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He married (first) March 2, 1858, Phebe Jane Hunt, born in Chautauqua county, New York, December 22, 1835, died in December, 1869, daughter of Stephen Hunt. Children : Otis, a resident of Celoron; Adie, deceased ; Alfred D., of whom further; Albert Byron, deceased. He married (second) 1870, Liz- zie, daughter of Francis Blanchard. Children : Charles ; Helen, married Grant Lusk.
(IV) Alfred D., son of Charles H. Darl- ing, was reared and educated in his native town, and has followed the occupation of farming throughout his active career, devot- ing considerable time to the care of horses, he being particularly interested in that ani- mal. In politics he is an Independent. He is thrifty and industrious, energetic and ca- pable, and commands the respect of all with whom he is brought in contact. He married, December 16. 1884. Ella G., born May 9, 1862, daughter of George and Polly Melissa (Ham- ilton) Lillibridge (see Lillibridge II). They have one child, Burt Earl, born July 29, 1887.
This family is of Welsh GEORGIA origin. established in this country about the time of the revolution, or a little earlier. The first Amer-
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ican settlement was in the New England states. The earliest record that we find of the name is in the Connecticut revolutionary records. Simon Georgia was a member, Feb- ruary 1, 1783, of the Second Regiment, Con- necticut Line, Captain Kimberley's company ; his residence is not given, and this company had members from widely scattered parts of the state. Nor is it certain where he stands in the family, but it is believed that all of this name are related and descended from the same immigrant ancestor or from two immi- grant brothers. The Connecticut Revolu- tionary records contain also two entries of earlier date which, despite diversity of spell- ing, may refer to the same man. The earlier of these gives the residence of "Simeon Gor- goy," who enlisted February 7, 1777, as New London. This name was in Colonel Seth Warner's regiment, which served at Benning- ton and Saratoga. According to family tra- dition the immigrant ancestor or one of the two brothers, after living in America for a long time, became homesick, told his family that he was going back to Wales, and started out with his weaver's shuttle in his hand, and was never heard of again.
(I) William Georgia, the first member of this family of whom we have definite infor- mation, perhaps the immigrant, married Sa- rah Cable, who was born in January, 1748, and died November 23, 1818, buried in New- field cemetery, Tompkins county, New York. Children : Elijah B., born October 1. 1779 ; William, born January 21, 1781 ; Aima ; Miles, of whom further.
(II) Miles, son of William and Sarah (Ca- ble) Georgia, was born May 31, 1785. It seems probable that the father perhaps hav- ing died or returned to Wales, the family moved while he was still young to Tompkins county, New York ; Miles at a later time lived in Michigan. He married Sally North, born June 21, 1788, died October 3, 1833. Chil- dren : I. Saloma, born June 27, 1807, died March 27, 1844; married Asahel B. Stilson. 2. Willis, of whom further. 3. Polly, born October 24, 1810 ; married Seymour A. Seely. 4. Harmon, born June 23. 1812: married Martha -. 5. Miles, born December 25. 6. Alma, born November 14. 1816; 1814. married Philander Foster. 7. Orson, born November 18, 1818. 8. Orrin, born April 5, 1819; married Susan . 9. Niles, born January 28, 1822; married Cordelia H.
IO. Elijah B., born October 7, 1823, died De- cember 13, 1886; married Elizabeth Butts. II. William, born January 10, 1825. 12. Sally, born August 10, 1826; married Charles Bel- lows. 13. David, born January 16. 1828; married Lorania 14. Homer, born July I, 1833.
