Landmarks of Orleans County, New York, Part 96

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

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subject, was three times married, his first wife, Joanna Strickland, having died without issue. His third wife was Harriet St. John, who died October 27, 1889.

Hoagland, Abram B., was born March 16, 1822 at Amsterdam, Montgomery county. He is a son of Richard, whose father, Abram Hoagland, was a soldier in the War of 1812. Richard Hoagland, settled at Howard, Steuben county, and there the early life of Abram B. was spent. In 1869 he settled at Hulburton, where he has since resided. From 1843 to 1880 he was engaged in boating on the various canals of the State. He opened a stone quarry at Hulburton, in 1889 and has since carried on that business. Mr. Hoagland has been twice married. His first wife was Lovica Carr, of Steuben county, and they were the parents of six children, none of whom are now living. His second wife was a Mrs. Perry, of Alleghany county.

Simonds, Edwin B., was born in the town of Shelby, December 20, 1860, and is the second son of Egbert B., and Arvilla L. Simonds. His education was obtained princi- pally in the common schools and at the State Normal School at Brockport, N. Y. He taught school for five years, read law in the office of Childs & Pitts at Medina two years, and with Judge Hulett of Rochester one year, after which he took a course in the Albany Law School from which he was graduated in 1884, and received the degree of LL. B., from Union University, of which the Albany Law School is a part, and immediately began the practice of his profession at Medina. In 1888 the present firm of Simonds & L'Hommedieu was formed. Mr. Simonds takes an active interest in politics and is a staunch Republican. In 1892 he was elected district attorney, which position he still fills.

Card, John W., was born in Berkshire county, Mass., February 27, 1829. He learned the blacksmith trade and followed it thirteen years. He came to Medina in 1844 and after giving up his trade engaged in the commission business, which he followed suc- cessfully for many years. In connection with the forwarding and commission business, Mr. Card also conducted an insurance office, and this special line he still continues. In 1884 Mr. Card and his son, Earl W., opened Card's Bank, in Medina, which is a well managed and successful fiduciary institution. Mr. John W. Card married Mary E. McKean in 1855 and they have one son. Earl W., who was born March 22, 1861. In 1888 Earl W. Card married Mary H. Clark, and they have two children : Marjory W., and Robert Earl. Both gentlemen have held public office in Medina.

Acton, Edward, was born in County Mayo, Ireland, in 1846, a son of John and Frances (Lang) Acton. He came to America with his father in 1863, settling at Pater- son, N. J., where they remained a short time, then his father returned to Ireland. In 1867 father again came to America, and settled in the southeast part of the town of Clarendon with Edward and in 1873 Edward bought the Deacon Aughton farm. He is a member of the West Sweden Free Methodist church. In 1867 he married Margaret Strogen, and in 1887 he married second Anna Kenny. His children are: Robert E. and Floyd H. His sister Sarah, married James Kane, and his father, John, died in Clarendon in 1893 at the age of ninety years.

Skinner, Ezra Delano, was born in Barre, July 21, 1845, one of the ten children of Jarvis M., and Mary (Delano) Skinner, pioneers of the town. The young life of our subject was spent on his father's farm and he was educated chiefly at the Lima Seminary, and before his course was fully completed he taught winter school. After leaving the seminary he taught eight years in Albion and elsewhere; at Gaines, Millville, Water- port and Knowlesville. For about thirteen years he was more or less engaged in busi- ness operations, and was in a great measure interested with his father's affairs, the latter having practically retired from active work. The homestead (purchased in 1822) came to him and he is still its owner, although principally occupied with extensive produce and coal business at Albion, in which he became first interested in 1878. February 14,

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1877, he married Josephine M., daughter of Alonzo Porter, of Holley, and they have one child, Ethel M. Mr. Skinner is an active Republican, and a member of the Albion M. E. church, being one of its trustees and stewards.

