Obituary of Robert S. Hart

Robert S. Hart is the father of three men buried in the cemetery, including his namesake R. Stewart Hart, who died in the Civil War. You can read my full post on the Harts here, but I thought I'd make a separate post for his 1887 obituary since it's very long.

ROBERT S. HART
We last week announced the sudden death of our distinguished townsman, Judge Hart. His prominence as a citizen and lawyer calls for a more extended notice than we could then give.

Judge Hart was 76 years of age, and was born in the city of New York, where his father, Nathaniel Coleman Hart, was at one time Superintendent of the House of Refuge, and, while holding that position, our subject assisted him in planting what are now the largest trees in Madison Square. His mother was a Stewart. He inherited the blood of the prominent Nantucket families of the Folgers, Colemans, Stewarts, and Coffins.

He was educated in New York city, began the study of the law in the office of Peter A. Jay, and continued it with Warren Tompkins, at White Plains. He was admitted to the bar in Utica, and began practice at Bedford, then a half-shire town of Westchester County.

He was induced to settle there because of the healthfulness of the village, he being at that time too delicate to admit of his living in the city. Bedford was then the centre of public business for the upper half of the county, and Robert s. Hart quickly became prominent among the lawyers of the county.

In March, 1846, he was appointed by Governor Wright, First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and his position was similar to that of the Presiding Justice of our present Supreme Court. He served in this position until June, 1847, when the Court of Common Pleas ceased to exist, under the Constitution of 1846. The judges were then made elective. Under the Constitution of 1821 they were appointed by the Governor of the State. He was also for a time Master in Chancery.

A number of prominent cases were tried before Judge Hart. One of great interest was that of Dr. Seth Shove, who was charged with murder, because of the death of a patient upon whom a surgical operation had been performed. Judge Hart's charge to the jury was thought to have acquitted the prisoner. He laid stress upon the fact that the operation had been shown to have been very bunglingly performed, while Dr. Shove was proved to have been a very skillful surgeon, and therefore could not have done the work. He also impressed upon the jury the irreproachable character of the accused.

While he was Judge, the good order preserved in his court was the subject of remark. It was then necessary to have permission of the court to make an appeal from its decisions. Judge Hart always granted such permission, and but one of his decisions was ever reversed by the Appellate Court.

During his long practice he had charge of many important cases. In 1842 began the contest in Somers, between the Old and the New Schools of the Presbyterian Church. This attracted wide attention as a test case. The plaintiffs, represented by Judge Hart, were successful.

The will case of Lyon vs. Lyon was a prominent one, as it depended upon the meaning of the word "home." Judge Hart was successful in establishing the most comprehensive meaning of that particular word.

The Baylis will case, of Tarrytown, was a noted one. It had been tried three times, and on the fourth, was won by Judge Hart on his own lines, after having been deserted by all the other lawyers who had been connected with it.

He was Horace Greeley's counsel for a number of years. He had charge of the case of Bliss vs. Greeley, and afterward appeared in the Greeley will contest.

In the management of cases before juries, he was a shrewd and careful cross-examiner, a logical, and earnest speaker, while his fine presence and dignity of bearing commanded the attention of judge and jury, alike.

He was the presiding Referee in the important case of People of the State of New York vs. Munson L. Luckwood, who had been agent for the Sing Sing Prison, and had charge of the expenditure of large sums of money.

A remarkable number of distinguished lawyers studied law under Judge Hart, including Odle Close, Wm. H. Robertson, Silas D. Gifford and others.

Robert S. Hart married Miss Harriet Wing Russell, of New Bedford, Mass., who was a lady of singular refinement and grace. They had three children, all born in Bedford. The eldest was Nathaniel Coleman, who was a versatile genius, alike accomplished in music, languages, and letters. He died in 1861. The next was R. Stewart, who had a bright, penetrating and logical mind, who was an effective public speaker, and whose head and face strikingly resembled those of William H. Seward. He entered the army, at the outbreak of the war, as 1st Lieut. 17th N.Y. Vols., Col. Lansing, and died in the service. The youngest, Reginald, alone survives. Mrs. Hart died in 1879.

In 1840, Judge Hart removed his office from Bedford to this village, where it has since remained. In the following year, his family removed from Bedford to the house of Henry Wood, a mile north of this village, where they resided three years. They then came to this village, where Judge Hart built the house in which he has since lived, and where he died.

