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Shortly after their arrival in Boston Robert Titus and his family were granted land near Muddy River in what is now the adjoining town of Brookline, but two or three years later they removed to Weymouth, and in 1644 were among the forty families which accompanied Rev. Samuel Newman to Rehoboth, Massachusetts. While a resident of Reho- both he served as commissioner for the court of Plymouth in 1648-49 and again in 1650 and 1654 and was frequently elected for other positions of trust.
Being charged by the authorities with harboring Quakers, which at that time was regarded as a grave misdemeanor, he notified them of his intention to leave the colony, and in 1654 he removed to Long Island, where he resided the remainder of his life. His widow, Hannah, died in Huntington, Long Island, prior to March 24, 1678-79, on which date her son Content was appointed her administrator.
Children : 1. John, see forward. 2. Edmond, born in England in 1630, settled in Hempstead, Long Island, about 1650; an eminent Quaker, died February 17, 1727. 3. Samuel, settled in Huntington. 4. Susanna. 5. Abiel, born in Weymouth, Massachusetts, March 17, 1640, died in 1736-37; resided in Huntington. 6. Content, born in Weymouth, March 28, 1643, died in Newtown, January 17, 1730.
(III) John, eldest son of Robert and Hannah Titus, was born in England about 1627. He was one of the original settlers in what was known as Rehoboth North Purchase, now Attleboro, where he took an active part in civil and religious affairs, and both he and his son John served in King's Philip's war. He died April 16, 1689. He married (first ) Rachel -; married (second) Abigail Carpenter, who survived him and married (second) November 9, 1692, Jonah Palmer Sr. The children of John Titus were: 1. John, born Decem- ber 18, 1650, see forward. 2. Abigail, February 18, 1652, married John Fuller, April 25, 1673. 3. Silas, May 18. 1656. 4. Hannah, November 28, 1658, died November 12, 1673. The following chil-
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dren were by second wife: 5. Samuel, June 1, 1661, died July 13, 1726. 6. Joseph, March 17, 1665. 7. Mary or Mercy, twin sister to Joseph, married Richard Bowen, January 9, 1683. 8. Experience, October 9, 1669, married Leonard Newsom.
(IV) John (2), son of John (1) Titus, born December 18, 1650, died December 2, 1697. He married (first ) Lydia Redway and (second ) Sarah Miller. By this second wife, he had among others, John, born March 12, 1678, who married three times, and by his second wife, Mary Fisher, whom he married November 23, 1709, and who died September 19, 17II, had Jonah, see forward.
(V) Jonah, son of John (2) Titus, born July 10, 1710, married (first) November 28, 1734, Hannah Butterworth, of Rehoboth, and about 1740 removed to present Washington, Connecticut. His wife died in 1745. He married (second) Mary Tolman. Jonah Titus died May 24, 1783. By the first wife were three children: Judith, Onesimus and Joel, all born in Rehoboth. Onesimus was the ancestor of those who remained in Washington. There were six children by second wife.
(VI) Joel, son of Jonah Titus, was born in Rehoboth, Massachu- setts, in March and baptized August 24, 1740. He was a blacksmith by trade and for many years followed that calling in Washington, Con- necticut. His place of business, known as the Joel Titus forge, was burned about the beginning of the last century. He subsequently resided for a time with some of his children, and he died about 1820 in Ferrisburg, Vermont, while visiting his daughter Hannah. He served in the French and Indian and revolutionary wars. He was a member of the Church of England and a vestryman of St. John's church in Washington. He married, in Washington, September 27, 1762, Mary Treat, born in Milford, Connecticut, October 29, 1744, daughter of Samuel (4) Treat and a descendant of Richard (1) Treat, through Governor Robert (2) and Joseph (3). Children, all born in Wash- ington, but birth dates are not known: I. Joel, died at the age of about forty years. 2. Samuel, died in Olean, New York. 3. Peet Treat, died in Mexico, New York. 4. Henry, died in Illinois. 5. Hannah, married a Quaker preacher and resided in Ferrisburg, Vermont. 6. Esther, married Gardner Geer and resided in Kent, Connecticut. 7. Sally, married William Lyon, of Washington, Connecticut. 8. Nabby, married a Mr. Troup and settled in Ashtabula, Ohio. 9. Huldah, mar- ried Orrin Strong. 10. Charles, married Emma Daniels and has descendants living in Oneida county, New York. II. Billy, see for-
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ward. 12. Beulah, married Jedediah Smith and resided in Walworth, New York. 13. Betsey, married a Mr. Case. 14. Margaret, or Polly, married a Mr. Clark and resided near Cazenovia, New York. 15. Anson.
