Rachel E. Boynton1

F, #962, b. 10 July 1852, d. 3 February 1948

Family: John Barna Bruce

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
BirthJul 10, 1852Jay, Essex, NY, USA2
MarriageSep 2, 18792
DeathFeb 3, 1948Jay, Essex, NY, USA, a. 95 y 6 m 24 d2
ParentsDEdward R. Boynton2
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 163 #270.
  2. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 163.

John Barna Bruce1,2

M, #963, b. 31 August 1822, d. 12 February 1903

Family: Rachel E. Boynton

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
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BirthAug 31, 1822Jay, Essex, NY, USA3
MarriageSep 2, 18793
DeathFeb 12, 1903Jay, Essex, NY, USA, a. 80 y 5 m 11 d3
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 163 #269.
  2. [S36] Letter, to Charles Vella from Guy Thompson, 6/13/1998.
  3. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 163.

Sallie Jane Bruce1

F, #964, b. 21 March 1881

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
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BirthMar 21, 1881Jay, Essex, NY, USA2
NoteLillian sent records of Seth Houghton family to Sallie Bruce3
Living1953Jay, Essex, NY, USA, unmar.2
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 13, 163 #271.
  2. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 163.
  3. [S1399] Unknown subject.

John Barna Bruce Jr1

M, #965, b. 23 July 1885

Family 1: Edna May Maynard

Family 2: Agnes Patterson

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
BirthJul 23, 18852
MarriageNov 6, 19192
Marriage2
No Childrn
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 163 #272.
  2. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 163.

Edna May Maynard1

F, #966, b. 3 October 1883, d. 28 December 1921

Family: John Barna Bruce Jr

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
BirthOct 3, 18832
MarriageNov 6, 19192
DeathDec 28, 1921a. 38 y 2 m2
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 163 #273.
  2. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 163.

Agnes Patterson1

F, #967

Family: John Barna Bruce Jr

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Marriage2
No Childrn
BiographyWidow of William Brown
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 163 #274.
  2. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 163.

Melville E. Bruce1

M, #968, b. 8 March 1887, d. before 1953

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
BirthMar 8, 18872
Deathbefore 1953deceased2
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 163 #275.
  2. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 163.

James Barna Bruce1

M, #969, b. 20 December 1921

Family: Veronica Sacco

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
BirthDec 20, 19212
MarriageJun 22, 1946Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA, USA2
Residence1953Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA, USA2
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 163 #276.
  2. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 163.

Veronica Sacco1

F, #970

Family: James Barna Bruce

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
MarriageJun 22, 1946Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA, USA2
Residence1953Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA, USA2
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 163 #294.
  2. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 163.

Juliet Houghton1

F, #971, b. circa 1829, d. 18 November 1888

Family: Major Robert Emmet Craig Sr

Biography

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Birthcirca 1829Oswego Co., NY, USA, age 22 in 1850 census; age 40 in 1870 census; Obit: Oswego, NY; Rogers: 1828-18332,3
Graduation1846Granville Female College, Granville, Licking, OH, USA, a Presbyterian seminary4
MarriageNov 7, 1861Vermillion, IN, USA, She married sister's husband.2
EducationSep 25, 1869Parke, IN, USA, Parke Co. issued her a teacher's certificate2
OccupationTerre Haute, IN, USA, Eleanor Lambert Berkson reported that Juliet and her sister Helen ("two Misses Houghton") had a Ladies Seminary4
1870 Census1870Rockville Twp, Parke Co., IN, USA, age 40, a school teacher, property $2000-4005
Living1879Visited Geo. W. Houghton in Albion IA with her father.6
DeathNov 18, 1888Deadwood, Lawrence Co., SD, USA, of pneumonia, while visiting daughter; Obit in Deadwood Pioneer Newspaper2
BurialRockville, Terre Haute, IN, USA4
ObituaryListed her residences: Oswego NY; Houston TX (stepson R. E. Craig Jr. lived there); Albia IA (daughter Helen lived there); Terre Haute IN; Rockville IN
NoteShe took care of her nephew/stepson Robert E. Jr. and her daughte Helen. She never remarried.7
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S415] E-mail Emily Irons Rogers, 1998.
  2. [S415] E-mail from Emily Irons Rogers, 1998.
  3. [S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Granville, Licking, Ohio; Roll: M432_702; Page: 76; line 28, dwl 1062-1133.
  4. [S415] E-mail from Emily Irons Rogers, Feb. 8, 2002.
  5. [S1228] 1870 U.S. Federal Census , Rockville, Parke, Indiana; Roll: M593_349; Page: 28; line 7, dwl 9-9.
  6. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 163.
  7. [S415] E-mail from Emily Rogers, Oct. 13, 1997.

