A Centennial Memorial History of Allegany county, New York, Part 116

Author: Minard, John Stearns, 1834-1920; Merrill, Georgia Drew
Publication date: 1896
Publisher: Alfred, N.Y., W. A. Fergusson & co.
Number of Pages: 1102

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John Bruce Giles, son of George O. and Jane Hayford Giles, was born in Farmersville May 10, 1856. He is a graduate of the Ten Broeck Academy. In 1877 Mr. Giles went to Lime- stone and clerked for Bell Bros. 3 years, and for 2 years had charge of their store in Coleville. He then became a partner in the firm of Bell Bros. & Giles at Carrollton, where they did a business of $61,000 the first year. After 3 years he sold his interest, and January 13, 1885, opened a general store at Clarksville, and January 15, 1887, his store was burned, and 4 days after his insurance money was paid, and he was doing business in another store. In 1888 he went to McComb, Ohio, kept a general store and dealt in live stock, hay, grain, etc. In 1891 he came to Cuba and was in company with E. Adams in a general store. In 1892 Mr. Adams sold out and the firm of Giles & Swift continued till 1896. Mr. Giles was postmaster and town clerk in Clarksville, is a member of Cuba Lodge No. 306, F. & A. M., since 1892 has been finance keeper of Star Tent, No. 12, K. O. T. M., is receiver for E. K. O. R. lodge of Cuba. October 10, 1884, he married Helen M., daughter of G. D. Swift, and has 2 children, DeAlton and Loraine. George DeAlton Swift, son of Truman, was born in Rushford about 1830. He married Mary Lewis. Their children were Helen (Mrs. J. B. Giles) and Arlomine (Mrs. Benja- min Lee of McComb, Ohio). In 1858 Mr. Swift settled in Cuba and was in merchandising several years. He died July 6, 1870. His widow resides in Cuba.

William J. Glenn, son of Jefferson C., was born in Dansville, Livingston Co., July 2, 1862,

and educated at Wellsville academy. In September, 1879, he went into the office of the Alle- gany County Reporter, and remained there three years. About this time he married Miss Jes- sie A., daughter of Dwight and Mary (Dunham) Goodrich. They have two children. Jan. I, 1883, he, with W. J. Beecher, purchased the Cuba Patriot of W. J. Stebbins. In 1887 Mr. Beecher withdrew, Mr. Glenn taking as partner S. C. Swift. The paper was continued under the name of W. J. Glenn & Co. Mr. Glenn was also partner with S. C. Swift in the Genesee Valley nurseries. He was appointed postmaster at Cuba, April 15, 1889, by President Harri- son, and retained the position until March, 1894. In 1886 he was elected secretary and treas- urer of the Republican counry committee and held that office four years. In 1890 he was elected a member of the Republican state committee and has since held that office. Mr. Glenn has taken active part in Allegany county politics, and been recognized as a leader of his party for years. Under his leadership the party has grown stronger, and it might be said that for eight years he has named every officer that has been elected. He put a stop to the old practice of candidates having to buy their nominations. At the Republican state convention held at Saratoga Springs, Sept. 16, 1895, this resolution was adopted : " Resolved, That we unanimous- ly indorse the candidacy of our fellow member, William J. Glenn, for doorkeeper of the house of representatives of the fifty-fourth congress, and, for his long and faithful service to the party, we are gratified to know that he is the unanimous choice of the Republican representatives of this state." At the opening of Congress in December, 1895, Mr. Glenn was elected as door- keeper of the National House of Representatives, a position which carries much influence. Mr. Glenn is also proprietor of the Cuba Patriot.

Royal H. Grady, son of William Grady, a carpenter and builder, who came to Cuba from Albany in 1834 and died in 1878, was born in Cuba Aug. 6, 1841. He learned the trade of carpenter of his father, and has since been a contractor and builder. He married Augusta J. Smith and had 6 children, 4 of whom are living. Mr. Grady enlisted in the 28th N. Y. as musi- cian and served 15 months. He is a member of S. T. Bartle Post, No. 183, G. A. R., and holds the office of adjutant ; also secretary in Allegany County G. A. R. Association. He has been president of the fire department several years, and is foreman of Rescue Hose Co. No. I, also life member of the State Firemen's Association of New York.

