Polly Tillotson and John Prichard, Thomas Dutcher

Polly Tillotson was the daughter of Samuel Tillotson and Sarah Partridge, and the sister of my great-great-great-grandfather Daniel Tillotson. Polly was born in Lee, Berkshire County, Massachusetts on May 28, 1804.

Women of the Western Reserve (p. 716) says this about Polly:

Polly Tillotson married John Pritchard (sic), and removed to Nelson, Portage County, Ohio. She possessed a cheerful, happy disposition, that made sunshine for all with whom she came in contact. She often came from Nelson to Brunswick, a distance of fifty miles, on horseback, to visit her father's family.

Polly was married twice. She first married John Prichard on February 13, 1823 in Brunswick, Medina County, Ohio. Peter Berdan, Justice of the Peace, presided at the wedding. John Prichard was born January 27, 1798 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts to Benjamin Prichard and Ann Vaughn. John's surname is also frequently spelled as Pritchard.

Polly and John lived in a log cabin in Nelson, Portage County, Ohio. The cabin was situated on the future Garrettsville Road. Polly lived here until her death.

Polly and John had five children, all born in Nelson:

• Sarah Ann Prichard was born November 29, 1826. She married Lorenzo Snow on April 21, 1845. Lorenzo was born April 3, 1814 in Mantua, Portage County, Ohio to Oliver Becker Snow and Rosetta Lenora Pettibone. Lorenzo became the fifth President of the Mormon church. The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, v. IX, p. 438 summarizes Lorenzo's accomplishments as follows:

  SNOW, Lorenzo, Mormon leader, was born in Mantua, Portage county, Ohio, April 3, 1819 (sic); son of Oliver and Rosetta Leonora (Pettibone) Snow. He was educated in the common schools of Ravenna, Ohio, and was a student at Oberlin college, Ohio, but was not graduated. He became a Mormon convert through the influence of Joseph Smith (q.v.), in 1830; was ordained an elder, 1837, and served as a missionary in the United States, 1837–40, and in Great Britain, 1840. Returning to the United States he organized and became captain of the Nauvoo legion, a Mormon military company, in Hancock county, Ill., and conducted the Nauvoo school. He was active in the presidential campaign of Joseph Smith in 1844, and was a pioneer in the westward movement of the Mormons, reaching Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1848. He was ordained one of the twelve apostles, Feb. 12, 1849, and in the same year visited Italy; was a member of the lower or upper house of the Utah legislature, 1852–82; founded and named Brigham City, Utah, 1855; visited the Sandwich islands in 1864, and traveled in Europe and in Palestine in 1872. He was chosen president of the twelve apostles, April 1889; was president of the Temple from its dedication, May 23, 1893, until 1898, and president of the Mormon church from the death of Wilford Woodruff, Sept. 13, 1898. He is the author of: The Italian Mission (1851); The Only Way to be Saved (1851), translated into several different languages; The Voice of Joseph (1852); The Palestine Tourists, written in collaboration with his sister (1874), and a translation into Italian of the "Book of Mormon." He died in Salt Lake city, Utah, Oct. 10, 1901.

  

  Lorenzo Snow
  Husband of Sarah Ann Prichard

  Sarah Ann Prichard and Lorenzo Snow had five children:

  • Eliza Sarah Snow was born November 30, 1847. She married George Dunford.

  • Sylvia Snow was born January 16, 1850. She married Chauncey Walker West who died October 6, 1894. Sylvia died in January, 1934. Sylvia's death notice appears in the Daughters of Utah Pioneers Obituary Scrapbook:

    Mrs. Sylvia West, President Snow's Daughter Is Dead

    A daughter of Lorenzo Snow, fourth president of the L. D. S. church, Mrs. Sylvia Snow West, 83, former resident of Salt Lake and Brigham City, died Tuesday at the Los Angeles home of her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel R. Hughey, according to word received here. Mrs. West. who was active in social enterprises, church work and musical affairs, was born in Salt Lake January 16, 1850; and educated in the Brigham City schools and the University of Deseret. Marrying Chauncey Walker West, the couple first resided in Ogden, and from there moved to Butte, Mont., where Mr. West died October 6, 1894. After her husband's death, Mrs. West returned to Brigham City, and moved to Salt Lake about four years ago. She has lived in Los Angeles during the last year and a half. Mrs. West is survived by her daughter, Mrs. Hughey, five grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Burial will take place at Brigham City, the body arriving from Los Angeles Saturday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Hughey. Graveside services will be conducted in the plot of President Snow Sunday at 1 p.m. with LeRoi C. Snow, a half brother of the deceased, in charge.

