Landmarks of Monroe County, New York : containing followed by brief historical sketches of the towns of the county with biography and family history, Part 72

Author: Peck, William F. (William Farley), b. 1840; Raines, Thomas; Fairchild, Herman LeRoy
Publication date: 1895
Publisher: Boston : Boston History Co.
Number of Pages: 1160

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Cornes, George T., was born in Spencerport, June 25, 1832 His father, John, was born in London, and came to this locality in 1831, settling in Spencerport and in 1834 went to Brockport, where he became prominent in the history of his town. He was a man of upright and conservative character ever ready to advance any charitable or business enterprise for the the benefit of his town. He married Del- phia, daughter of Chauncey Smith, of Palmer, Mass. He died in 1876 in his fifty- sixth year. George T. was educated at Brockport, and has followed his father's business, that of dealer in fresh and salted meats. In 1852 he married Susan Chubb, and she died in 1854. In 1857 he married second Lydia C. Bailey, and they have one daughter, Delphia L. Matteson. Our subject has served as president of the Board of Trustees, and is actively identified in all good works.

Gallup, George, was born in Sweden, January 26, 1834, a son of Eli Gallup, of Stonington, Conn., who came to this county in 1830, settling on the farm where his son now resides. Eli married Hannah, daughter of Joseph Wetsel. He followed blacksmithing and farming, and died in 1882 in his ninety-second year. George Gallup is a self-made man, and was educated in the common schools of his locality. In 1860 he married Dilla E., daughter of Isaac Houston, who died in 1873, and their children are Irad C., Charles H., John and Hellen C. He married second Sarah Darling in 1877. Mr. Gallup is a prominent citizen of the town, and has filled various positions of trust and honor.

Smith, Oliver, was born in Riga, this county, a son of Amos Smith of Dalton,

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Mass., who was one of three sons and a daughter born to Amos Smith. Amos, ac- companied by his brother-in-law, Fay Clark, and their wives, came to the town of Riga in 1816, with a four ox team and wagon, and settled on the farm now owned by our subject, and here the father spent his remaining days in clearing the place of timber. He was three times married, his first wife, Grace Noble, bore him four children. His second wife was Charlotte, a sister of his first, and his third wife, Mary Van Camp, was the mother of our subject. Their deaths occurred within thirty- six hours of each other. Mr. Smith has devoted his life quietly but successfully to farm- ing on his father's homestead. In politics he is a Democrat, though never an aspi- rant to public office.

Thomas, Ann E., was born in Vermont, and is the daughter of Reuben and Eliza (Weller) Thomas, who came to Webster in 1850 and settled on the farm where Miss Thomas now resides, where he died in 1868 and she in 1879, leaving three children : Edd, who resides in Illinois; Jay, who died in 1886; and Ann, who has since carried on the homestead farm.

Dutton, George R., was born in Parma in 1852. His father, William F., came from the Isle of Wight to that town, and married Betsey M. Tracy of Henrietta, later removed to Rush, and in 1856 to Honeoye Falls, where he followed shoemaking till the outbreak of the war, when he raised a company for the 108th Regiment, and was commissioned lieutenant. He served with the regiment until July, 1864, when he was killed in action south of Richmond, his death leaving a wife, and four chil- dren, and during the following winter Mrs. Dutton died. The home was thus broken up, and the children, the oldest, George, being but thirteen, went to live with different families. Two of the boys, Carlos and William, went to Michigan, and the former is a contractor and builder at Elgin, Ill., while William is a druggist in Rochester. The sister, Mrs. John W. Perkins, is living in Kansas City. At the time of his pa- rents' death George was clerking in a grocery store. He afterwards engaged in the drug business. In 1875 he went to Michigan, returning to Rochester after a time, and in 1880 engaged in the drug trade in Honeoye Falls, which he has followed suc- cessfully since. He married Alice, daughter of Byron Reeves of Rochester, and their children are Florence, Alice and Byron Reeves.

