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     Julia A. Bolard was born on 7 October 1844 at Conneautville, Crawford Co., PA. She married John Jay Holcombe, son of Luman Holcombe and Achsah Sanders. Julia A. Bolard died on 1 August 1914 at Millcreek, Erie Co., PA, at age 69.

The wife/wives of John Jay Holcombe (1842-1904) are confusing. Records show another possible wife, Jane E. Close (1841-1919) who may have had six or more children with John Jay. However, Julia's death certificate is witnessed by "J. J. Holcomb" and her name is listed as "Julia A. Bolard" and her father "Frederick Bolard" is listed. Based on the dates of birth of John Jay's children, perhaps Julia was a first wife, married before 1862, and Jane is the second, married before 1866 when her first child was born. There are no marriage records that cllear this up.

     John Jay Holcombe was born in 1862 at PA. He was the son of John Jay Holcombe and Julia A. Bolard. John Jay Holcombe married Blanche Warren on 27 October 1888 at Ashtabula Co., OH.¹ John Jay Holcombe died on 28 December 1918 at Millcreek, Erie Co., PA.

     Blanche Warren was born on 21 May 1871 at Ashtabula Co., OH.¹ She married John Jay Holcombe, son of John Jay Holcombe and Julia A. Bolard, on 27 October 1888 at Ashtabula Co., OH.¹ Blanche Warren died on 28 May 1926 at Erie City, Erie Co., PA, at age 55.¹

     John Jay Holcombe was born on 5 March 1902 at Ashtabula Co., OH.¹ He was the son of John Jay Holcombe and Blanche Warren.¹ John Jay Holcombe married Iva G. Bickerstaff. John Jay Holcombe died on 26 June 1966 at Erie, Erie Co., PA, at age 64.¹ He was buried at Erie Cemetery, Erie, Erie Co., PA.¹

     Iva G. Bickerstaff was born on 28 October 1903 at PA.¹ She married John Jay Holcombe, son of John Jay Holcombe and Blanche Warren. Iva G. Bickerstaff died on 10 October 1994 at age 90.¹

     Barbara Ann Holcombe was born on 24 May 1931 at Corry, Erie Co., PA. She was the daughter of John Jay Holcombe and Iva G. Bickerstaff. Barbara Ann Holcombe died on 21 March 2022 at Erie, Erie Co., PA, at age 90.

From the Erie Times-News, 23 Mar 2022:

Barbara A. Holcomb, age 90, of Erie, passed away Monday, March 21, 2022 following recent health issues. She was born in Corry, PA on May 24, 1931, daughter of the late John J. and Iva Holcomb.

Barbara was a graduate of Villa Maria Academy in 1949 and the School of Nursing at State University of New York in Buffalo, NY. She worked at Battersby Convalescent Center and as a private duty nurse. Barbara was a member of Luther Memorial Church and formerly of St. John's Lutheran Church. She was also a member of Women of ELCA and Tuesday Circle at Luther Memorial Church and was formerly an assisting minister and communion assistant. Barbara is a veteran of the US Air Force.

She is survived by several cousins; her friends and caregivers, Pat, Betty and Linda; and her church family.

Friends are welcome to attend a Memorial Service at Luther Memorial Church, on Friday at 11 am, conducted by Rev. Karen Lundwall. Inurnment will follow at the church columbarium. Arrangements are being handled by the Dusckas Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc. Memorial contributions may be made to Luther Memorial Church, 225 West 10th Street, Erie, PA 16501.

     Harold Edgerton Case was born on 13 October 1893 at Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT.^1,2 He was the son of Wesley Lewis Case and Grace Amelia Edgerton. Harold Edgerton Case married Maude Smith on 27 October 1923 at Blanford, Hampden Co., MA. Harold Edgerton Case died on 11 November 1962 at Hartford, Hartford Co., CT, at age 69.¹ He was buried at Simsbury Cemetery, Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT.¹

     Maude Smith was born on 14 August 1901 at Blanford, Hampden Co., MA. She married Harold Edgerton Case, son of Wesley Lewis Case and Grace Amelia Edgerton, on 27 October 1923 at Blanford, Hampden Co., MA. Maude Smith died on 8 November 1984 at age 83.

