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Helmer, Philip, Dolgeville, was born in the town of Manheim, August 9, 1823. IIe received a good education in the schools of his native town, and has up to the time of his retirement been a successful farmer. Ile married a sister of Brig .- Gen. Spoffard, Emeline Spoffard. Mr. llelmer's grandfather participated in the Revolutionary war, and his father, Leonard Helmer, in the war of 1812. Mr. Helmer sold his farm of 200 acres to Alfred Dolge, who has located the new depot of the Little Falls and Dolgeville railroad thereon. Mr. Ilelmer still retains the old homestead, which is one of the most picturesque and pleasantly located homes of Dolgeville. They have one adopted daughter.
Hoke, Charles D., Dannbe, was born in Danube in 1854. He was reared on a farm, and before his death his father purchased a farm of about fifty acres, which he pre- sented to Charles, and upon which the latter now lives. This place is adjacent to Newville. Chas, HIoke married Catharine Matice. They have no children.
Hawthorne, Wilson, Schuyler, was born in Oneida County, in the town of Deerfield, April 22. 1825, and has been a farmer all his life. His father, William Hawthorne, came from Ireland in 1812, coming up the Mohawk valley on a flat-boat. In 1856 Mr. Hawthorne married Mary Ann Conlin, of Deerfield, and they have six children : Wilson, Jane, Charles, James, William, and Minnie. Wilson married Ruth Ladd, daughter of S. P. Ladd. Mr. Hawthorne has been poormaster, and has held other positions in the town.
Hoffman, George, Danube, was born at East Creek, Herkimer county, April 8, 1851. IIe married Lizzie Killingback, and their family consists of five children: two sons and three daughters. Mr. Hoffman's grandfather, Isaac Wheeler, was with Gen. Herkimer at Oriskany. Our subject resides on the old homestead, known as the Herkimer Farm, which consists of 163 acres, and is located in Danube, near the Mohawk river. Mr. Hoffman is a member of the A. O. U. W., etc.
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Houghton, William L., Ingham Mills, was born in Fulton county, March 14, 1825. When twenty-one years of age he came to Ingham Mills, a d was for nine years en- gaged in saw-mill business for the Inghams, after which he established himself in the blacksmithing industry, which he has carried on for thirty-seven years here in Ingham . Mills. Mr. Houghton has lately retired from business, and is succeeded by his son, Geo. M. Houghton. Mr. Houghton has served as overseer of the poor for two terms, justice of the peace, etc., and is much respected by all who know him. He married Miss L. La Due, and has only one child living. Mr. Houghton's father, Richard Hough- ton, was in the war of 1812, and his grandfather in the Revolution.
Harter, P. P., Herkimer, is a native of Herkimer, and was born August 28. 1826. He has been a farmer all of his life, and has resided nearly all that time on his present farm. His father and grandfather before him lived on this farm. He married Miss May Kest, and they have two sons, Edwin and Frank. Mr. Harter has sixty-four acres of dairy farm and fourteen cows. He has never belonged to any organization, but his son Frank is a member of the Grange. They are all Democrats.
Holmes, Brainerd O., Winfield, was born on the farm where he now lives, April 26, 1847. Ile is a son of Orange Holmes, born on the same farm, of which this is a part, December 25, 1803, and died December 13, 1864. He married Henrietta Brainerd, January 15, 1829, who died March 28, 1891. Orange was a son of Elijab Holmes, who settled on this farm at an early date. The house is one of the oldest in Winfield. Brainerd O. Holmes married Mary J. Hadley, September 21, 1869, and they have two children : Mabel M., and Harold B. Mrs. Mary J. Holmes was a daughter Harry and Mary Hadley, residents and natives of Litchfield. Orange Holmes had six children : Pamela A., Leonidas B., Sarahı R., Caroline E., Ellen C., and Brainerd O. Deacon Elijah Holmes came from Connecticut and settled in Winfield about 1794. Ile was the first shoemaker, and tanned his own leather, grinding the bark by borse power, and the ruins of his tannery are still to be seen at North Winfield.
