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Colonel Brown married, at Detroit, Michi- gan, January 15, 1852, Charlotte Cook, born at Argyle, Washington county, New York, in 1825, daughter of Dr. Robert and Elizabeth ( Sutherland ) Cook. Children : I. Robert, born October, 1852, died June 6, 1854. 2. Donald Sutherland, of further mention. 3. Edward Cook, born August 28, 1856, died February 11, 1907. 4. Augustus Franklin Allen, born De- cember 23, 1858, died January 26, 1898. 5. Malcolm James, born June, 1861, died July, 1864.
(III) Donald Sutherland, son of Colonel James Malcolm and Charlotte (Cook ) Brown, was born at Jamestown, Chautauqua county, New York, September 24, 1854. His early education was obtained under the instruction of Miss Calista Jones and Emerson Sterns, at clistrict school No. I. He then entered James- town Academy, under Rev. Rufus King, con- tinuing until the establishment of the James- town Union School and Collegiate Institute, from which he was graduated with the class of 1874. He then entered the University of Ro- chester, Rochester, New York, from whence he graduated in the class of 1878. In 1880 he began
the study of law at Jamestown, under the pre- ceptorship of Bootey & Fowler. He was ad- mitted to the bar at Buffalo, 1883, practiced until 1896, then abandoned the law and sub- sequently took up the pursuit of agriculture, which he still continues (1911). Mr. Brown takes no active part in politics, is independent in thought, and usually acts with the Repub- lican party. He was reared in the Presbyterian faith, but is not a member of any denomina- tion.
During the war with Spain he enlisted in Company E, Sixty-fifth Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry, serving as corporal from May I to November 19, 1898. On June 9, 1891, he entered the Thirteenth Separate Com- pany, now Company E, Sixty-fifth Regiment, New York National Guard, and has served continuously, including the war with Spain, up to the present date (1911), now ranking as first sergeant. He is a member of Samuel M. Porter Camp, No. 45, United Spanish War Veterans, of which he was adjutant three years, and is now senior vice-commander. Is also past commander of James Hall Camp, No. 11I, Sons of Veterans. Mr. Brown is unmarried.
On his maternal side Donald S. Brown is descended from the Cooks. His great-grand- father, Thomas Cook, was born in county Cork. Ireland, in 1747, arrived in New York in De- cember, 1764, and became one of the pioneer settlers of Washington county, New York, where he died. He served in the American army during the revolutionary war. He was a Covenanter in religious belief. He married Mary Ann Mehon, who bore him eight chil- dren, one of whom was Dr. Robert Cook, born in Lansingburg, New York, in September. 1775; served as surgeon in the war of 1812: married Elizabeth Sutherland; daughter of Major Sutherland, who served in the British army during the war of 1812. Dr. Cook prac- ticed medicine in Argyle, Washington county, for forty years, then practiced, for some time, in New York City, and, in 1854. came to Jamestown, where he died.
The name of Towne, Town and TOWNE Towns, as it is sometimes spell- ed, is not one of frequent occur- rence. It may. however, be found here and there, generally in communities of Anglo-Saxon derivation. The earliest record at hand is of A. D. 1274. when William de la Towne, of Alvely. a village of Shropshire, England, was
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engaged in prosecuting a suit at law against one of the officers of the parish, and, the next year, was serving on a jury at Astley. The next record is one hundred and forty years later, in the reign of Henry IV., when, upon the windows of the church at Kennington, Kent county, impaled with that of Ellis, of the same place, were the arms of a family by name Towne, being: "Argent on a chevron sable, three cross-crosslets ermine." Thomas et Towne, who at this time possessed much land about Charing and who bore the same coat-of-arms, married Benedicta, only daugh- ter of John Brampton, alias Detling, of Detling Court, and thereby inherited a manor in Throw- ley, where he removed and erected a seat one- quarter of a mile from the church, which he named "Towne Place."
The next reference to the name is in the county of Lincoln, where it has existed over four hundred years. In A. D. 1459 William Towne, D. D., was collated (became the clergy- man) at Stow, in Lindsay, and, in 1470, was appointed almoner to King Henry VI. In old age he accepted an income from the parish, and he died in 1496. In 1470 John Towne, Pro- fessor of Divinity, was precentor of Lincoln, and, in 1473, prebend of Dunholme. John Towne, of Isby county, of Lincoln, made his will 1540. John Towne, of Ludborough, made his will in 1637, naming sons: Leonard, John and William.
