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Olmstead, Osmond B., is a native of Fulton county, N. Y., and at the commencement of the late war was a resident of Washington, D. C. and in the spring of '61 enlisted in the Fifth N. Y. Cavalry, serving his country faithfully and well, participating in many battles and engagements and was honorably discharged from the service in 1865 from the Fourth N. Y. Heavy Artillery, after which he became a very proficient barber. After working in several towns and cities he finally in 1879 established a business in Dolgeville, where he has been successfully doing business since, being patronized by all the leading citizens in town. In 1872 Mr. Olmstead married Miss Ida A. Reed, a lady of Peeksville, N. Y. They have no children.
Smith, Dr. Fred A., Herkimer, was born in Frankfort, August 15, 1870. He was educated at the Union schools of Ilion and Waterville, and also took a course at the Newark Business college. He eventually graduated from the University of Penn- sylvania, dental department, in 1891. Dr. Smith was associated with his uncle, Dr. Cutler Smith, of Ilion, for a short time, after which he went West, settling in Des Moines. Upon the death of Dr. Barnes he returned to Herkimer and purchased the practice and office from the widow. Dr. Smith's father is in the service of the dairy commission for New York State. One of the ancestors of the family participated in th Revolutionary war, also the war of 1812. In the latter war his great-grandfather was a captain.
Mason, Joseph W., Warren, was born in German Flats, September 5, 1837, a son of Alanson and Mary A. (Thomas) Mason. His grandfather, Isaac, was born at Adams, Mass., February 21, 1777, and came to Warren and bought 144 acres on Staley's patent. He returned to Massachusetts, and in 1804 came with his family to Herkimer county. He was twice married, first to Hannah Martin, born in Warren, R. I. She bore him ten children : Ama, Thomas, Alanson, Samuel, John, Rhoda, Almira and Harriet twins, Isaac, Apama, Sarah and James. His wife died July 25, 1826. He married second Mary Chapman. Alanson was born in Berkshire county, Mass., Au- gust 17, 1803, died April 17, 1865. He was twice married, having by his first wife eight children : Isaac, Mary, Amos T., Electa J. Walker, Joseph W., Helen E. Morts, Hannah A. Coakley and Maria A. IIis wife died September 26, 1842, and he married second Adelia Slater, who bore him three children : Norman J., Almira V. Belshaw and Almena V. Bradt. Subject's mother was born in German Flats, a daughter of Amos and Jane Thomas, pioneers of German Flats. At twenty he began for himself at farming on shares. In 1865 he bought his first farm of sixty-five acres in German Flats. Three years later he moved to where he now resides on 214 acres. He also owns another farm of 128 acres. He is a Democrat in politics. He married, April 13, 1858, Harriet R., daughter of Elijalı and Helen (Shove) Tisdale. Harriet was born January 3, 1842. Her father was born in Connecticut, September 7, 1792, and died where his daughter now lives, April 6, 1869. He married first Ruth Palmer, born July 31, 1802, in German Flats, who bore him four children : Thomas I., George W., Henry S. and Quedett. He married a second time and raised three children : Harriet R., Lydia A. and Dorothy M. His second wife was born at Johnstown, February 3, 1822, died October 12, 1880. Subject's wife's grandfather, Ephraim Tisdale, was born
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in Norwich, Conn. His wife was Welthy Babcock. He died in 1854, age 85, and his wife died aged 91. Subject and wife had three children : Cory, died, aged seven, Amos T. and Cary. Amos T. was born May 27, 1870. Married to Florence Hardy May 21, 1889. They have three children. Cary W. was born March 16, 1872. Mar- ried to Lulu Hardy, November 22, 1892.
Jackson, 1. E., Fairfield, is a native of Fairfield, born in 1855, and is a farmer. His grandfather, Elijah Jackson, came from Canaan, near Albany. In 1881, I. E. Jackson married Jennie Enos. Mr. Jackson belongs to the Grange, and owns seventy-five acres of land, with a dairy of eighteen cows. His farm lies adjacent to Middleville.
