T H E D A- - I L E Y- - FAMILY

A Biographical History and Genealogy of the Descendants of EBENEZER DAILEY Wh.o came to America before 1773 And settled during that year in the Manor of Rensselaerwyck at what is Now Schodack, Columbia Co., N. Y.

Compiled by Ella Daily Fox 1939 To the Memory of my Father This Record of the Generations Of His House is Affectionately Dedicated •••••••••• Each man is a branch of a stout oak tree, After storm and stress, it will stronger be, Its roote in old earth, its crown in the skies, A branch is then what a man may be, Part of the strength of the family tree. From "Burke's Peerage."

PREFACE

My interest in family genealogy began with a view of establishing proof of eligibility for admission to the Daughters of the American Revolution society. This v,;as back over tv1enty-five years ago, and as tihle passes on, my interest is still keen. In the compiling of these records, it has taken much time, hardwork, self-sacrifice and per­ serverence. It has meant visiting numerous libraries throughout the East; searching through old manuscripts, church records, countless histories, Surrogates', Clerks',and Tovm records; looking up old family bibles;. visiting old cemeteries; and ~Titing countless letters. Yet in the work, we have derived much profit­ able pleasure and enjoyment and hope those who read these pages will derive an equal amount of pleasure in so doing. It is a matter of regret that so many families know little and care less about their ancestry. What a blessing it would have been if one or two cen­ turies ago our ancestors had made and preserved a full and accurate family history. And we are sure our des­ cendants will appreciate in years to come, our efforts in gathering together such data as are now possible before it is too late. This book does not contain a full and com­ plete record of all the descendants of our first an­ cestor, Ebenezer Dailey1 • We know nothing of his brothers who it is said came from the Old Country with him. And we do not know much concerning his children, with the exception of his son Ebenezer2 It is through this son Ebenezer2 that we are able to trace our ov.;n line of ancestry. ~~le ear­ nestly desire to get in touch with other members of the family of this first Ebenezer1 • IIe had another son John2 whose descendants must be somev;llere in the country, and we would be glad to communicate with them. We wish to thank all those who have so kindly ansv':ered our letters of inquiry and assisted us in• various• \vays. You will notice that a few branches of our family tree are not as completely carried out as others, and also that some lines have not been brought up to date. Some of these records were gathered a good many years ago, and those mentioned therein have been lost track of and scattered. To try to reach them would be an almost endless job. tiany members of the family are living, or have lived, neaf the writer where we can easily keep in touch with them. Others are in regular correspond­ ence ~~th us, and we have been able to follow along through the changes that have come to them, and thus bring their records up to date. Then too, some have been slow in acknowledg­ ing our letters of inquiry, and perhaps laid them aside and forgotten them. Others perhaps lack an interest in their family ancestry and failed to respond to my requests. But for the most part, we have had splendid cooperation.

Perha!)s vie should give a few ~vords of ex­ planation in regard to the arrangement of these records in order to make them clear. "Ve hav~ started in by taking each child of Ebenezer Dailey separately in the order of their birth and completing the records of the one child before taking up the next.

To illustrate: You will note that the oldest child of Ebenezer2 is Peter3. So we have proceeded first to take up the descendants of Peter3 carrying them dovm in most instances to the present generation. We then take up the descendants of the next oldest child which is DeLaney3 and have ~roceeded in the same way with her line. Th€ first ancestor, being of the first gsneratio:1 of our American Daileys, vJe indicate by th2 figure l after his name. His children being of the second generation, ~e indicate them by the figure 2; the third by the figure 3, and so on. We are leaving a blank uage between the records of each child of Ebenezer2 (where there were children) , plainly shov;ing ;·~·here the records of one leave off and other begins. We suggest that each family utilize these blank pages in carrying dov;n their own family lines, supplying additional births, deaths, marriages, or items of history which they may later acquire, and v1hich are not mentioned in this book.

1 --Th~ ----ORIGitT -OF --THE ----DAILEY ----FAM:ILY

The f ollov,ing is taken from Burl\'.e 's Peerage: "The family of Daly or O'Daily is of very ancient origin, de-ducing its descent from Niale Navigialach {Nial of the nine ·hostages) Monarch of Ireland in the 4th Century A.D. 388 who was also common ancestor of the O'Neils of Tyromo, and O'Donells of Tryconnel, from whom the pedigree of this family is lineally traced in the Herald's office. Dalagh was 10th in descent from Nial, whence the name Daly, and from him also the O'Donnells are sometimes styled by the old Irish Annalists, "Siol-na-Dalagh" or clan of Daly. Of his descendants there were several kings of Meath, and from thence a branch removed into Thomand, and afterwards into Connaught. In 1578, Dermot O'Daly of Killimur Co., Galway, obtained from Queen Elizabeth a grant of the manor or lordship of Larha, in that county, and dying left issue, two sons, Tiegue who d. without issue male, and Donaugh, who left two sons; I. DERMOT 2 , commander of the castle of Clare-Galway, anno 1642. II. JAMES DALY2 whom. Anastasia D'Arcy, grand-dau. of James Riveagh D'Arcy, vice-president of Connaught in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, and direct descendant of Sir John D'Arcy, Justice of Ireland in 1323, by his wife Jane, dau. of Richard-de-Burgo, the Red Earl of Ulster. He left issue: a. Dennis2 of Carrownakelly, Co.--Galway, and b. Charles2 of Earwood or Callow. Dennis2 of Carro-vvnakelly 1ivas Justice of the Court of Common Fleas, and yrivy councillor in the reign of James II, which situation he continued to fill at the time of the Revolution and v;i th such im- 2 psrtiality and integrity in those arduous times as added lustre to his juditial. character. He married 1/iary, dau. of heir of Thoffias ?·ov1er of :t,&sk, in the Co. Limerick (descended froru the Lords LePoer), and left issue by her four sons 3nd tno daughters: a. James v.;ho m. ~Ionora Rice, dau. of Sir Stephen Rice of Limerick who had issue: a. Dennis whom. Catherine, dau. of Sir Vial t er Blake • b. lilary m. Thomas Nugent Esq. of Dononer. b. Thomas Fower who left a dau. m. to IIalachy Donellan Esq. of Bally-douellan. c. Denis m. the dau. and heiress of George French Esq~ of French-brook, Co. of lra.yo, and left one son. d. Peter of ~uansbury, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Richard Blake Esq. of Ardfry, and left one son - unmarried - and three daughters. II JAMES DALY~c:, of Carrownskelly and Dunsandle Co. of Galway, m. 1st Bridget, dau. of Francis, 21st. Lord Athenry. m. 2nd Catherine Gore, dau. of Sir Ralph Gore, and granddaughtpr of Sir William Gore, who m. J!annah, dau. and co-heiress of James Hamilton Esq. of Hamilton Manor, eldest son of Sir Frederick :-:arn.ilton, 4th son of Lord Claude IIamilton 1st Baron Paisley. James Daly2 and Catherine Goro left the fol­ lo1vi:n.g c!1ildren: a. Denis3 b. in 174?. b.·Robert3 D.D. b. June 8, 1?83. c. Henriatta3 d. unmarried. d. Catherine• 3 ra. John Godley Esq. of Killigar Co. I.Jei trim. 3 Denis Daly3 was for many years M.P. for the Co. Galway in the Irish rarliam0nt, where he was highly distinguished for his eloquence and abilities. He vilas one of the leading statesmen of those days so remarkable in Ireland for eminent men, and Gratten describes him as 'one of the best and brightest characters that Ireland ever produced.' Hem. 1?80 Henrietta, only dau. and heiress of Robert, Earl of Farnham, (one of the ancient family of Maxwell and descGnded from tho Kings of Scotland by the marriage of his ancestor, Sir John Iiaxwell of Pollock and Calderwood, with Isabella, dau. of Sir James Lindsley, ancestor of the :Earls of Crawford, and grandchild of King Robert Bruce) by his wife, Henrietta Countess-Dowager of Stafford, only dau. and heiress of Philip Cantillion Esq. and by her (who d. at an advanced age Mch. 6 1852) left issue: a. James, created Baron Dunsandle and Clan Conal, on June 6t 1845; m. in 1?80, Maria Elizabeth dau. and co-heir of the Right Hon. Skeffington Smythe Bart and had several childrenp"

Burke's Peerage says that: The Daly coat of arms are the same as the Dunsandle, except that when the Dalys married into the DUnsandle family the arms were quartered. The Crest of the Dunsandle and Daly coat of arms shows a greyhound, courant, sa. in front of an oak tree. Niotto: Deo fidelis et ragi. LINEAGE OBART

EBENEZER DAILEY1

Jolin ' 0 o enrad 1 7gg Pieter (Peter) 17gg Elizabeth 1794

t I I I I I t I 1 I I 1 I I ' ' ' ' ' ' Peter DeLan~ Huldah John Elizabeth Charles 'v ~ ~;>;: ~7 ~ ~ -~ 'Z:-7 V '<:.~ ~ ~ Jacob George LaFayette Menzo Ransom Vienna George Mary Mary E. John Henry Alzina Elmon Lucinda Milton Riley Charles Alice Maria Byron Eben Daniel Nathan John Herman John R. Jane Mary E. Wesley Silas Mahala Stephen Mary Jane Mary E. Margaret Eben Diana Charity Lyman Valeria Phoebe William Stewart L. Ste:phen William Harvey W. Alice Daniel Mary James Martha George Charles Sarah

4 --TTIE -----Dl-..ILEYS -OF ----Al ..:ERICA

There v:ere several families vt7hose names were variously spelled Daly, Dayly, Dayley, Dailey, Daley, Dally, Dalie, etc. who came to this country in the early days. One John Dailey, an interesting account of v;hich is given in Vol. II of "Genealogy of New England?\', came to America as early as 1665, and raised a large family. IIe settled first in Braintree, liassa­ chusetts, later going to l:Tendon, o.r~d finally to Providence, Rhode Island. Records show the name very comm.on in Ireland. In 1890, there were 381 births in the Daly (or Dailey) families, 49 of which were in Ulster. The name is also found in England and Scot­ land. The first immigrants of that name coming into Ireland v,ere said to be French IIuguenots. John Dailey, the first American Immigrant of whom we have any record, came from the lforth of Ireland and v1as of F·rotestant stock. Ebenezer Dailey, the ryrogenitor of the Schodack, New York, branch of the Dailey family, came either from the northern pnrt of Ireland or from Scot­ land, and settled in Schodack, New York, sometime in or before 1??3. He is mentioned in Bleeker's Survey as being among the first settlGrs, and occupying land in the south part ~f the town as a tenant under the Van Rensselaors. This section was then a re.rt of Albany County and was then kno~n as Ransselaerwyck.

Tho "'.Yriter has 11ud0 extensive searches through records of Nev"· York and several 1'Te~v England States to find some mention of this Ebenezer Dailey prior to his coming to Schodack, but as yet has bGen unsuccessful. Some traditional history has been gathered from different descendants of the family, wherein it is stated that Ebenezer had two brothers 'lvho came over v.;i th him, but tlu t in some "7.,-;ay one of them strayed a~ay to other parts and any trace of him finally lost. The n.ames of th8se two brothers r1as not been learnod, but it is a matter of record that a Daniel Dailey livad in or necr Schodack at the time 5 Ebenezer lived the~e= He had a daughter Elizabeth v1ho married Richard VoJ..~er-cine in 1880, so v;e are in-• clined to believe that this Daniel was one of the brothers.

It would not he possible for the John Dailey mentioned above who settled in Braintree, 11assachusetts, to have been a brother~ o-ut v;e believe they all originat­ ed from the same commcn ancestor in-Ireland. Not much is knovm concerning Ebenezer1 of Schodack. He was probably born as early as 1?40 - perhaps earlier. Family records state that he Ii1arried a Margaret Bates (Baits or Baitz) and had six children. There were no church records in Schodack prior to 17?0, and ·we have been unable to find any ac­ count of the births of any of these children, although the records of the Reformed Dutch Church show the marriages of some of them. We know Ebenezerl came to Schodack as early as 17?3 as on that date he leased land of the Van Rensselaers. The writer has a photostatic copy of the original written contract of this lease which is on file in the ?Januscript Department of the State Library at Albany. He must have b'3en married at that time and had at least a couple of his children as two of them were married as early as 1782 and these marriages are recorded in the church records of Schodack. We knov; nothing concerning L:3.rgaret Bates. 't1e b lieve her to ha vc belonged to the early Bates families \"-?ho settled in !~=asss.chusetts arid later came down into Connecticut and other Eastern States. There were other families bearing the nar.10 of Bai ts and Baitz livi~, in thG 1':cv; ~gl,~:.nd States, vvhich v1ere of Dutch origin. · In the 1?90 Census, under t~o list of nHeads of Families", Ebon0zer Daile:r is shov;n as having five children in his fumily. Accoriing to tradition and ~amily records, Ebenezer Dailey and ]&1rgaret Bates were ths I.'aront s of tho follovJing children: 6

n ,TohnG A.nna2 muJan{John)Becker of Claverack. Tuia-rgaret2 moJohannes Miller, son of Iss.2.c 1Iiller. Siebery(Sebery)2 m.Abram 17i tbeck. Polly2 Ebenezer2b.Feb.28,1??8, m.:ft1ary Spoor, d.1'1"ov. 1, 1845.

The marriage of Johannes Iviiller and Yiargaret Dailey2 is recorded in the Schodack Dutch Church re­ cords. The record reads: "Apr. 1, 1801. Johannes I. Miller, son of Isaac Miller, with Margaritta Dayley, dau. of Ebenezer Dayley." Tradition says they left Schodack some time after their mrriage and moved down into Virginia. The writer has found nothing more concerning them. "'le also find in the same church records the following recorded in Dutch:

"John Becker J.1,-~. en Claverack en Annatje Dally van Schotak, beidewonende in the Countie van Albanie, gatr. Den 2 Apr. 1, 1?82 met geboden."

~·!hen Ebenezer Dailcy1 came to Schodc.ck, he settled among the Dutch, and naturally his children intermarried ~ith those families nnd such marriages, births, etc. were recorded in Dutch.

The bcptisms of tv:10 children of Siebry ( some­ times v1rittGn Zeborn) Dailey and Abram ".Yitbock, are given as follows: Pieter (Peter} bpt.Juno 1,1788. Sponsors-Anna Dailey and Jan Bekker. Elizabeth bpt.May 3, 1?94. No sponsors nnmed.

The f olloviing baptism is o.lso recorded: Coenrad bpt.Jan. 2?, 1?88 - Parents-Anna Dailey and Jan Bekker. Sponsors-Abram 'f/li the ck and Sebery Daley. H.~!l. ? Ebenezer Dailey1 served in the Revolution as ·sergeant in the Albany County Fourth Reg., under Col. Killian Van Re11s selaer, TVood1North Company. His name is listed in the "Archives. of the State of New York;" also in "1Te,v York in the Revolution." No further records have jret been found by the writer concerning this f~rst ~ene~er Do.iley,_other than the records concerning his son EbenezerG who Married Mary Spoor. So, we will undertake to trace, as. completely as possible, only the line of descendants of: Ebenezer2.

EBENEZER DAILEY2

Ebenezer Dailey2 and Mary Spoor were married Apr. 19, 1800, .probably in :Kinderhook ·where her family resided. ,Ve have been unable to find any church record of their marriage, but it is given in family records. · Mnry Spoor was the daughter of Isaac Spoor and W~gdalena (or Lena or Lana) Van Valkenburg. Isaac Spoor was a direct descendant of Ja.n ~\Tybessee Spoor who came to America before 1662. Soon after Ebenezer Dailey2 and Mary Spoor were married, the:{ moved down into Cannonsville, Delo.war County, where they commenced housekeepingy It is said they made the journey on horseback, each having a horse, and carrying all their wordly goods vvi th theri, They remained in Can_~onsvillc ~bout seven yeQrs, and here their first three children were born. We presume they farmed land, but we have no account of this.

In June 1806, the~r moved up to Decatur, Ots:ego County, where, ~ccounts say, they first lived in a log house situated about one mile esst of tho village~ on what later was known as the Emerson Dniley Farm. This house stood on the site which w&s later used by Emerson Dailey as a g2.rden. ·01e do not knovil 1.vhether or not this log house v1as built after they came into possession of the land or was already there. They cleared this farm which consisted of about fifty acres of leased land (called three-life lease land). Later they moved a short distance east on whnt wns nfterwnrds known as the ~esley Dailey Farm, 8 and here they built a nevi hot1se. Records state that Eben Dailey ( by v1hich na:rue he ";/Jas later knovvn) bought land of a John Van Voorhis Feb. 26, 1834, for $1,600. This may have been the property. 2 Ebenezer died Nov. 1, 1845. A copy of his will is found in the Surrogate's Office at Cooperstown. To his widow, Mary, he gave the use of 150 acres of land and all his personal property~ - After the decease of said widow, the pro,erty ~ns to be divided among his children. Each daughter was to receive i100.oo, and the sons, :Peter, Stephen and IIenry, $500 .. 00 each. The farm and all farming utensils were to go to his sons, John and Charles, to be divided equally between them. His sons, Teter and Stephen, were appointed executors. The writer has in her possession the original invoice of all his personal property taken at the time of his death. His wife, ~~ry, died Sept. 4, 1849, at the age of 68 years. Both arc buried in the Decatur CemeterJ

r!,!ary Spoor had three brothers: Henry, Thomas and Abram; and three sisters: Betsey, i:archa and Eunice (Naucha in D~tch}. Ebenazer Dailey and v;if c t1ary vvere the parents of twelve children, as follows:

1. Peter3 b.Apr. 4,1801,d.Nov.15,188?,m.Lucretia Fox. 2. DeLana3 >-" ~;' ·; ..... L"... 11'l "t".'1 TI (DeLaney} b.Oct. lo , 1 ~-02 , d ._._,n.y-· 26 , ...le-,.. v j. , ...... A..,.;..: ... Os Boar __ . 3. Lucy3 b.July 10,1805,d.Oct.17,184£,m.Calvin Boorn. 4. 1\Iargaret3 b .11ch. 31, 1808, d.Sept. 9, 18?6 ,m.IIenry VanVoor 5. Folly3 b .Ivich. 26,1810,d.IJay 2?,1894,m.Valoris Flint 6. Stephen3 b •. Apr. 29,1813,d.July 4,1891,m.(l.Lucy Flint (2.Sarah Day Devenpeck. (3.Lucinda Prindle. ?. Henry3 b.Feb. 13,1815,d.Mch. 3,1892,m.Susan Holmes. 3 ,r 8. Huldah b • .,.i'.-:.1.C 1l. 11,181?,d.Eay 13,1899,m-John Demelt. ~ 9. Johnu b •. A.ug. 9,1818,d.Dec.30,1884,m.Catherine 1iarckley. 9 3 10.Elizabeth o.July 13,1820,d.July 27,1914, m.John Ferguson. ll.Charity3 b. July 13, 1823, d .l:~ch. 1, 1854, nsver married. "") r,i...... -...1..,es 3 1 &:.>. \JJ...l.Cl..L b.Aug. 2?,1825,d.Oct. 3,1849, ru. -a t~arckley (?} • 10 PETER DAILEY3

Peter Dailey3, eldest child of Ebenezer Dailey and Margaret Spoor, was born in Cannonsville, Delaware County, N. Y., and moved with his parents to Decatur when about five years of age. On June 16, 1820, at the age of 19 yrs., he married, in Decatur, Lucretia Fox, dau. of Jacob McCoy Fox and wife, Sally (or S~rah) Kaples. She was a native of Canaan, Columbia County, and tradition says she was born on a farm between Canaan and Lebanon Center. The writer has made several attempts to locate the exact farm, but as yet has not been successful. Jacob Fox was e direct descendant of Thanas Fox of Concord·, hiass., v1ho came to this country some­ time prior to 1644. Jacob's father, Jedediah Fox, own­ ed land and lived in Bozrah, Conn.=, where Jacob was living in 1?65. Although we do not know the exact birthplace of Jacob, he was born Octc 14, 1744. He served, V\l'hen only a young boy, as waiter to Col. ~Vhi tney, in the French and Indian ~,'far. Tie enlisted in the Re­ volution in 1??6 (in. a Connecticut Roglment), and served with distinction. Ee was commissioned Lieutenant in l??? and served as such until the close of the war. Sally Eaples, mother of Lucretia, wns the daughter of Thomas Iraples who was also from Connecticut. She ·was of pure Irish descent, and it is said that she ¼US one of the handsomest Irish girls to be found~ She died of consumption, however, v·.t-,.en Lucretia was only three years old. Jacob later married Lydia Kempe i~en Lucretia v,;as 16 yrs. old, they moved to Decatur, N. Y.:, nnd lived in Tnha t ~ras knoi'v-n as the Dan Tul8.rckl0y house., Here Jacob died on .A.ug. 10, 1827. Sally ( Sarah) Kaples was born Oct. l?, 1?67, and died in 1803. Both Jacob and Sally ?..re buried at Decatur,}?. Y. For a time after their marriage, Peter Dailey3 and his wife, Lucretia, lived in the Village of Decatur - probably with her parents in the Dan Marckley ~ house, ns some of their children were born there. Feter~ later moved ton house on the upper side of the Naham Thompson Pond. 11

17: On Apr. 17, 1836, :Feteru, with his family, moved to Gothicvillc, on n farm (occupied in later yea.rs by his son James). T:·1ey had seven children when they moved, their first child, D~niel, having died when four ye~rs of a.5e 2s c1 result of dri:r1l(ing... lye. A second child named DnniE:1 v;e.s n baby 'tNhon they moved to Gothicvillc. Tradition says they tipped over v.;i th their sleigh when moving, spilling n b~rrel of soft soap which they hf:d TIE.de. The land on the Gothicvillc fQrm was only partially cleared v1hen they moved there. They paid $900 .. 00 for the farm. I!erc their la.st four children were· born - James, George, Sarah, and an infant girl v;ho died. Peter Dailey3 and wife lived on this farm until their death. He died rJov. 14, 188? and she died Jan. 20, 1883. Both are buried in the Decatur Cemetery. During the last years of their life together, they occupied a few rooms by themselves, and their son James and family moved there and v;;orked the farm. Feter Dailey3 and wife were a modest, hard­ working, industrious couple, setting examples of honesty, sincerity, and uprightness. After their children had all founded horaes of their own, and they had retired frora active life, Peter Dailey and his wife enjoyed some of the fruits of their labor by raaking tvio extend­ ed trips to tho middle T•/est v;here several of their children had ,reviously settled while the country was yet new. Among these children wore Alzina, Eben, 't7illiam, George and Sarah.

Peter Dai·1 eyu"7. and wife were the parents of the follov1ing children: 12

1. Jacob i:ccoy4 :--~. Oct. 4, 1621,d. June 9, 1854, m.tiary Jane Devall. 2.Alzina4 b.Aug. 3,1823,d.Mch.17,1904, r.i.Allen Gillett. 3.Da:aiel D. 4 b.ll&y 10,1825,d.--1B29, (died fror:1 drirLl{in.g lye) • b.Apr. 4,1827,d.Aug.31,1908, :m·. John Folrnsbee. 5.Eben Boorn4 b.Feb.2?,1829,d.June 7,1913, !n. { 1. Lucinda I~Iudge • {2.Catherine i=ulter. 4 6.~hoebe J. b.Feb. 6,1831,d.July 30,18?1, L:. Sa1:1ue l nro;m. ?.~~Tilliam G. 4 b.Feb. e,1833,d .. Dec.23,1921, m. Thoebe ::o't;?e. 4 8.Daniel b.Feb.16,1835,d. in t~e Ci-..1il '"Tar. 9 .James L. 4 b • I Ich • 2 9 , 18 38 , d •Dec • 2 5 , 19 0 3 , n:.:.:·eribah Van Voorhis. 10,George4 b.}::ay ll,le40,d.Thanksgiviri_g Day, 1923, rn.(l.Ella Bassler. ( 2 Brennen. 4 .:vate 11.Sarah L. b.Sept.17,1842,d.l~y 22,1923. E.Aaron ?ut~an. 12 .A baby girl ·who died in infancy~

I :r:1ight add here that some rn.erJ.bers of this "9articular fartlly, in later ·years, dropped the 11 e 11 from the ~ame anailey"' ai1d spelled it "Daily". "Je know of no reason for their doinr7...., so • 13 Jacob McCoy Dailey4

Jagob EcCoy Dailey4 , the eldest child of Peter Dailey and Lucretin Fox, married 118.ry Jane Devall on October 18, 1844, and started housekeeping on .A.lgerine E-Iill near Decatur.. 1-1e taught school for a time before his marriage. "-:le have no further know­ ledge of them except that they both died when their first and· only child was a small lad. She died first (about 1861} ~hen their boy was only four years old. Jacob 1:..-;cco:\r Dailey· died one year later. Their son was: ~erson5 b. Oct .13, 184?, d.trov. 24, 1935 ,m.Fannie Cooper.

Emerson Dailey5 Emerson Dail~J5 was born on Algerine Hill. Iiaving been left an or,han at an early age, he v1as taken to the home of his grandparents {Mr. and Mrs. Peter Dailey) in Gothicville,where he was cared for and brought up as one of their children. He received a fair education for the times. After completing grammar school, he was sent to a business college in Albany for a time. On October 13, 18?0, he married Fanny Cooper of Decatur. They com~enced housekee,ing on Algerine Hill, and later moved dov;n into the v·illag-e of Decatur where they resided for five or six years. They then moved to a home a short distance east of the village where they spent the remainder of their lives. This home farm, consisting originally of but a few acres of land, Vias added to frorn tirle to tir:"l.e, so:rn.e land being acquired b:y purchase from a neighboring farm and the rest later as "leas0-land n. Fannie Cooper Dailey, was born near Decatur ~Jarch 12, 1849. She v1as the daughter of I-!orace and Angeline r\11agce Coo:per. She died Juno 4, 1918. Fannie Cooper Dailey was a modest, upright, consistent Christian wo:c1an of 1Evl1om none could speak ill. 1-4:

Emerson Dailey5 v;ns a man who was honest and upright in his dealings with others, and respected in the community. Possessing a cheerful disposition, he was able to see the bright side of life, and his droll sa-:fir~s made him an ir.teresting conversationalist and won him many loyal friendso At the time of his death, he was one of the oldest residents of the Town of De­ catur, having passed his eig~ty-eighth birthday, and up to within a year of his death, he·lived an active life on his farm, and his reind and nemory were kean until the end . Emerson Dailey5 and Fannie Cooper were the parents of but one child: Lucretia E. Dailey6 b.Feb.21,1888, unmarried.

Lucretia E. Dailey6 Lucretia E. Dailey6 was born on the farm near Decatur where she resided until after her father's death. She remained in the home and devotedly cared for her father during his last years, doing everything in her power to provide comfort for him. Besides look­ ing after- the affairs of the home, both inside and out­ side, she assisted v1ith church work when possible. She has been a faithful and devoted member of the Methodist Church in Decatur since early girlhood and served as organist in both church and Sabbath School for many years. She has also held minor Try~rn offices such as Assessor, Registrar of Vital Statistics, etc. She has also for many years been the Decatur correspondent for the n~~rorcester Times". After her father's death in 1935, she sold the home farm and movGd into the Village of Decatur and is livi:r1g there at this titie (1938). 15 Alzina Dailcy4

Alzina Dailey4 , tho eldest daughter of Peter3 and Lucretia Fox Dailey, was born in Otsego County, :N. Y. l On J"anuary 24, 1849 , she was united in :marriage to Allen Gillett, also of Otsego County. For a time after their marriage, they lived on a farm. near South Valley where their first three children were born. In 1854, they Loved their faraily ~Vest, settling at Belvidere, Ill. They remained there fourteen years, and then hlOVed to the State of Wdssouri and purchased a farm near the To~vn of Hamilton. They continued to live on this homestead during the remin­ der of their lives. The farm originally consisted of l?O acres, but he later acquired oore land. He con­ stantly added improvements until the buildings and everything about the place were in excellent condition. Besides farni.ng in a general way, he dealt in blooded stock and became well known in this line. They prospered financially,. and reared a fine fanily of children, ten of whom lived to grow up and found famlies of their own. Mrs. Gillett was a quiet, unassuming woman> greatly devoted to her home and family. She survived her husband several years, living to the age of eighty­ one years.

