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AARON AXTELL was born in Grafton, Vt. in 1807 ; came to Pike in 1822, and to Perry in 1834 ; was married to Sarah Maria Canfield, of Pike, in 1886, and died in 1877. He was a member of the Baptist church, as is his widow, who lives with her daughter, Mrs. M. A. Ward, milliner, at Perry village. His son, Abner Axtell. enlisted in Company H of the Cameron dragoons in 1861, and died of smallpox at Georgetown in 1802.
ABISHAI G. BACON was born at Mt. Morris, in 1823, and came to Perry with his parents in childhood. In 1856 be married Charlotte M. Macomber. His father. Noah Bacon, was born in Massachusetts, in 1785. In 1808 be accom- panied his parents to Windham county, Conn. In 1516 he came to Perry and took up one hundred and thirty-six acres of lot 45, and after six or seven years removed to Mt. Morris, where he engaged in distilling until 1827, when be returned to Perry and purchased the farm where he now residen with his son. He married Anna Dickerson, of Perry, in 1821. She died in 1809.
HON. CALVIN P. BAILEY, son of Charles and Martha Bailey, was born in Newbury. Vt., in 1792. In 1814 he married Bybli, daughter of John and Wait- sell Hatch, of Hardwick, Vt. They had eight oblidren, of whom five are living. Mr. Bailey came to Perry in 1816, bringing his family and a stook of goods, with which, in partnership with his brother-in-law, Samuel Hatob. be opened a store on the site of the store of Hateb & Cole, at the corner of Main and Covington streets, in Perry village. Bailey & Hatch soon after engaged in the manufacture of linseed oil. Later they purchased a grist- mill which had been built by one Bailey. of Le Roy. Genesee county, about 1826. Mr. Dailey continued in mercantile and general business until his re- tirement from active pursuits. In 1828 be was elected to represent his dis- trict in the Assembly, and in 1840 be was chosen a delegate to the national convention which placed the name of William He ary Harrison in nomins- tion for the Presidency; on which occasion Mr. F . iley proposed the name of Heary Clay for the nomination, but was defeate by the friends of Harri- son. Mr. Bailey died at his residence in Perry Se tomber 8th. 1800. His wife died in 18:2. She was a Presbyterian.
WILLIAM R. BATHRICK was born in Perry in 1842, and married Manole C., daughter of Andrew Pratt, in 1802. Mr. and Mrs. Bathrick are members of the Congregational churob. He is a farmer and owns one hundred and alx sores. Mr. Bathrick's father was born in Litchfield. Herkimer county, came to Perry at the age of twenty-four, and died in 1877. His wife was Clarissa Ward. They were Congregationalists. His grandfather served in the Rero- lutionary war.
CHARLES J. BENEDICT was born in Perry, March 20th, 1823, and was mar- ried in 1860 to Florilla Hurd, daughter of Samuel and Orilla Canfield. They have three children-Frank C., born in 1861 ; Harriet E., born in 1836, and Frederick Grabam, born in 1808. Mr. Benedict bas been highway commis- sioner three years. During the war. unable to go to the front, be furnisbed a substitute. His father, Graham Benedict, whose ancestors came from England, was born in Woodbury, Coon., in 1786 ; married Luia Hicks in 1814; settled in Perry, where be cleared land and lived in a log cabin, in 1814; and died January 18th. 1862. He was a member of the Episcopal church. Mrs. Benedict's father, Samuel Canfield, was born in Arlington, Vt., in 1706, and was married in 1827 to Aurelia, daughter of Albert and Salome Canfeld. His father died at seventy-six, and his. mother at serenty-nine. 8be died in 1870.
MILTON E. BENEDICT was born in Pavilion, Genesee county, in 1896. He removed to Covington in 1854, to Castile in 1802, and to Perry in 1867, where be purchased an interest in the Perry Iron Works, which were operated seven years by Benedict & Co. In 1575 the establishment was sold to M. H. Olin, and Mr. Benedict became and continues to be foroman in the shops of Wyckoff, Tuttle & Olfn. He married Emma. daughter of Richard and Mary Gray, of Castile, in 1802. Mrs. Benedict is a member of the Methodist churob.
