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HARRIET, who married David Burr. They removed, several years after, to Conneautville, Pa., where Mr. Burr died in 1853. Their children were, 1. James, who married Julia Ann Andrews, in Warsaw, where he died in 1854. 2. Alan- son, who married Betsey Chadwick, and has three children. 3. Mabel, who married Mr. Peabody, and resides in Con- neautville, Pa. They have a daughter. 4. William, who died in 1855, aged abont 21. 5. Achsah, who married Mr. Dibble, and has two daughters and a son.
PAMELIA married William Eddy, of Orangeville, where they have ever since resided. Their children are, 1. Lydia, who married Mr. Lockwood. Children, Hattie and Flora. 2. Hortensia, who married Charles Griffin. 3. Chauncey B., who married Miss Lockwood, and had two children; one died in infancy.
WILLIAM S. married for his first wife, Elizabeth Smith, by whom he had a son, Henry, who married Sarah Gardner, of Wethersfield, and has two children. He married a second wife, by whom he has three sons. Mr. Buxton is a Methodist preacher, and resides in Michigan.
F.H. Buyton.
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CHAUNCEY C. was born in Orangeville, April 3, 1813. He married Elizabeth Adams, and had seven children: 1. Helen, who became the second wife of Hon. Harlow L. Comstock, and died, leaving a daughter, Helen E. 2. Hattie, who died at 13. 3. William, now Druggist in Warsaw. 4. John A. 5, 6, 7, Marian, Charles, and Julia, all of whom died infants. Mr. Buxton was long associated with his brother, Timothy, in the carriage making business, and has held the office of Super- visor and other responsible town offices. He is now engaged in the Drug business, of the firm of Buxton & Lewis. Him- self and wife are members of the Presbyterian church.
TIMOTHY II. [See T. H. Buxton.]
OTIS S. married Charlotte T. Sheldon, daughter of the late Dr. Chauncey L. Sheldon. Children: 1. Florence, who mar- ried Engene Andrews, of Perry, and has a son, Clinton. 2. Gertrude, died an infant. 3. Charlotte. 4. Herbert, died in infancy. 5. Carrie. 6. Clarence. 7. Lilian. Mr. Buxton is Door-keeper of the House of Representatives, in Washing- ton.
FRANKLIN married Martha Clark, of Batavia. He died in 1857, leaving a daughter, Hattie, who died in her Sth year. Mrs. Buxton resides in Batavia.
TIMOTHY H. BUXTON, son of Dea. Wm. Buxton, was born in Orangeville, July 9, 1815. Ilis advantages for edu- cation were limited; but his native energy and business talent enabled him to overcome more than ordinary obstacles, and, in connection with an elder brother, to establish, and for many years to carry on, an extensive and successful business. [Sce p. 91.] He has also attained an honorable and influential position in society. He has several times been elected Super- visor of the town. He was for many years a Director of the Wyoming County Insurance Company. In 1849 he was elected Sheriff of Wyoming county, and discharged the duties of the office with the greatest promptness and fidelity. For his efficiency as a peace officer, he was often called "a terror to evil doers." Himself and his wife are members of the Presbyterian church, of which he is also an Elder, and has been for nearly thirty years continuously, and is still, one of the Trustees of that Society. He has also actively coope- rated in efforts for the suppression of intemperance, the maintenance of good order, and the promotion of the interests of morality and religion. He married Juliann Clark, of Ba- tavia. Their children were as follows:
MARY C., who married Hon. Byron Healy, County Judge.
LUCY M., FRANCES JULIA, JOSEPHI, EDWARD T., and HOMER
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S. and HARLOW W., twins; the latter of whom died in infancy; the former at the age of S years.
DR. PETER CANER was born in ITerkimer Co., Dec. 15, 1800. Ile graduated at the Fairfield Medical College in 1825, and practiced two years in partnership with Dr. Delos White, of Cherry Valley, with whom he had studied niedi- cine. In 1827, he came to Warsaw, and soon acquired an extensive practice, which he retained until disabled by sick- ness a short time before his death. He died April 2, 1854. He married Harriet Holt, of Cherry Valley, by whom he had eight children, as follows:
EDWARD IL., a physician, married Elizabeth C. Gregory, and and had three children. He died near New York, May 20, 1855.
