Augustus E. CAIN

1848 - ____

Family 1 : Sarah LEACH

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Christiana COCK

[55569]

1762 - ____

Family 1 : Mayhew TUPPER
  1. +Eliakim TUPPER

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[55569] Christiana is said to be daughter of The Rev. Daniel Cock (1717-1805) & Alison Jameson (1736-1814; m. 11 December 1756 in West or Old Parish, Greenock, Renfrew Co., Scotland).

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Isaac Nelson HERRICK

[50826]

2 JUL 1825 - 5 JUN 1899

Father: Isaac HERRICK
Mother: Lovina F. HARPER

Family 1 : Almena K. MACE
  1. +William Edgar HERRICK
  2. +Isaac W. HERRICK

                                                                                         _Henry HERRICK ______+
                                                                                        | (.... - 1702)       
                                                                   _Samuel HERRICK _____|_Lydia GROVER _______
                                                                  | (.... - 1743) m 1691                      
                                             _Samuel HERRICK _____|
                                            | (1702 - 1764) m 1733|
                                            |                     |                      _John LEACH _________+
                                            |                     |                     | (.... - 1711) m 1667
                                            |                     |_Sarah LEACH ________|_Elizabeth FLINT ____
                                            |                       (1673 - 1711) m 1691  (1650 - 1720)       
                       _Andrew HERRICK _____|
                      | (1743 - 1812)       |
                      |                     |                                            _Benjamin HASKELL ___+
                      |                     |                                           | (.... - 1740) m 1677
                      |                     |                      _Benjamin HASKELL ___|_Mary RIGGS _________
                      |                     |                     | (1683 - 1762)         (1659 - 1698)       
                      |                     |_Prudence HASKELL ___|
                      |                       (1713 - 1774) m 1733|
                      |                                           |                      _Benjamin ALLEN _____
                      |                                           |                     | (1652 - 1723) m 1686
                      |                                           |_Elizabeth ALLEN ____|_Rachel SQUIRE ______
                      |                                             (1687 - 1724)         (1665 - 1694)       
 _Isaac HERRICK ______|
| (1795 - 1852)       |
|                     |                                                                  _____________________
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|                     |                                            _____________________|_____________________
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|                     |                      _____________________|
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|                     |                     |                     |                      _____________________
|                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
|                     |                     |                     |_____________________|_____________________
|                     |                     |                                                                 
|                     |_Elizabeth MERRILL __|
|                       (.... - 1797)       |
|                                           |                                            _____________________
|                                           |                                           |                     
|                                           |                      _____________________|_____________________
|                                           |                     |                                           
|                                           |_____________________|
|                                                                 |
|                                                                 |                      _____________________
|                                                                 |                     |                     
|                                                                 |_____________________|_____________________
|                                                                                                             
|
|--Isaac Nelson HERRICK 
|  (1825 - 1899)
|                                                                                        _____________________
|                                                                                       |                     
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|                                           |                     |_____________________|_____________________
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|                      _____________________|
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|                     |                                                                                       
|_Lovina F. HARPER ___|
  (1797 - 1872)       |
                      |                                                                  _____________________
                      |                                                                 |                     
                      |                                            _____________________|_____________________
                      |                                           |                                           
                      |                      _____________________|
                      |                     |                     |
                      |                     |                     |                      _____________________
                      |                     |                     |                     |                     
                      |                     |                     |_____________________|_____________________
                      |                     |                                                                 
                      |_____________________|
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                                            |                      _____________________|_____________________
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                                            |_____________________|
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                                                                  |                     |                     
                                                                  |_____________________|_____________________
                                                                                                              

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[50826] Isaac and Almena had Isaac W. Herrick (1852-1929), Joseph Herrick (b. in1855), Jarvis Herrick (b. in1858), Baby Herrick (b. in 1859, d. an infant) & William Edgar Herrick (1868-1949).

