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Jeudevine, Albert, Canandaigua, was born in Canandaigua, June 29, 1844, a grand- son of William, the first of the family to settle in this country, coming from Charleston with a three horse team. He located in the town of Richmond in 1805, where he took np a farm. He lived there until about 1821, when he moved to Canandaigua. The family is of French extraction. William had five children : Henry, William, Luther, Patience, and Ann. William, the second son, father of our subject, was born in Charles- ton, November 5, 1800, and came with his parents to this State. He went to Geneva about 1817, and there he worked at his trade until the time his father came to Canan- daigua, when he located here and in 1845 bought a farm of sixty-two acres in the vil- lage, where he died June 28, 1873. He was a man of prominence in the town and held many offices. For nine years he was a trustee of the village and assessor of the town, plank road inspector, and commissioner of highways. He was a Whig and a Republi- can. Besides the old homestead farm, he owned the Wilson farm of eighty acres in Canandaigua, besides land in Michigan and Ohio. He married Sarah Mascho, and they had seven children, five of whom are living : Sarah M., Hannah and Frank live on the old homestead, and Charles G. and Albert. William, the oldest son, died August 4, 1891, aged sixty-six years. Harriet, the oldest daughter, died June 30, 1889, aged
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sixty-two years. Albert was educated in Canandaigua Academy under Prof. Clarke, and took up farming. His first purchase was his present farm in Canandaigua, where he has erected a beautiful residence and new buildings. He married in 1875 Emma, daughter of Stephen A. Codding, of Bristol Centre, and they have four children : Frank H., Mary A., Albert L., and Sarah M.
King, Irving D., Phelps, one of six children of Kendall and Anna Maria (Stilwell) King, was born in Manchester October 29, 1834. The father, Kendall King, was born July 25, 1801, and the grandfather, Joshua K., was born in Connecticut October 16, 1770, and came to Manchester and settled when a young man, marrying Lucy Loomis in 1793 Kendall King married Anna Eliza Spencer, who had two children who were living when he married Anna Maria Stillwell, who had four children. He came to Phelps with his family in 1837 and bought the old Elder Rice place. Irving D. King married in 1857 Harriet A. Moore of Michigan, whose ancestors were New Hampshire people. They had three children : Clarence M., Marshall W., and Alice M. Mr. King's farm comprises 135 acres used principally for grain and fruit. He is also manufacturer of the Northwestern Corn Planter.
King, A. H., Manchester, was born January 4, 1851, in the town of Manchester, a son of Harvey King, who was born April 10, 1797, and died March 5, 1872, and Aman- da King, who was born November 19, 1815. April 24, 1872, he married Anna, daugh- ter of Henry Post of Port Gibson. Mr. King is a farmer by occupation, and is an at- tendant at the Universalist church of Clifton Springs. The ancestors of this family come originally from Suffield, Conn., and settled in Manchester in 1802.
Keeffe, Maurice, was born in Garrylaurence. Parish of Clanmult, Barony of Barry- more, County of Cork, Ireland, in May, 1836, and came to the United States, landing in New York March 14, 1856. He first located in Portland, Conn., where he remained a vear and returned to New York and located in Victor. February 6, 1863, he married Ellen Mead of this town. They have seven children, four sons and three daughters : David M., Mary A., Bartholomew V., John, Nellie L., Johanna, and Maurice Emmet. Mr. Keeffe has been assessor of his town nine years, is also at the present time member of the Board of Excise.
Knapp, Walter H., Canandaigua, was born in Hopwell, March 13, 1856, a son of B. Franklin, a farmer of that town. He attended the common schools until he was four- teen years of age, then entered the Canandaigua Academy, where he was fitted for college under Prof. Clarke, and entered Amherst College in 1875, graduating as B. A., and commencment orator in 1879. During his college days he took the Greek prize in 1876, and in 1878 was editor of the Amherst Student. He was a member of the Greek letter society Chi Phi, and of the honorary society Phi Beta Kappa. After leaving college he went to California where he held the position of professor of mathematics and Latin in Placerville Academy. He remained there four years, and in 1882 was the Republican nominee for member of assembly for El Dorado county in that State. Re- turning to Canandaigua in 1883 he entered the office of Comstock & Bennett, where he studied law until admitted to the bar in 1885, since which time he has been engaged in the general practice of law, He is now the Ontario county member of the Republican
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Judicial Committee for the Seventh Distriet. Mr. Knapp married in 1879, Mary, eldest daughter of the late N. K. Cole, esq., of Manchester, and they have three sons: Wal- ter Chandler, Robert Cole, and B. Frank. Mr. Knapp has been superintendent of the Sunday- school of the First Presbyterian church since 1884, and an elder in that church since 1885. He was county secretary of the Ontario County Sunday-school Association for three years. In 1887 he was a delegate to the First National Convention of the Republican Clubs of the United States, held at Chickering Hall, New York. He was president of the Young Men's Republican Club of Canandaigua in 1888, and is chair- man of the Executive Committee of the County League of Republican Clubs. His office is in the Times Building, residence 31 West Gibson street, Canandaigua.
