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It was 2 o'clock when she got there, and her feet were badly bruised by her journey over the stones. She had to pass two pieces of thick woodland, and if she had awakened on that part of the road, or at any other place besides in the front of her father's house, her fright would have been much greater. But after all, it is not the first instance that we can relate, where the purchase of new clothes has caused a turning of the head and a weariness of the flesh.
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
The following is a list of the different per- sons engaged in business in the town of Cone- sus, August 1st, 1886. Where the names of two persons are connected by an "&," they belong to the same firm.
Agricultural Dealers,
Frank P. Shafer, John Dodge, Bennett R. Boyd, Floyd McNinch.
Architects and Carpenters,
Harvey Ripley, James Griffin, Mahlon Dar- row, William Howitt, George Follett, Hiram McNinch, James McNinch.
Attorneys at Law,
James M. Alger, Seymour N. Thorpe.
Blacksmiths,
George Baker, John Webster, J. Jincks, Alex. Green.
Billiard Room,
John C. Coe.
Cabinet Maker and Undertaker,
Frederick Straub.
Dealer in Drugs,
Arthur A. Starks.
Dealer in Coal,
William P. Boyd.
Dealer in Lumber,
Alex. W. Green.
Dealers in Grain,
Lewis E. Chamberlin & Jotham Clark Jr. Eating Saloon,
Frank Fox. Hotel Keeper,
Davenport P. Alger.
Harness Maker,
William A. Miller.
Hop Yards, Trescott Bros., Daniel Trescott, Dell Price.
Land Surveyor,
Ornaldo Morris.
Merchants,
Arthur A. Starks, George Snyder & Frank Grover, Frank Fox, Emma Scott, - Brown.
Milliners Kate Hendershott, Jennie Johnson, Emma Scott, Lillie Henry.
Millers, Clark M. Herrick & Ezra W. Clark.
Music Teachers,
Mrs. Helen Shafer, William S. Alger.
Ministers of the Gospel, Rev. Arthur M. Newton, Father Hendrick, Mr. Spicer, Elder Samuel Maring.
Manufacturers of Cider,
Bennett R. Boyd & Andrew Kuder, David Coleman.
Physicians, J. B. Losey, L. M. Philips, J. M. McGowan. Printing, William P. Boyd. Post Masters,
Arthur Starks, Conesus Center Post Office. Joseph H. Rowland, Conesus Post Office. Thomas Holmes, Mail Carrier between Cone- sus Center and Scottsburgh.
Rail Road and Express Agent, Aaron A. Mann.
Shoemakers,
Thomas Griffin, Edwin Brown.
Telegraph Opperator,
Aaron A. Mann. Wagon Makers,
Alex. Green, John Webster.
Weavers, Mrs. Caroline Rowland, Mrs. Annie Alger.
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TOWN OFFICERS.
The following is a list of the Town Officers of Conesus, for the year of 1886 :-
Supervisor, Charles C. Gray. Town Clerk, L. Eugene Trescott.
Justices of the Peace,
William A. Miller, Edward Hitchcock, Romeyn W. Cole, Frank P. Shafer.
Assessors,
James C. McNinch, Harrison Partridge, Alfred Sliker.
Town Collector, Andrew F. Kelleman.
Commissioners of Highways, Maron F. Cole.
Overseer of the Poor, Corda F. Trescott.
Constables,
Andrew F. Kelleman, Solomon Artlip, John D. Webster, Charles W. Daniels, Thomas Coultry.
Game Constable, John D. Scott.
Inspectors of Election,
Scott L. McNinch, (Republican.) John C Holmes, James S. Alger, (Democrat.) Commissioners of Excise.
George W. Baker, George Cleland, Ho- ratio Holmes.
TOWN STATISTICS.
The following, was the Town Statistics for the year of 1885 :-
Number of Acres of land in the Town, 19,8:27
Asessed value of the real estate in the Town, $739,175.
Assesed value per. acre, $37.28.
" of personal estate in Town, $61,550.
Total value of real and personal estate in the Town, $869,235.