The Dutcher Family

There are four Dutchers buried in the cemetery, all in the Methodist portion. They are husband and wife (Benjamin and Amanda) and two daughters (Matilda and Adaline). Matilda and Adaline were the Dutchers' youngest children. The Dutchers' oldest child, Melissa, would have been born when Benjamin was only seventeen or eighteen and Amanda was only fifteen or sixteen years old. 

Benjamin Dutcher, who was born around 1830, was the son of Abraham and Ann Dutcher, and in 1850 had three younger siblings: David, Abram, and Kythena. In earlier censuses, his occupation is a farm laborer, and in later ones, like this one from 1870, he was a brick mason.

1870 US Federal Census

In 1864, Benjamin served for thirty days as a member of the New York National Guard to protect New York Harbor. Apparently, the National Guard was summoned several times during the war to deal with riots and other security issues that broke out in New York City. As a result of his service in the National Guard, Benjamin was given a government headstone, which unlike the headstones of his family members doesn't record his date of birth or death. The WPA Record for Benjamin Dutcher incorrectly lists his birth year as 1844.

The three Dutcher women died in relatively quick succession: Adaline in 1887 at the age of 17, Matilda (called "Tillie" on her gravestone) in 1889 at the age of 22, and Ann in 1890 at the age of 57.

This is Matilda's obituary from September 1889:

Matilda Dutcher, daughter of Mr. Benjamin K. Dutcher, died at her home, New Castle, on Thursday of last week, aged 22 years. Cause of death, consumption. The funeral services were held at the M. E. Church, on Sunday, at 2 pm, at the interment was in the old Methodist burying ground at New Castle.

In 1891, Benjamin Dutcher married Lydia Grey, the widow of Nelson Grey. Neither lived very long after the wedding. This was his obituary:

Mr. Benjamin K. Dutcher died at the residence of his sister, Mrs. Weeks, at Pleasantville, on Saturday night last, April 28th, aged 64 years. The cause of death was chronic diarrhoea. His wife (widow of the late Nelson Grey), died at Ridgefield, Conn., only a short time ago. He leaves a family of several sons and daughters. The funeral services were held in the M. E. Church, at 1 p. m., and burial at the old Methodist Cemetery at New Castle.

1. Abraham Dutcher (1805-) m. Ann (1805-)
1. Benjamin K. Dutcher (1830-1894) m. (1) Amanda (1833-1890); (2) Lydia Grey
1. Melissa Dutcher (1848-)
2. Stephen A. Dutcher (1850-)
3. Louisa Dutcher (1856-)
4. William Dutcher (1858-)
5. Polly Dutcher (1860-)
6. Mary A. Dutcher (1861-)
7. Lucy A. Dutcher (1863-)
8. Abraham Dutcher (1865-)
9. Matilda Dutcher (1867-1889)
10. Adaline Dutcher (1870-1887)
2. David Dutcher (1833-)
3. Abram Dutcher (1836-)
4. Kythena Dutcher (1844-)

Civil War Photos: Alfred A. Stratton

I recently visited the Met to see the exhibit "Photography and the American Civil War" and ended up liking it so much that I bought the gorgeous catalog by Jeff Rosenheim. Today, as I was flipping through the pages, I came across the below image of Alfred A. Stratton of Company G of the 147th New York Volunteers. I recognized him immediately.

He is certainly the same person as the "Unidentified Soldier" pictured in this carte-de-visite in the Liljenquist Collection at the Library of Congress. The image in the LOC digital collection correctly identifies his company and regiment, but not his name.

CDV in Liljenquist Collection

Poor Alfred didn't live very long after these photos were taken. He died at age 29, allegedly from complications from his injuries. Berry Craig has written a biography of Stratton on the Orthotics and Prosthetics Business News website. There are actually quite a few photos of Stratton floating around, as he was photographed both for medical documentation and to help raise money to support himself after the war.

Civil War Photos: Lucretia Electa and Louisa Ellen Crossett

Sisters Lucretia Electa and Louisa Ellen Crossett in identical skirts, blouses, and jewelry with weaving shuttles

The photograph above was taken on September 26, 1859, by a photographer based in Lawrence, MA. It depicts Lucretia Electa Crossett, age 22, with her sister Louisa Ellen Crossett, age 18. As you can see, the women are dressed identically down to their jewelry, and are holding weaving shuttles. Lucretia is also wearing a pair of scissors in her skirt.

