USA > New York > Ontario County > History of Ontario county, New York : with illustrations and family sketches of some of the prominent men and families > Part 96
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65 | Part 66 | Part 67 | Part 68 | Part 69 | Part 70 | Part 71 | Part 72 | Part 73 | Part 74 | Part 75 | Part 76 | Part 77 | Part 78 | Part 79 | Part 80 | Part 81 | Part 82 | Part 83 | Part 84 | Part 85 | Part 86 | Part 87 | Part 88 | Part 89 | Part 90 | Part 91 | Part 92 | Part 93 | Part 94 | Part 95 | Part 96 | Part 97 | Part 98 | Part 99 | Part 100
Warner, Henry D., Phelps, was born on the Hiram Warner homestead in Phelps, he being one of four children of Hiram and Mary (Knapp) Warner, both of whom were born in the town of Hopewell. The grandfather, Rufus, came from Conway, Mass., and settled in Hopewell in early life. Henry D. married in January, 1875, Frances B. Spear, of Clifton Springs, in Manchester, a daughter of James and Mary (Baggerley) Spear, whose ancesters were Maryland people. They have three children : Bell, Earl, S., and Theodore Henry. The farms of Mr. Warner comprises 205 acres, used for grain and general crops, with fifteen acres of orchard.
Warner, Rufus, Phelps, was born in Hopewell, February 26, 1833, son of Hiram and Mary Jane (Knapp) Warner, both natives of Hopewell. The grandfather, Rufus War- ner, was born in Conway, Mass., and came to Hopewell when a young man, he being one of the early settlers. Hiram, the father, always lived and died in Ontario county. Rufus Warner married in February, 1860, Charlotte W. Rice, of Michigan, daughter of Horace and Julia (Wheat) Rice. They have four children ; Henry Rice, Elmer Everett, Frank Wheat, and Morris E. Mr. Warner has lived in Phelps since he was three years of age. His farm of 114 acres produces mostly wheat, barley, oats, pota- toes and corn. He has also a fine apple orchard.
Webb, George Nelson, West Bloomfield, was born in West Bloomfield, April 15, 1838. His father, John, was born in Lunenburg, Vt., in 1796, and came at the age of fifteen years with his father, Charles, to West Bloomfield. John Webb married Nancy Gillett, a native of Lynn, Mass., who emigrated when a young girl with her parents to Detroit. Her mother was a sister of Reynold Peck. When Detroit was
359
FAMILY SKETCHIES.
captured by the British and Indians in the War of 1812, she, with others, was made prisoner and held captive about six months. Later she was sent to Lima to school, and while there made the acquaintance of her future husband. They had six children, who grew to maturity : Mary, John, Jane, Emily, Gray and Homer, all living George worked for his father and attended the schools until of age. In 1863 he enlisted in the One Hundred and Forty-eighth New York Volunteers, and served until the close of the war, participating in all of the nineteen engagements of that regiment. In 1860 he married Mary Fitch of Le Roy, and they had one son, William, born September 2. 1861, who lives near by, and is a poultry dealer. In the spring of 1868 Mr. Webb and his brother Homer purchased a half interest in the drain tile factory at Factory Hol- low. He soon after acquire ! Homer's interest, and a little later the remaining half of W. Tack Siver, and he has conducted the business alone, except for a year or two. Mr. Webb averages about 250,000 to 300,000 annually. His sales are mostly in On- tario, Livingst Monroe counties. Mr. Webb has a farm of eighty acres in Lima, Livingston county.
Walmsley, Dr. Robert W., Canandaigua, was born in Dubuque, Ia., and when but three years of age his parents moved south. Dr. Walmsley is a graduate of the Uni- versity of Louisiana, from which he received his degree of M. D. His classical educa- tion was received at the University of Virginia and Randolph Macon College. He practiced five years in New York city, and then located in 1885 in Canandaigua, where he has ever since controlled a large practice. Dr. Walmsley married in 1881 Phila- delphia, daughter of Dr. C. C. Beard of New Orleans. She was the granddaughter of Captain Thomas Stuart Monteith, who was one of the earliest settlers of this section, coming to Canandaigua in 1832. Dr. Walmsley has one child, Gratia Stuart. He is a member of the Ontario County Medical Society of the Society of Physicians of the vil- lage, and is surgeon of the village police commissioners, the first incumbent of the office, newly created.