Bass, John E., was a grandson of Samuel Bass, and a son of Jonathan Bass. He came to Webster in 1864, and after farming for some years opened a marble business, in which he has achieved success, and which he still conducts. His mother was Margaret, daughter of Samuel Hagedorn of Webster. Mr. Bass has one son, J. Floyd.

Smith, Ossil, was born in Enfield, Mass., and when a young man went to Sodus and engaged in tinsmithing. His wife was Caroline Prosser, who died in 1859, and in 1861 he married Laura, daughter of Orrin Parsons, who was a pioneer of Wayne county, and one of the progressive men of the town, energetic, and always ready to forward any enterprise for the good of his townspeople. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have two daughters, Mrs. Kittie Marsh, and Miss Emma Smith. Our subject has lived a useful and unostentatious life, and his hand has ever been extended to the needy and worthy.

Allen, Oliver, proprietor of the well known O-At-Ka woolen mill, was born in Sep-

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tember, 1823, at Mumford, Monroe county, N. Y., where he still resides. His father was Oliver Allen 1st, born in Pittsfield, Mass., in 1798, and married to Jerusha Hopkins Remington, in 1822. Their two children are the present Oliver, sr., and Elizabeth M., wife of John R. Olmsted of Le Roy, N. Y. The father of Oliver Allen 1st was Rufus Allen of Pittsfield, and his mother was Emilicent Sey- mour of Canandaigua, N. Y. Miss Remington was the daughter of Dr. Silas Rem- ington of Rupert, Vt., and Betsey Rose Gere Remington of Chesterfield, Conn. The first Oliver early learned the trade of wool-carding and cloth-dressing, and came to Mumford in 1821, establishing and continuing that business for eight years. In 1829 they purchased and located themselves upon the present site of the O-At-Ka Mill, under the firm name of Remington and Allen. This partnership existed until 1841, when Allen bought the Remington interest and enlarged the previous capacity of the mill, putting in power looms and additional machinery for manufacturing various qualities of woolen goods. About the same time there was added to this property the neighboring custom and flouring mill, previously owned by Donald Mckenzie. In 1844, having taken his son into partnership, the firm became Oliver Allen & Son, which remained unchanged until the death of the senior partner in 1848. In 1872 Oliver 3d came into the business, making the firm name for the second time Oliver Allen and Son. Mr. Allen has been identified with church, school and other in- terests, and was made presiding officer of the centennial celebration of the town of Wheatland, which occurred September 3, 1889. He was the chief promoter of the Rochester and State Line Railway and after years of incessant labor the road became an actual fact, Mr. Allen driving the last spike at its completion to Sala- manca. He was made vice-president when the company was first organized, and afterward president, which office he held until years after the road was fin- ished. He was one of the incorporators of the Merchant's Savings Bank of Roches- ter, and is at present the oldest trustee of that institution; and also for many years a director in the Flour City National Bank of the same city. Mr. Allen was married in 1848 to Miss Catharine H. Seaman, daughter of Leonard Lewis and Mahala Doughty Seaman of Palmyra, N. Y. Their children are Frances S. ; Oliver jr., of the home firm; Leonard L., of Allen Bro's flannel and hosiery mill, Roches- ter; Katharine E .; Lillian, deceased; Ethan, of the New York branch office of Allen Bros. ; Harry, in charge of Chicago office; Charles Ernest, deceased.

Smith, George C. (deceased), was born in Vermont April 6, 1812. The family re- moved to Cayuga county, and thence to Clarkson. In 1841 Mr. Smith married Ma- tilda, daughter of William and Sophia Cook; Matilda was born in Milton, Vt., and came to Monroe county when ten years of age, with her father, mother and one sister. Her parents came to Pittsford in 1832 (the year of the cholera), lived there one year, then moved to Sweden on the farm now occupied by Ira Crawford. They lived there till 1846, then moved to Brockport and remained there till 1852, when they went to Rochester. They were residents of Monroe county fifty-four years. When they came from Vermont they came by the Erie Canal, and were a week get- ting to Pittsford. Mr. Cook's father was a Revolutionary soldier. William Cook died at the age of ninety and one-half years, and Mrs. Cook at eighty-nine and a half years. Mr. and Mrs. Smith had five children: Henry A., of Chicago; Edward, who died January 5, 1849; Charles H., who died June 25, 1865; William C., who died k

