Genealogical and Family History of Western New York, Volume I, Part 22

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918
Publication date: 1912
Publisher: New York : Lewis Historical Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 680

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(VIII) Frank Webb, eldest son of John (4) and Fannie A. (Webb) Cadwell, was born at Pompey Hill, Onondaga county, New York, October 19, 1868. He was educated in public and private schools at Jamestown, and is now associated with his father in the Cadwell Cabi- net Company. He is a Republican, a Presby- terian, and a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He married Jennie Wilson, daughter of John T. Wilson.

(VIII) Eugene Benson, youngest son of John (4) and Fannie A. (Webb) Cadwell. was born at Enterprise, Pennsylvania, Novem- ber 12, 1870. He was educated in public and private schools of Jamestown, and is a partner with his father in the Cadwell Cabinet Com-

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He married thirsty Alvina Carson, bern Harrisburg. Pennsylvania, August 4. 183 :. Mary Carson. Children: Finuna Stella, bo : in Young-town, Ohio, unmarried : Robert. do . young ; Elizabeth. deceased : Minnie idla. 1 . .. . ried John B. Northrup and had a son How. . .. Daisy. married Henry A. Doering, a mercha ..: of Jamestown : Frank Jones, deceased. na- ned Mary Dempsey, children : Charles, De:" sey and Louis; and Zaidee, died in infar. . He married ( second), at Jamestown, Inc. Ann Pennock, born at Jamestown, April 2%. 1845, daughter of Peter Pennock, a descendant of the early Pennocks who settled at \ a Harlem. now a part of the city of New York

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Peter Pennock was a son of Adonijah and Betsey Pennock, of Vermont, where Peter was born. He settled at Jamestown, New York, when a young man, engaged in brick manu- facturing, and became prominent in the early history of the city. He married Phinetta Southwick, born in Rome, New York, who bore him ten children : Lucia Ann, of further mention ; Clarice ; Florence ; Alvin ; Louis, and five who died in infancy.

Lucia Ann, eldest child of Peter and Phin- etta (Southwick) Pennock, married (first) Henry Burnham. Children: 1. May, died at the age of forty-four years ; she married Frank Holcomb and had a daughter who died in infancy, and a son, Robert Earl Holcomb. 2. John, died at the age of twenty-three years. She married (second) Charles Templeton Howard. Child, Elizabeth O. Howard, who resides with her mother. Mrs. Howard has been engaged in the millinery business in Jamestown for over half a century, and for half of that time has been in her present loca- tion, 101 Cherry street. She has an establish- ed business among the best in her city, and maintains a high character both in business and private life. She is a member of the Church of Christ (Scientist), and a woman thoroughly respected and esteemed.

DOERING The Doering family, herein re- corded, springs from German and Irish ancestry, the Doer- ings having long been seated in Germany, the Howards in Ireland. The founder of the family in the United States, Henry Doering, came, when young, from Hesse Darmstadt, Germany. He was a carpenter by trade, and served in the United States army during the Mexican war. After that war was ended he joined the tide of emigration westward, finally locating in St. Louis, Missouri, where he en- gaged in contracting and building. He became one of the leading men in his business, and erected many of the large buildings of St. Louis. Perhaps his greatest undertaking was the placing of the piers and masonry for the great bridge across the Mississippi, at St. Louis, known as the "Eads Bridge," one of the most important construction enterprises of that day. At times, during the progress of that work, Mr. Doering had seven hundred and fifty men employed, besides a fleet of scows, steamers and smaller boats. He was a member of the Presbyterian church and the Independent Order

of Odd Fellows ; politically a Republican. He married, in St. Louis, Missouri, Maria Guer- dan, who bore him fifteen children, five of whom died in infancy. The others: Emma Elizabeth; Henry, died young; Henry A., of further mention; Oscar Frank; Emile Guer- dan; Ellsworth G .; Harry Hugh; Guido A .; Hugo B., and Alma I.

