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Slater, William J .- The late James Slater was born in Chili, Monroe county, N. Y., and his education was obtained in the public schools. He was a contractor and farmer, and when the Erie Canal was enlarged, he had a contract from Clyde, Wayne county, to the Montezuma marshes, also built the slope wall between the above mentioned places. April 17, 1852, he married Ann Wheelahan, formerly of Kings county, Ireland. She came to the United States with her parents when but two years old. They had eight children, six grew to maturity: Thomas, who mar- ried Effie Gallery of the town of Greece, Ann, Lizzie, who married Joseph Larkin and have four children; Josephine, who married John Beaty of Greece, and had four children: Julia, Mrs. Rigimy, died in 1883, and William J. The last named has been collector of the village of Charlotte one year. His father, James, was accidently killed by being thrown from a wagon on Lake avenue, Rochester, N. Y., August 30, 1871. Mrs. Slater's father, Thomas Wheelahan, was born in Kings county, Ireland, in 1810. He married Mary Ryan of his native place, and they had fourteen children. The family came to the United States in 1832, and located in the town of Greece. He died in 1890, and his wife in the spring of 1892. Mrs. James Slater was the only one who did not have fever and ague in the Montezuma swamp.
Smith, Jacob, was born in Herkimer county, November 18, 1824. His parents re- moved to Oswego county when he was two years old, thence to Ontario, and later to Clarkson, this county in 1834, and finally settled here in 1844, where he has ever since resided. He was educated in the district schools, and was a toll-keeper twenty- five years, but for the past seventeen years has been a farmer. He married Sarah Robbins, of Greece, and had one son, Theodore R., who married Mary Barber of San Francisco, Cal., and he has one son Albert T. Mr. Smith married second Mary J. Robbins, a sister of his first wife, and they have one son, Albert W. Mr. Smith has served as justice of the peace for a number of years, His father, John, was born in Dutchess county about 1788, and married Dolly Stever, by whom he had six children: Gertrude, Catharine, Caroline, Jacob, Maria, and one who died in infancy. He died in 1862, and his wife in 1858. Jehiel Robbins, father of Mrs. Smith, was born in the Mohawk valley in 1795 Of their eleven children nine grew to maturity : George, Phoebe, Anna, Sarah, Wilder, Ruth, Mary J., John, and Truman. Mr. Robbins died in 1865, and his wife in 1841. Jehiel Robbins was a soldier in the war of 1812. The ancestry of this family on both sides is Dutch.
Sexton, Lawrence, was born in Charlotte, N. Y., December 5, 1858. He was ed- ucated in the public school, and has a variety of occupations, and is now proprietor of the Beach Hotel, conducts a refreshment stand on the corner of Broadway and the Beach, also carries on a billiard parlor at No. 18 South St. Paul street, with choice brands of whiskeys, wines and cigars. He has been married twice, first to
- Catharine Wildner of Medina, N. Y., and they had one daughter, Katie M. B. Mrs. Sexton died May 22, 1891. For his second wife he married, January 3, 1893, Mary Brett of Holley, N. Y., and they have one son, Lawrence E. Mr. Sexton's father was born in the old country in 1832, and married Joanna Dailey of his native place and came to the United States, locating in the town of Greece. They had six living children: Jeremiah, Cornelius and David, twins, John, Lawrence and Anna. John Sexton died in July, 1893.
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Skinner, George W., was born in Rochester, N. Y., May 12, 1854, was educated in the common schools in Rochester and the town of Greece, his parents having moved to Braddock's Bay, June 1, 1865, where his father opened up a summer resort which was continued after his death. George W. erected a new and commodious summer hotel which is conducted on liberal lines, and is growing in favor daily, being head- quarters for fishermen and hunters. October 6, 1874, he married Margaret E. Frieson of the town of Greece, and they have two children: Alice, now Mrs. William Pfarrer of the town of Chili, and Charles, who is a student at school. Mr. Skinner's father, Roswell B., was also born in Rochester, March 18, 1820, was educated in the schools of Rochester, and married Adelia Fisk, formerly of New York city. They had nine children, only five of whom grew to maturity: George W., as above, Will- iam N., Falding W., Lewis B., and Frank. Mr. Skinner was identified with Roch- ester business interests in many ways before he moved to the town of Greece. He died November 10, 1889, and his wife August 21, 1874. Mrs. Skinner's father, Joab Frieson, was born in Germany in 1820, married Margaret Black, and came to the United States in 1854, locating in the town of Greece. 'They had four children : Michael, Margaret, as above, Jacob, and Rose. Both father and mother are still living.
