Among the eminent men of the northwest whose life records form an integral part of the history of Idaho was numbered Hon. Edward J. Curtis. In his death the state lost one of its most distinguished lawyers, gifted statesmen and loyal citizens. As the day, with its morning of hope and promise, its noontide of […]
Giles Lodge & Abigail H. Langdon Jan. 3, 1800 John Austin & Susanna Douglass Jan. 6, 1800 Seth Taylor & Neomy Robins Jan. 7, 1800 Joseph Willington Page & Polly Bixby of Framingham Jan. 14, 1800 James Rolly & Hannah Wright Jan. 24, 1800 John Palmer & Polly Martin Jan. 25, 1800 David Pratt &
Aldrich, Samuel Nelson, son of Sylvanus Bucklin and Lucy Jane (Stoddard) Aldrich, was born in Upton, Worcester County, February 3, 1838. His education was conducted at the Worcester and Southington, Conn., academies, and at Brown University, Providence, R. I. Subsequently he taught schools at Upton, Holliston and Worcester, Mass. He entered upon the study of
Among the very early settlers at Steuben was Lemuel Baker, who came from Roxbury, Mass. He must have come about, or soon after, the time that the Leightons came. He married a Tracy, sister of Mrs. Thomas Leighton, 2d, and Mrs. Deacon Stevens. He settled near the shore of Joy’s Bay, on what is known as Baker’s Point, afterwards near where the George Baker house is. By his first wife he had four children. George, Nabby, Rhoda, and Dolly. After the death of his first wife, which occurred while these children were young, Mr. Baker moved to Massachusetts and there married Abigail Griggs, and by her had two children, Susanna and Eli F., both born in Roxbury, and while they were young again moved to Steuben, where Lemuel and Abigail lived for the remainder of their days.
Robert Horton & Mary Moody forbid Jan. 1, 1759 John Adams Jr. & Eliza. Holbrook Jan. 4, 1759 Samuel Bayley & Jemima Elithorp Jan. 4, 1759 William Bond & Abigail Bradford Jan. 4,1759 Isaac Chamberlain & Elizabeth Wallis Jan. 4, 1759 Francis Wood & Isabella Smalledge Jan. 8, 1759 John Carr & Alice Allison Jan.
Thomas Fox & Elizabeth McMullan Feb. 21, 1792 David Mill Bennett & Mary Cutter Feb. 26, 1792 Job Atkins & Jauna Smith, blacks Mar. 10, 1792 Jeremiah Beals & Ruth Cutter Mar. 15, 1792 David Potter & Nancy Griggory, blacks Mar. 26, 1792 John More & Elsey Lamb Mar. 25, 1792 Joseph Francis & Polly
Crispan Gapson & Mary McKeal Jan. 2, 1758 James Graham & Mary Mouet Jan. 3, 1758 Thomas Kimball & Hannah Thomas Jan. 4, 1758 Thomas Flett & Hannah Coverley Jan. 5, 1758 Job Bradford & Eliza. Parkman Jan. 5, 1758 Isaac White & Mary Hodsdon Jan. 5, 1758 Daniel Lace & Mary Swinney Jan. 7,
William John Sweney & Mary Owens Jan. 1, 1801 James Dawson & Mary Torry of Franklin Jan. 15, 1801 John Barnes & Susannah Ross Jan. 16, 1801 Thomas Roberts & Susannah Whitman Jan. 17, 1801 George Gideon & Mary Sisk Jan. 21, 1801 William Homer & Sally Gleason of Bilrica Jan. 23, 1801 Warren Jacobs
Thomas Bell, merchant, from London , England , lived on the Town Hill in 1655. Abraham Bell, waterman, was in New Haven in 1643 and came to Charlestown in 1647. It appears by the town records that he was “cast away 31 Dec., found 4th [Jan.], buried 7th [1662-3].” His children were: Hannah; Mary; Abraham,
