Dudley Coburn

Three men of this name came from Dracut, Mass., and settled in the northeast part of the town, in that part of Grantham afterwards annexed to Cornish. Their ages, and that of their children, were nearly contemporaneous, leading us to believe they were brothers. Their names were Dudley, Asa and Merrill. The record of the first is briefly as follows: Children of Dudley and Mehitable (–) Coburn i. BENJAMIN, b. March 15, 1785. ii. WILLIAM, b. Jan. 2, 1789. iii. LYDIA, b. Aug. 8, 1791. iv. JOHN, b. June 22, 1793. v. JOSIAH, b. Aug. 25, 1796. vi. JOSEPH ROWELL, … Read more

Charles Vinal Cobb

4. CHAS. VINAL8 COBB (Levi7, Ebenezer6-5-4-3, John2, Henry1) b. May 18, 1829; m. June 12, 1850, Betsey A. Day of Cornish, dau. of Samuel C. and Mahala (Wood) Day. Res. a short time in Ashland, Mass., then he settled in Lebanon, where he spent the greater part of his life. Here was revealed the true type of his real manhood. Was one of the original members of the Baptist Church in Lebanon, formed in Aug., 1862, and was its first deacon, always serving as a member of the Society committee. Was on the Building committee for the construction of their … Read more

Levi Henry Cobb

3. LEVI HENRY8 COBB (Levi7, Ebenezer6-5-4-3, John2, Henry1) b. June 30, 1827. He m. Jan. 12, 1858, Harriet J. Herrick at Malone, N. Y., b. in Milton, Vt., Jan. 10, 1827. Children: i. MARY ABBIE, b. March 7, 1859; m. , Rev. E. F. Hunt. Res., Conway, Mass. ii. HARRIET ELIZABETH, b. March 16, 1860; d. in Oberlin, Ohio, Oct. 2, 1881. iii. GEORGE HENRY, b. Jan. 20, 1863. Graduated from Amherst College, also from College of Physicians and Surgeons. Res., N. Y. City (1898). iv. NELLIE MARIA, b. Jan. 18, 1868; d. June 23, 1872, in Springfield, Vt.

Levi Cobb

2. LEVI7 COBB (Ebenezer6-5-4-3, John2, Henry1) b. March 12, 1795; m. Jan. 2, 1823, Calista S. Bugbee of Woodstock, Vt.. b. March 12, 1801, and d. Jan. 3, 1861. He d. April 14, 1840, aged 45. A farmer and spent his life on the homestead of his father. Children, all b. in Cornish: i. LIVONA CALISTA, b. Dec. 10, 1823: m. April 20, 1847, Sylvester Marsh Bugbee of Cornish. She d. March 17, 1849. Left one child that d. young. (See Bugbee.) 3. ii. LEVI HENRY, b. June 30, 1827. 4. iii. CHARLES VENAL, b. May 18, 1829. iv. ABIGAIL … Read more

Ebenezer Cobb

1. EBENEZER6 COBB (Ebenezer5-4-3, John2, Henry1) brother of Francis, b. Sept. 27. 1760; m. Nov. 17, 1790. Mrs. Mary (Harlow) Porter, b. Sept. 7, 1765, and d. Sept. 28, 1839. He d. in Cornish Oct. 15, 1846, aged 86. Children, all b. in Cornish: i. EBENEZER, b. Aug. 12. 1791; m. first, Ruth Stevens of Plainfield; had a dau., Jerusha, b. in Cornish Jan. 14, 1815, and four other children b. in Morristown, Vt., where he res. He m. second Priscilla Soule. He d. Dec. 31, 1855, in Morristown, Vt. ii. MERCY, b. Oct. 18, 1792; m. March 15, 1820, … Read more

Edmund Hooker Cobb

3. EDMUND HOOKER8 COBB (Francis7-6, Ebenezer5-4-3, John2, Henry1) b. -Nov. 25. 1822; m. April 10. 1851, Hannah Penniman of Cornish, b. Nov. 26, 1824, in Hartland, Vt., dau. of Amos and Polly (Mace) Penniman. For some years they res. on the old homestead in Cornish and then rem. to East Plainfield. He d. July 27. 1909. Children: i. LUCIEN EDMUND, b. Dec. 24, 1851; m. Aug. 2, 1874, Clara Tolbot. ii. CARLOS EUGENE, b. Nov. 16. 1853; d. March 1, 1855. iii. ELSIE VELONA, b. July 20, 1855; m. Oct. 9, 1875, Chas. H. Stickney, in Springfield, Vt., where they … Read more

