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151	IOWA WOMEN?S ARCHIVES UNIVERSITY OF IOWA LIBRARIES IOWA CITY, IOWA BRADLEY FAMILY PAPERS, 1811-1992 2 linear feet ACQUISITION: The papers (donor no. 112) were donated by Virginia Shrauger Jones in 1987 and succeeding years. ACCESS: Permission to quote from or publish from these papers must be obtained from the donor. COPYRIGHT: Copyright has been retained by the donor. PROCESSED BY: Natalie S. Brody, 1994 and succeeding years. Biography The Bradleys were a wealthy nineteenth century family who resided in the Hudson River Valley of New York, near New York City in Westchester county. David Ogden Bradley (1827-1895), a banker and New York state assemblyman, was born in Penn Yan, New York to Rhoda Ogden Bradley and Henry Bradley. As the president of the Tarrytown Bank, he became a man of considerable wealth, described as a "millionaire" in a local newspaper in 1894. In 1865 he married Cornelia Fitch (1838-1893), the daughter of Llanah and Abijah Fitch of Auburn, New York. Bradley was then a widower with one child, a daughter, Lizzie. In 1866 the Bradleys purchased a home in Dobbs Ferry and lived there for the remainder of their lives. The home, "Palivista," bought for $22,600, was located on a 30' bluff above the Hudson River with a frontage of 700' on the river. A newspaper advertisement described it as a "fine residence, containing six acres of good land; abundance of choice fruit, shrubbery and fine old forest trees. House all modern; gas and water throughout; carriage house and stable; over a mile of shaded walks; rustic summer houses, bridge, etc." At "Palivista" the Bradleys raised their four children: Lue (1868-1922), Emma (1872-1971), and twin sons, Jerome (1875-1951) and Nelson (1875-?) The Bradleys maintained their home and grounds with the help of many servants. They travelled extensively in Europe, summered at various Atlantic seaside resorts, visited family frequently in upstate New York and Ohio, and led an active social life. The girls attended Miss Master's School in Dobbs Ferry. Lue Bradley was the school's first graduate. The boys attended preparatory school at Lawrenceville before entering Princeton University. Emma Bradley married Joseph Middlebrook in 1893. They were later divorced. Their children were Cornelia (Tissy) (1899-1990), Joseph (Mouse) (1895-1976), Bradley (1894-1915) and Buddy (1898-1983). In 1895 Lue Bradley married Dr. Henry Prentiss (1867-1931). The Prentisses moved to Iowa City, Iowa, in 1905 when Dr. Prentiss was appointed to the faculty of the Department of Anatomy at the State University of Iowa (now the University of Iowa). He taught there until his death. Lue Bradley died in 1922, at the age of 53, after a long illness. She was buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Dobbs Ferry, New York. Their five children were Cornelia Shrauger (1896-1985), Lilian Schwarz (1897-1935), Lue Childs (1902-1968), Henry, Jr. (1898-1922), and Robert (1908-1972). Lue's twin brother, David, died at age three. (See the Prentiss Family Papers and Shrauger Family Papers, Iowa Women's Archives.) Scope and Content Note The Bradley Family papers measure 2 linear feet and date from 1811 to 1992. The papers are arranged in seven series: Genealogical information; Rhoda Ogden/Henry Bradley/Abijah Fitch correspondence, David O. Bradley/ Cornelia Fitch Bradley/Lue Bradley correspondence, Lue Bradley diaries, Account books, Emma Bradley Middlebrook family correspondence, and Photographs. The Genealogical information series includes a family tree and various materials about the family including newspaper clippings, David Bradley's will (1873) and a plat of Dobbs Ferry identifying the Bradleys' property. A copy of an article, "Longfellow's Letters to Cornelia Fitch," by Sargeant Bush, Jr. (Books at Iowa, No. 6, April 1967) completes the series. Papers of the Prentiss family and the Shrauger family, descendants of David and Cornelia Bradley, are also held by the Iowa Women's Archives. The three collections together include correspondence of seven generations. A small amount of correspondence of David Bradley's parents from the early nineteenth century is included in the Rhoda Ogden/Henry Bradley/Abijah Fitch correspondence series (1811-1865). Photocopies of letters written between 1839 and 1865 from Abijah Fitch, Cornelia Fitch Bradley's father, to William Henry Seward, Secretary of State, 1861-1869, complete the series. The originals are in the University of Rochester (New York) library. The bulk of the Bradley family papers is devoted to the David O. Bradley/Cornelia Bradley/Lue Bradley correspondence series (1864-1894) and to the Lue Bradley diaries (1879-1891). The diaries (1879-1891 scattered) were written by Lue Bradley from the time she was eleven and continuing through the age of twenty-one. She writes in detail of the family, her schooling, recreation, health, travels and social activities. The Account books series (1893-1905 scattered) includes one belonging to Cornelia Fitch Bradley recording her 1893 European trip and another kept by Lue Bradley during the first years of her marriage (1893-1905). Many of the letters and diaries have been transcribed and typed by the donor, Virginia Shrauger Jones, granddaughter of Lue Bradley. Each transcription is filed with the original document. The Emma Bradley Middlebrook family correspondence series (1927-1992 and undated, scattered) includes materials from Emma to her niece Cornelia Prentiss Shrauger; as well correspondence between Emma's daughter Cornelia (Tissy) Baekeland Hallowell, and Cornelia Prentiss Shrauger, Tissy's cousin; and the correspondence of Emma's grand-daughter, Cornelia (Dicki) Bagarotti with Virginia Shrauger Jones, Dicki's cousin. Eight letters to Cornelia Fitch from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, written prior to her marriage to David Bradley, are held by the Special Collections Department, University of Iowa Libraries (MsL 853, Longfellow to Fitch). A book, Savage Grace, by Natalie Robins and Steve Aronson (William Morrow, 1985) has been removed from the Bradley Family Papers and shelved with the printed works in the Iowa Women's Archives. The book concerns Tony Baekeland, the great-grandson of Emma Bradley Middlebrook. Baekeland, an heir to the Bakelite plastic fortune, murdered his mother Barbara Baekeland in 1972 and committed suicide in 1981. Related collections Prentiss Family papers Iowa family descended from the Bradley family. Shrauger Family papers Iowa family descended from the Prentiss and Bradley families. Cornelia Shrauger Day papers Descended from The Prentiss and Bradley families. Longfellow to Fitch letters, Special Collections Department, University of Iowa Libraries (MsL 853) Box no. Description Box 1 Genealogical information Rhoda Ogden/Henry Bradley/Abijah Fitch correspondence 1811-1823 (scattered) 1830-1833 Abijah Fitch to William H. Seward, 1839-1865 [photocopies] David O. Bradley/Cornelia Fitch Bradley/Lue Bradley correspondence 1864-1865 1866 1867-1869 1870-1877 1878-1879 1880-1882 1883-1885 1886 1887 Box 2 1888 1889 1890 1891 (2 folders) 1892 (2 folders) 1893 1893-1894 Box 3 Undated, Cornelia Bradley to David Bradley Undated, Cornelia Bradley to Lue Bradley (2 folders) Undated, David Bradley to Cornelia Bradley Undated, Lue Bradley to Cornelia and David Bradley Lue Bradley diaries 1879 original and transcription 1882 original 1882 transcription 1885 original and transcription 1889 original 1889 transcription 1890 original Box 4 1890 transcription 1891 original 1891 transcription 1895-1897 original Account books Cornelia Fitch Bradley European trip, 1893 Lue Bradley Prentiss household account, 1896-1898, 1900-1905 Emma Bradley Middlebrook family correspondence Emma Middlebrook with Cornelia Prentiss Shrauger (niece) (3 folders), 1960s Box 5 Cornelia (Tissy) Middleton Baekeland Hallowell with Cornelia Prentiss Shrauger (cousin), 1927-1989 and undated (scattered) Cornelia (Dicki) Bagarotti with Virginia Shrauger Jones (cousin), 1987-1992 Miscellaneous, 1943-1988 and undated (scattered) Savage Grace by Natalie Robins and Steve Aronson (William Morrow, 1985) [Removed to printed works collection.] Photographs	Cornelia Fitch Prentiss