     Arlow Harold Case Sr. was born on 19 August 1934 at Westfield, Hampden Co., MA. He was the son of Harold Edgerton Case and Maude Smith. Arlow Harold Case Sr. married Doris Pearl Messenger on 17 March 1956 at Tolland, Hampden Co., MA. Arlow Harold Case Sr. died on 4 March 2022 at Granby, Hartford Co., CT, at age 87.

From the Hartford Courant, 27 Mar 2022:

Arlow H. Case Sr., 87, husband of 50 years to the late Doris (Messenger) Case passed away on March 4, 2022. Born in Westfield, MA, Arlow grew up in Simsbury; but was a long time resident of Granby, CT. He was a retired Local#40 union sheet metal foreman. Arlow was preceded by his sister Elnora Olin and his parents Harold and Maude (Smith) Case. He is survived by his sister Priscilla Stafford of Bristol. Arlow is survived by his son, Arlow Case Jr. (Susan) , his daughter, Colleen Bjorbekk (Edwin); seven grandchildren, Ashley Newton (Chris), Esther Machnik (Joshua), Isaac Bjorbekk (Victoria), Rebekah Nussbaum (Joshua) , Joshua Case (Holley), Luke Case, Audrey Case; 14 great grandchildren, Michaela, Levi, and Benjamin Newton; Jubilee, Agape, Toren, and Hosea Machnik; Cassidy, Josephine, and Melanie Bjorbekk, Lillian and Asher Nussbaum; Raelyn and Jameson Case and other extended family. A memorial service will be held at 3:00 PM, Sunday April 3, 2022 at the Bethany Lutheran Brethren Church, 116 Walnut Hill Road, East Hartland, CT 06027. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the church. Assisting the family is Southwick Forastiere Funeral and Cremation, 624 College Highway, Southwick, MA.

     Doris Pearl Messenger was born on 2 July 1930 at Manson, ME. She married Arlow Harold Case Sr., son of Harold Edgerton Case and Maude Smith, on 17 March 1956 at Tolland, Hampden Co., MA. Doris Pearl Messenger died on 28 March 2006 at Granby, Hartford Co., CT, at age 75.

     Daniel Perry Cooley was born on 16 August 1852.¹ He was the son of Morgan Cooley and Rhoda Henrietta Clark. Daniel Perry Cooley married Louise Anna Smith. Daniel Perry Cooley died on 22 February 1937 at age 84.¹ He was buried at Center Cemetery, Granby, Hartford Co., CT.¹

     Louise Anna Smith was born in February 1857. She married Daniel Perry Cooley, son of Morgan Cooley and Rhoda Henrietta Clark. Louise Anna Smith died in 1944.

     Ada Louise Cooley was born on 27 June 1876 at Granby, Hartford Co., CT.¹ She was the daughter of Daniel Perry Cooley and Louise Anna Smith. Ada Louise Cooley married Edward Byron Goddard in 1895. Ada Louise Cooley died on 23 March 1971 at Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT, at age 94.¹

     Edward Byron Goddard was born on 9 June 1873.^1,2 He married Ada Louise Cooley, daughter of Daniel Perry Cooley and Louise Anna Smith, in 1895. Edward Byron Goddard died on 25 June 1940 at age 67.

     Dorothy Goddard was the daughter of Edward Byron Goddard and Ada Louise Cooley. Dorothy Goddard married Edward Deming. Dorothy Goddard died.

     Edward Deming married Dorothy Goddard, daughter of Edward Byron Goddard and Ada Louise Cooley. Edward Deming died.

     Daniel Marshal Denton was born on 19 March 1823 at NY. He married Rebecca Warren Adams, daughter of Ichabod Adams and Polly Talcott, on 9 December 1845 at Lake Co., OH. Daniel Marshal Denton married Amelia Talcott Adams, daughter of Ichabod Adams and Polly Talcott, on 1 June 1848 at Leroy, Lake Co., OH. Daniel Marshal Denton died on 12 April 1889 at NE at age 66. He was buried at Denton Cemetery, Denton, Lancaster Co., NE.¹

     Alexander G. Holliday was born circa 1817 at OH. He married Amelia Talcott Adams, daughter of Ichabod Adams and Polly Talcott, on 17 February 1893 at Lancaster Co., Nebraska. Alexander G. Holliday died before 1900.

