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| 101 | Born in Argentina of a British family he acquired his love of horses in Argentina. In boarding school in England he loved art classes but disliked most other subjects. His mother took him on visits to noted British sculptor, Captain Adrian Jones who allowed him to work with armatures to keep him busy while the grown-ups continued with the visit. He came to Canada in 1927 as a university student and graduated from McGill University with a degree in agricultural economics. He worked in the insurance field in New Zealand for many years but returned to Canada to join the army during the 2nd World War. He became a member of the Third Canadian Division, which landed on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day. The retreating Nazis left behind their horses and Sketch acquired a chestnut-coloured mare named Lady Item. Sketch was the commander of the Item Troop of the 10th Battery of the Royal Canadian Artillery. Sketch joined the salute in Caen when General de Gaulle raised the tricolour during the playing of the Marseillaise. Many years later the event was commemorated by Sketch's presentation of his sculpted small bronze of Lady Item (w/himself as the rider) to the Canadian wing of France's museum in Normandy. A self-taught sculptor he was able to work at his three passions of history, horses and sculpture. His specialty was horses and the people that rode them in making their mark in history. He did commissions for historical societies, official organizations in several cities including the RCMP in Ottawa and the Niagara Parks commission. His completed work includes: a miniature bronze of Sir James Douglas, who travelled on his horse when reconnoitring the route for a wagon road through the Fraser Canyon, later founded the first Hudson's Bay Company on Vancouver Island in 1843 and eventually became governor of BC; Edgar Dewdney, a surveyor and trailblazer, depicted on his horse with pack horse in tow. He established the trail of 445 miles from Hope to Wild Horse Creek, later was elected to the Canadian House of Commons and in 1888 became minister of the interior of for the Macdonald government; Louis Riel (on his horse) wanted to obtain redress for the half-breeds of the North West Territories but unfortunately this led to a second rebellion in the North West; a sculpture of Sir Isaac Brock's horse Alfred given to the Niagara Parks Commission by Mr. and Mrs. Stewart G. Bennett of Georgetown; Laura Secord and others. Paul Moss, in the Victoria Times-Colonist noted, "Sketch seems very conscious of . . . a legacy inherited from Rodin, Cellini and a long line of distinguished forebears. Those who have seen his work, with its dynamic form and finely executed detail, would probably agree that in his hands the tradition is kept honorably alive." Ralph and his wife Marian Ogden Sketch lived half the year in California and half on North Pender Island. Tragically both of the Sketches died in a fire and explosion in their North Pender Island home in the autumn of 1993. Ralph Sketch was 83 and his wife Marion was 60. They were survived by three children. | Sketch, Ralph MacKern (I7428)
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| 102 | Born in Chester, Vt., Feb. 12, 1792. In 1810 he was Bound-out by Indenture to Stephen Taylor, of Windham, Vt. No further record. | Perkins, Oliver (I21234)
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| 103 | Born in Chester, Vt., Mary 23, 1794. Was feeble minded. Never married. Said to be buried in Herndon, Vt. | Perkins, Lydia (I21235)
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| 104 | Born Simon Aronson | Aronson, Samuel Shimer (I1065)
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| 105 | Boston Transcript, 6 April 1926, #2215 Elizabeth Ely, widow of Capt. William Ely, July 29, 1748, deeded to her sister Mary, widow of Ebenezer Parker, lands inherited from her father, Simon Smith, deceased. (Haddam Land Records, Vol. 5, folio 23.) Other similar deeds simply gave us a superfluous wealth of evidence. One we will refer to, since it throws light on the date of death of Elizabeth Ely. Her sister Mary Parker, Sept. 22, 1750, deeded to her son Abner an interest in land she had bought from her sister Elizabeth Ely of Lyme, lately deceased and also lands formerly belonging to her father, Simon Smith of Haddam. "The Ely Ancestry" has this transcription from the gravestone of Elizabeth: "Mrs. Elizabeth, relict of William Ely, died Oct. 10, 1750, in the 89th year of her age." The Parker deed shows she died before Sept. 22. | Smith, Elizabeth (I2823)
