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     Almeda B. Holcombe was born on 29 March 1817 at VT.¹ She was the daughter of Isaac Holcombe and Hannah Loop.¹ Almeda B. Holcombe married Elam David Hewitt on 29 March 1840.² Almeda B. Holcombe died on 27 August 1890 at Randolph, Columbia Co., WI, at age 73.¹ She was buried at Friesland Cemetery, Friesland, Columbia Co., WI.¹

     Henry Bradshaw was born in 1837 at England.¹ He married Mary Fatima Hewitt, daughter of Elam David Hewitt and Almeda B. Holcombe, on 8 April 1861 at Columbia Co., WI. Henry Bradshaw died on 5 September 1892 at MN.¹

     Susan Jane Holcombe was born on 5 April 1827 at Edinburg, Saratoga Co., NY.¹ She was the daughter of Isaac Holcombe and Hannah Loop. Susan Jane Holcombe married Eli G. Wilkins on 8 September 1850 at Columbia Co., WI. Susan Jane Holcombe died on 26 February 1924 at Fort Collins, Larimer Co., CO, at age 96.¹ She was buried at Harmony Cemetery, Fort Collins, Larimer Co., CO.¹

     Jerome B. Hewitt was born in March 1844 at Day Center, Saratoga Co., NY.¹ He was the son of Elam David Hewitt and Almeda B. Holcombe.¹ Jerome B. Hewitt married Josephine E. Woodruff. Jerome B. Hewitt died on 19 September 1923 at Chicago, Cook Co., IL, at age 79.¹

     Mary Fatima Hewitt was born on 8 April 1841 at Edinburg, Saratoga Co., NY.¹ She was the daughter of Elam David Hewitt and Almeda B. Holcombe. Mary Fatima Hewitt married Henry Bradshaw on 8 April 1861 at Columbia Co., WI. Mary Fatima Hewitt died on 29 July 1914 at Portland, Multnomah Co., OR, at age 73.¹

     William H. Hughes was born in August 1853 at WI. He married Hannah Almeda Hewitt, daughter of Elam David Hewitt and Almeda B. Holcombe. William H. Hughes died on 28 April 1933 at Potter Co., SD, at age 79.

     Josephine E. Woodruff was born in 1852 at WI. She married Jerome B. Hewitt, son of Elam David Hewitt and Almeda B. Holcombe. Josephine E. Woodruff died on 22 August 1896 at Chicago, Cook Co., IL.

     Albert E. Hewitt was born on 18 October 1850 at Randolph, Columbia Co., WI.¹ He was the son of Elam David Hewitt and Almeda B. Holcombe. Albert E. Hewitt married Ida Belle Clark on 30 March 1873 at Marquette Co., WI. Albert E. Hewitt died on 15 March 1884 at Galena, Lawrence Co., SD, at age 33.¹ He was buried on 16 March 1884 at Galena Cemetery, Galena, Lawrence Co., SD.¹

     Ida Belle Clark was born in September 1848 at VT. She married Albert E. Hewitt, son of Elam David Hewitt and Almeda B. Holcombe, on 30 March 1873 at Marquette Co., WI. Ida Belle Clark died in 1923 at Goldfield, Esmeralda Co., NV.

     George Washington Hewitt was born in June 1852 at Randolph, Columbia Co., WI.¹ He was the son of Elam David Hewitt and Almeda B. Holcombe.¹ George Washington Hewitt married Stella Anne Carnahan on 22 April 1896 at Monroe Co., WI. George Washington Hewitt died on 25 October 1938 at Spink Co., SD, at age 86.¹

     Hannah Almeda Hewitt was born in 1849 at Randolph, Columbia Co., WI. She was the daughter of Elam David Hewitt and Almeda B. Holcombe. Hannah Almeda Hewitt married William H. Hughes. Hannah Almeda Hewitt died on 3 December 1879 at Randolph, Columbia Co., WI.

     William Wallace Hewitt was born on 1 June 1854 at Randolph, Columbia Co., WI.¹ He was the son of Elam David Hewitt and Almeda B. Holcombe.¹ William Wallace Hewitt married Katherine S. Hughes on 1 January 1879 at Columbia Co., WI. William Wallace Hewitt died on 17 October 1924 at Gettysburg, Potter Co., SD, at age 70.¹

     Stella Anne Carnahan was born in 1877. She married George Washington Hewitt, son of Elam David Hewitt and Almeda B. Holcombe, on 22 April 1896 at Monroe Co., WI. Stella Anne Carnahan died in 1903.

