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Ward Goodrich Brooks

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Biography

• Birth: Ward Goodrich Brooks was born on 21 April 1855 in Albion, Orleans County, New York, United States.¹
• Marriage: He and Euphemia Hague were married on 24 September 1877 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, United States.¹
• Death: Ward Goodrich Brooks died on 5 October 1915 at age 60 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, United States.^1,2

• Person Source: Ward Goodrich Brooks had sources that helped establish his name.¹

• Last Edited: 12 March 2017

Citations

1. [S727] National Society Sons of the American Revolution, "Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970," database and images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com, accessed ), , 12 March 2017; application of Gerald Ward Brooks, Illinois Society, state no. 4285, national no. 74328; approved 25 March 1969
2. [S1861] New York State Health Department, "New York State Death Index, 1915," index, InternetArchive.org (http://www.archive.org : accessed ), , 29 June 2017; alphabetical by surname, entry for Brooks, Ward G (5 October 1915); Buffalo, certificate no. 57854 [57864?]

Euphemia Hague

Biography

• Birth: Euphemia Hague was born on 28 September 1855 in Inverness, Scotland.¹
• Marriage: Ward Goodrich Brooks and Euphemia Hague were married on 24 September 1877 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, United States.¹
• Death: She died on 5 August 1938 at age 82 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.¹

• Person Source: Euphemia Hague had sources that helped establish her name.¹

• Last Edited: 12 March 2017

Citations

1. [S727] National Society Sons of the American Revolution, "Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970," database and images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com, accessed ), , 12 March 2017; application of Gerald Ward Brooks, Illinois Society, state no. 4285, national no. 74328; approved 25 March 1969

Gerald Ward Brooks

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Biography

• Birth: Gerald Ward Brooks was born on 17 November 1894 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, United States.^1,2,3
• Death: He died on 4 May 1985 at age 90 in Cook County, Illinois, United States.^4,3

• Person Source: Gerald Ward Brooks had sources that helped establish his name.¹

• Last Edited: 21 August 2017

Citations

1. [S727] National Society Sons of the American Revolution, "Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970," database and images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com, accessed ), , 12 March 2017; application of Gerald Ward Brooks, Illinois Society, state no. 4285, national no. 74328; approved 25 March 1969
2. [S64] United States, Selective Service System, "U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed ), 21 August 2017; card for Gerald Ward Brooks, serial no. U 2265; Evanston, Ill.; Records of the Selective Service System, Record Group Number 147
3. [S25] Social Security Administration, "U.S. Social Security Death Index," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed ), , , 21 August 2017; Gerald Brooks; 361-32-3735; 1956–1957
4. [S237] "Cook County, Illinois Death Index, 1908-1988," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed ); Cook County Clerk Genealogy Records. Cook County Clerk’s Office, Chicago, IL, 21 August 2017; entry for Gerald Ward Brooks (1985); Cook County, file no. 30666

William Covell

Biography

• Birth: William Covell was born.
• Death: He died about 1813 in Nelson, Madison County, New York, United States.

• Last Edited: 20 June 2017

Eliphalet Covell

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Biography

• Birth: Eliphalet Covell was born on 9 April 1811 in Madison County, New York, United States.¹

• Last Edited: 20 June 2017

Citations

1. [S1841] Edmund West, "Family Data Collection-Individual Records," database, , Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed ); Created while gathering genealogical data for use in the study of human genetics and disease, 20 June 2017; entry for Eliphalet Covell (1811); Madison County, Nelson

Ortugal Covell

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Biography

• Birth: Ortugal Covell was born on 6 March 1809 in Nelson, Madison County, New York, United States.¹
• Death: He died on 23 September 1846 at age 37 in Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois, United States.

• Last Edited: 20 June 2017

Citations

1. [S1841] Edmund West, "Family Data Collection-Individual Records," database, , Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed ); Created while gathering genealogical data for use in the study of human genetics and disease, 20 June 2017; entry for Ortugal Covell (1809); New York, Madison County, Nelson

Merritt L Covell

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Biography

• Birth: Merritt L Covell was born on 30 January 1808 in Madison County, New York, United States.¹
• Death: He died on 18 September 1849 at age 41 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.²
• Burial: He was buried at Congressional Cemetery+ in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. Range 43, site 25.²

• Last Edited: 20 June 2017

Citations

1. [S29] Find a Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed ), memorial page for , Find A Grave Memorial # , citing , "From the Congressional Cemetery Archives:
   On the 17th instant, after a protracted illness, General Merritt L. Covell, aged forty-three years. His funeral will take place this afternoon, at 4 o'clock, from the residence of Mrs. Williams, on Pennsylvania avenue, between 4-1/2 and 6th streets. His friends and acquaintances are respectfully invited to attend without further notice.
   
