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Arnold, Thomas, Russia, was born in Rhode Island in 1820, a son of George, a son of Thomas, who was a native of Rhode Island, born in 1730. He was a farmer and lived and died in his native State. His wife was Hannah Green, a relative of General Green of Revolutionary fame. They had three sons and one daughter. George Arnold was a native of Rhode Island, born in 1777. He was a carpenter and built the court-house at Providence, R. 1. He married Hannah, daughter of Jonathan Randall,
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and Annie Sprague Randall. She was a daughter of Peter Sprague, of Cranston, R. 1., who was a cousin of Governor Sprague. Mr. Arnold was a colonel in the State militia. He came from Newport in 1821, where he engaged in the manufacture of cotton yarn. In 1823 he removed to Poland, and there manufactured yarn for eight years. Hle afterwards engaged in buying and selling cotton until his death in 1871 in Poland, and his wife in 1871. Thomas Arnold came to Herkimer county with his parents when a child, and has resided in Newport and Poland for seventy years. He received a common school education, and was reared on the farm where he now re- sides. He was for a number of years engaged in buying stock and shipping dressed beef east from Chicago, and was also engaged in the same business at Utica. He is a Republican, and has been justice of the peace for about twenty years. Ilis maternal grandfather was Jonathan Randall, a resident of Cranston, R. I.
Angell, Delavan A., Winfield, is agent and operator at Cedarville Station, on the Richfield Branch of the D. L. & W. R. R. Ile was the first station agent there, and had his office in a box car the first summer, that of 1870, when this branch was com- pleted to Richfield Springs. He is a trustee of the Universalist church at Cedarville. He was born where he and his sisters. Amelia D. Angell and Louisa A. Angell, now live, in Chepachet. They have a brother, Charles D. Angell, who has one son, Elon Delavan Angell. They are children of Emer Angell, who was born in New Berlin, Chenango county, and Fidelia A. Payne Angell, who was born in Litchfield, this county, a daughter of Seth Payne, of Rhode Island, and Ruth Lynde, of Massachusetts. Their grandfather, Emner Augell, married Lydia Rice, in 1797, aud emigrated from Providence, R. I., to New Berlin, N. Y, as one of the first settlers, journeying by marked trees. He was drafted to serve in the war of 1812.
Arnold, Harry C., Fairfield, is a representative of one of the oldest and best fam- ilies. He was born June 12, 1862, on the farm he now owns. He received his edu- cation at Fort Plain and Fairfield. Ilis farm consists of 350 acres and a dairy of seventy cows. lle is a member of the Grange, and takes an intelligent interest in the afl'airs of the county. Ilis father, Daniel B. Arnold, died in 1887.
Buck, Lyman H. was born in Russia, N. Y., January 2, 1837, a son of Wilham Buck, who was born in Chesterfield, Mass., October 6, 1807. He bought a farm near Poland, where he resided until 1860, when he purchased an adjoining farm, where he lived the remainder of Iris days. lle was the first president of the State Bank at Poland, or- ganized in 1870, and president of the National Bank until his death. He died in 1880. His wife Susan, daughter of Jonathan and Susannah (Buck) Millington, is still living in Poland. Jonathan was born in Shaftsbury, Vt., in 1774, was a son of Solomon Millington, a native of Shaftsbury, who died in 1833, and his wife in 1835. Jonathan Millington had one son and five daughters. Ile was drafted in the war of 1812. He died in 1854. Lyman Buck was educated in Fairfield Seminary. In connection with farming, he taught school several terms. Afterwards followed farming, exclusively on the old homestead, which he and his brother now own. Mr. Buck with Charles D. Buck, Peter Newman, Felus Prindle and Marcena May, owned for a number of years the Poland cheese factory and manufactured large quantities of cheese. Lyman H.
