Landmarks of Oswego County, New York, Part 117

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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Coe, Reuben C., was born at Palermo, October 20, 1848. His father, Charles Coe, long prominent in the M. E. Church, died in 1890 at the age of seventy-two. Reuben was for eight years of his married life a lumberman at Palermo. He then removed to a farm at Volney and is at present operating a dairy farm. He has been for a number of years notary public, an office for which he is eminently fitted by education

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and aptitude. His first wife was Lucy Bowen, who died in 1888, leaving two chil- dren, George and Arletta, the elder of whom died August 3, 1894, aged twenty-one years. His present wife, who was Hattie Squires, is the mother of two children, Nellie and Frank.

Case, Daniel C., younger son of the late Ransford Case, was born in Hannibal, January 8, 1855. Ransford was three times married and the father of six children, of whom our subject is the younger of four sons. Ransford Case was born and reared in Skaneateles, a blacksmith by trade, and in later life a farmer; also becoming a prominent man of affairs holding the office of justice of the peace and postmaster. Daniel C. received an academic education at Fulton and Cazenovia, fitting himself for teaching, which profession he followed until the purchase of a farm in 1877, con- sisting of 160 acres. His wife is Elizabeth, daughter of John Cole of Granby, whom he married October 27, 1875, and they have had these children: Bertha A., Clare D., Lena A., Alvin R., and two who died in infancy. Mr. Case has not lost his interest in educational matters since becoming a farmer, but devotes his time and talent largely to the advancement and improvement of schools and is trustee of Os- wego Falls school. He was president of the village in 1887 and 1888, and has also served as trustee of the village.

Emeny, Geo. J., born in Herkimer county in 1839. In 1842 his parents moved to Oswego county where he has since resided (excepting six years spent in Illinois). He is the only son of James and Elizabeth Emeny. Mr. Emeny was educated at Falley Seminary, and is known as an energetic and successful contractor and builder, having built large business blocks for himself and others, besides over 100 dwellings in Fulton and Oswego Falls: April 25, 1870, he married Maria Van Wagenen, daugh- ter of the late F. D. Van Wagenen, and they have one daughter, Georgia, wife of H. C. Howe of Fulton, and one son, Frederick, who is taking a course in mechanical engineering at Cornell University.

Reynolds, Chas. A., is the eldest living son of the late James G. Reynolds, who settled in Northern Granby in 1828. Besides extensive farming interests he conducted a large lumber business, shipping principally to Troy, Albany, Syracuse and Oswego. In this way he acquired a competency. In 1850 he married Antoinette, daughter of the late Seth Severance, a prominent early settler of New Haven, N. Y. Mr. Rey- nolds was public spirited, broad minded and a genial companion. He was a well known politician and held various offices of trust, and received nomination for as- semblyman in 1870. His honorable and useful life closed November 24, 1886, aged seventy-five. His son, Chas A. Reynolds, was educated at Falley Seminary, Fulton ; he has devoted his time chiefly to extensive farming and the raising of full-blooded stock. The youngest son, Willard G. Reynolds, is a graduate of Amherst College, class of '90; also of Bellevue Medical College, and is now acting senior doctor at St. Mary's College, Brooklyn, N. Y. James G. Reynolds was one of a large family of children ; the two oldest, Morgan Z. and Mariah H., wife of Roland P. Crossman, being well known old residents of Oswego.

Fuller, C. S., was the son of Almaria and Abigail S. Fuller, who came here from Columbia county about 1830. Almaria was a mason by trade. He was a man of mnch character, and filled the offices of assessor, justice and supervisor. He died in

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1864, aged eighty-four. C. C. Fuller's residence of sixty-four years at South Granby has been uninterrupted. In early manhood he taught school during the winter seasons, in which profession he was very successful. He also learned the mason's trade from his father. His wife is Lucy, daughter of the late Seth Paine. She was born in Camillus in 1826, and traces her ancestry to the Mayflower. She has one daughter, Clarissa P., wife of William G. Betts of Fulton. Mr. Fuller was born in Columbia county September 18, 1818.

