Landmarks of Oswego County, New York, Part 130

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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proportions. Himself and daughters are members of the Baptist church, as was his late wife and he is eminent in the Masonic and Odd Fellows fraternities, in the latter of high degree.

Parsons, Charles W., was born in Oswego June 4, 1837, a son of Portius F., a sol- dier in the war of 1812, who was also of this locality. and died at the age of sixty- seven years. He married Eleanor Lard, a native of Onondaga county, who died aged seventy-six years. Charles W. came to the city of Oswego at the age of ten. He first worked at teaming, then at boating on the canal, and was foreman in the coal business for six years. In 1879 he started a livery stable at the corner of East First and Oneida streets, which he still continues, doing a general livery and board- ing business. He also buys and sells, has a line of hacks, etc. In 1861 he married Elizabeth Crowley of Oswego, daughter of Paul and Elizabeth Crowley, and their children are Adelaide (deceased), and Mary G., who graduated from the the Oswego High and Normal School, and is a teacher in the city school.

Pero, Edward, of French ancestry, was born in Jefferson county April 24, 1849, a son of Edward, born in Montreal, and Sophia Kelly, born in this State, who died in Oswego aged sixty-three. Our subject was educated in Oswego and worked on the canal and in the factory In 1884 he opened the Pero House at 203 and 205 East First street which he still continues, and which is the handsomest hotel of its size in the city, accommodating 100 guests, and having a dining-room capacity of seventy-five, with reading room, sample room, ladies' parlor, etc., buffet filled at all times with the finest imported and domestic wines and liquors, cigars, etc. In 1874 Mr. Pero mar- ried Adeline Cayor of Oswego, and they have two children: Alfred, born in 1875, with his father in the hotel; and Calvin, born in 1876, who is a machinist in Buffalo.

Perry, Capt. W. R., was born in Cayuga county May 20, 1841. He learned the trade of printer in Fulton. In 1861 he enlisted in Co. A, 10th N. Y. Vol. Cavalry, and by bravery on the field was promoted to second lieutenant in 1863 and captain in 1864 with brevet rank of major. He was wounded at Sailor's Creek April 6, 1865. In 1865 he married Amanda Worden. They have one son, Walter W. Capt. Perry served in the Oswego Custom House under three different collectors and is one of the charter members of the O'Brien Post. His father was Sylvanus H. Perry, his mother Sarah M. (Thorpe) Perry. Mrs. Perry's father, Schuyler Worden, was born in 1806 and has resided in Oswego county for seventy-eight consecutive years. He lives with Mrs. Perry.

Perkins, J. A., was born in West Monroe, Oswego county, April 22, 1842. He learned the trade of blacksmith in Hastings and lived there fifteen years. In 1861 he enlisted in Co. C, 101st N. Y. Vols. and served three years. He was with the Army of the Potomac all through the Peninsula campaign and participated in the battles of Antietam, South Mountain and Fredericksburg. In 1866 he came to Minetto and has followed his trade ever since. Mr. Perkins takes a lively and intelligent interest in public affairs, and was supervisor of Oswego in 1888 and again in 1892. He is a notary public at present. In 1864 he married Sophia Waterbury. They have one daughter, Mrs. Ella Sweet. Mr. Perkins's parents were Joseph and Rachael (Taylor) Perkins.

Pare, Elijah J., was born in Montreal, December 12, 1842, son of Louis and Mar- gurite (Merrow) Pare, who were both born in Canada. The mother died in Oswego

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at the age of sixty-three years. The father was a shoemaker and worked on the bench for ninety-one years. The grandfather was born in France but died in Canada at the age of one hundred and three years. He was a soldier in the French war and served under Napoleon, Elijah was educated at Oswego. He learned the shoe- maker's trade and worked at the bench for ten years. He then clerked in a store for seventeen years (without losing a day). In 1883 he started a shoe store on E. First street, remaining there for nine years. He then removed to his present location at Nos. 6 and 7 Arcade, carrying all kinds of footwear, doing from twenty to twenty- five thousand dollars of business per year. In 1863 he married Mary A., daughter of Thomas Singleton of Oswego. They were the parents of seven children, three of whom are living, Elijah J., Alfred and Walter. The children are all in school. Mr. Pare is a Mason.