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Buck owns land in Herkimer County, and also quite extensively in several of the Western States. He is one of the stockholders and president of the Union Store in Poland. He is a Republican. He furnished a substitute in the Civil War. Mr. Buck has always supported the Baptist Church. His wife is Frances M. Ferris, whom he married February 20, 1865. She is a daughter of the late Col. Timothy Il. Ferris, of Russia. Mr. Buck and wife have one child, Harriet Gudrida, at honie.
Burlingame, B. W., Russia, was born August 19, 1849, in Minden, Montgomery county. His father was Peter B., son of Benjamin Burlingame of Dutchess county, who married Elizabeth Bice and had four sons and two daughters. His wife died in 1810 and he married a widow Dempster of Kingsbury. She died and he was a third time married. He died near Gray about 1852, aged seventy-six. Peter B. Burlingame was born July 29, 1804, in Dutchess county. November 17, 1834, he married Sarah E. Bonfie, a native of Montgomery county, born February 14, 1812, and a daughter of Barnabas Bonfie, who was a son of Henry, a native of Con- necticut, who had seven children. Barnabas Bonfie was born January 13, 1785, in Amsterdam, and married Polly Smith, of Dutchess county, born February 22, 1787, by whom he had seven sons and three daughters. Ile died in Gray, 1871, and his wife in 1874. Peter B. Burlingame and wife had four sons and three daughters, two of whom are living, subject of sketcli and Mary E., who has three children living. Her mother resides with her. Barnabas E., son of Peter B .. was in the 117th New York Infantry, Company C., and died May 25, 1863, aged nineteen. Mr. Burlingame died Jannary 14, 1888, in Grant. The subject of this sketch is a car- penter by trade, but his principal occupation has been farming. He is a Repub- lican. He is a member of the Free Will Baptist Church and his wife is a Methodist. Mr. Burlingame was twice married : First, to Alma S., daughter of Henry Caruthers. She was born June 31, 1853, and died August 29, 1886. They had two children, of whom one died in infancy, and Frank W., born October 26, 1884. Ilis second wife was Mattie (Hollenbeck) Pardee, born in Salisbury, October 10, 1845. Her father was Francis, son of Jasper Hollenbeck, born near Hudson, who married Miss Van Wormer, by whom he had four sons and two daughters. Francis Hollenbeck was born near Hudson, 1810. His wife was Margaret A. Emery and they had three sons and two daughters. He died October 26, 1872, and his wife in 1881. Subject's wife was first married in 1868 to Joseph Pardee, born 1837, in Russia, a son of Loren and Betsy (Prindle) Pardee of Russia. Joseph Pardee and wife had two children : Merritt J., deceased, and Edith G. Mr. Pardee died in 1871.
Bridenbecker, Amos, Schuyler, was born on the farm where he lives, April 20, 1817. His father, Daniel B., was also a native of Schuyler, and his grandfather came from Germany and took an active part in the War of the Revolution about Fort Schuyler. September 27, 1838, Mr. Bridenbecker married Caroline Pruyn, and they had three children : Mrs. Dr. E. W. Raynor and Mrs. George W. Richardson, and one son, Ezra D., who died September 19, 1851. Fle married second, in 1853, Ann M. Young. Mr. Bridenbecker was in the militia under General Spinner, with rank of lieutenant-colonel.
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Brown, Horace, Frankfort, was born in Frankfort March 23, 1839, he being one of thirteen children of J. Z. Brown (son of Darins), who was born in the same town October 6, 1807 ; he was a farmer and a preacher, being a Methodist minister and preaching for fifty years. He died in his native town July 21, 1887. Darius Brown, a brother of Horace, was a soldier in the War of the Rebellion. Ile died May 10, 1864, aged twenty-nine years. His life was lost at Spottsylvania, his body not being re- covered. Another brother, Burton, served in the war, was honorably discharged on account of ill health, and died about a year later. Mr. Brown has always made his home in his native town.
