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- Seth Russell Anthony, son of Seth and Abigail (Clarke) Anthony, wasbornAugust 9, 1812, at Portsmouth, R. I. Mr. Anthony followed theoccupationof farming at Portsmouth, where he resided during his entirelife, andwhere his death occurred March 2, 1873, in his sixty-first year.He wasprominent in the life of the town, serving in the Town Council anwasoverseer of the poor. In politics he was a Republican, and in religionamember of the Society of Friends. He married (first) March 21, 1835,AbbyFreeborn, born September 12, 1815, a daughter of William Freeborn.She wasa direct descendant of William Freeborn who came from Ipswich,England, inthe ship 'Francis,' with his wife, Mar, and two children, Maryand Sarah,and after stopping for a time at Boston, settled in Portsmouth,where hewas a signer of the compact in 1638. Seth Russell Anthony married (second) March23, 1869, Henrietta Slocum, ofSmithfield, Providence county. There were no children by this union.
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1812 - 1873 (60 years)