Landmarks of Oswego County, New York, Part 111

Author: Churchill, John Charles, 1821-1905; Smith, H. P. (Henry Perry), 1839-1925; Child, W. Stanley
Publication date: 1895
Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y. : D. Mason
Number of Pages: 1410

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Baker, R. H., who is engaged in buying and shipping dairy products, resides at Mexico and was born in Oneida county in 1840. He was a cheese manufacturer

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many years, and also taught school fourteen years. His father, James Baker, died in 1884, and his mother, Sarah (Weber) Baker, was a native of England and died in 1883. Mr. Baker married in 1871 Alice I. Parmelee, and has two children, Jennie and Hugh.

Loomis, Martin, was born in Albion, July 20, 1847, a son of Martin Loomis, who was born in Oswego county. The father was a farmer and run a saw mill. He married Phoebe Safford, and they had eight children. Subject is now forty-seven years of age and through life has been a farmer. He enlisted in the 1st N. Y. Light Artillery, Battery H, February 24, 1864, and served till the close of the war. He was in twelve battles: Hatcher's Run, Five Forks, Petersburg, Peeble's Farm, Gravelly Run, and others. He is a member of Bentley Post No. 265 of Sand Bank. He married in 1869 Mary Black, and their children are Walter L., Rose O. and Ethel May. Our subject at one time was postmaster.

Ross, William, a prominent mason and builder of Fulton, was born April 2, 1846, at York Mills, Oneida county. His father, James Ross, was at that time an operator in a cotton mill. Most of his life, however, was passed in the city of Oswego, where he died in 1872, aged fifty-two years. He was born in Scotland, and came to America in 1834. His wife was Charlotte Thomson. Of their seven children William is the eldest son, and after acquiring a good business education in Oswego, he entered the mills at that city as a spinner, where he remained fourteen years. Subsequently he learned the trade of mason, and as a contractor in that line, has traveled widely in the larger cities of Canada and the Eastern States. Returning to Oswego in 1882, he came to Fulton a year later, where he takes a leading part in social and business circles, also in the I. O. O. F. His wife is Emma, daughter of Morgan Dickinson, of of New Haven.

Hoose, Jedediah, is a native of Parish, Oswego county, born in 1839. From 1864 to 1866 he was engaged in the introduction of school text books, and moved to Mexico in 1865. He was engaged in the grocery and crockery trade from 1867 to 1874, and has been handling dairy products from 1874 and still continues the busi- ness. Mr. Hoose has been quite successful in business.

Harrington, Frank, was born in Ellisburg, Jefferson county, March 27, 1844, of New England ancestry. His grandfather, Calvin, was drowned in Big Sandy Creek. His father, Delos H., was born in Ellisburg June 27, 1813. He married Roxanna Howard, and their children were Jerome, born in 1837; Cordelia, born in 1840; Henry, born in 1842, and subject, Frank. The latter was educated at Ellisburg and at the outbreak of the war enlisted in the 10th N. Y. Heavy Artillery, serving three years in the Army of the Potomac. He was wounded in front of Petersburg, and was hon- orably discharged in 1865, when he returned home. He married, June 28, 1866, Mary McDowell, daughter of John and Elmira McDowell, of Sackett's Harbor, and their children are Frederick J., born May 17, 1867, who is a general speculator and lives at Port Ontario. He married December 25, 1890, Nellie Hemans. Our subject moved from Jefferson county in 1887, coming to Richland, where he settled on the Twitchell farm, which he still owns.

Gibbs, George W .. was born in 1861 in Schroeppel, son of Benjamin F. and Anna (Moyer) Gibbs, residents of Schroeppel. Mr. Gibbs learned stenography and from

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1879 was for eleven years private secretary of C. J. Hamlin, Buffalo's great stock man. In 1890 he established the Brookdale farm, one mile north of Pennellville, making a specialty of growing trotting and coach horses and Holstein cattle. Among the several well known and finely bred horses at present on the farm may be mentioned La Grange 5,689, and Autocrat, sons of Mambrino King; Willful, by Playboy, 2.18} ; Wayward, by Palo Alto Chimes, 2.174 ; St. Blaze 20,736, by Mambrino King; Misty, by Mambrino King; Brookdale Queen. by Chimes 5,348, son of Electioneer, dam by Mambrino King; Miranda, dam of Hollister, 2.21}; W. H. Nichols, 2.23}; Peacock, 2.42, sire of Hartford, 2.30, by Mambrino; Patchen 58, etc.