Bradley. H. W., German Flats, was born in St. Lawrence county June 2, 1852, and has been in mechanical lines all his business life. He came to Ilion in 1874 and entered the armory as tool maker. He has been assistant superintendent since 1888. In 1873 he married Anna G. Austin, of Windsor, Vt., and they have had one son, Lester II., who is studying at Norwich University. Mr. Bradley stands high in Masonry, and is one of the substantial men of Ilion.
Barringer, C. A., German Flats, was born in Ilion December 31, 1845, and has lived all his life on the farm where he was born. His father was Samuel Barringer, and his grandfather Zachariah Barringer. Our subject owns 135 acres of fine farming land, and his two sisters, Mary and Martha, reside with him.
Burch, S. C., German Flats, was born January 8, 1861, and was educated in the Thon Academy. After acting as book-keeper for some years, he and his father, C. B. Burch, started in business in 1884. The next year Mr. Burch married Alvira C. Bud- long, daughter of William Budlong. Mr. Burch has been village clerk, and a promi- nent member of the K. of P., Odd Fellows, the Ilion Hook and Ladder Company, and is very highly esteemed in the social circles of Ilion.
Bellinger, George P., Danube, was born on the old farm in 1867. He was liberally educated at Fort Plain and at the Clinton Liberal Institute and assisted his father on the farm until the death of that gentleman, when he succeeded to the property, which occurred on the 2d of November. 1888, He married Grace Johnson on the 9th of September, 1891, and they have a daughter, Ruth, born November, 18, 1892, Christian Bellinger, great- grandfather to George P., settled here early in the seventeenth century ; his great grandfather, Christian Bellinger, was taken prisoner by the Indians. His father, James Bellinger, lived and died on the old farm. Ile owns about 125 acres of fine dairy land and keeps about forty head of stock.
Bnrch, C. B., German Flats, was born in Otsego county December 7, 1834. His father was Orlo Bureh. C. B. Burch was first engaged as a clerk and then in farming. He came to llion in 1865 and worked in the armory for ten years. In 1884 lie estab- lished his present business. Mr. Burch is a Republican and a member of the A. (). U. W. In June, 1863, he married Miss Harriet A. Ross, and they have five children, three sons and two daughters; Seymour C., W. W., and A. W., are the sons.
Barse, F., German Flats, was born in Herkimer county, town of Herkimer, October 5, 1830, and came to Ilion in 1803. After filling responsible positions he embarked in
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the saloon and bottling business fifteen years ago, and in 1882 the firm became Barse & Miller, as it at present exists. Mr. Barse married Mary E. Wildey, and they have one daughter, Kate. Mr. Barse's mother was a Miss Smith, related to the Smiths of Herkimer.
Benton, W. W., German Flats, was born in Andover, Vt., January 26. 1830. He was a blacksmith's son, and learned the trade of blacksmith. After two years spent in the armory at Springfield he came in 1863 to Ilion and has been in the armory ever since, being now one of the contractors. He is a Mason, and has served on the Board of Education. In 1856 he married Meriam L. Huntley ; they had one son, W. W. jr., who died in his seventeenth year, a promising young man, who had already distinguished himself as a student.
Bennett, R. W., Frankfort, only son of Daniel and Calista (Dyke) Bennett, was born in Frankfort. Daniel, the father, was born in Connecticut. He settled in Frank- fort sixty-five years ago and is now living at ninety-one years of age, his wife Calista also being eighty seven years of age; his father, Waterman Bennett, was a native of Connecticut ; his father was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. R. W. Bennett was married February 6, 1853, to Dorcas R. Cooledge, daughter of Horace and Mary (Buck) Cooledge, of Frankfort. They have one daughter, Flora A. (Mrs. John E. Maynard).
Maynard, John E., a native of the town of Litchfield, has lived in Frankfort fourteen years. He married February 6, 1878, Flora A. Bennett, of Frankfort; they have three children, Arthur B., Mabel A., and Ella Jenette. His place, " Valley View Stock Farm," of one hundred acres is as the name indicates, situated upon a hill which gives a fine view of the surrounding country. In 1890 Mr. Maynard built a very fine barn for dairy and stock purposes, it being thirty-six by seventy-two feet with twenty feet posts, and basement finely arranged for thirty cows, with stalls and box stalls for horses also, it being one of the notable buildings of the town.
