The Letters of Whitfield Chase

While reading (and rereading) the letters, I noticed quite a few names of Otego residents popping up again and again. I thought researchers who knew their ancestors had lived in Otego might want to know if their relative appears in the letters. If a name in a letter included both first and last name, it's listed below. If just the last name appeared I haven't included it (yet). The names with * occur more than once in the letters. I hope to have these letters searchable at some point. For now, if you find a relative's name below, read the letters written by Whitfield's sister, Tempe, and his mother. They lived in Otego their whole lives and kept Whit up to date with village gossip.

Otego residents, circa 1850 - 1888:

Dev Arnold
Amanda Arnold

Emily Benedict
Mike Birdsall
Warren Birdsall
Harvey Birdsall
Lurissa Birdsall
Frank Birdsall
Dan Birdsall
Edwin Birdsall
Emily Birdsall
Abram Blakelee
Granville Bundy
Stephen Bradly
Delia Broad (married Lauren Dodge)

Ann Carly
Ben Carly
Ira Corly
Bill Corly
Jeff Corly
Ben Corey
Sal Cove
Harlan Crandall
Harlow Crandall
John Curtiss

John Williams Daly
Henry Williams Daly
Lauren Dodge (married Delia Broad)

John Edgerton

Abram Fleming
Root Follet
Nathan Fordsall

Sire Goodrich
George Goodrich
Mary Goodrich
Horace Goodrich

Jim Hodges
Orin/Orrin Houghton*
Henry Houghton
Adelbert Houghton (Orin's son)
Helen Houghton
Clarissa Houghton
Burr Houghton
Emeline Humphrey
John Hunt
Marietta Hyde
Edwin Hyde
Charles Hyde
Sylvia Hyde
Augusta Hyde
Albert Hyde *

Almon Kyle

Austin Murwin (the spellings Murwin/Merwin are interchangeable)
Barlow Merwin
Milton Merwin
William Murwin
Henry Murwin
Harriet Murwin
Enos Munson

Avery Northrup
Elmina Northrup (moved to Franklin)

Robert Rathburn
George Reynolds (moved to Franklin)*

Dr. Saunders
Tom Smith
Judah Swift

Ezekial Tracy
William Tracy
Lucy Tracy
Ann Tracy
Clarisse Tracy
Cynthia Tracy
Cynthia Trayeg
Hannah Trayeg (moved to Franklin)

Fordyce Waterbury (married Adeline Chase)
Bill Waters
Sally Whitney