The amount of State Tax, $1,451.91.
The amount or County Tax, $1,336.68.
The amount of School Tax, $740.76. The amount of Returned Tax, $4.39. The total amount of Town Tax, $3,535.69.
The number of Dogs in Town, 114. The amount of Dog Tax, $61.00.
- CHAPTER XVIII.
engalogical History of the Town.
HEN I commenced preparing a His- tory of the town of Conesus, it was not my intention then of giving a genealogical and historical sketch of the different families here. But having a large amount of information concern- ing them, and a request from some of the worthy citizens of the town, I at last consented to do so, and have prepared the following Chapter.
In the preparation of the Chapter, I will say, it has been written from memory, and the dates has been gathered from the Cemeteries of the town, from journals kept by different persons, and from other sources, as a personal canvass would have been too much of a "tedious af- fair." Therefore, without doubt, there may be many errors in dates, names, etc., and many families and members of others omitted, by my not being better acquainted with their genea- logy. But what are given I consider full and complete enough for general purposes.
In condensing the matter in this book, I have adopted the abreviation of words, by us- ing the letter "b." for birth; "m." for mar- riage; "d." for death, which I trust will be readily understood by those that may have an occasion to peruse this book for refferences.
GENEALOGY OF THE Town.
ADAMS.
PHILIP ADAMS, settled several years ago on the shore of the Conesus lake, in the nothern part of the town. He m. Augusta French, and had five children ; Emily, d. June 27, 1877; a. 3 y's ; Richard, Jennie, Jessie, and Sireno.
AGAN.
WILLIAM AGAN, was born in Ireland, in 1824 ; came to America, in 1845, and to Co- nesus in 1849 or '50. He m. Catherine Walch, and now resides on Turkey Hill. They have no childern except two they adopted, named Mary and Joseph. The former m. Meachum.
ALGER. 0
Capt. JOHN ALGER, the progenitor of the Alger families of the town, was b. in 1739, and d. Aug. 13, 1829. Elizabeth, his wife, was b. 1743, and d. Feb. 25, 1831. They came to the town at an early day, and made it their home with their son, on the " Old Alger place." As far as I know, they had one child that was named Davenport, who came to this town.
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Davenport, the above son, was b. at Staf- ford, Vt., in 1783, and d. here Sept. 24, 1859; in. Mary Morrison, who was b. at Londonderry, N. H., in 1785, and d. here Oct. 29, 1854. They came here in an early day and settled on the farm now owned by his son James. He and she were large portly persons, kind and generous. He was the first Supervisor of the town, and a very influencial man, and would not humble himself to do a mean act. They had six children, as follows :
1st, Lucinda, who d. Aug. 2, 1810; a. 2 y's.
2nd, Jehiel, b. in 1805, and died May 24, 1857; m. Eliz'b. Allen, and resided at the head of the Conesus lake. They had nine children, namely : Mary Jane, m. Ephraim Cole ; Dav- enport, m. Cassia Needham, and keeps hotel at Conesus Center. Their child Allie, m. George Snyder. William, a music teacher, now single. Electa, d. in 1840. George m. Laura Jerome, and lives on part of his father's farm ; one child, George. Dewitt m. 1st Mary Osborn, by whom he had two children ; Arcelia, d. June 4, 1869; a. 5 y's, and Duane. For his 2nd wife, Emma Brown, by whom he has two children, Clarence and Bertie. He lives on the east side of the head of the Conesus Lake swamp. Duane d. in the army, 1862. Elizabeth m. Edwin Shutt, and lives in Rochester; children three, Erwin, Emmett and Cameron. Jehial mn. Emma Baylas and lives on the "old place." Has two children, Elmer and Arthur.
3d, Polly, b. in 1810; m. Sylvester Morris.
