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Family of Mr. and Mrs. Anderson .- (1) POLLY : m. Holden Sisson ; d. within a few months. (2) JANE : m. Wm. A. Stetson. (3) SALLY : never m. (4) NANCY: m. John T. McIntyre ; still living, in Iowa. (5) SOPHIA : m. Philip Kane ; living at Little- ton, Iowa. (6) SAMUEL : m. Betsey Taylor: d. in California. (7) BETSEY : m. John Wentworth, who for some years kept a tavern in Westfield this county ; was left a wid. in Ill. but in. again.
141. JOHN LIGHT-Was formerly from Stillwater, Sara- toga county, but came from Butternuts, Otsego county, to P. in 1818 He settled on the farm now owned by Ed. Underhill, S. p't lot 27, T. 5, where he d. about 1927-was found dead in the field. Mrs. L. d. the next day. Mr. L. was seven years in the Continental army. All of his sons were in the army in the war of 1812. Mr. and Mrs. L. and most of their family were members of the Baptist church in P.
Family of Mr. and Mrs. Light .- (1) ABIGAIL: m. Ezra Fellows in Saratoga county, where Mr. F. d. in 1820. Mrs. F. came to P. in 1825 and purchased the Nathan Fay farm, p't of lot 25, T. 5. (2) JACOB : m. Rachael --; lived for some time on the farm now owned and occupied by D. I'. Benjamin. He d. in Michigan. (3) JOHN : m. Prudence ---; d. at Butter nuts, N. Y. (4) WILLIAM : m. Ruth Allen ; was afterward twice m .; lived on the farm now owned by A. A. Moon, in Pomfret ; d. in Westfield, this county. (5) ELIZABETH: m. Ist, Samuel Ketchum ; 2d. Calvin Wooden : lived on p't of
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McCabe farm. (6) ISRAEL : m. Polly Price, dau. of John Price. Mrs L. is living in Hanover, this county, and Mr. L near Flint, Michigan.
142 HENRY MUMFORD-Came to P. from Jefferson county, N. Y., about 1819 and for a short time occupied the place now owned and occupied by the writer in Brocton. He bought the Pitt Crandall farm, p't of lot 15, T. 5, where he lived for some years, but becoming interested in the Mormon faith, with the larger portion of his family went to Kirtland, Ohio, in 1836. He d. soon after. A son m. Hannah Crosby, a dau. of Joshua Crosby, and joined the hegira for the promised inheritance, and as far as now known is living in Utah.
143. ROSWELL BEACH-Settled on farm now owned by Wm. Becker, central p't of lot 19, T. 5, in 1819. He d. here after a few years. He had two sons, Maple and Roswell, and one dan., Flora, who m Joseph Harris, son of Wm. Harris (No. 53).
144. ISAAC HUBBARD-Came to P. from Genesee county, N. Y., in 1819. He m. Orpha, sister of Wm. Thayer. [See 152.] For some time he owned the Pratt farm, p't of lot 23, T. 5. " He was a restless character," and seldom remained long in the same locality. He d. in Indiana but a few years since. His w. d. in Iowa.
145. HENRY HOWARD-Came to P. as early as 1819 and for several years lived with Richard Williams. He m. a dau. of Oliver Barnes, many years since living near Fredonia, this county. In 1821 he settled on p't of lot 4, T. 5, R. 13, and p't of lot 62, T. 5, R. 12, farms now owned by D. P. Benjamin and E. B. Walden. About 1830 he sold to Eli Graves and went to the south part of the county.
146. MANSUR BROWN-Was b. in Canterbury, Conn., in 1794. In 1813 he m. Chloe Martin, who was b. in Thompson, Conn., in 1797. He came to the "purchase" in 1818 and bought a claim to p't of lot 18, T. 5, farm since owned by Dea. Henry Reynolds and others. In 1819 he removed with his
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family, a one horse wagon containing the family and their effects. He occupied a log house until 1830 when he built a frame house, now standing on the north side of the road oppo- site the farm. About 1835 Mr. Brown sold to Henry Reynolds and removed to Hayfield, Crawford county, l'a., and subse- quently to Grandville, Michigan, where he d. March 17, 1867 Mr. B. was a wagon maker, and built and occupied for some years the shop now owned and occupied by O. N. Fay, on S. W. p't of lot 19, T. 5. He was a man of great physical endu. rance and untiring energy. He was a free-will Baptist ; politically a republican.
