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201	source for name of Sarah is an index with no link at Ancestry.com. Obit: OLYMPIA, April 24 [1905] -- On the farm on which she was born fifty-three years ago, Mrs. David E. Hartman, a native resident of the county, died yesterday afternoon at 5 o’clock, at Nisqually. Sge had been ill for several weeks, death being due to a form of dropsy. Mrs. hartman was the daughter of Piuoneer James McAllister, a member of the Michael Simmons party, who founded the town of Tumwater. Mr. McAllister crossed the plains with an ox team in 1848, and not a great while after reaching Puget Sound settled on a donation claim at Nisqually. McAllister creek and springs bear his name. One of his sons, since deceased, was said to be the first white child born on Puget Sound. Mrs. Hartman was born on the old McAllister farm in 1853. She was married at the age of 31 to David E. Hartman. Six sons came of the union, and all except one were at the bedside of their mother when she breathed her last. The sixth son lives in Spokane and will reach Olympia today. W.R. Whiteside, who is in charge of the funeral arrangements, announced this afternoon that the funeral will take place Wednesday afternoon at 1 o’clock, at the First presbyterian Church, Rev. Dr. R.M. Hayes conducting the service.	Sarah Adams MCALLISTER
202	Chicago Tribune (IL) - November 12, 1982 E. McDougal memorial set Deceased Name: EDWARD D. McDougal Jr. EDWARD D. McDougal Jr., civic leader, law partner of the late Adlai Stevenson and president during the 1960s of the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, was proud of the literature the council promoted. "We believe the private citizen is charged with the responsibility of being well informed and making his voice heard," he said. "Exposure to authoritative information enables him to do so intelligently." A memorial service for Mr. McDougal, 86, formerly of Libertyville, will be at 2 p.m. Nov. 27 in Riverside Presbyterian Church in west Suburban Riverside. He died Oct. 30 in a Santa Barbara, Calif., nursing home. THE FOREIGN relations council, whose membership grew to 2,900 under Mr. McDougal's leadership, offered more than a thousand pamphlets on international issues at prices of 5, 10 and 25 cents. The bulk of the members, he said, were "average Chicagoans." Mr. McDougal was a partner with Stevenson in Sidney, Austin, Burgess & Smith, a Chicago law firm founded in 1866 that is now known as Sidley & Austin. He later was vice president and general counsel of International Minerals and Chemical Corp., Skokie. He was vice chairman of the Illinois Public Aid Commission, but resigned in 1955 to become national treasurer of Stevenson's presidential campaign. He quit the commission because he had been appointed as a Republican member and his job for Stevenson involved campaigning for a Democrat. In 1965 he named president of the Adlai Stevenson Memorial Fund, organized to continue the former United Nations ambassador's work "for world peace and international cooperation." During the 1930s, Mr. McDougal was on the executive committee of United Charities, later becoming its president. He also was president of the Chicago Law Institute, one of the oldest law libraries in the country. He was vice president until 1966 of the Chicago Symphony Association. Survivors include his wife, Katherine; a son, Edward III; and two daughters, Mary and Ann. PHOTO CAPTION: Edward D. McDougal Jr. Chicago Tribune (IL) Date: November 12, 1982	Edward Dickinson MCDOUGAL, Jr.
203	email from Pilmia Cole	Jane MCFARLAND
204	Wounded at Dieppe	W.T. MCGREGOR
205	May 2,1980 Fisher: Ruth T. Fisher passed away in this city on May1. Born in Lewiston, Maine in1906, at an early age she moved with her family to Broadview, Saskatchewan. Ruth graduated from Brandon General School of Nursing in 1929. She married Dr. John Rowe Fisher in 1932 and after he passed away in 1956, resumed her nursing career in 1957. She was predecease3d by a sister, Jessie Seale in 1974 and a brother Edward McKay of Regina in 1976. Surviving are a son James and his wife Leah and their children Nancy, Barbara and Christine of Winnipeg and a daughter Gail and her husband Wes Culbertson and their children Susan and James of Brandon. A sister Dorothy Jewel of Coquitlm, BC and a brother James McKay of Saskatoon as well as two nieces and three nephews also survive. The funeral will be held on Saturday from First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Peter Rudell officiating.	Ruth MCKAY
206	Brandon Sun September 20,1926 Funeral for Mary J. Rowe will be held Tuesday P.M. from the home of Dr. and Mrs. Fisher,439 Princess Avenue to the Brandon Cemetery. Rev. Stone will officiate.	Mary MCMURCHY
207	gravestone is wrong - says 1881 but age is wrong	Archibald MCMURPHY
208	emigrated to Canada between 1830-32	Dougald MCMURPHY
209	Admitted to Salisbury Church 23 Jul 1710.	Twin Martha MERRILL
210	HON. CHARLES H. MILLER, attorney at law, son of Charles G. and Amelia Miller, was born in Dobeln, in the Kingdom of Saxony, Germany, Sept. 26, 1826 ; came to America with his parents in 1841, arriving in Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 26 of that year, and proceeded to Mequon, Washington Co., now Ozaukee; there he spent five years on his father's farm, and at the expiration of that time was appointed Deputy Register of Deeds by Fred Horn; in 1847, he began the study of law in the office of Pierce & Stanford, at Port Washington, during his leisure from official duties; he continued in the Register's office five years, and in 1853 was appointed Deputy Clerk of the Court, and served in that capacity during three terms of court; in 1857, he moved to West Bend, and the following year was appointed Clerk in the office of the Bank Comptroller, at Madison, which position he held two years; on returning to West Bend in April, 1860, he was admitted