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emy, and taught school several years. He has never married, and has lived on the farın with his brother, Charles E. The latter was educated at Lima Seminary. He enlisted in the One Hundred and Forty-eighth N. Y. Vols., in 1862 as a private. He was on de- tached duty as a sharpshooter part of the time, and was appointed first lieutenant. He was in several engagements about Richmond, and commanded his company (G) at the close of the war. In 1867 he married Amelia B. Wells of Michigan. Her grandfather was an early settler of this town. Mr. and Mrs. Reed have had four children : James Wells, born in 1870; George Pitts, born in 1873 ; Caroline A., born in 1875; Lizzie M., born in 1884. Mr. Reed was supervisor in 1873-74-75-76, and is now (1892) fill- ing that position. He is a Republican. Philip 2d, youngest child of Philip 1st, was born in the brick house erected by his father in 1806, and died their October 18, 1857. He married Betsey, daughter of Levi Blackmer in 1827, and their children were : Gid- eon Pitts, born in 1828, died in 1853 ; Almon Clark, born in 1831, died in 1854; Henry Gilbert, born in 1836, died in 1877 ; Albert Stevens, born in 1839, is now in California ; Thomas Richmond, born in 1841; Alice Eliza (died in 1861) and Adelaide Elizabeth (twins), born in 1845. The latter is now Mrs. Fayette D. Short, and resides in the old brick house.
Ray, Oscar Fitzallen, Canadice, was born in Springwater, Livingston county, March 6, 1841. His grandfather, John, a native of New Hampshire, came from Virginia with his wife and six children in a one-horse wagon to Richmond. One of his sons was John, jr., the father of Oscar. After teaching school several winters, and working on the farm summers, he married Hannah C. Bishop, of Richmond, and they had eight children, four of whom survive : Martha, wife of Homer Johnson of this town; Bar- zillai, a farmer in Michigan ; Richmond, in Springwater; and Oscar F. The latter was educated in home district school and Lima Seminary, taught school winters and worked on his father's farm summers. In 1866 he married Sarah Thompson, of Springwater, and settled on the Dr. Austin farm, located in the southern part of Canadice. They have two daughters: Mary Arabelle, born in 1874, and Marion, born in 1880. Mr. Ray farms 375 acres, and is especially interested in stock raising-horses and Merino sheep, keeping a flock of about 200 sheep. He has been assessor seven years, was supervisor in 1877-78-79, and is an active Republican. In response to a request from the Na- tional Committee that suggestions be sent to them for some new and improved method of selecting delegates for national conventions, among those sent in was the following plan by Mr. Ray : "Let there be a convention called in each congressional district, said convention to be composed of a certain number of delegates from each assembly dis- trict within such congressional district; the congressional district convention to elect two delegates and two alternates for the national convention and nominate an elec- tor. Also three delegates and three alternates for a state convention that shall have the power to elect delegates at large and their alternates." A report was adopted without discussion embracing all of Mr. Ray's recommendations, thereby largely doing away with ring rule. All the family are Methodists. Mrs. Ray's grandfather, Isaac Bishop, soon after coming to Richmond, this county, was aiding at the raising of a barn, when a bent fell and pinned two men down. The other was killed. Mr. Bishop was held by the neck, but a pin prevented the whole force of the blow from him, yet
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his injury was such that, though he recovered physically, he was never able to speak fully his thought, though he would understand when others spoke the word he lacked.
Rose, Edward, Geneva, was born in Geneva, December 24, 1841, educated in the public schools, and is a natural mechanic, but his eye-sight failing, caused him to aban- don that vocation. February 16, 1892, he married Anna E. Abbot, of East Canaan, Conn. Mr. Rose's father, Sherman H., was born in Canaan, Conn., November 8, 1797, and October 11, 1820, he married Mary S. Lewis, of his native place, born April 16, 1798, and they had six children, who grew to maturity : Miles L., born September 24. 1822; Norman W., born February 13, 1827 ; Charles S., born October 13, 1832 ; Cor- nelia W., born October 18, 1835; William A., born April 28, 1839; and Edward. Mrs. Rose's father, Henry Abbot, was born January 25, 1817, and married Elizabeth Loomis, who was born near Barrington, Mass., in 1818. They had nine children. Mrs. Rose's oldest brother served in Company H, Second Massachusetts Heavy Artillery. Mr. Rose's brother served in the Twenty-sixth Iowa Volunteers.