Wheeler, Oscar F., West Bloomfield, was born in Bristol, February 4, 1831, a son of Addison H. and Lucy P. (Remington) Wheeler. The grandfather, George A., a pioneer of Geneseo, ran a ferry on the the Genesee River, and also conducted a hotel. He died in East Bloomfield in 1837, at the age of sixty years. His wife was Phoebe Wheeler, by whom he had several children. Addison H. was born in Geneseo, Living- ston county, in 1806, and came to East Bloomfield with his parents, where he lived on the homestead all his life, excepting ten years spent in Canandaigua. He bought the farm of fifty-two acres where subject now resides, also 225 acres in Livingston county. He was a Republican and died in 1872. His wife died about 1886. She was born in Canandaigua, a daughter of Thaddeus Remington and Betsey Nelson, and she had nine children : Oscar F., Martha, who died aged twelve, Thaddeus R., Rob H., Edward R., Ulysses M., Ellen E., Lillian and another. Mr. Wheeler left a large property at his death. Oscar F. was raised on a farm and had a district and seminary education. At the age of twenty-one years he began life for himself where he now resides, in com- pany with his father, which they continued three years, then his brother took an inter- est, and at twenty-seven he sold to his father. He married and moved to Bergen, Genesee county, where he bought sixty-five acres of land and lived eleven years. He
360
HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY.
then sold out and lived in Byron seven years. In 1878 he bought 152 acres, where he now lives, and on which he has made many improvements. He married, February 24, 1859, Lucy S. Rowley, born in Rush, Monroe county, a daughter of R. and Lucy (Hayward) Rowley of East Bloomfield, and Mr. Wheeler and wife have had eight chil- dren : Heber E., Stoughton R., Lucy D., wife of Charles Hobson; Oscar F., Rob H., Alice A., wife of Arthur Buell; Ellen E., and Jerome M.
Warth, Samuel, Geneva, was born in the city of New York, on July 9, 1832. He was the son of Conrad and Margaret Warth, who came to Geneva in 1851, bringing two of their children : John S. and Samuel. The latter is the only survivor of the family now in Geneva, and although he began life with but little encouraging pros- pects, he is now a leading grocer of Geneva and a successful business man. His wife was Margaret E. Everson, by whom he has had three children, only one of whom, however, is now living. In politics Mr. Warth is a Democrat, but not active.
White, Oliver H., East Bloomfield, a native of Dutchess county, was born August 22, 1830. His father, Walter, was a son of Antliony, a native of Germany, who came to Dutchess county with his parents. Walter was born in that county in 1792. He married Mary Hall of his own county, by whom he had five sons and two daughters. In 1836 Mr. White came to Monroe county, where he died. He and wife belonged to the Society of Friends. His death occurred in 1872, and his wife in 1877. Oliver H. was educated in Brockport Academy. October 9, 1855, he married E. M. Ewer, a native of Monroe county, and daughter of Edwin Ewer, whose father, Isaac, was one of the first settlers of Mendon, Monroe county. Oliver H. is a general farmer. In 1867 he came to East Bloomfield and purchased 115 acres, which he has greatly im- proved. He makes a specialty of breeding Langshan fowls, Jersey cattle and Cheshire swine. He was a Republican from the organization of that party until the organiza- tion of the People's party, when he joined the latter. Mr. White is a member of Miller's Corner's Lodge, No. 279, A. O. U. W., and of East Bloomfield Grange, No. 94. For sixteen years he has been director for the Ontario County Fire Insurance Com- pany. He and family are birthright Quakers. The children of Mr. White are: Edwin E., William H., Charles R., and Kate E. (deceased.) Edwin E. graduated from the University of Michigan with the degree of M. A., and received a diploma to practice in the Supreme Court of Michigan. He married Mary A. Morey of Lima, and they re- side in St. Johns, Mich., where Mr. White has a very extensive real estate and loan business. William H. graduated from the Medical and Pharmaceutical department of Michigan University, and married Jessie D. Pampell. They have one daughter, Marion, and reside in Grand Rapids. Charles R. married Laura E., daughter of William Green of East Bloomfield, and they have two children : Oliver W. and Edwin E. Charles R. was educated in East Bloomfield Academy and in Michigan University. He has been president of the County Alliance for two years. He is a member of Mount Pleasant Lodge, No. 217, I. O. O. F. For two years he has been engaged in the sale of agri- cultural implements. All of the sons are members of the " Sigma Phi."