to the bar in Judge Mann's court, and entered upon the practice of his profession ; was elected Register of Deeds, and held that office during the years 1863-64; in 1867, he was elected to the Legislature from the Northern District of Washington Co. June 6, 1871, he formed a law partnership with Mr. P. O'Meara, under the firm name of O'Meara & Miller, "which continued till June 6, 1881, when it was dissolved by mutual consent. Mr. Miller was married -July 5, 1852, to Miss Martha E. Wightman, daughter of William W. and Elizabeth Wightman; Mrs. Miller was born in Michigan; two sons and threo daughters were born to them ; the eldest (Charles E.) is a resident of California, and is the present Recorder of Contra Costa Co.; he was married to Miss Rosa Lawless ; the second (Augusta) is the wife of Joseph Ott, the present Clerk of Washington Co., Wis.; the next daughter (Lizzie) is the wife of P. W. Harns, marble dealer, of West Bend; the next (William W.) is in employ of the Engleman Transportation Co.; the youngest (Hattie) is at home; one daughter (Maud) died when 3 years of age.	Hon. Charles Henry MILLER
211	1900 census says May 1837	Daniel M. MILLER
212	DANIEL MCLAREN MILLER, ?. ?. ??°. ?A useful life, full of years and good works has ended upon earth. ?A kind thoughtful, amiable, honest, useful life has closed and another ?spirit, genial and forgiving has been released from its earthly tenement ?and has taken its flight to forever be at home with God, and another ?memory fragrant with deeds of Charity and loving kindness is our inheritance. ?Doctor MILLER as he was familiarly known for fifty years at his ?home in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, did much that will remain with suffering ?humanity as a pleasant memory. He did the duties of life ?which to him was a panacea for all his sorrows, not sitting down in ?apathy or indifference while the call of the widow and orphan was ?heard, but he toiled on faithfully almost to the end, never wearied with ?helping others. ?One of the traits of character possessed by Doctor Miller was his ?modesty and gentleness and his dislike for show and glamour with no ?desire to be heard for his much speaking, and a grateful people in the ?community where he practiced his profession for so many years with ?one accord to acclaim that he was a friend of all peoples, that his ?highest ideal in life was to " feed the hungry, clothe the naked and ?bind up the wounds of the afflicted." ?Doctor MILLER was born in New York City May 18, 1838, and died ?at the family home in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, April 25, 1912. He ?was a son of Charles S. and Vashti McLaren Miller and received his ?education in Columbia College, graduating from the Medical department ?in the year 1858 and very soon thereafter he started out for the ?far west to make his entrance into the professional world, establishing ?himself in his chosen profession in Hartland, Wisconsin, within the ?year following his graduation. ?At the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861 he offered his services ?to the United States Government and enlisted in the twenty-eighth Wisconsin ?Infantry as Surgeon and served in that capacity until the close ?of the war in 1865 when he was mustered out of service and located at ?Oconomowoc where after fifty years of uninterrupted service to humanity ?answering professional calls at all hours of the day and night, ?riding through rain and storm as well as fair weather he met his ?engagements promptly, he served the poor as well as the rich, without ?distinction. After fifty long years of faithful attention to duty his ?physical body was so weakened by years of labor he has gone to rest, his tired eyes closed in that profound sleep which knows no waking. ?Sleep on good Doctor, you have earned the promised eternal rest. ?He was married in 1850 to Mary G. Remington who together with ?two sons. Doctor Thomas and Charles S. Miller, survive. ?Doctor MILLER had a long and distinguished Masonic career beginning ?with the Entered Apprentice Degree in Bark River, now Hartland ?Lodge No. 122, in the year I860. After receiving the Master Masons ?Degree he affiliated with Ellsworth Lodge No. 133, located at Ocono- ?mowoc, now known and recorded as Oconomowoc Lodge No. 42 ?and was a member at the time of his death. He was Worshipful ?Master in the years 1883, '85, '86, '87. '88, '89, '92, '94, '96, '97 and 1902. ?altogether eleven years. In the year 1901 he was elected Deputy Grand ?Master of the Grand Lodge of Wisconsin and in 1902 was elected ?Grand Master, serving one year. He was a charter member of the ?Order of the Eastern Star and served as Patron for two years. ?Charter member of Oconomowoc Chapter R. A. M. organized in 1871 ?and served as High Priest in 1879, '80, '81, '99, 1900, 1901 and 1902; ?received the Order of Knighthood in Wisconsin Commandery No. 1, K. T., ?a Charter Member of St. John's Commandery No. 13, (now ?merged with Wisconsin No. 1) and later a Charter Member of Olivet ?Commandery No. 18, located at Watertown, where he served as Commander ?in 1S96, '97, '98, and 99 Received the Degrees in Wisconsin ?Consistory A. A. S R. and co-ordinate bodies in 1878, and on Septem- ?bei 20, 1892, he was crowned an Honorary Member of the Supreme ?Council Thirty-third Degree Northern Masonic Jurisdiction. Space ?will not admit of a further record of minor offices held by this good ?Brother so we mention only the highest positions. ?Thus ends the record upon earth of a devoted Craftsman, a skilled ?physician and a modest Christian gentleman—congenial, capable and ?worthy. His example is worthy of emulation. ?Fraternally submitted, ?WILLIAM W. PERRY, 33°.	Daniel M. MILLER
213	From Waverly, NY	Jennie M. MILLER
214	Lived with Sister Elizabeth in Pacific NW in 1910 and 1920 censuses	Sarah Sutton MILLER
215	3122 Sheridan Rd., Chicago, 1920	Thomas MILLER, Jr.