Major Robert Emmet Craig Sr1

M, #972, b. 1831, d. 2 April 1864

Family 1: Helen M. Houghton

Family 2: Juliet Houghton

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
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Birth1831IN, USA2
MarriageAug 4, 1857Licking Co., OH, USA3
1860 CensusJun 1, 1860Newport, Vermillion, IN, USA4
DeathApr 2, 1864Murfreesboro, TN, USA, during Civil War2
BurialRockville, IN, USA
ParentsSDr. Craig and Mary Welsh2
BiographyRobert Emmett Craig Service: Civil War, 85th Regiment. Major Robert Emmett Craig, Sr. was born 1831 in IN. His father was Dr. Thomas Emmett Craig his mother was Mary Elizabeth Welsh. Robert Craig died on 02 Apr 1864 in Murfreesboro, TN. and was buried in Rockville, Parke Co. Indiana in an in-town cemetery. Robert Criag bought the plots there in April, 1862. Robert Craig married, on 04 Aug 1857 in Licking Co. Ohio, Helen M. Houghton, who was born 10 Nov 1835 in NY. Her father was Joseph W. Houghton and her mother was Sally Warner. Helen Houghton Craig died on 06 Jun 1860/1861 in Newport, Vermillion Co. IN. after the birth of her second child. The child died also. Robert Emmett Craig, Jr. was born 17 Aug 1858. He was called Bertie. He married Bess Graham. Mary J. Craig was born about 1860 in Newport, Vermillion Co., IN. and died shortly after her birth, as did her mother, Helen Craig. As a second wife, Robert Emmett Craig, Sr. married Juliet Houghton who was born about 1828 - 1833 in Oswego, NY. Juliet had come to care for her ailing sister and the new child. They were married 07 Nov 1861 in Vermillion Co., IN. Juliet's parents were also Joseph W. Houghton and Sally Warner. Juliet Houghton Craig died 18 Nov 1888 in Deadwood, Lawrence Co., SD. and was buried in Indiana. No marker was in the Rockville cemetery near Robert Craig's grave, nor was there a marker for Helen Craig and the baby. The obit in the SD. paper said that the body was sent by train to Indiana. Helen H. Craig was born 08 Dec 1862 in Rockville (Terre Haute), IN. to Robert and Juliet Houghton Craig. Helen died 29 Dec 1942 in Mason City, Cerro Gordo Co. IA. while visiting her daughter, my grandmother, Fanny Lambert Irons. Helen was buried on 31 Dec 1942 in Oak Hill Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Montgomery Co. IN. Helen Craig married Henry Clay Lambert, who was born 01 Apr 1856 in Bloomfield, Davis Co. IA. They were married 09 Aug 1883 in Crawfordsville, Montgomery Co. IN. Clay Lambert's parents were William Seymour (Sperry) Lambert, Sr. and Olive Jane Benge. Clay Lambert died 16 Jan 1934- 1935 in New York, NY. (Flowers Hospital) and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Montgomery Co. IN. By 1860, Robert Emmett and Helen Houghton Craig were in Newport, (Bellair), Indiana, where Robert was in the practice of law. The 1860 Federal Census for Newport, Vermillion Twp, Vermillion Co. IN. shows Robert Craig, with Helen M Houghton Craig, Robert E. Craig, Mary J. Craig, and Juliet Houghton (school teacher). Helen Houghton Craig died June 6, 1860, as a result of the birth of her daughter Mary J. Craig, who died also. Helen's sister, Juliet Houghton, came to help care for her sister and family when they needed help. Evidently she was comfortable there, and eventually Juliet and Robert Emmett were married, on November 7, 1861. Robert needed someone to care for his son, Robert Emmett, Jr. especially with the coming of the War of the Rebellion. On April 15, 1862 Robert Emmett Craig bought Lot #188 in the 2nd Addition of the Rockville Graveyard, in Rockville, IN. The following military information is from a regimental history of the 85th. Robert Craig raised a company of volunteers for the War of the Rebellion at Rockville, IN. This unit was the 85th Indiana Regiment, organized at Terre Haute on 2 Sep 1862 for the Union cause for three years of service. Col. John Baird and Lt. Col. Alex B. Crane were Major Craig's superior officers. They proceeded to Covington, KY. pursuing the rebel army which fell back. The regiment went into camp at Danville, KY. until 26 Jan 1863; and in late February of 1863 