Wheeler, Simeon R., East Bloomfield, was born in East Bloomfield, December 28, 1817. His father was Benjamin D., a son of Benjamin, a native of Massachusetts, born
361
FAMILY SKETCHES.
February 7: 1764, who married Celia Buffington July 28, 1782. She was born in Massachusetts August 26, 1762. Benjamin had six sons and four daughters. In 1800 Mr. Wheeler and wife came to East Bloomfield, and settled on the farm now owned by Simeon R. He was an extensive land owner, and built the first grist-mill in South Bloomfield. He was also in the Revolutionary War. Ile died February 6, 1836. Benjamin D. was born in Massachusetts April 10, 1889. He came to East Bloomfield and married Deborah Reed, born February 19, 1809. Mr. Wheeler and wife had two sons and three daughters. He died September 30, 1818, and his wife married second, John Pool, and they had three daughters and a son. Mr. Pool died January 7, 1860, and Mrs. Pool died in 1878. Simeon R. was educated in the Genesee Wesleyan Semi- nary. April 2, 1839, he married Betsey Bently, born in Richmond in 1819, a daughter of Isaac Bently and Hannah Dubois of Saratoga county, N. Y., who came to Richmond in 1816. He died January 10, 1863, and his wife April 12, 1855. Subject and wife have had one daughter, Gertrude, who married Theron P. Buell in 1858. She died May 30, 1859. Mr. Buell was born August 10, 1834, and died Mav 28, 1889. Wife of subject died May 9, 1878, and November 5, 1879, he married second Clara (Daily) Hin- man, widow of Elijah S. Hinman, by whom she had four daughters. She was a daugh- ter of William Daily of Chemung county, and his wife was Clara C. Cunningham, daughter of George Cunningham of Scotland, an early settler of Chemung county, N. Y. Mr. Wheeler has always been one of the leading farmers of the town, and owns 253 acres of land. Mr. Wheeler was a Whig, and is now a Republican. He voted for William Harrison, and has twice voted for his grandson. He has always been active in politics, and has been commissioner of highways six years, assessor seventeen years, justice of the peace three years, and superintendent of the county poor twenty-one years. Mr. Wheeler was a member of the I. O. O. F. Lodge of East Bloomfield, and of the Monumental Lodge of Good Templars of Bristol. He has for fifty years been an active worker in the Universalist church of Baptist Hill, and many years trustee. Mr. Wheeler was appointed postmaster at South Bloomfield when office was organized in 1882, and has since held that office.
Witter, W. Murray, Gorham, a native of Seneca, was born December 23, 1843. He is a son of Warren B., a direct descendant of Wm. Witter, of England, who with his family came to America and settled at Lynn, Mass., 1640. William Witter, sr., died on the voyage, but his wife Hannah lived to be very old. William Witter, sr., was a very old man and a noted Baptist minister. Josiah Witter was twice married, first to Eliza- beth Wheeler, by whom he had two daughters and one son. His second wife was Sarah Crandall, and they had one son and three daughters. Josiah Wheeler died at Stonington, Conn., in 1690. Ebenezer Witter was born in Stonington, Conn., May 28, 1668. His wife was Dorathy Morgan, by whom he had four sons and five daughters. He died at Preston, Conn., June 12, 1698, and married Elizabeth Gove, by whom he had five sons and three daughters. She died 1761, and he married second Mrs. Amy Meach. Ezra, son of Joseph, was born January 22, 1727, at Preston, Conn. His wife was Annie Morgan, and they had three sons and one daughter. He died March 9, 1761, and his wife March 17, 1761. William, son of Ezra, was born in Stonington,
tt
. 362
HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY.
