Ba ld w in d e C arl eto A . 1 66. n , D . 0

’ Jefi rey d e C a rlet on .

d rd d e C a rl O ua et on .

r H en y d e C a rl et on .

ilb ert d e a rl et G C on .

ill d rl W i a m e C a et on . CARLETON

d d or O xr onnsn m n. A a m e Ca rl et on .

Jo d e a rl et o . hn C n Ad am d e Carlet on . m d T o as e a rlet o . h C n John d e C arleton .

J o d e a r let o . hn C n Hen ry d e Car l et on .

T om a s d e a rl et o . h C n Th om a s de C ar leton .

om a s de ar le o . Th C t n Sir “a lt er d e C arl eton .

T om a s d e Car let o . o s h n Th m a Ca rl et on .

Th om a s ar l et o . C ETON C n ARL John C a rl et on .

r E M N o R A A G H . hom a s a rl et o . F o n o T C n J h C ar let n.

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V T om a s a cel ot Joh arlet o . L em ! m AM ) URI ! I . h L n n C n S

a el ot t o arlet o . d w a l V ir W ll ia m c E rd ar et o . ! I I . S i L n An h ny C n C n

V b a c el ot Sir dl e C a rl et on is E ras m s arleto . ! I I I . Ro ert L n Du y W u C n

o w r et o . r s o er c o t orc est er . Ed ard a l ! I! . Th m a s Ch i t ph un D h ) C n

S ir G u y ( l s t Lord D orc hest er) L t . John C ar let on . — — Thomas Ri ch a rd J o h n Joseph Ed w a rd

S ir D nd l er Wil m ot J erem i ah Ed wa rd

Jerem i a h J ohn

Jere mi ah Kimb all Jesse

‘ D a vid JaJ m bJ Joh H [ n

W l l ( the poet . ) ! ! VI . i

— — — — - — — — t ra L ovicy G u y Al b er t S vl r ! t Yonngl ove J ac eh J an e Alfonso Frank

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l is t . Of ow l e a ss . i O f Mo t el er Vt . a rl et o a na R y , M n p i , C n n

Arm s of CARLETON O F CUMBERLAND a nd FERMANAG H

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rest A d ext er a rm em b oss ed m old a n a r ro w . C , pp , h ing

‘ Arm s of CARLETO N or O! FORDS H IRE a w l LONDON AN D S URREY.

Ar . 0 11 a b e d sa . t r e m a s l f l e c es o t . g n , h he fie d

‘ C rest : O u t of a d u c al c o ro net on a n r a d 5a t h e orn t w s t ed of t h e l st a nd 2 , uni c o n s he , h i

INTRODUCTION .

Al thou gh ' t his chronicle of tha t branch of the Carleton family which sprang from Kimball Carleton , is meager and I com parati vely brief, yet h ave been a n umber of years in gathering the details comprising it . The inform ation bear I i ng upon these annal s deri ved chiefly from my father , G u y Carleton: who t ook pri de in storing up our family h ist ory in his memory and recalling i t at opportune occasions . B ut my u uncles , Yo nglove , Albert and particul arl y Alfon zo Carleton , a l l con tribu t ed somewh at to the general mass of this m uch coveted info rm ation . I am i ndebted to my father al most wholly for th e n ames of our kinspeople from Kimball Carle w ow n t ’ ton do n to his fa her s family , and also for the infor

o mati n pertaining to the maternal branch of his ancest ry . The only member of the latter I ever remember seeing was ’ Va nS u rd a a m Seneca , m y grandmother Lois s brother , who fi f

w a s ou t y years ago a prosper s farmer , on the hill north of the

o W w l f a Ne . th e vi lage yomi ng in the st te of York wife , w as a o t a nd d Au n t Ann , l rge and p r ly q ui te slow and eliber

a e a r of . ate in speech . They re r d la g e family children I am sensible that this ge n eal ogy is not a s ful l a s i t might h I d o or s ould be , and that it is free from errors not claim . But I have done the best I could with t he materials I have - o am f been able t gather , an d con iden t that defects w il l be

no a . overlooked , or at least t unch ritably criticised I h a ve been able to en ter into more deta i ls rega rding some ’ i of my uncle s fam lies than others , because the opportunities for getting at facts were better . I only wish I bad every data necessary to gi ve all the particul a rs regarding each i family . The cause for regret or dissatisfact on on the part of any would th us be av erted .

I wi ll take occasion here to say a fe w words in relation to l ou r family name . The appel a tion should u ndoubted ly be ” o I in S pelled Carlet n , and have taken th e liberty these ” Wh o pages to restore the e to t h e h istoric n ame . of our ” fi s e ancestors r t dropped the from it , I h ave been unable a t s h m to satisfac orily a certain , but I t ink the o ission began ” m . nd t h e with y grandfather , Jacob Carleton In Engl a e s o is reta ined . An d al l the American Carl eton but ou r w n ” t e " r t n branch , wi th two o her xceptions , e ai the e , although

u t hei r ancest ry was ndo u btedly the same as ours . The s im pler form should be abandoned because of its genea l og ical inaccuracy . The etymology of the word enables us to - trace it ba ck t o its A nglo S axon o rigin . The cognome n was “ ” fi r . rst Karl , in Old Ge man a term for man , h usband

a fi t w a s som t im es L ter th e rst let er C and sometimes K , and ” in r w a s f n m ea rr n . o de i ed as , stro g , manly , noble High b rn ” t h a . m en bore e n me Charles was derived from i t . On r e a c hing Engla nd th e term w as contin ued a s a surname or ” o r became such , an d was w ritten onl y Carl Carle , as

o v o bet t er sui t ed t the de el ping En glish voc a bul ary . In pro ” s t m ffi t on w as w ce s of i e th e su x , , added , h ich originally , ” s a fi w i t seem , h ad a geogr phical signi cance , m eaning to n or manor . Th e l a st sylla ble may have b e en added to th e ~ w d t i s i m t e K or primary ord to is ngui h t fro o h r Carls or arls ,

t h e i for sake of eu phony , or , as is far more probable , to n ” d ic a t e c o f t t Ca r] th w a pla e habi a ion , as of e town , which s s d b t s a I w i hortene e i me into C rleton . t l l not escape observa ” t C t o n m h t ion that arl is ore i n armony wi h its original , ” t ” d Karl , th an Carle on with i ts ad ed e, yet for some I r eason the l atter was the general form adopted . n any e ven t our n a me proves indisputably that our ancient a nc es

o try bel nged to some branch of the great Germanic fam ily , probably the Saxon or t he Angeln wh ich latter tribe gave to ’ En g land her n a me . ( See opening chapter of Green s history

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So fa r a s I k no v iz Joh F . Ca rl t o of Jac k s o c h for m er l of Wis w , , n n n , Mi , . y s i nd H on b et D Ca r t o of Diam ond l e at o c o t c h c o a l a i . n n , . An u . n , E n un y , M of t h e Engl ish These two peeples conquered por n tio s of Britain , and e vent ually w ith other North men , over ran th e whole country and made it their own . By the gene alogical table on another page the implication is irresisti bl e d a ofou r that Bal win de C rleton , the founder family , came W h e t Con u erer . over from Normandy wi th illiam n q N ote , ( l ) the name is of Norman form ; (2 ) Bald win was th e lord of a manor which m ust have been bestowed on him by Wil a s n fi liam the Conqueror , who , is w el l know , con scated the

t es of a t o h is f esta the S xons and gave them own ollow ers . in those d a vs b a ron a ges in England could only be had of the King . in There are Charl ton families this coun try . and i t is sup posed the name is b rrt another form of Carleton . A My u ncle lbert Carleton related to me this incident . He was once ridi ng alon g the st reets of either Scot ts vi lle or

d not . Y . o Mumfor , far from Rochester , N , when a v ice call ' ! ed a tter him , Tarleton Tarleton Upon turning h e

o o e saw a man approaching who beck ned hi m t s t p . On coming near m y uncle asked : H o w do you know m y name is ” “ s t h e Becau e . answered stran g er , I knew the Tarle ’ ton ls in England and your physiognomy and t heirs are iden trca ” i c a e is u t , said my un le , my n m Carleton , not Tarle I’ ton . t y ou It ma ters not , was the reply , are the same of kin , ” I know i t by your fa ce . My uncle Was inclined to think from this episode that t he ’ o Tarl et n s, one of whom attained celebrity as a British offi cer R w r i in the Am erican e volutionary a , was poss bly an offshoot is a t of the Carleton tree . It s riking fact that all the Carle ’ o ton s I have ever seen , even those not members f my branch v of the family , h a e poin ts of resemblance eith er in form or feature and not unfrequently i n both .

. R MON ROE G C A LETO N .

F b 1 1896 . A L . e GR SS AKE , MICH , ,

gw nv TH IS RECORD IS RE -PRI NTEDf

I n 1894 I a a s J une , , issued little broch ure of eighteen p g e , givi ng such i n formation touching my branch of the Carlie I t ton family as had been enabled to ga her, and distributed copies among tho s e of consanguineous t ies represented on

t o of its pages . A n examina i n its annals by those to whom w as n in u it se t , resulted the discovery of m any inacc racies , and a chief purpose of this second edition is to correc t such

o h err rs an d make t e record as authenti c as possible . I may s f o ne s e be pardoned for peci ying m i tak , or it migh t m ore properly be called , inexcusable blunder . My daughter

is as . 24 1865 Maud recorded having been born Feb , , where

a s F . 4 186 r t w n eb 2 7 . n as , as a matte of fac , she bor , Ma y r in other erro s are set right these pa ges , in additio n t o w hich se veral necrologic a l e ven ts are recorded that have trans i pired si nce 1894. An addit on that is inval uable and w il l be welcomed and h ighly prized by my kinsmen is t h e Gen It ealogic al Chart th a t accom panies these pages . portray s

' t h e prou d lineage of our family ; a li neage that e m braces man y dis t inguis hed ch aracters and places ou r honored name

upon the rolls of the nobi li t y of G rea t B ritia n . The info rma tion t ouc hing the his t ory of the Carleton fam

ily cent u ries ago , is derived from annals laboriously compiled ) v a l . . by Re . Hiram C rl eton , D This erudite di vine extend

ed his i nqui ries and researches over a period of forty years , a nd the many fac t s secured and preserved th rough his no a nd b t it s ” ble admira le loyal y to the family and history , en title hi m to t h e profound t h anks and warm gratitude of a ll

who h ear i ts name . It should be e xpl ained that the record ” w as headed The Early Carle t ons compiled by Hon . m Hira Carleton , a highly intelligent and honored citizen of

e w as d l Montpeli er, V rmont , and rea at the reunion of Car e 1 4 a 4 89 . I tons held in Grass Lak e, Michig n , July , t was a marked and j ustl y appreciated feature of that delightful c c l casion , an d adds a value to th is record which w i l challenge the thanks and gratitude of every Carleton into whose hands w i t may fall . The letters w hich appear a fe pages further on t t h e n f m , reveal a pride and loyal y to am e of our great a

t . ily , that should be em ula ed b y us all The compiler of these annals feels that language is i nadequate to express t o Judge Carleto n the senti ments of th ankfulness he entertain s him for the information which through , he is enabled to trans m i I t h t by th ese pages . t is prope r to add that e paper on ” w i The Early Carletons, as well as the letters , were r tten in a t he l by Judge Carleton h ste , amid press of his professiona duties , but their clear statements , h appy diction and consist l l ff en t historic detai s , constitute them mode s of epistolary e ort an d make them of the highest val u e to this fam ily chron icle .

MORE CON CERNIN G TH E CARLETON NAME .

10 d a a . I n a let t e r from J u ge Hir m C rleton , dated Feb , 1 96 v e 8 , our family name is ad ert d to as follows

o Of course , Carlet n is our family n ame , but whether Bald w n th e fi s fa r as w e w as i , r t so know who called by th at w s m a w e name , a Saxon or Nor n , have no present knowl a i a ed ge . Family n mes were pract c l l y unknown until afte r t he t 1066 m e Norman Conq ues i n , and the ost w know i s ” a t a a o tha t Baldwin resided pl ce called Carl eton , and s he and h is desce nd a n ts for a cen t ur y or two w ere described ” ” o o r d o u fi a s being f Carleton , Carleton , ntil nally the ” d e w as d ropped and the fa mily name of Carle t on was ful ” s S o a t l y e st abli hed . the word or name C rle on d oes not furni s h proof of t h e origin of Baldwin . This place situa t ed P enrit t e t h e t o f u e d n a d near in coun y C mb rlan , E gl n , cal led ” ” ” a t o r e C rle on , Manor of Carl ton , or Carleton Hall , m igh t have been in exi s t ence under that name for one o r nd o more cen turies , a Baldwin mi ght have been a Norman f l t he l ow e r of William Conqueror , or he mi gh t h ave been a “ h o s W o f . Saxon promi nence , ubmitted to King i ll iam It is most likely that whe t her Sax o n or Norm a n h e l ived in h n a s d ue submission to t e Ki g , he an d his descendants for 600 s w a a t ~ I about year ere llowed to reside Carleton Hall . repeat wh a t ] have sa id about t he spelli ng of our family v e t name . I send herewith a y faint photo of the sign ature - t v l Ma s of Lieut John C a rle on of Ha e hill , s , the son of E d

. u . w as b ward , our emigrant ancestor Lie t John orn in Eng b 1630 a nd m s land , pro ably about , ca e to Rowley , Mas , with w his father in 1638 . As you kno the fam ily returned to England and onl y John afterward came b ack to Haverhill in 1 60 few about 6 , wh ere h e died a years after , leaving his four o sons , J hn , Joseph , Edward and Thomas, who gave thei r

t i n . names to th e four r bes of [Am erican]Carleto s This Lieut . ub lic s John was a clerk of p records in Haverhill , Mas , and the photographed name I send you is taken fro m one of his public records . You will see that he writes his nam e John

. w as Carleton , Clark This th e English word for clerk . I have wri t ten the foregoing in great haste and should b e

O x M s ions o f the conquered Saxons . To quote acauley The l battle of Hastings and the e vents which fol owed it , not on ly a b u t pl a ced a Duke of Norm ndy on the E nglish throne , gave u p the whole po pulation of Englan d to the t vranny of the Th e n n Norman race . subj ugatio of a natio by a n ation has

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s Eb n o c . The cou n tr seldom , e ven in A ia , e m re omplete y w a s p or tioned ou t a m ong the cap ta ins of the inva ders . The last sen t ence o f this quota tion seems to s t reng t hen the hypothesis that Baldwi n recei ved Carleton Ma nor at the s n h ands of William , a , had h e bee a Saxon , he would h ave b v een displaced and the barony gi en to a Norman warrior . This is the vie w in which I a m forced t o regard th is ques t o e a o s — I i n , deduc d from inferenti l pr of . an d direct at least I ” 2 so regard ( ) the parti cle de , and ( ) th e division of t he a o W country mong the foll wers of illiam , as given by Macau f l e . i i w w y One th ng is certain , Bald in a s a Saxon and suc

i . c eed ed in r etain n g his manor under t h e sw eeping r u l e. of

W it a n . illiam , w as anomaly

THE EARL Y CARLETON S .

