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(II) Gregoris, son of Dirck and Marie (Pisters) Storm, came to America with his parents in 1662. He was commonly known as "Goris." He married Engeltic, daughter of Thomas Van Dyck, who survived him and married (second) Jacques Tourneur, of Har- lem. Children : Derick, born 1695, and Thomas (of whom further).
(III) Thomas, son of Gregoris and Engel- tic (Van Dyck) Storm, was born 1697. His
will was proved January 15, 1770. He re- mained at Phillips Manor, holding a farm un- der Colonel Frederick Phillips, but he made several purchases of land in Rombout precinct, Dutchess county, on which he settled his sons, Gerritt, Goris, Abraham and John. His son Isaac inherited his place at Phillips Manor ; other sons, Thomas, his eldest, and Jacob, were dead when he made his will, June 28, 1763. He was twice married, his second wife being a daughter of Adolph Meyer, of Harlem, and widow of Johannes Sickles. Children: Ger- ritt, Gregoris, Abraham, John (of whom fur- ther ) ; Isaac.
(IV) John, son of Thomas Storm, was given land in Dutchess county, New York, where he probably lived and died. He mar- ried Catherine Van Anden, of Fishkill, New York. Children : I. Susan, married (first) John Conkling; (second) a Mr. Van Wagner ; (third) Montross Thurston. 2. Peggy Polly, married Abraham Halenback, of Greene, Chenango county, New York. 3. Abraham (of whom further). 4. Betsey, married Caleb Hill, and removed to Waterloo, New York. 5. Agnes, married Isaac Roosa, and settled in Waterloo. 6. John, settled in Chenango county, New York ; later removed to Wil- loughby, Ohio. 7. James, settled in Greene county, later in Monroe county, New York. 8. Engeltic, married Joshua Badgley, of Dutchess county. 9. Catherine, married Stephen Truesdale, of Coxsackie, New York. 10. Annetje, married Abraham Delamater, and settled in Duanesburg, Schenectady county, New York.
(V) Abraham, son of John and Catherine (Van Anden) Storm, married Eva Roosa and settled in the town of Greene, Chenago county, New York. Children : Barnick, Isaac, Jane, Polly, John, DeWitt and James Tour- gest (of whom further ).
(VI) James Tourgest, son of Abraham and Eva (Roosa) Storm, was born in Chenango county, New York, died near Colesville, town of Bennington, Wyoming county, New York, aged about eighty. He was a farmer and fought in the defense of the Niagara Frontier in 1812, participating in the battle of Lundy's Lane. There is no obtainable record of his wife's name. Children : Anson (of whom further) ; Sophronia, Lucinda, Otis, Ambrose and Amny.
(VII) Anson, son of James Tourgest Storm, was born in Greene, Chenango county, New
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York, 1799, died at Alden, New York, 1878. He was a merchant in Colesville, New York, for several years, later removing to Alden, where he owned and cultivated a farm until his death. Although only a boy at the time of the second war with Great Britain, he drove a transport team on the Niagara frontier and was at the battle of Lundy's Lane. He mar- ried Harriet Caldwell, of English descent, born near Hartford, Connecticut, died in Alden, New York, aged about fifty-five years. Children : 1. Stephen V. (of whom further). 2. Gaius, born in Bennington, Wyoming county, New York, 1829, died in Wisconsin, about 1860. He married Calista Ann Mercer, born in Alden, New York, died there August 22, 1858, aged twenty-six years, ten months and twenty days, daughter of Sinaster and Mary Mercer. Her father died December IO, 1859, her mother April 18, 1856. Their only child, Jennie Blanche, born in Alden, July 4, 1856, died there February 28, 1900; married, November 19, 1874, in Alden, George Hutch- inson. Five children: i. Helena Mabel, born September 2, 1875. ii. Grace Estelle, born July 25, 1880; married Raymond S. Elwell; child, Mildred Grace, born June 17, 1905. iii. Grover P., died aged four years. iv. Nellie June, born June 10, 1890, died November 27, 1910. v. Ruth Fern, born August 19, 1895.
