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He married, November 18, 1868, Martha Townsend, daughter of John Townsend, of the town of Carroll (see Townsend VII). Children : Grace, Hugh, Daniel, all of whom died in infancy ; Martha T., born July 13. 1877, resides with her father; Harry T., born Janu- ary 24, 1882, now vice-president of the Union Lumber Company.
(The Townsend Line).
(I) Martha (Townsend) Griswold descends through nine generations of Townsends from Roger de Townsende, the first of the line of whom there is definite historical knowledge. The line continues in England to Thomas Townsend, the American ancestor, born at Bracon Ash, county of Norfolk, England. Tra- dition and family records state that he came from England and settled at Lynn, Massachu- setts, about 1637. He was a cousin of Gov-
ernor John Winthrop and was supposed to have been a relative of the first Lord Town- send, who was created Baron by Charles II. He was a man of education, and beautiful specimens of his handwriting are still pre- served in the office of the secretary of state; in Boston. He died December 22, 1677. He married Mary Newgate (or Newdigate), who survived him many years.
(II) Samuel, son of Thomas and Mary ( Newgate ) Townsend, was the second of five children, and was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, about 1638, died December 21, 1704. He set- tled at Chelsea, Massachusetts, where he ac- quired considerable property, which he dis- posed of by will. He died at Chelsea and is interred in the old burying ground at Rum- ney Marsh (Revere). He married Abigail, daughter of Samuel Davis, and had ten chil- dren.
(III) Jonathan, son of Samuel and Abigail (Davis) Townsend, was born September 10, 1668, died April 16, 1718. He married, March 22, 1695. Elizabeth Waltham, died March 30, 1749. aged eighty-three years.
(IV) Rev. Jonathan (2) Townsend, son of Jonathan (1) and Elizabeth (Waltham) Town- send, was born in 1697, died 1762. He was a graduate of Harvard College, and was or- dained pastor of the Congregational church, at Needham, Massachusetts, March 23, 1719, and served that congregation until his death, Sep- tember 30, 1762. He married Mary, daughter of Captain Gregory Sugars. Seven children.
(V) Samuel (2). son of Rev. Jonathan (2) and Mary (Sugars) Townsend, was born in Needham, Massachusetts, May 15, 1729, died in Tyringham, Massachusetts, September 11, 1822. He was a revolutionary soldier. He married. June 21, 1757, Ruth Tolman, born in Stoughton, Massachusetts, daughter of Tim- othy and Elizabeth ( Wadsworth) Tolman, and granddaughter of Thomas and Jane (Vose) Tolman. Eight children.
(VI) William, son of Samuel (2) and Ruth (Tolman) Townsend, was born in Needham, Massachusetts, December 11, 1765. He mar- ried Rhoda Hall, who died August 12, 1835. Five children.
(VII) John, son of William and Rhoda (Hall) Townsend, was born January 28, 1796, died 1860. In 1817 he came to Kennedy, New York, afterward purchasing a farm in Carroll, Chautauqua county, New York. where he fol- lowed farming and lumbering. He was a Whig
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and a Republican. He married Adelia Hitch- cock, born in Otsego county, New York, May 4, 1810, daughter of Samuel Hitchcock, born November 26, 1787; married Mary McCor- mack, born May 10, 1788. Samuel was the son of Ashbel Hitchcock, born July 1, 1765, in Oswego county, New York; came to Chau- tauqua county in 1817; married Eunice Dun- bar, who died April 30, 1834. Ashbel, the son of Joel Hitchcock, married, April 14, 1757, Lois Scott. Mary (McCormack) Hitchcock was a daughter of John McCormack, born in Massachusetts, June 10, 1756; married Abigail Hartson.
John and Adelia (Hitchcock) Townsend had four sons and six daughters, one of whom, Martha, was born in the town of Carroll, in 1837. She taught several years in the schools near her home, later she attended and gradu- ated from the State Normal School, at Al- bany, and then continued her profession as teacher until her marriage with Daniel Gris- wold, November 18, 1868. After their removal to Jamestown she served nine years on the board of education, and, when failing health compelled her to retire from the board, she retained a deep interest in the cause of educa- tion. She was a member of the Fortnightly Club, the Daughters of the American Revolu- tion, and vice-president of the Chautauqua County Historical Society. She died January 21, 1910. She was a woman of fine executive ability, devoted to all worthy causes, and died deeply regretted.