Jennings, Capt. O. J., was born in Fulton village November 4, 1837. His father, Z. P. Jennings, a descendant of old New England stock, came here from Berkshire county, Mass. His business was manufacturing wooden ware. He died in 1856, aged fifty-four years. Our subject, the younger of two sons, had only the advantage in education of the public schools of Fulton, together with several winters' study with the late Rev. T. M. Bishop. He engaged before his majority in the retail drug business in Fulton. When the first call for volunteers was made by President Lin- coln, Jennings personally formulated a muster roll and affixed thereto his signature- the first volunteer soldier of Oswego county; he went to the front as captain of Co. E, 24th N. Y. Vols., and although severely wounded at the Second Battle of Bull Run, maintained his position till the suspension of hostilities. In 1863 he married Adelaide A. McCrea, and has one daughter. Mr. Jennings was appointed town clerk of the town of Volney to fill vacancy when twenty years of age, and was the follow- ing year elected as a Republican to the same office; from 1880 to 1883 he was super- intendent of the Oswego Canal. At times he has been extensively engaged in the dredging business together with general contracting work on the great lakes. In politics he is a Republican.

Cary, E. G., traveling salesman (since 1885), representing the Minetto Shade Cloth Co., is the son of William P. Cary of Oswego Falls. He was born at Osceola, Wis., May 29, 1856. He is of Scotch-Irish ancestry. He graduated from the High School at Sheboygan Falls, Wis., after which he entered the best of training schools. After three years spent in teaching he engaged in mercantile business in Milwaukee, Wis., with T. A. Chapman & Co., where he remained for three years. His first experience on the road was in the employ of a St. Paul dry goods house, afterward traveling for the New York Slate Roofing Co. In his present vocation he has achieved a marked success. His wife, Isadore, is a daughter of J. W. Cornell, and they have two chil- dren: Edna M. and Harold W. Mr. and Mrs. Cary are members of the M. E. church, of which he has long been a trustee and superintendent of the Sabbath School.

O'Brien, John C., the leading dry goods merchant of Fulton, received his education and commercial training in the city of Oswego, where he was born January 26, 1860. His father, John O'Brien, formerly an attache of the Northern Transportation Com- pany, is now engaged in the life insurance business in Oswego. John C., who is the eldest of four sons, was a valued employee for eight years in a leading dry goods house, but in 1885 established himself independently in businessin Fulton. Through keen commercial intuition, natural shrewdness and careful management, Mr. O'Brien's business, which had a comparatively small beginning, has grown to its present pro- portions. He was united in marriage to Miss Frances O'Hare of Fulton, and two children, Charles and Helen, have blessed their union,

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Dutton, Grove H., was born in Granby July 5, 1846. Orson H., his father, came to Fulton about 1834, operating a saw mill as well as a farm. His wife was Sophia Church of Connecticut ancestry, and of her six children but two are now living: our subject, and Maria, now Mrs. Strickland of Ottawa, Ill. Orson Dutton died in 1884 aged seventy-six. Our subject was in the war of the Rebellion, going to the front at the age of sixteen in Co. D, 147th Regiment N. Y. Vols., and took part in all of the great battles from Chancellorsville that the Army of the Potomac was engaged in from that time to the close of the war. Twenty-five years after the war, after three amputations, he lost an arm from a wound received at Gettysburg; he was also wounded at Five Forks, Va., near the close of the war. Since the war he has been engaged principally in farming, besides serving the town in various official capacities. He was two years in the custom house as inspector under the appointment of H. H. Lyman. His wife is Betty, a daughter of Milo Austin of South Granby, and their children are Ralph, Bruce, Bessie, Orson, Grove, Cort and Ruth.

