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USA > New York > Erie County > Concord > History of the original town of Concord : being the present towns of Concord, Collins, N. Collins, and Sardinia, Erie County, New York > Part 38
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As an evidence of the carcity and value of certain articles in a new country might be mentioned a caldron kettle, in the possession of Mrs. Simonds, which was brought from Albany all
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the way on a wagon, and when delivered at Boston Corners the total expense was forty dollars.
Mr. Simonds has always resided upon the same land upon which he located in 1820. He was married in 1827, to Betsy Cooper ; has four children living :
Betsy married Thomas J. Richardson.
Mary-unmarried.
Alphine married Jeremiah Louk.
Albert married Mariah Sloan.
Mr. Simonds' brother Zebedee died in Elma, Erie county, N. Y., in 1871.
William Smith, Jr.
William Smith, Jr., was born in Vermont in January, 1802, and came to this town in the Spring of 1810. He attended school that Summer to Miss Annie Richmond. He lived with his father until he was of age and chopped for him and others in company with his brother Calvin, and was considered one of the best choppers in the country. After he became of age, he taught several terms of school. In 1828, he built a store where the First National bank now stands, and started the first regular grocery store in Springville, which he ran for a short time and then sold out. He located on the south part of lot forty-five, township seven, range six, on Sharp street. He commenced with sixty-five acres of wild land, but kept adding on from time to time, till he had a farm of two hundred acres which he afterwards sold to Seth W. Godard ; he then bought a farm south of and joining the village, lately owned by AAllen Goodemote, which he soon after traded to William P. Mills for his farm on Townsend Hill, consisting of all of lot three and part of lot four, where Frank Williams now lives. Here he died in March, 1870, at the age of sixty-eight.
He was a very industrious, hard-working man, and acquired a good property. He once received a premium at a town fair as the best farmer in the town. Hle reared a large family of children. Those of his wife Emeline (Godard) Smith were : Laban W., born March 8, 1835.
Abel W., born February, 1837; died Feb. 16, 1844.
Jane, born June 3, 1833 : married Chester C. Pingry.
WILLIAM SMITH, JR.
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Emogene, born March 22, 1842 : married A. L., Vaughan. and lives in Springville.
Wesley, born Sept. 30, 1845 ; lives in Wisconsin.
Those of his wife Cinderrella ( Briggs) Smith are :
Alphonse, born May 14, 1847.
Angerona, born Sept. 12, 1848.
Charles E., born Feb. 4, 1850.
Loraine, born Feb. 14, 1852. Lorette, born Aug. 26, 1853.
Ella, born Nov. 17, 1854. Luzerne, born May 26, 1856.
Mary A., born Oct. 26, 1857.
Willie D., born May 11, 1860.
Lillie O., born March 11, 1863.
Allen L., born Nov. 12, 1866.
Luzerne Smith.
Luzerne Smith, son of William Smith, was born in Concord, N. Y., May 26, 1856, where he has resided most of the time. His occupation which he has successfully followed for several years is that of cheese making. He was married in 1875 to Anna Vosburg ; they have three children :
Lee, born April 27. 1877.
Alta A., born in February, 1880.
Earl, born April 15, 1881.
Charles E. Smith.
Charles E. Smith, son of Willlam Smith, was born Feb. 4. 1850, in Concord ; married Hannah Fuller. They have one son, Charles. Is a cheese maker and farmer ; is now and has been for several seasons making cheese at East Concord.
Alphonso Smith.
Alphonso Smith was born in the town of Concord, May 14, 1847, his father's name was William Smith and his mother's maiden name was Cinderrella Briggs. He has worked at farm- ing, but for the last dozen years or more he has followed the business of cheese making very successfully. He resides at
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the present time in the north part of the town of Concord. He was married in the year 1872 to Miss Mary E. Ackley. Their children are:
Daisey, born July 18, 1874.
Dell Il., born March 7, 1876.
Glenn A., born June 28, 1878.
Harlan P. Spaulding.
