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187. Erastus Seymour

187. ERASTUS6 SEYMOUR (Samuel5, Joseph4, Zachariah3, John2, Richard1), born at Colebrook, Conn., 23 Sept. 1794, died there 9 Sept. 1854; married at Colebrook, 27 Nov. 1818, JERUSHA KING PORTER, born 7 Aug. 1790, died at Colebrook, 7 Mar. 1874.

He was drafted at Colebrook, Aug. 1813, for service in the War of 1812, and was in the Conn. Militia to Sept. 1815.

Children:
i. CHARLES7, b. 3 Jan. 1821; unm.
ii. EDWARD PORTER, b. 11 Nov. 1822; d. at Colebrook, 8 Apr. 1908; a farmer; m. at Lenox, Mass., 16 May 1844, FRANCES M. CROSBY, b. 25 Feb. 1825, d. at Colebrook, 23 May 1908. Child:
I. Charles Edward8, b. 23 May 1847; real estate dealer, res. (1919) Winsted, Conn.; m. at Torrington, Conn., 11 Nov. 1870, Harriet Amelia Reed, b. 6 May 1854. Children:
(1) Mary Frances9, b. 11 July 1876.
(2) Florence Crosby, b. 13 May 1879; m. Guy E. Hood.
(3) Edward Porter, b. 30 July 1881.
iii. MARY E., b. 21 Jan. 1825; d. in 1841.
iv. SAMUEL, b. 14 Dec. 1829; d. at Rockford, 111., 7 Mar. 1906; in real estate and insurance business; m. (1) LAURA LEWIS; m. (2) at Davis Junction, 111., 18 Sept. 1902, FLORENCE E. KENNISH, b. at Rockford, 22 Feb. 1876. Child by second wife:
I. Porter Kennish8, b. 29 June 1903.
v. JOHN, b. 29 Sept. 1831; m. MARGARET L. WRIGHT, dau. of Alvin of Colebrook.


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