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ated under the same name with Mr. Roberson as president. He is one of the most substan- tial business men of the city. In religion, a Presbyterian, and in politics a Democrat. He is a member of the Binghamton Club, the Mercantile-Press Club and the Binghamton Country Club, and is vice-president of the Broome County Trust Company. He mar- ried, December 4, 1887, Margaret Hays, born November 25, 1866, daughter of Andrew and Hannah C. (Ring) Hays.
The Richer and Richter families
RICHER are identical. The early history of the family in this country dates back to colonial times. It is thought that the original settlers were Nicholas and Michael Richter, who were living in 1790. according to the first federal census. There were just four of this surname in New York state at that time, and it seems probable that if these two were not the only original settlers the family would have been more numerous. Nicholas Richter had two males over sixteen in his family, and five females, and was liv- ing at Duanesburg, Albany county, New York. He was father or brother of Michael Richter, of the same town, who had four males over sixteen, three under that age, and six females in his family. This Michael must have been born about 1730, and if he were the son of Nicholas, the latter would be at least seventy-five years in 1790. But there was another Michael in Rensselaerville, Al- bany county, in 1790, having one son under sixteen and four females in his family. It seems more likely that Nicholas was brother of Michael first mentioned, and Michael had a son of the same name. There was another Nicholas in 1790 in Palatine, Montgomery county, New York, doubtless related and probably son of Nicholas of Albany county.
(I) Nicholas Richer, son of Nicholas or Michael Richter, mentioned above, was born in 1772, probably at Berlin, Rensselaer county, New York, where he lived in his youth. In 1800 he located at Columbus, New York, where he. died November 1, 1829, aged fifty- seven years. He married Annie Wilcox, of the old Rhode Island family of that surname. He was a substantial citizen, a farmer during all his active life. Children: Nicholas ; John, mentioned below ; Randall, died July 12, 1866, aged sixty-three years : Anson, died January 28, 1855. aged forty-nine years.
(II) John, son of Nicholas Richer, was born in Rensselaer county, New York, Febru- ary 9, 1799, and died at Columbus, New York, June 11, 1881. He came when a young child to Columbus with his parents, and through a long, active and useful life followed farming in that town. He married, September 17, 1820, Juliana Lottridge, born April 5, 1804, died November 30, 1884. daughter of John and Polly (Reed) Lottridge. Children: I. Adelia, born February 28, 1822; died March 19. 1873; married Israel Schofield. 2. Nicholas, mentioned below. 3. Adeline, born March 2, 1832; married Harlow Lamb. 4. Mary, born April 7, 1834: died March 29, 1888; married Lewis White. 5. John Leland, born March 15, 1847 ; lives on the homestead at Columbus ; married. August 4, 1881. Liz- zie Heacock, and has son, Linn, born Novem- ber 9, 1882. 6. Juba Adelaide, born January 10, 1849; married Lewis E. Simons; lives in Columbus.
(III) Nicholas (2), son of John Richer, was born at Columbus. April 11, 1827, and received his early education there in the pub- lic schools.
He has followed farming all his ac- tive life and has been also engaged in the manufacture of butter and cheese. In manu- facturing he began in a modest way with a cheese factory in the town of Columbus, and as his business grew he added to his facili- ties by enlarging his original plant and erect- ing new factories in other places, until in the course of time he was the owner of no less than fourteen creameries and cheese factories in Columbus, Brookfield, Edmeston and Bridgewater, New York, and he was also a partner in the ownership of a general store in Columbus. Since 1891 he has made his home in New Berlin, with his son. He in- vested extensively in real estate, and owns six large farms in Chenango county, all in the highest state of cultivation. In all these varied lines of activity he displayed the same activity and sagacity, and took rank among the foremost business men of the community. He was enterprising but not speculative in his business methods. Through- out his life he has enjoyed the fullest measure of confidence and respect from his townsmen. In politics he is a Republican. He married (first) March 6, 1855. Ann F. Whitmore, of Columbus, New York, daughter of Luther and Elsie (Perkins ) Whitmore. and sister of
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George B. Whitmore (see Whitmore). They had one son, Irving L., mentioned below.