There are seve ral villages in England b earing the name of w e e Carleton . Th e place from wh ich deriv our nam e , th e ” ” Manor of Carleton , or Carleton Hall , is si t uated about in h one mile s ou t hea st of Penrith t e county of C umberland . o 1 6 u f A . . 0 6 Here resided abo t the time th e Conquest, D , our

o w s earliest kn w n ancestor, who a styl ed Baldwin de Carle ” t on n C e n- t n 600 ( Baldwi of arl to i, and where for more ha n h 6 years li ved his descendants . I t e l th century th e de w as omitted from t he nam e by Thomas Carle ton of Carleton

th t h . H all , e 13 in descent from Baldw in On the death of s 1 1 E . 1707 7 2 t e r Robert Carle t on , q , i n or , h Mano H al] fel l I 1828 W into other h a nd s . n Lord allace sol d the H all and h e w Manor to Joh n Cow per , Esq . T follo ing is a descript ion ’ taken from t l1e . l a t e Capt . Percival A Carleton s Memori ” als of the Carletons . p u blish ed in Englan d in 1869

W th e Mrs . al lace , mother of above named Lord Wall ace, s ucc eeded in m a king Carl et on Manor one of the m ost beau

in . tiful spots England The house is plain an d m odest , sit

‘ r l ow t h ou h on a p ated ath er i g u p small knoll , ) it comm ands s in fron t an exten ive l aw n, which is intersected b y the river e Eamon t , while the Lowth r winds round its extremity ; to the north i t is sheltered by a plantat ion of old trees and a wooded hill ; to th e east an d west the ground rises from it by on gentle acclivities an d extending each side , forms a kind nd t of r ude semicircle a shu s in the law n beneath . The b ank s are abru pt and clothed eve1y whe1e with overhanging th e c at ried d fi woods , th rough these wal ks are and at 1 e1ent v i in h e points disc o e g t country , opening a succession of views ” v v l a riou sl charact erized bu t universal y beautiful .

The oldest family of our name is u sually designated as ” “ b Carleton of Carleton Hall , or the C um erland Carletons . The Fermanagh family of Carletons was founded abou t the end of the 16t h century by Lancelot Carleton , second so n - of Thomas Carleton of Ca rleton H all . The great gre at grandso n of Lancelot Carleton was Sir G uy Carleton of rev a ol u tionary fame . He was Governor G ener l of Can ada at h b n in i b y h t e egi n g of the revol ut on , superseded B urgoyne , e aft erward comm a nded t he British forces wit h headquarters ’ n u at N . Y . city . He resigned his commissio after B rgoyn e s capture and returned to England . While commander of th e British forces in Am erica he h ad 25 w W . 0 11 t h an interview ith ashington the of November , t New oh 1783 , b e w ith his army lef York ci ty , which is still “ ” served as E vacuation Day . Sir G uy Carle ton was el evat d s ed to the peerage as Lor Dorche ter , taking the long dor u e m ant ti tle of his disting ished relati v , Sir D udley Carleton . w s Sir Guy Carleton , grandson of th e preceding , a the third

t . Lord Dorchester, of Dorches er , Oxfordshire Capt . Perci of w as - va l A . Carleton says hi m , that he the tw enty secon d in d escent from Bald win de Carleton ; also that he quarters the Royal Arms in right of descent from Thom as Plantage ” t . n e h im ne , son of Edward I The last distinctio cam to is e G u t h e through h grandmother , th e w if of Sir y Carleton ,

Efiin h . daughter of Thomas Howard , Earl of g a m There w a s a nother ancient family of Carletons called th e i Lincolnshire and Oxfordshire family , der ved from the fam in midd le 13 ily of Carleton Hall about the of the th century . w The founder of th is family as Adam de Carleton . The 9th - . W of th e family was Joh n Carleton , Esq , of alton upon i l in Thames and Baldw n Brightwel Oxfordshire , w hose fifth son , E d ward Carleton of S urrey , was the founder of the

and . family of Carleton of London S urrey Capt . Percival him h A . Carleton says of that he was Lord of t e Manor of 1562 w s v East Clandon , Surrey , i n , and a presented to the li

fifth son of J oh n Carl eton of Oxfordshire . This ill ustrates s r i l what has often been as erted , that the p m c pa i mmigrants to Massach usetts in the-fore part of the seven t eenth century , were younger sons and descendents of younger sons of families of rank in England , and are therefore men of “ ” m s gentle blood . O ur i migran t ance tor , Ed ward Carle w as one of R E z eik el s ton , the com pany of everend Roger ,

w o a s in 1639 . w s h settled i n Rowley , M s , He a selected to m w as ake a survey for the Compan y of their lands , and sev eral t i mes elect ed as their representative t o the general ” know court . For some reason not m h e and all his famil y

' r it su osed t h e a ll v eturned to England , where is pp y l i ed and

. J oh n died except his son , Lieut Carleton , who returned t o 6 w s in . t t he 16 1 Haverhill , Mas , abou year , here he died in t t d 1668 . His wife was Hannah Jewe , the aughter of his ’ e s a o father s friend , Joseph Jewett of Rowl y , Mas , nd ne of

: ! " the leading members of th e communi t y . The four sons of a w Lieuten nt John Carleton ere John , Joseph , Edward and

Thomas“ F rom these four sons the Carletons in this country h ave descended .

W h C a ar t e t t . In _ the Revol utionary rletons were pa rio ic In t o n t o o the lis of patriots com p si g the Bos n Tea Party , n the

e . 16 1773 tind t h e a vening of Dec , , we n me of Carl eton .

I n t he of Col . S a days the Stamp Act , am uel C rleton of Salem , s r n Mas , emoved a pa e of glass from one of his parlor win s d w t dows and ubstituted a boar upon hich was w ri ten , ” This p ays no tax. Colonel Sam uel C a rle t on w as w ith

‘ Washington at Valley Forge He was a d esc end a nt of John

1 . . K 1 e a t Ca leton Captain imball Ca l ton was Ben nington , d E il wa rd a and no oubt was a descendant of C rleton . Lieut .

J e1em iah a h a 1 C rleton , descendant of Josep C leton , was in I the French and ndian war and served under Wolf. He w a s wounded at the capture of Louisbourg . He marc hed on the

approach of Burgoyne to the defence of Ticonderoga . Of

t his brothers , David was killed at the ba tle of Bunker Hil l ; W ’ Ebenezer was a m ember of ashington s life guards, and t f n Cap ain Osgood Carleton , a terward a oted teacher of Bos ton w a s m mathematics in , employed to transport oney for the govern men t between Philadelphia and New England p an d t his he did to the amount of m illienS b f doll ars . George c w a s Carleton , a des endant of Thomas , i t was supposed kill

ed a t the battle of Bunker Hill .

LIVING CARLETON S .

i t e W ll , the poet , de scendan of Thomas ; Henry Guy Carl

w Y i . . ton of Ne ork c ty , descendant of John ; Col Caleb H

a 8th . . . C rleton , colon el comm anding U S Cavalry at Ft

Meade , South Dakota , descendan t of Edward .

n William Carleton , in honor of whom Carleto College of

orth field . w s r i N , Minn , took its name , a born at Have h ll , - - - - s 20 1797 . Th e C A R L E Mas , May , college cheer is , ” T-O-N ! ’Rah ! ’Rah ! ’Rah !

R v . H m . D . i r n e ira Carleton , D , h storian of the Ca leto 000 family, has cat a logued the names of 2 descendan ts of the b four rothers .

H LETTER FROM JUDGE IRAM C ARLETO N .

M N T 1 2 1894. O PELIER , VERMONT , J ul y .

: DEAR SIR Replying to your favor I will say , that I am very gl a d if my p aper p roved t o be of interest at the reun 4h - t . a ion of the Carleton family on July , instant I l most om sh e d inad vertently , pr ised your sister th at if woul attend

I would wri t e som eth ing for her to read , but the press of o a m e t o business did n t llow keep my promise , only in a very im perfec t way . I t hink what p leased me m ost in your kind l etter w as the expressed resol ution of yoursel f an d sister t o s [! ueen E . Carleton] return to the ancien t pellin g of ou r

a . t o f t o t m a t t er in m n me Indeed , I though referring hat y p a '

. h a d s f t L ohn per But I mi laid a photo o h e name of ieu t . J i u r Carleton of Haverh ll , the son of o i mmigran t a n e t t b d t o s oest r Edward , wri en y him , which I propose end an d o therefore concl uded to s a y n thing a bout it . You m ay coun t on me to aid y o u in the m atter of inducing ot h ers to return o to th e onl y c rrect s pelling of t he n ame . I was glad to learn that you and y o ur s i st er d o not i n sist u pon the t ra di - r t ion of t he thre e bro t h e l s l have fel t ever sinc e your—s is ’ o a t s s ter s fi rs t le t ter t me th there was ome mi t ake abou t it .

re o . C a rl et on w a s not a t s I reg t that M ses F i Gra s Lake , but I

a o t he . thin k h e is righ t b ut matter, and I am very glad to be v e t I lie e that w a r e of h e s a me family . would be glad to see you fa ce to face . 1think there is m uch in the inciden t re e lated by your Uncle Al b rt . I have noted the resemblance in th e Carletons myself. As t th e you say , al hou g h name of Carleton is a Saxon n s w s ame , till Bald win , hose urname or that of his descend t o a t h r fol ants , cam e be C rle on , might ave been a No man l ow er of William the Conquerer . But I have not tim e to

e err e t o n t h e fi r t e t o o t his e e o R f d i s di i n f g n al gy . A e a a tt orii e -a i-l a w a t ort ro ic h s e l i . H e i e l t ere st l d ng y P Hu n , M d p y in ed ’ in a l l t ha t a ert a i s t o t h e rea t t rib e of Ca r l eto s a nd 1s e a e in t h e p p n g n , ng g d ra ise ort h w ork o f ev is i a nd raft i a C a r leto a m il ree p w y d ng d ng n F y T .

t a 2000 t o ed S ates , cont ining some names , which I make o t s o addi t ions from time t t ime . You h a ve m y hank for y ur o e t e o s printed geneal og ical record . Y ur l t er and r c rd uggest many i nteresting su bjects which I am u n a ble t o refer t o at m nd w t . a a his ti me I hope to he r fro you soon , ill be gl ad to - c e operate w i t h you in s ec u rin g o r com pl e ting a re c ord of o u r family history if possible . I woul d be glad t o a n s wer any

] a til t t t s . I ot i e inquiries am ble , respec ing these ma er n c ’ ” t s n c e hat you r sister ame is ! ueen Esth er , whi h l ads me to ’ a u t 70 t o f t h e say th t of abo 5 names i n my uncle s man uscri p , fi fiv t s rst e generations the g reater par are bible name , except certain sir names which are adopted as christian names , as l h a l Ki mba l , w ose great grandmother was Eliz beth Kimba l s a nd o the name of David is adopted as a christian name . o ’ t Lieut . J hn s wife was Hannah Jewet , an d th e name of

e s l l s 41 . Hannah l ad a the re t , appearing times The wife of J os w a s A s 24 e ph big ail O good , and Abi g ail a ppears ti mes a nd Osgood two ti m es . The name of Elizabeth appears 24 ’ 28 h 1-2 ti mes , John , Jose p , and of course Edward s name i s , t a 11 14 9 n perpetua ed , appe ring ti mes , Moses , Amos a d Ben a m 13 t m a 3 1 j in i es , M ry ti mes , and curiously your great u gr andfather , had a Lydia , according to yo r history, his ’ mother s name according to our t heory . In fac t in looking o ver the fam ilies it ap pears that names in those days were g i ve n for the purpose of perpet u ating the memory of rela

t ives . d l In eed . i t could hard y have been expected that your great grandfa ther w o ul d have ever recei ved the name of in b h u t in t e . Ki mball England , this country reason is clear Then you a re to re member that he held a commissionin the w r o A merican army in t h e a f the revol ution , which ren ders it very i mprobabl e th at he w as a recent arrival from Eng land . R HI AM CARLETON .

T o . M G . CARLETON .

FROM T H E SAME .

O 17 1894. M NTPELIER , VERMONT , J uly ,

DEAR SIR I ne w p ropose t o w rite a few words as to

. A a t h e b our name s you say , our f mily name from eginning w a s s l w an . t hink h ow ev er y o pel ed ith e i n En gland I , , u are in erro r i n one st a teme nt in your very i nterestin g record “ ” a a t of the f mily when you say , th t the Carl on Cl ub in Eng ” a s t t in l nd is p elled with an e , but h at fac is con tradi c tion n to the former statemen t as to our famil y ame of Carleton . ’ I e t 1 14 . 7 A a will explain It se ms hat in ! ueen nne s secret ry , “ ” H B e e a r enry oyl . was creat d B ron Ca lton . and he at his t 1725 s t o W dea h in left h is hou e Frederick , Prince of a les , fa ther of George I I I and thi s house i n c o n sequence b ec a m e o a fi r a t h a s fam us in the l st century , and the st p rt of is , ” C a il on this h o ns s I s t House , and from e, a have under tood ” “ th e a t o t h e w o i t , Carlton Cl ub , and C rl n Cl ub , t

t t s o f t . I aris ocra ic club Engl and , ook their n a me t will be ” observed th a t t h e e is drop ped in th e nam e in al l thes e

a . . . t o c ses Ca pt Perci val A Carleton , th e a u h r of the Me orial s o w ho in his b ook s n m of the Carlet ns , in no in ta ce ” s h t pelled our family nam e otherwise t an wi h an e , was I J l as a t suppose , a member of the Carlton Club , he d es the preface of his bo o k as foll o w s “ O A O 1869 JUNI R C RLT N CLUB . ’ I . A . C .

