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Sutherland, Thompson, Canandaigua, was born in Columbia county, November 16, 1831. The origin of this family dates back to five brothers who came from Scotland early in the eighteenth century. The grandfather of subject, David, was born in Dutchess county previous to the war of the Revolution. His wife was Deborah Husted, and they had five sons and four daughters. William was the third son. He was born December 12, 1800. His early life was spent in Columbia county, where he followed farming until 1833, when he came to Ontario county, shipping his goods and family by the canal, and driving his team on the tow-path. He bought a farm in Canandaigua, adding thereto until at one time he owned about 600 acres. Early in the forties he engaged in speculation in beef and pork in Chicago, and returned from that city in February, 1844, on horseback. He was engaged in speculation of different kinds, mostly wool and stock, in which he was very successful, and accumulated a vast prop- erty, starting under opposition from his native country. He was a Republican, and died January 26, 1889. He married, in 1828, Sarah Thompson of Stamford, Delaware county, and they had five children, all of whom were born on the old homestead except Thompson. Mrs. Sutherland died in 1871, and he married second, in 1873, Mrs. Jo- sephine P. Mesick of Michigan, who died January 18, 1883. Thompson was educated in the common schools and Canandaigua Academy, and has been engaged in farming and speculation in wool and stock. He has always made his home on the old farm until April, 1892, when he removed to the village. He married in 1855 Polly L., daughter of Josiah Sutherland, and they have two children living : Spencer J., of the old homestead, and Walter Thompson, who lives at home. The second child, John W., died December 2, 1880, aged twenty-one years.
Spangle, Zacharialı, Canandaigua, was born in Hopewell, December 30, 1820, a son of John, and grandson of Zachariah. The family is of German descent. Three
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brothers, John, Jacob and Zachariah Spangle, lived near Selin's Grove, Pa., and Zachariah moved into Seneca county about 1805, where he remained but one year when he came to Hopewell, one of the earliest settlers there. He had four sons and two daughters, the sons being George, Jacob, John and Simon. John, the father of subject, was born in 1798, and from the time his parents moved into Hopewell he always made that town his home. He married in 1818 Catherine, daughter of John Price, who was even an earlier settler than Mr. Spangle, and they had six children, four of whom survive : Zachariah, Philip, and Simon of Hopewell, and Mary E. Fisher of Canandaigua. The early life of our subject was spent in the towns of Hopewell and Seneca, where he followed farming. In 1862 he engaged as a commercial traveler, and followed this until 1884. In 1866 he moved into Canandaigua, and when he left the road in 1884, he, with his son Edward, established the jewelry and repairing store they are now conducting. Mr. Spangle married in 1843 Lavina Hipolite, by whom he had three children : Wilson J., Marion Willett, and Isabelle, wife of Daniel Roswell. Mrs. Spangle died in 1855, and he married second Amanda Duygan, and they had two children : Edward, and Clara C., wife of Stanley Worth. Mrs. Spangle died in 1865, and he married his present wife, Myra Dibble.
Sadler, John F., Farmington, was born in the town of Phelps, September 28. 1845. He was educated in the common schools and the Union School of Phelps. For several years he followed the trade of carriagemaking and blacksmithing. March 10, 1873, he married Diantha C., daughter of John and Caroline Macumber of Farmington, who was born in Mendon, Monroe county. They have had two children : Minnie L., who is now a school teacher, residing at home, and Edna, who died in infancy. Mr. Sadler has been justice of the peace eleven years, and a resident of the town seventeen years. His father, Winslow, was born in the town of Ashfield, Mass., in 1815, and came to Phelps with his parents when a child at the age of three years. His father died, and his mother returned to their old home. He married Louisa C. Allen, formerly of Massa- chusetts, and they had three children : Aretus A., John F., and Myra S. Mr. Sadler's father died December 31, 1890, and his mother September 13, 1871. His grandfather, Aretus, was born in Massachusetts in 1790. In 1813 he married Naomi Rogers, form- erly of Massachusetts. Her grandfather, Captain John Rogers, was burnt at the stake by the Indians. They had one son, Winslow. Mr. Sadler has a whale-bone plaited rope that has been willed down in successive generations, that came, or was brought over, on the Mayflower through the Roger family. Mrs. Sadler's father, John Macum- ber, was born in Farmington, February 20, 1821. He married in April, 1845, Caroline Payne, and had two children : Diantha C., and Albert P., now of Manchester. Mrs. Sadler's mother was the daughter of Elisha Payne.
