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Dea. Gibson remained in Stow after the family removal there from Sndbnry in his boyhood, and always resided on the paternal homestead on Pomciticnt hill (now Summer hill and since 1871 in IMaynard). His first real estate was probably that deeded Sept. 29, 1740, shortly after his majority, by " Timothy Gibson of Stow, yeoman, and wife Rebecca, to my son Stephen of Stow, yeoman, for ^100 and fatherly regards - two lots in Stow, one, 5 acres bounded north by Concord road. South and West, by my own land ; the other, 25 acres bounded east on Assabeth river." Again, Mar. 31, 1747, his parents deeded him for ^152 and services to be rendered, " my house [the homestead] and 50 acres in Stow, bounded by Concord highway on north, east by Stephen Gibson's and Stephen Houghton's land, south by John Jewell's, west by Gardner's, also I acre in Sudbury . . . reserving three rooms for ourselves and stabling for three cows ; " on June 9, 1752 he increased his Sudbury property by buying for /'149 5 s., some 20 acres in two tracts from Stephen Houghton of Stow. He was also a large landholder in Ashby, Mass. (Lunenburg till 1764, then Fitchburg till 1767) ; among purchases - one, June 9, 1763 for ;^8o, from William Benjamin, " 100 acres, house &c. in Lunenburg ; " - another, May 4, 1768, from William Flagg of Ashby, 12 acres still known as the " Flagg piece ; " - a third, Jan. 5, 1771, for ^88, from Brown and Blaney of Salem, no acres; - a fourth, for ^10, from his sonin-law Stephen Barker of Ashby, ih acre ; doubtless these purchases were the lands occupied by the three of his sons, Rev. Stephen, John and Abraham who lived on adjacent farms in the new town ; in addition to his Ashby acquisitions he owned 100 or more acres in what was the north of Fitchburg till 1829 when ceded to Ashby. He left no will, and as his sons, Rev. Stephen, Arrington and Abraham, declined administration, Augustus Tower gave bonds as administrator Ap. 17, 1807 ; the estate, then wholly personal, amounted to near $500 and in 181 1 was divided among the eight surviving children and the children of the deceased daughter Elizabeth Piper.

Dea. Gibson was a man of sound judgment and executive ability, often chosen appraiser and in 1746 selected guardian of Sarah and Ephraim Gibson, children of his deceased brother Abraham ; a faithful attendant, communicant and deacon of First church, and on the rebuilding of the edifice, purchasing Jan. 17, 1755 " next to minister's pew, west of the pulpit ; " a loyal and patriotic citizen of his town and country; a dutiful son, his parents voluntarily sharing their home with him and his widowed step-mother Mrs. Submit Gibson returning his respectful attentions by little legacies to his children - " a gold ring " to Sarah, and to Rebecca, Arrington and Timothy each, " a pewter plate ; " a loving husband " living respectably in conjugal happiness with his first and only wife more than 60 vears."

He was a revolutionary soldier - private, Capt. William Whitcomb's co. , Col. James Prescott's reg. of militia (Middlesex county), marched from Stow Ap. 19, 1775 on Lexington alarm, served 3 days; also his name appears on the alarm list (Dec. 1776) of Capt. Benjamin Munroe's co. (6th), Col. Ezekiel Howe's reg. (4tli

Mr. Gibson, one of the three brothers who resided on adjacent farms in Ashby, settled there shortly after his marriage on the property deeded him as late as Mar. 16, 1779, by " Stephen Gibson of Stow, yeoman, and wife Sarah, to John Gibson of Ashby, husbandman, for 5 s. and love and affection for my third son, 80 acres in Ashby, bounded west on line between Ashby and Ashburnham to line of Stephen Gibson Jr., including house, &c." On Jan. 19, 1799, about which time he probably left Ashby, he sold to Josiah Bright for $1,000 this farm of 80 acres hing both sides the highway and bounded north by his brother Abraham's, south by his brother Rev, Stephen's and west by Ashburnham (Dorchester Canada from 1690 until incorporated Feb, 22, 1765) ; in 1801 it again became Gibson property but of another branch of the family who still hold it in possession.

He was a revolutionary soldier - private, Capt. John Jones' CO., Col. James Prescott's reg. , marched from Ashby Ap. 20, 1775 on Lexington alarm, served 7 days. children :

V Steplieii Gibson (Rev\) of Ashby, Mass., first child of Dea. Stephen /// and Sarah (Goss) Gibson, b. Stow, Mass., Alar. 29, 1745 ; d. Ashby, Feb. 3, 1812, his gravestone in the old cemetery near Ashby common inscribed : " The Rev. Stephen Gibson - Pastor of the Baptist Chnrch in this town - Obt. Feb. 3, 1812 - Aet. 67 years;" m. at vSudbnry, Mass. by Rev. Israel Loring, x\p. 15, 1766, Rebecca Pnffer (b. Sndbnry, Feb. 21, 1748, d. Boston, Mass., Oct. 7, 1815, bnr. at the left of herhnsband), dan. of Capt. Jabez and Hannah (Treadway) Pnffer.

' Geovi^e /'/(^v of Braiiitree, Mass., pioneer as early as 1640 and in the north of the town set off Feb. 22, 1792 as Quiucy, ni. previous to immigration ; children : ^ James. ' Matthias d. Dorchester, Mass., May 19, 1717; ni. three times; among descendants - Hon. Charles Sumner, U. S. senator.

'^ James Puffer- of Braiutree, first sou of George, b. (probably Bnglaud) about 1624 ; d. July 25, 1692 ; m. 1656, Mary Luddeu of Weymouth, Mass.; seveu cliildreu.

'^^^Jabez Pnfferoi Braiutree and Sudbury, third son of James, b. Braiutree, Feb. 4, 1672; d. Sudbury, Nov. 5, 1746; m. 1702, Mary Glazier (d. 1749). In 1712 he located in the northwest of Sudbury (Maynard) uear the pond still known as Puffer's pond. Chiklreu, the first five born in Braintree, the other two in Sudbury : ^ Martha. '-Capt. Jahez. ^ Samuel of Sudbury b. 1707; m. 1732, Dorothy Haynes ; among sons - Phiueas, b. 1741 ; Nathan, gt. gr. father of Dr. Loring W. Puffer, the best authority on Puffer genealogy. ^Jonathan d. young. »Jonathau of Sudbury and Lancaster, Mass. b. 1711 ; m. Mary Maynard ; among children - the revolutionary soldier Lt. Jonathan of Harvard, Mass. "Ephraim of Sudbury and Stow b. 1716; d. 1757; m. Mary Darby ; among children - Jonathan b. June 9, 1746 : Catherine m. John Gibson of Ashby, sec 111; Ephraim of Ashby b. Stow, May 8, 1753. 'William of Sudbury and Framingham, Mass. b. 1720; m. Abigail Treadway.

'^ Capt. Jabez Pnfferoi Sudbury, first son of Jabez, b. Braintree, 1705 ; d. Sudbury, June 21, 17S9; bur. in the cemetery at Sudbury Center (formerly the Rocky plains or the West precin(5l of Sudbury); m. first, July 24, 1731, Thankful Haynes (d. June 24, 1737 "in 30th year"); m. second, Oct. 18, 1738, Hannah Treadway (b. Mar. 19, 1715, d. July 28, 1777), dau. of Benjamin and Mary (Maynard) Treadway of Framingham, and also the heroine of Indian captivity - a tradition preserved in the family Bible of a Gibson descendant, written in his own hand as follows: "Our grandmother Puffer was taken captive by the Indians at the age of 18, she was with them

Capt. Puffer lived in the house built by his father, enlarged by himself and standing a few years ago; he was a soldier in the Fr. and Ind. war and a man of importance. Children b. in Sudbury: 1 James of vSudbury b. Aug. 11, 1734. -Josiah of Westminster, Mass., representative, b. Mar. 21, 1736. -= Thankful, b. 1741 ; d. young. *Jacob of Ashby b. Ap. 10, 1743; d. Ap. 20, 1777 ; m. Sarah Gibson, see 125. Daniel of Sudbury b. 1746 ; d. Mar. 13, 1829 ; bur. in Center burying grouud ; m. Mary Balcom (d. 1802); three children. ^Rebecca, wife of Rev. Stephen Gibson. ''Sarah, b. 1750; m. Ithamar Rice of Sudbury. »Rev. Reuben, D. D., "the idol and pet of his father's heart," b. Jan. 5, 1756; d. Berlin, Mass., Ap. 9, 1829 after a pastorate over the Congregational church since 1781. He was a gentleman of remarkably fine looks, pleasing address and gentle manners, graduate Harvard coll. 1778 and ranking high as a clergyman of scholarly attainments.

Rev. Mr. Gibson, one of the three brothers who resided on adjacent farms in Ashb}-, was in the new town prior to 1770 ; he settled on the 80 acres inclnding the " Flag-g piece " deeded Ap. 8, 1773 by " Stephen Gibson of Stow, }'eonian, to Stephen Gibson of Ashby, hnsbandnian, and in consideration of 5 s. and love and affection for my eldest son. " This farm, the most southerly of the three, l)ingboth sides the highway and bounded north by his brother John's (the Asburnham road between), south b>' Flint's land and west by Ashburnham line, remained his home until his death ; two years later the propert}' was bought by a Gibson nephew whose family retained it till 1896 when it was sold to strangers. He was well fitted for a life of activity and usefulness, beginning on his arrival in his adopted town to hold public offices - framer of " first rates " or tax list, selectman 1770 and 1775, town clerk Mar. i, 1775-Mar. I, 1776, moderator 1782, and always taking a deep interest in the religious and educational growth and general welfare of the people.

He was a revolutionary soldier - ist It., capt. John Jones' CO., Col. James Prescott's reg. of militia (Middlesex county), marched from Ashby Ap. 20, 1775 on Lexington alarm, served 7 days ; also his name is on the list of commissioned officers of Mass. militia as ist lieutenant, Capt. James Bennett's co. (9th), Col. Oliver Prescott's reg. (6th Middlesex county), chosen by the company and accepted by the Council Ap. 24, 1776.

Rev. Air. Gibson was brought up a Congregationalist and on his removal to Ashby became a member of First church in P'itchburg organized Jan 7, 1768; that he experienced a change of religious views is shown by the church \'oting Se])t. 6, 1776, "to send the pastor [Rev. John Payson] and brothers Walker and Goodridge, to discourse witli Brother Stephen Gibson and wife for absenting themselves from our commnnion," and by his reply that "he absented himself because he disliked the principles of the church in baptizing inlants, " etc. True to his conscientious convictions, he accepted the Baptist faith, not that of the " profest " but the Freewill sect, and being "gifted in this direction" he began preaching to those who gathered to hear him and in any building selected for the occasion ; he did not, however, withdraw from First church, and on Mar. 8, 1783 a committee was appointed " to admonish Brother Stephen Gibson of Ashb}' for absenting from worship ; " this was followed by the church convening June I, 1783 and voting " to Reject Stephen Gibson from his relation to us for his absenting from us and Irregular & disorderly conduct in preaching from place to place;" but he continued to jpreach for many years either in private dwellings or schoolhouses in both Ashby and 'Ashburnham and occasionally in Page's schoolhouse in Fitchburg, and in consistence with his unbelief in salaried clergymen, preached " with more acceptance than compensation." It was not until 1810, two years before his death, that his society then worshiping in its own meetinghouse in Fitchburg near Ashby line, was incorporated as the First Baptist society of Fitchburg and Ashby.

VI -'Hannah Gibson b. Ashby, July 11, 1773 ; d. Cambridge, Mass., July 7, 1846 ; m. at Ashburnham, Mass. by Rev. John Cushing, Nov. 20, 1791, Mark Barker of Ashby and Cambridge ; five children. VI ' Stephen Gibson of Boston, Mass. and Dayton and Cincinnati, O. b. Ashby, Ap. 22, 1776; d. (probably Cincinnati) shortly before May 10, 1842 ; m. at Boston by Rev. Samuel Stillman, July 23, 1797, Mrs. Nancy Michel, not Mitchell as entered on Boston records.

Mr. Gibson while in Boston was with his brother Joseph in the crockery business (S. & J. Gibson) and in 1817 secretary the Crockery dealer's association ;

Rev. Stephen-' , Dea. Stephen ", Dca. rimothy"\ John jr. ", John'' VI IJebecc'-a Gibson, first child of Rev. Stephen 112 and Rebecca (Puffer) Gibson, b. Ashby, Mass., Jan. 28, 1770 ; m. as first wife, at Ashburnham, Mass. by Rev. John Cushing, Ap. 5, 1793, Jacob Hall of Leominster and Charlestown, Mass. (d. Jan. 16, 1857 aged 85 years).

Children : VII 'Jacob Hall of Zanesville, O. b. Leominster, 1793 ; m. second, Lydia Reeves, dau. of Israel Reeves of Lyme, Conn, and Auburn, N. Y. ; children b}- first marriage. VII 'John Hall. 114

VII * Frederick Hall b. Leominster, Nov. 4, 1806; d. unm. VII '^ Sarah Hall b. Leominster, June 17, 1810 ; m. Lemuel Page of Boston, Mass. ; four children.