152	IOWA WOMEN?S ARCHIVES UNIVERSITY OF IOWA LIBRARIES IOWA CITY, IOWA BRADLEY FAMILY PAPERS, 1811-1992 2 linear feet ACQUISITION: The papers (donor no. 112) were donated by Virginia Shrauger Jones in 1987 and succeeding years. ACCESS: Permission to quote from or publish from these papers must be obtained from the donor. COPYRIGHT: Copyright has been retained by the donor. PROCESSED BY: Natalie S. Brody, 1994 and succeeding years. Biography The Bradleys were a wealthy nineteenth century family who resided in the Hudson River Valley of New York, near New York City in Westchester county. David Ogden Bradley (1827-1895), a banker and New York state assemblyman, was born in Penn Yan, New York to Rhoda Ogden Bradley and Henry Bradley. As the president of the Tarrytown Bank, he became a man of considerable wealth, described as a "millionaire" in a local newspaper in 1894. In 1865 he married Cornelia Fitch (1838-1893), the daughter of Llanah and Abijah Fitch of Auburn, New York. Bradley was then a widower with one child, a daughter, Lizzie. In 1866 the Bradleys purchased a home in Dobbs Ferry and lived there for the remainder of their lives. The home, "Palivista," bought for $22,600, was located on a 30' bluff above the Hudson River with a frontage of 700' on the river. A newspaper advertisement described it as a "fine residence, containing six acres of good land; abundance of choice fruit, shrubbery and fine old forest trees. House all modern; gas and water throughout; carriage house and stable; over a mile of shaded walks; rustic summer houses, bridge, etc." At "Palivista" the Bradleys raised their four children: Lue (1868-1922), Emma (1872-1971), and twin sons, Jerome (1875-1951) and Nelson (1875-?) The Bradleys maintained their home and grounds with the help of many servants. They travelled extensively in Europe, summered at various Atlantic seaside resorts, visited family frequently in upstate New York and Ohio, and led an active social life. The girls attended Miss Master's School in Dobbs Ferry. Lue Bradley was the school's first graduate. The boys attended preparatory school at Lawrenceville before entering Princeton University. Emma Bradley married Joseph Middlebrook in 1893. They were later divorced. Their children were Cornelia (Tissy) (1899-1990), Joseph (Mouse) (1895-1976), Bradley (1894-1915) and Buddy (1898-1983). In 1895 Lue Bradley married Dr. Henry Prentiss (1867-1931). The Prentisses moved to Iowa City, Iowa, in 1905 when Dr. Prentiss was appointed to the faculty of the Department of Anatomy at the State University of Iowa (now the University of Iowa). He taught there until his death. Lue Bradley died in 1922, at the age of 53, after a long illness. She was buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Dobbs Ferry, New York. Their five children were Cornelia Shrauger (1896-1985), Lilian Schwarz (1897-1935), Lue Childs (1902-1968), Henry, Jr. (1898-1922), and Robert (1908-1972). Lue's twin brother, David, died at age three. (See the Prentiss Family Papers and Shrauger Family Papers, Iowa Women's Archives.) Scope and Content Note The Bradley Family papers measure 2 linear feet and date from 1811 to 1992. The papers are arranged in seven series: Genealogical information; Rhoda Ogden/Henry Bradley/Abijah Fitch correspondence, David O. Bradley/ Cornelia Fitch Bradley/Lue Bradley correspondence, Lue Bradley diaries, Account books, Emma Bradley Middlebrook family correspondence, and Photographs. The Genealogical information series includes a family tree and various materials about the family including newspaper clippings, David Bradley's will (1873) and a plat of Dobbs Ferry identifying the Bradleys' property. A copy of an article, "Longfellow's Letters to Cornelia Fitch," by Sargeant Bush, Jr. (Books at Iowa, No. 6, April 1967) completes the series. Papers of the Prentiss family and the Shrauger family, descendants of David and Cornelia Bradley, are also held by the Iowa Women's Archives. The three collections together include correspondence of seven generations. A small amount of correspondence of David Bradley's parents from the early nineteenth century is included in the Rhoda Ogden/Henry Bradley/Abijah Fitch correspondence series (1811-1865). Photocopies of letters written between 1839 and 1865 from Abijah Fitch, Cornelia Fitch Bradley's father, to William Henry Seward, Secretary of State, 1861-1869, complete the series. The originals are in the University of Rochester (New York) library. The bulk of the Bradley family papers is devoted to the David O. Bradley/Cornelia Bradley/Lue Bradley correspondence series (1864-1894) and to the Lue Bradley diaries (1879-1891). The diaries (1879-1891 scattered) were written by Lue Bradley from the time she was eleven and continuing through the age of twenty-one. She writes in detail of the family, her schooling, recreation, health, travels and social activities. The Account books series (1893-1905 scattered) includes one belonging to Cornelia Fitch Bradley recording her 1893 European trip and another kept by Lue Bradley during the first years of her marriage (1893-1905). Many of the letters and diaries have been transcribed and typed by the donor, Virginia Shrauger Jones, granddaughter of Lue Bradley. Each transcription is filed with the original document. The Emma Bradley Middlebrook family correspondence series (1927-1992 and undated, scattered) includes materials from Emma to her niece Cornelia Prentiss Shrauger; as well correspondence between Emma's daughter Cornelia (Tissy) Baekeland Hallowell, and Cornelia Prentiss Shrauger, Tissy's cousin; and the correspondence of Emma's grand-daughter, Cornelia (Dicki) Bagarotti with Virginia Shrauger Jones, Dicki's cousin. Eight letters to Cornelia Fitch from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, written prior to her marriage to David Bradley, are held by the Special Collections Department, University of Iowa Libraries (MsL 853, Longfellow to Fitch). A book, Savage Grace, by Natalie Robins and Steve Aronson (William Morrow, 1985) has been removed from the Bradley Family Papers and shelved with the printed works in the Iowa Women's Archives. The book concerns Tony Baekeland, the great-grandson of Emma Bradley Middlebrook. Baekeland, an heir to the Bakelite plastic fortune, murdered his mother Barbara Baekeland in 1972 and committed suicide in 1981. Related collections Prentiss Family papers Iowa family descended from the Bradley family. Shrauger Family papers Iowa family descended from the Prentiss and Bradley families. Cornelia Shrauger Day papers Descended from The Prentiss and Bradley families. Longfellow to Fitch letters, Special Collections Department, University of Iowa Libraries (MsL 853) Box no. Description Box 1 Genealogical information Rhoda Ogden/Henry Bradley/Abijah Fitch correspondence 1811-1823 (scattered) 1830-1833 Abijah Fitch to William H. Seward, 1839-1865 [photocopies] David O. Bradley/Cornelia Fitch Bradley/Lue Bradley correspondence 1864-1865 1866 1867-1869 1870-1877 1878-1879 1880-1882 1883-1885 1886 1887 Box 2 1888 1889 1890 1891 (2 folders) 1892 (2 folders) 1893 1893-1894 Box 3 Undated, Cornelia Bradley to David Bradley Undated, Cornelia Bradley to Lue Bradley (2 folders) Undated, David Bradley to Cornelia Bradley Undated, Lue Bradley to Cornelia and David Bradley Lue Bradley diaries 1879 original and transcription 1882 original 1882 transcription 1885 original and transcription 1889 original 1889 transcription 1890 original Box 4 1890 transcription 1891 original 1891 transcription 1895-1897 original Account books Cornelia Fitch Bradley European trip, 1893 Lue Bradley Prentiss household account, 1896-1898, 1900-1905 Emma Bradley Middlebrook family correspondence Emma Middlebrook with Cornelia Prentiss Shrauger (niece) (3 folders), 1960s Box 5 Cornelia (Tissy) Middleton Baekeland Hallowell with Cornelia Prentiss Shrauger (cousin), 1927-1989 and undated (scattered) Cornelia (Dicki) Bagarotti with Virginia Shrauger Jones (cousin), 1987-1992 Miscellaneous, 1943-1988 and undated (scattered) Savage Grace by Natalie Robins and Steve Aronson (William Morrow, 1985) [Removed to printed works collection.] Photographs	Henry James Prentiss
153	Charles Edgar Rice met Eugenia Wickens during the occupation of Norfolk, while he was serving in the 21st Regiment of Connecticut. Volunteers in the Civil War.	Charles Edgar Rice
154	S.P. May p.299 Lived in Amherst, MA	Mary Relief Robinson
155	[Doughty.FTW] The American Genealogist "Seven Mayflower Passengers" "IV. Sampson and Others". pages 206-8. Ancestor of Barbara Pierce Bush, wife of President George Bush.	Henry Sampson
156	[Doughty.FTW] The American Genealogist "Seven Mayflower Passengers" "IV. Sampson a nd Others". pages 206-8. Ancestor of Barbara Pierce Bush, wife of President George Bush.	James Sampson
157	[Doughty.FTW] The American Genealogist "Seven Mayflower Passengers" "IV. Sampson a nd Others". pages 206-8. Ancestor of Barbara Pierce Bush, wife of President George Bush.	Stephen Sampson
158	[Doughty.FTW] Ancestor of Presidents John and John Quincy Adams and Calvin Coolidge . "Descendants of Deacon Samuel and Ann Bass" by Charissa Bass 1940.	Ann Savell
159	S.P.may p.301 Andrew Sears was a Deacon in the Church for many years, and led the choir 40 years. He was a farmer and cooper, and a very exemplary man.	Andrew Haskell Sears
160	!S.P. May handnotes res (1896) 14 Shepard St, Cambridge, MA	Caroline Ellen Sears
161	!S.P. May handnotes Mr. Sears was an Expressman Town records Petersham, MA show m. 10 Jul 1825	Clark Sears
162	!S.P. May hand notes m. Idaho	Clark Alonza Sears
163	!S.P. May p.543 Lives in Princeton, IL	Lizzie M. Sears
164	!S.P. may p.450 a music teacher	Mary E. Sears
165	AFN: 1KWW-7QG	Polly Sears