Schutt, Willis J., Manchester, was born March 31, 1864, in Manchester. He is a descendant of a Revolutionary family, whose members have been prominent in the local and political offices of this State for generations. Willis J. received a good educa- tion in the schools of this town, since which he has been engaged in agricultural pur- suits. He has a fine farm of 103 acres located near Port Gibson, upon which he lives. He is a staunch Republican in politics and has filled some local town offices such as
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inspector of elections, pathmaster, etc. He married Lula B. Miller, and they have one daughter.
Smith, Mack S., Canandaigua, was born in Farmington, August 14, 1854, a son of Lindley W., a prominent farmer of that town, who was elected several terms to the office of justice of sessions. Lindley W. Smith was a civil engineer and surveyor, which he followed in connection with his farm duties until 1862. In 1863 he relin- quished farming and was appointed to a position in the Pension Department at Wash- ington, which he filled for five years. He died at Chapinville, March 8, 1878. His wife was Caroline E. Spalding, who died March 19, 1887. They had four children, of whom Mack S. is the sole survivor. The boyhood of Mack S. Smith was spent on the homestead farm. When he was twelve years of age his parents moved to the village of Canandaigua, where he was educated in the Canandaigua Academy, and at the age of nineteen he was engaged as clerk in the First National Bank of Canandaigua, with which he remained for six and one-half years, then bought out the book store of Ira D. Durgy, which he conducted about eight months, but was obliged to give that busi- ness up on account of failing health. In October, 1882, he engaged with McKechnie & Company, bankers, as teller. He has ever since been located in this bank. In 1884 he was appointed assistant cashier, and after the death of Mr. Denbow, which occurred February 6, 1890, he was appointed cashier, and has ever since filled that position. Mr. Smith married, January 1, 1885, Nettie Roberts of Phelps.
Simmons, Byron S., East Bloomfield, a native of Bristol, was born December 23, 1835, a son of Richmond Simmons, who was also a son of Richmond, a native of Massa- chusetts. The latter came to Bristol and settled on three hundred acres of land, on which he built a log house. He was a prominent man and a leading farmer. He mar- ried Eleanor Sears, and had four sons and six daughters. He died in Bristol in 1845, and his wife in 1866. Richmond, jr., was born in Bristol, June 11, 1806. In 1828 he married Hannah R. Wheeler, a native of East Bloomfield, born November 17, 1809, and a daughter of Benjamin D. Wheeler. Their four children were : Caroline M., wife of Freeman Crandle, a farmer of Livingston county, Mich. ; Benjamin W., a soldier in the late war who received a wound while on picket duty, from which he died; Byron S., and Sabra A., deceased wife of Harrison Marble, of West Bloomfield. Mr. Sim- mons was a farmer, and a Democrat in politics. He died February 11, 1862. Mrs. Simmons then married Calvm Wheeler of Michigan, in which place they lived five years. Since the death of Mr. Wheeler in 1882, Mrs. Wheeler has resided with her son, Byron S. The latter was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools. November 22, 1864, he married Emma A. Gooding of Bristol, a daughter of Seymour H. Gooding, a son of William C. Gooding, a native of Dighton, Mass., and an early set- tler of Canandaigua. Seymour H. married Emily Phillips, and had three daughters and one son. Mr. Gooding died in 1870, and his wife in 1869. Subject and wife have had two daughters : Florence G., wife of Rev. F. E. Hoyt of North Dakota, who has one child, Alice. Mrs. Hoyt was many years a school teacher, and graduated from the State Normal School at Geneseo in 1889. Alice E., her sister, graduated from the same school in 1892, and is at present a teacher in Allegany county. Mr. Simmons is
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a farmer, and in 1868 came to East Bloomfield and purchased seventy-five acres, where he has since resided. He makes a specialty of fruit raising, and is perhaps the largest plum grower in the county. He is a Democrat, and has been assessor twelve years. He is a member of Canandaigua Lodge F. A. M.
