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     Martha Wright was born on 18 June 1659 at Concord, MA.. She was the daughter of Edward Wright and Elizabeth Mellowes. She died on 14 June 1746 at Stow, MA., at age 86.

     Samuel Wright was born on 12 April 1661 at Concord, MA.. He was the son of Edward Wright and Elizabeth Mellowes. He died on 1 October 1741 at age 80.

     Peter Wright was born circa 1665. He was the son of Edward Wright and Elizabeth Mellowes. He died on 15 January 1717/18.

     Sarah Wright was born circa 1670. She was the daughter of Edward Wright and Elizabeth Mellowes. She died in March 1725/26.

     Bernice "Nellie" Tommie Gray was born on 2 August 1929 at OK. She was the daughter of James Marion Gray and Beatrice Inez Treadway. She died on 16 September 1977 at Kilgore, TX., at age 48. She was buried at Kilgore City Cemetery, Kilgore, Gregg Co, TX..

     Fray Piland was born on 15 January 1900 at Locust, MO.. He married Clara Elva Treadway, daughter of William Lafayette Treadaway and Malinda Edmona Loftis, on 31 March 1923 at Henryetta, Okmulgee Co, OK..⁵ He and Clara Elva Treadway were divorced circa 1926. He married Esther Stephenson. He died on 19 June 1970 at Paris, TX., at age 70.

     John Charles Calhoun is the son of John Clinton Calhoun and Nettie May Fletcher.

     Geordie Fletcher Calhoun is the child of John Clinton Calhoun and Nettie May Fletcher.

     Leonora A. Saban was born on 14 March 1825 at China, ME.. She married John Leonard Ferson, son of John Ferson and Lucy F. Woods, on 18 February 1855 at Lowell, MA..¹¹ She died on 13 July 1913 at Winnebago Co, WI., at age 88.

     Charles B. Ferson was born on 14 October 1847 at Lowell, Middlesex Co, MA.. He was the son of John Leonard Ferson and Mary C. Branch. He married Francis Ellen Rogers on 5 June 1874 at Vinland, Winnebago Co, WI..⁶ He died on 29 July 1881 at WI. at age 33. He was buried at Brooks Cemetery, Oshkosh, WI..

     Ella Augusta/Amanda Ferson was born on 20 April 1849 at Lowell, Middlesex Co, MA.. She was the daughter of John Leonard Ferson and Mary C. Branch. She married Henry Pickney Gay on 24 April 1868 at Winnebago Co, WI..⁷ She moved to Santa Barbara Co, CA before 1885. She died on 14 June 1903 at age 54.

     Hattie S. Ferson was born on 13 September 1858 at Winnebago Co, WI.. She was the daughter of John Leonard Ferson and Leonora A. Saban. She married Robert James Taylor on 27 June 1877 at Vinland, WI..⁹ She moved to Mitchell, Dakota Territory in 1880. She lived in 1913 at Charles City, IA.. She died on 12 November 1930 at Charles City, Floyd Co, IA., at age 72. She was buried at Riverside Cemetery, Charles City, IA..

     Emma Lenora Ferson was born on 1 January 1860 at Winnebago Co, WI.. She was the daughter of John Leonard Ferson and Leonora A. Saban. She married Joseph G. Marshall on 27 November 1879 at Winnebago Co, WI..⁷ She lived in 1913 at Oshkosh, WI.. She died on 15 October 1933 at age 73.

     Granville Rideout was born on 14 September 1815 at NH. He married Lucy Maria Ferson, daughter of John Ferson and Lucy F. Woods, on 1 April 1841. He was a farmer at New Dunstable Road, Nashua, NH.. He died in 1890. He was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, Nashua, NH..

     Georgiana Ferson was born on 10 May 1862 at Winnebago Co, WI.. She was the daughter of John Leonard Ferson and Leonora A. Saban. She married Orin Freeman Hall on 15 November 1882 at Winnebago Co, WI..⁷ She died on 28 December 1922 at Oshkosh, Winnebago Co, WI., at age 60.

     Clara B. Ferson was born on 8 May 1865 at Winnebago Co, WI.. She was the daughter of John Leonard Ferson and Leonora A. Saban. She married Charles Alvin "Alvin" Kellett on 16 October 1890 at Vinland Twp, Winnebago Co, WI..⁷ She died on 9 August 1945 at Oshkosh, Winnebago Co, WI., at age 80.

     Nellie Maude Ferson was born on 9 January 1868 at Winnebago Co, WI.. She was the daughter of John Leonard Ferson and Leonora A. Saban. She married David Franklin Weatherby on 17 October 1888. She and David Franklin Weatherby moved to Two Harbors, MN. She died on 11 January 1943 at Duluth, Saint Louis Co, MN., at age 75.

     Wilber Leonard Ferson was born on 13 November 1873 at Oshkosh, Winnebago Co, WI.. He was the son of John Leonard Ferson and Leonora A. Saban. He married Esther Cowling on 26 June 1906 at Winnebago Co, WI..¹¹ He died on 3 January 1966 at Winnebago Co, WI., at age 92.

     Charles Cheney Drew was born on 24 October 1825 at Holderness, NH.. He married Sarah Francis Ferson, daughter of John Ferson and Lucy F. Woods, on 1 June 1852 at Nashua, NH.. He moved to Oshkosh, WI in March 1856. He was co-partners with his brother-in-law Ferson of the first circular saw mill in Oshkosh, WI. The plant was destroyed by fire in 1860. To settle the business they agreed to arbitration. Ferson appealed the aribitration and the case was heard in the Wisconsin Superior Court and published in January 1866.¹⁵ He and Sarah Francis Ferson moved from Oshkosh, WI. to Charles City, IA. in 1863. He and Sarah Francis Ferson moved to Luverne, MN. in 1876. He was a pioneer furniture merchant at Luverne, MN.. He died on 4 January 1924 at Rock Co, MN., at age 98.
(Comment: Note: Etta and William were adopted.)

     Mary C. Branch was born in 1823 at MA. She was the daughter of Palmer Branch. She married John Leonard Ferson, son of John Ferson and Lucy F. Woods, on 1 November 1846 at Lowell, MA..³ She died in 1854.⁴