Na' •. Gillett ·was born in Otsego County, N. Y., August 21, 1825 and died September 13, 1899, in Hamilton, Mo. His mother, before her marriage, was Olive Granger, and he v1as the third of eig11t children. A lifetime of hard, earnest endeavor, coupled with strict integrity and honesty of purpose, placed him among the truly res­ pected and honored agriculturists of the country. Alzina Dailey4 and Allen Gillett were the parents of the follov;ing children: 16 5 l.,Juliet b .irov .16, 1849, a. inJan .1933 ,m. Jacob Snider. 2.Viola5 b.~ec.25,1850,d.about 1930,n.Lewis Nelson. 3, ~?illiam D •. 5b .i\1ar .1e., 1852, d. Dec. 7, 1918, ra.rJellie Streeter. 4.Salina5 , b.Dec.23,1855,d.Apr. 3,1880,m.Lyman D.Brown. 5. Charles ~-~• 5b. June 1858, m.Alma Erway. 6.Jerome5 b.Nov. 3,1859,d.July 5,1935, m.Ellen E.Buffum. ?.Ida J.5 b.Ear. 6,1862, ·m.Levi G.Sweat. 5 8. T'Jallace B. b .!Tov. ? , 1863 t m.~Eary Fisher. 9.Abram L.5 b.Apr. 6,1865,d.Sept.2,1900, m.itiary Sorenson. 10.Stephen A. 5b.Apr.30,186?, m.Fannie Lewis. 11.A~daughter who died when an infant. Juliet Gillett5 Juliet •Gillett5 was born in Otsego County, :·-r. Y. , and moved "'Jest vli th her parents "fJvhen a small girl of about five years of age. On November 16, 1869, she married J"acob II. Snider of I:Iaruilton, 1:0. He served as First Lieute nant in the Civil 't/!ar, serving in Co. A, 33rd Reg. of the State L.ilitia of Missouri. He v;as a member of the Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints, in which church he served as an Elder. Juliet Gillett Snider and her husband lived on a farm near Hamilton, and she continued to live there for many years after his death.

Juliet Gillett and Jacob Snider were the parents of tv10 children:

l.Alice6 t.Aug.19,1270,d.in 1924,m.Charles Craven. 2.Eli Colerran6 b.Aug.18,18?1,d.Dec.16,1925, m.:Fellie Dodge. Alice Snider6

Alice Snider6 and Charles Craven vvere r.J.arried at Haruil to:n, IJo. They resided in Oklahon1a in 1917. She was in ill health for several years and died in 1924. Charles Craven still survives and lives in I-!arnilton. They v;ere the parents of the follov~i.ng c h.ld.... 1 ren.. n.Claud ? b ·~_arl 7 c.J·abel 7 r1. Oscar Ford. 17 tiabel Craven7and Oscar Ford have several children. They rc:side on a farm near Hamilton.

6 Eli Colauan Snider Eli Colcr~n Snid0r6 , son of Juliet Gillett and Jacob Snider, was born at Hamilton, 1-::o., and lived on his father's faru. Ho rnrriGd Nellie L. Dodge · Septera.bor 21, 1898. ?h'. Snider v:as a very progressive farmer, and an outstanding citizen. He was well educat­ ed and a good public speaker. He was also much interest­ ed in music. llirs. Snider was born iiay l?, 18?6, and con­ tinues to live at Hamilton. They were the parents of three children: a.Beula Juliet? b.Oct.20,1900,m.Guy Hawley (have 1 child b.Homer J. D. ?· b.·oct.31,1903,married, (have 1 child c.Ernest Coleman7b.Nov.15,1905,married, (have 2 children)·. The sons both reside on farms; some of the land on which their farms are located formerly belonging to their grandfather, Jacob Snider.

Viola Gillett5 5 Vio¼a Gillett , the second child of Allen and Alzina Dailey Gillett, was born in New York State and moved ".'/est with her parents when she ~s a small child of three or four years of age. ~e know very little of her early life, but from what we have been able to glean from old letters, she went to !{ebraska in 1885 with other members of her family and took up a claim in the northwest corner of the State, She married a man by the name of Lewis Nelson and we believe they lived in Nebraska. Her husband died soon after their marriage and she remained a widow during the rernainder of her life. After the death of her husband, she divided her time among her brothers and sisters and also spent some time in New York State visiting friends. She died about 1930 at Chadron, Neb., where she had passed the last years of her life with her brother Wallace. 18 5 William D. Gillett ~1illiam D. Gillctt5 , the eldest son of Allen and Alzina Dailey4 Gillett, was born in Otsego County, N. Y., and moved with his parents to Belvidere, Ill., when about two years of age, later moving to Missouri when about sixteen years of age. On December 5, 1878, he married Nellie Streeter of Homer, Cortland County, :tJ. Y. , who proved a most loyal and devoted wife and mother. She was born in New York State June 19, 1855, and died at Hamilton, Mo., liovember 23, 1922, having survived her husband about four years. Mr. Gillett was a man of sterling character; upright in his dealings; a kind, affeotionate husband and father; and highly respected in the community. Like his father, Mr. Gillett was a large land owner, and farmed on a·large scale, having acquired at one time ?50 acres of land. He was proud spirited and achieved success as a practical rarmer and stockman. Nine children were born to this union as follows: l.Nellie May6 b.about 18?9,d.about 1886 from drin..~ing lye 2.Herbert ~-6 b.Ma.y 26,1880, m.Retta Helen Dunavan. 3.Homer D. b.Dec.19,1882, m.Jennie Yates. 4.Eugene M. 6 b.Apr.l?,1885, m.Bessie Mae Morris. 5.George f · 6 b~Dec.24,1888, mcGuendulene Edwards. 6 .Edna E. b.Aug. 4,1890, m.Edwin V£ Ogden. 6 7 .Horace w b.July 21,1892, m.Ina M. Adams. 8.Frank E 6 b.July 6,1895, m.Nellie Morgan. 9.~la.ynard 0 died in infancy.

6 Herbert D. Gillett Herbert E. Gillett6 , the eldest son of~. D. Gillett5 and Nellie Streeter, was born near Hamilton, Mo., and after completing his education in the local schools, attended the Kidder Academy fer u time. He has always followed farming, and honGsteaded his pre­ sent farm near Powell, :fyo.~ in September, 1918. The farm is located eight miles southeast of Powell, on the T."fillviood Division of the Shoshone Irrigated Project. On October 8, 1902, he married Retta Helen Dunavan, also of Hamilton. Nine children were born to this union, as follows: 19 a.Lyle Dunavan7 b.Nov.24,1903, m.Clara Berdena Althoff. b.Clarence I!9mcr7b.Oct.17 ,1905, m.Corrine Madaline Seyle} c.Glen E~g~n b.Oct.13,190?, m.Garhette Trumbull. 7 dcRnlph l.\:8.!.SOn b.Aug.16,1909, :m.. ?n.uline Cole. e. Bernard '~ewis 7 b .11.iay 17, 1911, n.Violet Opal Shoemaker. f.Nellorray b.July 25,1916~ g.Katie Barbara7 b.June 23,1923. h.1Ierbert Lee7 ?b.Jan. 5,1927. i.Allen Burdette b.July 20,1930, d.Jari,23,1931. Ly~e D~~van Gillett7 and Clara Berdena Althoff were married Augast 26, 1922, at Powell, Yf:y-o., and live on a farm two and a half miles west of Pov;ell. They are the parents of four children:

a.Margaret Elaine8 b .l.:iay 21: 1923. b .Lois l~rie8 b.Oct.31,l928e c.Joyce Loretta8 b.Feb.,22,1930. d.Donald Lyle8 b.W.ar. 4,1932. Clarence Homer Gillett7 was born at Hamilton, Mo., and was married September 6, 1932, to Corinne Madaline Seyler. They have no children and reside on a farm which they homesteaded near Powell. Glen Elgin Gillett 7was born at Hamilton, r{o., and on ?Jay 6, 1928, he married Garnette Trumbull. They live on a farm two and a half miles west of Powell and he also has a mail route which serves the "!fillvvood people. Glen Elgin Gillett and Garnette TrUI!lbull have three children:

a.Ve]ma Naide~n~ b.~ov.24,1929. b. Ilene Francis b .r.-.:ar. 3, 1931. c.Glen Elgin,Jr.8b.Apr. 6,1933. Ralph Nelson Gillett? was born at Hamilton, He -vvas rnarried 1-.farch 20, 1934 to Pauline Cole, and they are also farmers. They have one daughter: a.Barbara Fauline8 b.Dec.23,1934. Bernard Lewis Gillett7 was born at Hamilton, Mo., and married Violet Opal Shoemaker December 16, 1928. They live on a farm which they homesteaded, and are the Darents of two children: ~ 20 8 a .1\·Ictrie Opal q b. J"uly 17, 1929. b 11Don11e. Bcllev b. Oct. 4, 1932. Nellemay Gillett7 was born at Hamilton, Mo., and '\fvor:

Katie Barbara Gillett? ~~s born at Powell, Wyo., where she is now attending school. At this ~Tit­ ing (1935), she is in the Seventh Grade, is a good student, and plays in the school band. Herbert Lee Gillett? was born at Powell, ,fyo., and is attending school there. Allen Burdette Gillett7 was born at the Will­ wood homestead. Ee died of the "flu" and pneumonia January 23, 1931.

Homer D. Gillett6 Homes D. Gillett6 , the third child of William Gillett and Cornelia A. Streeter, was born at Hamilton, ?lo., and after completing his studies in the district school, attended Hamilton High School and was graduated in the Class of 1903. The year following, he attended William Jewell College. He then went into partnership with his father and some of his brothers, remaining at home engaged in practical farming and stock-raising until 1910. During the next two years he rented an ad­ joining farm of 160 acres on which he lived until the farm was sold. After a stay of a couple of years at home, he settled on an eighty acre farm with good im­ provements (a part of the farm. of 720 acres which his father had acquired}. On January 1, 1914, he married r.riss Jennie Yates of Richmond, I~Io., \~hose father was a deacon in the Baptist Church there, and resided on the eighty acre farm until after the death of his father in 1918. Then, for a few years, they resided on a farm of 240 acres two miles west of Kingston, Mo. Finally, in 1926, they went to Kansas City, !iio., where they still reside. He now bas a position with tae Proctor and Gamble Soap Manufacturing Com,any. Mr. Gillett early developed a studious habit which he has since pursued, and has always had a 21 high appreciation of educatior.:.. ~Vhile engaged in agri­ culture, he sought to achieve distinction and success as a practical farmer and stock TTen. Homer Gillett and Jennie Yates were the parents of one daughter: a.Leola Delevan7 b.June 3,1915,m.John E. Cook. Leola Delevan Gillett7 was born near Hamilton, and moved with her parents in the s~ring of 1920 to the farm near lCingston, 1-io. Here she attended her first school located in one corner of the farm. In the spring of 1926, she moved with her parents to Kansas City where she and her husband now reside.

Eugene Manley Gillett6 Eugene Manley Gillett6 was born near Hamilton, Mo., and after completing his education in the district school at Independence, he entered the High School at Iiamilton, from which he ¥las graduated. On ?Jovember 2?, 190?, he was united in marriage at Hamilton to ~.J.ss Bessie tfa.e 1Eorris of Mirable, Mo. They resided on a farm near the old home farm until about 1923, when they moved first to ~7eston, l"1o., then to Hiawatha, Kan., and finally settled in St. Joseph, Mo., where they have re­ sided for the past seven years. Since residing there, he has been serving as a representative of the National Life Insurance Company of Des Moines, Ia. They are the parents of three children: a.Morris Delevan7 b.May 5,1909, at St. Joseph, Mo. b.Harry Radcliff? b.Nov. 26,1918, at Hamilton, Mo. c.Margaret Elaine7 b.Sept.12,1921, at Hamilton, lJo.

L!orris Delevan Gillett7 enlisted in the re­ gular army, and has served two years in the Philippine Islands, besides several y0ars in tho United States. Harry R. Gillctt7 was~ Junior in the Central High School, and Margaret Elain~ a senior in the Bliss Junior High School, in 1936. 22 George W. Gillett6 6 George V'l. Gillett , son of ~!Villiam D. and Nellie Streeter Gillett, was born at Hamilton, Mo., and received his education in the local grade and High Schools. He remained in the home, assisting his father in the work and care of the farm until he was thirty years of age. On November 22, 191?, he was married to Miss Guenduline Edwards and they started housekeeping on a farm adjoining his father's farm. They still re­ side at Hamilton, and are the ::;,arents of two children: a.Grace Lorraine7 b.Sept.12,1920. b.Laverne Edna.? b.Aug. 1,1922.

Edna E. Gillett6 Edna E. Gillett6 , the only living daughter or William and Nellie Streeter Gillett, was born at Hamilton, Mo. We regret not being able to give more in­ formation concerning her early life. We know she was graduated from the High School at Hamilton, in the Class of 1909, and that in November~ J_9l2, she vvas married to Edwin V. Ogden, also of IIaini.lton; that after their marriage they spent a few years on a farm six miles north of IIamilton, and then in 1916, because her mother's health necessitated her return to the home, they moved in with her parents. They remained there until the death of her parents. After a time, we find them living in Colorado, where their present home is at Pueblo. They have two sons: a.Edwin7 b. in March, 1914. b.James7 b. in April, 1918.

6 Horace W. Gillett

H~orace TY. Gillett6 , son of 'f~!illiam D. Gillett5 and Nellie Streeter Gillett, was born at Hamilton, Mo., and spent his earlier years there. After completing his studies in the rural school, he entered the Hamilton High School from which he graduated. On March 22, 1914, he was married to Ina M. Adams at Hamilton, and resided at Hamilton u..~til July, 1923, when they moved to 23 Appleton, Wis., and he entered the employ of the J.C. Penney Company. After remaining there throe years, tl1ey moved to Lebanon, I?a. In 1928, they moved from Lebanon to Holt 011, Kan., and again in 1930 to Oakley, Kan. These changes were all made as a result of trans­ fers by the Penney Company. They still reside at Oakley where he is i~nager of a Penney store.

Horace 'f~_r. Gillett6 and Ina M. Adams were parents of the following six children, one of whom has died: a.Erma Cornelia? b.dune 9, 1915. b.A1cita_,J,an7 b.Dec, 9, 1916, d.Oct.13,1933. c;llildred ? b.Aug.19, 1918. d.William D. b.Aug.2?, 1921. e.Barbara Joan7 b.Oct. 6, 1928. f.James Preston?·b.June 24,1930. After completing their education in the local schools, the three eldest daughters entered.". the State Normal School at Pittsburg, Kan. Anita Jean?, after a brief stay of less than five weeks, was stricken with appendicitis and died. Err-1~ graduated frora the Normal in the spring of 193?. r-(ildred v1as in her second year at the !Jormal at that time.

Frank E. Gillett6 Fra~~ E. Gillett~ the youngest living son of ~illiam n. 5 and Nellie Streeter Gillett, was born at Hamilton, !Eo. After completing his education in the local schools, he entered the State University at Columbia, lvio., from which University he was graduated in 191?. ~~rhile we have been unable to hear directly fron him, we have gleaned from other sources that he was graduated from the University with honors, and while there was manager of the Glee Club, a member of a ma.le quart ette, and a member of the University Debating Club, and made fine progress in his studies. During that time he was also active in church vJorlc. He v•;as a member of the Baptist Church and served as President of his Sunday School Class, Treasurer of a Baptist Young Peoples Club, and also served as an usher in the church. Sometime after his graduation, he married Miss Nellie Morgan, the daughter of a Methodist I.:inister who had been a former pastor of the Methodist Church at Hamilton. She was 24 giftGd along musical linc~s, an accomplished pianist, and vvas organist in the church vihile in Hamilton. In 1936, 1~. Gillett was a teacher in the High School at Frederickton, Ivio., and it is said that he has made a name for himself in southern ~:Jissouri. ";"Te have no further knowledge of them.

Salina Gillett5 Salina Gillett5 , daughter of Allen and Alzina Dailey4 Gillett, VffiS born at Belvidere, Ill., in 1857, and moved v1ith her parents to Hamilton, 1Jo., about 1868. On November 20, 18?6, she married Lyman D. Brown of Hamilton, Mo., and resided on a farm there. She failed in hea·lth and died about four months after the firth of her youngest child. It is said of her that she was considered beautiful when a girl and possessed a very lovely disposition. She died April 3, 1880. They were the parents of two children: a.Clarence T~6 b.Sept. 1, 18?7, d.Jan.14, 1899. b.Edna Pearl b.Nov. 25, 18?9, m.Edgar Chase. Edna P. Brown6

Edna P. Brovtn vvas born near Hamilton, l{o., and v1as left motherless when only a babe four months old. She v;as then taken to the home of her :paternal grandmother by vvhom she ,Nas reared. After completing her studies in the local schools, she attended college at Liberty, tio .• , for t\ft10 years. She also had consider­ able musical talent and taught music for a time. On December 30, 1903, she married Edgar Chase who was born January 16, 18??, at California, J\Io. He is a geaduate of ~,7illiam Jev;ell College at Liberty, }✓Io., and taught school for a time. He later was given a position in a bank where he was employed for sometime as cashier. He finally became engaged in the Resettlement Organiza­ tion of the Government in Columbia, Mo., which position he vias holding 1936. They are the parents of three daughters: 7 25 a. !Janey Salina b. Oct .17, 1904, rn. Gu:l lv1. Pitts. b.Edna Mildred? b.Oct. 4,1907, fil.Fred B. Jeske. c.Wary L1aurine 7 b.Oct.10,1911,

!:Taney Salina Chase 7 received her education at Ferguson, f.Io.,' and I-Ia"rdin College at 1lexico, Mo. She taught school for a time before her marriage to Guy M. Pitts, on Ju..ne 4, 192?. She is an accomplished musician, and belongs to a musical club at Baton-Rouge, La., where they reside. She also holds a membership in the D.A.R. tu-. Pitts v;as educated at ·:-restminster College at Fulton, 1:0., and is em9loyed as general salesman for a large brick company at 1:!exico, Tuio., and also has charge of several states in the South. They have one son:

a.N0al Chase Pitts8 b.Dec. 6, 1933. Edna Mildred Chase7 was educated at the Ferguson Iiigh School and I!ardin College, 1iexico, Mo. She married Fred B. Jesk0 on June 28, 1932~ They re­ side in Ferguson, Mo., which was also the home-town of Fred B, J~sk0. Before her marriage, Mrs. Jeske taught school for a time. Mr. Jeske is a graduate of the University at Columbia, t~o., having n1ajored in Journalism, and is em­ ployed as advertising manager for a large business firm in Ferguson. They arc the ~arents of two sons: a.Philip ~h~se~ b. Nov. 1, 1933. b.Robert .::":..e1th b. Aug.2?, 1935.

.1.\iary1\,l -r.Iiaurino " C'~1.ase ? , tho youngest daughter of Edna r. Erov11n6 and Edgar Chase, i:.iVas educated at the Ferguson ~Iigh School and !-Inrdin C·:;llego. Sho is un­ married at this ~Titing {1936} and resides at home.

Charles LI. Gillett5

• i=::: Charles I.l. Gillett0 was born in. Illinois, and was a boy of about ten years of age when his parents moved to Missouri.

"Ne l1c.vo bcon llm blo to ;:!.et..., in touch ·v;i th this family, so v-10 are er1deavori~g to rocord what we have gleaned from othGr sources. ·:·:e cannot add anything con­ cerning his earl:t boyhood. 26

He vJas married befor-e lf25 to a l.Iiss AJma Er-,,PJay, for Vv"'e find th3.t he n~oved his famil3-r at that i.;i:n::· to l\Tebraska and took un... a clai:c.. i:i the northwest corner of the .state. -r,1e do not knovv how lor1g he re- m2ir1ed on this ranch, but \x·e fi11d l1i:u in later years living on a large ranch of 320 acres of irrigated land near Burley·, Ida. Resides general farming on a large scale, he s~ecialized in dairying and fruit raising. We understand they were the parents of several boys and at least one daughter: 6 Itiuriel v;ho vlas living on the home ranch vvith her parents in 1936. One of their sons, Clarence, was graduated from the State Cniversity at Boulder, Colo, and rr~rried Leah ~neet, a step-daughter of Mrs. Ida Gillett Sweet5 . There was also another son Leon who was older than Clarence.

Jerome B. Gillett5 Jerome Byron Gillett5 , son of Allen and Alzina Dailey4 Gillett, ~as born at Belvidere, Ill., removing -~!\Tith his :parents to Hamilton, l.lo., ,vhen about nine years of age. On September l?, 1884, he married Ellen Emmeline Buffum at Colden, Erie County, N. Y. They spent all their married life at Colden, except four years whicb ·wore spent in I-Iamilton, Mo. I{e follov1ed farming, but ow­ ing to an invalid condition lasting mny years, he was prevented from t~king an &ctive interest in work.

iVIrs. G-illett 1Nas born l!a:r 10, 1860, at Colden.

She was much interestedincl1urch nnd reliaious'-' ·work generallJr, and v;as an active 1/;orker in the Itethodist Church at Colden, of which they and their children were members. She died Februa.r:t 14, 1934.

They were the parents of the following child- ren: l .ltllen Oli ver6 b.Dec.12,1886,d.Aug.22,1892. 2 .Ralph Bu_ffum6 b.Feb.26,1888, unmarried. 3.Roy Lev1i56 b.Apr. 8,1891,~.Gertrude Helen Nelson. 4.Ida Jane b.Feb. l,1893,d.Jan.16,l933,m.Chas.L.Al1 ~ R.k -:, ··• . 6 0 . , .1. 1 ... a 1\.lrJ_am h ~AU!..!., 22, 1902 ,m-: Edina rd }"'q_Tl~ ey A{acI- :'r'~Il . 2? Raluh Buffum Gillett6

Ralph -P.uffnr1 Gillett6 v-;c_s born at Kingston, !Jo., and moved to Colden, r:r. Y., ;·1it~1 his parentso fie continued to re~ain in the home until his father's death in 1935. I-!e is nov1 living at the horae of his brotl1er­ in-lai.:v, Charles Allen, "l;ho lives on a farm near 1:i11gston, N. Y. At the age of fourteen years,· Ralph Buffum Gillett suffered an attach of spinal- meningitis \Vhich left him in poor health. He is unmarried.

Roy Lev;i.s .Gillett6

Roy Lev;is Gillett6 was born at HarrJ.lton, l°!O., and moved to Colden, :... • Y. , v;i th his parents when but a small boy. IIe is hI.~hly educated. Ile completed his college entrance· course with approximately six months' actual attendance at IIigl1 School. In June, 1911, he was graduated from Griffith Institute at SpringTill~, JI. Y. Jie later entered Cor11ell University, graduating froTu the A~ricultural Department with a B.S. degree in 191?, and iI1 1922 secured & :Fh.D. degree. From 191? to 1920, he was instructor in Farm ¥.tanagement at Cornell University and from 1920 to 1922, served as a scientist in the U.S. Soil Survey, Department of Agriculture. From 1922 to 1924, he served as Assistunt Statistician in the r-Tev1 York State Derartment of Agriculture and Markets in Albany, in cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture; and from 1924 to the present time he has been Ag_ricultural Stitistician and Di::?ector of Agricultural Statistics in the sama de,artment.

Or: Sc:pterr1ber 26, 1918, ha ,;1as united in marriage to L~iss Gertrude Efelcn I-;clson of Candor, l\T. Y. _4..ftsr a fe1.1 ~rears' residence in Ithaca, tb.ey moved to Slingorlands, V. Y., about six Eiles ~est of Albany, ~~;hcrG they nov,l reside. }Iis business hcadquart:2rs, hov1- ever, is in !~lban:r. Tney ha Vt:; the f ollo\ving children: 7 a • 1V.l.a~ry l!a~.L-len ... n b • A·ua:::-, • 2~· v , 1a1r~ u , iJ.-t Ith~cnct o. t r.1. ·~ • Y • , b.Ruth 1-1;iriam 1 b.Juna 19,1922, at Ithaca, IT.Y., c.Roy Lowis,J~. 7t.Jan.31,1926, at Slingerlands, N.Y., d.Edna IiolsoI1 1J.Dec.24,1928, at Slingerlands, 1!.Y. 28

1 6 -al 5. d- an0- G·1l .J..'-,j-tt Ida Jane Gillott6 , do.ughtGr of Jerome5 and Ellen Buffum Gillott, was born at Colden, X. Y. She v;as graduated fron1 Orchard Fark Iiigl1 School in 1911, after Vihich she taU:?;l1t school for four years. She then entered Cornell University and completed a course in Home Economics in 1919, securing a B.s. degree. On September 1, 1919, she married Charles L. Allen -v.:ho v;as at ti1at time an ir1structor at Cornell University. Ho later became As3istant Professor of A.t~iwal Husbandry, which position he held until 1929 when he moved onto a large dairy and pou~try farm a short dis­ tance from Y.ingston, l\~. Y., vvherc he still resides.

-,. r. 1\TS • Allen died in 1933 of pneumonia, leaving four children. ·1n October, 1935, he was again married, his -,aife being Miss Bertha Vaughn formerly of ~orcestcr, :N. y. She had bGen a teacher for several years at Alban:r, N. Y. Mr. Allen wus born in 1890, at Broadhead, 1'~. Y., situated in the Catskill i.four~tains. He is very well educated, having secured a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. dogreG from Cornell University. • 6 Ida J. Gillett v1as the rn.othcr of five child- ren as follovvs:

a.Charles Richard? b.Sopt. 1920,at Ithaca ,1:. Y., d .Jan. 26,

1928.(IIc :rr.. ct r, dG8.th Vlhi.lc coasting down hill at Ithaca.) b .Flora Jane I b .t£.r.28, 1g22 ,s.t Ithaca ,1'~. Y. c.Harriet7 b.Apr.20:1925,at Ithaca,N.Y. }- n C -::r v- d.Anna7 b.Aug.11,1926,at It...lc.... a ' .i". • .i • c .Ralph Loring? b .1,·i&r. 20, 1S28, s.t Ithaca,!~. Y.

RiKa•1 ~iriamr-r• " ui~~e,..,.,, tt6 , t he youngest child of Jerome5 and Ellen {Buffum) Gillett, was born at Colden, ~7. Y. A.fter completing u course in tho Orchard Fark !Iigh School, she ontorod Cornell lTnivGrsity, graduating from the I-Iomc Economics Department in 1924, ·with an A.B. degre3. She then taught lL.~til her mfirriage on August 1, 1925, to Ed1-vard Dancey· r:acLennan of Cle"\t-eland, 0. 29

1Ir. 1\!acLennan has been em.ployed in the Traffic Department of the Railv;ay Express Company for several years, in Cleveland, v/here they reside. lie v1as born April 8, 1895, in Cleveland, and has lived in Cleveland all his life. For over three years, tirs. r=~acLennan served as Food ~pervisor of the largest cafeteria in Cleveland. She then went home to care for her par.ents, both of vmom died within a year. While home, she contracted infantile paralysis from which she has yet but partially recovered. They reside at 3238 I~rvin Avenue, Cleveland, O.

5 Ida J. Gillett Ida J. Gillett5 , the ioungest daughter of Allen and Alzina Dailey Gillett , was born at Belvidere, Ill. , and moved \Vi th the family to 1:Iissouri, when about six years of age. Her girlhood days were spent in the family hor~, but we find that in 1885, with other mem­ bers of the farrdly, she went to Dawes County, Neb., to talre up a claim. "'Te ~~nov-J but little concerning her dur­ ing those yoo.rs, e:x.ce:pt that she married Levi G. Sweat, a v;idOVt!er -:Nith three small cl1ildren. Er. Sweat died soon aftor their marriage and she bravely cared for and educated the children as her 01rvn. ~~.re do not k.r1ow hov1 rnny years of her life, if any, were spont in l-~obrasl:a, but during her later years, she has been living in Denver, Colo., where at the present time she occupies a fine home ~ith one of her daughters, at 5436 King Street.

Vfe havo the names of the cl1ildren as: Eunice, Vern and Leah. Vern is r::arricd and had two children in 1936. 6 Loah married Cl&ronco Gillett , a son of Charles Gillett. The lattor is a graduate of the Colorado State University at Boulder, Colo. 30 Wallace B. Gillett5

k T.Yallacc B. Gillett v, son of Al1Gi1 and Alzina Dailey Gillott4 , was born at Belvidere, Ill., and was but a small child v'Jhen his parents moved to r:i!issouri.

