History of Ontario county, New York : with illustrations and family sketches of some of the prominent men and families, Part 89

Author: Aldrich, Lewis Cass, comp; Conover, George S. (George Stillwell), b. 1824, ed
Publication date: 1893
Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y., D. Mason & Co.
Number of Pages: 1002

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Hickox, George S., Canandaigua, oldest son of Capt. George Hickox, was born near Cheshire, March 30, 1829. His boyhood was spent on his father's farm, and was edu- cated in the common schools, Canandaigua Academy, East Bloomfield Academy and Wes- leyan Seminary at Lima. He taught district schools a number of winters and attended school during the summer terms. He made his home on his father's farm until 1864, when he married and settled on the farm where his brother, James S., now resides. He lived here for seven years and then sold to his brother, buying the Walker farm, where he has ever since resided. In 1884 he built his beautiful residence. Mr. Hickox has always taken an active interest in politics, and was elected on the minority ticket for commissioner of highways from 1872 to 1881. He is greatly interested in the breeding of American Merino sheep, a business he has been engaged in ever since he began farming. He is chairman of the Executive Board of the American Merino Sheep Breeders' Association of New York State, of which he is a life mem- ber. In 1887-88 was vice-president of the Western New York Agricultural Society. In 1891 he was elected president of the Ontario County Agricultural Society and re-elected in 1892 to the same position. He is also a member of the Congregational church of Canandaigua. Mr. Hickox married in March, 1864, Anna E., daughter of Jacob Smith of Canandaigua, and they have had five children ; but one son now sur- vives, George B., a teacher at Bristol Springs.

Hutchinson, George H., Geneva, was born in Geneva, July 25, 1861. He was edu- cated in the public schools and Geneva Commercial College, and is a machinist. No- vember 25, 1884, he married Carrie L., daughter of George S. and Sarah A. Cum- mings of Geneva, formerly of Dedham, Mass., and they have two children : A. Mabel and Arthur E. Mrs. Hutchinson's father was born in New Hampshire about the year of 1831, and married Sarah A. Emery. They had three children: Arthur E., who died in infancy ; Carrie L. and Amy E. Mrs. Hutchinson makes a specialty of art needle work and all kinds of fancy embroideries.

Hickox, George, Canandaigua, was born in Canandaigua on the farm now occupied by the L. H. Tillotson heirs, December 20, 1802. The founder of the family in this country was one Stephen Hickox, who emigrated to this country from England and settled in Granville, Hampshire county, Mass. He married Lydia Spellman, and died in Granville during the Revolution. His son, Levi Hickox, was born in Granville, April 27, 1751, and married Sybil Moore, born in Middletown, Conn., September 26, 1747. They had nine children. He died January 7, 1811, and his wife December 29, 1801. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and was with Washington while at Trenton. He was a man of prominence in public affairs, and was the first road com- missioner in this town. The third son, and father of our subject, George Hickox, was

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born January 25, 1772, at Granville, Mass. He was captain of militia in the war of 1812, and was called out at the time of the raid at Buffalo (in 1813). He married, Jan- uary 20, 1798, Eunice Holcomb, who came from Massachusetts in 1793, and opened school in a log school house in Canandaigua. They had four sons and five daughters. George, the oldest son, has always made his home in Canandaigua. He takes an active interest in church work, assisting with the Methodist church in 1833, and for over twenty-five years was a steward of the church. He was a Whig, but has for a great many years been a Democrat. He married, February 25, 1828, Mary Adah Mallory, of Huguenot descent who was born at Milford, Conn., September 20, 1808. She died February 14, 1892, mourned by the whole community. She was granddaughter of a Revolutionary soldier who fought at Ticonderoga, Crown Point, and other memora- ble battles. Mr. Hickox has had three sons and a daughter: George S., Henry Bradford, James S. and Mary D. The daughter last named has been prominent as a teacher for about fifteen years, having been educated for a teacher at Macedon Academy and Ontario Female Seminary. She has been preceptress of Walworth and Mexico Academies and of Ontario Female Seminary, an institution that was succeeded by Granger Place School in 1874.