(VIII) Captain Stephen V. Storm, eldest son of Anson and Harriet (Caldwell) Storm, was born in the town of Bennington, Wyo- ming county, New York, December 20, 1826. He was educated in the public schools, and began his business career as a clerk in a whole- sale grocery house in Buffalo, New York. In 1849 he left Buffalo to join the army of the United States in Mexico, but before arriving at the scene of action the war was over. He continued his journeying until he reached Cali- fornia, where for six months he prospected and mined for gold. He then became a sailor on a vessel running from San Francisco, Cali- fornia, to Portland, Oregon. He continued his career on the sea for several years, finally becoming master of a vessel and owner of several vessels engaged in the Pacific coast- ing. trade. For eighteen years he followed a seafaring life, the period during which trad- ing posts were being established on the Pacific and coasting vessels much in demand. He closed out his California interests, and going to Guatemala, Central America, established. a mercantile business that he operated very suc-
cessfully until 1888, when he retired, and coming north settled in Westfield, Chautauqua county, New York, where he has since resided. Captain Storm has passed an eventful life and has a rich fund of experience gained amid scenes now past and gone forever. The early rush of the gold seekers in 1849, the wild scenes incident to the seaman's life, and his business experience in the tropics, called for the best attribute of manhood. He met each emergency manfully and came through his varied experiences most successfully. That hardship and active life do not shorten one's days is fully proven in the life of Captain Storm, as he has long passed man's allotted years and is still active and maintains a keen interest in current events. He is a Republican in politics.
He married, December 20, 1855, in Buffalo, New York, Elizabeth Brown, born near Hart- ford, Connecticut, Jannary 1, 1828, died at Westfield, New York, February 4, 1906. She shared much of her husband's eventful life and was a tried and trusted helpmeet. Cap- tain Storm has no children.
Burke states in his "Landed KELLEY Gentry" that the Kelley family may look back beyond the Con- queror and derive themselves from the ancient Britons. The Kelley family from Devonshire, England, were undoubtedly of Celtic origin, as Irish families were settled in South Wales, Devonshire and Cornwall, descendants, it is believed, of "fighting King Kelley," whose manor was in the possession of the family from the time of Henry. II. The earliest mention of the name in Irish history was A. D., 254, when Ceallach MacCormac is re- corded as son of the monarch, Cormac Ne- fadha. The king of Connaught had a son Ceallach, in 528. The Irish Archæological So- ciety, in 1843, published Customs of Hymany, who lived A. D. 874, and bore the name Cel- laigh. His grandson, Muechaddo O'Callaigh, was the first to use the surname, the law being made by the celebrated Irish king, Brian Baroimbe, that "everyone must adopt the name of his father as a surname". Thus the grandson of Callaigh became O'Callaigh, and the name simplified to Kelley about 1014. Queen Elizabeth requested Cola O'Kelley to discard the "o," as it tended, by keeping up the clanship in Ireland, to foster disaffection in England. In Scotland, in Fifeshire, is a
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district called Kellieshire, and various branches of Kelleys were dispersed through England. The most probable signification of the name is: War, debate, strife. The spelling has been much varied, but its origin is undoubtedly as given above. Many of the name who came to this country, and their descendants, take greater pride in their ancient Irish descent than in their English. The arms granted the family in Ireland are: A tower triple tow- ered supported by two lions rampant or. Crest : a greyhound statent proper. Also: Gules on a mount vest, two lions rampant: and azure in chief, three estoiles argent. Crest: A hand holding by the horn a bull's head erased or. A coat-of-arms granted to Hon. Robert Kelley, of Doncaster, 1473, bore the motto: "We sacrifice our goods for the cause of right". The family herein recorded are be- lieved to descend from William Kelley, a de- scendant of the above family who came from Cape Cod to Phippsburg, Maine, in the seven- teenth century. The meagre records, how- ever, do not establish the line of descent.
(I) Jacob Kelley was born in New Sharon, Maine, about 1827, died at Gainesville, Flor- ida, in 1893, having gone there for the bene- fit of his health. He was educated in the public schools and so well improved his op- portunities that he became a teacher, continu- ing for seven years in the Maine schools. He had brothers: Isaac, William, John, George, and a sister, Deborah, all born in Maine, who did not remain there but dispersed to other parts of New England. Jacob, however, re- mained with his parents on the farm until the death of his father. He then sold the homestead, and in 1856 settled in Lowell, Massachusetts, where he engaged in the plan- ing mill business, manufacturing sash, doors and blinds, having as partners his brothers. William and George. After two years the firm was dissolved. About the year 1858, with his brother George and another, he formed the firm of Kelley, Wentworth & Com- pany, and began the manufacture of staves and headings in Lockport, New York. The business was a successful one and resulted in Jacob Kelley coming to Newfane, where a branch was established. In 1860 he disposed of his entire interest in Kelley, Wentworth & Company, and purchased a small farm in Newfane, Niagara county, on which he de- voted himself to fruit culture until his death. He married, in 1847, at Lowell, Massachu-
setts, Mary White, who died in 1895. Chil- dren: I. James A., of further mention. 2. Abbie, born December 8, 1851, at New Sharon, Maine; married Frank Goodrich, of Pendle- ton, Niagara county. 3. George, born 1855, died 1864. 4. Ella, born at Lowell, Massa- chusetts, 1857; died at Lockport, New York. 5. Willis, born 1861, at Newfane, New York ; now a resident of Lockport.
(II) James A., son of Jacob and Mary (White) Kelley, was born at New Sharon, Maine, February 16, 1849. He was educated in the public schools of New Sharon, Lowell, Massachusetts, and Newfane, New York. He was his father's assistant until he reached the age of eighteen years, then was apprenticed to learn the carpenter's trade. After four years' service as apprentice and journeyman he started in business for himself as contrac- tor and builder, in the town of Newfane, New York. He was a very capable and successful builder, continuing fully employed until 1887. During these years he erected many buildings of various kinds and purposes in Newfane, Olcott and adjacent towns. In 1887 he formed a connection with the Newfane Basket Manu- facturing Company, becoming manager of their plant. This company was incorporated in 1887 and for twenty years he was manager of the mill department. He has served as secretary and treasurer, now occupying the office of vice-president of the company. This has been a very successful corporation, well officered and managed. Mr. Kelley is second vice-president of the Newfane Hardware Com- pany, and interested in other town enterprises, including the ownership of two small fruit farms. He is a Republican in politics and has held the office of supervisor continuously since 1908. Fraternally he is connected with Cataract Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Lockport. He is a man of public spirit, progressive, and can always be relied upon to champion the cause of improvement in whatever form it may be presented. The motto of the ancient family, "We sacrifice for the cause of right," justly applies to the repre- sentative of the present family.
Mr. Kelley married (first), December 26, 1872, at Newfane, Mary E. Ketchum, born in Newfane, 1851, died 1899, daughter of George Ketchum, who was a pioneer and one of the first settlers of Newfane, coming when the country was a forest. He married (second), April 28, 1904, Mrs. Millie (McKee) Lough-
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lin, born January 26, 1866, daughter of James McKee, who cleared a farm and with his yoke of oxen drew in the first pair of millstones in the town of Newfane; this was in 1836 and they were placed in the old Charlotte grist mill. Mrs. Kelley had one son by her first marriage, Van S. Loughlin, born February I, 1890, a graduate of Lockport Union School and past his second year in the Buffalo Medi- cal University.
MELDRUM This is a family name more frequently found in Scotland than in the United States. The Buffalo branch descend from a grandsire, Thomas Meldrum, born in Scotland, in 1801, died there in 1881. He was a land owner, and interested in the manufacture of gas for il- luminating purposes. He held the position of manager of the works supplying the town of Kennoway, Fifeshire, where he died. He was a member of the Presbyterian church, and ordered his life according to the strict tenets of the Scotch church. His wife was Janet , whom he survived. Children: Ann, married John Husband, in Scotland, came to the United States, and is now a widow resid- ing in Sumner, Bremer county, Iowa; Alex- ander. of whom further; James, died in Lin- coln, England ; George, a successful manufac- turer of linseed oil, later settled at Brighton, England ; married late in life and has no issue ; Kate, married and resides in Fifeshire, Scot- land, has child, Arthur, a resident of London, England, where he is general manager of a gas company.
