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Joshua Raymond, a native of Dutchess county, N. Y., came to Barre with his wife in 1817, and erected and kept the first tavern in town on lot 27 between Barre Center and South Barre. This was a log building and a few years later was superseded by a large house still standing on
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the site. His daughter Betsey was married to Darius Peck about 1824, which was the first marriage celebrated in town. On one occasion Mr. and Mrs. Peck and another couple walked four miles through the dense woods to a meeting in a log school house near William Love's. They arrived after service, but the addition of four to the congregation was so encouraging that it was decided to hold another meeting.
John Raymond was born in Dutchess county in 1767, where he was a farmer. In 1791 he married Ruth Jones, who was born in the same county in 1773. In 1817 they removed to Seneca county, N. Y., and in 1821 to Barre, locating at Barre Center, where he died at the age of ninety-six. His wife died at the same place aged ninety-four. Their children were: Abby P., married Silas Burrhus; Esther, married Eber Crosby ; Betsey, married Jesse O'Harrow ; Moranda, married Jacob S. Flint ; Sally, married Hanford Phillips ; Hannah, married Ransom S. Smith; Orren, Alfred, and Charles. Orren Raymond was born in Dutchess county in 1805, and came with the family to Barre. He mar- ried Chloe Bull in 1833, and resided at Barre Center till his death, in 1848. They reared seven children. Alfred Raymond, born in Dutchess county in 1807, also came with his father's family to Barre and located at Barre Center. He married, first, Harriet Baldwin, then Laura Ann Hobart, and lastly Miranda Bradner. By his second wife he had children, Harriet and John A., and by his third wife, Frank, La Rue, and Fred B. Charles Raymond was born in Dutchess county in 1813, and also came to Barre with the family. He passed seven years of his life in the study of medicine, and died of a dissection wound in 1841.
Daniel P. Bigelow was born in Brandon, Vt., in 1792, and in 1817 came to Barre. For a time after his arrival he lived in a cabin on lot 28, near Joshua Raymond's tavern, and probably while living there made improvements on the place which he purchased on lot 36, three- fourths of a mile from Barre Center. On this he resided till his death, in 1853. It is related of him that he trained one of his oxen for a saddle beast and was accustomed to ride him about the settlement, On one such occasion they came near a puddle of water, and the ox, being thirsty, made a rush for it. On reaching the water he stopped suddenly and his rider pitched over forward into the pool. Mr.
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Bigelow's wife was Betsey Knight, a native of Vermont. They reared five children. Simeon Bigelow, a brother of Daniel P., was born in Brandon, Vt., in 1803, and in 1828 was married to Charity Childs, who was born in 1808. In 1831 he came to Barre from Vermont on horseback (his family coming by canal) and settled on lot 36, about a mile from Barre Center, on the Oak Orchard road. After a few years he sold that place, but resided in the vicinity till his death, in 1866. His wife died in 1865. His children were: Daniel H., Mary E., Emma A., and Edwin W.
Henry Edgerton was born at Tyringham, Mass., in 1788, and was married in 1816 to Jane West, of Washington county, N. Y. In 1817 they came to Barre and settled on lot 35, range I, where he built a log house covered with bark, with a hole for the escape of smoke, and with a rug or blanket for a door. They lived in this house-somewhat improved afterward-during fifteen years, when they removed to Elba, Genesee county, where he died in 1873.
Abiathar Mix, a brother of Ebenezer Mix, surveyor and clerk in the land office at Batavia, came, with his wife, Lydia, from Dutchess county, N. Y., to Barre in 1817, and located on lot 32, township 14, range 2. He took up a large tract of land and engaged for a time in the manufacture of potash, and also in mercantile business at Porter's Corners, in partnership with his brother, Ebenezer Mix. After a time he abandoned his store and engaged in work at his trade, that of a mason. He was also something of a pettifogger. He died in 1856. Milton Mix, the eldest son of Abiathar, resided during many years at West Barre, but removed, some thirty- five years since, to Michigan, where he died. Charles Mix, second son of Abiathar, settled on lot 20, township 14, range 2, where he resided till his death in 1867, and where his daughter, Mrs. H. A. Rogers, still resides. His son, Charles N. Mix, resides on Pine Hill, in Barre. Mr. Mix's wife was Philena Salter, of Ridgeway. David Mix, third son of Abiathar, married Alice Loomis, and they resided most of their lives just north from Pine Hill. He died some twenty years since. George E., fourth son of Abiathar Mix, married Ellen De Bow, of Batavia, N. Y. He also resided a short distance north from Pine Hill, where he died He was nominated county clerk by the Liberty party, but was defeated. He was in the 62
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State militia from 1837 to 1844, and rose to the rank of captain. Of the daughters of Abiathar Mix, Polly married Philetus Bumpus, of Albion. Eliza became the wife of Gen. John B. Lee ; and Jane mar- ried John Kerrison. All are dead.