(VII) Billy, son of Joel and Mary (Treat) Titus, was born in Washington, Connecticut, March 2, 1780. He settled at Paris, now Marshall, Oneida county, New York, in 1804, where he found excel- lent opportunities for the pursuit of his trade, that of blacksmith, and eventually built up an extensive business in Forge Hollow. He died in Marshall, January 4, 1860. He married (first) May 26, 1806, Judith Huested, who died November 1I, 1829; he married (second) April 4, 1830, Susan Derby, who died May 9, 1859, aged sixty-four years. Children, all of first wife: 1. Sophia, born 1807, died 1808. 2. Anson, see forward. 3. Lucius, born July 28, 1811, settled in Cold- water, Michigan. 4. Sophia, born March 13, 1813, married Adonijah Day, of Deansville (now Deansboro), New York. 5. Horace H., August 4, 1816, settled in Phelps, New York. 6. Phebe J., December 28, 1818, married James McAdam, of New York City. 7. Orrin Strong, July 23, 1821, settled in' New York City. 8. Juliet, October 27, 1823, married Mark Hanchett and resided in Chicago, Illinois. 9. Hosea Ballou, January 2, 1826, settled in Waterville, Oneida county, New York. 10. Delos M., May 10, 1828, settled in New York City, died there in 1871.
(VIII) Anson, eldest son of Billy and Judith ( Huested) Titus, was born in Marshall, March 13, 1809, died December 22, 1882. As a skilled mechanic and an inventor of agricultural and other useful ap- pliances, he sought to improve the prosperity of his fellowmen. He located first in Byron, Genesee county, New York, and settled per- manently at Phelps, Ontario county, New York. In 1835 he estab- lished himself in business on the site now occupied by a laundry, manu- facturing stoves, plows, etc. He was the inventor of the Titus No. 9 Pointer Plow, which acquired a high reputation throughout the country, and was awarded a silver medal in 1858 by the New York State Agri- cultural Society, in a contest participated in by nine competitors. More than seven hundred of these plows were produced at his factory in 1860. In 1855 he purchased the Gamwell & Atchley Axe Factory, and carried on the business there until he sold out in 1873. He married, June 3, 1834, Almira Sabin, born in Sherburne, Chenango county, New York, January 26, 1810, died November 16, 1888, daughter of Oliver and Olive (Upham) Sabin. Olive Upham was a daughter of Samuel
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and Abigail ( Porter) Upham, and a descendant, in the seventh genera- tion, of John Upham (1), who arrived in New England in 1635, set- tling in Weymouth, Massachusetts. Children of Anson and Almira (Sabin) Titus, the first born in Byron, Genesee county, New York, the second in Wolcott, Wayne county, New York, and the others in Phelps, Ontario county, New York: I. Thomas Benton, born March 2, 1835, settled in Clifton Springs, Ontario county, New York, died there Feb- ruary 15, 1901. 2. Mary Juliet, September 13, 1837, died May 2, 1841. 3. Oliver Sabin, see forward. 4. Billy, April 4, 1845, killed May 12, 1864, on the last day of fighting at the battle of the Wilder- ness at Spottsylvania, Virginia. 5. Rev. Anson, June 21, 1847, a Universalist clergyman, now a resident of Somerville, Massachusetts, and a well known historical writer and lecturer. He married Lucy Tobie Merrill, of New Gloucester, Maine. 6. Susan Olive, May 5, 1849, married Charles Densel Carr, of Phelps, New York. 7. Albert Alberto, February 16, 1852, died October 29 of that year.