4th, John D., b. in 1814, and d. May 4, 1883. He resided in the northern part of the town on the place now owned by his daughters. He m. 1st. Dimmis Stevens, who d. March 11, 1852; a. 34y's, by whom he had four children grown to man and womanhood, namely : Dewitt, m. Anna Tittsworth, and d. June 21 1885, leav- ing one child, Jennie. Ashabel, m. Louisa
Baldwin and has one child, Minnie. Sarah and Laura are single. For his 2nd wife, Addie Morris, who d. July 20, 1868; a. 40 y's, by whom he had several children, now all dead except one, a young lady named, Addie.
5th, Electa, m. Nathaniel Cole, and d. Jan. 23, 1882 ; a. 66 y's.
6th, James, m. Jane Stone, and lived for a time east of Foot,s Corners, and now on the " old homestead " of his fathers. Their chil- dren are James m. Lucy Albertson, and Kittie.
ALLEN.
JOSEPH and WINTER ALLEN, belonged to, two seperate families. Joseph was b. in Penn- sylvania, and d. here. He m. Jennie McNinch, who was b. at the same place, and d. also here. They came here at an early day and lived at the head of the Conesus lake. Their family consisted of ten children, namely :
1st. Matthew, m. Mary Ann Thorp, and re- sided for a time at the head of the Conesus lake, and now on Turkey Hill. Has three chil- dren as follows: America J., m. Ezra. W. Clark ; Mary R., m. William P. Boyd ; and Jennie.
2nd, Elizabeth, m. Jehial Alger.
3d, Sally, m. Orren Hubbard.
4th, Mary, m. John Bryant, and now lives in Illinois.
5th, William, m. Sarah Gove, and lives on the east side of the Honeoye lake. She d. a few years ago, leaving several grown up chil- dren.
6th, John, m. - , and now lives west, where he went a few years ago.
7th, James.
8th, Ellen, m. Daniel McLean. Both of them are now dead.
9th, Samuel, m. Sabra Blandin, and lived for a time on Turkey Hill. A few years ago,
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he went to Michigan, and since has died. His children are Josephine, Mary, Frank, Noah, Hector, and most of them are married.
10th. Ann, in. Arnold Hartson, and they resided in Livonia, where she died a few years ago. Had one son name Edwin, now dead, who in. Emma Buskirk, and left one child, named Curtis.
The next is the family of Winter Allen, of whom I know but a little about. He canie here in 1810, and who he married, I am un- able to say. His family consisted of several children, as follows :
1st. Gilbert, b. in Washington County, N. Y., Jan. 7, 1815; m. 1st Angeline Allen, who d. in 1852. Their children were Electa, Mary, Sanford, and Jenetta. For his 2d wife, Laura Tallman, by whom he has one child namned, Winter.
2nd. Rosella, m. Samuel Buskirk.
3d. Olive, m. George Conklin.
4th. Stephen, m. Electa Cole.
Jehiel and Phineus, brothers to Winter, I · know nothing of.
ALBERTSON.
JACOB ALBERTSON, came to the town of Conesus, in 1884 or '85, and bought a farm on Marrowback. I am unable to give a history of his family farther then he has four children, of whom one m. Boyd of Caledonia, N. Y .; Lucy, m. James Alger Jr., and two minors.
ANNIS.
ALANSON ANNIS, was born in Livonia, Apr. 19, 1819; mı. Lucina Brooks, who was b. in Windham, Vt., June 8, 1827. They came to Conesus in 1856, and lived first on the Mar- rowback hills, near the Albertson place, and from here to Conesus Center. He has held sev- eral town offices, and been a influential man. She, as a "Christain worker," seldom ever
had her equal in the town, and has been the Superintendant of the Universalist Sunday School for several years. They have one child Helen, b. June 13, 1857, who m. Frank Shafer.
ARMSTRONG.
FRANKLIN ARMSTRONG, was b. at New London, Ct., Aug. 29, 1793, and d. Feb. 7, 1883 ; m. Susen Rudd, who was born in Ire- land, 1817. They resided for a number of years, on the east side of the Head of the Lake swamp. This family, I know but a little about and can not give their pedigree.
ARNOLD.