(III) Willis, son of Miles and Sally (North) Georgia, was born January 4, 1809, died at State Line Mills, Mckean county, Pennsylvania, May 23, 1892. He was a lum- berman, and spent his life mostly in Chemung an.1 Tioga counties, New York: among his places of residence were Vanetten and Spen- cer. He took tracts of timber lands, ran saw mills, cleared and sold the lumber. He was always a hard worker and prospered. He was a Whig in politics, and a Baptist in re- ligion. He married Clarinda Wilson, born April 5, 1810, died April 9, 1880. Children : Harrison W., of whom further ; Albert W., born August 28, 1831, died February 28, 1904; Harriet B., May 20, 1833; Louisa C., April 3, 1835, married Mark Dearborn, lives at Wa- verly, Tioga county, New York : Beers P., April 3, 1839, died June 15, 1839 : George F., June 30, 1841 ; Mary A., January 23. 1842, died May 30, 1850; Saloma, September 13, 1844, died August 26, 1903 ; Bennett W., May 7, 1846; Samuel E., August 15, 1848; Ar- minda B., May 5, 1851 ; Luna A., April 10, 1853, married George W. Ketcham, lives at Lockwood, New York.
(IV) Harrison W., son of Willis and Cla- rinda (Wilson) Georgia, was born at New- field. Tompkins county, New York, October 14, 1829, and died at State Line Mills, June I, 1906. He attended the district school, and afterwards learned lumbering and farming with his father. After this he moved to Roar- ing Branch, Lycoming county, Pennsylvania. He cut the logs and skidded them to the mill. as a jobber, for Harvey Thornton, and Charles S. Green, of Roaring Branch, Penn- sylvania. He was a bright and active man. Though drafted for the civil war, he was re- fused. He was a member of the Independ- ent Order of Odd Fellows, and a Republican in politics. He was also a deacon in the Bap- tist church. He married, October 1, 1851, Almira M. Brooks, born August 13, 1832, died February 18, 1898, daughter of Zebulon and Amanda (Bull) Brooks. Her father was born in 1805, died July 4. 1872; her mother was born in 1806, died May 28, 1879. Chil-
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dren : I. Elnora, born May 28, 1853; mar- ried, March 14, 1893, Ransford Jones. 2. Wilson Edwin, born May 24, 1855, died March 15, 1859. 3. Mary E., born July 3, 1857 ; married, March 25, 1883, William W. Hicks ; child: William W. Jr., married Louise Fleming, and their children are: Leonard Barton, and Richard William. Mrs. Hicks lives at Williamsport, Pennsylvania. 4. Wil- lis Zebulon, of whom further. 5. Edward Brooks, born April 19, 1860, died October I, 1860. 6. Maria L., born July 1, 1861 ; mar- ried (second) June 1, 1881, Julius P. Ayles- worth. 7. Clara A., born September 23, 1864; married (second) William J. Hazen ; lives at Williamsport.
(V) Willis Zebulon, son of Harrison W. and Almira M. (Brooks) Georgia, was born at Vanetten, New York, November 3, 1858. When he was ten years old his parents took him to Roaring Branch, and later to Carpen- ter's, where he remained until he was fifteen years of age, when the family removed to Williamsport.
He attended the public school and the Lycoming Normal School at Muncy, in the meantime teaching school and working in the lumber mills with his father. He saved money and in the winter of 1880 went to Smethport, Pennsylvania, with his father, who had a con- tract to operate the saw mill owned by Bullis Brothers. He worked in the mills as well as in the various camps of this firm, scaling logs, and performed other work connected with the lumber business. In the spring of 1887 he moved to Bullis Mills, where he entered the general store of Stickney & Company. He also kept the books for the Georgia & Ayles- worth Manufacturing Company, dealers in lumber, being secretary of that concern. In 1888 he was appointed station agent and tele- graph operator for the old B. N. Y. & P. railroad, and held this until after the Penn- sylvania took the system, resigning in 1902 to devote his entire time to his own business. He was appointed postmaster of State Line Mills by President Cleveland, a position lie held up to 1908, when the office was closed. He bought out Stickney & Company and took two partners in the general merchandise busi- ness, under the firm name of Georgia & Coin- pany. In 1900 he bought out his partners in the store. but later he closed out this business to give his attention to other lines which he had taken up. Buying stock in the Eldred
Powder Company, he acquired considerable interest and finally bought the entire issue of stock, which he sold April 15, 1909, to the Dupont Powder Company. This plant manu- factured nitro-glycerine and dynamite, the first of which was used in shooting oil wells. He was one of the largest and best known manufacturers of high explosives in the Brad- ford field, and from 1902 to 1909 was en- gaged in shooting oil and gas wells in both this and the Allegany fields, with factory, warehouse, docks and offices at State Line Mills and branch offices with shooters at Brad- ford and Bolivar. He then went into the Buckhannon Chemical Company, of Olean, Cattaraugus county, New York, of which he is secretary and treasurer; the works are at Chemical, West Virginia, and are devoted to the manufacture of wood alcohol, acetate of lime, and charcoal. He has also large lumber interests.
