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Possessing a robust constitution, a fine in- tellect and natural skill as well as thorough knowledge of his art, he gave freely of his ability and was held in the highest regard
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both as a physician and as a citizen. Some- what careless in dress and brusque in manner, he was withal a man of wit and humor, a cheerful influence in the sick-room, and a jovial companion among his fellows. In short, he was of the highest type of the old-time country doctor, with his multifarious and arduous duties and responsibilities. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity. He mar- ried Anna McNett, of a Scotch-Irish family that came soon after 1700 to Massachusetts. The name is also spelled McNight, McNutt and McNitt by other branches. By his first wife he had three children, and one by a sec- ond wife.
(V) Dr. Charles Darwin McLouth, son of Dr. Charles McLouth, was born in Franklin- ville, Cattaraugus county, New York, April 14, 1829, and died there July 7, 1902. He attended the public school, and studied medi- cine under the instruction of his father, being licensed to practice August 12, 1874, by the Eclectic Medical Society of the Thirty-Second Senatorial District of New York. He opened an office in Franklinville and practiced there all his life. Like his father, he was naturally skillful and well suited to his profession, and likewise won the confidence and esteem of the entire community. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics he was a Democrat. He married, March 22, 1848, Pauline Shepard, born-October 31, 1830, died February 26, 1883.
(VI) Lawrence E., only child of Dr. Charles Darwin and Pauline (Shepard) Mc- Louth, was born in Franklinville, May 25, 1850, and died there July 1, 1909. He was educated in the public schools. He was a farmer, cattle dealer and salesman. In religion he was a Presbyterian, and a trustee of the church. In politics he was a Democrat. He was a member of the local lodge of Odd Fel- lows. He married, January 10, 1876, Isabel Burlingame, born August 18, 1848, daughter of Selah and Hannah (McClure) Burlingame, granddaughter of Ira and Elizabeth (Lyon) Burlingame. Hannah McClure, born 1814, was a daughter of David McClure, a soldier in the revolution, who was once sent out as a scout on Washington's own white horse. He was captain of a company at the defense of Niagara in the war of 1812, and was a cousin of General Joseph McClure, agent of the Hol- land Company. The McClures were also Scotch-Irish, coming early in 1806 to this sec-
tion from Vermont. In 1770 James, John and Thomas McClure were heads of families at Middleton, Rutland county, Vermont, for- merly in part Ira, where the McLouths lived also.
Selah Burlingame, born in 1807, was a farmer in Franklinville, a man of great strength and agility, one of the famous wrest- lers of this section at a time when that sport was at the height of its popularity, and it is said that he never met his match. He was a member of the Baptist church and held various offices of trust and honor. Children of Selah and Hannah Burlingame: Amelia, married David Sill, and had Lena, who married Tony Werries; Addison, married Harriet Priest, lives at Findlay, Ohio, and has children : Platt, Howard, Marshall, Harry and Helen; Ellen, married Hawley Starr, resides in Bradford, Pennsylvania, and has children: Blanche, Isa- bel, Harriet and Harold; Marshall, died aged sixteen years; Adele, married Fillmore But- ton, and had a daughter, Grace; Ira, married Ann Vandewater. Children of Lawrence E. and Isabel McLouth: Charles L., mentioned below ; Claude, born January 17, 1880, died January 25, 1883; Earl A., born January 31, 1882, married. November 30, 1905, Georgia Hout.
(VII) Charles Lawrence, son of Lawrence E. McLouth, was born in Farmersville, Cat- taraugus county, New York, February 9, 1878. He obtained his education in the public schools and at Ten Broeck Academy. He began busi- ness life as clerk in a drug store, and studied pharmacy at the University of Buffalo, from which he graduated in 1900. He was a phar- macist for a time at Watertown, New York, and at Cuba, in that state. He afterward bought the drug store of D. F. Rundell, in Little Valley, New York, and since 1901 has been in business in that town. He has achieved a marked success in mercantile life, and ranks high among the business men of the com- inunity. He is a member of Arion Lodge, No. 812, Free Masons; Salamanca Chapter, No. 266, Royal Arch Masons: Salamanca Com- mandery, No. 62, and Ismailia Temple, Mystic Shrine. In politics he is a Republican, active in public affairs and imbued with public spirit and enterprise.
