Leonard Genealogy - Solomon

Elsie Maud Leonard

F, #4501, b. 1894

Parents

Father	Edgar Seth Leonard (b. 30 October 1859, d. 1930)
Mother	Pauline Sorenson (b. 1867, d. 1943)

Biography

Elsie Maud Leonard was born in 1894 in Massachusetts.

Last Edited

4 November 2017

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Vera Leonard

F, #4502, b. 1896

Parents

Father	Edgar Seth Leonard (b. 30 October 1859, d. 1930)
Mother	Pauline Sorenson (b. 1867, d. 1943)

Biography

Vera Leonard was born in 1896 in Massachusetts.

Last Edited

15 December 2011

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Commodore Esek Hopkins

M, #4503, d. 26 February 1802

Family: Desire Burroughs

Daughter

Desire Hopkins+ (b. 17 May 1764, d. 20 May 1843)

Biography

Commodore Esek Hopkins died on 26 February 1802 in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island. He was buried at North Burial Ground in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island.

He ws the first and only commodore in the US Navy in the Revolutionary War.

Last Edited

16 July 2018

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Desire Burroughs

F, #4504

Family: Commodore Esek Hopkins (d. 26 February 1802)

Daughter

Desire Hopkins+ (b. 17 May 1764, d. 20 May 1843)

Last Edited

7 December 2009

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James Burroughs

M, #4505

Family: Martha Hale

Daughter

Mary Burroughs+ (b. 25 September 1756, d. 23 December 1789)

Last Edited

7 December 2009

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Martha Hale

F, #4506

Family: James Burroughs

Daughter

Mary Burroughs+ (b. 25 September 1756, d. 23 December 1789)

Last Edited

7 December 2009

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Capt. Philip King

M, #4507, b. 5 August 1702, d. 10 November 1786

Family: Abigail Williams (b. 29 March 1701, d. 6 October 1756)

Daughter	Abigail King (b. 17 March 1729)
Son	John King+ (b. 26 August 1730)
Daughter	Prudence King+ (b. 17 December 1732, d. 10 March 1756)
Daughter	Hannah King (b. 28 November 1734)
Daughter	Alice King (b. 17 September 1736)
Son	Capt. Philip King (b. 23 October 1738, d. 28 October 1823)
Daughter	Bathsheba King (b. 23 August 1740, d. 8 August 1741)
Daughter	Rhoda King (b. 24 December 1746, d. 21 December 1758)
Son	Samuel King (b. 10 March 1748, d. 26 July 1770)
Son	Nathan King (b. 21 October 1751, d. 10 November 1756)

Biography

Capt. Philip King was born on 5 August 1702 in Raynham, Bristol County, Massachusetts.¹ He and Abigail Williams were married on 19 March 1728 in Raynham, Bristol County, Massachusetts.² He and Jemima Paddelford were married on 19 March 1761 in Raynham, Bristol County, Massachusetts. He died on 10 November 1786 at age 84 in Raynham, Bristol County, Massachusetts. He was buried at King Cemetery in Raynham, Massachusetts.

"He was a Captain of militia, which was an office of no small note at that day, and it was usual for a commisssioned officer to wear his regimental suit on public days after the English fashion. He was the first representative to the General Court from Raynham. He was a proprietor of the "Taunton Company Lands," as they were called. He had been at a meeting of this company, when 84 years of age and returing on the Steep Hill road in the woods late in the evening, it being dark, got lost and perished. He was found lying on a rock, having died of exhaustion." Sanford, Genealogy of the Family of Kings, p. 8. Capt. Philip King had person sources.³

Last Edited

27 September 2010

Citations

[S568] Vital Records of Raynham, MA, Margaret Harris Stover, 1997, p. 1
[S359] Raynham VR's, p. 11
[S89] Raynham VR, p. 1

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Capt. Jedidiah Perkins

M, #4508, b. 10 June 1725, d. 14 October 176

Parents

Father	Jabez Perkins (b. 3 May 1699, d. 27 April 1739)
Mother	Rebecca Leonard (b. 24 February 1706, d. 2 September 1788)

Biography

Capt. Jedidiah Perkins was born on 10 June 1725 in Norwich, Connecticut. He and Temperance Hazen were married. He died on 14 October 176 at age -1549.

Capt. Jedidiah Perkins died on 14 October 1768 at age 43 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut.