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| 106 | BOWMAN, J. P. dealer in hardware, residence Brimfield, was born in Windsor, Vt., on May 16, 1818, and when fourteen years of age entered a woolen mill at Perkinsville in his native county, and remained until the failure of the company; in 1840 went to Chester, Vt., was employed in same occupation until 1845, when he became a partner, and continued until coming to Illinois in 1854. In July, 1843 he married Martha A. Clark, who was born in Weathersfield, Vt., in 1820. Purchased a farm in Brimfield township, and for several years engaged in farming. In July, 1854, his wife died leaving one son. The following Fall he sold the farm and removed to Brimfield, and in company with Wm. H. Day purchased the business and stock of J. E. Wiley & Co. On the 18th day of July, 1857, married Helen N. Day. She was born in Rockingham, Vt., in 1839. The fruit of this marriage was five sons and three daughters. In the Spring of 1859 Mr. B. sold out his hardware business and removed to Muscatine, Iowa, where he embarked in the agricultural implement trade until the Fall of 1862, then returned to Brimfield and engaged in the dry goods trade for six months, then sold out to J. B. Day, now of Gloa. The brothers then purchased the Wily farm of six hundred and fifty acres at the same time owning half interest with H. O. Burt in the hardware business. In 1869 sold their farm, and from that time until 1871 engaged in brick-making, a part of which were used by himself in erecting the store in which he is now doing business. In March, 1872, his present partner purchased the interest of Mr. Burt, since which time the business has continued unchanged. Are members of the Congregational Church, of which he has been deacon for thirty years. Republican in politics. (The History of Peoria County, Illinois, 1880, page 713, submitted by Janine Crandell) | Bowman, Joseph Pierce (I1532)
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| 107 | Bradford Illsley Skinner Obituary (findagrave.com) Bradford Illsley Skinner, pioneer of Liberty County, passed away in the Liberty County Nursing Home in Chester on Jan. 1. Skinner was born Oct. 12, 1881 in Brookings, S.Dak. He moved to Delta, Colo., as a boy and about 1910 came to Montana where he began ranching and farming. He married Ellen Elizabeth Clark Nov. 19, 1927. They lived together on a farm near Lothair until her death. To this union two children were born, a son, Bill, who lives north of Lothair, and Betty Ann Limesand of Whitlash. He is also survived by five grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Russel Bryan of Old Mexico, and Mrs. William Mathers of San Jose, Calif. Preceding him in death were three brothers, Howard, Phillip, and Elmer. Funeral services were held at Burns Funeral Chapel in Shelby. Burial was in Mountainview cemetery. | Skinner, Bradford Illsley (I7145)
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| 108 | Bron at Chester, Vt., 1799 to 1803 (Date not given), No record, Youngest of the family. | Perkins, Stephen (I21241)
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| 109 | Brown, Claire O, b. 6/26/1901?, d. 3/11/1997, Aged 95, Shared stone w/ Mary K Brown and metal mortuary marker (Stone undated), Lot #64 | Brown, Claire O (I5875)
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| 110 | BRUNST, DORIS G. - In San Mateo, Calif., August 5, 1976, Doris G Brunst, beloved wife of Francis (Buzz) Brunst. Loving Mother of Preston F & Whitney R. Brunst of San Jose, Lynne J. Brunst of San Jose, Stepmother of Gayle D. Arhtur of Lompac & Constance M. Arthur of San Jose. Grandmother of 4. A member of Second Church of Christ Science. A native of Nev. Age 64. Private family services were held under the direction of Darling-Fisher Garden Chapel, 471 E. Santa Clara St. S.J. Friends who wish may contribute to their favorite charity. | Johnston, Doris (I11144)
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| 111 | Burgess Genealogy indicates that Mary Cogswell has the children of Edwin Burgess. More likely Devilla Burgess was the mother of these children. | Burgess, John Edwin “Edwin” (I1611)
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| 112 | California, Death Index, 1940-1997 (ancestry.com) Carl Alvin Muller, born 4 Oct 1868 in CA to -- Muller & -- Callsen, died 18 Apr 1944 in Alameda Co, CA. | Muller, Carl Alvin (I20339)
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| 113 | Called "Col Harcorne" by Lilly Perkins. No evidence yet to support this claim. | Hancorne, William Grove (I3008)
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| 114 | Came to US on Jun 17, 1911 with mother. His final destination was listed as Petrolia. Living in Wein Austria in 1921 Edward living in Houston in 1937 and 1956. Listed as single when died. | Perkins, Edward Blake “Eddy” (I1635)
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| 115 | Canada Marriages, 1661-1949 (familysearch.org) On 01 Apr 1866 in Wilmont, NS, James Cyrus Perkins, age 22, born Aylesford, son of Cyrus and Rebecca Perkins, married Elizabeth Brown, age 17, born Fredericton, NB, daughter of Samuel and Hannah Brown | Family: James Cyrus Perkins / Elizabeth Brown (F784)
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| 116 | Cannot yet verify service death. There is a musician Anthony Baker mortally wounded Sept 13-14, 1847 at Chapultepec. However, this Anthony Baker likely the one age 30, born Kashaskin IL, enlisting 3 Mar 1840 as a drummer. | Baker, Anthony V S (I15974)
