25 days. [She was the wife of Samuel W. Burt, and died in childbed.] Daniel Elbridge Hildreth died at South Newbury Vermont, July 22, 1874, (of cancer on the face and brain,) aged 52 years and 4 days. Mary Caroline (Hildreth) McCoy died in Lowell, Massachusetts, April 15, 1886, aged 61 years, 8 months and 10 days. Added to the foregoing family record of Daniel and Clarissa Hildreth is the following family record of their children: Azro Benjamin Franklin Hildreth, born in Chelsea, Orange county, Vermont, Feb. 29, 1816. Hannah D. L. Rier, born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, Nov. 9, 1819, died in Newbury port, Massachusetts, May 20, 1841. Azro and Hannah were married in Newburyport, Mass., October 24, 1839. No children. Olive F. Fuller, born in Sumner, Oxford county, Maine, Nov. 16, 1822, died in Bradford, Orange county, Vermont, Jan. 26, 1844. Azro and Olive were married in Lowell, Mass., February 6, 1842. No children. Liveria A. Knight, born in Surry, Cheshire county, New Hampshire, June 11, 1817. Azro and Liveria were married in Fryeburg, Maine, Oct. 21, 1844. One child, named Mary Liveria Aurette, born in Bradford Vt., June 23, 1851, died in Charles City, Iowa, Nov. 29. 1857. Almira Maria Hildreth, born in Chelsea, Orange county, Vt., Feb. 10, 1818. Edward Wason, born in Corinth, Orange county, Vt., Dec. 9, 1801, died in Corinth, Vt., March 11. 1883. Almira and Edward were married in Montpelier, Vt., Oct. 22, 1854. Two children, Myra, born in Corinth, Vt., April 12, 1859, and Laura, born in Corinth, Vt., Nov. 20, 1861. Daniel Elbridge Hildreth, born in Chelsea, Orange county, Vt., July 18, 1822, died at South Newbury, Orange county, Vt., July 22, 1874. Emeline A. Mason, born at North Lyman, Grafton Co., N. H., Dec. 4, 1833. Daniel and Emeline were married at North Lyman, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, June 7, 1854. Their children were: Amanda L., born in Chelsea, Vt., Jan. 4, 1856, died at South Newbury, Vt., October 1, 1879. Lucy E. K. born in Chelsea, Vt., May 13, 1857. died at South Newbury, Vt., March 27, 1877. Philip D. W., born in Bradford, Vt., May 30. 1868. Mary Caroline Hildreth, born in Cheslea, Orange Co., Vt., August 5, 1824, died in Lowell, Mass., April 15, 1886. Charles McCoy, born in Peterborough, New Hampshire, Sept. 28. 1827. Mary and Charles were married in Lowell, Mass., April 30, 1852.. Their children were: Charles Albert, born in Peterborough, N. H., Dec. 23, 1853, and died in Lowell, Mass., Dec. 30, 1854. Frank Edwin, born in Lowell, Mass., Oct. 17, 1855, and died in Lowell, Mass., August 3, 1890. Fred Milton, born in Lowell, Mass., April 20, 1857, and died in Lowell, Mass., Nov. 11, 1860. George Edgar, born in Lowell, Mass., Oct. 20, 1859, and died in Lowell, Mass., Oct. 30, 1874. Albin Francis, born in Lowell, Mass., Nov. 2, 1861. Edward Clarence, born in Peterborough, N. H., Sept. 4, 1863. Mary Clara, born in Peterborough, N. H., March 4, 1866. Harriet Newell Hildreth, born in Chelsea, Orange Co., Vt. April 25, 1831. Lyman Porter, born in Worcester, Washington Co., Vt.. Aug. 17, 1827. Harriet and Lyman were married in Chelsea, Vt., February 6, 1855. Their children were: Lovinia H., born in Corinth, Vt., Aug. 31, 1856, died Sept. 24, 1862. Mary Liveria H., born in Corinth, Vt., July 8, 1858, died November 12, 1862. Infant son, born Nov. 8, 1860, died Dec. 12, 1860. Manella Frances, born in Corinth, Vt., May 17, 1862, died October 4. 1862. Julia Mead, born in Corinth, Vt., Nov. 20, 1863, died January 31, 1864. John Lyman, born in Corinth, Vt., Dec. 12, 1864. Levi, born in Corinth, Vt.. May 3, 1868, died Nov. 3, 1870. Albert Gallatin Hildreth, born in Chelsea, Orange Co., Vt., February 25, 1829. Mary M. Barnes, born in Waitsfield, Washing ton Co., Vt., Sept. 30, 1832, and died in Lowell, Mass., Dec. 17, 1874. Albert and Mary were married in Montpelier, Vt., Feb. 3, 1853. Children: George W., born in Montpelier, Vt., Nov. 26, 1853. Charles McCoy, born in Corinth, Vt., August 6, 1856. Alvin B., born in Corinth, Vt., Oct. 14, 1857, died in Pepperell, Mass., Dec. 21, 1881. Mary Clarissa, born in Thetford, Vt., Dec. 4, 1859. Azro B. F., born in Thetford, Vt., May 20, 1862. James A. Garfield, born in Lowell, Mass., July 16, 1881, son of the above-named Azro B. F., and adopted by Albert G. and his second wife as their own son. Abbie R. Lawrence, born in Buxton, Maine, Nov. 5, 1826. Albert and Abbie were married in Lowell, Mass., February 24, 1876. No children. Amelia Brown Hildreth, born in Chelsea Vt., Oct. 24, 1837, died in Corinth, Orange Co., Vt.. May 19, 1861. Samuel W. Burt, born in Orange, Orange Co.. Vt., February 20, 1837, died in St. Johnsbury. Caledonia Co., Vt., February 15, 1886. Amelia and Samuel were married in Chelsea, Vt., Nov. 3, 1859. One child, Freddie, a son, born in Corinth, Vt., May 5, 1861, and died in Corinth, Vt., Nov. 3, 1862. All the other children of Daniel and Clarissa Hildreth died unmarried, some in early years and others in infancy. CHAPTER VIII. F THEIR FIRST BORN. ROM extreme infancy the subject of this memoir, (Azro B. F. Hildreth,) manifested an unusual fondness for books. Often has the mother said that in his crying moments, (for children will cry.) nothing would so quickly appease him as the gift of some book. The primer, toy-books, &c., given him by parents and friends, were preserved with the strictest care-not a leaf was allowed to be torn or soiled, notwithstanding they were perused and re-perused with the utmost diligence. When first permitted to attend the district. school, at the age of four years, how his young heart leaped for joy! It was his constant effort and pride to stand at the head of his class, and in this he was successful beyond a majority of his school-mates. While young the father often avowed his determination to give this, his eldest, a liberal education, but this determination was never fulfilled. However, such was his proficiency in the various branches taught in the district schools and academies of that day, and which were deemed most essential in the ordinary transaction of business, that, at the early age of sixteen years, |