Last Edited

23 June 2017

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Isaac Dean

M, #4509, b. about 1657, d. before 11 April 1710

Parents

Father	Deacon Walter Dean (b. 13 May 1612, d. April 1693)
Mother	Eleanor Strong (b. 1613, d. 1693)

Family: Hannah Leonard (b. 1660, d. 6 January 1749)

Daughter	Alice Dean+ (b. 20 November 1678, d. 22 May 1746)
Daughter	Abigail Dean (b. 16 November 1680)
Daughter	Hannah Dean+ (b. 24 April 1683, d. 3 January 1768)
Son	Nathaniel Dean (b. 25 April 1685)
Daughter	Abiah Dean+ (b. 1693, d. 1757)
Son	Jonathan Dean (b. about 1695, d. 10 September 1750)
Daughter	Deborah Dean (b. about 1705, d. 9 June 1759)
Daughter	Mehitable Dean (b. about 1708)

Biography

Isaac Dean was born about 1657 in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts. He and Hannah Leonard were married on 24 January 1678 in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts.¹ He died before 11 April 1710 in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

They had two sons and 5 daughters. In his youth, he lived in New Haven with Capt. Thomas Jeffrey. Isaac Dean had person sources.²

Last Edited

13 November 2017

Citations

[S222] Taunton Marriages, p. 291
[S802] Samuel Hopkins Emery, "History of Taunton from Settlement to the Present Time," Syracuse, 1893.

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Henry Sampson

M, #4510

Biography

They moved to Ireland. He was Lt. Gov. of Galway, according to GML's charts.

Last Edited

7 December 2009

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Deborah Dean

F, #4512, b. about 1705, d. 9 June 1759

Parents

Father	Isaac Dean (b. about 1657, d. before 11 April 1710)
Mother	Hannah Leonard (b. 1660, d. 6 January 1749)

Biography

Deborah Dean was born about 1705 in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Joseph Allen and she were married on 25 November 1736. She died on 9 June 1759 at age ~54 in Warren, Bristol County, Rhode Island.

Last Edited

13 November 2017

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Mehitable Dean

F, #4513, b. about 1708

Parents

Father	Isaac Dean (b. about 1657, d. before 11 April 1710)
Mother	Hannah Leonard (b. 1660, d. 6 January 1749)

Biography

Mehitable Dean was born about 1708 in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

Last Edited

7 December 2009

Rebecca Russell

F, #4514, d. after 13 July 1687

Biography

Rebecca Russell died after 13 July 1687.

Last Edited

7 December 2009

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Ellen Regester

F, #4515, b. 1918

Parents

Father	Lawrence William Regester (b. 31 January 1893, d. 21 November 1972)
Mother	Abigail Marston Delano (b. 26 November 1884, d. about 1955)

Biography

Ellen Regester was born in 1918. Did she have a sibling?

Last Edited

2 November 2016

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Eva Pauline Kells

F, #4516, b. 7 December 1898, d. 1970

Parents

Father	Herbert Clinton Kells (b. 2 February 1862, d. 28 December 1904)
Mother	Fannie Lodema Smith (b. June 1879, d. 3 December 1966)

Family: Sidney Allen Wells (b. 24 October 1887, d. 5 July 1935)

Daughter	Harriet Wells (b. 1918)
Son	Sidney Allen Wells, Jr. (b. 30 December 1923)

Biography

Eva Pauline Kells was born on 7 December 1898 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Sidney Allen Wells and she were married about 1918 at RI. She died in 1970 at age ~72 in Rhode Island. She was buried in 1970 at Kells plot, Indian Ridge, Pittsfield Cemetery, in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.

1900 Census lists her as being born in September 1898.

In the 1920 Census she was living with her mother, who was housekeeper for the family of Sydney A. Wells at 450 Elmwood Avenue in Providence, corner of Roger Williams Ave.

In the 1935 RI Census on 1 Jan 1936, she is listed as a widow living at 19 Hawthorne Street.

In the 1940 Census, the family -- Eva, Margaret, and Sidney, Jr. were living on Hawthorne Street in Providence. Sidney was a clerk in a novelty manufacturing company.

Did she marry (2) Thomas H. Horton 23 Jul 1950 in Maine? Did they live in Providence?

Last Edited

21 March 2020

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Sidney Allen Wells

M, #4517, b. 24 October 1887, d. 5 July 1935

Parents

Father	Henry Angell Wells, Jr. (b. 1853)
Mother	Estella M. Phillips

Family 1: Bertha Maud English (b. 5 May 1883, d. 26 January 1918)

Daughter	Margaret Estella Wells (b. 24 May 1915, d. 10 April 2007)
Daughter	Harriet H. Wells+ (b. 6 January 1918, d. 18 September 2009)

Family 2: Eva Pauline Kells (b. 7 December 1898, d. 1970)

Daughter	Harriet Wells (b. 1918)
Son	Sidney Allen Wells, Jr. (b. 30 December 1923)

Biography

Sidney Allen Wells was born on 24 October 1887 in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island. He and Bertha Maud English were married on 12 April 1913 in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island. He and Eva Pauline Kells were married about 1918 at RI. He died on 5 July 1935 at age 47 in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island.