R. WALTER BENEDICT was born in Covington, November 25th, 1888, and came to Perry in 1861, and the next year bought the farm on which be lives. November 24th, 1865, be married Miranda Batchelor, of Perry. Mr. Bene- dict was educated at the common schools, at Genesso College, Lima, and at Bryant & Stratton's Commercial College, Poughkeepsie, and was in the west for a time, engaged as civil engineer. His father, Gersbom, son of Elijeh and Lois Benedict, was born in Norfolk. Conn., in 1805; be came to western New York at an carly age, and in 1881 he was ordained a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church. He has preached in many places in the Genesee Conference. He came to Wyoming county in 1850. He married Elisa Kendall in 1888, and now lives in Perry.
WILLIAM BENEDICT was born in Perry, in 1827. He is now a farmer. For three and a half years he was manager of a union store at Perry Center, and for two years be conducted a store of his own. He was married to Cynthia L. Buell in 1866. and in 1869 to Dorieske Andrews, daughter of Bou- ben and Mary Copeland. He has three children-Estber Ana, born in 1801 ; Edith, born in 1865, and Charles Sumner, born in 1809. Mrs. Benedict and ber oldest daughter are members of the Universalist church. His father,
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HISTORY OF WYOMING COUNTY, NEW YORK.
Hon. Truman Benedict, was born in Manobester, Vt., in 1793, moved to Perry D 1822, and died in 1855. He was member of Assembly two terms, and served as supervisor, assessor and justice of the peace. He was an Episcopalian by choice, but belonged to no oburob organization. He contributed liberally toward the erection of the churches in Perry. Mrs. Benedict's father, Reuben Andrews, was born in Connecticut in 1775, and married Elizabeth Thompson in 1800, and Mary Copeland in 1826.
RACHEL BIRDSALL, widow of James Birdsell, was born in Essex county. N. J., in 1811, and was married in 1881. She has been a resident of Perry since November 15th, 1888, and she and ber husband have been identified with the Baptist church. Her father, John Meeker Littell, and her mother. Catharine Bedell, were nativesof New Jersey. Her husband was a native of Connecticut. He was born in 1797 and died in 1867. His parents were James and Sarah Birdsall. He removed to Ulster county, afterward lived in New York, and came from there to Perry and bought the farm of one hundred and seventeen sores on which his widow lives. Mr. and Mrs. Birdsall bad seven children, three of whom are living. Their son, Hiram L. Birdmall, was a member of the 180th regiment N. Y. cavalry, and participated with the regiment in all its engagements, having three horses shot under him.
LUTHER B. BLIms was born in Scipio, Cayuga county, in 1830, and came to Perry in 1888. In 1864 he was married to Elizabeth Coleby. He is a cooper and.farmer and has served as constable. His father, Dillon Bliss, was born in Connecticut, in 1:01, and in 1887 married Clarissa Bryan, whose parents were Luther and Rhoda Ticknor. They had three children, Rhoda, Luther and Clarissa, all of whom are living. They were members of the Baptist church.
JOHN C., son of James and Elizabeth Blythe, was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1888. He came to America in 1840, and to Perry in 1860, from Cuylerville, Livingston county. He is a miller. About 1866 he was married to Miss Adeline Marsh, of Cuylerville, and in 1870 to Miss Ella Grisewood, of Castile.
ALBERT G .. sou of Samuel and Hannah Borden, was born in Fall River, Mass., in 1817. In 1888 he married Miss Abbey Garner, of Milan, Cayuga county, by whom he bad seven children, four of whom are living. In 1806 be married Caroline Simmons, whose parents came from Oneida county to Castile in 1837. by whom he has four children. Mr. Borden removed from Cayuga county to Warsaw in 1841, and to Perry in 1843. He is a carpenter and joiner, and has held the office of street commissioner two years.
HORACE A. BRIGHAM was born in Madison county, in 1817, and came from Ledorster, Livingston county, to Perry in 1868. He is a farmer. In 1645 be married Julia Perry, who died in 1870, and in 1872 he married Cora Haskins. Mr. and Mrs. Brigham, and Mrs. Brigham deceased, have been prominent in the Baptist church.
