Rev. William Fowler Vaill, s. of Rev. Joseph Vaill and Sarah Fowler, b. of record June 7, 1783 at East Haddam, Conn. He d. Feb. 24, 1865 and is interred at Kewannee, IL. He was a descendant of Gov. William Bradford of the 1620 Mayflower passage and Plymouth Colony and an ancestral cousin of the writer through the Metcalf family of Dedham, Mass.
The photo of Rev. William Fowler Vaill depicted with this memorial is © by the Oklahoma Historical Society (the OHS), Oklahoma City, OK and used here by expressed permission of the OHS.
The following, with minor additions for clarity, is from the private writing of the late Robert Selden Barrows of Rochester, NY, Rev. Vaill's descendant. Robert shared a common interest with the writer in the history of the missionaries associated with Union Mission and its sister Harmony Mission:
• After graduation from Yale College in 1806, he studied for the ministry with Rev. Asahel Hooker at Goshen, CT and was licensed to preach in Sept. 1807. The next year he was ordained and installed as the pastor of the Congregational Church of North Guilford, Conn. He served both in the church's ministry and as a teacher of private pupils for the next 11 years.
• On Dec. 28, 1808 at New Haven, Conn. William m. Asenath Selden, dau. of Col. Richard Ely Selden and Desire Colt, b. of record Dec. 28, 1785 at Lyme Conn. Their eldest four children were b. at North Guilford during their father's ministry there.
• In 1820 at the request of the Rev. Epaphras Chapman, the United Foreign Missionary Society of New York City appointed Rev. Vaill the Superintendent of the "to be established" Union Mission to the Osage Indians, subsequently established southeast of present-day Chouteau, Mayes County, Oklahoma. Although Vaill was a Congregationalist, Union Mission was operated under the Presbyterian form of church governance.
• The Mission family left New York City Apr. 20, 1820 and experienced an arduous 10-month journey by horse, wagon and keelboat via Philadelphia, Pittsburg, the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, and finally the Arkansas River to the Neosho branch of the Grand River in modern northeast Oklahoma. Part of the trip included a 4-1/2 month respite at Little Rock in the Arkansas Territory to recover their health. At the time, Rev. Vaill had four children that accompanied the family to what was at the time part of the Arkansas Territory. Three additional children were born at Union Mission between 1821 and 1824.
• Rev. Vaill was heavily involved in the religious and business affairs of the mission. He made lengthy preaching tours among the Osage Indians as well as frequent trips back to New England on recruiting and fund raising activities. At one juncture, he was away in New England for upwards of 18-months. Several of his children returned to New England where they were educated before returning to Indian Territory or southwest Missouri, latter where the Vaill family initially removed after late 1834.
• Rev. Vaill was released from service at Union Mission Sept. 30, 1834, which was followed in 1835 by the formal closure of that mission. His wife Asenath had returned several years earlier to Connecticut due to failing health and d. Nov. 24, 1834 near her family at Lyme, Conn. In about 1838 William moved to Wethersfield Township, Henry County, IL southeast of Moline. There he served as pastor of a Congregational Church for seven years before shifting to special missionary work over a wider area. His son, Rev. Thomas Scott Vaill, had gone with his father as a 4-year old to Union Mission. After Thomas graduated from the Connecticut Theological Seminary at Hartford in 1843, the younger Vaill's first pastorate was at Farlow Grove at Mercer County, IL, one county west of his father.
• While at Wethersfield, Rev. William F. Vaill m. June 10, 1840 at Peoria, IL as his second wife, Lucretia Loomis, dau. of Eleazer Loomis and Lucretia Porter, b. Feb. 10, 1806 at Coventry, Conn. Three children were born of this marriage at Henry County, IL.
• William died Feb. 24, 1865 at Wethersfield Township, IL and second wife Lucretia died at Wethersfield Township Mar. 25, 1866.
The children of Rev. William Fowler Vaill and Asenath Selden are:
• i. Richard Selden Vaill, b. June 10, 1810 at North Guilford, Conn., d. unm. in 1875 at San Jose, Calif.