Taft, Horace, was born in Woodstock, Windsor county, Vt., April 24, 1826, and was educated in their schools. He came to Rochester with his parents in 1839, and to the town of Greece in 1840. He learned the comb trade and followed the business fourteen years, and is now a farmer and fruit grower. October 24, 1853, he married Edna Bonsteel, and they were the parents, of two daughters: Ella, now Mrs Rich- ard Husband, and Eva A., now Mrs. Edward Simpson, both of Rochester, N. Y. The Husband family have three children: Eva, Cora, and a baby not named. Mr. Simpson's family consists of two children, Horace and Edna C. Mrs. Taft died Octo- ber 24, 1871. Mr. Taft's father, Samuel, was born at the old home in Vermont in 1791. He married Anna Sears of the old home, and they had six children: Mason, So. phronia, Henry, Mary, Horace, as above, and Sarah J. The family came to the town of Greece as above noted in 1840. Mr. Taft died in 1878, and his wife died of con- sumption when quite young. Mr. Taft's grandfather was a soldier in the Revolu- tionary war, and the first Taft in the United States landed at Plymouth Rock from the ship Mayflower from Holland.
Worden, Edward, was born in Penfield in 1816, a son of Edward, who came from Johnstown and married a daughter of William Hill. When Edward, jr., was about one year old he came to East Penfield with his mother and settled on the Hill home- stead, where he has since resided. He married Celia Cheeney, who died in 1892, leaving one son, Deyo S., who married a daughter of Artemas Fuller, of Penfield, and now lives on the homestead with his father and carries on the farm.
Hincher, Wheeler, was born near the old homestead where he now resides, Au- gust 1, 1835. His education was obtained in the district schools and he has always been engaged in farming. He married Catherine Doud, of Greece, and they have four daughters: Lucy, Gertie, Ada, and Edna. Mr. Hincher's father, William, was born in Charlotte in 1807. He too was educated in the publie schools and was a farmer. He married Lucy Hekox, of this town, and had seven children: Wheeler, Irving, Adelaide, Juliette, who died at the age of twenty-one years, and Frank. The
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other children died in infancy. William Hincher died January 8, 1868, and his wife, June 15, 1878. Wheeler Hincher's great-grandfather, William Hincher, was the first settler west of the Genesee River and the first settler of Charlotte, having come there in 1792.
Clark, George C., was born in Chesterfield, N. H., June 22, 1830, He was edu- cated in the schools of the day, then learned the machinist's trade. In 1852 he came to Rochester, N. Y., and worked at his trade until 1870. He and another gentleman organized a stock company that same year for the manufacture of machine screws. A factory was erected on Caledonia avenue, which has been in full operation ever since under the name of the Rochester Machine Screw Co. Mr. Clark has been su- perintendent of the company. In 1855 he married Mary Potter, of Oxford, N. Y., by whom he had these children: George P., Hattie L., Mildred, Nellie, Mary, and Charles N., a graduate of Aurora Academy, being captain of his company in the military department. George P. married Mary Haddock, of Greece. Hattie L. mar- ried Lewis A. Fountaine, by whom he has two children, Lewis and Hattie. Mildred married George Hedditch and has one daughter, Viola. Nellie married Charles Robbins, of Greece. Mary married Frederick Defendorf of Barnard's Crossing, and they have four children: Clark N., Mabel, Ralph and Frank. Mr. Clark is a mem- ber of Yonnondio Lodge, No. 103, F. & A. M., Rochester. N. Y. He has been a con- tributing member of this lodge for over forty years and in 1893 he was constituted a life member.
Canfield, James P., was born in the village of Chaumont, Jefferson county, N. Y., November 9, 1851. The family moved to Pinckney, Lewis county, when he was a child, where he was educated in the common schools, and graduated from Lowville Academy in 1868. He taught school winters and worked on the farm with his father summers until 1873. February 7, 1871, he married Ada J. Hodge of Adams Center. They have one son, De Forest, who has been a student in Brockport Normal School and Rochester Business University, and is now a clerk for his father in the New York Central and Hudson River Railway office at Charlotte. September 1, 1873, James P. entered the employ of the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Company, as assistant station master at Adams Center, under Daniel Funks, until 1876, when he became station agent at Kent on their new railway through Orleans county to Niagara Falls, where he remained one year. In 1877 he was made station agent at Sodus, Wayne county, where he remained ten years. In 1887 he came to Charlotte, still in the employ of that company until 1893, when he became station agent for the New York Central and Hudson River Railway Company, jointly with the other com- pany, and in the fall of the same year was station agent for the B. R. & P. Railway company, discharging his duty as station agent jointly for the three companies. Mr. Canfield is a member of Sodus Lodge, No. 376, F. & A. M. He is also a charter member of Wayne county Chapter, R. A. M., of Monroe Commandery, No. 12, K. T., of Damascus Temple, A. A. Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. Mr. Canfield traces his family origin to the Huguenots of France, who came to England and for some .distinguished service to the British crown was given a large tract of land.
