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and at Oswego, whither he came in 1898. Ile enjoys a large and growing practice in that city.
He is a member of the Oswego Academy of Medicine ; the Oswego County Medical Soci- ety, of which he is vice-president, the first homœopath ever elected to that office ; mem- ber of the New York State Homeopathic Medical Society, of which he is one of the censors ; member of the New York State Med- ical Society. He is visiting physician and as- sistant surgeon of the Oswego Hospital. He was assistant surgeon, with the rank of first lieutenant, in the National Guard of the State of New York. He is captain of the Uniform- ed Order of Knights of Pythias; member of the Elks, Independent Order of Foresters, the Columbia Club, Fortnightly Club and Yacht Club. In politics he is a Democrat and was elected for three years coroner of Schoharie county, New York.
He married, October 21, 1896, at Johnstown, New York, Lena Richheimer, born at Johns- town, December 5, 1873, daughter of Joseph and Henrietta Richheimer. Dr. and Mrs. Ca- lisch have no children.
IIEAGERTY William Heagerty was a na- tive of Ballylongford, Ire- land. In 1851 he came to this country, with his family, at the time of the great emigration caused by the famine in Ireland. He landed at Quebec and came to Dunkirk, New York, where he found employ- ment in the railroad business, and became fore- man of his section. He died in 1869. He married in Ireland, and had seven children.
(II) Jeremiah, son of William Heagerty, was born in Ballylongford, Ireland, Novem- ber 1, 1845, and came to this country, with his father, when he was six years old. The family came to Buffalo, New York, from Quebec, where they first landed, and located finally at Dunkirk, New York. He attended the public schools at Dunkirk, but at the age of ten years he began to work for a living as water boy for the section hands on the railroad at Dunkirk. At the age of sixteen he entered the employ of L. L. Hyde, for whom he worked for five years. He entered the employ of the Mer- chants' Union Express Company, December 10, 1866, and continued for two years, leaving to accept a position with the American Express Company, in the service between Buffalo and Albany. After five years in this position he
accepted the agency of the Wescott Express Company. In 1871 he started in business on his own account in Oswego, in a fruit and con- fectionery store. His business flourished and he is one of the leaders in this line of business in the city of Oswego. He has a cold storage plant in Oswego, with a capacity of fifteen thousand barrels, erected in 1894, and the only plant of its kind in the city of Oswego. In recent years the capacity of the building has been tested to its limits.
He is a member of the Elks, of Oswego; of the Knights of Columbus; of the Catholic Men's Benevolent Association. In politics he is independent. He is a communicant of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church. For two years he filled the office of commissioner of public works, and was chairman of the board. Mr. Heagerty is a citizen of public spirit and substantial worth, of liberal views, upright. industrious, enterprising, and highly respected by his townsmen. His career is another fine illustration of the success in life of those who start with no advantages. He is a typical self- made man.
He married (first), in August, 1867, Mary Donovan, who was born in Ireland, in 1845, died in 1888. He married (second) Elizabeth Hickey, born in Sterling, New York, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. John Hickey. Children of first wife: Catherine V., born in Dunkirk. 1869; William J., born in Syracuse, 1871 ; Margaret, born in Oswego, 1873; Helen, born in Oswego, 1875; Jeremiah, born in Oswego, 1879. Child by second wife: J. J., born De- cember 16, 1895.
Captain John Parsons was born PARSONS in Yarmouth, England, in 1831, and received his schooling in his native place. Early in life he began to fol- low the sea, and, after he came to this country in 1850 he was a mariner on the Great Lakes, rising to the rank of master mariner, and hav- ing command of several vessels in succession and numerous steamers, engaged in trade on the lakes. Most of his active years were spent on the upper lakes. He retired a few years ago. In politics he is a Republican, and in religion a Methodist. He married, January 4, 1860, Eliza McAuley, who was born in Os- wego, New York, in 1843. Children : Fannie. died in 1880; Nellie E., married Charles S. Wright, and resides at Oswego: John S., men- tioned below; Anna M., married George H.
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Hunt, and resides at Oswego ; Minnie R., mar- ried Fred C. Westfall, and resides at Niagara Falls, New York; Lizzie, died in 1885.
(II) John S., son of Captain John Parsons, was born in Oswego, New York, December 25, 1864. He attended the public schools of his native town until the age of sixteen years, when he began work as office boy for B. C. Frost, commission merchant, and continued in his employ until August 14, 1881. From that time until 1890 he was in the employ of Daniel Lyon & Son, ship chandlers. He succeeded to the business, after the death of his employers, in 1890, and has continued it to the present time, with uninterrupted success. It is the only house in this line of business in the city of Oswego. Mr. Parsons is also collector of customs for the port of Oswego, an office to which he was appointed by President Taft, in January, 1910. He is a prominent and influ- ential Republican. He was elected alderman of the city in 1888. In 1905 he was chosen police and fire commissioner, and, at the end of his term in 1909, was reelected. In 1907 he was elected county clerk for three years. He was a deputy compiler for the constitutional convention in 1894. For the past twenty years he has been a member of the county committee of the Republican party.
He is a member of the Frontier City Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of which he is treasurer ; of Lake Ontario Chapter, Royal Arch Masons ; of Lake Ontario Commandery, Knights Templar : of Media Temple, Mystic Shrine; of Oswego Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; the Oswego Yacht Club ; the City Club, of which he is also treas- urer, and the Fortnightly Club. He is an active member and treasurer of the Oswego Chamber of Commerce. His business career has demonstrated unusual ability, persistence and enterprise on his part, and his success is dute entirely to his own efforts and capacity. lle holds a leading position in the business world and the respect of the entire community.
He married, February 14, 1902, Cora Cap- ron, born in llion, New York, daughter of Charles and Mary (Jones) Capron. She is a graduate of the Oswego State Normal School. She is a descendant of revolutionary stock and regent of Fort Oswego Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, also president of the Winter Club. Mr. and Mrs. Parsons have no children.
WRIGHT
John Wright, the immigrant ancestor, was a native of Eng- land. He settled at Whitehall,
New York.
(II) John Bradley, son of John Wright, was born at Whitehall, New York. He was education in the public schools of his native town. About 1870 he removed to Van Buren, New York, where he has followed farming. In politics he is a Republican, and in religion a Methodist. He married Harriet Cornell, daughter of Abner and Mary Cornell. Chil- dren : James K., mentioned below ; Carl C .; three who died in infancy.
(III) James Kent Wright, LL. B., son of John Bradley Wright, was born in Van Buren, Onondaga county, New York, November 14, 1880. He attended the public schools and the Baldwinsville high school, and studied law at Union College, Albany, New York, graduating in 1903, with the degree of LL. B. In the same year that he graduated he was admitted to the bar. Since 1905 he has had a law office at Baldwinsville, and he is also a partner in the law firm of Mosher, Wright & Bennett, Uni- versity Block, Syracuse, New York. He was elected justice of the peace in the town of Van Buren in 1903, serving four years. In 1910 he was chosen village attorney. In 1908 he was admitted to practice in the United States dis- trict and circuit courts. He is a member of the New York State Bar Association ; Syra- cuse Lodge of Elks, No. 31; Seneca River Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; Riverside Chapter, Royal Arch Masons ; Mohegan Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, No. 29; and is treasurer of the Odd Fellows Temple Association ; and the Modern Woodmen of America. He is a member of the First Meth- odist Church, of Baldwinsville. In politics he is a Republican.
Ile married, May 26, 1903, Hazel Belle Wid- rig, born in Baldwinsville, New York, daugh- ter of Jackson and Betsey (White) Widrig. They have one child, Norma Harriet, born April 12, 1905.
Most of the colonial families of SNELL the name of Snell, and probably all of them, are descended from John Snell, who came from England to Wey- mouth, Massachusetts. He was a shipwright of Boston. His wife Philippa died there, and he married (second) Hannah, daughter of
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James Smith, of Weymouth. He died Novem- ber 27, 1658, leaving a will in which he be- queaths to wife Hannalı and four children ; son John to be brought up by his father-in- law, James Smith, and mother-in-law (parents of Snell's second wife), Joan Smith ; Susanna and youngest daughter Jane by wife ; Hannah by his master and by Mrs. Timothy Prout, Sen. ; money to be sent to his brother Symon Snell, of London, England. Children : Susanna, born June 21, 1659; Anna, January 2, 1661 ; John, October 9, 1663; Philippa, October 10, 1663 ; Simon, August 29, 1667. Descendants have been numerous in Weymouth, Bridgewater and vicinity, and in Ware and North Brookfield, Massachusetts.
The relationship of the Mohawk Valley Snells has not been established, on account of de- ficiencies in records. It is known that the Snell family came before the revolution, and had a grant of three thousand acres of land, near what is now Little Falls, then Tryon county, now Herkimer county, in the Mohawk valley. Five generations have lived on this original grant, and the name is still common in that section. The family was numerous in revolutionary days. In the Second Regiment of Tryon county, New York, Colonel Jacob Klock, we find in the revolution, Adam, Hanckl, Hanyost, Jacob, Jacob Frederick, Jolın, John Jr., John F., John J., John P., Nocholas, Peter, Selfrinus, Thomas Jacob ; Nicholas and Jacob were heads of families in 1790, and also John, John J., and John S. Snell, all of Palatine town, New York. The names indicate that the family had Dutch blood in its veins, perhaps by intermarriage with the Palatines of the Mohawk valley. According to the family tra- ditions there were nine brothers among the an- cestors from Snell Bush, under General Herki- mer, at the battle of Oriskany, in the revo- lution. The record appears to corroborate this tradition, though the exact names are not known.
(I) Stephen Snell, doubtless a descendant of the Mohawk valley pioneers, mentioned above, lived at New Haven, Oswego county, New York.
(II) Orville H., son of Stephen Snell, was born in New Haven, New York, in 1832. He was educated in the public schools of his native town, and learned the trade of cooper. In later years he followed farming. He married Betsey, daughter of Nathaniel Ball. Children, born in Volney, New York: William; Lewis ;
Effie ; Harold ; Edith, married Charles E. Davis ; John Elmer, mentioned below.
(III) John Elmer, son of Orville H. Snell, was born in Volney, Oswego county, New York, June 24, 1872, and was educated in the public and high schools of Fulton, New York. He learn- ed the business of manufacturing cheese and butter, and, in April, 1895, started at Baldwins- ville the largest creamery in the town of Ly- sander, as a partner in the firm of Garrett & Snell. The firm has been highly prosperous. Mr. Snell is also president of the Farmers' Implement & Lumber Company, and president of the Odd Fellows Temple Association. In politics he is an independent, and, at the pres- ent time, is a trustee of the incorporated village of Baldwinsville. In religion he is a Meth- odist. He is a member of the Modern Wood- men of America, and has held, in succession, all the offices in his lodge. He is colonel of the Second Regiment of Patriarchs Militant, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and, for the past eleven years, has been delegate to the Grand Lodge of the state.
He married, April 26, 1893. Cora M. Gard- ner, born May 30, 1871, daughter of Sands D. Gardner, of Fulton. They have no children.
Peter Carr was born on . Long Is-
CARR land, about 1766. His father was a native of Germany, and the name is also spelled Karr. Peter Carr removed to Orange county, New York, and died there, about 1836. Children: Peter ; David, men- tioned below ; William; Fannic, and Elizabeth.
( II) David, son of Peter Carr, was born on Long Island, before 1800, and came, with his parents, to Orange county, New York. In 1850 he settled in Cortlandville, New York, on a farm of one hundred and forty-one acres, now or lately owned by C. Travis. Mr. Carr built a frame house and barn and planted one of the largest apple orchards in this section, and, before his death, had improved his farm to such an extent that it was one of the most valuable and productive of its size in the coun- ty. He sold it and bought another, consisting of one hundred and six acres, which his son William afterward owned. He also bought the farm of C. Coles, in Cortlandville. He was a well-to-do, progressive and enterprising farmer, and a useful citizen. He served in the war of 1812, and took part in various battles. He died at Cortlandville, aged about eighty- four years.
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He married Azubah Corwin, born in 1800, died aged eighty-six, daughter of Peter Cor- win. Her father was born in 1762, and bap- tized at Aquebogue, Long Island, July 22, 1764. died September 30, 1850. He married. April 1, 1787, Jemima Young, born June 30, 1766, died June 25. 1850. Peter Corwin removed to Goshen, New York, before 1793. His chil- dren were: Elizabeth H., Israel Y., Azubah. Lucetta and Mary Corwin. Children of David and Azubah (Corwin) Carr : Israel Y., men- tioned below ; William, born June 27, 1824, a farmer of Cortlandville and McGraw. married Ann Eliza, daughter of Jefferson Ransom ; Elizabeth, married Adolphus Barker, of East Freetown ; Clarissa Jane, married Ransom Mc- Elhoney; \zubah; David; Peter: Corwin : I Iiram.
(HI) Israel Young, son of David Carr, was born in Goshen, Orange county, New York, in 1822; died in Charles City, Iowa. September 7, 1891, He was educated in the public schools. and, when a young man, came to Cortlandville. where he lived during the greater part of his active life. In his younger days he followed farming, and afterward was owner of the Cortland flouring mill, now the Wickwire Roller Mills, for a number of years. His last years were spent at the home of his daughter, in Charles City, Iowa. In politics he was a Re- publican, in religion a Presbyterian. He mar- ried Margaret Rowe, of Homer, New York, born in 1823, died January 18, 1896. Children : Delmar William, mentioned below : Cassius MI .. deceased; Eugene, a farmer at Charles City, Iowa, married Julia Ayers; Florence L., mar- ried M. S. Wilson (deceased ), and resides in Charles City.
(IV) Delmar William, son of Israel Young Carr, was born in Cortlandville, New York, November 13, 1844. He was educated in the public schools of his native town, and at Caz- enovia Seminary. For many years he was in the dry goods business in Cortland. In recent years, however, he has been a traveling sales- inan, and connected with the Empire Corset Company, of McGraw, New York. In politics he is a Republican, in religion a Presbyterian. He married, January 15. 1867. Annie Car- son, a native of Armagh, Ireland, daughter of Thomas and Sarah ( Carson) Carson. Chil- dren : 1. Margaret Ursula, born April 5, 1868; married Charles B. Gray, of Newark, New Jersey, a manufacturer of jewelry ; children : Margaret Anna Gray, born March 6, 1890,
married Harold Logan; Henry Judd Gray, born July 8, 1892. 2. Frederick Delmar, born October 6, 1874, manager of a hardware firm in Elizabeth, New Jersey: married Josephine Van Denburg, of Clyde, New York; child- Catherine Josephine, born September 28, 1903.
ALLEN William Allen, progenitor of the Rhode Island families of his sur- name, was born in England, and settled in Portsmouth, Rhode Island ( Prudence Island), as early as 1670. He married Eliza- beth He and James Greene Sr. were appointed messengers to carry a letter from the Rhode Island general assembly to Gov- ernor Cranfield, of New Hampshire, August 21. 1683. His will was dated June 2. 1685, proved June 29, 1685. His wife died in the same year. Children : Mary ; William. of Ports- mouth : Thomas, of Swanzey ; John, born Oc- tober 26, 1670, died March 30, 1747, lived at North Kingston, Rhode Island ; Matthew, No- vember 20, 1675, lived at Portsmouth, War- wick and North Kingston : Mercy ; Sarah. The family was prolific, each having a large family, and the descendants in Rhode Island1 and all parts of the country have been very numerous. A descendant of William Allen came to Madi- son county, New York, and settled, not long after the revolution, among the pioneers of that section.
(1) George E. Allen, a descendant of Will- iam Allen, was a farmer of Madison county, New York. He married, and among his chil- dren was John Milton.
( Il) John Milton, son of George E. Allen, was born in the town of Lenox, Madison county, New York, in 1835. He attended the public schools, worked on his father's farm in boyhood, afterward taught school in the winter terms, and followed farming the remainder of the year. He married Hattie V., daughter of Truman Look. Children: George: John; Charles Milton, mentioned below.
(111) Charles Milton, son of John Milton Allen, was born in Lenox, Madison county, New York, October 2, 1859. He was educated there in the public schools. He has been en- gaged in manufacturing all his active life. Since 1885 he has resided at Fulton, where he has a large factory, devoted to the making of excelsior and butter tubs. He is counted among the most progressive and representative busi- ness men of the town, and is a useful and pub- lic-spirited citizen. He married, 1890, Mary,
Delmar W. Barn
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daughter of W. R. Hamilton, of Providence. Rhode Island. Children : Ronald H., a student in Harvard College; Charles Milton Jr., asso- ciated in business with his father: Zulma ; Lloyd L.
GARRISON The Garrison family is of an- cient English origin, though some of this name, including many of the New York families, are descended from Gerritt Gerritson, of Staten Island, and Bergen, New Jersey, who was born in Wagen- ingen, Netherlands, and died at Staten Island, in 1725. Ile came to this country in 1658, aged about twenty-five, in the ship "Gilded Beaver." He married Anna Hermansse, and had nine sons. He appears to have returned to Holland soon, and to have come again in December, 1659, with Jan Gerritson. Wouter and Stoffel Gerritson came in February, 1659. In 1790 the first federal census shows the Garrison family well distributed throughout New York state, no less than thirty-six families being reported in various sections. The fam- ily was also numerous, in colonial days, in New Jersey.
(I) Abner C. Garrison was born in Nassau, Albany county ( now Rensselaer ), New York. He had half-brothers, Daniel and David Henry Garrison. He had sons : Charles H., of Troy ; George B., of Jordan, New York, and Leavitt D., mentioned below.
( II) Leavitt D., son of Abner C. Garrison, was born in Cortland, New York, where his parents settled. He was e lucated in the public schools, and, when a young man, engaged in the grocery business, and afterward was a manufacturer of confectionery. He was one of the promoters of the Homer & Cortland Street Railway Company, and, for a time, was superintendent of the road. He has been re- tired from active business for several years. He is a member of the Cortlandville Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons. In politics he is a Republican, in religion a Presbyterian. He married Eliza Jane Wilson. Their only living child is G. Henry, mentioned below.
(III) G. Henry, son of Leavitt D. Garrison. was born in Cortland, New York, October 13. 1873. He was educated in the public schools of his native town, and at Troy, New York. He entered the employ of the Citizens Steam- boat Company, of Troy, which operates a line of steamers between New York City and Troy. He became a director of the company and
member of the executive committee. After two years he returned to Cortland and became bookkeeper for the Homer & Cortland Trac- tion Company, and, when the company was reorganized in 1901, as the Cortland County Traction Company, he was elected a director. Since 1904 he has been secretary of the cor- poration. He is vice-president of the Valatie Knitting Company, of Valatie, and connected with various other enterprises. He is a mem- ber of the Cortlandville Lodge. Free and Ac- cepted Masons ; of the Benevolent and Protec- tive Order of Elks, of Cortland, and of the Presbyterian church, of Cortland. In politics he is a Republican. He married, September 18, 1901, Anna Winchell, of Cortland, born in Cortland, daughter of Alfred H. and Ella M. ( Finch ) Winchell.