Green, Tobias J., of Mexico, was born in Hoosick, Rensselaer county, in 1818. He is a graduate in medicine, and commenced the practice of his profession in Syracuse in 1846. In 1847 he located in Parish, where he resided till 1884, when he removed to Mexico. In 1864 he married Emily Hayes of Parish, and they have two children, Roscoe H. and Vesta H. Hisfather, Oliver Green, died in 1868, aged seventy-three, and his mother, Almira (Moore) Green, died in 1893, aged ninety-eight. They were both of English descent. The doctor is seventy-six years of age, and is still engaged in the practice of his professon.

Foster. C. Frank, of Foster Bros., manufacturers of butcher knives, cleavers, steels, etc., at Fulton, was born at Whitby, Ontario, March 24, 1847. His father, J. D. Foster, came here in 1863. The knife manufacturing plant was built in 1880, and the Foster Bros. Company organized, with a paid up capital of $40,000, and em- ploying thirty men. Beside machine knives of all descriptions, they make several original specialties in the line of butcher's cutlery, and all their products are distin- guished for peculiar excellence. Subject's home is in Oswego Falls. In 1870 he mar- ried Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Judson, and their children are Judson, Georg- ietta and Lotta.

Buckley, James, son of Timothy and Margaret Buckley, was born in Ireland, April, 1849, and landed in this country at the age of three weeks. The parents settled near Albany. The occupation of the father for about twenty years was section boss on the railroad; he died at the age of fifty three years. The mother is now living in Sand Bank at the age of seventy-five years. They were the parents of four children. James has proved himself an efficient business man. He was employed for twenty- one years as station agent at Sand Bank. Later he entered into parnership with Mr. Helm, the firm being known as Buckley & Helm. They manufacture pine, hemlock and hard wood and deal in other kinds of lumber. In 1882 Mr. Buckley married Fanny Mead, of Madison county, They have two children, Timothy and Fannie. He is supervisor of the town, serving his third term.

Auger, Rev. Joseph Julian, paster of St. Louis church, and manager and principal of St. Louis Parochial School and Academy, also head of the convent of the Sisters of St. Anne, was born in the Province of Quebec, Canada, October 6, 1838, his family being famous for the number of priests they have produced. He received his educa- tion in Quebec Seminary and in Laval University, was ordained September 24, 1864, by the archbishop of Quebec, and was first sent a missionary to the coast of Labra- dor, where he remained nearly five years; he then acted as parish priest of St. John the Evangelist church in Baie des Chaleurs, canon and parish priest of the Cathedral

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of Rimouski, and canon and parish priest of Ste. Anne des Monts, all in Canada. In 1864 he came to Oswego and assumed charge of the above church, school, etc. Dur- ing the ten years of his rectorship of St. Louis church and school both have prospered greatly.

Edick, Alonzo .- His father, Michael, was born in the town of Columbia, Herkimer county, N. Y., in 1807, and has been a resident of Fulton for the past thirty years. His early life was spent on a farm; after leaving the farm he engaged in the insurance and real estate business. He has always been a Democrat and has filled many posi- tions of trust in his native county. His wife was Mary Ann Hayner, still living at the age of eighty-three. Their only child is Alonzo, who was born in 1834. After com- pleting his education at Fairfield Academy, Herkimer county, he was clerk in the post-office at Mohawk, and then in the retail drug business for himself at Richfield Springs. He spent three years in the service of the country in the late war, and after the close of the Rebellion removed to Chicago, and was engaged in different busi- ness enterprises; for the past ten years he has conducted no active business, but remained in Fulton to care for his aged father and mother.