ANDREW ARNOLD, was b. Dec. 13, 1781, and d. March 23, 1875; m. Mariah Henderson who d. Oct. 27, 1837. He came to Conesus in an early day, and kept a store here in 1817 or '18. After a few years, he bought the farm now owned by William Gray south of the Cen- ter, where he resided to within a few years of his death, in a log house,-now torn down-that stood on the north-west corner of the road. They had five children, namely :
1st. Adaline, who d. June 10, 1849; a. 16 y's.
2d. Albert, who d. Feb. 12, 1856.
3d. William, who d. Oct. 31, 1828; a. 2 y's.
4th. Henry, mn. Helen Bissell, and now re- sides at Geneseo. He now holds the position, as Commissioner of discharged prisoners of the State Prisons, of the State of New York. He has several children, and their names I am unable to give.
5th. Emma, m. - Miller, and lives in Chicago.
GARDNER ARROLD, a nephew of Andrew, was b. at Randolph, Vt., Mar. 20, 1794; m. Sarah Coe, who was b. in Livonia, in 1812. He d. May 2, 1868, and she d. Nov. 13, 1881.
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He came here with his uncle in 1816, or '17, and with him kept a store. His last residence was at Conesus Center, and at the time of his death, bequeathed a certain sum of money to the Universalist Society, for a church at Conesus Center, and a like sum to the cemetery at the same place, that bears his name. They have no children.
AUSTIN.
POTTER AUSTIN, in the latter part of his life, resided at Conesus Center, where he d. Apr. 17, 1885, and also his wife Louisa, who was b. in 1811, and d. here, Apr. 13, 1883. This is all I can give of them.
BAILEY.
There were two families by this name once in the town ; yet I can not fully describe them. One of them lived at Conesus Center, and was called Job Bailey. His family consisted of severel children, and one of them was named James, who m. Eetta Swift, and has one child, and resides in Buffalo. The family a few years ago, went west. The other, is Timothy Bai- ley's family, that lived on the Marrowback hills, of which I am unable to speak of.
BAKER.
There has been two families in the town that bore this name, and they were as follows :
Col. FREDERICK BAKER, was b. in 1775, and d. Apr. 26, 1855; m. Huldah Parker, who was b. in 1787, and d. Sept. 7, 1872. They came to the town, at an early day and resided at. Conesus Center. Their children were as follows :
1st. Sarah, who m. David Gray, and went west.
2nd. Jane, m. Stephen Sherwood.
3d. George, m. 1st. Elizabeth Gardner. 2d. Helen Erwin, who at the time of her death, eft two children, George, who m. Hattie F.
Bennett, and Jennie, who m. Frank Grover. 3d. Maria Dean.
SHELBY BAKER, the head of the other fam- ily, m. Marietta Sharpe. They lived for a time at the residence of Andrew Kuder. He is now a "prosperous merchant " at South Livonia.
BALDWIN.
JERRY BALDWIN came to this town about 1855, and resided a few years, then went to Texas. Came back and m. Rachael Slate for his 2d wife, and moved to Mt. Morris, where he died a few years ago. By his 1st wife, who died before he came here, he had three children namely :
Ist. Myron, who a number of years ago, went to Maryland, married, and died there, leaving several children.
2nd. Luman, m. Mary Romig, and now lives in Michigan. Has had three children, May, Lawrence, and a Infant that d. Feb. 28, 1870. 3d. Lawrence, who d. (I believe) in 1864; a. 20 y's.
BARKER.
SAMUEL BARKER, was born in England. Came to this country, and to the town of Cone- sus some thirty years ago, and settled on the Marrowback hills, and resides now in the Cal- abogue hollow. His family consisted of sev- eral children, I know but little about. One of them, Elizabeth, m. Knights.
BARNES.
HEMAN BARNES, was a Cooper by occupa- tion, and came to the town, a number of years ago, and resided east of Union Corners, on the place now owned by Davis Jerome. His wife Cornelia, was b. 1806, and d. Apr. 18, 1874. They had four children, namely:
1st. Colvin, m. 1st, Mary Erwin, who d. Oct. 17, 1868 ; a. 26 y's. For his 2d. wife, Rebecca (Gray) Fish. By his first wife, he
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had three children, whose names were Mary, Charlie, and Frankie, who d. June 29, 1861. For several years he was a merchant at Conesus Center.
