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died Salisbury prison, N. C., Dec. 1, 1864. James K. Kerns, 94th N. Y., enlisted 1862 ; killed 1863. Peter V. Granger, lieut. Co. D, 3d Mich .; died Wiscoy, Oct. 13, 1867 ; buried there. John S. Trowbridge, Co. E, 5th N. Y. Cav., August, 1861 ; died Hanover, Pa , July 5, 1863 ; buried Pine Grove cemetery. Duane Robinson, 8th N. Y. Cav. ; died Feb. 26, 1880; buried Pine Grove cemetery. Frederick Willard, died October, 1864; buried Pine Grove cemetery. George M. Poole, Co. F, 33d N. Y., July 4, 1861 ; re-enlisted January, 1864, 2d N. Y. Mounted Rifles ; discharged Aug. 23, 1865 ; died Angelica, Jan. 1, 1881. Henry Hoadley, 104th N. Y., 1861 ; captured Aug. 18, 1864 ; confined Salisbury prison ; died on his way home. John C. Fish, Co. F, 4th H. A., Aug. 29, 1862 ; discharged June, 1865 ; died Wiscoy, May 26, 1883 ; buried there. James McDermott, 4th N. Y. H. A. ; died Minnesota Nov. 19, 1867 ; buried there. Michael McDermott, 136th N. Y., September, 1862 ; died and buried Cottonwood, S. C., June, 1863. Silas W. Stone. Co. D, 4th N. Y. H. A., May 13, 1862 ; death and burial North East, Pa. Ralph Parker, died April 28, 1865 ; buried Pine Grove cemetery. Patrick Haley, Co. C, 104th N. Y., October, 1861 ; died 1880. John M. Butler, Co. D, 4th H. A. ; died June 9, 1885 ;
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buried Pine Grove cemetery. Manning Smith, Co. F, 4th N. Y. H. A. ; died Aug, 9, 1885 ; buried Wiscoy. Charles Lee, Co. D, 4th H. A. ; died Oct. 4, 1884 ; buried Mt. Morris. Reuben Lee, Co. H. Ist N. Y. Dragoons, September, 1864 ; died Jan. 16, 1888 ; buried Pine Grove cem- etery. Of Andrew Mearns, Orin Peck and Alonzo Camp, particulars not given.
LOCAL PRINTING .- In 1861 R. B. Hultz set up a job press in Hume vil- lage and in May, 1861, started a newspaper, The Bee, which soon became The Constitution. It soon suspended publication. In the seventies Rev. Mr. Morey (Baptist) issued a few numbers of a paper from Mechanic's Hall. From 1876 Edson A. Hammond did small jobs of printing (envelopes, letter- heads, etc.) with a little job press very neatly for about ten years. In Feb- ruary, 1880, H. C. Scott came to Hume and printed the first number of the Hume Enterprise town meeting week. In March, 1882, the office was re- moved to Fillmore into the old Whitbeck building. Wm. P. Brooks " struck off " the first sheet printed here. In 1888 Judson Howden bought the plant and changed the name to Northern Allegany Observer. Mr. Howden still con- tinues its publication in a handsome, well-arranged office, using the latest "improved " presses run by steam. In 1885 Charles Scott, son of H. C., established another Hume Enterprise with office in Mechanic's Hall, Hume village, which, with one suspension of publication for a year or two, he con- ducted until Feb. 23, 1892, when he sold to the present publisher, Edward W. O'Hara.
