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Remington, Harvey F .- Prominent among the younger members of the Monroe county bar and well and favorably known in Western New York is Harvey F. Rem-
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ington. His ancestors emigrated from Yorkshire, England, in 1837, settling in New- bury, Mass., and the descendants of John Remington, the first settler, are very numerous; one of the number, Jonathan, was for many years a justice of the Su- preme Court of the State of Massachusetts. Others have held positions upon the bench and filled honorable places at the bar, in the pulpit, the press, the medical profession, in commercial pursuits, and in fact in all worthy avocations. Frederic Remington, the artist, a son of a former editor of the Albany Express, is a cousin of the subject of this sketch. Mr. Remington was born in Henrietta, Monroe county, June 28, 1863, and is the son of the late William T. Remington, who was born in a log house in Henrietta that his father, Alvah Remington, erected when he emi- grated from Vermont in 1817. Harvey F. Remington was educated in the common schools, at the Genesee State Normal School, and at the Law Department of Union University, graduating in 1887. He was at once admitted to the bar and opened an office in the Elwood building in Rochester with the late Hon. Alfred Ely, which office he still occupies. Having from boyhood had a taste for politics, Mr. Remington has frequently been a delegate to State and other party conventions, and often a pre- siding officer, and he has enjoyed the friendship and confidence of prominent offi- cials irrespective of party for years. In 1891, during a warm local contest in the Sixteenth ward, then containing nearly one-fourth of the population of Rochester, he was induced to make a canvass for the nomination for supervisor, and after the most exciting caucus ever held in Rochester, lasting an entire day, at which over 1,500 votes were cast, he was nominated and later elected supervisor. He served one year, and was elected a member of the Board of Education, resigning this position to ac- cept the appointment of second assistant city attorney under Hon. C. D. Kiehel. He filled this position for two years, and upon the election of Hon. A. J. Rodenbeck as- corporation counsel, he was made first assistant, succeeding Mr. Rodenbeck in that position. Mr. Remington is largely interested in suburban property, and is actively engaged in church and mission work. He is a member of the First Baptist church and a trustee of the West Brighton Chapel Society. He is also affiliated with the Masonic and other fraternal societies. He married Agnes, daughter of Thomas Brodie, of Caledonia, N. Y., in 1889, and four children are the result of this union. He resides on Reservoir avenue, in a residence which overlooks the city from the Highland Park range of hills, and it is evident that here in a happy home he finds the keenest enjoyment in life, for his is a home in its broadest sense.
Terrill, Harmon, was born in Rutland county, Vt., in 1838, son of Thaddeus and Lydia (Loomis) Terrill. Thaddeus Terrill was born in 1803 and died in 1874. Har- mon Terrill came to Ogden in 1860, where he engaged in farming until 1882, when he removed to Gates, where he now resides. He married Althera A., daughter of Albert Goodridge, who came from Vermont to Ogden in 1830, where he died in 1882, aged seventy-six. Harmon Terrill has two daughters, Ellen O. and Anna E., having lost one, Lydia A., who died in 1875, aged nine years.
