Landmarks of Orleans County, New York, Part 78

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

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B., now lives. The first year he cleared a small plat and built a log house, and in 1813 he sowed two acres of wheat and returned to Burlington, Vt. In June, 1814, he brought his family to his pioneer home, where he died August 21, 1822. June 1, 1786, he married Abigail Willard, who died January I, 1831. Their children were Clarissa, born December 10, 1787; Lindamind, born December 27, 1789; Henry Willard, and Ira B., who died July 26, 1828, aged twenty-five. Henry Willard Bates, born in Randolph, Vt., February 4, 1794, came to Kendall in 1814, was a captain in the State militia, and married Sally Clough, who died December 16, 1832, leaving children : Julia (Mrs. C. C. Johnson); Henry C., who died November 29, 1847; Royal, Almira (Mrs. A. G. Schenck), and Samuel E., all deceased; and Sarah L, wife of W. S. Benham, both of whom were drowned in Lake Michigan in the Alpena disaster. In 1833 he married Tamma, widow of Daniel Beebe, who survives, and who bore him two children, Col. Willard W., and Ira B. Mr. Bates died December 12, 1887, on the homestead. William Bates enlisted in Company K., 8th N. Y. H. A., 13th N. Y. Infantry, and was promoted lieutenant ; served in the 25th N. Y. Infantry, as captain and was wounded ; and was transferred to the 8th N. Y. H. A., became lieutenant-colonel, and upon Colonel Porter's death was made colonel, receiving his commission the day he died, June 24, 1864, from a wound received at the battle of Cold Harbor. Colonel Bates in- herited sterling soldierly qualities. He was six feet high and weighed 230 pounds. His widow drew a colonel's pension. Ira B. Bates, born May 5, 1846, married, first, January 17, 1867, Emma A., daughter of Charles Barrows of Hamlin, by whom he had one child, Emma B. Mrs. Bates died January 3, 1873, and October 20, 1878, he mar- ried Emily L., daughter of William R. Bassett. Mr. Bates was supervisor of Kendall in 1885-86.

Bliss, Clement Porter was born in Riga, December 1, 1817, and came with his widowed mother to West Barre in 1831. The mother soon married, after which Cle- ment went to live in the family of David Palmer, for whom he worked with a promise of $100 on reaching his majority. He proved faithful to every duty and was rewarded with $200 instead of the $100 promised. When of age he started out for himself, working as farm hand for a time and afterward selling fanning mills for Mr. Dickey. Later on, having married, Mr. Bliss settled in Barre and for twenty-five years was a resi- dent of that town, dealing and speculating in farm property and machines, and in West Barre was a merchant and farmer. Among his fellow men Mr. Bliss was regarded as a man of influence and prominence, and in all his endeavors he was rewarded with suc- cess. In 1872 he went to Albion, where he lived in comfortable retirement until his death, July 22, 1890. In 1843 Mr. Bliss married Savilla A., daughter of Henry Edger- ton, of Elba. Their children were as follows: Sarah J., wife of Francis Avery ; Savil- la, wife of J. Grinnell ; Porter C., of Albion; Helen F., wife of John Bruce of La Peer Mich .; Charles A., who died in Albion; Mary A., wife of George Snyder of Eagle Harbor; Elmer E., of Albion; and Rose B., wife of D. D. Van Nocker of Petersburg, Mich. Mr. Bliss was formerly a Republican, but finally an independent Democrat, and has held office as justice of the peace and assessor. Porter Clement Bliss was born in Barre, July 21, 1849, and was reared on a farm. In 1872 he married Adelia S. Street of Illinois, and they were the parents of two children, Carrie and Cora. Until

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1873 Mr. Bliss was a farmer, and since that time has extensively engaged in dealing in agricultural implements.