SUPERVISORS .- Joshua Skiff, 1822, '24, '27; Luther Couch, 1825, '26; Orrin Doud, 1828, '30 ; Charles Mather, 1831, '32 ; Seth H. Pratt, 1833-37 ; James D. McKeen, 1838; Elijah Part- ridge, 1839, '40; Oliver M. Russell, 1841 ; Hartley Weld, 1842-44; George Minard 1845-37 ; Charles M. Mills, 1848-50; William W. Mills, 1851, '52 ; Alanson Skiff, 1853, '54 ; William N. Emerson, 1855, '56 ; J. M. Hammond, 1857-60; H. W. Ingham, 1861, 62; Milton W. Skiff, 1863, '64; Hugh M. Severance, 1865; John S. Minard, 1866, '67 ; C. N. Flenagin, 1868, '69 ; Volney Mills. 1870, '71 ; Webster Mills, 1872-74 ; N. P. Baker, 1875-77 ; William P. Brooks, 1876, '81, '82, '83, '84 ; James P. Manchester, 1878, '79, '80 ; M. W. Wells, 1885, '86, '87 ; John H. Howden, 1888, '89 ; J. W. Hildreth, 1890, '91 ; H. C. Brown, 1892 ; A. H. Lyman, 1893 ; Geo. D'Autremont, 1894, '95. The town officers (1895) are. Geo. D'Autremont, supervisor ; Charles E. Haines, town clerk ; H H. Hammond, highway commissioner ; Geo. W. Jones, H. H. Hil- dreth, Frank Gillett, assessors ; Jesse Bennett, Wm. E. Pierson, Geo. E. Ferguson, C. C. Gran- ger, justices; Geo. W. Boardman, overseer of the poor ; James Lapp, Frank Somers, Fred Reynolds, Fred Benjamin, Alfred Colburn, Burt Butler, inspectors of election.
FILLMORE .- Business Interests: The leading firms and industries are, Wm. P. Brooks, general merchandise, a large double store in his three-story building corner of Main and Gen- esee streets, doing a large business. Haines Bros., general dealers. Eugene Ward groceries and provisions, boots, shoes and staple dry goods. Frank W. Cole, drugs and medicines. Charles Ricker, stoves, furnaces and general hardware, one of the largest in northern Allegany. Wm. Crandall, drugs and medicine. Mr. Phipps, furniture and undertaking. Wm. Foote, carriages, wagons and sleighs. William H. Wilday, planing mill and lumber yard, also feed mill. Young & Young, cheese box and barrel heading factory, which gives almost constant employment to 10 men, turning out 50,000 cheese boxes and 1,000,000 pieces of salt and sugar barrel heading per annum ; also cheese factory and creamery, the creamery being the third one erected in the county. Max Lake, harness maker, dealer in trunks, blankets, etc. Dennis Bagney, harness maker. The Prospect House conducted by S. S. Scott, the Minard House kept by Thomas Duffy, and Penfield's Railroad House are the hotels. L. E. Wiles, dentist. S. A. Farman, insurance, F. W. Hark, agent for granite and
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marble works. Judson Howden, publisher of Northern Allegany Observer. Fillmore Opera House owned by a joint stock company, constructed about 1886, is well supplied with stage scenery, furniture, etc., and is a commodious hall for lectures, entertainments, etc., with a seat- ing capacity of 800. Ed Hoey, meat market. Levi Snider, butcher and market. W. S. Mills, optician and jeweller. Carl Fritz, tailor. James Sprowl, shoe maker and repairer. S. S. Ham- ilton, Fred Hammond, Mr. Brundage, Ed Huff and Mr. Dorman, builders. R. Butterfield, mason. Mr. Kidney, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Harris, blacksmiths. J. S. Minard, surveyor and con- veyancer. W. E. Pierson, justice of the peace. Miss Ada Lowell, millinery and ladies' goods. Miss Cora Morse and Miss Penfield, milliners. Mrs. Jackson, laundery.
The Fillmore school is a district school of two departments under the direction of three trustees. George W. d'Autremont teaches the higher division and Miss Winifred Hoey conducts the primary department, and has done so with very good acceptance for the last five years.
There are three churches in Fillmore, Wesleyan Methodist, Methodist Episcopal and Catholic.
