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Baldwin, George, was born in Lyndonville, Orleans county, in 1861, and is a son of James Baldwin. He was a native of England, came to America in 1856, settled at Lyndonville and engaged in farming. He afterward removed to Knowlesville and finally to Barre Center, where he died December 13, 1889. He married Eliza Goodey, and their children were : Anna, Hattie, George, Benjamin, Fred, Lizzie, Carrie and
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Adrian. Anna married Frank Knickerbocker, Hattie married Charles Ferris, Benjamin married Lillian Mitchell and settled in Texas. The others, with the exception of George are unmarried, who was a farmer for several years. He settled in Murray in 1881 and in 1889 with Fred N. Hinds, engaged in the stone business at Hindsburg. He married in 1883 Alice M. Fooley, and their children are : Jane, Edith, Jessie and Mable.
Ballou, James, was born in the town of Oppenheim, Fulton county, April 6, 1848, and is a son of Abner and "Elizabeth (Kegg) Ballou. James Ballou came to Orleans county in 1876 and engaged in farming in Murray. During the year 1883, he carried on a store at Hindsburg, and for three years was in the coal business at Murray Station. He is an active member of the Democratic party, and was elected highway commissioner in 1885 and again in 1893. In 1869 Mr. Ballou married Eliza Rhodes, daughter of Nathaniel P, Rhodes of Murray.
Baruum, Zebulon, born December 19, 1773, came to Hartland, N. Y., in 1804, moved thence to Carlton in 1817, and died in Michigan November 28, 1848. July 31, 1798, he married Betsey Ferster (born November 17, 1779), and their children were Abel S., born Jaunary 12, 1800, died October 8, 1877; John, born February 8, 1801, deceased ; Polly (Mrs. Harmon Fuller), born May 22, 1803, died February 24, 1872; Nancy (Mrs. Benjamin Tuttle), born March 24, 1805, deceased ; Lucinda (Mrs. Nelson Sprague), born September 28, 1807, died November 27. 1886; Roxana (Mrs. Lyman Fuller, born February 25, 1810, died May 24, 1875), Philo, born August 23, 1812, died March 9; 1834 ; Almina (Mrs. Hiram Abbey), born June 17, 1814, died January 13, 1867 ; Israel born June 15, 1816, deceased ; Melvin, born November 8, 1818, died January 29, 1885; Nelson, born October 15, 1824, died November 13, 1824; and IIenry, born November 18, 1825. Abel S. Barnum married Mrs. Lucy Munion, daughter of Noah Greely, and their children were Truman P., born December 15, 1823 ; Noah G., born August 25, 1825 ; Lucinda J., born February 21, 1827; Clifton G., born February 26, 1830, en- listed in the 6th Michigan Cavalry, and died of fever at Fairfax, Va., April 18, 1863 Dustin, born July 23, 1833; Arah I., born November 18, 1834; Elisha F., born January 15, 1836, enlisted August 11, 1862, in 4th New York H. A. ; and Larah L. (Mrs. Lyman (C. Fuller), born July 10, 1838. Lowell H. Barnum, who was born on and still oc- cupies the old homestead, married, first, Nancy A., daughter of William A. Spaulding, and second Mrs. Oliver Coon, daughter of Lewis Root. His children are Nellie J., Mrs. Frederick Johnson), born August 31, 1858 ; Willie H., born July 1, 1861; Alton G., and Cora, deceased ; T. Eddie, born August 13, 1866 ; and Earle S., born Septem- ber 16, 1872.