Hatch, John Almerin, was born in East Bloomfield, Ontario county, and settled in Gaines in 1868. His grandfather, Jacob Hatch, was born in Barnstable county, Mass., and was killed at the battle of Sackett's Harbor in 1812, aged forty-eight years. John, sr., father of our subject was born in Falmouth, Mass., in 1805 and died in Bloomfield, Ontario county, December 25, 1883. He married Sarah P., daughter of Ambrose Grow, who served seven years in the Revolutionary War. She was born in Springfield, Mass., in 1812, and is now living in Gaines village with her son. The children of John and Sarah Hatch were: Edwin T., born in Fabius in 1838, and died in Denver, Col., in 1891; John A., born in East Bloomfield September 5, 1840; Sarah J., born in East Bloomfield, March 4, 1842; Angeline F., born in East Bloomfield January 12, 1844 ; Emeline N., born in East Bloomfield August 14. 1850, and died at the same place in 1882. John Almerin Hatch was educated in the common schools of East Bloom- field and was graduated from the academy of that place in 1858. He learned the blacksmith trade with Mumford Hayes, and in October, 1861, he enlisted in the 1st N. Y. Volunteer Engineers, Co. G., which was recruited at Canandaigua, and was discharged November 29, 1864. He was in nine engagements, and was three times wounded. Mr. Hatch is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows No. 58 of Albion, also a number of the G. A. R., Curtis Bates Post No. 114, of Albion. In 1865 he married Jane Macomber, born December 13, 1840, and died in 1887. They had three children as follows: Ralph H., born January 10, 1867, married Alice Palmer, resides in Gaines, and has one child, Doris J. ; Eunice, born June 14, 1870, married Charles W. Sisson, and they reside in Medina and have one child, Elsworth ; Minnie, born in 1873. Mr. Hatch married for his second wife Mariette Beachtell, born in 1852, by whom he has one child, John G., born March 21, 1889.

Saunders, R. R., was born in Prince Edwards county, Ontario, May 18, 1853, and came to the United States in 1870. He first engaged in the brick business, then for three years was in the grocery business, and for twelve years was in the liquor business in Medina. In 1884 he began farming in Shelby, where he owns a fine farm near Shelby Centre. In 1893 he was elected highway commissioner for one year, and in 1894 re-elected for two years. In 1879 Mr. Saunders married Myra Lonnen, and they have two children, Frank and Raymond. Mr. Saunders's father was Franklin Saunders, and his mother Almina Merriett Saunders.

Glidden, Smith, the fourth son of Asa Glidden, was born in Stanstead, Canada, Sep- tember 23, 1812. He came with his father in 1816 to Clarendon, where, until his death in 1871, he lived a successful farmer, a man honored and loved. His wife was Cordelia Wheeler and their children were: Edgar H., who married first S. Gertrude Hurd, and second Mrs. Elizabeth Holden, and died in Holley in 1893; Louisa A., wife of J. E. Miner, of Clarkson ; Melissa E., widow of W. H. Southworth, of Holley ; Edward W., who served four years in the Union army and afterward married Libbie Woolsey, of Iowa, and settled in that State, where he died in 1880; Daniel S., of Sioux Falls, S. Dakota, who married Josephine, daughter of Daniel Martin, of Clarendon ; Clarissa C., wife of Fred H. Glidden, of Holley ; Alice R., wife of. J. A. Jackson, of Clarendon ; Susan M., wife of Charles B. Irish, of South Hero, Vermont; Frank W., of Buffalo, who married Franc Holt, of Byron; Frances A., wife of George O. D'Olier, of Rochester, and Charles H., of Little Falls, who married Margaret Milne, of Holley.

Armstrong, E. R., M. D., Holley, N. Y.

Young, John H., was born September 3, 1842. His grandfather, Jacob, was born in Germany, and came to America, and to Orleans county, locating first in Eastern, N. Y.,

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where his son John, father of our subject, was born. The latter married Mary Ann, daughter of Elihu Mather, a descendant of Cotton Mather. The children of John and Mary were: Eunice, Emily, Miller, Caroline, Martha, Mary, Henry, Mather, Malona, John, born in Gaines, Ann Eliza, and Dwight. Our subject attended the common schools, and later the Albion Academy. He first engaged in farming, and is now a fruit raiser, in which he has been very successful. January 3, 1865, he married at Frankfort, Herkimer county, Hannah Thomas, who was born in Frankfort, January 10, 1842. Her parents were natives of Wales, her father, Timothy, having died in Frankfort in 1856, aged sixty-two years, and her mother, Mary (Williams) died in 1884, aged eighty-seven. Our subject and wife have had five children: Frank D., born in 1865, married Carrie Woodard, and has two children, Claud and Louis H., born in Clarendon, in 1869, died in 1883; Hattie May, born in Gaines June 10, 1872, died in 1873; and Daisy Bell, born in Gaines, February 3, 1876; Minnie E. carries on a dressmaking business in Gaines.

Cook, George C., was born in Schenectady, N. Y., November 4, 1825. The principal business of his life has been as dealer in stock, which he followed for twenty-eight years. He also had charge of a cigar manufacturing business for three years. In 1847 he married Olive Comstock, who died in 1882. They have three children living: S. A. Cook, of Medina ; Amos A. Cook, of Lancaster, and Mrs. George Alford, of Lincoln, Neb. One son, George J. Cook, who died in 1892, was a singularly successful business man and gave promise of a bright future. Mr. George C. Cook, the subject of this sketch, is one of the best known and most honored citizens of Orleans county. Governor Morgan in 1862 appointed the War Committee for Orleans county, composed of Sanford E. Church, Noah Davis, jr., Edwin R. Reynolds, John Ryan, George C. Cook, George T. Anthony, D. B. Abell, Aaron Beebe, David U. Hatch, and Ezra T. Coann, and they were the leading citizens of the county, and Mr. Cook rendered efficient service on this committee. Mr. Cook also was active in organizing the 17th N. Y. Battery and was one of the first lieutenants and went to the front with the battery. Mr. Cook is now living with his second wife, Mrs. Hannah Cook, to whom he was married October 23, 1882. Mrs. Cook was born in Outness, Cambridgeshire, England, in 1836, and at the time of her marriage to Mr. Cook, was the widow of Mr. John Field. Mr. Cook has been a successful business man and always held in high esteem by all his acquaintances. Up to the time of his entering the army, he was in the enjoyment of excellent health, but since that time he has suffered a great deal and has not been the man physically, he was before. In politics Mr. Cook has always acted with the Democratic party and was one of the trusted friends of that Democratic leader, Sanford E. Church. He is now enjoying the competency secured by his own efforts and in the society of his children and many friends lives happily. Genial and affable, it is a treat to listen to his recital of the early times in Orleans county and the reminiscences of his pioneer life.

Matson, David, was the progenitor of the Matson family in Clarendon, the family being of English descent. David was born October 31, 1778 at Stratford, Conn., and died at Clarendon May 23, 1876. He came to Clarendon about 1814, and took up a tract of land there, on which he erected a log house, and in 1815 brought his family. He and his family endured all the hardships of pioneer life, went to Batavia for their milling, that being the nearest mill, and he made the shoes for the whole family, his wife doing the spinning and weaving. Mr. Matson became one of the prominent men of his locality, and was one of the founders of the Universalist church in Clarendon. He married Betsey Kelly, born August 4, 1784, who died November 21, 1872. Their children were: Elizabeth, Asahel, Polly, David, jr., Julia Ann, Lyman, John M., Henry Owen and Hollis. David Matson, jr., settled on the homestead and was one of the leading farmers of the town. His educational privileges were limited, but being of a studious turn of mind he succeeded in preparing himself for teaching, and taught school at Ben- nett's Corners, Manning, Sweden, and Wheatland. He was an active Democrat, and a

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prominent and influential member of the Universalist church, In 1836 he married Philinda C. Patterson, and their children were: Polowna, born in 1837; Edwin, born in 1839; Edgar, born in 1843; Amasa, born in 1845; George I., born in 1847 ; Lewis E., born in 1849: Josephine, born in 1852, and Cora F. Mrs. Matson died in 1857 and he married second Mrs. Charity A. Tasker, of Saco, Me., by whom he had one son, Willis A., born in 1867, a lawyer who settled in Brockport, and married Rose Randall.

