Extracted From
Middletown Upper Houses
a history of the north society of Middletown, Ct.
from 1650 to 1800
with genealogical and biographical chapters
on early families.
Charles Collard Adams
New York: Grafton Press, 1908.
[transcribed by Liz Matthews]
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SEVENTH GENERATION 216 Moses Hook7 Ranney (Moses Hook6, Thomas Stow5, Jeremiah4, Thomas3, Thomas2, Thomas1), b. June 27, 1833, Newport, Me.; m. Sept. 28, 1870, Bethel Hill, Me., Emma E. Church, b. 1849, Leeds, Quebec, dau. of William Church and Louisa Symes. He was a noted horseman in charge of Mt. Washington stages. Served in Civil War, Bapt., Rep.; d. Dec. 13, 1886; widow res. Lynn, Mass. Children:
217 Stephen Steward7 Ranney (brother to Moses Hook), b. Oct. 4, 1837, Newport, Me.; m. Sept. 27, 1863, Anna Jane Nye, b. Hallowell, Me., dau. of James Nye and Sarah Andrews; farmer, Dem.; res. Stetson, Me. Child: Effie H., b. June 13, 1876; unm. ___________________ 219 Rebecca7 Stetson (Hannah6 Ranney, Thomas5 Stow, Jeremiah4, Thomas3, Thomas2, Thomas1), b. Sept. 13, 1824, Stetson, Me.; m. Sept. 9, 1859, Henry Volney French, b. Jan. 10, 1821, Easton, Mass.; shoe mfr., Whig; d. Sept. 9, 1859, No. Bridgewater, Mass.; she d. Sept. 18, 1899, Brockton, Mass. Children:
Geo. Rawson, b. Feb. 13, 1853; d. Sept. 21, 1853. 453 Fred Rawson, b. Nov. 15, 1857. 219a George Stetson7 Ranney (Thomas Stow6, Thomas Stow5, Jeremiah4, Thomas3, Thomas2, Thomas1), b. Feb. 29, 1840, Stetson, Me.; m. 1870, Lee, Me., Caroline Augusta Thompson, b. May, 1851, Springfield, Me., dau. of John Thompson and Grace Costello; farmer; res. Winn, Me. Children:
John Thompson, b. 1872; m. Kate Scott; res. Fort Kent, Maine. George, b. 1874; m. Margaret Lynch; res. Lincoln, Me. Nathan Allen, b. 1876; m. Grace Scott. Mae Ellen, b. 1878; m. Harold Merithew; res. Portland, Maine. Stephen, b. 1886. Harold Cleveland, b. 1888. Emir, b. 1892. ___________________ 220 Irene Stetson7 Ranney (sister to George Stetson), b. Mar. 13, 1856, Winn, Me.; m. Aug. 7, 1882, Lincoln, Me., William E. Young, b. Mar. 4, 1852, Belmont, Me.; F. & A. M., Rep., moulder; res. Portland, Me. Children:
Sarah Louisa, b. June 14, 1885. Beulah Edwina, b. May 22, 1891. ___________________ 220a Thorndike Allen7 Ranney (brother to George Stetson), b. Oct. 28, 1857, Winn, Me.; m. Dec. 28, 1881, Chester, Me., Etta May Dill, b. Aug. 9, 1857, Chester, dau. of Warren N. Dill and Clarissa D. Ireland; F. & A. M., A. O. U. W., Rep., farmer; res. Winn, Me. Children:
Susan Etta, b. Sept. 4, 1886. Addie Ella, b. Oct. 4, 1890. Thaddeus Thorndike, b. Nov. 1, 1895. ___________________ 221 Maria Carr7 Ranney (Nathan6, Nathan5, Jeremiah4, Thomas3, Thomas2, Thomas1), b. Nov. 14, 1838, St. Louis, Mo.; m. Mar. 24, 1859, St. Louis, Mo., Charles Wells Hale, b. Oct. 2, 1838, St. Louis, Mo.; d. Sept. 8, 1902, Winterset, Iowa; Rep., bookkeeper, Epis., I. O. O. F., A. O. U. W.; widow resides Winterset, Iowa. Children:
Amelia Ranney, b. July 1, 1861; m. Chas. Duncan. Abbie Graves, b. Aug. 19, 1863; d. Nov. 30, 1866. Nathan Ranney, b. Mar. 23, 1865. Chas. Kearney, b. Sept. 29, 1867. Jennie Mudgett, b. Jan. 26, 1868; m. Hugh S. Thomson. ___________________ 222 Charlotte Ella7 Ranney (sister to Maria Carr), b. Nov. 24, 1845, St. Louis, Mo.; m. Apr. 19, 1866, St. Louis, Mo., George Johnson Cochran, b. Apr. 21, 1839, Lacon, Ill.; bookkeeper Dem., Rep., Presby.; res. St. Louis, Mo. Children:
Samuel Ranney, b. June 11, 1871; d. Aug. 20, 1883. Augustus Pomeroy, b. Apr. 24, 1874. Ella Shackford, b. July 11, 1881. Julia Garniss, b. Mar. 9, 1884. ___________________ 223 Julius Merritt7 Ranney (Nathaniel Cole6, Nathan5, Jeremiah4, Thomas3, Thomas2, Thomas1), b. Jan. 26, 1842, Angelica, N. Y.; m. Nov. 2, 1868, Marshalltown, Ia., Emma Kelly, b. -----; d. Dec. 7, 1884, Chicago, Ill. First Sergeant, Co. G. 44th Iowa Inf., May—Nov., 1864; Rep., Presb., merchant; res. Chicago, Ill. Child:
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___________________ 224 William7 Davis (Martha6 Ranney, Solomon5, Jeremiah4, Thomas3, Thomas2, Thomas1), b. Jan. 1, 1817; m. Nancy Lyon, b. Feb. 9, 1821. Children:
Jacob, b. 1856; d. Apr. 30, 1902. Andrew, b. -----; m. Minerva Vrooman. 454 Nancy Emily, b. Oct. 6, 1849; m. S. C. Mitchell. Frances, b. May 7, 1850; d. May 28, 1863. 455 Martha, b. Aug. 15, 1853; m. Daniel R. Ceas. ___________________ 225 Andrew Jackson7 Davis (brother to William), b. Nov. 24, 1828; m. Frances Abigail Bacon, b. Feb. 12, 1832; she d. Mar. 16, 1905, Delphi, N. Y.; he d. Children:
Andrew Jackson, b. Aug. 28, 1858; d. July 24, 1863. ___________________ 226 Royal7 Ranney (Jeremiah6, Stephen5, Jeremiah4, Thomas3, Thomas2, Thomas1), b. Dec. 10, 1810, Hartwick, N. Y.; m. Oct. 10, 1839, Troy, Ill., Betsy M. Gates, b. -----; d. Oct. 16, 1901, Little York, Ill. He rem. 1831, with his parents to Cape Girardeau, Mo.; 1848, to Mercer Co., Ill.; 1851, to Little York, Ill. where he d. Nov. 20, 1889. Children:
458 Nathan Cornelius, b. July 9, 1842. Stephen Franklin, b. July 2, 1844; d. July 4, 1844. 459 Mary Elizabeth, b. May 4, 1846; m. Joseph H. Gates. 460 Jeremiah, b. Aug. 28, 1848. Royal Francis, b. Dec. 19, 1850; d. Dec. 29, 1850. Joseph Asahel, b. Nov. 24, 1851. 461 Royal Gilbert, b. Sept. 1, 1854. Infant, b. Feb. 28, 1857; d. Feb. 28, 1857. ___________________ 227 Johnson7 Ranney (brother to Royal), b. Jan. 15, 1814; m. Feb. 22, 1840, Sarah Ann Knott, b. Feb. 12, 1822; d. Dec. 11, 1866, Jackson, Mo.; dau. of John Robert Knott and Louisa Burtles; Whig, farmer; d. Mar. 14, 1855, Jackson, Mo. Children:
Olive Branch, b. Aug. 17, 1843; d. Dec. 7, 1904; m. William R. McGlasson. Julius Henry, b. Feb. 25, 1845; d. unm., June 4, 1895. Ellen Catherine, b. Sept. 22, 1846; res. Jackson, Mo. Jeremiah, b. May 15, 1848; d. May 27, 1848. Laura Amelia, b. Apr. 24, 1850; res. Jackson, Mo. Johnson, b. July 9, 1852; d. Sept 24, 1855. George Asahel, b. Jan. 15, 1854; d. Apr. 15, 1855. ___________________ 228 Johnson Camp7 Ranney (Johnson6, Stephen5, Jeremiah4, Thomas3, Thomas2, Thomas1), b. June 15, 1836, Jackson, Mo.; m. 1854, Jackson, Mo., Rebecca Horrel, b. Jan. 11, 1838, Jackson, Mo.; d. Dec. 7, 1875, Jackson, Mo.; dau. of Henry Horrel and Mary Byrd; he d. Mar. 12, 1894, Anaparko, Okla. Children:
462 Wm. Thomas, b. 1862; m. Amanda Claire, and d. June 14, 1898, in Monte Vista, Cal. 463 Johnson Camp, b. Jan. 23, 1864. Elizabeth, b. May 1, 1866; res. Jackson, Mo. Mary Gayle, b. Dec. 29, 1868; res. Jackson, Mo. 464 John Gayle, b. Feb. 27, 1872. Rebecca Bucklen, b. Dec. 7, 1875; res. Tampa, Fla. ___________________ 229 Mary Gayle7 Ranney (sister to Johnson Camp), b. Jan. 17, 1840, Jackson, Mo.; m. 1861, John Beardslee, who d. 1891; she d. 1880. Children:
465 William Ranney, b. Sept. 19, 1864. 466 Thomas Johnson, b. Oct. 17, 1866. 467 Mary Elizabeth, b. Dec. 22, 1868; m. Albert Ellis. Eva Fisher, b. Dec. 4, 1870. 468 Esther Gauss, b. Aug. 27, 1873; m. Grady Darby. 469 John, b. Oct. 24, 1875. 470 Paul, b. Jan. 13, 1877. Charles, b. Mar. 7, 1879. ___________________ 230 Robert Giboney7 Ranney (William Caton6, Stephen5, Jeremiah4, Thomas3, Thomas2, Thomas1), b. Dec. 15, 1849, Jackson, Mo.; m. (1) May 25, 1876, Elizabeth Susannah Giboney, b. Oct. 9, 1849; d. July 14, 1892; dau. of William Giboney and Susannah M. Clark; m. (2) Jan. 17, 1894, Emma Agnes Wathen, b. Nov. 1, 1861, dau. of Ignatius A. Wathen and Maria R. Ellis. Robert Giboney Ranney for four years attended Kentucky Military Institute, taught school one winter, read law with Hon. Louis Houck, 1872, attended State Law School, Columbia, Mo.; became law partner with Mr. Houck till 1880; never active in politics, but has been candidate for Circuit Judge, and twice for Judge of Court of Common Pleas, coming, as a Democrat, within thirty votes of being elected when the Republican majority in the county was four hundred; res. Cape Girardeau, Mo. Children by 1st marriage:
Louisa, b. June 10, 1880; m. Aug. 8, 1906, Clyde Harbison, b. Feb. 14, 1882, son of Dr. Milton Clark Harbison and Amanda Graham. Res. Los Angeles, Cal. Lizzie Ann, b. Aug. 21, 1886; d. Feb. 28, 1888. Robert Clifton, b. Nov. 4, 1891. Children by 2d marriage:
Roberta, b. Mar. 6, 1896. William Ellis, b. July 16, 1897; d. Jan. 23, 1899. Ralph Guerrant, b. June 16, 1899. Mary, b. Dec. 17, 1902. Maud, b. Jan. 24, 1905. ___________________ 231 William Alexander7 Ranney (brother to Robert Giboney), b. Dec. 23, 1852, Cape Girardeau, Mo.; m. Nov. 5, 1891, Cora E. Harris, Crystal Springs, Miss. He was educated at the Normal School, Cape Girardeau, Mo., and State University, Columbia, Mo.; lawyer and farmer; res. Bairdsville, Miss. Child:
___________________ 232 Herbert Hathorne7 Ranney (brother to Robert Giboney), b. Nov. 14, 1855, Cape Girardeau, Mo.; m. Aug. 22, 1883, Commerce, Mo., Hettie Gaither, b. Aug. 22, 1859, Commerce, Mo., dau. of John Taylor Gaither and Columbia Daugherty; Dem., Meth., railway postal clerk since July 20, 1885; res. Cape Girardeau, Mo. Children:
Elizabeth Giboney, b. July 7, 1886. Emma Bell, b. Feb. 28, 1888. Herbert Hathorne, b. Jan. 29, 1890. Hettie Mabel, b. Aug. 9, 1892. Gaither, b. Apr. 28, 1895. James Parham, b. Feb. 4, 1899. ___________________ 233 Clarissa Waters7 Ranney (John Hathorne6, Stephen5, Jeremiah4, Thomas3, Thomas2, Thomas1), b. 1850; m. Joseph Temple Anderson, b. Apr 27, 1840; merchant, Meth., Dem.; res. Commerce, Mo. Children:
John Ranney. Elizabeth Temple. Virginia Amelia. Jessie Gayle. Ralph Frazer. Paul Ross. ___________________ 234 Amelia7 Ranney (sister to Clarissa Waters), b. Sept. 10, 1852, Kelso, Mo.; d. Mar. 12, 1899; m. Dec. 23, 1874, Reese Gates Applegate, b. Mar. 15, 1854, Commerce, Mo., son of Stephen Applegate and Sarah Baker; F. & A. M., Dem., Meth., retired merchant; res. Sikeston Mo. Children:
Joseph Reese, b. May 25, 1878. Lillian A., b. Jan. 18, 1881; m. Oct. 25, 1905, Handy L. Smith, D. D. S.; res. Sikeston, Mo.