Family of Mr. and Mrs. Brown .- (1) JOHN M .: b. Oct. 7, 1815 ; m. Maria Churchill, dau. of Dea. Dana Churchill, Oct 19, 1836 ; lived in P. until 1848; since then lived in Va. and Pa. and now in Jamestown, Michigan. (2) LOUISA: b. in 1818 ; m. Squire L. Gitchel in P. in 1833 ; now lives in James town, Michigan. (3) LUCIUs B .: b Jan. 23, 1821; m Caroline E. Hamlin in 1842 ; also lives in Jamestown, Michigan. (4) JAMES : b. Sept .; 1828; in. Diantha Ball in 1851 ; now lives in Byron, Michigan.
147. JAMES CHARTER-Came to P. from Warsaw, Wyo- ming county, N. Y., in 1819, and settled on p't of lot 16, T. 5, land now owned and occupied by Wm. Martin. He was originally from Ticonderoga. He sold in 1835 and removed to Ohio.
Family of Mr. and Mrs. Charter .- (1) LEMON, (2) DANIEL, (3) PERMELIA.
148. JOHN HOLENBECK -- Originally from Ticonderoga. N. Y., came to P. from Warsaw, Wyoming county, with James Charter in 1819. He settled on p't of lot 16, T. 5. land now owned by Wm. Martin. Ilis house stood on the opposite side of the road from the present residence of Mr. Martin. He removed to Ohio in 1835.
149. G. A. HITCHCOCK-Came to P. from Warsaw, Wyo- ming county, N. Y., in 1819 and settled on p't of lot 16, T. 5, land now owned by Horace Skinner, near the lake. He was a
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preacher of the Methodist order and was known over the country as the barefooted preacher, from the fact that he attended his appointments during the warm weather barefooted. He left P. for Ohio in 1835.
150. LEONARD LILLY-Came to P. from Onondaga Co., N. Y., in 1819. He m. Vesta, a dau. of Lemuel Thayer, before coming to P., and settled on p't of lot 23, T. 5, north p't of the Michael Fuller farm. After a few years he sold and moved to Ohio. Mrs. L. d. there and about 1867 Mr. L. returned to P. in indigent circumstances, and d. at the house of Wm. Thayer in 1870.
Family of Mr. and Mrs. Lilly .- (1) LEONARD, (2) ORRIN, (3) WILLIAM , (4) ELIZA, (5) MARY.
151. AARON HALL-Came to P. from Mass. in 1819 and settled on p't of lot 60, T. 4. His wife, Rebecca, was from New Jersey. He was the father of Josiah Hall of Brocton He d at Brocton, then Salem X Roads, in 1840. His wife d. in 1852.
152. LEMUEL THAYER-Was a native of Salsbury, Conn. He m Charity Manly in Conn. Mrs T. d. in Salsbury and the family soon after removed to Onondaga county, N. Y. Mr. T. m. for a second wife Clarinda Davis. After several changes he came to P. from Genesee county in 1819. He settled on N. p't of lot 32, T. 4, farm now owned by Matthew Fuller The last years of his life he lived with his son William. He d. in 1833.
