Sarah GROAT, the daughter of David Groat (155) and his wife Sarah, was born November 17, 1833. She died August 23, 1853, at the age of 19 years, 9 months and 6 days.
Freelin GROAT, the son of David Groat (155) and his wife Sarah, was born January 21, 1837. He is listed in the 1855 New York State (Claverack) census, age 18, living with Daniel Groat his uncle. He died two years later, December 17, 1857.
John D. GROAT, the son of John Groat (156) and his wife Sara, was born March 19, 1824. The 1850 Federal census of Copake, Columbia County, lists him living with his uncle, Daniel, at the age of 25. The 1875 New York State census lists him as "John Jr.”, age 51, and his wife Clara A., age 45. John died October 9, 1879, and is buried in the churchyard of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Copake. His wife, Clara A. died March 11, 1899, at the age of 70 and is buried at his side.
William GROAT, the son of John Groat (156) and his wife Sera, was born May 9, 1835, and married Rebecca B. Gibbs. He died April 17, 1865, and his wife, Rebecca B. Gibbs, died August 15, 1896, age 61. They are buried in the churchyard of the Methodist Episcopal, in Copake, Columbia County, NY.
Willie Herbert: Born May 1, 1864.
Alice May: Born May 26, 1865.
Harvey GROAT, the son of John Groat (156) and his wife Sara, was born August 10, 1835. He died August 18, 1843, at the age of 8 years, 8 days, and was buried in the churchyard of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Copake, Columbia County, NY.
Wesley GROAT, the son of Daniel Groat (158) and his wife, Adaline, was born September 24, 1837. He died July 31, 1843, at the age of 5 years, 10 months and 7 days, and he is buried in the churchyard of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Copake.
Emma GROAT, the daughter of Daniel Groat (158) and his wife, Adaline, was born July 3, 1839. She died March 29, 1843, at the age of 3 years, 7 months and 26 days, and she is buried in the churchyard of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Copake.
Helen GROAT, the daughter of Daniel Groat (158) and his wife, Adaline, was born January 30, 1840. She died July 20, 1843, at the age of 3 years, 5 months and 20 days, and she is buried in the churchyard of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Copake:
Lester GROAT, the son of Daniel Groat (158) and his wife, Adaline, was born in 1847. The 1850 Federal census of Copake, Columbia County, NY, lists him living with his parents, age 3, while the 1855 New York State census shows him at age 8. He died in 1891 and he is buried in the Hillsdale Village Cemetery.
Charles GROAT, the son of Daniel Groat (158) and his wife, Adaline, was born about 1849. The 1850 Federal census of Copake, Columbia County, NY, lists him living with his parents, age 1, while the 1855 New York State census shows him at age 6. He married Cecelia Rogers, December 12, 1871, at the Reformed Church of Mellenville. They had at least one child.
Alfred O.: Born November 20, 1875.
Alfred GROAT, the son of Daniel Groat (158) and his wife, Adaline, was born about 1852. The 1855 New York State census lists him living with his parents, age 2. No further record.
Ella Jane GROAT, the daughter of Stephen Martinus Groat (170) and Nancy Dickerson Weaver, was born May 9, 1856, in Woodstock, Illinois. She married Frank Hicks at Brush Creek (now Arlington), Iowa, January 2, 1877. The marriage produced eight children. She died at Bellingham, Washington, June 13, 1929.
Joseph Silos GROAT, the son of Stephen Martinus Groat (170) and Nancy Dickerson Weaver, was born June 2, 1859, at Burr Oak or Brush Creek, Iowa. He married Melissa Emeline Emery at Bluffton, Iowa, December 7, 1884. They had 1 child. Joseph died February 28, 1927, at Decorah, Iowa.
Mettie: Birthdate unknown.
Clarissa Kathryn GROAT, the daughter of Stephen Martinus Groat (170) and Nancy Dickerson Weaver, was born June 3, 1862, at Hesper, Iowa. She married Meldon Ithamer Wagner at Burr Oak or Burning Oaks, Iowa, December 31, 1880, and had four children. She died, December 23, 1950, at Aitken, Minnesota.
Bessie Pearl WAGNER: Bessie Pearl Wagner, the daughter of Meldon Ithamer Wagner and Clarissa Kathryn Groat (290), was born Christmas Eve 1882, at Bluffton, Iowa. No further information is available at this time:
Ethel Agatha WAGNER: Ethel Agatha Wagner, the daughter of Meldon Ithamer Wagner and Clarissa Kathryn Groat (290), was born February 12, 1884, at Decorah, Iowa. She married Francis Cecil Sears and they had four children.
Marie Ethel SEARS: Marie Ethel Sears, birthdate unknown, was the daughter of Ethel Agatha Wagner (404) and Francis Cecil Sears.