Randall, H. W., was born in Wheatfield, April 29, 1842. In 1869 he married Susan Watts, and they have two children, Dora B. and Linus W. In 1880 Mr. Randall came to Orleans county. His father, William Randall, was a native of New Hampshire. His mother was Louisa Blanchard Randall, a native of New York State.

Scofield, Edward, was born in Monroe county May 27, 1849. He was educated for an architect and has filled responsible positions in Chicago and other western cities. He was engaged in the nursery business fifteen years and latterly has been engaged in farming and giving attention to inventions, of which he has perfected half a dozen, the most notable of which is his wire fence, pronounced to be the best in the market. His father was Samuel Scofield, who was one of the leading men in Monroe county in his day, and his mother, Jane H. (Cox) Scofield. His father and mother's grandparents were among the early settlers of Monroe county, arriving there about the same time. The country was then a wilderness. Selecting what is now the town of Wheatland for their future home, and on the mother's side, using a sleigh box to sleep in, and keep- ing fires burning around them to keep off the wolves, until they could build. Each had large tracts of land running from the rich bottom land of the Genesee west, and south of and near the village of Scottsville; and many are the Indians who have slept in front of the fireplace over night or had a meal of victuals from their board.

Rodwell, George, was born in Cambridgeshire, England, in 1837, and came to the United States in 1856, settling in Riga, Monroe county, where he followed farming. In 1878 he moved to Clarendon, and bought a farm east of Bennett's Corners. He married Elizabeth M., daughter of George and Rachel (Heffer) Bridgeman, of Greece, Monroe county, and their children were : Sarah, who married Willis H. Warren; Cora, who married Lewis D. Bartlett; James H., who married Cora E. Cheney; George H., Edward A., and Jessie E. George Rodwell died 1893.

Swartout, James H., was born in Albany county, March 2, 1834, and came to Orleans county in 1852. In 1860 he married Cynthia Landers, daughter of Benjamin Landers, and they have one daughter, Alice Barrett. Mr. Swartout's father was Cornelius Swartout, and his mother Jane ( Arnold) Swartout. His father was a native of Dutchess county. Mr. Swartout has been a farmer all his life.

Robb, James W., was born in Holley, June 17, 1837, a son of Joseph W. Robb, who was born at Dublin, N. H., October 18, 1807, and the father of the latter came from the north of Ireland at an early date, settling in Dublin, N. H. Joseph W. was the first of the family to come to Orleans county, where he traveled on the road with goods for a time, and later was a prominent business man, grocer, owner of a market, etc., in Hol- ley. He finally erected a store and took in his son James W. as partner, until it was destroyed by fire, when his son rebuilt it, having bought the site from his father. James W. was engaged in business at Churchville, for a time, and for several years was travel- ing salesman. Mr. Robb has been burnt out several times, but has always rebuilt and persevered in his business, in which he has met with success. He married Camelia, daughter of Ephraim Thompson, of Kendall, and their children living are: Harriet, Albert W., and Florence. Joseph W. Robb married Maria T. Pierce, of Clarendon, and their children were: Agnes, Mary, Helen, Julia, and James W., all of whom grew to maturity. One son and one daughter died young.

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Wright, Leonard, was born in Glostershire, England, in 1841. His father, Thomas Wright, was also a native of Glostershire, England, born March 25, 1814, and his wife, Mary Ann Webb, was a native of the same place, born 1815. They emigrated to this country in July, 1854, and settled in Canada. The father is still living in Canada, but the mother died May 28, 1887. Their children were : Caroline, who died in 1889 aged fifty-two ; Joseph, who resides in Canada ; Leonard, our subject ; Eliza, who resides in Canada; Sarah, who died in March, 1870; Mary, who resides in Canada; Emily, who resides in Canada: Leonard Wright received his education in England before he was nine years old. He came from Canada to Cattaraugus county in the spring of 1866. He had previously learned the blacksmith trade in Barre, Canada, and worked at his trade in Otto and East Otto until the fall of 1867, and then came to Kenyonville,

