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Pollard, Emma M .- The late Henry Pollard was born in Walsham, Suffolk county, England, June 20, 1811, was educated in their schools, and was apprenticed to learn the blacksmith's trade, until he was twenty-one years old. At the expiration of that time, he came to Canada. June 11, 1837, he married Eliza M. Moxon, daugh- ter of one of the oldest settlers of Charlotte. They had seven children: John H., who died in infancy, Edward, Frank H., Arthur W., who also died in infancy, Alfred B., John Z., and Emma M. Edward served in the late war, in two regiments, first in tha 13th Infantry, New York State Volunteers, and afterwards as second lieuten- ant in the 24th Cavalry, New York State Volunteers, and was honorably discharged at the close of the war. He was wounded twice in the ankles. He died in Boston in 1892. Frank H. was a soldier in the 188th Infantry, New York State Volunteers, in the late Rebellion. Mrs. Pollard died in 1868. For his second wife, he married Mrs. Mary H. Greer, nee Holden, June 16, 1870. Mr. Pollard worked at his trade from 1840 to 1872. He then retired and took charge of his real estate. Pollard avenue was named in his honor. He died August 13, 1889. His only daughter, Emma M., was educated in the public schools, and in the Rochester Free Academy, graduating from the latter in 1877. After teaching school several years she attended the Geneseo Normal School, graduating from that institution in 1891. She has charge of the grammar department in the graded school at Charlotte where she has taught twelve years.
Peet, Norman C., was born in Penfield in 1819, son of Minor A. and Ohonor (Austin) Peet, and grandson of Ebenezer Peet, who came to Penfield from Connecticut among the early settlers. Mr. Peet's father died when he was two years old and later his mother married Libeus Ross, with whom Mr. Peet lived until 1842, when he married Sophronia L., daughter of Hiram Peet, and settled where he now lives. He is one of the leading farmers of the town, although for the last few years his son-in-law, Mr. Atwood, has lived with him and looked after the farm.
Fuller, Harrison C., was born in Penfield in 1851, and is the son of John F. and Harriet (Muliner) Fuller, and grandson of Joseph, who settled at Lovetts Corners in 1806, where Mr. Fuller now lives. John Fuller was born in 1826 and always lived on the homestead until he died, January 19, 1894. Mr. Harrison Fuller was elected justice in 1878, and in 1891 he became side judge, which position he held three years. In 1873 he married Delia S. Tabor, who died in 1875. He married again, Elizabeth,
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daughter of A. G. Northrup and they have six children, John, Joseph E., Albert T., who died in infancy, and three daughters, Florence K., Martha E., and Helen H.
Clark, Henry S., was born in 1832 and is a son of Chester and Minerva (Rundell) Clark, and grandson of Calvin Clark, who came to Penfield in 1800 and was the founder of the Clark families in Penfield. He died in the war of 1812. Chester Clark settled at an early day on the land where Henry now lives, and died in 1870, leaving three sons and two daughters, Henry, Franklin, Horace, Elizabeth, and Laura I. Franklin and Horace died. Franklin left one son, Warren, who lives on the old homestead.
Sheldon, Abner, was the first of this name in the town of Mendon. He came from Deerfield, Mass., in 1801, and bought what was known as the Ball farm. Two years later he bought the farm in Mendon, which has ever since been in the possession of the family, and which is now owned and occupied by Judson F. Sheldon, his grand- son. His family were as follows: Electa (Mrs. Hawks), Abner, Zelotes, Rebecca (Mrs. Anthony Case), Lucy (Mrs. Justin Baker), Ptolemy, Henry A., William Fred- eric, Timothy F. Three of his sons, Abner, Ptolemy and Henry served in the war of 1812. Henry settled on the home farm, remaining there until his death in 1864. The others all sought homes in other parts of the country. Henry married Eliza, daughter of Charles Gillett, of Mendon, in 1816. Their family consisted of seven children: Chas. A., who died in 1825, unmarried. Ransom T., who married Eliza- beth, daughter of Zebidee Bond, of Mendon; Louisa, who married Levi Carter, of Detroit. Mr. Carter, who was a railroad man, took the first passenger train, as its conductor, over the Michigan Central Railroad, which position he held until his death in 1874. Horace W., who married Marie, daughter of Jotham Bickford, of Mendon; Judson F., married Mary, daughter of Martha Davis, of Mendon; Lucina, married Wm. W. Potter, of Greene county. They moved to Medina, Orleans county, where Mr. Potter founded the Union Bank of Medina, holding the position of its president until his death in 1870. Laura, who died in 1841, aged eight years. Of what was once so large a family, the fourth generation has only Frank A., son of Ransom, who married Alice Williams, of Henrietta; Estelle M., daughter of Ran- som, who married Frank E. Hovey, of Lima; Catherine, daughter of Horace, who married William Clapp, of Mendon; Antoinette, daughter of Judson F., who mar- ried William J. Kirkpatrick, of Lansingburgh, N. Y .; and Chas. F., adopted son of Judson F. The politics of the family have always been first of the Whig, then of the Republican party. Judson F. Sheldon represented his town in the Board of Su- pervisors during the years of 1878-79 and 80, and his assembly district in 1882, and also in 1889.
Markham, Mrs. M. A .- Willard Markham was born in East Avon, then Ontario county, now Livingston county, November 1, 1805. He was educated in the schools of his day, and has been a successful farmer. He came to the town of Greece in his twenty-ninth year. October 1, 1835, he married Louise Bronson, of Greece, by whom he had seven children: Laurinda, Joseph, Betsey, Levi A., Eunice A., Frances L., and Eliza. Joseph, Eliza and Eunice are dead. Joseph was a soldier in the late war, in Company I, 13th Inf., N. Y. S. Vol., and died at Yorktown, Virginia, May 15, 1862. Mrs. Markham died August 13, 1848. For his second wife he married
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Mary A. (Drake) Palmer, widow of Daniel Palmer, of Elba, Genesee county, N. Y., by whom he had three children: Samuel W., Sylvia J., and Spencer S. Samuel W. was born March 10, 1851. He was educated in the public schools and is now a farmer at home. January 12, 1878, he married Florence W. Dewinell of this town, by whom he had seven children: Joseph W., Horace G., Florence E., Arthur W., Ida, Anna, and John D. Mrs. Markham's father, Samuel Drake, was born in Greene county, N. Y., in 1791. He married Sylvia Thorne of his native place, and by whom he had nine children: Edward, Orrin, William, Moses, Samuel O., Mary A., S. Jane, Stephen A., and Elvira. The family at an early day came to Genesee county, N. Y. Mr. Drake died April 28, 1873, and his wife May 31, 1868. Mr. Markham is ninety years old, hale and hearty, and is one of the town's honored citizens.
Watson, George W., was born in 1842, and is a son of John M. and Elizabeth (Harris) Watson, and a grandson of Samuel Watson, who came from Maine to Pen- field in 1816, and had three sons, John M., Daniel, and Franklin. John M. died in 1880, and left sons, Winfield S., Rufus E., and George W. Mr. G. W. Watson bought the farm where he now lives in 1884, and is one of the leading farmers of the town.
Busch, Frederick, was born in Germany in 1845, and came to America in 1866, settling near where he now lives on what is known as the "1600 acres tract." In 1878 he bought the farm where he now lives and is engaged in farming. He also does a large fruit evaporating business. His wife was Minnie Schutt, and their chil- dren are Frank H., a merchant tailor of Webster; Henry, John, William, Christlieb, and Otto, all farmers with their father. They also have four daughters: Lizzie, Fena, Mary, and Tena. They have also lost three sons: Fred, who died in 1889, Carl, and Julius, who died in 1895.