Reynolds, R. T., dentist, 27 Seneca street; residence 155 South Main street, Ge- neva, N. Y.
Suydam, Hiram Lloyd, Geneva, was born in Geneva, April 26, 1822. He was edu- cated in the common schools, and at the age of eight years worked in the Geneva Woolen Factory, afterward at Big Stream, where he remained three years. In 1833 he learned the tailor's trade, but only followed it two years. He then learned the harness trade, which he followed five years. In 1841 his mother bought the property on Ex- change street, known now as the International Hotel, and conducted a bakery, he at- tending to the business and his mother to matters in the house. In 1848 a confec- tionery business was added, also a partner, A. T. Randolf, with teams on the road with crackers, candies and cigars. This was discontinued after three years. In 1853 he be- gan to conduct a restaurant called " The Gem," which was quite noted. Mr. Suydam retired from business in 1872. May 15, 1861, the Thirty-third Infantry was organized, and Mr. Suydam became its regimental quartermaster, but resigned after four months' service. After retiring from business he devoted his time to painting and studying the Scriptures. He has married three times, first April 12, 1842, Eliza Easter, who was born in England, and they had a son, Aldred, who died at the age of seven months. Mrs. Suydam died January 24, 1846, and he married second, February 24, 1847, Eliza- beth Hayward, of Geneva, also born in England, and they had five children : William H., Grant L., Frederick W., Louisa I., and Anna T., who married Dr. Allen, of Gorham. Mrs. Suydam died October 4, 1884. For his third wife, on November 12, 1885, he married Addie Burns, of Geneva, who was born at Ovid, Seneca county. Mr. Suydam has lost all of his family, except one daughter and his present wife. The crowning work of his life is upon the "Chart of the Ages," showing forth the fact that we shall be all saved through the two Adams.
Shekell, Richard H., Hopewell, was born in Manchester, May 25, 1809, a son of Ben- jamin, who was a native of Maryland. The latter married in Frederick county, Md., a Miss Simmons and they reared seven children, About 1803 he and family (excepting
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two daughters who married in Maryland) came to Clifton Springs. He gave a lot for the First M. E. Church of that place, and land for the first cemetery. IIe died at Clif- ton Springs in 1822. His first wife died in Maryland. His second wife, Mary Burgess, died in Hopewell, leaving a daughter, Mary. Benjamin was born in Maryland in 1773. In 1779 he came to Clifton Springs, where he followed his trade of carpentry. His first work was on old Oaks Stand and Geneva Hotel. The same year he returned to Maryland, passing on his way the churches where the funeral of George Washington were being conducted. In 1800 he came back to Clifton Springs again and spent the remainder of his life. By his wife, Ann Jones, he had nine children, six of whom grew to maturity. He died in 1849, and his wife about 1859. Richard H. Shekell, his only son, was educated in the common schools and also the select schools of Phelps, under Professor Kniffin. He married Elizabeth Cost of Manchester, by whom he had two daughters. Mrs. Shekell died in 1844, and in 1845 subject married Lucretia Cost, sister of his first wife, by whom he had eight children. Mr. Shekell's surviving children are : Mrs. M. A. Archer, of Clifton Springs; Mrs. Cornelia L. Osgood, of Rochester ; Mrs. Hattie E. Warner, of Canandaigua, and Henry C., who was born in 1848, is a farmer, and has been twice married, first to Marcelia Stillwell and second to Cynthia Aldridge, by whom he had one son, Richard. Mr. Shekell is an active member of the M. E. Church.
