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     Ruby (?) was born circa 1898 at IL.¹ She married Leonard H. Tompkins, son of James Martin Tompkins and Dollie Melissa Holcombe, circa 1927.¹

     LaVerna L. Cook was born on 17 September 1912 at Durant, IA.^1,2 She married Leonard H. Tompkins, son of James Martin Tompkins and Dollie Melissa Holcombe, on 16 August 1952 at Sterling, Whiteside Co., IL.¹ LaVerna L. Cook died on 4 December 1992 at Sterling, Whiteside Co., IL, at age 80.^1,2 She was buried at IOOF Cemetery, Rock Falls, Whiteside Co., IL; Sec. 14, Lot 23.³

     William Griswold was born circa 1891 at NY.¹ He was the son of Edgar John Griswold and Mary Jane Hall.¹

     Thomas Snodgrass was born.¹ He died on 14 March 1886 at May Twp., Lee Co., IL.

     Edward Wellington Ellingwood was born on 1 July 1880 at Woodstock, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada.¹ He married Mabel Dolly Karr, daughter of Thomas William Karr and (?) Simons, on 29 July 1901 at Windsor, Essex Co., Ontario, Canada.¹ Edward Wellington Ellingwood died on 6 March 1962 at Pasadena, Los Angeles Co., CA, at age 81.¹ He was buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Altadena, Los Angeles Co., CA.¹

     Raymond Thomas York was born on 27 February 1900 at Chicago, Cook Co., IL. He married Kathryne Mary Armstrong, daughter of Willard Warren Armstrong and Sarah Alvira Wynkoop, on 8 May 1926. Raymond Thomas York died on 26 October 1962 at Wayland, MI, at age 62. He was buried at Elmwood Cemetery, Wayland, MI.

     Robert E. Honer was born on 16 January 1921.¹ He died on 22 April 1988 at La Canada Flintridge, Los Angeles Co., CA, at age 67.¹

Bob was one of the founders of Scientific Atlanta.

     Edith Kermit Carow was born on 6 August 1861 at CT.¹ She married President Theodore Roosevelt Jr., son of Theodore Roosevelt and Martha Bulloch, on 2 December 1886 at St. George's Church, London, England.¹ Edith Kermit Carow died on 30 September 1948 at age 87.

     Mary Gaylord was born.¹ She was the daughter of John Gaylord and Mary Clark.¹ Mary Gaylord married Ebenezer Bliss in January 1707.¹

     Ebenezer Bliss was born on 27 July 1683. He married Mary Gaylord, daughter of John Gaylord and Mary Clark, in January 1707.¹

     Jedediah Bliss was born on 7 February 1709 at Springfield, Hampden Co., MA.¹ He was the son of Ebenezer Bliss and Mary Gaylord.¹ Jedediah Bliss married Miriam Hitchcock on 19 August 1748.¹ Jedediah Bliss died on 30 November 1777 at Springfield, Hampden Co., MA, at age 68.

     Miriam Hitchcock was born on 14 July 1720.¹ She married Jedediah Bliss, son of Ebenezer Bliss and Mary Gaylord, on 19 August 1748.¹

     Alexander Bliss was born on 11 October 1753 at Springfield, Hampden Co., MA.¹ He was the son of Jedediah Bliss and Miriam Hitchcock.¹ Alexander Bliss married Abigail Williams.¹ Alexander Bliss died on 25 July 1843 at Springfield, Hampden Co., MA, at age 89.¹

     Abigail Williams was born.¹ She married Alexander Bliss, son of Jedediah Bliss and Miriam Hitchcock.¹

     Nathan Hoyt was born on 27 February 1793 at Gilmanton, Belknap Co., NH.¹ He married Margaret Bliss, daughter of Alexander Bliss and Abigail Williams, on 25 August 1826 at Springfield, Hampden Co., MA.¹

Nathan and Margaret were enumerated in the 1850 Athens, Clarke Co., GA, federal census. He was a Presbyterian Minister, age 57; she was 55. Children in the household were Louisa 20, William 18, Henry 16, Robert 14, and Margaret 11.

     Margaret Jane Hoyt was born in 1838 at Athens, Clarke Co., GA.¹ She was the daughter of Nathan Hoyt and Margaret Bliss.¹ Margaret Jane Hoyt married Samuel Edward Axson, son of Isaac Stockton Keith Axson and Rebecca Longstreet Randolph, on 16 November 1858 at Savannah, Chatham Co, GA.¹ Margaret Jane Hoyt died in 1881.¹

     Samuel Edward Axson was born on 23 December 1836 at Liberty Co., GA.¹ He was the son of Isaac Stockton Keith Axson and Rebecca Longstreet Randolph. Samuel Edward Axson married Margaret Jane Hoyt, daughter of Nathan Hoyt and Margaret Bliss, on 16 November 1858 at Savannah, Chatham Co, GA.¹

S. E. and Margaret J. were enumerated in the 1860 Beach Island, Edgefield Co., SC, federal census. He was a clergyman age 23, she was 21. the only child in the household was Ellen L. 3 months. They were enumerated in the household of S. G. U. Black, a planter.

