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| 9151 | Won Best Speaker--Club 873-F on 6/28/05. By Bill Baxter "Isaiah Cornell was born in 1801. He had a son named Captain M. Eugene Cornell, who was an unsung war hero of the American Civil War. Fellow Toastmasters and honored guests.... Eugene Cornell was born on April 11, 1842 . He was not a famous person himself, After, Eugene Cornell grew up, he became an Officer in the Union Army. In 1862, after the outbreak of the American Civil War, Capt. Eugene Cornell served under General McClellan, who at that time, headed up the Union Forces in The Eastern Campaign, but was always at odds with Honest Abe Lincoln. It was during this time in 1862, that The Union Army was in desperate need of a victory in the East, as the Confederate Army under General Lee had a pretty good stronghold on the Eastern Campaign. As desperate as the Union was for a victory, the South was just as desperate to maintain their stronghold in the East, because in the Western Campaign, The Union Army under General Ulysses S. Grant was dominating the Confederate Army. And so, the two sides met head on at a place in Maryland called Antietam Creek, on Sept. 17, 1862. The North and the South fought each other at very close range. The Battle of Antietam lasted one day, and I have to say, it was a massacre. The Battle of Antietam was the bloodiest battle of the entire Civil War, and the bloodiest one-day battle in the History of America. A total of 3,650 dead soldiers, Blue and Gray, littered the countryside surrounding Antietam Creek. At least 17,300 people were wounded at the Battle of Antietam. Although the losses were heavy on both sides, General McClellan and his Union Army had obtained their much needed victory at Antietam Creek. This prompted Abraham Lincoln to write his Emancipation Proclamation, which would free all of the slaves in America. One of the soldiers who died at the Battle of Antietam was Captain Eugene Cornell. There were no confetti brass bands, no medals, just a man who willingly gave his life for his country, and for Abe Lincoln's Cause, which was to reunite a country which was torn apart by slavery and secession. That is my definition of an unsung hero. An unsung war hero is one who willingly lays down his life for his country, without expecting anything in return, whether he lives to tell about it or not. Capt. Cornell did not live to tell about it; but, he was indeed an unsung war hero. Capt. Cornell had a nephew whose name was George Cornell. George was born in 1854, and was 8 years old, when his uncle died at The Battle of Antietam. When George grew up, he had a daughter named Myrtle Cornell who was born in 1892. Myrtle married a Navy Man by the name of Chief Warrant Officer, Leroy Edwin Baxter--Grampa Baxter to me. Myrtle Cornell, who became Myrtle Cornell Baxter, was my Grandma. Capt. Eugene Cornell was Grandma's Great Uncle and my Great Greet Great Uncle. Capt. Cornell and I are both part of "Uncle Ezra's Family Tree" which grows on top of a hill, "High Above Cayucas Waters." And so, I created this Civil War Website, and named it the Capt. M. Eugene Cornell Memorial Civil War Showcase. During this upcoming Fourth of July Holiday, Let us remember those "Unsung War Heroes" who gave their lives for the freedom which we share here in America." | Cornell, Captain Merwin Eugene (I28417)
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| 9152 | WOODHULL - Adelbert J. Colvin, 70, died at his home in Borden, Woodhull Township, yesterday at 10 a. m. Mr. Colvin, a well known practical nurse and civic leader throughout the area, was born November 20, 1881 to Daniel and Wealthy Bly Colvin in the same house in which he died. Mr. Colvin was very much interested in civic affairs and took an active part when advisable. He had lived in Borden all his life except for a few years when he served as an attendant at the Willard State Hospital. He was a member and past master of the Borden Grange and for 25 years had served as its director in the Patron Fire Relief Association at Steuben and Livingston Counties. He also served as a Justice of the Peace for the town of Woodhull for 25 years. His wife, Sarah Alexander Colvin died February 16, 1952. He is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Louise Bryan, Endicott; Mrs. Gladys Baird, Osceola Pa.; Mrs. Agnes Giometti, Elmira and Mrs. Grace Murray, Addison; one sister, Mrs. Rose Newland, Addison; seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. The body has been removed from the Smith Funeral Home in Woodhull to the late residence on the Woodhull-Borden road where the funeral will be held Monday at 2 p. m. The Rev. Dr. S. Atwood Allen, pastor of the Woodhull Baptist Church will officiate. Burial will be in the Borden Cemetery. | Colvin, Adelbert John (I19848)