     Gilbert Dixon Huntley was born in August 1860 at Canada. He married Cecil Almeda Hewitt, daughter of Elam David Hewitt and Almeda B. Holcombe, on 23 September 1883 at Polk Co., MN. Gilbert Dixon Huntley died on 3 July 1936 at WI at age 75.

     Katherine S. Hughes was born on 1 January 1858 at WI. She married William Wallace Hewitt, son of Elam David Hewitt and Almeda B. Holcombe, on 1 January 1879 at Columbia Co., WI. Katherine S. Hughes died on 17 June 1913 at Gettysburg, Potter Co., SD, at age 55.

     Henry Sawyer Hewitt was born in October 1859 at Randolph, Columbia Co., WI. He was the son of Elam David Hewitt and Almeda B. Holcombe. Henry Sawyer Hewitt married Johanna L. Burke on 9 January 1889 at Green Lake Co., WI. Henry Sawyer Hewitt died on 6 October 1940 at Pardeeville, Columbia Co., WI.

     Cecil Almeda Hewitt was born in January 1857 at Randolph, Columbia Co., WI.¹ She was the daughter of Elam David Hewitt and Almeda B. Holcombe.¹ Cecil Almeda Hewitt married Gilbert Dixon Huntley on 23 September 1883 at Polk Co., MN. Cecil Almeda Hewitt died on 16 November 1929 at WI at age 72.¹

     William Henry Collins was born on 3 November 1860 at Metomen, Fond Du Lac Co., WI. He married Alice Lena Hewitt, daughter of Elam David Hewitt and Almeda B. Holcombe, in 1887. William Henry Collins died on 30 March 1943 at Spokane, Spokane Co, WA, at age 82.

     Johanna L. Burke was born in March 1862 at Kingston, Green Lake Co., WI. She married Henry Sawyer Hewitt, son of Elam David Hewitt and Almeda B. Holcombe, on 9 January 1889 at Green Lake Co., WI.

     Thomas Eugene Bradshaw was born on 16 December 1864 at Columbia Co., WI.¹ He was the son of Henry Bradshaw and Mary Fatima Hewitt. Thomas Eugene Bradshaw married Mary Lillian Warring on 28 December 1889 at Grand Forks, Grand Forks Co., ND. Thomas Eugene Bradshaw married Jettie N. Allender on 10 September 1904 at Rathdam, Kootenai Co., ID. Thomas Eugene Bradshaw died on 3 November 1934 at Hoquiam, Grays Harbor Co., WA, at age 69.¹ He was buried at Forest Hills Cemetery, Cosmopolis, Grays Harbor Co., WA.¹

The death is reported of Thomas Eugene Bradshaw a former resident of Chehalis.

He was a native of Wisconsin where he was born years ago. The family lived in this city many years prior to moving to Grays Harbor nine years ago.

Survivors are widow Mrs Jettie Bradshaw, his children, Mrs A. J. Anderson of Medford, Ore, Mrs J. R. King of Ore, Mrs N. J. Monterey, Miss Mildred Irene, Miss Juanita Bradshaw, E. R. Bradshaw of Cal, L. B. Bradshaw of California and Milton Bradshaw of Cosmopolis and two grandsons Jack of Alaska and Robert King of Ore.

Funeral services were held and burial was in the Fellows cemetery at Unit place.

From: Page 2 of Centralia Daily Chronicle, November 17, 1934. transcribed by James T. Paxton.

Eugene and Mary were enumerated in the 1900 Napavine, Lewis Co., WA, federal census. He was a farmer age 35, she was 26. Children in the household were Minnie 7, Daisy 7, and Ruth 4.

Thomas E. and Jettie were enumerated in the 1910 Newaukum, Lewis Co., WA, federal census. He was a farmer age 45, she was 25. Children in the household were Ruth 14, Earl 8, Gladys 5, and Lloyd B. 2.

Thomas and Jettie were enumerated in the 1920 Chehalis, Lewis Co., WA, federal census. He was a lumber mill laborer age 55, she was 34. Children in the household were Gladys 14, Loyd 10, Milton 6, and Jettie 4.

Thomas and Mary had four children; Thomas and Jettie had five children.

