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Descendants of Joseph Bemis

2155. Joseph Craig⁷ Bemis (William⁶, Joseph⁵, Edmund⁴, Samuel³, John², Joseph¹)¹⁰¹⁸⁶ was born 22 Oct 1821¹⁰¹⁸⁶, and died 27 Jan 1894¹⁰¹⁸⁶. He married Lucia Ann Wood 12 Dec 1848¹⁰¹⁸⁶. She was born 30 Dec 1823¹⁰¹⁸⁶, and died 29 Jan 1882¹⁰¹⁸⁶.

Notes for Joseph Craig Bemis:
[Tower:V1:175] JOSEPH CRAIG BEMIS served through the Civil War in a Massachusetts regiment.

More About Joseph Craig Bemis:
Died 2: 27 Jun 1894¹⁰¹⁸⁶

More About Lucia Ann Wood:
Comment 1: "of Woodstock, Vt."¹⁰¹⁸⁶

More About Joseph Bemis and Lucia Wood:
Marriage: 12 Dec 1848¹⁰¹⁸⁶

Children of Joseph Bemis and Lucia Wood are:

+	3806	i.		William E.⁸ Bemis, born 22 Oct 1849.
	3807	ii.		Alice C. Bemis¹⁰¹⁸⁶, born 14 Jul 1853¹⁰¹⁸⁶. She married George A. Sturtevant¹⁰¹⁸⁶ 14 Dec 1886¹⁰¹⁸⁶; born 05 Mar 1860¹⁰¹⁸⁶.

More About George Sturtevant and Alice Bemis:
Marriage: 14 Dec 1886¹⁰¹⁸⁶

3808

iii.

A. Edith Bemis, born 27 Sep 1862.

2156. Mary Lucy⁷ Bemis (William⁶, Joseph⁵, Edmund⁴, Samuel³, John², Joseph¹)¹⁰¹⁸⁶ was born 06 Feb 1826¹⁰¹⁸⁶, and died 17 Aug 1896¹⁰¹⁸⁶. She married Leander Bartlett¹⁰¹⁸⁷ 06 Jul 1852¹⁰¹⁸⁷. He was born 1822¹⁰¹⁸⁷, and died 02 Nov 1856¹⁰¹⁸⁷.

More About Leander Bartlett and Mary Bemis:
Marriage: 06 Jul 1852¹⁰¹⁸⁷

Child of Mary Bemis and Leander Bartlett is:

3809

William Leander⁸ Bartlett, born 28 Mar 1853.

2157. Daniel Webster⁷ Bemis (William⁶, Joseph⁵, Edmund⁴, Samuel³, John², Joseph¹)¹⁰¹⁸⁸ was born 19 Oct 1828¹⁰¹⁸⁸. He married Mary Hughs¹⁰¹⁸⁹ 05 Aug 1853 in Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts¹⁰¹⁸⁹. She was born 12 Oct 1833¹⁰¹⁸⁹.

Notes for Daniel Webster Bemis:
[Tower:V1:175] DANIEL W. BEMIS was a civil engineer, and was employed in the location and construction of railroads in different states, also in Mexico. About 1875 he surveyed for John Gilman and others a railroad project to go through the Wire Villages in Spencer. He served in a Massachusetts regiment in the Civil War.

More About Daniel Bemis and Mary Hughs:
Marriage: 05 Aug 1853, Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts¹⁰¹⁸⁹

Children of Daniel Bemis and Mary Hughs are:

3810	i.	Maud⁸ Bemis¹⁰¹⁸⁹, born 06 Jan 1855 in Illinois¹⁰¹⁸⁹; died 16 Aug 1855¹⁰¹⁸⁹.
3811	ii.	Walter Herbert Bemis¹⁰¹⁸⁹, born 03 Aug 1857 in Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts¹⁰¹⁸⁹; died 18 Feb 1861¹⁰¹⁸⁹.
3812	iii.	Mary Elsa Bemis¹⁰¹⁸⁹, born 18 Sep 1860 in Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts¹⁰¹⁸⁹.
3813	iv.	Richard Percival Bemis¹⁰¹⁸⁹, born 11 Sep 1862¹⁰¹⁸⁹. He married Anna Stuart Welsh¹⁰¹⁸⁹ 20 Jun 1894¹⁰¹⁸⁹.

More About Richard Bemis and Anna Welsh:
Marriage: 20 Jun 1894¹⁰¹⁸⁹

3814

Ralph Emery Bemis¹⁰¹⁸⁹, born 26 Apr 1872¹⁰¹⁸⁹.

2159. Susan⁷ Wilson (Susan⁶ Bemis, Joseph⁵, Edmund⁴, Samuel³, John², Joseph¹)¹⁰¹⁹⁰ died Apr 1856¹⁰¹⁹⁰. She married Thomas Foley¹⁰¹⁹¹.