Orleans county, N. Y., in the fall of 1868. Here he carries on the blacksmith and wagonmaking business, and deals in all kinds of agricultural implements. Mr. Wright is a member of the I. O. G. T. Lodge, No. 591, Kenyonville. October 30, 1867, he married Sarah Bailey, of Otto, Cattaraugus county, who was the daughter of Isaac D. Bailey, and was born August 18, 1847. Isaac D. Bailey was born in 1818 and is still living in Otto, and his wife, Rachel Popple, was born October 6, 1820, and died April 20, 1873. The children of Isaac and Rachel Bailey were : Sarah T., wife of our subject ; Albert H., born June 3, 1849, and Annette, born October 19, 1854, and died December 12, 1864. The children of Leonard and Sarah (Bailey) Wright were : L. Eber Wright, born December 17, 1870; Alice Edna, born June 8, 1873; Raymond Edward, born August 29, 1879. Eber is a farmer by occupation.

L'Hommedieu, Wallace, was born in Shelby, September 8, 1833. In 1862 he married Frances M. Berry, and their children are : Avis, (Mrs. H. D. Jump); Irving Marcus, a leading lawyer of Medina; John B., a physician in Riverside Hospital, New York ; Jessie and A. Warren. Mr. L'Hommedieu is one of the leading men of Shelby, has been supervisor three terms and member of assembly in 1890-91, besides holding other local offices. His father, Henry L'Hommedieu, was born in Franklin county, Vermont, January 13, 1799, and is still living. Subject's mother was Almira (Hathaway) L'Hom- medieu.

Lum Family, The, in America, traces its lineage to Samuel Lum, born June 13, 1619, died August 19, 1703, whose children were: Jonathan, Matthew, and Samuel, jr. Jonathan Lum's children were John, Samuel, Joseph and Jonathan, jr. Matthew Lum's children were: Matthew, jr., and Obadiah. Samuel Lum, jr.'s children were Samuel, John, and David. The grandchildren of Jonathan Lum, sr., were Dr. Jonathan, son of John; Curtiss and a brother, sons of Samuel, who were killed in the Revolutionary War; Reuben, son of Joseph ; and John, Adam, Lemuel, Henry, and Jonathan, sons of Jonathan jr. The grandchildren of Matthew Lum, sr., were: Matthew, son of Matthew, jr. ; and James and Daniel, sons of Obadiah. The grandchildren of Samuel Lum, son of Samuel, were a large number of descendants of Samuel, jr .; Stephen and John C., sons of John; and David, son of David. Adam Lum, had fourteen children, of whom James, born July 6, 1782, married, September 1, 1806, Lucy Hawkins, and had five children : Charles, Silas H., Lucy R., James, jr., and Chauncey H. He died November 9, 1843. He came to County Line in 1819 and settled in the edge of Niagara county. He was a scythe maker and his father was an iron worker. Charles Lum moved into Yates in 1833. Chauncey Harrison Lum, born November 6, 1822, married, January 30, 1850, Phebe E. Fuller, who was born May 3, 1827, and died November 26, 1873. Their children were: Eva H., Helen A., Willis C., and George F. He married, second, November 19, 1874, Hattie Greeley, born May 20, 1845, died December 10, 1876, and third, June 6, 1878, Mrs. Martha Kemp. Mr. Lum has been a justice of the peace of Somerset and of Yates and was postmaster at County Line under President Polk. He was supervisor of this town in 1859 and 1860, and is indefatigable in the research of local histories, being a recognized authority in historical matters. He is also president

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of the Yates Pioneer Association. Curtis Lum, another son of Adam, was born Sep- tember 17, 1779, came to Yates in 1826, and died March 23, 1852. In 1803 he married Eunice Hawkins, born 1780, died September 26, 1846, and their children were: Deforest, born February 18, 1804, died 1807 ; Isaac, born November 27, 1806 ; Caroline, born November 16, 1809; Deforest, 2d, born April 18, 1812; Jane A., born May 23, 1814, died February 10, 1839; David, born March 25, 1817 ; and Chauncey, born May 26, 1821, died May 1, 1838. Deforest Lum, 2d, married, January 20, 1842, Betsey Evans, and their only child was Helen E., born August 10, 1845. Mrs. Lum died May 13, 1877; Mr. Lum died November 13, 1880.

