Born in Wentworth, Grafton County, N.H.; family moved to Bennington Co. Vermont in 1806; then moved to Massachusetts for 6 years; removed to Lower Canada in 1818/1819; married Permelia Bodwell in 1824; settled in Boone County, IL in 1836; held various county positions in Boone County (including treasurer, supervisor, justice of the peace, juror); was parent member of the Universalist Society of Belvidere (formed in 1853); lived in Minnesota for 2 years and represented St. Anthony in Minnesota Territory House of Representatives in 1854; returned to Belvidere and was a surveyor and charter member of Kishwaukee R.A. Masons in 1865; had a grocery that became Moulton & Darnielle (daughter married Moulton, granddaughter married Darnielle); had 4 daughters (Emeline, Jane, Permelia, Mary Ann); Gardner Street is named after him.
His daughter, Jane, married Robert Whitney Waterman, who later became governor of California.
His daughter, Jane, married Robert Whitney Waterman, who later became governor of California.
Born in Wentworth, Grafton County, N.H.; family moved to Bennington Co. Vermont in 1806; then moved to Massachusetts for 6 years; removed to Lower Canada in 1818/1819; married Permelia Bodwell in 1824; settled in Boone County, IL in 1836; held various county positions in Boone County (including treasurer, supervisor, justice of the peace, juror); was parent member of the Universalist Society of Belvidere (formed in 1853); lived in Minnesota for 2 years and represented St. Anthony in Minnesota Territory House of Representatives in 1854; returned to Belvidere and was a surveyor and charter member of Kishwaukee R.A. Masons in 1865; had a grocery that became Moulton & Darnielle (daughter married Moulton, granddaughter married Darnielle); had 4 daughters (Emeline, Jane, Permelia, Mary Ann); Gardner Street is named after him.
His daughter, Jane, married Robert Whitney Waterman, who later became governor of California.
His daughter, Jane, married Robert Whitney Waterman, who later became governor of California.
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