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| 117 | Capt. Ray Paul Jones, USN (Retired) Capt. Ray Paul Jones, USN Retired, 69, of 385 Washington Road, died peacefully on June 14, 1999. His passing took place at the University of Massachusetts Memorial Hospital in Worchester, Massachusetts after a long valiant struggle with cancer. He was the son-in-law of the late Mary K. Schwartz of 22 Shirley Lane. The younger child of the late William Early Jones and Willie Ray Jones, he had an older sister Lynnelle. He was born on July 22, 1929 in Mobile, Alabama and grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana. A 1947 graduate of Alcee Fortier High School, he was an avid sailor and an accomplished trombone player. As a young man, he played in jazz groups in the French Quarter, including an impromptu session in front of the great Louis Armstrong. He graduated from Tulane University in 1951 with a BS in Zoology. Having been a member of the Naval ROTC, he immediately began the active duty that led to a very satisfying 30-year military career. He served for 2 years on a Destroyer off Korea. Then, as a member of the Submarine Force for the next 15 years, he served on the USS Irex SS 482, the USS Robert E. Lee SSBN 601, was executive officer on the USS Barbel SS580, before becoming commanding officer of the USS Blueback SS581 from 1965 to 1967. He received a Master of Science in Business Administration from George Washington University in 1970. The rest of his military career included tours of duty at: the Pentagon; the headquarters of the US European Command in Stuttgart, Germany; the University of Kansas as Professor of Naval Science; and finally the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in 1977 as Administrative Officer and CO of Enlisted Personnel. By the time he retired in 1981, his career had taken his family from New London, CT where he met his wife, Marlene, to Newport News, VA; San Diego, CA; Hawaii; Guam; Bremerton, WA; Fairfax, VA; Stuttgart, Germany; Lawrence, KS; and finally the New Hampshire Seacoast where they decided to retire and put down roots for the first time. After his 1981 retirement from the Navy, he went into business at his home in Rye as "The Clock Doctor" doing repair and renovation of antique clocks. He continued to travel extensively with Marlene visiting new places all over the world and revisiting places they loved. He enjoyed a very full and active "retirement." He loved music, reading, and working on his computer. An avid fisherman, he kept the freezer stocked with Salmon, Halibut, Bluefish, etc. He was on the Vestry of St. John's Episcopal Church. A member of the Portsmouth Rotary Club, he served as its president and was a Paul Harris Fellow. He was a member of the Portsmouth Propeller Club and their Lobster Bake Team. Also, he was a member of the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors, the Portsmouth Country Club, and served on Senator Humphrey's selection committee for the US Military Academies. Survivors include his: wife of 45 years, Marlene; daughter Leslie Sandra of Cedar Falls, IA; daughter Lynnelle Susan and her husband, William Lipschutz of South Norwalk, CT; daughter Christine Elizabeth, her husband, Donald Thompson and their children Lynnelle Marie, Philip Byron, and Scott Alexander of Bedford, MA; and an extended family including several nieces and nephews. ________________________________________ Jones - Ray P. Jones, 69, of Washington Road, Rye, died June 14, 1999. The family will meet with friends at the Buckminster Chapel at 84 Broad Street in Portsmouth from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Thursday. A memorial service celebrating his life will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, June 18th at St. John's Episcopal Church. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations in Ray's memory to either the Organ Fund at St. John's Church, 101 Chapel Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801 or the International Myeloma Foundation at 2129 Stanley Hills Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90046. Arrangements are being made by the J.Verne Wood Funeral Home. | Jones, Ray Paul (I1080)
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| 118 | Carmon O'Dell, Feb 24, 1865-Jan 30, 1929, wife Mary E. O'Dell, Sep 20, 1869-Nov 18, 1962, Corey O'Dell, b. at St. Joh N.B. June 28, 1827, d. Mar 14, 1887, Mary W. wife Jan 6, 1830-Jan 11, 1920, Griffin O'Dell, d. Oct 14, 1914 aged 54, wife Sarah Lebon 1865-1957 | Perkins, Mary Elizabeth Alicia “Bessie” (I2616)
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| 119 | Catharina Stubert according to George's marriage to Caroline Friedrich | Stuppert, Catharina (I6131)
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| 120 | Catherine Dempsey, age 12, living in house in 1860. No relation known. | Family: Jeremiah Poler / Eunice Palmer (F187)
