Landmarks of Orleans County, New York, Part 101

Author: Signor, Isaac S., ed
Publication date: 1894
Publisher: Syracuse : D. Mason
Number of Pages: 1084

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born December 16, 1850. He married Mary, daughter of Eli Clark, and has three chil- dren, Ina M., Dan D., and L. Clare. He is a merchant and postmaster at Yates Centre, and holds the office of town clerk.

Clark, George F., was born in Murray in 1849, and is a son of George W. Clark, whose father, Asa, was a son of Asa Clark. Asa Clark, sr., was the first of the family to come to Orleans county. He came from Connecticut and settled at Avon and then re- moved to Sandy Creek. Asa Clark, his son, engaged in the mercantile trade there and became one of the prominent men of the town. He was one of the leaders of the Dem- ocratic party in that town and for many years was justice of the peace. He was super- visor in the years 1831, '32, '33, and '34, and has also been elected member of the As- sembly. His children were: George W., Charles, Harriett and Mary. Mary married Melora Leonard of Murray ; Harriet married Benjamin F. Van Dyke of Murray; Charles Clark was engaged in the mercantile trade at Clarkson, Monroe county, for several years, and also spent some time in the west. He married Mary Steele. Charles Clark died at Sandy Creek. George W. Clark carried on a store at Sandy Creek for a short time and then settled in Chicago, where he engaged in business. He died in Buffalo. He married Marina Waddams of Clarkson, and their only child living is George F. Clark. George F. Clark has lived most of his life in Murray. January 1, 1893, he purchased the interest of George W. Arnold in the general store of " Arnold & Fuller" at Sandy Creek, the firm becoming " Fuller & Clark." In 1889 Mr. Clark married Hattie C. Wood of Murray.

Cole, Nerville L., born in 1855 in the town of Clarendon, is the son of Ira C., who was a son of Lewis Cole, a native of Broome county. Ira Cole was born in 1831 and came to Orleans county in 1848, settling in Clarendon, where he learned the carpenter's trade, which he still follows. In 1871 he removed from Clarendon to Holley, and in 1880 he added coal and lumber to his other business. In 1887 his son, Nerville L., purchased a half interest in the business and the following year purchased his father's interest. He is known to-day as one of the largest contractors and builders in Orleans county. He is a Republican, and was elected supervisor of the town of Murray in 1894. Ira C. Cole married Violetta, daughter of Jeremiah Palmer, of Clarendon in 1853. There children were Jane L., Helen, Charles I., Arthur and Nerville L. Jane L. married in 1880 Charles W. Clough. Helen married in 1883 Charles R. Aggas. Nerville L. married in 1884 Kate M., daughter of Nelson Hatch, of Murray. They have three children, Vida, Kirk N., and Edna H.

Clough, Charles W., was born in Kendall July 30, 1859. His father, Obed W., was a son of Wesley, whose father was a Revolutionary soldier. Wesley was the first of the family to settle in Orleans county. He was a native of Unity, N. H., but came here at an early date and settled in Kendall, purchasing 100 acres, which he cleared. He was a musician. He married Rachel Speaker, and had seven children : Harriet, George, Obed W., Esther, Jerry, Wyan E. and Baird. Harriet married a Mr. Thomp- son, of Kendall; Esther died unmarried ; Jerry was a cooper by trade and spent the early part of his life in the country, afterward settling in Michigan, where he died. He married Helen Perigo, of Murray. Wyan E. prepared himself for a teacher and for sev- eral years made that his business. He came to Holley later, and was for a time en- gaged in the produce business with Obed W. Afterward he returned to Michigan, where he is a teacher. Baird came to Holley in 1860, and with the exception of twelve years spent in Michigan, has resided there. He carried on a meat market for several years in Holley. He married Julia, daughter of Joseph W. Robb, of Holley. Obed W. and George learned the cooper's trade, and for several years were in business at Kendall. George afterward removed to Michigan and in 1864 Obed W. came to Hol- ley, and with his brother, Wyan E., engaged in the produce business. The firm exist- ed until 1867, when Wyan removed to Michigan. Obed W. continued the business un-

