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     Hannah (?) married Josiah Cheney, son of Joseph Cheney and Hannah Thurston.¹

     George Gilbert Griswold was born on 18 August 1815.¹ He was the son of Daniel White Griswold and Esther Case.¹

     Hannah Thurston married Joseph Cheney, son of William Cheney and Margaret (?).¹

     Nathaniel Hubbard married Eunice Alvord.¹

     Anna Henckel married Moses Ellsworth, son of Josiah Ellsworth and Margaret (?).

     Daniel White Griswold was born on 30 March 1822.¹ He was the son of Edward Griswold and Laura Hubbard.¹

     Mary Crossette married William Horace Holcombe, son of William Horace Holcombe and Hannah Hickley, in 1896 at Hinsdale, DuPage Co., IL.¹ Mary Crossette died in 1905.¹

     Charles Henry Griswold was born on 7 October 1832 at Manchester, Hartford Co., CT.^1,2 He was the son of Edward Griswold and Laura Hubbard.¹ Charles Henry Griswold married Irene Morse on 3 October 1855 at Belvedere, IN.² Charles Henry Griswold died on 25 December 1906 at St. Paul, Hennepin Co., MN, at age 74.²

     Sarah Cleveland married David Low Dodge.

     George Christopher Lane married Harriet Talcott Griswold, daughter of Charles Henry Griswold and Irene Morse, on 10 March 1910 at London, England.¹

     Wesley Hurlburt Garner married Ruth Mary Lane, daughter of George Christopher Lane and Harriet Talcott Griswold, at Chicago, Cook Co., IL.¹

     Phoebe Post married Gideon Cheuvront, son of Joseph Cheuvront and Elizabeth Ellsworth.

     Elizabeth Ellsworth was born on 20 March 1759 at NC. She was the daughter of Moses Ellsworth and Anna Henckel. Elizabeth Ellsworth married Joseph Cheuvront.

     Elizabeth Cheuvront was the daughter of Gideon Cheuvront and Phoebe Post. Elizabeth Cheuvront married Vincent Caster, son of Samuel S. Caster and Margaret Pritchard.

     Grant Parks was born circa 1862 at IA.¹ He was the son of Laban Parks and Rachael Ann Grewell.¹

     Philip Parks was born circa 1865 at IA.¹ He was the son of Laban Parks and Rachael Ann Grewell.¹

     Margaret Pritchard married Samuel S. Caster.

     Abner J. Holcombe was born circa 1849 at NY.¹ He was the son of NY Holcombe.¹ Abner J. Holcombe married Calphurnia Matthews on 4 April 1875 at Gallia Co., OH.

Mary A. Holcombe was enumerated in the 1870 Huntington, Gallia Co., OH, federal census. She was 47. Chidren in the household were Phebe 23, Abner 21, Spencer 19, Rebecca 16, Sarepta 13, and Wellington 10.

Abner J. was enumerated in the 1880 Vinton, Gallia Co., OH, federal census. He was a farmer, age 30. In the household were Mother Mary A. 56, son Waldo E. 2, son Clarence B. 10 months, sister Rebecca 25, and sister Sarepta 23.

     Mary Segar was born on 3 December 1719. She married Samuel Tuller, son of Samuel Tuller and Sarah Mills, on 26 February 1738.

     Waldo E. Holcombe was born circa 1877 at OH.¹ He was the son of Abner J. Holcombe and Calphurnia Matthews.¹

     Nancy Griswold was born circa 1774.² She was the daughter of Joab Griswold and Elizabeth Collins.¹ Nancy Griswold married Levi Tuller, son of Ezekiel Tuller and Lydia Humphrey, before 1798.²

     Clarence B. Holcombe was born circa August 1879 at IL.¹ He was the son of Abner J. Holcombe and Calphurnia Matthews.¹

     Celia Holcombe was born circa 1901 at OH.¹ She was the daughter of Darius R. Holcombe and Cora B. (?).¹

     Arthur Holcombe was born circa 1906 at CT.¹ He was the son of Sumner Holcombe and Elizabeth (?).¹

     Beatrice Jane (?) was born circa 1882 at OH.¹ She married John P. Holcombe, son of Pearce D. Holcombe and Mary (?).¹ Beatrice Jane (?) died on 21 December 1930.

     William Holcombe was born circa 1911 at CT.¹ He was the son of William Gundon Holcombe and Alice Agnes Chapman.¹

     Sarah Jane (?) married John P. Holcombe, son of Pearce D. Holcombe and Mary (?), after December 1930.

     William E. Fort married Shirley Ann Christ, daughter of Henry A. Christ and Louise D. Holcombe, in 1950.

     Sarah (?) was born in January 1865 at OH.¹ She married Porter C. Hayes, son of Lawrence Jerome Hayes and Elsie Elizabeth Barnes, circa 1884.¹

     Mabel M. Holcombe was born on 13 March 1887 at Bristol, Ontario Co., NY. She was the daughter of Clark M. Holcombe and Etta A. Alford.

