Scrapbook – material compiled by Lois Goldsbury Macy
- Article “You May Have More Connections Than You Think!” By James Raywelt.
- Genealogy chart beginning with John Goldsbury from England 1700-1775 married to Eunice Pond 1708-1792 in Franklin, MA. (Generation I). Capt. John Goldsbury 1728-1802 buried in Warwick Cemetery married to Abigail Metcalf 1735-1823 buried in Warwick Cemeter. Down to James Goldsbury 1757-1814 married to Jerusha Williams 1774-1848 both buried in Warwick. To James Goldsbury 1797-1898 married to Miranda Sweetzer 1804-1891 both buried in Warwick. James Goldsbury 1833-1899 married to Mary Rosalind Long 1834-1915. Dr. James Goldsbury 1860-1893 died in China married to Mary Grace Fisher 1860-1954 buried in Warwick. John Goldsbury 1893-1986 married to Inez May Jameson 1892-1976 both buried in Warwick. Lois Ann Goldsbury 1927- married to Thomas White Macy 1928-.
- Short article on determining degree one is a cousin to another.
- A section on Mary, Eunice, Abigail, and Caroline Goldsbury (daughters of Capt. John Goldsbury and Abigail Metcalf) includes the following: Mary Goldsbury born in Bellingham, MA on June 3, 1754 and died August 7, 1799 and is buried with her husband Rev. Samuel Whiting and her five children in Rockingham (Bellows Falls) Vermont. Program for the 76th annual Pilgrimage commemoration of the 195th anniversary of the Old Rockingham Meeting House, August 1, 1982. A small brochure “The Old Rockingham Meeting House erected 1787 and The First Church in Rockingham, VT 1733-1840.” Three post cards of the Old Rockingham Meeting House, exterior and interior. Abigail Goldsbury born March 17, 1761 in Bellingham, MA married Elijah Lovell in Rockingham, VT. Several letters from Elisabeth Lovell Bowman both giving and requesting information on the Goldsbury family. Chart on Christopher Lovell 1785-1863, Rockingham, VT son of Elijah Lovell and Abigail Goldsbury and married Phoebe Marsh and fathered 11 children. To Lewis Christopher Lovell 1817-1885, Rockingham, VT- son of Christopher and Phoebe – married Louisa Maria Wilson and fathered 4 children by Louisa, 5 children by 2nd wife, and 1 child by 3rd wife. To Leverett Timothy Lovell 1841-1913 Rockingham, VT, son of Louisa and Christopher, married to Amine Putnam and fathered 3 children. To Lewis Christopher Lovell 1867-1934 Rockingham, VT, son of Leverett and Amine, married Mamie Gaugh and fathered 5 children. To Leverett Charles Lovell 1889-1983, born Rockingham, VT and died Ludlow, VT, son of Lewis Christopher and Maria Gaugh, married to Frances LeBourveau Stockwell and fathered 5 children, one of whom is Elisabeth Gaugh, now living in Toms River, NJ, who has corresponded with John Goldsbury. Note to Lois from Elisabeth Gaugh Bowman. Several friendly letters from Elisabeth to Lois. Notice from Elisabeth that she has published Alexander Lovell Genealogy – The Ancestors and Descendants of Alexander Lovell of Medford, Massachusetts 1619-1709. Last letter, a Christmas letter in 2004. Caroline Goldsbury married Ezra Parker.
- Several pages on The Goldsbury Family and Its Connections: The Sweetser Family. Genealogical Records from Scott Bible. Miranda Sweetser married James Goldsbury. “Most of the heirs of Ann Maria Goldsbury, who died in 1920, the daughter of James and Miranda signed off their interest in the house. Ann Maria’s borther, James (who married Mary Rosaline Long of Shelburne) lived in Minneapolis, Minn, and had no need of the Warwick house. His children, Dr. James (no longer living – therefore John Goldsbury was one of the heirs), also Dr. Paul, Mary Long Goldsbury Channon, Royal Sweetser Goldsbury, Czarina Goldsbury Metcalf, John Goldsbury, and Joseph Goldsbury were heirs. Royal took the responsibility of seeing taxes were paid and the house maintained. Royal lived in PA, never lived in Warwick. His brother, Dr. Paul lived there a number of years, and Rena Metcalf Goldsbury (Royal’s sister) and her husband Rev. Harlan Metcalf retired there. Religious services were held in the Goldsbury and Francis homesteads and the Pulcifer barn. After Harlan’s death in 1936, the house of Rev. Preserved Smith, on the Athol Road, was purchased, converted into a chapel and named the Metcalf Memorial Chapel in honor of Harlan Metcalf. The Scott Bible contained marriages from Samuel Sweetser to Hannah Moore in 1792 to the last birth noted Lillie Sweetser in 1847 and the last death recorded is Frederick Jones in 1887.
