Landmarks of Orleans County, New York, Part 107

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

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Slater, Giles, was a native of Tyringham, Mass., born in 1787. In his native State he was a farmer. He was one of the seven bachelors who settled in the town of Carl- ton in 1811 where he took up 124 acres of land. He died in the town in 1831. In 1812 Mr. Slater returned to Massachusetts and married Parmelia Ray, whom he brought to his then western home. Four children were born to them, only one of whom grew to maturity, viz. : Susan L., who became the wife of George F. Beckwith. Giles Sla- ter was a good farmer. He cleared his land, was its original settler, and had he lived would undoubtedly have been numbered among the most progressive men of the town. George F. Beckwith was a native of Great Barrington, Mass., born in the year 1817. He was a merchant before coming to this locality, and when he came to Medina in 1838 he was employed as clerk in the store of Colonel Burrows. In 1840 Mr. Beckwith mar- ried Susan L. Slater, daughter of pioneer Giles Slater, and then moved to Carlton, where he continued, to live until his death in 1850. In this town he was a farmer, hav- ing abandoned mercantile life at the time of his marriage. These children were born to them : Dwight Slater, a business man of Albion; Giles, who died at twenty-four; George Edwin, who died in childhood, and Emma P., living at home with her mother. George F. Beckwith was a successful business man, although he died comparatively young. He was an active member of the Presbyterian Church, and for nearly ten years was one of its deacons.

Standish, Charles Le Roy, was born in Newfane, Niagara county, February 4, 1845, and was the second of eight children of Solomon M. and Sarah (Munson) Standish. At the age of nine years Charles went to live in the family of Jeremiah Bailey, and was with him on the farm until he went into the army. In October, 1863, young Standish enlisted in Company K, 8th N. Y. Heavy Artillery, as a musician, and continued in the service until November, 1865, when he was mustered out. Returning home he worked two years on a farm and then bought a fifty-acre tract from the Rufus Hallock estate, and here Mr. Standish has ever since resided. November 10, 1867, he married Sarah, daughter of pioneer Rufus Hallock, and of this marriage two children have been born, viz. : Flora, wife of Clark Northrup, and Alta. In politics Mr. Standish is an earnest Democrat, and as such has frequently been called upon to stand as his party's candidate for town office.

Storaker, Samuel, was born in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, in 1849. He came to America in 1868, and after a short residence at Rondout, N. Y., came to Medina and for six years was engaged in quarries there. He then came to Albion and for several years was in the same business there. In 1884 he purchased a tract of land about a mile east of Hulberton on the north side of the canal, and opened a stone quarry. In 1885 William Sullivan became a partner, and they have since continued the business.

Salisbury, Harmon L., was born in Sweden, Monroe county, June 8, 1812, and was a son of Joseph, whose father came from England. Harmon L. came to Orleans county in 1857 and settled in Murray about a mile east of the Transit, purchasing the Richard Rhodes farm. He married Lucinda Harwick of Barre, and their children were: Miranda, William A., J. Willard, J. H. Leroy, Emma A., Milford E., and George S. Mr. Salisbury married, second, Mary D. Peterson. He resided in Murray until 1877 when he removed to Kansas, and later to Wyoming. He died in Le Roy, N. Y., November 29, 1893. William Salisbury resides at Fairport, N. Y. He married Amelia Peterson. J. Willard settled in Rochester, and is engaged in the real estate business. He married Ida E. Prosser. J. H. Leroy settled in the State of Wyoming, and married Jane Leonard. George S. is a farmer and resides on the homestead in Murray. He married in 1892, Lizzie B., daughter of Noble Stockham of Murray.

Smith, Capt. Henry E., was born in the town of Sweden, Monroe county, Janu- ary 25, 1823, and is a son of Perry Smith. He served in the war of 1812, and mar- ried Mariella Perrin. Her father, Daniel Perrin, was a soldier in the Revolutionary

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war. In 1849 Captain Smith settled in the southeast part of Murray on the county line road, and purchasing a farm engaged in farming. On the breaking out of the war in 1861 he raised a company and entered the service, his company becoming a part of the 105th Regiment N. Y. Inf. He was commissioned captain and served until the fall of 1862, when he was compelled to resign on account of ill-health. Captain Smith participated in the second battle of Bull Run, South Mountain and Antietam. In politics he is a Democrat, and for several years was assessor of Murray. He is also a member of the Baptist Church of Holley. He married in 1844 Clarissa E. Morgan, and they are the parents of four children: Mrs. Helen Vallance, Mrs. Cora A. Boyce, Mrs. Alice M. Sprague and Dayton H., superintendent of Morgan Reaper Works of Brockport.

Sunderland, John, was born in Yorkshire, Leeds, England, in 1821, emigrated to America in 1842, settled in Gaines, Orleans county, and in 1854 purchased the farm at Fairhaven, where he now resides. Mr. Sunderland had two brothers and one sister who emigrated to this country, Thomas, James and Sarah. Subject was educated in the common schools, is a prominent member of the I. O. G. T. of Fairhaven, and has been excise commissioner of Gaines three years. He married in Carlton in 1853 Mrs. Ann Knapp, born in 1807 in Oneida county, and died in 1893 in Fairhaven. Mrs. Sun- derland's maiden name was Hadstead, and her first husband was Caleb Knapp, by whom she had thirteen children : Oris, deceased, Amoret, Charles, George, deceased ; Gaines, deceased ; Jenette, deceased ; Ellen, born in Gaines in 1828, and Frances Kittie.

Shelley, A. W., is a descendant of Aaron, who was a native of Washington county, and settled in Gaines in 1811, where he built the first house on the Ridge road, and also kept the first hotel in the town. His son, Amasa, father of our subject, was born in 1801 and died in 1869 in Gaines. He married Ann Wilson, born in Orange county in 1810, and died in Gaines in 1892, Their children were: Silva, born in 1835; Aaron W., born in 1837; Solomon A., born in 1840; George W., born in 1845; William H., born in 1849. Our subject attended the common schools, and finished at the Albion Academy, which he left before graduation, and went to Pike's Peak during the gold excitement. He has chiefly followed farming, has always been a Republican, and was elected sheriff of Orleans county in 1889, which office he held three years. In September, 1862. he enlisted in the 151st N. Y. Vols., and served two years and eight months. He participated in the battles of the Wilderness, was wounded at Cold Harbor, fought at Locust Grove, and was discharged in December, 1864, for honorable service. Mr. Shelley is a member of Renovation Lodge No. 97 of Albion. F. & A. M., also of the G. A. R., and of the A. O. U. W., No. 67 of Albion. . September 16, 1872, he married Marietta Broadwell, born December 16, 1839, in Gaines, a daughter of Moses Broadwell, born in Plattsburg in 1812, and died in 1883 in Gaines. Her mother was Marietta Dolley, born in Fonda in 1815, and died in 1867 in Gaines.

Stanley, D. Fred, is a descendant of David, who was born in Haverhill, N. H., in 1810, and died in West Gaines in 1866. David married Betsey Lyman, born in Marl- borough, Vt., in 1820, and is still living, and is a daughter of William Lyman, born in Marlborough, Vt., and settled in Gaines in 1826. Here he purchased a farm of 100 acres on the Gaines Basin road, the farm now owned by the Bacon brothers, which he afterward sold to a Mr. Cornell and bought the farm at West Gaines now owned by John H. Pratt. In 1842 he bought the place on the opposite side of the road. William Lyman died in 1875, aged eighty-seven years. He married Betsey Swan, born in Halifax, Vt., and died in 1835, aged seventy-one years. Their family consisted of the following children : Electa, Milicent S., Lucy H., Betsey C., William H., Alice W., and Martha P. The children of David and Betsey (Lyman) Stanley were: Lucy E., born in West Gaines in 1849, married W. Rood De Forest, resides in Ridgeway, and have two chil- dren (Walter and Bessie); David Fred (our subject), born in West Gaines in 1853; Lyman M., born in 1856, died in infancy. David Fred Stanley was educated in the

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district school of West Gaines, after which he followed farming as an occupation. In politics he is a Republican. March 19, 1879, he married Jennie Whipple of West Gaines. She was born in 1850, and was a daughter of Samuel Whipple, who was the son of Spencer, a soldier in the war of 1812. Her mother was Jane James The Whipples were among the first settlers in Gaines. David Fred and Jennie (Whipple) Stanley are the parents of one child, Ruth J., born in 1880, at West Gaines.

