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SOPHER.
DAVID SOPHER was a Revolutionary Soldier and was b. in 1751, and d. Sept. 5. 1841; m. Mary -- who was b. 1769, and d. Aug. 22, 1835. We have no more record of the family.
SOUTHWELL.
FRED. SOUTHWELL lived for a time south of Conesus Center, and then on the place now owned by the family of James Myers, in the northern part of the town, and now at Lima, N. Y. He m. Julia Moulton, and had one child, whose name is Ettie.
SPAIN.
JOHN and THOMAS SPAIN were two broth - ers, and at one time both resided in the town. The former m. Kate Fogarty, and they have several children, but I am unable to give their names.
STARK.
ARTHUR STARK came to the town a few years ago, and kept store first south of the Universalist church, and now north of Alger's
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hotel. Whom m., I can not say. His chil- dren are Lee., and an Infant.
STEEL.
JAMES STEEL was b. in the town of Am- herst, N. H., in 1767, and d. Sept. 6, 1865; m. Sarah who was b. in 1772, and d. July 15, 1857. He came to the town at an early day, and settled at the head of the Cone- sus lake. I know but a little of this family, except they had two sons, Elias and Harvey, the latter m. Miss Carey.
STEVENS.
ASHABEL STEVENS was b. in 1785, and d. March 24, 1861; m. Dimmis - who was b. in 1790, and d. April 1, 1852. The record of this family I have lost. But as far as I re- member, they had two daughters, Rosella who m. Patrick McNinch, and Dimmis who m. John D. Alger, and d. July 2, 1868.
STRONG.
PATRICK STRONG lives upon Marrowback where he moved a few years ago. The family I am unacquainted with. His children are Thomas, Patrick, James, Ellen, Maria, Susan, and Bridget.
STRAUB.
FREDERICK STRAUB was b. in Germany, and came here in 1851, and opened the first Cabnet shop in the town. Whom he married, I am unable to say. He lives at Conesus Cen- ter, and his children are Fred., who d. March 25, 1876, and Della.
SOMMERS.
RUDOLF SOMMERS came to the town a few years ago, and now lives east of Foot's Corn- ter. Whom he married, I am unable to say. Their children are Clara, Rudolf, Agnes, Fred. and Charlie.
SWEETLAND.
The grave of Molly Sweetland is found in the Conesus Center cemetery. Who she was, I am unable to say. She was b. in 1742, and d. June 7, 1826.
SWEENY
ALEXANDER and OWEN SWEENY were two brothers, and was born in Ireland. They came here somo thirty years ago, and Alexan- der died soon after. Owen m. Natelia Jones, and now lives in Sparta.
SWIFT.
WILLIAM SWIFT came here as a wagon-ma- ker in 1835. He m. Mary A. Hewitt, and they lived for a time at Conesus Center, and now at Union Corners. They have one child name Ettie, who m. James Bailey.
TIMBROOKS.
The family of Timbrooks, I know but a lit- tle about. They were one of the early families of the town, and lived for several years south of Conesus Centes. They have one son named Henry, that is married and now lives at that place.
TITSWORTH.
ABRAHAM TITSWORTH lived for a long time in the Calabogue hollow, and now in Michigan. Whom he in., I can not say. Their children, as far as I know, were Annie, who in. Dewitt Alger, Hamilton and George, both now West.
THOMAS.
EVEN THOMAS was b. in Pennsylvania, in 1790, and d. Dec. 13, 1863; m. Saran Havens, who was b. in 1803, and d. Jan. 13, 1872. They came here as early settlers, and always resided on the place now owned by Ezra Clark, where they died. Their children were as follows :
1st. Robert, m. Esther Degraw, who d. Jan.
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6, 1853, leaving two children, Annie who m. Albert Hunt, and Charlie, now West.
2nd. Elizabeth, m. - Haynes, and d. Dec. 26, 1878; a. 51 y's. She left two chil- dren.
3d. Matilda, m. John Hass, who was killed by Ellis a few years ago in Dansville.
4th. Sarah, m. - Wisner. 5th. Frank, some where West.
6th. Watson, d. Nov. 12, 1863; a. 26 y's.
7th. Evan, m. Ann Carroll, and lives West. 8th. Harriet, m. Leman Northrup.
9th. Ann, m. - Carroll, and is now dead. 10th. Joseph, accidentally shot by a com- rade in the army.