Simonds, Albert, Victor, was born in Enfield, Grafton county, N. H., October 13, 1808, and came with his parents to Troy, N. Y., when he was about four years old. He was educated in the district schools, and for a time resided with a Mr. Hawkins, a brother-in-law of his, afterwards he became a clerk in a general store of Poland. Sep- tember 7, 1332, he came by stage to Victor, and was a clerk in Nathan Jenks's store for five years. In 1837 he began business on his own account, and bought the goods of his former employer, and had several partners as the years passed by, his name al- ways appearing at the head of the company until 1884. Mr. Simonds lives a retired life, enjoying a competency, after an active, honest business career. He has married twice, first in January, 1835, to Electa Hubbell of this town, formerly of the town of Canandaigua. They had four children : Albert B., died at the age of four years ; Har- riet E., who married Orin S. Bacon; Burton, who married Nellie D. Root of this town, and died July 11, 1882 ; and Henry, who married Janet Wright of Victor and is a mer- chant in Canandaigua. Mrs. Simonds died November 19, 1844, and he married second, on August 20, 1846, Caroline, daughter of Calvin and Cornelia M. (Roberts) Mansfield of the town of Mendon, and they have three children : Mary J., who married Gilbert Turner; George, who married Jessie M. Clark; and C. Lewis, who married Bertha M. French ; both sons succeeded to their father's business. Mr. Simonds joined the Congregational church in 1837 and was elected church clerk. In 1858 the church be- came Presbyterian, at which time he was elected a ruling elder, deacon and clerk of the session and has remained in office up to the present time. Mrs. Simonds is also a mem- ber. The following is a tribute to Mr. Simonds from a neighbor ; He is a character of singular purity and uprightness, and a man of strict integrity and honor.
Simpson, M. K., Geneva, was born in Orange county September 3, 1829. He learned the carriage maker's trade and in March, 1857, came to Geneva where he has since resided. He had a carriage shop for nine years, and August 7, 1862, enlisted in Com- pany E, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth N. Y. Vols., and was mustered out June 6, 1865. He was mostly on detached duty, and was in the battles of Bolivar and Mary- land Heights, and was taken prisoner at Harper's Ferry. He is a member of Swift Post No. 94. December 26, 1854, he married Frances McNeal and had two children t Selina A., wife of J. Wagner; and Angusta H., wife of W. R. Groom. Mr. Simpson is a member of the North Presbyterian church and of I. O. O. F. No. 299 and Grand Lodge of New York State. In politics he is a Republican.
Sweeney, Thomas H., Geneva, son of Edward and Julia (Desmond) Sweeney, was born in Sandy Creek, N. Y., March 28, 1850. His father, Edward, was a large railroad contractor and built twenty-one miles of the R. & W. R. R., three miles of the Potsdam & W. R. R., seven miles of the Utica & B. R. R. R., and was supervisor of the town of High Market, Lewis county, for two years. He was justice of the peace twenty-five
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years. He is now a resident of West Martinsburg. His wife died in 1883. Thomas H. was educated in the common schools and was trustee of his school district when four- teen years of age. In 1865 he went to Schenectady and was assistant station keeper for one year. In 1868 he was first assistant station keeper at Utica. In February, 1870, he was a general store-keeper and watchman at Willard Asylum. In 1877 he opened a clothing store at Geneva and was in that business until 1885. He has held the office of excise commissioner from 1880 to 1885, when he was elected police justice of Geneva to fill vacancy for one year, and was then re-elected for full term of four years, which he held until April, 1891. In that year he was secretary of the Board of Health and registrar of vital statistics. He is a Democrat and always takes an active part in political affairs. He was a delegate to the Democratic State Convention in 1888, and was president of the Democratic Club four years, during which time he suc- ceeded in uniting the party so that every office except one in the town and village was filled by a Democrat. In 1875 he was united in marriage with Miss H. F. Donnelly, daughter of William Donnelly, who was one of the early settlers of Lewis county. They have had nine children, eight of whom survive. Mr. Sweeney is now engaged in real estate, and fire, life and accident insurance. The family are members of the Francis De Sales Roman Catholic church, and the children attend the parochial school.
Simmons, Charles W., Richmond, was born on the old homestead of his father, Sardis, May 21, 1847. He was educated at the Canandaigua Academy under Prof. Clark, and subsequently engaged in farming. In 1879 he married Otisca L., daughter of Ben- jamin Carpenter of East Bloomfield, but born in South Bristol December 30, 1852. Of their four children, Arthur C., was born August 12, 1880 ; Nellie B. was born Septem- ber 29, 1887 ; Jane Ola was born July 23, 1889 ; and Carl Richmond, was born Febru- ary 21, 1891. In March, 1881, Mr. Simmons bought of M. P. Worthy the store at Allen's Hill, in which he has since been engaged in general merchandise. He has been postmaster of Allen's Hill twelve years, and in politics is a Republican.
Schroder, Henry C., Geneva, was born in Hanover, Germany, August 22, 1846. He was educated in the schools of his native country and came to the United States in 1869, locating in Geneva. He worked at the butcher business and began on his own account in 1872. He was married twice, first, September 25, 1872, Anna M. Myer of Waterloo, Seneca county, and they had three children : William H., a farmer ; Sabina D., who resides at home, and John G., who helps his father in the business. Mrs. Schroder died March 19, 1881, and he married second, November 3, 1881, Margaret Baker of Newark, Wayne county, and they have had three children : Arthur F., Nellie M., who died in infancy, and Lena M. Mr. Schroder has been a farmer for several years. He returned to his native country on a visit in 1874, returning in the spring of 1875, and is now doing a prosperous business at butchering, having a first class market on Castle street.