  • Lorenzo Snow, Jr. was born July 7, 1853. He married Huldah Jensen. They had five children:
    • Sylvia Onida Snow married D. R. Huey. They had two children:
      • Sarah Ruth Huey was born November 29, 1901 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. She married a man surnamed Smith. They had at least one child:
        • Carol Sylvia Smith was born in 1920.

      • Sylvia Catherina Huey was born March 28, 1903.

    • Lorenzo Snow was born October 16, 1881.

    • Lulu Snow was born February 25, 1885. She married Clarence Hemock on January 3, 1905. They had three children:
      • Clarence C. Hemock was born in 1906.
      • Lorenzo S. Memock was born in 1908.
      • Paul H. Hemock was born in 1908. Paul and Lorenzo were twins.

    • Leland Snow was born October 2, 1887.

    • Lablanch Snow was born in November, 1890. She marrried Wallace Hunter on September 15, 1909. They had three children:
      • Sylvia Onida Hunter.
      • Wallace S. Hunter was born in 1913.
      • Bonnie Lablanch Hunter was born in 1919.

  • Parinthia Snow was born October 5, 1856. She never married. Parinthia died on November 23, 1933. Her death notice appears in the Daughters of Utah Pioneers Obituary Scrapbook:

    Funeral Service Set Sunday for Parinthia Snow

    Funeral services will be held Sunday at 12:30 p.m. at the Larkin mortuary chapel, 260 east South Temple street, for Parinthia Snow, 78, daughter of the late Prest. Lorenzo Snow, who died at her home at 343 Tenth East street, Thursday evening of natural causes incident to her advanced age. The services will be conducted by Bishop George S. McAllister of the Eleventh ward. Friends may call at the mortuary Saturday from 4 to 8 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. until the time of services. Burial will take place in the family plot in Brigham City, where short graveside services will be conducted Sunday at 3:30 p.m. Miss Snow was born in Brigham City, Oct. 5, 1855, but had lived in Salt Lake 33 years. During her life Miss Snow had been prominent in Church activities and for many years was a member of the Tabernacle choir in Salt Lake. Members of her immediate family who survive are the following brothers and sister; Lorenzo Snow. Jr. and Mrs. Eliza Dunford of Salt Lake; Mrs. Sylvia S. West of Los Angeles and Alvirus Snow of Chicago.

    Parintha Snow Rites Conducted

    Funeral services for Miss Parintha Snow, 78, daughter of Lorenzo Snow, fourth president of the L. D. S. church, were conducted in the Larkin mortuary chapel Sunday afternoon under the direction of George S. McAllister, bishop of the Eleventh L. D. S. ward. Former Judge Gaylen S. Young offered the invocation. LeRoi C. Snow and Bishop McAllister spoke, and Horace M. Cummings pronounced the benediction. Musical numbers, "Un-answered Yet," by Mrs. Ruth Clawson and Mrs. Alice Holbrook; "Teach Me to Pray," by Mrs. Holbrook, and a violin solo by Allen Wallschleger, were given. The body was taken to Brigham City for burial in the private lot of President Snow. John Horsley conducted graveside services, which included a prayer by Nels Madsen, a report on the service in Salt Lake by LeRoi C. Snow and remarks by Clem Horsley of the Box Elder stake presidency. Patriarch Brigham Wright dedicated the grave.

    

    Parinthia Snow.

  • Lauren Alvirus Erastus Snow was born December 2, 1863.

  Lorenzo Snow also married (concurrently) Charlotte Merrill, Mary Adaline Goddard, Harriet Amelia Squires, Eleanor Houtz, Caroline Horton, Mary Elizabeth Houtz, Phebe Augusta Woodruff, and Minne Jensen.

  Sarah Ann Prichard died in December, 1900 in Salt Last City, Salt Lake County, Utah. Lorenzo Snow died October 10, 1901 in Salt Lake City.

• John Prichard was born September 10, 1829. He married Eliza Jane Linzee on May 28, 1857 in Revenna, Portage County, Ohio. Eliza was born June 21 (or June 22), 1839 to William H. Linzee and Mary Elizabeth Colton. Eliza was the sister of Belden Colton Linzee who married Polly Tillotson's niece Jane Minerva Tillotson. John and Eliza had three children:
  • John Clark Prichard was born June 5, 1858 in Nelson, Portage County, Ohio. He married a woman with the first name of Rena.

  • Elma Prichard was born August 22, 1866 in Jefferson, Ashtabula County, Ohio.

