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Griffin, Elias, West Bloomfield, was born in 1816. His father, Wheeler Griffin, was from Jefferson county, and came here just previous to the War of 1812, locating in the village, where he established a pottery, which he continued till about 1826, when he bought the farm now owned by Elias and located there. He was a member of Cap-
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tain Peck's Company in the War of 1812. He married Mary Klice, who came from Maryland, and their children were: Orson, Gustavus, Elias, Charles, and Mary Ann. Only Elias and Charles survive, the latter being a dairyman in Michigan. Wheeler Griffin was justice of the peace and assessor. Elias spent his minority at the district schools and the academy here, working with his father on the farm. He was cap- tain of the Independent Bloomfield Rifle Company at the time Governor Bouck was executive. He married in 1860 Adeline Fitch, whose parents were early settlers in Lima, N. Y. They had two children : Preston W., born in 1861, and Belle, both living at home. Mr. Griffin has been a hop grower and has now the second largest apple or- chard in the town.
Gillis, John S., Victor, was born in Argyle, Washington county, July 17, 1823, and came with his parents to Victor in 1826. He was educated in the public schools and was always a farmer. December 30, 1847, he married Sarah, daughter of William and Catherine (McKinley) Wells, and they had five children : William W., who is editor and proprietor of the Victor Herald, and married Harriet S. Bundy, of Rochester ; Mary V., died in the year 1870, aged nineteen years ; Martha, who married Joseph N. Brace, of Shelby, Orleans county ; Alexander P., who is a farmer with his father; and John D., who married Margaret Cline, they also live on the farm. Mrs. Gillis's father, Will- iam Wells, was born at Coxsackie, Greene county, April 16, 1797, and married Cath- erine Mckinley, who was born June 3, 1799. They liad six children : Catherine, Peter, Sarah, Amelia, John, and William Alexander. They came to Victor in 1835. Mrs. Gillis is a member of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Gillis is a Democrat.
Gillis, Jerome Bonaparte, Victor, was born in Victor, April 23, 1853. He was edu- cated in the district schools and Victor Union School, and is a farmer. April 13, 1886, he married Lucy, daughter of Edward and Sarah Williams, of Victor, and they have had three children : Edward R., born January 18, 1887 ; Harry J., who died in infancy ; and Cora B., who died when she was nineteen months old. Mr. Gillis's father, Robert R., was born in the town of Argyle, Washington county, October 22, 1812, and came with his parents to Victor when he was ten years old. He was a farmer. He mar- ried Martha Hart, of Victor, and had six children : Julia A., Maryette, Helen, Jerome B., James L., and Hart R. Mrs. Gillis's father, Edward Williams, was born in Eng- land, and came to the United States when a young man. After a period of time he returned to England and married Sarah Kailsley, then returned to his adopted country. They had seven children, four survive : Phoebe, Emma, William, and Lucy. In politics Mr. Gillis is a Republican. The ancestry of the family are Scotch, English, and Welsh.
Galusha, George S., Phelps, was born in Yates county, July 14, 1857, one of four children of Clark and Eunice (Burnett) Galusha. The father, Clark Galusha, was born in Otsego county, his wife being a native of Phelps. Simeon, the grandfather, was a native of Otsego county. George S. married, September 26, 1877, Mary Isabel Thatcher, one of four children of Jesse and Cyntha (Estey) Thatcher, of Hopewell. Mr. Galusha has lived in the town of Phelps since he was four years of age. His farm is used for the production of the variety of crops common to this section.
