Person:Rufus Dexter (1)

Watchers
m. 1 May 1794
  1. Rufus DexterCal 1798 - 1883
  • HRufus DexterCal 1798 - 1883
  • W.  Sarah Stone (add)
m. Aft 24 Nov 1823
  1. John C. Dexter, Sr.Abt 1838 - 1893
Facts and Events
Name[2] Rufus Dexter
Baptismal Name[2] Rufus Dodge
Gender Male
Birth[1] Cal 2 Dec 1798 North Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage Banns 9 Nov 1823 Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, United Statesto Sarah Stone (add)
Marriage Banns 24 Nov 1823 North Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, United Statesto Sarah Stone (add)
Marriage Aft 24 Nov 1823 to Sarah Stone (add)
Death[1] 19 Sep 1883 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Massachusetts, United States. Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910. (New England Historic and Genealogical Society)
    Vol. 346, p. 398.

    No.: 545
    Date of Death: Sept. 19 [1883]
    Name: Rufus Dexter
    Sex: M
    Condition: W
    Age: 84 y 9 m 17 d [Birth calculates to 2 Dec 1798]
    Cause: Apoplexy
    Place of Death: Springfield
    Occupation: Shoemaker
    Place of Birth: N'o Brookfield
    Parents: Artemas D. & Jane
    Birthplace of Parents: Brookfield

  2. 2.0 2.1 List of persons whose names have been changed in Massachusetts, 1780-1892. (Boston: Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1893)
    p. 54.

    11 Mar 1828: "An Act to change the Names of the several Person therein described.
    ...
    that Rufus Dodge, of Leicester, may take the name of Rufus Dexter; that Sarah Dodge, the wife of said Rufus, may take the name of Sarah Dexter; that Lucy Gilbert Dodge, a minor daughter of said Rufus, may take the name of Lucy Gilbert Dexter;"