     Robert Sheldon Bush was born in 1896. He was the son of Samuel Prescott Bush and Florence Sheldon. Robert Sheldon Bush died in 1900.

     John C. Jansing died on 21 August 2007 at Southern Maine Medical Center, Biddeford, ME.

     Eunice Alvord married Nathaniel Hubbard.¹

     Esther Griswold was born on 28 March 1818.¹ She was the daughter of Daniel White Griswold and Esther Case.¹

     Harriet Talcott Griswold was born on 23 September 1875 at St. Paul, Hennepin Co., MN.¹ She was the daughter of Charles Henry Griswold and Irene Morse.¹ Harriet Talcott Griswold married George Christopher Lane on 10 March 1910 at London, England.¹ Harriet Talcott Griswold died on 14 April 1962 at Green Bay, WI, at age 86.¹

     William Taliaferro Close was born on 7 June 1924 at Greenwich, CT.¹ He was the son of Edward Bennett Close and Marjorie Merriweather Post. William Taliaferro Close married Bettine Moore, daughter of Charles Arthur Moore Jr. and Elizabeth Hyde, on 6 February 1943. William Taliaferro Close died on 15 January 2009 at Big Piney, Sublette Co., WY, at age 84.¹

William was an American surgeon who played a major role in stemming a 1976 outbreak of the Ebola virus in Zaire, the first major outbreak of the viral hemorrhagic fever in Central Africa, and preventing its further spread. Close was born in Greenwich, Connecticut on June 7, 1924, minutes after his twin brother. Raised in France, he attended Summer Fields School, and Harrow School in England and then St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire. Close enrolled in Harvard University in 1941, leaving the school two years later to marry Bettine Moore in a ceremony held at the home of her parents in Greenwich, and to become a pilot in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. He served as the personal pilot and interpreter for General Joseph Harper.

Following his military service, he attended the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and trained in surgery at Roosevelt Hospital in Manhattan after receiving his medical degree. He traveled to Zaire in 1960, where he practiced medicine and ran the 1,500-bed Mama Yemo hospital in the capital city of Kinshasa, with the goal of getting health care into rural areas of the country. He served President Mobutu Sese Seko as his personal doctor and was chief physician of the nation's army.

In the mid-1970s, the Ebola virus broke out at a missionary hospital in rural Yambuku, near the Ebola River. The disease, which was characterized by severe sore throat, rash, abdominal pain and bleeding from multiple sites, had killed 11 of the 17 medical staff at the hospital, forcing it to close. Panic was in the air, with roads blocked, river traffic stopped and commercial air travel restricted. The army would not enter the area and President Mobutu was said to have left the county and fled to France, in the face of fears that the disease could spread to others as those infected with the disease tried to escape the center of the outbreak.

On his way back home to the United States for a home leave, Dr. Close returned to Kinshasa from Geneva, discussing the issue on the flight with two physicians from the Centers for Disease Control, Joel G. Breman and Peter Piot, who discovered the Ebola virus. Back in Zaire, Close obtained planes and pilots from the Ministry of Health to transport medical equipment to the affected area, using his personal connection to President Mobutu to obtain the access he needed. Close coordinated efforts in the area, ensuring that medical supplies were directed to where they were needed most. After providing protective equipment for hospital workers, sterilizing medical supplies and quarantining patients, the team was able to break the chain of transmission of the virus, with almost 90% of the 318 people infected left dead.

Blood samples that Close had collected in the 1970s were used to investigate the progress of the AIDS pandemic, showing that the rate of infection had been stable at 0.8% by comparing new samples to the older ones that had been collected in Zaire, one of the few sets of historical specimens available to perform this analysis. This showed that HIV infection rates could have been stable in rural Africa before it spread throughout the world.

Disillusioned with Mobutu's policies, Dr. Close left Zaire in 1977. He moved to Big Piney, Wyoming, where he became a country doctor, making his final house call a month before his death. During the 1995 Ebola outbreak he was a liaison between the CDC and the Zairian government.

Close died in his home in Big Piney due to a heart attack. He was survived by his wife, three daughters, two sons, nine grandchildren and a twin brother.

     Mary A. Griswold was born on 11 November 1842.¹ She was the daughter of Edward Griswold and Laura Hubbard.¹

     Edward Bennett Close was born in 1888. He married Marjorie Merriweather Post in 1905.

     Irene Morse married Charles Henry Griswold, son of Edward Griswold and Laura Hubbard, on 3 October 1855 at Belvedere, IN.¹

     Miles Holcombe was born circa 1796 at CT.^1,2 He was the son of CT Holcombe.¹ Miles Holcombe married Lavinia (?).²

Miles and Lavinia were enumerated in the 1860 Marion, Wayne Co., NY, federal census. He was 63, she was 46. Also enumerated in the household were Francis A. Gady 15, and Abigail Hotchkiss 40.

Miles and Lavinia were enumerated in the 1870 Marion, Wayne Co., NY, federal census. He was 73, she was 55. Also enumerated in the household was Fred A. Russel, 15.

Miles and Lavinia were enumerated in the 1880 Marion, Wayne Co., NY, federal census. He was 83, she was 66.