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Gambee, William H., Geneva, was born in Varick, Seneca county, February 4, 1833. He was educated in the public schools and graduated from Lima Seminary. He has always been a produce dealer and farmer. January 4, 1860, he married S. Elizabeth Boyd, who was born on the place on which they reside, north of Geneva, her father's homestead. They have one daughter, Nellie E., who was married on February 5, 1893, to Edward Hooper, of Newark, Wayne county. Mr. Gambee's father, William, was born in Pennsylvania about 1792, and married Agnes Armstrong. They had six chil- dren : John Y., Mary E., Isaac T., William H., Annie and Lavina. Mrs. Gambee's father, David Boyd, was born in Pennsylvania about 1796, and married Ann Ringer, by whom he had eight children: John, Isabella, Robert, Sarah E., Elvira, Charles, Elizabeth and David. David Boyd served in the War of 1812, and Mr. Gambee's father, William, was also in that war. Mr. Gambee was a sutler in the Army of the Potomac in the late war.
Haskill, Abel, Canandaigua, was born on the homestead farm March 16, 1845, and educated in Canandaigua Academy and Lima Seminary. In 1871 he went to Missouri and bought a farm, which he conducted until the financial panic of 1872-73. In 1880 he bought the Alvin Pennoyer farm of 112 acres, which is his present home. He has added many improvements to this farm in the way of new buildings, and has cleared it of every debt. He has also moved his family to Canandaigua village to give his chil- dren better educational facilities. Mr. Haskill married in 1872 Fanny, daughter of John McGee, a farmer of Missouri, and they have three children : J. Earl, born in Missouri, July 16, 1873; William P., born in Canandaigua, December 16, 1874; and Nellie F., born in Canandaigua, January 6, 1876. Mr. Haskill is a member of Academy Grange, in which he has held many offices, the last year secretary. Mr. Haskill makes the cul- ture of hops his principal crop.
Herendeen, James, Farmington, father of Amy A. Herendeen, was born in the town of Danby, Rutland county, Vt., September 1, 1788, and came with his parents here when he was two years old. His wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Richard and Mary Shotwell, and was born in Springfield, Essex county. They had six children : Vania, born November 30, 1816; Mary, born September 10, 1819; Richard H., born April 20, 1822; Elizabeth, born January 10, 1824; Amy A., born March 19, 1829; and James W., born April 18, 1831. Gideon O. Herendeen, who is a farmer for Amy A., was born in Palmyra, Wayne county, November 27, 1830, and went to Michigan with his parents when he was thirteen years old. December 7, 1854, he married Caroline N. Kidder, of that State, and they have two sons, William W. and Clarence N .; both are good business men in Michigan. Mr. Herendeen's father, Welcome, was the first white child born in Farmington. He married twice, the second time to Elizabeth Burchard, and had three children : Phoebe E., who married Isaac H. Kellogg, of Michigan ; David B., who married Ann Palmer, of that State; and Gideon O.
Hulbert, Mark, Victor, was born in the town of Barrington, Berkshire county, Mass., May 30, 1819, and came with his parents in 1832 to this town. He came with his father and a team, the balance of the family on a canal packet, starting May 30, 1832, and arriving June 6, 1832. He was educated in the pioneer schools and is a farmer.
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He married twice, first Mehetabel A Crandall, of this place, and had six children : Rus- sell H., Sheldon H., Marcus D., Euphinia M., Amanda and Henry S. Mrs. Hulbert died December 6, 1857, and he married second, February 10, 1859, Mrs. Eliza (Ford) Mathewson. They had five children. She had one daughter by her first marriage, Lottie, now Mrs. Charles Sisco, of Shortsville, this county. The other five were : George A., who married April 8, 1882, Mettie Lane; Frank W., who married Mrs. Elsie Quayle, November 8, 1888; Ford, Lena and Lechard (twins). Three boys died in infancy. Mr. Hulbert had two sons in the late war. Russell served in Company A, First N. Y. Mounted Rifles, and died of consumption ; had his funeral at home. Mr. Hulbert's father, Russell, was born December 12, 1779, in Middle Adams, Conn., and married Anna Ingersoll. They had seven children : John, Anson, Betsey, Silas, Rus- sell, Mary A. and Mark. Mrs. Hulbert was born near Manchester, England, January 1, 1829, and came to the United States August 15, 1848, locating in Victor in 1853.
