Landmarks of Orleans County, New York, Part 88

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


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Rice, Enos, a native of Massachusetts, settled first in Seneca with his father's family. In 1816 Enos came to Barre and took an article from the land company. In 1831 he moved to the farm now owned by Abel Rice, and there he died April 27, 1876. In 1822 he went back to Seneca, and married Elsie Berry, and had these children ; Abel, William, Marial, Eleanor, Jane and Juliana. Abel Rice was born December 20, 1822, and has been a successful farmer in Barre and Albion many years. July 8, 1845, he married Louisa J. Porter, by whom he had one child, Fred, who died, aged nine years. His wife died February 4, 1856, and April 15, 1858, Mr. Rice married Eunice C. Eddy, and they had one child, Elsie, who married, September 29, 1880, James G. Brown of Albion. They have had four children.


Reed, William, a native of Marlborough, Mass., and an extensive real estate operator, in 1809 bought a large tract of land, which now comprises the village of Medina. He resided several years among the Shakers at Mount Lebanon, then came to Barre, and finally bought a large tract of land in Carlton, where he lived until his death, Septem- ber 10, 1850. The children of the pioneer were: Richard, Phoebe, Thomas J., Morgan N., Reuben R., Hannah, Matilda and Rebecca. Thomas J. was born in 1808, and was a broom maker and farmer. He married Eliza Chase, and had these children : Aaron G., born October 20, 1836 ; Mary Ann, born in 1837, died in 1857 ; Jenks, born in Sen- eca county and died in childhood ; Thomas, born in 1841, in Tyre, Seneca county ; William N., born in 1844, died in 1865; Eliza, born April 11, 1848; Frances Ella, born in 1852, both died in infancy. Thomas Reed died April 9, 1888, and his wife in 1862. Aaron G. was born in Wayne county. He went to Michigan about 1854, and carried on a farm until 1859, then returned. In May, 1861, he enlisted in Company D, 35th N. Y. Volunteers, and served two years, being known as a hard and fearless fighter. He served in some of the fiercest battles of the war, among them being: Culpepper, Sec- ond Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg and others. He was mustered out in June, 1863, after which he returned to Albion. February 25, 1868, Aaron G. married Jennie E., daughter of Rev. Seth and Maria Smalley of Battle Creek, Mich., and they have three children : Gertrude, George and L. Elizabeth. Mr. Reed owns 117 acres of land, is a strong Republican, and his family are members of the Presbyterian Church.


Ross, John H., was an early settler in Ontario county, having come from the east at an early date with the family of his father, John Ross, the latter afterward going to Clarkson, where he lived and died. John H. was a farmer chiefly, though he was a practical stone mason and made that his business prior to his marriage. He lived at one time in Parma, then moved to Lockport, and from the latter place came to Carlton about 1842. Ten years later he came to Albion, and for ten years lived on the Bur- rows farm. During his early life Mr. Ross had accumulated some means, hence could


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afford to live in comparative retirement. He died in 1889, aged seventy-seven years. Ilis widow, who still survives him, was Nancy Porter, daughter of George and Anna Porter, who were for some years residents of Albion. The children of John H. and Nancy Ross were : Charles D., of Albion, and Ellen A., wife of A. G. Fox, now living in Pennsylvania. Charles D. Ross was born in Parma, April 29, 1837, and spent his early life with his parents. He entered the post-office as a clerk, and while there learned telegraphy also and had charge of the office at Albion during the war of 1861-5. Since then Mr. Ross has engaged in the insurance business, in which he is very successful. He became a Mason in 1875 and a member of the A. O. U. W. in 1884. On June 12, 1861, he married Edna E., daughter of Harmon and Harriet Stone, of Genesee county, and to them one child was born, Eloise S. Ross.


