Betsey (--?--)

Spouse: Varney Bump
Marriage:

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93444158/eunice-marie-bemis: accessed 15 August 2022), Gravestone photo for Eunice M. Bump Bemis (1 May 1823–7 Mar 1916), Find a Grave Memorial ID 93444158, Grove Cemetery, Footville, Rock Co, WI, maintained by Bob (contributor 47155955).

1. Eunice Marie Bump, born 1 May 1823, Byron, Genesee Co, NY
2. Sophia J. Bump, born 17 Aug 1825

Sarah (--?--)

Spouse: David Clifford
Marriage:

• "Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK85-M92Q : accessed 15 Aug 2022), Jerome B Bemis and Mary E Clifford; citing Rock Co, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,275,527.

1. Mary Clifford

Abram Asa Boyce

Birth: 12 Jun 1821, Fort Williams, Washington Co, NY

• Henry Mendell Tower, Historical Sketches Relating to Spencer, Mass., 4 vols. (Spencer, Mass.: W. J. Heffernam-Spencer Leader Print, 1901-1909), vol. 1, pp. 165-171; online at Archive.org, 15 Aug 2022.
• Biographical Review of Dane County, Wisconsin (Chicago: Biographical Review Publishing, 1893), p. 356; online at Archive.org, accessed 18 Aug 2022.

Death: 14 Feb 1894, Vienna, Dane Co, WI

• Henry Mendell Tower, Historical Sketches Relating to Spencer, Mass., 4 vols. (Spencer, Mass.: W. J. Heffernam-Spencer Leader Print, 1901-1909), vol. 1, pp. 165-171; online at Archive.org, 15 Aug 2022.
• The Journal Times (Racine, Wisconsin), 19 Feb 1894, p. 2, col. 2; online at Newspapers.com, accessed 18 Aug 2022.

Burial: One Hundred Mile Grove Cemetery, Dane, Dane Co, WI

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104742584/abram-boyce: accessed 17 August 2022), gravestone photo for Abram A. Boyce (1821–1894), Find a Grave Memorial ID 104742584, One Hundred Mile Grove Cemetery, Dane, Dane Co, WI.

Father: Abram Boyce
Mother: Sarah Town

Spouse: Charlotte Wheelock Bemis
Marriage: 7 Oct 1846, Rock Co, WI

• Henry Mendell Tower, Historical Sketches Relating to Spencer, Mass., 4 vols. (Spencer, Mass.: W. J. Heffernam-Spencer Leader Print, 1901-1909), vol. 1, pp. 165-171; online at Archive.org, 15 Aug 2022.
• "Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK85-MFQL : accessed 18 Aug 2022), Abram A Boyce and Charlotte Reeves [sic]; citing Rock Co, Wisconsin Territory, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,275,527, image 284.

Notes:

The will of Abram Asa Boyce, written 6 Oct 1893, filed 28 Feb 1894, leaves bequests to his widow, Charlotte W. Boyce; "our adopted granddaughter Lottie Hackett now known as Lottie Boyce" and her mother, Lillie Hackett; his nephew Arthur W. Boyce; his sisters Sophrona L. Gilbert and Lydia M. Pattison; and his nieces and nephews Frank M. Boyce, Mary Boyce, Asa Allen Boyce, Morgan Boyce, Ward W. Boyce, Charles Boyce, James Abram Boyce, Robert Allen Boyce, Charles W. Boyce, Charles M. Simons, Ellen Simons Eckleberg, Mrs. Frances Swain, Mrs. Mary F. Clark, Herbert B. Fuller and Caroll Gilbert. Arthur W. Boyce and Charlotte W. Boyce were appointed executors.¹

Sources:

1. Dane County, Wisconsin, probate records, box 318, vol. 7, p. 241; FHL 007711145, image 720 of 2706.

Eunice Marie Bump

Birth: 1 May 1823, Byron, Genesee Co, NY

• Henry Mendell Tower, Historical Sketches Relating to Spencer, Mass., 4 vols. (Spencer, Mass.: W. J. Heffernam-Spencer Leader Print, 1901-1909), vol. 1, pp. 165-171; online at Archive.org, 15 Aug 2022.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93444158/eunice-marie-bemis: accessed 15 August 2022), Gravestone photo for Eunice M. Bump Bemis (1 May 1823–7 Mar 1916), Find a Grave Memorial ID 93444158, Grove Cemetery, Footville, Rock Co, WI, maintained by Bob (contributor 47155955).

Death: 7 Mar 1916

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93444158/eunice-marie-bemis: accessed 15 August 2022), Gravestone photo for Eunice M. Bump Bemis (1 May 1823–7 Mar 1916), Find a Grave Memorial ID 93444158, Grove Cemetery, Footville, Rock Co, WI, maintained by Bob (contributor 47155955).