Chapman, E. D., was born at Hebron, Washington county, N, Y., June 3, 1826 .. Besides various town offices, Mr. Chapman has been for sixteen years since its organ- ization president of Oswego County Fire Relief Association, with a membership of 1,500 and carrying risks of over $2,500,000; three successive years master of County Council, Patrons of Husbandry, and nine years master of the subordinate grange. His wife, Louisa, whom he married in 1849, died in 1891, leaving five children: Em- eline, wife of Charles R. Rogers of Oswego Falls; Jane, wife of Fred Surdam of Os- wego Falls; Alman, Isaac and Orson. Mr. Chapman's present wife is Anna Speer of Swedish birth. His father is still living, a resident of Hebron, Washington county, N. Y.

Spafford, G. Fred .- On October 2, 1894, John Milton Spafford, long an active and honored citizen of Fulton, passed away after a long and useful life. He was born April 25, 1815, at Saquoit, Oneida county, and came to Fulton in 1820, where he has resided with few exceptions up to the time of his death. In 1839 he married Jennette Green in Madison county. Mrs. Spafford died June 10, 1875, and in 1879 he married Mrs. Vandalia Van Valkenburg of Fulton. He was the father of nine children, as follows: Chester Jinks, Mary Ann, Louisa Sophronia, Edgar Delos, Susan Elizabeth, Martha Deatta, Frances Amelia, Ella Archele, and George Frederick. Of these children Fred and two daughters, Mrs. Theo Bellinger of Deansville, and Mrs. David Cole of Kirkville, survive him, as does also his wife. Mr. Spafford was a carpenter and joiner by trade, and for many years owned and operated a saw mill just east of Fulton village, and as an evidence of his thrift it may be stated that at one period of his life he worked at his trade by day and operated his saw mill at night. He en- joyed the respect of all who knew him, and the family have the sympathy of a host of his personal friends and admirers. G. Fred Spafford was born May 6, 1856, and has always resided in Fulton. He is now engaged in the ice business, a superior quality of which is produced upon his own premises in the suburbs of the village. February 9, 1878, he married Louise, daughter of Felix Cholet, of Syracuse. Mr. Spafford inherits largely the genial and manly qualities which distinguished his late father.

Pease, Levi, was born November 23, 1816. His father was Daniel Pease, one of the first settlers in Oswego. His mother was Miriam Rice, the daughter of Asa Rice.

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the first settler (in 1797) in the town of Oswego, outside the State Reservation. He married in 1848 Mrs. Mary Bishop Rhodes, who died July 5, 1894, leaving two sons, Leroy and Ira, and one daughter, Mrs. C. P. Smith of Burlington, Vt. Leroy Pease was born March 2, 1850, and married in 1868 Laura E. Alexander. Ira Pease was born June 20, 1856, was educated in the Oswego Normal School, taught four years, and in 1880 married Marcia E., daughter of John A. Place of Oswego. Levi Pease and his sons are engaged in successful farming and fruit-raising in the town of Os- wego.

Ould, John, was born in?England July 5, 1828, a son of Richard and Elizabeth (Truscott) Ould, also natives of Eugland, where the mother died aged thirty-three years. John came to America when twenty years of age, settling in Wampsville, Madison county, N. Y., where his father died aged [fifty-six years. Our subject learned tailoring in England, at which he has ever since been engaged. He resided in Madison county seven years, then removed to Syracuse, where he remained four years. Coming to Oswego in 1858 he associated himself with Lyman Strong in the merchant tailoring and clothing business, the firm name being Strong & Ould. This firm dissolved in 1861, but the business, at first under the name of Klock & Ould (with some intervening changes in the style of the firm), now John Ould & Co., has continued to the present time, in all thirty-three years. They carry a full line of clothing, men's furnishings, and merchant tailoring goods. Mr. Ould has the repu- tation of being the finest cutter in the county. His wife was Susan M. Shepard of Madison county, a daughter of Ira and Mary Shepard, and their children are: Harris Truscott, born July 27, 1858, who is in business with his father; Sophia S., born Jan- uary 26, 1860, who married James M. Hart; and John A., born December 10, 1867. Mrs. Ould died in 1882.