(IV) Irving L., son of Nicholas (2) Richer, was born November 21, 1858, in Co- lumbus, New York, and was educated there in the public schools and at New Berlin Academy, and at Eastman Business College, Poughkeepsie, New York, from which he was graduated in 1878. He became immedi- ately afterward a dealer in general merchan- dise at Columbus, where he continued in busi- ness until 1886. Since then he has been a dealer in grain and feed at New Berlin, New York. His business was established by Church, Morgan & Company, and was after- ward conducted by the firm of Morris Brothers & Kimball. Mr. Richer first pur- chased the interests of Morris Brothers, and later bought out the Kimball share. It is the oldest concern in this line of business in the town. He also deals in coal, plaster, ce- ment, etc .. and has a cold storage plant. He has been active in public affairs, and assisted in every project for the welfare of the city. Mainly through his efforts the New Berlin Light & Power Company was organized in 1889, and he has been director and manager from the beginning. He formerly held a quarter interest in the Norwich Produce Company, and he has branch stores in South Edmeston and West Edmeston, dealing in flour, feed and grain. In politics Mr. Richer is a Republican, and he has been a member of the town board four years, one term as town clerk, another as supervisor. He ranks among the foremost men of business in the community. His success has been won by hard work, persistent industry and enterprise. His business methods have been characterized by uprightness and integrity, high purpose, and conscientiousness in all his dealings. He commands the highest respect and esteem of his neighbors not only for his personal quali- ties and manly character, but for a fine public spirit and a willingness to cooperate in ev- ery movement intended to uplift and help the community. In religion he is an Episco- palian.
Ile married, June 21, 1882, Elvira D. Wil- cox, of Columbus, New York. daughter of Lewis and Helen ( Waters) Wilcox. Her father was a son of Isaiah and Polly Ann (Lottridge ) Wilcox. William Lottridge, father of Polly Ann, was a brother of John Lottridge, and both came from Albany in
1799, settled at Columbus, and have numer- ons descendants in this vicinity. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Richer: 1. Winifred Lillian, born April, 1883; married Rufus C. Beards- ley, of Cleveland, Ohio, hydraulic and elec- trical engineer ; children : Ruthven and Richer, twins, born 1904: John Calhoun, born July, 1909. 2. Marjorie Ann, born 1887; married Charles Mitchell, of New Berlin. 3. John I., born January, 1894.
( The Whitmore Line).
(VII) Luther, son of Samuel Whitmore (q. v.), was born in 1792, in Columbus town- ship. He received his education in the dis- trict schools, and at Fairfield Academy, from which he was graduated in 1815. For a while he was clerk in a store near his home, and also a surveyor. He was a finely educated man for the times, and taught in the district schools when a young man. He owned a farm of one hundred and thirty acres next to his father's farm of one hundred acres, and later he owned both farms. He was very success- ful in farming, and became a large property owner. Late in life he retired from active work and lived at Columbus Center, where he died at the age of seventy-six years. In politics he was a Whig and Republican, and was very prominent and active, and during his life there were few years when he did not hold some public office. He married Elsie Perkins, who lived to be eighty-five years of age. She was daughter of Daniel Per- kins, an early settler of Shawler Creek, near the Great Western turnpike. Children: I. Sammel, a farmer of Chenango county. 2. Daniel E .. leading citizen of Marathon vil- lage, Cortland county, New York, in the wholesale produce business connected with G. B. Whitmore & Company. 3. Ann F., married Nicholas Richer (see Richer). 4. Augustus C., farmer in state of Wisconsin. 5. John L., prominent physician and pharmacist in Minnesota. 6. George B., mentioned be- low. 7. Henry J .. teacher in Minnesota and later a merchant. 8. Lee H., in business in Minnesota. 9. Alice, married Andrew Robin- son, a stone mason, of Chenango county.
