Landmarks of Orleans County, New York, Part 102

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

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father's death, Mr. Field took charge of the marble business of the former in this locality. From 1872 to 1875 he was interested in the hardware business in Albion. Mr. Field's first wife was the daughter of Col. William Baker of Fort Ann, and after her death he married Mary E. Baker, also a daughter of Col. Baker. Four children were born of this marriage, viz .; William S. Field of Mankato, Kan. ; Kirk Hart, of Red Bank, Cal .; Sarah D., wife of George T. S. Foote, of Albion; and John W., who died in infancy. In June 1885, Mary E. Baker Field died, and in November, 1877, Mr. Field married Mary W. Alcott, of Lockport. Mr. Field is an active Republi- can and has been elected to three terms in the Board of Supervisors, In church associ- ation he is a Presbyterian.

Frost, H. F., was born in Ridgeway, June 11, 1832, and excepting twelve years of mercantile life, in Knowlesville, has followed farming with much success. In 1857 he married Emily Grover, and they have two children, William G., and Harry S. Mr. Frost's father was Franklin Frost, a native of Vermont, who came to Orleans county in 1822. His mother was Fannie Smith.

Fowler, Richard R., a son of Gilbert, was born at White Plains, Westchester county, in 1802. He came to Orleans county in 1853 and settled in Murray, engaged in farming, which he followed until 1874, when he removed to Holley and engaged in the grocery business, conducting the same until it was destroyed by fire three years later. From that date until his death, September 3, 1886, he led a retired life. He was a Democrat, and was road commissioner of the town at one time. He married Charity Halstead, of Westchester county, and they had four children : Thomas H., Edward R., Addie J., and Sarah A. Thomas married Sarah Churchill. Abbie J. married Watson Bloomer, and Sarah A. married George Garfield. Edward R. is unmarried.

Foster, Cyrus, was born in Clarendon, September 5, 1835. His father, Michael, was a son of Talcott, a native of Massachusetts, and came to Penfield, Monroe county, in 1810. Michael settled in Byron in 1818 and came to Clarendon, and here lived till 1857, when he removed to Marilla, Erie county, and died there in 1864. He married Mehitable Jennison of Gainesville, Wyoming county, and their children were: Artlissa, Ursula, Elizabeth, Alvira, Miranda, Leroy, Orrin, Cyrus, Henry, Gustavus, Adelaide and Ellen, all of whom arrived at maturity. Artlissa married Isaac Swan of Clarendon, and settled in Michigan ; Ursula married Ambrose Warren, and settled in Illinois ; Elizabeth married Henry Rice, and settled in Illinois; Alvira, married Charles James of Byron ; Miranda married Jerome Brewer of Clarendon; Leroy settled in Erie county and married Maria Olds; Orrin settled in Michigan and married Sarah Rich; Henry enlisted in the Union army in 1863 and was killed at the battle of Petersburg, June 18, 1864; Gustavus married Jane Olds and settled in Erie county. Adelaide married first, Delos Kelsey, and second, David Ford, and for her third husband she married Charles Cook of Clarendon, and settled in Byron ; Ellen married Richard Ikens and settled in Michigan. Cyrus Foster has always resided in Clarendon, and follows agriculture. In 1860 he married Melinda Webster of Clarendon.

Asahel Fitch was a native of Connecticut and an early settler in Seneca county. He was a wool carder and cloth dresser and in Seneca carried on a large business. He mar- ried Charlotte Squier, after which he went on foot to Ohio in search of a suitable place for permanent location. Returning he decided to locate at Eagle Harbor, and in 1819 he purchased the betterments of a former occupant and in 1821 took the deed direct from the land company. The children in this family were: Emily M., who lives on the old home farm; Harriet, who married Miller P. Collins, and died in Albion; Caroline, who died in infancy ; Pulaski S., of Albion, and Asahel W., who died on the old homestead. Asahel Fitch, the pioneer, died of measles in July, 1826. His widow kept the family together for several years, after which she married William Penniman, and to them two children were born, viz. : Julia, who married Hiram Crego, and Amelia C., of Eagle