Family of Mr. and Mrs. Thayer .- (1) MANLY : b. in Conn. and d. there. (2) VESTA : m. Leonard Lilly : d. in Ohio many years since. (3) LEMUEL : settled in P. and d. on the farm now owned by Cullen Burr, p't of lot 34, T. 5. (4) PATIENCE: d. in Onondaga county. (5) ORPHA : mn. Isaac Hubbard : d. in Iowa. (6) CHARITY :. d. young. (7) RICHMOND : m. Mrs. - Churchill ; lives in Ellington, this county. (8) WILLIAM: b. June 10, 1801 ; m. Sally Simmons in P ; settled on N. E. p't lot 32, T. 4, where he still lives. The above were all b. in Conn. Those by his second m. were : (1) ELEANOR : m. Brainard Belding ;
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settled in P. (2) ALICIA : m. Lewis Barnham; went to Iowa. (3) MARGARET : m. Orrin Hunt ; settled on E. p't lot 32, T. 4. (4) MARIA : m. John Bostwick ; settled in Ohio, where Mr. B. d Mrs. B. d. in P. in June, 1865. (5) DOLLY: m. Henry Miller : lives in Stockton, this county. (6) JANE: m. Abner Billings ; lives in the town of Chautauqua, this county. (7) ELIZABETHI : m. Ebenezer Simmons; went to Michigan, where Mr. S. d. All the family were b. before coming to P
153. SILAS HOUGHTON .- Came to P. from Erie county, N. Y., in 1820. He was the father of Mrs. Nicholas Lake. He purchased a claim to 53 acres of land, p't of lot 19, T. 5, oppo- site the present residence of Richard Reynolds, in 1821. He built a distillery near the falls in Slippery Rock creek, N. of Brocton, in 1824 or '25. He sold his claim to Lemuel Crane and in 1836 left town.
154. CYRUS LOGAN-Came to P. from Warsaw, then in Genesee county, now Wyoming, about 1820. He settled on a small place now owned and occupied by "latthew Seely, S. W. p't of lot 30, T. 5, where he lived ten or twelve years when he removed to Union, Pa. He was a carpenter by trade, and built the house now standing on the Marsh farm. Mrs. L. d. before the family removed to P.
Family of Mr. and Mrs. Logan .- (1) JEREMIAH, (2) HORACE. Both sons removed to Pa with their father.
155. ELIJAH THAYER-Was the first settler between Solomon Coney's mill, N. E. p't lot 21, T. 5, and the lake. When he settled here is not known, but some time previous to 1819. The farm was afterward owned by Fred Owen, Seth Richardson, Anson Driggs, Hiram Burton, and now by T. L. Harris. He m. the widow of Stephen McGregor, and as late as 1840 lived on the Mc Cabe farm, p't lot 26, T. 5. Mrs. T. d. in Tompkins county, this state, in 1860.
156. FREDERICK OWEN .- It is not known from whence Mr. O. emigrated to P. or in what year. He purchased a claim to E. Pt. of lot 22, T. 5. [See No. 155.] He left P. about 1830 and settled near Beloit, Wisconsin. Nothing further was
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known of him until 1857 when he was found to be the " minis- tering spirit " that watched over and cared for the family of Walter Mumford (a former citizen of this town and an early settler) in their afflictions and necessities after the death of Mr. MI. in Wisconsin.
157. NICHOLAS LAKE-Was the son of Henry and Jemima Waldo Lake, and was b. in Plainfield, N. Y. He m. Eunice Houghton, dan of Silas and Sarah Wyman Houghton, who was b. in Lisbon, Vt. He came to P. in 1820 from Clarence, Erie county, N. Y. He settled on p't of lot 19, T. 5, land now owned and occupied by Richard Reynolds, purchasing a claim of John ยท Hedgline. Mrs. L. d. here in 1830 and was bu. in Evergreen cemetery. He m. for his second wife Mrs. - Barmore of Pen Yan, this state. . He built a frame house, the one now standing back of the house of Richard Reynolds, about 1846. Mr. L. made several changes of location in town, but eventually removed to Albion, Orleans county, this state, where he d. Mrs. L. d. and was bu there. Mr. L. was an ardent Metho dist ; a whig and republican.
Family of Mr. and Mrs Lake .- (1) SIDNEY S : m. Betsey Fellows ; d. in California. (2) WALDO W .: m. Addie Herriman ; now lives in California. (3) LUCIA : d. in P. (4) SARAH W .: m. James H Minton ; now lives at Westfield, this county. (5) ROSE A .: m. Jared Brocket ; now lives in Milwaukee, Wis.