they went to Louisville and then by boat to Nashville, and finally Franklin, TN. They were joined there by the 33rd Indiana, the 22nd Wisconsin, and the 19th Michigan under the command of Col. John Coburn. On March 5, 1863, at Thompson's station, Col. Coburn made an attack on the enemy, driving them back several miles, encountering General Forrest with 5 Brigades, strongly posted behind stone fences where a desperate fight ensued, lasting several hours. The Brigade, including the 85th Indiana volunteers were surrounded by overwhelming force and compelled to surrender. It was its first engagement, and the 85th fought gallantly, changing front three times under fire. The losses were heavy in killed and wounded. After surrender the brigade marched to Tullahoma. The men suffered terribly from hunger, exhaustion, and exposure to the rain and the cold. They were taken to Richmond by rail and placed in Libby Prison. About the first of April, (May 5, 1863) the prisoners were exchanged and returned to Indianapolis. During their captivity the 85th suffered exceedingly from ill-usage, several dying along the march and in the prison. In June, 1863, after exchange, the regiment went to Franklin, Tennessee, and engaged in skirmishing until General Bragg's army fell back April 20, 1864. The regiment left Lavergne and went to Look Out Valley with Colburn's Brigade. They joined the 20th Army Corps and immediately entered the Atlanta campaign, participating in the battles of Rececea, Cassville, Dallas, (Telytha? Church), Culp's Farm, and Peach Tree Creek. They were the first to receive the charging forces of the enemy's opening fire when not over 50' from the rebel front. This battle of July 20, 1864, was one of the fiercest and most terrible. The ground in front of the 85th was piled with dead and wounded confederates. The Regiment also participated in the battle of Atlanta on July 22, 1864. On November 15, 1864, the 85th started with Sherman's army on the historic march from Atlanta to the sea, and on December 12, 1864, came upon the enemy's lines at Savannah, Georgia. On Jan 1, 1865, the division to which the 85th was attached with the first to cross into South Caroline and on February 1, 1864, started its last campaign through the Carolinas. March 16, 1864 they engaged in a battle at Averysboro, North Carolina, and suffered heavily in killed and wounded. In this battle less than a month before the surrender at Appomattox, three brave boys of Co. A were killed. It was at the Battle of Bentonville that Goldboro marched in the campaign against Raleigh and after the surrender of Johnson, marched via Richmond to Washington where the 85th participated in the grand march down Pennsylvania Avenue. From May 15, 1864 until the muster out, the 85th lost in killed and wounded about 150 men, exclusive of those who died from disease. On December 8, 1862/63, Helen Houghton Craig was born to Juliet and Robert Emmett Craig. She was named for Juliet's sister and Robert's first wife, Helen M. Houghton Craig. Major Robert E. Craig died April 2, 1864, in Murfreesboro, TN. in a Civil War Hospital, three years after he and Juliet were married, having been in the service the entire time of their marriage. He died of injuries received at Libby Prison. 85th Indiana Vol. Co I. Pension certificate #38983 dated 10 June 1864. Pension application #53771 dated 10 June 1862. Source for this information is Emily Irons Rogers at email address mmrogers@aol.com5
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S415] E-mail from Emily Irons Rogers, 1998.
  2. [S415] E-mail from Emily Irons Rogers, Dec. 31, 2000.
  3. [S415] E-mail Emily Irons Rogers, 1998.
  4. [S235] U.S. Census, 1860 Newport, Vermillion, IN.
  5. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://jerry.vigo.lib.in.us/civilwar/085notes.htm

Loraine Kimball1

F, #975

Family: Joseph Frankly Bruce

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Marriage2
ParentsDJames Kimball
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 164 #285.
  2. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 164.