Cole, Josiah H., was born in the town of Mendon, Monroe county, N.Y., Novem- ber 20, 1832, came with his parents to the town of Irondequoit when he was thirteen years old, and was educated in the district schools, in the old High School and Peck's Commercial School of Rochester. He is a farmer and market gardener. November 11. 1856, he married Mary Eaton, and they have four children: Mason, Harriet L.,
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Annette L., and Charles W. Mason married Lillie C. Hardison, of this town, and they have seven children: Harriet H., Clarice, Edward G., John H., June, Ruby and Sarah C. Harriet L. married Charles Griffin, of Bradford, Pa., and they have two children: Frank and Mary C. Annette L. married Frank Winchell, of Rose, Wayne county, N. Y .. and they have one son, Robert. Charles W. married May Rogers, of Fenville, Mich. Mr. Cole's father, Mason, was born in Otsego county, N.Y., Sep- tember 14, 1803, and came with his parents to Mendon in 1811. In 1831 he married Harriet M. Hand, formerly of Montauk Point, Long Island, and they had six chil- dren: Josiah H., Sarah C., Richard D., Jay M., John H., and Harriet L. Mr. Cole died January 27, 1887, and his wife in March, 1861. Mrs. Cole's father, Joel Eaton, was born in Arlington, Vt., February 3, 1800, and came to Rochester with his parents in 1812, was educated in the district schools in the town of Brighton, and was a farmer by occupation. He married twice, first to Permelia Colwell, and they had three children. Rhoda, Eunice and Alfred. For his second wife he married Sarah Sibley, of the town of Rush, and they were the parents of eleven children: Mary, Rice, Webster, Daniel, Orsamus, Julius and Julia L. (twins), Olive, and three who died in infancy. He died May 28, 1884, and his wife August 10, 1884. The ancestry of the family is English and Dutch.
Patten, E. S., was born in Gates in 1834, son of Alexhnder Patten, who came from Washington county to Gates among the early settlers, and died in Chili in 1860. Mr. Patten settled on the farm, where he now lives, when he was married, and is one of the leading men of the town, being one of the assessors. In 1863 he began running a milk route to Rochester, which his son still continues. He has one son, Edward A., and one daughter, Kittie L. Smith.
Simpson, Benjamin F., was born in Rochester, N. Y., April 15, 1828, was educated in the public schools, a carpenter by occupation, and eventually a contractor with his father. He came to the old homestead on the Boulevard in 1877. December 8, 1848, he married Margaret Barry, of his native city, and they have four children: Jane P., William H., Mary A., James, who died February 12, 1858, and B. Frank. Mr. Simpson's father, William, was born in County Austin, Ireland, in 1798, and came to the United States in 1816, locating in Rochester, N. Y. He was one of the first blacksmiths there, and carried on a general business, also carriage making, on Front street.
Titus, Frank C., was born on the homestead, near Titus avenue, in the town of Irondequoit, August 10, 1859. He was educated in the public schools, and is one of the foremost market gardeners of the town. He owns nine acres of garden on the Ridge Road, and is in partnership with his brother, under the firm name of Stephen B. Titus & Bro. March 28, 1883, he married Moneka Serth of this town, by whom he has two children: George W. and Cora N. Mrs. Titus's father, George Serth, was born in Hessendarmstadt, Germany, and came to the United States when a young man. He married Mary Sneck, of Rochester, formerly of his native place, by whom he had eight children: Barbara, John, Catherine, Moneka, William, George, Louis, and Tracy. Mr. Serth died about 1875, but his wife still survives. This family are of English and German extraction.
Vanauken, George W., was born in the town of Phelps, Ontario county, N. Y.,
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September 20, 1821, was educated in the district and select schools of the town, and has always followed the occupation of farming. He has married twice, first on May 1, 1843, to Margaret Vannetten, of Lyons, N. Y., and three children were born to. them: Horatio, Mary F., and Laura, all married. Mrs. Vanauken died May 30, 1848. For his second wife he married Adeline Humphrey, of his native town, and they have six children: Imogene, Charles L., Flora, Grace, Henry, and Adaline. Imogene married James Tompkins, and they have two children: Henry L. and Jen- nie E. Charles L. married Minnie Pardee, and they have nine children: Ellery, George, Grace, Nellie, Lura, Minnie, Carl, Milton, and Maude. Flora married Ches- ter Bagley, and they were the parents of one son, Herschel. Mrs. Bagley died at the age of thirty-four years. Grace married Clarence Critendon, and they have three children: Alice, Earl, and Ross. Henry married Minnie Williams of Michigan, and two children were born to them: Charles M., and Hazel B. Mr. Vanauken's father, Daniel, was born at the old home in Phelps, in 1800, was educated in the schools of that early day, and was a farmer by occupation. He married Laura Barker, of his native town, and they had two sons: George W. and Hulbert. Mr. Vanauken died February 6, 1875. Mrs. Laura Vanauken died in 1829. John Humphrey was born in the town of Phelps, in 1800, was educated in the district schools, and a farmer. He married Elizabeth Howell, who was born in the town of Junius, Seneca county, and they had six children: Elizabeth, Charles, William, Adeline, Sophia, and Charlotte. He died in November 24, 1860, and his wife in May 21, 1859. Mr. Vanauken's grandfather, was a drummer boy in the Revolutionary war. The family of G. W. Vanauken came here to reside April 16, 1887. The ancestry of the family is Dutch, English, and Scotch.
