Landmarks of Orleans County, New York, Part 85

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

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Mustill, James John, was born in London, Eng., July 5, 1830, and was the third of ten children born to James and Sarah (Ashbury) Mustill. The father was a frescoer by trade, and came to the United States in 1833, locating at Lockport, where he lived until 1852, then came to Murray and settled on a farm, where he lived until his death, May 24, 1857. His wife died in 1890. Young James was put out to learn the harness making trade at the age of fourteen. After thoroughly learning the trade, Mr. Mustill worked as foreman for several years, and then went into business at Lockport. In 1852 he came to Albion and worked with G. W. Hotchkiss, and later associated with Mr. Merrifield, the firm being Mustill & Merrifield. Mr. Mustill then succeeded to the firm, and ever since has been regarded as one of the substantial business men of the county seat, and is now the oldest active business man of the town. Mr. Mustill is a prominent Mason, having become a craftsman September 1, 1851, in Lockport Lodge, and is now a member of the Renovation Lodge No. 97, of Albion, having taken the thirty-second degree in the Rochester consistory, and is also member of Monroe Com-

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mandery No. 12. In 1849 he married Ruth Few, daughter of James Few, of Lockport. They have had six children, only one of which, Alice A., widow of James Wilson, is now living. Mr. Mustill is a Republican, but takes no active part in politics ..

Mulford Samuel, H., was born March 16, 1796, at East Hampton, L. I. He settled in Rensselaer county, and for many years was in the milling business. In 1845 he came to Hulberton, Orleans county, and after a short residence there settled in Kendall, where he engaged in farming. He was a member of the old State militia, and was major in the same. He married, in 1823, Clarissa Griffing, and they had five children : Mary Elizabeth, Clarissa, Samuel E., Joseph P., and Harriet J. Mary Elizabeth mar- ried first, George H. Buckley, and second, Cornelius G. Palmer. Clarissa married Thaddeus R. Sherwood; Samuel E. married Mary E. Cramer, and is a farmer in Ken- dall ; Joseph P. married Harriet J. Bassett, and is also a farmer in Kendall. Harriet J. is unmarried. Samuel H. Mulford removed from Kendall to Holley in 1869, and resided there until his death in 1871.

Mulford, Fred B. Samuel H. Mulford, son of Matthew, was born in East Hampton, L. I., March 18, 1796. His ancestors came from Devonshire, England, where the name was spelled Molford, and arriving in America settled in Rhode Island, whence some re- moved to Connecticut. Captain Samuel Mulford, great-great-grandfather of Samuel M., was a member of the Colonial Assembly of New York from 1705 to 1720, and a captain in the militia, as was also his son Matthew. David Mulford, son of the latter, was a colonel in the Revolutionary war, in which Matthew, grandfather of Samuel H., served as a sergeant and afterward drew a pension. Samuel H. Mulford married, Sep- tember 18, 1823, Clarissa Griffin, settled in Lansingbug, Rensselaer county, and was proprietor of a grist mill. About 1845 he came to Hulberton, but in 1846 removed to a farm in Kendall, whence he finally went to Holley, where he died in December, 1871. His children were Samuel E., born December 19, 1830; Joseph P., born May 1, 1834 ; Harriett J., born June 22, 1840; Mary (Mrs. C. G. Palmer), born October 17, 1824 ; and Clarissa (Mrs. T. R Sherwood), born November 14, 1826. Joseph P. Mulford married, January 28, 1858, Harriet R., daughter of William R. Bassett, and their chil- dren are Fred B., born December 30, 1859 ; Harry J., born November 4, 1863, died November 24, 1887; George S., born November 16, 1865, married Lowella Barlow of Du Bois, Penn., July 11, 1888, and resides in Buffalo ; Nina (Mrs. Frank J. Murphy) and Lina (twins), born March 18, 1869; and Mary O., born January 15, 1876. Mr. Mulford settled on his present farm near the lake shore in 1864. Fred B. Mulford mar- ried, December 30, 1880, Rose E., daughter of Dennis Skutt, of Kendall, and they have two children, Roy J. and Ward S. He purchased his present store in Kendall village of Miss Sarah Jewett in May, 1889, and was appointed postmaster in Septem- ber, 1893. Dennis Skutt, father of Mrs. Rose Mulford, was born September 21, 1831, and married Betsey Hard, who was born December 22, 1834, and died September 11, 1875; they had two children : Rose E., born June 27, 1861, and Harry H., born April 24, 1872, and died October 15, 1893.