Civil War Photos: Abram M. Carhart

The image above is a tintype in the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs. The man pictured is Abram M. Carhart. This is his story, as told in Heroes of Albany by Rufus Wheelwright Clark (1867).

Civil War Photos: Lewis Cashdollar

Lewis W. Cashdollar (New York State Military Museum)

It was face of the man in this picture that drew me in. He looks resolute, but slightly scared, and extremely young. His name was Lewis W. Cashdollar. Though he volunteered to go to war, he was really just a boy - a 19-year-old fisherman from Tivoli, New York. He paid a heavy price for his service, losing a leg in September of 1864 in Winchester, Virginia, but he lived to see Tivoli again, and his wife, Adelia A. McDonald, whom he married the same year that he enlisted.

Civil War Photos: Joseph Egolf

Colonel Joseph Egolf (New York State Military Museum)

I think you can tell why I chose this photograph for my next Civil War Photo investigation. Apart from the obvious, there's just something amazing about this man - the way he holds himself, the tidy way in which his empty shirtsleeve is pinned in front of him, his stalwart expression, and his meticulously groomed sideburns. He's someone whom I wanted to get to know.

Civil War Photos: William Glenny

I spent the morning searching the photographs on the New York State Military Museum website, trying to find one that would seize my attention the way that the photographs of Chester F. Dewey and William Carason did. What I found was two photographs, one with a detailed description on the reverse, that succeeded in capturing my imagination.

 

Civil War Photos: William Carasaw

William Carasaw (New York State Military Museum)

Why did William Carasaw volunteer to fight in the Civil War? In his forties at the start of the war, he was too old to be drafted, and living as he did in New York, he could have easily avoided the conflict altogether. My investigation into this question revealed a fascinating story that ties Carasaw to famous abolitionists Gerrit Smith and John Brown. Yes, that John Brown.

Carasaw was born in Watervliet, New York, in 1820. In 1849, he and his wife Eliza Reid Carasaw moved to North Elba to be part of what would be known as "The North Elba Black Colony." The colony consisted of forty acre lots granted by abolitionist Gerrit Smith to "free blacks of New York State who measured up to his standards of good moral character, industriousness, and temperance" (1). Shortly after Smith set up his colony, John Brown, who would later help to spark the Civil War through his raid on Harper's Ferry, moved to the area in order to teach the colonists how to farm, as many had never farmed before. Perhaps due to their lack of experience or Smith's poor planning (or both), few of the colonists stayed in North Elba for very long.

Carasaw was given forty acres in the southwest quarter, Subdivision 1, of Lot 23, Township 12, in Smith's colony, an area that historian Mary MacKenzie describes as "deep wilderness land" that is "still wilderness today" (1). She believes that due to the inaccessibility of this area, it's "highly unlikely that Carasaw made any attempt to clear his lot and settle on it." Instead, he lived elsewhere in North Elba, where he owned a log cabin, and produced potatoes, butter, and maple sugar.

Civil War Photos: Chester F. Dewey

In the course of my research on the 59th New York State Infantry Regiment - in which Charles W. Cronk, the son of Alfred and Sally Ann Carpenter Cronk, served - I came across this photograph of Chester F. Dewey, who was a private and later a sergeant in that regiment (here is the full information about the photograph, which is a carte-de-visite held at the New York State Military Museum). I found something incredibly engaging about his face and his expression. He looked like someone I would have gone to college with. I became even more interested in Dewey after reading the description of his service that is posted on the website of the New York State Military Museum:

Chester F. Dewey: Age, 21 years. Enlisted July 4th, 1861 at Lowville. Mustered into Company B as a private August 9th, 1861 for a three-year tour of duty. Promoted to corporal October 1st, 1862 and wounded in action December 13th, 1862 at Fredericksburg, VA. Promoted to sergeant December 31st, 1862 and transferred to Company C June 25th, 1863. Returned to the ranks in November or December 1863 and discharged July 11th, 1864 at Government Hospital for the Insane, Washington, D.C. 

I knew I had to find out more about this young man with the engaging face who had suffered so much as a result of the Civil War. What happened to him? Did he recover from his illness? Was he able to return to his life back home?

