Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-02-16
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4 CHAPTER OF PERSONAL AID OK
NTALOGIcAL HISTORY.


In Tie list o. Revolutionary soldiers, a.
given ~ Dr. Lspham. Ia The DEMOCRAT Of
jan. 70. there wts only one person Nth
whom | wss ever well acqutlriei, and
that wAs my grandfather, Moses Durham
Who lived a number of Year,, and died 10
nv fathers family. Sept Is, i,t5
There l. an item az genealogical histoy
connected with my grandfather, which l
Wish 90 preserve fom oblivion. and
know 81 10 batter way ~ tolrs so than ~
placlus II In The columns ~ The nrNo.
cE.r. OF biz gsrs1H1i history ! know but
ut,lc. IT, Wa born Ia 1857, All cuusc'
qusniiy was only Is when The wsr tfokc
out In is55. ari enlisted uufer washing
ton soon amer How mkry battles b. Vas
IN during The siruggic Tor hbfriJ, have
70 msausof knowing. Int qllic a rumhfr;
BE- wss IN ne siege 40 Yorktown. ard o..
NAMED Ia The army until 10 va disbaniod
In i5.S. lie had The snail FOX some time
during The war. bat lu What year i wholly
unknown. know not When BE- was mar
rlei. bat u must have been soon amer
leaving The army. since faihsr was Tie
third chilG In The family, srd was born 10
iis-.
In iso5 grandfather moved bis ifaily
from Carver. Mas. 90 Hartford, Maine.
There were then seven children. " sons
and I've daughters. About The came time
bis brothers aud sisters, tea Ia nnmhtr,
moved down ari scitci ID haftfori, Iuf'
rer. Hebron aud Sumner
IL Is remarkable bow some nnllles viii
multiply AMI hl the land Ike he Hebrews
Ia Egypt. while Others dwluiic away. and
amer a few gensrailons become extinct
thus the dssctudcnu % william Tel died
oct more than go years ago, while The
L.uihcrs, who descended from The great
reforutr. have become quiie numerous.
And BOW We have come 20 The gsnsalog'
zeal history bis two sons wefc Charles
and Lfmuei; Charlie. was never married.
and died In lsSs. L<muel married Molly
Bisbse who had four children, THREE daugh.
isTs and one sou. Lemusl (Jf.li his vile
died IN isl2, ard In is1, be msrIlQd Iahi'
Tia Brigss. wto hal two sons, Luther aus
srd Charles. femnel died In lsis, ard
Luther In ist9. thus leaving two sons,
Lemuel aud Charles. And nov l will
speak Of myself In The nfsi person ! have
three children lisirg. two daughters AID
one son. Elton lee; and here the romsucc
ends. last because I refused 90 have him
take ny own name. - all the family wish
him 90. Charles has been married twice,
aud has two daughters ard one sou, Gas.
A. And now. after nearly 100 years, In TIE
fourth generation. there arc jest A. mauy
male children a. there were Ina The second,
and would have been called by the same
names, bad 10 not been f0r my dislike oi
having two OF name In The same family.
There were three out 90 the I've daughters
who married anG had families, 80 that
g~randlAiher's pos,srity, bearing other
names, number nearly IS Only one OF bis
family il now living, widow CAlsin Cor
ney. who was born In isOo.
Grandfather moved bis family 20 Hart
ford In = large wagon, drawn BY a yoke Of
oxer. and was fOlrieen days on The road.
wa only rneen years old when be died,
and never heard him say much about those
times that tried mems souls"; but ! re-
member his telling father once that he was
on the march and In battle a, oue time 4,
hours. nearly b~Arefooicd, and without a
mouihful 90 food.
Ny folks used 20 tell some Interesting
Incidents. from grandfather, = couple OF
OF which I will relate
one day while on the march they came
across a man lying on the ground aud 10
great distress on being asked what allied
him, be sald be had been bitten by a great
spider. IL so happened that they had oc-
caslon IN pass the same place again not
long Afterwards, and found the dead body
OF the man lying near the place where he
was before. lie was poisoned 10 death by
something.
AZ another time they marched by a cabin
Inhabited by Albln0es, the parents and
eight children al standing out In the door
yard In a row, according 20 their ages, on
purpose. probably, 20 be seen on account
OF their novelty. IL was said 20 be ~ 10.
teresilng \ sight a. be witnessed while In
the army.
Ills remains are lying In 81 old forsaken
burying ground In Hartford, with this In.
scrip,ion on his graye-stonei
A Reyolstioner.
MOSES DUNIIAN
Died sept. rs.
ri. =.