MARY E. died March 19, 1851, aged 21.
H. NELSON, married in Rockford, Ill., and is a physician in Freeport, Ill. He has two children.
GEORGE W. died aged 20; Jons A., 1857, aged 21.
ROBERT JOHNSON is in the U. S. naval service, in the North Pacific Squadron.
LUCIEN W., died in infancy. HENRY C., died Jan. 31, 1862, aged 17.
CYRUS CAPEN was born in Windsor, Vt., April 19, 1798; married Delilah, daughter of Hezekiah Scovel, for- merly of Warsaw. Ile still resides in this town. He had five children: 1. Matilda M., who married Alonzo Cleveland, and had three children, Charles II., died an infant; Cyrus N., and Samuel A. 2. Luman II., who married Theresa J. Lowry, and died at Shortsville, Ontario Co. 3. Amy R., died at 14. 4. Samuel S., married Ida L. Fearing, at Santa Anna, Ill., and has one child.
ERASMUS D. CARPENTER was born in Bridgewater, Oneida Co., N. Y., July 13, 1807. From Le Roy, where he had resided for a time, he removed to this village in 1831, and commenced the Grocery and Provision business, which he has contimied, with the exception of one brief interval, until the present time. He married Lucy M. Knapp, of this town, who died Dec. 5, 1834. Ile married for his second wife Eliza A. L. Fargo, who died Feb. 9, 1854, and by whom he had four children:
FRANCIS M., who married Dexter C. Webb, and has three children.
LUCY ANN E., married James E. Davis, and resides at Rich- mond Hill, Canada.
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HENRY H., married Love Luce, and resides in Lindon, Michigan.
SARAN J., married Charles E. Cornwell, and resides in Iowa. They have one child.
Mr. Carpenter married for his third wife, Mrs. Kate Mosher, of Warsaw.
AMMI HI. CARPENTER was born in Oneida Co., Feb. 15, 1813. Ile married Eliza Van Deusen. They removed to Warsaw from Kalamazoo, Mich., in 1839. He was by trade a tin-smith; and during a large portion of the time of his residence in this village, he was engaged in the Stove and Tin business. He now resides in Aurora, Erie Co.
HIe had nine children: Myron B., Helen M., Mary, George, Buena V., Herrick H., Gertrude, Julia, and Carrie, who died March, 1860, at the age of $ years.
OTIS F. CARPENTER was born in Westmoreland, Oncida Co., N. Y., Jan. 16, 1810. He was married to Margaret Van Allen. He came to Warsaw in 1831, and in connection with his brother, Erasmus D., commenced the Grocery and Provision business, in which he continued ten or twelve years. He subsequently engaged in. and still contin- ues, the farming business, on East Ilill, about two miles from the village. He has five children:
WALTER S., unmarried.
FRANKLIN, who married Abigail Nichols, of Perry.
ELLA, who married Frank Adams, merchant in Tioga, Pa., and has a son, Walter.
ALBERT, who lives in Geneseo; and EDDY.
ELIJAH CHAMBERLAIN was born April 13, 1783. and married Ruth Googins. They removed from Ludlow, Vt., to Warsaw, in 1828, and settled on the East Hill, where they lived until the time of their death. Mrs. Chamberlain dicd October 20, 1849. Mr. Chamberlain died June 23, 1860. They were connected with the Presbyterian church. They had nine children. as follows:
BETSEY, who married Asa Bryant, and had six children. The family removed many years ago to Wisconsin.
SARAI married Thomas Bliton. They removed some years since to Machias, Cattaraugus county. They had nine chil- dren.
POLLY died in her 1Sth year.
OLIVE married Thomas Kelly, and removed to Michigan. They had six children.
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RUTH married Sheldon Bryant; lives in Great Valley, and has four children.
ELIJAH, Jun., born April 11, 1820, married Betsey Trues- dell. Their children are, 1. Adelia V .; 2. Alla A., who married James H. Wing, and resides in Warsaw; 3. John T .; 4. Cora Isabel.
NANCY M. married Elon W. Chase. They live in Warsaw, and had four children: Edgar Adelbert, who married Lucy McWethy, and three who died young.
WILLIAM J. married Jennet Lake, of Perry, and resides there. They had four children.