11th. 1. Havens, m. Sylinda Guldner, and lives at the head of Conesus lake. Children three, Willie, Belle, and Frank.
12th. Minerva, m. Harrison Coleman, and lives at Saginaw, Mich ..
THORPE.
There has been two brothers that has lived in the town, as follows :
CHARLES THORPE was b. in New Haven, Ct., in 1785, and d. Mar. 31, 1829; m. Char- lotte Morrison who was b. in 1794, and d. Aug. 16, 1850. He came here when he was a young man, and they lived for a time on the place now owned by Henry Cramer. They had six children, as follows ;
Ist. Lucinda, m. Garrett Daniels.
2nd. Mary Ann, m. Matthew Allen.
3d. Olivia, who d. Jan. 4, 1828; a. 12 y's. 4th, Henry, who d. in 1814.
5th. Elizabeth, m. John Mc Vicar.
6th. Seymor, m. Emeline Dean, and lives at Foot's Corners. Children two, Iardell, and Carrie who m. William Jerome.
JOEL THORPE,-the other brother,-was b. in 1780, and d. in 1719; m. Lydia Thorpe,
who was b. in 1781, and d. in 1858. He came to the town as an early settler. Their chil- dren were as follows:
1st. Warren, m. Lucy Patterson and d. in 1873.
2nd. Amzi, b. in 1817; m. Celina Alder- man, and now lives at Gainesville, N. Y.
3d. Rollen, m. Henrietta Densmore, and lives in Wisconsin.
4th. Charles, mn. Betsy Densmore, and d. in 1847; she d. in 1852.
TRESCOTT.
There has been three brothers in the town, as follows :
1st. SOLOMON, who m. - Remington, and they have lived for a number years at Conesus Center. Their children are Mary A., m. Robert Magee; Daniel, m. Emily West, and lives at ('onesus Center, and has one child named Eva ; Josephene, m. John D. Morris ; Corda, m. - Andress; Charles, m. Nellie Magee ; Cyrus (m.) ; and Eugene.
2nd. AsA, was b. in 1804, and d. Dec. 18, 1886; m. -- Smith, who d. a few years ago. Their children are William, who m. 1st Ella May, who d. May 28, 1878. 2nd wife, I am unable to say. Laura, mn. McGinley.
3d. CYRUS, n. 1st --- Bebee, by whom he had one son'name Charles. 2nd wife, Lucy Chapin, by whom he han one child named El- mer. He lived for a time on the shore of the Conesus lake, and now at Livonia Station.
VINCENT.
GEORGE K. VINCENT came to the town in 1868, and was then a Harness maker by trade. He lived at Conesus Center. Married Alta Chase, by whom he had three children, whose name are George, Charlie, and Annie. The last years he was in the town, he was engaged in manufacturing " Patent Medicine.".
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WAMBOLD.
EDWARD WAMBOLD lives at the head of. Conesus lake. He m. Lyda Roberts, and has two children, whose names I can not give.
WEBSTER.
There were two brothers that came to the town at an early day, as follows :
ELISHA, was b. in 1794, and d. Feb. 25, 1867; m. Betsey - who was b. in 1800, and d. June 28, 1877. Their home was in the south part of the town, and near a school- house that bears their nan.e. Their children were as follows :
Ist. Elisha, m. Ann Clemons, and lives at Webster's Crossing. Children two, Elisha (m.), and Luna who m. Harvey Hill.
2nd. Mahlon, m. Emeline Johnson, and they have four children, Frank, Cora, Willie, and Bert.
3d. William, m. - Barnhardt. 4th. Alantson, m. - and has two chil- dren, Ellen and Edward.
5th. Orlando, m. --- and had two chil- dren, Della, and James, who d. July 7, 1874.
6th. Jchn. m. Anna Coe, and lives at Cone- sus Center, and has one child name George. 7th. Victoria, m. John Vretenburg.
8th. Betsey, mn. William Jones.
9th. Sarah, m. Tillie Clemons.
10th. Mary, Jackson Clemons.
LAWRENCE a, brother of the above, lived on Marrowback, near the school-house that bears his name. He m. Eliza Haywood who d. Nov. 15, 1875. He died several years previous. Their children are Susan; Angeline, m. Guy Bennett : Elizabeth, m. Guy Bennett and is dead; Carrie, m. John Holmes, and d. May 11, 1877; Celestial, d. Nov. 21, 1880; Flor- ence, d. May 18, 1872; Lawrence, m. Carrie Damon, and lives on his father's homestead.
