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| 6801 | [combined.ged] He worked in the coal mines and as a hotel operator in ND. He and his bro thers once saved the frontier doctor, H.A. Davis, from drowning when thro wn into the Green River by his horse. | PELTON, Austin Howard (I5671)
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| 6802 | [combined.ged] He worked in the Dairy business and as an assessor. He was a student of H istory and English literature. He was head of the selectmen in Lenox f or many years and trustee of Lenox Saving Bank. He retired from the dai ry business in 1949 at age 63 and devoted himself to family, gardening, to wn and church. | PELTON, James Homer (I5272)
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| 6803 | [combined.ged] He worked in the Government and as a Lawyer. | SPERRY, Lewis Parsons (I2678)
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| 6804 | [combined.ged] He worked in the Legal Profession. Charles was a lawyer, Town Clerk, T ax collector, Judge of Probate, State representative, and a State Senato r. He graduated in 1898 from Yale and Yale Law School. Charles serv ed in the military in WWI, 1914. He served as head of the leave area f or the YMCA in AIX-Les Baines, France. Charles lived in Clinton, Middlese x, CT. | PELTON, Charles A. (I5718)
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| 6805 | [combined.ged] He worked in the Shoe Repair business in 1945. He was a Cigar Manufactu er before 1945. He retired in 1947. | PELTON, Ulysses Frederick (I9478)
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| 6806 | [combined.ged] He worked in the Shoe trade. | PELTON, Elias (I1228)
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| 6807 | [combined.ged] He worked operating sawmills and farming during his lifetime in WI. The fa mily told stories of his floating logs down the Wisconsin River through t he famous but treacherous Dells area. In later years he became a circu it riding Methodist preacher. Officially he died of acute indigestion a nd heart failure. However, those close to him said he had been doing a l ot of house painting and exhibited symptoms of lead poisoning. | BARTO, Joseph Andrew (I9887)
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| 6808 | [combined.ged] He worked setting grade curb and guttering, etc. | PELTON, Albert Edwin (I9202)
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| 6809 | [combined.ged] He worked with Kimberly Clark in Neehah, WI and served as a county supervi sor for Outagamie County. He also owned apartment buildings and enjoyed m aintaing them. | PELTON, Glenn Edwin (I8235)
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| 6810 | [combined.ged] He worked with the Railroad. | PELTON, Aaron (I4550)
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| 6811 | [combined.ged] He worked with Walton and Davis grain, lumber and machinery dealers. His f ather was a meat hunter for General Sully. Harry went on the last great b uffalo hunt. | GRUCHUS, Harry (I8421)
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| 6812 | [combined.ged] Henry was a Farmer and a Merchant. According to the Bristol, MA (now R I) Town Record, Henry was born 10 Dec 1690 on the "Mount Hope Farm". He re moved to Groton, CT, where he married, Mary Rose, and where he lived, a nd there died, in 1763, day and month unknown, His occupation is not cert ainly known, but tradition says he was a Merchant. However this may ha ve been he certainly was a farmer, owning considerable land down to 176 0, and was an active business man through life, and much respected in t he community in which he lived. The Lan Records of Groton show twelve con veyances of land to him and six from him, his first purchase having been f rom his brother John, who is given in the record as then a resident of Gro ton. His last purchase was from his son Paul, April 14, 1746. His fir st conveyance was to his son Paul, 14 Feb 1745. "For Love and Good Wi ll to his son"; others to his sons Reuben and Thomas; again to his son Pau l, "The farm he now lives on, "15 July 1760, and finally, his last to Heze kiah Stoddard, 10 acres, 27 June 1763, In 1760 and 1761 he seems to ha ve settled his estate, in a way then quite common, by disposing of his lan ds and by making an arrangement with his son Paul to support himself and h is wife Mary during their lives. That his judgment was respected is prov en by the fact recorded in the "Conn. Colonial Records," that in 1750 "Pre served Randall with Henry Pelton of Groton, were appointed by the Coloni al Legislature to sell lands of Jonathan Randall deceased, of Groton," etc ,; and that he was a public-spirited and religious man by his conveyan ce of a piece of land to "The Church," For affection for the Excellent Ch urch of England."