Abigail Bullard

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• Moved To: 1825, Cincinnatus, Courtland County, New York

Abigail married Elias Carter on 18 Oct 1789 in Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Elias (son of Elias Carter and Deborah White) was born on 18 Jul 1765 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died in 1849 in Cincinnatus, Courtland County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• History: say 1810; According to Carter (1887), "He was a lawyer in Bennington, Vt.; his partner, Hiland Hall. Esq., afterwards governor of the state, writes of him thus: 'Marshall Carter was a young man of great worth and promise, cut off by death an the threshold of a brilliant and honored career at the bar, greatly mourned and lamented.'"

Marcia married William Sherwin on 28 Dec 1809 in Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts. William (son of Deacon Nathaniel Sherwin and Mary "Molly" Bement) was born on 26 Oct 1787 in Ashfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts; died on 19 May 1866 in New York City, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: Abt 1830; Catherine Huckle. She was born in Muncy, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania and she died in 1831. Issue: 1. Thomas Marshall Carter (1831-____)
• Married: 1837; Sarah Wells. She was born in Colchester, New London County, Connecticut and she died in 1868 in Castile, Wyoming County, New York. Issue: 1. Sarah Frances Carter
• History: say 1871; According to Carter (1887), "He was an Episcopal clergyman, educated at William and Mary's College and Alexandria Seminary; he was ordained by Bishop Meade of Virginia. His ministry of more than fifty years was passed in Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and western New York. A man of childlike faith and simplicity, content to spend and bed spent in his Master's service, his life was as a summer's day, lending grace and beauty to all who came within his influence. To know him was not only to love him, but to be drawn to follow him as he followed Christ. Compelled by growing physical infirmities - his mind retaining its vigor to the end - to withdraw from active work, he removed, in 1871, from Castile, western New York, to Painesville, Ohio, where his last days were spent."

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Birth:
He was a twin.

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• Married: 20 Sep 1824, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts; Adna Warner. He was born in Pitcher, Chenango County, New York and he died 25 November 1881. Issue: 1. Lucius A. Warner (1826-____) 2. Doric G. Warner (1828-____) 3. Emily G. Warner (1830-____) 4. Julia F. Warner (1834-____) 5. Lucien Warner (1839-____)

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Birth:
She was a twin.

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• Married: 5 Nov 1825, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts; Joseph Farnam. He was born on 16 May 1784 and he died 3 July 1866. Issue: 1. Asa B. Farnam (1827-1852) 2. Perley E. Farnam (1828-1877) 3. Henry M. Farnam (1829-____) 4. Catherine Farnam (1831-____) 5. Abigail Farnam (1833-____) 6. Clarissa Farnam (1837-____) 7. Adelphia E. Farnam (1845-____)

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• Occupation: say 1820; He was a mechanic.

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Died:
He never married.

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• Census: 1840, Auburn, Cayuga County, New York; In the 1840 US Census he was recorded living in Auburn, New York. 2 - Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14 1 - Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39 1 - Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9 1 - Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14 1 - Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19 1 - Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39 1 - Free White Persons - Under 20 2 - Free White Persons - 20 thru 49 7 - Total Free White Persons 7 - Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves
• Occupation: 1845, Auburn, Cayuga County, New York; In 1845, Consider stepped down from his job as a mail agent.
• Census: 1850, Auburn, Cayuga County, New York; In the 1850 US Census he was recorded, age 48, living in Auburn, New York. He was a mail agent for the US Post Department.
• Census: 1855, Ledyard, Cayuga County, New York; In the 1855 New York State Census he was recorded, age 50, living in Ledyard, New York.
• Residence: 1863, Auburn, Cayuga County, New York; In 1863 he lived on Morgan and Main, Auburn, New York.
• Census: 1880, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; In the 1880 US Census he was recorded, age 78, living at 314 West Jackson Street, Chicago, Illinois. He was a retired widower.
• Last Full Review: 30 Jul 2020

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Buried:
He is buried in section D, lot 591 of Graceland Cemetery, Chicago.