(VIII) Hon. George B. Whitmore, son of Luther Whitmore, was born in Columbus, Chenango county, New York, June 29. 1834. He was educated in the district schools and in the academy, intending at first to be a teacher. He next learned the carpenter's
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trade and for some years carried on a very successful contracting business. He secured capital enough to start in the produce and commission business and gave up the other line of work. He had headquarters of the wholesale produce business at New Berlin and Edmeston. For a time he shipped only to New York City, and soon gained the con- fidence and good will of all who had business with him. He established his business in New York City in 1869, at 89 and 91 War- ren street. For the first five years he had a partner, but he bought him out and for nearly ten years continued alone. His fine business ability and energy brought him a very large trade, and operations were extended to many places. He soon became a formidable rival of the largest and oldest firms of the kind in the city. He became very wealthy through his foresight and work, as he was careful rather than too hasty in advancing his trade. In July, 1885. he admitted his nephew, D. W. Whitmore, son of Ilon. Daniel E. Whitmore, of Marathon, into the firm, and the name be- came G. B. Whitmore & Company. Later a younger brother of D. W. Whitmore, D. L. Whitmore, became a partner, but the firm name remained the same. The firm now continues to do an enormous amount of busi- ness in general farm produce, handling more cheese than any other commission house in New York.
Hon. George B. Whitmore is distinctly a self-made man, and has made the most of his opportunities in every way. He became one of the most prominent and wealthy men in Chenango county. For fifteen years he lived in Brooklyn, but later returned to Chenango county, living in Sherburne. In religion he is an Episcopalian, being a warden of the church. He purchased the M. L. Harvery property of two acres on Main street and built a very handsome house there, furnished with good taste. The artistic arrangement of the grounds with fountain, shrubbery and flower beds, brings pleasure to all who see them. He owns much real estate in Sherburne and nearby towns. In politics he is a Republican, and has held many offices. He has served as president of the village corporation from 1886 to 1891, and for two terms was super- visor of the town, and chairman one of the terms. In 1885 he received a plurality of I,130 votes for the office of representative of Chenango county to the state assembly. In
the assembly he was a member of the commit- tee on banks, and chairman of the committee of charitable and religious societies. Ile has been chairman of the county committee and also has held many other offices.
He married Marian, daughter of Frederick Furman, and they have one child, Marian O., who is an accomplished artist and very popu- lar with her friends.
Wyatt A. Allen lived in Dryden, ALLEN Tompkins county, New York. He married (first ) Green, and ( second) Hulda Hait. Children by first wife: George R., mentioned below : Hamil- ton, married Helen Becker ; Ilarlow, married Sally Ford; Harriet, married Asa Benham; Marietta, unmarried. Children by second wife: Caroline, Amanda, Betsey.
(II) George Riley, son of Wyatt A. Allen, was born in 1813, in Dryden, and died there March 15, 1845, aged thirty-two years. He was a farmer in Dryden all his life. He mar- ried Sarah Ann Benham, born in Marcellus, New York, September 1, 1814. died in Octo- ber, 1889, daughter of Isaac B. Benham, who married (first) Sally A. Baker, and had chil- dren: Rev. John B .. Rev. Asa B., Alanson, Allen, Eunice; he married ( second) Olive Baker, and had children: Sarah Ann and Mary Lane: he married ( third) Matilda Holmes, and had children : Isaac, David, Rev. James V., who lives in Syracuse, Matilda, Charlotte and Elizabeth. Children of George Riley Allen: George Frank (mentioned be- low) ; Adelaide, married Harvey Smith, of Auburn, New York.
