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Includes family lines of Blanchard, Chapin, Coburn, Hendrix,
Porter, and Wightman.
This complete pamphlet is in the DAR Library at Washington, D.C.
The Ormsby information is taken from pages 32 thru 43.
Reference for Ormsby records:
Town Records of Johnson, Lamoille County, Vermont
Town History of Walpole, N.H., by George Aldrich, (1879) p. 342-3.
Hooper Genealogy, by Charles H. Pope, p. 45.
Note: Additional information has been filled in and is not part of the original document.
John Ormsby of Windham, Conn.
Father: John Ormsby
Mother: Mehitable Way
Date of Birth: 22 Oct 1731/36
Place of Birth: Norwich, New London CT
First Marriage: Nov. 14/15, 1754, Deborah Crane, Tolland, CT
Date of Death: Dec 1823/28
Place of Death: Windham, CT
Spouse: Deborah Crane
Father: Isaac Crane
Mother: Ruth Waldo
Date of Birth: Jan 28, 1729
Place of Birth: Windham, Windham Co., CT
Date of Death: Jan. (Nov) 4, 1810
Place of Death: Windham, CT
Stephen Ormsby
Father: John Ormsby
Mother: Deborah Crane
Date of Birth: Aug. 19, 1755
Place of Birth: Tolland. Ct.
First Marriage: Dec. 5, 1781 (1783), Jemima Snell, Windham Co.,
Ct.
Second Marriage: Nov. 9, 1786, Phoebe Calkins, Windham, CT
Date of Death: Nov. 24, 1821
Place of Death: Walpole, N.H.
First Spouse: Jemima Snell
Date of Death: Mar. 22, 1784Second Spouse: Phoebe Calkins
Date of Birth: 1765
Date of Death: May 28, 1806
Children by 1st Wife:
Jemima b. Feb. 23, 1784 at Windham, Conn.
d. Nov. 9, 1870
m. May 29, 1803 Elisha Hooper
Children: by 2nd wife
Lucy b. 1788 unmarried
George b. 1791
m. 1st. Sept. 12, 1813 Martha Blanchard
She b. Nov. 29, 1789, daughter of Nathaniel Blanchard
Harriet b. ---------
m. 1st. Joseph Mason
m. 2nd. Thomas Whiting
Note: This is contrary to the letter of Geo. S. Ormsby given later
Mary b. 1798
George Ormsby
Father: Stephen Ormsby
Mother: Phoebe Calkins
Date of Birth: May 3, 1791
Place of Birth: Windham Co., Ct
First Marriage: Sep. 12, 1813, Martha Blanchard, Westmoreland,
N.H
Second Marriage: May 9, 1830, Eliza Larabee, Montpelier, VT
Date of Death: between 1849 and 1860
Place of Death:
First Spouse: Martha Blanchard
Father: Nathaniel Blanchard
Mother: Sarah Belle
Date of Birth: Nov 29, 1789
Place of Birth:
Date of Death: Dec. 30, 1829
Place of Death: Walpole, N.HSecond Spouse: Eliza Larabee
Father: Sylvester Larabee
Place of Birth: Montpelier, Vt
Children by 1st Wife:
William Henry b. June 22, 1814
d. Oct. 15, 1856 at Keene, N.H.
m. Sarah --------, who d. Feb. 7, 1880 aged 65
Charles White b. Feb. 17, 1819
m. Nov. 21, 1843 Melissa Arabelle Brown
at Johnson, Lamoille Co., Vt.
George Stephen b. Oct. 1, 1820 (Concord, Mass. VR)
Frances Elliot b. May 22, 1823 in Bolton, Mass.
d. in Waterbury, Vt.
Edward Blanchard b. Oct. 22, 1826 in Bolton, Mass.
d. Nov. 5, 1827 in Westmoreland, N.H.
Charles White Ormsby
Father: George Ormsby
Mother: Martha Blanchard
Date of Birth: Feb. 17, 1819
Place of Birth: Concord, Mass.
First Marriage: Nov. 21, 1843, Melissa Arabelle Brown, Johnson,
Lamoille Co., VT
Date of Death: Oct. 2, 1893
Place of Death: Martelle, Iowa
Place of Burial: Martelle, Iowa
Spouse: Mellissa Arabelle Brown
Date of Birth: 1823
Place of Birth: N.H.
Children:
Charles Henry b. May 23, 1845, Lawrenceville, N.Y
d. June 5, 1924
m. Jan. 1, 1868 Cornelia Eugenie Coburn
at Baraboo, Wisc.
