The Sarsaparilla Kings
A Biography of Dr. James Cook Ayer and Frederick Ayer with a Record of Their Family
Description:... Frederick Ayer (1792-1825) married Persis Cook (1796-1880) June 9, 1817 in North Groton, Connecticut. They had five children. Their son, James Cook Ayer (1819-1878) married Josephine Mellen Southwick (1827-1898). Their other son, Frederick Ayer (1822-1918), married Cornelia Wheaton (1835-1878) and Ellen Barrows Banning (1853-1918). His eldest daughter, Beatrice Banning Ayer, married (General) George S. Patton. The family had a successful patent medicine company in Lowell, Massachusetts and was also involved in the textile industry. Traces their ancestors and descendants in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Maine and elsewhere.
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