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USA > New York > Erie County > Collins > History of the original town of Concord : being the present towns of Concord, Collins, N. Collins, and Sardinia, Erie County, New York > Part 69
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 69
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At fourteen years of age Mr. McArthur came to Sardinia and became an apprentice of Zacheus W. Fuller, at the axe- makers' and blacksmiths' trade. Since 1844 he has carried on the blacksmith business at the " Upper Corners," Sardinia.
Mr. McArthur has been Deputy Sheriff two terms, one under Sheriff Dorsey and one under Sheriff Cleveland.
He was married in 1847 to Florilla Risley, of Fredonia. They have one daughter :
Ellen, who married James Cook, of Sardinia, in 1872.
Curtis Newton.
Mr. Newton's father, Ethan Newton, was born Oct 4, 1779, in Stonington, R. I. He was a soldier of the war of 1812, and took part in the battle of Sackett's Harbor. His father, Isaac Newton, was a soldier of the Revolution. His occupation was that of millwright, carpenter and joiner. He was twice mar- ried ; first in 1802 to Hannah Ellis, who died in Jefferson county, N. Y., about 1818 ; second time to Thirza Wood, in 1824, who died May 26, 1859, aged sixty years.
Mr. Newton had seven children by his first wife and six by his second :
FAMILY RECORD.
John, died when seven years old. Oris, at about the same
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age in 1843. Orlando, came to Sardinia about 1832; after- wards he moved to Michigan where he died in 1843. Susana, married Jonathan B. Thomas in 1827 and died in Michigan in 1876. Ellis, was born in Jefferson county, N. Y., and married Catherine Gates, who died in 1877; Mr. Newton is still living at Sardinia, N. Y. P. C., who was a married man and born in 1816. Henry, born in 1818 ; married Mary Hudson ; he died soon after being discharged from the United States service in 1862. Curtis, born in 1825 ; married in 1856 to Lucretia Ab- bott, of Concord. Hannah, born April 2, 1827. Lucy, born in 1829; married in 1855 to Sanford Thomas ; she is a widow now and resides in Michigan. George, born in 1832 ; died in 1844. Elvira, born in 1836 ; married in 1857 to Hanford West. who resides in Sard nia. Cornelia, born in 1838 ; lives in Sar- dinia.
Curtis Newton was born in Jefferson county, N. Y., and came to the town of Sardinia in 1849. By occupation he is a farmer. For a time he was the proprietor of the Newton cheese factory. He had six children, viz .:
George, born Oct. 7, 1856; died June 12, 1858 ; Charles, born Aug. 5, 1858; died in 1866. Guy, born Sept. 5. 1862 ; John, born Aug. 18, 1864. Lillie, born May 12, 1869 ; Charles, born March 13, 1871.
Caleb Nichols.
Caleb Nichols was born about 1783 in Coventry, R. I .: came to Sardinia in 1815 ; died March 27, 1870 ; his wife's name was Sophia Collins ; was born Dec. 8, 1799, in Cayuga county, N. Y .; she died June 1, 1856. His father's name was Reuben Nichols ; came from Rhode Island ; died July 20, 1840. His mother died in Rhode Island.
FAMILY RECORD.
Dates of births of some of the family are wanting.
Stephen, married Harriet Irish ; lives at Arcade. Hannah, lives in Sardinia. William, lives in Sardinia. Mary, married Abram Smith; died Dec. 19, 1866. Caleb, married Eunice Smith ; not living. Sarah, married William Long; died in 1875. James, died in 1874. Nancy, married Delias Giles and
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died in 1880. Arvilla, born Sept. 5, 1835 ; died May 12, 1870; John, born Sept. 5, 1837. Harrison, born in October, 1840; married Hattie Rudd. Harriet, born Aug. 1, 1842; married Monroe Witherell, of Arcade; died in 1872.
John Nichols.
Mr. Nichols was born in Sardinia Sept. 5, 1837, where he now resides; he is a farmer; was married Feb. 28, 1858, to Helen Kimball, who was born in Holland. N. Y., April 7, 1838. They have two children :
Fred and Kate.
Mr. Nichols' maternal grandfather was a soldier of the Revo- lution, and he had four cousins in the Union army during the Rebellion, one of whom, Byron, froze to death, Dec. 31, 1864, while on picket duty ; another, Horace, died the next day af- ter his return from the army, and another, Seymour, was killed at Fort Donaldson.