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| 121 | Catherine Gilbert Dunham died Saturday at the Francis E. Parker Memorial Home, New Brunswick. She was 100. She was born in Worcester, Mass., and lived in Highland Park since 1918. She graduated in 1918 with a teaching degree from The Worcester Normal School. She taught kindergarten in Highland Park until her marriage in 1923. She was an active member at Christ Church in New Brunswick. She had been an active member of the Christ Church Junior Guild for many years. She was also a member of the Christ Church Home for Girls in Helmetta. She had served as the Girl Scout commissioner for the Raritan Valley Girl Scout Council for five years. She was a member of the New Jersey Blue Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the National Society of The Colonial Dames in the State of New Jersey, the Trowel Club of New Brunswick, and the Skytop Club in Skytop, Pa. Her husband, Nelson, died in 1969. He was the grandson of the co-founder of The New Brunswick Savings Institution in 1851. Surviving are a daughter, Janet Deibert of Highland Park; a son, Gilbert Hamilton Dunham of New Canaan, Conn., and two grandchildren. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Christ Church, corner of Neilson and Church streets, New Brunswick. Burial will be at Elmwood Cemetery, New Brunswick. | Gilbert, Catherine Dodge (I11085)
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| 122 | Cecelia Perkins was born on 25 Jun 1901 in Little River, St Ann, to Robert Perkins, a carpenter, and Caroline Perkins, formerly Black, | Perkins, Cecelia (I11114)
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| 123 | Celestina Caroline Dunkley, age 4 days, daughter of Joseph Dunkley, a carpenter, died on 21 Nov 1881 in Bryans Hill, Clarendon, JAM of a severe cold from birth. | Dunkley, Celestina Caroline (I11117)
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| 124 | Cemetery site located near his mother at Section Y, Lot 41 | Baker, George W (I14354)
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| 125 | CEMETERY WITH A HISTORICAL CONNECTION There's an interesting connection between Kentville's Oak Grove Cemetery and the War of 1812, Ivan Smith noted in a recent e-mail. "Probably you know of this, but just in case (here are the details)" Smith wrote. By coincidence, I've been planning a column on the historic cemetery and some of the older grave sites there. However, until Ivan Smith wrote I was unaware of any connection between Oak Grove, the War of 1812 and a Liverpool privateer. Oak Grove, as readers may be aware, is "the earliest burial ground of Kentville people," (I'm quoting A. W. H. Eaton's history of Kings County) and was established in 1817. The cemetery was given a special distinction when a legislative act was passed in 1845 that provided for its supervision and management. The original cemetery, about half an acre, was part of a land grant of 750 acres given to Benjamin Peck in 1764. Some of Peck's grant comprised what is now part of downtown Kentville. When Peck died his land was divided between his sons, Benjamin Jr. and Cyrus. Now to the connection between the cemetery, privateers and the War of 1812. Ivan Smith tells me that during the War of 1812, one Capt. Barss Jr. commanded the small Liverpool privateer, the "Liverpool Packet." It was "the most famous privateer ship of all" Smith said, "and within a year (Barss) was rich, and his ship was famous. He captured 33 American ships, mostly off Boston and Salem, bringing them safely to Liverpool." Barss' luck ran out in the summer of 1812. In June of that year he was forced to capitulate to a superior American ship. Captured off the waters of Maine, Barss and his crew were sentenced to lengthy prison terms. Eventually Barss was released, apparently on the condition that he no longer captain a privateer and plunder American ships. In 1817 Barss and his family moved to Kentville. There he purchased the farm of Benjamin Peck Jr. However, one of the conditions of the sale was that Peck would remain in possession of a small portion of his land. Why he did this is explained by A. W. H. Eaton his Kings County history. "When Benjamin Peck, the younger, late of Horton, with his wife Mary, deeded his farm to Joseph Barss Jr., he reserved half an acre for a public burying place, in the grove of oaks on the north side of the county road 'where his honoured father and mother and several other persons were buried', this public burying ground to be perfectly open and free to people of all denominations forever." Now you have to connection between Oak Grove Cemetery and the War of 1812 - and the Kentville connection with one of the most famous privateers in Nova Scotia's history. My thanks to Ivan Smith for bringing this to my attention. If you'd like to read more about Oak Grove Cemetery, Peck and Barss turn to Eaton's history of Kings County. There are also websites devoted to the career of Joseph Barss Jr. Barss himself eventually came to rest in Oak Grove Cemetery. He died at an early age, 49, in 1824. His headstone and those of the Peck family can still be found in Oak Grove. | Peck, Benjamin (I1104)
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| 126 | Cert #1622 Rhoades, Lester -- Kanorado, Kit Carson Co CO Baker, Hazel A -- Kanorado, Kit Carson Co CO 8/6/1924 Burlington Kit Carson Co CO Husb Age: 19 Wife Age: 17 husband's mother Myrtle Rhoades spouses father Lee Baker witness Delos Baker | Family: Lester David Rhoades / Hazel A Baker (F776)
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| 127 | Cert #2008 Stephens, Rufus O -- Ruleton, Sherman Co KS Baker, Lora Louise -- Burlington, Kit Carson Co CO 9/15/1928 Burlington Kit Carson Co CO Husb Age: 23 Wife Age: 18 | Family: Rufus Oliver Stephens / Lora Louise Baker (F778)