166	!S.P. may p.299 A tall, erect figure, very kindly and benevolent to the poor, industrious, and with large executive ability, claiming that six hours' sleep was enough for any man. He had a sterling sense of honesty, and fair dealing. He was a patriot, and loved his country, enlisting in its service when but a mere lad of sixteen, and he often astonished his grand-children and friends with recitals of their privations and sufferings during the war. Roland Sears of Greenwich, Hamp. co., MA, 17 years, 5 feet, 8 inches in height dark complexion, arrived in Springfield, 18 Jul 1780, for service in northern army; he had previously served, 17-21 Aug 1777, in Capt Ephraim Jennings' Co., Col David Field's Regt. at Bennington, 30 miles; 12 Sep 1777 to 4 Jan 1778, in Capt Eben. Newell's Co., Col Key's regt; and 21 Jul to 25 Aug 1779, at New London, CT, in Capt Elisha Dwight's Co, Col Elisha Porter's Regt, 85 miles from home. In 1787 he took oath of allegiance, having been concerned in Shay's rebellion. His name appears in census of 1840, as a Revolutionary pensioner, then aged 77. "Dea Roland, as he was called, to distinguish him from his brothers, Dea Andrew and Dea John, who lived near by, was a very conscientious, religious man, quite after the Pilgrim type. He offered grace at every meal. With the greatest reverence I recall my grand father on his knees in the family prayers, in his earnest and devout expressions of gratitude and thankfulness; and his confessions of shortcomings. And the closing words of the prayer have never left my childish memory, and I often find myself closing the petition with them:' And now Lord, what wait we for? Our wants and complaints are spread before Thee, and Thou knowest what we need, better than we can think or even ask.' Many years ago, in a great movement in the Congregational Church, Dea Sears avowed himself a believer in one God, a Unitarian; quite a grief to his wife, a sweet Christian lady. Later on they both accepted the faith, that evil can never perpetuate itself, in the other life, and as the result every soul shall confess, and glorify God forever.	Roland Sears
167	!S.P. May p.451 Turner Sears was a farmer, and a veryt worthy Christian man.	Turner Sears
168	MD13:144 contains a deed granted by Jonathan Shaw in 1658. MFBD Indicates that the father of Jonathan is James, not John. b. Eng.	Jonathan Shaw
169	See E-mail from Loreene_D._Terry.ESCP10@xerox.com: shaw7. E-Mail b. 1663 d. AFT 14 Dec 1728 bur. Carver, MA	Jonathan Shaw
170	Cemetery records: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nycayuga/cem/cem172.htm	Elizabeth Sinton
171	According to Matthew Woodruff of Farmington, Connecticut, 1640-1 and Ten Generations of His Descendants (Woodruff Genealogy) compiled by George N. Mackenzie, George S. Stewart, Frederick O. Woodruff. Boston, MA: The Everett Print, 1925: Moses Sturtevant of Wareham married Elizabeth Howell, daughter of Thomas Howell of Mansfield, Massachusetts.	Elizabeth Smith
172	[Doughty.FTW] Were her parents Daniel Smith and Mary Shaw married 28 Jan 1807 at Christ's Presbyterian Church at South Hempstead, L.I., NY? They were not Daniel and Phoebe (Tredwell) Smith. Found his will. She named a son Daniel Smith Doughty. Her father was supposed to be a Methodist circuit rider minister in New York.	Phebe Smith
173	[Doughty.FTW] Called Libbie. Drowned in the Hudson River at Newburgh Bay with he r brother and sister.	Sibble Smith
174	George Soule and Mary Beckett came to America on the Mayflower. He came as a teacher to Edward Winslow's children. He has been tentatively identified as son of John Soule of Eckington County, Worcester and probably kinsman to Robert Soule, a wealthy London salter, who died in 1590 a native of Eckington. Fuller particulars of this identification will be found in the recently published Soule Genealogy.	George Soule
175	On July 4, 1734 parts of Middleborough, Pembroke, and Plympton established Halifax. b. 24 Jan 1732, Halifax, MA d. 28 Jul 1769, Middleboro, MA	Rebecca Standish
176	David L. and Jane Stitt Library Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary http://www.austinseminary.edu/library/library.html "The David L. and Jane Stitt Library, named in honor of the Seminary's fourth president and his wife, is the heart of the educational enterprise at Austin Seminary. The collection traces its origins to the second half of the nineteenth century, making it one of the oldest and most distinguished seminary libraries west of the Mississippi. At present the Seminary's collection numbers over 160,000 volumes with excellent holdings in most theological subject areas. Particular strengths are biblical archaeology, biblical studies, early church literature, the continental Reformation, Presbyterianism, and theology. Other well represented areas include religious history, literature, women's studies, minority studies, and pastoral care. In addition, the library's archival holdings contain the records and papers of numerous southwestern presbyteries."	David Leander Stitt
177	Helen S. Durphey Hartland, Vermont I want to tell you about the framework over the fireplace (picture). It is made of plaster of paris and is gray in color. When George Hebard was living, he designed this picture of an old fashioned choir in church, and he gave one to each family, it set on an easel in parlors in the various households and may be you will find one in Florence M's holdings of her old homethings (wherever they are). It was called the Doxology - Some of you may find this an not know its original identity. The date might have been 1895 or near that - Mr Hebard, Ann Sturtevant's husband (Crayton's sister) was a sterling character and worked in the Church of the Redeemer in Hartford, Connecticut for many years. Written by Helen Sturtevant Durphey, 1963 I looked up some diaries that I kept in the 1900's, interspersed with pictures we took. Time meant nothing to me in those days. During the years 1900 to 1906 your Sturtevant family came to Hartland summers, they boarded around at different places near us. You can se by the enclosed letters how loving and intimate the family was. Aunt Hattie was deeply religious after Harry died. She was a medium and held meetings in a dark room gathered around a table communing with spirits of the dead. In conversation she would ask you a question and instead of listening to your answers her mind would wander to the extremes (a trate of Berts). Aunt Hattie died Nov. 1905 (My father was 61 years old). I was visiting my sister Florence in Newport, Vermont, where she had a teaching position of music and a choir position. Father phoned me and it necessitated my coming home to "tend store" while he went to the funeral. Dec. 1, 1905, I started for Hartford by train at 9 a.m. Ray met me. I took 3 bottles of cidar in my grip to Uncle Crayton. Ray went back to Harvard next day. I went to make it more congenial for the family for Florence was all alone during the day. From the Hartford Courant, 1890 As was stated in the Courant of yesterday Harry C. Sturtevant oldest son of Mr. And Mrs. F.C. Sturtevant, died at the residence of his father on Washington Street Monday night. The young man was so well and favorably known, so dearly beloved, in fact by all who knew him, that the following details of his sickness and death will be of interest. Last January a slight trouble appeared in one foot and ankle which was supposed to proceed from a strain caused by slipping on the ice. This although growing slowly worse did not prevent his continuing his studies and taking part in his class in the graduating services in the high school in the spring. He graduated with high honors and as class orator attracted universal attention and praise by his manly and forcible oration. Immediately after he passed the examination for Trinity College. The trouble in the foot which in spite of medical skill had now assumed the form of paralysis continued to spread. He was taken from Westbrook, Connecticut where he was spending the summer to New York where he was examined and treated by some of the best surgeons of that city but much to the disappointment of his anxious friends he continued to grow worse. After his return to Hartford in September, the paralysis spread more rapidly and soon affected the entire left side of his body and his power of articulation. By the advice of his physicians of this city Drs. Fuller and Wolff, he was last week placed under the car eof Dr. Seguin, the noted brain specialist in New York, who at once attributed the trouble to a tumor in or on the brain and agreed with the Hartford physicians that the only possible chance of saving the young man's life was to remove the tumor. After much consultation the parents gave their consent to have the operation of "trephining performed. The operation was performed Monday afternoon by Professor Bryant, head surgeon of Bellevue Hospital of New York, assisted by Drs. Seguin, F.C. Otis, eminent Ny surgeons, and in the presence of Drs. Fuller, Storrs, and Wolff of this city. The operation though skillfully and successfully performed failed to disclose the tumor, but sufficient evidence was discovered to convince the doctors that their diagnosis was correct, but that the tumor instead of being on the brain was deepseated in that organ and beyond all possibility of removal. The patient survived the operation only a few hours. Mr. And Mrs. Sturtevant have the heartfelt sympathy of a host of friends in their great bereavement. Harry was a young man of rare ability and great promise. His attainments as an artist or as a musician were alone worthy of special commendation but the great beauty of his character was in his high and pure mind. His mental development was far beyond his years and he had been blessed with moral and spiritual qualities that endeared him to all with whom he came in contact. The funeral will take place on Thursday afternoon at 3:00 p.m., September 25, 1890. "From Helen Durphey, ""In my old bureau here, is a box containing "Harry's piccolo" what shall I do with it?"	Ann Sturtevant