She b. Mar. 10, 1848, d. June 16, 1920
Charles Henry Ormsby
Father: Charles White Ormsby
Mother: Melissa Arabelle Brown
Date of Birth: May 23, 1845
Place of Birth: Lawrenceville, N.Y
First Marriage: Jan. 1, 1868, Cornelia Eugenie Coburn, Baraboo,
Wisc.
Date of Death: June 5, 1924
Place of Death: Martelle, Iowa
Spouse: Cornelia Eugenie Coburn
Father: Alexander Coburn
Mother: Caroline H. Hendrix
Date of Birth: March 10, 1848
Place of Birth: Franklin Co., NY
Date of Death: June 16, 1920
Place of Death: Martelle, Iowa
Children:
Frances Elliot b. Jan. 1, 1869
d. Sept. 13, 1954 at Cedar Rapids, Iowa
m. Nov. 9, 1893 Jennie Eliza Breed
Carrie Bell Ormsby b. Oct. 9, 1870
Note: Francis Elliot Ormsby's date of birth varies, and is given on another page as April 28, 1869.
Keene, New Hampshire, Aug. 1, 1853.
"The following letter was written to my brother William, (by my mother) more than 30 years ago"
George S. Ormsby
Copy - - - "Dear William: it is a long time since your
mother has spoken a word with you, but it is not because she don't
love you, or has forgotten you, but wishes more to see you than
word can paint. But your brothers plague me so bad that I can
(Not) write. Little George runs all round the house throws everything
into the fire that he can find, and does all the mischief he can,
and talks two or three words. Charles trips him up, pushes him
down, gets away with his playthings, and plagues him all the time.
I hope, William, you are one of the best boys in town. You must
not play with bad boys, nor learn any of their naughty words.
You must not forget what a good granpa you have lost but remember
and do as he used to tell you, and be good and obedient to Aunt
Lucy, and when you die, you will meet grandpa again in Heaven."
Martha Ormsby
Copied for Cornelia, Oct. 6, 1900. 78 years after it was written
by my mother.
George S. Ormsby
William was in Walpole, N.H. and the grandpa she refers to is
Stephen Ormsby. He died Nov. 4, 1821. The letter must have been
written a month or so after grandfather's death.
Another letter by George S. Ormsby where he gives the "Origin
of the name Ormsby"
Zenia, Ohio. Jan. 8, 1903
Miss. Carmen Ormsby;
My very dear Niece. The youngest of all my nieces, and the only
one who bears the beautiful and honored name Ormsby.
You know that Ormsby is an old name, It was about one thousand
years ago, that a man having a part of the name - - his name was
Orme, came into England from Norway, Sweden, or Denmark, probably
Denmark, his people called Danes.
He was called a sea King because his empire was on the sea. The
sea that he sailed on was the North Sea. It is now called the
German Ocean. These three countries at that time and later were
called Scandinavia, and this King Orme was a Scandinavian.
After he sailed a long time on the Sea, and had captured a great
many vessels, and obtained much money he landed on the West coast
of England which is now called Lincolnshire.
Here near the Sea, he built a Fort which in his language was called
a Bye. So it was Ormsbye, so you see your name is a fortress,
no harm shall come to you while you stay within this Fortress
and keep the gates shut.
The writer goes on here with comments about prose and poetry,
etc.
He continues; Tell your Grandma Ormsby I thank her for telling
me of the comfortable arrangements that will keep me warm and
when she tells me your Papa and Mama and yourself are there it
makes me want to come the more. Tell her it will not be possible
for me to leave home at present but I mean to come before you
all go away.
I have tried to write this so plain you can read it yourself.
Hoping I may see you before very long, I am affectionately Your
Uncle
George S. Ormsby
The foregoing letter was written to a little girl of eight years by a man 83 years old.
The following information is from the Historical, Memorial,
and Archives Dept. of Iowa, to Mrs. F.E. Ormsby, for DAR membership:
In the History of Walpole, N.H. by George Aldrich, p. 342 is the
following;
"Stephen Ormsby was from Windham, Conn., and came to Walpole,
sometime about 1790. He brought his wife, whose maiden name was
Phoebe Calkins with him. He was a barber by trade, and had a shop
where the Unitarian Meeting House now stands, which was the resort
of John Livingston, George Aldrich, and a coterie of others of
the same kith. His children:
Jemima
Lucy, b. 1788, d. Feb. 10, 1869
George, b. 1796, m. Martha, daughter of Nathaniel Blanchard of
Westmoreland, and had for sons
Harriet, m. Joseph Mason
Mary, b. 1798 m. Samuel Whiting of Concord, Mass.