In the 1920 Census, the family was living at 850 Elmwood Avenue. Henry was a bank teller in Providence.

In the 1925 RI Census, they were living at 203 Lexington Avenue, Providence. Lodema Kells was living with them. They had a son, Sidney A., Jr., 4, and the two step daughters, Margaret and Harriet.

They were living in the 6th Ward, Providence, at the time of the 1930 Census. He was an investment dealer. In the 1932 City Directory, his office was at 76 Westminster, rm. 518. He was also president of General Plastering Co., Inc., 29 Weybosset Street, rm. 48. He and Eva lived at 203 Lexington Avenue, Providence. He committed suicide with a handgun. He is buried in Pocasset Cemetery in Cranston.

Last Edited

21 March 2020

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Roland Herbert Kells

M, #4518, b. 4 June 1900, d. 16 July 1900

Parents

Father	Herbert Clinton Kells (b. 2 February 1862, d. 28 December 1904)
Mother	Fannie Lodema Smith (b. June 1879, d. 3 December 1966)

Biography

Roland Herbert Kells was born on 4 June 1900 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.¹ He died on 16 July 1900 at age 0 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.² He was buried at Kells Plot 31, Indian Ridge, in PIttsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.

Last Edited

7 December 2009

Citations

[S193] Pittsfield Death Records
[S193] Pittsfield Death Records, 6-12

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Ralph Clinton Kells

M, #4519, b. 10 May 1901, d. 15 September 1901

Parents

Father	Herbert Clinton Kells (b. 2 February 1862, d. 28 December 1904)
Mother	Fannie Lodema Smith (b. June 1879, d. 3 December 1966)

Biography

Ralph Clinton Kells was born on 10 May 1901 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.¹ He died on 15 September 1901 at age 0 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. He was buried at Kells Plot 31, Indian Ridge, in PIttsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.

Last Edited

7 December 2009

Citations

[S186] Pittsfield Birth Records, Vol. 5, p. 18.

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Lucretia E. Mickel

F, #4520, b. 3 July 1863, d. 25 September 1897

Parents

Father	Simeon B. Mickle (b. 1842, d. 1912)
Mother	Deborah Marie R. Rider (b. 1839, d. 1923)

Family: Herbert Clinton Kells (b. 2 February 1862, d. 28 December 1904)

Daughter	Lulu Kells (b. 11 January 1891, d. 11 January 1891)
Son	Harold Howland Kells (b. 21 March 1892, d. 1 June 1987)
Son	Paul Mickel Kells+ (b. 1 September 1893, d. 4 January 1990)

Biography

Lucretia E. Mickel was born on 3 July 1863 in Lebanon or Rider's Mills, New York.¹ Herbert Clinton Kells and she were married on 11 March 1891 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.² She died on 25 September 1897 at age 34 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.³ She was buried at Kells Plot 31, Indian Ridge, in PIttsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.

Her nickname was Lulu.

Her father was Simeon A. Mickel, born abt. 1842, and her mother was Maria Rider. Simeon's father was Philip A. Mickel, born abt. 1805, a farmer in Chatham, NY (land worth $6,000 in 1850 Census) and had children Mary b. 1831, William, b. 1834, Catharine, b. 1836, Philip, b. 1838, Isaac, b. 1840, Simeon, b. 1842, and Louisa, b. 1844. His grandfather was Simeon A Mickel and his great grandmother was Charity Rivenburgh (Reifenberg). Simeon had brothers Isaac A., Philip A., and William A. and a sister, Catherine who m. Redmond.

Last Edited

7 December 2009

Citations

[S771] Calculated from age at death
[S184] Pittsfield Marriage Records, Vol 4, p. 43
[S193] Pittsfield Death Records, Vol. 1-2, A-Z, 1761-1938, Book 1, page 80

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Harold Howland Kells

M, #4521, b. 21 March 1892, d. 1 June 1987

Parents

Father	Herbert Clinton Kells (b. 2 February 1862, d. 28 December 1904)
Mother	Lucretia E. Mickel (b. 3 July 1863, d. 25 September 1897)

Biography

Harold Howland Kells was born on 21 March 1892 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.¹ He and Jennie D. Gampher were married on 23 March 1914 in Toledo, Ohio. He and Cleo Amanda Parrish were married after 1930 in Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio. He died on 1 June 1987 at age 95 in Toledo, Ohio.

