History of Chautauqua County, New York : from its first settlement to the present time : with numerous biographical and family sketches, Part 65

Author: Young, Andrew W. (Andrew White), 1802-1877; Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. fmo; Huntington Free Library. fmo
Publication date: 1875
Publisher: Buffalo, N.Y. : Printing House of Matthews & Warren
Number of Pages: 948

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ALEXANDER COCHRAN settled, in 1804, on the farm on which his son John resides, about one mile west of Quincy. This family and the families of his brothers, Robert and Hugh, who came several years later, were from the north of Ireland, and of the class called "Protestant Irish," or "Scotch Irish." Alexander Cochran is believed to have been the first settler in Rip- ley, and the first man in the county that took a deed for his land. He lived on the farm he first purchased, until his death. He had 13 children : 1. John, who was married to Mary Shipboy, and had 11 children, of whom three died young. 2. Nancy, wife of Wm. A. Robinson, who had 8 children : Rosanna, wife of David McCord ; Alexander C., who married Catharine Ely, of Ripley, and is a banker at Pittsburgh ; Nancy, wife of the late Dr. Alexander Coch- ran, of Westfield ; Thomas H., a Presbyterian minister at Harrisburg, Pa .; David, unmarried, and John, both at Pittsburgh; William, unmarried, at Pittsburgh, who was a lieutenant in the late war, promoted to colonel, and was in Libby and Andersonville prisons ; and Samuel, unmarried, in North- east. 3. Hugh, who had 6 children ; two are living. 4. Alexander, unmar- ried, at Chicago. 5. Robert, who was twice married, first, to Catharine Densmore; second, to Julia Barnard ; resides at Austinburg, O., and is a Presbyterian minister. 6. William, who had 9 children, of whom two are living ; one, Avery, is a teacher in a deaf and dumb asylum, at Sheldon, Neb. 7. Samuel, who died at 17. 8. Margaret, wife of Jediah Loomis, of West- field. 9. James, who married Nancy Johnson, and had 9 children. 10. Martin, who married Helen Gates, and died in Ripley. 11. Andrew, who married Catharine Moore, and is a Presbyterian minister at Durhamville, Oneida Co. 12. David, who died in childhood, from falling into a tub of hot water. 13. Eleanor, wife of Samuel C. Dickson; they removed to In- dependence, Iowa, where Mrs. Dickson and family reside. Mr. D. died while on a visit at Coldwater, Mich.

ROBERT COCHRAN, a brother of Alexander, from Ireland, settled in Rip- ley, in 1815, on the Buffalo & Erie road, near the east line of the town, where his son David now resides, and where he resided until his death, in October, 1854, aged 74 years. He was twice married. His first wife was Nancy Neil, by whom he had a daughter, Jane, born in Ireland, who was the second wife of Philip Stephens, an early settler in the town of Westfield. He married, second, Mary Jane Strain, who had 12 children, the first 2 of whom were born in Ireland. 1. Nancy, second wife of John Siggins. 2.

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Isaac, who married Julia, daughter of Dea. James Montgomery, one of the earliest settlers of Westfield. 3. Rachel, second wife of Alpheus Moore, of Ripley. 4. Hugh, who died about 1826. 5. Margaret, unmarried. 6. Alexander, who married, first, Ellen Howard, and had 2 children, Emma and George ; married, second, Rachel, daughter of Hugh Cochran, and resides in Westfield, near the lake. 7. Robert, who died at 5. 8. Hannah, wife of Nathan Smith, of Buffalo. 9. Elizabeth, the wife of John Thompson, of Buffalo. 10. Harriet, wife of George L. Fayfield, of Buffalo. 11. Sarah, died in infancy. 12. David, unmarried, who now owns and occupies the old homestead. Mrs. Mary Jane Cochran died August, 1872.

HUGH COCHRAN, brother of Alexander and Robert, and also an emigrant from Ireland, settled in the north-east corner of Ripley, near the lake, where he died early in 1854. He was married in Ireland to Sarah Nesbit, and had 8 children : 1. Nancy, wife of John Strain, and resides in Minnesota. 2. James, who died at about 20. 3. Sarah, wife of David Johnson ; both de- ceased. 4. John, who died at about 18. 5. Alexander, who died at about 23. 6. William N., who now resides in Westfield. He married Nancy Johnson, of Westfield, and has 3 children, Alexander, David, and William. 7. Rachel, the second wife of Alexander Cochran. 8. Eliza, who died at about 16.