Frances Cecelia SEARS: Frances Cecelia Sears, birthdate unknown, was the daughter of Ethel Agatha Wagner (404) and Francis Cecil Sears. She married Earl Winfred Engbretson and they had five children.
Charlotte Jean Marie ENGBRETSON.
William Earl ENGBRETSON.
Colleen Frances ENGBRETSON.
Robert Owen ENGBRETSON.
Frances Leone ENGBRETSON.
Ella Gertrude SEARS: Ella Gertrude Sears, birthdate unknown, was the daughter of Ethel Agatha Wagner (404) and Francis Cecil Sears.
William Bernard SEARS: William Bernard Sears, birthdate unknown, was the son of Ethel Agatha Wagner (404) and Francis Cecil Sears.
Delbert M. WAGNER: Delbert M. Wagner, the son of Meldon Ithamer Wagner and Clarissa Kathryn Groat (290), was born October 21, 1886, at Bluffton, Iowa.
Clifford M. WAGNER: Clifford Wagner, the son of Meldon Ithamer Wagner and Clarissa Kathryn Groat (290), was born July 29, 1898, at Aitkin, Minnesota. No further information is available at this time.
Frank Martinus GROAT, the son of Stephen Martinus Groat (170) and Nancy Dickerson Weaver, was born November 17, 1866, at Bluffton, Iowa. He married Clara M. Polley (Dolly), at Aitkin, Minnesota, July 28, 1890. They had two children. Frank was a carpenter and lived his final years in Bellingham, Washington. He died at the age of 78, August 5 (4?), 1944, at Bellingham, Washington.
Clara Maude: Birthdate unknown.
Frank Roy: Born June 26, 1892:
Lorinda (Lenna) Evaline GROAT, the daughter of Stephen Martinus Groat (170) and Nancy Dickerson Weaver, was born July 18, 1869, near Bluffton, Iowa. She married Charles Albert Collins at Aitkin, Minnesota, April 25, 1889, and they had 3 children. She died January 26, 1939, at Coteau, North Dakota.
Daisy May COLLINS: Daisy May Collins was the daughter of Charles Albert Collins and Lenna (Lorinda) Evaline Groat (292). No further information available.
Bessie Pearl COLLINS: Bessie Pearl Collins was the daughter of Charles Albert Collins and Lenna (Lorinda) Evaline Groat (292). No further information available.
William Albert COLLINS: William Albert Collins was the son of Charles Albert Collins and Lenna (Lorinda) Evaline Groat (292). No further information available.
Stella May GROAT, the daughter of Stephen Martinus Groat (170) and Nancy Dickerson Weaver, was born September 9, 1872, at Bluffton, Iowa. She married George Wakefield at Aitkin, Minnesota, October 10, 1891. They had 2 children. Stella died, February 19, 1898.
Olive WAKEFIELD: Olive Wakefield was the daughter of George Wakefield and Stella May Groat (293). No further information available.
Walter WAKEFIELD: Walter Wakefield was the son of George Wakefield and Stella May Groat (293). No further information available.
Emma GROAT, another daughter of Stephen Martinus Groat (170) and Nancy Dickerson Weaver, died in infancy.
Petter (Peter) GROAT, another son of Stephen Martinus Groat (170) and Nancy Dickerson Weaver, died in infancy.
295C. Effie May GROAT was the daughter of John Burlington Groat 172) and Sarah Ann Case. She had two children - a boy and a girl.
295D. John Henry GROAT was the son of John Burlington Groat (172) and Sarah Ann Case. He operated the "Groat Hotel" in Oelwein, Iowa.
295E. Olive Rosetta (Etta) GROAT was the daughter of John Burlington Groat and (172) Sarah Ann Case.
295F. Erminie GROAT, the daughter of David Langdon Groat (173) and Sarah Ann Weaver, was born in Red Cloud, Nebraska. She married and had three children - two boys and a girl:
295G. David Arthur GROAT, the son of David Langdon Groat (173) and Sarah Ann Weaver, was born in Riverton, Nebraska. He married and has six children - four boys and two girls.
295h. Edwin S. GROAT was the son of David Langdon Groat (173) and Sarah Ann Weaver. No further information is currently available.
295I. Elbert J. GROAT, the son of David Langdon Groat (173) and Sarah Ann Weaver, was born in Oxford, Nebraska.
295J. Dora Harrietta GROAT, the daughter of David Langdon Groat (173) and Sarah Ann Weaver, was born in McCook, Nebraska. She married and had eight children - seven boys and one girl.
295K. Maurice Silos GROAT, the son of David Langdon Groat (173) and Sarah Ann Weaver, was born in (Indianola?) Nebraska. He married and has two children - a boy and a girl.
