Genealogical and Family History of Western New York, Volume I, Part 23

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

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Judge Whitmore has given a great deal of time and interest to the Grand Army of the Republic, having helped to organize several posts. In 1866 he was one of the organizers of the post at Panama, Chautauqua county : was a charter member and an organizer of James M. Brown Post, of Jamestown, Septem- ber 6, 1882, also Sheldon Post, Sherman, New York, of which he was the first adjutant and later commander. In 1884 and 1885 he was assistant department inspector of the state of New York. On going to Kansas he took a transfer from his own post and at Good Land, Kansas, organized William S. Robertson Post, No. 428, of which he was commander, and also assisted in organizing Black Eagle Post, No. 453, at Horton, Kansas. In 1891 he took a transfer from William S. Robertson Post and joined Lincoln Post, No. I, at Topeka, Kansas. On May 7, 1909, he transferred and rejoined James M. Brown Post, at Jamestown, New York, which he helped to organize before removing west. He is a life member of Siloam Lodge, No. 225, Free and Accepted Masons, at Topeka, Kansas, having been complimented

life membership, in response to his request for a demit after coming east. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and a Re- publican.

He married (first) Helen Sabin, born May 10, 1850, daughter of Dr. William Sabin, of French Creek, New York. Child: William Leverne, born January 15. 1869, died March 15, 1879 .. His wife died January 10, 1891. He married ( second ), January 28, 1901. Jennie Smith, born May 18, 1849.

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WHITTEMORE England and America in both forms, Whitmore and Whittemore, members of the same family using both spellings.

(VII) Abram Whittemore, son of Eli Whit- more (q. v.), was born in New Hampshire. where he continued his residence until death. He was engaged in manufacturing. He mar- ried Martha Marshall. Children: Amos, a farmer : Rev. Joseph Richards, whose son is a graduate of Amherst College and a minister of the Congregational church : Paul Cragin ; John Mark; Abram ; Martha ; Mary.

(VIII) Abram (2). son of Abram (1) Whittemore, was born on the New Hampshire farm, February 8, 1823, died October 4, 1902. in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He resided in the west for many years, going to Milwaukee. Wisconsin, about 1848. He was engaged in the book business there until 1902, member of firm of Rood & Whittemore, and then came to Wilkes-Barre. He was a member of the Con- gregational church and for many years was clerk of Plymouth Church in Milwaukee. He married. October 4. 1854, in Milwaukee, Sarah Cornelia Stoddard, daughter of Lyman Stod- der (see Stodder VIII). Children : 1. Mary Cornelia, of Buffalo. New York. 2. Charles Albert, of Withee. Wisconsin. 3. Arthur C .. of East Aurora, New York. 4. Gertrude A., died in infancy. 5. George Abram, died young. 6. Sarah Estelle, died in infancy. 7. Foristall Grahame, an osteopathic physician of Ham- burg. Erie county, New York. 8. Hartford, deceased. 9. Marion Alice, graduate of the Atlantic School of Osteopath, D. O .; now in practice in Buffalo. Mrs. Abram Whittemore survives her husband, residing at No. 302 Hud- son street, Buffalo.

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(The Stodder Line).

The name is derived from the office of standard bearer, and was anciently written De la Standard. The coat-of-arms of the ancient family of Stodder or Stoddard of London is : Sable : three etoiles and a bordure gules. Crest : Out of a ducal coronet a demi horse, salient ermine. Motto: Festina lente. In the office of Heraldry, England, the following origin of the family in England is found: "William Stoddard, knight, came from Normandy to England with William the Conqueror, who was his cousin. Of his descendants there is record of Richard Stoddard, of Nottingham, Kent, near Eltham, about seven miles from London Bridge, where was located the family estate of about four hundred acres, which was in possession of the family in 1490, how much before is not known, and continued until the death of Nicholas Stoddard, a bachelor, in 1765." The name is found as Stodder, Stodar, Stoddar and Stoddard.

(I) John Stodder, the planter and ancestor of all the families who bore that surname in Hingham, Massachusetts, and vicinity, had a grant of land there in 1638. He was made a freeman, May 18, 1642, when he was called "of Hull." The Christian name of his wife, whom he probably married in England, was Anna or Hannah. John Stodder died Decem- ber 19, 1661. His will mentions three sons and one daughter. Children: John, Hannah, Elizabeth, Daniel, Samuel.

(II) Samuel, son of John Stodder, the emi- grant, was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, June 14, 1640, died September 16, 1731, aged ninety-one years. He was selectman in 1691, and known as "sergeant." He married (first), January 6, 1666. Elizabeth Gill, baptized in Hingham, June, 1647, died May 8, 1693, daugh- ter of Thomas and Hannah (Otis) Gill. He married (second), January 12, 1699, Mrs. Martha (Beal) Chubbuck. Children by first wife: Elizabeth, Tabitha, Samuel, Mary, Ste- phen, Thomas, Simon, Rachel, Jeremiah, Jon- athan ; David, died young; David.

(III) Jeremiah, son of . Samuel Stodder, was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, Novem- ber 3, 1683, died May 4, 1763. He followed the trade of shipwright in Hingham. He mar- ried Elizabeth (surname unknown), who died December 18, 1775, aged eighty-eight years. Children: Jeremiah, Zebulon, Elizabeth, Sea- bury, Elijah, Samuel, John, Mary, Noah, Reu- ben.

(IV) Jeremiah (2), son of Jeremiah (1) Stodder, was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, November 7, 1709, died July 2, 1790. He fol- lowed his father's trade, shipwright. He mar- ried (first), June 12, 1729, Sarah Macvarlo, born in Hingham, March 2, 1711, died January 29, 1775. He married (second) Mrs. Lydia (Vickery) (Low) Goold, widow of Joshua Goold, her second husband. Children by first wife: Isaiah, Sarah, James, Mary, Jeremiah, Sarah, Enoch, David; Rhoda, died young ; Matthew, Rhoda, Huldah, Elizabeth, Noah.

(V) Jeremiah (3), son of Jeremiah (2) Stodder, was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, May 5, 1738. He moved to Bellingham, Mas- sachusetts, where he died. He married, March 13, 1760, Rebecca Bates, born in Hingham, November 9, 1740, daughter of Isaac and Mar- tha (Clark) Bates. Children: Elijah, Ezekiel. Jeremiah, Rebecca.

(VI) Ezekiel, son of Jeremiah (3) Stod- der, was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, Au- gust 15, 1762, died there, 1822. He married, October 30, 1784, Lucy Forrester, of Belling- ham, and settled in Upton, Massachusetts, where his marriage is recorded and the birth of his children. Lucy, his wife, died July 28. 1844. Children: Elijah, born November 28, 1785; Ezra, November 8, 1787, died young ; Lucy, December 11, 1788; Lyman, March 16, 1791 ; Polly, April 19, 1793; Lucretia, August 15, 1795; Austin, December 30, 1797, died young ; Electa, July 13, 1799; Ezekiel, August 4, 1801, died young; Hartford, November 22, 1803; Rebekah, March 14, 1807; Rev. Ezekiel. April 7, 1810.

(VII) Lyman, third son of Ezekiel Stod- der, was born in Upton, Massachusetts, March 16, 1791. He resided in Upton until after the birth of his children, who are all recorded in Upton under the spelling Stoddard, his own and that of all his brothers and sisters being Stodder in the record of births. In 1838 he located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he engaged in the lumber business until his death. He is buried in Forest Home cemetery in that city. He married, 1819, Apphia Colburn, born in Lebanon, New Hampshire, 1798, died 1840. daughter of Benjamin and Marion (Wood ) Colburn, of Lebanon, a descendant of Edward Colburn, the emigrant. Children: Henrietta Maria, born January 9, 1820; Ezekiel A., Janu- ary 5, 1822; Almira Wood, August 25, 1824 ; Maryette E., May 14, 1826; Sarah Cornelia, March 24, 1828; Jane A., twin of Sarah C .:

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George L., born August 2, 1831 ; James H., he married in England. She died July 28, March 21, 1835; Charles C., died in infancy. (VIII) Sarah Cornelia Stoddard, daughter of Lyman Stodder, was born in Upton, Massa- chusetts, March 24, 1828. She married, Octo- ber 4, 1854, Abram (2) Whittemore (see Whittemore VIII).

WILLIAMS The following is the coat-of- arms of the ancient family of Williams in Wales, Lin- colnshire and Yorkshire, which families be- came one by marriage: Sable, a lion rampant argent, armed and langried gules. Crest: A cock. The name of Williams is very ancient, and probably extends throughout the civilized world. Most of the original members of the name were doubtless of Welsh extraction. The genealogy is traced by various writers to remote periods, but there is little definite infor- mation at hand prior to the time of Oliver Cromwell, the Protector, whom, Carlyle says, was a Williams. Oliver Cromwell was born April 25, 1599. Carlyle says he descended from General Williams, of Berkshire, or Mor- gan Williams, of Glamorganshire. The "Ency- clopedia Americana" says the genealogy of Cromwell is traced to Richard Williams, who assumed the name of Cromwell from his maternal uncle, Thomas Cromwell, Secretary of State to Henry VIII., and through William, ap Yevan ap, to the barons of the eleventh century. Farmer in his genealogy says : "Rob- ert Williams, of Roxbury, was the common ancestor of the divines, civilians and warriors of the name who have honored the country of their birth." It has also been said that the his- tory of the Williams family in America em- braces a considerable portion of the history of New England if not of the United States. The name of Roger Williams can never be for- gotten while the city of Providence stands, nor can that of William Williams as long as there is a list of the signers of the Declaration of Independence in existence. Military men of high rank have abounded in every war. Col- onel Ephraim Williams was the founder of Williams College. In civil life the name is equally prominent.

(I) Robert Williams came from Norwich, England, in 1638, and was admitted a freeman of Roxbury, Massachusetts, in that year. He died in Roxbury, September 1, 1693, said to have been nearly one hundred years of age. His first wife was Elizabeth Stratton, whom 8

1674, at the age of eighty years. He married (second) Martha Strong, who died in 1704, in her ninety-second year. His gravestone cannot be found in the Roxbury burying ground, although those of his wife Elizabeth and his son Samuel have been identified. Children of first wife: Samuel, of further mention, Isaac, born 1638; Stephen, 1640; Thomas, died young.

(II) Deacon Samuel Williams, eldest son of Robert and Elizabeth (Stratton) Williams, was born in England, in 1632, died September 28, 1698. He settled in Roxbury, and became a freeman March, 1658. He was held in high repute and was deacon of the church for many years. He married Theoda, daughter of Deacon William Park, of Roxbury, a man of prominence, who came from England. She survived her husband and married (second) Stephen Peck. She died August 26, 1718. Children : Elizabeth, died in infancy ; Samuel (2), married (first) Sarah May, (second) Dorothy (Wolf) Denison; Martha, died in childhood; Elizabeth, married Stephen Paine; Theoda, died in childhood; John, of further mention; Ebenezer, settled in Stonington, Connecticut; Deborah, married Joseph War- ren, she was grandmother of General Joseph Warren, who fell at Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775; Martha, married Jonathan Hunt; Abi- gail, married Experience Porter; Park, mar- ried Priscilla -, and settled at New Lon- don, Connecticut.

(III) Rev. John Williams, son of Deacon Samuel and Theoda (Park) Williams, was born at Roxbury, Massachusetts, December 10, 1664, died at Deerfield, June 12, 1729. He was educated at Harvard College through the gen- erosity of his maternal grandfather, Deacon William Park, and was graduated in 1683, at the age of nineteen years. He studied for the ministry and became the first minister to the church of Deerfield, Massachusetts, in the spring of 1686. Deerfield was then a frontier settlement and continually exposed to Indian attack. His salary was to be sixty pounds yearly, later raised to eighty pounds, "the town to pay this salary to me in pease, wheat, Indian corn and pork." Soon after his settlement at Deerfield he married, and continued as pastor until January 29, 1703, when Deerfield was captured and burned by a party of two hun- dred French and one hundred and forty Indians. He, with his wife and five children,

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were made prisoners, his two youngest sons were murdered before his eyes, and on the journey to Canada his wife was tomahawked because her strength failed and she could not keep up with the rapidly moving party. Her body was shortly afterward found by a party of men from Deerfield and brought back and buried in the Deerfield burying ground. where her gravestone bears this inscription: "Here lyeth the body of Mrs. Eunice Williams, the virtuous and desirable consort of the Reverend John Williams and daughter of Reverend Eleazer and Mrs. Esther Mather of Northamp- ton. She was born August 2, 1664, and fell by the rage of the barbarous enemy. March I, 1703-4. Her children rise up and call her blessed." Rev. Williams was carried to Can- ada and held prisoner one year and nine months, was then redeemed, and left Quebec October 25, 1706, and arrived safely at Boston, November 21, with fifty-seven other ransomed prisoners, among them two of his children. He accepted a call from his old church and returned there in December. About 1709 he was appointed chaplain in the army in the ex- pedition against Canada, but soon returned. He died in Deerfield, aged sixty-five years. He was a faithful minister of the Gospel and a writer of no mean ability. He was widely known and held in high estimation, as may be learned by his appointment to preach to a general convention of clergymen of Massa- chusetts at Boston. His first wife, Eunice Mather, was daughter of Rev. Eleazer, son of Richard Mather, of Dorchester, born in the county of Lancaster in 1596; she was a grand- daughter of Rev. John Warham, minister of Exeter, England, came to New England and was minister at Windham, Connecticut. His second wife was Abigail Allen, cousin of his first. She died June 21, 1754. Children of first wife: 1. Eliakim, died young. 2. Rev. Eleazer, born July 1, 1688; graduate of Har- vard College ; ordained minister of the church at Mansfield, Connecticut, October 10, 1710. He was absent from Deerfield when the town was destroyed, thus escaping the fate that overtook the rest of his family. He married Mary Hobart, and had issue. 3. Samuel, was taken captive and carried to Canada, redeemed, returned to Deerfield, where he died at the age of twenty-four years; unmarried. 4. Esther, carried away captive, returned and married Rev. John Meacham; no male issue survived infancy. 5. Stephen, of further mention. 6.

Eunice, carried away captive when eight years of age. When the others were redeemed she was left among the Indians and no money could procure her redemption. She soon for- got the English language, became an Indian in her habits, married an Indian, by name De Rogers, and bore him three children. After 1758 she visited Deerfield in her Indian dress and attended meeting in her father's church. Every effort was made to persuade her to leave the Indians and remain among her relatives, but she preferred the Indian mode of life and never forsook them. She lived to a great age, and made two other visits to her childhood home. 7. Rev. Warham, was taken prisoner with his father, being but four years of age. He survived captivity for three years, and after being graduated from Harvard, 1719, studied divinity, and was ordained minister of Watertown, west precinct, now Waltham, June II, 1723, continuing until February 10, 1751. when, as he was pronouncing the benediction, he was stricken with palsy and died the follow- ing June. He married Abigail Leonard of Norton, and had issue. 8. John, born January 15, 1703-4, was slain by the Indians at the taking of Deerfield. 9. Eliakim (2), died young. Children of Rev. John Williams by second wife: John, died young; Eliakim; Elijah : Abigail, married (first) Colonel Hins- dale, (second) Colonel Benjamin Silliman, no issue ; Sarah, died aged eighteen years.

(IV) Rev. Stephen Williams, son of Rev. John Williams and his first wife, Eunice ( Mather) Williams, was born in Deerfield. Massachusetts, May 14, 1693, died June 10, 1782, in the ninetieth year of his age and the sixty-sixth of his ministry. He was captured by the Indians, January 29, 1703, and with his father, brothers and sister, carried to Can- ada; was redeemed and returned to Boston, November 21, 1705. On his return from cap- tivity he was educated at Harvard, graduating in 1713. He kept a school at Hadley one year afterward, and then went to Longmeadow, Massachusetts, November 4, 1714, to preach. He was ordained minister over that church and society, July 3. 1718. He served his coun- try as chaplain for the armies in three cam- paigns at Cape Breton, in 1745, from which he returned sick to Boston in December, recov- ering and returning home February 1, 1746. He was at Lake George in 1755-56, and was chaplain of the regiment commanded by his kinsman. Colonel Ephraim Williams, killed in

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an early morning scout, September 8, 1755. In 1756 he was chaplain in the regiment com- manded by another kinsman, Dr. Thomas Williams, of Deerfield. He came home sick before the army disbanded. He was a faithful chaplain, much loved and honored by officers and men. He was instrumental in sending a missionary to the Indians at Stockbridge, going to New Haven, September 9, 1734, and engaging Rev. John Sergeant for that purpose. He published a sermon at the ordination of John Keep at Sheffield in 1772, and left many interesting manuscripts. He died in the sixty- sixth year of his active ministry, seven of his sons being present at his funeral. Yale Col- lege conferred the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity in 1741, and Dartmouth the same honor in 1773. He married, soon after his ordination, Abigail Davenport, of Stamford, Connecticut, died August 26, 1766. He mar- ried (second), September 6, 1767, Sarah, widow of Deacon Nathaniel Burt, and daugh- ter of David Chapin, of Chicopee. She died November 10, 1790, aged eighty-four years. Children by first marriage: 1. John, married Ann Colton; nine children. 2. Stephen, grad- uate of Yale College; was ordained at Wood- stock, Second Society. November, 1747; mar- ried Martha Hunt; six children. 3. Eunice, married William Stebbins ; their child, William Stebbins, was a graduate of Yale, and for twenty-nine years minister at Stratford, Con- necticut. 4. Warham, of further mention. 5. Ensign Samuel, married Lucy Burt ; eight chil- dren; a daughter, Jerusha Mather Williams, was for many years preceptress of Deerfield Academy. 6. Lieutenant Davenport, died aged twenty-seven years. 7. Martha, married ( first) a Mr. Reynolds, (second) Deacon Ely, of Longmeadow. Her children were by her first husband, who was a son of Rev. Peter Reynolds, of Enfield, Connecticut. 8. Rev. Nathan, graduated at New Haven College, 1756; ordained at Tolland, Connecticut, April 30, 1760, died April 15, 1829, in the ninety- fourth year of his age and sixty-sixth of his ministry, having been a member of the church for seventy years; married Mary, daughter of Captain Eliakim Hall, of Wallingford, Con- necticut.

(V) Rev. Warham Williams, son of Rev. Stephen and Abigail (Davenport) Williams, was born at Longmeadow, Massachusetts, Jan- uary 7, 1726, died April 4, 1788. He was graduated at Yale College, 1745, after having

been four years tutor of the college. He studied divinity, was ordained pastor of the church at Northford, January 13, 1750, at which time the church was gathered. North- ford was a parish of Branford, Connecticut. From 1769 to 1788 he was a fellow of the Cor- poration of Yale College, in which office and in the ministry he continued until his death, in the sixty-third year of his age and thirty- eighth of his ministry. He married, November 13, 1752, Ann, daughter of Rev. Samuel Hall, of Cheshire. She died March -, 1776. He married (second) Mrs. Whiting, widow of Colonel William Whiting, of New Haven. Children, all by first wife: 1. Warham, mar- ried Ann Wilford. 2. Stephen, of further mention. 3. Samuel Hall. 4. Davenport, mar- ried Mary Atwater. 5. Ann, married (first) Rev. Jason Atwater, (second) Rev. Lynde Huntington, (third) Rev. Barker. 6. William Augustus, married Betsey Chapin, of Hart- ford. 7. Lucy, married Elihu Foote. 8. Abi- gail, died young. 9. Abigail (2), married Ste- phen Maltby. 10. Eunice Kilbourne Cooke. II. Samuel. 12. Sarah, born March, 1776, married Dr. Pynchon.

(VI) Stephen, son of Rev. Warham and Ann (Hall) Williams, was born at Long- meadow, Massachusetts. December 31, 1754. He settled in the town of Vernon, Oneida county, New York, about 1798, died there May 2, 1823. He was a farmer by occupation. He was a member of the Masonic order, and for many years had been chaplain of his lodge. He married Eunice Taintor. Children: I. Eunice, married Dr. John F. Gray, of New York. 2. Aurelia. 3. Jonathan Law, died without issue. 4. Stephen, married and died in Vernon, Oneida county, New York, about 1840; children : Henry, Julien, James, Eliza- beth, Abigail. 5. Ezra, of further mention. 6. Harry, died without issue.

(VII) Dr. Ezra Williams, third son of Stephen and Eunice (Taintor) Williams, was born at Wallingford, Connecticut, September 6, 1789. died at Dunkirk, New York, March 25, 1860. He studied medicine, and practiced his profession in Utica, New York, until 1820, when with wife and two children he removed to Western New York, going to Buffalo by the Erie canal. He there boarded a steam- boat, intending to go to Sandusky, Ohio. When they arrived at Dunkirk (a stopping point for lake boats) he was so impressed with the location that he went no farther. He pur-

