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(III) Jonathan, son of Nathan and Abi- gail Gifford (Wing) Hiller, was born in 1767, died in 1846. He married (first ) Jo- anna Briggs, born in 1769, died in 1803, daughter of Thomas and Ather Briggs ; ( sec- ond) Sarah Wooley, born November 30
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1785, died June 15, 1856, in Dutchess county, New York. Sarah Wooley was a daughter of Eseck and Martha (Soule) Wooley, the former of whom was born in 1753, died in 1837, and the latter was born in 1759 and died in 1842. Martha Soule was a daughter of Ebenezer and Martha (Thomas) Soule. Ebenezer Soule was descended from George Soule, who came over in the "Mayflower," in 1620, and who married Mary Beckel. George Soule died in 1680. His children : John, born in 1632; George, Zecharialı, Pa- tience, Nathaniel, Benjamin, Elizabeth and Mary. Martha (Thomas) Soule was a daughter of Abraham and Mary (Aken) Thomas, the latter of whom was born in 1716, daughter of David and Sarah (Allen) Aken. David Aken was born in 1689 and was a son of John and Mary (Briggs) Aken. John Aken was born in 1663, son of - and Mary Aken. Mary (Briggs) Aken was a daughter of Thomas and Mary (Fisher) Briggs. Chil- dren of Jonathan Hiller, by first wife: I. Elizabeth, born March 23, 1795, in Dutchess county, New York; married Nicholas Uhl. 2. Richard, mentioned below. Children by second wife, the first eight born in Dutchess county, New York, and the last in Cayuga county, New York: 3. Aaron Burr, born February 22, 1807. 4. Cornelia, September 3, 1809. 5. Seth, June 6, 1811, died Novem- ber 15, 1811. 6. Seneca Soule, January 15, 1813, died November 2, 1813. 7. Joseph But- ler, January 2, 1815, died May 8, 1893. 8. Isaac Haviland, July 9, 1817, died June 2, 1897. 9. Aken Wooley, February 18, 1819, died August 13, 1859. 10. George Uhl, April 3, 1821, died August 16, 1854. II. Cathiar- ine Caroline, February 10, 1824, died No- vember 16, 1902.
(IV) Richard, son of Jonathan and Jo- anna (Briggs) Hiller, was born in Dutchess county, New York, November 23, 1797, died at Frewsburg, New York, May 7, 1877. He settled in Jamestown, New York, about 1818. He was a cousin of James Prendergast, of Jamestown, and later his partner. He was evidently of prosperous, well-to-do parents as he came to Chautauqua county on horseback, bringing with him a cash capital of seven hundred dollars. He was one of the first gen- eral merchants of Jamestown and also a lum- ber dealer. About 1848 he retired to a farm he owned in the vicinity of Frewsburg. He belonged to the Society of Friends and was
a Democrat. In 1825 he married Hannah Garfield, born March 15, 1805, died Novem- ber 12, 1869, daughter of Joseph and Lydia (Stearns) Garfield. Children : I. Jedediah Prendergast, born March 15, 1826. 2. Eliza Uhl, April 5, 1828. 3. Joanna Briggs, May 15, 1830. 4. Jonathan, mentioned below. 5. Martha Jane, December 22, 1833; married William Sheldon (see Sheldon III). 6. Sam- tel Garfield, November 23, 1837. 7. Eliza Uhl, October 31, 1839. 8. Cynthia Jeanette, January 12, 1843. 9. Alexander, July 31, 1844. 10. Nicholas Uhl, July 18, 1847.