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March 27, 1885; and Mrs. Kittie S. Beach, who died May 9, 1889. The subject took an active interest in town affairs, and up to the time of his death (June 13, 1894), was a prominent citizen of the town of Clarkson. He is survived by his wife and one son (Henry A.)

Foley, Thomas, one of Perinton's most progressive and liberal farmers, was born in County Wexford, Ireland, March 28, 1837, emigrating in 1850. Without other capital than industry and integrity, Mr. Foley has carved out his own road to success, and while yet in the prime of life is surrounded with all the comforts and many of the luxuries of life, all the fruits of his own labor. In 1865 he married Permelia Bumpus, and they have two daughters, Ruby and Emma, the latter the wife of Adel- bert Birch.

Campbell, E. H., was born in Bethlehem, Albany county, N. Y., November 18, 1818. His father, Richard, was a native of Pittsfield, Mass., who married Arabella G., daughter of Rev. Aaron J. Booge, chaplain under General Jackson, who trace their descent from John Booge who came to New York from Glasgow in 1680. E. H. Campbell was educated in the common schools, and came to Clarkson in 1840. In 1841 he married Susan A., daughter of Ambrose Sandford, and they have one son, E. R., and one daughter, Mrs. Lucy V. Chappell, widow of Hon. James Chappell. Our subject is a prominent man of Clarkson, where he has always taken a leading and intelligent interest in all things relating to the good of the community.

Garretsee, John R., whose death occurred January 30, 1886, is remembered as an influential and prominent citizen of Ogden for many years. He was born in Schen- ectady county January 3, 1816, and came to this town with his widowed mother and brother Henry at the age of ten years. Henry is now a prominent citizen of War- saw, and his mother at the time of this writing still lives at the age of ninety-eight years. John R. was put to work in the family of Colonel Brown, where he resided until his marriage, in 1840. His wife was Maria S., daughter of Stephen Gridley of Ogden, and their three children were John W., who died in Ogden in infancy; Julia E., wife of Hugh A. Smith; and Janette M., who married Leslie S. Webster. The wife of our subject died in April, 1891. Mr. Garretsee was an early school teacher, later served two terms as county school commissioner, during which he established the School Visitor, and thus unintentionally extended the field of journalism. He then became connected with the Rochester Daily Democrat. In 1867 he bought the Genesee Farmer and united it with the Visitor under the name of the American Farmer and School Visitor, This paper he continued till 1871. He was also one of the orgnizers of the Monroe County Farmers' Club, also its secretary, a member of the State Agricultural Society, and secured the State Fair Exhibition for the county. He was also secretary of the Rochester Driving Park Association. Mr. Garretsee was also connected with the American Rural Home, the Empire State Agriculturist, and the Rochester Post Express. He was a strong writer and a man of great mental force. Julia E. Garretsee married Hugh A. Smith in 1878, and their children are John G. and Hugh A. Jeanie M. married Leslie S. Webster in 1879; their children are four daughters, Julia E., Sarah M., Bertha May, and Catherine Trevor.

Tinker, John E., was born in the town of Mendon, his parents having come from North Adams, Mass., in 1834. They were Giles M. and Freelove (Wilbur) Tinker.

