Elizabeth Searle is buried in Eastern Cemetery, Forest, Mississippi.spouse: Dickey, Earl DeWitt (1893 - 1961)
Joseph Searle was bookkeeper for the Colby Milling Company in Dowagiac, Cass Co., Michigan in 1914. Joseph, his wife, and several other Searles of that generation are buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery on Soutwest Eight Street in Miami, Florida.spouse: Colby, Jessie Eldridge (1865 - 1930)
Mary Searle and her husband, Louis Charles Simon, had one child that died four hours after birth. After the death of Mary's sister, Elizabeth (Searle) Dickey, they took in her child, Joseph Searle Dickey, and adopted him in 1942. His name was then changed to Joseph Simon. (Source: Joseph Simon, March, 1998)spouse: Simon, Louis Charles (1892 - 1952)
Daniel Seaver was a prominent man in a large structural steel company in Cleveland, Ohio at the time of death about 1910. (Source: Chronicles of the Bement Family in America; 1928, p. 202)spouse: Bement, Charlotte Ann (1834 - )
ELLA SEAVER was a prominent mission worker in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1913. (Source: Chronicles of the Bement Family in America; 1928, p. 202)
LOTTIE SEAVER was a teacher in the public school system in Buffalo, New York. (Source: Chronicles of the Bement Family in America; 1928, p. 202)
ARTHUR BLISS SEYMOUR, B.S., professor of botany at Harvard University (about 1914) had a practically complete list of the descendants of Elisha Parker, by his wife Marcy Bement. (Source: Chronicles of the Bement Family in America; 1928, p. 116f)spouse: Parker, Marcy (~1858 - )
ELIZA JANE SEYMOUR married Warner Benedict Reynolds as his second wife. He was previously married to (1) Abigail Demming Seymore, who was her older sister. She had two children with him, and was living at Plainville, Connecticut in 1914. (Source: Chronicles of the Bement Family in America; 1928, p. 116f)spouse: Reynolds, Warner Benedict (~1821 - )
Jane Seymour (1509?-37), queen consort of England (1536-37) as the third wife of King Henry VIII. The sister of Edward Seymour, and probably born in Wiltshire, she served as a lady in waiting to Catherine of Aragón and later to Anne Boleyn, the first two wives of Henry. Less than two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn (1536), Jane privately married the king. She died on October 24, 1537, 12 days after the birth of her son, Edward, Henry's only male heir, later King Edward VI of England.spouse: Henry, ? VIII, King of England (1491 - 1547)Funk + Wagnall's Encyclopedia
Pearl Ione Shelter was married three times and had no issue from the first and third marriages. She had four children by her second husband, Karl Johan Algot "Al" Hemmingson. They divorced on 29 Feb 1960; Al was a mechanic and body man in the United States, and played the accordion, piano, harmonica. Pearl and Al are both buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery in Ferndale, Whatcom Co., WA. Al married twice after his marriage with Pearl. (Source: Hilda Maria (Hemmingson) Meryhew, Auburn, Washington, April 1999).spouse: private
William Cecil Shelter and his wife both died young of tuberculosis.spouse: Payne, Estelle Belle (1905 - 1928)
[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 22, Ed. 1, Tree #3242, Date of Import: 7 Oct 1999]spouse: Wolterton, Violet (~1607 - 1649)Edward Shepard: Sources: Pioneers of Massachusetts, Charles Henry Pope; The Shepard Families of New England; Gerald Faulkner Shepard: Edward was a mariner, who settled at Cambridge, Massachusetts, buying the house and lands of James Herring in 1639. He and Violet joined the Church in 1643 with children Abigail age 12, Deborah age 10 and Sarah age 7. He was a Captain. Settled in Cambridge by 1642. Freeman of Massachusetts Bay 10 May 1643. His second wife, Mary, has one daughter, Mary Pond, from her former husband who married John Blackman. Edward conveyed them the land of Robert Pond's at Dorchester. On 23 Jan 1666/7, Robert Shepard, described as servant of Edward Shepard, was accused of the paternity of the child of Rachel Smith, servant to Robert Par___. Although this Robert Shepard was described as a servant (i.e., apprentice), he may have been a nephew or grand-nephew.
