Henry Dennison Davis of Killingworth

Henry Dennison Davis, the son of Leonard Davis and Arta Hill, was baptized in the Union Episcopal Society April 22, 1827. We published the family history for Leonard’s family in October and September of 2013. In the Killingworth town records and in the Congregational Second Society records we find recorded his marriage to Diantha Griswold on October 21, 1846. The fact that the marriage was recorded in the Congregational records suggests Diantha’s family were members. Henry on the other hand was a member of Union Episcopal Society. The name Diantha is of American origin. It is a contraction of the two names Diana and Anthea. In her death record she is identified as the daughter of Ebenezer Griswold having been born in Killingworth. Her date of death is March 12, 1901. The record lists her age as 81 years 2 months and 6 days suggesting a date of birth on May 6, 1820. The 1900 census places her birth in January 1820. Town records identify her mother as Anna Campbell of Middletown. Her parents are buried in the Nettleton Cemetery in Killingworth. Henry and Diantha are buried in the family plot in the Stone House Cemetery. “Davis Henry D., died Dec 16, 1868, age 42 yrs”. Davis Dianthia Griswold, wife of Henry D. died Mar 12, 1901 age 81 yrs”. _____________ Henry’s will and the census records paint a picture of the life shared by Henry and Diantha. The life of the Davis family was centered around the large farm created by his grand parents Azuba Griffin and Henry Davis. His father Leonard Davis inherited the lion’s share of the farm, which in turn was divided between Henry and his siblings. They added to the farm ground by buying up surrounding properties. The 1850 and 1860 Killingworth census shows living in 3 successive households, Henry’s mother Arta, Henry and Diantha and the family of his sister Orpha with her husband William Skinner and their children. They each owned a portion of the original farm I suspect they farmed it in something of a cooperative manner. ________________ When Henry died in 1868 he left behind a detailed will. “Estate of Henry D. Davis late of Killingworth in said district deceased. The subscribers appointed to set out and distribute to Diantha Davis widow of said deceased”. The inventory in the will suggests that Henry had lived the life of a successful farmer. Of a personal nature is listed 3 different hats, a black frock coat, a black sack coat, cashmere pants, black pants, cashmere vest, satin vest and calf boots. Listed is a writing deck and books including 2 Bibles. For a gentleman’s leisure a fowling piece and a bamboo fish pole. Listed are an ox cart, sled and wagon and a buggy wagon. Also listed are the implements needed to run a farm. The family larder contained large amounts of beef and pork also potatoes and turnips. Included are wine, cider and sorghum barrels. Included in his bequests was $56.75 to the Episcopal Society in whose record’s Henry’s name appears frequently. He leaves some of his property to his sister Orpha Skinner and his brother Joel H. Davis along with his sister Eleanor Francis’s children. The 1870 census shows Diantha still living next to her sister in law Orpha Skinner. By 1880 the Skinners have moved to Haddam and Diantha is living alone living on the assets left to her by Henry. In the 1900 census she is part of her brother Stephens’s household. Stephen had never married they died one month apart in 1901 both listed as the children of Ebenezer Griswold. Diantha and Henry did not have any children. The cause of Henry’s death is listed as epilepsy. Diantha was 6 years older than Henry, a somewhat unusual circumstance, and never remarried living for 34 years as a widow. I have a suspicion that they were a somewhat handicapped couple that found contentment, companionship and a comfortable life together. _______________ Henry Dennison Davis / Leonard / Azuba Griffin / Samuel Griffin / Samuel Griffin of Killingworth

Will of Henry Francis husband of Eleanor Davis

The will of Henry Francis includes a detailed listing of his assets. The assets describe a typical Connecticut farm. The dower portion of his will goes to his 4th wife Esther A Bunnel. The will lists his surviving children. From his marriage to Eleanor Davis, Emma A. Scranton, Sabrina D. Stone, and Eleanor A. Burr. From his marriage to Rachael Hill his surviving sons Friend Hill and Charles O. they had lost 4 children to diphtheria Martha, George, Jane and Rachael Estelle. Listed are 4 children from his marriage to Harriet Kelsey Lane, Rosilla, Mary Jane, Mertie A. and Henry E.