Rev. James Griffin, son of Patrick and Jane (Holleran) Griffin, was born in West Almond, Feb. 2, 1856. His education was acquired at the public schools and St. Bonaventure College

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and Seminary, where he was graduated in 1882. He commenced ministrations at once at Rex- ville, and after 7 months, in 1883 was stationed at Horseheads, and did excellent service there until 1889 when he came to Cuba as pastor of the church of Our Lady of Angels, and had charge also of the congregations at Bolivar and Friendship. June 21, 1895. he was called to Bath to take charge of the important Catholic church at that place. His residence at Cuba was a highly profitable one for the church. " As a pastor Father Griffin has been loved by his church and as a citizen he has won respect." He was succeeded as pastor at Cuba by Rev. John J. Rogers.

Charles Guilford, son of Samuel A. and Irene (Harrison) Guilford, was born in Friendship, July 28, 1833, and his parents came to Cuba in the fall of 1833. His grandfather, Samuel Guil- ford, came to Belfast with an ox and a horse team about 1820 from Ontario Co. with a large family of children. Samuel A. Guilford for many years operated what was known as Smith's gristmill. He is now living with his son Charles. His wife died in May, 1869. Their children were Charles, Roxa (Mrs. S. P. Swift), Anna M. (Mrs. O. S. Vreeland) and Rolla F. (dec). Charles Guilford attended Alfred Academy and taught school two winters. He early began life as a farmer and continued it as his vocation for many years. He was highway commis- sioner in 1870, and supervisor in 1871, '72, '79, '80, '81 and '82. For five years he was president of the Cuba Agricultural Society and for 16 years one of its directors. September 11, 1855, he married Emma J., adopted daughter of A. M. Scott of Cuba, and their children are Roy (dec.), Lizzie I. (dec.), Hattie M., C. Ross, Jennie (dec.), Harry, Simon and Olive. Mr. Guilford is lib- eral in religious belief, and has always been a Republican.

Jefferson German Halsted, son of Theodore and Hannah (Hart) Halsted, was born June 13, 1826, in Cuba. His father removed there in 1824 or '25, and settled in the southeast part of the town. Theodore Halsted was always a farmer and for awhile was engaged in lumbering, and died here in 1867. He was prominent in town affairs. Jefferson G. Halsted resided on the homestead farm until 1858, when he moved to his present farm. In August, 1851, he married Frances A., daughter of Joseph and Abby Ann Gallup, of Cuba. (Mrs. Halsted was born in Pennsylvania, Oct. 24, 1833.) Their children were Sibyl, George H., Elizabeth A. (dec.), Charles J., Fred M., Thomas J., J. Albert, Adella (dec.), Roxa (dec.), Stella, Emma Ann (dec.), and Cora P. Mr. Halsted has been road commissioner and justice of the peace, and in 1892 was excise commissioner. He is a firm Prohibitionist.

Francis Eugene Hammond, son of Horatio N. (born June 24, 1812), and Sophia L. (Ben- nett) Hammond, was born in Rushford, June 9, 1841, on the farm where his mother was born in 1815. Horatio N. came with his parents to Rushford from Cayuga county in 1814. His father, John, born in Saratoga county was a surveyor and a Grand Master of the Masonic fra- ternity of this state, and himself officiated in the marriage ceremony at Horatio's wedding. The Bennetts were New Englanders. Francis E. Hammond was graduated from Rushford Academy in June, 1863, taught school from the age of 16 to 23. He has been an oil operator since 1865, and for 15 years was an oil operator while living near Oil City, Pa. In 1880 he made his home on his present farm in North Cuba. In 1892 he sold his oil interests in Pennsyl- vania, retaining his Allegany county holdings. Mr. Hammond was supervisor in 1885, '86, '87 and '88. He was the first nominee made by the People's party for Congress in the 34th dis- trict of New York, receiving over 2,000 votes. He married in September, 1867, Emma L., daughter of David and Lodensy (Butterfield) Scott of Cuba. Their children are Victor Hugo, Virgil Scott (dec.), Eugene Lynn, Cleo Nelson, Haidee Florizel, Halley Waldo and Evangeline.

