Davis Uriah I | Born 1707
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| 2301 | Robert appears to have been of Scotish ancestry. - 1881 Canadian census: (Lot 19, Prince, Prince Edward Island) John MACKAY, Male, Scottish, 36, Prince Edward Island, Farmer, Presbyterian Mary Ann MACKAY, W, Female, Scottish, 30, Prince Edward Island, Presbyterian Robert MARCHBANK, , Male, Scottish, 16, Prince Edward Island, Presbyterian - 1910 census: Norwalk, Artesia Pricinct, Los Angeles Co., California - 1920 census: Norwalk, Artesia Pricinct, Los Angeles Co., California (256 Bloomfield Rd.) - 1930 census: Norwalk, Artesia Pricinct, Los Angeles Co., California (1611 Bloomfield Rd.) | MARCHBANK, Robert Bruce (I16168)
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| 2302 | Robert J. Snapp played a central role in the establishment of the Shenandoah National Park System, and had a letter published in the Harrisonburg Daily News-Record on December 19, 1923 advocating a National Park in the Massanutten area. He suggested the establishment of a national park for Shenandoah Valley, months before it was organized and before the government took it up. From an article in the "Valley Banner" August 10, 1972 (Elkton, Virginia); "His favorite diversion was fishing, and he enjoyed the mountains. Life member in The United Association of Railroad Veterans. Life member, Norfolk & Western R.R. Veterans Association. Served as president. 1st. vice Pres. & 2nd vice Pres. of Norfolk & Western R.R. Veterans Association. Member of Masons, and past president of Elkton Chamber of Commerce. Married to Kate W. Harnsberger of Elkton. Has 2 daughters Mrs. Elsie Evelyn Bond & Mrs. Sarah Kathleen Jones and 2 sons, Robert J. Jr . & Sidney H. and 5 Grandchildren... As a youngster he worked on a farm, then did cabinet & carpenter work. Joined the railroad at 20 as telegrapher at Port Republic, Virginia, then as agent & telegrapher at Greenville, Virginia. Later to Stanley, Virginia, and Tobuchan & Buena Vista asagent. Came to Elkton in 1894 as general agent & telegrapher and continued in that capacity until 1935 when he retired. He started with the railroad as a telegrapher and remained with the Norfolk & Western for 51 years, serving the company in a loyal and faithful manner until his retirement. Born in Romney, West Virginia, he attended country school for a short time but was forced to go to work at an early age. He was mayor of Elkton, served as a member of the School board and on the council of Elkton". - Robert J. Snapp In the work and life accomplishments of Robert J. Snapp is given an evidence of the desirability of closely adhering to one line of endeavor, for he has risen to be agent for the Nor-folk & Western Railroad at Elkton through the various stages of railroad work, and has been connected with railroading since he completed his high-school course. He was born near Romney West Virginia, July 17, 1865 but was only a child when his parents moved to Virginia and his life has been practically spent in the "old dominion". Reared in the different cities in which his father had charges, Robert J. Snapp attended the high school of Port Republic, as before stated, and completing his schooldays, entered upon what was to be his life work, as an employee of the Shenandoah Valley Railroad Company in 1884, and in this connection, while still at Port Republic, he began learning telegraphy. When he had mastered this calling he was stationed at different points along the road, and in time was operator and agent at Stanley, Buchanan, Buena Vista and Elkton, and remained here since 1894. When Mr. Snapp came to Elkton to take charge of the company's business the station, the first one built in the city by his company, was a mere shack, with practically no accommodations for agent or passengers. Subsequently a more adequate one was erected, but in time it, too, had to give way for a third, when, in 1911, the present commodious station was built. Mr. Snapp has not been contented to merely act as agent for his company. He has entered heartily into the life of the community, and borne his part in different civic movements. For some years he has been an active member of the school board of Elkton, and in the spring of 1922 was elected a member of the City Council, although he has never cared to take a prominent part in politics. In the faith of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, he finds expression for his religious belief, and is zealous in behalf of the Elkton congregation of that denomination. Well-known in Masonry, he has taken a decidedly active part in his fraternity, and is a member of Elkton Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of which he is past master; and of Milnes Chapter No, 18, Royal Arch Masons, of Shenandoah, Virginia. On December 19 1895, Robert J. Snapp married at Elkton Miss Kate Harnsberger, a daughter of Charles E. and Kate (Wolfe) Harnsberger. Mrs. Snapp was born at Elkton, March 30, 1875 and after attending the local schools, completed her education at Doctor Hyde's School