• ii. Sarah Fowler Vaill, b. Mar. 12, 1812 at North Guilford, Conn., d. of fever Apr. 13, 1843 at Farlow Grove, Mercer County, IL; m. May 7, 1832 at Union Mission to the Osage Indians, at present-day Mayes County, OK, fellow missionary Rev. John Montgomery, s. of John Montgomery and Elizabeth Bell, b. May 11, 1799 at Danville, PA. He d. Oct 5, 1843 at Farlow Grove, IL. Seven children of the family. John was the younger brother of Rev. William Bell Montgomery, assistant superintendent of Union Mission.
• iii. Elizabeth Ely Vaill, b. Sept. 27, 1814 at North Guilford, Conn., d. Dec. 20, 1878 at Sulphur Springs, TX; m. June 23, 1834 at Union Mission, Capt. William Waldo, s. of Jedediah Waldo and Mary Porter, b. Jan. 16, 1812 at Harrison County, WV. He d. Nov. 2, 1881 at Sulphur Springs, TX. Five known children of the family.
• iv. Rev. Thomas Scott Vaill, b. Mar. 25, 1817 at North Guilford, Conn., d. Dec. 27, 1892 at Beatrice, Gage County, NE; m. Aug. 1, 1844 at Lyme, Conn., Elizabeth Selden Comstock, b. Jan. 21, 1821. She d. Aug. 1, 1898 at Beatrice, NE. Seven children of the family, the four eldest dying in infancy.
• v. Charlotte Vaill, b. in 1821 at Union Mission, d. in infancy Sept. 6, 1824 and is buried at the Union Mission cemetery.
• vi. Asenath Colt Vaill, b. Jan. 5, 1822 at Union Mission, d. Jan. 28, 1908 at Rich Hill, Vernon County, MO; m. Aug. 23, 1842 at Balltown, MO, Freeman Barrows, Jr., s. of Freeman Barrows and Susanna Morton, b. Mar. 19, 1813 at Middleboro, Mass. He d. Aug. 23, 1861 at Papinville, Bates County, MO. Eight children of the family.
• vii. Julia Amanda Vaill, b. Aug. 13, 1824 at Union Mission, d. in infancy in 1825 and is buried at the Union Mission cemetery.
The children of Rev. Vaill and second wife Lucretia Loomis, all b. at Wethersfield Township, Henry County, IL, are:
• viii. Julia Lucretia Vaill, b. Apr. 28, 1841, d. Mar. 14, 1926 at Princeton, IL. She was an invalid and never married. Following the death of her parents she lived with one of her natural siblings or extended family. At her death she was residing with the family of her sister Sarah and is believed to be interred with her parents without a marker at Kewanee, IL.
• ix. Sarah Montgomery Vaill, b. July 22, 1843, d. Feb. 20, 1928 at Princeton, IL; m. 1) Lieut. Albert Bennett, who d. Sept 25, 1879 at Marshall County, KS, and 2) as his 2nd wife, Charles Loomis Pendleton, who d. in 1912 at Princeton, IL. Five children by the two marriages.
• x. Tirzah Porter Vaill, b. Oct. 23, 1845, d. Sept. 20, 1922 at Canandaigua, NY; m. Henry Goss Carpenter, eldest s. of Richard Carpenter and Betsey Austin, b. Sept. 27, 1822 at Bennington, VT. He d. Feb. 2, 1892 at Oberlin, OH. Three children of the family.
Edited 3/19/2016
The photo of Rev. William Fowler Vaill depicted with this memorial is © by the Oklahoma Historical Society (the OHS), Oklahoma City, OK and used here by expressed permission of the OHS.
The following, with minor additions for clarity, is from the private writing of the late Robert Selden Barrows of Rochester, NY, Rev. Vaill's descendant. Robert shared a common interest with the writer in the history of the missionaries associated with Union Mission and its sister Harmony Mission:
• After graduation from Yale College in 1806, he studied for the ministry with Rev. Asahel Hooker at Goshen, CT and was licensed to preach in Sept. 1807. The next year he was ordained and installed as the pastor of the Congregational Church of North Guilford, Conn. He served both in the church's ministry and as a teacher of private pupils for the next 11 years.
