Gazetteer and biographical record of Genesee County, N.Y., 1788-1890, Part 14

Author: Beers, F. W. (Frederick W.), ed. 1n; Vose, J.W., and Co
Publication date: 1890
Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y. : J.W. Vose & Co.
Number of Pages: 920

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Ebenezer Ingalsbe, born in Byron, March 5, 1819, came to Alabama in 1834, and located on the farm where he now lives. He was married, June 14, 1840, to Ann Eliza, daughter of John and Chloe (McBride) Alexander, of Lockport, N. Y. They had children as follows: Sarah, born March 28, 1842, who married Edson Winslow, August 15, 1862, whose children are Ellie and Vervie ; Martha, born August 15, 1843, who married Norman H. Winslow, December 1, 1864, whose children are Henry, Warren, and Eben ; Charlotte, born April 14, 1845, who mar- ried James Gordon, December 1, 1864, whose children are Nora, Albert, Florence, and Tracy ; Alfred, born 1847, who married Esther Robinson, September 28, 1868, whose children are Lottie, Ida, Eda, and Florence ; Orin, born June 1, 1850, who married Adele Ingalsbe, whose children - are Eliza, Lois, and Ebenezer ; Eliza Jane, born August 28, 1852, who married Erwin Brown, whose children are Myron, Frank, Clarissa, Manly, Fred, Herbert, and Arthur; and Hattie O , born March 6, 1859, who married Sabert E. Roach, whose children are Moses, Alice, and Adelbert. Mr. Ingalsbe is a prosperous farmer, and resides on road 49. Elijah Ingalsbe, son of Ebenezer, was born in Boylston, Mass., Sep-

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tember 12, 1780, and died in Alabama, 1872. He also located in Scipio about 1814. He married Polly Mitchell, and they were parents of E. Brooks, Ryal E., Polly, Pearley, and Sally. His wife, born 1781, died 1813. He married, second, Nancy, a sister of his first wife. The chil- dren by this marriage were Philander, who died in infancy, Phebe, Adna, Andy, and Levi. Elijah Brooks Ingalsbe was born 1805, located in Alabama in 1830, and took up land and built a log house, in which most of his children were born. He married Lucy Eliza, daughter of Jesse and Elizabeth (Streeter) Wright, and their children were Elijah B., Bela W., Lucinda E., Lodeska, Emily A., who married Orimel Saxton, Sarah A., and Riley D. E. B. Ingalsbe's wife died 1849, and he mar- ried Barbara Bushman, widow of Thomas Winslow. They had one daughter, Ione, who died in childhood.

Deacon Ryal E. Ingalsbe, son of Elijah, was born 1806, located in Alabama among the early settlers, and married, in 1837, Sally, daughter of Samuel and Polly (Bushman) Ingalsbe. Their children were Warren B., who died 1846, aged four years ; Harmon, born 1847, who married Martha Wells, whose children are George C. and Jennie R .; Marion, born 1849, who is a farmer with his father; and Mary Louisa, who mar- ried Frank N. Lyday in 1878. Mr. Ingalsbe is a deacon of the Baptist Church, and resides on the homestead he has occupied for over 50 years ..

Jacob Martin was born in Rush, N. Y., in 1815. About 1835 he settled in Alabama, on road 85. He married Delilah Fishell, of Rush, and they had a family of eight children. George W., son of Jacob, was born September 15, 1843, married Agnes E. Cameron, and they have four children.

Daniel Martin, born in Rush, N. Y., in 1819, came to Alabama about 1835 or '36. He married Jane M. Thrall, of East Granby, Conn., and they had a family of six children, four of whom are now living. He has always been a farmer, and was at one time assessor. Their children are Wallace H .; Cornelia A., wife of Elmer Reed, who resides in Ala- bama; Elizabeth, wife of E. C. Selleck ; and Emily, wife of James Beck- with, who resides in Quincy, Ill.