McDonald, B. Frank, born in West Kendall in 1855, is a son of Milo McDonald, who was a carriage blacksmith, and was in business at Kendall for many years, He was a

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member of Kendall M. E. Church, and was a staunch Republican. In 1861 he enlisted in the 8th N. Y. Heavy Artillery, was appointed corporal, and was afterward pro- moted sergeant. He was killed in the battle of Cold Harbor in 1864. He married Minerva A., daughter of Ezra Spicer of Kendall, and they had one child, our subject. Mrs. McDonald, in 1869, married Abner Ray of Holley. B. Frank McDonald was edu- cated in the public schools of Holley, and at a Commercial College in New Haven, Conn. In 1879 he engaged in the manufacture of cabinet and fine wood work at Holley. Mr. McDonald is a strong Republican, and a member of the Baptist Church and Royal Templars. He married in 1880 Etta, eldest daughter of Francis D. Cogs- well of Holley, and they have four children, Ray, Walter, Earle and Carrie.

Milliken, Fayette A., born in Clarendon, Orleans county, August 7, 1848, is a son of Robert Milliken, who was a native of Peterboro, N. H. His father, Alexander, came from Peterboro in 1827 and located in Clarendon, where he purchased lands and engaged in farming. The early life of Robert was spent on the farm. In 1859 he came to Holley and engaged with Joseph W. Robb in the grocery business. In 1871 the business was purchased by F. A. Milliken, who conducted it until 1891, when he sold out to H. Cole & Son. Mr. Milliken is a Republican, and January 9, 1890, was appointed postmaster at Holley. During the four years he has held the office he has never been absent from his post a single day. Both the Democrats and Republicans say that never have the affairs of the office been more satisfactorily administered than under Mr. Milliken's administration. Mr. Milliken has been village clerk for several years, is a member of the A. O. U. W. and of Murray Lodge, No. 380, F. & A. M. Mr. Milliken was educated in the schools of Holley and the Rochester Business Univer- sity. He was the first boy that ever sold the Rochester daily papers on the streets of Holley. Mr. Milliken married, June 4, 1873, Belle S., youngest daughter of Colonel John Berry, of Holley, and they have one daughter, Donna B.

Moore, David, was a native of Westmoreland, England, and came to America in 1834 and settled in the town of Murray at Hulburton. He was a stone mason by trade and has always followed that business. He married a Miss Clowdsdale, and their children were as follows: Sarah, who married Barzilla Richmond and settled in Wis- consin ; Elizabeth, who married William Tyson and settled in the same State; Martha, who married Edward Reed; Margaret, who married Lorenzo D. Clark; Isabella, who married James D. Burns; Rev. David Moore, D. D., of Geneva; James, a former of Hulburton, who married Miss F. L. Laverick, and John, who was born September 18, 1828. Mr. John Moore learned the mason's trade, but in 1862, in company with George Over, engaged in the mercantile trade at Hulburton, which has since been his business. This partnership existed for one year, Mr. Over then disposing of his interest to Alfred J. Squires. Two years later Mr. Squires retired from the firm and Thomas S. Reed became the partner of Mr. Moore, continuing for eight years, when Mr. Moore's son, Frank, acquired his interest, and the firm still exists as J. Moore & Son. Mr. John Moore is a strong Republican and has held office as collector for several years and was appointed postmaster at Hulburton during Lincoln's first administration, and held that office continually until Cleveland's election in 1884. Mr. Moore is a member of Holley Lodge, I. O. O. F. In 1850 he married Rosepha Brockway, of Murray, and they were

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the parents of these children: J. Frank, Gussie, Clark W. and three who died in infancy. Mr. Frank is also a Republican and was postmaster during Harrison's adminis- tration. He married Emma, daughter of Samuel D. Copeland, of Hulburton, in 1873, and to them were born the following children : Frank C., Gussie M., Fannie B., John (deceased), and Alice R.