Bamber, Richard W., M. D., Kendall, is a son of Dr. Thomas R. Bamber, who set- tled as a physician in Carlton in May 1862, where he died January 14, 1892. Dr. Bam- ber, sr., was born in Oneida county in 1817, studied medicine at the old Willoughby Medical College in Ohio, and practiced in that State and in St. Lawrence county, N. Y. He was town clerk of Carlton from 1862 to 1872, and president of the Orleans County Medical Society, of which he was a member and a licenciate. He married, first, Harriet Pratt, of Grand Rapids, Ohio, by whom he had one child, William P., deceased, who served three years in Company E., 151st N. Y. Vols. Dr. Bamber's second wife was Ranaveline M. Ward, and their children were : Benjamin A., of Carlton ; Dr. Richard W .; and David W., Mary E. and Edward E., all deceased. Dr. Richard W. Bamber, born in Sterlingville, N. Y., November 6, 1853, attended the Albion Academy when Oliver More- house was the principal, the Brockport Normal School, and Eastman's Business College at Poughkeepsie, and was graduated as M. D. from the medical department of the University of Buffalo. In 1883 he began practice in Carlton, of which he was town clerk one year. In 1885 he was practicing medicine in Dakota, but soon returned to Carlton, and in 1887 located in Kendall village. In the fall of 1887 Dr. Bamber was elected county coroner and served three years. He is a member and has been a
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censor of the Orleans County Medical Society, was once elected delegate to the State Medical Society, has been three times a delegate to the Central New York Medical Society, a: d is a member of Social Lodge, No. 713, F. & A. M. February 25, 1886, he married Mary HI. Ballou, of Carlton.
Burns, Lewis G., was born October 27, 1826, in the town of Murray. He is a son of Chauncy Burns whose father, John Burns, came from Onondaga at an early date to Sweden, 'Monroe county, afterward settling about two miles west of Holley in the town of Murray where he was a farmer. John Burns married Ruth Willy, and their children were: Dennis, who settled in Genesee county ; Andrew, who settled in Mur- ray and died at Carlton; Chauncy ; Blake, who settled in Murray; Polly, who mar- ried William Knight; Thirza, who married Peleg Burrows and for her second husband Torrey Winslow; Betsy, who married John Baker; Alanson, who married Esther Smith and settled in Murray ; Walter, who married Hannah Smith and settled in Murray ; Henry, who settled in Illinois. Chauncey Burns settled in Murray and was a farmer. In politics he was a strong Democrat. He married Nancy, daughter of Rev. Robinson Smith of Murray, and their children were: Lewis G., James D., Elias P., and Emily M., who died young. Elias P. settled in Michigan early in life and after- ward returned to Murray where he remained for a time, and finally settled in Missouri. Lewis G. and James D. Burns kept a hotel at Hindsburg for several years and from 1857 to 1862 were in the mercantile trade together in Hindsburg, James D. then kept hotel at Fairhaven for a time and then engaged in boating on the canal. Lewis G. Burns was engaged in farming until 1857 and since that date has been in the mercantile trade at Hindsburg. Lewis Burns is a Democrat and for many years he has held the office of justice of the peace, and during Cleveland's administration he was appointed post- master of Hindsburg. In 1847 he married Eleanor, daughter of Jacob Oman, one of the pioneers of Clarendon. Their children are: Lewis O., James R., Eleanor V., and Emily E. Mrs. Burns died in 1859, and in 1861 Mr. Burns married Jane Morris of Murray, and they had one daughter, Lillian. His second wife died in 1865 and in 1867 Mr. Burns married his third wife, Samantha Smith, of Wheatland, Monroe county, and they have one son, Ernest D. Burns. Ernest D. was appointed postmaster at Hinds- burgh in 1893. He married Mary E. Golden. Lillian Burns married Frederick A. Clough ; Emily married D. L. Peck; Eleanor V. married Robert Wilson; Leris O. mar- ried Dell Dorchey, and James R. married Cora Ackerman.
