Landmarks of Orleans County, New York, Part 84

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

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Jackson, James Adelbert, was born in Sweden, Monroe county, May 13, 1846, a son of Willett, whose father, James, came from Canada in 1811, and took up a farm south of Brockport. He served in the war of 1812. Willett Jackson settled in Sweden, where he lived till 1854, when he bought a farm in Clarendon and removed there. In 1888 he removed to Holley. He married Betsey Fanning, and they had one son, James A. He married second, Mrs. Mary Gates. James A. Jackson settled in Claren- don, where he has followed agriculture. In 1868 he married Alice, daughter of Smith Glidden, and they have two children : Avis and Charles.

Kast, John T., was a native of Alsace, France, born May 8, 1816, and was the son of a farmer. John came to this county at the age of nineteen, located at Rome, Oneida county, where his uncle lived, and for whom he went to work on a farm. Mr. Kast lived in that vicinity about twenty-one years. January 4, 1844, he married Barbara Baker, and in 1848 he bought a small farm in Oneida county, on which he lived eight years, then sold and came to Albion. His original purchase here was a fifty acre farm, to which he has added twenty acres more, and in 1883 he purchased the Tooley farm of 51 acres, which is located one-half mile east of Barre Springs. The children of John T. and Barbara Kast have been as follows: Elizabeth, Albert, John, Caroline, William,

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and Mary. Mr. Kast is remembered among Albion's successful farmers. In politics he is a Republican, but has never sought public office. Both he and wife are members of the M. E. church.

Kelly, John Russell, is a son of George Kelly, born in Orange county in 1815, and is now living in Van Buren county, Mich. George came to the town of Carlton in 1842, where he resided until 1864, and then moved to Michigan, in which State he has since remained. His wife was Ellen Ostrander, born in Orange county in 1817, and died in 1859. The children of George and Ellen Kelly were as follows: Halsey, born in Orange county in 1834, died in Michigan in 1885; George B., born in Orange county in 1836, was killed at the battle of Mine Run, Va., in 1863; Margaret, born in Orange county in 1838, resides in Van Buren county, Mich .; John Russell, born in Orange county, November 13, 1841 ; Royce, born in Carlton November 13, 1845, resides in Michigan ; Mary, born in Carlton in 1848, resides in Michigan; Charles, born in Carl- ton in 1854, resides in Michigan. John was educated in the common schools of Carl- ton, and his boyhood days were spent on a farm. At the age of seventeen he engaged as a sailor on the Great Lakes, which business he followed eleven years ; for the last three of which he was a third owner in a vessel, of which he was second officer in com- mand. In 1869 and 1870 he was employed by the government in building piers at Oak Orchard Harbor. In June, 1871, he was appointed keeper at Oak Orchard Light Station, Carlton, which position he still holds. Mr. Kelly married at Kendall, January 13, 1869, Emma A. Smith, born in Sand Lake, Rensselaer county, April 15, 1848, and they have one child, Genevra Abbie Ellen, born November 2, 1871, who married Will- iam G. Taylor of Albion, December 9, 1891.

Ludington, Howard, a native of Dutchess county, was the first of the family to settle in Orleans county. He came to Murray in 1854, settled near Holley, and en- gaged in farming. He married Sally Ann Corbin, and they are the parents of ten children : John, Anna, Edward, Sarah, Elien, Varnam D., Gilbert, James, Ira and George. Ira and Ellen are deceased, all the others are living. John Ludington settled in Bowling Green, Ky., and James settled in Dallas, Tex. Anna married Newton Hard of Murray; Edward resides in Albion, and married Sarah Wells; Sarah married Clark Smith of Murray ; Gilbert married Sarah Haight and resides in Murray ; George settled in Albion, and married Ella Gleason ; Varnum D. is engaged in farming in Mur- ray. He is a staunch Republican, and a member of Holley Lodge, I. O. O. F. He married Grace, daughter of Jerome R. Love of Murray.