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| 9153 | Word has been received of the death of Mrs. Lulu Lee Childs at her home in Buffalo on July 4, 1915. Her age was 52 years. She leaves her husband and one son, Austin Childs, of Niagara Falls, and one daughter, Frances, and two grandsons. She was a sister of Charles and Willian Lee, of this place. Her funeral will take place on Tuesday at Buffalo. (The Naples Record, Wednesday, July 7, 1915) | Lee, Lucinda (I6090)
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| 9154 | Worked at Blum's Shoe Factory. Joe was an avid collector of Indian relics. Spent weekends conducting digs in the Genesee Valley. Had an extensive collection of arrowheads, axes, adze heads etc. Later he copied Northwest Indian designs in black ink on cardboard. Had a showing at the Rochester Museum of Science. Many display cases stacked in home on Clara Barton St. | Qunilan, Joseph (I31306)
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| 9155 | Worked at Yellow Cab Co.. | Burdette, Oliver Edward (I22091)
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| 9156 | Worked for American Airlines. | Miller, John Howard (I1568)
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| 9157 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Living (I15174)
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| 9158 | Worked for Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Crawfordsville, IN. | Sleight, Phillip Light (I45433)
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| 9159 | Worked for Kodak in Rochester,NY | Stanley, LaVern Leo (I3620)
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| 9160 | Worked for NYS Gas and Electric Company. | Pool, George W. (I42968)
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| 9161 | Worked in Barber Shop in Boston. At the time of his death he was living with his daughter, Eva, at East 6th Street in Boston. | Merlino, Letterio (I32938)
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| 9162 | Worked in Drugstore in Ithaca,NY | Sample, Jesse A. (I7869)
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| 9163 | Working for Ernest Price in Ossian,NY as a farm laborer in 1900. (The Dansville Express, Dansville, Livingston County, New York, Thursday, March 11, 1915) | Price, Lester M. (I21862)
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| 9164 | World Champion Billiard Player. Won seven championships from the 1940s to the 1970s. He once ran 309 straight balls calling each shot in advance during an exhibition in 1939. | Crane, Irving Donald (I11051)
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| 9165 | World War I US Army Battles engagements, skirmishes, expeditions. St. Mihiel Offensive Sept 12 to 16, 1918, Meuse Argonne Offensive Sept 26 to Nov 11, 1918. Wounds received in service: yes Remarks: Served in France 305 Am In 80 Div. Sailed from U.S. May 25, 1918. Returned to U.S. June 1, 1919. | Mitchell, Sergeant Clyde Christopher (I2603)
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| 9166 | World War I (US) 24 yrs. Com: 2d Lieut., Cav., Aug. 8, 1917; 1st Lieut. Aug. 8, 1917; Capt. June 22, 1918. Org: 19th Cav.; 77th Fld. Arty., to Dec. 19, 1917; 88th Aero Sqdn to June 1919; 16th Cav., to disch. Frin. Sta: Ft. Sam Houston, Tex.; Brownsville, Tex.; Cp. Mercedes Tex.; France. Overseas: July 9, 1918 to July 5, 1919. Disch: Mar. 1, 1920. | Burditt, Captain Rollin Asher (I8275)
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| 9167 | World War I (US) Pvt at Camp Upton 26Apr1919 discharged; Enlisted age 21 years, occ. farm laborer; brown eyes, dark brown hair, ruddy complexion, 6' 1" tall. Ammy was said to have been wounded in the head shrapnel in France during WWI, however his discharge papers do not mention any phyisical injuries; stating "Physcial condition good, character excellant" | Hartman, Amariah V. (I10416)
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| 9168 | World War I (US) Sgt 492nd Aero Squadron, enlisted aged 221/2 years. occ. carpenter, blue eyes, black hair, dark complexion, 5'9 1/2" tall. enlisted Buffalo 5Aug1917; Corp 1Jul1918, Sgt 1Dec1918; Battles: A.E.F. 22Nov1917 to 30Jan1919, served in France, "honest and faithful service" | Zerfass, Milton Rowe (I5667)
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| 9169 | WRIGHT.--Betsey Loomis, wife of Ashahel W. Wright, died of dropsy, at her home in the Town of Canton, Pa., August 9, 1885, aged 72 years, 6 months and 3 days. The subject of this sketch was born in Canton, Pa., February 6, 1813 and resided in this township all her life except a few years which was spent in the State of New York. In 1841 on New Years Day she was united in marriage with Mr. A. W. Wright, by Rev. Mr. Kingsley. She was converted to God the next year under the labors of the clergyman who married them and immediately after joined the Methodist Episcopal Church at East Canton, of which she has been a consistent member ever since. Last February she sustained injuries, the result of a severe fall, which seemed to break her constitution and make way for the disease which caused her death. She won and held the profound respect of all who knew her by her quiet modesty, purity of character and other sterling Christian graces. She leaves two sons, six daughters and a companion to mourn their loss. Written by J.C.B.M. (Northern Christian Advocate, August 27, 1885) | Loomis, Elizabeth (I16807)