Conn., March 16, 1759. His wife was Esther Breed, by whom he had one daughter and three sons. He died March 10, 1845, and his wife August 26, 1819. William, son of William, was born in Stonington, Conn., February 4, 1786, and married in 1810 Bulah Carter. They had four sons and two daughters. He came to Aurelius, Cayuga county, and later, in 1820, came to Gorham. He was a minister and physician, and died September 12, 1847. His wife died December 16, 1821. Warren B., son of Rev. Wm. Witter, and father of subject, was born at Aurelius, Cayuga county, in 1818, and came to Gorham when young. He was educated in Canandaigua Academy, and taught forty-three terms of school. June 19, 1841, he married Caroline Shoemaker, born October, 1814. She died August 7, 1873. He was one of the founders of the Ontario Patrons Fire Relief Association, and was its first president. He was county superin- tendent of poor for nine years, and school superintendent many years. He died in 1885. W. Murray Witter has always been a farmer and now owns 216 acres. He breeds carriage horses and Merino sheep. December 19, 1865, he married Alicia T. Brundage, a native of Gorham, N. Y., born June 28, 1848, a daughter of James Brund- age of Rensselaer county. His wife was Emeline, daughter of Isaac Arnold, who had two daughters. He came to Gorham and purchased seventy-five acres of land where W. Witter now resides. He died in 1863. Mr. Witter and wife have had five chil- dren, four now living : Ormond D., Jean M., Emeline F., Irwin H., and Roy E. (de- ceased). Mr. Witter is a Republican, and has been justice of the peace eight years. He and his wife are members of the Grange at Reed's Corners.
Wilkins, Gustavus C., Geneva, was born August 8, 1843, in the western part of Russia. November 25, 1869, he landed in New York, and after spending a short time in that city and Philadelphia, went to Mount Vernon and remained for a time. He has been engaged in the meat business since 1871, and has spent two and a half years in Rochester. He married Caroline Krull, by whom he has had two children.
Wilson, Matthew, Geneva, son of William, was born in the north of Ireland, August 18, 1819. In June, 1839, he landed in New York, and remained there three years as clerk in a large wool house. In 1842 he settled in Geneva, and bought wool for sev- eral years. In 1842 he engaged in painting and paper hanging, and in 1850 opened a wall paper store, where he has remained ever since. He married in 1852 Prudence S. Dorchester, and has four children living : William, a clerk for his father; Frank, a clerk ; Sophia, married Solon B. Furman of Tampa, Fla., and died there in 1892; and Clara D., who married D. J. Van Auken.
Young, W. Ambrose, Farmington, was born at Oaks Corners in the town of Phelps, April 25, 1836, and has always been a farmer. September 2, 1864, he enlisted in Com- pany A, One Hundred and Eleventh N. Y. S. Vols., and was honorably discharged at the close of the war. Was before Petersburg and followed Lee's Army until its sur- render. October 2, 1868, he married Almira M., daughter of Theodore and Matilda (Winnie) Pomeroy of this town. They have one daughter, Nettie, who married Thomas Barnsdale, of Walworth, Wayne county, and has two daughters, Iva and Ora. Mrs. Young's father, Theodore Pomeroy, was born in Springfield, Mass., and married Ma- tilda Winnie, of Albany county. They had nine children : David, Julia, Eliza, Lucena,
363
FAMILY SKETCHES.
Alvira, Mark, Mary J., Mary J. 2d, and Daniel. Mrs. Young's father was an excellent school teacher.
Young, James A., Farmington, was born at Oaks Corners in the town of Phelps, No- vember 9, 1843. He was educated in the public schools, and is a farmer. He enlisted twice, first in July, 1862, in Company H, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth N. Y. S. Vols., served until 1863, when he re-enlisted as a Veteran in Company H, One Hundred and Eleventh N. Y. S. Vols., was taken prisoner at Harper's Ferry and paroled ; was in the campaign under Generals Hooker and Meade, was under fire three days in the battle of Gettysburg, and wounded in left arm; was in Newark Hospital until November. He was wounded second time in the right thigh in the battle of the Wilderness on May 5, and was honorably discharged in October, 1865. November 25, 1868, he married Lucina A. McLouth, and had one son, George W. Mr. Young's father was born at Oaks Corners, August 10, 1810, and married Lucinda Van Deren. They had eight chil- dren : William A., Sarah E., Mary A., James A., Edward P., John M., Samuel L., and Anna I. Mrs. Young's father, Allison McLouth, was born May 24, 1816, in this town, and married Julia Pomeroy. They had four children : Charles G., Lucina A., Matilda, and Emma L. Mr. Young is a member of Herendeen Post No. 107 G. A. R., Depart- ment New York of Shortsville, N. Y.
