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Today is the 150th Aniversary of the Gettysburg Address. These are my grandparents that were alive on or about that time. Isaac Chamberlin is born April 14, 1784, in Strafford, Orange County, VT. He marries Polly Harriman June 06, 1805, Tunbridge, Orange County, VT. He dies on July 25, 1863, (150 years ago died right around the time of the Battle of Gettsburg) ), in Lisbon, Harmony Twp., Clark Co., OH. He is buried in Lisbon Cemetery, Lisbon, Harmony Twp., Clark Co., OH. Polly Harriman is born on August 15, 1781, in Haverhill, MA.. She dies in May, 1867, in Lisbon, Harmony Twp., Clark Co., OH. He is buried in Lisbon Cemetery, Lisbon, Harmony Twp., Clark Co., OH Isaac Chamberlin and Polly Harriman are the first of my grandparents with a photographic presence. Isaac was born in 1784, Polly in 1781. They were 55 and 58 years of age, respectively, when photography was invented in France in 1839. The photographs of the two were very likely taken when they were in their early or mid sixties. I am proud of those photographs. The two were pioneer settlers of Ohio. Isaac owned over half of the town lots in the town of Lisbon, Clark County, Ohio. Isaac was a War of 1812 veteran and lived a transitional life between the American Revolution and the American Civil War. This couple was our first “American” grandparents. Polly Harriman looks like a humble, quiet homemaker, and probably fulfilled that role in her natural life. Some of her ancestors do not seem to share that humility, the most famous of whom was John Groton, the founder of Warwick, Rhode Island, one of the earliest Governor’s of Rhode Island, and the alleged father of the original doctrine of the “Separation of Church and State.” Humility does not seem to be Governor Gorton’s strong suit. Another outspoken and historic ancestor of Polly Harriman is Lieutenant John Andrews. His strong stand against British Governor John Andros, have led some to dub him as the father of the first “American Revolution” history refers to that first American Revolution as the “Andros Affair.”
Posted on: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 14:42:58 +0000

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