TERPENING This family originally came from Amsterdam City, Ilol- land. The name was for- merly spelled Teerpenningh, but is now spelled in various ways, such as Terpening, Terpen- ning, Terpeney, Tarpeney and Turpeny. "The Gazateer of the State of New York" makes the following statement : "As far back as 1682 Baltus Terpening was married to Tryntja Van- Viet, in town of Frunville, Ulster county, New York." It was the first marriage in that town. Many of the family, who spelled their name Teerpenningh, resided in Ulster. Esopus and Saratoga counties, at an earlier date.
Teunis Terpenning, or Terpenny, as he sign- ed his name, was an early settler at Kingston Ulster county, New York. His will was dated there May 6, 1746, and he bequeathed to his wife Gertie, and children : Gerit, Jacobus, Abra- ham. Hendrickus, Esther, Mary Van Allen, Bridget, Hannah and Elizabeth. Dirck and Jacob Terpenny were witnesses and were doubt- less brothers. According to the first federal census, John Terpenning, of the neighboring town of Peekskill, Dutchess county, New York. had two males over sixteen and one female. while his father. John Terpenning, of the same town, had two males over sixteen, one under that age and five females. Among the pioneers, in the state of New York, were Jacobus or Jacob, Derrick or Dirk, Elias and John and Boadawin, sons of Derrick or Dirk. These resided in Ulster county as early as 1763. Elsewhere in New York state we find Peter and Samuel, who were living at Halfmoon, Albany county, heads of families in 1790.
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(II) John Terpeney, as he spelled his name, son of Peter Terpening, was born July 20, 1777, died June 27, 1856. He came from the Holland patent, a twenty-thousand-acre tract, comprising the present towns of Deerfield, Floyd, Steuben and Trenton, in Oneida coun- ty, and settled in the town of Halfmoon, Sara- toga county, and then removed to Ira, Cayuga county, where he became the owner of six hundred and twenty acres of land. About 1808-10 John and his father purchased a large farm in Ira or Hannibal town, and moved his family there, and there spent the remainder of his days. Some of their descendants spent their lives on the same land. John Terpeney married (first ), in Saratoga county, New York, Phoebe Southard, about 1798-99-1800; mar- ried (second) a widow, Cecelia Olcott ; mar- ried (third) Mrs. Olive Foster, who survived him. He was the father of seventeen chil- dren, fifteen by first wife and two by second wife.
(III) Isaac Terpening, son of John Ter- peney, was born in Ira, March 18, 1807, died 1870. He followed farming there all his active life. He married Sally Drake. Children : Ephraim; Reuben T .; Anna, married George Barlow.
(IV) Reuben T. Terpening, son of Isaac Terpening, was born in Ira, New York, July 23, 1841. He was educated there in the public schools, and followed farming in his native town. During the civil war he was a private in Company E, Twenty-fourth New York Regi- ment, Volunteer Infantry, and in active service for three years. In politics he was a Democrat, and served as a commissioner of highways of the town of Ira. He married Lovina, daugh- ter of John Anthony. Children, born in Ira : Dr. Harvey J .; Mina, married Silas Carter ; Myron, married Mertice Jones ; Anna, mar- ried Floyd Dickinson; Clara, married Arvid Goodrich; Homer, resides in Wyoming.
(V) Dr. Ilarvey J. Terpening, son of Reu- ben T. Terpening, was born in Ira, New York, December 12, 1869. He attended the Ira dis- trict schools and Fulton Academy. . For three years he taught school, and then entered upon the study of medicine in the Eclectic Medical Institute, at Cincinnati, Ohio, where he matric- ulated, August 28, 1892, and graduated June 6, 1895. In the same month that he graduated he passed the New York state examination and began to practice at South Hannibal, New York, where he remained until January I.
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