Landmarks of Orleans County, New York, Part 90

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

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first employed in 1857 in the Albion Mills and soon after went for a brief time to Illinois. On March 17, 1858, Mr. Van Stone became a permanent employee in the Albion Mills, and in 1879 became the owner of one of them. By the Lee failure in 1878 he lost heav- ily, which considering the fact that it swept away the fruits of years of labor, was in- deed a serious loss to him. From the time of the purchase in 1879 of one of the mills at public sale Mr. Van Stone has been proprietor of the mill mentioned, and has suc- ceeded in establishing a large and profitable business. Naturally a busy man, he has nevertheless found time to devote to public affairs. He is an active Democrat and for four years was trustee of the village of Albion. On May 1, 1862, Robert W. Van Stone married Kate E. Hodgman, of Albion, who died on April 2, 1886, leaving one child, a daughter, now the wife of A. W. Richmond.

Whipple, F. H., was born in the town of Ridgeway, Orleans county, September 28, 1866, and was educated at the Medina Academy. In 1884 he took a position in the Union Bank, Medina, and remained there until 1892, when he became secretary and treasurer of the Bignall Manufacturing Company. In 1892 he married Laura B. Scott, daughter of Harvey G. Scott. They bave one daughter, Helen K. Mr. Whipple is a son of William and Catherine Whipple, of Ridgeway.

Warren, Elizur, one of the pioneers of the town of Clarendon, was a native of Con- necticut, and came to this town in 1812-13, where he settled on a farm three miles east of the village. He was a prominent man in the town and took an active part in polit - ical affairs. He married first, Sally Aldridge, and their children were: Nathan O., Caroline, William, Mary and Edgar. His second wife was Mrs. Sally Lord. Nathan O. Warren settled in Clarendon, where he took an active part in local politics, having been 'justice of the peace, town superintendent of schools, justice of sessions, and supervisor, He was an Odd Fellow and a member of the Christian Church, of Manning. He mar- ried Eliza Rockwell, of Connecticut, and their children were: Josephine, who married John Kirby, of Clarendon, and resides near Charleston, West Va .; Helen, who married Decatur Wilkinson and settled in Sweden, Monroe county ; Nathan E., born in 1847, and Willis H., born in 1859. Nathan O. Warren died in 1887. Nathan E. is a carpen- ter by trade and an active Democrat. He has served as justice of the peace several years, highway commissioner, and is an Odd Fellow. In 1870 he married Eva King, and their children are: Ada E., Rena A., Cora E., Fred K., and Earl E. Willis H. Warren is a farmer and resides in Clarendon. In 1887 he married Sarah Rodwell, and they have one son, Harry.

Wormuth, R. W., was born in Shelby, November 5, 1847. He learned the trade of tanner and followed it ten years. During this time he was elected and served as town clerk. He purchased the property where his store now stands in Shelby Centre in 1875 and built it in 1876, since which time he has conducted a general store. He was appointed postmaster at Shelby, March 6, 1894. In 1863 he married Rosetta A. Sowl, and they have two children : Arthur R. and Irving B. Arthur R. married Minnie Johnston. R. W. Wormuth's father was Moyer Wormuth, and his mother Lany (Mil- ler) Wormuth. They moved to Shelby from Herkimer county in 1837 and suffered the hardships of pioneer life.

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Wood Jay, was born in the town of Gaines, April 23, 1843. He was educated at Albion Academy and Eastman's Business College, Poughkeepsie. In 1866 he married Louise H. Stevens, who died March 27, 1885, by whom he had two sons and three daughters : Harriet L. and Louise M. being the only ones now living. About twenty years ago Mr. Wood began his nursery business, which he has managed ably and with much success. His father was William Wood, of Otsego county, and his mother Har- riet Burch. Mr. Wood has been clerk of the Baptist Church of Knowlesville several years.