William Kelley, a Revolutionary soldier came to Barre from Ver- mont in 1817 and settled on lot 5, range 2, on which his son William also lived. William, sr., was familiarly known as Cooper Kelly. He owned the first horse ever brought into Barre, but took it away with him when he left.
Aden Foster was born in New Braintree, Mass., July 20, 1791, was married to Sally Hall at Brandon, Vt., in 1817, and came to Barre the same year, settling on lot 37, range I, one-half mile south from Barre Center. For six months he lived alone on this place in a log house he built, and was then joined by his wife and her brother, Harvey Hall, who moved from Vermont with an ox team in fourteen days, being guided a part of the way by blazed trees. In this log house Mr. and Mrs. Foster lived eighteen years, and in it also their eight children were born. He erected a large house in 1835 and died February 7, 1838. During the active period of his life he was a leading man among his fellow citizens. He was a captain in the old State militia and was for many years a magistrate. His son, Albert J. Foster, a prominent citizen and a farmer, resides on the old homestead. Another son, Oscar F. Foster, owns and resides on a portion of the original John Raymond farm at Barre Center.
Bryant White was born in Massachusetts and his wife, Rachel Bates, in Connecticut. In 1817 he located land in Barre, and in 1818 brought his family hither, bringing among his household goods two or three spinning wheels and a bake kettle. Mr. White remained on his farm here until 1864, when he removed to Indiana and died there in 1865. He was a man highly respected.
Elisha Wright, born in Connecticut in 1791, came with his father, a Revolutionary soldier, to Ontario county in 1807, where he worked several years by the month. With his axe and a knapsack he came in 1818 to Barre and settled on lot 26, range 2, where he died June 22, 1875. He married Nancy Phillips, of Bristol, N. Y. From time to time he added to his farm till he owned 500 acres, 250 of which he
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cleared with his own hands. So pleased were the Holland Land Com pany's agents with his energy and success that they gave him a deed of his original purchase for $100 less than the contract price. He was an active supporter and one of the founders of the M. E. Church, and in other ways noted as a conscientious, liberal and upright man. In 1843 he was elected to the assembly. His wife was a typical pioneer woman, true to the underlying principles of the great brotherhood of humanity, and distinguished for prudence, industry and foresight.
Washington Wright was born in Otsego county, N. Y., in 1799. Early in the present century he became a resident of Byron, Genesee county, and thence he came to Barre. In 1831 he purchased a part of lot 9 in the southeastern part of the town, and there he resided till his death in 1877. His first wife was Mrs Rhoda Miller. After her death he married Mrs. Laura De Land. His son, Morris Wright, who was born in 1832, died on the homestead in December, 1890.
Lucius Street, was born in West Springfield, Mass., in 1795. He came to Barre in 1818 and located about two miles south from Barre Center. In 1823 he married Martha M., daughter of John A. Buck- land. He lived to a good old age where he first settled. Chapin Street, a brother of Lucius, came with him and settled on an adjoining farm. Some years since he went west. Although somewhat eccentric he was a very worthy man. Horace Street came at about the same time and remained till his death, about fourteen years ago.
Lyman Hill was a native of Cheshire county, Conn., born in 1769. About 1810 he removed to Cayuga county, N. Y., where he remained till 1818, when he came to Barre. He settled on lot 4, about a mile south from Barre Center, where he remained till his death in 1829. His wife was Hannah Hull, also a native of Cheshire county, born in 1771. She died in 1852. Roderick Hill, son of Lyman, was born in Con- necticut in 1804, and came to Barre with his father. He remained on the place where his father settled till his death in 1875. His wife was Catherine Booram, born in 1800 at Hardscrabble, N. J., and died in Barre in 1882. The old homestead is still the property and residence of his daughters, Elizabeth C. and Sarah C. Hill. Augustus, another son of Lyman Hill, was born in Connecticut in 1806, and came to Barre with the rest of the family. He made his residence in Albion, where he died some thirty years since.
