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Note for: Albert Kemerer, APR 1874 - Index

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The 1930 census had Albert and family in Iowa, Jackson County, Otter Creek Township. Albert was listed as Bert. He was living next door to brother Daniel.

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Note for: Raymond A. Kemerer, 2 SEP 1908 - 23 MAY 1994 Index

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Social Security Death Index
Name: Ray A. Kemerer
SSN: 482-42-9144
Last Residence: 52079 Zwingle, Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Born: 2 Sep 1908
Died: 23 May 1994
State (Year) SSN issued: Iowa (1955 )

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Note for: Isaiah Robinson, 20 MAY 1726 - Index

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The first of the Robinson family of whom we have any knowledge was Isaiah, who came from Cape Cod and settled in Carmel on a place which was west of the reservoir, near the Tilly Foster Mine. In the assessment roll of 1777 the names of Ebenezer and John Robinson occur. The latter probably lived in Patterson and is mentioned as living "near Robinson's store." They were brothers of Isaiah Robinson.

Isaiah Robinson married Amy Chapel. Their children were: Peter; Zelotas, who went to Danbury, Conn.; Isaiah, who moved to Vermont; Ebenezer, who went to Chenango county; Noah, who moved to Tompkins county; Andrew, who lived in Kent on the place now owned by Eben Wixom; and Chapel, who also removed to Tompkins county. There was one daughter, Lydia, who married Joshua Morse.

Peter Robinson was born March 8th, 1761, and died May 21st, 1849. He was a soldier in the Revolution, and was at West Point at the time of Arnold's treason. During the latter part of his life he received a pension from the government, the principal witness in his behalf at the time of his application being Enoch Crosby, the original of "Harvey Birch," the hero of Cooper's "Spy." His residence was on a farm in Kent near the place where his grandson, Coleman Robinson, now lives. He was well known as a good and worthy citizen.

Peter Robinson married Phebe Haight. Their children were: Huldah, wife of Squire Robinson; James, who moved to Tompkins county; Nathaniel; Meliza, wife of Abel Shaw, of Wisconsin; Ira, who also went to that State; Carle, who went to Illinois; Lydia, wife of Abijah K. Barrett; Betsy, wife of Major Mead; and Amy, wife of Joseph McCargar, of Orleans county, N. Y.

Elder Nathaniel Robinson, the third child of this family, was born April 6th, 1788. When four years old he moved to Kent with his father, and lived in a log house near the present residence of Coleman Robinson. His father at first held a large farm as tenant of Frederick Philipse, and afterward purchased it. Mr. Robinson was for many years an elder and minister of the Baptist Church. From a church record book, which is now in possession of his descendants, and a highly prized relic, we learn that he commenced preaching June 20th, 1819. During the rest of his life he preached in various places, as Carmel, Patterson, Fishkill, Farmer's Mills and Putnam Valley. The number of marriages solemnized by him was five hundred, and he officiated at the funerals of more than one thousand persons, and his services on such occasions were so highly appreciated that he was called to distant places to perform the last sad rites which accompany the closing scene of man's career on earth. The house which he built more than sixty years ago is yet standing on the farm of his son, Coleman Robinson. After a long life of great usefulness Elder Robinson died August 20th, 1865, in the 81st year of his age, and a neat monument in the burying ground by the Baptist church at Farmer's Mills marks his last resting place.

Elder Nathaniel Robinson married Adah, daughter of Seth Kelley. She was born May 11th, 1791, and died October 9th, 1883. They were the parents of three children: Coleman Robinson, born May 2d, 1816; Laura, born June 5th, 1818, married Eben Wixom, and resides in Kent; and Olive, who died in infancy.

Mr. Coleman Robinson, who is one of the best known citizens of Kent, resides on a farm in the northern part of the town. This farm was formerly owned by his grandfather, Peter Robinson, and was given by him to his son Carle, who sold it to Elder Moseman Barrett, a prominent citizen of former days. His sons sold it to John Henion, from whom it was purchased by Mr. Robinson. To the original farm he has greatly added by judicious purchases, and it now includes 255 acres. A line of stone wall about three rods west of his house is the original line between Lots 5 and 6 of the Philipse Patent, and from this point an unbroken line of fence marks the line to its northern extremity on the top of a mountain a short distance north of the county line. Mr. Robinson has held the office of supervisor of Kent, and was justice of the peace for many years, and justice of Sessions. He has also held the office of commissioner of schools, and was appraiser of lands in many instances. In all these positions his sound and discriminating judgment was fully recognized.