(II) Henry August, son of Henry Doering, was born in St. Louis, Missouri, August 18, 1854. He was educated in the public schools of that city and Bryant & Stratton's Business College. His first employment was as time and bookkeeper for his father, then largely en- gaged in contracting. In 1877 he came east, settling at Bradford, Pennsylvania, where, for seven years, he successfully engaged in the production of oil. From Bradford Mr. Doer- ing came to Jamestown, New York, where he spent a year with the wholesale grocery house of B. F. Lounsbery, as bookkeeper. He then formed a partnership which purchased the Harrop crockery business, operating under the firm name of Harris, Underwood & Doer- ing. This firm continued in successful busi- ness seventeen years, when Mr. Harris retired, his interest being purchased by his partners, who continued as Underwood & Doering. Later Mr. Doering sold to Mr. Underwood and re- tired from the firm. In 1909 he opened a crockery store on Main street, moving, after one year, to his present location, opposite the New Sherman Hotel, known as the Jamestown Crockery Company, H. A. Doering, proprietor. His business is well established and prosper- ous, his lines being those usually carried by crockery houses. He is also connected with the Gurney Ball Bearing Company, which manu- factured a new and greatly improved ball bear- ing. largely used by automobile makers. He is a Republican in politics, and a Presbyterian. His fraternal orders are the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and the Eagles.

He married, in St. Louis, October 4, 1876, Daisy Howard, born in Youngstown, Ohio, Sep- tember 15, 1855, daughter of Charles Temple- ton and Alvina (Carson) Howard. Mrs. Doer- ing is a member of the Presbyterian church, and the Travellers and Mozart clubs, of James- town.

This branch of the Cole family was COLE founded in America by Rev. Ben- nett Coleman, born in the parish of Thules, county Clare, Ireland, August 5.

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1754. He was a graduate of Dublin Univer- sity, and educated for the priesthood, but the records are silent as to whether or not he took holy orders. In 1776 he came to the American colonies as a British soldier, with the army of Lord Howe. He was in the battles around New York and at White Plains, managed to be taken prisoner by Captain Lee, of Wash- ington's army. He was taken to Washington's headquarters, where he declared his wish to become a soldier of the army of independence, October 3, 1776. He was enlisted in Troop B, Second Light Dragoons, under the name which he ever afterward bore, Benjamin Cole. He was detailed as clerk in the office of the ad- jutant-general, serving until the close of the war, and was present at the surrender of Corn- wallis, at Yorktown. He was mustered out of the service at Charleston, South Carolina, twelve hundred miles from Franklin, Massa- chusetts, where he settled, covering the dis- tance on foot. He was borne on the rolls as a revolutionary pensioner until his death. His papers, etc., are now in the possession of Bar- nard F. Salisbury, Ellicottville, New York. In Franklin he taught school, married and then entered the employ of the original American Baptist Home Missionary Society, traveling and preaching in every one of the thirteen states of the original Union. He moved his residence to Marlboro, Vermont, from thence to Phelps, Ontario county, New York, finally coming to Humphrey, Cattaraugus county, New York, where he died. He married Rachel Salisbury. Children : Mary, married General Phineas E. Maltier; Seth, married Lucretia -; Stephen S., of further mention; Ben- jamin; Betsey, married Foster B. Salisbury ; Sarah, married David Wheeler (2) ; Elijah, died at the age of twenty-four years.

(II) Stephen S., son of Rev. Benjamin Cole, was born in Marlboro, Windham county, Ver- mont, 1804, died 1877. He grew up on a Ver- mont farm with relatives, remaining until he was nineteen years of age, then, without a cent of money, made the journey to Cattaraugus county, settling near his father, in Humphrey. He took up land, prospered, and added other parcels, until his farm comprised four hundred acres, on which he built a comfortable house. He rose to prominence in public life, was super- visor, justice of the peace many years, and, in 1850 and 1851, was elected a member of the New York legislature. He stumped Catta- raugus county for the first Republican candi-

