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Descendants of Joseph Bemis


      2035. Cyrus7 Bemis (Elijah6, Elisha5, Elisha4, John3, John2, Joseph1)9863 was born 30 Dec 1810 in Southborough, Worcester, Massachusetts9863,9864. He married Elizabeth9865.
     
Child of Cyrus Bemis and Elizabeth is:
  3661 i.   Francis8 Bemis9865, born 21 Aug 18419865.


      2037. Elijah7 Bemis, Jr. (Elijah6, Elisha5, Elisha4, John3, John2, Joseph1)9865 was born 20 Feb 1815 in Southborough, Worcester, Massachusetts9865,9866. He married (1) Susan Esther Newton9867 22 Mar 1840 in Southborough, Worcester, Massachusetts9868, daughter of Charles Newton and Betsy Bellows. She was born 30 Jun 1818 in Southborough, Worcester, Massachusetts9869, and died 16 Jun 1845 in Southborough, Worcester, Massachusetts9870,9871. He married (2) Julia Ann Newton9872 28 Feb 18469872, daughter of Charles Newton and Betsy. She was born 25 May 1823 in Southborough, Worcester, Massachusetts9872,9873.

Notes for Elijah Bemis, Jr.:
[Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worchester County vol.1, p.317-8]

Elijah Bemis was born in Southboro, February, 1813, died December 12, 1896. He was a son of Elisha and Sarah Bemis. He was educated at Southboro, Massachuestts, and chose farming for his occupation. He farmed near his birthplace up to 1845, when he moved to Northboro and purchased a farm upon which his son, Elwyn H., now lives. For six years he was the superintendent of the town farm in Southboro and in Northboro held the office of school committeeman. In politics he was a Republican. He was an influential man of his day and generation. He married for his first wife Susan Newton, of Southboro, by whom was born the following children: Leonora Adelia, born May 7, 1841, married Edmund W. Norcross; Adelbert; Jennie, who became the wife of James V. Goddard, of Marlboro, and they have Elsie, Frank, Joseph, and Roscoe L. For his second wife, Mr. Bemis married his first wife's cousin, Julia A. Newton, by whom he had the following children: Ann R., born August, 1845; Louella, born July, 1847, died aged 18 years; Leroy, born September, 1849; Elwyn Hartley, see forward; Justin W., Helen G., Emma F., Alice A., Charles R.

More About Elijah Bemis, Jr.:
Date born 2: Feb 1813, Southboro, Worcester, Massachusetts9874

More About Susan Esther Newton:
Name 2: Susan Este Newton9875

More About Elijah Bemis and Susan Newton:
Marriage 1: 22 Mar 1840, Southborough, Worcester, Massachusetts9876
Marriage 2: 20 Mar 18409877

More About Elijah Bemis and Julia Newton:
Intention filed: 31 Jan 1846, Southborough, Worcester, Massachusetts9878
Marriage: 28 Feb 18469879
     
Children of Elijah Bemis and Susan Newton are:
+ 3662 i.   Leonora Adelia8 Bemis, born 06 May 1841 in Southborough, Worcester, Massachusetts.
  3663 ii.   Adelbert Warren Bemis9880, born 04 Feb 1843 in Southborough, Worcester, Massachusetts9881,9882; died 11 Sep 1864 in Andersonville Va. (a Union soldier d. in prison.)9882.
  Notes for Adelbert Warren Bemis:
[http://www.montezuma-ga.org/chamber/prisoner.asp?code=18442]

Andersonville Prisoner Profile
Code No: 18442
Grave No: 8442
Last Name: BEMIS
First Name: ADELBERT W.
Rank: PRIVATE
Company: B
Regiment: 57
State: MA
Branch of Service: INFANTRY
Date of Death: 9/11/1864
Cause of Death: SCORBUTUS
Remarks: ALBERT W. BEMIS [2]; ALBERT BEMIS [3]
Reference*: p 18 [3]; p 824 [35]
Place Captured: SPOTTSYLVANIA, VA
Date Captured: 5/12/1864
Alternate Names:
Status: DIED AT ANDERSONVILLE
More Information
Available: NO

  More About Adelbert Warren Bemis:
Burial: Andersonville National Cemetery, Andersonville, Georgia
+ 3664 iii.   Susan Orilla Janette "Jennie" Bemis, born 09 Jun 1845 in Southborough, Worcester, Massachusetts.
     
Children of Elijah Bemis and Julia Newton are:
+ 3665 i.   Oriana Rovena (or Ann R.)8 Bemis, born 31 Jul 1847.
  3666 ii.   Loella (or Louella) Melvinett Bemis9882,9883, born 31 Oct 18489884; died 13 Jun 18679884.
  More About Loella (or Louella) Melvinett Bemis:
Date born 2: Jul 18479885
  3667 iii.   Leroy Melvin Bemis9886, born 15 Aug 1849 in Northboro, Massachusetts9886; died Mar 18719886.
  More About Leroy Melvin Bemis:
Date born 2: Sep 18499887
+ 3668 iv.   Elwyn Heartly Bemis, born 01 Jun 1851 in Northboro, Worcester, Massachusetts.
+ 3669 v.   Justin Waldo Bemis, born 06 Apr 1853 in Northboro, Massachusetts.
+ 3670 vi.   Grace Helen (or Helen G.) Bemis, born 18 May 1855 in Northboro, Massachusetts.
  3671 vii.   Eunice Frances (or Emma F.) Bemis9888,9889, born 24 Nov 1857 in Northboro, Massachusetts9890.
+ 3672 viii.   Alice Augusta Bemis, born 04 Sep 1863 in Northboro, Massachusetts.
  3673 ix.   Charles Ripley Bemis9890, born 27 Jun 1867 in Northboro, Massachusetts9890.