More About Thomas Foley:
Comment 1: "of Northfield, Vt."¹⁰¹⁹¹

Children of Susan Wilson and Thomas Foley are:

	3815	i.		Thomas⁸ Foley¹⁰¹⁹¹.
	3816	ii.		James Foley¹⁰¹⁹¹.

2162. Winthrop⁷ Wilson (Susan⁶ Bemis, Joseph⁵, Edmund⁴, Samuel³, John², Joseph¹)¹⁰¹⁹² was born 25 Aug 1816¹⁰¹⁹², and died 28 Jan 1887¹⁰¹⁹². He married Cornelia Lamb Wheelock¹⁰¹⁹³ 13 Sep 1841¹⁰¹⁹³. She was born 03 May 1818¹⁰¹⁹³.

More About Cornelia Lamb Wheelock:
Comment 1: "of Charlton, Mass."¹⁰¹⁹³

More About Winthrop Wilson and Cornelia Wheelock:
Marriage: 13 Sep 1841¹⁰¹⁹³

Children of Winthrop Wilson and Cornelia Wheelock are:

	3817	i.	Marion D.⁸ Wilson¹⁰¹⁹³, born 14 Jun 1846¹⁰¹⁹³; died 25 Sep 1849¹⁰¹⁹³.
	3818	ii.	Ansella D. Wilson¹⁰¹⁹³, born 24 Dec 1849¹⁰¹⁹³.
+	3819	iii.	Luella M. Wilson, born 15 Aug 1852.
	3820	iv.	Edgar M. Wilson¹⁰¹⁹³, born 06 May 1855¹⁰¹⁹³.
	3821	v.	Adella M. Wilson¹⁰¹⁹³, born 13 Sep 1858¹⁰¹⁹³.

2163. Joel⁷ Wilson, Jr. (Susan⁶ Bemis, Joseph⁵, Edmund⁴, Samuel³, John², Joseph¹)¹⁰¹⁹⁴ was born 21 May 1820¹⁰¹⁹⁴, and died 09 Nov 1849¹⁰¹⁹⁴.

Child of Joel Wilson, Jr. is:

3822

George⁸ Wilson.

2165. Mary Ann⁷ Wilson (Susan⁶ Bemis, Joseph⁵, Edmund⁴, Samuel³, John², Joseph¹)¹⁰¹⁹⁴ was born 27 May 1828¹⁰¹⁹⁴, and died Jun 1872¹⁰¹⁹⁴. She married Sewell Wheeler¹⁰¹⁹⁵.

Children of Mary Wilson and Sewell Wheeler are:

3823	i.	Frank⁸ Wheeler¹⁰¹⁹⁵.
3824	ii.	Mary Wheeler¹⁰¹⁹⁵.
3825	iii.	Susan Wheeler¹⁰¹⁹⁵.
3826	iv.	Ella Wheeler¹⁰¹⁹⁵.
3827	v.	Anna Wheeler¹⁰¹⁹⁵.

2167. Hon. George Washington⁷ Bemis (Eleazer⁶, Joseph⁵, Edmund⁴, Samuel³, John², Joseph¹)¹⁰¹⁹⁶ was born 13 Oct 1826 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts^10196,¹⁰¹⁹⁷. He married Narcissa T. Roszella¹⁰¹⁹⁸ 11 Apr 1855 in Alabama, Genesee, New York¹⁰¹⁹⁸, daughter of Elijah Roszella and Hannah Netheway. She was born 08 May 1829 in Alabama, Genesee, New York¹⁰¹⁹⁸, and died 09 Aug 1899 ¹⁰¹⁹⁹.

Notes for Hon. George Washington Bemis:
[Draper:142-4] [reprinted in Tower:V1:160-2] George Washington Bemis was born October 13, 1826, at Spencer, Mass., where he remained until 1837, when his father removed to Alabama, Genesee county, New York. This change of residence was an event of now small moment, and involved a journey of many days fraught with more adventures and possible dangers than are now incident to an ocean passage or trans-continental tour. The section of New York into which he was thus brought was then a part of the ever-advancing frontier, and he gave a sturdy lad's assistance in the arduous labor of subduing the rugged face of nature to the needs of civilization. This task performed, his summers were spent in working on the farm which he had helped to wrest from the surrounding wilderness, and his winters were devoted to making the best use of such advantages as were offered by the primitive country school.

A course at the Cary Collegiate Seminary at Oakfield supplemented this instruction, and that he profited by every educational opportunity is shown by his early election to the office of superintendent of the township schools. His interest in political matters date from the presidential campaign of 1840, and in 1848 he disgusted his father--an ardent Whig--by casting one of the eleven anti-slavery ballots "which leavened the lump" of four hundred polled in that district for the opposing candidate. He remained an enthusiastic and uncompromising Abolitionist throughout the struggle which terminated in emancipation. He has always, too, been a zealous advocate of woman suffrage. He taught school for two years in Wisconsin and in April, 1854, came west to visit an acquaintance. So enamoured did he become of the broad and fertile prairies of Iowa during his stay that he determined to adopt Independence as a place of residence, and went into the land business.