Cooley, George B., Canandaigua, was born in Canandaigua, September 4, 1863, a son of Edgar M. Cooley, who was born here in 1826, a son of Lyman Cooley, who came to this country from Massachusetts early in the century. Lyman Cooley had seven sons, of whom Edgar was next to the youngest. Edgar M. Cooley at his death was a com- mission merchant in Canandaigua. George B. was the only child, and was but seven years old when his father died. He was educated at Walworth Academy under Prof. Norris. After leaving school he taught a short time, and in 1883 entered the office of H. M. Field as clerk and law student, remaining with him until 1887, when he went into the office of Box, Norton & Bushnell at Buffalo, as managing clerk, returning here the following year to continue his studies with H. M Field. In September, 1889, in company with Albert B. Sackett, established the reporting, typewriting and copy - ing office in the Atwater block, which they still conduct. In March, 1892, Mr. Cooley was nominated on the Republican ticket for town clerk, and elected without opposi- tion, re-elected in 1893, admitted to the bar in March, 1893.
Sutherland, Lewis T., Canandaigua, was born in Canandaigua, September 25, 1848, a son of William, a native of Chatham, Columbia county, born December 5, 1800. He came to Ontario county about 1833, and settled on a farm adjoining the home of our subject, where he always made his home, and died there January 29, 1889. He mar- ried, before coming to Ontario county, Sarah Thompson, a native of Dutchess county, by whom he had five children, three sons and two daughters. One sister, Mrs. Maria Criffen, died in Penfield about 1865. The children living are : Thompson, Eliza A., wife of John, of Canandaigua, and Lewis T. This town has always been the home of our subject. He was given an education in the common schools and Canandaigua Acad- emy, and assisted on his father's farm until twenty-three years of age, when he began farming for himself. In 1883 he bought his present farm, and in 1884 built his beauti-
364
HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY.
ful residence. He has always taken an active interest in church work, and has been trustee of the Presbyterian church about four years, and is a director of the Canan- daigna Tinware Company. Mr. Sutherland married Ellen E., daughter of Addison H. Wheeler of East Bloomfield in 1871, and they have one child, Acey W., of Perkins's hardware store in Canandaigua.
Robson, Robert W., Seneca, was born on the homestead near IIall's Corners, April 20, 1845. He was educated in the district schools, Penn Yan Academy two terms, and follows farming. December 22, 1875, he married Mary S. A. Smith of this town, and they had three children: Jennie, Willard S., who died at the age of three years, and Walter. Mr. Robson owns and occupies the farm formerly owned by William Brown, and on which he with his wife. Jane Straughan (both natives of Northumber- land, Eng.), settled in the spring of 1805. Mrs. Brown's father, Robert Straughan, with his wife and eight children, came from England in the year 1801, and was one of the first of those composing the " English settlement in Seneca." Mr. Robson's father, Joseph, was born on the old homestead February 4, 1818. He married Polly B. Stod- dard of Sheldon, Wyoming county, and they had six children, two of whom died in infancy : Robert W., Orson S., Mary J., and Jolm A. His grandfather, John Robson, was born in Northumberland, England, in 1784, and came to the United States in 1800, where he married Lydia Chapman, and had seven children. Mrs. Robson's father, Nathaniel Smith, youngest son of William and Harriet Smith, was born in 1822, in the north part of the town of Geneva. He married Mary P. Brown of Seneca in 1846 and went to reside near Okemos, Ingham county, Mich., where their daughter, Mary S. A., was born. When six months old her mother died, August 3, 1850, when she was brought to live with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. William Brown. Her father died in Michigan in November, 1859.