Bennett. Albert L., descended from Jeremiah, his great-grandfather, who was a native of England, and settled in America. Albert's father was Albert, who was the son of George Bennett. Albert Bennett was born at Sand Lake, Rensselaer county, in 1789, and came to Gaines in 1829, and died in Michigan in 1862. He married Rachael Warner, born at Williamson, Mass., in 1790, and died at Flint, Mich., in 1887. They had these children: Alexander, born at Sand Lake in 1813, and died in infancy ; Albert L., born at Sand Lake April 18, 1815; Emma and Emily (twins), born June 11, 1817, in Virginia ; Fannie, born April 19, 1819, in Ohio ; George Washington, born July 5, 1821, in Ohio, and resides in Saginaw ; Daniel Miller, born June 5, 1823, Ohio, now a resident of Port Huron, Mich .; Mary, born May 9, 1825, in Ohio; Lewis N., born in 1827, in Parma, Monroe county, and resides at Omaha, Neb .; Willard J., born in Gaines June 15, 1829, and resides in Flint, Mich .; Mary, born in 1831, in Gaines; Louise, born in Holley, Mich., in 1833; Phoebe Ann, born at Holley, Mich., in 1835, is a soldier's widow and resides at Lowell, Mich .; James, born February 14, 1834, in Albion, now a resident of Omaha, Neb. Albert Bennett, father of our subject, started out as a clock peddler for a Connecticut firm, which business he followed for many years. He after- ward bought a farm in Huntington for $400, and subsequently sold out for $600. He was educated in the common schools of Ohio and afterward at Gaines, attended Kirk- ham's lectures and made a study of grammar, and then taught school for several terms in Kendall and Carlton. Albert L. Bennett worked on a farm summers and taught
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school winters. He subsequently went into a dry goods store at Albion, where he was confidential clerk one year for Freeman Butts. The next year he went into the Bank of Orleans as bookkeeper, after which he was made teller of the same bank and held this position four years. In 1854 he went to Buffalo and took the position of general bookkeeper in the International Bank. This position he afterward resigned to accept that of financial manager of the Buffalo Steam Engine Works, which he held until 1857. He then went into the Clinton Bank at Buffalo as general bookkeeper and re- mained until 1861, after which he ran the Tonawanda distillery for fourteen months, and went from here to Oil City, Pa., where he remained seven years as cashier of the First National Bank of Buffalo, which he helped to form, on a salary of $4,000 per annum. On account of poor health he was obliged to resign and came to Eagle Harbor, Orleans county, where he bought a farm of 134 acres and has since lived in retirement. Mr. Bennett was a member of Albion I. O. of O. F. and passed all the chairs in the lodge and encampment. January 31, 1835 he married Adeline Farr, who was born in Gaines, December, 1818, The children of this union were: Chester W .. born December 2, 1836, and died in infancy ; Emma, born March 8, 1838, died at the age of nineteen years; William W., born in July, 1840, and was drowned in the canal at Albion when seven years old ; Louise, born in September, 1846, married Jerome B. Gumaer, and they have two sons, Albert L. B., born September 17, 1878, and Edward, born October 24, 1883.
Castle, T. O., was born in Parma, Monroe county, April 2, 1826. After teaching school two years and clerking at Shelby Centre, he came to Medina in the fall of 1849. The same year he established his present business in Millville, which he has since con- ducted. In December, 1850, Mr. Castle married Mary A. Timmerman, and they have three children, Catherine M., Lillie, now Mrs. Abel C. Root, of Topeka, Kan., and George D. Mr. Castle's parents were Jehiel and Nancy (Willey) Castle, natives of Connecticut. Mr. Castle has always been more or less active in political affairs. At the age of twenty-four he was a justice of the peace, and has been notary public many years. He was a justice of Sessions a couple of terms, and has held the office of postmaster since October 7, 1878. He has been twice married, his present wife was Anna Biglow.
Cooper, Michael, was born in Ireland September 3, 1839, and came to America in 1847. He learned the blacksmith trade and followed it successfully thirty-five years. He has resided in Medina for over forty years. Fourteen years ago he established his present grocery business, which has grown to be one of the leading stores in Medina. Mr. Cooper has been a member of the Board of Education nine years, and trustee of the village eight years. In 1861 he married Catherine Maloney, and they have two sons, John W., and George E. Cooper. John W. is the present clerk of the village. He was elected in March, 1892. While he has always assisted his father in the grocery business, he also conducts an electrical business. Michael Cooper is a large real estate owner in Medina, He built the Cooper block containing the Cooper hall and the post- office building at Medina. He also built and owns the block in which he carries on his grocery business. John W. Cooper married Kate A. Sutter in 1892.