Rowley, Henry, is a descendant of William Rowley, who was born in France and died in Palmyra, Wayne county. Subject's father was Stephen B. Rowley, born in Wayne county, and died in Carlton in 1886, aged eighty-three years, and his mother was Phoebe Wood. They had four children : Elizabeth, born in Wayne county in 1821; William, born in Wayne county in 1823 ; Henry, born July 4, 1829 ; and Phoebe Jane, born in Wayne county in 1831. Subject was reared on a farm, and in 1864 purchased the Hatch farm of eighty-three acres, where he now resides. He has held the office of assessor six years, and is a member of the I. O. G. T., of Kenyonville, No. 591. Mr. Rowley married at Carlton June 15, 1854, Eunice Hatch, born August 11, 1834, and died February 1, 1881. They had three children : Charles H., born April 23, 1863, who married Marion Robinson, by whom he has two children : Clayton, born August 19, 1885, and Edith, born in March, 1887 ; Martha E., born April 28, 1858, and died February 24, 1864; and Cora B., born September 16, 1869. Subject married second Jennie E. McKennan April 3, 1883. She was born October 4, 1844, and they have had one child, George Lincoln, born April 20, 1886.

Bingham, John P., was born in Porter, Niagara county, August 7, 1836, a son of Randall Bingham, a native of Jefferson county, who settled in Niagara county about 1830, where he was a farmer. About 1846 he went to Mississippi and there engaged in the lumber and mercantile business. He married Zilpha Griggs. John P. returned to Niagara county in 1861 and in August, 1862, he enlisted in the 151st N. Y. Infantry, serving till the close of the war. He was wounded at the battle of Cedar Creek. In 1866 he returned to Mississippi, where he remained three years, and then came back to Niagara county, settling in Cambria. In 1886 he came to Clarendon. He is a mem- ber of the I. O. G. T. and I. O. O. F., also of the Clarendon M. E. Church. He mar- ried Rachel H. Morris June 8, 1859, and they have two children living, Nell E., who married Frank Tompkins, and M. Ora.

Reynolds, Hiram D., was born in Shelby, Orleans county, February 4, 1841. His oc- cupation has always been that of a farmer, although he is also interested in the quarry business. In 1864 he married Mary A. Dewey, and they have one daughter, Ella M. Mr. Reynolds's father is Valentine Reynolds, a native of Vermont, who settled in Shel- by in 1818, and is still living. His mother was Fanny McCormick, who died in 1880.

Curtis, William R., is a son of John, whose father, John, came from New Hampshire in 1816 and settled at Bergen, but died at East Carlton in 1826, aged sixty years. He had nine children : George, Lucetta, John, father of William R., born in 1808, and died in 1885 : Sally, Charles, Ruth, Frederick, Francis and Moses. John, jr., married first Charlotte B. Schofield, who was born in 1815, and died in 1849. Their children were : Nancy, born May 24, 1833 ; Mary Ann, born November 20, 1835; George, born Sep- tember 4, 1837; Frederick, born May 8, 1839; John, jr. (deceased), born November 5, 1840 ; William R., born October 30, 1842 ; John, jr. (deceased), born January 26, 1844; and Cynthia J., born May 4, 1847. His second wife was Caroline, by whom he had four children, of whom only one is living now, Sanford H. Curtis, born January 8, 1859. Caroline died May 8, 1863. William R. was educated in the common schools, finishing at the Albion Academy. He has served as collector, assessor and supervisor, and is a

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Landmarks of Orleans County, New York, Part 96

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