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(V) Rodney R., only son of Rufus and Permelia (Crowley) Crowley, was born in Mt. Holly, Rutland county, Vermont, Novem- ber 12, 1836. He was four years old when his
Rodney R. Crowley
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parents came to Yorkshire, New York, where he attended the public school. In 1848 they removed to Randolph, where his education continued in the public school, finishing at Randolph Academy, whence he was graduated after a four years' coursc. He taught school in the winter of 1854-55. In the spring of 1855 he entered the law offices of Weeden & Henderson. Close application developed a weakness of his eyes, and for three years he was clerk in the dry goods store of William H. Lowrey, a dry goods merchant of James- town, New York. In 1858 he resumed his law studies, completing them under Porter Shel- don, of Rockford. Illinois, and Alexander Sheldon, at Randolph, New York. May 16, 1861, he was admitted to the bar. Shortly after his admission the need of men to sup- port the government was so apparent, that he laid aside all thoughts of his newly ac- quired profession, and enlisted as a private in Company .B, Sixty-fourth Regiment. New York Volunteers, being then twenty-four years of age. He was enrolled August 17, 1861, at Randolph, to serve three years ; mus- tered in as private of Company B, September 7, 1861 ; promoted quartermaster-sergeant, November 13, 1861; mustered in as second lieutenant of Company B. January 16, 1862 ; as first lieutenant and quartermaster, Febru- ary 28, 1862; was wounded at the battle of Fair Oaks, Virginia, June 1. 1862. He was mustered in as captain of Company B, No- vember 17, 1862, but served for several months as brigade quartermaster and commis- sary on the staff of Brigadier General Cald- well. He then took command of his company, fought with them at Chancellorsville, and Get- tysburg, where on July 2. 1863, he was wounded in the knee and compelled to forego a further military career. He was honorably discharged, November 6, 1863. His commis- sion as second lieutenant, dated from January 16, 1862, succeeding James G. Johnson, pro- moted, another distinguished Cattaraugus county soldier and citizen, with whom Mr. Crowley was afterward in legal partnership. His first lieutenant's commission dates from February 28, 1862 ; his captain's, from July 12. 1862.
After the war was over, he formed a part- nership with James G. Johnson. This existed for seven years under the firm name of John- son & Crowley. December 6, 1864, he was appointed provost marshal for the thirty-first
congressional district, holding until October 15, 1865. In April, 1869, he was appointed collector of internal revenue for the thirty- first district, New York, serving until June, 1871. In 1872 he was nominated by the Lib- erals and Democrats for the assembly, but was defeated by the Republican candidate. In 1875 he was the successful candidate of the Democratic party for the office of state in- spector of prisons. He held this office until March I, 1877, instituting several important reforms that tended to improve conditions in the pris- on department. From 1860 until 1872, Mr. Crowley was justice of the peace of the town of Randolph. In 1868 was elected supervisor, reelected in 1869. In 1877 he returned to the practice of law, being senior of Crowley & Armstrong, until 1881; then until 1886 of Crowley & Sackrider ; until 1887 of Crowley, Sackrider & Reilly. In that year Mr. Sack- rider was appointed postmaster of Randolph, and until 1897 the firm was Crowley & Reilly. In 1897 he formed a partnership with C. W. Terry, continuing as Crowley & Terry, until 1900, when the firm became Crowley & An- derson, remaining as such until 1902. He practiced alone from that date until 1908, then admitted Arthur R. Conley. In 1893 he was appointed deputy superintendent of banks and served three years. He has been president of the village several years, elected first 1890 ; reelected in 1900-01-02-03. In his political faith Mr. Crowley may be classed as an Inde- pendent Democrat. He has sat in many state conventions of the Democratic party, but has ever preserved his independence. In 1891 was chairman of the Democratic county commit- tee. As lawyer and politician, he serves clients and constituents with fidelity, and has won a high place in the esteem of his people. He is commander of D. T. Wiggin's Post, No. 297, Grand Army of the Republic, and ever mind- ful of the welfare of his old comrades. He is past master of Randolph Lodge, No. 359, Free and Accepted Masons, serving three terms in the master's chair, declining to serve after a fourth election. He is also a member of Chapter No. 266, Royal Arch Masons. He was one of the original incorporators of the State Bank of Randolph. He has always been a warm friend, and actively interested in the Western New York Home for Homeless and Dependent Children, as trustee and member of the executive committee. He is a member of the Cattaraugus County Bar Association.