Cox, John A., a dealer in flour, feed, coal, cement and all kinds of seeds, was born in Elbridge, Onondaga county, in 1827, and settled here in 1830 with his father, Gabriel Cox, a native of New Jersey, who settled in Onondaga county when a small boy, being a son of William Cox, a native of New Jersey. John A. Cox married Ann Maria King of Vernon, Oneida county, who died aged thirty-two years. He after- wards married Emily A. Pearce of this town, and they have one son. Charles A. He was educated at the Hannibal Graded School and at the State Normal School at Os- wego. Mrs. Emily Pearce Cox died May 18, 1877, and Mr. Cox married in Septem- ber 1880, Della M. Lankton of Jordan. Subject held the office of justice of the peace twelve years, and assessor three years.

Crofoot, B. S., of Martville, Cayuga county, was born in that county in 1825, son of Joseph, youngest of a family of nine, a native of the East, who settled here at an . early day, and died at the age of eighty-six. B. S. Crofoot married Caroline Kim- ball, who died in 1851 aged twenty-two, leaving two children, Annie and John. In 1854 he married second Gertrude Vine, by whom he had four children, Edgar J., Emma L., Seymour, and George B. Emma L. died aged eighteen; Seymour died aged two years; Anna married Adelbert Collins and has one child, Bert; John mar- ried Sophia Johnson and has these children, B. S., Estella, Pearl, Pernie, Anna and Cassie ; Edgar J. married Emma Porter and has one son, Alfred; George B. married Lula Cooper and has two children, George and Willoughby.

Aubrey, Rev. A. J., was born at Birmingham, England, in 1855, and is the eldest of three sons of John and Mary Aubrey, who came to America in 1856. They settled at Meriden, Conn., the clder Aubrey being a silversmith by trade. Alfred served at that place an apprenticeship to the britannia manufacturing trade, and while so em- ployed fitted himself to enter college. Graduating from St. Lawrence University in 1880, he was ordained in 1882 to the ministry of the Universalist Church. His suc- cessive pastorates were at Danbury, Conn., Ludlow, Vt., and Beverly, Mass., after which, in 1890, he came to Fulton, intending to retire from active ministry, owing to ill health. But in 1891 he accepted the pastorate of the Fulton Universalist Church.

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Mr. Aubrey is a speaker of marked ability. He was appointed postmaster in Fulton in 1894 and proves a most efficient and popular official. His wife is Amelia, daugh- ter of Thomas Cousin, of Norwalk, Conn., well known as a manufacturer of ladies' shoes. Their children are Edna L. and Florence C.

Parkhurst, James C., was born in Whitesboro, Oneida county, January 10, 1834, son of Asa and Nancy (Austin) Parkhurst. The grandfather, Josiah, came from Massachusetts. The father came from Oneida county in 1845, and settled in the town where James C. now lives. He was a farmer. In his early days James C. worked at various trades, such as coopering, sawing, hoop-making, etc. He enlisted in 1861 in the 1st N. Y. Light Artillery and served nine months. In 1855 he married Caroline, daughter of Ebenezer Buell, of Albion. They have no children. He is a member of the G. A. R., E. L. Bentley Post No. 265, at Sand Bank and has held several offices in connection with this order.

Ott, Andrew, is a son of Joseph and Rosalia (Smith) Ott, who came from Germany and settled in Vernon, Mr. Ott working at his trade of blacksmith. They had seven sons and one daughter, six of the sons now living. Andrew was reared in Vernon, and learned the trade of cheese maker in the factory of G. Merry, Verona, N. Y. In 1883 he made several show cheeses of large size, in the factory of L. L. Wight, one weighing 5,233 pounds for Gass, Doe & Co., of Boston, which was one of the largest made to that date. He also made five averaging 2,700 pounds each for an English firm for an advertisement. He spent one year at Forrestville, came to Redfield in 1886 and bought the Mayflower factory, which has a capacity of 150,000 pounds of cheese annually. It employs the milk of 650 to 700 cows. The output is entirely for foreign market. Mr. Ott is assisted by Mr. J. P. Cooper. He married in 1888 Eva, daughter of Andrew S. Coey. He was elected in 1891 and 1893 for two terms as town clerk.