The earliest the name is found in America is in 1635, when William Towne was an in- habitant of Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was made a freeman, February 2, 1637; was town clerk in 1639; purchased land at Cam- bridge in 1653; was tythingman in 1680; died April 30, 1685, aged eighty years. Amount of his estate was one hundred and eighteen pounds thirteen shillings six pence. His wife, Martha, died in January, 1674.
The ancestor of the American family, herein recorded, is William Towne, of whose birth- place or parentage nothing can be told, though he may have been the son of Richard and Ann Towne, of Braceby, Lincolnshire, England. The earliest positive information of him is at Yarmouth, Norfolkshire, where, in the church of St. Nicholas, on March 25, 1620, he mar- ried Joanna Blessing, and there six of their children were born. He next appears at Salem, Massachusetts, where "11-8 mo., 1640, granted to William Towne a little neck of land right over against his house on the other side of the
river." He remained in Salem until 1651, when he purchased a tract of forty acres at the newly incorporated town of Topsfield. In 1652 he sold his property in Salem and purchased additional property in Topsfield. In 1663 he and his wife conveyed to son Joseph, "in con- sideration of natural affection and the contem- plated marriage of their sonne Joseph Towne to Phebe Perkins," two-thirds "of the home wherein they did dwell" and other property. He died about 1672, and, from the final settle- ment of the estate of his widow, she seems to have survived him about ten years. Children : I. Rebecca, born February 21, 1621 ; married Francis Nurse ; she was executed at Salem, in 1692, as a witch, as was her sister Mary, her sister Sarah escaping with her life. 2. John, February 16, 1623. 3. Susanna, October 20, 1625. 4. Edmund, of further mention. 5. Jacob, married Catherine Symonds. 6. Mary, executed at Salem, 1692. Children baptized at Salem: 7. Sarah, married (first), January 11, 1660, Edward Bridges ; married (second) Peter Cloyes; she suffered terrible persecution, with her sisters, at the hands of the fanatical Puri- tans, but did not lose her life. 8. Joseph, born about 1639.
(II) Edmund, son of William and Joanna (Blessing) Towne, was baptized at Yarmouth, Norfolk county, England, June 28, 1628; died at Topsfield, Massachusetts, prior to May 3, 1678, the date of the inventory of his estate. He came to Massachusetts with his parents, and after the removal from Salem to Topsfield continued his residence there all his life. He was a member of a committee from Topsfield, who, in 1675, presented a petition to the gen- eral court for leave to form military companies to protect the inhabitants from the Indians while at work. He married Mary, daughter of Thomas Browning. Her will was proved December 16, 1717. Children: 1. Mary. 2. Thomas, born in Topsfield, 1655; was in Cap- tain Lothrop's company, at Hatfield, August 12, 1675, and may have been one of the very few of that company, numbering eighty-eight men, who escaped from the fatal encounter with the Indians, at the battle of "Bloody Brook," September 18, 1675; he married Sarah French. 3. Sarah, born April 26, 1657; mar- ried a Mr. Pritchett. 4. William, of further mention. 5. Joseph, born September 2, 1661 ; married Amy Smith. 6. Abigail, born August 6, 1664; married Jacob Peabody. 7. Benjamin, born May 26, 1666. 8. Rebecca, born Febru-
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ary 2, 1668; married a Mr. Knight. 9. Eliza- beth, born November 2, 1669; married Thomas Wilkins. 10. Samuel, born February 11, 1673; married Elizabeth Knight.
(III) William (2), son of Edmund and Mary (Browning) Towne, was born at Tops- field, Massachusetts, March 13, 1659. He married (first) Eliza ,who was the mother of several children, all of whom died in infancy. He married (second), August 22, 1694, Margaret, widow of John Willard, who had been executed at Salem about two years previous, during the witchcraft delusion. Chil- dren of second wife: Mary, born July 3, 1695; William, died in infancy ; William (2), Febru- ary 25, 1699; Isaac, of further mention; Icha- bod, February 18, 1703; Jeremiah, May 27, 1705, married Elizabeth -; Deborah, Au- gust 16, 1707, married J. Kenny ; Mercy, Sep- tember 19, 1709, married John Towne Jr .; Keziah, February 9, 1715, married Robert Fitz, of Sutton, November 9, 1739.