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Lonson Cole was born in Albany county, N. Y., in 1797. He re- mained there till his marriage with Mary Gibbons, of the same place, in 1818, when they removed to Greene county, whence they came in 1825 to Barre and settled on lot 10 in the first range. They remained there till 1849, when they removed to the town of Albion, near Eagle Harbor. Two years later Mr. Cole sold his place there and they after- ward resided some fifteen years out of the county. They reared four children : Electus, who became a physician and died in Middleport, N. Y .; John, who became an attorney in Kentucky ; Betsey, wife of Lewis Knickerbocker, deceased; and Lucy Ann, wife of Homer D. Waldo, of Barre. Mrs. Cole died in 1869. He in 1887.
John A. Buckland was born in Brandon, Vt. In 1818 he came to Barre and located on lot 19, range one, at South Barre, purchasing an article from Mr. Patterson, who had made some improvements, and dying on this place in 1848. They were eighteen days making the journey, coming in a canvas covered wagon drawn by a yoke of oxen. Mr. Buckland was a prominent citizen and for several years was a magis- trate of that town. J. Douglass Buckland, the son of John A., was a lifelong resident of Orleans county. He lived in Barre till within a few years of his death when he removed to Albion. He was justly re- garded as one of the best citizens of the county. He was twice married, but left no children. He died some eight years since.
Josiah Mason was born in Rutland, Vt., in 1775. A portion of his youth was passed in Connecticut, but when about twenty years of age he removed with his father's family to Otsego county, N. Y. In 1799 he married Abigail Storrs and they resided in various places till 1819, when they came to Orleans county and settled on lot 6, near Barre Center. About 1855 he removed to Michigan. Mr. Mason reared eight sons and four daughters, all of whom lived to adult age. Trenck Mason, son of Josiah, was born in Otsego county, N. Y., in 1803, and came with his father's family to Barre in 1819. He was married in 1827 to Phebe Gilbert, of Yates. In 1831 he purchased the farm on which he ever afterward resided on lot 38, three-fourths of a mile north from Barre Center. Early in life he commenced the study and prac- tice of veterinary surgery, which he followed actively till the infirmities of age compelled him to retire. In 1826 he united with the M. E.
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Church, and in 1827 was appointed a class leader and exhorter. He was soon afterward licensed a local preacher, and in 1858 was ordained. He never became an itinerant preacher, but during a long life he labored where he saw that duty called him, and always without asking com- pensation. He officiated at more funerals than any other clergyman in this region, and for fifty years was the chaplain at the county poor house, without compensation till within the last few years. Mr. Mason was a preacher of practical christianity rather than doctrine and his life was unselfish and blameless. He died in 1893.
Asa Sanford was born in Farmington, Conn., in 1797. At the age of nine he went, with his father's family, to Tioga county, N. Y., and at the age of twenty-two came to Barre and located a mile and a half west from Barre Center, where he remained till his death in 1872. Mr. Sanford reared six children to mature age. During the latter part of his life he manifested a lively interest in the the Orleans County Pioneer Association, of which he was an active member till his death. He was a man of strong and firm convictions.
Benson Manchester, a native of Massachusetts, removed to Saratoga county, N. Y., in 1816, and thence to Barre in 1820, where he died in 1833. He settled on lot 27, range two.
Lewis Genung, born in Morris county, N. J., October 30, 1793, mar- ried Margaret D. Strong in 1815, and came to a farm of eighty acres at South Barre in 1821, soon afterward taking an article for 100 acres more adjoining, and removing his family hither in the spring of 1822. With his brother, Charles, he built a blacksmith shop in 1827, the ruins of which are still visible. They also made in this shop and sold in the vicinity fourteen stationary threshing machines. In 1828 Lewis Genung built on his farm what was then the largest barn in Orleans county, and in it he set up one of their threshers, which he used to thresh his own grain and also that of his neighbors. They drew their grain to his barn and gave him every tenth bushel for threshing it. This was the first threshing done by machinery in the county. Lewis Genung died November 24, 1833, in New York city, while on a visit. His widow and her family remained on the homestead. She died March 1, 1872, being the oldest member of the Presbyterian church at Barre Center.
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Hiram Fargo, one of five brothers, was borm in Sherburne, Chenango county, N. Y., in 1795. When eleven years of age he was sent to Canada to work on a farm. He was set at plowing among stumps and roots with a yoke of oxen and became quite disheartened and homesick. He had heard of " dying in the furrow," and he layed down in his fur- row and made an unsuccessful effort to die. From Chenango county the family removed to Henrietta, Monroe county, where he labored on his father's farm and worked at odd jobs, one of which was chopping on what is now Main street, Rochester. In 1821 he married Electa, daughter of Joel Clark. She was born in 1798. When she was an infant her mother brought her to Western New York on horseback, and at the same time assisted in driving their cattle. Three years after their marriage, or in the spring of 1825, they came to Barre $300 in debt. In 1827 he took up land on lot 36, adjoining that of his brother- in-law, Henry Clark, a mile and a half from Barre Center. He erected thereon a log house, and resided there during many years. He bought and sold several parcels of land, and finally removed to a farm on lot 20, a mile north from South Barre, where he died in 1869, and where his daughter, the widow of Hon. C. H. Mattison, now resides. Mr. Fargo was a man of more than ordinary intelligence, and was particu- larly noted for his ready and caustic wit.
