Caroline Newcomb, at the age of eleven, was left motherless, with the care of housekeeping and of three younger children, until at sixteen she was married to Asa Talcott, aged nineteen. They were called the "Babes in the Woods." She raised six girls and seven boys. Four were in the civil war."
Her mother who died was actually her step-mother her father's second wife. He would go on to marry a third time about the time Lenona married Asa.
Leona often used family names in naming her children both for first names like "Bradford" or for their middle names. She bore 13 children in 21 years, most who moved to Fayette Co., Iowa. "Lydia" was the only one who stayed in Ohio where Caroline & Asa died.
Caroline Newcomb, at the age of eleven, was left motherless, with the care of housekeeping and of three younger children, until at sixteen she was married to Asa Talcott, aged nineteen. They were called the "Babes in the Woods." She raised six girls and seven boys. Four were in the civil war."
Her mother who died was actually her step-mother her father's second wife. He would go on to marry a third time about the time Lenona married Asa.
Leona often used family names in naming her children both for first names like "Bradford" or for their middle names. She bore 13 children in 21 years, most who moved to Fayette Co., Iowa. "Lydia" was the only one who stayed in Ohio where Caroline & Asa died.
Family Members
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Eunice Euphrasia Talcott Davis
1821–1897
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Fitz Henry Talcott
1822–1900
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Bradford Newcomb Talcott
1827–1896
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Elvira F. Talcott
1829–1831
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Edward Plympton Talcott
1831–1904
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Walter Burroughs Talcott
1833–1865
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Walter Burroughs Talcott
1833–1865
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Horace Plimon Talcott
1835–1910
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Elvina Corincia Talcott Strong
1837–1908
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Lydia Euphina Talcott Allen
1839–1915
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Mabel Caroline Talcott Strickland
1845–1903
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Silas A Talcott
1848–1924
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