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residents of Benson, holding various town and county offices, and was a member of the Vermont legislature. James F. and Susan B. ( Dickinson ) Barnes had children: 1. Jeremiah M., born July 17, 1859; married Louisa Arnold. of Cadyville, New York. 2. James L .. August 12, 1861, died November 28, 1902; married Ada, born July 1, 1871, daughter of Jacob Reynolds, and had five children : Ada, George W., James Farns- worth. Fannie and Charles Arthur. 3. Fan- ny M., December 20, 1863: married Wil- liam Emerson, of Plattsburgh, who died September 6, 1883. Mrs. Emerson resides in Beekmantown.
The Agens family was found- AGENS ed in Lewis county, New York, by James Agens, who settled at comparatively an early day in the present town of Denmark. He was born in Ireland, January 9. 1797. He married. in Ireland. Jane Reed, born there January 7. 1805. and together they sought a new home in the United States. They were both young and full of hope and determination to win success in their new surroundings. James secured a tract of wild and wooded! land in Denmark. and began at once to clear and build. Aided and encouraged by his faithful wife, the home was founded. and together they enjoyed what to a son of Ireland is the sum total of all earthly happ - ness-ownership of land and home. He was a man of most untiring energy, str. . integrity. and rugged. uncompromising ben esty. These qualities endeared him to is. neighbors, who hell both James and b's wife in the highest esteem. Children: 1 John R. born April 22. 1826, slied Mar 8. 1904: married Almira Campbell. Eliza J. December 1, 1820, died Deceni. 20, 1903. 3. Isabella, May 18, 1831. : Thomas. August 15, 1833, died October p. 1856: married Caroline Seymour. 5. WE liam R. September 8. 1842. die Octa 4. 1900: married (first ) Hattie .A. W. field, and had a son, Ernest .A. ; mart.
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(second) Emma Williams. 6. Robert, see forward.
(II) Robert, youngest child of James and Jane (Reed) Agens, was born in the town of Denmark, Lewis county, New York, May 10, 1844. He received a common school education, and grew up on the farm, where he was his father's faithful helper. When he reached the age for decision as to his own career, he decided to continue a farm- er. In 1864 he had so far succeeded in his chosen vocation as to have the means to purchase a farm of his own. He chose a highly productive farm in Denmark, pur- chased it, and has since devoted all his en- ergy to its development and operation, mak- ing a specialty of dairy farming and high- grade stock breeding. He is best known through northern New York as a breeder of fine horses and an expert horseman. He has raised and sold scine of the best thor- oughbred colts that ever went out of Lewis county. He has a well-known faculty for matching horses to be used as gentleman's fancy road and driving teams that has brought him the friendship and patronage of horsemen near and far. His farm is well kept and attractive in appearance, while his methods are modern and show his pro- gressive spirit. He is a supporter of Demo- cratic principles and candidates. He mar- ried. December 21, 1869. Lois, born June 4. 1848, daughter of Harlow and Lavina ( Talcott) White. Children: 1. Nora L., born September 13, 1871; married E. B. Jones, of Boonville. New York, who died June 10. 1907: children : Robert Henely, born February 18. 1906: Algina. June 3. 1907. died July 22, 1907. 2. Burdette H. J .. November 5. 1875. died March 1. 1878. 3. John T., June. 1877. died November ;. 1901; married Romeyn J. Spalding: chil- Iren: Emily Lois, born February 5. 1898; Leona Belle. July 8. 1901. 4. Hattie A .. May 19, 1879; married R. Bruce Hoyet; children : Harold Bruce, born August 16. 1904: Lyle Agens. September 10, 1906. 5. Delbert F., May 12. 1883. 6. Lizzie B,
October 20. 1885. 7. Victoria C., Septem- ber 17, 1888.
FITZGERALD The Fitzgerald family is of ancient and hon- orable lineage, and :
went from England to Ireland at an early date, where there are several branches of the family seated at Glin. Terry. Turlough and Adelphi. The coat-of-arms of the Glin family is: Ermine a saltier gules. Crest : A boar passant gules, bristled and armed or. Motto: Shanit a Boo. The arms of the various families in Ireland are similar. The Knights of Glin bear as supporters two griffins collared and chained, and have a second crest : a castle with two towers, is- suant from the sinister tower a knight in armor holding in the dexter hand a key proper. The Glin family seat is at Glin, Glin Castle, county Limerick, Ireland.
