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He married, in 1784, Sibyl Durkee in Wash- ington, Connecticut. None of this name lived in Washington in 1790. He came to New York state in 1786, and in 1810 removed with a large family to the present town of Carroll where he spent the remainder of his life. He died November 27, 1822, aged sixty-one. At that time all of his sons and daughters, his brother Seth and nephew Simeon, were living in the neighborhood and the settlement was called Coveltown. In a sketch of Benjamin Covell and his family it has been said they "were active in getting the first bridge built across the Connewango at Coveltown, by Capt. Charles Taylor." From this it is naturally inferred that they resided near the Conne-
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wango; whereas it appears from the land com- pany's books that Benjamin Covell took up, in December, 1810, lot 2, tp. i., r. II on which Alexander T. Prendergast and Seth Cheney now reside in Kiantone. Benjamin Covell's wife died in Covington, Genesee county, New York, in 1831, aged sixty-nine years.
(VII) Thomas, son or nephew of Benjamin Covell, was born January 14, 1794. He was a shoemaker and farmer, and for several years was a lock tender in the Genesee canal. He served in the war of 1812 and was in the battle of Cold Harbor. He was a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and of strong Christian character. His wife Laura was born October 18, 1796, died in 1875. Among their children was Edmund R. (mentioned below) ; and John Wallace.
(VIII) Edmund R., son of Thomas Covell, was born June 13, 1818, and was killed Octo- ber 2, 1889. He was educated in the public schools, and learned the shoemaker's trade with his father. He also worked on his father's farm during his boyhood. He enlisted in Company I, Fourteenth Regiment, Pennsyl- vania Cavalry, October 15, 1862, and served throughout the war, receiving an honorable discharge, June 16, 1865. The Fourteenth was one of Sheridan's hard-fighting regiments and under that famous commander did valiant service in the Army of the Potomac. Mr. Covell was a corporal and at the Beverly fight he had his horse shot from under him and was himself injured. After the war he re- turned to his home and engaged in lumbering, purchasing standing timber, cutting it and get- ting it to water market. He also engaged in farming.
He married, July 4, 1840, Fanny Morrison, born December 29, 1825, died November 19, 1882, daughter of Abel and Lucinda (Rich- ards) Morrison, and granddaughter of James Morrison, who fought in the revolution. Chil- dren: Thomas J. (mentioned below) ; Abel M. (mentioned below).
(IX) Thomas J., son of Edmund R. Covell, was born July 8, 1844, in Kinzua, Pennsyl- vania. He enlisted in an independent company in 1862 which served as Company C, attached to the One Hundred and Sixteenth Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry, as scouts and sharp- shooters. He was also with Battery B, United States Light Artillery. At the close of the war he was honorably discharged. He re- turned to his home and learned the trade of
carpenter, which he followed for many years. In 1900 he located in Salamanca, New York, where he has lived since. In religion he is a Methodist ; in politics a Republican.
He married (first) December 25, 1869, Mary Tomes, born in 1838, died in 1884. He married (second) March 13, 1892, Bertha Huntsman, born March 11, 1874. Children by first wife: I. Edmund R., born November 22, 1870, died 1886. 2. Philip T., born Sep- tember 2, 1872; married Catherine
3. Guy, born July 10, 1878; was a soldier in the Spanish-American war, enlisting in Com- pany I, Sixteenth Pennsylvania Infantry, be- ing located in Porto Rico; married Bertha Johnson. 4. Fred H., born October 24, 1882, died April 7, 1883.
(IX) Abel M., son of Edmund R. Covell, and brother of Thomas J. Covell, was born at Rushford, New York. He received his early education in the public schools, and dur- ing his boyhood worked on his father's farm. Afterward he worked in a factory manufac- turing spokes and handles until 1890, when he went to Kent, Ohio, where two years later he established a laundry business. Subsequently he was in the same line of business in Cleve- land, Ohio, continuing until October 2, 1899, when he located at Salamanca, New York. Since that time he has had a large and flour- ishing laundry business in that town. He is president of the Engine Iron Company, and deals extensively in real estate. He is a mem- ber of the Methodist Episcopal church, its treasurer and member of the board of trustees. He is also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Salamanca. In politics he is a Republican.