Herendeen, Lemuel, Geneva, son of Gideon and Bersheba Herendeen, was born in Farmington at the old homestead, May 15, 1833. He was educated in the public school and in the Friends' Boarding School at Providence, R. I. He has married twice, first, November 9, 1861, Eliza, daughter of Benjamin and Margaret Newman, of Victor, and they had three children, two of whom are living: Albert H. and Florence. Mrs. Her- endeen died December 7, 1885. Mr. Herendeen came to Geneva in 1869 and went into the nursery business with Eli A Bronson, and continued this for three years, under the firm name of Bronson & Herendeen. At the expiration of this time Mr. Herendeen sold his interest to Mr. Hopkins. He then went into the same business with Sears and Henry, under the firm name of Sears, Henry & Co. They have extensive nurseries of over 200 acres, in fine cultivation. January 16, 1889, he married second Anna N., sec- ond daughter of David and Elizabeth Peters, of Ithaca. Mr. Herendeen's mother Bersheba, was an appointed minister of the Orthodox Friends in the United States and Canada. Mr. Herendeen has been elected four times as county superintendent of the poor. He attended the M. E. church fifteen years, was trustee six years and superin- tendent of the Sunday-school four years. He has now united with the North Presby- terian church. Mrs. Herendeen is president of the Women's Auxiliary of the Y. M. C. A.
Haire, De Witt G., Canandaigua, was born in Jerusalem, Yates county, July 27, 1844. His father, James, was a native of Starkey, Yates county, born September 11, 1805. In his early day he was a farmer in Jerusalem, and in 1857 located in Hopewell, where he remained six years, then removed to Canandaigua and bought a farm in the north- west part of the town, where he lived six years. In 1869 he moved to the village and spent two years, and in 1871 bought a farm on the old Thaddeus Chapin estate, where he died May 12, 1888. He had five children, three of whom survive: Robie, wife of Bradner Ellis, a mechanic of Canandaigua; Louisa, wife of John A. Fisher, a farmer of Canandaigua; and De Witt. James Haire was always prominent in church work, and was one of the founders of the Wesleyan Methodist church of Jerusalem. He was a great reader and profound thinker, and in his younger days was prominent in politics, and took great interest in the abolition of slavery. De Witt was educated in the Can-
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andaigua Academy, and followed farming until 1889 on the farm on which he now resides, a fruit farm of fourteen acres. He is at present employed as a commercial traveler with the American Road Machine Co. His farm produces nearly every kind of fruit raised in this section, and has an apple orchard of ten acres. Mr. Haire married in 1870 Emma Kendall, of Tyrone, Schuyler county, and they had one child, James Haire, who lives at home. Mrs. Haire died March 22, 1890, and he married second, February 23, 1892, Sarah, daughter of Dennison Butler, of Naples, Ontario county.
Humphrey, Ira E .. Victor, was born in Victor, October 31, 1818. He was educated in the public schools, and went with his parents to Indiana when he was nineteen years old. April 1, 1854, he married Betsey D., daughter of Newton and Eliza Clark of Wardsboro, Vt., and they had ten children : Florence died at the age of seven years, nine survive: Elizabeth A, who married Wilber Nelson of this town ; Charlotte E., who is a teacher and resides at home ; Mary A., Helen H., Harriet B., all reside with their parents; Luman A., who is the farmer at home; Otis L. is a produce dealer resid- ing at Honeoye Falls, Monroe county ; Charles S. is a grocer in Canandaigua; and Ira E. is a commission broker in Rochester. Mr. Humphrey's father, Luman, was born in Connecticut, June 22, 1786, and came to this State when a young man. February 23, 1815, he married Philena Dryer, formerly of Vermont, and they had five children that grew to maturity : Charlotte D., now of Oregon ; Ira E., Ursula A., who resides at the old home at Orland, Ind .; Otis M., who is a physician in Minneapolis; Kezia, who died November 30, 1848, at Orland, Ind. His father died January 30, 1841, at Orland, and his mother September 10, 1860, at the same place. Mrs. Humphrey's father, Newton Clark, was born at Newfane, Vt., and married Eliza Mahan, who was born in West Boyleston, Mass. They had nine children Fontana, Betsey B., Eliza A., Osmer N., Charles S., Amelia A., Adeline V., William, and Nancy. The family are all members of the M. E. church. The ancestors of the family are English on both sides.
