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Family of Mr. and Mrs. Andrews .- (1) SARAH : m. Henry Soper Oct., 1844 : d. in P. July 31, 1855 ; bu. in Evergreen cemetery. (2) NATHANIEL, W .: m. Harriet Farington in Jan .. 1854 ; lives in Stockton, this county. (3) HARRIET K .: not in. (4) ELIZABETH S .: m. Chauncey Mallory May 23, 1855 ; d. at South Haven, Mich., Sept. 10, 1868. (5) ASA A .: m. Eliza Ely
Dec., 1855. (6) THOMAS K., (7) JAMES F. L .: m. --; lives in Pomfret. (8) HELEN : not m.
113. CHRISTOPHER, SAMUEL AND LEWIS MCMANUS -Came to P. about 1818, but from where is not known. They lived for a few years on the farm now owned in part by Linus Burton, p't of lot 21, T. 5. Lewis was killed in 1822 by the fall of a tree near his house and was bu. at Brocton, the second bu. there. Of the others little is known, except that Christo- pher d. in Hanover, this county, June 14, 1849, aged 96 years.
114. MOSES TITCOMB-Settled on p't of lot 16, T. 5, in 1818. He was a joiner by trade, a little eccentric, and unsteady in his habits. He sold his claim to Alfred Skinner in 1819 and soon left town.
115. ELEAZER UTTER .- It is not known where Mr. Utter came from, or when he came to P., but probably in 1816 or '17. For some years he owned a p't of lot 22, T. 5, land since owned by Joshua Crosby and T. Goodwin. He sold his claim to John Bond and removed to Dunkirk, this county. He was a man of excellent attainments and taught school in Dunkirk as early as 1820.
116. JAMES BARNES-Was the son of William, and b. May 5, 1796. He m. Amanda Noble Jan. 26, 1818, who was b. June 4, 1798. They removed to P. from Rome, Oneida county. this state, in Aug., 1818, with an ox team. He settled near the center of lot 53, T. 4, living in a log house until 1836 when he built the house now on the farm and occupied by the family. He was a man of untiring energy and cleared up a large farm. Prospect station is located on the Barnes estate. In politics he
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was a whig and republican respectively. He d. Jan. 19, 1854. Mrs. B. is still living.
Family of Mr. and Mrs. Barnes -(1) ALPHA : b. June 8, 1823 ; m. Saralı L. Bigelow Dec. 22, 1847 ; occupies the old homestead. (2) CALISTA : b. March 28, 1826; d. May 3, 1846. (3) RoxY : b. March 9, 1829; m. Thomas Arnold June 16, 1847 ; now living in Minnesota. (4) DELOS : b. Jan. 28, 1831 : m. Caroline Wilson in Jan., 1858; removed to Leavenworth, Kansas.
117. FREDERICK BAIL-Was the son of Hendrick Con- radt and Sarah Hotchkiss Bail, and was b. at Norfolk, Conn , Dec. 12, 1785 He m. Elizabeth, dau. of Isaac Baldwin, in Sheridan, this county, Jan. 13, 1814. Mrs. B. was b. in Halifax, Vt., Jan. 13, 1795. They removed to P. in Aug., 1818, and settled on p't of lot 36, T. 5. farm now owned by Henry Rey- nolds. He lived in a shanty for some months, but soon built a log house in which he lived to 1829'when he removed to lot 42, T. 5, where he lived until 1835. He then removed to Pa., where he d. in 1872. Mrs. B. d. there Dec. 17, 1839. Mr. B. was a blacksmith by trade. He was in the war of 1812 for several months. In politics he was a whig ; and for several years was a member of the first Congregational church formed in P. The father of Mr. Bail was a " Hessian," and with others was attached to the British army in the revolutionary war. He was taken prisoner by the Colonists, and after being exchanged, deserted and for many years lived in Connecticut, where he m.