Eleanor Davis and Henry Francis

Most of the projects on the Blog get their start from inherited family traditions or histories. Our role has been to paint a picture of these cousins using the documentary trail they left behind. I am intrigued by the images I find in these documents. Reading in Arta Hill Davis’s probate that she left behind 3 lace caps painted a picture of Arta in my minds eye. She ceased to be merely a historical figure and became the picture of a pious New England Congregationalist women sitting in church with her head modestly covered. Family tradition had painted an incomplete picture of the family of Leonard Davis. There seemed to be a lack of concrete documentary evidence. The discovery of a one-word hint in the Killingworth 2nd Society records changed all of that. In the Second Society ledger is found the death notice for Leonard Davis as part of that notice is one word “Episcopalian”. That one word started our hunt for the Episcopal records and the discovery of a part of the Killingworth Davis Family history. We had known for some time that Leonard was buried in the Stone House Cemetery next to his parents, Henry and Azuba Griffin Davis, along with two of his children Joel and Henry. There was no definitive understanding of the history of the rest of his children. The recovery of Leonard’s will only served to further confuse the situation. Listed were Orpha Skinner, Emma Scranton, Sabrina Stone, Eleanor Burr, Henry D. Davis, Emily S. Davis and Joel H. Davis. Buried next to Leonard was the Henry D. Davis listed in the will and Joel Hobart Davis who died in 1825 at the age of 2. So who was the Joel Davis and his wife Emily S. Davis identified as a married couple in the will? Did Leonard have a family that included 4 girls, Henry D. and 2 son’s named Joel? The search for the answer to these questions led us to the notation “Episcopalian” and our eventual discovery of the records of the Union Episcopal Society in Killingworth. The Union Episcopal records revealed the names of five children; Eleanor, Orpha, Joel, Henry and a second Joel Hobart. The first Joel and his brother Henry are buried next to their father. We recently published the family history for the 2nd Joel (Dec 2013) named after his older brother who died at a young age. The will names 4 girls the church records only 2? We had an Eleanor in the church records and an Eleanor Burr in the will. The church records had listed an Orpha and the will an Orpha Skinner. But who were the two extra girls listed in the will, Emma A. Scranton and Sabrina D. Stone? The church records listed baptismal dates of 1816 and 1820. Using that date range we searched the census records for these daughters using the married names discovered in the will. We quickly found the family of Orpha Davis. Orpha married William S. Skinner. Orpha and William are buried in the Stone House Cemetery with the rest of the extended family. Her headstone reads Orpha Davis Skinner. The Skinner family records for their 6 children are found in the various Killingworth records. Using the 1816-1820 time frame we did not find any reference to the other 3 girls. After a pause to reconsider our premise that these names represent Leonard’s daughters we preceded based on the assumption that they may in fact be granddaughters. Adjusting the dates of our search we soon came up with census and eventually burial records for the 3 girls. To our delight the burial records for 2 of the girls included their maiden as well as married name. Emma A. Francis Scranton, Sabrina D. Francis Stone. We had assumed that the Eleanor found in the Episcopal records and the Eleanor Burr in the will were the same person. Failing to find an Eleanor Burr using Eleanor’s baptismal date in 1816 we searched for a granddaughter of the same name. We soon found in the Killingworth records an Eleanor Burr wife of Harmon Burr. The birth records for her children list their parents as Harmon Burr and Eleanor A. Francis. The obvious conclusion now became that the 3 girls in the will were all sisters Emma, Sabrina and Eleanor Francis named in the will to inherit their mother Eleanor’s portion. Based on this information we went on a search for Leonard’s daughter Eleanor assuming that her married name must be Francis and that she had preceded her father in death. It should have been no surprise that we find her buried near her parents in the Stone House Cemetery were she had been hiding in plain sight all along. Eleanor