     Mary Jane Eno was born on 23 September 1838 at Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT.¹ She was the daughter of Amos Richards Eno and Lucy Jane Phelps.¹ Mary Jane Eno married James Wallace Pinchot circa 1865. Mary Jane Eno died on 25 August 1914 at Saugatuck, Fairfield Co., CT, at age 75.¹ She was buried at Milford Cemetery, Milford, Pike Co., PA.¹

     James Wallace Pinchot was born on 15 March 1831 at Milford, Pike Co., PA.¹ He married Mary Jane Eno, daughter of Amos Richards Eno and Lucy Jane Phelps, circa 1865. James Wallace Pinchot died on 6 January 1908 at Washington, DC, at age 76.

     Gifford Pinchot was born on 11 August 1865 at Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT.¹ He was the son of James Wallace Pinchot and Mary Jane Eno.¹ Gifford Pinchot married Laura Houghteling. Gifford Pinchot married Cornelia Elizabeth Bryce on 15 August 1914. Gifford Pinchot died on 4 October 1946 at Manhattan, New York Co., NY, at age 81.¹ He was buried at Milford Cemetery, Milford, Pike Co., PA.¹

From the DFAW Newsletter, Vol 39, No. 2:

Pinchot's father was a successful New York City importer and manufacturer of wallpaper and other interior furnishings; his mother was the daughter of a wealthy New York capitalist, and Lucy Jane Phelps. Through his mother Gifford descended from several Windsor Founders including James Eno, John Bissell, Bygod Eggleston, Nathan Gillett, Thomas Holcomb, John Hoskins, and William Phelps.

He was born in what is now known as the Amos Eno House, 731 Hopmeadow Street. Built in 1822 by Gifford Pinchot's great-grandfather Elisha Phelps, it was passed down to Amos Richards Eno, Pinchot's maternal grandfather, who used it as a summer residence. It is on the National Register of Historic Places. Portions of the house were built by David Phelps as early as 1711; it was expanded in 1771 by Elisha Phelps. Following the death of Elisha's widow, it passed to Gifford Pinchot's great-great grandfather, Noah Phelps. It remained in the Phelps family until 1962.

After graduating from Phillips Exeter Academy, in 1885 Gifford entered Yale, where he was a member of Skull and Bones, played on the football team, and volunteered with the YMCA. After graduating in 1889, he traveled to Europe and studied at the French National School of Forestry in Nancy.

From early 1892 until 1895 he Pinchot managed the forests at the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina, the summer residence of George Washington Vanderbilt II and his family. In 1896, he toured the American West with the National Forest Commission but disagreed with the Commission's final report. That report called for restricting U.S. forest reserves from any commercial use, while Pinchot favored creation of a professional forestry service to oversee limited commercial activity.

In 1897, Pinchot became a special forest agent for the United States Department of the Interior, and the following year he was appointed by President William McKinley to head of the United States Department of Agriculture's division of forestry. In 1900, he established the society of American Foresters, and that year his parents endowed a two-year graduate-level School of Forestry at Yale University, now known as the Forest School at the Yale School of the Environment.

When President McKinley was assassinated in September 1901, vice President Theodore Roosevelt became President. Among his progressive reforms were the establishment of national parks, monuments, and forests. When Congress created the United States Forest Service in 1905, Pinchot was appointed as its first head. Unlike his contemporary John Muir, Pinchot opposed preservation simply for the sake of wilderness. Instead, his position was that the government's role was to provide for planned use, scientific management, and controlled, profitable use of forest and other natural resources. He faced opposition from forest preservationists like Muir, timber companies; and ranchers, who opposed regulation of livestock grazing on public lands.