Mr. Spaulding was born at Otto, Cattaraugus county, N. Y., Aug. 9th, 1839. His father, Harvey Spaulding, was born in Middlesbury, Vermont, in 1804. His mother Clarissa Hastings was born at Fort Ann, Washington county, N. Y., in 1805. They were married in 1824 and moved to Great Valley, N. Y., and to Springville in 1826; afterwards resided at different places until 1850, when they took up their permanent residence in Springville.
Harlan P. Spaulding enlisted as a private Sept. 16, 1861, in Company A, Forty-fourth Regiment New York State volun- teers, and joined the regiment at Albany. The regiment joined the Army of the Potomac in October, 1861 ; participated in the battles of Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, &c. Mr. Spaulding served with the Forty-fourth until Oct. 10, 1863, when he was commissioned captain in the Seventh Regiment U. S. colored troops, and assigned to Com- pany E. He was sent to Florida in the Spring of 1864, and returned in August, and was with the Army of the Potomac until Lee's surrender. On the 9th of April, 1864, Mr. Spauld ing was breveted by the President, Major and Lieutenant-Col- onel for gallant and meritorious services.
After Lee's surrender he was assigned to the command of the Post of Matagorda, Texas, with companies E and G, of his regi- ment. He remained there until Jan. 1, 1866, when the companies joined the regiment at Indianola, where he was appointed U. S. Marshal for the sub-district of Victoria, Texas ; remained there until April 1, then went to Victoria with companies E and G to relieve Colonel Colyer, of the Thirty-eighth Illinois regiment ; remained at this post until November, when he came North and was mustered out of service at Baltimore.
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Frank P. Spaulding.
Frank P. Spaulding was born in Springville, N. Y., July 12, 1834. His father's name was Harvey Spaulding; his mother's maiden name was Clarisa Haskins. When nineteen years old Mr. Spaulding went to sea. He sailed from New Bedford, Mass., June 25, 1853, on board the bark Franklin No. 2, Cap- tain Samuel Lee, Master, of Newport, R. 1. Returned to the same port July 8, 1857. During this whaling voyage of four years in the Pacific ocean, they secured over one thousand bar- rels of sperm oil. The first port made on the outward voyage was the Azores; doubled Cape Horn Feb. 20, 1854; made the first port in the Pacific ocean at Talcahuano, in Chili; visited Conception, from which city they sailed in March for a cruise off the coasts of Peru, California and the Galapagos Islands ; visiting the ports of Payta and Tumbez, in Peru. At the latter place Mr. Spaulding explored the ruins of one of those ancient cities built previous to the discovery of America by Europeans. Off the coast of Mexico they encountered a typhoon lasting twenty- four hours, carrying away several of their boats and damaging their ship. The voyage around Cape Horn was unimportant.
Mr. Spaulding embarked on a second whaling voyage on the same vessel and for the same waters, Sept. 29, 1857, John S. Howland, Captain. On reaching the La Plata River the vessel sprunk a-leak and they put about for Rio Janeiro for repairs ; remained at that city five weeks ; during this time Mr. Spauld- ing saw the Emperor Don Pedro review his troops. Leaving Rio Janeiro they doubled Cape Horn in rough weather, stop- ping at the Island of Juan Fernandez for supplies, after which they cruised off the co ist of Peru, making the port of Hono- lulu in Sept., 1858, where they staid five weeks. During this time Mr. Spaulding saw much of the Sandwich Islands and their King, Kamahamaha IV. They left Payta, Peru, for home in December, 1860. Off the coast of Juan Fernandez they encountered a gale, damaging their vessel so that they made for Valparaiso, where the vessel was condemned and the cargo of twelve hundred barrels of oil sent home by another ship. Mr. Spaulding took passage on a steamer for Talcahuano, Chili, with the Captain ; from there sailed for home in the bark
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Franklin No. 1, Captain Gifford, Master, arriving at New Bed- ford, June 23, 1861.
During his travels Mr. Spaulding was a shrewd and intelli- gent observer, and if space permitted much might be related of his observations that would be of interest.
Mr. Spaulding had been at home but a short time when he entered the union army, enlisting Sept. 18, 1861, in Company A, 36th Regiment New York State volunteers, which was attached to McClellan's command ; participated in the penin- sula campaign, battle of Fair Oaks, the seven days fight to Har- rison's Landing, the second battle of Bull Run, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, etc. He was mustered out of the service July 15, 1863, at New York. While on duty in New York he saw the attack on the Tribune office and heard Gov. Seymour's noted speech to the rioters.