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| 128 | Charles E Perkins, age 25, architect, and Henry E Perkins, age 1, in house in 1850. Likely Charles E Parker, husband of Ellen and their son Henry. | Family: Charles Edward Parker / Ellen Louisa Perkins (F6550)
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| 129 | Charles L Carpenter was pallbearer at Charles Nicklos funeral. | Carpenter, Charles L (I4161)
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| 130 | CHESTER WOODS was born in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, September 5, 1857, being a son of Cyrus and Amanda Woods. He was married November 22, 1882, to Maggie Sleeth, daughter of Thomas and Uretta Sleeth. They have four children: Edna, born October 26, 1883; Wylie, September 2, 1885; May, September 7, 1887; Etta, June 5, 1893. Mr. Woods came to Adair County, Missouri, with his parents in 1868, and has lived here continuously since, and engaged in the occupation of farming. He owns a farm of 320 acres near Gibbs. He is a very progressive farmer, takes a deep interest in educational matters, giving all his children a thorough schooling. He belongs to the Presbyterian church, the M. W. A. fraternity, and is a Republican in politics. from History of Adair County, Together with Reminiscenses and Biographical Sketchs, pg 791 | Woods, Chester (I4044)
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| 131 | Chester, 14, and Dillon, 16, Sturr, grandchildren, living in house in 1884. | Palmer, Henry D (I12634)
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| 132 | Chief Justice of Ontario Burton, SIR GEORGE (1819-1901), a Canadian jurist, born at Sandwich, Kent, England. He came to Canada in 1836, was admitted to the bar in 1842, was a member of the court of appeals from 1874 to 1897, and was then made chief justice of Ontario. He was chairman of the commission which consolidated the statutes of Ontario and was made a baronet in 1898. | Burton, Sir George William (I1909)
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| 133 | Chief of Police of San Jose, is one of those men who by sterling worth and innate fidelity to duty has acquired the confidence of his fellow-citizens, and to that degree that he has not only been promoted to his present position by the suffrages of men in his own party, but has the active approval and support of hundreds of voters of opposing party affiliations. This is evidenced by the fact that he has won his way up from the ranks, and that, while his first election showed a majority of only ninety votes, at the next election it was 340, and at the election lately held (April 9, 1888) he received a majority of 1,062 votes. His parents, William and Catherine (Daley) Brown, were natives of Ireland, who emigrated in 1840 to Australia, the subject of this sketch being born in Sydney, two weeks after the arrival of his parents. In 1849 they came to California, attracted by the prospects of fortune to be wrested from the streams and hill-sides by strong hands and willing hearts. The father went at once to the mines in Stanislaus County, remaining for about six months, while the mother established and kept the hotel known as the "Maid of Erin," on Broadway, near Ohio Street, in a building brought in sections that year from Australia. In 1851 the subject of this sketch was brought to Santa Clara College by Father Nobili, then in charge of that institution, and remained there for one year, returning again in 1858, and remaining another year. There is hanging up in a modest frame, in Mr. Brown's office, a catalogue taken from the San Francisco Daily Herald, of July 14, 1852, of the exercises and premiums awarded, as well as the names of the pupils attending this examination. In this list is the name of William D. Brown, and among the other twenty-six pupils comprising the class are: Ignacio Alviso, Joaquin Argues, John M. Burnett, son of the first American Governor of California, John T. Calahan, Martin, Bernard, and Patrick Murphy. Mr. Brown appears as having taken a premium in the second class in the Spanish language, also in the third writing class. The parents of the subject of our sketch, in order to be near their son, removed to San Jose, his father opening a butcher shop, the second one in the town, while his mother engaged in the hotel business. His father purchased, in 1852, a ranch near what are now the Guadaloupe quicksilver mines, where he devoted himself to farming and stock-raising for the remainder of his life, he dying there in 1854, and was buried in the old Mission Dolores Cemetery, in San Francisco. The subject of our sketch worked on his father's farm until 1858, when he attended another year at Santa Clara College. He later worked at blacksmithing and mining at the Guadaloupe and Hewriquita quicksilver mines for a number of years; followed various occupations until he entered the service of the city in the Fire Department, being later appointed Special Officer of the American District Telegraph Co., working in conjunction with the regular force; and on the death of Mitchell Bellew was appointed police officer. From this position he was promoted through