Consider married Eleanor "Ellen" Crowley in 1838. Eleanor was born in 1801 in Massachusetts; died on 2 Aug 1853 in Auburn, Cayuga County, New York; was buried in North Street Cemetery, Auburn, Cayuga County, New York, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: 13 Dec 1831; William Le Valley. He died 6 June 1872 in Oneida, Oneida County, New York. Issue: 1. Oscar Le Valley 2. Ellen A. Le Valley 3. Caroline Le Valley (____-1879) 4. Charles Le Valley

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• Married: say 1825; Frances Day. Issue: 1. Mary A. Carter (1826-____) 2. Marshall W. Carter (1828-____) 3. Charles Elias Carter (1830-____) 4. Consider B. Carter (1832-____) 5. Wallace Carter (1835-____) 6. Louisa A. Carter (1838-____) 7. Henry F. Carter (1840-____) 8. Frances E. Carter (1845-____)

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• Married: 28 Jun 1829; Lyman Eldredge M.D.. According to Carter (1887), "He was educated at the Medical College in Fairfield, Herkimer Co., N.Y.; practiced medicine thirty years in Cincinnatus, N.Y.; removed to Lima, Livingston Co., N.Y., and from thence to Minnesota in 1868." He died in May 1875 in Minnetonka, Hennepin County, Minnesota. Issue: 1. Henry B. Eldredge (1830-1836) 2. Helen Maria Eldredge (1832-____) 3. George Bennett Eldredge (1833-1835) 4. Harriet Louise Eldredge (1835-____) 5. Frances Jane Eldredge (1838-____) 6. Mary Abbie Eldredge (1851-____) 7. Genevieve Eldredge (1852-____) Why are the last two children over ten years later?

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• Married: 29 Nov 1833, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts; Sophia W. Kendrick, the daughter of Samuel and Sally (Gleason) Kendrick. She was born on 26 March 1812 in Heath, Franklin County, Massachusetts. She and Elias Carter Sherwin filed marriage intentions on 8 November 1832 in Heath, Franklin County, Massachusetts. After Elias' death, on 28 November 1843 Sophia, married Orrick W. Packard, the son of Ichabod Packard and Lurany Tower, in Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts.
• Occupation: say 1841; He was a mechanic.

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Birth:
Kendrick (1937) transposes the date of his younger brother's birth to his birth.

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• Occupation: say 1833; He was a teacher and a clerk.

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• Census: 1840, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts; Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59: 1 Persons Employed in Manufacture and Trade: 1 Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2 Total Free White Persons: 3 Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 3
• Census: 1850, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 34
• Census: 1855, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 39
• Census: 1860, Sugar Grove, Kane County, Illinois; : 43
• Census: 1865, Shelburne, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 49
• Census: 1870, Lyons, Cook County, Illinois; : 54
• Census: 1880, Weseca, Weseca County, Minnesota; : 64
• Religion: 2 Jan 1880, Weseca, Weseca County, Minnesota; Orville Sherwin and Jennie Deborah Legg joined the church on 02 Jan 1880 in the Congregational Church, Weseca, Weseca County, Minnesota.; : The Congregational Church
• Miscellaneous: 28 Oct 1880, De Smet, Kingsbury County, South Dakota; Orville Sherwin and Jennie Deborah Legg were dismissed to Wasea on 28 Oct 1880 from in De Smet, Kingsbury County, South Dakota.
• History: 1898; His obituary reads "Orville Sherwin died at the residence of his son, S.O. Sherwin, last Sat. morning. He was born in 1814 in New York and was 84 years old at the time of his death." Published in The Cedar County Republican - 1898

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Birth:
White (1900)and Kendrick (1937) gives his birth place as New York State.