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Harbor. Pulaski S. Fitch, the subject of this sketch, was born November 24, 1824. At the age of eighteen he began as a clerk for Collins & Waters, with whom he worked two years, followed by alike term in the service of his stepfather on the farm. He was next employed in the mill in 1846, where he worked about three years. In 1848, with Albert Collins, he bought a boat and went on the canal, remaining about three years, after which he returned to the mill. Later on he was on the canal for his brother one season. About 1350 he went to farming, and in that year built the house where he now lives. Mr. Fitch married Phoebe A. Hoag, daughter of Andrene Hoag, of Niag . ara county. Their children were: Isaac Henry, who died in infancy; Emma C., a music teacher of prominence in the county ; Alice M., wife of William A. Ayres, and Charlotte, wife of Charles A. Phipps. Pulaski S. Fitch has always been a hard worker and has always made his own way in life. He began with no means and has succeeded in accumulating a comfortable property. He is a Democrat and the son of a Demo- crat, but takes no active interest in political affairs.

Ferguson, George W., was born near Grand Haven, Mich., August 23, 1852, and was the son of Edwin P. and Mary (Derrimean) Ferguson. Edwin was a native of this region and one of a family of pioneers in the southeast part of Albion. He afterward moved to Michigan. George W. was brought up in the family of his uncle, also George W. Ferguson, of Eagle Harbor, and was a member of his family until about 1886, when he bought his interest in the old Mosher farm, on which our subject now lives. April 15, 1885, Mr. Ferguson married Mary, daughter of John Stockton, of Albion, and they have had one child, John Stockton Ferguson.

Henry W. Fox was a native of Prussia, born October 20, 1840. and was the son of Julius Fox. The family came to America in 1852 and located at Canajoharie, where the father was a merchant tailor. Henry learned the same trade with his father and worked with him for a time, bnt in 1863 came to Albion and was for three years em- ployed as a cutter. In 1866 he went into business with Simon Adler, the firm then being Simon Adler & Co. In 1872 William B. Dye became a partner, and the firm changed to Adler, Dye & Co. In 1883 the present firm of Dye & Fox was formed. On January 22. 1866, Mr. Fox married Louise Gardinier. They have two children, Harry W. and Helen A. Mr. Fox has been a successful business man. In politics he is a strong Democrat yet has no political aspirations.

Fraser, David S., M. D., was born in Canada October 31, 1847. Educated in the Dundas Grammar School and Toronto University, he entered the Bellevue Medical Hos- pital in New York city and was graduated as an M. D. in 1868, and the next year be- gan the practice of his profession in Lyndonville, where he has since resided. Hugh Fraser, his father, was born in Biggar, Scotland, and died in Canada March 17, 1882. April 25, 1877, Dr. Fraser married Jessie N., daughter of Morris and Mary Colt, of Yates, and his children are Hugh, David B., Kenneth D., Keith, and Donald M. He has held the medical offices of the town and is an active member of the Orleans County Medical Society. In addition to his practice he conducts a drug store in a building erected by the Free Methodists for a church edifice.

Fenner, Cornelius .- Daniel Fenner, son of Joseph was born in Tompkins county in April 1803. married Margaret Peck, and came to Kendall in May 1841, settling where his son Cornelius now resides, where he died April 9, 1863. He was a blacksmith by trade, but after locating here he followed farming. His only child, Cornelius Fenner, was born, March 24, 1837 and married Helen, daughter of Jonathan Webster. She died December 2, 1889. Mr. Webster settled in the western part of Kendall in 1842, and died there in February 1881. Cornelins Fenner has taken a prominent part in town affairs, having served several years as justice of the peace and collector, and in 1887-88 represented Ken- dall on the Board of Supervisors. Like his father he is a progressive farmer and sub- stantial farmer.