Tompkins, E. M., M. D., was born in Knowlesville February 25, 1854, and was edu- cated at Albion and Medina Academies, preparatory to taking a medical course in Buf- falo University, from which he graduated in 1878. He also took a course in the College of Physicians & Surgeons in New York. In 1882 he married Hattie Eggleston, and they have two children : Hartwell E., and Albert E. Dr. Tompkins is a son of Dr. H. C. Tompkins, of Knowlesville, and is a partner with his father.

Thomas, Morris, was born in Swansea, Wales, May 23, 1815, and died in Carl- ton, where his widow now resides, in 1880. He was a man of sterling qualities, emigrating to this country when a mere boy. He purchased the farm where his widow and daughter, Mrs. Ann Eliza Dean, now resides about 1845, the most of which he cleared with his own hands. December 1, 1844, he married Mary Hoadley, who was born in Alleghany county March 18, 1826, and they had these children : William Edgar, born December 3, 1847, and died October 22, 1887. He married Eliza McCarthy ; James M., born December 4, 1849, and died January 5, 1880 ; Ann Eliza, born October 24, 1852, who married Sanford Dean, born August 14, 1852, and died October 21, 1886. They had two children : Nelson M., born November 21, 1873, who is being educated at the Brockport Normal School; and James M., born September 17, 1880; Cora B., born June 20, 1860, and married Orris Knapp, by whom she has one child, Clark, born Sep- tember 29, 1884; and Henry Jay, born March 29, 1863. He married Belle W. Love- land, who was born in Albion October 23, 1865. She is a graduate of Albion Union High School. Her father was Wells A. Loveland, a thirty-third degree Mason.

Thomas, Elam, was a native and former resident of Onondaga county, brought his family to Albion in 1867 and purchased the old Ferguson farm. Here he died in 1883, his wife preceding him by two years. In his family were seven sons, five of them were in the army. Horace enlisted in Phoenix ; Edgar from Van Buren ; Abner from Cook county, Ill. ; Elam in Onondaga county ; and William in Chicago. Elam Thomas, jr., was born August 10, 1842, and was brought up on a farm. In 1864 he enlisted in Company F., 2d N. Y. Cavalry, and served nine months in the Shenandoah Valley. After the war he returned to Onondaga county and thence came with his father to Albion, where he has since lived. He owns the old farm and has increased its size from fifty-four to seventy- eight acres. He is a successful farmer. In 1870 Mr. Thomas married Rhoda M. Hart, and has four children : Irene, Gertrude, Arthur and Charles.

Taylor, Samuel, was one of the pioneers of Yates, and was a former resident of Con- necticut. His wife, whose maiden name was Bill, was also from Connecticut and a de- scendant of a noted family. In their family were eleven children, their names being Samuel B., who died in New York city in 1877, and who was formerly connected with a Marine Mutual Insurance Company ; Rodman, of Michigan ; Alfred, who died about 1868 (a Baptist clergy man) ; John, who died in Michigan In 1877; Maria, who married Edwin St. John and died about 1848; Mary Ann, who married Horatio Parker of Ridg- way and died in Michigan in 1891; Gurdon Bill of Milan, Mich .; Henry, who died in 1849; Elizabeth, who died at the age of five; James H., who died in New York city in 1862; and Julius of New York city. Gurdon Bill Taylor married Mary Morris, daughter of one of the pioneers of Yates, but who moved to Michigan in 1874. The children of Gurdon B. and Mary Taylor, were Orville H., Herbert and Albert. The last named died in 1893 and Mary, wife of Gurdon B., died in 1848. Herbert Taylor