Love, Major William, was born January 19, 1795, and in 1816 came to Barre. In 1818 he brought his young wife and occupied a log cabin in the wilderness. The old home farm in Barre is still owned by his son, Albert S. Love. Major Love was a public spirited man, well informed in political affairs, and his strong antagonism to slavery, and all forms of injustice, is still well remembered in the county. He died December 19, 1864. His wife was Lucinda Oaks, a native of Oneida county, born June 6, 1797, deceased March 8, 1873. They had ten children : William Delos, born September 29, 1819, a Congregational clergyman living in Hartford, Conn .; Samuel G., born May 30, 1821, a well-known school organizer and teacher, also librarian of the noted Prender-

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gast Library at Jamestown. He died November 12, 1893; Ozro, born February 8, 1823; Lavancha E., born October 27, 1824, married A. Z. Barrows, who was for more than forty years a teacher in Buffalo public schools, where his wife also taught. She died February 2, 1870 ; Laura M., born July 17, 1826, who married William C. Scofield, a Congregational minister of Washington, D. C .; Miranda H., born March 27, 1828, married William E. Ledyard, late of Milwaukee, Wis .; Levi, born September 29, 1830, died February 1, 1831 ; Jerome, born September 6, 1832; early in life a teacher, subse- quently a farmer at the west, and now in the town of Murray; Albert S., born May 31, 1835 ; Franklin D., born May 12, 1837, and for nearly thirty years a teacher in Buffalo. Albert S. Love was reared on his father's farm, educated in the district school and Randolph Academy, finishing his course at Buffalo Central School, and later returned to Randolph Academy and taught two years. He taught school and worked on the farm about ten years. August 13, 1860, he married Marietta, daughter of Harry W. Weed, of Kendall, and they have three children : Cora L., Ella M. and Edith M. (deceased). In 1862 Mr. Love moved to Marion, Ia. While there he was principal of a Union school at the county seat, and also engaged in farming. Upon the death of his father he, by request, returned to Barre and bought the home farm. In 1891 he came to live at the county seat. He was assessor in Barre six years, and was also con- nected with the school interests of that town. Ozro Love was educated in the common school and attended the academy one winter. In 1844 began life for himself. For nearly forty years Mr. Love was a farmer in Orleans county, during which time he owned several farms in Barre. In 1881 he came to live in Albion village. His first

wife was Martha Street, whom he married September 26, 1844. Two children were born to them : Lucius Delos, who died in 1882, and one who died in infancy. His wife died December 9, 1874. October 28, 1875, he married Emily A., widow of Charles Webster, of Barre, and daughter of Alonzo D. Atherton. Ozro Love was originally a Whig, a strong anti-slavery advocate, and was one of the first Republicans in the county. He was supervisor of Barre in 1873-4, and was assessor of that town several years. He was for many years a trustee of the Presbyterian Church at Barre Centre.

Leonard, John H., born December 15, 1829, in the town of Gaines on the farm where he now resides. He is a brother of Jefferson Y., who resides on a part of the same farm, which was purchased by their father, Ephraim, who purchased the farm of the land office situated at Batavia in 1815. Our subject was educated in the common schools and is a farmer. He married, November 15, 1865, at Albion, Anna Iden, born February 10, 1842. . Her father was Jacob Iden, an early settler in Gaines. Her mother was Sarah C. Stringham. Our subject's children are. Sarah, born October 6, 1866, married Jesse Jobson and resides in Oregon ; Mary M., born August 19, 1868, married Lincoln Lettis and resides in Albion village. They had two children: Anna, born April 9, 1889, and John H .. who died in infancy ; E. Jay, born April 29, 1873, and George I., born December 29, 1874.

Lawrence, William, a Connecticut Yankee by birth, but before settlement at Knowlesville, a resident of Madison county, came to this county in 1837, bringing a wife and two sons, William II. and George J. William Lawrence, sr., had been un-

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fortunate in businesss in the east and came to this locality to recover his fortune. Be- fore coming to Orleans county, when residing in Madison county he was a merchant, also the proprietor of lime kilns and plaster mills, etc., and the owner of a line of boats on the canal. In 1850 the family moved to Ithaca, where Mr. Lawrence established a stove depot and store, and in 1862 came to Genesee county and engaged in farming. He came to Albion in 1876, where he died in 1885, and his wife in 1888. George J. Lawrence, son of the pioneer, was born in Chittenango, October 22, 1834, and was brought up to the same business his father conducted. While in Ithaca he learned telegraphy, which he afterward followed for nine years. During the war he was em- ployed in the United States Military Telegraph Corps and stationed at Harper's Ferry, and other points, following the army under orders. In 1865 Mr. Lawrence returned home and engaged in farming. and in 1876 came to Albion. At the request of his uncle, Mark H. Beecher, professor of mathematics in the United States navy, he took charge of his business for two years until his uncle's death in 1882. Two years later he began the manufacture of carbonated beverages at Albion, and now carries on a large and successful business. April 23, 1890, Mr. Lawrence married Lucy A. Allen, widow of Asa Allen, of Richmond, Mich., and daughter of Lewis Newman, of Leister, Livingston county.