Harrold, 28, was listed in the 1920 Census as living in Washington, Lucas Co., OH, with his wife, Jennie, 30, and his brother, Paul, 26. He was listed in the SSI death index as residing in 45609 Toledo at death, SS# 299-05-4415. No SSI for Jennie, Jenny, or Jennifer. He and Cleo had no children.

In draft registration for World War I, Harold was living at 1921 Calumach, Toledo, Ohio. He was a die maker with Acklin Stamping Co., Toledo. He was married, no children, medium height, medium build, blue eyes, light hair. Harold Howland Kells had person sources.²

Last Edited

5 April 2013

Citations

[S768] Pittsfield, MA, VR's, Vol. 421, page 101
[S186] Pittsfield Birth Records, Vol. 4, p. 43

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Paul Mickel Kells

M, #4522, b. 1 September 1893, d. 4 January 1990

Parents

Father	Herbert Clinton Kells (b. 2 February 1862, d. 28 December 1904)
Mother	Lucretia E. Mickel (b. 3 July 1863, d. 25 September 1897)

Family: Letha Ellen Mize (b. 17 July 1903, d. December 1984)

Son	Melvin Richard Kells (b. 26 August 1923, d. 8 August 2007)
Daughter	Eleanor Ruth Kells+ (b. 14 July 1926, d. 31 December 2007)
Son	Paul Edward Kells (b. 22 July 1927, d. 12 December 1997)

Biography

Paul Mickel Kells was born on 1 September 1893 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. He and Letha Ellen Mize were married on 6 September 1922 in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan. He died on 4 January 1990 at age 96 in Los Angeles, California. He was buried in Punta Gorda, Charlotte, Florida.

In the 1917 draft registration for World War I, h e was living at 325 Edwards in El Paso, TX. He was a gas fitter with the El Paso Gas Co.

He was living with his brother, Harold, in Washington, Lucas Co., OH, in 1920 Census. In the 1930 Census, the family was living in Toledo, OH. Brother Harold, then 37, was living with them. He was a plumber by occupation.

He was a plumber at his home-owned company, D-J Corporation, at 2109 Dundee Street, Toledo, OH. He retired in Florida around 1968, residing at 707 Starlite Lane, Port Charlotte, FL. After his wife died, he moved to Los Angeles, CA, to live with his son, Melvin.

Paul and his wife, Letha, are buried in Charlotte Memorial Gardens, Punta Gorda, Charlotte County, FLorida

He is listed in the Social Security death index -- 292-050-7338, issued in OH before 1951. Paul Mickel Kells had person sources.¹ He served in the military on 8 June 1918 in Bexar, Bexar, Texas.

Last Edited

12 January 2020

Citations

[S186] Pittsfield Birth Records, Vol. 4, p. 63.

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Joseph Howland, Jr.

M, #4523, b. 9 March 1793, d. 9 March 1864

Parents

Father	Joseph Howland (b. 25 March 1762, d. 5 March 1841)
Mother	Lois Hamlin (b. 9 July 1770, d. 15 February 1837)

Family: Jerusha Dewey (b. 30 August 1788, d. 11 December 1863)

Daughter	Emily Sears Howland (b. 6 February 1817, d. 11 February 1898)
Daughter	Laura Amanda Howland (b. 18 October 1818, d. 11 March 1843)
Daughter	Jane Elvira Howland+ (b. 30 July 1821, d. 29 February 1888)
Son	William Franklin Howland+ (b. 13 April 1822, d. 1892)
Son	Asaph Dewey Howland+ (b. 10 May 1826, d. 13 August 1898)
Son	Charles Mortimer Howland (b. 31 July 1831, d. 8 September 1832)
Son	George Lawrence Howland+ (b. 26 December 1832, d. 23 November 1911)

Biography

Joseph Howland, Jr., was born on 9 March 1793 in Poultney, Rutland County, Vermont.¹ He and Jerusha Dewey were married on 14 December 1814 in Richmond, Berkshire County MA.² He died on 9 March 1864 at age 71 in New Lenox, Massachusetts.³ He was buried in New Lenox Cemetery, North Lenox, Massachusetts.

He sold his land near the furnace in Lenox in 1804 and moved to Pittsfield. Doublecheck birthdate: September 22 or March 9?