Baldwin, Addison R., was born in Topsham, Vt., August 6, 1832. His parents moved to Wells River, Vt., where he was educated in the public schools, one year at Newbury Seminary, and two years at the Military University at Norwich. On ac- count of ill-health he had to abandon his studies, and he then became a clerk in a general store at Ogdensburg, N. Y: May 6, 1853, he came to Charlotte, which he has since made his permanent home, and entered the employ of Joshua Eaton, as clerk and general manager. January 2, 1856, he married Caroline Wheeler of the town of Greece, and five children were born to them: Charles A., who is a banker and broker in New York ; Frank E., a banker and broker in Boston, Mass., with a fine residence in Brookline, a suburb of Boston; Alvi T., general agent for several fire insurance companies, and is also President of the Massachusetts Chemical Com- pany of South Boston, Mass .; Carolyn L., now Mrs. F. D. Hotchkiss of Rochester, N. Y .; and Daisy M., who resides in Brookline, Mass. Mr. Baldwin was superin- tendent of the Pittston Coal Company, at Pittston, Pa., where he remained during the years of 1859 and 1860. After he returned he again served Mr. Eaton in his old position, and was appointed agent of the Merchant's Union Express Company, after its consolidation with the American. He afterward became a produce dealer, doing a general business in grain, fruits, etc., which continued nine years. In the mean- time he was village clerk, and trustee of the village by appointment. Upon the death of his brother at Groton Pond, Vt., he took charge of his business which was an immense lumber concern, and conducted it for three years. In 1893 he went to
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Boston, Mass., and was made vice-president of the Massachusetts Chemical Com. pany, which position he now holds; six months later was made president of the Bald- win Bros. Company, and also of the National Telegraph Company. In the winter of 1894-95 he was appointed land commissioner of the Suwanee River and Railway Land Company in Florida. Mr. Baldwin's father, Erastus, was born in Vermont in 1811, and married Lucinda C. Richardson, who was born in his native State. They had four sons: Addison R., as above, Alvi T., Hammond T., who died at the age of fourteen, and Erastus, who is a resident of Wells River, Vt., president of the Wells River Savings Bank, and one of the directors of the National Bank of Newbury. Erastus Baldwin, sr., died in July, 1889, aged seventy-eight. His widow resides at the old home. Mrs. Baldwin's father, Baruch C. Wheeler, was born in the town of North East, Dutchess county, N. Y. November 27, 1805, he married Caroline E. Hollister, of Sharon, Conn., and came to the town of Greece in 1837, and located near North Greece. They had eight children, seven of whom are still living: Joseph H., Caroline, Hiram D., Benjamin F., Elizabeth D., Mary L., Phœbe L., and Julia, wife of Dr. Hess, of Grand Rapids, who died in 1873. Mr. Wheeler died January 2, 1895, aged ninety, and his wife April 14, 1890, aged eighty-three. In politics Mr. Baldwin is a Democrat, and has been member of the Central County Committee. Mrs. Baldwin's great-grandfather, Col. Thomas Wheeler, was a colonel in the French war. Mr. Baldwin's maternal grandfather was also a soldier in the French war.
Ketcham, Byron C. The subject of this sketch was born in Sodus, Wayne county, N. Y., September 8, 1837. His grandfather, Joseph A. Ketcham, was born in Pitts · town, Rensselaer county, N. Y., May 28, 1780, and died April 14, 1834, in Owego, Tioga county, N. Y. His father was born March 1, 1801, in Pittstown, Rensselaer county, N. Y., and died in Hamlin, Monroe county, N. Y., February, 1878. His mother, Julia Ann Ketcham, was born in Grafton, Rensselaer county, N. Y., Sep- tember 11, 1805 and died in Brockport, Monroe county, N. Y., September 17, 1888. They had seven children, namely: Caroline M., Warren P., Allen J., Byron C., Spencer C., Richmond A., and Gertrude E. Caroline M. was born in Pittstown, Rensselaer