RANDALL W. BRIGHAM. son of J. H. and Elisabeth Brigham, was born in Perry, July 4th. 1826, and was married November 5th, 1861. to Annette, daughter of Edward and Sarah Richards, of Perry. They have two children. Mr. Brigham, who is a farmer, has held the office of highway commissioner nine years. was supervisor in 1871-72, and has served es railroad commis- sioner. His father, J. H. Brigham, was born May 28th, 1791. at New Marl- boro, Mass. He located in Perry, on lot 80, about 1816. He was married September 25th, 1811, to Elizabeth, daughter of Solomon and Jerusha Hart, of New Marlboro, Mass. They have had seven children, four of whom are living. Mr. Brigham died in September, 1887.
SULLIVAN, son of Alphous BURT, was born in Huntington, Vt., in 1797. and came to Perry in 1818. In 1828 be married Hannah Laoy, daughter of Elnathan and Nancy Lacy, of Perry. They had two children, both of whom are now dead. Mrs. Burt died November 30th, 1876, at the age of seventy- Ave. Mr. Burt has been a lifelong farmer.
JOMS M. BUTLER, farmer, was born in Perry, in 1821, and married Clarinda M., daughter of Norman and Selina White, in 1845. They have had five chil- dren, four of whom are living. Milton W., born in 1860; Henry C., born in 1868: Laura 8., born in 1856; and Elveretta, born in 1861. Mr. and Mrs. But- ler are members of the Congregational church, of which the former has been descon for some years. Mr. Butler has been the principal surveyor in his section for forty years. and has the instruments he has used during that time. He has taught district school four successive winters. Mrs. Butler has taught two summers. William Butler. father of Jobn M. Butler, was born at Clinton, Oneida county, in 1798, and married Laura Curtis, of that place. He purchased his farm in 1814, and worked at the clothiers' trade until 1817 in order to pay for it, es be would not go into debt. In 1817 be settled on it. He cleared the land himself, and erected a log house.
WILLIAM T. BUTTRE, son of William and Mary Buttre, was born in New York city, in 1808, and was married about 1827 to Miss Mary Parsons, of Au- burn, N. Y., by whom be had five children, only one of whom is living. Mrs. Buttre died in 1840, and in 1842 Mr. Buttre married Mies Lorain B. Dutober. of Auburn. Mr. Buttre came to Perry from Auburn in 1841. He is a cabi- Det maker and dealer in furniture.
PERBE C. CATE WAS born in Middlebury, in 1832, and was married in 1868. She has three children, Clarence, born in 1856; Clara M., 1869, and Annie E., 1800. All three are graduates of Middlebury Academy, and the two daugb- ters are school teachers. Mrs. Cate and ber children are all members of the La Grange Baptist oburob. Her husband, Virgil H. Cate, was born in Rook- ingham, N. H., In 1888. In 1861 he enlisted in the 7th New Hampshire vol- unteers, and beld the office of first lieutenant, participating in all of the battles in which his regiment was engaged, until takan prisoner and held
four months. He was the officer who was refused an exchange by an omotal order tagued by Jefferson Davis, who threatened to band him over to the local authorities for trial and punishment for the alleged incitement of ne- groes to insurrection. After his release be was killed in the battle of Fort Wagner, South Carolina. This was the first engagement in which negro troops participated, and on this occasion the rebels manifested a greater de- gree of ferocity than is usually witnessed in civilized warfare. Mr. Cate's father, Joseph Cate, married Elizabeth Burbank, a member of a family oo- cupying a high social position in New Hampshire. Mrs. Cate's father was Avery H. Cronkhite, who was born in Rensselaer county in 1804, and mar- ried Mathilda Baldwin, of that county, by whom he bad eight children, Mrs. Cate being the oldest. Hiz are living. Mr. Cronkhite was a supervisor in Middlebury before and after the division of the county. Mrs. Cate has been a resident of Perry since 1808.
