Isaac GATES

Notes:

Isaac was a soldier in the revolution, from Stow, in Captain John Kirkland's company, Colonel John Dickinson's regiment, from August 16, to August 20, 1777, on the Bennington alarm. He also served on a Rhode Island alarm and the Lexington alarm. After his marriage to Mary, they removed to Acworth, New Hampshire, in 1781. His farm was on Gates Hill.

Isaac married Mary WHEELER on 15 Dec 1769 in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of Thomas WHEELER and Mary DABY) was born on 04 Jun 1754 in Stow, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; died on 18 Oct 1819 in Acworth, Sullivan Co., New Hampshire; was buried in Old Acworth Cemetery, Acworth, Sullivan Co., New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He resided at Acworth until 1823, when he removed to Windsor, Vermont.

Isaac married Sally EVANS on 20 Apr 1794 in Acworth, Sullivan Co., New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Isaac married Hannah KENDALL on 7 Oct 1812 in Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living with daughter, Lucinda Bingham, in Weber Co., Utah Territory

Notes:

Name:
Comments: In 1835 in Kirtland, Thomas was assistant president of the Deacon's quorum. He was called in 1835 in Kirtland to testify to the truthfulness of the soon-to-be published D&C. Comments: 2 On March 7, 1835, Thomas received many blessings for his efforts in building the Kirtland Temple. On August 17, 1835 the D&C was presented to general assembly. Due to the crowds, several men were assigned as presidents of the day. Thomas was chosen as one of these men to keep order in the assembly. Thomas bore record of the truthfulness of the D&C and acknowledged it as scripture in the church in front of the congregation. Thomas also made a covenant to help move the saints from Missouri on January 29, 1839 in Far West.

Thomas married Patty PLUMLY in 1796. Patty (daughter of John PLUMLEY and Susannah CLAYTON) was born on 27 Aug 1776 in Acworth, Sullivan Co., New Hampshire; died on 18 Sep 1845 in Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois; was buried in Old Nauvoo Burial Grounds, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Patty STEVENS. Patty died on 9 Mar 1866. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Polly FOSTER. Polly died on 27 Apr 1856 in Acworth, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Reuben married Rebecca GROUT in 1820 in Marlow, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire. Rebecca was born on 22 Apr 1802; died in 1821. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Hannah HALL. Hannah was born on 3 May 1795 in Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York
• Census: 1855, Living in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York
• Census: 1865, Living in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York
• Census: 1870, Living in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York
• Occupation: 1870; Farmer

Willis married Almira HULETT before 1824 in Hampton, Washington, New York. Almira (daughter of Mason HULETT, Jr. and Hannah KIDDER) was born on 10 Dec 1806 in Weatherfield, Vermont; died on 06 Dec 1878 in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York; was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living with husband in Weber Co., Utah Territory
• Census: 1860, Living with husband in Ogden, Weber Co., Utah
• Census: 1870, Living with husband in Ogden, Weber Co., Utah

Lucinda married Erastus Willard BINGHAM, Sr. on 20 Mar 1819 in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. Erastus (son of Elisha Warner BINGHAM and Sarah PERRY) was born on 12 Mar 1798 in Concord, Essex Co., Vermont; died on 2 May 1882 in Lynn, Weber Co., Utah ; was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber Co., Utah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Willard BINGHAM. Willard (son of Elisha Warner BINGHAM and Sarah PERRY) was born on 15 Oct 1799 in Concord, Essex Co., Vermont; died in May 1834 in Kirtland, Lake Co., Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living in Lyndon, Caledonia Co., Vermont
• Census: 1860, Living in Newport, Orleans Co., Vermont
• Census: 1870, Living in Newport, Orleans Co., Vermont
• Census: 1880, Living in Marlborough, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire

John married Betsey AYER on 13 Feb 1826 in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. Betsey was born on 9 Jun 1807 in Saint Johnsbury, Caledonia Co., Vermont; died on 24 Jun 1844 in Lyndon, Caledonia Co., Vermont; was buried in Lyndon Cemetery Cemetery, Lyndon, Caledonia Co., Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Eliza FISHER. Eliza was born in 1817 in Vermont; died on 7 Aug 1854 in Lyndon, Caledonia Co., Vermont; was buried in Lyndon Cemetery Cemetery, Lyndon, Caledonia Co., Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Elizabeth A. WILLIAMS on 16 Jun 1861. Elizabeth was born in Jul 1825 in Derby, Orleans Co., Vermont; died on 26 Jul 1895 in Marlborough, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire; was buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Keene, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living with husband in Dist. 11, Caldwell, Missouri
• Census: 1860, Living with husband in Rockford, Caldwell Co., Missouri

Betsy married William GILBERT on 4 Oct 1824. William was born about 1800 in Vermont; died poss. before 1870. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living in Hancock County, Illinois
• Census: 1860, Living in Pilot Grove, Hancock Co., Illinois
• Census: 1870, Living in Pilot Grove, Hancock Co., Illinois
• Census: 1880, Living in Durham, Hancock Co., Illinois

Thomas married Emeline Dunbar LITTLE on 22 Sep 1828. Emeline was born on 7 Dec 1807 in Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 10 Aug 1807, St. Johnsbury, Vermont
• Census: 1850, Living with husband in Ridgeway, Orleans Co., New York
• Census: 1860, Living with husband in Manchester, Washtenaw Co., Michigan
• Census: 1870, Living with husband in Ridgeway, Orleans Co., New York
• Census: 1880, Living with daughter, Martha Farwell, in Dowagiac, Cass Co., Michigan

Martha married Guy Carlton RIX on 4 Jan 1826 in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. Guy was born on 14 Dec 1802 in Stanstead, Canada; died on 14 Jan 1879 in Dowagiac, Cass Co., Michigan; was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Dowagiac, Cass Co., Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 9 May 1811, St. Johnsbury, Vermont
• Census: 1850, Living in Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory
• Census: 1860, Living in Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory
• Census: 1870, Living in Saint George, Washington Co., Utah
• Census: 1880, Living in Bellevue, Kane Co., Utah
• Death: 15 Apr 1893, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah

Notes:

Name:
This biographical sketch adapted from the LDS Biographical Encyclopedia.

Jacob Gates, one of the (LDS) First Seven Presidents of Seventies from 1862 to 1892, was the son of Thomas Gates and Patty Plumbly... His father was a farmer, and during the early period of Brother Gates' life he worked on the farm. He also worked at the carpenter and joiner trade, and his education was confined to a limited period of time.
He married Millie M. Snow, (Her name is given in another source as Mary Minerva Snow.) daughter of Levi Snow and Lucinia Streeter, March 16, 1833. Later in life he practiced plural marriage and fathered a total of thirteen children of record. He was baptized by Orson Pratt June 18, 1833, and confirmed a member of the Church the same day by Zerubbabel Snow. April 11, 1834, with his young wife, he left his father's house for Missouri, where he arrived June 30, 1834, and located seven miles west of Liberty, Clay county, which was quite a small village at that time.

While here Brother Gates was invited to go with Caleb Baldwin upon a mission, on which he left Jan. 25, 1836. At Flat Branch, Sangamon county, Ill., on Feb. 18, 1836, he was ordained an Elder in the Church under the hands of Elder Baldwin, and on the 25th of the same month he left Edgar county, Ill., to return home to Clay county, in company with 32 souls, who chose Elder Gates as their captain.

In the fall of 1836 Elder Gates moved to Caldwell county, Mo., a distance of about fifty miles, where he was ordained a Seventy under the hands of the Prophet Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon, Dec. 19, 1838. In the same fall (1838) he had been compelled to march under a large military escort, in company with some fifty-seven other brethren, a distance of about forty miles, to Richmond, Ray county, to which place Joseph and Hyrum Smith had also been taken from, Far West. Elder Gates' journal says: "It was here that we were tried for all the capital crimes, save one, before Judge Austin A. King, and we were imprisoned some three weeks. Finally we went each other's bail and were released, when we left for Quincy, Illinois."

Not long after this Elder Gates went to Hancock county and received a commission as ensign in a company of militia. The same month he left home in company with Chandler Holbrook to preach the gospel, going as far east as Kirtland, Ohio, and Clay county, Mo., and in the fall returned home, in company with Wm. Snow he left Nauvoo, July 7, 1843, on a mission to La Porte, in the northern part of Indiana, and the fall of 1841 he went south into Marshall county and organized a branch of the Church; a goodly number were baptized.

In June, 1843, he again left home for a mission to the New England States, and before going he met the Prophet Joseph. His health was feeble, but the Prophet said: "Go and fill your mission, and we will wrestle after you come back." The Prophet and Elder Gates would often engage in the game for exercise. When Elder Gates returned home from his mission, May 26, 1844, he saw the Prophet for the last time, a little distance from him, on his horse, going to his martyrdom.

At the October conference, 1844, he was ordained and set apart senior president of the fourth quorum of Seventies, under the hands of Parley P. Pratt and Orson Pratt.

In the autumn of 1847 he came to Utah, and in the fall conference of 1849 he was appointed, with several others, to take a mission to England. He left Salt Lake City Oct. 19, 1849, and embarked at New Orleans on the steamer "Maine," which arrived in Liverpool April 6, 1850. While on this mission, which lasted three Years, Elder Gates filled several important positions in presiding over different divisions of the British mission, and many were added to the Church. On his return home he was appointed to take charge of a company of Saints which he successfully brought across the plains, arriving in Salt Lake City Sept. 30, 1853.

During the following few years he traveled throughout Utah, assisting in the organization of the different quorums of Seventy. In 1859 he was called on another mission to Europe. To fill it he left Utah Sept. 19, 1859, and reached Liverpool on the 13th day of December, Soon after his arrival there he received a letter from Pres. Brigham Young, informing him that he had been selected as one of the First Council of Seventies. While upon this mission he traveled with Apostles Amassa M. Lyman and Charles C. Rich. In 1861 he returned home; on his way he stopped at the different points and assisted in the outfitting work of companies of Saints about to cross the plains. At the October conference, 1862, he was ordained a member of the First Council of Seventies.