John Ostrander.
John Ostrander was one of a family of thirteen children, nine boys and four girls. He was born in 1816 in Montgomery county, N. Y., from which place he came to Sardinia in 1851. His father, Solomon Ostrander, came to East Concord about the same time. Mr. Ostrander is a farmer; he was married first to Rachael Graft in 1852, and a second time in 1870 to Kate Odell, by whom he has three daughters:
Rachael, Maggie and Emilie.
Mr. Ostrander died in the Spring of 1883, since the above was written.
William Park.
William Park was born in 1791, in Geneva, Seneca county, N. Y .; came to Boston in 1808, and to Sardinia in 1836; was a farmer : was married in 1817 to Rachel Strong, who was born in Northampton, Mass., in 1793 ; moved to Plattsburg about 1810 ; came to Boston from Steuben county ; he died Aug. 28, 1878 ; his wife lives in Sardinia ; his father's name was Squire Park; his mother's maiden name was Lucy Strong.
William Park was in the war of 1812, and his widow draws a
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pension. Mrs. Park's father, Nathan Strong, was a soldier all through the Revolutionary war. Amy Lee was the wife of Nathan Strong.
FAMILY RECORD.
Celestia A., born July 17, 1818; married Roswell Frisbee ; died in Pennsylvania in 1870. Nathan A., born July 4, 1820 ; mar- ried Ruth Frisbee, who died, and he married Catherine Peck- ham; he lives in Wisconsin. Lucy Ann, born Sept. 4, 1822 : married Anson Sibley ; she died in April, 1874. Amy S., born Feb. 16, 1825 ; married Norman H. Hubbard; lives in Steuben county. Belinda, born May 13, 1827 ; married James Dawley, who died in 1858, and she was married to George Payne, who died in 1878. Laura M., born Oct. 19, 1829; married Addison Wheelock; lives in Sardinia. James C., born May 22, 1832 ; married to Ann Reed, who died in 1863, and he married Lottie Perigo ; he lives in Wisconsin. William, born May 28, 1838 ; married Adelaide Green : is a dentist and lives in Fredonia, N. Y.
Belinda P. Payne.
Mrs. Belinda P. Payne, daughter of William and Rachel Park, was born May 13, 1827, in Boston, Erie county, N. Y .; came to Sardinia in 1836; was first married to James Dawley, in 1851, who died in 1858.
Irving, their only child, born May 13, 1852, and was married to Ellen Wood Feb. 2, 1871, in Sardinia, where they now reside. They have one child :
Burt L., born Oct. 18, 1873.
Mrs. Dawley was married a second time, Aug. 16, 1866, to George Payne, who died in Canada in 1878. Mrs. Payne is now living in Sardinia.
John Prester.
John Prester, son of Conrad and Elizabeth Prester, is a native of Germany, and was born June 15, 1822. In the Sum- mer of 1847, he came to America and resided in Buffalo for three years, after which he lived for a short time in the Towns of West Seneca and Aurora, after which he came to Sardinia at which place he now resides.
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In 1847, he married Elizabeth Peapart, a native of Germany, and who died June 10, 1873.
He has a family of four children, namely : Henry, born Jan. 7, 1849, and resides in Sardinia. William, born Feb. 21, 1851 ; George, born Sept. 19, 1855 ; Louis, born March 13, 1862, and two daughters, who died young.
Elihu Rice.
Elihu Rice, prominently connected with the history, growth and prosperity of Sardinia, was born in Coventry, R. I., Feb. 27, 1785, and came to Sardinia when twenty-five years of age, and took the whole of lot two (500 acres). He subsequently sold a part of this to his brother Joseph. He was married Dec. 5, 1816, at Canandaigua, N. Y., to Miss Elizabeth B. Nott. His father, Joseph Rice, was a soldier of the Revolution, and Elihu, the subject of this sketch, took an active part in the war of 1812 and 1815. At one time he was in command of Fort Schlosser on the Niagara frontier.
FAMILY RECORD.
Cyrus, born Nov. 24, 1817, resides in Sardinia ; Edwin, born Feb. 2, 1820, and lives in Sardinia : Mary, born July 1, 1822 ; married Harlow Boyd, is a widow and lives in Rushford ; Delos, born April 22, 1825, married Francina McClure and lives in Sardinia; Alfred, born May 3, 1829, lives on the old homestead ; Martha, born July 21, 1829; married George W. Orr : she died Feb. 24, 1881 : Charlotte, born Sept. 30, 1831 ; died Aug. 17, 1836 ; Malinda, born Feb. 13, 1838 ; married J. B. Gordon and lives in Rushford.