LEWIS E. CHAPIN WAS born in Livonia. Livingston county, March &d, 1865, and came to Perry, where he is publisher of the Wyoming County Herald, from Livonia in June, 1877.
SAMUEL L. son of Luther and Charity Chapin, was born in Aurelius. Cayuga county, in 1814; removed to Conesus, Livingston county, in 1822 ; to Michigan in 1845,returned to Conesus three years later; removed to Castile in 1854 and purchased eighty-dve sores of land on the Gardeau reservation, and removed to Perry village in 1863, where he has since resided. He is a produce desler. He beld the office of supervisor in Castile four years, and since the organization of the Perry and Silver Lake Railroad Company he has been its president. Mr. Chapin has been married four times : in 1886 to Miss Sarah Calboon, of Livonia, Livingston county, by wbom be had four chil- dren, two of whom are living (Mrs. Chapin died in Michigan in 1847); in 1849 to Elizabeth Nelson, of Livonia, by whom he had one child, and who died in 1856; in 1866 to Miss Priscilla Ackerman, of Pike, who died in 1864, and to Mrs. Louisa P. Hamilton, of Perry, his present wife.
RICHARD CHILDS, son of Oliver Childs, originally from Holden, Mass., and Sally Childs, originally from Rockingham, N. H., was born in Deerdeld. Chenango county, May 28th, 1814, and came to Perry in 1821. In 1840 be mar- ried Irene Bacon, by whom he bad three children, and who died at the age of thirty in 1851. In 1812 be married Loretta Humphrey, daughter of David and Catharine Humphrey, natives, respectively, of Herkimer county and Otsego county, who bore him a son, and who was born in Sweden, Monroe county,in 1880. In 1802 one of Mr. Childs's sons enlisted in Company H., 180th N. Y. volunteers, and served until the close of the war. In 1840 Mr. Childs bought a bisoksmith shop at West Perry. In 1848 be purchased and moved to the farm where he now lives, a mile and.a half west of West Perry.
EDWARD 8. CLARK, son of Greenleaf and Betsey Clark, was born in New Hampshire, February 22nd, 1810, and came with bis father's family to Perry. In 1868 he married Sarepta, daughter of Joseph and Margaret Edgerly, of Perry, formerly of Vermont. They have two children. Greenleaf Clark was born April 16th, 1772, in New Hampshire, and came to Perry, then in Genesee county, in 1815. He made the journey from New Hampshire with two two-horse teams, and was six weeks on the road. He bought fifty acres of lot 80, now within the village of Perry, four acres of which had been cleared. A log bouse and the frame of a frame bouse stood in this clearing. The latter when fluisbed was one of the first of its kind erected in the town. Mr. Clark was married in New Hampshire to Betsey Stevens, who bore him eleven children, nine of whom accompanied them to Perry. Mr. Clark died December 22nd, 1868, at the age of eighty-one. Mrs. Clark was born in New Haropebire. September 4th, 1778, and died in Perry, March 30th, 1857, at the. age of eighty-four.
GEORGE W., Son of Greenleaf and Betsey CLARK, was born in Stafford county, N. H., February 17th, 1814, and accompanied his parents to Perry in 1815. He was married July 16th, 1861, to Louis, daughter of John and Sally Ann Garrison. of Newburg, Orange county. They have two children. Mr. Clark is a farmer.
HENRY CLEAVELAND was born in Berkshire county, Mass., in 1805. His parents were Lewis and Lydia Cleaveland. In 1639 he married Miss Charlotte A. Dixon, daughter of Andrew and Laura Dixon, of Perry, by wbom be bad four children, three of whom are living. He came to Wyoming county from Berkshire county, Mass., in 1883. and established himself in the mercan- tile business at Perry Center ; from there be removed to Perry village in 1839. He became interested in western lands, most of which were in Michi- gan, and after 1846 his time was devoted almost exclusively to their improve- ment. He died at Lansing, Mich., in 1862.