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The grandfather, Giles Tinker, once owned nearly the whole of North Adams, and built the first cotton factory there, a large stone building still standing and running now as a factory. The family traces its lineage to the early colonial times, and mem - bers of it served in the Revolution. Giles, sr., died at St. Augustine, Fla. The father was a machinist, who worked at his trade until his wife's father, James Wil- bur, came here and gave them a farm west of Honeoye, where they lived for thirty years. There was a valuable stone quarry on this place which Mr. Tinker developed and disposed of great quantities of fine building stone in Rochester. Giles M. died in the village in 1890, and his wife in 1875. Their three children were Mrs. A. J. Kellogg, Mrs. Hiram Scofield, both of Mendon, and John E., who was born in 1836. He lived at home until reaching manhood, when he married Martha A., daughter of Edmund Townsend, who moved here from the Hudson River country near Tarry- town, in 1807. Their children are Andrew J., who married Elizabeth Burt of Men- don ; James Moreau, who married Mary A. Case of Bloomfield and lives in St. Paul ; Louise, (Mrs. Harry N. Borden); Francis T., Giles E. and Morris W., all living in Mendon. Mr. Tinker bought the farm where he now lives in 1860. It comprises 100 acres with a valuable quarry which he works. He has taken an active part in poli- tics, serving as commissioner, assessor, etc.

Ely, Darwin S., was born on his present farm in Henrietta, September 22, 1839, a son of David Ely, a native of Springfield, Mass., born in 1793, whose father was Simeon Ely. The family dates back in America to 1626, when three brothers, Na- thaniel, Joshua, and Richard, came from England, Nathaniel being of this branch of the family. David was in two campaigns in the war of 1812. He came to Henrietta in 1814, bought a small tract of land, returned to Herkimer, and the following spring was moved in by his brother, with an ox team. He was a prominent and influential man, serving as assessor, overseer of the poor, etc. He was also deacon in the Christian church at North Rush, of which society he was one of the charter members, being organized in 1816, and a great temperance advocate. His wife was Lucinda Caswell of Herkimer county, and their children were Clarissa, Matilda, Margaret Jane, Marcus, Smith, Martha, Homer, Alice, and Darwin S. He died in November, 1889, aged ninety-six, and his wife died in 1878. Darwin S. has devoted his atten- tion to agriculture on the homestead, and was at one time interested in the breeding of Durham cattle. In 1862 he married Erin Bushman, born in this town in 1845, a daughter of John and Cynthia M. (Diver) Bushman, and their children are Willie S., Lucy, who died aged fourteen, and Charles A. Mr. and Mrs. Ely and theirtwo sons are members of the Christian church in North Rush. Darwin S. is a member of Henrietta Lodge F. ard A. M.

Worden, Amos, son of Isaac and Althea (Horton) Worden, was born in Dutchess county in 1830. His father was a cooper, moved to Henrietta in 1836, and reared a family of six daughters and one son, Amos. The family came to Mendon in 1850 and bought a farm, the father continuing his trade, which his son had also learned. Ar- riving at manhood Amos married in the town of Rush, Sophia Prosser; her parents were New England people. He still occupies the farm his father bought, comprising sixty acres one and a half miles north of Honeoye Falls. He has one son, Frank, who married Ida B., daughter of James G. West of Honeoye Falls, and is engaged with his father on the farm. The mother of Amos died in Mendon February 22,

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1867, aged sixty seven, and the father March 22, 1872, aged seventy-nine. In April, 1866, Isaac Worden bought a place of twenty-eight acres near the homestead, and lived there until his death; it then passed to his daughter, Loretta Worden, and at her death to his grandson, Franklin W. Worden.

Ockenden, Frank E., was born in Pittsford in 1863 and came to Penfield in 1865 with his father, Thomas, who was a harnessmaker by trade, and died in 1875. Mr. Ockenden, after clerking for Mr. Hipp and others for a number of years, bought the stock of goods from J. Stemer, jr., in 1889, the store which he has since conducted, the firm name being Ockenden & English, who carry on the leading general store in Penfield.