Mr. Bemis was elected a member of the Eighth General Assembly in 1859, and served in the lower house during the regular session, in 1860. It may be of some interest to mention, as an illustration of the changes wrought in a few decades, that four days and three nights were consumed in going from Independence to Des Moines, and that the capital had neither a railroad nor a telegraph line at that time. The session lasted nearly three months, and the legislators had to deal with business of great importance, including a revision of the Code, and an attempt to mitigate the "hard times", then existing, by remodeling the revenue laws. Mr. Bemis introduced an important bill in relation to the duties of county surveyor and was largely instrumental in substituting the present supervisor system for the then existing county judge rule. The extra or "war session" which followed in June 1861, was one that demanded action in affairs of much moment, and in all the deliberations he took a prominent part, his sagacious influence being very apparent. As one of a special committee of five, he was sent to investigate the construction of the insane asylum at Mr. Pleasant, out of which some ugly scandals had arisen, and he performed other and important duties.

[Tower:V1 adds: Upon the expiration of his term, he was made a postal clerk on the Illinois Central Railroad between Dubuque and Sioux City, a position which he held for seven years.] In the fall of 1869 he was appointed by Governor Merrill, one of the Commissioners of the Hospital for the Insane at Independence, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Albert Clarke, and he acted as Secretary and Treasurer of the Board until his resignation in December, 1871. He was reappointed by Governor Carpentor in April, 1872, and served in the same capacity until July, 1892, during which time he received and disbursed more than a million dollars. He was elected from Buchanan county to the State Senate in 1871, and was justly regarded as one of the most efficient members of that body. He served as chairman of the committee on the State University and was one of the committee on appropriations. He also secured for the hospital at Independence, without a dissenting voice in the Senate, an appropriation of $200,000, the largest ever granted. He was chosen Treasurer of State in 1876 and re-elected in 1878, conducting the affairs of that extremely responsible office in such a manner as to win expressions of general approval.

He was a member of the first board of supervisors of Buchanan county and, apropos of his candidacy for that office, he told an amusing and characteristic anecdote. On the day of the election he returned from an eastern trip to learn, with surprise, of his nomination. The struggle was an intensely hot one, party feeling ran high and the result of the battle was in great doubt. He started for the polls with the modest intention, as in previous instances, of voting for his opponent, but it occurred to him on the way that he was no more justified in "scratching" than any other voter, and he deposited a straight ticket in the box. "I received a majority of exactly one", he concluded, "and so became the choice of the people."

[Tower:V1 adds on 164:] Mr. Bemis is a rather more than medium stature and somewhat full habit. His physiognomy and the general contour of his head recall portraits of Charles Darwin, and in many respects he is not unlike that imminent iconoclast. A long public career has left him with an unblemished reputation. He has held great pecuniary trusts within integrity that has never known the shadow of suspicion, and in every situation he has been the champion of temperance and sound morality. It is fitting that, with good health, a keen relish for all intellectual and wholesome recreation, surrounded in his pleasant home by the friends and neighbors of a half a century, he should be able to say with Adam, in "As You Like It"
--
"Therefore my age is a lusty winter.
Frosty, but kindly."

This sketch was written by Stephen Tabor.

More About Hon. George Washington Bemis:
Name 2: George W. Bemis ¹⁰²⁰⁰

More About Narcissa T. Roszella:
Name 2: Narcissa Rogelle ¹⁰²⁰¹
Name 3: Narcissa T. Roszelle ¹⁰²⁰²

More About George Bemis and Narcissa Roszella:
Marriage: 11 Apr 1855, Alabama, Genesee, New York ¹⁰²⁰³

Children of George Bemis and Narcissa Roszella are:

3828

Mary B.⁸ Bemis ¹⁰²⁰⁴, born 28 Jun 1857¹⁰²⁰⁴; died 08 Jun 1883¹⁰²⁰⁴. She married W. D. Lee ¹⁰²⁰⁵ in Des Moines, Iowa ¹⁰²⁰⁶.

More About Mary B. Bemis:
Name 2: May B. Bemis¹⁰²⁰⁶
Date born 2: 27 Jun 1857¹⁰²⁰⁶

More About W. D. Lee:
Name 2: William D. Lee¹⁰²⁰⁶

More About W. Lee and Mary Bemis:
Marriage: Des Moines, Iowa¹⁰²⁰⁶

+	3829	ii.		William Seward Bemis, born 27 Sep 1859 in Independence, Iowa; died 05 Dec 1939 in Spencer, Clay, Iowa.
+	3830	iii.		Arthur Roszelle Bemis, born 06 Dec 1862.

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