He married, September 5. 1900, Fanny Eliza Green, daughter of Charles and Eva (Grover) Green, of Little Valley, New York, and grand- daughter of Judge Charles B. and Lydia
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(Kent) Green. (See Green, elsewhere.) They have one child, Royal L., born June 23. 1902.
(The Lyon Line).
(I) Henry Lyon, the immigrant ancestor, was one of the family of Lyons of Glen Lyon, in Perthshire, Scotland, and he came to the colonies with his two brothers, Thomas and Richard, in 1648. The three brothers had been soldiers in Cromwell's army, and were on guard before the Banqueting House at White- hall, January 31, 1648, when Charles the First was executed. Immediately after they fled to America. Henry went to Milford, Connecti- cut, where he is first on record February 24, 1642, when he was admitted to the church. In 1652 he married Elizabeth, daughter of William Bateman, of Fairfield, Connecticut, and was granted a house lot there. On May 28, 1654, he was dismissed from the Fairfield to the Milford church. In 1666 he came to Newark, New Jersey, as one of the founders with the Milford colonists. He was the first treasurer of Newark, 1668-73, and first keeper of the ordinary. In 1673-4 he removed to Elizabethtown, where he was a large land owner and a merchant of extensive interests. He was a member of the general assembly November 5, 1675; August 11, 1681, he was appointed justice of the peace; February 4, 1681, he was made judge of small causes, and February 28, 1681, a member of the gover- nor's council ; December, 1683, commissioner ; November 26, 1684, representative in council of the governor. Among his lands were one hundred acres of upland, since known as Lyon Farm. He married (second), 1669-1700, Mary . He returned to Newark in 1696, and died there in 1703. Children of first wife, born in Fairfield, Connecticut: Thomas, born 1652-3; Mary, 1654-5 ; Samuel, mentioned be- low; Joseph, 1658-59: Nathaniel, 1663-4; John, 1665-6; born in Newark, New Jersey : Benjamin, 1668; Ebenezer, 1670. Children of second wife, born in Elizabethtown, New Jer- sey : Mary, 1690-1 ; Dorcas, 1692-3.
(II) Samuel, son of Henry Lyon, was born about 1655-6, in Fairfield, Connecticut. He married (first) Sarah Beach, born 1654, daughter of Zopher and Sarah (Platt ) Beach, of New Haven, Connecticut ; (second ) Han- nah, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Harri- son) Pierson. In 1666 Samuel Lyon received a lot in the distribution of lands. On June 24, 1667, when he could have been only about
twelve or thirteen years of age, he signed the "fundamental agreement" with the Milford colonists, and February 25, 1683-4 he sold two acres of land to Zopher Beach. His will, dated August 20, 1703, proved at New York, February 26, 1707, mentioned wife Hannah and children, making his brother Benjamin executor. Children of first wife: Samuel ; Henry, born 1682; Joseph ; Mary ; Sarah. Chil- dren of second wife: John, mentioned below ; James, born October 5, 1700; Hannah.
(III) John, son of Samuel Lyon, married Elizabeth, daughter of Edward and Mary Riggs. Edward Riggs was descended from Edward Riggs, who came in 1633 with his family to Boston. John Lyon's descendants have not been traced definitely, but it is pos- sible that he had sons Joseph, John and Thomas.
(IV) Thomas, son of John Lyon, married, in 1760, Huldah, sister of Martha Burlingame, who married John Lyon ; she was daughter of Daniel and Rose (Briggs) Burlingame. Sam- uel, Alexander, and Major Thomas Lyon were probably his sons. One reason for this state- ment is that Cyrus, a son of John, brother of Thomas, named his oldest son Alexander in 1797, and there can be no doubt that Cyrus and Alexander were cousins. Also, a daugh- ter of Samuel Lyon married a Burlingame.
(V) Samuel, son of Thomas Lyon, came to Chenango county, New York, in 1791, with his brothers Alexander and Major Thomas. Samuel and Alexander are said to have served in a Connecticut regiment in the revolution ; Alexander never married. Major Thomas Lyon was killed at Little York in 1812, in a fight with the British. He led a regiment of state troops from Chenango county in 1812. "Towards the close of 1813. General Dear- born, under whom Major Lyon served, crossed Lake Erie with seventeen hundred men with the intention of attacking York, now Toronto, and then the chief depot of the British depots in the west. A landing was made before You on the 27th of the month (April) unde. fire, but the Americans pushed on and the enemy were driven from the works. The Americans were still pressing toward the main works when a magazine exploded, a plot of the British. Two hundred Americans were killed and wounded, among the mortally wounded being Major Lyon, who was carried on board the Commodore's vessel and there died the death of a hero."
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Samuel Lyon and his brothers bought land of Benjamin Hovey, Governor Clinton's land agent, for one shilling an acre, and built a grist mill, lumber and woolen mill. He set- tled in Oxford in 1792, and made his home at Lyon Brook, near Lyon Brook Bridge, on the New York, Ogdensburg & Western railroad. He came from Great Bend, Pennsylvania. He is said to have had a brother, Dr. Daniel Lyon. Children: Daniel; Huldah, married Charles Smith; Sally, married a Rathbone; Betsey, mentioned below; Polly, married Samuel Pollard; Samuel, married Eddy ; Lovina and Lucina, twins, Lovina mar- ried John Pollard, Lucina married Baker; Ira: Lovica, married William Smith ; George Rowley, born August 16, 1800.
(VI) Betsey, daughter of Samuel Lyon, married Ira Burlingame. Their son, Selah Burlingame, married Hannah McClure. Isabel, daughter of Selah Burlingame, married Law- rence E. McLouth (see McLouth).
MOORE George A. Moore, a resident of Buffalo, New York, from 1835 to 1891, was born in Fabius, New York, March 27, 1814. He was of revo- lutionary descent, also descended from Thomas Moore, born in England, died in Windsor, Connecticut, 1645, and his son, John Moore, born in England, died in Windsor, Connecti- cut, September 17, 1677. His wife. Abigail Moore, was still living according to church records, December 22, 1677. These men came to America in the "Mary and John," with others, from Devonshire, Somersetshire and Dorsetshire. Two famous ministers came with them, Mr. John Maverick and Mr. John War- ham. They set sail from Plymouth, England, March 30, 1630, and arrived at Nantasket, May 30, 1630. They began a settlement at Mattapan, now called Dorchester, Massachu- setts. In the summer of 1635 Mr. Warham's people, sixty men, women and children, re- moved to Connecticut and settled at Windsor. Thomas Moore and John Moore remained at granu p uichester until 1639.
(II) January 2, 1637, Jolin Moore was one of twenty men at Dorchester, chosen to gov- ern all of the affairs of the plantation. They were made freemen at Windsor, Connecticut, April 9, 1641. John Moore was ordained deacon, January II, 1651. His accounts as deacon were granted February 10, 1673. At the court of election at Hartford, May 16,
1661, John Winthrop was elected governor, and John Moore deputy. The house which Deacon John Moore built in those early days is still standing in Windsor, Connecticut. Deacon John Moore had one son, John Moore, Junior, and four daughters, mentioned in his will published in the Hartford probate records, vol. I, page 195. P. 222: Nathaniel Loomis married, November 24, 1653, Elizabeth Moore ; Thomas Bissell married, October 1I, 1655, Abigail Moore; Nathaniel Bissell married, September 25, 1662, Mindwell Moore; John Drake Jr. married, November 30, 1648, Han- nah Moore.
(III) John Moore Jr., born December 5, 1645, son of Deacon John Moore, died June I, 1718. He married, September 21, 1664, at Windsor, Connecticut, Hannah Goffe, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, March 23, 1644, died in Windsor, April 4, 1697. Seven sons : John, Thomas, Samuel, Nathaniel, Edward; Josiah and Joseph, twins. By second wife, Mary Farnsworth, one daughter, Martha Moore, married Job Drake (2).