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til 1869, when he retired from the produce business and opened a flour and feed store. He was a Democrat. He married in 1856 Ann A., daughter of Nathaniel Re Qua, of Kendall, and had three children: Hattie A., Charles W., and Fred A. He died No- vember 5, 1870. Hattie A. married W. T. Bush, of Kendall. Fred A. married Lillian Burns, of Murray, and resides at Hindsburg. He is a farmer. Charles W. learned the carpenter's trade, which has since been his business. He is a member of the Presby- terian Church, superintendent of the Sunday-school, and is a member of Holley Lodge, I. O. O. F. He married in 1880 Jennie L., daughter of Ira G. Cole, of Holley.

Cogswell, Francis D., born in 1830 in Peterboro, N. H., is of English descent, his an- cestors having settled in New England in 1635. The father of our subject, William D., was a native of Marlboro, Mass. During the fifties Mr. Cogswell settled in Murray, and engaged in farming. He married in 1855 Henrietta McCrillis, of Murray, and they had four children. three of whom are living, Frank L., who resides in St. Paul, Minn., Mrs. Watson F. Barry, of Medina, and Mrs. B. F. McDonald, of Holley.

Cornwell, La Fayette, was born March 11, 1856, in Canada. His father, Joseph M., was a son of Moses Cornwell, who came from Albany county to Lewiston, and later to Lockport, and at an early date settled in Yates, Orleans county. He married a Miss Mc- Cullom, and their children were: Joseph M., John, who settled in Yates; William D., who settled at Oakfield, Genesee county, and married a Miss Rosencrans; Mary, who died unmarried ; Jane, who married a Mr. Handy ; and Rebecca, who married John Barrin. Joseph was a farmer and resided in Orleans county until 1891, when he removed to Michigan. He enlisted in 1862 in Company A, 151st N. Y. Vol., and served until the close of the war. He married Elizabeth Bain, of Yates, and their children are : La Fay- ette, Morton and Florence. Morton is a miller and resides in Rochester ; Florence mar- ried George Cliff. La Fayette Cornwell has always lived in Orleans county, and since 1872 in the town of Murray. He has been engaged in the stone business since 1871. In 1893 he became a partner with E. Fancher in a quarry west of Hulberton. He married in 1885 Alice A., daughter of Harry H. Darrow, of Murray, and they have three chil- dren : Eugenia, Clark L., and Bert.

Cole, David, was born in Eagle Harbor, March 22, 1860, a son of Aaron Cole, born in England in 1834, who came to this country in 1854 and settled at Eagle Harbor, where he was in the boot and shoe trade for many years, and later took up other branches of mercantile life. He died in 1883. He was also postmaster at Eagle Har- bor fourteen years. Our subject's mother was Jane Stinson, born in Ireland in 1832, who came to America in 1850, and settled at Albion, where she married Aaron Cole in 1856. Their children were: Samuel, born in 1858, died in 1866; David, our subject ; James, born in 1862 ; Samuel, born in 1865, died in 1868. David attended the district school at Eagle Harbor, then took a course at the Rochester Business University. He first engaged in business with his brother in the canal supply store, which they conducted two years. They also ran a grocery wagon on the road. About 1885 they left the canal store, then opened a general store for a year, and then David bought his brother's interest and conducted the business alone for four years. He was postmaster at Eagle Harbor from 1883 to 1885. In the spring of 1891 he closed out his grocery business and bought the farm where he now lives, a mile and a half west of Eagle Harbor, the place comprising 100 acres. Mr. Cole is a member of the A. O. U. W. at Eagle Harbor, Daniels Lodge No. 224. March 23, 1892, he married Minnie L., daughter of Leonard Wells. She was born April 28, 1869.