On July 4, 1885, he left the parex1tal home and went to Nebraska, where he took up a claim in the northwestern soction of the State, in Sioux County, situated about forty n1il0s v..rest of Chadron at Glen. He has continued to keep this ranch whore he resides. On June 2, 1892, he LJarried Miss Linda Fisher. Although it is stated that sho came from Madison, Wis., \"Ie believa she livod in Nev; York during her early school years, as she graduated from the Lyle Academy and the Oswego Normal School of New York. After completing her education, she taught for eight years. She was born August 31, 1865, and died September 5, 1923. i1r. and i~s. Gillett were both affiliated with '?.'!' 't" tho. .1':.. l.:I • Church and v;erc the ...ua~ents of six children as follows:

~ l .Rov1land !iill0 b.Apr.2?,18~4,m.Harri0t Dickerman. 2.• Jerome Canning6 b.Aug.30,1895, unmurried. 3. 'Yendell Lynde~ b.Jan~27,l899,m.Emm a Zasple. 4 .Roger ~A!allace b.liiay 2?,1904, unmarried. 5,Fisher Sc:t1yler6 b.Oct.11,1907, unmarried. 6 .Alzina Luella 6 b.May 8,1909,m.Erncst J. Colen~n.

Rowland H. Gillott6

Rov1land I-I. Gillett6 and v:ife are farmers, and live a.t Glon, i~Gb. She is & High Scl1ool graduate and taught school for tvvo yeE1rs befor0 her I!lf:;,_rriage.

They ha·vo had the} follo~,-::ing eight children: a.Eston E. 7 b.Fhyllis7 c.Tu'.raryenno? died &t four months. d.Q,';i:1tin?? e • Viv 1.0.n L. f .Bobby7 7 a 'T~11· lla 0 •. ~ ? h.Laverne 31 6 Jerome Carmin~. . Gillett.

I':' Jerome Cann~ng Gillett0 attondod High School; is a farmer; and is 1.:.n1:n2.rried.

12T:..dell Lyµde Gillott6

'f!!o11doll Lynde Gillott6 is a mechanic and also docs somo farming. His wife, Ern.ma Zasple, is a Righ School graduate, and both are church members. Tl1ey reside at Glen, Nob., and have throe children: 7 a.Charl~t; b.She~n d.Ellen

·~oger 'Yallace Gillett6

Roger ·\rallace Gillett6 is a farmer and specializes in sheep raising. He graduated from High School and had two years in college. He belongs to the Christian Church and is unmarried.

Fish~r Schyler Gillett6 Fis.her Schy1er Gillett6 is also unmarried. lie received a Tiigh ScJ-1001 education and is a faI'tler and a Short-horn Herford cattle breeder. He also is a menber of the Christian Church.

Alzina Luella Gillett6

Alzina Luella Gillett6 nr.. d Ernest J. Coleman v;ere married February 21, 1~;31. Trloy are farmers and live at T:Iny Sprin,~s, I':eb. She is ~:1. 2iigh School graduate and had one ~rear at collef3e. She belongs to the Christian Church. They haVG fiVG cl1ildren: 7 a. "!il+ia~ 1//. b.Oct. 31,1931. b. Elsie 1·.:. •• b .i'Tov. 13,1932. c.Ralph E. 7 b .1.1.£r • 10,1934. d.Rose L. 7 b.Feb, 9,1935. 0rz.e e.Ernest J.? b •. July 20 ' 1 ... ~J .• 32 Abram Gillett5

Abraf Gillett5 • son of Allen and Alzina Dailey Gj_llett - , v;as born i:n Illinois and v;as about three years old i,;~;hcn his parents ·w;sr.. t to L;.issouri. Like the rest of the older m0:mbcrs of the family, he went to_ Dawes County, Nob., in 188? to take up a claim.

In 1891, l1e marriGd r,:Iiss h'lary Sorenson and v:e believe ho continued to live in Nebraska until his death in 1900. In that year, an epdiemic of typhoid fever overtook the fam.ily arid v;i thin tvvo months Abram, their two eldest children, and his uife's sister, were strick­ en and died. Abram was then thirty-five years old. Their children v1cre: 6 1. Selina b .about 1892, d. July 26,1900. 2~Franges 6 b.about 1894, d.July 1900. 3.Tnez b.Feb.14,1895, 4.Viola n:able6 b.in Oct.1897,m.I---aul Fov1ell. 5.Forost Robert 6b.Oct.31,1900, Abram's ·v;ife and childrsn continued to live in 1-Jebraska for a time, occupying a home in Chadron, ad­ joining that of Stephen Gillett, where the children com­ pleted their education at the State 1-Jorrnal.

Inoz6 and i[iola6 both beca:ae teachers. Viola taught until l1er ~rriago to Taul :rov;ell. Tl10y have one daughter ~etty, born about 1934. They reside in California vv-hore he is coacl1 in a I-Iigh School at 1-.lodesto.

Forest Gillott6 is maldng his hgmc at the pre­ sent tir:ie v1ith his- uncle, SteplJ.on Gillett , at "~ralla "7alla, ,.7ash, "\Vh3ro. he is em:_Jloyed. 1-Ic is a graduate of Chadron IJorru.a.l School and "7hi tr~.an Collogc at '''.Talla T,\falla. Inoz Gillctt6 is teaching in California, where she and her Dothor occupy a homo together. 33 Stephen A. Gillett5 Stephan A. Gillott5 , the youngest child of Allon and Alzine Dailey Gillett, was born at Bel­ videre, Ill. , and 1,vns 3. vsry srrJall child v;hen his parents rJovod to :~issou.ri. -r:o attended the local high school :1t !!au.ilton and latc";r graduated fron1 a business collego. ~-Ie remained in t~n.c home until he v;as tv-16nty-t~..·-10 :,1 ears old and then v,ent to ~Tebraska and settled in Da.wes County with other members of the family. Ee remained in Nebraska for thirty years be­ fore going to the State of 'r."!ashington.

On October 15, 1899, he v;as married to 1'1iss Fannie Le\vis of Beaver City, l~eb., a daughter of Jose~h B. Lewis who was a native of Cherry Valley, !'T. Y. For several years, t·."..ey ormed and O'r'era ted a ranch consisting of nearly one thousand acres located about twelve miles south of Chadron, and for twelve years they lived ir.. Chadron. T-Ie ;vas em.Jloyed in the ~ost Office for seven years before going to Walla "'ralla, T,:rash., \'/here they are living at the :)resent tine, occupying a fruit farm.

ftrs. Gillett ~~~as born February 14, 186?, and for eleven years before her marriage 1vas engaged as a milliner in Beaver City. Ste is very ambitious, well read and inforr~ed. She is a riember of the D.A.R., a Shakespearian Club, and v;as at one ti~:ie a member of a Bird Club. She is an active church worker, is a me~ber of a tiissionary 3ociety , Aid Soci,st~r, and served several ,rears as a teacher of a ··~offien' s Bible Class in ,J .Sunday School after goin.g to ""!:::-~lla ?Talla. She and 1Ar. Gillett are both metbcrs of tho Cor:gregational Church. She is especially fond of floi.-vers vihich is her hobb:y. !.irs. Gillett r.ias sho1.vn quite a talent for literary work also, and h&s 1,-:rittcn r.:any· articles, amon3 them several noer:1s -.:hich he.ve been nublished. ~ - .:. r. and l

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a. Eunice .A.r!1y 7 b. lvic1r .10, 1929. b. ~·.rilli::1n Edvvard 7b .r/iD.r. 2Ll_, 1931.

Charles George Gillett6

Charles Goorgo Gillett6 vijas born j_n ~!ebraskn. I:G is o. graduate of tho ~r!alla ~~!a 1 la J{igh School and murried L~iss i.1yrl s. -,Te&vor. Tl12y reside in T:Valla -r_~Jalln. ·where l1c is onploycd. They 1'1ave on.e daughtGr: a.RoscGlla Lillian7 b.Se11t.28,1923; at present in I1i~1. School. 35 4 l:iahala Dailcy

t:ahala Dailoy4 , daughter of Peter Dailey 3 and Lucretia Fox, ¾as born at Gothicvilla, ~.Y. She ·was married to Jo11n Folmsbac on February 14, 1846. He was a resident of South Valley and for some years they resided on his father's farm near the Valley. He v~·as born in 1822 and diod December 1, 18?3, on the farm~ They vrere the ,arents of ten children, all born on this farm. She v1as of a very quiet, retiring disposi­ tion - slo1N an.d T)rccise in her mov0ments and oven in temperamont. Des,ite th0 care of raising such a large family, she lived to the age of eighty-one years. She died at the ho~e of her daughter Roseltha in Johnstown. Their children v;ere as follov;s: l.Dempster5 b.Feb. 14,184?,d.Aug. 8,1884,m.Ellen Howe. 2.1\_·:alissa.5 b.July 31,1848,d.i";ar. ? ,18?3,m.Rev.A.S. Clark. 3. John Dexter5b. Dec .6, 1849, d .1':ar. 31, 1919 ,m.Bertha farkenson. 4.Roseltha 5 b.Aug.ll,1851,d.Tufu.r.18,1932, m. S anJ..or.p d HT'.. e b s t er. 5.Elizaboth5 b.Feb.13,1853,d.1Iar.13,1880, m.Amenzo Cady. b. July 19, 1855, d. --1924 ,m.Emma. ·~raffle. b.July l,1857,d,!7ov.16,1926, . 5 m.r:at0 Fonda. 8.Elthcra b .:::rov .10, 1859, d .Aug. 21, 1882, not married. b.Jan.26,1863,m.(l.Addic Stringer. (2.Alice Sirmnons. 10 .ii.rthur5 b.l!ov.14,186?,m.Clara Somers. ' 5 De~ryster Folmsboo

t=::. Der::pster Fol..rnsbcev, the oldest child of John and Iv·~~hala Dailey4 Foln1sbes, v.ras born at South Valley, ~- .... ): • Abou.t 1867 or 1868, ho married Ellen Hov;e ~i':ho v;as also of tho Valley. They \~ore farmers and resided, during ~ust of their married life, on his father's farm near the Valley. ~tis deo.th vvas caused by the caving in of a sand lJailk vvh.cro ~e v;us engaged at v;orl{. I-1rs. Folmsboc la tGr rnarried !Iarrison Hadsell of South Valley aLd they continued to reside there. She died several y0ars ago. 36

k Den1pster Folrn.sbeeu arid Ellen IIovie ·were the ...oo.rents of tvio sons: l.Emmetb. Sept. 20, 1869, d. in Sept., 1£37 ,m.118.bel L. Briggs. 2.0ren b.Aug.24, 1874, died very young.

Emmet Folmsbee6 Emmet Folmsbee6 was born near South Valley and on January 1, 1896, married i·Liss 1.-~bel L. Briggs, also of the Valley. They were farmers and sometime after their marriage moved to 1:iddlefield, 1::·. Y., vvhere they continued to reside. She has remained there since his death in 1937. They had no children.

Malissa Folmsbee5

1'.falissa Folmsbee5 , the eldest daughter of John and Mahala Dailey4 Folmsbee, was married at Johnstown, !T. Y. , to the Rev. A. S. Clark, a Methodist minister. She died soon after thoir rarriage at the early age of tv;ent y-f i ,ire ~:rears. I-Io su.rvivad her several years. They had no children.

John Doxter Folmsbee5 John Dexter Folmsbee5 spent his first years in ~Iev1 York State, but v;ent "~!est finally, settling first in Ho·ward Count~r, in the State of ~~ebraska, where he farmed for several years. There he married Miss Bertha rarkenson on July 31, 1881, an.d several of tl1eir child­ ren were born there. They finally ~oved to Elk C~ty, up in the State of Oregon, vihere they bougl1t a large farm and lived there until his deatl1 vvnich occurred March 31, 1919. She continued to live on the farm, as far as the vvri t er l-:nov;s. Bertha f&rkenson ~as born Septen~er 23, 1883. ·1e are not in possession of the ~articulars concerning the family, although we know that some of the children are married and have homes and families of their o~n. NeithGr do we know how many are still liv­ ing , nor 1.t·lhe re • 37 The childron u.re o.s follo1:vs, the names of all commencing ·with the letter "V", except on.e, I1Ierlo, ·who died in infancy: l.Viola~ b.Sept.23,1883, m.a. Iipin - one child. 2 .Merlo b .tray 14, 1885, d.Sopt. 1,1886. 3.Vcrnon~b.Nov.6 ?,1889.

4.V~c~or~b.~an. ?,1892, d • in canro-·- in 191? • 5.V1v1a~ b.1.i.ar. 9,1894 1 6.Vesta b.Feb. ?,1896, m.in England - had one child. ?.Verona 6b.July 15,1900, m.Ral:ph Aplet liar.20,1918 - 6 one child in 1923. 8.Virgil b.Oct. 2?,1902, 9.Vincent6b.l.lay 9,1906.

Roseltha Fomsbee5 Roseltba Folmsbee5 was born near South Valley, N.Y., being the fourth child of John and 1Cahala Dailey4 Folmsbee. She married on December 24, 18?1, Sanford "'.Tebster of -:?est ford, N. Y. After their marriage, they resided for a f eii·,i years on a farm near '~!est ford, final­ ly moving to Johnstov,n, 1,-:-. Y., about le80 or 1881. Mr. TVebster suffered very poor health for several years before l1is death ,vhich occurred August 28, 1904, in Johnstov~;n. I-Ie was born r~Iay 10, 184?•. His death vias caused bjr congestion of the lungs.

They ov:ned two hones situated together on W. 1~ontgoner:r Street, and rJirs. "':ebster occupied the one at 305 as her hone until her dc&th. Both houses have sirice been occu.pied by m0TI1bcrs of the family.

I.;.rs. 'r"''obstor vDs an unusually s_ctive, in­ dustrious v;ori.:.an. For man~r yoc.rs, she 1.vas occupiod as a domestic nurse, nt the same time J.ceeping her home. She vqas o.. conscientious Christian, and her bright smile carried sunshine and cheor v1ith hor at nll times. She had a wido circle of friends, and all loved ~nd respect­ ed her. She v:as gr8atly devoted to th8 Methodist Church, of vvhich sl1e hs.d been & n1cmbGr since her early years. She died at her hone in Johnstown and her remains rest there beside those of her husband. They were the parents of two children: 38 6 -~1 Laura b .June 13 , 1 873, m.Sidney Abbott 2~Ronald s. 6 b.Jan. 14,1888, m.(l.Georgie Cox. (2.Tu~dge D.Folmsbee. Laura "V'ebster6 . 6 Laura ~Vebster vvas born near "'?estford, l~.Y., and moved with her parents to Johnstown when a small child. On June 3, 1896, she =arried Si~ney Abbott of Jor.nstown. Mr. Abbott v;as English and came to this country vit.en a young rn.an. They reside in one of the family homes on tiontgomery Street and he is employed in a l(nitting ?tiill near the home. I.Trs. Abbott, like her mother, is a con­ scientious Christi_an, and :c:?.uch loved in the community, IJr. and t~rs. Abbott are active ,vorkers in the 11ethodist Church, and ?dr. ·Abbott has been a member of the choir for several years. Both lVIr. and i{rs •.Abbott possess an unusually friendly personality and their smiling, cheery countenances att~act :r::.any friends. They recently built a new cottage at Speculator on Lake Pleasant about fifty miles north of Johnstov1n, \vhere they spend their week-ends from early spring until late fall, when v:eather :permits. They have been the parents of five children, three of \Vhom are still living: a.Olive Roseltha7 b.Apr. 7,1897,died when a small child. b.Ruth? b.Oct. 22,18S8,d.June 7,1926, m.Frederick 't,\Jayne 7 Kelsey. c.Esther Rosamond b.Feb. 18,1901,m.Francis T. Sutton. d. I-Iazel Laura? b. Oct. 1, 1903 ,m. :r. Tovver Ingraham. e. 'f•rebster7 b. June 24, 1905 t:m.Llargarot }lcBraum. Ruth Abbott 7 \,•;as born in Johnsto,,.;n and after completing her education in the local scl1ools, entered Syracuse l7nivarsi ty from v;hich s11e V;;as grs.dua ted. 'fVhile at the Cniversity, shG formed an acquaintenance v;ith 1\:.fr. Frederick "''!ayna Kelsey to ,vhom sho v~as marri0d on August 26,1925. ~1x. r:clsey 1,1as a farm.er residing at ~~!ayne, :rr.Y., where they commenced housekeeping. About a year after her marriage, she entered a hospital for an operation and died. Eier untimely death occurring so soon after her marriage and -v;i th such a bright, promising 39 future before her, ~aused much sadT1css among her friends and acquaintenar1cos. Her true Chri:Jtian character and pleasant vvin.ning porsonality ondearod l1er to all \AJith vvhom sho came in co11tact. 7 Esther Abbott , after compl0ting her education in the city schools, ontored the Good Samaritan Hospital in Syracuse where she completed a course in training for a registered nurse. After following her profession for a tine, however, sho decided to limit her attentions to a family of her avvn, and on February 2, 1924, married Mr. Francis T. Sutton, son of Thomas Sutton who was then foreman of one of the large glove factories in Johnstown, and of which Francis T. Sutton and a brother are now joint owners. Besides O'f:ning a home in the city, they have recently built a. new up-to-date camp on Canada Lake where they spend their sumrnArs. The camp is fitted with every modern convenience, Siacious and nicely finished, and they also own two motor bo&ts. ~ir. and Mrs. Sutton are the parents of two children: 8 a.Thomas Francis 8b.in Nov., 1924. b.Eleanor Rosamond b.July 12, 1930. Hazel L. J~~bbott?, tl1e Jroungest daughter of Sidney and Lau.ra ~?ebster Abbott, v;as born in Johnsto\vn and after com,leting her education in the local schools, she took a course at the Oneonta State l'Jorr.ual and pre­ Jnred herself for a t8acher. .A.ft2r follov·1ing that pro­ fession for a few years, she was nBrried on July 16, 1926, to l;_~r. ~I. rroiJ~:er Ingraharn of Sl)ring Valley, r~. Y., ~-Jhere they continue to reside. Besides her housekeeping, she tGaches ths Seventh and Eighth Grades in a school a few miles distant from their homo. L1r. Ingraham is an active, ener~et i c person and pleasant to :n1eet e He is employed r1t the local IIitsh School. Tr1e~r have one daughter: a.Janet Arlene ~ b.Oct.30,192?. 40 n 1 ~!lcbster Abbott , the oril:r s011 of Sidney and Ls.vra ··re·::,.ster ) ..-6bott 0 , completed his education in the jJJc.-.1 schools, after \Jhich he ·was employed for a time at various forras of v;ork, principally in :mills and factories conr1ected ifVi th the glove n1aking industry. 1Ie is active, industrious, and hard-v;orking. At the present tifile, he is foreman of t&ble cutters in the glove factory in v1hich his broth0r-in-la·w, Francis Sutton, is part owner.

In 1926, he married l\iiss Iviargaret V[cBraum of Johnstmm where they reside, Th0y also own a newly built cottage on La}:e ?leasant, located n.ear that of his father.

They hE. ve the f olloviin:~ children: 8 a.'\tilliam Sanfor~ b.Oct.23,192?. b.R?bcrt S~e,hen b.July 3,1930. c.Richard -!ebstor8 b.Deo.14,1932.

Ronald s. ~ebster6 Ronald s ...._rebster 6 , son of Sanford and 7 Roseltha Folmsbee "'"tebster, vvas born in Johnsto\!vn, I: • Y., and after completing his studies in the local schools, he took a special course of truining at the hlt. Hermon ~reparatory School for Y.M,C.A. work. He then accept­ ed a position as Secrote.r~r for the Y .M.·c .A. in Nev/ton Center, I--~assachusetts, VJhcre he ~Jervad several years.

'!'Ihile ongaged in Y.1~:;:.c.A. \Vork at rJc11iton Cen­ tor1 he was united in marriage, on December 30, 1914, to ivTiss Georgia Cox of Nevvfield, l{. Y., and a part of the time tl1G3r resided at 1-•hilipston, l-·~ss., on a property vvhich she ovmed. For sev0ral yec1rs prior to her marriage, tdrs. '!.-··.:cbstcr l1ad follo-v;od teaching as a pro­ fGssion. In 1918, ivirs. -·rcbster contracted influensa, provalent at that tine, and died leaving a young son, Ronald, Jr., bu.t a fo\-; wcc~ts old. The y·oung son v;as taken to the hoi:-10 of l\Jr. · T7ebster' s :c.oth3r in Johnstov1n -vvhcre he Vias cared for until }!Ir. ~~re bster 's second rnarriago on Jun-:~ 3, 1919, to r~1iss lVIadge D. Folmsboe of South Valley, 7~. Y., also a teacl1cr and a second cousin. 41 1radge D. Folmsbee Webster is a graduate of the Mt .• r✓Iorris High 3chool Class of 1911, and of the Oneonta NomAl Class of 1915. Following her graduation, she taught school continuously until her marriag~. Soon after their marriage, tt1ey moved to Sou_th Valley where they own and occupy a farm near her parental home. She is at the present time teaching in the Valley School. They are rearing their little family and striving to~ bring them up to be upright Christian citizens of which their parents are true examples.

Their children, including the son by his first marriage,• are: 7 a.Ronald s.,Jr. b.Apr.17,1918,m.:r;iildred Elizabeth Hoke. 7 b .George Sta17ley b .Viar .1?, 1920. c.Laura Avis b.Aug.29,1922. d.James raul7 ·b.Apr-29,1924. e.Edward Vincent7b.Oct. 9,1925. ? Ronald s. Webster, Jr. , completed a course in the Cherry Valley High School and later at the Agri­ culture School at Cobleskill, N. Y. Re is much interest­ ed in agricultural work and in order to further his edu­ cation along that line, he has taken a position on a farm at Lawyersville, ¥. Y., working for Jared Van 1fagen III who, in connection with his father, is widely known throughout that section for their scientific farming.

On January 13, 1938, he ~as married to N~ss 11ildred 5:oke of .south Valley. They reside at Lawyers­ ville. They have an infant daughter :named Laura

The rernaining cl1ildren of Ronald and 1:fadge Folmsbee -:7ebster are still IJUrsuing their studies in both the local and Cherry Valley IIigh School.

Note: Since writing this biographical sketch, word has been received announcing the death on January 10, 1939, of lifrs. Ronald "Jebster> Sr .. 42

v~ Elizabeth Folmsbee 5 Eli~beth Folmsbee , daughter of John and Mahala Dailey- Folmsbee, was born at South Valley, and at the age of about t~~1enty-three years, she vias married to .Amenzo Cady, also of the Valley. They started in housekeepjng at the Valley and always continued to live there. She died at the early age of twenty-seven years. Hr. Cady was born in Otsego County, in August, 1840, and was a blacksmith by trade. He died in August, 1913.

They had one son: l.Beltran6 b.Oct.1,18?8, m.(1.Marion Clingan. (2.Louise F. Ball. Beltran Gady6 Beltran Cady6 was born at South Valley and was married to Marion Clingen of Little Falls, N. Y., on September 10, 1910. They resided at Little Falls for one year and then moved to Ilion, r. Y., where Mrs. Cady died on October 25, 1918. Later, on December 2, 1922, he married Louise F. Ball who recently died on September 5, 1938. He is in the Radio business which he has followed for about eighteen years-. They had no children.

r- Hartley Folm~bee0 5 r!artley Folmsbee , son of John and 1'fuhala Dailcy4 Folmsbeo, ·was born in South Valley v;1here his boyhood days were sperrt on the farm.

On February 6, 1883, ho vvas married to 1.iiss Kate Fonda at Guilderland, 1{. Y. They began housekeep­ ing in South Valley and later went to Builderland, re­ maining thoro a short time. They finally settled in St. Johnsville, i:-. Y. , "vhcre he rr-.-:;ncd and opera tGd a foundry for a period of about tv;enty-eight Jrears. Mrs. Folmsbee was born July 12, 1856, at I-Iuntersland, r!. Y. , and during her earlier years, was 43 in the millinar business as 2 designer of ladies hats. $he died at her home on DGcewbGr 25, 1925.

Both Ivir. and 1'1rs. Folmsbce \·.:ere rilembers of the l,1eth.odist Churcl1 in St. Jol1nsville, ho having serv­ ed as its Treesurer 111any yGars, and she ·was active in the 1.vorlr of the ·1.r.c.T.U. and other departments.

1,na. Folmsb0e belonged to the Royal Arcanum, St. Johnsville, Social Club, and hnd served several years as a Village Trusto:J. rie hnd been a life-long Republican, was 2 II1£ln of clean he.bits, and very devot­ ed to his home and far:iily. They ii:erc thrifty people and owned a fine home in the city. Some time after her death, he retired from active business and went to live at the home of his son Leon in l\Jorth Tonavvanda v'There l1e died l{ovember 16, 1926. They v;ere the parents of two sons: 6 l.Louis Will~am. b.Sept.l'±,1884, re.Linda Seaman. 2. Leon Myron b .liay 17, 1888, m. Ida Lut tn1an.

6 Louis T7illiam Folmsbee 6 Louis -~_rilliam Folmsbee v;as born at Guilder­ land, !T. Y. T-Ie nnrrisd I.Iiss Linda Sear.1an at St. Johns­ ville, on December 31, 1907, and startGd housekeeping in st. Johnsville, ~:'lhero they nov~ rsside. 1ir. FoJrnsbee is an iron molder, carJent er and ~?lur1bor.

1~T·s. FolmsbGe is a gruduatG of thG Canajoharie Teachers' Trnining School. the paronts of throe children:

1 7 .... t 1 11 a. D oro th.:.yJ.L~ 11een b e AV{·:.):J' e lE·_. ' 1°0°._, , ._, '.IJ.l.r.·; e C··,.).. rl 7 0 'T'T b. Everett Lollis r•'..J • .!. QV e ~ 1 J 1°1~"'v Ci• c.Lois J~t1n7 b • I-~ Q"Tl • 3 , 19 2 2 , 7 Dorothy Kathleen Folm.sboo and Carl G. House v10re married Februar";l 14, 1931. T11oy reside in St. Johnsville whcro he is in business as a radiotrician.

They have no children. 44 Leon Myron Folmsbee6 Leon l{yron Folmsbee6 1rvas born at St. Johns­ ville, 1'T. Y. :Ie married 1'liss Ida Luttman of North Ton.av-1anda, on l\:lay l?, 1921. She vvas born April 15, 1896, and is a graduate of the North Tonawanda High School.

r,·:r. Folmsbee, after completing his education in the local schools, entered the 1:rew ·England Conserva­ tory of t:usic at Boston, !~ass., from. 1l1hich he 1;vas grad­ uated. About 1915, he v1ent to tJorth Tonav;anda vvhere he has resided about t;venty-three years. I{e belongs to the Elks Club and is devoting his time, principally, to his music, being a music arranger and choir director. They have two children: a.Bert Hartl~y? b·.May 3, 1922. b.Glen Loui~ b. Dec.3,1923. Both of the above boys are attending the 1:rorth Tonawanda !Iigh School.

r..:yron Folmsbe~ 5 ~=~yron FoJrnsbae5 , son of John and Tu1ahala Dailey4 Folmsbee, was born in South Valley. !Ie assist­ ed his father on the farm during his boyhood days, but early in life he left the perental home to find work for himself, his father having passed away when he was only about eighteen years of age. After shifting about for a tide, he finally secured a position on the police force in Gloversville, r~.Y., which position he held for rrany years until his death.

In 1877 or 1878, he 1narried tJiiss Emma ",~L!affle of Gloversville. l--~rs. Folmsbee Vias born February ? , 1853, and has been a life-long resident of Gloversville. She has been an active, industrious vvoman and is still living (1938). Despite her advanced age, she is yet keen and active in mind and body.

~:Ir. and 1..:r s. Folmsbee Tiiiere \vorthy, upright

citizens and highlv• tJ esteemed in the community. They were the parents of but one daughter: 45 6 1 .A R·":ina...., b • Apr • 11 , 1°?90 , fil • 'f,r··i l 11~.., S "Ar•.. l 11. l· a.i..lS...... , •

6 Rena Folmsbee Rena Folmsbee6 was born in Bloversville, and has remained in the parental home since her marriage v;hich occurred June 6, 1900, to lir. l!/illis ~lilliams f also of Gloversville.

1ir. 'r?illiams has been engaged in the grocery business many years, being first associated with his father in that business. He was born January 29, 18?3. The family resides in her tarental home at l? E. Pine St., where they are tenderly caring for her aged mother, and carrying on the work in the store connected with the home. · :tvir. and Mrs. TVilliams are fine respect­ ed :people. They are the parents of two children: a.Hartley Francis7 b.Mar.16,1901,m.Edyth Favewell. b .11'8.rion Ruth? b .Jan.31,1908,m.John 1I. I:.attice.