ROBERT COCHRAN, 2d, born in Ireland, Oct. 22, 1786, emigrated to Amer- ica in 1812, and, in 1813, settled in the north-west part of Westfield, on lot 4, where he resided until his death, May 6, 1870. He was married in Ireland to Jane Law. He was for 14 years an assessor of the town, and in 1834 and 1835 supervisor. He was a member of the Presbyterian church in Westfield, and became a member of the Presbyterian church in Ripley on its forma- tion. He had 11 children : Mary, Jane, John, Thomas L., who died at 21, Hugh B., Robert, James, Hannah, Rachel, William W., and Harriet, who died in infancy: Mary married John Crossgrove, and lives in Ripley ; John and James married, and Hannah and Rachel, unmarried, live in Waupun, Wis .; Hugh, in Beaver Dam, Wis .; and Robert, in Westfield, Wis., both married ; and Jane and William in Westfield, N. Y., unmarried.

WILLIAM CROSSGROVE, from the north of Ireland, came to America in the autumn of 1801, and went with his family to New Berlin on the Susquehanna river, and thence, about a year after, to Colt's station, Erie Co., Pa .; and, in the spring of 1807, he removed to Ripley, where he resided till his death, May, 1846, and where his son John now resides. He died while on a visit to his relatives in Central Pennsylvania. He was married in Ireland to Rachel Cochran. They had 6 children born in Ireland, and 8 in America. Their names were Jane, James, Hugh, William, John, Nancy, Thomas, Alexander, Samuel ; the rest died in infancy. Samuel died in 1845, at the age of 31, hav- ing nearly completed his course of studies for the ministry. Both parents were members of the Presbyterian church in Ireland, and were of the number from which the Ripley church was formed.

ROBERT DICKSON, from Cherry Valley in 1809, bought of Basil Burgess

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the farm where John Smallwood now resides. He sold this farm, and removed to the town of Westfield, on the hill. He died about the year 1832. His sons were Samuel, William, Robert C., Fayette, and Andrew. Samuel and Fayette died in the town of Westfield ; Robert C., in Ohio; Andrew, in Ripley. William was the father of Albert, Campbell, and Dwight, and set- tled where the widow of Albert now resides, near the old church, in Ripley. He had 3 daughters : Clarissa, wife of D. Azro A. Nichols, assistant editor of the Albany Country Gentleman; Mary Ann, widow of Charles D. Sackett, formerly of the Jamestown Journal; and Ellen, wife of Marcus B. Gleason, of French Creek. The two daughters of Robert Dickson were Jane, who married Joseph Cass, and died in Ohio ; and Olive, wife of Judd W. Cass.

WILLIAM DICKSON, brother of Robert, Sr., settled, about 1815, on the farm lately owned by Seth Ely, in East Ripley ; and JOHN, another brother, about 1810, bought of Silas Baird, and settled on a part of the tract bought by Burban Brockway, a mile east from Quincy. He was killed by the falling of a tree.

WILLIAM B. DICKSON, in 1815, settled on the lake road, near the Westfield line, and died in 1822. He was father of Samuel C. Dickson, who removed, in 186-, to Iowa, and died, a few years after, at Coldwater, Mich., while there on a visit or on business.

BENJAMIN H. DICKSON, from Ontario Co., removed in 1817 to Ripley, near the state line. He was a carpenter and a painter, and worked at these trades for nearly 65 years, until a year or two ago, when he lost his eye-sight. He is now 84 years of age. He has long been a resident of Quincy, where he still resides. His children are Miriam, who lives with her father ; Mary Cordelia, wife of Horace C. Hoag, of Lockport; and Henry C., of Royal- ton, Niagara Co.

SELDEN ELY, from Lyme, Conn., to Ripley, in 1824, settled on land first owned by Farley Fuller, where he resided until his death in 1861. His sons were George, John, Eben, and Francis J. John and Eben removed some years since to Virginia, where they reside. Eben served in the late war ; was taken prisoner and confined, first, on Belle Isle, afterwards, for 18 months, in Andersonville prison. Francis died recently in New York. Mr. Ely had two daughters : Kate, wife of Alexander C. Robinson, who re- sides at Pittsburgh ; and Phebe, wife of John Gill, in Allegany City, Pa.

