Landmarks of Orleans County, New York, Part 104

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

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Lake, James H., was born in Ridgeway September 28, 1853. and has made farming the occupation of his life. December 9, 1874, he married Sarah Hare, and they have four children : William, George, Mabel and Maud. Mr. Lake is one of the assessors of Ridgeway, and is trustee and member of the official Board of the Methodist Church at Lindenville. His mother was Ann (Bacon) Lake, and his father Christopher Lake.

Lake, John W., was born in England June 25, 1843, and came to America in 1852. In 1862 he enlisted in Company A, 151st N. Y. Infantry, and served until the close of the war. He was with the army of the Potomac and participated in all its engage- ments. He is a member of the G. A. R. and has been quartermaster and commander of the Hood Post. In 1865 Mr. Lake married Anna E. Thorn. His father was Chris- topher Lake, and his mother Ann (Bacon) Lake.

Lipple, Watson H. W., was born in Monroe county February 10, 1859, but has lived in Orleans county since he was five years of age. His occupation has been farming. In 1881 he married Ella M. Stanley, daughter of Andrew Stanley, and they have one son, William Stanley Whipple. Mr. Whipple is a son of William and Catherine (Wat- son) Whipple. Mrs. Whipple's mother was Laura (Burbeck) Stanley. Mr. Whipple is a prominent member of the Republican County Committee.

Lambert, Lewis A., was born in Greece, Monroe county, in 1834, and came to Clarendon in 1846, where he has since lived, with the exception of from 1856 to 1865, which he spent in California. Farming has been his occupation chiefly. He has been active in the political affairs of his town, having served as collector two years and highway commissioner for the same length of time. He is a member of the Univer- salist Church of Clarendon, and member of Holley Lodge. I. O. O. F .; Orleans Encamp- ment of Albion, and of Murray Lodge, F. & A. M. In 1860 he married Emma P., daughter of Thomas Glidden, of Clarendon. Thomas Glidden was born in 1803 in Ver- mont, and came to Clarendon. where he died in 1889. He was a son of Jacob Glidden, who came from Vermont in 1816 and settled in this town. Thomas was a prominent man in local affairs, was assessor, commissioner of highways, etc., and a prominent Uni- versalist. He married Betsey Matson, by whom he had these children : Ethan, Smith, Jefferson, Julia M., and Emma.

Joseph A. Lattin was a native of Dutchess county and was a farmer in that region. In June, 1832, he came to the town of Barre (now Albion), and occupied the farm now owned by his son, William H. Lattin. The wife of Joseph A. Lattin was Polly Wright, to whom he was married in Dutchess county. Six of their children came to this county and were as follows: Sarah Maria, who married William R. Launt, and is now dead ; William Holmes, of Albion ; Joseph Wright, ot Barre; John Henry, of Carlton ; Elijah B., of Gaines, and Mary Naomi, who married William R. Lannt (his second wife). Joseph Lattin died in Barre in 1875, aged 73 years. His wife died in 1861. William Holmes Lattin was born in Pleasant Valley, Dutchess county, July 10, 1824, and was eight years old when his father settled in Barre. He lived at home until his marriage and then moved to Gaines where he was a farmer for ten years. At the end of that time he moved to the old home farm which he purchased from his father and upon which he has ever since lived. On December 26, 1853, Mr. Lattin was married to Mary Eliza- beth Wilson, of Gaines. They have three children : Henry Wilson, a physician ; Mary Louise, and Naomi. Solomon Wilson was a native of Orange county and came when a young man to the town of Gaines. He was a miller, and purchased from John Proctor the old grist mill on Otter creek. Mr. Wilson was an energetic man, and was poor when he came to this locality. Besides the mill he purchased 100 acres of land; and still later another hundred acres; but he was taken away during young manhood, dying at the age of thirty-three. His wife, whom he married in Gaines, was Clarissa Drake, and by her he had four children: Mortimer, who died at twenty; Mary E., who mar- ried William H. Lattin : Henry Drake, who died at seventeen, and Edwin, who died in Albion.