295L. Elizabeth May (Lizzie) GROAT, The daughter of Peter James Groat (174) and Elizabeth Small Craighead, married and had two daughters.
295M. Tura (Lura?) Effie GROAT, The daughter of Peter James Groat (174) and Elizabeth Small Craighead, was born in Greely, Colorado.
Sylvester Lorenzo GROAT, the son of John Henry Groat (187) and Anna Mickle of Kinderhook, was christened December 4, 1828, at St. Luke’s Millville Church, Valatie, Columbia County, New York. On January 15, 1852, at Shodack, Rensselaer County, New York, he married Elizabeth Miller. He died in 1862.
Charles H. (Charles Edwin?): Birthdate unknown.
Simeon G.: Birthdate unknown.
Willard H.: Birthdate unknown.
Jacob Henry GROAT, the son of John Henry Groat (187) and Anna Mickle, was born about 1833. At the Reformed Church of Mellenville, January 17, 1861, he married Mary E. Wortman, the daughter of William C. Wortman and Eliza Carney. Mary's father died January 5, 1881, at the age of 72, and her mother died in 1867. After Mary's death, Jacob married Hannah L. Rider, who was born in 1852 and died in 1932. Jacob died in 1904. All were buried in the Hudson City Cemetery.
Catharine M. GROAT, the daughter of John Henry Groat (187) and Anna Mickle, was christened March 29, 1836, at St. Luke’s Millville Church, Valatie, Columbia County, New York. The 1865 New York State census of Kinderhook lists her living at home with her parents, age 30, occupation "seamstress". She married John P. Smith after the death of his first wife, Mary Brown, in 1866. All are buried in Kinderhook: Kate M. (1835-1913), John P. Smith (1838-1899), and Mary Brown (1842-1866).
Melissa M. GROAT, the daughter of Philip Groat (190) and Julia Anne Howard, was born August 14, 1840, and christened, August 11, 1844, at Christ's Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ghent. She married John Philips. Melissa died in 1892 and her husband died in 1905. Both are buried at the Reformed Dutch Church of Ghent.
Martin GROAT, the son of Edward Groat (192) and Anna Maria Decker, was born about 1842. No further record has been found.
Anna GROAT, the daughter of Edward Groat (192) and Anna Maria Decker, was born May 19, 1844, and christened at Christ's Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ghent, August 11, 1844. The 1865 and 1875 New York State census records show her living at home with her parents, ages 21, and 30, respectively.
John Henry GROAT, the son of Edward Groat (192) and Anna Maria Decker, was born about 1847. He married Mary Estelle Waltermire sometime prior to 1875. Mary Estelle was born about 1850 and died in 1905. John H. then married Annie M. Hagadorn, born about 1866. John died in 1928 and his second wife lived until 1950. John and both wives are buried in the new section of the Kinderhook Cemetery.
William GROAT, the son of Martin Groat (193) and his wife Amelia, was born about 1868. The 1875 New York State census lists him living at home with his parents but the age is unreadable. No other information is available at this time.
Andrew Jackson GROAT, the son of Peter Henry Groat (196) and Sarah Mosher, was born March 6, 1835, at Minden, Montgomery County, NY. He married Nancy Ellen Irwin, December 2, 1858. Nancy was born December 18, 1840, at Guernsey County, Ohio. Andrew died December 19, 1917, in Clinton County, Iowa, and his wife died nine years later (April 14, 1927) at Omaha, Nebraska.
Frank: Born September 12, 1859.
James Henry: Born September 30, 1860.
Alice Accinda: Born September 22, 1861.
Albin Jasper: Born October 15, 1862).
Libby M.: Born June 12, 1864.
Lucretia Agnes: Born August 4, 1866.
Christopher Columbus: Born December 29, 1869.
Flora B.: Born September 3, 1870.
Nancy Ellen: Born August 24, 1872.
Andrew Jackson Jr.: Born March 18, 1874.
Hattie Lowedy: Born March 6, 1876.
Viola Gertrude: Born May 7, 1878.
Ina Ethel: Born September 25, 1880.
William H. GROAT was the son of Peter Henry Groat (196) and Sarah Mosher. No further record has been found.
John GROAT was the son of Peter Henry Groat (196) and Sarah Mosher. No further record has been found.
Thomas GROAT was the son of Peter Henry Groat (196) and Sarah Mosher. No further record has been found.
Jerry GROAT was the son of Peter Henry Groat (196) and Sarah Mosher. No further record has been found.
Elcy Jeanette Groat, The daughter of Henry Lansing Groat (203) and Sophia Tator, was born June 14, 1831, and died infant just five months later, November 19, 1831.
Elcy Maria GROAT, the daughter of Henry A. Lansing Groat (203) and Sophia Tator was born October 5, 1832 and christened December 21, 1832 at Christ's Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ghent. No further record has been found.