(I) Otho. or Other. a Baron of England of Saxon descent. lived in the time of the sixteenth year of Edward the Confessor's reign.
(II) Walter Fitz-Otho was castellan of Windsor, and appointed by William the Conqueror warden of all the forests in Berkshire. He married Gladys, daughter of Ryall ap Conyn. Children: Gerald, Rob- ert. Baron of Easton in Essex : William, an- cestor of Lords of Windsor and Earls of Plymouth.
( III) Gerald Fitz Walter de Windesor was castellan of Windesor, and married Nesta, daughter of Rhys ap Tudor Mawr. King of South Wales. Children: Maurice Fitzgerald: William, ancestor of Carews ( See Burke's "Landed Gentry") and of Raymond, who went to Ireland and was an- cestor of the Grace's Baronets, and the Fitzmaurices, Earls of Kerry.
(IV) Maurice Fitzgerald went to Ireland in 1168, being sent with ten knights, twenty esquires, and one hundred archers, to assist Dermot MacMurrough, king of Leinster. He died September 1. 1177. and is buried in the friary of the Grey Friars at Wexford.
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Children: Gerald Fitzmaurice Fitzgerald. justice of Ireland, who built the castle of Sligo and is ancestor of the Dukes of Leins- ter; William, Baron of Naas, county Kil- dare, and ancestor of the present Viscount Gormanston: Thomas.
(V) Thomas Fitzmaurice Fitzgerald married Elinor, daughter of Jordan de Ma- risco, and sister to Herve de Monte Maris- co, constable of Ireland, and of Geoffrey de Marisco, Lord Justice of Ireland in the reign of King John. He died 1207.
(VI) John Fitz-Thomas Fitzgerald mar- ried (first ) Margery, daughter and heir of Sir Thomas Fitz-Anthony. Lord of Decies and Desmond. These domains were con- firmed to him by Prince Edward in 1260. He married ( second ) Honora, daughter of Hugh O'Connor, of Kerry. By his first wife he had a child: Maurice Fitz-John Fitzgerald. who was Lord of Decies and Desmond, and ancestor of the Fitzgeralds. Earls of Desmond, who ranked among the most powerful nobles of Ireland for more than two centuries. Children of the sec- ond wife: 2. Gilbert Fitz-John, ancestor of the White Knight. 3. Sir John Fitz-John, mentioned below. 4. Maurice Fitz-John, an- cestor of the Knight of Kerry. 5. Thomas Fitz-John, ancestor of the Fitzgerald of the Island of Kerry. John Fitz-Thomas Fitz- gerald, by virtue of his royal seigniory as a Count Palatine, created three of his sons by the second marriage, knights; and their descendants have been so styled in acts of parliament, patents under the great seal, and all legal proceedings, up to the present time. He founded the monastery of Tralee, and was buried there in 1200.
(VII) Sir John Fitz-John. Knight, was the first Knight of Glin, and had from his father the castles of Glincorbury and Beagh, county Limerick, Ireland. Children : John Fitz-John, mentioned below; Gerald Fitz- John, ancestor of the family of Clenlish and Castle Ishen, county Cork. Baronets.
(VIII) Sir John Fitz-John del Glin was succeeded by his son.
(IX) . Sir Thomas Fitz-John del Glin, Knight. "custos pacis in partibus O'Con- nyll," in the twentieth year of the reign of Edward III, 1346, who gave hostages for his fealty in 1345.
(X) Sir John Fitz-Thomas del Glin. Knight, was living in 1331. hostage for his father's fealty in 1345. Children : Thomas. Philip, who left a son Thomas, who suc- ceeded his uncle.
(XI) Philip Fitz-John del Glin had a son Thomas, who succeeded to the estate of his uncle Thomas.
(XII) Sir Thomas Fitz-Philip Fitz-John, son of Philip, succeeded to the estate of Glin. He had a son, Edmond, mentioned below.
(XIII) Edmond Fitz-Thomas Fitzger- ald. Knight of Glin, married Mary, daugh- ter of Thomas, Lord Kerry, and died 1503.
(XIV) Thomas Fitzgerald. Knight of Glin, styled sometimes Knight of the Val- ley. was seized of the manors of Glin and Castleton Beagh, and was attainted in eight- teenth year of Henry VIII, and again in eleventh of Elizabeth's reign.
