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3263. iii. Carrie Louisa,' b. 11 Mch. 1856, Leeds (in Northampton), Mass.; died in Southampton,
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Mass., 5 Oct. 1883, se. 27 years. "She had a rare and lovely character." She married
(I) in Southampton, Mass., 20 Dec. 1876, Frederic Searle (son of Dea. Stephen and
JuHa Searle) Lymatl, b. 31 Dec. 1853, Southampton, Mass., where his parents re-
sided. He was an earnest, working Christian, and at the time of liis death, 18 M.iy,
1878, was Superintendent of the Sunday School.
She married (2) in Southampton, Mass., 15 Jan. 1881, William Stephen Lyman,
b. 10 Oct. 1850. He was a brother of her first husband, with whom he was associated
in business, as farmer, merchant, and station agent on the New Haven and North-
ampton R. R. He res. (1884) at Southampton, Mass. No children.
3:64. III. I\I.4RY Georgiana,' b. I Feb., 1836, Collinsville, Ct. ; resided there until 1853, when
.she attended the Normal School in New Britain, Ct. ; and commenced teaching
in Bethel, Ct., in 1854. At the urgent request of Rev. E. Cook, she taught the
High School in Haydenville, Mass., during the winter of 1856; and in Leeds the
remainder of the year, and the year following; then in Florence three years,
where, according to the testimony of the Superintendent and Committee, she
"gained a most enviable reputation." Soon afterward she became a teacher in
the Intermediate Department of the High School in Northampton, Mass., where
she remained three years.
She married (as second wife) at her mother's residence, in Collinsville, Ct.,
18 Aug., 1864, Luke Myron (son of John Eddy and Katharine Sprague Turner)
Kidder, b. 24 June, 1832, Wardsborough, Vt., where his parents were born and
resided. When he was sixteen years of age, his father apprenticed him to a
carriage-maker, in Wardsborough. After serving his apprenticeship, he worked at
his trade in Saxton's River, Vt., for one month, when, the business being very
distasteful to him and being fond of music and musical instruments, he found
employment in an organ, or melodeon, shop in Townshend, Vt. He removed
from thence to Brattleborough, Vt., and worked in the organ shop of Estey & Co.;
then went to Plymouth, Indiana, where he taught music; and also traveled to
some extent through Illinois and Wisconsin. After a two j-ears' sojourn at the
West, he returned to Westfield, Mass., and worked in Johnson's organ shop two
years; then went to Northampton, Mass., where he has resided twenty-one years;
is engaged in tuning, repairing, and selling, as well as manufacturing, musical
instruments. P. O. address (1884) Northampton, Mass. Children (born in North-
ampton, Mass.):
3265. i. Anna Laura," b. 2 Nov. 1867.
3266. ii. Walter Myron," b. 9 Nov. 1869.
3267. iii. Harry Welton," b. 15 Aug. 1S71.
3268. IV. Almira Case,^ b. 24 Nov., 1839, Burlington, Ct. : married, in Collinsville, Ct.. at
her mother's residence, 29 Dec, 1850, David C. Holbrook. Res. (1884) on the
paternal homestead in Collinsville, Ct. Children:
3269. i. Emily Luella,' b. 18 Apr. 1855; married, 30 July, 1S79, Richard '^^ Lyman, North-
ampton, Mass., where she was a teacher several years. He is in a grocery store.
P. O. address (1884) Northampton, Mass. Child: (I) Allie Theresa'" (Lyman), b. 13
July, 1880.
3270. ii. Mary G.', b. i Jan. 1862.
3271. iii. Grace E.", b. 6 Sept. 1864.