His fraternal orders are Olean Lodge, No. 252, Free and Accepted Masons: Olean Chapter. No. 150, Royal Arch Masons : Fraternal Union of Anointed High Priests of the State of New York: Olean Council, No. 33, Royal and Select Masters; St. John's Commandery, No. 24, Knights Templar, of Olean ; Ismailia Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. Oasis, of Buffalo: the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite bodies, Valley of Buffalo and Valley of Olean; Olean Lodge, No. 471, In- dependent Order of Odd Fellows, and the Smethport Encampment, No. 273. He is a Republican in politics, and in 1909 was can- didate for mayor in Olean. He is a Baptist in religion, and is president of the board of trustees. On November 1. 1907, he moved to Olean, No. 205 East State street, where he has a fine residence.
He married (first) December 27, 1882, Ro- setta, born February 2, 1860, died October 21, 1897, daughter of Joseph and Henrietta (Montgomery) Shoemaker, of Muncy, Ly- coming county, Pennsylvania : married (sec- ond) November 23. 1898, Mary Jane Shoe- maker, born May 25, 1866, sister of his first wife. Children, all by first marriage : I.
Cora Lee, born October 28, 1883. 2. Willis Scudder, born May 23, 1887 : he is in business at St. Mary's, Pennsylvania, with his father, in the firm of W. Z. Georgia & Son, gro- ceries and meats. 3. Edith May, born August 12, 1892.
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The name Andrews is the ANDREWS modern English form of the Latin Andreas, which signi- fies "a man." Some authorities say the sur- names Andrews, Andros, Andreas, Andrus, Andrieux and Andre are derivations of the Biblical name Andrew. The family has been prominent in England since the days of the Norman conquest. The American ancestor of the Andrews family of Cattaraugus county, New York, is John Andrus (Andrews) who came from England in 1640, and in 1672 was one of the eighty-four proprietors of the an- cient town "Tunxis," afterward Farming- towne, now Farmington, Connecticut. He is believed to have been born in the county of Essex, England. Hinman says he was of Hartford, Connecticut, and died in 1681. His wife was Mary, died 1694. Sons: Benjamin, John, Abraham, Daniel and Joseph; his daughters were: Mary, married - Barnes ; Hannah, married -- Richards ; Rachel, mar- ried - Buck.
(II) Daniel, son of John and Mary An- drews, was born 1649, died in Farmington, Connecticut, April 6, 1731. He was one of the six original proprietors in 1672; had a divi- sion of the land; was town officer in 1702, and one of the large land owners of the town. He married and had issue.
(III) Daniel (2), son of Daniel (I) An- drews, was born in 1672, died 1748. He re- moved to Wethersfield, Connecticut. He mar- ried, in 1707, Mabel Goffe, a descendant of William Goffe, the regicide judge.
(IV) Joseph, son of Daniel (2) and Ma- bel (Goffe) Andrews, was born 1711, died about 1747. He resided in Glastonbury, Con- necticut. He married and had issue.
(V) Joseph (2) son of Joseph (1) An- drews, was born in 1745. He was a soldier of the revolution : served as corporal, Ninth Company, Second Regiment, Connecticut Line, from May II, to December 17, 1775; served as private in Captain Champion's com- pany, Third Regiment, Connecticut Line, from May 26, 1777, to January 1, 1778. He died in 1837. He married and had issue.
(VI) George, fourth son of Joseph (2) Andrews, was born in 1780. He removed in 1815 to Knowlesville. New York, where he died in 1861. He married and had issue.
(VII) Willis M., second son of George Andrews, was born in Glastonbury, Connec- ticut. February 7. 1806, died September 3.
1870. In 1815 his father settled in Knowles- ville, New York, and in 1829, Willis M., in company with Samuel, brother of Horace Wells, the pioneer, settled at East Otto. Cat- taraugus county. About 1832 he built a house and shop at East Otto Corners, where he car- ried on shoemaking, later purchasing a farm near "the corners," which he cultivated until 1864, when he removed to the town of Catta- raugus, where he died. He married, January I, 1832, in Cattaraugus, Mariette Bonesteel, born in Worcester, New York, January 8, 1810. In 1828 she came with her parents to East Otto, where prior to her marriage she taught the public school. She survived her husband until November, 1891. Children: I. George W., born in East Otto, November 12, 1832; married, April 13, 1856, Ellen Pratt ; children : Tully, Annie L., Walton F., Cris- sey. 2. Jerome A., of whom further. 3. Ed- son Alfred, born August 8, 1845, at East Otto ; enlisted as sergeant in One Hundred and Sev- enty-ninth Regiment, New York Volunteers, April 11, 1864; he was taken prisoner at the time of the great mine explosion in front of Petersburg, and died of starvation and ex- posure in the prison pen at Danville, Vir- ginia, January II, 1865; just before his en- listment he married Ellen, daughter of Alan- son King, of Ashford, New York. 4. Eva A., born October 28, 1857; married Olin G. Rich, of Cattaraugus, later of Buffalo. New York.
(VIII) Jerome A., second son of Willis M. and Mariette (Bonesteel ) Andrews, was born at East Otto, Cattaraugus county, New York, January 6, 1839. He was educated in the pub- lic schools and remained with his father on the farm until May, 1861, when he enlisted in Company I, Thirty-seventh Regiment, New York Volunteers, with which company and regiment he served as private and sergeant two years. He enlisted a second time in 1865 and was commissioned first lieutenant. The following is a copy of the letter received by Lieutenant Andrews :
STATE OF NEW YORK, Executive Department. Albany, June 5th, 1865. ~
LIEUTENANT :
Herewith enclosed is a commission of First Lieu- tenant in the 194th Regiment Infantry New York Volunteers, conferred upon you by the Honorable R. E. Fenton, Governor of this State.
Notwithstanding the exigency requiring your serv- ice again on the field has passed, happily, away, the Governor remembering your devoted and gallant
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conduct for two years in the 37th Regt. Infantry, N. Y. Vols. and your more recent service in aiding to raise the first named Regiment, the Governor wishes to recognize your personal gallantry in the field, your fidelity and patriotism in defence of all that is dear to American citizens in the preservation of our National Union.
With this, accept the personal good wishes of,
Truly your friend,
JOHN MANLEY, Col. & Military Sec'y.
IST LIEUTENANT JEROME A. ANDREWS, 194th N. Y. Vols.,
Cattaraugus,
New York.
He saw hard service and fully upheld the family honor as a good man and a good sol- dier.
After the close of the war he engaged in general merchandising with his brother, George W., as Andrews Brothers, at East Otto, continuing until 1869, when he engaged in the same business with Eugene Bonesteel, under the name of J. A. Andrews Company, at New Albion, where he was also postmaster. Later he removed to Cattaraugus, where he was in the same business as J. A. Andrews & Company, until destroyed by fire. He settled in Salamanca in 1891, where he purchased a half interest in the hardware business of J. A. Stevens, the firm name being Stevens & An- drews. Later S. S. Laing purchased Mr. Stevens' interest and the firm of Laing & An- drews continued until 1893, when he admitted his son, Bret L., to a partnership under the firm name of J. A. Andrews & Son. The firm carries a complete line of all kinds of hardware, builders' and plumbers' supplies, vehicles of all kinds, guns and sporting goods. Both members of the firm stand high in public esteem, and conduct their business along the most approved modern lines. Jerome A. An- drews is prominent in the circles of the Grand Army of the Republic, and has been several times commander of the E. A. Andrews Post, which was named for his brother, and is a frequent delegate to state and national en- campments.
