JACKSON, Joel C. of Lee, and Eliza Ann Fuller of Lee, Mar. 31, 1849.* C.R.1. Joseph and Margeret French, Mar. 7, 1793. Julia of Stockbridge, and Charles Bliven of Lenox, Aug. 8, 1847, at S[tate] Line.* C.R.1. JAQUINS (see Jenkins), John and Lovina Stevens, [1793]* JENKINS (see Jaquins), Peter and Phebe Baker, June 29, 1788.* […]
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HUMISTON, Polly P. Todd6, (Justus Lyman5, Gideon4, Gideon3, Michael2, Christopher1) born July 22, 1789, died Aug. 1, 1880, married Caleb Humiston of North Haven, Conn. They removed to Great Barrington, Mass., thence to Hudson, Ohio, where both died and were buried. She was a woman of strong intellect. Children: I. George Lyman, b. April 3,
(IV) Noah, son of Jacob (2) Aldrich, was born in Mendon about 1720. He deeded lands in Mendon in 1772. He appears to have moved soon afterward to New Salem, Massachusetts, of which he was a soldier in the revolution in 1775 in Captain John King’s company, Colonel Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge’s regiment. In 1790, according
Lotz, John Henry; head worker Alta Social Settlement House; born, Carrollton, O., Dec. 2, 1872; son of Daniel S. and Ella Hill Lotz; educated, Mt. Hemron Boy’s School, 1894; Williams College, 1898; Union Theological Seminary, 1904; post-graduate study, Columbia University; married, Middlebury, Conn., Aug. 17, 1904; May Louise Waters; one son; taught St. Paul’s School,
ARTHUR BURDETTE DANIELS, the distinguished president of the L. L. Brown Paper Company of Adams, stands among the leaders in his field of industrial progress in New England, and as a leading business executive of Western Massachusetts is affiliated with numerous important interests. He has reached his present outstanding position by the force of his
RACE (see Rees), Isaac Miles, s. Isaac and Lucretia, June 11, 1798. [Rees, G.R.3.] Mary, d. Isaac and Lucretia, Aug. 31, 1796. RATHBUN, Clarinda, d. Philander and Nancy, May 26, 1794 Cordelia, d. Philander and Nancy, Aug. 13, 1802. Eliza, d. Philander and Nancy, Jan. 5, 1798. James, s. Philander and Nancy, Sept. 16, 1786.
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CHARLES S. FERRY – The firm of Charles S. Ferry & Son, lumber dealers of Pittsfield, which has been conducting one of the largest concerns of its kind in Western Massachusetts, was established by the late Charles S. Ferry, in 1886. In the rapid growth of Pittsfield during the past years this firm played a
(VI) Elijah, eldest son and second child of Captain Seth and Mary (Pitcher) Hamlin, was born in Alford, Massachusetts, February 8, 1767, died April 12, 1858, and was buried at Clarkson, New York. He witnessed as a boy many of the stirring scenes of the revolution and related to his grandchildren many interesting incidents of
HALE, Esther of Tyringham, and Thomas French, int. Dec. 28, 1816. [m. Jan. 1, 1817, P.R.3.] HALL, Edmond (see Edmond Hull). Gideon Jr., lawyer, of Winchester, Conn., and Lydia Louisa Fosket, 20, d. Nath[anie]l and Clarissa, Jan. 30, 1844.* HALSEY, Stephen W. and Mary L. Thompson, Apr. 4, 1843 HAMILTON, John, harness and trunk maker,
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RACE (see Rees), Andrew and Clary Stephens, Jan. 18, 1788.* RAWSON, Mary and Silas Barns Jr., int. Oct. 2, 1809. RAYNSFORD, Carmi of Sheffield, and Cynthia Fosket, Dec. 29, 1811. REED, Elkanah and Laura Crocker of Lee, int. Oct. 3, 1803. Polly and Ebenezer Piper, int. — [1795]. Polly and Milo M. Parrish, Dec. 18,
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JAMES JOHNSON. – James Johnson, a pioneer of 1844, son of James Johnson of Berkshire county, Massachusetts, was born on his father’s farm in 1814, and as a child moved with his parents to a new home in Onondaga county, New York, living there until he attained his manhood. In 1836 he gave rein to
Historian and journalist, was born Dec. 30, 1813, at Walton, Delaware County, N. Y. He died at Newburgh, N. Y., in 1897. He was the son of a Presbyterian minister settled at Walton. Early in life he determined to follow the ministry as a life work, and after graduating at Union College in 1839, he
FRANK WHITMAN ROBERTS – The surname Roberts is frequently encountered in the early records of New England. There were Revolutionary soldiers, farmers, business men, and seafaring men of that name, and their progeny is today scattered over the land, while many descendants of the older settlers of the name still adhere to the original soil.
Few men engaged in the electrical construction and contracting business in this part of the State have been trained in so practical and, indeed, in so high grade a school of experience in electrical work as Harry Joseph Jeffway, who not only has an established repute for unrivalled excellence in his Easthampton business, but who
(VII) Peter Rockefeller, son 0f Henry and Hannah (Rockefeller) Avery, was born in Columbia county, New York, March 20, 1807, died March 4, 1854. He married, in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, December 6, 1829, Elizabeth, daughter of Asahel and Mary (Rockefeller) Blakeman, born October 4, 1807, died December 18, 1883, Children 1. Mary, born April 3,
EASLAND, Catharine, d. John and Sally, Feb. 25, 1809, in 2d y. Catharine, w. Francis, Sept. 4, 1818. [in 65th y., G.R.1.] Francis, Feb. 22, 1838, a. l00. G.R.1. [s. John G. and (first w.), in Alford, P.R.1.] Hannah, w. John G., Mar. 6, 1815, a. 90. G.R.1. [Hannah (Rawmocker), second w. John G., “came
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WALKER, Mary Jane of Gt. Barrington, and Richard Van Deusen of Stockbridge, Mar. 15, 1848.* C.R.1. WALLACE, Tho[ma]s N. of New Marlboro, and Jane Rogers of New Marlboro, Apr. 11, 1848.* C.R.1. WALTERMIRE, Geo[rge] and Lydia H. Arnold, Mar. 21, 1839.* P.R.2. WARD, Clarissa and Nathaniel M. Fosket, Nov. 28, 1821.* Evilina and Hiram H.
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WILLIAM EDWARD STAPLES – The same energetic characteristics that were the means of conquering all hardships that apparently stood in the path of Mr. Staples’ career during the earlier part of his life have proven the dominant feature of his activities, and have accompanied him throughout an interesting course both of service and of leadership
Richmond, Charles T.; manufacturer; born, Johnsville, N. Y., June 13, 1856; son of Theodore and Caroline Baucus Richmond; educated, Greylock Institute, South Williamstown, Mass., and Yale ’78, S. Ph. B.; married, Fremont, 0., Jan. 28, 1891, Mrs. Addle G. Noble; after graduating, became deputy collector Internal Revenue, 10th District of Massachusetts (three years); then founded
EDWARD KELLY-Responsibility has been the portion of Edward Kelly throughout his entire active life, and for more than forty years he has borne a worthy and progressive part in business and civic affairs. He has done much to forward the progress of his native town of Great Barrington, Massachusetts, and in every branch of activity
