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"JOHN N. LEEBRICK, JR (Age 97) On Thursday, July 5, 2018, of Asbury Methodist Village in Gaithersburg, MD. Beloved husband of the late Rita A. Soucy. Relatives and friends may call at Grace United Methodist Church, 119 North Frederick Avenue, Gaithersburg, MD, on Thursday, July 12, beginning at 10 a.m., where funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Interment Gate of Heaven Cemetery"--Francis J Collins Funeral Home, Silver Springs, MD
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Note N3959
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"Pauline E. "Polly" Borer, 86, 9f 28 Westwood Court, Tiffin, died Thursday, May 3, 2001. She ws born April 25, 1915 to Henry A. and Karoline (Reger) Lay. On June 20, 1942 she married John Burton Borer. He died March 6, 1999.
Surviving include: two sons, F. William Borer of Zeeland, Mich., and Bradley R Borer of Tiffin; two daughters, Barbara B. Williams of Doylestown, PA and Mrs. Beth Moon of Aiken, SC, a brother, Richard Lay of Scott; two sisters, Mrs. Lillian Cozart of Upper Arlington and Ms. Minnie L. Lay of Van Wert; 20 grandchildren; and five great grandchildren.
Deceased are a brother and four sisters.
Mrs. Borer graduated from Haviland High School and St. Vincent School of Nursing, Toledo, as a registered nurse. She retired from the Seneca County Health Department. Memberships included St. Vincent Alumni Association; member St. Joseph Festival Committee; co-founder of Cotillion Club; Rosary Altar Society; Tiffin Deanery Council of Catholic Nurses and St. Joseph Catholic Church.
The Msgr. Edward Dunn will officiate the11 a.m. Saturday Funeral Mass at St. Joseph Catholic Church. Burial will be at St. Joseph cemetery.
Visitation hours are from 10-11 a.m. Saturday in the church. The Rosary will be recited at 10:45 a.m. Saturday. Hoffman-Gottfried Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements."--4 May 2001, (Tiffin, OH) Advertiser Tribune.
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Date given in deposition by Joseph Walter Wilstach in May 1897.
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Note N3961
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"Salah Howe also spelled "Selah" was born in Westmoreland,New Hampashire.He was the first born child of ,Nehemiah Howe(1736-1777) and ,Ruth Warner(1742-1813).His Parents were married in,Massachusetts in about 1761.
Salah's father,Nehemiah Howe and Salah's grandfather,Joshua Howe (1716-1801) and their families settled on the Vermont and New Hampshire Frontier.They called their settlement lands the "Great Meadow"(township #2).Salah Howe's grandfather,Joshua Howe and Joshua's brothers,Caleb Howe,Samuel Howe and Abner Howe were all part of the early settlers on the "Great Meadow" which made up the current day towns of Westmoreland, New Hampshire, Hinsdale,New Hampshire,Vernon,Vermont and Putney,Vermont.Two generations of the Howe family endured many hardships with their fellow settlers on the Vermont and New Hampshire frontier. On Oct 11,1745 the father to the above mentioned Howe brothers,Nehemiah Howe (great grandfather of,Salah Howe)was captured by a band of Abenakis Indians on the Great Meadow and taken to a French prison in Quebec Canada where he died.While in prison he recorded his ordeal,detailing his captivity,in a journal which was published in 1747 and titled "A Narrative of the Captivity of Nehemiah How"
Salah Howe born July 29,1762 in Westmoreland,New Hampshire was the oldest of seven siblings.In order of birth,Salah Howe's siblings were as follows..
2-Orpha Howe(Butterfield) (1764-1839)
3-Nehemiah Howe(1766-1799)
4-Ruth Howe Bridgeman (1767-1797)
5-Joshua Howe(1770-?)
6-Ezekiel Howe(1774-?)
7-Samantha(1776-?)
In 1779,Salah Howe at the age of 17 joined his fellow American patriots to serve in the American Revolution.Begining in 1779,Salah served as a Private in the 6th Regiment of Militia for the Continental service in New Hampshire.Salah also served as a Private under, Captain David McGregor's 3rd New Hampshire Regiment under, Colonel Alexander Scammell.In 1780 he transferred to Captain John Dennett's 2nd New Hampshire Battalion commanded by, Gen. George Reid and served until 1783.