Barnum, Noah G., was born August 25, 1825, in Yates, and received his education from the Yates common school, and spent his boyhood days on the farm. He after- ward improved on his limited education by extensive reading and taught school three winters. He gave up teaching about 1860, and later in life worked at the carpenter's trade for several years and then bought out Richmond Hurd and carried on the wagon business in Yates, manufacturing principally lumber and democrat wagons. This busi- ness he followed for twelve years, and then traded his property in Yates for a farm in Murray where he remained two years. He next traded the farm for a store, house and lot in Waterport and moved there March 7, 1881, where he has since resided. March 28, 1849, he married Marie Antoinette Gaskill of Honeoye Falls. She was born at Victor January 20, 1829, and her father, Joseph Gaskill, was born at Little Egg Harbor. N. J., May 9, 1800, and died about 1871 in Barry county, Mich., and her mother, Wealthy Fox, was born in Westmoreland in 1803, and died in Barry county, Mich., in 1864. The children of Joseph and Wealthy Gaskill were: Franklin, who died at the age of two years ; Mary Stainton of Rochester ; Sarah Jane Warren (deceased) ; Marie Antoinette, wife of subject; Lydia Ann of Barry county, Mich .; Leavitt (deceased) ; George W., died at two years of age; Charles Henry, of Barry county, Mich .; Benja- min F. of Barry county, Mich .; Martha E. Garrison (deceased) ; Eugene of Florida, Hayden of Michigan. Lydia Ann Gaskill was thrice married, first to Clifton Barnum, who died April 18, 1863, in the hospital at Fairfax, Va., and was a member of the 6th Regiment Michigan Cavalry. Her second husband was Charles Dugar of Yates, who died in 1880, and the third was Dewitt Kenyon, whose parents built the Kenyonville mills. The children of Noah G. and Marie Antoinette Barnum were: Ella, born Jan- uary 7, 1851, and married John J. Tyler, and they had one child, John B., born May 17, 1874, who died March 20, 1879, and Mrs. Ella Tyler March 1, 1877; Eugene E., the second child of Mr. and Mrs. Barnum, was born March 9, 1854, and is a physician. He received his early education in the Yates Academy, and subsequently graduated at Will- iams college, Massachusetts, in 1878. He then studied medicine with Dr. Garlock of the town of Yates, then attended lectures in the University of Pennsylvania and in the University of Buffalo, and was in the Rochester City Hospital fourteen months. In 1881 he located at Waterport and practiced his profession eight years, when his health failed and he moved to Lancaster Court House, Va., where he regained his health and is widely known as a physician. He holds the degrees A. B., A. M. and M. D. He married Effie G. Hutchinson of Gaines, born May 15, 1860, and they have had three children : Eugene E., born April 24, 1885; Dora E., born June 29, 1887, died May 19, 1890; Mildred E., born December 13, 1891. The third child of Mr. and Mrs. Barnum, Willard W .. born November 18, 1857, died September 24. 1882. He married Addie E. Johnson, born December 9, 1856, and had two children, Willis Eugene and Willard Ward. Wiilard Ward died June 4, 1882.

Blair, Henry A., was born in Batavia May 12, 1840, and was the son of John L., and Polly (Lumbert) Blair. His mother died when Henry was but a few days old, and he was taken into the family of his aunt, Mrs. Sophia Gunn, at Eagle Harbor, where he

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was brought up. At the age of twelve he began work for himself, and has ever since been regarded as one of the most persevering and industrious workers in the time. He bought a farm of sixty-five acres in Albion and now has ninety-five acres. May 18, 1865, Mr. Blair married Martha Church of Gaines, and they had three children, two of whom died in infancy unmarried, and the other is the wife of Jesse Parker of Albion.

Wiltsie, Andrew, and wife, Esther Scott Wiltsie, came from Burkham, Dutchess county, to Barre soon after the War of 1812. Andrew was in that war and was cap- tured at Lewiston; was also at the burning of Buffalo. He was a carpenter and cab- inet maker and cloth dresser, and for many years had a factory at Eagle Harbor. His children were Lydia, Franklin, Mary, Justin S., Elizabeth, Christine and Juline (twins), Wellington and Allen P. Andrew, the pioneer, died in March, 1888, aged ninety-five years, and his wife three years previous aged eighty-six years.