Francis, wife of Henry, died Sept 9, 1841, age 26 yrs. Next to her Henry Francis, died Sept 22, 1874, age 60 yrs. The youngest of the 3 daughters Eleanor was born July 15, 1841 her mother passing away 7 weeks later possibly from the stress of childbirth. ___________ We only have two documents from the life of Eleanor Davis. We have the inscription from her headstone and the notation of her baptism, “11 February 1816 Baptized by Mr. Baldwin Eleanor Daughter of Leonard Davis”. The historical evidence tells us she married Henry Francis. Both the Davis family and Francis families were based in Killingworth. Eleanor and Henry made a home in Killingworth farming along side the Davis dairy farm. Their life was interrupted by her untimely death soon after the birth of their 3rd child. The history for Eleanor Davis is the history of her 3 daughters and her husband Henry Francis. In Henry’s will he names their 3 daughters Emma A. Scranton, Sabrina D. Stone and Eleanor A Burr. The will lists 6 different parcels of land totaling 148.5 acres. The main farm contained 86 acres and an old barn. Also listed are 2 cow houses and a 24-acre plot with a new barn. The inventory contains farm equipment, a hay cutter and hay rake, 5 ox yokes and an ox wagon. Listed are rye, wheat and potatoes. One of the items for the house is 2 vinegar barrels. Harmon Burr’s will noted he had 80 gallons of vinegar a testimony to how many things they must have been pickling. One item in particular is interesting a notation for “Cash on hand” the amount $6.23. _______________ Emma A. Francis was born, according to the 1900 census, in July of 1835. In the Episcopal records in Middletown is a record of her marriage to Alfred B. Scranton dated October 6, 1861. Emma and Alfred lived for a time in Killingworth but the birth records for their 3 daughters are found in the Madison town records where they lived the farm life. The oldest child was Martha Estella born August 24, 1865. The town records list the husband and wife by age. The records also list the mother of the child by her maiden name. For Martha we have Alfred B. Scranton age 29 and Emma A. Francis age 30. In Madison we also find a birth record for Mary Eleanor October 27, 1869 and Edna Francis, listed as the 3rd child, May 10, 1874. In the Union Episcopal Society in Killingworth we also have baptismal records for Martha Estella on Oct 7, 1865 and Edna Francis October 18, 1874. Emma and Alfred must have lived in North Madison. The Union Episcopal society was made up of members from the northern end of both Madison and Killingworth. We find Emma and Alfred’s named appearing quite frequently in the Episcopal records. By the time of the 1900 census the family consisting of Emma, Alfred along with Mary and Edna neither of whom ever married, is living in Middletown. By 1910 Edna has disappeared and Mary is listed as the head of the house her parents as part of her household. The census notes that she was the owner of a dress making shop. The oldest daughter Martha married Charles S. Loveland in 1887. They were still living in Durham in the 1930 census. Emma, Alfred and Mary are buried in a family plot in the West Cemetery in Madison. “Alfred B. Scranton born 1836, died 1917. Emma A. Francis Scranton, wife of Alfred B., born 1835, died 1914. Mary Eleanor Scranton, daughter of Alfred B. & Emma A. born 1869.” Mary died Oct 6, 1955 in Durham. Having been listed as a dressmaker in the Middletown city directory into the 1950’s it is my guess that she was with her sister Martha or Martha’s children in Durham at the time of her death. _______________ Sabrina D. Francis was born in Killingworth, according to her headstone, July 21, 1838. In the Killingworth town records we have a record of her marriage. “1860 Jan. 4, Gilbert S. Stone, Sabrina Francis, 25/17, Madison and Killingworth”. The birth of their 5 children is recorded in the Madison town records; Edith Eleanor, Alton Lewis, Carrie Antoinette, George Francis and Charles Gilbert. Note the liberal use of family names. Their parents are listed as Gilbert Stone and Sabrina D. Francis. The 1900 census notes Gilbert’s occupation as “Capitalist”. Their sons are listed as “provision providers”. It is my guess that the family was involved in servicing the fleet of ships that made Madison their homeport. The Stone’s are buried in the New Cemetery in Durham. “Gilbert S. Stone., born March 19, 1839, died Oct. 5, 1903, age 64. Sabrina D. Francis Stone, wife