Orville married Phebe Fellows on 03 Jun 1839 in Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Phebe was born on 5 May 1814 in Shelburne, Franklin County, Massachusetts; died on 4 May 1842 in Milford, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire; was buried in Arms Cemetery, Shelburne, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Orville married Betsey Ware on 26 Dec 1843 in Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Betsey (daughter of Michael Ware and Hannah Camp) was born in 1814 in Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts; died on 20 Jan 1867 in Shelburne Falls, Franklin County, Massachusetts; was buried in Arms Cemetery, Shelburne, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Orville married Jennie Deborah Legg on 22 Jul 1869 in Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Jennie was born about 1814 in New York State. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1850, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts; In the 1850 US Census she was recorded, age 31, living in Buckland, Massachusetts. He was a cabinet maker.
• Last Full Review: 29 Nov 2021

Elvira married Baxter R. Fellows in 1844 in Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Baxter was born on 2 Jul 1818 in Shelburne, Franklin County, Massachusetts; died on 19 Jun 1900; was buried in Crystal Lake Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: 8 May 1851, Aurora, Kane County, Illinois; Mary Velucia Barr, the daughter of Oliver and Melinda (Griggin) Barr. She was born in 1825 in Clinton, Oneida County, New York. She lived in 1850 in Illinois. Mary died 7 December 1889 in Albany, Albany County, New York. Burrell (1990) and White (1900) give their marriage date as 28 June 1850. Issue: 1. Lovella Sherwin 2. Emma Louise Sherwin (c1854-____) 3. Alice Melinda Sherwin (1855-____) 4. Villa Sherwin (c1856-____) 5. Ralph Waldo Emerson Sherwin (1859-c1939) 6. Florence Ann Sherwin (1861-____) 7. Herbert L. Sherwin (1863-1950) 8. Mary Sherwin (c1866-____)
• Military: 1863; He was a soldier in the Civil War.

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• Married: 29 Sep 1847, Ashfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts; Mary Ann Howes, the daughter of Jonathan and Clarissa (Noyes) Howes. She was born on 11 June 1828 in Ashfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Charles Harrington Sherwin (1849-1849) 2. Ella L. Sherwin (1854-____) 3. The Rev. Edwin Howes Sherwin (1859-1916) 4. Clara Noyes Sherwin (1863-____)
• History: say 1850; He was a famous composer of church music and served as a professor in the Cincinnati and Boston Conservatories of Music. Among his compositions are: "Break Thou the Bread of Life Day is Dying in the West Sound the Battle Cry Worship the Lord in the Beauty of Holiness God of our Fathers, Whose Almighty Hand Here at Thy Table, Lord Grander than Ocean's Story Hark, Hark, the Merry Christmas Bells Lo, the Day of God is Breaking Wake the Song of Joy and Gladness and Why is Thy Faith, O Child of God so Small."

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• Married: 6 Sep 1849, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts; Lucius G. Alvord, the son of Epaphrus and Hannah (Lufkin) Alvord. He was born on 2 June 1822 in Shelburne, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Carter (1887) gives his birth place as Sherborn, an obvious typo. He lived in 1848 in Shelburne, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Lucius and an unknown person (Ellen Sherwin) filed marriage intentions on 16 August 1849 in Shelburne, Franklin County, Massachusetts. He lived in 1871 in Shelburne, Franklin County, Massachusetts. After Ellen's death, on 9 October 1872 Lucius, married Lucy W. Sherwin, the sister of Ellen,in Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. William Milton Alvord (1851-1853) 2. William Sherwin Alvord (1853-1854) 3. Arthur Henry Alvord (1857-____)