Burial: Grove Cemetery, Footville, Rock Co, WI

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93444158/eunice-marie-bemis: accessed 15 August 2022), Gravestone photo for Eunice M. Bump Bemis (1 May 1823–7 Mar 1916), Find a Grave Memorial ID 93444158, Grove Cemetery, Footville, Rock Co, WI, maintained by Bob (contributor 47155955).

Father: Varney Bump
Mother: Betsey (--?--)

Spouse: Jervis Orlando Bemis
Marriage: 19 Dec 1841

• Henry Mendell Tower, Historical Sketches Relating to Spencer, Mass., 4 vols. (Spencer, Mass.: W. J. Heffernam-Spencer Leader Print, 1901-1909), vol. 1, pp. 165-171; online at Archive.org, 15 Aug 2022.

Notes:

She is listed as an child of Varney Bump in his probate records.¹

Sources:

1. Rock County, Wisconsin, probate records, Varney Bump, file 365.

Sophia J. Bump

Birth: 17 Aug 1825

• Henry Mendell Tower, Historical Sketches Relating to Spencer, Mass., 4 vols. (Spencer, Mass.: W. J. Heffernam-Spencer Leader Print, 1901-1909), vol. 1, pp. 165-171; online at Archive.org, 15 Aug 2022.

Death: 24 Feb 1904, Sioux City, Woodbury Co, IA

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/133347360/sophia-j-bemis: accessed 15 August 2022), gravestone photo for Sophia J Bemis (17 Aug 1825–24 Feb 1904), Find a Grave Memorial ID 133347360, Oak Hill Cemetery, Janesville, Rock Co, WI.

Burial: Oak Hill Cemetery, Janesville, Rock Co, WI

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/133347360/sophia-j-bemis: accessed 15 August 2022), gravestone photo for Sophia J Bemis (17 Aug 1825–24 Feb 1904), Find a Grave Memorial ID 133347360, Oak Hill Cemetery, Janesville, Rock Co, WI.

Father: Varney Bump
Mother: Betsey (--?--)

Spouse: George Washington Bemis
Marriage:

• Henry Mendell Tower, Historical Sketches Relating to Spencer, Mass., 4 vols. (Spencer, Mass.: W. J. Heffernam-Spencer Leader Print, 1901-1909), vol. 1, pp. 165-171; online at Archive.org, 15 Aug 2022.

Notes:

She is listed as an child of Varney Bump in his probate records.¹

Sources:

1. Rock County, Wisconsin, probate records, Varney Bump, file 365.

Varney Bump

Spouse: Betsey (--?--)
Marriage:

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93444158/eunice-marie-bemis: accessed 15 August 2022), Gravestone photo for Eunice M. Bump Bemis (1 May 1823–7 Mar 1916), Find a Grave Memorial ID 93444158, Grove Cemetery, Footville, Rock Co, WI, maintained by Bob (contributor 47155955).

1. Eunice Marie Bump, born 1 May 1823, Byron, Genesee Co, NY
2. Sophia J. Bump, born 17 Aug 1825

David Clifford

Spouse: Sarah (--?--)
Marriage:

• "Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK85-M92Q : accessed 15 Aug 2022), Jerome B Bemis and Mary E Clifford; citing Rock Co, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,275,527.

1. Mary Clifford

Mary Clifford

Death: 3 Apr 1913, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co, CA

• Wisconsin Tobacco Reporter (Edgerton, Wisconsin), 4 Apr 1913, p. 3, col. 1; online at GenealogyBank.com, 15 Aug 2022.

Father: David Clifford
Mother: Sarah (--?--)

Spouse: Jerome Bonaparte Bemis
Marriage: 31 Aug 1861, Rock Co, WI

• "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPWD-1GD1 : accessed 15 Aug 2022), Katharine (Bemis) Maranville, daughter of Jerome B. Bemis and Mary Clifford, death certificate no. 19859 (1944), Los Angeles, California; FHL 005599888.
• "Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK85-M92Q : accessed 15 Aug 2022), Jerome B Bemis and Mary E Clifford; citing Rock Co, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,275,527.

Notes:

Her obituary in the Wisconsin Tobacco Reporter states that she left behind her huband, Jerome B. Bemis, four daughters, Mrs. Grace Off and Mrs. Kittie Maranville of Los Angeles, and Mrs. Mae Fellows and Mrs. Olive Fellows of this city [Evansville, Wisconsin], and one son, Asa Bemis of Los Angeles.

Rachel Pierce

Spouse: Simeon Wheeler
Marriage: 12 Dec 1813

• Frederick Clifton Pierce, Pierce Genealogy, No. 4, Being the Record of the Posterity of Capt. Michael, John and Capt. William Pierce... (Albany, New York: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1889), p. 147; online at Archive.org.

