HESS & WILLIAMS FAMILY GENEALOGY

Alvan Cross.Alvan married Betsey Smith.

Betsey Smith [Parents] was born on 16 Feb 1794 in Ashfield, Franklin, Mass.. She married Alvan Cross.

Joseph Porter [Parents] was born on 7 Jan 1760 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts. He died on 15 Mar 1825 in Ashfield, Massachusetts . He married Leonora Graves on 30 Sep 1784 in Whately, Massachusetts.

Leonora Graves was born about 1763 in Massachusetts. She married Joseph Porter on 30 Sep 1784 in Whately, Massachusetts.

They had the following children:

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Rebecca Porter

Lucius C. Williams [Parents] was born in 1851 in Westlake (Dover) Cuyahoga, Ohio. He married Eliza J. Williams.

Eliza J. Williams was born about 1848 in Ohio. She married Lucius C. Williams.

Lucian A. Williams [Parents] was born in 1856 in Westlake (Dover) Cuyahoga, Ohio. He married Lucy E. Phinney.

Lucy E. Phinney was born about 1860 in Ohio. She married Lucian A. Williams.

They had the following children:

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Catherine Williams

James P. Reed [Parents] was born about 1840 in , , Ohio. He married Josie Reed.

Josie Reed was born about 1843 in Rhode Island. She married James P. Reed.

Nick Harris.Nick married Helen Alford.

Helen Alford [Parents] was born on 25 Mar 1832 in Alfordsville, Daviess Co., Indiana. She died on 11 Aug 1854 in Alfordsville, Daviess Co., Indiana. She was buried in Alfordsville, Union Cemetery, Indiana. She married Nick Harris.

They had the following children:

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Orlena Harris

William Harvey Alford [Parents] was born in Kentucky. He died in Sedan, Kansas. He married Orlena Harris in Indiana.

Served in tthe Union Army in the Civil War; married his second cousin Orlena Harris and homesteaded in the Caney Valley Community east of Sedan, Kansas.

Orlena Harris [Parents] was born in 1852 in Alfordsville, Indiana. She died in 1932. She was buried in Greenwood Cemetary, Sedan, Kansas. She married William Harvey Alford in Indiana.

Her mother died when she was 2 years old and she was raised by her grandparents, James and Hannah Baker Alford.

They had the following children:

		F	i	Agnes Alford was born in 1871. She died infancy.
		M	ii	Johnny Alford died Infancy.
		M	iii	Thomas (Tom) Alford was born in 1872. He died in 1936.
		M	iv	Isaac (Ike) Alford was born in 1875. He died in 1935.
		M	v	Winton (Wint) Alford was born in 1877. He died in 1960.
		F	vi	Nellie Alford was born in 1883. She died in 1931. Never married.
		F	vii	Helen Alford died in 1966. Never married.

Marten Luther Mead was born on 23 Jan 1834 in Vermont. He died on 15 Sep 1899 in Highlandlake, Weld Co., Colorado. He was buried in Highlandlake Cemetary . He married Myra Mehitabel Jenkins on 23 Jan 1867 in Conway, Massachusetts.

He had an older brother Loren C. Mead (1832-1908) with wife, Elizabeth C. (1841-1922) who was the founder of Highlandlake, Colorado. They had a son, Malcolm C. (1875-1948); all are buried in the Highlandlake Cemetary.

Myra Mehitabel Jenkins [Parents] was born on 6 Aug 1843 in Ashfield, Massachusetts . She died on 28 Feb 1936 in Highlandlake, Weld Co., Colorado. She was buried in Highlandlake Cemetary . She married Marten Luther Mead on 23 Jan 1867 in Conway, Massachusetts.

They had the following children:

		F	i	Hannah T. Mead was born in 1865 in New York.
		M	ii	Paul Martin Mead was born on 24 Feb 1869 in New York. He died on 1 Sep 1945 in Highlandlake, Weld Co., Colorado. He was buried in Highlandlake Cemetary. He was a nephew of L. C. Mead (founder of Highlandlake, Colo.); he donated part of his farm for the town of Mead, which was formed 2 miles southeast of Highlandlake after the train bypassed the community of Highlandlake.
		M	iii	Frederick E. Mead was born in 1870 in Massachusetts. He died in 1905 in Highlandlake, Weld Co., Colorado. He was buried in Highlandlake Cemetary.
		M	iv	Harry W. Mead was born in 1874 in Ohio.

William Williams [Parents] was born on 21 Nov 1820 in Ashfield, Franklin, Mass..

He had the following children:

		F	i	Clara Williams was born in 1855 in Indiana.
		M	ii	George Williams
		M	iii	Lewis Williams was born in 1869 in Indiana.

Moses Baldwin was born in 1798 in Massachusetts. He married Ruth.

Ruth was born in 1802 in Massachusetts. She married Moses Baldwin.

They had the following children:

		F	i	Mary Jane Baldwin
		M	ii	Charles C. Baldwin was born in 1834 in Lenox, New York.
		F	iii	Sally Baldwin was born in 1836 in Lenox, New York.
		M	iv	William W. Baldwin

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