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Fancher, Edward was born January 6, 1854, in the town of Durham, Greene county, and is a son of John Fancher. Edward Fancher came to Orleans county in 1872 and re- sided at Carlton until 1878, then removed to Gaines and the following year to Murray. Here he was engaged in farming until the spring of 1887, when he engaged in the quarry business with C. F. Gwynne, and in the fall of that year purchased a property west of Hulburton on the north side of the canal and opened a quarry. In 1893 he purchased a half interest in the Lockport Sandstone Co., and is its manager. In the same year he with Lafayette Cornwell, purchased the George Hebner quarry, and is to-day one of the largest producers in the stone business in Orleans county. Mr. Fancher is a stock- holder and director in the Northern Ohio Paving and Construction Co., of Cleveland. In 1874 he married Lucy Smith, daughter of Henry Smith of Yates, and their children are: Edward, Eliza, Eva and Mary. Mrs. Fancher died in 1892, and in 1893, Mr. Fancher married Ida, daughter of De Witt C. Baldwin of Murray. Mr. Fancher began life as a poor boy and three times during his career has been overtaken by misfortune and lost all he had, but each time he has gone to work with renewed energy and by untiring industry has become one of the successful business men of the town.

Fuller, Alvah A., is a lineal descendant of Reuben, who was born in Wilmington, Pa., May 7, 1800, and came to the town of Carlton, then a part of Genesee county, in 1812, and purchased a tract of land containing 300 acres, where his son, Reuben E., father of Alvah, now resides. Reuben E. was born on this farm August 3, 1832, and his wife was Celia Fuller, born November 4, 1834, in Carlton. The children of Reuben E. and Celia Fuller were as follows: Lester S., born February 19, 1853, died December 29, 1862 ; Hattie D., born September 21, 1860, married December 24, 1879, to Zachary Thompson, and they have these children (Mabel F., born June 30, 1881; Bertha C., born January 12, 1883 ; Lester E., born March 12, 1885 ;) Alvah A., born December 4, 1863, married January 28, 1891 ; Sadie E. Rice, born April 12, 1868 ; Vernon E., born October 14, 1867, married February 14, 1889, Susan Eckler, and resides in Carlton ; Gertie A., born August 24, 1870, married March 23, 1893, James Smith; G. Ray, born February 13, 1872; Myron, born September 28, 1876, died March 7, 1877. Alvah A. Fuller was educated in the common schools of Carlton and attended a select school taught by Miss P. A. Foster at Albion. He commenced to work by the month on a farm, and after three years went west as far as Washington State, where he remained two years, and was foreman on a ranch of 800 acres. In 1889 he returned to Carlton and worked on his father's farm two years, and in 1891 moved to the village of Gaines, where he has carried on a mercantile business up to the present time. Mr. Fuller is now town clerk of Gaines, having been elected in the spring of 1891 on the Republican ticket.

Gotts, Thomas, was born in England, but has resided nearly all his life in America. He has been in the quarry business the greater part of his life, and for the last fourteen years for himself. In 1888 the firm of Cotts & Stork was formed and they do a large business. In 1871 Mr. Cotts married Harriet Paus. They have a family of three sons and five daughters. Mr. Gotts is an energetic and successful business man.

Gotts, G. W., was born in England January 1, 1834, and came to America in 1851. He started in the quarry business with the Holloways November 15, 1851, has been their general agent since 1869, and for several years previous to that was assistant fore- man in the quarries. In 1857 Mr. Gotts married Annie E. Courtman, and they have three children : Albert G., Julia M., and Innis Myra. Mr. Gotts is also largely inter- ested in farming, and owns three farms aggregating 263 acres.