Hickox, Henry Bradford, Canandaigua, was born in Canandaigua January 19, 1833, a son of Capt. George Hickox, of this town. Henry was educated in the common schools, Canandaigua Academy and at Macedon Academy. After leaving school he assisted his father on the farm and taught school until twenty-five years of age. He leased a farm one year and in 1859, in partnership with his brother. James S., bought his present farm of 142 acres. Later he bought out the interest of his brother and has since conducted it alone as a grain and stock farm, having made many improvements in the place. Mr. Hickox is a Democrat. He married in 1858, Letitia, daughter of John Adams of Canandaigua. She died August 8, 1889, and he took for his second wife Alice C., daughter of T. B. Remington, of Canandaigua.

Howe, H. Lawrence, Canandaigua, was born in Canandaigua, August 22, 1849, a son of Prof. Henry Howe, who was principal of the Canandaigua Academy from about 1825 to 1847. The early life of our subject was spent in this town, and he was educated in Canandaigua Academy and Cornell University. He learned the machinist's trade and was in John Roach's shop at Chester, Pa., for awhile, then went to California, and from there to Australia, and spent about six years at sea. He returned home in 1883 and engaged in his present business. He married in September, 1884, Isabella S., daughter of Alexander McKechnie, and they have three children : James McK., Henry L., and Jessie L. Mr. and Mrs. Howe are attendants the Episcopal church, of which Mrs. Howe is a member.

Hoyt, M.D., Charles S., Canandaigua, was born in Fairfield county, Conn., June 8, 1822, and came to this section in 1834, his parents moving to Yates county. He was educated in Geneva Medical College, and his early life was devoted to teaching in the public schools. He practiced medicine in Yates county until the war broke out, when he enlisted in the One Hundred and Twenty-sixth N. Y. Vols., and he was assistant surgeon of the Thirty-ninth Regiment. At the close of the war Dr. Hoyt returned to

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Yates county, where he resumed the practice of his profession, which he continued until 1868. In 1867 he represented his county in the State Legislature. This was his second term, as he served a term in 1852. In 1868 Dr. Hoyt was appointed secretary of the State Board of Charities, a position he has ever since held, his office being at Albany. Dr. Hoyt married in 1866 Dora, daughter of Major Barnum of Bristol, and they have had three children : Agnes R., Charles, jr., and Jean Ingelow. Dr. Hoyt is the only living charter member of Rushville Lodge, F. & A. M., No. 307. Dr. Hoyt is one of the five survivors of the Legislature of 1852. He is also a member of the G. A. R., and a member of the Loyal Legion Commandery of New York State. He was one the organizers and was president of the Society of Charities and Correction, a national organization founded in 1873 in New York city. As secretary of the State Board of Charities the doctor has made a special study of pauperism and poverty in the State, and with over twenty-four years' experience he has probably acquired a greater knowl- edge of the question than any other person living, and he undoubtedly was the first to suggest the Legislature for the restriction of emigration and has prepared many papers, which have been read before the Board of Charities and Corrections, and he has tried to control it in his reports as secretary of the State Board.

Hickox, James S., Canandaigua, second son of Captain George, was born August 10, 1830, near Cheshire. His boyhood was spent on his father's farm, and he received an education in the common schools and at Canandaigua Academy. Commencing at the age of eighteen he was for ten winters a teacher in the district schools of Canandaigua. On reaching his majority he was given an interest in his father's farm, and continued to live with him until 1859, when he in partnership with his brother, H. Bradford, bought the farm where H. B. still lives. This partnership existed until 1871, when he bought the farm of 125 acres where he now resides. In 1885 he erected one of the finest resi- dences in western Canandaigua. Mr. Hickox has always taken an active interest in politics, and was justice of the peace from 1864 to 1874. In 1875 he was elected on the Democratic ticket supervisor. He served his town well while on the board, and was a chairman of the Committee of Public Buildings and member of other commit- tees. Mr. Hickox was for three years, from 1876-79, president of the Ontario County Agricultural Society, and was chairman of the building committee at the time the present buildings were erected. Like his father, he has for thirty years been inter- ested in breeding American Merino sheep, and has taken as many premiums as any breeder in the county, and has held many offices with the society. He has been elder of the Presbyterian church of Canandaigua for fifteen years. He married in 1860 Mary A., daughter of the late Joel Wolverton, and they have three children: N. Adah, wife of P. T. Hartmann, a dry goods merchant of Lyons; Ella A , and James S., jr., a stu- dent of Canandaigua Academy.