GARDNER H. married Jane Lake of Perry, and died March 18, 1857, aged 29 years. They had two children. Gardner H. (lied March 18, 1857, aged 29.
RODERICK CHAPIN was born in Wilbraham, Mass., in 1766. He married Hephzibah Smith. They removed from Hampton to this town in 1815, and settled on West Hill, on the farm since owned by David Sammis. Having previously made a profession of their faith, they united with the Presby- terian church in this place; and for several years Mr. Chapin was one of its ruling elders. He died in Busti, Chautauqua county, August, 1842. His wife died in this town in March, 1840. They had ten children :
RODERICK, who married Sarah Clough. He was for many years a Methodist preacher, and was subsequently at different times connected with Cumberland Presbyterians and Wes- leyan Methodists. He died in Chautauqua Co., in 1857; his wife, in Jan., 1856. They had seven children.
JOHN married. first, Betsey Waters, by whom he had a son, who is dead. He married, second, Lucy Wheelock, by whom he had eight children. He was a member of the Baptist church in Warsaw. He has removed West.
HARVEY married Martha Smith, who died. He married, second, Jane Hare, who died, leaving three children. Mr. Chapin was a Presbyterian minister; had preached at Alden and other places in Western New York. He perished in the flames of his dwelling-house in Tipton, Missouri, July 28th, 1866.
EBENEZER married, in Carroll, Chautauqua county, Maria D. W. Cady, by whom he had seven children. They are by profession Presbyterian.
WILLARD married Mrs. Adaline Brooks in Ohio. He died in Olivet, Mich. He had two children.
PARMELIA married Bela Bartlett, and died at Belmont, Al- legany Co. They had seven children.
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MARY H. married Isaac Hemmingway, and resides in Jamestown, N. Y. They had nine children.
OLIVER N. married Sarah Hobart, by whom he had nine children. Mr. Chapin is a minister of the gospel, and has long been, and is now, pastor of the Presbyterian church in Spartansburg, Pa.
REBECCA married John Lyon, of Busti. They had two children.
STEPHEN CHASE was born in Poplin, N. H., Jan. 7, 1762, and married Lois Ely. They removed to Warsaw about the year 1814, and settled in the north-west corner of the town, where they resided until they died. Their children were:
ABIAL, who married John Bean, and removed to Warsaw. They had seven children.
THOMAS, born July 3, 1782, married Rhoda Smith, and re- moved to Warsaw. They had five children: 1. Nancy. 2. Sally, who married Elias Judd, of Middlebury. 3 John, who resides on the Reddish farm two miles north of the vil- lage, and who married Bathsheba Marsh. He married, sec- ond, Mrs. Elvina Marsh, and had by her two children, Duane and George, who is dead. He married, third, Mrs. Alvina Smead, of Bethany. 4. David, who married Elizabeth Sam- mis, and had two children, both dead. He married, second, Matilda Taylor, who also is dead. 5. Jefferson, who married Sophia Porter, of Middlebury, since removed to Iowa. They have two children.
DAVID married and died in New Hampshire.
SARAH married John Smith and removed to Warsaw.
ILANNAH married Benj. Bodge, and died in Batavia. They had four children.
STEPHEN, born July 6, 1796, married Betsey Hogle. Their daughter, Anna, married Enos Ingersoll, and died in Michi- gan. They had two children.
ELIZABETH married Almerin Curtis. They had fourteen or more children. Both parents and all but two or three of the children are dead.
JOHN F. CLARK was born in Pawlet, Vt., April 5, 1799. He came to Warsaw in 1811, and married Lydia Hatch, who died Dec. 22, 1825. He married for his second wife, Paulina Truesdell, by whom he had six children: Eber, Carlos, Sybil, Ozias, Horace, who died in his Sth year, and Walter.
EBER married Eleanor A. Bates, Jan. 1, 1857.
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SYBIL married Ferris W. Norton. She died, leaving a daughter, Cora.
OZIAS married Fidelia Richards, May 14, 1856.
Mr. Clark married for his third wife, Rachel Richards, by whom he had a daughter, Alta E., who married Eugene Stearns.