Penfield, Chester, was born in Oneida county, May 3, 1823, a grandson of Abijah, a native of Connecticut, and a son of Alexander, born in Connecticut, and of Betsey Goodnough, also of Connecticut, who died in Oswego county, aged sixty-eight. The grandfather on the paternal side was in the Revolutionary war, and the father was in the war of 1812. Our subject was educated in the common schools of Wayne county, and is a Mason. He has been prominent in public life, having served as · chief of police, collector, commissioner of public charity, and numerous offices. He has followed canalling, was in the insurance business, and has also dealt in coal. In 1839 he married Janet Richards of Wayne county, a daughter of Solomon and Salome Richards, her father having been a soldier in the war of 1812, also in the Canadian war. The children of Chester Penfield are as follows Alexander R., born Septem- ber 20, 1840; Lavina (deceased), Garrett S., Frederick A. (deceased), James G , Fred- erick, and Annie.

Pickerd, Abram, of Oswego Falls, was born at Stark, Herkimer county, March 6, 1821. His father, John, was a farmer, and settled in Schroeppel in 1835, completing his life work in Oswego county. Abram learned the carriagemaker's trade, at which he worked in most of the larger cities of the Eastern States. Having accumulated a large property by skill and frugality, he is now retired from business. His wife is Maria Welden of Stark. Their daughters are married, and both live in Palermo. Lomanda, the elder, married Joseph Woodruff, and Ida May is the wife of Jerome Smith.

Pierce, Marshall W., was born in Oswego county March 8, 1857. His grandfather was Benjamin Pierce, born March 8, 1788, who married Rebecca Obrin, who was born September 14, 1792. Their children were Mercena, born July 1, 1815; Waldin B., born December 7, 1818; and Walter, born July 15, 1821. Benjamin died Oc- tober 9, 1867, and his wife January 7, 1858. Mercena died September 7, 1841, Wal- ter died in January, 1882. The grandfather settled on a farm three miles east of Sandy Creek. Walter (the father of our subject) died in Richland. His wife was Chloe Tuttle, by whom he had these children, Bryant, Mercena, Ruth, Eudora J., Marshall. W., and Violet R. Marshall married, September 17, 1882, Rosa, daughter of George and Maria (Huffstater) Mead, of Oswego county, and they have had two children, a son who died in infancy, and Chloe, born February 17, 1888. The ma- ternal grandfather of Mrs. Marshall Pierce was Jacob Huffstater, a descendant from

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the Dutch who settled in the Mohawk Valley. He was born May 12, 1813, and mar- ried first Mary Corkins, by whom he had four children, and second Clara Widrick, by whom he had five children. The maternal grandfather of Mrs. Pierce was Jere- miah Mead, who was born September 14, 1790, at Mt. Washington (great-grandson of John Mead, who came over in the Mayflower). In 1814 he settled three miles east of Sandy Creek, and married Anna Cline, by whom he had ten children. He mar- ried second Elizabeth Clark.

Quonce, R., was born in Scriba February 4, 1851, and has followed farming all his life except five years when engaged in the cattle business. In 1875 he married Anna E. Brotherton, and they have three children, Mattie E., George S., and Flossie M. Mr. Quonce is a member of the Odd Fellows, of which he is district deputy grand master. He has been inspector of election. His father was Henry Quonce and his mother Ann (Barlow) Quonce.