date, General John C. Fremont, and was always allied with that party. He was tendered the nomination of his party for congress when Fenton was nominated, but declined the honor. He took an active part in recruiting volunteers for the Union army, during the civil war, and used his voice and influence for the abolition of human slavery. He was a man of extra- ordinary talents. As an orator he was unsur- passed in the county, having a wonderful voice and a well-stored mind. He spent his last days in retirement on the farm, but retained an active interest in public affairs until his death. He was a generous contributor to all churches and was everywhere regarded a good man and a most useful citizen. He married, January, 1838, Lemira Precinda, daughter of Alonzo P. Berry, of Syracuse, New York. Children: I. Marvin S. 2. Rosalia, married (first) Mark Sill, (second) Eugene Reynolds; children : i. Minnie, married, and had Ona and Claire; ii. Lemira. 3. Helen L., married Albert McKoon ; children : i. Bertha, married Frank Hyatt, of Auburn, New York, eight children; ii. Vera, married Lyman Phipps, two children ; iii. Eu- sebia, married Julius Vahue, three children ; iv. Kitty. 4. Delia, married Frank Reynolds ; two children. 5. George Wilson, of further men- tion.

(III) George Wilson, youngest son of Ste- . phen S. and Lemira Precinda (Berry) Cole, was born in Humphrey, Cattaraugus county, New York, December 31, 1858. He was edu- cated in the public grammar and high schools, and began life as a farmer, later going to Eldred, Pennsylvania, where he engaged in teaching in the public schools. Deciding upon the pro- fession of law he entered the office of ex-Con- gressman William G. Laidlaw, of Ellicottville, with whom he studied law until 1884, when he was admitted to the bar. He spent one year as clerk for Ansley & Davie, then was taken as partner by J. J. Inman, with whom he was associated in Salamanca from May, 1886, to December, 1891, as Inman & Cole. Until 1895 he practiced alone, then formed a partnership with Hon. James S. Whipple, which existed until 1897. Since then he has practiced alone, with offices in Salamanca. He was elected police justice in 1893, reelected in 1896. In 1901 he was elected district attorney, reelected 1904-07-10, and now holds that office. He has made a most creditable record as a prosecutor and has secured some notable convictions. He is learned in the law and thoroughly skilled in

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its application. He is a member of the county bar association, which he has served as secre- tary. He is prominent in the Masonic order, belonging to lodge, chapter and commandery.

He married, July 23, 1902, Lucia E., born January 3, 1874, daughter of Blanchard B. and Helena (Ferrin) Weber. Children : Irene Weber, born September 18, 1903; Ruth Marian, July 5, 1906.

FANCHER The Fanchers of Salamanca, New York, descend from Enos Fancher, of Herkimer county, New York, a farmer and a blacksmith, located at German Flats. He married Sally Roberts, of English and Welsh parentage. They had sons : Enos, Rufus, George, John and William ; daughters : Harriet, Sally and Amanda.

(II) Captain William Fancher, son of Enos and Sally (Roberts) Fancher, was born at German Flats, Herkimer county, New York, June 1, 1823, died May 24, 1862, a veteran of two wars. His father died when he was yet an infant, but his mother kept her boys with her, and William was given a good common school education. When he reached the age of sixteen years he went to work with his brother, George Fancher, of West Winfield, Herkimer county, to learn the blacksmith's trade. He remained with him one year, but, not liking the business, he left and enlisted in the United States regular army, July 13, 1841, for a term of five years. He enlisted in Al- bany, and was honorably discharged at the expiration of his term of enlistment, at New York City, July, 1846, having attained the rank of first sergeant, Company F, Second Regiment, United States Infantry. He saw hard service during these five years, first in Florida against the Indians, and with General Scott's army during the Mexican war. He fought in many of the battles of that war, and was present at the taking of the city of Mexico, and the battles preceding its surrender to Gen- eral Scott. After the close of the Mexican war he was, for some time, engaged as recruit- ing officer for the United States army. After his discharge from the army, in 1846, he en- listed in the United States navy, serving four years, and gaining the rank of lieutenant. Dur- ing this period he saw service in foreign waters, his vessel being part of the fleet sent to China and Japan. He was honorably discharged in San Francisco, in 1850, and, for a time, was employed in the custom house in that city. In