at Winchester, Virginia. She is the youngest in the following family: Alfred, Mrs. Annie Firebaugh, Mrs. Virginia Bishop (deceased), Charles Edward, J. Oscar and Clinton T. Mr. and Mrs. Snapp have the following children; Robert J., Junior who is cashier of the Elkton station of the Norfolk & Western Railroad Company, spent a term in the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and he married Mary Gibbons; Sidney H., who is a graduate of the Elkton High School, is a clerk in the offices of the Norfolk & Western Railroad Company's office at Elkton; Elsie Evelyn, who is a student of the Harrisonburg State Normal School; and Sarah Kathleen, who is a high school student, is the youngest. Mr. and Mrs. Snapp have sought to give their children excellent educational advantages, for they feel that with such a training they are prepared for whatever is demanded of them by the world in any station of life to which they may be called. Having lived here for nearly thirty years, Mr. Snapp's interests are all centered at Elkton, and he knows practically all the patrons of his road, with whom he is deservedly popular because of the expert and courteous treatment he accords everyone at all times. | SNAPP, Robert James (I10932)
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| 2303 | Robert Jeffries was the cousin of Judge George Jeffries, Baron of Wem, Chief Justice under King Charles II and Lord Chancellor of England under King James II, sometimes refereed to as the "Hanging Judge". George died a prisoner in the Tower of London in 1689. Robert sailed from Bristol Harbor at age 25. After a 2 month voyage he reached the colonies on December 15, 1681 at Robert Wade's landing where he settled in an area called the Uplands, the 1st. settlement in the province of Pennsylvania. The settlement is now known as "Old Chester" as named by William Penn. Robert bought land from William Penn and others which totalled about 600 acres in and near the new settlement of Chichester. However by 1702 he had purchase or exchanged his property for about 1,000 acres near the township of Bradford (now Birmingham) near the town of West Chester. Robert moved his family to his holdings in Bradford and in 1703 he was appointed constable of Westtown, Bradford. Robert's first wife Jane (Chandler) Jeffries died in East Bradford in 1726. Three years later in 1729 he married Anne Archer, she was the mother of Richard Jeffries of our line. No portrait of Robert exists, however accounts passed down generation to generation speak of him as a tall man, about 6 feet, of fine physique and of dignified bearing. He is said to have been of good manners, cordial and hospitable, a man of energy, industry and business capacity, whose judgement was consulted in private and public affairs. | JEFFRIES, Robert (I3793)
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| 2304 | Robert was of St. Inigoes Creek, St. Mary's Co., Maryland. He arrived in Maryland having sailed aboard the "Assurance". He was Clerk of the Provencial Court, 1670; Chief Clerk to the Secretary of the Province, 1671; Register and Examiner of the High Court of Chancery; Deputy Secretary of Maryland, 1671-1681; Keeper of the Great Seal, 1674. He married Martha ?, and had threen sons and one daughter. | RIDGELY, Robert (I13173)
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| 2305 | Rosannah appears on the 1810 census, in Elizabethtown, Hardin Co., Kentucky: Rosy Swank, over 45 one other Female, age 16-25 (presumed daughter) | SUMMIT, Rosannah (I5637)
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| 2306 | Ruby was wealthy, and was remebered as being a jolly, sharing, and caring woman. She was 98 yrs old when she died (car wreck). She was friendly, and had good things to say about everybody. She raised her granddaughter Ilagene Wagoner whose mother Alta died of childbirth. Ruby outlived her husband, Will Kelly, 45 Years. She lived north of Chico, for many years, raised chickens, had many dinners for relatives, and lived last years near her son Gilbert. "I never heard of anybody that didn't like her. She lived a long and productive life." | TINKER, Ruby Ellen (I4618)
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| 2307 | Rufus appears on the 1860 census as living in 2nd ward of Ripon, Fond DuLac Co., Michigan (page 856). | BARTO, Rufus Clark (I5351)
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| 2308 | Rufus Watts is buried in White Rock Baptist Cemetery. | WATTS, Rufus Grover (I2136)
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| 2309 | RUTTER, Susannah wife of of Stephen Rutter Died 30 Sept 1855, ae 78 yrs. | HALL, Susanna (I12111)
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| 2310 | S.S.N. 545-50-3291 United States Veteran's Cemetery Record: Name: William Earl Rutter Veteran's Rank: AEC Branch: US Navy Last known address: 1300 Sneath Lane San Bruno , CA 94066 (cemetery address) Birth Date: 5 Mar 1916 Death Date: 25 Nov 1956 Veteran Service Start Date: 11 May 1934 Veteran Service End Date: 18 Jan 1954 Interment Date: 28 Nov 1956 Cemetery: Golden Gate National Cemetery Buried At: Section V Site 1115 | RUTTER, William Earl (I11874)