Landauer, Moritz, who for more than thirty years has been identified with mercantile interests in Albion, was born in Hurben by Krumbach, Bayern, Germany, March 9, 1829, andI was the son of a cattle dealer. In Germany Moritz learned the trade of cotton weaving, but at the age of twenty years left his native country and came to America rather than enter the German army, which he would have been compelled to do in accordance with the laws of that country. Almost at once after landing in New York, Mr. Landauer purchased a pack of wares and notions and began life here as a peddler, followed by a clerkship in a store in the city. However, meeting with some friends, he was induced to go to Macon, Ga., where he also worked as a clerk for a year, after which he and his brother, Samuel, purchased a stock of goods, agreeing to pay $5,000 in three years. This agreement was fully complied with, and they did a successful business in Macon for several years. Early during the war Mr. Landauer was compelled to furnish a substitute for the confederate service, and also pay $600. In addition to this he was afterward drafted and was left the only alternative of leav- ing the South or else enter the army. The stock was sold at a great sacrifice, and Mr. Landauer returned to New York. In 1863 he came to Albion, went into a general dry goods business with his brother, and for the next seventeen years the firm, M. Landauer & Bro. was numbered among the substantial and successful business houses of the county seat. In 1881 the firm was dissolved and the business was after- ward carried on by our subject until 1887, when Louis Landauer became partner with his father, under the firm name of M. Landauer & Son. In 1891 Landauer Bros. suc- ceeded to the business, and Moritz Landauer practically retired, though he daily visits the store, for he is still an active man. His wife was Theckla Goodman, born April 10, 1839. Their children are as follows : Bertha, born October 17, 1859, married August Strouse, and died July 8, 1879; Henry, who died June 7, 1878; Louis, born November 1, 1865, now the senior partner in the business at Albion ; Augusta, wife of

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Louis Goodman ; Samuel, the junior partner, born October 26, 1867; aud Jesse, born September 3, 1875.

Lattin, Frank H., is a grandson of William Lattin, who was born in Pleasant Valley, Dutchess county, May 15, 1808, and died at Gaines, March 17, 1863. The father of our subject, Joseph Wood Lattin, was born in Dutchess county, April 15, 1833, and died in Gaines, December 11, 1870. He married Mary Haak, who was born in Spring, Crawford county, Pa., December 28, 1840, and their children were, Frank H., and Cary B. The latter was born in Gaines, November 29, 1864, and died in Gaines, July 8, 1891, being at the time of his death deputy State treasurer of the State of Washing- ton. He was a graduate of Albion High School, class of '84, and of the Omaha Busi- ness College (1888), and taught school in the town of Gaines two years. Frank H. Lattin was born in Gaines, August 17, 1861, and graduated from the Albion High School, class of '82, after which he taught school in his native village. A few years previous he had become greatly interested in the study of natural history. This inter- est had increased to such an extent that he now determined to make it his life work. Discovering that certain portions of Orleans county were rich in geological products, of the drift period especially, he spent every moment at his disposal in the search for specimens, and in reading up for scientific information. He made several valuable "finds" in the drift and also in the neighboring sandstone and limestone quarries, and soon began a correspondence with other collectors, effecting an exchange of his dupli- cates for other specimens from all over the world, until his collections became quite extensive in the various branches of natural science. At first he devoted himself especially to birds' eggs and in 1884 began the publication of a monthly magazine, called the "Oologist," which has now attained a circulation of nearly 3,000 copies monthly, and is the official organ of the Oologists in this county. Mr. Lattin has a handsome home in Gaines, which he says with pardonable pride, is probably the only one in the world secured with a single sale of bird's eggs. He has two large warehouses filled with his collections. He has placed a large collection of eggs in the Field Museum at Chicago, where, during the World's Fair, his collection in the Anthropological build- ing occupied 2,000 square feet. After the close of the Fair, Mr. Lattin effected the purchase of the entire collection of shells, numbering 50,000 specimens of 10,000 spe- cies, formerly owned by the great collector, the late Colonel Jewett, of Santa Barbara, Cal. Mr. Lattin is a wholesale and retail dealer in specimens, instruments, supplies, publications for the naturalist, and curiosities generally. September 9, 1885, he mar- ried May E. Bullard, born in Gaines, August 9, 1866. Her grandfather was Brigadier Bullard, who settled in Gaines Basin in 1812.