Williams, William Wilbur, was born at Waterport, Orleans county, October 6, 1855, and was the third of four children born to Benjamin and Marietta (Barber) Williams. His father died when William W. was three years old, and the latter was afterwards brought up on his mother's farm and sent to the village school. Later he completed an academic course at the old historic Yates Academy. He then be- gan the study of medicine and surgery under the direction of Dr. H. C. Tompkins, of Knowlesville, a surgeon of the late war, devoting five years to this work and teach- ing public school in Orleans county. This study was supplemented with three years' attendance at the Medical Department, University of Buffalo, from which he graduated in March, 1881. The following autumn, Dr. Williams began practice at North Par- ma, where he has an extensive and successful practice. He is a hard worker and a close student, and has becoms a skillful surgeon as well as a thorough practitioner. Dr. Williams takes no active part in politics, but is interested in public matters of his town, and supports the religious societies liberally. He is a member of the Free Baptist Society, and Clio Lodge F. and A. M. He is an active member of the Chap- ter I. C. I. of the University of Buffalo, member of the Monroe County Medical So- ciety, member of the Central New York Medical Association. On January 12, 1887, Dr. Williams married Loretta, daughter of Sylvester Burritt of North Parma, by by whom he has a son, Chester, and a little daughter.

Silliman, Wyllis A., A. M., M. D., Ph. D, was born in Clarkson, December 15, 1857, the only child of Charles, also of this town. The family traces its descent from the Italian nobility of the fifteenth century. The first one known to be settled in America was Daniel Silliman, of Fairfield, Conn., who lived there in 1650. General Gold Selleck Silliman, of Revolutionary fame is also an ancestor of the family. Peter, the father of Charles, came to this county from Connecticut in 1835. Charles, his son, followed farming and was also a leading man in the industrial and social life of his town and of Brockport. He married Laura, daughter of Frederick Bellinger, one of the pioneers of Clarkson. Dr. Silliman was a graduate of the Brockport Normal School, studied at Yale College ('74-75), at Harvard College ('75-77), and graduated at Union College in 1879. In 1880 he went to Europe, in order to pursue his scientific studies, and entered the University of Leipzig. In 1882 he studied at the Sorbonne in Paris. In 1883 he returned to Germany, attended the University of Würzburg, and graduated with the degree of Ph.D. In 1884 he entered the Medical Depart- ment of Harvard University, removed to the University Medical College of New York City in 1885, and graduated in 1886. He then returned to Clarkson and engaged in

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the practice of his profession. In 1887 he married Minnie E., daughter of J. D. Decker, and they have one child, Laura D. Silliman.

Rundel, Jerome, was born in 1843, son of Calvin and Emmeline (Cook) Rundel, and grandson of Ezra, who was born in 1760 and in 1782 married Elizabeth Knapp. Ezra came to Penfield in 1808 where he died in 1839, leaving four sons and six daugh- ters. Calvin had six sons: Myron, Byron, Giles, Jerome, George and Frank, and four daughters, Permelia, Jane, Emily and Sarah. Jerome was born and has always lived in Penfield. He married Lydia J., daughter of Ebenezer Field, of Pennsylva- nia. . They have three children: William F., Ada V. and Beda E. Mr. Rundel is one of the Prohibition members of the Excise Board.

Olmsted, Harry A., was born in Greece, November 1, 1817, and was educated in the public schools. He has followed various occupations, and has served as consta- ble, supervisor, deputy sheriff, United States deputy marshal, justice of the peace, and has been an attorney twenty-five years. He is also a real estate owner and dealer. February 13, 1842, he married Martha Lewis of Rochester, and they had five children : Chemesero F., Alice J., Emma M., Nellie I., and Harry L. The old- est son was a minister of the Methodist church, and died at Newfield, Tompkins county. Alice married Joseph Ashton of Parma, and has three children, Gertrude M., Harry S., and Raymond J. Emma married James Simpson of Rochester, and has four children, Frederick R., Arthur J., Ellen E., and Alice E. Nellie I. died in infancy. Mr. Olmsted's father, Harry, was born in Connecticut in 1787, and came to this State with his parents at the age of ten. He married Clarissa Hurd of Roch- ester, and fourteen children were born to them. He died Nevember 14, 1863, and his widow October 29, 1886. The grandfather, Jeremiah, was one of the pioneers of Rochester, and married a Mrs. Darling, who had five children by her first marriage. Their children were three. Harry Olmsted was a soldier in the war of 1812. Mrs. Olmsted's father, Caleb Lewis was born in Saratoga county, and came to Rochester in 1828. He married Cynthia Fay, and had seven children. Mr. Lewis died about 1875, and his wife in 1843.