      2045. Augustine Samuel7 Bemis (William Peter6, Elisha5, Elisha4, John3, John2, Joseph1)9891,9892,9893 was born 20 Oct 1816 in Holliston, Middlesex, Massachusetts9893, and died 31 May 1896 in Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts9894. He married Ophelia Leland9895.

More About Augustine Samuel Bemis:
Cause of Death: Heart disease9896
     
Children of Augustine Bemis and Ophelia Leland are:
  3674 i.   Augustine S.8 Bemis, Jr.9897, born Abt. 12 Oct 1845 in Holliston, Middlesex, Massachusetts9898; died 08 Dec 1846 in Holliston, Middlesex, Massachusetts9899.
+ 3675 ii.   Jennie Olive Bemis.


      2046. John Woolson7 Bemis (Ezra6, Elisha5, Elisha4, John3, John2, Joseph1)9900 was born 05 Aug 1815 in Southborough, Worcester, Massachusetts9900,9901, and died 27 Nov 1880 in Natick, Middlesex, Massachusetts9902,9903. He married Mary K. Fessenden (or Yesenden)9904,9905, daughter of Seth Fessenden and Mary Kilburn. She was born Abt. 1811 in Shrewsbury, Maine9906, and died 06 Oct 1884 in Natick, Middlesex, Massachusetts9906.

More About John Woolson Bemis:
1850 Census: 28 Aug 1850, Natick, Middlesex, Massachusetts9907
1870 Census: 14 Jul 1870, Natick, Middlesex, Massachusetts9908
1880 Census: 18 Jun 1880, Natick (District 411), Middlesex, Massachusetts9909
Cause of Death: Paralysis9910

More About Mary K. Fessenden (or Yesenden):
Cause of Death: Cancer of stomach9911
     
Children of John Bemis and Mary Yesenden) are:
  3676 i.   John E.8 Bemis9912, born Abt. 12 Aug 1845 in Natick, Middlesex, Massachusetts9913; died 26 May 1863 in Natick, Middlesex, Massachusetts9914.
  More About John E. Bemis:
Cause of Death: Fever & consumption9914
  3677 ii.   Henry C. Bemis9915, born Abt. 22 Apr 1848 in Wayland, Middlesex, Massachusetts9916; died 15 Feb 1864 in Natick, Middlesex, Massachusetts9917.
  More About Henry C. Bemis:
Cause of Death: Concussion of brain9918
  3678 iii.   Bemis9919, born in Natick, Middlesex, Massachusetts9919; died in Natick, Middlesex, Massachusetts9919.
  3679 iv.   Mary Louise Bemis9919, born 20 Jul 1856 in Natick, Middlesex, Massachusetts9920. She married H. Griffin9921 in Natick, Middlesex, Massachusetts9921.
  More About H. Griffin and Mary Bemis:
Marriage: Natick, Middlesex, Massachusetts9921



      2047. Martha Ann7 Bemis (Ezra6, Elisha5, Elisha4, John3, John2, Joseph1)9921,9922 was born 28 Nov 1816 in Southborough, Worcester, Massachusetts9923,9924,9925, and died in Holliston, Middlesex, Massachusetts9926. She married (1) Henry Collins9927,9928 08 Apr 1841 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts9929. She married (2) Russell Park9930,9931 04 Apr 1849 in Southborough, Worcester, Massachusetts9932, son of Joseph Park and Hannah Meriam. He was born 21 Aug 1810 in Berlin, Worcester, Massachusetts9933.

Notes for Martha Ann Bemis:
[Draper:121-2] is unclear about the father of her children. Henry Collins and Russell Park are listed, but it then states that "She had: 1344--I. Emma. b. Worcester; 1345--II. Carrie. b. Worcester m. ------ Carr, is now a wid. 1346--III. Minnie. b. Holliston, Mass. m. ---- Dodge, is now a wid. with two boys."

More About Martha Ann Bemis:
Fact 1: Apr 1849, widow9934,9935

Notes for Henry Collins:
There is a record (VR:Southborough:28) of the birth of "COLLINS - Henry, s. Daniel and Polly, Dec. 26, 1810." Further, in (VR:Southborough:162) there is a death record that states, "COLLINS - Henry, s. Daniel and Polly, Oct. 18, 1843, a. 32. Typhus fever." [sld:05/30/2002]

More About Henry Collins and Martha Bemis:
Marriage: 08 Apr 1841, Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts9936

More About Russell Park:
Fact 1: 1853, occ. shoemaker9937,9938
Fact 2: Sep 1853, res. Worcester, Mass.; occ. shoemaker9939,9940

More About Russell Park and Martha Bemis:
Marriage: 04 Apr 1849, Southborough, Worcester, Massachusetts9941
     
Child of Martha Bemis and Russell Park is:
+ 3680 i.   Carrie Ella8 Park, born 11 Sep 1853 in Worcester, Mass..

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