Dibble, J. Marshall, is descended from James, his grandfather, who was born in Granby, Conn., and died there. Sherman Dibble, father of J. Marshall, was born in Granby, Conn., March 16, 1807, and died in Gaines August 17, 1867. In 1830 he settled in the town of Gaines and kept a hotel at East Gaines. He soon after pur- chased the farm where his son, Marshall, now resides. The farm consists of eighty

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acres situated on the transit. Sherman Dibble has held office as assessor and high- way commissioner for several times. He married Caroline Holcomb, born in Granby, January 28, 1829, and their children are as follows: John A., born in Granby, Conn., July 13, 1832, resides in Gaines; Thomas P., born in Murray February 8, 1839, and died October 6, 1879, in Murray ; James S., born in Murray June 8, 1843, and resides in Murray ; J. Marshall, born in Gaines November 25, 1848. Sherman Dibble was a member of the Gaines and Murray Baptist church, of which he was a deacon for many years. Mrs. Dibble is still living at the age of eighty-five. J. Marshall Dibble first attended the district school near where he was born, after which he at- tended the Albion Academy for one year. His father died when he was eighteen years of age and the farm was carried on by Marshall. He has dealt extensively in fruit, buy- ing and selling apples, pears, quinces, and has raised on his farm as many as 1,000 bushels in one season. He has always been a Republican and has represented the county of Orleans in the assembly in the years 1884 and 1885. January 13, 1869, he married Mina Smith, of Albion, who was born in Saratoga county in 1850, and died May 18, 1890. They have one child, Gertrude H., born April 19, 1876, and is now attending the Brockport Normal School. J. Marshall Dibble, while in the assembly, was a member of the Ways and Means Committee, and at the time the Legislature was Republican in both branches, with a Democratic governor, Mr. Dibble introduced as many as twenty-five bills. Among others he introduced the bill for building a bridge over the canal at Medina, which was signed by Governor Cleveland.

Douglas, John, is a lineal descendant of Dominie Douglas, of New England, who was of Scotch descent. John's father, Israel, was born in Vermont, and settled in Ridgeway, Orleans county, in 1803, dying in 1864, aged eighty-eight. He built the first grist mill and saw mill at Ridgeway. and when he settled in the latter town the nearest mill was at Rochester, a distance of forty-five miles. Israel was the first jus- tice of the peace in that town, and was a man of local prominence. He married Lucy Brooks, of Massachusetts who died in 1863, aged eighty-eight. Their children were : Beeman, born in 1802, died in 1892; Edmund, born in 1804, died in 1817 ; Theda, born in 1806, died in 1862; Wright, born in 1809 ; Irena, born in 1811, died in 1836; John N., born in 1814; Lucy, born in 1817 died in 1842 ; Lucy, born in 1818, died in 1847; and Israel, born in 1821, died in infancy. Our subject has followed farming and cooper- ing. He married, in 1843, Calista Parker, born in Watertown in 1826, and their children are: Calista, born in 1844, died 1846; Harvey, born in 1846, who married Fidelia Lyon, resides in Ridgeway, and has one child, Leon ; Ellen, born in 1852, married James Stinson, resides in Ridgeway, and has four children, John D., Calista, Charles, and Ida ; Rush, born in 1862, married Alice Harwick, resides in Cleveland, O., and has four chil- dren, Kirk, Willis, Flossie, and Claude ; and Burrell, born in 1867, resides in Cleveland, O.

Donovan, Daniel, was born in Ireland March 1, 1870, and came to America in 1877. He followed various avocations prior to coming to Ridgeway in 1894, when he pur- chased the hotel there and conducts a first-class hostelry in every respect. In 1893 he married Effa Nichols, daughter of Harry Nichols, who is associated with him in busi- ness. Mr. Donovan is an enterprising and successful business man.

Didama, John E., was born in Madison county September 1, 1820. In 1855 he he moved to Tioga county, Pa., where he resided six years and then went to Ovid, Seneca county, for four years. He next removed to Le Roy and remained four years, after which he went to Jackson county, Mich., for one year. He came to Ridgeway in 1868 and has lived here since. In 1848 he married Eliza Ann Brett, and they have three children : Justice E., Emery A., and Edith A. Mr. Didama has been connected with the Niagara Insurance Company seventeen years, bas been assessor six years and notary public sixteen years. His father was John Didama and his mother Lucinda Gay - lord.