Richard Lister & Martha Davis Jan. 1, 1767 Isaac Harpur & Isabella Weston Jan. 5, 1767 John Lewis & Elizabeth Wharf Jan. 6, 1767 Michael Hammon & Mary Peck Jan. 8, 1767 Solomon Russell & Susannah Welch Jan. 8, 1767 William Newell & Lucy Dean Jan. 10, 1767 John Green & Margaret Read Jan. 10,
Robert Kennedy & Esther Shelton Jan. 6, 1790 John Peter Hawck & Patty Crafts Jan. 10, 1790 Edward Oaks & Mary Nodle Jan. 21, 1790 John Fisbach & Mary Asmus Jan. 26, 1790 Thomas Nye & Sally Larrabee (error) Jan. 27, 1790 Robert Phillips & Susanna Howard Feb. 16, 1790 Hansel Kimbal & Susanna Jennison
Robert Ives Lee. In the death of Robert Ives Lee, which occurred at Chicago, Illinois, December 19, 1911, there passed away one of the most prominent horsemen of the Middle West. He was born May 5, 1846, at Boston, Massachusetts, and was a son of the late Brev.-Brig.-Gen. William Raymond Lee III, U. S. V.,
SEABURY – variously spelled Sebury, Saberry, Saberrey and Sabury. The American ancestor of the Seaburys of New Bedford was (I) John Seabury, of Boston, who died before 1662. He married Grace, and had two sons – John (who went to Barbados) and Samuel (born Dec. 10, 1640) – and several daughters. (II) Samuel Seabury, son
Few names stand out more prominently in the history of California jurisprudence than that of George H. Buck, Superior Judge of San Mateo County, who is completing his twenty-fifth year on the bench and his thirty-third year in public office. As a jurist Judge Buck is one of the most eminent in the State. In
Hon. Peter Olcott was born at Bolton, Connecticut, April 25, 1733; married Sarah, daughter of Peletiah Mills, Esq., of Windsor, Conn., October 11, 1759, and removed to that place in 1772. That year or the following one he came to Norwich, Vermont. He was the oldest of his parents’ four children (two sons and two
William Sergent Hawse & Sarah Hunstable Jan. 30, 1766 Thomas James & Mary March Feb. 6, 1766 Thomas Hall & Sarah Griggs Feb. 15, 1766 William Brown & Mary Newhall Feb. 20, 1766 Edward Richardson & Sarah Quinor Feb. 20, 1766 John Hendley & Sarah Smith Feb. , 1766 Charles Dabney & Mary Bass Mar.
Alvah Charles Ferrin, a retired contractor and builder of Concord, who served in the United States Navy during the Civil War, was born in Plymouth, N.H., August 13, 1835, son of Daniel E. and Mary Jane (Durgin) Ferrin. His father was a native of Hebron, N.H.; and his mother was born in Buxton, Me. On
JAMES NAYBOR, Huntington, “Cooper.” Leaves to youngest daughter, Martha, “my Great Trunk and best chest with linnen and woolen clothes.” “To my grandchild, Mercy, when 21, £10, to be raised out of my house in Boston,” which I leave to my five daughters, Mary, Sarah, Elizabeth, Rachel, and Martha. Makes his daughter Martha executrix, and
Vickery, Willis Hon.; lawyer; born, Bellevue, O., Nov. 26, 1857; son of William and Sarah Perkins Vickery; no schooling until the age of 19, excepting three months in the winter; then entered the Clyde, O., High School, graduating in 1880, valedictorian of class; studied law in the office of Everett & Fowler, at Fremont, O.;
Abbot, Francis Ellingwood, son of Joseph Hale and Fanny (Larcom) Abbot, was born in Boston, November 6, 1836. His early education was obtained at home, and in the Boston public Latin school. Fitting for college, he entered Harvard in 1855, and was graduated with the class of 1859. He spent three years in the Harvard
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