HATCH This branch of the Hatch family was founded in America by Hatch, who settled in New Lon- don, Connecticut. He had two brothers who came to America with him, one settling at Boston, Massachusetts, the other going to Nova Scotia. The New London settler was a baker by trade. He married and had issue: Elijah, Peter, Joshua, Daniel, Stephen, John, Molly, Eliza, Susan.
(II) Elijah, son of - - Hatch, married Naomi Phelps and settled at Lebanon, Con- necticut. Children : Eleazer, married Abby Lamb; Samuel, married Submit Webster ; Asel, married Eunice Hovey ; Joseph, married Me- linda Webster; Tryphena, unmarried; Sally, married a Mr. Griswold; David, of further mention; Jonathan, married Betsey Powie; Naomi, married Eleazer Fitch.
(III) David, son of Elijah and Naomi
(Phelps) Hatch, was born July 30, 1774, died May 5, 1866. He married (first) Patty Tis- dale, (second) Sally Baird. Children : Laura, born December 10, 1798, married George Martin ; Elizabeth, January 3, 1801, married David Matthews; a son, November 29, 1803; David Tisdale, May 20, 1809; Solomon G., of further mention.
(IV) Solomon Griswold, son of David and Patty (Tisdale) Hatch, was born in the town of Busti, Chautauqua.county, New York, Au- gust 13, 1813, died in Jamestown, New York, in 1862. He was a farmer of Busti until 1867, when he settled in Jamestown. In political faith he was a Democrat. He married Au- gusta Ann Green, born June 20, 1820, died December 11, 1894, daughter of Enoch (2) and Adah (Hubbard) Green, granddaughter of Enoch Green, a Baptist minister, who mar- ried Phebe, daughter of Josiah Ward. Adah Hubbard, was a descendant of George Hub- bard, born 1616, who married Elizabeth Tay- lor. They had eight children. Their son, Na- thaniel Hubbard, born 1652, died 1738, mar- ried Mary Earl, died 1732. They had ten chil- dren. Their son, Nathaniel (2) Hubbard, born September 14, 1690, married, 1716, Sarah John- son, settled at Middletown, Connecticut. They had ten children. Their son, Nodiah Hubbard, born March 14, 1735, died May 4, 1817; mar- ried, in 1764, Mrs. Phebe Crowell, a widow. They had seven children. Their son, Samuel, born February 23, 1767, married Huldah Cro- well. Their daughter Adah Hubbard, born January 20, 1793; married Enoch (2) Green. Their daughter, Augusta Ann Green, married Solomon Griswold Hatch. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Hatch: Delos Whitney, born Octo- ber 17, 1839, died December 4, 1894; Charles Alonzo, June 2, 1849, now a resident of James- town; Fred Enoch, of further mention ; Cor- nelia Augusta, February 6, 1855, married Clif- ford M. Barrett, of Los Angeles, California.
(V) Fred Enoch, third son of Solomon Gris- wold and Augusta Ann (Green) Hatch, was born on the farm at Busti, Chautauqua county. New York, June 6, 1852. He attended the public schools at Busti, and, after his parents removed to Jamestown, completed his studies in the schools there. He worked on the farm during his earlier boyhood, but, at the age of fifteen, the family removed to Jamestown, where, after leaving school, in 1870, he became a druggist's apprentice, in the pharmacy of E. L. Larkin. After serving nine months he
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took a position temporarily in a dry goods store, later returning to the drug business. He was a clerk in the store of Dr. C. S. Hazeltine until. October 14, 1872, when the business was purchased by P. L. Kimball, with whom he remained until April 5, 1878. On that date Mr. Hatch purchased the store and business. He still continues and is one of Jamestown's oldest merchants in point of continuous years in business there. His pharmacy is one of the largest in the city and is well equipped for the . modern drug trade. He was one of the organ- izers of the Fenton Metallic Manufacturing Company, later merged as the Art Metal Com- pany, of which he is a stockholder. He was also one of the members of the Empire Vot- ing Machine Company. Mr. Hatch is an ener- getic, capable man of business, and reached success from a very humble beginning. With- out capital in his earlier years he has built up a large and profitable business. He had as an early partner, Clyde W. Preston, who, after four years, sold to Alexis Crane. Mr. Crane later sold his interest to William C. Briggs, and then Mr. Hatch purchased Mr. Briggs' interest, and became sole owner. He stands high in commercial circles and is held in uni- versal esteem. He is a member of Mt. Moriah Lodge, No. 145, Free and Accepted Masons, and a Republican in politics.