Curry, W. R., was born in Buffalo January 6, 1861. He first started in the meat business, and then spent some time in the oil country. He then acted as salesman for the Harris Soap Company for a time, and then went to Waukegan, Ill., in the livery business. He returned to Buffalo, after some experience as clerk in a Clifton hotel. He then went to Rochester and worked for the Citizens' Gas Company and subsequently for the Municipal Gas Company. In 1883 he came to Medina as superintendent of the Medina Gas and Electric Light Company, which position he has since held. He is also superintendent of the Albion Gas Company. In 1880 Mr. Curry married Maggie Bur- rus, and they have two sons and one daughter. IFis father was Richard Curry, and his mother Diana (Bickerstaff) Curry.
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Culver, William C., was born August 21, 1853, and is a carpenter and joiner by trade. He spent twelve years in the shops of S. B. Van Duzee, of Gouverneur, N. Y., and three years with C. H. Bidwell, of Medina. In 1876 he married Roxana Pierson, and they have three children, one son and two daughters. In the spring of 1894 Mr. Culver entered into partnership with Mr. H. J. Hopkins in the luniber and planing business.
Clement, Joseph H., was born in Stratford, Fulton county, November 16, 1824. His grandfather was Lambert Clement, who was born June 4, 1757 and married Mary Vedder, by whom he had these children : Rachel, Seth, John, Harmonious, Joseph, Derrick, Lewis, and Willlam B. The father of this family was a Revolutionary soldier and died at Coventry, O., in 1842, and his wife in 1848. John, father of our subject, was born March 10, 1794, and died July 7, 1847. His wife was Hannah Madi- son, born February 28, 1797, and died May 8, 1885. Their children were: Eleanor, born in 1814, died in 1871; Setb, born in 1818, died in 1888; Joseph H .; and John G., born in 1827, died in 1853. Joseph H. came with his parents from Herkimer county in a covered wagon in 1839, and settled in East Carlton, where he has ever since lived. His first business venture was the building of a steam saw mill on Marsh Creek, and he also built one at the month of Oak Orchard Creek, one at West Summerville, Niagara county, one south of Carlton Station, and in 1867 he rebuilt the mill on the farm where he lives. He also built the shingle and stone mill in 1868, and has been the inventor of many labor-saving machines, among them being a bean planter, of which he has sold 300; a bean harvester, which is being manufactured at Albion by Clark & Willyoung; etc. Mr. Clement has served as highway commissioner of Carlton nine years. August 13, 1868, he married Mary A. Sutton, born in Woodchurch, Kent county, England, May 18, 1846. They have one daughter, Mary E., born in Carlton, March 1, 1871, wife of Heabert L. Madison, M. D., who resides at Burlington, Ia. They have one daughter, Frances M., born May 17, 1893.
Culver, Orange, came from Cayuga county in 1828, and settled in Barre. He married Elizabeth Andrews, and their son, Ebenezer, settled in Barre and engaged in farming until 1865, when he came to Clarendon and here spent the remainder of his days. He was a man of strong intellect and of sound judgment, and was an active politician. He married first Laura Richardson, and their children were : Julia, who married Zebina M. Hunt and settled in Dakota; Mary E., unmarried ; and Edgar B., who enlisted in the Union Army and died at Vicksburg. Ebenezer married second Mrs. James C. Hal- lock.
Cohoon, Francis E., was born in Cleveland, O., December 5, 1842, a son of Edwin, born in Windham, Conn, in 1819, who now resides in Albion. He married Julia Backus, also born in Windham, Conn., in 1821, who is now living. Their children were : Francis E., Adah, barn in Brighton, Monroe county, in 1844, died in 1892; Emma, also born in Brighton in 1846 ; Elihu, born in Brighton in 1848; Ida, born in Brighton in 1853. Our subject moved to Brighton with his parents when in infancy, and here spent his boy- hood, clerking in a store and assisting his father who was a painter. At the age of eighteen he enlisted in Co. F, 3d N. Y. Cavalry, September 2, 1861, and was honorably discharged at Suffolk, Va., July 12, 1865, as sergeant. He held various town offices, having served as inspector of election and town clerk. He is a member of Renovation Lodge, No. 97, of Albion. January 19, 1870, Mr. Cohoon married, at Carlton, Kate L. Wilcox, born in Carl- ton, September 15, 1851, and their children are : Ella M., born November 13, 1871 ; George F., born April 12, 1876; Fred W., born December 3, 1879 ; and Harry L., born Decem- ber 16, 1885. Mr. Cohoon is a member of Jones Post, G. A. R.