Lockwood, Henry C., was born at Chestertown, Warren county, N. Y., December 9, 1848. His father, Henry F. Lockwood, being a son of Col. Jeremiah Lockwood, who served in the war of 1812. The subject of this sketch came to Holley, Orleans county, N. Y., in the fall of 1871, and for six and one half years was employed in the general store of H. G. Newton. In 1878 he succeeded Mr. Newton in the dry goods business, and has since that time carried on a general dry goods, carpet and wall paper business. He has held the office of school trustee of the village and is prominently identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church of which he is a member, holding at present the office of

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trustee and steward. He is a member of the Murray Lodge No. 380 F. & A. M. He is also national vice-president of the National Protective Legion, an insurance company which gives benefits to living members at actual cost, paying them $500 in five year periods. In 1871 Mr. Lockwood was married to Mary Van Benthuysen and they have had five children, two sons and two daughters are living.

Lusk, Charles, was born in New Hartford, Oneida county, October 4, 1835, a son of Ira, who was a son of Solomon Lusk, a colonel in the war of 1812, and one of the early settlers of Oneida county. Ida married Betsey Williams. Their son Charles came to Orleans county in 1855, and resided for a year, then removed to Michigan and remained till 1866 when he returned to Orleans county and for two years lived in Barre, removing thence to Holley, and five years later, in 1873, he purchased a farm in the eastern district of Clarendon, and here he has since lived. He is an active man in his party, and has served as assessor several years, and served as supervisor of Claren- don during 1884-86. He is a member of Holley Lodge, I. O. O. F., of the A. O. U. W. and belongs to the Presbyterian Church. In 1855 Mr. Lusk married Electa, daughter of Asa Lewis of Murray, and their children are : Charles F., Aden B., Herman A., Myrtie, and Jennie. Of these, Charles married Lillie Venton, Herman married Aggie Clarey, and Myrtie married John Langham.

Munson, Edward, M. D., was born in Penn Yan, Yates county, March 30, 1859, and was educated at Hobart College, Geneva, N. Y., and the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York city. He took his degree of M.D. in 1881, and immediately be- gan practice in Medina. He is a member of the Orleans County Medical Society, and of the Central New York Medical Association. In 1883 Dr. Munson married Lillian Smith of Watkins, N. Y., and they have five children, three sons and two daughters.

Miller, Ogden S., son of Alexander Miller, was born December 3, 1846, in the town of Barre. Alexander was a son of Caleb, who came from Byron and settled in Barre at an early date, where he engaged in farming. He married Mrs. Rhoda Loomis, and they had three sons: Caleb, Alvin, who died young, and Alexander. Caleb Miller died in 1819. His sons, Caleb, jr., and Alexander, were blacksmiths by trade and carried on a shop in Byron for a time then came to Clarendon village, where they engaged in the blacksmith and foundry business, manufacturing plows extensively. Caleb Miller, jr., built the stone shop at Clarendon which is still in use. After a few years Caleb sold out to his brother and removed to Michigan, where he became a farmer and later es- tablished a foundry. Alexander Miller built many houses in Clarendon, and did much to promote the growth and welfare of the village. He married Lois, daughter of Elias Willard of Monroe county in 1844, and their children were: Ogden S. (our subject) ; Jennie V., who married Walter T. Pettengill; Fred W., and Nellie L., who married William A. Bissell. In 1866 Ogden S. Miller became a partner of his father in the manufacture of carriages and agricultural implements. In 1871 Alexander Miller sold his interest in the business to W. T. Pettengill, and in 1874 engaged in farming in Ber- gen. In 1878 he removed to Caledonia, where with his son, Fred W., he again en- gaged in the manufacture of agricultural implements. Alexander Miller died in 1886, and Fred W. continued the business. Fred W. Miller was twice married, his first wife i

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being Minnie Carruthers, and the second Lottie Tiffany. Ogden S. Miller was edu- cated in the school of his town and in Lockport Union School, and at Bryant & Strat- ton's Business College of Buffalo. In 1871 he formed the partnership with Mr. Pet- tengill, and for two years they were engaged in the manufacture of carriages. In 1873 they purchased the cider and grist mill property at Clarendon and soon became exten- sive manufactures of cider vinegar. In 1886 they extended their business to Holley, building a large evaporator and becoming the largest producers of cider vinegar in the world. In 1891 the business was incorporated as the " Genesee Fruit Company," Mr. Miller being the vice-president and general manager. He removed to Holley in 1886. He was one of the organizers of the Holley Electric Light Company, and the Water Works. He was president of the village several years and was known and recognized as one of the most enterprising and public spirited men of the town. He was a mem- ber of Holley Lodge, I. O. O. F., Murray Lodge, F. and A. M., and the A. O. U. W. In 1872 Mr. Miller married Rosetta G., daughter of William Glidden of Clarendon. He died May 20, 1893.