Francis Cobb

2. FRANCIS7 COBB (Francis6, Ebenezer5-4-3, John2, Henry1) b. March 20, 1789; m. first, Feb. 7, 1814, Elizabeth W. Lucy of Cornish, who d. Dec. 13, 1814, with her two infant children; m. second, Sept. 26, 1815, Joanna Coburn of Cornish. who d. May 19, 1820, aged 38; m. third, March 7, 1821, Mrs. Betsey (Bruce) Bugbee, who d. March 6, 1832; m. fourth. Dec. 27. 1832, Jedidah Burnap of Cornish, dau. of Dea. Elijah and Naomi Burnap. She d. Feb. 28. 1862. He d. April 12. 1856, aged 66 years. Children. all b. in Cornish: i. and ii. Twins by … Read more

Francis Cobb

This family can easily be traced back 300 years to Henry Cobb1, b. 1886 in the County of Rent. Eng. He came to America in 1629 and was a prominent man in Barnstable, Mass., where he lived and d. He left sixteen children. His eldest son, John2, b. June 7, 1632, in Plymouth, Mass., had eight children. His fourth son. Ebenezer3, b. Aug. 9, 1671, had a family of twelve children, b. in Kingston and Middleboro. Mass. The eldest son, Ebenezer4, was b. in Kingston in a house still standing (1900). Lived 107 years and 8 months, living in three … Read more

Benjamin Franklin Clement

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CLEMENT was b. in 1813. Lived in town many years. He m. first, -, Keziah Williams, dau. of Abijah and Susanna (White) Williams, b. in 1812, and d. Aug. 2, 1838, aged 26. She left two sons. He m. second, Sarah W. Williams, a sister of his former Wife, b. in 1819, and d. Sept. 20, 1860. She had three children. Mr. Clement d. June 3, 1851. Children, by first wife (the order may be imperfect): i. HENRY, b. – ii. DWIGHT, b. . By second wife: iii. WILLIAM A., b. in 1840. A soldier in the Civil … Read more

36th Annual Clark-King Reunion – Addenda

The following information was contributed by Melinda K. Green and represents a list of members of the Clark-King and Kindred Families Association for their 1939 reunion. Many of the names present here were listed in the Cephas Clark Genealogy. “The Thirty-sixth Annual Reunion of the CLARK-KING and Kindred Families Association. Thursday, August 24, 1939 at the Summer Home of Everett W. CLARK, Shadow Lake, Glover, VT. The family of the late Dr. Caleb W. Clark extends a cordial invitation to the Clark-King and Kindred Families Association to meet with them at the Sign of the Lamp Post at the inlet … Read more

Theoda Clark

THEODA and POLLY CLARK had the following children b. in town: i. THEODA, a son, b. Aug. 12, 1802, and d. the same day. ii. ELIZA, b. Aug. 16, 1803. iii. MARY, b. Sept. 4, 1809. iv. RACHEL, b. Aug. 5, 1811. v. DANIEL, b. Nov. 9, 1813, vi. GEORGE, b. March 21, 1816. It appears that Polly d. soon after the birth of the last child, and Theoda m. second, -, Betty- , and had one son. vii. REUBEN, b. July 14, 1818.

Benjamin Chesman Clark

BENJAMIN CHESMAN CLARK, a son of Samuel and Bathsheba Clark was b. in Plainfield Sept. 22, 1814; m. March 25, 1841, Maria Pratt Bugbee, dau. of Reuben and Lydia (Marsh) Bugbee, b. April 12, 1817; d. Auburn, R. I., Jan. 22, 1905. They came to town soon after their marriage and settled one-third mile south of the Flat, lived here until 1868, when they rem. to Reading (?), Mass. He d. July 7, 1888. A farmer and generally useful man. Children: i. ANGELINA MARIA, b. July 15, 1843; d. May 22, 1846. ii. FLORINDA MARIA, b. June 11. 1847. Graduated … Read more

Benjamin Franklin Clark

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CLARK, the son of Hiram and Adaline (Fisher) Clark of Croydon, was b. June 17, 1832. He spent several years in the West engaged in "ranching." Returning East, he came to Cornish in March, 1886. He m. May 12, 1886, Mrs. Cozella (Borden) Hurd, dau. of Albert and Augusta V. (Allen) Borden, b. Sept. 9, 1861. They settled in Cornish, first in the "Hempyard" for a few years, and afterwards on Cornish Flat. Children, b. in Cornish: i. FRANK ALBERT, b. Aug. 18, 1887. ii. ADIN FISHER, b. Nov. 18, 1889.

