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ren, Ohio, born 1857; a lawyer. Ralph Richard Upton, of Washington, D. C., born 1869; graduated at Yale 1892.
Ver Planck, Samuel H., Geneva, son of W. G. Ver Planck, was born in Albany in 1827. In 1839 his father came to Geneva with his family, where subject has been en- gaged in the banking business since 1847, at that time entering the Bank of Geneva, where he remained four years. He was general bookkeeper in the People's Bank of New York one year, then entered the Union Bank of Rochester as bookkeeper, where he remained one year as bookkeeper and two years as cashier. Returning home he entered the Bank of Geneva as cashier, and was elected president of the bank in 1860, which position he has held ever since. Mr. Ver Planck has been in the banking busi- ness longer than any other man in his county.
Van Deusen, M.D., George H., Gorham, is a native of Montgomery county, born August 24, 1836, a son of Cornelius, whose father, Gloudy Van Deusen, came to Mont- gomery county in 1796, and there died in 1845. The family is of Dutch descent, and came to America in 1667. Mr. Gloudy Van Deusen served five years in the Revolu- tionary war. In 1829 Cornelius married Elizabeth Cornue, a native of Montgomery county, and daughter of Wessel Cornue, one of the first settlers of that county. Cor- nelius and wife had seven sons and four daughters, all now liging. He died in 1863, and his wife in 1877. Dr George H. spent part of his youth in New Jersey, where his father died. His mother's death occurred while on a visit to Steuben county. Subject taught school four years, and in 1861 was graduated from the Medical Depart- ment of the University of Vermont, and was appointed physician in the insane asylum in New York city. February, 1862, he received an appointment from Gideon Welles as assistant surgeon of U. S. Volunteer Navy, serving first in North Atlantic Blockad- ing Squadron, and then in South Atlantic Blockading Squadron. In 1863 he was ordered to West Gulf Squadron, under command of D. G. Faragut. In 1864 Dr. Van Deusen resigned his position as navy surgeon and began praticing his profession at Bethel, Vt., where he remained four years and then moved to Painted Post. In 1875 he came to Gorham, where he has since had a very successful practice. He was form_ erly a member of Vermont State Medical Society, president of Steuben County Med- ical Society, and is now a member of Ontario County Medical Society. In politics Dr. Van Deusen is now a Prohibitionist. He was a superintendent of schools in Bethel, Vt. He is a member of Rushville Lodge No. 377 F. & A. M. and of G. A. R. Scott Post No. 315. In 1863 Dr. Van Deusan married Celia A., daughter of John Liscom of Burlington, Vt. Dr. Van Deusen and wife have had two children: Fred Mower, who died in infancy ; and Kate, a graduate of Geneseo Normal School, class '93.
Van Riper, John H., Gorham, is a native of Washtenaw county, Mich., born August 27, 1846. His father was John G., a son of Garrett, a native of New Jersey, who went to Gorham and afterwards Michigan, where he died aged eighty-one. He and his wife Catharine had eleven children. She was born in New Jersey and died in New York aged fifty. John G. was born in Gorham, October 10, 1812. When a young man he went to Michigan and there married Eliza Kierstead, a native of New Jersey, by whom he had eleven children. He died March 1, 1887, in Livingston county, where
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he resided several years. The death of his wife occurred March 19, 1877, aged fifty- nine. Between nine and twenty-six years of age Jolm H. lived with his uncle, Peter P. Fero, and received a common school education. December 9, 1873, he married Mary E. Proudfit, a native of Seneca, born March 1, 1853, and daughter of John Proudfit, a native of Pennsylvania, and early settler of Seneca. The subject and wife were born two sons, C. Leroy and Clayton P. Mr. Van Riper is a general farmer and owns sixty-five acres, on which he has resided since 1876. He is a Prohibitionist in politics, and he and his wife are members of the Stanley Grange No. 284. He and family are members of the Presbyterian church of Gorham Centre.