Family of Mr. and Mrs. Bail .- (1) PARTHENA : b. Feb. 23, 1815 ; m. Hiram Smith Jan. 8, 1835; settled in Pomfret. (2) SARAH : b. May 17, 1816 ; m. in Pa. (3) CLARISSA H .: b. June 6; 1818 ; d. Oct. 18, 1845. (4) ELIZABETH: b. March 11. 1820, m. in Pa. (5) WILLIAM C .: b. Nov. 4, 1821 : m in Pa. (6) MARIA : b. Sept. 11, 1823; m. in Pa. (7) ISAAC S .: b. June 30, 1825 ; m. in Pa.
118. WILLIAM HEFRON-Came to P. in 1818 and was in the employ of Zadoc Martin until the following spring.
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Nothing is known of his early life. In 1819 he m. Olive Hill, dau. of Lewis and Polly Hill, and two years later he purchased a claim to 50 acres of land, S. E. p't of lot 3, T. 5, now owned and occupied by Landais Lathrop. About 1829 he sold his claim to Albina Hall and removed to Michigan. He was Infidel in his religious views.
Family of Mr. and Mrs. Hefron .- (1) MYRON, (2) LEWIS, (3) ALMEDA.
119. COLLINS BRADLEY-Came to P. from Coos county, N. H., in 1818 and purchased a claim to 60 acres of land, part of lot 54, T. 4. He m. Louisa Hutchins, dau. of Calvin Hutch- ins, in P. Some years later he sold his claim and removed to Dunkirk, this county, where he d. His wife is still living, with a dau., in Summit county, Ohio. Politically Mr. B. was a whig.
120. CALVIN HUTCHINS-Came to P. in 1818 and settled on p't of lot 46, T. 4. Little has been learned definitely in regard to him His eldest dau. m. Collins Bradley (No. 119) and is now living in Summit county, Ohio, a widow.
121. OBADIAH SIMPSON-Came to P. from Canada in 1821 and bought a claim to p't of lot 54, T. 4, land now owned by Louisa Kessler. He occupied a log house at first but in a few years built a frame one, which a few years since was removed to Westfield. In 1832 or '33 he removed to Ohio, where he d. a few years later.
122. JOHN BOWHALL-Was the son of Casper and Margaret Countryman Bowhall, and was b. in Schoharie county, N. Y., March 29, 1798. He came to P. in March, 1818, his mother a widow) coming soon after. He settled on p't of lot 39, T 4, then supposed to be the highest point of land in town, now owned by J. Kelsey and others. Oct. 11 of that year he mn. Margaret Klumph, dau. of Jeremiah Klumph. They lived upon this farm eleven years, then removing to Fredonia, this county, and after eight years to Springfield, Pa., afterward to Detroit, Michigan, and in 1851 to Painesville, Ohio, where Mr. B still lives. Mrs. B. d. there May 8, 1868. A dau. of
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Mr. B. gives a graphic description of the privations and hard- ships of many of the early settlers: "It was almost impossible to get work of any kind. Father worked one month for a Mr. Ellsworth for thirteen dollars and board. Money was scarce and hard to get. One year his taxes were seventy-five cents. and he worked three days splitting rails for the money to pay them. At that time he had wheat and corn to sell, and paid three bushels of wheat for jumping his ax to split rails with. * Salt was six cents per pound, and not always to be had at that ; other things in proportion. Every one wanted to buy, but few had anything to sell, but in a few years every one had a plenty of produce to sell, but few wanted to buy. A bushel of corn was worth just two pounds of salt, and five bushels of wheat a pound of tea. Pork was plenty for it could be fattened in the woods, and maple sugar was made in abun- dance. Sugar parties in their season were a great institution. They would go miles through the woods with ox teams to such gatherings, and eat their sugar with wooden spoons made for the occasion." Mr. B. is a cabinet maker. In politics he is a republican.
Family of Mr. and Mrs. Bowhall,-(1) IHIRAM, (2) MARGARET, (3) CORDELIA, (4) JOHN, (5) ETTA, (6) NELLIE, (7) EMMA, (8) MYRA, (9) HENRY, (10) AMANDA. All but the last three m.
