b . 1 949 Raymond Eugene 205

Robert Lee 21

Fowler, Cynthia Jan 235

Friesen, Sandra Jean 39

Fugate, Nellie Eunice 150

Fuller, Claudia 34

Gammon, Bruce David 219

Crissy Denise 219

Mathew David 219

Garcia, George Jr 205

Geer, Freddie 84

Gehring, Allison Marlene 303

Bennie Jean Smith 302

George Francis 301

Genz, Clara Docia 86

Gibson, Daniel Lee 84

Danny 84

Gillit, Ahon 85

Gray, Brenda Kay 206

Green, Barbara Jean 36

Gregory, Mary Louise 164

Grogan, Barbara Lee 55

Hall, Etta Mae 16

Hammonds, Dewey Lynn- Vaughn . . 94

Vaughn 94

Lloyd 94

Mary Pauline 94

Terresa Jean 94

Troy James-Vaughn 94

Hampton, Gene Isaac 32

Jason Lee 33

Kevan Wayne 33

Hansen, Magali Violette 48

Harris, Permelia J 49

Haynes, Evelyn 74

Henderson, Forest Ray 76

Rachel Kathryn 76

Hendrix, Ella Lee Stephens 92

Jimmy 94

Louise 94

Herring, Casey O 83

Dale Wayne 84

Elisabeth Charlene 83

Elisabeth Gaye 85

Jeffery Lynn 84

Johnna Fay 84

Kenmarie Kay 84

Kenneth Casey 84

Max Ray 85

Pamela June 85

Peter Lance 84

Richard 161

Ryan Jay 161

Hilts, Nancy 53

Hines, Brenda Joyce 73

Hinkens, Donna Mary Sinor 57

Hitchcock, James Michael 90

Michael Gene 89

Hogan, Cecil 53

Holleman, Mamie 21

HoU,Phylis 150

Horn, Charles Paul 158

Howard, Christean Mae 65

Hoyt, Mrs. Myrtle 9

Hubertus, Patricia Jane 282

Huggins, Bernice Maude 48

Huse, Joyce 218

Ingram, Steve 101

Inselman, Gary Lewis 160

Larry Wilfred 160

Linda Janette 161

Wilfred Newman 160

Isaac, Daniel Wayne 171

Garrett Wayne 171

Melissa Lyn (twin) 171

Michelle Dawn (twin) 171

James, Warren Harding 55

Janssand, Ronald Eugene 164

Ruby Ann 164

Javier, Holly Rita 283

Michael B 283

Ryan Robert 283

Jensen, Amanda Lee 63

Spencer Daniel 63

Spencer Daniel II 63

Johnson, Clark 206

David Clark 206

Maynard Odell 206

Nicholas Wayne 206

Phyllis Elaine 206

Kachadoorian, Andrew 172

Kelley, Betty Delores 73

Edmond Adolph 72

Helen Maxine 72

Henry Lynn 73

Susan Elaine 73

Kiesling, Larry Wayne 302

Leslie Kay 302

LyndeeKay 302

Killmer, Chester Lee 23

Clarence Lafayette 23

Howard Windiel 23

James Byram 8

Kilmer, Amanda Marie 236

Bertha Pauline 21

Christopher Michael 227

Colista Jan 235

David Leon 227

Dawn Marie 226

Flaunie Edith 21

Gary Norman 230

Gary Wayne (b. 1940) 242

Gary Wayne (b. 1944) 226

Howard 242

Howard Leroy 228

Jean Marie 230

Julia Adette 235

Julia Kay 230

Karen Ann 227

Leo Newman 226

Michael Howard 235

Michael Howard II 235

Michelle Rae 226

Nicholas Gregory 227

Paul Justin 236

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