WELLS.
ISAAC T. WELLS was b. in 1807, and d. Nov. 2, 1867; m. Charity -. He came to the town some fifty years ago, and settled at Conesus Center, and was a blacksmith by trade. Their children were Hyler, who lives in Washington, Wiley, who is a Lawyer and has been Congressman from the State of Miss- issippi, and Elizabeth, who m. Robert Lee of Groveland, who is now dead.
WEST.
JOEL WEST came to the town at an early day, and lived in the Calabogue hollow. He m. Angeline Wing, who was b. Oct. 27, 1811. Their children were Emeline, who m. Azel Coleman, and is now dead; Emily, m. Daniel Trescott ; Mary, single; Carrie, m. Charles Durfee, and now dead ; John, m. Rosana Lee, and their children are Andrew, John, Julian, now dead, and Eliza; Chancey, m. 1st, Mary ; 2nd. Lucy Gardner, and has one - son, name Perry ; Hulda, m. - Arnold.
WESTER.
JACOB WESTER was born in Germany, and came here about 1856. Whom m., I can not ' say. He lives in the Purchase gulley, and their children are Amel, who m. Ada Spencer, Charles (m.), George, John, Lillie, Mary, Al- ice, Andrew and Elias dead.
WHEATON.
There has been two brothers by the name of Wheaton in the town, and both of them lived at the head of the Conesus lake, as follows ;
ESEK, m. Cornelia Degraw, now dead. Their children are Frank, (who m. Ist, C. F. Basom, and 2nd, R. L. Pierson), George (m.), Jerome, Ira, John, and Esther who d. March 28,1862: a. 8 y's.
CHARLIE, m. Lathuse Redman, and they have two children, named Loyd and Leman.
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WHEELER.
WARREN WHEELER, came to the town as one of the early settlers, and lived in a log house that stood a little south of the residence of Hiram Boyd, and soon after moved to South Livonia, where he d. in 1884. He m. - Baker, and their children were Maria, who m. Henry Coe; William, mn. 1st. -, 2nd. Eliza McDonald; Dell., m. Luther Hart, and is now dead ; -- m. Simon Oley.
WHITEMAN.
WILLIAM WHITEMAN was b. in 1828; m. Nancey Mills, who was born in 1836. They came to the town some twenty years ago, and have resided since on the place they now live. Have no children except an adopted boy named Henry, who m. Mary Shafer.
WILCOX.
ERASTUS WILCOX lived for a time upon the farm now owned by the Morris family, west of Union Corners. His wife's name was Martha. While living here, they lost two children, Ab- ner, who was accidentally shot at Lakeville, Sept. 23, 1832; a. 14 y's., and James, who d. Oct. 6, 1832; a. 15 y's.
WILDER.
DANIEL WILDER came to the town, some forty years ago, and made it his home in the Calabogue hollow. He m. first a Strong, and for his second wife, a Meacham. He d. Nov. 27, 1886. This is all I know of the family.
WILISON.
WILLIAM WILISON resides at Union Corn- ers where he came some thirty years ago. He m. - Wood, who d. Apr. 17, 1885. Their children are Belle, who mn. William Howitt, Frank, m. Homer Jincks, and d. Sept. 18, 1885, Hattie, m. William Bortels, Thomas, m. Kaddie Bortels, Ida, and Charles.
WILKINSON.
There are two families in the town, by the name of Wilkinson, as follows :
WILKINSON lived at Conesus Center for a time, and now with his son-in law, Ezra Gray. He was b. in 1800, but whom he m., I can not say, or give his childrens names.
DAVID, -the progenitor of the other fant- ily- lives on the shore of the Conesus lake. He m. Jane Bearss, and their children are Myron and William, the latter in.
WILLIAMS.
The family of Harkless Williams, consisted of himself and wife, and were Negro people. They came to the town, at its first settlement, with a white family by the name of King. They built them a small house on the flats, a little west of Alanson Coller, where he died a few years ago, and their home was taken from his wife, and she died at the County House, at. Geneseo. They, at the time of their death, were very aged, and were respected by all who knew them.
WING.
AARON WING was b. July 12, 1780, and d. Oct. 19, 184 -; m. Lucy Warner, who was b. July 22, 1784, and d. Mar. 14, 1860. They canie to the town as early settlers, and lived in the Calabogue hollow. They had eleven children as follows :
1st. Harriet, m. Alexander Warner and lives at Castile, N. Y. 2nd. Willis, m. Ist -; 2nd Maggie Wilder, and has one child named Olive, who m. Darius Cargo.
