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Whitney Family.
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303
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Feb. 1807, at Camillus, N. Y., John Armstrong, a farmer, born at Newburgh, N. Y., 8 Dec. 1784 They dwelt in Camillus till 1832; and then moved to Ridgeway, N. Y., where they died (he, 11 March 1848; she, 12 Sept. 1863), and were buried in Knowlesville Cemetery.
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III. Seth Wood, b. at Milton, N. Y., 18 May 1788; a farmer; married, 18 May 1816, at Camillus, N. Y., Melinda Dunham, dau. of Jeremiah and Achsah (Reed) Dunham, of Fabius, N. Y., where she was born, 15 July 1798. He died, 14 Ap. 1847, at Savannah, N. Y., where she was still living in Feb. 1877.
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4483
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IV. Polly Maria Wood, b. at Milton, N. Y., 22 June 1790; married in 1807, at Camillus, N. Y., Absalom Chandler, a farmer, born at Goshen, N. Y., 14 Oct. 1776, son of Abram and Sarah Chandler.1 They settled in Canada, where he owned a farm of one hundred acres on the River Thames. On the breaking out of the war of 1812, to avoid entering the army in Canada, he returned to Buffalo, enlisted in the U. S. army, and served till its close; when, finding his Canadian farm confiscated, he moved his family to Owego, N. Y., settling finally, in June 1816, at Hamburgh, N. Y., where they died (he, 4 July 1856; she, 7 Oct. 1860), and were buried in East Hamburgh Cemetery.
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4494
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| 1382
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V. Laura Wood, b. at Milton, N. Y., 22 July 1792; married, in 1809, Conradt Hess; and was living at Three Rivers, Mich., in Jan. 1877.
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4501
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VI. Alvin Wood, b. at Milton, N. Y., 15 Sept 1794; a tailor and farmer; married about 1 Jan. 1818, at Pompey, N. Y., Fanny Woodworth, dau. of Samuel and Lucinda (Beach) Woodworth, of Pompey, formerly of Goshen, Conn., where she was born 11 Sept 1798. He had moved with his parents, when eight years old, to Camillus, N. Y., and continued to dwell there about forty-two years; and then settled at South Butler, N. Y., where he died, 13 Feb. 1874, and was buried. She was living at South Butler, in Jan. 1876.
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VII. Horace Wood, b. at Milton, N. Y., 26 Dec. 1796; a farmer; settled, in 1819, at Camillus, N. Y., where he married, 21 Nov. 1819, Mary Shultz, who came with her brother to Camillus She was born 11 May 1791; and died at Camillus, 11 March 1829, without children. He married (2d), 21 Nov. 1833, at Camillus, Elizabeth Willis, born at Broadalbin, N. Y., 2 Sept. 1804, dau. of Benjamin and Bridget (Cole) Willis, of Batavia, N. Y. They dwelt at Camillus till 1839, at South Butler, N.Y., till 23 Ap. 1853, at Delavan, Wis., till Oct. 1859; and then settled at Milo, Iowa, where he died 1 Nov. 1861. She died at Durand, Wis., 8 March 1874.
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1 They had five children, Isaac, Jacob, Sarah, Absalom and Benjamin.
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