Shepperd, George B., Phelps, one of six children (four now living) of Benjamin and Eurania M. (Westfall) Shepperd, was born in Phelps January 29, 1863. John Shep- perd, the grandfather, was born in New Jersey, and emigrated to Phelps about 1799, and settled on the farm where George B. was born He was a soldier of the War of 1812. George B. is one of the representative young men of the town, having served the town as supervisor for the year 1891.
Sadler, William Henry, Canandaigua, was born in Gloucestershire, England, July 19, 1830, and came to this country in 1863, locating first at Whitestown, L. I., where he was engaged in the John D. Lock Tin Manufactory. He learned the trade of making hollow ware in Birmingham, England, where he spent nine years. July 19, 1864, he moved from Long Island to Aurora, Cayuga county, where he was employed in the manufacture of reapers and mowers. Mr. Sadler was selected first steward of the Wells College, and Mrs. Sadler was housekeeper. He resigned this position in 1870, and for seven years supplied the College, Military Academy, hotels, etc., with milk. He sold his interest in the milk farm, and bought a meat market there which he conducted for five years. During this time he built two residences, and in 1881 he sold these places and bought the old Exchange Hotel in Auburn, changing the name to Sadler's Hotel. He also conducted a coal yard in Auburn, handling from 1,200 to 1,500 tons per year. He spent nearly ten years in the hotel business and in April, 1891, traded his property in Auburn for the farm of 213 acres, where he is now located, exchanging with Horace M. Drake. Since coming here Mr. Sadler has made many improvements, new buildings, setting new orchard, etc. Mr. Sadler had always been a Republican up to Cleveland's time, when he became a Democrat, and has been many times selected as delegate to conventions, etc. He married in England, in 1852, Maria Anna Green, and they have
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had five children : Harry T. is on the farmi with his parents; Frederick W. spent ten years as inspector of watches at Elgin, and is now a land agent in Elgin, Ill .; Walter Lincoln is in the watch factory, as is also the youngest son, Albert Edward. The only daughter, Carrie C., wife of Dan Brown, of Elgin, died November 18, 1886, aged thirty-one years. Frederick William's wife was a great-niece of General U. S. Grant. Their beautiful place is called the " Hillsdale farm."
Steele, Henry M., East Bloomfield, a native of East Bloomfield, was born February 7, 1835. His father, Nathaniel, was a son of Joel Steele, a native of Connecticut, who came to East Bloomfield about 1789, and bought a large tract of land. He built a saw- mill and carried on an extensive lumber trade here and in Northern Michigan. He also controlled a bank in Montreal. Nathaniel was born in East Bloomfield in 1800, and married Clara Gunn, born March 30, 1808, a daughter of Linus Gunn, a native of Berk- shire, Mass., born in 1780, who came to East Bloomfield and there married Esther Bron- son, born January 7, 1783, by whom he had three sons and one daughter. He died June 2, 1848, and his wife March 28, 1876, at the age of ninety-three years. Nathaniel Steele had three sons : Henry M., Linus G. and Charles E., of whom subject is the only one living. Mr. Steele was a contractor at the building of the Erie canal, and later became a farmer. He died in 1865, and his wife in 1888. Henry M. was reared on the farm he now owns and educated in East Bloomfield Academy, Rochester University, and grad- nated from Gregory's Business College of Detroit in 1855. He was a foreman in a steam saw-mill at St. Clair, Mich., for three years, and then returned to New York and has since followed general farming, owning 125 acres. December 22, 1874, he married Frances E. Howard, a native of Rochester, a daughter of John and Emily (Hubbell) Howard, of Hull, England, and Canajoharie, respectively, who had three daughters and a son. The latter died in Arizona. Mr. Howard was a boot and shoe dealer and came from England when a young man. He died in 187I and his wife resides in Canandai- gua. The children of subject and wife are: Cora H., Clara G., Emily H. and Agnes H. Mr. Steele is a Republican, and he and wife are members of the Congregational Church of East Bloomfield. Linus G., brother of subject, married Sarah Crittenden of Canan- daigua, and had four children. He was a Knight Templar, a Mason and a member and one of the organizers of Batavia Lodge. He died in October, 1888. Charles E. Steele married Agnes, daughter of Henry W. Hamlin. For nine years he was postal elerk from Rochester to Niagara Falls, and from Rochester to Syracuse; he founded the banking house of Hamlin & Steele of East Bloomfield, and there remained until his death, March 27, 1885.