(IX) Oliver Sabin, second son of Anson and Almira (Sabin) Titus, was born in Phelps, New York, May 13, 1843. He was edu- cated in the public schools of Phelps and the Clinton Liberal Institute, Clinton, Oneida county, New York. In August, 1862, when nineteen years old, he enlisted in Company C, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry, and remained in the army until the close of the rebellion. Soon after his enlistment he was detailed for clerical work in the office of judge advocate of the Depart- ment of Virginia and North Carolina, under General Benjamin F. Butler, with headquarters at Fortress Monroe, Old Point Comfort, Vir- ginia, and was finally mustered out at Richmond, Virginia, June 5, 1865, with an honorable record for efficiency and conscientious service. In 1869 he went to Kirksville, Adair county, Missouri, where he engaged in farming, but subsequently returned to Phelps, and in December, 1874, moved to Shortsville, New York, as bookkeeper in a general store; he later accepted the position of bookkeeper for Messrs. Hiram L. and Calvin P. Brown, manufacturers of the Empire Grain Drill, and having been admitted to partnership in 1877 he was thenceforward in charge of the sales and advertising departments. Through his untir- ing energy and superior ability the business of the concern was rapidly developed, the working force being increased from twenty to two hun- dred men, and their annual product amounted to more than six thousand drills. When the Empire Drill Company was incorporated in 1884 Mr. Titus became its secretary and treasurer and he continued to serve as
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such until 1903, when the enterprise was purchased by The American Seeding Machine Company. Although practically retired from busi- ness pursuits he is, nevertheless, interested in certain local enterprises of a profitable nature; he is a member of the banking firm of E. D. Mather & Company and treasurer of the Red Jacket Telephone Com- pany. Mr. Titus was formerly active in civic affairs, having been chosen the first president of the village of Shortsville, which was incor- porated in 1889, and he retained that office for two years. For the past eighteen years he has served as president of the board of educa- tion, and for about the same length of time he has been one of the active members of the executive committee of the Manchester Cemetery Association. He is actively identified with the Masonic fraternity, being a member of Canandaigua Lodge, No. 294, Free and Accepted Masons: Excelsior Chapter, No. 164, Royal Arch Masons; Zenobia Commandery, No. 41, Palmyra, New York, and a comrade of the Grand Army of the Republic, being a charter member and past com- mander of Herendeen Post, No. 107, and is now serving as its adju- tant. He is a member and trustee of the First Universalist church of Clifton Springs, New York. He is president of Herendeen Post Monu- ment Association through whose efforts the fine monument was placed in Brookside cemetery, Shortsville, New York, in memory of the boys of the towns of Manchester, Farmington and Hopewell who gave their lives during the civil war, 1861-65.
Mr. Titus married, February 14, 1866, Frances Marion Upham, of Sherburne, Chenango county, New York, daughter of Elijah and Susan (Jenkins) Upham, and the eighth generation in descent from John Upham (1), the immigrant. Children: I. Fred Allyn, born in Phelps, New York, January 7, 1867; he was educated in the public school of Shortsville, New York, Clinton Liberal Institute, Fort Plain. New York, and Cornell University at Ithaca, New York, and is now a manufacturer of the Star Wheel Barrow Seeder at Shortsville, New York. He married Bertha Darling, daughter of Bernard P. and Augusta ( Booth) Darling, and have two children, Oliver Sabin Titus 2nd, born May 31, 1899, and Helen Augusta, born June 3, 1903. 2. Bertha, died in infancy. 3. Stella, born in Kirksville, Adair county, Missouri, March 22, 1871; married (first) George Francis Simonds, of South Acton, Massachusetts; (second) Harry Kinsman Dodge, of Ipswich, Massachusetts, now living in Pasadena, California. No chil- dren. 4. Mary Wheeler, born in Shortsville, New York, March II, 1883, married Harry O. French. One son, Dwight Titus French, born October 8, 1907, in Gloversville, New York.
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HOYT.
