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(III) George S., son of Clark and Eunice ( Burnette) Galusha, was born in Italy, Yates county, New York, July 14, 1857. He went to reside in Phelps in the autumn of 1864, and completed his education at the union school in that town. He acquired a good knowledge of farming at the homestead and with the exception of short intervals devoted to other pursuits, has made that calling his chief occupation in life. About the year 1884 he went to Kansas, where he engaged in sheep-raising, and having accumulated a flock of seventeen hundred sheep he sold them to good advantage and returned to the homestead. From 1893 to 1898 he was engaged in the shoe trade in Naples, New York, and selling his business in the latter year, he has ever since devoted his energies to the cultivation of his farm in Phelps. He was elected road commissioner in 1905, was reëlected in 1907, and at the present time is serving as town committeeman. He is a charter member of Naples Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, organized in 1894, and also affiliates with Wide- Awake Grange, Patrons of Husbandry. He has in various ways dem- onstrated his business ability and progressive tendencies, and is ever ready to aid in promoting the general interests of the town.
Mr. Galusha married, September 26, 1877, Mary Isabelle, daughter of Jesse and Cynthia A. Thatcher. They have one daughter, Georgia Gladys, born July 3, 1901.
ESTY.
The name of the Esty family has been variously spelled-Estey, Este, Easte, Eastey and Easty.
(I) Jeffrey Esty, the immigrant ancestor, lived in Salem, Massa- chusetts, as early as 1636, when he was granted twenty acres of land. August 23, 1651, he sold land in Salem to Henry Bullock. That same year he removed to Southhold, Long Island, afterwards to Huntington and later to Little Neck, where he died, January 4, 1657. He left a will, without date, probated January 23, following, in which he mentioned a daughter Catherine and son Isaac.
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(II) Isaac, son of Jeffrey Esty, was born probably in England be- fore 1630, and came to Salem with his father when very young. He was a cooper by trade, and is designated as such in the first record of him, dated April 5, 1653. At that time, he bought a house and land in Salem. Before 1660, he settled in Topsfield, Massachusetts. In 1661, he was one of the commoners appointed to share in the common land on the south side of Ipswich river. In 1664, he was rated at nine- teen shillings, six pence, which was the minister's rate for that year and entitled him to a proportionate share in the division of the common land. In 1669, he was given the fifteenth share. In 1672, with five others, he was granted all the swamp meadow lying upon Ipswich river, within cer- tain bounds, for a consideration of fifty pounds. He was prominent in the political affairs of the town; in 1680-82-86-88, he was selectman ; in 1681-84-85, juryman at Ipswich, in 1691-96, grand juryman ; he also served as tything man, surveyor of fences and highways, and was a member of different committees of the town. In 1689, he was called "Sargent" Esty. He was a member of the church, and was twice a member of the committee chosen to secure a minister. In 1684, he with his wife and family were members in full communion. He died at Topsfield, in 1712 and his will was probated June II, 1712. He married Mary, daughter of William and Joannah ( Blessing) Towne, of Tops- field, born at Yarmouth, Norfolk county, England, and baptized at St. Nicholas church, August 24, 1634. She was a victim of the witch- craft delusion which spread over Salem and vicinity in 1692. April 21, 1692, she was arrested, and kept in jail until May 18, then re- leased. On May 21, she was again arrested, taken to jail and placed in chains. She was tried, found guilty and condemned to death, and September 1692, with seven others, she was executed. She was a woman of sound judgment and exalted character, and far in advance of her age in intelligence. While in prison she sent a petition to Sir Will- iam Phipps, in which she begged not for her own life but for others. For this unselfishness, she was called "the self-forgetful." After her execution, her husband did all in his power to rescue her name from reproach and his children from disgrace, and after twenty years, he was in a measure successful. His petitions were recognized, the verdict annulled, and he was given twenty pounds, in acknowledgement of the injustice of the original decision. Children : Isaac, born about 1656, mentioned below ; Joseph, February 5, 1657-58; Sarah, June 30, 1660; John, January 2, 1662-63; Hannah, 1667; Benjamin, April 29, 1669;
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Samuel, March 25, 1672; Jacob, January 24, 1674-75; Joshua, July 2, 1678.