BANKING .- Before 1853 the nearest banks were at Warsaw, Perry, Mt. Morris, Geneseo and Dansville. In 1853 Milton W. Skiff opened an ac- count in New York, bought and sold exchange and made collections. He did this until after the war when he was succeeded by Charles J. Balcom, and upon his retiring, there was for a while no such business done at Hume village. In February, 1873, J. M. Hammond & Co. (John M. Hammond, George W. Marvin and Jno. S. Minard) opened an exchange and collection office which discounted some paper. The firm dissolved in 1875 and was succeeded by J. P. Manchester & Co. After a while they sold the mercan- tile business with which the exchange office was connected, and J. P. Man- chester opened a private bank which was conducted until 1885, perhaps later. Jno. S. Minard, in connection with his store, opened an account with the National Park Bank of New York, in October, 1876, and sold exchange and made collections until 1885, when he sold to Nathaniel M. Wells and E. Forrest Minard being the partners. This firm (Wells & Minard) was soon changed to Wells Bros., Henry Wells succeeding Mr. Minard. Jason S. Bishop about 1877 or '78 opened an exchange office in Fillmore, and when he sold out to Wm. P. Brooks the exchange department was continued by the latter, and after the firm of Brooks & Howden was formed until the organi- zation of the State Bank.
THE STATE BANK OF FILLMORE was organized Nov. 4, 1889, under state laws with a capital stock of $25,000. The first officers were: William P. Brooks, president; Frank H. Smith, vice president; J. P. Manchester, cashier. The present officers are: William P. Brooks, president; C. E. Ingham, vice president; C. J. Howden, cashier. We give this statement of the condition of the bank, Oct. 1, 1895: Resources .- Loans and discounts, $102,396.25; U. S. bonds, $1,000; bank building, $2,000; furniture, $1,000; cash on hand, $8,259.51; due from banks, $11,757.34; total, $126,413.10. Liabilities .- Capital, $25,000; surplus, $10,000; earnings, $2,737.06; deposits, $88,676.04; total, $126,413.10. The bank has a conveniently arranged bank
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building erected in 1890. It is furnished with an exceptionally well-con- structed vault, and its safe is one of the best in the county.
Oriona Lodge, No. 229, F. & A. M .- This lodge was instituted at Pike, Wy- oming county, the date of its warrant being June 23, 1851. In 1851 the lodge, then Pike Lodge, No. 229, was moved to Hume village. In 1871 the name was changed to Oriona, No. 229. In 1891 the lodge moved to Fillmore. Present officers are: George E. Minard, W. M .; Charles K. Farnsworth, S. W .; John H. Howden, J. W .; Andrew Caldwell, treasurer; Max J. Lahr, secretary; William Foote, S. D .; A. D. Relya, J. D .; Fred B. Reynolds, S. M. C .; Joseph W. Stockwell, J. M. C .; Edward W. Huff, tiler; Frank A. Purdy, organist; C. K. Farnsworth, F. B. Reynolds, Jos. W. Stockwell, trustees; H. C. Browne, Wm. Foote, C. K. Farnsworth, finance committee. Past Masters: Orson Beardsley, Augustus Goodrich, H. H. Lyman, H. C. Browne, E. A. Hammond, O. Randall, William Foote, Charles Ricker. There are 62 members. The lodge occupies fine rooms in the third story of Brooks' Block.
Ancient Order United Workmen, Lodge No. 242, was organized in the schoolhouse at Fillmore in June, 1879, and soon removed to Hume village, holding meetings in Mechanics' Hall until January, 1896. The lodge now occupies rooms in the Brooks' block, Fillmore, with the K. O. T. M. There were 30 original members and it has the same number now. The officers are: Frederick Lapp, M .; Nelson A. Pettee, O .; Peter Dunker, F .; Charles K. Farnsworth, R. K .; and William Foote, F.
Fillmore Tent, No. 50, K. O. T. M., was organized in July, 1887. The charter members were: Charles K. Farnsworth, Charles E. Haines, William Handyside. M. J. Lahr, E. R. Curtis, J. O. Waldorff, J. H. Farnsworth, Ir- win Bottsford and Leroy Huff. Membership 150, being, with possibly one exception, the largest in the county. Reviews are semi-monthly in their finely fitted up rooms in Brooks' Block. Present officers: G. S. Rice, Com .; A. McMurtry, L. Com .; F. E. McMurtry, R. K .; John H. Howden, F. K .; W. G. Young, prelate; John Bauer, physician; J. W. Curtis, sergeant; John H. Johnson, M. at A .; Frank Wilday, 1st M. of G .; Fred Mitchell, 2d M. of G .; Carl Fritz, sentinel; John McElroy, picket.