Edward Halsey was born December 19, 1809, in Fairfield, Herkimer County, N. Y. He was a wagonmaker by trade, and settled in Alabama in 1847, as a farmer. He married Nancy Goff, of Henrietta, N. Y., and they had two children : Alice, wife of Frank Blackman, who resides in Rockford, Ill., and Henry, who resides in Oakfield. Mr. Halsey's wife was born December 11, 1812. They reside at Smithville.

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Deacon William Macomber was born.in Kinderhook, N. Y., in 1797. In 1831 he settled in the town of Alabama, on the farm now owned by William Macomber. He married Harriet Cutler, of Alabama, and they had eight children. His second wife was M. M. Roe. Deacon Ma- comber was a prominent member of the Baptist Church of Smithville, contributing largely to the building up of the same. He was supervisor of the town for many years, and owned a farm of 430 acres in the oak openings. He died December 1, 1861. Only three of his chil- dren reside in the county. Amanda M., widow of Julius Reed, resides in Oakfield. Sarah A., wife of P. V. Ingalsbe, also resides in Oakfield. John L. Macomber, a son, was born on the old farm in 1833, and always resided there. He married Helen G. Willis, and they have one child, Alice E. Mr. Macomber is counted as one of the most progressive farmers in the town. He has a fine and large farm, and devotes a por- tion of it to the breeding of Shropshiredown sheep, having 200 head. Judge Francis A. Macomber, of the Supreme Court at Rochester, is a son of Deacon Macomber. He was born in Alabama, and graduated from the Rochester University. Judson L. Macomber is a lumber mer- chant in Chattanooga, Tenn., and William Macomber, a son by the sec- ond wife of the Deacon, is a graduate of the law school of Rochester University, and is now practicing in Buffalo.

C. M. Mead, son of Charles A., was born in Alabama, May 29, 1850, and has always been a resident of the town. He learned the carpenters' trade of his father. He married Mina Bickford, of Alabama, and they have five children. Mr. Mead has acted as agent of Rowley & Eddy, lum- ber dealers, since March, 1884. His father came here about 1850, from the eastern part of the State, and died in 1877.

Anson Norton,son of Medad, was born in Goshen, Conn., in 1789, and located in Alabama about 1836, on the farm where Daniel Norton now lives, and engaged in farming. Ile became possessed of a landed estate of upwards of 700 acres, and was a man of great energy and per- severance. He died August 5, 1838. He married Persis Walker in 1814, and had seven sons : Alonzo, Medad, Moses, Daniel, Benjamin, Theron, and Franklin. Moses Norton was born in 1820, and died November 19, 1886. He was married, in 1845, to Ann, daughter of Jeremiah Lynch, and began housekeeping in a log house, where their children were born. They were Anson, who was accidently drowned in 1847 ; Albert, a missionary of the Methodist Episcopal Church in India; He- man, late of Alabama ; Clara, who married E. J. Fuller, of Batavia; and 9

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Joanna, who resides in Batavia. Moses Norton located on the place now occupied by Mrs. Heman Norton.

Heman Norton was born May 2, 1851, and married, November I, »1871, Kate L., daughter of Reese and Mary (Jones) Lumley. Their children are Georgia Margery, born February 26, 1874; Moses L., born January 28, 1877 ; and Izona, born July 27, 1887. Heman Norton died August, 1889. Franklin Norton married Julia F., daughter of Joseph W. and Eliza (Case) Allen, of Alabama. They have one son, Allen E., born April 19, 1870. Mr. Norton has been assessor of his town three terms, was postmaster under President Arthur, holding the office ever since, and is overseer of the poor. He is a farmer and has lived at his present place, Alabama Center, for over 30 years.