Simon Hoyt, founder of this family, was born in England about 1600, died in Stamford, Connecticut, September 1, 1651. He landed in Salem, Massachusetts, about 1628, and went soon afterwards to Meshawum, Massachusetts, (later Charlestown) with the earliest set- tlers. He removed to Dorchester about 1633, and later for a short time to Scituate, Massachusetts. He then, about 1640, built a house near Windsor, Connecticut, and the property on which he dwelt is still known as Hoyt's meadow. In 1649 he sold this property and removed to Stamford. It is supposed that he was twice married, the christian name of his second wife being Susanna. Children: I. Walter, referred to below. 2. Nicholas, died July 7, 1655 ; married, June or July 12, 1646, Susanna Joyce. 3. John, born before 1630, died in 1684; married Mary 4. Moses, born before 1637, died after 1702; married
Elizabeth -. 5. Joshua, born before 1642, died in 1690; mar- ried Mary, probably surnamed Bell. 6. Samuel, born before 1644, died April 7, 1720; married (first) November 16, 1671, Hannah Holly; (second) Rebecca -; (third) September 20, 1714, Hannah Gold. 7. Benjamin, born February 2, 1644, died January 26, 1735-36; mar- ried (first) January 5, 1670, Hannah Weed; (second) Abigail 8. A daughter married Thomas Lyon. 9. A daughter married Samuel Finch. 10. A daughter married Samuel Firman.
(II) Walter, son of Simon Hoyt, was born about 1618, died about 1698. He is named in the deed of his father's land at Windsor in 1640, but soon afterwards removed to Norwalk, Connecticut, where he was selectman, deputy to the general court and sergeant of the train band. His wife's name is unknown. Children, of record : I. John, born July 13, 1644, died about 1711; married (first) September 14, 1666. Mary Lindall ; (second ) Hannah 2. Elizabeth, married Samuel Sention. 3. Hannah, married Judah Gregory. 4. Zerubbabel, referred to below.
(III) Zerubbabel, son of Walter Hoyt, was born between 1650 and 1654, died in Norwalk, Connecticut. between 1727 and 1738. He was deacon in the Norwalk church from 1717 until his death. He mar- ried (first) a woman whose name is unknown, and (second) before 1725, the Widow Mehitable Keeler, who had three children, John, David and Daniel Keeler, by her first husband. Children, all by first marriage : 1. Abigail, born February 2, 1675. 2. Joseph, born about January, 1677, died about 1730; married Sarah 3. Daniel.
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born January 1, 1681, died between 1756 and 1764; married (first) -; (second) Sarah Starr, widow. 4. Hannah, married, July 6, 1704, Joseph Whitney. 5. Caleb, referred to below. 6. Rhoda, married, April 19, 1710, John Keeler Jr.
(IV) Caleb, son of Zerubbabel Hoyt, died April II, 1755, at Norwalk, Connecticut. He married, February 25, 1708, Mehitable, daughter of John Keeler, and widow of Joseph Blatchly, who died March 31, 1755. Children: 1. Benajah, referred to below. 2. David, born December 3, 1710, died October 1, 1789; married, January 5, 1736, Ruth Lockwood. 3. Caleb, born about 1717, died January 17. 1805; married (first ) May 16, 1750, Ruth Bounton; (second) Hannah Hayes or Hannah Parrott. 4. Rhoda, died before 1746, married, Decem- ber 29, 1734, James Hayes. 5. Mehitable, died after 1746; married Caleb Benedict. 6. Adah, died after 1746; married Smith. 7. Deborah, died after 1746; married Harford.
(V) Benajah, son of Caleb and Mehitable (Keeler-Blatchly) Hoyt, was born in Norwalk, Connecticut, December 8, 1708, died there December 10, 1762. He married Dinah - -, who was living in 1765, and may have been the Widow Dinah Hoyt, who died at New Canaan, Connecticut, July 30, 1803. Children : 1. Samuel, died after 1766; married, before 1752, Ruth - 2. Abigail, married, Sep- tember 16, 1754, Daniel Finch. 3. Elijah, referred to below. 4. Dinah, baptized August 1, 1736. 5. Benajah, baptized November 5, 1738, married (first) Mary Cole; (second) December 31, 1766, Mary Doo- little; (third) October 8, 1767, Hannah Green. 6. Susanna, born in October, 1740. died September 12, 1821; married (first) August 18, 1757, Hezekiah Green; (second) Eben Crofoot. 7. Mehitable, baptized October 24, 1742, married, January 8, 1761, Nathan Fitch. 8. Hannah, baptized July 25, 1745, died young. 9. Adah, born in January, 1748, died February 28, 1813; married, October 23, 1765, Seth Finch. 10. Eunice, baptized February 3, 1751, married Daniel Smith. 11. Nathan, baptized April 6, 1755. 12. Ebenezer, born March 9, 1758, died Octo- ber 1, 1834; married (first) November 25, 1778, Mary St. John ; (second ) January 23, 1817, Ruhamah Williams; (third) October 24, 1822, Sarah Brown, widow.