Lorin H. GROAT, the son of Jacob Edward Groat (206) and Phoebe R. Mitchell was born March 20, 1844, at Prattsville, Delaware County, NY. He first married Mary E. Templar, January 25, 1869, and they had one child. Mary E. Templar was born February 14, 1848, at Scottsbush, Montgomery County, NY, and died October 31, 1877. A year after her death, November 28, 1878, Lorin married Leone L. Mickle. Leone M. Mickle was born October 15, 1848, at Exeter, Otsego County, NY. For a time, he was Chief of the Oneonta (volunteer?) Fire Department. He died February 13, 1915.
Archibald Edward: Born May 22. 1876.
Amelia GROAT, the daughter of John Ashley Groat (209) and Lydia A. Ney, was born around 1847. The 1855 and 1865 state census list her living with her parents, ages 8 and 17, respectively).
Morrison GROAT, the son of John Ashley Groat (209) and Lydia A. Ney, was born around 1848. The 1855 and 1865 state census list him living with his parents, ages 6 and 16, respectively.
Judith Ann GROAT, the daughter of Martin Groat (225) and Sarah Crocker was born about 1829. She married Captain Bartholemew Pruyn (GAR 1826-1907) with whom she is buried. Collier's Olde Kinderhook states that she and her sisters, Sarah and Harriet, were:
_____________________________ ...successful teachers in the academy and, in the wing of their own home, many of our boys and girls, now men and women received their primary education: The daughter Judith Anne subsequently married Captain Bartholomew Pruyn who spent his latest years and died in this home:
_____________________________ Judith Anne died in 1932 and is buried with her husband in the Kinderhook Cemetery.
Magdelena GROAT, the daughter of Martin Groat (225) and Sarah Crocker was born December 20, 1831. It appears that on March 11, 1858, she married Martin C. Garner (November 19, 1817 - December 19, 1882) after the death of his first wife Catherine Groat (251). She died May 3, 1912, and was buried with her husband and his first wife in Kinderhook.
Sara M. GROAT, the daughter of Martin Groat (225) and Sarah Crocker was born about 1835. With her sisters, Judith Ann and Harriet V., she was a successful teacher in Kinderhook. She died about 1888 and is buried with her family in Kinderhook.
Harriet V. GROAT, the daughter of Martin Groat (225) and Sarah Crocker was born about 1838. With her sisters, Judith Ann and Sara M., she was a successful teacher in Kinderhook. She died about 1914 and is buried with her family in Kinderhook.
Caroline GROAT, the daughter of Martin Groat (225) and Sarah Crocker was born about 1841. The 1850 federal census of Ghent lists her at home with her mother, age 12. No further record has been found.
Catherine GROAT, the daughter of Martin Groat (225) and Sarah Crocker was born about 1842 and died about 1855 at the age of 13. She is buried in Kinderhook Cemetery).
William Henry GROAT, the son of Jacob E. Groat (234) and Clarissa Spoor, was born February 14, 1840, probably in Berkshire County, Massachusetts. His father died when he was an infant. His mother later married her brother-in-law, Frederick Jeremiah Groat (235). While a youth he moved with the family to Wisconsin, eventually settling in Ironton, Sauk County, in 1850. During the Civil War he was a member of Company A of the 6th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry and re-enlisted as a veteran in the 35th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. He died of disease near Vicksburg, October 16, 1864.
Francis Marion GROAT, the son of Frederich Jeremiah Groat (235) and Clarissa Spoor, was born November 25, 1847, probably in Browne County, NY., and moved to Ironton, Sauk County, Wisconsin while still and infant. On September 22 1878, he married Jennie Meana Butman, the daughter of Volney Butman (died 1912, age 82) and Lucretia Benjaman (died 1915, age 84), born January 12, 1856, at the town of Eagle, Richland County, Wisconsin. Jennie died August 18, 1846. Francis Marion then, on July 22, 1898, married Jane Elizabeth Tordoff, the daughter of Edmund Tordoff and his wife Harriet, born at LaValle, Sauk County, Wisconsin, December 2, 1860. Both Jane's parents were English born pioneers. Jane died in Wittier, California, March or April 26, 1917 (bible handwriting unclear). Francis Marion then married Anna Simonton (born about 1869), at Spokane, Washington, August 20, 1919. She died October 21, 1930, at the age of 61. Frances Marion died four years later, December 14, 1934, age 87 years, 30 days. Francis Marion Groat and Jennie M. Butman had 3 children:
William Henry: Born February 5, 1880.
Francis Marion Jr.: Born September 12, 1882.
Mary: Born September 9, 1884.
Francis Marion Groat and Jane E. Tordoff had 2 children:
Edmund Tordoff: Born February 2, 1900.