F rom the fo regoi ng i t w ould s eem th a t t h e n a m e o f t h ese clubs and of th e famou s house (wh ich by th e w ay w a s pulled d own in has nothing to do with the an c ient fam ily of ”

t t . Carleton . The name Carlton was selected sim ply as a i le ” Possibly t h e name with th e e p u rposely left out was s e l ec t ed to distinguish th e latter from the a ncient an d distin u s f g u ish ed family of Carleton . It seems that s rname as a m ily n ames w ere nearl y. u nknown in England until after t h e t h e 11t h u it not u 13t h middle of cent ry , and was nti l after the cen tury th at surn am es or fa m il y n a m es we re firm ly estab o r n m S lish ed . It is th u s seen th at u fa mily a e with its pel l ” w a s am on ing of Carleton , g the earliest established family n l d ames of Eng an . In the rolls of parl iament which for sev w i w w e eral centuries ere printed in Lat n , of hich have in I nd o r our state library many vol u mes , fi u family name many

a t n a o 5t h ti mes , al w ys wi h the correct spell i g Our ncest r , the w rl w e ae from Bald in de Ca eton , as sup pose , a ppears i n medi val Will ie lm o Ba o a La t i n as follows : de Carleton , r ne Sca c c r ” o o r W t n E c t a t i , illiam de Carle on , Baro of the x heq uer ; h is

o s a . . t y , J udge of the Court of Exchequer My late uncle , Rev

r . t o a t o e one D Carle n , believed th is Willi m have b en of the ea t o u r t t h e Wa s s r m o gr tes of name , h a an advi e , a n g oth

r s I . et c . n t e , of King Ed ward , I se d you herewith a able of a t fo r t h e Carleton descen d n s your con venience , like one I se nt yo u r s ister I t w ill be s een t hat t here is a gain of one s it a s o generation in your line a I have gi ven , c m pared wi t h n s is th e mi e , which of cour e explainable from fac t t hat se v r a t a n i t eral in you line married earl e r age han i n mine . Your l ist o f the de s c en d ants of Ki mball m a kes an i mportant ’ a ddition t o my uncle s l i s t I would suggest to you if you o o have pportunity t make inqui ry as to Cap t . Ki mba l l

a s d in West m o rel a nt . H . C rleton , wh o re i ed , duri ng t he o nd w h o o Revol uti n a , I h ave no d ubt , was your ancestor . I ha v e t hou g ht of w ri t i ng t o t h e town clerk of t hat town to

a r sh ow . learn wh t t h e reco d s , but h ave n ever done so I am very glad t h a t you are intereste d in ou r fam ily history and s h ope ome time to see it p u t i n printed form . Hopi ng to o y o u soon s hear fr m . as I wil l g l adly an wer any in q uiry I c o s t s t t r a t t c a n , I wi ll l e hi le e , the same time saying tha any info rmat i o n t h a t you may obtain wil l al ways be of in u t eres t t o me . Yours Tr ly , R A H I AM C RLETON . E O To M . G . CARL T N

FROM T H E S AM E.

D e . 1 N R c 1 1894. MO TPELIER , VE MONT , ,

— ir . Dear S for CAPT . M . G CARLETON Thanks your a y t n t he fi pa pers . I wish to c ll our at entio to rst printing o f . press bro ught to A merica , east Mexico , referred to in Mr ’ w e m Houg h t on s add ress} a nd w hich cl ai to have . Accord a l h i ng t o Thom s , Joseph or Jesse G over and wife , wi t Ste a phen Daye (in ch rge of the press) , were fellow passengers

“ r ti in m er ic a e iv ere d b e ore th er An Ad d res s on E a ly Prin ng A , d l f e V m ont l 5 1 94 b e r 0 o ht o I t m os t t er e t O c t . 2 8 . is a H is t o ric a Soc i y , , , y H n y H ug n in o o w h ic h I h a ve 111 m os s es sw n M G C f . e nt a c . , e s t ing d oc u m , p y y p ,

Si r Dudley left at h is death no son (only four daughters) to his t him or take ti le which died w ith , , rather became dor w a s 150 s l at er iven t o u mant and m ore th an year g Si r G y , his rel ati ve as before stat ed .

' b o f 1red The o k 1e e to i n the Britanica , is in the Boston a t h e d t o a publi c libr ry , and a copy of pe igree referred I h ve , but it gi ves no infm m a t ion in additio n to that w hich I a l ’ ready h ad from Capt . Perci val A . C a rleton s Memorials of ” in d l ef rred t he Carletons , printed Englan , which r e to i n

a n o . t w t lny p per read at your reu i n last July By he ay , h e H o . A Gen en ry lexander Carleton referred t by you , appears t t o be an older bro t her of h e late Ca p tai n Percival A . C a rl e ton of whom I have heretofore spoken . ) l o ! h e 4t h l . m u d ley Wi t Carleton , t Lord Dorchester , yo u ‘ wil l o bserve is a grandso n of Sir Guy Carleton ; th e 2d s o n d Lord Dorchester was a of Christ opher, the ol est son of ' r 3d a n Si G uy the Lord Dorchester was a son of George , ‘ of S ir a nd m son other son Guy , th e Dudley Wil ot , the of

Richard .

' ‘ ‘ Th e era i t he 2d 3d pe ge is limited to male ssue , and and

Lords d ied without sons . r W 1 a o u t . t h e a h ve also w itten lineage of ill C rleton , the

oet u w e t a be . p , also yo r own , as unders nd it to The pedi ’ r f ig ee above referred to , only gives Sir D udley s l ineage rom - im Adam de Carleton of the O xfordshire fami ly , and th at

. w . t n a perfectly . Capt Percival A Carle o rote h is book at l ater period and made ih rt her investigations .

~ Very Truly Yours ,

“ HIRAM CARLETON .

“ I n Whit ak r or 1886 d o ua l er t h e ivis on l a ac f a. o e s A m n , ( L n n ann ) und d i , “ Th e o s e of eer s —B a i' on s I fo t h ent 1 : l e ilm ot H u P , und i s y Dud y W Ca r et o b or 2 5 rr so h e W s hi to l 182 s c c ee e 187 m a ie no n or ir . i n , n , u d d , d , ng ' lea r f r t her c onc e i n in t his no bl em a I res s e a ot e of in u n t o n u g n , ad d d n q y J d e Ca l et o w h o w it o bh in c ou i t es fa v o red m e w it h t h e es ire u g r n , h g g y , d d n 0 1m t n a s s et r th o e t r I n t h e s m e b ic a t io er 1 f a 10 o in t h e b v e l t e . a l f a p u n , und “ t h e t it l e M e n o f i ht hoo B a t h I fo t h e a m e of G en . e r , Kn g d , und n H n y " Al e a nd er C a rl eto n c o c er i w h o m J e Ca r l eto ex l a i s it h c h a r x . , n n ng udg n p n w a c t eris t ic c o m la is a c e a nd e r s ic it M . G . p n p p u y .

T H E A C RLETON S OF THE TRI BE OF KI M BALL .

“ An honorable ancestry al ways has b een, and al w a vs will n t h e be , a m atter of indivi dual pride amo g successive genera

n . A m a n a tions of manki d who ascert ins , as far back as he t n n is able to trace i t , hat his famil y li e is untai ted by dis

or i h as s - t a nd honor cr me , rea on for sel f gratul a ion may t h e s a well contemplate fact w ith the highe t satisf ction . Not onl v is the branch of t h e Carleton family to which I

t n o o a t bel ong free from al l ai t o f wr ng d ing , least as rega rds a s infraction of law , but other br nche from th e parent stem

not fa r ever b ro u h have , so as my knowledge extends , g t dis honor upon th e name .

KIM BA LL CA BLETON .

- Kimball Carleton was my great grandfather . H e wed

d o f Sarah Kingsbury , the augh ter wealthy parents . Thi s n w a s young lady , so traditio says , accom plished , beautiful ,

d of a and possessed m uch grace and ignity ch racter . A t her marriage her fa ther pre sen t ed her wi th a farm of one h un

on t h e t t in t h dred acres , located Connec icu ri ver , e sta te of t t a c Ne w Hampshire . To his heri ge our a n es t o r a nd his beautifu l bride removed .

u i t s o an t s From th is n on were born hree ns d fou r daugh er ,

t o wit : K r . R imball , j , oswel l and Jacob ; Sally , Clarissa ,

. J Lydia and N ancy acob Carleton was my grandfather , but before fu rther reference to hi m , it will be proper to consider such meager record as has been h anded down to 118 of his brothers and sisters . m M Roswell Carleton arried Amy illi man , an excellent l h l m a nd fi ve s ady , who bore six sons daughter , to w i t : San S er and Ann ford , mith , Nathaniel , H nan , Thomas John ; ,

s . d a Sarah , Watti , Orilla and Lydia Roswell Carleton ied

H R enssal a er u . . prosperous farmer at oosac , co n ty , N Y His

m o . son Sanford beca e a man of prominence in Bost n . Mass

Of the othe r children I have no a ccoun t . H m . i l a d Ki b al l Carleton , j r , marr ed a y of the name of odge , l

m r . a nd a o who bore hi two sons , Roswell , j , H mbl e t n , and

Axc ie erenia and . It re four dau gh ters , Nancy , , S Sarah is t Axc ie m t t la ed of , th at while young she fel l fro a ree , frac ur ing her skull and resort was had t o t re pa nning t o sa ve her ’ Su l ife . Ki mbal l s wife dying he t ook for his second wife , s a n t t Coon , who became the mo her of George , two o her - - t w o . w r . w as sons and daugh ters Ros ell , j , an aid de camp in t h e w a r 1812 b u t n wa s of , on the declaratio of p eace ki l led a t a celebra t i on o f that even t in Boston by the burs t ing ’

a . a 11c b is s a . of cannon N y , ister , m rried well Her husband s

w o w a m a s a , n e Br ning . residen t of New York state and a l a rg e farmer . Sally moved to C o nnecticut where she married a Presby t erian clergyman named Tuckerm an .

’ Of the rest of Ki mball ( Ja rl et on s children 1have no infe r n t d matio excep ing , of cours e , my gra n father Jacob .

t in o u r s t t sr . A raditi on fami ly repre en s Kimbal l Carle on , , a s m a n of s s n a plendid phy ique a d noble presence , q u al ities t his brothers al so posse ss ed t o an eminent degree . From hem the ass urance came th a t our family sp rang from the nobili t y of t B t a a nd t S ir Grea ri in , hat Guy Carleton ( Lord Dorchester) , l w a s the general famous in our Revo utionary annals , their

. m al . w s 0 11 t he A kinsman Ki b l Carleton , sr , a a captain mer

in a t u ican side th t great s ruggle , while for a ti me Si r G y -ih - was Com mander chief of the British army an d n avy , with headquarters at New Yo rk Kimball Carleton was a m a n

e a t t of W l h , an d af er the war closed started in com pany wi th

t w o O . w as n new other men for h io That the a country , and it w a s t int nt io n t o o y heir e j urne thither and purchase land . set on e The y out hors b ack , he wi th his saddlebags tilled with

8 l ra m 1 24. arried Polly Ingersoll in Jan uary , Issue , Jane ,

e d s Elizab th , Marv ( ecea ed ) .

s w L o vic r o . y ma ried Cook Siss n . Is ue , George , Ll e elyn

G u v d Ro rs . a . d marrie xy Inge oll , l ssue , M ria Roxy ying ’ e f r u i b a w ek a te Maria s bi rth , G y aga n married , his wife e w 1 1 . in . a t s h o i a 3 868 g Mrs Eli z be h Mill , d ed M rch , Issue

M L o v . a r er a a Mrs . on oe G u y , Baxter He fterw rd m rried

a . t m . I s 11 M ry E S ed an sue , ! ueen Esther , born May ,

‘ 1866 ol d h e , on the om stead i n the val l ey , west of Carleton

Hil l .

r . r . Al be t married Betsey Ingersoll Issue , Gordon, Ira , j , F a . c r it z rl n n D vid In gersoll Os a e a d , Cortl and , Smith He ry ,

o Hel en Maria ( a d pted d a ughter) .

l a r d s Sy via m rie James Ea tland . Issue , Mon roe and babe whi c h died unnamed .

o I m . u Younglove arried S phronia Cronkhi te ss e, John ,

o Jose ph ine , Juds n , Jannette .

c r . . Jac h , J , m a rried R a chel Ingersoll . N o issue Adopted

o n F a W s r nk .

W . . J m d m . ane arrie S Dodson Issue , Charles , Will iam ,

'

a a nd Ed win w . Edw rd , t ins ; Mary , Ellen , George

Alfon zo married Margaret L ena Dod son Dec . _ L ne u e . and Issue , g D John Charles Fremont .

r a i . F anklin m rried Margaret Sm th Issue , Albert , Eli z e -h a b t , Charles , Frederick .

nor ms .

ovicy Ira , L , G uy , Younglove , Sylvia and Jacob , were born

o Y . Ch a sb u r Vt . . A at Ho sac , N ; lbert was born in y , , and A Jane , l fonzo and Franklin on Carleton Hill , in Middl ebury

W . t ownship , yoming county , N Y

l r A r s1st ers a , Guy , lbe t an d married , daugh ters ’ e . i 6 1886 of David Ing rsoll Polly , Ira s w fe , died July , , i n ’ B b rt f Michigan . etsy . Al e s wife , was born on the b a nks o

s t in 18 10 . Cayuga Lake i n the t a e of New York , She was ’ on Ne w a s d a married a t her home on Carleton Hill , Ye r y . W m n 1831, Rev . Joseph E lliott of yo ing performi g the cere 8 880 d d t . 1 c mony . She ie Se p , , and was buried in Comsto k ’ o . y f township , Kalamazo county , Mich Rox , G uy s wi e , died ’ s 6 - A . . 18 1. 1826 . 7 in p ril , Rachel , Jacob wife died Nov , She s uccumbed t o cancer o f the stomac h . These s isters were most

a m a nd u f exem pl ry wo en , made d tiful wives and af ectionate mothers .

s r . The children of Jacob Carleton , , were of a religious

o f d a nd G u A t a nd s turn mi n , y , l ber Younglove were t rong

r and eloquent in exho ta tion and pra ye r . I never knew my e rsonal l Uncle Ira Carleton p y and ne ver saw hi m save once .

w s m a n s a n t a . B u t he a s e i mable , I h ave heard many say I

. G s Mc N eil . w A . a a s t old by , Esq , now of ra s L ke , Mich , who w s fo r s os s as hi neighbor year , that he p ses ed more good v w qualities than any other man he e er kne . My Aunt S vl

v 1 sa w . a n ia n ever She died at early day i n Michigan , and m y father and Uncle Albert both declared t hat on her death bed she suffered greatly from neg lect . My Uncle Younglove l w at his death eft about $2200 . It a s in cash and all he pos ses t m 25 sed . Of his money he gave his shoe aker $ , his banker

a d $50 , n the balance , less h is burial ex penses , h e willed t o t d the Baptis denomin ation of which he ied a member . He

t . ou lived his w ife an d all his ch ildren Li ke his brothers , he

w as a man of unswerving integrity . Al l the broth ers w ere

t , w as large , athletic men . My father , G uy Carle on si x feet

m . tw o inches tall , strongly built an d quick of move ent

Younglove was of massive form , Jacob was a powerful man , and Fran k w as well known a s an athlete .

had t ak en . s u a Soon after my father , his second wife , h e g g

d a ' ed my u ncle Jacob to assist hi m durin g harve s t . One y h my uncle said , for the sixth or se ven th time , I can t row ” al re any m an who has j ust been married . My fat her fin ly spo nd ed to th e good n atured banter by l aying down h is e ra nd - m 0 11 dle . a at back h old laid y uncle at full l ength the b een groun d . It has said that my Uncle Jacob never had

an enemy . He certainly possessed great amiability of ch ar

“ h is u Ir a acter . At obseq ies his nephews , Gordon , , David , h ffi t Osc a r and the w riter of t is chronicle , o cia ed as pal l

be ar ers .