As you will see, Lucy, the first child born to Phoebe Calkins
was b. in 1788. You will be safe to say that Stephen Ormsby and
Phoebe Calkins were married in 1787. There was always a child
in a year. You should say about 1787.
In the Hooper Genealogy by Charles Pope and Thomas Hooper page
45 is the following;
Elisha Hooper, (Levi, James, John, William) b. at Walpole, N.H.,
Sept. 21, 1781, m. May 29, 1803 Jemima, daughter of Stephen and
Jemima (Snell) Ormsby, b. at Windham, Conn., Feb. 23, 1784, d.
at Walpole, N.H., Nov. 9, 1870. He d. Apr. 11, 1851.
This ought to give you all you need, as you have the first wife
and the dates for Jemima.
E.R. Harlan, Curator.
George Stephen Ormsby and Caroline Woodbury were married Aug. 8, 1853, their offspring are George Francis Ormsby, b. May 24, 1856; Caroline Woodbury Burns, b. Mar. 10, 1859; and Helen Martin Ormsby, b. May 26, 1865.
Notes on the Coburn and Hendrix families
Joseph Coburn, b. Winchester, N.H., d. Constable, N.Y., Sept.
22, 1846. m. Abigail Wright, b. Salem, Washington Co., N.H., Mar.
20, 1779, d. Constable, N.Y. Apr. 1, 1863. She was the daughter
of Alexander Wright from County Down, Ireland.
Children:
Lorenzo Coburn b. Dec. 27, 1812
d. June 28, 1898 at Vermillion, S.D.
m. Feb. 8, 1839 Sophronia Parmelee.
She d. Nov. 18, 1875
Their children were;
Henry Moses Coburn b. Nov. 7, 1839
William Alfred Coburn b. June 4, 1846 at Farmsville, W.V.
Edward Northrup Coburn b. May 4, 1849 at Constable, N.Y.
Fannie Eliza Coburn b. Apr. 19, 1853 at Constable, N.Y.
d. Mar. 27, 1889
m. Mar. 3, 1875 Sylvan D. Rood
Thomas M. Coburn b. June 27, 1814 d. Dec. 26, 1888
Alexander Coburn b. July 12, 1816 d. Apr. 19, 1889
Jane M. Coburn b. July 26, 1818 d. Dec. 26, 1869
ALexander Coburn
m. 1st. Jan. 1, 1838 Delia Chamberlain, who d. May 25, 1842
Children by 1st wife:
George W. Coburn b. Oct. 11, 1838
Harmon C. Coburn b. Mar. 21, 1840
Lorenzo J. Coburn b. Oct. 30, 1841 d. June 23, 1842
m. 2nd. Oct. 17, 1843 Caroline H. Hendrix
Children by 2nd wife:
Carroll Coburn b. Jan. 2, 1845 d. Feb. 2, 1845
Cornelia M. Coburn b. Mar. 10, 1848 d. June 16, 1920
Clara D. Coburn b. Oct. 7, 1851
m. Jan. 18, 1872 W.K. Stephens,
He d. Aug. 29, 1881
They had 4 children.
Cornelia M. Coburn
m. Jan. 1, 1868 Charles Henry Ormsby
Ormsby children:
Francis Elliot Ormsby b. Apr. 28, 1869
Carrie Belle Ormsby b. Oct. 9, 1870
m. S. Edward Cole
Cole Children: Effie and Harry
Hendrix Family Notes
David Hendrix married Hannah Wescott, and were parents of Henry Hendrix
b. Apr. 17, 1787 d. July 11, 1832
m. Dec. 1, 1812 Damarie Huntington b. Aug. 10, 1792, d. Dec.
29, 1880
They were parents of 7 children, one of whom was, Caroline H.
Hendrix, b. Feb. 12, 1820. d. May 23, 1886. She m. as his 2nd
wife, Alexander Coburn.