Hopkins, Harrison, West Bloomfield, was born in Dutchess county, May 28, 1790. He came to West Bloomfield about 1834 and located on the State road on the farm now owned by B. C. Hopkins, and resided there until his death in 1882. He was a public spirited man, but never a seeker after office. He early espoused the cause of the slaves, and was a great worker in their interests. While Fred Douglass had his home

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in Rochester he often spent much of his time with Mr. Hopkins and other sympathetic friends. Mr. Hopkins was in later life a Republican. He was a member of the Con- gregational church and a strong temperance worker. He married in 1816 Merene Crosby of Dutchess county, who died in 1856. Their children were: Harriet, deceased, Aurelius H., of this town, Rhoda A., Lydia E., Charlotte, Harrison H. (the latter four deceased), Sarah Ann, who resides with her brother, Mary, wife of Charles Brown of Nebraska, William Clark, Lydia E. second (both deceased), Benjamin Crosby and Julia Frances, widow of T. R. Peck. All but the first lived to adult age. B. S. Hopkins has succeeded to the old farm. He is a Republican, a member of the Farmers' Alliance, and has never married.

Harrington, Newton, Shortsville, was born in the town of Farmington, August 5, 1833. His ancestors settled in Otsego county in 1819. They had participated in the · war of the Revolution. Mr. Harrington's father was Calow H. Harrington, and his mother's maiden name was Martha Winslow. He is the youngest of his father's family, with the exception of one child who died at three years of age. Newton followed the cooper's trade in Chicago for a time, being foreman there of a factory, after which for thirteen years he was engaged in the trucking business. In 1875 he sold out and re- turned to Ontario county, where he has since been connected with the hotel business, in Manchester and Geneva. In 1880 Mr. Harrington bought the Shortsville hotel, which he rebuilt and refurnished throughout, making it now a first-class hotel, besides which he owns considerable real estate here. His wife was Jenette Chamberlain.

Humphrey, Charles S., Canandaigua, was born in Victor, August 19, 1864, a son of I. Elmon Humphrey, a farmer of that town, who was also a native of Victor, born October 29, 1818. He was a son of Lewman Humphrey, one of the early settlers of the county. The father of subject married at about thirty-four Betsey D. Clark, a native of Vermont, by whom he had ten children, all living but one. Charles S., the third son, was educated at Victor Union School, and took a course in the Roch- ester Business College. He then worked at farming until of age. In 1886 he came to Canandaigua, where he was employed in the Spangle & Kinde clothing store, with which company he remained five years. In 1891 he went into partnership with C. R. Simmons, and they opened a grocery store where A. L. Higley was formerly. They have built up a fine trade, and are now one of the leading firms of the village in their line. Mr. Humphrey is a member of the K. O. T. M., Canandaigua Lodge, No. 168.

Heech, Jacob, West Bloomfield, was born in 1844 in Hesse, Germany. He came with his parents and six brothers and four sisters in 1854 to this country, settling in Henrietta, Monroe county, where his father died in 1879. Jacob lived at home until of age, then worked by the month for twelve years. In 1877 he purchased the prop- erty of 156 acres known as the Richards farm, about a mile north of Miller's Corners, which he has since improved and now occupies. In 1877 he married Anna Clara Boer- ner of Rochester, a native of Germany, and they have one dang ter, Clara Augusta. Mrs. Heech's father, Nicholas Boerner, came from Saxony in 1853 with his wife and six children and settled in Rochester.