Jacobs, Jacob M., jr., of German and English ancestry, was born in Oswego Oc- tober 23, 1830, son of Jacob M. Jacobs, who was born in Baltimore, Md., and who died in Oswego, aged over 100 years, formerly a midshipman in the navy, also clerk for the U. S. fleet on Lake Ontario under Commodore Chauncey and was stationed at Sackett's Harbor during the late war with Great Britain in 1812 and 1813; was also lighthouse keeper at Oswego for several years; he married Mary Tarble of New Hampshire, who died aged ninety years; the fruit of this union was nine children. five sons and four daughters: Charles W., Jacob M., Edward, Henry C., Edwin T., Eliza A., Nellie, Sarah and Mary, all living now except Edward, who died in 1843 from the effects of a fall on the ice. Jacob M. Jacobs, jr., in 1845, opened a whole- sale and retail cigar store; also manufactured cigars until 1881; since that time he has been exclusively engaged in the manufacture of cigars; his brands of cigars are the Frontier City, Gauntlet, Golden and The Best. In 1850 he married Caroline A. Smith of Syracuse, daughter of John and Sarah T. Smith, and their children are Myer, who has dental rooms in the Neil block in Oswego; Monroe, who died at The Dalles, Ore .; and May Jacobs, who married Lorenzo Dowd, of New Haven, Oswego county, where they now reside. J. M. Jacobs, jr., is a member of Frontier City Lodge No. 422, F. & A. M. He was storekeeper and inspector at the bonded ware- house of Gaylord, Downey & Co. during the collectorships of D. G. Fort, J. J. Lam- aree and H. H. Lyman, at the port of Oswego.

Calkins, Jesse W., born in Richland, Oswego county, N. Y., August 7, 1817, grand-

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son of Samuel of Connecticut, who died in this county aged eighty-three, and son of Samuel born in Connecticut and died in this county at age of eighty-two. The father was a soldier of the war of 1812. He married Ruth Weldon of Connecticut, who died in this county aged eighty-two. Their children were Elisha, Aurelia, Roswell, Alva, Sylvia, Benjamin, Sarah, Daniel, Ransom, Betsey, Phoebe, Julia and Jesse W., all of whom are deceased except Daniel and Jesse W. Jesse W., retired farmer, ex- assessor and member of State Grange, educated at Mexico Academy and afterwards taught school in different counties in the State. In 1845 married Nancy Gillespie, daughter of Henry Gillespie, who died 1846. In 1848 married Lydia Gillespie, daughter of Hugh Gillespie, born 1820. Their children are Estella R., married L. L. Virgil, both deceased; Gertrude A., graduate of Ingham University, married Rev. C. N. Severance, residence Wichita, Kansas; Jeanne A., graduate of Oberlin College, married G. Percy Smith, merchant, Mason City, Iowa; Robert L., claim agent, Grand Central Station, New York, married Frances C. Graves of Niagara Falls, N. Y., Flora A., graduate of Oberlin College, married Rev. W. L. Tenney of . Olivet College, Olivet, Mich .; Frederick G., real estate and insurance agent, Los Angeles, Cal., marrried Rosamond Simpson of Oswego, N. Y. ; H. Flavius and Cora L. deceased.

Rudd, Hiram, was born in the western part of Boylston in 1842. His father, Ro- sell A., came to the town in 1834, and four years later bought and located on what has ever since been known as the Rudd farm of ninety-five acres, which adjoins the county line on the west side of Boylston. His farm was deeded by his father-in-law, Mr. Filmore. Mr. Rudd died in 1886, and his wife in 1892. They had five sons and one daughter, Ellen, Mrs. William Barker; Hiram, David and George W. are far- mers of Boylston; William lives in Loraine; Chester F. died on the old farm in 1892, aged thirty-two years. Hiram married Jennie, daughter of Hugh Lermonth, and they have one daughter, Rose L., who was educated at Sandy Creek High School and became a successful teacher. Mr. Rudd served as assessor three years.