123. WOLCOTT COLT-Was b. in Sandisfield, Mass., July 28, 1800. He came to P. in 1822, and in March, that year, he articled p't of lot 17, T. 5. farm now owned by his son Chandler. He m. Betsey, dau. of Samuel Munson, in 1824 Mrs. C. was b. in Oneida county, N. Y., in April, 1800. They lived upon their farm until 1856 when they removed to the Baptist parsonage, on p't of lot 26, T. 5, place now owned by Iliram Burton, where Mrs. C. d. Oct. 7, that year. Mr. C. is still living, near North East, Pa. He was a bro. of Mrs. Nath. Reeder (No. 158). Mr. C. is an earnest member of the Protestant Methodist church : politically a republican.
Family of Mr. and Mrs. Colt .- (1) FRANKLIN : m. Angelina Simmons. (2) MILTON: m. Mary Spencer. (3) MERCELIA : m.
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Jehial H. Grant. (4) CHANDLER : m. Merab A. Onthank. (5) MARYETTE : d. in Oct. 1856. (6) SARAH ANN : m. Collins Haight.
124. BENAJAH JORDAN-Was a native of Coos county, N. H., and came to P. in April, 1818. His wife's maiden name was Brainard. . He settled on p't of lot 61, T. 4, after a few years residence in town, buying a claim of Andrew McAllister. Some years later he built the house now standing on the farm owned and occupied by Walter Buss Mr. J. was a Protestant in his religious faith, though not a professor ; and in politics a democrat. He d. July 19, 1865, aged 88. Mrs. J. d. Jan. 10, 1857, aged 70.
125. ANDREW McALLISTER-Came from Coos county, N. H., to P. in April, 1818, and settled on p't of lot 61, T. 4, occupying a small log house. He lived in town but a few years. He sold his claim to Benajah Jordan
126. JEREMIAH KLUMPH-Was the son of John Thomas Klumph, a German and a soldier in the English army in the French and Indian war, and Margaret Davis, his wife, and b. at Albany, N. Y., about 1763. He came to P. from Otsego county, this state, in June, 1818, and settled on p't of lot 47, T. 4, land now owned by Wm. Finley and others. He first located (in 1809) all of lot 19, T. 5, and in 1812 all of lot 37, T. 5, but never occupied them. His w. was Amanda Norton. Mrs. K. d. in Otsego in 1817. Mr. K. while a youth was in some capacity attached to the army of Washington, then occu- pying a position above New York city on the Hudson. He was a Methodist ; politically a whig. In 1836 the family removed to Detroit, Mich., where Mr. K. d. in Oct. 1855.
Family of Mr. and Mrs. Klumph .- (1) MARGARET : m. John Bowhall ; d. in Painesville, Ohio, in 1868. (2) PHILIP: d. in P. in 1819; bu. on the farm. (3) EL.ON : d. in P. in 1827; bu. in W. & P. U. cemetery. (4) NELSON : m. - Stevens ; d. in Michigan in 1863. (5) LOUISA : m. ---- Wilson ; lives in Mich. (6) MARY : m. -- Wilson ; lives in Mich. (7) ERASTUS : also lives in Mich. (8) AMANDA: m. - Vansickle; d. in VanBuren county, Mich., in 1839.
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127. JACOB W. KLUMPH-Was the bro. of Jeremiah (No. 126) and was b. in Albany or Otsego county, this state, about 1765. He m. Catharine Bowhall, who was b. in Herkimer county in 1786. They came to P. in 1816 and settled on p't of lot 39, T. 4, land now owned by T. McWhir and others. Mr. K. d. in P. in 1823, and by his directions was bu. on his farm a short distance from his house between two large rocks, where he still rests. The family remained upon the farm until 1834 or '35, when they sold and removed to Michigan.
Family of Mr. and Mrs. Klumph .- (1) BENSON, (2) JERRY, (3) AUGUSTINE, (4) ELIZABETH, (5) ALFRED, (6) AMELIA, (7) JOSEPH. Jerry d. in P. in 1833.