  • Henry Talcott Prichard was born June 27, 1870 in Jefferson, Ashtabula County, Ohio. He married Claudia Estelle Foster on March 28, 1901 in Geneva, Astabula County, Ohio. Claudia was the daughter of Joseph Wing Foster. They had at least one child:
    • Helen Winfield Prichard was born August 14, 1902 in Pittsburg, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Helen married Robert Armstrong on April 6, 1929 in New York City, New York.

  Eliza Jane Linzee died April 8, 1880 in Jefferson, Ashtabula County, Ohio. John Prichard later married a woman with the first name of Mary on November 27, 1880. Mary died June 16, 1888. John married a woman with the first name of Helen on September 10, 1890. John Prichard died August 17, 1897 in Jefferson, Ashtabula County, Ohio.

• George Prichard was born December 3, 1831. He married Emily R. Bosworth on April 7, 1857 in Nelson, Portage County, Ohio. She was the daughter of B. B. and Harriet Bosworth. George and Emily lived in the home George's parents had built. George and Emily had two children:
  • Cordelia E. Prichard was born March 16, 1860. She married Robert Crevoisie.

  • Lucius Warner Prichard was born October 10, 1863.

• Cordelia Jane Tillotson Prichard was born August 12, 1834. She married Henry Talcott of Garrettsville, Portage County, Ohio on December 23, 1855 in Nelson, Portage County, Ohio. Henry was born December 28, 1832. He was the son of Nelson Talcott and Catherine Louisa Whiting. Catherine was the daughter of Sally Hulet and Elisha Whiting, Jr., so Catherine was a niece to both my great-great-great grandparents Daniel Tillotson and Tryphena Hulet: Sally Hulet was Tryphena Hulet's sister, and Daniel Tillotson was Polly Tillotson's brother.

  Cordelia and Henry made their home in Jefferson, Ashtabula County, Ohio. They had five children, all born in Jefferson, Ashtabula County, Ohio:

  • Albert Lewis Talcott was born February 8, 1857. He married Elizabeth Jane Bailey on August 4, 1881 in Jefferson. Elizabeth was born February 17, 1860 in Jefferson, Ashtabula County, Ohio. Albert and Elizabeth had three children, all born in Jefferson, Ashtabula County, Ohio:
    • Cora Mabel Talcott was born October 5, 1882. She married Bruce Wyckoff Huling in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio on October 4, 1902. Bruce was born December 7, 1876 in Cleveland to Bruce Huling and Mary Shepard. Bruce Wyckoff Huling died June 2, 1938 in Akron, Summit County, Ohio.

    • John Albert Talcott was born March 8, 1886. He married Harriet Imogene Finney in January, 1910 in Texas. John also married Isabelle Ritchie.

    • Winifred Bailey Talcott was born August 8, 1892 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. She married Herbert Gordon Hayes on June 30, 1923 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Herbert was born November 20, 1893 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut.

    Albert Lewis Talcott died June 8, 1937 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio.

  • John Carlos Talcott was born March 8, 1857. He died December 17, 1904.

  • Ralph Henry Talcott was born December 3, 1860. He married Marian Taylor Colson on January 11, 1882 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Marian was born February 3, 1858 in New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Ralph and Marian had five children:
    • Nellie Talcott was born March 10, 1883. She married twice. She married George N. Riddle on March 5, 1901. Nelliw and George had one child:
      • Lila May Riddle was born in 1904.

      Nellie later married Karl Wilhelm Ebler on July 7, 1908. Nellie died April 10, 1919.

    • Henry Day Talcott was born October 11, 1885.

    • Henry Day Talcott was born October 11, 1885. He married twice. He first married Catherine Moran. They had two children:
      • Geraldine Talcott was born July 21, 1920.

      • Clarence Talcott was born July 30, 1921.

      Henry Day Talcott married Helen Agnes Whelan on September 25, 1904 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. They had four children:

      • Henry Ernest Talcott was born July 5, 1905.

      • Hyacinth Marie Talcott was born May 1, 1907.

      • Kenneth Adelford Talcott was born February 24, 1909.

      • Marian Marguerite Talcott was born July 20, 1916.

      Helen Agnes Whelan died July 20, 1917 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio.

    • Ralph Henry Talcott was born October 22, 1887. He married Ada E. Payne on November 30, 1911 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. They had two children:
      • Morris Ellsworth Talcott was born September 6, 1912.

      • Alice Marian Talcott was born March 6, 1914. She died May 2, 1914.

    • Robert William Talcott was born September 8, 1889. He died April 18, 1917.