Mr. Robinson married Chloe Jane, daughter of John Henion. Their children are: Watson D., Emily B., wife of Charles B. Peck of Patterson (who has children, Coleman, Annie L. and Chloe May), and Coliette, wife of Emory C. Hufcut of Fishkill, who has one son, Ralph W.

Mr. Watson D. Robinson, who resides in Kent with his father, has also been supervisor of the town, and is justly regarded as one of the rising young men of the county.

John HENION came from Rhinebeck, and lived near Boyd's Corners in Kent. He married Mercy Smalley, and had children: Elias, who married Betsey Clawson; Zachariah, who married Margaret Hagar; John, jr., who married Chloe Hagar; Hannah, wife of Edmond Knox; Elizabeth, wife of Hiram Light; Julia, wife of Barnum Hazelton; Chloe Jane, wife of Coleman Robinson; and Mary, wife of Lee McDonald.

John Henion, Jr., had children: David, Julia, wife of Coleman K. Townsend; Kent, a well-known citizen of Patterson; Hannah, wife of William J. Robinson; Laura, wife of Lewis G. Robinson; Coleman T.; and Carrie, wife of John M. Penny.

Source:
William S. Pelletreau, History of Putnam County New York with Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men. Philadelphia: W. W. Preston & Co., 1886

Date and place of birth is from published gedcoms without sources.

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Note for: Henry D. Denison, 20 MAR 1822 - 20 DEC 1882 Index

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From: New York State Men: Biographic Studies and Character Portraits. Frederick S. Hills, Compiler Editor; The Argus Company, Albany, NY, 1910 pp152-3

HENRY DELMATER DENISON

Physician and business man, was born at Pompey, Onondaga County. NY, March 20, 1822, and was a son of Dr. Denison, a prominent physician of that place. He attended the public schools, spent two years at the Medical College at Castleton, VT, and was subsequently graduated brom Columbia College. Ypon completing his studies he returned to Pompey and commenced the proactice of medicine with his father. He did not find the profession congenial, however, and after two years he abandoned it. In 1850 he removed to Syracuse, where he became a contractor. His first contract was taken in partnership with his father-in-law, Anson Sutherland, but later Joseph Scoville and Thomas Gale were admitted to the firm, the latter remaining until his death. Upon the retirement of Mr. Scoville, J. J. Belden was made a partner, the firm name being Denison & Belden. This partnership lasted until the death of Dr. Denison. This firm was largely engaged in railroad construction work and also did a large amount of work on the Erie canal. Much of the most important public work of that period in Central New York was done by this firm. On October 1, 1845, Dr. Denison married Miss Melissa Marie Sutherland. Dr. Denison died at his home in Syracuse on December 20, 1882.

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Note for: Edward Porter Alexander, 26 MAY 1835 - 28 APR 1910 Index

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Edward Porter Alexander was a general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.

Pre-War Profession Graduated West Point 1857, instructor at West Point, Utah expedition.
War Service June 1861 Capt. of Engineers, signal officer at First Manassas, Lt. Col. and chief of ordnance of ANV, December 1862 Col., chief of artillery in Longstreet's Corps, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Knoxville, February 1864 Brig. Gen., Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg (w), Appomattox.
Post War Career Professor of Engineering, railroad president, wrote memoirs.
Notes Commanded the barrage before Pickett's charge
Further reading
Alexander, E. Porter Fighting for the Confederacy : the personal recollections of General Edward Porter Alexander, edited by Gary W. Gallagher. Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press, c1989
Alexander, E. Porter Military memoirs of a Confederate : a critical narrative. New York, Da Capo Press, 1993
Golay, Michael To Gettysburg and beyond : the parallel lives of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain and Edward Porter Alexander. New York, Crown Publishers, c1994
Klein, Maury Edward Porter Alexander. Athens GA, University of Georgia Press 1971

Brigadier General
Edward Porter Alexander, C.S.A.

Edward Porter Alexander was considered by many to be one of the finest artillery officers of the war, on either side. He was one of only three Confederate artillery officers to achieve the rank of Brigadier General. He worked closely with some of the highest-placed officers in the Army of Northern Virginia, serving on the staffs of P.G.T. Beauregard, Joseph Johnston, and R. E. Lee, then as Chief of Artillery for Longstreet's Corps. He often served in the capacity of engineering officer as well. He is, perhaps, most well-known for being in command of the artillery before "Pickett's Charge" at Gettysburg. He arranged the last line of battle for the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox, just before the surrender. At the close of the Civil War, he was just shy of 30 years old.