• On Dec. 28, 1808 at New Haven, Conn. William m. Asenath Selden, dau. of Col. Richard Ely Selden and Desire Colt, b. of record Dec. 28, 1785 at Lyme Conn. Their eldest four children were b. at North Guilford during their father's ministry there.
• In 1820 at the request of the Rev. Epaphras Chapman, the United Foreign Missionary Society of New York City appointed Rev. Vaill the Superintendent of the "to be established" Union Mission to the Osage Indians, subsequently established southeast of present-day Chouteau, Mayes County, Oklahoma. Although Vaill was a Congregationalist, Union Mission was operated under the Presbyterian form of church governance.
• The Mission family left New York City Apr. 20, 1820 and experienced an arduous 10-month journey by horse, wagon and keelboat via Philadelphia, Pittsburg, the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, and finally the Arkansas River to the Neosho branch of the Grand River in modern northeast Oklahoma. Part of the trip included a 4-1/2 month respite at Little Rock in the Arkansas Territory to recover their health. At the time, Rev. Vaill had four children that accompanied the family to what was at the time part of the Arkansas Territory. Three additional children were born at Union Mission between 1821 and 1824.
• Rev. Vaill was heavily involved in the religious and business affairs of the mission. He made lengthy preaching tours among the Osage Indians as well as frequent trips back to New England on recruiting and fund raising activities. At one juncture, he was away in New England for upwards of 18-months. Several of his children returned to New England where they were educated before returning to Indian Territory or southwest Missouri, latter where the Vaill family initially removed after late 1834.
• Rev. Vaill was released from service at Union Mission Sept. 30, 1834, which was followed in 1835 by the formal closure of that mission. His wife Asenath had returned several years earlier to Connecticut due to failing health and d. Nov. 24, 1834 near her family at Lyme, Conn. In about 1838 William moved to Wethersfield Township, Henry County, IL southeast of Moline. There he served as pastor of a Congregational Church for seven years before shifting to special missionary work over a wider area. His son, Rev. Thomas Scott Vaill, had gone with his father as a 4-year old to Union Mission. After Thomas graduated from the Connecticut Theological Seminary at Hartford in 1843, the younger Vaill's first pastorate was at Farlow Grove at Mercer County, IL, one county west of his father.
• While at Wethersfield, Rev. William F. Vaill m. June 10, 1840 at Peoria, IL as his second wife, Lucretia Loomis, dau. of Eleazer Loomis and Lucretia Porter, b. Feb. 10, 1806 at Coventry, Conn. Three children were born of this marriage at Henry County, IL.
• William died Feb. 24, 1865 at Wethersfield Township, IL and second wife Lucretia died at Wethersfield Township Mar. 25, 1866.
The children of Rev. William Fowler Vaill and Asenath Selden are:
• i. Richard Selden Vaill, b. June 10, 1810 at North Guilford, Conn., d. unm. in 1875 at San Jose, Calif.
• ii. Sarah Fowler Vaill, b. Mar. 12, 1812 at North Guilford, Conn., d. of fever Apr. 13, 1843 at Farlow Grove, Mercer County, IL; m. May 7, 1832 at Union Mission to the Osage Indians, at present-day Mayes County, OK, fellow missionary Rev. John Montgomery, s. of John Montgomery and Elizabeth Bell, b. May 11, 1799 at Danville, PA. He d. Oct 5, 1843 at Farlow Grove, IL. Seven children of the family. John was the younger brother of Rev. William Bell Montgomery, assistant superintendent of Union Mission.
• iii. Elizabeth Ely Vaill, b. Sept. 27, 1814 at North Guilford, Conn., d. Dec. 20, 1878 at Sulphur Springs, TX; m. June 23, 1834 at Union Mission, Capt. William Waldo, s. of Jedediah Waldo and Mary Porter, b. Jan. 16, 1812 at Harrison County, WV. He d. Nov. 2, 1881 at Sulphur Springs, TX. Five known children of the family.
• iv. Rev. Thomas Scott Vaill, b. Mar. 25, 1817 at North Guilford, Conn., d. Dec. 27, 1892 at Beatrice, Gage County, NE; m. Aug. 1, 1844 at Lyme, Conn., Elizabeth Selden Comstock, b. Jan. 21, 1821. She d. Aug. 1, 1898 at Beatrice, NE. Seven children of the family, the four eldest dying in infancy.
