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Bruce of Niagara county. From these men, thus imprisoned, Mr. Gardner, by virtue of his affiliation, learned the entire details of the affair, details which to-day are prob- ably known but by one person."
Gridley, Harrison, Canandaigua, was born in Cazenovia, Madison county, in 1822. ITis early life was spent in Cazenovia, and he was educated at the seminary there. His first business venture after leaving school was as clerk in a dry goods store in Elmira, where he was from 1842 to 1857. In 1857 he came to Canandaigua, and engaged in the coal business, which he still conducts, now handling about 5,000 tons of Plymouth coal per year. His yard is located on Niagara street, and he employs three teams and five hands. The office is at 228 Main street, and Dr. Gridley's residence is at 32 Gibson street. Mr. Gridley married in 1854 Helen A. Lewis of Lenox, Madison county, and they are the parents of one child, II. Marietta, wife of Rev. John G. Blue of Waukesha, Wis.
Gourlay, Norman, Farmington, father of Eli M. and Mark C. Gourlay, was born in Forfarshire, Scotland, May 22, 1836, and came with his parents to the United States, landing in New York when he was four years old. Afterwards they came to Glens Falls, where he was educated in the public schools and was a farmer until he retired. He married twice, first on February 24, 1858, Relief Moore of Queensbury, Warren county, and they had six children ; two died in infancy, four survive : Keziah P., and Mark C., who married Franc M. Outhouse of Canandaigua, and has one child, a daughter. Eli M. who is at present engaged at farming with his brother, Mark C., and Grace F. Mrs. Gourlay died in 1886. April 27, 1892, he married second a widow lady in Victor. Mr. Gourlay enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and Eighteenth N. Y. S. Vols., and was honorably discharged June 27, 1865. He is a member of Albert M. Murray Post, 162 G. A. R.
Gardner, Edwin J., Farmington, was born in Farmington January 22, 1853. He was educated in the public schools and follows farming. He is a justice of the peace in the town of Farmington, also does some photographic work for his friends. March 30, 1880, he married Roseline R., daughter of John J. and Lydia B. Doty of this town. Mrs. Gardner was born in Farmington September 15, 1860, and they have two children, Mary R., and Lindley J. Mr. Gardner's father, John W., was born in the town of Rensselaerville, Albany county, was one of a family of twelve children, was a brother of Sunderlin P. Gardner. and his father was Elisha W. He was born November 13, 1814, and married Anna B. Colton of Farmington. They had eight children : George W., Sarah P., Anna E., Leonard W., Charlotte S., Marium A., Edwin J., and Charles H. John W. Gardner died February 23, 1875. Mrs. Gardner's father, John J. Doty, was born in Washington county July 15, 1812, and came here with his parents when he was a boy. He married twice, first in 1834 to Amy Lane, and had one son, John S. For his second wife he married, August 27, 1836, Lydia B. Wilson of Morris county, N. J., and had five children : Mary W., Susan J., Charles E., John M., Roseline R. Mr. Doty died September 23, 1878.
Howland, Chas. A., Manchester, was born in Manchester October 27, 1848. He received an excellent education and has followed farming since his youth. He owns a fine farm of seventy-five acres, which he purchased in 1876. Mr. Howland comes of
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an old revolutionary family, who also participated in the War of 1812. He is a staunch Prohibitionist and a worker for his party. Mr. Howland is possessed of considerable ability and great energy.
Howland, Pardon A., Manchester, was born in Manchester January 15, 1826. He was liberally educated in the schools of Manchester, also attending the Canandaigua Academy, his four sons in after years also receiving instruction in the same institution. Mr. Howland received farm property from his father, Nicholas Howland, to which he has materially added, he and his sons owning about four hundred acres in the town. Mr. Howland is a strong Prohibitionist and has been nominated on that ticket to the office of supervisor of Manchester. His father was an influential member of the Whig party and repeatedly filled the office of supervisor, etc. Mr. Howland was married in 1847 to Margaret Wells of the same town, by whom he has had nine children, seven of whom are living, all residents of the town with the exception of one daughter who is engaged in stenography in Butte, Mon. Mr. Howland's ancestors originally came from Massachusetts and are of revolutionary antecedents.