Frederick Jeremiah: Born February 26, 1902.
Cornelia (Camelia, Sarah) GROAT, the daughter of Frederich Jeremiah Groat (235) and Clarissa Spoor, was born December 20, 1849, in Ironton, Sauk County, Wisconsin. She married Walter Roys and lived in LaValle, Sauk County, Wisconsin.
Esther J. GROAT, the daughter of Frederich Jeremiah Groat (235) and Clarissa Spoor, was born at LaValle, Wisconsin, October 5, 1852. She married William Burchell of LaValle.
Mary E. GROAT, the daughter of Frederich Jeremiah Groat (235) and Clarissa Spoor, was born at Irontown, Wisconsin, December 27, 1854.
Ellen Maria GROAT, the daughter of Frederich Jeremiah Groat (235) and Clarissa Spoor, was born at Ironton, Wisconsin, April 16, 1857.
Angeline Amelia (Ina) GROAT, the daughter of Frederich Jeremiah Groat (235) and Clarissa Spoor, was born at Wonewoc, Wisconsin, May 27, 1860. She married (?) Rabuck.
Lucinda GROAT, the daughter of Abraham Henry Groat (236) and Catherine Stupplebeem, was born about 1830. She married Charles Coffin, who was born in 1830 and died in 1900, and is buried in Hudson City Cemetery. Catherine is listed in the 1850 federal census of Hudson, living at home with her parents, age 19. No further record has been found.
Henry GROAT, the son of Abraham Henry Groat (236) and Catherine Stupplebeem, was born about 1832 or 1838. He is listed in the 1850 federal census of Hudson, living at home with his parents, age 12 or 17 (difficult to read).
Edwin GROAT, the son of Abraham Henry Groat (236) and Catherine Stupplebeem, was born about 1840. He is listed in the 1850 federal census of Hudson, living at home with his parents, age 10.
Imogene GROAT, the daughter of Abraham Henry Groat (236) and Catherine Stupplebeem, was born about 1842: She is listed in the 1850 federal census of Hudson, living at home with her parents, age 8.
Josephine GROAT, the daughter of Abraham Henry Groat (236) and Catherine Stupplebeem, was born about 1844 or 1846. She is listed in the 1850 federal census of Hudson, living at home with her parents, age 6 or 4 (difficult to read).
Edmund O. GROAT, the son of Isaac Peter Groat (237) and his wife, Ursula, was born August 5, 1843. He died August 28, 1851, at the age of 8 years and 23 days, and is buried in the Hudson City Cemetery.
Amelia GROAT, the daughter of Philip P. Groat (249) and Harriet Van Deusen, was born December 6, 1837, and christened the following March at the Reformed Church of Claverack. She is listed in the 1850 New York State census, age 17, living with her parents. She died about 1908.
Anna Louise GROAT, the daughter of Philip P. Groat (249) and Harriet Van Deusen, was born June 17, 1839, and christened January 2, 1840, at the Reformed Church of Claverack. The 1850 Federal census of Greenport, Columbia County, lists her with her parents, age 11. In the 1855 New York State census she is still at home, age 15. On January 3, 1866, she married Arthur Magee, the son of William P. Magee and Gertrude Moore, born May 10, 1834. They had one child. Anna Louise died September 27, 1918.
William Groat MAGEE: William Magee, the son of Arthur Magee and Anna Louise Groat (359), was born June 23, 1869.
Helen (Ellen) Jane GROAT, the daughter of Philip P. Groat (249) and Harriet Van Deusen was born February 19, 1841, and christened "Ellen Jane at the Reformed Church of Claverack, August 10 (poss. 16 or 18), 1841. She died an infant, February 9, 1842.
Katherine (Catherine) GROAT, the daughter of Philip P. and Harriet Van Deusen, was born January 5, 1843, and christened Catharine at the Reformed Church of Claverack, May 30, 1843. The 1850 Federal census of Greenport, Columbia County, lists her with the family, age 7. She died December 19, 1926, and is buried with her parents in the cemetery of the Reformed Church of Claverack.
Emma Jane GROAT, the daughter of Philip P. Groat (249) and Harriet Van Deusen, was born November 12, 1844, and christened at the Reformed Church of Claverack, February 24, 1845. The Federal census of Greenport, Columbia County, lists her living with the family at the age of 5. On November 10, 1869, she married Mathias H. Milham, the son of Henry S. Milham and Cornelia Maria Van Deusen, born September 6, 1845, and christened December 4, 1845. The marriage record lists her as from Greenport, him from Claverack. Witnesses at the wedding included Amelia Groat (358) and Robert F. Groat (250). She died March 4, 1887, and is buried in the churchyard of the Reformed Church of Claverack.
Harold Groat MILHAM: Harold Groat Milham was the son of Mathias Milham and Emma Jane Groat (362).