Webster, Eli, is descended from James, his grandfather, who was born in Rhode Island in 1760 and died in 1843 at Parma, Monroe county. William Webster, father of Eli, was born in Rhode Island, February 2, 1790, and died in Spencerport, Mon- roe county, in 1860. The wife of William Webster was Sarah Snow, born in Massa- chusetts about 1795, and died at Ogden, Monroe county, in 1887. The children of William and Sarah (Snow) Webster were as follows: James S., born in Massa- chusetts, Nov. 21, 1814, and died about 1874 ; Roxana, born in Ogden, January 4, 1817, died in 1884; Wilham M., born in Ogden, October 2, 1818, died in 1844; Lorenzo, born in Ogden, August 27, 1820, died in 1886; Eli, born in Ogden, July 22, 1822 ; Henry, born in Ogden, August 27, 1824, died in 1882; Horatio, born in Ogden, August 1, 1827, died in 1888; Sarah, born in Ogden, July 1, 1829, and resides in Ogden. Eli Webster was educated in the common schools of his native place and attended the Spencerport Academy two terms. He came to Hulburton, Orleans county, and remained about seven years, then sold his farm there and purchased the farm where he now resides on the Transit, which consists of 110 acres. Mr. Webster is a Republican and has been elected justice of the peace of the town of Gaines two terms, and has served the county two terms as justice of sessions. November 25, 1846, he married Elizabeth K. Kellogg, of Ogden, who was born October 18, 1824, and died May 20 1852. Eli and Elizabeth Webster were the parents of one child, William M., born in Hartland, Niagara county, November 2, 1847. He married Allie Williams, and they have one child living, Frank, born in 1876, and resides at Delphos, Kansas. Eli Webster married for his second wife Martha Sprague, September 25, 1853. Mrs. Webster was born in Murray, January 3, 1831, and died December 25, 1891. Eli and Martha Webster had one child, Danly S., born in Murray in 1853, married Cora A. Hatter and resides in Murray. December 1, 1892, Mr. Webster married his third wife, Emily Stockham, born March 18, 1838. Mr. Eli Webster died June 7, 1894.

Wilkins, Robert O., was born in Norfolk county, England, November 3, 1821, and was a son of Robert and Mary (Osborn) Wilkins. His father was a farmer, contractor and builder, and Robert learned the trade of brick layer and ornamental plasterer, and in 1846 began business at Stalham, England. At a general election in his native coun- try Mr. Wilkins became dissatisfied with the manner in which it was conducted, so decided to come to the United States, where many of his ancestors had preceded him. In 1851 he first visited the country, two years later came to Medina, and after about a year settled in Barre. In 1859 he moved to the village of Albion, where he has ever since resided. He has assisted in the construction of some of the most prominent pub-

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lic and private buildings in the village, among them Bordwell's block, the Harrington stores, the Methodist Episcopal and Free Methodist churches, etc. He also built the addition on the Burrows house and the Bordwell house, renovated the Judge Davis house. In 1866 Mr. Wilkins returned to England for about six months. In 1861 he started a toy and yankee notion store and saloon in the village, which he carried on several years. His residence was erected in 1874. On June 10, 1846, in England, Mr. Wilkins married Eliza Dix, by whom he has had two children: Robert Richard, now in business in Albion as successor to his father, and Mary, wife of John W. Thomas. Mr. Wilkins has served as assessor and fire warden, and was a member of old Company No. 2 until it disbanded. He and his wife are members of the Baptist Church.

Wright, Col. Elisha, is accorded the honor of having been the pioneer of Barre, he having settled in the western part of the town in 1818, and in advance of Solomon Bragg or Mr. Blunt, both of whom he afterward discovered in the region east and south- east. Colonel Wright was a native of Sharon, Litchfield county, Conn., born October 15, 1791. His parents came first to Montgomery county, but soon went west and set- tled in East Bloomfield, Ontario county, where both died. Being for various causes dissatisfied with life in the more settled region of Ontario county, Mr. Wright deter- mined to seek a home in the widnerness, and accordingly started out, having then no definite plan in view, but in traversing the ridge in Barre he discovered a favorable location, which included the lands now owned by A. D. Bannister, and there he made his "pitch," taking title from the land company for 100 acres for $600. In five years he cleared his farm and went to Batavia to pay for it. He had done so well the com- pany gave off $100 and sold him another one hundred acres for $500. In 1819 Colonel Wright returned to Ontario county, aud January 14 married Nancy Phillips, whom he brought to his new home and here both lived and died, he June 22, 1874, aged eighty - three, and his wife in 1886. Colonel Wright was a large-hearted, public-spirited man, and his life as a farmer was abundantly successful, he owning 500 acres of land and other valuable property. He was an earnest Whig and strong Republican, and in 1843 represented his county in the Legislature of his State, and was the founder and main supporter of the M. E. Church at West Barre. His children were as follows: John Selim, born October 24, 1819, and died in Kansas, January, 1881 ; Clarissa Phillips, born May 12, 1821, married Daniel L. Dusinberre September 29, 1846, and after his death married (February 16, 1853,) Rev. Allen Steele ; Mary Amy, who married Hiram Snell, late of Milford, Del .; Nancy Caroline, wife of C. D. Paine; Sarah Maria, wife of Zeno Timmerman, o f Medina ; Syene Jane, wife of George M. Street, late of Ham- mond, Wis. Rev. Allen Steele was a native of Connecticut, and in that State ne was educated and entered the ministry. On February 16, 1853, he married the daughter of Colonel Wright. He came from New York to this region in 1856 and built the house at West Barre where he afterward made his home. and where he died January 14, 1873, after a ministry of forty-two years in the M. E. Church. Of his marriage one child was born, Josephine Alice, who married Charles Bickford Peck. In 1855 Mrs. Steele adopted Elizabeth Ellen Steele, now wife of David K. Mull.