Bolton, Henry M., is a son of James Bolton, born in Philadelphia, Pa., April 14, 1803, and died in Salem, Wis., December 4, 1863. His wife was Hannah Decker, born in Newark, N. J., January 11, 1803, and died in Salem, Wis., in 1874. The children of James and Hannah (Decker) Bolton were as follows: Elizabeth, born in Hampton- burgh, Orange county, April 16, 1829, and died in Carlton in November, 1884 ; David, born in Orange county October 17, 1830, died in Chester March 1, 1856; Arminda, born in Orange county May 3, 1833, and resides in Orange county ; Mary Ann, born in Orange county June 2, 1835, died in Orange county in 1859; Henry M., born May 16, 1837, in Orange county ; Sarah Jane, born October 17, 1839, in Orange county, and died in Orange county March 23, 1845; Caroline, born March 27, 1842, and resides in Antioch, Ill .; John T., born April 27, 1844, in Orange county, and resides in Salem, Wis .; Deborah I., born December 18, 1846, and resides in Carlton. Henry M. Bolton while young learned the painter's trade which he followed for nine years. He then worked as hotel clerk three years at Craigsville, and afterward did farm work in Orange county for four years. He spent one year in Wisconsin, and in 1864 moved to Yates, Orleans county. From thence he came to Carlton where he has since resided. Here he has been engaged in farming and also carried on a store at Kuckville. While in Orange county he learned the profession of veterinary surgeon, which business he has practiced on occasions for more than thirty years. Mr. Bolton served as postmaster under Cleveland's administration one year and four years under Harrison. In 1860 he married Elizabeth Boyd, born in Newburgh, February 28, 1842. Her father was Sam- uel Boyd, born in Orange county in 1802, died in 1869. His wife was Mariah Baird, born in Orange county, April 19, 1820, and died March 28, 1846. The children of Samuel and Mariah (Baird) Boyd were: Elizabeth H., Jane A., born March 13, 1844, and died in Ithaca in 1884. The children of Henry M. and Elizabeth H. Bolton were: Charles E., born in Orange county February 11, 1861, and died December 16, 1891; and James H., born October 28, 1862. Charles E. married Emma Ryan and they had three children ; William H., who died in infancy ; William Henry, who was born May 19, 1886; Jessey May, born November 19, 1888; Ray H., born February 24, 1890. James H. married Mary Ryan and they have three children : May E., born May 22, 1886; Hellen H., born August 12, 1888 ; Clide A., born August 28, 1890.

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Burbank, William H., was born in Langdon, Sullivan county, N. H., November 20, 1839, and came to the village of Gaines with his parents in 1847. They originally settled in Gaines in 1831, and then returned to New Hampshire, coming again to Gaines in 1847, as above stated. The grandfather of William was Elias, a native of New Hampshire, coming to Gaines in 1831, and drove a stage for many years between Gaines and Batavia via Albion. He and his wife, Joana Fletcher, died in this town, he in 1850, aged seventy, and she in 1863, aged eighty years. They were the parents of seven children. Origin D. Burbank, father to William, was born in New Hampshire in 1802 and died in 1856. His wife was Catherine P. Wilson, born in New Hampshire in 1814, is still living and resides in Lowel, Kent county, Mich. The children of Origin and Catherine were as follows: Elnora L., born in Gaines in 1834, married first, Cassius Hayden, and for her second husband Abisha Kingsley, and now resides in Lowel, Mich .; Mariah, born in New Hampshire in 1838, married Ezra Torey of Gaines, and died in 1881; William H., born November 20, 1830; Orin D., born in New Hampshire in 1842; Elizabeth E., born in New Hampshire, September, 1844, William H. Burbank was educated in the common schools of Gaines and since then has carried on the cooper business, employing at times six workmen. In April, 1859, he married Lucy A. Dwin- nell, who was born October 11, 1839, in Massachusetts. Mrs. Burbank's ancestors were natives of New England. Her mother, Mary Ann Woodburn, was an aunt of Horace Greeley, and her father was Benjamin Dwinnell. The children of William H. and Lucy A. Burbank are as follows: William O., born in May, 1860, married May Cook of Pavil- lion, Genesee county, where they reside ; Ella, born in January, 1862, and died August, 1863 ; Charles, born in July, 1864 ; George E., born February 1, 1867, died February, 1893 ; Mary E., born in April, 1869 ; Harry, born in February, 1871, and died in May, 1878; Florence, born in 1873, and died in November, 1885; Lillian W., born in October, 1876 ; Ell, born in July, 1880 ; Anna B., born in September, 1882.