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Lee, John, was born in Barre, Mass., in 1763. In 1892 he moved to Madison county, N. Y., and from there in 1816 came to North Barre, and located where his grandson, Ora Lee, now resides on lot 47, range 2. His family came the next year. He was an influential, energetic and public-spirited man, and his house was always open for the reception of new settlers. He was one the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Genesee county, and the town of Barre was named by him in allusion to his native place. He died in 1823. His children were Dancey, who married Benjamin Goddard ; Submit, wife of Judge Eldridge Farwell; Charles ; Ora; Asa; Sallie, wife of Gen. William E. Tanner; John B .; Clarissa, wife of John Proctor; and Cynthia, who mar- ried William Mudgett, and after his death, John Proctor. Charles and Ora Lee passed their lives on the original Lee purchase; John B. became an active business man in Albion and was known as General Lee in connection with the State militia. Ora Lee returned to Madison county and married Abbie Wells, and they had seven children, six of whom grew to maturity, viz: Calista, who married Philo A. Hooper; Jane, who married Thomas Mudgett ; Laura, who married B. F. Freeman; Jeanette, who married Byron Berry; Carrie, who married Carlos D. Porter; and Ora, of North Barre. Ora Lee was a Free Mason from the time he became of age until his death in 1873. He was interested in public affairs, though not active in politics, and was captain of a militia company. Ora Lee, jr., was born July 9, 1839, in the house where he now lives. In 1863 he married Sarah Gordon, and they have four children, two of whom, Ida, wife of Fred Humphrey, and Ora are still living.

McCormick, A. J., was born in Ridgeway December 16, 1845, and was educated at Medina Academy. He then taught school for many terms, beginning at the age of six- teen. After having taught for some time he took a course in the Rochester University and afterward continued teaching. In 1872 he went into the quarry business, which he has since followed with great success. Mr. McCormick has been active in politics, has been four times supervisor of Ridgeway, and held a seat in the State Assembly in 1892-93. In 1869 he married Ella S. Abbott, and they have three children: Charles Nelson, Elva L., and Carl L. Mr. McCormick's father was Nelson McCormick.

Mack, Alfred Wolcott, was born in Lyme, Conn., December 2, 1807. In early life he was a successful teacher, and later became a carpenter and master builder, his efforts in business being rewarded with a substantial competency. His parents moved to Susquehanna county, Pa., about 1810, and the early years of Alfred were spent in Brooklyn. He became a resident of Barre in 1843, coming to Western New York at the suggestion of friends. In this town Mr. Mack was a farmer. He was a strong Republican in politics, and a non-sectarian Christian in religious sentiment. His wife, whom he married in Brooklyn, September 13, 1834, was Elizabeth, daughter of Nathan and Electa (Fox) Jewett. Their children were: Ellen Elizabeth, wife of Eugene Ster- ling, of West Gaines; Lavina Jewett, wife of Stephen Skinner; and Caroline Electa, who lives at home with her mother. Alfred W. Mack died August 15, 1884.

Maher Brothers .- The firm consists of the four brothers, John, Francis, Joseph, and Robert, They were natives of Hamilton, Ont., but came to Buffalo in 1867. There the eldest brother, John, learned the trade of manufacturing furniture. They first started their business in Medina as a retail furniture store, but soon branched out into manufacturing in 1887, and have rapidly grown into a very large and important concern. They manufacture parlor furniture and employ on an average 135 expert workmen. They are all practical men themselves, and supervise all the work done in their large establishment, which covers an area of about five acres of ground.