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Harkness, Charles W., Gorham, was born in Gorham, September 4, 1856, is a son of Daniel P. Harkness. He was educated in the Rushville Union School. January 4, 1882, he married Mary A. Harper, an adopted daughter of Henry and Maria Harper, natives of Canada, who came to Gorham about 1867 and there lived and died, he in 1890 and she in 1887. Charles W. Harkness and wife have one child, Florence M., born December 17, 1889. Mr. Harkness has always been a farmer, and purchased fifty acres where he now lives in 1878. Later he purchased more land, and now owns 110 acres. He is a Republican. His wife is a member of the Congregational church at Rushville, N. Y.

Hall, Thomas W., Seneca, was born at Hall's Corners, January 31, 1812. He was educated in the schools of that time, was a farmer with his father until 1838, and has always followed this honorable calling until he retired in 1868. He kept a hotel a short time in connection with his farm business. June 12, 1838, he married Mary A. Sims of this town, and thev had four children: Edward, who died at the age of seventeen months; John S., who is a farmer on the home farm. He married Mary J. Fish of this town, and has two children : Roscoe F., and Mary J., both reside at home ; Mary J. married James P. Gage of Wisconsin, and they have a son, Charles H .; and Edward E., who married Jennie Dorman, who died, and he resides in town. Mr. Hall's father, Edward, was born in Northumberland, England, in 1774, and came with his parents to the United States in 1801, coming from Albany here in flat boats to Geneva, from there to Hall's Corners through the woods with only marked trees to guide them. He married Jane Wilson, formerly of Yorkshire, England, and they had six children : Sarah, Margaret, Thomas W., Mary, Jane, and Edward N. Mr. Hall's grandfather, Edward, was born at the old home in England, and married Margaret Neven. They had three children, two sons and a daughter. Mr. Hall's father was a constable many years, and held the position of deputy sheriff two terms under Sheriff Phineas Bates. He died in 1860, and his wife in 1832. Mrs. Thomas W. Hall died June 25, 1888.

Jones, Leonard H., Bristol, a native of Bristol, born June 27, 1834, is a son of Elijah, whose father, Seth, was a native of Dighton, Mass. He married a Miss Barrows and had four children. They came to Bristol and settled, and here Mrs. Jones died, and he married second Betsey -, by whom he had nine children. He was in the War of 1812, and kept a hotel. Elijah was born in Bristol in 1802, and was thrice mar- ried, first to Louisiana Hathaway, by whom he had three children. Second, in 1833, to Sallie (Hathaway) Reed, by whom he had three children. Mrs. Jones died October 28, 1838, and in 1839 he married third Mary B. Andrews. Mr. Jones was a brigadier general in the State militia. He built the present hotel of Bristol, of which he was proprietor for many years. Leonard H. Jones was educated in the common schools, and in May, 1858, married Lucy A. Francis, a native of McComb county, Mich., born in 1835, a daughter of William Francis, who was one of three children of Seth and Mary (Farrar) Francis, of Dighton, Mass. William Francis married first Martha Evarts, by whom he had three children, and second Fannie (St. John) Johnson, by whom he had three children. He died in 1888, and his wife in 1891. He served eight months in the late war as a musician. Subject and wife have had five children : Frank A., David B., Roswell E., Lamont L., and Martha A. The latter died in infancy. Mr.

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Jones is a general farmer and owns 150 acres of land in Bristol, and 640 acres in Kansas. He owns a saw-mill, and for five years has been extensively engaged in evap- orating apples, the capacity of the evaporator being 300 barrels per day. With the ex- ception of four years spent in Oakland county, Mich., Mr. Jones has resided in Bristol. He is a Republican and has been supervisor seven years, and at present is excise commissioner. He was a Good Templar and a member of the Grange at Bristol. Mr. Jones and wife attend the Universalist church.