Fillmore Hive, L. O. T. M., No. 140, was instituted March 21, 1894, by Deputy Lady Commander, Carrie L. McDonald. There were 19 charter members, and these officers were installed: Josie M. Curtis, P. L. Com .; Cora L. Ricker, L. Com .; Edith J. Waldorff, Lt. L. Com .; Mary E. Crowley, R. K .; Anna M. Hammond, F. K .; Emma Howden, prelate; Addie E. Lahr, sergeant; Emma M. Scott, M. at A .; Mary A. Fitzgerald, sentinel; Maria A. Hodnett, picket. The membership is now 33 and the present officers are: Cora L. Ricker, P. L. Com .; Edith J. Waldorff, L. Com .; Mary E. Rice, Lt. L. Com .; Mary E. Crowley, R. K .; Anna M. Hammond, F. K .; Didama Wal- lace, prelate; Josephine Lyman, sergeant; Josie M. Curtis, M. at A .; Addie E. Lahr, sentinel; Esther M. Merwin, picket; Edith O. Greene, organist. Meetings are hold in the K. O. T. M. rooms in Brooks' Block.
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Fillmore Sick and Accident Association was organized in October, 1894. and has paid out for sickness and accidents $275, with about $70 in claims yet pending. There is a good balance in the treasury and the association is prospering. Present officers are: G. S. Rice, president; J. O. Waldorff, vice president; F. J. Mitchell, secretary; John H, Howden, treasurer. The board of auditors are: Dr. F. J. Redmond, A. E. McMurtry, John H. John- son, John Bauer, and M. D. Wilday.
A lodge of Good Templars has recently been organized.
WISCOY SOCIETIES .- Burnside Post, No. 237, G. A. R, Wiscoy, N. Y .- The charter members of this Post, Nov. 4, 1881, were: H. C. Browne, Com .; W. G. Whitney, S. V. C .; George W. Jones, J. V. C .; J. W. Bardwell, Q. M .; W. W. Thurston, Surg .; L. O. Hackett, Chap .; George Trall, O. D .; Jared A. Gorton, O. G .; C. D. Vandresser, Adj't; Fred Caryl, S. M .; Charles W. Isted, Q. M. S .; and P. R. Karns, J. W. Hildreth, A. F. Bowen, O. R. Hil- dreth, R. Butterfield, Sheldon Trall, William Cluchey, Judson Stickle, Hi- ram Clark, H. P. Neilan, Orrin Peck, George W. Curtis, Julian Caryl. The present officers are: F. J. Davidson, Com .; S. M. Johnson, S. V. C .; Hiram Clark, J. V. C .; A. J. Oakley, Q. M .; P. C. Soule, Surg .; N. A. Pettee, Chap .; C. C. Granger, Adj't; Lewis Dill, O. D .; Smith Dole, O. G .; J. W. Hildreth, S. M .; L. O. Hackett, Q. M. S. Meetings are held semi-monthly at G. A. R. rooms at Wiscoy. There are 32 members.
Protection Tent, No. 208, K. O. T. M. (Wiscoy). This tent was organized with the following officers. Its charter is dated March 31, 1893: S. M John- son, P. Com .; Frank Somers, Com .; Lawrence Smith, Lt. Com .; J. W. Stockwell, R. K .; Charles Mack, F. K .; D. C. Granger, Chap .; P. C. Soule, Phys .; F. Shanahan, sergeant; George Perry, M. at. A .; M. Doud, 1st M. of G .; D. M. Caryl. 2d M. of G .; Fred Pratt, sentinel; F. J. Smith, picket. The present officers are: Frank Somers, P. Com .; Lawrence Smith, Com .; J. A. Stockwell, Lt. Com .; F. Reynolds, R. K. and F. K .; Eugene Caryl, Chap .; C. M. Stewart, Phys .; C. D. Cooley, sergeant; A. M. Doud, M. at A .; John Smith, 1st M. of G .; L. Caryl, 2d M. of G .; P. Lenahan, sentinel; Clarence Robinson, picket. Membership of 30.