Millener, William S. jr., is one of the enterprising young business men of Holley. He was born in 1871 and is a native of Spencerport, Monroe county. He graduated from the New York College of Pharmacy in 1892, and was president of his class. The same year he settled in Holley, purchasing the drug business of J. B. Fuller. He has one of the best equipped drug stores in the county and has a large trade. Mr. Millener is a member of the Board of Managers of the Glenwood Club, and is president of the Holley Debating Club.

Miller, Olin B., is a descendant of Timothy Miller, who was born in Pittsfield, Mass., in 1794; died in Carlton in 1854. George, son of Timothy, was born in Leroy, Gene- see county, in 1825, and married Harriet Wright in 1849, born in Carlton in 1832, died in 1875. Their children were : Emily J., born in 1850, died in 1852; Fred G., born in 1852; Ellen E., born in 1854, died in 1874; Adelbert T., born in 1857 ; Emma E., born in 1860, died in 1887; Benjamin D., born in 1863; Olin B., born in 1865; Carrie M., born in 1868 ; May H., born in 1870. Olin B. was educated in the public schools of Carlton and a select school in Albion, taught by Miss Foster. February 9, 1893, he married at Waterford Hattie E. Squires, born in 1862, and was educated in the public schools of Carlton, also the high schools of Cleveland, Ohio, and graduated at the Brockport Normal School in 1884; afterward taught in the public schools. They have one child, Bernard O., born December 24, 1893. Mrs. Miller's father was Nathaniel Squires, who died July 17, 1891, aged seventy-two years. His wife was Lucina M. Phillips, born in Rensselaer county, N. Y., in 1829.

Martin, George W., was born December 22, 1799, and died March 17, 1882. He came from New Hampshire to Ridgeway in 1816, but two years later removed to West Bloomfield, N. Y., to learn the blacksmith's trade. In December, 1831, he settled per- manently in Yates and lived until the spring of 1832 in a log house standing where Daniel Clark now lives. He then moved to a place north of Johnson's Creek and built the brick house in Lyndonville now occupied by E. L. Shaw. He followed black- smithing until 1852, when he removed to what is now the Samuel Church farm in Ridgeway, but returned to Lyndonville in 1891, and died there. His children were : Ira, Samuel H. (died February 18, 1832), and William H. Ira Martin, born January 3, 1828, married December 21, 1658, Clara V., daughter of Jackson Blood. He resided in Jackson, Mich., from 1862 to 1864, lived in Ridgeway for a time, and settled on his present farm in 1890. William H. Martin was born January 29, 1833. October 1, 1870, he married Rebecca E. Adams, a native of Maine, and now resides in San Fran- cisco, Cal.

Mason, Anthony, a native of Connecticut, came into Ridgeway at a very early day, settled on a farm, and died in Medina, May 16, 1866. His wife died December 7, 1863. Their son, Oliver D., was born in Ridgeway, July 14, 1824. December 25, 1845, he

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married Matilda A., daughter of George L. and Betsey Hackney, who was born Feb- ruary 18, 1825. She survives her husband and resides on the homestead south of the county line, near the station of R., W. & O. RR. Their children were : Emma, born June 30, 1847, died January 20, 1848; George L., born November 8, 1848; Theodore F., born September 23, 1850, died November 23, 1874; Newton, born December 25, 1854; Flora E., born July 30, 1857 ; and Clara, born March 23, 1860, died June 13, 1873. Mr. Mason died May 29, 1889. He was one of the leading farmers of the town of Yates. George L. Hackney was born in Schenectady, N. Y., in 1798, came to Me- dina about 1831, and died May 20, 1855. His wife, Betsey Hackney, died November 25, 1864. Mr. Hackney was a blacksmith by trade and followed that business in Me- dina many years. His father, William Hackney, came from Scotland to America and served in the Revolutionary War, and his widow received a pension until her death.