[3108553.ged] [garygarbe60.ged] According to the Bristol, MA (now RI) Town Record, Henry was born 10 Dec 1 690 on the "Mount Hope Farm". He removed to Groton, New London County, C t, where he married, Mary Rose, and where he lived, and there died, in 176 3, day and month unknown, His occupation is not certainly known, but tradi tion says he was a Merchant. However this may have been, he certainly w as a farmer, owning considerable land down to 1760, and was an active busi ness man through life, and much respected in the community in which he liv ed. The Land Records of Groton show twelve conveyances of land to him a nd six from him, his first purchase having been from his brother John, w ho is given in the record as then a resident of Groton. His last purcha se was from his son Paul, April 14, 1746. His first conveyance was to h is son Paul, 14 Feb 1745. "For Love and Good Will to his son"; others to h is sons Reuben and Thomas; again to his son Paul, "The farm he now lives o n," 15 July 1760, and finally, his last to Hezekiah Stoddard, 10 acre s, 27 June 1763, In 1760 and 1761 he seems to have settled his estat e, in a way then quite common, by disposing of his lands and by maki ng an arrangement with his son, Paul, to support himself and his wife, Mar y, during their lives. That his judgment was respected is proven by the fa ct recorded in the "Conn. Colonial Records, " that in 1750 "Preserved Rand all with Henry Pelton of Groton, were appointed by the Colonial Legislatu re to sell lands of Jonathan Randall deceased, of Groton," etc.; and th at he was a public spirited and religious man by his conveyance of a pie ce of land to "The Church," For affection for the Excellent Church of Engl and." Groton Vital Records Vol. 1, Pg. 118: Henry, m. Mary ROSE, Apr. 29, 1712 Groton Vital Records Vol. 1, Pg. 133: same | PELTON, Henry B. (I259)
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| 6813 | [combined.ged] Her death was caused by returning into a burning house to save her childre n, who were already safe. | CAMPBELL, Virginia Frances (I13797)
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| 6814 | [combined.ged] Her family lived around Canton and Worthing, SD in the 1880-90's; neighbou rs to the Peltons. | LAMB, Ellen (I9302)
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| 6815 | [combined.ged] Her family were French Huguenots from a wild northern tribe, Malet, becau se of the knob on the top of a stick used for a weapon. Her ancestors fl ed to England and then America. | MALLETT, Cora K. (I8281)
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| 6816 | [combined.ged] Her niece, Viola Mary Pelton, says, "Harvey Pelton's only daughter Myrt ie Viola married Darwin Fish January 7 1894. After hearing tales of the wo nderful farmland available in Canada they left the USA and moved to Canad a. It seems the government was offering 160 acres of land to see if th ey could live on it for three years without starving and then it was the ir homestead. Myrtie, Darwin and their two sons, Derwood and Lyle left Ro canville, Saskatchewan and headed for the Twill Plains area for a farmstea d. They arrived just after a prairie fire had swept the land. Every sto ne and buffalo bone showed up and made the land look bleak and uninvitin g. They came with teams of horses, oxen, pigs, chickens, two kittens, cat tle and a dog along with their household equipment. It was the spring of 1906. Once the oxen got in a bad mud hole, telling t hem 'gee haw! they ran right into a thickbush. It took 6 hours to chop do wn trees to get them out. After they got their land and shack to live i n, trips were made back to Lipton for their binder, seeder and other fa rm equipment. Before winter set in Darwin made a trip to Twill Lake for s upplies. Myrtie was the first white woman in that area. Later they bui lt a better home but the first was a log house with a sod roof. Heavy rai ns that fell washed a lot of plaster off the house and it was one of the c oldest and stormiest winters on record. A quote from the book 'The Copela nd Story' says the temperature inside and outside of the house during th at winter 1906-07 wasn't much different. The Fish home was a well known stopping place for travelers in that pa rt of the country. Mosquitoes were bad. Clouds of them made it difficu lt to work outdoors with skin exposed. That, along with flying ants, some times drove the horses or men crazy. The country seemed empty and moveme nt on the prairie could be seen for miles. But gradually the land beg an to be taken up. Neighbors began coming in and it became what it is tod ay: rich wheat, and grain country; good farmland. I admire the sturdy pio neers of a bye-gone era. They had courage to endure hardships to make a d ream come true. I remember getting packages from my aunt in Canada with c ustoms duty stamped on it. It was exciting to get a package from her. A nd off a train coming from a place that seemed like a foreign country to u s. My father stayed in Fredericksburg and lived on the home place. He so ld fish around town he got fresh from Lansing on the Mississippi River. T he fish were packed in ice which came in wooden boxes on the train. He al so made and sold brooms. He always raised a big garden." | PELTON, Myrtia (I960)