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John M. MARKLEY

[35465]

16 DEC 1831 - 15 DEC 1872

Father: Moses MARKLEY
Mother: Sarah T. ENGEL

Family 1 : Hannah DAUGERTY
  1. +Philip MARKLEY

                                                                                                  __
                                                                                                 |  
                                                                     _Johann George MERKLE ______|__
                                                                    | (1687 - 1755) m 1709          
                                             _Johann Peter MARKLEY _|
                                            | (1724 - 1796) m 1745  |
                                            |                       |                             __
                                            |                       |                            |  
                                            |                       |_Anna Eva Bathasar DINCKEL _|__
                                            |                         (1685 - 1787) m 1709          
                       _Joseph MARKLEY _____|
                      | (1763 - 1825) m 1786|
                      |                     |                                                     __
                      |                     |                                                    |  
                      |                     |                        ____________________________|__
                      |                     |                       |                               
                      |                     |_Eva Sylvia HUMMEL ____|
                      |                       (1729 - 1813) m 1745  |
                      |                                             |                             __
                      |                                             |                            |  
                      |                                             |____________________________|__
                      |                                                                             
 _Moses MARKLEY ______|
| (1800 - 1872) m 1825|
|                     |                                                                           __
|                     |                                                                          |  
|                     |                                              ____________________________|__
|                     |                                             |                               
|                     |                      _______________________|
|                     |                     |                       |
|                     |                     |                       |                             __
|                     |                     |                       |                            |  
|                     |                     |                       |____________________________|__
|                     |                     |                                                       
|                     |_Susanna WAGNERLINE _|
|                       (1769 - 1841) m 1786|
|                                           |                                                     __
|                                           |                                                    |  
|                                           |                        ____________________________|__
|                                           |                       |                               
|                                           |_______________________|
|                                                                   |
|                                                                   |                             __
|                                                                   |                            |  
|                                                                   |____________________________|__
|                                                                                                   
|
|--John M. MARKLEY 
|  (1831 - 1872)
|                                                                                                 __
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|                      _____________________|
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|                     |                                                                             
|_Sarah T. ENGEL _____|
  (1801 - 1880) m 1825|
                      |                                                                           __
                      |                                                                          |  
                      |                                              ____________________________|__
                      |                                             |                               
                      |                      _______________________|
                      |                     |                       |
                      |                     |                       |                             __
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                      |                     |                       |____________________________|__
                      |                     |                                                       
                      |_____________________|
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                                            |                        ____________________________|__
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                                            |_______________________|
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[35465] This person is from the unverified Osborn Family Tree in Ancestry.com in 2013.