178	This genealogical and biographica1 information was sent to the Shelburne Museum, in 1962. Cullen Friend Sturtevant was born at Pittsfield Massachusetts on April 21, 1795, and died at Hartland. Vermont on February 2, 1889. He married Harriet Morey, daughter of Reuben and Martha (Frizzell) Morey at Strafford, Vermont, on Nov 27, 1833. She was born at Strafford on December 11, 1807, and died at Heartland on June 20, 1874. Both Cullen and his wife are buried in the Village Cemetery at Hartland, Vermont. The seven children of this couple were all born at Hartland, Eveline, born on August 29, 1834 married William J Sumner at Hartland on Feb 12, 1866, and died, a widow at Rye Beach, New Hampshire on November 18, 1929. Amelia Morey Sturtevant, born on September 15, 1835, died, unmarried, at Hartland on May 19, 1854. Caroline, born on March 23, l837, married Frederick Bates at Hartland on August 18, 1859, and died at Findlay, Ohio on Sept 10, 1910, after living most of her life in Titusville, Pennsylvania. She, her husband, and their younger son, Crayton Holden Bates (1877-1951), and daughter Harriet (1868-1936), are buried in Wood1awn Cemetery at Titusville. Cullen eldest son, Francis Crayton Sturtevant, was born on Dec 13, 1838, and died at Hartford, Connecticut on December 21, 1916. He went to Hartford about the time of the Civil War, and there married, in 1869, Harriet Mellen Ellis, daughter of Gregory and Amy, who was born at Warren, Connecticut in 1848 and died at Hartford on November 22. 1905. Three of their four children were unmarried. The oldest son, Harry Crayton, born August 21, 1870 and died at the age of 20 years, September 22, 1890 of tumor in the brain. Florence Mellen born July 19, 1873 was living in 1962 at Newton, Massachusetts. Their son Albert Morey Sturtevant (1876-1957) was for many years' professor of German at the University of Kansas. The youngest, Francis Raymond Sturtevant, born at Hartford, Connecticut on December 18, 1877, and died at Baltimore, Maryland on June 28, 1934, married Avis Atwood at Boston, Massachusetts on June 12, 1907. In 1961 their son, Francis Raymond Sturtevant, Jr. (born at Taunton, Mass. in 1923), and his son, Francis Raymond, 3rd., were the only descendants in direct, male line, from Cullen Friend Sturtevant. The fifth child, and second son, Albert Audubon Sturtevant, was born on September 22, 1840, and died at Hartland on January 4, 1922. By Louise Rice Marsh (daughter of Henry T. Marsh, of Woodstock, Vt.) to whom he was married in 1869, he had two daughters, Lillian Amelia and Pearl Estelle. From late boyhood until he retired to the town of his birth he worked as a mechanic, during the Civil War for Colt Fire Arms Company of Hartford, Connecticut, and later for various concerns in that city and in Europe. He was something of an inventor, a clever wood carver, a musician, and poetic humorist. The youngest daughter, Ann, was born on Sept. 13,1842 Married George H. Hebard (1840-1902 of Hartford, Ct. and died on March 8,1936 at Kansas City, Kansas. Both she and hear husband are buried in the Old north Cemetery at Hartford, Ct. They had no chi1dren. His youngest son, Wilber Reuben Sturtevant, born on Nov 22, 1844, died at Hartland on April 29, 1927. He married Leonora Robinson (daughter of Corne1ius and Mary (Pike) Robinson at Vt. on Oct. 18,1871. She was born, at Chelsea (November 16, 1848; died at Hartland on July 3, 1936; and is buried beside her husband in the in the village Cemetery at Hartland. For most of his 1ife Wi1ber was a merchant and civic leader in that town. He was town clerk for over a half-century, town historian, senior deacon in the Universalist Church, active in social and fraternal organizations, a musician, composer, and poet. Wilber had four daughters. The eldest, Florence Hortense Sturtevant (January 30, 1873 to Dec. 1 1957) never married, though she was exceptionally talented and active throughout her long life. She succeeded her father as Heartland's historian; taught music, was an author and poetess, and did much to improve life in her community. Her sister Amelia died young. Wi1ber's third 3 daughter, Alice Robinson 1877 to 1955), Married Jesse L. Wills at Hartland Sept. 29 1910. From this union one son, Arthur Frederick, born Feb15, 1912 a soldier in World War II, lives in Petersburg, Virginia. The youngest daughter, Helen Ruth, born in 1883 was living Hartland in 1961. She married there on June 29, 1909, Frank Alvin Durphey by whom she had four sons and two daughters, who, in turn, have all raised fami1ies of their own. Cullen, the eldest son of Dr. Friend Sturtevant, was rather typical of the old stock Yankees who developed Vermont's traditional ways of life in the 19th century. He grew to manhood in a rural community where all means of livelihood were based on and backed by subsistence farming. About 1822, in partnership with his brother, Thomas Foster Sturtevant, Cullen began factory production of cloth, at Hartland, from locally grown wool. Another brother Fitz-Edward Sturtevant 1 associated with them in the firm of C.P. and T. F. Sturtevant, around 1826, when they bought Aaron Willard mill and began making Grey cashmere, which had wide market and brought them considerable fame. In 1840 a new mill was built. Ten years later1 Cullen bought out his brother's interests, and in 1865, when he was seventy years of age1 sold out to enjoy a well-earned retirement. During his successful career as a manufacturer, he developed a method of cleansing raw wool that was soon adopted by the industry. A genial man of many accomplishments, Cullen was an excellent musician, a fisherman and lover of nature, a Avid reader, an active churches man1 and a participant in the social and cultural life of his community. For the celebration of the 100th birthday of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Martha Morey, he composed a "centennial Tribute " that he delivered before the numerous relatives assembled at her farmhouse in Strafford on April 16 1876, Some of those present journeyed from Ohio and South Carolina for the event. That morning this matriarch had risen at dawn, made her bed, and built up the kitchen fire, routed out the hired man, made up his bed, and fed her chickens, all before any of her family that had come to honor her were awake. Cullen was a sixth generation descendant from Samuel and Ann (Lee) Sturtevant of Plymouth Massachusetts; his lineage being: Friend5 Josiah4&3, Samuel 3&1 .His grandfather, Dr. Josiah Sturtevant of Plymouth and Halifax, (1720-1775) had been a man of prominence and wealth in pre-Revolutionary Massachusetts. A surgeon, lawyer, Justice of the peace, deputy sheriff, and captain of province troops, he beget eighteen children by his two wives, Pricilla (daughter of Judge Thomas Croade), and Lois Fuller (who was widow Foster when Josiah married her at married her at Plymouth in l757). Throughout the increasing tensions with English rule Josiah remained an uncompromising loyalist, despite the patriot stand of his brothers, most others of his clan, and the majority of his neighbors. For this, he suffered increasing persecutions. At the outbreak of hostilities he galloped from Halifax to Boston during the night of April 19/20, 1775, so closely pursued that he lost his saddlebags in the chase. There he was confirmed in his Captain's commission by the British commander, Gage, and put in charge of a military hospital in which he contacted small-pox and died on August l8, l775. He was buried in the crypt of the Old South Church, at Boston. Much of Dr. Josiah's estate was confiscated, including 1488 acres of land he had in the Hartland-Woodstock area of the New Hampshire grants. Aided by relatives, his widow and younger children had a most difficult time in Plymouth County for the next decade. In the fall of 1788 widow Lois Sturtevant remarried, at Halifax, to Samuel Savery, of Wareham and soon after they removed to Woodstock, Vermont. Cullen's father, Dr. Friend Sturtevant (1767-1830), the 13th of Dr. Josiah's offspring, was studying medicine with his half--brother, Dr. Thomas Sturtevant of Middleboro, when his mother, with some of his sisters and at least one of his younger brothers went to Vermont. In 1793 he married, at Middleboro Massachusetts, Sarah Porter. After a brief experience of frontier life at Holland Patent, near Rome, New York, they settled in Pittsfield, Massachusetts by the spring of 1795. Ten years later Dr. Friend moved his family to Woodstock, and in 1807 to Hartland, where he practiced until his death at age 63. During the War of 1812 Dr. Friend served, for a time, with the U.S. Army as a surgeon, being stationed at Plattsburgh, N. Y. His teacher, Dr. Thomas Sturtevant, was also an army surgeon in that conflict. Dr. Friend was a jovial, freehearted, much respected man, who transmitted to his descendants his keen sense of responsibility and his desire to make this world a better place in which to produce happiness	Cullen Friend Sturtevant
179	I remember to visit to Auntie Florence in Newton Centre, MA sometime before I was 10 years old. Dark looking apartment. I think she lived alone.	Florence Mellen Sturtevant