3d. Alfred, m. 1st Caroline Dyruff ; 2nd
4th. Adaline, who lives East.
5th. Ashabel, d. in 1810. 6th. Chancy, d. in 1821.
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7th. Asahel, m. Mary Brazee, and lives in Cleveland.
8th. Horace, m. Caroline Knight, and has one child name Ella, who m. Silas Keys.
9th. Philip, mn. Hepsibeth Strong, and lives at Lockport. Children three, George (dead), Ada, and Elmer.
10th. Henry, who d. in 1822.
11th. Henrietta, m. James Mc Ninch.
WILHELM.
Of this family, there are two brothers that came to the town in 1829, and settled in the southern part, as follows :
1st. JOHN, who was b. in 1818; m. Lora Humphrey. who was b. in 1815. Their fam- ily consisted of six children namely :- Emily, Sidney, Ellen, Solon, Eugene, and Martha.
2nd. WILLIAM, the other brother, was b. in 1825; m. Pharazina Allen, who was b. in 1831, and d. Feb. 15, 1870. For his second wife, Mary Tompson. By his first wife, their children were as follows :- Rhoda, Ella, Sarah, who d. June 28, 1856, Mary. who d. Apr. 17, 1857, and George, who d. Apr. 8, 1865.
WOODRUFF.
DUANE WOODRUFF lived for several years in the Calabogue hollow. He m. 1st Chapin; 2nd - Compton. I am not ac- quainted with the family, to speak farther of them.
YOUNGS.
THOMAS YOUNGS, was b. in 1772, and d. . May 22, 1855; m. Mary Gale, who was b. in 1777, and d. Feb. 11, 1865. They came here as early settlers of the town, and always re- sided on the place now owned by Ezra Gray, north of Conesus Center, where they kept a hotel. As far as I knew, they had one son name John, who was b. in 1804, and d. April 23, 1852 : m. Ellen Harris, who was b. in 1812, and d. Apr. 26, 1872. John was a prom- inent lawyer of his day, and rose to be Gov- ernor of this State.
ERRETA.
The following family I have accidently skip- ped, and will insert it here.
PAUL SANBORN Was a Revolutionary sol- dier, and lived at the head of the Conesus lake. whom he married I can not say. He had one son name Joseph, who m. 1st. Lany Buskirk, who d. in 1866. 2nd. Catherine VanCuren. His children were by the first wife namely :---
Mary, dead; Malvina, m. Orren Hubbard : Mandania, single; Manson, now west; Emma, dead; Montroville, m. Corintha VanPatten, and was drowned: Medora, m. George Tillo- son ; and Melvin, now West: Marquis, now dead; Minervia, m. William Penning.
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SUPPLEMENTARY.
When I was about to deliver my book to the Binders, I discov- ered that I had accidentally over-looked one of the oldest families in the town by the name of Scott, which should have been given in the letter "S," in the Genealogical Chapter. Not wishing to omit them, I will add it by a supplementary page here.
GEORGE SCOTT was b. in 1779, and d. Dec. - , 1821; mn. Rebecca Bowers, who was b. in 1777, and d. Mar. 9, 1862. "She was the daugh- ter of John Bowers one of the original land owners, and at the time of his death, left her and a brother and three sisters a large amount of property in the town. She was very charitable, and gave land for the Conesus (Alger's) Cemetery and for several more in this section. They lived for a time west of the residence of the late Lewis Carroll, and she afterwards lived at Conesus Center, and d. in Mt. Morris.
Their children were James, who died young; Aun Rebecca, m. Miles Crego, and d. Apr. 29, 1853, a. 43 y's ; John, m. Catherine O'Neal, and lived and d. at St. Louis; Elizabeth, m. Lester Crego, and d. Jan 18, 1844, a. 31 y's ; Samuel Jones was b. in 1803, and d. Mar. 3, 1877 ; m. Abigail Buckbee, who was b. in 1809. They have always resided in the town, except a few years in the State of Missouri. Their children are George d .; Emeline ; Mary (m. Calvin Rich and lives at Batavia, N. Y .; Emna ; Henry who d. Oct. 14, 1865; Helen who d. Nov. 14, 1864; Duane; Edward; Juliaette and Frankie who d. young.
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