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He married, September 1, 1861, Jane Ho- bart Mussey, born April 6, 1835. Children : I. Fred B., born August 19, 1865; married Lillian Hall, and resides in Des Moines, Iowa ; child: Rodney E., born September 14, 1892. 2. Mary G., born April 19, 1872; married Henry F. Harrington, and resides in Dayton, Ohio; children: John H., born October I, 1907 : Louise J., July 9, 1909.
(III) Walter Crowley, third CROWLEY son of Abraham Crowley (q. v.), of Attleboro, Massa- chusetts, married Mary Todd. They settled in Mt. Holly, Vermont. Children: Walter, Martha, Permelia, Asahel, Addison, Sally, Al- vin.
(IV) Addison, son of Walter Crowley. was born in Mt. Holly, Rutland county, Vermont, March 8, 1811, died in Randolph, New York, April 5, 1895. He was the third son of his parents, and with his brothers spent his earlier years employed on his father's Vermont farm and attending the public schools during the winter months. On reaching his twentieth year he entered Chester Academy (Chester, Vermont) where his education was com- pleted. Until 1835 he taught school and en- gaged in mercantile life. In that year he re- moved to Randolph, Cattaraugus county, New York, where the first year he taught a public school. In 1836 he entered into partnership with his brother, Asahel Crowley, establishing a general store in Randolph. They also en- gaged extensively in the manufacture of lum- ber, running the same to southern markets via the Alleghany and Ohio rivers. Later Alvin Crowley was admitted to the firm and a lumber yard established at Cincinnati, Ohio, the lumber being obtained from the Cattarau- gus county mills. The firm also dealt largely in farms lands, farming and cattle dealing, driving their stock to eastern markets. They also engaged in building, erecting over thirty structures, including the Congregational Church at Randolph, and Randolph. now Chamberlain, Institute. They employed many men and conducted a very large and success- ful business. Mr. Crowley was an old line Whig, and took an active part in the forma- tion of the Republican party in Cattaraugus county. In 1840 he subscribed for Horace Greeley's paper, The Log Cabin, and when the same editor founded the New York Tribune, he became a subscriber, continuing until his
death. He held nearly every town office within the gift of the voters of Randolph, and was one of the most prominent and influential citi- zens of the town. He was supervisor in 1846- 47-54. In 1849 he was elected sheriff of Cat- taraugus county and reelected in 1852, serv- ing six years. He was appointed postmaster of Randolph by President Lincoln, holding it until the administration of President Johnson, when he at once resigned. He was trustee and treasurer of Randolph Academy until it passed under the control of the Methodist Episcopal church, and was active in the organ- ization of the Chamberlain Institute. His health becoming impaired in his later years, he gave up active business and lived a re- tired life. At the organization of the State Bank of Randolph, in 1874, he was chosen vice-president and director, and thereafter president, continuing until his death. Both in public and private life he was honored and respected. He carved out his own fortunes and the success he won was fairly earned and well deserved.