Gambell, John, born in Vermont, where he was a first lieutenant in the State militia in 1768, came to Syracuse and worked in the salt works, taught school one winter in Warsaw, N. Y., removed to Ridgeway in 1826, and settled in Yates in 1832, where he died in February, 1873. March 4, 1828, he married Hannah I., daughter of John

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Knapp, who survives him and resides on the homestead. (John Knapp, a native of Connecticut, settled in Medina in February, 1821, and is credited with cutting the first tree where that village now stands. He married Mamre Hotchkiss, had eight children, and died in 1875. He is said to have set out the first apple and peach orchards in Medina about 1823. His father, John, was a Revolutionary soldier.) Mr. Gainbell's children were: John C., born August 10, 1829; Willard P., born December 6, 1831, deceased : Mary E. (Mrs. Charles Fairman), born February 22, 1834 ; Edward R., born January 31, 1836, deceased ; Amos, born May 9, 1838; Mamre K., born September 2, 1840, deceased ; Susan F. (Mrs. I. J. Wheeler), born January 29, 1843 ; Julia C. (widow of Dr. John D. Warren), born January 6, 1845; and Orren W., born June 6, 1847.

Groak, Stephen, was born in Lincolnshire, England, in 1817, July 29, and came to this country in 1845, settling at Gaines, on the Ridge road for a while, then went to Carlton. He took the farm where he now resides, to work on shares, the place being then owned by Mrs. Sally Crippen, a widow, whom he married in 1848. She was born in 1816, and died October 1, 1887. She had two daughters by her first husband : Betsey A., who married Robert Wilson and lives in Kendall; and Caroline, deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Groak have had one son, Charles E., born January 1, 1856, who married Ida Dewey, born May 2, 1863, by whom he has five children : May L., born May 22, 1885 ; Stella B., born January 7, 1888; Lelen L., born June 4, 1890; George S. and Elmer C. (twins), born February 3, 1893.

Gregory, Arnold, was born in Shelby, October 22, 1826, and was the oldest of two children of pioneer Norman and Hylura (Rice) Gregory. Arnold was given a good education at the Millville Academy and when nineteen his father gave him his time, on which he started out on what has since proven a very successful business life. He began farming in 1846, although he made a good start in business with a threshing machine. In 1848 he married Almira, daughter of Sylvester Kneeland, and they had these chil- dren Charles K., who died at twenty-five; Willis, of Ridgeway ; Sarah S., wife of Don Root ; Grace E., who died at fourteen, and Catherine I., wife of Edward E. Hill. His wife died in 1881 and in 1884 Mr. Gregory married Ella K. Kneeland. Arnold Gregory is not only one of the most successful business men of Albion, but not an office seeker. He voted first for Zachary Taylor and developed into a strong Republican ; was supervisor of Barre one year ; was enrolling officer during the war, and has been otherwise identified with the best interest of the county. He is a member of the Knowlesville Baptist church, and has been its trustee, also superintendent of its Sunday-school.

Goodrich, David L., who for over twenty years has been closely identified with the famous quarrying interests of Orleans county, was a native of Connecticut, born at Bridgeport September 20, 1836. His father was a clothier, but David was brought up on a farm. November 27, 1861, he enlisted as a private in Company D, 72d Ohio Vols , but throughout the greater part of his service acted as orderly. Mr. Goodrich was commissioned as second lieutenant, but on account of the law regarding the number of men in the command he could not hold the office. Retiring from the service, Mr. Goodrich engaged for five years in the lumber business at Liverpool, Ohio, then sold out and went to Cleveland, where he became foreman for a firm of contractors and pavement builders. In connection with his work for this firm Mr. Goodrich came to Medina in June, 1872, and for the next three years was inspector in the quarries. In 1875 he acquired an active interest with Henry M. Claflin, of Cleveland, and served as superintendent and general manager until 1885. In that year the Goodrich & Clark Stone Company was organized, the most extensive in its quarrying operations of the several firms doing business in the stone belt. Since the formation of the company Mr. Goodrich has been a resident of Albion. August 1, 1862, Mr. Goodrich married Char- lotte A., daughter of Harris T. Warner, of Liverpool, Ohio,