Kendall, D.D., Rev. Henry, East Bloomfield, was born in Volney, Oswego county, August 24, 1815, a son of John Kendall, who was born at Springfield, Mass., and emigrated to Oneida county in 1792, residing at Paris Hill till 1806, when he removed to Volney, Oswego county, then a perfect wilderness, remaining there till his death, which occurred in 1853. He was twice married. Our subject had a district school education, passing from there to the academy at Mexico, where he prepared to enter a sophomore in Hamilton College, from which institution he graduated in 1840. He then entered Auburn Seminary, from which he graduated in 1844. He was pastor of the church at Verona, Oneida county, until 1848, then came to East Bloomfield, ministering to the church there with great acceptability for nine years. He was three years at Pittsburg, Pa .; then went to New York, where he accepted a position as secretary of the Board of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church, which he filled until his death, September 9, 1892. He was a trustee of Auburn Seminary, Hamilton College, and the Western Reserve College, also the Western University. April 28, 1848, he married Sapronia Luce, born in Winfield, Herkimer county, and a daughter of Almond and Anna (Spooner) Luce, a farmer and merchant. Rev. Henry Kendall and wife had five children : Frederick G., who died aged thirty-two. He was a graduate of Hamilton College and Auburn Seminary. His only charge was at Grand Rapids; Anna L., died aged seven years; Grace W., died aged eighteen years; Henry died at the age of two and a half years; and Eliza Birdsall died aged three and a half years. The following is from the pen of the Rev. L. M. Miller, D.D .: "East Bloomfield was his home retreat whenever respite from labor came. There he buried his children, and there still Mrs. Kendall remains. Strongly wedded to Central New York, he was interested always for the college on the hill, and for Auburn Seminary. When the roll of the class of '40 was called in the recitation room, Kendall, Knox and Miller answered side by side, so that we had the opportunity to know Dr. Kendall as a constant, conscientious and ready student. Genial, conservative, and decisive in his manners, he did nothing to antagonize those who differed from him, and by a frank and manly bearing maintained pleasant relations with the students as well as the faculty. These qualities he carried with him into his public life, and they guided him to suc- cess. But it was as a leading secretary of the Board of Home Missions of the Presbyter- ian Church that he won his laurels as a great and good workman, in effective service throughout the broad domain of its continually enlarging borders, and occupying with general commendation the important office for more than thirty-one years. Through
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much travel he was intimately acquainted with the needs and progress of evangelical work covering our republic. In close accord with the many hundred missionaries on the one hand, and on the other with societies and churches which furnished the means of aid, Dr. Kendall was universally acknowledged as leader and guide. All who knew him will bear testimony to his great love for the work in which he not only sought the Master's will, but as a patriot forecasted his country's weal, and as a Christian the wants of thousands of his countrymen perishing for lack of vision. An incident in the last General Assembly, held at Portland, Ore., illustrates the estimate in which he was held by the church. When Rev. Charles F. Goss voiced the feeling respecting him and his work as the 'lion-hearted, the tender-hearted, the loving-hearted Henry Ken- dall,' a name that 'stands for the broadest philanthropy, the purest Christianity, and the deepest consecration,' the large audience, in an outburst of sympathy, responded with heartiest applause. In 1884 he was sent to the Belfast Council of Reformed Churches to represent his denomination, as well qualified in the largest sense to care for its interests and declare its faith, usages and manifold charities. When we call to mind his manly presence in the meetings of our Board of Trust, and his active inter- est in its affairs, and his wise and ready counsels, we can understand why Auburn Seminary, the Western University and the Western Reserve College should elect him to the same relations in their institutions."
Knapp, B. F., Hopewell, was born in Hopewell, August 16, 1829. His father was Leonard, a native of Rensselaer county, who about 1804 came with his parents, Ezra and Phebe Knapp, to Hopewell. Here Ezra purchase a farm of fifty acres, making 150 acres (which subject now owns), where he and his wife died. Leonard Knapp mar- ried Mercy Brown, of Hopewell, and to them were born fifteen children. He died in 1863 and his wife in 1861. B. F. Knapp was reared on a farm, and educated. in the common schools. In 1850 he married Harriet Warner, a native of Canandaigua. The children are : Chas. W., H. Edson, Walter H., J. Etta, Carrie E. and M. Mertice. Mr. Knapp carries on general farming, and is a Republican in politics.