He married, at Jamestown, August 4, 1886, Helen L. Bemus, born in that city, daughter of Dr. William P. and Helen O. (Norton) Bemus. Children : William, now connected with the Art Metal Company; Helen Olive, born Feb- ruary 16, 1890, graduate of Saint Mary's Hall, Burlington, New Jersey, class of 1910; Fred Enoch (2) ; Dorvill Kent.
BEMUS This family settled in New York state prior to the revolution. The earliest record in this state is of Major Jotham Bemus. Joseph Bemis, emi- grant ancestor, was born in Dedham, Essex county, England, 1619, and came to Water- town, Massachusetts, with his sister Mary, as early as 1640. He was a blacksmith and a fairly well-to-do farmer. His wife was named Sarah, and they may have married in England. They were the parents of nine children. From this family the Bemus family of New York sprang.
(I) Major Jotham Bemus was a soldier and officer of the revolutionary war. His family lived at Bemis Heights, Saratoga county, New
York, their farm including Bemis Heights, the historic battle ground, made famous by the defeat and capture of the British army com- manded by Burgoyne. The name originally seems to have been spelled Bemis. Major Jotham Bemus died in the town of Pittstown, Rensselaer county, New York. He married Tryphena Moore.
(II) William, son of Major Jotham Bemus, was born at Bemis Heights, Saratoga county, New York, February 25, 1762, and, in early life, removed to Pittstown, Rensselaer county, with his father, where he married Mary ( Polly) Prendergast. In 1805 he accompanied his father-in-law, William Prendergast Sr. and family (twenty-five persons in all) to Ten- nessee, and, in 1806, to Chautauqua county, New York, where he settled at Bemus Point (named for him), on Lake Chautauqua, in the town of Ellery, where he resided until his death, January 2, 1830. He married, Janu- ary 27, 1782, Mary (Polly) Prendergast, born March 13, 1760, died July 11, 1845, daughter of William Prendergast. Children : Daniel, a physician of Meadville, Pennsylvania; Eliza- beth, married Captain John Silsby, removed to Iowa; Tryphena, married John Griffiths; Thomas; Charles, of further mention; Me- hitable, married Daniel Hazeltine, of James- town, where she died September 22, 1887, in her ninety-fifth year; James, married Try- phena Boyd.
(III) Charles, fifth child of William and Mary (Polly) (Prendergast) Bemus, was born in Pittstown, Rensselaer county, New York, August 31, 1791. He came, with his parents, to Chautauqua county, and later lived at Bemus Point on land originally purchased by his father, and died October 10, 1861, at James- town, New York. He served in the war of 1812, as first lieutenant, and witnessed the burning of Buffalo in 1813. He married, Feb- ruary 28, 1811, Relepha Boyd, born July 20, 1790, died January 2, 1843. Children : 1. James, went to California, in 1850, and never return- ed. 2. Ellen, married Daniel Smiley ; removed to Wisconsin. 3. Matthew, married Marcellia Walters, and died in March, 1879. 4. Daniel, married (first) Adeline Strong, (second) Jane Griffith ; he died December 31, 1889. 5. Jane, died 1886; married Edward Copp. 6. John, died July 24. 1872; married Catherine Howell. 7. William P., of further mention. 8. Mehit- able, married Philip A. Strong; removed to Iowa. 9. Dr. E. Marvin, died in Wisconsin, in
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1861. 10. Colonel George H., a lawyer of Meadville. Pennsylvania.