the various grades until elected Chief. He married, January 8, 1860, Miss Johanna Cunningham, a native of Ireland, and sister of Richard Cunningham, who now owns the San Bruno House, at San Bruno, California. They have had twelve children, of whom three died in infancy. Those living are: Johanna, now the wife of James Hogan, Superintendent of American District Telephone Co., of San Jose; Katie, now the wife of Albert Richards, bookkeeper for Edward Wail, of San Jose; Peter, now in business in San Francisco; and Tessie, William, Richard, Virginia, Georgiana, and Bud, still under the paternal roof and attending school. Mr. Brown is a member of Mount Hamilton Lodge, of A. O. U. W., also of the American Legion of Honor, and of the Knights and Ladies of Honor. He is a member of the Democratic party. | Brown, William Delay (I1242)
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| 134 | Children of Zadoc and Hannah (Shurtleff) Steele 10. Hannah b. April 10, 1807; m. 1828, Harry Perkins; c. in Standstead, Canada, Jun 26, 1842; left one child, Charlotte Ann. | Family: Henry B Perkins / Hannah Steele (F6738)
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| 135 | Clarinda's oldest resident, Mrs. M.E. Woods, about 97, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mont McKee, early Wednesday after an illness of nearly a year. She had been a resident of Clarinda for 90 years. Funeral services will be held Friday at the Mont McKee home at 2:30 p.m. Mrs. Woods came to Page county and Clarinda in April, 1854, one year after Clarinda had been surveyed and named the county seat of Page county. She attended the first school, which was partly built when she arrived. Her education was finished in the Clarinda schools, where she later became a teacher. She was the daughter of Isaac and Margaret Van Arsdol. She was preceded in death by her husband, Wilson Woods, who died in November, 1889, and three children who died in infancy and two sons, Alger and Oliver. Surviving are four daughters Mrs. Roy Herren and Mrs. Mont McKee of Clarinda, Mrs. Alfred Jones of Shenandoah and Mrs. R.C. Baird of Santa Monica, Calif. She remained alert and active despite her age, and often remarked that she wanted an airplane someday. Reading occupied much of her time. Several years before her death, Mrs. Woods had written a short autobiography of her early life, which children and grandchildren have consented to be published. The autobiography contains her obituary, and the following information: "I came with my parents and two brothers from Muncie, Delaware county, Indiana, to the old Fort Des Moines, Iowa, by way of the covered wagon in the autumn of 1853, where we spent the winter of 1853 and 1954 with friends who had preceded us two year before. They wished every much that we might find a home near them. The winter was an open one, and my father spent much time riding horseback over that section of the country without finding a suitable locations. Then he heard favorable reports of the extreme southwestern portion of the state. In February, he and the man who came west with him, made a horseback trip to that part of the country and found just what he wanted in Page county. The new town of Clarinda had been surveyed and located as the county seat in May of the previous year. He brought a farm adjoining the town limits and returned to Des Moines to arrange for the moving of the family to their new home. The only improvements on his new farm was 20 acres of sod ground broken the previous year. No house or accommodations of any kind were there for the family. In March 1854, my mother, brothers and I were left at a small settlement near the present site of Billisca, while he and his friend came to the farm, prepared logs for a sixteen-foot square building and with help of a few neighbors, (there were but few living here then) built the walls, covered them with clapboards, laid a punchion floor, and the house was ready for its intended inmates. On the fifteenth of April we left our camping place and arrived at Clarinda, which was then little more than a name, there being but one small residence building in the town, and the walls of a sixteen-foot square schoolhouse. The logs were of cottonwood. I attended the first school with the Clarinda corporate limits. Our teacher was Mr. Elijah Miller, who was one of the town's surveyors." The cabin was the site of the A.A. Berry home and Willow avenue was the lane to town,. Mrs. Woods has related to her relatives. | Van Arsdol, Mary A (I4029)
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| 136 | Clifford J Baker, a yard brakeman with the B&M R.R Co, married to Evangeline Baker, born 2 Jan 1897 in Salem MA to Albert L Baker b. Somerville MA and Mabel A Cole b. Cambridge MA died on 29 Jul 1920 in Greenfield, Franklin, MA of a railroad accident. Burial on 30 Jul 1920 in Malden MA. Informant Evangeline L Baker of Greenfield MA. | Baker, Clifford Julian (I2280)
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| 137 | Closest match is a Lula P. Shuck born 1879 in KS to Josiah Shuck b. IA & Susanna b. IN, living in Browns Grove, Pawnee, KS in 1880. Son by second marriage, Richard L Osterlot, names parents as Richard Osterlot b. KS +and Lula Shuck b. OK. | Shuck, Lula P (I17116)