Vincent, Robert H., Clifton Springs, was born in Troy, September 22, 1869. He was educated at the Albany Military Academy and Hobart College. He came to Clifton Springs during 1887, his father, Dr. Frank L. Vincent, having received the appointment of physician upon the Sanitarium staff. Dr. Vincent was also at that time secretary of the New York State Medical Society. In 1891 R. H. Vincent purchased an interest in the Walker Fertilizer Company, the firm now being composed of Joshua Walker, Robert H. Vincent and E. J. Walker.
Vail, John P., Geneva, son of James D. and E. (Wyckoff) Vail (who settled in Rom- ulus about 1830), was born August 17, 1836. His father was a farmer and he lived on the farm until twenty years of age. In 1859 he went to Penn Yan, and there learned the art of photography, or the old ambrotype style of taking pictures. In 1860 he opened a gallery in Palmyra and carried on business there eleven years. He then came to Geneva and engaged in the nursery business four years. In 1876 he opened his present gallery, where he is doing a fine class of work. He married in 1864 Rose P. Foster, and they have one child, Newton F. Mrs. Vail died October 8, 1878, and he married second, September 17, 1881, Lillie T. Seeley.
Van Huben, John, Geneva, was born in Switzerland, February 23, 1846, and came with his parents to this country when eight years old. They located in Rochester, where John was educated in the public schools and learned the butcher's trade. Au- gust 2, 1864, he enlisted in Company A, First Light Artillery, Rochester, Battalion G, N. G. S. N. Y., and was honorably discharged November 31 of the same year. He came to Geneva to reside in 1872, and November 17, 1880, married Margaret Kurtz of Geneva. They have one son and three daughters: Arthur B., Mildred L., Floese L. and Hazel M. Mr. Van Huben's father, John, was a soldier in Company D, Thirteenth N. Y. Vols., and participated in all the battles of this regiment but one, when he was a prisoner in Libby Prison. He was honorably discharged at Rochester, May 14, 1863.
Van Auken, D. J., Geneva, was born in Cayuga county, November 2, 1849. He re- ceived an academic and high school education, after which he read law in his father's office, but never applied for admission to practice. He then engaged in mercantile business at Hannibal, Oswego county, and while there was appointed deputy canal collector at Oswego, an office which he held three years. In 1878 Mr. Van Auken came to Geneva and engaged in the wall paper business for about seven years, and in 1886 became one of the incorporators of the Ontario Accident Association. Later on he became similarly connected with the Manufacturer's Accident Indemnity Com- pany, and was elected its vice-president; and it may truthfully be said that most of
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the success achieved by this company is due to the efficient effort of our subject. In 1877, while a resident of Oswego county, Mr. Van Auken married Clara Wilson of Geneva.
Vanderhoof, Jacob W., Manchester, was born on the old farm in the town of Man- chester, September 23, 1834. He is a son of Abram Vanderhoof, whose father's name was Jacob, who ran the old Vanderhoof Hotel here for many years. His ancestors came into Ontario county early in the seventeenth century. They participated in the war of the Revolution and also of 1812. Jacob N. Vanderhoof possesses the old farm, upon which he lives. He is a great party worker and a staunch Democrat. He has been repeatedly solicited to accept public offices, but so far has refused. He married Miss Mina Bissel of Allen Hill, this county, but they have no children.
Upton, James, Victor, father of Clarence H., was born in Victor, where J. W. Hawkins now resides, April 14, 1816. He was educated in the public schools and at Genesee Wesleyan Seminary at Lima, and followed farming for some time, also taught school several years. The family moved to Rochester in 1855. He was a railway contractor there for many years, and in politics was a Republican, and served two years in the common council. He served in that capacity on several important com- mittees. He was also a candidate of his party for the State Legislature, but Roch- ester being Democratic at that time he was defeated by a small majority. July 3, 1844, he married Elwira E, daughter of Jeremiah and Mahala Hawkins of his native county, educated at Ontario Female Seminary, Canandaigua, and at Lima, and they had one son, Clarence H. The latter was born August 24, 1845, and was educated in the public and select schools of Rochester, and studied one year at Yale University. He is a real estate operator, and resides with his mother on East Avenue. His father died February 23, 1866, mourned by a bereaved widow and son, and many relatives and a large eircle of friends. James Upton, sr., grandfather of Clarence H., was born in Charlemont, Mass., February 19, 1779, and removed to Victor about 1799. April 21, 1808, he married Olive Boughton, who was born in 1793. Her ancestors eame from Wales, and were of French extraetion. He was a man of decided character and an active worker in the church, and contributed liberally toward the first Methodist church that was built in Victor.