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| 2311 | S.S.N.: 478-66-7870 | FRY, Ada (I14752)
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| 2312 | S.S.N.: 557-10-1560. | MILLS, Bertie (I12455)
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| 2313 | S.S.N: 561-03-6787. Of Chilcoot, Plumas Co., California. | HALL, Dennis B. (I12332)
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| 2314 | Said to be "of Madrid" at time of marriage. | LOCKWOOD, Samantha (I8075)
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| 2315 | Said to have been "of Vermont" in "The History of St. Lawrence Co., New York" by Gates. The text was in reference to his daughter Prudy (Prudence) who married Joshua Brundage and ultimately moved to Aleegan Co., Michigan. - David appears in the 1830 and 1840 Vermont census as living in Hinesburgh, Chittenden Co. - The 1850 census finds David (68) and Polly (64) living in the home of his son Rufus C. Barto in Burlington, Chittenden Co., Vermont. Both Rufus and David stated they were farmers. - The couple shows up later in the 1860 Michigan census (misspelled Barton). David, in the1860 census stated he was 78, a farmer, and his middle initial was W. The value of his land was $1,000 and personal property was $400. Polly stated she was 74 and was born in Connecticut. - David's grave is located in East Cooper Cemetery, Cooper, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan. | BARTO, David W. (I5380)
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| 2316 | Salina was located on the 1850 census as a baby living with her parents. - The 1870 census locates Salina, age 20, living in the home of Thomas Kennerly Miller and his wife Amanda (Harnsberger) Miller. | WOLFE, Salina (I15457)
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| 2317 | Sam appears with his family on the 1910 census for Dayton Township, Butte Co., CA, as Stacey A. Bailey, age 16, born in Oregon. Family stories; he was called "Sam" and "Stacey" and was crippled from polio as a child. He walked with a limp and had muscular upper body. The 1937 Chico California directory shows: Bailey Stacey A (Alice) plmbr h3925 5th av. | BAILEY, Samuel Arlington (I6044)
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| 2318 | Samuel lived at Cow Neck. His Will was proved in Rhode Island in 1716. | SANDS, Samuel (I14355)
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| 2319 | Samuel purchased land in San Benito Co. California on October 22, 1891, shortly after his marriage to Gertrude. - Samuel Sylvester Ackley was born on 16 Feb 1852 in Illinois. 1900 CA census has birth as 1851. Pennie Hendrickson has date as 16 Dec 1852. He appeared on the census in 1880 in California. He was living in 1880 in San Benito, California. He Purchased 295.9 acres on 30 Sep 1891 in San Benito , California.7 Document #: 11338 . He Purchased 326.54 acres on 22 Oct 1891 in San Benito , California. Document #: 17134, listed as Sylvester S He appeared on the census in 1900 in California. He was living in 1900 in Siskiyou , California. He died in Mar 1938 in Fort Dodge, Webster , Iowa. He was married to Florence Fearnside (daughter of George W Fearnside and Margaret Ann Scott). Also listed as marriied to Bessimer Ackley by Genealogy of Rulison, Rulifson, Rulliffson Family Florence Fearnside was born on 9 May 1854 in Oregon.15,3,17 listed as Lotta in 1880 census another source has birth as Jan 1854 and last name spelled Fernside She appeared on the census in 1880 in California. She died in Sep 1887. Samuel Sylvester Ackley and Florence Fearnside had the following children: Leonard Claud Ackley. Roy Fernside Ackley. Harvey Ackley Sr. Guy P Ackley. Bert Ackley was born about 1884.3,3 He died about 1888. Leslie Ackley. He was married to Gertrude Estella Durett, (A.K.A."Stella DeWitt") Samuel Sylvester Ackley and Gertrude had the following children: Charles Sylvester Ackley was born on 10 Sep 1895 in Glendale, Douglas, Oregon.18,19 CA Death Records 1940 thru 1997 list birth day as 5 Sep He Draft REG in 1917/18 in Butte, California. He died on 25 Nov 1957 in San Francisco , California. CA Death Records 1940 thru 1997 has ssn as 554-18-4379 no record found in ssn data base Agnes Ackley Oscar Ackley, Died young. Samuel Sylvester Ackley had the following children: +52 i. Ardis Ackley. +53 ii. Hazel Fern Ackley. | ACKLEY, Samuel Sylvester (I8634)
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| 2320 | Samuel was 8 when his father's estate was inventoried. He soon sellected John Betts his father-in-law as his guardian. | BRINSMADE, Samuel (I10032)
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| 2321 | Samuel was a carpenter. 1860 census: New York, ORANGE, Roll 834 Book 1, Page 951 - Brooklyn Daily Standard Union: FITCHIE---On Sunday, January 21, 1887 Samuel FITCHIE, in the 89th year of his age. Funeral services will be held at the residence of his son in law, James FISHER, No. 44 Vanderbilt av, on Sunday, January 23, at 5 o'clock P.M. The remains will be taken to Newburgh for interment. - | FITCHIE, Samuel (I9222)