Corbitt, Robert C., jr., was born in the town of Greece on the Little Ridge Road, August 9, 1853. He was educated in the public schools, and learned the carpenter's and joiner's trade, and is now a contractor and builder in Charlotte. He has mar-
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ried twice, first on November 27, 1873, to Lucy A. Baxter, formerly of Michigan. Seven children were born to them: Estella A., who died in her fifth year, a baby boy not named, Thurston A., Edith L., Wilbur B., Ward E., and Miles H. Mrs. Corbitt died March 29, 1892. The second time he married, October 7, 1892, Mrs. Clarissa Potter, nee Allen. She has four living children by her first marriage: Elizabeth A., now Mrs. Henry Schafer, Warren S., who married Augusta Clark, Ida B., who mar- ried Henry Walheiser, and Della C., who married Adelbert Baxter. Mr. Corbitt's father, Robert, was born in Scotland, in 1825, and married Rachel Wallace of his native place, and came to the United States, locating first in the town of Parma. They had five children: Agnes, who died at the age of ten, John, who died at the age of eight, Robert, jr., as above, Charles, and Jennie. Both father and mother reside in the town of Parma. Mr. Corbitt has just been elected one of the trustees of the village of Charlotte. He is a member of the Clio Lodge, No. 779, F. & A. M. of the town of Parma. The ancestry of this family is Scotch and English.
Burling, George, was born in Cambridgeshire, England, September 26, 1842. At the age of thirteen years he came to this country with his father, locating in West Junius, Ontario county. He was educated in common schools, and in early life was a farmer. He has lived in Greece since 1859. June 30, 1870, he married Sarah Green- wood, of Oil City, Pa. They had five children: Mamie, who died in infancy; Alice M., who died at the age of five years; Cora M .; Alfred J .; and Julia E. Mrs. Bur- ling died April 26, 1883. Mr. Burling's father, James, was born in England in 1819. He married Susan Hills, by whom he had twelve children: Mary A., George, Emma, James, Sarah, Alfred, Alice, Rebecca, Elizabeth, John, and Carrie L. Mr. Burling died February 1, 1870. His widow married Henry Palmer and they now live in Greece. Mr. Burling now conducts a small fruit farm, also a large fruit evaporator, of which he is sole owner. He is in partnership with Mr. Casburn, which partner- ship has existed for nineteen years.
Beaty, Thomas, was born in the town of Greece, October 8, 1823, was educated in the public schools, and has always been a farmer until he retired from business. In 1870 he married Mary McCaffrey, of the town of Greece, formerly of Ireland. She died October 20, 1886. Mr. Beaty's father, James, was born in Ireland in 1789, and married Alice Burns of his native place, and came to the United States in 1818 and located at Mount Read. They had four children: Patrick, Nancy, Thomas, and Ro- sanna. Mr. Beaty died September 11, 1855, and his beloved wife June 8, 1849. This old Irish family has been identified with the material prosperity of the town from a very early day. Mr. Beaty is a member of Mount Read Catholic church located near his home.
Bolton, William R., was born in Birmingham, England, September 21, 1865, and his parents moved to Bambury, Oxfordshire, England, when he was one year old. He was educated in their schools, and began to learn the shoe trade with his father and followed the business until he became very skillful working on fine sewed work in the best shops of England, even for some members of the royal family. Septem- ber 6, 1888, he came to the United States, and first located in New York city, and December 14, he came to Rochester, N. Y., and was immediately employed by his uncle, Thomas Bolton, in his shoe factory, and is there at the present time, He has recently erected a residence near Charlotte. July 14, 1889, he married Carrie Merrill
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of the town of Simcoe, Boston, Ontario, Canada. They have one daughter, Clara L. Mr. Bolton's father, William, was born at Bambury, Oxfordshire, England. He married Harriet Page, of his native place, and they had six children, five of whom survive: William B., Clara, John H., Louisa, and Percy H. The family, with the exception of our subject, reside in England. Mrs. Bolton's father, I. Warren Merrill, was born in the town of Simcoe, Canada, in 1826, and is a farmer by occupation. He married Sarah A., daughter of George Olmstead, formerly of Boston, Mass., and they have two children: George S., and Carrie, as above noted. Mrs. Merrill died in 1867, and he married a second time. Mr. Bolton is a member of Keystone Lodge, No. 661, I. O. O. F., of Rochester. N. Y. He is also a member of Crystal Tent, No. 86, K. O. T. M.