- Chart on Ebenezer L. Barnard, born 1805, married to Caroline Sweetser, daughter of Samuel Sweetser and Hannah Moore, born 1814. They had 4 children, all born in Massachusetts.
- Copy of obituary of Abby M. Wood, native of Athol, MA.
- Excerpts from “Athol, Past and Present by Lilley B. Caswell. The Sweetser family during the first half of the 1800s was one of the most prominent families of Athol. Samuel Sweetser, son of Philip and Sarah Richardson Sweetser, was born in Leominster in 1764, married Hannah Moore. He kept a store in Warwick for a year or two, and then moved to Athol, where he bought a tavern. In 1802 he sold the tavern and devoted his energies to grazing and cattle raising, owning large farms and pastures in Athol, Royalston, Wendell, Petersham, Northfield, Heath and Warwick. He drove great numbers of cattle to the Brighton market. Mr. Sweetser was kind and generous to the poor and unfortunate. The Sweetsers had 9 children, one of whom was The Abby Wood whose obituary is in this notebook. Another daughter was Miranda born 1804 and married James Goldsbury of Warwick. Picture of sampler made by Mary (Polly) Sweetser.
- Spreadsheet from Jackson Goddard with listing of births, deaths, marriages for Wood, Bliss, Tillotson, Barnard, Sweetser, Dawes, Washburn, Field, Tiffany, Lincoln, Higley, Metcalf, Painz, Davis, Longfellow, Nostrand, Goldsbury, Curtis, Dickinson, Miller, Smead, Osgood, Jenkins, Slyre, Howards, Rookwood, Buddington, Thompson, Ward, Merriman, Widder, Emory, Woller, Bowler, Lewis, Ourbach, Beecher, Larnid, Hunt, Pomroy, Wheeler, Wilder, Harrington, Humphey, Paine, Jones, Lovell, Whitson, Taft family members.
- Rev. John Goldsbury 1795-1890. Ecclesiastical History section of The History of Hardwick by Lucius R. Paige 1883. Rev. John Goldsbury born in Warwick 1795, graduated Brown University 1820, attended Harvard Divinity School, ordained in 1827. In later life, he returned to Warwick. A short biographical sketch of the life of Rev. John Goldsbury from a newspaper clipping (newspaper not noted). Two books which Rev. John Goldsbury wrote or helped to write: The American Common School Reader and Speaker and Sequel to the Common School Reader. John Goldsbury married Nancy Hull in 1821, Taunton, MA. Nancy Hull died in 1850. He married his 2nd wife, Esther Williams, daughter of Samuel Williams and Mary Stevens, granddaughter of Wilder Stevens who built his farm (Old Red House) in Warwick c. 1770. Children of John and Nancy: John Goldsbury born 1822 and Nancy Goldsbury married to Ames Benny Merrill. John Goldsbury (born 1822) married Maria Snow and had 2 daughters, Edith Goldsbury and Maria Goldsbury. Copy of letter dated July 18, 1827 from John in North Bridgewater to his mother Mrs. Jerusha Goldsbury asking for a loan of $300.00 for which he will send his note and interest due on demand. He is sorry his mother could not come to his ordination. He speaks of his Aunt who has given $3000.00 to the Calvinistic Society in Northfield – he feels that the money could have been given to create a fund for the support of the poor. He tells his mother that his children John and Nancy are doing well. Letter to Jackson Goddard – although probably not cousins, there appears to be a family connection through Esther Williams (2nd wife of John Goldsbury) whose 1st husband was Obadiah Goddard.