(IV) Isaac, son of William (2) and Mar- garet (Willard) Towne, was born at Tops- field, April 10, 1701 ; died at Sutton, Massa- chusetts, where the estate of his widow was settled in 1796. He married, January 7, 1738, Lydia Estey. Children : Lydia, born April 5, 1739, married, June 2, 1767, Robert Fitz ; Isaac, August 4, 1741; Asa, of further mention; Eunice.
(V) Asa, son of Isaac and Lydia (Estey) Towne, was born in Topsfield, Massachusetts, December 2, 1743. He was married in Sutton, Massachusetts, and had several children born there; later he removed to Connecticut. He married, February 11, 1761, a kinswoman, Eunice Towne, who died November 9, 1806. Children, born in Sutton: Eunice, baptized February, 1762; Dorcas, baptized January 9, 1764; Eunice, baptized September 28, 1766; Anna, baptized April 29, 1769; Asa, of fur- ther mention.
(VI) Asa (2), son of Asa (1) and Eunice (Towne) Towne, was born about 1770. He married and had issue, including a son Francis.
(VII) Francis, son of Asa (2) Towne, was a native of Connecticut, died at the age of seventy-five years. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and a man of good repute. He owned a farm of one hun- dred and forty acres in the town of Arkwright, Chautauqua county, New York, where much of his life was spent. He married Sallie Cobb, 7-W
a native of Connecticut. Children: Hiram, deceased ; Warren, of further mention ; Charles, deceased; Joel, deceased; Thomas, deceased; Albert, deceased; Sebia, married Welcome Pat- terson; Viola, married Porter Turner; three children who died young.
(VIII) Warren, second son of Francis and Sallie (Cobb) Towne, was born February 9, 1833, died January 17, 1910. He was educated in the public schools, and grew up on the old homestead in Chautauqua county, where his after life was spent. He was a devoted mem- ber of the Methodist Episcopal church, which he served as steward and class leader. He lived a just and upright life and his death was deeply regretted. He is buried in Abbey ceme- tery. He married, at Villenova, New York, September 7, 1859, Mary A. Ward, born May 7, 1837, daughter of Warren and Harriet ( Hal- stead) Ward. She survives her husband, a resident of Forestville, Chautauqua county. Like her husband, she is a faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Warren Ward, a farmer and carpenter, died May 24, 1877, aged seventy-five years. His wife, Harriet (Halstead) Ward, is living in 1911, aged nine- ty-six years, daughter of Joel and Sarah Hal- stead. Children: Florella, married Horace Towne; Gerry Clinton, died in Howard City, Michigan ; Mary A., married Warren Towne; Fenner E., of Nashville, New York. Children of Warren and Mary A. Towne : 1. Erving A., born May 24, 1863; married Rena Vinton. 2. Morris E., of further mention. 3. Burton L., born September 4, 1868; married Cora Henry ; children : Blanche, Nina E. and Warren C. 4. Ethel M., born May 20, 1877; married Gard- ner S. Mansfield; children: Gladys L., Ruth M., Robert L. and Doris L.
(IX) Morris E., second son of Warren and Mary A. (Ward) Towne, was born in the town of Arkwright, Chautauqua county, New York, October 30, 1865. He was educated in the public schools, and spent his early life on the home farm. On arriving at manhood he pur- chased a small farm at Arkwright Center, and dealt extensively in live stock. He conducted business in Fredonia, New York, where, for ten years, he was engaged in speculating in horses and cattle. In 1895 he came to James- town, and, for one year, operated a meat market. Later, until 1906, he was employed as a traveling salesman by Himebaugh Brothers, manufacturers of furniture, of Jamestown. In
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the year last named he organized the M. E. Towne Furniture Company, with plant on Holmes street, Jamestown, which he purchased. He is there transacting a very large and profit- able business in house furnishings. He erected his present elegant house, in Jamestown, in 1900. He is a member of the Methodist Epis- copal church, and a Republican in politics, tak- ing an active interest in the welfare of his party, and has served as a member of the county committee. He is a member of Mt. Moriah Lodge, No. 145, Free and Accepted Masons, and Western Sun Chapter, Royal Arch. Masons, both of Jamestown.