COPY OF MILITARY COMMISSION GRANTED TO ELIHU RICE BY DE WITT CLINTON.
The people of the State of New York, by the grace of God free and independent :
To all to whom all these presents shall come, greeting :
KNOW VE, That we have nominated, constituted and appointed, and by these presents do nominate, constitute and appoint Elihu Rice, Brigade Major and Inspector of the Fifty- fourth Brigade of Infantry of our state. Hereby giving and granting unto him all and singular, the powers and authorities
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to the said office by law belonging or appertaining. To have and to hold the said office, together with the fees, profits and advantages to the same belonging, for and during the term limited by the Constitution and Laws of our said state.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, We have caused these, our letters to be made patent, and the great seal of our said state to be hereunto affixed. Witness, De Witt Clinton, Esq., Governor, General and Commander-in-Chief of [I. S.] all the Militia, and Admiral of the Navy of our said state (with the consent of our Senate), at our city of Albany, the third day of February, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty- seven, and in the fifty-first year of our Independence. DE WITT CLINTON.
Passed the Secretary's office the 9th day of February, 1827. ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, Department Secretary. ERIE COUNTY, SS :
I hereby certify that on the 20th day of April, 1827, the within-named Elihu Rice personally appeared before me and took and subscribed the oath required by law to qualify him to discharge the duties of the office to which he is within com- missioned.
FREDERICK RICHMOND,
Brig. Gen. Forty-seventh Brig. Inf., N. Y. S. Militia.
Horace Rider.
Horace Rider was born May 1, 1789, and came to the Town of Sardinia in 1811, and located one hundred and forty acres of land on west part of lot fifty-seven, township seven, range five. He afterwards located on lot twenty-five, near Sardinia village. He cleared up a large farm and furnished it with good, substantial buildings, In 1840 he erected a fine brick residence, that even to-day, stands second to none in town as a farm building. He also built and conducted a saw-mill for a term of years, besides overseeing the multifold duties of a large farm. A man of rare business tact, energy and perseverance. He also participated in the struggles of the war of 1812 and 1815, on the Niagara frontier. On Feb. 19, 1815 he was united in marriage to Miss Catharine Wilkes, who was the mother of a family of nine children, viz :
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Nancy, born Aug. 27, 1816 ; married Nelson Nourse and died in 1866; he died in 1879. William, born Sept. 11, 1818; mar- ried Clofira Tilden ; lives in Yorkshire. Amanda, born Jan. 22, 1820; married Jonathan Calkins; died in Maryland. Aba- gail, born June 2, 1822 ; married James Hopkins; lives on the old homestead. Almira, born June 2, 1824; married (Ist) Suel Pingrey, (2d), George Burlingame ; lives in Little Valley. Oretta, born April 30, 1826; married James Fitch ; lives in Yorkshire Center. James, born June 3, 1828; married Mary Long; lives in Bradford, Pa. Julia, born June 8, 1830; married Thaddeus Cutting ; died June 9, 1854. Electa, born March 8, 1832 ; mar- ried George Andrews, proprietor of Sardinia Hotel. Hortense, born Jan. 8, 1836; married Joel House; lives in Yorkshire.
Mr. Rider died Jan. 5, 1850 and Mrs. Rider July 1, 1870.
Reuben Rider.
Was born in Dutchess county, N. Y., April 25, 1792. In 1812, with a capital consisting of five dollars and an axe, he set out on foot for the Holland Purchase and located on lot fifty-eight in the Town of Sardinia. Upon this lot he spent the energies of his life clearing up a farm and making a pleasant home. . In 1819 he was united in marriage to Miss Jemima Pingrey who is still living. They had nine children, viz :
Jerome B., Mahala, Clarissa, Addison, Joel G., Eleanor, Har- riet, Abigail and Reuben C.
Mr. Rider died July 24, 1864.
Reuben C. Rider.
Reuben C. Rider, son. of Reuben Rider, was born July 11. 1843, on the homestead farm, where he has always lived. He was married in 1870 to Lucy J. Shultus. They have two daughters: Iva, born Dec. 6, 1874 and Erma, born Oct. II, 1879.
