Genealogical and family history of central New York : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the building of a nation, Volume I, Part 66

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918
Publication date: 1912
Publisher: New York : Lewis Historical Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 664


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lle married, October 24, 1881, Jeanette, born in Oswego, August 23, 1859, daughter of George Atkinson, a master mariner, who com- manded lake vessels for many years, having been one of the best-known and most highly- respected men in the service ; he died in Os- wego, September 13, 1909. Mr. and Mrs. Schuler have one child, Richard J., born in Oswego, October 26, 1882; graduated from the Oswego high school with high honors; is a gifted musician ; is junior partner of John M. Schuler & Son.


Rev. Thomas Hubbard, a de- HUBBARD seendant of an old New Eng- land family, was a preacher in the Methodist church.


(II) Amos, son of Rev. Thomas Hubbard, was a resident of Scriba, Oswego county, New York, where for many years he followed his trade as shoemaker. He was educated in the public schools. He married - Toby. Chil- dren: Henry M .; Harry T .; Hernando D .; Flora ; daughter, died in early life.


(III) Harry T., son of Amos Hubbard, was born at Scriba, 1843, and was educated there in the public schools. He learned the trade of


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cooper when a young man, and afterward en- gaged in business as ·a carpenter and builder. In politics he is a Democrat, and in religion a Baptist. He married Eliza Laird, who was born in the town of Celina, New York. Chil- dren : Dr. Ralph B., mentioned below; Bertie Munro, born August 27, 1876, a machinist, inarried Albertina Busky.


(IV) Dr. Ralph B. Hubbard, son of Harry T. Hubbard, was born in Scriba, Oswego coun- ty, New York, December 6, 1871. He attend- ed the public schools of his native town, and was graduated from the Fulton high school. He entered the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery, from which he was graduated in the class of 1895. For two years he practiced den- tistry in Syracuse, New York, and for two years at Phoenix, New York. Since October, 1899, he has practiced his profession with notable suc- cess at Fulton, New York. He is a member of the Derigo Lodge, No. 249, Knights of Pythias, and the Modern Woodmen of America. h politics he is an Independent, in religion a Bap- tist.


He married, in 1895, Lillian Lake, born in Canada, daughter of Dr. D. E. and Dr. Jennie M. Lake. Dr. and Mrs. Hubbard have had one daughter, Frances, born October, 1807. died in infancy.


MANSFIELD William H. Mansfield was born in Water ford, Ireland, in 1842, and came to this country at the age of thirteen. He began work as a cobbler's apprentice in a Bowery shop, New York City. He took advantage of his opportunity, however, and in the course of time opened a retail boot and shoe store in New Brunswick, New Jersey, where he built up a large and profitable business. His son William is now in partnership with him, and they have one of the finest stores in the city. He married, at New Brunswick, Mary Fitz- gerald, born in Waterford, Ireland, in 1848. died in New Brunswick, in 1905. Children : I. William, born in 1864, resides with his father, with whom he is in partnership. 2. Dr. James Edward, mentioned below. 3. Mary, married Judge Peter F. Daley, resides in New Bruns- wick. Three children now deceased.


(II) Dr. James Edward Mansfield, son of William H. Mansfield, was born at New Bruns- wick, New Jersey, August 22, 1866. He at- tended the public schools of his native town ; St. Charles College, Baltimore, Maryland, and 23-C


Sacred Heart College at Vineland, New Jersey, from which he was graduated with the degree of bachelor of arts in the class of 1888. He received his medical education in the Dart- mouth Medical College, from which he was graduated in 1896. He opened an office at Oswego, New York, in 1897, and soon won an excellent practice. He has a large general practice, and is in much demand as a surgeon. He is surgeon of the Oswego Hospital; the National Starch Factory at Oswego; the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Com- pany, and the Delaware, Lackawanna & West- ern Railroad Company. lle is a member of the Academy of Medicine of the city of Os- wego; the Oswego County Medical Society : the New York State Medical Society, and the American Medical Association. He belongs to the orders of Elks, the Knights of Columbus and the Eagles. In politics he is a Democrat. He is a communicant of the Roman Catholic church. For several years he was a member of the board of health, and in 1904 and 1905 was mayor of the city of Oswego. His admin- istration was eminently satisfactory to the people of the city and creditable alike to his ability and integrity.


He married, December 20, 1900, Mary Mor- rissey, who was born in Oswego, November 19. 1880, daughter of Daghlan and Mary Morris- sey. Her father was a hotel proprietor, born at Waterford, Ireland, in 1852; died at Oswe- go, October 19, 1907. Her mother was born in Oswego, August, 1857. Her brother, Thomas Morrissey, resides in Oswego, and is the fire marshal of the city; her brother, Daghlan J. Morrissey, is a grocer in Oswego ; her brother. Patrick Morrissey, born in Oswego, is engaged as an electrician. One sister, Harriet, resides with Mrs. Mansfield. Daghlan Morrissey Sr. was an earnest and influential Democrat, never seeking office for himself but always working effectively and strenuously for his party, and friends who were candidates for office. Chil- dren of Dr. James E. and Mrs. Mansfield: 1. William D., born November 26, 1901. 2. Cath- erine, born June 2, 1904. 3. James Edward, born January 20, 1908. 4. Margaret, born September 3, 1909.


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MILLS sus, at Halfmoon, and other towns of Albany county, New York, Ben- jamin, Daniel, George, John, Isaac and Tim- othy were heads of the Mills family. Family


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traditions says that five brothers came over from England. Three settled in New York state, one went to Canada, and the other went west. For thirty-three years the Mills family has held a reunion, once a year, at Weedsport. New York, on August 31.


(I) Henry Mills was born in Albany coun- ty. New York, or perhaps Schoharie county. New York. He was a farmer. In politics he was a Republican, and in religion a Methodist. He married Polly Bates. Children : Abraham : William H., mentioned below : James: Mar- garet : Sally : Mary (or Maria ) : Louisa : Julia Ann.


(II) William H., son of llenry Mills, was born in Schoharie county, New York, July 3. 1808. Ile moved with his parents to Cato. New York, where he was among the promi- nent men. . At first he was a farmer, but later he ran a saw and grist mill. For seventeen years he was postmaster, and for over thirty vears he was justice of the peace. In religion he was a Methodist, attending the Methodist Episcopal church. In politics he was a Re- publican. He was a lieutenant in military service. He married Lydia, daughter of John and Polly (Court) Welch. The Welch family came from Scotland. Children : William, born May 1, 1833; Clarinda, October 29, 1834; Hettie Maria, August 14, 1836: John Henry, April 14. 1839 ; Eliza Jane, July 4, 1841 ; David M., mentioned below : Mary Frances, May 5. 1846; Japhet Newton, May 8, 1849.


( III ) David Martin, son of William H. Mills, was born in Cayuga county, New York. in the town of Cato, February 18, 1844. He received his education in the public schools. and then ran a farm for some time, working in his father's saw and grist mill in the winters. Ile was a clerk and deputy postmaster for ten vears. Ilis present business, which he started himself, is pump manufacturing, and he has been very successful in this. His place of busi- ness is Fulton, New York, where he removed in 1883. In politics he is a Republican. He was town collector for Cato for one term. In religion he is a Methodist.


Ile married. November 10, 1869. at Jordan, Cayuga county, New York, Emma L., born in Cayuga county, town of Brutus, New York, July 13. 1850, daughter of George and llannalı ( Abbey ) Passage; he was a farmer, and a speculator in cattle ; their children were : Emma 1 ... Elizabeth, Laura and Martha Passage. Mr. and Mrs. Mills have one child. Laura Jessie.


born March 24. 1871, who graduated from the primary grades: she married Edwin Forest Van Amburg, and their children are : Lee Mills and Ruth L. Van Amburg.


Johannes Petrus Walrad set- WALRAD tled at Canajoharie. now Mont- gomery county, New York, and is said to have come thither from Germany. He appears to have lived at what is now the village of Buel, where a Peter and Adolph Walrath were among the first settlers. The census of 1790 shows that at that time John Peter Walrad (or Walrath, as some of the de- scendants spell the name) had two sons under sixteen and four females in his family : Adolph, probably his son, had one son under sixteen and two females. Garret Walrad had two males over sixteen, three under that age and three females. There was also a William Wal- rad having three sons under sixteen and two females in his family.


( II) One of the sons of John Peter or Jo- hannes Petrus Walrad, had sons: Warner ; Peter, mentioned below: Charles: John, and William.


( III) Peter, grandson of Johannes Petrus Walrad, was born in Canajoharie or vicinity, in Montgomery county, about 1799, and died July 5, 1857, aged fifty-eight years. He re- ceived his education in the public schools. Re- moving to the town of Homer, Cortland coun- ty. New York, in 1837. he settled on land where the Little York railroad station now stands, and followed farming the rest of his life. A citizen of prominence, actively inter- ested in public affairs, he was supervisor of the town at the time of his death. He was a member of the Congregational church at Homer.


He married Catherine Bellinger, of Little Falls, New York, daughter of Christopher P. Bellinger, and she died at Homer, April 8, 1854, aged fifty-two years. Children : 1. Cath- erine, born 1821. died October, 1893 : married George Chamberlain, of Cortland. 2. Philo, lives on the homestead ; married Lois A. Camp : their daughter Harriet married Charles Beach. of Tully, New York. 3. Harriet N., born 1830. (lied 1903 : married S. B. Curtis, of Niagara-on- the-Lakes, Canada. 4. Calvin P., mentioned below.


(1\') Calvin P., son of Peter Walrad, was born in Buel, Montgomery county, New York. April 25. 1835. He was educated in the public


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schools and at Homer Academy. For five years he was in business as a merchant in Homer, and for twenty years in Cortland, New York. Since 1866, when the Cortland Savings Bank was organized, he has been an officer of the institution ; in 1866 he was elected secre- tary, and continued to fill that office until 1891. since when he has been president. In politics he is a Republican, and for two years he was president of the incorporated village of Cort- land. He is a director of the Cortland Silk Mill. He is an active and prominent member of the Presbyterian church, and has been one of its trustees for the past thirty years.


He married ( first ), in 1864. Sarah, daugh- ter of Alfred and Samantha ( Boyes) Cham- berlain, of Cortland. She died June 23, 1871. and he married (second), September 3. 1873, Grace Chamberlain, sister of his first wife. Child of first wife: 1. Alfred C., born No- vember. 1867 ; employed in office of Wickwire


Brothers, Cortland; married Anna Hudson : children : Henry Calvin, Alfred Hudson and Catherine. Children of second wife: 2. Kath- arine, born June 26, 1880; married Frank W. McKee, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and had a daughter, Anna, who died in infancy. 3. Anna, born February 22, 1883; lives with her parents on the homestead at Cortland.


RYAN Laurence Ryan was of an ancient family in Ireland, where he lived and died.


(II) James, son of Laurence Ryan, was born in Limerick, Ireland. He came to this country and made his home in Watertown, New York, in 1848. He followed the trade of a stationary engineer. He was a member of St. Paul's Church at Oswego. He married Mary O'Brien. He died in 1881 and his wife (lied in 1871. Children : Margaret : John : Mich- ael C., mentioned below.