He married (first), January 10, 1839, Mary E., died November, 1843, daughter of Will- iam Shattuck, of Warren, Pennsylvania. He married (second) in May, 1851, Arvilla, daughter of William M. Champlin, a wealthy farmer of Napoli, New York, a descendant of Jeffrey Champlin, of Rhode Island. Chil- dren of first marriage : 1. Ella M., born Jan- uary 18, 1840; married, January 12, 1871, B. G. Castel, of Randolph; she died Janu- ary 3, 1907, at Santa Monica, California. 2. Melvin A., born May 5, 1843, died Novem- ber 21, 1876: married, May 30, 1864, Emma Fenton. Children of second marriage : 3. A son, died in infancy. 4. Addie M., born June 12, 1856; married, October 9, 1878, Erie W. Fenton; resides in Wymore, Ne- braska ; two children: Beatrice, married Jesse Craig, and has sons Robert and Arthur C. 5. Sarah M., born March 6, 1858, died March 27, 1861. 6. Frank Champlin, March 2, 1860, died April 3, 1861. 7. Kate C., born Febru- ary 12, 1863: married Walter B. Saunders ; children : Phil C., Corrinne, Louis M. and Earl ; resides in Millbank, South Dakota. 8. Jerome A., of whom further. 9. Elizabeth C., married Frank L. Seager ; child, Kate C. (V) Jerome A., son of Addison and Ar- villa (Champlin) Crowley, was born in Ran- dolph, Cattaraugus county, New York, No- vember 19, 1865. His early education was
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obtained in the public school after which he entered Chamberlain Institute, whence lie was graduated with the class of 1885. He then entered the employ of C. P. Adams & Son, as a clerk in their hardware store, con- tinuing until 1887. He entered the employ of the State Bank of Randolph as a book- keeper, advanced to the position of teller, then assistant cashier, and in 1897 was elected cashier of the bank, which position he still holds. He is an able financier. thoroughly informed in banking law and procedure, con- servative in his investments and a pillar of strength to his bank. He has been the presi- dent of the board of education of the Ran- dolph high school since 1906, and during the time the magnificent high school building at Randolph has been erected. In politics he is a Republican, and is also a member of the Masonic order, Randolph Lodge, No. 359.
He married, April 14, 1897, Agnes, daugh- ter of John M. and Ruth Ann (Hall) Gif- ford (see Hall IX). Child, Addison G., born December 31, 1899.
(The Hall Line).
(I) John Hall, immigrant ancestor, was born in county Kent, England, in 1584, died in Middletown, Connecticut, May 26, 1673. He came from England to Boston in 1633, and settled first in Cambridge, moving soon to Roxbury, where in the records of Mr. El- liot's church he was called Mr., a title which in those days was seldom given and showed the man to be prominent. In 1634 his name was on a rate bill on the records of Roxbury. On September 4, 1633, he, with John Oldham and two other men, went to the Connecticut river, where they were in October, and re- turned on January 20, 1634, with a favorable report of the rich lands there which resulted in the migrations from Dorchester to Weth- ersfield and Windsor, and from Cambridge to Hartford in 1635-36. He was made free- man in Boston in 1635, and soon after he probably joined the Hooker and Stone Col- ony and went to Hartford. His family did not move until 1639. He was a carpenter by trade. He had home lot No. 77 of six acres on Lord's hill, in 1639, and he bought lands that year of William Hooker and Bloomfield also. He was surveyor of high- ways in Hartford in 1640. In 1650 he moved with his family to Matabesick, now Middle- town, where he was one of the original pro-
prietors. His home lot consisted of five acres on the northeast corner of Main and Wash- ington streets, running to the "Great River," joining the lot of his son-in-law, Thomas Wetmore, on the north. On March 19, 1659, he was appointed by the general court at Hartford to enter and record goods subject to customs for Middletown, and often after this he held offices in the town. He seemed to be one of the leaders and most prominent men in town. He married Esther -, who probably died in England. Children: John, bon in England, 1619; Richard, in England, 1620: Sarah, in England, 1622 ; Samuel, men- tioned below.
(II) Samuel, son of John Hall, was born in county Kent, England, in 1626, died in Middletown, Connecticut, in 1690. He was made freeman at Middletown in 1654, and on June 10, 1655, had lands recorded. His home lot consisted of five acres on the east side of Main street, extending to the river. The Mansion House block occupies a part of this land on Main street. He was a farmer and owned much land. He also knew his father's trade, that of carpenter. He was ad- mitted to the church at Middletown, October 19, 1663, and his wife was admitted, October 29, 1676. She moved to Guilford, Connecti- cut, after his death, to the home of her son Thomas. He made his will, February 13, 1690, and his estate was inventoried at three hundred and twenty-four pounds. To Sam- uel he left the house and barns, to John the town lot, to Thomas, two acres of the home lot, and to Samuel and John the carpenter's tools. He married, 1662, Elizabeth, daugh- ter of Thomas and Elizabeth Cooke, of Guil- ford; Thomas Cooke came to Guilford with Rev. Henry Whitfield; he was one of the signers of the plantation covenant of June I, 1639, made on the passage from county Kent, England. Children: Samuel, born February 3, 1663-64; John, August 7, 1668; Thomas, mentioned below.
