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The Plant Family--Birth of Henry Bradley Plant--Mr. Plant’s Parents--Ancestors Came from England in 1639--David Plant Occupied Many Positions of Honor and Trust--A. P. Plant’s Successful Business Career--H. B. Plant on his Mother’s Side is Descended from Joseph Frisbee, a Major in Washington’s Army--Reverend Levi Frisbee, Father of Professor Levi Frisbee of Harvard College--Connection with Sir William Pepperell, Bart.--The Historian of the Frisbee Family--Richard of the Second Generation Went from Virginia to Connecticut, and Settled at Branford, 1644--Sketch of Oliver Libby Frisbee, Historian of his Family--Senator Hoar’s Relations to the Frisbee Family--Frisbee Patriotism and Services to their Country--They Were Good, Church-going People, mostly of the Puritan Belief--Probability that the Frisbees Came from Wales.....1-14