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| 2322 | Samuel was an early colonist of Boston, Massachusetts. and was killed in the Revolutionary War in 1778. He had 2 brothers, one who went to Nova Scotia to avoid the war. | WARD, Samuel (I2833)
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| 2323 | Samuel was baptized in Thetford, Vermont on July 07, 1811. | PAIGE, Samuel (I5356)
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| 2324 | Samuel was recorded as a shopkeeper, and he lived in Upper Freehold, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. Last Will and Testament: Name: Samuel Rogers Date: 06 Aug 1756 Shopkeeper from Upper Freehold, Monmouth Co. Children: Samuel, Isaac, Elisabeth Borden, Mary Kirkbride. Farm below the Dead Creek, now occupied by John Collens and William Bower, between Mr. Jacoon, Mr. English, John Horsfield and John Lawrence down to Crosswicks Creek; another farm, now occupied by Elisabeth Boultonhouse, bought of Marmaduke Horsman; a third now occupied by Robert Newil, bought of John Lawrence. Executors--the two sons. Witnesses--James Jolley, Peter Lott, Jr., and Safety Meghee. Proved Sept. 22, 1756. Lib. 11, p. 333. | ROGERS, Samuel (I14347)
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| 2325 | Samuel's half brother Frederick Conner became the guardian of Samuel's "minor" children Levin and Lottie (Charlotte). Elizabeth persued Frederick Conner the administrator of Samuel's estate, for her share. It was said Samuel was her father and the father of Benjamin who died before he became an adult. | BISHOP, Samuel (I15425)
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| 2326 | Samuel's will was dated May 10, 1727 probated Oct. 19, 1728; his signature "Samuel desmarest." He was twice an Elder in the Hackensack Dutch Church, Master in 1706. SOURCE: In 1964, Voorhis D. Demarest -- then director of the Demarest Family Association -- published his momumental The Demarest Family set, eventually in three volumes including a paper-bound supplement (1971). Until the next version of the family genealogy is published -- late in 2004 or in early 2005 -- this is the only reliable source of genealogical information on the descendents of David desMarets in the US and Canada. However, Voorhis Demarest's text is not reliable for information on the European origins of the Demarest family, nor is Mabel Boyce Spell's "Narrative" as contained within Voorhis Demarest's text reliable. | DEMAREST, Samuel (I4710)
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| 2327 | Samuel's WWI Registration Card: Address 1230 10th, Port Arthur, Jefferson Co., Texas D.O.B.: July 15, 1879 Wife: Maud Cole - 1920 census: Samuel and his family were living at 113 Melon Melon Ave., Holtville, Imperial Co., California. Samuel E. Cole, Head, Male, White, Married, 39, b. TX, Fa. b. TX, Mo. b. TX, Barber by trade. Mary M. Cole, Wife, Female, White, 35, Married, b. LA, Fa. b. LA Mo. b. LA S. E. Cole, Son, Male, White, 7-11/12, Single, b. TX, Fa. b. TX, mo. b. LA Mable J. Cole, Daughter, Female, White, 6-4/12, Single, b. TX, Fa. b. TX, mo. b. LA - 1930 census: Samuel and his family were living in 66 Tenth St. (District 3) of Holtville, Imperial Co., California. Samuel E. Cole, Sr., Head, Renting home at $35/mo., Male, White, 49, Married at 27, b. TX, Fa. b. TX, Mo. b. TX, Barber by trade. Mary M. Cole, Wife, Female, White, 45, Married at 22, b. Louisaiana (LA), fa. b. LA mo. b. TX Samuel E. Cole Jr., Son, Male, White, 17, Single, b. TX, fa. b. TX, mo. b. LA, Jewelry store salesman Mable J. Cole, Daughter, Female, White, 16, Single, b. TX, fa. b. TX, mo. b. LA Lois L. Cole, Daughter, Female, White, 10, Single, b. CA, fa. b. TX, mo. b. LA Robert L. Cole, Son, Male, White, 3, Single, b. CA, fa. b. TX, mo. b. LA - S.S.N.: 548-22-8827 | COLE, Samuel Earl (I15031)
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| 2328 | Sarah died at age 30 leaving her husband and 5 children. Cause of her death is unknown. | HILLIARD, Sarah Elizabeth (I15037)
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| 2329 | Sarah died in 1920, and she and her husband Silas R. Snapp, are buried side by side in the cemetery at Port Republic, Virginia. | SMITH, Sarah Virginia (I2809)
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| 2330 | Sarah E. Wolfe was shown on the 1860 census with her 2 children. She was living in District 1, Rockingham Co., Virginia (p. 644-645). Sarah E. Wolfe was 38, with an estimated wealth of $3,000 Alfred L. (son) was shown as 18, with an estimated wealth of $2,600 Sarah C. (daughter) was 6, with an estimated wealth of $2,600 - The 1870 census shows Sarah living in Stonewall Township, Rockingham Co., Virginia, as follows Sarah E. Wolfe, 48, female, white, keeping house, personal wealth $360, b. VA Alfred L. - , 15, male white, at home, b. VA Sarah C. - , 13, female, white, b. VA (Roll 1676 Book 1, Page 305a). - It appears Sarah gave birth to her daughter just before the death of her husband, and as recorded on the census, without the breadwinner most of the family's assets had been depleted by the time of the 1870 census. - Family tradition has the children's birth dates more closely aligned with the 1870 census than the 1860. | AMMON, Sarah E. (I8311)