180	Francis Crayton Sturtevant PapersWilliam L. Clements Library The University of Michigan Schoff Civil War Collection Soldiers' Letters 46 http://www.clements.umich.edu/Webguides/Schoff/S/Sturtev.html Sturtevant, Francis Crayton Papers, 1861 June 4-1913 70 items Sturtevant, Francis Crayton Rank:Musician Regiment:5th Connecticut Infantry Regiment (1861-1865) Service:1861 July 23-1862 August 16 Background note: Francis Crayton Sturtevant was born into a large family in Hartland, Vt., in about 1840. At the outbreak of the Civil War, most of his brothers and sisters -- there were at least six of them -- were living in eastern Vermont, though one of Crayton's brothers had moved to Hartford, Conn., and a sister, Caroline, had married a man from Macon, Ga., and after May, 1861, was cut off from all communication. Caroline eventually managed to return safely to Vermont in 1864. Early in the summer of 1861, Crayton joined his brother, Robert, in Hartford, but found it difficult to make a living wage or even full-time employment. "[A]shamed of walking up street every day" in front of his many friends, he enlisted as a clarinetist in the band of the 5th Connecticut Infantry on July 23rd, much against the wishes of his mother. Within two weeks, the regiment was rushed to western Maryland, and ordered into defensive positions overlooking Harpers' Ferry. After participating in a small skirmish at Point of Rocks, Md., in late December, 1861, the regiment was drawn into its first major engagement in January, 1862, when Confederate forces under Stonewall Jackson launched an attack on Union emplacements at Hancock, Md. According to Sturtevant, only the stern defiance of Frederick West Lander enabled the federal forces to hold out against superior numbers and preserve the city. During the spring and summer of 1862, the 5th Connecticut played an important role in the Shenandoah Valley Campaign, seeing action at Kernstown, Winchester, and Cedar Mountain. Throughout his enlistment, Sturtevant showed himself to be a highly motivated, occasionally avid, soldier. While he thought highly of the colonel of his regiment, Orris S. Ferry, and of the other staff officers, Crayton was openly contemptuous of his immediate commanding officer, Lt. Thomas Worsley, whom he considered to be both a laggard and bully. Regardless of his commitment to the cause, Sturtevant clearly wished to leave the service, and when military bands were discharged by Congressional order on August 16th, 1862, shortly before Cedar Mountain, Sturtevant returned home to Vermont. In about 1863, Sturtevant entered the coffee, tea, and spice trade in Hartford, Conn. Following a brief partnership with his brother, Albert, he entered into a partnership with Brigham Payne that lasted until at least 1877. Thereafter, Sturtevant is listed in Hartford city directories as working with other tea and coffee firms, as managing his own firm, or, in the late 1880's, as being employed in "egg food." When seeking to establish himself in his career, Sturtevant travelled continuously through New England on business, most frequently to Vermont. During this period, he met and courted Hattie Ellis (d. 1905), of Hartford, despite the strong opposition of Hattie's parents, who apparently considered Sturtevant to be "beneath" Hattie and of insufficient means. Although Mrs. Ellis advised Hattie against the marriage, and stated that the couple's future would be "a life of trouble with a loss of freedom and of all rights and privileges" for Hattie (1869 September 19), the couple married in November, 1869. They had at least four children, Harry C. (1870-1890), Francis R., Albert Morey and a daughter, Florence M., all of whom appear to have been brilliant. Harry died as he was preparing to enter Trinity College, Hartford, for his freshman year, while Albert was salutatorian at Trinity with the class of 1898 before receiving his A.M. (1901) and Ph.D. (1905) at Harvard. He was an instructor in German at Harvard, 1903-1907. Francis Raymond received degrees at Trinity (1901) and Harvard (1902), and a Bachelor of Divinity at Harvard (1906). He was installed as minister at the Unitarian Channing Church in Dorchester, Mass., in 1906, and at the First Congregational Society in Taunton in 1911. A newspaper clipping in the collection indicates that Florence was "prominent in Hartford muscial circles." Scope and Contents: The Sturtevant Papers contain 29 Civil War-date letters written by Francis Crayton Sturtevant to his mother (Mrs. C.F. Sturtevant), his sisters Ann or Eveline, or generally to his family. The collection also contains 9 post-war letters written to Hattie Ellis, Crayton's fianc?e/wife; 5 letters from Hattie to Crayton; 8 letters from members of the Sturtevant family to Crayton; and 10 miscellaneous items relating to Sturtevant's sons, Harry, Albert, and Francis. The Civil War letters reflect Sturtevant's perceptiveness and talent as a writer, as well as his strong ideological commitment to the war. Although his reasons for enlistment are somewhat obscure and his early departure from the war stands out, Sturtevant never displayed any doubt that his service was his patriotic duty. His letters are valuable for reconstructing life in the defences of Harpers' Ferry in the fall and winter months of 1861-62, as well as the events of the Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1862. His letters are of added value in being written from the unusual perspective of a musician, and are filled with interesting depictions of the lives of musicians, who were not always subject to the same level of hardship or the same rigors of average soldiers. Sturtevant's letters provide several descriptions of practicing, playing, working on musical formations, and competing with other bands, and they also give an idea of the effect that the music had on his audience of soldiers and civilians. Sturtevant was also a soldier, and his letters contain fine descriptions of hard marches and battles, particularly leading up and during the Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1862. The accounts of Jackson's assault on Hancock, and of the battles of Kernstown and Winchester stand out as among the best letters in the collection. The post-war material includes an eloquent letter addressed to Sturtevant's future mother-in-law, in which he defends his impending marriage to Hattie against his in-laws' opposition. Sturtevant argued that there can be no loss to Hattie or her family by the union, but only gain due to the genuineness of their love for each other. Also included is a powerful letter, grieving over the loss of his mother, who had died in his arms (1874 September 22). Reference: Marvin, Edwin E. The Fifth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers. (Hartford, 1889). M-2662a21; M-3099.1 Cat. 6/93 rsc	Francis Crayton Sturtevant
181	AUTHOR: Sturtevant, F. Raymond. TITLE: The faith that overcomes; a farewell sermon preached by F. Raymond Sturtevant at his final service in Taunton, Sunday Sept. 27, 1925, First Congregational Church. PUB. INFO: [Taunton, N.J.? 1925?] DESCRIPTION: 11 p. 19 cm. SUBJECTS: *S1 Congregational churches--Sermons. LOCATION: Andover-Harv. Theol: Pamph. BX 7233.Z91 (Harvard HOLLIS catalog) ------------------------------ October - 1934 memorial to Francis Raymond Sturtevant: Dr. Crandall's address in part was as follows: "We have come together in happy commemoration of a serene and spiritual personality. For 14 years Raymond Sturtevant ministered to this ancient and beloved parish, a service which included the happiest years of his life." "Born in New England, he loved New England and most of all, he loved Taunton. To him this old church was a hallowed spot, and when he was absent his thoughts were often with us here, for he felt that we were still his own people. Witness his Christmas eve message, coming to us without fail, always beautifully phrased and full of a sentiment that showed his ardent and regretful longing to be with his beloved friends here." "Few could live through the stormy years of the great war without a disturbance of mental balance. Yet through all this troublous time there was for him, the same calmness and evenness of purpose and action that were characteristic of his whole life." "He early devoted himself to the ministry and he lived the life that his religion made him love to live. This life was no veneer, assumed as befitting his profession, but was the very fibre of his being. His personal friends were legion, and those who stood close to him, know how loyal, true and sincere his friendships were." "Someone has said that dying, we leave an influence behind us that survives. Happy the man who can leave to his family and his friends, an influence so beficent and a memory so dear and fragrant as did Raymond Sturtevant," Dr. Crandall said in closing. Dr Park had the following to say about his friend: "In speaking of Mr. Sturtevant, first of all, he was a thoroughly conscientious, consecrated and devoted minister. He administered the gospel to his fellowmen. That was his life work, his foremost aim, his strongest desire.... He had the fundamental affection for people. He liked folks. His sympathy was quick and generous. Like anybody else, He might feel distaste, antipathy and disapproval for some special person, but the surest way to disarm him of that feeling was for that person to go to him and ask his help. Everyone has a weak spot. Here was one of Mr. Sturtevant's weak spots; he could not resist loving the man who needed his help. Take that kind of a man, and add to him another quality, a genuine religious life, a simple tenacious faith in God, an exacting unsparing fidelity to the will of God, a habit of prayer and trust and confidence, and we get a man who was just made for the ministry. That is something everyone felt about Mr. Sturtevant. "As a preacher he was universally accepted. People liked to hear him. They discovered that they liked him in spite of his indifference to all pulpit arts and graces. He employed a free, dignified conversational style. He