Elizabeth Browning

Notes:

Buried:
In Memory of Mrs. Elizabeth
Wife of Capt. Oliver Harding
who died Feb 16, 1845
age 67

Elizabeth married Captain Oliver Harding on 9 Nov 1803 in Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Oliver (son of Captain Abijah Harding and Sybil Adams) was born on 3 Jun 1774 in Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 22 Oct 1843 in Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
She was age 22 at her death.

Buried:
Miss Sarah B. Harding
dau of Capt. Oliver
& Mrs. Eliz. Harding
d. June 28, 1822
Age 22

Other Events and Attributes:

• Married: 12 Dec 1838, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Luke Adams. He was born about 1800 in Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Austin Flint Adams (1840-____) 2. Mary Adams (c1845-____)
• Census: 1880, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Other Events and Attributes:

• Married: Oct 1833, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Louisa "Lucy" Newcomb, the daughter of James and Rhoda (Partridge) Newcomb. She was born on 24 November 1806 in Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts. She died on Sunday 18 January 1874 in Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Lysander Harding (1836-____) 2. Gardner Harding (1837-1840) 3. Ellen Louisa Harding (1840-____) 4. Martha Elizabeth Harding (1845-1869)

Notes:

Christened:
He is listed as Samuel Oliver Harding on his baptismal record.

Married:
Newcomb (1874) gives their marriage date as 14 October 1832.

Buried:
Silas O. Harding
died
July 17, 1884
76 yr 11 mo
-
Louisa
his wife
died
Jan 18, 1874
age 67, 1 mo

Other Events and Attributes:

• History: 1843; He took over the management of his father's farm upon his death and ran it until 1870 when he sold it to lumbering interests.
• Census: 1850, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts; : 41
• Offices Held: 1854, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He was elected a Selectman. He served as Selectman again in 1868
• Census: 1855, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts; : 46
• Census: 1860, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts; : 52
• Census: 1870, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts; : 61
• History: 1872; Alpheus moved to a farm near the town and lived there until Catharine's death in 1872. He then lived with his sister, Mrs. Nancy Jenkins.

Notes:

Birth:
The birth date on his gravestone is 30 May 1809. Possibly this is an engraving error.

Alpheus married Catharine Muzzy Wheeler on 9 Mar 1837 in Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Catharine (daughter of Captain Rowland Wheeler, J.P. and Lydia Gates) was born on 26 Jun 1818 in Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 13 Aug 1872 in Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alpheus married Lucy H. Clark on 24 Jun 1874 in Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Lucy was born in 1826 in Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 11 Oct 1898 in Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried in Glen Valley Cemetery, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Married: 3 Oct 1848, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts; George Jenkins, the son of Abraham and Mary (Lord) Jenkins. He was born on 21 March 1812 in Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He died on Tuesday 11 September 1888 in Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was buried on 16 September 1888 in Glen Valley Cemetery, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Edwin Jenkins (1849-1849) 2. Edwin Jenkins (1849-1919) 3. Harding Jenkins (1852-1922)
• History: 1872; Her brother, Alpheus, lived with her for a time after the death of his wife in 1872.
• Census: 1880, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Notes:

Birth:
Morse (1864) gives her birth as in Barre.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He was recorded while living with his parents.; : 12
• Census: 1855, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He was recorded while living with his parents.; : 18
• Graduation: Abt 1856, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Address:
  Barre High School
• Census: 1860, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He and his wife, Ruth, were living with his parents.; : 22
• History: 1860; After their marriage, he worked on his father's farm for a few years
• Moved To: Abt 1864, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts; They moved to Brush Valley where he worked in a shop
• Census: 1870, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 32
• Census: 1880, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 42
• Moved To: 1885; George removed to Orange, and there he lived the rest of his life. During his father's last illness, he and Ruth spent much of their time in Barre. He was a carpenter.
• Occupation: 1894, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; He was employed by G. H. Lawrence
• Residence: 1894, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; Address:
  44 North Main Street
• Census: 1900, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 63
• Census: 1910, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 72; Address:
  77 North Main Street
• History: 1910; According to his obituary, "He was social, companionable, well-informed and well liked."

Notes:

Birth:
He was born on his father's farm which was two miles from Coldbrook.