Roe, Thomas, was born in Portsmouth, England, in 1813, and came to America in 1834, and lived for two years in Rochester. In 1836 he came to Gates and bought the farm where he now lives, and engaged in farming. In 1834 he married Lydia Moore, also born in Portsmouth, who died in 1865, leaving three sons: Henry, Edwin and George M., also two daughters. In 1881 he married for his present wife, Mrs. Henry Murch, of Gates. Mr. Roe has always taken an active interest in the affairs. of the town, and for the last thirty years has been one of the assessors; was also trustee and school clerk for twenty years. In 1845 the First Presbyterian church of Gates was built, and his interest in it has been constant and untiring, serving it as trustee, treasurer, and secretary, and has been one of its elders about twenty years.
Crane, John H., was born at Port Byron, Cayuga county, February 16, 1823, was. educated in the common schools after his arrival in the town of Gates with his par- ents in 1827, and also in the Collegiate Institute at Rochester, and is one of the town's intelligent farmers. In 1845 he married Jane W. Speer of this town, who was born in Michigan, and they had two children: Abram E., who married first Mary Handee and had one son, Sherman; his wife died in 1877 and he married second Eva Jewett, and they have these children, Mary J., Herbert J., Edgar A., and Wil- lis W. The second son of our subject is Daniel W., who married Jennie Wilkinson, and they have one son, Harry W. Nathaniel Crane, father of our subject, was born in Goshen, Orange county, in 1798, came to this county, and married Sophia Hopper, born in New Jersey in 1798. Their nine children were William, Sarah J., John H , Polly, Augustus, Susan, Nathaniel, De Forrest, and Gertrude. He died in 1874 and
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his wife in 1862. Mr. Crane's great-grandfather, Daniel Knapp, was a soldier in the Revolution. Mrs. Crane's father, Abraham Speer, was born in Speertown, N. J., in 1787, married Sarah Moore in 1805, and came to this county in 1812, removing to Michigan three years later. Their nine children were Catherine, Madison, Charles, Ferrin, John, Maria, Eliza, the wife of David Todd, Jane W. and Sarah A. Mr. Speer died in 1857 and his wife in 1867. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. He was one of Michigan's pioneers, he drew the first seine for white fish in Detroit River that white man ever drew; he picked up the bones of the soldiers that were slaughtered at the River Raisin by the British and Indians and buried in a trench ; his team was a yoke of oxen; he returned to the town of Greece in 1826.
Barnum, William R., is a grandson of Richard Barnum, and an early settler of Danbury, Conn., and a son of George B. Barnum, who came from that place to Brighton. Monroe county, in 1850, and died in Rochester about 1870. He was born in Brighton, May 14, 1858, and received his education in the public schools of Roch- ester and the Rochester Free Academy. At an early age he became a clerk for Lane & Paine, druggists, with whom he remained until 1887, when he was admitted to partnership in the present Paine Drug Company, their successors. In 1887 Mr. Barnum married a daughter of the late Gen. William E. Lathrop, of Rochester.
