Samuel Rockwell (1792-1847) of Canton, Pa. [R140 in 1st edition, R136 in the 2nd and 3rd edition]: further details on his descendants, from Phoenix and Boughton.

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Daughter Sophia Rockwell and first husband John C. Rose had two daughters:
  1. Deziah Rose, b. 25 April 1838 at Canton; married there, 17 Sept. 1856, Edward Weeks Colwell, who was b. 24 Feb. 1829 at Kent, N.Y. She died 25 Sept. 1859, having had 2 children, only one of whom may have survived childhood: Edward Rockwell Colwell, b. 22 April 1859.
  2. Jane Elizabeth Rose, b. 27 May 1846. She married her deceased sister's husband Edward W. Colwell. They lived at Canton in 1876; no children.
Daughter Hannah Rockwell and husband Joel Wood of Palatine, Illinois, had nine children:
  1. Thomas B. Wood, b. 17 July 1835 at Canton, Pa.; married 1 Jan. 1870 at Palatine, Eunice Onderdonk; settled at Eureka, Kansas; there in 1876.
  2. Marshall Wood, b. 20 March 1837 at Canton; d. 28 Aug. 1864 at Palatine.
  3. Crawford Wood, b. 6 Sept. 1839 at Canton; married at Palatine, Ellen Williamson, whose mother was a Rockwell (connection not found). He died 8 Nov. 1866 at Palatine.
  4. Samuel Wood, b. 1 July 1841 at Canton; d. there 21 May 1843.
  5. Ezra Wood, b. 19 April 1843 at Canton; d. 12 Jan. 1861 at Palatine.
  6. Emerson Wood, b. 6 June 1846 at Canton; graduated at Abingdon College, Illinois, in June of 1870, and married, 20 June 1870, at Abingdon, Martha Campbell. Resided at Elmira, California, in 1876.
  7. Henry C. Wood, b. 10 Sept. 1849 at Palatine.
  8. Sarah Rose Wood, b. 23 June 1851 at Palatine.
  9. Emma Wood, b. 30 Aug. 1855 at Palatine.
Daughter Diana Rockwell and husband Harvey Holcomb of LeRoy, Bradford Co., Pa., had ten children, all born at LeRoy:
  1. James E. Holcomb, b. 31 March 1842. He served in the Civil War, enlisting in Co. D, 106th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers; killed 12 May 1864 at the Battle of Spotsylvania, Va.
  2. Mary H. Holcomb, b. 31 March 1842.
  3. Emeret Holcomb, b. 10 Aug. 1844. Married at LeRoy, 4 Oct. 1870, Adelbert H. Taber, a farmer b. 16 July 1846 at Canton, Pa. Living in LeRoy in 1876
  4. Jasper N. Holcomb, b. 27 March 1846. He served in the Civil War, enlisting in Co. F, 3rd Regiment of Pennsylvania Voluntary Artillery, on 24 Feb. 1864, serving till the close of the war. He married at Monroeton Pa., 21 Oct. 1869, Rosalie McKee. They were of LeRoy in 1876.
  5. Emma Jane Holcomb, b. 28 Feb. 1848; married at LeRoy, 10 Oct. 1872, Hubert E. Jones, a Civil War veteran and remote cousin (being also in Boughton, p. 393). They lived in Smithfield, Pa., as of 1877, with two children thus far.
  6. Cassius M. C. Holcomb, b. 22 Aug. 1850; married at LeRoy, 25 March 1871, Rose Ida B. Allyn, who was b. 26 April 1852 at Middletown, Pa. They lived at LeRoy in 1876 with 2 children thus far.
  7. Delphine Holcomb, b. 11 May 1852; married at LeRoy, 13 Oct. 1871, Frederick A. Wilcox, a farmer b. 21 March 1850 at Fox, Pa. They lived at Orange, N.Y., in 1876, with two children thus far. [Note: Boughton is inconsistent, saying they were at Orange, N.Y. in their entry (p. 397), but of Orange, N.J., when daughter Lilly was born in 1876 (p. 500). The 1880 census clearly shows them in the Town of Orange, Schuyler Co., N.Y.]
  8. Lodoisk M. Holcomb, b. 9 May 1855; d. 19 Dec. 1857.
  9. Halleck L. Holcomb, b. 24 Aug. 1857; living in LeRoy in 1876.
  10. Halleck L. Holcomb, b. 25 April 1862; living at LeRoy in 1876.
Daughter Nancy Rockwell and husband William Sperry had three children, all born at Canton, Pa.:
  1. Augusta M. Baker, b. 25 Dec. 1842. Married 14 May 1867, Dr. William W. Rodgers, a physician, who was born at Herricksville, Pa., and graduated from the Philadelphia Medical College. They settled at Topeka, Kansas, and were there in 1876 with four children thus far: Frances C., Ada Celinda, Ida Elizabeth, and Nancy J. Rodgers.
  2. Sperry Baker, b. 2 Aug. 1844
  3. William F. Baker, b. 8 June 1846; died 8 Jan. 1874 at Topeka, Kansas.
Daughter Samantha E. Rockwell and husband Samuel Taylor of McIntyre, Pa., had 5 children:
  1. George K. Taylor, b. 26 Aug. 1847 at Troy, Pa. He married at Lock Haven, Pa., 17 Oct. 1871, Mary Abby Fellows. She died 7 May 1875 at Canton, leaving 2 sons: Myron and George K. Taylor.
  2. Georgina A. Taylor, b. 8 July 1849 at Troy. She married, 27 Jan. 1875, at her parents' home, Webster Spencer. Lived at Grover, Pa. as of 1876.
  3. Olive E. Taylor, b. 4 March 1851 at Troy; married at Grover, Pa., 30 June 1874, Carroll E. Miller. They lived at Alba, Pa., in 1876 with one child so far: Carroll Frank Miller, b. 6 Jan. 1876.
  4. Sophia Rose Taylor, b. 23 Jan. 1853 at McIntyre; living at Grover, Pa., in 1876, unmarried.
  5. Edith F. Taylor, b. 20 Dec. 1854 at McIntyre; living at Grover, Pa., in 1876, unmarried.
Son Eli P. Rockwell and wife Mary L. Kellogg of Emporia, Kansas, had 3 daughters:
  1. Elizabeth B. Rockwell, b. 25 Oct. 1856 at Canton; d. 1 Nov. 1873 at Emporia.
  2. Mary Sophia Rockwell, b. 24 Jan. 1867 at Alba, Pa.
  3. Catharine Rockwell, b. 30 March 1874 at Alba, Pa.
Daughter Amanda Melvina Rockwell and husband Leonard Lewis of Alba, Pa., had two children:
  1. Churchill Sperry Lewis, b. 26 April 1856 at Alba.
  2. Jenny Rose Lewis, b. 15 May 1864 at Alba.