William Robert GROAT, the son of Philip P. Groat (249) and Harriet Van Deusen, was born April 22, 1847, and christened October 21, 1847, at the Reformed Church of Claverack. The 1850 Federal census of Greenport, Columbia County, lists him living with the family at the age of 3. In the 1855 New York State census he is listed at the age of 10, still at home. On May 8, 1872, at Canastota, Madison County, NY., he married Elizabeth Morgan Avery, the daughter of Ralph Hurlbut Avery and Martha Cheesbrough Randall, born during 1847. They had two children. William died in August, 1914.
Jessie Avery: Born 1874.
William Avery: Born November 9, 1876.
Harriet (Hattie) Elizabeth GROAT, the daughter of Philip P. Groat (249) and Harriet Van Deusen, was born April 6, 1856, and christened Hattie Elizabeth, at the Reformed Church of Claverack, March 17, 1857. Some records have confused this as twins when it is, in fact, one child, Harriet Elizabeth and nicknamed Hattie Elizabeth. Hattie died at the age of 54, August 15, 1910, and she is buried in the churchyard of the Reformed Church of Claverack.
Anna Elizabeth GROAT was the daughter of Robert F. Groat (250) and Sarah Voland (Foland). In 1898, she married Dr. Henry Warner Johnson, the son of the Reverend William M. Johnson and Anna Elizabeth Simpson, born January 10, 1867, at Stillwater, Saratoga County, NY. Anna Elizabeth is listed on the rolls of the Daughters of the American Revolution (member #13636), basing her membership on the service of Peter Groat (40). Quoting his biography from Columbia County at The End of the Century:
_____________________________ Dr. Henry Warner Johnson was born in Stillwater, Saratoga County, NY., January 10, 1867. He received his preparatory education at Granville Military Academy in Washington County, and was graduated from Hamilton College in 1889. Selecting the medical profession for his lifework, he entered the medical department of Union University, from which he was graduated with the usual degree in 1891. He settled in Hudson and began a practice which has been highly satisfactory, making a specialty of throat diseases. He is a member of the board of health, and a surgeon to Company D, First Regiment, NG., NY. Dr. Johnson has earned a high standing in his profession, and as a citizen has performed with zeal those duties which devolve upon true Americans.
_____________________________
Robert Groat JOHNSON: Robert Groat Johnson, birthdate unknown, was the son of Dr. Henry Warner Johnson and Anna Elizabeth Groat (365).
Ida Eleanore (Ide Elinore) GROAT, the daughter of John Calvin Groat (252) and Mary Eleanore Shufelt, was born July 26, 1848, and christened, November 8, 1848. She is listed in the 1850 Federal census of Ghent, Columbia County, as living with the family, age 1. New York State census records for 1855 and 1865 list her at ages 6 and 16, respectively. On October 23, 1872, she married Cornelius Esselstein (Esselstyne), the son of Martin Esselstein (b.1810) and Cynthia Garner (m. 1845), born at Claverack, May 31, 1846, the eldest of three children.
Cora May ESSELSTEIN: Cora May Esselstein, the daughter of Cornelius Esselstein and Ida Elinor Groat (366), was born September 12, 1874. She married Charles D. Vosburgh.
Louise Groat ESSELSTEIN: Louise Groat Esselstein, the daughter of Cornelius Esselstein and Ida Elinor Groat (366), was born October 16, 1878. She married William Fero and had two children.
Julia GROAT, the daughter of John Calvin Groat (252) and Mary Elinore Shufelt, was born about 1849. She is listed with the family in the 1850 federal census of Ghent, Columbia County, age 1. No further record has been found.
Ella GROAT, the daughter of John Calvin Groat (2~2) and Mary Elinore Shufelt, was born December 21, 1851, and christened at Christ's Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ghent August 14 1853. She married George Tompkins (Timpkins?, June 4 or 19, 1874.
Florence TOMPKINS: Florence Tompkins was the daughter of George Tompkins and Ella Groat (368). She married Allen Walker.
Frank GROAT, the son of William Allen Groat (253) and Eliza Jane Pulver was born about August 2, 1851. He died December 26, 1851, at the age of 4 months, 24 days, and was buried in Union Cemetery, Mellenville, Columbia County, NY.
Robert Sylvester GROAT, the son of William Allen Groat (253) and Eliza Jane Pulver was born October 23, 1852, and christened at Christ's Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ghent, August 14, 1853. He is listed with his parents in the 1855 New York State census, age 2. He died May 27, 1861, at the age of 8 years, 8 months, and 5 days, and was buried in Union Cemetery, Mellenville, Columbia County, NY.
