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(I) John Richmond, known as John of Taunton, to distinguish him from others of the name who came to America during the same period, was born in 1594, and in 1597 was baptized at Ashton-Keynes, a parish in county Wiltshire, England. He emigrated to America about 1635, perhaps direct to Mas- sachusetts, but as the first definite knowledge of his being there is in 1637, it has been sup-
posed by many that he may have been the John Richmond spoken of as being in Maine, as George Richmond, who may have been his cousin, was trading with Saco, Maine, in 1635, and the name of John Richmond is found on the court records of that place during March, 1636. He became one of the original pur- chasers of the town of Taunton, Massachu- setts, in 1637, being owner of six shares, and took the oath of allegiance there prior to 1640. His name does not appear on the list of those able to bear arms, in 1643, and no record of his name is found there until 1655, when he was also in Rhode Island. If he took part in the civil wars of England during this time, according to family tradition, his absence is thus easily explained, and tradition also says he was known as Colonel John, as result of this service. He and his sons became large landholders, and the family lived in the east- erly part of the town, their name being still perpetuated in the village of Richmondtown, in that location. John Richmond made his will in 1664, in which document he bequeaths to his son John all his writings, "which are in my chest, in my son-in-law's, Edward Rew's house." He made his mark in signing this will, the reason being probably on account of his age and feebleness, as he therein mentions his "writings," and his sons Edward and John were well educated, refined and gentle- manly for their day and age. He was one of the older men of Taunton and died there March 20, 1664. Neither the date of his mar- riage nor the name of his wife has yet been found, but it is supposed he married before coming to America. Children: John; Ed- ward, born about 1632; Sarah, about 1638; Mary, about 1639.
(II) John (2), eldest son of John (1) Richmond, was born before the family left England, about 1627, and as a young man settled on his father's land in Taunton. He became prominent in every public transaction in the town, and in its interest purchased a large amount of land from the Indians. He served as constable in 1674 and again in 1685 ; was a member of the council in 1676 and again in 1690. His home was on "Neck of Land," about three-quarters of a mile from the "green" or center, and here he and his wife were buried. He died October 7, 1715, at the age of eighty-eight years. It is supposed he was twice married, although no record has been found of his first wife, who probably
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was the mother of his first four children, and died about 1662. He married, about 1663, Abigail, daughter of John Rogers, of Dux- bury, born in 1641, died August 1, 1727, aged eighty-six years, the mother of the last seven children. Children were born to John Rich- mond as follows: Mary, June 2, 1654, at Bridgewater ; John, June 6, 1656, killed in 1672; Thomas, February 2, 1659, at Newport, Rhode Island; Susanna, November 4, 1661, at Bridgewater; Joseph, December 8, 1663, at Taunton; Edward; Samuel, September 23, 1668, at Taunton; Sarah, February 26, 1671 ; John, December 5, 1673; Ebenezer, May 12, 1676, at Newport ; Abigail, February 26, 1679, at Newport.
(III) Edward, fourth son of John (2) Rich- mond by his wife Abigail, was born at Taun- ton, February 8, 1665, died in 1741. He mar- ried (first) a lady whose christian name was Mercy; married (second) May 6, 1711, Re- becca, born November 28, 1689, daughter of Jonathan and Sarah Thurston; he married (third) Mary , by whom he had no children. Children of first wife: Mercy, born in 1693; Edward, 1695; Richard; Josiah, Nathaniel, about 1700; Seth; Elizabeth ; Phebe, 1706. Children of second wife: Sarah, born December 20, 1712; Mary, 1714; Pris- cilla, February 27, 1718; Eunice, September 23. 1722.