Lemuel Tryon Hendryx was born in Cuba, May 14, 1851. His grandfather, Nathan, born in Georgetown, Madison county, in 1772, came to Cuba in 1835. He was a carpenter, and died Feb. 21, 1858. He married Aminda Webber, born in 1791, died Feb. 19, 1872. His son, James, born Aug. 28, 1820, at Woodstock, Madison county, came to Cuba with his parents. He was a farmer and a staunch Democrat. He married, first, February, 1843, Cynthia, daughter of Isaac Sibley of Cuba. They had one son, Albert Van Buren, born March 18, 1847. Mrs. Cynthia Hendryx was born March 18, 1823, and died June 8, 1847. James Hendryx married, second, June 18, 1850, Eunice, daughter of Lemuel and Lydia (Forbes) Tryon, born Jan. 21, 1825. She died Feb. 1, 1887. Their children were Lemuel T., Fred H., born Dec. 18, 1856, died Sept. 11, 1879; Alberty, born Aug. 26, 1859, died Jan. 9, 1861; Winthrop C., born July 20. 1861; Daton Ellsworth, born Sept. 15, 1863, and Jay Gardner, born Nov. 10, 1865. James Hendryx died at Cuba Oct. 25, 1875. Lemuel T. Hendryx was reared a farmer, and about 1870 began buying and shipping cattle, which business he has since followed. He has been excise commissioner several years, and in politics is a Democrat. Dec. 20. 1870, he married Anna E., daughter of Franklin and Martha (Hampton) Buckman. They have had no children. Daton E. Hendryx married Rose Rock of Belfast, Oct. 27, 1885. He resides in Cuba. Jay G. Hendryx married Ella Hill of Cuba, March 10, 1887. Children, Daton Frank, born Sept. 27, 1888, and George, born Feb. 13, 1890.

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Sylvester John Ingalls, son of John W. and Elizabeth (Marshall) Ingalls, was born in Cuba Jan. 15, 1835, on his present farm. John W. Ingalls (born Dec. 31, 1806) and Elizabeth Mar- shall (born June 8, 1804, died Feb. 8, 1887), were married Sept. 1, 1828, and came to Cuba in the winter and settled on the farm now owned by S. J. Ingalls. Their children were Hibbard (dec.), Clementina, Amanda, Elizabeth M., Sylvester J., Frederick M., Orpha Jane (dec.), Charles H.(dec.), Samuel H. (dec.), Oscar H. and Emma (dec.). Sylvester J. Ingalls married Oct. 24, 1859, Diana C., daughter of Daniel and Mary V. (Buell) Vaughan of New Hudson. She was born June 28, 1829. Daniel Vaughan died in 1884, his wife Sept. 6, 1842. The children of S. J. In- galls are Leon C. (married Nov. 26, 1889, Jessie Pugh and has children Earl C. and Edith E.), Leason F. (married Nov. 4, 1886, Flora A. Sill,) Grant (married Oct. 27, 1892, Lottie Wakefield. Child, Harry Floyd,) and Edith E. (married Oct. 17, 1886, George W. St. John of Illinois, who has children Tracy G. and Leota E.). Mr. Ingalls is a prosperous farmer at North Cuba.

Samuel Ingalls and wife, Margaret Delmo, came from Canada to Cuba among the very first settlers. Aaron Ingalls came about 1827 and settled on a farm adjoining Charles Guil- ford's. He died in February, 1886, and his wife in July, 1857. Their children were Philetus D., Benjamin, Margaret M., Sally M. (dec.), Frank, Emma Jane and Ann Duain (dec.), twins, Amelia O. and Mary (dec.).

Andrew and Christopher Keller, brothers, came from Georgetown, Pa., to Cuba about 1822, took up lots of wild land on what is now known as Keller Hiil. Andrew Keller had II children, only one survives, Calvin of Portville. James Keller, son of Andrew, married Nancy Wirt and settled on the old homestead farm and at the time of his death resided with his son Edson H. His children are Frances (Mrs. Clark Lines of Spring Brook), Flora (Mrs. George Weltz of Auburn), Melton B. of Olean, Hattie (Mrs. A. T. Eaton of Olean), Marriette (Mrs. John Barton of Olean), Helen (Mrs. Wallace Groves of Friendship) and Edson H., who enlisted in Co. B, 23d Regt. N. Y. V. in April, 1861, and had served 2 years when he re-enlisted in Co. H, 2d Regt. N. Y. Mounted Rifles in 1863 as commissary sergeant and was discharged in Sep- tember, 1865. He married Mary Crosby, and settled in Cuba. He has been in the tinsmith business, and was in the hardware trade for 7 years. His wife died leaving 2 children, Sarah (Mrs. H. S. Wagoner of East Aurora) and Arthur. His second wife was Anna Hall. They have 2 children, William H. and Harry E. Mr. Keller is a member of S. T. Bartle Post, 183, a member of Cuba Lodge 306, F. & A. M., Valley Point Chapter, No. 232, R. A. M., St. Johns Commandery, No. 24, K. T. of Olean.