’ I RA S CHILDREN .

M l s 8 184 5 . M Jane m arried i e Cooley , Oct , , ( iles died

6 s a b c . 6 1846 March , Is ue , H rrison , orn O t , ; Fidelia 2 1848 L . n . a 2 9 E . 3 184 , born May , , Fr nk , bor Dec , ; Edwin ,

1852 E . 11 31 18 6 . born J une , ; Mary , born Dec . , 5

’ ’ Eliz abeth s h usband s name is Sil vers . No partic ul ars

h ave came t o m y attention of the family .

u 1856 w Mary was married , died abo t , leaving t o children . b u t e m i She had rec ntly come fro res ding near Joliet , Ill . , in I and was buried , I think , Kalamazoo county , Mic h . s w b u t s a never a her , she is aid to h ve been a lady of rare

and s ingular beauty .

L O VI CY ’S CHILDREN .

1819 . w George Sisson was born about Lle elyn is younger . w l o o k t e t . as i . r ( Sisson , h i r fa her a m ll wrigh t Geo g e mar

M . . 89 h 19 1 5 . Gra am at Jackson , ich , who died Se pt , Issue ,

u s t w o d d . R th , Loui e , Philip and aughters who die youn g ‘ s w 1 1866 t h e ol d ( rl e o as . 1 a t n ! ueen E ther, born May , , on - a one w a t o . homestead in th e v lley , half m ile est of C rle n Hill s h d h e a a a l r . er a d d In t s me house J cob C r eton , , g ran f ther ie ,

a nd t h e a and her father Guy also died there , in s me a part ment .

AL BERT S C H I L DR EN .

Ma y 19 1832 at G ordon , born , , the north west corner of the d n t he r h a l n orch a r , ear ol d f ame school ouse on C r eto Hill ,

o . t 1 0 W m . o a 8 yo in g c unty , N Y Came Michig n in 5 ; mar f o l o l t . ried S phia M . Hil Hillsda e coun y , Mich Issue , 6 . 19 18 1 . H . S t O . 15 Glenn , born e p , Freddie , born Feb , 1 865 29 866 c t . 14 18 1 . died July , ; Guy S mith , born O , 68 ;

. . 0 . a ( Jr 1 1870 M . 19 M bel , born Dec , ; Jennie , born Dec , W . 20 18 . 6 F . O 78 u 187 ; ill , born ct , G v S mi t h married

a n a H No v . 24 189 . Nancy H n h icks , , 2

M I ra b n n 28 1834. A B , or Ju e , arried nna etsy Bacon Oct .

b t. B 3 1 1859 Issue , Al er acon , born July , ; Alvin 12 1861 Adel bert , born J uly , ; Ell a May , born May m a rrie d t o J a mes

A 13 1836 . . 16 1869 Dav id pril , On Jan , , married

A l va ret t a A . s a . a . 1 S pring te d Issue , El iz beth , born Oct 8, 69 5 8 18 2 1 5 . i ; Jay D born June , 7 El zab eth died Febr a

1 1892 . ary 7 ,

F . 12 183 . . 8 19 18 Oscar , born Jan , , On May , 72 , m a rried I a . R . u 8 1875 . Al zin Rosier ssue , Ernest , born J ne ,

o W 14 1843 . a 6 C rtland , born March , s a m emb er of t h e t h M a t he ichigan rtillery in the war of rebellion , served three

s y ear and p a rt icipat ed in 2 1 battles .

184 3 . 19 1 6 H . 7 8 9 S mith , born May , On Jun e , , marri ed

H . l s . . 27 1881. I abel J Voce Issue Warren , born Ju y , Was a member of t he 28th Michigan infan try in the w ar of the rebellion .

M . n va le Helen , bor i n Wyoming l y -th ree miles north of

10 1 4 . W . a . Y 8 9 a l VanH s rsaw , N , May , Married Ch r es u en,

. . . 28 1 2 1873 C . 8 3 Feb , Issue , Frank , born Dec , 7 , died Jan .

11 1874 d . 29 1876 n . 3 , ; E gar J born April , ; Mae , bor Nov ,

1882 . l ’ H i Al l of A bert Carleton s sons were born on Carleton ll ,

ou nt . . a a Co. c v . Wyoming , N Y C me to Kal mazoo , Mich , in 1850 .

’ J ACO B S C HILDREN .

F n W . in w ar ra k , who was a soldier the of the rebellion , w t o a s born on Carle n Hill , about a q uarter of a mil e south 26 1845 l . l of the ol d schoo house , Feb , . Married He en A . F w 9 18 2 . l o fi l . 7 er e d . o Davidson Jan , She was born in , St J

o . 1 1849 . se h Ma C . p c unty , Mich , y , Issue , Myrtle , born 6 1873 Com a n Nov . , . Frank was a me mber of p v B , Si xth

Regiment Mich . vol . inf.

’ J AN E S C HI L DREN .

W 1 . s . 5 1819 11 . r Jane w a born Dec , ; married Dodson H

d 1 8 . w s n . 18 1817 a n 1 1 88 a bor Sept , , died May , Issue V . 1 4 M . 2 84 Chas , born June , , m arried Jane anderheyden ,

1 1 6 5 1889 . . 5 86 Feb , , she died April ,

26 1848 d Mary Ellen , born May , , married Simeon Howar 1869 t w o s . 3 1867 . 7 Jan , she died Sept , , leaving daughter , v 1867 iz Cora May , born in November , , married L H . son 21 1894 i Warren , born May , ; Jenn e Ellen , born i n Feb W 8 . 5 186 . 1 8 ru a r 1 91. y , , married E Keating , June ,

49 n . 14 18 Edgar a d Ed ward (twins) , born Dec , ; Edgar W n 1851 . died i January , ; Edward married Ella R hal ey ,

0 1887 t s on u v . April 6 . 187 ; she died in July , ; heir G R Dod 29 1878 a son was born July , ; Edward gain married , his w m 1889 wife being Lorette Lyon , ho he wed in November , .

. iff W . 8 Issue , George , born Feb Cl ord , born May ,

1894. W 1858 a George . , born i n February , ; m arried M ry Lyon ,

' 1883 6 1889. s . 6 Feb . he died June , Issue , Ro abel le , born

25 1884 26 1888 . a s March , ; El la May , born March , Ch rle ‘ ’ w ti o t m u t and Ed a rd re the only survivors v a n Jane s fam ily .

A L FON SO ’S C HI LDREN

5 23 1847 d ov . 2 189 s D . . a Lugen , born Dec , ; die N , 5 , ged

a s 11 2 . 47 ye r , months , and days 8 . 3 . 1 5 . F . Oc t 6 John C . , born

RA ’ F NK S CH ILD REN .

M v w a s n . 10 1828 . H is A Uncl e Frank bor Dec . w ife , unt

. 141829 n Margaret , was born Aug , , and died Sunday mor ing ,

17 1894 s . June , , of heart di ease They were married July 3 ,

1847 . Issue as fol lows

20 1849 . t n . S w Alber , bor Oct , His w ife , Dell wan , as born

3 . 4 18 0 . s . 3 1 185 7 Dec , Married July , Is ue , Nellie , born

1 3 . Mar ch 8. 87

. W Elizabeth , born Sept Matt ithey her husband ,

8 1848 . . b r 1 11 1869 . a n orn Ap il , Married , Sept , Issue , Fr k . 14 1 A 870 23 1889 . born March , Lida , born ug ,

1 6 . 1 18 3 . A J . 9 . Charles , w as born July , ; died ug 2 , 1891

8 0 1 95 . . 1 Fred , born Nov ,

’ joining in General B u tler s expedition to O pen the Mississip d a S a pi , cam ping and rilling for si x weeks on b rren h i p Isl nd , being present during the seige of F orts Jacks on a nd Saint a nd s O fl ea ns k Phil li ps , the bloodless urrender of New , ta ing part in the battle of Baton Rouge and the sei g e of Port H u d 1864 t s t s on d t h e son . In , Smi h , the ix h , enliste in Twenty M s t h e l eigh th Regiment of ichigan Infan try , erving to c ose

' w in t he ba t t l e i o b at of th e a r ; engaged of K ngst n , th e l ast h tle of t e war . Leav ing none under the old roof-tree b u t father and moth t t he o f er and the onl y daughter Hel en , and af er al l years s o a nd r a t d s t epara ti n anxiety , eve y p ren can un er tand w i h wha t j oy and thanksgi ving t h ese w a nderers were welc o med e t t t back around the fami ly h ar h , nor will hey wonder hat ’ the aged fa t her s voice q ui vered a nd nearly failed in offering u p his prayer of t hank sgivi ng for t he g rea t mercie s shown to ’ or t t t h e e t s w h im and his , ha gentl mo her eyes ere full of t a s s e h r t ears a nd her fai h m de tronger i f pos i ble , se ing e prayers thus an s wered and sh e pe rmi tted t o see. all t h e l o v ” ed faces once more before crossing th e Silen t Ri ver . u w a s s e v o b o To me , a g est , it an im pre si ve sc ne ne er t ef u — t s o gotten those . aged paren ts and six s al wart ns a nd loving t d t h daughter , and their com panions , ga hered aroun e fam “ ” ily board with out one vacant ch a ir . Whi le t h e fa t her nt w asked a blessing al l sat w i th re vere ly bowed heads , sho ing that am id t h e change s and vic i ss i t ud es of l i fe t h e e a rly ’ ’ i m pressions had bee n ret a ined a nd fa t her s and mother s r e l igiou s belief was sa cred to them al l .

; J . H C .

’ R E U N I ON . . N G AT M G CARLETO S IN GRASS LAKE , MICHI AN , 9 W J U 4 18 4. EDNESDAY , LY ,

This w as the first general reunion ever held of our branch of t he e w Carl ton family , the ai m of which as to bring t o l ’ gether the househo ds of all my grandfather s descendan ts . in i Prin ted inv itations couched terms of s ncere cordiali ty , w ere sent to Carletons east , west an d sou th , urging the m t o be s i l t he pre ent , but w th one sing e exception none of blood

” was royal presen t who resided outside of Michigan . Th at

. w exception was Miss ! ueenie E Carleton , h o came from ‘

W . Y . a yoming , N , a distance of ne rly three h undred and fif

o i t h . ty miles , in order to enj y the felic ties of e occasion e a There were also pr sen t Ira C rleton of Portage , Mich . ; ‘ a E rnest Of Dav id C rleton , w ife and son South Comstock , M t ich . ; Oscar Carle on , wife and son Jay , Sou th Comstock ,

o nd W M . a ich Smith H Carlet n , wife son arren , South W . F o s . l w rfi e d Com tock , Mich ; Frank Carleton and wife , e l , V nH u sen u . . a a e Mich ; Mrs Ch rles and da ghter Mae , Portage ,

Mich . ; Miss Mabel Carleton , Hillsdale , Mich . There were t hose in the h a ppy g athering who h a d never m et before ; others who had not seen each o t her for many m t t long, years , and the ee ings and congratula ions came from t he h eart and made the ev ent joyous a nd l ong t o be remem s t t o bered . A few of those pre en were compelled to re urn t t h e t their homes on evenin g rai n , but by far th e greater ve n u mber remai ned o r nigh t , an d yet the time was too short w b - in hich to recall old memories , live the y gone years over t again , and revel i n the delig h s of soci al intercou rse so pleas n ing to all . The gatherin g broke u p on Thu rsday fore oon t it wi h reg retful adieus , but w h the resol ve to hold a secon d

reunion on t h e sam e date t he followi ng y ear . Many letters

e th s s Were recei v d i n response to e i nvitation ent out , such of

w hich as have not been mislai d we present below .

LETTER FROM FRANK w. CARLETON .

’ W ’E O Ma 27 1894. FLO ERFIE LD , MI H , y ,

: i and MY DEAR MONROE Your letter g ving notice of, th e your invitation to , Carleton reunion at your place July 4th w a d u e next , s received in time , and w ill say in repl y that s I the idea i a grand one . f there is a genera l turnou t of m t h e i the na e occasion can not fail to be one of great nterest,

1nd if it is a possible thi ng my family a nd self will a nswer at

o a . e a re a n s t a s r ll c ll My only f ars , b rri g sicknes , tha we

’ farm e rs will be in t h e. mid s t o f harves t , a s t h e wh eat Cl O p is o s fo r t going t ri pen e t rl v thi year . B ut me tha t even will o fi if I et e W o i a nd I u t no gure can g hel p to ke p my rk g o ng ,

. . L . Y ou rs in . nd t hi nk 1c a n F C a ,

W . F . CARL ETON .

‘ O LETTER FROM CORTLAND CARLET N .

