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Rhodes, Nicholas, was born in France August 15, 1843, son of Nicholas and Mary Ann Rhodes. He came to the United States when eight years old with his father, who bought a farm in Jefferson county. His father was one of the early settlers of Jefferson county, remained there twelve years on his first visit, then returned to France and remained twelve years, when he returned to Oswego and died in 1893, and his wife the same year. Subject volunteered in the late civil war, going to the front with the 10th N. Y. Artillery, and served in some of the principal battles of the war, receiving a severe wound at Petersburg. After leaving the army he purchased a farm near Oswego, which he sold and purchased his present farm in Parish. He married Rosalie Bartholemeu, and has four children, Pauline, Odelia, Lillie and Stella.
Robertson, Romayne Consider, was born in Windham, Greene county, December 16, 1846, son of James R. and Margaret (Camp) Robertson. The Robertsons were tanners in Windham, Constantia and Parish. Mr. