Genealogical and Family History of Western New York, Volume I, Part 4

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

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He married, December 21, 1834, Emily Perry, in Corydon, Pennsylvania, born November 17, 1817, in Wardsboro, Vermont, died April 25, 1889, in Jamestown, New York, daughter of Imri and Mary (Hall) Perry. She came, with her parents, to Chautauqua county, New York, in the early days of its settlement. Children : I. Marian Emily, born November 8, 1835, in Warren, Pennsylvania, died April 21, 1906, in Jamestown, New York; married, January I, 1855, in Busti, New York, Frederick Clap- sadel, of Painesville, Ohio, born March 23, 1819, in New Lisbon, Ohio, died in Painesville, May 15, 1882. 2. Infant daughter, born Janu- ary II, 1838, died January 27, 1838. 3. Ann Eliza, born July 28, 1839, in Warren, Penn- sylvania. 4. Edward Livingston, born October I, 1841, in Warren, Pennsylvania; married, February 6, 1867, in Frewsburg, New York, Charlotte Parker, born June 14, 1845. 5. Charles Henri, born March 15, 1844, in Warren, Penn- sylvania, died in Leadville, Colorado, August

3, 1881. 6. John Adams Jr., born October 4, 1845, in Warren, Pennsylvania ; married, June 6, 1877, in Frewsburg, New York, Felicia Grace Parker, born September 22, 1847, in Frewsburg. 7. Irene Axtell, born July 27, 1850, in Busti, New York. 8. Frederick Perry, of further mention.

(VIII) Frederick Perry, son of John Adams and Emily (Perry) Hall, was born November 8, 1859, on a farm in the town of Busti, about three miles from Jamestown, New York. He received his education in the Jamestown Union School and Collegiate Institute. He entered the business office of the Jamestown Journal, at the time his father purchased the paper, in 1876, and early assumed the business manage- ment, and, before attaining his majority, was an equal partner in ownership. Since the death of his father he has continued editor and pub- lisher of the Journal, which is concededly of the highest standing and influence in Western New York. After the death of his father he formed the Journal Printing Company, first as a partnership, incorporating in 1894, since which time has served as president and general manager ; president of Journal Press, incor- porated, a job and book printing establishment, and of Chautauqua Abstract Company, a title searching institution, with office at Mayville. the county seat; vice-president of the Union Trust Company, of Jamestown. Mr. Hall holds a prominent position in the newspaper circles of the state, having served as president of the New York Press Association, 1893-94; presi- dent of the New York State Republican Edi- torial Association in 1901 ; president of the New York Associated Dailies in 1908; vice- president of National Editorial Association in 1909. He is a Republican in politics. He never sought an elective office, but served as chair- man of the Republican county committee the year Theodore Roosevelt was elected governor of New York, and the following year. By Governor Morton he was appointed to the board of managers of the State Hospital, at Buffalo, and served as vice-president of the board. Owing to pressure of other duties he declined reappointment by Governor Roose- velt, but afterward accepted an appointment as visitor to the Gowanda State Hospital, upon the recommendation of the State Charities Aid Association, which position he now holds. He is interested in the church and benevolent insti- tutions of Jamestown, having served, for more than twenty-five years, as vestryman of St.

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Luke's Protestant Episcopal Church, and, for the same length of time, as director and trustee of the Jamestown Young Men's Christian As- sociation, and trustee of Lake View Cemetery Association. He holds membership in the fol- lowing Masonic bodies: Mt. Moriah Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; Western Sun Chapter, Royal Arch Masons ; Jamestown Com- mandery, Knights Templar; Ismailia Shrine, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic . Shrine ; Buffalo Consistory, Scottish Rite bodies. He is also a member of Jamestown Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Jamestown Club, Lakewood Country Club. Lakewood Golf Club.

Mr. Hall married, in Jamestown, New York, September 12, 1883, Lucy H. Mason, born April 27, 1861, daughter of Levant L. and Eunice S. Mason. Levant L. Mason was born at Clarence, Erie county, New York, December 25, 1826, died at Jamestown, February 13. 1911, son. of Belden B. and Mercy (Whit- comb) Mason. He conducted a jewelry store in Jamestown for a continuous period of sixty years, retiring in 1909. Devoted to the art of free-hand engraving he could not give up the work that he had followed so capably for so many years, even when the affliction of years and the infirmities of age were upon him. Until within a few weeks of his death he would frequently take up his engraver's out- fit, and, at the age of eighty-four years, was able to carve upon gold or silver, as dainty and perfect characters, in script or old English, as ever came from the engraver's hands. He served, at various times, on the board of village trustees, for a number of years on the board of education and in other public capacities. He was a devoted churchman, and, for more than half a century, served as vestryman and warden of St. Luke's Protestant Episcopal Church.

He married, at Rochester, New York. May 9, 1850, Eunice Stevens. Children: 1. Henri Mason, born December 19, 1884; graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy and Harvard Uni- versity, class of 1906; business manager and treasurer of Journal Printing Company. 2. Levant Mason, born December 25. 1886; grad- uate of Williams College, class of 1909; ad- vertising manager of Jamestown Journal. 3. Frederick Perry Jr., born April 7, 1891 ; Cor- nell, class of 1914. 4. Charles Edward, born February 22, 1900. 5. John A., born February 7. 1903.

Although the father of the

MARSHALL present generation of Mar- shalls in Jamestown, New York, was born in Scotland, but three years of his life were spent there, his childhood and youthful manhood having been passed in Eng- land.

(1) John Marshall was born in Scotland. 1822, died 1865. He was land steward, in charge of large estates, both in Scotland and England. In 1855 he removed to England. where he died, his wife surviving him and dying at age of seventy years. He married Allison Hogg. Children: Thomas, resides in England: James, late of New Castle, Penn- sylvania : John, formerly of New Castle, sup- posed to have returned to England; Andrew, of further mention.

(II) Andrew, son of John and Allison (Hogg) Marshall, was born in Scotland, De- cember 13, 1852. When he was but three years of age his parents removed to New- castle-upon-Tyne, England, where he obtained his education. At an early age he was appren- ticed to a tailor, served the full English term of apprenticeship-seven years-and has ever since followed that occupation. In 1865 his father died and Andrew, then but thirteen years of age, became his mother's protector and support. In 1878 he came to the United States, reaching here on February 10. He first located in Cleveland, Ohio, where he re- mained six months, then removed to Wampum, Pennsylvania, where he opened a merchant tailoring establishment, and remained eighteen months. After a short time spent in Wheeling. West Virginia, he located in New Castle, Penn- sylvania, where he was in business seven years. He was next successively two years at Mead- ville, Pennsylvania ; Sidney, Ohio, nine years ; Charleston, West Virginia, one year; Paris. Texas, a short time ; Kirksville, Missouri, three years, and, in 1905, located at Jamestown, New York, his present home. His business is gen- eral merchant tailoring, at which he is an ex- pert. He is a member of the Baptist church, and of the Masonic order. He married, Feb- ruary 2, 1881, Elizabeth Jane Baird, born at Mount Jackson, Lawrence county, Pennsyl- vania, February 27. 1852. daughter of John W. and Elizabeth Ann (Steel) Baird. John W. Baird was born at Mount Jackson, Penn- sylvania, where he was in business as a har- ness maker and dealer, also owning and oper- ating a farm. He was a member of the Bap-

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tist church, and a Democrat; married Eliza- beth Ann, daughter of Richard and Elizabeth ( Davis) Steel. Children : Julia, deceased ; An- drew, living; Elizabeth Jane, married Andrew Marshall; John; Thomas; Mary, deceased ; Danforth, deceased; Emma. He was a son of Andrew Baird, born in Ireland. He came to the United States about 1800, and settled near Hills- ville, Lawrence county, Pennsylvania, where he purchased a farm of one hundred acres. He was reared in the Presbyterian church, but, in later years, both he and wife united with the Bap- tist church. He married Mary Hood. He died at age of eighty-eight, she at eighty-seven years. Both are buried in the Hillsville ceme- tery. They had nine children, one of whom was John W. Baird, of previous mention. Richard Steel, born in eastern Pennsylvania or New Jersey, was a resident of Hillsville, Law- rence county, Pennsylvania, where his parents settled. He was a small farmer, and a soldier of the war of 1812. He died at age of forty- seven years. He married Elizabeth, daughter of John J. Davis, a well-known and capable school teacher of Lawrence county. Chil- dren: Mary. Jane, John, Eleanor J., Sarah ; Elizabeth Ann, married John W. Baird, and Stephen.

( III) John Steel Baird, son of Andrew and Elizabeth Jane ( Baird) Marshall, was born at New Castle, Pennsylvania. December 3, 1883. He received a good English education and chose. as his profession, the art of healing. Both he and his mother entered the American School of Osteopathy, at Kirkville, Missouri, from whence they were graduated in 1905. After receiving licenses they began practice in Greenville, Pennsylvania, shortly afterward re- moving to Jamestown, New York, where they are well established in finely furnished offices, at 503 West Third street. Dr. Marshall is a member of the Baptist church, and of Mt. Moriah Lodge. Free and Accepted Masons.

He married, December 28, 1910, Bessie Louise Hall, born at Charleston, West Vir- ginia, March 31, 1885, daughter of Captain Ambrose C. and Charlotte ( Killinger ) Hall. Captain Hall was born about 1850, of Irish ancestry, and is now engaged in the insurance business, in Charleston, West Virginia. He married Charlotte Killinger, born 1858, of Ger- man ancestry. Their second daughter, Hallie May, is unmarried, and resides at home.

BROWN This name is of frequent occur- rence in early New England rec- ords. One hundred and twenty- seven Browns emigrated to America prior to 1700; over thirteen hundred, a regiment in themselves, served in the revolution from Mas- sachusetts alone. According to the "Heralds College," England, the Browns and Brownes have been granted one hundred and fifty-six coats-of-arms. The name has many ortho- graphic peculiarities. The first Brown was so called because of his dark, swarthy complex- ion ; Browning was the son of Brown; Brow- nell was the mighty Brown: Brownlee, the Brown whose house was in a pasture : Brown- low, the Brown who lived on a hill. Various other forms Boown, Bown, Braun, Broun. Browne, Brownn, Brune and Brown. The name has been borne in the United States by men of mark in law, politics, business and let- ters, including the great Abolitionist, John Brown, whose "Soul is marching on." Brown University owes its existence to the Browns of Rhode Island, while in every state the name is an honored one.

(I) Edward Browne was of Ipswich, 1654- 60: was marshal, 1656-59. He married Faith , and died February 9, 1659-60, in Ips- wich. His wife survived him and married ( second) Daniel Warner. Children of Ed- ward Browne : Joseph, John, Thomas. Barthol- omew and two daughters.

(II) Joseph Brown, son of Edward Browne, was born about 1639. He was a farmer and turner, and lived in Ipswich, where he died, September 30, 1694. He married, February 27, 1671, Hannah Asselbie, who survived him. Children, born at Ipswich : Joseph, John, Han- nah; Thomas, of further mention ; Elizabeth, Samuel, Benjamin and Sarah.

(III) Sergeant Thomas Brown, son of Jo- seph Brown, was born in Ipswich, December 26, 1678; died at the Hamlet, June 27, 1767. He married Abigail Jacobs, intentions dated 1704. She died 1735. Children, born in Ips- wich: Mary; Thomas, of further mention ; Ephraim, died young; Jacob; Edward; Eph- raim (2) ; Nathaniel : Daniel, and Abigail.

(IV) Thomas (2), son of Sergeant Thomas (1) Brown, was born in Ipswich, July 7, 1707. He emigrated to Windham, Connecticut, where he died January 10, 1773. He was a farmer. He married (second). in Windham, Sarah

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Bishop, and had three sons and three daugh- ters.

(V) Colonel Daniel Brown, son of Thomas (2) Brown, was born in Windham, Connecti- cut, January 13, 1747; died at his mansion, near Hebron, Connecticut, June 18, 1832. Dur- ing his early manhood he was a merchant, but, in consequence of the revolutionary war, gave up business and filled the position of deputy commissioner, under General Jonathan Trum- bull, which station he held to the close of the revolution, when he retired to a farm near Hebron, where he resided until his death. On leaving the service Colonel Brown received his dues from the government in "public secur- ities," which later greatly appreciated in value, providing a generous fund for the education of his children and a competence for his old age.

He married, in his twenty-fourth year, a daughter of Captain Ichabod Phelps, of Heb- ron. She survived him, continuing to reside at the family mansion, with her son Thomas, until her death, August 10, 1837, aged eighty-two years six months, having been blind for the last twenty years of her life. Sons (perhaps not in order of birth) : 1. Daniel Bishop, grad- uate of Yale College, 1800; studied law ; set- tled in Batavia, New York, and became one of the ablest lawyers of Western New York. He died at Batavia, July 7, 1842. 2. Henry, grad- uate of Yale, 1808; studied law; settled first at Springfield, New York; removed to Herki- mer county, where he became the first judge of the county. Later he removed to Batavia, New York, thence to Chicago, Illinois, where he died in 1849, aged sixty years, leaving a family. Judge Brown wrote a book, "Anti- Masonry," and a history of the state of Illinois, both of which were published. 3. Thomas, was a farmer. After the other sons left he return- ed to the old homestead and cared for his aged parents. He became quite wealthy, and died August 13, 1851, aged sixty-eight years, leav- ing the farm to his son, Thomas L. Brown. 4. Samuel A., of further mention. 5. Ephraim, studied medicine; received his degree M. D., and settled at Batavia, New York, where he died May 13, 1836, aged thirty-nine years.

(VI) Samuel A., son of Colonel Daniel Brown, was born at Hebron, Connecticut, 1795; died at Jamestown, New York, Sunday, June 7, 1863. He was well educated and studied Latin and surveying, under very capable in- structors. He was intended for a farmer, but

his preference was for the law. His parents yielded a reluctant consent, and, in August, 1813, he left home and journeyed to Spring- field, New York, where his brother Henry was practicing law. He was then eighteen years of age, and, from then until he was twenty- one, he studied to prepare for his profession, excepting three months he taught a district school in Springfield, and a few weeks, in 1814, when he marched with the Otsego militia to Sacket Harbor, where the company was soon discharged. While in Springfield he practiced considerably in the justice's courts. In Octo- ber, 1816, he left Springfield, on horseback, with an entire capital of eighty dollars. He visited his brother, Daniel B., in Batavia, then went as far west as Painesville, Ohio, then re- turned to New York state, and, in November, 1816, located in Jamestown, Chautauqua coun- ty, then recently named, containing only a few unfinished houses, no postoffice or mail facil- ities, amid a forest of tall timber, but with a fine water power and without a lawyer. He had not been admitted to practice in any court of record, but the Chautauqua county court of common pleas being in session at Mayville, he applied for admission, on examination pass- ed, was admitted to the Chautauqua county bar, and was the first lawyer to settle in James- town, then just becoming known by that name, heretofore having been called "the Rapids or Prendergast Mills." The nearest lawyer was at Mayville, twenty-two miles away. His first office was in the lower northeast room of the unfinished two-story house, on the southeast corner of Main and Third streets. His genial and unassuming manners gave him a ready introduction to the people, and "Squire Brown" soon became the oracle of law in the village, and at once gained considerable business in justice's courts, and was usually employed by one of the parties in suit in the vicinity in the court of common pleas. He frequently travel- ed to neighboring towns, on horseback, carry- ing a few law books in his saddle bags, to at- tend suits in justice's courts, and was reputed fairly successful, but, having been admitted to practice in the supreme court, he made the necessary arrangements, with Jacob Houghton, then of Mayville, by which he certified his con- tinued clerkship, and, on October 31, 1818, he was admitted as an attorney of the supreme court. His counselor's license, in that court, bears date, April 17, 1827.

In 1817 he purchased, of his early friend

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and patron, Judge Prendergast, five improved village lots, on the west side of Main street, where he built his first law office, and later his dwelling house, both of which he owned at the time of his death. He was appointed a justice of the peace in 1818, and held the office about four years. He was the principal magis- trate of the village, and did a large and profit- able business, gaining the reputation of an honest and impartial justice. In 1824 he was licensed as a counselor, in the court of equity, by Judge Rochester. On March 28, 1825, he was appointed master in chancery, an office he held, by reappointments, about twenty years. In the same month and year he was appointed brigade judge advocate, under General Horace Allen, which office he resigned in 1828. In 1827 he was admitted a counselor in the court of chancery. In 1828 he was appointed district attorney, by the judges of the county court, holding that office for ten years. The same year he was appointed agent of the Cherry Valley Land Company, by which he had the sale of about forty thousand acres of land, in Chautauqua county. In 1858 he was elected special surrogate of Chautauqua county. Dur- ing his law practice he had as partner Richard P. Marvin, later a judge of the supreme court; George W. Tew, and, in succession, his sons, Charles C., Theodore and Levant B., were his law partners. He probably drew more pension papers, for revolutionary and other pensioners, than any other attorney in the county, and lived to see all of that class of his old friends pass away.

also attorney for the bank. He took an active part in the incorporation of the Jamestown Academy, and the erection of suitable build- ings for the same. He served as one of the trustees for the academy from its organization until his death, and, during the latter years, was president of the board.

He was converted in March, 1834, and April 6, of that year, with his son, Charles C., united with the Presbyterian church. He was one of the incorporators of the First Presbyterian Society, of Jamestown, frequently served as trustee and was always a liberal contributor to its support. February 9, 1849, he was elected an elder, holding that office until his death. He frequently attended the meetings of the Buffalo Presbytery, and, on one or more occa- sions, represented that body in the general assembly of the Presbyterian church. He also represented Buffalo Presbytery, one or more years, as commissioner of Auburn Theological Seminary. He was always interested in the preservation of the early history of the settlers and settlements of the county, and, in 1843, wrote a brief history of Chautauqua county, which appeared in the Jamestown Journal, later in book form. In 1847 he delivered a course of lectures on the history of the town of Ellicott, before the students of Jamestown Academy and others. In 1840 he became a life member of the Chautauqua County Bible Society, and was a life member of all the county benevolent societies. He frequently delivered public lectures, in favor of total ab- stinence, and became one of the most efficient temperance advocates of the county. He was a member of the First Independent Rifle Com- pany, organized in Jamestown, in 1818, and was appointed captain, April 24, of that year.

He first entered public political life in 1824, when he was nominated, by the Clinton party, for the state assembly, and, although his party was in the minority, he came within two votes of being elected. In 1826 he was again nomi- He was made a Mason in Mt. Moriah Lodge, nated and elected, by a majority of seventy , in Jamestown, in 1817; was elected treasurer

votes. In 1828 he was elected one of the trus- tees of the village of Jamestown, and by them elected president. In 1838 he was elected superintendent of the poor of the county, serv- ing five years. In 1843 he was nominated, by the Whigs, for the assembly, and defeated, al- though running, as he always did, far ahead of his ticket. In 1844 he was again nominated, and elected by a large majority. He was chair- man of the committee of "Aliens," and per- formed some very important work for the state. On the organization of the Chautauqua County Bank, in 1831, he was elected a director, and continued as such until his death, being 2-W

in 1820, and held that office for many years. He transacted a large legal business, and no attorney at the bar prepared his causes for trial with more care. His library was the best of any attorney in the vicinity, and he was always fortified behind an authority. In poli- tics, in early days, he usually voted with the Federalists, afterward with the Clintonian and Whig parties. He joined in the election of President Lincoln, and gave him his hearty support.

He married, March 7, 1819, Prudence Olivia Cotes, born January 18, 1799, daughter of Cap- tain John Cotes, innkeeper and farmer of

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Springfield, New York. She died August 31, 1862, having over-exerted herself in trying to save their household furniture at the time of the great fire in Jamestown, January 31, 1861. She came to Jamestown soon after their mar- riage, and commenced housekeeping in the rear room of his law office, which was then kitchen, parlor, pantry and bedroom, with an outdoor fire by the side of a large pine stump, in the rear of the office, having a temporary board roof over it, where she did the cooking for her family and several of the mechanics who were engaged in erecting their dwelling house. This stump was long preserved by Mr. and Mrs. Brown, as a memento of the past, and he was fond of showing it to his friends, as Mrs. Brown's first kitchen. She was a devoted Christian, and was one of the most efficient members of the Congregational church, and afterward of the Presbyterian. Her house was a hospitable and welcome one to visiting min- isters in the early days, and for practical good sense, sound judgment and firmness of pur- pose perhaps she had no superior in the church of which she was a member. Mr. and Mrs. Brown were the parents of eleven children, five of whom died in childhood.

Children of Samuel A. Brown who survived childhood: 1. Charles C., married Eliza Jane Hoskins; he died in 1847, aged twenty-six years ; children : Charles O. and Evelyn, de- ceased. 2. Levant B., a lawyer of Jamestown until his death, in 1875; he married Florinda (VIII) Charles Henry, only son of Henry E and Helen (Sprague) Brown, was born in lowa City, Iowa, January 31, 1861. When very young he was brought to Jamestown by his parents ; was educated in the public schools of that city, which has since been his home. He embraced journalism as a profession, has been reporter on several of the local papers, M. Barrett; no living issue. 3. Theodore, a lawyer of Jamestown ; married Minnie Knowl- ton; no living issue. 4. Henry E., of further mention. 5. Margaret P., married Salathiel Batcheller ; children : Eva B. and Levant B .; this family settled at Victor, Iowa. 6. John T., married Samantha C. Neff; children : Samuel A., Louis, George W., these are living ; Bessie, . and correspondent for New York City, Cleve- deceased.

(VII) Henry E., son of Samuel A. Brown, was born in Jamestown, New York, October 4. 1826; died there, January 13, 1897. He was educated in the city schools, and was the junior member of Crosby & Brown, who established a steam tannery in Jamestown, in 1851. Later he operated a general store at Clear Creek, Chautauqua county, which he sold, and, in 1855, moved to Iowa City, Iowa. There he was assistant county clerk, and, in 1860, was elected county clerk. At the outbreak of the civil war he entered the quartermaster's de- partment of the Army of the Cumberland,

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Genealogical and Family History of Western New York, Volume I, Part 4

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