the spring of 1851 he joined his brother, John Fancher, at Leon, New York, and with him worked, for a year, at the blacksmith's trade. At the end of the year the brothers bought a farm of one hundred and forty-six acres in the east part of the town of Leon, which Lieuten- ant Fancher cultivated until the outbreak of the civil war. He was popular in the town and held the office of supervisor as well as other responsible positions. In the spring of 1861 a company of home guards was formed in the town, of which he was elected captain. In September, 1861, he enlisted in the United States army and was commissioned captain of Company K, Sixty-fourth Regiment, New York Volunteers. He saw active service with his regiment until the latter part of March, 1862, when he was stricken down by typhoid fever. May I, of that year, he was granted a furlough and returned home. He reached the residence of his father-in-law, Thomas Mills, May 17, and died there, May 24, 1862. He was a brave soldier, a good citizen, a man of strict integrity and was held in the highest esteem.

He married, September, 1852, Lydia Mills, born December 15, 1832, in Leon, died May 9, 1886, daughter of Thomas and Nancy (Mc- Lauthlin) Mills, and granddaughter of David McLauthlin. Children: I. Evangeline, born June 22, 1853; married, January 21, 1872, Dr. Alvin A. Hubbell; child, Beulah, born June 27, 1873, married, January 19, 1895, Ernest Ward Olmstead, and has Ward Hubbell, born August 28, 1897, and Richard Hubbell, July 24, 1900. 2. Albert T., of further mention. Captain William Fancher is buried at Leon Center.

(III) Albert T., only son of Captain Will- iam and Lydia (Mills) Fancher, was born January 18, 1859, in the town of Leon, Catta- raugus county, New York. He was educated in the public schools and at Chamberlain Insti- tute. He engaged in farming and mercantile business for many years in Leon, but has always been heavily interested in oil produc- tion. He is president and manager of the Finance Oil Company, operating wells in In- dian Territory and Oklahoma. He owns many valuable oil properties that have made him a wealthy man, and are still producing large quantities. Mr. Fancher is a man of great energy and business ability, and the success that has come to him has been fairly earned. Reverses have never discouraged him, but

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rather spurred him on to greater effort. He has given much time to the public service, both in county and state. He was supervisor four years, clerk of Cattaraugus county three years ; member of the state assembly four consecutive terms, 1898-1902; member of the state senate, elected in 1892 by a plurality of twelve thou- sand, reelected to the senate, in 1904, by a plurality of fifteen thousand, reelected in 1906 by a plurality in excess of ten thousand. He served on the important senate committees : Indian affairs, (chairman) ; railroads ; insur- ance, (chairman) ; internal affairs; engrossed bills; railroads, commerce and navigation ; military affairs and agriculture. He was chair- man of the committees on insurance during his last term, and of Indian affairs during his first two. He is a Republican in politics and affiliated with many of the fraternal and social organizations of Salamanca. He is identified with the financial, industrial and commercial development of his village, in which he takes a deep interest. He married Mayme Darragh, January 26, 1909.

WHITMORE The surname Whitmore is identical with Whittemore, the former being the more common spelling in the English family. The name is of local origin, the family taking their name from the Manor of Whitmore, or Whyte- mere, of Staffordshire, England. This manor was granted by the "Conqueror" to Ricardus Forestariers, according to the Book of Domes- day, 1086. He had as tenants Ulfac, Aldwin, Arnulf and Avisa, the latter it is supposed being the Saxon owner of the place. Avisa de Whitmore also held lands from the Conqueror in other parts of England. The English line- age is traced from 1100 through sixteen gen- erations to Thomas Whittemore (2), the Amer- ican ancestor, born in Hartfordshire, England, came to New England prior to 1640, settled at Charlestown (Malden), Massachusetts. He had three wives and thirteen children. The line of descent is through his second son Dan- iel, his son John, his son David, who settled in Litchfield, New Hampshire. His son Jacob, born 1746, in Litchfield, married Eliza Davis. (VI) Eli, son of Jacob Whitmore, came to Onondaga county, New York, settling in the town of Skaneateles, where he followed farm- ing. He married and had children : Elias, of whom further, and Abram (q. v.).