Bullard, David, grandfather of the Bullards now living in Gaines, married Elizabeth Hadley, and their children were : William, Polly, Judith, Olive, Betsey, Nancy, Sally, David, Brigadier and Ransom; of these children William, father of our subject was born in Cheshire county, N. H., April 10, 1789, and died in Gaines September 26, 1861. He married Nellie Loveland, born in Windham county, Vt., June 9, 1794, and died in Gaines December 9, 1864. Their children were: Albert, born in 1816; Anson, our subject, February 10, 1820; Olive, born in 1822; Chauncey, born in 1824; William, born in 1828; John, born in 1830; David, born in 1836. Anson Bullard passed a large amount of his time in reading and corresponding for several sporting papers, the English beagle being a great favorite of his, of which he has bred and sold a large num- ber. He married Caroline Chubb, born November 19, 1818, a daughter of Arba Chubb. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Bullard are : Frank, born May 4, 1844, who married Mary F. Ruggles, born August 31, 1848; and Fred, born June 11, 1849, died September 20, 1852; Arba Chubb, father of Mrs. Bullard and one of the first pioneers was born in Poultney, Vt., in 1791, and died in Michigan in 1875. Mr. Chubb has served in all the town offices, being the first justice of the peace in the town of Gaines, which office he held fifty-six years. He was assemblyman in 1848, and has held every office in the militia, from that of corporal to major. The grandfather of our subject enlisted in the

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war of the Revolution at the age of fourteen and served throughout the war, his father served in the war of 1812, and his grandfather Lovewell was also in the Revolution- ary war.

Clement, Newton P., was born May 24, 1856. His grandfather was Samuel Clem- ent, who was born in Petersham, Mass., in 1788, and died in Paris, Oneida county, in 1877, aged eighty-eight. Samuel married Olive Wheeler, born in Petersham, Mass., in 1788, and died in Smyrna, N. Y., in 1827, aged thirty-nine. His ten children were : Lucy, Randall, Philo, Mary, Olive, Leander, Lucretia, Wellington, Cornelia, and Leroy. Philo N., father of our subject, was born in Smyrna, N. Y., March 2, 1813, and married Maria L. Beebe, a native of Granville, N. Y., born May 1, 1818, and died in Carlton, N. Y., September 28, 1890. She was the daughter of Aaron and Lovina Beebe, and was one of ten children whose names were: Clarissa, Chester, Aaron, Orvin, Louisa, Horace, Sarah, Franklin, Warren and Maria. Aaron Beebe was born in 1780 and died in Gaines, N. Y., in 1841, and Lovina, his wife, was born in 1784, and died in Gaines in 1847. The children of Philo and Maria Clement were: Frances M., born in 1844, who married Charles L. Barber; Aaron B., born in 1846, who married Alice A. Thomas; Cornelia E., born in 1848, who died in 1883 the wife of William L. Bills, and Newton P., our subject, all born in Carlton. The latter was educated in the common schools of Carlton, graduating from the Rochester Business University in 1892, and has been a teacher for twelve terms, but is now en- gaged in farming. He has for eight years served as inspector of elections, and is a member of the I. O. G. T. of East Carlton. March 26, 1879, he married in Clayville, Mina R. Le Roy, who was born in Clayville, August 13, 1856. They have had two children, Olive M., born January 6, 1881, and Ellen M., born May 27, 1886.