Mather, Mrs. Mary A., was born in Barre, Orleans county, in May, 1828. Mrs. Mather's maiden name was Crane, her father being Orrin D. Crane, born in Connecticut and died in Albion October 21, 1878, aged eighty years; and her mother was Sarah

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Warner, who died December 12, 1852, aged forty-eight. The children of Orrin and Sarah Crane were: Mary A., born May 28, 1828; Caroline, born August 6, 1830, and Charlotte, born in 1835. Caroline married Stephen Parker, by whom she had one child, Ella, and after his death married William Pettengill. She died in January, 1891. Charlotte married Brockway Day, and they had one child, Carrie B. Mary A. (our subject), married George Mather, born in Gaines September 16, 1824, and died July 1, 1893. His father was James, born in Marlborough, Vt., July 3, 1784, and died in Gaines August 28, 1853, aged seventy-one years. James Mather was one of the first settlers of Gaines and prominently identified with its leading interests for many years. He married Fanny Bryant, born in Marlborough, Vt., October 28, 1788, and died in Albion July 14, 1881. The children of James and Fanny Mather were: Louisa, born November 17, 1814, and died July 27, 1829; Adeline, born November 5, 1819, and died January 16, 1890; Eunice, born September 12, 1821 ; George, born September 16, 1824, and died July 1, 1893; Ellen, born June 2, 1826; Harry Cotton, born August 15, 1828, and died March 30, 1830; Mary B., born March 17, 1831. The children of Mary A. Crane and George Mather were as follows; Orrin C., born in Gaines August 26, 1853; Sarah C., born August 9, 1855, and died June 14, 1858; Clara J., born July 16, 1858, ¿married George M. Sanens January 25, 1883,-and they have one child Charles, born April 7, 1886. George Mather was a member of Albion Lodge No. 97 of F. and A. M., and was one of the founders of the chapter 175 Alpha Omega Lodge of Albion. He was descended from a long line of worthy men, who were free masons, George being the tenth generation. For a more extended account of the Mather family see History of Gaines.

McCarthy, John E., was the son of John, who was born in Ireland and died in Carl- ton in 1866, aged fifty -six. His wife was Mary Hayes, born in Ireland in 1824. The children of John and Mary (Hayes) McCarthy were as follows: Joanna, born in Orange county, and died in Rochester in 1892, aged fifty-four; Mary Ann, born in Orange county in 1842, and resides in Chicago, Ill .; John E., born in Albion December 3, 1844; Catherine, born in Albion in 1846 and resides in Gaines; Charles, born in Albion in 1848, and resides in Greenville, Mich. ; Margaret, born in Albion in 1850, and resides in Carlton; Alice, born in Albion in 1852, and resides in Carlton; Elizabeth, born in Albion in 1854, and died in Carlton in 1861; William, born in Albion in 1858, and died in Carlton in 1862. John E. McCarthy attended the district schools of Albion and the Albion Academy. He has been inspector of election for many years and has held office as town collector one term. He enlisted in the First N. Y. Sharp Shooters August 14, 1862, at Rochester, and was discharged June 3, 1865. He took part in the battles of Suffolk, Black water, Deep Bottom, Haymarket, Rappahannock and Wilderness, where he was taken prisoner and confined at Andersonville and Florence eight months; was paroled thirty days and joined the company April I, 1865. He took part in the battles of Five Forks and Appomattox. Mr. McCarthy is a member of Curtis and Bates Post, G. A. R., No. 114, of Albion.

McCormick, James S., was born in Fulton county September 28, 1820. He came to Orleans county with his parents when fourteen years of age and followed farming for a number of years. In 1866 he settled in Medina where he still resides. He was en- gaged in the furniture and undertaking business in Medina for many years. In 1843 he married Lucy M. Weld, daughter of John Weld. Mr. McCormick's father was John McCormick. a native of New Jersey, and his mother was Nancy Alvord.

McGurn, Edward, was born in Medina October 24, 1864. He spent the early years of his life as a painter and a foundryman, and lived in Ohio six years. In May, 1893, he embarked in the liquor business, in which he is now engaged. His father was Ed- ward McGurn, and his mother Johanna Hallisey. Both of his parents were natives of Ireland.