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Lee MCCOY

1867 - 1879

Father: John MCCOY
Mother: Martha Ann BOYDSTON


                                                                                              _____________________
                                                                                             |                     
                                                                        _John MCCOY _________|_____________________
                                                                       | (.... - 1796) m 1778                      
                                                  _John MCCOY _________|
                                                 | (1770 - 1811)       |
                                                 |                     |                      _____________________
                                                 |                     |                     |                     
                                                 |                     |_Sarah OLIVER _______|_____________________
                                                 |                       (.... - 1807) m 1778                      
                        _William MCCOY __________|
                       | (1800 - ....) m 1825    |
                       |                         |                                            _____________________
                       |                         |                                           |                     
                       |                         |                      _____________________|_____________________
                       |                         |                     |                                           
                       |                         |_Catharine WILLIAMS _|
                       |                                               |
                       |                                               |                      _____________________
                       |                                               |                     |                     
                       |                                               |_____________________|_____________________
                       |                                                                                           
 _John MCCOY __________|
| (1831 - 1881) m 1861 |
|                      |                                                                      _____________________
|                      |                                                                     |                     
|                      |                                                _Robert JORDAN ______|_____________________
|                      |                                               |                                           
|                      |                          _Thomas JORDAN ______|
|                      |                         | (1765 - 1835) m 1791|
|                      |                         |                     |                      _____________________
|                      |                         |                     |                     |                     
|                      |                         |                     |_Margaret GILMORE ___|_____________________
|                      |                         |                       (.... - 1799)                             
|                      |_Malinda Emeline JORDAN _|
|                        (1804 - 1844) m 1825    |
|                                                |                                            _Robert GILMORE _____
|                                                |                                           | (1724 - 1781)       
|                                                |                      _Robert GILMORE _____|_____________________
|                                                |                     | (1740 - 1823)                             
|                                                |_Catherine GILMORE __|
|                                                  (1775 - 1834) m 1791|
|                                                                      |                      _____________________
|                                                                      |                     |                     
|                                                                      |_____________________|_____________________
|                                                                                                                  
|
|--Lee MCCOY 
|  (1867 - 1879)
|                                                                                             _David BOYDSTON _____+
|                                                                                            | (1710 - ....) m 1737
|                                                                       _James BOYLSTON _____|_Mahala SNOW ________
|                                                                      | (1738 - 1814) m 1758  (1718 - ....)       
|                                                 _John B. BOYDSTUN ___|
|                                                | (1766 - 1820) m 1795|
|                                                |                     |                      _Samuel PRUITT ______+
|                                                |                     |                     | (1700 - 1760) m 1720
|                                                |                     |_Mary PRUITT ________|_Elizabeth HAWKER ___
|                                                |                       (1742 - 1809) m 1758  (1701 - 1795)       
|                       _John Gardner BOYDSTUN __|
|                      | (1805 - 1847) m 1838    |
|                      |                         |                                            _____________________
|                      |                         |                                           |                     
|                      |                         |                      _____________________|_____________________
|                      |                         |                     |                                           
|                      |                         |_Nancy Ann GARDNER __|
|                      |                           (1775 - 1854) m 1795|
|                      |                                               |                      _____________________
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|                      |                                               |_____________________|_____________________
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|_Martha Ann BOYDSTON _|
  (1845 - 1889) m 1861 |
                       |                                                                      _____________________
                       |                                                                     |                     
                       |                                                _____________________|_____________________
                       |                                               |                                           
                       |                          _____________________|
                       |                         |                     |
                       |                         |                     |                      _____________________
                       |                         |                     |                     |                     
                       |                         |                     |_____________________|_____________________
                       |                         |                                                                 
                       |_Melinda SHIRLEY ________|
                         (1806 - 1891) m 1838    |
                                                 |                                            _____________________
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                                                 |                      _____________________|_____________________
                                                 |                     |                                           
                                                 |_____________________|
                                                                       |
                                                                       |                      _____________________
                                                                       |                     |                     
                                                                       |_____________________|_____________________
                                                                                                                   

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James Stewart, Earl of MORAY

[43701]