(IV) Joseph Moore, born July 5, 1679, son of John Moore Jr., died August 15, 1713. He married, 1702, Sarah Browne, of Windsor, Connecticut, granddaughter of Peter Browne, of the "Mayflower," 1620. Children: Four daughters and one son: Sarah, Deborah, Phœbe, Lydia, and Joseph Moore Jr.
(V) Joseph Moore, only son of Joseph and Sarah (Browne) Moore, was born August II, 1712, at Windsor, Connecticut, and died May 5, 1790. He married, May 29, 1735. Elizabeth Allyn, born November 22, 1712, died May II, 1790. Six sons and four daughters: Joseph, Josiah, Elisha, Theophilus, Asa, Abijah, Han- nah, Elizabeth Wakeman, Anna and Sarah. The father of this family and his eldest son, Joseph, were in the French war; also the father and five of the sons and the husbands of the four daughters were revolutionary soldiers.
(VI) Lieutenant Josiah Moore, born Sep- tember 17, 1737, second son of Lieutenant Jo- seph Moore, died in New Hartford, Connecti- cut, February 28, 1811. He married, at Wind- sor, Connecticut, November 18, 1762, Anna Gillette. Children, mentioned in his will: Susanna, Clarina, Anna, Prudence, Laura, Josiah Moore ( deceased), Elihu, and Theron. (VII) Josiah Moore Jr., born September 28, 1765, son of Lieutenant Josiah Moore, died April 29, 1802. at Fabius, New York. He
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married, 1788, at Harwinton, Connecticut, Abigail Dewey, born 1769, died September 3, 1853, at Fabius, New York, daughter of Captain Daniel Dewey, revolutionary soldier. "Centennial History of Onondaga County, New York, Town of Fabius": "In the spring of 1794 Timothy Jerome and Josiah Moore, of Stockbridge, Massachusetts, moved in and erected log cabins. Josiah Moore settled on lot fifteen on the old Chenango road. He sowed the first wheat, brought the first farm implements into this section, became the first town clerk, built the first frame house in 1800, and died there April 29, 1802, being the first one of the pioneers to cross to the other shore." Five sons and one daughter: John, Josiah, Henry, Charles, Augustus C. and Maria Abigail. The youngest son, Augustus C. Moore, born 1799, came to Buffalo in 1831, died 1883.
(VIII) John Moore, born June 7, 1789, at Torrington, Connecticut, eldest son of Josiah Moore Jr., died September 24, 1872, at Tully, New York. He married, April 2, 1808, Mary Lerana Middlebrook, born in Trumbull, Con- necticut, October 2, 1790, died February I, 1854, at Fabius, New York, granddaughter of Lieutenant Ephraim Middlebrook, killed April, 1777, in the "Danbury Raid." John Moore was a soldier in the war of 1812. Chil- dren: Josiah Beach Moore, George Augustus Moore, John Osborne Moore, Mariette L. Moore, Norman Titus Moore, Maria Abigail Moore, Ann Elizabeth Moore, Theodore Mid- dlebrook Moore.
(IX) George Augustus Moore, son of John Moore, was born March 27, 1814, in Fabius, New York, died in Buffalo, New York, De- cember 28, 1890. He married, January I, 1839, at Buffalo, Catherine A. Brown, born in Attica, New York, March 12, 1819, died in Hamburg, New York, March 16, 1884, granddaughter of John Nichols, revolutionary soldier, Brimfield, Massachusetts. Five sons and six daughters: Theodore Middlebrook Moore, born 1839, died 1900; Mary Louise Moore, born 1841 ; Norman Titus Moore, born 1842; Frederick Brown Moore, born 1844; George Barnard Moore, born 1847, died 1888; John Henry Moore, born 1849; Kate Eliza Moore, born 1851, died 1853 ; Emma Caroline Moore, born 1853; Anna Maria Moore, born 1855; Marion Isabel Moore, born 1857; Alice Olivia Moore, born 1860.
(X) John Henry Moore, son of George A.
Moore, was born in Buffalo, New York, Feb- ruary 18, 1849; married, March 5, 1878, Kate Victoria Bullymore, born April 7, 1853, in Buffalo, New York. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy, June, 1869; retired as commander United States Navy, June, 1899. Two sons: I. Langdon Moore, born January 8, 1879, Washington, D. C .; married, in Baltimore, Maryland, March 4, 19II, Minda Ellenworth Gottlieb, born April 12, 1886. 2. Theodore John Moore, born Oc- tober 23, 1891, Washington, D. C.