(XV) Thomas Fitzgerald was attainted with his father and executed in the elev- enth year of the reign of Elizabeth, leav- ing a daughter. Ellen, wife of Sir Edmond Fitz-Harris. Knight, and a son, his suc- cessor.
(XVI) Edmond Fitzgerald. Knight of Glin, was pardoned and restored to his es- tates June 13, in the thirteenth year of the reign of Elizabeth. He married Hon ra. daughter of Owen McCarthy Reagh.
(XVII) Thomas Fitzgerald. Knight . i Glin, had livery of his lands December IS. 1628. He surrendered those estates and had them regranted June 22. 1635. 'lle married Joan, daughter of James, Lord Dunboyne, widow of Edmond Fitz-Gible ... son of Edmond Fitz-Gibbon, the White Knight.
( XVIII) Gerald Fitzgerald. Knight of Glin, made a deed of settlement of his e- tates December 5, 1672. He married Jean.
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daughter of -O'Brien, and died before 1700. Children: Thomas, mentioned be- low; John: Honora, married Henry Fitz- gerald, of Bremore, county Kerry.
(XIX) Thomas Fitzgerald. Knight of Glin. seized of an estate entailed under the deed of settlement of 1672. married Mary. daughter of Edmond Fitzgerald. Children : Edmond, his successor: Richard, who suc- ceeded his brother ; Thomas, who succeeded his brother Richard: Catherine, married Robert Fitzgerald.
(XX) Thomas Fitzgerald. Knight of Glin, third son, succeeded to the estate. He married Mary, daughter of John Bateman. Esquire, of Oak Park, county Kerry. Chil- dren : John, mentioned below ; Gerald : Eliz- abeth: Frances; Catherine: Jane. His will was dated September 17. 1781. and proved February 18. 1801. showing that he died between those dates.
(XXI) John Fitzgerald, Knight of Glin. married Margaretta Maria. daughter of Jolin Frauneeis Gwynn. Esquire, of Ford Abbey, county Devon.
(XXII) John Fraunceis Fitzgerald, only son, was Knight of Glin, and was born Tune 28, 1791, and died at Glin Castle in 1853. He married, July 28, 1812, Bridget, fifth daughter of Rev. Joseph Evre of Wester- ham. county Kent, England. Children : John Fraunceis Eyre, born May 26. 1813: Edmond Urmston McLeod. mentioned be- low: Geraldine Anna : Margaret Sophia.
(XXIII) Edmond Urmston McLeod Fitzgerald, son of John Frauneeis Fitzger- ald. was born at Glin Castle, in 1817, and died in Ireland. Ile was a large land holder with an entailed estate. He married Ellen Sullivan, born in Ireland. 1822, died in Og- flensburg, New York. December. 1895. Children, born in Ireland: Edmond Uri- ston, deceased: Richard. mentioned below ; John Fraunceis, living in Ogdensburg : Mar- garet, and Gerald, who died in Ireland.
attended a private school in Glin, county Limerick, and came to America with his mother in June. 1857. He attended the public schools in Ogdensburg, New York, where they settled, and when sixteen years old enlisted, in August, 1864. for the civil war in Company D. One Hundred and Sixth New York Volunteer Infantry. He served until the close of the war under Generals Sheridan and Grant. He was in the battles of the Shenandoah Valley and at Petersburg. and was at Appomattox court house when Lee surrendered. In June. 1865, he re- turned to Ogdensburg. and was employed on the Northern Transportation Company steamers between Ogdensburg and Chicago, as officer, until 1874. He then went to Buffalo and was appointed master of the steamship "India." the finest passenger ves- sel on the Great Lakes at that time, owned by the Anchor Line of Pennsylvania. He remained in this position until 1880. He is a master mariner, also Lloyd's inspector and marine surveyor, with an office in Ogdens- burg. He is a Democrat in politics, and chairman of the Park board. He is a mem- her of the Century Club, and of Ransom Post. Grand Army of the Republic. He married, January 8, 1874. Sarah Jane, daughter of Arthur and Mary ( Pyncheon) MeConville, of Ogdensburg. Children: 1. Richard Edmond, born in Ogdensburg. No- vember 19. 1874: graduated from Ogdens- burg Academy, and later attended Harvard University. He was admitted to the bar in New York and practiced in Ogdensburg ; served as city recorder two terms; died June 3. 1906. 2. John Arthur, born De- cember 5. 1876: attended Montreal College, and graduated from Holy Cross College, Worcester, Massachusetts, in 1897. with de- giee of .A. B. : represents the National Cash Register Company of Dayton, Ohio, as manager. in Vancouver, B. C. 3. Gerakl, born January 31. 1881 : graduated from St. Mary's Academy in Ogdensburg, in 1898. and is now engaged in the theatrical busi-
(XXIV ) Richard Fitzgerald. son of Edmond Uristen MeLeod Fitzgerald, was born at Glin. Ireland. April 11. 1848. He ness. 4. Henry Conroy, born February 11,
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1884; attended St. Mary's Academy and Montreal College. 5. Mary Geraldine, born September 22, 1886; attended St. Mary's Academy, and graduated from Villa Maria Convent, Montreal, Canada, in 1905.