Jopson, Mark, Canandaigua, was born in Worsted, Norfolk county, England, May 14, 1839, and came to this country in 1856. He came to East Bloomfield and worked at farming until 1864, when he bought a farm of seven acres in Bristol. After two years he sold this and bought twenty-six acres which he conducted six years. He then sold it and bought a farm of fifty-two acres in East Bloomfield, which he owned until 1883, then sold it and bought a farm of 103 acres in Gorham. He lived there until 1888, then bought a farm of 128 acres in Canajoharie, where he now lives. He devotes his farm to the raising of grain, vegetables, and stock. He is a firm Re- publican though he never takes an active interest in politics. Mr. Jopson married, December 25, 1860, Hannah, daughter of Richard Appleton, of East Bloomfield, a na- tive of England, who died in March, 1883. Mrs. Jopson died November 26, 1879, leav- ing four children : John M., a farmer of Hopewell; Herbert C., Daisey B., and Ray- mond H. He married second in July, 1881, Elizabeth Tooley, a native of Norfolk, by whom he had two children, George L., and Lillie M.

Johnson, Lewis Mortimer, Canadice, was born in Conesus, Livingston county, June 8, 1837. His father was George Johnson, born in Vermont, who came with his father, Luke, to Canadice, and settled on Ball Hill in an early day. George married Joanna, daughter of William Fuller, who came here very early. George and his wife had thirteen children, eight sons and five daughters £ One brother of Lewis M.,-William -lives in Canadice, on Hemlock Lake. Lewis M. was educated in the district schools and has always been a farmer. He married in 1861, Chloe Jackman, daughter of Josiah and Luvia Jackman, and they have two sons: Burdett, born September 18, 1863, and Eugene B., born November 7, 1866. The latter is now station and telegraph agent on the Erie railroad at Wallace, Steuben county, while Burdett is now residing liome. He is a natural mechanic, and a builder of boats. Mr. Johnson is a Republican and a sup- porter of the M. E. Church. He owns sixty acres of land on the homestead farm, formerly known as the Short farm.

Ingraham, Avery, Canandaigua, was born in South Bristol, May 6, 1842, a son of Benjamin a farmer of that town. His early days were spent in the town of his birth, and at Naples where he attended the common schools and select school, the latter kept by Sophia Watkins; and also under Will W. Clark, a colonel of the Eigthty-fifth Regi- ment, and ex-sheriff of the county. November 6, he enlisted in the Eighth N. Y. Reg- iment, and served in the Army of the Potomac until the next spring, when he was discharged on account of sickness. On his return home he engaged in farming, which he has since followed. In 1865 he went west and spent one year in the State of Iowa, where he was engaged in farming. In 1891 he was elected on the Republican ticket

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for sheriff over George Booth chief of police, after which he removed his family to this village, and is now living in the jail building. He has also been supervisor three terms, and overseer of the poor and assessor. He married in 1867 Ann E. Yaw of Naples, and they have four children : Annie, wife of Wallace M. Reed, the under sheriff ; Bessie, Grace and Carl.

Jackson, S. D., Clifton Springs, was born in Havana, June 8, 1833. He was edu- cated in the schools of Ontario county, and Flushing Academy, Long Island. His father, George W. Jackson, conducted a mercantile concern with which S. D. Jackson, was identified for some time. He afterward went to St. Paul, Minn., and engaged in real estate transactions. After eight years there he returned to Ontario county, where he has since been engaged in agricultural pursuits and in banking. He owns consider- able real estate, etc., besides being the senior member of the banking firm of Jackson & Llewellyn at Clifton Springs, N. Y. Mr. Jackson has served as supervisor of this town from 1875 to 1876. His family consists of a wife and one child.