128. NEHEMIAH DURAND-Was the son of Fisk and Polly E. Pratt Durand, and was b. in Milford, Conn., March 21, 1796. In 1819, in company with his brother Fisk, he emigrated to Westfield, this county. He m. Philena Dean, dau. of Gilbert and Abigail Ballard Dean, in 1825. Mrs. B. was b. in Mass. in 1806. In 1826 he removed to P. and settled p't of lot 63, T. 4, farm now owned and occupied by Elisha Tower. Mr. D. built the house now occupied by Mr. Tower. He lived in town about 26 years, removing again to Westfield. and some years later to Waupun, Fond du Lac county, Wis., where he still resides. Mr. D. was a carpenter and joiner by trade ; a member of the Congregational church in P., and politically a republican.
Family of Mr. and Mrs. Durand .- (1) DANIEL : b. in West field. (2) EDWIN, (3) WILLIAM, (4) HORACE, (5) HORACE, (6) MASON, (7) FRANCIS : b. in P. (8) SARAH, (9) POLLY, (10) PLATT, (11) GILBERT, (12) PHILENA : b. in Westfield after a removal there from P.
DAVID McGREGOR-Was the son of Robert, and was b. at Mansfield, Mass., in 1744. His wife was Elizabeth Holland. He was educated at Dartmouth college, N. H., and followed teaching school for most of his life. He was a soldier of the revolution and was promoted to captain and served during the war. He removed to P. from Watertown, N. Y., in the spring
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of 1818, and occupied a house on the farm of Lemuel Munson. The remains of the stone chimney are still to be seen. He taught school in P , Mayville and Ripley. For a few years he lived in Fredonia in a house a little west of the store of Todd & Douglass, now the bank of H. J. Miner. He returned to P. and lived with his son Stephen on the Peck farm, p't of lot 29, T. 5. He d. in Mayville July 4, 1828. aged 84, and was bu. with Masonic honors. Mrs. McG. d. the same year. They were bu. at Mayville. Mr. McG. was a member of the Presby- terian church.
Family of Mr. and Mrs. Mc Gregor .- (1) STEPHEN : b. in Mansfield, Mass .; m. Huldah Jones in 1819; settled on p't of lot 29, T. 5, in P .; d. at Dewittville, this county, Feb. 26, 1841 ; wid. m. Elijah Thayer, and d. Aug., 1860, in Tompkins county, this state : bu. there. (2) DAVID: b. in Mass .; m. Clarissa Munson in Utica, N. Y., in 1813; settled in P. in 1818, on p't of lot 48, T. 4, farm now owned by S. A Hatch ; d. in P. May 26, 1842 ; wife d. in Pomfret in April, 1868; both bu. in Evergreen cemetery. (3) MARY : b. in Mass .; m. Wm. Van- dreser : removed to Genesee county, this state, and d. there.
130. SAMUEL MUNSON-Was b. in Conn. July 9, 1762 : He m. Martha Barnes, who was b. July 6, 1761. They removed to P. from New Hartford, Oneida county, N. Y., in the winter of 1818-19. They were a monthi on the road and a full week from Buffalo to P Owing to the severity of the weather the family suffered severely. At one point the wagon became frozen into the slush and sand on the beach of the lake and he was obliged to unload it and chop it out with axes. He settled on p't of lot 41, T. 5, occupying a log house until 1828 when the frame house now on the farm was built. It is now occupied by his son Samuel. Mr. M. was a farmer, but from the neces- sities of the times occasionally engaged in mechanical pursuits. " He was a believer in the christian faith : in politics a '76 whig." He d. in P. Feb. 27, 1841. Mrs. M. d. Dec. 5, 1845. They were bu. in Evergreen cemetery. All the ch. were b. in
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Oneida county and came to P. at different times, four only coming with their parents.