Sutherland, Spencer J., Canandaigua, was born in Canandaigua on the farm now owned by H. O. Parks, April 7, 1857, a son of Thompson and Polly L. (Sutherland) Sutherland. Subject was educated in Canandaigua Academy under Prof. Clarke, and assisted on his father's farm until 1880, when he bought a farm of 150 acres, part of the Sutherland homestead farm, which is used as a stock and grain farm. Mr. Sutherland is also in partnership with his father in wool dealing. He married in 1879, Mary, daughter of Spencer Bancroft, a farmer of Hopewell. They have two children : Helen F. and Floyd Thompson.
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Sheldon, H. E., Geneva, was born in Attica in 1858, and in 1883 came to Geneva and established the Star Bottling Works, and is a manufacturer of soda and other light drinks, having the largest business of the kind in Geneva. In 1888 he married Cath- arine A. Ford. Mr. Sheldon is a son of Horace and Hannah Sheldon, of Attica, Wyom- ing county.
Salter, Hugh Sinclair, Canadice, was born in Alexandria, N. J., November 1, 1827. He came here first in 1847, and then worked by the month on a farm in Springwater. He married there Harriet Adelia Chapn an, who was born in Independence, Allegany county, in 1832, the daughter of Amos Chapman, a Christian minister, and the founder of that church in Springwater. He died in 1841, aged fifty-four years. The father of Hugh was Matthias, a son of James Salter, a Revolutionary soldier, who lived and died in New Jersey. Hugh and his wife have had three sons, and all are now living: Aus- tin S., born July 22, 1851, lives in Wayland; John R., born June 25, 1853, is a farmer in this town; and Frank M., born in June, 1857, is also a farmer here. Mr. Salter's farm of 100 acres is located in the southern part of the town. He is a Republican, and has been assessor six years. Mr. Salter is a member of the Christian church.
Spangle, Willett M., Canandaigua, was born in Seneca, November 18, 1850, a son of Zachariah, a jeweler of Canandaigua. Until fifteen years of age he made his home with his parents in Seneca Castle, who kept a hotel there at the time of his birth, and on their removal here he entered Canandaigua Academy. After leaving school he acted as clerk with E. Wenenbeck, with whom he remained twelve years. In 1882 he formed a co-partnership with F. W. Kinde in the clothing and merchant tailoring busi- ness, which existed until 1891, when Mr. Spangle sold his interest to Mr. Kinde and bought the furnishing goods store of C. H. Maggs, adding to it the ready-made cloth- ing and merchant tailoring business. Mr. Spangle is one of the leading merchants of the town, and carries a large stock of ready-made clothing, men's furnishing goods, trunks, bags, etc. His store is located at 208 Main street, and occupies two floors. He married in 1875 Anna A. Godfrey of Geneva. In 1889 Mr. Spangle was elected mem- ber of the village council, and in 1890 became president of the village. He is a mem- ber of Canandaigua Lodge, No. 236, I. O. O. F., in which he has been Noble Grand a a number of times.
Schlick, Major Peter, Canandaigua, was born in Rhine, Bavaria, Germany, February 24, 1832, and came to this country in 1851. He located the next year in this town, and has ever since been a resident, with the exception of about three years spent in Seneca Falls. He is a bookbinder by trade, and conducts a bindery on Coy street, in the Messenger building, where he does all styles of binding. In August, 1852, Mr. Schlick enlisted in the One Hundred and Forty-eighth N. Y. Vols. as first sergeant, and was with this regiment at Suffolk, Portsmouth, Norfolk, Yorktown, etc. In February, 1864, Mr. Schlick was commissioned first lieutenant of the Thirty-eighth U. S. C. T., and in April of the same year he was promoted to the captaincy of Company D, same regiment, by General Butler. With this regiment he was at City Point, at Petersburg, Second Battle of Fair Oaks, and all the late engagements before Richmond; and then he received the appointment of major of the Twenty-second U. S. C. T. for gallantry
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in the engagement at New Market Heights, October 21, 1864. He was mustered out under general orders November 24, 1865, in Texas, and returned home. Mr. Schlick married in October, 1853, and has eight children : Henry R., Peter E., Elizabeth, Sarah M., Minnie V., Frederick J., Agnes and William L. Mr. Schlick and family are mem- bers of the Catholic church of Canandaigua, and he is also a member of Murray Post No. 162, G. A. R.