Reed, Reuben Rodney, was born in the town of Shelby about two and one-half miles southwest of Medina, April 7, 1813, and was one of seven children, of William and Rebecca Reed, pioneers of this county. William was a descendant of the old English dissenters who came to New England about 1688. Indians would so often come stealthily in and look at her little infant in his bark cradle that the mother became so alarmed for his safety that the father returned with his family to their home in Her- kimer county. His boyhood was passed there on a farm and his youth was spent at Mt. Lebanon, Columbia county, N. Y. Later he followed farming at Barre and in Carlton, where he cleared up a large tract of wild land, and by integrity, foresight and alertness in embracing advantageous opportunities he gained a competency and was always ready to assist those who would help themselves In 1868 Mr. Reed came to reside in Albion, having purchased a building lot off of the old Church farm, and his life here was devoted to the care of his estate. June 24, 1856, he married Emily M. Hale, daughter of Levi and Anner Hale, of Gaines. One child, Emma R. Reed, was born of this marriage. During the war of 1861-5 he was active in all public and pri- vate measures adopted for raising and forwarding troops for the service. In politics he was a Republican. Mr. Reed died January 29, 1891.


Hale, Levi, was a native of Windsor county, Vermont, his ancestry dating to Boston, 1630, being the son of David Hale, the latter an old Revolutionary patriot who fought at the battle of Trenton and numerous other battles under Washington as commander. Levi was in the service of 1812 and on his release came on foot to Genesee county and settled in Gaines, where he lived and died. He was a mason by trade and contractor. Several brick houses, old landmarks in this county, are his work. He also followed farming, owning several different farms. He was one of three to form the first tem- perance society of the county and also an active member of the first Baptist Church organized in the county. In 1817 he married Anner Durkee, she being the first school teacher of West Gaines. They were the parents of five children : Nelson, of Albion ; Emily M., who married Reuben R. Reed; Louisa J., who married Henry B. Collins ; Lorane, who married Henry W. Burch; and Colwell, now a physician in Syracuse. Mr. Hale held several town offices, and was well known throughout the county as a man of principle and worth. He died in 1863 and his wife in 1869.


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Root, Joseph, was a native of Coventry, Conn., whose first settlement in this State was at Whitestown, Oneida county. From there he moved to Jefferson county, and from the latter removed to Genesee county, locating at Batavia. In 1820 he came to Barre (now Albion) and bought eighty acres from the land company at six dollars per acre. He lived in a log house until 1833, and then built the stone residence now occu- pied by his son Henry. The children of Joseph Root were as follows : Levi, Polly, Sallie, Clarissa, William, Henry, Chester, Ellura, Nathan and one other who died unnamed. Joseph Root, the pioneer, was a blacksmith as well as a farmer, and as a mechanic could make almost any kind of a tool used on a farm. He made a number of mill stones from the native stones of this locality, which in pioneer days did very good service. As his boys grew to maturity they did the work on the farm, and it was through their efforts their father was enabled to make his way comfortable in life. He died on the old home farm August 22, 1846, and his wife, whose maiden name was Fannie West, died March 21, 1849. Henry Root was born in Jefferson county, Decem- ber 27, 1806, and came with his father to Barre in 1820. He worked in his father's shop, but was determined to become a farmer, and possessed a like determination to accumulate a good property. In this he has been successful, and is now the owner of


375 acres of good farm land in the town. On November 29, 1835, Henry Root mar- ried Amanda W. Ferguson, by whom he had one child, Floyd Ferguson Root, of Albion. Mrs. Root died March 1, 1876. Floyd F. Root was born May 20, 1841. On May 1, 1867, he married Henrietta, daughter of Joshua and Esther D. Kendall, of Chemung county. They have five children, Kenry K., Alma L., Levi F., Gertrude D. and John Irving Hartwell Root. Henry Root has lived to see two great-grandchildren, which are named Benjamin H. Root and Robert E. Cutts.


