83 DYER OATMAN
83 DYER5 (Samuel4,
George3, John2, Johannes1), son of Samuel and
Susanna Oatman, was born at Oxford, New Haven County, Connecticut, and baptized
there 31 July 1796; he died at Arlington, Bennington County, Vermont, in 1877.
He married: 1) Clara Weaver; 2) Clarissa Beebe, daughter of Gideon Beebe
and Thankful Cook. Clarissa was born about 1803. She was originally said to have died 16 November
1825 at the age of 27 years; however, she is in the 1850 census of Arlington,
age 47, with Dyer, age 52, a farmer, and son George, age 20. Clarissa is also listed in the 1860 census
with Dyer.
Children of Dyer
and 2) Clarissa (Beebe) Oatman:
306 Julia, b. ca 1818; m. Elisha Matteson, 16
Nov 1837. Julia apparently died fairly
young. In the 1860 census of Arlington,
Bennington Co., VT, Elisha, age 46, is head of a family consisting of Cata, his
wife, age 45, and the following children:
Lydia A., 17; Hellen, 12; William Henry, 6; and Schyler, 5. Julia's son, Charles, was living with his
grandparents, Dyer and Clarissa, in 1860, and George's whereabouts is
unknown. In 1860, Charles was 14, which
leads us to believe that Lydia A., who was b. ca 1843, is also Julia's
child. Children, surname Matteson:
A Charles
E., b. ca 1846, NY. He is living with
Dyer and Clarissa Oatman, his grandparents, in 1860, Arlington, VT.
B George
D.
307 Anna C., b. 1819; d. 28 Nov 1846;
unmarried
308 Theodore, b. 1822; d. 20 Jan 1848. It is believed he died without issue.
309 Gilbert
Edwin, b. 2 Jun 1824; m. Ophelia Adelaide Lasalle, 29 Jun 1866
310 Nicholas, b. 1826; m. Mary _____, b. ca
1827
311 George B., b. Nov 1830, VT; m. 1) Jane Ann
Briggs; 2) Jane Wilcox, b. Jan 1851, VT.
George and Jane A. Oatman, both age 30, were living with Dyer and
Clarissa in 1860, Arlington, VT. By
1870, also in Arlington, George and Jane remained in his parents’ household,
with a son Charles D., aged 7, as well as in 1880, where Clarissa lived with
them after Dyer had died.
Sources: Gravestones,
St. James Cemetery, Arlington, VT
Will of Dyer
Oatman
New England
Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol. LXXIX, p. 320
International
Genealogical Index
1850, 1860, 1870,
1880, 1900 census, Arlington, Bennington Co., VT
1860 census,
Bennington, Bennington Co., VT
DAR Lineage Books, Vol.
21, p. 265, Mrs. Clarissa Beebe Oatman
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