Rebecca ^', Rev. Stephen '', Dea. Stephen '', Dea. Timothy "\ John jr.'\ John ' VII John Hall of Auburn (Cayuga county), N. Y. and Monroe, Mich., second child of Jacob and Rebecca 1 Vi (Gibson) Hall, b. Leominster, Mass., Oct. 8, 1797 ; d. Monroe, Nov. 9, 1840 ; m. at Auburn, Ap. 24, 18 19, Tempe Reeves (b. Lyme, Conn., May 31, 1793, d. Monroe, Aug. 19, 1840), dan. of Israel Reeves of Lyme and Auburn, a revolutionary soldier, member Connecticut legislature and sheriff Cayuga county.

IX " Charles Frederic Edwards of Xenia b. near Kirkersville, July 26, 1853; m. Mar. 23, 1876, Blanche Mcintosh ; one child : ^ Fred Edwards b. Xenia, June 26, 1878.

IX ' Ella Adaline Hall b. Auburn, Dec. 21, 1S54; m. Feb. 17, 1875, Charles Spencer Pullman of Auburn ; one child: ' Herbert Hall Pullman b. Auburn, May 31, 1878.

VIII ^Frederic Jerome Hall of Auburn b. Auburn, Dec. 13, 1830; d. Auburn, May 22, 1889; bur. in Fort Hill cemetery ; m. at Putnam (now Zanesville), O., Mar. 5, 1857, Theodosia A. Copeland ; no children.

VII Henry Gibson Hall of Auburn, Me. and Kirkersville (Licking county) and Newton (Muskingum county), O., fifth child of Jacob and Rebecca 113 (Gibson) Hall, b. Leominster, Mass., Nov. 6, 1804 ; d. Newton, Dec. 10, 1870; m. at Auburn, Sept, 16, 1829, Mary Hamlin (b. Auburn, Mar. 12, 1809, d. Indianapolis, Ind., June 15, 1883). Children : VIII HIary Elizabeth Hall b. Auburn, June 17, 1830; d. Kirkersville, Aug. 16, 1845.

VIII 'Frederic Henry Hall of Plymouth and Indianapolis, Ind. h. Auburn, Oct. 12, 1831 ; d. Indianapolis, Feb. 21, 1879 ; ni. June 3, 1857, Lena R. Folsoni of Fort Wayne, Ind.

Lt. Hall was a soldier in the civil war - enlisted Aug. 17, 1861, private, and on the organization of co. B, ist reg. O. vol. cavalry, made orderly sergt., promoted 2d It. Jan. I, 1863, I'esigned Sept. 15, 1864; chaplain of his G. A. R. post at the time of his death.

VI Stillmau Gibson (Dr.) of Ashby, Mass. and New Ipswich, N. H., fifth child of Rev. Stephen 112 2,\iA Rebecca (Puffer) Gibson, b. Ashby, Aug. 22, 1781 and named for Rev. Samuel Stillman, pastor First Baptist church, Boston, Mass.; d. New Ipswich, Sept. 4, 1864, the fainilv inoiuimeiit in the new burying' ground laid out in 1807, inscribed: "Dr. - Stillman Gibson - son of - Rev. Stephen Gibson - Ashby Mass. - died Sept 4, 1864 - ^'E 83 yr's. ;" m. at New Ipswich by Rev. Stephen Farrar, May, 1804, Rebecca Chandler (b. New Ipswich, July 3, 1779, d. New Ipswich, July 2, 1870, bur. beside her husband), dan. of Dea. James and ^Nlary (Melvin) Chandler.

^ Roger Chandler of Coucord, Mass. d. Conconl, Jan. 11, 1716/ 1717, the gravestone giving his age "about 80 years;" ni. 1671, Mar}- Simouds ; probably son of Roger of Duxbury, Mass. who married, as claimed b}' some of the Chandler line, Isabella Chilton (spelled Tgiltron on the marriage entry of 1615 at Leyden, Holland) baptised Canterbury, Kng., Nov. 23, 1593 and daughter of James Chilton, clothworker of Colchester, Eng.,said to be the Mayfloioer puritan of 1620. Mr. Chandler in 165S was one of the twenty-one pioneers mostly from Plymouth colony to whom jointly were granted 400 acres in Concord ; that he was an able handler of tools, if not a carpenter, is shown by the entry on town records that he "was employed b}' Dolor Davis [the veteran housewright] to Imild a house." Four children.

"'James Chandler of Concord, son of vSamuel, b. Concord, Aug. 28, 1714; d. Dec. 8, 1792 "in 79th year;" m. first, 1737, Mary Wright of Concord ; m. twice afterwards. He was quite an important person, member the committee of safety and correspondence in revolutionary days, and "had stored in his barn some of the powder for which the British were searching on Ap. 19, 1775." Among children the three deacons - yi^w^.^. Joseph. Jonathan, a revolutionary soldier.

Dea. James Chandler oi New Ipswich, only son of James and Mary, b. Concord ; d. New Ipswich, May 10, 1824 aged 84 years (gravestone in South burying ground); m. Mary Melvin (d. Mar. 22, 1807 aged 62 years), dan. of Capt. Eleazar Melvin, survivor of " Lovell's fight" of 1725 and the Fr. and Ind. war. Dea. Chandler was a pioneer in New Ipswich as early as 1765 and until his death filled various offices of trust - member the committee of safety and correspondence, selectman 1777, deacon, etc. Children b. in New Ipswich: 'Sanmel. 'James. ^ Roger, the father of Rev. Seth Chandler, historian of vShirlev, Mass., and the gr. father of Prof. Charles H.

Chandler, the best authority on Chandler (Roger) genealogy. *Mary. ^ John of Tevvksbnry, Mass. "^ Sally. '' Rebecca, vixift of Dr. Stillman Gibson. "Lydia. '* Daniel d. unni. '"Hannah d. young.

Dr. Gibson after his iiiarriage remained in Ashby nntil 1811, then crossed the .state line and settled on a farm in " New Laid out Division, Range XIII, Lot 2," on the western slope of Page hill in the town incorporated as New Ipswich Sept. 9, 1762. In 1823 ^^^ bought the old Jeremiah Prichard property, " South Ranges - Range V, Lot 4," about i\ mile eastward and a little north of his farm, and by further purchases enlarged this future homestead to 200 or more acres ; his comfortable farmhouse so full of hospitality to all beneath its roof and such a place of wonder and delight to the voung folks of the family, was destroyed by fire some }ears ago and never rebuilt.

He was endowed with a native genius and versatile talent, the latter preserved and developed in the mechanical pursuits of several of his descendants ; for more than half a century he held the respect due a skilled agriculturalist, a successful physician and an honorable and benevolent gentleman.

Dr. Gibson was a graduate Albany med. coll. (N. Y.) 1841, and at the time of his early death had established a large practice in his native town.

Dr. Jones was a student Dartmouth coll. 1831-1833 and a graduate Harvard coll. 1835, matriculated 1842 in the med. dept., Pennsylvania coll. (Philadelphia), attended lectures at University med. coll. (New York, N. Y.), receiving M. D. from Dartmouth med. school 1858; he was also a fine German scholar translating Rotteck's History of the World ; besides his professional and literary pursuits he was interested in public affairs and in 1850 was member N, H. legislature.

Vin 'Frederick William Jones, M. D., of New Ipswich, graduate Appleton acad. (New Ipswich) 1866, Dartmouth coll. 1869 and University med. school 1881, b. New Ipswich. VIII ^Frances R. Jones b. New Ipswich; m. Jan. 16, 1893, George D. Burton of Boston, inventor and electrician, son of Dexter Lionel Burton of Temple, N. H. VII ' Anne Cornelia Gibson. /,?/

VII Georg-o Chandler Gibson (Col.) of New Ipswich, N. H., second cliild of Dr. Stillman lli'p and Rebecca (Chandler) Gibson, b, Ashby, Mass., Mar. lo, 1805; d. New Ipswich, Jan, 29, 1875; m. first, June 3, 1830, Elvira Appleton (b. New Ipswich, Ap. 7, 1807, d. New Ipswich, Ap. 24, 1852), daii. of John and Elizabeth (Peabody) Appleton ; ni. second, Dec. 31, 1858, Mrs. Susannah Catherine (Young) Cooper (b. Zanesville, O., Feb. 8, 1825).

^ Sanuiel Appleton of Rovvle_v, Mass. (incorporated Sept. 4, 1639) 1). Little Walliiigford, co. vSuffolk, Eug., 1586; d. Rowley, June, 1670; ni. first, Jan. 24, 1616, Judith Everard ; ni. second, Martha ; seven children, the first six b. in England.

''Samuel Appleton of Ipswich, Mass., second son of Samuel and Judith, b. Little Wallingford, 1625; d. Ipswich, May 15, 1696; ni. second, Dec. 8, 1656, Mary Oliver (d. Fel). 15, 1698), dau. of John Oliver of Newbury, Mass.; eight children b. in Ipswich.

"' Maj. Isaac Appleton of Ipswich, second son of vSamuel and Mary, b. Ipswich, 1664; d. Ipswich, May 22, 1747; m. Priscilla Baker of Toppsfield, Mass. (d. May 26, 1731); eight children b. in Ipswich.

'"- Isaac Appleton of Ipswich, second son of Maj. Isaac, b. Ipswich, May 30, 1704; d. Ipswich, Dec. 18, 1794; ui. 1730, Elizabeth Sawyer (d. Ap. 29, 1785), dau. of Samuel Sawyer of Wells, Me. ; children b. in Ipswich : ^ Isaac ; among gr. children - Samuel Appleton Appleton of Boston m. Julia, only dau. of Hon. Daniel Webster, U. S. senator ; Frances Elizabeth Appleton m. Prof. Henry W. Longfellow; William S. Appleton, compiler of AppletoJi, Puffer and Sujuner genealogies. '^Francis. -^Elizabeth. ^Samuel. ^Thomas. *John. 'David. *~ William. "Mary. ^" Rev. Joseph of Brookfield, Mass.

Francis Appleton of New Ipswich, second son of Isaac, b. Ipswich, Mar. 1733; d. New Ipswich, Jan. 29, 1S16; ni. May 15. 1758, Elizabeth Hubbard (b. Ipswich, Mar. 1730, d. New Ipswich, Nov. 7, 18x5 gravestone inscription, Nov. 7, 1816 Hnbbard-Appleton " little old Bible "). Mr. Appleton settled in

New Ipswich about 1770 and bought " North Division, lot 38 ; " his uame appears ou the N. H. revohitionary rolls as private, Capt. Edmuud Bryant's co.. Col. Dauiel Moore's reg., serving at Saratoga Sept. 28 to Oct. 25, 1777. Children : ' Francis of Dublin, N. H., a revolutionary soldier, b. Ipswich, 1759 ; ^^- 1849; m. Mary Ripley. ^ Isaac of New Ipswich b. Ipswich, 1761 ; d. 1838. "' Mary b. Ipswich, 1765; d. 1820. ^Elizabeth b. Ipswich, 1767; d. New Ipswich, 1850. * Rev. Jesse, D. D., graduate Dartmouth coll. and president Bowdoin coll., b. . New Ipswich, 1772; d. 1819; m. Elizabeth Means ; among children - Jane M. m. Gen. Franklin Pierce, President of the United States.

''^ John Applelon of New Ipswich, resident on the home farm, third son of Francis, b. Ipswich, Mar. 28, 1763 ; d. New Ipswich, Feb. 16, 1849; m. 1803, Elizabeth Peabody (b. Wilton, N. H., Feb. 23, 1778 town records, d. New Ipswich, Oct. 28, 1809), dau. of Ephraim and Sarah Peabody ; children b. in New Ipswich : ^Hon. John, chief justice supreme court of Maine, b. July 12, 1804; d. 1893 ; m. Sarah Newcomb. -Elvira, wife of Col. George C. Gibson.

Col. Gibson resided the first few years of his wedded life on the Appleton homestead but in 1837 moved to the commonly called Gibson village in the south of the town, bought and rebuilt the old Prichard mill on North branch of Souhegan river, ran a saw mill and manufactured chairs and carriages ; he was highly esteemed as an enterprising and public-spirited gentleman, was selectman several years, and as organizer of the 2d company of rifles, " Reg. 22 of Militia in State of N, H.," commissioned captain Jan. 20, 1835 and later, colonel of the regiment.

Children: VIII ' George Stillman Gibson (Dea.) of Fitchburg, Mass. and Boulder, Colo., vice-president Boulder nat. bank, b. New Ip.swich, Mar. 14, 1831 ; d. Boulder, Feb. 12, 1897; bur. in Boulder cemetery; unm.

Dea. Gibson was a student Appleton acad. (New Ipswich) 1849 and in early life taught school in both eastern and western states. In 1862 he became a resident of Fitchburg and, with the inherited love for mecliaiiical pursuits, engaged in the millwright business under firm name F. Sheldon & Co.; he was one of the city school board, a zealous Sunday-school teacher, a faithful attendant of the C. C. church and elected deacon Jan. 3, 1879. Compelled by ill health to seek a change of clime he made Boulder his home after 1882, identif^-ing himself with various enterprises and lending heart and hand to the service of science and Christianity. He was thoroughly and heartily interested in genealogy and gave valuable assistance in collecting data for this record of the Gibson familv. A few months after his death the First Congregational church of Boulder printed a Memorial which in its touching and beautiful simplicity, portrayed the character of one of God's noblemen.