    • Cordelia Louise Talcott was born August 14, 1893. She married John Bailey Stimson on March 24, 1909. They had eight children:
      • Henry Rader Stimson was born July 7, 1910. He died on July 19, 1910.

      • Maude Marian Stimson was born May 5, 1912.

      • Donald Bailey Stimson was born July 4, 1913.

      • Robert Day Stimson was born September 22, 1914.

      • Alma Earl Stimson was born July 29, 1916.

      • Alberta Marie Stimson was born October 5, 1917.

      • Eleanor Stimson.

      • Eddie Foy Stimson.

    Marian Taylor Colson died June 12, 1912 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Ralph Henry Talcott later married a woman with the given name of Emma Louise on January 14, 1913. Emma Louise was born October 9, 1871. Ralph Henry Talcott died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio.

  • William Ellsworth Talcott was born October 25, 1862 in Jefferson, Ashtabula County, Ohio. He married Eva May Holl on November 30, 1881. They had four children:
    • Homer Leroy Talcott was born September 7, 1883 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut. He married Bertha M. Esher in 1908. They had one child:
      • Mildred Eleanor Talcott was born in 1909 in New York City, New York. She married on April 7, 1931 in Mt. Vernon, Westchester County, New York.

      Bertha M. Esher died on October 16, 1918. Homer Leroy Talcott died on June 6, 1924 in Utica, Oneida County, New York.

    • William Ellsworth Talcott was born August 9, 1884 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut. William Ellsworth Talcott died on August 28, 1909 in Saranac Lake, Franklin and Essex Counties, New York.

    • Grace Helen Talcott was born August 5, 1886 in Akron, Summit County, New York. She married Robert Morrison Ferns. They had one child:
      • Nancy Ferns.

    • Maude Eleanor Talcott was born March 21, 1901 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. She married a man surnamed Jones. They had one child:
      • Talcott Jones.

  • George Nelson Talcott was born December 25, 1866. He married Janet Reed Lockwood on November 6, 1895 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Janet died in December, 1935 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio.

  Henry Talcott died July 12, 1894 in Jefferson, Ashtabula County, Ohio. Cordelia Jane Prichard died January 14, 1922 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Couny, Ohio.

• Erastus Allen Prichard was born August 19, 1838 (or 1839). He married Rozelma Udall on June 8, 1865. She was the daughter of Rachel and Harvey Udall. Erastus and Rozelma had two children:
  • Carl Garfield Prichard was born November 27, 1870. He married Wilma Leatta Potter. They had two children:
    • Walter Stanley Prichard was born March 5, 1897.

    • Howard Arner Prichard was born February 4, 1900.

  • Glenn Erastus Prichard was born October 6, 1886. Glenn Erastus Prichard died December 12, 1892.

John Prichard died in Nelson, Portage County, Ohio on November 19, 1838. Almost nine years after John's death, Polly married Thomas Dutcher on April 3, 1847. Polly and Thomas had one child:

• Polly Sophronia Dutcher was born December 13, 1849. She married Jared Benjamin Knowlton on December 15, 1868. Polly and Jared had six children:
  • James Clyde Knowlton was born August 5, 1870. He married twice. He first married a woman with the first name of Olive. later he married Clara B. Clark on October 20, 1892. Clara was the daughter of Andrew Clark and Marion. James Clyde Knowlton and Clara B. Clark had two children:
    • Ethel Marion Knowlton was born October 10, 1894.

    • Robert Benjamin Knowlton was born November 17, 1895.

    Clara B. Clark died August 18, 1904.

  • Lena Isabella Knowlton was born August 29, 1873. She died December 3, 1874.

  • Lorena Knowlton was born December 19, 1875 in Nelson, Portage County, Ohio. She married Marcus Burdette Jackson on May 5, 1895. They had one child:
    • Alla Louise Jackson.

    Lorena Knowlton died on March 7, 1938 in Girard, Trumbull County, Ohio.

  • An infant Knowlton was born June 12, 1877. The baby died on July 27, 1877.

  • Ruby May Knowlton was born September 8, 1885. She married a man surnamed Fenstermaker. Ruby died September 29, 1908.

  • Donna Pearl Knowlton was born October 16, 1886. She married Charles Switzer.

  Jared Benjamin Knowlton died September 7, 1907 in Nelson, Portage County, Ohio. Polly Sophronia Dutcher died May 14, 1912.

Thomas Dutcher died in Nelson, Portage County, Ohio on August 12, 1850. Polly Tillotson died in Nelson on March 20, 1886.

Photo of Lorenzo Snow taken from Frank Esshom's book Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah.

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