Miles, W. Ward, was born in Carlton, October 23, 1843, and died there December 27, 1893. His father was Henry O. Miles, a native of Stockbridge, Mass., born Octo- ber 31, 1811, who married Hannah Clark of Palmyra, born February 14, 1812, and died January 18, 1892. Their children were : H. Page, born September 30, 1837; W. Ward; Sarah R., born December 15, 1854. W. Ward was a farmer and prominently identified with the interests of Carlton for many years, having served as assessor and supervisor. March 19, 1874, he married Sarah E Wilson, who was born in Carlton August 31, 1853, and survives him with their four children: Henry W., born February 13, 1877; Clark S., born January 11, 1883; Armina L., born April 16, 1887 ; Sanford, born September 26, 1888. Henry Wilson, father of Mrs. Miles, was born in Dover, Dutchess county, August 5, 1807, and died June 24, 1871. His wife was Catharine Shear, born in Dutchess county, August 6, 1808, who died December 24, 1884. Their children were: Mary, born March 5, 1829 ; Benjamin S., born May 10, 1831 ; John C., born December 11, 1832; Cynthia, born February 17, 1836; George H., born August 31, 1838 ; Ellen, born August 15, 1840; Margaret, born Jannary 4, 1843; Wilbur, born April 23, 1845; H. Seaver, born January 19, 1847; Louise, born January 13, 1849 ; Philo B., born January 29, 1851; Sarah E., born August 31, 1853 ; and Clark G., born March 3, 1855.

Miles. Edwin Wade, is a grandson of Anthony Miles, of England, and a son of Anthony, jr., who was born in Suffolk, England, in 1784, and died in Carlton June 6, 1883, aged ninety-nine years. The latter was one of the pioneers of this county, where he settled in 1810. His first wife was a Miss Benjamin, by whom he had five children : Mary, Grace, Edmond, Henry O. and Priscilla. He married second Jane Brown, and had by her six children : Sarah, wife of George Miller ; Edwin W. our subject, born September 6, 1830, in Carlton; Mary Ann, who married J. B. Norris; Col. Edmond B., Cynthia, Victoria, wife of William Sutton. Edwin W. was educated in the common schools and Yates Academy, and has always been a farmer. He has served as highway commissioner three years, and is a member of Renovation Lodge No. 97, F. & A. M. of Albion, and of the A. O. U. W. of Carlton. December 30, 1852, he married Elizabeth Hall, born September 12, 1832, who was a daughter of Moses Hall, born in New Hampshire in 1807, and died in Michigan in 1890. He mar- ried Henrietta Harris, also of that State, born in 1812, and died in 1855. Our subject

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has a relic in his possession worthy of notice, it being his father's picture, framed in one of the oxbows of the two yoke of oxen which brought the Bachelor Company to Carlton. Mr. and Mrs. Miles have one daughter, Mary, born October 28, 1853, who married Frederick Sutton and resides in Carlton.

Nichols, Charles, and his wife (Eliza Thompson), were natives of Ulster county, Ireland, but their marriage took place in Genesee county, to which region they both came at an early date. Charles Nichols came to Albion about 1835, and was a mason by trade. He died in Albion in 1879, and his wife four years later. Their children were as follows: William H., Martha J., and Charles A. (deceased). William H. Nichols was born in Albion in 1841, and like his father learned the trade of mason, at which he worked until 1862. On August 27, of that year, he enlisted in the 17th New York Battery, and served until the general muster-out, June 12, 1865. Returning from the service, Mr. Nichols worked at his trade for a time in Albion and in Titusville, Pa., and in 1867 became connected with the grocery firm of T. Hales & Co., consisting of Thomas Hales, John Normile, and W. H. Nichols, of Albion. This firm continued until 1881, and then merged into that of Nichols & Normile, the latter doing business until 1888, when it dissolved, Mr. Normile continuing the business. For three years Mr. Nichols was engaged in orange growing in Florida, and now owns an orange grove and other real estate there. He also engaged for a time in the real estate business in Rochester, but in 1891 again returned to the grocery trade, in which, as in other enter- prises, he has been successful. On March 16, 1870, William H. Nichols married Sarah Braley, daughter of Nathaniel Braley, of Albion (died January 24, 1879), who bore him three children, two boys dying in infancy and one daughter at the age of ten years. September 9, 1891, he married Emma Webster, of Rochester, by whom he has one child, a daughter. Mr. Nichols is a member and trustee of the M. E. church, and in olitics has always been a Republican.