In an article in the Berkshire Whig of 10-12-1843, the oxen team of Joseph Howland won the first premium of $7 in a contest of ploughmen.

In the 1850 Census, he was listed as 57, Jerusha also 57, with a farm worth $3500 and a child, George L., 17, and Harriet, 46, living with them.

He died suddenly at age 70, according to the Berkshire Courier.

For more about the Howlands, see John Howland of the Mayflower, Vol 2, by Elizabeth Pearson White, Picton Press, Camden, ME, April 1993, for more about Joseph and James (pp. 333-337).

Paul Bumpus at the Mayflower Society listed Joseph as #40,480. Joseph Howland, Jr., had person sources.⁴

Last Edited

7 December 2009

Citations

[S768] Pittsfield, MA, VR's, Vol. 1, page 190
[S443] Massachusetts VR's to 1850, NEHGS Data Base, Vol. 1, page 159 for intentions.
[S185] Berkshire Courier, March 17, 1864 edition
[S185] Berkshire Courier, March 17, 1864

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Jerusha Dewey

F, #4524, b. 30 August 1788, d. 11 December 1863

Parents

Father	Asaph Dewey (b. 2 February 1758, d. 17 January 1833)
Mother	Penelope Sackett (b. 17 January 1761, d. 1 June 1837)

Family: Joseph Howland, Jr., (b. 9 March 1793, d. 9 March 1864)

Daughter	Emily Sears Howland (b. 6 February 1817, d. 11 February 1898)
Daughter	Laura Amanda Howland (b. 18 October 1818, d. 11 March 1843)
Daughter	Jane Elvira Howland+ (b. 30 July 1821, d. 29 February 1888)
Son	William Franklin Howland+ (b. 13 April 1822, d. 1892)
Son	Asaph Dewey Howland+ (b. 10 May 1826, d. 13 August 1898)
Son	Charles Mortimer Howland (b. 31 July 1831, d. 8 September 1832)
Son	George Lawrence Howland+ (b. 26 December 1832, d. 23 November 1911)

Biography

Jerusha Dewey was born on 30 August 1788 in Richmond, Berkshire County MA. Joseph Howland, Jr., and she were married on 14 December 1814 in Richmond, Berkshire County MA.¹ She died on 11 December 1863 at age 75 in New Lenox, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.² She was buried in New Lenox Cemetery, North Lenox, Massachusetts.

See Dewey Genealogy, p. 770. Or was she born December 4, 1793? The Corwin Collection, Vol. 3, CD (NEHGS) says she was born in 1793. Jerusha Dewey had person sources.³

Last Edited

11 April 2012

Citations

[S443] Massachusetts VR's to 1850, NEHGS Data Base, Vol. 1, page 159 for intentions.
[S185] Berkshire Courier, December 24, 1863 edition, p. 294
[S81] Manuscript of Pittfield families in Pittsfield Athaneum. Also Dewey Genealogy, p. 770

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Asaph Dewey Howland

M, #4525, b. 10 May 1826, d. 13 August 1898

Parents

Father	Joseph Howland, Jr. (b. 9 March 1793, d. 9 March 1864)
Mother	Jerusha Dewey (b. 30 August 1788, d. 11 December 1863)

Family 1: Abigail Eliza Miller (b. about 1830, d. 31 July 1861)

Son	Truman Randolf Howland+ (b. 16 April 1853, d. 7 August 1931)
Son	Emory Dewey Howland+ (b. 1855)
Son	Erwin Dewey Howland+ (b. 17 October 1857, d. 3 April 1922)
Son	George Howland (b. 1859)
Daughter	Ellen J. Howland (b. 24 July 1860)

Family 2: Sarah Pauline Powell Bailey (b. 21 August 1840, d. 22 November 1923)

Daughter	Clara Rosella Howland+ (b. 8 July 1865)
Son	Arthur D. Howland+ (b. November 1866)
Daughter	Gertrude Howland (b. 18 November 1868)
Son	Watson Charles Howland+ (b. 18 December 1870, d. 6 May 1960)
Son	William Bailey Howland (b. 8 October 1873, d. 22 December 1931)

Biography

Asaph Dewey Howland was born on 10 May 1826 in Lenox, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. He and Abigail Eliza Miller were married on 15 August 1844 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.¹ He and Sarah Pauline Powell Bailey were married on 5 March 1862. He died on 13 August 1898 at age 72 in Neola, Pottawattamie, Iowa.

Last Edited

5 May 2014

Citations

[S386] Berkshire County Whig, Vol. 7, Issue 344, p. 3 (10-7-1844)