ALONZO CHOATE was born in Middlebury, June 1, 1814. In 1836, he engaged as a clerk for his uncle, Roswell Gonld, then a merchant at South Warsaw. After a clerkship of three years, he was a partner in the business two years. In 1845, Mr. Choate bought of Mr. Gould the store and goods at South Warsaw, and continued in trade there until 1854, when he removed to the village and traded one year. IIc-was elected a Justice of the Peace in 1846, for the term of four years, and reelected in 1850; and in 1854, Supervisor. On the establishment of the Post-Office at South Warsaw, Feb., 1850, he was appointed Postmaster, which office he held several years.
Mr. Choate married Lucinda Truesdell, who died Ang. 14, 1842, aged 24. They had two children: Amina, who died at 12; and Eliza Jane, who married George M. Bassett, a printer in this village, and has a son, Hubert Alonzo.
Mr. Choate married for his second wife, Lucretia C., daughter of Silas C. Fargo. They reside in Warsaw.
NICHOLAS CLEVELAND was born in Fairhaven, Vt., June 26, 1793. Ile married Sarah Morris, of Hampton. He removed to Warsaw in 1825, and settled in the south-west part of the town, where he died in Jan., 1869. He served in the war of 1812. Both himself and wife in youth made a profession of their faith in the Savior, and united with the Methodist church. He has for many years been a local preacher. Mrs. Cleveland died many years ago. They had nine children:
WILLIAM, who married Amanda Henris. They had a daughter. Sarah, who married Dr. Waldron, who died in this town in 1866.
JOSIAH married Mary Rogers. Both have died.
ALowzo married Sally Truesdell, who died. He married, second, Matilda C. Capen, by whom he had three children: Charles HI., d. inf., Cyrus N., and Samuel A.
BETSEY married Chauncey L. Stevens. They had two children: Ann Janette, who died at about 14, and George Henry.
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URIAH married Hannah Loretta Munger, by whom he had three children, only one of whom, Charlotte, is living. Mrs. Cleveland died in 1863. Mr. Cleveland married, second, Arsino Jenison, of Gainesville.
CHESTER H. married, in Ohio, Miss Niles. They reside in Middlebury, and have one child, John.
LAURA L. married Nelson Baker, of this town. They re- side in Wethersfield, and have three children, Alida, Emma, and Carrie.
JOHN M. married Orissa Shipman, and died.
HARLOW L. COMSTOCK was born in Groton, Tomp- kins Co., N. Y., Dec. 22, 1822. He removed to Warsaw in 1850; formed a partnership in the practice of law with James R. Doolittle, now Senator in Congress from Wisconsin. The partnership continued one year. He continued the practice of his profession here until 1868. He was elected District Attorney for Wyoming County in November, 1850, and re- elected in November, 1863. In November, 1855, he was elected County Judge for the constitutional term of four years; was re-elected in 1859, and again in 1863, having held the office during a period of twelve years. He was a Lawyer of decided ability, and had a successful practice. He also acquired a high reputation as a Judge. Hle and his wife were members of the Presbyterian church, of which he was an elder. In the spring of 1868 he removed to Canandaigua, where he continues in the practice of his profession. He married for his first wife, Jane O. Ives, by whom he had three children : Martha Jane, Catharine, and Anna Laura. He married in Warsaw, for his second wife, Helen Buxton, daughter of Chauncey C. Buxton. She died, leaving a daugh- ter, Helen Elizabeth. He married for his third wife, Cor- delia Shepard.
BENJAMIN B. CONABLE, son of Rufus Conable, was born in Gainesville, April 24, 1821. He remained at home. working on his father's farm, and enjoying only ordinary educational advantages afforded by the district school, until he was fifteen years of age. He then engaged with his uncle, Samuel Conable, of South Warsaw, at the Woolen Mannfac- turing business, in which he continued four years. He was next employed by Wm. K. Crooks, in his Carding and Cloth Dressing establishment in this village; and after one year's service, he became a partner, and continued as such for one year. In the spring of 1843, he bought a farm in Gainesville, and pursued the farming business with good success for about
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twelve years, having also, for several seasons, bought and sold considerable quantities of wool. In 1855, he purchased the farm of Newbury Bronson, formerly known as the Lyon farm, two miles south-west of the village, on which he still resides. However others of his vocation may complain, he has made farming profitable, having acquired more than a comfortable independence. On the breaking out of the rebel- lion, he was among the first to engage in measures to aid in its suppression. Although unable, from physical disability, to take the field himself, he gave liberally to the volunteers and their families. He came forward promptly at every call, and at a later day, when the authorities had to raise large sums of money, he allowed his name to be used for that pur- pose. Ile was married, Feb. 1, 1843, to Salvira Morris, daughter of the late Solomon Morris, Jun. They have a daughter, Helen S., who married Hiram D. Truesdell, son of John Truesdell, (not the late John Truesdell, of South War- saw.) They have two children, Barber C. and Hiram Walter, and reside near the residence of Mr. Conable, on the farm formerly owned by the late Nathan Scovel.