Miller, Ardean R., was born in Gates, in 1855, son of Ransom, and grandson of Eli Miller, who came from Connecticut in 1812 and settled in Brighton. In 1880 Mr. Miller married Miss Sarah Love, and they have three children: Ardean, jr., Ora M., and Iva M. Mr. Miller settled on the farm where he now lives in 1890, and is one of the best farmers of the town. In 1891 he was elected highway commissioner, which office he now holds.
Foster, Ozias, was born in Hammond, St. Lawrence county, March 6, 1819, and his parents came to Rochester when he was a child. His father died when Ozias was five years old, leaving a wife and five small children to shift for themselves. He was taken by strangers, and received but a limited education, which he has supplemented however, by reading and observation. May 18, 1843, he married a daughter of Samuel Davison of this town, and they have had ten children: Charles. who enlisted in the 140th N. Y. Vols., and died of typhoid fever, at Alexandria, Va., and two others who are also deceased; Frank F., a minister of Pittsburgh, Pa. ; Samuel D., a farmer of Michigan; Glentsworth, of Greenfield, Mass .; Nellie, wife of Alden Budd, of Rochester; Emma, wife of William Elliott, of Rochester; Josephine, who resides at home; Eugene, also a farmer on the home place; Frank, who married Lil- lie Arnold. Glentsworth married first, Mary Turk, of this town, and second Lillian Crowell. Samuel D. married Jennie Easton. Mr. and Mrs. Foster have resided on their homestead forty-nine years, and their marriage dates back fifty-two years, when he erected a small house in the forest, his capital being but fifty dollars, and a good honest reputation.
Schwartz, Peter M., was born in the town of Lancaster, Erie county, N. Y., March 25, 1868, and his education was obtained in the common schools. He has been a trusted emyloyee with the New York Central & Hudson River Railway Company since 1883, first at Churchville, as telegraph operator, then at Batavia, Genesee county, next at Honeoye Falls, and from there to Charlotte, where he has filled the
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office of ticket agent and telegraph operator for the past five years. November 27, 1894, he married Lizzie O'Conner, of Charlotte. Mr. Schwartz's father, Louis, was born in Alsace-Loraine, Germany, July 5, 1828, and came to the United States with his parents in 1883. They located on a farm near Lancaster. Louis was educated in the schools of that time, and is a farmer by occupation. He married Theresa Bachman, formerly of his native country, and they have five children: Mary, now Mrs. Dr. Hoffmeyer of Buffalo; Louis J., a passenger conductor on the N. Y. C. & H. R. Railway; Theresa M., resides at home; Peter M., as above, and John, a farmer at home. Both father and mother reside on the old homestead. Peter E. is a Democrat, and represents the town of Greece in the county committee. He has served as clerk of the village board until last year, and was re-appointed to the same position in 1895.
Haight, Jacob S., was born in Chili, in 1854, son of John Haight, who was a farmer of that town. Mr. Haight followed the occupation of farmer till 1880, at which time he began clerking for Mr. Benjamin in the coal business at Lincoln Park. In 1888 he purchased the coal interest of Mr. Benjamin, where he has since engaged in the business. In politics Mr. Haight was always a Democrat. In 1888 he was elected justice of the peace of the town of Gates; in 1889, 1890, 1891 and 1892, he represented the town of Gates in the Board of Supervisors of Monroe county; in 1893, he was nominated for sheriff, but was defeated. In 1881 Mr. Haight married a daughter of Francis A. Muller, of the town of Ogden, and took up his residence in the town of Gates, where he has since resided.
Woodworth, Clark, was born in Gates, in 1826, son of Spencer Woodworth, who came from Connecticut to Gates in 1819, and died in 1855, leaving five sons. Clark remained on the homestead until 1865, when he bought the farm where he now lives. Mr. Woodworth married Julia Annis, daughter of William R. Booth, and they have one son, William A.