O'Reilly, Bernard, was born in Tipperary county, Ireland, in 1827, and came to this country in 1848, and until 1850 was in the west. In the latter year he settled in Medina, where he has since resided. From 1857 to 1864 he was bookkeeper and super- intendent for Patrick Horan of Medina, and for one year he was his partner in the business. Later he, with Timothy O'Brien and Michael Smith, operated a stone quarry at Shelby Basin for a year. He then, with Michael Welch, purchased a property at Brockville, and opened quarries, which they operated for five years. In 1882 he pur- chased lands on the north-side of the canal, east of Hulburton, and has since been engaged in the stone business there, and is one of the prosperous and successful quarry- men of the county. In 1840 Mr. O'Reilly married Margaret Looley, and their children are : Bernard, jr., Catherine, Dennis, Bridget, Mary, David, and Patrick, all of whom are living but David, who died in infancy. Bernard is the only one married, his wife being Mary O'Shea, and their children are : Edward, Bernard, and Margaret.

Owens, George L., was born in Brockport, November 6, 1866, educated at State Normal School, and was manager three years of the leading clothing house in Brockport, was deputy-postmaster at Brockport four years under Cleveland's first ad- ministration. He came to Medina August 12, 1890, and started a tailoring house. In

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September, 1891, he opened his present store, and has become one of the leading clothiers and tailors in Orleans county. He is president of the Citizen's Hook and Ladder Company, trustee of the Celtic Club, and an active member of the C. M. B. A., and Medina Cyclers. Mr. Owens is the oldest son of John Owens, a merchant of Brock- port. His mother was Emily (Shay) Owens, of Hamlin.

Pease, Henry, was born in Lewis county, May 30, 1856. He was educated at the Brockport Normal School and the University of Rochester, from which he graduated A.B. in 1887, and A.M. in 1890. He has been teaching since 1873. He came to Medina in 1891 as principal of the academy, and superintendent of schools, and it is but just to say that the schools of Medina, under his supervision, are in a highly creditable condition. In 1888 Professor Pease married Flora J. Owen, who died in February, 1892. Professor Pease's father was Charles Pease, his mother Maria (Kent) Pease. His grandfather, Major Alpheus Pease, was a Revolutionary soldier, and spent some time in the old Jersey prison ship.

Posson, Nelson, was born November 28, 1842, and came to Orleans county in 1850. In 1863 he married Carrie, daughter of Harvey Clute, and they have four children : Belle, now Mrs. David Maxwell; Nellie, a bookkeeper in Rochester; Le Roy and Hazel. Mr. Posson raises stock of all kinds, but makes a specialty of fine wool Merino sheep, and takes premiums wherever he exhibits his stock. He is a member of the A. O. U. W., the Good Templars and other organizations. He is a brother of Ervin Posson, supervisor of Shelby.

Platts, John, was born in Rutlandshire, England, July 26, 1847, and came to America with his parents in 1852. They first settled in Ohio, near Dayton, but afterwards went to Canada. At the age of thirteen John Platts went to work at paper making in Georgetown, Ontario. He afterwards removed to Rochester and then to Medina. He has been a marble cutter since 1864. In 1871 he and his brother, Thomas, purchased the marble business which they now conduct so successfully. In 1869 Mr. Platts mar- ried Nancy M. Mace, and they have a family of one son and four daughters.