34: Washington B. Pullis

 

Several times, I had looked at the name of Washington B. Pullis in the 1909 transcription and wondered how he fit into the community of the cemetery. The transcription calls him "Major Washington B. Pullis," and states that he was a member of the 58th Illinois Infantry Regiment. I thought perhaps he was a native of Illinois who had moved to New York later in life - that is, until I saw his actual grave. He is listed on one side of the Williamson monument above. The other sides commemorate Robert and Mary J. Williamson and their four children who died young.

Where does Washington B. Pullis fit into all of this?

The 1850 census provides the answer ... or so I thought. Washington B. Pullis, who was born in December 1836, must be the same person as Washington Williamson, who was 13 in 1850.

1850 US Federal Census

The Williamson family was haunted by tragedy. In 1850, they had already lost one child: Julia E. Williamson, who died in 1848 at the age of five. Their infant son John V. Williamson would die that year. Then, on April 29, 1854, Mary J. Williamson gave birth to twin girls, Mary E. and Anna M. Mary (the mother) died less than one month later; infant Mary died on July 14, and Anna on February 7 of the following year. Robert Williamson was left alone to raise his four surviving children.

By 1860, Washington had left the house, and Robert lived with Lavina (or Malvina), Robert, and Smith. This census indicates that Robert was born in England, even though the 1850 census said he was born in New York.

1860 US Federal Census

The 1870 census also states that Robert was born in England. By then he was living with a family of Cronks.

1870 US Federal Census

Robert Williamson died in 1876.

Now this is where things get tricky. When I try to search for the Williamsons' oldest child Washington, I get no results if I search for "Washington Williamson." However, I get plenty of results when I search for "Washington B. Pullis," without the Williamson, including Washington's Civil War record.

At this point, my guess was that Washington B. Pullis was not the son of Robert Williamson, but rather the son of Mary J. Williamson and her previous husband, whose last name must have been Pullis. Unfortunately, Mary wouldn't have been listed by name in the 1840 census, so I can't use it to confirm my suspicion. I'm pretty sure I'm right, though.

This is Washington's Civil War record:

Rank at enlistment: First Sergeant

Enlisted in Company B, Illinois 58th Infantry Regiment on December 24, 1861. Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant on March 2, 1863. Promoted to 1st Lieutenant on May 18, 1864. Promoted to Full Captain on November 5, 1864.

Unfortunately, I can't find Washington in any of the censuses besides the 1850 census, so I can't say for sure if he married or had any children.

Washington's brother Smith Williamson graduated from New York University School of Law in 1876. In 1900, he was living in White Plains with his English-born wife Sarah, his daughter Lilian, his daughter Marion, Marion's husband Francis Voss, and two servants.

1900 US Federal Census

According to passenger lists, Smith Williamson traveled extensively, visiting France in 1909 and 1912, Scotland in 1910, and England in 1914. He died before 1920.

Marion's husband Francis Underhill Voss applied for a passport in 1920, which is how I got this awesome picture of him (on the right).

Voss was also a traveler, visiting Bermuda in 1925 and the Dutch West Indies in 1927. It seems that he traveled for business; the 1920 census gives his occupation as "clerk" in a "steamship co." He and Marion lived in New Jersey and had two children, Willard and Marion. According to passenger lists, Marion traveled with Francis on his trips, but I haven't been able to find her passport application. Francis died in 1963.

Since the 1909 transcription is missing the names of Robert and Mary Williamson's children (aside from Washington Pullis), I thought I'd transcribe the entire monument here:

Side #1
Robert Williamson
Born May 30, 1812
Died March 15, 1876
Mary J.
Wife of Robert Williams.
Born August 15, 1818
Died May 24, 1854

Side #2
Mary E.
Born April 29, 1854
Died July 14, 1854
Anna M.
Died April 29, 1854
Died February 7, 1855
Children of R. and M. J. Williamson

Side #3
Julia E.
Born February 7, 1843
Died September 4, 1848
John V.
Born September 11, 1849
Died August 19, 1850
Children of R. and M. J. Williamson

Side #4
Washington B. Pullis
Born December 16, 1836
Died March 21, 1888

1. Mary J. (1818-1854) m. (1) Unknown Pullis; (2) Robert Williamson (1812-1876)
1. Washington B. Pullis (1836-1888)
2. Lavina Williamson (1838-)
3. Julia E. Williamson (1843-1848)
4. Robert A. Williamson (1846-)
5. John V. Williamson (1849-1850)
6. Mary E. Williamson (1854-1854)
7. Ann M. Williamson (1854-1855)
8. Smith Williamson (1852-before 1920) m. Sarah A. (1851-after 1920) in 1873
1. Marion M. Williamson (1874-) m. Francis Underhill Voss (1872-1963)
1. Willard Voss (1904-)
2. Marion Voss (1910-)
2. Lilian Williamson (1876-)

33: Phebe Maria Van Tassel Chase

Grave of Phebe Maria (Van Tassel) Chase

I suspect that Hannah, whose grave sits behind that of Phebe Maria Van Tassel Chase, is a relative of hers, but I've yet to identify the exact link.

