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Record for Velonia Fenton
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Record for Stephen Gardner
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Record for Martha A. Fenton
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Record for Velonia Fenton
Figary - Bassette (Bessette) Family Tree inook2244 Velonia Fenton 20190125HAv (58) facts
Velonia Fenton 1799–1885
BIRTH 9 APRIL 1799 • Mansfield, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA
DEATH 5 MARCH 1885 • Bath, Steuben County, New York, USA
Record for Velonia Fenton
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Velonia Fenton 1799-1885
BIRTH 9 APRIL 1799 • Mansfield, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA
DEATH 5 MARCH 1885 • Bath, Steuben County, New York, USA
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- [S668] census 1850 USA NY, Year: 1850; Census Place: Paris, Oneida, New York; Roll: M432_562; Page: 216A; Image: 436.census 1850 USA NY Oneida Paris, Velonia Fenton fam; Roll: M432_562; Page: 216A; Image: .
Record for Valena Fenton 20190125HAv revisited (6) facts Velonia, Abigail, & Martha
1850 United States Federal Census about Valena Fenton
Name: Valena Fenton
[Velonia Fenton]
Age: 52
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1798
Birth Place: New York
Gender: Male
Home in 1850: Paris, Oneida, New York
Family Number: 1572
Household Members: Name Age
Valena Fenton 52 NY farmer
Abigail Fenton 48 NY
Martha Fenton 18 NY
Samuel Fenton 16 NY W Operative
Norman Fenton 14 NY
James Fenton 12 NY
Elizabeth Fenton 10 NY
Wm Fenton 4 NY
Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Paris, Oneida, New York; Roll: M432_562; Page: 216A; Image: 436.
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
Description: This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1850 United States Federal Census, the Seventh Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, age as of the census day, sex, color; birthplace, occupation of males over age fifteen, and more. No relationships were shown between members of a household. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1850 Federal Census.
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1850 United States Federal Census about Valena Fenton 1850 United States Federal Census about Valena Fenton
Name: Valena Fenton
[Velonia Fenton]
Age: 52
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1798
Birth Place: New York
Gender: Male
Home in 1850: Paris, Oneida, New York
Family Number: 1572
Household Members: Name Age
Valena Fenton 52 NY farmer
Abigail Fenton 48 NY
Martha Fenton 18 NY
Samuel Fenton 16… |
- [S401] census 1860 USA NY, (Name: www.ancestry.com;), Year: 1860; Census Place: Exeter, Otsego, New York; Roll: M653_840; Page: 30; Family History Library Film: 803840Velonia Fenton family, Martha A. Fenton Gardner the interesting connection.
Velonia Fenton (6) facts
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20190818HAv- pasted from Source Notes:
Velonia Fenton family, Martha A. Fenton Gardner the interesting connection, married Joseph ("G") Thomas WILLIAMS later, with two children (cf. 1880 census).
20190818HAv- renamed Source from: census 1860 USA NY, to:
census 1860 USA NY Otsego Exeter, Fenton,Velonia, same as Media file already.
1860 United States Federal Census about Velonia Fenton
date: 20 June 1860
enum: T? A. Brown
Name: Velonia Fenton
Age: 60
Birth Year: abt 1800
Gender: Male
Birth Place: New York
Home in 1860: Exeter, Otsego, New York
Post Office: Exeter
Dwelling Number: 247
Family Number: 242
Occupation: Farming
Personal Estate Value: 100
Household Members:
Name Age
Velonia Fenton 60 NY farmer
Abigail Fenton 58 NY
Martha Gardner 38 NY domestic
Amega Gardner 2 NY
Stephen Gardner 1 NY
Source Citation
Year: 1860; Census Place: Exeter, Otsego, New York; Roll: M653_840; Page: 30; Family History Library Film: 803840
Source Information
Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
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1860 United States Federal Census about Abigal Fenton
date: 20 June 1860
enum: T? A. Brown
Name: Abigail Fenton
Age in 1860: 58
Birth Year: abt 1802
Birthplace: New York
Home in 1860: Exeter, Otsego, New York
Gender: Female
Post Office: Exeter
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members:
Name Age
Velonia Fenton 60 NY farmer
Abigail Fenton 58 NY
Martha Gardner 38 NY domestic
Amega Gardner 2 NY
Stephen Gardner 1 NY
Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Exeter, Otsego, New York; Roll: M653_840; Page: 30; Image: 31; Family History Library Film: 803840.