Ranney G., b. Sept. 6, 1887. Emma Lucille, b. Feb. 16, 1890; d. May 26, 1892. Stephen Wallace, b. July 8, 1892. Evelyn, b. Mar. 26, 1897; d. Oct. 27, 1897. ___________________ 235 Caroline Wall7 Ranney (sister to Clarissa Waters), b. Oct. 13, 1852, Kelso, Mo.; d. May 10, 1902; m. William Henderson McKnight, b. Feb. 3, 1849, Cape Girardeau, Mo., son of William Henderson McKnight and Virginia Block; grain dealer. F. & A. M., Dem., Meth.; res. Sikeston, Mo. Children:
James, b. Apr. 7, 1879; m. Louise Pearce; res. Oran, Mo. Alma, b. Mar. 31, 1881. John Coffman, b. Apr. 11, 1883. Clara, b. Aug. 27, 1885. Ruth, b. Aug. 7, 1892. ___________________ 236 James Parham7 Ranney (brother to Clarissa Waters), b. Feb. 17, 1857, Kelso, Mo.; m. Aug. 22, 1883, Commerce, Mo., Emma Gaither, b. Sept. 27, 1864, Commerce, Mo., dau. of John Taylor Gaither and Columbia Dougherty; farmer, Meth., Dem., F. & A. M., A. O. U. W.; res. McMullen, Mo. ___________________ 237 Harriet Palmer7 Hawes (Polly6 Ranney, Julius5, Jeremiah4, Thomas3, Thomas2, Thomas1), b. June 27, 1832; m. Oct. 11, 1855, Chester, O., James Taylor Wilson, b. May 12, 1827, River Styx, O.; d. Dec. 25, 1885, Cleveland, O.; mfr., Mayor of Lyons, Iowa, mem. Bd. of Education, Cleveland, O., Dem., Knights Templar; widow res. Youngstown, O. Children:
472 David Hawes, b. Dec. 6, 1859; d. N. Y. City. 473 William Ranney, b. Feb. 11, 1863. ___________________ 238 Julius Butler7 Ranney (Oliver6, Julius5, Jeremiah4, Thomas3, Thomas2, Thomas1), b. June 5, 1831, Chesterland, O.; m. Oct. 31, 1872, Springfield, Ill., Helen Josephine Sanders, b. Mar. 13, 1843, Williamstown, Mass., dau. of Anthony Sanders and Celinda Brown, who was of the 7th generation from Chad Brown and Rev. Roger Williams of R. I. (See Chad Brown Memorial, 1638-1888.) She was mem. Cong. Ch., and d. June 13, 1900, Chesterland, O. Farmer and fruit grower, Rep., F. & A. M. Died Dec. 2, 1907. Children:
Oliver Anthony, b. Nov. 14, 1883; m. Dec. 20, 1906, Catherine S. Allen, b. Oct. 29, 1887, Kirtland, O., dau. of Floyd C. Allen (descendant of Colonel Ethan Allen of Rev. War fame) and A. A. Campbell. Res. Chesterland, O. ___________________ 239 Joel7 Ranney (William6, William5, Thomas4, Thomas3, Thomas2, Thomas1), b. Westminster West, Vt.; m. -----; d. 1893, Lyndon Station, Wis. Children:
Henry, b. -----; d. unm. Fanny, b. -----; m. B. A. Wright; res. Mt. Eden, Cal. Emma Jane, b. -----; m. (1) Charles E. Chamberlain; m. (2) D. C. Bull; she res. Mt. Eden, Cal.