(IV) Dr. William Prendergast Bemus, sev- enth child of Charles and Relepha (Boyd) Bemus, was born at Bemus Point, Chau- tauqua county, New York, October 4, 1827, died at Buffalo, September 19, 1890, where he practiced his profession for thirty-eight years, without interruption. He was edu- cated in the Ellery public schools, Fredonia high school, and under private tutors. He studied medicine with Dr. Shanahan, of War- ren, Pennsylvania, attended lectures at Ober- lin College, and was graduated, M. D., from the Berkshire Medical Institute, of Spring- field, Massachusetts. He began the practice of his profession at Ashville, New York, four years later removing to Jamestown, continuing there in practice until his death. He was a skillful physician and held a commanding posi- tion among the practitioners of Chautauqua county. He was ever ready to respond to any appeal for medical assistance, and the amount of his free practice was immense. It is known of him that he never went to law to collect a bill for professional service. He was gentle and sympathetic in the sick room, and so con- stantly mindful of the comfort of his patients that they came to regard him with sincere and deep affection. He died deeply regretted and the exceptionally large number of persons that attended his funeral demonstrated the respect and love in which Dr. Bemus was held by his community. He was a member of the St. Luke's Episcopal Church, of Jamestown, and an ardent Democrat in politics. He was presi- dent of the Cleveland Democratic Club, and, though active in the Democratic party, never aspired to or held any political office. He was secretary of the board of pensions at James- town, a non-political office. He was a mem- ber of the Chautauqua County Medical Soci- ety, the members of which attended the funeral in a body.
He married (first), in 1855, Helen O. Nor- ton, who died March 7, 1874. daughter of Squire Morris Norton, of Ashville, New York. He married (second), June 3, 1875, Sarah Elizabeth Prather, born in Venango county, Pennsylvania, August 31, 1838, daughter of Abraham C. and Sarah ( McCalmont) Prather (see Prather IV). She survives her husband and resides in Jamestown, in which city she has made her residence since October 11, 1873. Early in life she became a member of the
United Presbyterian Church, but, after her marriage to Dr. Bemus, became a member of St. Luke's Episcopal Church, of Jamestown. Children of first marriage : Helen L., married Fred E. Hatch, of Jamestown (see Hatch V) : Dr. Morris N. Bemus, of Jamestown. Child of second marriage: A daughter who died in infancy.
The Prather family of James- PRATHER town, New York, descend from English and Scotch ancestors, who settled in America at an early date, prob- ably in Maryland, where it is known there were three brothers bearing that name, one of whom was the father of Henry Prather, of the second generation.
(II) Henry Prather was born in Maryland. September 14, 1732 (o. s.), died August 29, 1775. He lived on the Prather homestead farm, which was an original grant from King George, of England. He married, May 9, 1754, Elizabeth Hicks, born February 11, 1736 (o. s.), of Danish parentage. Children : Thomas Hicks, born April 2, 1755; Henry, died in in- fancy; John, born January 16, 1759; Mary, October 31. 1760; Abraham, October 16, 1762 : Henry, October 3, 1764; Bazil, April 4, 1770 : Eleanor, February 6, 1772.
(III) Thomas Hicks, son of Henry and Elizabeth (Hicks) Prather, was born in the state of Maryland, April 2, 1755. Later he removed to the state of Pennsylvania, where he died February 15, 1818. He was a soldier of the revolution. He married Elizabeth Crun- kleton, January 25, 1776. She was born Feb- ruary 22, 1758, died June 20, 1831. Children : Polly, born November 7, 1776; Henry, August 5, 1778; Sarah, October 25, 1780; Ruhany, De- cember 16, 1784; Abraham C., see forward ; Rebecca, November 18, 1789; Thomas H., May 7, 1794.