Mr. Spaulding was married in 1866, to Isabelle L. Robinson. They have had six children :
Lizzie C., Carrie F. (dead), Frank J., Alice M., Elois L., Luzerne H.
Wilbur H. Stanbro.
Wilbur H. Stanbro, son of Amos Stanbro and Hannah Wil- cox Stanbro, was born in Concord, Oct. 15, 1830. He had always been a resident of his native town ; his occupation was farming until 1870, when he removed to Springville and engaged for a time in the harness business : then for a while in the boot and shoe trade. At present he is employed in selling nursery stock. He was elected Assessor of Concord in 1877 and served one term.
Mr. Stanbro was married Dec. 22, 1852, to Harriet L. Cran- ston. They have a family of three sons and three daughters, viz :
Mary F., married Thomas Prior.
Wilbur D.
Cora C., married Arther R. White.
Carrie G., Amos Karl and Charles B.
Franklin C. Shultes.
Franklin C. Shultes was born in Concord, N. Y., Jan. 8, 1844, of which town he has always been a resident. He was married
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Jan. 1, 1866, to Rebecca Holman. They have one son and one daughter, viz :
Franklin W., born Nov. 20, 1867.
Cora B., born April 13, 1869.
Mr. Shultes was a union soldier, enlisting in August, 1862. in the 116th New York Volunteers, Company F, was mustered out of the service in the spring of 1864.
Charles C. Severance.
Charles C. Severance was born at Burlington, Vt., Oct. 17, 1807. His father's name was Consider Severance, who was born at Shelbourn Mass., Dec. 21, 1771 ; his mother's maiden name was Elizabeth Craig, born at Northampton, Mass., in 1774 ; his grandfather's name was Matthew Severance, born in 1735 in Massachusetts; his grandmother's maiden name was Experience Nash, born in Massachusetts in 1745. Mr. Sever- ance graduated at the University of Vermont in August, 1827 ; studied law at Clinton county, N. Y., and was admitted as an attorney in October, 1833, and moved to Springville, N. Y., in November, 1833. He was married to Eliza F. Badgely at Cortlandville, N. Y., Jan 10, 1842, who died Jan. 1, 1843. He was married at Springville, N. Y., Feb. 21, 1849, to Selena B.
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Ingals, the daughter of Dr. Varney Ingals, who died Jan. 8. 1856, leaving two children :
George Spencer, born Dec. 13, 1850 ; died June 2, 1864.
Henry, born Feb. 10, 1852, who lives in Springville.
He was married again at Chazy, Clinton county, N. Y., to Hannah M. Douglass, April 6, 1858. who died June 2, 1859.
Mr. Severance was a justice of the peace from 1840 to 1847, inclusive ; also from 1851 to 1859 inclusive ; from 1864 to 1867 and from 1877 to the present time. He was Town Clerk from 1838 for nine years consecutively, and was Member of Assem- bly for the years 1848 and 1851, and was Surrogate of Erie county one term. In 1851 he was one of the Assembly com- mittee appointed to visit the several state prisons of the state and to make a report. He was Supervisor of the Town of Con- cord for the years 1846, '47, '48, '49, '50, '66, '68 and '73. Hc has frequently been Trustee of Springville academy, and has also frequently been Trustee of the Village of Springville and President of the Board of Trustees, which position he occupies at the present time. He has always been a free-hearted, liberal and public-spirited citizen.
William Shultes.
William Shultes came about the same time as his brothers, and located next to David Shultes on lot twenty-one, township six, range six. He cleared a farm on this lot and about this time was married to Sally Sampson, daughter of Peter Samp- son. He, in company with Peter Sampson and Urial Torrey, of Boston, started the first mail coach ever run between Spring- ville and Buffalo. It was a four-horse Troy coach, carrying the mail and passengers ; the mail route at that time being over Townsend hill. He died July 6, 1849, leaving no children.
Carlton Spooner.