ESEK COOK was born in Middlebury, Vt., Sept. 26, 1797, and removed when young to Wallingford, where he married Lucinda White, born in 1801. He removed to War- saw about thirteen years ago. He had six children:
CORDELIA married Gilbert Clark, and resides in Gaines- ville. Their children are, Edwin, Oscar, James, and Lucinda.
SOPIMA married Jerome Hoisington. Their children are, Burdette, died at 18, and Mary.
MELINDA married James R. Smith, and has a son, Frank.
LAURA ANN married Eli Peck. Children: 1. Helen, 2. Alvin, who married Amanda Shipman, and has two children.
ARABEL married James Fullington, who is a partner in the firm of Knapp, Fullington & Co., Carriage Makers and Black- smiths in this village. IIe has a son, Henry.
LORENZO married Lney Jane White, and lives in Warsaw.
Mrs. Cook died July 15, 1851, and Mr. Cook married Ce- lestia Macklem, and resides in this village.
BROUGHTON W. CRANE was born in Richmond, Cheshire Co., N. H., Dec. 16, 1797. He removed from Ham- ilton, N. Y., to Warsaw, in 1833, in the south-west part of the town, on the farm formerly owned by Newton Hawes. He married Asenath Martin, of Richfield, N. Y. Early in life he united with the Baptist church in Hamilton, and has held the office of Deacon in the church in Warsaw; of which his wife also is a member. They have two children:
Post Coniphone,
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BYRON, who married Marjie Foster, of Wethersfield, and resides in this town. They had five children : Broughton Wm., died at 10; Ida, (inf.,) Frank F., Asenath Ann, and Charles Byron.
MARY ANN married Ormus Marshall, of Wethersfield, who purchased a farm on West Hill, where he now resides.
RANSOM B. CRIPPEN was born at Fort Ann, N. Y., Dec. 28, 1804, and married in 1829, Harriet Demell. He resided successively at Batavia, Wyoming, and Wethersfield. In Nov. 1848, he was elected Clerk of this county for the term of three years. After a residence here of abont twelve years, he engaged in Angust, 1861, as a Clerk in the Depart- ment of the Interior, at Washington, where he died, Feb. 26, 1868. He was for many years an esteemed member of the Baptist church. Mrs. Crippen and the younger children still reside in Washington. They had four children: Ransom A., Arthur Willis, Mary Elizabeth, and Ellery Hicks, of whom only the eldest is married.
RANSOM A. CRIPPEN son of Ransom B. Crippen, was born Dec. 18, 1830, in Middlebury, and married, Sept. 10, 1851, Ruth D. Hicks, of Perry, who was born Jan. 27, 1829, in Palmyra, Wayne county. He was several years engaged as clerk and as proprietor in the mercantile business in this village; and in 1864, was elected Clerk of the County, which office he held for the constitutional term of three years. He is at present (1869) a Fire Insurance Agent and a Real Estate Broker. He has three children: Arthur W., Mary E., and Ellery H.
JAMES CROCKER was born in Vermont. He was admitted to the practice of Law before his removal to War- saw. He came to this town about the year 1820. After a residence here of a few years, he married Emma Lane, of Pawlet, Vt. They had a number of children, all of whom, except one, died in infancy. In 1833 or 1834, they removed to Buffalo, where he lost, by death, first his daughter, Mary Electa, aged 8 years, and Sept. 11th, 1849, his wife. Mr. Crocker, although never highly distinguished in his profession, was one of the safest of Counselors, and was universally regarded as an "honest lawyer." He was for many years in Warsaw, and afterwards in Buffalo, an exemplary member and Elder in the Presbyterian church. He died in Buffalo, Feb. 4, 1861. His body, as had been those of his wife and children, was buried in Warsaw.