(IV) Abraham Crunkleton, son of Thomas Hicks and Elizabeth (Crunkleton) Prather, was born in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, September 19, 1786, died July 7, 1850. About the year 1798 his father took up a tract of land in Venango county, Pennsylvania, and, with his two sons, Abraham and Robert, rode from Maryland to Venango county on horseback. bringing with them the necessaries of life and some of the comforts prepared by the mother. The father remained with the boys for awhile, saw them comfortably settled in a log cabin. then left them and returned to Maryland. Dur-
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ing this early period the boys were often mo- lested by a band of roving Indians, which occa- sionally ransacked their cabin and destroyed their crops. This fact, together with the dis- pute between their father and the Holland Land Company concerning the land they occu- pied for several years, caused them to return to Maryland. Abraham C. finally returned, purchased the tract, built a log cabin and ever afterward made it his home. He cleared the tract of timber, converting it finally into a well- tilled farm of two hundred and fifty acres, situated in Cornplanter township, Venango county, Pennsylvania, the nearest postoffice being at the village of Plumer. He prospered in his affairs, and, from time to time, pur- chased additional lands, on some of which was a large amount of valuable pine timber. He operated a tannery, a business which he had learned from his father. It is said that the old vats can yet be seen. During the war of 1812 he shouldered his musket, and, with his brother- in-law, James Ricketts, walked from Venango county ( a distance of about sixty miles) to Erie, Pennsylvania, where he enlisted and served during the war, as shown by the records at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Mr. Prather was one of the most highly-respected men of his county, very energetic and capable in busi- ness, kind and jovial in disposition.
He married, February 7, 1822, Sarah Mc- ยท Calmont, born in Center county, Pennsylvania, February 14, 1803, died December 26, 1874, daughter of Henry McCalmont, who was born in Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, March 15, 1776, died February 5, 1855, granddaughter of John McCalmont, born in Ireland, January 11, 1750, died August 3. 1832, who came to the United States from the north of Ireland, accompanied by his wife, both of Scotch parentage. John McCalmont is buried at Plumer, his wife at Franklin, Pennsylvania. Abraham C. Prather and wife are buried at Plumer, Venango coun- ty, Pennsylvania, where their graves are mark- ed by suitable monuments, as is that of her father, Henry McCalmont, and his wife, Eliz- abeth ( Wilson) Prather. Children : 1. Henry M., born May 17, 1823, died December 2, 1907 ; married Elizabeth Muss; children: Anna, Sarah and George. 2. Julia Ann, born Febru- ary 19, 1825, died unmarried, April 1, 1860. 3. Mary, born October 20, 1827, died June 27, 1909: married Philip Hatch, also deceased; children : Jennie, David and Elizabeth. 4. John
S., born February 17, 1830, died at Cleveland, Ohio; married Anna Henry, also deceased; child, Alice. 5. Jane W., born May 18, 1832, died October 3, 1851, unmarried. 6. George C., born May 16, 1835, died unmarried, No- vember 24, 1871. 7. Sarah Elizabeth, born August 31, 1838; married Dr. William P. Bemus (see Bemus IV). 8. Abraham S., of further mention. 9. Rebecca R., born Decem- ber 11, 1843 ; married John W. McClure ; chil- dren : Harry, deceased; Lottie; John Charles, a resident of Cleveland, Ohio, and a veteran of the Spanish-American war, enlisting from California. 10. Robert T., born February 22, 1847. died November 2, 1851.