Baird, John, Norway, was born in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, November, 1852. He is the fourth of six children born to John and Elizabeth (McCulloch) Baird, of Scotland, where they lived and died. Elizabeth Baird died in 1855, and Mr. Baird married Mary Gordon, by whom he had ten children. Ile was a successful dairyman. He died in 1886. In 187I John and his brother James came to America. James spent the most of his life, after coming here, in Otsego county, as a chieese-maker and school teacher. He died in 1876. John was reared on a farm and educated in the common parish schools of Scotland. He has followed cheese-making since he came to America. For the last ten years he has been engaged in the White Creek Cheese Factory of Norway. In 188I he married Ella Fox and they have had three daughters: Grace N, Ella F., and Mildred E. Mr. Baird is a Republican and a member of Newport Lodge, No. 451, F. and A. M. Mrs. Baird is a danghter of Abraham and Sarah (Elwood) Fox of Stark. Mr. Fox is of German descent and his wife is of English descent. They reared eight children and both died in Stark, N. Y.
Bellinger, J. C., of Newell & Bellinger, Little Falls, is a grandson and namesake of J. C. Bellinger, one of the prominent characters of the early part of the present century.
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His great-grandfather was Henry Bellinger; so he represents the fourth generation of this branch of the Bellinger family in this State. J. C. Bellinger is a native of East Bloomfield, Ontario county, N. Y., where he was born in 1866. Although but a young man, he is one of the bright business men of the town. July 1, 1891, he entered into partnership with J. R. Newell. He had formerly been a clerk in the same business. In politics he is a Republican.
Burney, F. C., Little Falls, though a young man is distinctly one of the representa- tive business men of Little Falls. Ile is a native of St. Lawrence county and a de- scendant of one of the oldest families in the county, on his mother's side. He embarked in the hardware business in 1888 with a Mr. Cooper, but in January, 1891, this firm dissolved and was replaced by Burney Brothers, as it remains at present, the partners being F. C. and J. G. Burney. The subject of this sketch is a member of both Odd Fellows and Masons. In politics he is a Republican. He has three brothers, and all four are Masons; one of the four raised the other three, all at one time. The business of Burney Brothers is large and important, and by honorable methods and superior business management they have become important factors in the commer- cial life of Little Falls.
Brown, Roswell E., Little Falls, commission broker for Armour & Company, is a native of Fairfield, and spent his early years in farming. Subsequently he spent some time in the live-stock business. Ten years ago he came to Little Falls to take his present position with Armour & Company, and during this time he has had a large and constantly increasing business. Mr. Brown is well known in the social as well as com- mercial circles of this part of the State, and is a prominent member of the Masonic fra- ternity. He is also a member of the order of B. and P. Elks and in politics he is a Mc- Kinley Republican. Mr. Brown's grandfather came to New York State from Connecticut.
Barney, Dr. A. G., Dolgeville, father of F. M. Barney, M. D., settled in Dolgeville in July, 186I. He died here September 2. 1888. F. M. Barney was educated in Fair- field Seminary and graduated from the Albany Medical College March 15, 1888. Dr. Barney married Mattie Broderick of Little Falls. They have no family. The doctor is health officer of the town and is identified with local, social and benevolent associa- tions. His ancestors came originally from Massachusetts.
Bishton, F., German Flats, is a native of England and came to America in 1876, lo- cating in Ilion. He established his meat-market here in that year and has since con- ducted it with success. In 1867 he married Miss Sarah Simpson and they have a family of four boys and two daughters. Mr. Bishton is a Democrat in politics and is a member of the Knights of Honor.