SETH ELY, brother of the above, came to Ripley in 1833, and settled near his brother. He married Eliza Ann Hale, of Ripley, and now resides in Quincy. They have no children.

CHARLES FORSYTH, a native of Connecticut, removed to Erie Co., Pa. ; thence, in 1808, to Ripley, and settled on a part of the tract originally bought of the Holland Company by James McMahan, on lot 5, where he resided until his death, May 1, 1860. He had 8 children, all of whom at- tained the age of majority. They were : Nancy, wife of Fisk Durand, de- ceased. She lives in Westfield. John K., who married Lavina Stevens, and after her death, Nancy Ludlow. He resides on the homestead. Sarah M.,

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wife of Joseph Derickson, Meadville, Pa. Charles H., who died unmarried. Caroline, deceased, was the wife of Willard Doolittle, who lives in Wisconsin. Parthena, the wife of Christopher Hills, in Westfield. David B., who died at about 24, unmarried. Jane A., who married Martin Durkee, and resides in Mina.

GIDEON GOODRICH removed from Saratoga Co. to Ripley, in 1815, having purchased several lots on the lake shore, at and east of the state line. He resided about one mile north-west from Quincy until his death. He had 8 sons : Orestes, John, Anson, Austin, recently postmaster, all of whom died in Ripley ; Frederick, who died in Wisconsin, and was buried in Ripley ; Horace, principal of Albany Female Seminary, who died in Albany, in 1816; Barzillai, who died at Meadville, Pa. ; Grant, who resides in Chicago; and George. He had but one daughter, Harriet, who married Dr. Silas Spencer; of Westfield, and is deceased.

GEORGE GOODRICH, son of Gideon, was born at Ballston, Saratoga Co., Dec. 13, 1793, and removed to Ripley in 1815, where he resided till his death, Sept. 14, 1874. He was married to Tryphena Parsons, of Ripley, who was born March 12, 1799, and died June 11, 1847. They had Ir chil- dren : 1. Delia, who died at 21. 2. Gertrude, wife of Charles A. Brunson, and resides in Milwaukee. 3. Milton P., who served 3 years and 2 months in the late war. He was a captain in the 9th reg. of calvary, N. Y. vol., and was in the battles of Gettysburg, the Wilderness, Fredericksburg, 2d Bull Run, and others, of the army of the Potomac. He married, first, Mary Ma- son ; second, Lucretia Kester. 4. Evans, who was sergeant in a Minnesota regiment ; was 2 years in the war; was in several battles, and wounded. He resides in Minn. 5. Orestes, who died inf. 6. Henry, who resides at Man- kato, Minn. 7. Horace, who served one year in the war, in the 3d Illinois regiment. 8. Louisa J., who died at 26. 9. George, in North-east, Pa. 10. James P., a sergeant in the 9th N. Y. cavalry ; afterwards in the 14th Penn. cavalry, and was discharged for disability; lives in North-east. 11. Silas S., at Erie, Pa.

HORACE HALE, from Schoharie Co., came to Ripley, in 1811, on foot, carrying his knapsack, and settled in the north-east part of the town, on the John McMahan tract, where he lived until his death, Nov. 20, 1852. He was a member of the Presbyterian church, and, at the time of his death, one of its ruling elders. His children were: William, who was drowned in Rock river, Ill .; Elizabeth Ann, wife of Seth E. Ely, of Quincy; Horace ; Olive, wife of John Johnson ; both died in Wisconsin; Isaac; and Martha. Horace, Isaac, and Martha died unmarried.

HERVEY HALL, from Washington Co., after a residence in Crawford and Erie counties, in Penn., removed to Ripley, lot 9, where the late L. G. Ham- ilton resided, near the state line. He subsequently removed to Erie, Pa., where he and his wife both died. He was one of those who left their lands in Penn. on account of the insecurity of title. He had a large tract, on which he had cleared about 100 acres. He had children, as follows : r. Hannah,

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deceased ; was the wife of George Hood. 2. Olive, the wife of John Hood, Michigan. 3. Charles, who died at 16. 4. George, in Erie Co. 5. Samuel, in Iowa. 6. Hervey, who married, first, Louisa Lovina Baird ; second, Mrs. Elizabeth Norton ; and resides in Quincy. 7. Luther, Adrian, Mich. 8. Sabrina, wife of Oliver Loomis, Iowa. 9. John H., a physician ; died in Illinois.