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| 2331 | Sarah made an widow's application for Lewis' Civil War pension from California on August 28, 1916. - Sarah 76, and widowed, appears on the 1930 census in San Jacinto, California. She was living with her brother William Gilbert 63 | GILBERT, Sarah Amanda (I8633)
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| 2332 | Sarah received a silver set as a wedding gift. This set was handed down generation to generation and as of 1999 was in the family of Kirk Brundage Paige of Los Altos, CA. Sara's great great grandson. | TALLMAN, Sarah Malten (I7973)
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| 2333 | Sarah stated her birthday was in October of 1834 on the 1900 census. | MCGUIRE, Sarah Matilda (I3986)
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| 2334 | SAVAGE, RUTH ELIZABETH (MARQUAND) RUTH AND KEITH TOGETHER AGAIN Ruth Elizabeth Marquand Savage, born May 24, 1910, passed away peacefully in her home, December 25, 2003. She was 93. Born in Ogallah, Kansas to Mattie and Wesley Marquand. Her husband, Keith, preceded her in death on December 29, 2000 after 70 years of marriage. Ruth and Keith first met at the Holtville Methodist Church. Ruth and her family had comefrom Kansas to spend the winter in Holtville with her brothers. Cupid ' s arrow struck immediately. However, due to Ruth ' s young age (14), Mother Marquand would only allow them to see each other at choir practice. That was when Keith first developed an interest in music. Ruth enrolled in Holtville High School for the school year. At the end of the year, she and her family returned to Kansas. Ruth and Keith wrote to each other and began a courtship that lastedfor the next 6 years. They saw each other only once each year when Keith used his vacation to travel to Kansas. Finally Father and Mother Marquand gave their consent for a marriage which took place in Ogallah on August 6, 1930. The couple began their married life in Holtville where they resided until their deaths. They were blessed with two sons. Ruth, who had attended teachers college in Kansas, became a homemaker. This changed when WorId War II came along and Ruth was asked to teach in the elementary school. She taught for over 20 years, retiring to go traveling with Keith when he retired as president of the Holtville First National Bank. For the rest of her life she was fondly remembered by former students who would greet her warmly wherever she would go in Imperial Valley. Ruth leaves two sons and a daughter-in-law, Richard and wife Jacqueline of El Cajon, California, and Michael (wife Janice, deceased) of Cathedral City, California. In addition, she leaves fivegrandchildren, David Savage of La Jolla, California, Debbie Schwendinger (Daniel) of El Cajon, California; Michelle Leichtner (Marc) of Yucca Valley, California, twins, Shari Kint (Michael) of Peoria, Arizona, and Stacy Taylor of La Quinta, California. She also leaves fifteen great-grandchildren. Services to be held at the Holtville United Methodist Church, 225 West Seventh Street, Holtville, California, at 1 p.m., January 2, 2004. There will be a viewing at the church preceding the service, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Hems Brothers Mortuary officiating.Please sign the guest book at obituaries.uniontrib.com Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune on 1/1/2004. (volunteer submission) | MARQUAND, Ruth Elizabeth (I15027)
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| 2335 | Second Lieutenant in the Townshend Company of 50 men. A selectman 1775 & 1785-1789 1782 Place: Enlisted Am. Rev. in Capt. Josiah Fish's Co. Fact: 1784 Place: Lister in Newfane, Vermont. January 1784 Philip was a lieutenant in the militia called to subdue the "Yorkers" at Battleboro. (Gazetteer and business directory of Windham County, Vermont., 1724-1884, Syracuse, N.Y.: H. Child, 1884, 753 pgs.) 1790 Newfane, Windham Co., Vermont. census 1 wh. M. over 16, 3 wh. M. under 16, 6 wh. Females. 1800 Newfane, Windham Co., Vermont. census, 1 wh. M. under 10, 1 wh. M. under16, 1 wh. M. under 26, 1 wh. M. over 45, 2 wh. Females under 26, 1 wh. F. 0 Obituary: Source, Rutland Vt.herald--Tues.Mar.22, 1842. DIED. "In Newfane, Vt. on the 2d inst. (March) Mr. Philip Rutter, aged 92." 1842 Age 94, buried at Graves of Patriots in Newfane grave # 149 Mother park Cemetary, Newfane Hill Col. Stephen R. Bradley's regiment MA. militia | RUTTER, Philip Captain (I12117)
