James Frisbie #1643 was born in Burlington, Conn., married Henrietta Pettibone, and had ten children, but the order in which they appear in the Genealogy is wrong, and the names of three of them are missing. The record has been filled out for us by his great-granddaughter Marjorie McGhee Griffiths #2-3107-106 of Mexico, Mo.

James was born in Burlington on 5-11-1822 and married Henrietta (born 4-30-1826) on 4-27-1843. Six children were born to them in Connecticut: William Dwight, Charles, Mary, Emma, Henrietta and Frank. In 1858 they emigrated to Stephenson Co., Ill., where three more children were born: Frederick, Bert and Harry. In 1869 they moved to Montgomery Co., Mo., and a tenth child, Robert Lee was born there soon after their arrival.

James is said to have served in the Civil War but no record of service has been found for him in the National Archives. He died in Wellsville, Mo., in 1892, and his wife died in 1906.

Cousin Marjorie loaned us the picture of six of the seven sons of James and Henrietta which appears on the cover of the Bulletin. Standing are Harry, Bert and Fred; seated are Charlie, Robert and Frank. Missing are the oldest son William Dwight, and the three daughters. The picture is not dated, but it must have been taken in the early 1880’s.”

William Dwight Frisbie #3099, the oldest of the ten children, was born in Burlington on 12-3-1844. He became a hardware merchant in Wellsville, married Elizabeth Straube, and had sons James, Claude , George and Clarence, and possibly other children who died young. Family Association member H. Reed Frisbie #6259 of Columbia, Mo., is a grandson.

Charles Frisbie #3100, the second child, was born in Burlington about 1847. He served in the Civil War, married Mary Ellen Vought and had children Verna Mae, James Vought and D. William. The son James, now 96, lives alone in a trailer home in Freeport, Ill.

Mary Frisbie # 3106, listed in the Genealogy as an unnamed daughter, was born in Burlington on 3-4-1850. She married William Barney and had eight children, five of whom grew to maturity and had children.

Emma Frisbie #3105, born in Burlington in 1852, married Niles Green and lived in Michigan in the vicinity of Ablion and Jackson. She had a son and a daughter and seven of her descendants are still living in Washington, D.C.

Henrietta Frisbie #3107, also listed in the Genealogy as an unnamed daughter, was born in Connecticut on 4-20-1856. In 1879 she married Butler McGhee, who was a conductor on the early passenger trains of the Chicago and Alton railroad. She had a son William Dean McGhee, who was the father of Cousin Marjorie, and a daughter Henrietta McGhee Horton, whose daughter Martha Horton Browne of Silver Springs, Md., is a recent addition to our roster.

Henrietta was about ten when the family emigrated from Illinois to Missouri, and she passed on to her granddaughter many of her recollections of the journey. “They camped their last night out [says Marjorie] at a spot where Vandalia, Mo. now stands. There was nothing there but blue-stem or prairie grass for miles…At this stage of the trip ‘Uncle Bill’, her oldest brother [William #3099] rode away on his horse to look for water…and she could see only his head and shoulders above the tall waving grass. The next day they…made it to Wellsville.”

Frank Frisbie #3103 was born in Connecticut on 9-6-1857. He lived in Wellsville, married Mollie Gilbert and had a daughter Mary Etta who was called Dolly.

Frederick Frisbie #3101 was born near Freeport, Ill., in 1858, soon after his family’s emigration from Connecticut. He married Mattie Hayden, moved to Washington State and had children and grandchildren, but their names have not been recovered for the record. In the picture he is standing at the extreme right with his head turned away from the camera to hide the fact that he had lost an eye in an accident.

Bert Frisbie #3104 was born near Freeport on 3-31-1863. He married Ida Oakes and had children Charles, Lloyd and Myrtle; Myrtle and a grandson are still living and are much interested in family history.

Harry Frisbie #3098, listed in the Genealogy as an unnamed son, was born near Freeport after 1863 and died in Colorado while still a young man.

Robert Lee Frisbie #3101, the tenth and last child, was born in Wellsville on 10-8-1869. He was a medical doctor, married first Annie Oakes and second Ida M. Moore, by whom he had a son Robert Dean Frisbie #4871. Robert Dean lives in Jackson. Miss., and is also a recent addition to the Family Association. His mother Ida, now in her 90’s lives with him, the last of the generation.

Contributed by Samuel Brown