(IV) Josiah, third son of Edward and Mercy Richmond, was born at Taunton, in 1697. His will is dated January 26, 1762, and he died in 1763. Family tradition speaks of his great physical strength, which was also noticeable in many of his descendants. He married (first) Mehitable Deane, born June 6, 1677, daughter of Benjamin and Sarah (Williams) Deane, and after her death he married (second) February 5, 1745-46, Lydia Crocker, widow of Theophilus Crocker and daughter of Jabez Eddy. His children, all of whom were born at Middleboro, were as fol- lows: Mary, Josiah, Gershom, Benjamin. born in 1727; George, Ephraim, Eleazer, Lemuel, Miriam, Zeriah, Mercy, Mehitable.
(V) Josiah (2), eldest son of Josiah (I) and Mehitable (Deane) Richmond, was born at Middleboro, 1711, died 1785, at the age of seventy-four years. In his will he left to his son Josiah a farm at Middleboro. He mar- ried, June 9, 1743, Elizabeth Smith, of Mid- dleboro, who died about 1803. Children : Ed- ward, died in 1748; Phebe, Josiah, Mercy,
Walker, Edward, Nathaniel, Abner, Priscilla, Elizabeth, Hannah.
(VI) Josiah (3), second son of Josiah (2) and Elizabeth (Smith) Richmond, was born at Dighton, in May, 1747-50. He had a farm at Middleboro, and in 1792 removed to Bar- nard, Vermont, thence to Salina, New York, where he died May 28, 1821, at the age of seventy-four years. He was a farmer by oc- cupation, and a man of unusual physical strength. He served during the revolutionary war, was taken prisoner by the British and taken to Bermuda, where he was exchanged. Following his discharge from service he was paid in Continental money, whose value is shown to have been very small from the fact that Mr. Richmond found it necessary to pay forty-eight dollars of this money for a break- fast. He married Betsey, daughter of Shad- rach Hathaway, of Elizabethtown, New Jer- sey, who was born about 1750, died in 1835. Children: Betsey, born 1770; Hathaway ; Edward, about 1774; Sarah, about 1776; Jo- siah, drowned at the age of twenty years ; Ab- ner; Phebe, born about 1787; Anson, Febru- ary 24, 1790; John, July 25, 1792 ; Sybil, De- cember, 1797.
(VII) Hathaway, eldest son of Josiah (3) and Betsey (Hathaway) Richmond, was born in 1772. He removed from Massachusetts to Barnard, Vermont, and in 1816 to Salina, New York, where he and his brothers were for some time engaged in salt manufacture. He was a man of unusual business ability, fond of travel, and was ever on the lookout for profitable investments. He died of yellow fever at St. Louis, Missouri, in 1821. He married, May 4, 1798, Rachel, daughter of Elkanah Dean, of Taunton, died at Salina, in I821. Children : Betsey, born in 1799; Frindey, 1801, married (first) Benjamin Beb- bitt. (second) Augustus Chester ; Dean.
(VIII) Dean, only son of Hathaway and Rachel (Dean) Richmond, was born at Bar- nard, Vermont, March 31, 1804, died in New York City, August 27, 1866. He became a power in railroad and commercial circles, at the time of his death being almost as well known throughout the Mississippi Valley as in the cities of New York state, where his connection with the New York Central rail- road brought him into great prominence. He is probably best known to the country at large as having been the first railroad man to ad- vocate the laying of steel rails. An energetic
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worker, a deep thinker, and having natural business instinct and ability, success came to him as a matter of course, and each enterprise into which he entered seemed the logical out- come of his previous ones. In 1842 he re- moved to Buffalo from Syracuse, where he had been engaged in the salt industry, and in 1843 returned to the last named city. He re- sided at Attica from 1846 until May 31, 1853. the date of his removal to Batavia, ever af- terward his home. For many years Mr. Rich- mond was director of the Rochester & Buffalo railroad, and at the time of the consolidation of the line from Albany west, was elected vice-president of the New York Central rail- road, and on the resignation of the president, Erastus Corning, Mr. Richmond was chosen to succeed him as president. He was also president of the State Line Railroad Com- pany. He was one of the most influential and well-known business men of the country and led a very busy and useful life, entering into many projects for the development of industries and incidentally helping many young men to make their start in life through personal advice and friendship. Though so much engrossed in commercial and business affairs, he was a true friend of the poor, re- lieving the lot of many unfortunates who mourned his loss as a personal bereavement. He was a leader of the Democratic party of New York for many years, being chairman of the state committee at the time of his death. Prior to the National Democratic convention of 1864 he was the choice of the leaders of his party for president and was strongly urged to accept the nomination, but he absolutely re- fused to allow his name to be used in this connection, although his friend, Samuel J. Tilden, advised him to accept, saying his nom- ination was "very possible and election prob- able." Speaking of him, Mr. Tilden said: "I think' he was one of the best informed and ablest men whom I have ever had the oppor- tunity to know." He was a friend of Presi- dent Lincoln, who consulted him on important political matters affecting New York state and offered him preferment. After attending the Democratic state convention at Saratoga, in 1866, he returned to New York City, where he died at the home of Mr. Tilden in Gram- ercy Park.
He married, at Troy, New York, February 19, 1833, Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Hath- away and Electa (Dauchy) Mead, who was
born at Troy, June 21, 1813, died at Batavia, April 6, 1895. Her grandfather, Jasper Mead, was an officer in the revolutionary war and one of the founders of the Society of the Cin- cinnati. Her mother was of French and her father of English descent. After her husband's death Mrs. Richmond proved herself to be a discreet, careful business woman. In the management of the large estate she had the assistance of her daughter, Mrs. Adelaide (Richmond) Kenny, who seems to have in- herited in an exceptional degree the business talents of her distinguished father. The busi- ness ability and good judgment of these women seem to have been evinced by the fact that the estate left by Dean Richmond more than doubled under their care and manage- ment. Children of Dean and Mary E. Rich- mond: 1. Alfred William, born in October, 1836, deceased. He was twice married; his first wife was Mary L. Soper. 2. Harriet, born in October, 1838, died at Saratoga Springs, in August, 1839. 3. Henry Augus- tus, see forward. 4. Adelaide, born June 7, 1845, died February 4, 1905 ; married Dr. Wil- liam J. C. Kenny. 5. William Eugene, born August 12, 1848; married Clara Nims; died May 14, 1906, at his home in Buffalo. 6. Ed- ward G., see forward. 7. Edgar Dean, twin of Edward G., born at Attica, October 29, 1851, died in September, 1852. 8. Dean, born at Batavia, October 30, 1853, died February 2, 1885, unmarried.
(IX) Henry Augustus, third child of Dean and Mary E. Richmond, was born at Syra- cuse, New York, August 3, 1840. He was educated in public and private schools of Ba- tavia, ill health preventing him from taking a college course. In 1861 he located in Buf- falo, where for several years he was active in commercial life, in the grain and lake trans- portation business. Many years ago he re- tired from active business life, devoting him- self to scientific study, investigation and travel. He has made several extended journeys abroad, visiting Europe, Asia and Africa, one of his trips consuming about two years. He spent much time in the Holy Land and in Africa. He has traveled his own land ex- tensively, especially Alaska, having followed the Yukon river on one of his trips its entire length. He has been a Democrat all his life, but is extremely independent in political ac- tion, men and measures taking precedence with him over party loyalty. He was a friend and
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ardent supporter of Samuel J. Tilden, and of Grover Cleveland in his mayoralty, govern- ship and presidential campaigns, and strongly endorsed his policies in state and national af- fairs. In city affairs he has always been deeply interested in all that pertained to the welfare of the public schools, and so well known was his interest that the "Schoolmas- ter's Society," an organization composed of the principals of the public schools of Buffalo, elected him an honorary member. He has been a director of the Buffalo Society of Nat- ural Sciences for forty-six years; a director of the Buffalo Historical Society for thirty- seven years; was for thirty years a director of the Society of Fine Arts. In 1880 Mr. Richmond joined the Civil Service Reform movement and has been very active in that up to the present time. When Governor Grover Cleveland was forming his board of state civil service commissioners he appointed Mr. Richmond a member. He held the office, rendering efficient service to the cause of civil service reform, until his retirement during the administration of Governor David B. Hill. He is a member of the Buffalo and Saturn clubs, and an attendant of the Episcopal church. He resides in Buffalo, New York, unmarried.
