Reed-Read Lineage (Capt. John Reed of Norwalk)

-1-3423. Cora Frances, b. Dec. 6, 1868; m. Urban G. Seymour. 4-3424. Alyron Elmer, b. June 20, 1873; m. Marion Benedict. RE ED -RE AD LINEAGE 235 1490. LOCK WOOD. JuuA Anna (add. North Wilton, Conn.), dau. of Thaddeus and Juliette (Lockwood) Crawford, b. Aug. 24, 1844; m- Nov. 8, 1865, Sam- uel G. Lockwood. ISSUE. 3425. Chas. Stanley, b. Sept. 4, 1866; m. Dec. 1887, Carrie B. Olm- stead ; no issue. +3426. Mary Anna. b. Dec. 31, 1876; m. Dr. Frank Garwood At- wood. 1492. SILLIMAN. Samuel Cook, s. of Samuel Cook and Clarissa (Reed) Silliman, b. Aug. 5, 1817, d. June 15. 1898; m. May 21, 1841, Sarah Gregory Smith, b. Dec. 15, 1819, d. Apr. 7, 1902. ISSUE. -(-3427. Stanley Giles, b. Apr. i, 1844; m. Melvina Johnson. +3428. Samuel Cook, b. Jan. 13. 1849; "i- Abbie C. Bates. 1493. BELL. AuHiE Jane (add. Chatham, N. Y.), dau. of Chauncey Sherman and Eliza Ann (Reed) Dickerman, b. Nov. 7, 1846; m. Oct. 14, 1869, Charles Henry Bell, son of Aaron and Celestia (Osborn) Bell, who d. Mar. 20, 1897.' ISSUE. 3429 + 3430 3431 3432 3433 Mary Augusta, b. July 26, 1870; unm. Camilla Dickerman, b. Sept. 13, 1872; m. C. M. Pulver. Carrie Louise, b. Jan. 5, 1876, d. May 30, 1878 Grace Eveline, b. July 31, 1877, d. Apr. 25, 1882. Charles Reed, b. Feb. 9, 1880; unm ; is a graduate from Rut- gers College, New Brunswick, N. J., class of 1901 ; graduate of Boston University School of Medicine, class of 1906, of which class he was vale- dictorian. During his last year in medical college served as student physician in the Hull Street Medical Mission, Boston. Now (1907) serving year as interne in the Massachusetts Homoepathic Hospital, Bos- ton, Mass. 1494. HAND. Mary Eliza (1906 add. Chatham, N. Y.), dau. of Chauncey Sherman and Eliza Ann (Reed) Dickerman, b. July 10, 1849; ^'^- Apr. 14, 1870, Albert Hand, son of Horatio and Hannah (Gardner) Hand, d. Feb. 1905. Issue — 3434, Grace Eliza, b. July 28, 1881 ; unm (1906) ; 3435, Abbie ■ Louise, b. Feb. 8. 1883. unm. (1906) ; 3436, Albert, b. Apr. 25, 1884. d. Mar. 15, 1886. 236 HISTORY AND GENEALOGY 1495. EDWARDS. Camilla (add. New York City, 109 E. 31st Street), dau. of William Henry and Camilla (Davis) Leonard, b. Oct. i, 1838; m. Oct. 14, 1863, Walter Edwards. ISSUE. +3437- William H. L., b. Oct. 14, 1870; m. Susan S. White. 1496. LEONARD. Robert Woodward (add. Mt. Kisco, N. Y., Meadowside), s. of Wil- liam Henry and Camilla (Davis) Leonard, b. Mar. 31, 1843: m. Mar. 31, 1869, Mary Lathrop Barnes. ISSUE. 3438. Martha Leavitt, b. Apr. 14, 1870 ; unm. +3439. Camilla, b. June 22, 187 1 ; m. first, Lewis H. Morgan ; second, Milton Barger. -f-3440. William Henry, b. Mar. 29, 1873; m. Elizabeth Prescott. 3441. Mary Evelyn, b. Mar. 19, 1874; unm. +3442. Katharine Cowdin, b. July 5. 1878: m. Will Hunt Chamber- lain. Col. Robert \\'oodward Leonard, at the age of 18 years went with the 7th Regt., N. Y. S. AL, at first call for troops after Sumter was fired upon. The regt. was gone three months. The next year the regiment went for the same time of service. In the autumn R. W. Leonard was made Adjutant of the 162nd N. Y. Volunteers; went to the western div- ision of (the army. Saw much hot fighting and was soon Major of Regi- ment. At call for forlorn hope before Port Hudson he was one of those who voluntered. Major and breveted Lieutenant-Colonel in the Civil war. In the war with Spain was Col. of 12th N. Y. V., from May 1, 1898, until April 20, 1899. Stationed in the United States and Cuba. Appoint- ed Lieutenant Colonel, 28th U. S. V., July 1899, serving in tue Philip- pines till June 30, 1901. 