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| 2336 | See "Pioneers of Massachusetts" for war record. Came to Boston in "Susan and Ellen" 1635. Settled at Watertown, established Marlboro. Taken from "Newton Family" compiled by Margaret Newton Armstrong: The year in which Richard Newton came to America has not been determined but it is known that he (and presumably his wife) came from England to Massachusetts as early as 1638-9 for at the latter time he was in Sudbury, Mass. (Pope's Pioneers). He was an original proprietor of Sudbury and allotted land there in 1640 (Gen. Reg. Vol., XIII: p.261). His son John, was born there in 1641 (Gen. Reg. Vol. XVII: p.170). He was made freeman there in 1645 (Savage's Gen. Dic. and Hudson's Marlborough: p.421), and on June 27, 1647 he was living in Sudbury and owing (sic) the estate of Nathaniel Sparrowhawk (Gen. Reg. Vol. VII: p.176). Hudson's History of Sudbury says he went to Sudbury in 1638-9. Thirteen persons, including Richard Newton, petitioned the General Court held in Boston, May 14, 1656 to grant them a tract of land six miles square which was subsequently named Marlborough. September 20, 1660 a vote of the newly organized town was signed by twelve persons, including Richard Newton. On November 26, 1660 the house lots of the town were laid out and thirty acres assigned to Richard Newton. This land was in the southerly part of the town, and on the division of the township, fell into what was Southborough. As the quantity of land granted to each proprietor is supposed to indicate his relative interest in the township it may be of interest to note that Richard Newton stood seventh in a company of thirty-eight whose lots ranged from fifteen to fifty acres. - Residence: June 27, 1647, Sudbury, Massachusetts - 1645 made freeman in Sudbury, MA - Source: NEWTON Family Author: Margaret Newton Armstrong Pub. Facts: March 1990 Medium: Manuscript | NEWTON, Richard (I14310)
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| 2337 | Served in Co B, 64th NC Infantry, CSA | SMITH, Jesse S. (I366)
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| 2338 | Served in Co I , 25th NC Infantry, CSA | SMITH, Solomon R. (I364)
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| 2339 | Served in Revolution in Capt. Robertson's Company, Virgina Militia 1777. | KENNERLY, James (I3973)
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| 2340 | Served in the 7th Regiment of the Albany Co. Militia (New York). | VAN SLYCK, Dirck (I12823)
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| 2341 | Served in WWII as a Chaplain for the USAF for 3 years. - EARLY RECOLLECTIONS OF WILMER A. BRIGGS (Source: Briggs Heritage, by Clara Jean (Briggs) Whan, copyright 1985) (On-line posting by Anna Marie Dahlquist) I was born on an Indian reservation at Spaulding, Idaho, on March 12, 1899. My father, John Levi Briggs, was the justice of peace for the Indians, and he also had a store there. The Indiana called me Augonilda, which is a name of a Philippino rebel. I was the first white baby they had ever seen. Today a state park is located there, with the history of the axes written about it. When I was about two years old, the family moved by flat boat down the Snake River to the Columbia, and thence to Portland, going around the Celilo Falls and Cascade Locks. Father did carpentry work in Portland for a while, and we then moved on down the Coquille River about three miles below Riverton where he had a dairy farm. To get there, we took the steamer Breakwater to Bandon, and then the Dispatch, a sternwheeler, up the river to where the farm was located. Nine years we lived there. The next move was to Jonah Islet out of South Slough, where Dad rented a dairy ranch. This was not very profitable, so we stayed only two years, moving by scow boat back to Marshfield, where we lived a couple of years. Then Dad rented a place on the middle fork of the north fork of the Coquille. We stayed here long enough for me to attend a couple years of school at McKinley. Then Dad rented a small place above Gravel Ford, where I attended school and graduated from the eighth grade. Getting restless again, Dad loaded up the covered wagon and started for Oakridge. This was rough going, and it took us quite a while to travel over the rough road. The railroad was not finished any further than Oakridge, and that was the only road that went over the mountain. My brother-in-law and I had an animal farm while we lived at Oakridge. We had 60 skunks, 3 wildcats and some raccoons. I caught the wildcats in box traps and carried them on my back to the farm. In the summertime, I fought forest fires for the Forest Service. We often slept out on the fire line under a big log, with no bedding, for weeks at a time. Once a bear raided our camp and destroyed the food. We lived at Oakridge for three years, and then Dad decided to have a look at. eastern Oregon. So we took a covered wagon and set out up the old road to the Rigdon ranger station, on over to Crescent, down by LaPine to Silver Lake, and then to Summer Lake, where we lived for several years. My brother-in-law and I brought 14 new wagons from Bend to Paisely, camping along the way under the wagons for shelter. I handled lots of wild horses and had two of my own. Working on stationary threshing machines