(III ) Michael C., son of James Ryan, was born in Syracuse, New York, September 23. 1856. He removed with his parents when a young child to Oswego, New York, where he received his education. When only eight years old he played the drum for the recruiting sta- tion at Oswego, and in 1871 was a drummer boy on the revenue cutter "Chase." At eleven years of age he established the first soda water fountain in Oswego, at Dr. Kingston's drug store. He worked as a newsboy for Captain Berriman when thirteen years old, and was the first boy to call out the important news on


the street from the New York papers. In 1870 he cleared ten dollars a day from the stock of Bruce Ingersoll that was damaged by fire by selling it in prize packages, and after that he sold the stock from the book store of George Hease in the same way. He was em- ployed as clerk in different stores in Oswego until 1876; then travelled with Robinson's Circus as a musician ; in 1881 he joined the Kingsford Band; in 1885 he began work for the Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, and in 1890 was appointed manager of the company : in 1893 he engaged in the wholesale cigar busi- ness, and in 1898 he started the manufacture of berry crates at West First street, Oswego. He removed to Phoenix, New York, in 1901, and started the manufacture of hinges. He has been successful in this business, and has increased his products to general hardware and electric and novelty flashers, having a business of twenty-five thousand dollars a year.


He married, May 20, 1911, Sarah, daughter of the late Walter Pendergast, of West Phoenix.


The first mention of the name STURGIS of Sturgis or Sturges was in a French book published by Abbe MacGroghegan, which reads: "About the year 815. during the reign of Conor, who reigned fourteen years, Turgesius, a son of a king of Norway landed a formidable fleet on the north coast of Ireland; and again, about the year 835, a fleet commanded by the same man land- ed on the west side of Lough Lea, where he fortified himself, and laid waste Connought, Meath and Leinster, and the greater part of Ulster, and was declared king. He reigned about thirty years. Finally, the people revolt- ed, and, under the lead of Malarlin, prince of Meath, he was defeated by a strategem and put to death." The first authentic mention is in English history when William de Turges had grants of land from Edward I., King of Eng- land, in the village of Turges, county of North- ampton, afterwards called Northfield. The coat-of-arms: Azure, a chevron between three crosses crosslet, fitchee or, a border engrailed of the last. Crest : A talbot's head or, eared sable. Motto : Esse quam videri.


(1) Roger Sturges was of Clipston, North- ampton, England, and his will was dated No- vember 10, 1530. He married Alice Children : Richard, mentioned below : Robert : Thomas : Ellen : Agnes : Clementina.


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ried in Clipston. Children : Roger, mentioned below ; John, living in 1579; Thomas, of Stan- nion, Northampton, England.


(III) Roger (2), son of Richard Sturges, was of Clipston. His will was dated Septem- ber 4, 1579. He married Agnes -. Chil- dren : Robert, mentioned below : John.


(IV) Robert, son of Roger (2) Sturges, was buried at Faxton, county Northampton, England, January 2, 1611. His will was dated April 9, 1610, and proved September 19, 1611. He was church warden at Faxton in 1589. Children : Philip, mentioned below ; Alice.


(V) Philip Sturgis (as the name is now spelled), son of Robert Sturges, was of Han- nington, county Northampton, England. His will was dated 1613. He married (first) . (second) Anne Lewes. Chil- dren by first wife : Edward, mentioned below : Robert ; Elizabeth. By second wife: Alice, baptized January 17, 1608; Anne, born Sep- tember 29, 1600; William, born October 10, 1611.


(V1) Edward, son of Philip Sturgis, was born at Hannington and came to New Eng- land about 1634, settling at Sandwich, Massa- chusetts. He was in Charlestown, Massachu- setts, in 1634, and in Yarmouth, Cape Cod. 1639. He was constable at Yarmouth in 1640- 41 ; member of the grand inquest in 1650; sur- veyor of highways in 1651 : was admitted free- man, June 5, 1651, and was committeeman on affairs of the colony in 1657 ; was constable in 1662, and deputy to the general assembly in 1672. He died at Sandwich in October, 1695. and was buried at Yarmouth. He married (first) Elizabeth though one gene- alogist gave her name as Alice. She died Feb- ruary 14, 1601, and he married (second), April, 1692, Mary, widow of Zachariah Rider. Children, born in England: Alice, December 23, 1619; Maria, October 2, 1621; Edward, April 10, 1624: Rebecca, February 17, 1626- 27. Born in New England: Samuel, 1638; Thomas; Mary, baptized at Barnstable, Janu- ary 1, 1646; Elizabeth, born at Yarmouth, April 20, 1648; Sarah; Joseph, buried March 29, 1650, aged ten days; Hannah. Otis says there was a son John, born about 1624, who went to Connecticut ; he was ancestor of the Fairfield county family, and probably of the New York family, mentioned below.