Family of Mr. and Mrs. Munson .- (1) LUCY: m. John Tower ; settled in P Oct. 1818 ; d. in P. in Sept., 1838. (2) DAVID : came to P. in 1830 ; never m., bought and lived on p't of lot 8, T. 4. where he d. in 1860. (3) LEMUEL: came to P. in 1814 : m. Clarissa Thomas ; settled on p't of lot 48, T. 4, in 1819. where he d. in 1870. (4) MARTHA; In. David B. Granger : settled in P. in 1810 ; d. there Oct. 4, 1862. (5) CLARISSA : b. Feb. 22, 1795 ; m. David McGregor [No. 129] Jan. 11 1818 ; settled in P .: d. April, 1828. (6) BETSEY: b April, 1800 ; m Wolcott Colt in 1824 ; d. in P. Oct. 7, 1856. (7) SAMUEL C .: b. March 14, 1803; came to P. with his father in 1818; m. Mrs. Polly Shuff March 16. 1823; settled on p't of lot 41, T. 5, the old homestead, where they still reside. (8) CHESTER : b. July, 1804; came to P. with his father in 1818: m. Lovisa Hulburt in 1836 and settled on the farm on which he now resides, p't lot 37, T. 5, in 1849.
131. JOHN TOWER-Was the son of - Tower, a seafaring man, who for many years lived in Vt. He m Lucy, a dau of Samuel Munson, and came to P. from New Hartford, Oneida county, this state, in Oct., 1818. In common with most settlers who came into town from the east, the family refer to the horrors of the Cattaraugus woods. There had been a heavy fall of snow, which was fast disappearing before the warm rays of an October sun, and the whole swamp was covered with water and slush from two to three feet deep. In passing through it one of the horses lost his footing and went down and out of sight, and was only rescued by the plunging in of Mr. T. and his assistant and unloosening it from its fastenings. He lived in the town of Chautauqua for a year, but returned and bought of John Price a piece of land where Price built his first cabin, on S. E. corner of his farm, p't of lot 38, T. 5 : also five acres of Richard Birge, adjoining, with a log house. He afterward built a frame house and barn and a tannery. [ See Tanneries. ] He d. June 29, 1855. Mrs. T. d Sept. 2,
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1838. Mr. T. made no profession of religious faith : in politics he was a democrat. The family of Mr. and Mrs. T. were all b. in Oneida county, but all living were m. in P.
Family of Mr. and Mrs. Tower .- (1) R W. TOWER : b. Oct. 29, 1894; m. Sophia Crain of P., Jan. 12. 1834. (2) JULIA A .: b. March 11, 1807 ; m. Russel Stone of Westfield, Oct. 12, 1826 ; now lives at Fairwater, Fond du Lac county, Wis. (3) MARY S : b. Sept. 29, 1808; m. Oliver W. Burch Mar. 8, 1827 ; d. March 2, 1851 ; bu. in W. & P. U. cemetery. Mr. B. lives in Westfield, this county (4) FREDERIC A .: b. April 24. 1810 ; m. Almira Taylor Sept. 5, 1837 ; now lives in North East, Pa. (5) MARTHA A : b. Feb. 12, 1812 ; d. July 14, 1813; bu. in Oneida county. (6) SILLY A .: b. Sept. 30, 1813 ; m. Isaac Durand April 29, 1834; lives in Lancaster, Grant county, Wisconsin.
132. WILLIAM HOWE-Was the son of Samuel and Sarah Rose Howe, and was b. in Brantford, Conn He came ot P. from Oneida county, N. Y , in 1818, and settled on the farm now owned and occupied by E. Denison, N. p't lot 24, T. 5, but in 1821 sold to Jacob Bump 2d, and bought a claim to p't of lot 17, T. 5, land now owned by J. W. Scott and Nath. Titus. In 1822 he sold the east half of this claim to Jacob Bump, Ist. who sold to Ithuel Churchill in 1833 or '34. In 1825 he sold the west half to John Potter, who sold to Dana Churchill in 1833. Soon after Wr H. removed to Buffalo, Erie county, but soon d. Mrs. H. returned to P. and m. Lemuel Crane, and lived for a few years on p't of lot 19, T. 5, farm formerly owned by Silas Houghton and now by Richard Rey- nolds ; afterward on central p't of lot 33, T. 5, farm now owned by Daniel Britcher. From there he removed to North East, Pa., where he d. Mrs. C. returned to P. and lived with Wolcott Colt, a nephew. A few years since she was living in Buffalo. Mr. and Mrs. H. had no family but an adopted dau. -
133. STEPHEN WHITCHER-Settled on p't of lot 60, T. 4, about 828, farm originally settled by Aaron Hall. Nothing further has been learned of him.