1497. iVUTCHELL. Edwin (1906 add. Brooklyn, N. Y., 56 Bond Street), s, of Richard H. and Jane Maria (Reed) Mitchell, b. Feb. 9, 1843; ^u. Mcirtha Frances Cook, who d. Dec. 3, 1904. ISSUE. 3443. Richard Perkins, b. Aug. 12, 1867; m. Feb. 24, 1902, Ida Traver ; he d. Dec. 10, 1906; no issue. -I-3444. Edwin Charles, b. Feb. 2, 1870; m Aplonia Harder. 3445. Thaddeus Kinnier, b. Mar. 14. 1872; m. Aug. 31. 1895, Lillian Spencer Del Monte Macy ; no issue. REBD-READ LINEAGE 237 1503. BENEDICT. Edgar, s. of Frederick and Mary Ann (Osborn) Benedict, b. Oct. 2, 1830, d. Jan. 1896; m. Feb. 11, 1858, Mary Elizabeth Staples of Sweden, N. Y. He conducted a boot and shoe business at Brockport, N. Y., and was clerk of the town of Sweden for several years. ISSUE. 3446. Frederick Staples, b. Sept. 3, i860; m. Fanny Payne; no is- sue; add. Flatbush, N. Y., 1808 Beverly Road. 3447. Joseph Osborn, b. Aug. i, 1862; d. Jan. 28, 1870. 3448. Eddie, b. May 8, 1865; d. Aug. 27, 1865. 3449. Homer Beach, b. June 29, 1870; unm ; 1906; add. Brockport, N. Y. Homer is an attorney and counsellor at law, prac- ticing at Brockport, N. Y. ; graduate of Brockport State nonnal school, 1894; New York Law School, 1898; admit- ted New York bar 1897; elected police justice of town of Sweden, 1899, which office he still holds (1907). -I-3450. George Edgar, b. Apr. 19, 1873; m. Virgilia Schmitz. 1504. BENEDICT. William Hicnrv, s. of Frederick Reed and Mary Ann (Osborn) Benedict, b. Sept. 14, 1834; m. Nov. 14, i860, Martha Hawley, b. 1841. He engaged in business in Brockport, 1859, d. 1902. ISSUE. -)-345oa. Isabella F.. b. June 20. 1862; m. first, Henry Wellman ; sec- ond, Williams. 3451. Fanny L., b. Jan. 24, 1867. d. Jan. 22, 1884. +3452. Jessie, b. Apr. 1870; m. Arthur Phillips. 3453. Marjorie Wiley, b. Sept. 3. 1880; unm. (1906). 3454. Harry, b. June 6, 1875 ; m. Mary Scott Hull, June 6, 1907. 1505. AVHITNEY. Harriet Isabella, dau. of Frederick Reed and Mary Ann (Osborn) Benedict, b. Sept. 13, 1836; m. July 4, 1857, Thos. E. Whitney, b. Mar. I, 1836; she d. 1858. Issue — 3455, Isabella Benedict, b. Feb. 9, 1859; m. Murray Warner; no issue (1906) ; add. Brockport, N. Y. 1506. BENEDICT. Frank (add. Brockport, N. Y.), s. of Frederick Reed and Mary Ann (Osborne) Benedict, b. June 25, 1842; m. June 1872, Celia Whipple. Issue— 3456, Edith Irene, b. 1873 ; 3457. Theodore Whipple, b. June 28, 1875; 3458, Roy Osborn, b. 1884. 238 HISTORY AND GENEALOGY 1508. MOREHOUSE-BEERS. H^LEN Reed (add. Norwalk, Conn., 3 Leonard Street), dau. of Aman- da and (Rockwell) Benedict, b. May 12, 1848; m. first, Nov. 1871, Geo. Morehouse, who d. 1887 ; m. second, Perry A. Beers, 1892. Issue by first marriage — 3459, Clara, b. July i, 1872; unm. 1906; 3460, Aria, b. Aug. i, 1874, unm. 1906; graduated from normal school Brockport, 1895; now (1907) a teacher in a Bridgeport public school. 1513. RUSSELL. CoRNEEiA M. (add. South Norwalk, Conn., West Avenue), dau. of George and Sarah J. (Beardsley) Benedict, b. Dec. 1838; m. Oct. i. 1S61. James L. Russell. ISSUE. 4-3461. Edwin L., b. Oct. 25, 1864; m. Kate Haulenbeck. 