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Gustin, William Henry, was born at Lockport, May 6, 1844, and was the son of Jonathan G. and Mary Ann (Mudge) Gustin. His father was a contractor and builder and first came to Western New York in connection with the constructionof the canal. He settled in Lockport and there he afterward lived and died. William Henry Gustin, our subject, worked four or five years with his father as carpenter, and afterward took up tinsmithing in Lockport with John Van Horn. He worked as a journeyman until about 1886 when he started in business for himself. He first came to Albion in 1870, remaining about a year, after which he went to the oil region and thence returned to Lockport about 1883. He returned permanently to the county seat of Orleans county and became proprietor of a tinsmithing business May 1, 1887, and is now regarded as one of the enterprising men of Albion. Mr. Gustin has taken an active interest in some of the most useful institutions in the county seat. He was at one time vice-pres- ident of the Y. M. C. A., and has been engaged in active missionary work among the employees of the quarries. He was brought up in the M. E. Church but for the last several years has been connected with the Baptist, taking a special interest in Sunday- school work. About 1886 Mr. Gustin began collecting coins, and is now the possessor of one of the most valuable and interesting collections in Western New York. In Lockport on May 7, 1871, William H. Gustin was married to Catharine McClusky. They have one child, Mary Alice Gustin.

Goff, Stilman, was for many years a successful farmer in Barre and a man of un- doubted worth in the county. He was a native of Monroe county, and the son of Squire Goff, the latter one of the pioneers of Western New York. Stilman Goff lived in Monroe county until after his marriage, and about 1835 he came to Barre, and ten years before his death he moved to Albion. His first wife was Sophia Rowley, who bore him seven children : Adeline, who married A. Schoonover; Jane, who died in Carlton ; Marquis, who died in Michigan: Edward, now in Indiana; Hannah, who died at the age of sixteen ; Squire, of Barre, and William H. H., of Clarendon. The second wife of Stilman Goff was Martha Sanderson, who still lives in Holley. He died in 1885. Squire Goff was born December 29, 1838, and began business for him- self at the age of twenty-one years, and has always been a farmer in Clarendon and Barre, except during the period of his army service. He purchased his father's old home farm in 1868. In August, 1862, Squire Goff enlisted as a private in Company D, 151st Regt. Vol. Inf., and was mustered into service September of that year, and was discharged for disabilities May 2, 1864. In December, 1863, Mr. Goff was stricken ill with typhoid fever and was sick and in the hospital, and at home until long after his discharge. When able he resumed work on the farm, and is now numbered among the best farmers in Barre. In politics Mr. Goff is a Democrat and has frequently been called upon to be his party's candidate for important offices in the town. In March, 1860, Squire Goff married Harriet E. Crewell, and to them these children have been born : Julia, wife of Weston Wetherbee; William S., of Batavia, and Burton, Marquis, and Frederick, all of Barre.

Garrison, Daniel, a native of Ulster county, was the first of the family to settle in Orleans county. He came to Murray in 1853 and engaged in farming. He married Mary Bodine, and their children were : Isaac, Charles H., John B., Sally J., Deborah, and Margaret. Daniel afterward removed to Hamlin, Monroe county, where he died. Charles H. settled in Ulster county ; Sally J. married Isaac Van Sickler; Deborah mar- ried John Geer; Margaret died unmarried. John B. Garrison was a farmer and settled in East Holley where he was one of the prosperous and successful farmers of the town. He married Emeline Torrey, and their children were : Hannah, Nancy, Isaac D., and Maggie. Nancy married Adam M. Terry. Isaac D. Garrison was born in 1848, and has always been a farmer. He married Mary L. Fowler in 1873, and their children are : Abraham C., John B., and Harry L.