Carlton Spooner was born in the Town of Nunda, Living- ston county, N. Y., July 28, 1820; came to Concord in 1822 ; his occupation a farmer ; was married Oct. 7, 1838; his wife's name was Phebe Shippy, of Concord ; his wife died in 1874: was married to Polly Cox in December, 1872, who died Dec. 18, 1877 ; was married to his present wife, Emeline Shultus, in
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1878. His father's name was Ebenezer Spooner; was born in New Bedford, Mass .; his mother's maiden name was Polly Newell ; was born in the Town of Danby, Rutland county, Vt. His father moved to Nunda and from there to Concord in 1822; settled at Nichols Corners, West Concord, about 1828: removed to Spooner Hollow, one and one-half miles west of Springville, and from there to Scoby's Mills, and lived there until the time of his death, in April, 1832.
Ebenezer, son of Carlton Spooner, enlisted in the One Hun- dred and Sixteenth regiment when it was formed, served three years in the War of the Rebellion, and until discharged ; was taken prisoner and kept three months : now lives at Waverly, Cattaraugus county, N. Y. Was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant for meritorious conduct while under fire.
The following is the family record :
Ebenezer, born Aug. 16, 1839; married Deborah Millington.
Druzilla, born in 1842: married to Dwight Perkins.
Phebe Ann, born in 1844.
Gilbert, born in 1847 ; married to Julia Fairchild.
L. C., born in 1850 ; married to Ella Lord.
Maria, born in 1854; married to Howard Clark.
Emma, born in 1856.
Marilla, born in 1859.
George B., born in 1863.
Frank O. Smith.
Frank O. Smith was born in the City of Buffalo in 1855 : came to Springville in 1859, was married in 1874 to Miss Ettie F. Dygert, daughter of Abram Dygert ; his father's name is Orville Smith, his mother's maiden name was Chastine D. Sleeper : his grandfather's name was Pliny Smith, his grand- mother's maiden name was Rebecca Murray.
He came to reside in Springville in 1859. His grandfather, Pliny Smith, was one of the old settlers in Springville, where he resided at the time of his death. His wife's father, Abram Dygert, was one of the carly settlers in Ashford, Cattaraugus county, and was one of a large number who emigrated from Herkimer county, N. Y. He came to live in Springville, in 1865. and with occasional temporary absence, continued to
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reside here until the time of his death. They have one child, a son,
Pliny A. Smith, born at Springville in 1875.
John Squires.
John Squires, born March Ist, 1816, in Concord, is a farmer ; was married April, 22, 1838, to Caroline Stowell, who was born in Wooster county, Massachusetts, June 1, 1816. His father's name was Seely Squires, who came to Concord in 1814. His mother's maiden name was Susan Drake. She died March 2, 1879, aged 83. The children of John and Caroline Squires are:
Thomas S. Squires, born in Concord, Feb. 27, 1839 ; married October, 1866, to Paraloxy Cornwell, daughter of Deacon Wil- lard Cornwell, and now lives at Mt. Carroll, Ill., where he is en- gaged in the hardware business. Has one boy about sixteen years of age.
Luthera E., was born Aug. 11, 1840 ; married June 7, 1868 ; her husband's name is Cornelius Treat, have one son five years old.
Caroline, born March 20, 1842 ; married to the Rev. Sextus Smith, July, 1864 ; lives at Union Mills, La Port county, Ind.
Bettie E., born March 4, 1844 ; married August 4, 1864, to Hon. C. P. Vedder ; lives at Ellicottville. Had one son, John- nie C. Vedder, born Aug. 27, 1867, died Feb. 21, 1882.
Susan J., born Oct. 29, 1849; married Oct. 20, 1876, to Charles McCoy. She died Feb. 1, 1879.
Seely, born May 20, 1855 ; died Jan. 20, 1856.
George L. Stanbro.