Wood, William, is a grandson of Joseph, who was born in Connecticut and died in Cherry Valley in 1826, aged seventy-two. Ezra, father to William, was born in Dan-

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bury, Conn., in 1784, and settled in West Gaines in 1839, one and one-half miles from Eagle Harbor, where he resided until 1861, when he removed to Knowlesville where he died in 1863, and where his son William now resides. Sylvia Tobey, mother of William, was born in Ballston, Saratoga county, March 25, 1791, and died in 1874. The children of Ezra and Sylvia Wood were as follows: Angeline, born in Cherry Val- ley, Otsego county, March 9, 1813, married Jesse Wetmore, and had two children, William C., of Buffalo, and Irvin, deceased. She died aged nineteen ; and Calista, born in Cherry Valley March 8, 1815, who became the second wife of Jesse Wetmore, and died in Knowlesville in 1882. She had three children, all deceased; William, born March 7, 1817. Ezra Wood and wife were both members of the Baptist Church at Knowlesville. William, our subject, was educated in the common schools and academy of Cherry Valley and came to this county with his father when twenty-one years of age. He has always followed farming as an occupation, his farm now consisting of ninety-three acres. June 11, 1840, WilliamjWood married Harriet S. Burch, who was born in Cherry Valley October 18, 1818. The children of this marriage are as follows : Seth C., Jay, and Angeline. Seth C. was born in Gaines August 1, 1841, and married Sarah Haskell (deceased), by whom he had two children, Jessie M., born October 5, 1870, and Edward H., born November 28, 1872. Seth C. Wood works the farm and carries on a nursery of twenty acres, raising all kinds of trees, including ornamental shrubs. Jay Wood was born in Gaines in April, 1843, and married Louisa Stevens (deceased), by whom he had two children : Hattie, born in 1879, and Louise, born in 1886. Jay carries on quite extensive nurseries. Angeline was born January 21, 1848, and died in April, 1893. She married Elmer J. Smith, by whom she had four children : Willard, born in March, 1880; Seward, born in June, 1881; Ralph, born in January, 1885; Carl, born in November, 1890.

Wilcox, Harry S., was born September 22, 1852. His grandfather was born in Rhode Island and died in Carlton, this county, in 1826, aged forty-three years. He early settled in Carlton, and married Mary Brown, a native of Massachusetts, who died in 1824. Their children were: Silas, Rescum, Elijah, William S .. George, James, Gil- bert, Basha, Lauren William S., father of our subject, was born in Carlton in 1809, and died in 1881. He married Sarah E. Day, who was born in Carlton in 1816 and died in 1869. Their children were: Matilda L., died in 1860, aged twenty-one ; William W., died in 1893, aged fifty-three; Mary E., died in 1894, aged fifty-one ; John J., born in 1845; Kate L., born in 1850; Harry S., our subject, and Clara D., born in 1857, died in 1888. William S., father of our subject, was a public-spirited man, and identified with all the leading interests of the town. Harry S. attended the public schools at Baldwin Corners, and is now a member of the I. O. G. T., of Water- port Lodge. He is unmarried.