He married, September 23, 1868, Emma, daughter of Linus Lattin, of Mansfield, New York. Children : I. Bret L., of whom further. 2. Neil W., born December 27, 1874 ; married Eloise Potter; they had children : Jerome, born December 16, 1906; Walton, born February 21, 1908, and Margaret, born February 2, 1910. 3. Max, born July 4, 1884 : married Sophia Torge.
(IX) Bret L., eldest son of Jerome A. and Emma (Lattin) Andrews, was born in New Albion, Cattaraugus county, New York, Feb- ruary 3, 1871. He was educated in the public schools, and has been engaged in mercantile life ever since his school days ended. He was a clerk in the firm of Laing & Andrews, and when Mr. Laing retired became the junior member of J. A. Andrews & Son, one of the leading firms of Salamanca. He has served four terms as supervisor. He is a member of Cattaraugus Lodge, Free and Accepted Ma- sons; Salamanca Chapter. Royal Arch Ma- sons, past eminent commander of Salamanca Commandery, Knights Templar, and a noble of Ismailia Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. His other fraternal orders: The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and Knights of Pythias. He married, January 28, 1893, Fannie Benson, born in Cattaraugus village, July 30, 1871, daughter of A. T. and Mary Benson, whose other children are: Eliz- abeth, married Frank Weidner, children : Grace, married Harry Kellogg. and William ; Nellie, married Frank Batxer, child Mary Louise; Charles, died at the age of twenty. Children of Bret L., and Fannie (Benson) Andrews: Leland, born November 12, 1893 ; Edward, December 9, 1894.
BARROWS The name. whether spelled Barrus, Barrows, Barrowe or Barrow, from Barrow, a mound, or borough, a town. is of the family that lived in Yarmouth, England, before 1637. Out of the family was sent to New England in 1637 the immigrant ancestor of the name of Barrus or Barrows in America, in the per- son of John Barrows.
(I) John Barrows was born in England in 1609, and he left Yarmouth, England, at the age of twenty-eight, with his wife Anne, and settled in Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony. John and Anne Barrows received grants of land in Salem in 1637, and were inhabitants of that town for twenty-eight years, and all their children were born there. They re- moved to Plymouth before 1665, and John, the immigrant, died there in 1692. His will shows that he left a second wife younger than himself, and four sons: Robert, of whom further ; Joshua, Benjamin, who lived in Attle- boro ; and Ebenezer, who lived in Cumberland, Rhode Island ; also two daughters, Mary and Deborah.
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(II) Robert, eldest son of John and Anne Barrows, was born in Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony, removed with his father to Ply- mouth, and had by his first wife, Ruth , four children: John, born 1667, died in Ply- mouth, 1720; George, of whom further ; Sam- uel, born 1672, died in Middleboro, 1755; Me- hitable, married Adam Wright. Robert Bar- rows married (second) Lydia Dunham, and had children: Robert, born 1689, died in Mansfield, Connecticut, 1779; Thankful, born 1692, married Isaac King: Elisha, born 1695, died in Rochester, Massachusetts, 1767; Thomas, born 1697, died in Mansfield ; Lydia, born 1699, married Thomas Branch.
(III) George, second son of Robert and Ruth Barrows, was born in Plymouth, Mas- sachusetts, in 1670. He was a successful com- missioner in treating with the Indians, and by his skill he kept their good will and secured peace to the early settlers. This service se- cured to him the title of "Captain George." He was a large land holder, and had a large family. His eldest son Peleg received the homestead now located in the town of Carver, and which was still in the possession of the family in 1880. Peleg's son Joseph removed to Maine, and was the ancestor of Judge W. C. Barrus, and Hon. George B. Barrows, president of the Maine senate, and of Rev. C. D. Barrows, of Lowell, Massachusetts. Samuel, son of Captain George, was called Samuel Jr. to distinguish him from his uncle Deacon Samuel ( 1672-1755).
(IV) The American record of this family as collected and verified by R. J. Barrows, of Jamestown, begins with John Barrows and his wife, Jemima Barrows, who were of English derivation, and were among the early settlers of Colerain, Massachusetts.
(V) Abner Barrows, son of John and Je- mima Barrows, was born in Colerain, August I. 1770. He came with his parents in early life from Massachusetts to Luzerne, Warren county, New York, and settling there became a farmer. There he lived until his death in 1849.