Roberts, Thomas, was a Welshman by birth, and with a large family came to this country in 1818, locating at Deerfied, N. Y. Among the younger children in this family was William Roberts, who was brought up on a farm, but at the age of fifteen was apprenticed to learn the trade of harness and saddle making. He first started in busi- ness at Clarendon Mills, and then came to Albion and opened a shop where the North Avenue Hotel was afterwards built. He did a good business here for many years, but in 1859 he sold out and moved to a farm at Barre Springs. Farming, however, proved uncongenial to his taste and he gradually worked back to his trade. December 31. 1844, William Roberts married Marion J. Tousley, and to them these children were born: Melville T. and Byron W., of Chicago; Jasper B. (deceased) ; Victor H., of Albion, and William C., a merchant, lately in business in Holley and Albion. Victor H. Roberts was born in Albion, May 1, 1853, and was educated at the village academy and Genesee Wesleyan Seminary at Lima, N. Y. He began his business life as a clerk, and later was in the post-office under J. M. Cornell, and for a short time he was in the Orleans County Bank. In 1873 Mr. Roberts went to Chicago, and during his eleven years' residence in that city engaged in successful mercantile business in the wholesale grocery and dry goods trade. Ill health, however, compelled him to leave that city and he came to Albion in 1885. Two years later he bought the C. D. Gould lumber yard, and has since been its proprietor. On September 1, 1880, Victor H. Roberts


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married Minnie E. Mehren, adopted daughter of Henry A. Reed, of Chicago. They have one child, Edith H. Roberts. Mr. William H. Roberts died in February, 1883.


Roraback, Henry, was born in 1820 in Ancram, Columbia county. His father, Christian, enlisted in the War of 1812, and was appointed captain of his company. Henry came to Orleans county in 1856, purchasing a farm in Carlton, where he resided several years. He was highway commissioner of the town four years. He removed to the town of Gaines in 1865, and from there to Hulburton in 1874, where he has since resided, and is in the stone business. Mr. Roraback is a prominent member of the Free Methodist church of Hulburton, and is a strong prohibitionist. He married, in 1848, Pauline Perry. The only other member of the family to settle in Orleans county was Edward C. Roraback, his brother, who came to the county in 1872, and died at Eagle Harbor in 1893.


Rolffe, Charles C., was born in England. He came to America in 1850 and settled in Yates before the Rebellion. He married Fannie M. Reynolds, and their children are : Mary J., Fannie M. (deceased), George H., Margaret A. (Mrs. H. B. Fuller), Edith L., Charles J., and William J. George H. Rolffe was born May 26, 1858, and married Delia A., daughter of Tunis H. Coe, December 30, 1885. He was educated in the Yates Academy, has taught school several terms, and is now a farmer residing at Yates Center. In March, 1894, he was elected town supervisor on the Republican ticket by a majority of 164 over his Democratic opponent.


Slack, Michael, was born in County Sligo, Ireland, August 11, 1840, and came to America in 1850. He started out in life as a clerk in a grocery store. In August, 1862, he enlisted as a volunteer in the 17th N. Y. Independent Battery and served with the Army of the Potomac until the close of the war. Returning to civil life in 1865 he en- tered the employ of the Merchants' Union Express Company until he accepted the position of bookkeeper, in which occupation he continued until he started his prosper- ous grocery business in 1871. A few years later, taking his brother into partnership, they formed the grocery firm of M. & J. Slack, which business they still continue. In 1886 he engaged in the quarrying business at Holley, N. Y., under the firm name of Gorman & Slack, three years later purchasing the Gorman interest, which he still owns and conducts on an extensive scale. Mr. Slack has taken an active interest in the pros- perity of Medina since he entered on his business career. He built the first store having full size plate-glass windows in Medina. He served nine years as trustee of the village and fifteen years as a member of the Board of Education, is vice-president of the Me- dina Savings and Loan Association, and a member of the Business Men's Association. He is a charter member of Branch 10, C. M. B. A., was its first financial officer and third president, and is still connected with the four latter bodies. In 1870 Mr. Slack married Kate Dolan and they have had six children, three sons and three daughters. Mrs. Slack and one of the daughters are dead.


Seeley, John K, was born in Cattaraugus county, July 26, 1836, and is a son of Cyrus and Eliza S. Seeley. He has three sisters, the youngest, Mrs. P. M. Hayford, came to Holley in 1878, where she now resides. She had three daughters and one son. His brother, Anson J. Seeley, at our country's call in 1861 enlisted. He served his country


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two years, was taken prisoner and sent to Andersonville, where he died in 1863. John R. Seeley came from Monroe county in 1864 and settled in Murray, where he is a far- mer. For several years during his early residence here he taught school. He is a member of the A. O. U W. of Holley. In 1861 Mr. Seeley married Paulina Reed, daughter of Daniel W. and Electa Reed, of Murray. They are both members of the Baptist church of Holley.