ALEXANDER, son of Thomas and Mary COLE, was born in Burrington, Dev- onshire, England, in 1828. He came to America in 1849, and located at Rochester. N. Y. In 1858 he came to Perry, and engaged in the manufac- ture and sale of boots and shoes as one of the firm of A. Cole & Son. The establishment was burned in 1868, at a loss of $1.500. During that year Mr. Cole married Miss Agnes Richardson, of Rochester. With characteristic energy be soon re-established his business, which be continues at the corner of Main and Covington streets.
NATHAN CRONKHITE was born in Rensselaer county, in 1818. He removed to Washington county, and from there to Covington, from which place be came to Perry, where he is a-farmer. He was married in 1846 to Caroline E. Sberman, who has borne him four children, two of whom are living- Angelina Violetta, born November 2nd, 1868. and Ruth H., born March 10th. 1868. Mr. and Mrs. Cronkhite are members of the Congregational church at Perry Center. On the arrival of Mr. Cronkhite in Perry be purchased an improved farm of one hundred acres, upon which he lives. His father.
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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES, TOWN OF PERRY.
Henry Croakbite, was born at Hoosno, Rensselaer . county, in 1784, and To- matned there until his death. He married Hannah Suidam, of that piace. Mrs. Cronkhite's father, Stephen L. Sherman, married Rude Bisson. Both were members of the Methodist Episcopal church.
JORN M. DAILEY Was born in Ulster county, March 16th, 1821. He re- moved from there to Sotpio, Cayuga county ; from there to Mount Morris, Livingston county ; from there forty-nine years ago to Leicester, that county, where he remained thirteen years; from there to Covington, and from Covington to Perry, where he owns a farm of two hundred and forty- three seres. He was married October 14th, 1846, to Mary Lauderdale, daugb- ter of Edward Lauderdale and wife (formerly Janette Elliott), of Moscow, Livingston county. His father. Henry Dalley, was born in Ulster county, in 1799, and was married about 1818 to Margaret Mastin, a native of the same county. They bad eight children, of whom five are living. Jobn M. is the oldest son. Mrs. Dalley was a member of the Presbyterian churob. Henry Dalley and family were early settlers in western New York, and were called upon to cocounter the various hardships incident to pioneer life.
JOHN W. DALRYMPLE, son of Am and Elinor Dalrymple, was born in Ammal, N. J., in 1822. In 1896 be removed to Mount Morris, Livingston county, and from there to Geneseo, that county, in 1802. In 1865 he bought a farm in Perry, one and a half miles northeast of the village. In 1061 be .was married to Caroline Gladding, of Windham,.Greene county. They have two children living-Emma and Joba.
WILLIAM, son of Nioholes and Mary DOLBEER, was born in Epsom, N. H., in 1788. In 1815 he married Hannab, daughter of Ame and Betsey Kimball. of Haver, N. H., by whom he had five children. Three daughters are living. In the spring of 1818 Mr. Dolbeer left his native State on borsebeck in searob of a locality for a future bome. After a few weeks' ride, in the course of which he visited various localities, he arrived at the village of Perry, then a mere hamlet, where be purchased a village lot of two aores, on which stood a dilap- idated house, for which hepaid $700. He built a blacksmith shop (he had pro- vionaly learned and worked at the blacksmith's trade), and became the first regular blacksmith in the town (there had previously been a so-called pud- dling shop of small account). He worked until fall and then returned to New Hampshire and brought back his family, arriving at Perry November 20tb. He was a blacksmith and carriage maker during his bustnens career. He declined all proffered honors in the way of public ofdoes, preferring the quiet of his home to political notoriety; and retired from bustnens in 1800, and died at his residence in 1878, at the age of eighty-four. He and his widow, now living at the age of eighty-seven, were both carly identi- Bed with the Methodist Episcopal church, with which the latter is yet connected.
EDMOND EDGEREY, son of James and Hannah Bogerly, was born in Den- ville, Vt., May 27th, 1794, and has been a farmer and resident in Perry since 1812. In 1819 be bought forty-five sores (seven of which were cleared) of lot 80. He afterward added forty-two acres to this property. He was married in 1834 to Amanda, daughter of Ephraim and Louisa Judson, origi- pally from Vermont, who was born at Fabius, N. Y .. July 8th. 1801. They had eight children. Seven are living, three on the old homestead with their mother, who is a member of the Baptist church of Perry. Mr. Edgerly died November 2nd, 1800, at the age of seventy-four.