- Samuel Williams Goldsbury. Samuel was a brother to James and John, sons of James and Jerusha. Samuel Goldsbury 1799-1865 married Mary Ann Church in 1837. Mary Ann Church died in 1899. Several letters, family (current) pictures, and current family happenings from Judy, a descendent of Samuel Goldsbury. A typewritten list of information gotten from the Warwick Cemetery and the Warwick Town Hall – births, deaths, marriages of Samuel and Mary and 5 children. (As well as the typewritten list, there are copies of the originals from the Warwick Town Hall.) A letter from Julie Neidlinger (Judy’s daughter) with data concerning Charles, son of Samuel and Mary and direct ancestor of Judy and Julie. Charles Goldsbury was born July 20, 1841 in Winchester, NH, married Ella Amidon and died March 28, 1895 in Cherokee, IA. The line continues down to Judith Mary O’Brien married to Jack Neidlinger 1961 in Hampden, ND and down to her 5 children, one of whom is Julie Neidlinger. Personal letter from Judy to Lois. Genealogical information on Charles “Attorney at Law and Real Estate Agent” according to letterhead. Letterhead continues – “buys and sells real estate, examines titles, pays taxes, and attends to all legal business with promptness.” And genealogical material on a daughter Mary Amidon Goldsbury who married Thomas Hillary O’Brien. Copies of 2 pictures of Mary G with her baby. Christmas card and note from Judy. Copies of 2 handwritten letters from Charles Goldsbury to James Goldsbury, dated May 3 and May 4, 1871. Charles is requesting James to have printed 1000 blank draft forms and gives specifications for same. More e-mails from Judy and Julie. In one it is mentioned that Charles paid $300 to get out of going to the Civil War. Copies of material on the Goldsburys that Lois has sent to Judy. Lois also lists sources of her material for Judy. A new piece of information: A Christopher Goldsbury was captain of the ship the Briggs Henry and had settled in Cape Town, Africa, Cape of Good Hope. E-mails from Galbraiths in Canada who are Goldsburys cousins. Material on Daniel O’Brien, grandfather of Thomas O’Brien who married Mary Amidon Goldsbury (daughter of Charles and Ella Amidon - a rural school teacher in ND). Very interesting picture of early pioneers on the ND plains. Copies of old family photos – Charles Goldsbury, Thomas, Ella Amidon Goldsbury and other Goldsbury pictures from the ND Goldsbury line.
- Tryphena Goldsbury married Rev. Preserved Smith. The present day Metcalf Chapel is the parsonage where Tryphena and Preserved lived. Tryphena, daughter of James Goldsbury and Jerusha Williams. Proof through The Hereditary Order of the Families of Presidents and First Ladies of America that Lois Goldsbury Macy is related to Samuel Morse through descendants of Thomas Morse. A chart showing how to determine the degree of “cousinship.” A chart on descendents of David Wells, an ancestor of Mary Prudence Wells who married Fayette Smith (son of Tryphena Goldsbury and Rev. Preserved Smith). A copy of Address by Mary P. Wells Smith – Some Notable Warwick Women – given on the occasion of Old Home Day August 15, 1907. Note that Fayette Smith, former judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Cincinnati, Ohio, died. He was born in Warwick in 1825, graduated from Harvard in 1844. After practicing law in Chicopee and Holyoke, he went to Cincinnati, where he was a prominent member of the bar and later judge of the Court of Common Please for five years. His wife, who survives him, is Mary P. Wells Smith, a well-known writer. Copies of the Mary P. Wells Smith Genealogy file from Greenfield Historical Society. Tryphena Goldsbury was the 2nd wife of Rev. Preserved Smith. They had two children, Fayette and Eunice who married Rev. John Moor. Rev. P. Smith’s first wife was Apolline Stone and they had two children, Royal Stone Smith and Constance Smith who married Joseph Warren Hamel.
- Ann Maria Goldsbury 1829-1920. Ann Maria Goldsbury is daughter of James Goldsbury and Miranda Sweetser. Ann Maria spent a year at Mt. Holyoke College 1846-1847. Copy of letter sent from Northfield, Minnesota Feb. 4, 1895 to Ann Maria from Mary and E.W. Goldsbury. Lois Macy has a note on letter asking “Who is E.W. Goldsbury and who is Mary???”
- Samuel Sweetser Goldsbury 1834-1854. Son of James Goldsbury and Miranda Sweetser, brother to Ann Maria and James. Letters to Samuel from James Goldsbury and Ann Maria Goldsbury. Letter from James is sent from Colraine January 11, 1850 and speaks of his boarding with parents of his students – “four days to a scholar.” Letter from Ann Maria is dated Jan. 1, 1851 speaks of things at home, hopes that Samuel will make the Savior his best friend this year, worries about Samuel’s health. Tells him not to put his feet in cold water but to put them in warm water for a few minutes just before retiring.