Pattat, Constant W., was born in West Monroe in July, 1836, son of Jacob and Madaline (Tackly) Pattat, nátives of France, who came to the United States about 1832 and settled on the place where subject's store now stands. Jacob was a carpen- ter by trade and the only one of the family who came to America. He had eight children : Francis, Jacob, Peter, Catherine, Victoria, Constant, Eugene and Joseph, the sons being all coopers. Jacob and wife spent their last days with their children in West Monroe. Subject remained on a farm till eighteen, when he engaged in the cooper business, which he followed for some years. In 1863 he purchased a store in Little France, then known as French Settlement, where he engaged in the general merchandise business ; also handles agricultural implements and hardware. Through his efforts in 1876 a post-office was established at this place and called Little France, with Mr. Pattat as postmaster for the following twelve years. He served as highway commissioner ten years. In 1863 he married Mary Ann, daughter of Theodore and Margaret (Horner) Snavlin of West Monroe, natives of Germany, and they have three children: Arthur J., Nelson T., and Elnora M., wife of Chandler Tooke of Madison county. In May, 1883, Mrs. Pattat died, and in February, 1886, he married Hannah, daughter of John Elbar, natives of Canada. They have one child, Lottie M. Mr. Pattat owns and conducts a farm in West Monroe.

Place, M. S., was born in Oswego February 22, 1852. He was a farmer in his younger days, and afterward a sailor, which latter calling he followed seven years. then settled in the town of Oswego. He and his brother, N. A. Place, carry on the manufacture of cider, vinegar, etc., and do a large business in evaporating apples. In 1888 Mr. Place married Ida A. Harrington. He is a member of the Masonic fra- ternity and of the Grange. His father was a brickmaker, and kept a store at South- west Oswego. Our subject is an enterprising and successful business man.

Potter, Orlo S., was born in Sandy Creek November 7, 1854, a son of Judson W., a native of Jefferson county, who married Betsey Scripterl of Oswego county, both now living. Judson W. is a merchant in Sandy Creek and is superintendent of the Agricultural Society. Orlo S. was educated in Sandy Creek, where he clerked for ten years in a general store, then became junior member of the firm of E. Williams & Co. In 1888 he opened a general insurance office, this being an old concern estab- lished in 1860, which he purchased and still conducts, representing the Ætna of Hart-

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ford, the Royal of Liverpool and the Glens Falls, Agricultural (New York State), Caledonia of Scotland, Fireman's Fund of Colorado, New York Mutual Life, Fidelity & Casualty of New York. He has served as town clerk since 1890, having been nom- inated by acclamation. He is a stockholder and a director in the Sandy Creeek Wood Mfg. Co., Limited. November 17, 1875, he married Hattie M., daughter of Benja- min F. and Jane (Warren) Pond of Massachusetts, and they have one child; Fred C., born December 7, 1877, a student at the High School. Subject is a Mason.

Plummer, Frank, was born in Onondaga county March 10, 1854. His grandfather, Lester, was born and died in Onondaga county, and his father, Charles, was born in Connecticut and is now living at the age of sixty-six. He married Mary L. Sales of Onondaga county, who died aged thirty-eight. Their children were Frank, Ella, Matilda, Lena, Belle, Etta, Lacey, Lillian, Addie and Edith, Lillian and Addie being deceased. Frank was educated in Oswego county and began teaming in Hastings's sand banks. In 1891 he commenced keeping the Orwell House, and in 1894 came to Lacona and bought the Lacona House. This is a first class hotel, situated nearer to the station than any other hotel in the place, and Mr. Plummer devotes his special attention to the commercial trade, his house being provided with commodious sample rooms, a first class livery and the entire house heated and lighted by natural gas. February 10, 1873, he married Irene, daughter of Rodney and Mary (Pickard) Pierce, and their children are Mattie, born March 23, 1875; Eugene, born January 27, 1877; Blanche, born September 6, 1886; and Velma born May 31, 1891. Mattie married Frederick Johnson.