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
Description: This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1860 United States Federal Census, the Eighth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, age as of the census day, sex, color; birthplace, occupation of males over age fifteen, and more. No relationships were shown between members of a household. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1860 Federal Census.
20190818HAv- renamed Source from: census 1860 USA NY, to:
census 1860 USA NY Otsego Exeter, Fenton,Velonia, same as Media file already.
1860 United States Federal Census about Velonia Fenton
date: 20 June 1860
enum: T? A. Brown
Name: Velonia Fenton
Age: 60
Birth Year: abt 1800
Gender: Male
Birth Place: New York
Home in 1860: Exeter, Otsego, New York
Post Office: Exeter
Dwelling Number: 247
Family Number: 242
Occupation: Farming
Personal Estate Value: 100
Household Members:
Name Age
Velonia Fenton 60 NY farmer
Abigail Fenton 58 NY
Martha Gardner 38 NY domestic
Aega Gardner 2 NY
Stephen Gardner 1 NY
Source Citation
Year: 1860; Census Place: Exeter, Otsego, New York; Roll: M653_840; Page: 30; Family History Library Film: 803840
Source Information
Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
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census 1860 USA NY Otsego Exeter, Fenton,Velonia 20190818HAv- pasted from Source Notes:
Velonia Fenton family, Martha A. Fenton Gardner the interesting connection, married Joseph ("G") Thomas WILLIAMS later, with two children (cf. 1880 census).
1860 United States Federal Census about Abigal Fenton
date: 20 June 1860
enum: T? A. Brown
Name: Abigail Fenton
Age in 1860: 58
Birth Year: abt… |
- [S88] census 1880 USA PA Potter, Year: 1880; Census Place: Lewisville, Potter, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1166; Page: 554A; Enumeration District: 113; Image: 0755. Family History Film: 1255166; WILLIAMS, Joseph G w neighbors.
record for Jos T. WILLIAMS (4) facts
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1880 United States Federal Census about Martha A. Williams
date: 1st June 1880
Burton Lewis
Name: Martha A. Williams
Home in 1880: Lewisville, Potter, Pennsylvania
Age: 48
birth: abt 1832
New York
Relation to Head of Household: Wife
Spouse's Name: Joseph G. Williams
Father's birthplace: New York
Mother's birthplace: New York
Neighbors: View others on page
Occupation: Keeping House
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Female
Household Members:
Name Age
Joseph G. Williams 62 NY CT NY farmer
Martha A. Williams 48 NY NY NY wife, housekeeping
Velona Fenton 80 NY CT CT father-in-law
Name Parent or spouse names Home in 1880 Birth Year/place Relation to Head of House
Lyman J. Jones Mary J. Lewisville, Potter, Pennsylvania abt 1845 New York Self (Head)
Mary J. Jones Lyman J. Lewisville, Potter, Pennsylvania abt 1847 Pennsylvania Wife
Effie M. Jones Lyman J.,Mary J. Lewisville, Potter, Pennsylvania abt 1868 Pennsylvania Daughter
Iva P. Jones Lyman J.,Mary J.Lewisville, Potter, Pennsylvania abt 1873 Pennsylvania Daughter
Ruben J. Hawkins Jarusha M. Lewisville, Potter, Pennsylvania abt 1831 New York Self (Head)
Jarusha M. Hawkins Ruben J. Lewisville, Potter, Pennsylvania abt 1835 Pennsylvania Wife
W. H. Blackman Ellie A. Lewisville, Potter, Pennsylvania abt 1852 Pennsylvania Self (Head)
Ellie A. Blackman W. H. Lewisville, Potter, Pennsylvania abt 1854 Pennsylvania Wife
Clara Blackman Lewisville, Potter, Pennsylvania abt 1879 Pennsylvania
Chars. Monroe Lewisville, Potter, Pennsylvania abt 1815 New York
Saml. Morrison Chars. Lewisville, Potter, Pennsylvania abt 1869 Pennsylvania Son
Joseph G. Williams Martha A. Lewisville, Potter, Pennsylvania abt 1818 New York Self (Head)
Martha A. Williams Velona,Joseph G. Lewisville, Potter, Pennsylvania abt 1832 New York Wife