William Howard Taft became President in 1909. More conservative than Roosevelt, he appointed Richard A. Ballinnger as Secretary of teh Interior. Gifford Pinchot became concerned about Ballinger's positins on waterpower and Alaska's coal fields, which he perceived as favoring commercial exploitation of the nation's natural resources. In January 1910 he sent an open letter to Senator Jonathan P. Dolliver criticizing Ballinger--and indirectly President Taft. Senator Dolliver read the letter into the Congressional Record; Pinchot was promptly fired. After leaving office, he let the National Conservation Association (NCA), which he had helped found the previous year. although tghe NCA ceased operations in 1923 after never attracting the membership levels Pinchot had hoped for, its efforts did impact conservation-related legislation.

Although he had previously served two terms, frustrated with Taft's policies, Theodore Roosevelt attempted to win the Republican presidential nomination in 1912. When that effort failed, he founded the Progressive ("Bull Moose") Party, which nominated him for president. Gifford Pinchot was an early supporter of the new party and campaigned extensively for Roosevelt, but both Roosevelt and Taft, the Republican candidate, were defeated by Democrat Woodrow Wilson.

After Roosevelt's defeat, Pinchot continued building the Progressive Party in Pennsylvania, and he ran unsuccessfully as the Progressive nominee for a U.S. Senate seat in 1914. After Roosevelt chose not to run for President in 1916, the Progressive Party collapsed. Pinchot rejoined the Republicans and supported Warren G. Harding in the 1920 election. He did not receive a position in Harding's administration but was appointed chair of the Pennsylvania forest Commission. In that capacity he obtained a significant budget increase from the legislature, decentralized the commission's administration, and replaced numerous political appointees with professional foresters.

Pinchot narrowly won Pennsylvania's three-candidate republican gubernatorial primary in 1922 and went on to win the general election. He ultimately served as Governor of Pennsylvania from 1923 to 1927 and from 1931 to a935. In his first term he reorganized state government, implemented a state retirement system, and a pension plan for other Pennsylvanians, and worked to regulate electric companies and improve care for disabled and mentally ill residents. During his second term he established the nation's first environmental protection agency and upgraded 20,000 miles of rural roads to provide unemployment relief and to "get the farmer out of the mud."

Pinchot ran unsuccessfully for the Republican senate nomination in 1934 and governor in 1938. Even as a private citizen, he worked to prevent the transfer of the Forest Service to the Department of the Interior. He also published new editions of his forestry manual and worked on his autobiography, Breaking New Ground, published posthumously during and after World War II, he advocated for conservation as part of the United Nations mission.

In 1875, Gifford's father retired after a successful career in the wallpaper business and moved his family from New York City back to Milford, where he had grown up. He bought 3,000 acres (1,200 ha) of land overlooking the Delaware in Dingman Township, just outside the borough. There, James Pinchot's primary endeavor was planning and designing Grey Towers and the land around it. At first, he developed the land along lines of the ornamental farm advocated by Andrew Jackson Downing. The original drive up the hill was meant to show off his orchards. The mansion itself is a three-story L-shaped fieldstone chateau. Conical roofed towers at three of the corners give the property its name. A service wing juts out from the fourth corner.

James Pinchot died in 1908, and his wife, Mary, died three days after Gifford married Cornelia Bryce in August 1914. He and his brother Amos split the estate, with Amos taking the half on which a small forester's cabin was the main dwelling and Gifford taking the house. The couple began spending their summers at Grey Towers. She realized that his developing political career, and hers (she ran for Congress three times), required a residence more suited to entertaining guests than it had originally been intended to be, and set about modernizing the house. After his mother died in 1960, Gifford Bryce Pinchot donated the building to the Forest Service, as the family had planned. The agency intended to use the house as a conference center.

     Laura Houghteling was born in 1865 at Chicago, Cook Co., IL. She married Gifford Pinchot, son of James Wallace Pinchot and Mary Jane Eno. Laura Houghteling died on 8 February 1894 at Washington, DC.

     Cornelia Elizabeth Bryce was born on 20 August 1881 at Newport, Newport Co., RI. She married Gifford Pinchot, son of James Wallace Pinchot and Mary Jane Eno, on 15 August 1914. Cornelia Elizabeth Bryce died on 9 September 1960 at Washington, DC, at age 79.