Ferguson, the late Smith, was born in Orange county in 1798. His ancestor, John Ferguson, settled in Westchester county, N. Y., in 1700, the family having in posses- sion papers showing he was, soon after purchasing real estate, in the " Borough " of Westchester. February 12, 1824, he married Emily, daughter of Sarah Wooden and Zephaniah Townsend of Ulster county, and they had seven children : Sarah C., Amelia T., Ann A., George A., Mary I., Josephine E., and Everard D. They came to reside in this town in 1851. Their father died December 9, 1886; the mother, De- cember 23, 1886. Sarah married Chauncey Ferguson, and died January 29, 1881; Amelia married Fayette Jones, and died May 7, 1860; Ann A. married Benjamin Per- kins, and has a son and danghter ; Mary I. married Herman Ferguson, and resides in Newburgh, N. Y. ; Josephine E. married M. D. Skinner ; Everard D., a physician in Troy, married Marion A. Farley of Crown Point, Ind., and has a son and daughter ; George and Josephine reside on the homestead. The family are of English and Scotch ancestry.
Legerwood, George, Seneca, was born in Roxborourghshire, Scotland, June 4, 1825. Ile attended school there when a boy, and learned the blacksmith trade. He came to the United States in 1847, locating in Gorham for one year, and then came to Hall's Corners, where he conducted a blacksmith business over twelve years. He then pur-
365
FAMILY SKETCHES.
chased a farm and has been one of Seneca's successful farmers. March 13, 1861, lie married Margaret A. Rippey of Seneca, and they had two children, John A. and Mary E. John was educated in the public schools and is a farmer. He married Mary E. Sattler of Gorham, and they have a son and daughter, Anna B. and George W. The daughter, Mary E., presides over her father's house. Mrs. Legerwood died September 18, 1889, mourned by a bereaved husband and many friends. Mr. Legerwood is now a retired farmer living at Hall's Corners.
Wood, Charles H., Farmington, was born in Farmington, July 2, 1846. His early education began in the common schools. He began his course of academic studies at Macedon Academy, 1862, and completed his course at Canandaigua Academy, 1867. During the winter of 1863-4, Mr. Wood attended Eastman's Commercial School at Rochester, N. Y., and won his diploma with high and marked distinction from the faculty of that institution. Mr. Wood was a careful and observing student and fitted himself for teaching. He taught several years in our common schools. also one year in Department No. 4 of Canandaigua Academy. As an instructor he had growing suc- cess, but owing to failing health and the advice of his physician, he gave up teaching and engaged in farm pursuits. Mr. Wood was the first and only practical temperance voter in his township, having voted the first Prohibition ticket in 1872. December 23, 1875, he married Adelaide, olde-t daughter of George and Sarah (Birdsall) IIallock, Milton, Ulster county, N. Y. They have four children : Walter II., William C., George H., and Grace W. Mr. Wood's father, William, was born near Millbrook, Dutchess county, N. Y., November 12, 1812, and came with his people to this county in 1833. April 22, 1845, he married Julia C. Willson of this town, who was born in Allamuchy, Warren county, N. J., May 29, 1823. They had two children, Charles H. and Cora E. The latter was born January 19, 1865, and died November 15, 1886. Mr. Wood's father died July 4, 1886, and his mother still lives at their homestead farm " Brookside," on to which they moved April 11, 1871. Mrs. Adelaide H. Wood's father, George Hallock, was born in Milton, Ulster county, N. Y. May 2, 1815. December 4, 1845, he married Sarah C. Birdsall, who was born September 29, 1828. They had eleven children ; only five survive, viz. : Adelaide, Caroline, who married Edgar M. Clarke of Milton, N. Y .; George W., who married Mary E. Haggard of Vermont; Martha H., who married Arthur E. Bell of Milton, N. Y .; and Robert W., who married Isabel Taber of Milton, N. Y. He is now the only descendant living in the township of the late Joseph Wood, who had litigation with the N. Y. C. R. R. Company fourteen con- secutive years and won the suit as to their right of way through his land. He then refused to sell the land, but leased it to the company for fifty years; said lease expired in 1886. The validity and force of said lease is now pending in the courts.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.