158. NATHANIEL REEDER-Came to P. in 1820 and purchased a claim of Calvin Barnes, jr., to p't of lot 33, T. 5, farm now owned by Mrs. Bush. In 1831 or '32 he sold to Ithamer Crouch and moved to the town of Chautauqua Mrs. R. was a sister of Wolcott Colt. He was a Methodist preacher. [See M. E. Church.] James Reeder, a bro., lived on the same farm.
159. CORNELIUS EASTWOOD-Came to P. in 1820. After living in town two or three years he settled on N p't of lot 33, T. 5, land now owned by M. J. Munson ; afterward on p't of lot 63, T. 4, where he lived for a few years and went west.
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160. WILLIAM MILLER .- It is not known when or from where Mr. M. came to P. Ile m. Polly, a dau. of David Joy, and for some years lived in a log house on S. p't of lot 19, T. 5, nearly opposite the present residence of Wm. Becker. About 1839 he removed to Indiana.
161. JAMES PRATT-Came to P. from the eastern part of this state and bought a claim to p't of lot 23, T. 5, in Nov., 1820, farm now occupied by Seth Every, and previously by Jacob Bump. He sold to Win. Thayer and removed to Michigan in 1867.
Family of Mr. and Mrs. Pratt .- (1) LAFAYETTE: m Mabel Williams ; lives in Michigan. (2) GEORGE W .: m. Charlotte Turk ; lives in Michigan. (3) SARAH: m. 1st, Charles H, Williams, who d. in the U. S. service in the war of 1861; 2d, William Thistlewood. (4) MARY : m. Wm. Tunningly ; lives in Michigan. (5) WALKER: m. - -- ; also lives in Michigan.
162. DEFOREST MILLS-Settled on the central p't of lot 16, T. 5, land now owned by Harvey Fitch, about 1820. He was a turner of wooden ware, of use to settlers when crockery and brown wares were hard to get and hard to pay for. What became of him is not known.
163. CALVIN WOODEN-Came to P. as early as 1820. He m. Elizabeth, dau. of John Light, and for a few years lived on p't of lot 26, T. 5, a little east of Portland station, L. S. R. R.
164. JOHN HEDGLINE-Some time previous to 1820 came to P. and purchased a claim to p't of lot 19, T. 5, farm now owned and occupied by Richard Reynolds. He sold to Nicholas Lake in 1820 and left town.
165. LEONARD VIBBARD-Came to P. in 1820 from Otsego county, N. Y., with his own conveyance, as was usual in those times. He m. Betsey, a sister of Jeremiah, Jacob and Thomas Klumph. He settled on p't of lot 39, T. 4, land now owned by David Whipple, purchasing a claim of - Light Mr. V. d. in 1833 or '34 and his family soon removed to Tona wanda, this state.
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Family of Mr. and Mrs. Vibbard .- (1) ORVILLE, (2) LOUISA, , (3) MARY, (4) THOMAS. The names of the youngest three are not remembered.
166. SYLVESTER ANDREWS-Settled on the N. E. p't of lot 18, T. 5. His article bears date Oct. 26, 1821, though he lived in town three or four years previous to that date. He m. a dau. of Wm. Harris and lived in a log house on the N. E. corner of the farm, where now stands a small frame house. The land is now owned by Ed. Underhill. He was one of the two first deacons of the Baptist church at Brocton. He sold to T. Judson in 1829 and removed to Silver Creek, this county, where he d. two or three years since. His family are living there still.
167. JOSEPH HARRIS-Son of Wm. Harris, (No. 53,) lived on p't of lot 18, T 5, land now owned by Ed. Underhill. His article bears date Oct. 26, 1821. About 1828 or '29 he sold to T. Judson and removed to Buffalo, this state. He m. Flora, dau. of Roswell Beach.
168. ERASTUS CROSBY-Settled on S. E. p't of lot 21, T. 5, land now owned and occupied by Linus Burton and others, east of Brocton station. He bought a claim of Christo pher McManus Feb. 28, 1821. Mr. McManus was killed on this place the next year-1822. What became of Mr. Crosby is not known.