OSCAR 8. EDOBALY was born in Perry, in 1880, and married Chariotte, daughter of Josiah and Elsle Kinsley, of Perry, in 1840. They have had three children, only one of whom lives. Thomas and Sally Edgerley came from New Hampshire in 1814, and took up a farm, which is now within the cor- porate limits of Perry village. In 1818 he beiped to build the first hotel in the village, and kept it four years. He was also the first postmaster. He engaged in mercantile business, purobasing his goods in Ution, N. Y., and bringing them to Perry with four-borse teams. He died in 1887, at the age of forty-eight.
WILLIAM ELLSWORTH, son of Jobn and Bally Ellsworth, was born in Casenovia, Madison county, in 1804. In 1880 be married Mies Susanah Sprague, of Saratoga, N. Y. In 1881 he came to Wyoming county, and located two miles east of La Grange : in 1834 be removed to Castile, and from Castile to Perry in 1855. He was a farmer until bis retirement from active Life. Mr. and Mrs. Ellsworth are members of the Baptist church.
CALVIN FANNING, Son of Charles and Anna Fanning, was born in Chenango county. in 1807. and married Hannah M. Lacy, of Avon, Livingston county, in 1837. They have had four children, two of whom are living. In 1846 Mr. Fanning came to Perry from Avon. Mr. and Mrs. Fanning are members of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Fanning, at the age of seventy-three, works daily at his trade of cooper, and mas he can turn out twenty apple barrels per day.
JEROME FERGUSON was born in Perry, in 1832, and has been a life-long resident of the town. except three years spent in Illinois. He was married in 1002 to Maria Chappell, daughter of Lyman and Betsy Chappell. of Avon, Livingston county. For three years he has served the town as assessor. He contributed largely of his means and time toward the prosecution of the war. Mrs. Ferguson is a member of the Perry Center Congregational church. Bamuel Ferguson, father of the above mentioned, was born in Connecticut. in 1785, and removed from there to Benton, Yates county ; thence to Perry, where be was an early settler, taking up unimproved land. His wife was Abigall Powell, a native of New Jersey. Mrs. Jerome Fergu- con's father was born in Connecticut, in 1798. He removed to A von, Living- ingston county ; thence to Perry, where he died. His wife was Betsy Miller,
of Massachusetts. They bad eleven children : eight are living. Mrs. Forga- con was the third born.
WALTER GILLESPIE, son of Robert and Grace Gillespie, was born in Rhode Island, in 1806. In 1829 be married Miss Mary Agate, whose parents were natives of England, and who came to America in 1814 and located at Perry, where Mr. Agate was a shoemaker. Mr. Gillespie removed to Castile in 1827. from Geneva, Ontario county (where his parents bad settled while he wes a child), and bought the farm on the old Allegany road now owned by Bars Kelsie, on which there was at that time standing a log house, and a small portion of which, west of the road, was cleared. This place be improved. and sold in 1896 to Mr. Keiste, removing to Perry village, where he died April 28th, 1879. He was a member of the Presbyterian oburob, with which he widow, living at Perry village, is identified.
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ALPHONSO R. HULL, son of Jobn and Elisa Hull. was born in Leicester, Livingston county, in 1834, and was married in 1364 to Julia Barnes, daughter of Samuel and Mary Barnes, by whom he has two children-Mary E. and Charles N. Hull. In 1871 be removed from Leicester. Livingston county. to Perry, where he is a farmer, owning two hundred and fifty-one acres of land, located two miles northeast of Perry village, Bamuel Barnes, son of Cornelius and Esther Barnes, was born in Cayuga county. in 1801, and came to what was then Genesee county in 1829. After living a short time in War- saw he removed to Perry, where he remained fifteen years, and wont to Leicester, Livingston county, where he lived twenty-five years. In 1871 be returned to Perry, where be has lived with his son-in-law. In 1892 he mar- ried Mary, daughter of Daniel and Deborah Height. Mrs. Hull was their only child.
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