The following is a long letter. An explanatory note says; "The original of which this a copy, was written to my mother by the younger brother of Charles White Ormsby, who was the father of my father, Charles Henry Ormsby." Signed by Francis Elliot Ormsby
Zenia, Ohio. October 5, 1900
My dear Cornelia;
I have been quite busy since my return, part of the time nearly
sick, and have not been able to write more than I have done. My
cold is all gone and I am quite well again. I have been looking
over some of the facts connected with our family. To me they are
intensely interesting, but I fear they will not be so much so
to you. All these facts seem a part of myself. I look back to
the time when I was a boy, when so many, nearly all of whom I
speak, were living, and now not one is left. All have gone to
the great beyond, so many that I loved, and I alone, having passed
my four score years, am left to speak of those that are gone.
I regret that I can not go back far in my own family. I cannot
trace the family with any certainty beyond my grandparents on
either side. Stephen Ormsby was my father's father, my grandfather
on my father's side, and Nathaniel Blanchard my grandfather on
my mothers side.
My grandfather, Stephen Ormsby, died in Walpole, N.H., Nov. 4,
1821, aged 66. He was therefore born in 1755. His wife, my grandmother
Ormsby, Phoebe Calkins, died May 28, 1806 aged 41. She was born
in 1765, ten years younger than grandfather. She was his second
wife, and mother of four of his children, Lucy, Harriet, Mary,
and George. By his first wife he had one daughter, Jemima, who
became the wife of Elisha Hooper, in whose home my dear mother
was staying when she died. She was carried from that home to her
last resting place, Jan. 1, 1830, having died Dec. 30, 1829.
Aunt Lucy was never married. All the earlier and middle part
of her life was spent teaching. She kept a private school in her
own private house and many today remember her as a most excellent
teacher. Once she taught in the District School, which I attended
the summer I was eight years old. I remember one day my little
brother, Francis, went with me to the school and I can never forget
the lovely smile with which she greeted him. O, how I loved that
dear child. Can we be children again and meet in that beautiful
world where sin and sorrow never come? Harriet married Joseph
Mason, a sterling man, but a fiery temper, the most orderly man
I ever knew. Aunt Harriet's sons were, William, Charles, George,
and Everet; her daughters, Harriet, Frances, Ellen. William, George,
Everet and the three daughters are yet living. Both Aunt Harriet
and Lucy were noble women. On Aunt Lucy's tombstone are the simple
words "Aunt Lucy". On Harriet's is the epitaph, "Faithful
in life, Happy in death". And so it was. Aunt Mary married
Thomas Whiting; she had two children, Thomas and Mary. All dead
now. I knew less of Aunt Mary than the others.
George was my father. I am not able to say now where or when
he was born. He married Martha Blanchard, my dear mother, Sept.
12, 1813. She was born Nov. 29, 1789, and hence was twenty-four
years old when she was married. Her eldest son, William, was born
June 22, 1814. William Henry was his name. Charles White was her
second son, a noble boy and man. George Stephen, bearing the name
of father and grandfather, born Sunday, Oct. 1, 1820, 80 years
ago, the third. Francis Elliot, born May 22, 1823 in Bolton, Mass.
was the fourth, and Edward Blanchard, the fifth was also born
in Bolton, Mass. Oct. 22, 1826. He died in Westmoreland, N.H.,
Nov. 5, 1827, having lived one year and fourteen days.
William Henry Died in Keene, N.H., Oct. 15, 1856 aged 42. His
wife, Sarah died Feb. 7, 1880 aged 65. They had a son, William,
who I understand is also dead. I have not the date of Francis'
death, which occurred in Waterbury, Vt., where he sleeps with
his faithful wife, near the Green Mts. and the bubbling streams
that he loved so well.
My parents were married in Westmoreland, N.H., that was my mother's
home. She was a bright and good woman. She was fairly well educated
for one having no other advantages than a district school offers.
She could talk well in a public meeting, could play the violin
although she never owned one. Her father was a superior violinist.
He owned a small farm on which he lived in Westmoreland, built
himself a dwelling house and a large barn. The house is gone,
but the barn, more than a hundred years old, is as good now as
the day it was finished. That is the barn in which William fixed
the springboard and the room in the mow of oats, that I told Henry
about. He told me (7 years old) to run and jump on the springboard.
Cautious, I would not. He told Charles, who obeyed and turned
a summersault.