(III) Thomas, son of Samuel Hall, was born at Middletown, Connecticut. August 29, 1671, died at Guilford, February II, 1753. In 1727 he was chosen deacon of the first church of Guilford. He was captain of the militia. He was often moderator of society and town meetings, and served as selectman. He married (first) February 1, 1692, Mary Hiland, born May 12. 1672, died April, 1738, daughter of George and Mary (Cruttenden)
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Hiland ; George Hiland took the oath of fidel- ity at Guilford, September 4. 1650. He mar- ried Mary Cruttenden in 1665. He married (second) Rachel, daughter of John Savage and widow of John Spinning, of Middletown; she died January 19, 1752. He married (third) very late in life, Abigail Seward. Children, born in Guilford, by first wife: Mary, November 5, 1693; Hannah, March 25, 1695 ; Elizabeth, June 12, 1698: Thomas, January 10, 1701, died young : Hiland, Sep- tember 30, 1703; John, mentioned below.
(IV) John (2), son of Thomas Hall, was born in Guilford, Connecticut, in 1706, died there October 3, 1790. He married, Novem- ber 26, 1730, Ann, daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Bradley ) Criswold. She died July 4, 1750. Children, born in Guilford : Phile- mon, mentioned below; Amos, born Novem- ber 10, 1739, died February 7, 1740; John, September 8, 1741 ; Isaac, November 18, 1742; Samuel, December 8, 1747, died Janu- ary 6, 1751 : Ann, June 6, 1750, died Decem- ber 17. 1764.
(V) Philemon, son of John (2) Hall, was born at Guilford, September 23, 1733, died September 21, 1800. He was a sergeant in the revolution, in Captain Stephen Hall's company. He was commissioned ensign, Jan- uary I, 1777; promoted second lieutenant, March 10, 1778; promoted first lieutenant, March 12, 1780. Lieutenant Philemon Hall continued from 1777 to 1781. Retired by consolidation, January 1. 1783. He was one of three representatives from Guilford to the first Connecticut State Society of the Cin- cinnati. He married (first) May 6, 1756, Sarah Page, of Brandford, who died March 22, 1791. He married (second) September 28, 1791, Abigail, widow of Captain Stephen Hall, and she died September 20, 1800. Chil- dren, born at Guilford, by first wife: Sarah, born August 6, 1757; Mary, September 30, 1759: Phineas, August 1, 1761 : Hannah, February 15, 1763: Elizabeth, November 21, 1764: Anna, January 26, 1768; Philemon, mentioned below ; Lois, August 26, 1773.
(VI) Philemon (2), son of Philemon ( I) Hall, was born October 3. 1769, in Connecti- cut. He and his family moved to Bloom- field, Ontario county, New York, in the spring of 1793, where he owned and con- ducted a tavern. A tavern keeper in those days was quite a personage. In February, 1819, the tavern burned. About 1822 he with
his four sons moved to the then almost un- settled wilds of Cattaraugus county. He kept the first inn, and store at Cold Spring. He with his sons built a saw mill, which was probably the first in the town of Cold Spring. They built a second mill on the Little Conewango, another in 1836, another in 1839, one in 1841, and one in 1844, on the site now known as the Stewart Mills. They erected a small grist mill with one run of stone on Spring Brook in 1824, and a larger one with three run of stone, in 1833. on the site now known as the Holdridge Mills. They later had a cabinet shop on the site of Morton's Mill, where they made good hand-made furniture, tables, chairs, bureaus, etc. The business was conducted under the father's name until his death, where the brothers separated, and Amos took most of the business. Philemon died in East Ran- dolph, May 12, 1851, and after his death his wife, Mary ( Parmelee) Hall, lived with the son Amos until hier death, July 7. 1865. Her father, Reuben Parmelee, was a revolution- ary soldier, sergeant in Captain Vail's com- pany, stationed at Guilford for defence of coast, 1781 : served eight months, twenty days. Children of Philemon and Mary (Parmelee) Hall: Joel, married Lydia Ev- arts ; Horace, married Lydia Rathbone ; Eras- tus, married Emeline Rathbone : Amos, men- tioned below. Twelve more children were born, but died in infancy.