DANIEL LOMBARD, from Madison Co., bought lands on the hill, in Ripley, on lots 34 and 35, adjoining the town of Westfield, where he and his brother Lucius lived many years ; Daniel to the present time. Lucius, his brother, removed to a farm below the hill, in the town of Westfield, on lot 2, adjoin- ing Ripley, half a mile south of the Buffalo & Erie road; and, a few years ago, to the farm on that road, known as the "Bell farm," the residence of the late Col. Wm. Bell, where Mr. L. died in 1874. Daniel Lombard has 2 sons, Lucius and Dwight, who reside in the town ; and 2 daughters, Mary, widow of Albert Dickson, in Ripley; and Sarah, wife of Henry W. Dickson, all of this town. Mrs. Daniel Lombard died in 1875. Lucius also had 2 sons, Augustus and Henry; and 2 daughters, Sarah, wife of Elisha W. Tucker, and Fluvilla, widow of Julius Hill. Mrs. Lombard and the children, except Mrs. Tucker, reside on the farm on which Mr. Lombard died.

OLIVER LOOMIS, from Washington Co., N. Y., in the winter of 1800, re- moved, with his brother Joel, to Erie Co., Pa. They started with their fam- ilies and goods on a covered sleigh, drawn by two yoke of oxen and a horse. At Buffalo, where there were but a few log shanties, they were "blocked up," the snow being deep, and there was no road westward that could be traveled. After a detention there of a month or more, they started on the ice ; and, taking due care to shun the defective places, they safely reached their desti- nation. While at Buffalo, Harry, a son of Oliver, was born. In 1806, Oliver Loomis removed to Ripley, on lot 6, afterwards sold to Thomas Prendergast, one mile east of Quincy, and removed to the farm on which Gurdon H. Wattles and his son Erbin C. now reside. He had 9 children, who attained to majority, and all of whom but one were married : Amanda, wife of Jacob Peer, Lester, and Henry, all of whom removed to Laporte Co., Ind .; Walter, who was married, first, to Pamelia Hunt; second, to Sarah Rickey; and third, to Lydia Lewis; Ira, who also has been three times married ; first to Lucy Dustin, second to Mrs. French, and third to Nancy Lewis ; Olive, who died at 22, unmarried ; Jeriah, at Racine, Wis .; Oliver, in Iowa ; and Mary Ann, who married R. P. Johnson.

JEREMIAH MANN was born in Milton, Saratoga county, N. Y., July 5, 1800, and came to Ripley in 1825. He removed the next year to North- east, Pa., on a farm previously bought, and, in 1837, he removed to Quincy, where he resided until his death, September 11, 1868. He was universally esteemed as a citizen, and enjoyed in a high degree the public confidence. He was elected, in 1844, a member of assembly. He was a friend of public improvements ; and was one of the first directors of the Buffalo & Erie rail- road. He was married to Anna, daughter of Burban Brockway, of Ripley,

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and had 3 daughters : r. Augusta, who married William Hunt, late of Rip- ley, who died Dec. 1, 1869. 2. Caroline, wife of William Bell, Jr., of Erie, Pa. Mrs. Bell died March 12, 1875. 3. Lydia, who married Lucius G. Hamilton, late of Ripley, who died March 16, 1874.

DUDLEY MARVIN. [See Supplement.]

REV. SAMUEL G. ORTON, D. D., was born in Litchfield, Conn., June 6, 1797. His father, Miles Orton, died when Samuel was 16 years old, leaving him the oldest of 7 children. His grandfather was one of the original pro- prietors of the town of Litchfield. He became a Christian at the age of 18, and at once resolved to obtain a collegiate education, and to consecrate his life to the work of the gospel ministry. He pursued his studies at Yale and Hamilton, and was graduated at the latter college in 1822. He studied theology at the Yale divinity school, under Dr. Taylor. In December, 1824, he was married to Clara Gregory, youngest daughter of Justus Gregory, of Rensselaer county, N. Y.