CA 1531 - 23 JAN 1570

Father: James V, King of SCOTS
Mother: Margaret ERSKINE

Family 1 : Agnes KEITH

                                                                                                                          _James I, King of SCOTS __________________+
                                                                                                                         | (1394 - 1437) m 1424                     
                                                                                          _James II, King of SCOTS ______|_Joan BEAUFORT ___________________________
                                                                                         | (1430 - 1460) m 1449            (.... - 1445)                            
                                                      _James III, King of SCOTS _________|
                                                     | (1451 - 1488) m 1469              |
                                                     |                                   |                                _Arnold of EGMOND ________________________+
                                                     |                                   |                               | (1410 - 1473) m 1430                     
                                                     |                                   |_Mary of GUELDERS _____________|_Catherine of CLEVES _____________________
                                                     |                                     (.... - 1463) m 1449            (1417 - 1479)                            
                           _James IV, King of SCOTS _|
                          | (1473 - 1513) m 1503     |
                          |                          |                                                                    _Dietrich OLDENBURG ______________________+
                          |                          |                                                                   | (.... - 1440)                            
                          |                          |                                    _Christian I, King of DENMARK _|_Hedwig, Herzogin VON SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN _
                          |                          |                                   | (1426 - 1481) m 1449                                                     
                          |                          |_Margarethe of DENMARK ____________|
                          |                            (1456 - ....) m 1469              |
                          |                                                              |                                _Johan ("der Alchemist") HOHENZOLLERN ____+
                          |                                                              |                               | (1406 - 1464)                            
                          |                                                              |_Dorothea HOHENZOLLERN ________|_Barbara of SAXE-WITTENBERG ______________
                          |                                                                (1430 - 1495) m 1449            (.... - 1465)                            
 _James V, King of SCOTS _|
| (1512 - 1542)           |
|                         |                                                                                               _Owen TUDOR ______________________________+
|                         |                                                                                              | (.... - 1461) m 1429                     
|                         |                                                               _Edmund TUDOR _________________|_Katherine "The Fair" of VALOIS __________
|                         |                                                              | (1430 - 1456) m 1453            (1401 - 1437)                            
|                         |                           _Henry VII Tudor, King of ENGLAND _|
|                         |                          | (1457 - 1509) m 1486              |
|                         |                          |                                   |                                _John BEAUFORT ___________________________+
|                         |                          |                                   |                               | (1403 - 1444)                            
|                         |                          |                                   |_Margaret BEAUFORT ____________|_Margaret BEAUCHAMP ______________________
|                         |                          |                                     (1443 - 1509) m 1453            (.... - 1482)                            
|                         |_Margaret TUDOR __________|
|                           (1489 - 1541) m 1503     |
|                                                    |                                                                    _Richard Plantagenet, K.G., Duke of YORK _+
|                                                    |                                                                   | (1411 - 1460) m 1438                     
|                                                    |                                    _Edward IV, King of ENGLAND ___|_Cecily NEVILLE __________________________
|                                                    |                                   | (1442 - 1483) m 1464            (1415 - 1495)                            
|                                                    |_Elizabeth PLANTAGENET ____________|
|                                                      (1465 - 1503) m 1486              |
|                                                                                        |                                _Richard Woodville, Earl RIVERS __________+
|                                                                                        |                               | (1410 - 1469)                            
|                                                                                        |_Elizabeth WOODVILLE __________|_Jacquetta of LUXEMBOURG _________________
|                                                                                          (1437 - 1492) m 1464            (1416 - 1472)                            
|
|--James Stewart, Earl of MORAY 
|  (.... - 1570)
|                                                                                                                         __________________________________________
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|                                                     ___________________________________|
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|                                                    |                                   |                                __________________________________________
|                                                    |                                   |                               |                                          
|                                                    |                                   |_______________________________|__________________________________________
|                                                    |                                                                                                              
|                          _John ERSKINE ____________|
|                         | (1487 - 1555) m 1505     |
|                         |                          |                                                                    __________________________________________
|                         |                          |                                                                   |                                          
|                         |                          |                                    _______________________________|__________________________________________
|                         |                          |                                   |                                                                          
|                         |                          |___________________________________|
|                         |                                                              |
|                         |                                                              |                                __________________________________________
|                         |                                                              |                               |                                          
|                         |                                                              |_______________________________|__________________________________________
|                         |                                                                                                                                         
|_Margaret ERSKINE _______|
  (1513 - 1572)           |
                          |                                                                                               _Archibald Gillespic CAMPBELL ____________+
                          |                                                                                              | (1405 - 1440)                            
                          |                                                               _Colin CAMPBELL _______________|_Elizabeth SOMMERVILLE ___________________
                          |                                                              | (1433 - 1493)                                                            
                          |                           _Archibald CAMPBELL _______________|
                          |                          | (1460 - 1513)                     |
                          |                          |                                   |                                __________________________________________
                          |                          |                                   |                               |                                          
                          |                          |                                   |_Isabel Elizabeth STEWART _____|__________________________________________
                          |                          |                                     (1439 - 1510)                                                            
                          |_Margaret CAMPBELL _______|
                            (1485 - 1555) m 1505     |
                                                     |                                                                    _Alan STEWART ____________________________+
                                                     |                                                                   | (1387 - 1439)                            
                                                     |                                    _John STEWART _________________|_Catherine SETON _________________________
                                                     |                                   | (1422 - 1495)                   (1410 - 1478)                            
                                                     |_Elizabeth Lennox STEWART _________|
                                                       (1465 - 1529)                     |
                                                                                         |                                __________________________________________
                                                                                         |                               |                                          
                                                                                         |_Margaret MONTGOMERIE _________|__________________________________________
                                                                                           (.... - 1493)                                                            

