with regard to their land, but to no purpose, their claim being considered invalid.
"In the fall of the same year they returned to Dorchester, where Josiah not long after married Miss Ayre.He died in his early thirties, leaving two young children, Mariner and Ann.The widow married Philip Palmer and afterwards went to live in Sackville, N.B.They had eight children, Martin, who settled in Hopewell Cape; Dr.Rufus Palmer, of Albert; Stephen Palmer, of Dorchester; Charles Jabez, and the Misses Palmer, of Sackville, and Judge Palmer, of St.John.
"Miss Ann Wood went to live with her grandmother at Fort Lawrence, while Mariner continued with his stepfather, commencing business in a small way on his own account at an early age.He purchased in course of time the property adjoining Mr.Palmer's, in Sackville, where he built a store and dwelling which is known as "The Farm," and continued his ever growing business at the same stand till his death, in 1875.In 1871 the firm assumed its present name of M.Wood & Sons.
"During his genealogical research Senator Wood has found relatives whom his branch of the family had lost sight of for a century.The Senator's grandfather had a brother, Charles Thompson Wood, born at Lebanon, Conn., October, 1779.He married Elizabeth Tracy, and pursued the trade of hatter in Norwich, Conn.He died in 1807, leaving two children, Charles Joseph and Rachel Tracey, both of whom married and in 1830moved to Kinsman, Ohio.
"The children of this Charles J.Wood are living at Kinsman, and Senator Wood visited his long lost relatives this autumn.The pleasure was mutual, and while the Senator would tell of many years' patient seeking for his father's kindred, they related the story which had been told them by their father of his uncle, who had gone to the wilds of Canada and never been heard of more."--MISS COGSWELL IN ST.JOHN DAILYSUN.