Salah Howe's Revolutionary War Muster Cards show him serving as a Private and a Corporal and that he mustered in a total of 19 different times.His first card(see posted photo)on right is Muster Card #1 for Jan thru Feb of 1781.He remained in service for the next three years.His last muster card #19 shows him mustering in to serve for Mar,April and May of 1783.
On Aug 15,1785 in Westmoreland,New Hampshire,Salah Howe married, Elizabeth Spears(1768-1846).Elizabeth "Betsy" Spears born in Massachusetts was the daughter of,Daniel Spears(1720-1774) and Elizabeth Sylvester(1733-1799).After they were married they remained in Westmoreland,New Hampshire until sometime after 1790.In that year,Salah Howe appears in the first U S Census for Westmoreland,New Hampshire.Sometime after 1790 they moved to Waterford,Vermont probably after the birth of their third child,Alpheus Howe,listed below.For some reason the births of his first two sons, William and Samuel Howe are recorded in both Westmoreland, New Hampshire and in Waterford,Vermont.All of their first five children's births are recorded in Waterford,Vermont.Their first five children were as follows:
1-William Howe
b Oct 30,1785,d Mar 15,1821
2-Samuel Howe b Feb 8,1788,d ?/Canada
3- Alpheus Howe b Jul 12,1790,d Nov 15,1815
4- Rev Nathan Howe b Dec 1,1792,d Dec 6,1862
5-Anna Howe b Mar 1,1795,d 1834
Sometime after the birth of their fifth child,Anna Howe in 1795,Salah Howe of Waterford,Vermont petitions the state of New Hampshire to operate a ferry across the Connecticut River.In an "Act" by the State of New Hampshire on Dec 24,1798,Salah Howe and his heirs were given exclusive privileges to operate a Ferry across the Connecticut River.The Ferry would link the towns of,Littleton,New Hampshire and Waterford,Vermont.Salah was given the rights to operate the Ferry any where from the mouth of Halls Brook and extending down river three miles.This act granted him and his heirs the right to operate the Ferry for a term of forty years.(see posted Act)
By the time the federal census of 1800 is taken,Salah Howe and his family appear living in Littleton,New Hampshire across the river from their previous home in Waterford,Vermont.It is here in Littleton that, Salah and his wife have their sixth and seventh children, Nehemiah and Horace Howe were born(listed below)
6) Nehemiah "Libby" Howe b Nov 30,1800,d bef 1870 in Middlebury,Vt
7)Horace Howe(1802-?)
For the birth of their next four children the family had moved to the Burke Tongue/Hopkinsville region of Vermont.In 1808 the Legislature of Vermont combined these two township's and renamed them as one "Kirby".To select the newly named township's officers two town meetings were held on Aug 8th and the 29th of 1808.At Kirby,Vermont's first town meeting,Salah Howe was chosen as Moderator which resulted in the election of,Jonathan Lewis as Town Clerk,Philomen Brown as Constable,Josiah Joslin as Town Representative and Benjamin Estabrooks,Joel Whipple and ,Arunah Burt as Selectmen.
Listed below are Salah and Elizabeth Howe's children born in Kirby,Vermont.
8-Lodoisha Howe(1804-?)
9-James Howe b 1806,d Sep 22,1886
10-Rodolphus(1808-?)
11-Ruth Howe(1812-?)
While living in Kirby,Vermont On April 17,1818,the age of 55,Salah Howe applied and began receiving a Pension for his Service in the Revolutionary War.By 1820 Salah Howe with his wife Betsy and children,Horace How (18),James How (14), Rodolphus How (12), Lodoisha How (16) were living in Barnet,Caledonia County, Vermont. It is while living in Barnet,Vermont on June 23,1820 that,Salah reapplies for a Revolutionary War Service pension, renewing his former April 1818 declaration(Pension certificate number 3553).
In 1825,Salah moved his family to Plattsburg,New York, his pension was transferred from the Vermont Agency to the New York Agency on Dec 28,1825.Salah Howe remained in New York until his death on Mar 14,1840.Salah Howe had been working in the Town of Hounsfield, New York when he died.His death date and place was recorded in,Betsy Howe's widow's pension claim document.
After his death his wife ,Elizabeth "Betsy" Howe began receiving a widows pension in Avon,New York on April 3,1844.Two years later on Aug 27,1846,she would transfer her widows pension from the New York agency to the Indiana Agency where she had moved to live with her son,James Howe.While living with her son,James in Indiana,Salah Howe's wife,Elizabeth "Betsy" Howe died in Lafayette, Indiana on Oct 15,1846"--Find-a-grave