216	at death 4237 Grand Boulevard, Chicago (1900)	Thomas MILLER
217	placed in vault Jan 27 1905 buried in J2 - 158	Thomas MILLER
218	J-2 158	unknown MILLER
219	researcher for Oliphants Richard Scott Mitchell was born on January 28, 1929 in Longmont, Colorado. Trained as a geologist, Mitchell was an expert in mineralogy and crystallography. After earning a B.S. in 1950 and M.S. in 1951 from the University of Michigan, Mitchell became an assistant professor of environmental science at the University of Virginia in 1953. In 1956, Michigan awarded Mitchell his doctorate. His dissertation, Polytypism of Cadmium Iodide and Its Relationship to Screw Dislocations, discussed the numerous structural types of cadmium iodide that Mitchell had discovered and the growth of these structures as evidence for the screw dislocation theory of crystal growth. Mitchell stayed at the University of Virginia for the rest of his career, becoming full professor in 1963, and was acting chairman of the department from 1964 to 1969. He was appointed executive editor of Rocks & Minerals magazine in 1976 and elected to membership in various professional organizations and honorary societies, including the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Mineral Society of America, the Geological Society of America, Sigma Xi, and Sigma Gamma Epsilon. Mitchell died at the age of 59 on August 2, 1988. For a more complete chronology of Mitchell's career, see the entry from American Men and Women of Science (Physical and Biological Sciences, 14th edition, 1979). For an abstract of his dissertation, see the entry from Dissertation Abstracts International (Vol. 17, 1957).	Richard Scott MITCHELL
220	Mr. RALPH TROUPE MOODIE, Saloon Class Passenger Ralph Troupe Moodie, of Gainesville, Texas, was a British cotton dealer traveling with his work colleague, Robert James Timmis. On the Lusitania, Moodie was in cabin A-26, a cabin adjoining Timmis'. On the night of Thursday, 6 May, Moodie and Timmis saw a Greek sea captain strap on a lifebelt, climb into a lifebelt, and sleep there all night. No one was able to persuade the man to get out. Timmis thought the sight was the funniest thing he had ever seen. On the day of the disaster, 7 May, Robert Timmis and Ralph Moodie played medicine ball and then cooled off with a round of drinks. Afterwards they went down to the dining saloon to lunch. The band was playing "The Blue Danube" and Timmis had just ordered a second dish of ice cream a few minutes after 2 p.m. Both Timmis and Moodie had just agreed that they had "plenty of time." Before Timmis could have his second ice cream, the torpedo struck. He thought the impact a "penetrating thrust" that had gone all the way through the ship and come out the other side. Timmis and Moodie immediately pushed their chairs back (perhaps he meant 'turned to leave,' as the chairs in the dining saloon were bolted to the deck) and noticed that the ship had taken a heavy list before they had even left the dining room. The two then walked down to their cabins on the port side without feeling any particular need to hurry. Their cabin was in shambles, the list having thrown around everything inside. The list was so bad they both had to help women up the stairs. While on deck, Ralph Moodie noticed Irene Paynter had her lifebelt on wrong and adjusted it. The two then went up to the starboard side of the boat deck where they helped two sailors lower a lifeboat of about sixty persons. Some time afterward, the order came to empty the boats and that the Lusitania was safe. The ship righted herself almost reassuringly. Moodie then asked Timmis, who was busy reassuring Russian steerage passengers, "How about it, old man?" Timmis shook his head. He believed the ship to be lost but decided against telling the steerage passengers what he believed. A woman and her sickly husband then approached with their six-month-old baby. This may have been the Chantry family from second cabin. Moodie took off his lifebelt for the wife, but the Lusitania then took her final plunge, dragging Timmis and Moodie down with her. From The New York Times, Monday, 10 May 1915, page 7: “Moodie sank when the ship went under, and, although he was a good swimmer, he was not seen again. Moodie was all ready to jump when Timmis, who previously had given his belt to a woman, said, ‘There is a steerage woman here with a 6 month old baby.’ Moodie promptly stripped off his lifebelt, but it seemed both he and the woman perished.”	Ralph Troupe MOODIE
221	1910 Cowley Rd (?) Riverside,IL	George MORTON
222	David M. Mraz March 15, 1926 - November 23, 2007 Beloved husband of Jane Rowe Mraz for 40 years. David died after a long illness. Born in Canton, OH, to Edward and Helen (Fetter) Mraz, David served in the Army Air Force 1944-1945, returning to get his degree in mechanical engineering from the Ohio State University in 1951. He also served in the Korean conflict. While working at the DuPont Company in Wilmington, DE, David became interested in computers. His career in computer sales was then established beginning with Royal McBee, and retiring from Digital Equipment Corp. His retirement hobbies and creativity focused on his woodworking shop where he spent countless happy hours, and with his various MAC computers. David leaves his wife Jane; brothers, Jim Marshall of Southfield, MI, Paul (Paula) of Wilmington, DE, Bernard of Marina; and sister, Mary Alice Kirby (Ned) of Whitman, MA; as well as many loving nephews and nieces. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, 3 Oakdale Ave., Mill Valley, CA, Wed, Nov. 28, 2007 at 10:30 am. Friends may call for Visitation after 9:30 am at the church. In lieu of flowers donations in David's name may be made to the National Parkinson Foundation, Inc., 1501 NW 9th Ave., Miami, FL 33136; Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, Congregational Mission Office, 30 Jeffreys Neck Rd., Ipswich, MA 01938; or your favorite charity. Arrangements under the direction of ADOBE CREEK FUNERAL HOME, 331 Lakeville St., Petaluma, CA 94952. CHEDA & LYONS - Directors 415-883-8070	David MRAZ