He married, January 1, 1885, at Villenova, New York, Effie E., born March 2, 1867, daughter of Harrison and Ellen ( Putney) Sharp. She was educated in the public schools and Forestville Academy. Previous to her marriage she taught in the schools of Villenova, Ball Hill and Pope Hill. She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and active in the work of the church societies. Harrison Sharp, son of Peter and Polly Sharp, was born at Hanover, Chautauqua county, New York. January 19, 1836, died February 21, 1907. He was a farmer of the town of Villenova, Chau- tauqua county, and much interested in church and Sunday school work. He was a Meth- odist, as were his parents. His father died at the age of eighty years, his mother at seventy- five. He was a Republican and served his town as assessor.
He married (first) Sallie Putney, Septem- ber 30, 1857 ; she died January 22, 1861, leav- ing a son, Fred D. Sharp, who died October 18, 1901 ; married Lizzie Kenner; children : Floyd E., Morton Ray, Anna L., Florence and Elton. Harrison Sharp married (second) Ellen Putney, a sister of his first wife, born May 14. 1846, who survives him. Children : Effie E., married Morris E. Towne : Curtis M .. married Latha Dykeman ; Clair D. (deceased), married Edna Hiller; Bessie May, married Edward Lilly. Children of Morris E. and Effie E. Towne: I. Alta Mae, born at Ark- wright, May 18, 1887; graduate of Jamestown high school, class of 1906; married, August 30, 1910, Oscar C. Johnson, manager of the Reli- ance Clothing House, of Jamestown. 2. Jessie Allene, born January 10, 1901, at Jamestown, New York. 3. Mildred Alberta, born in James- town, September I. 1002.
BUSH The Bush family is of ancient Eng- lish origin. The first pioneer of the family in this country was Ran- dolph or Reynold Bush, who was a proprietor of Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1641. He mortgaged land there in 1644, and redeemed it in 1657. He doubtless removed soon after- ward to Connecticut.
(I) Jonathan Bush, probably a son of Ran- dolph Bush, was born in 1650, died in 1739. He was one of the early settlers of Enfield, Connecticut, and his name appears on the rec- ords as early as 1680. He owned the fourth lot, on the west side, at the upper end of the town, and afterwards lived north of Fresh- water. He married Sarah Children, born at Enfield: Jonathan, mentioned below : John, born November 22, 1685, died young ; Sarah, married, in 1718. Benjamin Sittan, and settled at Somers, Connecticut, formerly part of Enfield : Daniel, born November 13, 1689; Ebenezer. August 19, 1692; Caleb, December 27, 1697: Sarah, September 27, 1699.
(II) Jonathan (2), son of Jonathan (1) Bush, was born about 1682, in Enfield; died February 28. 1746. His epitaph reads : "He fineshed his Pessabel (peaceable) and exem- plary life Febry. ye 28th in the 65th year of his age." He was a wheelwright by trade. His children quitclaimed their rights in the estate of their grandfather, Jonathan Bush. He mar- ried Rachel Kibbe, of Enfield, who died in 1786, aged ninety-eight years. Children, born at Enfield: Jonathan, May 2, 1710, lived in Springfield, Massachusetts ; Joshua, August 17. 1712, married Experience French: Moses. 1714; Aaron, mentioned below; Rachel, born May 30, 1722, married Job Larkham; Caleb. August 7. 1725, married Martha, daughter of Ebenezer Pease: Elizabeth, January 12. 1727- 28.
(III) Aaron, son of Jonathan (2) Bush. was born August 18, 1717, died at Enfield, in 1805. He was a prominent citizen, and, for many years, held offices of trust and honor in his native town. He was highway surveyor in 1753. collector of taxes in 1755, tything- man in 1767. on the school committee in 1770. and held these offices and others at different times. He married. September 21. 1743. Alice French. born April 30. 1720, died December 2. 1778. Their home was on Terry Lane. Chil- dren, born at Enfield: Alice. September 26.
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1744; Aaron, August 23, 1746; Moses, men- tioned below ; Oliver, May 12, 1750; Elizabeth, May 5, 1752; Rufus, July 16, 1754; Abel; Sarah, November 14, 1756; Mary; April 13, 1759; John, September 25, 1763.