Mary Bruce1

F, #976

Family: Wesley Southmaid

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Birth
Marriage2
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 164 #286.
  2. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 164.

Wesley Southmaid1

M, #977

Family: Mary Bruce

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
Marriage2
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 164 #287.
  2. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 164.

Robert Bruce1

M, #978

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
Birth
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 164 #288.

Martha Bruce1

F, #979

Family: Henry Beckwith

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
Birth
ResidenceMorrisonville, NY, USA2
Marriage2
Biography"Martha was always called Mattie. She died at the home of her sister Mary Southmaid. Her husband after Mattie's death went to the watering trough to water his mules only a few steps from the Southmaid's home on the way to the barn. He dropped dead. The bodies of Mattie and her husband Henry were taken to their home in Morrisonville and they were buried from there."2
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 164 #290.
  2. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 165.

Henry Beckwith1

M, #980

Family: Martha Bruce

Biography

OccupationFarmer
Corresponded with authorN
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
ResidenceMorrisonville, NY, USA2
Marriage2
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 165 #291.
  2. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 165.

Cora Bruce1

F, #981

Family: C. W. Smith

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Birth
Marriage2
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 165 #292.
  2. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 165.

C. W. Smith1

M, #982

Family: Cora Bruce

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
Marriage1
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 165.

Jonah Bruce1

M, #983

Family: Sally Houghton

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Birth
Marriage2
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 165 #293.
  2. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 165.

Ann Bruce1

F, #984

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
Birth
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 165 #294.

Pollie Bruce1,2

F, #985

Family: Oliver Cook

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
Birth
Marriage3
BiographyPollard: Grew up at her Aunt's home. Her aunt was Anna Wheeler Atherton.2
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 165 #295.
  2. [S33] Pollard, History of Baltimore VT, p. 112.
  3. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 165.

Oliver Cook1,2

M, #986

Family: Pollie Bruce

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
Marriage3
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 165 #297.
  2. [S33] Pollard, History of Baltimore VT, p. 112.
  3. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 165.

Philadelphia Bruce1

F, #987, b. circa 1818

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
Birthcirca 1818
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 165 #297.

Hannah Bruce1

F, #988

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
Birth
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 165 #298.

Mary Houghton Bruce1,2

F, #989, b. 5 October 1817, d. 8 May 1893

Family: Daniel Blish

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
BirthOct 5, 1817Jay, Essex, NY, USA, age 32 in 1850 census; age 43 in 1860 census3,4
MarriageJan 8, 1840Jay, Essex, NY, USA3,5,2,4
1850 Census1850Jay, Essex Co., NY, USA, age 33, farmer; and mother Beulah Blish and Barney Bruce6
1860 Census1860Jay, Essex Co., NY, USA, age 55, farmer; and Beulah Bliss, 787
1870 Census1870Jay, Essex Co., NY, USA, age 65, clothier8
DeathMay 8, 1893Jay, Essex, NY, USA3,4
ResearchMary H. Bruce, wife of Daniel Blish", on her gravestone, was buried next to Daniel Blish. She married Deacon Austin Hickok, a widower with four sons. In Aug. 1872 they moved to Englewood, Ill. (now a neighborhood in Chicago), where he died 19 Sep. 1879. After his death she resided there with her son Frank Daniel Blish.[2]"
The footnote 2: James Knox Blish, Genealogy of the Blish Family in America 1637-1905 (Kewanee, Ill.: J. K. Blish, 1905) pp. 184-185.
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 169 #299.
  2. [S28] DAR Lineage Book, V. 38, p. 226.
  3. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 169.
  4. [S415] E-mail from Daniel Blish, Apr 3 2004, from Blish Genealogy and its Supplement.
  5. [S33] Pollard, History of Baltimore VT, p. 112.
  6. [S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Jay, Essex, New York; Roll: M432_504; Page: 204, line 16, dwl 2908-2978.
  7. [S1227] 1860 U.S. Federal Census , Jay, Essex, New York; Roll: M653_753; Page: 691; line 5, dwl 1011-977.
  8. [S1228] 1870 U.S. Federal Census , Jay, Essex, New York; Roll: M593_936; Page: 122; line 31, dwl 180.

John Joseph Bruce1

M, #990, b. 9 August 1949

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
BirthAug 9, 1949Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, no bp2
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 165 #300.
  2. [S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 165.