(III) Isaac (2), son of Isaac (1) Esty, was born in Topsfield about 1656. January, 1677, his name appears with others, who took the oath of allegiance and fidelity to Charles II. In 1689 and 1691, he was chosen one of the surveyors of highways, and 1694, was chosen constable. In 1696, he was one of the selectmen of the town. He mar- ried, October 14, 1689, Abigail, daughter of John and Mary (Brad- street ) Kimball, born March 22, 1667. She married (second), April 25, 1718, William Poole, of Reading. His will was dated March 16, 1713-14, and probated May 3, 1714. Children: Mary, baptized Feb- ruary 15, 1691-92; Abigail, baptized January 8, 1692-93; Sarah, born October 4, 1694; Isaac, November 20, 1696; Aaron, February 16, 1698-99, mentioned below; Jacob, June 28, 1700; Hannah, May 18, 1708; Richard, baptized April 7, 1706; Rebecca, baptized August 8, 1708; Moses, baptized September 6, 1712.
(IV) Aaron, son of Isaac (2) Esty, was born in Topsfield, Feb- ruary 16, 1698-99, and died there, April 21, 1783. He married, June 7, 1723, at Lynn, Esther Richards, born in Southboro; died in Tops- field, July 23, 1805, aged one hundred years and sixteen days. Chil- dren : Isaac, born January 23, 1724, died young; Aaron, January 18, 1724, died in French war, 1745; Hannah, April 14, 1726; Mary, June I, 1730; Isaac, September 30, 1731 ; Abigail, baptized May 5. 1734, died February 24, 1737; Esther, baptized July 4, 1736, died February 28, 1737; William, baptized December 1I, 1737, died March 13, 1745; Daniel, May 4, 1739; Esther, June 29, 1741; Aaron, January 18, 1745-46, mentioned below ; William, August 2, 1748.
(V) Aaron (2), son of Aaron (I) Esty, was born in Topsfield. January 18, 1745-46, and married, October 23, 1765, Molly Hooper, of Lynn. About 1770, he removed to Rindge, New Hampshire, after a few years to Shrewsbury, Vermont, thence to Leicester, Vermont, where he died, August, 1844. In 1790 he was living at Whiting Town, Ver- mont, according to the first federal census and had four in his family. He was a soldier in the revolution in Lieutenant Lemuel White's company, June 20, 1781 (p. 383 Vermont Revolutionary rolls). Children : Joseph, born August 5, 1767; Hannah, baptized August 6, 1769; William, mentioned below ; John, born June, 1773, Rindge.
(VI) William, son of Aaron (2) Esty, was born May 26, 1771, at Rindge, New Hampshire. In 1795 he settled at Seneca, Ontario
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county, New York. He was one of the pioneers and followed farming there.
(VII) Aaron B., son of William Esty, was born in a log house on the homestead in Seneca, in 1802, and followed farming all his active life. He died in September, 1882. He was a member of the Seneca church at Seneca castle. He married Mary Gilbert, formerly of Ben- ton, Yates county, New York. She died February 12, 1892. Children : John B., mentioned below; William P .; Cynthia A .; Norton, who died aged two years; Joseph ; Sibley; Elizabeth and Edmund.
(VIII) John B., son of Aaron B. Esty, was born in Seneca, De- cember 15, 1827. He was educated in the public schools and always followed farming. He was an earnest and faithful member of the Meth- odist Episcopal church, a trustee and steward for many years. He mar- ried Rachel C. Brizzee, of Hopewell. Children: Fred D .; Charles B., who died at the age of thirty-nine years; Ida A; Frederick D .; Ada, who died aged eight years; Frank J., mentioned below; Alexander F .; Elizabeth.
(IX) Frank J., son of John B. Esty, was born in Seneca, October 6, 1858. He was educated in the public schools of Geneva, and at Lima Academy, New York. He worked with his father on the farm during his boyhood and youth. Afterward he was clerk in a general store at Orleans, New York, for two years. He has resided in the town- ship of Phelps since 1891, and is engaged in general farming and horse breeding. He has been active in public affairs and since 1905 has been justice of the peace and member of the town board by virtue of that office. For two years he has been president of the Esty Family Asso- ciation, which has held reunions in this section. He is a trustee and treasurer of the board of education. In politics he is a Republican ; and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church of Seneca Castle and one of the board of trustees. He is treasurer of Castle Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, and has been master.
He married, December 25, 1883, Ella A. Warner, of Hopewell, New York, daughter of Daniel T. and Rebecca (Witter) Warner. Chil- dren : Frank Murray, born in Seneca, November 27, 1884; Clara Belle, July 9, 1888, married J. E. King, of Hopewell; Carl W., October 3, 1891 ; Ruth E., June 28, 1897; Nellie M., July 7, 1899.
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GOODMAN.
John Goodman was born in England. When a young man he came with his family to this country and settled on a farm in Phelps, Ontario county, New York, where he lived until his death.