Barney, John S., was born in the town of Adams, Jefferson county, N. Y., July 18, 1840. His parents moved to Sackett's Harbor when he was one year old, and in 1848 the family came to Charlotte, where he was educated in the common schools, and in 1855 began his life work as a sailor. He has been captain of sailing ves- sels since 1867, and captain of the same harbor tug since 1875. January 7, 1868, he married Caroline L. Way of this place. Captain Barney's father, Benjamin F., was born in Jefferson county, N. Y., in 1818, and was educated in the schools of his day at Sackett's Harbor. Being a zealous abolitionist, he had charge of one of the un- derground railway stations. He married Jane Stevens of that county, and they had five children, two died in infancy. John S., Earl W., and Adeline L., came here in 1848. He became manager in a general store at this place, and opened the first meat market here in 1850. He died in 1890, and his wife in 1856. Mrs. Barney's father, Joseph Way, was born in Vermont, and came to Watertown when a young man. He married Louisa Lord, who was born in Connecticut, and they had four children: John, Lydia, George W., and Caroline L. Mrs. Day died in 1886, and it is supposed that Mr. Day died in the West, when looking for a site for his carding mill. Captain Barney has been a contributing member of Genesee Falls Lodge, No. 507, F. & A. M., Rochester, N. Y., and is now a life member.
Bingham, James R., was born near Toronto, Canada, in 1863. He first attended the public schools, then the High School, and graduated from the medical depart- ment of Trinity University, Toronto, in 1891. He then took a post-graduate course of polyclinics in New York city, then practiced in the hospital in Toronto. He has practiced with success in Charlotte since 1893. The doctor comes of a family of physicians and surgeons, having two uncles and two brothers in the profession. He is a member of the Canada Ontario College of Pharmacy, and is one of Monroe county's most skillful physicians and surgeons.
Burke, James, was born in Canada in 1852, where he learned the harnessmaker's trade In 1870 he came to Hamlin and after a few months he bought a general horse furnishing and harness store, which he still runs. In 1879 he married a daugh- ter of Michael Martin, by whom he has two sons: Joseph M. and Henry A. Mr. Burke was elected overseer of the poor in 1895, which office he still holds.
Estes, James W., was born in Clayton, Jefferson county, N. Y., October 15, 1852. The family moved to Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence county, and from there to Char- lotte, in 1860, where he was educated in the common schools, and is now chief en-
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gineer of the lake, bay, and sound steamers, and is one of the sewer commissioners of the village of Charlotte. August 11 1872, he married Margaret Hogg, of Char- lotte. Two sons were born to them, Milo D., who is a clerk in Denise Bros.' gen- eral store, and George G., who is a student in the graded school. Mr. Estes's father, James B., was born on Long, or Wolf Island, in the St. Lawrence River, June 6, 1818. He was educated in the schools of his day, and has always followed the St. Lawrence River and the lakes. He was captain of a sailing vessel at the age of seventeen. In 1840 he married Hannah S. Adams, Watertown, Jefferson county, and they had three sons: Milo D., Eldridge M., and James W. The sons are all loyal to the United States government, the two oldest were volunteers in the United States navy, and after serving one year were honorably discharged. Milo D. is now superintendent of the Albany and Troy line of steamboats. Eldridge M. enlisted in Co. A, 3d N. Y. Cavalry, was captured on the Wilson Raid, and starved to death in prison by the rebels in Florence, South Carolina. Mrs. Estes's father, John Hogg, was born in Scotland, January 1, 1817. In 1849 he married Jane Haig, of his native place, and came to Canada in 1857, and to the United States in 1867, locating at Charlotte. Four children were born to them: Jane, now Mrs. Conkling, of Saranac; James, who died at the age of twenty-five; Margaret, and Susan, now Mrs. Conrad, of Saranac. Mr. Hogg died at the age of thirty-seven.
Beaman, Cassius C., was born in Burke, Franklin county, N. Y., July 22, 1848, and is a son of Orson Beaman, who was born in 1820, and who came to Gates in 1882. He became a resident of Gates in 1868 and has been since then one of the represen- tative farmers of the town. In 1872 he started a milk route in Rochester and has since continued it successfully. In 1874 he married Miss Julia E., youngest daugh- ter of the late Frederick Rowe, upon whose homestead they have resided since 1877. They have two children, Charlie O. and Nellie J.