While living in St. George, Washington county, he served as a member of the county court for several years. He was also elected a member of the house of representatives of the legislative assembly of the Territory to represent the district composed of the counties of Washington and Kane. He was re-elected three times to the same officer, namely, in the years 1864, 1865, 1866 and 1867. He was also elected a member of the council of the legislative assembly in 1873, to represent the district composed of the counties of Kane and Washington. May 12, 1866, he was appointed brigade aid-de-camp, First Brigade of the Nauvoo Legion Militia of Utah, in Iron military district, with the rank of colonel of infantry.

After a well spent life Elder Gates died at his residence in Provo, Utah as a true and faithful Latter-day Saint.

Jacob married Mary Minera SNOW on 16 Mar 1833. Mary was born on 30 Jul 1813 in St. Johnsbury, Caledonia Co., Vermont; died on 9 Feb 1891 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah; was buried in Saint George City Cemetery, Saint George, Washington Co., Utah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Emma FORSBERRY. Emma was born on 27 Jul 1830 in Lester, England; died on 12 Oct 1907 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah; was buried in Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah Co., Utah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jacob married Mary WARE on 25 Oct 1862. Mary was born on 19 Feb 1844 in England; died on 7 Jan 1909 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: George BEACH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living with husband in Chazy, Clinton Co., New York
• Census: 1860, Living with husband in Chazy, Clinton Co., New York
• Census: 1870, Living with husband in Chazy, Clinton Co., New York
• Census: 1880, Living in Chazy, Clinton Co., New York
• Census: 1900, Living in Chazy, Clinton Co., New York

Family/Spouse: Edmund Brown NICHOLS. Edmund was born on 2 Dec 1817 in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York; died on 29 Apr 1871 in Chazy, Clinton Co., New York; was buried in Rural Cemetery, West Chazy, Clinton Co., New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living with parents in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York
• Census: 1855, Living in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York
• Census: 1860, Living in Twp. 106, Winona Co., Minnesota
• Census: 1870, Living in St. Charles, Winona Co., Minnesota
• Census: 1880, Living in St. Charles, Winona Co., Minnesota

Notes:

Name:
Winona Co, MN Biographies
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REUBEN GATES, farmer, has been a resident of St. Charles since 1860; having purchased eighty acres of land on Sec. 23, in 1859, he settled here with his family the following year. He subsequently bought eighty acres more on Sec. 26, adjoining the first purchase; his farm lies half on either side of the St. Charles and Winona road; is very nearly level, and is a sight with its neat buildings and other improvements, to delight the vision of a tidy agriculturist. Willis Gates, father of this subject, was born in Ackworth, New Hampshire, and married Miss Almira Hulett, of Weathersfield, Vermont. He settled on a farm in Elizabethtown, Essex county, New York, where Reuben Gates was born on July 28, 1826. He assisted his father on the farm and in the operation of a sawmill, attending the common school of his native town. At twenty four years old he purchased a farm, and has always been a tiller of the soil. On March 11, 1851, he was married to Eliza Wakefield; her father, Johnathan Wakefield, was born in New Hampshire. and her mother, Rebecca Haven, was a descendant of Richard Haven, Who emigrated from England to America in 1640, and was born at Newport, Rhode Island. Mr. and Mrs. Gates were members of the Baptist church in New York, and still cherish the faith of that sect. In public affairs Mr. Gates affiliates with the republican party, always has and expects to; he was assessor of St. Charles township in 1870, and supervisor one year. Two children complete the family circle. Erford E., the eldest, was born December 19, 1857; he married Eva W. Leonard, and is settled on a farm on Sec. 26, near his father. Lillie O. was born April 17, 1853; she married Dr. C. S. Dixon and resides at Somonauk, Illinois.

Reuben married Eliza WAKEFIELD on 11 Mar 1851. Eliza was born on 10 Oct 1832 in Cornish, New Hampshire; died on 10 Jul 1915; was buried in Hillside Cemetery, Saint Charles, Winona Co., Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living with husband in Chazy, Clinton Co., New York
• Census: 1860, Living with husband in Chazy, Clinton Co., New York
• Census: 1880, Living with husband in Chazy, Clinton Co., New York

Hannah married John HEATON in 1848. John (son of Lucius HEATON and Laura STEARNS) was born on 6 Jul 1822 in New York; died on 23 Mar 1885 in Clinton County, New York ; was buried in Riverview Cemetery, Chazy, Clinton Co., New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living with parents in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York
• Census: 1855, Living with parents in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York
• Census: 1860, Living with sister, Mary Nichols in Chazy, Clinton Co., New York
• Census: 1865, Living with parents in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living with parents in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York
• Census: 1855, Living with parents in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York
• Census: 1860, Living in Twp. 106, Winona Co., Minnesota
• Census: 1875, Living in Winona, Winona Co., Minnesota
• Census: 1880, Living in Winona, Winona Co., Minnesota
• Census: 1885, Living in Winona, Winona Co., Minnesota

Edson married Millie BRASTED on 2 Apr 1860 in Winona County, Minnesota. Millie was born on 15 Jun 1835; died on 11 Jul 1912; was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Winona, Winona County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living with parents in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York
• Census: 1855, Living with parents in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living with parents in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York
• Census: 1860, Living in St. Charles, Winona County, Minnesota
• Census: 1870, Living in St. Charles, Winona Co., Minnesota
• Census: 1880, Living in St. Charles, Winona Co., Minneosta
• Census: 1895, Living in St. Charles, Winona Co., Minnesota
• Occupation: 1895, Dry Goods Merchant
• Census: 1900, Living in St. Charles, Winona Co., Minnesota
• Census: 1910, Living in St. Charles, Winona Co., Minnesota

Mason married Edna BINGHAM before 1858. Edna was born on 14 Sep 1836 in Hennysville, Canada; died on 14 Sep 1886 in St. Charles, Winona County, Minnesota; was buried in Hillside Cemetery, Saint Charles, Winona Co., Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mason married Helen A. BOLT in abt. 1889 in Minnesota. Helen was born on 16 Oct 1840 in New York, USA; died on 31 Jan 1911 in St. Charles, Winona County, Minnesota; was buried in Hillside Cemetery, Saint Charles, Winona Co., Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living with parents in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York
• Census: 1855, Living with parents in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York
• Census: 1865, Living with parents in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York
• Census: 1870, Living with parents in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York
• Occupation: 1870; Farmer
• Census: 1880, Living in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York

Other Events and Attributes:

• Medical Cond'tn: Cert. No. 37149
• Census: 1850, Living with parents in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York
• Census: 1855, Living with parents in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York
• Census: 1870, Living with husband in Chazy, Clinton Co., New York
• Census: 1880, Living with husband in Chazy, Clinton Co., New York
• Census: 1900, Living in Chazy, Clinton Co., New York

Almira married George Corbin SLOSSON on 18 Feb 1862 in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., NY. George (son of Horace SLOSSON and Irena Wells LADD) was born on 22 Nov 1829 in Chazy, Clinton Co., New York; died on 09 Jun 1897 in Chazy, Clinton Co., New York; was buried in Riverview Cemetery, Chazy, Clinton Co., New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living with parents in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York
• Census: 1855, Living with parents in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York
• Census: 1865, Living with parents in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living with parents in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York
• Census: 1855, Living with parents in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York
• Census: 1865, Living with parents in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York
• Census: 1870, Living in Winona, Winona Co., Minnesota
• Census: 1875, Living in Winona, Winona Co., Minnesota
• Census: 1900, Living in Winona, Winona Co., Minnesota
• Census: 1905, Living in Winona, Winona Co., Minnesota

Oscar married Jennie C. ? before 1875. Jennie was born about 1851. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Oscar married Margaret V. ? about 1880. Margaret was born in Apr 1859 in Iowa; died in 1934; was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Winona, Winona County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living with parents in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York
• Census: 1855, Living with parents in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York
• Census: 1865, Living with parents in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York
• Census: 1870, Living with parents in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York
• Occupation: 1870; Teacher

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living with parents in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York
• Census: 1855, Living with parents in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York
• Census: 1865, Living with parents in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York
• Census: 1880, Living in Big Creek, Russell Co., Kansas
• Occupation: 1880; Farmer

Family/Spouse: Agnes Ada FARNSWORTH. Agnes was born in May 1847 in New York, USA; died after 1920. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living with parents in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York
• Census: 1855, Living with parents in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York
• Census: 1865, Living with parents in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York

Family/Spouse: Elijah Norman FREEMAN. Elijah was born in 1822; died in 1846. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Willard Trowbridge SNOW. Willard was born in 1811; died in 1853. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Lorin Freeman FARR on 2 Dec 1854 in Ogden, Weber Co., Utah. Lorin was born on 1 Apr 1820 in Waterford, Caledonia Co., Vermont; died on 25 Sep 1909 in Ogden, Weber Co., Utah; was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber Co., Utah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living with parents in Weber Co., Utah Territory

Sanford married Martha Ann LEWIS in 1847. Martha was born in 1833; died in 1898. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sanford married Agnes Ann FIFE in 1863. Agnes was born in 1846; died in 1921. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name:
Erastus Bingham married first, Olive Hovey Freeman October 29, 1843. Their children: Olive Louise Bingham, Erastus Perry Bingham, Lucinda Marie Bingham, Lydia Roxina Bingham, Isaac Farwell Bingham, Mary Ann Bingham, Lorenzo Freeman Bingham, Diana Bingham and Ophalia Cedenia Bingham.

He married his second wife Susan Green November 15, 1855. Their children: Susan Melvina Bingham, Nephi Bingham, Lucy Ann Bingham, Marintha Eltharia Bingham, Edda Bingham, Enoch Bingham, Daniel Bingham, Harriet Adeltha Bingham, Mary Jane Bingham, Erastus Alma Bingham, Violetta May Bingham, Benjamin Wisdom Bingham, Myrtle Adell Bingham, Clara Isabella Bingham, Rozina (Zina) Diantha Bingham and Jacob Moroni Bingham.

When the exodus begun in 1846, leaders of the church called upon Erastus to make the roads, build the bridges, and plant the crops the Saints would need in their trek acroos Iowa. His wife, Olive and his two small children joined him in Council Bluffs, with the main body of the church, just in time to hear the call for the "Mormon Battalion".