Edward Shepard was a mariner, who settled at Cambridge, Massachusetts, buying the house and lands of James Herring in 1639. He and Violet joined the Church in 1643 with children Abigail age 12, Deborah age 10 and Sarah age 7. He was a Captain. Settled in Cambridge by 1642. Freeman of Massachusetts Bay 10 May 1643. His second wife, Mary, had one daughter, Mary Pond, from her former husband who married John Blackman. Edward conveyed them the land of Robert Pond's at Dorchester. On 23 Jan 1666/7, Robert Shepard, described as servant of Edward Shepard, was accused of the paternity of the child of Rachel Smith, servant to Robert Par___. Although this Robert Shepard was described as a servant (i.e., apprentice), he may have been a nephew or grand-nephew. (Sources: Pioneers of Massachusetts by Charles Henry Pope; The Shepard Families of New England by Gerald Faulkner Shepard; Brøderbund WFT Vol. 22, Ed. 1, Tree #3242, Date of Import: 7 Oct 1999]spouse: Wolterton, Violet (~1607 - 1649)
John Shepard was made a Freeman 22 May 1650. He was a cooper. Originally of Cambridge, Massachusetts removed to Hartford, Connecticut June 1671. Often called sergeant in records he was chosen sealer of weights and measures. (Source: The Shepard Families of New England, Brøderbund WFT Vol. 22, Ed. 1, Tree #3242, Date of Import: 7 Oct 1999]spouse: Dennis, Martha (1644 - >1700)
Roy Leon Sheppard was killed in the invasion of the Tarawa during the Korean War while serving in the United States Marine Corps.
Frances Louise Sherred was a graduate of Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts. Her father was a civil engineer on the Panama Canal. She is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland.spouse: Caldwell, Adam Brown (1890 - 1967)
REV. E.H. SHERWIN was Pastor of the First Baptist Church, Greenfield, Massachusetts. (Source: Chronicles of the Bement Family in America; 1928, p. 121)
William Sherwin appears often in the early history of Buckland, Massachusetts as town clerk, assessor, school committee, selectman, overseer of the poor and serval times he was elected Buckland's representative to the General Court of the Massachusetts Legislature. He made grandfather clocks in his home in Clock Hollow, so named because of clock making. His son, William Fisk Sherwin, was musical director in the Chautauqua Assembly and professor in the New England Conservatory of Music. His son William Fisk Bement, authored many hymns, a number of which came into common usage. A stained glass memorial window in the Buckland Congregational Church is dedicated to him. The Reverend E. H. Sherwin, Pastor of the First Baptist Church in Greenfield, Massachusetts was his grandson. The ten children of William and Marcia may be found in the Shedd-Sherwin Genealogy. (Source: Spencer L. BeMent, Ann Arbor, MI)spouse: Carter, Marcia (1792 - 1852)
WILLIAM FISKE SHERWIN was for a time musical director in the Chautauqua Assembly, and professor in the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, and the author of many hymns. (Source: Chronicles of the Bement Family in America, 1928, p. 121)spouse: Howes, Mary A. (>1826 - )
Charles Raymond Short went to school in Painted Post, New York and at Alfred Tech. He worked in the dairy, and later ran a grocery store in Coopers Plains, New York. He went to work for Corning Glass in 1936 and retired from there in 1972. He never married. (Source: James Roland Short {Jan, 1998})
Charlotte Emma Short was born on the farm located on Meads Creek Road, north of Coopers Plains, New York. Attended School in Galeton, Pennsylvannia, and later worked in a glove factory located in Galeton. Her family relocated to Painted Post, New York, Charlotte went to work for Ingersol-Rand. Living across the street from the residence of Charlotte and her family was Edwin F. Wood's cousin.spouse: Wood, Edwin F. (1896 - 1953)Edwin at that time was the Operating Superintendent for the Elmira-Hornell Division of New York State Electric and Gas Corp. The area of this section of divisional operations covered the territory from Perry, New York [west end] to Waverly, New York [East end] and from the New York-Pennsylvania border [South end] to and including the Penn Yan [North end]. Steam generation stations in Elmira, Hornell and Corning N.Y. were also included. At one time they lived in Hornell, but were transfered back to Elmira about the time Edwin Jr. was in high School and Pat in grade school.
