[From "The Wetmore family of America, and its collateral branches: with genealogical, biographical, and historical notices" (1861), by James Carnahan Wetmore, p. 40.]
Elisha b. in [Middletown], Dec. 6, 1768; m. Feb. 2, 1792, Cynthia Guild, b. Nov. 3, 1768 and removed to Herk. co., N. Y., same year; had Polly, Elisha, Rhoda, Samuel, Cynthia, William, Nancy, Clarinda, Louisa, Patty Marilla, John, and Emily.
He died in Paris, N. Y., Aug. 3, 1846, aged 77. He was one of the early settlers in that part of the country. An obituary notice of him says that he left a good name, and was universally loved and respected. "An aged widow, eleven children, seventy-two grand children and ten or more great grand children, mourn the loss of a valuable counsellor [sic], and the community in which he resided that of an esteemed friend. His funeral was attended in the Presbyterian church in the neighborhood, and the consolations of the gospel tendered to the mourners by the Rev. T. I. Whitcomb." His wid. d. May 13, 1848.
[From "The Wetmore family of America, and its collateral branches: with genealogical, biographical, and historical notices" (1861), by James Carnahan Wetmore, p. 40.]
Elisha b. in [Middletown], Dec. 6, 1768; m. Feb. 2, 1792, Cynthia Guild, b. Nov. 3, 1768 and removed to Herk. co., N. Y., same year; had Polly, Elisha, Rhoda, Samuel, Cynthia, William, Nancy, Clarinda, Louisa, Patty Marilla, John, and Emily.
He died in Paris, N. Y., Aug. 3, 1846, aged 77. He was one of the early settlers in that part of the country. An obituary notice of him says that he left a good name, and was universally loved and respected. "An aged widow, eleven children, seventy-two grand children and ten or more great grand children, mourn the loss of a valuable counsellor [sic], and the community in which he resided that of an esteemed friend. His funeral was attended in the Presbyterian church in the neighborhood, and the consolations of the gospel tendered to the mourners by the Rev. T. I. Whitcomb." His wid. d. May 13, 1848.
Family Members
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Polly Wetmore Hatfield
1792–1880
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Elisha Wetmore
1794–1874
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Rhoda Wetmore Hatfield
1796–1863
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Samuel Wetmore
1797–1874
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Cynthia Wetmore Hatfield
1799–1855
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William Wetmore
1801–1858
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Nancy Wetmore Selleck
1802–1874
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Clarinda Wetmore Green
1804–1866
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Louisa Wetmore Lake
1806–1833
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Marilla Wetmore Mills
1809–1871
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John E. Wetmore
1811–1874
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Mrs Emily Wetmore Thurston
1813–1901
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