Erastus was president of the 38th Quorum of Seventies. In 1858, having served in the Mormon Battalion and then in state militia, Erastus was called to serve again, with the rank of Major, in the Echo Canyon campaign against Johnston's Army.

In 1860, Erastus took his second wife, Susan and her small children to Slaterville, where he farmed and herded cattle. He served the Lord as a missionary in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, to many of his cousins which lived in the area. By 1879, polygamy laws made it difficult to live in South Fork, so he moved Olive (his first wife) and Susan (wife #2) to southeastern Utah. They then moved to Macious, Colorado and finally Tucson, Arizona.
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Erastus Clarence Bingham was born in "Concord, Essex County, Vermont". He moved to Mesa Arizona from Tuscon in 1904 and died Wednesday, 04 Apr 1906 at 11 o'clock A.M. in Mesa, Maricopa Co., Arizona, his tombstone is marked
incorrectly. He married Olive Hovey Freeman,29 Oct 1843 at Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois.

1880 US Federal Census
Ogden, Weber Co., Utah
Erastus ( C.) Bingham

Arizona Daily Republican
Mesa, Arizona Feb 19, 1904
Mr. E. Bingham came in from Tuscon
yesterday, and has arranged a home
for his father and mother and sister,
who will make their future home here.

Arizona Daily Republican
Mesa, Arizona Thursday Morning- April 5, 1906
Erastus Bingham, aged 83 years,
died yesterday at 11 o'clock. Mr Bing-
ham was a member of the Mormon
faith the greater part of his life. He
leaves a wife and a large family. In
the short time he had lived in Mesa he
had made many friends and the fami-
ly has the sympathy of the whole
community.

Arizona Daily Republican
Mesa, Arizona Friday Morning April 6, 1906
The funeral service of Erastus
Bingham was held in Relief Society
Hall at 2 P.M. a good crowd being in
attendance. Mr. Freeman, President
Leusuer and bishop Horne being the
speakers. Four of Mr. Bingham's sons
arrived on the morning train to attend
the funeral

-Thanks to an unknown visitor
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Middle name "Clarence" provided by 2nd great granddaughter, Nancy Day. Thanks Nancy

My father, Great grandson of Erastus Bingham, Jr., says his great grandpa was never known by a middle name of Clarence. Somehow on the 1880 US Census that middle initial was attached to his name but it is an error. I hate to argue with my cousin Nancy Day, but this really needs to be corrected. My daddy, who is 90 years old, was born after the decease of his Great grandpa, but he, his dad, mother, and older brother, visited with the relatives in Tucson and Mesa when he was a little boy. My daddy bears the surname Bingham and the middle initial E
for Erastus, but not the full name, thank goodness, and has always been quite clear that this middle name of Clarence was added by error. Thank you for considering this clarification. Colleen Bingham Reep

Erastus married Olive Hovey FREEMAN on 29 Oct 1843. Olive was born in 1820; died in 1906. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Erastus married Susan Melvina GREEN on 15 Nov 1855. Susan was born in 1839; died in 1922. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name:
Thomas was born in Littleton, New Hampshire on July 19, 1824. His family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints (also known as the Mormon church) in 1833. Thomas was in the Mormon Battalion, and was sent with the sick detachment to Fort Pueblo, Colorado. There he met Carron Happuch Holladay. Caron and her family were traveling with the Mississippi Saints, and also wintered in Fort Pueblo. Caron and Thomas were married on September 6, 1849 by President Brigham Young. Thomas and his brothers Erastus and Sanford tended livestock at the mouth of Bingham canyon (the canyon is located in the Oquirrh Mountains approximately 25 miles southwest of Salt Lake City. It was named after the Bingham brothers who were the first settlers there). In 1850 Thomas and Caron moved to Ogden. In March 1851, they were called to go with a company of Saints to help establish the settlement of San Bernardino, California where they remained until the spring of 1855, returning to their former home in Ogden. In the spring of 1856 Thomas was called on a mission to the Salmon River Indians where he served two years and during this time Caron was left with the responsibility of caring for their three children. Their family was with those who went south during the Johnston army episode. In the spring of 1862 the Bingham family helped to establish Huntsville in Ogden Canyon and, in the fall of 1877, moved to Ashley Valley, locating first on the Green River; then, in the spring of 1878, they moved to Dry Fork (Mountain Dell), north of Vernal, where they resided for several years. In the fall of 1884 they moved to Mill Ward now Maeser Ward. Thomas died December 31, 1889.

Children
Thomas Bingham Jr. B. 8/12/1850 D. 1/23/1945
Mary Bingham B. 9/18/1852 D. 6/20/1936
Lucinda Catherine Bingham B. 11/3/1854 D. 1/12/1918
David Holladay Bingham B. 8/19/1857 D.8/1/1952
Charles Colton Rich Bingham B. 6/12/1860 D. 2/5/1942
Phoebe Caron Bingham B. 6/4/1862 D. 2/9/1929
Elzada Bingham B. 4/21/1864 D. 3/26/1867
Martha Bingham B. 10/1/1866 D. 11/21/1949
Clara Bingham B. 10/25/1868 D. 11/3/1869
Tracy Tyler Bingham B. 10/24/1871 D. 3/27/1872

Obituary from the archives of the Ogden Standard
Thomas Bingham Senior
A brief sketch of the life and synopsis of the funeral of Elder Thomas Bingham Sen., who died at 20 minutes to 2 o'clock on the morning of Dec. 31, 1889.
Brother Bingham was born July 19, 1821, In Littleton, Grafton Co, New Hampshire and was the son of Erastus and Lucinda Gates Bingham. He was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1837 and shared with his father's family the persecutions of the Saints. He received his endowments in the Nauvoo Temple, enlisted in the Mormon Battalion July 16, 1846, and traveled with the Battalion some distance beyond Santa Fe, where he was sent back with the second sick detachment to winter at Pueblo. He came to Salt Lake July 29, 1847. He was married September 6, 1849, to Caron H. Holliday, and moved to Ogden in 1850. In 1851 he was called to go to California, with C.C. Rich and Amasa Lyman. Returning to Ogden in 1855, he was called in 1856 on a mission to Salmon River, where he labored among the Lamanites until the Saints were called home on account of hostile Indians. He reached home the time of the "move," and moved his family south to Payson, and then returned to Ogden to guard the property of the Saints. In 1862 he moved to Huntsville, Weber County, where he lived several years. While there he was first counselor to President Jefferson Hunt, and after his removal was appointed counselor to Bishop F. A. Hammond.
In 1877 he moved with his family to Ashley, Uintah County. With the sanction and approval of President Taylor and the Twelve Apostles, he established a branch of the Church at that place, and was chosen by the people to preside over it. He was the first Presiding Elder of this place, also the first ordained Bishop. He was appointed selectman by the Legislature, and was the first Probate Judge of the county. He served two terms, and was nominated for the third, but declined on account of ill health. He was a member of the High Council at the time of his death.
The funeral of Brother Bingham was held in the Uintah Stake House, Sunday Jan. 5th, 1890. The house was suitably draped for the occasion. There was a large attendance of relatives and friends, and the occasion, though sad, was an impressive one. Among the speakers were Brothers Samuel Campbell, Matthew Caldwell, Harley Morley, James H. Glines, Dannie Winn and Samuel Thompson, members of the Mormon Battalion, and while they sought to convey consolation to the bereaved, and spoke in terms enlogistic of the departed, their emotions were so strong as to almost overcome them, and every heart in the congregation was touched. Counselor R. S. Collett addressed the congregation for a short time. He said that it was characteristic of the deceased, that he was strong in his convictions and ever on the side of right. His remarks were full of comfort and hope and calculated to inspire his hearers with a desire for eternal life. President Bennion endorsed all that had been said, and truly did he say that a good man had left us, nor was there any one present who had known him but would have added their testimony that all that had been said that day in praise of Brother Bingham was the truth.
So was he spoken of while he lived. So has he left his record behind him. Brother Bingham leaves behind a wife and seven children, all of whom were present at his funeral with the exception of his son David, who is at present on a mission to the Southern States.
Ashley, Uintah County, Jan 10, ?90

Thomas married Carron Happuch HOLLADAY on 6 Sep 1849. Carron was born in 1830; died in 1915. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Loren Brown HASTINGS. Loren was born in 1814; died in 1881. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Maria married Isaac Newton GOODALE in 1849. Isaac was born in 1815; died in 1890. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name:
BINGHAM-Willard Bingham, one of the oldest pioneers of the state, passed away at Smithfield, Cache county, yesterday. He was 83 years of age and had spent most of his life in this vicinity, where he was engaged in the lumber business. His
children and grandchildren are represented in all parts of the state. The body will be brought from Smithfield Saturday and may be viewed at the Lindquist chapel until noon of that day. The funeral services will be held at 1 o'clock Saturday afternoon in the Third ward meeting house, with Bishop Bingham of Wilson presiding.
Deceased was born in Vermont February 19, 1830.

The Evening Standard, Ogden Utah March 20, 1913
Contributed by Jason O'Driscoll with some minor corrections

Willard married Genet GATES in 1853. Genet was born on 12 Jan 1836 in Livonia, Wayne Co., Michigan; died on 2 Nov 1899 in Wilson, Weber Co., Utah; was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber Co., Utah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Willard married Amanda Melvina SNOW in 1854. Amanda was born in 1838; died in 1898. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Willard married Clara Elizabeth SMITH in 1890. Clara was born in 1872; died in 1925. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living with parents in Weber Co., Utah Territory

Notes:

Name:
Obituary:
PIONEER DEAD. Dr. Edwin Bingham Succumbs to Pneumonia.

Dr. Edwin Bingham, an old pioneer of Ogden died this morning at 8:50, at his
residence, 3343 Washington Avenue, of pneumonia. He was born at Concord,
Vermont, May 5, 1833, and came to Utah September 19, 1847, in the second company
of hand-cart pioneers.

He leaves a large family, consisting of five daughters, three sons, twenty-nine
grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. One of his daughters, Mrs. W. G.
Taylor, is now in the Hawaiian Islands with her husband.

The funeral will be from the First Ward meeting house, Friday, at 2 p.m. The
remains can be viewed at the residence from 10 to 1 o'clock, Friday.