PINE GROVE CEMETERY, one mile east of Fillmore, was opened in 1860. The first meeting held for considering the matter was Jan. 13, 1860. This meeting adjourned to the 19th, when the Pine Grove Cemetery Association of Fillmore was organized in accordance with the provisions of the statutes. The "associates " who took part in the meeting were: Lovett S. Albee,* George W. Wiles,* Benjamin S. Snider, Thomas Hall,* John Rowley,* Jno. S. Minard, Theodore F. Hall, " Dozell B. Curtis, Harvey M. Howden, James C. Smith, and Henry Meach. The first board of trustees were Theodore F. Hall, Milton W. Skiff, George W. Wiles, John M. Hammond, James C. Smith and Jno. S. Minard. Theodore F. Hall was made president, George W. Wiles vice president, James C. Smith treasurer, and Jno. S. Minard secre-
* Deceased.
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tary. The present trustees are Benj. K. Gillett, L. E. Wiles. C. K. Farns- worth, Geo. E. Minard, H. M. Howden, and R. H. Chamberlain; William B. Gillett is sexton. The present officers are: H. M. Howden, president; L. E. Wiles, vice president; B. K. Gillett, secretary and treasurer. The amount of ground enclosed is about five acres. The first interment was that of Mrs. Joseph Curtis; the second (a re-interment) a little daughter of George W. Wiles. The original grounds were laid out by Jno. S. Minard, and the addi- tion by C. B. Ryder. The management has been one of marked success. A vault has been constructed in the bank near the public highway, the grounds have been greatly improved and beautified by planting ornamental trees and shrubs and the cultivation of flowers, some fine specimens of artistic granite and marble work have been set up, and people from consid- erable distances are purchasing lots. The association has a reserve fund of nearly $1,000; so people can depend upon the grounds being kept in proper order. It is a great credit to the management, an ornament to the town, and speaks well for the good sense and taste of our people.
OF HUME'S TOWNSMEN .- Dennis Bagney, harness maker in Fillmore, is the son of Andrew Bagney, a mason by trade, who lived in Rochester, where he married Bridget McCann. Children : John, Dennis. Mary, Susan and Elizabeth. Dennis was born in Rochester in 1849, and the same year Andrew removed to Hume. Dennis learned his trade in Fillmore where in 1890 he established his present business which furnishes work for 2 men. He married in 1868 Mary Radigan. Children : Mabel, John (married Miss Cora Young of Fillmore), Edward J., Libbie E. and Gracie. He is a member of Fillmore Tent No. 50, K. O. T. M.
Joel W. Bardwell, son of Harrison and Anna (Smith) Bardwell, was born in Granger Oct. 20, 1839, where his grandfather, Joel Bardwell from Massachusetts, a skillful detective, was for years a deputy sheriff. The children of Harrison, a shoemaker, who died in the west in 1888, 78 years old, were : Allen H., Joel W., and Rhena A. (Mrs. David Haskell). Joel W. was brought up a farmer, came to Hume in 1858, enlisted in 1861 in Co. E, 85th N. Y. Vol. Infan- try, was in battle of Williamsburg, and, captured at Fair Oaks, was in Libby prison 180 days. He could not stand alone when paroled and has not seen a well day since. He came home and married Nancy Andrews of Centerville. They have one child, Anna M. Mr. Bardwell obtained a pension of $8 per month which was in 1894 increased to $24. When able he works in a hardware store in Hume village.