Blakeley Burns was born in Dutchess county, N. Y., in 1779 In 1808 he came to Sweden, Monroe county, where, in 1809 he was mar- ried to Lucy Moon. In 1821 he removed to Murray, and in 1824 to Barre, locating two west miles from West Barre In 1839 he went to Michigan, where he died in 1857. Squire Burns, son of Blakeley, was born in Sweden, Monroe county, in 1810. With his father's family he removed to Murray, and thence to this town in 1824. In 1833 he married Betsey Green, of Barre, and soon afterward purchased a farm adjoining that of his father. He remained on that place till 1871 when he sold it to his son, Charles, and removed to a farm near by.
Jerra Crane was born in Saratoga county, N. Y, in 1797. In 1809 he removed with his father's family to Onondaga county, and in 1821 he came to Barre and settled between West Barre and East Shelby, where he remained till his death in 1878. In 1822 he married Orissa Fisher, who was born in 1800. She died in 1883. They had thirteen children.
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William Marsh, a native of Vermont, came to Barre in 1822 and settled on lot 22, where he remained till his death in 1889. He assisted the Genung brothers in manufacturing the first threshing machine in Western New York and had one in his barn that was driven by two yoke of oxen. He lettered the first sign ever put up in the village of Newport (now Albion). It read "Wm. Gates, Grocer."
Milton B. De Lano was born in Henrietta, Monroe county, N. Y., in 1817. About 1823 he came with his father's family to Orleans county, and in 1833 to South Barre. In 1840 he married Mary Ann, daughter of William Marsh In 1842 they removed to Michigan, where they re- mained till 1853, when they returned and took up their residence on the farm which Mr. Marsh first purchased, where they remained till the death of Mr. De Lano in 1889. His wife and three children survive him.
Israel Root, the father of Amos, was a soldier in the Revolution. He came to Barre in 1825 and settled on the farm afterward owned by his son, some three miles southwest from Barre Center. They came here from Allegany county, the father crossing the country in a wagon and the son bringing the goods in two large canoes made of pine logs and lashed together. He came by way of the Genesee River and the canal, landing at Gaines Basin. The son was born at Sandlake, N. Y., in 1803, and they removed to Allegany county in 1818. Prior to be- coming a farmer he was a blacksmith, and worked at his trade nearly thirty years. He lived on his farm in Barre till his death. Dan S. Root was a native of Connecticut. In 1818 he removed to Sweden, Monroe county, N. Y., where he married Eliza Lawrence, and where his son, Orpheus A. Root, was born. In 1824 he came to Millville and engaged in mercantile business. He died there in 1833. Orpheus A. Root became a farmer on arriving at the age of manhood, He resided in several localities in Orleans county, and in 1853 settled on a farm one mile east from Millville, in this town. Mr. Root served three years as supervisor of Barre. His wife, to whom he was married in 1844, was Mary Sawyer.
Joseph Barker came in the spring of 1816, to America from Lan- cashire, England, where he was born in 1802. He lived in Ontario county, N. Y., till 1825, when he came to Barre and located on lot 54,
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range 2, where he ever afterward resided. In 1822 he married Miss Submit Cowles, a native of Massachusetts and they had nine children. She died in 1851 and he afterward married Mrs. Elizabeth Guernsey.
Nathan Andrews was born in Plainfield, N. H., in 1793. He came to Barre, and in 1825 took up the north part of lot 9, township 14, range I. This he sold to Washington Wright in the autumn of 1831, and purchased 100 acres on the same lot from Joel Palmer. On that place he resided till his death in 1872. While living here he worked some years at manufacturing water lime, in Williamsville, Erie county, He married Betsey Packard, and they had six children. He was known as Capt. Andrews, having acquired the title in the State militia. He was an honest, upright man, and was highly esteemed.