He was highly intelligent, gifted, and insightful; yet he was a man of his times. He grew up on a plantation with slaves and, though he remembered many of them by name years later when he wrote his personal "recollections," he did not make any comment in his personal memoirs about what he actually thought of slavery. He also summarily dismissed the thought that any woman could have contributed to the Confederate cause as a spy. For all that, he still comes across in his recollections as a personable and likable man.

Source: From the following website: http://www.home.gci.net/~toolman33/EdwardPorterAlexander.html

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Note for: John W. Mead, 28 JAN 1840 - Index

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John W. Mead, "Pompey, was born in Dutchess Co., Jan. 28, 1840, a son of Richard and Susan (Wheeler) Mead, who came to Pompey Center and worked at his trade of shoemaking for 60 years. Richard was born in 1804 and died in 1887, and his wife, who was born in 1802, died in 1891. The grandparents emigrated from Dutchess Co. to Ohio, where they took up a farm and spent their lives. John W. was reared in Pompey Center, and has followed farming, in connection with which he has been a practicing veterinary surgeon for 25 years. In 1861 he married Annie, daughter of William Morse, of Manlius, and they have had five children: Carrie, Albert, George, Bell and Frank," Source: Bruce, Dwight H. (Ed.), Onondaga's Centennial. Boston History Co., 1896, Vol. II, p. 336.

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Note for: Jeremiah Gould, 23 JUN 1750 - 19 DEC 1821 Index

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In 1790 Col. Jeremiah Gould, with his three sons, Jeremiah, James, and Phares, and one daughter, removed from Westmoreland to Salina. This family became prominent in the community, and the pioneer has the credit of building the first frame house at Salina in 1792, which was also the first one built in the county. ("HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF SALINA" by Dwight H. Bruce (Ed.), Onondaga's Centennial. Boston History Co., 1896, Vol II, pp. 933-961).

Jeremiah served as a Private in a Mass. unit, but was known to the settlers of Onandaga, NY as "Maj." Gould for his service in a NY Militia Regiment during the Rev. War. He is buried with other family members at Avery (Old Jamesville) Cemetary, Town of Dewitt, NY, located about 1/2 mile east of the village of Jamesville on the south side of Rte. 173. Avery (or Jamesville Cemetery) abuts Walnut Grove at the latter's west line. Age on headstone AND 1863 family Bible states 71y-5m-15d. Jamesville/Dewitt was known as "Sinai" in the 1790's.

The first town meeting for Pompey, was held at the house of Ebenezer BUTLER, April 1st, 1794, Moses DE WITT was chosen Supervisor, and Hezekiah OLCOTT, Town Clerk; Allen LEACH, Wm. HASKINS, George CATLIN and Ebenezer BUTLER, Jr., Assessors; Thomas OLCOTT, Jeremiah GOULD and John LAMB, Commissioners of Highways. ( "Onondaga; or Reminiscences of Earlier and Later Times, Vol. II" by Joshua V. H. Clark, A.M., Stoddard and Babcock, Syracuse, NY, 1849, pp. 241-282).

Jeremiah Gould erected the first frame house in the township of Pompey, (now in La Fayette,) in 1800. Genl. Isaac Hall built the next in 1801." ("Onondaga; or Reminiscences of Earlier and Later Times, Vol I" by Joshua V. H. Clark, Stoddard and Babcock, Syracuse, 1849, Vol. I, pp. 282-288).

The first religious society organized in the township of Manlius, was the First Presbyterian (Church) of Bloomingvale (Bloomingdale), one mile south of Jamesville, "...under the care of the General Assembly of American Presbyterian Divines, composed of professors of the Christian religion of the townships of Manlius and Pompey, organized at the house of Daniel Keeler, 29th December, 1795. Daniel Keeler, Comfort Tyler, Jeremiah Gould, William Hasken, Captain Joseph Smith, and John Young, Trustees thereof, &c., Jeremiah Jackson, presiding." ("Onondaga; or Reminiscences of Earlier and Later Times, Vol I" by Joshua V. H. Clark., pub. Stoddard and Babcock, Syracuse, 1849, pp. 230-240).

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Note for: Jeremiah Gould, 31 JUL 1780 - 26 NOV 1872 Index

Individual Note:
Col." Jeremiah Gould joined Genl. Isaac Hall and other men of LaFayette in the defense of Oswego and Sacketts Harbor during the War of 1812. Appears in the 1810 census for Pompey, and the 1840 census for LaFayette. Buried at Avery (Old Jamesville) Cemetary, Town of Dewitt, NY, located about 1/2 mile east of the village of Jamesville on the south side of Rte. 173. Avery (or Jamesville Cemetery) abuts Walnut Grove at the latter's west line.