-Ogden Standard Examiner, February 25, 1903, transcribed by Rhonda Holton


Bio by: nathan bingham

Family/Spouse: Phebe Jane BURKE. Phebe was born in 1836; died in 1914. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living with parents in Weber Co., Utah Territory
• Census: 1860, Living with parents in Ogden, Weber Co., Utah

Brigham married Angeline Theresia ALDOUS in 1861. Angeline was born in 1844; died in 1929. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Brigham married Mary Alice LOMAX in 1886. Mary was born in 1861; died in 1937. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1850, Living in Concord, Essex Co., Vermont
• Census: 1860, Living in Concord, Essex Co., Vermont
• Census: 1870, Living in Keene, Cheshere Co., New Hampshire
• Census: 1880, Living in Troy, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire

Harvey married Adaline Boynton REED in 27 Jul 1850. Adaline was born on 21 Jul 1833 in Concord, Essex Co., Vermont; died on 20 Jun 1897 in Troy, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire; was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Troy, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Laura T. FISHER on 8 Jan 1850 in Lyndon, Caledonia Co., Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living with father and step-mother in Lyndon, Caledonia Co., Vermont
• Census: 1880, Living in Lyndon, Caledonia Co., Vermont
• Census: 1900, Living in Augusta, Kennebec Co., Maine
• Fact: 1900, Listed as being divorced

Family/Spouse: Amy E. FAIRBANKS. Amy was born in 1838 in Newark, Caledonia Co., Vermont; died on 8 Nov 1867 in Newark, Caledonia Co., Vermont; was buried in Packer Cemetery, Newark, Caledonia Co., Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married Emma H. BALL on 17 Dec 1867 in Baton, Vermont. Emma was born about 1850 in Maine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living with father and step-mother in Lyndon, Caledonia Co., Vermont
• Census: 1880, Living in Keene, Cheshere Co., New Hampshire
• Census: 1900, Living in Keene, Cheshere Co., New Hampshire

Notes:

Name:
Horace married Estella R Martin on December 17, 1874 in Newark, Caledonia, Vermont.

The 1880 US Census shows the couple living in Keene, where Horace worked as a "huckster" (peddler). At the time of his death, Horace was working as a carpenter.

Horace and Estella's children include
- Perely Ball, born Feb 21 1884 in Keene New Hampshire.
- Carlton, born July 29 1892 in Keene, New Hampshire.
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The burial of Elizabeth A. (Williams) Gates in the same Gates family plot as Horace Goss Gates and his father, John Gates, should be considered in the context of historical records, which establish that Betsey (Ayer), not Elizabeth A. (Williams), was Horace?s mother. Horace?s birth in 1842 (1, 2, gravestone photo here) occurred while Betsey was married to John (1, 3-6). Her 1844 death record specifies that she was married to John (4), and her gravestone inscription is ?wife of JOHN GATES? (5). Horace was born in St. Johnsbury, VT (1, 2, 7), which is where Betsey lived (1-3, 8). Betsey died in the adjacent town of Lyndon (4). Betsey?s date of birth of June 9, 1807 (1, 4, 5) is consistent with the date of birth of Horace and his full brothers (1). In addition, the Gates genealogy book lists Betsey as his mother, as does his death record (1, 2). The minor misspelling of her maiden name as Ayre and Ayers instead of Ayer in these two records is clearly of no significance when viewed in the context of historical records, which establish Betsey?s maiden name as Ayer (5, 9). Betsey was part of a large Ayer family group that lived in the St. Johnsbury, VT area in the early 1800s and Horace was named in memory of Betsey?s Ayer-side 1st cousin, Horace Goss, who died in an accident (5 and sources cited therein).

Horace was simply buried in the same plot as his father.
The phrase in the Memorial ? ?Note: Gates family lot: Annie, Leroy, Horace, Elizabeth O, John, Maynard?- implies that Elizabeth, not Betsey, may actually have been Horace?s mother, and indeed this phrase was accompanied by the listing of Elizabeth as Elizabeth ?Betsey? in the title of an earlier version of Elizabeth?s Memorial. It is listed this way in several posted family trees. What seems to have happened is that Horace was incorrectly assumed to be Elizabeth?s son because he was buried in the same plot. And since Horace?s mother was known to be Betsey Ayer, Elizabeth, was assumed to be Betsey Ayer, or at least to have gone by the name of Betsey. This is an important issue for correctly identifying family members and for understanding the history of this family (including John?s three marriages).

The following evidence that Elizabeth A. (Williams) was not Horace?s mother is in addition to the substantial evidence already described.
Elizabeth?s maiden name of Williams (10-19) is inconsistent with the known maiden name of Horace?s mother. Her middle initial of A. stands for Ann (11, 17, 18), or possibility Abigail (1) if she had two middle names.

Elizabeth?s date of birth of July 1, 1825 (gravestone photo in 10, 13) is inconsistent with the date of birth of Horace?s older full brothers, Harvey, James and George (1). For example, Harvey was born when Elizabeth was one-year-old (1, 8, 20, 21).

Elizabeth?s marriage record (as Williams, Evans, Currier, Gates and Colby) is inconsistent with Horace being her child (10). This includes the date of her marriage to John, which occurred 19 years after Horace was born. Related evidence is the 20-year gap between Horace?s 1842 birth (1, 2, 7, this Memorial) and the births of John and Elizabeth?s actual shared children, Oscar, Henry and Lydia (1).
Historical records provide no evidence that Elizabeth ever lived in St. Johnsbury, which is where Horace was born. All known records pertaining to Elizabeth indicate that she lived in the Derby/Brighton area of Vermont around that time. Specifically, she was born in Derby in 1825 (12), and was evidently living with her parents in Random/Brighton in 1830 and 1840 (22, 23). She married in Derby in 1845 (11) and gave birth to a child in Derby that year (24). She was living in Wenlock/Brighton in 1850 (25) and gave birth again in Brighton in 1851 (14, 15).

There is no evidence that Elizabeth and Horace ever lived in the same household in Census records or in any other record. The 1850 Census records are the most significant of these since Horace was only 8 years old at the time. Elizabeth is found as Elizabeth A. Currier in Wenlock, VT along with her son from an earlier marriage (25). Horace was not listed there. Instead, Horace lived with John and Eliza Gates in Lyndon, VT in 1850 (26). The age of Eliza Gates in the 1850 Census does not match that calculated for Elizabeth either, but instead is consistent with that of Eliza (Fisher) Gates, John?s second wife (6 and sources cited therein).

Elizabeth?s Probate Record (as Elizabeth A. Colby) in Cheshire County, NH (27) does not include anything about Horace even though it contains the signatures of her sons, Oscar and Henry Gates (Horace?s half-brothers), along with her two Currier sons from her prior marriage. This is a significant omission since Horace lived only a few miles away from her in the adjacent town of Keene, NH (28-30), while his two half-brothers lived in Brooklyn, New York (31-34) near the time of Elizabeth?s death in Marlborough, NH (13).

The photos of the gravestone for Horace (this Memorial) and for his wife, Estella (as Estella R. Martin Beliveau) (35), are so similar as to suggest that they share the same gravestone, or at least are located near each other and with their children in the same Gates family plot. This would be another indicator that more than one Gates household was buried in this plot. Unfortunately, the plot number for Estella is not listed in her Memorial.

No known historical record lists Elizabeth as Betsey. Similarly, no known historical record describes John?s first wife, Betsey, as Elizabeth. The error in indicating that Elizabeth was widely known as Betsey (referred to as Elizabeth ?Betsey?) is ironic because Elizabeth had evidently tried to distance herself from the names of John?s first two wives, Betsey (Ayer) and Eliza (Fisher). Her contemporary Gates relatives knew her as Abigail (1). She probably did not like the idea of her third husband referring to her by the same name as an earlier wife.


Posted on Find A Grave created by DebL

Horace married Estella Rosaltha MARTIN on 17 Dec 1874 in Newark, Caledonia Co., Vermont. Estella was born on 31 Mar 1856 in Vermont; died on 23 Sep 1918; was buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Keene, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name:
John's registration at Lyndon Center Cemetery is based on two books at the Lyndon Town Clerk vault: 1. Index of Cemetery Lots, and 2. Record of Interments for Lyndon Center Cemetery. From page 25, entry #565 of the latter book: John Albert Gates died August 2, 1854, age 2 years 8 months (cause of death blank). Neither book has a reference page number to a third book, the Lot Diagram Book for Lyndon Center Cemetery, so the burial location is unknown.

An 1854 deaths index to the North Union Newspaper (Northeast Kingdom Genealogy) indicates John Albert was the son of John and Eliza Gates in Lyndon.

Posted on Find A Grave by Julius

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1870, Living with parents in Newport, Orleans Co., Vermont
• Census: 1880, Living with parents in Marlborough, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire
• Census: 1892, Living in Brooklyn, Kings Co., New York
• Census: 1900, Living in Brooklyn, Kings Co., New York
• Census: 1905, Living in Brooklyn, Kings Co., New York
• Census: 1910, Living in Brooklyn, Kings Co., New York

Oscar married Ida E. BROOKS on 22 Jul 1885 in Greenfield, Massachusetts. Ida was born in May 1865 in Vermont; died after 1910. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1870, Living with parents in Newport, Orleans Co., Vermont
• Census: 1880, Living with parents in Marlborough, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire
• Census: 1900, Living in Brooklyn, Kings Co., New York
• Census: 1910, Living in Brooklyn, Kings Co., New York

Henry married Julia LACY on 27 Jun 1886. Julia was born in Apr 1869 in New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1870, Living with parents in Newport, Orleans Co., Vermont
• Census: 1880, Living with parents in Marlborough, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire
• Census: 1900, Living in Marlborough, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire
• Census: 1910, Living with husband in East Sunnyside, Yakima Co., Washington
• Census: 1920, Living with husband in Sunnyside, Yakima Co., Washington
• Census: 1930, Living with husband in Grandview, Yakima Co., Washington
• Census: 1940, Living with husband in Grandview, Yakima Co., Washington

Lydia married Elmer Ellsworth BALCOM on 8 Aug 1885 in Marlboro, New Hampshire. Elmer was born in 1862 in Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 6 Feb 1944 in Yakima, Yakima Co., Washington; was buried in Tahoma Cemetery, Yakima, Yakima Co., Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living in Dist. 11, Caldwell Co, Missouri