(V) Jonathan (2), son of Richard and Hannah (Garfield) Hiller, was born in Jamestown, New York, April 15, 1832, died there January 7, 19II. After finishing his studies in the Jamestown schools he acquired a knowledge of the lumber business with his fatlier, and later went to Titusville, Penn- sylvania, where he was foreman in the lum- ber yards of Parker, Myers & Company for four years. He then purchased a farm in Frew's Run, four and one-half miles from Frewsburg, and cultivated the same for sev- eral years. Subsequently he located in the village of Frewsburg, where in partnership with a Mr. Baker he conducted a general store very successfully for ten years, at the expiration of which he retired and purchased a small farm near the village and resided thereon until a short time prior to his death. He was deeply interested in the care and beautifying of the Frewsburg cemetery and acted as its superintendent for twenty years. He was a Republican in politics and took an active interest in town affairs. He was a member of Mt. Moriah Lodge, No. 145, Free and Accepted Masons; Western Sun Chap- ter, Royal Arch Masons, of Jamestown. He was also an Odd Fellow, belonging to the Frewsburg Lodge.
He married (first) Anna B. Rose, born in 1835. died May 1, 1863, daughter of John and Polly (Wheeler) Rose. He married (second) December 5, 1867, Mary, born Janu- ary 21, 1835, daughter of John and Adeline ( Hitchcock) Townsend. Child of first mar- riage: Bartie Rose, of whom further. Child of second marriage: Lucien John, of whom further.
(VI) Bartie Rose, only son of Jonathan (2) Hiller and his first wife, Anna B. (Rose) Hiller, was born in Frewsburg, Chautauqua county, New York, April 21, 1863. He was
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educated in the public schools of Frewsburg, Frew's Run and Oak Hill. His early busi- ness life was spent in farming. On May 14, 1882, he entered the employ of the American Express Company as a driver for the office in Jamestown. Two years later he was pro- moted to the position of train messenger, running between Jamestown and Brockton. After two years on the road he was appointed a clerk in the Jamestown office, continuing as such eight years. He was then promoted to be manager of the Jamestown office, a position he now fills (1912). He is a trusted official and has earned each promotion by strict attention to business and an equal re- gard for the interests of his company and the rights of the public. He is held in the highest esteem by his fellow townsmen who honor his strict integrity and devotion to busi- ness.
After his marriage Mr. Hiller pur- chased a home at No. 306 West Fourth street, but later made his home with Mrs. William Carpenter, at No. 913 East Second street. He is a member of Mt. Moriah Lodge, No. 145, Free and Accepted Masons, and attends the Buffalo Street Methodist Episcopal Church, in behalf of which Mrs. Hiller is an active worker.
He married, at Jamestown, March 26, 1885, Julia W. Carpenter, born September 14, 1863, in the same house in which she was married and now resides (see Carpenter II). Child, Richard Carpenter, born in the same house as his mother, October 30, 1898.
(VI) Lucien John, only son of Jonathan (2) Hiller by his second wife, Mary (Town- send) Hiller, was born in the town of Car- roll, Chautauqua county, New York, June 16, 1870. He was educated in the schools of Frewsburg, to which village his parents re- moved when he was six years of age. In 1893 he began the study of telegraphy as an apprentice in the Frewsburg office. So well did he master the art that in 1896 he was appointed ticket agent and operator at Irving- ton, Pennsylvania, on the Dunkirk, Alle- gheny Valley & Pittsburg railroad. He re- mained there until May 1, 1899, when his health compelled him to resign and take a long rest. In about two years he was again in good health, and on July 1, 1901, he en- tered the employ of the Jamestown, Chautau- qua & Lake Erie Railroad Company as re- lief agent, remaining until March, 1902, when
he went to the Chautauqua station, and in June of the same year was appointed agent at Westfield. On April 29, 1903, he was ap- pointed station agent and operator at Frews- burg, where he yet remains (1912). He has been a member of Frewsburg Lodge, Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows, since July I, 1903, has passed all the chairs and is one of the trustees. He belongs to the Order of Railway Telegraphers, being affiliated with Lake Shore Division, No. 29. He is a Re- publican in politics.
He married, in Warren county, Pennsyl- vania, December 17, 1896, Cora Edith Learn, born September, 1870, educated in the Russell schools and a member of the United Brethren church. She is a daughter of Jacob and Sa- rah (Northrop) Learn. Children: I. May Edith, born in Irvington, Pennsylvania, July 16, 1898. 2. Maurice Lucien, born in Frews- burg, New York, March 15, 1908. This fam- ily resides in Frewsburg, where Mr. Hiller erected a residence on Front street, in 1906.