Shaut, Moses, Stark, was born in Stark, August 1, 1825, a son of Jacob and Mary (Fort) Shaut. His grandfather came from Germany and settled in Springfield, Otsego county, where his father was born. They moved to Stark, and thence to Steuben county, where he died about 1850, aged about eighty-eight. Jacob had fourteen chil- dren and raised twelve: Jacob, Isaac, Joseph, Peter, Catharine, Betsey, Mary, Laney, Peggy, Nancy, Abram and Moses. Subject was raised on a farm, and has always lived in Stark. At seventeen he learned the carpenter's trade, and followed it seventeen years. He then bought ninety acres, and engaged in farming, making hops a specialty. In 1862 he located where he now lives, on 160 acres about four miles northwest of Starkville. He is an active Republican. He has been married twice, first in January, 1853, to Louisa, daughter of William and Catharine Waltz, by whom he had four chil- dren : Adda, who died aged two; William, Minnie, wife of Charles Weeks, and Frank. He married second, Martha, daughter of Abram and Catharine Wagner.
Whipple, Benjamin A., Stark, is a son of Addison and Janette (McDonald) Whipple. His grandfather, James, came from Connecticut, a pioneer of Springfield, Otsego county, and was twice married. His first wife bore him six sons and five daughters. Addison was born in Springfield, and was a farmer and manufacturer. He died in 1867, aged sixty-three, and his wife in January, 1891, aged eighty-four. They raised five children : John J., Anna W., Joseph S., Eugene M. and Benjamin A. The latter was born in Springfield, February 7, 1847. At nineteen he began life for himself by farming on the homestead. At twenty-one he began the manufacture of cheese at Springfield, and a year later came to Van Hornesville, and ran a cheese factory two years. He then spent three years in Illinois in the sewing machine business. In 1875 he bought the cheese factory at Van Hornesville, and in the winter of 1876 came to this village and has had charge ever since. The factory was established in 1868. He was also engaged in mer- cantile business five years. In February, 1892, he was elected town clerk. He mar- ried October 14, 1868, Frances A. Drew, daughter of Chauncey P. and Elizabeth (Cor- bin) Drew, of Springfield, and they have one child, Jessie B. He is a Democrat in politics.
Wheelock, Clayton T., Winfield, farmer and cheese manufacturer, runs the North Winfield combination of cheese factories. No. 1 cheese factory, at North Winfield, makes annually about 250,000 pounds from about 600 cows. No. 2, at Cedar Lake, makes about 170,000 pounds from about 450 cows. No. 4, in Litchfield, makes about
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125,000 pounds. No. 5, in Marshall, Oneida county, and makes about 75,000 pounds, during the six months that they run, from about 250 cows. No. 6, in Litchfield, makes abont 150,000 pounds from about 350 cows. This cheese is manufactured for export principally to London and Liverpool. Clayton T. Wheelock was born in Litchfield, Oc- tober 28, 1836, a son of Samnel, who died December 9, 1864, aged seventy-one. He was a son of Alvin Wheelock, who came from Massachusetts in 1791, one of the first settlers of Litchfield, on the farm adjoining the one settled by Elijah Snow in 1786, called first Snow's Bush, afterwards Wheelock's Ifill. Clayton T. married Sarah L., daughter of Benjamin Kershaw, of Litchfield, and they have two children: Samuel C. and May L. Samuel C. married Jennie Davis, and has three daughters : Nettie M., Mina D., Mabel E. May L. Wheelock married Dr. John H. Stephens, of West Win- field, and they have one daughter, Edna J. Stephens.
Mixter, David E., Warren, was born December 25, 1855, in Warren, a son of Kiran A. and Martha (Kane) Mixter. The grandfather, David, came from Massachusetts, and was an old settler of Warren, where he died, aged fifty-four. They had eleven children : Daniel, Eliza, Mary, Laura, Hannah, David E., Ira, Orland, Alvaro, Kiran and Hulda. Kiran Mixter was born in Warren, received a good education and taught at Clinton College. He moved in 1857 to Lock, Ingham county, Mich. He had ten children, of whom he raised nine: Orland, Guy, David E., Judson, died at fifteen, Emma, Charles, Elmina, Lewis and Matilda. Subjeet's mother was a daughter of Samuel Kane and Ma- tilda Randall, of Mohawk. David E. received a distriet school education and went, with his father, to Ingham county, Michigan. He returned to New York, at the age of eleven years, and lived with his aunt, Laura Druce, for twenty-two years. At twenty- one he began working for himself by the month, and continued eleven years. In the spring of 1889 he located on 100 acres, where he now resides. He is a Republican in politics, and married October 11, 1887, Emma Hoke, born in Danube, a daughter of Solomon and Catharine (Walter) Hoke. They have two children: Kıran and Ralph M.