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JOIIN CROCKER was born in Vermont, May 31, 1797, came to Warsaw in or about the year, 1818, and established himself in business as a Hatter. He here married, Ardelizza Dryer. Soon after he came to Warsaw, he made a profession of his faith in the Savior, and manifested, during the remain- der of his life, the genuineness of that faith, by a life of active piety. He was an efficient supporter of the instutions of the church, and a member of the various benevolent and reform- atory associations. He was in 1831 chosen a ruling elder in the Presbyterian church, which office he exercised until his removal from Warsaw. He relinquished the business of his trade, and removed to Arcade, where he died June 31, 1844. His widow, an exemplary Christian lady, is still living. They had four children:
WILLIAM, who spent a few years in the South, in teaching. After his return and a short residence in Warsaw, he went to Buffalo, where he married Eleanor, daughter of Aaron Rum- sey. She died, leaving two children, William and Nellie. He married a second wife, who also is dead. He married a third wife, who died in 1868. He still resides in Buffalo.
JAMES married Charlotte Parmele, daughter of the late Rev. Abial Parmele. His health failing, he visited the south in the vain hope of its recovery. IIe died soon after his return. Mrs. Crocker resides in Westfield.
HARRIET married Dr. James L. Enos, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. They had two daughters, Lucy Amelia and Lucy Fisher, both dead.
JOHN JERMAIN resides at Council Bluffs, Iowa.
JONAS CUTTING was born in Shaftsbury, Vt., Ang. 19, 1782. He came to Warsaw in the year 1804, and married Lovina Fargo, who was born April 23, 1791. They were mar- ried in Warsaw, and settled on his farm a mile and a fourth south of the village, where Helon S. Taber now resides. They had six children.
DAVID PARKER, who married Sarah A. Smith, and removed to Erie county, Pa., where he was killed by the fall of a tree. He had four children.
CHAUNCEY Z., married Sally, daughter of Simeon Gibson. They had five children: Romanzo B., Mary L., who died at 18; Ellen M., Chauncey G., who died in the hospital at Vicks- burg. Nov. 1864; and Sarah. Mrs. Cutting died, and Mr. Cutting married a second wife, by whom he had a daughter, Carrie. He died Sept. 1, 1867.
MARY L., married James R. Doolittle. . [See J. R. Doo- little.]
J'He Darling
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JEROME B., married Louisa Moss, and resides in Wisconsin. Children: Nathaniel M., died at 5; Jonas, and Jared.
MARQUIS F., married Delia Doolittle, and resides in Racine, Wis. Children: Corydon D., Delia, Myraette, died at 8; and Sarah.
Jonas Cutting died in 1860 at Racine, Wis., where Mrs. Cutting still resides.
JOSHUA HI. DARLING is a native of Henniker, N. H., and a son of the late Judge Joshua Darling of that place. At the age of 16, he engaged as a clerk, and soon after as a part- ner, with a brother-in-law, in the mercantile business. In 1830, he left New Hampshire for the West; and calling on a friend, the Hon. G. W. Patterson, then residing in Leicester, with whom he visited Warsaw, he made a temporary engage- ment as a clerk for Dr. Augustus Frank. In the fall of that year, he became a partner with A. W. Young-then in the mercantile business-under the firm of A. W. Young & Co. After the dissolution of this firm in 1831 or 1832, he contin- ued the business, single, with the exception of one or two brief periods, for about twenty years. He maintained the reputa- tion of an " honest dealer; " and his success is to be attributed mainly to his close attention to business and prudent manage- ment. The necessity of a Bank in Warsaw having long been felt by the citizens of this county, Mr. Darling established, as an individual banker, the Wyoming County Bank, under the general banking-law of this state, and managed its operations, with great financial skill, during its existence as a state insti- tution. [Sce Banks.] Ile is universally esteemed as a citizen. He has been associated with the carliest friends of the tem- perance and antislavery causes, and has steadily co-operated in efforts for the promotion of good morals, and the interests of education and religion, and the general improvement of society. He united with the Presbyterian church in this place, and was one of the number from that church who, in 1840, formed the Congregational church and society. To the objects and enterprises of this organization he has, from his ample means, been a large contributor.
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