Fred Adell Keller, son of Enos and Mandana (Wesler) Keller, was born on Keller Hill in Hinsdale, Cattaraugus county, Jan. 17, 1859. Christopher Keller, his grandfather moved to Kel- ler Hill, 3 miles from Cuba village, was the first settler there and the hill received its name from him. Enos Keller removed to a farm in Cuba in the fall of 1882, where he now lives, but still owns his farm in Cattaraugus county. Fred A. Keller came to Cuba in 1884, and to his present farm at North Cuba in 1887. March 12, 1884, he married Ophelia, daughter of George and Martha (Johnson) Amsden of Jackson Hill, Cuba. Their son George G. was born Jan. 1, 1886. Mr. Keller is a Republican in politics.

Ora D. Kinney was born June 3, 1828, in Madison county, N. Y. In 1851 he married Miss Margaret Jordan, a daughter of James and Catharine Jordan of Cuba. They had 5 chil- dren : Arthur J., Eva Florence (dec.), Carrie E., Ida May (dec.), and Florence. Mrs. Kinney died August 30, 1879. January 3, 1881, he married, second, Mrs. Margaret McDougal of Cuba. Mr. Kinney kept a hotel in Clarksville for 3 years, and the Kinney House at Belfast 212 years. He came to Cuba May 1, 1885, and was proprietor of the Kinney House until his death, Nov. 4, 1886. Since then the house has been kept by his widow and his son Arthur, who was born Oct. 28, 1851. This house (Hotel Kinney) is one of the finest in Allegany county. The rooms

are exceptionally neat and spacious, 25 of which are used for transients. At the time of Mr. Kinney's death the house was unfinished but has since been completed by Mrs. Kinney and his son Arthur, who has had the management and assumed its entire supervision, and who during the past year has expended in improvements over $3,000.

David Kirkpatrick. The name Kirkpatrick is old in Scottish history. The family possessed estates in Nithsdale in the 9th century, the first on record being Ivone Kirkpatrick, a witness to the charter of Robert Bruce. A descendant, Thomas, was created Baronet of Nova Scotia in 1686. The coat of arms bears a dagger in pale distilling drops of blood, with motto : " I make sure." Alexander, who came to America in 1736 and settled in New Jersey was the first American emigrant of this branch. Among his descendants was Alexander, grandfather of David and brother of Chief Justice Andrew and Captain David. Third among his 13 children was John, who married Mary, daughter of David Ayers, and died Dec. 11, 1855. Children : William A., Elizabeth, Hannah A., Ira, Sarah C., Samuel A., and David, who came to Friend- ship with their parents in 1822, and Walter and Mary Jane born here. Mrs. John Kirkpatrick died in Cuba, whither she came with her husband in 1844, Dec. 19, 1862. John Kirkpatrick, a

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miller, for several years operated gristmills in Friendship, Cuba, Angelica, Richburg, and Franklinville. He held several town offices. Walter Kirkpatrick in 1846 went to Wisconsin, where he now resides. William Kirkpatrick was born in New Jersey in 1809, came to Cuba in 1835, and died in 1890. With Gen. C. T. Chamberlain he built in 1844 a gristmill on the site of the Phelps & Sibley mill. This was burned in 1878. He was a railroad and canal contractor and for many years was superintendent of the Genesee Valley canal. David Kirkpatrick, born in Romulus, Seneca Co., Dec. 29, 1820, from childhood worked in his father's mills and from May, 1850, for 9 years was foreman on the Erie railroad. He then was for 23 years track supervisor on the Western and Buffalo divisions. July 12, 1881, he became superintendent of the building of the T. V. & C. railroad from Cuba to Attica. From 1867 until 1881 he resided in Attica. Since 1882 he has lived an unostentatious life in Cuba village. Possessed of a remarkably retentive memory Mr. Kirkpatrick is a mine of wealth to the historian and his quaint anecdotes spice the dry details of statistics with humor. Sept. 20, 1849, he married Joanna, daughter of Philip T. and Arrabella (Rafter) Armstrong of Cuba. Their only child, Arrabella E., born Jan. 3, 1854, married Henry O. Wait, of Salamanca, president of the First National Bank and treasurer of Cattaraugus county. A Democrat in politics Mr. Kirkpatrick has been a public spirited citizen encouraging every local improvement, and village trustee several years.