O Ma 238 1894. KANSAS CITY , M y ,

DEAR CO U SIN MONRO E : Y o ur cordi al in vi t a t i o n t o a t n a t o s is a t a n l et t end the Carleto reunion y ur hou e hand , d me assure you it is hi ghly a ppreciated . Not hin g I can t hin k ' w o o s s W of uld a fl rd m e more plea u re t h an bein g pre ent . hen w s w Smi t h firs t m t e m e that u c h a. thing a s u nder ad vise r t ( iesi1e o t t o s a w t h ak i men t , my g ea pr m p ed me y i out t ng

h m s 1nt O t h a I o . t l d esit e t g consideration , t woul d g , my

o . d b u t a r si s h a s n t abate one particle , there e bu ne s in t erest s

s t n t he o . that may a d in way of my c ming However, I will o t n a nd d o not come if it is at all c nsis e t . i f I I fully re alize s m m o o tha t I am t he lo e r. Please re e ber me kindly t ea c h f v m v r - r fa mil . a e v a vour I tr ly you s ,

RL C . CA ETON .

M F A N K L I O N LETT E R FRO R N CARLET .

WY M I Y . 3 . O N G . 1 1894 , N , May ,

DEAR NEPHE W : Your welcome lett er w a s receiv e d in I t in d ue ti me , and your aun t and both uni e thanking you for your c e i d ia l in vitat ion t o attend th e 1e u nion a t you r We r a home . egret th t it w ill be i mpossible for us to go and a s s t h e t o j oin you , we know that we shall mi s one of bes p p or t u nit ies of a lifetime for a grand good time . But m v w ife is sick and the doctors do not gi ve any encouragemen t

- e w e in a g ther , and we sincerely wish could join this f mily s gathering and get acquai nted with you al l . But i t is i mply o f i mposs ible . You would smile at the bulk our pocke t boo k t m a a a o o for a western trip , but h at you y all h ve gl rious g od W t ime is the sincere wish of Albert a nd wife a nd N e llie . e w ould lik e to corre s pond all the ti me and get acquainted up w o ou o u r t th a t ay . W uld welcome y to home at any ime you

. l o may come to York state Te l Cortland if h e comes , t con tin ne his t rip down here . Mother Carl eton [Mrs Frank w w o v r o r . Ca rleton ] is . e y l ith o ganic heart t r uble Sh e may o live some ti me a nd s h e may die at any m ment . Hoping you w m i ill answer this , we re a n ,

c Your loving ousins ,

A B A A L ERT N D F MILY .

B B L ETTER F ROM MR S . LI IE WITHEY ( FRANKLIN CARLE

’ TON s DAU GHTER) .

W O . . Y tt ne 4 1894. Y MING , N , J ,

DEAR C O U SIN MONROE We regret that it will be impos sible for any o f our family t o accept your i nv itation to be t “ W s t t he u 4th . pre ent a Carleton reunion a yo r home , July e t tt vit ion b o n al l joi n in t hanking you for the a t , u t our dear ’ mother s accoun t it will be im possible to go . She is very sick ’ and I am afrai d by tha t t i me that we w o n t have any mo t her w re in on earth . Y et e a li ving hopes there will be a change "6 fo th e . is is r better Of course , whi le there life th ere hope .

B ut her disease is i ncurable . The doctors say it is org anic ’t m s disease of the heart . It don see po sible w e can ever give in r t . s I her up Reme mber u our g eat afflic ion . tr u st w e m ay yet meet on earth ; if not -I hope we may have a ne ver

n v . a ending reu ion abo e I rem in as ever , your true

I COUSIN L B BIE . — - Th is b e loved wife and m ot h er died June 27t h t we n ty t h re e d a y s a ft e r his l t-t er a s t t t e w wri en .

TT M A L N! E N LE ER FRO FO O CARL TO .

G CO . Y . CARLETON HILL , WYOMIN N , 1 Jun e 5, 1894.

H W : 23d n . DEAR NEP E Your favor of May is at h a d .I would like very much to atten d the reu nion bu t w ill be u n ab le to do so . My health is very good .

Respectfully ,

A . C ARLE TON .

B . T LETTER FROM A ! TER L CARLE ON .

C . u lv 2 18 4 JACKSON , MI H , J , 9 .

DEAR MONROE : Plans have developed here w hich will pre ven t m y accepting your ki nd in vitation for the Fourth . t W th e am sure your gues s ill feel grateful to you , as I do , for i nformation you h ave compiled an d printed regarding the family . I sh all preserve it carefully . ’ I presume some of Uncle Al bert s children w il l be present - r e . u t at the union I think of them freq en ly , remember all ' their n ames bu t find I can recall the features on ly of G ordon n nd n and Oscar . They were al ways ki d a ge ial and c onsid

t e I . era playm ates , as well rem ember My chief recollection t -fi ve w of G ordon d a tes back for y years , hen he had the a g ue o s o o f h sc o e he in the old log h u e, j u s t s u th t e h ol hous on t w o s l l o I w s . O hill . sorry a and how anxi us about hi m car ’ - o s o I met thirty eight years a g at his father in Kal a m a z o . I believe I w as the only on e of the west ern g r a ndchildren t a t present when Grandfa her ( Jacob Carleton ) died , and in — . fi ne tendance at h is funeral The seven sons appearing , — w s stalwa rt m en all cam e . The casket a placed j ust ou t n do O in side the school ho se or, pen and the sh adow of the

. w as a trees, in the l ate afternoon The day lovely as the d ys t h e im of early October sometimes ar e. I think most vivid pression I still ret ain of the occasion is that the h air of the s -mb r d i in w s - m an who l a e e so plac dly the casket a iron grey , while that of the eldest son who bent over hi m w as snowy white . My acquaintance with Som e of my uncles and aunts has

' b . A no w I been very limited s I reme m er , I met Uncl e ra o r B t o o only once and A unt L vicy th ice . u t h se who [ came t o t e m a nd l s h ll k now w ell , linger m s agr eably i n my me ory , a a l ways re s pec t and t evere t h eir no bil ity of c h a ract e r a nd t he ” milk of h u man kindness w h ich reigned in all thei r s s n f n I c o e a . O f d b r t Of the you ger our cla , onfess i t af r s me " — s t o f t m m - t plea ure to hink he as erry hear ed youth , rather a r w th n as g ave , elderly men and omen wending t heir way ’

l ife s d ec liv it . o a re d own y H wever, we all growi ng old to ’ gether a nd ' not wit hst a nding the Carleton s are pro verbially c e r t u not t t ena ious of lif . ea ly i n the nex cent ry i f i n his , or his a a nd o w Father Time with his scythe re per m wer , il l ” W o t . u a l l e r elentlessly ga her us i n ishing y good ch er , I remain , ff t Yours a ec ionately ,

B . L . C ARLET O N .

. L FROM A LVIN A C A R E ToN .

9 . O G E C . 2 18 4 P RTA , MI II , J uly ,

W D a r C u s in MONROE G . CARLETON AND IFE e o s Please accept the regre t s of myse l f and wi fe at no t bein g able to be of t he n umber wh o w il l meet a t your house on J ul y

4h . of o o l t Hoping that the occasion may be one j y to y u a l , a m I , very respectfully , your cousin ,

E . A LV IN A . CA RL TON

RE UNION AT TH E HOME O F OSCAR CARLETON IN SOU TH

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C C J U 4 1895. OMSTO K , LY ,

Agreeably to an understandi ng reach ed a t t he fi rst reun o i n the pre vious year , the preli minaries were early arranged ‘

4 1895 . W for a second g athering on July , ith hospitable r O F a d . r gene osity , characteristic trait , Davi I and sca

occasional hand) enjoyed the deligh t s of croquet and other

’ D r Of a . u pastimes , and all was a picture perfect h ppiness t ing the afternoon Smi t h C a rleton reci ed an am using poem , o w n u b a nd t h e product of his brain , and Misses R y Bessie Carl eton i n su ndry elocutionary e ffo rts add ed much t o ev

’ ’ er b od s . Tlfen as o y y enjoyment , the sun rolled d wn the w est w a s h another feast spread , another delig tful gatheri ng a t t h the fes i ve board , after which came friendly andshakin gs , adieus , separations .

I t w as in a charm g , joyous m eeting , and long shall the it sweet recolle ction of , an d of the dear hearts who were

in l k . d . there , linger my memory i e a delightful ream

PERSONAL SKETCH ES .

J ACOB CARLETON , SR .

a n . his My grandfath er , J cob Carleto , sr , with devoted wife H oos k n r ac . Y . and seven you g children , emig ated from , N , ’ 81 16 . about t h e year 1 5 or . for th e western part of that state The coun t ry toward which b e ben t his s teps w as a w ilder

t w s ness, but l and here a cheap and he was in search of a d oz home . On arriving in the Genesee valley , a en miles east

' of where h e afterward settled and li ved and died , Mr . Wa ds rt h induced him to culti vate some l and belonging to

h im t fa r fro tn e . , loca ed not the Genese ri ver It was said a h W th t at this time , and for many years t ereafter , the ads worths coul d travel all the way on their o w n land from Gen esee t o a O f 25 30 Roch ester , a dist nce , probably , or miles .

' M y grandfather remained at this place only one year . He s t w as G then moved on we t in o what then enesee county , bu t a o subsequentl y bec me the newly f rmed county of Wyomi ng . a , t s The Holland Land Com p n y w i h headq uarter at Batavia ,

’ 20 w a t miles north , o ned l rge racts of land in th is new coun

at w a s o try that ti me , which sold t the incomin g settlers at reasonable prices . For some cause my grandfather did not purchase immediately , but li ved a w hile on the first farm of h d north the Miller neighbor oo on Middlebury H ill . The souther n portion of this h ill afterward b ecame known as

' l o Car et n H ill . At th is ti me he had an O pportuni ty to pur chase lands near where the beautiful vil lage of Wyoming now stands , bu t was fated to let the opportunity sli p , there fine n for by losing a cha ce makin g a fortune . Ho wever , he

f o purchased orty acres on th e hi ll , f u r miles south west of W a a w yoming , and afterw rd bough t j ust cross the h igh ay , t s in u eh l south wes of thi tract , a arger farm which , w ith t he

f b e t o hel p o his sons , cleared and culti vated and owned up t h e t i me of his death .

m few s t His son G uy ( y father) , in a year boug h a small 8 t h e farm of 57 or 5 acres i n valley a mile west , which he be t imes t raded with my g randfath er for t he 40 acres first t on nd 40 s w s bought by the lat er the hill , a this acre a own

t u t o t h e t m of his t ed by my fa her p i e dea h , a period of probably 70 years .

’ My grandfather s residence alte rnated b e t w een the hil l farm and the fa rm in t h e valley west of i t . My Uncle Al

a m O f b ill ber t also l ived nu ber years on this farm , w here I s and o . h is sons Ira , David , O car C rtland were born My ncle t e d Jacob for awhile occupied h val ley farm , my gran father o s t he fa rtn a t the same time , of c ur e , making hill his place of abode .

w a s o f My grandfather Jacob , a man stron g personality

d fo r t as reg arded power of wil l , seldom aske or ook advice . w s w For y ears he a a breeder of horses , and whi le he ould

o l s no s d uring cc a siona sea ons do well , he did t a a usual t hi ng realize that return from the busi ness that he expec t ed or t hat his persisten t endeavors merited . After a t ime the f . f i on worst came The sheri l evied on his belong ngs , but the day of sale my father a nd my Uncle Jacob Carleton bid it it s m in t h e property and restored to for er o wner . Then my grandfather . on the urgent advice of my father , en tered t b s s upon sheep raising and in tha u ines greatly thrived . Wi thin a few years h e had paid off my father and uncle who

on his o h ad incurred liabilities account , as j ust menti ned , w a t and ever after rd kept even wi h the world .

w a s i b u t O He a man of independent spir t , kind and bl ig in g, although if treated ungenerously he would on occasion m an ifest resentment . [ remember an incident which illus Of his t rates this quality character . Abou t t wo miles north is m of h ho e there resided a family of Ewings , who were ao

O u i bseq ies , notw thstanding several of them lived in Michi gan .

My gran dfather’s estate w as divided among t h e heirs Of e w ithout th e interposi t ion surrog at or j udge of probate .

O o t 28 s t f the hi ll farm my fath er g acre , which he s ill owned M l at the ti me Of his death . y Uncle A fonso t ook for his share 30 acres , with the buildings , and it constituted his home until las t November on the death of his son L u ene t his g , he wen to li ve with son John , i n the village m of Warsaw . As my father had done ore in the way of as sist a nc e and kind offi ces for my g randfather t han any of t h e t w a s 100 r t t o her children , he w il led $ mo e han any of hem , s to be paid ou t of sales of per on al p ro per ty . Bu t the money realized from such sa les wen t in o t h er d irect i ons and m y M v fat her got n o part of t his beq uest . Uncle Youn glove find ing home life irksome did not remain wi t h m v gra nd

‘ ’ b u t nt a S l t ift fo r s Con f f father early we aw y to hi m elf, s eq u ent ly he w as c u t O ff fre tn receiving any par t o f t he es t a te b v m v ’ s g ra nd fa t her wil l .

a v a w a s My grandf ther , quick , acti e , gile , a m a n O f power ful physique and of remarkable streng t h . He would seiz e barrels filled with cid e r b v t h e chime s and e a sily l ift t hem

o nd s in to his wag n . His end urance a m u cular pow er ena b l ed h i m as a pionee r t o do a vas t amoun t of labor in the w ay

u t a of felling ti mber , clearing p land for agricul u r l use , cul t i vat ing the virgin ear t h and facing wind and s t orm in ac complishing the laborious dut ies made necessary and im pera t ive by the needs and necessi t ies of his cons t an t ly ia

f . As w as creasi ng amily I have said , he a man of remark '

t s o . ably independent spiri , and uch conven t i n a l i t ies a s con ic t ed d d fl with his views , were summarily isregar ed . Mv cous

' t n t o o , in, Gordon Carleton , men io ed me one f his id ios vnc t a l cies that il ustrates h is peculiar tem peramen t . I t w a s this Wh enever preachers part ook of h is hos pitali ty h e w o uld not

o ’ s in vite them to ask G d s ble sing at tabl e. He in variably performed that sac red act hi mself.