GARLOCK John Christian Garlock was born in Germany in the Palatinate on the Rhine, and came with the Palatine pioneers to the Schoharie Valley and thence to the Mohawk Valley, New York. He was the head of what was called Garlock's Dorf in Schoharie. The name is variously spelled Gerlach, Gaerlach, Goerlach and Gurloghi.
(II) Adam, born in 1733, died in 1822, son of John Christian Garlock. He lived in what is now Montgomery county, for- merly Tryon county. He was a soldier in the revolution and had land bounty rights. His brothers, William and George, were in the revolution also and William was in the same company, Captain Copeman's, First regiment. He was also a private in Cap- tain House's company, Colonel Klock's regi- ment (page 378 Roster of State Troops of New York). According to the census of 1790 Adam had three males over sixteen. one under sixteen and five females in his family, in Montgomery county.
(III) John, son of Adam Garlock, was born in what was then Montgomery county. He married Mary Beatty. Among their children was John, mentioned below.
(IV) John (2), son of John (1) Gar- lock, was born in what was then Montgom- ery county. He lived in Manheim, New York, now a part of Herkimer county. New York. He married Elsie Ann, daughter of Elisha Cramer. They had a son Nelson. mentioned below. and seven other children.
(V) Nelson, son of John Garlock, was born in Manheim. Herkimer county, New York. June 8. 1835. He was a farmer. He married, June 7. 1854. Catherine Yo- ran, born February 26, 1831. daughter of Jacob Yoran and Mary Timmerman or Zimmerman. as it is sometimes spelled.
granddaughter of Jacob and Catherine (Snell ) Yoran, and great-granddaughter of Jacob Yoran, who came when he was a young child from Germany with his step- father. He was a soldier in the revoluti #1 (see New York in the Revolution, page 190). Jacob Yoran, father of Catherine, was supervisor of Manheim for several terms. Catherine ( Snell) Yoran was a daughter of Joseph Snell, a soldier in the revolution, killed at the battle of Oriskany with three of four sons, who were there with him ( see Hardin's Hist. of Herk. Co .. pages 328-29). Johann Jost Snell, father of Joseph Snell, was one of the original pat- entees of the Snell and Timmerman grant in the town of Manheim. Mary Timer- man. wife of Jacob Yoran, was a daughter of John Timmerman, and granddaughter of Henry Timmerman, who was a lienten- ant in the revolution in a Tryon county mili- tia regiment (New York in Revolution. page 18;), and the father of Henry was Ja- cob Timmerman, of the Snell and Timmer- man patent. The grandmother of Cather- ine (Yoran) Garlock was Margaret Tim- merman, daughter of Conrad or Conrath Timmerman, as it was sometimes spelled. of the Snell and Timmerman patent. Con- rad Timmerman once killed an Indian with his long-range rifle when the savage sup- posed himself out of range (see Simm's Frontiersmen of New York). Conrad Timmerman was an ensign in the revolution in Colonel Klock's regiment of Tryen county militia (see New York in Revoli- tion, page 1871. Conrad married Mary Magdalen Snell, when she was but sixteen years old. He made her acquaintance while assisting her in putting out a fire started by the Indians in her home. She was a cousin to Catherine Snell. who married Jacob Y ran. According to family traditions handed down, seven of the eight great-great-grand fathers of William D. Garlock were in the battle of Oriskany. There were no Torie-
(VI) Dr. William D., son of Nelson til- lock, was born in Manheim. April 2, 1855.