(IV) Moses, second son of Aaron Bush, was born in Enfield, Connecticut, July 27, 1748. He settled in Suffield, Hartford county, Con- necticut. He married Lucretia Ensign. His eldest son, Heman, born 1777, married, 1799, Abby Fross, and settled in Litchfield, Herki- mer county, New York. Later he settled in the town of Ellicott, Chautauqua county. He had a large family and descendants are numer- ous in this county.
(V) Ensign, son of Moses Bush, was born about 1780, in Suffield, Connecticut; died in the town of Chautauqua, Chautauqua county, New York. He settled in Litchfield, Herki- mer county, with his father, and there follow- ed his trade of carpenter and joiner. In 1827 he came to Chautauqua, and there followed his trade. He was an excellent mechanic, and not only erected dwellings, but fashioned furni- ture, spinning wheels, in fact anything required that could be made of wood. He married Sarah Rose. who bore him four sons and two daughters.
(VI) Datus Ensign, son of Ensign Bush. was born in Litchfield, Herkimer county. New York, June 6, 1808; died in Jamestown, New York, December 7, 1891. While helping his father in his carpenter work the lad cut him- self, which so disgusted him with edged tools that he decided to learn the trade of mason. He served a two years apprenticeship with a mason at Fredonia, but finding he was not a skilled workman went to Westfield, where he spent two more years as apprentice. under a more competent instructor. After serving his time he began business as a contractor. His first contract was to do the brick work on the then new and commodious county jail at May- ville. This was in 1833. In the fall, of that year, he moved to Jamestown, where he work- ed at his trade until cold weather put a stop to outside work. After spending the winter with his parents he returned to Jamestown in the spring of 1834, and resided there until his death. He followed his trade until incapaci- tated by age. then retired. He was a hard- working, industrious man, very positive in his nature, quick to resent an injury, but just as quick to forget and forgive one, honest and charitable, a good neighbor, a loving husband
and father. He usually supported the Repub- lican party, and was an earnest, devoted mem- ber of the Methodist Episcopal church. He married (first), in 1835, Elizabeth Thayer, born January 13, 1811, who died March I, 1850. He married (second) Ann Hollenbeck, who survived him. Children of first marriage ; four died in infancy and childhood; those who reached mature years : 1. Phoebe Ann, married Henry J. Whallon, of Erie, Pennsylvania ; she died December 26, 1878, leaving seven daugh- ters. 2. Frank Benjamin. 3. Frederick George, mentioned below. Children of second mar- riage; two died in infancy : Elizabeth A. (de- ceased), married F. S. Morgan.
(VII) Frederick George, son of Datus En- sign and his first wife, Elizabeth (Thayer) Bush, was born at 421 East Second street, Jamestown, New York, March 5, 1846. He was educated in Jamestown Academy, and, when a lad of thirteen years, began learning the trade of mason, under the direction of his father. He continued with him several years, becoming not only an expert workman, but also .
thoroughly informed as to the best methods of
construction. He then formed a partnership with his brother, Frank Benjamin. One of his first contracts was the erection of the Henry Smith Cotton Mills, at Jamestown. He also erected several school buildings in that city, one of which is the building located on the corner of West Third street and Fairmount avenue. He also built the "Osmer block," in 1884. He and his brother built what is now known as the Dolan block, one of the large structures in Jamestown. A most important building. erected by Mr. Bush, and one that materially added to the architectural beauty of the city, is the "Frederick," on East Second street. The lower floor of this building is de- voted to stores, the three upper floors are divided into commodious apartments for fam- ilies. No expense was spared to make this a thoroughly modern apartment block, both in beauty of finish and in convenient appliances, electrical and mechanical. For four years Mr. Bush was a partner in the planing mill firm of Peterson & Bush. He was also a member of the firm of Edwin Schultz & Company, paint dealers, later Bush & Freeman, then F. G. Bush. In 1909 Mr. Bush sold to the Northrup Paint Company and retired permanently from active business life. Mr. Bush built many dwellings in East Jamestown and sold them. He was active in building up the city. He is a
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self-made man. He is a member of the Meth- odist Episcopal church, and politically a Pro- hibitionist.