VIII -Charles Appleton Gibson of Bangor, Me., president Hinckley and Egery iron company, b. New Ipswich, Sept. 12, 1833; m. July, 1867, Clara Washburn Egery (b. Dec. 17, 1843), dau. of Thomas Egery of Bangor, a prominent land and mill owner ; no children.

Mr. Gibson moved to Bangor in 1867, soon entered the Hinckley and Egery iron works and on the death of his father-in-law in 1885 succeeded him as president of the company.

VIII ''Samuel Appleton Gibson of Fitchburg, Mass. and Kalamazoo, Mich., president Kalamazoo paper company, b. New Ipswich, Aug. 17, 1835; d. Kalamazoo, Jan. 22, 1S99 ; bur. in Mountain Home cemetery; m. at Fitchburg, Oct. 14, i860, Mrs. Mary Anna (Farnsworth) Bardeen (b. Grotoii, Mass., Jan. 26, 1828, d. Kalamazoo, r^Iay 20, 1893), dau. of Dea. Ashael and Mary (Winship) Farnsworth.

'' Matthias Farnsworth of Grotou, first sou of Matthias and a soldier in King Philip's war, b. about 1649; d. 1693: ui. Sarah Nutting; fiive children.

* Sampson Fainsiaorth of Grotou, fourth sou of Matthias, b. Groton, Mar. 12, 1745 ; ni. first. Sept. 25, 1765, Rachel Shattuck; children, the last two by second marriage: ^ Sanuiel. '^Philip, b. 1769. ''Matthias.

Mr. Gibson \va.s a graditate Appleton acad., and in early manhood a clerk in the Massachusetts towns Concord and A.shby : during his residence in Fitchburg he engaged in mercantile pursuits until his removal in 1867 to Kalamazoo where for twenty-five years he was superintendent of the manufacttiring plant of which he became president. He was deeply interested in religious, charitable and educational work - Sunday-school superintendent and trustee the Congregational church, Kalamazoo colles^e and Youno- women's christian a.ssociation ; he was also much interested in research

Of a bright, genial natnre bravely bearing his many years of failing health, of sound judgment and executive ability added to a broad and generous spirit, " he was in every acceptation of the term a christian gentleman" and, as said by his pastor, "one of the noblest men who ever walked the earth."

first, Dec. 24, 1883, James A. Davidson ; m. second, Feb. 18, 1892, Frederick H. Appleton of Bangor, lawyer, graduate Bowdoin coll. 1864 (b. Bangor, Jan. 14, 1844), son of Chief Justice John and Sarah (Newcomb) Appleton ; no children.

IX ^ Mary Josephine Howe b. Hatfield, Mass., July 31, 1855; m. first, Dec. 18, 1879, James Ellis of Prairie Grove, la.; m. second, 1891, Peter Christensen of I^inwood, Neb. ; one child: ^ Cyril Ellis b. Prairie Grove, 1880.

VII Joseph Augustus Gibson of New Ipswich, N. H., fifth child of Dr. Stillman 116 and Rebecca (Chandler) Gibson, b. New Ipswich, June 14, 1812; d. New Ipswich, Feb. 22, 1875; bur. in the Gibson lot in the new burying ground ; m. Oct. 29, 1835 (pub. Oct. 7, 1835), Miranda Kibling (b. Ashburnham, Mass., Jan. 27, 181 3), dau. of John and Sarah (Lane) Kibling.

IX ^Frederick E. Gibson of Fitchburg, Mass. b. Townsend, Mar. 6, 1871 ; m. Oct. 17, 1888, Harriette Bryant of Canada ; two children b. in Fitchburg : ^Gertrude Agnes Gibson b. Mar. 15, 1891. ^ Marion Bryant Gibson b. July 27, 1896.

IX ' Tracey O. Gibson of Leominster b. Townsend, July 4, 1873 ; m. Sept. 23, 1896, Cora Bell Lovering; one child : ^ Herman Edgar Gibson b. Leominster, Sept. 10, 1897.

VII Harriet Augusta Gibson, sixth child of Dr. Stillman IIQ and Rebecca (Chandler) Gibson, b. New Ipswich, N. H., May 11, 1815 ; d. Canton, 111., Feb. 7, 1881 ; m. as first wife, Oct. 27, 1836, Washington Shepley of Groton, Mass. (b. Natchez, Miss., formerly called West Florida, Sept. 9, 1813, d. Canton, Aug. 24, 1887), son of Oliver and Atalanta (Phelps) Shepley.

"yf/z« 6'/zi?;^/i?y of Chelmsford and Groton, first son of John, b. Salem, 1637 ; killed in the Indian massacre at Groton, July 27, 1694, the event commemorated by the erection of a monument in Groton in 1879.

time his family was massacred but within four years returned to Groton and became an important person in the town. Among five children b. in Groton - Jonathan b. 1700 ; m. 172S, Lydia Lakin. John of Groton b. Ap. i, 1703 ; m, 1725/6, Elizabeth Boyden, see 128. Joseph.

Children : VIII ^ Henry Oliver Shepley of Canton b. Groton, July 4, 1838; m. Aug. 14, 1867, Augusta Elizabeth LangstafF of Canton (b. July 24, 1848).

IX ^ Minnie Etta Shepley b. Canton, June 28, 1868 ; m. Sept. 20, 1890, Jacob Leonard Fitzgerald of Canton ; three children b. in Canton : ^ Harry Wentworth Fitzgerald b. Jan. 2, 1892 ; d. Oct. 12,

IX ^Anna Frances Chandler b. Tewksbury, Oct. 21, 1876; m. Oct. 2, 1893, Walter S. Thayer of New Ipswich ; one child : ^ Arthur Stephen Thayer b. New Ipswich, July 24, 1894.

VIII ^George Washington Chandler of Canton, city engineer graduate Tufts coll. 1880, b. Tewksbury, Mar. 29, i860; m. Nov. 9, 1886, Kate Florence Allen of Canton (b. May 21, 1857); ^^ children.

ment," Vt., probably the common appellation of some settlement not then legally named, sixth child of Rev. Stephen 112 and Rebecca (Puffer) Gibson, b. Ashby, Mass., Jan, 28, 1784; d. "out west" prior to 1828; m. Dec. 4, 1808, Achsah Puffer (b. Sudbury, Mass., Mar. 6, 1782, m. second, Ang. 17, 1828, Benjamin Brown of Stow, Mass.), dan. of Phineas and Mary Puffer of Sudbury (Phineas''; Samuel'" of Sudbury; Jabez "' of Sudbury ; James " of Braintree, Mass. ; George', pioneer in Braintree in 1640, see note under 112).

Sergt. Gibson was a soldier in the war of 181 2 - sergt., Capt. Asa Briggs' co. of infantry, 3d reg. (Williams') Vt. militia Sept. 17 to Nov. 30, 1812.

Children : VII 'Mary Ann Gibson b. "Lake Champlain settlement," 1809; d. Winchendon, Mass., June 9, 1883; m. Jan. 31, 1833, Nathaniel Converse Russell of Rindge, N. H. and Ashburnham, Mass. (b. May 13, 1803, d. Rindge, Ap. 6, 1876), son of Kliakim and Sarah (Converse) Russell.

VIII 'Amanda Russell b. Ashburnham, Feb. i, 1838 ; d. Sherburne, Vt., Dec. 24, 1864 ; m. Sept. 9, 1855, Edward J. Miller of Jamaica, Vt.; three children : ^ Ida Miller m. Fred Wood of Dublin, N. H. ^Charles Miller d. young. ^Arthur Miller d. young.

Mr. Gibson was a soldier in the civil war - enlisted Sept. 17, 1861, private, co. K, 6th reg. -N. H. volunteers, engaged in twenty-seven battles and wounded only twice, discharged Jan. 16, 1865.

1881. IX ^ Elveron Woodbury Gibson b. Leominster, Feb. 3, 1885. VIII * Alonzb Williams Gibson of Rindge b. Salem, Sept. 23, 1852 ; m. Jan. 19, 1887, Mrs. Idella Emeretta (Converse) Norcross (b. Rindge, Sept. 13, 1857), dau. of Rep. Zebulon and Ann (Mixer) Converse, and descendant of Dea. Edward Converse, pioneer in Charlestown (Woburn), Mass. in 1630 and the eighteenth in generation from the Huguenot Roger de Coigniersof Navarre, Fr. and county Durham, Eng. (Idella E.'"; Zebulon"'" of Rindge ; Joshua'" of Rindge ; Zebulon " of Rindge ; Joshua" of Merrimac, N. H.; John '" of Woburn ; Maj. James"' of Woburn; Lt. James" of Woburn; Dea. Edward*.)

Mr. Gibson owns and occupies the farm bought by his father in 1854, Meadow View farm famed for its beautiful scenery and fine dairy ; both he and Mrs. Gibson are charter members Marshall P. Wilder grange, the former serving as lecturer and master, and the latter as chaplain and master.

VI Joseph Gibson of Boston, Mass., partner with his brother Stephen in the firm S. & J. Gibson (crockery dealers), eighth child of Rev. Stephen 112 and Re- becca (Puffer) Gibson, b. Asbby, Mass., May i, 1791; d. Boston, Mar. i, 1842 ; bur. in South cemetery (Boston neck); m. at Boston by Rev. Charles Lowell, Ap. 25, 181 3, Jane Palmer Michel, not Mitchell as recorded (b. Boston, 1 791, d. Crompton, R. I., Sept. 19, 1869), dau. of John and Nancy Michel, and step-dau. of Stephen Gibson of Boston, see 112.

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CHI1.DRKN : VII ^ Jane Magdalen Mathilde Gibson b. Boston, Jan. 24, 1814; d. Cambridgeport, Mass., Feb. 14, 1872; m. at Boston by Rev. William Tyler, May 8, 1833, Christopher Morris of Cambridgeport (b. Boston, June, 1809, d. Sept. 5, i860).

VIII ^ Christopher Morris of Cambridgeport b. Boston, Dec. 16, 1834; a soldier in the civil war - enlisted and mustered May 24, 1861, private, co. F, ist reg. Mass. infantry, d. of sickness. Regent hospital, Aquia Creek, Va., Feb. 28, 1863; unm.

VIII "Joseph A. Morris of Cambridgeport b. Cambridgeport, Jan. 29, 1844 ; a soldier in the civil war - enlisted and mustered Aug. 11, 1862, private, CO. F, 38th reg. Mass. infantry, killed at battle of Port Hudson, La., June 14, 1863.

batt. I3tli infantry, promoted capt. May 20, 1863, transferred Sept. 21, 1866 to 31st infantry and May 15, 1869 to 22d infantry (consolidation of 13th and 31st), resigned Jan. I, 1871; lie was in field service during the civil war, afterwards stationed in No. Dakota and since his resignation has resided in Providence.

V Sarah Gibson, second child of Dea. Stephen 111 and Sarah (Goss) Gibson, b. Stow, Mass., Oct. 8, 1746; d. Mar. 18, 1816; m. first, Sept. 12, 1766 (pub. Ap. 12, 1766), Jacob Puffer of Ashby, Mass. (b. Sudbury, Mass., Ap. 10, 1743, d. Ashby, Ap. 20, 1777, bur. in the old cemetery near Ashby common), son of Capt. Jabez and Hannah (Treadway) Puffer, and descendant of George Puffer, pioneer in Braintree, Mass. in 1640 (Jacob"; Capt. Jabez '" ; Jabez"'; James"; George', see note under 112)\ m. second, as second wife, at Ashby by Rev. Samuel Whitman, Feb. 10, 1783, Josiah Davis of Princeton, Mass.

Mr. Puffer was selectman 1768, 1769 and 1771; both he and Mrs. Puffer were members of First church (Congregational) in the adjoining town of Fitchburg; they, however, became dissatisfied with the " princi- pies of the church in baptizing infants and in practising the way they did to admit members," and the church record of Sept. 6, 1776 shows that the pastor and two brethren were appointed a committee " to discourse with Brothers Jacob Puffer and Stephen Gibson and their wives for absenting from our communion ; " it further shows that " none of them could be recovered, and upon the desire of said Puffer and his wife they were dismissed." Children :

VII ^Hannah Puffer b. Ashby, Feb. 28, 1792; d. May i, 1817; m. as first wife, at Ashby by her gt. uncle Rev. Stephen Gibson, Feb. 10, 1811 (pub. Nov. 10, 1810), Stephen Gibson of Stow, Mass. and Dublin, N. H., son of Arrington and Rachel (Longley) Gibson, see 14z5.

Sergt. Puffer was a soldier in the civil war - enlisted and mustered July 19, 1861, corp., co. G, 21st reg. Mass. infantry, promoted sergt.; reenlisted Jan. i, 1864, killed at battle of Spottsylvania, Va., May 12, 1864.

children : IX ' Eva M. Puffer b. Ashburnham, 1856; m. Frederick B. Gates of Gardner, Mass. ; one child : ' Samuel A. Gates b. Gardner, May 2, 1892.