HODGE The surname Hodge had its origin in the name Roger. It is supposed to be of Norman- French origin, brought into England by a "Roman knight and valiant follower of Wil- liam the Conqueror." From Roger came Oger, then Odger, Hodger, and finally Hodge. He settled in Scotland and the name is now common in every civilized country. The Eng- lish-Teutonic meaning is "Spear of fame." The family bore arms in both Scotland and England. The English coat is: Crest: An eagle rising, looking at the sun. Arms: A chevron surmounted by a pale. The Scotch crest : A garb entwined with two serpents. Arms: A chevron between two amulets.
The Buffalo family of Hodge herein re- corded descends from John Hodge, born about 1643, died in Lyme, Connecticut, 1692 or 1694. He was an early settler of Killingworth (now Clinton), of Windsor and of Suffield, Con- necticut. He married, August 12, 1666, Sus- anna Denslow, born September 3, 1646, daugh- ter of Henry Denslow, who was killed by the Indians at Windsor, Connecticut, April 4, 1676, son of Nicholas Denslow, the emigrant. Of his eleven children the first was born at Killingworth, five at Windsor and five at Suf- field : John, Thomas, Mary, Joseph, Ben- jamin, Henry, William, Elizabeth, Susanna, Abigail and Samuel.
(II) Samuel, youngest child of John Hodge, was born October 4, 1686, died in Glastonbury, Connecticut, May 8, 1764. He was a land owner of that town as early as 1712. There is no record of his marriage yet found, but there was a widow Sarah Hodge, who died in Glastonbury, May 31, 1781, supposed widow of Samuel Hodge. Some of his descendants claim that she was Saralı Dustin before her marriage, born July 4, 1688, daughter of Thomas and Hannah Dustin, of Haverhill,
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Massachusetts, whose Indian fame is histori- cal ; but this claim is not allowed by Orlando John Hodge in his "Hodge Genealogy," 1900. Children: Samuel (2), John and Benjamin. (III) Benjamin, youngest son of Samuel Hodge, was born 1731, died at Glastonbury, Connecticut, July, 1799. He served in the French and Indian war from May 29 to Octo- ber 25, 1758, in Captain Samuel Gaylord's company, Fourth regiment, and received as pay nine pounds twelve shillings ten pence. He was on town patriotic committees during the revolution, and was of help to the revolution- ary cause in many ways. He married, No- vember 21, 1751, at Glastonbury, Lydia Welles, born May 24, 1728, died 1810, daugh- ter of Ephraim (2), son of Ephraim (I), son of Thomas, son of Hugh Welles, who came from England to America in the ship "Globe," in 1635, landing at Boston. Children: Ben- jamin (2), of further mention ; William, Lydia, Ann, Jerusha, Asahel, Lois and Eunice. His daughters all married revolutionary soldiers.