Cole, Isaac U., was born in the town of Murray, Orleans county, February 12, 1840. His father, Cornelius, was a son of Leonard Cole, who was a native of Orange county. He came to Orleans county in 1835 and settled in Murray, purchasing a farm one mile north of Holley, where the remainder of his life was spent. He was a member of the Baptist Church of Holley. He married Betsey Underhill, and their children were : Cornelius, Israel, Eliza, Leonard and Margaret. Israel Cole settled in Michigan and died there. The others settled in Orleans county. Cornelius Cole lived and died in Murray, was one of the most successful farmers of the town, and also dealt in live stock. He was a strong Democrat, but never aspired to office. He was also a member of the Baptist Church. He married Fannie Brundage, and they have had nine chil- dren : Margaret, Mary, Jeremiah, Charles, Isaac U., Sarah, Helen, Garrison and Henri- etta. Margaret Cole was twice married, first to Elias Underhill, and second to Albert Taft, M. D .; Mary married B. W. Bradley ; Henrietta married Lott Farnsworth. Isaac U. Cole has always been a farmer, and resides on the old homestead settled on by his grandfather. Mr. Cole is a Democrat, and has been assessor of Murray. He is a mem- ber of Murray Lodge No. 380 F. & A. M. He married in 1866, Ellen, daughter of John Onderdonk, of Murray, and they have two children : Jesse, born August 10, 1870, and Glenn P., born April 2, 1872. He married May L. Cowles, and they have one daughter, Jessie.

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Clark, Jerry, is descended from Samuel Clark, his grandfather, who was a soldier of King George in the French and English war. His birth place is not known, but as he was first known in Pennsylvania, it is supposed that he was born there. Oliver Clark, father of Jerry, was born in Pensylvania, February 14, 1767, and died in Palmyra, January 21, 1843. Oliver came to Carlton in 1809 add purchased a quarter section, where his son Jerry now resides, and returned to Palmyra. He married Sarah Jessup, born in Long Island, December 22, 1773, and died January 8, 1823. They were married December 29, 1796, and were the parents of eight children: Maltby Clark, born March 31, 1797; Matilda, born June 3, 1800; Jerry, born at Palmyra, September 16, 1802; Dennis, born March 21, 1805; Nelson, born May 7, 1807; Betsey Jane, born December 5, 1819; Hannah, born February 14, 1812; Hiram, born April 29, 1814. Jerry Clark learned the trade of tanner and currier, which he followed eight years in Palmyra. In 1826 he came with his brother Nelson to Carlton and commenced to clear the land purchased by their father seventeen years previous. The father gave them a deed of 100 acres each. The land was in a wild state, no clearing having been done. The first house was a frame house erected the first year he came. Jerry Clark has lived on this place since 1826. Mr. Clark married Mary Ann Miles, born in Eng- land, December 24, 1807, and died January 10, 1831. He married for his second wife, Priscilla Miles, born in Carlton, December 1, 1813, and died in 1890. The children of this marriage were : Hiram, born July 12, 1834, and died April 9, 1891, and Mary, born January 27, 1837, and died November 8, 1873. Mr. Clark has served as justice of the peace of Carlton. He adopted a child of a few weeks of age, who is known as Olin Clark, born Deeember 30, 1852. Olin Clark married Louise Almey in 1871, and they have two children, Mary P., born August 6, 1873, and Ella A., born September 24, 1875.

Cook, Ely H., born in 1836 in Clarendon, Orleans county. is a descendant from Revolutionary stock. His father, Joseph L., was a son of Elijah. The latter was a son of Jared, who was a son of Jedediah Cook of Killingly, Conn. Elijah Cook settled in Verona, N. Y. Jedediah, the father of Jared, lived to the age of 104 years, making the journey from Killingly, Conn., to Verona, N. Y., a distance of over 200 miles, on horse- back when he was 100 years old. Elijah Cook enlisted in the American army at the beginning of the Revolutionary war, and served until the close of the war. He came from Stephentown, N. Y., to Monroe county, in 1817, with four sons, settling in the town of Clarkson. Jared married Charity Knapp, of Greenwich, Conn. Elijah, his son, married Charity Lockwood, of Killingly, Conn., and had thirteen children. His oldest daughter, Betsey, lived 100 years and 5 months. Joseph L. Cook, with his brother Jared, settled in what is now School District No. 12, in Clarendon, some time previous to 1821, keeping "bachelor's hall" in a primitive log shanty with its bark roof, a neighbor, Mrs. Asa Glidden, baking their bread for them until Jared married ; then Joseph L. lived with them until January 21, 1826, when he married Aima, sister of Elijah Foote, the first judge of Orleans county. Joseph L. Cook's youngest sister, Lydia, married Orange, a brother of Judge Foote. Joseph L. was a captain in the State militia at the same time that his brother Jared was colonel, when it was the custom of the men on general training day to go about early in the morning to awaken their