Stebbins, Isaac N., traces his lineage back to Rowland Stebbins, born in Cambridge, England, about 1594, came to America in 1634 with his wife and four children. They located at Springfield, Mass., and later the father and son, John, removed to Northamp- ton, where the father died December 14, 1671. John was born 1626, died 1679. Benoni, his son, born 1655, died 1704; Benjamin, his son, born 1692, died 1780; Joseph, his son, born 1735; Isaac, his son, born 1775, died 1823 ; William V., his son, born 1811, died 1858. His wife was Teressa Waring of Rensselaerville, Albany county. Their children were: Sibyl M., Isaac N., Sarah J., George C. and Charlotte Ella. The two oldest daughters died soon after their father. The mother died March 27, 1888. There now remains of the family Isaac N., who owns the old homestead in Carlton. N. Y. He has served as assessor, supervisor and justice of the peace; was married in 1867. His children were Edith C., born September 28, 1873, died February 7, 1878, and J. Edna, born April 13, 1879; George C., one of the compilers of Gospel hymns. He is a singer and has been engaged in revival work under Moody for some years. Charlotte Ella married Roscoe D. Miller in 1872, and is living in Catskill, N. Y.


Stevens, John J., was born January 4, 1832, in this town, and is a son of Merrick Stevens, born in Oneida county in 1802. John, the grandfather, settled in Cohocton, Steuben county, at an early date, and in 1813 came to Orleans county and took up a farm of 116 acres south of Clarendon village. By his wife, Betsey Lewis, he was the father sf six children : Samuel L., Melinda, Lucinda, Shubal and Edward. Samuel settled on a part of the old homestead, where he died. His first wife was Amanda King, and his second Harriet Kingman. By the first marriage there were four children, two now living, Lucinda and Lewis, both of whon settled in Iowa. By the second marriage there was one son, Edgar, who also settled in Iowa; Mary A. married and settled in Iowa; George died in Niagara county ; Melinda married Henry Prindle and lives at Charlotte, Mich ; Lucinda married Ephraim Beardsley and settled in Michigan ; Shnbal, a Free Will Baptist minister, settled in Clarendon and died there. He married first Rebecca Bellows; second Sally Avery, and third Rachael Hicks. He left two children, Elizabeth and Frank. Edward settled in Nebraska, where he died. He mar- ried Adeline Nichols; Merrick, with the exception of two years spent in Lockport and a year at Barre Springs, where he kept a hotel, always lived in Clarendon, where he kept a hotel in the village for a year. He married Lucy, daughter of William Tous- ley (a Revolutionary soldier), and their chileren were John J. and Charles, who died young. John J. resides on the farm taken up by his grandfather. He is a Democrat and takes an active interest in party affairs. He has been collector three years, and has held the office of assessor and commissioner of highways. He has been a member of Holley Lodge. I. O. O. F., over forty years. Mr. Stevens married, in 1854, Ellen F.


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Hooper, and their children are: Fred H., Charles H and Lucy S. Fred H. settled in Chicago, and married Cora Wheeler. Charles H. is a teacher and lives at Byron Cen- tre, N. Y. He married Effie Leonard. Lucy G. married A. Ward Blanchard, of Albion.


Staines, Robert, was a native of England, born in 1810 and came to this country in 1833, stopping a few months in Wayne county, thence coming to Barre, where he bought the fifty acre farm on which he afterward lived and died. He married Sarah Alchinn, by whom he had nine children : Nelson, Anna, Thomas, Charles, Sarah, Mary, Henry, George and Jolin. For his second wife he married Mrs. Emily Stafford, who still survives him. Thomas Staines was born in Barre, April 30, 1839, was brought up and always lived on a farm, though since 1886 he has owned and operated a lime kiln in the northeast part of Barre. He began his business life with no means except a de- termination to succeed, and his efforts in this direction have been successful. Mr. Staines enjoys the confidence and respect of the community. He is an active member of the Free Methodist Church at Albion. In 1861 Thomas Staines married Janette Stafford, and they have three adopted children, Charles and Jennie Staines, nephew and niece of Thomas Staines, and Jay Staines, nephew of his wife. Let others that have no children go and do likewise.