(II) Henry H. Goodman, son of John Goodman, was born in England in 18-, and came with his parents to Phelps when he was only two years old. He was educated in the public schools of Phelps and during his boy- hood worked on his father's farm. He went to Saginaw, Michigan, when he was twenty years old and remained in that town during the next twelve years. He followed lumbering for an occupation. In 1882 he returned to Phelps and settled on a farm there.
He married in 1870, at Saginaw, Ella Gifford. Children: Charles H., mentioned below; Bert J .; William A .; Otis T .; Jesse R .; Maude, married Grover McKell; two others who died in infancy.
(III) Charles H. Goodman, son of Henry H. Goodman, was born in Saginaw, Michigan, August 9, 1872. He attended the public schools of his native town, and after coming to Phelps with his parents, when he was ten years of age, he completed his education there in the public schools.
He assisted his father on the farm at Phelps during his youth and has always followed farming. He has been prosperous and successful in business. He is prominent in social and public life. In politics he is a Republican. He was elected highway commissioner in 1904 and 1906, and town superintendent of highways in 1909. He is a member of the Maccabees and has been First Master of Guards and Lieutenant of the Commandery.
He married, November 10, 1892, Carrie E. Smith, born February 2, 1870, daughter of Asahel and Adaline (Wright) Smith. Children : Raymond, born February 5, 1894; Ella May, born August 31, 1896, died aged four years ; Leon Byron, born November 6, 1899; Carl Smith, born August 27, 1902.
LE ROY.
The surname Le Roy is derived from the French Le Roi (king), but is spelled in a multitude of ways. In the early days we find it commonly Laroy in Dutchess county, Le Roy, Larraway, Lerway, Lerrday and otherwise in Albany county, while a French Huguenot branch at New Rochelle, now spelling the name Le Roy, is descended
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from Peter La Roux (red). The Dutchess county family was with the Dutch settlers and there is every reason to accept the tradition that the progenitor was from Holland. The early records are so fragmentary that the lineage cannot be traced in detail. Francois or Fransoy Le Roy was a taxpayer at Poughkeepsie, Dutchess county, as early as 1717-18, was captain of the military company in 1729, and fence viewer in 1747 (p. 21, "History of Poughkeepsie"). The "History of Poughkeepsie" (p. 374) gives the date of settlement of the family as about 1700 and calls it Dutch. Jonas Le Roy, of the old town of Esopus, New York, married Maria Usile and had: Blandin, baptized February 1, 1708; Jonas, baptized September 19, 1714; Jonas, baptized June 24, 1716; Jan, baptized October 19, 1718; Maria, baptized June 14, 1721.
Various descendants of Francis were living in Dutchess county, in 1790, according to the first federal census. Francis, Francis Jr., Mid- daugh and Elizabeth were heads of families at Fishkill, while John, Simon, Peter and Teunis had families at Poughkeepsie. Teunis and John were old men at that time.
Francis, Francis Jr. and Simon were taxpayers in Dutchess county in 1771. Isaac Le Roy of the Poughkeepsie family settled at Schenec- tady, and died there aged seventy-two in 1828, having children Simon, Jannetje, and Maria. In 1771 Francis Le Roy was a constable in Pough- keepsie.
(I) James Le Roy was born in Dutchess county, New York, Sep- tember 10, 1820. His father was of the family mentioned above and a descendant in the fourth or fifth generation from Francis Le Roy, the first settler. His father lived and died in Dutchess county. James Le Roy was educated in the public schools in Phelps, Ontario county, whither he came when a boy. He followed farming all his active life and became one of the substantial and representative men of the town. He was active and prominent in the Methodist Episcopal church.
He married (first ) Fanny Palmiter and (second) Mary Ann Pal- miter, who died January 4, 1909. He died October 3, 1907. Children of the second wife: Laretta, married Charles Ridley ; Rosetta, married George Hornbeck, died October 27, 1910; Ellen E., married Byron Morris; Flora B., married George Wright; William J., mentioned be- low.
(II) William J. Le Roy, son of James Le Roy, was born in Wayne county, New York, May 25, 1852. He moved with his parents to Phelps, Ontario county, when he was a small boy and was educated there in the public schools. He has always been a farmer. He has been enter-
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prising, industrious and progressive and commands the respect and con- fidence of all his townsmen. He has traveled extensively in the western states and is a man of wide information and liberal ideas. He is a mem- ber of the Methodist church, of which he has been a steward since 1903 and member of the official board. He was superintendent of the Sun- day school for three years and sang in the choir for twenty years. He was chairman of the building committee. In 1907 he was appointed by the county judge one of the commissioners in charge of the construction of drainage ditches to reclaim the swamps in the town and he was secre- tary and treasurer of the commission. The cost of this work was about $9,000. He is a member of Wide-Awake Grange, Patrons of Husbandry and was master two years and held other offices in that body. He is a member of the Fruit Growers' Association. For a number of years he has been a school trustee of the district. In politics he is a Republi- can.