county, N. Y., November 11, 1828, and died January 22, 1875. Warren P. was born in Owego, Tioga county, N. Y., March 14, 1831, and died June 12, 1883, in Houston, Tex. Allen J. was born in Owego, Tioga county, N. Y., June 7, 1834, and died about September 1, 1889, in Denver, Colorado. Byron C. was born in Sodus, Wayne county, N. Y., September 8, 1837. Spencer C. was born in Sodus, Wayne county, N. Y., October 6, 1840. Richmond A., was born in Sodus, Wayne county, N. Y., July 3, 1844. Gertrude E., was born in Sodus, Wayne county, N. Y., July 29, 1847. His father in his early years was a teacher in the common schools during the winter months and farmer in summer; held offices of trust and responsi- bility in the town in which he lived. The subject of this sketch was educated in the common schools of the State with the exception of parts of terms in the Academy at Sodus, Wayne county, N. Y. In the winter of winter of 1859 and 1860, taught his first term in a district school in his native town of Sodus, Wayne county, N. Y. Cast his first vote for Abraham Lincoln for president and ever after voted the Re- publican ticket. At the breaking out of the late war was engaged on a farm, but en- listed as a private October 6, 1861, in Co. H, 64th Regt., N. Y. Vol. Infantry. At
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the muster-in was made 4th sergeant, promoted to second lieutenant in same com- pany September 19, 1862, to 1st lieutenant and quartermaster December 24, 1862, acting adjutant of the regiment at Gettysburg in 1863, and captain June 18, 1863. Was in command of the regiment during a part of a quarter of 1864 on detached service to bring to the regiment the drafted men assigned to them July 28, 1863; re- lieved from that duty in November, 1863, and returned to duty with the regiment. Was wounded severely in the assault at Petersburg, Va., June 19, 1864. Discharged December 4, 1864, by reason of expiration of term of service. In the spring of 1865 bought a farm near and adjoining his father's and lived upon it one year, after which he sold and moved to Brockport, at which place he has made his residence since that time. In 1867 he accepted a position in the drug and book store of Fogin & Haight, and learned the business, and in 1873 formed a partnership with W. S. Merritt and continued until 1878 when Mr. Merritt retired and the firm became Ketcham & Pat- ten and continued until 1883 when Mr. Ketcham retired and entered into the busi- ness of Fire Insurance to the present date. Mr. Ketcham is now the secretary of Monroe Lodge No. 173 F. & A. Masons of this village. Was secretary of the Brock- port Union Agricultural Society for several years, retiring some three years since. Was town clerk of Sweden for several years, and clerk of the village Board of Health for three years. Is commander of Cady Post No. 236, G. A. R., and prominent in Grand Army circles. Mr. Ketcham was first married October 6, 1863, to Miss Esther S. Clarke, of Sodus, Wayne county, N. Y., who was born in Massa- chusetts in 1838 and died September 4, 1874. She is survived by two daughters, Bertha B. and Jennie M. Ketcham. The first named was born in Painted Post, Steuben county, N. Y., November 29, 1864. Educated in the State Normal School located in Brockport and graduated in the Classical course in 1885. September 19, 1888, was married to Samuel J. Craig, of Canaseraga, Allegany county, N. Y., who car- ries on an extensive mercantile business in that village. They have two daughters, Esther B. and Gladys. The second daughter, Jennie M. Ketcham, is a teacher of vocal and instrumental music in Canaseraga, N. Y., having graduated in the musical course of the Normal School at Brockport, N. Y., in 1882, at the age of sixteen. She was born in Brockport, N. Y., October 28, 1866. Mr. Ketcham married for his second wife Miss Minnie Agnes Wadhams, only daughter of Edwin and Lucia E. Wadhams, of Brockport, N. Y., May 22, 1890. She was born in Parma, Monroe county, N. Y., October 30, 1860. One daughter is the result of this union-Gertrude Lawrence Ketcham.