   Gen. Covell was formerly a resident of Illinois, where he frequently was called upon to discharge various public trusts, in all of which he acquitted himself with credit and to the satisfaction of the people of that State. For four years past he has been a clerk in the General Land Office in this city, during which period he had endeared himself to a wide circle of friends by the amiability and kindness of his disposition and his general courteous deportment towards all with whom he held intercourse.", 20 June 2017; Gen Merritt L Covell; 122128365; Congressional Cemetery; Washington, District of Columbia; Sally - Midcoast Maine; maintained by Krista AQ & Tommy Thompson; Historic Congression Cemetery Archivist, no. 46570972
2. [S29] Find a Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed ), memorial page for , Find A Grave Memorial # , citing , 20 June 2017; Gen Merritt L Covell; 122128365; Congressional Cemetery; Washington, District of Columbia; Sally - Midcoast Maine; maintained by Krista AQ & Tommy Thompson; Historic Congression Cemetery Archivist, no. 46570972

Mary Polly Pratt

Biography

• Birth: Mary Polly Pratt was born on 9 March 1792 in Massachusetts, United States.
• Marriage: Abraham Jackson Lyon and Mary Polly Pratt were married in Rushford, Allegany County, New York, United States.
• Death: She died on 7 June 1855 at age 63 in Rushford, Allegany County, New York, United States.
• Burial: She was buried in Rushford, Allegany County, New York, United States.

• Last Edited: 12 March 2017

Emoline Chloe Lyon

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Biography

• Birth: Emoline Chloe Lyon was born on 14 March 1827 in Rushford, Allegany County, New York, United States.¹
• Marriage: John Nelson Kingsbury and Emoline Chloe Lyon were married on 1 March 1846 in Rushford, Allegany County, New York, United States.^2,3
• Death: She died on 3 February 1889 at age 61 in Rushford, Allegany County, New York, United States.^2,3
• Burial: She was buried at First Burying Ground CemeteryG+, in Rushford, Allegany County, New York, United States.²

• Last Edited: 31 July 2017

Citations

1. [S29] Find a Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed ), memorial page for , Find A Grave Memorial # , citing , Has birth year as 1826, 31 July 2017; Emeline (Lyon) Kingsbury; 123783395; First Burying Ground; Rushford, Allegany County, New York; Laurie Stewart Tokarsky; [no marker photograph]
2. [S29] Find a Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed ), memorial page for , Find A Grave Memorial # , citing , 31 July 2017; Emeline (Lyon) Kingsbury; 123783395; First Burying Ground; Rushford, Allegany County, New York; Laurie Stewart Tokarsky; [no marker photograph]
3. [S2018] Frederick John Kingsbury;Mary Kingsbury Talcott, The Genealogy of the Descendants of Henry Kingsbury, of Ipswich and Haverhill, Masachusetts, p. 415, no. 1242 "John Nelson KIngsbury"

Merritt Lyon

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Biography

• Birth: Merritt Lyon was born in December 1828 in Rushford, Allegany County, New York, United States.
• Death: He died in New London, Waupaca County, Wisconsin, United States.

• Last Edited: 12 March 2017

Eliza Ann Lyon

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Biography

• Birth: Eliza Ann Lyon was born on 2 October 1818 in Rushford, Allegany County, New York, United States.
• Death: She died on 4 April 1883 at age 64 in Kirtland, Lake County, Ohio, United States.
• Burial: She was buried in Mentor, Lake County, Ohio, United States.

• Last Edited: 31 July 2017

Ebenezer Pratt Lyon

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Biography

• Birth: Ebenezer Pratt Lyon was born on 17 May 1812 in Rushford, Allegany County, New York, United States.
• Death: He died on 6 May 1879 at age 67 in Rushford, Allegany County, New York, United States.
• Burial: He was buried in Rushford, Allegany County, New York, United States.