SHORT.
Andrew J. Short, owner of "The Maples," at Clifton Springs, Ontario county, New York, has been identified in a prominent manner with the matters connected with electrical engineering and kindred branches, for many years, and is the originator of many novel ideas in this field of industry. His family have been settled in the state of New York for a number of generations, and were connected with agri- cultural interests.
Andrew Jackson Short, his father, was born in the town of Phelps, Ontario county, New York, in 1837, and lived for many years on the family homestead, "The Maples," where his death occurred May II, 1881. He was a farmer all his life. He married, March 1, 1864, Mary Jane Myers, who died July 2, 1904.
Andrew J., son of Andrew Jackson and Mary Jane (Myers) Short, was born in the town of Phelps, Ontario county, New York, May 3, 1870. He was a regular attendant at the public schools of his native township, and then became a student at Canandaigua Acad- emy. In March, 1893 he went to Rochester, New York and entered the employ of the Standard Electric Company, installing an electric fire alarm system in private buildings. In November, 1893 he went to Phelps, New York, and entered the employment of T. Q. Howes' Sons as electrical engineer, remaining with this firm for three and one-half years.
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In 1898 he engaged in the manufacture of gasoline engines in asso- ciation with W. E. Watkins. In 1904 he built the electric light plant at Clifton Springs, New York, and acted as superintendent and manager of this plant for a period of two years. He then received the appoint- ment as chief engineer of the Rome Gas, Electric Light & Power Com- pany at Rome, New York, a position he filled for three and a half years and then resigned and retired to his homestead "The Maples," April I, 1910, to do some extensive repairing, etc. "The Maples" is a fine old homestead with all modern appliances, including a small electric lighting plant run with a gasoline engine.
Since February 1, 1911, Mr. Short has been with the Lima-Honeoye Light & Railroad Company, in the capacity of superintendent.
In 1898 Mr. Short was elected an associate member of the Ameri- can Institute of Electrical Engineers. He is also a member of Sincerity Lodge, No. 200, Free and Accepted Masons and since 1909 has been a member of Zeba Grotto, No. 4, of Rome, New York.
Mr. Short married, October 9, 1890, Caroline Harriet, a daughter of Charles M. Redfield, of Clifton Springs, and they have one child: Margaret, born November 24, 1909.
KLOPFER.
John Klopfer, of Freidabach in the kingdom of Wurtemburg, Ger- many, was a cooper by trade and plied his calling at a time when Central Europe was practically demoralized by the Napoleonic wars. He had a son, John Michael, born in Freidabach, July 26, 1823, who adopted his father's calling. In Germany the cooper's trade is closely allied with the wine industry, and for a number of years John Michael Klopfer was engaged in distributing the product of the vine all over Southern Ger- many, and collecting the revenues therefrom. This was before the advent of railroads and the butts were transported in large wagons drawn by horses. In company with George Michael Kerndter, the latter's sister. Anna Barbara, and several neighbors, he left Freidabach, March 6, 1854, and on March 23, took passage in the sailing ship "F. W. White," Captain Snow, which landed them in New York, May II, following. He proceeded to Pennsylvania in search of employment, but not being successful he returned to the metropolis, and on August 6, 1854, he was married in Williamsburg, New York, by the Rev. C. T. Heisel, of St.
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Johanes' Lutheran church, to Anna Barbara Kerndter. She was born in Greglingen, Wurtemburg, April 17, 1834. Her father was Christof Kerndter, who owned a small farm in Greglingen, and her mother was before marriage Anna Barbara Meisenhelter. Mrs. Klopfer had two brothers and six sisters, none of whom are now living. One brother and one sister remained in Germany ; her other brother, George Michael, and three of her sisters came to America and settled in New York and Brook- lyn; and another sister resided in Geneva, New York. In 1856 John Michael Klopfer settled in Geneva, where he found employment as a gardener and also driving and caring for horses. He made his applica- tion for citizenship in 1858 and received his final naturalization papers in 1860. His death occurred in Geneva, October 30, 1885. His widow is still residing in that city. Children: I. Margaret Catherine, born in Williamsburg, New York, June 3, 1855, married Frank C. Hofmann, of Geneva. 2. Mary Magdaline, born in Geneva, June 16, 1857, died January 19, 1880. 3. Michael Henry, born February 25, 1859, died April 16, 1882. 4. John Philip, born January 30, 1861, died in Seneca Falls, October 4, 1893. 5. Charles Bernard, born December 31, 1862, resides in Geneva. 6. Mina Elizabeth, born February 16, 1865, died June 12, 1884. 7. William, born March 29, 1867, died January 12, 1903. 8. Frederick, born May 2, 1869, died August 28, 1870. 9. Fred- erick, born June 2, 1871, died June 9, 1871. 10. Louis, see forward. II. Edward, born May 10, 1874, resides in Geneva.