V Mary Gibson, third child of Dea. Stephen 111 and Sarah (Goss) Gibson, b. Stow, Mass., Aug. 4, 1748; d. Shirley, Mass., Ap. 27, 1836 ; m. first (pub. Oct. 28, 1768 Stow records), Capt. William Thurlo (Thurlow) of Fitchburg, Mass. (d. Fitchburg, Dec. 8, 1784 aged 40 years, bur. in South Street cemetery); m. second, at

Fitchburg by Rev. John Paysoti, Mar. 20, 1787, John Shepley of Groton, Mass. (b. Groton, Feb. 3, 1757, d. Groton, May 27, 1809), son of John and Abigail (Green) Shepley of Groton, gr. son of John and Elizabeth (Boyden) Shepley of Groton, gt. gr. son of Capt. John Shepley of Groton, taken captive in the Indian massacre at Groton, July 27, 1694, gt. gt. gr. son of John Shepley of Groton, killed in the massacre of July 27, 1694, and gt. gt. gt. gr. son of John Shepley, " Slieple " or " Shiple," pioneer in Salem, Mass. in 1637 and Chelmsford, Mass, in 1655, see note ujider 120 »

Capt. Thurlo was a revolutionary soldier - It., Capt. Ebenezer Bridge's co.. Col., John Whitcomb's reg. of minute-men, marched from Fitchburg on Lexington alarm of Ap. 19, 1775, served 15 days; ens., Capt. Josiah Stearns' co.. Col. Ephraim Doolittle's reg. (24th Mass.) July 13 to Aug. i, 1775 (commissioned Mar. 23, 1776, captain 9th co.. Col. Abijah Stearns' reg. of militia); capt. under Maj. Ebenezer Bridge, marched Aug. 22, 1777 on Bennington alarm, served 9 days ; capt. under Maj. Bridge Sept. and Oct. 1777, service at Saratoga at Burgoyne's surrender; capt.. Col. Josiah Whitney's reg. (2d Worcester county) July 30 to Sept. 13, 1778.

VI ^John Shepley (Hon.) of Rutland, Vt., Fitchburg, Mass. and Saco, Me., an eminent lawyer, b. Groton, Oct. 16, 1787 ; d. Saco, Feb. 9, 1857 ; m. Sept. 20, 1815, Abigail Fellows Cunningham (b. Lunenburg, Mass., Ap. 22, 1796), dau. of Nathaniel Fellows Cunningham whose gr. son, the late George A. Cunningham, wrote (the unpublished) History and Families of Luiiejibiirg to iSy^.

VI Mary (Polly) Thurlo, second child of Capt. William and Mary 128 (Gibson) Thurlo, b. Fitchburg, Mass., Jan. 13, 1772 ; d. Fitchburg, Jan. 22, 1841 ; m. Dec. II, 1798, Joseph Downe of Fitchburg (b. Fitchburg, Dec. 14, 1775, d. Nov. 8, 1852), son of the revolutionary soldier Joseph Downe of Fitchburg (Joseph '; Joseph*^; William'" of Boston, Mass.; Lt. Col. William" of Boston, "one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the county of Suflfolk; " William ', pioneer in Boston, bur. in Granary burying ground).

Children : VIII ^ Leonard Downe Tufts of Wilmington, Del. b. Fitchburg, Sept. 9, 1833; m. at Baltimore, Md., Ap. 14, 1856, Margaret Hughes (d. Wilmington, May 2, 1894).

Mary"', Mary", Dea- Stephen'^" , Dea. Thnothy''",Johnjr.",John'^ VII Levi Dowiie, a prominent citizen of Fitchburg, Mass., third child of Joseph and Mary 129 (Thurlo) Downe, b. Fitchburg, Aug. 17, 1804 (town record); d. Fitchburg, Dec. 3, 1865 ; bur. in Laurel Hill cemetery ; m. Feb. 9, 1830, Mary Ann Day (b. Boylston, Mass., May 27, 1805, d. Fitchburg, Oct. 7, 1890), dau. of Solomon and Lucy (Whitney) Day. Children : VIII ' Leonard Downe of Lunenburg, Mass. b. Fitchburg, June 9, 1831 ; m. Jan. 9, 1856, Adeline Smith, dau. of Horatio G. and Lavinia (Putnam) Smith of Winchester, N. H.

IX ^ Henry Smith Downe of London, Eng. b. Brookline, N. H., June i, i860; m. 1885, Helen Page, dau. of George Page of Rutland, Vt. ; two children b. in Lunenburg : ^ Edward Reynolds Downe b. Aug. 16, 1888. ^Hamilton Borden Downe b. June 12, 1891.

VIII *Rufus Stearns Downe of Cambridgeport, Mass. b. Fitchburg, July 16, 1835 ; m. first, Nov. 20, 1856, Abbie A, Stearns of Cambridgeport; m. second, Mar. 14, 1875, Mary Ellen Bridden.

IX ^ Franklin Herbert Downe of Somerville, Mass. b. Cambridgeport, Jan. 30, 1863; d. Jan. 2, 1898; m. first, Jan. 6, 1887, Nellie Waldron ; m. second, Oct. 2, 1895, Susie E. Holt of Somerville ; two children: ^ Sarah G. Downe b. Hartford, Conn., Aug. 15, 1889. ^William H. Downe b. Somerville, Dec. 26, 1896. VIII * Edward Payson Downe of Fitchburg, secretary Fitchburg mutual fire ins. company, b. Fitchburg, June 12, 1837 ; m. Nov. 26, 1873, Jane Todd Farwell (b. Fitchburg, Dec. 4, 1846), dau. of Dea. John T. and Mersilvia T. Farwell.

Hon. Mr. Shepley was a graduate Dartmouth coll. 1811 receiving L. L. D. in 1845, niember of the legislature from Saco 1819, U. S. district attorney 182 1- 1833, U. S. senator 1833-1836, then resigning to become justice in the Supreme court of Maine of which he was chief justice 1848-1855 ; he was also sole commissioner to revise the statutes of the state in 1856. Children :

VIII ^ John Foster Shepley of St. Louis, lawyer, graduate Yale coll. 1880, b. St. Louis, Oct. 11, 1858 ; m. May 18, 1893, Sarah Hitchcock of St. Louis ; two children b. in St. Louis : ^John Rutledge Shepley b. Sept. 23, 1894. ^ Ethan Allen Hitchcock Shepley b. May 3, 1896.

VIII ^George Foster Shepley of Brookline, Mass., architect (Shepley, Ruten & Coolidge), b. St. Louis, Nov. 7, i860 ; m. June 30, 1886, Julia H. Richardson of Brookline ; four children b. in Brookline : ^ Henry Richardson Shepley b. May i, 1887. 'Julia Hayden Shepley b. Feb. 11, 1889. ^Violet Shepley b. Ap. 22, 1890. * George Foster Shepley b. Oct. 18, 1892.

VIII * Louise Shepley b. St. Louis, Feb. 12, 1863; m. June 9, 1886, Isaac H. Lionberger of St. Louis, lawyer, graduate Princeton coll. 1873 and in 1896 asst. attorney-general. Department of the Interior ; four children : ^ Margaret Lionberger b. St. Louis, Aug. 10, 1887. 'John Shepley Lionberger b. St. Louis, May 3, 1889. ^ Louise Marion Lionberger b. Marion, June 28, 1892. " Anne Shepley Lionberger b. St. Louis, June 18, 1894.

Lucy Hayes (d. Oct. lo, 1859 aged 33 years), dau. of Charles and Sarah Ann (Frost) Hayes of Saco, and descendant on the Frost side of the pioneers John and Martha Salter; m. second, May 23, 1872, Helen Merrill, dau. of Eliphalet H. and Margaret F. (Webb) Merrill of Baltimore, Md.

Hon. Mr. Shepley was a graduate Dartmouth coll. 1837, a prominent lawyer (Howard & Shepley), U. S. district attorney 1853-1861 and U. S. circuit judge 1869 until his death.

He was a soldier in the civil war - commissioned Nov. 16, 1861, col., i2th reg. Me. vol. infantry and July 18, 1862, brig. gen. volunteers, served as military governor of Louisiana 1862-1864 and Richmond, Va. in 1865, resigned July i, 1865.

Adm. Selfridge was a graduate U. S. naval acad. (Annapolis) 1853 ^^^ placed on the retired list 1898 having reached the rank of rear-admiral in 1896. He was in active service throughout the civil war, and among other experiences was on board the Cinnberland when sunk by the Merrimac^ the Cairo when blown up by a torpedo and the Coiiestoga when sunk by a ram. Five children : 'Thomas O. Selfridge b. Portland, Aug. 8, 1866; d. Sept. 5, 1866. "George Shepley Selfridge of Boston, lawyer, graduate Harvard law school 1893, b. Portland, Sept. 25, 1868; unm. ^Russell Selfridge of Paris, Fr., student in architecture, b. Portland, July 6, 1870; unm. * Harold Selfridge of Lowell, Mass., graduate Lawrence scientific school (Harvard univ.) 1897, b. Boston, Feb. 17, 1874; unm. ^Duncan Ingraham Selfridge b. Newport, R. I., May 26, 1884.

Mr. Shepley was greatly interested in genealogical research; in a paper (read Jan. 17, 1876 before the Farmers' club of Lunenburg) on John Fitch for whom Fitchburg was named, he related several anecdotes of "the Gibson brothers" of early L,unenburg, "those giants whose size and strength would have done honor to the days of chivalry."

V Saniviel Gibson (Dea.) of Fitchburg, Mass., fourth child of Dea. Stephen 111 and Sarah (Goss) Gibson, b. Stow, Mass., Mar. 4, 1750; d. Fitchburg, Feb. 12, 1824; bur. in Dean Hill cemetery laid out in 1800 in the west of the town ; m. Dolly Barker (b. Acton, Mass., Oct. 16, 1744, d. Ashby, Mass., Jan. 19, 1846 "aged loi yrs. 3 mos. 3 days," bur. beside her husband), dau. of Joseph and Ann Barker. Her one-hundredth birthday anniversary was celebrated by a family gathering, each guest receiving some little gift accompanied by a card written by the donor similar to this : " Miss Caroline F. Gibson - please accept this from your aged aunt Dolly Gibson & this day am 100 years old, Ashby Oct. 16, 1844."

Dea, Gibson lived in the northwest of Fitchburg which was ceded to Ashby five years after his death ; his farm was bounded west by Ashburnham line and north by Flint's land separating him from the home of his brother Rev. Stephen Gibson, one of the three brothers residing on adjacent farms in Ashby. In addition to this homestead of more than lOO acres, partly if not wholly the gift of his father, he owned real estate in Ashby, purchasing 8 acres in 1782 and on June 27, 1783, the property known as "'the Woodbury farm;" he also bought in Acton, Jan. 17, 1786 for ^200, some " 158 acres, house, barn, &c." and Mar. 26, 1790, a 54 acre tract.

In 1775 he was one of the five Gibsons among the forty-four Fitchburg minute-men ; at that date he was ; a member of First church (Congregational) but changed his religious views probably about 1776 when his brother and sister, Rev. Stephen Gibson and Mrs. Sarah Puffer, changed theirs, and in 1783 his name appeared among the thirteen " profest baptists asking rebate of ministers' rates;" this small community later held religious services in the " Lord's barn " which stood on Dean hill from about 1784 to 1826 and was occupied by the Baptists, Methodists and Universalists until the town rebuilt First church in 1796. Dea. Gibson must have again changed his views to those of the Freewill-Baptists as he became a deacon in his brother's church.

And His Descendants

Mr. Gibson after his marriage resided in Dublin, N. H. until 1814, then removed to the southwest of Ashby and bought the home of his deceased uncle Rev. Stephen Gibson.

VII ^Elvira Gibson b. Ashby, Feb. 11, i825;m. May 30, 18535 William Evans of Brattleboro, Vt.; one child : ^ Etta Evans b. Hinsdale ; m. second, June 28, 1897, George Goodrich of Miller's Falls, Mass.

VII "Joseph Barker Gibson of Ashby, resident on the home farm, b. Ashby, July ii, 1830 ; d. 1883; m. Ap. 15, 1858, Nancy E. Bush of Fitchburg ; one child : ^ Ora Gibson b. Ashby, June, 1859 ^^'^- William H. Skinner of Ashby ; no children. Mrs. Skinner was the last Gibson owner and occupant of the homestead of her gr. father Stephen Gibson ; on her removal to Healdsburg, Cal. in 1896 this old farm of 80 acres, which had been the home of two branches of the Gibson family since 1773, was sold to strangers.

Mr. Gibson lived in the southwest of the town on " the 85 acres more or less " which Jan. 1801 he bought from Josiah Bright - tbe Qld home until 1799 of lii§ uncle John Gibson, one of the three brothers who resided on adjacent farms in Ashby ; the property is still in the family, now owned and occupied by two gr. daughters. He died intestate and his estate of some $2,300 was settled by his father who was appointed administrator May 6, 1812, and also acted as agent for the widow.

