Sixth Generation

1511. Almira JONES was born on 27 Sep 1808 in Connecticut.^695,696 Biography of⁶⁹⁶ Almira, second daughter, was born in Connecticut, September 27, 1808; married Horace F. Giddings, December 15, 1833. Children - Frederick Merrick, born in Cherry Valley, Ohio, October 29, 1834, who enlisted in Company I, One Hundred and Fifth Ohio Infantry, in the autumn of 1862; was wounded in action at Perryville, Kentucky, October 8, 1862; died of disease at Murfreesboro', Tennessee, April 21, 1863, aged twenty-eight years. He was a young man of unusual intelligence and popularity, and his death was greatly lamented by his comrades and numerous friends. Albert C., born March 15, 1838, married Miss Sarah Ellen Stanley, September 18, 1860. Their children are Horace Edwin, born August 14, 1861; Almira E., born April 27, 1866; Stanley Albert, born November 5, 1868; Claude W., born August 13, 1877. Statira Eliza, the only daughter of Horace F. and Almira Giddings, was born March 3, 1840; married Henry S. Simpkins, May 16, 1861. Children - Frederick Merrick, born September 22, 1862; William Herbert, born October 1, 1864; Ernest J., born March 30, 1868; Frank A., born June 8, 1870; Carlton H., born January 4, 1872; Roy Howard, born May 29, 1873.

Almira JONES and Horace F. GIDDINGS were married on 15 Dec 1833.⁶⁹⁶