Peckham, Major Isaac C. H., was born in Hannibal in 1829, a son of David and Polly Peckham, natives of Connecticut, who were among the first settlers; and he used to take his grain to Rochester in a boat to a grist mill to have it ground into flour. Subject held the office of overseer of the poor fourteen years, and was the only overseer at that time. He was also commissioner of highways five years. He enlisted as a private in Co. F, 110th Regiment of Inf., was mustered into the United States service August 25, 1862, as first lieutenant, was promoted to captain in March, 1863, and was breveted major for meritorious service. He resigned on account of disability. At the time he was mustered in the United States service there were 101 men in his company, and in one year's time there were but eleven men fit for duty out of the original 101.

Piguet, Victor, was born in Constantia September 13, 1843, son of Francis V. Piguet, a native of France, son of Xavier Piguet of the same place, who came with his family to the United States in 1820, coming direct to Oswego county and settling on a farm in Hastings. Francis, the father, died in 1853, and his wife now lives with her son Victor on the homestead. Subject's chief business since boyhood has been coopering, but later years have been devoted to farming on the homestead of seventy-six acres, which he now owns. In 1864 he enlisted in Co. E, 16th N. Y. Heavy Artillery and served until the close of the war. His brother Joseph was with him and died in the hospital. His brother Peter served in the 147th Regimentand was severely wounded in the battle of Gettysburg. Mr. Piguet is a member of the West Monroe Grange, of which he was at one time treasurer.

Pickett, Garrett, was born in Oswego city in 1839. His father was David Pickett,

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a native of Ireland, who was a cartman in Oswego city for many years. His wife was Catherine -, and their children were Catherine, William, David, John and Garrett. The father died when our subject was four years of age, and the mother when he was eight. He was then thrown on the mercies of the world to shift for himself, and secured a position as paper deliverer for the Oswego Palladium and Times, which he followed two years. When ten years old he drove team on the Os- wego Canal, and was subjected to many cruelties by the captain, and when winter came he was turned adrift without his pay. That winter he chored for his living, and the following year, secured a position on the canal of Capt. La Mountaine of Con- stantia, with whom he lived and made his home for ten years. At twenty he steered a boat, and a few years later purchased a half interest in the boat owned by Capt. La Mountaine. The following year the boat was taken from him for debts contracted by its former owner. He then had to begin anew, but with his energy. and careful attention to business he soon became the successful owner and operator of other boats. He has accumulated a good property, and made for himself and family a comfortable home. In 1867 he married Laura, daughter of Charles Notgrass of Lee, Oneida county, and they have two children, Emma J. and Jennie. Mr. Pickett is a member of the Masonic fraternity.

Reynolds, Charles Henry, was born in West Monroe July 28, 1830, a son of Caleb Reynolds, one of six children of Benjamin Reynolds, of the Mohawk Valley, a farmer who came from the town of Lee to West Monroe. His last days were spent in Mich- igan. Caleb, the father of subject, was a farmer and resided in Oswego county until his death. His wife was Angeline Patterson of West Monroe, and their children were Charles H., Sanford, Andrew, Adeline, and Delutia. His wife died in 1849, and he died in January, 1894, in Constantia at the home our subject, aged ninety years. Subject began farming for himself at sixteen and later spent ten years as cooper, and some years as boatman on the Erie Canal. In 1864 he enlisted in Co. I, 157th N. Y. Inft., and served until the close of the war. He participated in the battles of De Voores Neck and Sumterville. Since 1866 he has resided on his farm in Con- stantia, during which time he has lumbered to some extent. In 1866 he married Susan, daughter of Elias Vanderwerker of North River. Mr. Reynolds is a member of Lewis Post, G. A. R., of Constantia, of which he is quartermaster.

Rourke, Dennis, was born in Ireland in 1833 and in 1863 came to Williamstown, where he worked in the tannery for five years, and in 1868 bought and settled on the farm where he now lives. He is one of the leading farmers of his town. His chil -- dren are James P., John T., Dennis E. and four daughters.