Winston Churchill

WINSTON9 CHURCHILL (Edward8 Spaulding, Edwin7, James6, Thomas5-4, Barnabas3, Joseph2, John1) from the same emigrant ancestor as the Cornish Churchills, was b. Nov. 10, 1871, in St. Louis, Mo. His father, Edward Spaulding Churchill, was b. April 2, 1846, in Portland, Me., and m. Jan. 30, 1871, Emma B. Blaine who d. soon after the birth of her little son. He was then taken by an aunt, his mother’s sister, who brought him up.

Barker Brewster Churchill

2. BARKER BREWSTER7 CHURCHILL (Lewis6, Nathaniel5-4, Williams3-2, John1) was b. Feb. 4, 1815, in Cornish. A farmer and carpenter; rem from the farm to the Flat in 1861. He enlisted in the Civil War. (See Military.) After the war he continued at his trade through life. He m. first, in 1842, Mary A. Angier, b. in 1824, and d. May 26, 1861; m. second, Jan. 21, 1867, Mrs. Mary J. (Westgate) Britton, b. May 2, 1831, and d. Aug. 5, 1907. He d. Oct. 15, 1879, aged 64. Children, all b. in Cornish: i. A child, b. March-, 1843, and … Read more

Nathaniel Churchill

NATHANIEL6CHURCHILL, youngest brother of Lewis6, was b. May 13, 1784, and lived in Grantham (now Cornish). He m. a sister of Tristam Hardy. Had one child, Alice, b. in Cornish, Aug. 5, 1808. He was killed by being thrown from a horse while crossing a brook Jan. 4, 1808, but the gravestone record says he d. on the 29th of same month, aged 24. Was buried in Cornish.

Lewis Churchill

The Churchills are of English descent. John1 Churchill came in 1643 to Plymouth, Mass. He m. Dec. 18, 1644, Hannah Pontus and had six children. The generations following are: William2, b. in 1657; m. Jan. 17, 1683, Lydia Bryant. Had eight children. William3, their eldest son, b. Aug. 2, 1685; m. Jan. 4, 1704, Ruth Bryant. Eleven children. Nathaniel4, their son, b. May 11, 1718; m. June 4, 1741, Susannah McFarland. Seven children. Nathaniel5, b. May 10, 1746; m. Dec. 27, 1770, Deborah Wright. Six children. He served in the Revolution. 1. LEWIS6 CHURCHILL, eldest son of Nathaniel, was b. … Read more

Sumpter, Baker County Oregon

The counties of Oregon can boast of no place that is more solid, sturdy and assured of a brighter future than the town of Sumpter, at the head of Sumpter valley. Lying at a point where all roads converge and extend again to the great producing mines of Baker county, Sumpter is the natural gateway, the supply headquarters for a large tributary country, which last year yielded, it is safe to estimate, $2,000,000 to the gold supply of the world. Its progress, hence as it has been ever since it came into recognized existence will not, could not, be accelerated … Read more

Gold Star Gold Mining & Milling Co.

On the east slope of the Blue Mountains, about thirty-six miles west of Baker City, in Baker County, and twelve miles from Sumpter, the present terminus of the Sumpter Valley Railway, lies the property of the above named company. It consists of six claims, six hundred by fifteen hundred feet, as follows: The California, Winning Band, Daisy, Silver Creek, Hornet, and Coal Pit. On the former a great deal of work has been done, six tunnels laving been driven, No. 1 being 100 feet long, No. 2 125 feet, No. 3, 75 feet, No. 4, 200 feet, No. 5, 268 … Read more

The North Pole Mine

Among the many mines In this county none take higher rank than the North Pole, which lies in the Cracker Creek district. It embraces two fall claims of 1500 feet each, and a fraction of 400 feet, making 3400 feet on the lode bar. The mine is opened and operated through two tunnels, the lower being 400 feet vertically under the upper tunnel. In the upper tunnel a fine ore body varying in width from 2 to 16 feet is being mined and transported to their own reduction works. It averages $16 per ton. The lower or main tunnel encounters … Read more