Bennett, Gill H., is of the fifth generation of Bennetts in the State. His father, Isaac W., was a son of Gill, son of Nathaniel, son of Nathaniel, who came from New England and settled in Rensselaer county. Here Gill was born in 1804, and in 1808 he came with his father and grandfather to Orwell. This was the first settlement in the town. Gill lived on a farm until 1878. His family consisted of three children, Janette, Mrs. John Wright; Kate, Mrs. Robert Thomas; and Isaac W., who married Helen M. Henderson, of Sand Bank. The Henderson family was the first to settle Albion. They had a family of two sons, Gill H., born August 17, 1854; and Thomas H., who is superintendent of the Oswego Water Works. Gill H. was born on the farm now owned by him, as was his father before him. He attended school at Pu- laski Academy two years and the Adams Collegiate Institute for three years. He married Nettie J., daughter of Nathaniel Lewis, formerly of Orwell, but later of Adams. They live quietly on their farm of 375 acres. Their children are Helen D., born August 26, 1877, who has attended the High School at Sand Bank; Bert B., died July 1, 1881; Charles C., born April 16, 1884; Victor T., born January 1, 1888, aud Lottie L., born April 22, 1893.

Matteson, Milton, was born May 26, 1842, in Mexico, a son of Wright Mattesou, who died aged fifty-six. The latter married Sallie Pond, who died aged eighty-three,

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and their children were Andrew, Loyal, Julia, Lyman, Milton, Algernon and Judson. The father was an officer in the State militia. Milton was educated at Mexico, and was first employed in a tannery, after which he was in the government employ at Washington, D. C., one year as mail carrier between Washington and Alexandria, Va. Returning home he enlisted in the 184th N. Y. Vols. and served in the Army of the James one year. He had three brothers who also served during this war. He married Addie Chamberlain in 1867, a daughter of George and Harriet Cham- berlain of Richland, and their children are George, Lloyd, Nettie F. and Stanley.

House, Charles W., justice of the peace at Colosse, was born in 1854, educated at Pulaski and Mexico Academies, and in 1878 married Emily, daughter of John Webb. They have one child, Ethel L. Mr. House was appointed justice of the peace in 1889, elected in 1890 and re-elected in 1893. The father, Joseph M., was born in Ot- sego county in 1813, son of Abraham and Nancy (Mabie) House, and came to the town of Parish when a boy. He taught school seven years in Pennsylvania and fourteen years at Bound Brook, N. J. He lived thirteen years at Holmesville, where he farmed and taught school, and afterward moved to the town of Mexico.

Webb, George Chandler and Theodore Herbert. In the annals of Mexico must be accorded a prominent place to the family of the late Charles Loring Webb, who set- tled in that vicinity in 1830 and who was long a leading merchant in that village. A spirit of adventure led him to enter the United States navy in 1854 where he served as assistant paymaster and acting paymaster on the U. S. brig "Bohio" during the civil war. At the opening of the Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg Railroad he be- came station agent at Mexico, a position he held until 1878, the date of his retirement from active life. His wife, Mary Chandler Allen of Pomfret, Windham county, Conn., and five of her eight children are living. Mrs. Webb is still a resident of Mexico and now aged seventy-four years. George C., born 1854, received a commercial ed- ucation at Mexico Academy and was first employed in a clerical capacity by the Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg Railroad Co. in the general freight office, Watertown, N Y., and has since filled many offices in connection with the New York, Ontario & Western and West Shore Railroads. In 1889 he established with James A. Foster the "Fulton Paper Co." for the manufacture of wood pulp, one of the most important industries of Fulton. Of unlimited enterprise and public spirit, he occupies an envi- able position among the substantial citizens of that thriving village. In 1884 he married Charlotte Lansing Boyd of Middletown, N. Y., and their children are Ma- nette Boyd, Henry Chandler, George Chandler, jr., and Bayard Boyd. Theodore H., the youngest son of Charles L. and Mary C. Webb, was born in 1858 at Mexico at which place he was fitted for a commercial life. He succeeded his father in the rail- road business, then spent ten years in the city of Oswego, filling important positions in the Second National Bank and Ames Iron Works, coming to the village of Fulton in 1891, at which place he assisted in organizing the Eurka Paper Co., of which he is secretary and treasurer; he has assumed in society and church as well as in busi- ness circles a leading position. In 1883 he married Elizabeth Hare Smith of Oswego, N. Y .; their daughter Dorothy was born September 19, 1891. Both brothers are earnest supporters of the best interests of the town.