Family/Spouse: Betsy ?. Betsy was born about 1831 in Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living with parents in District 11, Caldwell Co., Missouri
• Census: 1860, Living with parents in Rockford, Caldwell Co., Missouri

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living with parents in District 11, Caldwell Co., Missouri

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living with parents in District 11, Caldwell Co., Missouri

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living with parents in District 11, Caldwell Co., Missouri

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living with parents in District 11, Caldwell Co., Missouri
• Census: 1860, Living with parents in Rockford, Caldwell Co., Missouri
• Census: 1860, Living with parents in Rockford, Caldwell Co., Missouri

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living with parents in Hancock County, Illinois

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living with parents in Hancock County, Illinois
• Census: 1870, Living in Pontoosuc, Hancock Co., Illinois

Family/Spouse: Sabina ?. Sabina was born about 1832. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living with parents in Hancock County, Illinois

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living with parents in Hancock County, Illinois
• Census: 1860, Living with parents in Pilot Grove, Hancock Co., Illinois

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living with parents in Hancock County, Illinois
• Census: 1860, Living with parents in Pilot Grove, Hancock Co., Illinois

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: 7th Reg Illinois Cav
• Census: 1850, Living with parents in Hancock County, Illinois
• Census: 1860, Living with parents in Pilot Grove, Hancock Co., Illinois
• Census: 1870, Living in Liberty, Adams Co., Illinois
• Census: 1880, Living in Liberty, Adams Co., Illinois
• Census: 1900, Living in Columbus, Adams Co., Illinois
• Census: 1910, Living in Columbus, Adams Co., Illinois

Abner married Sarah L. VANCIL about 1867. Sarah was born on 26 Feb 1850 in Missouri; died on 28 Dec 1927 in Quincy, Adams County, Illinois; was buried in Walker Cemetery, Liberty, Adams Co., Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living with parents in Hancock County, Illinois
• Census: 1860, Living with parents in Pilot Grove, Hancock Co., Illinois
• Census: 1870, Living with husband in Durham, Hancock Co., Illinois

Portia married Orsen E. JACOB in 1867 in Hancock County, Illinois. Orsen was born about 1842. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living with parents in Hancock County, Illinois
• Census: 1860, Living with parents in Pilot Grove, Hancock Co., Illinois
• Census: 1870, Living with parents in Pilot Grove, Hancock Co., Illinois
• Census: 1880, Living with parents in Durham, Hancock Co., Illinois
• Census: 1900, Living in Hopkins, Nodaway Co., Missouri
• Census: 1920, Living with daughter, Leola Sayr, in Fort Madison, Lee Co., Iowa

Freedom married Ruby J. ATWATER on 20 Dec 1883 in Hancock County, Illinois. Ruby was born in May 1866 in Illinois; died in 1955; was buried in Fairmont Cemetery, Raton, Colfax Co., New Mexico. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living with husband in Hartland, Niagara Co., New York
• Census: 1860, Living with husband in Tecumseh, Lenawee Co., Michigan
• Census: 1870, Living with husband in Tecumseh, Lenawee Co., Michigan
• Census: 1880, Living in Tecumseh, Lenawee Co., Michigan

Caroline married Bradford Hinkley JONES on 30 Dec 1845 in Holly, New York. Bradford was born about 1823 in Brockport, New York; died on 22 Jan 1888 in Albion, Michigan; was buried in Brookside Cemetery, Tecumseh, Lenawee Co., Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living with parents in Ridgeway, Orleans Co., New York
• Census: 1860, Living in Strafford, Strafford Co., New Hampshire
• Census: 1870, Living in Rochester, Monroe Co., New York
• Census: 1880, Living in Concord, Merrimack Co., New Hampshire
• Census: 1900, Living in Concord, Merrimack Co., New Hampshire
• Occupation: 1900, Genealogist
• Census: 1910, Living in Concord, Merrimack Co., New Hampshire

Notes:

Name:
Mr. Rix received what little education he has in the common schools, one term in a High School in Rumney, NH, and one winter in the common school in Middleport, NY, in the winter of 1845-46, which was the last of his schooling. At the age of sixteen he accompanied his parents to western New York and located in Hartland, Niagara County, and in the fall of that year (1844) he went with his parents to Middleport, about ten miles away, and in about one year they removed to Jeddo, Orleans County, a little hamlet about five miles from Middleport, just across the line of Orleans County on the "Ridge Road." Here he remained, working for his father in the shop, when his parents removed to Michigan in 1851, when he returned east to visit his grandparents, who were living in Haverhill, NH. Here he met the lady whom he afterwards made his wife, and in consequence concluded he would not return, and entered the employ of Jonathan S. Nichols at Haverhill Corner, in the department of blacksmithing. Her he remained till the spring of 1853, when he wen to Littleton, his native town, and entered the employ of Daniel C. Quimby, when he left there July 18, 1853, for Michigan, where his parents resided. Here he entered into partnership with Mr. Munroe Ingraham in the foundry and machine business.

In May, 1854, he started east for his bride, and immediately after his marriage started on his return for Michigan. That same fall both he and his wife were taken down with fever and ague, and being dissatisfied with the country he disposed of his interest in the business and returned to Littleton and again entered into the employ of Mr. Quimby. In the spring of 1855 he removed to Concord, NH, and entered the employ of Lewis Downing & Sons, carriage manufacturers, where he remained till the war of 1861-65 broke out, when he removed to western New York and located at County Line, a village and post office of that name on the line between Niagara and Orleans Counties, and about two miles from Lake Ontario. Here he entered into business with his brother Joel in the business of carriage making and custom blacksmithing. Here he remained till July 21, 1862 when he enlisted in Co. A, 129th NY vol. Inft., Capt. Erastus M. Spaulding, Col. Peter A. Porte. He was mustered into the U.S. service at Lockport, Aug. 22, 1862, and the next day the regiment left for Baltimore, Md., where it did guard duty in and around Baltimore. December 19, 1862, the regiment was reorganized into the 8th New York Heavy Artillery. In Grant's campaign of 1864 the regiment was ordered to the front.

Mr. Rix was appointed Armorer at Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Md., Oct. 21, 1862; Brigade Armorer at same fort, may 17, 1863; and Artificer in May, 1864. He participated in the battles of North Anna river, Coal Harbor, June 3, 1864, front of Petersburg, June 16, 17, 19 and 22, at which battle he was wounded and taken to the rear. He was taken to Washington, DC and landed in mount Pleasant Hospital, where his right leg was amputated July 7, 1864. His wife went to Washington to care for him and was with him until early in November of that years, when they both went to their home, which had been established in the spring at the old stand of his father.

In February, 1865, he returned to the hospital in Washington and was discharged March 21, 1865, and returned to Jeddo and commenced anew the carriage business. he continued the business until 1873, when in that year he made a visit east, and an opening presented itself which he took advantage of and returning to Jeddo sold out his plant and in November 1873, removed his family to Concord, N, and entered the employ of the Concord Carriage Co., as foreman in the blacksmithing department. In 1878 he went to St. Louis, Mo., as superintendent of a large carriage manufactory, and after a year moved his family there, but his wife being very much out of health and homesick he returned with them, but went back and stayed four years, when the firm abandoned the carriage business and went into manufacturing electric street cars, but Mr. Rix not understanding such work, nor caring for it, returned to Concord and re-entered the employ of the concord Carriage Co.

Mr. Rix has been a strong temperance man all his life and is probably the oldest "Son of Temperance" in the state, if not in the United States, having been initiated in Jeddo Division, No. 27, by Philip S. White, of Philadelphia, in June, 1847. He was also made an Odd Fellow in Moosehillock Lodge, No. 25, in Haverhill, NH, in January, 1852. He is also a member of the G.A.R. Post, in Concord. he is a Justice of the Peace and Quorum. In 1898, Mr. Rix lost his health, so much so that he has been unable since to do any manual labor, and since has been doing genealogical work. Both Mr. and Mrs. Rix are members of the M.E. Church in Concord, where they reside.

Guy married Abigail Augusta PLACE on 28 May 1854 in Warren, New Hampshire. Abigail was born on 1 Feb 1835 in Haverhill, Grafton Co., New Hampshire; died on 19 Sep 1924 in Concord, Merrimack Co., New Hampshire; was buried in Blossom Hill Cemetery, Concord, Merrimack Co., New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1865, Living in Yates, Orleans Co., New York
• Census: 1870, Living in Aurelius, Ingraham Co., Mchigan
• Census: 1880, Living in Lancing, Ingham Co., Michigan

Notes:

Name:
He is a blacksmith. He removed to Mason, then to Lansing, Michigan, where he now resides. He was in the same company in the war as his brother Guy.

Joel married Sarah Ann WILCOX on 4 Sep 1850 in Ridgeway, Orleans Co., New York. Sarah was born on 29 Oct 1829 in Plattsburgh, Clinton Co., New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joel married Martha M. MURRAY before 1871. Martha was born on 28 May 1842 in Ireland; died on 7 Jul 1917 in Lansing, Ingham Co., Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living with parents in Ridgeway, Orleans Co., New York
• Census: 1870, Living in Dowagiac, Cass Co., Michigan
• Census: 1880, Living in Dowagiac, Cass Co., Michigan
• Census: 1900, Living in Dowagiac, Cass Co., Michigan
• Census: 1910, Living in Dowagiac, Cass Co., Michigan

Notes:

Name:
Dr. Rix was a soldier of the great American Rebellion, having enlisted in Co. D, 1st. Mich. Inft., and was mustered in as Firs Lieutenant. He commanded his company at the first battle of Bull Run in 1861. He was mustered out at the expiration of his term of enlistment but on account of disability did not re-enlist. Soon after his discharge from the army he entered the American College of Dental Surgery, from which he graduated in 1863.