VIII ' Ellen E. Bush b. Feltonville, Aug. 4, 1834 ; d. Jan. 16, 1884; m. June 10, 1856, Arthur Blanchard of Lowell and So. Framingham, Mass. ; four children: ^ Pauline Blanchard b. Lowell, Ap. 22, i860; m. Charles SchofF of Maiden, Mass.; no children. "Wilder Blanchard of So. Framingham b. So. Framingham, Feb. 9, 1866 ; unm. 'Arthur Blanchard of So. Framingham b. So. Framingham, Feb. 9, 1866 ; unm. * Blanchard b. and d. 1868. VIII 'Wilder M. Bush of W. Newton, Mass. b. Feltonville, May 29, 1837; m. May 14, 1861, Alice Gardner; one child: 'Robert Wilder Bush of Brooklyn, N. Y. b. Northboro, Dec. 26, 1864; m. Oct. 29, 1898, Caroline C. Cooke, dan. of Jay Cooke of Philadelphia, Pa. VII ^ Clarinda B. Gibson b. Ashby, Jan. 17, 1810; m. Rufus

Mr. Gibson always resided on the homestead receiving from his father Mar. 16, 1798, "in consideration of the love I bear to my second son Samuel Gibson Jr - and also three hundred and eighty Dollars paid to me in hand by the above named Samuel Gibson Jr. the one-half of my farm being and lying in the northerly part of Fitchburg, together with one-half the buildings thereon and also the one-half of a meadow lot lying in Ashby, in the whole of both lots about fifty-four acres and one-half;" a few months after his father's death lie bought June 13, 1824 from his brother Stephen Gibson of Ashby, paying |i,ooo, "all my right, &c. in the estate which belonged to our late Father, Samuel Gibson, late of Fitchburg, deceased."

He was an important man in his native town - member of the legislature 1805, 1806, 1807 and 1812. By the annexation of the northerly part of Fitchburg to Ashby in 1829 ^^ became without change of location a resident of Ashby.

VII ^Julina Gibson b. Fitchburg, Dec. 19, 1811 (town records); d. Ashburnham, Oct. i, 1880; m. George Willard Gushing of Ashburnham (b. Oct. 21, 181 1, d. Nov. 4, 1856), son of George R. and Gatherine (Willard) Gushing of Ashburnham, and descendant of Matthew Gushing, pioneer in Hingham, Mass. in 1638.

VIII ' Sewell Gibson Gushing d. young. VIII ^ Pyam Burr Gushing d. young. VIII ' Otis Merriam Gushing d. young. VIII "'Gatherine Willard Gushing b. Ashburnham; d. Mar. 9, 1889; m. 1873, Gharles E. Brown of

Gardner, Mass.; one child: 'Harry E. Brown of Somerville, Mass. b. Ashburnham, Jan. 14, 1874 ; unm. VII ^Hebsebeth Gibson b. Fitchburg, Jan. 26, 1814; d. Ashburnham, June 27, 1843; "^- Otis Whiton Merriam of Ashburnham (b. May 27, 181 2, d. Chelsea, Mass., May I, 1887), son of Philip R. and Sally (Sanderson) Merriam; one child d. young.

IX ^ Edwin Alonzo Sabin of Boston b. Ashburnham, Nov. 19, 1858 ; m. June 5, 1894, Mary Winifred White of Boston ; one child : ' Elizabeth Maxwell Sabin b. Boston, Feb. 24, 1895.

Mr. Gibson was a revolutionary soldier - private, Capt. William Whitcomb' s co.. Col. James Prescott's reg. of militia (Middlesex county), marched from Stow on Lexington alarm of Ap. 19, 1775, served 16 days; private, Capt. Caleb Brook's co. , Col. Nicholas Dike's reg., "3 mos. service to Dec. i, 1776 at Dorchester heights;" corp., same company and regiment, Dec. 1776 to Feb. 1777, guarding stores at Boston.

He was a lifelong resident of his native town and on the homestead of his father and gr. father on Pomciticut hill, deeded him June 30, 1785 as follows: "Stephen Gibson of Stow, yeoman, and wife Sarah, to Arrington Gibson of Stow, husbandman, for love I bair my fourth sone Arrington, & also 5 s. half of my lands in Stow & half of the seller and house and half of the barn to his hairs forever ; " he was also a large land owner in P'itchburg, Mass. and Dublin, N. H., his father giving him in the former town Jan. 7, 1786, "in consideration of love and 5 s. one-half of my land lying in Fitchburg in the county of Worcester, adjoining to Samuel Gibson's land [Arrington' s brother] it being the east end of the lot of said Samuel's land which I gave to him," etc.; again, giving him Sept. 29, 1801, " one-half for quantity and quality of a certain tract of Pasture land lying in the town of Fitchburg, the whole containing by estimate Thirty-two acres, bounded Westerly on land of Samuel Gibson," etc. Bv his will dated May 13, 1815, he gave to " wife Rachel, use and improvement of my household furniture during her life, & at her death to be divided to the children, Stephen, Eli, Robert & Rachel," also " Wife ^ part of all my lands and buildings within this Commonwealth," which one-third part after her decease was to be given to Eli and Robert to whom were bequeathed the other two-thirds unconditionally; he left an estate of nearly $10,000, the realty in Stow (including the homestead of 80 acres appraised at $3,500), in Fitchburg and in Dublin amounting to over $7,000. After his death the heirs retained for a few years the old home of four generations handed down from sire to son, but since 1823 it has ceased to be a Gibson possession; the house is gone long ago, its site and that of the well, however, are still discernible. Children : VI ^Timothy Gibson b. Stow, July 23, 1778; d. Aug. 9, 1790. VI ' Rachel Gibson. 1J.2

Mr. Gibson received under his father's will, jointly with his twin brother Robert, personal estate, also real in New Hampshire and eventually all the lands and buildings in Massachusetts. By purchasing in 1820 his brother's half interest he became sole possessor of the nearly one century old Gibson home which Feb. 22, 1823 (then containing some 90 acres), he sold to Mrs. Lucy Smith of Sudbury. On May 29, 1826 Mrs. Smith deeded the entire property to her son-in-law Isaac Maynard whose sons are the present owners and occupants; the place is now known as Summer Hill farm, the name of the hill is changed from the Indian Pomciticut to Summer hill, and both farm and hill since

VII ^ Ai Osborn of Ashburnham and Fitchburg, Mass. b. Stow, Sept. 19, 1801 ; d. Fitchburg, Ap. 29, 1881 ; m. July i, 1832, Elizabeth Wheeler Dakin (b. Sudbury, Mass., Jan. 6, 1812, d. Fitchburg, July 15, 1886), dau. of Asahel and Catherine (Willard) Dakin. CHILDREN : VIII ' Ai Dakin Osborn of Fitchburg b. Ashburnham, Mar. 29, 1833; ^ soldier in the civil war - mustered July 12, 1861, private, co. B, 15th reg. Mass. vol. infantry, wounded and taken prisoner at battle of Ball's Bluff, Va., Oct. 21, 1861, d. Leesburg, Va., Dec. i, 1861, bur. (no. 8829) in Arlington nat. cemetery (Va.) ; unm. VIII 'Elizabeth Willard Osborn of Fitchburg b. Ashburnham, Dec. 20, 1834 ; unm.

VII Timothy Osborn of Cambridge, N. Y. and Fitchburg, Mass., first child of Samuel and Rachel 142 (Gibson) Osborn, b. Stow, Mass., June 22, 1800; d. Fitchburg, Aug. 23, 1888; m. Mary Wilson of Westford, Mass. (d. Ashby, Mass., Feb. 6, 1866.)

VIII ^Orlando Wetherbee of Fitchburg, Mass. b. Ashby, May I, 1843 ; accidentally killed on the railroad July 10, 1883 ; m. Mar, 14, 1872, Sarah Jane Littlehale of Chelmsford, Mass. (d. 1875.)

Mr. Wetherbee was a soldier in the civil war - mustered July 12, 1861, private, co. B, 15th reg. Mass. infantry, wounded and taken prisoner at battle of Gettysburg, Pa., May 6, 1864, mustered out July 28, 1864.

VI Stephen Gibson of Stow, Mass., Dublin, N. H. and Greene and McDonough (Chenango county), N. Y., fourth child of Arrington 14:1 and Rachel (Longley) Gibson, b. Stow, Mar. 10, 1788; d. McDonough, Oct.

Mr. Gibson by liis father's will of May 13, 1815, received " a farm situate and lying in the town of Dublin in County of Cheshire, State of New Hampshire, containing 67 acres with the buildings thereon it being the same farm that the said Stephen now improves to Have and Hold to him, his heirs & assigns forever - also 4 acres of tillage land lying in said Dublin ; " in addition he was to receive at the end of five years one-half of a pasture " adjoining to the farm," valued at $1,000, and five years later the other half

VI Kobert Gibson of Stow, Mass. and Greene and Smithville, N. Y., sixth child of Arrington 14^1 and Rachel (Longley) Gibson, b. Stow, June 15, 1795; d. Smithville, Ap. i, 1835 ; bur. in Tillotson cemetery (Greene); m. Jan. i, 1816 (pub. Dec. 3, 1815), Abigail Sampson of Stow (d. Woodhull, N. Y., about 1867).

Mr. Gibson under his father's will dated May 13, 1815, became owner, jointly with his twin brother Eli, of " two thirds of all my land and buildings that I may die seized within this commonwealth [Massachusetts] and after the death of my wife, the other third," also the residue of both real and personal property after paying debts. About 18 19 he removed to New York and on Oct. 25, 1820 deeded to " Elie " all his interest in the Gibson ancestral home on Pomciticut hill in Stow. Children : VII ^ Arrington Gibson. 14^8

Dea. Stephen^'', Dea. Timothy '^'"'^^ Johtijr}^, John^ V Elizabetli Gibson, ninth child of Dea. Stephen 111 and Sarah (Goss) Gibson, b. Stow, Mass., Feb.

Lucre tia Andrews ; children. VI ^"^ Rebecca Piper b. Ashby, May 15, 1797; m. Feb. 22, 1815, Jerome Whitney of Ashby (family record), Josiah Prescott Whitney (town records) ; children.

VII Jonathan P. Davis b. Ashby, Mar. 5, 1808 ; d. Mar. 1880 ; m. Emily Mansfield, dau. of William and Mary (Piper) Mansfield, and gr. dau. of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Gibson) Piper, see 149.

VIII ^ Alfred Piper b. Ashburnham, Jan. 15, 1838 ; unm. Mr. Piper was a soldier in the civil war - enlisted and mustered July 19, 1861, private, co. G, 2ist reg. Mass. vol. infantry, discharged for disability 1862.

Mr. Piper was a soldier in the civil war - mustered Oct. 18, 1862, private, co. I, 53d reg. Mass. vol. infantry, discharged Sept. 2, 1863; enlisted Aug. 6, 1864, corp., 1 6th Unattached CO. Mass. infantry, discharged Nov. 14, 1864.

Sergt. Piper was a soldier in the civil war - enrolled Aug. 20, 1862, private, co. I (Lynn Woolridge cadets), 8th reg. Mass. militia, discharged Aug. 7, 1863 ; enrolled May 16, 1864, private nth Unattached co. Mass. militia, discharged Aug. 15, 1864 ; enrolled Aug. 17, 1864, private, co. L, 4th reg. Mass. heavy artillery, appointed q. m. sergt. Jan. 20, 1865, discharged June 17, 1865.

V Abraham Gibson of Ashby, Mass., tenth child of Dea. Stephen 111 and Sarah (Goss) Gibson, b. Stow, Mass., July 4, 1762 ; d. Ashby, Jan. 2, 1832 town records, Jan. 7 family record ; m. at Stow by Rev. John Newell, Feb. 28, 1782 (pub. Feb. 9, 1782), Elizabeth Barker (d. Ashby, July 5, 1835 aged 73 years), dan. of Francis Barker of Acton, Mass. , and probably descendant of Francis Barker, pioneer in 1646 in Concord, Mass.

Mr. Gibson, one of the three brothers who resided on adjacent farms in Ashby, owned and occupied the most northerly of the three properties, lying both sides the highway and bounded south by his brother John's, west by Ashburnham line ; several years before his death the property passed into the hands of strangers.

VI ^Abraham Gibson of Ashby b. Stow, 1782 ; d. Jan. 1830 ; perhaps the Abraham Gibson whose name appears on Ashburnham marriage records : "Abraham Gibson and Lucy Safford, Mar. 29, 1804."

Mr. Gibson was an important person in Mendon - selectman 1827, representative 1835, 1837 and 1840, also among twenty-one organizers Jan. 23, 1836, of the town church (Mendon union religious society).

VIII ^ Orianna Cornelia Freeman b. Clinton ; d. Sept. 1881 ; m. Charles Williams of Fitchbnrg, Mass. ; two children b. in Fitchburg : ^ Cora Zoa Williams b. Sept. 28, 1873 » I"- Ormsby of

VIII ^ Henry A. Lawrence of Charlestown and Maiden, Mass., merchant, b. W. Cambridge, June 17, 1851; killed on the railroad July, 1898; m. Ap. 23, 1873, Annie J. Howels(b. Charlestown, Sept. 8, 1852); three children: ^Francis Howels Lawrence b. Charlestown, Feb. 28, 1874; d. Dec. 30, 1874. ^Ella Josephine Lawrence b. Charlestown, Ap. 2, 1877. ^ Ellis Fuller Lawrence b. Maiden, Nov. 13, 1879.