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Moore, John, was born in the town of Shelby July 29, 1844. He followed farming until twenty-seven years of age, when he embarked in the mercantile business at Wheat- ville, Genesee county. After two years there he sold out and began buying stock in Shelby. He followed the stock business eighteen years, during eight of which he also conducted a store at West Shelby. He then entered into partnership with R. W. Post in 1892. Mr. Moore is a Mason and was justice of the peace of Shelby for twelve years. In 1866 he married Augusta McWhorter, and they have two daughters: M. Laura and M. Florence. Mr. Moore's father was Asa B. Moore, who came to Shelby in 1840 from New Hampshire. His mother was Laura A. (Potter) Moore, of Berkshire, Mass.

Maloney Brothers, Medina .- The firm of Maloney Brothers is composed of Edward and Thomas Maloney. The firm was formed in April 1882. They manufacture plumbers' supplies. Both gentlemen are practical moulders. Edward was born Sep- tember 3, 1853, and has been in Medina twenty-two years. He is one of the village trustees and is a member of the C. M. B. A. In 1882 he married Mary Hickey, and they have two children, John and Annie. Thomas Maloney was born October 15, 1867. Both brothers learned their trade with the Bignall Manufacturing Company. Their parents were Thomas and Ellen (Ford) Maloney.

Moore, Charles Henry, was born in Manlius, Onondaga county, September 5, 1818, the son of Dr. Henry B., and Nancy (Ewers) Moore. At the age of fourteen Charles left home and went to live with his grandfather, the latter then being a prominent contractor on the Genesee Valley Canal. About 1843 Mr. Moore came to Albion and for about two years engaged in mercantile pursuits, but his former connection with contracting work soon impelled him in that direction, and with such enterprises he was afterward identified during his long and successful business career. He built the Cen- tral road through Orleans county, and later was engaged in the widening of the Erie Canal. He was on the Great Western Railroad in Canada, and also on the Ohio, Mis- sissippi and Missouri. Mr. Moore was a successful and extensive contractor. In 1859 he was associated with George M. Pullman in moving buildings along the canal and to- gether they went to Chicago, and engaged in raising buildings for several years. He also carried on mining operations in Colorado for a time. After an active business life Charles H. Moore died in Albion August 4, 1893. His wife whom he married Septem- ber 11, 1841, was Marcia, daughter of Micah Harrington, and they had two children : Julia Louise, who married Lorenzo Burrows October 11, 1864 ; Alice Kidder, who died in 1862. Mr. Moore was a conservative Democrat, and a regular attendant and sup- porter of the Episcopal Church. Lorenzo Burrows and wife had four children : Charles Moore, a physician of Chicago; Lorenzo, jr., a physician and eye specialist of Saginaw, Mich. ; Henry Lord, who died at four years, and Lynn Moore.

Mann, Mrs. Nancy, widow of Jesse Mann, was born in Benson, Vt., May 19, 1811, and came with her parents to Gaines in 1816. Her father was William Standish, a native of Williamstown, Mass., born in 1784, who died at Eagle Harbor December 25, 1867. He is a lineal descendant of Miles Standish. His wife was Hannah Rich, born in the same town in 1784 and died September 28, 1869. They had eight children: Homer E., Harriet, Nancy, John, Asa, Norman, Surviah and Eli. Jesse Mann was born September 4, 1803, and died August 22, 1878. In 1831 he married Nancy Stand- ish, by whom he had nine children : Mercy A., born November 12, 1832, who married John Ferden and has three children; Silas C., Edith B., and John E .; William born November 20, 1834, died December 15, 1874; Gad J., born July 22, 1837, who married Helen Powers (deceased) and had two daughters, Libbie J., and Lennie M .; Hannah, born March 31, 1841; Jane, born December 13, 1843, married George Odell (deceased) and had two children, Clara S. and Burt; Caroline, born June 22, 1846, married Frank Grear, and has two children, Clara S. and Matilda ; Armilla, born April 14, 1849, mar-

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ried Lafayette Bills, and has three children, Jesse, Frank and Edith ; and Fred, born July 8, 1852, married Louisa Stockton, and has two children, Clayton and Anna B.