(VII) Amos, son of Philemon (2) Hall, was born July 19, 1805. He was extensively engaged in the lumber and mercantile busi- ness. in East Randolph, and owned consid- erable farm land in the vicinity. He married Emily Prince, and to them were born: Em- ily, married Charles Brown : Ruth Ann, men- tioned below : Mary, married Edward Beales ; Clara, married Preston C. Staley ; Frances. married Walter Powers; Thomas, died at age of two years. After the death of his wife. at the age of thirty-eight, his home was kept by his daughters until they were married. He later went to Kansas to make his home with his daughter Emily, where he died March 13, 1878.
(VIII) Ruth Ann, daughter of Amos Hall, was born July 13. 1846. She married (first) August 14. 1866, John M. Gifford, who died August 9, 1880. Children: Glen David. born July 21, 1870, died September 26, 1891 : John Ilall, May 13, 1872, die:l February 25, 1877 :
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Agnes. mentioned below. She married (sec- ond) November 15, 1885, George H. Titcomb. at Waterville, Kansas. She died July 18. 1886.
(IX) Agnes, daughter of John M. and Ruth Ann (Hall) Gifford, was born April 16, 1874. She married, April 14, 1897, Jerome A. Crowley (see Crowley V).
(IV) Hiland Hall, son of Thomas HALL Hall (q. v.), was born in Guil- ford, Connecticut, September 30, 1703, died there June 16, 1781, aged seventy- seven, according to his gravestone in the old Guilford cemetery, which was moved to the farm of Minor Fowler when the ground was made a public common. He was called Mr. in the records of Deacon John Bangs. He married, March 17, 1725, Rachel, daughter of Daniel and Mary (Hall) Bishop, and granddaughter of William Hall, who came from Rolvendue, county Kent. England, in the company of the Rev. Henry Whitfield, the first minister of Guilford, in 1639. Mary Hall, wife of Daniel Bishop, was daugliter of John and Elizabeth (Smith ) Hall; John was son of William Hall; Elizabeth was daughter of George and Sarah Smith, of New Haven. As Rachel Bishop, the wife of Hi- land Hall, was granddaughter of William Hall. their descendants have two immigrant ancestors by the name of Hall. Children, born in Guilford: Thomas, February II, 1726; Hiland, April 21, 1727 ; Rachel, Sep- tember 27, 1728, died October 23, 1728; Abraham, mentioned below ; Gilbert, born No- vember 26, 1732: Thankful, January 19, 1735: Stephen, September 5, 1739; Eber, De- cember 5, 1741.
(V) Abraham, son of Hiland Hall, was born in Guilford, September 3, 1730, died in Norfolk, Connecticut. He was a deacon of the church at Norfolk. He moved from Guil- ford to Norfolk, and he may have lived for a time in Starksborough, Vermont. He mar- ried, October 30. 1751, Jerusha Bowen. Chil- dren, born in Guilford: Hiland, February 14, 1752, died February 1, 1753 : Hiland. May 3, 1754; Abraham. May 29. 1756: Samuel, mentioned below : Rebecca : Jerusha, Novem- ber 8, 1757.