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[43701] James Stewart, Earl of Moray, regent for James VI, was assassinated by a firearm 23 January, 1570, as he passed along Linlithgow High Street. Stewart was the illegitimate son of King James V of Scotland by Lady Margaret Erskine and acted as regent for his nephew James VI. The assassination was carried out by James Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh, a supporter of Mary Queen of Scots and the killing was one of the first recorded assassinations by firearm in Scotland. After the assassination, Stewart's body was shipped to Leith and he was buried at St Giles in Edinburgh in a tomb carved by John Roytell and Murdoch Walker.

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Foster Henry WHITCOMB

[14650]

12 MAY 1826 - 22 JUN 1891

Father: Cummings Pratt WHITCOMB
Mother: Azubah LOCKWOOD

Family 1 : Elisabeth C. FIELD

                                                                                                   _Israel WHITCOMB _____+
                                                                                                  | (1661 - 1733) m 1700 
                                                                            _Israel WHITCOMB _____|_Mary STODDER ________
                                                                           | (1701 - 1787) m 1728   (1672 - 1729)        
                                                    _Lot WHITCOMB _________|
                                                   | (1746 - 1828) m 1769  |
                                                   |                       |                       _Ebenezer KENT _______+
                                                   |                       |                      | (1680 - 1752) m 1703 
                                                   |                       |_Hannah KENT _________|_Hannah GANNET _______
                                                   |                         (.... - 1782) m 1728   (1684 - 1767)        
                            _Perez WHITCOMB _______|
                           | (1774 - 1853) m 1801  |
                           |                       |                                               ______________________
                           |                       |                                              |                      
                           |                       |                        ______________________|______________________
                           |                       |                       |                                             
                           |                       |_Sarah LINCOLN ________|
                           |                         (1747 - 1838) m 1769  |
                           |                                               |                       ______________________
                           |                                               |                      |                      
                           |                                               |______________________|______________________
                           |                                                                                             
 _Cummings Pratt WHITCOMB _|
| (1799 - 1847) m 1823     |
|                          |                                                                       _Nicholas LITCHFIELD _+
|                          |                                                                      | (1680 - 1750) m 1705 
|                          |                                                _Nicholas LITCHFIELD _|_Bathsheba CLARKE ____
|                          |                                               | (1708 - ....) m 1737   (.... - 1754)        
|                          |                        _James LITCHFIELD _____|
|                          |                       | (1738 - 1786) m 1770  |
|                          |                       |                       |                       _James STUDLEY _______+
|                          |                       |                       |                      | (1690 - ....) m 1717 
|                          |                       |                       |_Sarah STUDLEY _______|_Sarah FARROW ________
|                          |                       |                         (1718 - 1798) m 1737   (1685 - ....)        
|                          |_Priscilla LITCHFIELD _|
|                            (1780 - 1843) m 1801  |
|                                                  |                                               _Samuel LITCHFIELD ___+
|                                                  |                                              | (1690 - ....) m 1712 
|                                                  |                        _Samuel LITCHFIELD ___|_Abigail BUCK ________
|                                                  |                       | (1715 - ....) m 1742                        
|                                                  |_Elizabeth LITCHFIELD _|
|                                                    (.... - 1835) m 1770  |
|                                                                          |                       _Jacob VINAL _________+
|                                                                          |                      | (1691 - ....) m 1716 
|                                                                          |_Priscilla VINAL _____|_Elizabeth SIMMONS ___
|                                                                            (1723 - ....) m 1742                        
|
|--Foster Henry WHITCOMB 
|  (1826 - 1891)
|                                                                                                  ______________________
|                                                                                                 |                      
|                                                                           ______________________|______________________
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|                                                   _______________________|
|                                                  |                       |
|                                                  |                       |                       ______________________
|                                                  |                       |                      |                      
|                                                  |                       |______________________|______________________
|                                                  |                                                                     