Mr. Stanbro's grandfather, Prentis Stanbro, Sr., was born in R. I .; married in 1805, to Polly Beebe. He lived at Volling- ton, Conn., and Plainfield, N. Y. From the latter place he moved to Concord, N. Y., in 1828, and located on lot fifty-one, township seven, range six, where he lived until his death. He had a family of eleven children ; Prentis, Gardiner, Maria, Lucinda, Russell, Harriet, Angeline, Henry, William, Charles and Hannah. The youngest was born in Concord, the others in Plainfield, N. Y., except Prentis, the eldest-father of George L. Stanbro-who was born in
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Vollington, Conn., Oct. 31, 1806, came to Concord about 1827, and located on lot forty-three, township seven, range six, where he lived until he moved to Springville, where he died June 14, 1881. He was married to Eliza Ann Churchill. They had only one child who lived to mature years.
George L., who was born April 24, 1833, in Concord, where he has always resided. He was married in 1853 to Sarah J. Burnap ; they have three children :
Lucelia M., born Nov. 11, 1856 ; married in 1878 to Seth S. Hawks.
Elmer L., born Dec. 31, 1860.
Harley L., born Jan. 18, 1871.
Mr. Stanbro has always been engaged in farming, and for eight years he lias also been engaged in the life insurance business.
Stephen E. Spaulding.
Stephen E. Spaulding, son of Harvey Spaulding, was born in Ashford, N. Y., June 15, 1842. He has been a resident of Springville since 1850, and where he has followed the pursuit of photograph artist since 1867.
Mr. S. was a soldier in the Rebellion ; enlisted Aug. 8, 1862, in Co. F., 116 N. Y. S. Vol. He was a musician, but his energies were not always devoted to furnishing music for his comrades. He was often at the front of the line of battle using a weapon, or assisting in other ways. He participated in all the battles in which his regiment took part ; was discharged June 14, 1865.
Mr. S. was married, 1869, to Ellen S. Green, daughter of Ray Green ; they have two sons,
Albert R .; born Oct. 17, 1870.
Eugene G .; born Sept. 1, 1878.
C. J. Shuttleworth.
Mr. Shuttleworth was born in Orange county, N. Y., in 1834. His father, Charles Shuttleworth, was a native of Essex county, England. Mr. Shuttleworth removed to Springville with his parents when he was eleven years of age. His father was a miller and followed his occupation in the mill of Colonel Cook,
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where young Charles learned to be a miller. He worked in the mill and attended school in the Academy under the principal- ship of Professor Jonathan Earle, until ninteen years of age, when he commenced business for himself by renting of Ben- jamin Joslyn, the "big mill." He soon bought an interest in the mill, and from that time up to 1874, with the exception of two or three years, he was sole or part proprietor of the mill.
In 1861, he entered into partnership with D. C. Bloomfield, and built the Springville foundry, which he conducted until its destruction by fire in May, 1876. He then erected a foundry, machine shop, &c., on what was known as the Cook mill site, where he now conducts business.
Mr. Shuttleworth is also extensively engaged in building. He is also largely employed in mill building. Mr. Shuttleworth possesses rare natural mechanical talent, which, combined with his great business energy and perseverance, and public spirit, makes him an important factor in the growth and development of his town.
Mr. Shuttleworth was married Oct. 25, 1859, to Eliza H. Holland, daughter of George Holland. They have a family of six children as follows :
Elizabeth H., born Sept. 25, 1860 ; married June 1, 1882, to Rev. Samuel W. Eddy.
Charles R., born Sept. 30, 1863.
Mabel B., born Sept. 1, 1867.
James E., born May 24, 1872.
Luther J., born Aug. 11, 1865.
Maleska G., born March 16, 1870.
The Shaw Family.
Samuel Shaw was born in Connecticut, Nov. 21, 1777. Re- moved to the City of Utica, N. Y., at an early day ; manufac- tured the first brick for Nicholas Devereaux store, the first brick building erected in Utica ; removed to the Town of Con- cord, June, 1816; located one mile south of Springville on a farm and lived there the greater part of his subsequent life. His wife was Phœbe Rushmore, born in Orange county, N. Y. April 19, 1784. Their children were :
Samuel, born Sept. 29, 1807; now living in Milwaukee, Wis.
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Joseph, born Aug. 12, 1810; died Aug. 20, 1846.
Nathan, born Aug. 25, 1812 ; died about Aug. 10, 1865. Salmon, born April, 15, 1816.