of Gilbert S. Stone, born July 21, 1838, died June 6, 1906, age 68”. ________________ Eleanor Anna Francis was born according to her headstone July 15, 1841. Her mother Eleanor Davis Francis was to die soon after on September 9, 1841. In the 1850 census she is listed as Anna E., in 1860 as Eleanor A. Eleanor married Harmon Burr in Killingworth on August 20, 1862. Their 2 children were also born in Killingworth Eva Luella December 9, 1865 and Wilton/Willie January 10, 1867. Their parents are listed as Harmon Burr and Eleanor A. Francis. Harmon died at the age of 35 December 30, 1871 followed two years later by his son Wilton. The Burr’s were a farm family. Harmon’s will lists “A dwelling house and barn and wood house”. There were 2 plots of land totaling 47 acres. Among the listed assets 10 bushels of rye, 19 bushel’s of corn, 14 of buckwheat and 33 bushels of potatoes. As a commentary on their home life a “washing machine” was listed in the inventory. The extended Burr family is buried in the Nettleton Cemetery in Killingworth including Harmon’s parents Martin and Lucretia Burr. Eleanor took Edward Burr as her 2nd husband. Edward was from Haddam. His first wife Eliza Hough had died in 1876. The 1880 census finds Eleanor and her daughter Eva as part of Edward’s household in Haddam. Edward died in 1907 and is buried next to Eliza in the Burr Family Cemetery in Haddam. Eleanor is buried in Killingworth next to Harmon. “Eleanor A. Burr, born July 15, 1841, died July 9, 1912.” ______________ While collecting material to finish this essay I became aware of a history published by the Francis family in 1906 titled, The Descendants of Robert Francis of Wethersfield. The Francis family had documented the family of Henry Francis but ran into a roadblock trying to identify the family of Eleanor Davis. We had just the opposite problem. Now we can combine the two histories. As I read the material in the Francis family history I wondered about the source for their data. One hint might be found in Henry Francis’s will. As part of the legacy to his son Friend was a “Bible containing the family records of the Francis family.” Henry Francis was the son of Friend Wicks Francis and his wife Anna White. Henry was born in Killingworth Aug 2, 1814. The Francis family history places their marriage date on April 14, 1833. There are no remaining birth records for the 3 girls in Killingworth. The Francis history lists them as Emma A. July 21, 1835, Sabrina July 21, 1838, and Eleanor July 15, 1841. We have postulated previously that the Stone House Cemetery was named after the stone house owned by Henry and Azuba Griffin Davis and served as a family cemetery for the extended Davis family. The next largest family group in Stone House is the Francis family. Friend and Anna are buried there. I am assuming that there was some familiarity between the two families thus the courtship and marriage. The early death of Eleanor cut short the marriage for the young couple, which accounts for the lack of a family history. After Eleanor’s death in 1841 Henry took as his 2nd wife Rachael Hill. They married February 28, 1843. Their children were Martha, Friend Hill, Charles, George, Jane and Rachel Estelle born October 12, 1857. Childbirth was very unkind to Henry. We find the death record for Rachel in the Killingworth records dated October 12, 1857 on her childbed. Henry then married Harriet Kelsey Lane. The couple had 4 children together Roselle, Mary Jane, Mertie A. and Henry E. As if losing 2 young wives was not challenge enough diphtheria ravaged the Francis household in the fall of 1862. Rachael Estelle died October 27, Martha, November 2, George, November 11 and Jane M., January 1. Henry lost his 3rd wife Harriet January 4, 1867. The next day Eleanor Davis Francis’s mother, Arta Hill Davis, passed away. The Killingworth records list a “4th” marriage for Henry. On March 24, 1868 he married the widow Esther A Holbrook maiden name Bunnel. Childbirth was again cruel to Henry. At the age of 56 he suffered the lost of a daughter April 26, 1870 recorded as stillborn. In 1871 the same fate for a son. Henry’s death is part of the Killingworth records the cause of death is listed as “Hemorrhage”. Henry is buried in the Stone House Cemetery in the Francis family plot. “Henry Francis, died Sept 22, 1874, age 60 yrs.”_________________ Orpha Davis Skinner, Eleanor Davis Francis / Leonard Davis / Azuba Griffin / Samuel–Marah / Samuel Griffin of Killingworth.