(The ,Carpenter Line.)
(I) William Carpenter was born in Lon- don, England, in 1792, died at Franklin, Pennsylvania, August 9, 1866. When a lad of sixteen years of age he was forced to en- ter the British navy, serving on a man-of- war. He sailed over many seas, cruised the Guinea coast of Africa and finally the ship was ordered to the United States coast. He was steersman of the captain's gig and when off the Maine coast was sent ashore for grass, etc., for the ship's animals. He had always claimed he was half American and de- termined at the first opportunity to become a full fledged citizen of the United States. Taking advantage of this trip ashore he made pretext to get away from the boat's crew and never returned. He settled in Maine, where he married, later coming to Chautauqua county, New York, where he helped to build the first steamboat on Lake Chautauqua. When she was put in service she was com- manded by Captain Carpenter. He was a devout member of the Methodist Episcopal church and a man greatly beloved. He was fond of company, and from his rich fund of adventure a most pleasing entertainer.
He married Nancy Blake, of Maine, who bore him twelve children, among whom were: William, mentioned below, and Colonel Eliot Foote Carpenter, who was killed at the bat-
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tle of Drury's Bluff, fought during the civil war.
(II) William (2), son of William (1) and Nancy ( Blake) Carpenter, was born in the town of Ellicott, Chautauqua county, New York, September 7, 1822. He was educated in the public schools, and spent his early life in Jamestown. Later he went west where he followed farming. After his return to Chau- tauqua he bought a stump-pulling machine which he operated for some time. He also boated and rafted lumber to lower river points. He finally went to Westfield where he learned axe grinding, later returning to Jamestown, where he followed that trade and met his death through the bursting of a rap- idly revolving grindstone. He was a devoted church worker, and a citizen of the best type. The present family home, at No. 913 East Second street, was purchased by him in 1851. He was a member of the Methodist Episco- pal church, and a Republican.
He married, at Fluvanna, New York, March 10, 1846, Sibyl Maria Jeffords, born in the town of Chautauqua, May 24, 1826, daughter of John Jeffords, born in Monroe county, New York, May 16, 1802, died No- vember 5, 1834; married Phoebe Wood, born May 28, 1800, died September 7, 1874. Mrs. Jeffords married a second husband, Loren Babcock. Mrs. Sibyl Maria (Jeffords) Car- . penter survives her husband and continues her residence in Jamestown. She has always been an active christian worker, and although left a widow at a comparatively early age, brought up her children to lives of usefulness and honor. Now in her eighty-fifth year, she is still active and enjoys the companionship of her many friends and relatives. Children of William and Sibyl Maria Carpenter : I. Charles Frank, born June 15. 1847. died Sep- tember II, 1852. 2. Elial Foote, born October 6, 1849, died July 3, 1887 : married Florence R., daughter of Samuel B. and Nancy Jane Dowley ; children : Clara F. and Ethel H. 3. Phoebe Wood, born November 16, 1852, died March 9, 1903; married Nicholas Hiller ; children: Clyde B. and Lizzie P. 4. Mary Ida, born February 24, 1855; married Alex- ander Hiller. 5. Charles Jeffords, born No- vember 20, 1857; married Jennie H. Young ; children : Charles R. and Aline Sibyl, the latter of whom married T. N. Nelson. 6. Julia W., born September 14, 1863; married Bartie Rose Hiller (see Hiller VI).
The Wheeler family is of WHEELER English origin. It is re- corded that during the reign. of Charles II ( 1649-1685) Sir Charles Whee- ler was appointed "Captain General of the Caribee Islands," and that in 1693 the Eng- lish fleet under command of Sir Francis Wheeler put into Boston to recruit. Orcutt, the historian of Stratford, Connecticut, says "Wheelers were in and around London four hundred years."