The paternal line of ancestors of Anson Norton are as follows: I, Thomas, who came from Guilford, Eng., to Guilford, Conn., in 1639; 2, Thomas, Jr .; 3, Samuel, who lived in Durham, Conn .; 4, Col. Ebene- zer, who lived in Durham and went to Goshen, Conn .; 5, Miles; 6, Medad, born in 1759; 7, Anson, born December 27, 1789, who married Persis Walker; 8, Moses, born January 12, 1820, in Byron. Moses mar- ried Ann Lynch, of Wayne County, N. Y., in 1844, the seventh daugh- ter of Susan (McGowan) Lynch. Their children are Anson, Albert, Clara, Heman (deceased), and Joanna. His widow survives him, living in Batavia at the age of 68 years.

Harmon J. Norton, son of Lochlin and Laura A. (Wright) Norton, was born in Elba in 1818, and was reared on a farm. He married Laura C., daughter of Charles P. and Sarah Ann ( Driggs ) Brown, in 1843, and spent several years West. He located in Alabama about 1854. Their children were Alice L., born in 1844, who married William Ingersoll, of Colorado ; Ida B., who married Luman Wilcox, of Dakato; Florence A., who married William Amsden, of Wheatville; Orrella J., who married Oscar Burt, of California ; Arthur B., a resident of Idaho; Corabell C., who married Edmund E. Palmer in 1876, and they have children Vivian Clare and Arthur H .; Rosamond Lincoln, who married William Reed in 1884, and their children are Norton R. and Laura Belle; Leoline Clare, who married Asa Pixley, January 22, 1880; and Anna Maria, who mar- ried Irwin S. Vincent, whose children are Ivan, Percy, and Catharine, and they live in Shelby. Mr. Norton married for his second wife Mrs. Betsey Crandall, and for his third wife Amanda, daughter of Nathan Graham. The farm now owned by him was taken up by Charles P. Brown, his father-in-law. He was a member of Assembly, justice

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of peace 14 years, and supervisor. He married Sarah A. Driggs, daugh- ter of George, and they had seven children. Mr. Brown died 1859 ; his wife 1885.

Asa Pixley, son of Joseph and Mary Jane (Jones) Pixley, was born in Alabama, March 30, 1852, and was reared on the farm. He married Leoline Clare, daughter of Harmon and Laura ( Brown ) Norton, Janu- ary 22, 1880, and their son Jamie L. was born November 18, 1885. Mr. Pixley is a farmer, and occupies the Norton homestead on road 23.

Jacob Potter, son of Jacob, was born in Cherry Valley, Otsego County, N. Y., in 1825, and was raised on a farm. He came to Alabama at the age of 20 years, and bought a farm. For a time he was engaged in farming in Newstead, Erie County. He married (1850) Margaret, daughter of Matthew and Eliza (Hart) Burns, of Shelby. He returned to Alabama in 1860 and bought the farm he now occupies, and by add- ing to it from time to time he now owns 215 acres. Their children are Rosella, who died 1851, an infant ; Abbie Jane, a teacher, who lives at home; Almeda P., who died 1885 ; and Abel J., born 1856. The latter married, in 1878, Cora, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Stuffin) Pick- with, and their children are Edith, born 1879: Jennie, born 1882; Nora, born 1884; and Jay Eugene, born 1885. He died November 9, 1888. E. Douglass Potter was born in 1858, and married, in 1884, Emma, daughter of William and Jane Dorwin. He is a prosperous farmer, and resides on road 39.

William Donnan was born in Ireland, June 25, 1835. He came to. America when 19 years of age, and settled in Alabama. He married Margaret J. Leighbody, and has one child, Emma, wife of E. D. Potter.

Charles R. Phillips, son of William H. and Phileta (Pearsons) Phillips, was born in Wyoming County, N. Y., in 1831. He was reared on a farm, and married Amelia C., daughter of Jacob and Theresa (Bothwick) Wheeler, of Erie County, May 6, 1862. He located in Alabama in 1866. They were parents of four children, viz .: Clarence, who died in infancy ; Ida Augusta, born October 26, 1864, died October, 1866; Jennie W., who married Albert McVeigh in 1883, and their children are Amelia, Theresa, Isabella Phileta, and Bertha Adel; and Willie J., born in Ala- bama, July 6, 1869, who is a farmer, living on the homestead. Mr. Phillips is an earnest worker in all temperance movements, is a farmer, and resides in the village on Railroad street.