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Family of Albert Calhoun and Susan Amelia Griffing

We have previously written a short history for Susan Amelia Griffing/Griffin Calhoun the daughter of Harry Allen Griffin and his 2nd wife Ursula Dickinson Wright. Susan’s only connection to her parents if found in her death record found in the Madison town records. She is listed as being age 68 on her death on April 8, 1893. The record lists her father as Harry Griffing. While the extended Griffin family uses the, Griffin, spelling, the Griffing, spelling was used in Madison. Most references to Susan use the, Griffing, spelling. As we have pursued other research projects in Connecticut we have gradually accumulated a collection of documents relating to her children. The documents shed light on family names and marriages. We have also documented the existence of another child born in the family. The marriage of Susan Amelia Griffing, of Madison, to Albert Calhoun, of Killingworth, is recorded in the Madison town records dated February 1, 1846. The defining document for the family is the 1860 census taken in Clinton, Connecticut. It lists as head of the house Albert Calhoun age 36. Susan is listed as age 37. Also listed are their children Catherine age 13, Jane age 10, Elisha age 9, Alfred age 6, Fanny age 4 and Franklin age 2. _________ A word about the Hale Collection. The collection represents the lifetime work of Charles R. Hale. Mr. Hale started his collection in 1916. To honor his father he started to document the cemetery records for Civil War Veterans. His work attracted the attention of the Connecticut State Library. With their sponsorship he devoted much of his life to collecting cemetery inscription and obituary notices. The Hale collection is a corner stone for anyone researching Connecticut history. Its true value is that it contains information found in no other sources. Many of his lists of cemetery inscriptions represent the only remaining sources for that information. The originals have been lost. As with many transcriptions the Hale Collection is troubled with errors. _____________ As part of the Civil War Collection for Clinton the Hale Collection lists the death of Alfred Calhoun “Albert Calhoun, d. Jan __ 1863, ae 38, in the Army”. The nature of the collection would indicate that somewhere in Clinton is a Civil War headstone for Albert however its actual location has been lost to us. The US, Registry of Deaths of Volunteers records his death on January 9, 1863 in Falmouth, Virginia. The cause of death is listed as chronic diarrhea. Albert joined Company G of the 15 Infantry regiment July 21, 1862. The history of the regiment lists the compensation given to the enlistees. They were to be paid $12.00 per month. In addition they were paid a state bounty of $50.00 and a US bounty of $27.00 on enlistment. For married men such as Albert their wife received an additional $72.00 per year. If a soldier had more than 2 children at home he received an additional $48.00 per year. Albert had left 7 children at home. The unit spent the first part of their enlistment as part of the defenses of Washington. In December of 1862 they were part of the command of General Burnside at the Battle of Fredericksburg. At Fredericksburg they under the units commanded by Col. Harland. Numbered in this same command were Ellis and Emerson Stevens, Susan’s cousins. We previously wrote of their involvement at the battle of Antietam. By the next January Albert was dead. In the Civil War Pension Records under the name of Albert Calhoun we find a claim filed by S. A. Bradley on December 22, 1869. By 1869 Susan Amelia Calhoun had married William J. Bradley. ____________ The 1870 census finds the family living in Essex, Connecticut. The census lists Bradley William J. age 34 and Susan A. age 42. It then lists under the last name of Calhoun, Alfred age 13, Fanny age 12, Frank age 11 and Albert age 9. It also lists Bradley Susan age 2. Gone from the list are Catherine, Jane and Elisha. Added to the family list is Albert born after the 1860 census. The inconsistency in the census dates has raised some questions. In the 1880 census, taken in Guilford, in the household of William Bradley Susan is listed as age 55. The birth record for her daughter Fanny in 1856 lists Susan Griffing Calhoun’s age at 32. Albert is listed as age 31. The date on the 1870 census was obviously recorded incorrectly. _____________We have not been able to identify