According to "Enosburgh Vermont", compiled by Joyce Fleury Geraw (1985), a Dan Chilson was among the early settlers of Enosburg, VT, settling at W. Enosburg between 1795 and 1805. Perhaps, Dan was Eugene's grandfather? Clyde Vanderbrouk ----- Original Message ----- From: <BrooksGen4@aol.com> To: <VTFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 2:01 PM Subject: [VTFRANKL] CHILSON, BLISS, WESTCOTT, CURTIS > EUGENE CHILSON, born 25 May, 1846 in West Enosburg, VT. Names of parents and > siblings are unknown. He said he had one brother and one sister. Looking for > any Chilsons mentioned in records/newspapers during this time. > Around 1850, Eugene and mother moved to Hydeville, Rutland Cnty, VT and > lived with "an own cousin" EPHRAIM BLISS (possibly related to Philip Bliss > the hymn writer). > At the age of six, Eugene moved into house of JEREMIAH WESTCOTT and was > known as Eugene Westcott until he enlisted in Cavalry at age 15 under his own > name. His best friend was SAMUEL P. CURTIS. > In 1870, Eugene moved to Iowa and married Helen Price Staples then Flora > A. Boyd. > I "think" Eugene's mom was a Bliss, sister to Ephraim, and she married > Westcott, but don't have any facts to support the hypothesis. > Any links will be aggressively pursued :) Thanks, > Colin Brooks > > > ==== VTFRANKL Mailing List ==== > Please Use Your Subject Line Effectively, Do Not Recycle Them > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > >