A Centennial Memorial History of Allegany county, New York, Part 123

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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PHYSICIANS .- The first one in the town was Dr. Enoch Maxson who must have come as early as 1829 and was for several years the only physi- cian between Friendship and Olean. In the early forties he removed to Iowa. Since then there have been located in the town Drs. Sheffield Green, Clark Bailey, Edwin Burdick and Henry P. Saunders at Little Genesee; R. P. Stevens, C. D. Thompson, J. P. Boothe (for thirty years) Dorr Cutler, T. Ledyard, dentist, and perhaps others at Ceres. Of Genesee's sons there have entered the medical profession: Dr. Stephen Maxson deceased; Drs. W. W. Crandall located at Wellsville, J. C. Young at Cuba, H. R. Maxson at Nortonville, Kan., Delos Barber in California, A. E. Burdick at Manistique, Mich., O. E. Burdick at Ceres, N. Y., and Byron Cranston at Rudolph, Ohio

MILITARY LIST .- When, in 1861, the " War of the Rebellion " broke out, Genesee's "boys " with loyal patriotism responded to the call for troops. With a population of 963 in 1860, 130 of Genesee's citizens entered the ser- vice during the war; several families sending all their sons, numbering from one to five, and many families the husband and father to the defense of the Union. We give the names and regiments as found in the town record:

EIGHTY-FIFTH N. Y .- Hiram A. Adams, Everett Ackerman, Delos Barber, Edwin Beck- with, James S. Bissell, Gilbert Bixby, Jacob E. Brock, Addison A. Burdick, Silas G. Burdick, Henry C. Coleman, J. Marshall Crandall, Marcus M. Crandall, Floyd M. Crandall, George H. Case, Walter Crandall, Everett N. Crandall, Alphonso Childs, Joel B. Crandall, Lyman Dem- ing, Edwin Doane, Edwin C. Foster, Hiram Grow, Henry C. Hall, Arthur J. Hall, Milford D. Hall, Martin Hill, John Holly, Corydon Humphrey, Geo. Hadwin Irish, Wm. H. Jennings, Orson Lackey, Gurdon W. Lane, Ralph C. Langworthy, John Langworthy, Israel T. Lewis, Daniel Loop, Edwin Lucas, Thomas U. Martin, Marshal L. Maxson, Marion M. Maxson, Henry R. Maxson, Phineas V. Maxson, Joseph Maxwell, Horton M. Murphy, Isaac R. Parker, Wm. H. Perry, Hosea Palmer, Lyman O. Slade, Isaac R. Spencer, Wm. H. Stillman, Joseph D. Stillman, Albino R. Stone, I. Howard Stone, Charles Velie, Jared Wales, Winfield S. Wells, Fayette Withey, Phineas Woodmancy. TWENTY-SEVENTH N. Y .- Daniel B. Baxter, Charles Berry, William B. Bliss, Albert B. Champlin, Sebeus B. Coon, Delos Cornwall, John H. Cran- dall, M. Stillman Cranston, Dudley Dennison, Joseph B. Howe, Warren W. Jaques, Lafayette Jaques, Clinton R. Lewis, Henry D. Lewis, Winfield Quigley, Jerry K. Redding, John W. Stan- ton, George L. Utter, Daniel G. Weymar. ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-NINTH N. Y .- Webster W. Cole, Joseph C. Cole, William Crandall, Thomas G. Crandall, Almond Robinson, Chandler R. Spencer. ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-EIGHTH, N. Y .- James A. Swarthout, Henry D. Green. ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-FOURTH N. Y .- Martin V. Champlin, Augustus Franklin Keyes, Har- ris Lamb, Seymour Sykes, Wm. Spencer Tift. ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SIXTH N. Y .- An- drew B. Brown, George H. Crandall, Frederick R. Spencer, Israel P. Spencer, W. Wallace Stannard. ONE HUNDRED NINTH Y. Y .- Benj. Delmage, Palmer Hewitt, Chas. Henry Wales. ONE HUNDRED FORTY-SEVENTH N. Y .- James M. Kellar. ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-THIRD N. Y .- Orville P. Dana. ONE HUNDRED FORTIETH N. Y .- Edgar W. Wells. ONE HUN- DRED FIFTH N. Y .- Julius J. Call. NINETY-EIGHTH N. Y .- Phineas Woodmancy. SEVENTY- FIRST N. Y .- Alvah S. Langley. FIFTY-SECOND N. Y .- Orson F. Maxson. TWENTY-THIRD N. Y .- Albert R. Crandall, James Hall, Morton L. Spencer, Frank M. Van Wormer. SECOND N. Y .- Luther J. Austin. FIRST N. Y. RIFLES .- Wm. Nelson Maxson. TWELFTH N. Y. CAVALRY .- John S. Champlin, Lewis Champlin, Allen Squire Hanks, Orson F. Keyes, Z. Pren tice Maxson, Amos Parsons, H. Riley Smith. FIFTH N. Y. CAVALRY .- George R. Brown- Eli P. Brown. SECOND N. Y. CAVALRY .- Wm. Henry Hall. 108TH PENN .- Wright C.,

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White. 190TH PENN .- Floyd Holly. IST PENN. RIFLES .- L. Byron Danforth, Chas. M. Austin. Regiment not given, Edward McDonald, Geo. A. Whitford, Morton D. Crandall. NAVY .- Dewane D. Babcock.

Of this number four were killed in battle; Marcus M. Crandall and Orson Lackey at Fair Oaks, Martin V. Champlin at Chancellorsville and Wm. N. Maxson at South Mountain. 14 suffered death at Andersonville: Addison A. Burdick, James S. Bissell. J. Marshall Crandall, Alphonso Childs, Lyman Denning, Geo. Hadwin Irish, Orson F. Keyes, Gurdon W. Lane, Joseph Maxwell, Hosea Palmer, Isaac R. Parker, Henry C. Rogers; Jared Wales, Chas. Henry Wales. Three died at Florence after being transferred from Andersonville; Floyd M. Crandall, Marion M. Maxson and Wm. H. Jennings. 13 died in hospitals of wounds or disease: Everett Ackerman, Wm. B. Bliss, Andrew B. Brown, Eli P. Brown, Julius J. Call. Lewis Champlin. Corydon Humphrey, Augustus F. Keyes, Edwin Lucas, Edward J. McDonald, Sey- mour Sykes, Chandler R. Spencer, Phineas Woodmancy. George R. Brown died at home while on a furlough and Milford D. Hall died at Elmira on his way home after being discharged at the close of the war. Many other "Gen- esee boys " who had been in employment in other places long enough to gain a residence there were also to be found in the ranks.

33 non-residents also represented the town, either as substitutes or in response to the towns offer of $300 for each volunteer to fill the quota under the call of the President made Oct. 17, 1863. Of most of these there is no record except the names, which are: Wm. H. Brightman, Chas. Bennett, Wm. Brown, David Class, Daniel Carlos, David Clark, Frank S. Dimond, John East, Alvin W. Kinney (who died at Andersonville), Henry Kirby, Richard Mattison, Clem Langworthy, James McMann, Patrick McDonald, Chas. Malizen, Jas. S. McCarty, Michael McGreevy, Sam'l McIntyre, Thos. Mc- Henry, Edward Nichols, Louis Phillips, Samuel Pollock, Peter Rockafeller, Kingsley I. Snyder, Jas. Shawley, Harmon Smith, Joseph Tarball, Wm. H. Van Wormer, Franklin B. Woodhiser, Henry Winship, Ransom Winters, George Wakely, Miner Wyckoff.

The first town meeting was held at the house of Benj. Maxson, April 27, 1830. The first town officers were: Benj. Maxson, supervisor; David Maxson, clerk; John Bell, Geo. W. Kenyon and Wm Hooker, asessors; Jabez Burdick, collector; Horace H. Wilson and Riverious Hooker, com. of high- ways; Joseph Maxson and Joseph Wells, overseers of the poor; Joel Crandall, Rowland Coon and Edwin Stillman, com. of common schools; Henry P. Green, Joel Maxson and Geo. W. Kenyon, inspectors of common schools; Jabez Bur- dick, Norry Hooker and Daniel Carr, constables; Ethan Kenyon, Joel Max- son, John L. Slayton and James Waterbury, justices.

SUPERVISORS .- Benj. Maxson, 1830 ; Hiram Wilson, 1831, '32 ; Wm. P. Langworthy, 1833, '34, '35, '39, '40, '47 ; Daniel Edwards, 1836, '37, '38, '67, '68 ; John Edwards, 1841 ; Asa A. Langworthy, 1842, '43, '44 ; Albert B. Crandall, 1845, '46, '52, '65, '66 ; Ralph H. Adams, 1849, '50, '51, '53 ; Alonzo B. Coon, 1854, '63, '64 ; Alexander H. Main, 1855 ; Francis W. Prindle, 1856, '57, '58; E. R. Crandall, 1859, '60, '87, '88 ; W. L. Bowler, 1861, '62 ; Walter Crandall, 1869, '70; A. N. Carpenter, 1871, '72 ; Thos. H. Green, 1873, '74 ; John J. Smith, 1875, '76, '89, '90 ; John H. Crandall, 1877, '78; Isaac Prosser, 1879, '80 ; H. A. Rose, 1881, '82 ;

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Foster S. Dickinson, 1883, '84 ; James H. Crandall, 1885, '86 ; Wm. R. Hill, 1891, '92 ; Irwin S. Bellamy, 1893, '94, '95.

OFFICERS FOR 1895 .- Supervisor, Irvin S. Bellamy ; clerk, Horace G. Prindle ; justices, E. R. Crandall, C. A. Warner, Myron Irish, H. G. Prindle ; assessors, George D. Monger, Thos. H. Brown, James B. Gray ; collector, C. S. Jaques ; com. of highways, Edwin Howard ; in spectors of elections, Charles W. Fairbank, Thos. G. Crandall, E. B. Adams, E. R. Smith ; constables, Welcome R. Maxson, Marcus E. Slade, Cortland S. Jaques, Albert E. Yapp, John Holley ; excise commissioners, Edwin C. Foster, Albert K. Crandall, Joel P. Stillman.

Genesee has once, during the fifties, been represented in the state leg- islative halls, by A. H. Main, assemblyman.

There are seven school districts, to which is apportionedin 1896 $865.36, as follows: Dist. 1, $255.82; Dist. 2, $1.92; Dist. 3, $114.83; Dist. 4, $113.30 Dist.5, $120.30; Dist. 6. $247.44; Dist. 7, $11.75.

SOMETHING OF THE PEOPLE .- David Almy was born in Washington county in 1797. He came with his father, Chas. Almy, to Onondaga county, town of Spafford in 1802. He married Lydia, a daughter of Josiah Streeter. They had 3 children, Caroline, who married Worden Babcock and died in 1874, Alexander S. of Ceres, and Jewett, who died in 1855. David Almy died in Ceres in 1888 at the home of his son Alexander, where he had lived since 1881, coming from Richburg where he settled in 1849. Alexander S. Almy was born in Spaf- ford April 3, 1823. In 1844 he married Christiana J. Buffington, and in 1849 came to Rich- burg where he worked at carpenter work for several years. In 1868 he moved to Ceres and has since been engaged in manufacturing and repairing of wagons. Mr. Almy has 3 children, George B., Mary O., wife of E. L. Nichoson, and Jewett B.

John W. Austin was born in 1816 in Chenango county, In 1818 his father Luther came to that part of Friendship now Wirt, and settled near the center, and made the first clearing on the farm. In 1820 he moved to Bolivar, and, in company with others, built the first sawmill in that town. Mr. Austin married Louisa Nichols. They had 5 children. He has resided in Ceres since 1840. His principal business has been that of mill building. He has served as justice of the peace for over 30 years.

Thomas H. Brown, son of Rev. Thomas B. and Margaret A. (Sanderson) Brown, was born Oct. 23, 1853, in New York City. In May, 1854, his father became pastor of the Seventh Day Baptist church at Little Genesee and ."labored for that church until May, 1877." In 1880, September 20, Thomas H. Brown married Amanda E., daughter of William Ennis. They have three children, Sue, Elizabeth W., and William E. Mr. Brown is one of the assessors of the town.

Benjamin F. Burdick, son of Daniel, was born in Lincklaen, N. Y., Sept. 30, 1820. In 1836 he came to Almond. In 1847 he married Julia A., daughter of Joel Crandall, and has since resided in Genesee. Mrs. Burdick died March 24, 1891. Of their 7 children now survive, Al- berne H. (living in New Jersey), Ormond E. (a physician in Genesee), and Agnes L. Margaret B. died Aug. 21, 1895.

Daniel M. Burdick, son of Daniel, was born August 15, 1813, in Lincoln, Chenango Co. After receiving a common school education he taught a few terms of school, then attended Alfred University, and while there received a state certificate to teach. He has taught 50 terms, his first one when 20, his last one when 72 years old. In 1837 he married Sally A. Maxson and settled in Genesee, where the family now resides. Their children were Daniel O. (dec.), Addi- son A. (he was in the 85th N. Y. and died at Andersonville prison Oct. 13, 1864), Rudolphus, Oscar M. and Mary C. (Mrs. Charles E. Saunders, a graduate of Alfred University).

Prof. Oscar M. Burdick, son of Daniel M. and Sallie A. (Maxson) Burdick, was born Dec. 2, 1855, in Genesee. He attended Alfred University, has taught 38 terms of school, and was principal of the Allentown High School from 1891 to 1895. In April, 1888, Professor Burdick married Eva M., daughter of Sebeus B. Coon. Their children are Leon M. and Raymond C. Professor Burdick is a member of the Seventh Day Baptist church of Genesee.

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William L. Bowler, president of the First National Bank of Friendship, son of William D. Bowler, was born in Hopkinton, R. I., March 23, 1819. In 1834 he came to Alfred where he remained for a year and a half working on a farm. April 18, 1836, he came to Genesee and worked principally at farming until 1840, when he went into lumbering and continued in that business for 30 years. He rafted lumber to Cincinnati and other places on the Ohio and Mis- sissippi rivers. Since then he has devoted himself to farming. He has been supervisor 2 years. In 1841 Mr. Bowler married Elizabeth F., daughter of Paul Ennis. Their children are Anna E., Lorana A. (dec.), Mary E., Addis E., William F., Mary L. (dec). The family are members of the Seventh Day Baptist church.

Edon P. Burdick, son of Daniel and Betsy (Stillman) Burdick, was born Dec. 13, 1818. In 1836 he went with his mother to Almond, and after working on a farm for two years, he came to Genesee and leased farms for a few years when he purchased the one where he has since re- sided. In 1842 he married Emeline H., daughter of Joel Crandall. She died Sept. 23, 1863. Six of their 9 children are living : Everett E., Marcellus O., Ophelia (Mrs. J. B. Prindle), Walter, Thomas and Fred W., who resides in Olean. The others live in Genesee. The family are members of the Seventh-day Baptist church. September 19, 1883, Mr. Burdick married Phebe J. (Stillman) Crandall.

Henry C. Champlin, a native of Hopkinton, R. I., came, about 1825 when a young man, to Almond, where he married Sarah A., daughter of Christopher and Louise Saunders. About 1832 he moved to Genesee, and settled on Dodge's Creek where he remained two years, when he moved to the farm now owned by his son, John S. Champlin. Mr. Champlin resided on his farm until his death in 1847. His wife died in 1888. They had 9 children. John S. Champlin, son of Henry C. and Sarah A. (Saunders) Champlin, was born in Genesee, Dec. 1, 1838. In 1866 he married Esther A., daughter of Elias and Laurette (Robinson) Adams, and settled on the place where he now resides. In 1864 he enlisted in Co. M, 12th N. Y. Cavalry and served until discharged in July, 1865. His children are Lettie (Mrs. Wallace Parsons), Winona, a teacher, Lewis A. and Frank W.

Dr. Daniel Childs, of Woodstock, Conn., in 1781 settled in Turner, Androscoggin Co., Me., where he practiced medicine many years and died in 1802. His son Daniel, Jr., was born in 1778, and when 19 married Hannah, daughter of Capt Turner. She died June 29, 1848, and he Aug. 21, 1848. Daniel Childs, Jr., had four children : Alanson (born Oct. 20, 1797, died Sept. 20, 1877), Mrs. Lauranda Noyce (born Dec. 18, 1803, died Dec. 18, 1870), Mrs. Adaline Eastman (born Oct. 12, 1816, died Oct. 12, 1863) and Daniel. Alanson married Harriet Noyce, March 23, 1824, and in November, 1829, he moved from Maine to Freedom, Catt. Co., N. Y. In 1830 he moved to Centerville, thence to Clarksville, from there to Genesee, where he resided until he died. He was a pioneer lumberman and followed that business until near 1860 when he settled down to an agricultural life. In 1860 he united with the United Brethren church, upholding that faith the remainder of his days. His wife died Nov. 16, 1893. Alanson Childs had 12 children : Ferdinand, born in Maine Feb. 19, 1825, died 1858 ; Chloe, born Oct. 24, 1827, died Dec. 4, 1878 ; Ann, born at Freedom, N. Y., Feb. 20, 1831 ; Brooksie, born March 20, 1833, died 1858; Brunell, born May II, 1835, died Oct. 14, 1893. Brunell married Elizabeth A., daughter of Geo. W. Merritt, an early settler of Genesee. He came early from Rhode Island and took active part in pioneer life. Brunnell had 5 children ; Elba A., born Feb. II, 1859, married Lizzie V., daughter of Josiah Bartlett, of Alma, N. Y., who came from Bangor, Me., in 1853, and cut the first tree in that part of Alma where he cleared a farm and lived until his death March 6, 1882. His grandfather, Josiah Bartlett, signed the Declaration of Independence. Elba A., lives in Wellsville and follows general reporting as a profession. In September, 1895 he was ap- pointed official stenographer for the county court of Allegany Co., by Hon. S. M. Norton, county judge. He has two children, Ethel A. and Alfred L. ; Herbert W. born Sept. 18, 1863, married Lizzie Taylor, of Hornellsville. They live in Lima, Ohio; Alice E., born March 10, 1871, mar- ried Willis M. Keller of Genesee ; Jessie M., born July 27, 1873, married Arthur J. Maddock of Wellsville ; Fred F., born Nov. 15, 1878. Alfonzo, born Aug. 2, 1837, died in Andersonville prison. He married Sarah, daughter of William Courtney of Clarksville; Emily, born Oct. 17, 1839, died March, 1896 ; married Norman Lebar of Clarksville. John C. Childs, son of Alanson, was born in Clarksville in 1843. He enlisted in 1861 in Co. I, 85th Regt. N. Y. S., and was taken prisoner at Plymouth, N. C., and was in prison about 11 months. He served 3 years and re-en- listed Jan. 1. 1864 and was discharged June 5, 1865. In 1867, he married Sarah W., daughter of John W. and Louisa (Nichols) Austin of Ceres. They had 2 children, Maud, wife of Earl L. Moore, and Edna, who died at the age of 4 years. Mr. Childs died Oct. 28, 1881. Alexander, born June 18, 1845, married Mrs. Alfonzo Childs, his brother's widow ; Hannah, born Sept. 20, 1848, married William B, Perry of Genesee ; Rosanna, born Jan. 24, 1850, died Feb. 12, 1854 ; Charles L. Childs, son of Alanson and Harriet (Noyce) Childs, was born May 12, 1852 in Clarks- ville. In 1871 he married Myrtle Howard and settled in Genesee. He is a farmer. His chil-

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dren are Orson C., Ada M. (dec.) Carl L., Willie (dec.), Claudie M., Edward R., Goldie L., Rosana and John.

Lewis J. Coon, a native of DeRuyter, came to Genesee about 1833 and settled near Ceres. He was a farmer and lumberman. He married Emily Kenyon. Their children were Biol O., and Rozena A. Mr. Coon died April 30. 1887. Biol O. Coon was born June 21, 1837. He at- tended Alfred University. In 1858 he married Caroline Hall. Their children are Lewis S. of Westerly, R. I., Mary L. (Mrs. Walter H. Burdick), Ida B. a teacher, and Josephine M. of Gen- esee. Mr. Coon has been highway commissioner for several years. He has dealt in all kinds of agricultural implements, in ice and sand, and has a fish hatchery of German carp, and sends fish to many parts of the United States and Canada. The family are members of the Seventh- Day Baptist church.

Sebeus B. Coon, son of Avery and Polly (Stillman) Coon, was born Dec. 2, 1834. He was a farmer and lumberman. April 25, 1861, he enlisted in Co. I, 27th Regt. N. Y. S. V., and was the first resident of the town who enlisted in the Civil War. After serving his country two years he returned and in 1865 married Sarah E., daughter of Matthew R. Maxson. He settled on the old homestead where he resided until 1892, when he moved to Little Genesee. His three children are Leone L. (Mrs. Benjamin Wilbur), Eva M. (Mrs. Oscar Burdick) and Matthew A.

Albert B., Hampton C. and William A. Crandall, sons of Sanders Crandall, came from Brookfield, Madison county, to Genesee (hired horse team to move them here), "took up " wild land and settled on Deer creek in 1833 where they made homes. Albert B. Crandall married Fanny, daughter of Ethan Stillman. He was a farmer and lumberman, conducted a large business, and had the first sawmill in the Deer creek part of the town. He was supervi- for several terms, justice of the peace and assessor. He died Feb. 15, 1881, his wife died Aug. 13, 1880. Of their ten children only two survive, Albert K. and Elnora (Mrs. A. J. Armstrong of Alfred). Marcus M. was a sergeant in Co. C, 85th N. Y., died at Fair Oaks, Va. J. M. Crandall was a soldier in same regiment and company and died in Andersonville prison; F. M. Crandall was with his brothers engaged in his country's defense and died in Florence, S. C. Albert K. Crandall was born Jan. 1, 1833, and, in 1855, married Lovisa E., daughter of Elias I., and Rachel R. (Nye) Maxson, and settled in the southwest part of the town of Genesee where he has since resided. He has been engaged in farming and lumbering. He has served as justice of the peace and assessor. His children are Francis D. and Elsie A.

Joseph S. Crandall and Ethan P. Crandall, sons of Augustus and Thankful (Saunders) Crandall, were natives of Rhode Island, and came to Genesee from Madison and Otsego coun- ties in 1830, and located at West Genesee where they cleared up their farms and made homes. Joseph S. Crandall married Olive, daughter of Samuel H. Coon, of their family of 9 children 6 survive. Olive J. (Mrs. Samuel Champlin of Alfred), Narcissa L. (Mrs. Green Champlin of Alfred), Samuel H. of Bolivar, Cornelia A. (Mrs. Isaac Prosser of Genesee), Jeanett (Mrs. James Coon of Old Milton, Wis.) and Edwin M. of Milton Junction, Wis. Mr. Crandall moved to Christiana, Wis., in 1854, where he died in 1873, his wife died in October, 1872. Ethan P. Crandall was born in 1800. He married Electa E. Maxson. Of their three children, two sur- vive, Charles M. of Portville, and Joel A. Mr. Ethan Crandall was prominent in the Seventh Day Baptist church of West Genesee. He died in 1877 and his wife in 1883. Joel A. Cran- dall, son of Ethan, married Jennette E., daughter of William R. and Abbie (Langworthy) Max- son and settled at West Genesee. Their daughter, Florence G. (Mrs. Will H. Reid) resides at Obi. Mr. Crandall is a carpenter and farmer, has been road commissioner 12 years and asses- or six years.

Ezekiel Crandall, a native of Rhode Island, came to Genesee in 1826, and settled on the farm now owned by his son Ezekiel R., where he built his log house and made the first clear- ing. He resided here until his death in 1855. He married Susan Wells who died in 1861. They had seven children, Henry C., Samuel W., Susan, Ezekiel R., Eliza, Dr. W. W., George P. Ezekiel R. was born in Hopkinton, R. I., June 26, 1820, came to Genesee when five years old and has always resided in town. He married in 1844, Miss N. Celestia Burdick, who died in 1878. Their children are Ira B. (a merchant in Westerly, R. I.), Mary S. (Mrs. M. A. Cran- dall of Andover), Frances B. (Mrs. Orlando J. Warren of North Cuba). In 1886 he married his present wife Mrs. Amy K. L. Bond. Mr. Crandall was town superintendent of schools when 21 years of age and held the office 7 years, has been supervisor 4 years, justice of the peace since 1864, has been several times town clerk and assessor and 31 winters he has driven lumber teams. In 1829 he was playing too near where his father was splitting rails and had his hand cut off. They were obliged to send to Angelica, 25 miles, for a surgeon and then wait two days for him. His charge for his services was $10. Mr. Crandall has been a deacon of the Seventh Day Baptist church over 40 years.

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esee in 1825. He was born July 16, 1809, at Hopkinton, R. I. He married Lucinda, daughter of Paul and Lurana Ennis, and settled in this town. He was a farmer and lumberman. His children were Ann F. (Mrs. Dr. J. P. Colgrove), who resides on the old homestead, and Eliza B. (Mrs. Geo. W. Fries of Friendship.) Major Crandall died June 8, 1892, his wife Dec. 29, 1894.

Jairus Crandall was born in 1799. He followed the sea, and was also a cloth dresser ; About 1832 he came to Genesee, bought 100 acres on lot 5, and made his first clearing on the farm which is still owned by the family. He married Julia A., daughter of Harris Wells of Gro- ton, Ct. His children were Lucy C. (Mrs. Thos. A. Green of Alfred) ; William H., killed at the battle of Jonesboro, Ga., two weeks after his death his commission as second lieutenant, on account of bravery, was received ; George H., and Thomas G. of Genesee. Albert R. for 10 years assistant geological surveyor of Kentucky, now resides in Milton, Wis., and John H. of Bolivar. All of these 5 sons served in the Civil War. Jairus Crandall died in February, 1883. His widow born in 1808, during the last years of her life was cared for in the homes of her children and died in Genesee at the home of her son, Thomas G. Crandall, Dec. 21, 1895.

George H. Crandall, son of Jairus and Julia A. Crandall, was born Nov. 22, 1836. In 1862 he enlisted in Co. A, 136th Regt. N. Y. S. V. At the battle of Bentonville, N. C., Mr. Crandall was wounded in the left thigh by a minie ball and was discharged June 30, 1865. In 1866 he married Carrie E., daughter of Amos and Julia A. (Loop) Bristol, and settled in Bolivar, and worked in a sawmill. In 1868 he came to Genesee, remained a few years, then made his home in Richburg for 9 years, then returned to Genesee and is engaged in farming. His children are Frank M. (died in 1893), George R., of Dunellen, N. J., and Albert J., who lives at home.

Thomas G. Crandall, son of Jairus and Julia A. (Wells) Crandall, was born Aug. 5, 1838. He married Hannah M. Finch in 1862 and made his home in town, and has been a farmer. In 1864 he enlisted in Co. B, 189th Regt. N. Y. S. V., and was discharged June 10, 1865. He was one of the patriotic band of five brothers who fought for their country's flag. His children are Julia, Herbert E., Josie M., Nina A., and Anna L.

James H. Crandall, son of Ira B. and Lucy P. (Randall) Crandall was born in Brookfield, Madison Co., March 14, 1835. In 1856 he married Ordelia O., daughter of Harry and Fanny (Clough) Blakley. September 27, 1861, he enlisted in Co. A, Ist Reg. N. Y. Light Artillery. He was in Casey's Division in the peninsula campaign, fought at Fair Oaks, later his company was sent among the coal mines of Schuylkill Co., Pa., and was discharged Oct. 3, 1864. In 1879 he moved to Genesee, and is now residing in West Genesee. Mr. Crandall is a member of H. W. Wessel, Post No. 85 G. A. R., was supervisor in 1885 and 1886 and has served as justice of the peace since 1882. He is a deacon of the West Genesee Seventh Day Baptist church. His chil- dren are Hervey L. and Ira B. (of Farmington, Conn.) and Minnie M. (Mrs. S. O. Willard of Springfield, Kansas).

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A Centennial Memorial History of Allegany county, New York, Part 123

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