Hutchens, Floyd M., Canandaigua, was born in Canandaigua, December 5, 1840, a son of Henry and Polly (Livermore) Hutchens. Henry was the oldest son of John, and was born in 1816 in Italy, Yates county. Mr. Hutchens was an enthusiastic Abolitionist, a Republican and a member of the church. He married, when about twenty years of age, Polly, daughter of John Livermore of Canandaigua, by whom he had seven children, six of whom survive: Hiram A., merchant of Canandaigua ; Nodiah, of Cheshire; Sarah, wife of E. M. Booth of Cheshire; Dr. John, of Cheshire; Charles, a merchant of Cheshire; and Floyd H. The latter was educated in the common schools, and first bought a farm in 1865 which he owned some time, and in 1867 bought the farm of 100 acres where he now lives. He married in January, 1864, Laura M., daugh - ter of Warren Brown of Canandaigua, and they had two children, Sarah F., wife of George S. Mallory of Canandaigua; and Warren S., a student of Canandaigua Academy.
Hutchens, John W., Canandaigua, was born in Jerusalem, Yates county, October 7, 1827. Charles, the grandfather, had five children of whom John, the father of our sub- ject, was the second son, and was born in 1794. He came to Canandaiga in 1832. He resided in various places and died on the place occupied by Charles Parshall in Cheshire,
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October 5, 1860. He left nine children, six of whom are living. John W., our subject, was the third son. He always made the town his home. He was educated in the common schools, and after leaving school he learned carpentry, a trade he has always followed. He built a great many of the private residences of this town, and also the Union church at Cheshire. In 1875 he bought a part of the J. L. Johnson farın, on which he lived until 1892 when he built a cottage on the lake shore where he now resides. Mr. Hutchens has always taken an active interest in politics, and is a Democrat, but has never aspired to public office. He married February 14, 1860, Mary L., daughter of Reuben and Sally (Perry) Sands.
Howland, Wilber C., Victor, was born in Albany county, April 5, 1832, and moved with his parents to Greene county when he was ten years old. He was educated in the district schools, and has followed farming. He came to Victor in 1864, and September 8, 1856, he married Jane, daughter of John H. and Margaret Ransom of Saugerties, Ul- ster county. They have three children : Wilber, who married Anna Rogers and has one daughter, Blanche ; Sabrina married Charles Rogers and has one son, Frank ; and Margaret M., who resides at home with her parents. Mr. Howland's father, David, was born in Dutchess county in 1794, and married Sarah Gardner of his native county, and they had ten children, eight grew to maturity : Sabrina, Caroline, Fidelia, Hiram, Ruth, Wilber C., Jane and Jeremiah. His grandfather, Jeremiah Howland, was a practicing physician in Dutchess county. The family are traced back to one John Rowland, who came over on the Mayflower.
Hallock, David W., East Bloomfield, was a native of Norfolk, Eng., born September 5, 1831, is one of eleven children of David and Elizabeth (Gibbs) Hallock, natives of England, who lived and died in their native country. Subject of sketch was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools. In 1852 he came to America and started in life for himself. He worked by the month for about four years, and then for several years he rented land. His first purchase was ten acres of land which after three years he sold, and purchased forty acres in Richmond which he still owns. In 1879 he pur- chased seventy-three acres on which he now resides. This he has increased to 173 acres, on which he has erected a good barn and made many other improvements. He carries on general farming and hop growing. September, 1859, Mr. Hallock married Dalena Nudd, a native of Norfolk, Eng., and daughter of John and Mary (George) Nudd, natives of England, who came to East Bloomfield in 1851, and there spent the remainder of their days. Mr. Nudd died in 1856, and his wife in 1863. Subject and wife have ten children : George W., Frank, John B., Emily S., Arthur D., Alice L., Edith M., Maud J., Willie and Howard. Mr. Hallock is a Republican, and he and his wife are members of the M. E. church.