He married (first), October 1, 1866, Emma A. Hewitt, born January, 1845, died May 12, 1869. He married (second), October 8, 1878, Kathryn Conet, born in Ellington, Chautauqua county, New York, January 10, 1858, daughter of John and Maria T. (Case) Conet. Child by first marriage : Frederick Lincoln, born July 16, 1867; married Nora Rappole. John Conet, a descendant of John F. and Mary (Rice) Conet, was born in Johnstown, Montgomery county, New York, March 26, 1824. He mar- ried Maria T. Case, born in Ellington, Chau- tauqua county, March 13, 1830.
The American ancestor, so far as ORMES known at present, of the Orms or Ormes family of Jamestown, New York, was John Orms, of Watertown and Spencer, Massachusetts. The name is spelled, . 4, 1850, aged eighty-five years. He is buried by his descendants, Orme, Ormes and Orms. John, the ancestor, used the latter form. The family have furnished the world with many noted physicians, beginning with the second generation, continuing to the present. Dr. James Orms, 1709-85, was the first practicing physician of Spencer, Massachusetts. Dr. Cor- nelius Ormes, for thirty years a practicing physician of Panama, Chautauqua county, New York, is credited with being the first surgeon in the United States to successfully operate on and remove the ovaries.
(I) John Orms settled in Watertown, Mas- sachusetts, as early as 1706. He purchased land in Spencer, Massachusetts, whither he re- moved, and died April 12, 1755. He married, March 24, 1704-05, Elizabeth Phillips, who survived him thirty years, and died May 19, 1785, aged one hundred years five months nine days. Children: 1. John, born October 16, 1706, died July 16, 1715. 2. James, born Octo- ber 19, 1709, died 1785; was the first practicing physician of Spencer, Massachusetts ; married (first), 1733, Frances Hinds, (second), 1736, Rachel How, (third), 1742, Tabitha Wright. 3. Jonathan, of further mention. 4. John, born July 24, 1716; moved to Providence, Rhode Island. 5. Sarah, born August 24, 1721. 6. Elizabeth, born February 2, 1725.
(II) Jonathan, son of John and Elizabeth (Phillips) Orms, was born in Watertown, Massachusetts, October 27, 1712. He settled
in Spencer, Massachusetts. He married, and among his children was a son Jonathan.
(III) General Jonathan (2) Orms, son of Jonathan (1) Orms, was born October 20, 1764, at Windham, Connecticut. He was a carpenter and millwright. He settled in Fair Haven, Vermont, about 1788, stopping, for a time, at Pittsfield, Vermont. He was engaged, by Dr. Simeon Smith, in building a forge on the west side of the falls, which he afterward owned, and on which he built the saw and grist mills so long known as "Orms Mills." After his marriage he settled in the West Haven part of the town, afterward lived, for many years, south of the highway, in Fair Haven. He built his two-story dwelling there, in 1804. He filled many town offices, and was general-in-chief of all the militia in Vermont during the war of 1812, and had his head- quarters in Bennington. He removed to Castle- ton Corners in 1842, and died there, August by his first wife, in West Haven. He married (first), about 1790, Eunice Hines, died in West Haven, March 27, 1824, aged fifty-five years. He married (second) a widow, Annah (Doyle) Gaines, died January 14, 1837, aged sixty-seven years. He married (third) Widow Lura Weston, daughter of Ebenezer Lyman, who survived him. Children by first wife: I. Pamelia, born 1792; lived with her brother, at Whitehall, New York. 2. Allen, removed to Northampton, Iowa. 3. Sophia, married Alan- son Loveland. 4. Alanson, died aged three years. 5. Betsey, married John Ransom, of Poultney, Vermont, and removed to Cleveland, Ohio. 6. Caroline, married Ezra Greenough. 7. Dan, born February 13, 1804; married (first) Amelia Gaines, (second) Mrs. Sarah S. Cook. 8. Jonathan, removed to Whitehall. New York. 9. Cornelius, of further mention. (IV) Dr. Cornelius Ormes, son of General Jonathan (2 )and Eunice (Hines) Orms, was born at West Haven, Vermont, August 4, 1807. After receiving a thorough academical educa- tion he entered upon the study of medicine with Professor Theodore Woodward, at that time the most noted surgeon of the eastern states, and received the degree of M. D. from Castleton Medical College in 1832. After prac- ticing, for a time, in partnership with his pre- ceptor, he removed to Chautauqua county and opened an office in Panama, February 13, 1833. In that early day the inhabitants of this por-
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