Velona Fenton Lewisville, Potter, Pennsylvania abt 1800 New York Father-in-law
John Smith Julia A. Lewisville, Potter, Pennsylvania abt 1829 Germany Self (Head)
Julia A. Smith John Lewisville, Potter, Pennsylvania abt 1828 New York Wife
Sarah E. Ives Julia A. Lewisville, Potter, Pennsylvania abt 1861 Pennsylvania Stepdaughter
E. C. Lewis Louisa L. Lewisville, Potter, Pennsylvania abt 1834 New York Self (Head)
Louisa L. Lewis E. C. Lewisville, Potter, Pennsylvania abt 1847 Pennsylvania Wife
Cory M. Lewis E. C., Louisa L. Lewisville, Potter, Pennsylvania abt 1868 Pennsylvania Daughter
Julia H. Lewis E. C., Louisa L. Lewisville, Potter, Pennsylvania abt 1879 Pennsylvania Daughter
Woolsey Burtis Sarah G. Lewisville, Potter, Pennsylvania abt 1822 New York Self (Head)
Sarah G. Burtis Woolsey Lewisville, Potter, Pennsylvania abt 1834 Pennsylvania Wife
M. E. Taggart Sarah G. Lewisville, Potter, Pennsylvania abt 1869 Pennsylvania Stepdaughter
Peter M. Jacobus Susan J. Lewisville, Potter, Pennsylvania abt 1827 Self (Head)
Susan J. Jacobus Peter M. Lewisville, Potter, Pennsylvania abt 1832 Pennsylvania Wife
Mary M. Jacobus Peter M.,Susan J. Lewisville, Potter, Pennsylvania abt 1858 Pennsylvania Daughter
Frank Jacobus Peter M.,Susan J. Lewisville, Potter, Pennsylvania abt 1869 Pennsylvania Son
George Bartlet Sabra H. Lewisville, Potter, Pennsylvania abt 1825 New York Self (Head)
Sabra H. Bartlet George Lewisville, Potter, Pennsylvania abt 1836 New York Wife
Lelia A. Bartlet George,Sabra H. Lewisville, Potter, Pennsylvania abt 1859 Pennsylvania Daughter
Minnie Bartlet George,Sabra H. Lewisville, Potter, Pennsylvania abt 1868 Pennsylvania Daughter
D. A. Cosey M. A. Lewisville, Potter, Pennsylvania abt 1844 New York Self (Head)
M. A. Cosey D. A. Lewisville, Potter, Pennsylvania abt 1853 New York Wife
A. L. Cosey D. A.,M. A. Lewisville, Potter, Pennsylvania abt 1870 Pennsylvania Son
M. M. Cosey D. A.,M. A. Lewisville, Potter, Pennsylvania abt 1872 Pennsylvania Son
C. A. Cosey D. A.,M. A. Lewisville, Potter, Pennsylvania abt 1880 Pennsylvania Daughter
Lucy Lewis Lewisville, Potter, Pennsylvania abt 1818 New York Self (Head)
Ella M. Lewis Lewisville, Potter, Pennsylvania abt 1848 Pennsylvania Stepdaughter
Thomas Perry Ann Lewisville, Potter, Pennsylvania abt 1826 England Self (Head)
Ann Perry Thomas Lewisville, Potter, Pennsylvania abt 1832 England Wife
Ella A. Perry Thomas,Ann Lewisville, Potter, Pennsylvania abt 1860 England Daughter
Sarah J. Perry Thomas,Ann Lewisville, Potter, Pennsylvania abt 1862 England Daughter
Thos. G. Perry Thomas,Ann Lewisville, Potter, Pennsylvania abt 1865 England Son
Arthur Perry Thomas,Ann Lewisville, Potter, Pennsylvania abt 1870 England Son
Arthur Keer Lewisville, Potter, Pennsylvania abt 1875 England Grandson
C. E. Hosley Marion Lewisville, Potter, Pennsylvania abt 1845 Pennsylvania Self (Head)
Marion Hosley C. E. Lewisville, Potter, Pennsylvania abt 1852 Pennsylvania Wife
Maud Hosley C. E.,Marion Lewisville, Potter, Pennsylvania abt 1875 Pennsylvania Daughter
J. F. Stone Lewisville, Potter, Pennsylvania abt 1862 Pennsylvania
Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Lewisville, Potter, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1166; Family History Film: 1255166; Page: 554A; Enumeration District: 113; Image: 0755.
Source Information: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site.
Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
Description: This database is an index to 50 million individuals enumerated in the 1880 United States Federal Census. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, occupation, relationship to the head of household, race, sex, age at last birthday, marital status, place of birth, parents’ place of birth. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1880 Federal Census.