William Sturgis of this family was a farmer in the town of Cato, New York. He married Martha Shearer. Children : Nathaniel ; Alex-


ander : David; George B., mentioned below : Mary ; Elvira; Martha ; William.


George B., son of William Sturgis, was born in the town of Cato, New York, May 25, 1833. He was educated in the public schools. He learned the trade of iron moulder and for many years held a responsible position in the foundry of the Remington Company at Ilion. New York. He is a member of llion Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, and Ilion Chap- ter, Royal Arch Masons. In politics he is a Republican, and in religion a Methodist.


He married Mary, born in Lysander, New York, daughter of Lawrence and Abigail Bran- dlo. Children : Ella, married M. C. Miller ; Clinton : Ida, married George Eno; Harry ; George Marcus, mentioned below.


George Marcus, son of George B. Sturgis. was born in Ilion, New York, May 17, 1872 He received his education in the schools of Syracuse, New York. He began his business life as clerk in a grocery store at Syracuse, where he worked for three years, and then learned the trade of moulder and followed it for a number of years. In 1904 with his brother Harry he bought a foundry at Phoenix, New York. At the end of the first year his brother died and he was succeeded in the firm by F. M. Pierce, of Phoenix, the firm name becoming Sturgis & Pierce. The business has prospered. Mr. Sturgis is a member of Golden Rule Lodge. No. 77. Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is a past noble grand. In politics he is an Independent, and in religion a Methodist.


He married, April 7, 1896, Elizabeth, born in Phoenix, New York, daughter of Melville and Barbara (Keller) Sherman. Children : Frances, born June 8, 1897; Bessie, March 21. 1890; Ethel, March 14, 1900.


MURPHY Andrew Morefield, later called Murphy, was born in the north of Ireland, and came to this country when a young man, settling first in Canada and later in Oswego, New York.


(II) William Bruce Murphy, son of An- drew Morefield, was born in Canada in 1842. and came to Oswego, New York, with his father. Here he learned the trade of a car- penter. He remained in Oswego the remain- der of his life, and died in 1905. He married Eliza, daughter of Thomas Roxbury. Chil- dren : Emma, married George Barnes, under- taker at Oswego: William E., of Oswego; Robert B .: Jessie M., married H. R. Porter ;


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Fanny ; Charlotte, a stenographer in New York City ; George Wilfred, mentioned below.


(III) George Wilfred, son of William Bruce Murphy, was born at Oswego, New York, March 29, 1873. He received his education in the public schools there. He learned teleg- raphy, and then began work for the Western Union Telegraph Company, working from a position as messenger to that of clerk in office work in five years. For the next four years he was employed by the Kingsford Starch Company, and in 1895 received a position from the New York Central railroad. He worked as operator on the line of the New York Cen- tral from 1904 to 1910, in Oswego, New York, and in December of that year became station agent at Phoenix for the New York Central railroad, and express agent for the American Express Company. In religion he is a Bap- tist, having been a member of the Baptist church at Oswego since 1890. He is a mem- ber of the Citizens' Club of Phoenix, New York. He married, in 1896, Delia, daughter of Joseph and Mary Rowe. Children : Ethel, born September 18, 1897; Pauline, March 18, 1899: Kenneth, September 29. 1900: Erma, December 8, 1906.