- Children of James and Mary Rose Long Goldsbury: James Goldsbury 1860-1893 (Married Mary Grace Fisher. James a medical missionary who died of typhus in Shansi, China); Louis 1863 (died as a baby); Mary Long (called May) 1865-1957 Married Irving Channon. The Irving Channons who had nine children spent most of their lives as missionaries in the Caroline and Gilbert Islands and later in Micronesia); Royal Sweetser 1867-(a graduate of Princeton. He was General Agent for the Northwestern Mutual Life of Milwaukee in Pittsburgh for over 25 years. Married Ruth Putnam. They had 4 children); Paul W. (Dr. Paul Goldsbury 1869-1962 was a graduate of Williams College and Rush Medical School. Married Leone Oliver. No children. Since 1899 he was in charge of he Goldsbury house in Warwick and resided there until his death), Czarena 1871-1949 (Called Rena, married Harlan Metcalf. Rev. Harlan Metcalf was a minister in several towns in Ohio. They had 4 children. In 1934 the Metcalf’s took up residence in Warwick and the Metcalf Chapel is name for Rev. Metcalf who died in 1936); John 1874- (married Emily Gilbert. They spent most of their married life in the Hood River area in Washington. No children. A graduate of Princeton, 1899); Joseph 1875- (A graduate of the Class of 1901 Carleton College. 1st wife Sarah Chase, 2nd wife Rena Whiting. He had 3 children, one died in infancy). A listing of the children of James and Mary Long Goldsbury and their descendents down to the 1960s.
- Dr. Paul Williams Goldsbury 1869-1962 Article reprinted from The Orange Enterprise and Journal August 16, 1951 “One of Warwick’s Oldest Families Has Only One Member Living There; Warwick Cemetery has stones marking 24 members of Goldsbury Family.” Card with picture of Dr. Paul W. Goldsbury who is running for senator for the Franklin-Hampshire District Election November 4, 1913. On back of card: “Dr. Goldsbury was born in Davenport, Iowa, attending public schools there and in Minneapolis. Was in college at Oberlin and Williams, graduating from the latter in 1892. In the land business some years in the West. Studied medicine at Minnesota and Chicago University, and at the Harvard Medical School where he graduated in 1906. Practiced four years in Boston. Since 1910 he has lived in the country, and has worked for general conservation and public health. (unsuccessful candidacy) Card with picture of Dr. Paul W. Goldsbury who is running for senator from the Franklin-Hampshire District. “An earnest worker for public health and development of natural resources. He has placed two bills before the legislature this year: one to favor expert road supervision in small towns; the other to promote forestry in this part of the state.” Election Tuesday, November 3, 1914. (unsuccessful candidacy) Reprint of article by Dr. P.W. Goldsbury: “Humidity and Health” printed in The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol cixv, No. 10, pp. 366-372, September 7, 1911. Reprint of article by Dr. Paul W. Goldsbury: “Ventilation, Artificial or Natural” printed in The Laneet-Clinic, September 6, 1913. Original and copy of article written by Dick Chaisson and printed in the Athol Daily News in 1959: “Thinking Man’s Utopia”. Dr. Goldsbury wanted to have the Goldsbury home in Warwick become a retreat for some of America’s greatest minds to meet and exchange ideas. When the article was written, Dr. Goldsbury had two visitors: Newton Dillaway, considered the outstanding living authority on Emerson and Mrs. Clara Mills Ward, a spiritual healer and metaphysical counselor. Dr. Paul gives Mr. Chasson some of his thoughts: topics ranged from arguments against regional school districts to his contention that “people keep their bodies too confined with clothing” to “The trouble with the youth of today is, they are filled up with electronics and the technical sciences. They stray away from nature and artifacts. As a result they are suffering from mental indigestion.” Copy of an article by Dr. Goldsbury from The Atlantic Monthly March 1911, “Recreation Through the Senses.” Newspaper article “Dr. Goldsbury Succumbs at 92.” Copy of letter dated September 19, 1894 from Paul Goldsbury to his brother John. Paul and Royal are in Ithaca, NY traveling and singing with the Moody Male Quartet which toured the country. Copy of letter from Joe Goldsbury to his aunt Ann Maria Goldsbury who is taking care of her father, James Goldsbury (in addition to Ann Maria, father to James and Samuel). Joe is at Mt. Hermon as a student.