___________________ 240 Rebecca7 Ranney (sister to Joel), b. -----; d. Apr. 30, 1894; m. Oct. 5, 1840, Jeremiah L. Perham, b. Mar. 29, 1797, Pepperill, Mass.; d. Dec. 19, 1872, Athens, Vt. Child:
___________________ 242 Hannah7 Ranney (sister to Joel), b. July 18, 1830, Brookline, Vt.; d. Aug. 30, 1863, Brookline; m. John Landfear, d. May 3, 1873, Brookline; private Co. I, 16th Reg. Ver. Inf., 1862-1863. Children:
Mary, b. -----; d. Feb. 25, 1889; m. E. Wright Bush. Fannie, b. -----; m. Edward Harlow; res. Marlboro, N. H. Henry J., b. May 6, 1859; m. Minnie M. Wyman; res. Brookline, Vt. Martin VanBuren, b. Aug. 10, 1862; d. Feb. 17, 1876. ___________________ 243 Stephen Chandler7 Ranney (Stephen6, William5, Thomas4, Thomas3, Thomas2, Thomas1), b. Jan. 29, 1815, Westminster West, Vt.; m. (1) June 26, 1849, Westminster, Vt., Fanny Eaton Paine, b. Apr. 11, 1813, Westminster, Vt., who d. Nov. 20, 1861; m. (2) Feb. 24, 1863, Mrs. Mary I. Goodell, b. ----; d. Oct. 20, 1888; rem. to Athens, Vt., 1864, Town Treas., Mem. Leg. 1876-7, postmaster for some years, Meth., Rep.; in 1885 rem. to Grafton, Vt., where he died Sept. 5, 1871. Child:
___________________ 244 Amaziah Thomas7 Ranney (brother to Stephen Chandler), b. Apr. 10, 1817, Westminster West, Vt.; m. Jan. 5, 1858, Marlboro, Vt., Jane Knight, farmer, d. Oct. 5, 1900; widow and son res. on the farm, Westminster West, Vt. Child:
___________________ 245 William Erastus7 (brother to Stephen Chandler), b. Mar. 18, 1819, Westminster West, Vt.; m. (1) ----------; m. (2) Roxy Sophronia Stockwell, b. Mar. 12, 1822, Dummerston Hill, Vt.; d. Aug. 5, 1868, Bakersfield, Cal. He res. in St. Paul, Minn., then in Bakersfield, Cal, where he d. Nov. 12, 1874. Children, b. in St. Paul:
Roxy Grace Ann, b. May 30, 1856; m. 1879, Jerome Troy, b. 1846 Oskaloosa, Ia.; stock raiser, Rep., I. O. O. F.; res. Raton, New Mexico. Lydia Rosetta, b. May 27, 1858; m. Chas. Nelson Williams. ___________________ 246 Otis Lorenzo7 Ranney (brother to Stephen Chandler), b. July 16, 1821, Westminster, Vt.; m. Mercy Ann Gorton, b. Nov. 2, 1828, Chesterfield, Vt.; d. May 3, 1885, Grafton, Vt., dau. of Thomas Gorton and Laura Harvey. He d. Mar. 12, 1894, Grafton, Vt. Children:
476 Ellen Francese, b. Dec. 13, 1853; m. Omer Summer Stuart. Otis Lorenzo, b. Jan. 22, 1855; m. Jan. 1, 1879, Ellen Maria Edwards, b. Feb. 18, 1857, Athens, Vt., dau. of Othniel Ross Edwards and Anna Maria Powers; farmer, Rep., Bapt.; res. Grafton, Vt.
247 Lorin Little7 Ranney (brother to Stephen Chandler), b. Sept. 26, 1823, Westminster West, Vt.; m. Oct. 16, 1851, Wilmington, Vt., Abbie Ann Wilcox, b. Sept. 16, 1827, Coventry, Vt.; d. Dec. 1, 1903, Brookline, Vt.; dau. of Alanson Wilcox and Persia Hitchcock. He was mem. of Cong. Ch. from early manhood; rem. 1865, to Brookline, Vt., where he d. Sept. 4, 1904. The aged parents were faithfully cared for by their son. Children:
Leola Sarah, b. Feb. 19, 1858; m. Oct. 24, 1883, Clarence Warren Adams, b. Nov. 3, 1856, Newfane, Vt., son of Marcus Warren Adams and Sarah Bellows; machinist; res. Howard, R. I.
248 Freeman7 Ranney (Ephraim6, Ephraim5, Ephraim4, Thomas3, Thomas2, Thomas1), b. May 11, 1806, Westminster West, Vt.; m. (1) Emily Flanders of Coventry, Vt., d. Apr. 27, 1866; m. (2) June, 1871, Mrs. Elizabeth Huse. He d. Aug. 31, 1881. Children:
Alonzo Philip, b. -----. Wm. Bradford, b. Jan. 24, 1835; d. Feb. 12, 1892. Eugene Oliver, b. July 16, 1840; grad. Wesleyan Uni., physician; res. Barton’s Landing, Vt. Henry Clay, b. -----; d. Dec. 16, 1906, Brooklyn, N. Y. Ephraim Clark, b. -----; enl. 30th Mass. Vols.; d. Baton Rouge, La. Leavitt, b. -----. 477 Charles Freeman, b. Dec. 8, 1851. ___________________ 249 Sullivan7 Ranney (brother to Freeman), b. Nov. 23, 1808, Westminster West, Vt.; m. (1) Sept. 7, 1834, Coventry, Vt., Phebe Higgins, b. May 30, 1811, Coventry, Vt.; d. June 11, 1852, Kirby, Vt.; m. (2) Mar. 7, 1853, Kirby, Vt., Mary Huse, b. Mar. 2, 1825, Kirby, Vt.; d. July 12, 1899, Concord, Vt.; dau. of Nathan Huse and Isabel Charlton; he d. Mar. 13, 1895, West Concord, Vt. Sullivan Ranney was eighteen years of age when his father died, and he was obliged to leave home to provide for himself. His mother packed his belongings in a small bundle, which he carried on a stick over his shoulder. For four years he was in the employ of Mr. John Hayden of Brookline, Mass., and in after years, when he took his cattle to a Boston market, he found a welcome in this family. He then went to Coventry, Vt., to provide a home for his mother, but removed soon after marriage to Kirby, Vt., where he purchased a farm, and resided on it for thirty-five years, adding largely to his first purchase. Left a widower with four boys, he married the next year a “woman of strong, beautiful character, of good health, and great courage. Her ideals were high, and she impressed her traits on these adopted sons.” The times following the war were prosperous, and Sullivan Ranney, with his large farm and extensive pastures, shared in the prosperity, and took his fatted cattle to market. He continued to be an extensive stock raiser. In 1869 he removed to a farm in Concord, Vt., which is now owned and conducted by his daughters, Nellie and Jennie. They have 125 acres of tillage land and 400 acres of pasture. Though not prominent in public, he was active in town, affairs. He was a member of the Cong. Ch. at East St. Johnsbury, Vt., from 1852 till his death, Mar. 13, 1895. His children have placed in this church a memorial window in memory of him and Mary Huse, his wife. At eighty-six years of age he planned his work and managed his own business, and until within a few weeks of his death. “His was a grand life, the kind that makes the world better for his having lived in it. His untiring energy, sterling integrity, and genuine honesty makes his life still live on, inspiring and ennobling the lives of those he loved, and who loved, respected, and honored him so well.” The eleven children are alive. Children by 1st marriage:
479 Edson Higgins, b. July 6, 1841. 480 Henry, b. July 4, 1843. 481 George, b. Dec. 21, 1845.
Nellie Mary, b. Jan. 2, 1857; unm.; res. Concord, Vt. Jennie Phebe, b. Apr. 1, 1860; unm.; res. Concord, Vt. (These two sisters conduct the great farm.) 483 Nathan Huse, b. Aug. 18, 1861. 483a William Eugene, b. Feb. 24, 1863. 484 Almira Isabel, b. July 8, 1864; m. D. J. Lunnie. 485 Ella Luthera, b. July 14, 1866; m. Elmer Reed. ___________________ 250 Helyann7 Ranney (Calvin6, Ephraim5, Ephraim4, Thomas3, Thomas2, Thomas1), b. Jan. 28, 1805, Westminster West, Vt.; m. (1) Oct. 19, 1824, Geo. W. Holland of Townshend, Vt.; m. (2) Sept. 11, 1831, Willard Crowell, b. Jan. 4, 1798; d. Nov. 17, 1874, Westminster West; farmer; she d. Sept. 11, 1893. Children by 1st marriage:
___________________ 251 Rhoda Harlow7 Ranney (sister to Helyann), b. Mar. 29, 1809, Westminster West, Vt.; m. Aug. 25, 1834, Benj. Clark; b. Mar. 21, 1813, Westminster, Vt., d. Mar. 24, 1884, Kossuth Co., Ia., son of Timothy Clark; blacksmith, served in Civil War, Dem., Co. Supervisor; she d. Aug. 15, 1880. Child:
___________________ 252 Peyton7 Ranney (Grant Willis6, Ephraim5, Ephraim4, Thomas3, Thomas2, Thomas1), b. Nov. 29, 1826, Westminster West, Vt.; m. Nov. 24, 1851, Hannah Moore Hitchcock, b. Oct. 16, 1828, Westminster West, dau. of David Hitchcock and Hannah Owen. He d. Oct. 13, 1889, Kalamazoo, Mich., where the widow resides. In 1857 Mr. Ranney rem. to Kalamazoo, and taught in a writing school. In 1858 he went into the grocery business with his brother-in-law, Wm. B. Cutting. In 1864 he went into the grain business. He became mayor of Kalamazoo, and represented the city in the legislature. At his funeral all business houses closed. He was a member of K. of P., B. P. O. E., and hon. mem. of the Light Guard. Children:
Edward H., b. Jan. 26, 1855; m. Oct. 20, 1881, Maude Mason.
David H., b. Mar., 1862; d. 1863. Flora H., b. May 2, 1865; d. Nov. 10, 1871. Harry G., b. 1868; d. 1873. ___________________ 253 Mary Ann7 Ranney (sister to Peyton), b. July 28, 1828, Westminster West, Vt.; m. Aug. 14, 1851, Westminster West, William Brackett Cutting, b. Nov. 27, 1827, Guilford, Vt.; d. Dec. 17, 1903, Dorchester, Mass., while spending the winter with his son William. The following is part of the obituary in the Brattleboro paper: “Mr. Cutting had been for many years one of the most respected and honored citizens of the town. He was born in Green River, a village of Guilford, in 1827, was employed for a time in connection with his father’s business, but in 1853 entered the service of the Old Colony Railroad, and in 1854 went to Lawrenceville, Ind., where he was employed for several years by the Indianapolis and Cincinnati Railroad. While there his health failed seriously, and he resigned his position and removed to Kalamazoo, where he engaged in trade and other business in partnership with his brother-in-law, Hon. Peyton Ranney. After a few years, failing health obliged him to retire and return to the East, first making a short stay in Brattleboro, but soon removing to this place, in 1871, where he had since continued to live, but never with very firm health. “He quickly became a leading citizen of the town, filling many offices of trust, and enjoying the unlimited confidence of his townsmen. He was chosen to represent the county for a term as one of its senators in the General Assembly of the State. Upon the formation of Maple Grove Grange he was a charter member and its first Master. He held some of its offices for a considerable time, and was always deeply interested in it welfare, as in the social and general well-being of the community in all its interests. Though the church was not denominationally that of his choice, he supported it constantly, being always present, when able, at its services with his entire family. He was for many years the leader of the choir, and with some of his children gave to it a high character for the choir of a country church. “The body was brought here for burial on Monday, being met at the church by almost the entire membership of the Grange and by the citizens of the place, and followed in procession to the cemetery lot, where the burial service of the Grange was used in part, and prayer was offered by the recent pastor, Rev. Henry A. Goodhue.” Widow resides on the farm cleared by Ephraim5 Ranney. Children:
Mary Ranney, b. Apr. 14, 1857; res. on the home farm. Charles Curtis, b. Dec. 1, 1859. Frank Henry, b. Sept. 12, 1862. Stella Matilda, b. Feb. 6, 1868. Nelly Grant, b. Oct. 28, 1869. ___________________ 254 Samuel7 Ranney (Elijah6, Elijah5, Ephraim4, Thomas3, Thomas2, Thomas1), b. Nov. 8, 1792, Westminster West., Vt.; m. Dec. 8, 1813, Lydia Goodhue, b. Dec. 20, 1793, Westminster West, Vt., dau. of Deacon Ebenezer Goodhue and Lydia Ranney. Deacon Goodhue descended from William Goodhue, b. in England, 1612, came to America in 1635, and d. at Essex, Mass., 1699. Mr. Ranney removed, 1818, to Locke, Cayuga Co., N. Y., later to Summer Hill, N. Y.; held offices of Supervisor, Justice of the Peace, and other local offices, and as a prosperous farmer. Late in life the couple made their home with their son Elijah Crawford, where he d. in 1881. Children:
Fanny Goodhue, b. May 9, 1818; d. Dec. 12, 1830. 487 Henry Eugene, b. Aug. 21, 1821. 488 Elijah Crawford, b. June 3, 1825; d. Aug. 2, 1906. 489 Ebenezer Goodhue, b. June 7, 1830. ___________________ 255 Alfred7 Ranney (brother to Samuel), b. Dec. 29, 1794, Westminster West, Vt.; m. Dec. 28, 1820, Rhoda Goodhue, b. Mar. 12, 1796, dau. of Deacon Ebenezer Goodhue and Lydia6 Ranney; rem. to Summer Hill, New York; he d. May 22, 1873; she d. Mar. 9, 1876; no children. ___________________ 256 Fanny7 Ranney (sister to Samuel), b. Sept. 12, 1799, Westminster West, Vt.; m. Mar. 7, 1822, Deacon Edmund Hallett, Westminster West, b. Aug. 29, 1798, Westminster West; d. May 25, 1876, St. Johnsbury, Vt.; son of Gideon Hallett and Lydia Hall; farmer, Deacon Cong. Ch.; she d. Aug. 27, 1871, St. Johnsbury Centre, Vt.; mem. Cong. Ch. Children:
Henry Freeman, b. Apr, 11, 1829 d. Feb. 18, 1865. Eliza Jane, b. May 2, 1835; m. V. P. Townsend. Res. Worcester, Mass. Alfred Ranney, b. Aug. 22, 1837; d. July 10, 1896. Phila Ann, b. July 10, 1839; unm.; res. Worcester, Mass. ___________________ 257 Russell7 Ranney (brother to Samuel), b. Feb. 20, 1802, Westminster West, Vt; m. Dec. 22, 1825, Westminster West, Vt., Narcissa Sparta Warner, b. Aug. 26, 1804, Westminster West; d. June 15, 1876, Westminster West, Vt.; dau. of Gideon Warner and Rebecca6 Ranney. Russell Ranney rem. to Comstock, N. Y., 1877; farmer, First Selectman 1839-47, Rep., Cong. Ch; d. Mar. 12, 1891, Comstock, N. Y. Children:
Eugene Alfred, b. Dec. 10, 1830; d. Oct. 7, 1899. Preston Charles, b. Apr. 15, 1835; d. Dec. 16, 1859. 490 Lydia Rebecca, b. Dec. 27, 1842; m. Edward Luman Campbell. ___________________ 258 Mark7 Ranney (brother to Samuel), b. Apr. 17, 1804, Westminster West, Vt.; m. Dec. 29, 1830, Columbia Smith, b. Nov. 11, 1812, West Salisbury, Vt.; d. Mar. 8, 1865, West Salisbury, Vt.; dau. of Joseph Smith and Polly Graves; farmer, mem. Cong. Ch.; he d. Mar. 31, 1889, Salisbury, Vt. Child:
___________________ 259 Lydia7 Ranney (sister to Samuel), b. May 10, 1806, Westminster West, Vt.; m. Apr. 25, 1837, Frederic Goodell; she d. Apr. 12, 1873. Children:
George Ranney. Lydia Elizabeth. ___________________ 260 Elijah Bradford7 Ranney (brother to Samuel, b. Aug. 4, 1808, Westminster West, Vt.; m. June 25, 1835, Westminster West, Elizabeth7 Godhue, b. Apr 1, 1814; d. Sept. 24, 1872, Neenah, Wis.; dau. of Deacon Ebenezer Goodhue and Lydia6 Ranney; farmer, Rep., Cong., Colonel of Vt. Militia 1843-1848; rem. 1848, to Palmyra, Wis., later to Neenah, Wis., where he was for thirty years mem. of Co. Supervisors; he d. Apr. 25, 1891. Children:
Homer Cosmore, b. May 17, 1842; teacher for several years; enlisted, 1862, in Co. I, 21st Reg. Wis. Vols.; wounded at Perrysville; rem. to hospital at Lebanan, Ky., where is d. Nov. 12, 1862. Jane Elizabeth, b. Nov. 7, 1844; unm.; res. Neenah, Wis. ___________________ 261 Lyman Crawford7 Ranney (brother to Samuel), b. Sept. 22, 1810, Westminster West, Vt.; m. (1) Nov. 27, 1834, Lucy Abigail Miller, b. Oct. 31, 1812; d. Nov. 17, 1853; m. (2) Aug. 18, 1859, Putney, Vt., Hannah Grout, b. May 9, 1819, Newfane, Vt.; d. Oct. 31, 1880, Newfane; farmer; he d. Nov. 12, 1892, St. Johnsbury, Vt. Children by 1st marriage:
492 Alfred Patterson, b. June 16, 1838. John Franklin, b. Sept. 17, 1840; d. July 3, 1843. Walter Warren, b. Dec. 18, 1843; d. July 31, 1863, Baltimore Hospital; Serg. Co. B, 16th Vt. Vol. Sermon preached at burial, Aug. 6, 1863, in Westminster West, by the Rev. Alfred Stevens. 493 Mary Elizabeth, b. Feb. 16, 1846; m. Otis F. Buxton. 494 Isabella Crawford, b. Dec. 6, 1851; m. Chas. H. Stevens. ___________________ 262 George7 Ranney (brother to Samuel2), b. Feb. 7, 1813, Westminster West, Vt.; m. Feb. 14, 1839, Westminster West, Eliza Jane Hall, b. Mar. 21, 1818, Westminster West, dau. of Atherton Hall and Olive Hallett, who had ten children, eight of whom reached maturity. This family rem. 1790, from Cape Cod. Olive Hallett was dau. of Gideon Hallett who had thirteen children. Mr. Ranney rem. 1841, to St. Johnsbury, Vt., where he d. Apr. 9, 1899, having served as a deacon for many years. He was a typical successful Vermont farmer, whose integrity was recognized by all and made him a marked man in the community. The widow res. on the farm with her daughter, Mrs. Geo. H. Morrill. Children:
495 Charles Hall, b. July 22, 1844. 496 Crawford, b. Feb. 2, 1848. 497 Olive Eliza, b. Sept. 20, 1852; m. F. A. Pierce. 498 Fremont, b. May 15, 1856. 499 Sarah Jane, b. July 6, 1858; m. G. H. Morrill. ___________________ 263 Aretus7 Ranney (Joseph6, Elijah5, Ephraim4, Thomas3, Thomas2, Thomas1), b. Nov. 14, 1803, Westminster West, Vt.; m. (1) May 7, 1827, Westminster West, Hannah D. Tyler, b. Apr. 17, 1804, d. Apr. 5, 1837, Chittenden, Vt.; m. (2) Jan. 2, 1838, Cleopatra Clark, b. Nov. 10, 1810, Westminster West, d. Aug. 14, 1881, Malta, Ill., dau. of Capt. Perez Clark, b. 1771, d. 1850, who was son of Capt. Scotto Clark of Cape Cod and Patience Snow. Father and son, sea captains, brought their gold in the center of a tierce of salt. They were descended from Thomas Clark of the Mayflower. Mr. Ranney rem. 1834, to Chittenden, Vt., and in 1875 to Malta, Ill., where he d. Dec. 23, 1891. From early life he was a mem. of Cong. Ch. Children:
Shailer Arnold, b. Sept. 12, 1830; d. July 14, 1831. Caroline A., b. Oct. 10, 1832. Ellen A., b. Sept. 15, 1834; d. Oct. 4, 1836. 500 Emma Snow, b. Mar. 10, 1840; d. ------; m. Alanson R. Puffer. Res. Malta, Ill. 501 Matilda, b. Oct. 18, 1841; m. Winslow Holmes. Albert Brainard, b. Oct. 14, 1850; d. Mar. 13, 1873. ___________________ 264 Philetus7 Ranney (brother to Aretus), b. Jan. 8, 1806, Westminster West, Vt.; m. Sept. 25, 1834, Athens, Vt., Esther Johnson Powers, b. Aug. 21, 1812, Athens, Vt., dau. of Nathaniel Powers and Esther Johnson. He rem. 1842, to Palmyra, Wis., before a church or school house had been erected and built a log house for himself and many for others. As many as 40 Indians would come to the door at a time and ask for food. Prom. in ch. and community. Engaged in hardware business and was tax collector. Died of Asiatic cholera Sept. 5, 1854. The widow m. Apr. 25, 1856, Thomas Channel and d. July 25, 1864, of smallpox brought by returning soldiers. Children:
503 Selina Roxana, b. May 4, 1840; m. E. J. Forester. 504 Elsie Josephine, b. Apr. 7, 1842. ___________________ 256 Ira Patterson7 Ranney (brother to Aretus), b. Oct. 3, 1810, Westminster West, Vt.; m. (1) Mar. 2, 1835, Mary Lucinda Farnham, b. Sept. 15, 1811; d. Mar. 21, 1866; m. (2) Betsy Wood, b. May 13, 1828, Cincinnatus, N. Y. He rem. to Summerhill, N. Y., farmer and Free Meth., d. Feb. 14, 1848. Children:
506 Clifford Ira, b. May 25, 1838. ___________________ 266 Rev. Timothy Emerson7 Ranney (brother to Aretus), b. Jan. 17, 1815, Westminster West, Vt.; m. Apr. 28, 1844, Ashby, Mass., Charlotte Taylor, b. 1817, Ashby, Mass.; d. Feb. 18, 1874, North Troy, Vt. Rev. Timothy Emerson Ranney was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy, Middlebury College, and Andover Theological School. After leaving school he preached for a time at Barnett, Vt. In 1844 he went as missionary to the Pawnee Indians under the direction of the “A. C. B. F. M.” For three years he was in what is now Minnesota, but at that time was “Unexplored Territory.” On being recalled he returned to New England, bringing with him two Indian children which had been found scalped and left to die by the wayside. Soon after his return the “A. B. C. F. M.” sent him to the Cherokee Indians where he remained for fourteen years. With others in the field he established a mission known as Lee’s Creek; which was in Indian Territory, about fourteen miles from Fort Smith, and about the same distance from Van Buren, Arkansas. While at Lee’s Creek two sons were born to him. Joseph Emerson in 1849, and Timothy Taylor in 1852. The outbreak of the Civil War in 1861 made it necessary for him to leave the south, as he was known to be a northern sympathizer. After his return to New England he preached for a time at Oxford, Maine. In 1864 he bought a small farm at St. Johnsbury, Vt., but not desiring to give up the ministry he preached at West Charlestown, Vt., at Holland, Vt., and then at North Troy, Vt., where his wife died in 1874. Then on account of failing health retired to his St. Johnsbury farm, where he died July 30, 1884. Children:
507 Joseph Emerson, b. May 9, 1849. 508 Timothy Taylor, b. Nov. 9, 1852. ___________________ 267 Rev. Joseph Addison7 Ranney (brother to Aretus), b. Feb. 15, 1817, Westminster West, Vt.; m. (1) Sept. 23, 1841, Adaline Hitchcock, b. 1818, Westminster West; d. Aug. 25, 1852, Belleville, Ill.; m. (2) Oct. 1, 1853, Wealthy Ann Hitchcock, b. -----; d. Feb. 2, 1875; m. (3) May 17, 1876, Delphi, Ind., Sophronia Freeman Matthews; m. (4) Apr. 23, 1891, Mrs. Jane Blackburn Stewart. He d. Dec. 6, 1891, Kalamazoo, Mich. The following is gleaned from a pamphlet, “In Memoriam.” Received into the church, March 6, 1831, with 30 others; entered Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., in next month; entered Middlebury College 1835; grad. 1839. Owing to ill health taught in family of Captain Calhoun, nephew of the renowned John C. Calhoun, Preston, Miss. In May, 1841, licensed to preach; officiated at two small stations; ordained May, 1842; became pastor at Grenada, Miss.; June, 1843, took charge at Spring Grove and Carlinville, Ill, at less than $400 salary; 1846 chaplain of Monticello Female Seminary and pastor of the ch. Pastor, 1859-1872, at Three Rivers, Mich. On one day he received 68 into the church and a $30,000 church was built under his administration. Eighty members of his congregation enlisted in the army. In 1864 he and his wife served six weeks for the Christian Commission. In 1873 financial agent of the new Michigan Female Seminary, Kalamazoo, Mich., modeled after Mt. Holyoke Seminary. Trustee 1868 to his death. Pastor, 1873-78, at Delphi, Indiana. Retired 1878 from active pastorate and settled in Kalamazoo. In 36 years of pastoral labor had preached 3304 sermons in 16 States, and had received 469 persons in the church on profession and 309 by letter; had baptized 154 adults and 127 infants. After 25 years of ministerial labors he wrote: “Whatever ambition I had in early years for high position, as pastor and preacher, it is plain that I can expect now to reach no very great eminence. I