Lyons, John, is a native of County Antrim, Ireland, where he was born in 1827. His parents, David and Catherine (Smiley) Lyons, were born in Scotland, and went to Ireland where they were well to do farmers. John, being the eldest son, would have had the property, but preferred to come to America, which he did in 1846. His wife was Ann King of County Cavan, who came to this country with a brother and two sisters when Mr. Lyons was living on Long Island and working in a wholesale store in the city. They came to Redfield, and twelve years later, nine of which were spent in Washington county, bought the farm of 400 acres now owned by them. Their children were Maggie, Mrs. Samuel Stewart living at Redfield Square; Dr. George A., at New Rochelle, where he has a large practice; Mrs. H. F. Newton, Orwell; Edward, attorney at Orwell; James S., in the lumber business in New York, and William, salesman in New York. Mr. Lyon gave his family good educational advantages. He has twice been elected justice. The family are all members of the Presbyterian church.

Hart, E. E., senior member of the firm of Hart & Webb, dealers in coal, wood and hay at Fulton, was born here April 5, 1854, and has for twenty years been closely identified with the progressive business interests of the village. His father, the late Samuel Hart, born in England and by trade a potter, came to America in 1828, and after a residence of four years in Oswego, removed to Fulton and with another

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brother erected suitable buildings and began in 1833 the manufacture of stoneware. . In 1840 he took exclusive control of the business, and by industry accumulated a sub- stantial property. He married four times, and was the father of ten children, of whom our subject is the youngest. In 1878 he retired from active life, handing over to his sons the stoneware business he had built up. He died in 1891 aged eighty-six years. Elwin E. Hart in 1889 engaged in the coal trade in copartnership with George C. Webb. He married in 1879 Asenath Redman of Oswego Falls, and their children are Robert S., Clara M., Addison E. and Edward R. Hart is a Mason and an Odd Fellow. He has served on the Board of Health and was village trustee.

Wilson, William S., was born in 1856 in Rutland, Jefferson county. His father, John Wilson, of Scotch descent, came from Ireland when a young man, stopping in Canada and working on the St. Lawrence River and the lakes. In 1855 he located in Watertowu, and married Ellen M. Sloan, also a native of Ireland. They reared three sons, William, John and James, all of whom are living in Redfield. The family came to this place in 1858 and settled. Six years later they removed to the village, where the parents now live. William attended the village school. He learned the wagonmaker's trade of F. L. Butterfield, whom he afterward bought out in the spring of 1876. His business is wagonmaking, repairing, dealing in wagons, car- riages, harnesses and implements. John was born in Redfield and has always lived here. He married Alice E., daughter of James Petrie, and they have two sons, Ward, born in 1885, and Edward, born in 1889. Mr. Wilson is foreman in Burritt's mill. He had full charge of Tonkin's saw mill for nine years before going to his present position. He was elected collector in 1882 for one term, and two terms as supervisor in 1892-93.

Stout, Frank J., was born November 13, 1854, son of Ferdinand and Mary Stout, who emigrated to this county from Germany when the father was about twenty- four years old. They settled in Ulster county. The father was in his early days an engineer, which occupation Frank took up and is now following with A. & E. Lane, who run a tannery establishment at Sand Bank, Oswego county, He was with the firm when it was Lane & Pierce; he was a superintendent of a sole leather tannery in Forest county, Pa., for eight years. June 20, 1885, he married Julia Dingman, of Orwell, by whom he has three children.

Southwick, J. A., was born in Wayne county, February 21, 1827. For thirty-three years he was engaged in the starch business at Oswego. In 1853 he married Mary E. Norton. They have one daughter, Mrs. Maria H. Edwards, of Oswego. Mr. Southwick's father was John Southwick and his mother Phoebe Libby, both of Ver- mont.