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Note for: Phares Gould, 20 DEC 1787 - 24 AUG 1862 Index

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Sometime in the year 1792 Phares Gould built what was known as a mud house. It was constructed by laying up one upon another narrow strips of boards flatwise on the four sides, lapping the ends at the corners, and filling between the boards with clay. The roof was made of rough planks split from logs. By the close of the year 1792 there had been built eight or nine dwellings, two of which were of mud (so-called), one frame (Jeremiah Gould's) and the others of logs. Three of these houses stood on what is now Salina street (called in early times Canal street) and as many more on Free street near Carbon, as those streets now appear. No sales of land had yet been made and settlers erected their houses wherever their fancy dictated. "HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF SALINA" by Dwight H. Bruce (Ed.), Onondaga's Centennial. Boston History Co., 1896, Vol II, pp. 933-961.

Phares appears in the 1820 census for Marcellus and the 1830 census for Skaneateles, Onondaga Co., NY. "In 1834-35 Philip Drake built a grist mill on the site now occupied by Patterson & Sisson's flouring mill. In January, 1836, he sold it to Phares and Edward O. Gould, who enlarged and ran it until 1851, when they sold out to Wilson R. Cooper, Edwin R. Harmon, and Cornelius B. Way." From Dwight H. Bruce (ed.), Onondaga's Centennial, History of Camillus. Boston History Co., 1896, Vol. I, pp. 659-682.

Phares and Melissa (Osborne) Gould, with their children, lived in Skaneateles, N.Y. where Melissa Gould died. Phares Gould later moved to his daughter's, Julia (Gould) Jerome, home in Audubon Park, New York City, where he died in 1862 or 1864.

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Note for: Addison Gardiner Jerome, 12 SEP 1811 - 30 DEC 1864 Index

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In 1860, this family was in Brooklyn, Kings County, NY. Addison was working as a banker.

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Note for: David Scoville, ABT 1790 - 18 MAR 1845 Index

Burial:
Place: Riverside Cemetery, Baldwinsville, Lysander, Onondaga, NY

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Note for: Isaac Marvin, 27 FEB 1774 - 12 OCT 1850 Index

Individual Note:
He removed in 1818, with his family, to Richland Co., OH and settled two miles east of what is now Shelby. It is a family tradition that the journey, which was made in ox-wagons, occupied fourty-three days, and that it rained every day but one.

The following information is a synthesis of much information found in "The Marvin Room" of Marvin Memorial Library in Shelby, Ohio:

The Marvin family arrived at Boston on "The Increase" in 1635. They traveled to Hartford, CT in 1636 and soon thereafter founded the town of Norwalk, CT.

Isaac Marvin (b. 1774 at Norwalk, CT; son of Isaac Marvin who, according to family tradition, shot a "red-coat" accross the Conneticut River and was killed on Long Island while in service to the Patriotic cause during the American War for Independence)married in 1794 Hannah Hoyt (b. 1773). They left Conneticut in 1814 and established a new home in what is now Jackson Township, Richland Co., OH just west of present-day Shelby, OH. The journey took 40+ days and it rained every day but one. Issac died in 1850. Hannah died in 1858, ages 84 years.

Silas Marvin (b. 1805 CT; son of Isaac and Hannah [Hoyt] Marvin and brother to Stephen Marvin) was the nimrod of the family when young and killed wild game for food. He encountered indians often while hunting. Silas Married Judith Kemp of PA and OH. Silas was a cabinet maker by trade and a gentleman farmer. He was Universalist in religion. Silas died in 1871. Judith died in 1895, aged 88 years.

T.S. (Stephen Lipton) "Tip" Marvin (b. 1839 near Shelby, Richland Co., OH; Son of Silas and Judith [Kemp] Marvin) served an apprenticeship in carpentry at the age of 19 and began work in that trade in the employ of "The Big Four Railroad." He was a bridge and scale inspector and worked for the "Big Four" for 50 years. On 15 April 1861, one day after Ft. Sumter took fire and responding to the first call for aid by President Lincoln, Tip volunteered for the Union Army, enlisting in Company D 15th Ohio Infantry. His name was fifth on the roll. Tip Marvin was commissioned First Lieutenant and assigned to Company H, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, "Sherman Brigade" and served as Quartermaster on General Garfield's staff for a short time after Shiloh. In July 1864 he was commissioned to the rank of Captain but declined. Tip was attached to General Thomas when the Army of the Cumberland divided and Sherman started his "March to the Sea". Tip was captured by the Confederates and, while a prisoner of war, refused to be seperated from the enlisted men. He escaped from the rebels and made his way back to Union territory where he stirred other men to enlist in the Grand Armyof the Republic. He was mustered out of service 30 April 1865. Tip Marvin married Elizabeth Leitner (dau. of William B. Leitner) on 7 Dec. 1865 in Shelby, OH where the family resided. Tip died 31 Dec. 1913.