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September 22, 1802, died October 5, 1875. He came to Onondaga county with his father, married there, and, in 1828, with his wife, came to Chautauqua county, New York. They traveled in a sled drawn by two oxen, with all their belongings packed on the sled. Elias settled in the town of Sherman on lot I, range 14, which he purchased from the Holland Land Company. His lot contained one hundred acres for which he paid one dollar and a quarter per acre. He cleared his farm and lived there until his death, well known and respected. He was a member of the Baptist church, first a Whig, later a Republican.

He married, in 1827, Betsey Norton, born October 11, 1811, died November, 1888, daugh- ter of Eland Norton and granddaughter of Major Norton, of Onondaga county, an officer of the revolution. He died at the great age of one hundred and eight years. Children of Elias Whitmore : I. Amelia T., born December, 1829, died 1898; married Helenas H. Hawks. 2. David R., July, 1831, died October, 1875: a veteran of Company E, Ninth Regiment, New York Cavalry. 3. Eli (2), April 30, 1833, died September, 1850. 4. Sarah, September 22, 1837 ; married George W. Rice. 5. Jabez. 1839, died in infancy. 6. Charles W., of fur- ther mention. 7. Esther, November, 1843 : married William H. Hubbard. 8. Alice, Janu- ary 29, 1853, died 1899; married Burt Moore. (VIII) Charles Willard, sixth child and third son of Elias and Betsey (Norton) Whit- more, was born in a log house in Sherman, Chautauqua county, New York, June 21. 1841. He was educated in public and private schools. working on the farm during the summer months. At the age of nineteen years he began teaching, boarding around among the patrons of the school. His salary was one dollar per day. On April 20, 1861, being not yet twenty years of age, he enlisted, for three months, in the Sixty-eight Regiment, New York militia. His regiment drilled in Jamestown, but the term of service of the men expired before the regiment was mustered in. On May 28, 1861, he enlisted in Company B, Seventy-second Regiment, New York Infantry, as a private. He was mustered into the United States serv- ice at Staten Island, New York, his being the first company to leave Chautauqua county for the front. He served his time in the Seventy- second, and, December 7, 1863, reënlisted in Company L, Fifteenth Regiment, New York Cavalry ; on June 17, 1865, he was transferred

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to Company L, Second New York Provisional by a unanimous vote of the lodge and given a Cavalry. He was honorably discharged, Sep- tember 7, 1865, at Louisville, Kentucky, and paid off at Elmira, New York. He then return- ed to his home in Chautauqua county, where he followed agriculture until 1872. He then became a book agent, at which he was very successful. He sold Grant's "Tour of the World" and Blaine's "Twenty Years in Con- gress," in the meantime studying law and fit- ting himself for that profession. He was ad- mitted to the New York bar in 1881, practiced until 1885 in Chautauqua county, then moved to the state of Kansas, where he took up a homestead under the "Soldiers Act." He re- ceived his patent from the government after a year's residence, and, in 1889, was admitted to practice in the state courts, and, in 1891, was admitted to the supreme court. A new county was organized and he was given the privilege of naming it after his old New York home and birthplace, Sherman. In 1896 he was elected judge of the probate court of Sherman county, holding until 1900. In 1901 he disposed of his Kansas interests and returned to Chautauqua county, later settling at Jamestown, where he has an office. He has retired from active prac- tice, his business being pension attorney, money brokerage and real estate.

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Genealogical and Family History of Western New York, Volume I, Part 22

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918 Publication date: 1912 Publisher: New York : Lewis Historical Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 680

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918
Publication date: 1912
Publisher: New York : Lewis Historical Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 680