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Gibson, Newell, was born in Barre in 1850. He is a son of Hosea W., and grandson of Newell Gibson, who settled in Mendon, Monroe county, at an early date, and about 1850 removed to Barre Center. He was a cooper by trade, and in early life was en- gaged in that trade. He married Emily Westcott, and their children were: Henry M., Hosea W., Delia, Marietta, Orchester, Lawton H., Emily, Sarah, and two others who died in infancy. Henry married Sophia Wainwright, and is a farmer in Barre. He was a Republican supervisor of Barre, road commissioner, town clerk and justice of the peace two years. Delia married John French and settled in Ontario county. Marietta married Lyman W. Benson and also settled in Ontario county. Orchester was twice married, first to Albert Angevine, and second to Samuel Stafford. Lawton H., settled in Mendon, N. Y., and married Sarah Oney. Emily married William Hallock of Albion, and Sarah married Stephen Hallock of the same place. Hosea W. Gibson set- tled in Albion and was a farmer. He was a Republican, and was highway commis- sioner one term. He married Phoebe J., daughter of Reuben Darrow of Albion, and their children were: Newell, Mary, Frank and Jerome. Mary married Jerome Wol- from and settled in Elba, N. Y .; Frank is unmarried; Jerome married Carrie Collison and resides in Albion. Newell has always been a farmer and resided in Albion until 1877, when he removed to Murray and purchased the Daniel Young farm. He married in 1875 Clara Wilkinson of Barre, and they have one daughter Jennie E.

Gibbs, Artemus, was born in Phelps, June 27, 1823, a son of Joseph Gibbs, born in England (Buckinghamshire) July 16, 1786. He came to America July 12, 1802, and moved to Port Gibson, and married Rhoda Adams, who was born February 17, 1791, and died August 22, 1859, at Watertown. Joseph, the father, died December 26, 1864, at Buffalo. Their children were : Artemus ; Laura, born September 10, 1825, married Harry Spencer and had two children. He died and she married second Alanson Park- man, by whom she has three chtldren: Burdett C., born October 30, 1827, died May 9, 1862; Linus N., born May 23, 1830, died January 8, 1888, having married Mary Langely, who resides in Michigan; Joseph C., born December 15, 1832, resides in Buffalo. Our subject was educated in the public schools of Palmyra, and learned the joiner's trade, which he followed about twenty-three years, working in Buffalo and Albion. He also followed the grocery business in Buffalo for thirteen years, then moved to Gaines in 1876, where he now lives. In 1845 he married, in Buffalo, Rachel Porter, by whom he had two children : Louise P., born August 8, 1848, who married Richard Johnson first, and after his death, became the wife of D. R. Brown, and resides in Southern California ; and James P., born in Buffalo, September 10, 1854, who died February 25, 1876. Mrs. Gibbs died, and he married second Sarah R. Gibbs, at Ala- bama, Genesee county, December 30, 1873. Her father was James Gibbs, born in Barre, August 7, 1832.

Gallett, Fenimore T., was the son of Charles Gallett, born in Jerusalem, Yates county, and died in Carlton. Mr. Charles Gallett was a blacksmith by trade and a hotel- keeper in Otsego county. His wife was Laura Ladocia Tucker, born in Hartwick, Otsego county, January 24, 1815, and died January 18, 1892. Their children were : Fenimore T., born August 5, 1837, in Hartwick, and Isaac T, born in Hartwick July 25, 1839. Isaac T. married Hannah Peffers, of New York city, and they had one child. Isaac Gallett died in Chicago July 3, 1891. Fenimore T. Gallett was educated in the district schools of Hartwick, afterward attending school at Davenport one year, the Hartwick Seminary, the Cooperstown Seminary, and then took a special course at a select school taught by a Mr. Bangs. At the age of seventeen he worked in a machine shop at Rochester for the N. Y. Central R. R., where he remained two years and then worked in Buffalo at stone-boat repairing. He afterward took charge of the delivery of locomotives and cars, and also followed railroading as engineer for eight years. Sep- tember 18, 1861, Mr. Gallett raised a company in Orleans and Wayne counties of 112 men, and was captain of the regiment, known as the 8th N. Y. Cavalry, Company F.

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Landmarks of Orleans County, New York, Part 102

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