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134. HENRY SPENCER-Came to P. from Warsaw, Wyo- ming county, N. Y., in 1818 or '19. He bought a claim to p't of lot 16, T. 5, of Alfred Skinner in 1823, land on which Alfred and Chester Skinner first settled in 1819. He sold his claim in 1835 and removed to Ohio.
135. CHESTER SKINNER-Is a bro. of David (No. 135) and was b. in Norwich, Chenango county, N. Y., Jan. 14, 1799. His ancestors were from Coun. He came to P. in March, 1819, but returned the next winter and in Jan., 1820, m. Betsey Goodrich, who was b. in Newbury, Mass., Dec. 27, 1796. They removed to P. the next month and settled on p't of lot 16, T. 5, land now owned by his son Horace, near an orchard now standing and set by Mr. S. in 1821. In 1823 they removed to their present residence at Brocton, purchasing p't of lot !9, T. 5, of Moses Joy. He lived three years in a shanty standing between the present house and barn, but in 1826 built the frame house now on the farm. The stories of privations and hardships given by Mr. and Mrs. S. are the same given by others and need not now be repeated. Such was the lot of all the early settlers and can hardly be appreciated by those now occupying the farms reclaimed by them from a state of nature to pleasant and in many cases elegant homes. Mr. and Mrs. S. are still living
Family of Mr. and Mrs. Skinner .- (1) JANE: b July 16, 1821 ; m. Josiah Hall; lives in Brocton. (2) DANIEL : b. Oct 3, 1823 ; m. Ist, Lanra Hadden ; 2d, Jane Burr ; lives in P. (3) HORACE : b. Mar. 18, 1825; m. Harriet Moss ; lives in P. (4) JULIA ANN : b. Mar. 15, 1828; m. J. B. Haywood ; lives in Brocton. (5) ANDREW J .: b. July 3, 1830, m. Ellen Hiller ; lives in Brocton. (6) SARAH E .: b. Feb. 10, 1836; m. Cornelius Maloney ; lives in Brocton. Mr M. was killed by an accident on the B., C. & P. R. R. Dec. 24, 1872.
136. ALFRED SKINNER-Was a bro. of Chester and David (Nos. 135 and 136) and was b. in Norwich, Chenango county, N Y., March 26, 1800. He came to P. in 1819 and bought a claim to p't of lot 16, T. 5, with his bro. Chester. Three years
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later he purchased the interest of his bro. but soon sold to Henry Spencer and bought the farm now owned by Luther Harmon in Pomfret, p't of lot 59, T. 5, R. 12. He lived on this farm until 1849. He m. Huldah White, dau. of Benj. White, in May, 1824. Mrs. S. was b. in Chester county, N. Y, July 27, 1803. Mr. S. d. in Sherman, this county, Jan. 20, 1872.
Family of Mr. and Mrs. Skinner .- (1) IANTHA : b. Mar. 23, 1827; m. James Renne in 1847 ; d. in Fredonia Nov. 8, 1861. (2) LYMAN W .: b. April 25, 1829 ; m. Ist, Belinda Hadden, who d. Aug. 27, 1868; 2d, Helen Gibbs in Sherman, this county ; lives in P. (3) DELIA ANN: b. July 25, 1831 ; m. Addison Harris ; lives in Sheridan. (4) JAMES A. H .: b. March 26, 1834 ; m. Eliza S. Simons ; lives in Brocton. (5) BENJAMIN F .: b. July 23, 1836 ; m. Sarah Guild ; lives in Fredonia, N. Y. (6) CATHARINE M .: b. Oct. 31, 1839; m. John Page ; lives in Sher- man. (7) THEODORE W .: b Feb. 28, 1842 ; m. Jane McDoyle ; lives in Sherman. (8) JANETTE: b. Oct. 6, 1844 ; not m. (9) HULDAH E .: b. Feb. 19, 1847; m. Amos C. Loomis ; lives in the town of Chautauqua.