Shorey, J. L., was born in Dansville, Steuben county, June 11, 1819. He lived at home until sixteen years of age and then started out for himself. He was brought up as a farmer. On January 26, 1842, he married Eunice, daughter of Joseph Morgan, of Sweden, and then moved to Michigan. In 1844 he returned to Sweden, and carried on a farm until 1856, when he purchased of John Brown his present farm in the town of Barre. Mr. Shorey's children are: Martha C., wife of Charles N. Mix, and Adelle M., who married Rufus F. Beadle, of Sweden, and who died September 2, 1888. Mr. Shorey is a strong Republican and held the office of assessor for one term. He is a self- made farmer, whose life has been devoted to his business affairs and to his family and friends.


Storms, Frank A., was born May 12, 1849, in the town of Clarendon, and is a son of Willard and grandson of George Storms. George Storms was one of the first of the family to settle in Orleans county, coming from Schoharie to Clarendon in 1826. Here he engaged in farming and also built a sawmill, sawing the timbers of which the old Baptist Church of Holley was constructed. He married a Miss Stearns, and their chil- dren are as follows: Willard, Sophronia, who married Daniel Mitchell; Wilder, who married Phoebe Humphrey and resides on the old homestead; Emily, who married Charles Weatherbee, of Clarendon ; Ellen, who married Horace Green. Willard Storms settled in Clarendon and engaged in farming. He married Temperance North, and to them were born these children : Frank A., Floyd D., and Clark A. They all engaged in farming and settled at Clarendon. Clark A. married Ida Campbell and still lives at Clarendon. Floyd D. married Maggie McGowan and settled in Holley in 1893. Frank A. Storms lived in Clarendon until 1881, at which time he purchased a farm about two miles north of Holley in the town of Murray, where he now resides. He is extensively engaged in farming and the dairy business. In 1866 Mr. Frank Storms married Alice McMichael, and they have three sons : Arthur D., Jesse B. and Myron J.


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Squire, George, was the first of the family to settle in Orleans county. He was a native of Hillsdale, Columbia county, and the son of Jesse Squire, being one of twelve children. His father was a soldier in the Revolutionary war; was engaged in the bat- tle with the Indians at Canajoharie, took part in the battle of Saratoga, and was pres- ent at the surrender of Burgoyne. He was the son of Asa Squire, who came from Scotland and settled in Ontario. Jesse Squire married Amy Cole. George Squire was born October 15, 1788. He served in the War of 1812, where he received the title of major. He came to Murray in 1825, settled at what is now Hulburton, and built the first frame house of the town where the store of J. Moore & Son now stands. Mr. George Squire has always been a farmer. In politics he is a Democrat, and has held office as justice of the peace, justice of sessions and supervisor. He married Betsy Williams, and they were the parents of the following children : George H., James E., Alfred J., Orsamus J., Antoinette, Esther J., Eunice A. and Almira, who died young. George H. Squire married Louisa Armstrong and resided at Hulburton the early part of his life, and died on his way to California in 1852. James E. is a lawyer. He went to California in 1849 and settled at San Francisco. Orsamus J. settled at Ber- gen. Antoinette married H. N. Ellison, of Murray. Esther J. married Stephen P. Wood, of Murray, who went to California, where he died. Eunice A. married E. N. Felton, of Bergen. Mr. George Squire died at Hulburton, March 1, 1867. Alfred J. Squire was born at Hulburton in 1834 and spent his life in the town of Murray until 1871. His occupation is farming, though for a number of years he was associated with John Moon in the mercantile trade. He is the pioneer in the quarry business in the town of Murray, having opened quarries in 1870, which he has since operated. Mr. Alfred Squire is a Democrat and has served as town clerk and justice of the peace. He is a member of the Holley Lodge, I. O. O. F., and Murray Lodge, No. 380, F. & A. M. In 1855 he married Emily Ripley, daughter of Rev. Horatio M. Ripley, and they have four children : George H., Alfred R., Jesse E. and Minnie E. The sons are engaged in the stone business with their father. George H. married Gussie B., daugh- ter of John B. Scott, of Columbia county. Alfred R. married Jessie Hargrave, daugh- ter of William Hargrave, of Hulburton. Minnie E. married Christopher Otto, of Gas- port, N. Y. Alfred J. Squire moved to Rochester in 1891.