Croft, James, was born in Kent, England, March 21, 1841, and came to the United States with his mother when six years of age. The family landed at Port Hope, Canada, when he was two years old, where his father was drowned the night of his arrival. Mrs. Croft married a second time, and died when James was thirteen years old, and he came from Rochester (where they had lived for about seven years) to Greece and lived with a Mr. Vick. James is now a marine engineer. September 8, 1864, he enlisted in Co B, 188th N. Y. Vols., and participated in nine general engage- ments. This regiment was in the grand review at the close of the war in Washing- ten. He was honorably discharged at the close of the war. April 25, 1866, he mar- ried Mary J. Morse, of Charlotte. Mr. Croft's father, William, was born in England in 1804. He married Serena Palmer, by whom he had eight children: Serena, Sarah, Mary, William, Eliza, Harriet, James, and David, who was born in Canada. Mrs. Croft's father, Charles Morse, was born in New Hampshire in 1807, and married Hannah Cone, who was born in Vermont, Their families came to Rochester in 1826, where the young people were married. They had three children: Charles H., Wat- son C., and Mary J. Mrs. Morse then married a second time, Mr. Howard, and had one daughter, Alice A. Howard. who died aged nineteen years. Mrs. Howard died June 19, 1895, aged eighty-one years.
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Whitlock, George L., was born in Chatham, Columbia county, July 26, 1835, and married Mary A. Lyon, and resided in Palmyra, Wayne county, until 1871, when they came to this town where they have since resided Mrs. Whitlock's father, the late James L. Lyon, was born in Hillsdale, Columbia county, N. Y., in 1799. He was a graduate of Lenox Academy, and a farmer by occupation. He married Jane McGonegal, of this county, where he came in 1836, and five children were born to tnem: Mary A, deceased, William F., deceased, Celia A., Mary A., and William A. Celia married Alexander Wilson, and they had four children, two of whom survive: James L. and Jennie M. Mrs. Wilson died in 1888. William A. married Jennie Day, of Charlotte. Mr. Lyon died September 1, 1872, and his wife in 1879. Mr. Whitlock's father, David L., was born in Vermont in 1802, and came to Columbia county, where he married Theresa Shepard, of Dutchess county, and they had four children: Henry R., George L., Augusta B., and Ophelia A. Mr. Whitlock died in 1885 and his wife in 1886. The ancestry of the family is Scotch.
Payne, Erwin C., was born in the town of Diana, Lewis county, N. Y., December 16, 1838. His parents moved to Pitcairn, St. Lawrence county, N. Y., from there to Russell, of that county, from there to Antwerp, and came to Rochester, Monroe county, when Erwin C. was eight years of age. They left Rochester, returning in 1853, and soon after settled in the town of Irondequoit. Erwin C. was educated in the common schools of various places, in a private school taught by Sidney B. Grant and Albion Academy. He has always been a farmer, and February 24, 1863, he married Hannah B. Ewer of Irondequoit, by whom he had three children: George W., Hattie E., and C. Jennie. George W. married Minnie A. Stilwell of Webster, N. Y., and they have two children : Alice Maud and Florence L. Hattie E. married Edward C. Spencer of Spencerport. C. Jennie is housekeeper for her father. Mrs. Payne died December 11, 1889. July 27, 1862, Mr. Payne enlisted in Company B, 108th N. Y. Vols., was wounded in the battle of Antietam, and was honorably dis- charged on a surgeon's certificate of disability the same year. He had been assessor of the town one year, also justice of the peace for six years. His father, Alonzo L. Payne, was born in the town of Champion, Jefferson county, in 1810. He married Selecta Harris of his native place, by whom he had four children : Erwin C., Perley E., Hattie E., and Rubie A. He died in 1886, but his wife still survives. Three brothers on the maternal side of the name of Butler were in the Revolutionary war. Erwin C. Payne was a messenger for the Sub-Committee of the Whole in Albany in 1877, and in January, 1890, was watchman in the State, War and Navy building at Wash- ington. 4
McDonald, David, came from Attica to Adams Basin, and was foreman on the canal as early as 1825. He moved to Elba, but later returned to Ogden, and finally engaged in farming. He died December 10, 1889. His children were Lydia, who married Watson Bradley; Delia, who married John J. Jewett; John, who was killed in the Rebellion; George, of Byron; John McDonald enlisted at the age of twenty- four in the 8th N. Y. Heavy Artillery, and was killed at Cold Harbor June 3, 1864. He left a widow and one son, John K. jr. John Jewett was born in Parma, a son of Dr. Gideon Jewett. In 1850 he married Delia McDonald, and they had two chil- dren: Frank G., of Ogden, and William, who died young. In April, 1861, Mr. Jewett enlisted under the first call for three months' men, and at the expiration of his time
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re-enlisted and served to the end of the year, his only wound being a not serious injury to the right arm. Mr. Jewett died in 1880, survived by his widow and son, Frank G. The latter was born in Ogden, July 24, 1860, and in 1874 he married Kate, daughter of Michael Smith of Lowville, Lewis county, and they have three children, all living. Mr. Jewett is an active member of the Ogden Grange.