     John Lummys was baptized in 1562.¹ He was the son of John Lummys and Krysten Pasfield.¹ John Lummys married Agnes Lingwood.¹ John Lummys died in 1619.¹

     Agnes Lingwood married John Lummys, son of John Lummys and Krysten Pasfield.¹

     John Lummys was the son of Thomas Lummyus.¹ John Lummys married Krysten Pasfield.¹ John Lummys left a will in 1567.

     Krysten Pasfield married John Lummys, son of Thomas Lummyus.¹

     Thomas Lummyus died in 1551.¹

Thomas was the brother of a William Lommance, who died in 1540 and left a large number of descendants in the Lavenham area.¹

     Thomas Bliss was born circa 1618 at Fairford, Gloucestershire, England. He was the son of Thomas Bliss and Margaret (?)¹ Thomas Bliss was also known as Thomas Bliss III. He married Elizabeth Birchard in 1644 at New London, New London Co., CT.² Thomas Bliss left a will on 13 April 1688.³ He died on 15 April 1688 at Norwich, New London Co., CT.⁴

Thomas Bliss became a founder of Hartford and Norwich, Connecticut before passing away in 1688 in Norwich. His name is marked along with several others on a lone stone obelisk in the original Norwich Founders Cemetery, erected in the nineteenth century. Thomas and Elizabeth established their home lot along Norwich’s present-day Washington Street. The Bliss, Leffingwell, Backus, and Reynolds family properties abutted each other on the land now occupied by the William W. Backus Hospital and the current intersection where Connecticut Route 2 meets Washington Street; only one of these homes, the historic Leffingwell Inn still remains, now operating as the Leffingwell House Museum. The Inn was the only home to be saved and relocated between 1957 and 1960 to allow for the Connecticut Route 2 construction.²

     Elizabeth Birchard was born in 1621.¹ She married Thomas Bliss, son of Thomas Bliss and Margaret (?), in 1644 at New London, New London Co., CT.¹ Elizabeth Birchard died in 1699.¹

     Samuel Bliss was born on 9 December 1657 at Saybrook, New London Co., CT.¹ He was the son of Thomas Bliss and Elizabeth Birchard.¹ Samuel Bliss married Anne Elderkin on 8 December 1681 at Norwich, New London Co., CT. Samuel Bliss died on 30 December 1729 at Norwich, New London Co., CT, at age 72.²

For several generations, the Bliss family lived and thrived on their family plot. Thomas Bliss’s son Samuel was a local merchant and conducted coastal and international trade for many years. Historian Mary Perkins highlights some interesting details regarded as dubious in the eyes of the Church. On two separate occasions, Samuel Bliss was accused of selling libations to Native Americans and his wife Ann faced a punishment too before being “restored” back into the congregation’s good graces in 1736.³

     Anne Elderkin was born on 1 January 1661 at Norwich, New London Co., CT. She married Samuel Bliss, son of Thomas Bliss and Elizabeth Birchard, on 8 December 1681 at Norwich, New London Co., CT. Anne Elderkin died on 17 May 1748 at Norwich, New London Co., CT, at age 87.

     Samuel Bliss was born on 13 November 1684 at Norwich, New London Co., CT. He was the son of Samuel Bliss and Anne Elderkin.¹ Samuel Bliss married Sarah Packer on 21 April 1715. Samuel Bliss died on 20 September 1763 at Norwich, New London Co., CT, at age 78.

     Sarah Packer was born on 7 October 1689 at Norwich, New London Co., CT. She married Samuel Bliss, son of Samuel Bliss and Anne Elderkin, on 21 April 1715. Sarah Packer died on 18 October 1775 at Norwich, New London Co., CT, at age 86.

     Pfc. Gary Clifford Griswold was born on 18 March 1947 at Stamford, Fairfield Co., CT. He was the son of Clifford E. Griswold. Pfc. Gary Clifford Griswold died on 14 October 1967 at Vietnam at age 20.