2nd. Sarah, m. Henry Erwin.
3d. Emma, in. Rev. Thomas Bell, and d. Feb. 15, 1873.
4th. Laura, m. Davis Jerome.
BAYLES.
ROBERT BAYLES, was b. in 1796, and d. Feb. 7, 1870. He came to the town at an early day, and settled east of Conesus Center, on the "Old Bayles place," and from here he moved about the year of 1860, to the place where he died, south of Foot's Corners. Who he married for his first wife, I can not say. His 2nd. wife, was Jane Beaty, by whom he had seven children, namely :
Ist. Edwin, who has been married twice, and raised several children, yet I am not able to give a history of them.
2nd. William, who d. June 12, 1859 ; a. 25 y's.
3d. Gustavus, who d. Aug. 16, 1864; a. 24 y's.
. 4th. Alcemenia, m. Austin Woodruff, and d. Mar. 17, 1864; a. 26 y's.
5th. Elvira, m. John Ingelow.
6th. Russell, m. Kate Howitt.
7th. Emma, m. Jehiel Alger.
His first wife's children, I can not give.
BEARSS.
PETER and ISAAC BEARSS, two brothers, came and settled in the northern part of the town, many years ago. Peter was b. in 1789, and d. Apr. 4, 1836 ; m. Electa Benedict, who was b. in 1799, and d. Feb. 16, 1865. They had four children, namely :
1st. Caroline, who d. Oct. 6, 1845; a. 20 y's.
2nd. Cordon, who d. May 18, 1845; a. 21 y's.
3d. Lucinda, m. Allen McNinch.
4th. Elias, m. Jane Hopkins, and d. Mar. 6, 1885. His family consisted of six children namely ; Millard, m. Minnie Bowan, and has two children, George and Walter. Flora, Cora, Lettie, Anna, and Delia.
The brother Isaac was b. Aug. 3, 1878; m. Sally Benedict, who was b. in 1807, and d. in 1875. They were early settlers here, and lived on the place now owned by Albert Jerome, up to the time of their death. Their children were as follows :
1st. Jane, mn. David Wilkison.
2nd. Electa, m. Norman Gould.
3d. Sarah, m. Freman Lindsley.
4th. John, m. and lives West.
5th. Alvin, m. Ella Jordon and lives on Turkey Hill. Has two children, John and Lena.
6th. Mary, m. William Barnhart.
7th. Benjamin, who d. Apr. 24, 1863; a 36 y's.
8th. Willard, m. Emma (Buskirk) Hartson,
and d. Mar. 19, 1881 ; a. 44 y's.
9th. Martha, who d. Nov. 29, 1863; a. 15 y's.
10th. Melville, who d. Jan. 15, 1841; a. 2 y's.
11th. Eliza, who d. Jan 18, 1841 ; a. 6 y's.
REBECCA, a sister of Isaac and Peter Bearss, was b. Feb. 4, 1813, and d. Dec. 9, 1874 ; m. Bellknap and had one child, Edwin, who d. Aug. 7, 1840; a. 4 y's.
BELL.
JOSEPH BELL, was born in 1791. His wife was Almira They lived in the house now owned by C. M. Herrick, at Conesus Cen- ter. He owned the Millright shop that stood
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north of the grist-mill, which was swept away by the flood, on the night of Oct. 20, 1835, in which he lost his life. As far as I know, he had one child, Betsy, who d. Feb. 1, 1836.
BENEDICT.
BENJAMIN BENEDICK, was b. in 1778; m. Elizabeth Couch, who was b. in 1778. He d. Mar. 22, 1868, and she d. Aug. 3, 1857. They were one of the early settlers here, and lived where Albert Jerome now resides. Their children were,
1st. Hannah, who d. Mar. 9, 1862 : a. 59 y's. 2nd. Sally, m. Isaac Bearss.