Hartley Francis "Villiams? and Edyth Favewell were married in Gloversville and he is associated with his father in the store at the uresent... time • Marion Ruth ~illiam.s7 , after conpleting her school work, entered training at the Littavure Hospital in Gloversville, where she graduated. After following that profession for a few years, she married John H. Mattice, in Dece~ber, 1929. They have three children:

~ 8 a.Rooert John b .Sept .10, 1930. b.Donald8 b • Dec • 14 , 19 32 • 8 c .Gayle Ann b .;Se T\t_-: • 1~v, 1°".'7?.,0 • 46 5 Arthur Folmsbee

Arthur Jolmsbee5 , the youngest child of John a11d Mahala Dailey 1: Folmsbee, 1.-vas born at South Valley, I:-1. Yo I-Ie started v;ork at an early age and betvveen the agas of sixteen and twentty-one, worked for his brother in his foundry at St. Johnsville, r·. Y. On December 25, 1895, he rnarried ~.fi ss Clara Somers, also a native of the Valley. They started house­ keeping in the Valley as farmers, remaining thare for three years. They then made various moves, living first in se~~rd and in 1898 went to Dorloo for a few years; then to Johnstown for three years. In about 190?, they came back to Dorloo, remaining there for five years, until 1912, when they moved to Bridgeville, Del~,,where they operated a fruit and vegetable farm. After remain­ ing the re ten years, they vvent to Chester, Fa. , where he was employed in a factory. They remained at Chester un­ til 1938, when feeling the need of relaxing from strenu­ ous labor, they sold their place in Chester and are now living in the Burrough of Norwood situated between Chester and Philadelp~ia.

~~lrs. Fo]msbee v1as born October 6, 1869. They are the ,arents of two sons: 6 l.Hartlcy b.Au,3. 2,189?,:m.Violet Beatrice Fry. s. 6 2. Stanley Joh11 b. I'Tov, 29, 1899 ,m. Ocie Buckner.

:Hsrtlev s. Folrnsbee6 Hartley s~ Folmsbee6 was born in South Valley ?1. Y., and made the various r:ioves v7itl1 his paronts, finG.lly settlirs ir1 Bridgsvillo, Del., ~Hherc he attend­ ed I-Iigh School. .4.fter con1plGting his schooling, l1e re­ coi ved a yosition in the Renrln~ton Rand Munitions fact­ ory in Chester ·Nhere he vvorkcd for a tirne. Ho finally b0came an electrician for the Scott Tissue Factory, which nosition.... he still holds • On July 10, 1918, he married 1\'.i:iss Violet Fry. She is English born and 11vas S8Venteen years old v;hon they v;ero married. Thoy live in Norwood, Pa., and have two living children: 47 a.Hilda7 b.JunG 28, 1918. b.Sidney7 b-.Oct. 28, 1920. HildG Folr.a.sbee 7 w&s ms.rried September 18, 1937, to John Bail, c.nd they live in Chester, Pa. He works at the Scott Paper Factory. Stanley J. Folmsbee6

Stanley J. FoJnsbee6 was bor·n in Dor loo, and moved to Bridgeville, Delaware, when about thirteen years old. He was graduated from the High School there in 1918, and then entered Dickenson College at Carlyle, Fa., and was grGdu~ted from there in 1922. After his graduation, he taught in the Junior High School in dolUEbio., :ra. , for two yenrs, and in the Junior IIigh School in Chester, Pa., for one year. He then became Assistant Instructor in the University of Pennsylvania, and remained there for three years, during which time he gnined his M.A~ degree. He finally accepted a position in the University of Tennessee, nt Knoxville, and has taught there ~s a frofessor of History for ten years, end secured a Phd.D. degree there. On October 22, 1926, he married ~liss Ocie Buckner of Chester, ?a. They reside in Knoxville. 48

~en B •.Daily 4

Eben Boorn Daily4 , the fifth child of Peter3 and Lucretia Fox Dailey, and the beloved father of the writer, was born in Decatur, Otsego County, New York, in what was later known as the Dan Marckley house, and later moved v1ith his narents... near Gothicville_. Eben Boorn Daily4 was twice married, his first wife being Lucinda Mudge, daughter of Squire Mudge of East -r•rorcester. They v;ere married November 21, 1852, and started housekeeping in Gothicville, across the road from his father's home •. Lucinda Mudge Daily died Septem­ ber 23, 1861, at the age of thirty-five years, and is buried in the cemetery at Decatur. They had previously moved on a farm at Center Valleyt r~. Y., and, with the aid of a housekeeper, he continued to live there until his second marriage to c~therine Multer, daughter of Joseph and Susan (Becker) ~ulter or the Charlott Valley. They were mrried February 18, 1862, and soon after their marriage, took their little family and journeyed to the West, settling for a short time near Galesburg, Ill. Later they re·nted a farm of 320 ·acres, southeast of Altona, Ill., and worked it on shares for a time. The first two years 120 acres of this farm were planted to broom corn. This sold at a very high price and cleared them over $5,000. During the next two years the farm was planted to Indian corn which also brought a high price and these profits enabled them to purchase a farm which steadily increased in value .. The country was new and many were the hard­ ships they had to pass through, but tho 9roducts of farms brought high :pr ices during those 1:·Jar days and this gave them courage. They remainGd on this same farm for t1."1onty-six years, and had reached an age where they f0lt they had ea~ned ths right to rest from their labors and enjoy tho accumulations of thoir earlier years. So they decided to sell the farm (a ryart of which they bad previously sold}, and move back to New York State among tha~scenes of their younger days. Their only daughter, Ella, (the writer}, came with them. The sons, all child­ ren by his first v~ife, ~ad :previou.sly moved on farther west and their descendants are scattered over the States of Nebraska, Iowa, Colorado, and other parts of the '-fest. 49 Eben B. Daily4 and wife spent the greater part of their remaining life in the Village of .,.Yor­ cester, N. Y., where their remains are both laid to rest in the ?.. :aple Grove Cemetery. 1'iother v1ent first and father followed two years later.

They both united with the 1"1ethodist Church in their early years, to which church they were both ac­ tively devoted. Eben B. Daily served as an official member for many years, until his death at the advanced age of eighty-four. Further back than the writer can remember, a family altar was established where we child­ ren were gathered to listen to the reading of God's word, or the singing of some familiar hymn, and to the earnest prayers of our dear father. Although there are none perfect, yet we believe those who were privileged to come near to the inner life of our father, could truthfully say he was a deeply sincere, Christian man; a kind husband and father; clean and pure in habits; strictly temperate in all things; cheerful, mild, and even-tempered, even under the most adverse circumstances; and exercised a wonderful command over self. We never saw him really angry, and an oath never passed his lips. Mother was of a quiet, modest and retiring nature, and was a most faithful and devoted companion, a good mothert and a kind neighbor. She was an excel­ lent cook and her table was always well supplied when she entertained friends to which her house was always open. The writer was privileged to care for both of them in their last years and was grateful to the kind Providence in sparing them both to a good old age. The following children \iJere born to Eben B. Daily4 and ( l.Lucinda iviudge. (2.Catherine Multer. l.Roselia May5b.May 1,1850,d.Nov.4, 18?3,not married. 1 2. .Vellington Eben5b .Aug .27, 1853, d .lv.Iar o 13, 1921, m.Kaldora Hampton. 3.Ezra Peter5 b .Feb.12 ,1856, d.lVIar. 30, 19:::io:, m.{.l.:Mariette Barrett. (2.Axie Fox. 5 4.I\Iil ton J. b .June 20, 1858, d.Nov. 27, 1932, 5 m.Susan Barrett. 5.Ella May b.Mar. 1,1867, m.James Robert Fox. 50 5 11.0T"'\ se 1·ia l.v1ayi'if Dai ·1 y

Roselia i,:ay DailJr~ graduated from the Altona High School and, with the exception of a few years when she attended school, alvia:rs resided at home. She was a modest, conscientious Christian girl, and had fitted herself for a teacher when she died at her home at the age of t·wenty-three years, of that dread disease typhoid fever -v;hich v;as so prevalent in that c-ountry in the early days. Interment was in the town cemetery at Altona.

Wellington Eben Daily5 "Jellington Eben Daily5 , the eldest son of Eben4 and Lucinda Mudge Daily, was born in New York State August 27, 1853. ~~1hen about ten years of age, he movod TVest with his parents, settling first at Galesburg, Ill., and two years later moved to a farm about two miles south of Altona, Ill., where he spont his boyhood days. · At the age of about nineteen years, he dacided to roam about some and vvcnt to Colorado which v~as at the time having a "gold rush", and spent about tvio years working in the mines. After a short visit at home, he again went West and homesteaded a clam near Greeley Center, rJeb. _ He continued to reside in Greeley County during the remainder of his life. His earlier years were spent on farms, but later he retired from active labor and, renting his land, he purchased a home in the T0wn of Scotia where he died at tl1e ase of sixty-eight. On December 11, 1878, he married Miss Kaldora Hampton of Greeley Center, the ceremony being performed by a Rev. :Tillman, a :pioneer lEethodist minister. Tn early boyhood daJrs, N=r. Dailey united ~nith the Methodist Church in Illinois. He helped to organize the first County Board in Greeley County, \Vhen the County seat vvas at Scotia. In 1906., he was elected a delegate to the State Republi­ can Convention, and held many offices of trust in the County. 51 As a sister, I co.n say th3. t he i.;as sincere in his Ch~istian life, ranifesting a true Christian s~irit... at all tiraes. Se loved to attend church when able, taking an active part in its work, and his pre- sence V·Jas alv:lays an inspiration to the services. He was an affectionate husband and father, a splendid neighbor and friend. He always sought to put the best construction on everything and never v1as knovm to speak ill of anyone. He belonged to the i~sonic Lodge, which had charge of the cor:uni ttal ser\,.ices at his funeral. Inter­ ment was made in the Mt. Hope Cemetery. Mrs. Daily has been a hard v,orking, faithful companion and bore the first years of their struggling pioneer life with courage and fortitude. She still sur­ vives at this ':iirit ing ( 1938} and occupies the home in Scotia where she is surrounded by several of her child­ ren and grandchildren. She t,as born i-Iovember 9, 1859, and has roached the age of seventy-nine years and is still active. They were the rarcnts of five children, all of whom are living: l.Frank E.~ b,Oct,27,1879, m.Edna "·:eadon. 2.Emory B. ~.Jan.31,1882, ra.Edna E.Loudon. 3.Arthur M- 6 b.Apr.24,1884, m.(l.Edna ~ilson. (2.Alpha Morrow. 4.Earl w. 6 b.Aug.2?,1886, m.(l.Jcnny Barnes. (2.Inez Reaves. 5,Cecil M. 6 b.Jan.20,1891, m.Henry Bredthauer.

Franl{ Dailz6

Frank Daily6 , the eldest son of :,ellington5 and I(aldora Dail~r, v1as born in Greeley County, rJeb.

On Tuiarch 11, 1916, he married 1!iiss Edna 1Veadon of Fairfield, I:.Co. After residing in !viissouri for a time, they came up to Greeley County, ?~eb., among his people and took over the farm of his brother Emory. They resided there for many years, but have now moved back to Iviissouri where they have taken over one of her father's farms. 52

They are the :parents of tv'JO children: a.Doris Lee7 b.Sept. 1920. b.Edward7 b.Dec. 28,1928. Doris Lee Daily7 is a graduate of the Scotia High School and has taught three years. Edward Daily7 is a pupil in grade school.

Emory B. Daily6

Emory B. Daily6 , second son of ·'lellington 5 Daily , was born in Greeley Count~r, l'Jeb., and on June 22, 1910, v1&s married to l\:iiss Edna E. Loudon at Scotia. They resided on a farm near Scotia until her death. Edna Loudon Daily was born July 3, 1886, at Loup City, l~eb., a daughter of ttr. and Waas. A. R. Loudon. She died at the family home in 1921 of a heart Affliction Her untirdely death was deeply mourned by her large circle of friends, as she was highly esteemed and beloved by all After her death, he sold his farm to his brothe: Frank, rJ.entioned above, and v;ent to Colorado ~vhere he re­ mained several years. He later returned to Nebraska and purchased a farm at Erickson, about tw0nty-five miles north of Scotia, where he continues to live. Emory Daily6 and wife were the parents of two children: a.Irene Given7 b.June 23, 1911, m.Carl Ashley. b.Emerson7 b.Apr. 4, 1915, rn.Valita Dalson. Irono Given Daily? is a graduate of the Scotia 1 IIigh School and taught a y oar bafore her marriage to Carl Ashlc3r, on Juno 25, 1931. They are living on a farm near Scotia and have had two children:

a.Barbara J"age8 b.Earch, 1932. b.Emory Neal b. 1938.

Em.ory r·oal 8 died in February, 1939, at the age of one year. 53 Emerson Daily? marriGd Valita Dalson and they are living with his father at Erickson, where he is assisting the latter ;J··:ith the farm -vvorl(. They have one daughter: 8 a.Ruth Ar.ne . 6 Arthur I\i. Daily 6 Arthur tl. Daily , tho third son of ~V'ellington Daily5 , has been twice married. He first married, on !furch 23, 1910, Edna L!. ·'lilson, a daughter of A. s. ~:1ilson of Greeley, Neb. She died in 1919, and on April 24th of the follo~ving year, he married Alpha r-~orro\•; of Scotia, where they reside. I!e is. associated with his brother-in-la,;;, Henry Bredthauor, in selling cars~

Arthur l·:1. Daily6 and his first wife, Edna ?1ilson, were the parents of. three children: a.Helen !I.7 b.IIay 5,1911, m.~valter Kingham. b.Eildred L~e 7 b.Jan.30,1913, m.·.'fillis Rice. c.Ronald w. b.Jan.18,1915, Tlno children have been born to Arthur Daily6 and his second wife, Alpha Morrow: 7 a.Esthcr "' b.June 17,19211 b •11argaret .a.riarie 7b • Dec • 20 , 19 22 . After the death of his first wife, the three children were taken to the home of his parents where they continued to live. Helen M. Daily? graduated from the Sootia High School, and attended the ~'lesleyan University at Lincoln for one year. On August 22, 1932, she married Walter Kingham and they reside at the present time at Riverton, ~~!yo., vvhere he teaches in the High School and is also Athletic Coach, 111'. F~ingham received his education at the Cheyenne High School and at the 'Vyoming State Uni­ versity fro~ which he was graduated. They have one daughter (in 1936):

a.Sally Ann8 b.ICay 19, 1934. ~t Casner, 1.Vyo. 54 7 1,-_ildred Lee Do.ily , the second daughter of f~rthur Daily0 , is rarried to "'Tillis Rice and lives in Lusk, ·~o. She is a graduate of the Scbtia1Righ School and before her 2srriage clerked for several yoars inthe BrodthGucr store in Scoti&. 7 ~on.ald -r7. Daily , also a gradu_ate of the

""-·'·1~ h C1-..ra: h 00 1 l.. C 1 , n 11 r, 1.n• th. I B 1 t Scotia . ·- : ' .... J V - ' s er~-},,. ... -, -- - .L . .., - - - e Q.,.,c;;. • .a.~ ,- a ""')CO t.la, and is a fin.e young ~an.

The t;_•;o dau~hters of Arthur6 and Alpha 1:orrow Daily, Esther and 1~rgaret7, are pursuing their studies at the local high school.

Earl Daily6 6 Earl. Daily , the youngest son of Wellington and :--aldora Dail~r, r:.arried Je:nnie Barnes on February 23, 1916, at Coatsfield, ::reb. She died soon after t:ieir :marriage and e.bout 1£le he r.1arried Inez Reaves at Ord, :-- eb. T~·-.ey resided or◄• a farr:i. n~ar Scotia for a tirJ.e and t:1.en. 1:1oved to Colorado. Earl Daily6 is the father of the following children.: a.Dorothy? b.Dec.20,1919. b.Delores7 b.Oct.14,1921. c .Duane7 b .r.:s.y 26, 1924. d-. Delyle ~·1ellin.(J,ton 7 b .I.~ay 20, 1926. e. Robert 7 ., b • ?-'e b. 2? , 19 29 • ~ A f.Doneta? b • J.: e b • --· , 1ott4.., .:, •

6 ·1 -··1 D el 3c1C 1.. ~. ai -:Y

Cecil M. Daily6 , the only daughter of · ~ellington attd ;·~aldora Daily, ..,JCiS born at Scotia, --.;vhere she received her educatio12., he.ving ?raduated fron the hi~h school there.

On June 16,1913, she ·:.:.1as united in marriage to :J'enry Bredthauer, also of Scotia.

}.Ir. Bredthauer is a. :an of ability,having been copartner "t,\iith his bFother in a large DeJartment Store in Scotia T/;here they resids. B~e sl so has an interast in a 55

Buick Agency v1ith h0adquartors in Casper, 1;Yyo, ~vhere he owns a garage. They are the ,arents of three sons, all of whom are emploJred in business at or r1ear home: a.Dale H.; b.July 31,1915. b.Dean w. b.Dec. 12,1918. c.T~·!illiam David7b.June 19,1926.

Dean "7. Bredthauer7 is married to Faye lJ!i tchell and they have tv;o children: a.Patricia Anne 8 b .Allen lTi tchelle

5 Ezra I-. Dailz Ezra P. Daily5 , the second son of Eben B. Daily and his first wife, Lucinda Mudge, ~as born in Otsego County, 1-r. Y., and v;as a lad of about seven years when his father and stepmother noved to Illinois. After completing his education in the local rural school, he attended several terms at the I!igh School in Altona. ·Tnen reaching :rnahhood, he had the 11rge to strike out for himself and locate farther west. He went to Greeley County, :·-Teb., where his older brother, T~llington, had ,reviously settled. He took up a claim and built a sod house. 1I1he country vvas yet ne\v and land was cheap, so he gradually acquired more land and farmed quite extensively.

In April, 1884, ho married ILariette Barrett, ~ormerly of l\Tevv Yor~( State, vJ·ho, vvith her sister Susan, had come to see the T~;est and visit relatives. They started housekeeping on the homestead in the sod house v11hich vvas soon re!)lacod by a frame house. In 18'8?, }.:.~rs. Daily died leaving a young daughter then about tviio and one-half :rears old.

After tho lapse of several years, he took for a second wife Axie Fox of Charlottville, N. Y., who still survives. 56 After bedo~ing tired of farming, 1.tr. Daily bought an interest in a furniture and undertaking busi­ ness, moving to Loup City, lieb, They remained there about ten years, and then moved to Broken Bow, Neb., where he continued in the same business until a short time before his death, when he retired. 1ir. Daily was prosperous in all his dealings, and through shrevvd and careful 100.nageme n t , he acquired a good 9roperty. Much of his success, however, should be credited to his wife who has not or.ly been an ambi­ tious, tireless vvorl{er, but a v1ise counselor and advis­ er and took an active interest in his business affairs. He 1.-vas a member of the ~lethodist Church for several years, and was a much resnected citizen in the community .. As before stated, he was the father of a daughter by his first wife, Mariette:

. lt!" 6 1 • Avis i✓J3.Y m~Harry l:iiller.

Also two sons by his second wife:

1. E~:::en B. 6 b. Feb .11, 1894, died in infancy. 2.niilo6 b.May 5,1898, m.Alberta Outhouse.

Avis Via.y Daily6

Avis ?iay Daily6 \';as born in Greeley County, t!eb., and received her early educ'ation in the local school and at the high school in Fremont, Neb. She then went to Lincoln, I:Jeb., vi.1here she took a course at the University of i;ebraska Conservatory of l!usic, studying both piano and voice. On April 29, 1909, she married Harry Iviiller of Scotia. Mr. Liller is a popular, energetic business raan, highly respected in t1:e cornnunity.. He, in part­ nership with his brother, conducts a large furniture and undertaking establishrnent in Scotia v;:iere the family resides. Both l•Tr. and ivirs. :::iller are regular attend­ ants of the l{ethodist Church, -v·Jhere she has been an able assistant in t~e choir. 5?

and... L.L"""· ;,-r- .. · s • liiller are the parents of two daughters: 7 a.Gail E. b.Fcb.13,1910. b.Delores.B. 7b.Aug.12,1914. The above daughters are highly educated, both being graduates of the Teachers College at the Univer­ sity of Nebraska at Lincoln, and since their graduation have been successful teachers. Duxing her High School course, DGlores became quite proficit:nt vii th the violin and belonged to tho school orchestra. Both are young ladies who are a credit to their ryarents as well as to the community.

Itllo Daily6

1Iilo Daily6 , son of Ezra F. Daily and Axie Fox Daily, v:as born in Greeley County, !Jeb. _lfter com­ pleting his ele!:l.0ntarj7 educatior. at tl1e local schools, he matriculated for a course at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. During his stay there, he enlist­ ed for training in the S.A.T.C. The armistice was sign­ ed, however, before he saw active service. After completing ~is education, he became associated with his father in. tho furniture and under­ taking bu2iness in Loup City, and later moved with the family to Eroken Bow, where he continued in tho business until his fath0r's retirement about 1929. Since that time, he has bo:3n occupied in various forms· of specula­ tion. For sornc timo he vvas engaged as State Distributor for the "801:dix Company of South Eer..d, Ind.

Tn 192?, he v;as united in mn.rriage to i.Iiss AlbGrta Ou.thouso of Lou.p City. £.:rs. Daily is highly educated o.nd ·Nas, before her marriage, associated v;ith branches of v.;clfarc './·Iork. She has traveled quite 0x­ tcnsivoly both in our cnxn country and abroad. They re­ side in Broken Bov,i, end are the !)G.rents of tvvo charming young daughters: a • iv:ary Ann? b.S0pt. 3,1930. b.Emma Lou7 b.Aug. 13,1932. 58 Milton J~ Daily5

Mil ton J. D2.ily5 , the youngest son of Eben and Lucinda Iviudge Daily, ·was born in Otsego County, N. Y., and as a boy of fivo years, went with the family ".•rest. l!e rocei ved his education at the local rural school and the High School at Altona, and remained on tho home farm until his marriage to !iiss Susan Barrett, which occurred January 19, 1881. As previously stated, Susie Barrett and her sister ~.:ariette of Nev; York State had come "~_1est \ihen quite young la.dies to visit relatives and see the country, and remained there. Finally both sisters married the two Daily boys. Milton Daily and wife lived for one year after their marriage on a rented farm a short distance from his father's home. Having a strong desire to join his other two brothers in the then s~arsely settled State of Nebraska, he moved his family there and took up a claim which he farmed for several years. Finally, having grown tired of farming with its many attendant hardships found in a new country, he rented out his land and moved into tovm where h0 became manager of grain elevators for a large company. This necessitated his noving about considerably and living in sevGrn.l different to1,,,ms, an1ong them - "11lalback, Harvard, York, TJtica, Tobias, and Bertrand.

Through thrift and hard 1ivork, they sue ceedad in acquiring sufficient ~eans to retire from active work during their later years, and purchased a home in the City of Lincoln,

i1rrr-s. Daily vve~s an efficient he lpmeet, sharing the burdens of early pioneer life and ofton furnished a haven for v1anderir...g preachers and presiding oldors dur­ ing those first pioneer days on the prairies.

!!Irs. Daily passed av1ay on April 10, 1932, of a heart affliction resulting from a prolongsd attack of the ntlu". 1:fr. Daily survived hor but a few months.

They v.;ere grGatly devoted to each other, and the great sorrow rosulting from her passing is thought to have hastened his donth. 59

As ::1 sister, I cun trutt1fully say that he was a clean, tempcr~tto and n1orully upright Iil8.n, striv­ ing to emulate those 1:",rinciples exemplified b~,r the life of his fn t}10r. The rem ins of both a.re buried in Lincoln.

They v1cre the parents of three children: 6 l.Ethel b.Nov. 5,1882, m.Dr • Cl~rde Metzler. 2.Mable E. 6b.Oct.?,1885, m.. Dr .Hayes n_restfall. 3.Sutton6 b.Nov.15,188?, m • rrl.--1a tt 1· e •~r·.ii 11 1· ams • Eth~l Daily6 Ethel Daily6 was born near Altona, Ill., nnd moved to r-rebraska. with her parents iii7h0n only a fe\v months old. S~.1.u ;;radua ted fro!Tl. the Yc-.ek, Neb., High School, Class of 1900, and from the University of Neb­ raska Conservatory of t1usic in Lincoln, in 1904, and before her marriage was a successful piano teacher.

On October 17, 1906, she was married at Utica, Neb., to Dr, Clyde C. !:,~etzler, a gr'lduate of the University of JJebr~ska Dental C0llege at Lincoln. Soon ofter their marriage, they located in Sioux City, Ia., v.rhere they reside nt 2611 lJobraska Street. Dr. 11Ietzler v,ns born ut 1Iolden, Mo., and is a clean, morally upright :~n, and successful in his chosen profession.

lv!rs. L1etzler is edtlcr1 ted, o.ccomplished, and refined, and much interested in church work. She is an active worker in the Llissioncry Societies and other de­ partments of v;orl{ of the r::ethodist Church, of vvhich they 2re both members. Sho is also a member of a "~r orna.n ' s C1 u b • They urc the pcrcnts of two sons:

~-P~ul ? b.Dec.2?, 1917. o.Richard 7boJune 20,1920. Both of the 2.bovo nc..nod boys o.re of excellent character, clean in their habits, and are in every v;ay promising young ~en. They are studious 2nd ~re working hard towerds &cquiring a good education. 60 7 Paul , at this vvriting ( 1938), is pursuing a course in engineering at the Dniversity in Araes, Ia. He is a member of the Sigma Pu Fraternity and is making rapid progre$s~1~ his studies. He stands well at the head of his class of about 430 students and has receiv­ ed honorary recognition by the faculty. Ricbard7 has conpleted a business course, and is preparing to enter the University at Ames next year. During his !Iigh School course, -he v;as elected to a National Honor Society; was made Secretary of the society group from his class, secretary of his graduat­ ing class, of a literary society, and was a member of the Parnassus Club. Mable E. Dailz6

l~ble E. Daily6 , second daughter of I\!ilton J. 5 and Susan Barrett Daily, was born in Greeley County, Neb., and made the various moves with her parents. She graduated from the !!arvard, !:-~eb., !-Iigh School in 1906, and then took a course at the Cniversity of Nebraska Conservatory of Liusic and also at 1'Tebraska ~7esleyan Con­ servatory, taking both piano and voice. After her gradua tion, she taught four years before her :marriage to McKendrick IIayes V{estfall at Bertrand, lJeb., on February 9, 1910. Dr. ~7estfall -;_·1as born December 12, 18?6, at Mutual, o. At the time of their marriage, Dr. ·1estfall was a student at the University of Nebraska Dental Col­ lege in Lincoln, v1here 1Irs. ·'!estfall was also employed as a dental assistant. After his graduation, he opened an office in Lincoln where he is still located and is succeeding in his chosen profession. They own a home at 1633 I-IarVi00d AvellUC.

Since her marriage, I--Irs. "'!estfall has taught music at her home and was a choir director for five yearr Dr. and !-..:rs. "7estfall are members of the ~·1athodist Church and are held in high esteem among their many friends. They arc tho parents of two children: a.Robert ? b.Aug.18,1916. b.Virginia M. 7b.Apr.20,1919. 61 Robert Westfall? was born at Llncoln, N~b., After completing his studies at the Lincoln High School in 1934, he entered the University where he is taking a Business Administration course, s,ecializing in Account­ ir.ig and Business lvianagement. I-Ie is finishing a course in the R.O.T.C. and holds a commission as 1st Lieutenant. He is also a member of the Delta Sigma Pi Fraternity. He is also much interested in Scouting, having been Assistant Scout Master of a troup from the Trinity M.E. Church for four years. He is very musical and for the past five years has been siMing first tenor in the St. Paul's choir, of which church he is also a member. He is a very promising young man, of excellent habits, and stands for the best in every way. 7 Virsinia M. ".Yest:fall was born in Lincoln, where she has received her education. She graduated from the Lincoln ~igh School, Class or 1937, being Pre­ sident of her class. In August of that year, she enter­ ed the Gohde School of Cosmetology and completed her course the following ~~y. She then entered a local beauty salon where she rerr..a.ined until October, 1938, when she secured a ,osition at Norfolk, Neb., with an advance in salary and a commission. She too is a fine young lady with a bright outlook in life.