Mary Kate (Catherine) GROAT, the daughter of William Allen Groat (253) and Eliza Jane Pulver was born December 24, 1854, and christened at Christ's -Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ghent, December 14, 1861. The 1855 and 1865 New York State census records list her with her parents, ages 5/12 and 10, respectively. She married James Fradenburg, November 20, 1878, at Christ's Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ghent, Columbia County, New York.
George O. GROAT, the son of David Benedict Groat (256) and Harriet Anne Squire, was born about 1841. He is listed in the 1850 Federal census of Ghent, Columbia County, age 7, living with his mother at the home of his grandfather, Peter Groat, Jr., (144). His father was a 49’er, having sailed for California in 1849.
Harriet Amanda GROAT, the daughter of David Benedict Groat (256) and Harriet Anne Squire, was born about 1843. She is listed in the 1850 Federal census of Ghent, Columbia County, age 5, living with her mother at the home of her grandfather, Peter Groat, Jr., (144). Her father was a 49'er, having sailed for California in 1849. She married George Newberry Stockton.
Georgia STOCKTON: Georgia Stockton, the daughter of George Newberry Stockton and Harriet Amanda Groat (373) was born in Indiana. She married Robert Stockwell Hatcher. She is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution (member #2962), basing her membership partly upon the service of Peter Groat (40).
Mary Squire GROAT, the daughter of David Benedict Groat (256) and Harriet Anne Squire, was born about 1845. She is listed in the 1850 Federal census of Ghent, Columbia County, age 7, living with her mother at the home of her grandfather, Peter Groat, Jr., (144). Her father was a 49'er, having sailed for California in 1849. She married George Nyce Foresman.
Harriet Bertha FORESMAN: Harriet Bertha Foresman, the daughter of George Nyce Foresman and Mary Squire (374) was born in Indiana. She is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution (member #7767), basing her membership upon the service of Peter Groat (40).
Ellen GROAT, the daughter of William Thomas Groat (258) and Augusta Van Deusen, was born about 1845. She is listed with the family in the 1855 federal census, age 10. No further record has been found.
Anna Maria GROAT, the daughter of William Thomas Groat (258) and Augusta Van Deusen, was born about 1848/9. She is listed with the family in the 1855 federal census, age 7. This is probably the Maria Groat (1849-1929) who is buried in the Hudson City Cemetery with her husband, David W. Alcott.
, the son of William Thomas Groat (258) and Augusta Van Deusen, was born about 1854. He is listed with the family in the 1855 federal census, age 1. No further record has been found.
Benjamin Feland GROAT, the son of Peter Benjamin Groat (263) and Ann Garnett Ritter, was born in Hannibal Missouri, October 18, 1867. On June 25, 1906, he married Harriet Grace Mitchell, the daughter of Albion Lewis Mitchell (1826-1914) and Rebecca Hart (1834-1913), born November 8, 1872, at Davenport, Iowa. Benjamin F. earned a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering at the University of Minnesota in 1901 and a Bachelor (1908) and Master's (1910) degree in law. He served as the professor in charge, mechanics and mathematics at the University of Minnesota School of Mines (1898-1910). He later served as a consulting engineer. He was a Jeffersonian democrat. Harriet earned a bachelor's degree in law at the University of Minnesota in 1899, and a Master of Arts degree in 1908. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Benjamin F. and Harriet had one child. Their residence in 1935 was at 20 Chapel Street, Brookline, Massachusetts.
Lucy Mitchell: Born November 29, 1909).
Peter Benedict GROAT, the son of Peter Benjamin Groat (263) and Ann Garnett Ritter, was born in 1869 and died, an infant, in 1870.
Mary Ella GROAT, the daughter of Richard Peter Groat (267) and Mary Anne Lovejoy, was born October 31, 1851, at Newark, Wayne County, NY. On May 22, 1873, she married James Winslow Dunwell, the son of Almerin Dunwell and Elizabeth Hill Storms, born at East Newark, Wayne County, NY., December 19, 1850. An 1895 Landmark History of Wayne County included the following biographical sketch:
_____________________________ James Winslow Dunwell The ancestors of this sketch have been Americans for five generations.
The first of his father's family to come to this country was an English soldier, who served under General Wolfe in the campaign that terminated with the fall of Quebec. The advent of his mother's ancestors in this country, who came from Holland, antedates the Revolution, during which members of the family bore arms in the army of General Schuyler. Subsequently they settled in Connecticut and in the eastern counties of New York. His father's family settled in Wayne and his mother's family in Cayuga county.
Almerin Dunwell, the father of James W., was born in Sodus, Wayne county, in 1815, and died at Lyons in 1866. He married Elizabeth Storms of Mentz, Cayuga County, whose death took place at Lyons in 1884. They had two children, Charles T. Dunwell of New York City, a lawyer by profession, and James W. Dunwell, the subject of this sketch.