• v. Charlotte Vaill, b. in 1821 at Union Mission, d. in infancy Sept. 6, 1824 and is buried at the Union Mission cemetery.
• vi. Asenath Colt Vaill, b. Jan. 5, 1822 at Union Mission, d. Jan. 28, 1908 at Rich Hill, Vernon County, MO; m. Aug. 23, 1842 at Balltown, MO, Freeman Barrows, Jr., s. of Freeman Barrows and Susanna Morton, b. Mar. 19, 1813 at Middleboro, Mass. He d. Aug. 23, 1861 at Papinville, Bates County, MO. Eight children of the family.
• vii. Julia Amanda Vaill, b. Aug. 13, 1824 at Union Mission, d. in infancy in 1825 and is buried at the Union Mission cemetery.
The children of Rev. Vaill and second wife Lucretia Loomis, all b. at Wethersfield Township, Henry County, IL, are:
• viii. Julia Lucretia Vaill, b. Apr. 28, 1841, d. Mar. 14, 1926 at Princeton, IL. She was an invalid and never married. Following the death of her parents she lived with one of her natural siblings or extended family. At her death she was residing with the family of her sister Sarah and is believed to be interred with her parents without a marker at Kewanee, IL.
• ix. Sarah Montgomery Vaill, b. July 22, 1843, d. Feb. 20, 1928 at Princeton, IL; m. 1) Lieut. Albert Bennett, who d. Sept 25, 1879 at Marshall County, KS, and 2) as his 2nd wife, Charles Loomis Pendleton, who d. in 1912 at Princeton, IL. Five children by the two marriages.
• x. Tirzah Porter Vaill, b. Oct. 23, 1845, d. Sept. 20, 1922 at Canandaigua, NY; m. Henry Goss Carpenter, eldest s. of Richard Carpenter and Betsey Austin, b. Sept. 27, 1822 at Bennington, VT. He d. Feb. 2, 1892 at Oberlin, OH. Three children of the family.
Edited 3/19/2016
Rev. William Fowler Vaill, s. of Rev. Joseph Vaill and Sarah Fowler, b. of record June 7, 1783 at East Haddam, Conn. He d. Feb. 24, 1865 and is interred at Kewannee, IL. He was a descendant of Gov. William Bradford of the 1620 Mayflower passage and Plymouth Colony and an ancestral cousin of the writer through the Metcalf family of Dedham, Mass.
The photo of Rev. William Fowler Vaill depicted with this memorial is © by the Oklahoma Historical Society (the OHS), Oklahoma City, OK and used here by expressed permission of the OHS.
The following, with minor additions for clarity, is from the private writing of the late Robert Selden Barrows of Rochester, NY, Rev. Vaill's descendant. Robert shared a common interest with the writer in the history of the missionaries associated with Union Mission and its sister Harmony Mission:
• After graduation from Yale College in 1806, he studied for the ministry with Rev. Asahel Hooker at Goshen, CT and was licensed to preach in Sept. 1807. The next year he was ordained and installed as the pastor of the Congregational Church of North Guilford, Conn. He served both in the church's ministry and as a teacher of private pupils for the next 11 years.
• On Dec. 28, 1808 at New Haven, Conn. William m. Asenath Selden, dau. of Col. Richard Ely Selden and Desire Colt, b. of record Dec. 28, 1785 at Lyme Conn. Their eldest four children were b. at North Guilford during their father's ministry there.
• In 1820 at the request of the Rev. Epaphras Chapman, the United Foreign Missionary Society of New York City appointed Rev. Vaill the Superintendent of the "to be established" Union Mission to the Osage Indians, subsequently established southeast of present-day Chouteau, Mayes County, Oklahoma. Although Vaill was a Congregationalist, Union Mission was operated under the Presbyterian form of church governance.
• The Mission family left New York City Apr. 20, 1820 and experienced an arduous 10-month journey by horse, wagon and keelboat via Philadelphia, Pittsburg, the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, and finally the Arkansas River to the Neosho branch of the Grand River in modern northeast Oklahoma. Part of the trip included a 4-1/2 month respite at Little Rock in the Arkansas Territory to recover their health. At the time, Rev. Vaill had four children that accompanied the family to what was at the time part of the Arkansas Territory. Three additional children were born at Union Mission between 1821 and 1824.