Tryon, Alonzo, was born in Sandy Creek May 15, 1817, a son of Levi and Polly (Bartholomew) Tryon, who came to Sandy Creek about 1800. Our subject was reared on a farm, educated in the public schools, and followed fishing and farming for many years. He now owns about 200 acres of land, and follows dairying and general farming, keeping twenty-eight cows. Mr. Tryon has been twice married, first, in 1843, to Mary Clark, by whom he has these children; Ellen (deceased), Charles, Hiram (deceased), William, Emery, and Fred. Mrs. Tryon died, and he married second in 1865 Mary S., daughter of James Upton, and they have had two

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sons: Daniel, born February 2, 1866, who is engaged in the nursery business in con- nection with farming; and Frank, born September 15, 1868, who follows fishing and farming. The family is of English descent. Mr. Tryon's grandfather lived and died in Oneida county.

Tillapaugh, James J., was born in Wisconsin March 18, 1858. He was a son of the late Frederick S. Tillapaugh, who was born in New York State. His mother was born in Illinois. His grandfather was a German. James was educated in Pulaski and Mexico Academies, after which he entered the Medical Department of the University of the City of New York in 1887-88; he then went to Baltimore, Md., where he graduated in 1890. He married Jennie L. Rice; they have three children, Golda, Mary and Zada. James was the oldest of thirteen children; he left home at the age of fourteen and started out in this great world to figure for himself; for two long years he worked for a Mr. Bragdon for his board and clothes; during that time he studied diligently; many a cold winter's night he sat up all night and perused his books; after which he entered the Pulaski and Mexico Academies, and at this writ- ing he is practicing medicine in Sand Bank, where he has been for five years.

Tilton, Levi, was born in Albion February 5, 1838, a son of Alexander Tilton. The grandfather came from England, and to this county from the east when the county was a wilderness. He cleared his land and built a log cabin. He married Betsey Elizabeth Blair of Oswego county. The father died at the age of sixty-eight years and the mother at the age of ninety-three. Their children were Louisa, Huldia, who now resides in Parish, and our subject. The latter spent his life in farming and lumbering, except while in the late war. He enlisted in the 81st N. Y. Vols., and was in nine regular engagements-Cold Harbor, Chapin's Farm and others, and was discharged October 22, 1864. Subject is a member of Bentley Post G. A. R., No. 265, and has filled the office of junior vice. He married, November 13, 1864, Lana C. Adams of Parish, and they have one adopted son, Clarence.

Monroe, William, was born in Lewisborough, Westchester county, in 1828, his par- ents, Eri and Rachel Monroe, removing to this town in 1842. They first settled on a farm which is now his home. The father was a carpenter by trade, but his later years were devoted to farming. Of their five children but two are now living, and William is the sole representative in Oswego county. He has served the town as assessor for many years with credit. Mrs. Monroe's maiden name was Amelia Frances, daughter of Luther Hannum of Hannibal.

McCahan, Daniel, is the son of John and Elizabeth Callaghan McCahan, natives of the town of Templastraugh, County Antrim, Ireland. The father came to New York in 1845, and from New York to Redfield the same year, and returned to New York the next year, where he was married and lived for twenty years, and where Daniel was born May 10, 1856. The family moved to Redfield in 1866 and bought a farm of 175 acres of Peter Cooper, sr., on what was then known as the Sturgeon road, which farm is still in the possession of the family. John McCahan died October 25, 1880. There were six children, of whom three are living-Roseand Samuel on the old farm, and Daniel on an eighty-eight acre farm on the Osceola road, which he bought in 1884, and to which he has since added making it 128 acres. He married, November 19, 1883, Nellie, daughter of William and Eunice Currie, and has three children,

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Claton D., born May 11, 1886, Harrison, born July 9, 1888, and Agnes, born January 19, 1891. He has served as collector one term, and justice of the peace seven succes- sive years.

Menter, A., was born in Cortland county, February 14, 1835. The father followed the various lines of tanner, currier and shoemaker. He is now living with our sub- ject at the age of eighty-five years. A. Menter is one of eight children. His life has been spent at farming, except while in the army. He enlisted in 1861 in the cav- alry and was stationed in Utah, Nevada and Arizona, fighting the Indians. He was discharged October 11, 1864, at Camp Douglas, Utah. He is a member of Melzar Richard Post 367, G. A. R., and has filled the offices of guard and quartermaster.

