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VI. Electa St. John, married her cousin, Asahel St. John, son of Thaddeus St. John. See his record.
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VII. Abigail St. John, b. at Stockbridge, Mass., 16 Nov. 1783; married, 16 Jan. 1800, at Green River, N. Y., Oliver Phelps, a merchant, son of Noah and Sarah (Adams) Phelps, of Green River after 1792, before that born, 12 Dec. 1779. of Simsbury, now Granby, Conn., where he was They moved, in 1801, to Cazenovia, N. Y.; and thence, in 1804, to Apulia, N. Y., where he had a large country trade, sending potash and grain to Albany by waggons, which returned with his goods. In 1811, he moved to Ludlowvilie, where he extended his business, owning several farms, and a controlling interest in five mercantile firms in that neighborhood. In the Autumn of 1825, he moved to St. Catharine's, C. W., where his energy, foresight, and public spirit were felt in every interest of the town. He dwelt at Centreville, in Grantham, from 17 June 1826 till 1829, and then returned to St. Catharine's. He took large contracts for the construction of the Welland Canal, at Deep Cut and St. Catharine's. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and contributed liberally for its support, wherever he lived, building the First Presbyterian Church at St. Catharine's, almost unaided. In 1851 he visited his native town, and the home of his early manhood; and, at Green River, made this note in his memorandum-book, which we quote, as affording some insight into his character: "Here, on the top of the mountain, near my father's place, on the 19th of August, 1799, the very spot where I now stand, did God open my eyes to behold the glory of the Lamb. Fifty-one years afterward, last August, here I bowed in prayer and praise to God, for plucking me as a brand from the burning. And here again, on this 23d April, 1851, have I bowed the knee in prayer and praise that His love and grace are still the same." He died at the residence of his son, Oliver Seymour Phelps, at Cayuga, Grand River, C. w., 4 May 1851. He was buried at St. Catharine's, and the sermon preached at his funeral, 7 May 1851, by Rev. Joshua Cooke, entitled The Lessons of Death, was published. She died at Buffalo, N. Y., at sunset, 4 May 1871.
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Child of Justus St. John.
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I. William St. John, married a quaker woman, who lived near New Lebanon, N. Y. They moved to Pittsburgh, Penn,, before 1825.
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Chil. of Elijah and Nancy (Howell) St. John.
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I. Philo St. John, b. at West Stockbridge, Mass., 30 July 1790; went, with his father, to Fabius, N. Y., where he married Maria Van Vleck, dau.
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