Amos Grinell, the son of Isaiah Grinell, an early settler of Shelby, was born in Oneida county, N. Y., in 1805. He came to Barre prior to his majority, but returned to Onondaga county. In 1826 he settled here on 80 acres of lot 19 southwest from Barre Center. To this he added from time to time till he owned more than 200 acres, besides purchasing farms for his sons. In 1827 he married Rosemond Whaley, a native of Tully, Onondaga county, and their children were : Diana M., married Joel R. Finch; Frank, married Josephine Palmer ; Edwin married Frances Paine ; Orlando, married Rebecca Jackson ; Anna M. married A. E. Young ; Harvey, married Libbie Mull ; Fillmore, mar- ried Alice Warner; and Henry. Mr Grinell died in 1889. His widow died in 1891.
Jacob Finch was born in Columbia county, N. Y., in 1797. In 1813 he married Miss Sarah Reynolds, of Otsego county, and about the same time he removed to that county. In 1826 they came to Barre and located in the northwestern part of the present town. Six years later he purchased a farm on Pine Hill, where he resided till his death in 1888. His wife died in 1875. They reared to adult age nine children, six of whom were born in Otsego county. In early life, on the different farms which he owned, Mr. Finch cleared some 200 acres of land.
Oliver Wolcott, a grandson of the one of the same name who signed the Declaration of Independence, was born at East Windsor, Vermont, in 1796. His wife, Mary Mumford, a native of Massachusetts, was
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born in 1799. They were married in 1826, and in 1827 they removed to Barre. After working a few years at his trade of a wagon maker, he located on the Oak Orchard road, about a mile north from Barre Center. There he passed the remainder of his life, dying in 1872. He had three daughters, of whom Mrs. C. A. Paine is the only survivor.
Alvah Mattison was born in New Lebanon, N. Y , in 1799. He came to Barre in 1827, and settled at Barre Center on the farm that he ever afterward occupied. He died in 1892. He reared two sons and three daughters. Of the sons, James H. still resides in Barre, and Hon. Charles H. died in this town in 1884. Benjamin Mattison was born in New Lebanon in 1796, and came to Barre in 1834. He followed farming two years, then became a merchant at Barre Center, and continued in trade there till his death in 1876. He had one daughter who died some years since. Though somewhat eccentric, Mr. Mat- tison was an intelligent, worthy man
L. C. Harding was born in Richfield, N. Y., in 1814. He was left without parents at the age of two years, and was reared by relatives in Connecticut. In 1828 he came to Barre. In 1840 he married Cor- nelia, daughter of Solomon Hatch, and settled at South Barre. They have reared three sons and one daughter.
James Reed was born in Saratoga county, N. Y., in 1806, and was a "trunk peddler," in early life. About 1829 he came to Orleans county and settled on lot 19, at South Barre. He sold this place and lived elsewhere for a few years, but repurchased it and resided there till his death, in 1885. He was three times married : First to Miss Maria Hinkston, next to Mrs. Clarinda Goodwin, and lastly to Mrs. Phebe Clark. He was an active business man, and dealt con- siderably in real estate. He was esteemed a worthy citizen with strongly marked peculiarities.
Roswell Goff was born in Connecticut, and came with his father, Squire Goff, to Rush, Monroe county, N. Y., when very young. He removed to Barre in 1829 and took an article for a part of lot 18, near South Barre. After a residence here of some years he removed from the county, and died elsewhere. He was noted for his vivacity and wit.
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Orville Thompson was born in Vermont in 1808. In 1829 he mar- ried Sally Livingston, who was born in Vermont in 1810. In 1833 they came to Barre and settled on lot 23 range I, where they ever afterward remained. They reared nine children to adult age. His wife died in 1856, and he afterward married Mrs. Caroline Irish, by whom he had two sons. He died in 1873.
Joel Clark was a native of Connecticut and a Revolutionary soldier. At an early age he came to Henrietta, Monroe county, N. Y., where he passed the remainder of his life. Harry Clark, son of Joel, was born at Henrietta. Prior to 1830 he came to Barre and located on lot 36, about one mile southeast from Barre Center, where he died in 1847. His son, Thomas J. Clark, resided on the same farm till his death in 1864. Thomas Clark, was born at Henrietta, N. Y., in 1804. He married Abigail Harding in 1826, and they came to Barre in 1829. In 1835 they located on lot 35, township 14, range I, where he resided till his death, in 1873, and where his widow recently died, and his daughter Caroline D., wife of Hon. Abel Stilson, now (1894) lives. The daughters of Joel Clark were : Electa (Mrs. Hiram Fargo) ; Olive (Mrs. Nahum Collins), and Caroline (Mrs. William Collins).
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