Ketchum, the late W. Nelson, was born in Victor, March 14, 1816, was educated in the common schools, and was a farmer. September 14, 1847, he married Nancy, daughter of George and Mary Blayney, formerly of Licking county, O. They had five children : Amelia S., who married Burton H. Lobdell of this town, and have two children : Nelson L., and Marian F; Adelia, who resides with her mother; George W., who married Sarah L. Rose of Victor, they have two children : Arthur N., and Eugene H .; Charles N. married Ida Longyear of Victor, and had one child. His wife died February 18, 1886, and the child soon after; and Marian J., who died at the age of thirteen years. Mrs. Ketchum's father, George Blayney, was born in Virginia in the year 1800, and married Mary Sutton of Ohio. They had two children, Nancy and John. Mrs. Ketchum's grandfather, John Sutton, was a soldier in the war of 1812. Mr. Ketchum died April 6, 1876. He was a member of the Universalist Society, and his wife is a member of that church.
Kisor, Wallace, Hopewell, was born in Gorham, December 23, 1836. His father, Jacob, was one of the early settlers of that town. His wife was Anna Pulver, by whom
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he had three sons and two daughters. Mrs. Kisor died when Wallace was eight years of age, and he went to live with his sister, Mrs. Fiero, for five years. He next worked on a farm by the month. In 1862 he enlisted from Geneva in Company F, One Hun- dred and Twenty-sixth N. Y. Infantry, and was wounded in his head at Maryland Heights and taken to the hospital, where he remained three months. In 1867 he mar- ried Mary Evered, born October 6, 1836, in Sodus, Wayne county, a daughter of Joshua Evered of Barnaby, England, born September 5, 1811. Mr. Evered came to Geneva in 1830 and there married Alice Ward, by whom he had thirteen children. Mr. Evered and a brother first introduced the portable threshing machine in America. He died in Hopewell in 1886. He was a Democrat, and he and his wife were active members of the M. E. Church. Mrs. Evered died in 1884. In 1872 our subject came to Hopewell and bought property at Lewis's Station which he improved and converted into a very pleasant home. Mr. Kisor is a Prohibitionist, and has been excise commissioner for eleven years. He is a member of the G A. R. Albert Murray Post No. 162 at Canan- daigua. Mr. Kisor is engaged in the manufacture of barrels, and has built up a large business. He and his wife are members of the M. E. Church; he holds the office of steward and treasurer for the society, which offices he has held for several years.
Knapp, Z. Franklin, Naples, was born in Urbana, Steuben county, January 9, 1840, and was educated at Dansville Seminary. He studied dentistry here for about three years and then moved to Naples in 1864, where he has since remained practicing his profession. He has also manufactured grape baskets and cultivated grapes. Mr. Knapp married, in 1863, Martha Townsend of Hammondsport, and they have eight children, four sons and four daughters, all of whom are living. Mr. Knapp has been town clerk eight years, justice of peace four years, and a member of the school board twelve years. Charles S., the oldest son, is manager of the Erie Railroad branch at Newburg; James F., the second son, is a graduate of the New York Dental College, and is now practic- ing dentistry at Geneva. The oldest daughter, Fannie L. is a teacher in the Union School at Naples ; William E., the third son, graduated at the Naples Academy, and is now deputy postmaster in Naples. The remaining four children are attending school in Naples.