Wilson, William, Geneva, was born in the old town of Seneca, June 16, 1855. He was educated in the public schools, Canandaigua Academy, and graduated from Hobart College, elass of '76. Since that time he has been in the nursery business, now in company with G. R. Watson, under the firm name of William Wilson & Co. October 4, 1884, he was elected captain of the Thirty-fourth Separate Company, National Guards, and received his commission from the governor. In camp in the fall of 1892 he commanded a battalion. He is a Democrat in politics. October 10, 1878, he mar- ried Minnie E. Hipple of Geneva, and they have one son, James. Captain Wilson's father, James, was born at the old home about 1818, and married Anna Whitney of Flint Creek. They had four children: Libbie M., who married John Hammond of Geneva; Anna R., who married Rev. J. E. Babcock ; William ; and Jennie B., who married Richard F. Rankine of Geneva. Captain Wilson's father was a lieutenant- colonel in the State Militia. James Wilson, one of Captain Wilson's ancestors, was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.
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Walton, Eldreth A., Geneva, was born in Westfield, Mass., in 1860. He received an academic education, and was in the ice business one year. He has been in the service of the American and the United States Express Companies eight years, in various posi- tions from messenger to agent in full charge in Geneva four years. In 1886 he became an active member of a company which organized the Ontario Mutual Accident Com- pany, also was one of the organizers of the People's Building, Loan and Savings Asso- ciation, which has been a success from the beginning. In 1891 he with others organ- ized the Torrey Park Land Company, which has accomplished much in the develop- ment and prosperity of the northern part of the village. He is also one of the pro- moters of the Geneva Surface Street Railway Company, which will soon be in success- ful operation. He is president of the Geneva Driving Club, and is one of the police commissioners. In 1884 he married Elfreda B. Covert of Gene a. Mr. Walton is one of the directors of the Geneva Medical and Surgical College, founded by the late John V. Ditmar.
Wisewell, M.D., Francis H., Phelps, was born in Potter, Yates county, February 26, 1845. His father was Henry, and his mother Martha (Field) Wisewell. His grand- father also was Henry Wisewell. About 1870 Francis H. entered the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, studying medicine, where he graduated about 1872. He came to Phelps in 1877 and engaged in the drug business (selling also stationery, books and wall paper), where he has since remained. He married, in 1875, Isabel Ellas of Bath, Steuben county, a daughter of George S. and Amanda (Loomis) Ellas; Amanda Loomis being a daughter of Judge Chester Loomis, who came to Ontario county from New England at an early day. They have three children : Carl F., George Ellas and Francis H. Wisewell, jr.
Weyburn, M.D., Edwin, Geneva, son of Samuel Weyburn, was born in this county in 1818. He studied medicine with Dr. Jedediah Smith of Geneva and graduated from the Geneva Medical College about 1850, practicing here until his death in 1879. Henry D., son of Edwin, was born in Geneva in 1845, studied medicine with his father and attended the Geneva Medical College during 1869-70, and in 1876 graduated from the Cincinnati Medical College, and has practice 1 here ever since. He is a Republican, and has been coroner three years, taking an active interest in politics. Dr. H. D. Weyburn was in Chicago during 1871-72 and was an eye witness to the great fire. He has prac- ticed in Geneva twenty-one years.