He married, October 3, 1880, Josephine Wright, born November 11, 1861, daughter of Calvin and Nancy (Flagg) Wright, grand- daughter of Landrus and Rosanna Wright. Her father was born March 12, 1841, died August 14, 1905; her mother was born in 1840, died March 14. 1868. Children of Cal- vin and Nancy Wright: Josephine, married Abel M. Covell, mentioned above; Orin, mar- ried Ida Elson and had a son Robert; Lan- drus married Emma Perkins; Howard, born August 21, 1867, married, October 17, 1900, Mae Covell, born May 30, 1878, daughter of John Wallace Covell, son of Thomas Covell, mentioned in generation VII. Children : Claude Bernard, born May 29, 1904, and Winifred May, November 7, 1905. Children
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of Abel M. and Josephine Covell: Fannie
which she graduated in 1902, and the Fredonia cation in the Salamanca high school, from Lucinda, born May 24, 1883 ; received her edu-
State Normal School, from which she grad-
uated in 1905; she married, November 24, 1909, Earl D. Smith. 2. Cassie Muriel, born June 29, 1888; received her early education in the Salamanca high school, graduated from Salamanca Training School, and specialized in music at the Thomas Normal Training School, Detroit, Michigan, 1909. 3. Arthur Maynard, born October 12, 1895 ; received his early edu- cation in Salamanca schools, also at Chamber- lain Military School, Randolph, New York.
GORHAM This family traces its genealogy
to the de Gorrams of La Tan- nière, near Gorram, Maine, on
the borders of Brittainy, where William, son of Ralph de Gorham, built a castle in 1128. During the reign of William the Conqueror several of the name removed to England, where many of them became men of learning, wealth and influence. In America the name is ancient and honorable. Although Ralph, who first came to America, did not come with the Pilgrims in the "Mayflower," the parents and grandparents of his son's wife were pas- sengers in that famous vessel, so that de- scendants of this line have the blood of four "Mayflower" passengers as an inheritance.
(I) James Gorham, of Benefield, Northamp- tonshire, England, was born in 1550, died 1576. In 1572 he married Agnes Bernington.
(II) Ralph, son (perhaps only child) of James and Agnes (Bernington) Gorham, was born in 1575, at Benefield, England, died about 1643, in Plymouth, Massachusetts. He mar- ried in England, and came with his family to America in the ship "Philip," about 1635. Of this family little is known, the only recorded child being John, of further mention. It is probable he had a brother Ralph, born in Eng- land, as the records of Plymouth colony in- dicate that there were two persons of that name in Plymouth in 1639. At the time of Ralph Gorham's death in 1643 he left no widow, and an only son John, who inherited his estate. No other Gorhams are known to have been in the colony during the seventeenth century after the death of Ralph, excepting Captain John and his descendants.
(III) Captain John, son of Ralph Gorham, was baptized in Benefield, Northamptonshire,
England, January 28, 1621, died at Swansea, Massachusetts, while in command of his com-
pany, February 5, 1676. He had a good com-
mon school education, and was brought up in
the Puritan faith. He came to America with his father in the ship "Philip," probably then a lad of fifteen years. He learned the trade of tanner and currier, which occupied his win- ters, his summers being spent in agriculture. In 1646 he removed from Plymouth to Marsh- field, Massachusetts. On June 4, 1650, he was admitted a freeman of the town, having pre- viously been chosen constable. In 1651 he was a member of the grand inquest of the colony. In 1652 he removed to Yarmouth, Massachusetts, purchasing a house lot adjoin- ing the Barnstable line. He added to his es- tate from time to time until he became a large land owner and proprietor of a grist mill, also operating a tannery. He was deputy from Yarmouth to the general court of Plymouth at the special session of April 6, 1653, and the following year was surveyor of highways; 1673-4 he was a selectman of Yarmouth, and during the former year was appointed lieuten- ant of the Plymouth forces in the Dutch war.
During King Philip's war and in June the following year his men attacked the village of Swansea. On June 24, a day that was ob- served as one of fasting and prayer, Captain John Gorham and twenty-nine mounted men from Yarmouth took their first march for Mount Hope. In August the war was trans- ferred to the banks of the Connecticut, and Captain Gorham and company marched into Massachusetts. The results were very dis- couraging, and in a letter to the governor, still preserved in the office of the secretary of state at Boston, Captain Gorham says his men are much worn, "having been in the field the fourteen weeks and little hopes of finding the enemy, but as for my own part I shall be ready to serve God and the country in this war so long as I have life and health." Octo- ber 4, 1675, he was appointed by the court "captain of the Second Company of the Plymouth forces in King Philip's war." Cap- tain Gorham and his company were in the bloody fight at the Swamp Fort in the Narra- gansett country; fought December 19, 1675, which crushed the power of King Philip and his allies. There was great suffering and ex- posure, besides loss of life. The troops of the colonies had to remain all night in the open field "with no other covering than a cold and
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moist fleece of snow." On the dawn of the 19th they started on their march, and at one o'clock reached the fort, which was built on an island containing five or six acres set in the midst of a swamp. Entrance could only be effected in two places, by means of fallen trees, to cross which meant almost certain death from the Indian sharpshooters. After three or four hours of hard fighting the Eng- lish succeeded in taking the fort, sustaining a loss of eighty men, besides the wounded. Hubbard estimates no less than seven hundred Indians were killed. Captain Gorham com- manded his men during the fight, but never recovered from the cold and fatigue to which he was exposed during this expedition. He was seized with a fever and died at Swansea, where he was buried the following February 5th. In 1677, on account of the good services of Captain Gorham in the war that cost him his life, the court confirmed to his heirs and successors the four hundred acres of land at Papasquash Neck in Swansea, which he had selected in his lifetime.
The present town of Gorham in Maine (then a part of Massachusetts) was also granted to Captain Gorham and his company for military service and named after him.
In 1643 he married Desire Howland, daugh- ter of John and Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland, and granddaughter of John and Bridget (Van De Velde) Tilley, all of whom came over in the "Mayflower." Desire Howland was born at Plymouth, 1623, died at Barnstable, Octo- ber 13, 1683. Children : 1. Desire, born April 2, 1644; married John Hawes. 2. Temper- ance, born at Marshfield, May 5, 1646; married (first) Edward Sturgis, (second) Thomas Baxter. 3. Elizabeth, born April 2, 1648 ; mar- ried Joseph Hallett. 4. James, born April 28, 1650 ; married Hannah Hucekins. 5. John, of further mention. 6. Joseph, born at Yar- mouth, February 16, 1653; married Sarah Sturgis. 7. Jabez, born at Barnstable, August 3, 1656; married Hannah (Sturgis) Gray. 8. Mercy, born January 20, 1658; married George Denison. 9. Lydia, November 16, 1661 ; married John Thacher. 10. Hannah, November 28, 1663; married Joseph Wheel- ing. II. Shubael, October 21, 1667; married Puella Hussey.
(IV) Jolın (2), son of Captain John (I) and Desire (Howland) Gorham, was born at Marshfield, Massachusetts, February 20, 1651, died November 11, 1715. He was known as
Lieutenant Colonel John Gorham. He mar- ried Mary, daughter of John Otis, the progeni- tor of the American family of Otis, of Massa- chusetts. She died April 1, 1732, and was buried at Barnstable, where their tombstones may yet be seen. Children, born at Barn- stable: John, born 1675, died in infancy ; Temperance, born 1678; Mary, 1680 : Stephen, of further mention; Shubael, 1686; John, 1688; Thankful, 1690: Job, 1692; Mercy, 1695.
(V) Steplien, second son of John (2) and Mary (Otis) Gorham, was born in Barnstable, Massachusetts, June 23, 1683. He married Elizabeth Gardner, of Nantucket, December 25, 1703. He died in Nantucket, in 1743. They had eleven children, all born in Barn- stable.
(VI) Nathaniel, eldest son of Stephen and Elizabeth (Gardner) Gorham, was born May 3, 1709; married, January 6, 1736, Mary, daughter of John and Dorcas (Coffin) Soley, of Charlestown, Massachusetts, where he went to live, and died there December 24, 1761. He was known as Captain Nathaniel Gorham. Children : Nathaniel, of further mention ; Mary, John, Elizabeth, Stephen.