Rohde, George H., was born in the town of Hastings in 1843, a son of Ferdinand T., a nativeof Constantia, one of two children of Henry, a native of the same place. His father was from Germany, whose name was connected with the early history of this county. He was brought to the United States by George Scriba and surveyed the Scriba tract, for which he was awarded a tract of land west of the village of Con- stantia, comprising several farms. Henry was a farmer and spent his last days in Constantia. Ferdinand has followed farming and lumbering. His wife was Sarah Walkup of Brewerton, who died when our subject was one week old. His second wife was Maria Liddle of Fayetteville, by whom he had one child, Mrs. Sarah Slo-

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cum of Hastings Centre, with whom they now reside. Subject at nineteen enlisted in the 1st N. Y. Mounted Riflemen, Co. L, and served until the close of the war. He participated in the battles of Fair Oaks, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Suffolk, Richmond, Jackson, N. C., Seven Pines and Drury's Bluff. He was injured while in the war, and is now obliged to use crutches. In 1866 he married Margaret, daughter of Hugh Martin of Greene county, and they have two children, Harry and Frank. Mr. Rohde is a member of Lewis Post, G. A. R.

Reynolds, Lysander, was born in Sandy Creek March 18, 1819, a son of Daniel and Lelana (Seeber) Reynolds. Daniel came to this town with his father, Lyman, at the age of eighteen, among the first settlers of the place. Lyman was a soldier in the war of the Revolution. Our subject was educated in the public schools, and in 1868 engaged in sailing on the lakes, which occupation he followed till 1894, when he came to his present farm of 100 acres. While on the lake Mr. Reynolds was in the employ of the Michigan and Lake Superior Transportation Company for eleven years, on the line from Chicago to Duluth, making the trip once in two weeks. In 1874 he mar- ried Ophelia, daughter of Asa Lindsey. They attend and support the M. E. church.

Ridgeway, Amos E., is a son of Rev. Allen Ridgeway, who came from Highlands on the Hudson River and settled in Wayne county as pastor of a Methodist church. By his first wife he had nine children. She died, and he married Alvina Davenport of Sodus, by whom he also had nine children. He was sent to the Boylston Circuit and settled in the northwest part of the town. He stopped preaching in 1862, bought a farm and went to work at his trade of cooper. He died in 1882 in Boylston. His wife is still living at the old home. The record of this double family is as follows: James, living in Boylston, has eleven children; Martha, Mrs. Lyman Cahoon, died in Wayne county in 1892, with five children; Alpheus died in Jefferson county in 1892 . and had four children; John lives in Boylston, and has eight children; Emma, Mrs. George Hurd, lives in Wayne county and has three children; Benjamin lives in Ohio. Of the second family Mariette, Mrs. Richard White, has eight children; William has four; Amos E. has five; Paulina, Mrs. Frank Brown, has six; Ruth Mrs. James Dally, has two, and Robert, all living in Boylston. One son, Eugene, died in infancy, and one daughter, Alvina, twin of Paulina. Amos E. was educated in the common schools. He married Ella, daughter of Benjamin Nichols, and lives on a farm of 400 acres in the northeast part of the town. He carries on a lumber business, having a steam saw and shingle mill, purchased from J. C. Whitney in 1886. His children are Hattie, Benjamin A., Amos E., Clement N. and Milton. He was elected justice of the peace in 1893.

Rice, George E., of New England ancestry, was born in Wayne county February 16, 1840. The grandfather, Ebenezer, was born and died in Massachusetts aged eighty-two. The father, Jonathan, was born in Massachusetts and is still living aged eighty-one. He married Lovina Doolittle, born in Connecticut, and their chil- dren were Stephen D., Lovina A., Charles G., Harriet J., Jerod F., and our subject. The latter was educated in Wayne county, and is a Mason. He first learned the milling business, which he has always followed. In 1889 he started the mill at Holmesville, known as the Rice Bros. mill, situated on Grind Stone Creek, which being fed by springs affords an abundant supply of water at all seasons of the year.