Salmon, Franklin A. W., East Bloomfield, is a native of East Bloomfield, born April 26, 1831, and a son of Stephen, a son of Gershom, whose parents were Reuben and Dorathy (Foote) Salmon, who had six sons and two daughters. The family is of Eng- lish descent. Gershom was born in Connecticut September 26, 1753. August 8, 1780,
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he married Cynthia Kellogg, by whom he had six sons and four daughters. Gershom was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He was a teacher by profession and early came to East Bloomfield, where he died May 12, 1843. Stephen was born June 22, 1794, in Connecticut, and in early life worked in a woolen factory. He then came to East Bloomfield where for many years he was engaged in the manufacture of woolen goods. He was the first agent appointed at East Bloomfield for the Canandaigna and Niagara Falls Railroad Company, which position he held for seventeen years. In 1854 he built the house where subject of sketch now resides, and here spent his last days in retirement. He was in the War of 1812 and was a Free Mason. He was twice mar- ried, first in December, 1822, to Ann Hawley, by whom he had two children. On Jan- uary 4, 1827, Mrs. Salmon died. On February 17, 1828, he married Elivia Willey, a native of Williamstown, Mass. He died November 27, 1888, aged ninety-four years, five months, five days; to Mr. Salmon and second wife were born two sons: subject of sketch and Stephen J .; the latter was born August 23, 1834, and was married to Mary E. Robinson, by whom he had one child, Daisy, who died in infancy. Stephen J. was a private secretary to R. W. Brown, superintendent of the Buffalo and Erie R. R. Co., and died November 29, 1866. Elivia (Willey ) Salmon, mother of subject of sketch, was born June 30, 1800, and died April 25, 1863. She was a daughter of John and Susanah (Rogers) Willey, natives of Connecticut, who had four sons and five daughters. The father of John Willey was John, senior, a captain in the Revolutionary War. Sub- ject of sketch, Franklin A. W., was reared in East Bloomfield and educated in the academy ; he learned the trade of an iron foundryman and followed it two years; then engaged as first clerk in the office of the superintendent of the Canandaigua and Ni- agara Falls Railroad Company, remaining two years. He then spent seven months in a railway freight office at Prairie Du Chien, Wis., and then returned to New York State, where for over thirty years Mr. Salmon very acceptably filled the position of railroad and express agent at East Bloomfield. As an accountant he is remarkably exact and as a penman unexcelled. He was married March 20, 1860, to Adeline Willey, a native of Churchville, Monroe county, and a daughter of John and Julia (Stratton) Willey, na- tives of Massachusetts, who had four sons and two daughters. John Willey served in the War of 1812, and came to East Bloomfield in 1844, and there died May 21, 1869. Mrs. Willey died October 6, 1867.
Snyder, the late John J., Victor, was born in Hallsville, Montgomery county, Sep- tember 24, 1850. He was educated in the common schools and Fort Plain Academy, and in early life was a farmer. September 1, 1874, he married Libbie, daughter of George W. and Catherine (Wagner) Johnson, formerly of Cooperstown, Otsego county. They came to Victor March 15, 1877. Mr. Snyder was in the coal and lumber business with T. M. Norton, and died April 9, 1889, as the result of an accidental injury received in their lumber yard. Mrs. Snyder's father, George W. Johnson, was born in Coopers- town, Otsego county, and was a miller by occupation. In 1849 he married Catherine Wagner of Fort Plain, Montgomery county. They had two children : Minerva R., (now Mrs. Theodore M. Norton) ; and Libbie. The ancestry of the family is English and German. Mrs. Snyder is a member of the Universalist church.
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Salisbury, Joseph F., Phelps, was born in Yates county. His parents, Benjamin F. and Elizabeth (Vandermark) Salisbury, both natives of Phelps, returned to their native town when Joseph F. was one year old. John Salisbury, the grandfather, was born in Conway, Mass., and came to Phelps with Jonathan Oaks in 1791. He returned to Conway, then came back and settled in 1796. Stephen Salisbury, a brother of John, settled on a farm adjoining his brother's on the north in 1801, so that the Salisburys in the town are descendants of the two brothers. Elizabeth was a daughter of Joseph Vandermark, who came here from Pennsylvania in 1792 (the family having at an early day been located near Albany) and settled on the farm where Elizabeth was born, and where she lived until her death in 1892. Lodawick, a brother of Joseph Vandermark, settled on a farm adjoining his brother's on the east in 1794. The Vandermarks in this county and Seneca county are descendants of the two brothers. Joseph F. Salisbury married February 25, 1863, Mary Jane Stoutenburg of Hopewell, daughter of Isaac and Anna (Reese) Stoutenburg. He has lived for twenty-two years upon his farm of 112 acres, which is devoted to general farming.