Hutchinson, Joseph, Geneva, was born in Aldby, Cumberland county, England, March 7, 1815. He was educated in their common and high schools, was a farmer and came to the United States in 1836. He took passage in the American ship Eagle, which was shipwrecked on a sand bar near Sable Island. The crew and passengers constructed a raft by which they were carried safe on the island. The British government had Captain Darby with schooner and men in that vicinity. He dispatched the schooner to Halifax and a ship was sent to rescue them, after they had been there twenty-three days. They were taken to Halifax and from there to the United States. Mr. Hutch - inson located near Geneva and has resided here and in the vicinity ever since. He has married twice, first on November 1, 1848, Mary Tucker of Geneva. They had four children : William, Charles, Sarah and Henry (who died in infancy). Mrs. Hutchin- son died in 1854. For his second wife, in 1856 he married Caroline Edington of Seneca (now Geneva). They had four children : George, Ann, Grant and Joseph. Sarah, of the first marriage, married Edward Berryman of Seneca county, and has two sons, Frank and Nestor. Mr. Hutchinson served as supervisor in the eventful years of 1861- 1862, and when he resided in the village he was trustee; was also overseer of the poor and highway commissioner nine years. Mr. and Mrs. Berryman reside on the old home with Mr. and Mrs. Hutchinson.
Horning, A. V., Phelps, was born in Phelps, October 19, 1842, one of six children of John M. and Angeline C. (Garrett) Horning. John M., the father, was born in Con- necticut, and came here and settled when a young man, where he lived and died. The mother's family was also from Connecticut. The grandfather was Jacob Horning. In 1880 Mr. Horning took possession of the farm where he now lives, of 185 acres, in- cluding ten acres of orchard. He married in 1871 Louise Hosford of Phelps, one of the five children of Ashbel and Emlie Hosford. They have two children, Nettie H. and Frank A., both of whom live at home on the farm.
Hoefler, George, Geneva, was born in Nuremberg, Germany, December 23, 1843. He was educated in his native country, and came to the United States with his uncle
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in 1859, first locating in New York city. He came to Geneva in 1860, and by occupa- tion is a caterer and confectioner. April 20, 1869, he married Marion Zobrist of Geneva, and they have three children : John, who resides in the West ; William, who is now the champion bicyclist of the the world ; and Georgia R., who resides at home.
Hemiup, George M., Geneva, was born in Yates county, October 22, 1822. IIe re- ceived a commercial education and for many years was a successful merchant of Geneva. November 12, 1851, he married Maria, oldest daughter of Rev. Seth W. and Maria (Pickering) Remington, then of Geneva. Mr. and Mrs. Hemiup had two daugh- ters : May L., who died at the age of eight years, and Vernie, who married James M. Haley of Brooklyn. Mr. Hemiup's father, Alexander, was born in Geneva in 1799, and married Mary Mills of Havana, N. Y. They had one son and two daughters: George M., Catherine, who married Philip Roof of Eddytown, Yates county ; and Cor- Delia, who married John Roof of the same place. Alexander Hemiup died in 1888, and his wife in the same year. The grandfather, John, was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and came here with General La Fayette. He had some land given him for his military service, known as the Swan and Johnson tract. Mrs. Hemiup's father, the Rev. Seth W. Remington, was born in Vermont in 1807, and married Maria Pickering, born in Massachusetts, a descendant of Col. Timothy Pickering. They had four sons and two daughters. Six grew to maturity : Chauncey P., Maria, Pierpont, William, Josephine and Lamartine. The late Col. S. Pierpont Remington served with distinction in the Eleventh Cavalry N. Y. Vols. Mrs. Hemiup's great-grandfathers were officers in the War of the Revolution. Mrs. Hemiup has written many articles of a scientific nature for the public press which attracted much notice, and is the author of a book entitled "Law of Heat," which has been received with a great deal of interest and has been much commended, and is now preserved in the educational exhibits of the State at Albany. Her name is recorded in the dictionary of English and American authors.
Herendeen, Oscar D., Farmington, was born on the old homestead in the south part of the town of Farmington, March 30, 1841, was educated in the common schools and the Friends' Boarding School at Union Springs, and through the early years of his life was a farmer. March 13, 1860, he married Anne E., daughter of Peter and Rebecca Smith of Farmington, and they have one son, Louis D., born June 25, 1863. He was educated in the public schools, Macedon and Lima Seminaries, and November 22, 1886, married Minnie I., daughter of Morey E. and Esther Power, of their native town. They have one son, Howard D., who was born July 29, 1887. Nathan G., father of Oscar D., was born in Farmington on the old place, February 21, 1813, and married Jane Sage of Hopewell. She was born May 31, 1816, They had four children : Marietta, Welcome G., Oscar D. and Caroline E. Nathan died February 22, 1855, and his wife April 15, 1854. Mr. Herendeen's grandfather, Welcome, was born in Smith- field, R. I., April 18, 1768. In 1769 his father moved his family to Adams, Mass., and in 1790 came to Farmington. He was twice married, first in 1794, to Elizabeth Durfee of Palmyra, by whom he had five children : Edward, Gideon, Anna, Huldah and Durfee. Mrs. Herendeen died in 1804, and he married in 1806 Mercy Gardner, who was born January 1, 1772, and they had three children : Elizabeth, Welcome W, and
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Nathan G. Mrs. Annie R. Herendeen's father, Peter Smith, was born on the old Smith homestead in Farmington, November 23, 1817, and in 1837 married Rebecca Mills, and had four children : Sarah E., Annie E., Abigail and John Q. Mr. Smith's father, Levi, was born in Adams, Mass., in 1774 and came to this State when a young man, where he married in 1798 Tabitha Culver and had ten children. Mrs. Smith's grandfather was in the Revolutionary army.
Hubbard, T. S., Geneva, was born in Cameron, Steuben county, in 1843, and in 1866 he settled in Fredonia and engaged in grape growing, being the first man in the State to grow grape vines in large quantities. To-day the T. S. Hubbard Company in the largest producer of grape vines in the United States, growing yearly 100 to 120 acres. In 1888 Mr. Hubbard settled in Geneva, but has a general supervision of the business. The capital of the company is $50,000.
Hoffman, Frank C., Geneva, was born in Bavaria, December 10, 1849, and when eight- een years of age came to America and located in Manitowoc, Wis., and worked in a meat market for two years, then came to Buffalo, where he remained eight months, thence to Rochester, where he worked nearly six years, and then to Geneva, where he entered the employ of W. I. Higgin. In 1882 he bought out Mr. Higgin, and has car- ried on the business very successfully ever since. He has the largest market in Ge- neva, besides owning some half dozen houses. In 1880 he married Maggie Klepfer, and they have had two children, Annie and Lizzie. Mr. Hoffman is a member of Ark Lodge No. 33 F. & A. M., Geneva Chapter No. 36, and Geneva Commandery No. 29.
Humphrey, W. F., Geneva, a native of Mississippi, and son of R. J. (editor and pro- prietor of the Poultney (Vt.) Journal, was born in 1856. He served his time at the printer's trade in Poultney, then completed his preparatory course at Troy Conference Academy and entered Hobart College, from which he was graduated in '82. He was assistant editor of the Geneva Gazette one year, and subsequently held the same posi- tion on the Geneva Courier two years. In 1885 he engaged in the printing business in Geneva in a small way. This enterprise developed rapidly, until now he has one of the largest and best equipped offices in Central New York. He has added a complete book-bindery, and employs thirty hands or more. He is a member of the Masonic Lodge, Chapter and Commandery in Geneva, of Damascus Temple A. A. O. N. M. S., and of Geneva Lodge No. 231 K. of P. Mr. Humphrey married Ida F. Goff in 1881, and they have one son, Robert Elroy.
Hallenbeck, D. W., Geneva, the present president and principal owner in the Torrey Park Land Company, and otherwise known as one of the leading business men of Ge- neva, was born in Columbia county, April 7, 1838. Early in life he prepared himself for mercantile pursuits, and, before coming to Geneva, was in business in Catskill, N. Y., Reading, Pa., Hudson, N. Y., and from the city last named came to Geneva in 1868, where he was for many years in the grocery business, and also connected with the manufacture and sale of cigars both in Geneva and Rochester. The Torrey Park Land Company was organized in 1889, and in its operations Mr. Hallenbeck has been the leading spirit. He was the president of the People's Building, Loan, and Savings As-
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sociation, and is now the treasurer of the Universal Savings and Loan Company. He is also in public affairs in Geneva and its locality, and has held the office of village trus- tee. In politics Mr. Hallenbeck is an ardent Republican, yet in no manner a politician. He was first married in 1860 to Emma L. Traver, by whom he had three thildren : Ells- worth L., Frank D., and Louise T. His wife died February 25, 1885, and in January, 1888, Mr. Hallenbeck married Bertha I. Pomeroy, of Geneva.
Hawkins, Thomas W., Geneva, son of Thomas and Abbie (Rogers) Hawkins, was born in Manchester, N. Y., in 1859. He was educated at Geneva, and in 1881 began business there, continuing five years. He has since that time been in the wholesale and retail liquor business, and is interested in several local manufacturing enterprises and in real estate. He has been trustee of the village six years. Politically a Demo- crat, he takes an active interest in politics. In 1881 he married Esther T. Smith, of Geneva, and they are the parents of six children.
Hemiup, Charles N., Geneva, was born in Geneva, May 19, 1852, and is descended from pioneer stock in that county. He was educated in the public schools, entered Hobart College in 1869, and was graduated in 1873, being the valedictorian of the class. He read law with Judge Dusinberre, and was admitted in 1875 at the October General Term held in Monroe county. After admission and until July 1, 1879, Mr. Hemiup was the law partner of Judge Dusinberre, since which time he has continued his prac- tice alone.
Hunn, Nathan S., Canandaigua, was born on a farm in Canandaigua, now occupied by his son, April 20, 1828. His grandfather, Rev. Zadock Hunn, was a native of Berk- shire, Mass., and came to this section in 1795. He, in company with Rev. John Ralph, organized the Congregational Society of Canandaigua. He married in Massachusetts Mary Morton, and they had five children, of whom James G. was the oldest son. He was born in 1781 in Massachusetts, and since the age of fourteen made this farm his home. At the death of his father he assumed the management of the farm. He mar- ried Eliza Gillette, also of Massachusetts, and of their eleven children two survive : Thomas, of Bristol, and George, of Gainesville, Wyoming county. Nathan S. was the youngest son. His whole life was spent on the farm, which has now been in the pos- session of the family almost a century. Mr. Hunn has erected on it a beautiful resi- dence, with fine barns, etc. He was a man of excellent management, and after the death of his father increased the farm from 150 to 350 acres. He was an upright and honest man and citizen. December 25, 1852, he married Marcia A., daughter of Shel- don and Roxana (Holmes) Squire. They have had three children : James G., who died February 10, 1878, aged twenty-four years; Eliza A., wife of William H. Pierce, a farmer of Canandaigua ; and Frank S., who conducts the homestead farm. Nathan S. died October 26, 1879, mourned by all who knew him. Frank S. was born August 3, 1863. He was educated in Canandaigua Academy, and took up farming for a living. He with his parents and sister united with the First Universalist Church of Bristol in 1877. He is a young man of character, temperate, virtuous and honest in all his deal- ings. February 5, 1885, he married Ollie B. Totman, of Wisconsin, who died Decem- ber 23, 1888. He remained single over four years, when on the 4th of April, 1893, he married Lida L. Monagle, of New York.
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Huntly, Austin C., Canandaigua, was born near Cheshire, October 30, 1852, a son of Elias and Polly (Hutchens) Huntly. Rufus Huntly came from Massachusetts in 1811, locating in Canandaigua. He had eight children, and finally moved to Ohio, where he died in 1860. Elias married in 1824 Annie Austin, who died December 12, 1850, leav- ing one son, Ralph L., who died August 23, 1863, aged thirty-six. Mr. Huntley married again, May 6, 1851, Polly, daughter of John and Catharine (Wager) Hutchens, and they had one child, Austin C. He was educated in the Canandaigua Academy, and at the death of his father, November 27, 1866, took charge of the farm. In 1889 he was elected on the Republican ticket commissioner of highways, and re-elected in 1893. Mr. Huntly is a trustee of the Union Church in Cheshire. He married iu 1871 Frances M., daughter of C. L. Randall, of South Bristol, and they have two children, Nellie M., and Lois A.
Holmes, D.D.S., Horace Nathaniel, Canandaigua. Dr. H. N. Holmes is the son of Nathaniel Breed Holmes and Almira E. Banks of the IIicks-Campbell families, well- known throughout New England. His father is a native of New Hampshire, and his mother of Maine. Dr. Holmes was born in Belfast, Waldo county, Me., in 1865. Paternal interests lying on the Pacific coast, the subject of this sketch went to Califor- nia, and at the age of eight was duly entered in the preparatory department of Liver- more College, graduating as a medallist in the class of '83. After a year in travel and two years as teacher (part of the time in his Alma Mater), Dr. Holmes entered the class of '89 at the University of Michigan, serving his class as president during one year and being elected to the several college societies in his department. While as student he was the protege of the distinguished Dr. Wm. H. Atkinson, of New York city, and of the present Dean, Prof. Jonathan Taft, enjoying hospital privileges and private clinics, which proved of incalculable benefit in after years. After gaining his degree he joined an old and noted practitioner, Dr. Ezra H. Stewart, of Joliet, Ill., till the fall of 1891, when he came to Canandaigua and assumed the extensive practice of Dr. G. H. Watson, who had recently gone to Germany as one of the dentists of the Royal court. Dr. Holmes has contributed some to the dental literature of the time, is a mem- ber of the Seventh District Dental Society of New York, and several fraternal organi- zations.
Hyde, Caleb Briggs, Canadice, was born in Canadice, November 30, 1829. His father, James, was born in New Jersey in 1785 and died in 1855. The wife of the latter was Ann Grant, whose father was an Englishman. James moved first to Cayuga county, where he lived twelve years, then in 1824 came to Canadice and settled where Caleb B. now lives. Of his eleven children three now survive. John went west, and in 1849 took the overland route to California, the company consisting of fourteen wagons driven by ox teams. James F. and Warner L. reside at Centerfield. Caleb B. was educated in the public schools and has always been a farmer. In 1856 he mar- ried Martha Partridge, of Prattsburg, Steuben county, who bore him three children . Ervie L., Lewis J., and Arthur M. The latter is traveling in the west. Mr. Hyde mar- ried second, in 1884, Lucina E. Butler, whose father was from Pennsylvania, and her mother from New Jersey. Mr. Hyde has been commissioner of highways six years, and supervisor in 1880-81-90-91. He is a Republican and a Methodist.
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Hower. Joel M .. Canands ga was born in Canandaigua. January 30. 1819. His grandfather was a native of New Jersey. born about 1765. who moved to Athens, Pa. when a young man. and married Ladema Harris. They were among the earliest set- ilers of Livingston county. coming there alon: 1798. and moved to Canandaigua in 1815. Iz 1833 Le went to bio. where he died in 1835. He Lad seven sons and four daughters. John. the oldest son. and father of Joel M .. was born in Canada, in Sep- tember. 1706. during his parents' brief residence there. He served in the war of 1812. azlin 1819 be married Harriet Moore. daughter of Joel and Sarah ( Gillett) Moore. In 1925 Le hought a farm, where be spent his life. He was a Republican, and also took great interest in church work having been for many years a member of the M. E. Church. He died in September. 1863. and his wife in September. 1648. Of their eight children the only survivor is Joel M. The latter was educated in the common schools and at Canandaigua Academy. The latter lived on his father's farm until 1845, when be removed to lois 77-76. then in 1855 came to the village and took up his present residence. He is a stamoch Republican, and has held several town offices, among them being that of supervisor. He is now commissioner of excise. In 1641 he married Letitia, daughter of Lewis and Proehe (Conorer Johnson. Of their five children only one is now living. Hattie H .. wife of W. E. Booth. of Geneseo. The only son reaching adult age. John M .. was born in 1852. and was educated at Lima Seminary, and married in 1976, Anna. daughter of Franci- J. Castle. of Canandaigua. and they had two children, Martha M. and Louise L. John M. died April 25. 1884. Mr. Hower. wife of Joel M. died September 15, 1883, and Mr. Howey's family is now composed of his son's widow and Lis two granddaughters.