Platts, Thomas, was born August 29, 1852. He learned the trade of marble cutter early in life, and in 1871 joined his brother John in the firm of Platts Brothers in Medina. November 26, 1893, he married Jennie Wilmoth, daughter of Samuel Wil- moth, a .pioneer of the town of Shelby. Mr. Platts is a prominent Odd Fellow and chief patriarch in the Encampment.

Partridge, David H., was born in Galway, Saratoga county, in 1836, a son of Phineas S., whose father was Asa Partridge, who came from Massachusetts at an early date and settled in Holley, where he died. David H. came from Saratoga county to Lock- port in 1851, and in 1856 removed to Holley, where he has since lived. In 1860 he be- came a partner in the grain and produce business with Col. John Berry, which they conducted until the retirement of the latter in 1890, since which Mr. Partridge has car- ried on the business alone, having an established reputation for honesty and fair deal- ing. He is a strong Republican, and has served on the Board of Trustees, being a member at the time the Union School was incorporated. He has been repeatedly urged

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to take the nomination for supervisor and county treasurer, but refused on the ground that he preferred his business to the field of politics. He has been an active member of the Baptist Church for many years, and has served as trustee, treasurer, and leader of the choir. He also took an active part in the building of the new church in 1890. Mr. Partridge is one of the original stockholders in the Hillside Cemetery, and belongs to the following organizations : A. O. U. W, and Masonic Lodge. In 1863 he married Helen J., daughter of Col. John Barry, and they have two children : Mildred B., wife of Charles B. Arnold, of Rochester ; and John S., who is in business with his father.

Berry, Col. John, was born in Berlin, Rensselaer county, October 11, 1812, and descended on the paternal side from Rhode Island Quakers, on the maternal side from Gen. Nathaniel Green, of Revolutionary fame. Colonel Berry came to Orleans county in 1834, and in 1837 to Holley, where for over fifty years he carried on the grain and produce business. He was especially interested in educational matters, serving as school trustee, and it was largely through his efforts that the old and insufficient school house was done away with and the fine stone building erected in its place. He was also prominent in the building of the academy in 1848. He was a strong Republican, and served in many positions of honor and trust, supervisor, etc., and was elected mem- ber of Assembly in 1870, and again in 1871. He was also a member of the 215th Regiment, State Militia, serving as captain, adjutant and colonel. In 1837 he married Rhoda A. Williams of Tully, who died in 1892. They had four children : Mrs. W. L'Hommedieu of Shelby ; Mrs. D. H. Partridge and Mrs. F. A. Milliken of Holley, and Mrs. C. W. Hatch of Lockport Colonel Berry died November 7, 1892.

Paine, Eli, was a native of Otsego county, and was a pioneer in Barre, he having settled in the town about 1814, at what is now called Sheldon's Corners (now in Albion). After living some time in this vicinity Mr. Paine purchased the farm now owned by his son, Corydon D. Paine, where he lived and died. At Phelps Eli Paine mar- ried Mary Barber, and they had one child, Corydon D. Eli Paine died in 1863, his wife in 1861. Corydon D. Paine, who is recognized as one of Barre's most thrifty farmers, and one of the leading men of the town as well, was born June 29, 1823. He has always been a farmer, yet early in his life he taught a winter school. On June 18, 1850, he married Nancy Caroline, daughter of Col. Elisha Wright, and they have had six children ; Helen A., wife of A. D. Bannister; Cyene A., wife of F. D. Hill; Emory C. of Barre; Luella C., wife of H. L. Cloak ; C. Estelle, who died in childhood, and Fletcher W., now living at home. Although a lifelong resident of Barre and a man deeply interested in public affairs, Mr. Paine has never sought political office. He is a Republican, was originally a Whig. He is a prominent member of the W. Barre M. E. Church, in which he has held all the society offices, was choristor thirty years, and has been superintendent of the Sunday-school. Mr. Paine was formerly connected with the Albion M. E. Church.

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Landmarks of Orleans County, New York, Part 85

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