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| 6817 | [combined.ged] Herbert helped his father and brother, George, at the National Mine in Nev ada. He was in business with George, first in tile manufacturing, th en as Marmon distributor for Southern CA, then as secretary-treasurer f or Pelton Motors. he enjoyed the great outdoors, hunting in his youth, tr out fishing and camping and backpack trips in the High Sierras. He was ex traordinarily skilled a fly casting and the use of a spinning reel. H ad a fine baritone voice. Was good at fixing things, with mechanical apti tudes. He enjoyed gardening, especially selecting and growing fruit tre es and unusual shrubs. He had a stable temperament and was very patient a nd kind. He was a member of the California Club. | PELTON, Herbert Edmund (I5800)
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| 6818 | [combined.ged] His death was caused by shooting himself after shooting his wife followi ng his surgery. He was a Shift Foreman. He served in the military in World War II from N ov 1942-Jul 1945. | PELTON, Robert Noel (I9513)
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| 6819 | [combined.ged] His occupation before 1955 is unknown. From 1955-1974 he worked for the R ailroad for 29 years. He resided in Canandaigua, Ontario, NY 1980. Befo re May 1988 he resided in Shortsville, NY. | PELTON, Charles Roland (I15923)
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| 6820 | [combined.ged] His occupation was in Boots/Shoes/Land. | PELTON, Henry Ferris (I4498)
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| 6821 | [combined.ged] His occupation was in Lumber/Shingles. | PELTON, Chauncey (I1769)
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| 6822 | [combined.ged] His occupation was Mining, Business & Ranching. Edward graduated 1898 fr om Princeton University. He graduated in 1901 from Columbia School of Min es. Edward worked the copper mines in Butte, Montana and Arizona, befo re settling in New Jersey, where he ran a bonded warehouse in New York Cit y. In 1940 he and his wife moved to Upland, CA where they bought a lem on ranch. He died a year to the day after moving to California, leaving h is wife to run the ranch for many years to come. | PELTON, Edward Franklin (I1914)
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| 6823 | [combined.ged] His occupation was Ministry. | PELTON, Rev. Charles (I7346)
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| 6824 | [combined.ged] His was a Timber Contractor. He moved in 1880 to Washington State. | STEARNS, Lucius Edwin (I9603)
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| 6825 | [combined.ged] In 1977 Fred and Alice went to Wanborough, England and saw the 1418 gra ve of Thomas and Edith Polton in the village church. The have a bras rubb ing of the grave marker located on the church floor. Fred's father died w hen was eight and his mother raised the family alone. She opened a count ry store and was the first telephone operator in Robinson Township. Fred h ad a good sense of humor, was a good dancer and popular with the local peo ple. He went to a rural country grade school and graduated in 1927 from G rand Haven High School. He was one of the only students that had a car wh ich made him popular with the high school students. He also dated sever al of the high school teachers who at the time were in their early 20' s. Fred was the owner and operator of a DX service station, and later ope rated a Phillips 66 station located on highway 31 in Grand Haven, M I. He remained occupied in service station work for thirty-five year s. At 51 he opened a lawn mower and bicycle repair shop in Grand Have n, He continued this work until he retired at age 69 He and Alice bui lt a home on the Grand River in Robinson township where they lived until h is death. He loved to feed the wild ducks and Canadian geese that ca me to the area during the summer months. The geese and ducks became so fa miliar with him that he could pet them and they would flock around him f or the feed when he called. The would come right up to the house to get h im. At times he would have some 60-90 ducks and geese with their famili es waiting to be fed. His ashes were spread in the Grand River in fro nt of their home on Stearns Bayou. | PELTON, Fred Otis (I9602)