L o s C N W O F J B I ARLETO ( IFE A CO ,

M randm oth er u i i y g , Lois Carleton , w as a d t ful w fe , a de voted mother and a kind an d generous friend . Her life w as a nd absolutely spotless , in every sense she was a saintly w o

. w a s d man Such her acknowledge worth and purity of life , that I do not recollect of ever hearing that she was a subject i of criticism or animadvers on on the part of any one , and she probably took her departure from the mortal st ate w ith out leavi ng a sin gle enemy behin d . She held to an u n h r swerving fait in the Great Being , and at e ligious gather ings where O pportunity offered wo u ld a l w a vs rise and hu m ov bly speak of her l e for God , and of the manifold mercies w a s s that He had ever vo u chsafed her . Her bible a manna n to he r soul , and the burde of her p rayers was for the con

c w s t b vers io n o f her hildren . She a grea ly beloved y her

’ r n child ren ow in af g a d , g to her uniform good nature and t t n fec t iOnat e disposition . The h eart of the w ri er of hese a e m as nal s warms toward her pr cious me ory , he recall s the many acts Of loving ki ndness she did for hi m d uring h is boy hood years .

M w as a y grandmother t ll in stature , but as far back as I a o I can remember w lked in a sto ping posture . t seems that she was prostrated by fe ver of a severe type at one tim e of

' da t h d s s her life ( before my y ), and e i ea e cl ung t o her for

m ah lun . n t t n y g weary months Her co s an ly declini g strength .

m ss s o threatened ulti ate di ol ution , and to nob a feeble c ndi j tion w as she reduced t hat she could only move as she was as .

s s e d . fi e c oac and i t d by her atten ants Long con n d to her . h

' ‘ greatly emaciated; lier fl esh t n places became ra w and th u s

her death hovered over her for m a ny weeks . Bu t st rong m e a nd c on constitu tion w ould not yield to the gri d stroyer ,

‘ o in t rary to every predicti n she time recovered h er health . m s f But when she once more ca e to tand upon her eet , her form was ben t to al m ost a righ t angle and she was never

‘ again abl e t o stan d any length -of ti me i n an uprigh t p osi

u s a e tion . She survi ved her h band a dec d , going to her grave at the age of 89 years . She w a s affl icted the latter part of her life with a cancerous affec t ion between her spine d t t h t and left hip , and this no oubt ul i ma ely as ened her d e

- v a . n m i se . She came from a long li ed f mily Her sister Cy

s t o 96t h . thia ( Mrs . Michael Loomi ) lived see her y ear The memory of our good grandmo t her comes dow n t hrough th e

w n o s o o silen t years like s eet i cense t her descen d a n t f t day . Her grandchildren never crossed her thre shold th a t she did

v m t o o t o not have some dainty to gi e the , an d g her home

t a e s and enjoy her friendl y gree in g , was al ways sincere pl a o; wa s ure . They h onored and loved her . N ever a mo t he r o a nd b o w n more h nored beloved y h er children . He r per

e r h er v o fe t cha acter , deep religious fer r , her affectionate de v o n t Ot i to hem wh ile young , and the deep solici t ud e for t hei r spiritual and tem poral wel fare that filled her heart whe n th ev r i s went fo th to battle w th the world for themsel ve , evoked their profo u ndest resp ec t a nd filled their bosom s

i n . W s w th the dee pest devotio to her hen she pas ed away , although ripe in years , for th rough D ivine favor she had li v

l s s ed much longer than the al oted pan of human exi tence , yet sh e was mourned deeply and laid gen tly t o rest w ith

nd t ears in . sorrow a , her narrow bed May t he sp ot where _ her hal lowed ashes repos e be ever revered by h er descend

ants ; may the birds sing their sweetest carolin gs there , and t h e grassy coverlet o f her h o nored mound bloom with fl t h s w eet owers of spring and the blossoms of e summer time .

who her w s A ligh t hearted boy loved , who a ever greeted by

is a her with a smile and gentle words , glad to p y t his trib

- - w ife died when h e was but twenty thre e yea rs of age . No - 1 H is in e rit m an e ver l ived a more upright , honest life . t g y was t rt v —l t 1 spo less . and becoming conve ed while yet oung hi nk — have heard i t said a t t he age of s eventeen A re li ved a relig l n sev ious enth usiast unti his death , the lo g period of over ent s w a s s , t t y year , His an earne t demons ra i ve piety, and is w a wherever h lines chanced to fall , i f the occasion s appro

ri t e a t he h p a , he g ve reasons , cogent and earnest , for fai t w s t h a t w a s a sacred element in his heart . In prayer he a fervent , and felicitous of ex pression ; in appeal and exhorta

tion eloquent and a t ti mes even electri c al . S u nday was oh served a t his home with strict nes s and th e m ost punctiliou s t s not care . Anything done on tha acred day requi red by

n w a s o t o . s l absolu t e ecessity , sure to bring f r h repro f A il us

’ v t h t ra t i e of the veneration in which h e h eld e Lord s Day , we w ill mention a Single circumstance . On one occa sion ‘ — it was a few years before hi s death he in formed a bu t cher

' ' ‘ ' oriri Ow n h h h d f t fo s in a neigh b g t t at e a a a cal f r ale . O ne a no t t t v t o i Sund y , long af erward , the bu cher drove o er see t . “ t m t he . His knock brough y father to door Said he , Mr . ' l a t t c l Carleton , have come to look hat a f you mentioned you “ ” o him e 2 had for sale . Will you sh w to m The face of the

commanding figure before him assumed an expression ' of in

o as i o d igna t ion if not of horr r , he repl ed in t nes of stern em

- s S l i‘ is phasi , this the holy Sabbath day , and you ask m e

a nd a . e t off m a m ! to dishonor bre k it G of y f r , sir get off of m w as r my far Guy Carleton a man of g ene ous hospitali ty . He ne ver turned the stranger aw ay h ungry, nor denied h im O a lodging for the night . He was a m a n f symp a t h et ic feel

wa s s t t o o w ings , and loyal under all circum ances his n kith

. Nea rl v d s and kin al l their lives he reside near his parent ,

- r w r h ffi and m any ere t e kindly o ces he did for t hem . H e was h a man of peremptory w ays . When he felt e was in t he ~ : w s s f right he a out poken , earless , frank . and t r u e t o the be

~ ' - s . b est s of. a n upri ght con cience His ind ustry w a S t o h inr

W s in his declining years his health a precarious , a t times ren deri ng physical effort im possible . He was a man of i ntense religious feeling . I well remember his earnest prayers in t e ac hin public religious gatherings , and his g appeals as on ‘ fi bended knee by his own reside , w ith his family around hi m . b e in voked t h e bl essing and protection of God befo re en ‘ tering upon the d uties of t he new day He had spared them H is t -m eet ind to see . excellen wife was a h elp eed , an d their lives flowed on together i n harmony and in m u t ual respect w and affection . Their example and teachi ngs ere not l o st

o o on their children , all of whom , inheriting g od c nsti tutions , are ali ve today a nd are amon g the best ci t i zens in the com ’ m u nit ies i n which they live . After his wife s d eath my uncle t i w resided with his son Oscar i n South Coms ock , n ho s e spa n cio s home he h ad pleasant a partmen t s . H ere his d e voted - - son and noble daugh ter ih l a w did al l i n t heir powe r t o m ake h is life agreeable and hap py . One m o rni ng in the a u t u rrrn mellow time the sai ntly patriarch , feel i ng in good

’ spiri t s , concl uded he woul d jo u rney a wa y to his son Gordon s h l Of t he v ome , four mi es south i llage of Hill sdal e 111 111118 dale county , Michigan . The distan ce , following the li tres o f

’ “ t a t . ravel , is perh ps seven y miles On arrivin g at his s on s his

e and fi t o bed health se med to decline nal ly h e took his , from e i i o which to n ever ris agai n n life . H s S n and a ll ab o u t him t t t rendered h i m e very gen le at en ion , b u t d espi t e medical s kil l and the love of those who would fain have w o n hi m

. 0 11 10th back to life , the end ap proached the of November , 1889 t so , the morning before his dea h . h is n bent over the a m r O emaci ted for and spoke a wo d f Cheer . Said the aged

it t v ot v ” father , Can be tha I ha e g to li e a n o the r day ! The next morning he asked his so n t o assist hi m in shift ing

. w a s ra zs ed his position Tenderly he , th e p a llor of dea t h t n overspread h is fea ures , his son the with fi li al love cl a sped

his h g his father to breast , and t us the pure s pi ri t of the a ed l u au fl m Of took ight for the boso its God .

t h e nd awaited her son , if h e would only enter army a go to

is fb t‘esh ad o w in o h the front . H fath er , with feelings g evil , j ected b rrt t he a m bit ou s mother prevail ed and J u d son enli s t

w s s ed a rrd wen t to Washington . There h e a pro t rated with fe ver and in a short time his lifeless form w as sen t back to ’

a . H i! t a nd his parents for b uri l was his fa her s idol , the grief of th e pa rent o ver the de a d fornr o f his son w as s aid to

o o be of a nature t o ag ni zing for words to describe . Aft er ’ m y d a o t w o s ward uncle s aughter , Nettie , m s rthy girl . al o

‘ S e w s a t o f enrrranshi t h W died . h a eacher p p in e yoming

c a nd w a s r t b A ademy , I think , highly app ecia ed y all who

s s knew her . The remain of Youn g love Carle t o n lie be id e his ’ wife s and th o se O f Judson and Jennett e in t h e cem et ery o f Wyom ing village and a w hite m a rble m onument marks their

e w o las t rest ing p lace . His oth r t childre n h e i n the Carl et on

Hill b u rial g rou nd . ‘

1 : W m Re or ter t . 7 1890 e The yo in g p of Sep , , conta ins t h fol ’ lowing notice of nrv u ncle s death

W oirrin l l th t h n at h O f . Died , i y g , Se p tember , e om e Mrs

. Y orrrr love William Dodson , M r g Carleton , aged 80 years . n tr s a nd e He w as bor i Hoo ac , mov d to this place a t the age s s So lrronia o o f 12 y ear . He married Mi s p Cr nkhite ; four o e s o n o w s o c hildren w e re b rn . Th ir Juds n a a faith ful s ldi er ’ r e a nd r . w h o died far fro n hom was brou g h t he e in June , 91 - s 20 f v Jen net te died ome years ago , and his wi e died fi e years

o him a ll a t o t ss . l a g , l eaving lone mourn heir lo He was a

m an . I n w ays a good , kind christian early life he belonged

. . 241867 Ire t o t h e Meth odist ch urch Feb , , un ited with the Baptist ch urch and in a l l the 23 years he had been an earn in h est , faith ful w orker . He was feeble healt for a lon g t ime ,

b u t his end was cal m and peaceful . He told his physician h is o th at h e was ready to go . and the same to past r . His fu

at t h e . nera l w as held Baptist ch u rch . Friday , Sept 12t h .

The sermon by the pastor , Rev . B . H . Johnson , was from the “ " w o . rds , I am the Resurrection and th e Life Truly of “ him it can be said Blessed are t h e dead that die i n the ” Lord .

b u t f t nrost ed east two or three years , be ore returning wes a t fortunat e even t occurred to th em . They adop ed a b aby b o a s r c a nd d a y , who i n after ye rs proved a mo t espe tful

W m y a ri o t iful son . ith hi m uncle d his wife once m re em i

h t t h e la of grated to Mi chigan , where t ey spen ba nce t heir ’ wife r fi o l t f . days . My un c e s wife the pe soni ca ion neatness

w e fi ne Her house w a s al ays in ord r, an d the repasts she serv ed won the praise s of all who partook of them . Else w here on these pages her de a th is reco rded . My uncle survi ved a her twenty years , l cking seven months . During all t his ti m e is son he lived w i t h h Frank , where h is h o me l ife was pleas b v ant , and th e years rolled w ithout a cloud to mar t heir enjoyment .

c 5 18 . This beloved un le died April , 94 The machinery of t S life stopped quie ly , and his pi rit took its d e pa r t ure with a v r scarce a tremor p ssin g o er his f ame . His neph ew s , Gor d on a r , Monroe , Ira , D vid and Oscar we re his pal l beare s , and after his obsequies his remains w ere ta ken t o Comstock

s t h townsh i p , near wh ere he once li ved many year , and ere his b uried beside the rem ains of w ife .

The last ti me I ever saw m v Uncle J a cob w as about a s w w year before hi de a th . H e as afflic t ed ith a con sta—ntly s d e c t c Ire a ve increa ing fe t of sigh , whi h fe red would lea him

in t ota l darkness . Il e came to my residence itr G rass Lake — a most welcome visitor and requested me to accom pany t o A A s d b hi m nn rbor , where he w i he to ri ng hi s case to the attention of speci alists in th e medi c a l department of th e

. I w state university c nt with h im , but on examination his

ailment w a s pronounced incu rable . This deci s ion gave a l

. Ire most as much pain to me as it did to him But said , as if t h e fu ture was un veiled to hi m I sh al l n o t need my sigh t ” for any great length of time . And it w a s so . H a rd l v a s u nrrnorrs a year had passed before the inevitabl e c me , and

w ith it th a t eternal sight which ti me sh a l l never dim .

now t h Uncle Alfonso , although four years past e allott ed S pan of life , is well preserved and li ves serenely with h is so n

o in t he a W . Y . t J hn , beautiful vill ge of arsaw , N My h ear felt regards for my UncleAlfonso w ill never languish as lon g

t s fi s w t as recollection reasure up my reside visi t ith hi n , and t h e happy hours spent in hearing h im S peak of the history

— Of o O f our fa mily a matter a l wa y s li vely in t ere s t t ru e . I

p a s his 70t h s o n r saw hi m last soon after he sed m ile t ne , a d I e , evid enced a sprightl ine s s O f feeling and bl i t he ne s s of heart th at were marked charac t eristics of his life fifty r ears ag o . A s t h e oldest l ivi ng representat i ve of our family I e nt ertain f r h ittt ff o and o him iii t h e o o sincere a ecti n h ld hi ghest hon r .

FRANKLIN .