3462. Arthur B., Apr. 27, 1870; unm. (1906). 1517. DESIiRO. Frances M., dau. of William Henry and Mary (Guyer) Benedict, b. Feb. 13, 1846, d. Aug. 26, 1892; m. D. E. Disbro. ISSUE. 3463. Nellie Marion, b. Feb. 16, 1870; m. July 16, 1906, Fred Au- gustus Taylor ; add. Green Farm, Ct. -1-3464. William Henry Benedict, b. Apr. 21, 1874; m. Susie Harring- ton. 3465. Natalie, b. July 9, 1875; m. Sept. 4, 1901, Frank E. Spauld- ing; add. South Norwalk, Conn. 3466. Daisy Mary, b. Jan. 15, 1880. 1520. BALDWIN. Florence Eeizabetii (add. Norwalk, Conn.. 83 Wall Street), dau. of William Henry and Mary (Guyer) Benedict, b. Jan. 28, 1856; m. June 13, 1893, Dr. Arthur H. Baldwin. Issue — 3467, *Florence Benedict, b. Aug. 8. 1884; 3468, Ruth Mar- guerite, b. June I, 1889; 3469, Harold, b. Feb. 8, 1891 ; 3470, Herl^ert. b. Feb. 26, 1894. *M. Oct. 8, 1907, Chester H. Benedict, Norwalk Congregational Church, resides New York City. Ruth Marguerite Baldwin, sister of -the bride, was maid-of-honor. 1527. HOLMES. Catharine Anna, dau. of Ignatius and Eliza (Haskett) Nowotny, b. Feb. 22, 1830, Philadelphia, Pa., d. Feb. 9, 1907, Jersey City, N. J.; REED-READ LINEAGE 239 buried in Riverside Cemetery, Norwalk, Conn. ; m. June 13, 1848, William Holmes, in New York City. He d. Sept. 18, 1858, of Yellow fever, bur- ied in St. John's Protestant Episcopal Churchyard, Charleston, S. C. He was the son of George Holmes of Enfield, Middlesex, England, and Eu- nice Gray of Redding, Conn. Was born Aug. 20, 1822, in Redding, Conn. ; graduate of West Point Academy, a civil and topographical engi- neer. Engaged in building Fort Sumter, Charleston harbor, S. C, at time of his death. ISSUE. 3471. Nina, b. Feb. 10, 1850, West Point on Hudson; unm., res. 316 York Street, Jersey City, N. J. 3472. William Nowotny, b. Jan. 18, 1852, Fort Johnson, James Island, Charleston harbor, S. C. ; res. 316 York Street, Jer- sey City, N. J. ; unm. 3473. Henry Haddock, b. May 9, 1855, Fort Sumter, Charleston harlx)r, S. C. ; m. Jan. 8, 1901, Nellie M. Reid, no issue (1906) ; res. 280 Garfield Avenue, Jersey City, N. J. -|-3474- George, b. Oct. 21, 1857; m. Henrietta \. McLoughlin. 1546. WILSON. Victor Bklden" (add. Brooklyn, N. Y., 745 President Street), s. of Lewis Oliver and Harriet (Belden) Wilson, b. June 24, 1850; m. Nov. 8, 1871, Sarah Scales. Issue — 3475, Harriet Olive, b. Sept. 19, 1873, unm; 3476, Lewis Oli- ver, b. June 3, 1876, m. Aug. 9, 1904, Marjorie E. Baker; add. 145 State Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 1547. THATCHER. George Haneord, s. of George O. and ]\Iary (Hughston) Thatcher, b. Mar. 15, 1821, Sidney, N. Y., d. Aug. i, 1904; Albion, N. Y. ; m. Oct. 2j, 1843, Elizabeth Nixon, b. Apr. 20, 1822, Brownsville, Pa., d. Dec. 26, 1900, Albion, N. Y. ISSUE. 4-3477- Joseph Hughston, b. Feb. 11, 1849; "i- Evelyn Storrer. 3478. Mary Elizabeth, b. June 3, 1852 ; m. Ranee Tobias ; no issue ; add. Albion, N. Y. +3479- Jessie, b. Apr. 26, 1858 ; m. Covil P. Wright. -P3480. Sarah Edith, b. May 11, 1866; m. Frederick K. Bott. 1548. THATCHER. Robert Le Grand, s. of George O. and INIary (Hughston) Thatcher, b. Sept. 16, 1831, Sidney, N. Y., d. Sept. 28, 1899, Albion, N. Y. ; m. Mary Elizabeth Knight, Sanguoit, N. Y., b. July 16, 1833, d. June 12, 1903, Albany, N. Y. 240 HISTORY AND GENEALOGY ISSUE.