Sackett, Frederick A., Canandaigua, was born in Canandaigua, January 30, 1818. Augustine, father of Frederick A., was born on the farm cleared by his great-grand- father in Warren, Conn., April 24, 1789, and was the son of Homer, one of twelve children. He taught district school at the age of nineteen, though he did not follow it up. In April, 1812, he settled in East Bloomfield, where he remained nineteen months, then bought a farm in company with his brother Theron in Canandaigua. The next year he returned to Connectic it and married Arze, daughter of Platt Starr, born in Warren, June 11, 1793. They returned to Canandaigua, and in 1825 erected the Sackett homestead, now occupied by H. N. Day. Mr. Sackett rose from the ranks of the State militia to the rank of lieutenant-colonel of a regiment of State troops. He served as assessor and school commissioner. He had eight children: Sarah L., who died January 7, 1846, aged thirty-one years; Henry A., who died April 21, 1884, aged sixty-four years ; George B., died November 1, 1890 (born in 1824) ; Mary E., widow of J. S. Cooley, of Canandaigua ; Martha J., widow of Rev. George Barr, of Virginia ; Julia M., of Canandaigua; Rev. Darius C., born December 7, 1839, died February 10, 1871; and Frederick A. Col. Augustine Sackett died December 6, 1883, and Mrs. Sackett died November 20, 1871. The whole life of our subject, with the exception of two years spent in Ohio, has been pas:ed in this town. He was educated at the acad- emy, and lived with his parents until December, 1840, wi.en he went to Ohio, and two years later returned. June 19, 1848, he married Mary, daughter of Charles Cassort, of Canandaigua, and a year later bought 142 acres in East Bloomfield. This he sold after two years, and lived on the Cassort farm a number of years. In 1858 he bought 142 acres in Canandaigua of William Reed, who built the residence in 1844. This is one of the landmarks of the old-style Gothic architecture, and is built of stone. Mr. Sackett has also made many improvements on the place, which is devoted mainly to grain, hay and stock. Mr. and Mrs. Sackett have one son, Charles C., the present supervisor of Canandaigua. Charles Cassort, father of Mrs. Sackett, was born in Cayuga county, May 3, 1792. His father, James, was a native of New Jersey, of French extraction. His mother, Elizabeth Suydam, was a native of New Jersey, and of Holland descent.
Smith, Edward, Geneva, was born near Canterbury, County Kent, England, March 18, 1822. He attended for a short time their National school, and came to the United States with his brother Thomas when fifteen years old. At the age of twenty-one he went back to England and returned with his mother, two brothers and two sisters to America. The brothers, after some time, embarked in the nursery business with much success. After twenty-one years Edward withdrew from the original concern and went into business with his sons, Charles E. and Nelson C., conducting a nursery and fruit business, having several large orchards and vineyards at Geneva, also in the town
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of Ovid, Seneca county, and the town of Hector, Schuyler county, lying along the east shores of Seneca Lake. In 1854 he married Adelaide, oldest daughter of George and Mary Catchpole, of Geneva, and they had five sons and five daughters. Franklin R., Edward L., Mary E., Charles E., Nelson C., Martha A., Annie A., William A., and Gertrude and Gracie (twins). Four died : Edward L., Gertrude, Gracie and Martha A. Franklin married Iola J. Rider, and has three children : Edna M., Leon R. and Harold F. Nelson C. married Mary C. Dove, of Geneva. Mrs. Smith died August 19, 1889.