Kingsbury, Sherman, Canandaigua, the subject of this sketch, was born of English extraction, his father being Hampton Kingsbury and his mother Linda Totman Kings- bury, who came from old British stock. The date of his birth was September 3, 1843. His parents were residents of the town of Bristol at which place they continued to live for several years after the birth of their son. When the family removed to Canandai- gua. Sherman, having obtained a schooling in the schools of his native town, was pre- pared to enter actively into business life, and with that object in view he went into the grocery establishment of George Phelps, desiring to acquaint himself with the nature of that business. Remaining in the employ of this gentleman for two years he at length entered the establishment of John McClure, continuing as a clerk there for an equal period. At the end of this time Mr. Kingsbury formed a partnership with T. C. Park- hurst, of Canandaigua, with the purpose of conducting the produce business. At length withdrawing from this partnership he entered into a partnership in the fall of 1870 with
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his brother, Addison Kingsbury, and George A. Wells at the city of New York, with the object of establishing an extensive commission house. He remained senior partner of this successful concern for nine years. At the end of that period he retired from the firm and shortly afterwards opened a large grocery establishment in the village of Can- andaigua, which was located at the corner of Main and Beeman streets. He remained at this location until the purchase of the old A. S. Lincoln stand, which he found in a deplorable condition, but which under his direction was made into one of the finest busi- ness stands of the village. In the year 1883 Mr. Kingsbury erected the elegant Kings- bury Opera House (now known as the Grand Opera House) on the corner of Beeman and Mill streets. For five years he conducted this excellent academy of music and the drama as sole owner and manager. During this period and for some time thereafter the subject of the sketch was actively associated with James McKechnie and Alfred Den- bow in extensive produce speculations, but upon the decease of his partners, owing to financial embarrassment issuing from misunderstandings between himself and the execu- tors of his deceased partners, Mr. Kingsbury retired from the business and has never since been interested in any local business concern financially. In 1868 Mr. Kingsbury was married to Miss Julia F. Jones, only daughter of Charles Jones, and they have one child, Miss Mary Kingsbury, who is a most talented young lady, being a graduate of the Granger Place School at Canandaigua and a most gifted student of music, having fin- ished a lengthy course of instruction under the direction of the well-known Professor C. E. Von Lear of Rochester. Mr. Kingsbury has always been an energetic, enterpris- ing business man and was always actively interested in any and all public benefits of his county. His characteristics of push and determination have been potently influen- tial in effecting numerous improvements in Canandaigua and throughout the county of Ontario where he is widely and favorably known.
Lincoln, Samuel Grant, Geneva, was born in Geneva September 11, 1868. He was educated in the public schools, and since April 1, 1890, has held the position of mes- senger in the Geneva National Bank. Mr. Lincoln's father, George, was born Febru- ary 19, 1817, at Geneva, and was educated in the public schools of his day. He mar- ried Rachael Thompson of this place and they had nine children : Jennie A., Mary E., Louisa, Lavenia, Caroline, George, jr., Harriet, Frederick R. and Samuel Grant. Two died in infancy, three in their teens, one at thirty-four and one at thirty-six. Only two survive : Jenme A., who married Garrett S. Duffin of New York and has two daughters, Irene and Bijou; and the subject of this sketch. The grandfather, Peter, was born a slave in Virginia in 1771. He was first owned by a Mr. Park, and after- wards by Robert S. Rose. Rose and Lawson, who were brothers-in-law, brought their slaves north, locating in Seneca and Ontario counties, 200 in number. On one occasion a man was sent for Peter's cradle. Peter refused to let it go. Sent for by his owner and asked why he refused, he said because he was held responsible for his tools. His master struck him with his cane at this answer. and Peter said he should not do it again as he was going to leave. His master said, "Go, and I will give you a new hat in the bargain." George, the father, died January 13, 1893, and Rachel, the mother, June 21, 1880. She was born November 26, 1826.
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Lee, Roswell M., East Bloomfield, a native of East Bloomfield, was born September 20, 1855. He has always been a farmer and owns about 118 acres. Since 1879 he has been a successful breeder of American Merino sheep, and keeps registered stock. He is a member of the " American Merino Sheep Association." Also for the last few years he has been engaged in the sale of agricultural implements, Walker's fertilizer manu- factured at Phelps, and Keystone wire fence. Mr. Lee is a Democrat and is at present highway commissioner, and has acted in that capacity for two years. He has also been deputy sheriff three years. March 7, 1878, Mr. Lee married Ella A., daughter of Rus- sell W. Gooding of East Bloomfield, and they have had four children : Bessie M. (de- ceased), Seth R., Hester A. and Pauline G. The parents of our subject were Seth L. Lee, born in East Bloomfield in 1823, and Sarah Peck, a native of West Bloomfield, to whom were born three sons and five daughters. Mr. Lee owned 238 acres of land in East Bloomfield. In politics he was a Republican. His death occurred March 20, 1875, and his wife now resides in Canandaigua at the age of sixty-five years. The father of Seth L. was Major Seth L. Lee, a native of Massachusetts and son of Captain George Lee. The wife of Major Lee was Sallie M., danghter of Benjamin Wheeler. Mr. Lee came to East Bloomfield about 1800, and there owned about 1,000 acres of land, a grist- mill and saw-mill, and was a large wool grower. Mr. Lee died in 1864, and his wife in 1870.