Steven Marvin (b. 8 Jan 1797; son of Isaac and Hannah [Hoyt] Marvin and older brother of Silas Marvin), with wife Sarah (Sherwood) and her mother, Mrs. Debbie Moyer arrived at what would become Shelby, Richland Co., OH in April 1818, leaving Conneticut that spring and following the route taken by his parents and his siblings four years earlier. They were the first white people to make their home in what would become Shelby, Ohio. All they owned was a wagon drawn by a single horse which carried simple tools, chains, wedges, a broad-ax, rifle, bullet pouch and powder horn. Mrs. Moyer, affectionately called "Aunt Debbie",was hired as the first school-teacher in Shelby in 1821 at a salary of 9 shillings per month. Stephen built their cabin near the site of the "Marvin House" which was constructed in 1832 and stands today at 57 North Gamble Street, Shelby, OH. All the interior woodwork and the outer siding is native black walnut. The kitchen fireplace was so arranged that a 12 foot log could be drawn into it from the outside.

Daniel Sherwood Marvin (b 15 Nov 1825 in the log cabin homestead; son of Stephen and Sarah (Sherwood) Marvin and brother to Charles W. Marvin, M.D.), was educated in law and was admitted to the Ohio Bar in 1847. He rushed to the gold fields in California and remained there eight years before returning to Shelby only to travel to Kansas City. He returned to Shelby at the outbreak of the War Between The States and enlisted in the 64th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, "Sherman Brigade", serving 15 months and sustaining serious injury, forcing him to retire from the service. In 1863 he married Caroline Sherman in Watertown, NY where they lived for over 30 years. While in Watertown he organized the Jefferson County Historical Society. The couple removed to Shelby, OH in 1897. Devoted to his home-town and the promotion of education and heritage, Daniel Sherwood Marvin purchased a grand home on Mansfield Avenue in 1901 and presented it to the city of Shelby for all time to house a library. "Marvin Memorial Library" stands today and has been enlarged to include "The Marvin Room" which houses a small but fine genealogy section.

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Note for: William Eisaman Cort, 29 JUL 1859 - 29 DEC 1941 Index

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Iowa State Gazetteer and Business Directory 1884-5 Vol. 3 This source lists William E. Cort as a principal of a school.

In 1900, this family was in Montana, Fergus County, Lewistown Township. William was an attorney.

In 1910, they were in California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles Township. William was again listed as attorney-at-law. Still there in 1920, only Margaret was living at home. That was the situation in 1930. William was a lawyer for a trust company, and daughter Margaret was a typist for a trust company.

Listed in California Death Index, which gives dates and places of birth and death.

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Note for: Philemon Whale, - Index

Burial:
     Date:   23 MAR 1618/19

Individual Note:
     NEHGR 114:155 (1960--Recent Books) Ancestry of Philemon Whale --"In the Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines, reference is made to Philemon Whale, weaver, whose daughter, Elizabeth, was second wife to John Moor(e) of Sudbury and Cambridge, Mass. . .
From the Parish Registers of Chickney, Essex are the following entries:

Baptized
1599-27 May, Philemon, son of Philemon Whale
1593-31 Jan., Elizabeth, dau of Philemon Whale
1610-30 Oct. - Philemon, son of Jonas Whale and Frances Whale

Burials:
1603--John, son of Philemon Whale
1616--Henry son of " "
23 Mar. 1619 -- Philemon Whale
25 Apr. 1621 -- Jonas Whale

    The elder Philemon Whale, above, was a cleric; his will, styling him of Chickney, Essex, 4 April 1618, was probated 19 May 1620; evidently he was buried 23 March 1619; his testament names his wife Agnes, his elder brother, John, deceased and the testator's two sons, Jonas and Philemon (see printed PCC wills, reg. Soames, 1620). The deceased brother, John Whale was evidently that John Whale of Colchester, whose will dated 1608 names his brother Philemon. (See also NEHGR 63:65, the will of John Whale in the parish of St. Mary, Towne of Colchester, County of Essex)

    Agnes, relict of Philemon Whale, clerk, may well have been Anne Norwood whom Philemon Whale married 4 Sept. 1587, according to the parish registers of Great Canfield, Essex.(see Col. Banks' MSS in the Library Congress; The Register, vol 53, p. 303).