William Poodry was of French origin. He married an Indian woman, by whom he had three sons and one daughter, one of whom, Lewis, was

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a soldier in the War of 1812 in the American army. He married Phebe Jonas, and reared a large family, of whom three only are living. Maria, a daughter, married Levi Parker, of Alabama.

E. M. Poodry was born on the Tonawanda Reservation, August 15, 1833. He early manifested an aptitude for learning, and, making the best of advantages within his reach, succeeded in obtaining a good business education, which enabled him to become one of the chiefs in the councils of his tribe. He married Amanda Griffin, November 6, 1856, and they were the parents of II children, viz .: Malvina, born February 3, 1858, married Warren Skye in 1883 ; Thomas J., born May 5, 1860; Sarah J., born April 3, 1862, married Asa Skye; William S., born December 4, 1864, died June 28, 1887 ; Barnum, born March 30, 1867, married Sarah C. Brant, February 14, 1889; Anna M., born June 11, 1869, married Charles Doctor, August 12, 1888; Edward, born 'July 23, 1871 ; Staf- ford, born February 28, 1875 ; Fanny C., born February 17, 1877; Hen- rietta, born November 8, 1880; and Dora, born June 26, 1883. Mr. Poodry is extensively engaged in farming, and occupies about 350 acres of land on road 38.

Charles W. Roberts was born in Shelby in 1835. He was a son of Ziba and Susan (Wolcott) Roberts, and grew up on the farm. He mar- ried, in 1859, Huldah A., daughter of Jeremiah and Clarissa (Simons) Loucks, and they had six children, of whom Rolla W., born 1800, was educated at Medina, Buffalo, and the State Normal School at Brockport, became a civil engineer, and is now in business at East Saginaw, Mich. He married Ora A. Tinkham in 1884, and they have three children, Charles M., Julia H., and Flora. Carrie, Jennie, and Berthella Roberts live at home. Sarah Elizabeth married E. P. Grennell, of Orleans County, in 1881, and has two children, Louisa E. and Hugh E., and resides at East Saginaw, Mich. Jessie O., another child of C. W. Roberts, died 1879. Mrs. C. W. Roberts was educated at East Saginaw, Mich. Mr. Roberts has held the office of assessor for nine years, supervisor two years, and is now acting justice of the peace. He is a farmer and resides on road II.

Jacob Shoemaker, son of Jacob, was born in Montgomery County, May 19, 1835. He settled in Royalton, N. Y , in 1856, came to Alabama and married Catherine, widow of Abraham Champlin, and has resided here since. He is a harnessmaker by trade. They had one child, Mary, who is the wife of E. H. Miller. Mrs. Shoemaker died March 30, 1875. Mr. Shoemaker was town clerk of Royalton for several years, justice of the

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peace four years, and postmaster four years and nine months. He was appointed under Taylor's administration. He also took the census of district No. 2 of Royalton in 1855.

Orimel Saxton, son of David and Susanna (Spafford) Saxton, was born in Brighton, Ont., in 1828. He engaged as salesman in a store for sev- eral years, then took up farming, which he has followed since. He mar- ried, May 18, 1858, Emily A., daughter of Elijah B. Ingalsbe, of Ala- bama, and their children were Gertrude Aramintha, Jennette Eliza, Ho- ratio G, who married Ida M. West in 1886, and has one son, Arthur A., born 1889, Lijetta Irene, Mary Addie, who married, January 6, 1889, Loren Reed, William S., Burhanna, Orimel W., Inez Grace, and Emma Rebecca. Mr. Saxton located in Alabama in the spring of 1883, and engaged in farming on the E. B. Ingalsbe farm, where he died March 25, 1889. Mrs. Saxton and family reside on the homestead near Smithville.