Albert Calhoun’s parents. What we do know is that he met and married Susan Amelia Griffing in Madison. Clinton and Madison are on opposite banks of the Hammonasset River. The ancestral family home for the Griffin’s was in Clinton and there was still a large Griffin presence there. From our collection of family records the indications are that most of the children were born in Clinton. The first child, Catherine was born in 1847. It is hard to understand why Albert would leave behind a wife and 7 children to join the war effort. From our collection of letters from the Stevens family ( Mercy Griffin) we know that collecting bonus money for enlisting or reenlisting was important to family finances. Ellis and Emerson Stevens helped support their father by reenlisting. But off to the war he went only to die unceremoniously in a regimental hospital of diarrhea. By probably 1867 Susan had married the much younger William Bradley. The 1870 census finds the family in nearby Essex. William Bradley is listed as a member of the 1st Congregational Society of Essex in 1868. Susan joined the congregation on her, Profession of Faith, May 7, 1871. By the time of the 1880 census the family has moved to Guilford. The Guilford records contain baptismal records for children belonging to Jane, Elisha, Alfred and Franklin. Subsequent to 1880 the family spread out among the surrounding towns of New Haven and Madison. Susan and William Bradley are buried in Hammonasset Cemetery in Madison. “Susan A. Bradley_ wife of W.J. Apr 8, 1893, age 68 yrs”. William J. Bradley (CoF., 12th C.V.I.) died Aug 28, 1916. The 1900 census lists his date of birth in February of 1834. In 1895 he remarried taking a lady named Mary as his wife. ______________ The only record we have for Catherine is the 1860 census were she is listed as age 13. Her parent’s married in February of 1846 she was apparently born in 1847. By the time of the 1870 census she had left the household. Her sister Jane married in Essex but there are no records for Catherine in either Clinton or Essex. ______________ Jane E. Calhoun, named after her mother’s sister, was listed as age 10 in the 1860 census. In the Essex town records we find a record of her marriage. “ October 23, 1868, Alexander Ingraham to Jane E. Calhoun, ages 25/18. There residence listed as Ottawa County, Ohio and Essex, Connecticut. Their current residence, Middle Haddam, Congregationalist”. Alexander and Jane were very active in the Congregational congregations in each town they lived in. Jane and Alexander lived for a short time in East Hampton and Bristol Connecticut. Their first child Stanley was born in Bristol. Their second child, Lester, was born in Ohio near his Ingraham grandparents. Samuel, as noted in the 1880 census, was born in Indiana. There are some indications that Alexander worked for the railroads, which must have taken him there. By the 1880’s they were living near her parents and siblings in Guilford. The 1880 census lists them as living next door to her parents. The 1900 census lists her date of birth as February 1850. The census also notes that she was the mother of eight children. Jane and Alexander are buried in the Alderbrook Cemetery in Guilford. The Hale collection included the dates 1850 to 1910. The Hale collection for Alexander lists his date of birth as 1843 noting that he was a Civil War veteran. In the 1920’s we find him living in a veterans home in California. His nearest relative listed as his son Samuel then living in Oregon. _____________ Elisha A. Calhoun the 1900 census lists a date of birth March 1851. The 1930 census, the last record of him, has him living as a border age 78 in Madison. In 1870 while the rest of the family is living in Essex the census lists the 18-year-old Elisha living as a border in Madison working as a farm laborer. In the Guilford town records we find a record for his marriage dated January 4, 1881, “Elisha A Calhoun and Almira Stephens, 28/21. Clinton, Conn. / Guilford, Conn.” In other town and church records Almira is referred to as Almira “Stevens”. A stillborn daughter was born September 11, 1881. The couple later adopted a son listed as Albert P Calhoun in the census records baptized as Albert Griffin Calhoun in the Guilford 1st Congregational Society. From 1910 onward Elisha and Almira seem to be living separate lives. We do not have a death date or burial record for Elisha. Almira died December 14, 1917. ____________ George Alfred Calhoun, in the 1860 