Huff, Allen, Canadice, was born in January, 1821, at Frenchtown, Hamilton county, N. J. When about three years of age he moved with his parents, Anthony and Rachel (Hyde) Huff to Canadice. Ten years later his father died, leaving Allen the youngest of three children, the others being John A. of Penn Yan, and Mary Ellen Bowers of Bergen. Allen married in 1847 Martha A., daughter of Amos Swan, and their chil- dren are: Sarah E., deceased ; Evelyn C., and Sarah E. Wright. Mr. Wright was
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assessor three terms and has held other important offices. He was a benevolent man, ever ready to care for the poor and needy and to encourage young men to lead use- ful and correct lives. For many years he bought produce on commission. He died November 23, 1883, and his widow resides with her son, Evelyn C., at the homestead. He was born August 10, 1851, was educated at Lima Seminary and at Penn Yan Academy. December 23, 1872, he married Ella F. Coykendall, daughter of Levi Coy- kendall, and they have three daughters : Ola V., born March 23, 1874, a teacher ; Fay- ette, born July 29, 1877 ; and Allen, born February 23, 1884. Mr. Huff farms 164 acres, and devotes his farm to the growth of hops and general farming. For some years he has bought farm products on commission in this and Livingston counties. He and his wife are members of the M. E. church, of which he is a trustee.
Hawkins, William F., Victor, was born on the old homestead farm north of the vil- lage of Victor, April 8, 1827. He was educated in the district schools and Canandaigua Academy, and was a farmer, but now retired from business. In April, 1855, he mar- ried P. Jane Mulock of Middletown, Orange county, and they have four children : Jere- miah W., born November 5, 1860 ; he was educated in the public schools, Canan- daigua Academy and Lima Seminary, and is a farmer ; December 28, 1881, he married Helen E., daughter of Dr. George H. Bennett of Lima, Livingston county ; they have one son, George W., born October 22, 1883; Nellie E., who married Dr. Daniel Tillit- son, now a practicing physician of the city of Corning, Steuben county ; they have one daughter, Callie L .; G. Frank is a farmer on the homestead and a bachelor; and Nellie M., who resides with her parents. Mr. Hawkins's father, Jeremiah Hawkins, was born near Otisville, Orange county, March 3, 1792. When quite young he began to learn the carpenter's trade, and married Mahala M. Tooker of Newburg, Orange county. After exacting a promise from his brother to care for his father and mother, he started with his wife and household possessions on a one-horse wagon which he made himself. After looking over the territory, he located half a mile east of where his son, William F., now resides. He followed his trade for ten years and devoted the balance of his time to farming. He was a man of rare judgment and great industry. He died November 20, 1875, and his wife July 6, 1890. Mrs. Jeremiah W. Hawkins's father, Dr. George H. Bennett of Lima was born at Avon, Livingston county, June 9, 1820, a celebrated physician in that region for many years, and was a graduate of Buf- falo Medical College. In politics he was a Democrat, and held the position of super- visor when he died, was also president of the World's Medical Association, and was a thirty-second degree Mason. In the late war he was a surgeon in the New York State Volunteers, was also an honored member of Sheridan Crandall Post No. 225 G. A. R. of West Bloomfield. October 23, 1848, he married Mrs. Eliza C. (Atwater) Dunlap of Ovid, Seneca county, and they had nine children : Charles A., Emma M., George D., John W., Eliza P., Helen E., Jason J., Ernest W., and Amanda J. Dr. Bennett died February 2, 1893, mourned by a bereaved wife and children and many friends.