He lived in Clinton, Michigan, a short time after his marriage, then he removed to Dowagiac, same state, where he has practiced dentistry, his chosen profession, since, except the five years he was in Chicago, but kept his home in Dowagiac. He has served as Alderman; was elected Mayor in a city overwhelmingly Republican, and in his ward of 400 voters received every vote except two. He has been supported by his party (Democratic) for representative and senator, running many votes ahead of his ticket. He was president of the union Fair Association two years; secretary of the same association two years, and president of the Mutual Village Fire insurance Company twenty years. He is past master of Masonic Lodge, past high priest, thrice past illustrious master of the Council, has been deputy grand chancellor of the state, Knights of Pythias, and is a member of B.P.O. Elks, Knights of Honor and Legion of Honor.

In his earlier days Dr. Rix was a member of the theatrical profession and at times still appears before the public behind the footlights. He has acquired considerable distinction as an Irish comedian and has performed in the principal cities in the Union. He is the founder of the "Michigan Free Mason" and was editor and publisher for five years. He was for five years a professor in the American College of Dental Surgery, Chicago, Ill.

Thomas married Harriet PAGE on 5 Aug 1858. Harriet was born on 27 Jul 1839 in Medina, Medina Co., Ohio; died on 28 Mar 1905 in Dowagiac, Cass Co., Michigan; was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Dowagiac, Cass Co., Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living with parents in Ridgeway, Orleans Co., New York
• Census: 1870, Living in Dowagiac, Cass Co., Michigan
• Census: 1880, Living in Fort Madison, Lee Co., Iowa

Notes:

Name:
He was a dentist in Dowagiac with his brother Thomas till 1875, when he removed to Fort Madison, where he practiced dentistry until his death. He was a lieutenant in the 4th Michigan Cavalry during the rebellion. A detachment of this regiment was in the part that captured Jeff Davis. At the battle of Stone River he was thrown from his horse and broke his wrist, causing the abandonment of his playing the violin, on which he was an artist. He was capable of playing any wind instrument and soon after his recovery he as given the position of leader and director of the brigade band. Dr. Rix had a fine tenor voice and sang for many years in public and in the churches. His widow is a fine musician and for several years went to Burlington, Iowa, to play the organ in a church there. She is now a teacher on the piano and resides with her daughter at Fort Madison, Iowa.

John married Maria Elizabeth HEAZLIT on 1b Jan 1867. Maria was born in 1850 in Wayne County, Michigan; died in 1914; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Fort Madison, Lee Co., Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living with parents in Ridgeway, Orleans Co., New York
• Census: 1860, Living in Otsego, Allegan Co., Michigan
• Census: 1880, Living in St. Louis, St. Louis Co., Missouri
• Census: 1900, Living with brother Thomas, in Dowagiac, Cass Co., Michigan

Notes:

Name:
He was a farrier in the 4th Michigan Cavalry in the war of the rebellion and was one of the detail sent after and who captured Jeff Davis. He had followed the trade of carriage-smith up to within a few years and is now living in Dowagiac, Michigan, with his brother Dr. Rix.

Nathaniel married Adelia Maria ANTHONY on 14 Jul 1857 in Adrian, Michigan. Adelia was born about 1840; died on 1 Sep 1887 in Joliet, Will County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living with parents in Ridgeway, Orleans Co., New York
• Census: 1860, Living with parents in Manchester, Washtenaw Co., Michigan
• Census: 1880, Living with husband in Dowagiac, Cass Co., Michigan

Martha married Henry A. FARWELL on 11 Apr 1866. Henry was born on 29 Mar 1842 in Ridgeway, Orleans Co., New York; died on 8 Jun 1899 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living with parents in Ridgeway, Orleans Co., New York
• Census: 1860, Living with parents in Manchester, Washtenaw Co., Michigan
• Census: 1870, Living in Vevay, Ingham Co., Michigan
• Census: 1880, Living in Mason, Ingham Co., Michigan
• Census: 1900, Living in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan
• Census: 1910, Living with son, Wilder, in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co, Michigan

Notes:

Name:
Soon after his marriage he removed to Michigan and settled in Mason, where he established himself in the carriage business. After a few years he sold out and removed to Kalamazoo, where he worked for others, and while doing so he perfected and patented a number of inventions which he sold outright and put the money into a home in the city and a farm in the country which his sons operated for some years. His home is all broken up and he is with one of his sons in Kalamazoo.

Benjamin married Cynthia Weld ELMER on 4 Jul 1869 in Rochester, New York. Cynthia was born on 9 Apr 1843 in Ridgeway, Orleans Co., New York; died on 26 Feb 1905 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: Civil War: Co A - 8th Mich - Cav
• Census: 1850, Living with parents in Ridgeway, Orleans Co., New York
• Census: 1860, Living with parents in Manchester, Washtenaw Co., Michigan
• Census: 1870, Living with parents in Ridgeway, Orleans Co., New York

Notes:

Name:
Charles Rix of this city died Monday afternoon, Jan. 13, after a lingering sickness, with tuberculosis, a form of consumption, aged 32 years. He was born in Middleport, NY and came to the State with his parents when five years old, settling in Manchester. He served his country faithfully in the late war, being a member of company A, eighth Michigan cavalry. He was a carriage builder by trade, and was a skillful workman. He leaves a wife and family of small children. yesterday a telegram was received, stating that his father died in Dowagiac, Tuesday, within twenty-four hours after the death of his son.

THE INGHAM COUNTY NEWS
Thursday, January 16, 1879

Posted on Find A Gave added by: Randy Gladstone

Charles married Eusebia M. BROOKS on 17 Jun 1868 in Hartland, New York. Eusebia was born on 14 Sep 1846 in Hartland, Niagara Co., New York; died on 23 Sep 1913 in Saginaw Co., Michigan; was buried in Laporte Cemetery, Laporte, Midland Co., Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living with parents in Ridgeway, Orleans Co., New York

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1860, Living with parents in Great Salt Lake, Salt Lake Co., Utah
• Census: 1870, Living with parents in Saint George, Washington Co., Utah
• Census: 1900, Living in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah
• Census: 1910, Living in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah
• Census: 1920, Living in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah
• Census: 1930, Living in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah

Jacob married Susa YOUNG in 1879. Susa (daughter of Brigham YOUNG and Lucy BIGELOW) was born on 18 Mar 1856 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah; died on 27 May 1933 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Blacksmith
• Census: 1860, Living with parents in Great Salt Lake, Salt Lake Co., Utah
• Census: 1870, Living with parents in Saint George, Washington Co., Utah
• Census: 1880, Living with mother in Saint George, Washington Co., Utah
• Census: 1900, Living in Saint George, Washington Co., Utah
• Census: 1910, Living in Saint George, Washington Co., Utah
• Census: 1920, Living in Saint George, Washington Co., Utah

Franklin married Laura A. ASHWORTH on 25 Mar 1894 in Saint George, Washington Co., Utah. Laura was born on 17 Dec 1872 in Beaver, Utah; died on 8 Aug 1943 in Los Angeles County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Dentist
• Census: 1860, Living with parents in Great Salt Lake, Salt Lake Co., Utah
• Census: 1870, Living with parents in Saint George, Washington Co., Utah
• Census: 1880, Living with mother in Saint George, Washington Co., Utah
• Census: 1900, Living in Saint George, Washington Co., Utah
• Census: 1910, Living in Saint George, Washington Co., Utah
• Census: 1920, Living in Saint George, Washington Co., Utah
• Census: 1930, Living in Saint George, Washington Co., Utah
• Census: 1940, Living in Saint George, Washington Co., Utah

Jedediah married Elizabeth Leuella ANDRUS on 17 May 1891 in Saint George, Washington Co., Utah. Elizabeth was born on 6 Dec 1863 in Grafton, Washington Co., Utah; died on 11 Feb 1927 in Saint George, Washington Co., Utah; was buried in Saint George City Cemetery, Saint George, Washington Co., Utah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1870, Living with parents in Saint George, Washington Co., Utah
• Census: 1880, Living with mother in Saint George, Washington Co., Utah
• Census: 1910, Living with husband in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah
• Census: 1920, Living with husband in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah
• Census: 1930, Living with husband in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah
• Census: 1940, Living with daughter Erma Fletcher, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah

Emma married Moroni SNOW on 13 Sep 1882 in Saint George, Washington Co., Utah. Moroni (son of Erastus Fairbanks SNOW and Artimesia BEAMAN) was born on 13 May 1858 in Provo, Utah Co., Utah; died on 18 Jan 1935 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah; was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake Co., Utah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Thomas Wellington Gates
• Census: 1870, Living with parents in Saint George, Washington Co., Utah
• Census: 1880, Living with mother in Saint George, Washington Co., Utah
• Census: 1900, Living in Saint George, Washington Co., Utah
• Census: 1910, Living in Saint George, Washington Co., Utah
• Census: 1920, Living in Saint George, Washington Co., Utah
• Census: 1930, Living in Saint George, Washington Co., Utah
• Census: 1940, Living in Saint George, Washington Co., Utah

Wellington married Alice Jane HARDY on 1 Jan 1890. Alice was born on 22 Feb 1868 in Saint George, Washington Co., Utah; died on 17 Dec 1940 in Washington Co., Utah; was buried in Saint George City Cemetery, Saint George, Washington Co., Utah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Dentist
• Census: 1870, Living with parents in Saint George, Washington Co., Utah
• Census: 1880, Living with parents in Bellevue, Kane Co., Utah
• Census: 1900, Living with mother in Sugarhouse, Salt Lake Co., Utah
• Census: 1910, Living in Forest Dale, Salt Lake County, Utah
• Census: 1920, Living in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah

Family/Spouse: Lyle YOUNG. Lyle was born on 15 Apr 1878; died on 9 Apr 1970 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1880, Living with parents in Bellevue, Kane Co., Utah
• Census: 1900, Living with mother in Sugarhouse, Salt Lake Co., Utah

Mary married Hyrum Jesse YOUNG on 30 Oct 1901 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah. Hyrum was born on 23 Jul 1872 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah; died on 24 Oct 1912 in Farmers Ward, Salt Lake Co., Utah; was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1880, Living with parents in Bellevue, Kane Co., Utah
• Census: 1900, Living with mother in Sugarhouse, Salt Lake Co., Utah
• Census: 1910, Living with husband in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah
• Census: 1920, Living with husband in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah

Family/Spouse: Louis Michael KNIGHT. Louis was born on 11 Aug 1878 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah; died on 19 Jan 1952; was buried in Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Millcreek, Salt Lake Co., Utah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1880, Living with parents in Bellevue, Kane Co., Utah
• Census: 1900, Living with mother in Sugarhouse, Salt Lake Co., Utah
• Census: 1910, Living in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah
• Census: 1920, Living in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah
• Census: 1930, Living in Piedmont, Alameda Co., California
• Census: 1940, Living in Piedmont, Alameda Co., California

Arthur married Verrena J. HYDE on 26 Jun 1905 in Nephi, Juab Co., Utah. Verrena was born on 11 Dec 1882 in Utah; died on 4 Jul 1943 in Alameda Co., California; was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, Alameda Co., California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1855, Living with parents in Chazy, Clinton Co., New York
• Census: 1860, Living with parents in Chazy, Clinton Co., New York

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living with parents in Chazy, Clinton Co., New York
• Census: 1860, Living with parents in Chazy, Clinton Co., New York
• Census: 1870, Living with parents in Chazy, Clinton Co., New York
• Census: 1880, Living in Beekmantown, Clinton Co., New York
• Census: 1900, Living in Beekmantown, Clinton Co., New York

Clifford married Lillis M. ALLEN in 1869. Lillis was born in Sep 1847 in New York; died on 6 Sep 1934 in Schenectady, Schenectady Co., New York; was buried in West Chazy Rural Cemetery, West Chazy, Clinton Co., New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1860, Living with parents in Chazy, Clinton Co., New York
• Census: 1870, Living with parents in Chazy, Clinton Co., New York
• Census: 1880, Living with mother in Chazy, Clinton Co., New York
• Census: 1900, Living with husband in Chazy, Clinton Co., New York
• Census: 1910, Living with husband in Chazy, Clinton Co., New York

Mary married John H. MCCUEN in 1881. John was born on 15 Oct 1845 in Troy, Rensselaer Co., New York; died on 3 May 1919 in Chazy, Clinton Co., New York; was buried in Riverview Cemetery, Chazy, Clinton Co., New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1855, Living with parents in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York
• Census: 1860, Living with parents in Twp. 106, Winona Co., Minnesota
• Census: 1870, Living with parents in St. Charles, Winona Co., Minnesota
• Census: 1895, Living in St. Charles, Winona Co., Minnesota

Family/Spouse: Evalena W. LEONARD. Evalena was born about 1854. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1855, Living with parents in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York
• Census: 1860, Living with parents in Twp. 106, Winona Co., Minnesota
• Census: 1870, Living with parents in St. Charles, Winona Co., Minnesota
• Census: 1880, Living with husband in Somonak, Dekalk Co., Illinois
• Census: 1900, Living with husband in Riverside, Riverside Co., California
• Census: 1930, Living with husband in Riverside, Riverside Co., California

Lillian married Dr. Charles C. DICKSON on 9 Oct 1879 in St. Charles, Winona Co., Minnesota. Charles was born in Apr 1849 in Illinois; died in 1932; was buried in Evergreen Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Riverside, Riverside Co., California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living with parents in Chazy, Clinton Co., New York
• Census: 1860, Living with parents in Chazy, Clinton Co., New York

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1860, Living with parents in Chazy, Clinton Co., New York
• Census: 1880, Living with parents in Chazy, Clinton Co., New York

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1880, Living with parents in Chazy, Clinton Co., New York

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1860, Living with parents in St. Charles, Winona Co., Minnesota
• Census: 1870, Living with parents in St. Charles, Winona Co., Minnesota
• Census: 1880, Living with parents in St. Charles, Winona Co., Minnesota
• Census: 1900, Living with brother and sister in Winona, Winona Co., Minnesota
• Occupation: 1900, Dressmaker
• Census: 1910, Living with brother and sister in Winona, Winona Co., Minnesota
• Census: 1920, Living with brother and sister in Winona, Winona Co., Minnesota
• Census: 1930, Living in Winona, Winona Co., Minnesota

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1870, Living with parents in St. Charles, Winona Co., Minnesota
• Census: 1880, Living with parents in St. Charles, Winona Co., Minnesota
• Census: 1900, Living with brother and sister in Winona, Winona Co, Minnesota
• Occupation: 1900, Teacher
• Census: 1910, Living with brother and sister in Winona, Winona County, Minnesota
• Census: 1920, Living with brother and sister in Winona, Winona Co., Minnesota

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1870, Living with parents in St. Charles, Winona Co., Minnesota
• Census: 1880, Living with parents in St. Charles, Winona Co., Minnesota
• Census: 1900, Living in Duluth, St. Louis Co., Minnesota
• Census: 1910, Living in Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota
• Occupation: 1910, Traveling Salesman
• Census: 1920, Living in Duluth, St. Louis Co., Minnesota
• Census: 1930, Living in Duluth, St. Louis Co., Minnesota

Ernest married Myra PATTERSON in abt. 1890. Myra was born in Feb 1867 in Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1870, Living with parents in St. Charles, Winona Co., Minnesota
• Census: 1880, Living with parents in St. Charles, Winona Co., Minnesota

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1880, Living with parents in St. Charles, Winona Co., Minnesota
• Census: 1900, Living in Joliet, Will Co., Illinois
• Occupation: 1900, Clerk
• Census: 1910, Living in Clairton, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania
• Census: 1920, Living in Duquesne, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania
• Occupation: 1920, Paymaster - Steel Mill

Notes:

Name:
"History of Pittsburgh & Environs":

Heber M. Gates, prominent in many circles of Clairton, Pa., also identified with the progress of the community in the public service as well as industrially and fraternally, was born in St. Charles, Minn., Jan 20, 1872, a son of Mason Hulet Gates. The father was born in Elizabethtown, NY, April 24, 1834 and when still a young man emigrated to Minnesota becoming one of the first settlers in St. Charles. He died Oct. 8, 1813 in his eightieth year of his age. He married Edna Bingham, who was born in Hennysville, Canada, August 14, 1836, and died September 14, 1886. Her family were old settlers of Vermont, and lived near Lake Champlain.

Receiving a practical education in the public schools of his native town, Mr. Gates, as a young man assisted his father as clerk in his general store in St. Charles, remaining with him until 1891. He then moved to Joliet, Illinois, where he was employed as a clerk with the Illinois Steel Company, from May 1891 until June 1902. On July 1, 1902, he came to Clairton to enter upon his duties as paymaster in the Clairton Steel Works, which position he still holds. Widely known in the community through his business position, Mr. Gates was long since sought for the public service. He was elected borough clerk of Clairton in 1905, and has since been re-eleced continuously, his present term to expire on Jan. 1, 1922. He is a staunch Republican. Fraternally, Mr. Gates is well known being a member of McKeesport Lodge, No. 641, Free and Accepted Masons; McKeesport Chapter Royal Arch Masons; and the Modern Woolmen of America. He is a member of the Clairton Club and of the South Hills Country Club and is a member of the Episcopal Church of Clairton.

Mr. Gates married, December 25, 1893, in Joliet, Illinois, Susie A. Brown, daughter of Halsted and Lucretia (Lewis) Brown. Mr. Brown was prominent as a hotel man in Red Bank, New Jersey for many years, and died there in 1889. Mr. and Mrs. Gates have five children; Cecil Walter, born Jan. 21, 1895, Reginald H. born Dec. 24, 1897, Wilbur B. born Oct. 24, 1905, Edith Margaret, born Nov. 26, 1906, and Robert Mason, born Jan. 26, 1914.

Heber married Susie A. BROWN on 25 Dec 1893 in Joliet, Will County, Illinois. Susie was born in Apr 1875 in New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1880, Living with parents in St. Charles, Winona Co., Minnesota
• Census: 1900, Living with sisters in Winona, Winona County, Minnesota
• Occupation: 1900, Clerk
• Census: 1910, Living with brother and sister in Winona, Winona Co., Minnesota
• Census: 1920, Living in Winona, Winona Co., Minnesota

Other Events and Attributes:

• Medical Cond'tn: death cert. # 15526
• Census: 1870, Living with parents in Chazy, Clinton Co., New York
• Census: 1880, Living with parents in Chazy, Clinton Co., New York
• Census: 1910, Libertyville Township, Lake Co., Illinois
• Occupation: 1910; Farmer
• Census: 1920, Calumet Township, Lake Co., Indiana
• Occupation: 1920; Construction
• Residence: 1920, Massachusetts St., Gary, Calumet Twp, Lake Co., Indiana
• Occupation: 1925; Contractor
• Residence: 1925, Gary, Lake, Indiana, USA
• Census: 1930, Living in Calumet Twp, Gary, Lake Co., Indiana
• Occupation: 1930; Contractor
• Residence: 1930, Living on Madison St., Gary, Lake Co., Indiana
• Census: 1940, Living with son, Willis, in Gary, Lake Co., Indiana
• Occupation: 1940, Hotel Clerk
• Residence: 1943, living with son at 4257 Penn. Gary, Indiana

Willis married Leah Belle HILL on 12 Dec 1895 in Chicago, Cook Co., Ill.. Leah (daughter of Edwin Hamilton HILL and Amelia Frances PADELFORD) was born on 17 Sep 1875 in Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska, USA; died on 05 Nov 1952 in Gary, Lake, Indiana, USA; was buried on 08 Nov 1952 in Calumet Park Cemetery, Crown Point, IN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1870, Living with parents in Chazy, Clinton Co., New York

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1880, Living with parents in Chazy, Clinton Co., New York
• Census: 1900, Living with mother in Chazy, Clinton Co., New York
• Census: 1910, Living with brother, Rudolph, in Chazy, Clinton Co., New York
• Census: 1920, Living with brother, Rudolph, in Chazy, Clinton Co., New York
• Census: 1930, Living with brother E. Rudolph in Chazy, Clinton Co., New York

Notes:

Ina remained at home and died unmarried.