Frederic Dillon Lyman, son of Dillon T. and Margaret (Weber) Lyman, was born in Warren, Herkimer Co., June 5, 1839. Dillon T. came to Cuba April 5, 1865, moved to Friend- ship in 1876, from there to Angelica in May, 1891. His children are Julia E. (Mrs. Sanford Getman), F. D., Emily W. (Mrs. J. A. Miller), Jennie A. (Mrs. Frank Dean) and Maria E. (Mrs. Johnson Dey). Frederick D. Lyman settled on a farm on Jackson Hill in Cuba March 24, 1865, and in February, 1866, located on his present farm. April 24, 1861, he enlisted at Utica in Co. E, 14th N. Y. Vol. Infantry for 2 years, and was mustered out with the Reg't at Utica, May 24, 1863. He was in 7 engagements and became corporal. He married, Feb. 22, 1865, Clara E., daughter of Jedediah and Mary J. (Kinne) Tillinghast, who was born in Frankfort, Herkimer Co., Oct. 20, 1843.

George Spencer Marsh, son of George Stillman and Charlotte Cecelia (Fields) Marsh, was born Sept. 23, 1847, in Rushford. Otis Marsh, his grandfather, came from Vermont to New Hudson early and died there. George Stillman Marsh came with him and with his wife is still living where his father first settled. Their children are George S., Elizabeth, Henry, Otis and Mary. George S. Marsh was 2 years in Oil City, Pa., and upon returning to Rushford engaged in cheesemaking. In 1880 he came to Cuba and built a factory, from which he produced annually from 150,000 to 175,000 lbs. of cheese, this being the product of about 500 cows. His cheese is acknowledged to be one of the best makes in the county. January 1, 1872, Mr. Marsh married Laura Elizabeth, daughter of Asa B. and Elizabeth (Rose) Smith of Rushford. Mr. Marsh enlisted Oct. 4, 1864, in Co. F, 189th N. Y., and served until the close of the war. He is a member and for 3 years was secretary of Cuba Lodge, No. 306, F. & A. M., and a member of Cuba Chapter, No. 232, R. A. M.

Darius D. Miner was born in Berkshire Co., Mass. He married Catharine Perkins and had 3 sons, Darius P., who lives in Iowa, William P., who resides at Portville and Clinton H. of Cuba. After a residence in Prattsburg, N. Y., and Elk Co., Pa., in 1849, D. D. Miner came to Clarksville and was engaged in farming. Clinton H. Miner was born Dec. 17, 1843, in Pennsylvania. In 1862, August I, he enlisted in Co. A, 136th regiment, N. Y. V. where he held the office of corporal, and was severely wounded at the battle of Gettysburg and for I year was unable to perform military duty. He was honorably discharged in June, 1865. He is a member of Stephen D. Bartle Post, G. A. R., No. 183, and has been 5 times commander. In 1868 he married Mary H. Jordan, they had one child, Archie, who died when 10 years old. After the close of the war Mr. Miner resided in Clarksville and was engaged in agriculture until 1890 when he moved to Cuba. He was elected justice of the peace in 1891, and held the office one term in Clarksville. He is a member of the K. O. T M. Tent, No. 12. He has been superintendent of the Presbyterian Sabbath school since Jan. 1, 1893, and was ordained as an elder of that church in April, 1895.

Merritt Millett, son of Ephraim and Rachel (Graham) Millett, was born in Cuba, Oct. 31, 1845. His grandfather Alexander Millett came to Belfast in 1837. He was a farmer and died in 1864, his wife about 1849. Ephraim Millett was born near Rochester Nov. 27, 1819. He was a farmer, and a cooper by trade and always pursued that occupation. He married in 1842 and removed to Cuba that year. His children were Eliza, Merritt and Ellen. Merritt Millett early in life was engaged with his father in making cheese boxes, then for 16 years worked for the Smith estate in Cuba. In January, 1887, he went into the livery business in Cuba. Like his father he was a Republican. Mr. Millett married Dell Middaugh in 1894. He died at his home in Cuba Aug. 1, 1895, after a short illness.