Jerome B. Rider.
Jerome B. Rider, son of Reuben Rider, was born in Sar- dinia June 22, 1820, where he resided until his death in 1882. He owned and cultivated a fine farm at Sardinia village, at the time of his death. He was married May 30, 1847, to Eliza
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Nichols. They had two sons and one daughter: Seymour, born Oct. 21, 1849. Charles M., born July 8, 1852. Nellie G., born June 9, 1860.
Charles M. Rider.
Charles M. Rider, son of Jerome B. Rider, was born July 8, 1852, in Sardinia, where he has since resided. He is a farmer by occupation ; was married to Emma A. Parker in 1875; she was born Aug. 15, 1857. They have two children : Charles Howard, born Oct. 30, 1876. Grace E., born July 8, 1878.
Mr. Rider represents his town on the Board of Supervisors of Erie county this year, (1883).
Charles B. Russell.
Charles B. Russell, son of William and Calista Russell, was born July 21, 1846, in the Town of Wales, Erie county, N. Y .. where he resided until March, 1870, when he removed to Sar- dinia where he has since resided, owning and occupying a farm four miles north-west of Sardinia village Jan. 25, 1870, he married Sarah J. Richardson, a native of England, born Feb. 14, 1847, and who came to America with her parents in 1852.
They have no children except an adopted son, Michael, born July 3, 1873.
Capt. Samuel Shepard, Jr.
Capt. Samuel Shepard, Jr., was born in Connecticut, May 12, 1778, and removed with his father's family to the Town of Whitestown, N. Y., in 1790 ; from there, Mr. Shepard came to Sardinia, in 1817. In 1801. March 10, he was united in mar- riage to Miss Asaneth Bronson, who was born in his native State (Conn.) Nov. 4, 1770. The fruits of this union were five sons and two daughters, viz .:
Olive, born Dec. 30, 1801 died Oct. 22, 1829. Richard, born Dec. 1, 1803 ; married Lucinda Cunningham ; died in 1875. George, born Feb. 8, 1805 ; married Eunice Briggs ; died March 17, 1864. Amanda, born March 10, 1807 ; died 1883. War- ren, born Dec. 8. 1809; married Almedia Lewis. Henry, born Sept. 18, 1810; married Hannah Corkins; is a physician. Albert, born Aug. 24, 1814, of whom a sketch will be given hereafter.
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Mrs. Shepard died Oct. 16, 1854 ; he survived her nearly ten years, dying July 16, 1864. Mr. Shepard, father of Samuel Shepard, was a soldier of the Revolution, and lived to the re- markable age of ninety-six years.
Albert Shepard.
Albert Shepard, son of Samuel Shepard, was born in Oncida county, N. Y., in 1814, and came with his father's family to the Town of Sardinia in 1817, where he has since lived, follow- ing the occupation of farming. Mr. Shepard has been twice married, first to Antha Briggs, second to Hepsy Garfield. Mr. Shepard is the father of four children, viz .:
Sidney S., born Feb. 25, 1855, and resides at Plymouth, Mich. Dwight L., born Jan. 27, 1857, and lives in Sardinia. Olive A., born Feb. 24, 1862 ; lives at home. Orpha A., born Nov. 4, 1863, and lives at home.
Nathaniel Simons.
Nathaniel Simons was born in Boston, Mass., and moved to Whitestown, N. Y., in 1818, where he lived two years in the capacity of a tanner, currier and shoemaker and also boarded laborers employed in building the Erie canal. He came to Sardinia in the fall of 1820, and built a log house without roof: moved his family the following Spring and put a roof on his house, but lived for some time without door, windows or a chimney. He died Feb. 17, 1875, aged ninety-four years, lack- ing fourteen days. He was married to Plumy Lancton, of Springfield, Mass., who died June, 1859.
They had four children: Marium, Roderick, Henry and Harriet.
Roderick Simons.
Mr. Simons was born April 30, 1810, in Springfield, Mass .; came to Sardinia with his father's family in 1820. He was married Aug. 11, 1836, to Frances Kingsley, who was born in Concord in December, 1815. They had four children, viz .:
Mary Jane, born Nov. 22, 1844; died Dec. 24, 1847. Julian C., born Nov. 17, 1847; married June 8, 1873, to Alice Bige- low. Juliaette, born Dec. 15, 1849 ; died Oct. 8, 1855. Nel- lie, born May 24, 1856.