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| 6826 | [combined.ged] In the 1992 book it states that Rhoda "had ten children"; believe th is to mean she had been married previously, bringing 10 children into t he marriage with her. | BOUGHTON, Rhoda Charlotte (I5477)
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| 6827 | [combined.ged] In the Census of 1850, Ephraim was listed as a head of a household in Wood ward Twp, Clinton, PA. He was a Laborer in June 1850 in Woodward Twp, Clinton, PA. He also own ed 100 acres of land near the center of what is now Winburne in Clearfie ld Co, PA. From Clyde Pelton: It looks like Ephraim Stebbins, brother William, and t he rest of Phineas' family including his wife, Julinas, all moved from Lam ar Twp. to a place called Chatham's Run, near Lock Haven, sometime after 1 839. Clyde thinks that Miles Wilson Pelton might have gone to Morrisdal e, in Clearfield Co., about the same time. Records at the Ross Libra ry in Lock Haven list the marriages of the children of Ephraim, also of Wi lliam and Mary, and the deaths of William and Mary. At the library in Bel lefonte, Pa, there is a book of the Rayhorn Family, in this book the re is a copy of the obituary of Mrs. Lydia Pelton Rayhorn. Jan 9, 1920, w ife of John Rayhorn, who died at her home at 711 East Bald Eagle St. in Lo ck Haven, PA at the age of 69. This book says that Lydia was born in Clea rfield, which is doubtful because she is listed in the 1850 census, a ge 5 and a half in Woodward Twp, Clinton, PA. This obituary also lists Da vis of Woodland, PA, Mrs. Clara Hentor of Winburne, PA and Harry and Fra nk Pelton of Peale, PA. In the Clearfield County Courthouse there is a will dated 24 Aug 18 82 by E. S. Pelton and wife, Eliza Pelton. | PELTON, Ephraim Stebbins (I1222)
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| 6828 | [combined.ged] Isaac and Alpha were first cousins. | LANE, Isaac Clark (I3014)
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| 6829 | [combined.ged] It is listed that there were 7 children previous to Philo (son) born in 19 53. No names or birth dates are known. Not sure if there were any childr en that lived before Philo (son). | PELTON, Emily Frances (I16270)
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| 6830 | [combined.ged] It is stated that they had 4 boys and 6 girls; names and vitals of all unk nown. | PELTON, Aaron Burr (I2915)
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| 6831 | [combined.ged] J.M. Pelton listed this individual as Mrs. Mary VALENTINE Wentz, indicati ng she was widowed from a Mr. Wentz with a maiden name of Valentine. Char les Pelton lists her with the maiden name of Wentz, no mention of Valentin e. In fact, J.M. Pelton even listed Mary as the daughter of Richard Valen tine, therefore putting further weight to the validity of this information . | VALENTINE WENTZ, Mary A. (I2885)
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| 6832 | [combined.ged] Jack served in the military in World War II, 1942. He was stationed in Ec uador, Galapaghos Islands and then the Pacific until the end of WWII. | BARBOUR, Jack Carl (I12471)
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| 6833 | [combined.ged] Jerome was unmarried as of 1876. | PELTON, Jerome B. (I4213)
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| 6834 | [combined.ged] John served in the military in the Civil War, about 1862. | PELTON, Lt. John A. Mcdowell (I7358)
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| 6835 | [combined.ged] John was driving a tractor on a threshing machine when he hit his he ad on a barn beam and broke his neck. | ADAMS, John (I8691)
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| 6836 | [combined.ged] Katerine was honored before 1901. Katarine engaged in musical work in Lon don, England in the 1890's. She sang for President McKinley, guestes a nd cabinet. She was a mezzo singer of great distinction. | PELTON, Katherine Isabel (I1913)
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| 6837 | [combined.ged] Katherine enjoyed painting, golf, bowling and volunteer work with children . | GREEN, Katerine Tudor (I3821)
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| 6838 | [combined.ged] Lawyer. | MECHAM, George Nicholas (I224)
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| 6839 | [combined.ged] Lawyer. | DIXON, Abram (I427)
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| 6840 | [combined.ged] Lawyer.[josephpelton.FTW] [combined.ged] Lawyer.[a.ged] Lawyer. new.ged new.ged[josephpelton.FTW] [combined.ged] Lawyer.[a.ged] Lawyer. new.ged new.ged | PELTON, Timothy R. (I814)