(VII) Nathaniel (2), son of Nathaniel (1) and Mary (Soley) Gorham, was born May 27, 1738, in Charlestown, Massachusetts, died there June 11, 1796. He served an appren- ticeship with Nathaniel Coffin at New London, Connecticut, and later moved back to Charles- town, Massachusetts, where he engaged in mercantile life and became one of the most eminent public men of his day. He was rep- resentative to the general court of Massachu- setts, and speaker of the house; delegate to Provincial Congress in 1774-75 ; member of board of war, 1778-81 : delegate to state con- stitutional convention, 1779; state senator ; member of governor's council : judge of court of common pleas; member of Continental Congress, 1782-83, and again 1785-87, and president of that Congress from June 6, 1786, to the expiration of his term. He was ap- pointed by the governor of Massachusetts a delegate to the convention which framed the constitution of the United States, took his seat May 28, 1787, and performed a very im- portant part in the work of the convention. During the second day's proceedings of the convention he was called to the chair, then was elected chairman of the committee of the whole, and as such presided over the conven-
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tion during the greater part of its delibera- tions. The minutes of the convention show that he served on many of the sub-committees, and that he expressed his views with vigor during the many debates. He was contem- porary with Adams, Hancock, Washington, Jay, Clinton, and other great men of his day, and the fact that he held so many important public offices at a time when no politics pre- vailed, indicates that he was a man of high character, strict integrity and strong mental characteristics. He retired from public life after the adoption of the constitution and in 1788, in connection with Oliver Phelps, of Suffield, Massachusetts, and others, purchased from the state of Massachusetts the preëmp- tion right of that state in and to all that part of Western New York lying between Seneca Lake on the east, Genesee river on the west, Pennsylvania on the south and Lake Ontario on the north, estimated to contain about two million two hundred thousand acres. This was known as the "Phelps and Gorham purchase," to which such frequent allusion is made in the early history of the counties later erected in that section. He died at Charlestown, Massa- chusetts, where a eulogy was delivered in his memory by Dr. Thomas Welch, June 29, 1796.
He married, in 1763, Rebecca Call. Chil- dren: I. Nathaniel (3), of further mention. 2. Rebecca, married Warham Parks. 3. Mary, married George Bartlett. 4. Elizabeth. 5. Ann, married Peter C. Brooks ; their daughter mar- ried Charles Francis Adams. 6. John. 7. Ben- jamin, an eminent lawyer of Boston, and member of congress from that city. 8. Stephen. 9. Lydia, married John Phillips, and was grandmother of Bishop Phillips Brooks, of honored memory.
(VIII) Nathaniel (3), son of Hon. Nathan- iel (2) and Rebecca (Call) Gorham, was born October 25, 1763. at Charlestown, Massachu- setts, died October 22, 1826. He acted for his father as agent of the Phelps and Gorham purchase, which he frequently visited, al- though his father never saw the purchase. His residence in Charlestown was on Bunker Hill, where two of his children were born. In 1800 he removed with his family to Canandaigua, Ontario county, New York, where he built a mansion on the site of the present court house. He occupied a prominent position in Ontario county, was judge of the court of common pleas and president of the Ontario Bank. He was an exceedingly portly man, and wore the
smallclothes and kneebreeches in the style of the gentlemen of his period. There is no pic- ture of him, but in the court house at Canan- daigua there is a copy of a portrait of Hon. Nathaniel Gorham, the Continental, the orig- inal of which is in the possession of Nathaniel Gorham, of Buffalo. He married, February II, 1794, Ruthy Wood. Children : I. Margaret, born November 2, 1796, died in 1806. 2. Nathaniel (4), of further mention. 3. David Wood, born February 1, 1800. 4. Rebecca, born May 20, 1802, never married, died in 1857. 5. William Wood, born August 22, 1804. 6. Margaret (2nd), born August II, 1807, died in 1826. 7. Mary, born October 30, 1808, married A. G. Bristol. 8. Sarah Stone, born October II, 1811, died in 1815.