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He attended the public schools there; en- tered the Little Falls Academy in 1870, and afterward took a three-year course in Hun- gerford Collegiate Institute at Adams, New York, graduating in 1874. He then as- sisted his father in farm work on the home- stead for two years. In 1876 he entered Cornell University, taking a special course for two years, and in 1878 entered the Col- lege of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, graduating with the degree of M.D. in the class of 1881. He began to practice at Little Falls, New York. in ISSI, and has continued to the present time, winning dis- tinction as a. physician and also as a useful. intelligent and progressive citizen. He was president of the Herkimer County Medical Society in ISgo; president of the First Branch of the New York State Medical As- sociation in 1892. He is a member of the American Medical Association: the Clinical Society of St. Luke's Hospital of Utica, New York: secretary of the Fifth Branch of the Medical Society of the State of New York. 1909-10. In religion he is a Pres- byterian. He belongs to various social and benevolent societies. He married. Novem- ber 22. 1881. Mary Gertrude Bidleman, of Manheim, daughter of Major Morgan and Ann ( Windecker ) Bidleman, granddaugh- ter of Peter Bidleman. Children: 1. Mor- gan Bidleman Garlock, a lawyer in active practice in Utica and Little Falls, New York: married. September 12. 1897. Jessie. daughter of G. F. and Georgianna (Sprague ) Girvan, and they have a son. Sprague Girvan. born September 21, 1908. 2. Louise Garlock. 3. Gertrude K. Gar- lock.
The surname Randles was RANDLES originally identical with Randle and Randall. This branch of the family. however, has followed the spelling Randles for many generations. The first settlers, according to the best knowledge at hand. were William and Hugh Randles, undoubtedly brothers, who located
in Hamptontown, Washington county. New York. In 1790 the federal census shows that William had two males over sixteen. one under sixteen and two females in his family. Hugh had the same size of fam- ily, recorded in the same figures. Theirs were the only names spelled in this way in that census.
(I) Andrew Randles, son of William Randles, mentioned above, was born at Sa- lem or West Hebron, Washington county, New York, about 1770-75. died in Lisbon. New York. He married Phoebe Mcknight. Children: William Henry, mentioned be- low: Phebe, Elizabeth, Jane, George, An- drew. James.
( II) William Henry, son of Andrew Randles, was born in 1798 in Washington county. New York, at Salem or West He- bron. He removed to Lisbon with his father, who was one of the pioneers of the section, and with him cleared land and fol- lowed farming as an occupation. He mar- ried Margaret B. Rowan, born in 1803. died in Lisbon, March 21. 18-8. Children : 1. Sarah Agnes, wife of Artimus Jones, of Lisbon. 2. Harriet, wife of William Con- nor. of Lisbon, died there in 1908. 3. Will- iam Armstrong. mentioned below. Frank B., lieutenant in the civil war, in the One Hundred and Forty-sixth Regiment : was taken prisoner, was confined in Salis- bury and Libby prisons, and died from the effects of starvation undergone in the latter place.
( III) William Armstrong, son of Will- iam Henry Randles, was born December 25. 1840. in Lisbon. He was educated in the schools of the town, and took up farming as an occupation. He also bought, sold and raised high class horses. In politics he was a Republican, and in religion a mem- ber of the Congregational church, of which he was also a trustee. He and his father held the latter office for seventy-five years. Ile was an active man to the time of his death. He died suddenly, of heart failure. December 3. 1900. He married Rachel
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L., daughter of George and Betsey ( Riley) Chambers. She was born August 31, 1839, in Lisbon, died January 28, 1910, in Og- densburg, New York. Children : 1. Charles Delbert, mentioned below. 2. Min- nie Electa, married James S. Slater, of New York. 3. Lulu, married Frank C. An- drews, of Worcester, Massachusetts. 4. Cora, married John Coons, farmer of Lou- isville, New York; children: Orlof, Riva, Clare. 5. Grace L., teacher in Hacken- sack, New Jersey. 6. Frank G., traveling salesman, lives in Ogdensburg: married Jennie Stevens ; child, Frances.