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Dirksen, G. H., was born in Buffalo, January 9, 1861, and learned the cigarmaker's trade in that city. He was for a time assistant chemist in the Grape Sugar Works in Toronto, Ontario, and in 1881 came to Medina. In 1887 he established his present flourishing business, making the finest brands of cigars as well as dealing in confectionery, etc. Mr. Dirksen is a member of the Odd Fellows, A. O. U. W., and of the Republican District Committee. In 1883 he married Catherine E. Herlan. His father was Jacob Dirksen, and his mother Maagaret (Fisher) Dirksen.

Danolds, A. A., was born at Eagle Harbor, May 12, 1853, and has been a farmer since seventeen years of age. In 1884 he married Hattie A. Potter. Mr. Danolds's father was Truman W. Danolds, a merchant of Eagle Harbor and a native of Livingston county. His mother was Hannah E. Andrews. Mr. Danolds is a justice of the peace and president of Maple Ridge Lodge No. 498, Farmers' Alliance. He is a large land owner, and one of the leading farmers of the county.

Daum, George Peter, whose excellent farms comprising an aggregate of 175 acres in the eastern part of Barre, are among the best in the county, was a native of Ger- many, born March 9, 1828. His parents were Henry and Mary Daum, and of their five children, George Peter was the youngest but one. While George was a youth his parents died, upon which, in 1849, he came to this country and proceeded to the Gene- see region in search of an acquaintance for whom he had a letter. This quest brought him in this vicinity, but for some years he had no fixed residence, and his time was em- ployed in working as a tailor, that being his trade, and at such other work as he could find to do. Six years of work brought him $600, money saved, and with it he bought seventy acres in Barre and came to live in the town in 1862, though he had pre- viously lived in Gaines where he also worked at farming. In 1854 Mr. Daum married Rosa Bender, a native of Badew, but then living in Murray. His life as a farmer has been abundantly successful, and as a result of hard and earnest work he is now pos- sessed of a competency. The children of George P. and Rose (Bender) Daum are as follows: Frank, a farmer in Barre; Caroline, wife of Edward Bender ; Frederick of Rich's Corners; Henry, of Albion ; Emma, wife of William Tripp, of Albion ; Daniel ann Rose, both at home; Kate, wife of Henry Bender, and Elizabeth, George, and Arthur, who are at home with their parents.

Davis, John, was born in Peru, Clinton county, in 1810, a son of Gardiner and Elizabeth (Rickertson) Davis. His parents removed to the town of Lawrence, St. Law- rence county, and there he grew to manhood. In the spring of 1832 he came to Holley and a few months later went to Albion, where he remained two years, working at his trade (blacksmithing). In 1835 he went to Alabama, Wyoming county, where he re- mained for a year, then returned to Orleans county and remained until 1841, when he again went to Wyoming county, remaining until 1844. He then located at Sandy Creek, and carried on a blacksmith shop until 1849, when he bought the Elisha Blodgett farm on the east side of the Ridge road, east of Sandy Creek, and in 1852 purchased the Judge James farm on the south side of the Ridge, where he has since resided. Mr. Davis has always taken an interest in public affairs. He is a Democrat and for nine years was highway commissioner of Murray, and sev- eral years excise commissioner. He married in 1836 Delight Merrill, and they have had one son, who resides in Kendall and who married Maria Turner. Mrs. Davis died in 1846 and in 1847 Mr. Davis married Sarah A., daughter of James Weed, one of the pioneers of Kendall. They have had these children : Charles J., who resides in Mur- ray, and married Helen Burch ; John H., deceased; and Agnes, who married William Hudson. Mrs. Davis died in 1888.

Dietsch. William H., was born in 1860 at Newark, Wayne county, N. Y. He is a son of Frederick Dietsch, who was a native of Germany. He married Dortha Heitz. William H. came to Holley in 1884 and purchased the bakery of Walter Brockway,

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and has since carried on that business. He is a member of Holley Lodge I. O. O. F. In 1885 he married Ella Wineburg of Holley, and they have two daughters, Viola and Grace.