(IX) Nathaniel (4), eldest son of Nathan- iel (3) and Ruthy (Wood) Gorham, was born in Bunker Hill, Charlestown, Massachusetts, August 14, 1798, died May 19, 1875. He was a merchant of Canandaigua, New York, where he maintained a store at the corner of Main and Bristol streets for half a century. His residence until 1855 was in the north half of the double brick house yet standing at the corner of Main and Gorham streets. In his later years he built a residence further up Main street, in which he lived until his deatlı. He married, January 16, 1827, Mary Parsons, of Hadley, Massachusetts. Children: I. Nathaniel (5), born August 7, 1830, died in Detroit, Michigan, unmarried, December 14, 1853. 2. George Clarke, born September 26, 1832, died in 1836. 3. George, of further mention.
(X) George, son of Nathaniel (4) and Mary (Parsons) Gorham, was born in Canan- daigua, New York, May 25, 1837; died at Buffalo, June 2, 1906. He prepared at Phillips Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire, and en- tered Harvard University, from whence he was graduated, class of 1857. After finishing his studies he returned to Canandaigua, where he began the study of law in the office of Smith & Lapham. He was admitted to the bar in 1858, and in 1861 removed to Buffalo, New York. He was clerk of the United States District Court in Buffalo until 1867, when he resigned and began private practice, making at first a speciality of bankruptcy law and practice in the United States courts. Later he devoted himself more closely to the law of real estate and the management of estates and other confidential trusts. He was a member
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of the law firm of Bass & Gorham, 1867-1870; then of Sprague & Gorham, and Sprague, Gorham & Bacon until 1879; then practiced · alone until 1898, in which year he entered into a partnership with his son, Nathaniel Gor- ham (6). In 1900 this firm dissolved, Mr. Gorham Sr. practicing alone until his death in 1906. Among the many tributes to his memory is the following from the Erie County Bar Association: George Gorham, "a gentle- man by birth and character, an incisive and logical thinker, a trained lawyer, a sound and safe counselor, an honest and earnest man." For many years Mr. Gorham was vice-chan- cellor of the University of Buffalo; was a warden of Trinity Episcopal Church; at one time president of the Buffalo Club, of the City Club and Harvard Club of Buffalo, and a member of the University Club of Buffalo. In politics he was a Democrat.
He married, October 23, 1860, Emily A., daughter of Judge N. K. Hall. She died May 29, 1863. He married (second) June 14, 1866, Ellen Augusta, daughter of Edward E. Marvine, of Auburn, New York. She died January 1, 1887. Child of first wife : 1. Emily Grace, born August 23, 1861 ; married, Janu- ary 22, 1891, Charles Clifton, of Buffalo, New York, treasurer of Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Company. Children: Katherine Gould, born August 14, 1892, died January 30, 1902; Gor- ham, born November 29, 1893; Alice Dor- sheimer, May 26, 1903. Children of second wife: 2. Frances Perry, born March 16, 1867; married, September 22, 1892, Dr. John Parmenter, formerly of Buffalo, now a resi- dent of Geneva, New York; child: Richard, born November 16, 1894. 3. Nathaniel (6), of further mention. 4. Marvine, born Novem- ber 1, 1870; attended public schools of Buf- falo, graduated from the Massachusetts Insti- tute of Technology, Boston, 1893; was con- nected with Yale & Town Manufacturing Company at Hartford, the Buffalo Bolt Com- pany, and later removed to Detroit, Michigan, where he was with the C. C. Wormer Com- pany for a number of years, and is now sec- retary and treasurer of the Schweppe & Wilt Manufacturing Company of Detroit. He is a member of the University Club of Detroit. He married, June 30, 1909, Sarah Given White, of Abingdon, Virginia ; child: Eliza- beth Gibson, horn December 3, 1910. 5. Mary Parsons, born June 21, 1875, died October 12, 1884. 6. Margaret Robertson, born May 29,
1877 ; married, October 10, 1899, Earnest Har- old Cluett, of Troy, New York, treasurer of Cluett, Peabody & Company ; children: John Parmenter, born September 8. 1900; William Gorham, July 16, 1903; Gorham, November 12, 1907 ; Margaret Fisher, February 28, 1910.
