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1.2.1.1.3.1.2.3.1 Leroy Bidwell, son of Walter Raleigh (Walter, John Chauncey, John, John, John, John, Robert) and Sophia (Bidwell) Pease; b. Feb 02, 1842 in Enfield, CT; d. Jun 28, 1916 in Utica, NY while attending the session of the state encampment of the G.A.R.; m. 1864, Helen A. Mosley of Southampton, CT. She was the daughter of Samuel S. Mosley. Leroy Pease served in the Civil War for three years, rose to the rank of Colonel, and was wounded three times. He spent several months in Richmond, Virginia as a spy for the Northern Army, the task calling upon him at times to dress in the garb of a woman. In 1860, before the war, he was a printer of the Brookville Advertiser in Rockville Centre, CT, and in 1873, after the war, Pease founded and published the Evening Reporter in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. This was New England’s first one cent daily, and the first to use both the AP and UPI news services. He continued to edit the paper until 1897. During the 1880 census, Leroy and his family were living on Hamlet Avenue in Woonsocket, Providence County, Rhode Island. Helen’s sister Eliza A. Moseley was in the same household. In 1882 at a reporters meeting at the hotel Dorrance in Providence, RI, Pease was elected president of the Rhode Island Press Association. During the 1900 census, Leroy, Helen and their daughter were living on Aspinwell Avenue in Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts. About 1904, the family moved to Brooklyn, NY. In 1910, Leroy and Helen were living in their son Arthur’s household on East Thirty-First Street in Ward 32 of Brooklyn, Kings County, NY. Children of Leroy Bidwell and Helen A. (Mosley) Pease, #1 born in CT, #3 born in RI born in RI:
1.2.1.1.3.1.2.3.1.1 Arthur Strong b. Mar 1863 d. Feb 12, 1933 Woonsocket, RI
1.2.1.1.3.1.2.3.1.2 Albert Lyon b. Jul 12, 1866 d. Mar 20, 1946 Woonsocket, RI
1.2.1.1.3.1.2.3.1.3 Helen Lida b. Jun 1876 d.
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1.2.1.1.3.1.2.3.1.1 Arthur Strong Pease; b. Mar 1863 in CT; d. Feb 12, 1933 at his home on North Arlington, Ave. in E. Orange, NJ; m. Florence or Helen Thayer; b. Nov 1862 in NY. About 1904, this family moved to Brooklyn, NY, then to E. Orange around 1908. Arthur was a sales manager for the Walter Scott and Company of Plainfield, NJ, manufacturers of printing presses. In the 1900 census, Arthur and his family were living in Brooklyn, Kings County, NY, and he is working as a printer. In 1910 Arthur is listed as divorced and living with his children and parents on East Thirty-First Street in Ward 32 of Brooklyn, Kings County, NY. Children of Arthur Strong and Florence (Thayer) Pease born in NY:
1.2.1.1.3.1.2.3.1.1.1 Leroy Thayer b. Jul 05, 1888 d.
1.2.1.1.3.1.2.3.1.1.2 Walter Moseley b. Dec 12, 1890 d.
1.2.1.1.3.1.2.3.1.1.3 Allen Cooke b. Jun 11, 1892 d.
1.2.1.1.3.1.2.3.1.1.4 Arthur Strong b. Mar 10, 1894 d. Nov 1970 Brooklyn, NY
1.2.1.1.3.1.2.3.1.1.5 Lorrain Bidwell b. Jan 01, 1896 d.
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1.2.1.1.3.1.2.3.1.1.1 Leroy Thayer Pease; b. Jul 05, 1888 in Woonsocket, RI; m. 1910 in New Jersey, Edith Eleanor Myers; b. Jan 05, 1888 in Jersey City, NJ; d. Dec 05, 1952 in Scotch Plains, NJ. She was the daughter of Joseph Wakely Myers; b. Jan 16, 1859 in New York, NY; d. 1952 in Matawan, NJ, and Wilhelmina Bucherer; b. 1860 in NJ; d. in Matawan. Leroy filed his WWI draft registration card Jun 05, 1917 in Kings County, NY. His birth date is stated 1898, but his age (29) would verify he was born in 1888. At that time, he resided at 19Lincoln Avenue in Brooklyn, was married with two children and was a treasurer what appears to be Ovington Brothers Company on Fifth Avenue in NYC. Leroy was described as having a stout build, brown eyes and brown hair.
1.2.1.1.3.1.2.3.1.1.2 Walter Moseley Pease; b. Dec 12, 1890. When Walter filed his WWI draft registration card, he was living in Plainfield and working as a machinist for International Motor. He was described as being short with a slender build, brown eyes and brown hair.
1.2.1.1.3.1.2.3.1.1.3 Allen Cooke Pease; b. Jun 11, 1892 in Woonsocket, RI. Arthur was a cost accountant for Packard Motor Co, and lived at 42 Watson St. in Detroit, MI when his WWI draft registration card was filed Jun 05, 1917. He was single, short and slender and had brown eyes and light hair.
1.2.1.1.3.1.2.3.1.1.4 Arthur Strong Pease Jr; b. Mar 10, 1894 in Woonsocket, RI; d. Nov 1970 in Brooklyn, NY. Arthur filed his WWI draft registration card Jun 1917 when he was living in Brooklyn and working as a clerk for what appears to be Ovington Brothers. He was described as having a slender build, brown eyes and brown hair.
1.2.1.1.3.1.2.3.1.1.5 Lorrain Bidwell Pease; b. Jan 01, 1896 in NY. Lorraine filed his WWI draft registration card when he was living at 258 Northwood Avenue in Plainfield, NJ and working as a carpenter. At that time, he was described as having a medium build, blue eyes and light hair. He was also listed as being mute.
Rick in Taunton, MA
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