Giles H. Bean is son of Orson Bean, whose father, Ebenezer Bean came from Massachu- setts to Herkimer county, where he lived and died. His son, Orson, in 1832, came to Hume and bought what is now the Adam Deitzel farm for $1.25 per acre. He worked four days a week for John Weaver for his board, but found time to clear a site for and build a log house, in which Phebe A. Slocum taught the first school in District No. 11. In 1835 he married Clarine Van Buren of Herkimer county, whose father was a brother of Martin Van Buren. In 1840 hle sold his farm and bought 100 acres of land in Centerville of Lewis Brown for $1,000. His chi - dren were : Adeline, now Mrs. Edwin Houghton of Ill. ; Eben, now in Knoxville, Pa .; Jay, of Lansing, Mich. ; and Giles H., who was born in Centerville in 1852. Giles was reared on the farm, attended school two terms at Pike Academy, and, at the age of 21, bought his father's farm (170 acres). In 1873 he married Libbie, daughter of Lewis James of Centerville. She died in 1878, and in 1879 his second marriage was to Libbie, daughter of Thomas Evans of Centerville, of Welch descent. Children : Forrest, Orrie and Harold. Forrest when 13 years old had a remarkable school record, he had not missed a day's attendance in 8 years. In 1881 Giles H. Bean became a member of the mercantile firm of Evans & Bean, Hume, which began buying hay and other produce in 1887. He sold out in 1893. Mr. Bean died March 31, 1895.
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Delos Benjamin is son of Jonathan Benjamin who was born in Brookfield, Madison Co., in 1800, where his grandfather Thomas had settled from New England. Jonathan married Betsey Nye. Children, Delos and Ruth (Mrs. Orlo Buell of Hume). In 1834 he brought his family to Hume, where he bought 50 acres of land and settled as a farmer and lumberman, building a sawmill in 1840 that ran till 1870. Mrs. Benjamin died in 1860 and he in 1877. Delos was born in Brookfield in 1828, and in 1849 married Caroline, daughter of Warren Houghton of Caneadea. Children : Mortimer, Oscar, Lucretia (Mrs. Michael Sowles, one child, Blanche), John, Cora, (Mrs. Alfred Arnold, children, Grace, Bertha and Grover), John, in Iowa, Hattie (Mrs. Edwin Ayers), George, Fred and Carrie. On Mr. Benjamin's farm and within 20 rods of his house, the exact spot not being known, was buried the noted Indian chief, Mohawk. In 1889 the W. N. Y. & P. railroad built on Mr. Benjamin's land a switch to accommodate the lumber and wood shipments from that locality. Elected on the Republican ticket he has served 6 years as excise commissioner.
Jesse Bennett, merchant at Rossburg, is a son of John and Sarah (Marsh) Bennett of Ware- ham, Dorsetshire, England, one of seven brothers, William, John, George, James, Henry, Charles and Joseph, all of whom settled in Granger ; John came first, in 1830. The children of John and Sarah were, Timothy, Rachel (Mrs. George Ayrault of Silver Springs), Leah (Mrs. George Voss of Granger), Simeon, Mary, Henry, Thomas, Elizabeth (Mrs. J. T. Collister), Sam- uel and Jesse, who was born in Granger in 1844. The first four were born in England. Sam- uel and Jesse enlisted in Co. F, 104th N. Y., and Simeon in Ist N. Y. Dragoons. The 104th joined the immortal First Corps of the Army of the Potomac, that suffered greater losses in proportion to its numbers than any other corps in the service. Jesse was in the battles of Cedar Mountain, Rappahannock Station, second Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, Fred- ericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness, and in 12 other engagements. He was taken prisoner at Weldon Railroad, and was confined six months in Libby, Belle Island, and Salisbury prisons. Few men saw as much, or have as vivid recollections of the great war. After coming home he "farmed it" till 1876, then was a merchant at Short Tract till 1889, when he came to Rossburg where he was postmaster till 1894 and a commissioner of excise. He was also postmaster in Granger in 1881-2, and supervisor of Granger in 1881-2. Mr. Ben- nett married, in 1865, Carrie, daughter of Rudolph Snyder of Granger. Children, Florence (Mrs. Frank Hawley), Herbert (married Nelia Lampshire), Cora and Maud.