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In addition to the milling business, they are extensive dealers in flour and feed. He married, December 6, 1860, Eunice A. Bumps of Oneida county, daughter of Ira and Hannah (Berry) Bumps, and their children are Hattie L., who married Nelson J. Webb of Jefferson county and has one son; and Lilly H., who married Eugene Grant of Jefferson county

Rudeau, George L., was born in Hastings in April, 1854, son of Joseph, a native of Lorain, France, who came to the United States when twenty-two, settled on a farm in Hastings, removed to Schroeppel, where he resided twenty-five years and died in 1880 aged fifty-five. His wife was Ann (Butt) Loren, by whom he had four children, Mary A., Louise, George L. and Nellie. Subject began farming when twenty-five and came to Hastings in 1882. In 1887 he bought his present farm of his father-in-law of eighty acres, and makes a specialty of raising Holstein stock. In 1879 he married Jeanette Pattat, daughter of Francis and Mary (Pickney) Pattat, natives of France, who reside in Hastings. They have three children, Henry, born in 1880; Charles, born in 1881; and Frank, born in 1884. Mr. Rudeau served as in- spector, and he and wife are members of the Hastings Grange, of which he is assis- tant steward.

Ray, James, was born in 1848 in Schroeppel, a son of Charles and Margaret Ray, natives of Ireland, who reared seven children and died in Oswego county. James was reared on a farm and married in 1880 Addie L. Gilbert, by whom he has two children, Howard and Marion. He has been on his present farm seventeen years, has eighty acres, and follows general farming. He served one term as trustee.

Rapeter, Charles, was born in Montgomery county in 1831, moved to Fulton county when a child and from there to Orwell, Oswego county, when seven years old, and to New Haven in 1864, where he has a good farm of ninety acres, and is considered one of the best farmers in his town. He married in 1855 Amelia Lias, and has one daughter, Cora.

Rowe, Augustus F., was born in New Haven in 1840, spent eight years in Iowa and Illinois, returning to New Haven in 1868. He married in 1867 Caroline Will- marth, by whom he has two children, Frank H. and Fred W. Mr. Rowe has been in the mercantile business at New Haven since 1869, and interested in the grocery and meat trade in Syracuse since 1891. After filling the New Haven postmastership twenty years, he resigned in 1893. The late Norman Rowe, the father, died in 1887. He was born at Litchfield, Conn., in 1795, moved with his parents to Oneida county in 1803, was at Sackett's Harbor as a militia man; married in 1816 Mary Moore and moved to New Haven in 1817. He was sheriff six years, justice of peace from 1827 till his death, and also town clerk fifteen years His first wife died in 1835, and he afterward married Mrs. Sarah Hitchcock, who died in 1880. His children are N. M., of New Haven; Henry of Ohio; Augustus F., and Abbie of New Haven, formerly for many years a teacher in the Oswego city schools.

Radway, Charles W., M. D., a native of Canton, St. Lawrence county, was born in 1852, educated at Canton and Potsdam Academies, and graduated from the N. Y. Homeopathic Medical College in 1876. He practiced his profession one year at Can- ton, since which date he has been located at Mexico, where he has a lucrative prac- tice. He is a member of the Oswego County Homoeopathic Medical Society, and

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the State Homeopathic Medical Society. His wife, whom he married in 1878, was Minnie Bennett, and they have one daughter, Ruth.

Reese, Dantford, was born in Montgomery county in 1850, came to Oswego county in 1856, and located with his parents in Hastings. The father, Abraham, was born in Montgomery county in 1812, married and reared his family in that county, and died in 1878. The mother of our subject, Sarah (Delim) Reese, also a native of Montgomery county, lives with her son Dantford.

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Landmarks of Oswego County, New York, Part 130

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