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chased a farm of one thousand acres, princi- pally timber land, cleared a farm, and ever afterward lived there. This home was at what is now Seventh street and Central avenue, and the entire farm is now covered with streets and dwellings. He divided his tract into small farms and had many tenants clearing and cul- tivating. He erected saw mills, had a black- smith shop on his property, and was one of the pioneer founders of Dunkirk to whom the growth and prosperity of that city and section is due. He married, at Utica, New York, October 4, 1815, Sarah Austin King Clarke, daughter of Rev. Walter King, of Norwich, Connecticut, a Congregational minister who was stricken by death in his pulpit, while con- ducting a service. Sarah, when a young girl, was adopted by her aunt, Mrs. Erastus Clarke, of Utica. Her mother's maiden name was Austin, and her grandmother's maiden name was Porter, a second cousin of Peter Porter, the original settler at Niagara Falls. Sarah Will- iams died January 6, 1856. Children : 1. Erastus Clark, born at Utica, New York, September 6, 1816; married (first) Corinne M. Webster, (second) Helen M. O'Brien; three children by first wife. 2. King Stephen, born at Utica, died aged two and one-half years. 3. Julien Porter, died in infancy. 4. Emelie Sophie, married at Dunkirk, October 24, 1842, Rev. Charles Louis Hequembourg (see Hequembourg) ; seven chil- dren. 5. Heloise Electa, married April 22, 1844, Theodore Hequembourg, brother of Rev. Charles; six children; she died May, 1872, and he married (second) Mrs. Almeda Gould. 6. King Porter, died aged two years. 7. Ade- laide Aurelie, died unmarried, at the age of forty-five years. 8. Julien Taintor, of further mention. 9. Theodora King, died unmarried, at the age of twenty-five years. 10. Catherine Augusta, married, January 2, 1854, Charles H. Whitney, of Boston. 11. Walter King, mar- ried, July 6, 1862, Rebecca Laura Thompson ; two children. 12. Henry George, died aged eighteen years.

(VIII) Julien Taintor, eighth child of Dr. Ezra and Sarah King Clarke Williams, was born in Dunkirk, New York, November 15, 1828, died April 10, 1905. His academical education was obtained in the Dunkirk and Fredonia Academies, graduating from the latter in 1849. Deciding upon the profession of medicine, he entered Buffalo Medical Col- lege, where he took a two years' course, sup- plemented by a course in Castleton Medical

College, Vermont, whence he was graduated M. D. in 1851. He located in Dunkirk, where until 1882 he was engaged in practice of his profession and in the drug business. In the latter year he purchased the plant of the Dun- kirk Printing Company, and later a newspaper plant, publishing The Grape Belt. The Dun- kirk Printing Company, of which he became editor-in-chief, published the Evening Ob- server, The Grape Belt and the Chautauqua Farmer, all influential papers of Chautauqua county, and of lasting benefit to that county and the city of Dunkirk. His sons were asso- ciated in the publishing business with him, and are now (1911) still at the head of the corpor- ation. Dr. Williams always gave much of his valuable time to the public service. In 1858 he was elected a member of the Dunkirk Board of Education, a position he held for nearly half a century. In 1864 he was elected to the New York State Assembly, served one term, and was again elected in 1885. In 1865 he was appointed by Governor Fenton one of the three commissioners to locate and erect Willard Hospital. In 1887 he was elected supervisor to represent Dunkirk in the county board, serving until 1891. He was always a firm supporter of the Republican party, and was a leader in Western New York. He was a man of positive convictions, a fearless but fair fighter, and had the respect even of those opposed to him politically. He was well known, and maintained a high reputation for integrity and uprightness of character. He married, at Dunkirk, December 15, 1851, Julia King Thompson, daughter of Ebenezer Rum- ford Thompson, born in Woburn, Massachu- setts, graduate of Harvard College, class of 1816, and at his death in 1880 was the last sur- vivor of his class; he married Eunice Draper. Ebenezer R. was a son of Ebenezer (1) and Rhoda (Putnam) Thompson. She was a near relative of General Israel Putnam. Ebenezer (1) was a son of Hiram Thompson, a soldier of the revolution, and first cousin to Benjamin Thompson, the celebrated "Count Rumford," of Massachusetts, a brilliant and much mis- understood character of the revolutionary period. Children of Dr. Julien T. and Julia King (Thompson) Williams, all born in Dun- kirk, New York: I. Henrietta Clark, born September 10, 1853, died there March 14, 1911 ; married Walter Scott, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ; children : Walter Rumford, died 1892; Geraldine Dunbar ; Maxwell Williams ;

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Genealogical and Family History of Western New York, Volume I, Part 23

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