Edward Tuttle, son of Edward and Urana (Orvis) Tuttle, was born in York, Livingston County, in 1820, was reared on the farm, and when of age came to Alabama. He married Lucretia Lynch, a sister of Mrs. Moses Newton, in 1847. Their children were Frances, who married Robert Reynolds; Albert P., of Alabama ; and William, who died 1884. For his second wife he married Ella M. Stanley, widow of Thomas Stev- ens, in 1887. He is a farmer on road 40.

Moses Vail, son of Samuel and Prudence (Vail) Vail, was born in New Jersey in 1797, and was reared on a farm. He was married to his wife, Mercy, September 25, 1816. Their children were Prudence, who mar- ried William Gardner, and died in Oakfield in 1842; Samuel, of Canada; Emeline, who died 1840, aged 18 years ; Eli P., of Alabama; Susan W., who married Daniel Zanvitz, of Canada ; Phebe J., who married James Craft, and died 1880; Sarah E., who married Isaac Zanvitz, of Canada; Jonah, of Iowa ; and Ephraim and Stephen, of Elba. Moses Vail located in Oakfield in 1834, and engaged in farming. He belonged to the Soci- ety of Friends, and practiced the peaceful doctrines of " Penn." He de- parted his well-spent life 3d month, 12th day, 1871; his wife died Ist month, 27th day, 1850. For his second wife, in 1853, he married Har- riet Wood, who died 1858.

Eli P Vail was born 1824, and raised a farmer. He married Mary D., daughter of Jacob and Rebecca (Runnion) Drake, the 11th month, 30th day, 1853. He located at Alabama Center and engaged in farming. He has been postmaster II years, and resides on Railroad street. Their children are Mary Elizabeth, who married Aaron C. Dutton, of Buffalo ;

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Moses D., of Shelby; Charles A., of Alabama; Eva M. and Eveline, at home; Florence Mabel, who was accidentally killed by a field-roller Sep- tember 19, 1868, aged three years; Willie, who died 1869, an infant ; and Frank D. The latter was born in 1854, reared on a farm, and learned the carpenters' trade. He married, January 5, 1875, Nellie Jane, daugh- ter of Orin and Jane (Fisk) White. Their children are Willie H., born July 5, 1878, and Eudora Maude, born October 9, 1883. He is a fruit dealer, and resides on Medina street.

Charles A. Vail, born January 5, 1860, married, December 8, 1880, Sarah, daughter of James and Susan (McManus) McCauley, and widow of Oscar L. Lund. They have two children : Bessie May, born May 28, 1883, and Stanley A., born July 23, 1885. Mr. Vail is a fruit dealer, has an evaporator, and resides on Main street.

Selah Vosburgh, son of Salem, born in Whitehall, N. Y., in 1807, came to Alabama in 1826. He was an early settler, and a gunsmith by occupation. He settled upon a large tract of land and engaged in farm- ing. He married Martha, daughter of Benjamin Gumaer, and they had children as follows: George H., who studied law and died 1860, aged 24 years; Charlotte A., who died 1863 ; James O., who married Lo- duskie Peck, whose children were George W., of California, and Anna M., who died young; John S., a corporal in the army, appointed adju- tant with rank of colonel, and was interested with Governor Safford in · the Tombstone silver mine, Colorada, now owning a large estate in Los Angeles (he married Kate Slawson, and they have two sons : Royden, born 1887, and Keith, born 1889); Martha A., who married James Peck, of Onondaga County, and they have one daughter, Bertha M .; and Mary E., who married J. A. Beals. Mr. Vosburgh dealt largely in real estate, and was a successful business man. He died in 1873. Mr. Vos- burgh's wife died June 11, 1849. He married for his second wife Maria, daughter of Elijah Hovey. She died in 1873. Their children were Charles, who died aged two years; Jennie, who married Lewis M. Phelps, of Michigan ; Willie, who died in infancy ; and Frank E. Frank E. Vosburgh was born in 1858, was educated at Medina Academy, and spent his early years on the farm. March 16, 1880, he married Mary A., daughter of George W. and Phebe (Freeman) Easton, and they have one daughter, Nora Esther, born March 21, 1881, and one son, Orrin J. L., born January 9, 1888. Mr. Vosburgh was elected justice of the peace in 1885 and justice of Sessions in 1887-88. He built a stave and heading mill in 1889, and is a farmer, owning the Vosburgh homestead, where he was born.