- Royal Sweetser Goldsbury 1867-1952 Married Ruth Putnam . They had 4 children. Grandson Christopher (Kit) Goldsbury is listed in Forbes 1997 edition of The 400 Richest People in America. “…Fortune derived from 1995 sale of Pace Picante Sauce to Campbell Soup for $1.1 billion cash. Kit married Linda Pace, daughter of company founder, David Pace, then joined business 1966. Bought out father-in-law 1982; wife in 1991 divorce. Set up venture capital firm…primary backer of new Westin Riverwalk Hotel in San Antonio. Also investing in technology companies.” Complete list of the wealthiest of America’s wealthy. In 1997, Bill Gates #1, Christopher Goldsbury #260. A long article from Forbes magazine telling the story behind the sale of Pace Salsa. Letter to Lois Macy from cousin Judy talking about a “To Whom It May Concern” letter to the National Portrait Gallery concerning “Samuel’s portrait” (Am not sure to what this refers.) Three pictures taken in Warwick Cemetery: Ginger Goldsbury and Lois Macy at the grave of Royal Sweetser Goldsbury, grandfather of Ginger who is the daughter of Grosvenor Hutchins Goldsbury (son of Royal). Two newpaper clippings – “Goldsbury to retire” – Royal to retire after 25 years as general agent at Pittsburgh for the Northwestern Mutual Life, and “R.A. Clark Appointed to Succeed Goldsbury” – article dated July 14, 1934. Program -Season of 1894-95 Moody Male Quartette and Royal S. Goldsbury Impersonator under the management of The Redpath Lyceum Bureau. Members of quartette: First Tenor Bob McDowell, Princeton; Second Tenor C. J. Davis, Oberlin; First Bass R.S. Goldsbury, Princeton; Second Bass P.W. Goldsbury, Williams. “Mr. Royal Goldsbury had acquired an enviable reputation as an entertainer before joining the quartette. He has remarkable natural talent as an impersonator. Nothing of the old stagey manner so common to elocutionists appears in his performances. His renditions of James Whitcomb Riley’s poems have received the highest praise.” Several e-mails to Lois Macy from cousin Judy re correspondence with Louisa Dulaney (sister of Christopher (Kit) Goldsbury, granddaughter of Royal Goldsbury). Louisa is asking for information about Samuel Goldsbury (which one I am not sure, perhaps the Loyalist) and that Louisa’s brother has a painting of whom they think might be Captain James Goldsbury.
- Mary Long Goldsbury 1865-1957 (sister of Dr. James, Dr. Paul, Royal, etc.) Married Irving Monroe Channon. Lois Macy is in touch with Mary and Irving Channon’s granddaughter, Maeva Hipps who has transcribed Mary Long’s (May’s) diaries of their years of missionary work in Micronesia. Missionaries were required to send monthly letters to the home office of The American Board, Commissioners of Foreign Missions and these are housed at Harvard University along with letters from Dr. James Goldsbury, missionary who died in China. Copy of one of these letters.
- Czarena Goldsbury 1871-1949 Married Rev. Harlan P. Metcalf. They had four children: Ethel who married Dr. Howard Curtis, Harlan Goldsbury who married Margaret Wyer, Esther who married Richard Janney, and David. Newspaper article, no date: “Dr. Harlan G. Metcalf (son of Czarena and Rev. Harlan) Honored by Faculty at Reception on Tuesday. “The faculty of State University College at Cortland Tuesday paid tribute to one of its members who is retiring this year (1969), Dr. Harlan G. Metcalf, professor of recreation education.” Dr. Metcalf, known as “Gold” had achieved national recognition as an authority on recreation and outdoor education and is widely known as an expert in the fields of archery and fishing. Dr. Metcalf received a special youth service award presented by Governor Nelson Rockefeller in 1968. Copies of 2 newspaper articles: Harlan G. Metcalf is author of “Gold on Mount Grace: Boyhood Adventures in Long-Ago Warwick” and a picture of Harlan and Peg Metcalf in Ithaca, NY on their 60th anniversary.
- Joseph Wilson Goldsbury (1875- ) Married 1st wife Sarah Chase, 2nd wife Rena Whiting. Chart showing children of James and Miranda Sweetser Goldsbury and their descendents. Several letters, Christmas notes, e-mails, pictures back and forth between Lois Macy and Irene Louis Goldsbury Reuteler. Children of Joseph and Sarah: Sarah (died age 3); Mary Long who married William Sprague; Joseph Chase who married Marjorie Horn. Irene is the daughter of Joseph Chase and Marjorie Horn. Picture of Donald Goldsbury (brother of Irene).