Loomis, Leslie G., Victor, was born in Farmington, Ontario county, April 9, 1857. He was educated in the public schools, Canandaigua Academy, and was a farmer until 1877, when he came to Victor and entered the employ of E. S. Norton as clerk until 1882. Ile then began business on his own account in company with Wilber C. Wood- worth, under the firm name of Loomis & Woodworth. They are doing a business this year of nine hundred and fifty thousand dollars, furnishing the best market for farm produce in this whole region. June 4, 1884, he married Della M., daughter of Theodore and Clarinda Hunt of Newark, and they have two children : Leslie G., jr., and Harry H. Mr. Loomis's father, George, was born in Bloomfield, Conn., about the year of 1818, and came to this State with his parents when about five years old, and married Hannah M. Ketchum of this State. They had six children : Aurelia E., Benjamin H., Ida M., Leslie G., Georgiana, and Charles P.
La Rue, James H., Manchester, was born May 28, 1838. His ancestors were origin- ally from France. Mr. La Rue possesses a farm with his brother, Alvin E. La Rue, of seventy-five acres in the town of Manchester. He was a member of Company D, One Hundred and Eleventh Reg. N. Y. Vols., and is a prominent member of the Methodist Episcopal church. His ancestors on both his father's and mother's side participated in the War of 1812. He married Martha Vanderbilt; they have no children. Alvin E. La Rue, was born August 15, 1852. He married Isadore Vanderbilt, and they have three children. He is a part owner of the farm, and both he and his brother are staunch Republicans.
Leighton, Peter, Canandaigua, was born in Scotland and came to the United States at the age of twenty-two ; in 1870 he was employed as salesman by James D. Paterson who was at that time engaged in the dry goods business in this village. The following
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year he became engaged as salesman with the firm of Sibley, Lindsay & Curr of Rochester, N. Y., with whom he remained until 1880, when he associated himself with Andrew Johnston of that city, and bought out his former employer, Mr. Paterson in Canandaigua, when the firm of Leighton & Johnston continued in business until 1889, when Mr. John- ston retiring the business has been since conducted by Mr. Lighton alone, occupying a building 20 x 100 feet of two floors and basement devoted to general dry goods, fancy goods, cloaks, draperies, etc. In 1877 he married Jeannie Hall a native of Scotland and they have three children; Frederick, Henry and Helen. Mr. Leighton has long been one of the trustees of the First Baptist church and is also president of the Vanderbilt Sash Balance Company, which was organized in 1892 with a capital of $10,000.00 for the manufacture and sale of spring sash balances.
Lauder, John W., Victor, was born on the old homestead November 24, 1858, was educated in the public schools and Lima Seminary, and is a farmer. December 30, 1883, he married Cora C., daughter of Charles and Eliza Marquis of Victor. They have five children : Pearl A., Ruth E., C. Maud, Erma F., and John A. Mr. Lauder's father, John A., was born in the town of Florida, Montgomery county, August 21, 1821; he too was a farmer. In September, 1855, he married Ann Bowerman of Schenectady county, and they had one son, John W. Mr. Lauder's father died December 3, 1883, and his mother resides with him on the old homestead. His grandfather James and his grandmother Jane came from Scotland and located in Florida, where his father was born. The ancestors of the family are Scotch and German.
Llewellyn, William, Clifton Springs, was born in England November 17, 1841. He learned the trade of confectioner and baker, and in April, 1865, came to this country. After being connected in different localities with his trade he established in 1887 a gen- eral commission business at Clifton Springs ; the firm being W. & W. H. Llewellyn, and composed of himself and his son William H. He has served as trustee of corpo- ration and school and is identified with the Masons. He married Julia Winiefred Cox of Gloucester, Eng. W. H. Llewellyn is also a partner in the banking house of Jack- son & Llewellyn. He married Miss Grace L. Briggs of this village May 4, 1893.
Larkins, James E., Hopewell, was born in England in 1820. He is one of seven chil- dren of Henry and Ann (Coats) Larkins, natives of England, who came to New York in 1836 and settled in Genesee county, afterward moving to Ontario county, where in 1843 Mrs. Larkins died. Mr. Larkins afterward went to Michigan, where he died in 1865 James E. came to America with his parents, was educated in the common schools, and is a general and successful farmer. He married Cornelia H. Wells, a na- tive of Hartford, Conn., and they had two children : Edward W., who is in Colorado, and Emma C., wife of James Swartz, of Dundee. After his marriage subject settled in Hopewell, but in 1868 bought his present farm. He always has been an active Re- publican, was justice of the peace eleven years, and assessor six years. He and his wife are members of the M. E. Church at Chapinville, and Mr. Larkin is at present one of the trustees of the church.
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