Dea. Timothy'"^, John jr}"-, John ' IV Isaac Gibson of Stow and Lunenburg (Fitchbnrg), Mass. and Grafton (originally Thomlinson), Vt, , tenth child of Dea. Timothy .9 and Rebecca (Gates) Gibson, b, Sudbury, Mass., Ap. 27, 172 1 ; d. Grafton, June i, 1797, his gravestone in so-called Middletown, Middle-town or Middle-of-the-town cemetery inscribed: " Isaac Gibson - Died June i"' 1797 - in the 77"' year - of his age - While is his soul - From blemish free - Redzvith the blood - He shed for vie ; "in. first, at Lunenburg by Rev.David Stearns, Feb. 4, 1744/5 (pub. Jan.5, 1744/5), Keziah Johnson (b. Sept. 7, 1725, d. Fitchburg, Feb. 7, 1766, bur. in Lunenburg South yard), dan. of Dea. Samuel and Rebecca Johnson of Lunenburg (Keziah "" ; Dea. Samuel'''; Edward"' of Woburn, Mass.; Maj. William " of Woburn ; Capt. Edward ', the English pioneer in Charlestown (Woburn) in 1630, a very prominent man and author IVojider Working Providences ofSio7i's Saviour 271 N. E.)\ m. second, at Leominster, Mass. by Rev. Francis Gardner, Nov. 27, 1766, Mrs. Abigail (Darby or Stearns?) Bennett (d. Grafton, Nov. 26, 1808 aged 81 years, bur. beside her husband). Mr. Gibson was one of "the Gibson brothers" of local history and the third of the four who settled in Lunenburg ; he was not much over age when he bade good by to the parental homestead on Pomciticut hill in Stow and followed his brothers Capt. John and Arrington to Lunenburg (" y^ South Town" prior to Aug. I, 1728). He settled in the westerly part of the town set off Feb. 3, 1764 as Fitchburg, and on the " 115 acres more or less " deeded him by his father Oct. 25, 1744, " the Southerly part of my Land at Pearl Hill ... in consideration of Love and good will which I have and do bare to my beloved son Isaac Gibson of Lunenburg provided allways my said son Isaac shall allow one hundred pounds received as part of his Portion out of my Estate Equal to one hundred pounds given by me to any of his Elder Brothers before the Date of this Deed ;" his house, " Fort Gibson " in the Indian raid of 1748, stood on the eastern slope of the hill and is still standing in good preservation, the property owned by strangers since about 1873.

He was a man of great size, strength and conrage ; among several anecdotes told of his personal daring is his well-known encounter with a bear whose cub he was carrying off, the combatants rolling down Pearl hill together, each victorious, each vanquished, the bear losing her offspring, the captor showing on his person through life the marks of the struggle!

Mr. Gibson was always an important person in his adopted home - scout in the Indian troubles of 1748, selectman 1 767-1 770, 1 774-1 777, among the thirteen largest taxpayers in 1771, chairman of the committee of seven Dec. i, 1773 " to respond to the Boston letter " and on the committee in 1774 " to prepare instructions for the guidance of the town's representative in the General court," one of the five Gibsons of the fortyfour Fitchburg minute-men in 1775, town moderator 1777.

He was a revolutionary soldier - private, Capt. Ebenezer Woods' co.. Col. Asa Whitcomb'sreg. of militia, marched from Fitchburg on Ivcxington alarm of Ap. 19, 1775, served 11 days.

There is no record when he removed to Grafton (Thomlinson under charters of 1754 and 1763 and Tomlinsou from 1788 to Oct. 31, 1792 when the name Grafton was bought at auction); that it was between Dec. 26, 1786 and Sept. 4, 1790 is shown by an agreement made on the first date by " Isaac of Fitchburg" and his son "Jonathan of Thomlinson," and by a power of attorney given on the later date by " Isaac of Tomlinsou" to his son "Jacob of Fitchburg;" the removal was probably in the spring of 1787 as in 1785 he paid his last Fitchburg real and poll taxes and in 1786 his last personal tax ; he did not, however, withdraw his membership from First church (Fitchburg) till Oct. 16, 1 791 when at " y' request of Isaac Gibson the church voted to give him a dismission from his special relation to y* m. and a recommendation to the church of Christ in Thombleston " [Tomlinson].

July 25, 1747 ; killed at Bunker Hill battle, June 17, 1775 ; m. at Lunenburg by Rev. Zabdiel Adams, Sept. 16, 1766, Hannah Martin (b. Lunenburg, Oct. i, 1746, m. second, after Ap. 14, 1780, Phineas Farnsworth of Harvard, Mass.), dau. of John and Elizabeth Martin of Ipswich and Lunenburg, Mass.

Mr. Gibson was a revolutionary soldier - private, Capt. Ebenezer Wood's co. , Col. Asa Whitcomb's reg. of militia, marched from Fitchburg on Lexington alarm, served 11 days (not the private in Capt. John Jones' CO., ''Col. James Prescott's reg. marching from Ashby on Lexington alarm - the hitherto supposed record but which is disclaimed by the writer, and the correct record accepted by James F. D. Garfield, esq., the present Fitchburg revolutionary authority); private, Capt. Abijah Wyman's co., Col. William Prescott's reg. Ap. 30, 1775 until his death at Bunker hill. On Capt. Wyman's muster roll dated Aug. i, 1775, is written after the name John Gibson : " kild in Battle June 17*'' as supposed," and on Capt. Wyman's returns of Oct. 3, 1775, after John Gibson's name : "Died June 17." To quote, "his remains were not recognized among the slain, but the last seen of him was in the hottest of the fight when, his ammunition having failed, he was beating back the enemy with the breach of his gun . . . the only man from Fitchburg known to have been slain in the revolution." On Ap. 23, 1776 David Goodridge, Isaac Gibson and Joseph Walker, selectmen of Fitchburg, addressed the following letter, the original found in the Massachusetts archives :

"To the Committee of Cloathiug for the Colony of Massachusetts Bay - Gentlemen : This may certify to you that John Gibson who was supposed to be killed in the battle of Bunker Hill, had his last place of residence at Fitchburg, and said Gibson belonged to Capt Abijah Wyman's company in Col William Prescott's Reg. and the said Gibson has not drawn a coat nor any money in lue thereof, and there is no administrator on said Gibson's estate. Therefore we desire you should pay to some one of us the subscribers, or our order, the sum of tweuty-five shillings for the benefit of the heirs of the said deceased, agreeable to a resolve of the General Assembly."

The city of Boston erected June 17, 1S89, as a memorial to the patriots who fell at Bunker hill, two doublefaced bronze tablets in Winthrop square (Charlestown), the front looking towards the square and the reverse, Adams street; on the front of one is engraved "John Gibson, Fitchburg."

V ^Jonathan Gibson of Fitchbtirg and Grafton b. Luuenburg (Fitchburg), Dec. 22, 1754, not Dec. 22, 1757 as entered on Lunenburg records ; bap. Feb. 2, 1755 ; m. (pub. Dec. 18, 1778) his step-sister Bathsheba Bennett (d. Grafton, Dec. 24, 1817), dau. of Mrs. Abigail Bennett-Gibson.

Mr. Gibson was a revolutionary soldier - private, Capt. Ebenezer Bridge's co. , Col. John Whitcomb's reg. of minute-men, marched from Fitchburg on Lexington alarm, served six days ; private, Capt. John Fuller's co. , Col. Asa Whitcomb's reg. of militia, Ap. 25, 1775 to 8 months later, on duty Oct. 4, 1775 at Prospect hill near Boston ; private, Capt. John Joslin's CO., Col. Job Cushing's reg. (6th Worcester county), marched July 31, 1777 to Bennington " to joyn Gen. Seth Warner." It is said that in the Bennington centennial celebration one of his descendants carried a Hessian drum captured at the battle.

On his removal to Grafton he located on the hills in "the middle-of-the-town," and under town entry of Mar. 4, 1793 "Ens. Jonathan Gibson" was chosen constable and collector but was allowed to hire some one to serve in his place.

step-mother made their home with him, the son signing a bond for ;^300 " to hold Myself Bonn to the said Isaac Gibson and wiffe to find the One halafF of the honse Namely the Estend of said House from the sailer to the Garrot " . , .to provide fire-wood, food including " Two Good Cows for Milk Butter & Cheese," clothing " Both for the Lords Day and Every Day," and " a Good Horse as oft as they need it or when they Please " . . . " to Nurse and Docter in Sickness and to Bury the said Isaac Gibson & wife at their Diseease Decently and honourablely "; and in consideration of this the father agreed " to keep for the use of the Family [Jonathan's] two Beed togather with the remainder of the Household stuff and Beading Dureinothe Life of Myself and wife," and also " to Give to the said Jonathan Gibson Two Cows as part of the Reward for to Enable the said Jonathan to full fill tlie above Conditions."

Mr. Gibson was a revolutionary soldier - private, Capt. William Thurlo's CO. under Maj. Ebenezer Bridge, service at Saratoga by Resolve of Sept. 22, 1777. CHILDREN :

V '^ Rebecca Gibson b. (probably Fitchburg) about 1764; d. Grafton, Sept. 23, 1803 aged 40 years ; m. as first wife, Thomas Kinney Park of Worthington, Conn, and Grafton (m. second, Ap. 11, 1804, Rebecca Thacher of Grafton) ; one child.

Isaac ''', Dea. Timothy"^, John jr}^, John^ V Isaac Gibson of Fitchburg, Mass. and Rindge, N. H., first child of Isaac i6*0 and Keziah (Johnson) Gib-

Mr. Gibson passed his early manhood in his native town and in 1775 was one of the five Gibsons among the Fitchburg forty-four minute-men; about 1782 he * moved to the southwest of Rindg-e remaining- there till his death of "spotted fever," an epidemic which prevailed in several New England localities in 181 1 and 1812.

b. Grafton ; ni.; seven children. VII ''Amanda Houghton b. Grafton; ni. Isaac Wilder of Ashby, Mass.; six children. VI ^ Isaac Gibson of Winchendon, Mass. and Rindge, the last Isaac of three successive generations, b. Rindge, Aug. 4, 1783 ; d. Rindge, Sept. 25, 1858 ; m. Dec. 14, 1814, Nancy Kimball (b. Bradford, INIass., Ap. 4, 1782, d. Rindge, Aug. 29, 1S58), dan. of Aquilla and Anna (Tenney) Kimball.

Mr. Gibson on his wedding day removed from Rindge to Winchendon (Ipswich Canada from 1690 till incorporated June 14, 1764) and settled on the Graton farm so-called, but in 1827 returned to his native town.

Capt. Gibson was captain of the Rindge company of N. H. militia and was held in esteem by the community; he lost his life in the fire which destroyed his house.

VII * Ellen Elvira Gibson of Barre b. Winchendon, May 8, 1821 ; m. at Geneva, Wis., July 26, 1861, Rev. John Hobart ; divorced at Olney, 111., Aug. 5, 1868, resuming her family name; no children.

Miss Gibson during the civil war was actively engaged promoting the interests of " the boys in blue" - the Ellen (Ella) E. G. Hobart, lecturer and writer on questions of morality, giving to the Northwestern sanitary fair at Chicago (1863) the first one hundred dollars realized from the sale of her pamphlet T/ie Soldiers' Gift^ and closely identifying herself with the regiment of which her husband was chaplain, the 8th Wis. volunteers or " Live Eagle " regiment whose Old Abe, after safely returning from three years' camp life, was kept in the capitol grounds in Madison, Wis. and died in 1871 at the venerable age of twenty ! In 1864, on the recommendation of Gov. Lewis of Wisconsin and other state officials. Miss Gibson was elected chaplain ist Wis. heavy artillery then stationed at Fort Lyon, Va., and performed the duties of chaplain although the Secretary of War declined to have her mustered, perhaps for the reason stated in the following letter signed by President Lincoln and dated Nov. 10, 1864:

"This lady says she would be appointed chaplain of the 1st Wisconsin Heavy Artillery, only that she is a female. The President has not legally anything to do with such a question, but he has no objection to her appointment.

Congress passed a bill Mar. 3, 1869 granting her chaplain's pay for the time of service ; it was not, however, till Mar. 7, 1876 that Miss Gibson received from the U. S. treasurer John C. New, $1,210.56, the amount in full. VII 5 Amasa Gibson of Barre, manufacturer, b. Winchendon, Aug. 13, 1823 5 ^' Barre, Oct. i, 1855 ; m.

'^^^ Ebenezer Polley of Lancaster, Mass., son of George, b. Woburn, Oct. 20, 1693; tn. Jau. 11, 1725, Dorcas Houghton of Lancaster. He was among the early settlers on Bee hill (now Legate hill) in the northwest of Lancaster, since 1740 in the southeast of Leominster. Children.