Born in 1835, Phebe Maria Van Tassel was the daughter of Gilbert Van Tassel and Ann Maria Hewlett, both of whom are buried in the cemetery, as is Phebe's sister, Ardelia C. Van Tassel. Gilbert was a shoemaker. In 1850, he and his wife had four daughters living with them.

1850 US Federal Census

In 1860, Phebe was living with her sister Sarah, Sarah's husband George Jackson, and Phebe's future husband Edwin V. Chase. I would love it if anyone could decipher the occupation given for Phebe in the census below. Milliner, maybe? In any case, Edwin was born in Connecticut and was a tin smith. He and Phebe married one year later. Shortly after that, Edwin enlisted in the 7th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry, Company D.

1860 US Federal Census

In 1860, Phebe's sister Ardelia was living at the New-York Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb in Manhattan. Sadly, Ardelia would die in 1862.

1860 US Federal Census

Ten years later, and we arrive at the Sexist Census of 1870. Seriously, I call it the Sexist Census because every woman is simply listed by her husband's name. Here, Phebe is "Mrs. E. V. Chase." If I didn't have later censuses, I wouldn't be able to identify this as Phebe. Edwin and Phebe are listed with their two sons, Edwin and Freddie. The name of a third son, John, is crossed out. Was this a mistake, or did the child die?

1870 US Federal Census

Ten years after that, Edwin and Phebe were living in the same place with their two sons.

1880 US Federal Census

After the 1880 census, twenty years elapse before we get another glimpse into the Chase family. By that time, Phebe, age 65, was living with her son Frederick, his wife Mary (who was the daughter of Irish immigrants), and their two-year-old daughter Catherine in Brooklyn. This census identifies Phebe as the mother of three children, one of whom was living. Her son Edwin Chase had died in 1895 and is buried in the cemetery.

1900 US Federal Census

Meanwhile, Edwin Chase the Elder, age 65, was living in Fitch's Home for Soldiers and Orphans in Darien, Connecticut. I haven't been able to determine when he died or where he was buried.

1900 US Federal Census

Phebe, however, died in 1905 and is buried in the cemetery. Her sole surviving child and his wife had five children by 1925. Frederick worked as an electrician, and two of his children worked as typists. His youngest child seems to have been named after Phebe's father.

1925 New York State Census

By 1930, only three children were left in the house.

1930 US Federal Census

1. Gilbert Van Tassel (1798-1874) m. Ann Maria Hewlett (1798-1870)
1. Sarah A. Van Tassel (1833-) m. George W. Jackson (1829-)
2. Phebe Maria Van Tassel (1835-1905) m. Edwin V. Chase (1835-after 1900) in 1861
1. Edwin L. Chase (1864-1895)
2. Stephen Chase (1870-before 1900)
3. Frederick E. Chase (1867-) m. Mary E. (1871-) in 1896
1. Catherine Chase (1898-)
2. James F. Chase (1907-)
3. Mary C. Chase (1908-)
4. John F. Chase (1912-)
5. Gilbert A. Chase (1914-)
3. Ardelia C. Van Tassel (1837-1862)
4. Susan Van Tassel (1840-)

31: Nathan C. Avery (update)

Update. Claudia, who saw this post through Facebook, has provided me with the details of Nathan's parents and wife. Thanks, Claudia!

I'm always curious about people who seem to have been buried in the cemetery on their own - that is, seemingly without other relatives in the cemetery. In the case of Ann M. Shamp, my first impression turned out to be mistaken; that is, while Ann was the only person with the surname Shamp in the cemetery, she was actually a Sarles by birth. For obvious reasons, this can't be the case for Nathan C. Avery. There are no other Averys buried in the cemetery. Who was his family?

Nathan died in 1894 at the age of 64. Unfortunately, most of the 1890 census was lost in a fire, so the 1880 census is the last surviving census in which he appears.