137. DAVID SKINNER-Was the son of Daniel and Harriet Skinner, and was b. in Norwich, Chenango county, N. Y., Aug. 12, 1803. He and his bro. Alfred came to P. in Oct., 1819. He purchased a p't of lot 16, T. 5, but soon sold and in 1824 bought a claim of Joel Smith, farm now owned by Franklin Griswold, M. p't lot 18, T. 5. Upon the side hill back of the house of Mr. Griswold he built a small frame house, now occupied by J. II. Burroughs on the same lot. He sold to Samuel Hull in 1835 and in 1838 bought the farm of Almon Taylor where he now resides, S. p't lot 35, T. 5. He purchased the Taylor farm, N. p't lot 34, T. 5, of Richard Reynolds in 1855. Mr. S. m. Betsey Hill, dan. of Lewis Hill, Dec. 25, 1825. Mrs. S. was b. Aug. 14, 1803, and d. Dec. 22, 1836. His second m. was with Mary Williams, dau. of Elial Williams of P., Oct. 9, 1837. Mr. S. is a man of great energy and formerly of great endu- rance, and when clearing land was first in order with the settlers ; he chopped, and without aid, over 500 acres, and says
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that he "never was beat with an ax." He is at present, how- ever. greatly disabled from rheumatism, induced by excessive toil. Mr. S. is democratic in political sentiment.
Family of Mr. and Mrs. Skinner .- By the first m., ( 1) JOSEPH : b. March 13, 1827; m. Antoinette Morley ; lives in . Michigan. (2) HOMER: b. June 6, 1829 ; m. Martha Fuller ; lives in P. (3) LESTER: b. May 12, 1831 : m. -; wife lives in Boston, Mass. (4) ROXY ANN: b. Feb. 12, 1833 : m. Mortimer Francis ; lives in Pomfret. (5) FRANKLIN : b. April 16, 1835 ; m. Catharine O'Neil ; lives in P. By the second m., (1) ELIAL W .: b. Sept. 30, 1838; m. Betsey Haight; lives in P. (2) GEORGE W .: b. Sept. 30, 1840; m. Susan Jane Taylor; lives in I'. (3) MARY JANE : b. May 2, 1842 ; m. John Gordon ; lives in P.
138. ALBERT SKINNER-Is a bro. of Chester, and came to P. with him when but a child and lived with him until he was 19 years of age with the exception of two or three years. He was b. in Norwich, Chenango county, Dec. 25, 1817. He m. Matilda Mills in P. Jan. 1, 1842. For 28 years he has occupied the same house on N. Div. st., Brocton, previously for two years occupying the farm on which is situated "Vine Cliff," the' residence of T. L. Harris.
Family of Mr. and Mrs. Skinner .- (1) HELEN MARR : b. April 29, 1844 : m. Amariah C. Russ ; lives near Mayville, this county. (2) ALBERT L .: b. Jan. 16, 1846 ; m. Julia Evans in Chenango county : lives there. (3) ALFRED : b. June 14, 1849 ; d. Jan. 6, 1852. (4) HARRIET M .: b. Aug. 7, 1856. (5) LESTER : 1. April 8, 1869.
139. SAMUEL COOK-Was b. in Pawlet, Vt .. June, 1795. He emigrated to Sheridan, this county, and from there to P. in Sept., 1819. He m. a dau. of Daniel Baldwin, who was b. June 19, 1795. Mr C. bought a claim to the land now owned by Clark Walker. central p't lot 36, T. 5. A frame house built by him was removed by Mr. Walker a few years since His article bears date March 30, 1829 Mrs. Cook d. in P. in 1856. Mr.
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C. d. in Crawford county, Pa., in 1862. He was a Universalist ; politically a whig and republican.
140. SAMUEL ANDERSON-Was the son of James and Percy Lyons Anderson. His father was from Ireland and his mother from England. He m. Jerusha Lyons and came to P. from Scipio, Cayuga county, N. Y., in Jan., 1819. He purchased a claim to p't of lot 55, T. 4, farm immediately south of that formerly owned by Warren Couch. Mr. A. was a revolutionary soldier. He had no religious creed ; in politics he was a democrat.
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