Williams, James S., was born in Saratoga county, December 1, 1829, a son of John, who died in 1830, aged forty years. The father of John was David Williams, one of the captors of Major Andre. John married Sarah M. Winslow, who, after the death of her husband, moved to Chili, Monroe county, with our subject, her other children re- maining in Saratoga county. They were as follows: Marcus De L., Michael H., Sarah J., and James S. Mrs. Williams married second Andrew Smith, by whom she had two

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went to California, at the ars, engaged in mining, then unty, where he regained his He then went again to Cali-

children. In 1851, at the age of twenty-one, our subj: outbreak of the gold fever. He remained about six returned to this State and spent a year in Benton, Ya' health, which had been shattered by exposure in mil s. fornia and remained over six years, returning to his mother's residence in Benton in 1863. He enlisted in the 10th N. Y. Heavy Artillery, and received his honora' le dis- charge in September, 1865. In 1871 he removed from Benton to Kenyonv .. le, this county, and bought a farm of seventy acres, where e has followed farming. Septem- ber 4, 1866, he married Sarah H., daughter of A. ( Mallory, a Baptist minister. Mrs. Williams was born in 1840 and died October 27, 1 7, leaving one son, George M., born October 16, 1867, a lawyer, and a resident of Roc .ester, who married Estella Wood, of Carlton. Mr. Williams, our subject, married second Anna Waldron, of Benton, born October 20, 1840, a daughter of James Waldron, who was born in Bergen, N. J., in 1800 and died in 1884.

Westcott, William H., born at Oak Orchard, Orleans county, February 2, 1839, is a son of John, a native of Bow, Devonshire, England, who was born August 12, 1810. In 1834 John Westcott came to America, and for a year lived at Le Roy, N. Y. Com- ing to Orleans county in 1835 he settled at Oak Orchard. He was a shoemaker by trade. Mr. Westcott removed to Albion, where he entered the employ of Mr. Close, who owned a tannery and shoe shop. Mr. Close soon established Mr. Westcott in business at Hindsburg, where for ten years he did a prosperous business. In 1850 he returned to England to visit friends, and on his return to this country purchased several acres of land in that part of Clarendon known as the Brown School House District, where the family resided seven years. In 1858 he removed to Clarendon village, and for eleven years carried on a boot and shoe business with David Wetherbee. In 1870 Mr. Westcott removed to Holley, where he has since resided. He immediately engaged in the boot and shoe business, retiring from active business in 1886. Our subject mar- ried, February 4, 1838, Mary Cook, and they have had three children : William H., Thomas and Emeline. William H. married, May 6, 1873, Adelaide L. Peggs, of Clar- endon. Thomas married Alice V. Strickland, and they had two daughters, Julia and Adelaide. Emeline married Thomas H. Pierce, of Rochester, N. Y., and they have one son, John H. Mr. and Mrs. John Westcott celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage in 1888. They were converted in 1842, and joined the Free Baptist Church of Clarendon. Mrs. Westcott died in 1891. William H. was educated at Albion Acad- emy and the Albany Normal School, and for several years was a teacher. Both sons were in the civil war. Thomas, immediately after the firing on Fort Sumter, responded to the call for three months men, enlisting is the 13th Regiment, N. Y. Volunteers, and participated in the battle of Bull Run. At the close of his term of enlistment he returned home, but in August, 1862, both he and William H. enlisted in Colonel Por- ter's regiment, Stl: N. Y. Heavy Artillery, Company K. They were stationed for a time at Baltimore, going to the front in 1864 just before the battle of Cold Harbor. In this battle Thomas received wounds, from which he never fully recovered. Le was appointed first sergeant of his company when organized, and in February, 1864, was promoted to second lieutenant. For several years after the war he was mail agent

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between Rochester and Niaga Falls. He became a partner with his father in the shoe business in 1870, the partner-} > existing until his death, April 3, 1874. William H. was made corporal upon his enl; ponent. In September, 1863, he was appointed quar- termaster sergeant, promoted secont lieutenant December 2, 1864, and first lieutenant March 18, 1865. In June, 1865, he was transferred to Company C, 4th N. Y. Heavy Artilleryd was mustered out at Washington D. C, September 28, 1865. In the spring of 1866 Mr. Westcott engaged in the hardware trade at Clarendon, continuing eight years. He is a Republican, and wag clerk of Clarendon, also deputy postmaster. In 1874, on the death of his brother, he vemoved to Holley and became a partner with his father, retiring in 1886. He is a mer ber of the G. A. R. and A. O. U. W.