1. Rachel Wheeler, born 11 Mar 1827, NY

Rachel Wheeler

Birth: 11 Mar 1827, NY

• "Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F85N-GLQ : accessed 16 Aug 2022), Rachel Wheeler Bemis death (1911); FHL 26556, image 90 of 574.

Death: 11 Jan 1911, Salt Lake City, UT

• "Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F85N-GLQ : accessed 16 Aug 2022), Rachel Wheeler Bemis death (1911); FHL 26556, image 90 of 574.

Burial: Oak Hill Cemetery, Janesville, Rock Co, WI

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/133347351/rachel-bemis: accessed 16 August 2022), gravestone photo for Rachel W. Bemis (1828–1911), Find a Grave Memorial ID 133347351, Oak Hill Cemetery, Janesville, Rock Co, WI, maintained by Bruce Gordon Waddell (contributor 48006604).

Father: Simeon Wheeler
Mother: Rachel Pierce

Spouse: Kiron Wheelock Bemis
Marriage: 19 Apr 1846

• "Sudden Death of Hon. Kiron W. Bemis," Janesville Daily Gazette (Janesville, Wisconsin), 5 March 1910, p. 5, col. 5; onlline (unindexed) at NewspaperArchive.com, 16 Aug 2022.
• Henry Mendell Tower, Historical Sketches Relating to Spencer, Mass., 4 vols. (Spencer, Mass.: W. J. Heffernam-Spencer Leader Print, 1901-1909), vol. 1, pp. 165-171; online at Archive.org, 15 Aug 2022.

Notes:

Rachel and Kiron Bemis, of Rock County, Wisconsin, are identified as heirs of Simeon Wheeler, in a probate notice published in the Albany Evening Journal, Nov 1854.¹

Rachel Bemis is also identified as a daughter of Simeon Wheeler in his Genesee County, New York, will, dated 6 Nov 1854.²

Research Notes:

Her death record in Utah identifies her father as Henry Wheeler, but this appears to be incorrect. Her father was actually Simeon Wheeler of Oakfield, Genesee County, New York. Henry Wheeler was her brother.

The Genesee County, New York, will of Simeon Wheeler, written 6 Nov 1854, and allowed 8 Jan 1855, leaves bequests to his wife Betsey, and the following children: Rachel M. Bemas, Huldah Wilcox, Charlotte Marsh, George Wheeler, Leonard Wheeler, Henry Wheeler, and Simeon Wheeler, Jr.²

A probate notice for the estate of Simeon Wheeler was published in the Albany Evening Journal (Albany, New York), dated probably Nov 1854, page unknown, from FultonHistory.com, 16 Aug 2022, search for "Simeon Wheeler". The notice identifies the heirs of Simeon Wheeler: his widow Betsey Wheeler; Huldow Wilcox and her husband Allen Wilcox of Oakfield, County of Genesee, New York, George Wheeler, Charlotte Marsh and her husband Cyrus March, of Batavia in said county; Henry Wheeler of Pembroke in said county; Leonard Wheeler and Christopher C. Wheeler, of Walton, Eaton County, Michigan; and Simeon Wheeler of Oakland, Umpqua County, Oregon Territory; and Rachel M. Beemas and her husband, Kiron Beemas, of the County of Rock, Wisconsin. The notice requests the heirs above to appear before the judge to prove the will, by decree dated 17 Nov 1854.

Sources:

1. Albany Evening Journal (Albany, New York), dated probably Nov 1854, page unknown, from FultonHistory.com, 16 Aug 2022.
2. Genesee County, New York, Record of Wills, vol 5, p. 333.

Simeon Wheeler

Death: 14 Nov 1854

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16906392/simeon-wheeler: accessed 16 August 2022), gravestone photo for Simeon Wheeler (d. 14 Nov 1854, aged 66), Find a Grave Memorial ID 16906392, Reed Cemetery, Oakfield, Genesee Co, NY, maintained by Donna Ruhland Bonning (contributor 46786861).

Burial: Reed Cemetery, Oakfield, Genesee Co, NY

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16906392/simeon-wheeler: accessed 16 August 2022), gravestone photo for Simeon Wheeler (d. 14 Nov 1854, aged 66), Find a Grave Memorial ID 16906392, Reed Cemetery, Oakfield, Genesee Co, NY, maintained by Donna Ruhland Bonning (contributor 46786861).

Spouse: Rachel Pierce
Marriage: 12 Dec 1813

• Frederick Clifton Pierce, Pierce Genealogy, No. 4, Being the Record of the Posterity of Capt. Michael, John and Capt. William Pierce... (Albany, New York: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1889), p. 147; online at Archive.org.

1. Rachel Wheeler, born 11 Mar 1827, NY