3d. Betsy, m. Israel Johnson.
4th. Lucinda, m. Stephen Yeomans.
5th. Electa, m. Peter Bearss.
6th. Louis, m. Thomas Pierce.
7th. Unice, m. Willard Alton.
8th. Elizabeth, m. 1st, .George Henry. 2d. Lisuph Sanford.
BONNAR.
JAMES BONNAR lived on the Calabogue road, south of Conesus Center, where he died. They had far as I knew three children, Sarah, Elizabeth, and Anna. They have left the town.
BOYD.
PHILIP BOYD, the progenitor of this family in the town, was b. at New Bedford, West- chester Co., N. Y., May 24, 1771; m. Eliza- beth Barrett, who was b. at the same place, Apr. 6, 1773. He and she d. here May 31, 1823, and Aug. 30, 1836, respectively. He was a Captain in the war of 1812, at New- burgh, and came to the town with his family, Apr. 6, 1821, and settled on the place now owned by his son Hiram. Their family con- sisted of ten children, and all died before coming to the town, except the following three, namely :
1st. Justus, who was b. June 16, 1796. He lost his life, June 16, 1838, by the burning of the Steamboat, " George Washington," on Lake Erie, while assisting to save sonie thirty or forty children abandoned by their parents on the burning boat. After he had succeeded in placing them safely on a raft, he being a good swimmer, entered the water and being in a heated state, and after swimming nearly two miles, was picked up by a boat and taken to the shore, where he died less than two hours in an Apcplectic fit, caused by over-exertion. He m. Almira Nutt, who was b. Sept. 19, 1799. She now resides at Howell, Mich. They came to the town with his father's family in 1821, and lived in a log house that stood west of the residence of Matthew Allen, then to Mt. Mor- ris, and from there to Howell, Mich. Their children are, Ist. Lewis, m. Charity Cook, who d. in January of 1884; a. 57 y's. Has two children, Justus, m. Janet Bates, (daughter of Ex-Governor Bates of Michigan), and lost his life in the great flood of California, in 1885, and Jerred, m. Harriet Newman. 2d. John, m. Lucinda Holloway. 3d. Hannah, who d. Mar. 9, 1872; a. 49 y's. 4th. Norman, III. Rhoda Scofield. 5th. Henry, m. Matilda Cur- tis ; children two, Bartrom and Kate. 6th. Elizabethi, m. Rev. Lyman Dean. 7th. Henry, m. Elizabeth Briggs. 8th. Angeline, single. 9th. William, who d. Aug. 17, 1839. They all live near Howell, Mich., where they went in 1835.
2nd. Hiram, was b. at Newburgh, N. Y. Dec. 18, 1806; m. Jane McNinch, who was b. at Richmond, Ontario Co., N. Y., Aug. 25, 1808, and d. Apr. 18, 1883. He came to the town in 1821 with his father's family, and has always resided on the place he now lives on. Their family consisted of three children name- ly :- 1st. Elizabeth, who d. Feb. 12, 1840 ;
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a. 3 y's. 2nd. Bennett R. who was b. Feb. 24, 1841 ; m. Elizabeth Jerome, who was b. Nov. 30, 1846. They have one child, Mary. 3d. William P., who was b. Mar. 26, 1849; m. Mary R. Allen, who was b. June 22, 1850. They have one child named Victor.
3d. Almer, who d. Oct. 17, 1838; a. 29 y's. BROWN.
WILLIAM BROWN, was an Englishman by birth. He lived in what is the " tenant house" of Timothy Degraw, where Anna his wife died January 3, 1864; a. 47 y's. They had five children namely : 1st. Ann, m. Ed. Pickard. 2nd. Emma, m. Dewitt Alger. 3d. Elizabeth whom married, I am unable to say. 4th. Mary, m. William White. 5th. William, who went West.
The next family by this name, lived at Foot's Corners for a short time. They had five chil- dren, whose names were George, Nelson, Ed- ward, and two girls whose names I can not give.