Clinton census he is listed as Alfred age 6. George referred to himself as Alfred as a younger man and George A. as he got older. In the Madison town records we find his marriage to Lucy M. Bailey. The record is dated September 28, 1883, George A. Calhoun and Lucy M Bailey ages 28/20 he from Clinton her from Madison. In the birth records for his children he is listed in some as Alfred in others as Geo. A. or George. The 1900 census lists his date of birth as October of 1855 Lucy’s as September 1863. The census also notes they were the parents of 3 children. The couple is buried in the Hammonasset Cemetery next to his mother. The inscriptions read, “Calhoun George A., born 1855, died 1933. Calhoun Lucy M., born 1863, died 1933. ______________ Fanny M. Calhoun listed as age 4 in the 1860 Clinton census. Her birth is recorded in the Madison town records on May 17, 1856, “Fanny M. Calhoun / F / Albert Calhoun 31, Laborer, Susan Griffing Calhoun 32 / temporary Madison”. Fanny is part of the household of William J. Bradley in the 1870 Essex census. We have not discovered any other records for Fanny. _______________ Franklin Pierce Calhoun is listed as Franklin age 2 in the 1860 census. In the 1870 Essex census he is listed as Frank age 11. Franklin’s posterity has been very active in recording his family history. From their collection we find his date of birth March 9, 1859. We find a marriage record in the Madison town records dated October 11, 1882 for Franklin P. Calhoun and Alice R. Spencer. The record lists their ages as 22/18. It lists his place of birth as Clinton and hers as Madison. The reverend W. J. Marwick records their marriage “Married at my residence”. The date is October 11, 1882 Franklin P. Calhoun and Alice R. Spencer of Clinton and Madison respectively. In the birth record for their son Albert Franklin, recorded in Wallingford, we find listed his full name, Franklin Pierce Calhoun of Clinton Ct. age 40. The 1900 census notes that he was the father of 4 children 3 still living, Florence Estella, Ether M, and Albert Franklin. The 3rd child born into the family was an unnamed son born January 8, 1893. The records would seem to indicate a stillborn child. Franklin is buried in the Alderbrook cemetery in Guilford near his sister Jane Ingraham. The Hale Collection records, Frank P., born 1859, died 1919 and Calhoun, Alice R., wife of Frank, born 1863, died 1930. ____________ Albert Calhoun. We have documented a number of times on the Blog the practice of naming a child after another child who had died at a young age. In the Calhoun family we have two sons named Albert. In the Clinton town records we find a birth notice under the year 1860, “Feb 25 / the name was left blank / Male / Albert and Susan A. Cahoon”. The Clinton town clerks misspelled Calhoun as Cahoon. In the death records for the year 1860, “March 18 / son of Albert Cahoon / M / age 28 da”. In the Hale collection of cemetery inscriptions listed after his father Albert we find “Cahoon, Albert, his child, d. Feb 12, 1860 ae 2”. While the Hale transcription has the dates wrong it gives us the name of the child Albert. _______________ William Albert Calhoun is the Albert Calhoun listed in the 1870 Essex census under the household of William J. Bradley and his mother Susan, age 9. In the Clinton town record for the year 1861 we find the record for his birth. Born March 7 a male child to Albert and Susan A. Cahoon ages 26 and 27. In the Clinton death records for the year 1877 we find the record of his death. The date was September 15. William A. (Albert) Calhoun a 15-year-old male. The record notes that he was born in Clinton but was living in Madison working as a farmer. It notes the cause of death as typhoid fever. His parents are listed as W. J. and Susan Bradley. The Hale Collection lists him next to his father and older brother of the same name, “Cahoon Albert, his s., Sep 15, 1877, ae 15”. It is my guess that his death was registered in Clinton because he was to be buried there next to his fathers Civil War marker. _______________ Susan Bradley was born in Essex February 4, 1868. The record notes the birth of a female child last name Bradley. The parents are listed as William J. Bradley and Susan A. Bradley. She is in the 1870 Essex census Susan Bradley age 2. The last record we have of Susan is the 1880 Guilford census, which lists her as age 12.______Susan Amelia Griffing / Harry Allen Griffin / Edward / James / Samuel Griffin Killingworth, Connecticut