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Wilder family records show that they settled on the rocky coast of New
England as early as 1630 from Europe. They came not for religious reasons but
for more and better farm land.
Abel and Hannah were married in 1808. They had ten children:
Royal, Thomas, James, Hannah, Royal, Polly, Phoebe, William, Sara, Joshua. The
3rd child being James, father of Almanzo. Abel died in 1849 and Hannah died in
1842.
James was born January 26, 1813 near Milton, Vermont. James married
Angeline Albina Day on August 6, 1843. They had six children. James died in
February of 1899 at the age of 85. Angeline died in 1905 at the age of 78.
Laura Ann was born on June 15, 1844 at Malone, NY. Laura Ann married
Harrison Lomanzo Howard in December of 1874. They had four children. Laura died
at the age of 55 in 1899.
Royal Gould was born February 20, 1847 in Malone NY. Royal left De
Smet and returned to Spring Valley Minnesota where he opened a “Variety Goods
Store”. Royal married a widow, Mrs. Electra Hutchinson on March 16, 1893. They
had one child. Royal died April 1925 at the age of 78.
Eliza Jane was born January, 1, 1850 in Malone, NY. Eliza Jane married
Thomas Judson Thayer in 1893. After he died she remarried July 1, 1904 to Max
Gordon. There was a legal separation between them. She had one child. Eliza Jane
died at the age of 80 on June 1, 1930.
Alice was born on September 3, 1853 in Malone, NY. Alice married
Albert Baldwin on September 29, 1879. They had two children. Alice died in 1892.
Almanzo James was born February 13, 1857 in Malone, NY. Almanzo
married Laura Ingalls August 5, 1885. They had one surviving child. They moved
from De Smet to Minnesota to Florida then back to De Smet then to their final
home in Mansfield, MO. Almanzo died October 23, 1949.
Perley Day was born June 13, 1869 in Malone, NY. Perley married Elise
Lillian Merritt December 27, 1897.They had two children. Perley died in
1934.
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