     Alice Lena Hewitt was born on 6 September 1860 at Randolph, Columbia Co., WI.¹ She was the daughter of Elam David Hewitt and Almeda B. Holcombe.¹ Alice Lena Hewitt married William Henry Collins in 1887. Alice Lena Hewitt died on 31 January 1942 at Spokane, Spokane Co, WA, at age 81.¹

     George Leslie Bunker Paxton was born on 23 April 1893 at Alpena, Alpena C., MI.¹ He married Ruth Pearl Bradshaw, daughter of Thomas Eugene Bradshaw and Mary Lillian Warring, on 6 July 1914 at Vancouver, Clark Co., WA. George Leslie Bunker Paxton died on 10 April 1917 at Portland, Multnomah Co., OR, at age 23.¹ He was buried at Greenwood Hills, Portland, Multnomah Co., OR.¹

     Mary Lillian Warring was born on 1 January 1874 at Gillford Twp., Wabash Co., MN. She married Thomas Eugene Bradshaw, son of Henry Bradshaw and Mary Fatima Hewitt, on 28 December 1889 at Grand Forks, Grand Forks Co., ND. Mary Lillian Warring died on 13 April 1903 at Chehalis, Lewis Co., WA, at age 29.

     LtCol Jack Leslie Paxton was born on 22 March 1915 at Everett, Snohomish Co., WA.¹ He was the son of George Leslie Bunker Paxton and Ruth Pearl Bradshaw.¹ LtCol Jack Leslie Paxton married Gertrude Mae Dodds in 1949. LtCol Jack Leslie Paxton died on 11 October 1987 at Seattle, King Co., WA, at age 72.¹

From the Seattle Post- Intelligencer, 14 October, 1987:

LtCol Jack Leslie Paston, age 72, died Oct. 11th. Dearly loved and survived by wife, Dolly; sons, James and Alan; son-in-law and daughter, Kenneth and Leslie Ann Rousseau and grandson, Scott Paxton. Retired from army after 30 years service in 1961 and from the King County Assessors Office in 1977. He was an emeritus member of W.D. Luckie Lodge No. 89 F. & A.M., Atlanta, Ga; a Knight Templer Coeur de Lion Commandery, College Park, Ga. Member of National Sojourners, the Nile Temple Shrine, Lake City Elks and St. George's Episcopal Church. Memorial service Wednesday, October 14, 1 p.m., at St. George's Episcopal Church, 2212 N.E. 125th, Lake City. Memorials, in lieu of flowers, may be sent to St. George's Episcopal Church or to the Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children, c/o Nile Temple, 500 N.E. 205th St., Edmonds, 98020.

     Jettie N. Allender was born on 15 February 1885 at Mt. Pleasant, Henry Co., IA. She married Thomas Eugene Bradshaw, son of Henry Bradshaw and Mary Fatima Hewitt, on 10 September 1904 at Rathdam, Kootenai Co., ID. Jettie N. Allender died on 8 July 1970 at Lincoln Co., OR, at age 85.

     Ruth Pearl Bradshaw was born on 6 November 1895 at Crookston, Polk Co., MN. She was the daughter of Thomas Eugene Bradshaw and Mary Lillian Warring. Ruth Pearl Bradshaw married George Leslie Bunker Paxton on 6 July 1914 at Vancouver, Clark Co., WA. Ruth Pearl Bradshaw died on 10 June 1919 at Yakima, Yakima Co., WA, at age 23.

     Stanley Arthur Holcombe was born on 9 August 1940 at Pawlet, Rutland Co., VT. He was the son of Richard Sanford Holcombe and Leeta Corey. Stanley Arthur Holcombe married Sandra K. Mason on 1 February 1964 at Pawlet Methodist Church, Pawlet, Rutland Co., VT. Stanley Arthur Holcombe died on 4 August 2012 at Wells, Rutland Co., VT, at age 71. He was buried on 8 August 2012 at Wells Town Cemetery, Wells, Rutland Co., VT.¹

From the Rutland Herald, 6 August 2012:
Stanley Arthur Holcomb, 71, passed away Aug. 4, 2012, at his daughter's home in Wells, Vt., following a long illness.

Stanley was born Aug. 9, 1940, in Pawlet, Vt., the son of the late Richard and Leeta (Corey) Holcomb.

Stanley was a building contractor and a familiar face throughout the valley. He was an extremely hard worker. He enjoyed hunting and also liked playing softball and baseball. But his real treasured time was that spent with his grandchildren. He was an Army veteran. Stanley was a member of the Modern Woodman in Wells, Vt., a member of Pawlet Community Church and a member of the Order of the Eastern and the Morning Flower Lodge in Pawlet.

In addition to his parents, Stanley was predeceased by a brother, Richard A. Holcomb, and a sister, Grace Hurley.

Survivors include his wife of 48 years, Sandra (Mason) Holcomb. He is also survived by his son, Jeffrey and his wife, Susan, of Wells, Vt; and a daughter, Theresa Pauquette, and her husband, Richard, also of Wells, Vt. He was blessed with five grandchildren, Lauren, Hannah, Erik, Bryce and Amber; as well as several nieces and nephews.