Name:
The NORTH COUNTRYMAN Thursday April 4,1935
MISS INA SLOSSON DIES AT WEST CHAZY
Miss Ina A. Slosson, 60, of West Chazy, passed away Sunday at the home of her brother, R. E. Slosson services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the house with the Rev. A. R. Kay officiating.
Burial was in Riverview Cemetery,Chazy.
Misa Slosson is survived by two brothers: R. E. Slosson, of West Chazy, and W. H. Slosson, of Gary,Ind. Miss Irena Slosson, of Champlain,
is a cousin.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1900, Living with mother in Chazy, Clinton Co., New York
• Occupation: 1900; Farmer
• Census: 1910, Living in Chazy, Clinton Co., New York
• Occupation: 1910; farmer
• Census: 1920, Living in Chazy, Clinton Co., New York
• Occupation: 1920; Farmer
• Census: 1930, Living in Chazy, Clinton Co., New York
• Occupation: 1930; Farmer
• Residence: 1930, Cross Road, Chazy, Clinton Co., New York

Notes:

Anecdotal notes from George Fredrick Slosson to his children regarding their family. From this perspective, Grandfather = Rudolph Slosson and GreatGrandfather = George C Slosson. Received from George F Slosson on 25 March 2001 via e-mail.

The following information is regarding two of the pictures sent you.

(1) Presidential Citation
Issued to your grandfather on March 31, 1961 which was exactly 10 days after his death. It is signed on the top line by Nelson D. Rockefeller, governor of NY, and John F. Kennedy, President of the United States. Line two includes the signature of W.H. Boughton, State Director of Selective Service, and the last signature is Lewis B. Hershey, the Director of the Selective Service System.

(2) The Slosson Ancestry:

Your great grandfather died as a result of a runaway team of horses hooked to a wagon on which he and your grandfather, Rudolph were riding. They were headed up into the area which is now our pasture. He also apparently had a heart condition. As the team was out of control, he threw his son from the wagon and continued to try and control the situation. The wagon overturned and he was dragged quite some way. Your grandfather, then only 14 or 15 had to carry him to the farmhouse where he later died in the living room area.

The oldest brother, Will (Willis) had left home some years before that to move to Gary, Indiana where he opened a construction business in his own name. His wife, Leah was still living when we first traveled to Indiana. He had two sons, Willis Jr. and Milton. Willis, Jr. is the grandfather of Darlene Donovan's family, i.e. Fred Slosson, Marge Albough. Milton is the father of Phyllis, Marcia, Harold and Milton, Jr. (Mickey) Slosson. Milton Sr. and Willis are the same generation as I am. Phyllis, etc. are the same generation as you are.

Aunt Ina lived at home and never married. After his mother died, my dad had the responsibility of taking care of Aunt Ina who was not physically well. Eventually he sought help from the Plattsburgh hospital and the doctors there. The doctor (Dr. Silver) agreed to send out a nurse to help care for Aunt Ina and agreed to send the best nurse he had available.....i.e. Hazel Bradley (who was the instructor of nursing at the Physician's Hospital School of Nursing. The long-term result of that is certainly known to us. In 1936 they were married and in 1939 and 1941 they had two children, George and Beverly. After each delivery, Mother was on crutches for some period of time. Both of us were born caesarian.

Until his death in 1961, my dad tried to persuade the Indiana relatives, specifically Cousin Leah to allow him to bring the remains of his brother, Will back to Chazy to be interred in the family plot there. He wanted to do that because Will's widow, Leah had remarried and planned to be buried next to her last husband. However she would not agree to let that happen.

Your grandfather, Rudolph continued to operate the farm after his father's death. He operated as an active farm until the mid 1950's when he sold his herd of cows and the horses and then farmed the land only for the crops for several years. After that he rented the land to help keep it in good cultivation, fertilization, and to help offset the taxes, etc.

In 1905 he was approached by others to help them with the new developing telephone company. He agreed and was so good at it that they asked him to stay with them as their lineman. He did and soon moved up in the ranks, however continuing to stay as the lineman/installer, etc. He got to know the company better than anyone. He was eventually named the President of the company and through the purchase of stock from time to time, he eventually owned 51% of the stock in the company. He held that until his death.

In his mid-20's, while working on the telephone line, he fell from a pole on to rocky ground. He crawled back to his truck and came home. He did not seek medical help at that time, and was back on the job in just a few days. He was not aware that he had broken his hip. That was determined at a later date when the pain did not subside and the limping got worse. By the time it was determined that he had a broken hip, it had set and one leg was considerably shorter than the other. As a result, dad had a severe limp for the rest of his life and every step he took was a very excruciatingly painful step.

As the company grew, he hired help for the servicing, etc. and was the sole supervisor for all the staff. He did the engineering (having earned a degree in electrical engineering from correspondence school). Dad only went through grade 8 in school because of the death of his father and the need for him to operate the farm to support his mother and sister.

In 1941 he made history by installing the first dial telephone service north of Glens Falls. This move was considered foolish by his peers since everyone around had the old crank phones connected to operators. He was so far ahead of his time in this that it wasn't until about 1955 that the Plattsburgh area finally moved to dial phones. The Champlain company came aboard after that.

In the 1930's dad began selling insurance as well. He developed that into a relatively large agency and after his death, Mom operated it for a number of years, eventually selling it to Fred Culley and Norman Foote which became the Culley and Foote Agency. Later Fred Culley's interest was purchased by James Langley who eventually purchased the interests of Norman Foote. Today it is the J. Langley Assoc. agency.

Dad served on the U.S. Selective Service Board for many years. That board was responsible for reviewing the status of all boys/men over 18 years of age for consideration to be drafted into the armed services. Dad was uniquely able to help families of need to not lose the availability of their farming sons to the draft. Many folks benefited from his efforts.

Dad and Mom both served on the Chazy Central School Board of Education. Dad was the Clerk of the Board from the 1920's. Mother was elected in the late 1940's. Together they served the Board of Education for more than 60 years. When the new school was built, the principal then, Ralph Pombrio, wanted to name a specific room of the school in their honor. He left before that materialized.

Your grandfather was the head of the Grange in West Chazy for many years. It was a farm-based fraternal organization and he was a member of the local (called 'Subordinate'), the county (called "Pomona") the State and the National Grange levels. He had also served a number of years as the head (called "Master") of the county grange (Pomona). He was also a long-standing member of the Masonic Lodge in West Chazy.

When road construction in the 1940's was being federally funded, he fought for and got the road in front of our home included. The road was raised to avoid yearly flooding, and was made a black-top road. As a result, after a number of years, the town decided to name the road in his honor, thus the name, Slosson Road.

In 1960, Gerald Forcier, owner of the Westport Telephone Company, purchased the Chazy Telephone Company. The company's name was then changed to the Chazy and Westport Telephone Corp. which it is today.

Your grandfather was diagnosed in 1960 with cancer and was treated at Memorial Hospital in NY City and then at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal. He died at the Montreal hospital on March 21, 1961 as a result of the cancer that took his weight below 100 lbs.

I've tried to give you a brief glimpse of your grandfather and have written this off the cuff from recall as I go along. Perhaps Beverly will type out additional recollections and send them to you to include in your records.

Perhaps following this we can send similar information about your grandmother Slosson.

Name:
CHAZY PHONE COMPANY FOUNDER DIES AT 78

West Chazy -- Rudolph Edson Slosson, 78, one of the founders of the Chazy Telephone Co., died thursday at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal after a lon illness.

Slosson served as president and general manager of the company for 43 years, until last December when the firm was sold to the Westport Telephone co. It is now the Chazy - Westport Telephone Co.

Slosson had also been an insurance agent and a stockbroker and had maintained an office in West Chazy for 40 years.

He served as a clerk on the Chazy Central Board of Education for 25 years, and as a member of the selective service board in Plattsburgh.

A mason for 51 years, he was a member of the West Chazy Northern Light Lodge. He was a past master of the West Chazy and Pomona Granges, and had served as a county district deputy of the state organization.
He was a member of Chazy Presbyterian Church and a member of the Clinton County Historical Society.

Slosson was born in West Chazy Oct. 9, 1882, a son of the late George Horace and Almira Gates Slosson.

He is survived by his widow, the former Hazel Bradley whom he married Aug. 11, 1936; by a son, George Frederick Slosson of West Chazy; and by a daughter, Miss Beverly Hazel Slosson of West Chazy.

The body is to be taken to the family residence here today.

Funeral services will be Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at Chazy Presbyterian Church. burial will be in Riverside Cemetery at Chazy.

Rudolph married Hazel Mae BRADLEY on 11 Aug 1936 in Chazy, Clinton Co.,New York. Hazel was born on 16 Dec 1901 in West Plattsburgh, New York; died on 31 Mar 1975 in New York, USA; was buried in Riverview Cemetery, Chazy, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1900, Living with parents in Winona, Winona Co., Minnesota
• Census: 1905, Living with parents in Winona, Winona Co., Minnesota
• Census: 1910, Living in St. Paul, Ramsey Co, Minnesota
• Census: 1920, Living with mother in Winona, Winona Co., Minnesota

Family/Spouse: Georgia HYDE. Georgia was born about 1887 in Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Leonard married Eugenia M. ? before 1920. Eugenia was born in abt. 1897. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1900, Living with parents in Winona, Winona Co., Minnesota
• Census: 1905, Living with parents in Winona, Winona Co., Minnesota
• Census: 1920, Living with husband in Winona, Winona Co., Minnesota
• Census: 1930, Living with husband in Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minnesota

Florence married Raymond Edward BRUGGER on 14 Jul 1917 in Minnesota, and was divorced on 7 Aug 1939 in Michigan. Raymond was born on 2 Feb 1893 in Winona, Winona Co., Minnesota; died on 14 May 1959 in Hennepin Co., Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Florence married Guy KENLY on 12 Feb 1961 in Hennepin Co., Minnesota. Guy was born on 23 Feb 1891; died on 9 May 1964 in Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minnesota; was buried in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1880, Living with parents in Big Creek, Russell Co., Kansas
• Census: 1900, Living with mother in Joliet, Will Co., Illinois

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1910, Living with husband in Anaconda, Deer Lodge Co., Montana
• Census: 1920, Living with husband in Chadron, Dawes Co., Nebraska

Jessie married Burton Evans BEAMER on 25 Sep 1907 in Winona County, Minnesota. Burton was born on 22 Oct 1881 in Paw Paw, Lee Co., Illinois; died on 6 Sep 1941 in Quebec, Canada; was buried in East Lawn Memorial Park, Sacramento, Sacramento Co., California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]