Between 1620 and 1650 many families of the nanie came from England and settled in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Virginia. In Hotten's "Lists of Emigrants to America," 1600-1700, it is stated that Henrie Wheeler embarked at London, May 16, 1635 in the "Plaine Joane," for Virginia; that July 24, 1635, John Wheeler embarked in the "Assur- ance" from London for Virginia; that Au- gust 1, 1679, John Wheeler Jr., sailed in the ship "Returne" from New England. There was a John Wheeler in Newbury, Massachu- setts, whom, Savage says, "came in the Mary and John in 1634." His will (1668) men- tions children and grandchildren here, and sons Adam, Edward and William in Salis- bury, Wiltshire, England. George Joseph and Obadiah Wheeler were among the early set- tlers of Concord, Massachusetts, and may have been members of the first party that set- tled there in 1635. There was a Thomas Wheeler in Boston in 1636; an Isaac in Charlestown in 1643; a Joseph in Newbury who died in 1659; a Thomas in Lynn in 1642; a Moses in Stratford, Connecticut, whom Or- cutt says was born in Kent, England, in 1598. Shallick says that between 1650 and 1680 there were in Concord alone thirty distinct families of the name. Farmer records as an interesting fact that twenty-six of the name graduated from New England colleges in 1826. The name is particularly distinguished in medicine, and is a noted one in military history.
(I) George Wheeler came from England about 1640; was an original settler of Con- cord, Massachusetts ; was freeman, 1641, died prior to June 2, 1687. He was twice married. (II) William, son of George Wheeler, died in Concord, December 31, 1683; married, Oc- tober 30, 1659, Hannah Beers.
(III) William (2), son of William (I) Wheeler, was born in Concord, February 8, 1665, died there May 29, 1752; married Sa-
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rah -, born, 1669, died September 23, 1744.
(IV) Francis, son of William (2) Whee- ler, was born in Concord, February 8, 1697, died there November, 1794; married, Janu- ary 23, 1740, Sarah Blood, born January 10, 1697, died May 17, 1769.
(V) Phineas, son of Francis Wheeler, was born April 3. 1745, died June 18, 1814; mar- ried Lydia Meriam, born May 1, 1747.
(VI) William (3), son of Phineas Whee- ler, was born 1780, died at Deposit, New York, 1851. He lived when a young man at Blandford, Massachusetts, but at the age of twenty-one years came to Delaware county, New York. He purchased pine timber on the hills and built a cabin on the Delaware river, in which he lived with one of his brothers. They cut the trees, hauled them to the river bank and in the spring started a raft down the Delaware destined for the Philadelphia lumber market. The first raft was broken up and lost. The second, which William him- self piloted, reached Philadelphia safely. He continued in the lumber business ten years, then returned to Blandford and married the girl who had waited for him ten years, they having been engaged before he came to New York state. They lived at Hancock, Dela- ware county, but in 1813 moved to Deposit, New York, then called "Cook House." While at Hancock he built a saw mill, sending the manufactured lumber to Philadelphia. At Deposit he owned mills and timber lands and carried on an extensive lumber business, be- coming prominent and well to do. He owned a large farm in Greene. Chenango county, and a great deal of timber land, and with Deacon Ezra May and Henry Dusenbury bought fif- teen hundred acres and a saw mill on Dodge's creek, in what is now Portville, Cattaraugus county, New York. This was succeeded by large purchases, and an extensive business was done in lumbering, etc. He was repre- sented in the company by his son, William F., while the father remained in Deposit. where his private business was located. He was a good man. deacon of the Presbyterian church, and a Whig in politics. He married, in 1811, Eleanor Knox, of Blandford, Mas- sachusetts. Children: Malina. Nelson, Bet- sey, William F .. of further mention; Tru- man, Addison and George. Nelson, George and Truman were graduates of Union College, Schenectady, New York.