6 ~tton Dail;t: Sutton Daily6 , the you~est child of Milton J. and Susan Barrett Daily, was born in Greeley County, tJeb., and made the varj_ous m.oves with his parents. He gradmted from tho Lincoln High School, and also attend­ ed for a time the Lincoln Business College. He finally got an urge to become a dentist and so entered the University of I-Jebraska Dental Col­ lege where he graduated in 1915. ".\1hile still pursuing his studies at the Dental College 1 he married l\1iss Hattie "•'!illiams of Topeka, 1-~an., on August l?, 1912. u,on receiving his diploma, they located at Homer, ?Jeb., a to,vn close to Sioux City, Ia., v,here he opened an office and practised there for several years, Final­ ly, desiring a larger field for practice, he moved to lTniversity I-lace, a suburb of Lincoln, ,vhere he has en- joyed success in his work. 62 Mr. Daily is a friendly, kind-hearted, genial person su.ch as attracts frierids. Both Lir. and Mrs. Daily are members of the l1Iethodist Church and are resnected in tho community. They are the parents of but one daughter: a.Dorothy ? b .• 1'Ia.y 3, 1914. Doroth¥ Daily? was born at Lincoln, but spent her girlhood days in Homer. She moved back to Lincoln with her parents and completed her education at the Lincoln High School and then took a course in musical training at the Nebraska T7esleyan University and fitted herself for a Supervisor of l\lusic. Since completing that course, she has been teaching music and English.

Rer engagement to a young mn of Topeka, Kan., has recently been arLnounced.

5 Ella M. Daily

Ella ~~. Dail;1-5, daughter of Eben B. 4 and Catherine tiulter Daily, ~vas born near Altona, Ill. She was educated in the local rural school and then at the Altona High School, graduating from there in 1884. During her early years, she received train­ ing in both music and art, s,ecializing in the latter. Her art education was gained through local teachers and later in tho Art Department of the Knox Seminary at Galesburg, Ill., and at the Chicago Institute of Art. She was associated for a time with a local por­ trait painter, doing v:;ork in pastel, Tndia-ink, and water colors. At the age of twenty-two years, she came to New York with her ~arents, settling in the Village of T~!orcester, vilhero she continued her art vvork as a teachGr as well as doing much scenery and decorative art work to order. 63

On l'!Ovembor 24, 1892, sho vJe.s r:1arried to James R. Fox, son of Henry and Axcona Smith Fox of Charlottville, 1-J. Y., and \Vent for a timo on the old Fox homestead to reside. James Robert Fox was born July 10, 186?, at Charlottville, and was a dealer and speculator in stock and poultry, as well as a gGneral farmer. His liealth having failed, the family finally moved to the Village 11 of ,. _ orcester, where they resided ivi th her parents several years until the deaths of the latter. Mr. Fox died August l?, 1£23, and is buried at Worcester. Mrs. Fox has been a member of the Methodist Church since early life and until recent years was active in all its departments of work. She -is a :member of the Iroquois Chapter of the D.A.R. of •::orccster, having. so far kept her member­ ship there and during the last several years of her re­ sidence there was an active member of a Li~•r~~C.lub. She has spent the past few years in Elmira, N. Y., where her family now all reside, and has devoted much time to the writing and compiling of family genealog: and has completed &nd published a biographical and histor: cal record of her mother's family, and is now completing one on her father's line. She is also kept busy doing research work for others who often call u~on her for help in working out their fnr1ily lino. Her name is found in "Vfuo' s Who in Genealogy" published by the Institute of American Genealogy at Chicago, a national clearing house for genealogical in­ formation in this country, and she has been elected a "Fellow" of thfi t societ)7 in rocogni tion of her \vorl-~. James R. and Ella Daily5Fox were the parents of the follo·wing children: l.Lois Catherine5 b.Oct. 2,1893, m.Ralph J. Abell. 2 .fienry Daily5 b.Mar.30,1895,d.June 1,1903 of scarlet fever. 3.DeForest Ebcn5 b.Feb.14,1899, m.Beulah M. Longwell. 4.Ho¥1ard Multer5 b.June 23,1901, m.(l.Viola Scaife. (2.Betty Gumelius. 64

Lois Catherine Fax5

Lois Catherine Fox6 v-:as born in ··[orcester, N. Y., and spent her early girlhood days on the farm homestead near Charlottville. She moved with her par­ ents to ·.'Iorcester, 1:vhere she graduated from the High School in 1912. After her graduation, she entered the New England Conservatory of 1Iusic at Boston and com­ pleted the 1~ormal Course in 1916. For a time after her graduation, she occupied a position as Instructor of Piano at the fuarsh School of kUsic at Schenectady; and later instructed a large class in her home until her marriage to Mr. Ralph Abell on September 20, 1919.

!vlr. Abell was born ~-:ay 26, 1893, a son of Emory D. and liary Ellen Johnson Abell of Frar...klin, ~J. Y. At the time of his marriage, he was occupying a position with a large wholesale hardware and automobile accessory firm in Elmirat which position he held for several years as a traveling salesman. They are residing in Elmira, where at the pre­ sent time he is a representative salesman for an auto­ mobile firm. Mr. Abell is a member of the Jessee L. Cooley Lodge F. & A. M.·· and the !i1asonic Club. N~s. Abell is an active member of the Eastern Star, and is teaching a class in piano at her home. They a.re members of tho Par}~ Con.gregational Church. Thoy are the parents of two daughters: 7 a.Elizabeth Helon b.July 6, 1920. b.Cathorine Marie7 b.July 18, 1921. 7 Elizabeth !Ielen was graduated from the EL-rnira Fre0 Academy and has recently completed a business course at Miss Beardsley's Private School in Elmira.

Catierineh . -wi.c....aarie • ? is a member of the 1939 grad- uating class at the Elmira Free Academy. Both daughters arc very popular among their young friends and are vivacious, lovable girls. 65 6 DeForest Eben Fox 6 DeForest Eben Fox, son of James R. and Ella Daily Fox, ~~s born at Charlottvillc, N. Y., and went to "i:Vorcests~ vri th the far:iily v:hen a lad of about two yeaEs of age- Ze graduated from High School in 1915 an

IJir. Fox is a member of the Chemung County Bar Association; President of the Southern New York Abstract Corporation; a charter member of the Elmira Branch of the Foreign :Policy Association; a member of the Torch Club, the American Legion, the 11Iethodist Church; and a past Fresident of the Elmira Lions Club. On February 26, 1938, he was united in marriage to Beulah 1lae Long\ivell, daughter of 1,;Ir" and YJ's. Dryden H. Longwell of Elmira; and they reside at 103 Larchmont Road. Mrs. Fox was born September 28, 1901. For several years before her marriage, sh.3 v.:as employed in the Mandeville Law Office in Elmira) She is a member of the Eastern Star, and of the i\1et1.1odist Church, and an active worker in its various socie·cies and denart:rn.ents. 66

------... 0 Howa~d ~l.I. Fox ~ y·o11r..gest child of James R. and Ella Daily'"" Fox, ·was bor::. s. t -:·-~orcester, Ii. Y. , and received his education at the local liigh School and at th... e 1~}':~,yom1.ng • :::5em1.nary~ • a t 1:..1ngs-r·.- • +uor.., 1:,a.·r•

Ee entered the employ of the present Barker, Rose and KirJ.ball T•n1olesale Comyany o:f. Elmira in 1920, where he worked his vi;ay up to a salesmanship in the Auto Accessory De,artment. He is still holding that position, working in the city and adjacent territory. 1~. Fox is a member of the Jesse Cooley Lodge F. B: A. M. ~¥966, and of the ~:.a.sonic Club. He is also a member of the U.C.T. and of the Rod & Gun Club, and takes an active interest in the sport of hunting and fishing, ,articularly the latter. On June 22, 192?, he was married to Miss Viola Scaife of this city, and on 1iarch 30, 1931, she was, through death, called to the life beyond. She was born October?, 1903, and ~as a menber of Harmony Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star. She left a young son seven months old: ? a.Howard Multer Fox, Jr. b. _4ug. 1, 1930. After the death of his wife, Mr. Fox, with the young son, made his horr1e -r.vith 11is motlier UI1til his second marriage to t:~iss Betty Gumelius, daughter of Ernest J. Gumelit1s of this city, on L~ay 22, 1936. They reside at 113 Hendy Avenue~ Lirs. Fox v,as born June 14, 1903, and is a member of the Eastern Star. Both 1J.:.r. and Iv1rs. Fox &re members of the Presbyterian Church. 6?

D1 ~ _._1oe b e J • T'\r,•1~1 ey4

J?-hoebe J". Dailey4 , daughter of Peter3 and Lucretia Fox Dailey, v.Jas born in the Tov~n of Decatur, Otsego County, N. Y., and noved with her parents to Gothicville in 1836. She was ~:arried to Samuel Brown of Decatur and they began house!~:eeping on his farm a few miles north of the villa~e.- After a short married life, she died very suddenly of an apoplectic stroke. Her remains rest in the Decatur Cemetery. He continued to live on the farm, and after a time contracted a second marriage. ~hoebe Jane Dailey4 was said to have been energetic, quick motioned, and an ambitious worker. She was well educated for the tiraes, and taught school until her marriage.

1.'.:r. Brovm died DE:-cenber 16, 1912, and his remains are buried by the side of his wife Phoebe. T~16re \'iere no children by either marriage. 68

'!iilliam Grant Daily4

··:illiam G. Daily4 , son of Peter3 and Lucretia Fox Daily, v;as born in the To\vn of Decatur and moved to Gothicvill& ;vhen very sruall, ~~le l{nov.r very little con­ cerning those first early years of his life, but on January 1, 1861, at the age of twenty-eight, he married Phoebe I-Iowe at York }:ills, r!". Y.,. She 1,-vas also a native of the Valley. They started housekeeping on a farm in Barton Rollov:, near South Valley, where tl1eir first five child­ ren were born. After about ten years, they decided to go ... ?'est, settling for a time in Illinois among friends; but §OOn pushed on to the State of Iowa, where he bought a farm at Bard, a small place not far from Columbus Junction. They remained on this farm for sixteen years, when they had an urge to move on farther west. This time they went to Colorado, northwest of Stwrling. At the same time, others of the family came there and stak­ ed out claims which they homesteadGd. After a stay of five years there, they sold their homesteads and all moved to Custer County, Neb., wher€ they settled adjoin­ ing farms on th8 south side of the VIiddle Lou!) River, near i:ilburn. :-'lilliam G. Daily and v1ife spent their re­ maining days on this farm.

"'7e vvish to add a personal tribute here by say­ ing thut i.;ve do not believe a more real, genuine, honest, sincere, upright Christian couple could bG found than .. 'lilliam Daily and \Vifc. In his advanced years, shortly before his passing, the writer had the privilege of spending a few days v{ith him after r1any years of separation. He great­ ly enjoyed talking over his boyhood days back in New York State, and, with a twinkle in his eyes, reviewed many of the humorous incidents that had ha~pened in his early years there. In no vvay did his face reflect tho ruany mis­ fortunes that seemed to be his lot to share. In fact, we hardly boliave many have lived to his age who have passed through so many mishaps and came through without fatal results. The follo~~ng is a nartial list of han- ~ .. - penings at different periods of time:- A broken leg, a broken wrist, a bro}fen arm, minus 011e knuckle from th0 69 left hand, accidently shot in the arn~, struck by lightning, a slight stroke of paralysis, lost hear­ ing in one ear, bitten by a rattles~ake, and was in numerous runaways in which he received bad injuries. 1:rs. Daily passed away in 1916, being nearly seventy-nine years old. She :made a noble v.rife and mother, and we shall never forget her kindly smiling face as she greeted us on our occasional visits to their home in Iowa when a child. ·

l!r. Daily died in 1921 at 1Iilburn, ·being nearly eighty-nine years old. Both are buried in the Gates Cemetery about seven miles from I~ilburn. They were the ~arents of the following seven children: 5 l.Alvig b.Jan. 1,1862, m.Rose D.Peters. 2 .Leon b .l{ov. 26, 1863, m.Alice 'f.'Joodruff. 3.0ren5 b.I\118.r. ?,1863,d.Oct.12,1870, accidently drown. 4.Ella 5 b~June 6,1868, m.John Books. 5.Sarah L. 5 b.Feb. 3,18?0,d.Apr.8,1919, . 5 ra.Thomas !lorgan. 6.Step~en t(. b.Sept.6,18??, m.Ge~tie Dell Farley. ?.Rose b.Jan.11,1879, m.LeGrande Athey.

fo.lvin Daily5 Alvin Daily5 , the eldest child of William G. 4 and ~hoebe Howe Daily, was born near South Valley, Otsego County, ::;-. Y., and was around eigh"i years of age v1hen his parents moved to Iowa. After completing his studies in the local rural school, he attended high school for a year at Altona, Ill., mal(ing his home v;i'ih relatives.

1.\1len about tv;enty-one years old, he and his brother Leon hitched four horses to a ~rairie schooner and started out for liebraska on an explor­ ing trip and to see the country. They first stopped in Greeley County anong some cousins and remained there a year or so \Vhere they farmed so!!le rented land. They then pushed on farther to Custer County. There Alvin filed on a ~overnment homestead situated about eight miles froru the present tovm of Anselno. ?0

At that time, he "'\,vas located three miles from t~1e nearest neighbor, t-:1;~enty-sever1 oiles from tov.n and se~v?.nty miles from a railroad. There i;iere one hundred sixty acres of land which cost hin $14.00 for filing fee, and on which he ~as required to live for five years. On May 26, 1882, he married Rose D~ Peters, a daughter of Daniel H. and Mary Ann Peters of Wapello, Ia., and took her to the Nebraska homestead on which he had built a sod house. They kept this farm lintil 189?, when they sold it and bought another farm four miles nearer Anselmo, which farm they still own, but rent out the l&nd on shares. T:·1is farm is south of the !Jiiddle Loup, and adjoining land m:ned by his father and brothers They also own a home in the Town of Anselmo where they reside during the winter. Since there is also a tenant house on the farm, they maintain a home both in town and at the farm. For about five years, Alvin Daily was manager of the Farmers Mercantile Co. Store in Anselmo. They have been thrifty people and are now enjoying a comfort­ able retired life. Mrs. Daily is an active member of the Eastern Star. They have no children.

5 Leon Dail;y: Leon Daily5 , the secocd child of William G. Daily, 1,-vas born in Otsego County, ne9.r South Valley, I:. Y., and made th.e various changes v;ith his parents, settliii..g -i;ith them at Bard, Ia. 1Ie remained in the parental home un.til the age of nineteen, and the year follov,;ing ,vas spent m.ostly in Missouri and North Dakota.

I11 the fall of 1883, he made the trip to Neb­ raska with his brother Alvin, as before stated. Not be­ ing of age, he could not file on a homestead with his brother, but the following year he took a preemption in vrhich vlas then F'~eith County (no1.-v Perkins Comity), thirty­ five miles southeast of Ogalalla (the nearest postoffice and store). "'.11.en he took his claim, there 1Nere only three settlers in the locality, and a distance of thirty­ one miles vvithout a house on the road. ?l After filing on his clai1n, he worked part of the time during the second summer with a surveying party who were surveying for a railroad between Hal­ dredge, !Jeb., and Che yer1ne, 'T.Vyo., and which railroad passed but a short distance north of his claim. After paying for his clairri, he returned to Io\va and married iris s Alice ~Voodruff on September ? , 188?. T:·1ey remained in Iov1a until Fe·bruary, 1889, when they loaded a car and moved to his claim in Neb­ raska. In the meantine, the railroad and a nice town, three and one-half miles from his claim, had been built. During that same spring, he went over into Colorado and filed on a homestead sixteen miles north­ west of Sterling. His father and one of his brothers­ in-law had settled there, so he sold his claira in Neb­ raska and moved to the Colorado ranch where he remain­ ed for five years until he had proved up on his claim. In the meantime, he raised cattle on the range around them. After proving on his claim, in the spring of 1894, they sold it and again went back to Nebraska where he bought a farm on which they still live, adjoining that of his brothers, Alvin and Stephen, along the Middle Loup River.

Bet·weon the years 1905 and 1920, they rented out their land and Vient back to Iov;a, where they took charge of the farm of her father who had baen left alone through the d8a th of her mother. 't~!hen they returned to their Nebraska home in 1920, the father went ~ith them and both he and Leon's father lived iiith them until their death and ~ere most tenderly cared for.

Leon Daily and 1Nife ha VG been hard-v1orking, thrifty people, representing tho highest type of citizens. They are church-goir.g people and lead con­ scientious, Christian lives.

In 1896, they met v:i th a great sorrovi1 because of the loss of three of their young children who died a few days apart of dinhtheria. They have been the parents of six children: ?2 6 l.l\larion b. Oct .16, 1888, d. ~Iov. 8, 1896 . 2~Arnia ¥aud 6 b.Oct.30,1890,d.Nov.20,1896. 3 .Its.bel O b .Oct .2?, 18£2, d .l·ov .20, 1896. 4~0ren Chalmers 6 b.Aug.28,1894, m.Grace Hammon, 5.Myron Leon6 b.Dec.28,1896, m.Flossie Adam; 6.Mary Helen6 b.June 30,1903, m.George Butchc Oren Chalmers Daili6 . Oreri Chalrn.ers Daily6 v1as born at ?1D.lburn, Ieb., and after completing his studies in the local school, he entered the Columbus Junction~ Ia., High School, from which he "as graduated. On May 1, 1916, he married Miss Grace Hammond of Columbus Junction, who was also a graduate of the ~igh School there.

They reside on a farm near 11ilburn, and have the following children: a.Lucile Doris7 b.Dec.30,1916, m.Burnard Whitney b.Myron Eugene? b.Oct.14,1918. c.Vera Louise7 "b.Oct.20,1920. d.l:Iarjorie Ellen'b.Oct. 1,1922. e.Mabel Anna7 b.Oct,2?,1924. Lucile Dailz7 was born near Milburn, and after graduating fron the local High School, she at­ tended the Y.earney State Teachers' College. She has taught four years with m~rked success and is now teach­ ing -her fifth year at Custer Center. s:~e is also an accomplished musician, in both vocal and instrumental music, and has assisted in an orchestra for somo time.

On February 11, 1939, sho v:as rnarried to }:Ir. Burnard ...._,.~litney of r:·rairie Csnt6~, I--:cb., a son of l✓ir. ir.-r s Tr "D .,.::r-, 1· tnei and ~.- .. • ~ - • .I.. • ;- .!~ c; y •

!/Ir. "':I:•.i tney _5sradua ted froL1 the Iligh School at Broken Bovv, Class of 1931, since vvhich time he has been engaged in farming with his father. i½r. and Mrs. r~!hitney are both active in social and educational activities of the community. T~ey expect to reside about six n1iles nortl11w~est of BroL:en Bvvl as farmers. ?3

Myron Eugene Daily7 is a graCu~te of the Mil­ burn High School and is assisting his father on the farm. He is also n1usically inclined a11d has been a member of an orchestra. Vera Louise Daily7 has completed her school work and has been a student of a school of Cosmetology. 7 MarJorie Ellen and 1vlabel Anna7 are still pursuing their studies at the High School. All three of the above named girls are musically inclined and are good singers. ~yron Leon Daily6 Myron Leon Daily6 was born at ~ilburn, Neb., and is also a graduate of Columbus Junction High School. He was married August 4, 1918 to Miss Flossie Adamson of Iowa. They reside at ·r.-1apello, Ia., where he is manager of a grain elevator. They have five children: a.Alice Rose7 b.Feb.12,1920, m.Yenneth Carter. b.Helen Louise 7 ?b.Sept.0,1922. c.118.rtha Rebecca b.Oct. 4,1925. d.Shirley Ann~ b.Nov.19,1929. e .Iiiyra Lucile' b. July 19, 1g35.

r, Alice Rose Daily' is a graduate of the Colum- bus Junction ~Iigh :School, havin5 been President of her Class for t·wo years and holding ne:i:t to the highest average in the class of fort3r-t1;\;:0 Bembers. t.:,or1 corn.pleting her school ·work~, sho married Y.0nneth Carter, a college student. They reside in 1 '!apello, Ia., v~hero he has ch&rge of a grocery store.

They arc the parents of a young son recently born to then: ?4 }5ary Helen Daily6 6 5 1'Iary 1Ielen Daily , daughter of Leon and Alice 'Yoodruff Daily, was born near 1t:ilburn and is a graduate of the Broken Bow High School, and also of the Nebraska State University at Lincoln. On December 29, 1928, she was married to George ·Butcher of Milburn, where they reside as farm­ ers. They are the parents of the following four children: a.John Emers~n7 b. June 28, 1930. b. Clara Dell b .lJar. 3, 1932. c.Alicc Lea? b .1iay 18, 1934. d .Mabel Yvonne·? b.Sept .13, 1936.

5 Ella,Daily 5 Ella Daily , the eldest daughter of William G. 4 and Phoebe 1Iowe Daily, was born in New York State, moving "1.~est ,nith her parents when a small child. After completing the grade school course, she attended a Normal School for a year. On March 10, 1886, she was married at her home near Columbus Junction, Ia., to John Boolts. Tl1ey resided for a few years at Columbus Junction on a farm and later moved to l\Jebraslta near her l)eoplo, v;hore they lived until 190?, \,hen t:10y moved to l~ontrose, Colo.

They resided on a farm at 1-/ontrose, specializ­ ing in stock-raising and dairying. ix. Books died May 5, 1931, and since his doath, Mrs. Books occupies the house on tho farl7l, but rents the farm land to a son-in­ law v1ho residGs near. John Books was born August 21, 1865, and was a native of Steelton, Pa. Both Mr. and Tu:rs. Books were members of the Christian Church. Ella Daily5 and John Books were the parents of nine children: ?5 l.Rose6 b.Oct.2

Rose Books6 Rose Books6 was born at Columbus Junction, Ia., and moved with her parents to Nebraska and later to Colorado. After completing a preliminary school course, she took a four-year course in nursing at the Boulder, Colo., Sanitarium. On June 5, 1909, she was married to Ralph Smith, a farmer and stock man. They reside at Colona, Colo., where they are affiliated with the Adventist Church. They are the parents of the following four children: a.James?7 b.Sept.10,1912. b.Verle b.Aug. 20,1914. . 7 c. Louise b -~-1\Tov • i...;..,.,90 1a1c.., .., • d.Rolland 7 b.July 28,1921. ? . ? T he sons, James and Verle, graduated from I{igh School and are assisting their father wit~ the farm \Vork, as is also the youngest son Rolland • Louise BooJ.cs? has completed the I-Iigh School course ~nd is now in Business College.

6 Elma Books 6 EJ.!Eca Bool-:s \V&S born at Columbus Junction, Ia. After completing the elementary grades, she too~ a four-year course in nursing at the Boulder, Colo., Sanitarium. She died on March 19, 1910, after being operat0d on for a goitre. ?6

Ora Bool(s6 6 Ora Books , the fourth child of Ella Daily5 and John Books, vias born in Ior~a, in 1892.

After completing the elementary school grades, she attended High School for one year, and on Se~tember 14, 1910, she married ~alter L. Sanburg, a farmer and stock man. They are affiliated v1ith- the ?wlethodist Church, as is also their family. They reside in Montrose near the John Books homestead. They have three children: a.Cliff~rd? b.AUg.10,1911, m.Alice Elicker. b.Car~l? b.Oct. 5,1912, m.Ruby Kagen. c.Elien b.Au.g.21,1915, m.Charles Smith. 7 Clifford Sanburg and Alice Elicker were ma.rried February 28, 1932. They are farmers and are the pa.rents of three children: 8 a.Betty ~0 b. Dec. 18,1932. b.Dwight b. Dec. 30,1934. 8 d.Barbara Jean b. Sept.13,1936. ? Carol Sanburg and Ruby Kagen were married June 5, 1932. He is a farmer and stoclc man. They have three children: a.Monte Joe8 b. Dec. 28, 1932. b.Garol L~e 8 b. Sept.23, 1934. c.LaVerne b. Aug. 23, 1936. Ellen Sanburg7 and Charles Smith were married ¥.sjr 5, 1934. He is a farmer. They have no children.

6 ?lilliam Bool

6 Alice Books Alice Books6 , the sixth child of Ella Daily5 and John Books, was born in Nebraska. She completed her studies first in the local grade school and then graduated from the IIigh School and taught for tvvo years. Or~ J\ugust 26, 1921, she v;as married to Carl Raish, a farmer and stock :can. They have one son:

. h.,.? a. Car lR\.ais i ... ,

6 Nola Book!s

Nola Bool~s 6 , the youngest living daughter of Ella Daily5 and John Books, was born in Colorado. She completed her education in the local grade and High Schools and taught for a time. ?8

On August 30, 1921, she v1as married to Virgil Reynolds, a dairyfarmer. They have two children: 7 a.Verne b. June 15, 1923.- b.'.'/ayne7 b. Nov. 13, 1924.

6 Gladys Books Gladys Books0 , the eighth child of Ella Daily5 and John Books, was born in Colorado. She was graduated from the local High School and attended Gunnison, Colo., College. She then taught for a couple of years.

She was married Nia.y 25, 1930, to Raymond Elicker, a sch_ool teacher. She died November 23, 1932, leaving an infant son: a. Robert? b. Sept. 2?, 1932, The last three named daughters and their families were members of the Christian Church.

6 Leon Books Leon Books6, the youngest child of Ella Daily5 and John Books, was born in Colorado. He was graduated from the Iviontrose IIigh School and on February 11, 1933, was married to----. They reside in Issaquah, ~ash., twenty-five miles from Seattle, where he is employed in a garage. They are members of the Methodist Church and have three children: a.Patsy? b.Jan. 1934. b.Sally7 b.Apr.20,1935. c.Jerry Leon7 b.~ar.12,1938.

80 Marion Stephen yaily5 C I 5 Marion Stephen Daily was born at Bard, Ia., and moved with his parents to Sterling, Colo., where they remained a short time, later moving to Milburn, Neb. He was associated with his father in farming until his marriage on May 4, 1901, to Gertie Dell Farley who was born rfu.rch 22. 1884, a dau.ghter of Robert and Ellen Altheda Sweet Farley of Milburn. They have done extensive farming, at one time owning 600 acres of land which he and his sons farmed together. They also keep large dairies. All of the sons who oove married live near the parental home and all, except one, married school teachers. lir. · and i~rs. Daily are much respected, thrifty people and can be justly proud of their family. They tenderly cared for her father in their home during the last years of his life. They have lived upright, Christian lives, de­ voted to their church and, aside from the strenuous duties of raising a large family, she has found time to serve as Sunday School Superintendent for many years. They are the parents of nine children, all living:

l.Lloyd Merle6 b.-Oct.29,1901, m.Gladys Mildred Butcher. 6 2 .t,:arion Robert b .Mar. 5, 1903, m.Lela 1-Tay Empfield. 3.Claude Laverne 6 b.Apr. 3,1904, m.Vera Blanche Empfield 4.~Yalter Grant6 b.Aug.27,1~06, m.Ima Floy Forbes. 5~James Theodore6b.Dec.24,1908, rn.TheJma r.fargaret Dressen, 6 6.Seth Julian b.Dee.19,1910 1 o.Faye Emma Servier. 7.ElleE Irene6 b • 0 ct • 9 , 1912 , m. :-Ier:ry Bt1-rvvell Christy. a.Stephen Fa~ley6 b.Aug.24,1916. 9.Alvin Leon b.July 30,1918.

Lloyd t:Ierle Daily,6 6 Lloyd l~rle Daily and Gladys hlildred Butcher were married November 12, 1924. She was born January 26,1903. They reside about four miles from his father's farm. 81 They are the parents of the following children: 7 a.Gertie Lo ~ene b.June 15,1926. b.Mary Alice b.Dec. 31,1927. c.Howard kerle7 b.Oct. 5,1929. 7 n.. fhyllis... Ir~ne b. July 25,1931,d.Sept.16,193?. e.Reita Anne b.Nov. 15,1934. f.George Stephen 7 b.Oct. 2,1935. g.lVilliam 1Valter Farley7b.July 5,1938.