169. JOHN, WILLIAM AND THOMAS CORNING-Came to P. from Nova Scotia in 1821. Wm. settled on p't of lot 21, T. 5, near Brocton station L. S. R. R. Thomas, passing under the name of Thomas Walker for reasons not known, settled on the farm now owned and occupied by Luke Haight, north of Brocton, p't of lot 15, T. 5, and sold to William Case in 1824. What became of them is not known.
170. PARDON T. LEWIS-Came from Chenango county, N. Y., to Sheridan, this county, in 1817. He lived with Jeremiah Baldwin for several years ; m. his dau. Esther, and moved to P. in the spring of 1821 and purchased a claim to p't of lot 32, T. 5, farm now owned and occupied by B. F. Pecor.
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He sold this in 1824 to Orris Perkins and removed to the now town of Dunkirk and afterward to Sheridan, where he d. in 1850.
171. ASA BUMP-Originally from Butternuts, Otsego Co., N. Y., came to P. from Saegertown, Crawford Co., Pa., in 1821. He settled on the S. W. p't of lot 34, T. 5, land now owned by J. McFadden. His article bears date Oct. - , 1821. In 1834 he sold his land to Zalmon C. Goodsell and removed with his whole family to Kirtland, Ohio, having become interested in the Mormon faith. Those of the family now living are with the faithful at Salt Lake City, as far as known.
Family of Mr. and Mrs. Bump .- (1) JACOB: for some years owned and occupied the farm now owned and occupied by Erastus Denison, N. p't lot 24, T. 5. (2) GUYLE, (3) JOHN, (4) JAMES, (5) JEROME, (6) BENJAMIN.
172. JACOB BUMP-Was from Butternuts, Otsego Co., originally, but from Saegertown, Pa., to P. in 1821, removing with his bro Asa (No. 171). He bought the farm now owned and occupied by J. W. Scott of Wm. Howe, p't of lot 17, T. 5, that or the next year. He sold in 1834 or'35 to Ithuel Churchill and removed to Illinois. He was an exemplary man and an excellent citizen.
173. JOEL SMITH-Came to P. some time previous to 1820, and in 1821 or '22 bought a claim to p't of N. p't of lot 18, T. 5, land now owned by Franklin Griswold. In 1825 he sold to David Skinner and soon after removed to Buffalo. He in. Loretta, dau. of Win. Harris. Mrs. S. d. in Buffalo in the winter of 1871-2.
174. TYRUS GOODWIN-Was b. in Hartford, Conn., May 6, 1789. He m. Anna Bassett about 1811 or '12, who was b. in the town and county of Litchfield, Conn., June 17, 1790. He settled in Ticonderoga, N. Y., afterward in Warsaw, Wyo- ming county, from whence he came to P. in Feb., 1821, and settled on p't of lot 16, T. 5, on the lake road, occupying a log house on the S. side of the road as now located. Being a hatter by trade, he built a log shop on the N. side of the road, near
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the lake, the site of which was long since washed away. The land is now owned by Horace Skinner. In 1825 he purchased the N. E. corner of lot 27, T. 5, upon which he lived until two or three years previous to his death, which occurred July 2, 1869. Mrs. G. d. in April, 1855. In earlier life Mr. G. was a Methodist, but later a Universalist. In politics he was an " old line whig " until the knownothing excitement, which left him in the ranks of the democracy.
Family of Mr. and Mrs. Goodwin-(1) DAVID: b. in Ticon- deroga Aug. 17, 1813 ; m. Catharine Freleigh ; d. at Dunkirk, this county, Feb. 19, 1855; bu. at Brocton. (2) CAROLINE : b. at Ticonderoga Sept. 25, 1815 ; m. Henry Conner; lived for several years near Riceville, Pa., but since in P. Mr. C. d. some years since. (3) EUNICE : b. at Warsaw March 2, 1819 ; m J. E. Harris ; lives in P. (4) BUSHROD : b, in P. May 28, 1824 ; m. Margaret Ely ; for some years lived on the old homestead, but now in Westfield, this county. (5) HENRY : b. in P Feb. 13, 1831 ; d. July 19, 1850 ; bu. at Brocton.