A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012, at Robert M. King Funeral Home, 23 Church St., Granville, N.Y., with the Rev. Robert Bushmen, Stanley's nephew, presiding.

Burial will follow at the Wells Cemetery.

Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, at the funeral home.

Stanley and Sandra were married while he was serving in the Army at Ft. Devens.

     Jabez Wood married Hannah Nelson, daughter of Thomas Nelson and Hope Huckins.¹

     Hannah Nelson was the daughter of Thomas Nelson and Hope Huckins.¹ Hannah Nelson married Jabez Wood.¹

     Hope Huckins was the daughter of John Huckins and Hope Chipman.¹

     John Huckins married Hope Chipman, daughter of John Chipman and Hope Howland.¹

     Hope Chipman was born in 1652. She was the daughter of John Chipman and Hope Howland.¹ Hope Chipman married John Huckins.¹ Hope Chipman died in 1728.

     John Chipman married Hope Howland, daughter of John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley.

     Rebecca Higgins was born on 3 May 1724 at Eastham, Barnstable Co., MA. She was the daughter of Capt. Joseph Higgins Jr. and Mercy Remick.¹ Rebecca Higgins married Richard Waite on 13 January 1757 at Lyme, New London Co., CT.¹ Rebecca Higgins died on 17 May 1785 at Lyme, New London Co., CT, at age 61. She was buried at Waite Cemetery, Old Lyme, New London Co., CT.²

     Richard Waite was born on 1 June 1711 at Lyme, New London Co., CT. He married Rebecca Higgins, daughter of Capt. Joseph Higgins Jr. and Mercy Remick, on 13 January 1757 at Lyme, New London Co., CT.¹ Richard Waite died on 26 December 1790 at Lyme, New London Co., CT, at age 79. He was buried at Waite Cemetery, Old Lyme, New London Co., CT.²

     Susanah Matson was born on 10 December 1761 at Lyme, New London Co., CT. She married Remick Waite, son of Richard Waite and Rebecca Higgins, on 29 June 1786 at Lyme, New London Co., CT.¹ Susanah Matson died on 5 June 1850 at Old Lyme, New London Co., CT, at age 88. She was buried at Duck River Cemetery, Old Lyme, New London Co., CT.²

     Judge Henry Matson Waite was born on 9 February 1787 at Lyme, New London Co., CT.¹ He was the son of Remick Waite and Susanah Matson.¹ Judge Henry Matson Waite married Maria Selden on 23 January 1816.¹ Judge Henry Matson Waite died on 14 December 1869 at Lyme, New London Co., CT, at age 82.¹ He was buried at Duck River Cemetery, Old Lyme, New London Co., CT.²

Henry Waite was the eldest child of Remick and Susannah (Matson) Waite. He entered College at the beginning of Sophomore year, from Bacon Academy, Colchester, Conn. Early in 1810, he commenced the study of law with Hon. Matthew Griswold and Ex-Gov. Roger Gnswold, of Lyme. He was admitted to the bar in Dec, 1812, and pursued the practice of his profession thereafter in his native town. In 1815, he was a representative in the lower branch of the State Legislature, and after that was repeatedly re-elected; in 1832 and 1833 he was a member of the State Senate. In 1834, he was elected an Associate Judge of the Superior Court and Supreme Court of Errors, and twenty years later, Chief Justice. In Febr., 1857, having reached the constitutional limit for judicial office, he retired to private life. The degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred upon him by Yale College in 1855.

Judge Waite married, 23 Jan., 1816, Maria, daughter of Col. Richard E. Selden, of Lyme. She died soon after the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding day. Of their eight children (seven sons and one daughter), three graduated at Yale College.

A sketch of the life of Judge Waite, with a portrait, was published in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register for April, 1870.

Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale College, Deceased during the Academical Year ending in July 1870.

     Amelia Champlin Warner married Judge Morrison Remick Waite, son of Judge Henry Matson Waite and Maria Selden, on 21 September 1840 at Hartford, Hartford Co., CT.¹

     Rebecca Alden was the daughter of John Alden and Priscilla Mulliins.¹ Rebecca Alden married Thomas Delano.¹

     Mercy Gillett was born on 30 January 1682 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.¹ She was the daughter of John Gillett and Mary Barber.¹ Mercy Gillett married Sgt. Jacob Adams on 24 December 1702 at Suffield, Hartford Co., CT.¹

     Isaac Worden was born in 1781. He married Elizabeth (?) Isaac Worden died in 1853.