Daughter of Isaac Pepper and Sally Hemingway Pepper
Married (1) William Cole
January 12, 1837, Schenectady, New York
children include:
William Harrison Cole
George Spencer Cole
Sally Cole
Married (2) Horace H Chapin
January 1849, New York
children include:
Oritha A Chapin
Phebe Alice Chapin
Theron W Chapin
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Biographical Sketch of Melissa Pepper
(A. O. Huffman, Biographical Sketches of Old Settlers and Prominent People of Wisconsin - (Waterloo, Wisc., 1899) - page 286
Mrs. Melissa Cole, was born at Covington, Genesee County, New York, June 27, 1821. She was the daughter of Isaac and Sallie Pepper, who were born in Massachusetts and went to New York about 1815."
Melissa Pepper was married to William J. Cole, January 12, 1837, and four children were born to them, the eldest dying in infancy: W. H., who died April 16, 1895; George Spencer, who now lives at Udall, Kansas; Sallie H., wife of Seth C. Babcock, of Racine, Minnesota. Mr. Cole dying she was left a widow at the age of twenty-four years, with three small children. She married Horace Chapin in January, 1849, and in the spring of 1850, they, with their family came to Wisconsin, settling on a farm in the southwest corner of the town of Portland, Dodge County, which place has since been the home of Mrs. Chapin.
Mr. Chapin taught school several terms after coming west, both in his own district and in the village of Waterloo. He died November 17, 1865, after a short illness, leaving a wife, one son and two daughters, namely: Phebe Alice, who married H. G. Ryder, and died September 15, 1889; Theron W., who now lives on a farm adjoining the old homestead; Oritha A. , now Assistant in the Post office in Waterloo, Wisconsin.
Mrs. Melissa Chapin, now in the eightieth year of her age is living a quiet, retired life, highly respected and greatly beloved by all who know her, and as the shadows lengthen she daily recognizes that the road of human welfare lies along the old highway of steadfast well doing."
Married (1) William Cole
January 12, 1837, Schenectady, New York
children include:
William Harrison Cole
George Spencer Cole
Sally Cole
Married (2) Horace H Chapin
January 1849, New York
children include:
Oritha A Chapin
Phebe Alice Chapin
Theron W Chapin
***********
Biographical Sketch of Melissa Pepper
(A. O. Huffman, Biographical Sketches of Old Settlers and Prominent People of Wisconsin - (Waterloo, Wisc., 1899) - page 286
Mrs. Melissa Cole, was born at Covington, Genesee County, New York, June 27, 1821. She was the daughter of Isaac and Sallie Pepper, who were born in Massachusetts and went to New York about 1815."
Melissa Pepper was married to William J. Cole, January 12, 1837, and four children were born to them, the eldest dying in infancy: W. H., who died April 16, 1895; George Spencer, who now lives at Udall, Kansas; Sallie H., wife of Seth C. Babcock, of Racine, Minnesota. Mr. Cole dying she was left a widow at the age of twenty-four years, with three small children. She married Horace Chapin in January, 1849, and in the spring of 1850, they, with their family came to Wisconsin, settling on a farm in the southwest corner of the town of Portland, Dodge County, which place has since been the home of Mrs. Chapin.
Mr. Chapin taught school several terms after coming west, both in his own district and in the village of Waterloo. He died November 17, 1865, after a short illness, leaving a wife, one son and two daughters, namely: Phebe Alice, who married H. G. Ryder, and died September 15, 1889; Theron W., who now lives on a farm adjoining the old homestead; Oritha A. , now Assistant in the Post office in Waterloo, Wisconsin.
Mrs. Melissa Chapin, now in the eightieth year of her age is living a quiet, retired life, highly respected and greatly beloved by all who know her, and as the shadows lengthen she daily recognizes that the road of human welfare lies along the old highway of steadfast well doing."
Daughter of Isaac Pepper and Sally Hemingway Pepper
Married (1) William Cole
January 12, 1837, Schenectady, New York
children include:
William Harrison Cole
George Spencer Cole
Sally Cole
Married (2) Horace H Chapin
January 1849, New York
children include:
Oritha A Chapin
Phebe Alice Chapin
Theron W Chapin
***********
Biographical Sketch of Melissa Pepper
(A. O. Huffman, Biographical Sketches of Old Settlers and Prominent People of Wisconsin - (Waterloo, Wisc., 1899) - page 286
Mrs. Melissa Cole, was born at Covington, Genesee County, New York, June 27, 1821. She was the daughter of Isaac and Sallie Pepper, who were born in Massachusetts and went to New York about 1815."
Melissa Pepper was married to William J. Cole, January 12, 1837, and four children were born to them, the eldest dying in infancy: W. H., who died April 16, 1895; George Spencer, who now lives at Udall, Kansas; Sallie H., wife of Seth C. Babcock, of Racine, Minnesota. Mr. Cole dying she was left a widow at the age of twenty-four years, with three small children. She married Horace Chapin in January, 1849, and in the spring of 1850, they, with their family came to Wisconsin, settling on a farm in the southwest corner of the town of Portland, Dodge County, which place has since been the home of Mrs. Chapin.
Mr. Chapin taught school several terms after coming west, both in his own district and in the village of Waterloo. He died November 17, 1865, after a short illness, leaving a wife, one son and two daughters, namely: Phebe Alice, who married H. G. Ryder, and died September 15, 1889; Theron W., who now lives on a farm adjoining the old homestead; Oritha A. , now Assistant in the Post office in Waterloo, Wisconsin.
Mrs. Melissa Chapin, now in the eightieth year of her age is living a quiet, retired life, highly respected and greatly beloved by all who know her, and as the shadows lengthen she daily recognizes that the road of human welfare lies along the old highway of steadfast well doing."
Married (1) William Cole
January 12, 1837, Schenectady, New York
children include:
William Harrison Cole
George Spencer Cole
Sally Cole
Married (2) Horace H Chapin
January 1849, New York
children include:
Oritha A Chapin
Phebe Alice Chapin
Theron W Chapin
***********
Biographical Sketch of Melissa Pepper
(A. O. Huffman, Biographical Sketches of Old Settlers and Prominent People of Wisconsin - (Waterloo, Wisc., 1899) - page 286
Mrs. Melissa Cole, was born at Covington, Genesee County, New York, June 27, 1821. She was the daughter of Isaac and Sallie Pepper, who were born in Massachusetts and went to New York about 1815."
Melissa Pepper was married to William J. Cole, January 12, 1837, and four children were born to them, the eldest dying in infancy: W. H., who died April 16, 1895; George Spencer, who now lives at Udall, Kansas; Sallie H., wife of Seth C. Babcock, of Racine, Minnesota. Mr. Cole dying she was left a widow at the age of twenty-four years, with three small children. She married Horace Chapin in January, 1849, and in the spring of 1850, they, with their family came to Wisconsin, settling on a farm in the southwest corner of the town of Portland, Dodge County, which place has since been the home of Mrs. Chapin.
Mr. Chapin taught school several terms after coming west, both in his own district and in the village of Waterloo. He died November 17, 1865, after a short illness, leaving a wife, one son and two daughters, namely: Phebe Alice, who married H. G. Ryder, and died September 15, 1889; Theron W., who now lives on a farm adjoining the old homestead; Oritha A. , now Assistant in the Post office in Waterloo, Wisconsin.
Mrs. Melissa Chapin, now in the eightieth year of her age is living a quiet, retired life, highly respected and greatly beloved by all who know her, and as the shadows lengthen she daily recognizes that the road of human welfare lies along the old highway of steadfast well doing."
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