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| 9170 | Written 17 Sep 1776 John DUNWODY will registered in Book F Page 339 Proved June 18 AD 1777 No 3086 from the collection of Betty Turner In The Name of God, Amen This Seventeenth Day of September in the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred and seventy six I John Dunwody of West nantmel Township Chester County and Province of Pensylvania being Sick and weak of Body But of perfit Mind and Memory Blessed be God for the Same and Calling to mind That is appointed for all men to Die and finding myself Approaching near to the Time of my Departure of this present Life by the Disolution of my Soul from this frail Body Do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in the maner and form as followeth Viz: First of all I give and resign my Soul up to God Through Jesus Christ who gave it, in hope of a full pardon of all my Sins Through The Merits of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ the Son of God and my Body to be Buried in the Earth in a Desent Christian manner at the Discretion of my Executors in the Blessed hope of a Ressurection to Eternal Life by the power of Almighty God and as touching what Little of this worlds Goods I may Leave behind me I give and Bequeath in manner and form as followeth and First I appoint and order that all my Lawful Debts and Funeral Charges be paid by my Execetors Item I give and bequeath unto my Dear and Loving Wife the sum of one Hundred pounds together with a Horse and Saddle one Bed and Bed Clothes and one Milch Cow to be kept for her and her Choice of a room in The House Item I give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Margret Maghan the wife of Archibald Maghan the Sum of five Shillings Item I give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Mary Euart the wife of John Euart the sum of five Shillings Item I give and Bequeath unto my Son James Dunwody the sum of five Shillings Item I give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Susanna Hamel the Wife of William Hamel the sum of five Shillings Item I give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Rebecca McWilliams, the wife Hugh McWilliams Deceased the sum of five Shillings Item I give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Sarah Dunwody the sum of fifty pounds and a Horse and Saddle and one Bed and Bed Cloths and one Case of Drawers and two Milch Cows providing She pleases her Mother and Brothers in Marriage and if not I leave it at their Disposal to Deal it to her as they Shall think fit. Item I give and Bequeath unto my two Sons Robert Dunwody and John Dunwody all the Remainder part of my Estate Both Real and personal to be equally Devided between them as The Shall think to the best advantage--- I Do Hereby ordain and appoint my two Sons Robert Dunwody and John Dunwody to be my sole Exacutors of this my Last Will and Testament and I Do herby Revoke Disalow and Disanull all and every other former Wills and Testaments whatsoever heretofore made or Mentioned and Do hereby Ratify and Confirm This and know other to be my Last Will and Testament in Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand Seal this Day and year above Writen Signed Sealed Published Pronounced and Declared by the said John Dunwody as his Last Will and Testament in the Presence of us the Subscribed--- [a cover page has been taped over the witnesses' signatures] Personally appeared before me Ann Craig and Upon her Solumn Oath Doth Say That She Saw on the 18th Day of September 1776 a Will that Was Signed and Sealed with John Dunwoody Named; Which was Signed by James Anderson and James Legett as Evidences And that the above is the true purport of y Said Executed Will. Except y fourth Bequest Which this Deponant sayith was not in that Writing which was so Executed and further Saith not Ann Craig (signature) Before me Thomas Taylor June 18, 1777 Personally Appeared before me James Anderson and Upon his Solumn Oath Saith that as Near as he Can Remember About y 15th or 16th of September John Dunwody Sent for him and y said John Dunwody ordered his wife to tell his Son Robert Dunwody to fetch his will he then had wrote. And that y said John Dunwody took the said Writing And -xxx two illegible words xxx- and this Deponant then askd him if he Could Read it Which the Said Dunwoody Said he Could as it Was a Very Legable hand Writing: And this Deponant then Asked him if it was to his mind. Which y Said Dunwoody then Answerd him it Was: then the Said John Dunwoody took the Said Writing and signd and Sealed it and Declared it to be his Last Will & Testament and desires this Deponant to be a Witness to the Same. Declaring that to be his Will and no Other: This Deponant Signed y Said Writing as an Evidance therunto And that y Said Deponant Saith y Said Dunwoody was in Perfect Disposing Mind & Memory at this time of his Executing of Same and further Saith not James Anderson (signature) Before me T. Taylor L.S. | Dunwoody, John (I15026)