1880 US Federal Census

This census provides a possible explanation for Nathan's burial in the cemetery. An unmarried 50-year-old stonecutter, he lived with Edwin A. and Sarah E. Purdy in Manhattan. There are four Purdys buried in the cemetery, although Edwin and Sarah aren't among them, and Purdy is a very common surname in Westchester County. Were the Purdys Nathan's family? Sarah Purdy is the right age to be his sister, although his relation to Edwin Purdy is given as "boarder," not "brother-in-law." Additionally, the census says that Nathan was born in Vermont and Sarah was born in New Hampshire.

Ten years earlier, Nathan had lived in Manhattan with a different family - one that provides him with more connections to the cemetery.

1870 US Federal Census

Haight and Hall are both common names in the cemetery. The Mary S. Haight and Elizabeth Hall listed here are both buried there; the transcription indicates that they were sisters.

But how is Nathan related to any of them?

In the 1860s, Nathan's trail goes cold, and I can't find him again until the 1850 census.

In 1850, we finally find Nathan in his native state, Vermont, in the town of Sherburne. Yet there are no other Averys to be found here either, but some Richardsons, a Rowe, a Hawkins, a Danville, a Goodrich, and a Converse. Nathan worked as a farm laborer.

1850 US Federal Census

Because he would have been ten years old, Nathan wouldn't have appeared in the 1840 census except as a tally mark in the household of his father or whoever else was the head of his household, so I can't find him.

UPDATE
Claudia told me that The Chandler Family: The Descendants of William Chandler and Annis Chandler Who Settled in Roxbury, Mass., 1637 (1883) provides information on Nathan C. Avery's family. She was also able to find the maiden name of Nathan's wife, Libbie, through the New York City marriage records index. It's Haight - are you surprised?

The book gives Nathan's date of birth as November 25, 1829. He was the son of Jeremiah Avery of Sherburne, VT, and Ruth Chandler of Alstead, NH; they married on July 4, 1825. Jeremiah was the son of Nathan Avery, a cooper and farmer.

Nathan C. Avery married Libbie A. Haight on April 28, 1881, in Manhattan. Is this the same woman as Elizabeth Haight, age 17, with whom Nathan was living in 1870? And was this Nathan's first marriage? He would have been 52 at the time. Better late than never, I suppose!

Nathan and Libbie would have appeared together in the 1890 census, but that census was destroyed in a fire. The next time Libbie would appear, she would be a widow in the 1900 census. I didn't find her there, but I did find a Libbie Avery in the 1910 census, living in the Bronx with a family of Walkers. She was 57 at the time, which makes her precisely the right age to be Elizabeth Haight, the daughter of Stephen and Mary Haight, who was 17 in 1870. In the 1910 census, her occupation is given as music teacher.

1910 US Federal Census

The next census in which I find Libbie is the 1930 census, when she was living at the Association for the Relief of Respectable, Aged, and Indigent Females in Manhattan. She was then 77.

1930 US Federal Census

Libbie was still living at the Association in 1940 at the age of 86. It was also known as the Association Residence Nursing Home. The building, constructed in 1883 and designed by Richard Morris Hunt, is still standing and is on the U.S. Register of Historic Places. It's now a youth hostel.

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Through one of the family trees on Ancestry, I was able to find the name of Nathan C. Avery's sister, Eliza Arabel Avery, who was born in 1823. She married Charles Fisher Lincoln in 1844. In 1850, the couple was living next door to Nathan and Eliza's father Jeremiah and his second wife, Laura, in Sherburne. They had three children, and also housed 14-year-old Charles Avery and 23-ear-old Alonzo Estabrook.

1850 US Federal Census

In 1860, the family had moved to Woodstock, VT, with their six curiously named children.

1860 US Federal Census

They were still there in 1870 with two more children, bringing the total number up to eight.

1870 US Federal Census

By 1880, Charles Fisher Lincoln had died. Eliza Lincoln was the head of a household that included three sons, two daughters, and two grandsons.

1880 US Federal Census

These are the children of Eliza Avery and Charles Lincoln that I have been able to trace:

Newman M. Lincoln was already a farmer of 35 in the 1880 census. He fought with the 6th Vermont Infantry Regiment in the Civil War. He is listed in the 1890 Veterans Census as living in Woodstock, VT. He married his wife Lettie in 1887 and had one child, Gladys. He was working as a carpenter in 1900 and 1910. In 1914, Newman was admitted to a National Home for Disabled Soldiers in Los Angeles, near to the home of his daughter Gladys Mellon, with a number of infirmities. He died in 1915 of nephritis.