which went from place to place, my wages were $35 per month. It was at Summer Lake that I hunted rabbits for bounty and received 5 cents for the ears. Once when my brothers and I were returning from a hunting expedition, the snow had frozen hard across a ravine, allowing us to slide down it on a board. I did not know my brothers were lifting the end of the board when they wanted to stop. I started down, but lost the board and went down on my head, feet, etc., and headed for a big drop below. I thought I was doomed. My brothers knew I would stop before going over the edge, and they had a good laugh at my ignorance. We also lived at Dufur on the slopes of Mt. Hood. One November, the first snowfall left about six inches on the ground. Frank, a friend of mine, suggested we go bear hunting. It. was cold, but we took the old Ford and started out. Snow came up to the front axles, and icicles formed on the fenders, but we covered the old car with quilts and drove ten miles up in the hills looking for tracks. Soon finding a trail, we followed it to a big dead tree. There the tracks ended. Digging around in the snow, we found a hole underneath the stump, and poking a stick in the hole, we found our beer. We kept digging until the bear stuck his head out. I shot at him, but just hit him in the nose. He pulled back into the hole. Frank was up the hill about 100 ft., with his gun setting behind the tree stump. My gun was setting close, and when we finally agitated the beer into coming out, I grabbed the gun and tried to shoot, but it was frozen. Dropping the gun, I ran down the hill and climbed a small tree. The bear walked around the stump, knocked my friend's gun down in the snow, and scratched mine around. After circling the tree a couple of times, the bear crawled back in his hole. I stayed in the tree until Frank came down and got his gun. We started a fire and thawed mine out, then we started again to try to get the bear out. Finally getting hold of both hind legs, we tried to pull him out, but that didn't work. After a half-hour or so of struggling, we shot him through the flank. That brought the old bear out of his hole; we finished the job; and got back home about 5 o'clock with our bear. Summer Lake didn't suit Dad, so we took the covered wagon and traveled through Lake View to Pine Creek, and on to Redding, California, from there to Red Bluff, then to the Los Molinos Colony, where we purchased a small 30 acre place near Dairyville. It was from here I attended the College of the Pacific in San Jose, California and met my wife and lifelong partner, Irene Todd. This was written by Wilmer A. Briggs, at the age of 80, in 1979. | BRIGGS, Wilmer Arthur (I4860)
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| 2342 | Served under Capt. David Bent during the Rev. War, and marched to Bennington on an alarm. - About 1782 Joseph moved his family to Newfane Hill, Vermont. | HALL, Joseph (I12125)
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| 2343 | Seth Rice, a native of Guilford, Vt., married, first, Abigail Chase, and located in Ellisburgh about 1812. He married, second, Abigail Cole, and they had two children. For his third wife, he married Judith Linton, and they had four children: Samantha, Cynthia, Almira, and Lucy. | RICE, Seth (I15508)
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| 2344 | SETTLING INTO THE NEW WORLD Upon arrival, the Scotch-Irish petitioned the assembly of Massachusetts for a tract of land. The signatures of Archibald Mackmurphy and John Macmurphy are found among the early petitioners of the inhabitants of Londonderry before 1738 (Belknap, 1970). The assembly gave them permission to stake out a settlement of six miles square in any unappropiated lands eastward. The McMurphy family, along with many of the Scotch-Irish families, settled in an area above Haverhill in New Hampshire referred to as Nutfield because of the great number of chestnut and walnut trees there. They first built huts near a brook which falls into the Beaver River. They brought with them the necessary materials for the manufacture of linen and their spinning wheels. They planted flax, cultured pototoes, churned milk, drank buttermilk, and made barley broth, none of which the English did (Preston, 1930). The motive of Massachusetts in providing settlement lands to the Scotch-Irish was to have them settle on the frontiers as a living shield against the French and the Indians. The motive of the Ulstermen in coming to New England was to establish homes and commercial activities with ownership of the land and less government control, and to be free to worship as they saw fit. The Scotch-Irish emigrants were also offended at being called 'Irish' because they had frequently ventured their lives for the British crown against the Irish papists(5). The people in New England did not understand the distinction and it was some time before they were treated with common decency. Inter-marriage among the Scotch-Irish families was very common for the first few generations because of the ill-treatment that they received from established settlers. The first dwellings were made of logs but, as saw-mills were built along the area were Beaver Brook tumbles from the pond into he Merrimac, two good frame houses were erected. The first frame house was for Pastor McGregor and the second frame house was for John McMurphy, Esquire (Scotch-Irish Society, 1889). John McMurphy, Esq. held a commission as justice of the peace, dated in Ireland, and so antedated the commission signed by Governor Shute on 29 April 1720, to Justice James McKeen, the foremost man of the settlement. John McMurphy died at Portsmouth, N. H., Sept. 21, 1755. He was Esquire, Justice of the Quorum, and was buried at Londonderry, N. H. | MCMURPHY, John Esquire (I15748)