Pardee, Daniel, the eldest son of Dr. Stephen and Mary A. Pardee, was born in Volney, November 30, 1833. He was educated in the common schools, at Fulton

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Academy, and at the age of fourteen entered Hamilton College, where he remained for two years. He then entered Union College and graduated in 1851. Thus pro- vided with an excellent education, Daniel began the study of medicine under the di- rection of his father, after which he attended lectures in New York and Albany and graduated from the Albany Medical College in 1855. He began practice in partner- ship with his father, and during the war was surgeon in Battery F, 1st New York Light Artillery. Returning to Fulton, Dr. Pardee resumed practice, but in 1868 he retired from active life on account of ill health. After this he traveled for a while, visiting the Bermudas, West Indies, Spain and the Mediterranean Sea. Being greatly improved in health he returned to Fulton and engaged for a time in the drug busi- ness, gradually resuming his practice. He died on the 26th of August, 1891. Dr. Pardee was an active and earnest worker. He was specially prominent in the Ma- sonic order and advanced to the thirty-second degree. For many years he was a member of the Presbyterian Church. At Waterville, in October, 1856, Dr. Pardee married Mary L. Stevens, who bore him one child.

Van Buren, Lawrence, son of an old and representative family, whose personal history is closely interwoven with that of Fulton and of the town of Volney, was born here May 4, 1846. He is the elder of the sons of the late James Van Buren, who was also born here, and whose father was Jacob Van Buren. James Van Buren was a carpenter and boatman, but in 1849 he went to the gold mines of California. His death occurred in 1876 at the age of fifty-four years. His wife was Maria Stevens, of Fulton. Lawrence also followed boating for a period of twenty years. In 1890 he engaged in the paper-making industry at the Victoria Mills. His wife is Ellen M., daughter of the late James F. Simons of Fulton. Their children are Burt, born April 19, 1876; and Ralph, born January 10, 1880. Mr. Van Buren was at one time assessor. He is a member of Hiram Lodge No. 144.

Hall, Llewellyn J., is a native of Oswego city, where he was born in 1845. His father, Daniel M., was a native of Norway, Herkimer county, a cooper by trade. His mother was Roxey Hines. His grandfather was Daniel Hall, who was born in Rhode Island and came to Herkimer county at the age of twenty-three; from there he went to Lee, Oneida county; from there he went to Scriba, Oswego county, about 1834; he was a blacksmith by trade; he was married twice; by his first wife he had five children, one son and four daughters; and by his second wife four children, two sons and two daughters, subject's father being the oldest by the second marriage. Llewellyn moved to Mexico in 1862, and from there he enlisted in Co. I, 147th N. Y. Vols., and was with his regiment all through until the battle of the Wilderness, May 6, 1864, where he was wounded and lost his left leg below the knee; he was there taken prisoner and carried to Lynchburg, and from there to Libby prison in Rich- mond, and was kept a prisoner five months, and finally discharged March 18, 1865, at Philadelphia. He married in 1869 Mary O'Raffarty of Oswego, who died May 9, 1870. His second wife was Sarah A. Boschan, daughter of Lorenzo Boschan, and their children are Andrew E., George E., Bertha, Frank, James and Clarence. Llewellyn came to Boylston in 1878, and settled on a farm one-half mile east of Town Hall and lived there until 1887, and then moved to the farm of twenty-five acres he now owns. One brother, Herbert S., lives with him; another, Andrew, lives in Al- bion, Orleans county; James died in 1889, aged thirty-five years; Colon L., eldest

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Landmarks of Oswego County, New York, Part 117

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