(IV) Charles Delbert. son of William Armstrong Randles, was born March 15, 1863, in Lisbon. He was educated in the district schools. Ogdensburg Free Acad- emy, and Eastinan Business College at Poughkeepsie, New York. He traveled on the road for seven years. and in 1894 went into business for himself in Ogdensburg, in the manufacturing of ladies' garments. He has continued in that line ever since. He is a director in the St. Lawrence County Savings Bank, Ogdensburg, and secretary of the same. He is also a director in the Fleming & Sovie Company, Ogdensburg. In politics he is a Republican, and has been treasurer of the Republican city committee for years. He is a member of Acacian Lodge, No. 705, F. and A. M., and a mem- ber of St. Lawrence Council. No. 276, U. C. T., he is also a member of the Ogdensburg Club and secretary of the same. He is an attendant of the Presbyterian church. He married. July 26, 1893. Ella May, daughter of Thomas and Eliza Doyle Jameson. of Lisbon. Chil- dren : 1. Dana Allen. born August 25. 1894. 2. Earl Clement, May To. ISor. 3. Alta Irene, June 1. 1809. 4. Merritt Em- mett, November 9. 1904. 5. Elva Marion. October 16, 1907.
BEDELL
The Bedell family were early in New England, where the name is found as Bedle, Be-
del, Beadle and Bedell. A branch of the family settled in New Jersey, and descend- ants are still numerous in that state. An- other branch settled on Long Island, but a common ancestor cannot be found. They were seated in Dutchess and Albany coun- ties, New York, prior to the revolution. many of the name appearing on the militia rolls of these counties as serving in that war. In the first census ever taken in the United States-1790-there appear. thirty- eight Bedells as heads of families in New York state, under the different spellings. the most common being Beedle.
(I) William Bedell, born February 26, 1790, died August 14. 1876. He was a farmer of Albany county, removed to Lewis county, New York, with his wife and five children, where he settled in the town of Denmark on the farm now owned by his grandson, Byron W. Bedell. This was at an early day when the journey was through deep forests and across unbridged streams. He cleared a farm, built a home and pros- pered. He was an energetic. industrious man of strong character, noted for honesty and probity, characteristics yet strong in his descendants. He was a member of the Methodist church. He married Resina Hollister, born September 12, 1793, died November 13. 1836, and had issue.
( II) John Wesley, son of William and Resina ( Hollister ) Bedell, was born De- cember 25. 1830, in Albany county, New York. died June 23. 1872. He was edu- cated in the public schools of his day and town. and followed all his life the occupa- tion of a farmer. He was prosperous and respected. He married, November 9. 1854. Sarah, born June 5. 1835. daughter of Philipp and Katherine Harter. Philipp Harter was born in 1798, came to this conn- try in 1830, died 1876. He was a black- smith and a farmer. He married Kather- ine Gordonier. of Herkimer county, New York, born 1800. died 18-8. Children : John Wesley and Sarah Bedell : Philetta Eliza, born September 7. 1855:
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married, March 8, 1879. Sylvester Graves. 2. Byron Wesley, see forward. 3. Horatio Eugene, October 4, 1861, died February 19. 1862. 4. Minnie Kate. December 15, 1869; married Jonas Cole Patterson. Aut- gust 24. 1887.
(III) Byron Wesley, eldest son of John Wesley and Sarah ( Harter ) Bedell, was born March 23. 1858, in the town of Den- mark. Lewis county, New York. He was educated in the schools of Denmark, and on arriving at man's estate chose the same occupation as his permanent calling. He purchased the old Bedell homestead farm, "Maple Lawn", located on the Carthage road east of the village of Copenhagen. and has since devoted himself to its cultiva- tion and improvement. He makes a spe- cialty of dairy farming, his herd of cows being graded Holsteins. He is modern and progressive in his ideas, as is evidenced by the conditions existing on his farm, where everything bespeaks the prosperous. pro- gressive American farmer. He is fond of his business, and follows it from natural in- clination. His stock is of the best, and is comfortably housed in one of the most mnd- ern and substantial of barn buildings. He is of a genial, happy disposition, highly re- spected by all who know him. He is a member of the Carthage Congregational Church, with his wife and family. Politi- cally he is a Republican. He married. April 13. 1881. Minnie, born February 9. 1858. in Lowville, daughter of George and Ther- esa ( Pfaff) Heminger, whose other chil- dren were: George. Carrie and Albert, the latter dying in childhood. Byron W. and Minnie Bedell have two children: 1. Le- land George, born August 8. 1885. 2. Liz- zie Mary, August 9. 1887.
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