hope to continue on and make progress, but I know there is nothing in me that is destined to attract the wonder and admiration of the world. From my first enlistment I cannot remember that I ever wavered in my purpose; my heart was fixed on the great calling.” Sometimes Mr. Ranney was Commissioner of his Presbytery to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian church; permanent clerk of the Synod of Michigan, 1862-66; moderator 1863; Stated clerk of the Presbytery of Kalamazoo 13 years; Republican and lifelong enemy of slavery. He and his wife were on a train overtaken by the flood at Conemaugh, Pa., and his wife’s body was recovered after three months. He received the degree of D. D. from Middlebury College. The author of his “In Memoriam” in closing wrote: “The supreme heroic moment was when, amid the dash of floods, and crash of debris at Conemaugh, desolated of his heart’s treasure, in the imminent presence of an awful death, he stood unappalled, resigned, triumphant, comforting his affrighted companions in peril with the testimony of a sublime faith; ‘God is our Refuge and Strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will we not fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the seas; though the waters thereof roar and be troubled; though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof.’” Children by 1st marriage:
509 Albert Barnes, b. Oct. 31, 1844. 510 Joseph Addison, b. Oct. 12, 1847. Julia Sturtevant, b. Dec. 13, 1850; d. Nov. 14, 1851. ___________________ 268 Joel Arnold7 Ranney (brother to Aretus), b. Dec. 9, 1824, Westminster West, Vt.; m. May 9, 1850, Putney, Vt., Nancy Hubbard Taft, b. Oct. 21, 1830, Putney, Vt., dau. of Preston Willard Taft and Nancy Hubbard. Farmer; Rep.; Cong; d. Dec. 30, 1869. Widow res. at 82 Alexander St., Springfield, Mass. Children:
511 Joseph Preston, b. July 8, 1855. 512 Mary Alice, b. Mar. 28, 1858; m. Wm. H. Dickinson. 513 George Arthur, b. July 7, 1861. Clarice Priscilla, b. Nov. 24, 1864; d. unm. Oct. 10, 1883. ___________________ 269 Rollin Wallace7 Ranney (brother to Aretus), b. Nov. 29, 1826, Westminster West, Vt.; m. Nov. 22, 1866, Fitchburg, Mass., Asenath Melvina Caswell, b. Feb. 2, 1839, Fitchburg, Mass., dau. of Stephen Caswell and Laura Patch Farwell. Farmer; Cong. d. Apr. 18, 1889. Widow res. Westminster, Vt. Children:
Laura Dell, b. Sept. 7, 1876, unm. Rollin Hayes, b. Feb. 9, 1878, unm. ___________________ 270 Henry Porteus7 Ranney (brother to Aretus), b. Jan. 30, 1829, Westminster West, Vt., on the farm cleared by Elijah5, and now residing on the same; m. Dec. 7, 1853, Westminster West, Frances Augusta Hamblen, b. Aug. 20, 1833, Westminster, d. Nov. 19, 1903, dau. of Benjamin Watson Hamblen and Matilda Wyman. Educated at Chester Academy; farmer; Rep., Cong.; P. O. Putney, Vt. Child:
___________________ 271 Roswell7 Ranney (Daniel6, Daniel5, Ephraim4, Thomas3, Thomas2, Thomas1), b. Sept. 17, 1804; m. Nov. 7, 1830, Stockbridge, Vt., Rebecca Whitcomb, b. June 15, 1808, d. Feb. 18, 1886. He d. Mar. 1, 1894. Children:
514a Darius Roswell, b. Apr. 16, 1838, Pittsfield, Vt.; d. Mar. 21, 1868; m. Sept. 6, 1862, Agnes Laura Holt, b. Dec. 27, 1844.
272 Daniel Hollad7 Ranney (brother to Roswell), b. Sept. 26, 1808, Stockbridge, Vt.; m. Nov. 21, 1833, Stockbridge, Fidelia Hunt Sawyer, b. Feb. 6, 1814; d. Mar. 26, 1894, Koshkonong, Wis., dau. of Isaac Sawyer and Charlotte Hunt. Rem., 1838, to Norfolk, N. Y.; 1852 to Elkhorn, Wis.; 1867 to Koshkonong, Wis., where he d. Mar. 15, 1895. Rep.; Meth.; Farmer. A man of strong mind and of superior ability. A child writes: “It was characteristic of my father to espouse a cause he thought to be right, whatever the opposition.” Mrs. Ranney was the granddaughter of a Rev. patriot. Children:
515 Emeline Amelia, b. May 13, 1837; m. S. S. Steele. 516 Justina Belcher, b. Apr. 17, 1840; m. Rev. Geo. Richardson. Moses, b. Apr. 9, 1843; killed June 15, 1863, Port Hudson, Miss., Serg. Co. A, 4th Wis. Vols. Permelia, b. Apr. 30, 1848; d. Aug. 16, 1850. 517 Nellie, b. June 25, 1851; m. W. H. Bridges. 518 Levi Marble, b. Feb. 20, 1855. ___________________ 273 Silas7 Ranney (brother to Roswell), b. Feb. 21, 1810, Stockbridge, Vt.; m. Sept. 26, 1833, Stockbridge, Vt., Martha Sawyer, b. Apr. 23, 1810, Alstead, N. H.; d. Feb. 15, 1899, Elkhorn, Wis., dau. of John Sawyer. Farmer; Rep.; Meth.; Rem. 1856, to Wis.; 1869 to Iowa, d. Nov. 20, 1893, New Hartford, Ia. Children:
519 Amelia Lucinda, b. Mar. 19, 1837; m. Jonathan Allen. Sabra Elizabeth, b. Dec. 7, 1840; m. Stewart D. Ellsworth. 520 Fayette Silas, b. Feb. 28, 1844. 521 Martha Vandora, b. Feb. 26, 1846; m. Thos. J. Pollock. 522 Daniel Leroy, b. Aug. 15, 1849. 523 Wallace Austin, b. Aug. 4, 1853. ___________________ 274 Reuben7 Ranney (brother to Roswell), b. Oct. 31, 1811, Stockbridge, Vt.; m. Jan. 13, 1830, Pittsfield, Vt., Lucia Rockwell, b. July 31, 1811, Salisbury, Vt., dau. of Dea. Eleazor Bingham Rockwell and Abigail Stoughton. Farmer, Meth., rem. 1858, to Elkhorn, Wis., where he d. Jan. 16, 1882. She d. Feb. 22, 1889. Children:
524a Lucia Ann, b. Sept. 26, 1840; m. I. A. Travis. 525 Milo Bingham, b. Sept. 8, 1850. 526 Reuben Waldo, b. May 14, 1855. ___________________ |