(V) Abraham S., eighth child of Abraham Crunkleton and Sarah (McCalmont) Prather, was born at the old homestead farm in Venan- go county, Pennsylvania, February 24, 1841. He was educated in the public schools, supple- mented by a special business course at Duff's College, Pittsburgh. He was reared on the farm, and began his business career as a mem- ber of the firm of Prather Brothers, lumber dealers of Venango county, Pennsylvania. Later he was extensively engaged in the oil business, and still later, for a number of years, was engaged in the banking business. In the year 1873 Mr. Prather came to Jamestown, where he was engaged in the manufacture and sale of lumber, and where he built the first brick manufacturing plant, which he operated for a number of years, and which was destroy- 'ed by fire, February 4, 1881, later he returned to the lumber trade. August 14, 1862, he en- listed in Company I, One Hundred and Forty- second Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer In- fantry. ranking as first sergeant. He was honorably discharged, January 6, 1863, on ac- count of disability. His name appears on the war records, at Washington, as Abram S. Prather. He is a charter member of James M. Brown Post, No. 285, Grand Army of the Re- public, and was elected the first commander of the post, after its organization in 1882. He was made a Mason in Shepherd Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, at Titusville, Pennsyl- vania, in 1866, but, on removing to Jamestown, became a member of Mt. Moriah Lodge, No. 145, of that city. He is also a member of Western Chapter, No. 67, Royal Arch Masons ; Jamestown Council, and Rose Croix Com- mandery, No. 38, of Titusville. He belongs to Union Grange. Patrons of Husbandry. He is
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a Republican in politics, a member of the Con- gregational church, and of the Men's Club of that congregation.
He married (first), February 4, 1864, Lucy Jane Holmden, born September 21, 1844, died December 24, 1885. Her father, Thomas Holm- den, was born in England, and came to the United States, with his parents, and located in Cornplanter township, Venango county, Penn- sylvania. His father was a Baptist minister and preached in that locality, where he took up a tract of four hundred acres of land. Thomas Holmden married Sarah Henderson ; both died in Cleveland, Ohio, leaving six children : El- bridge, Lucy Jane, Eliza, Henry, Miles and Mary. Mr. Prather married (second), De- cember 14, 1892, Martha Fuller, born in the town of Poland, Chautauqua county, New York, November 23, 1848, daughter of Arad and Melvina A. (Bill) Fuller. Children of first marriage: 1. Sarah May, born Septem- ber 21, 1865, died July 10, 1877. 2. John H., of further mention. 3. Myrtle, born March 16, 1868; married Charles Wiltsie, who survives her. 4. Lucy Ama, born December 3, 1869; married Addison H. Brown; children: Pra- ther H., Herbert A., John A. and Albert Lowell. This family resides at Dallas Texas. 5. George A., born October 11, 1873, died March 4, 1875. 6. Ida Florence, born August 2, 1875, died Au- gust 16, 1876. No issue by second marriage.
(VI) John H., eldest son of Abraham S. and Lucy Jane (Holmden) Prather, was born at Plumer, Venango county, Pennsylvania, No- vember 21, 1866. He was about seven years of age when his parents removed to James- town, where he received his education in the public schools. At the age of eighteen years he entered the law office of C. R. Lockwood, of Jamestown, under whom he studied for three years. In the fall of 1888 he entered Buffalo Law School, from whence he was graduated in the spring of 1890, and was admitted to the bar in the same year. While he is regularly qualified to practice in all courts of the state of New York, Mr. Prather does not practice his profession but conducts a general real estate business in Jamestown. He was one of the organizers of the Jamestown Metal Furniture Company, serving as president until its consolidation with the Art Metal Company, one of the leading and most successful busi- ness enterprises of Western New York. He has always taken a prominent part in the de- velopment of his city and suburbs, Maple
Springs on Lake Chautauqua and Allen Park, being two of his more recent promotions. He is a man of excellent judgment, liberal in all his views, and held in the highest esteem by his townsmen. He served in the New York National Guard for four years, as a member of the well-known and popular Fenton Guards. He is a member of the Benevolent and Pro- tective Order of Elks, and, in 1897, was ex- alted ruler of Jamestown Lodge, No. 263, being the sixth member to hold that office since the organization of the lodge. His affiliations with the Masonic order are with Mt. Moriah Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; Western Star Chapter, Royal Arch Masons ; Jamestown Com- mandery, Knights Templar; Ismailia Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is a Repub- lican in politics, and an attendant of the Pres- byterian church.
He married, at Newcastle, Pennsylvania, June 8, 1898, Margaret Evelyn McFate, born May 8, 1869, at Cochranton, Crawford county, Pennsylvania, daughter of Robert W. and Hul- dah Jane (Ricketts) McFate.
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