(II) Alexander, son of Thomas and Janet Meldrum, was born in Scotland, November 21, 1833, died in Buffalo, New York, October 21, 1891. He came to the United States in 1853 and settled in Boston, Massachusetts, where he remained until 1867. When a lad of eleven years he had been apprenticed to the mercantile business, and in Boston continued in the same line. He entered the employ of Hogg, Brown & Taylor, general merchants, and was advanced until he became head of a department. In 1867 he removed to Buffalo, where he laid the foundations for the present modern department stores, in the family name. He first opened a drygoods store at No. 400 Main street, which soon outgrew its original quarters. As he prospered, more space was added and new departments established. He was an energetic, capable man of business,
and from his beginnings grew the present im- mense stores of Adam, Meldrum & Anderson. He stood high in business circles, and was one of the men who contributed so largely to Buffalo's mercantile supremacy, building both wisely and well. He mingled little in concerns outside of business life, but supported with his influence and means all good causes. He was a member of the Lafayette Presbyter- ian Church, and of the Republican party. He married Ann Elizabeth Webster, born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, who survives him. She is a member of the same New Eng- land family of Webster from which Daniel Webster, the statesman, descends. Children : I. Thomas, died in infancy. 2. Arthur Ross, of whom further. 3. Alice Elizabeth, married Thomas P. Daniels, son of Judge Charles Daniels of Buffalo, an eminent jurist (see Daniels) ; child : Charles Meldrum Daniels, born May 10, 1883, married Florence, daugh- ter of Frank H. Goodyear of Buffalo (see Goodyear). 4. Thomas Alfred, born June 14, 1866, died June 19, 1886; graduate of Buf- falo high school, class of 1884; he met his death by drowning while canoeing on the James river, Virginia. 5. Herbert Alexander, of whom further. 6. Jessie Pollock, graduate of Buffalo high school, 1891; married, June 13, 1896, Frank Perew Van Denburgh. 7. Florence Janet, attended Buffalo Female Seminary ; married, December 23, 1909, Harry Lawrence Brown, a mining engineer of Arizona.
(III) Arthur Ross, son of Alexander and Ann Elizabeth (Webster ) Meldrum, was born in Malden, Massachusetts, July 26, 1861. He was six years of age when his father located in Buffalo, where he was educated in the grammar and high schools. He began busi- ness life with the firm of Barnes, Bancroft & Company, of Buffalo, and later was associated with Adam, Meldrum & Anderson until 1892. One of the lines established by Alexander Meldrum was a mill for the manufacture of underwear, and after leaving Adam, Meldrum & Anderson, Arthur R. continued the opera- tion of this plant until 1896. He was also during this period a partner of Francis H. Crafts in the manufacture of wood working machinery in Buffalo, and interested in the manufacture of windmills at Blaisdell, New York. From 1896 to 1898 he was engaged in the development of Florida real estate. In 1898 he associated with his brother, Herbert
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A., in the department store. He is a Repub- lican in politics and attends St. John's Episco- pal church.
He married, July 18, 1888, Eva Mary, daughter of John H. and Jane Smith of Buf- falo; her father is Buffalo manager of the R. G. Dun Company. Children: I. Alfred Smith, born May 10, 1889; educated in gram- mar and high schools of Buffalo; entered Cor- nell University, and graduated in class of 191I with degree of Mechanical Engineer. 2. Eliz- abeth Jane, born July 28, 1891 ; graduate Buf- falo Seminary, 1911. 3. John Alexander, born March 1, 1893.