Smith, Uziel B., is a son of Samuel, who came from Maine, and settled in Wayne county at an early day, where he died in 1871. \ ziel B. Smith came to Penfield in 1864, where he was engaged in farming until 1893, when he removed to Webster, his present place of residence. He married Maria, daughter of Isaac Merritt, who was among the early settlers of Penfield, coming from New Jersey. They have one son, Nelson I.
Chapin, Charles Hall, son of Moses, first county judge of Monroe county, and a descendant of Deacon Samuel Chapin, who came from England to Massachusetts between 1635 and 1640, was born in Rochester, January 6, 1830. His mother's an- cestor was Timothy Dwight, president of Yale College. Mr. Chapin first assumed the management of the Kidd Iron Works in his native city under the firm name of Chapin & Terry. In 1871 he established the banking house of Kidd & Chapin, of which he had entire charge. In 1875 this was merged into the Bank of Rochester and Mr. Chapin was president until his death, which occurred in Rochester March 16, 1882. In 1877 he organized the Rochester Car Wheel Works, which were estab- lished by William Kidd, and which now turn out annually from 30,000 to 40,000 car wheels, consuming about 10,000 tons of iron. He was also vice-president of the Charlotte Iron Works and a trustee of the Roberts Iron Works of Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Mr. Chapin married, in 1854, Miss Elizabeth, daughter of William Kidd. Their children were William Kidd Chapin, Charles Terry Chapin, Mrs. William E. Marcus, Edward Hall Chapin, and Eleanor B. Chapin (who died in 1881).
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Barhydt, Edwin, was born in Schenectady county, N. Y., December 16, 1820, son of Mathias Barhydt. Mr. Barhydt was for many years in the employ of the N. Y.C. R.R., and was conductor for twenty-two years, retiring in 1876. In 1880 he bought the hotel on the Lyell road in Gates, which he has since conducted. He has one son, James A., who is master mechanic of the B., R. & P. R. R. at Lincoln Park, N. Y.
McClintock, J. Y., city engineer, is a son of John McClintock, and was born in Hallowell, Maine, April 22, 1853. He was educated in the public schools of his native town, at Hallowell Academy and Maine Wesleyan Seminary, and attended Bowdoin College one year in the class of 1872. After studying civil engineering in an office in Portland, Me., one year he became one of the civil engineers on the construction of the Northern Pacific Railroad, where he remained also one year. He was then en- gaged on city work in Boston and with the U. S. Coast Survey and U. S. Engineer Corps on the coast of Maine for one year, after which he was for eight years division engineer and chief engineer for the Boston and Maine Railroad with headquarters first at Portland and afterward at Boston. Following this he was for several years engineer for a construction company engaged in building and rebuilding gas works in various cities east of the Mississippi River, and in 1880, while acting in that capacity, came to Rochester, where he had charge of the erection of the Municipal Gas Works, now a part of the Rochester Gas Works. When the Chamber of Com. merce was established Mr. McClintock was elected its first secretary, an office he held a little more than three years. In 1892 he was made city surveyor and held that position ever since, the name of the office being changed to city engineer in the spring of 1895. Among the many important improvements which Mr. McClintock has de- signed and superintended since entering upon the duties of his office are the Clarissa street, Court street, and Andrews street bridges, the paving of Main and State streets and several others of equal importance. He has inaugurated numerous changes in the detail of street construction and public improvements which have greatly improved the character of the work and the appearance of the city.
Palmer, sr., James, was born in London, England, February 13, 1821, and came with his parents to America when nine years old. The family first settled in Utica, where he was educated. At the age of sixteen he engaged in the manufacture of fire works in that city. In 1842 he came to Rochester and resumed the same busi- ness on the site of the present Palmer block on East Main street, continuing success- fully in the same until 1876, when he retired from active life. He was succeeded by the firm of James Palmer's Sons (James, jr., and Joseph W.), who still carry on the business under the corporate title of the Rochester Fire Works Co. In 1878 he re- moved to the town of Brighton, where he now resides. He built the present Palmer block in 1868. In 1842 Mr. Palmer married Eliza Gardner of Utica, who died in 1873. His second wife was Miss Abbie Baldwin of Rochester. Peter Palmer, his father, was also a pyrotechnist, died at Rochester in March, 1895, at the advanced age of ninety-six years. He has nine children living: James, jr., John P. (one of the man- agers of the Warner Safe Cure Company), Joseph W., Charles H. (cashier of the Traders' National Bank), Jerome B., George W., Fred D., Mrs. George W. Crouch, jr., and Mrs. Jerome Dietrich.
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