Southworth, Dr. Samuel, Geneva, was a native of Vermont, but came a young medi- cal practitioner to New York, living for a time at Angelica and Dansville, and locating permanently at Geneva about the year 1825. He was twice married, his first wife be- ing Margaret Van Campen, by whom he had two children ; and his second wife being . Clarissa, widow of Joel Rice. The children of the second marriage were: Samuel, jr, and Martha Southworth. Samuel, jr., the subject of this sketch, was born October 11, 1828. He early became clerk in a store, but at the age of sixteen went to sea on a sperm whaling voyage, and on his return worked for six years in the Geneva post- office. In 1855 he became clerk in the Bank of Geneva, and thereafter advanced to the position of teller, and later to cashier, holding the latter until 1868, when he re- signed and engaged in private banking, and the management of an extensive insurance business of which he then became proprietor, and both of which he has ever since conducted successfully. In 1851 Mr. Southworth married Ansley Louisa Evans, by whom he has had two children. In politics Mr. Southworth is a firm Democrat, and has held the office of supervisor and president of the village.
Smith, Thomas, Geneva, was born in Kent county, Eng., in 1820, and in 1837 came to America and located in Geneva, where he bought twenty-five acres of land and carried on market gardening. In 1846 he with his brothers established their nurser- ies, commencing in a small way, and now has the largest nurseries in the county. He has 600 acres of land, and over 250 is devoted to the nursery business. His brothers, William and Edward, were associated with him. In 1863 Edward retired. Mr. Smith is also a member of several other firms: The T. Smith & Co. Bending Works, is president of the Geneva Optical Compamy, president of the Geneva Accident In- surance Company, also president of the Baltimore Retort and Fire Brick Company of Baltimore.
Simmons, Charles R., Bristol, was born in Bristol, November 13, 1854, a son of E. WV. Simmons, M.D., of Canandaigua. Charles R. was reared in Canandaigua, and educated at the Canandaigua Academy. When twenty years of age he went to Iowa, and for six years followed farming. He then returned to Bristol ; he now owns a farm of seventy-five acres. February 8, 1877, he married Hattie M. Smith of Bristol, an adopted daughter of Philetus Smith, whose father, Daniel Smith, was one of the first settlers of the town. They have had five children, four of whom died in infancy. Warren S. is the only one living. Mr. Simmons is a Republican.
Simmons, Henry C., Canandaigua, was born in Richmond, Ontario county, August 1. 1840. The grandfather, Richmond, was born in Massachusetts. He had four sons : Sardis, George, Richmond, Elnathan W., and five daughters. Sardis, the father of our
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subject, was born in Bristol, June 22, 1805. When thirty-five years of age he moved on a farm in Richmond, where he died in March, 1899. He married Jane L. Jones of Bristol, and they had four children, three of whom are living: Robert B., a farmer of Richmond ; Charles W., a merchant of Allen's Hill in Richmond; and Henry C. The early life of our subject was spent in Richmond. He was educated in Nunda Valley, East Bloomfield, and Canandaigua Academies, and October 4, 1861, enlisted in the Eighty-fifth N. Y. Vols., serving one year, and was discharged October 27, 1862, for disability. During this year he was in the battles of Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, Malvern Hill, Chapin's Farm, and at the Seven Days fight. December 31, 1863, Mr. Simmons re-enlisted in the Fiftieth N. Y. Engineers and served with them until the close of the war, being discharged June 19, 1865, at Elmira. He returned to Ontario county and engaged in farming at West Bloomfield, where he lived until 1873. He lived in Bristol one year, and in March, 1874, bought a farm of 136 acres in Canandaigua, where he has since lived. He married November 15, 1865, Adliza, daughter of Albert Treat of Bristol, and they have one son, Ralph M., a farmer of Canandaigua. Mrs. Simmons died September 28, 1878, and he married second, March 1, 1881, Mary M., daughter of Isaac Abby of Richmond, and widow of Richard Leach of West Bloomfield.
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