• Rev. Vaill was heavily involved in the religious and business affairs of the mission. He made lengthy preaching tours among the Osage Indians as well as frequent trips back to New England on recruiting and fund raising activities. At one juncture, he was away in New England for upwards of 18-months. Several of his children returned to New England where they were educated before returning to Indian Territory or southwest Missouri, latter where the Vaill family initially removed after late 1834.
• Rev. Vaill was released from service at Union Mission Sept. 30, 1834, which was followed in 1835 by the formal closure of that mission. His wife Asenath had returned several years earlier to Connecticut due to failing health and d. Nov. 24, 1834 near her family at Lyme, Conn. In about 1838 William moved to Wethersfield Township, Henry County, IL southeast of Moline. There he served as pastor of a Congregational Church for seven years before shifting to special missionary work over a wider area. His son, Rev. Thomas Scott Vaill, had gone with his father as a 4-year old to Union Mission. After Thomas graduated from the Connecticut Theological Seminary at Hartford in 1843, the younger Vaill's first pastorate was at Farlow Grove at Mercer County, IL, one county west of his father.
• While at Wethersfield, Rev. William F. Vaill m. June 10, 1840 at Peoria, IL as his second wife, Lucretia Loomis, dau. of Eleazer Loomis and Lucretia Porter, b. Feb. 10, 1806 at Coventry, Conn. Three children were born of this marriage at Henry County, IL.
• William died Feb. 24, 1865 at Wethersfield Township, IL and second wife Lucretia died at Wethersfield Township Mar. 25, 1866.
The children of Rev. William Fowler Vaill and Asenath Selden are:
• i. Richard Selden Vaill, b. June 10, 1810 at North Guilford, Conn., d. unm. in 1875 at San Jose, Calif.
• ii. Sarah Fowler Vaill, b. Mar. 12, 1812 at North Guilford, Conn., d. of fever Apr. 13, 1843 at Farlow Grove, Mercer County, IL; m. May 7, 1832 at Union Mission to the Osage Indians, at present-day Mayes County, OK, fellow missionary Rev. John Montgomery, s. of John Montgomery and Elizabeth Bell, b. May 11, 1799 at Danville, PA. He d. Oct 5, 1843 at Farlow Grove, IL. Seven children of the family. John was the younger brother of Rev. William Bell Montgomery, assistant superintendent of Union Mission.
• iii. Elizabeth Ely Vaill, b. Sept. 27, 1814 at North Guilford, Conn., d. Dec. 20, 1878 at Sulphur Springs, TX; m. June 23, 1834 at Union Mission, Capt. William Waldo, s. of Jedediah Waldo and Mary Porter, b. Jan. 16, 1812 at Harrison County, WV. He d. Nov. 2, 1881 at Sulphur Springs, TX. Five known children of the family.
• iv. Rev. Thomas Scott Vaill, b. Mar. 25, 1817 at North Guilford, Conn., d. Dec. 27, 1892 at Beatrice, Gage County, NE; m. Aug. 1, 1844 at Lyme, Conn., Elizabeth Selden Comstock, b. Jan. 21, 1821. She d. Aug. 1, 1898 at Beatrice, NE. Seven children of the family, the four eldest dying in infancy.
• v. Charlotte Vaill, b. in 1821 at Union Mission, d. in infancy Sept. 6, 1824 and is buried at the Union Mission cemetery.
• vi. Asenath Colt Vaill, b. Jan. 5, 1822 at Union Mission, d. Jan. 28, 1908 at Rich Hill, Vernon County, MO; m. Aug. 23, 1842 at Balltown, MO, Freeman Barrows, Jr., s. of Freeman Barrows and Susanna Morton, b. Mar. 19, 1813 at Middleboro, Mass. He d. Aug. 23, 1861 at Papinville, Bates County, MO. Eight children of the family.
• vii. Julia Amanda Vaill, b. Aug. 13, 1824 at Union Mission, d. in infancy in 1825 and is buried at the Union Mission cemetery.