His first labors after ordination were in Delaware county, N. Y. His first pastorates were at Sidney Plains and Delhi. His plan was, when he entered the ministry, to secure a permanent pastorate, for which he was eminently adapted. But he was so successful in building up churches and in keeping pastors in their work, that, for a time, he went from church to church, like Paul the apostle, strengthening the hands and hearts of the Christian breth- ren. A recent writer who knew Mr. Orton well in his early labors, has described him as being dignified and commanding in his appearance. Thought, solemnity, and earnestness were all depicted upon his countenance. Though not a great preacher, he was a most interesting and successful one. His appeals were not merely sensational, inflaming the fears ; he used the truth as his agent of conviction : his prayers, above all, were wonderfully adaptive. They seemed to comprehend all the hopes and difficulties of an awakened soul ; and, with all this, there was a peculiar sympathetic influence in manner, attitude, and tone, which had great power.

In 1833, Mr. Orton removed his family to Westfield, and labored with great power and success in nearly every church in the county. He thence accepted a call to the Park street church at Buffalo, and remained there three years, greatly endearing himself to his people. From Buffalo he removed to Ripley, in 1837, and continued in that pastorate 16 years, laboring with re- markable zeal and energy. During that time the church grew to a member- ship of over 300. Nor were his labors confined to his own parish. He was peculiarly effective in evangelistic work ; and his assistance was sought by neighboring pastors and churches. All along the lake shore, from Buffalo to Erie and beyond, and easterly in Rochester, Auburn, Syracuse, and through- out the central portion of the state, and in adjoining states, many were awakened to a religious life through his instrumentality ; and many are the churches now strong and prosperous, which have reason to bless God for his ministries among them.

The last ten years of his life he resided mostly at North-east, Erie county,

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Pa., where he had a pleasant rural home, and enjoyed universal affection and reverence. He was self-sacrificing and discreet in his ministerial and mis- sionary work, never disturbing pastoral relations or creating discords ; but always laboring to advance the peaceful sway of the Master, of whom he was a faithful and gifted disciple. Nothing can be said of Samuel G. Orton but in his praise. No stain rests upon his pure, good name. Few lives have been more zealously devoted to the good of others ; few memories are so fragrant as his. And in the great judgment, which he was wont to preach with so much earnestness and power, there can be'no question what will be his designation-glory and reward.

Mr. Orton left surviving him four children : Edward Orton, president of the Ohio State College at Columbus; Elizabeth, wife of Hon. John H. Hudson, of Sandusky, O., at whose house he died, May 12, 1873 ; Sarah, wife of Thomas Orton, Esq., of Chicago; and Samuel Orton, of Green- ville, Penn.

ISRAEL PALMER, a native of Dutchess county, N. Y., emigrated to Ripley in 1817, and settled 3 m. south of Quincy, where - Johnson now resides. His property consisted chiefly of a fine pair of horses, which he disposed of to procure a pair of oxen, as better adapted for clearing land. The horses were never paid for; and he was obliged to return to the east, where he obtained a yoke of oxen, and a horse, and removed two families, with their effects, to Ripley. Being without money to buy necessaries, he was obliged to resort to the usual way of getting money-the making of black salts -- almost the only product that could be sold for cash. Israel Palmer, Jr., resides near Quincy, and was for many years collector of taxes. His son, George W., studied law in the office of Judge Selden Marvin, of Ripley, and graduated at the Albany Law University in 1857. After practicing several years in this county, he removed to New York. In 1869, he was appointed an appraiser of the port of New York, and has since resumed the practice of his profession in the city.

THOMAS PRENDERGAST, second son of Wm. Prendergast, Sr., born in Paw- ling, N. Y., September1 5, 1758, was married to Deborah Hunt, who was born Aug. 25, 1774. They came to Ripley [then Chautauqua] in the fall of 1805, he being one of the Prendergast families who made the southern tour, else- where narrated. 'He purchased about 600 acres of land, parts of which. had been owned by Josiah Farnsworth and Oliver Loomis, about 172 miles east of Quincy, where he died, June 3, 1842, aged 84. His wife died Aug. 9, 1846, aged 72. Mr. P. was elected supervisor of Portland in 1814, before the formation of Ripley. In 1817, he was elected supervisor of Ripley, from which time he held that office, by reelections, until 1825, inclusive, except, . perhaps, the year 1818, the records of which are not at hand. In 1827, he was again elected, making, in all, a service of to or 11 years. He had two children : 1. Stephen, [see sketch.] 2. Mary, who married Samuel Hunt, who settled on a part of the farm, which came to his wife after her father's death. They had 3 children : William, who married Augusta Mann ; and

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Marie and Eliza, both of whom married Dr. Simeon Collins. Eliza, his widow, is still living.