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Mr. Simons was a carpenter and joiner. After working at that trade a few years, he engaged in wagon and carriage man- ufacturing, which he pursued eighteen or twenty years. In 1870, he bought the Sardinia Mills. He has built for himself and afterward sold five different dwelling houses in Sardinia. He was Supervisor of Sardinia several terms, and Internal Revenue Assessor for eight years.
Mr. Simons was an active, enterprising business man, and did much for the benefit of Sardinia village.
Julian Simons.
Mr. Simons was born in Sardinia, where he was married and always resided. He has two children :
Harry Lee, born Oct. 13, 1874, and Bessie D., born Oct. 22, 1878.
He attended school at Arcade, and in the Spring of 1870, engaged in business with his father in carrying on the saw-mill -and for a time the grist-mill -and manufacturing cheese boxes and carriage materials, which business he still continues. He also cultivates a farm near the village. In the Spring of 1882, he opened a cheese factory there. In 1883, he bought the old M. E. Church, which, at much expense, he has transformed into two commodious stores.
Henry Simons.
Henry Simons, son of Nathaniel and Plumy, was born July 27, 1816, in Worcester, Mass .; when he was young his parents ramoved to Sardinia, where he has since resided, except one year, in which he lived in Wyoming county, N. Y. He has been twice married, first to Maria Mckellips, June 12, 1839; second to Adaline A. Woods, daughter of Warren and Salone Woods, Feb. 19, 1860. His first wife, Maria, died June 21, 1857, by whom he had six children namely :
Chauncey, born June 17, 1841 ; married Mary Ford and re- sides in Oconto, Wis. Plumy, born Aug. 18, 1842; married Sylvester Pitcher, and lives in Oshkosh, Wis. Thomas, born Jan. 3, 1846 ; is married and resides in Wisconsin. Orlando, born Sept. 1I, 1848; is married and lives in Wisconsin. George, born April 4, 1851 ; has been twice married, first to
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Alice Houghton ; second to Hattie Carlin, and resides in Sar- dinia ; has one child, Albert H .; business, manufacturer of bent carriage materials. Roxana, born April 21, 1854; married Lewis Ford, and resides in Cumberland, Wis.
In 1823 Mr. Simons had the misfortune to break his leg, which was set by Dr. Colgrove, it being the first limb that he set in the town of Sardinia.
Mr. Simons died in the Spring of 1883. By his second wife he had two children, viz .:
Saloma M., died April 28, 1883, and Elmer.
Mary A. Simons.
Mary A. Simons, daughter of Samuel and Lovina Wether- low, was born in Seneca county May 5, 1818. When sixteen years of age she removed with her parents to Sardinia, where she has since resided. Jan. 4, 1834, she married Orson D. Sim- ons, son of Jonathan and Abigail Simons, of Sheldon, N. Y .; her husband, Orson, died April 7, 1874; before his marriage he spent several years on Lake Erie in the capacity of Captain of the steamboats Taylor, Sandusky and Governor Marcy, after which he bought a farm in Sardinia, and followed farming un- til his death. They raised a family of ten children, namely :
Colonette E., born Aug. 7, 1839 ; married Aug, 3, 1861, to Thomas Putnam, and resides in Sardinia. Seymour H., born Oct. 25, 1841 , married Oct. 6, 1864, to Maria Bosworth, and lives in Sardinia. Seymour, has three children, as follows :
Bertie, born Nov. 30, 1865 ; Ernest D., born July 8, 1871. Reuben, born July 31, 1877.
Stickney Family.
William Stickney, the first settler, was the ancestor of nearly all who have since borne that name in America. The old fam- ily residence was at Ridgmont, a beautiful place about nine miles east of Hull, England, where the family for many gene- rations had lived, hospitably and honorably, keeping almost open house in a large mansion, and receiving guests from al countries.
Samuel Stickney, eldest son of William and Elizabeth, was born in England in 1633; married first in Bowley, Feb. 18,
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1653, Julian Swan, who died in Bradford between the years 1670 and 1673. He married second in Bradford April 6, 1674, Prudence (Leaver) Gage.
Samuel Stickney came with his father first to Boston, thence to Rowley, and lived with him till he was twenty-one years of age ; he then received his portion of his father's estate, and married Julia Swan. He soon after purchased of William Acre a freehold, consisting of "land, dwelling house and barn " originally laid out in 1643 to Thomas Leaver, on Holmes street, near his father-in-law. Richard Swans. It was bounded "on the south by the common, and the east end by the streete."