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• Married: 1853; Ann Weeks. She died circa 1865. Issue: 1. Lucy Ellen Sherwin (1856-1889) 2. Laura Elvira Sherwin (1858-____) 3. Carrie Maria Sherwin (1860-____) 4. Minnie Agnes Sherwin (1862-____)
• Military: 10 Oct 1863 to 6 May 1865; He enlisted 10 October 1863 in Company D, of the 6th Regiment of Iowa Calvary. He was discharged 6 May 1865. According to White (1900), "He received a spinal injury while in the war, which greatly impaired his health, and for which he received a pension of thirty dollars per month."
• Married: 14 Nov 1868, Fillmore, Fillmore County, Minnesota ; Katherine "Kate" Langdon. She was born on 17 May 1837 and she died 8 April 1878. Issue: 1. Arthur William Sherwin (1869-____) 2. Henry Langdon Sherwin (1871-1893) 3. Mary Eunice Sherwin (1874-____) 4. Cora Belle Sherwin (1877-____)

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• Married: 9 Oct 1872, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts; Lucius G. Alvord, the son of Epaphrus and Hannah (Lufkin) Alvord. He was born on 2 June 1822 in Shelburne, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Carter (1887) gives his birth place as Sherborn, an obvious typo. He lived in 1848 in Shelburne, Franklin County, Massachusetts. On 6 September 1849 Lucius, married Ellen Abigail Sherwin,Lucy's older sister, daughter of William Sherwin and Marcia Carter, in Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts.He lived in 1871 in Shelburne, Franklin County, Massachusetts.

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• Census: 1850, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts; He was recorded while living with his father and step-mother.; : 10
• Census: 1855, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts; He was recorded while living with his father and step-mother.; : 15
• Married: Sep 1863, New York City, New York; Nina L. French. She was born about 1846 in Virginia and died in Europe. Issue: 1. Frank Sherwin (c1864-____) 2. Nabelle Sherwin (c1867-____)
• Census: 1870, New York City, New York; : 30
• Married: 3 Jul 1883, Washington, District of Columbia; Louise Dickersen
• Census: 1910, Manhattan, New York City, New York; : 65; Address:
  7th Avenue

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• Census: 1860, Plainfield, Will County, Illinois; : 19
• Draft Reg: 1863; He registered for the Civil War draft; : 21
• Married: 12 Apr 1864, Will County, Illinois; Mary Barnes, the daughter of Ira and Eliza (Carnegie) Barnes. She was born in 1842 and died in 1900. Issue: 1. Cora Sherwin (c1866-____) 2. Lena Sherwin (c1870-____) 3. Bert Eugene Sherwin (1877-1954)
• Census: 1870, Aurora, Kane County, Illinois; : 28
• Census: 1880, Kaneville, Kane County, Illinois; : 38

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• Census: 1850, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts; She was recorded while living with her parents.; : 5
• Census: 1855, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts; She was recorded while living with her parents.; : 10
• Census: 1860, Sugar Grove, Kane County, Illinois; She was recorded while living with her parents.; : 15
• Census: 1865, Shelburne, Franklin County, Massachusetts; She was recorded while living with her parents.; : 20
• Census: 1870, Shutesbury, Franklin County, Massachusetts; In the 1870 US Census she was recorded, age 25, living in Shutesbury, Massachusetts. ; : 25
• Census: 1880, Shutesbury, Franklin County, Massachusetts; In the 1880 US Census she was recorded, age 35, living in Shutesbury, Massachusetts. She was keeping house.
• Census: 1900, Montague, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 55
• Census: 1910, Montague, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 65; Address:
  Central Street
• Census: 1920, Montague, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 74