The children of Rev. Vaill and second wife Lucretia Loomis, all b. at Wethersfield Township, Henry County, IL, are:
• viii. Julia Lucretia Vaill, b. Apr. 28, 1841, d. Mar. 14, 1926 at Princeton, IL. She was an invalid and never married. Following the death of her parents she lived with one of her natural siblings or extended family. At her death she was residing with the family of her sister Sarah and is believed to be interred with her parents without a marker at Kewanee, IL.
• ix. Sarah Montgomery Vaill, b. July 22, 1843, d. Feb. 20, 1928 at Princeton, IL; m. 1) Lieut. Albert Bennett, who d. Sept 25, 1879 at Marshall County, KS, and 2) as his 2nd wife, Charles Loomis Pendleton, who d. in 1912 at Princeton, IL. Five children by the two marriages.
• x. Tirzah Porter Vaill, b. Oct. 23, 1845, d. Sept. 20, 1922 at Canandaigua, NY; m. Henry Goss Carpenter, eldest s. of Richard Carpenter and Betsey Austin, b. Sept. 27, 1822 at Bennington, VT. He d. Feb. 2, 1892 at Oberlin, OH. Three children of the family.
Edited 3/19/2016
The photo of Rev. William Fowler Vaill depicted with this memorial is © by the Oklahoma Historical Society (the OHS), Oklahoma City, OK and used here by expressed permission of the OHS.
The following, with minor additions for clarity, is from the private writing of the late Robert Selden Barrows of Rochester, NY, Rev. Vaill's descendant. Robert shared a common interest with the writer in the history of the missionaries associated with Union Mission and its sister Harmony Mission:
• After graduation from Yale College in 1806, he studied for the ministry with Rev. Asahel Hooker at Goshen, CT and was licensed to preach in Sept. 1807. The next year he was ordained and installed as the pastor of the Congregational Church of North Guilford, Conn. He served both in the church's ministry and as a teacher of private pupils for the next 11 years.
• On Dec. 28, 1808 at New Haven, Conn. William m. Asenath Selden, dau. of Col. Richard Ely Selden and Desire Colt, b. of record Dec. 28, 1785 at Lyme Conn. Their eldest four children were b. at North Guilford during their father's ministry there.
• In 1820 at the request of the Rev. Epaphras Chapman, the United Foreign Missionary Society of New York City appointed Rev. Vaill the Superintendent of the "to be established" Union Mission to the Osage Indians, subsequently established southeast of present-day Chouteau, Mayes County, Oklahoma. Although Vaill was a Congregationalist, Union Mission was operated under the Presbyterian form of church governance.
• The Mission family left New York City Apr. 20, 1820 and experienced an arduous 10-month journey by horse, wagon and keelboat via Philadelphia, Pittsburg, the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, and finally the Arkansas River to the Neosho branch of the Grand River in modern northeast Oklahoma. Part of the trip included a 4-1/2 month respite at Little Rock in the Arkansas Territory to recover their health. At the time, Rev. Vaill had four children that accompanied the family to what was at the time part of the Arkansas Territory. Three additional children were born at Union Mission between 1821 and 1824.
• Rev. Vaill was heavily involved in the religious and business affairs of the mission. He made lengthy preaching tours among the Osage Indians as well as frequent trips back to New England on recruiting and fund raising activities. At one juncture, he was away in New England for upwards of 18-months. Several of his children returned to New England where they were educated before returning to Indian Territory or southwest Missouri, latter where the Vaill family initially removed after late 1834.
• Rev. Vaill was released from service at Union Mission Sept. 30, 1834, which was followed in 1835 by the formal closure of that mission. His wife Asenath had returned several years earlier to Connecticut due to failing health and d. Nov. 24, 1834 near her family at Lyme, Conn. In about 1838 William moved to Wethersfield Township, Henry County, IL southeast of Moline. There he served as pastor of a Congregational Church for seven years before shifting to special missionary work over a wider area. His son, Rev. Thomas Scott Vaill, had gone with his father as a 4-year old to Union Mission. After Thomas graduated from the Connecticut Theological Seminary at Hartford in 1843, the younger Vaill's first pastorate was at Farlow Grove at Mercer County, IL, one county west of his father.