|                           _______________________|
|                          |                       |
|                          |                       |                                               ______________________
|                          |                       |                                              |                      
|                          |                       |                        ______________________|______________________
|                          |                       |                       |                                             
|                          |                       |_______________________|
|                          |                                               |
|                          |                                               |                       ______________________
|                          |                                               |                      |                      
|                          |                                               |______________________|______________________
|                          |                                                                                             
|_Azubah LOCKWOOD _________|
  (1803 - 1889) m 1823     |
                           |                                                                       ______________________
                           |                                                                      |                      
                           |                                                ______________________|______________________
                           |                                               |                                             
                           |                        _______________________|
                           |                       |                       |
                           |                       |                       |                       ______________________
                           |                       |                       |                      |                      
                           |                       |                       |______________________|______________________
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                           |_______________________|
                                                   |
                                                   |                                               ______________________
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                                                   |                        ______________________|______________________
                                                   |                       |                                             
                                                   |_______________________|
                                                                           |
                                                                           |                       ______________________
                                                                           |                      |                      
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[14650] The unverified Whitcomb/Wells Family Tree in Ancestry.com in 2018 offers: When Foster Henry Whitcomb was born on May 12, 1826, in Vermont, his father, Cummings, was 26 and his mother, Arubah, was 23. He married Elizabeth Chase Field on June 1, 1854. They had six children in 19 years. He died on June 22, 1891, in Springfield, Vermont, at the age of 65. Elizabeth Chase Field was born on January 10, 1831, in Vermont. . . . She died on March 30, 1910, in Springfield, Vermont, having lived a long life of 79 years. "Springfield Reporter [Springfied, VT], 21 August 1891," p. 8: "FOSTER H. WHITCOMB. He was born in Springfield, May 12, 1826, and died June 22, 1891. The first eighteen years of his life were passed in his native town, gaining knowledge as many others have by a good deal oi experience and an occasional winter's term of school. The next two years were passed in Lexington, Mass., in working on a farm for one who was glad to employ the sturdy Vermont boy. From Lexington he went to Lowell, Mass., and served an apprenticeship of three years in the Lowell Machine shop. At that time, 1849, the gold fever was raging all over the country. He caught It and became a 'Forty-niner,' sailed around the 'Horn' and six months later landed in San Francisco. Here he went to work at his trade but soon, like all the rest, had to try his luck at mining. At the end of four years he returned to Springfield and through his after life he loved to tell and his near friends loved to hear him tell of what he saw and what he did in California, of the rough life in the mines, the excitement when gold was found, the pleasure ot hunting the big game of the Sierras, the panic-stricken days when the Asiatic cholera raged in the mining camps wnen he witn one other worked steadily in their little cabin making rough pine boxes in which many a poor miner found a hasty burial. In 1854 he returned to Lowell, taking with him as his wife Elizabeth Chase Field, a native of Springfield. There he was employed by the Lowell machine shop corporation for the next eleven years, most ol the time as a contractor. Always having a desire for a home of his own he decided In 1865 to [return to] his native town and settle down for the remainder of his days on a farm. He joined the Union Historical Society in 1887, had attended most ot the meetings since, and was much interested in the work. Again the Gate Keeper ot the Celestial Grand Lodge has been called upon to open wide the gate to admit another worthy brother. Foster H. Whitcomb has answered the last summons to appear and he judged according to the works done here below and to take his well earned reward. Among those present are many who knew him well and long. Some of you were his school mates and through a life-long friendship found him ever ready to do a kindness to those in need. Upright and honest in character, kindly, generous and social in nature, he won the love of many friends and the respect of all who were connected with him either socially or in business. He had no desire for political preferment yet performed the duties of the few public offices which he held in a manner creditable to nimselt and acceptable to the people whom he served. He was a loving husband and father, a kind, helpful neighbor and his loss is deeply felt both in his family and in the community."

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