(III) Herbert Alexander, son of Alexander and Ann Elizabeth (Webster) Meldrum, was born in Buffalo, New York, February 15, 1870. He was educated in the public schools, and was graduated from the high school, class of 1890. He was at once admitted to business with his father, continuing until the death of the latter in 1891. For the next seven years he continued with Adam, Meldrum & Ander- son, and was connected with different depart- ments during these years. In 1897 the H. A. Meldrum Company was incorporated. On Sep- tember 23, 1897, their new store on Main street was opened, with all the departments of a modern establishment, and has since been in successful operation. Mr. Meldrum is a most capable and energetic man of business and measures up to the full standard his posi- tion requires. He was one of the organizers of the American Savings Bank of Buffalo, and chosen its first president, July 1, 1907, the date of organization. Under his guidance this bank has had a most rapid advance not exceeded by any similar institution in the state. He also serves the bank as trustee. He is one of the managers of the State Hospital at Buffalo, appointed by Governor Hughes, June 13, 1907. He is prominent in the club organi- zations of Buffalo; he was president (1896) of the Automobile Club, also president of the State Automobile Association, 1909; charter member and first treasurer of the Park Club, and member of the first board of trustees ; di- rector of the Buffalo Club, member of the County and Saturn clubs ; vice-president of the Buffalo Aero Club, and member of the Aero Club of America (New York City). Po- litically Mr. Meldrum is a Republican, and a member of the Lafayette Presbyterian Church.
He married, September 23, 1895. Louise Reese, daughter of Edward Jenkins Hingston.
Children: Herbert Alexander Jr., born Sep- tember 5, 1897 ; Alan Hingston, December 31, 1899; Esther Louise.
This family was for many gen- MARSH erations native to Germany, where Henry Marsh was born in 1824, died in 1905. He was well educated in the German schools, and was apprenticed to a shoemaker, with whom he served seven years. He was then qualified to become a journeyman shoemaker. He worked at his trade in Germany until 1853, when he came to the United States with his wife. He set- tled in East Otto, Cattaraugus county, where he made his first purchase of fifty acres. Then he moved to Mansfield, where he purchased land and later added thereto until his holdings totaled four hundred acres. His homestead was on the Mansfield and Ellicottville line, and he owned land in both towns. While he pros- pered in his adopted land he was always quiet, unassuming and industrious. He was a Re- publican, serving as commissioner of high- ways, and a member of the Lutheran church. He married, in Germany, Minnie Merow (not related to the Little Valley family). Children : Charles ; Henry A .; Mary, deceased ; Augus- tus, deceased ; Frank, deceased ; two other chil- dren died in infancy.
(II) Henry A., son of Henry and Minnie (Merow) Marsh, was born in East Otto, De- cember 2, 1855. He received a good common school education, and has so conducted his affairs that he possesses a handsome compet- ence. He owns one of the finest farms in the county, but has retired from active life to a comfortable home in the village of Little Valley. His farm is worked for him on the share plan. He is a Republican in politics and has served as assessor of the town of Little Valley for some fourteen years. He is an at- tendant of the Lutheran church, and is held in high esteem by his friends and neighbors. He married, March 28, 1883, Mary E., born April 21, 1861, daughter of John H. Merow, of Little Valley, born in Germany, 1823, came to the United States, 1858: killed accidentally on his farm in Little Valley, May 6, 1890. Of the children of John H. Merow, John C., mar- ried Estella Day; Sophia, married Spencer Holdridge: William, married Mosella Whip- ple, and Mary E., married Henry A. Marsh. Children of Henry A. and Mary E. (Merow) Marsh: 1. Minnie, born September 4, 1884 ;
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married Albert C. Woolf, deceased ; has a son, Marshall L. Woolf, born April 25, 1909. 2. Mabel, born March 25, 1889. 3. Maurice, born November 6, 1893.