More can be found at: Family Tree Maker Genealogy Site: The BeMent Family Home Page, "Supplement to the Bement Chronicles in America"
Source: James Roland Short
Francis Ira Short was born in the Burdette area, went to school in Galeton, Pennsylvania, and worked in the railroad machine shop in Galeton. After coming to Painted Post, New York he and his brother, Harold, in about 1925, started a dairy business in a two-car garage type building constructed at the rear of the property at 539 West High Street in Painted Post, New York.spouse: Strait, Ella Louise (1914 - 1960)Francis principally trucked the milk in from farmers in the Meads Creek, Monterey and Coopers Plains area. It was processed, bottled and delivered house to house each morning primarily by Harold. Some hired help was used. The dairy was named "Radio Dairy" after Harold's interest in radios at that time. There was also, at one time, a large ice house on the property, the ice being used to cool the milk. Ice was harvested from various ponds in the area each winter. A tall fence was constructed along the driveway to prevent sawdust from blowing on the neighbor's property. The boys were encouraged to go into the dairy business by their Uncle Harry Bement. The business was later sold to Dann's Dairy, and the building converted to garage. He then went to work for the Steuben County Highway Department and retired from that position. (Source: James Roland Short[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 17, Ed. 1, Tree #1908, Date of Import: 17 Mar 1998])
About 1925, Francis Ira and Harold Winfred started a dairy business out of a two car garage type building at the rear of the property located at 539 West High Street. He trucked milk in from farmers in the Meads Creek, Monterey and Coopers Plains area. It was processed, bottled and delivered to houses each morning principally by Harold. The dairy was named the "Radio Dairy" after Harold's interest in radios. There was also an ice house on the property. It was a large house. The ice was used to cool the milk. Ice was harvested from various ponds in the area each winter . A tall fence was constructed along the driveway to prevent saw dust from blowing into the neighbor's property.
The boys were encouraged to go into the dairy business by Harry Bement. [ thier cousin-the son of Mary E. Bement Sort's brother] The business was later sold to Dann's Dairy. The original dairy building was designed as a garage to be converted if the dairy was discontinued. To date-1997-the dairy-garage and house can be found at 539 West High Street, Painted Post.
Harold Winifred Short went to school in Galeton, Pennsylvania and Painted Post, New York. He worked in partnership with his brother, Francis, in the dairy business. Harold was very interested in the radio as a young man, took several correspondence courses, and had one of the very early Atwater-Kent radios hooked to a huge metal speaker, like a megaphone, which was protruding from the front attic window of the house in Painted Post. The neighbors would gather on the front lawn and porch to listen to it. It was from this interest that the name "Radio Dairy" came from. As a note of interest, the dairy was started with a 1923 Chevy truck. Harold then worked for a number of years at Ingersol-Rand in Painted Post. At the same time, and for a number of years he ran a movie theatre in the Masonic Temple building in Painted Post in partnership with Hobart A. Look. The building is no longer there. It was very near the entrance to Painted Post from the traffic circle. In later years Harold worked for Mercury Aircraft in Hammondsport, Pennsylvania.spouse: privateSource: James Roland Short (March, 1998)
Lorentus Short was engaged in farming and the lumber business on Meads Creek Road. He and his wife, Lucy, had thirteen children. They are buried in the cemetery at Coopers Plain, Pennsylvania. (Source: Mrs. James M. Short, October 1997)spouse: Bates, Lucy E. (1823 - 1893)