Wooster, Daniel P. B., Newport, a native of Newport, is a son of Sherman and Cor- nelia (Smith) Wooster. His mother died in 1845. His father was a son of Sherman and Sallie (Buel) Wooster, who settled in Newport in 1804. Both the father and grand- father were Universalists in religious views, and Democrats in politics. Daniel Wooster was born February 29, 1840. He married Caroline Kuhn, daughter of Gotlieb and Mary Kuhn, September 1, 1868.
Ball, Alpha A., Warren, was born February 28, 1852, in Litchfield, a son of Horatio and Roxey (Manning) Ball. The grandfather, Eleas Ball, was also born in Litchfield, where his father was a pioneer. He was twice married, first to Fannie Holding, by whom he had these children : Horatio, Varnum, Fidelia and Celia. By his second wife, Mary A. Wilkerson, he had five children : Ira, Alfred, Jared, Daniel and Sarah. Ho- ratio was born in Litchfield, but has lived thirty-three years in Warren. Ilis children were Alpha A. and Alice C. The former reeeived a district and select school educa- tion, and came to Warren when seven years of age. When twenty-one he began for himself, working by the month for two years. He then rented 102 acres, where he
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lived three years, and worked his father's farm for two years. He also spent a year in Columbia. In the spring of 1889 he bought fifty-two acres, where he now resides in Warren. March 26, 1875, he married Rose E., daughter of Solomon and Catharine (Walters) Hoke. They have three children, Carrie M., Florence C. and Walter M.
Eysaman, Horace, Little Falls, was born in Little Falls in 1834. He is of German ancestry, the family three generations back having settled in this town. They partici- pated in the War of the Revolution and in 1812, and have since been identified with the best interests of the community. Mr. Eysaman owns a dairy farm of 180 acres, including a fine orchard and buildings. His wife was Mary E. Smith, of Ilerkimer county, by whom he has three children, a son and two daughters. Mr. Eysaman has filled a number of acceptable local offices, such as assessor, etc. He is a member of the Presbyterian church.
Welden, Thomas, Stark, was born in Ireland and was a pioneer of Stark. James D., son of Thomas, was born in Stark November 15, 1796, and lived in Stark all his life. He was in the war of 1812, going as a substitute for David Elwood, of Stark. He married Margaret, daughter of John and Christina Cramer, (subject's mother died April 25, 1860, aged seventy), and reared three children, Moses, Maria and Peggy. He died February 19, 1878. Moses Welden, the oldest, was born May 9, 1822, in Stark, where he has resided since, except one year. He furnished a substitute in the late war in the person of Ephraim Birch. He taught school in District No. 4 of the town of Stark six consecutive winter terms at eleven and twelve dollars per month of twenty-two days and boarded himself. His average daily attendance was from thirty-three to thirty- eigbt scholars. December 29, 1853, he married Caty, daughter of Abram and Christina (Cramer) Roof. They have four children : Fayette, the eldest, a farmer in the town of Lysander, Onondaga county ; Charles, a justice of Stark ; Frances, wife of Herman Bauder, of Stark. They have two children, Dora and Oscar Bauder; and Christina, wife of John L. Cramer, of Lysander. Onondaga county, and they have two children, Welden and Arthur Cramer. The subjects of this sketch have 240 acres of land in the home farm in Stark, 200 acres lying on Oak Flat, in Stark, 145 acres lying in Danube, eighty-five acres in Minden, Montgomery county, a house and lot at Brookman's Cor- ners, in the latter county, 180 acres in Garoga, Fulton county, forty acres in Constan- tia, Oswego county, and 158 acres in Lysander, Onondaga county. They also have two lots in Utica, Oneida county.
Tilyon, Abram, Stark, was born November 25, 1838, two miles east of Van Hornes- ville, a son of Joseph and Rebecca (Kinter) Tilyon. The grandfather, Joseph, was a Frenchman and a pioneer of Van Hornesville. He died in Stark, aged over ninety. His wife was Elizabeth Druse, who died a year earlier. They had these children : Elizabeth, Charlotte, Joseph, Stephen, Carlisle, Mary. Charles, Catharine and Alexan- der. Joseph was born in Stark September 19, 1807. He learned the cooper's trade, but was a farmer, owning 180 acres. IIe died March 25, 1882, and his wife in March, 1868. She was born April 13, 1807, and had eight children : Jonas, ('atharine L., Abram, Edwin, Rensselaer, Leander, Daniel S. and Ellen C. Joseph married second Phebe Herkimer. Subject was raised on a farm, and at twenty-one began for himself
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buying and shipping stock. In the spring of 1864 he bought his first farm of 176 acres. In 1876 he bought the homestead of his maternal grandfather of 180 acres. . Ile also owned another of 112 acres, which he sold. He was elected justice at twenty- three, but refused to serve. He is an active Mason at Springfield Center. February 19, 1868, he married Hannah M. Turner, born in Warren, daughter of Appolas and Mary (Yule) Turner, natives of Grandvilla, Vt., and Warren, N. Y. When a young man he came to Warren and engaged in farming until his death. January 27, 1892, aged eighty-six. He was a Democrat. Ilis wife survives him, aged eighty-one. They had three children : Sylvester, of Minnesota; Nicholas, of Branch, Mich .. and Ilan . nah M. Subject and wife have had two children: Willard J., of New Jersey, and Zula, who died, aged six years. Mr. and Mrs. Tilyon are Universalists.
Fikes, Willard, Stark, is a son of Adam II. and Amanda (Shimel) Fikes. His grand- father, Henry, was a son of Adam Fikes, who came to Stark aud bought the farm where subject resides. His wife was a Miss Walts, and they had four children ; Chris- tina, Adam H., Menzo and Harvey. Menzo died young. Adam Fikes was born in 1883, and resided here all his life, except three years, when he lived in Fort Plain. He died January 1, 1881, leaving a wife and three children, Luella, deceased, Willard and Arthur. The wife of Adam was born in Stark, a daughter of Jacob and Katie (Fort) Shimel. The former was born in Jefferson county, and died at Richfield in June, 1890, aged ninety-two, and his wife died, aged seventy. They had ten children, nine sur- vived: Lena, Ephraim, Louisa, Eli, Levi, who died young ; Almira, Amanda, Sylves- ter, Lucy and Amelia C. Willard Fikes was born where he now resides May 28, 1861. He was educated at district schools, and after his father's death took charge of the farm, the fourth generation in possession of same. Arthur Fikes was born November 30, 1862, and married Carrie, daughter of William and Jennie (Fikes) Armstrong. They have one child, Howard J.
Cook, Chauncey, Manheim, was born in Salisbury August 16, 1822. He received his schooling in the town of Manheim, into which township his father moved in the spring of 1832. Chauncey Cook's grandfather and father came into this State from Connecticut about 1800 and settled in Salisbury. Mr. Cook owns 173 acres of dairy land an the Salisbury Road, upon which he keeps a tenant. He has about forty head of milch cows, besides other stock. lle married Miss Jane Getman, of Fulton county, and has a family of two sons. One son, Charles Cook, is engaged in farming, and the other son, Malvin B., is in business in Little Falls.
Hadcock, Dr. E. P., Newport, was born in the town of Newport March 26, 1831, a son of Adam and Barbara Ann (Vanslyke) Hadcock, of Middleville. Dr. Hadcock's early education was obtained in the latter town. At the age of eighteen he went to Utica and studied dentistry with G. N. Foster and William Blakesly, and after perfect- ing himself in the profession located in Newport in 1852, where he has since remained, and is regarded by the profession as one of the skilled dental surgeons in this locality. He has been connected with many of the improvements of the village. He has served as president of the village and was on the school board for nine years, president all this time, and is at present the only original member living of Newport Lodge No 455 F.
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& A. M. He has been for thirty years a member of Oneida Chapter 57. October 7, 1850, he married Henrietta I. Fonda, a native of Troy and a descendant of General Fonda. Their five children are as follows: Charles E., M. D., a graduate of Harvard College, where he still resides and practices; Henry L., a druggist of Boston, and a graduate of the Boston Pharmacy ; Annie, wife of George D. Hawkins of Newport ; Helen F., and Mabel H. One son, Freddie B., died in 1868, aged two years and six months.
Fikes, Jacob A., Stark, was born in Steuben county Jannary 1, 1838, son of Adam and Catherine (Conderman) Fikes. The grandfather, Jacob, was born in Stark, and his father was born in Germany, and settled in Stark before the Revolutionary War. Jacob was in the War of 1812, and was born in Stark. He was over seventy years old when he died. Ilis wife was Elizabeth Miller, and they raised eleven children : Michael, Peter, Adam, John, Jacob, James, Abram, who died young, Katie, Betsey, Clarinda, Mary A. and Margaret. Adam was raised in Stark where he lived all his life except three years in Steuben county. He died in Stark in 1866, aged fifty-three years. He served in various town offices, and was a Republican. He had three children and raised two: Jacob A. and Franklin. His wife still lives, aged eighty-two. She was born in Warren, a daughter of Adam and Catherine (Conderman) Bronner. Subject has always resided in Stark. After his marriage be began for himself, and after his father's death he bought the homestead farm of 150 acres, to which he has since added fifty acres. He owns another of 135 acres and one of 120 acres He was elected in 1871 supervisor and served two terms, was elected justice of the peace in 1880, in 1885 commissioner of highways, and is now justice of the peace. IJe married, December 25, 1862, Mary L., daughter of Nelson and Maria (Frost) Phillips of Stark. Mr. and Mrs. Fikes have one child, Nelson A., who married Lillie M., daughter of David Ecker. They are Uni- versalists.
Belshaw, Thomas, Warren, came from Ireland about 1755 with four children, and settled in Connecticut. In 1793 he settled near Fort Herkimer, and soon after he and others took 1,000 acres at Jordanville, where he died in 1827, in his ninety. second year. His wife, Elizabeth, bore him eight children : David, Thomas, John, Elizabeth, Betsey, Lydia, Sallie and Fannie, and died in 1808. His son David was born in Connecticut, near Hartford, June 26, 1777, and came to Herkimer county with his father. He died November 6, 1868. He was twice married, first in February, 1801, to Lydia Isham, born in Connecticut, a daughter of Zebulum and Rose (Ellis) Isham, who were early settlers of Warren. His first wife raised seven children: Rose E., Erastus, William, Flavilla, Lydia, Orilla and Sally. His wife died March 26, 1831. His second wife was Betsey Bennett. She died in 1872, aged eighty-one. William T. Belshaw was born October 19, 1804, where he now resides. He has filled minor town offices; and has twice married, first to Mary Rhodes of Brookfield, Madison county, who bore him two children : M. W. of San Francisco, Cal., and; Rosetta MeLaughlin of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, who died in 1884, aged fifty-two. His wife died January 30, 1833, and he married, second, Huldah Durfee, born at Hamilton, Madison county, a daughter of Wing Dur- fee. She bore him four children : John T. of Antioch, C'al. ; Mary C. Dye who died in
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Minnesota in 1887, aged fifty ; Lucy J., wife of Ira Starkwether, died October 2, 1892, aged fifty, and Violetta H., wife of James Purchase. His second wife died April 17, 1887, she was a Baptist, as were all the children. Mr. Belshaw he been an active Whig and Republican.
Beckwith, Clinton. Herkimer, was born in Herkimer, where he has always lived. His business has been contracting, and he is one of the heaviest operators in this part of the State, having completed many notable pieces of work. He is also prominent in the Democratic party, which has nominated him several times for local and State positions. Mr. Beckwith is full of enterprise, and is possessed of much ability.
Riley, James H .. Little Falls, was born in Syracuse, N. Y., April 10, 1844. He received a good common school education and when eighteen years of age became iden- tified with the carrying trade on the Erie canal, and after working for some years be- came the owner of boats, continuing in this business for twenty-eight years. In 1861 he enlisted in the 1Ith New York Cavalry, which was General Scott's body-guard, and afterwards President Abraham Lincoln's. After the war Riley returned and engaged in the rolling-mill business. About seven years ago he assumed control of the Mohawk Valley Ilotel, which he has conducted successfully ever since. He is a member of Galpin Post No. 19, G. A. R. He married Naney M. France, and they have two children.
Bullion, Clark L., Warren, was born in Warren September 21, 1865, a son of James and Phicbe (Cole) Bullion. The grandfather, Andrew, was a son of William, and married Isabella Marshall, both of Scotland, they had five children : James, Andrew, Alexander, Janette and Margaret. The last two named died in Scotland; the rest all came to the United States about 1800, and settled in Warren. Andrew Bullion located on 256 acres west of Cullen, and died in Richfield Springs. His first wife was Geneth Puller, and their children were : John, William, James, Isabel, Anna, Libbie and Mary. James Bullion was born west of Cullen, where hie resided until his death in 1877, aged sixty-five. He was twice married, first, to a Miss McCready, by whom he had three children ; Monroe of Nebraska, Nettie and Laura Ames, Ilis second wife bore him two children : Jennie, deceased, wife of Curt. Palmer, and Clark L. She died April 16, 1892, aged fifty-nine years. Clark L. received a district and seminary education, and since fourteen years of age has made his own living. He served in town offices as a Republican, and was collector. He owns 100 acres of the homestead, and lias added twenty acres since. He married in November, 1884, lda Bellinger. born at Jackson- burgh, a daughter of Norman and Anna (Baxter) Bellinger. They have one child, Ilarry J. Subject and wife are Universalists.
Buck, George W., Russia, was born in Russia, 1835, a son of William and Susan Buck. He was educated in the common schools, supplemented by several terms in the Fairfield Seminary, in which he was a member of the Calliop Society. February 14, 1871, he married Georgiana Ashley, a native of Chatham, Columbia county, N. Y., who was a daughter of Russel D. Ashley, a son of Abram, whose father was Abram Ash- ley, a native of England and an early settler at Ashley's Hill, Columbia county, N. Y.
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Here he lived and died. Abram Ashley, jr., married a Miss Beebe, by whom he had seven sons and four daughters. He died about 1876. Russell D. Asliley, born in 1810, was a native of Columbia county, was reared on a farm, and early became a painter. In 1831 he married Sarah Gale, a native of New Lebanon, Columbia county, N. Y., born in 1812. To Mr. Ashley and wife were born two sons and two daughters. He was justice of the peace in Columbia county for sixteen years and died June 16, 1889, while residing with his daughter, Mrs. George Buck, of Poland. His wife died August 26, 1839. Mr. Buck and wife have one daughter, Flora M., born November 17, 1871. Mr. Buck is a farmer by occupation, and he and his brother own the old homestead. He also owns another farm of 270 acres.
Wainman, John, Warren, was born in Gargrave, Yorkshire, England, June 26, 1842, a son of Thomas and Sarah (Shepard) Wainman, who had seven sons and three daugh- ters; Thomas, died in 1891 at Mohawk; Frank, died in 1884 at Richfield Springs ; William, Alfred, Edward, Henry, John, Christiana, Sarah and Adelaide. The grand- father, Thomas, was born at Leeds, Yorkshire, a man well educated and informed. His wife was Christiana Yates, who bore him two sons, Alfred J. and Thomas. He died in England about 1835, and his widow came to the United States, with his son Thomas, and died in New Hartford, Oneida county. before the war. Alfred J. was the first to come to the United States, about 1843, and settled in Utica. He was a close friend of Roscoe Conkling, and was in the tanner and currier business at New Hartford. He is now in the custom house in New York. Thomas Wainman was born in Leeds, York- shire, received a college education at Leeds and Cambridge, where he became a teacher. In July, 1847, he came to this country, and located in Utica, where he followed his trade; he also ran a hotel. In 1851 be moved to Newport and engaged in the shoe business. Four year- later he went to Salisbury, and in 1870 came to Jordanville, and followed his trade until his death in April, 1888. He was a Democrat and was a prom- inent Forester in England. His wife survives him. She was born in Kendall, West- moreland county, England, danghter of Thomas Shepard, a farmer, who had ten children, three of whom came to the United States. John Wainman received a district school education, and at fifteen began to work on a farm by the month. In the spring of 1870 be located where he now resides, on 180 acres on the Robinson estate. He is an ac- tive Democrat, but has never married.
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