This branch of the Adams fam-
ADAMS ily descends from Abraham Adams, born at Wilton. Con- necticut, April 5, 1774, died February 3, 1858. He was a son of Nathan and Rhoda (Scrib- ner ) Adams, of Wilton, Connecticut. Abraham Adams was a resident of South Salem, New York. He married Betsey Bouton, born at Poundridge, New York, March 17, 1774, died March 5, 1869. She was a daughter of Daniel Bouton, who served in the revolutionary war in Captain Crane's regiment of New York militia. The regiment was composed of men from Westchester county, Daniel Bouton giv- ing his residence as Poundridge. While the British were in that section of the state all the valuables in the home were hidden in the rocks, and Betsey, then a child, was hidden under a large iron cauldron kettle for safety. Children of Abraham and Betsey Adams: I. Edwin (of further mention). 2. Philo, born in South Salem, New York, March 22, 1799, died March 26, 1832. 3. Rhoda, born at Cairo, New York, July 15, 1801, died September 30, 1900. 4. Clarissa, born at Greene, New York, September 4, 1803, died January 27, 1900, at Oshkosh, Wisconsin. 5. Moses, born in Greene, New York, November 3, 1805, died in 1873. 6. Charles, born in Greene, New York, December 8, 1807. 7. A. Marlin, born in Greene, New York, May 27, 1811, died June 25, 1885. 8. Lucinda, born in Greene, New York, June 26, 1812, died May 9, 1833. 9. James, born in Greene. New York, May 23, 1814, died in 1891. 10 and II. Henry and William, twins, born November 26, 1816; Henry, died October 23, 1857; William, died July 8, 1817.
(II) Edwin, son of Abraham and Betsey (Bouton) Adams, was born in South Salem, New York, August 11, 1797, died January 27, 1881. He settled first in Greene, Chenango county, New York, remaining until about 1830. He then moved to Corydon, Pennsyl- vania, and later to Kent's Corners, in town of Cold Spring, and engaged in the lumber business; from the latter named place he moved to Conewango, and in 1865 came to Randolph, Cattaraugus county, where he en- gaged in lumbering and farming. He mar-
ried, February 10, 1823, China Phelps, born in Cambridge, Saratoga county, New York, October 3, 1799, died April 10, 1881. Chil- dren: 1. Charles Palmer, born in Greene, Chenango county, New York, December 3, 1825; now (1911) living retired in James- town, New York; he married, August 31, 1852, Cornelia Crane, who died January, 1909, daughter of Judge Crane, of Fredonia ; chil- dren: i. Frances M., married Harry Lewis, of Jamestown, New York ; ii. Douglass Crane. 2. Julia A., born November 27, 1831. 3. Susan, born June 14, 1836. 4. Theodore Edwin (of further mention).
(III) Theodore Edwin, youngest child of Edwin and China (Phelps) Adams, was born at Corydon, Pennsylvania, October 26, 1839, died in Randolph, New York, June 17, 1910. He attended the public school until attaining the age of fourteen years. then began clerk- ing in a general store in Fredonia. He soon realized the need of further education, left the store and pursued courses of study at El- lington and Randolph academies. After com- pleting his studies he entered the employ of William H. Camp as clerk in his Randolph store. Later his brother, Charles Palmer Adams, bought an interest in the business, which was continued under the firm name of Camp & Adams. Later Charles Palmer Adams became sole proprietor. Theodore E. Adams continued as clerk during these changes, and until 1865, when he became a partner under the firm name of C. P. Adams & Brother. The brothers continued in suc- cessful business until 1874, when Charles Palmer withdrew and assisted in the organi- zation of the State Bank of Randolph, of which he was the first cashier. Theodore E., after the retirement of his brother, became sole proprietor, and although at subsequent times he had partners in the business he re- mained the active head of the establishment until his death. At the time he became sole owner the store building was located on the site of the present post office, but about 1890 he purchased a new brick block on the opposite side of the street. Later this was enlarged to accommodate his growing trade, which be- came the largest in any village of similar size in Western New York. February 1, 1906, the business was incorporated as The T. E. Adams Company, Mrs. Adams, Theodora C., -Percy C. and Florence C., their children, R. T. Searle, Charles Woodruff and George L.
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