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| 138 | Co I, 148th PA Vols, Pvt. | Dickens, Stephen E (I8599)
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| 139 | Cogswell, Mrs. Bessie Randall, d/o Charles D. Randall, wid/o Edmund J. Cogswell, died at Wolfville, 23 March 1913, age 64 years. [3 Apr 1913 obituary + notice]. From The Register, Berwick, Kings Co., Nova Scotia 1913 Vital Statistics Published on Thursday http://www.rootsweb.com/~canbrnep/vitstat1913.htm Charles D. attended Acadia College and Brown University. On July 1, 1845, he married Nancy Cogswell Bill, the eldest daughter of Caleb Rand Bill of Billtown, a prominent farmer and member of the provincial legislature. Their children included Sarah (born 1849 and married Maynard Freeman), Elizabeth (married Edmund J. Cogswell), Charles Melbourne (died young), Anna Bill (born 1854) and Eardley Wilmot (1856). From History of the Randall House, Chapter Four, Charles Dennison Randall, 1844 – 1884 | Randall, Elizabeth Mary Pryor “Bessie” (I3939)
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| 140 | Confusion with James Orville Woods who went by "Orville", b. 27 Aug 1916 in MO, died 22 Dec in Clay Co, MO. Served in Navy. Married Cordie Clevenger. | Woods, Orville Randolph (I4073)
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| 141 | CONN - Entered into rest January 29th, Ruth (Pinkerton) of Natick. Beloved wife of the late Irving. Devoted mother of Marjorie Conn of NY, Michael Conn of Canton and Priscilla “Patti” Frydman of Holliston. Deer Meme of Eric and Richard Frydman and Sarah Conn. Services at Stanetsky Memorial Chapel, 1668 Beacon Street, BROOKLINE, on Wednesday January 30th at 1 P.M. Memorial Observance at Priscilla's residence following the service until Friday sundown and again Saturday sundown through Sunday evening. Expressions of sympathy in her memory may be donated to Rosie's Place, 889 Harrison Ave., Boston, Massachusetts 02118. | Pinkerton, Ruth Gladys (I25374)
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| 142 | Connection to Andrew Sponsler so far based on DNA match | Woods, Mary (I1471)
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| 143 | Coolidge Ave in Watkins Glen, NY This street was named by the late Arthur W. Sherman for his wife, Gertrude Coolidge, after he opened the street in the territory of that vicinity which was, before 1895, the city fair ground. Mr. Sherman and R. A. Little bought the fair grounds and laid out streets there. | Family: Arthur William Sherman / Gertrude Coolidge (F305)
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| 144 | Copeland, Leonard L. From "Landmarks of Oswego County New York", edited by John C. Churchill, 1895 COPELAND, Leonard L., was born in the city of Oswego February 22, 1842, and lived there till twelve years of age. He then came to the farm where he now resides, but was in the grocery business three years during the war. In 1877 he married Cornelia M. Mullen, and they have two children, John Mack and Sarah M. Mr. Copeland's father was Leonard, a native of Saratoga county, who came to Oswego in 1832 and was a leading dry goods merchant many years. He died in 1882. His mother was Maria (Mack). His brother, Lieutenant Amos M., was a soldier of the 81st Reg., N.Y. Vols., in the War of the Rebellion, and was killed at Chapin's Farm. | Copeland, Leonard L (I9430)
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| 145 | CORPORAL CHANNING CLARK, aged, twenty-four, born in Williamantic, Windham county, Connecticut, removed to Illinois and enlisted as unmarried and a farmer from Mason county. He was severely wounded at the battle of Perryville, Ky., October 8, 1862, served to the close of the war, but was absent (sick) at the muster out of the regiment. Returning, he resumed farming near Easton, Ill., where he died. From History of the 85th Illinois Volunteers Illinois Volunteer Infantry by Henry J. Aten From The Willimantic Journal Fri Jul 26, 1861 In Reevessprings, Ill., June 11th, of consumption, Mrs. Lucy Stone, wife of Mr. Channing Clark, formerly of this village, aged 26 years. She leaves two children to mourn a mother's loss. From Ill marriage records, Channing married Lucy Stone on 6/01/1857 in Cass Co., Ill | Clark, Channing S (I3531)
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| 146 | Daily Oklahoman, The (Oklahoma City, OK) - September 1, 2000 NEFF Everett Baker, M.D., age 88, of Oklahoma City, died August 30th, after a long illness. He was born on December 17, 1911 to Fred G. & Ethel Baker Neff. Educated in OKC, he continued his education by earning his M.D. in 1936 at The University of Oklahoma. He specialized in Abdominal Surgery after serving with the 21st Evacuation Hospital in the South Pacific in WW II. After 16 years in private practice in OKC, he joined the Veterans Administration in 1960, in Los Angeles. He transferred to the V.A. Hospital in Muskogee, Oklahoma in the mid-1960's and stayed until his retirement at age 70. He was a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and certified by the American Board of Surgery. He moved to OKC in 1991 to be closer to his family. He was preceded in death by his brother Kendrick, sister Margaret Jackson Logan, wife, Ruth Bell Neff and second wife, Jacqueline Burks Neff and eldest son Everett Richard Neff. He is survived by his son, Gerald David Neff; 5 grandchildren; 2 step grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren. Services at the chapel in the Town Center building at Fountains of Canterbury will be held at 10:00 a.m. on September 1, 2000, followed by graveside services at 1:30 p.m. on the same day at Memorial Park Mausoleum in West Muskogee. Donations to the Muscular Dystrophy Association are suggested in lieu of flowers. | Neff, Everett Baker (I39)