^"Joseph /is/Z^jv of Leominster and Fitchburg, son of Ebenezer b. Leominster, Sept. 3, 1728 ; d. late 1775 or early 1776 ; m. Mar. I, 1749, Dorcas Colburn of Leominster, descendant of Edward Colborne, the English pioneer in Concord, Mass. in 1635. Mr. Polley was a revolutionary soldier - fifer, Capt. Ebenezer Woods' CO., Col. Asa Witcomb's reg. of militia, marched from Fitchburg on Lexington alarm of Ap. 19, 1775, served 13 days. Among children - Ebenezer, a revolutionary soldier. Joseph, a revolutionary soldier, both private and fifer. John, a revolutionary soldier. Mary, wife of Jacob Gibson.

Mr, Gibson was a member of the Fitchburg traim band and a man of great strength and fearlessness ; after his marrias^e he continued to reside in the homestead, "Fort Gibson" on Pearl hill, and was the last of his generation to own and occupy it ; he was succeeded by his son Joseph whose son Thomas succeeded him, and after the death of Thomas in 1872 the property was bought by strangers.

VI ^Betsey Gibson b.Fitchburg, Jan. 10,1789; bap. First church, June I, 1789; d.Nov. 18, i826;m. asfirst wife, July 6, 1809 (pub. June i, 1809), Elnathan Colburn of Leominster, (b. Mar. 9, 1788, d. Nov. 2, 1855), ^^''^ c>f Sergt. John and Ann (Darby) Colburn, and descendant of Edward Colborne, the English pioneer ; seven children b. in Leominster.

VI Joseph Gibson of Fitchburg, Mass., resident of the old " Fort Gibson " homestead on Pearl hill, third child of Jacob 162 and Mary (PoUey) Gibson, b. Fitchburg, Feb. 4,1777 ; d. Fitchburg, Sept. 7, 1826 ; bur. in Laurel Hill cemetery ; m. Sept. 30, 1807 family record, Oct. i Fitchburg records (pub. Aug. 12, 1807), Prudence Carter (b. Mar. 21, 1786, d. Aug. 19, 1862), dau. of John and Lydia Carter of Fitchburg.

VII ^Thomas Gibson of Fitchbnrg, the last Gibson owner and occupant of the Isaac Gibson homestead on Pearl hill, b. Fitchburg, Sept. 30, 1825 5 d- Fitchburg, Sept. 28, 1872; bur. in Laurel Hill cemetery ; m. (pub. Dec. 20, 1850) Sarah J. Billings. CHILDREN :

VI Relief Gibson, fourth child of Jacob 162 and Mary (PoUey) Gibson, b. Fitchburg, Mass., Oct. 20, 1779; d. Leominster, Mass., May 31,1826; m. as first wife. May 9, 1804 family record (pub. May 2, 1804), Joseph Colburn of Leominster (b. Nov. 19, 1779, d. Leominster, Jan. 15, 1857), s^^^ of t^^ revolutionary soldier Sergt. John and Anna (Darby) Colburn, and descendant of Edward Colborne, pioneer in 1635 in Concord, Mass. (Joseph''; Sergt. John '" of Leominster ; Nathaniel "' of Concord and Leominster; Robert" of Concord; Edward'.) Children :

VII ° John Colburn of Leominster and Wellesley Hills, Mass. b. Leominster, Sept. 3, 1814 ; d. Wellesley Hills, Dec. 15, 1886 ; m. Nov. 25, 1846, Mary A. Blanchard (b. Shrewsbury, Vt, June 28, 1824, d. ^^c. 26, 1897), dau. of Stephen and Rebecca B. (Lake) Blanchard, and descendant of John Page of Dedham, co. Essex, Eng., pioneer in Watertown, Mass. in 1630.

Relief^'', Jacob ^, Isaac '", Dea. Timothy '", Joh)ijr.^\ John ' VII Jacob Colburn of Leominster, Mass., second child of Joseph and Relief lf>4 (Gibson) Colburn, b. Leominster, May 25, 1806; d. Leominster, July 7, 1865; m. Ap. 25, 1 83 1, Hannah Spaulding of Westminster, Mass. (b. Jan, 4, 1807.)

VI Helbsebeth Gibson, sixth child of Jacob 162 and Mary (Policy) Gibson, b. Fitchburg, Mass., Mar. 1,1784; d. July 24, 1829 ; m. by Rev. William Bascom, May 4,

1809 Fitchburg records, May 12 family record (pub. Feb. 2, 1809), Israel Wetherbee of Leominster, Mass. (b. Nov. 19, 1781, d. Dec. 25, 1849 family record), son of Israel and Sarah (How) Wetherbee.

Mr. Gibson was a revolutionary soldier - private, Capt. Ebenezer Bridge's co.. Col. John Whitcomb's reg. of minute-men, marched from Fitchburg on Lexington alarm of Ap. 19, 1775, served 6 days ; private, Capt. John Fuller's co.. Col. Asa Whitcomb's reg. of militia Ap. 25, 1775 to 8 months later, on duty Oct. 4, 1775 at Prospect hill near Boston.

VI ^Persis Gibson b. (Lunenburg or Grafton) Dec. 13, 1783 ; d. May 12, 1824 5 ^"- ^s first wife, Sept. 25, 1806, Abraham Gibson of Leicester, Salisbury and Rochester, Vt., son of Abraham and Mary (Brown) Gibson, see 212.

VI Isaac Gibson of Grafton, Vt., first child of Nathaniel 168 and Hannah (Brown) Gibson, bap. Lunenburg, Mass., June 8, 1777; d. Grafton, Aug. 13, 1856; m.

Mr. Gibson was a soldier in the civil war - enlisted Jan, 2 and mustered Feb. 12, 1862, private, CO. G, 7tli reg. Vt. infantry, d. of sickness, Carrolton, La., Sept. II, 1862, bur. in Chalmette nat, cemetery (La.) One child: Nellie Gibson b. Grafton, Nov. 1862. VIII ^Norman B. Gibson of Manchester, Vt. b. Grafton, May 31, 1847 '1 "^- i two children : 'Burton N. Gibson b. May 7, 1884. ^Ernest H. Gibson b. Feb. 23, 1893. VII ^ Isaac W. Gibson of Grafton and Londonderry, Vt., farmer and manufacturer, b. Grafton, Mar. 14, 1810 ; m. May 28, 1837, Mariah Waite (d. about 1875).

VIII ' Abbie S. Gibson b. Londonderry, Aug. 26, 1838 ; m. 1867, Charles A. Pierce of Manchester, Vt. and Northampton, Mass., publisher; three children: ' Charles W. Pierce of Northampton, editor Northampton Daily Herald^ b. Manchester, Aug. 26, 1869. ^Warren A. Pierce of Northampton b. Manchester, June, 1872. ^ Nettie M. Pierce b. Bennington, Vt., 1877.

VIII William L- Gibson of Londonderry, superintendent of schools twenty-five years, b. Londonderry, Oct. 15, 1844 ; m. 1866, Saville Stowell ; three children b. in Londonderry : ' Ernest Willard Gibson of Chester, Vt., lawyer, graduate

Norwich univ. (now Northfield, Vt.) 1894, several years principal Chester graded schools, and present Probate conrt registrar for the district of Windsor, b. Dec. 29, 1871 ; m. Nov. 25, 1896, Grace Fnllerton Hadley. "Helen K. Gibson b. Jnlv 5, 1873 ; nnni. '^ Marion ly. Gibson b. Jan. 4, 1882.

VIII 'Warren H. Gibson of Grand Rapids, Mich., alderman, b. Londonderry, May 25, 1849 ! "^- Laura Kettell of Stephentown, N. Y. ; one child : 'William H.Gibson of Lansing, Mich., chief clerk auditor's office (state), b. Stephentown, Oct. ;, 1876. ^_

VIII ^Hannah Ettie Hyatt b. Florence, Nov. 19, 1852; m. May 22, 1878, James Harvey DeMarcellonni of South Bend; one child : ^ Frank Willis De- Marcellonni b. South Bend, Dec. 7, 1880.

VIII HVilliani Franklin Gibson of San Francisco, Cal., wholesale stationer, b. Camden, Oct. 16, i860 ; m. Oct. 1 88 1, Emma Swan of Grand Rapids ; two children : ' Edith Jennie Gibson b. San Francisco, Dec. 1882. " Carrol Gibson b. Grand Rapids, June, 1884.

VIII ^ Orson Clayton (Clayton) Gibson of Detroit, Mich., manufacturer and wholesale lumber dealer, a gentleman much interested in genealogical research, b. Camden, Oct. 2, 1869 ; m. Sept. 28, 1893, Clara Smith (b. Clarkston, Mich., Sept. 13, 1869), dau. of Patrick H. and Jane E. (Smith) Smith ; one child : ^ Helen Jane Gibson b. Detroit, July 24, 1895.

VIII '^ Clinton Edson Gibson of Grand Rapids, manufacturer school and opera furniture, b. Camden, Aug. 20, 1871 ; m. Ap. 15, 1896, Emma Louise Coon (b. Hillsdale, N. Y., July 25, 1872) ; one child: 'Dorothy Louise Gibson b. Chicago, 111., Sept. 4, 1897.

taken prisoner at second battle of Cold Harbor, Jnne 3, 1864 and kept in Savannah, INIillen and Andersonville prisons (Ga.) till Nov. 20, 1864, promoted corp. Feb. 28 and sergt. June 3, 1865, mustered out July 16, 1865 having served in twenty-four battles.

Mr. Gibson was a soldier in the civil war - enlisted Dec. 31, 1863, private, co. A, 4th reg, Vt. volunteers, wounded at battle of the Wilderness, Va. , Alay 4, 1864, discharged July 14, 1865.

Isaac ''', Dea. Timothy "', John jr}' , John ' V David Gibson of Fitchburg, Mass. and Grafton, Vt., seventh child of Isaac lUO and Keziah (Johnson) Gibson, b. Lunenburg (Fitchburg), Mass., Jan. 22, 1757; bap. Mar, 20, 1757 ; d. Grafton after 1815 ; bur. in Middle-of-the-town cemetery ; m. at Sutton, Mass. by Rev. Ebenezer Chapin, Ap. 29, 1778 (pub. Mar. 27, 1778), Anna Barton of Sutton (d. Grafton, Nov. 23, 1815 aged 59 years).

Mr. Gibson was a revolutionary soldier - corp. , Capt. Joseph Sargent's co. , Col. Josiah Whitney's reg. May 5 to July 12, 1777, Rhode Island service.

He lived in that part of Fitchburg which later became " the village " ; his house stood on the site of the present city hall, and his bakery, the first built in town, "across the road from his house." Imitating the example of his father and brothers Nathaniel, Jonathan and Abraham, he removed to Grafton prior to Jan. 9, 1/94 as on that date " David Gibson of Grafton " appointed his brother Jacob (of Fitchburg) "My Lawful Attorney in my Room and Stead;" his farm lay on the hills near the center of the town commonly called Middletown or Middle-town.

VII * George R. Gibson of Grafton d. Grafton, Aug. 29, 1868 ; m. Nancy M. Pollard ; two children b. in Grafton : ^ Orson G. Gibson b. about 1844 ; a soldier in the civil war - enlisted Aug. 11, 1862, private, co. G, nth reg. Vt. volunteers, killed at battle of Cedar Creek, Va., Oct. 19, 1864. ^John R. Gibson b. about 1846; d. Fairfield, 111.; m. He was a soldier in the civil war - enlisted Aug. 20, 1864, private, co. G, nth reg. Vt. volunteers, discharged June 24, 1865. VI ^ Luke Benton Gibson of Painted Post, N. Y. b. Fitchburg, Feb. 18, 1787 ; m. Feb. 22, 1808, Esther Sawtell of Grafton. VI ''Jane Gibson. 172

VI Jane Gibson, sixth child of David T71 and Anna (Barton) Gibson, b. Fitchbnrg, Mass., ]\Iay i6, 1790 ; d. Grafton, Vt., Mar. 14, 1865 ; bnr. in the cemetery laid out about 1858 in the west part of Grafton (now Houghtonville); m, first, at Grafton by Justice Peter Whitcomb, July 18, 1811, Abel Scollay of Grafton ; ni. second, David Blood of Grafton (b. Groton, Mass., Jan. 1762, d. Grafton, Feb. 5, 1845).

Mr. Blood was a revolutionary soldier - private, Capt. Thomas Henry's co. , Col. Nathan Tyler's reg. (Massachusetts regiment) July* 12 to Dec. 22, 1779, Rhode Island service; private, Capt. Healy's co., marched to Ticonderoga in 1780. Children :

V Abrahtim Gibson of Fitcliburg, Mass. and Grafton, Vt., ninth child of Isaac IdO and Keziali (Johnson) Gibson, b. Lunenburg (Fitchburg), June 13, 1760 ; d. Grafton, Ap. 5, 1823 5 ^ur. in Middle-of-the-town cemetery ; m. (pub. at Fitchburg, Aug. 6, 1781) Esther Gibson (b. Concord, Mass., Ap. 28, 1762, bap. First Parish church, May 2, 1762, d. Grafton, Nov. i, 1825, bur. beside her husband), dau. of Lt. Abraham and Esther (Fox) Gibson, see 15.

