Emma Gertrude WILBER

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• Census: 1870, Living with parents in Mineral Point, Iowa Co., Wisconsin
• Census: 1880, Living in Mineral Point, Iowa Co., Wisconsin
• Census: 1900, Living with husband in Grass Valley, Nevada Co., California
• Census: 1910, Living with husband in Grass Valley, Nevada Co., California
• Census: 1920, Living in Grass Valley, Nevada Co., California
• Fact: 1920, Lists as being widowed

Emma married Dr. James W. BROWN on 22 Jul 1880 in Grant County, Wisconsin. James was born in Jun 1849 in England; died in bef. 1920. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Military Service: 1863-1865, U.S. Civil War
• Census: 1870, Living in Mineral Point, Iowa Co., Wisconsin
• Occupation: 1870, Physician
• Census: 1880, Living in Mineral Point, Iowa Co., Wisconsin
• Occupation: 1880, Physician

George married Jane Antoinette WHEELER on 8 May 1852 in Iowa County, Wisconsin. Jane (daughter of Samuel WHEELER and Jane FOOTE) was born on 23 Apr 1833 in New York; died before 1910. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1850, Living with parents in Mineral Point, Iowa Co., Wisconsin
• Census: 1870, Living with husband in Mineral Point, Iowa Co., Wisconsin
• Census: 1880, Living with husband in Mineral Point, Iowa Co., Wisconsin
• Census: 1900, Living with daughter in Grass Valley, Nevada Co., California

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Historical Sketches of the Town of Portland -

Wilbur, John

Came to Portland from Chenango County, this state, in 1826. He never owned real estate in town. He m. for a second wife Mary B. Flint, sister of Henry Flint of this town. He removed from Portland to Elgin, Illinois and died there. Mrs. W., is still living there. His son John m. Alma, dau. of Wm. Dunham, an early settler. NOTE: They were m. Feb 1826, according to Fredonia Censor dated 2-17-1826, a Mary Wilbur died on 15 or 22 Aug 1825 in Portland, wife of Capt. John Wilbur, ae 37. - Fredonia Censor 24 Aug 1825 - Perhaps his 1st wife?

John married Mary B. FLINT in Feb 1826 in Portland, Chautauqua County, Illinois. Mary (daughter of Abial FLINT and Mary BROWN) was born on 23 Apr 1807 in Brownsville, Jefferson County, New York; died on 9 May 1876 in Geneva, Kane County, Illinos. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1870, Living with daughter, Emily Ward, in Geneva, Kane Co., Illinois

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Elgin Daily News
11 May 1878
p. 2, Col. 1

DIED

Thursday morning, Mrs. Mary Flint Wilber died at Geneva, of bilious remittent fever, her advanced age, seventy-one years, rendering more aggravating the disease. She had been sick but a short time, and as our readers know was present at the golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. R.W. Padelford, some weeks since. Mrs. Wilber was born in Buffalo, New York, April 24th 1807. She leaves three children - Mrs. Pindar F. Ward, Geneva, where she lived at the time of her death, Mrs. Julia Davidson, matron of the seminary at Leroy New York, and Dr. George D. Wilber, Mineral Point, Wis, : besides three step-children in this city - Mrs. R.W. Padelford and Messrs L.D. and J.M. Wilber.
The funeral was held at Geneva this morning, and the remains brought to this city this noon and interred in the Elgin Cemetery.

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• Census: 1850, Living in Mineral Point, Iowa County, Wisconsin

Samuel married Jane FOOTE on 1 May 1831. Jane (daughter of Adoniram FOOTE and Nancy DOTY) was born on 9 Oct 1809 in Martinsburg, Lewis Co., New York; died on 19 Feb 1877 in Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1850, Living with husband in Mineral Point, Iowa Co., Wisconsin

John married Mary BARBER on 30 Dec 1780. Mary (daughter of Capt. Nathan BARBER and Thankful MAXSON) was born on 27 May 1762 in Hopkinton, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: Daughter of Nathan Barber

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One of the founder-families of Portland, Chautauqua county, is that represented in this generation by the brothers who own and keep in splendid production the bulk of the tract of wild land first owned by their grandfather, Abial Flint, in 1817. The form, as it is today, is one of the best maintained acreages in the district, and presents an altogether different appearance to what it did when the pioneer ancestor first set about the stupendous task of winning it from the wilderness. Its present condition represents the grit, the steadfastness, the resolute persistence in the pioneer work, despite hardships and discouragements, of three generations of the Flint family, and the place of respect the family holds in the community today is the result of useful lives well lived.