(III) George Frank, son of George Riley Allen, was born in Virgil. Cortland county, New York, in 1838, and lives now at Slater- ville Springs, New York. Ile lived the greater part of his life in Tompkins county. He had a farm near Auburn for a short time. and later had one near Ludlowville, Tompkins county. He removed to Slaterville Springs in 1906. In politics he is a Republican, and has served as collector and trustee of the town. In religion he is a Methodist and has always been active in church work. Ile was steward and superintendent of the Sunday school at Ludlowville. He married Julia Ann, daugh- ter of Henry and Julia Ann ( Bloom) Bower. Julia Ann Bloom came from Germany. Chil- dren : Anna Augusta. born June 10, 1871. married Rev. William Wallace Ketchum and
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they have a son, Albert Allen Ketchum ; Paul Riley (mentioned below ).
(IV) Rev. Paul Riley Allen, son of George Frank Allen, was born in Lansingville, Tomp- kins county, New York, May 6, 1876. He received his education in the public schools, in Cazenovia Seminary and New York Uni- versity. He also attended the Drew Theolog- ical Seminary, from which he was graduated in 1902, and the Hartford Theological Semi- nary, post-graduate. During these theologi- cal courses he was preaching all the time, and in 1901 received deacon's orders in the Metho- dist Conference at Hoboken, New Jersey, be- fore he attended the Hartford Theological Seminary. He was ordained to preach in the Congregational church at Cambridge, Wash- ington county, New York. December 2, 1902, and remained there for two years. He then went to Corning, New York, where he re- mained for three years. In 1907 he came to Norwich, New York, as pastor of the Con- gregational church, and has remained there since then. He is a member of Norwich Lodge, No. 302, Free and Accepted Masons ; of Harmony Chapter, No. 151, Royal Arch Masons, and of Norwich Commandery, No. 51. Knights Templar, of Norwich.
He married (first), 1899, Anna Barber Par- ker, born in Coventry, Chenango county, New York, June 2, 1874, died in Norwich, April 4. 1910, daughter of Peter H. and Addie (Pearsall) Parker (see Parker III). Child: Elizabeth Pauline, born in Coventry. August 2, 1902. He married ( second), July 26, 1911, Gertrude Hicks. of Norwich, daughter of Judge John H. and Fannie F. (Hawkins) Hicks.
(The Parker Line).
William Parker, immigrant ancestor, came from England in 1633, perhaps with Thomas Wiggin, in the ship "James," to Dover, New Hampshire. In Hotten's "History of Ameri- can Emigrants," on May 21, 1635, William Parker and Margaret Pritchard, both seven- teen years of age, were passengers on the ship "Matthew" from London to St. Christophers. which was a small island in the West Indies. This William Parker may have been the an- cestor, for in 1635 a Dutch ship brought salt and tobacco from there to Marblehead and there were English passengers aboard the ship. William Parker and his wife may have come then, arriving in Hartford in 1636, at which time he was an original proprietor there.
In 1633 "the Bristol men had sold their in- terest in Piscataqua to the Lords Say and Brooke, George Wyllys, and William Whiting, who continued Thomas Wiggin their agent." He had a home lot on what is now Trumbull street, in 1639. He moved to Saybrook about 1639, and owned much land there, as well as in Hebron. The land in Hebron he had re- ceived by the will of Joshua, third son of Un- cas. In 1666, in the division of upland in East Hartford, he had thirty-six acres, which he sold, and in 1674 he also sold land which he received in the division on the west side of Hartford. In 1673, after several grants to those who served in the Pequot war, his son William received a grant of one hundred acres, confirming a grant which had "slipt re- cording," so it is probable that he served in the Pequot war. He was prominent in public life, holding several town offices. He was often on important town committees, and was deputy to the general court at the special ses- sion of 1652, and at the May sessions of 1679 and 1681, and the October sessions of 1678- 79-80-81.