(VI) Samuel. son of Abraham Hall, was born in Guilford, Connecticut, October 5, 1759. died in Bristol, Vermont, about 1838. He moved with his father to Norfolk, Con-
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necticut, and went from there to Starksbor- ough or Bristol, Vermont, where he lived the most of his life. He was a farmer. He mar- ried, at Norfolk, Lucy, daughter of Asaph Parmelee. Asaph Parmelee died at Bristol, October 24, 1834, aged ninety years. Chil- dren: 1. Anson, died 1813, aged about twenty-five or twenty-seven; married Lucia Carrington a few months before his death. 2. Hiland, mentioned below. 3. Wheelock, was living in Michigan in 1864. 4. Everett D., died in Monkton, Vermont, September 15, 1838; married Sally Case, of Middlebury. 5. Lucia, was living in 1864; married, 1812, Ansel Wentworth, of Starksborough, who was justice of peace, representative of town in leg- islature, etc., died 1833, aged forty-four. (One of his daughters married General George W. Grundy, of Vergennes, Vermont, a promi- nent lawyer, who several times was elected a member and speaker of the house of repre- sentatives.) 6. Charlotte, living in 1864; married Norman Bell, of Weybridge. 7. Har- riet, died April 15, 1855, aged fifty-six years ; married, January 1, 1818, 8. Sanıan- tha, living in 1864; married Charles Whiting.
(VII) Hiland Hall, son of Samuel Hall, was born at Bristol, Addison county, Ver- mont, January 4, 1790, died there May 4, 1860. He married, February 26, 1812, So- phia, daughter of Levi Smith, of Bristol. She was born August 26, 1790, died January 26, 1876. He moved with his family and all their possessions in a covered wagon from Addi- son county, Vermont, to Lyndonville, Or- leans county, New York. crossing Lake Champlain on the ice, and enduring many hardships on the journey. He was a farmer in Lyndonville, and later at Oak Orchard, Orleans county, with his son Nelson F. He later returned to Bristol, where he died. Chil- dren: I. Horace E., born October 21, 1814, died March 23, 1895 ; married, May 6, 1835, Elmira Carpenter, who died December 24, 1847 ; children : i. Melvina E .. born June II, 1836, died April 19, 1839; ii. Sophia E., born December 16, 1838, died August 2, 1896, married Elisha Potter and they have two chil- dren: Carrie and Fred Potter: iii. William H., born October 1, 1841, died January 13, 1892. 2. Nelson F .. born November 23, 1816, died April 25, 1899: married Elizabeth Ste- wart, who died in January, 1902: children : i. Charles, born October 15, 1843. died Janu- ary, 1906; ii. Hattie S., born December 9,
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1846: married Jasper C. Egerton and now lives on the old homestead at Oak Orchard. 3. Levi S., born February 15, 1819, died March 1, 1819. 4. Otto M., born May 18, 1820, died March II, 1840. 5. Anson, born December 16, 1822, died September 27, 1825. 6. William A., born April 2, 1828; married, December 29, 1852, Caroline M. Gould, who died May 13. 1897 ; one child, Fred M., born November 15, 1853. 7. Erasmus D., men- tioned below. 8. Mary, died in infancy.
(VHII) Dr. Erasmus D. Hall, son of Hi- land Hall, was born in Bristol, Vermont, Feb- ruary 12, 1831. When he was three years of age, he came with his parents to Lyndon- ville, New York, where he attended the public schools. He also graduated from Al- bion Academy, and Castleton Medical College, in Castleton, Vermont, from which he was graduated as an M. D. in 1853. For three years after this he practiced his profession at Walworth, Wayne county, New York, and then moved to Knowlesville, Orleans county, New York, where he practiced until within eight years, when he was obliged to retire because of ill health. From 1858 until he retired, he owned a large grocery and drug store which he conducted in addition to his medical practice. In 1875 he built a large business block, and he has been one of the most progressive men of the town for fifty years. In religion he is a Presbyterian, and has been a member of the church for half a century at Knowlesville, having served also as clerk. He is a Prohibitionist.
He married, June 20, 1878, Julia, born January 12, 1840, daughter of Christopher Ostrander. Children: I. Fannie, born Janu- ary 17, 1880, died April 29, 1907, at Schenec- tady, New York; married Thurlow W. Bux- ton ; child, Seeley Hall, deceased. 2. Jessie Ostrander, born April 9, 1884; educated in district schools and was graduated from Al- bion high school, went one year to Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin, Ohio, and now lives at home with her father at Knowles- ville, New York.
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