Evarts, Oman, who is known throughout Barre and as well in Clarendon and Albion, as one of the most enterprising, thrifty, and successful farmers of the county, was born June 20, 1845. His father, Dennis Evarts, was a Vermonter, and with his parents came west at a very early day, settling in Genesee county. In 1816 Dennis came to Clarendon, and about 1830 located permanently in the northeast part of Barre, and there he died in 1885 and his wife in 1886. Dennis Evarts cleared a hundred acre farm, and afterward increased his property to 175 acres. His wife was Susan Omans, by whom he had seven children: Sophronia, who married J. R. Love; Elizabeth, who married Jerome Treat; Eli W., now deceased ; Orcelia, wife of George Mathes ; Oman, Serepta S., and Martha J., both of Holley. Oman Evarts, like his father, has been a successful farmer, and he is now the owner of 225 acres of good farm land. He has been somewhat active in local politics, was assessor in the town eight years, and super- visor one term. He is a strong Republican. His wife, whom he married February 22, 1872, was Augusta A. Glidden, and they have three children : Letta G., Edna E., and Ogden M.

Egelston, Alonzo .- Asa Egelston, son of Benjamin, was born in Half Moon, Sara- toga county, August 8, 1775, and married, December 31, 1795, Sarah Widger, who was born August 28, 1777. Of their sixteen children, Alexander and Benjamin came to Kendall in 1842, Nathan and Washington came shortly after, and Joseph came in still later, and all spent the remainder of their lives here. Washington died February 18, 1851 ; Benjamin died January 22, 1876; Nathan died May 22, 1876; and Joseph died November 2, 1892. Mr. and Mrs. Asa Egelston also came to Kendall late in life and died here, the former January 7, 1857, and the latter January 23, 1866. All settled in the western part of the town and were exemplary farmers and honored citizens. Alexander Egelston, born in Duanesburg, N. Y., October 2, 1808, settled upon his pres- ent farm in 1842, which he bought of Seth L. King in 1841. Mr. Egelston is the oldest man residing in the town. December 1, 1831, he married Eunice Ketcham, who was born February 20, 1810, and who died March 16, 1891. Their children were: Marshia, born November 25, 1832, died September 13, 1833; Alonzo, born March 17, 1834; Marshia B. (Mrs. Nathan Chester, of Illinois), born December 9, 1836; and Emma (Mrs. Ezra Kendrick), born May 26, 1839. Mr. Egelston has been highway commis- sioner four years and assessor one term. Alonzo Egelston settled on his present farm in 1874, has served his town as assessor, and was a charter member of Social Lodge, No. 713 F. & A. M., of Kendall. February 11, 1858, he married Lucy E., daughter of John W. Crandall, sr.

Ely, Benjamin, was born in Clarendon, Orleans county, in 1842. His father, George, came from Springfield, Mass., in 1830, and settled in Clarendon. He was a farmer and a member of the Free Will Baptist Church, of Clarendon. About 1855 he settled in Murray, where he resided till his death in 1874. He married Maria Cummings, and they were the parents of seven children : James, Ann M., William, George, Benjamin, Harriet, and Abigail. James Ely settled in Indiana and died there. He married Vic- toria Sackett. Ann M. married Wallace Grace and settled in Pennsylvania ; Abigail died unmarried; Williaw, George, Benjamin and Harriet are unmarried. Benjamin has always been engaged in farming in Murray.

Everitt, Cornelius C., is descended from Isaac, who was born on Long Island and died in Dutchess county about 1860, and his grandfather on his mother's side was Cor- nelius Cornell, born on Long Island, and died in Dutchess county. George H. Everitt. father of subject, was born in Dutchess county in 1805 and died at Fair Haven, Orleans county, in August, 1885. He married Sarah Cornell, who was born in Dutchess