Schermerhorn, Henry, was born in Homer, N. Y., in 1821. His father, Jacob, moved from there to Richland. About 1824 he conducted a hotel on the road be- tween Port Ontario and Oswego, and died there in 1862. Henry married Pamelia A. Le Valley of Sandy Creek and went to Wisconsin, but returned again to Sandy Creek, and in 1863 moved to Boylston, settling in the central part, where he died in 1888; his widow is at present living in Smartville. They had one child, Alfred H. He grew up at home and married Libby J. Ethridge of the same town. He has spent his life in farming. Their children are Herman H., and Mina (Mrs. Leslie C. Austin), who has one daughter, Edith L. Alfred is the owner of several large farms, two of them being in Sandy Creek. He has served as assessor and excise commissioner.

Himes, John S., a resident of Orwell since February, 1872, was born in Scriba, March 27, 1853. His father, Morgan P., was born in Herkimer county, and came with his father to Scriba, where he died in 1885 aged seventy-three. His mother was Frances Borden, also of Herkimer county, who is at present living at Scriba. Both parents were members of the Methodist Church. John S. married in 1877 Sarah, only daughter of Artemus Carpenter, a farmer, who came from Herkimer county to Orwell. She was born February 26, 1858. Their children are Earnest, born July 1, 1878; Earl, born April 18, 1881; Maud, born November 4, 1884; Mable, born September 6, 1887; Mina, born June 8, 1890; and Mattie V., born October 5, 1893. The family belong to the Methodist Church. Mr. Himes is a man devoted to his family and his great ambition is to give his children fair education.

Lukentelly, A. A., son of John L. and Mary (Lemonier) Lukentelly of Lysander, was born in that town May 19, 1854. John L., the father, was a man of much promi- nence in the locality where most of his life was passed. Alonzo is the second son, and after the completion of his education at the Baldwinsville Academy, took charge of the homestead in Lysander until 1879, when he purchased a farm in South Granby . His wife is Margaret, daughter of Patrick and Catherine McCarthy of Baldwinsville, whom he married April 9, 1874, and by whom he had eight children: Ernest A., Frances G., Kenneth G., Reginald J., Ruth G., Donald Mc., Arthur J., and Norman M. One son, Raymond Vincent, died in infancy, Mr. Lukentelly is justice of the peace, having been elected in 1890.

Gaylord, Charles .- The family traces its history back to 1620, when three brothers came from England, landing on Plymouth Rock. In 1804 Elijah Gaylord came from Connecticut and settled in Florence. He died in 1846. Subject was born in 1807, one of three sons and five daughters, all of whom located in this State, three still

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living: Hannah, Mrs. Alsworth, born in 1801, and Candace, Mrs. Thompson. Charles married Catherine Mills, who was of Dutch descent. Their children were Jane, Mrs. Dr. Cox, of Williamstown; Hannah, Mrs. Henry Gibbs of Camden; Lyman H., who married Ann Reynolds of Redfield, formerly of Sandy Creek; Alonzo, who died in 1858 aged sixteen; Sidney, who enlisted as private in the 147th Regiment at the age of eighteen in August, 1872, and was killed in front of Peters- burg in June, 1864. He was then second lieutenant, and had command of his com- pany. He was buried in the Redfield Cemetery, and the G. A. R. Post is named the Gaylord in his honor. Mr. Gaylord came to Redfield in 1850 and settled where he now lives on a farm of 187 acres. His son, Lyman H., who carries on the farm, has two married daughters: Mrs. Charles Ostrander, living near Watertown, and Mrs. Edwin Burrows in Virginia. He also has an adopted son, Fred. This family is noted for longevity, no member having died under eighty-two.

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Landmarks of Oswego County, New York, Part 111

Author: Churchill, John Charles, 1821-1905; Smith, H. P. (Henry Perry), 1839-1925; Child, W. Stanley Publication date: 1895 Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y. : D. Mason Number of Pages: 1410

Author: Churchill, John Charles, 1821-1905; Smith, H. P. (Henry Perry), 1839-1925; Child, W. Stanley
Publication date: 1895
Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y. : D. Mason
Number of Pages: 1410