Wilson, L Stanley, Canandaigua, was born in Waterloo, Seneca county, March 9, 1844, a son of Ralph, a native of Wayne county, born in the village of Rose. He mar- ried Eleanor E., daughter of Colonel Lucius Stanley of Seneca, and they have four chil- dren, of whom subject alone survives. When he was three years old his father died, and Mrs. Wilson went to her father's in Seneca where L. Stanley was reared. He was educated in the common schools and followed farming until about twenty years of age. He then learned the carpenter's trade in which he has ever since been engaged. In 1872 he came to Canandaigua and soon after began contracting. He has made a spe- cialty of jobbing and repair work, has a large line of customers and usually employs from one to six men. He and his family are members of the M. E. Church of this town. He
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has never been a politician. Mr. Wilson married in 1865 Mary Caroline, daughter of George T. Robertson of Ferguson Corners, Yates county, and they have four children : Philip K., a carpenter of Canandaigua ; Minnie M., a dressmaker ; Mary C. and I. Stan- ley, jr., both students.
Wheeler, Thaddeus R., Canandaigua, was born in East Bloomfield, was born March 30, 1835. His grandfather, George A., a son of Joshua Wheeler, was a native of Con- necticut, who came to this State about 1800 and finally moved to Bloomfield. He mar- ried a daughter of Benjamin Wheeler, a native of Massachusetts, and they had nine children, of whom Addison H. was born February 13, 1806. He married, November, 1829, Lucy P., daughter of Thaddeus Remington, a farmer of Canandaigua, and bought a farm of 130 acres on the town line of Canandaigua, after six years moving on to the old homestead farm, where he died in 1869. Mr. Wheeler was a Republican, and a young man of public spirit, always ready to support every good object. He had nine children, all but one now living on farms in this county. A daughter died when eleven years old. Thaddeus spent his youth on the farm, and was educated in Bloomfield. Academy. He assisted his father on the farm until about twenty-four years old when, in partnership with his brother Oscar, he bought a farm in Bloomfield, which they owned three years. He worked for his father on different farms until he was thirty- one, and then bought the Bloomfield farm back. In 1881 he bought the Sanders farm of 100 acres in Canandaigua, moving into the old Joshua R. Giddings house, which was the first frame house built west of the village. Since coming here Mr. Wheeler has erected a beautiful residence, new barns, etc., making now a very valuable property. He married, April 6, 1864, Augusta E., daughter of Nathaniel B. Stanton of Steuben county, and they have two sons : Walter S., who conducts a farm in Canandaigua ; and Wells J .. who lives on the homestead. The latter was born July 17, 1868, educated in the common schools and Canandaigua Academy, and married in 1887 Grace S. Collins, and they have two children : Roy W. and Sarah E.
Wolverton, Jonas W., Canandaigua, was born in Frenchtown, N. J., October 15, 1819, a son of Joel, a farmer of that town. When Jonas was but eight years old his parents moved to Ontario county and bought a farm in East Bloomfield, and some three or four years later the farm on the west shore of Canandaigua Lake now occupied by George C Mather. Here he died in 1849, leaving a widow and eight children, but four of whom survive him : Job, a produce dealer of Canandaigua ; Peter, a farmer of Canandaigua ; Mary, wife of James S. Hickox, of Canandaigua; and Jonas W. Jonas was educated in the common schools, and assisted on the farm until twenty three years of age, when he farmed by the month for about seven years. In 1851 he was married to Patience, widow of Amasa B. Spencer, and daughter of Harris Andrews, a prominent farmer of Canandaigua, and a native of Massachusetts. Mr. and Mrs. Wolverton have had one child, Emily Amelia, wife of Ira P. Cribb, died in 1875 aged twenty-three years. Mr. Wolverton lives on a fine grain and fruit farm of 100 acres, and has besides thirty acres on the Middle Road. He is a Democrat but has never taken an active interest in pol- itics. He is interested in church work, and himself and wife are members of the M. E. Church of Canandaigua.