Mansfield, Harvey, was born in the town of Murray in 1835, and is a son of Alanson, born March 9, 1793, whose father was Amos Mansfield. Amos Mansfield was a native of Scotland and the names of his children were: Alanson, Harmon, Amos, Polly, Sally, and Annie. Alanson Mansfield served in the war of 1812, and came to Orleans county in 1814 and settled in Murray. He worked at chopping for a short time until he had saved a little money, then took out an article of lot 219, just north of Hindsburg, the price being three dollars per acre. He then returned to Vermont and brought back his father's family, consisting of his father and mother and six children, of which Alanson was the oldest. With a pair of horses and their effects in a sleigh and leading a cow behind they made the journey, arriving at Murray in the winter of 1815. They built a log house and made a clearing. Their first crop of corn was grown from the seed of four ears. Alanson was married, October 14, 1817, to Polly Hart, whose father, Ebenezer Hart, had settled where the Murray depot now stands. They were the parents of ten children : Lucina, who married Riley Church of Murray ; Valina, who married Rev. David Moore, D.D., of Geneva; Almina, who married Huron Baker ; Minerva, who married Nelson Butts of Albion; Myron, who married Mary J. Parmley and is a farmer in Murray; Sophia, who married Walter Yager ; Maria, who married Henry Decker; Orrin, Jackson and Harvey. Orrin is a farmer and resides in Murray. He married Mary Ellsworth. Jackson married Maria Yager, and his early life was spent in Murray, but removed later to Michigan and finally to California, where he now resides. Harvey Mansfield settled in Murray, and has always been engaged in farming. In 1860 he married Clara, daughter of Munson Mansfield, and his second wife was Sarah E., daughter of Isaac Day of Murray.

McKendry, Thomas, was a son of John, who was born in Galowayshire, Scotland, and died in the house where subject now resides in November 1, 1864, aged eighty- seven years. He emigrated in 1857, and resided with his son until his death. The mother of our subject, Margaret Ewins, was born in Scotland, and died in 1864. Their family consisted of eight children : James, Sarah, Thomas, our subject, born in Scotland November 14, 1819; William, Mary, Jesse, who resides in Lyndonville, Orleans county ;

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Elizabeth, and John. Subject received a common school education in Scotland. He emigrated to this country in 1851, and settled in Yates, where he remained one year, and then removed to Carlton. In 1862 he purchased the farm where he now resides, formerly known as the Crain farm. It now contains 100 acres. He married in Scotland in 1838, aged nineteen years. They had four children, all born in Scotland : John, born in 1839, and died in North Carolina in 1862. He was a soldier of the Rebellion, a mem- ber of the Third New York Cavalry, Company F; Robert, born in 1842, and resides in Michigan. He married Lottie Brown, a native of Carlton, and they have four children : Anna, John, Allie, and Elizabeth ; William, born in 1845, and died in Scotland, aged six years ; and James, born in 1850, resides in Fargo, Dakota. He married Jennie Hutchinson, of Gaines, and had two children: Sumner and Ernest, both deceased.

Mathes, George, was a native of Alsace, France, born November 28, 1840, and was the youngest of four children of George and Elizabeth (Root) Mathes. In 1846 the family came to this country, and settled in Barre, where the father was a farmer, and where he lived until his death in 1857. The mother died in Clarendon. The children in this family were: Bernard, of Barre, and George, now of Albion, and two others, who died in infancy. George Mathes, the present superintendent of the poor of the county, was brought up on his father's farm in Barre, and upon the death of his father worked the farm three years. He then purchased a farm in Clarendon, and worked it for twenty years. Still later he became a merchant in Clarendon village, and was in business about five years, selling out in 1890, when he became county superintendent. Mr. Mathes has been an active factor in county politics for many years, and in Claren- don held the offices of collector and town clerk, and was a candidate for the supervisor- ship, but that being a strong Democratic town, he was defeated. While living in Barre, George Mathes married Orcelia, daughter of the late Dennis Evarts, and they have had six children : Willard E., Adelbert, Lewis D., Benjamin C., Kirk B., and Cora E. They have been members of the M. E. church thirty-three years, and for nearly twenty-five years Mr. Mathes was class-leader, steward and Sunday school superintendent of the Clarendon M. E. church. He is now one of the trustees of the M. E. Society in Albion.

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Landmarks of Orleans County, New York, Part 84

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