’ f o . s h s Fra nklin , the y ungest of Jacob , sr s ons , a long resid

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v of W n s t e. ed i n the illage yomi g , four mile from h e plac of

i . h a s e a nd o his b rth He led an acti v life , li ke h is br thers

his s before him , will probably onl y cease habi t of industry

o s s y w ith th e close f his exi tence. In hi e a rly e a rs Ire see m ed ra ther a brother t han an uncle t o t h ewri t er of the s e nu

o t t o nals , in wh se hear h rough a lon g peri d of separa t ion

v w m e nt I n ‘ t h e re h as e er b een a ar plac for hi . t he \ CII I S of

o t rt w a s a ri his y u h a d young manhood , his a j oyous d merry m t a tt d f nat ure , bri ming over wi h good wil l i rm friendships

h is s o t att d p . A t e t t for a s ci a es his own eople hl ic and ac i ve , in thos e day s w hen indi v i d u a l te s t s of s t rengt h were itr v ogue a u t t a t ff t t and m de p a par of the pas imes di eren ga herings ,

w s s c e s s t the pro e of my un le , pecial ly as a w re ler, was s u

o o t o t a f a l l s . H e is o f a v t peri r h t com p etitor erage heigh , t fi i o compac ly and rmly b u lt , an d in th se days his sinew s of

n l e s t. steel a d his unrival d quicknes , brough h im uniform w t riu mph . As I think over those olden times h en I sa w hi m

o d tl v a nd t alm s t a , exchanged wi h hi m harmless banter and

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CARLETON H ILL .

This deligh tful spot form s a part of Middlebury township I 30 . ! t itr Wyoming county , N Y i s situated miles south east O t h e f Buffalo , and about same distance south w est of the s city O f Roch ester . Thi grea t hill is divided in to two large n the w a s eighborhoods , southernmost of which settled by t l b the Carleto ns , while the nor hern ear y ecame the abode of fo ur or fi ve brothers of the n a me of Miller . Thus th e two localities have long been known respec t i vely as Carleton ” ” w o Hill and Miller Hil l . The t neighborhoods are divid ed by a thick belt of woods running east and we s t . The

t a s O f . sum mi t com prises a pla eau of a fe w thous nd acres , a

e o t s r part of which is prim val f res to thi day , b it the greater t t n' portion cons itutes frui ful farms , cul tivated by a i ndustri

s ous and co ntented people . At the b a e of the hill on th e ” t h e t o west a small stream , cal led Li tl e T nawanda , runs

' no t on em t ies I t irr r h , and some miles further p , unders and , ” c to a cree k known as the Big Tonawanda . u pon whi h Ba

o s m erresee C i . o tavia , in G unty , located Two i les n rth of my f ’ l h ml et gra nd ather s va l ey farm i s the little a of Dale , for m erl v a nd for long years know n as The Lick I have be en told tha t it received this appellati on b ec a u se in pioneer e f m e ~ tim s , animals , both wild and a , particularly deer , re ” pai red thither to lick t h e saline quali t ies exuding from

the e a rth . This will not be considered a matter of surprise ”— when I say , that Middlebury Hill another name for —or Carleton Hill at least the valleys that encircle it , r est ri upon foundations of pure sal t . B t of thi s I will speak more

definitel y else w here . At Dale the waters of the Litt le Ton fi a awanda , forty or fty ye rs ago , w ere gathered i n a large pond a nd afforded motive p o wer for a saw mill and possi bly turned the machinery for other enterprises of no greater - pretensions . H ere also stood a Free will Bapti st church

which still flourishes and I am i nformed has a good m em v e e t o t he hershi p . I ery w l l recoll ct going from this church t c on r i pond when a lad , with al mos if not qui t e i ts entire g e a t iorr t d a g , on a cold win ry y over half a century ago , to wit ness the i mmersion of newly co nver t ed candid ates as a pre limin a ry step t o their e nrol l men t as members of the ch urch

. h ad w a s t society The ice been cut a ay , and wi h the min is t c r t h e parties went down itt t o the cold water and were r u a d s bur ed beneath its s rf ce , a sympathe tic shud er pas ed

. o s over me I was probably n t over eigh t or nine ye a r old , but the i mpressive scene became irrd el libl v fix er] i n my

nrind . a w t h e After a time the pond was dr ined a ay , dam

a nd e r o measurably removed , wh re the wate s were nce gath ered and from which fi sh were take n in g re a t er or l e s s

fl r it abundance , now ourishin g g a rde ns m ay be seen a nd fr r t rees and grassy lawns .

d d r Lea ing from Dale east , through ee p a vines a part of t h e a v way , is a road extendin g to the be utiful illage of

Wyo m in g . This l ittle town is situ a t ed at t h e north e a s t cor ner of Middlebury Hi ll . From a pinnacle o f ground a t it s north wes t ern limit th e whol e valley can be seen l ike a pretty t o t h e nd s picture , unrolled east a outh , wi t h a broad scope of vie w hem med i n only by t h e great bill a mil e aw a y on the

s es t a b W o ea t . L s h n two miles ack front y ming on th e Dale

a w off t he i fi t ro d , a high ay branches to south , lead ng rs to t t Miller then to Carle on Hill . By his route only can the t h su m mi be gained wit out cl imbing preci pitous roads . Of in a ll t he these there are eight three on east sid e , one on t t h on the south , one on the sou hwest , one on e west , e on the north west and one on the north which lead to or aw a y fro m Middlebury Hill .

t he O n the southeast corner of old Guy Carleton forty acres , stands th e Carleton Hill school house . This structure no -fi ve t it doubt w as built seventy or eigh y years ago , but is

o re ir t in 1892 k ept in go d pa , as I no iced the spring of when

finest and most productive l ands to be foun d in Western

New York .

A th e r a n d then , lover of rural beauty would be wel l ew rd ed by wandering a mile south ward and taking iii the s pec t a cle t hat there opens up to the vision . Here the Wyoming valley is s een as it extends south to the beautiful villag e of

W o Warsaw , the county seat of y ming coun ty , and on beyond B s a nd t o the rising hills . etween the ob erver the town are spread out. farm after farm w ith abodes th at im ply a weal t hy t a nd o wnershi p , and pre ty groves other garniture in which nature likes so w ell t o indulge when decora ting spots of ~ earth toward whi c h she feels propitious . Nea rly in the cen ’ h A s r t r tr t er of t e val ley flows llen C eek , a s eam i whose re

s a fre shing water I have b thed on many a summer day . No t W a a a t o t far from ars w rise the gre t s l w rks , hat produ c t b e itt t it s g found in his val ley , throughout entire extent , in I s s v eins ninety feet thick . t is u ppo ed al s o t o exist in grea t plenty in the va l le y on the w est itt which is located the l ittle v illage of Dale .

Turn ing the eye westward , the scenery is also fine . There v s t h e sigh t takes in ast expanse of agricul tural country , which extend in all directions for miles . A long t h e far reaching hi gh w ays are farm houses and other buildings ,

e s t o with h re and there school house , indicating dis ricts f which they are t h e educat ional centre s . From its com manding height Carleton Hil l looks down on b ill s it s 0 t all the other near and remote , while orchards ,

anrl d o and homes woo s , are not visible , of cou rse , t t he s dwellers on the less elevat ed ections that environ it .

As I w rite desultorily I w ill offer no apology for any wan t of continuity that may appear itt this p art of my rec ol lec ’ t o f tions . In the deep woods sou h my grandfather s abode

S s on his h ill farm , is a pring of water of marvelou coolness o and as clear as liquid cryst al . It is n l ess celebrat ed 111 all

m e a . a w idow , and the oth r of a consi derable f mi ly of boys ' ! He w as a faithful watchman on th e walls of ion , and li ved M l ’ an upright life . v Uncle A bert s adopted daughter , Helen , w as born to this couple , but one or both of her parents dy ing soon after her birth my u ncle and au nt recei ved her into a nd sh w as v their family and hearts , e e er a gentle and lovin g daughter t o them . It will be seen by th e di ag ra m that there n were seventeen househ ol ds in the eighborhood , a nu mber of which had large famil ies of children . The Williams fam i s ily compr sed two daugh ters , Mary and Lucy , and four son ,

Abiel , Perry , Chester and Cephas . Ch ester a few y ears a go h c om mitted suicide , Perry died w ile yet a young man and

Cephas w as a major in the war of th e re bel lion .

t a The Gleason children were Saman h , Susan , Joseph .

a nd t vou n er George , John , Truman , S pencer I hink one g ,

o whose name I have forgotten . J seph , Joh n , Trum a n and d s Spencer ied while lad ; thei r father , Chester Gleason , a

o b a m man f deep rel i gious feeling , s uddenly ec e a raving

n a o t o a a w a v t m aniac , a d in sh rt i me als p ssed . a h is home W w where he w a s kept in rest raint . hile he as in this con di tion my Uncle Younglove and another neighbor on one oc casion were w ith him thro u gh the nigh t . Watchin g his the u Opportunity , the hour being late , nhappy maniac leap

u a nd w n t i e r ed p at a bound e t crashing hrough a w ndow , a

in as . B u t ry g s h and al l with him my uncle , quick as a flash , sp rang forward and cau gh t hi m by th e ankle as he fel l for v not fi w a rd . A ise could have held h i m more rmly an d h e l was secured . Mr . Gleason himse f was a large powerful “ u man . During his insanity he wo ld cry , Remorse ! Re ” i morse l i n loud w ld screams , and con t inue t o repeat th e words u ntil exhausted . Samanth a Glea son w a s a young and lady of many graces of form and feature , th e last I h eard of her resided in Il linois . The rest of the survi ving n w members of th e family I k o nothing abo u t . k Nath a n Jen s , our near neighbor on the north , was for

' w as a most excel l ent wom an and worthy of all praise . They

v iz : Nane c t t e had several daugh ters , Perses , Catherine , y Wil Ann . ( a graceful girl , ) Lucretia and Of their two sons , - v l le . l ard and O rt a i , I can only remember th e former He at th i s period w as approaching manhood , wh ile I was a mere s e s h im t h e t boy . It al ways eem d ea y for to follow pa h s of honor and right , as di d his fath er before hi m , an d on reach

’ ing man s estate his upright life ful filled the favorable prom ises of his younger years . He now resides a t or near t h e W village of yoming . His brother was m uch younger , of

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r ec l l b u t o . w hom I can a a di m rec llection I have been told , d n val u a howe ver , that h e is a most eservin g citize an d a I n W ble member of society . He also resides ( think ) ear y oming village . At the time of which I write my Uncle Younglove had v n a nd t oo t w o s urvi ing childre . J udson Jane te , who were t young to attend school .

’ I’ ec k s o r fi ve d Wm . fam ily c m prised fou or augh ters and two sons . They were an excellent family and hi ghly re spec t ed .

. . . Thomas Dodson , sr , was born Feb and died ’ 0 1879 . w as Dec . 2 , His wife s name Roxy , who was born

3 . . s 25 1789 Au . 1863 Au g . , ; she died g , M r Dod on fough t ’ on the A merican side a t t h e B a ttle of Lundy s Lane 111 Can in 18123 t ada , and had the dis inguished honor of hel ping to carry G eneral Scott off the field a fter that great soldier w as

. w o disabl ed by a wound Mr . Dodson had t daugh ters a nd b nd w two son s, estima le of character a ell respected in

. A community The eldest daugh ter , Mary nn , married Da a vid Howes (now dece sed) , her sister Margaret becam e my ’ U c A s w . l W n le lfonso ife The o dest son , illiam , married my son Aun t Jane ; Thomas , the youngest still survives and is in w a prosperous farmer the east part of the to nship .

- At this tim e the only childre n remaining unmarried of my

is that of a m an named Davis . He was buried t here before fi l he the graveyard w as lai d out , and in cultiva t ing the e d t plow was never allowed to disturb t his isolated a bode of t h e

r 1830 . dead . He probably died befo e

II . The last w ild bear e ver killed on Carleton Hill w as brough t 1 830 . to earth , as my Uncle Alfonso informs me , i n I think t b the noble game came from the south wes and , pursued y a dozen men variously armed , was brought to bay in the tam h n ’ r nd a rac k swam p , west of Nat a Jenks s fa m , a there sum marily slaughtered .

III . Th is swam p is apa rt of a vast t ract of forest reachi ng east

o W and west . One ni g h t as my Uncle Al f nso and illiam Dod son were passing along a pa th th ro ugh its d ep t hs toward heard t t t o r t h e east , they wha hey took be the sh iek of a cat " ‘

I h e t ou t t he t . i amoun t . y lost no ime i n getting of imber t was not known as there ivere any catamounts or painters ”

w s in th at section , but there were owls in the ood and they sometimes did some b oot ing ! My Uncle Al fo nso informs

. 27 t m e in a late letter ( received Feb , ha t he remem bers t h e incid ent w ell .

I V . A fatal acciden t to one of my uncles w as once narrowly a t a verted . My Uncle Jacob shot a meadow lark , and j ust A as the rifle was discharged my Uncle lbert , unobserved , stepped in range and the bullet passed through hi s hat . My Uncle Alfonso and Uncle Younglov e both spoke of t his ih r a on eident . It occur ed when my grandf ther li ved a farm 60 rods beyond the ravine which seams t h e earth just north of the original Herrick home . This was before he bough t the farm on the s outh part of the Hill to which he gave h is name . The Herricks early erected another residence j ust v north of this ra ine , down through the dept hs of which

flow ed a living stream of water .

t he memb ers of h er family a round h er sh e gave t o each one h e r st s a o f o a nd t o h er t r la mes ge l ve , absen f iends , in fact s seeme t o e m b r e e al l he d , r em e ev rybody , com mitting th m to w t he c are of G od in ho m s he h a d found a s ure refug e . She " wa s 111 t h e t s ns e t f c on bes e , a rue wi e , a loving mother , a t a e n a nd vo s n t fri d a de ut chri s t i a n , con t e m pl a ting w ith joy 1t h e r e s t a n t ici pat ed a nd re u nion wi t h t hose who h a d preced t t t o a s l l hei i son , l he ven , e pecia y darl ng ( Cha1lie) to whos e pic t ure she oft en p oi nted in her la s t ho urs whe n u n ” a ble t o s peak . 111111 he r e nd w a s p eace . The u h1e1nit t in 1 h ei fam il v g ca e of , relatives and neigh

e i n i 11l l a es t i a fiec t ion for w a s 0 1t b s ge e y , tt thel her wh o w hy

of i t a l l . A l l that lo ving he a r t s could suggest and willing w hand s perform a s done for her comfort . “ 1 A e e n . . h usband and thr childre survi ve her , Mrs M W A be1 a nd i e C 1 e n w ho 1es d s ithey , l t F d a l to i e here , al o four s l 1 s v iste l s and one b 1o he beside e e1a l grand ch ild 1en . The

f1111 1 111 s la1 e1 t t e 110 111t h M . h c d e al 1 a e . c m h g 1 nded E , Tues ay 9 ’ v W . l l u d e 1son A 10 a t Re . A e 11 o clock , of preaching the w s e rm on . The i nt e rme nt a s in the Wyoming c em et erv

v 1.