I have the following on the Blanchards, I am not certain that
it is correct;
Thomas Blanchard, immigrant, landed in New England, 1639
Samuel Blanchard, born 1629, d. 1707
Thomas Blanchard, b. 1674, d. 1759
Nathaniel Blanchard, born 1718, d. - - -
Nathaniel Blanchard, my grandfather, was born 1745, died 1815, married 1779, Sarah Belle of Boston. Sarah Belle, his wife, married again a Mr. Clark. She outlived her second husband, who I remember was a tall man. She died in Waterbury, Vt. at the advanced age of more than 90 years. It will be seen that my grandfather Blanchard died about two years after my mother was married. Nathaniel Blanchard had a large family. This is the record;
William b. July 8, 1780
Willard b. Aug. 9, 1783
Heber b. Dec. 2, 1786
Martha, my mother b. Nov. 29, 1789
Nancy b. Oct. 28, 1792
Nathaniel b. Apr. 10, 1794
Amarilla b. June 16, 1799
Henry b. Mar. 11, 1805
Almina b. June 18, 1807
I do not remember much of any of these, except William. He
had a son, William, daughters, Roxana, Martha, and two or three
younger girls. Martha was about my age. All have been dead many
years. My father was a bright, active, and I thought a handsome
man. He was a good workman at his trade, but always restless,
and had so great a faith that he could do better somewhere else,
that he never accumulated anything. For the most part, while quick
tempered, he was kind to his family. I never knew him to speak
one unkind word to my mother, and I never knew her to speak one,
but to give him one curtain lecture. He had stayed out too late
one night. I was in the trundle bed, had been asleep, but the
conversation awakened me. In substance she said, "You should
have come home earlier". "But I couldn't, I had to stay
for William" (her brother). "Well, you should not wait
for him, if he dont come home in time, let him come alone".
I think he regarded her in the right.
Where he began work after his marriage, I do not know. He was
working in Concord, Mass., when I was born, went from there to
Bolton, Mass. about 1822. Remained there till 1827 and went to
Westmoreland, N.H. to set up business for himself, converting
a part of my mother's house into a shop. But he did not continue
there a year. I suppose he was in debt, and my dear mother, with
her little ones was moved from her paternal home.
First went into a small house with Uncle William, a double house.
Thence, before six months passed, we moved to another small house,
a mile away, where we remained one cold winter, the snow deeper
than my head, a boy of 8 years.
This little nest was the last place that dear mother hovered
over her brood. She saw the clouds coming. Her health was not
good, and one morning, as darkness seemed to gather, the tears
came to her eyes and rolled off her cheeks as she said in a faltering
voice, "My children are scattered like sheep without a shepard."
I thought little of that speech then. I was a thoughtless boy,
but the iron went into my soul, and it has never been withdrawn.
Soon she with little Francis went to Uncle Hoopers. Little Edward
had been laid in his grave. Charles went to live with Israel Fletcher.
I went to live with Aaron Emery, and father went to make for us
a home in Wooster (Worchester), Vt. Late in the fall father returned
and prepared to take the two smaller boys with him to Wooster,
leaving Charles with Fletcher, and mother with Uncle Hooper.
The day came that we should leave our mother to see her no more.
I was nine years old, Francis was six. I dont know how I was dressed,
but Francis had a little plaid cloak. I thought of the new sights
that I would see. Not so with little Francis. Sitting in his chair
near the door, no word said he, began to twist his pants around
his ankle, and to sob a tearful good bye to his mother.
We left her that day never more to see her. It was about Thanksgiving
time in November, in less than two months she went to her grave
and in Heaven's eternal rest she found a home that she could not
have here.
When I think of the hard lot we had, no guidance of a parent's
hands, when I think of the great loss we all experienced, my heart
swells, and tears will unbidden fall. Orphaned we all were at
that early age.
Pardon me now, it is nearly 10 o'clock P.M. I must stop. When
I awake in the morning, I shall be in another mood, as my writing
will doubtless show. Good Night.
October 6th, 12:30 P.M. My mood is not so much changed as I thought
it would be. I spoke of leaving our mother at Uncle Hoopers. It
was in the afternoon of that day. This was south of Walpole Village
three or four miles. Aunt Lucy lived in the Village. Bidding our
mother a last goodbye, the two little boys, one nine the other
six, walked alone the four miles to Aunt Lucy's getting there
about dark. Later father came. The next morning we got up, ate
our breakfast of roasted spareribs and potatoes, and brown bread,
and the three started on our walk to Bellows Falls (Vt.) before
daylight illumined the East. As we walked, the Connecticut River
was on our left, and what we called Fall Mountain on our right,
a home of rattlesnakes we were taught.
At Bellows Falls, we took a stage, and went to Wooster, Vt. Father
placed us to board there in a family by the name of Ladd, nearly
two miles from the hat factory where he worked.