Louis, son of John Michael and Anna Barbara ( Kerndter ) Klopfer, was born in Geneva, May 3, 1872. After concluding his attendance at the public schools he was for a time employed in the optical business, and later in the shoe business. In 1901 he established himself in the book and stationery business at No. 75 Seneca street, and his store soon became the centre of trade for goods of that character. He has since added athletic goods, phonographs, office supplies, post-cards, souvenirs, etc., and his establishment is now regarded as a public necessity. He is a member of Ark Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, Geneva Chapter, Royal Arch Masons (past high priest), and Geneva Com- mandery, Knights Templar ; also of St. Peter's ( Protestant Episcopal) church, and the Young Men's Christian Association. He is an active member of the Geneva volunteer fire department, having joined the Charles J. Folger Hook and Ladder Company in 1897, and has served as its secretary from 1905 to the present time.
On October 29, 1907, Mr. Klopfer was married at St. Peter's
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Parish House to Mary Catherine Mogge; one daughter, Dorothy Bar- bara, born October 6, 1908.
Mrs. Klopfer was born in Chippewa, Province of Ontario, June 4, 1878. Her father was William Mogge, a native of Germany. Her mother, Barbara (Keller) Mogge, was born in Buffalo, New York, and at an early age went to reside in Chippewa, where her father, Charles Keller, was proprietor of a tannery. William and Barbara ( Keller ) Mogge are the parents of five sons and three daughters: Charles, a resident of Buffalo; John, who resides in Rochester ; Ernest, now of Evansville, Indiana; Frank H., Fred G., Mary Catherine, Anna E. and Ona L.
YOUNG.
Dr. Gardner B. Young, a prominent physician and surgeon of Geneva, Ontario county, New York, who has made a special and suc- cessful study of anæsthetics and methods of anæsthetizing, is descended from old colonial stock, and a number of his ancestors served in the revolutionary war.
(I) William Young, the first of the family in this line of whom we have record, was of Providence, Rhode Island, and served in the conti- nental army during the revolution. He had eleven sons.
(II) Stephen, son of William Young, married Betsey, daughter of Captain Edward Greene, of the Rhode Island Militia. Captain Greene settled on the Unadilla river immediately after the revolution and there erected a church on his own farm, bearing the entire costs of construction. The edifice is still standing in a good state of preservation and is a lasting monument to the excellent qualities of its builder, Cap- tain Greene.
(III) Arthur, son of Stephen and Betsey (Greene) Young, married Laurinda Stull, who was born April 23, 1818, and died August 20, 1906. They had seven children. Mrs. Young's ancestors came from Holland in early colonial days. Her father was Joseph Stull, and her grandfather Captain Jacob Stull, settled in Elmira in 1782, served as a captain during the revolutionary war and was an active participant in many of the most important engagements, among them being: Three Rivers, Van Nest Mills, Long Island, Trenton, Princeton, Germantown, Spring- field and Monmouth. For a part of this time he served directly under Washington's command; he was promoted for bravery.
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(IV) Dr. Gardner B. Young, son of Arthur and Laurinda (Stull) Young, was born in Farmers Valley, Mckean county, Pennsylvania, December 21, 1859. His first step in his business career was as a clerk in a store at Larabee, Pennsylvania, where in the course of four years he rose to the position of manager through his energy and executive ability. He then bought out the business, which he continued for the period of one year on his own account and then closed out. During this time he had handled trade to the amount of one hundred thousand dollars, the greater part being in connection with lumber camps, and had also supervised the cultivation of a large farm. For some time he had decided to make the study and practice of medicine his lifework, and he accordingly commenced his medical studies in the Bellevue Hos- pital Medical College in New York City, and was graduated from this institution in the spring of 1886. He immediately established himself in the practice of his profession in Eldred, Mckean county, Pennsylvania, and removed in 1897 to Geneva, where he has been practicing since that time and has a large and lucrative practice. As has been above stated he has made a specialty of the study of anæs- thetics, and is recognized as one of the best anæsthetists in the country. As a physician and surgeon also his reputation is of the first rank. Dr. Young is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Kanadasaga Club and University Club. In his political opinions he sides with the Republi- can party, and he and his family are members of the Episcopalian church.
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