Merrick, William Dewitt, is a grandson of Moses Merrick, who was born in Wales, dying in Carlton, this county in 1845, aged nearly ninety. William M., son of Moses, and father of our subject, was born in Chenango county, and died in Rochester in 1888, aged eighty-seven. He came to Carlton in 1838 and bought the farm where his son now lives, comprising 185 acres. He married Mary Jarvis, born in Chenango county in 1808 and died in 1868. Their children were: Eldridge J., Cordelia F., Calista Amarintha William D., our subject, who was born in Nunda, Livingston county, May 2, 1835 ; Eliza J., Marion C., Maria L., Susan L. and Mary S. William D. was educated in the district schools near Oak Orchard, and finished at Yates Academy. He moved to his present farm with his parents when three years of age, and after reaching manhood he bought a farm in Waterport, where he remained four years, then sold out and re- moved to Rochester, remaining ten years, and engaging in market gardeniug. Re- turning to the old homestead, took up farming on the old place, and has since resided here. He married in Kendall Millicent E. Whitney, February 5, 1862. She was born in Ken- dall in 1840. Their children are: Charles W., born September 18, 1864, died April 19, 1865; Star K., born July 5, 1866; Florence Grace, born in Rochester January 19, 1871. Mr. Merrick married first Elizabeth S. Gray, born in Scottsville in 1835, and had by her one child, Wallace G., born in Carlton December 20, 1857, who resides in Yates. Our subject is a Republican.

Morgan William Pitt, was a native of Groton, Conn., and became a settler in Gaines in 1832. Mr. Morgan, with Benjamin and Eldridge Chester, his brother-in-law, bought adjoining farms and followed farming. The wife of Mr. Morgan was Eunice W. Chester, by whom he had twelve children. Of those who grew to maturity Julia mar- ried A. J. Paddelford; Mary and Francis died at the age of thirteen and fifteen re- spectively ; William P. settled at Saginaw, Mich. ; Benjamin F. is a coal and produce dealer at Albion. William P. Morgan, the pioneer, died on the home farm in 1881, and his wife in 1881. He accumulated a good fortune, was deacon in the Baptist church, and a strong Republican in politics. Benjamin Franklin Morgan was born in Gaines in 1848, lived on his father's farm until 1887, and is now its owner. In 1887 he came to Albion and engaged in the coal and produce business. The present firm of Morgan & Linson was established in 1890. September 26, 1876, he married Emma G., daughter of William Louisa Linson, of Brooklyn, N. Y., and they have had one child, Emma Louise, who died April 7, 1891. Mr. Morgan is a strong Republican, and for three years was supervisor of the town of Gaines.

Morse, Joseph, was born July 2, 1806, and was the son of Daniel Morse, the latter a pioneer of Genesee county. April 6, 1830, Joseph married Amanda Tuller, and in 1844 settled in Barre where Ansel Wetherbee now lives. Joseph was a large and successful farmer, buying and selling lands, and was also a noted auctioneer. He was a well in- formed man and could pettifog in justice court far better than many lawyers. For some time Mr. Morse kept a store and hotel at Barre Center. He died May 7, 1871, His children by his first marriage were: Susan Amanda, Lewis and Loren, all of whom died young. His second wife was Sally Shed, and their children were: Loren and Joseph. His third wife was Sarah Hicks, by whom he had two children, Morris of Barre, and Major of Valentine, Neb. Morris Morse was born August 22, 1845, and has always been a farmer, though like his father he has speculated in whatever has promised good returns. His farm consists of 105 acres and is devoted largely to stock raising, in which Mr. Morse has been successful. November 2, 1869, Morris Morse married Mary Tobias, and to them three children have been born, viz. : Sarah E., Alice, and Joseph, the latter dying in infancy.