Mr. Gibson, "Abraham Gibson 3d" as occassionally recorded, was a member of the Fitchburg trainband in 1775 ; after marriage he remained a few years in his native town but possessing the migratory spirit of his race, he removed in 1784 to Winhani county, Vt. and permanently settled in the northwest of Grafton (Thomlinson at that date) on the farm known as Hill farm.

Mr, Gibson was a soldier in the civil war - mustered Aug, 23, 1864, private, co. H, nth reg, Minn, volunteers, d, of sickness, Gallatin, Tenn., Feb, 10, 1865,

Oronoco, Oct. 28, 1871. VIII ^Martin Brown Gibson of Iroquois, farmer, b. Haverill, July I, 1865 ; ni. Oct. 16, 1889, Clara E. Allen, dau. of James Allen of Wilton, Wis. CHILDREN :

VI Esther Fox Gibson, third child of Abraham 174^ and Esther lo (Gibson) Gibson, b. Grafton (Thomlinson 1754 to 1788), Vt, Oct. 23, 1785 ; d. Winhall, Vt., May I, 1831 ; m. at Grafton by Rev. William Hall, June 2, 1808, Edward Cochran of Winhall, farmer (b.

VIII ' Augustus M. Pendleton of Boston, Mass. b. Chicopee, Ap. 5, 1838 ; m. VIII ^Edward Pendleton of Vera Cruz, Mex. b. Chicopee, Sept. 8, 1844 5 ^^1- twice. VII * Warren Cochran of Omaha, Neb. b. Winhall, Dec. 18,

VIII 'Edward Gibson Cochran of Brooklyn, N. Y. b. Fort Miller, Feb. 23, 1853 ; m. at Schnylerville, Sept. 10, 1873, Anna Lawrence, dan. of Seth Lawrence of Hydeville, Vt. ; two children b. in Schnylerville: ^ Frank L- Cochran b. Dec. 14, 1875. - Irena Cochran b. Ang. 3, 1877.

VIII ' Henry Harrison Leonard of Chicopee b. Ware, Jan. 5, 1850 ; d. Jan 7, 1890; m. June 11, 1879, Sarah Eveline Carver, dan. of Charles Carver of Taunton, Mass.; two children b. in Chicopee: ' Edith Adelaide Leonard b. Dec. 18, 1882. "Esther Florence Leonard b. r^Iay 15, 1885.

VII llebekali G. Cochran, first child of Edward aud Esther Fox i77 (Gibson) Cochran, b. Winhall, Vt., Jan. 20, 1810; d. Ap. 29, 1S79 ; m. June 15, 1832, Lucius Barnard of Manchester, Vt., Palmyra, Mich, and Fairmount, Kan. (b. Bennington, Vt., Feb. 19, 1805, d. Leavenworth, Kan., June 6, 1879), son of John Barnard.

VIII -Harriet Amelia Barnard b. Manchester, May 21, 1834; m. at Palmyra, May 21, 1854, Arthur B. Mitchell of Palmyra and Adrian, Mich. (b. Cummington, Mass., IMar. II, 1831.)

And His Descicndanis

VII * William Gibson of E. Wallingford, Shrewsbury, Plymouth, Reading, Ludlow and Proctorsville, Vt. b. Shrewsbury, Sept. 5, 1821 ; d. Proctorsville, July 12, 1893 ; m. Nov. 1847, Sally Y. Priest (b. Shrewsbury, Feb. 5, 1828), dau. of Henry Priest.

]\Iay 8, 1855; unm. VIII MdaM. Gibson b. Reading, Feb. 14, 1866; m. Feb. 20, 1887, John R. McDonald of Proctorsville, son of Alexander McDonald of Gal way. Ire. ; one child: ^ Henrv Douglass IVIcDonald h. Ludlow, Sept. 26, 1887. VII ' Lucinda Gibson. 1<S0

^'ibrahant''\ Abraham^, Isaac", Dea. Timotfiy"\ Jolm jr.", Jo/m^ VII Lucindti Gilbson, fifth child of Abraham 179 and Catherine (Palmer) Gibson, b. Shrewsbury, Vt. , May 7, 1823; d. Chester, Vt., Nov, 12, 1896; m. Mar, 19, 1846, Johnathan Johnson of Mt, Holly, Vt. (b. Mar. 12, 1818, d. Shrewsbury, June 23, 1863, "age 51 years" on gravestone. ) Children : VIII 'Alva Gideon Johnson of Cherokee, la, b, Mt. Holly,

IX ^ Fannie Bernice Martin b. Shrewsbury, Oct. 2, 1878; m. Ap. 14, 1896, Will Clark Tapper of Ludlow; one child : ^ William McKinley Tapper b. Ludlow, Nov. II, 1896.

Mr. Gibson lived in the westerly part of the town (now Houghtonville), owning and running a saw and grist mill on Saxtons river ; his house was a duplicate in style of his grandfather Isaac's, the old "Fort Gibson" on Pearl hill in Lunenburg (Fitchburg), Mass, He was a public-spirited gentleman and held several offices of trust - justice of the peace, selectman many years and representative 1835-1837. Children :

Rev. Mr. Gibson was a clergyman of the Wesleyan Methodist persnasion more than forty years, taking an active part in Snnday-school work ; he was also superintendent of schools many years.

Eld. Gibson in early life was an assistant in his father's mill on Saxtons river, later became a preacher of the Adventi.st faitli ; he resided on the homestead till 1866, then sold the property and removed to Illinois.

VIII 'Collins Pettengill Gibson of Centerville, la. and Chicago b. Grafton, Dec. 20, 1863 ; m. at Centerville, May 23, 1888, Luella M. Caudle (b. Salem, N. C, Feb. 9, 1864), dau. of Patrick D. and Ruth (Crowe) Caudle.

Mr. Gibson since removing to Chicago in 1890 has been connected with the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railway company as chief clerk roadway dept., Illinois divisiou. He is greatly interested in family history and has in his possession the original deed to his gt. gt. gt. gr. father Dea. Timothy Gibson, of "two pieces of third Division Land" laid out in 1729 on Pearl hill, " Eaft fide ; " also the deed for a part of this property made Oct. 25, 1744 by Dea. Timothy to his son Isaac, Mr. Gibson's gt. gt. gr. father. Two children b. in Centerville: ^ Marcia Gibson b. Ap. 22, 1889. ' Carrie Gibson b. Mar. 30, 1891. VII ^Philander F\ Gibson b. Grafton, Feb. 28, 1832; d. Sept. 15, 1834.

VIII 'George R. Parker of Mt Holly, resident on the homestead, b. Mt. Holly, June 24, 1864 ; m. Mar. 5, 1890, Ina Sargeant of Plymouth, Vt. ; three children b. in Mt. Holly: ' Louise Parker b. Feb.

Isaar'', Dea. John jr}', John^ V Anna Gibson, only child of Isaac KiO and Abigail (Bennett) Gibson (Isaac's twelfth child), b. Fitchburg, Mass., Dec. 6, 1768 ; bap. (Anne) First church, Jan. 8, 1769; d. Grafton, Vt, Feb. 4, 1850; bur. in Middleof-the-town cemetery ; m. first, at Fitchburg by Rev. John Payson, June 15, 1786 (pub. May 20, 1786), Samuel Martin of Westminster, Mass. (b. Mar. 28, 1763), son of John and Betty Martin of Westminster, and gr. son of John and Elizabeth Martin, pioneers in

Ipswich and lyunenburg, Mass.; m. second, at Grafton by Rev. William Hall, first pastor Grafton church, Nov. 15, 1798 (town copied x&coxds^ the date not agreeing with family record which gives Anna's age "26 years " at time of this marriage), Robert Park of Grafton (b. Worthington, Conn., Feb. 13, 1774, d. Grafton, Aug. 4, 1826, bur. beside his wife).

Mr. Park was a gentleman of great enterprise - farmer, merchant and inn holder at Grafton, and running grist, saw and clothing mills on Derry pond in Londonderry.

Dr. Park was a soldier in the civil war - commissioned Oct. 18 and mustered Oct. 23, 1862, surgeon, i6th reg. Vt. vol. infantry, mustered out Aug. 10, 1863 ; commissioned Oct. 3, 1863, surgeon, nth reg. Vt. heavy artillery, mustered out June 24, 1865. Three children : ' Eddie Ellsworth Park b. St. Ansgar, Ap. 6, 1858 ; d. Ap. 13, 1858. "Willie Lincoln Park, graduate State univ. of Iowa (Iowa City) 1885, b. Graftou, Mar. 4, 1861; accidentally shot near Douglas, Wyo., June 15, 1886 while with a surveying party. ^Jennie May Park of Des Moines, painter of landscapes and figures in oil, b. Sheridan, Dec. 22, 1868 ; unm.

VII ^ Beujamin Avery Park of Chester, Vt., farmer, merchant and cashier National bank of Chester, b. Londonderry, Nov. 28, 1840; m. July i, 1869, Ellen Augusta Twitchell (b. Townsend, Vt., Ap. II, 1841, d. Aug. 20, 1895), dau. of E. W. and S. L. Twitchell ; no children.

VI Thomas Kinney Park of Grafton and Weston, Vt. and Black Earth and Mazomanie, Wis., first child of Robert and Anna 181 (Gibson-Martin) Park (Anna's fifth child), b. Grafton, Sept. 19, 1796; d. Mazomanie, Ap. 18, 1881; m. Aug. 1819, Lucinda Wait (b. Weston, Feb. 9, 1800, d. Mazomanie, Sept. 27, 1884).

VIII * Edwin Clarence Johnson of Black Earth b. Black Earth, Mar. 26, 1858 ; m. Feb. 6, 1884, Ethel L. B. Smith of Huron, So. Dak.; no children.

VIII ^ Oren Newell Johnson of Mazomanie b. Black Earth, May 6, 1866 ; m. Feb. 22, 1893, Emma E. Hazeltine of Mazomanie; two children b. in Black Earth: ^ Hazel Orena Johnson b. Jan. 18, 1894. ^Mildred Emma Johnson b. Jan. 5, 1896.

VIII ^ Dora Luella Park b. Onatonna, Minn., Jan. 28, 1857 ; m. Dec. 27, 1879, Wilton Freemont Putnam of Dodge's Corners, Wis. and Greeley, Colo.

And His Dksckndants

VIII ' Merial Ivucinda Park, graduate University of Wisconsin (Madison) 1884, b. Dodge's Corners, Nov. 5,1858; m. June 20, 1888, Charles Nelson Tibbitts of Denver, Colo.; one child: ^Marion Thurston Tibbitts b. Georgetown, Colo., Mar, 24, 1889.

VIII ^ Edwin Horatio Park of Denver, graduate University of Wisconsin 1886 and law dept. 1888, b. Dodge's Corners, Sept. 23, 1864; m. Jan. i, 1890, Carrie Louise Olds ; one child : ^ Robert Olds Park b. Denver, July 9, 1893.

VIII "Francis Clarence Park of Great Falls, Mon., graduate University of Wisconsin law school 1888, b. Dodge's Corners, Feb. 10, 1866 ; unm.

Dr. Park was a graduate Carroll coll. (Waukesha) 1887, University of Wisconsin (scientific dept.) 1891, Woman's med. coll. of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) 1894 and Philadelphia post graduate school of homeopathics 1895.

Dr. Blanchard was a soldier in the civil war - commissioned Aug. 5 and mustered Aug. 10, 1862, asst. surgeon, 22d reg. Wis. vol. infantry, resigned July 31, 1863.

Mrs. Blanchard prior to marriage was a teacher, and on the fall of Fort Sumpter in 1861 was principal E. Troy public school; at her suggestion the pupils made a national flag and raised it from the schoolhouse belfry - said to be the first flag-raising over a school building during the civil war. children:

And His Descendants. '' 389

Mr. Isham was a soldier in the civil war - enlisted Sept. 5 and mustered Sept. 23, 1861, private, co. G (Wisconsin company), ist U. S. sharpshooters (Berdan's), promoted corp. Jan, i, 1863, wounded at battle of Chancellorsville, Va. , May 5, 1863, discharged for disability Sept. 25, 1863.

Mr. Williams was a soldier in the civil war - enlisted Sept. 2, 1861, private, co. A, nth reg. Wis. volunteers; reenlisted Jan. 4, 1864, mustered out Sept. 4, 1865.

Mr. Park was a soldier in the civil war - enlisted and mustered Aug. 11, 1862, private, co. G, nth reg. Vt. volunteers (ist heavy artillery), mustered out June 24, 1865.

VII * John Henry Park of Maiden and Woburn, Mass. b. Roxbury, Dec. 2, 1838 ; m. Jan. i, 1863, Susan Isabel Gibson (b. Dorchester, July 21, 1842), dan. of George G. and Susa-n W. (Gordon) Gibson, see 4:0. CHILDREN :

VII " Horatio Fiske Park of Weymouth and Newtonville, Mass. b. Dorchester, Jan. 21, 1843 5 ^- Newtonville, Ap. 9, 1883; m. Jan. i, 1878, Mrs. Amanda Augusta (Gibson) Brooks (b. Boston, Jan. 5, 1840), dau. of George G. and Susan W. (Gordon) Gibson, see 4:0 ; no children.