(IX) Edward Gould, sixth child of Dean and Mary E. Richmond, was born in Attica, New York, October 29, 1851, died at Chat- tanooga, Tennessee. His twin brother, Edgar Dean, died in infancy. He was educated in private schools and prepared for college at Cary Collegiate Seminary, at Oakfield, and the "Rectory" at Hampden, Connecticut. He entered Columbia Law School, Columbia Uni- versity, New York City, whence he was grad- uated. He resided for a time in Batavia, New York, after leaving the university, then in company with his brother, Dean Richmond, settled in Colorado, where they established a hardware business. Edward G. Richmond for a time also engaged in banking in Colorado. In 1886 he took advantage of the opportuni- ties the new south was offering to men of capital and enterprise and located in Chat- tanooga, Tennessee, which was ever afterward his home. He became interested in banking and in several of the large industries of Chat- tanooga. He was president of the Richmond Oil Company of that city, with branches at several points in the south. He was exten- sively interested in the manufacture of cot- ton seed oil and other by-products of the
cotton plant. His health failed in latter years and he travelled much, seeking a congenial climate. He always retained an interest in Batavia, the family home, and each year paid an extended visit there. He inherited much of his father's business ability, and held a prominent place in the financial and commer- cial world of Chattanooga and the south. He was affable and courteous in manner, making many warm friends.
He married, June 18, 1889, Carrie Pfau, of a prominent Cincinnati, Ohio, family. Chil- dren: Edward Dean, born 1892, and Ruth Dean, born 1895.
This family, although bearing JOHNSON an English surname, is orig- inally of French and more immediately of Holland extraction. The an- cestor of the family in America is Antoine Janssen Van Salers (meaning Antoine, son of Jan from Salers), acquiring the name from an inheritance left him by a relative who re- sided in Salers, a town of France in Upper Auvergne. He was born in Holland and emi- grated to America in 1631. Van Salers was dropped from the name in the third generation and the simple patronymic Janssen retained, composed of the Dutch compounds Jan and Zoon. Zoon was corrupted to Sen-Jan-Sen, the same as English John-son, and having the same significance as in English-son of John. Another family of a totally dissimilar name sprang from this same ancestor, Antoine Jans- sen Van Salers. His neighbors called him "Antoine, the Turk," and this nickname being perpetuated by some of his descendants as a surname, a distinct family has been originated, bearing the singular and uncommon surname, Turk.
(I) Antoine Janssen Van Salers founded the town of Gravesend (Gravelands) at the southwestern extremity of Long Island, about twelve miles from Wal-boght (Wallabout, now Brooklyn navy yard) where his brother resided. The patent of lands there granted in his name bears date of August 1, 1639 (see Book I, page 124, Albany Records) compris- ing one hundred morgans (something less than 200 acres) extending along the shore two hundred and fifty-three rods opposite Coney Island. His estate in 1673 was assessed at one thousand guilders. This family has been noted for great strength. Antoine, the ances- tor, was a man of great vigor. His grandson
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William was equally remarkable for great size and great muscle, it being confidently as- serted by his descendants that he carried at one time five bags of wheat from his barn to his house, seventy-five yards, up a steep flight of stairs, one bag under each arm, one in each hand and one in his teeth. Children of An- toine Janssen Van Salers, of Gravesend, and his wife, a Quakeress: Claes, died September I'I, 1642; Pieter, died in 1696, had four sons, Hans-Pieter, Rem Jan, Daniel Rapelle and Jan : Barent, see forward ; Hendrick.