Mr. Dunwell is a trial lawyer. It is in active, spirited litigation, where the stakes are large and the interests great, that he feels most happily situated. He possesses a high degree of intuitive faculty for anticipating the course of his opponent in a case and the best plan with which to meet it - a qualification which, when coupled with his large general knowledge of law, acquired by years of experience in litigation, his thorough preparation, his quick and alert perception of every weak point in his adversary's case, and his power in impressing court and jury, render Mr. Dunwell a foeman at the bar by whom it is honorable even to be defeated.
Mr. Dunwell...is one of the most efficient and practical workers in the Republican Party. Political jealousy is an unknown to him, for his party service has always inured incidentally to the upbuilding of the political fortunes of others, without reward to himself except the delight he shares in his friends' prosperity. As a delegate to the county, district, assembly, senatorial and congressional conventions he has served constantly. He was a delegate to the National Republican Convention in Minneapolis in 1892, and at the State Convention at Saratoga in 1894.
Socially, Mr. Dunwell is the courteous gentleman always. Peculiarly outspoken and open in his personal communications with his fellows; fluent and easy in conversation, his words always bear weight and render him an agreeable companion, whether for an hour or a day.
Mr. Dunwell married on May 22, 1873, Mary Ella Groat , daughter of Hon. Richard P. Groat, a prominent citizen of Newark. They have one daughter, born in February, 1879.
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James Dunwell was later appointed Supreme Court Justice of the State of New York, which position he occupied beginning January, 1896. He died May 22, 1907, at Lyons and he was buried in Elmwood Cemetery. Mary Ella died October 2, 1909, and was buried with her husband.
Pauline DUNWELL: Pauline Dunwell, the daughter of James Winslow Dunwell, was born in February, 1879. She married E. B. (Bellamy?) Partridge of Phelps. This may have been the Bellamy Partridge who wrote the best seller, A Country Lawyer, later adapted to radio. She was living in California at the time of her maternal grandfather, Richard Peter Groat 's (267) death and inherited his considerable wealth. The monument on her parent's grave lists her as living until 1944 (1879-1944), though I do not believe that she is buried there.
Charles Lovejoy GROAT, the son of Richard Peter Groat (267) and Mary Anne Lovejoy, was born about 1852 at Newark, Wayne County, NY. He married Caroline W. Yager, the daughter of Valentine Yager and his wife, Caroline, born about 1866. Family tradition has it that Caroline, the daughter of German immigrants, had been the family maid prior to the wedding. Charles father disapproved of the wedding and disinherited him. Charles and Caroline moved to Philadelphia around 1890, where they operated a bakery. After the birth of seven children, Caroline died in November, 1923. In his late years Charles stayed with his son in New Jersey. He died in December, 1936. They are buried with five of their children in Leverington Cemetery in Philadelphia.
Richard Lovejoy: Born February 9, 1891.
Mary E.: Born in 1894.
Edith: Born in 1897.
Ruth Mildred: Born January 6, 1900.
Raymond Boyd: Born February 9, 1902.
Gladys: Born in 1906.
James Dunwell: Born September 2, 1907.
Rosabell (Ida) GROAT, the daughter of Richard Peter Groat (267) and Mary Anne Lovejoy, was born May 4, 1855, at Newark, Wayne County, NY. She died of Cholera at the age of only 4 months, September 30, 1855, and is buried in the family plot in the old Main Street Cemetery, Newark.
Jessie GROAT, the son of Richard Peter Groat (267) and Mary Anne Lovejoy, was born in 1856 at Newark, Wayne County, NY. He died in 1860 and is buried in Newark's old Main Street Cemetery cause of death was listed "as sore throat!"
Elizabeth GROAT, the daughter of Richard Peter Groat (267) and Mary Anne Lovejoy, was born in 1861 at Newark, Wayne County, NY. She died during February, 1868, of diphtheria and was buried in Newark's old Main Street Cemetery.
Anna G. GROAT, the daughter of William S. Groat (269) and Mary E. Keller, was born about 1852 at Newark, NY.
Frank A. (Adelbert) GROAT, the son of William S. Groat (269) and Mary E. Keller, was born about 1853/4. He married Emma E. Van Deusen, born about 1852. Emma was the daughter of Fernando Cortez Van Deusen and Emily Roserville Vahue, married at Greece, NY., in 1846. Frank died about 1916, in Rochester, New York. Emma died about ten years later, about 1926, in Rochester, and she is buried with her husband.
William Smith: Born April 18, 1880.
Frank D.: Born July 14, 1883.
Lura: Birthdate unknown.
Gertrude: Birthdate unknown.
Carrie S. GROAT, the daughter of James F. Groat (276) and Mary E. Sanford, was born about 1862 at Newark, Wayne County, NY.
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