     Isaac Stockton Keith Axson was born on 3 October 1813 at Charleston, Charleston Co., SC. He married Rebecca Longstreet Randolph.

I.S.K. and Rebecah were enumerated in the 1850 District 15, Liberty Co., GA, federal census. He was a clergyman age 36, she was 36. Children in the household were Edward 13, Randolph 12, and Sarah 9.

     Rebecca Longstreet Randolph was born in 1815 at Charleston, Charleston Co., SC. She married Isaac Stockton Keith Axson.

     First Lady Ellen Louise Axson was born on 15 May 1860 at Savannah, Chatham Co, GA.¹ She was the daughter of Samuel Edward Axson and Margaret Jane Hoyt.¹ First Lady Ellen Louise Axson married President Thomas Woodrow Wilson on 24 April 1885 at Savannah, Chatham Co, GA. First Lady Ellen Louise Axson died on 6 August 1914 at White House, Washington, DC, at age 54.¹

     President Thomas Woodrow Wilson was born on 28 December 1856 at Staunton, Augusta Co., VA. He married First Lady Ellen Louise Axson, daughter of Samuel Edward Axson and Margaret Jane Hoyt, on 24 April 1885 at Savannah, Chatham Co, GA. President Thomas Woodrow Wilson married First Lady Edith Bolling, daughter of William Holcombe Bolling and Sallie Spears White, on 18 December 1915 at Washington, DC.¹ President Thomas Woodrow Wilson died on 3 February 1924 at White House, Washington, DC, at age 67.

from the whitehouse.gov web site:

Like Roosevelt before him, Woodrow Wilson regarded himself as the personal representative of the people. "No one but the President," he said, "seems to be expected ... to look out for the general interests of the country." He developed a program of progressive reform and asserted international leadership in building a new world order. In 1917 he proclaimed American entrance into World War I a crusade to make the world "safe for democracy."

Wilson had seen the frightfulness of war. He was born in Virginia in 1856, the son of a Presbyterian minister who during the Civil War was a pastor in Augusta, Georgia, and during Reconstruction a professor in the charred city of Columbia, South Carolina.

After graduation from Princeton (then the College of New Jersey) and the University of Virginia Law School, Wilson earned his doctorate at Johns Hopkins University and entered upon an academic career. In 1885 he married Ellen Louise Axson.

Wilson advanced rapidly as a conservative young professor of political science and became president of Princeton in 1902.

His growing national reputation led some conservative Democrats to consider him Presidential timber. First they persuaded him to run for Governor of New Jersey in 1910. In the campaign he asserted his independence of the conservatives and of the machine that had nominated him, endorsing a progressive platform, which he pursued as governor.

He was nominated for President at the 1912 Democratic Convention and campaigned on a program called the New Freedom, which stressed individualism and states' rights. In the three-way election he received only 42 percent of the popular vote but an overwhelming electoral vote.

Wilson maneuvered through Congress three major pieces of legislation. The first was a lower tariff, the Underwood Act; attached to the measure was a graduated Federal income tax. The passage of the Federal Reserve Act provided the Nation with the more elastic money supply it badly needed. In 1914 antitrust legislation established a Federal Trade Commission to prohibit unfair business practices.

Another burst of legislation followed in 1916. One new law prohibited child labor; another limited railroad workers to an eight-hour day. By virtue of this legislation and the slogan "he kept us out of war," Wilson narrowly won re-election.

But after the election Wilson concluded that America could not remain neutral in the World War. On April 2,1917, he asked Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.

Massive American effort slowly tipped the balance in favor of the Allies. Wilson went before Congress in January 1918, to enunciate American war aims--the Fourteen Points, the last of which would establish "A general association of nations...affording mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity to great and small states alike."

After the Germans signed the Armistice in November 1918, Wilson went to Paris to try to build an enduring peace. He later presented to the Senate the Versailles Treaty, containing the Covenant of the League of Nations, and asked, "Dare we reject it and break the heart of the world?"

But the election of 1918 had shifted the balance in Congress to the Republicans. By seven votes the Versailles Treaty failed in the Senate.

The President, against the warnings of his doctors, had made a national tour to mobilize public sentiment for the treaty. Exhausted, he suffered a stroke and nearly died. Tenderly nursed by his second wife, Edith Bolling Galt, he lived until 1924.

     John Root Jr. was born on 15 November 1705 at Westfield, Hampden Co., MA.¹ He married Anna Loomis, daughter of William Loomis and Martha Morley, on 13 December 1733.¹ John Root Jr. died in 1781.²

     Anna Loomis was born on 27 August 1710 at Westfield, Hampden Co., MA.¹ She was the daughter of William Loomis and Martha Morley.² Anna Loomis married John Root Jr. on 13 December 1733.¹

     Gay Allen was born circa 1835 at OH.¹ He was the son of Alexander P. Allen and Cornelia Hayden.¹

     Henly Allen was born circa 1838 at WI.¹ He was the son of Alexander P. Allen and Cornelia Hayden.¹

     Ophelia Allen was born circa 1842 at WI.¹ She was the daughter of Alexander P. Allen and Cornelia Hayden.¹

     Cornelia Allen was born circa 1845 at WI.¹ She was the daughter of Alexander P. Allen and Cornelia Hayden.¹