Hobbie, Isaac S., long a resident of Monroe county, was born at North East, Dutchess county, July 19, 1820, and traces his parental ancestry as far back as 1634 in this country. His father, Caleb K., was born in the city of New York of English parentage, and married Clarina Clark of Westchester county, by whom he had eleven children. He came to Irondequoit in 1831, was prominent in local politics and in the Presbyterian Church in Rochester, aud a veteran of the war of 1812. Isaac S. was educated in the Rochester High School aud Macedon Academy. He taught school for a number of years, and in 1841 was elected superintendent of the public schools in Irondequoit. In 1856-7 he was superintendent of the public schools in Rochester and in 1859-60 served as a member of the Board of Education. In 1861-2-3 he was secretary of the Monroe County Agricultural Society. For anumber of years he was an active member of the 54th Regiment National Guards and was captain of Co. L, Rochester City Dragoons. In 1863 he enlisted in the United States service. After the war, he engaged in the manufacture of lumber, etc., at Elmira and Tonawanda, and contracted and built several systems of water and gas works. A man of broad views and forceful character, he has employed his talents and energies for the good

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of the community. In 1886 he retired from active business and removed to Fairport. In 1848 he married Emily Ayrault of Perinton, and has three children, John A., Alice E., wife of Charles C. Roosa, and Dr. George S., all of whom are residents of Buffalo. These, with eight grandchildren, constitute their immediate family; no deaths having occurred to break the happy circle. Mr, Hobbie is believed to have been the first to suggest the utilization of Niagara's power by means of a tunnel, having written for the Tonawanda Index in 1879 a letter advocating the building of a tunnel from Buffalo to the lower Niagara for sewer and power purposes.

Garbutt, Hon. Philip, ex-assemblyman, was born in Wheatland in 1844, a son of William, whose father was Zachariah, of the North of England. The latter came to America (1798) and settled in Sparta. He followed his trade of shoemaking, with his son John, and in 1800 removed to Seneca, where he bought a farm. This he sold in 1803 and removed to Wheatland, settling near the present place called Garbutt, which was named in honor of the family. After getting his family settled he moved on to Buffalo, thence down the Ohio River, was taken sick, and put off at St. Genevieve, a point on the Mississippi, and died in September, 1807, at the age of fifty five, and was there buried. His wife died in Seneca in 1803. His sons, John, William and Philip became prosperous and influential men, doing much for the welfare of the town of Wheatland. They all served in the war of 1812 in Capt. Levi Lacy's com- pany. Nicholas Garbutt, youngest son of Zachariah, moved with his family to Or- leans county where his descendants still reside. William, father of our subject, mar- ried Elizabeth Dow, and had eight children: Elizabeth, Margaret, William D., James, a union soldier, who died in hospital in Georgetown, D. C., during the late war, Phoebe, Zachariah, Robert, and Philip. Philip now resides on the homestead where he was born, and is a representative man, having served in many of the town offices. He was seven years supervisor, and in 1884-85 represented his district as assembly- man in Albany.

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Landmarks of Monroe County, New York : containing followed by brief historical sketches of the towns of the county with biography and family history, Part 72

Author: Peck, William F. (William Farley), b. 1840; Raines, Thomas; Fairchild, Herman LeRoy Publication date: 1895 Publisher: Boston : Boston History Co. Number of Pages: 1160

Author: Peck, William F. (William Farley), b. 1840; Raines, Thomas; Fairchild, Herman LeRoy
Publication date: 1895
Publisher: Boston : Boston History Co.
Number of Pages: 1160