223	IDE, FANNIE OGDEN ("Ruth Ogden") (Mrs. Charles W. Ide), author, daughter of Jonathan and Abigail (Murphy) Ogden, was born in Brooklyn, New York, December 27, 1853. She is descended from John Ogden whose son, Richard, came from England to America, about 1642. She was educated in Brooklyn private schools, and in December, 1875, was married in Brooklyn to Charles W. Ide, a cotton broker, who died in November, 1903. Their only child, Alice Steele Ide, is the wife of Foster Hannaford Of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Under her pen-name, Ruth Ogden, Mrs. Ide has written juvenile stories that have been favorites with children—His Little Royal Highness (1887), A Loyal Little Red-Coat (1889), A Little Queen of Hearts (1892), Courage (1894), Little Homespun (1896), Tattine (1900), Loyal Hearts and True (1900), Friendship—The Good and Perfect Gift (1902), and Little Pierre and Big Peter (1915). She has also contributed to magazines in prose and verse. She has been intimately connected with the work of the Brooklyn Young Women's Christian Association and with church work along broad lines, and is especially interested in Hampton Institute, Virginia. To educate the public in regard to the training of negroes and Indians in practical good-citizenship, furnished by Hampton Institute, and to help raise money for its support, she was instrumental in organizing the Brooklyn Armstrong Association, now the Hampton Association of Brooklyn, the initial meeting of which took place at her home, and she has been one of its vice-presidents since its organization. The Association, which was originally named after General Samuel Chapman Armstrong (1839-1893), founder in 1868 of Hampton Institute, carries on a campaign of education as to the needs of the Institute, and raises, annually, an average of four thousand dollars in scholarship and general donations. Mrs. Ide is also a member of the Wednesday Afternoon Club of New York and of the Twentieth Century Club of Brooklyn.	Fannie (Ruth) OGDEN
224	Died of "Small Pox" In old French War.	Jr. William OSGOOD
225	Section 7 8006	Lilian OTIS
226	LDS computers	Birdie Eva OTTO
227	Chris Otto came to South Dakota in the autumn of 1882 and filed on land for a homestead for himself and his bride-to-be, Celeste Hartman of Iowa. Married in Des Moines in January of 1883, they came to their new land in April of that year. For a time, they stayed with some other settlers who had a store nearby, but soon they had a small claim shanty built for themselves. This was their home for ten years. The pioneers in the area buily a one-room schoolhouse in Oak Hollow and hired Mrs. Otto as the first teacher. She was a Normal School graduate and had taught school in Iowa five years before her marriage. The extra money from her teaching bought much-needed livestock. Honor came to the Otto family with the election of Mr. Otto to the South Dakota Legislature in 1907-1909-1911-1913. The title of “Honorable” C.H. Otto was indeed well deserved. He was very active in community affairs, served on the school board and the fair board and took shares in the new businesses which came to the new little City of Tripp. He loved to fish, hunt, and raise thoroughbred horses. Mrs. Otto was also very active in church and cummunity affairs. Mr. and Mrs. Otto handed down to their six children a heritage of honesty, fairness and loyalty to their country.	Christian Herman OTTO
228	another wife? named Agnes Anderson or a different one? Emma Schlaefli	Clive Hartman OTTO
229	LDS computers	Clive Hartman OTTO
230	"Lucy Sargent Turner was the eldest of Paul Dudley Sargent's daughters, and was living in Alfred. ME where grandmother Sargent visited her and became acquainted with Grandfather Joseph Parsons. They married and lived in Alfred awhile and my mother Julie Sargent Parsons was born there. Afterward Grandfather came down to eastbrook and went into the lumber business. The Pond known as Seammon's Pond he flooded to use for running his mill. There were no roads through the woods, and when father and mother were married they rode out to his house here on horseback. She riding behind him." (letter from Mary Frances West Blaisdell to "Lottie" 9 Jan 1931)	Joseph PARSONS
231	For some years he was Justice of the Peace under the old English form, with the rights and duties, and was said to have been the last of the kind in New England.	Joseph PARSONS
232	minister at Lebanon, CT 1700-1708; at Salisbury	Rev. Joseph PARSONS
233	• JOSEPH'S PARENTS:?According the Beaminster Town Historian (Marie Eedle), nothing is known of Joseph's father (William Parsons) before he showed up in town about the same time a woolen mill was opened nearby. Family tradition indicates that William came from Great Torrington or Tiverton, Devonshire, about 63 miles to the east. However, there are no records to support this assumption. In those days, people did not generally travel long distances. ?Joseph's mother (Margret Hoskins) was born in Beaminster, about 1584, her parents were Robert and Margret Hoskins. Unfortunately, there were two Robert Hoskins families living in Beaminster at the time. Both families had daughters named Margret, both men were married to a Margret, and both men had similar professions, one a Glover and the other a Tanner. Most of the Hoskins Families in Beaminster were generally well off, being owners of pubs, ranches, and other properties.?Joseph's parents (William & Margret) apparently meet sometime after William's relocation to Beaminster and were later married in St. Mary's Church on the 15th of November 1602. The Parsons family must have been well off also because they lived in town on East Street, not a poor area. Joseph's parents both died in Beaminster and are presumably buried in St. Mary's Cemetery (no records exist to support this). It was the custom of the day to have multiple burials within the same grave, one on top of another, and no grave markers (headstones).?According to the Bishop of Salisbury Transcripts (1585-1638), Joseph was baptized at St. Mary's Church in Beaminster on the 25th of June 1620. It is assumed that Joseph must have been born either in 1620 or a few years earlier. All of Joseph's siblings, that we know of, were also baptized at St. Mary's.?Unfortunately, nothing is known of Joseph's childhood or early life after this point such as schools, profession, and residence.?According to Henry Parsons (PARSONS FAMILY, Vol. 1, 1912, page 30, paragraph 3, line 6), at the apparent age of about 15 or 17, Joseph and his younger brother (Benjamin) immigrated to the America from England in July of 1635, aboard the Barque Transport (Edward Walker, Master) out of Gravesend, Co. Kent, England.?NOTE: Without additional information concerning Joseph's later teenage life, the Gravesend departure does not seem plausible. The question keeps coming up: Why would two brothers travel all the way across England, just to catch a ship to America? If they still lived with their parents, it would have been more plausible for them to leave from one of the nearby ports of Plymouth or Waymouth. In those days, it was not common for people to travel long distances. Other publications indicate that his brother (Deacon Benjamin Parsons) may have gone back to England and returned to the America at a later date.?AMERICA??1635 Joseph Parsons and his brother Benjamin arrived in America aboard the Barque Transport (Edward Walker, Master) out of Gravesend, Co. Kent, England.?NOTE 1: Various publications disagree as to whether or not Joseph and his brother Benjamin Parsons immigrated to the US together or separately. According to a reference book entitled PARSONS FAMILY, by Henry Parsons, they arrived in America aboard the Barque Transport (Edward Walker, Master) out of Gravesend, Co. Kent, England.?NOTE 2: According to Gerald J. Parsons, Comet Joseph Parsons and his brother, Deacon Benjamin Parsons, did not immigrate together in 1635. Their names have not been found on any existing ship lists. Joseph probably did come in 1635 as the first record of him is on 15 July 1636 when he witnessed the Springfield Indian deed. It has been stated that he came on the "Transport" of London in 1635, but that listing is for one "Jo: [hn] Parson]" not Joseph Parsons (see John Camden Hotten, ed., THE ORIGINAL LISTS OF PARSONS OF QUALITY...,1600-1700 (London, 1874; reprint Baltimore, 1983), p. 102; and SPeter William Coldham, THE COMPLETE BOOK OF EMIGRANTS 1607-1660 (Baltimore, 1987), p. 154).??Benjamin Parsons was still a resident of Beaminster in March 1649/50, when he surrendered his cottage there. He apparently left soon after, for he first appeared in Springfield, MA, on 4 November 1651, when he was appointed a fence viewer (see THE NEW ENGLAND HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL REGISTER, 148 (1994):222-223.?NOTE 3: It has been suggested that both versions could have been somewhat correct. Initially, Joseph and his brother Banjamin Parsons could have come over together in 1635, as Henry suggests. However, Benjamin could have returned to England to take care of family business and then returned to Springfield in 1651. ?1636: The first record of Joseph Parsons being in the America was on the 15th of July 1636. In New England, he was a witness to a land deal between the local Indians and William Pynchon. There is a nine year gap in Joseph Parsons life, where no records exist between 1636 and 1646. Also, there is no record as to the exact date Joseph moved to Springfield. ?1646: Joseph Parsons was appointed, at a Springfield Town Meeting, to his first official public office on the 8th of January 1646, that of highway surveyor of Springfield, MA. Joseph met and married Mary Bliss on the 26th of November 1646, in Hartford, Connecticut. Through the years, they had 13 children that we know of, 8 boys and 5 girls. ?1647: According to the Springfield Town Tax Records in 1647, Joseph Parsons owned 42-1/2 acres of land and was taxed 11s 9d (1, 7). ?1650: Springfield Town Records indicate that on the 5th of November 1650, Joseph Parsons and John Clarke were appointed Overseers of the Fences from the meeting house, downward.?1652: The Springfield Clerk's Office states that in 1652, Joseph Parsons owned a parcel of land that his house was on. The parcel was 10 rods wide and 28 rods long, located between the Mill lot on the South and the George Colton property on the North. According to the Springfield Town Records, at the annual town meeting on the 10th of February 1652, Joseph Parsons was elected to the office of Selectman. This was an office of great honor and trust, he held the office for five terms from 1653 to 1657. Joseph Parsons was a successful businessman, records of his business accounts exist from the 1st of September 1652 to the 28th of June 1671, on file at the Springfield City Library.?1653: According to the Springfield Town Records, at a town meeting on the 1st of November 1653, Joseph Parsons and Miles Morgan were appointed highway surveyors of Springfield, MA, This was Joseph's last public office in Springfield before moving to Northampton.?1654: The Northampton City Clerk's Office states that in 1654, Joseph Parsons and four others were given a contract to build the Northampton Town House.?1655: There is no record as to the exact date that Joseph moved to Northampton from Springfield, only that it was in 1655. One of the earliest known records concerning Cornet Joseph Parsons and his brother Deacon Benjamin Parsons was in Maj. John Pynchon's account books, dated 12 March 1655/56. In a statement to Joseph Parsons, discussing a 10d payment for a half bushel over-shipment from your brother Benjamin. ?1656: Also, in 1656, a slander suit was filed by Joseph Parsons against Sarah Bridgman, wife of James Bridgman. The accusation was that Sarah called Joseph's Wife (Mary Bliss) a witch. During the trial, Joseph's brother Benjamin offered testimony in Mary's defense. At a Northampton Town Meeting, in February of 1656, it was agreed for 20s to free Joseph Parsons from any public office for