Kenney, the late William T., Geneva, was born in Seneca county, N. Y., in 1839, was educated in the common schools, and was a truckman. June 29, 1862, he married Frances P. Condol of Geneva, and their children are as follows: Margaret E., Herman F., Ida A, Arthur, and Alfred. Mrs. Kenney died in the year 1884, and Mr. Kenney April 21, 1893. Mr. Kenney was a colored Mason, and was much regarded by all classes. His well-known good character brought out at his funeral a large concourse of his own people from many parts of the State and his own village. He was a mem- ber of Trinity church. The oldest daughter, Margaret E., has had full charge of the family since the death of her mother in 1884.

Knapp, James L., Geneva, son of Z. F., who is one of the leading dentists in Naples, was born in that town June 26, 1866. He studied dentistry with his father, and in 1891 graduated from the New York College of Dentistry, and January 1, 1892, opened an office in Geneva, where he is building up a good business.

Kane, John, Geneva, was born in March, 1838, in County Clare, Ireland, and in 1856 came to America and located at Gloversville, and was there one year. He then came to Geneva, and worked in a nursery twenty-one years. In 1876 he opened a grocery store and has carried on that business since, being also a farmer. In 1859 he married Ellen Flinn and has eight children, six sons and two daughters. Thomas C., the oldest son is lieutenant on the Chicago police force; the third son is John S., who is in Chicago also and a contractor on the Columbian Exposition buildings ; Ellen, wife of O. Snyder, lives in New York; Anthony, Peter, Patrick W., George F., and Katie, reside in Geneva. The family are members of the Catholic Church.

Ketcham, James, Gorham, a native of Hector, Schuyler county, was born January 23, 1837, a son of Benjamin, a son of Joseph Ketcham, a native of Orange county. Joseph served in the war of 1812. Benjamin Ketcham was born in Orange county, December 28, 1794. In 1850 he purchased the farm which subject now owns. Here he died in 1876. He was twice married. His first wife was Mrs. Charlotte Allison, by whom he had two daughters. He married second Elizabeth Lameraux, of Orange county. By

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his second wife he had three sons and three daughters. James Ketcham married in 1862, Maria, daughter of Daniel B. Smith, of Orange county. They had twelve children. Mr. Smith was born September 28, 1795, and died April 12, 1873. His wife was born July 27, 1797, and died August 18, 1878. Subject and wife have two children, Irwin S., born May 25, 1867 ; and Elenora S., born February 15, 1871. Irwin S. was educated in Canandaigua Academy, and married Annie I. Mott, of Seneca, and they had one child, Claud H. Mr. Ketcham has always been an active Republican, and is a member of Reed's Corners Grange of which he has been master for five years. At present he is overseer.

Keyes, B. W., Geneva, was born in Aurelius, Cayuga county, May 15, 1817, and when fourteen years of age went to learn the blacksmith's trade. He came to Geneva in 1836, and worked for J. H. Squires. In 1842 he opened a blacksmith's shop, and in 1845 commenced building wagons and has carried on that business since. In 1885 his son, B. W., jr., became a partner. Mr. Keyes married in 1838 Minerva Van Riper, by whom he had seven children, five of whom survive : Nelson was killed in the late war ; B. W., jr., was born in January, 1840, and learned the carriage business with his father. In 1861 he enlisted in Company H, Thirty-eighth N. Y. Vols., was wounded at the battle of Fredericksburg, and received an honorable discharge. In 1864 he married Angeline P. Sanford, and has two children : Lewis W., and Daisey B. He has served as trustee of the village, canal collector one term, and is a member of Swift Post, G. A. R. No. 94.

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History of Ontario county, New York : with illustrations and family sketches of some of the prominent men and families, Part 89

Author: Aldrich, Lewis Cass, comp; Conover, George S. (George Stillwell), b. 1824, ed Publication date: 1893 Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y., D. Mason & Co. Number of Pages: 1002

Author: Aldrich, Lewis Cass, comp; Conover, George S. (George Stillwell), b. 1824, ed
Publication date: 1893
Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y., D. Mason & Co.
Number of Pages: 1002