175. ABNER B. BEEBE-Was the son of Ephraim and Elizabeth Beebe, and was b at Mayville, New London county, Conn., April 23, 1797. He m. -- Roberts, dau. of Benj and Polly Roberts, Nov. 21, 1821. Mrs. B. was b. at East Hart- ford, Conn., May 19, 1798. They came to P. from Pomfret in January, 1822. He settled on the E. p't of lot 31, T. 5, purchasing a claim of Calvin Barnes, and built a frame house the same year, the one now owned and occupied by Wm. Rinehart, where he lived ten years, selling to Wm. Miller and purchasing the N. p't of lot 25, T. 5, upon which he built a frame house the same year. now owned and occupied by Ledyard Douglass. After partially clearing the land about his dwelling, in 1832 he caused a survey for a village to be made by T. Judson and a plat to be drawn, which was recorded in the county clerk's office the same year. A few lots were sold, upon which houses were erected. This was the commencement of the present village of Centerville. Mr. B. says : " It was a most dismal looking place, all woods from the top of the hill east of
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the railroad to the hill west of the center. It was the thickest woods west of the railroad that I ever saw. The roads were few and poor. Moses Joy kept tavern in a log house on the farm occupied by H. A. S. Thompson, west of Brocton." Mr. B. moved to Girard, Pa., in Nov., 1845, where he lived seven years ; and to Madison, Ohio, in Nov., 1852, where he still lives, in his 77th year. Mrs. B. is also living Mr. B. is a Methodist, and in politics a "Jackson democrat."
Family of Mr. and Mrs. Beebe .- (1) ABNER: m. Sarah Mattison in Plainfield, Otsego county, this state. (2) EMILY : m. Geo. Rogers at Madison. (3) GEORGE, (4) EPHRAIM : m. Susan Trent in Girard, Pa. (5) CORNELIA : m. at Madison. (6) SALLY : m. at Madison.
176. ELIJAH DOTY-Came to P. in 1822 and settled on the farm now owned and occupied by W. D. Onthank, p't of lot 32, T. 5; made large improvements and raised a large family of ch. Little is remembered of him. He went to Ohio in company with Peter Vangaasbeek and family in 1834.
177. HORACE CLOUGH-Came to P. from Madison county, N. Y., in 1822, and bought the farm commonly known as the Peck farm. N. p't of lot 29. T. 5. He built the house now on the farm in 1823. The farm is now owned by Jason Webster. He sold in 1828 to Asahel Peck and removed to Laona, this county. He m. 1st in Madison county ; 2d, a sister of Jesse Baldwin, then of this town but now of Sheridan. Mr. and Mrs. C. are both dead.
178. SAMUEL HARRIS-Was a bro. of Ebenezer and J. E. Harris and came to P. from Vt. in 1821, but d. on the first of Sept., 1822. He lived on the lake road on p't of lot 32, T. 5. His family returned to Vt.
179. ELEAZER HIBBARD-Came to P. in 1822 and bought a claim to p't of lot 21, T. 5, occupying a log house a little east of Brocton station, L. S. R. R. How long he remained or what became of him is not known.
180. LYMAN DOOLITTLE-Came to P. from Chenango county, this state, in 1818, and purchased a claim to S. E. p't
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of lot 19, T. 5, land since known as the Judson farm, of James Wilder. In 1828 he sold to T. Judson and bought the Darwin Goodrich farm, north of Brocton, p't of lot 21, T. 5. The assignment of his article bears date March 30, 1829. Within the next few years he sold and removed to Fredonia, this county, where he d. He had a large family of ch., two of whom only seem to be distinctly remembered, Orrin, who lives in Fredonia, and Levi.
181. SAMUEL BASSETT -- Came to P. from Genesee Co., N. Y., in 1823. He bought a claim to p't of lot 41, T. 5, farm now owned by David Granger, and including the grounds of the West Baptist society in P. He sold to James Hayner and for some time lived on the farm now owned by Chester Munson, N. p't of lot 37, T. 5, buying of Edwin W. Farington. He sold to Mr. Munson and removed to Pa.