The next family is that of Edwin Brown of Conesus Center, who is a shoe-maker by trade. He mı. Sarah Kuder, and has two children, named George and Viola.
BREEN.
JOSEPH BREEN lived for a time in the ·· ten- ant house " of James Alger, and from here to that of Timothy Degraw at Union Corners. He was a married man and had a sister named Kate, who m. Joseph Orr.
BRUNSON.
EDWIN BRUNSON lived east of Conesus Cen- ter. His wife's name was Mary, and she d. May 17, 1875; a. 53 y's. They had several children, and among them Mary, who m. Ted. Wright.
BULL. BULL, lived for a time on the Al-
bertson's place on Marrowback. He has left town, and I knew no more of his family.
BURCH.
PETER BURCH, came to the town about the year of 1843. He m. Sybil (Durkee) Cross, and d. at Brushville, N. Y. She d. Feb. 6, 1882. They had one child, Alda, who d. Mar. 26, 1874; a. 29 y's.
BUSKIRK.
JOHN BUSKIRK, was b. in 1774, and d. Mar. 8, 1851 ; m. Anna -, who was b. in 1779, and d. June 2, 1852. Who their chil- are, or if they had any, I can not say.
Isaac Buskirk, was better known as "Curly Ike," d. in 1876. He m. Hannah Backus. who was b. in 1807, and d. June 13, 1852. They lived in the South part of the town, and had five children namely :
1st. Emeline, m. Phineas Shafer.
2nd. Lucy, m. Laben Shurd.
3d. Harriet, m. William Russell.
4th. `Ama, mn. 1st. Edwin Hartson ; 2d. Willard Bearss ; 3d. Levi Tully.
5th. Harrison, killed at the battle of Wil- liamsburgh, Va., May 5, 1863.
Isaac Buskirk, called "Big Foot Ike," was b. in 1812, and d. April 2, 1878; m. Sally Ann Dickison, who d. Nov. 26, 1863. They also lived in the south part of the town, and had six children namely.
1st. Mary, m Andrew Conklin.
2nd. Phœbe, m. Philis Turner.
3d. Jane, m. Floyd McNinch.
4th. Irene, m. Wallace Coleman.
5th. Charles, m. Mary Duff.
6th. Farley, d. Mar. 31, 1861.
BUMP.
DANIEL BUMP, was b. in 1796, and d. Mar. 22, 1840; m. Lorenia Parker, whose birth and
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death, I have not. He built and owned for a time the hotel at Conesus Center, that was de- stroyed by fire in 1872. They had three chil- dren, namely :
1st. Benonia, b. in 1819, and d. Dec. 7, 1870; m. Sarah Swift, who was b. in 1822, and d. Sept. 19, 1870. For a number of years he was a Baggageman on the Erie Rail Road. Had three children, whose names were, Oscar, married and has one child. Dora m. Ira Foot, and Gertrude, now single.
2nd. Alfred, who d. Mar. 20, 1837 ; a. 9 y's.
3d. Fanny, m. William Pierce, and lives at Honeoye Flats and has children.
CAMPBELL.
SAMUEL CAMPBELL, was b. in 1816, and d. June 14, 1868; in. Samantha Clemons, who still resides on their " old place," in the south part of the town. They had three children, namely :
Ist. Jonas, m. Ist. Angeline Taylor. 2nd. Mary Vrettenburg, by whom he had four chil- dren, whose names are Vinna, Elizabeth, Ma- tilda, and a boy, whoes name I do not know.
2nd. Benjamin, m. Ellen Allen.
3d. Mary, m. Daniel Hoes, and d. Jan. 9, 1870; a. 33 y's.
TOMPKINS CAMPBELL, was born in 1817, and d. Dec. 1, 1882; m. Ist. Matilda Wright. 2nd. by whom he had one child, George : and by the 1st. wife three chil- dren, whose names are Adaline, who m. Jacob Collar, and Elvira and Mary. He lived for many years in the Calabogue hollow.
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