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Nelson Vaughn, a native of Washington County, and son of Francis and Polly (Green) Vaughn, was born in 1815. At the age of 10 years he came to Niagara County and worked on a farm. He was married to Mary Ann Dean, and they had one son, Ula A., of Royalton. His wife died 1853, and he married, second, Marie Clarissa, daughter of Peter and Betsey (Colson) Beamore. Their children are Helen L., who died 1865 ; Wesley F., who came here in 1865, and bought the farm where he now lives; Oscar D., who married Catherine Hale, and has a daughter, Helen L .; and Freeman S., who married Margaret Smith, and has a son, Artie.

Wesley F. Vaughn was born June 8, 1854, was reared on a farm, and July 3, 1882, was married to M. Maria Joslin. They have two children : Ella May, born September 12, 1883, and William N., born December 24, 1885. They live on road 14.

William Joslin, born in England, came to America at an early age. He married Mary Baker, of Oakfield, and their children are Henry and John, of Alabama; Vienna, Grant, and Frank, of Shelby; Clara, who lives at home; Emma, who married George Bickle, of Wheatville; and M. Maria, who married Wesley F. Vaughn.

Phineas White, born in Massachusetts in 1783, came to Stafford when 27 years of age, taking up land sufficient for farming purposes. In 1810 he married Polly Beswick, and their children were Salma, deceased ; Laura, who married James Patterson (deceased); Silas, of Illinois ; Alma, who married Thaxter Waterman (deceased), and their daughter was Almira, also deceased, aged 16; Louisa, who married Frederick Barney ; Mary A., who married Thaxter Waterman; Orrin, who died in Iowa ; Jane, who married Allen Watson, of Michigan ; and Phineas B., born 1828, who was reared on the farm. The latter married Harriet N. Graves in 1850, who died 1853. He then married (1855) Elma S., daughter of Anthony Waterman. Their children were Merton, deceased, aged 14; Arthur P., who married Lottie Huffcut, in 1888, of Alabama ; Harriet N. (deceased) ; and Anna S., who married H. Selden, of Stafford. For his third wife Mr. White married, in 1867, Mrs. Laura Ann (Lawrence) Horning, widow of Eli. They have one daughter, Lillian M. Mr. White located here in 1867, and is a farmer on road 17.

William Horning, a native of Schoharie County, came to Alabama about 1840, and married Magdelena Wieting. Their children were Anna Maria, who married Amos Crosby (both deceased) ; Jeremiah, who married Caroline D. Lawrence and had one son, Oscar Lorenzo, who

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died in Michigan; Dr. Nelson, who practiced medicine in Alabama, and died several years ago; and Eli, born 1828. Eli was reared on the farm, and married Laura Ann, daughter of Richard and Betsey (Barker) Lawrence, in 1855, and began housekeeping in Alabama. Their chil- dren were William, born 1858, died 1876; May, who died in infancy ; and Nellie Belle, born 1862, who married, in 1878, Moses D. Vail, of Ala- bama, and their children were Eli H., Bertram N., and Homer D. (died 1886). Eli Horning died October 17, 1864. Mrs. Horning married, second, Phineas B. White:

The paternal ancestor of the Wight family was born on the Isle of Wight. He located in Massachusetts about 1628. Of the family was Ephraim, born 1645, who had two sons, Nathaniel (born 1678) and Dan- iel. Nathaniel's son Levi was born in 1712, and married Susanna Bar- stow. They had 10 children, of whom Levi, 2d, was born in Thompson, Conn., in 1761. He married Sarah Corbin in 1782, and they were par- ents of II children. Levi, 2d, died at Centerville, N. Y., in 1830, and his wife died 1852. Of this family was Abbott, born in Oxford in 1787 (died 1863), who married, at Fairfield, N. Y., Alice Cabott, of Dudley, in 1812, and they had nine children, viz .: Lorinda, Emeline, and George, of Alabama; Angeline, who married Benjamin Hunt, of Alabama; Levi, of Pembroke ; Roxy, who married Daniel D. Cole, of Michigan ; Perry, who died 1862, aged 31 years ; and Abbott and Abel, of Alabama.

George Wight was born in Monroe County in 1816, and located here in 1837. He married, in 1846, Esther, daughter of Reuben and Mary (Whitehead) Golden, of Elba. Their son Miles was born in 1855, and in 1877 married Etta E. Clark. Their children are Eliza, Irene, Harry C., George H., Luella Mabel, and Walter C.

Abbott Wight was born in Allegany County in 1825, and came to Alabama in 1837. He was reared on a farm, and married, in 1853, Sarah A., daughter of Ephraim and Minerva (Reed) Hewett. Their daughter Nettie Rosaline married Myron Williams, of Batavia, and their son P. Hewett resides at home. Mr. Wight is a farmer and resides on road 50.

Abel Wight was born in 1828, and in 1850 married Maria, daughter of Lyman and Sally (Cabot) Hitchcock. Their children are Bruce, Hale, and Noah, of Alabama ; Cabot, who died in infancy (1859) ; D. Fay, born 1860, who is a teacher ; Grace W., who married Augustus Hunt; Orma, who married John A. Hunt in 1883 ; Dan, who died in infancy ; and Inez, born April 21, 1872. Abel Wight is a farmer and resides on

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road 50. Bruce Wight married (1877) Adaline, daughter of Amasa and Elizabeth (Beecher) Bliss, and their children are Hattie Maria and Effie Irene. Hale Wight married Christina E., daughter of William and Char- lotte (Hotchkiss) Ingalsbe, in 1873, and their children are Dean R., born November 17, 1878 ; Viola, born November 17, 1881 ; and Owen, who died in infancy (1886). Noah Wight married Ida May, daughter of John and Lydia Ann (Aucry) Ackerson, December 20, 1874. They have a son, Abel J.

Leonard Webster was born in Berlin, Conn., and died in Alabama in 1837. He married Alma Rockwell and had children as follows : Sarah, who married Zardis Skidmore, of Michigan ; Almira; Bennett, who died 1847; Joseph, who died 1888; David, who died 1851; Minnie, who married Luther True, of Batavia; and Martha, who married Frank Lund, of Alabama. Mr. Webster came here in 1828, and located where his granddaughter, Mrs. George E. Stevens, now lives. Of his family Jo- seph was born in 1815, and in 1844 married Laura Ann, daughter of Ephraim and Laura (Williams) Hicks. Their children were Ellen A., of Alabama; Daniel, who died 1879; Emma, who died 1880; Hattie, who married Almon Bristol, and died in Illinois in 1882; Laura, who died in Batavia in 1884; and Mary, who died 1880.

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Gazetteer and biographical record of Genesee County, N.Y., 1788-1890, Part 14

Author: Beers, F. W. (Frederick W.), ed. 1n; Vose, J.W., and Co Publication date: 1890 Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y. : J.W. Vose & Co. Number of Pages: 920

Author: Beers, F. W. (Frederick W.), ed. 1n; Vose, J.W., and Co
Publication date: 1890
Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y. : J.W. Vose & Co.
Number of Pages: 920