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1880 United States Federal Census about Martha A. Williams Name: Martha A. Williams Home in 1880: Lewisville, Potter, Pennsylvania Age: 48 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1832 Birthplace: New York Relation to Head of Household: Wife Spouse's Name: Joseph G. Williams Father's birthplace: New York Mother's birthplace: New York Neighbors: View others on page Occupation: Keeping House Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Female Household Members: Name Age Joseph G. Williams 62 NY CT NY farmer Martha A. Williams 48 NY NY NY wife, housekeeping Velona Fenton 80 NY CT CT father-in-law View original image Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Lewisville, Potter, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1166; Family History Film: 1255166; Page: 554A; Enumeration District: 113; Image: 0755.
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1880 United States Federal Census about Martha A. Williams 1880 United States Federal Census about Martha A. Williams
date: 1st June 1880
Burton Lewis
Name: Martha A. Williams
Home in 1880: Lewisville, Potter, Pennsylvania
Age: 48
birth: abt 1832
New York
Relation to Head of Household: Wife
Spouse's Name: Joseph G. Williams
Father's birthplace: New York
Mother's birthplace: New York
Neighbors: View… |
- [S1310] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch Family Tree, Williams, Phileman "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 15 May 2016, 03:25), entry for Phileman Filer Williams(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LHPF-2T7); contributed by various users. PersonID LHPF-2T7.
Phileman Filer Williams
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Phileman Filer Williams LHPF-2T7
birth: 29 April 1849
death: 25 June 1904, Dalton, Livingston, New York
father: Joseph Thomas WILLIAMS KLGP-3SN
mother: Susan Mariah MACMASTERS KFK2-CSL
Martha GARDNER 1832-1896 • KVVQ-WCT
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Phileman Filer Williams LHPF-2T7
birth: 29 April 1849
death: 25 June 1904, Dalton, Livingston, New York
father: Joseph Thomas WILLIAMS KLGP-3SN
mother: Susan Mariah MACMASTERS KFK2-CSL
Martha GARDNER 1832-1896 • KVVQ-WCT
- [S292] newspaper: Potter Leader Enterprise-, 1888-12-25. "Once Upon a Time".
Once upon a Time (8) facts
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Francis Louis Truax (1) fact ..... (9)
newspaper: Potter Leader Enterprise-, ... Francis Louis Truax, No record exists indicating whether they went alone, or even if their families knew of their intentions. Granddaughter Marie Morley Truax remember that Betsy told her the trip took all day.
The Bridal Book: Once Upon a Time in Potter County, published in the Potter Leader Enterprise, ca. 1988-
Charles Edsil Williams and Betsy Lucinda Rogers drove to Shongo, NY in a horse-drawn sleigh on Christmas Day, 1888, and got married.
No record exists indicating whether they went alone, or even if their families knew of their intentions. Granddaughter Marie Morley Truax remembers that Betsy told her the trip took all day.
The two did have a picture taken, dressed iin their "Sunday-go-to-meetin' best." Edsil (as he was known) was handsome and neat in his 3-piece suit, but at 28, his hands already showed the effects of years of hard work.
Betsy was just 18; very pretty, with hair piled high on her head. Her smile is slightly uncertain, but her hand rests firmly on her new husband's shoulder. The union they began that Christmas a century ago grew strong and true and lasted nearly 48 years, ending only with Edsil's death.
Charles Edsil Williams was born on Monday, June 25, 1860, in Harrison Vaeeley, the youngest son of Joseph T. and Susan Mariah MacMasters Williams.
When he was 14, his mother died. His father soon remarried, to a woman named Martha Gardner.
The new Mrs. Williams and her youngest stepson soon locked horns, and Edsil left home. He lived with his brother Philemon for a while, worked in the woods, farmed, did whatever was necessary to make a living.
Jim Morley remembers hearing his grandfather Edsil tell the following story about his youth.
Cure for Sleepwalking-
It seems Edsil was a sleepwalker, a habit which was, at the very least, an embarassing one to have in a camp full of burly lumberjacks. He surprised them by asking to sleep in a top bunk. They couldn't understand why he wanted to be so far from the floor when he began his nightly stroll. However, the young man knew what he was about.
The ceilings in those hastily built bunkhouses were extremely low, so when Edsil started to get out of bed in his sleep-- he smacked his head hard on a rafter. It didn't take too many bruises on his skull to cure him of his embarassing habit.
Betsy liked to tell this story about her own early years.