(IV) Benjamin (2), son of Benjamin (I) Hodge, was born in Glastonbury, Connecti- cut, February 1, 1753, died February 23, 1837, in Buffalo, New York. In 1775 he made a whaling voyage, and on his return enlisted in Captain Jonathan Hale's company, Colonel Erastus Wolcott's regiment, and was sent to a point on Lake George, New York, to defend the frontiers. The extreme cold and hardship caused him to fall ill, and the next year he was sent home. In 1777 he went to sea on a merchant vessel, which was captured by a British vessel, the crew escaping to the shore. In 1783 he taught school in Glastonbury, for which he was paid a pound. In 1786 he bought land, and in the years following he appears in several real estate transactions. In 1793 he moved to Richfield, Otsego county, New York, where he resided until 1798, when he sold and moved to Exeter in the same county. In 1806 he sold his lands in Exeter and started for a home farther west, with several of his neighbors. In July, 1806, the party made its way on the Mohawk river to Oneida lake, by Oswego river to Lake Ontario, on the lake to the mouth of the Niagara river, which they ascended to the falls. Here their flatboat was loaded on a wagon, drawn around the falls. and again placed in the river. They reached Buffalo creek, where William Hodge, elder son of Benjamin (2) was located at Cold
Springs, three miles from the mouth of the creek. Buffalo was then known as New Am- sterdam, afterward Buffalo, and contained about a dozen white families. Before leaving Exeter Benjamin had purchased, for $23, the title to lot 35, containing forty-seven and three-tenths acres, just outside the village of Buffalo, which has long since become a part of the city. This he exchanged with his son William for a farm the latter owned at Eden, a few miles from Buffalo. He lived on the Eden farm until December, 1812, when he moved to Cold Springs, near his son. Here he engaged in farming, trading in cattle, and other pursuits. December 30, 1813, he was an eyewitness to the burning of Buffalo by the British. Hearing the British were com- ing, he hastily sent his family in a wagon drawn by a yoke of oxen to Harris Hill, now Clarence, while he remained to watch his property. The following day a patrol of Brit- ish sent to destroy the residence of his son William (in the cellar of which was stored merchandise valued at $50,000, belonging to the merchants of Buffalo) saw Benjamin and another man in the street near William's house and ordered them to surrender. Instead, they both ran. Benjamin halted, while his com- panion kept on and was shot. Benjamin was directed to get an axe and break in the heads of some of the liquor casks stored in William's cellar. While an officer was filling his can- teen with spirits, a sentry cried "the Yankees are coming." The officer fled in such haste that when Mr. Hodge reached the floor above, the officer had disappeared. The building had been fired in several places, however, and was soon in ruins. Mr. Hodge was a member of the Masonic order, which fact, it is said, saved him from being carried away prisoner with his son Benjamin (3), who was taken to Can- ada and held prisoner. Benjamin lived through two wars with Great Britain and much early frontier life. He wore knee buckles after the Continental style, long after they had gone out of general use, and was probably the last man in Buffalo to discard them. He died greatly respected by his busi- ness and social acquaintances. He is buried with his wife in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buf- falo.
He married, April 9, 1780, Sarah Churchill, born November 25, 1757, in Chatham, Con- necticut, died in Buffalo, May 20, 1837, daugh- ter of Daniel, son of Nathaniel. son of Joseph,
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son of Josiah Churchill, who came from Eng- land about 1636, settled in Wethersfield, Con- necticut. They lived a happy married life, continuing fifty-five years. Children : William, of further mention; Clarissa, Philander, Al- fred, Lorin, Sarah, Clarissa, Alfred, Ben- jamin (3) and Velorius.
(V) William, son of Benjamin (2) Hodge, was born in Glastonbury, Connecticut, July 2, 1781, died in Buffalo, September 18, 1848. When he was thirteen years of age his parents moved to Otsego county, New York, where for several years William taught school. On June 16, 1805, he entered Buffalo Creek and began life at Cold Springs, now a part of Buffalo. He bought land, built a house, en- gaged in mercantile trade, kept a tavern, manufactured bricks, and followed other pur- suits. It was his house and goods that the British were after, as described in preceding generation. After the war Mr. Hodge rebuilt his house, using the old brick walls, which had not been materially damaged by the fire. After many years this building was torn down and replaced by the widow with the fine struc- ture now standing at the southwest corner of Main and Utica streets, Buffalo. December 26, 1838, the Buffalo Bank was organized, with Willianı Hodge (1) and William Hodge (2) as two of the incorporators. Philander, an- other son of William Hodge ( I), had an in- terest in the bank and was one of its officers. Pierre A. Barker, vice-president, was not equal to the task of carrying the bank through the great financial panic which soon after swept over the country, and the bank failed. William Hodge (I) was much the largest stockholder in the bank, in fact had furnished most of the capital, and in the failure neces- sarily lost largely. In time he recovered from his reverses and at his death left a large es- tate, much of it in land now within the city limits. A tract of thirty acres lay between Elmwood avenue and a line halfway between Hodge and Bryant streets (on the south), on the north Utica, on the east Main. His brother Velorius owned a large tract adjoining. Hodge avenue is named after his son, William Hodge.
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