Weld, Thomas, the head of the Weld family, active in the settlement of the northern part of Ridgeway, was born in Pomfret, Connecticut, December 31, 1771. When six or seven years old he removed with his family, John Weld, to Reading Vt. There he married Lorana Learens, and became the father of nine children, born as follows: John, January 27, 1795 ; Elisha, September 26, 1796; Thomas, November 5, 1798; Jacob L., November 5, 1798; Ezra, July 28, 1800; Sally, October 24, 1801; Andrew, August 6, 1804 ; Elias, September 5, 1806; Marson, October 8, 1808; Maria, October 2, 1812. One of the twins, Thomas, died when a child. In 1817 Mr. Weld, with his family, came to Ridgeway and settled on lot nine, township fifteen, range four, one mile south of the present village of Lyndonville. Mrs. Weld died in 1819. A son, Ezra, and a daughter, Sally, wife of Rodney Clark, died in 1826. Mr. Weld died November 18, 1852. John, the eldest son of Thomas Weld, married Weltha Bigelow in Reading, Vt., in 1830. A few years later he came with his wife and two children to Ridgeway where he remained until 1843, when he removed to Wisconsin. He died in 1884' John's oldest son, John Wallace Weld, married Nancy E., eldest daughter of Elisha Weld. He was living in Ridgeway at the opening of the civil war. He enlisted in the autumn of 1861, and served through the war as an officer in the 1st New York Artillery. He now resides in Whitewater, Wis. This branch of the family is repre- sented in Orleans county by Irving Wallace Weld, son of John Wallace, in the fourth generation ; in the fifth by Wallace Irving, son of Irving Wallace, and his wife, Alice Barry Weld; Elisha, second son of Thomas Weld, married Laura Parker in 1821 ; he died in 1876, Mrs. Weld in 1892. Three daughters, Mrs. H. G. Scott, Cynthia U. and Lucy A. Weld of Lyndonville, survive them. Jacob L. Weld married Velina Parker ; she died in 1878, he in 1884. Their descendants are Asel Parker Weld, who enlisted in the army, and Thomas Weld, both of Ridgeway. In the third generation are Ward W. and Roy, sons of Asel P. Weld, Irma and Monk, daughter and son of Thomas Weld. Andrew Weld married Roxy Stockwell; she died in 1839, he in 1888. Their eldest son, Albert died in 1857. A daughter, May Darwin Fuller, of Medina, and two sons, John, of Medina, and Andrew S., of North Dakota, survive. Further descendants in this line are John Leon Weld, of Rochester, son of John Weld, and his two sons, Law- rence Peters and Louis Cheeseboro Weld ; also Bert Weld, son of Andrew S, Weld. Andrew Weld married for his second wife Clarissa Root, who died in 1866. For his third wife Mrs. Susan Downs, who survives him. Elias Weld married Cynthia Elmer. She died in 1840, he in 1874. Their children are Wellington Weld and Mrs. Warren

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Ensign, of Medina. Elias Weld married for his second wife Harriet Harding. She died in 1865. His third wife, Mrs. Martha Gilman, survives him. Marson Weld mar- ried Sarah Tanner. He died in 1878. His widow and three children, Esther, Marson and William, reside at the homestead, just south of Ridgeway Corners. Maria, the youngest of Thomas Weld's children, married Adonijah Elmer. She died in West Vir- ginia in 1889.

Wright, Joseph A., was a native of Columbia county, was a mason by trade. and came when a young man to the then western region of the country and settled at Barre. In 1831 he married and after that was a farmer in the town. His wife was Melinda Spencer, and to them these children were born: Spencer A., born, April 27, 1834 ; Clark, born July 2, 1836, and has always been a farmer, and on November 24, 1874, married Edith L. Bannister ; Daniel, born May 18, 1840 ; Augusta, born May 24, 1845, and Ida C., born September 2, 1851. In 1886, after the death of the widow of Joseph A. Wright the farm was divided, Clark taking fifty-four acres off the west side. Spencer A., Augusta and Ida C. Wright own and occupy the home of their parents.