Stevenson, Albert H., Farmington, is the youngest son of William and Charity A. Stevenson. His father, William Stevenson, was born in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, October 14, 1833, and came with his parents to the United States when he was ten years old, where they first located in Monroe county. He came to the town of Farm- ington in 1852. January 1, 1855, he married Charity A. Webb of this town, and had two sons: Edward W., who married Anna I. Tuttle, a member of one of the oldest fam- ilies in the town. They had one son, William A. Albert H. was born August 6, 1859, was educated in the public schools and Canandaigua Academy. March 5, 1884, he mar- ried Lottie E. Davis, of Farmington. On Mareh 4, 1884, he was elected town clerk and has held the office ever since. William Stevenson was a soldier of the late war. Jan- uary 5, 1864, he enlisted in Company M, Sixteenth Heavy Artillery, N. Y. S. Volunteers, and was honorably discharged at the close of the war. Mrs. Wmn. Stevenson's father, William Webb, was born April 8, 1807, and was educated in the public schools. June 17, 1830, he married Susanna A. Cotton of this town, and they had three children ; Charity A., George A. and Isaac H .; both sons are dead. Her grandfather, William M. Webb, was born in Rhode Island and married Elizabeth Sheffield August 20, 1800, and came to Albany county at an early day, and in 1819 they came to Farmington.
Strong, the late Harrison, Victor, was born at Wangom Mills, south of Fishers nearly three-quarters of a mile. He was educated in the public schools and was a farmer. He married three times, first on January 23, 1840, Sarah Cansman, she died January 23, 1841 ; second on January 20, 1842, he married Martha Buckman, and they had six chil- dren : William H., Sarah J., Sherman S., Edward R., Mary A. and Frances A. He married third on July 2, 1867, Victoria Havill of Rochester, and they had four children : Harrison S., Lyman D., Minerva S., who married Samuel Lewis of the town of Men- don, and they have one son, S. Lloyd; and Frederick M. The three sons reside with their mother. Mr. Strong died March 14, 1882. Mr. Strong's father, Ralph, was born in Massachusetts and came to Monroe county at an early day, about the year 1800. He married three times : First Sophia Day, and second Lucy Shaw, formerly of Massachu-
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setts. They had four children : Sophia, Harrison, Polly and Milton ; the third wife was a Mrs. Hubbard. Mrs. Strong's father, Dr. Thomas Havill, was an Englishman of the Norman wing, was born near London, England, in the year of 1805. He was well ed- ucated and spent seven years in France. He was a firm poet and writer, was a skillful physician and surgeon. He married three times, and settled in the city of Rochester about the year of 1830. He married, first Sophia Taylor, and they had two children : Thomas C. and Sophia R .; second Jemima Hill, and they had six children : Victoria A., Alice J., Jemima P., Susan, Caroline and Frederick P .; and third Louisa Padget, and had ten children. He died in the year of 1874.
Smith, Lewis B., Hopewell, was born in Hopewell in February, 1865, a son of D. H. Smith, who was born at Palmyra June 25, 1835. He is a son of Cyrus, whose father, John, came from Maine in 1812 and settled in Hopewell. His wife was Sarah Smith, by whom he had five sons and three daughters. Cyrus was born in Maine in 1796 and came to Hopewell with his parents. He married Julia, daughter of Daniel Gates, and they reared a large family. He was a Republican and was a justice of the peace in Hopewell. He died in 1868 and his wife in 1881. D. G. Smith was educated in the Palmyra Union School and worked at the trade of carpenter for some time ; also in a hub factory for sixteen years at Flint Creek. He is a Republican, and has been assessor three years. He has also been postmaster at Hopewell fifteen years. March 2, 1859, he married Charlotte A. Lewis, born in 1834, daughter of Nathaniel B. Lewis. Mr. Smith and wife have two children : Lewis B. and Katie G., who was born July 30, 1873, and was educated in the Union school at Canandaigua. Subject was reared on a farm and educated in the common school and Canandaigua Academy. He has been a farmer, but the last four years has had a position on the N. C. R. R.
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