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Winch, Amasa T., Canadice, was born in Marlow, N. H., May 9, 1820. His father was John Winch, a native of Alstead, N. H., his grandfather, Luther, was born in Framinghain, Mass., a descendant of one of the early families of Massachusetts colony. His mother was Mary, danghter of Ephraim Thomson, whose ancestor came over to the Plymouth colony in the second shipload of colonists. John Winch located in Marlow, and subsequently removed to Cornish, where he resided till the fall of 1829, when he came on with his family and settled on a farm of one hundred arres at Can- adice Corners, which he had purchased two years previously. He was elected town clerk in 1831 and supervisor in 1832, was also justice of the peace, and held other offices. He died February 4, 1882. Amasa T. was educated in the common schools of the town and the Lima Seminary. He was teacher, surveyor, and farmer, and on Ins marriage in 1847 located on the farm now owned by his brother Lorenzo. His wife is Elizabeth, daughter of Cornelius Terbush, descended from the early Dutch settlers on the Hudson. Of their four children three died young, and one daughter, Lucy A., is the wife of Lucius M. Doolittle, who resides with them and manages the farm, and also an apiary. Mr. Winch was town superintendent of schools three terms, supervisor seven years, 1870 to 1877; member of assembly two terms, 1877 and 1878, serving on Committees on Education, General Laws, Public Lands and others, and was justice of the peace one term. He has also served in different offices in the Canadice Methodist church for many years. Lorenzo Winch, son of John, was born in Cornish, N H., in 1827, and was but two years old when brought with his parents to Canadice. He was educated at the schools of the town and early worked at farm- ing. For some time he also worked at blacksmithing, and still keeps a shop for his own use. In 1849 he married Abigail J. Doolittle. and has had five children : Emma J., born in 1850; Mary E., born in 1852; Wilber A., born in 1857; John F., born in 1861 ; Fred L, born in 1864, died in 1890. Emma J., has been a school teacher many years. Wilber, the oldest son, also a teacher, now resides at home and is a farmer. Mr. Winch has been justice of the peace twelve years, and is the present supervisor (1892 and 1893). He is a Republican and a Methodist. Mrs. Winch's father, Thomas Doolittle, was born in Bethlehem, Conn., in 1792, and came from Rut- land, Vt., to Onondaga county, and thence to this town.
Wilder, George A., Bristol, a native of Bristol, born November 7, 1833, is a son of John, a son of Ephraim and Lydia (Loomis) Wilder, who came from Connecticut to Bristol about 1790. They had four sons and four daughters. John was born in Bris- tol, June 7, 1794, and married Ennice Codding, born May 2, 1796, by whom he had five sons and a daughter. Mr. Wilder was educated in the district school and became one of the leading farmers of the town. George A. Wilder was educated in the dis- triet school, and is a general farmer and hop grower. He owns 225 acres of land March 4, 1860, he married Mary L. Case, a rative of Bristol and a daughter of Sey- mour W. Case. Mr. Wilder and wife have had three children : George S., a farmer of Bristol, who married Belle Dudley of Buffalo, by whom he had one child, Ethelyn L .; John S., who is a clerk in a dry goods store in Cleveland, O .; and Carrie E., wife of George Downie of Cleveland, O. Mr. Wilder is a Republican, and he and family at- tend the Congregational church of Bristol.
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Wheeler, Sylvester H., Bristol, was born in Livonia, January 18, 1829, and is a son of Sylvester Wheeler, a son of Aaron Wheeler, a native of Massachusetts. Sylvester Wheeler was born in Dighton, Mass, in 1778. In 1795 he came to Richmond, and after several years went to Livonia and there owned a farm. In 1832 he came to Bristol and purchased the farm subject now owns. Mr. Wheeler was twice married, first to Thankful Spencer, by whom he had nine children. Mrs. Wheeler died in 1828, and Mr. Wheeler married Mrs. Betsey Hicks Marsh, by whom he had five chil- dren. lle was a soldier in the war of 1812, and was wounded at Black Rock. IIe died October 28, 1833, and his wife September 15, 1889. Subject of sketch was edu- cated in Canandaigua Academy. At the age of sixteen he taught school, and at the age of twenty-one he engaged in the mercantile business at Bristol, and was there sev- eral years when he went to South Bloomfield and purchased the grist-mill now owned by Mr. Cooper. After three years he went to Texas, where he remained three years and assisted in establishing the Butterfield overland mail route. In 1861 he returned to Bristol and has since been engaged in farming. He was also in the mercantile busi- ness from 1870-1889. Mr. Wheeler has been twice married, first October 15, 1848, to Mary P. Cudworth of Bristol, daughter of Ezekiel Cudworth. They had seven chil- dren : Isabella, Roswell, Florence, Wallace, Horatio (deceased), Nathaniel and Arthur. Mrs. Wheeler died December 19, 1870, and December 30, 1871, Mr. Wheeler married Sarina Cleveland of Naples, daughter of Wheeler G. and Julia (Parks) Cleveland. Mr. Wheeler's second wife bore him four children : Sylvester H., Mabel E., Roland E., and R. Leslie, all of whom are living. Mr. Wheeler is a Republican and has been superin- tendent of schools two years, and was supervisor four years. He and family attend the Universalist church.