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officers. One careless man forgot to withdraw his iron ramrod from his musket, when on firing, it stuck in a log underneath the bed on which the brothers were sleeping. Joseph bought out his brother Jared, who removed to Michigan in 1836. Joseph had one son by his first wife, Chauncey, who died in 1848, aged twenty-two years. Mrs. Cook died January 24, 1834, and June 22, of the same year, he maraied Nancy, daughter of John Hawley, of Clarendon (a soldier in the war of 1812). Their children were: Sarah and Ely H. Mrs. Cook died December 18, 1837, and March 18, 1838, Mr. Cook married third, Betsey Rockwell, of Danbury, Conn., and they had one daughter, Alma F. Mr. Cook died March 11, 1842. Joseph L. Cook was one of the thriving men of his time. A Whig in politics, he served his town as school commissioner, over- seer of the poor, assessor, and highway commissioner. In religion a Free Baptist, and a deacon in the church. In 1857, Ely H. Cook married Clara R., daughter of Alpheus Foster, of Barre, and settled on the farm of his father. Mr. Cook removed to Holley in 1871, and engaged in the mercantile business for three years. In 1877 he returned to his farm in Clarendon, but sold his farm and removed to Holley again in 1889, where he now resides. He was a Republican in politics until 1880, when he became a Pro- hibitionist. He began teaching in the Sunday school in 1851, and is still a Sunday school teacher. He was the superintendent of the Holley Presbyterian Sunday school for eighteen years, and has been an officer in the Presbyterian church since 1867. His daughters, Cora A. married J. B. Stevens, of Dayton, O .; Hattie A. married Henry C. Hazen, and has been with him a missionary in India since 1884; Sara J. is pre- ceptress of Middleport Union school.

Crandall, Christopher, was a native of Rhode Island, born in 1773, and after living in Oneida and Cortland counties, became a pioneer in Barre in 1816, settling east of Albion village on a 140 acre farm. He died in the town in 1850, and his wife, Lucretia, who was born in 1778, died in 1833. They had thirteen children, and of these the following came to this county : Sarah, Thankful, John, Wealthy, Elizabeth, Margaret, Christopher, Lucretia, Lewis, and Anna; and of these children only Christopher, jr., and Anna, now survive. He was born April 6, 1810, and for a period of almost eighty years has lived in this county, having been known as an upright and industrious farmer. In 1837 he married Salomi Whitmarsh, and to them three children were born none now living. Mr. Crandall was one of the founders of the Free Methodist church of Albion, and of his abundance has liberally contributed to its support. Mrs. Crandall is a member of the M. E. church.

Cole, Sands, was a native of Montgomery county, N. Y., born February 25, 1809. His wife, Jane Eliza Wheeler, was born in Saratoga county July 28, 1813. They were married September 25, 1834, and in 1837 came to Knowlesville, Orleans county. Mr. Cole was identified for a long period with the best mercantile and social interests of this village, and was a successful business man, enjoying the respect of his fellows. He was for many years justice of the peace, and in 1844 was elected to a seat in the Assembly. His wife died August 5, 1885, and he April 28, 1887. Their children were these : Elizabeth, who married Lemuel C. Paine, and died May 8, 1864; Jane E., mar- ried Ira M. Luther ; Mark W., who died October 2, 1872, and Sands, jr., who died De- cember 22, 1883.

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Landmarks of Orleans County, New York, Part 78

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