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was a volunteer in the Eighth N. Y. Heavy Art., enlisted in August, 1862, and served through the war. He afterward located and now lives in Milan, Mich. Orville H. Taylor, was born in Yates, December 17, 1842, and lived in his native town till 1860, when he came to Albion and found employment as clerk. He enlisted in the war and with his brother Herbert was assigned to the Eighth N. Y. Heavy Artillery, Herbert as a private, while Orville was on the colonel's staff. He served in thirteen general en- gagements besides numerous skirmishes. Returning from the war Orville resumed the life of clerk, but in 1869 was appointed deputy postmaster under Joseph M. Cornell. In 1872 he was in the canal collector's office, after which he bought out and succeeded J. H. Longknecht, a former boot and shoe dealer of Albion. From that time until the present Mr. Taylor has been one of Albion's successful business men. He is a strong Republican and was elected town collector of old Barre in 1869. On June 27, 1866, he married Emma F., daughter of George G. Rogers of Albion, and they are the parents of three children ; William G., Mary, who died in infancy, and Kittie May.

Thorp, William, was born in Lincolnshire, England, more than sixty years ago, and for more than forty years he has lived in this country. He was brought up to farming and was the son of John Thorp, a farmer. On coming to this country William started west, and when he reached Albion on the canal he had but three cents remaining. He then began working out, and being industrious soon accumulated a snug sum of money. With this he bought twenty-two acres in the northeast part of Barre, but his present farm includes 100 acres and cost Mr. Thorp a total of $10,000. Besides this, he and his son Charles, bought an additional 160 acres, and the latter received from his father $1,000 to make a start in business as a farmer. Our subject had but a limited education, but by careful reading has become a well informed man. By his marriage with Caroline, Mr. Thorp had three children : Charles, Julia and Janette. His second wife was Eliz- abeth Seager, and his third Hannah Hardtackle, and his fourth Sarah Jane Marsden.

Tent, Samuel, was born in Cattaraugus county May 31, 1834, and was the son of Samuel and Lydia Tent of Machias. The family came to the " ridge" in 1842, but later moved to Clarkson. At the age of thirteen Samuel went to work as hall boy in a Rochester hotel, and for the next several years was employed in hotel work in various places. He next went to school at Lima Seminary one term, and then went to Michi- gan and was teamster between Hastings and Battle Creek. In 1852 he came to Barre Center and went to work for his uncle, Charles Morey, a shoemaker, then worked on a farm, followed by a clerkship in a store. Still later he drove team for a time, then bought and cleared timber lands, and had much to do with building the roads of Barre. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Co. D, 151st Regiment, as private ; was promoted at Albion ; at the front was appointed right general guide of the regiment; promoted color-bearer, and finally promoted first lieutenant in February, 1864. At Monocacy, Md., July 9, 1864, he was wounded and was in the hospital six months, and while there acted as hospital steward ; was mustered out July 1, 1865. Returning to Barre, Mr. Tent engaged in stave and heading manufacture, and was in active business until eight years ago, when he retired, and gives his attention to farming. He was also four years a merchant at Barre Center. Samuel married first Jannary 1, 1855, Emma Bigelow, who bore him two children, Hattie and Emma, both of whom are dead. His wife died in 1861, and in 1862 he married Ellen Gates, by whom he had one child, Lydia Belle, wife of Cubit Miller. She died in 1888 and March 1, 1889, he married Marietta Petrie. He is a Republican, and for seven years has been overseer of the poor in Barre.

Van Stone, James, was born in Devonshire, England, December 21, 1832, and came to America in 1853. He spent twenty-five years in the pursuit of dry wall building, at which he was very successful. He then began farming and became one of the most noted stock raisers in this part of the State. He breeds Jersey cattle, Oxford sheep, Victoria swine and a dozen varieties of poultry, and takes many of the premiums at the

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fairs. In 1859 Mr. Van Stone married Mary Axtell, and they have two children, Jay C., and Mrs. George Anderson.

Wilson, A. B., was born in Kendall August 18, 1849, and has made farming the oc- cupation of his life. He married twice, first in 1867 Rose Jefferson, who died leaving one son, William A., and second Florence C. Ross. They have five children : Ross Randall, Horace, Ray, Rose and Florence. His parents were Andrew W. and Harriet Ann (Nichols) Wilson. His ancestors came from London, Eng., and settled in Massa- chusetts in 1718. Mr. Wilson is a member of the A. O. U. W., No. 67, and of the Farmers' Alliance, No. 498, Maple Ridge.