Grant, Theodore W., was born on the homestead on the Boulevard, February 26, 1858, and educated in the Irondequoit schools, the Collegiate Institute, Free Academy, and the Commercial College of Rochester, N. Y., and is a market gardener by occu- pation. February 26, 1884, he married Flora M. Town of Jackson, Mich., by whom he had four children: Frank L., Samuel W., Flora I., and Dora :. , twins. Sidney B. Grant, father of Theodore W., was born at Fort Edward, N. Y., April 2, 1820, and was educated in the schools of his day, after which he taught school at the old home, and after coming to Brighton, which took place when he was a young man. July 16, 1845, he married Adaline L. Hayward, of Brighton, now Rochester, by whom he had three children: Edward S., Francis E., and Theodore W. Mr. Grant died June 12, 1881, and his wife September 26, 1895. The ancestors of the Hayward family came over on the ship " Mayflower," and located in Brighton in 1823. Mrs. Grant's father, Samuel P. Town, was born in Canastota, N. Y., April 28, 1822, and was educated in the public schools, and graduated as a physician from the Homœ- opathic Medical College of Cleveland, Ohio, and is a successful practicing physician in Jackson, Michigan. In 1846 he married Martha A. Barrett, who was born in Ma- son, New Hampshire, in 1823, by whom he had six children: James B., who died in infancy ; Dora A., Martha A., Frank E., Flora M., and William A. Mr. Grant is a member of Flower City Lodge No. 555, I. O. O. F., Rochester, N. Y.
Howk, Loron Whitney, M.D., son of John C. Howk, an extensive coal and lumber dealer, was born in Ontario, Wayne county, N. Y., October 1, 1860, and received his rudimentary education in the public schools of his native town. He was graduated from the Union Free School at Webster, Monroe county, in 1883, and from the Uni- versity of Rochester in 1887, where he was a leading member of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. He entered the Medical Department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and received his degree of M. D. in 1891, since which time he has fol- lowed his profession in Rochester. While a student in the last named institution he held the post of assistant surgeon, and in Rochester is now city physician for the county poor. He is a member of the Rochester Pathological Society, the Monroe County Medical Society, and the Central New York Medical Society. February 28, 1894, Dr. Howk married Miss Ella Gertrude Hildreth, of San Francisco, California.
Farnan, James, was born near Charlotte in the town of Greece, March 31, 1843, and his education was obtained in the common schools. He began learning to be an engineer when but fourteen years old in his father's steam saw mill at Charlotte, where his parents moved when he was seven years of age. For the past six years he has been chief engineer for the Rochester Electric Railway Company, in their power house at Charlotte. November 15, 1871, he married Margaret Kernan, of the town of Greece, and they have six children: Francis John, Charles E., Julia A., Leo K., P. Joseph, and Clyde. The eldest son is an electrician for the Manitou Beach Railway Company. Mr. Farnan's father, John, was born in the city of
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