Williams, Samuel, the pioneer head of one of the most respected families among the early settlers of Orleans county, was a native of Rhode Island and settled first in Otsego county, and from thence came to Barre in April, 1829. Prior to his coming to this county Mr. Williams was a carpenter, but in Barre his life was that of a farmer. During his twenty-four years of residence in Otsego county Mr. Williams was some- what active in public affairs, but in this locality he was devoted alone to his family, the church and his farm. He was a strong Baptist and held the office of deacon in Otsego county and also in the town of Albion in this county. Mr. Williams died November 16, 1853. In his family were eight children who grew to maturity, and all came to this county. They were Asenath, who married William Cole; Belinda, who married Rensselaer Fuller and settled in Wisconsin ; Silansa, who married Horace Fitch and lives in Albion; Juliana, who married Stephen B. Thurston; Rhoba M., who married, Davis O. Bailey ; George R., of Albion; Samuel H., who died in Dakota, and Lemuel C., of Gaines. George R. Williams was born in Otsego county October 22, 1818. His whole business life has been devoted to farming. He made his beginning with his brother Samuel on a sixty-acre farm where George R. now lives. Of this farm he afterward became the sole owner and has added somewhat to its area. On April 22, 1845, Mr. Williams married Abigail H. Tracy. Their children were: Desta Maria - Albert T., Mary Amanda, who married W. E. Howard ; Adell Asenath, wife of William Burton, and Desta Elmena (the first child of this name having died in infancy). His wife died July 11, 1871, and on September 21, 1875, Mr. Williams married Sophia, daughter of David Smith, and widow of William A. Armstrong, of Ridgeway. Since March, 1842, Mr. Williams has been an active member of the Baptist Church of Albion For about nine years he has been one of its deacons, and among his acquaintances is generally known by the title of Deacon Williams. In politics he was formerly a Whig and later an earnest Republican. He has held the office of assessor one term. Albert T. Williams was born July 10, 1847, and has always lived in his father's family. In October, 1871, he married Arvilla Sherwood. They had two children, Bertha B. and Abbie L. His wife died June 1, 1875.

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Williams, Thomas R .- William Williams, a lineal descendant of Roger Williams, of Rhole Island, settled at Clarkson's Corners, Monroe county, about 1804, where he died October 4, 1850. He was the pioneer blacksmith in this portion of the Genesee coun- try, and for several years did work for the settlers even as far away as Rochester and Batavia. Emigrants seeking homes found him a helpful friend, who took great interest in showing them the country. Benevolent, kind, and hospitable he was very popular, but never an office-seeker, and during his life was a warm friend of Rev. Eli Hannibal, the organizer and for fifty years the pastor of the Union Church at West Hamlin, who died at Waterport, August 27, 1876. Mr. Williams held a lieutenant's commission in a rifle company of the State militia, and in 1809-10 was in the employ of the Portage Company of Lewiston, where he also served nearly a year in the war of 1812, being one of the volunteers to carry away the dead after that city was burned. Coming from Vermont, when Rochester contained but three log houses, and before settling in Clark- son, he traversed the Ridge road to the Tonawanda Reservation, where he stopped over night with Captain William, an Indian chief, and the next day hired out to a fur dealer in Canada, and the knowledge of the country thus gained rendered his services valuable before and during the war of 1812. His wife died March 19, 1876. Their children were : George and Thomas R., of Kendall ; Sarah, Sophia, Huldah and William H., all deceased : William, of Michigan, and Caroline, John L., and James A. Thomas R. Williams was born in Clarkson July 14, 1825, settled on his present farm at East Ken- dall in 1864, and has been assessor of this town twelve years. November 1, 1849, he married Mary Curtis, and their children are: Selden E., born January 4, 1852, post- master at Kendall Mills from 1876 to 1894, and two years a justice of the peace ; Day- ton C., born October 14, 1856, a merchant in Reed City, Mich .; Electa M., born Octo- ber 8, 1859, at home; William Henry, born July 26, 1862, a lawyer and real estate dealer in Herkimer, N. Y .; and Thomas A., born August 20, 1863, died January 1, 1869. From 1876 until 1894 Mr. Williams was also engaged in general mercantile business at Kendall Mills with his son, Selden E., under the firm name of T. R. Williams & Son. In April, 1894, they transferred their store to East Kendall

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Landmarks of Orleans County, New York, Part 90

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