Elijah Bliss of Hume is the son of Eleazer, son of Eleazer, son of Jesse Bliss, of English descent, of Otsego, Otsego county, all of whom were farmers. Eleazer Bliss, father of Elijah, was born in Otsego in 1799, where he married Polly Bishop. Children, Elijah, Lucy A. (Mrs. Jerome Lloyd of Hume), Lusetta, Marcus and Mary (Mrs. Ferdinand Bishop of Hume). He brought his family to Hume in 1826, and bought 160 acres of land at $1.25 per acre, on which he died in 1871, and his widow in 1887. For some time sleds were used to carry loads to Rushford winter and summer, the path through the woods not admitting a wagon. Elijah Bliss was born in Otsego in 1820, and has lived in Hume since 1826. When 21 years old he bought for $500 the first 50 acres of his present farm of 228 acres, and worked seven years at about ten dollars per month to pay for it. Mr. Bliss soon bought cows and more land and made butter till the cheese factory came. He married in 1848, Polly, daughter of John Miller of Hume. Marcus, now of Rushford, the oldest of their three children, married Mary Weaver. Children, Edwin E., John C., Demaris K., Fred E., Charles W., Polly C., Schuyler, Elijah and Belle. Demaris, the next child, died when 23 years old, and Sadie B. when 26. Mrs. Bliss, after a long period of ill health was taken by her husband to Buffalo to see the celebrated mag- netic physician, Dr. Newton, who, without using a particle of medicine restored her vigor so that she walked, for the first time in 9 years, in two hours after the first treatment, and enjoyed greatly improved health till her death, 30 years after, in 1893. Mr. Bliss is vigorous in mind and body, and an ardent Republican.
R. L. Boller son of Henry Boller of Germany, who married Louisa, daughter of Lord Von Vultyus, was born in 1824, and is the youngest of their nine children. When a young man he was a clerk in a sugar refinery in Cassel, Germany, and then traveled in Europe, Asia and Africa, as a ship agent, also agent for a tobacco house. In 1851 he came to West Branch, Oneida Co., was partner in a woolen factory and a dairy farmer until he built at Ava in 1862 a cheese factory still known by his name. In 1865 he came to Varysburg, Wyoming Co., and the next year built, and ran for five years, a cheese factory between Warsaw and Wyoming, which he moved to Orangeville and ran six years, sold it and built a factory at Perry Center, ran that six years, then sold and rented a factory at Pike Station for one year, was at Campbell Hill one year, at Town Line one year, at West Allen one year, then in 1883 bought his present cheese factory in Hume. Mr. Boller married in 1856, Katrine Earnest of Ava. Their children have been, John, Minnie, William, Gertrude, Albert, Jennie and Louisa.
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Ezra C. Botsford was born in Aurelius, Cayuga Co., in 1825. His father, Reuben W. Botsford, married Ruth Morgan. Children, Ezra C., Amelia, Julia, Edwin, Mabel and Erwin. In 1834 he brought his family to Granger and settled on Snyder Hill, to which he cut a road. Elder Luckey and Mr. Pierson were his only neighbors. He had the agency to sell 1,200 acres of land for banker James Seymour of Auburn. This he sold at $3 and $4 per acre, taking 100 acres for himself, which he settled on but sold soon after, and bought land and a sawmill of Seth Post, in Botsford Hollow, which has since borne his name. The stream there furnished water so that he sawed 600,000 feet of lumber a year, and could run most of the time. Mr. Botsford sold this mill to David P. Brooks, and built another sawmill on the same stream and put in one of the first circular saws in this section. The stream failed and he built a steam- mill on the same site that burned in 1889 and was rebuilt. His son Edwin was his partner, and runs it now. Ezra C. Botsford left home in 1848 and bought a farm which he sold and re- moved to Fillmore. In 1848 he married Ruth, daughter of Dyer Jacobs of Granger. Children, Davilla A. (married Henry Howden, has one child, Ruth) and Sarah E., now Mrs. John Moran. Mrs. Botsford died in 1887. Mr. Botsford has been town assessor four years.
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