Andrus, Fairchild, was born in Penfield, in 1814, and is the son of Alanson, and the grandson of David, who came from Vermont to Penfield in 1801, where he re- sided until 1816, when he removed to Ashtabula county, Ohio, where he died in 1849, aged ninety years, and where many of his descendants still live. Alanson came to Penfield with his father, and resided there until his death in 1848, aged sixty-five years. In 1807 he bought of Daniel Penfield the farm, then an unbroken forest, that has since been, and now is the homestead of the family. He was a distiller and farmer, and in 1811 built, and for several years operated a distillery. At his decease he left a widow, three daughters, two of whom are still living, and one son, Fair- child, who at eighteen years of age commenced to teach a district school during the winter, working on his father's farm in summer, which, with the exception of one
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year passed in a physician's office in the then village of Rochester, he continued to do until 1838, when he engaged in the transportation business on the Erie canal. con- tinuing the same until the decease of his father in 1848, when he came back to the farm in Penfield. He was married in 1842, and has three children, two daughters and one son, who is a fruit grower of Riverside, California. He early took an active interest in political affairs, was one of the pioneers of the Republican party. of which he was for many years a trusted local leader. At the outbreak of the Rebellion he was the supervisor of the town, remaining such until he was elected to the Assembly, where he served three sessions, in 1864-65-66, having been twice re-elected. After the adjournment of the Legislature in 1866 he accepted the appointment of assistant assessor of Internal Revenue, which he held for four years, and until the repeal of the law creating the office. On vacating the Revenue office, he went at once to Harrison county, Iowa, engaging in farming and stock raising, in which he re- mained until the fall of 1884, when he returned to the homestead in Penfield. He is of "New England Puritan " lineage paternally and maternally, and now at the age of eighty-one years is fairly vigorous, with mental faculties unimpaired.
Allen, James N., was born in Penfield, June 8, 1840, and in 1846 came with his father, Hiram, to the homestead where he has since lived. His father died in 1863, leaving five sons, James, Wesley, Calvin, Peter and Rowe. James married Almira, daughter of Abel Willetts, and they reside on the old homestead, which he bought. They have two sons, James G. and Fred, also two daughters. Mr. Allen is the grandson of Calvin Allen, who was one of the early settlers of Penfield. His mother was Martha, daughter of Wm. Harris.
Brown, Edward S., was born in Chicago, Il1., July 17, 1871. He was educated in the common school after his arrival east with his parents, also in the Albion High School of Albion, Mich., and Brockport Normal School of Brockport, N. Y., and is now conducting a meat market at North Greece. He was elected justice of the peace in the spring of 1895. October 7, 1891, he married Sarah E. Clement, of Greece, by whom he has one son, R. Stewart, born September 27, 1892. Mr. Brown's father, Robert S., was born in this town in 1838, was educated in the public schools and Clarence Academy, and was engineer in the employ of the N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R. Company for eighteen years, and wss killed in Rochester, N.Y., February 4, 1891. He married Jennie E. Bascom, of Greece (who also died October 28, 1891), by whom he had three children: Edward S., Herman B., and Archie R. His wife died October 28, 1891. Edward S. Brown is a member of Clio Lodge No. 779, F & A. M. at Parma, N.Y.
Roberts, Mrs. Julia E .- The late Henry C. Roberts was born in Fowlerville, Livingston county, N. Y., January 5, 1841. His education was obtained in the common schools, and at the age of thirteen he left home and came to Rochester, N. Y., learn- ing the gunsmith's trade with William Billinghurst, of that city. At the age of nineteen he went to California, and upon his arriving in that State his capital in cash was five dollars, with which he began business as a gunsmith. He remained in California six years, and by his industry and shrewd business judgment he returned to Rochester with about $5,000. He then entered the firm of Dewey & Davis, in the retail coal business, and shortly afterward the firm was changed to Smith & Roberts, which continued about six years. He then became a wholesale dealer
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in the coal business, under the firm name of H. C. Roberts & Co. They erected the Genesee coal docks and chutes on the Genesee River, above Charlotte. In 1879 he was made president of the Charlotte Iron Works, which position he held until his death. In the management of his various business interests he exhibited rare tact, skill, and ability. He married Julia E. Pollay, of Rochester, N. Y., and they had one son, Henry P., who married Anna B. Blackford, of Washington, D.C., and they have one daughter, Ruth Elizabeth. Mr. Roberts died August 17, 1885.