FOX Louis Philip Fox, or as it was spell- ed formerly Fuchs, was born in Al- sace-Lorraine, Germany, which was then in France. He received a liberal educa- tion and held a commission as chaplain in the French army. He came to this country while in the prime of life, and followed farming at Rose, Wayne county, New York. His farm is known as the Henry Lincks place. At the age of fifty-six years he enlisted in the Union army in the civil war and served three years, taking part in the battle of the Wilderness and other important engagements. He married Lena Horn, who was also of German birth. Both are buried in the Ferguson burial ground at Rose. Children: 1. George, died in Cali- fornia. 2. Lena, married Cornelius Barton, of Lyons. 3. Fred, mentioned below. 4. Louis, lived at Lyons, New York. 5. Siloma. married (vid Jeffers, of Galen. 6. Carrie, married Henry Loucks, who was born in Brooklyn, New York, and settled on the Fox homestead in 1881. 7. Louisa, married William Goetz- man, of Galen. 8. Charles, married Mary Lincks. 9. Jennie, married John W. Stewart, of Lyons. 10. William, died aged nineteen. 11. Charlotte, died young.


(II) Fred, son of Louis Philip Fox, was born at Rose, New York. lle was educated there in the public schools, and learned the trade of cooper. He followed farming as well as coopering, however, and owned one of the best farms in Wayne county, ranking among the most successful and representative men of the town of Wolcott. He married Permilla, daughter of Ernest Falkey. Children : 1. Will- iam HI., born in Rose, dealer in produce at Wolcott, New York. 2. Flora B., married Floyd Shyder. 3. Ernest F., born in town of Huron ; a lawyer at Newark, New York. 4. Grace M., born in town of Huron; a teacher of German at Fulton, New York, in the high school. 5. Dr. Frank Edward, mentioned below.


(III) Dr. Frank Edward Fox, son of Fred Fox, born in Rose, New York, November 1, 1876. He attended the public schools of Wol- cott, New York. He entered upon the study of his profession in the Medical College of Baltimore, Maryland, and was graduated in 1901 with the degree of M. D. For a time he was assistant surgeon of the Maryland Steel Company at Sparrows Point, Maryland, and in 1902 he came to Fulton, New York, where he has built up an extensive practice, making surgery a specialty. He has been president of the board of health of Fulton, and is a member of the Phi Chi, a medical frater- nity. He is a member and has been an officer of the Fifth District Medical Society, member and treasurer in 1911 of the Oswego County · Medical Society, member of the Fulton Acad- emy of Medicine, the New York State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. While in college he was president of the sec- ond year class and at graduation was a mem- ber of the executive committee and of the Phi Chi fraternity in which he had also been assist- ant treasurer and secretary. He is at present visiting surgeon of the Albert Lee Memorial Hospital, and a member of Lodge, No. 830, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, of Fulton : Derigo Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of Oswego; and of the Pathfinders Boat Club. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. In politics he is a progressive Demo- crat.


lle married, 1903, Maebelle S. Wetmore, born in Peoria, Illinois, daughter of Samuel and Mary Wetmore. Children: F. Edward, born October 24, 1905: George F., April 22, 1907; Wayne W., June 23, 1908.


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BLAKE George Blake, immigrant ances- tor, was born in the county of Buckinghamshire, England. When a young man he came to this country, and about 1858 made his home at Clay, New York, where he had a farm. After some years he removed to Schroeppel, Oswego county, New York, and continued there as a farmer all of his active life. He married Rebecca Lud- low, who was born in Buckinghamshire, Eng- land. She died at Schroeppel in 1891, and he died there in 1906. Children: John ; George : Charles ; Henry: Sarah E .; Anna, married George Weller; William Stevens, mentioned below.


(II) William Stevens, son of George Blake. was born in the town of Clay, New York, No- vember 16, 1869. He received his education in the public schools and at the high school of Phoenix, New York. For two years he taught school in the town of Schroeppel, and then he spent two years working in the paper mill there. Afterwards he rented and operated the mill for two years. In 1897 he removed to Phoenix where he started in his present busi- ness as a dealer in coal, lumber and cement. HIe is now one of the leading merchants of the town, and one of the most prominent and use- ful citizens. He has been one of the trustees of the incorporated village of Phoenix, and is now on the board of assessors. In politics he is an Independent, and he attends the Congre- gational church. He is a member of Golden Rule Lodge, No. 77, Independent Order of ()dd Fellows. He married, May, 1897, Ana .. (laughter of Henry Limbeck.




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