He married ( first ) April 17, 1793, Lucy Call. born June 30. 1774. Children : Isaac. born February 25. 1794: John, May 1, 1798 : Stephen, January 7, 1800; Phoebe, De- cember 18, 1801: Levi, of whom further ; Mercy. November 19. 1806, died young ; Mercy, February 24. 1811 ; Rufus, July 15, 1815. Mr. Barrows married (second) May
26, 1828, Irene Crannell, who died June 13. 1836.
(VI) Levi, son of Abner and Lucy (Call) Barrows, was born in Luzerne, March 26, 1804, and was educated in the schools of that place. There he remained until in his young manhood he went to Glens Falls, New York. While there, November 7, 1823, he was com- missioned by Governor Joseph C. Yates as ensign of militia, a rank corresponding to the present rank of lieutenant. He was then nine- teen years of age. July 30, 1827, he received a commission from Governor De Witt Clin- ton in the same service as captain. He went from Luzerne to Chautauqua county in 1832, and purchased land in the town of Stockton in that county, cut down the timber, built a log cabin, and cleared a small tract, which he planted in grain the same season. In his youth he had assisted his father, who was a farmer. Levi gained his experience as a saw- yer from his employer, Mr. Rogers, of Lu- zerne. He was induced to settle in James- town, by his brother-in-law, Smith A. Brown. With Mr. Brown he was partner in the Dexter Mill. They contracted later with the firm of Scott & Rogers, and, after six years with them, bought the Rogers interest. This was about the year 1838. Scott & Barrows were engaged in lumbering and the manufacture of sash and blinds, shipping their product down the Allegheny and Ohio rivers, as the custom was then, by rafts and flat boats. They were very successful, and gradually acquired con- siderable land. In 1856 they dissolved part- nership and divided their possessions. Mr. Scott took the landed estate they owned, and Mr. Barrows the mill business, associating with himself in that venture his sons. Ransom J. and Henry R., which partnership continued until March 10, 1863, when the elder Barrows died.
He married (first) July 6, 1828, at Luzerne, Abigail Putnam Ransom, daughter of Jona- than and Mary (Nichol) Ransom. Children : Mary Jane, born April 12, 1829; Maria Louise, March 30, 1830; Ransom J., of whom further ; Sally Ann, June 5, 1834; Henry Rogers, January 30, 1836; Mercy, Novem- ber 9, 1838: Melissa, June 26, 1840; Orton, September 23, 1844; Levi Edwin, April 26, 1846. Levi Barrows married (second ) Sally E. Canfield, born April 15, 1810, a sister of the first wife. Children: Antoinette, born July 26, 1848, deceased ; Herbert L. and Al-
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bert A., twins, born November 1, 1850, both now living. The father died March 10, 1863.
Levi Barrows was a man of business, prop- erty and influence, and the holder of a num- ber of public offices. At the time of his death he was serving as justice of the peace. He was long a trustee of the village of James- town, and had also served as poor master. He was foreman of one of the first fire companies of Jamestown. In early life he subscribed to Democratic doctrines, but later became an old-line Whig. His religious faith was the Presbyterian ; he was a deacon of that church for many years. When he died he was buried in Lakeview cemetery, of which institution he had been a trustee.
(VII) Ransom J. Barrows, only survivor of the family of Levi Barrows by his first wife, Abigail Putnam (Ransom) Barrows, was born in Luzerne, Warren county, August 24, 1831. He was an infant in arms when his parents came to Jamestown, and he has lived there ever since. He attended public school there as a boy in "the old cooper shop," then went to the Jamestown Academy and one term at Westfield Academy, then returned and attended Jamestown Academy. He began his business career in his father's sash factory. In 1856 he and his brother Henry became partners in it, and so continued until his father's death, when Ransom J. bought out his brother. He conducted the establishment thereafter with great success, making improve- ments and introducing new machinery, for seventeen years, and then sold out. In 1873 he went into the retail paint business, in which he remained for ten years. Then he was in the lumber business, and finally withdrew practically from active business affairs.
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