(II) Barent, third son of the emigrant, An- toine Janssen Van Salers, settled' in Albany and Montgomery counties. He died in 1698, leaving sons.
(III) Jan (John) Barent (Jan, son of Ba- rent) so called to distinguish him from Jan, son of Henry, married and had a son Isaac.
(IV) Isaac, son of Jan Barent Johnson (as that name had now become) married and had a son Barent.
(V) Barent, son of Isaac Johnson, died July 15. 1777. He was a farmer of the Mohawk valley and of Albany county, New York. He married (first) Maria Lymesen, February I, 1753. He married (second) Maria, daughter of Captain John Guest, who died at Antigua, April 8, 1753. Among his children was a son John.
(VI) John, son of Barent Johnson, was born in the Mohawk valley, New York state. later moving for a time at least to Saratoga county. He married and had a son Peter.
(VII) Peter, son of John Johnson. was born at Ballston Springs, Saratoga county, New York, August 16, 1795. died October 2, 1895, aged one hundred years and forty days. He married and had a son John.
(VIII) John, son of Peter Johnson, was born in Richmondville, Schoharie county, New York, August 1, 1826, died February 15, 1910. He was a farmer at Leroy, New York, for about fifty years. He married -. Chil- dren: I. Ina, married D. A. McVane, and resides at Caledonia, New York. 2. Luella I., of Le Roy, New York. 3. Olena C., married Homer McPherson, of Le Roy, New York. 4. William D., of whom further. 5. Bertha. married James E. Bissel, and resides at Ber- gen, New York.
(IX) Dr. William D. Johnson, son of John Johnson, was born in Le Roy, New York, June 4. 1869. He was educated in the public school at Le Roy, prepared for college at the
Academic Institute, entered Syracuse Univers- ity and was graduated M.D. from the Syracuse Medical College, 1892. Dr. Johnson served as interne at St. Joseph's Hospital, Syracuse, 1892-93. In the latter named year he engaged in active practice in Bergen, New York, where he remained for seven years. He then located in Batavia, October, 1900, and has resided there since. 1912 President Medical Associa- tion of Central New York. He devotes his time entirely to surgery in which he excels. He owns a good farm near Batavia, where he spends many hours free from professional cares. He is a member of the American Medi- cal Association, New York State Society, Medical Association of Central New York, of which he is president at the present time (1912), Buffalo Academy of Medicine, Roch- ester Academy of Medicine, the Genesee County Medical Society, the American So- ciety for the Advancement of Science, the National Geographical Society, the American Microscopical Society, the New York and New England Railway Surgeons' Association, the Gross Medical Club, and the Rochester, ( Minnesota) Surgeons' Club. He is an In- dependent in politics.
He married, August 9, 1900, Bessie E. Em- erson, born in Bergen, July 1, 1876, daughter of John Emerson, a farmer. Children: Mar- jory L., born July 31, 1901 ; John E., March 8, 1905 : Morris Townsend. October 12, 1907.
The Ogdens of Buffalo, New OGDEN York, are of English parentage. The English seat of the family was at Kingsthorpe, where Thomas and Mar- tha Ogden lived and died. Thomas Ogden was a malster and a member of the Church of England.
(II) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (I) and Martha Ogden, was born in Kingsthorpe, England, June 15, 1797, died in London, June 21, 1866. He was a shoemaker by trade and carried on business in his native parish and in London. He was a member of the Church of England. He married Rose Hannah Page, born April 13, 1804. died December 15, 1853. Children : Charles, born April 6. 1822, died in London, January 27, 1877 ; James, January 29, 1824, died December 7. 1852: Thomas, De- cember 1, 1825, died May 24, 1853; Joseph, May 17, 1828, died January 28, 1908; John, January 2, 1831, died March 17, 1891 ; Francis, February 23, 1833. died February 8,
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19II; Martha, March 11, 1835; Frederick, of whom further; Edwin, April 15, 1839, died 1906; Harriet, living in Buffalo, married James Fox, a veteran of the civil war, de- ceased.