STEPHEN PRENDERGAST, son of Thomas, was born in Pawling, N. Y., Jan. 23, 1793, and removed with his father to Ripley in 1805. He was married to Almira Abell, of Ripley, who was born Jan. 23, 1796. He settled and resided on a part or parts of the homestead of his father, of the one-half of which he became the owner after his father's death, and on which he resided until his death, Jan. 31, 1852, aged 59. Mrs. P. is still living, and resides with her youngest son in the village of Westfield. They had 4 children : I. Thomas M., who resided many years in the village of Westfield, and lives at present on his farm 112 miles east. He was born Jan. 27, 1817, and was married to Eunice Fassett, from Vermont. His children are Mary, wife of Henry Harrington, in Westfield ; 'William M., who married Emma Maria Holmes, of Westfield ; and George F. 2. Henry A., [see sketch.] 3. Ste- phen, born Sept. 5, 1824, and married Caroline Angusta Abbot, of Westfield. He died May 3, 1871, leaving his wife and a daughter, Mary L. 4. John J., born Oct. 8, 1831, and was married to Fanny E. Coveny. Their children are Clara A., Frank A., and Thomas R.

HENRY A. PRENDERGAST, son of Stephen Prendergast, was born Oct. 31, 1821, and was married to Mary Sexton, daughter. of William Sexton, of Westfield. He was a graduate of Union College. He was admitted to the bar, and practiced his profession in Quincy. He was a member of assem- bly in 1856, 1857, and r861 ; and was for several years in the mercantile business at Quincy. In the late war, he was a paymaster in the army of the Cumberland, and was taken sick in Tennessee. By the advice of the surgeon, he returned to his home, and died a few days after his arrival. He had a daughter, Elizabeth, who was married to William G. Fargo, Jr., of. Buffalo, who died in 1873. Mrs. Fargo died Oct. 11, 1873, leaving twin daughters, born after the death of their father.

DAVID ROYCE, from Connecticut, settled with his family, in #818 or 1819, where his son' Willis now resides, near Ripley Crossing. He bought about 600 acres, which included also the present farms of Alexander McHenry and Alphens Moore, his sons-in-law, and - Rickenbrodt. Mr. Royce's purchase was a part of the tract originally contracted for by James McMahan, elsewhere described. [See History of Ripley.] Mr. R. here kept a tavern for many years, which was discontinued before his death. He had 2 sons, Phineas and Willis, and 2 daughters, Lydia, deceased, wife of Alexander McHenry, and Betsy, first wife of Alpheus Moore ; and two children who died young.

WILLIS ROYCE, son of David, came with his father, and has resided at the same place to the present time. In relating his pioneer experience, he claims to have assisted in chopping and logging 200 acres, and to have driven one pair of oxen twelve years in this work. And he mentions his narrow escape with his life, when one of the oxen was killed by the falling of a tree, while he was standing between the oxen " toggling" the chain. He confirms

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what has been said of the poor rewards of farm labor after their settlement here. To raise money to pay taxes and for certain other purposes, he took to Dunkirk a load of 100 bushels of corn with two yoke of oxen, and sold it to Walter Smith for 1212 cents a bushel, and spent two days in making the trip. Carrying his own provisions and hay for his teams, his only expense was 6 cents for his night's lodging. At another time he took to the same market a load of wheat, which he sold for 3712 cents a bushel. He has 2 sons : Simeon, who married Vina Spencer, and resides on a part of the farm ; and Newton, who married Jennett Wilson, and lives with his father on the farm. He had 3 daughters : Rhoda, who died at the age of about 16 ; Sophrona, who married George Sherman, of Westfield ; and Elizabeth, wife of Frank Wright, Westfield.

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