Hull, Ilenry W., farmer and carpenter of Litchfield. was born in Watertown, Jefferson county, May 10, 1836, and settled in Litchfield in 1878. He married Eliza M. Jones, of this town, by whom he had two children: Herbert H., and Walter A. The former married Kittie, daughter of Benjamin and Jane Richards, of Litchfield. Henry Hull is a son of Shubel Hull, a native of Watertown, who married Sophronia Pierce, of Lorraine, Jefferson county, N. Y. Mrs. Ella M. Hull is a danghter of William and Elsie Jones, of this town. Shubel Hull was a son of John Hull, a mason con- tractor and builder, who was a native of Connecticut, and settled early in Jefferson county.
Huntley, Jackson M., Litchfield, was born November 9, 1834, at Exeter, Otsego county, and he married Almira Gitchell, by whom he has four children: Lester G., Lucy G., Carlson Le Grange, and Loren Grant. Mrs. Huntley was the only daughter of Benjamin and Palmyra (Hadley) Gitchell, natives of Winfield. Lester G. Huntley married Essie McKentry; Lucy G. married Gusta Carlson, and they have one son named Harold G. Carlson.
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Harwick, Joseph, Stark, came from Rensselaer county and settled where our sul ject resides about 1790. He died about 1815. He was twice married, raised one son, Con- rad Harwick, who was born October 10, 1774, and came with his father to Stark, where he died in October, 1862. He served in the war of 1812 at Sackett's Harbor. His wife was Sarah, daughter of Garett and Anna M. Brower. Subject's mother died in . 1848. She had five children, three survived : Christiana Snell, John P. and Anna M. Gaungs. John P. Harwick was born June 15, 1813, and has always resided here, own- ing 107 acres He has been a Whig and Republican. He married in February, 1847, Julia A., daughter of David and Luvina (Brower) Kingsley, and they had one child, James K., born December 26, 1847. who lived with his parents and ran the farm. He married March 11, 1891, Etlie, daughter of Berry and Lucy (Ward) Eckler. They have one child, John H.
Hall, John, Stark, was born in Stark June 13, 1838, a son of Alexander and Jane (Mount) llall. The grandfather, Thomas, was born in Ireland, and came to the United States after the Revolution and settled in Stark with a brother, Robert. Later he moved to Onondaga county, and thence to California in 1859, where he died, over eighty years of age. He served as justice many years and was a Mason. His wife was Louise Sprague. They raised four children : Alexander, John G., Nancy and Martha. His wife died in Onondaga county. Alexander was born in Springfield, Otsego county. About 1830 he moved to Stark and engaged in mercantile business with his brother. In 1839 he moved where his son now resides and bought and operated a grist and saw- mill, also growing hops largely. He served as supervisor and died in the fall of 1885, aged seventy- eight. His wife survives him. They had three children: Martha, John and Elizabeth. She was a daughter of John Mount, who came from New Jersey, and was an aid and captain under General Washington. At twenty-one John began farming where he now resides, also engaging in hop business nntil 1890. He is a Dem- ocrat and a leader of Fort Plain and Utica Commandery. He married August 7, 1861, Mariette Springer, born in Columbia, daughter of Martin L. and Charlotte (Kinter) Springer, of Stark. Martin L Springer was in the 142d N. Y. Vols., lieutenant. He was twice married. Ilis first wife had two children, Martha and Mariette. Martin L. was a son of Ludwick, who came from Rensselaer county. Subject has had four children, two living : Oliver and Jennie L. Cora died, aged thirteen, and one died in infancy. They attend the Universalist church.
Houghton, Clark, farmer, of Eatonville, is a native of Vermont and was born in 1818. At the age of seventeen he came to the town of Little Falls, where he has lived ever since. He was a carpenter for seventeen years prior to beginning his farm life. He owns 126 acres of land and has a herd of thirty cows. ITis father was also a native of Vermont and his grandfather was an Englishman. His father went to Canada with the American troops in 1812. Clark Houghton married Eliza Arnold, and they have one daughter, Mrs. Alexander Martin. Mr. Houghton is a Republican, and has voted for every president except Scott since the election of the first Harrison in 1841.
Iloke, Solomon, Warren, was born in Minden July 1, 1827, and is a son of Peter and Margaret (Countryman) floke. Peter served in the war of 1812. He was a Luth-
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eran and a Democrat and died in 1844. They had four sons and eight daughters. Sol- omon Hoke, the youngest son, at the age of seventeen began the carpenter's trade, which he followed ten years, when he began farming in Jefferson county. In 1856 he sold ont and settled in Danube, and in 1869 moved to Warren, where he now owns 124 acres of land. In 1854 he married Catherine (Springer) Walter, and they had five children : Rosa, wife of Alpba Ball; Walter, died at thirteen; Carrie, died at two; Orville J. and Emma, wife of David Mixter.
Hoover, John P., Fairfield, was born in Manheim in 1828 and has followed farming all his life. His great-grandfather came from Switzerland. His grandfather was Jacob Hoover and his father William Hoover. In 1861 Mr. Hoover married Catherine Ryan, a daughter of Joseph Ryan, and they have a family of eleven children, five sons and six daughters. Mr. Hoover is a Democrat. His father was at Sackett's Harbor in 1812 and was given a grant of government land. Mr. Hoover has 132 acres of land and a herd of twenty-four cows.
Hosford, William, Warren, and wife, Theresa (Jepson), came from North Adams, Mass., to Cedarville, Oneida county, where he followed the occupation of shoemaker. They had five children : Lorenzo, Matthew, William, Lot and Clarissa. He died in September, 1853, aged sixty-eight, and his wife July 4, 1861, aged seventy-five. Lo- renzo Hosford was born in Bridgewater, Oneida county, May 22, 1812. He married Julia A., danghter of Henry and Christina Devendorf, who bore him four children : Seward, Alanson B., Israel and Frank. He died April 20, 1891, and his wife Septem- ber 29, 1889. Frank D. Hosford was born at Cedarville October 13, 1852. He received an academic education, and at twenty-two left home and began clerking at Hemlock Lake, where he passed three years, then one year at Cedarville, where he began cheese- making at the latter place. He married March 18, 1885, Clara L., daughter of David and Mary (Schooley) Evans, of Litchfield, and located where he how lives and manu- factures cheese. They have one child, Mary E.
Humphrey, B., German Flats, was born in Holland Patent in 1854. He was a farmer's son. His father was Griffith Humphrey, who died in 1890. Mr. Humphrey has been in the saloon business for several years. He formerly worked in the armory. He is a member of the Masonic order, the Red Men and the Odd Fellows, of the Mount Encampment and was chief of police for four years. In 1879 he married Miss Eliza Mahanna, and they have one daughter, Alberta.
Harrison, Horace L., Litchfield, who has been justice of the peace for twenty years in succession, has also been postmaster of Norwich Corners for twelve years. He has been president of the Norwich Corners Cemetery Association for about ten years, since its organization. He was supervisor of this town for five years in succession, He taught school in this and adjoining towns twenty-four terms and holds a State certifi- cate. He is now a farmer, owning about 125 acres. He was born May 3, 1823, on the farm where he now lives. His father, Captain Josiah Harrison, came from North Brantford, Conn., about 1809. He was a captain of militia in the war of 1812 and was stationed at Sackett's Harbor. He died September 14, 1864, aged seventy-eight. Horace L. Harrison married Mary N., daughter of James Groves, of New Hartford,
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Oneida county, and they have four children : Jennie F., Hattie A., Henry E. and Gertie M. Lavina Harrison died October 20, 1870, aged eighty-seven years.
Johnson, Horace M., Little Falls, was born in Schuyler. He received his education in the schools of this county, and early commenced actively the life of a farmer. ITis father was engaged in teaching school in Little Falls for a number of years, afterwards becoming engaged in agricultural pursuits. The Johnson family are of New England descent, members of the family having served in the Revolutionary War, the great- grandfather of Horace M. having been at Sackett's Harbor. His father was born and reared at Eaton's Bush. The family now own considerable land at Schuyler, where nearly all of them are located. Mr. Johnson's wife was Margaret Garry, and they have one daughter, who is the wife of Frank Robinson.
Jackson, W. R., German Flats, is a native of Charlestown, Va., and was born November 26, 1858. He came to llion in 1868 and attended the school here five years. Ile was for some time a successful professional ball player and has been in the apiarist's busi- ness for several years. In 1882 he married Miss Helen E. Denel. He is a Republican. His father was John B. Jackson.
Jones, Dennison S., Winfield, one of the representative farmers of Winfield, owns a dairy and hop farm of 212 acres, He was born in Litchfield March 8, 1832, and settled on this farm where he now lives in 1861. He is a son of William Jones, one of the first settlers in Litchfield, and his father was from Nova Scotia. Dennison S. Jones married, December 8, 1858, Alvira, daughter of Sewell Slade of Columbia, and after- wards Litchfield. Dennison S. and Alvira Jones have two children : Julius C., and Jessie E.
Jones. Ilenry D., Winfield, was the first manager of the milk station called Cedar- ville, and started the business in 1889. They make both butter and cheese. The milk is bought here of the farmers and shipped to the proprietor in New York city. Henry D. Jones married Lillie C., daughter of Mrs. Eliza Hayes of Unadilla Forks. Henry Jones makes both butter and cheese.
Jones, Hiram, Winfield, was born on the farm where he now lives October 31, 1830, a son of Richard R. Jones, who was born in Danube, and died December 2, 1888, aged eighty-five years. His father was one of the first settlers of the town of Danube. Hiram Jones married, March 16, 1854, daughter of Conrad Folts of Frankfort. They have five children living: George C., Oliver R., Wallace H., Elva J. and Cora A. They have lost four children : James F'., who died in infancy, October 7, 1857; Eva May, died October 9, 1864, aged about two years; Edith E., died September 9, 1875, aged about three years, and Mary E., October 17, 1879, aged about twenty-four years. Mr. Jones has served as assessor of Winfield.
Jones, William E., Schuyler. one of the leading farmers of Schuyler, was born on the farm he now owns July 18, 1845. His father was Richard Jones, a native of Wales. Mr. Jones has a large farm of 225 acres, under dairy and timber. Ile is a Re- publican in politics, and was commissioner of highways for six years. He is now serv-
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ing his seventh year as assessor of the town. He has also been inspector of elections. Mr. Jones has two sisters living, Jennie Jones and Mrs. J. S. Davis.
Joslin, Aaron V., Frankfort, was born in Frankfort March 11, 1836. He was one of nine children of Lewis F. and Harriet C. (Vinton) Joslin, both natives of this town. The grandfather was Christopher Joslin, was born in Rhode Island, as was also his wife, Abigail (Hall) Joslin. They were among the early settlers of Frankfort. Aaron Joslin married, March 20, 1859, Rachel, danghter of William and Maria (Pruyn) Bridenbecker of Schuyler. She died March 13, 1874, leaving two children, Nellie, wife of R. C. Strachan, and Lindley A. Mr. Joslin married second, September 16, 1875, Sarah Adams, of Frankfort. In 1858 he started in business as a merchant, keeping a general store, under the name of L. F. Joslin & Son. Since 1884 he has kept a dry goods and wall paper store.
Stepbens, Frank E., supervisor of Columbia and postmaster of Cedarville, is also dealer in general merchandise. He was born at Frankfort Hill April 5, 1862. He married Mamie E., danghter of Jeremiah Myers. His father was Stewart Stephens, a son of Roswell, a native of Stonington, Conn., who married Sophie Connable about 1809 and came to Frankfort. He died in 1854. He served in the War of 1812, was wounded at Lundy's Lane July 12, 1814, and was discharged that year.
Sibel, George F., blacksmith at Cedarville, was born in Mohawk in 1848, and settled here in 1871, where he has been in business since. He married Carrie Sharrock, and they have three children : Maude A., George L. and Charlie E., all living at hour e. George F. is a son of Charles Sibel, a native of Germany. He settled in Mohawk about 1847. Mrs. Carrie Sibel is a daughter of Robert Sharrock, wbo was a native of England, and settled in Cooperstown. Charles Sibel married Katie Countryman, a native of Minden, Montgomery county. She was a daughter of George Countryman, a descendant of one of the first settlers of that county.
Wheeler, Clarence J., lives on the farm first settled by Daniel Devendorf, being a dairy and stock farm. He was born in Cedarville, April 20, 1849, and settled on this farm in 1868. He married Jane L. Smith, and they have two children, Clara M., and Mary L. Clarence J. is the only son of Moses H. Wheeler, born May 31, 1823, who was a son of Lewis Wheeler, whose children were : Marcus L., Moses H., Whitney, Gaylord, Phoebe, Cornelia, Maria and Eliza. Lewis was born in Massachusetts, a son of Moses Wheeler, one of the first settlers. He came from Massachusetts and had six children : Moses, Lewis, Humphrey, Prentis, Artemus and James. Mrs. Jane L. Wheeler was born in Winfield in December, 1845, a daughter of Ansel, son of Levi Smith. Levi Smith came from Connecticut and early settled in Winfield. He died April 5, 1855, aged eighty-nine years. His children were : Henry, Willian, Ansel, Levi, jr., Laura, Sally, Chloe, Deliverance and Anna. Ansel Smith married Araminta Burdick, and they have four children : Levi C., Ansel A., Jane L. and Sarah. Levi Smith, jr., was born in Winfield and settled on this farm, 1834, and lived here until his death, May 27, 1881, aged 91 years. He married Miss Elizabeth Howard of Winfield.
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Ingersoll, Fred T., German Flats, was born in Ilion, June 2, 1860. His father was John D. Ingersoll and his grandfather John Ingersoll, who came from Brookline, Conn. Fred T. married Jennie Houghton, daughter of Richard Allen Houghton, in 1885, and they have a son, Palmer. Mr. Ingersoll is a prominent Mason, a member of the Chapter and Commandery, and is an active Republican.
Jones. Hadley, Little Falls, was born in Danube, N. Y., and was educated in the Little Falls academy and the Albany Law school, from which latter institution he was graduated in the class of 1850, and at once entered into active practice at Herkimer. He remained there until 1882, then removed to Little Falls and formed a co partner- ship with the late George F. Crumby, which firm was dissolved by the death of Mr. Crumby, in 1887. Mr. Jones holds high rank at the bar, is a Mason of high degree and is identified with leading social and political organizations. He married Ilenrietta Wilkinson, a niece of Judge Robert Earl of Herkimer, chief judge of the Court of Ap- peals of New York. Mr. Jones was elected supervisor in the spring of 1889. He has been solicited to accept other and more important offices of public trust, but has so far declined.
Johnson, Gilbert J., Ohio, was born in Watervliet, Albany county, September 23, 1837, a son of Henry J., who was a son of Peter F. Johnson. a native of Long Island. The father of Peter F. came from Holland and settled on Long Island. Peter F. mar- ried Hannah Ball, a native of Long Island, by whom he had five sons and four daugh- ters. He was in the Revolutionary war. Early in life be moved to Knox, Alhany county. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson died at Knox. Henry I. Johnson was born in Knox, April 17, 1804. In 1834 he married Eliza Ferguson, a native of Watervliet, born March, 1811. They had seven sons and three daughters. April 2, 1850, Mr. Johnson went to Ohio and purchased a farm, where he remained until 1855. He then went to Ashtabula, Ohio. Here he resided until 1882, when he moved to Muncie, Ind, and died December 23, 1884. Ilis wife is still living in Muncie, at the age of eighty. Gil- hert J. Johnson was educated in the common and select schools and at the age of nineteen went to California and remained thirty-eight years, when he returned to Ashtabula, Ohio. In 1868 he went to Ohio, N. Y., and took a contract mail route, which he followed twenty-four years. He owned the grist-mill and store at Grant four years. November 1, 1865, he married Emily, a daughter of Albert Abeel, of Ohio, and they have two children : Fred P. and Hattie M. Mr. Johnson is a Repub- lican, has been deputy sheriff nine years and was postmaster at Grant four years. He has been postmaster of Ohio City since January, 1892. Ile was assessor three years and notary public six years. He and his wife are Methodists. He is a member of Ohio Grange, No. 686.
James, Philip, Russia, was born in South Wales, December 12, 1832, a son of Levi James, a native of Wales, born in 1802. The wife of Levi was Mary Evans, born in Wales in 1804, and by whom he had nine sons and four daughters. In 1840 Mr. James came to Russia and settled at Prospect. He resided in Oneida county until his death, September 28, 1884. Philip was eight years old when his parents came to Oneida county. For fourteen years he was engaged in the mer-
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cantile business at Grant. In 1859 he married Harriet Flansburg, a native of Ohio, N. Y., by whom he had two daughters, Minnie and Harriet. Mrs. James died September 28, 1865, and Mr. James married in 1881 Cynthia M. (Rust) Stone. Her first husband was George Stone, a native of Oneida county. He enlisted in the 117th N. Y. In- fantry, Company H. and was killed at the battle before Richmond, September 29, 1864. Mr. Stone and wife had two children : Clarence, who is a farmer in Russia, and Jessie, who resides on her farm in Russia. Mrs. James was a daughter of Hiram Rust, whose father, Abel Rust, was born in 1759, in Connecticut. He had eight children. Mr. Rust served seven years in the Revolutionary war. Abel Rust came to Russia in 1818 and settled on the farm now owned by Jessie Stone. He died in 1842, at the age of ninety-three. Hiram: Rust was born July 4, 1794, in Kent, Conn. October 11, 1822, he married Mary Taylor, by whom he had four sons and four daughters. Hiram Rust was a farmer and geologist. He died February 3, 1886. He married Mary, daughter of Samuel and Cynthia Taylor, early settlers in Russia. Mrs. Rust died October 11, 1888. William P. Rust, the son of ITiram, was born in 1827 and was a brother-in-law of Charles Wolcott, of the U. S. Geological department at Washington. He was also a geologist himself, having procured several of the best individual cabinets in Central New York. He sold a fine collection of fossils to the State and has sent a great many specimens to Washington. In politics he was a Republican. He was identified with all movements for the church and was a liberal and earnest Christian. Mr. Rust never married, but his niece. Miss Jessie Stone, has been mistress of his home for several years.
Jackson, James O., Little Falls, was born in this county. He was liberally educated in the Little Falls academy and the Academy at Fairfield, after which he engaged in farming in Fairfield and Manheim for several years, until the age of thirty-two years, when he sold his farm property and moved to Little Falls. After dealing in cattle for some time, he finally purchased the Grand Central Hotel property on Main street, which he conducted until 1887, when he disposed of it to Daniel Leahy and others. After this he purchased the Jackson House, which he has since conducted, on Albany street. Mr. Jackson married Emma Timmerman, and they have one son and two daughters. Mr. Jackson also conducts a livery and sale stable in connection with his hotel.
Elwood, David B. (deceased) was born May 3, 1831, a mile south of Starkville, son of David and Nancy (Baum) Elwood. He received a district school education, and was twice married, first, September 22, 1852, to Sarah, daughter of John and Eliza (Hall) Smith, who died October 1, 1855. November 11, 1857, he married, second, Martha Springer, of Stark, born March 4, 1836, a daughter of Jacob L. and Mary (Dater) Springer. The grandfather was Loadwick Springer. Jacob L. was born in Stark. In early days he was a colonel of militia, and an active Whig and Republican. He died in 1843. They had eight children : Louis H., Philip, Catharine, Hannah, Eliza- beth, Martha and Caroline. Mrs. Springer was born in Brunswick, a daughter of Henry and Christina (Fake) Dater. She died in 1884 in her eighty-sixth year. Subject's second wife bore him seven children : Edwin, who died, aged four ; Sarah (Mrs. Hale
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