(III) Frederick, eighth child and seventh son of Thomas and Rose Hannah (Page) Og- den), was born in Northampton, England, August 9, 1837. He was educated in the English schools, and in 1854 came to the Uni- ted States, settling at Norwich, Connecticut, where he remained for a short time. He next was at Rock Island, Illinois, later at Roches- ter, New York, where he engaged in the mill- ing business. From Rochester he went to Thorold, Canada, where he married. He had now become an expert, experienced miller. In 1858 he came again to New York state and for ten years was head miller for the mill- ing firm, Thornton & Chester, at their Globe Mills at Black Rock. In 1868 he took charge of their then new mill on Erie street, called the National Mills, continuing until 1878, mak- ing nineteen years' continuous service with Thornton & Chester as their trusted and val- ued head miller. In 1878 he went to Eng- land in an important position, remaining nine months. On his return in 1879 he was offered his old positon with Thornton & Chester, but declined, having completed arrangements for entering the milling business himself. In 1879, in company with John Esser, who had been Thornton & Chester's retailer and shipper, he leased the North Buffalo Mills at Black Rock, which he operated. Soon after starting at Black Rock, H. C. Zimmerman was admitted a partner. Mr. Ogden sold out in eighteen months, but soon after again entered into partnership with Messrs. Esser & Zimmerman, and in 1882 built the Banner Mill. In 1887 Mr. Zimmerman sold out and business was continued with John Esser, Frederick Ogden and Henry F. Shuttleworth, proprietors of the Banner Milling Company. In 1887 they secured the old Erie Mill at Black Rock. In 1908 all the different mills and properties were incorporated under the title of the Banner Milling Company, of which Mr. Ogden is vice-president. This is a very successful com- pany and has an established position in the market. Mr. Ogden is the oldest practical miller in Western New York, his experience in Buffalo alone covering a period of half a century, over thirty years of this period hav- ing been himself a mill owner and manufac-
turer. While now retired from active partici- pation in business, he is by no means incapaci- tated, but retains a keen interest in his private affairs. As a business man he has always been energetic, progressive and self-reliant, while as a citizen and neighbor he is held in the highest esteem. He is an attendant of Pilgrim Congregational Church, and a member of the Masonic order. His clubs are the Buffalo, Ellicott and Acacia.
He married, February 2, 1858, Susan Haynes, born May 26, 1837, died May 19, 1902, daughter of William and Maria (Flanders) Haynes, of Canfield, Canada. Children: 1. Frances O., resides with her father in Buffalo. 2. William T., born January 7, 1860; now a member of the Banner Milling Company. 3. Frederick Edwin, born April 4, 1863 ; now of the Banner Milling Company. 4. George Har- vey, born January 29, 1871, died March 5, 1872. 5. Alice Maria, married Walter Wil- liam Richardson. 6. Blanche Susan, married Edward Arthur Selkirk, member of the American Body Company (Automobile). 7. Percy, twin with Blanche Susan, died in in- fancy.
Mention of this family is BOWLES found in records of "the long ago." The name "Bolls" is found in the Roll of Battle Abbey as given by Hollingshead. Duchesne, from a charter in that abbey, gives a list of the soldiers under William of Normandy, among whose names appears that of "Bools." The names of Boll, Bol, Bole and Bolle occur frequently in Domesday Book. One family of Bolles of long standing in the county of Lincoln was resident there as early as the reign of Henry III. when Alaire or Alaine Bolle, of Swine- head and Bole Hall, in the county of Lincoln, resided at the principal seat of the family un- til the close of the reign of Edward IV. Since that date the family has scattered and spread to all parts of England. Members of the
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