had no mannerisms, either of voice or gesture. He was never guilty of bad taste and never descended to sensationalism in any form. His preaching was just 'Mr. Sturtevant talking to us.' He was ready to defend any assertion that he made. His preaching was helpful because it was an honest, religious, helpful man thinking out loud. Because he was a good man it was physically impossible for him to preach a bad sermon. And that is the point that sticks up in our memories; not what he said, not what he did, but the man himself. It is a lucky world that can contain such men; and it is a mysteriously wonderful human nature that can occasionally embody itself in such a brother to all mankind, in such a son of the most High God. Dr Snow recalled his boyhood school chum in the following light: "In thinking of some men we think of a particular feature or quality for which they are distinguished. In thinking of Raymond Sturtevant we think of no such particular or special interest. He was a natural athlete his body close-knit with good coordination of muscle and grain, clear of vision with natural grace of movement. He was an out-doors man. But these interests did not keep him from his books, from satisfying the craving of the inquiring mind. He was a superior student who won prizes for his achievements in school and college. He was not what men call a great preacher. He was not called hither and yon, like some actor, to perform. But many in this house tonight who have heard him, not once or twice, but for years, can testify to the satisfying quality of his preaching. They knew him so well that they knew what he would say on any occasion. He was not known as a psychologist, But he possessed an understanding heart. In dealing with others, there was a gentleness in his manner that was his chief charm. His leadership was fully recognized in his community. Being what he was, a well rounded man, he could not be other than a good citizen. His work with his people was such as to make his church a place for community good. I think such men as Raymond Sturtevant, whose personalities exemplify, not the unusual, but the usual, well-rounded normal human beings, about the heads of such men no one is tempted to place a halo. But they are remembered gratefully as good men always are remembered, by those who counted them as friends. Many have tonight remembered him as a friend. He was easy and pleasant to be with. My own memories of the man in remembering him tonight are filled with the echoes of happy laughter, of revelations, sometimes of deep things that come not through argument and assertions, but through the exercise of the attributes of poking fun. This is one way that men such as he help to keep life safe and sound for all," Dr. Snow said in terminating his recollections of his friend. A hymn and benediction closed the service. Mr. Cushing played Handel's "Largo" as the organ postlude. A declaration of homage to the memory of Rev. Francis Raymond Sturtevant, passed by the Joseph Priestley Conference at its meeting in Baltimore, May 2, 1935. Francis Raymond Sturtevant became the minister of our church in Baltimore and a member of the Joseph Priestley Conference in the rich maturity of his power. His previous ministry in Dorchester and Taunton, Massachusetts, brought his thoughtful and studious mind to an exquisite cultivation, and his observation of industrial and social conditions in factory towns had ripened the sympathies and generosities of a naturally sensitive and chivalrous heart. He entered our Conference wise with the insight of twenty years of experience, but still eager with the youthfulness that love for human beings never fails to bestow. As our comrade in the Conference and as minister in Baltimore he carried forward the last phase of his appointed earthly labor to a beautiful completion. It would hardly be possible to find a nature more gentle, a mind more tolerant, a counselor more kindly discerning. Religiousness with him was no assumed profession; it was an inward habit, an inherent life, a growing forth of quick and gracious energies deep-rooted in his soul. He could not descend to any artifices calculated to draw attention to himself. Simply, modestly, faithfully, he served the cause of the spirit as one who had taken for the rule of his life Paul's admonition to Timothy, that "the end of the commandment" is charity out of a pure heart, and a good conscience and faith unfeigned." In devout remembrance of a life and example of so high a quality the Joseph Priestley Conference places upon its records this expression of admiration of Francis Raymond Sturtevant and of sorrow at his departure from us. To Mrs. Sturtevant the Conference offers its profound sympathy, with the assurance that it also shares her pride in the memory of her husband's noble life. The Conference directs that a copy of this declaration be sent to Mrs. Sturtevant and to the church in Baltimore. Respectfully submitted, William L. Sullivan, George E. Nitzsche.	Francis Raymond Sturtevant
182	Helen S. Durphey Hartland, Vermont I want to tell you about the framework over the fireplace (picture). It is made of plaster of paris and is gray in color. When George Hebard was living, he designed this picture of an old fashioned choir in church, and he gave one to each family, it set on an easel in parlors in the various households and may be you will find one in Florence M's holdings of her old homethings (wherever they are). It was called the Doxology - Some of you may find this an not know its original identity. The date might have been 1895 or near that - Mr Hebard, Ann Sturtevant's husband (Crayton's sister) was a sterling character and worked in the Church of the Redeemer in Hartford, Connecticut for many years. Written by Helen Sturtevant Durphey, 1963 I looked up some diaries that I kept in the 1900's, interspersed with pictures we took. Time meant nothing to me in those days. During the years 1900 to 1906 your Sturtevant family came to Hartland summers, they boarded around at different places near us. You can se by the enclosed letters how loving and intimate the family was. Aunt Hattie was deeply religious after Harry died. She was a medium and held meetings in a dark room gathered around a table communing with spirits of the dead. In conversation she would ask you a question and instead of listening to your answers her mind would wander to the extremes (a trate of Berts). Aunt Hattie died Nov. 1905 (My father was 61 years old). I was visiting my sister Florence in Newport, Vermont, where she had a teaching position of music and a choir position. Father phoned me and it necessitated my coming home to "tend store" while he went to the funeral. Dec. 1, 1905, I started for Hartford by train at 9 a.m. Ray met me. I took 3 bottles of cidar in my grip to Uncle Crayton. Ray went back to Harvard next day. I went to make it more congenial for the family for Florence was all alone during the day. From the Hartford Courant, 1890 As was stated in the Courant of yesterday Harry C. Sturtevant oldest son of Mr. And Mrs. F.C. Sturtevant, died at the residence of his father on Washington Street Monday night. The young man was so well and favorably known, so dearly beloved, in fact by all who knew him, that the following details of his sickness and death will be of interest. Last January a slight trouble appeared in one foot and ankle which was supposed to proceed from a strain caused by slipping on the ice. This although growing slowly worse did not prevent his continuing his studies and taking part in his class in the graduating services in the high school in the spring. He graduated with high honors and as class orator attracted universal attention and praise by his manly and forcible oration. Immediately after he passed the examination for Trinity College. The trouble in the foot which in spite of medical skill had now assumed the form of paralysis continued to spread. He was taken from Westbrook, Connecticut where he was spending the summer to New York where he was examined and treated by some of the best surgeons of that city but much to the disappointment of his anxious friends he continued to grow worse. After his return to Hartford in September, the paralysis spread more rapidly and soon affected the entire left side of his body and his power of articulation. By the advice of his physicians of this city Drs. Fuller and Wolff, he was last week placed under the car eof Dr. Seguin, the noted brain specialist in New York, who at once attributed the trouble to a tumor in or on the brain and agreed with the Hartford physicians that the only possible chance of saving the young man's life was to remove the tumor. After much consultation the parents gave their consent to have the operation of "trephining performed. The operation was performed Monday afternoon by Professor Bryant, head surgeon of Bellevue Hospital of New York, assisted by Drs. Seguin, F.C. Otis, eminent Ny surgeons, and in the presence of Drs. Fuller, Storrs, and Wolff of this city. The operation though skillfully and successfully performed failed to disclose the tumor, but sufficient evidence was discovered to convince the doctors that their diagnosis was correct, but that the tumor instead of being on the brain was deepseated in that organ and beyond all possibility of removal. The patient survived the operation only a few hours. Mr. And Mrs. Sturtevant have the heartfelt sympathy of a host of friends in their great bereavement. Harry was a young man of rare ability and great promise. His attainments as an artist or as a musician were alone worthy of special commendation but the great beauty of his character was in his high and pure mind. His mental development was far beyond his years and he had been blessed with moral and spiritual qualities that endeared him to all with whom he came in contact. The funeral will take place on Thursday afternoon at 3:00 p.m., September 25, 1890. "From Helen Durphey, ""In my old bureau here, is a box containing "Harry's piccolo" what shall I do with it?"	Harry Crayton Sturtevant