Waite, T. A., was born in Millville January 27, 1864, and has since been engaged in the mercantile business, established by his father in Millville. His parents were Hiram and Fanny (Hart) Waite. In 1886 Mr. Waite married Anna Gillette, and they have one son, Albert Waite, and one daughter, Loraine E. Waite. Mr. Waite is a member of the Masonic Fraternity, and takes an active part in political affairs. He is is a mem- ber of the County Central Committee, and has been a delegate to many county conven- tions. The Waite family are descendents of Thomas Waite, a Puritan, who landed at Portsmouth in 1639.

Walsh, Michael, was born in the South of Ireland and came to America during the troublesome times of 1848. He has resided in Medina for forty-four years, and is one of the substantial men of the village. He has a family of one son and three daughters.

Weaver, Savina J., is the widow of Harris Weaver, who was born in Schenectady. county September 7, 1819, and died in Carlton May 11, 1892. He bought the farm where our subject now lives in 1852. His father, Asa, was a native of Vermont, who died in Otsego county, and his mother was Mary Griffith, of Schenectady county. The children of Asa and Mary were as follows: Jehiel, Eunice, Stephen, Harris, George and David, of whom George is the only survivor, and resides in Canada. Harris married Savina J. Hoag in 1852, she being a native of Montgomery county, born July 17, 1833. Their children were : Florence A., born in Carlton February 27, 1854, who married Maro Freeman, and has two children, Harris H. and Clayton ; Electa A., born June 7, 1857, who married Arthur J. Weed, and has two children, Mark D. and Clyre R. ; Wil- lis, born August 10, 1863, died October 19, 1865; and Charley A., born June 3, 1867, who married Georgette Williams, and has one child, Willis C. Mrs. Weaver's father was Mark Hoag, born in Charlestown, Montgomery county, in 1796, and died in Root, Montgomery county, in 1853. He married Susan Campbell, born in Charlestown in 1795, and died in Root in 1843. Their children were: Ira, born in 1815, died in 1858; Lydia, born in 1817, died in 1848; Eliza A., born in 1818, died in 1819; Rebecca A., born in 1819; Paris, born in 1822, died in 1876; Louisa, born in 1824, died in 1851; William, born in 1828, died in 1891; Job, born in 1830, died in 1880; and Savina J., our subject. Her grandfather, Nathaniel Hoag, was born in Dutchess county and died in 1864, aged ninety-three years. His wife was Betsey Dual.

Warren, Reuben N., is a descendant of Jonas Warren, a native of Fitzwilliam, Ches- hire county, N. H., whose wife was a Miss Gilchrist of Scotch descent, and their family consisted of seven sons and two daughters : Betsey, Sally, William, Philip, Jonas, Noah, Wright, Silas and Luther. Silas Warren, the father of our subject, was born in 1794, in New Hampshire. He had a farm of 234 acres, and was a man of prominence, having served as justice of the peace and was deacon of the Baptist Church of East Carlton for many years. In 1820 he married Lucinda Reed, who was born August 23, 1797, in Nassau, Rensselaer county. Mrs. Warren's father was Reuben Reed and her mother was a Miss Marks, who died at the age of ninety-four in 1867. Silas Warren died July 25, 1875, in Carlton on the farm he purchased in 1838. Silas and Lucinda (Reed) Warren were the parents of the following children : Reuben Nel-