6 Marion Robert Daily 6 Marion Robert Daily and Lela May Empfield of Anselmo were married June 17, 1925. She was born May 1, 1905. They have the following children: a.Robert '!feir? 7 b.Feb. 10,1926. b.Virginia Dell b.Sept. 8,1927. c.DorOthy DeMo?is7 b.Sept.29,1929. d.Donald Bruce b • }Jay 28 , 19 36 •

Claude Laverne Dail¥6 Claude Laverne Daily6 and Vera Blanch Empfield were married December 31, 1924. She was born November 30, 1903, and is a sister of Lela !!a.y. They have the following children: a.Betty Louise7 b._Oct. 12,1925. b .Paul Chalme?s 7 b .liov. 23,1926. c •-r_•Janda Irene b .11ay 22,1928. d.Carl Stephen7 b .lv1ar. 2,1930. e.James Alvin7 b.July 30,1931.

~valter Grant Daily6 ~alter Grant Daily6 and Ima Floy Forbes were married June 27, 192?. She was born September 10, 190?. They have had the following children: 82 ? a.Kenneth La erne b .llay 2, 1928, d. at birth. b.Arva Ileen1 b.1fu.y 14,1929. a.Margaret Joyce7 b • l\Ia r . 2 0 , 19 31 • d.Lois Shirley? b .lday 1, 1933.

James Theodore Daily6

~ James Theodore Daily0 and Thelma M. Dressen were married July?, 1934. She was born November 22, 1910. They have two children: a.Douglas na;17 b.Dec.21,1935. b.Janet Gail b.Dec. 8,193?.

Seth Julian Daily6 Seth Julian Daily6 and Faye E. Servier were married May 26, 1930. She was born October 15, 1909. They live about four miles from his father's home. They have the following children: a.Rose Marie7 b.Oct. 18,1930. b.Barbara Rut~ 7 b.June 29,1932,d.June 29,1933. d.Richard Lee b.Apr. 12,1934.

Ellen Irene Daily6 Ellen Irene Daily6 and Henry B. C!:risty were married },1arch 28, 1930. He ·was born February 12, 1910. They reside on a farm about tv,enty miles from her old home. They have the following children: 7 a.,7illiam Stephen b.1-Jov. 23,1932. b.Thomas Allen7 b.Apr. l?,1936. c.Lynn Dora7 b.Sept.23,1938.

Stephen Farley Daily6 and Alvin n~ily6 are both graduateB of IIigh School and are yet at home assisting on the farm. 83 Rose Daily 5 Rose Daily5 , the youngest child of William 4 G. and Phoebe Howe Daily, was born at Bard, Ia. She received her education in the local school and later at the Broken Bow, Neb., ~igh School. After complet­ ing her education, she taught school for four ;ears. On October 2?, 1901, she married LeGrande Athey of Broken Bow. Hr. Athey was born December 5, 1878 and graduated from the Bro1ce n Bovv High School. They have always been farmers and started housekeeping at Broken Bow. From 1910 to 1915, they lived near Milburn, at that time working the farm belonging to her brother, Leon Daily, while the latter was in Iowa. They then moved to Brown County, ?Jeb., v1here they now own three sections of land comprising 1920 acres. This land is situated on the Koshopah Creek, about forty-five miles north of ftiilburn. The land is devoted largely to graz­ ing, although they also keep a large dairy of milk cows. They have about eighty head of cattle in all. During their first years in Brown County, they kept a store and Post Office at Koshopah. Mrs. Athey v1as Post £ilistress for six years and he ran the store. Mr. and Mrs. Athey are members of the Baptist Church and he has served as Sunday School Superintendent for several years. They arc fino Christian people and are to be congratulatGd in bringing up the large family of eleven children, none of \rihom have died, and the majority of whom are in homes of their own or are taking care of themselves. The children are as follows: 6 1. Vera IVfa e b • ~Jov. 23,1902, m.Raymond A.Burdick. 2.Faul Alvin6 b.June 13,1904, m.Ethel Tieadden. 3.Earl Andrew6 b.Avr. 25,1906, 4.William. Daill6b.N0v. 20,190?, m.Fern Thelma Fanche1 5.Sarah Esther b.Jan. 26,1910, m.Otto G. Schupporeii 6 .Dorothy ge11 6 b .!/fay 4,1912, m.ICenneth C. T-'liles. ?.LeGrande b.May 30,1914, m.Helen M. Ferguson. 84 6 a.Phoebe Helen b.se,t.1?,1916. 9 .Rose Mildred~ b • Jan • 6 , 1919 • 10.Lillian Lola b.Dec. 15,1920. ll.Marguerite6 b.Jan. 4,1923.

Vera Ivlae Athey6

Vera Wae Athey6 , the eldest· child of LeGrande and Rose Daily5 Athey, completed her education in the Broken Bow High School, and then taught for a time before her marriage. She was married to Raymond Burdick on November 16, 1921. They reside at the present time in Oakland, Calif. They have the following five child­ ren: a.Fern Esther7 b.Apr.20,1923. b .Robert Donald.? b.Nov.11,1924. c.Benjamin RaYI].ond7 b.Oct.21,1926. d.Blanche Rose? b.Sept.9,1928. e.David Lee7 b.Oct.23,1931.

Paul Alvin Athex6 Faul Alvin Athey6 , the eldest son of LeGrande and Rose Daily5 Athey, was married to Ethel Headden November 25, 1936. They were living north of Elsmere in 1938, where he v;as em.ployed on a large ranch, and she was teaching school. They had no children.

Earl Andrew Athei6 Earl Andrew Athey6 , the third child of LeGrande and Rose Daily5 Athey, is still single and assisting ·with the farm v;ork at home.

'.,Villiam Daily Athey6 William Daily Athey6 , son of LeGrande and Rose Daily5 Athey, was married on December 4, 1931, to 1-~iss Fern Tl1eJma Fancher. 1Ie has served as a mail carrier for several years on the route between Dunning and Koshopah. He has now moved with his family to Wood Lake, Neb. They have the following four children: 85 ? a.Donna Rae· b.,Sept .24, 1932. b.Glor-ia Lenore 7 b.July 15,1934. c ..ch·o.:. ir 1 ey 1-_ay...r 'I 17 b.Oct. 25,1935. d.Joyce Aileen· b .Feb. 12, l'J37.

6 Sarah Esther Athel 6 Sara Esther Athey, daughter of LeGrande and Rose Daily5 Athey, completed her·studies in the country High School at Cottonwood, five miles below their home, and then too1< a two-year rJorml course at Ainsworth, Reb. After completing her education, she taught school for four years before her marriage which occur­ red December 21, 1932, to tlr. Otto G. Schupporiet. They are living on a ranch near the northern state line, northeast of Valentine. They are members of the German Luthern Church; and h.ave tv.;o children: 7 a.1:-·a--.t r1c1a•. A nn b.Dec. 5,1933. b.Otto Gerald? b .1-Iar. 31, 1935.

6 Dorothy Dell Athey Doro~hy Doll Athey6 , daughter of LeGrande and Rose DailJ"-v At:.1ey, rGceived a 1ron1:11 School train­ • 1ng at Ains,"lorth, after ·~\1hi cl1 she taught four years • She then m:qrried l'~enneth C. 'T.filcs on January 1, 1933. 1~. ~~los received his last years of school training at the "':esloyan l~nivcrsity at Lincoln and is Il0Vw7 teaching in 8. =rigl1 School 2t Doc.dwood, S.D., V'lhere thoy reside. They arc mernbors of the riethodist Cl1urch at Dcad\vood; arld hcve t·)JO ct1ildren: 7 a.Eldoris Fau~ine b.tby 22,1936. b.Clydo Allan b.Jcn.1S,lr38.

6 LoGrandc Athei, Jr.

,,,,.. ~cGrande Athey, Jr.u, son of LoGrande and Rose DailJrv Kt~:ioy, graduated from tl1c Iiigh School at Cottonviood. 1Ie mD.rried, on June 15, 1936, i-.iiss :Helen 86

1JI. Ferguson, and they are farmers and live on the "'West section of his father's land.

Phoebe Helen Athey6 Fhoege Eelen Athey6 , daughter of LeGrande and Rose Daily Athey, is yet unmarried and has been teaching for four years in the same s_chool. She had accepted a position for the year 1938 in a grade school at Halsey, at an advanced salary.

6 Rose Mildred Athey Rose Mildred Athey6 , daughter of LeGrande and Rose Daily5 Athey, completed her Normal course at Ainsworth in the spring of 1938 and had engaged to teach a school about four miles from her home.

6 Lillian Lola Athey Lillian Lola Athey6, n5xt to the youngest child of LeGrande and Rose Daily Athey, has also com­ pleted a lTormal course at Ainsworth and taught for one year. She is teaching this year (1938) in a school about ten miles from her home.

l~rguerite Athey6 Marguerite Atgey6 , the youngest child of LeGrande and Rose D~ily Athey, has completed her studies at the grade school and entered 1'Tor11al School at Ainsworth at the beginning of the ,resent year ( 1938), where she expects to remain. for the two year 1-Tormal course. 8? 4 James LeRoy Dailey

James LeRoy Dailey4, son of Feter3 and Lucretia Fox Dailey, vvas born on the old homestead farm at Gothicville and remained on the farm during his entire life, being the only living son who did not leave his native state to seeJ:e a home in the West during the early pioneer years.

On October 5, 1862, he vras married to r~liss Meribah Vanvoorhis. They kept the home farm and cared for his parents who remained there until their death at an ad­ vanced age. James Dailey4 was a man who possessed a keen, shrevvd intellect. I-Ie vvas a kind neighbor, alv;ays ready to help others in time of trouble vJhen they most needed a friend. He was a good counselor in matters or law and, although not a lawyer by profession, many came to him for advice; and he vvould go to the limit to help some friend out of trouble. He took a keen interest in ~olitics and was a staunch Republican. He joined the i,:ethodist Church in early life, and v;as a fai t~ful attendant. rv:rs. Dailey ·was born February 31, 1843. She was much beloved and respected for her true Christian spirit. She -:Nas rnodest and retiring in disposition, and her daily lifo exemplified th0 princi,les of Him v1ho v;ent about doing good.

".'!i th steadfast devotion, she cared for his aged :parents du~ing their last y8ars and sought to give them every possible comfort. She was faithful to her church and ever ready to ~ork in its interest. She outlived ~.Ir. Dailey sovGral years, and viith the utmost fortitude, administerad care and comfort to him during his long and painful illness. She passed away on April 1, 1919, at the home of her daughter, v;ith ..Nham she lived. 88 They were the parents of but one child, the daughter above r1entioned: 5 l.Carrie May b.Oct,4,1863,d.Apr.29,1938,m.(l.Egbert Folr!isbee~ (2.George ~{ansen. ·0arri~ }..~. Dailey5

Carrie r..:. Dailey5 v;as born at Gothicville, and passed her entire life near the Valley. She received her education in the local schools and then taught for a few years. Finally in 1884, she entered Adrian College, Michigan, where she pursued a musical education. She continued her in­ terest in music in connection with her public school teaching in which she was successfully engaged for nearly twenty-five years.

On 1-~arch 21, 1889, she Ii18.rried Egbert Folmsbee, also of the Valley. To t 1Jem 'wvas born one daughter, l:Iadge D., now the ~-.,ire of Ronald •··,.ebster. {A sr:etch of his fa:nily is found in the Folfilsbee FamilyLine.) They resided near the Valley. 1fr. Folmsbee met death through an accident soon after the birth of the daughter. After resuming 1:1er teaching for a few years, she married on Decenber 26, 1894, George Hansen, and they thereafter occupied the old Hansen homestead near the Valley.

1:,~r. I-Iansen' s family history dates back to the earliest pioneers of the country. IIG is a modest, kindly, rcs~ected citizen, and ·well read on all T.)ro­ blems of tho day. :?e is a large dairy farmer, dealing largely in pure bred Guernsey stock.

Both r::r. and tirs. Ecnscn Viere merrj_ocrs of tho t:ethodist Protestant Cht.1rch nnd ·Nero faithful attand­ ants u~til failing health confined her at home much of the time; but as long as health pernittGd, she labored untiringly in the intGrcst of hor church and her un­ usual talents v1ere froely give11 in promoting many social activities of the church and community.

r,.Crs. :Tansen died on AlJril 29, 1938. 89

One son ·1;vas born to Mrs. Hansen by her last union:• l.Lawrence D. 6 b, Aug.19,1902.

Lawrence D. Hansen6 Lawrence D. H ansen6 has remained in the home and is associated with his father·on the stock farm. After completing his eaucation in the local school, he entered the Cobleskill High School and completed the course in 1922. He then entered the State Agricultural School at Cobleskill and graduat­ ed from there in 1925. Lawrence D. Hansen is a morally upright young man, and hold in the highest esteem in the com­ munity. I!e belongs to the Protestant 1~:ethodist Church and takes an active part in all its departments of work, and is ever ready to lend a hand in bringing it success. He belongs to a Guernsey Club, and is success­ ful in the raising and breeding of that stock. Se also takes time off from his farm duties to play in the community band in Cherry Valley. During the long illness of his mother, his untiring devotion to her was unlimited, often spend­ ing hours throughout the nights keeping a watchful aye over her and seeing that her every comfort and need was supplied. go

George Dailey4

George Dailey4 , the youngest son of Feter3 and Lucretia Dailey, ~.vas born in Gothicville, N. Y., on July 3 t 1860. At the age of t·\·,erity years, he married Ellen Bassler of South Valley and they lived with his parents where she died December 19, 1862.

Li}~e so many young men of· those early days~ he had an urge to go ~:~!est. I-Ie Vient first to Illihois and on February 18, 1866, he married, in Chicago, i\liss Kate Brennan, a member of an old New York Brennan family. They lived for several years in Streator, Ill., where he worked at his trade as a mason and where all of their children were born.

In 1886, they moved to r-Jebraska and located on a farm at Fullerton. They resided there for seventeen years. After that they lived in Wolback, North Loup, and Ord, Neb., finally moving to Omaha and locating at 4110 N. 24th St., where they continued to reside during the remainder of their lives. ~~s. Dailey ,vas born N'.1.8.y 31, 1851. She sur­ vived Mr. Dailey many years and after his death con­ tinued to reside in the family home with her unmarried daughter, Sarah L.

?vir. Dailev continued to 1;vork at his trade as V a mason as long as he lived and had built a large busi- ness block in Omaha, which he owned, together with his home, at the time of his death. George Dailey4 and wife were the parents of seven children as follovvs: 5 1.Carrie b •"'\pr. 23, 1869, d. m.Thomas H. 5 Brothers. 2.George Francis b.Apr. 9,18?2,d. 3.I~Iary Lillian5 b.I\jiay 24,18?4,d. 1907, m.Valley B~ :t-Jetharnay. 5 4 .l\Taud Elizabeth b .r.rov .18, 18?8, d. m. Frank DudneJ 5.Sarah &ucretia5b.Oct.29,188l,was unmarried yet in 1923. 6.Nellie b. . 1883,d. m.1iaynard Edington. ?.Vesta Pearl5 b.Dec.2?,1885,d.Nov.8,1906. 91 Carrie Dail9y5 Carrie Dailey5 married Thomas H. Brothers October 16, 1888, and lived in Chicago at 2913 Evanston Avenue. We have no further kno,vledge of them, except that ne was an interior decorator by trade, and that they had three children as follows: 6 1.,George Henry b .1889; married before 1915. 2.Carrie }Jiay6 b .1892; married before· 1915 and had 2 sons 3.Thomas Edison6 b .• 1895;

5 Y..ary Lillian Daily 5 Mary Lillian Dailey and Valley B. Nethaway were the parents of two children: 6· l.Sophia Gladys b.Feb.,l884; was a teacher in 1915. 2.Catherine Louise 6b.Sept.15,189?,d. 1901.

5 Tu~ud Elizabeth D~iley 4 5 Maud Elizabeth Dailey and Frank Dudney were married February 12, 1900. They lived on a farm in Fullerton, Neb., and had two children! Dorothy6 and George6 .

5 Sarah Lucretia Dailey Sarah Lucretia Dailey5 worked for several years for the "'Joodmen of the 'Vorld", and was still holding that position in 1916. She was unmarried and lived in the home at Ona.ha as long as her parents liv­ ed. She cared for them during their last years. ~G have no further 1<:novJledge of her.

• 5 Vesta Fearl Dailey Vesta rearl Dailey5 , the youngest daughter of George and Kate Brennan Dailey, was born at Fullerton, Neb. S~,e died of Tuberculosis at her home at !iorth Loup, Neb~~ at about twenty years of age. 92 Sarah L, Dailey

Surah L. Dailey4 , the youngest child of Peter.~ and Lucretia Fox Dailey, was born at Gothicville and was the last of the children to leave the parental home. On January 12, 1868, she vvas married to Aaron Leonard Putnan of South Volley, and the following year they moved to Illinois, settling finally in Altona where other members of the Doiley farnily had already ma.de ·their homes. They ret1ained "7est about tv:enty years, where he worked as a carpenter. They were thrifty and saving and decided to go back to their native State of New York to spend their remaining days. They settled first _in the Village of "Yorcester remaining there about two years, and finally bought a home just out of South Valley, where they lived until his death on cTune 8, 1899. IIe had been a sufferer for several years of a heart ailment which finally caused his death.

!h's. Putna.E, or "Aunt Sarah" as she v:as familiarly called not only by her family but by those outside her family, died at the home of her niece, Mrs. George Hansen, who resided near the Valley. For over four years before her death, she was a partial invalid.

Until overtaken by the nalady which brought about her death, her life was filled with activities - al¼ays seeking to help others around her. She scatter­ ed sunshine and cheer wherever she went, and was in­ tensely interested in her church in which she was a tireless worker. She belonged to the i~Iethodist Church from childhood and was a faithful teacher in the Sab­ bath School. The writer was a member of the primary grade which she taught back in Altona, Ill., and her kindly advice and admonitions "ifere alvvays an incentive toward a pure, honest, clean life. Aaron Putnam was born October 24, 1838, in 1:!iddlefield, !r. Y., and v;as the son of Rev. John Putnar~

In 1862, when about thirty-two years old, !Y enlisted in the Army .:1f the Rebellion as a carpenter ir1 the 152nd R0g. of NGw York Volunteers, to serve during the entire vv-ar.- ITe v1as tv1ice v;ounded, and in both legs. 93

It was several days before he could receive attention and as a result of this nGgloct, gangrene set in and he nearly lost his lifo. He fought in many hard battles, and ½US discharged from service July 14, 1865, at ~~shington. The description given of him in his discharge papers, said that he vJas tall, had dark com­ plexion, black eyes, and brov1n hair. Ee recei,red a pension for fifteen years, starting at i4.00 a month and later increasing to $10.00. He died June 8, 1899, at the Valley. He was a fine looking man, of straight, trim figure, and was often taken for a minister. He possessed a fine Christian character and led a clean life~ Like his wife, he was a great church worker and served as Sun­ day School Superintendent as v-1ell as class leader and an official member as long as his health permittedc

The remains of both are buried in the ltapJ_G Grove Cemetery at Worcester. 94 3 DeLANEY ( LAI-IA) DAILEY

DeLaney Dailey3 , the eldest daughter of Ebenezer Dailey2 and Wiary Spoor, was born in Delaware County, New York, and came to Decatur with her parents when a small child. She married Amos Boorn of Decatur. (The date of their marriage is not exactly known to the writer, but it was probably around 1821 or 1822.) Mr. Boorn was born in Decatur, a son of Gardner Boorn, a native of New Hampshire, and of New England ancestry. Gardner Boorn and his brother Nathan were the first of the family to come to Otsego County - as early as 1?90. Amos ·Boorn was one of a family of eight children. IIe secured a farm in this new country, im­ proved it, and lived on it the rest of his life, dy­ ing when past seventy years of age, in 1854. Vir. Boorn was a prominent man in the County. He took an active interest in politics and held the off ice of Supervisor for several years. Iie also serv­ ed as Superintendent of Public Schools of the Town, under the old law. In politics he was first a Re­ publican and then a Whig. Mr. and Mrs. Boorn both died in the same year (1854), leaving their ten children orphans. They were: {Not listed in order of birth) l.George4 11. b.July 6,1823,d.July 12,1901, m.Deborah H.Butler. 2.Elmon4 b.about 182?, d.Jan. 29,1839. 3.t:rathan4 b.Jan.25,1832,d.Mar. 11,1914, m.Kate Brazee. 4.Stephen D. 4 b.-- d.after 1901, never married. 5&Diana4 {adopted)d.in 1889, m.Brazilla Brown. 6 ~ T.Villiam4 died in the army. ?.Harvey "rfebster4b.lviay,1839,d.19l0,m.Kate Lane. 8 .Iviary4 ) b .1Jov .12 ,1842, d. Jan. 21,.1925, )twins m.Prof.Floyd Lowell. 9.Martha4 ) b.l{ov.12,1842,d.Oct. 5,1936, m.Levi Tice. 10.Charles A. 4 b.Sept., 1845,d.Mar.25,1926, m.Ellen Allen. 95 4 George M, Boorn 4 3 George 11. Boorn , the eldest child of Lany Dailey and Amos Boorn, was born at Decatur on a farm where he spent his entire life. In 1854, he vras married to Miss Deborah H. Butler of Butlers Corners, in the Town of Rosebone. As before stated, his parents both died in the same year, and since he v;as the eldest child, he and his wife at once assun1ed the care of the orphaned brothers and sisters, with the same care a11d devotion as if they were their own. Mrs. Boorn died in 1901, they having lived together forty-seven years. The Boorn homestead was a mecca for large numbers of the faDlily living in other parts of the country, whenever they returned for an Otsego County visit. None could have been more loyal and devoted to a home than she • Vir. Boorn was prominent in Town affairs, hav­ ing been elected to all positions within the gift of his townsmen. He served the Town on the Board of Supervis­ ors at different times and gave careful attention to educational affairs of the village school as well as in a broader v1ay. He was a consistent and practical Christian, a model neighbor, a wise and safe adviser, and a good husband, father, and friend. IIc had a v1ide circle of acquaintenances, and all recognized in him a well bal­ anced.man, and a lover of ~eace and harmony.

They \-Vere the parents of t-,No children: 5 l.Elmer D. 5b.Feb.28,1861,d.Dec.2,1930,m.Kate Allen, 2.Edward J. b.Mar.26,1856,d. in 1881, m.Loraine Covey.

They also adopted a daughter, Carrie Brockway, \vho married George Schutt and lives in ·r-1orcester. 96 5 Elmer Boorn 5 Elmer Boorn, son of George and Detiorah Butler Boorn1 was born on the old Boorn homestead about one mile east of the Village of Decatur.

On 1~ovember 28, 1883, he married !riiss Kate Allen of ,.~lorcester, :t-:r. Y., whose father was a merchant there. They started housekeeping in Decatur, and for many years lived at Adams, N. Y., where he was employed in a feed store. In 1929, they moved to Sharon Springs, where he died about 1932. His remains are buried in Maple Grove Cemetery at Worcester. Mrs. Boorn was born December 19, 1860, in Middlefield Center, N. Y. She is living with her daughter Eloise at Sharon Springs. They were the parents of two children: l.Eloise H.: b.Feb. 5,1890, unmarried. 2.George c. b.June 15~1886, m.Annie May Jenkins.

6 Eloise Boorn 6 Eloise Boorn was born in Decatur, N. Y., and moved with her parents to Adams, N. Y., where she was graduated from the Adams High School and the North Adams Normal. She has taught school for many years and is at the present time teaching in~~the Central School at Sharon Springs,. where she and her mother reside,

George c. Boorn6 6 George c. Boorn ,.vas born in Decatur, rJ. Y .. , and went to Adams, 1;. Y. , with his parents !' where he graduated from the High School and later from Tufts College. On June 30, 1914, he was married to Annie lIBy Jenkins of Reading, !-.:!ass. She is a graduate of Boston University. 9?

!"1r• Boorn fitted himself for a minister of the Universalist faith. Since his entry into minister­ ial work, they have lived in various places, including Portsmouth, rT. i::r., Rutland, Vt., Tortland and Belfast, Me. , Troy, 1:. Y. , Cooperstown, N. Y. , Hopkinsville, Ky., Brooklyn, Pa., and at the present time are in Canton, N. C. They have no children. 98

Ifa than Boorn4 4 Nathan Boorn , son of .Amos and Laney Dailey3 Boorn, v-1as born in Decatur, on t:arch 9, 1858. He was married to Miss Catherine Brazee of East 'iorcester, N. Y. They resided in East '~orcester during most of their married life, where he was er.gaged as a black­ smith. Mrs. Boorn was a successful milliner and con­ tinued in that business many years after the death of her husband who died i'Iarch 11, 1914. 1irs. Boorn was born September 19, 1839 and died November 6, 1926, at East ..,:orcester, having lived to the advanced age of eighty-seven years. She was much beloved and highly respected by all who came to know her~ They wers the parents of three children: l.Clarenge M. 5b.Sept. 6,1863, m.Edna ~inegard. 2.0ra M. b.Aug. 23,18?0,d.May 8,1931, m.(1.Alfred K. Robbins. (2.Levi Stevens. 3.Friend w. 5 b.Feb. 17,18?5, m.Lillian Stevens.

Clarence Niaynard Boorn5 5 Clarence Amynard Boorn v1as born at East TVorcester, l'!. Y. He married biarch 19, 1890, Miss Edna Winegard, a daughter of Abram Winegard of Worcester, a hardware merchant. They resided for several years after their marriage in "-1orcester, where he was en­ gaged as a telegraph operator. IIe was later trans­ ferred to Seward, N. Y., and took up their residence there and built a home. In later years, he gave up working for the railroad and engaged in the feed business in Seward. Their health finally compelled them to give up active work, and they are living at the present time in .. 'T~Torcester. They have been the parents of two sons: l.Carl w. 6 b.Nov.18,1891, m.Helen Tillapaugh, 2 .Linn6 b .Aug,23, 1903, d.r.iar ~25, 1904. 99

Carl -rN. Boorn6 Carl W. Boorn6 , the only living child of Clarence and. Euna "?inegard Boorn, v;as married November 20, 1912, to r..Iiss IIelen Tillapaugh of Dorloo, and they have continued to reside in Seward. He was associated for a time with his father in the feed business. They have been the parents of two children: a.Neva E.7 b.Oct. 5,1914. bwBarbara7 b,Feb.12,1916, d.Oct.14,1918.

Ora M. Boorn5 Ora M. Boorn5 , daughter of Nathan and Catherine Brazee·Boorn, was born in East '1orcester, N. Y. :~ On August 15 , 1896, she ,vas united in marriage to Alfred K. Robbins also of East ~orcester, where they continued to reside, !!Ir .. Robbins was a miller and millwright. IIe died September 11 • 1920.

On !day 6, 1923, 11rs. Robbins contracted a second marriage to Levi Stevens of Cobleskill, a traveling salesman, formerly of Charlottville, N. Y., where he kept a general store. They continued to re­ side in Cobleskill until her death on May 8, 1931. 5 Ora M. Boorn had two children by her first husband: ,. l.Arnold Robbins 0 b.July 7,1897, d.Feb.18,1901. 2.0live c. Robbins6b.Oct.18,1898.

Olive Robbins6 Olive Robbins6 is married and lives in Cobleskill, but we know nothing further concerning her.

5 Friend Yf. Boorn 5 Friend T•J. Boorn , son of Natr.an: and Catherine Brazee Boorn, was a telegraph operator, but we know nothing further of him. 100 4 Diana Boorn Diana Boorn4 was born in the Town of Decatur, where she spent her early years. She married Brazilla Brown, also of Decatur. T.1e knov; but little of this family, except that during their later years they resided in the Village of TYorc-ester vvhere he was engaged in the furni­ ture and undertaking business for a number of years. Re also conducted a farm just east of the Village.

~!r. Bro~n spent his earlier years in Decatur, where he served as Supervisor of the Town for two terms, and was a man held in high esteem,

11rs. Brown died in '"!orcester a bout 1899. Mr. Brown survived her eleven years, his death occurring in 1910. They were the parents of two children: l.A daughter Ma.y5 who married Harry Wright of "Yorcester, 2.A son who died at the age of seven years.

5 May Brown 5 May Brown and Harry ''!right were married at ~·rorcester November 4, 1903. They resided in the Town a few years, finally moving to Dolgeville, N. Y~, in 1910. After remaining there for a time, they went to St. ?etersburg, Fla., v1here one of their sons v1as in the employ of the Government. They were the parents of two sons: 6 l.Donald b.Sept. 2 1904~ d.W1ay 16, 1925. 6 1 2.Gordon b.Feb. 3,1908.