183	"Dr. Josiah Sturtevant of Plymouth and Halifax (1720-1775) had been a man of prominence and wealth in pre-revolutionary Massachusetts. A surgeon, lawyer, justice of the peace, deputy sheriff, and a captain of Provinchal troops. He begat eighteen children by his two wives - Priscilla Croade and Lois Foster (widow). Throughout the increasing tension with English rule, Josiah remained uncompromisingly loyalist, despite the patriot stand of his brothers and most others of his clan and the majority of his neighbors. For this, he suffered increasing persecutions. At the outbreak of hostilities he galloped from Hakifax to Boston during the nights of April 19 and 20, 1775, so closely pursued that he lost his saddle bags in the chase. There he was confirmed in his Captains commission by the British Commander, Gage, and put in charge of a military hospital, in which he contracted small pox and died Aug 18, 1775. He was buried in the crypt of the Old South Church, at Boston, Mass. Much of Dr Josiah`s estate was confiscated, including 1488 acres of land he had in the Hartland- Woodstock areas of the New Hampshire grants. Aided by relatives his widow and younger children had a most difficult time in Plymouth County for the next decade. In the fall of 1788 widow Lois Sturtevant remarried in Halifax. She married Sam Savery of Wareham and soon after they moved to Woodstock, Vermont On the death of her husband Josiah she wrote: "August 18th, 1775 my dear husband departed life. He was in his Fifty-fifth year. At Boston whither he was driven by a mad and deluded mob for no other offence but his loyalty to his Sovereign - God forgive them and grant that his death may be sanctified to me and all the children for our souls everlasting good." She is buried in Windsor, Vermont - the stone inscription: "widow Lois Savery died Feby 20, 1815 ae 79 yrs. formerly the widow of Doct. Josiah Sturtevant - Halifax County of Plymouth. Mass" (2003 - The above I copied from the papers of Basil S. Hammond, a desc of Josiah and Lois. I do not as yet know the source - GJR) Emailed to me by Gerald J. Rice (gjricevt@adelphia.net, October 10, 2003	Josiah Sturtevant
184	He died on board a whaling ship (Hussey) commanded by Captain Halsey from Nantucket and sailed out of Dunkirk, France (age 30)	Josiah Sturtevant
185	Went with the Plympton militia to reinforce the Continental Army. Listed in 1790 census as Nehemiah Sturdevant, 1 male over 16, male below 16 and 4 females at Plympton, Massachusetts. A History of Carver Massachusetts - Historical Review 1637-1910, by Henry S. Griffith includes Nehemiah in a list of men "who served in the militia for varying periods," including some who may have "reinforced the Continental Army at critical times."	Nehemiah Sturtevant
186	The "History of Carver, Massachusetts-Historical Review 1637-1910" by Henry S. Griffith lists Noah with men "whose service was limisted to the march to Marshfield." This source explains that "nearly two hundred fellow patriots of Plympton" were on their way to Marshfield at the same time, and for the same purpose as the patriots in Lexington and Concord in their first engagement of the American Revolution.	Noah Sturtevant
187	Author: Sturtevant, Robert Hunter, 1921- Title: Descendants of Samuel Sturtevant / compiled by Robert Hunter Sturtevant. Edition: 1st ed. Publication: Waco, Tex. (3001 Inverness Dr., Waco 76710) : R.H. Sturtevant, [1986] Physical Description: ca. 650 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. Notes: Includes indexes. Subject (Name): Sturdivant family. Subject (Name): Sturtevant, Samuel, -- ca. 1620-1669 -- Family. Author: Woodruff, Frederick Orr, ed. Sturtevant fami Title: Woodruff genealogy; Matthew Woodruff of Farmington, Conn. 1640-1, and ten generations of his descendants, together with genealogies of families connected through marriage; Abbe ... , Sturtevant ... , Stevens . .. , Burke genealogy, briefs from Kelly, Franklin and Folger genealogies, compiled by G.N. Mackenzie ... G.S. Stewart ... assisted by F.O. Woodruff ... Publication: Boston, Everett Print., 1925. Physical Description: 29 p. 26 cm. Call Number: Notes: A revised edition by G.S. Stewart and F.O. Woodruff of the Woodruff genealogy prepared by F.O. Woodruff for v. -- F III of Colonial families of the U.S. edited by G.N. Mackenzie. ColleSubject (Name): Woodruff family (Matthew Woodruff, d. 1682) Subject (Name): Abbey family (John Abbe, ca. 1613-ca. 1689) Subject (Name): Sturtevant family (Samuel Sturtevant, f\|. 1642) Added Author: Mackenzie, George Norbury, 1851-1919, ed.EXIT [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 25, Ed. 1, Tree #2871, Date of Import: Aug 22, 1999] The following is the "Last Will and Testament of Samuell Sturtivant" as reproduced from Robert H. Sturtevant's book, "The Descendents of Samuel Sturtevant" (1986 edition). It is reproduced with the same spelling as shown in the book. THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF SAMUELL STURTIVANT deceased exhibited to the Court held att Plymouth in New England, the 29 day of October, 1669 on the Oathes of WILLIAM CROW and JOHN SMITH. To all people to whom these presents Shall Come, Know yea that I Samuell Sturtivant of the Towne of New Plymouth, being weake in body through many infermities but in pfect and sound memory doe make and ordain this to be my last will and Testament in manoir and forme following. Imp. I will and bequeath unto my soninlaw John Waterman, the one half that my sharre of Land that i bought of Edward Gray, which lyeth near Namassakeesett ponds called the Majors purchase. Item. I will and bequeath unto my Sonnes Namely Samuell, James, John, and Joseph and to the child my wife no goeth with (if a boy) after my wifes decease; all my house and land that I now dwell upon and all other lands and meddowes with all Rightes belonging thereunto that I have in any place whatsoever;to be equally Devided to all or Soe many of my aforesaid sonnes as Shalbe alive att my wifes decease; and incase my wife thinkth it meet, to Settle and give my Son Samuell a double sharre a peece and incase any of my Sonnes are minded to Seel theire prtes after theire devision my will is that Hee sell it to one of his brothers in case any of them will give as may be thought meet by two different men. Item. I will and bequesth unto my dear and Loveing wife all my cattle goods and estate whatsoever is appertaining and belonging to mee. And by these presents make and ordaine her to be the sole executrix of this my Last Will and Testament to administer upon my said estate to pay such debts as are due from mee and to Receive all such debts as are owing unto mee. In Witness heerof I have puty hand and seale this first day of August one thousand Six hundred sixty nine. Signed and Sealed in the presents of William Crow Samuell Sturtivant John Smith (His Mark) and a Seal The foregoing is a true copy from Plymouth Colony Records Volume 3, of Will, Page 10. Attest: John B. Washburn, Reg'r of Deeds ------------------------ There is a great site by Julie Sturtevant-Wirgan outlining the direct descendants of Samuel Sturtevant and includes his will. http://homepages.infoseek.com/~sturtevantweb/Sturtevant.html ----------------------------	Samuel Sturtevant
188	Archer Taisey photograph album - part of J. Robert Haggarts Family Photograph Collection, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, Institute for Regional Studies http://www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/ndirs/collections/photography/Photofindingaids/haggart.htm	Elmer E. Taisey