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| 2345 | Shadrach was a veteran of the Revolutionary War. - Name: Shadrach Newton Rank: Private County: Warren Co. NY (where pension was paid) Annual Allowance: 96 00 Sums received: 1,528 23 Description of service: Massachusetts line Commencement of pension: April 4, 1818 When placed on the pension roll: January 11, 1819 - Newton, Shadrach, Westminster. List of men raised to serve in the Continental Army from Capt. Elisha Jackson's co., 8th Worcester Co. regt.; Residence, Westminster; engaged for town of Westminster; Joined Capt. Morse's co., Col. Putnam's regt.; term, 3 years; Also, Private, Capt. Joseph Morse's co., Col. Rufus Putnam's (4th) regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from May 19, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779; Also, same co. and regt.; return dated Albany, Feb. 9, 1778; mustered by Col. Barrett; Also, Light Infantry co., Col. Putnam's (5th) regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1780, to May 19, 1780. - In 1835 Shadrach stated he was 82 years old on pension records. - 1790 Census WINDHAM CO., VT Page #: 050 Age ranges in household: 01-02-02-00-00 - 1810 census: Thurman, Washington Co., New York Males: 0 1 2 0 1 Females: 0 1 2 0 1 - | NEWTON, Shadrach (I14276)
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| 2346 | She died after 1759 in Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. The widow Dorothy was appointed administrator of the estate of Samuel Colby, Jr., 29 September 1746 and the estate was divided 1748/1750. As Samuel Colby of Amesbury, son of Samuel Colby deceased, he petitioned the General Court of Massachusetts for a grant of land west of the Connecticut River in Massachusetts for the services of his father in King Philip's War; the petition was not granted. (BOOK SOURCE: "The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury Massachusetts" by David W. Hoyt.) | AMBROSE, Dorothy (I13087)
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| 2347 | She furnished supplies during the Revolutionary War in Nov. 1781. | HIETT, Margaret (I4537)
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| 2348 | She lived at Upper Longwood. Probably buried at Berkshire Valley. No other records. | GORDON, Amy (I8825)
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| 2349 | She was born in Detroit Michigan and came to Calif in 1860 over Donner Pass. - SOURCE:Warren Buschmann (warrenbuschmann@worldnet.att.net) - Susan was a real character who smoked a clay pipe. In later years she was nearly blind. She would stand out on the porch of the "Old Place" in Paradise with food for the dog. "Damnit dog, if you don't come and get this I'll give it to the chickens". The poor dog was standing at her feet waiting for his food. One day she was crossing Berry Creek with Henry A. and Beulah Buschmann and missed her footing on the rocks and fell into the creek. She sat there for a few seconds and then checked to see if she had gotten water in her pipe. She hadn't, so she puffed on it a few times to get it going good, and then got up out of the creek and continued on her way to wherever she was headed, totally unconcerned about being wet. She raised chickens for food and eggs. She normally sold the eggs in Paradise but when a grocer there offered her less than she thought they were worth, she walked the 6 miles to Magalia to get the price she wanted. She died at the house on Buschmann Road in Paradise and is buried along side her baby William, husband, and other family members. There is some confusion as to the parents of Susan. The death certificate indicates that her father was Alexander Beede of PA. Family notes says he was John E. Beede of NY. Other notes from Florence Styles (?) say her mother was J. E. Beede B. May 22, 1821 ( a native of NY); D. Dec 5, 1894, the same dates we have for Alexander Beede. Working to clear this confusion. - Susan indicated that her father was born in Maine and her mother was born in New York, on both the 1910 and 1920 censuses. Her birth place was indicated as Michigan. | BEEDE, Susan Ann (I11752)
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| 2350 | Shipping & distribution for G.E. & Du Pont, Merck & Co. | SNAPP, Robert James (I2820)
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