Wolven, John, Phelps, was born in Seneca, November, 21, 1841, one of two children the other being Harriet, widow of J. C. Jackson,) of Alexander and Eliza (Towns- end) Wolven. Alexander, the father, was born near Sangerties, the mother being a native of Seneca. The grandfather was Levi Wolven. John married, November 22, 1865, Eloise Snyder of Lyons, one of eight children of Philip and Ann Snyder. They have one son, Elmer E., and an adopted daughter, Al'ce Harmon Wolven. Since 1846 Mr. Wolven has lived on his fine farm of 320 acres which is nsed for general farming, fruit and mint. He also has a flock of 140 sheep.
Waite, D. Byron, Canadice, was born near his present residence in Canadice, Feb- ruary 29, 1828. His father, Capt. Benjamin G. Waite, was born in l'etersburg, N. Y., April 27, 1793. He was with the Eighty-sixth New York Volunteers in the war of 1812, under General Brown on the northern frontier in this State. He married Mary Odell, sister of the late Mrs. Lydia Baxter, the poet, and her grandfather, Abbott, fell in the Revolutionary War. Captain Waite died in Canadice, January 27, 1861. Peleg, grandfather of our subject, was born in West Greenwich, R. I., in 1761, and his wife was Mary Greene, whose father was a cousin of Gen. Nathaniel Greene of Revolutionary fame. Peleg was a descendant in the fifth generation of Thomas of Portsmouth, R. I., who came from England in 1634 to Boston, and went to Portsmouth in 1639. D. Byron was educated at Alfred Seminary, Clinton Liberal Institute, and
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at the National Law School at Ballston, and was admitted to the bar at Canton, N. Y., in 1850. He went to Council Bluffs, Ia., the same year, and was readmitted in that State. In 1852 he was elected district attorney of Mills county. He practiced but a short time, when he retired permanently. He was then engaged in the service of the American Fur Company, and in crossing emigrants for the Council Bluffs Ferry Com- pany, and for two years traveled in the wilds of Kansas, Nebraska and Dakota, buy - ing and collecting furs. In 1853 he returned to his native town, and was elected jus- tice of the peace, an office he has held longer than any other incumbent in the town, but was never an aspirant for any office whatever. In 1855 he married Harriet M., daughter of Maurice Brown, an attorney at Springwater. He removed to Hastings, Minn., but owing to the ill health of his parents he returned a year later, and has resided here ever since. He has had four children : Byron Audubon, Genevra, Bur- etta, and Gates Percival. The two sons are at Kettle Falls, Wash. His wife died in 1869, and he married second Amanda M. Colvin, widow of the Rev. W. W. Colvin, a Methodist clergyman. Early in life Mr. Waite was a teacher in the common schools. He has devoted considerable time to collecting and writing local history, and has col- lected and classified the botanical subjects of his native town. He is a member of the "Ornithologists' Union," and is now engaged in writing the botanical and bird history of Canadice. In politics he is a Republican, but often votes for a competent honest Democrat rather than for a Republican of poorer qualifications. His father, Captain Waite, had four sons and two daughters, of whom D. Byron and Edwin G. are living of the sons. The latter was born in 1824 in Granville, Washington county, before the family came to this town. He went to California as a gold hunter in 1849, and has been a member of both branches of the State Legislature there, county treasurer of Nevada county, and during four administrations was naval officer of San Francisco, and after that chief clerk in the Mint. He is now secretary of state of California.
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