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Josiah Caswell was born on 1 January 1697. He died about 1723 at age ~26.

Bethiah Caswell was born on 14 June 1705.

Mathilda Carlson was born about 1852 in Björke parish, Småland, Sweden. Carl August ("Charlie") Gustafson and she were married in 1875 in Sweden.

Carl August ("Charlie") Gustafson was born in 1847 in Wallsjö parish, Småland, Sweden. He and Mathilda Carlson were married in 1875 in Sweden. He died in September 1934 at age ~87 in Crosby, Texas.

CARL AUGUST GUSTAFSON. This well-known and enterprising Swede moved to the Crosby community in 1896. He lived near Hutto, Texas, for seven years, where he leased land from the time he came from Sweden with his family in 1889. In addition to two fine properties outside the city, he owns the cotton-gin, sawmill, lumberyard, and blacksmith?s shop in Crosby. He was used to work and sacrifice from his youth, and he has become successful through industriousness, wise deliberation and enterprise. He is also an example of what can be accomplished in every aspect, even when conditions are not the most advantageous. When Mr. Gustafson came from Sweden to Hutto, where all his siblings are living, he was already in debt for his passage and had $2.50 in his pocket. In Sweden he had worked in many areas and had been trained as a carpenter, which was of great help in this country. He was born in Wallsjö parish, Småland, in 1847, married Mathilda Carlson from Björke parish, Småland, in 1875. Into this marriage six children were born. Three of them have died. In Sweden he took part in building barracks on the military bases, bridges and station houses for the railroad and other general enterprises. At the opening of the Eastern Main Railroad-line, he worked at the Nässjö station-house. Mr. Gustafson was a member of the Mission Society in Sweden, but he joined the Swedish Methodist congregation in Hutto when he lived there and was in charge of the building of the Swedish Methodist church. In Crosby. Mr. Gustafson has taken an interest in the church at all times, but it is only in the last several years that an established Swedish church has existed there. Before there was a pastor in the area, Mr. Gustafson often preached, was Sunday school superintendent, and took care of other things in the church. He donated the land where the church and parsonage were later built. He was also in charge of the construction work. The first meeting in this church was held on March 10, 1911. The first congregation that was founded was the American Methodist Church and Mr. Gustafson and his family became members there. Mrs. Gustafson died in 1916. Their only daughter, Anna, is married to pastor Edwin Sahlen, preacher in the Swedish Methodist Church and stationed in Scandia, Kansas. Their sons, Carl and John, the latter married, are helping their father with the work and in the business. One son, Albert, once had a heat-stroke while picking cotton and was totally paralyzed. After many years of suffering he died in 1900. He showed early signs of talent and led a calm, devout life. The following verses were written by him before his death and they show how patiently and hopefully he bore his suffering.

Phillipa de Avesnes was born on 24 June 1311 in Le Quesnoy, Nord Pas-de-Calais, France. Edward III Plantagenet, King of England, and she were married on 24 January 1328 in York Minster, Yorkshire, England. She died on 15 August 1369 at age 58 in Windsor, Berkshire, England.

Philippe, IV, King of France, was born in 1268. He and Jeanne were married on 15 August 1284. He died on 29 November 1314 at age ~46.

Jeanne was born in January 1273. Philippe, IV, King of France, and she were married on 15 August 1284.

Phillippe "the Bold" de Valois, III, King of France, was born on 1 May 1245. He and Isabella of Aragon were married on 28 May 1262 in Clermont Ferrrand, Puy-de-Dome, Auvergne, France. He died on 5 October 1285 at age 40.

Isabella of Aragon was born about 1247. Phillippe "the Bold" de Valois, III, King of France, and she were married on 28 May 1262 in Clermont Ferrrand, Puy-de-Dome, Auvergne, France. She died on 28 January 1271 at age ~24.

Henri, I, King of Navarre, was born about 1244. He and Blanche d'Artois were married in 1269. He died on 22 July 1274 at age ~30.

Blanche d'Artois was born about 1248. Henri, I, King of Navarre, and she were married in 1269. She died on 2 May 1302 at age ~54.

Cecily Neville was born on 3 May 1415 in Raby, Durham, England. Richard Plantagenet,, Duke of York, and she were married on 14 October 1424 in Yorkshire, England. She died on 31 May 1495 at age 80 in Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire, England.

Sir Arthur Mainwaring, Mp, was born about 1520 in Ightfield, Shropshire, England. He and Margaret Mainwaring were married about 1540. He died on 4 September 1590 at age ~70.

Sir Arthur Mainwaring, Mp, was a Member of Parliment (MP.) He held the title of Sir Knight. In 1563 Sir Arthur Mainwaring, Mp, was in Sherriff.

Margaret Mainwaring was born about 1521 in Over Peover, Cheshire, England. Sir Arthur Mainwaring, Mp, and she were married about 1540. She died in 1574 at age ~53 in Over Peover, Cheshire, England.

Thomas Savory was born in 1575 in Hannington, Northhamptonshire, England. He and Mary Woodrorke were married in 1614 in Massachusetts.

Thomas Savory and Mary Woodrorke were married in 1614 in Massachusetts.

Mercy Mary Baker was born before 2 October 1664 in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Zachariah Eddy and she were married on 13 February 1683 in Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. She died after 1703.

William Slead was born in 1663 in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island. He and Sarah Holmes were married about 1683 in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island. He died on 30 March 1729 at age ~66 in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts. He was buried at Old Slade Burying Ground in Somerset end of Slade's Ferry, Massachusetts.

Henry Brightman and Thomas Cornell bought the land in Fall River opposite land owned by William Slade in 1678, and that year Brightman began rowing people across the Taunton River (really an arm of Narragansett Bay). William Slade started his ferry service two years later, and the Brightman and Slade families then formed a partnership for ferry service that lasted two centuries. Their service ended with the opening of Slades Ferry Bridge in 1876.

The Slade burying ground is about 250 feet northwest of the west end of the Brightman Street Bridge from Fall River to Somerset, near where the Somerset end of the old Slade's Ferry Bridge was located. William Slead had person sources.¹

Sarah Holmes was born in 1664 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island. William Slead and she were married about 1683 in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island. She died on 10 September 1761 at age ~97 in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts. She was buried in September 1761 at Jonathan Slade Cemetery in Somerset, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Jonathan Slade was born in 1685.