When she was 10 years old, she was "hired out" to George and Sarah Williams to help with their new baby girl, Mable.
Edsil, then 20, came to visit his brother's family and see his new niece.
Someone, in the age old fashion, asked him when he would "find a nice girl and settle down and have babies of his own." Always a tease, Edsil replied, "I'm waiting for Betsy to grow up." He may have been joking then, but 8 years later, he kept his promise.
Betsy Lucinda Rogers was born Oct. 30, 1870, near Gold, the 5th child of Calvin and Persis Lovinna Raymond Rogers. B the time she was 4 years old, she had begun to assume small responsibilities in the household. The first job she could remember was keeping the little bench that served as a washstand by the kitchen door scrubbed and the basin filled with clean water for her two older brothers and father when they came in from outside.
Betsy was proud of her heritage. Her great-grandfather Amos Raymond of Massachusetts fought in the Revolutionary War, and her grandfather Daniel Raymond was a veteran of the War of 1812. She was the offspring of pioneers, and she inherited their spunk and tenacity.
Signs Autograph Book--
On her 12th Christmas, Betsy was given a little authograph book. Adults staidly signed their formal names, such as "G.G. Acker, West Pike, PA" Her little brother Ray filled a page with a childish scrawl, and friends wrote infinite variations of the old standby: "Whereever you may be/Don't forget to remember me."
Her mother signed with a poetic admonition, "Strive to kep the golden rule/And be a good girl when out of school."
And on one page is simply: "C.E.Williams, Gold, Potter Co, PA"
There is no record of where Edsil and Betsy lived the 1st 2 months of their marriage. In February, 1889, Persis Rogers received a letter from her sister, Mrs. Spencer Preston of Michigan. "... David wrote that Bettie (as Betsy was sometimes called) was married Christmas and I know how badly you will hate to have her go for a great many reasons. But we didn't know how bad our Mother felt to have us go. We can only hope she will have a good Husband and home."
In March, 1889, Edsil and Betsy bought household goods from W.J.Grover in Newfield (see sidebar). It probably was at this time they went to Brookland to work for Mr. H.H.Dent.
Apparently Edsil and Betsy moved frequently during the early years, to wherever there was work. By 1896, they were living in Daniel Raymond's old homestead between Gold and Raymond. A baby was due to arrive in the late fall.
Diary REcords Birth--
Betsy's father, Calvin Rogers, kept a diary from July 1896 to April 1897, and from it we get a glimpse of what seems to have been a difficult pregnancy for Betsy.
In August, the Robers visited their daughter and found her so ill that they stayed with her all night. By the 19th of October, Betsy's mother Persis was getting nervous, according to Calvin's diary. "Pirt has been cleanin house and killin bugs all day!" On the 20th, she made a trip to Raymond in the morning with her daughter-in-law Neeley and then ironed all afternoon. "It's about time for Betsy," Calvin writes.
The fall harvest continued through the last days of October. Edsil was ill and needed help a day or two.
On Nov. 4, Edsil came for his mother-in-law. "Pirt has gone to Betsy's. She is sick. I am alone tonight. It's windy tonight."
On the 5th: "Pirt is to Edsil's. Betsy was sick. Wrayned all day."
On Nov. 6, Calvin's diary reads, "Helped D.W.Greene butcher his pig. It waid 170 LBs. Betsy had a girl baby this mornin. Wife got home." His sigh of relief is almost audible. His wife was home, and Mary Mariah Williams was present and accounted for. Shortly before Christmas, the little girl visited her grandparents for the 1st time.
There is no diary available for 1902, but it is safe to assume that Grandma Rogers was called into service again to help with the birth of Daisy Lovinna Williams, born Feb. 9, 1902. She was born in the house her father had built on land in Allegany Twp, near Gold, which he purchasted around 1900, close by his father-in-law's farm.
An itinerant artist happened by that summer and, in payment for one of Betsy's good suppers and a bed for the night, he made a pencil sketch of the Williams farm. It shows the house, a barn on the right, and a figure, supposed to be Mary, in the yard, surrounded by tree...
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Once upon a time in Potter Couinty: Chester Edsil Williams and Betsy Lucinda Rogers newspaper: Potter Leader Enterprise-, ... Francis Louis Truax, No record exists indicating whether they went alone, or even if their families knew of their intentions. Granddaughter Marie Morley Truax remember that Betsy told her the trip took all day.
The Bridal Book: Once Upon a Time in Potter County, published in the Potter Leader… |
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