Estell W. Lincoln married Sarah Gates in 1878 in Boston. He worked as a machinist. They were living in Los Angeles in 1910 and 1920. They didn't have children.

Arba Nelson Lincoln married Mira Kimball in 1876 and had five children. They lived in Bristol, Massachusetts, and he was a lawyer. You can see his biography from Who's Who in England of 1915 below. He died in 1922.

Who's Who in New England 1915

Mary E. Lincoln married George W. Clark in 1874. In 1880, they were living in Illinois, and in 1900, they were living in Los Angeles.

Loyal Tisdale Lincoln and his wife Emma were married in 1894. She had two children from a previous marriage. They lived in Los Angeles, where Loyal was a mail carrier.

1. Jeremiah Avery (1797-) m. (1) Ruth Chandler (1804-); (2) Laura (1798-)
1. Eliza Arabel Avery (1823-after 1880) m. Charles Fisher Lincoln (1819-1876)
1. Newman M.  Lincoln (1845-1915) m. Lettie (1858-before 1910)
1. Gladys Lincoln (1891-) m. Mellon
2. Estell W. Lincoln (1847-) m. Sarah Gates in 1878
3. Arba Nelson Lincoln (1849-1922) m. Mira Kimball (1850-) in 1876
1. Ernest Avery Lincoln (1883-)
2. Ralph Hayford Lincoln (1885-)
3. Grace Lincoln (1888-)
4. Kenneth Chandler Lincoln (1890-)
5. Carl Kimball Lincoln (1892-1961) m. Jean L. (1887-)
1. Nelson H. Lincoln (1915-)
2. Warner C. Lincoln (1920-2001)
4. Mary E. Lincoln (1852-) m. George W. Clark in 1874
1. William L. Clark (1874-)
2. Dona M. Clark (1886-)
3. Loyal N. Clark (1893-)
5. Loyal Tisdale Lincoln (1857-) m. Emma (1855-) in 1894
6. Julia A. Lincoln (1859-) 
7. Nettie Lincoln (1861-1924)
8. Charles R. Lincoln (1866-) 
2. Nathan C. Avery (1829-1894) m. Libbie Haight (1853-after 1940) in 1881

30: Richard and Rachel Kirby

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"Rachiel" Kirby - unconventional spelling or engraver's mistake? For now I'm going to assume it's the latter. I don't think I've ever seen Rachel spelled that way.

At first I mistook Richard and Rachel Kirby for husband and wife. In fact, she's his daughter. (Correction, August 17, 2015: She was his wife! See here.) Rachel's mother was Matilda Frost, who is not buried in the cemetery. Richard, a farmer, was born around 1781 and died in 1857.

Rachel was born in New Jersey in 1804. In 1850, she lived with her father and three Kirbys whom I am assuming are her brothers. There was also a 17-year-old girl, Cecilia Smith; I'm not sure how she fits into the picture.
 

1850 US Federal Census

Joseph Kirby (1801-1849)
Rachel's older brother Joseph, who was born in 1801, married Mary Ferris and became a miller. On August 12, 1849, he died suddenly of unknown causes, according to the 1850 United States Federal Census Mortality Schedules. After her husband's death, Mary was living with a man named Philip Clapp, a woman named Adelia Horton, and Adelia's daughter Emily.

1850 US Federal Census

Although she died in 1879, I can't find Mary in the 1860 or 1870 census.

Leonard Kirby (1802-1878)
Rachel's older brother Leonard Kirby was born around 1802. He married Jane Vervalen, who was born in New Jersey in 1813. They had thirteen children, only five of whom outlived their mother.

In 1860, Leonard and Jane lived near the cemetery with their nine children, three servants, and two laborers. Leonard was a merchant.

1860 US Federal Census

Leonard died in 1878, after which Jane lived with relatives in New Jersey and then in Westchester. In 1900, she was living with her daughter Louisa and her husband Alexander H. Mood, a traveling salesman, as well as the Moods' son George, Jane's daughter Adelaide, and one boarder.

When Jane died in 1902 at the age of 89, it was a full hundred years after her husband Leonard's birth.