Every Sunday, he came to see us, and if his coming was delayed
Francis certainly knew it, and would be restless on account of
it. When father came one day and asked Mr. Ladd what he expected
to charge for our board, he replied, fifty cents a week for the
smaller boy and one dollar for the larger one.
We remained there but a short time, when we were taken to a family
nearer the factory, where Francis and I went to school until sometime
in Feb. 1830, when news came of my mother's death.
On receipt of that news, father took Francis and went to Walpole
leaving me with Mr. Blood as his boy. Mr. Blood was a kind man,
was regarded rich. He had two little girls but no boy.
When father returned, he found me in the attic on a bed, very
sick. Persons thought I would not live, but father took the best
care of me possible aided by Mother Blood, and I got well. Soon
after this Mr. Blood died, and father brought home a new wife,
in the person of a girl about 16, and in June of that year, I
was given to George M. Young, who lived in Lyme, N.H. I went to
Lyme with Mr. Young in June 1830, and remained in the family there
until May 1835, they came to Ohio that year, I came with them.
We crossed Lake Erie on the last day of May that year. It was
a stormy day, and I was very seasick. We came to Cleveland either
late on Saturday night or early Sunday morning, June 1, 1835.
I have always regarded it as Sunday morning. It was after midnight.
Our destination was Newark, Licking County, Ohio, which we reached
about noon on June 3rd. Mr. Young and his family remained, but
I, then 14 years old, went with his brother-in-law, Benjamin Green,
into the beech woods in Harrison township and engaged in cutting
down trees and clearing up land, and farming the land cleared.
We lived in a log house, and studied in a log school house. In
1842, I worked one month for $10.00. Earned $15.00 more clearing
a piece of land. When I started for Granville College, my capital
you see was $25.00, but there was a farm connected with the College,
on which students could work for six cents an hour. I worked several
hours each day and thus paid my expenses.
From Granville, I went to Farmers College in Hamilton County,
near Cincinnati. Began teaching there in 1847. I taught in College
ten years, from 1847 to 1857, when I resigned my position and
took charge of a school in Kentucky called Greenupsburg Classical
Academy. I remained there four years till the Rebellion began
in 1861. Leaving Kentucky, I came to Zenia (Ohio) and undertook
the Superintendency of the Zenia Public Schools. In this work,
I continued 18 years to 1879. In 1881, I went to London, England,
where I remained 7 years, returning finally in 1888. During these
years, I have crossed the ocean nine times. In 1890, I was called
there again, returning in 1891. So I have crossed the Atlantic
ten times.
I witnessed one fairly vigorous storm, in which the mountain
waves looked like immense mountains of rock. Great seas from on
high dashed down upon the vessel, which made her tremble as under
a load too heavy to carry.
I have said that Francis, a boy of six years went to Walpole
with father in 1830. I did not see him again for 19 years, in
1849. My father gave me to Mr. Young. I left Wooster with Mr.
Young in June 1830, and did not see my father again till 1849,
19 years. I left my brother, Charles in Walpole, living with Israel
Fletcher in 1829. I did not see him again till his youth and early
manhood had gone, in 1886, I think in Martelle (Iowa).
I have given you the main points in the history of our family,
and drawn out my letter almost to a book. I am sure you will tire
in reading what I have written. My pen would not well at first,
I could not make clear letters, and I have had to write rapidly.
Do you want more, kindly ask. I have written these thoughts as
they occurred to my mind.
I send with this letter one that my mother wrote to William between
1821 and 1822. I copied the letter from the original in 1853.
You can tell Henry that while his father was a most excellent
man, yet he had some traits when a little fellow, that I hear
have crept out in him. You will see how he treated me when I was
a little fellow.
Dont you think that is what makes Henry so polite to the cow?
See how I, a good boy was treated by my brother Charles.
Affectionately
George S. Ormsby. "" "
Obituary - -:
Ormsby, Charles Henry, born Lawrenceville, N.Y., May 23, 1845.
Came to Iowa in 1864, (son of Charles White and Arabell Ormsby);
only child; married Jan. 1, 1868 Cornelia E. Coburn, at age 23;
d. June 5, 1924 at Martelle, Iowa.
Ormsby, Cornelia Eugenie Coburn, born Franklin Co., N.Y., Mar.
10, 1848, lived in New York and Wisconsin; married Charles Henry
Ormsby Jan. 1, 1868, at Baraboo, Wis.; two children, Francis Elliot;
and Carrie Belle Cole. Died June 18, 1920 at Martelle, Iowa.
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