(VI) Elijah, son of Benajah and Dinah Hoyt, was born in Nor- walk, Connecticut, May I, 1734, died October 8, 1804. After 1775 he removed to Pawlingstown, Dutchess county, New York. He married (first) in June, 1757, Mary Raymond; (second) in February, 1768, Abigail Bishop. Children, five by first marriage: 1. William, born
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April 12, 1758, died about 1838; married (first) Lydia Crofoot; (second) Anna Jackson. 2. James, born November 22, 1759, died in May, 1777. 3. Dinah, born January 7, 1762, died February 3, 1846; married, January 1, 1784, Seymour Fitch Jr. 4. Rachel, born August 6, 1764, died young. 5. Elijah, referred to below. 6. Andrew, born December 4, 1768, died February 20, 1849; married, October 24. 1799, Ruth Richards. 7. Mary, born April 6, 1770, married Alexander Patten. 8. Samuel, born in June, 1772, died July 24, 1828. 9. Eunice, born May 1, 1774, married (first ) Seth Hoyt; (second) David Benedict. 10. Abigail, born October 1, 1776, married Stephen Hoyt. II. Hannah, born July 13, 1778. 12. Benajah, born May 28, 1780, married Rhoda Hoyt.
(VII) Elijah (2), son of Elijah (1) and Mary (Raymond) Hoyt, was born in Norwalk, Connecticut, March 12, 1766, died in Lisle, Broome county, New York, in September, 1823. About 1790 he removed to New York State and ten years later he returned to Norwalk where he remained until 1816, when he finally settled in Broome county. He married (first ) Sally Lawrence, who died July 18, 1787. He married (second) Polly (Quintard) Raymond. Chil- dren, one by first marriage: 1. Daniel, born July 15, 1787, died Sep- tember 25, 1858; married, April 11, 1808, Abigail Raymond. 2. Elijah, born September 16, 1795. married, September 8, 1816, Elizabeth Sco- field. 3. Nancy, died in 1842; married David Scofield. 4. Clarissa, married Seth Davis. 5. Cynthia, married Joseph Wheaton. 6. Ben- jamin F., referred to below.
(VIII) The Rev. Benjamin F. Hoyt, son of Elijah (2) and Polly (Quintard-Raymond) Hoyt, was born in Norwalk, Connecticut, June 8, 1800, died in St. Paul, Minnesota, about 1875. In early life he worked on a farm and taught school, and then settled in western New York State. About 1825, he went to Ohio, and spent the next twenty years in that state and in Illinois. In 1848 he settled in the then new settlement of St. Paul, where he built himself a house and became promi- nent in the community. He was a Methodist local preacher and was often called by his friends "Father Hoyt." He was a founder of Ham- line University and made several trips to New York City in behalf of that institution. He was a man of bountiful generosity. He dealt largely in real estate in St. Paul and became very well-to-do. At the time of his marriage, he furnished his home with furniture he made himself. He married, in 1826, Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. Richard Haney, of Illinois. Children : Elizabeth; Mark A .; George M .;
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Lorenzo; John F., referred to below; Freeborn; a daughter, married J. H. Murphy ; a daughter, married George H. Hazard.
(IX) John F., son of Rev. Benjamin F. and Elizabeth ( Haney) Hoyt, was born in Ohio in 1830, died in August, 1905. Going to St. Paul with his father in 1848, he afterwards studied law three years in the east, and later in St. Paul and was admitted to the Minnesota bar, but never practised. He was judge of probate for two terms, and also served as county auditor and county commissioner. He was a charter member of the St. Paul Library Association, a member of the Board of Public Works and water commissioner. For several years he was engaged in the milling business and he has also been largely interested in the settlement of several important estates. He married (first ) about 1856, Adelaide Granger, a niece of Senator Douglas, who died in 1860. He married (second) Elizabeth Hobart. Child : Eugene F., referred to below.