Leonard's son Richard Kirby married Adelaide L. Stanton, the daughter of James P. and Jemima Stanton and the sister of Annie and Emily who are buried in the cemetery. You can read about Richard and Adelaide's descendants in the Annie and Emily post.

Sinclair Harcout Kirby

Leonard's other son Edgar Kirby enlisted in the Civil War on September 9, 1862, in the 5th New York Heavy Artillery Regiment, Company H. He became a Corporal on January 24, 1863, and a Second Lieutenant on June 22, 1863. He was discharged on June 29, 1863.

Edgar Kirby's son Sinclair Kirby worked in advertising and volunteered in the 71st New York Infantry, Company G, in the Spanish-American War. In 1918, he applied for a passport for the purpose of traveling to England and France to serve in the Red Cross. To the right is a photograph of him from the application.

William A. Kirby (1828-?)
William Kirby was working as a carpenter in 1850, but I can't find him in censuses after that.

Charles H. Kirby (1830-)
Charles Kirby and his wife Jane buried one child in the cemetery: Albert E. Kirby, who was born and died in 1860. The family later moved to Brooklyn, where Charles was working as a bookkeeper in 1880.

1880 US Federal Census

John Wesley Kirby (1832-1901)
I'm guessing that the Kirbys were Methodists based on the name of their youngest child, John Wesley Kirby. He was born in 1832 and was a carpenter. On September 9, 1862, along with nephew Edgar Kirby, he enlisted in the Civil War, serving in the 5th New York Heavy Artillery Regiment, Company H. He was promoted to Corporal on July 31, 1864, and to Sergeant on April 20, 1865. He was discharged on June 22, 1865.

After the war, John Wesley Kirby lived in Brooklyn with his wife, Adelaide, and their children.

1880 US Federal Census

After Adelaide's death, John lived with his daughter Leonora and her husband George Parker. He died in 1901.

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1. Richard Kirby (1781-1857) m. Matilda Frost (1783-); Rachel Kirby 
1. Joseph Kirby (1801-1849) m. Mary Ferris (1800-1879)
2. Leonard Kirby (1802-1878) Jane E. Vervalen (1813-1902)
1. William H. Kirby (1831-)
2. Richard Kirby (1834-) m. Adelaide L. Stanton (1841-after 1930)
1. Evelina A. Kirby (1862-)
2. Leonard Kirby (1869-) m. Elizabeth (1871-) in 1892
1. Leonard Kirby (1893-1983) m. Delma Crenshaw (1903-1945)
1. Leonard Kirby (1918-1964)
2. Hildegard Kirby (1895-)
3. Edgar Kirby (1838-1912) m. (1) Mary Jane (1838-1872); (2) Ellen McCoy Rider (1847-1900)
1. Jane Kirby (1861-1890)
2. Matilda Kirby (1875-)
3. Sinclair Harcout Kirby (1877-) m. Louise (1863-)
4. Edgar Kirby (1883-1967) m. Ethel B. (1884-)
1. Helen D. Kirby (1910-)
5. Ellen Kirby (1883-)
4. Matilda Kirby (1840-1878) m. James Hoyt (1838-1890)
5. Evelina Kirby (1842-)
6. Jane Kirby (1844-)
7. Leonard Kirby (1845-)
8. Louisa Kirby (1848-) m. Alexander H. Mood (1852-)
1. George L. Mood (1886-)
9. Adelaide Kirby (1849-)
10. Helen Kirby (1855-)
11. Mary Kirby (1857-)
3. William A. Kirby (1828-)
4. Charles H. Kirby (1830-) m. Jane E. (1834-)
1. Charles M. Kirby (1858-) m. Nellie (1859-)
1. Walter Kirby (1879-)
2. Lillian Kirby (1882) m. William J. Steinel (1875-) in 1898
3. Charles Kirby (1885-)
4. William Kirby (1888-)
5. Benjamin H. Kirby (1889-)
2. Albert E. Kirby (1860-1860)
3. Frederick Kirby (1865-)
5. John Wesley Kirby (1832-1901) m. Adelaide M. (1835-) in 1857
1. Leonora Kirby (1857-1928) m. George H. Parker (1856-1897)
1. George H. Parker (1886-)
2. Marguerite Parker (1888-)
3. Ethel G. Parker (1896-)
2. Augustus Kirby (1860-)
3. Louisa Kirby (1862-)