Daniel, born June 27, 1818 ; died in Springville, Aug. 20, 1846. Mary E., born Oct. 10, 1820 ; died in Springville, July 16, 1847. Silas, born Oct. 11, 1822 : died in Springville, May 19, 1849. Emma T., born June 23, 1825 ; now Mrs. Morgan Merritt, resides in San Francisco, Cal.
Samuel Shaw, senior, died in Springville, Feb. 11, 1852.
Phæbe Shaw, his wife, died in Springville, May 30, 1847.
Salmon Shaw's Family.
Salmon Shaw married Julia Ann McMillen, daughter of the late Joseph McMillen. They have now two children living : Thomas S, and Abbie C.
Thomas S. Shaw was married Nov. 26, 1879, to Miss Ida Reed, daughter of John W. Reed, of Springville. Salmon Shaw was, for a while, a clerk in the County Clerk's office, of this county, and was also a Deputy Sheriff. He was the can- didate of the Whig party for Sheriff of this county in 1855, and was also the candidate of the Republican party in 1861. He was for several years traveling and collecting agent of Pratt & Co., the extensive hardware dealers of Buffalo. After that, was partner in and manager of a large tannery in Olean. He was also at one time engaged in mining at Leadville, Col.
George Smead.
George Smead was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, in 1834. Came to this country in 1852 ; was thirty-four days crossing from Antwerp to New York. Came to White's Corners and worked one year in a tannery. Came to Springville and learned the cooper's trade of I B .Childs and worked for him altogether about ten years. Went into the army in 1861 in the 64th Regiment New York Volunteers ; was in the second corps of the Army of the Potomac; he was at Fair Oaks, the seven days fight, Malvern Hill, the second Bull Run, Antietam, Fred- ericksburgh, Chancellorsville, Gettysburgh, the Wilderness, Spottsylvania Court House and Cold Harbor, where he was wounded and lost an arm. He returned home in 1865. Was
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married in the fall of 1867, to Miss Lana Mahl. Their children are : George L., Ada Louisa and Ira M. They live at No. II Elk street.
Whitman Stone.
Whitman Stone was the first settler on lot sixty-one, town- ship seven, range six, where Samuel Twitchell and Owen Baker lived afterwards, and where Mr. Snyder lives now. He was a carpenter and put up some of the first frame barns built in this town. He married Frelove Foster and went to Eden sixty years ago. He was somewhat prominent as an officer in the militia ; he afterwards went to Hanover and Ripley, Chautau- qua county, and finally to Kendall county, Ill., where he died.
His eldest son, Marshall, is the only known survivor.
Phineas Scott.
Phineas Scott came to this town from Danby, Vermont, about 1816, and first settled on the Cattaraugus Creek, south of Springville ; built him a shanty and kept bachelor's hall and cleared up some land. Afterwards moved onto what has since been called the Post place, on lot eleven, township six, range six, and about that time married Polly Smith, of Chautauqua county ; lived there about ten years when his wife died, leaving four children, viz :
George W:, who became a merchant in Buffalo, and died in 1877.
Mary Matilda, who died in Minnesota in 1876.
William J.
Marcus D., who lives in Chautauqua county.
About 1830, he married Hannah Smith, sister of his first wife and moved to Townsend Hill, where ho lived until his death. He accumulated a large property and at one time owned, free from encumbrance, over one thousand acres of land. He died in May, 1872, aged about seventy-eight years. His second wife's children are ;
Lewis, who lives in Iowa.
Eliza, married David Pugsley and lives in Iowa.
Maryette, married James McClure, and lives in Boston.
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Amanda, married Elias Gould, and lives in Colden.
Angerona, married Merritt Pugsley, and died in Wisconsin. Delos O., lives in Iowa.
Hiram lives in this town.
Oliver lives in Ashford.
David E. and Henry, live in this town.
William J. Scott.
William J. Scott was born in this town in 1824 ; was brought up on a farm, and was used to hard work; worked out several years for different parties, afterwards rented farms in different places. Bought farm on Townsend Hill in 1852. In 1876. removed to Chautauqua county, bought three cheese factories, remained one year and returned to this town. In 1850 was married to Hannah Parsell. Their children were :
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