George married Ruth Melinda Delvey on 1 Jun 1859 in Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Ruth (daughter of Joseph Delvey and Mary Wheaton) was born on 15 Jun 1838 in Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts; died on 9 Sep 1923 in Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; was buried on 12 Sep 1923 in Riverside Cemetery, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts; She was recorded while living with her parents.; : 9
• Census: 1855, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts; She was recorded while living with her parents.; : 14
• Census: 1860, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts; She was recorded while living with her parents.; : 16
• Married: 1863; Isaac Newton Monroe. He was born in August 1837 in Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Charles N. Monroe (1865-1898) 2. Elbert LeRoy Monroe (1867-____) 3. Catherine R. Monroe (1871-____)
• Residence: c 1865, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts; They lived in the Colbrook section
• Census: 1900, Oakham, Worcester County, Massachusetts; : 58
• Census: 1920, Oakham, Worcester County, Massachusetts; : 78

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts; She was recorded while living with her parents.; : 2
• Census: 1855, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts; She was recorded while living with her parents.; : 7
• Census: 1860, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts; She was recorded while living with her parents.; : 12
• Census: 1870, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts; She was recorded while living with her parents.; : 22
• Married: 28 Nov 1871, North Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts; William E. Hobbs, the son of John and Senneth Hobbs.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1870, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts; She was recorded while living with her parents.; : 9
• Census: 1880, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 20
• Census: 1880, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts
• Married: 7 Jan 1880; Robert Carpenter Eddy, the son of Chester Wales and Sarah Jane (Bowman) Eddy. He was born 14 January 1853 in Warwick, Massachusetts and died 8 May 1921 in Beverly, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Robert Harding Eddy (1880-1880)
• History: 1900; She was well known to book lovers as a collector of rare books, her library being quite large.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1870, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts; In the 1870 US Census she was recorded, age 2, living in Warwick, Massachusetts with her parents.
• Census: 1880, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts; In the 1880 US Census she was recorded, age 12, living in Warwick, Massachusetts with her parents.
• Census: 1900, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; In the 1900 US Census she was recorded, age 31, living on 52 Whitney Street, Orange, Massachusetts.
• Census: 1910, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; In the 1910 US Census she was recorded, age 43, living on North Orange Road, Orange, Massachusetts.
• Census: 1920, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; In the 1920 US Census she was recorded, age 51, living in Orange, Massachusetts. She was listed as a widow. Her daughter, Grace, and her husband were living with her.
• Census: 1930, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; In the 1930 US Census she was recorded, age 61, living on North Orange Road, Orange, Massachusetts.
• Census: 1940, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; In the 1940 US Census she was recorded, age 71, living on North Orange Road, Orange, Massachusetts.
• Obituary: 24 Oct 1952
• Last Full Review: 3 Sep 2020

Notes:

Died:
She died at home of Harry and Ruth Woodman.

Cora married Everett Daniel Ward on 22 Oct 1885 in Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Everett (son of Deacon Thomas Harris Ward and Esther Kellogg Mayo) was born on 16 Nov 1857 in Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; died on 4 Jan 1920 in Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; was buried in Tully Cemetery, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Cora married Robert Daniel Crosby on 23 May 1926 in Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Robert was born in Oct 1869 in Canada; died on 15 Dec 1940 in Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; was buried in South Cemetery, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1880, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts; She was recorded while living with her parents.; : 8
• Married: 18 Apr 1888, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts; Elmer Derby Whitney, the son of Lysander S. and Lydia Ann (Burnap) Whitney. He was born 9 June 1864 in Townshend, Vermont. Muse (1995) gives his birth place as Ludlow, Vermont. He died 14 February 1961 in Athol, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Harding Wheeler Whitney (1890-1969) 2. daughter Whitney (1892-1892) 3. Clifford Elmer Whitney (1893-1972)
• Census: 1900, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 27
• Census: 1910, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 30; Address:
  Rear 111 Winter Street
• Census: 1920, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; Her mother was living with her and her husband.; : 48; Address:
  77 North Main Street
• Census: 1930, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 58; Address:
  77 North Main Street
• Census: 1940, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 68; Address:
  77 North Main Street