Herrington, Earl P., Canandaigua, was born in Hoosick, Rensselaer county, Decem- ber 4, 1833, and is a direct descendant of Elder Herrington, one of the Pilgrim fathers who was sent into Rhode Island, and where the grandfather of our subject, Philip,
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was born about 1760. He had nine children, of whom Elijah, father of Earl P., was the fourth son. There is still one of these children living, Philip Herrington of Hoosick. Elijah was born in Hoosick, November 3, 1801, and married in 1827 Mary Pirce of Rensselaer county. In 1841 he came to Ontario county, and May 11 of that year he bought a farm of eighty acres in Canandaigua, where the family has ever since lived. He had six children, four of whom survive : Philip, of Michigan; William H. of Ro- chester ; Sarah, wife of Walter S. Davis, and Earl P. From the time Earl was eight years old his life has been spent in this town .. He was educated at Genesee Wesleyan Seminary at Lima, and learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed until the death of his father, May 12, 1879, when he returned to the old homestead and con- ducted the farm. Mr. Herrington has always taken an active interest in church work, and he and his family are members of the Baptist church of Canandaigua. He mar- ried, February 26, 1867, Elizabeth, daughter of Philip Neff of Monroe county, and they have one son, Leander Earl, born December 3, 1881.
Hunn, Thomas M., Bristol, is a native of Canandaigua, born August 28, 1822, and a son of James G., a son of Rev. Zadoc Hunn. The first representatives of the family in America were the great-grandfather of Thomas M., who was a farmer, one brother who was a minister, and one a doctor. Rev. Zadoc Hunn was a native of Becket, Conn., and was reared on a farm until sixteen years of age. He was educated for the ministry and took a classical and a theological course in Yale College. He then spent seven years as teacher in that college, Noah Webster being one of his pupils. He mar- ried Mary Morton, a native of Becket, Conn., and a daughter of Thomas Morton, a native of Scotland, who came to America for George III, and liking the country made his home at Becket, Conn., where he died. The family are related to Levi P. Morton. Mr. Hunn and wife had three sons and three daughters: Thomas M., James C., Alex- ander Z., Rebecca, Annie and Lorena. Rev. Zadoc went to Canandaigua in 17-, and was the second family to settle there. He organized the Congregational church of Bristol, of which he was pastor many years. James G. Hunn was a native of Becket, Conn., and went to Canandaigua with his parents, where he married Eliza Gillett, a native of Dighton, Mass., and a daughter of Thomas and Laura (Jones) Gillett. He died May 22, 1859. Thomas M. was educated in Canandaigua Academy and at the Lyceum at Geneva. In 1848 he married Fannie P. Gregg of Bristol, born November 15, 1821, a daughter of Benjamin Gregg, a son of John Gregg, a native of England, who came to America during the Revolutionary War, who fought some time with the British and then joined the Americans. Mr. Hunn and wife have had five children : James, Mary, Alexander Z., Benjamin G., and Emma E. James was born in 1848 and educated in Canandaigua Academy and in Genesee Wesleyan Seminary. He married Malissa Mack, by whom he had three children. He moved to Kansas, where he and the children died. Mrs. Hunn returned to Bristol, where her death occurred February 4, 1878. Mary was born August 17, 1851, and died at the age of nine years. Alex- ander D., born December 26, 1854, married Myra A. Dend of Canandaigua, daughter of George M. and Kezia L. (Lucas) Dend of Canandaigua. Alexander and his wife have one child, Fannie V., born in July, 1892. Benjamin G. was born September 7, 1861, and died October 30, 1883. Emma E, was born July 22, 1864, educated in Canandai-
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gua Academy, and is the wife of Ruel Reed of Bristol. At the age of twenty-six our subject came to Bristol and purchased 100 acres, and there for thirty-five years followed farming. He sold this farm, and in 1872 came to Bristol Center and purchased forty- five acres, which he now owns. He has since followed hop growing and general farm- ing. He is a Republican and has been commissioner of highways three years. He is a member of the Universalist Society of Bristol.
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