182. WILLIAM CASE-Was the son of Jonathan and Alche Case and b. at Hoosick, Rensselaer county, May 13, 1794. He m. Polly Hempsted, dau. of Nathaniel and Esther Hempsted, Dec. 12, 1813. Mrs. C. was b. in Nassau, Rensselaer county, May 3, 1796. They settled in Williamstown, Oswego county, N. Y., where they lived until March, 1823, when they removed to Pomfret, in this county, and in the fall of the same year to P., and purchased of Thomas Walker (Corning) p't of lot 15, T. 5, farm now owned and occupied by Luke Haight. The journey to Pomfret from Oswego was a slow and tedious one, owing to the sudden disappearance of the snow and the necessity of conveying their load upon a sleigh with the mud and water almost any depth. Their stock of provisions became exhausted before reaching Fiddlers' Green, now Springville, Erie county, and as none could be obtained at that place or Lodi, now Gowanda, they came near starving, and were only relieved by a traveler at some point near Perrysburg, who "opened his box of provisions and gave us an ample repast. For this act the stranger has ever been held in most grateful and kindly remem- brance." The first house of Mr Case was a log house, but in 1831 he built a frame house, which is still standing and occu-
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pied by Mr. Haight as an out-house. In 1849 he sold his farm to Mark Haight and purchased the farm of W. P. Crandall, p't of lot 15, T. 5. In 1863 he sold this farm and removed to Portland Center, where he d. Sept. 30, that year. Mrs. C. d. in 1871 at Ilokah, Minnesota ; was bu. in Brocton cemetery by the side of her husband. Mr. C. was in the U. S. service in the war of 1812 for a few weeks. He was a Methodist, and politically a republican.
Family of Mr. and Mrs. Case .- (1) V. M. JAMES : b. Feb. 27, 1815 : d. in P. June 3, 1845 (2) ISAAC H .: b. Nov. 7, 1817 ; is a physician .; lives in Indiana. (3) DANA F .: b. Mar. 27, 1820; is depot agent on S Minn. R. R. (4) ALANSON G .: b. Feb. 25, 1822 : is a physician ; lives in Indiana. (5) ALBERT M .: b. May 14, 1826 ; now pastor of Plymouth Cong. church, Burlington, WVis. (6) P. MARIA: b. June 20, 1828 ; m. A. H. Bowdish ; resides in Hokah, Minn. (7) MILTON W .: b. Aug. 19, 1830; is a physician at Chicago, Ill. (8) CHARLES W .: b. Dec. 2, 1833 ; d. July 2. 1858 ; bu. in Brocton cemetery (9) LAVANTIA D .: b. Oct. 13, 1836 ; m. D. L Clements, general ticket agent S. Minn. R. R .; lives at Hokah, Minn. (10) WESTWOOD W .: b. Dec. 13, 1838 : is a clergyman and now pastor of Asbury M. E. church, Milwaukee, Wis.
183. ISAAC HOWE-Was the son of Samuel and Sarah Rose Howe, and was b. at Brantford, Conn. He m. Hannah Mallory in Columbia county, N. Y., and settled in Oneida Co. He removed to Cayuga county in 1812, and came to P. in 1823, the family coming in 1824, and settled on part of lot 10, T. 5, land now owned by his son Isaac and John Lawson. He was a carpenter by trade. He d. in Sept., 1839, and was bu. at Brocton
Family of Mr. and Mrs. Howe .- (1) JOSIAHI M .: b. July 8, 1811 ; m. Cornelia Randall May 20, 1845 ; settled on p't of homestead ; now lives in Fredonia. (2) MARY ANN: b in Cayuga county ; d. in P. in March, 1840. (3) ISAAC: b. in Cayuga county Oct. 23, 1814 ; m. Marilla Rositer March 14, 1849; lives on the homestead. (4) ELIZA : b. April 4, 1816 :
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