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Danford Atwood was born in Connecticut in 1823. His parents were Mormons and moved to Nauvoo, Illinois, at an early day, and from thence to Council Bluffs, Iowa, where in 1850 Mr. Atwood married Miss Jane Garner, of Hancock County, Illinois. She was the daughter of George and Elizabeth (Hedrick) Garner, natives respectively of North Carolina and Indiana. They had six children. Mrs. Garner died in Illinois at the age of thirty-two, and Mr. Garner married Lydia Hill. In 1836 he went to Council Bluffs, where he remained nearly two years, and then came to California, in 1852, by ox … Read more
L. B. Atwood, liveryman, established business in 1866; was born in Livermore, Maine; came west and settled in Sioux Falls, Dakota, in 1858; and the same year came to Sioux City, which makes him one of the pioneers of this place. He has been a member of the city council, and held other minor offices. He is one of Sioux City’s representative citizens.
1. JOSHUA ATWOOD of Bradford, Mass., the son of John and Hannah Atwood, was b. Dec. 3, 1724. he was a blacksmith by trade. He m. in 1744, Mehitable Seva, b. in Bradford Feb. 1, 1727. They removed from Bradford to Pelham, N. H. (time not known), and became the parents of seventeen children. He d. July 8, 1809, aged 85 years. His wife d. March 11, 1805, aged 78. They both d. in Pelham. Of this family two settled in Cornish: William who came about 1811, and Joshua, Jr., a few years earlier. These spent the remainder of their … Read more
DANIEL4 ATWOOD (Joshua3-2, John1) b. in Pelham Aug. 26, 1800; m. Oct. 26, 1831, Sally L. Goward, dau. of Isaac and Abigail (Lothrop) Goward, b. Dec. 14, 1808, in Croydon. They res. in Cornish many years then rem. to Acton, Mass., where he d. April 15, 1862. She d. Sept. 5, 1890. Children, all b. in Cornish: 1. LOUISA M., b. Aug. 6, 1832; m. Dec. 14, 1854, Henry Barker. Res., So. Acton, Mass. Two sons and five daus. 2. NEWELL S., b. Aug. 17,1834. When young he went with a party of gold seekers from Cornish to Cal. in … Read more
JOSHUA3 Atwood (Joshua2, John1) was b. March 13, 1756; m. Sarah McAdams, b. March 19, 1773. He d. May 5, 1813. She d. Sept. 20, 1846. Children, all b. in Cornish except the first two: 1. BETSEY, b. Oct. 8, 1798; m. Dec. 26, 1814, Curtis Knight. She had ten children. They buried a dau., Melinda, in town, who d. May 2, 1833, aged 11, Res., -. She d. Feb. 27, 1888. 2. DANIEL., b. Aug. 26, 1800. 3. JOSHUA, twin, b. May 19, 1802. 4. MEHITABLE, twin, b. May 19, 1802: she m. Aug. 26, 1824, John Emerson. Five … Read more
Being a history of the descendants of Richard Dexter of Malden, Massachusetts, from the notes of John Haven Dexter and original researches. Richard Dexter, who was admitted an inhabitant of Boston (New England), Feb. 28, 1642, came from within ten miles of the town of Slane, Co. Meath, Ireland, and belonged to a branch of that family of Dexter who were descendants of Richard de Excester, the Lord Justice of Ireland. He, with his wife Bridget, and three or more children, fled to England from the great Irish Massacre of the Protestants which commenced Oct. 27, 1641. When Richard Dexter and family left England and by what vessel, we are unable to state, but he could not have remained there long, as we know he was living at Boston prior to Feb. 28, 1642.
DAVID4 ATWOOD (Joshua3-2, John1) b. Aug. 18, 1809; m. first, March 9, 1836, Hannah S. Ward of Weathersfield, Vt., b. -, 1811, and d. June 8, 1838; m. second, Sept. 18, 1838, Nancy M. Warren, b. in Weathersfield, July 4, 1812. They res. in Cornish many years, then, returning to Weathersfield, spent the remainder of their lives there. He d. Nov. 10, 1864, aged 55. She d. April 6, 1895. A farmer. Children, both b. in Cornish. 1. HULDAH MARIA, b. July 25, 1839; m. May 16, 1859, Frederic E. Putnam, a farmer, who d. July 9, 1903. Had three … Read more
ORREL F. ATWOOD, b. in West Chazy, N. Y., Nov. 26, 1875, was the son of Francis L. and Mary A. (Baker) Atwood. Came to Cornish in Oct., 1900. Settled on the Dea. Hiram P. Raymond farm; m. in Beekman town, N. Y., Jan. 4, 1899, Huldah E. Scribner, dau. of Cyremius M. and Huldah (Eldred) Scribner, b. Sept. 20, 1874. He is a farmer. Children: 1. ELLSWORTH H., b. March 12, 1900. 2. BEULAH K., b. Nov. 24, 1909. The relationship of this family to the other Atwoods of Cornish is not known.
WILLIAM3 ATWOOD (Joshua2, John1), brother of Joshua3-2, tenth son and seventeenth child of Joshua and Mehitable (Seva) Atwood, was b. Feb. 17, 1773, in Pelham; m. first, Dec. 29, 1799, Elizabeth Hall, dau. of James and Elizabeth (Barker) Hall, b. in Pelham Oct. 29, 1779, and d. in Cornish Sept. 15, 1831; m. second, Dec. 17, 1834, Mrs. Betsey (Tyler) King. He came to Cornish Flat about 1811, where he spent the rest of his life. A blacksmith, and built the brick shop still standing (1903). Also the two story dwelling house at the south end of the Common. He … Read more