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| 9171 | WWI Draft card shows birth date as 09Mar1875, town clerk shows 08Nov1875 | Hulbert, Lorenzo Clyde (I1514)
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| 9172 | Wyoming County: Its Speciality is Dairy Historically Wyoming County has seen it all when it comes to agriculture: sheep, marrow beans, chickens, apples, potatoes and cash crops. And there has always been a smattering of milk cows. Over time that smattering has mushroomed, so that today the county has 20% more cows | De Golyer, Calvin S. (I20459)
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| 9173 | Xemanthus S. Allen, father of George G. Allen, Esq., died at his home, 128 South Maple street, Monday at 9 o'clock, aged 65 years and 26 days. Mr. Allen had suffered for a year past with Bright's disease. He was born in Ontario County, New York, May 2, 1823, his parents moving to Ohio when he was quite young and residing on a farm in Medina County. In 1869 he came to Akron and has been an active citizen here ever since being engaged in the insurance business for the last 10 years. He was a member of the Royal Areanum and also of a Masonic lodge at Medina. From 1861 to '65 he made himself conspicuous by his activity in raising funds and recruits for the war. He devoted one entire Summer to this. He leaves a wife and a son and daughter, Geo. G. Allen, Esq., and Mrs. Burton I. Sanford, to mourn his death. The remains will be buried in Glendale cemetery. Services at the family residence on Thursday at 2:30 p.m (Summit County Beacon, Wednesday, 30 May 1888) | Allen, Xemanthus S. (I51847)
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| 9174 | YANKEETOWN, Fla. -- Dorothy Schwab, 83, of Yankeetown, Fla., died Tuesday (February 17, 2004) at Nature Coast Lodge under the care of her family and Hospice of Citrus County. She was born to Mildred and James Allen on August 12, 1920, in Olean, N.Y., and she lived most of her life in Allegany County, N.Y. She moved to Lakeland, Fla., where she resided for 15 years before moving to Yankeetown two years ago. She was a homemaker and a member of the Parsons Memorial Presbyterian Church in Yankeetown. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jay S. Schwab, in 1980, her daughter, Linda Barnett, her brothers, James "Red" Allen and Richard Allen, and her great-granddaughter Zoe To. She is survived by three sons, Jay A. Schwab of Yankeetown, Richard Schwab of Ligioner, Pa., and James Schwab of Annapolis, Md., three daughters, Amy Palmer of Wellsville, N.Y., Tina Yanke of Yankeetown and Diane Creech of Ozark, Ala., two sisters, Mary Kruger of Friendship, N.Y., and Marjorie Weinhauer of St. Pete, Fla., one brother Robert Allen of Avinger, Texas, 22 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Brown Funeral Home and Crematory, Crystal River, Fla. | Allen, Dorothy Janet (I12106)
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| 9175 | Yesterday at noon occurred the death of Walter Hicks Townsend, after a lingering illness. In January 1897, Mr. Townsend fell from a straw stack and received injuries which rendered him a great sufferer. The deceased was 33 years of age. He is survived by his father, T. C. Townsend, and three children, two sons and one daughter. Funeral at 2 o'clock Sunday (Ontario County Journal, November 4, 1898) | Townsend, Walter Hicks (I51484)
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| 9176 | Yorks - Mrs. Frances D. Yorks, Honeoye Falls, died Dec. 7,1957. She is survived by her husband, Elton; one daughter, Mrs. William A. Hayes of Penfield; two sons, David and Jack; her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth B. Davis; one brother, Charles B. Davis, both of Geneseo. Funeral service was held Tuesday in the Stephenson Funeral Home, with burial in West Bloomfield Cemetery. (Livingston County Republican, Geneseo, N.Y., Thursday, December 12,1957) | Davis, Frances Helena (I13548)