Culver, W. J., was born in Medina September 18, 1856. In his younger days he was a farmer and quarryman, but went into the ice business twelve years ago and for the last five years has been in business for himself. He handles from 1,000, to 1,500 tons
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annually. Mr. Culver is a member of the K. O. T. M., of the Gorman Hose Company, and of the Rebeccas. He was elected postmaster of Shelby three successive terms, and has been a delegate to several conventions. In 1884 Mr. Culver married Hattie Bidel- man, and they have two children, Iva May and Pearl.
Conley Brothers, Medina .- The firm of Conley Brothers is composed of Frank E. and James H. Conley. They established their fine grocery business in Med.na October 25, 1890. Frank E. Conley was born in Shelby Center December 27, 1862, and was in the employ of the N. Y. C. Railroad for seven years prior to starting the grocery busi- ness. James H. Conley was born February 1, 1864, and was a clerk for M. & J. Slack for seven years prior to the formation of the firm of Conley Brothers. Both gen- tlemen are members of the C. M. B. A., and the Celtic Club. Their father was Edward Conley, an engineer who died November 13, 1893.
Cook, S. A., was born in the town of Yates July 12, 1851. After some farming ex- perience he embarked in the tobacco manufacturing business, which he has followed ever since. He began it in 1873. July 10, 1802, the firm of S. A. Cook & Tinham Brothers was formed. In 1876 Mr. Cook married Adelaide Thorpe, and they have two daughters : Pearl A., and Olive I. Mr. Cook's father was George Cook, a farmer in Ridgeway. His mother was Olive (Comstock) Cook.
' Chapman, C. R., M. D., was born in Medina June 6, 1886. He was educated at the Medina Academy, the University of Vermont, and the University of New York city, from which latter he graduated March 25, 1890. He was then appointed to Bellevue Hospital as a reward for his high proficiency, and spent twelve years there as junior as- sistant, senior assistant, and house surgeon. He subsequently took a course on throat, eye and ear diseases, and in 1892 commenced practice in Medina.
Cummings, B. J., was born at Johnson's Creek October 21, 1864. He first engaged as clerk in a store in Yates. In 1882 he came to Medina and clerked for J. H. Geballe for eight years, when he purchased his present business of confectioner and dealer in cigars, tobacco, etc. In 1893 Mr. Cummings was elected town clerk of Ridgeway by a ma- jority of 114, and was elected in 1894 for two years by a majority of 226. He is a member of the Odd Fellows and the Protective Hose Company. In 1890 he married Minnie M. Mead. His father was Jefferson A. Cummings, his mother Eliza M. Leonard.
Chadwick, John, was a native of England, born in Yorkshire, where his early life was spent and where he was a stone cutter by trade. To this occupation John also brought up his sons. The family came to this country in 1859, and the father thereafter lived and worked in Buffalo and Medina, but eventually moved to Wisconsin. Thomas Chadwick, son of John, was born in Yorkshire May 1, 1845, and came to this country with his father. In 1871 he went to Medina where he was employed for ten years as foreman in the McCormick quarries, after which he was for three years in business for himself in Lockport. In 1885 Mr. Chadwick came to Albion and with his brother, Allen, bought twenty-five acres of quarry land in the eastern part of the town. This tract has since been increased to forty-seven acres, and the stone producing firm of Chadwick Brothers, is regarded as one of the substantial and successful business con- cerns of the stone belt. In England, in 1870, Thomas Chadwick married Anna Pyrah, by whom he has three children : James, Elizabeth and Joseph, the daughter being now deceased. Allen Chadwick was born in Yorkshire, England, June 13, 1855, and his business life has been much like that of his brother, whose partner he now is. He mar- ried Emma Rinker, of Ridgeway, and has five children: Ira, Lena, Libbie, Marion and Henry. In politics he is a Prohibitionist. Thomas Chadwick is a Republican in politics.