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| 147 | Daniel F. bp 1775, m. Jun 6 1797 Elizebeth b. Nov 21 1776, dau. James and Molly (Law) Marsh. All were residing in Acton. They later had children in Concord. He d. in Utica, N.Y., 1817....Daniel F. Baker was taxed in Action 1798 & '99. He left Concord around 1810 and resided in New York State. His family came to Littleton. | Baker, Daniel Fletcher (I14529)
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| 148 | DARLING, JOHN, Winchendon. Private, Capt. Abel Wilder's co. of Minute-men, Col. Ephraim Doolittle's regt., which marched April 20, 1775 in response to the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Cambridge; service, 6 days; also, Capt. Abel Wilder's co., Col Ephraim Doolittle's regt.; receipt for advance pay dated Charlestown, June 26, 1775; also, same co. and regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted April 26, 1775; service, 3 mos. 13 days; also, company return dated Oct. 6, 1775; reported to Quebec; also, order Nov. 8, 1776, signed by said Darling, for money due for a bounty coat, he having marched to Quebec with Col. Arnold Sept. 13, 1775, and been taken prisoner, and not having received either the coat or its equivalent. | Darling, John (I2535)
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| 149 | DAY, EZEKIEL, one of Peoria's prominent business men of the last half century, was born at Butler. Pennsylvania, August 4. 1805, the son of Daniel and Mary Day. His paternal ancestors were among the early settlers of Plymouth Colony, of whom three brothers came to America, one finally settling in New Jersey. From the latter branch of the family Mr. Day was descended. After receiving a common-school education he learned the trade of manufacturer of tobacco at Pittsburg, later on establishing a factory of his own which he conducted for a number of years. He also became the owner of a passenger steamer, which was engaged in the trade between Pittsburg and Cincinnati. After continuing in the tobacco trade, which he conducted successfully for many years, and during which he accumulated a snug fortune, he retired. Being a man of active, vigorous temperament, he soon grew restless and dissatisfied with a life of inactivity, and a few years later, engaged in the iron manufacturing business in Venango County, Pennsylvania. This proved a lucrative and prosperous business under the operation of the protective tariff of that period; but when, under the administration of President Buchanan, the tariff laws were modified in the direction of free-trade, the change, for the time being, proved disastrous to the iron industry, and Mr. Day suffered with the rest. After losing a large amount of money in the effort to keep his establishment in operation, he was compelled to abandon the business. In 1850 Mr. Day removed to Peoria and here resumed his old business as a tobacco manufacturer, which he continued until 1875, when he finally retired. In politics Mr. Day was an ardent Republican and, during the war for the preservation of the Union, a zealous supporter of the policy of President Lincoln. In religious belief he adhered to the faith of his fathers, which was that of the Presbyterian Church. On February 3, 1835, he was married at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, to Miss Elizabeth Gallaher. Dr. Thomas Burrell, the grandfather of Mrs. Day, established the first iron-works at Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and her mother started the first fire in the furnace, christening the works "The Cambria"—a name which has since become familiar as that of one of the most extentive establishment of its kind in the world. Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Day. of whom four are still living, viz.: Dr. A. H. Day, now of Colorado; F. P. Day, of Omaha, Nebraska, where he is engaged in the coal business; William P. Day, President of the Day Carpet and Furniture Company of Peoria, and Josephine E., wife of William H. Day, Secretary and Treasurer of the same Company. Mr. Day was a man of strong domestic feelings, and his life was devoted largely to the society of his family and to the promotion of their welfare and happiness. His death occurred February 23, 1893. (Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Peoria County, 1902, page 444, submitted by Janine Crandell) | Day, Ezekiel (I2013)
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| 150 | Death date from ancestry.com family tree, and not confirmed | Baker, Oscar F (I53)
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