Donald 1Vright6 6 Donald '~fright ·was employed in the Post Office Department at St. :Petersburg, Fla., and died there sud­ denly of appendicitis. 101 The following extracts weretaken from his obituary notice, published in St. :Petersburg: aThe earlJr boyhood of Donald ·'.:right vvas spent in 't":orcester, I'•:. Y., vvhere he attended school - later atte11ding tl1e Franklin In­ stitute at Rochester, from v"hich he ,vas graduat­ ed in 1923. Immediately after completinn of school work, he entered the Government employ in the St. f·ctersburg, Pt.O,, v-ilere he remained until sickness compelled his retirement. He v;as an active member of the Baptist Church and greatly interested in its activities. Possessed with an unusually keen mind, his pro­ gress in his chosen field was steady and his future held great promise, and his untimely death caused much sadness to his host of friends."

6 Gordon ''!right

Gordgn "fright 6 , the second son of Harry and May Brown "'.fright, v1as born at "1 rorcester and at the time of his brother's death, was also in St. r·etersburg. ·7e knov1 not hir.g further concerning him. 102 4 Dr. Harvey '.'!ebster Boorn : Dr. IIarvey "?ebster Boorn4 , son of Amos and DeLaney Dai~/ Boorn, \1vas born in Decatur, N. Y., an.d spent his boyhood days there on a farm. The follov~~ing extract is taken from a clip­ ping of his obituary notice published at the time of his death, which notice ~e believe gives a comprehen­ sive account of his life and activities:

nnr. IIarvey ·7ebster Boorn tNas a very successful physician having graduated from the A.L-v any i~edical College in 1866, and im­ mediately commenced the practice of his pro­ fession first at Colliers, N. Y. and then at Schenevus where he resided for 37 yrs., and became one of the most highly respected and 1.videly kno11.n physicians in the County. A thoroughly educated man, he kept up in his \_.ork, and v;as in touch v1ith all new ideas c:.nd methods.

As a citizen he vvas alive to everything for advancement of the best interests of his to~n, having served~several years ss President of the village and a great many yrs. as Trustee.

At various times he served as !!ealth Officer of the tov;ri, and held several other offices of trust. For several years he was President of the Board of Education, and a member of t11e board a ~reat t'.iany years.

For over 30 yrs. he ~:~as Supt. of the ?1:ethodist Church S. s .. and was alviays a sincere and active ·/;or}:er in the Church. At the time of his death he was Fres. of the Otsego Co. 1.{edical Society ar1d v;as for many years its Secretary. He was also ~,res. of the Schenevus Cemetery Asso., a member of the Schenevus Valley Lodge of Iiilasons for over 40 yrs., he·being one of the earliest members of that society. 103 In politics he was a ?rohibitionist, having voted that ticket for over 25 yrs. At one time he ~-~·as a candidate for !vie:mber of Assen1bly. As a man he v;as an example of all that is best in manhood, a thorough gentleman, a willing helper in time of trouble, carefult conscientious, gentle and kind in his home and in his work, his pure life will continue as an example .for all who knew hiL1.n Mr. Boorn died November 8, 1910. Mrs. Boorn, a daughter of John and Sarah swarthout Lane, cf Schenevus, was born in 1:!ontgomery County, :tiew Yolk, in 184? and died l\fay 1, 1919. They 1;;erc the parents of two sons: 5 1.Burt I-I~ b.Aug. 3,18?3, m.Eva Hammond. 2.Leland b.Sept., 1874,d.Jan.,1916,m.Margaret Lovell.

B· ur t .u.T.r B corn5 5 Burt H. Boorn was born at Colliers, K. Y., in the Town of l::aryland. After completing his elementary education, he entered Union College at Schenectady, graduating from there with a B.S. degree. He then attended the rJew Yorlc State College for teachers and received his Pd. S. de.1?;ree. Since his graduation, he has followed teach­ ing as a profession and at the present time is Princi­ pal of an Elementar~r Scl1ool in Schenectady.. On December 24, 1903, he v,:as married to 1-.iiss Eva Hammond, a daughter of Theodore and Flora Clark }Ia:rnnond, at Utica, I-J. Y. r,rr-s. Boorn is a graduate of the I?otsdam Normal and the ?·Tev; York State Teachers College> She was a teacher before her :carriage and is a member of the National Yindergarten Association. 104 Mr. Boorn is a member of both the National Education and State Teachers Associations. They are both members of the Trinity 1i.E. Church of Schenectady. They are the parents of one daughter: 6 1.Dorothea Han1mond b.Feb.9,1916, m.Edwin 1ia.tthias Shulte:

6 Dorothea Hammond Boorn Dorothea Han1.JI1ond Boorn6 was born in Schenectady and is a graduate of ·~rellesley College and of the Columbia Library School where she fitted herself for a Librarian, and followed that vocation until her marriage! She was married July 16, 1938 to Edwin Matthias Shultes of Albany, a !!a.rvard Law graduate who is associat ed with the lav; firm of ?lhalen, ivicNamee, Crible and · Nichols in Albany.

Leland Boorn5 Leland Boorn5 , the youngest son of Dr. Harvey ~.~Tebster4 and ~ate Lane Boorn, "Vias born at Schenevus, tr. Y., and v;as a graduate of Union College Law School. Re was adnitted to tho New York State Bar following his graduation, but he later gave up his law practice to enter the ministerial work of the Methodist Church. Death c9.me to r.clr. Boorn in 1916, at the early age of forty-two years.

In .A.ugust, 190?, he 1Nas Tilarried to :tiiss ivlargaret Lovell, a daughter of 1dr. and IVirs. Charles Lovell of Schenevus. IVlrs. Boorn attended Syracuse Universit~r and is an accomplished musician and a teacher of paino. She has continued her residence in Schenevus and is teaching in the Central Eig..~ School there. 105 1:r. and Yzs. Boorn were the parents of three children: 6 l.Cath5rinc b. - 1908, m • .l',iar1.on~ T • .L1avens.r· 2.Ruth 6 b. - 1912. 3.Georgo Leland b. - 1916.

6 Catherine Boorn 6 c~therine Boorn is a graduate of Syracuse University and on July 4, 193?, was married to Marion I{a vens. They re side in Hornell, 1J. Y.

6 Ruth Boorn 6 Ruth Boorn graduated from Syracuse Univer­ sity and at present holds the position of Domestic Science teacher in Hornell:.-.

. 6 George Leland·Boorn 6 George Leland Boorn is also a graduate of Syracuse University, Class of 1938, and has an office position at present at the Mcridale Farms, Meridale, lf. Y. 106 l✓Iary (r!Iate) Boorn4 I 4 Mary3 (Mate) Boorn , daughter of Amos and DeLaney Dailey Boorn, was born in Decatur where she spent her early girlhood days.

On October 11, 1866, she \ias married to Floyd 8. Lowell and comfaenced housekeeping at Lowells Corners, 1~. Y., v-;here they resided unti 1 18?2, when they moved to Schenevus, K. Y. At Schenevus, he became Principal of the :Iigh School and, with the exce"!:)tion of four years spent as Principal of the Spencer Union School and Acadeny, continued as }"rincipal of the Schenevus !-il.gh School until 1900. In 1903, he was elected Commissioner of the 1st District of Otsego County and reelected in 1906, serving two terms. Mr. Lowell was a nan of keen moral instinct and always sought to instill into the minds and hearts of his pupils those rrinciples of morality which make for the best in life. Mrs. Lav.ell v;as no less deserving of love and respect, possessing the noble attributes necessary to make her worthy of the sacred name of wife and mother. The Lov.--ell home v;as a place ,vhere love and honor dwelt, and sunshine ever lingered. One of the uost brilliant social events ever witnessed in Schenevus v1as the occasion of an "At Home" which took place on October 11, 1916, in honor of their fiftieth annivorsarv.... There were about one hundred thirty guests present. Mr. Lowell died July 11, 1924. She survived him nearly a year, passing a ..,day on January 18, 1925. They vvore the pa rents of tv;o daughters. l.Nellie5 b.Oct.ll,1869, m.Homer Eckerson. 2.Grace B .• 5b.May 25,18?3, unmarried. 10? Nellie Lowell5 Nellie Lowe115 was born in Sewardt N. Y., and went to Sc~enevus with her parents when a small child. She graduated from the Schenevus High School, after which she taught for a time near Worcester. On October 26, 1889, she married Homer Eckerson of Schenevus. They resided a few years in Schenevus, and sometime after 1896, they moved to Mechanicville. There he organized the Eckerson Bed­ ding Company, of ~nich he ~as manager for twenty years. He then sold this business to a firm from Hartford, Conn., and later established himself as a wholesale furniture dealer, which business he still follows. They have been the parents of two sons: loLowell ~own6 b.Ma.r.27,1891, m.Vivian Wilkes. 2.Elmer E. b.Apr.13,1896, d~June 19, 1914.

6 Lowell Brown Eckerson 6 Lowell Brov,n Eckerson Vias born in Schenevus and went to Mechanicville with his parents. He graduat­ ed from the High School there in 1909 and later from the 't\!illiston Seminary (l~ss.). He then entered Long Island College Hospital for a medical course. Since his graduation from there, he has served on the staff and has also been made Di­ rector of t1edicine in St. John's Hospital, Brooklyn, ti. y. 6 Lowell Brown Eckerson married Miss Vivian ~~?ilkes ·~ho is of English descent, having been born in 1.tontreal, Canada, in August, 1899. After completing her academic education, she attended a finishing school in r•iontreal. .LJuring the Ttlar, she took a nurses training course at the McGill Medical Hospital in Montreal.· From there, she went as a bride to Brooklyn, N. Y., where they now reside. 108

Nir. and lirs. Eckerson l1a.ve four children, all born in Brooklyn: ? a.Dawn 7 July 20, 1923. b.Floyd Lowell Aug. 5, 1924. c.Suzanne7 June 16, 192?~ d .IIomer ~:Vilkes 7 b .Mar. 1, 1931.

5 Grace Lov1ell 5 Grace Lowell, the youngest daughter of Floyd and Y.ia.te Boorn Lowell, was born in Schenevus, rr. Y. She graduated from the Schcnevus High School and the Oneonta Normal, after which she took up teach­ ing as a profession. She taught continuously for six­ teen years in the !Iiq.h School at Schenevus, and later taught in Cooperstown, N. Y.

She retired in 1933, and has since divided her time between Schenevus and her sister in Mechanic­ ville. 109 4 Afurtha Boorn Martha Boorn was born in Decatur and was a tv;in sister of ?lrs. i{ate Lowell. The two sisters were very much alike, Mrs. Tice possessing the same quiet noble attributes as her sister. Her pleasant smile and friendly greeting brought sunshine to all those who came in contact with her. On January 18, 1864, she was married to Mr. Levi Tice of Se,vard, l~. Y., vvho passed away many years ago. They resided in Schenevus and ~.a:s. Tice continu­ ed her home there until her death. She was unusually active in life and lived to be over ninety years of age. Illness and old age compelled her to make her home with her daughter during the last years of her life. S1,e died tb.ere in 1936.

Mr. and 1h s. Tice v;ere the pa.rents of three children: l.Edith !-hl1g5 b.June 18,1867, m.Tyler Chase. 2.Frank .11 b.Jan. 18,1869, d.in 1906,m.Charlott Terry. 3.Fred E. 5 b.Sept.25,18?9, m.Emily VanZandt Parish. 5 Edith Aiae Tice

Edith ~Iae Tice5 was Iilarried to Tyler Chase of Schenevus on August 18, 1888. They reside in Schenevus where he is employed as a painter and interior decorat­ or. They are the parents of four children: 6 l.Sa-wyer 6 b.May 23,1890, m.Grace Hyde. 2.Ford Perry- b .I\fov. 9, 1893, m. Clara Densmor 3 • Dora 6 b.A-or.18,1902, rria 5 4.John 1!anley b.Jan. 8,190?.

Sawyer Chase6

Sawyer Chase6 and Grace I1yde vvere rnarried December 31, 1921. 110 6 Ford Chase 6 Ford Chase and Clara Densmore were married in 1918. "!'.fe knovv nothing further concerning them.

6 Nia D. Chase 6 Nia D. Chase resides at home and we under­ stand is engaged as a bacteriologist for the local creamery plant in Schenevus.

5 Frank "'.'l. Tice 5 Frank T;V. Tice the eldest son of Levi and ~artha Boorn4 Tice, was ~rried to Charlott Terry in 1896. They had ·two children: 6 l.Helen b.Nov.25,189?, m.Wingar Still. 2.Edith6 b.Mar.28,1899,d.Dec.24,1902.

6 Helen Tice 6 Helen Tice and "Jingar Still had one daughter: a.Charlott? b. Sept.19,1919.

• 5 Fre d Tice 5 Fred Tice , the youngest child of Levi and I1artha Boorn4 Tice, vv&s married to N°JXs. Emile Vanzandt Par5sh, widow of Dr. Parish of Maryland, N. Y., Ssptem­ ber 5, 1909. He v;as much respected in tht3 comr11in: ty and servad as Town Supervisor for sometime. They had no childrert.

Note. - ~'Te are very sorry not to be able to give more information concerning the lfia.rtha Boorn Tice line. 111 Charles Boorn~4

Charles ~oorn4 , the youngest child of .Amos and DeLaney Daileyv Boorn, was born in Decatur and was practically a life-long resident of that town. He was a good farmer, always deeply interested in the welfare of the to¼n and never hesitated to lend assistance for its advancement. He was an active, faithful member of the Methodist Church of Decatur for many years. He married in early life Ellen Allen who passed away many years before his death. He died at the age of seventy-nine years. They left no children. 112

r7 LUCY DAILEY 0

Lucy Dailey3, the daughter of Ebenezer2 and tiary Spoor Dailey, ,vas born in Cannonsville, Delaware County, :r;ev1 York, and ..,iias about a year old when her parents moved to Decatur. She married Calvin Boorn of Decatur, a brother of Amos Boom, and we presume· they settled down on a farm near Decatur and remained there the remainder of their lives. She died young, however, passing away in 1849, at the age of forty-four years. She must have been married while yet in her teens as we find that her eldest child was born in 1824. Sometime after her death, Mr. Boorn was again married to Annie "':!aterman of Decatur. Mr. Boorn was born May 18, 1804. He died September 22, 1858. He and his two wives are all buried in Decatur. 3 By his first wife, Lucy Dailey , he had six children as follow13: l.Lafayette4 b.Sept. 3,1824,d,Ma.y 23,1915,m.]}m:na Rice. 2.Lucinda4 b.Sept.2?,1828,d.June 26,1891, m.Marcus Elliott. 3.John4 b.Nov. 8,1830,d.Feb. 6,1896, m.(l.Abiga.il Benson. ( 2-. Sarah J. Mills. 4.Mary Jane4 b.Feb.12,1834, d.Apr.1?,1853,never married. 5.Charity4 b.Oct.10,1837, d.Dec. 7,1916,m.Jehial Lake. 6.Steward L. 4b.].1ar. 9,1841, d.Sept1183,1908, m. ( 1.-­ ( 2. -- ( 3 .Nlrs. 1'Jancy Earl.

By the second marriage to Annie '.Yaterman, Calvin Boorn had one daughter, r~:arcia, born in Decatur January 28, 1854. She married John ::. Day December 30, 1875. She died about 1935. I✓ir. Day had died many years before. She vvas the mother of two children: Mrs. John Nelson of Worcester and a son, !Iarry, who has remained a bache:}.or and still resides in tl1e home at Decatur. tiarcia Day v1as a true Christian woman, a kindly neighbor, and a true friend beloved by all who knev; her. 113 4 Lafavette Boorn 4 Lafay5tte Boorn , the eldest child of Calvin and Lucy Daile'jr 3oorn, -.,·"·as born in the Tov;n of De­ catur. -r•re knov1 not~1ing concerning the life of Lafayette, except tl1a t he v·;ent ~·rest in the early days and settled near Bard, Ia. :re ;~?as r1arried October 17, _1846, to Emma Rice, a resident of the section in which he settled. They v;ere farmers and had a large fam.ily of ten child­ ren as follo·ws: 5 l.Elrier b.Sept.l?,184?,d.May 3,1862. 2.Almira 5 b.Oct. 28,1852,m.~·Jillia.Iil B.Doty, 5 Dec.25,18-?2. 3.cTohn b .Aug. 3, 1856 ,m.lfartha 'f7alsinger, 5 Se:pt.21,18??. 4. Levvellon b .r.~ar. 13, 1859 ,rrr.tary Galigar, Feb.22,1890. 5 5.Jas"'Jer b .. Dec. 16,1861) t. 6 .Newton5 b.Dec. 16, 1861) \Vins • 5 •~r• •T 7 • Errrna Sarah b .11ay 4 , 186v~ , IG.. ·.1 11 1am• .t:.ar t man, 5 Jan. 1,1886. 8.Rachel Ann b.1:;~ar. 13,1864,m.Joseph Siverley, 5 Oct.29,1901. 0~ • V1.~an cy l!,~11 en b • J u 1 y 20,1868,n.Thonas L. Davidson, Oct.10,1916. 5 10. Cordelia 11ae b .Dec. 24,1876,n-Joseph Ogier, lJiar .12, 1894.

·,re knov; nothing further cor.c erning this .P-.I.... ~ r .i.a:.!...1.. l ..:i• 114 Lucinda Boorn4 4 Lucinda Boorn , daughter of Calvin and Lucy Dailey3 Boorn, was born near Decatur, n. Y. On June 10, 1850, she married Marous Elliott of the Town of Decatur. ~?e do not know how long they remained in New York State, but later years found them living in the State of Ohio.

. They had four children as follows: l.Lucy A. 5 b.Nov. 4,1850,d.Nov.10,1915, moAdrial Bartlett, 2 .. May5 !.for Cora 5 b. July 6 , 1866 , m. Frank se • 3 .!fora Belle b.Feb.22,1868,d.May 21,1901, 5 m.Edward Jevvell. 4.Arthur Marcus b.Novr2?,18?2, m.Fanny Sinclair.

Lucy A. Elliott5 Lucy A. Elliott5. and Adrial Bartlett were married Feb. 3, 1867, and lived in Painesville, Ohio. They had one son: l.Alfonso M. 6 b.June 10,18?1, m.:Mary Merrill.

6 Alfonso A1. Bartlett 6 Alfonso r-:1. Bartlett aLd 1:Iary Merrill.. :had the following children: 7 a.lJarjorie Helen b.Dec.21,189o,m.Ro_lan Palmer in Seut.... 1922 • b.Carroll E.7 b.Dec.24,1B99. cc 1'lerrell E. 7 b .rJov .16, 1907. d,Robert 1~.? b.Jan.16,1910. e • .waT 1tvrence T{_:_. 7 b .l;~ay 28, 1912.

Cora May Elliott5

Cora Niay Elliott5 and Frank r✓iorse were married September 8, 1285. They were the parents of n11e daughter: 6 =:-"Edna iv1ay Elliott b. Sept .16, 188-? ,m. ( 1. -- ( 2. ~-tFox 115 6 Edna May Morse 6 Edna 1"1ay t'.Iorse had three boys by her first husband,

5 Nora Belle Elliott . 5 Nora Belle Elliott and Edward Jewell were married October 6, 1887. They bad no children.

5 Arthur Marcus Elliott Arthur i1a.rcus Elliott5 and Fanny Sinclair were married November 3, 1892. They had six children as follows: l.Howard Arthur 6 b.July 9,1893, m.Laura Van Devere. 2.Mirabelle Ar~s6 b.May 1,1896. 3.Lucy Ardelia b.July 16,1898. ~.Russell-Ainglee 6b.Nov. 3,1899. 5.Leta Maxine b.Aug. 12,1901,m.Melvin Wilson. 6.Frankie V.l8.rie 6 b.Nov. 9,1903.

HowartlvA!-tJl\lr Blliott6 6 Howard Arthur Elliott and Laura Van Devere were married December 2, 1916. They had two children: 7 a.Arthur Jame~ b.Wia.y 16, 1918. b.William Jay b.M:ay 10, 1921.

6 Leta 1~xine Elliott Leta lvia.xine Elliott6 and r\1elvin ,:lilson ,vere married Wiarch 4, 1921. They had one daughter: a.Emily Elizabeth? b. Dec. 2, 1921. 116 4 John Dailey Boorn

4 John Dailey Boorn, son of Calvin and Lucy Dailey3 Boorn, was born in Decatur, and, like his brothers and sisters v;ent farther \hiest and settled first at 1~endon, !~. Y., Vlhere he married Abigail Benson Nay 31, 1860. She died 1~rch 20, 1888. After her death, he married a second v1ife, Sarah J. Mills of Jackson, Mich., on June 13, 1889. ·

"'!e knov; nothing more concernin.g this family, except that he had two children by his first wife, Abigail Benson; as follows:

l.Ella Louise5 b.W.iay 18,1862,d. 1924,m.Allen Sylvester, Feb.8,1882, at .. . . Lima, l{. Y. 2.konroe EBnson 5 b~Nov~6,18?1,d.May 8,18?6, at Lima, N.Y.

Ella Louise Boorn5

Ella Louise Boorn5 and I-I ....~llen Sylvester had one daughter: l.Leta May 6 b.Dec.4,1885,m.Herman G. Baldwin June 29, 19 0 9 , at L iro.a , !·:. Y.

6 Leta I\1ay Sylvest er 6 Leta 1,_Jc1.:f Sylvest er and Jierman G. Baldwin had one son: 7 a.Allen Sylvester EaldvJin b.Dec.2?,1910, at Lima, N.Y. 117 4 Charit;y: Boorn

Charity Boorn4 , daughter of Calvin and Lucy Dailey3 Boorn, \·vas born in the Town of Decatur. She married on February 6, 1856, 1-:r. Jehial Lalte. 'Ve do not know \vhere th.ey ·were r~rried, or vJhen they journey­ ed farther west, but we find them and their descend­ ants scattered through the riiddle 'f~rest, in Ohio, 1:ichigan, and other central states, in later yea.rs. Charity Boorn4 and Jehial Lake were the parents of four children.:

l.Addie b!T. 5 b.r:ar~2?,1859,d.Jan.2?,1894,m.P..ev. J. L. ~llalker. 2 .Ervin J. ?.T 5b .~ug. 30, le63 ,m.~;3-tilda Stewart. 3.Charles ~. b.tov.24,1864,d.~-~r.22,18?3, 4.Cora E. 5 b_.Sept.?,le.?2.m.Edvvin L. Ton1linson.

Ervin J~ Lake 5 Ervin J. Lake5 and ~atilda Stewart lived in l\Torth Branch, l.:Iich. They Viere the parents of six children:

( '.Ale have ng record of the dates of their births.) l.Lloyd S hl-Hazel Smith - had four boys. 2 .i[erri tt~ 3.Lucy6 6 4.Albert m.1✓.~abol Stevens. 5.Geor~e6 6.Ford 5 Cora E. Lake 5 Cora E. Lake and Edwin L. Tomlinson lived in };1ichigan but v-.ie know notl1ing further concerning them. 118 Stevlart L. Eoorn 4

4 Stewart L. Boorn was a C~vil War Veteran. He enlisted at Avon, I'. Y., as a private in Company K, 15th N.Y. E1~ineers. He served to the close of the war and was discharged at Fort Barney, Va., June 13, 1865. He was married three times the last time to Mrs. Raney Earl. He lived in 1Iichigan for several years and died at the Soldiers Iiome at Grand Rapids and \Vas buried at Allegan, Tu1ich. 5 He had one son Ernest vvho died about 1898._

Ernest Boorn4 5 Ernest Boorn was married and had one child, a daughter, who died when two years old. 119 3 MARGARET DAILEY

3 }iiargaret Dailey , a daughter of Ebenezer2 and t~1ary Spoor Dailey, ¥1as born in the Tov1n of De­ catur. On December 24, 1833, sl1e v1as married to Henry Van Voorhis, also of Decatur. They occupied a farm near Decatur and there, we believe, their child­ ren were all born, or at least a part of them. The: faffiily later moved to Fishers, near the City of Rochester, where they continued farming. ~ve find that the descendants of Henry and liargaret Dailey3 Van. Voorhis continued to live in or near Rochester, where some are still to be found.

Air. Van Voorhis i,1as born August 15, 1805, and died in 18~3, in his eighty-eighth year. They were the parents of the following children: l.Menzo4 b.Sept.20,1834,d.Jan.19.1905,never married. 2.Milton4 b.Dec. 19,1835, m.Angie E.Beeman. 3.Herman4 b.Mar. 14,183?, m.Catherine E.Holmes. 4.Mary E. 4b.June 3,1839, m.Rev.James H.Dubois. 5.Lymon4 b.Oct~l?,1841,d.about 1884, m.Elizabeth 4 Fields. 6.Stephen b.Jan.16,1846,d.in 1916,m.Carrie Porter. ?.Alice4 b.Apr.17,1850,d.Apr.22,18?8, m.Horace F.C. Tillottson.

• 4 Menze Van Voorh1s- 4 Menzo Van Voorh!s , the eldest child of Iienry and r-rargaret Dailey Van Voorhis, was born in Decatur, and records state that he was a young man when his parents ~oved from Decatur.

He 1wvas highly educated and lived in Rochester where he practised law and ~as said to have been intellectually brilliant. He remained a bachelor and died at the home of his brother Stephen in Victor, N. Y., at the age of seventy years. 120 4 Milton Van Voorhis 4 11ilton Van Voorhis vvas married to Angie E. Beeman June 6, 1861. They were farmers and lived at Mendon, N. Y. It is said he vvas jokingly spoken of as the "Mayor of Mendon." Both !~. and lvtrs. Van Voorhis died before 1923. They had three children: l.Homer 5 died at seven years of age. 2~Calista5 died in young womanhood. 3.Stellab married William Bonner.

5 Stella Van Voorhis ' 5 Stella Van Vogrhis and "..\f~lliam Bonner had two children, Elizabeth and Samuel. 121 4 Herman Van Voorhis

4 HermaR Van Voorhis , son of Henry and Margaret Dailey Van Voorhis, was married on February 15, 1865, to Catherine Holmes at Victor, N. Y. They have been dead many years. They resided in the vicinity of Rochester, N.Y. They had seven children: l.Nelli55 died at the age of twelve years. 2.Henry 5) m,Minnie Saddler. 3.Herman) twins m.(l.Daisy Swinerton. 5 (2.Ruth Bailey. 4.1w.ry 5 never married. 5.Susie died in infancy. 5 6.Albert 5 m.-- ? .Stephen never married.

5 Henry V~n Voorhis 5 Henry Van Voorhis and ~innie ~addler had the following6 children:-6 Mildred , Ruth, ___Haze16 , Marg~erite , Chauncey, and another (name not known).

5 Herman Van Voorhis Herman Van Voor~is• 5 and Daisy. Swinerton had tvvo children:- Ralph and Norman6•

By his secoRd v1ife, Ru~h Bailey, he had two children:- Homer and Helen. 122 4 •ary E. Van Voorhis

4 Mary!• Van Voorhis , daughter of Henry and N.iargaret Dailey Van Voorhis, was married to James H. Dubois, November 25, 1868, at Victor, N. Y. In the fall of that year, Mr. pubois enter­ ed the 1iethodist Episcopal ministry in the Genesee conference, and for eighteen years he was a faithful and conscientious pastor. Ill-health compelled him to retire from active ministry while he was a member of the Central New York Conference, and not long after his retirement, he purchased a home in the Village of Victor, where his family resided for thirty yearsc Mr, Dubois was born at Humphrey, N. Y., on August?, 1841. Re died October 31, 1916. S~e survived him many years, making her home with her daughter and husband until her death. She was held in the highest esteem in the community. They were the parents of one daughter: 5 l.Alice b.Apr.10,1872, ra.Asa Roy Deal.

Alice Dubois 5 Alice Dubois and Asa Roy Deal were married September 16, 1903. He is a Postal Clerk on the railroad. They reside in Victor. They have no children. 123 4 LYD1!3:n Van Voorhis

• 4 Lyman~Van Voorhis, son or Henry and Margaret Duiley~ Van Voorhis, was married to Elizabeth Fields on D~cember 2, 1869, in Spencerport, N. Y.

't.~!e know but little concerning their married life, except that he died early in life at the age of forty-three years, through an injury from being kicked by a horse. They had the following children: 5 l.Georg m.. Vernie Strong, 2.Viola 5 m.Charles Johnson. 3.Howard 5 m.Nell Syke.

5 George Van Voorhis 5 George Van too~his ~nd Vernie Stsong had three sons:- Spencer, Leslie, and Harold, who re­ side in Rochester.