• While at Wethersfield, Rev. William F. Vaill m. June 10, 1840 at Peoria, IL as his second wife, Lucretia Loomis, dau. of Eleazer Loomis and Lucretia Porter, b. Feb. 10, 1806 at Coventry, Conn. Three children were born of this marriage at Henry County, IL.
• William died Feb. 24, 1865 at Wethersfield Township, IL and second wife Lucretia died at Wethersfield Township Mar. 25, 1866.
The children of Rev. William Fowler Vaill and Asenath Selden are:
• i. Richard Selden Vaill, b. June 10, 1810 at North Guilford, Conn., d. unm. in 1875 at San Jose, Calif.
• ii. Sarah Fowler Vaill, b. Mar. 12, 1812 at North Guilford, Conn., d. of fever Apr. 13, 1843 at Farlow Grove, Mercer County, IL; m. May 7, 1832 at Union Mission to the Osage Indians, at present-day Mayes County, OK, fellow missionary Rev. John Montgomery, s. of John Montgomery and Elizabeth Bell, b. May 11, 1799 at Danville, PA. He d. Oct 5, 1843 at Farlow Grove, IL. Seven children of the family. John was the younger brother of Rev. William Bell Montgomery, assistant superintendent of Union Mission.
• iii. Elizabeth Ely Vaill, b. Sept. 27, 1814 at North Guilford, Conn., d. Dec. 20, 1878 at Sulphur Springs, TX; m. June 23, 1834 at Union Mission, Capt. William Waldo, s. of Jedediah Waldo and Mary Porter, b. Jan. 16, 1812 at Harrison County, WV. He d. Nov. 2, 1881 at Sulphur Springs, TX. Five known children of the family.
• iv. Rev. Thomas Scott Vaill, b. Mar. 25, 1817 at North Guilford, Conn., d. Dec. 27, 1892 at Beatrice, Gage County, NE; m. Aug. 1, 1844 at Lyme, Conn., Elizabeth Selden Comstock, b. Jan. 21, 1821. She d. Aug. 1, 1898 at Beatrice, NE. Seven children of the family, the four eldest dying in infancy.
• v. Charlotte Vaill, b. in 1821 at Union Mission, d. in infancy Sept. 6, 1824 and is buried at the Union Mission cemetery.
• vi. Asenath Colt Vaill, b. Jan. 5, 1822 at Union Mission, d. Jan. 28, 1908 at Rich Hill, Vernon County, MO; m. Aug. 23, 1842 at Balltown, MO, Freeman Barrows, Jr., s. of Freeman Barrows and Susanna Morton, b. Mar. 19, 1813 at Middleboro, Mass. He d. Aug. 23, 1861 at Papinville, Bates County, MO. Eight children of the family.
• vii. Julia Amanda Vaill, b. Aug. 13, 1824 at Union Mission, d. in infancy in 1825 and is buried at the Union Mission cemetery.
The children of Rev. Vaill and second wife Lucretia Loomis, all b. at Wethersfield Township, Henry County, IL, are:
• viii. Julia Lucretia Vaill, b. Apr. 28, 1841, d. Mar. 14, 1926 at Princeton, IL. She was an invalid and never married. Following the death of her parents she lived with one of her natural siblings or extended family. At her death she was residing with the family of her sister Sarah and is believed to be interred with her parents without a marker at Kewanee, IL.
• ix. Sarah Montgomery Vaill, b. July 22, 1843, d. Feb. 20, 1928 at Princeton, IL; m. 1) Lieut. Albert Bennett, who d. Sept 25, 1879 at Marshall County, KS, and 2) as his 2nd wife, Charles Loomis Pendleton, who d. in 1912 at Princeton, IL. Five children by the two marriages.
• x. Tirzah Porter Vaill, b. Oct. 23, 1845, d. Sept. 20, 1922 at Canandaigua, NY; m. Henry Goss Carpenter, eldest s. of Richard Carpenter and Betsey Austin, b. Sept. 27, 1822 at Bennington, VT. He d. Feb. 2, 1892 at Oberlin, OH. Three children of the family.
Edited 3/19/2016
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