Jane married George Harrington Eddy on 15 May 1866 in Shelburne Falls, Franklin County, Massachusetts. George (son of Rufus Harrington Eddy and Rebecca Johnson) was born on 16 Aug 1843 in Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 18 Dec 1927; was buried in Elm Grove Cemetery, Montague, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1850, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts; He was recorded while living with his parents.; : 3
• Census: 1855, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts; He was recorded while living with his parents.; : 8
• Census: 1860, Sugar Grove, Kane County, Illinois; He was recorded while living with his parents.; : 13
• History: 5 Oct 1860, Shelburne Falls, Franklin County, Massachusetts; "A son of Orville Sherwin [and Betsey] of Shelburne Falls, 13 yrs old [b. c.1847], fell from the abutment of the Shelburne Falls bridge on Friday last [Oct. 5, 1860], striking on the rocks twelve feet below, breaking one wrist, bruising the other and battering his head and face. He will probably recover." [published Tuesday, October 9, 1860, Springfield Republican, Frankin County section, pg 4]
• Married: 20 Jul 1869; Mary Boardman Douglas. She was born in July 1845 in Hamilton, New York and died in 1937. She was daughter of an eminent homeopathic physician and medical writer of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Issue: 1. Edward Douglas Sherwin (1870-1938) 2. James Douglas Sherwin (1874-1958)
• Census: 1 May 1875, Weseca, Weseca County, Minnesota; : 28
• Census: 1880, Albert Lea, Freeborn County, Minnesota; He is listed as a farm machine agent; : 40
• Census: 1900, Justice, Mitchell County, Texas; He was a commission agent and a dealer in sewing machines.; : 52
• Census: 1910, Justice, Mitchell County, Texas; : 62
• Residence: 1912, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas

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Died:
His death certificate states he was born 1847 in Michigan, but his gravestone says 1840. Census records indicate 1847.

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• History: The town of De Smet, South Dakota was laid out in the Spring of 1880, the first residents being Charles and Caroline Ingalls, whose daughter Laura wrote the "Little House on the Prairie" series of books, four of which were about De Smet.
• Census: 1850, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts; He was recorded while living with his parents.; : 2
• Census: 1855, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts; He was recorded while living with his parents.; : 7
• Married: 22 Jun 1871, Denmark, Lee County, Iowa; Mary Adelaide Shedd, the daughter of Charles and Eliza (Rowell)Shedd. She was born 6 October 1846 in Compton, New Hampshire, and died 27 March 1916 in Stockton, Missouri. Issue: 1. Annie Sherwin (1872-1922) 2. Alice Sherwin (1874-1896) 3. Ralph Sherwin (1876-1957) 4. Edwin Richmond Sherwin (1878-1970) 5. Melvin Ernest Sherwin (1881-1924) 6. Myra Ella Sherwin (1881-1907) 7. William Robert Sherwin (1885-1907) 8. Harriet Josephine Sherwin (1888-1965) 9. Herbert Allison Sherwin (1895-1987)
• Religion: 3 Jan 1875, Wasioja, Dodge County, Minnesota; Sidney Orville Sherwin and Mary Adelaide Shedd were dismissed to Wasioja, Minnesota on 03 Jan 1875 from in Weseca, Weseca County, Minnesota.
• Census: 1 May 1875, Weseca, Weseca County, Minnesota; : 27
• Census: 1880, Weseca, Weseca County, Minnesota; : 32
• Religion: 28 Oct 1880, De Smet, Kingsbury County, South Dakota; Sidney Orville Sherwin was dismissed to Weseca on 28 Oct 1880 from in the First Congregational Church, De Smet, Kingsbury County, South Dakota
• Residence: 1894, Stockton, Cedar County, Missouri; They moved there after several years of drought in South Dakota
• Deed: 6 Sep 1894, Stockton, Cedar County, Missouri; They purchased land.
• Census: 1900, Linn, Cedar County, Missouri; He is listed as a farmer; : 52
• Residence: 1900, Stockton, Cedar County, Missouri; He was a farmer.
• Census: 1910, Linn, Cedar County, Missouri; : 62
• Residence: 1916, Elk City, Beckham County, Oklahoma; He moved there after the death of his wife, to live with his son, Edwin
• Residence: Dec 1918, Iola, Allen County, Kansas; He moved there to live with his widowed daughter, Annie.
• Census: 1920, Elk City, Beckham County, Oklahoma; : 73

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• Census: 1855, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts; She was recorded while living with her parents.; : 2
• Census: 1860, Sugar Grove, Kane County, Illinois; She was recorded while living with her parents.; : 7