this year. In December of 1656 in Northampton, Joseph Parsons was elected to the second Board of Selectmen. He also served in the years 1659, 1664, 1667, and 1670. ?1657: On or about the 12th of May 1657, shortly after Joseph moved to Northampton, the court recorder states that all of Joseph Parsons land holdings in Southampton were sold to John Stebbins. On the 24th of August 1657, Joseph Parsons made a trade agreement with John Webb concerning trade at Nolwotog and required supplies for one year, to be paid for in beaver pelts, ranging from £2 5s to £3 10s. Northampton Town Records indicate that Joseph Parsons received several grants of land, dating from the 1st of December 1657 to the 19th of February 1660. ?1658: On the 28th of September of 1658, at the First Court held in Northampton, Joseph Parsons filed a complaint against John Webb for not delivering a cow and a calf. Joseph was demanding £4 owed him. ?1659: In Northampton, Joseph Parsons was elected again to the Board of Selectmen, on the 11th of March 1659. ?1660: The Northampton City Clerk's Office states that on the 19th of February 1660/61, Joseph Parsons owned 81 acres of land in addition to the 4 acres that his house was on. ?1661: In March of 1661/62 Joseph Parsons testified in a Northampton court that he had been a witness to the Indian-Pynchon deed back in 1636. Court records show that in 1661, 1662, and 1664 a license was issued to Joseph Parsons of Northampton to keep an Ordinary or house of entertainment (tavern) in the town of Northampton. The license authorized him to sell wines, strong liquors, and to keep good rule and order in the tavern. ?1662: On the 30th of September 1662, the County Court in Springfield ordered Joseph Parsons and two others to conduct a study for a new highway and required bridges between the town of Hadley and Springfield. ?1664: In Northampton, Joseph Parsons was elected again to the Board of Selectmen in 1664. In 1664, a Springfield court charged Joseph Parsons of Northampton with opposing and resisting the Constable of Northampton in the execution of his office. The charge was not denied and the fine was 20s. On the 26th of March of 1664, at a Northampton Town Meeting, Joseph Parsons and three others were appointed to run a boundary line between the town of Hadley and Northampton. ?1665: In 1665 at a Northampton court, Joseph Parsons filed suit against Prayserver Turner for non payment of a debt plus damage, £30. The action was withdrawn and both paid equal amounts for court costs. In a Northampton court, a suit was brought against Joseph Parsons by Peter Hendricks for the sum of £10 14s 6d. On the 26th of September of 1665, the County Treasurer reported that Joseph Parsons fine was paid by the sale of an acre and a half of his land. ?1666: On the 12th of May 1666, at a Northampton Legal Town Meeting, Joseph Parsons petitioned to build a fence from the great Connecticut River to the mountain at Pascomuck. ?1667: In Northampton, Joseph Parsons was elected again to the Board of Selectmen in 1667. Joseph Parsons served quite often as a juror in Springfield during the years 1667, 1668, and 1677. ?1668: On the 7th of October 1678, the General Court appointed Joseph Parsons, Sr. to be Cornet of the Troop of Hoarse, Hampshire Co., under the command of Maj. John Pynchon. This appointment made Joseph the color-bearer of the Hampshire Cavalry, third officer in command. On the 14th of December 1668, a Northampton Town Meeting appointed Joseph Parsons and two others to a committee to study alternative plans concerning the proposed Connecticut duty on grain being shipped down the Connecticut River. ?1670: In Northampton, Joseph Parsons was again elected to the Board of Selectmen in 1670. On the 30th of June 1670, Joseph Parsons, Sr. and six others were chosen for a committee to order the settlement of all highways to rectify errors in the meadow. On the 27th of September of 1670, Joseph Parsons filed suit against John Ingersoll of Westfield. However, the case was settled out of court. ?1671: Joseph Parsons was a successful businessman, records of his business accounts exist from the 1st of September 1652 to the 28th of June 1671, on file at the Springfield City Library. on the 28th of September at the Springfield Court, Joseph Parsons brought action against Edward Blake for withholding a debt of £13 for a hogshead of flax. ?1672: In 1672, the County Court appointed Joseph Parsons and four others to lay out a highway from the town of Hadley, over the Fort River, and part way to the bay. ?1673: On the 25th of March 1673 in a Northampton court, Joseph Parsons brought action against John Abbott for fraudulent dealing concerning the delay, withholding, and not delivering a written lease or agreement. ?1677: Joseph Parsons served quite often as a juror in Springfield during the years 1667, 1668, and 1677. ?1682: The last case Joseph Parsons filed in any Northampton court was on the 26th of September 1682. This was a suit against Benoni Stebbins of Northampton for a debt of about 50s. Joseph Parsons served quite often as a juror in Northampton during the years 1682 and 1683. The pay for a juryman was 2s a day. ?1683: Cornet Joseph Parsons died in Springfield, Massachusetts, on the 9th of October 1683. His exact place of burial is not known, but is most likely in the Elm Street Cemetery in Springfield. When the land on the west side of the cemetery was needed for the railroad, most of the remains were removed and reburied in a single mass grave near the Pine Street entrance.?REFERENCES:??CORNET JOSEPH PARSONS: One of the Founders of Springfield and Northamptom, Massachusetts, by Henry M. Burt, 1898. Published by Albert Ross Parsons, Garden City, Long Island, NY ?GENEALOGICAL GUIDE TO THE EARLY SETTLERS OF AMERICA, by Henry Whittemore, 1967. Published by the Genealogical Publishing Co., pp404 ?IMMIGRANT ANCESTORS, Edited by Frederick Adams Virkus, 1986, pp52 ?PARSONS FAMILY, Descendants of Cornet Joseph Parsons, Volume 1, by Henry Parsons, 1912 ?PARSONS FAMILY, Descendants of Cornet Joseph Parsons, Volume 2, by Henry Parsons, 1920 ?SEARCH FOR THE PASSENGERS OF THE MARY & JOHN, 1630, by Burton W. Spear, Volume 9, Terry thru Wolcott, 1987, pp10 ?SEARCH FOR THE PASSENGERS OF THE MARY & JOHN, 1630, by Burton W. Spear, Volume 14, West Country Planters to New England, 1620-1643, 1987, pp49 ?THE PARSONS FAMILY: Descendants of Cornet Joseph Parsons (c.1618-1683), Through His Grandson Jonathan Parsons (1693-1782), by Gerald James Parsons. Gateway Press Inc., Baltimore, MD, 1984 ?THE PARSONS HERITAGE, Part 2, by Charlette Olive Parsons, 1989. Unpublished manuscript is in the possession of Mr. Gary A. Parsons.	Cornet Joseph PARSONS