Hallenbeck Dr. Orlando J .. Canandaigua. was born in Schenectady county in 1-53, & amp of Charles a farmer of that constr. He was educated in Cobleskill. Schobarie condiy, at the Coton Free Stboch From there he went to the Geneseo Normal Schor. and graduated in the classical comrie in 1675. He taught for two years. and then entered Albany Medical College. from which he graduated in 1679. In the com- petitive examination be was recommended and secured the position of resident phy- sclar and surgeon of Minary City Hospital. where Le remained six months, and then came to Canandaigua. where he has enjoyed a lucrative practice. Dr. Hallenbeck was elected in 1892. on the Republican ticket, coroner of the county. He married in 1630. Eliza P. Ewer. of Mendor, and they have four children : Lois M .. Clive E .. Claude O. and Mildred D :. Hallenbeck is trustee of the Presbyterian Church and a member of the Board of Elucation: also secretary of the village Society of Physicians, and president of the Canandaigua Angler" Association.
Herendeen, Nathaniel C .. Farmington, fourth child of Edward and Harriet Heren- Teen, was Word Ange: 2. 1817, in Farmington. He was educated in the common schools. and when fourteen year- old had a severe ft of sickness which rendered him Lampe forlife. Optoler 11. 1858. be married Helen M., daughter of Esquire and Estber Thomas of ble rative town. She died July 8, 1876. They had four children ! Ros- wel C .. Bom June 20 1800 . Mary E .. bom April 1. 1864, married, August 13, 1885, Wi am M.Com of Manchester. now of Chicago, Il ... a machinist, and they had one aoc. who died in infancy. and one daughter, Frances W. ; Samuel died in infancy, and
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Lydia M., born April 15. 1866, who married March 16. 1887. Charles E. Harrington, bd Manchester, and they had two children : Helen M .. boro December 28 1858. and Nathaniel C., born June 20. 18 2 The ancestry of this branch of the family is Welsi and Scotch.
Hutchens. Hiram L .. Canandaigua, was born in Canandaigua. April 15, 199. a som of Henry Hutchens, who was a native nf Yates county. born in Jerusalem n 1616. who came to Canandaigua in 1830. and bought a farm rear Cheshire. He married Polly Livermore of this town, ir whom he had seven children, one died in infancy and the others being Floyd and Nodiah. farmers; Sarah, wife of Enos Booth: De. John Hutchens. of Cheshire: Charles, a carpenter: and Hiram L. Henry Hoteles- died November 10, 1989, and his wife is stil bying at seventy-Eve years of age. Hiram L. was educated at Canandaigua Academy, and studiel law one season with Edwin H'eks. In the fall of 1862 he enlisted with the One Hundred and Forty- eighth New York Volunteers. but was soon after transferred to the Quartermaster's department and was chief clerk of the Second Division of the Eighteenth Army Corps. He was afterwards connected with the Twenty-Eich Corps. After the taking of Richmond be was located in that city. where be bad eLarge of stores that issued rations to the city's destitute. He was mustered ou: June 22. 1565. under general orders. Ix 1666 Le lo- cated in the Eighth District of Virginia in charge of the Freedman s Barean, where he remained but one season. when he returned to Canandaigua ani engaged in mercan- tile business. which be has since followed. He now conducts a music store on Man street and carries a full line of musical instruments and sewing machines. He married in December. 1850. Mary A. Townsend. of Canandaigua, by whom Le has four chf- dren : William C., a manufacturer of gloves an I mitters at Johnstown : Clara. wife of Royal P. Seott, a lawyer of Canandaigua : Fran' T., an artist of New York, and Floyd. of J. Levy's store, who is a Republican, a Mason, and is now serving Lis third year as master of the Canandaigua Lodge. No. 204 : also's member of Excelsior Chapter. No 1664. R. A. M., and is present high priest : also a member of the K. of P .. and of the G. A. R.
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