189	Letter to Frances Nelson Tillman Brooklyn, May 29, 1924 My dear Niece-- I was glad to get yours of recent date. Publisher hopes to have the first two (2) volumes during June, and the third volume, a little. Third vol. Shop Talk will contain only Selections from my old Shop Talks. These will probably soon be out a circular from the Publishers with more detail. My forebears were all New Englanders -- Vermont. Grandma, whom you think you once saw, married twice. First husband's name Johnson. Second Welton; Mother was by the first, Sense were name was Johnson, Jane. She was sixteen and my father, Matthew Taisey, 23 when they were married at some little town in Vermont. They emigrated at once to Almont, Michigan and lived there and in St. Clair, Michigan. xxxx on thirteen years, where their four children, of which I am the youngest, and only survivor, were born. I was born Sept. 28, 1844. In '1847 we emigrated to Minnesota. Settling at Stillwater, St. Paul had just been laid out, and the site of Minneapolis was an Indian reservation. My father died in 1881. He was a blacksmith. My Mother. here. in 1887. Grand the Welton died here with us in 1875. The Nobles family, including Cal-Bill Nobles, Freemont's Lieutenant for whom Nobles Pass in the Rockies is named, emigrated to Minnesota with our family. I had been christened for one of the brothers. Throughout my professional life, I have been haunted by the Noble and Nobles clans, all trying to be relations. Hope the boys may find a string here to tie a kite to. I have been under the weather, and the doctor--for some days. I have a bad heart. Have known it for ten years, and have not been as careful as I should. Appear about normal today and have been out. A bunch of us youngsters, including H.E. Dixey & myself expect play week of June 9th at the Empire Theatre in "The Players" annual art production. This will be the third. First was the Rivals. Last year School for Scandal, this year She Stoops to Conquer. They have been wonderfully successful in every way. Dolly joins in love, and is looking forward to that visit. Your Affectionate Uncle Milton. Almont Michigan 48003 Almont was first settled in 1827 by James Deneed. The town was originally named Bristol, after Oliver Bristol, the second settler. It was renamed Newburg in 1836. Finally, in 1846, James Thompson donated the town clock and had the town name changed to Almont to honor the Mexican general, Juan N. Almonte. Almont is located in the southeastern corner of Lapeer County, near the borders of St. Clair, Macomb and Oakland counties. St Clair Michigan ************************* NYT Obituary: June 15, 1924, p.23, col. 2 MILTON NOBLES, ACTOR Had Been Playing, Up to Friday, in "She Stoops to Conquer" Milton Nobles, actor and playwright, who had been playing in the Players' Club revival of "She Stoops to Conquer" at the Empire Theatre, died yesterday at his home, 139 First Place, Brooklyn, following a stroke of apoplexy. He last appeared in his role of Mat Muggins in "She Stoops to Conquer" on Thursday night last. Mr. Nobles was 76 years old. He retired from the stage in 1905, but returned in 1920 in Frank Bacon's part in "Lightnin'," one of the most successful of the many actors who essayed the part, in which he continued until his health gave way in March of last year. Following his debut in 1867, Mr. Nobles was for several years in stock companies throughout the West, and in 1875 produced the dramatization of "Jim Bludsoe" in Philadelphia. He starred himself in this piece and in his own play. "The Phoenix," and toured the country in them for twenty-five years. In "The Phoenix" occurred the line "and the villain still pursued her," a fair sample of the melodramatic character of its author's writing. He wrote a dozen or so plays of this type, and in his acting, too, followed the same school of melodrama. In 1881 he married Dollie Woolwine, an actress in his company. For some years following 1895 they appeared together in vaudeville. ********************* New York Public Library Research Libraries Performing Arts Theatre catalog holds Milton Nobles' "Shop talk" - stage stories, anecdotes of the theatre, reminiscences. Call #: MWED [RBS] 97-10 (Nobles, M. Milton Nobles' Shope talk")	Milton Nobles Taisey
190	[Doughty.FTW] The American Genealogist "Elizabeth the Wife of Josiah Nelson of Mil ford, Mass." by Robert M. Sherman pages 92-3.	Elisabeth Thayer
191	[Doughty.FTW] NEHG Register 1906 "Tayer (Thayer) Family Entries in the Parish Regis ter of Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England". by Walter Faxon. Ancestor of Barbara Pierce Bush, wife of President George Bush.	Ferdinando Thayer
192	[Doughty.FTW] "Biographico and Genealogical Register of Milford, Mass." Mendon, M ilford and Bellingham Vital Records.	Jonathan Thayer
193	[Doughty.FTW] "Biographico and Genealogical Register of Milford, Mass." Mendon an d Milford Vital Records.	Josiah Thayer
194	[Doughty.FTW] NEHG Register 1906 "Tayer (Thayer) Family Entries in the Parish Regis ter of Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England". by Walter Faxon. Were there 2 more daughters, Hannah and Sarah? Ancestor of Barbara Pierce Bush, wife of President George Bush.	Thomas Thayer
195	[Doughty.FTW] Ancestor of President William Howard Taft.	Bethia Thurston
196	[Doughty.FTW] Ancestor of President William Howard Taft.	John Thurston
197	[Doughty.FTW] Ancestor of President William Howard Taft.	Thomas John Thurston
198	Christopher Tilghman of (1459) is described in the "Visitation of Kent" as being "de Selling" which is to say that he lived in the Parish of Selling, Faversham Hundred. m. Anna Sanders (or Anna Pandreth-Sanders). English records show that Mrs. Tilghman was a direct descendant of William the Conqueror. Further research shows her as a descendant of the Whetenhall family which, in addition to being descended from William the Conqueror, also descends from King Alfred the Great of Wessex and from King David of Israel. Christopher Tilghman d. prior to 1619, for Berry in his "County Genealogies" speaks of Anna Tilghman, widow of Christopher Tilghman, in that year. Children: Isaac, John, a second John, Christopher b. circa 1600, and Mary (who m. Thomas -). In "Memories of Malling and Its Valley," there is contained a reference that Armigill and John, sons of Christopher, were baptized 23 April 1592, and that John d. 3 June 1592. (1460, Spes Alit Agricolam) **************************************** Received: from mx1.tiac.net (mx1.tiac.net [199.0.65.251]) by maildeliver0.tiac.net (8.8.8/8.8) with ESMTP id VAA13316 for ; Thu, 22 Jul 1999 21:15:25 -0400 (EDT) From: Phnerp@aol.com Received: from imo29.mx.aol.com (imo29.mx.aol.com [198.81.17.73]) by mx1.tiac.net (8.8.8/8.6.9) with ESMTP id VAA26507 for ; Thu, 22 Jul 1999 21:15:24 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Phnerp@aol.com by imo29.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v21.9.) id iAUBa08575 (4196) for ; Thu, 22 Jul 1999 21:10:06 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 21:10:21 EDT Subject: Fwd: Inquiry Tilghman To: hope@tiac.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="part1_c3c85043.24c91afd_boundary" X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 13 X-UIDL: a9923292ca3d21fc38900a84f4390d36 This is what I sent on after checking some other files. I only know the differences in the Christopher line. Elizabeth Tillman who wrote the new Tillman book wrote me and mailed me a copy of the descent she believes is the correct one. The only way we will know for sure is if the Bible is found or records left from Christoper Tilghmans the immigrants descendants. I have learned in doing this to never believe what someone else has written verbatim as all books have errors. I am sure her's will be no exception. Thanks Dottie Return-path: Phnerp@aol.com From: Phnerp@aol.com Full-name: Phnerp Message-ID: Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 21:03:35 EDT Subject: Inquiry Tilghman To: kindred1@inconnect.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 13 hello, Saw where you are still saying that Christopher Tilghman who came to this country in the 1600s was a child of Christopher Tilghman and Anna Sanders. There is a new Tillman Book out by Elizabeth Tillman that is refuting this line. She said that in that time frame that there were 4 known Christophers in England , and that Anna Sanders and Christopher never had any children of their own. She is saying that the immigrant Christopher was a son of Nicholas the brother to above Christopher and Anna. The only way to prove this would be to find the bible that the immigrant Tilghman brought over with him. If anyone knows how to get ahold of the publishing company so they can check with the family of Stephen F Tillman who wrote the book on the family and see where he got his references it may answers this question. If you have any ideas would love to hear them. Dottie	Christopher Tilghman
199	Christopher Tilghman of (1460) b. circa 1600 Selling, Faversham Hundred, Kent County, England and d. James City County, Virginia. m. Ruth Devonshire. Children: Roger b. 1650, Gideon, and John. The time of his arrival in Virginia is listed in Greer's "Early Emigrants to Virginia" and in "Patents of Virginia" as 09 May 1635. In the "Visitation to Kent" it is recorded that Christopher Tilghman came into possession of Rhodes Court formerly owned by Thomas Bealde, and that Christopher, in turn, sold the estate to one Thomas Carter. Rhodes Court is described as being a Manor situated in the southeast extremity of the Parish of Selling, in the borough of Rhodes. Selling was the parish on the south, or opposite side, of the London Road. (1467, Spes Alit Agricolam) *********************** SFTW #1467. The time of his arrival in Virginia is listed in Greer's "Early Emigrants to Virginia," and in "Patents of Virginia," as 9 May 1635. In the "Visitation of Kent," it is recorded that Christopher Tilghman came into possession of Rhodes Court, formerly owned by Thomas Bealde, and that Christopher in turn, sold this estate to one Thomas Carter. Rhodes Court is described as being a Manor situated in the southeast extremity of the Parish of Selling, in the Borough of Rhodes. Selling was parish on the south, or opposite side, of the London Road.	Christopher Tilghman
200	GIDEON TILLMAN of (1467) b. Accomac County, Virginia and d. 07 May 1720 in Somerset County, Maryland. m. 15 February 1681 Margaret Manax. Children: Gideon b. 12 October 1682, Solomon b. 13 February 1685, Elinor b. 15 September 1689, John Stephen b. 15 September 1689 (twins), Moses b. 28 June 1692, Elizabeth b. 01 January 1694, and Joseph b. 04 March 1700. (2982, Spes Alit Agricolam)	Gideon Tilghman