234	grave inscription: “Her record is on high” gravestone: “Mrs. West lived a kind and devoted life, ______ and Christian mother and died lamented by a large circle of relatives and friends In Franklin, 18th inst., Mrs. Julia WEST, wife of the Hon. John West, age about 57. Mrs. West was a woman who well had many sincere mourners, as her amiability, rare benevolence and truly Christian character had endeared her to a large circle of friends outside of her immediate connections.	Julia S. PARSONS
235	questionable	William PARSONS
236	founder of Groton School	Rev. Endicott PEABODY
237	address at death: 129 W. 47th St (St. Margaret's Hotel) NY cause of death: bronchial pneumonia 32. George Harman^ (Jeremiah Dodge,'' Thomas,^ David,^ David,* John,^ Francis,' John^) born in Baltimore, Md., Oct. 9, 1830; married Dec. 20, 1865, in New York City, Belle Bratton Ward, born in Newark, N. J., Dec. 6, 1846. Lives in New York; was the principal founder of the Peabody Home for Old Women in New York. - The Peabody (Paybody, Pabody, Pabodie) genealogy	George Harman PEABODY
238	lot 45, section N	George Harman PEABODY
239	res- 1949 Thousand Oaks, CA	Richard Varick PELL
240	Joseph Pendleton (1747-1822) commanded a company in Sullivan's expedition and served as major of the 1st regiment, Kings County, Rhode Island militia. He was born and died in Westerly, R.I.	Joseph PENDLETON
241	died at 224 W. 59th St., NYC 1890 City Directory: Ward Maria, wid. William, h 421 W. 36th	Maria Jane PHILLIPS
242	lot 45, section N	Maria Jane PHILLIPS
243	Emil C. Pors, who has long been a prominent figure in Marshfield's legal pro- fession, was born March 14, 1860, at Port Washington, Wis., son of William A. and Ida (Heinemann) Pors, The father was born in Prussia, Nov. 17, 1827, and the mother in Germany, July 6, 1838. The father came to America in 1849, com- ing direct to Wisconsin; the mother coming from Germany ten years later, and stopping with her brother in New York City. They were married in New York March 22, 1859. William A. Pors previously had studied law in New England, and had been admitted to the New Hampshire Bar in 1853. After his marriage he returned to Port Washington, was admitted to the bar there, and entered the practice of law, remaining in Port Washington until 1890. He died in Marshfield May 24, 1910, having practiced law here with his son, the subject of this sketch, since removing from Port Washington. The son, Emil, an only child, after attending school in Port Washington and the College of the Sacred Heart, at Water- town, Wis., began the study of law, first in his father's office and later in the office of Weisbrod and Harshaw, of Oshkosh, Wis. He was admitted to the Wisconsin Bar March 24, 1881. After following his profession one year in St. Paul, Minn., and three years in West Bend, Wis., he came to Marshfield, Sept. 6, 1886, and entered into partnership with John F. Cole. A year later he opened an office of his own in Marshfield. In the fire of 1887 his office was destroyed, with all his equipment. Undaunted, he opened another in a small shanty in the street, quar- ters in sharp contrast to the beautiful suite he now occupies in the Marshfield State Bank building. He was married June 27, 1888, to Hattie E. Miller, a daugh- ter of Charles H. and Martha E. (Wightman) Miller, of West Bend, Wis., in which city Mrs. Pors was born Jan. 9, 1867. Her father was born in Germany and her mother in the United States. Her family came west from New York at an early day, settling first at Ann Arbor, Mich., and coming to Wisconsin in territorial days. Her grandfather Wightman cleared the land on which Ann Arbor Univer- sity now stands. Neither of her parents are now surviving. Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Pors: Millie, April 26, 1889, who only lived four years; and William E. and Charles M., twins, born April 19, 1891. Both the boys are gradu- ates of the Marshfield High School. William graduated in law from the Univer- sity of Wisconsin, class of 1917, and is now district attorney for Washburn County, Wis. In the World War he served 17 months in France as a lieutenant in the 32nd Division. He was married in June, 1921, to Dolores Curran; they have a daughter, Martha Elizabeth. They reside at Shell Lake, Washburn County, Wis. Charles, after receiving his degree in letters and science from Lawrence College at Appleton, Wis., taught school for two years at Sparta, Wis. Having read law in his father's office, he was admitted to the Wisconsin bar April 5, 1918, and entered into part- nership with his father. Though rejected for oversea service in the World War, he served his country as sergeant in the Air-Craft Production branch, being sta- tioned in Chicago. He was married June 2, 1919, to Miss Anne Person, born June 14, 1897, at Hastings, Minn., a daughter of A. J. and Christine Person, now of Sparta, Wis. They have a daughter, Christine Harriet. He has a comfortable home at 210 W. Sixth St., Marshfield. He is a member of the Masonic Order and the B. P. 0. E., both of Marshfield. The father, Mr. Emil Pors, served as district attorney of Wood County for two terms, as county judge for one term, and as city attorney for Marshfield for several years. During the World War he was county food administrator, and was also prominent in Liberty Loan campaigns, being chairman for the northern half of Wood County. He is independent in politics. The family are affiliated with the Episcopal Church. Mr. Pors is a stockholder in the First National Bank, and owns a beautiful home at 308 East Second Street, where he resides with his wife and widowed mother.	Emil C. PORS