He married (first), about 1636, Margery -, who died December 6, 1680. She may have been a ward or relative of William Whit- ing, for he left her ten pounds in his will. He married (second), before 1682, Elizabeth Pratt, widow of Lieutenant William Pratt. He died at Saybrook. December 28, 1686. Chil- dren : 1. Sarah, born about October 29, 1637, in Hartford ; married, in 1662, Joseph, son of Deacon William Peck, of New Haven ; lived in Lyme, where they have many descendants ; children: Sarah, Joseph, Elizabeth, Deborah, Hannah, Ruth, Samuel, Joseph. 2. Joseph, born March, 1639-40, died aged twenty weeks. 3. John, born February I, 1641-42, at Hart- ford : a proprietor of Saybrook ; prominent in public affairs and gunner and master of the great artillery at Saybrook Fort, November 30, 1683, and had charge of fort during An- dros's régime ; married. December 24, 1666, Mary, daughter of Thomas Buckingham, of Milford ; died 1706; had children: John, De- borah, Ebenezer and Samuel. 4. Ruth, born June I, 1643, at Hartford : married William Barber, about 1663, and had children: Ruth, Elizabeth, George, Deborah, Martha, Hannah, Abigail, William. 5. William, born midsum- mer, 1645, at Saybrook : married (first), about 1672, Cora -, and (second). September 7. 1676, Lydia Brown, who died in 1728: he
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died August 20, 1725 ; was deacon, and promi- nent in town affairs ; their children were : Will- iam, born 1673, Lydia, 1690. 6. Joseph, born February, 1647-48, at Saybrook; married (first), June 3, 1673, Hannah Gillbord (Gil- bert) ; ( second) Mary -; died in 1725; children by first wife: Joseph, Jonathan, Sarah and Hannah, twins, who died the same day, 1676, Hannah, Margery, born and died 1681, Margery, Matthew and Jonathan. 7. Margaret, born at Saybrook, about 1650 ; mar- ried, 1671, Joseph, son of Lieutenant William and Elizabeth (Clark) Pratt ; died before 1686, children : Joseph, William, Sarah, Experience, Margaret. 8. Jonathan, born February, 1652- 53, died before 1683. 9. David, born Febru- ary, 1656, at Saybrook ; served in Indian wars in his youth and received serious wounds which troubled him through life; died in 1723. 10. Deborah, born March, 1658, died before 1683.
(I) Simeon Parker, of this Saybrook fam- ily, was born in Saybrook, now Chester, Con- necticut.
(II) Joel, son of Simeon Parker, settled in New York, removing from Chester, Connecti- cut.
(III) Peter H., son of Joel Parker, married Addie Pearsall. Their daughter, Anna Bar- ber, born at Coventry, Chenango county, New York, June 2, 1874, died in Norwich, April 4, 1910. married Rev. Paul Riley Allen (see Al- len IV).
ANNABEL Anthony Annable, the immi- grant ancestor, came over in the ship "Anne" in 1623. He settled first in Plymouth, where he lived until 1634, removing then to Scituate, Massachu- setts, where he was one of the founders of the town and church. He was called "Goodman" Annable, and was "most useful in church and State." For thirteen years he was deputy to the colony court. He was a Puritan in re- ligion, and was respected for his sound judg- ment and Christian character. He lived in the colony fifty-one years, dying in 1674, and was said to be seventy-five years old at his death. He married ( first ) Jane who was bur- jed December 13. 1643: (second), March 3, 1644-45, Ann Clarke (Ann Elocke, according to some authorities), and she was buried May 16, 1651. He married (third) Ann or Han- nah Barker, who was buried March 16, 1658. He spelled his name Annable, and in the rec-
ords it was spelled also Anable, Anible, Anni- ble and Anniball. Some families spell it Han- nable and Hannibal. Children by first wife: Sarah, born 1622, in England; Hannah, born at Plymouth, Massachusetts, about 1625; Su- sannah, about 1630. Children by second wife : Daughter, died in infancy, buried April 8, 1635 ; Deborah, baptized May 7, 1637, in Scit- uate ; Samuel, mentioned below : Ezekiel, bap- tized April 29, 1649. Child by third wife : De- sire, baptized October 16, 1653.
(II) Samuel, son of Anthony Annable, was born January 22, 1646, and died in 1678. He married, June 1, 1667, Mehitable, daughter of Thomas Allyn of Barnstable, Massachu- setts. She married (second), May 6, 1683, Cornelius Briggs, of Scituate. Children : Samuel, born July 14, 1669; Hannah, March 16, 1672, died August, 1672 ; John, mentioned below : Anna, March 4, 1676.