(VII) William F., son of William (3) Wheeler, was born in the town of Hancock, Delaware county, New York, June 13, 18II, and died at his home in Portville, Cattarau- gus county, New York, June 6, 1892. IIe was two years old when his parents moved to Deposit, where his boyhood days were spent and his education obtained. He was intended for a farmer, but at an early age was allowed to make a trip to Philadelphia on one of his father's lumber rafts and there contracted a love for a lumberman's life that never left him. He worked in the logging camps, in the mills and on the rafts, until he was twenty-two years of age, then was sent to the farm of his father in Greene, Che- mango county, as manager, but having no heart in the work did not long remain. In 1833 his father made a large purchase of tim- ber land in Cattaraugus county in association with Deacon May and Henry Dusenbury, and formed with others the lumber company of Dusenbury, Wheeler, May & Company. Will- iam F. had an interest in the company, and February 14, 1834, first came to Cattaraugus county and began his lumbering operations on the Allegheny river. A store was built and is said to have been the first "cold water raising" ever held in the county. The first raft he took to Pittsburgh was sold at four dollars and seventy-five cents per thousand feet, more than a dollar less than it took to make and run it to market. At this time oc- casional church services were held in a shed at Millgrove, in an old barn or in Mr. Whee- ler's dining room. Mail came once a week, the nearest postoffice being Olean. In 1836 the firm built a school house that was also used for church purposes, the pulpit being filled by itinerant ministers, both Methodist and Presbyterian. The mercantile business of the firm was conducted by Henry Dusen- bury, while Mr. Wheeler was in charge of the lumbering operations. In speaking of his partner, Mr. Wheeler said, "He was a thor- oughgoing, upright, business man, well fitted for the position he occupied. Conscientious in every act, reliable as the sun, he watched every need and development of our business and his stability gave character and success to our firm. We were well fitted to work together as each possessed qualities lacking in the other. Without Dusenbury I might have been a failure as a lumberman, and with- out Wheeler he might have been."
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At this time (1836) the nearest bank was at Bath, New York, seventy miles distant, and here the firm did all their banking, Mr. Wheeler doing the depositing and making these journeys on horseback. In 1837 the firm started a lumber yard in Cincinnati, Ohio, and made additional purchases of four thousand acres of pine timber land and a saw mill on Tionesta creek, Pennsylvania. The Cincinnati branch was later in charge of a son, Nelson P. Wheeler, and William, a son of Mr. Dusenbury, for several years, then sold. In 1851 William Wheeler, the father, died, followed in 1860 by Mr. Dusenbury. The business was continued by the two sons of Mr. Wheeler, and three sons of Mr. Du- senbury being admitted, with William F. Wheeler as senior member. In 1871 they or- ganized a national bank at Olean, the first na- tional bank in Cattaraugus county. William F. Wheeler was chosen the first president, an office he held until his death. He was a mem- ber of the Presbyterian church, having joined at Deposit, New York, when he was twenty years of age. In 1840 he was active in the organization of the First Presbyterian church in Cattaraugus county, located at Olean. In 1849 a Presbyterian church was organized at Portville, of which he was an elder, and for eight years superintendent of the Sunday school. He was the uncompromising foe of liquor, and discouraged its use in every way. For several years he was school trustee, held other town offices, and in 1879 was elected a member of the New York state assembly, refusing to be a candidate for a second term.
He married (first) in 1839, Flora, daugh- ter of Judge Quintus Flaminius Atkins, of Cleveland, Ohio. She died in 1850, leaving three children: Nelson P., William Egbert (q. v.), and Augusta, two having died. He married (second) 1852, Marilla Clark, of Peacham, Vermont, who bore one child, Lilla Clark, who is now ( 1911) a resident of Port- ville, New York.
Marilla Clark Wheeler survived her hus- band until January 21, 1907, when she passed away, leaving one child, Lilla.