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| 9177 | YORKTOWN - Retired CMSGT. Thomas Perron Singleton Jr., died Thursday, Jan. 7,1999. A native of Fall River, Mass., he was a Peninsula resident since 1972. Mr. Singleton was a veteran of Korea and Vietnam and retired from the U.S. Air Force in 1975 after 26 years of service. He was an avid fisherman. He is survived by his loving wife of 46 years, Magda A. Singleton; a daughter, Janet M. Small, and her husband, Ricky, of Yorktown; two sons, Thomas P. Singleton III, and his wife, Joan, of Newport News and Richard Thomas Singleton of Framingham, Mass.; two sisters, Avis Sullivan of Toano and Norma Burgess of Summerset, Mass.; and a grandson, T. Perron Singleton IV. A funeral service will be held on Monday, Jan. 11, at 11 a.m. at Amory Funeral Home, Grafton, with Chaplain Rick Montoya officiating. Burial will follow in Hampton Memorial Gardens with full military honors. The family will receive friends Sunday from 2 to 3 p.m. at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 729 Thimble Shoals Blvd., Suite 3C, Newport News, Va. 23606; or to the American Heart Association, 753 Thimble Shoals Blvd., Newport News, Va. 23606. | Singleton, Thomas Perron (I42052)
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| 9178 | YOUNG WOMAN IS TAKEN BY DEATH Mrs. Nellie Bonker. 26 years old, died Sunday morning at 7 o'clock at the home of her sister, Mrs. May VanGorder of No.70 Erie Avenue, following an illness of more than a year’s duration. She has been a resident of this city for the past seven months. She was born in Rathbone and besides her husband, Raymond Bonker, is survived by a four-year-old daughter, Ellen Audria Bonker, her parents Mr. and. Mrs. Harrison Dimick of Addison, three brothers, William Dimick of Easton Fa., Frank Dimick of Messina N. Y., Osborn Dimick of Cameron Mills, and four sisters, Mrs. Flynn Clark of Corning, Mrs. Anna Pease of Elmira, Mrs. Frank Root and Mrs. Van Gorder of this city. There will be a prayer at the house at 4 o’clock and the body will be taken to Newton N. J., where the funeral services will be held. Burial will take place in Newton. (Evening Tribune-Times, Hornell, NY, Monday, December 20, 1920) | Dimmick, Nellie (I43197)
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| 9179 | Youngest son of J C Brown of Livingston Manor and lived there with his mother. He was working at Koons Mill at Emmonsville near Livingston Manor and died due to a very bad accident on Friday June 13. (SULLIVAN COUNTY RECORD, June 19, 1913, page 1) | Brown, Burl Victor (I46767)
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| 9180 | Zachary was educated at Canandaigua Academy and at Lima Seminary. He always followed farming. He built his residence in 1883 a half mile south of the old homestead and commands a fine view of the lake and rural scenery(even today). (The Livonia Gazette, Livonia, NY, Friday, December 26,1924) | Briggs, Zachary Jedediah (I117)
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| 9181 | Zechariah Hicks of Cambridge, born 1628-9, resided on Brighton Street, and his estate extended from Winthrop Street to Mt. Auburn Street. He married Elizabeth, daughter of John and Joanna Sill, Oct. 28, 1652; died in Cambridge, Aug. 5, 1702, aged 73. His wife Elizabeth died Sept. 12, 1730, aged 93. (Hist. of Cambridge, by Rev. Lucius R. Paige, p. 580.) Zechariah Hicks was the son of Thomas Hicks of Scituate, Mass., and Margaret West. She was the daughter of Zachariah West, a linen draper of London. Will of Thomas Hicke (Scituate, N. E. Genealogical Register, 1851, p. 260.) His will signed by his mark, Jan. 10, 1652. His wife, Margaret, executrix. To his sons Zachariah, Daniel and Samuel. Inventory by Walter Woodward and Wm. Brooks. Am't. | Hicks, Zachariah (I15719)
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| 9182 | Zechariah was a carpenter and served in King Philips War. HISTORY of CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS 1630-1877 PREFACE page 376 Hicks, Zechariah (Zech.) b. 27 Sept. 1657, carpenter, m. (1) Ruth Green (John, Percival) 19 Nov. 1685, 568; m. (2) Seeth, wid. William Andrew (Sam., Wm.) 26 June 1704, who was living 1740, 480; res. Boylston St., d. 27 Jan. 1752, 580; licensed to sell liquor, 1704-17,227; private King Philip's War, 1675, 399 n.; on census, 1688, 441 | Hicks, Zachariah (I15717)
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| 9183 | Zephaniah Briggs Administration (Northborough) 1785 Wife, Margaret Briggs as per estate inventory order: “When you have perfected your Inventory, you are to set off to Margaret Briggs (the said Deceased’s Widow) one full Third Part…” References to ‘children’ are crossed off the form as per the distribution of the remainder of the estate. Gilliam Bass and Thaddeus Fay, yeoman of Northborough, ordered to pay the debts owed by the deceased. Wife Margaret dies during the administration of the estate & Nathaniel Ruggles appointed administrator, Jan. 15, 1792. Only reference to a relative is a letter by an Isaac Stern stating that Nathaniel Ruggles of Rochester married one of Zephaniah Brigg’s nieces. No other Briggs’s mentioned. | Briggs, Zephaniah (I4706)
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| 9184 | Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church | Stover, George B. (I27044)
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| 9185 | Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church | Stover, Doctor Charles H. M.D. (I27045)
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