William H. Elston m.21Nov Abigail Shortridge Kimball b. 3 Feb 1808 in London, England 1843 in b. 10 Jul 1818 in Sandwich, NH d. 26 Feb 1878 in Bellville, OH Lowell, MA — d. 22 Dec 1893 in Bellville, OH Their first daughter: Barilla Abigail Elston, b. 11 Sep 1845 in Lowell, MA They were living at Central St. in Lowell in 1844, and at 3 War St. in 1845. They eventually moved to Bellville, OH, where William operated a tailor shop. Notes from Elston family records: "On February 26, 1878 ... Wiliam Elston died. His heart just stopped pumping. William was born in Noblesville, England. He moved to Birmingham England, and ‘opened a shoemaker ship. His first wife, Ann Osborn, died in England, leaving a daughter and a son. In 1836, William moved fo America. ... William Elston set up a shoe store in Lowell, Massachusetts. Just down the street was the Howard and Kimball Dressmakers shop, run by Lucinda Howard and Abigail Kimball. Wiliam Elston and Abigail Kimball lived in the same boarding house on the comer of Howard and K Street. They were married November 21, 1843 by Rev. Burna in the Lowell Presbyterian Church. William moved his family first to Andover Massachusetts where Barilla was born September 11, 1845. In 1853 the family moved to Belleville, Ohio.” The Austin siblings mentioned in the novel are Amos, Emily, and George Dana. They were the children of Abiather and Susan (Harlow) Austin. Amos Austin b. 4 Dec 1819 in Jay, ME d, 13 Feb 1878 in Monterey, CA His genealogy is in the Taylor Family Group Sheet, as he married Barila's sister Florena, George Dana Austin m.25Dec Mary Wingate Bradbury b. Jun 1823 in Byron, ME 1849 in b. 4 Sep 1824 in Athens, ME d. 19 Mar 1904 in Los Angeles, CA Byron, MEd. 3 Aug 1904 in Los Angeles, CA bur. Angelus Rosedale Cemetery in Los Angeles, CA Mary is the cousin of Barilla Taylor, the daughter of William and Comfort *Cora’ (Taylor) Bradbury. Mary's siblings Climena, Hazen, and Horatio also appear in the novel by Virginia Taylor. Emily M. Austin b, 27 Aug 1827 in Canaan, ME d. 1 May 1898 in Melrose, MA m. 8 Dec 1853 in Boston, MA to William Appleton Morse bur. Dublin Town Cemetery in Dublin, NHPliny Tidd b, 28 Sep 1826 in Woburn, MA d. 7 Sep 1887 in Concord, NH m. 10 Nov 1850 in Andover, MA to Elletia Samantha Dane bur. Blossom Hill Cemetery in Concord, NH In 1845, he was boarding at Day, C. & W's at 40 Church St. in Lowell, MA. From Tidd family records: “Pliny Tidd was @ blacksmith by trade, @ prominent member of the Odd Fellows, and a man respected and liked by all his associates. He was greally interested in his family genealogy and spent ‘mutch labor in collecting information about his ancestors and relatives.” No further information on these people who lived: Horace Gailey, Judith Fox, Else White, Augustus Lord, John Avery, Ann Graham