William Stickney, son of Samuel Stickney, born in Bradford Jan. 27, 1674 ; married in Bradford Sept. 14, 1701, Anna Hes- eltine. After his decease she was married second by Rev. Thomas Symmes, to Samuel Hunt, of Billerica, March 31, 1709. He received May 4, 1704, by deed of gift from his father " four score acres of land in Bradford, one-half of his meadow and mowing ground, all his dwelling house and barn, one-half to be possesst on at present, with the above s'd land, the other half on his decease, one-half of his upland and Crane meadow in Rowley." He died in Bradford, and his grave-stone may still be seen in its old burial ground with the inscription : " William Stickney, died Feb. 21, 1706, Æ. 32." Three chil- dren.
Daniel Stickney, son of William Stickney, born in Bradford, Feb. 6, 1706-7, was married at Billerica by Rev. Samuel Rug- gles, to Mary Hill, Dec. 15, 1730. She died in Billerica June 28, 1798, in her ninty-third year.
Daniel Stickney was Captain of a troop of horse that were ordered by Colonel Eleazer Tyng, to march for the relief of Fort William Henry, August, 1757. Capt. Daniel Stickney died in Billerica, April 25, 1783. He was the father of seven children :
David Stickney ( Ist), son of Daniel Stickney, born in Billerica Jan. 5, 1732-3 ; was married there by his uncle, William Stick- ney, Esq., Jan. 3, 1765, to Widow Kersiah Shed. She died March, 1805, and he was married again in Grafton, Vt., by Rev. William Hall, Oct. 10, 1805, to Widow Rachel Putnum, " He aged seventy-three, she aged seventy-two." She died
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Sept. 17, 1807. David went from Billerica as trumpeter, in the troop of horse that were ordered out by Col. Eleazer Tyng and marched for the relief of Fort William Henry, under com- mand of Daniel Stickney (his father), August, 1757. . He removed to Grafton, Vt., and died there Oct. 17, 1807, aged seventy-four. There were six children.
David Stickney (2d,) son of David Stickney first, was born at Billerica, Nov. 19, and baptised Nov. 25, 1770; married Sally Gray, 1794, and settled in Grafton, Vt., where all his children but the youngest were born. He then removed to the Holland Purchase, New York state, from thence to Illinois, where he died Oct. 1, 1854. His widow died in Eden, Erie county, N. Y., July 11, 1855. They had eight children.
David Stickney(3d), son of David Stickney second, was born in Grafton, Vt., March 2, 1801 ; married Dec. 26, 1826, Hannah Hopkins, who was born in West Moreland, Vt., Nov. 28, 1800, and died in Seward, Ill., Oct. 9, 1854. He lived in Sardinia, N. Y., where his children were born. He died Sept. 28, 1854. There were ten children.
Edwin H. Stickney, son of David Stickney third, was born in Sardinia, N. Y., Aug. 25, 1828 ; married there Oct. 11, 1854, Irena Madison, who was born in Sardinia, N. Y .. July 2, 1830. They still reside in their native town and have one child.
De Carl Stickney, son of Edwin H. Stickney, was born in Sardinia, Aug. 6, 1857, and lives in Buffalo, N. Y.
Eli Stone.
Eli Stone, son of Pollard and Electa Stone, was born Sept. 14, 1828, in the Town of Sardinia, where he now resides own- ing and occupying a farm situated four miles northwest of Sar- dinia village. July 17, 1852, he married Hulda J. White, daughter of Albert and Jane White. Many of Mr. Stone's uncles were soldiers in the war of 1812. His father Pollard and his six brothers participated in the battle of Plattsburg, and his grandfather, John Stone, served in the Revolutionary war. The record of his family are as follows :
Ella A., born Aug. 17, 1853; married Abby Rouse Sept. 29, 1877. Marvin A., born Oct. 5, 1854; married Matic Kuhan, Oct. 6, 1877. Charles W., born June 8, 1859. Wilson L., born
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April 21, 1861. Frank P., born Dec. 14, 1868, and died Dec. 25, 1868. Benjamin, born Dec. 12, 1870. James H .. born Oct. 5, 1872, and an adopted daughter, Ida M., born June 20, 1878.
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