Rashe, Louis, was born in France, September 15, 1822, and came to the United States with his parents in 1827. They first located in Albany, where they remained five years, and afterward lived in the country on a farm, where he was brought up. July 31, 1862, he enlisted in Company B, 108th Infanty, New York State Volunteers, and was honorably discharged on account of disability (rheumatism and rupture) in May, 1863. He has married twice, first in 1847 to Mary Searls, of Lowville, Lewis county, N.Y. Mrs. Rashe died in 1890. For his second wife, on June 11, 1891, he married Mrs. Silvia Dodge, nee Ford, of Tompkins county, N. Y., formerly of Scho- harie county of this State. Mr. Rashe came to this county and town of Greece in 1859, and has resided here most of the time since. Mr. Rashe's father, George, was born at the old home in France in 1786. He married and had five sons: John, Frank, Joseph, Louis, and Peter. Mr. Rashe died in 1862, and his wife in 1857. Mrs. Rashe's father, Major Ford, was born in Schobarie county, N. Y., in 1809, and was a carpenter by trade, and afterwards became a mill owner. He married Lucinda K. Millard, and they had sixteen children. Mr. Ford died in 1881 and his wife in 1891.
Butts, Daniel, was born in Northampton county, Pa., September 12, 1821. His parents came to the rapids, near Rochester, in 1832, and shortly afterwards to the town of Greece. He was educated in the district schools, and has always been a farmer. In 1843 he married Sarah Burns, of Greece, by whom he had four children: Louisa, now Mrs. Dr. Carpenter, of Greece; Mary, now Mrs. Joseph Wilder, of Spencerport; Margaret, now Mrs. John Lewis, also of Greece; Melvin, who mar- ried Ophelia Snell, of this town. Mrs. Butts died in 1878, mourned by a husband and family. For full history of family see another place in the work.
Frost, Henry, was born in Walworth, Wayne county, N. Y., in 1844. He is one of the four sons of Abner and Betsey (Merritt) Frost. Abner Frost settled in Penfield on the farm where Henry now lives in 1854 and died in 1880. Henry, with his brothers, Byron and Jesse, enlisted in Co. D, 140th N. Y. Vols., serving until the close of the war. He is now engaged in farming and fruit growing. In 1869 Mr. Frost married Ada E. Cowel, by whom he has one son, Arthur B. Lewis Frost was in the 138th New York Infantry. Byron died in prison in Florence, South Carolina. Henry Frost was in Andersonville prison one year and came home at the close of the war; he was wounded on the top of the head in the battle of the Wilderness and then taken to Andersonville prison.
Harris, Mrs. William, nee Louisa Herrick, daughter of Rufus, was married to William Harris in 1847, and they settled on the old Harris homestead, where Will- iam, sr., lived in 1817, and where William, jr., died in 1877, leaving four sons: John F., Potter E., and Peter D., who now carry on the farm, and William N., who lives east of Lovetts Corners ; also three daughters, Lenora, Maggie, and Jeanette.
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Budd, Daniel D. , was born in the town of Greece April 17, 1842. In 1864 he was appointed inspector of customs of Charlotte, was for twelve years justice of the peace, and filled other positions of trust. December 26, 1872, he married Lydia A., daugh- ter of Rev. Moses Wallace, of Rochester, and they have had four children: D. Wal- lace, Mary E., who died aged two, Fred D., and Adela E. Daniel, father of our subject, was born in Bloomfield, Ontario county, in 1810, and came to this town with his parents the same year. He held many public offices and was a man of promi- nence. He married Elizabeth Merrill of this town, and had seven children: Mary, who died at the age of twenty-seven, Georgiana A., Daniel D., Adda R., Aldin T., Evan W., and Elbert O. Mr. Budd died in November, 1892, and his wife May 4, 1892. His father, Daniel Budd, was born in Dutchess county and came to Canan- daigua in an early day. He was a soldier in the war of 1815. Moses Wallace, father of Mrs. Budd, was born in Bethlehem, N. Y., in 1810. He married Elizabeth Eaton, of Albany, and had five children: Abigail, Amanda D., Josiah E., Lydia A., and James E. Mr. Wallace has resided in Charlotte fourteen years, in Pittsford eight years, then removed to Rochester. He was a Methodist minister. His death occurred September 8, 1878, and that of his wife May 1, 1884.
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