(X) Eugene F., son of John F. and Adelaide (Granger) Hoyt, was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, March 14, 1859, and is now living in Clifton Springs, Ontario county, New York. He was brought to the farm in the town of Manchester, on which he now lives, when he was one year old. He received his education in the public schools and the Rochester Business College, and then engaged in farming until 1892, when he was appointed postal clerk, and assigned to the run between Syracuse and New York City. In 1880 he was town clerk of Manchester. He is a warden of the Protestant Episcopal church in Manchester, and for many years was clerk and treasurer of the vestry. He is a charter member of the Clifton Springs Lodge, Knights of Pythias, and has been keeper of the records and seals. He is also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He married, in July, 1899, Jennie B. Hollett. Child: Douglas G., born November II, 1893, a student in the high school.
MIDDAUGH.
Jacob Middaugh, the first member of this family of whom we have definite information, was born in Pike county, Pennsylvania, April 19, 1809, died March 15, 1872, son of Cornelius Middaugh. When he was a young man, he came to the town of Phelps and bought a farm. He married Leah Van Auken, who was born May 31, 1813,
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and died June 2, 1886. Children : Charles W., born February II, 1834, died May 4, 1875; Martin S., May 30, 1839, died January 27, 1908; Ezra E., April 20, 1844, died May 21, 1866; Oren A., referred to below.
(II) Oren A., son of Jacob and Leah (Van Auken) Middaugh, was born in the town of Phelps, March 20, 1853. He was educated in the district school. In 1864 he moved with his parents to Marshall, Michigan, where his father bought a farm. Oren A. Middaugh there engaged in farming for eighteen years, and in 1881 moved back to the town of Phelps, where he is still engaged in farming. In 1909 he was elected assessor of the town of Phelps. He married, in 1877, Lucretia, daughter of John and Lany Hanes.
OTTLEY.
Thomas Ottley, immigrant ancestor, was born in Yorkshire, England, November 3, 1788, and came to this country in 1808, locating in Ontario county, New York, in what is now Seneca Castle. He cleared a farm in the forest and followed farming there the remainder of his life. When he came there were no bridges nor cross-roads and the settlers lived the lives of the pioneers. He became a prominent citizen and in 1831 represented the county in the state assembly at Albany. He was superintendent of Ontario county for thirty years and was much occupied in later years as a conveyancer and surveyor of land. During most of his life he was in public office. He admin- istered many estates and wrote wills, deeds and other legal documents. He married Lucinda Porter, of Seneca, New York. Children, born at Seneca Castle : William, mentioned below ; Deborah ; Thomas; Lucinda and Lorinda, twins ; Lucinda ; Joshua P. ; Samuel P. ; Jane P. ; Arvilla B. ; Edwin and Edmund, twins; Charles ; Mary Elizabeth.
(II) William, son of Thomas Ottley, was born in Seneca, New York, and followed farming in Seneca Castle, New York. He mar- ried, December 17, 1835, Eliza Gates. Children, born at Seneca Castle : Benjamin F., October 17, 1836; Allen P., March 28, 1838, married Calista Marsh; Eliza Ann, June 24, 1840, married Palmer Ray; Harriet E., October 30, 1842; Martha Jane, December 5, 1844, married Charles Williams; Thomas D., February 3, 1847, married Nellie Froman ;
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Emma A., November 25, 1849, married Albert Ridley; George W. mentioned below; James M., March 22, 1854, married Anna Hollist.
(III) George W .. son of William Ottley, was born at Phelps, New York, April 22, 1852, died May 9, 1910. He received his early education in the public schools. For many years he followed farming and afterward was a carpenter and builder in Phelps, New York. For four years he was the truant officer of Phelps. He was a prominent member of the Methodist Episcopal church and one of the official board. He was a member of the Maccabees. In politics he was a Democrat. He married Anna Ridley, born in Phelps, daughter of Thomas Ridley, of Phelps. Children: Alice Belle, born October 26, 1874, married Fred Dinehart; Clara, born October 26, 1876, died September 6, 1888; Elizabeth, born October 29, 1878, married William L. Case ; Emma E., born October 20, 1880; Louis C., born November 13, 1884; Ruth, born March 30, 1887, a teacher in the public schools at Hilton, New York; Clarence J., born October 28, 1889; G. Lynn, mentioned below.
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