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Daniel Baird WESSON

Male 1825 - 1906  (81 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Daniel Baird WESSON was born on 18 May 1825 in Worcester, Massachusetts; died on 4 Aug 1906 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts.

    Daniel married Cynthia Maria HAWES on 26 May 1847. Cynthia was born on 11 Aug 1825 in Northborough, Worcester, Massachusetts; died on 18 Jul 1906 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Sarah Jeanette WESSON  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 May 1848 in Hartford, Connecticut; died on 8 Oct 1927 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts; was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts.
    2. 3. Walter Herbert WESSON  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 Jan 1850 in Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts; died on 29 Nov 1921 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts; was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts.
    3. 4. Frank Luther WESSON  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 Nov 1852 in Tauton, Bristol, Massachusetts; died on 5 Feb 1887 in Hartford, Windsor, Vermont; was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts.
    4. 5. Joseph Hawes WESSON  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Sep 1859 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts; died on 30 Apr 1920 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts; was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Sarah Jeanette WESSON Descendancy chart to this point (1.Daniel1) was born on 21 May 1848 in Hartford, Connecticut; died on 8 Oct 1927 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts; was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts.

    Sarah married Dr. George Joseph BULL on 4 May 1870 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. George was born on 16 Feb 1848 in Hamilton, Ontario; died on 1 Jan 1911 in Paris, Seine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 6. Florence Annie BULL  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Mar 1871 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy; died on 24 Feb 1955 in Arkansas Post, Arkansas, Arkansas; was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts.
    2. 7. Maria Beatrice BULL  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 Feb 1872 in New York; died on 15 Jan 1968 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
    3. 8. George Walter BULL  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 2 Aug 1874 in Worcester, Massachusetts; died on 30 Sep 1883.
    4. 9. Alice Maud BULL  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Jan 1876 in Worcester, Massachusetts; died on 25 Feb 1876.
    5. 10. Dr. Harcourt Wesson BULL  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Jun 1879 in Worcester, Massachusetts; died on 3 Mar 1968 in Lebanon, Grafton, New Hampshire.

  2. 3.  Walter Herbert WESSON Descendancy chart to this point (1.Daniel1) was born on 23 Jan 1850 in Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts; died on 29 Nov 1921 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts; was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts.

    Family/Spouse: Madeline BURT. Madeline was born on 7 Apr 1858 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts; died on 7 Oct 1948 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts; was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 11. Madeline Burt WESSON  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 Jul 1882 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts; died in 1985 in Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts; was buried in Memorial Cemetery of St John, Laurel Hollow, Nassau, New York.
    2. 12. Vera Jeanette WESSON  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 Jan 1884 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts; died on 20 Aug 1966 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts; was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts.

  3. 4.  Frank Luther WESSON Descendancy chart to this point (1.Daniel1) was born on 17 Nov 1852 in Tauton, Bristol, Massachusetts; died on 5 Feb 1887 in Hartford, Windsor, Vermont; was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts.

    Notes:

    Frank Luther, third son of Daniel B. and Cynthia AI. (Hawes) Wesson, was killed in a railroad accident at Hartford, Vermont, February 5, 1887. He received his early education in the public schools, and was a fellow student with his brother, Walter H., at Williston. After his marriage he was for about three years a partner in the firm of Lovell, Adam & Wesson, printers and publishers, of New York and Montreal, with a printing plant at Rouse’s Point, New York, where Mr. Wesson was employed. About 1877 he returned to Springfield, and for the remainder of his life was assistant superintendent of the Smith & Wesson revolver factory. Like the other men of his family he devoted his time to his business, taking no part in politics, except to vote, and belonging to no societies.
    He married Sarah Kurczine Lovell, of Montreal, Canada, daughter of John Lovell. of Montreal. Mr. Lovell was publisher of the Canadian Gazeteer, Lovell’s Geography, and other school books. The children of this marriage are: 1. Mabel, was born in New York; married John Murray, an English subject, now an instructor in English literature in Harvard University. 2. Harold, mentioned below. 3. Frank Herbert, see below. 4. Cynthia, Maria, a student at Brvn Mawr, class of 1909.


  4. 5.  Joseph Hawes WESSON Descendancy chart to this point (1.Daniel1) was born on 27 Sep 1859 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts; died on 30 Apr 1920 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts; was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts.

    Notes:

    Joseph Hawes Wesson, youngest child of Daniel B. and Cynthia M. (Hawes) Wesson, was born September 27, 1859, and was educated in the grammar schools and Professor Stebbins’ private school in Springfield, completing his course at the age of twenty years. After leaving school he accompanied his parents to Europe, where he spent six months in travel. Shortly after attaining his twenty-first year he entered the Smith & Wesson factory, where he worked at the bench as an artisan one year, and another year in the draughting room, where he made drawings of tools and fixtures.
     Too close application to his work had a bad effect on his health, and he sought to restore lost vigor, first by a short visit to Europe, and then by a residence for a year and a half at Colorado Springs, Colorado. Finding himself again in health, he returned to the factory where he became superintendent, which position he filled until 1905, since which time his work has been of a more general character. He has been a partner in the business since 1887. Wesson has an especial bent for mechanics and to him numerous improvements in machinery are due, some of which he perfected before he was twenty-one years of age. His invention of an automatic machine for drilling pistol barrels enables one man to do the work of five by the former methods in use. With his automatic machine for drilling cylinders, two men do the work formerly done by five. Another labor-saving device of his invention is an automatic machine for drilling holes in small pieces. Besides these he had devised many improvements that are referred to by him as “little things.” In 1900 he spent three months in Europe, having the oversight of the firm’s exhibit at the Universal Exposition at Paris. He is a director of the Union Trust Company of Springfield. In political sentiment ho is a Republican, with a tendency to liberal views. He is a member of the Nayasset and the Springfield Automobile clubs. He is fond of travel in his own country and has a familiar knowledge of most parts of the United States.
     He married, June 7, 1882, Florence May Stebbins, born November 27, 1860, daughter of Professor Milan C. and Sophia (Pitts) Stebbins, of Springfield. Children : 1. Eleanor Sanford, born April 21, 1883 ; married, November 4, 1908, Flynt Lincoln, teller of the Springfield Safe Deposit and Trust Company. 2. Douglas B., born October 23, 1884, see forward. 3. Victor Hawes, born October 6, 1890; now a student in the technical department of the high school, Springfield

    Joseph married Florence May STEBBINS on 7 Jun 1882. Florence was born on 27 Nov 1860 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts; died in 1940 in Longmeadow, Hampden, Massachusetts; was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Florence Annie BULL Descendancy chart to this point (2.Sarah2, 1.Daniel1) was born on 13 Mar 1871 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy; died on 24 Feb 1955 in Arkansas Post, Arkansas, Arkansas; was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts.

    Family/Spouse: George Millins HOLBROOK. George was born on 27 Jan 1870 in Massachusetts; died on 21 Feb 1935 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 13. Rachel HOLBROOK  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 14. Esther HOLBROOK  Descendancy chart to this point

    Family/Spouse: William Bradley HOUGHTON. William was born on 6 Jul 1872 in Marlboro, Windham, Vermont; died on 14 Feb 1929 in Tucson, Pima, Arizona; was buried in Evergreen Memorial Park, Tucson, Pima, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 15. David Bradley HOUGHTON  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 May 1905 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts; died on 2 Dec 1976 in Elfrida, Cochise, Arizona; was buried in McNeal Cemetery, McNeal, Cochise, Arizona.

  2. 7.  Maria Beatrice BULL Descendancy chart to this point (2.Sarah2, 1.Daniel1) was born on 23 Feb 1872 in New York; died on 15 Jan 1968 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

    Notes:

    Maria Beatrice, born February 23, 1872; was educated by a private tutor in Springfield, Massachusetts ; she married Adam Mc-Kay Ganson, of New York, who was born in Scotland ; he built the Flatiron, the Realty, the Pennsylvania Terminal, the Trinity, and the Trinity Annex buildings ; four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Ganson : Florence Jeannette, Charles McKay, Euphemia Sinclair, and David Ganson. The family now reside in Petersham, Massachusetts. (source: Encyclopedia of Massachusetts, biographical--genealogical; Volume 12)

    Maria married Adam Mackay GANSON on 8 Sep 1906 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. Adam was born on 10 Apr 1862 in Dunbeath, Scotland; died on 13 Dec 1937 in Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 16. Florence Jeanette GANSON  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 Jun 1907 in Manhattan, New York, New York; died on 13 May 2000 in Wayland, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried in East Street Cemetery, Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts.
    2. 17. Charles McKay GANSON  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 Dec 1908 in New York; died on 26 Sep 1982 in Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont.
    3. 18. Euphemia Sinclair GANSON  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 2 May 1910 in New Rochelle, Westchester, New York; died on 13 Aug 2000.
    4. 19. David GANSON  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 May 1913 in New Rochelle, Westchester, New York; died on 28 Feb 1960.

  3. 8.  George Walter BULL Descendancy chart to this point (2.Sarah2, 1.Daniel1) was born on 2 Aug 1874 in Worcester, Massachusetts; died on 30 Sep 1883.

  4. 9.  Alice Maud BULL Descendancy chart to this point (2.Sarah2, 1.Daniel1) was born on 10 Jan 1876 in Worcester, Massachusetts; died on 25 Feb 1876.

  5. 10.  Dr. Harcourt Wesson BULL Descendancy chart to this point (2.Sarah2, 1.Daniel1) was born on 25 Jun 1879 in Worcester, Massachusetts; died on 3 Mar 1968 in Lebanon, Grafton, New Hampshire.