(VIII) Lilla Clark, only child of William F. Wheeler and his second wife, Marilla Clark, was born in September -, 1859, in Port- ville, Cattaraugus county, New York, which is still her residence (1911). She is a mem- ber of the Presbyterian church. With the exception of some time spent in travelling,
she has resided here during her entire life. In 1890 she edited and published for private circulation an autobiographic sketch of her father, William F. Wheeler. Her mother, Marilla Clark Wheeler, left an autobiography in manuscript, which follows in part :
"My father's name was George Washington Clark, born in Lebanon, Connecticut. His fa- ther was Dan Clark, who married my grand- mother when she was sixteen and he nineteen. At thirty-six she was left a widow with ten children. Her name was Rebekah Hunt. My father came from Lebanon to Peacham, Ver- mont, as a young man, bringing his mother and her mother, my great-grandmother, whose name was Abigail Rose. Her husband, Gideon Hunt, died before they left Lebanon. Abigail Rose Hunt lived to be ninety-six years old. My grandmother's children were: Uncle Dan, the oldest; Jonathan Trumbull, and my father, George Washington. The daughters were: Rebekah, who died of consumption at nineteen; Aunt Abigail Sumner; Aunt Victoria Buell; Aunt Clemency Poor; Aunt Dolly (Dorothy) Merrill, and Aunt Lucinia Martin.
"My mother's name was Meroe Strobridge, born in Claremont, New Hampshire, February 14, 1791. Her father, William Strobridge, was born in Middleborough, Massachusetts. He studied for the ministry with Rev. Ebenezer Hinds, and married his daughter. She died in less than a year, and he married my grand- mother, Hannah Tuttle. He enlisted in the rev- olutionary army in 1775. and was in the army during the whole war. My father and mother were married in Barnet, Vermont. My mother had nine children, of whom I was the sixth, and the youngest of five girls: Meroe, Lucetta. Hannah, Lucinda and myself, Marilla; then came three boys: George, Harvey and Dan. The first child, Dan Clark, died aged four years.
"My father and mother began life in a little house on a farm of forty acres. After abotit six years my father bought a farm of two hun- dred acres. Here we lived in the primitive fashion of those early days. We had bare floors until I was a girl of sixteen or more, and then the first carpet, a homemade one of rags, was put down in the parlor. We had nothing but tallow candles made from the tallow of our own cattle while I was at home, and wood from our own forests was our only fuel. We went to school a long mile and a half away. We had very few books. In school we had Webster's spelling book, Murray's grammar. Morse's ge- ography, and Adam's arithmetic. We had just one little weekly newspaper, and fully three- fourths of it was taken up with advertisements. My grandfather and grandmother lived in Bar- net. He drew a pension all his life. I was nine years old when we moved about three miles away from the farm where I was born to what was then called 'The Hollow,' now East Peacham. The house we moved to was built by General Chamberlain, an officer of the revo- lution. I attended the district school until I was fifteen years old, then I went to the acad-
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emy upon the hill. About 1838 I began teach- ing in the town of Barnet. I taught fourteen weeks for fourteen dollars. Never in my life have I felt so rich as when I brought home those fourteen dollars. Then I taught in Peacham, up at what was called the Corner. My next school was in the east part of Peacham. The last summer I taught in Vermont was in West Barnet, but had only taught there a short time when I received an invitation to go to Cin- cinnati, Ohio, and become the principal of a school there. After a family consultation I de- cided to go, and one of my sisters finished out my school in West Barnet. My oldest brother, George, accompanied me to Cincinnati. Our people drove us to Burlington, then we took a steamboat and went down to Whitehall, New York; there we took a canal boat to Albany, from there by canal boat all the way to Buffalo, and from there on a steamboat to Sandusky, then over a corduroy road, then by railroad to Cin- cinnati. From Sandusky to Cincinnati the cars were flat cars, like the gravel cars of the present day, with seats on the side. This was in July, and the day after my arrival I went right into school. The heat was something beyond my power to imagine. I was not fitted for the place and had to work hard to make myself capable. There was not a single book I had ever seen before except the Bible. There were nine de- partments. My pupils were all girls, ranging from about thirteen to eighteen years. The first three months it was extremely hot, and this was the hardest three months of my life. But I persevered, and after six months my troubles all seemed to disappear. I was well and made a great many agreeable acquaintances. I grew to like the city and remained there five years, teaching in the same room. It was three years before I went home or saw one of my family. I taught reading, spelling, geography, arithme- tic, grammar, algebra and history. All the schools in the city began at eight o'clock, con- tinued till twelve, then from one to four. This continued one year, when the hours were changed to those of the present day. From the very beginning I sang in the church choir, first
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