Silver Star Citation

Silver Star Awarded for actions during the Vietnam War The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Private First Class Gary C. Griswold (MCSN: 2289655), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action as an Assistant Machine Gunner with Company G, Second Battalion, Fourth Marines, THIRD Marine Division, in the Republic of Vietnam. On 14 October 1967 the battalion was assigned the mission of protecting a newly constructed bridge approximately 3000 meters south of Con Thien. The battalion came under heavy rocket and mortar attack, which was followed by a human wave assault of North Vietnamese soldiers. The enemy penetrated Company G's most forward position and was charging directly toward Private First Class Griswold's machine gun. The attack was a savage and vicious one, and the enemy had the machine gun pinpointed with heavy automatic weapons and rocket fire. With complete disregard for his own safety he exposed himself constantly while feeding ammunition to his gunner so as to deliver a heavy and accurate rate of fire on the enemy. The machine gun took a direct hit with rocket and automatic weapons fire wounding Private First Class Griswold and also putting the machine gun out of action. Although wounded, he refused to abandon his position, thus allowing other Marines of his company further time to prepare for the vicious battle yet to come. Again with complete disregard for his own personal safety he, along with this squad leader and gunner, attacked the oncoming enemy in fierce hand-to-hand combat, inflicting several casualties before he was mortally wounded by enemy automatic weapons fire. His courage, devotion to duty, and inspiring valor in the face of great personal risk were a major contribution to the success of Company G in continuing to defend its sector of the battalion perimeter. Private First Class Griswold reflected great credit upon himself and the Marine Corps, and upheld the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country.

     Clifford E. Griswold was born circa 1923 at Stamford, Fairfield Co., CT. He died on 8 November 1995 at Boca Raton, Brevard Co., FL.

     Scott Craig Griswold was born on 23 December 1947 at San Jose, Santa Clara Co., CA. He was the son of Maurice Duane Griswold and Antoinette Fossaceca. Scott Craig Griswold died on 24 January 1969 at Vietnam at age 21. He was buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, San Mateo Co., CA.¹

Scott served during the Vietnam War. Griswold had the rank of Warrant Officer. His military occupation or specialty was Helicopter Pilot. Attached to 1st Aviation Brigade, 170th Aviation Company. He died through hostile action in Pleiku Province, Vietnam. He is buried in the Golden Gate National Cemetery.

     Maurice Duane Griswold was born on 15 April 1917 at Elmira, Chemung Co., NY. He was the son of Arthur Erastus Griswold and Nellie May Matthews. Maurice Duane Griswold died on 5 January 1989 at age 71. He was buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, San Mateo Co., CA.¹

     Arthur Erastus Griswold was born on 2 January 1888 at PA. He was the son of Erastus L. Griswold. Arthur Erastus Griswold married Nellie May Matthews on 29 January 1908 at Chemung Co., NY. Arthur Erastus Griswold died on 13 May 1955 at Elmira, Chemung Co., NY, at age 67.

     Erastus L. Griswold was born on 20 October 1861 at PA.^1,2 He was the son of Lorenzo N. Griswold and Arminda Caroline Landon.³ Erastus L. Griswold married Mary Selena Gates on 30 December 1886 at Southport, Chemung Co., NY. Erastus L. Griswold died on 24 October 1925 at Elmira, Chemung Co., NY, at age 64.^4,2 He was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, Chemung Co., NY.⁴

     Lorenzo N. Griswold was born on 3 April 1827 at Italy, Yates Co., NY.¹ He was the son of Erastus N. Griswold and Mary A. Hewitt. Lorenzo N. Griswold married Arminda Caroline Landon on 10 November 1853 at Union, Tioga Co., NY.^2,1 Lorenzo N. Griswold died on 16 December 1900 at Roaring Brancy, Tioga Co., PA, at age 73.¹

     Nellie May Matthews was born in 1886 at Elmira, Chemung Co., NY. She married Arthur Erastus Griswold, son of Erastus L. Griswold, on 29 January 1908 at Chemung Co., NY. Nellie May Matthews died on 16 February 1979 at Elmira, Chemung Co., NY.