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| 6841 | [combined.ged] Lela was a beautiful, dark-eyed lady who kept her looks and used her love ly hands as a Montgomery Ward lingerie clerk,. Her family moved to Dix on , IL in 1912. Here Lela was courted for five years by Russell J. Hoyl e. They were married April 7, 1917. Russell Jr. was born May 19, 1918 wh ile his father was being prepared for shipment overseas to France with t he American Expeditionary Forces. Being left with a young baby while h er husband served his country overseas was difficult. But Lela face it wi th courage, and with the gracious assistance of her mother and father, w ho lived across the street. Upon Russell Sr.'s return the family mov ed to Mount Pleasant, MI to try their hand at farming. The winters were s evere and crops uncooperative. It was not altogether a successful enterpr ise. So, before the birth of her second son, Darrell, they moved ba ck to Dixon. Darrell Densimore was born Jan 7, 1923. When Darrell got a s evere case of Scarlet Fever at the age of six months Lela nursed him ba ck to health with much prayer, patience and fortitude. Lela dedicated her self to the raising of these two sons and sacrificed personal preferenc es so that the boys would have the opportunity for a quality educatio n. An oft recalled picture in the mind in those early years is the fami ly on the couch listening to mother read the latest Scattergood Baines sto ry from the American Magazine. Although she only had completed the eigh th grade and later a business course she was determined that her boys wou ld go on to school. It is suspected that the move to CA in 1933 was motiv ated by the opportunity for education even for poof folks. Early yea rs in CA were, lean, but this mother knew how to get much out of very litt le. She assisted her husband in gleaning the lima bean fields in Venic e, CA and cooked lima beans in many different varieties. In 1935 the Hoy le family moved to Pasadena, CA rented a house for $18 per month and settl ed in for three years while her older son attended Pasadena City Colleg e. It was time for another move, This time to Oakland in 1938. Here it w as that Darrell shopped for his mother. She sent him to the store with tw enty-five cents to buy some hamburger and he was to bring back the chang e. He returned with five pounds at the cost of five cents per pound. H is mother cooked the meat, put it in jars and pored grease over the to p. After hamburger for the evening meal had been enjoyed she sealed it f or future meals, since the family had no freezer. In this city Darrell a ttended Technical and Fremont High School and Russell Jr. was graduated fr om the University of California Berkeley. Meanwhile, Russell Sr. went to w ork for the Alameda Naval Air Station where he worked for many year s. He retired at age 71. He and Lela came to Sacramento area to do the t hings retirees are supposed to do. When Darrell was in college and seminar y, the folks sent money intermittently to assist him. The last few yea rs have been somewhat difficult with various illnesses and diseases, but t he Lord if faithful, and her last days seem to have a calm that had not be en too characteristic of her before. | PELTON, Lela Alta (I9207)
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| 6842 | [combined.ged] Lilly was an Artist. | PELTON, Lilly (I834)
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| 6843 | [combined.ged] Listed in IGI records as Jamima | HEWISON, Thomima (I20646)
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| 6844 | [combined.ged] Lumberman. | PELTON, Seth Judson (I379)
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| 6845 | [combined.ged] M.A, D.D., F.D.A. | HEWISON, James King (I15767)
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| 6846 | [combined.ged] Machinist, Etc... | PELTON, Frederic A. (I470)
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| 6847 | [combined.ged] Machinist/Blacksmith | PELTON, George S. (I473)
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| 6848 | [combined.ged] Machinist/Inventor | SOULE, Samuel W. (I996)
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| 6849 | [combined.ged] Maggie's children spoke lovingly of her. Some said she worked herse lf to death doing for others. From her obituary: " Mrs. Berto is fondly r emembered by the many who knew her in her old home community. She was a d evoted wife and a kind mother. She was of a cheerful optimistic dispositi on, ever ready to be of assistance to her friends and neighbors, and one w ho sincerely endeavored to do her full part in her community life." | SAXAUER, Margaret Rosetta (I12520)
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| 6850 | [combined.ged] Merchant-Tailor in Olean, Cattaraugus, NY 1888. | PELTON, John G. (I420)
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