(III) John, son of Samuel Annable, was born July 19, 1673. He married, June 16, 1692, Experience Taylor, born 1672, daughter of Edward and Mary (Merks ) Taylor. Chil- dren: Samuel, born September 3, 1693; Me- hitable, September 28, 1695 ; John, April, 1697, died May, 1697: John, May 3, 1698; Mary, December, 1704; Cornelius, mentioned below ; Abigail, April 30, 1710.
(IV) Cornelius, son of John Annable, was born November 3, 1704, and lived in Milling- ton, East Haddam, in 1728, and was living there in 1747. He married Experience -
Children : Anne, born February 23. 1729, at East Haddam : Mehitable, September 4, 1731; Susanna, April 28, 1733; Cornelius, mentioned below ; Ansel, June 29, 1737 ; Elijah, June 27, 1741 ; John, April 18, 1744; Temperance, April 15, 1747.
(V) Cornelius (2), son of Cornelius ( I) Annable, was born April 28, 1736, and prob- ably died before 1790, as none of his name is found in the census in 1790. In 1790 we find Antoni Anebal in Fairfield, Connecti- cut, and Ebenezer Anebal at Huntington, near Fairfield. Anson Anabal had a family at He- bron, Tolland county, and Abraham Anable at Haddam, Middlesex county. John and Joseph Hannibal were reported from East Haddam. In 1790, in the Massachusetts census, we also find a few of the family, under various spell- ings; Samuel, Jacob. William, Lieutenant Ed- ward, and Isaac. Samuel and Edward were of Ashfield, and of this branch of the family. In the revolution, according to the Massachu-
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setts records, Edward of Ashfield, Isaac of Dartmouth, John of Ipswich, Joseph of New- buryport, William of Rochester, Robert of Chelsea, and Isaac of Oxford, were soldiers. Joseph, Job and Isaac were in Connecticut regiments. In 1790 there were a few already located in New York state, doubtless also of this family. Cornelius married, at East Had- dam, November 10, 1760, Lucy Green.
(VI) Cornelius (3), son of Cornelius (2) Annable, was born in 1777, probably at East Haddam, Connecticut, and died in Howard, Steuben county, New York. In early life he was a seafaring man. He lived first in Onon- daga county and later in Steuben county, New York. He married, in 1809, in Groton, Con- necticut. Abigail Lankton. Children: Will- iam, born in Groton, May 18, 1810; John, in Groton, 1812; Caleb, mentioned below ; Fred- erick L., mentioned below; Lydia, born at Pompey, New York, August 9, 1822.
(VII) Frederick L., son of Cornelius (3) Annable, was born November 30, 1817, at Fabius, Onondaga county, New York, and died August 20, 1896, in Howard, New York. He was a farmer. He served as trustee of public schools and in various other town of- fices. road commissioner, etc. He married (first), in 1844, Sarah Edgett (second), July 4, 1849, Margaret Woods, born in Mount Joy. Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, 1828, daugh- ter of William and Margaret ( Ronaldson) Woods, both born in Dublin, Ireland. Chil- dren, born in Howard: 1. Charles E., men- tioned below. 2. Lydia J., June 30, 1852 ; mar- ried Lancelot Dawson, of Howard. 3. Sarah E., November 11, 1854; married John Van Housen, of Chicago. 4. William H., May 30, 1857 ; farmer in Howard. 5. Frederick C., of whom further. 6. Floyd A., October II, 1863, died July 31, 1911 ; married, February 22, 1887, Emma Edgett ; children : Lawrence ; Florence L., June 23, 1891 ; Margaret A., May 13, 1894 : Martha P., August 13, 1896; Sarah R., December 13, 1898. 7. Mary A., March 9, 1865 : married William McChesney, of Avoca, New York. 8. Catharine, August 5, 1868, died 1895 : married Richard Willis.
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