Otis EDDY

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• Fact: Son of Obadiah Eddy and Fanny Lyon
• Census: 1850, Living in Fair Haven, Rutland Co., Vermont
• Census: 1860, Living in Fair Haven, Rutland Co., Vermont
• Census: 1870, Living in Fair Haven, Rutland Co., Vermont
• Census: 1880, Living in Fair Haven, Rutland Co., Vermont

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OTIS EDDY
BORN
Nov. 10, 1801
DIED
FEB 13, 1891

Otis married Sophia KIDDER on 27 Sep 1827. Sophia (daughter of Oliver KIDDER, Jr. and Phebe HULETT) was born on 30 Aug 1806 in Weathersfield, Windsor, Vermont, USA; died on 25 Apr 1879 in Fair Haven, Rutland County, Vermont; was buried in West Street Cemetery, Fair Haven, Rutland Co,. Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John W. EDDY was born on 06 Jul 1828 in Woodford or Fair Haven, Vermont.
2. Mary Camilla EDDY was born on 14 Aug 1832 in Woodford or Fair Haven, Vermont; died on 10 Oct 1898 in Vermont.
3. Juliza S. EDDY was born in abt. 1841 in Fair Haven, Rutland County, Vermont; died on 13 Jan 1899 in Brattleboro, Vermont.

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He left Taunton with his parents in early youth. After marriage he left Arlington, Vt., and settled in Fairhaven about 1832, having purchased land of Alonzo Safford. he lived on this farm and tilled it working at the same time at the forge. He sold the farm in July 1839, and, the following January, purchased the farm known as the Brainerd farm, about a mile south of his former residence. He sold the farm in 1852 to Samuel Jones and in June 1853, he purchased a building lot in the village and built the house in which Wm. Perry resides. In 1859 he joined several of his sons in Marquette, Michigan. He and his wife lived there until their deaths.

Obadiah married Fanny LYON. Fanny was born about 1779 in Woodford, Vermont; died on 30 Apr 1869. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: Daughter of Spencer Lyon and Mary Barney

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When he was seven years old, he was apprenticed to learn a trade. He became a worker in iron. When the Revolutionary War broke out he enlisted. His service which began with a march to Boston when the first call came, was as follows:

Obadiah Eddy, Tauton, Private, Capt. John King's co., Col. Timothy Walker's regt.' muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted May 3, 1775; service, 3 mos. 5 days; also company return dated Oct 6, 1775; also order for bounty cont or it's equivalent in money dated Roxbury, Nov 27, 1775.
Obadiah Eddy, Tauton, Private, Capt. Ichabod Leonard's 6th (Taunton) co. Col. George William's regt; service, 7 days; com; any marched to Warren, R.I., via Rehoboth, on the alarm manded by Lieut. Col. James Williams, Brig. Gen. Godfrey's (Bristol Co.) brigade; service 3 days; company marched from Taunton to Tiverton, R.I., on the alarm of Aug. 1, 1780.

Soon after the war he went to southern Vermont. "The first inhabitants of Woodford to take the freeman's oath were --Caleb More, Obed Eddy, Zadok Pierce, etc., a;so; the first representive chosen was Obed Eddy who utterly refused to serve, in consequence of which no suffrages were given for Governor", etc. (Hemingway's Gazetteer of Vermont History in Vol. I, p. 248).

When the census of 1790 was taken Obadiah Edee was in Bennington, Vt., with a household consisting of three males over 16, five under 16, and a male over 45, one girl under 10, and a female over 45. When his estate was settled Oct. 5, 1825, Phebe, "daughter and heir of Obadiah, late of Woodford, Vt., was made administrator with Joseph Hollister as surety." Ebenezer Temple and John Knapp were the appraisers (Bennington, Vt. Probate Rec.).

Obadiah married Phebe PROUTY. Phebe was born in abt. 1746; died on 27 Nov 1821 in Woodford, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]