Ellen Stoneham

(say 1800 - )
Ellen was born in Charlestown, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, say 1800. She married Otis Gould Hodgman in Springfield, Windsor County, Vermont, on 16 March 1846.

Family: Ellen Stoneham and Otis Gould Hodgman

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