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| This certifies that Samuel Pavitt & Adeline Buck |
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| were solemnly united by me in the Holy Bonds of Matrimony at the Protestant E. Church of Brooklyn |
Samuel Pavitt and Adeline Buck had three children including Ella Elizabeth Pavitt Dubuque.
Samuel was born in London, England on August 30, 1830. He was a harness maker by trade. Here
is his eulogy:
Samuel N. Pavitt came with his parents to America in 1832 (at not quite 2 yrs.) and settled
in the province of Quebec. In 1846 he moved to New York city and engaged in the harness trade. In 1851 he was married
to Adeline Buck of the city of Brooklyn. He moved with his family to Minnesota in 1855 and located in the harness trade
at Minneapolis being one of the first businessmen of that then infant city.
At the call of his country, he shouldered a musket in 1862 in Co. B, 6th Regiment Minnesota volunteers and
after serving three years he was honorably discharged.
Mr. Pavitt was one of the old settlers of the state and knew what pioneer life was. He had a taste
of Indian campaigning during the Sioux war and Indian massacre of 1862. Mr. Pavitt lived in Minneapolis for many years
an honored and respected citizen. He moved to Clearwater and from thence to Royalton where he has made a host of friends.
He was a defender and champion of right and the uncompromising enemy of wrong. He despised shams and pretenses.
He made no profession of religion, preferring to live an upright life whose mainspring of action was the golden rule, as an
example for his children to follow. He had a rugged heart of oak and his friends could depend on him. Eight months
ago he suffered a severe attack of grip. An abscess formed near the base of his brain, broke internally and was discharged
by throat. He suffered tortures uncomplainingly and it was only within a few days that he took his bed. Though
suffereing intense pain he was so appreciative of what was done for him by attendants that it was a pleasure to wait upon
him. The bereaved family have lost a kind husband and loving father and the community a firm friend and honest citizen.
He will be interred today by the Masonic fraternity of which he was an honored member. He leaves a wife and three children,
W.H. Pavitt of Hubbard, Mrs. Isaiah Dubuque of Osseo and Geo. Pavitt of chicago, to mourn his loss.
**From a photocopy of a newspaper article found in family records.
Adeline Buck was born in New York City, New York on June 5, 1832 (from the Pavitt family
Bible and Snohomish County cemetary records). Samuel and Adeline were married in 1851. They had
a son, William on August 19, 1853. Their daughter (and our ancestor) Ella Elizabeth Pavitt was born in Minneapolis,
Minnesota on March 4, 1857. Another son was born on Feb. 4, 1859, but died at age 2 1/2 on on July 24, 1861.
A son, George (J?) Pavitt was born on June 4, 1862.
Samuel died on July 16, 1894 at the age of 63. Adeline died 19 years later on June 12, 1913 in
Snohomish, WA. She was 81.
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| Samuel N. Pavitt (8/30/1830-7/16/1894) |
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| Adeline Buck Pavitt with her children. Ella Pavitt Dubuque is the oldest girl. |
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| Samuel N. Pavitt |
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| Adeline Buck Pavitt |
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Ella Elizabeth Pavitt Dubuque Goff Storms
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Ella Elizabeth Pavitt was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on March 4, 1857. She was married three times,
first to Isaiah Dubuque (born in Quebec on June 24, 1848). His official name was Joseph Isaie Dubuque. According
to the family Bible, they married on March 30, 1873. She was 16; he was 24. Isaiah was a carpenter. He died
on January 11, 1902 at the age of 53. The chief cause of his death was paralysis; the contributing cause was an injury
to the head and neck. Ella was 44.
She then married William Goff (b. March 25, 1849- d. April 16, 1920). Below are a number
of pictures of Ella and William Goff.
Finally she married Jacob Storms (b. 1872). In later life, she was known by her great, grandchildren
as "Grandma Storms." She died on March 21, 1947 at the age of 94. Jacob Storms died the next year in 1948.
Ella; her mother, Adeline Buck Pavitt; Ella's 2nd husband, William Goff; and Ella's 3rd husband, Jacob Storms are
all buried in the Snohomish County cemetary.
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| Death Certificate for Joseph Isaie Dubuque |
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| Ella Elizabeth Pavitt Dubuque probably with her 2nd husband, William Goff. |
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