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Col. Samuel H. Morgan, an early settler of the county, was a member of that Vermont fami- ly which is noted as the breeders and originators of the celebrated Morgan horses. He was born in Vermont in 1786, married, in Rutland, Lucy Culver, and with his young wife came to Rushford in 1810, and to the northwest corner of Cuba township, at the head of the reservoir, a year or so subsequently, and here made their permanent home. Colonel Morgan died in 1843, his widow in 1861. He was one well fitted for pioneer life, acquired his title from commission in the militia, and was a keen and successful business man. His children were Samuel (dec.), Charles, in Wisconsin, Conley M., Harriet (Mrs. J. Medbury), Lucia (Mrs. Freeman Sibley), Henry (dec.), Carter H. and Sybil, died young. He has many descendants. Mrs. Samuel Mor- gan lives on part of the old homestead. Conley M. lives one mile north of Cuba village ; Mrs. Medbury and Mrs. Sibley live on farms adjacent to him in the neighborhood of North Cuba. Samuel, born in 1812, died in 1886, married Catharine Scott. Four of their 7 children are liv- ing. Hon. Samuel H. Morgan, the only one living here, resides in Cuba village. He was born in 1845, educated at Alfred University, when 24 left the farm for clerkships, first in North Cuba store, next, in 1869, in Cuba Banking Co., was here one year clerk, one year assistant cashier, then cashier till his resignation in 1880. During this time he served on the board of education 6 years. In 1879 he was elected to the state assembly from Allegany county, and re-elected in 1880. He was on several important committees, the most prominent one being that special one on "Corporation Taxes." Since 1880 he has built railroads and water works on contract, and owns franchises in Cayuga and Broome counties. Henry C. Morgan, son of Conley M., suc- ceeded Samuel H. Morgan as cashier in the bank.

Edward O'Malley, son of Thomas O'Malley, was born Aug. 15, 1847, near Hamilton, Can- ada. In 1851 his father moved to Castleton, Vt., where he resided for a few years, then came to Warsaw, N. Y. September 20, 1862, Edward enlisted in Co. E, 136th N. Y., and served until June, 1865, when he was honorably discharged. He participated in 23 battles. He is a member of S. T. Bartle Post, No. 183, G. A. R., and has been its commander I year. After the war he returned to Warsaw, learned the marble cutter's trade, and in 1868 went to Spring- field, Ill., and cut stone for the state capitol. In 1870 he located in Cuba and was foreman in W. H. Bartholomew's marble shop for II years. In 1882 he went into business for himself and is now the largest marble dealer in the county. He is a member of Cuba Lodge, No. 306, F. & A. M. In 1895 he was appointed loan commissioner of Allegany county. Mr. O'Malley married, in 1872, Henrietta Platt, and has three children, Harry, Ross and Margaret.

John Ormiston came from Scotland to St. Lawrence Co. in July, 1856, and in November, 1857, removed to Cuba to the farm now owned by Ormiston Brothers, his sons, known as the Valley Point Stock Farm. He married Mary Davidson ih Scotland where their children were born. Jannett (dec.) and Walter (twins), John, George, James, William and Elizabeth. Walter came to St. Lawrence Co. in 1852 and resides there. Mrs. Ormiston died January 1I, 1886, and in July, 1892, Mr. Ormiston was in his 94th year. James Ormiston, born June. 7, 1840, and William, born Nov. 11, 1844, under firm name of Ormiston Brothers began breeding thor- oughbred Ayrshire cattle about 1874, starting with a purchase of 6 head. Their herd in 1892 numbered 57, and all were registered. Their cow "May Morn " was a prize winner in Scotland. Canada and the United States. At St. Louis in 1882 and '83 they received most of the single prizes on Ayrshire stock, and also the sweepstakes for the best Ayrshire of any age or sex. The secretary of the St. Louis Exposition in 1883 was deputized by the officers to say to the Ormiston Brothers that they had shown the best herd of Ayrshires ever exhibited in St. Louis or the state of Missouri. Among their bulls were "Emperor " and " Mars First," the latter of whom probably took more prizes than any bull before or since. In two years the firm received over 160 prizes at state fairs.

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A Centennial Memorial History of Allegany county, New York, Part 116

Author: Minard, John Stearns, 1834-1920; Merrill, Georgia Drew Publication date: 1896 Publisher: Alfred, N.Y., W. A. Fergusson & co. Number of Pages: 1102

Author: Minard, John Stearns, 1834-1920; Merrill, Georgia Drew
Publication date: 1896
Publisher: Alfred, N.Y., W. A. Fergusson & co.
Number of Pages: 1102