Cole, Dan H., was a native of Auburn, N. Y., born June 16, 1811, and was the son of Dr. Joseph Cole of that place, but formerly of Sharon, Conn. Dan H. came to Albion
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in 1830, and studied law with his brother, A. Hyde Cole, the latter then and for many years a leader of the bar of the county. After admission Dan H. became partner to his brother. In 1840 subject was appointed by Governor Seward to the office of surrogate. and in 1846-49 was elected county clerk. In 1855 he was appointed county judge and surrogate, and in the following fall was elected to the Assembly. In 1863 he was elected senator, and re-elected in 1873-75. May 4, 1836, he married Frances M. El- liott, of Lockport, and they had these children : Mary J., Joseph and Dan H., jr. Judge Cole died November 8, 1881, and his wife May 19, 1893. Dan H. Cole, jr., was born in Albion February 2, 1851, and was educated at the Albion Academy. He was brought up to work on his father's farm. In 1878 the grocery firm of Cole & Flintham was formed, and in 1892 Mr. Cole became sole proprietor of the business. May 13, 1873, he married Mary L., daughter of John and Maria Flintham, and by whom he has three children.
Castaldi, John, was born at Piacanza, Italy, November 28, 1834. His father was a merchant, and at the age of fifteen John was sent to college. For three years he studied philosophy and then attended College Alberroni, and still later was at Genoa at the Propaganda. Having completed a very thorough education, our subject entered the priesthood, and in September, 1859, came to Buffalo as assistant priest at the Cathedral. Later he was at Corning and Batavia, and in January, 1862, was appointed to St. Joseph's at Albion. He also attended the parish at Holley about thirteen years. Coming to Albion, Father Castaldi found about 100 families in his parish; it now numbers 200. He also attended the Polish people in Albion for a time. In 1870, through his own efforts, and at his own expense, Father Castaldi established the "Holy Name" convent now in charge of the Sisters of Mercy, and we may add that this insti- tution has ever been supported by the worthy priest.
Culver, Daniel D., the oldest of the children of Oli er P., and Jane (Delano) Culver, was born in Barre, October 3, 1847, and has always lived in the immediate locality of his present farm until his recent removal to Barre Centre. January 17, 1871, he mar- ried Phoebe A., daughter of Dr. James A. and Nancy M. Wood. No children have been born of this marriage, though Harry K. Culver is their son by adoption.
Wood, James A., was born in Bloomingburg, Sullivan County, and acquired his ele- mentary and medical education in that region. He read medicine under the direction of Dr. Bottsford, a well known physician of Sullivan county, after which he attended and was graduated from the Geneva Medical College. Dr. Wood first came to Barre Centre about 1842, and from that time until his death he occupied a prominent posi- tion in the medical profession in this county, having a large and successful practice. He died of apoplexy in 1858. In 1847 Dr. Wood married Nancy M., daughter of Alva Mattison, of Barre, and they have had three children : Alva H., who died, aged fifteen ; Phoebe A., wife of Daniel D. Culver, and James C., who died in infancy.
Coe, Stephen, was born December 15, 1787. July 1, 1809, he married Leah Henion, who was born October 25, 1791. In 1836 the family came to Yates from Gorham, N. Y., and settled three miles east of Lyndonville, where Mr. Coe died November 21, 1838. Mrs. Coe survived until November, 1879. Their children were: M. Daniel, Tunis H., Eugene M., Catharine A., Caroline E., Martha M., M. Jane, John S., and Eli G. Tunis H. Coe was born in Benton, N. Y .. June 4, 1818, and died in this town, De- cember 31, 1890. March 30, 1850, he married Lucy C. Kennedy, of Yates, and their children were Stephen A., Frank L., born December 18, 1852; Electa L. (Mrs. C. M. Garlock), born December 25, 1854, died September 26, 1889; Delia A. (Mrs. George H. Rolffe) ; and Charles B., born February 26, 1863. Mr. Coe was a prominent mem- ber of the Baptist Church, was long a trustee and patron of Yates Academy, held sev- eral minor town offices, and served as supervisor in 1862-63. He was also one of the first to introduce the bean growing industry in Orleans county. Stephen A. Coe was
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