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son, born in Nunda, Livingston county, May 24, 1821 ; Willard F., born in Nunda June 6, 1824, and died in 1888; William Clinton born in Nunda September 18, 1825, and resides in Chicago; Washington and Wellington (twins) born in Nunda May 27, 1829, the former dying in 1879 and the latter in 1887, and these twin brothers married twin sisters, Sarah and Mary Palmer, of Brockport, born in 1830; Silas L., born in Nunda February 8, 1835, and died in Milwaukee, Wis., December 19, 1893. Reuben N. War- ren attended the district school at East Carlton, and subsequently the Albion Academy. He taught school for two terms and then followed farming at East Carlton till 1877, when he moved to Waterport and took charge until the same was sold to Mr. Bromley in 1886. He is a Republican and has served as supervisor of the town of Carlton. May 21, 1846, he married Emma Joy, who was born in Carlton February 5, 1819, and died September 17, 1886. The children of this marriage were : Adelaide, born in Carl- ton June 20, 1847, married Palmer D. Anderson, who was born in Richmond, Ontario county, October 19, 1830, and died April 9, 1885 (and their children were Harry S., born in Carlton Jannary 26, 1872, died October 26, 1874, Willis P., born in Carlton March 2, 1876, and Belle, born in Carlton March 2, 1876); Adelphia J., born September 24, 1848, and married Daniel D. Bromley ; Mary Alice, born in Carlton May 23, 1857, and married Melvin Garrett, of East Carlton. The children of Jonas Warren, grand- father of our subject, with their births are as follows: Betsey, born March 19, 1786, in Townsend, Mass. ; William, born April 10, 1787, in Townsend ; Philip, born July 16, 1788 ; Jonas, jr., born January 8, 1791, in Fitzwilliam, N. H. ; Noah, born July 27, 1793, at Fitzwilliam ; Silas. born December 1, 1794, at Fitzwilliam ; Sally, born March 6, 1796, at Belchertown, Mass .; Luther, born August 1, 1801, at Cheshire, Mass,

Wilson, Valentine A., is a son of Alexander Wilson, who was born in Wilson, Niagara county, and died there in 1831, aged thirty-one. The mother of Valentine was Catherine Efner, born in Canada in 1809 and died in 1892. Alexander and Catherine Wilson were the parents of two children : Almarion Wilson, born January 25, 1829, and resides in Michigan; Valentine A., born in Nelson, Niagara county, March 29, 1830. Valentine A. Wilson married Susan A. Phelps, January 12, 1857, in Carlton. She was born September 27, 1838, in Parma, Monroe county. They had these children : Nellie M., born in Carlton, October 4, 1857, and died March 14, 1881; Frederick E., born De- cember 7, 1859. and married Lottie Fuller (they have one child, Glenn F., born October 20, 1891) ; Henry V., born in Carlton July 25, 1867, and married Irene S. Hard ; Walter W. Wilson, born in Carlton November 2, 1876. The father of Mrs. Valentine A. Wilson was Lyman D. Phelps, born October 10, 1809, and died January 22, 1890, and his wife, Sophronia A. Wright, was born April 5, 1808, and still lives. Valentine Wilson was educated in the common schools of his native town and attended the Wis- son Collegiate Institute where he finished his education. He has followed farming and the mercantile business, and in 1874 he moved to Kuckvllle where he has since resided. August 11, 1862, he enlisted in the 151st Regt. N. Y. Vol., Co. A, and was discharged June 26, 1865. He enlisted as private and was promoted to corporal and sergeant. He took part in the battles of Locust Grove and Manassas Gap, Wilderness eight days ' battle, Spotsylvania, Hanovertown, Cold Harbor, Opequan, Fisher's Hill, Cedar Creek, and McLaine's Ford. Mr. Wilson was postmaster at Kuckville ten years.

Welch, George M., was a son of John R., who was born in Pittsford, Monroe county, in 1828. His wife, Jane A. Sargent, was born in New Hampshire in 1836, and they had three children : George M., born in Carlton April 12, 1854 ; John, born August 28, 1859; Nelson C., born September 16, 1864. Our subject was brought up on a farm, and at the age of sixteen learned the cigarmaker's trade, which he followed thirteen years. In 1893 he purchased the stock of goods of W. J. Hise, and subsequently pur- chased the store at Carlton. He was appointed postmaster at Carlton November 16, 1893. Mr. Welch married at Kuckville in November, 1880, Jennie E. Nicholson, who was born August 13, 1859, by whom he has had one son, Harry H., born August 31, 1881.

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Landmarks of Orleans County, New York, Part 107

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