Munn, Oscar, Kendall .- Abner Munn was born in Bethlehem, N. Y., June 7, 1797, came to Clarkson, Monroe county, April 8, 1834, and moved thence to Kendall in De-

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cember, 1845, settling on the farm now owned by his son Oscar, where he died Septem- ber 20, 1872. He was a captain in the State militia and his father, Abner, sr., served in the Revolutionary war. Mr. Munn married Laura Wright and they had these chil- dren : Emily (Mrs. A. D. Elliott), Cecelia (Mrs. George B. Leonard), Adelia (Mrs. D. S. Mead), Jane (Mrs. William C. Warren), Oscar, Amanda E. (Mrs. H. A. Balcom), Ozro L. and William Wallace. Oscar Munn was born February 20, 1829, and married, first, Helen M. Balcom, by whom he had six children : Mary L., Ella H., Laura L., Amanda F,. Oscar F. (deceased), and Wilber B. His second wife is Catharine C., daughter of William R. Bassett. Mr. Munn is a member and pastmaster of Social Lodge, No. 713, F. & A. M., was highway commissioner three years, supervisor of Kendall in 1868, 1869, 1870 and 1872, and in the fall of 1878 was elected sheriff of Orleans county, serving one full term. He has always been a progressive farmer, was active in securing the railroad through the town, and has ever taken a prominent part in local enterprises.

Mosher, Lorenzo D., was born March 7, 1850, in Yates, Orleans county. His father, Asa, was the first of the family to settle in Orleans county. He came from Amster- dam, N. Y., and settled west of Lyndonville, where he engaged in farming. He mar- ried Rosalinda Lyon, and they had eleven children, eight of whom grew to maturity : Orrin, Levi, Hiram, Asa L., Rose J., John H., Loretta and Lorenzo D. Isaac, Rosa- lind and William A. died young. Orrin Mosher married Orlina Smith. He spent sev- eral years in the West, and was in the mercantile trade at Buffalo for a time. He died in Ridgeway. Levi resides in Yates and is a farmer. He married Emily Nicholls. Hiram married Maria Madison, and died in Ohio in 1891. Asa L. resides at Maysville, N. Y., and married Jennie M. Madison. Rose J. married Amos Gamble, of Yates. John H. resides in Lockport. He married Anna Ogden. Loretta was twice married, first to Albert Johnson and second to Charles Spencer, both of Yates. Lorenzo D. has always been engaged in farming, settling first at Ridgeway and four years later at Kendall Corners, where he remained until 1892, when he purchased a farm in Murray at the junction of Ridge and Hulberton roads. He married in 1870 Emma Clark, of Ridgeway, and they have one daughter, Nina Belle.

McCarthy, Jerome S., was born August 31, 1855, in the town of Murray. Mortimer McCarthy, his father, was a native of Ireland and was born in the year 1800. He came to America in 1824 and spent the following year at Quebec, Cannda, in the employ of the Hudson Bay Company. In 1825 he went to Vermont and for three and one-half years was employed in the manganese mines near Brattleboro. In the fall of 1829 he returned to his native country, remaining until the spring of 1834, when he returned to this country, landing at Eastport, Me., with two brothers. They journeyed to Boston on foot, and not finding employment there set out for Brattleboro, Vt. He remained there until the spring of 1845, when he went to Springfield, Mass., and entered the employ of the B. & A. R. R. as assistant engineer in the construction of the bridge over the Connecticut River. He remained in their employ until the spring of 1853, at which time he accepted the position of assistant traveling engineer of the N. Y., L. E. & W. R. R., with headquarters at Olean, N. Y. In the fall of the same year he was trans- ferred to Rochester and remained there until the spring of 1855, and on May 9 of that year removed his family to Holley. He was awarded the contracts for widening the canal of sections 291 and 292 of the western division, and was engaged as a contractor on the canal until 1863. In 1859 he purchased a farm just north of the village of Hol- ley, and here he resided until his death, which occurred May 2, 1881. In politics he was a Democrat but never aspired to political office. Mr. McCarthy was twice married, the first time in Ireland to Margaret Harrington. They were the parents of three children, none of whom are living. He married for his second wife Mrs. Eleanor Stuart May 24, 1848. They had three children, two daughters, both dead, and Jerome S. McCarthy, the subject of this sketch, whose life has been spent in his native town. He is a Democrat and has been honored with positions of trust by his party. He was collector of tolls on

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Landmarks of Orleans County, New York, Part 104

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