244	WILLIAM A. PORS, attorney at law, Port Washington ; a native of Hamburg, born Nov. 17, 1827 ; immigrated to the United States in 1849, and settled in Washington Co., where he followed farming one year ; served as clerk in the Register of Deeds' office one year ; he then went to New Hampshire, and commenced the study of law with Stephen Crosby, of Francistown, with whom he remained about one year, then went to Lowell, Mass., and continued his study, with Judge Crosby as preceptor, until December, 1853, at which time, on motion of B. F. Butler, he was admitted to the bar, and soon after returned to Port Washington, and has since been engaged in law practice. He was Draft Commissioner during 1862, and has been District Attorney several terms. He was married, in 1859, to Miss Ida Heinemann, a native of Hanover. They have one child—Emil C, now a practicing lawyer at Oshkosh.	William A. PORS
245	Biography of?Isaac Rapp p. 636 ISAAC RAPP. This venerable and well beloved citizen of Carbondale, who is the oldest resident of the city, both by reason of the number of his years in age and because of the length of time he has had his home here, has been elevated to the rank of a patriarch by the esteem and affection of the people, who know no better man now living among them, and have never known a better one anywhere. They revere him for his high character, for his clean and upright life, for the unyielding fidelity with which he has performed every duty in peace and war, and for the conspicuous services he has rendered to the community as one of its founders and most zealous practical workers for the promotion of its progress and improvement. Mr. Rapp was born in Orange county, New York, on June 24, 1830, and in 1832 was taken by his parents to New York city, where they had decided to reside. He grew to manhood in the great metropolis of the Western world and was educated in its public schools. The circumstances of the family were such that he was obliged to leave school at an early age and prepare himself for the practical requirements of life in this busy sphere. So he was apprenticed to an architect and house-joiner to acquire a thorough knowledge of the business. He devoted himself particularly and with studious attention to the architectural part of the business, which was of great interest to him and well adapted to his distinctive bent of mind toward designing and construction work. When he had finished his training he became an architect and builder, and began operations in New York city. On June 24, 1851, his twenty-first birth day, he was married to Miss Georgiana Shaw, a native of the Island of Jersey, England, but at the time of the marriage a resident of New York. With the establishment of his domestic shrine Mr. Rapp found his long cherished desire for a life in a freer and more open environment, and one more fruitful in opportunities for a man without capital, intensifying year by year, until at length it became irresistible. Accordingly, in 1856, five years after his marriage, he set his face in the direction of the established "course of empire," the great West, determined to become a part of its sweeping enterprise and strident progress. He moved to Carbondale that year, and soon after his arrival was engaged by the late General D. H. Brush to build him a residence. The manner in which he performed this task gave him reputation and p. 637 standing as a capable architect and builder, and he found his services in great demand. But when the Civil war descended like a besom of destruction on the country, he could not withstand the promptings of his patriotism, and in 1862 enlisted for the defense of the Union in Company D, Eighty-first Illinois Volunteer Infantry, as a private. He was at once elected second lieutenant of his company and assigned to the commissary department on detailed duty. Notwithstanding this assignment he participated in many engagements with the enemy, and saw active service in the midst of unrolling columns on many a field of carnage, although in none of the great battles of the war. His term of enlistment expired in 1863 and he was discharged at the end of it. He then returned to Carbondale and resumed his occupation as a contractor and builder. The town was then in its embryo, and he found plenty to do, as it was on the move and required homes for the incoming population and business structures to provide for their wants in trade. He erected many of the earlier houses in the city, and many outside of its limits in various places in Southern Illinois. He put up a number of the first buildings on the Southern Illinois Normal University grounds, and after the disastrous fire which destroyed most of his work, and that of others, he was the leading factor in building new and more ambitious structures to take the place of the old ones. The course of the patriarch has led him beyond the four score years fixed by the sacred writer as the limit of human life, and, in the nature of the case, is nearly spent. But he is still hale and vigorous beyond many men much younger, and the sunniness of his nature yet abides with him, even in larger measure than ever, if that is possible. He reminds all who know him of some genial year, hastening to its close without doubt, but with its seasons of warmth, and beauty and fruitfulness not yet wholly spent. The people of Carbondale cherish the hope that they may have him with them for many years more to brighten their lives and keep before them the strong influence of his great example of usefulness and upright manhood.	Isaac RAPP
246	possibly	Caspar RAU
247	aka John N. Row	Johannes RAU
248	aka Georg RAW	Georg RAUH
249	aka Jahann Christophel Rauh or Kristof Rauh	Johann Christoffel RAUH
250	after she was widowed, she lived at 1307 Gladstone, Kansas City, MO 1n 1889-91	Ann E. REDDING