Bellinger, James H., Little Falls, is a son of P. E. Bellinger, of whom mention is made elsewhere, and although a young man is one of the representative farmers of Lit- tle Falls, and probably the most able and successful of all the men who are known un- der the same name. He is a native of this township and was educated in Little Falls and Utica. He married Eva Brown and they have one child, a sou. Ile owns 162
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acres, used for dairy purposes and grain, and has thirty-eight cows. Mr. Bellinger is a Democrat and a member of the Royal Arcanum.
Burke, M. L., German Flats, is a native of Utica and was born September 23, 1837. He learned the locksmith's trade but has been for the last thirty-two years a con- tractor in connection with the Remington Arms Company. In 1857 he married Miss Annie Fogerty, by whom he has had six children, three sons and three daugh- ters. The sons are William, Fred J., and Frank T., the daughters, Mrs. Charles R. Hubbell of Syracuse, Isabelle and Mary E., now Mrs. Charles H. Munson of Herkimer, H. Ellen T., now Mrs. Charles Fox of Little Falls. Mr. Burke is one of the leading men of Ilion and was elected trustee of the village in 1892. He is a Republican in politics and a member of Knights Templar in the Masonic order of Little Falls Com- mandery, No. 26.
Budlong, A. L., Frankfort, the only son of R. P. and Rebecca (Miller) Budlong of Frankfort, was born May 30, 1850, on the Budlong homestead where he now lives. His grandfather was Aaron Budlong, a native of the town, also born on the old family homestead, which was settled by his great-grandfather Aaron Budlong, he being one of the first settlers, when it was a forest. Rebecca (Miller) Budlong, the mother, was a daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Miller of Miller's Mills, Columbia. A. L. Budlong was married November 3, 1880, to Julia Marriner, one of three children of Edward and Julia (Frost) Marriner of New York City. They have had three chil- dren : Edward Marriner, Fred Eugene and De Elmo P. Budlong (died in infancy).
Briggs, William, German Flats, was born in Warwick, Kent county, R. I., June 23, 1814. He learned the cotton manufacturing business, which he followed in Rhode Island and New York States, for many years. He was in the Remington Armory for twenty-five years, and for the past nine years has lived a retired life. He has had a varied but successful career. He married Esther Ann Titus in 1839, and they bad two sons, George T. and William T., both deceased, and one daughter, Ellen Bradley Briggs, who is prominent in the social affairs of the town. Mr. Briggs' father was William E., his grandfather William, and his great-grandfather came from Bristol, England. Mrs. Briggs died August 27, 1883.
Brockett, Clinton, Dolgeville, was born in the town of Oppenheim, November 6, 1826. His family gave its name to this vicinity (Brockett's Bridge). His father was post- master for twenty-four years, and his brother for twenty years, while Mr. Brockett has served as deputy postmaster for some time. He married Ruth A. Leek. They have no children. Mr. Brockett now lives in Dolgeville (formerly Brockett's Bridge), retired from active business, having disposed of his farm. He has held local public offices, and has always been one of the foremost and most public-spirited citizens of the locality wherein his family have been popular and important members of the com- munity since the Revolution.
Bidleman, Peter M., Manheim, was born in the town of Manheim, July 10, 1839. He received a good education in the public schools of Manheim and Little Falls Acad- emy, and has always followed farming, having inherited from his father a faim of 150
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aeres, besides which he now owns two other farms. The Bidlemans are of Revolu- tionary antecedents, and have always been prominent in local affairs here. Peter M. Bidleman married May Broat, and has had four children, three sons and a daughter. The oldest son, Frank M. Bidleman, died February 1, 1890, aged twenty-four years, ten months and eighteen days.
Briggs, A. M, German Flats, was born in Sauquoit, Oneida county, December 8' 1844. He enlisted in the One IIundred and Seventeenth New York Volunteers, Aug- ust 10, 1862, and served three years in the war. After the war he went into the hotel business at Cassville for five years. He was five years in Whitestown, six years in Herkimer, two years in Clayton, on the St. Lawrence, and has been four years in the Mohawk Valley Hotel, in Mohawk. In 1871 Mr. Briggs married Miss Nellie Ambrose, of Clayville, Oneida county, and he has two children, Charles D. and Edith Iona.