• Last Edited: 12 March 2017

Richard H ("Dick") Taylor

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Biography

• Birth: Richard H ("Dick") Taylor was born on 22 July 1929 in Rushford, Allegany County, New York, United States.¹
• Marriage: He and Janet L ("Lucy") Slocum were married.
• Death: Richard H ("Dick") Taylor died on 4 November 2009 at age 80 at Park Ridge Hospital in Rochester, Monroe County, New York, United States. "Richard H. Taylor, 80, of Elba, died Wednesday (Nov. 4, 2009) at Park Ridge Hospital in Rochester.
  
  He was born July 22, 1929, in Rushford, a son of the late Silas C. and Stacia Luce Taylor.
  
  Mr. Taylor retired in 1992 from the Elba Central School System prior to that he also worked at GTE Sylvania. He was an Army veteran of the Korean War. He attended the United Methodist Church in Rushford and was a former Mason in Rushford prior to moving to Elba in 1964. He enjoyed tractor restoring, after his retirement he raised beef cows and spent his winters in Florida. He also enjoyed hunting and being with his family.
  
  He was the father of the late Lisa Taylor in 1963.
  
  Survivors include his wife Janet L. Slocum Taylor of Elba; four daughters, Rebecca (Donald) Kelly of Le Roy, Cindy (Eric) Wilsey of Marshall, Va., Michele Shaffer of Elba and Jill (Dino) D'Angelo of Buffalo; a brother, Theodore Taylor of Rushford; a sister, Shirley Adams of Stevensville, Mich.; nine grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
  
  Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Gilmartin Funeral Home & Cremation Company, Inc., 329-333 West Main St., Batavia. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Funeral Home. Burial will take place in Maple Lawn Cemetery in Elba. The family suggests memorials be made to the Elba Rescue Squad, Elba NY 14058 or the Lake Plains Dialysis Center in Batavia. For more information or to sign the online guest registry, please visit www.gilmartinfuneralhome.com or call 343-8260."¹
• Burial: He was buried on 7 November 2009 at Maple Lawn CemeteryG+, in Elba, Genesee County, New York, United States.^1,2

• Person Source: Richard H ("Dick") Taylor had sources that helped establish his name.^3,1

• Last Edited: 5 May 2017

Citations

1. [S1612] "," The Daily News (Batavia, NY), ; GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : accessed ), Recent Obituaries, Richard H Taylor; obituary; 5 November 2009; 5 May 2017; The Daily News
2. [S29] Find a Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed ), memorial page for , Find A Grave Memorial # , citing , 5 May 2017; Richard H "Dick" Taylor; 152864007; Maple Lawn Cemetery; Elba, Genesee County, New York; Frederick Porter; Frederick Porter, no. 48254596
3. [S1697] "," Undated clipping, from unidentified newspaper; Elias Padgett Families; privately held by jehomer, [address for private use], Virginia, USA, Taylor obituary image; Silas Taylor; obituary; 9 January 2017; posted online in Padgett Family Tree; 2017

Clayton Friedrich Bissell

Biography

• Birth: Clayton Friedrich Bissell was born on 15 May 1893 in Bergen, Genesee County, New York, United States.¹
• Marriage: He and Helen Emily Woods were married on 29 May 1931 in Avon, Livingston County, New York, United States. Officiated by Robert H Wiard, Justice of the Peace.^1,2
• Death: Clayton Friedrich Bissell died on 22 November 1974 at age 81.³
• Burial: He was buried at Mount Rest CemeteryG+, in Bergen, Genesee County, New York, United States.³

• Person Source: Clayton Friedrich Bissell had sources that helped establish his name.¹

• Last Edited: 17 August 2017

Citations

1. [S958] "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1849; 1907-1935," Database and images, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch.org (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed ); County Clerk Offices, state-wide, New York, not all counties represented, 13 March 2017; no. 64466 [penned], Clayton Friedrich Bissell and Helen Emily Woods (1931); Mornoe County, FHL film no. 000832761
2. [S958] "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1849; 1907-1935," Database and images, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch.org (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed ); County Clerk Offices, state-wide, New York, not all counties represented, 17 August 2017; no. 15427, certificate for Clyton F Bissell and Helen E Woods (1931); Monroe County, 1930-1931 [viewed on ancestry.com, image hosted by familysearch.org, image no. 2223/2418]
3. [S29] Find a Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed ), memorial page for , Find A Grave Memorial # , citing , 17 August 2017; Clayton F Bissell; 78008764; Mount Rest Cemetery; Bergen, Genesee County, New York; Todd Colegrove; Todd Colegrove, no. 47623075