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county in 1811, and is still living. After their marriage in 1833 they settled in Fair Haven in the spring of 1834. The children of this union were: Isaac C., born in Gaines in 1833, died in 1840; Cornelius C., born in Gaines October 13, 1830; George P. born in Gaines in 1841 and resides in Canada ; John E., born in Gaines in 1843 and resides in Gaines ; Sarah N., born in Gaines in 1845 and resides in Gaines; Charles E., born in Gaines and resides in Canada ; Fred B., born in Gaines and resides in Montana ; Franklin, born in Gaines in 1851, died in 1856. Cornelius C. Everitt attended the dis- trict school at Fair Haven, after which he went one year to the Albion Academy. He is a member of the A. O. U. W., called A. S. Warner Lodge, of Murray. His two brothers George P. and George E., both served in the late war; the former enlisting in Company A, 151st Regiment, N. Y. Volunteers, served two years and was discharged for disabilities ; and the latter enlisted in the 17th Battery of Artillery and served till the close of the war. Cornelius C. married Cornelia, daughter of Benjamin and Eveline Worden Thateher on March 26, 1863. Benjamin Thatcher was born in Oxford, N. H., in 1809 and died in Murray in 1868. He came to Brockport with his brother, who was Dr. Ralph Thatcher, when a young man. Benjamin married Eveline Worden in 1836 at Clarkson, and she died in Brockport in 1844, aged thirty-one. Mrs. Everitt, wife of subject, traces her genealogy back, to Rev. Peter Thatcher, rector of St. Edmond's Church, Salisbury, Eng., in 1622. It is a fact worthy of notice that nearly all the Thatcher family were preachers or doctors. The children of Cornelius and Cornelia Thatcher Everett were as follows: Franklin T., born February 12, 1864, and married Anna D. Bookey, and they reside in Rochester, where he is a conductor on the N. Y. C. R. R .; Dora, born August 16, 1868, married W. S. Nelson, reside in Murray and have three children (Lottie, born in 1888; Everitt, born August 19, 1888; and Harry, born December 25, 1890); Charles, born October 2, 1870, died October 19, 1872 ; Cornelius C., jr., born June 10, 1872 ; Arthur E., born May 29, 1875.

Florey, James, was born in England in 1844, and came to America when twenty-one years of age. He settled in Medina, where he has since resided. He first engaged in farming, but ten years ago started his greenhouse and floral business, in which he has been very successful. He invariably carries off prizes at the shows, and has a large patronage in Buffalo and Rochester. In 1874 he married Esther Hagerman. Her an- cestors were of Dutch descent and were old settlers in Orleans county. Mr. Florey is an enterprising and successful man, and his splendid green-houses are among the best features of Medina.

Fuller, Russell N., was born in Yates, Orleans county, July 26, 1842. He was en- gaged in railroading for fifteen years, and has since been farming. He spent several years in the West, where he died a great deal of work sinking wells, partially in Kansas. Mr. Fuller is a prominent Mason, and an enterprising man. His father was Ezra Fuller, a native of New England, and his mother Mary (Godfrey) Fuller.

Field, Norman S., was born in the old historic town of Dorset, Vt., on the 25th of May, 1818, and was the fourth of eight children of Spofford and Sarah (Cummings) Field. Spofford Field was a tanner, currier, and shoemaker, and became a resident of Cayuga county in 1822, where he worked chiefly at making shoes. In 1828 the family came to Albion, and here Mr. Field established a marble shop, having been familiar with that calling in Vermont. He became a well-known business man in Albion and continued his residence in the county until his death in 1869. Norman S. Field was brought up in tl e marble business started in Albion by his father. He attended Lima Seminary two years and a like time at the noted Burr Seminary at Manchester, Vt. In 1844 he went to Lockport and established a marble shop, continuing there nine years, but retaining an interest in the business for a longer period. In 1853 he purchased the Fitch farm of 100 acres, now largely within the corporation limits of Albion village, upon which he has since resided. In connection with farming prior to his

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Landmarks of Orleans County, New York, Part 101

Author: Signor, Isaac S., ed Publication date: 1894 Publisher: Syracuse : D. Mason Number of Pages: 1084

Author: Signor, Isaac S., ed
Publication date: 1894
Publisher: Syracuse : D. Mason
Number of Pages: 1084