Baker, Walter, German Flats, was born in Sheffield, England, June 8, 1837, and came to America in 1847. He was engaged in different shops in Connecticut until 1861, when he came to Ilion, where he was connected with the armory as contractor for twenty-five years. He now does the drop forging and cold pressed work for the Wyckoff, Seaman & Benedict Typewriter Company. In 1856 he married Sarah M. Spencer, and they have seven children, three sons and four daughters. Mr. Baker is a prominent Mason, and has been chief of the Ilion fire department.
Brown, E. H., of Little Falls, is a native of Union Square, Oswego county, N. Y., and was educated there. He traveled for himself for some years and then started business in Watertown, N. Y., with his brother. April 11. 1880, he inaugurated his present enterprise in Little Falls, and has conducted it most successfully since, his place having the reputation of being the leading fancy dry goods, notion, and millinery house in Little Falls. Mr. Brown's ancestors were natives of New York State for three gen- erations before his time. In December, 1888, he married Harriet Davies, of Cleve- land, O., and they have one son. Mr. Brown is a Republican in politics, and the family are members of the Episcopalian church.
Bacon, Warren H., Dolgeville, was born in Oppenheim. He received his education in the Fairfield Seminary, Clinton Liberal Institute, and the Cazenovia Seminary, and commenced the study of law in the office of Judge Keck, of Johnstown. After three years therein, and upon the death of his father, he left his studies to settle up the estate of his family. Mr. Bacon was clected supervisor of the town of Oppenheim in 1878, 1879, 1880, and in 1883, being chairman of the board for two terms. He is at present trustee of the village of Dolgeville, justice of the peace of the town of Oppenheim, district deputy of I. O. O. F., member of the Royal Arcanum, and identified with all social and benevolent institutions. He owns the old homestead of 120 acres of dairy land in Oppenheim. Mr. Bacon's ancestors on his father's side came from Dudley, Mass., in 1819, and settled there. His great-grandfather, Jonathan Bacon, was a sol- dier in the Revolution. His grandfather was Jonathan Bacon jr., and his father was George H. Bacon. On his mother's side he is descended from the Davis family, who came to Massachusetts, or Maine, in 1642, of English parentage.
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Burch, R., Schuyler, is a native of Schuyler, and is a son of George Burch, who was one of the most successful men in this town, past or present. His grandfather, Robert Burch, can.e from Killingby, Conn. In 1870 Mr. Burch married Sarah Isabella, dangh- ter of Solomon T. Hubbard, of Newport, R. l., and they have one daughter, Belle Louise. Mr. Burch is largely interested in railroad stock, and in farming.
Brice, Martin, Schuyler, was born in Germany, October 18, 1842, and came to Amer- ica in 1849. March 27, 1883, he married Mrs. Elmira Banm, one of the wealthy wo- men of Schuyler. The family consists of Horatio R., for two years principal of the Richville Union School, St. Lawrence county, Byron H., and Ida Baum. Another daughter is Mrs. Chas. A. Cramer. The farm comprises 210 acres and a dairy of thirty- five cows, with fine substantial buildings.
Breckwoldt, Julius, Dolgeville, was born in Germany, in which country he received a good education. In 1872, at the age of fifteen, he came to New York city, and served his apprenticeship with F. W. Jgunge. About 1877 he became an employee of Alfred Dolge, and has since risen to be general overseer of the moulding departments, and treasurer of the business. He supervises about forty hands. Mr. Breckwoldt is a member of the Dolgeville Board of Education, treasurer of the fire company, presi- dent of the Dolgeville Herald Publishing Company, president of the Dolgeville Coal Company, and treasurer of the Dolgeville Building and Loan Association. He is also identified with all social and benevolent institutions. Mr. Breckwoldt married Miss Jennie N. Lambertson. They have two children.
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