    Notes:

    Harcourt Wesson Bull, M. D., son of Dr. George Joseph and Sarah Jeanette (Wesson) Bull, was born at 55 Pearl street, Worcester, June 25, 1879. He was educated by private tutors, and in the Springfield grammar school, the Cornwall Heights school at Cornwall-on-Hudson, and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was connected with the Smith & Wesson business for seven years, and is now vice-president of the Monarch Valve and Manufacturing Company. In politics he is a Republican, and since 1907 has been a member of the common council of the city of Springfield. He is a member of the Springfield Country Club, the Nayasset Club of Springfield, and St. Anthony’s Club of Boston. He and his family belong to Christ Protestant Episcopal Church of Springfield. He married, October 21, 1903, at Springfield, Edith Laurie Brooks, born April 24, 1879, at Springfield, daughter of Lawton Stickney and Annie (Laurie) Brooks. Her father is a physician in Springfield, Massachusetts. Children, born in Springfield: 1. Harcourt Wesson Jr., born September 25, 1904. 2. Jean Inglis,
    . April 5, 1906. 3. Dana L. Lawton, September 13, 1907.


  6. 11.  Madeline Burt WESSON Descendancy chart to this point (3.Walter2, 1.Daniel1) was born on 17 Jul 1882 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts; died in 1985 in Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts; was buried in Memorial Cemetery of St John, Laurel Hollow, Nassau, New York.

  7. 12.  Vera Jeanette WESSON Descendancy chart to this point (3.Walter2, 1.Daniel1) was born on 4 Jan 1884 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts; died on 20 Aug 1966 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts; was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts.


Generation: 4

  1. 13.  Rachel HOLBROOK Descendancy chart to this point (6.Florence3, 2.Sarah2, 1.Daniel1)

  2. 14.  Esther HOLBROOK Descendancy chart to this point (6.Florence3, 2.Sarah2, 1.Daniel1)

  3. 15.  David Bradley HOUGHTON Descendancy chart to this point (6.Florence3, 2.Sarah2, 1.Daniel1) was born on 13 May 1905 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts; died on 2 Dec 1976 in Elfrida, Cochise, Arizona; was buried in McNeal Cemetery, McNeal, Cochise, Arizona.

  4. 16.  Florence Jeanette GANSON Descendancy chart to this point (7.Maria3, 2.Sarah2, 1.Daniel1) was born on 8 Jun 1907 in Manhattan, New York, New York; died on 13 May 2000 in Wayland, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried in East Street Cemetery, Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts.

    Family/Spouse: George W. LINDENBERG. George was born on 19 Nov 1907; died on 10 Jan 1939; was buried in East Street Cemetery, Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 17.  Charles McKay GANSON Descendancy chart to this point (7.Maria3, 2.Sarah2, 1.Daniel1) was born on 8 Dec 1908 in New York; died on 26 Sep 1982 in Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont.

    Charles married Caroline Satiswaith PAINE on 22 Jun 1933. Caroline (daughter of John Bryant PAINE and Louise Rue FRAZER) was born on 3 Sep 1906; died on 16 May 2000. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 18.  Euphemia Sinclair GANSON Descendancy chart to this point (7.Maria3, 2.Sarah2, 1.Daniel1) was born on 2 May 1910 in New Rochelle, Westchester, New York; died on 13 Aug 2000.

    Euphemia married William Gardner PERRIN on 16 Sep 1933 in Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts. William (son of Edward Jamaison PERRIN) was born about 1910; died on 29 Apr 2001 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  7. 19.  David GANSON Descendancy chart to this point (7.Maria3, 2.Sarah2, 1.Daniel1) was born on 16 May 1913 in New Rochelle, Westchester, New York; died on 28 Feb 1960.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1950, Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts

    Notes:

    Possible first spouse: Elizabeth Frances Loy | date of marriage: 10 Jun 1936

    David married Flora Evelyn Ann MAY on 25 Dec 1944 in West Swanzey, Cheshire, New Hampshire. Flora (daughter of Edwin Nathan MAY and Pearl Esther PALMER) was born on 1 Jul 1922 in Athol, Worcester, Massachusetts; died on 6 Aug 2001 in Greenfield, Franklin, Massachusetts; was buried in East Street Cemetery, Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 20. Lorna GANSON  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Jan 1949 in Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts; died on 29 Jan 1949 in Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts.
    2. 21. Deborah GANSON  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 26 Nov 1951 in Athol, Worcester, Massachusetts; died on 20 Sep 2020 in Templeton, Worcester, Massachusetts.
    3. 22. Gordon M. GANSON  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Feb 1954.


Generation: 5

  1. 20.  Lorna GANSON Descendancy chart to this point (19.David4, 7.Maria3, 2.Sarah2, 1.Daniel1) was born on 28 Jan 1949 in Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts; died on 29 Jan 1949 in Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts.

  2. 21.  Deborah GANSON Descendancy chart to this point (19.David4, 7.Maria3, 2.Sarah2, 1.Daniel1) was born on 26 Nov 1951 in Athol, Worcester, Massachusetts; died on 20 Sep 2020 in Templeton, Worcester, Massachusetts.

    Deborah married Kenneth MEUNIER about 1972. Kenneth died in 2017. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 23. Amy MEUNIER  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 24. Holly MEUNIER  Descendancy chart to this point

  3. 22.  Gordon M. GANSON Descendancy chart to this point (19.David4, 7.Maria3, 2.Sarah2, 1.Daniel1) was born on 22 Feb 1954.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 2008, Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts

    Family/Spouse: Linda PAUL. Linda was born on 21 Jul 1954. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 25. Gia GANSON  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Nov 1991.