(XI) Nathaniel (6), son of George and his second wife, Ellen Augusta (Marvine) Gor- ham, was born in Buffalo, New York, January 6, 1869. He was educated in the public and private schools of Buffalo, and entered Wil- liams College, from whence he was graduated, class of 1890. After leaving college he was with the Niagara Falls Power Company at Niagara Falls, 1890-1895. In the latter year he returned to Buffalo, and began the study of law in the office of Moot, Sprague, Brown- ell & Marcy, and entered Buffalo Law School, being graduated in 1897, and was admitted to the bar in September of the same year. He was in legal partnership with his father, George Gorham, until 1900, since which time he has practiced alone. He is a member of the Lawyers', Saturn and Country Clubs of Buffalo.
He married, April 16, 1907, Vivette Eliza- beth Herschede, of Jamaica Plain, Boston, Massachusetts, daughter of Frank Herschede, late of Denver, Colorado. Children : Nathaniel (7), born May 12, 1908; George, born Decem- ber 14, 1910.
GROVE The progenitors of Dr. William V. Grove originally settled near Reading, Pennsylvania. His family was from Germany, and probably were known there as Graff, the name becoming Grove in translation.
(I) John Grove is believed to have been a resident of Reading, Pennsylvania, for many years, dying at Williamsville, New York, in 1842. He was a hat manufacturer, making the olden style "beaver" hats. He was a Bap- tist in religion, and a Democrat. He married Betsey Carr. Children: David, Peter, John, Eliza, Ann, Lucy and Charles Carr.
(II) Charles Carr, son of John and Betsey (Carr) Grove, was born in Williamsville, Erie county, New York, September 28, 1828, in a house that stood on the site of the present SS. Peter and Paul Catholic Church. He was educated in the public schools, and grew to manhood in his home village; in fact, with the exception of a few years, Williamsville was his lifelong residence, and the place of
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his death, July 18, 1887. At the age of seven- teen years he began teaching school in the Getzville district, where the brick schoolhouse now stands, continuing three years, 1845-48. In the latter year he went to the Island of Mackinac, where for six years he was engaged in the fish commission business, and in part- nership with a Mr. Cautler operated a general store. His old partner is now of the firm of Cautler & Sons, bankers, of Detroit, Michigan. In the winter of 1853 he formed a partnership with his brother, Peter Grove, for the trans- action of a quick lime business. They oper- ated in Williamsville for several years, then locate:1 in Chicago, Illinois, where they built up a prosperous business, Peter managing the western interests and Charles C. the home business. They later sold their Chicago estab- lishment to a brother-in-law, W. H. Hutchin- son. About the year 1864 Charles C. formed a partnership with N. Uebelhoer, and bought large stone quarries at Bertie, Ontario, Can- ada. From these they furnished the rock for building a large portion of the International Bridge at Black Rock, and lime stone (used as flux) for the Union Iron Works at Buffalo, and Pratt's Iron Works at Tonawanda. After six years of successful business he sold his interest in the quarries to his partner. From 1870 to 1880 he was largely interested in quick lime manufacturing in Williamsville and Buf- falo, operating with others as the Williamsville Quick Lime Company. In 1881-82 he was heavily engaged in oil production in the Boli- var and Richburg districts, with Joshua Smith, of Buffalo. About 1872 he erected the brick block at the corner of Main and Virginia streets, Buffalo, which he owned at the time of his death. In 1883 he built a brick roller flouring mill at Tonawanda, which he man- aged for a year with his son, Lafayette L. Grove, then sold. He was an energetic, ca- pable man of business, prudently and success- fully managing his various enterprises. He was held in high esteem by his business as- sociates and by the public at large in his town and city. He was elected supervisor of the town of Amherst in 1859 and re-elected suc- cessively until 1864. He was chairman of the board in 1862 and in 1863 was unani- mously rechosen chairman on the first ballot. His speech of acceptance on taking the chair was so well chosen that it was embodied in the minutes of the meeting of the board. On November 3, 1863, he was elected superin-
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