Abiel Flint, the pioneer ancestor of the Chautauqua county, NY, branch of the Flint family, was born at East Windsor, Conn., Sept. 5, 1768, the son of Arkalis and Betsey (Elmer) Flint. He appears to have come into New York State in early manhood, for it was in Rome, Oneida county, NY, that he married, Sept. 26, 1802, Mary Brown, who as born in Coventry, Conn., Nov 30, 1780. About the year 1812 Abiel Flint brought his wife and family of three children into Chautauqua county and settled at Priestville. About 1817 he bought a tract of fifty acres of wild land in Portland and moved his family to that land. He was by trade a tanner and currier, and also a shoemaker, but the desire to own his own home and sufficient land for the sustenance of his family proved irresistible, and he entered upon the great task of clearing the wilderness from his land with resolute purpose and cheerful spirit. His wife ably and courageously assisted him, withstanding all the rigors that came to them, both of them buoyed up by the prospect of having eventually a home wrought by their own hands from the wilderness. That was the inspiration that softened all their labors, that gave them renewed courage when all seemed dark, and when it appeared that it would be barely possible that they could live to the time when their tract would be sufficiently cleared to afford them more than a sparse living. They experienced most of the rials and hardships which have been the lot of most pioneers, and they manifested the same resolute spirit that has been shown by so many of the great pioneers of this country. And notwithstanding everything they prospered, and raised a family of eight children in the original log house Abial Flint built. For twenty-one years the family lived in a log house, as it was not until 1833 that Abial Flint built a frame house, their youngest child at that time being ten years old. Mrs. Flint died fifteen years later, on May 5, 1849, at the age of sixty-eight years, but her husband lived to reach the venerable age of ninety-one years, his death not coming until Jan. 15, 1860. Both were buried in Evergreen Cemetery, and were honored as pioneers of the district, and as good people. They were Methodists, of earnest spirit, and took part in the formation of the first church, both being members of the first class formed in Portland. Politically Abial Flint was a Whig and in general was a man of strong, upright character. he lived on his Chautauqua county farm for forty-three years, and had the satisfaction of seeing it mostly cleared and in cultivation before his death.......

Abial married Mary BROWN on 26 Sep 1802. Mary was born on 30 Nov 1780 in Coventry, Connecticut; died on 5 May 1849 in Portland, Chautauqua County, New York; was buried in Portland Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Chautauqua Co., New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"Foote Family" by Abram W. Foote: .....He was the father of a large family of 13 children, nine of whom lived to adult years. When he came into the county of Lewis that rich valley was but little known, and its resources were mostly undeveloped. He entered at once, and heartily, into every public enterprise calculated to promote the interests of the county. He received a military commission from Governor Tompkins, in 1812, and occupied several other offices of public trust from time to time. He was identified with those institutions whose motto speaks for the common brotherhood of mankind He early connected himself with the anti-slavery movements of the country, as early as 1838, and in the Presidential contest of 1840 cast his vote for James G. Birney. He was independent in expression and faithful in prayer for the slaves; yet he was not rash, not fanatical; never joined those who denounced the church and all other institutions for not moving so rapidly in this direction as he desired. He has often thanked God that he was permitted to live to hear freedom proclaimed throughout all the land. His Christian life in its outward manifestations was such as to bring honor to the name of Christ He gave himself into God's guidance at the time of a general religious revival in 1830-31 Mr. Foote at once joined himself to the Presbyterian Church, at Martinsburg, and became one of the working men of the church; he was ordained an Elder in that church, Oct 12, 1832. He was many times member of Presbytery and Synod and was a delegate to the General Assembly that met at Philadelphia in 1843, and in the home work he was always diligent and faithful. His place at the weekly pray-meeting was seldom vacant. No day was allowed to pass without the observance of family prayer; and on this point he was very decided and strict, and several incidents are mentioned showing that he placed his service to God above his earthly cares and gains. He gave liberally for the support of the Gospel and for the great benevolent enterprises of the Christian church.

Adoniram married Nancy DOTY on 15 Jan 1804. Nancy (daughter of Theodorus DOTY and Jane DENSMORE) was born on 14 Apr 1778 in Salem, New York ; died on 28 Jan 1815 in Martinsburg, Lewis Co., New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]