5 Viola Van Voorhis 5 Viola Van Voorhis and Charles Johnso~ liv­ ed in Detroitt r.:ich. They l1ad one son:- LYH§n

• 5 Howard Van V oorhis 5 Howard Van Voorhis and Nell Syke went to Browncroft, a sub-division of Rochester, in 1923, and later moved ~nto the gity. The5 t-iad four child­ ren:- Catherine , ~obert , 'tHilliam , and Richard6 • 124 4 Stephen Van Voorhis

Steph~n Van Voorhis 4, son of Henry and Margaret Daileyv Van Voorhis, was married October 18, 18?6, to 11iss Carrie Porter at h/Iendon, tT. Y. They occupied his father's farm at Fishers. They had three children: 5 lS.targa5et m.Oscar Smith. 2.Jlanzo6 m.Edith Timmerman. 3.Mabel unmarried.

:Margaret Van Voorhis5 ; 5 Margaret Van Voorhis and Oscar Smith lived in the far ~Jest. He v;as a school principal. After his death, she taught school.

5 Menze Van Voorhis 5 Menzo Van Voo~his and Edith Timmerman had one child:- Donald 125 4 Alice Van Voorhis

Alice ;an Voorhis 4, daughter of Henry and 1\i1argaret Dailey Van Voorhis, v,as married lviarch 22, 18?? to Horace Tillottson. They had no children.

Note:- For further details concerning the Henry Van Voorhis faIT~ly, see the Van Voorhis genealogies, several of which have been written by different mem­ bers of the Van Voorhis family. 126 3 FOLLY DAILEY

3 Polly Dailey , daughter of Ebenezer and Mary Spoor Dailey, was born near Decatur, N. Y. On Septem­ ber 10, --1833t she was united in marriage to iYir. Valoris Flint, also of the Tovm of Decatur •. They began housekeeping on a farm in the Hall District on South Hill, To11m of Worces·ter. Later they purchased a farm on ~Vest Hill, ToVvn of Decatur, and there their children were born and brought up. Finally desiring to retire from active labor, they purchased a home in the Village of Decatur, where they spent their declining years, their son, John R., occupying the 'West Hill farm._

Valoris Flint was born August?, 1809, in Cherry Valley, N. Y., a son of Moses Howe Flint and Hannah Flint, and died April 3, 1884. She survived him about ten years and remained in the home in Decatur •..

Both 1Y1r .-- and }-,Irs. Flint v-Jere members of the Methodist Church, and he served as a Trustee for several years. The remains of both are buried in the Decatur Cemetery.- They were the parents of five children:

~ l .Ransom4 ·. b .Sept._ 7, 1836, d.Mar. - 9, 1899 ,m •. Ella Dickins or 2.Riley4 b.Aug. l,1840,d.Oct,26,1906,m.L~bbie 'lfhite. 3.John R. 4 b.J('pr. 1-9,1843,d.June 14,i9o7,m.1,1ancey BarneE 4.Marga~e 4 b.Aug. 8,18·46,d.Wiay 16,1886,m,~orace Potter~ 5.Valeria4 b.Sept.2? ,1850,d.Dec.25,18?3,m._reter VanVoorr.

Ransom Flint4

Ransom~Flint4 , the eldest child of Valoris and Polly Dailey~ Flint, was born on the farm near Decatur, where his boyhood days were spent •. 12?

On Niay 20, 1856, he married Miss Ella Dickinson of Decatur. Soon after their marriage, they moved to Lee County, Illinnis, where they lived ar-d died. She was born February 17, 1839. They bad the following children: .5 l.Charles H. b.Apr.18,1858,d.Jan.13,1914. 2 ~George V. 5 b.Aug •. 5,1864td• 3 .ui.ae E. 5 b.Aug.18,1871,d. 4.John D. 5 b .:Mar. 9, 1875 ,d. The above four children of Ransom Flint were all n:arried, but we do not know to whom, and none of them left children.

4 Rile;[ Flint

4 ~ Riley Flint , son of Valoris and ?ally Daileyv flint, was born near Decatur, but we have no account of him, except that he married a l\1iss Libbie '"!hite, and they had no children. His re­ mains are buried in Decatur. 128 John R. Flint Lt... John R. Flint4 , the third son of Valoris and Folly Dailey Flint, was born in the Town of Decatur where his earlier years were spent.

On December 25, 1866, he was married to Miss r.-:rancy Barnes of Decatur, who \Vas born 1iarch 22, 1846. For several years after their marriage, they occupied his father's farm on "Jest Hill, Town of De­ catur, and there their two eldest children were born. About 18?1, the family moved to Delhi, N. Y., rems.½n­ ing there until 1880, when they returned to Otsego County> in the Village of "Yorcester. In 1890, they removed to Rochester. W1r. Flint was a salesman for the C~ossman Bros. Seed Co., with headquarters in Rochester. 1frs. Flint died at the family home in Rochester October 6, 1902. Mr. Flint survived her about five years, his death occurring on June 14, 1907. They were the parents of three children: 5 l.~Villiam H. b.Dec.31,186? ,d.Sept.12,1936, m.Jennie V.Ashline. 2.Ida M. 5 b.Nov.30tl869, m.Harry Shafer. 3.Lillian A. 5b.Aug.20,18?5, m.Geo. W. Newman. 5 1:Villiam II. Flint

'!lilliam I-i. Flint 5 v1as born in the Town of Decatur, and made the moves with his parents to Delhi and then to '-1orcester, where he attended the High School. After completing his education, he taught school for a time, He then learned telegraphy at the T•Torccster station and later became Station Agent for the D. & II. Railv1ay at Coopersville, and later at Chazy and Plattsburg. On Augtist 30, 1893, he married !diss Jennie ~. Ashline of Rouses Point. They resided near Rouses Point during their later years.

?.,'.Ir. Flint v1as modest, unassuming, and con­ scientious, with a heart full of kindness for others. He died at his home September 12, 1936. She survived him about two years, passing out August 20, 1938. 129 They were the ~arents of one daughter: 6 l.Marjorie b.June 5t 1898, m.Ernest O'Brien.

6 Ma,r Jorie Flint Marjorie Flint6 was born at Coopersville, N. Y~, later moving with her parents to Plattsburg. She graduated from both the Plattsburg High School and the Plattsburg Normal School. On December 26, 1923, she was married to Ernest O'Brien, and commenced housekeeping in Utica, ?! • Y. They later moved to Ogdensburg, l~. Y. , where they now reside· ..

Wll'. O'Brien is in the wholesale plumbing business. Mrs. O'Brien is Regent of Ogdensburg Chapter of D.A.R., at the present time. They are the parents of two children: . . ? a.John F lint O'Brien. b. "'!illiam Thomson O'Brien?.

Ida M. Flint5 Ida M. Flint5 , the eldest daughter of John R. 4 and Nancy Barnes Flint, was born in the Town of Decatur, and when about two years of age moved with her -parents to Delhi, r,r. Y. "-Th.en she reached school age, she attended the Del • .A.cademy until she v;as about ten years of age, and then moved with the family to "'Jorcester.

She graduated from the ... ~orcester Iiigh School, Class of 1890, after which she taught school several terms, both in the District and Village grade schools. On January 28, 1891, she was united in marriage to Harry Shafer of Worcester, a son of Squire and Olive Simonson S~fer. For a time after their marriage, they resided with his parents who kept the Central Hotel in Worcester. They later moved to Upper 1fu.in Street, wl1ere they resided for several years. 130

Fin.ally, theJr bought a home in the heart of the Village, ,ut it in fine shape and continued to reside there.

I-Lr. Shafer :.i1as born February 21, 18?1, in the Tov1n of Roseboom, and moved 'r;i th his parents to ""!orcester wl1en about sixteen years of age. IIe entered the "~lorcester 1Iigh School, and at that early age, he be­ came a men:ber of the -·,orcester Band, a musical organiza­ tion to which he belonged for thirty-five years. In 1903, he purchased the electric plant which he conducted for tl·;enty years. He later :purchased the coal business which he conducted several years, and in 1924, he purchased a coal and feed business at East ~vorcester, which business he operated until his death on February 5, 1938. lir. Shafer was a ruling elder in the First Presbyterian Church, and Clerk of its Sessions for many years, and as long as health permitted, served o.s a member or tl1e choir. Mrs. Shafer is also an active member of the church and is interested in all community affairs. She is greatly interested in historical and genealogical work; is a charter member of the Iroquois Chapter, D.A.R. and has served as Registrar, Treasurer, Director, and Chairman of General Research many years. In 1939, she T,~as elected a nFellow" of the Institute of American Genealogy which is the national clearing houss for genealogy in the country. She is also a meLilier of the State Historical Society and of the -·!orc6ster Li torary Club.

She has assisted th8 ~"·~ri t0r graa tly in search­ ing out data regarding our early Daily ancestry, and is ever ready to gi vo freely· of her tir1e to those v~ho come to her for help in sGarching out family ancestral lines, She is l(eeping the ;iorae in the Villa,?e, and she and her sister Lillian are occupying it togethGr.

1-lr. and lv~s. Shafer vvere the par··nts of three children, t~o being twin daughters born November 18, 1895, but who lived only a short time; and one son: 6 1 ....T.T ~aro ld 'T~T.;. ,0 • De C.• u,f7 1-8°v1 C.. ,, ~.Helen 1"1ae Lambert • 131 6 Harold 'f.-l. Shafer Harold ..;~;. Shafer6 was born in jVorcester, N. Y., where he received his elementary education, graduating from the 'tforcester High School in 1917. In 1918, he matriculated in Columbia Univer­ sity for a course in Pharmacy, but the Government at that time took over the University for ~.'lorld T·rar train­ ing and he enlisted in the Columbia Naval Unit. The armistice was signed, however, in November. He then entered the Albany College of Pharmacy (in the same year - 1918), and was graduated from there in 1921. During his course, he was elected a member of the Kappa Psi Fraternity. After his graduation, he serv­ ed as Manager of the Liggett Drug Stores in Schenectady, Albany and Utica, continuing in that capacity until 1928, when he opened a store of his own on New Scotland Avenue, in Albany. He sold this store in 1930, and in 1932 open­ ed the City Drug Store in Cooperstown, 1J. Y., which busi­ ness was later merged with another drug business. He is also the pharmacist for the Bassett Hospital in Coopers­ town. On December 10, 1932, he was married to Miss I!elen Lambert of Utica, 17. Y., who was a stenographer in that city. They are affiliated with the Presbyterian Church, and Mr~ Shafer is a member of the Liberty Lodge F. Ee A.~!. of Cooperstown, Chamber of Commerce t Rotary Club, Fish & Game Club, Village Club, and the Leather Stocking Stamp Club.

5 Lillian A. Flint 5 Lillian A. Flint , the youngest child of John 4 R. and liancy Barnes Flint, was born at Delhi, !-J. Y., and when about five years of age, the family returned to Otsego County, and her elementary education was re­ ceiv0d at the -·.~oroester Union School. In the fall of 1890, she, with her parents, ~oved to Rochester. She graduated from the Rochester High School with honors, in the Class of 1895. The following year she graduated from the Rochester Training 132 School for Teachers, She also took courses of study j_n !.'~anual Training, Serving, Freel1and and lv~echanical Drawing at the Rochester Athenaeum and lIJ:ecl1anics In­ stitute. She was tb.en appointed a teacher at ~,·lashing­ ton Grarnrn&r School ~.,.o. 26 and for three years taught Ea~ual Training, being one of the first ~anual Train- ing teachers in Rochester. ~ictures of the work of her pupils were sent to the Paris Exposition in 1900, as a ,art of the ,ublic school exhibit from the United States. Later she became greatly interested in primary work and continued in that work until June, 1910. On June 20th of that year, she married George w. Newman, a native of Rochester.

~1r. :N~ewraan was born December 16, 18?? , and was a graduate of the Rochester High School. He had taken the Pace & Pace System of Public Accounting at the Rochester Business Institute, and at the time or his death, which occurred i:.iay 2, 1929, he was a book­ keeper for the Rartnan Dried Fruit Corporation. As a hobby, Mrs. Ne~-man took a course in china decorating ·which she followed until the Tt!orld T•..rar made it impossible to secure firing china. Both r-:r. and 1J:rs. I0"ewruan were active mem­ bers of the First Baptist c:~urch, and ov;ned a modern home in the Culver Road sectior1 of Rochester.

Since 1930, Mrs. :,Tev~'In.an has made her home with her sister in T··rorcester, "'vVhere she is a member of the -1orcester Fortnightly Club, and of the Iroquois Chapter, D.A.R. of which she is Registrar at the pre­ sent time.

and Mrs. Ne~1r~n had no children. 133 4 I:.~rgaret ~lint I

4 Ma;r;garet Flint , daughter of Valoris and Dolly Daileyu Flint, v1as born near Decatur, and on September 23, 1866, she was married to Horace Potter, also of Decatur. She died at the age of forty years. They had no children.

4 Valeria Flint

Valeria Flint4 , youngest child of Valoris and Folly Dailey3 Flint, was married March 25, 1870, to Peter Van Voorhis of Decatu.r.

They had one daughter, Ina, who died when a young girl. • 134

3 STEFRIDJ DAILEY

Stephen Dai·1 ey,3 son of Ebenezer and Mary Spoor Dailey, was born near Decatur, and lived all his life there and at 'Worcester~

Ttle do not know much of the ~arlier years of his life, but v,e know he lived most of his years on a farm. He wasthrice married, his first wife being Lucy Treat who was born September 19, 1809. They were married November 12, 1833 in Decatur. She died in 1880, and in 1880 or 1881, he married Sarah Day Devenpeck, also of Decatur. She died in June, 188?. On December 22nd, of that year, he contracted a third marriage to Lucinda Prindle. This marriage did not prove very happy as she v;as much younger than he and the match appeared to be a sort of money making ad­ venture • They did not live together long.

~ V Stephen Dailey was a fine man and lived a conscientious, upright life. Ife died naar 'f;\Torcester, where he had maintained a ho~e during his later years, being tenderly cared for by friends. He left no children. 135 3 !IBNRY DAILEY

3 Henry Dailey, the son of Ebenezer and. Mary Spoor Dailey, was born in the Town of Decatur. "'le have no knowledge of his earlier years, except that about 1843 he married Uiss Susan Holm.es of Decatur. She ·v:as born in 1817 and \Vas an aunt of Rosepha Holrnes who married Byron Ferguson of ,vhom we v1ill make mention later. We do not know where Henry Dailey3 and wife commenced housekeeping, but for many years they lived at South Valley,N. Y., where they both died. Their home in South Valley contained several acres of land which they farmed; and later became the home of their daughter Vienna. Henry Dailey3 was said to be an industrious and respected citizen and lived to the age of seventy­ seven years. Both he and his wife are buried in South Valley. They were the parents of three children: 4 l.Vienna b.June 21,1845,d.Apr. 7,1893, m.(l.Kourt VanScoyck. (2. Harrison Hadsell. 1853,d.Aug.30,1921, m.Elnora.Tillapaugh. 4 3. Jane b. -- d. -- m.Arthur Cossart.

Vienna. Dai. 1 eY: 4.... 4 Vienna Dailey and Eourt Van Scoyck lived together but a very- few years, when he left her and vvent off "~rest and she never heard from him again. She rer~ined in her fatherts home for several years and then married Harrison !Iadsoll of the Valley, con­ tinuing to live in the home until her death which was caused by cancer. After being married about twenty-five years, they had their only son Dorr5 vvho married Libbie Brown. 136 4 Charles Dailey

4 3 Charles Dailey > son of Henry and Susan IIolmes Dailey,_ vras married to Elnora Tillapaugh about 18?0 and lived near South Valley. She was born January 26, 1852, in South Valley, and died in 189?, of tuberculo_sis of the bones. IIe survived her several years. They had one daughter: 5 l .Stella b_.?Jov .. _13, 18?2, d .May -- 1930 ,m_.s .• B.I-Iartwell.

5 Stella Dailey 5 Stella Dailey and s. B. I-!artv;ell v;ere married October 25, 1893, in South Valley, where they resided all their lives. During their latter years, they kept a sID.nll store and ran the :?ost Office at the Valley.

i1r. Eiartvvell was born March 2, 18?2 and died in 1938, surviving his wife about eight years. He continued to run the Fest Office after her death until his failin~ health compelled him to retire. They had no children. 13? 4 Jane Dailey-

4 3 Jane Dailey , daughter of Henry and Susan Holmes Dailey, married Arthur Cossart (date unknovm) and they moved to Johnstown, r. Y~

They ·;;-;ere the parents of three boys, t\10 of whom it is said met a tragic death. One was burn­ ed to death and the other was drowned.

"Ve have no other knov1ledge of them. 138

3 1-IOLDAI{ DA TLE'J

3 2 Huldah Dailey , daughter of Ebenezer and J\ifary Spoor Dailey, ,vas born in Decatur. On l~ovember 5, 1843, she ~as married to John Demelt. They comnenced housekeeping _in Gothicville, and their three children were born there. Some years later, they moved onto a farm near Decatur. He died at their farm on October 5, 1892. S~e survived him about seven yeers and dur­ ing those last years, lived in the Village of Decatur where she bought a house and lived alone, near, however, her sister Polly Flint. Stle died in that home in 1899, at the age of eighty-two years. The children of J0hn and Huldah Demelt were:

T~ 4 1 • George ~. b.June 22,1853,d.Aug.16,1854 • 2.Alice4 b.June 15, 1855, d. Jan .12, 1880 ,m.1Ja.rvin 4 Butler. 3.I:Jary Elizabeth b.Oct. 28,1866,d.Mar. 2,1885,m.Marvin Butler.

4 Alice Dem.elt

4 Alice Dcmelt v1as born at Gothicville, N. Y., and v1o.. as married to r~·:arvin :Sutler of !)ecatur ( date un­ knoVYn). She died soon aftor their marriage - the cause v1as said to have been co~sum,tion. Sonetime aftar her doath, he married her sister, i,rary Elizabeth.... She also died young, but left tv10 sons :

t=: l~Alva~ b, -- (dead) n. A..'rl...118. lJelson. 2.Howard 5b.rov. 1,18?3, m.kargaret Nelson. 139 5 Alva Butler 5 Alva 3utler "f:vas born in Decatur and rnarried Anna Nelson, a daughter of John Nelson, also of Decatur. His ·wife has continued to live in Decatur since his death. They had one daughter: • 6 . Susie vJho married Burton r!lann of Decatur. Ire died in ?Iovember, 1935. She is still living in Decatur.

5 II01:i1ard Butler 5 Howard Butler was born in Decatur and on June 21, 1894, married 11iss r;~argaret ?·Telson, a sister of Anna ?Jelson :iho married his brother Alva. After their narriage, they occupied his father's old homestead near Decatur where they farmed. In 1915, they moved fron the farm to the Village of ~orcester where they are still residing and leading a quiet, retired life. For some years ivhile still active, he v1as employed at the D. &. Ii. station. They have no children. 140

3 JO}Ili DAILEY

3 John Dailey , son of lbenezer2 and Mary Spoor Dailey, married Miss Catherine Marckley, a mem­ ber of one of the oldest families in the Town of Seward, 1:::-. Y. , and one v1hich figured largely in the history of Colonial days~ They were farmers and spent their last years on their farm situated on the main road between ·vorcester and Decatur. Catherine ~!arckley was born June 26, 1822, and died September 25, 188?. He died December 30, 1884. They are both buried in Decatur. They were much respected in the col!llilunity and were thrifty farmers. He was afflicted for many years with rheumatism from which he was a great suffer­ er during his last years. The immediate cause of his death was Brights Disease. They were the ,arents of three children: 4 l.Ma.ry b.?Tov. 6,1848,d.~J!ar.29,1929,m.David Smith. 2.Maria4 b .Apr .10, 1851, d .?:~r .24, 1926 ,m.Chauncey Day. 3. '~lesley J. 4 b.Oct.14,1855, m.Iuary Jane Goode

4 Mary Dailey Mary Dailey4 and David Smith were married about 1866 at her home in Decatur. They resided on a farm between "'!orcester and ·· 1estford for tv:enty-three years, until his death on January 26, 1906, due to cancer of the liver from which he suffered for about two years. Mr. Smith was an energetic, industrious, and thrifty farmer. 1Ie vvas born in the Town of ~1orcester, a son of John and Anna Smith.

A'Iary Dailey4 Sn1i th v1as born in the To,rn of Decatur. She was possessed of a cheery disposition - Ll.. .. l .. ..L always looking on tho bright side of life.. She carried a smiling face that crought cheer to those with whom she mingled. She survived J-1er husband many years, and resided in "-'!orcester Village during most of her remain­ ing years. About three 111onths before her death, she suffered a strot:e v1l1ich finally caused her death. She died at the home of her niece, Mrs. Alfred Rhodes, of Richmondville, F. Y., who cared for her during her ill­ ness. She and her husband are both b~ried in Worcester. 4 l~ry Dailey and David Smith were the parents of one son: 5 I.John Harrison b.Se:i;,t.12,1868, m.Anna Baker.

5 John H. Smith 5 John !!. Smith and Anna Baker ,vere married about 1902. For many y8ars, they resided on his father's farm after the death of the latter. They were industrious, hard-working and thrifty, and pros­ pered financially. Re finally sold the home farm and retired to a sraller place (a dairy farm) on the ·1orcester-Decatur highi,-vay, ·where they still reside.

Anna Baker Smith was the daughter of Frank and Ordell t:itchell Baker. The latter is still living at this "filriting ( 1936}. 5 John 8Lith and Anna Baker were the parents of the following children: 6 l.Frank: b.Cct.2?,1903, d.Dec.13,1915. 2.Ernest 6 b.July 1,1905, d.June 29,1916, 3,Bartha 1-!ay 6b.Feb.19,190?, d .1~·£.r. 2, 190?. 6 4.trth~ b .r~:ay 15, 1909, d.Oct. 8,1912. 5 .L~J.0nzo ~ b~i~:ay 12, 1912, r1.Lora r/vhi t ema1 6.Charles0 b.Sept.10,1919,

,1 Menze Smith0 Menze ~,ith6 and Lora TVhiteman "nere married October 1, 193?, in "7estford, l~. Y. s:.ie is a daughter of lil'. and 1~Irs. Van "Thi t er:1a n of "·.rastf ord. IIe is a 142 graduate of the "~L\1..·cester B~igh School, and since his graduation has been associated with his father on their large dairy far~. They reside now on a farm in the To\\111 of 1 ...· estford. Both are popular in the community. They have one son: a. F re deric• k""•;" .:.:~enzo ? b. Aug., J.9- 3 8.

6 Charles Smith 6 5 Charles Smith , son of John H. and Anna Baker Smith, is now (1939) a student at Cornell lTniversity. 143 4 1-:.ar1.aj\.t' • Da1 . 1 ey

11aria Dailey4 , daughter of John and Catherine }.1arckley Dailey, v1as born in the Tovvn of Decatur, and lived in that tovm the greater part of her life.

She 1,~as married to Chauncey P. Day of Decatur .• They resided, during their married life, on a farm near Decatur. She survived him many years, residing for a time in Decatur Village. The last years of her life she spent ·Nith her daughter, 1/Irs •.A.lfred Rhodes in• Richmondville, vvhere she died. They ¼ere the uarents of two children: 5 Willia~ who owns and occupies the old home­ stead near Decatur, part of the time. He is unmarried. 5 Lottie ·who n.arried Alfred Rhodes and lives in Richmondville. Alfred Rhodes is proprietor of a general store in Richmondville. They have no children. 144

4. ~~resley J. Dailey-, son of John and Catherine Marckley Dailey, was born in the Town of Decatur. On December 12, 18??, he married rv~ary Jane Goodell, daughter of John ti. and Jane Spafford Goodell, also of Decatur. They resided for many years on a farm about a mile northeast of Decatur. They finally retired to the Village of ~!:forcester, ,vhere she died August 1?, 1923, at the age of sixty-three years. She was a conscientious Christian woman, very devoted to the 1Iethodist Church and an active worker in all its departments. He is still living at this writing (1936). They had but one son: 5 l.Charles b,Mar.11, 1880, m.Beatrice Hines.

5 Charles Dailey- 5 Charles Dailey and Beatrice Hines were married December 10, 1902. They resided on the ~qesley Dailey homestead, north of Decatur, for a few years, and then made s2vcr~l changes, moving for a tim6 in the Village of East 't•Torccstcr, and then to "?orcestor. Mrs. Dailey was born April 27, 1884, and died December 21, 192£. She ·.,.:as a bright, energetic woman, and an ambitiou_s ~vorlccr. The last knowledge the writer had of tir. Dailey, vias that he ·was living in Cobleskill and traveling, selling electric stoves. They were the Jarents of four children: 6 1.~~orencg E, b.Nov.30,1903, m.Roy Benson. 2 .1~~1na lvI. b.Fcb. 6,1905, m.Gilbert Wallace A 3.Lynn J.6 b.May 21,190?,di8d vvhon about four years o 4 .},Iary L. 6 b .rsa.r. 2, 1909, m. -- . 145 6 Florence E~ Dailey 6 Florence E. Dailey and Roy Benson were married January 28, 1923. They reside near Otsego, 1.:r. y. ' on a farm. Florence Dailey Benson is a graduate of the ~,orcester IIigh School, Class of 1921, and taught school before her marriage. They ha~e one son: a.Richard? b.1Iar. 8,1931.

Mina. M. Daiei· 1 6 6 l'.].na 1'.£. Dailey and Gilbert T:Vallace Allyn were married Septe1rrber 26, +925, at ~,Vorcester. She is a graduate o.f T•~orcester High School, Class of 1922, and before her marriage, was a teacher. She was also an operator for the Telephone Company at ~orcester for a time. i-rr. Allyn is the son of 1.ir. and 1.::rs. Gilbert Allyn of TfJhite Haven, r-a~, and is .Assistant Superin­ tendent of the Lehigh Sand and Stone Company of White Haven, where they reside. They have one daughter: ? a.Yiary Jane b.Sept. 5, 1932.

,,,, 1Iary Dailey_0

Tuiary Dailey6 , the youngest child of Charles5 and Beatrice Hines Dailey, 1ivas born in ·7orcester. She graduated from the ~Vorcester I-Iigh School, Class of 1924. For a tin1e before her r:1arriage, she ,iVas employ­ ed as telephone operator in '1orcester, and also did clerical v::1ork.

She marriGd a der1tist {name unknown).

t"!e have no further knowledge concerning them. 146 ELIZA.BETH DAILEY3

Elizabeth Dailey3, daughter of Ebenezer2 and Mary Spoor Dailey, was born in the Town of Decatur, where much of her earlier years were spent. On January 13, 1848, she was married to John Ferguson, also of Decatur. They lived on a farm in the Town of Decatur for many years, where their children were born; but as they advanced in years and wished to retire from active farm lite, they purchased a home in the Village of T•.rorcester, where they spent their re- ma1.n1ng• • years. Elizabeth Dailey3 was an unusually bright and active woman. She vVas inclined to see the bright side of life, and her cheery disposition brougijt her love and affecti-on from her many friends. She lived to the good old age of ninety-four years, and retain­ ed her keen mental powers almost to the last. Mr. Ferguson was born December 2?, 181?. He vwas a thoroughly upright and highly esteemed citi­ zen, and had served as a deacon in the Congregational Church at '-11?orcester for many years. He died January 2, 1891. The remains of both are buried in ~orcester. They had the following children: l.?iiary E. 4 b.l!Ia.r. l,184?,d.Nov.?,1920,m.TYilliam Fern. 2.Bp-on ~-!b.July 9,1848,d.Mar.5,1910,m.Rosepha Holmes 3.Silas .l. b.A:pr. 9~1862,m.(l.Erama Scripture. (2.Anna Rickard.

Mary E. Ferguson 4

4 7 Mary E. Ferguson ,/,1as born in the Town of Decatur and on January 14, 1868, she married •'filliam Fern, also of Decatur. 14? They started housekeeping on a farm on West :qill and sometime after lf.82, they moved to the Village of .. ~:rorcester, vJhere they spent the remaining years ot their life,

1::r. ~nd lvirs. Fern v1ere examples of the high­ est type of citizens• She v1as a me!nber of the Fort­ nightly Literary Club of -r~rorcester, and both were active members of the Congregational Church. Mr. Fern died August 8, 1894, at the early age of forty-nine years. She survived him many years, keeping her ho~e in Worcester. They left no children.