Posson, George Warner, was born in Shelby, October 2, 1850, and was the youngest but one of five children of Cornelius V. and Artemesia Posson of that town. George was brought up on the farm and was given a good education at Medina, Knowlesville and also at the Brockport Normal School, but ill health compelled him to leave before the graduation. He lived at home in Shelby until 1874, teaching school winters for five successive terms, and then came to his present farm in West Barre. Mr. Posson is not only considered one of the enterprising farmers of his town, but as well one of its progressive citizens. He is a Republican and was three times elected supervisor of Barre. The family are members of the M. E. Church at Shelby. On November 6, 1873, Mr. Posson married Jennie M. Clute, of Shelby, and they had four children : Howard C., Martha J., Georgia B. and Artemesia A.


Stacy, Benjamin, is the son of Benjamin and Lydia (Cooly) Stacy. The father was born in Boston and died October 19, 1844, aged eighty years, and the mother was born


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in Massachusetts and died in Gaines, September 9, 1827, aged sixty years. The chil- dren of Benjamin and Lydia Stacy were as follows: Sarah, Electa, William, Russell, Saloma, Sylvester, Lydia, Theodotia, Mary Ann and Benjamin. Sarah was born in Williamstown, Mass., in 1790, and died in Murray in 1872. She was twice married, her first husband being Charles Nichols, by whom she had one child, Abigail, who died in Carlton, December, 1893, and the second Bradley B. Stearns. Electa, born in Ver- mont in 1792, died in Michigan in 1846, was married to John Jones, by whom she had three children, Maria, Hannah and David. William was born in Vermont in 1794, and died in Gaines in 1880. He settled in Gaines in 1815 and married Charlotte Standish. They had three children : Maria, Henry (deceased) and George W. Russell was born in Vermont in 1796, and did in Albion in 1872. He settled in Gaines in 1815 and mar- ried Theresa, daughter of Samuel Day, who came from Lake George and settled in Gaines in 1815. Their children were as follows: Sylvester W., born in Murray, Feb- ruary 13, 1825; Ira, born in Gaines, February 26, 1827, died in South Carolina on the march with She: man ; John B., born in Gaines, September 16, 1828; Electa M., born in Gaines in 1830, died in 1852 ; Fannie C., born in Gaines, August 1, 1832 ; Lydia, born in Gaines in 1834, died in Indiana in 1877 ; Alice M., born in Carlton, August 29, 1837; Sarah Jane, born in Gaines, August 10, 1839, and died in Hamlin in 1871; Fidelia T., born in Carlton, August 10, 1841 ; William R., born in Carlton, October 19, 1844; Henry E., born in Carlton, June 26, 1846; Ophelia A., born in Carlton, April 30, 1851. Saloma, born in Vermont in 1798, died in Gaines, May 7, 1889, was married to Anthony T. Johnson for her first husband and John P. Curtis her second husband. Sylvester was born in Vermont in 1800 and died in 1823. Lydia was born in Vermont in 1802 and died in Gaines in 1832. Theodotia was born in Vermont in 1804 and died in Gaines in 1890. Mary Ann was born in Vermont in 1806 and died in Gaines in 1877. Benjamin, our subject, was born September 1, 1810, in Benson, Rutland county, Vt. He has owned his farm in Gaines for sixty-seven years. The following is copied from the Orleans American of March 6, 1890: "The veteran court crier, Benjamin Stacy, has resigned that position after a service of forty years. During that period he served as constable fifteen years, justice of the peace twelve years, collector for the town of Gaines five years, deputy sheriff four years, notary public two terms. The duties of all these positions have been discharged accurately, efficiently, courteously, to the satis- faction of the constituency, and the veteran retires from the public service with clean skirts and a consciousness of having always promptly discharged the duties devolved upon him." December 12, 1878, Mr. Stacy married Altana L., daughter of P. Hakes. She was born in Pitcher, Chenango county, June 22, 1844.




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