0 t 1t he d h m 1andta th er a . Af e eat of y , Jacob C rleton , sr , it w as found the 1e were no o u tstanding debts w orth men t iom n w t m et g , hereupon the hei s an d divided his estate - h n 1 o S in e wit out the i te positi n of a r gate , as the j udge of pro

h a t e in New Y oik s t a t e is c alled . At this meet ing the hu ge

1111111 l w a s i u b l t h on the Hil d vided p , and the e s bid on t e

11 fa s subdivisions 1 vendue hion , the one bidding h ighest on a

a t . a p r icular tract getting it The v lley farm , where my r a grandfather died , and wh ich for that eason was c lled the ” m t r . w a s 1860 homestead , y fa her bought out ight This i n a — - —it and ever fter for th irty two years , was his place of

abode . The house , an un pretentious domicil , was built ’ ’ a 46 or 47 1850 . by my grandf ther in , or at least prior to The n ew owner was urged to erect a more spacious and commo “ u H is nitonn 1 w as d iou s st i c t u re u epl y was, This house

good enough for my father and it is good enough for me .

the phraseology in question simply as a n expressio n of my w t o own observation , and without the shado of a though t ani madvert on the status of the earlier or later deni zens of the hill . V - III . w as n fi e S mi 1h H . Carleton bor in the rst h ous south of the

W . school house ; Frank in the next house south , on th e

d w . in fi same (ea s t ) si e of the h igh ay , and Baxter L the rst

v a . house north , opposite th e gra e y rd

I have said nothing in t hese annals about my own beloved

w I . a w om an t m other, to hom wish to refer She was of stric

t and l . w u prigh ness , of clear mind rare intel igence A shre d had a n a r observ er of current even t s , she logical ideas and gu m ent a t ive fac u l t v that m ade her a strong advocate of what she regarded as t ru t h and ri ght and j ust principle .

d o l w She abhorred w rong a n h l o pretense , and hypocrisy of

l a nd o every name a nd n a ture . l er heart was pure , fr m her girlho o d ye a rs until her d ea t h she was a m em ber of t he h e fi t o Methodist Episcopal ch urch . S was rst married N oah

w a s l . T . Mills , who from an infl uentia family From this n E r marriage were bor Cornelia lizabeth , Luci us Mille and

Cynthia Penelope . They have al l followed t hei r parents to t h e unknow n w orld . My mother was tender and de t t o voted to her children , fai h ful e very domestic d uty a nd l oved an d honored her G od . She was born on Christmas 02 h k 18 . H r day , , in Marlboroug , Ber sh ire coun ty , Mass e ’ a h er ’ r father s name was Nath n Payne , mother s . befo e mar

ia e . w e r g , Elizabeth Baird One year after they d , my moth

w a s . t er born Four weeks af er her birth her mother died , and she was adopted by a family of the name of Webb . They t w emigra ed to Genesee coun ty, Western Ne York , taking my m oth er wit h them . When Bu ffalo was captured and burn 29 1813 m ed by the British , December , , my other heard t he

fi DeMu n 1488 European , though the rst emerged in only ; Mo nt iez u n d b u t through alliance wi th the house of , Count e he n s o of a u t 1000 Mu n is con nected w ith t cou ts of G a c ny bo ,

t o Merova eu s a and through t hem he t races , the gr ndfa t h er

Cl o v s 465 . o n of t h e Merovingian ‘j , born i n This is the l gest kn o w n pedigree of th e west ern world .

The following items are gi ven here , as they were not r e c eived in time fo r in sert ion on the p a ges devoted t o records of t his class :

d . . a a n . Joh n C F . C rleton Ella E Miller were married Dec

w s o o W 1880 . t a ne in 1, The la ter b rn mi le west of yom g

Y . s . v 186 . e De . 0 vil l a g , Middlebury town hi p , N , Issue ,

10 1885 . a r n C . 2 Maud Len , bo n Ju e , ; Fred , born Se pt 7 , 806 1 .

Cortland C a rleton and Jo s e phine Campbel l were married w 6 S . 8 . a 10 1 . 26 1 0 s t 858 in Jan , The latter born ep , , Mus

k . ingham county , near Dresden , Ohio

! I I .

“ ” erni i The motto , N on ad p c em . on the arms of the

x o e nd L ondon r is O f rdshir a and Surrey Ca letons , has th sig ” ” niiic a nc c t o d Not . Not estruction , or to ruin

u . My co sin , Judson Y Carleton , was a member of the

Ninth New York vol . cavalry . He was stricken with dis e ase which ended his life before he sa w service in the field

n a Cortland Carleton was a brave soldier , a d s a member t of the Six h Michigan artillery , fough t in 2 1of the battles of the Rebellion I regret not having a list of the en gage n u in e ts which he participated , for record here .

-fil l d u t which half e the n used roadway , burs ing in the soil , w covering horse and rider ith earth , or passing so ne a r that W the i m pulse i mpa rted to t h e ai r could be fel t . hen the charging force w ith raised sabres leaped over t he works and it was disc overed they were union men . thei r rash i ntrepidi t y w as gree t ed by loud sh outs on the part of t h e grand

d a guard , which n umbered two hun red inf ntry besides the t e artillerym en . One trooper in descending h h ill was shot

t he a nd frorn t h e d e. th rough body fell dead , sa dl For this o exploi t Captai n B tham , on e of the most fearless m en that w a s e ver lived , put under arrest , the accusation being insu b

l . m vsel f ordination , b ut was very soon re eased As for , I was s oon after promoted from secon d lieutenan t to captain .

Capt . Botham and m yself were the only com missioned odi cers wh o took p art i n this charge .

o Elizabeth , daughter of Lathr p and Mary ( Ball) Pope . They

w o h ave t children , Frederick Pope Carleton , a lawyer of

Ma Bal l . Mo ntpelier . and rv Carleton

MO SES F . C ARLETON .

“

w . 2 a s . 7 Moses F . Carle ton born at Haverhill , N H , Jan ,

o W . . n 1831. Came t Michig an wit h his parents ( m H a d r s m r Y a n La ina Carleton ) , in Se ptember a e yea , settling at

. b t 1 m o a kee Street on St Clair ri ver , a ou 4 iles n rth of P l mer ,

h en . . t t ( now St Clair ci y ) , afterward moved to China , to St

a a t o t d in 1840 Clair and g in back China , where his fa her ied , education received in the c o m mon school s of t ha t d a y ; com men eca teaching at 15 vears of age and taught win t ers an d

s for 10 s o f t . two summer y ears . while farming the re t the i me

. 4t h h . n n 1s t . Served in Co I , Mic I fa try , as t Serg ; promoted 1864 nt m 1865 2 L ieu t en September , u il Septe ber , and as d

a nt n 1866 . fi o u ti l June el d t wnshi p offi ces as clerk , com missioner, school inspector and su pervisor ; county offi ces , t nd clerk . depar ment clerk , a depu ty treasurer ; assistant

s o A po t master at P rt Huron 4years and 3 months . dmitted 0 18 . M to the Bar in 7 arried to Mary Latham at China ,

. . 1851 l Wm . H . Mich , Sept , by whom he had three chi dren , ,

i A . t . i . l ving in Nor h Dakota ; Lura S , living in M nn ; Cora , l iving in M ichigan .

N ECROLOGY .

Kimball Carleton was m urdered soon after t h e close of t h e

Revol utionary war .

. 2 1860 b . Jaco Carleton , sr , died Oct , , of gravel after

t ff et a e 82 . grea su ering , an d was buried on Carl on Hill g d ' his Decf a a t th Lois, wife , died on C rleton Hil l , e

80 . home of her daughter Jane , aged Her demise was has tened if not c a used by a cancer on her left hip . She w a s t l buried bes ide her h u sband in t h e Carle on Il ll g ravey ard . 2 1800 w s . 2 1888 Ira Carle t on , sr . , a born Sept , ; died Jul y ,

d 1886 ab 83 e a . Polly , h is wife , ied in , aged out y rs L ovi h er a d a o w e cy and husb n died b ut six eks apart , at

o f t r son in s s L o . the home hei George , B li field , enawee C ,

. 80 r o f e . 1800 . w as a M ich , in She yea s g ‘ t t ed e 25 1802 80 t h y a a n w Guy arle on di J un , , in his e r , d as - d fi t w h e a r e b uried besi e his rs i fe , Roxy , in t C l t on l l ill grave

d w s s t yard . His eath a ha ened by inj u rie s s u s t a in ed t he

a u a f m n t o p revious ut mn by al l fro a . g n . t h e inli rmit ies o f . Albert Carleton died from a g e, a t his son

’ - n s s u t o f l l il lsd a l e Gordo , four mile so h v i llage , Mich . , where

w a s s n . His t h o v g t . 11 he at the ti me vi iti dea ook pl ace N ,

1880 . s o He was buried be ide his wife , 14miles s ut h of the

v a a a o u t ill ge K lam z o co n y , Mich . ‘ o e t d n t a i 180 1. o a his w Youngl ve rl on ied S phroni , ife ,

D . in 18 10 e ec 1 1885 . T born , di d , he fa mily w i t h t h e for ’ mer s d eath became extinct . The pare n t s s le e p besid e t hei r t h W ‘ e . v two eldest ch ildren in yom ing ( N Y . ) rl l a g e c e m e

t er . O t J 1832 o y f heir children ose phine , born in , died u ng ;

O . 7 1840 John , born ct , , died aged one year a nd s e ven d a y s

Y . 13 1835 s Judson , born July , , died in arm y ho pi t al at '

W t C . 30 1862 t ashing on , , May , ; Ne tie , born im Decem ber 1842 m i , died fro d sease of the gall , June 17 , 1875 .

r . a t n Jacob Carleton , j , died his a d the home of his s on - rfiel d . A 5 1804 Frank , Flowe Mich Thursday , pri l , . a t 2 p . 0 e 82 a . in. ag d years l cking days H e was buried besi de his

POSTOFFICE ADDRESSES .

(SPRING or

. Alfonso C arleton , Warsaw , N . Y

W . ; Albert Carleton , yomin g , N Y - A A t Co . . l vin delbert Carleton , Por age , Kalamazoo , , Mich

. Bax ter L . Carleton , Jackson , M ich

n a . Cortland Carleto , K nsas City , Mo W Charles M . Dodson , yoming , N . Y .

t Co . . Dav id I . C a rle on , Galesburg , Kalamazoo , Mich

t . Ernest R . Carle on , Kalamazoo , Mich

d W . . Edwar Dodson , yoming , N Y

W . Y. Elizabeth Withey , yoming , N

n t W . . Frankli Carle on , yoming, N Y

a W . . Fred C rleton , yoming , N Y

W . w ld F l o erfie t . o . . Frank Carleton , , S Joseph C , Mich

G w Blissfiel d Co . . eorge and Lle elyn Sisson , , Lenaw ee , Mich

h . Gordon Carle ton , Hillsdale , Mic

. i . Gl enn H Carleton , H l lsdale , Mich ’ . e . G uy S ( Gordon s son ) , R ading , Mich ’ . s r s . G uy S . (Monroe G son ) , G as Lake , Mich

. V l l s n a n eu a c . . Helen M , Portage , Kal amazoo C , Mich l ra a e a C rl ton , Portage , K lam a zoo Co Mich .

o . Jane Cooley , Marcell us , Cass C , Mich . W . . a . Joh n C F Carleton , ars w , N Y .

. Co . . Jay D Carleton , Galesburg, Kalamazoo , Mich

Monroe G . Carleton , Grass Lake , Mich .

O . scar F Carleton , Kalamazoo , Mich .

. W ! ueen E Carleton , yoming , N . Y

. C o . . Smith H Carleton , Comstock , Kal amazoo , Mich

76 a family th e ancien t ort hogra phy wi ll h encefort h be S t ric t ly

o nd t s b s s adh ered t , a o her of my ranch have ex pre ed a l ike ” o s n de t erm inati n . I mo t si cerely hope that t h e e drop

ed u t a l l p by our gran dfather , wil l be f lly res ored by h is de

scend a nt s .

’ May God s blessing res t upon al l w h o are named in this ’ o s m s b ok , and upon their children chi ld ren to the re ote t

a . A u gener tion die ,

M . G . C ARLETON .

INDE! .

5 . Abd ucting a Baby , 7

r 50 . A Lonely G ave ,

1. . 4 Alber t Carl eton , sr , ’ i 20 . Albert , sr . s Ch ldren ,

A o 4 . l fons Carleton , 7 ’ o 22 . Al foiis s Children , ’ A 54. llen s Creek ,

Al most a Fatal A ccident ,

A 54. M a rvelous Spring ,

t 0 . A Pan her Scare . 6 a t b C rle ons of the Tri e of Kimball , h e t t 6 . Carle on Oldest English Fam ily , 5

e 66 . Carletons who were Soldi rs ,

50 . Carleton H ill ,

a l o o 52 . C rleton Hi l Sch ol H use ,

. 50 . Carleton Hil l School and Its Text Books , t s t o n t Char of De cen and Relati ship of Carle on families .

o s o 5 . C ncl u i n , 7 ” a 50 . D le , or The Lick ,

i t h e O a 62 . Divid ng ld F rm , o 5 o f l 1. Diagram Carlet n Hil , l s w a t I t Sc e nei 53 . E s Hi l and ,

F nk lin a t 48 . ea C rle on , ’ " 2 a re Fr nklin s Child n ,

G u a t s r . 30 . y C rle on , , ’

h 1 . s r . s 0 G uy . C ildren ,

l l iram t 60 . Carle on ,

t . In roduction , i

0 . Ira Carleton , sr . 3 ’ 18. Ira , sr . s Children

a e . 15 33 . J cob Carl ton , sr , , ’ b s r . s Jaco Carleton , Children ,

t . 45 . Jacob Carle on , j r , ’ . 21. Jacob , j r s Children ,

o 4 . J ane Carleton D dson , 7 ’

21. Jane s Children , ‘

4 . Judson Carle t on , 3

13 . Kimball C a rleton , ’

14. Ki mball Carleton s Children .

INDE ! CONTIN U ED .

The . o a nd i Cornells and Wm H wes famil es , W llia ins s The i e and the Gleasons , ” 56 . Uncle Nate Jenks ,

Vocations 77 . W , 52 . yoming Village ,

54. Warsaw Vi llage ,

Wh t iv . y his record is reprin ted ,

Younglove Carleton ,