===================================================================== Match: Bowles Source: NYFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com From: Ray Brown <ray@rays-place.com> Subject: The Underground Railroad in Franklin County Though it is a digression, it is yet worth while to list here the names of some of the members of the local anti-slavery society: Jabez Parkhurst, Alva Orcutt, George. Tobey (the father of Henry M.), Rev. Bliss Burnap, James H. Holland, Ira Spencer, Amasa Townsend, Jonathan Wallace, Ebenezer Leonard, Sylvester Langdon, Simeon C. Harwood, Thomas S. Paddock, Thomas R. Powell, Leonard Conant, Rev. Anthony Case, Jehiel Berry, Philip Schoolcraft, Solon Perrin, Timothy Beaman, Oliver Wescott, Henry Longley, Milo Hawley, Horace Dickinson, Truman Bell, Rev. Charles Bowles (himself half negro), Samuel C. Drew, Ophir Conant, Rev. Ashbel Parmelee, William Mason, Simeon Bicknell, Rev. J. E. Quaw, George A. Cheney, George H. Hutton, Rev. Silas Woodruff, Albon H. Hitchcock, Rev. Stephen Paddock, Rev. A. Millar, and Rev. Charles Johnson. More about the Underground Raailroad in Franklin County may be found at: http://history.rays-place.com/ny/underground-railroad.htm Ray Brown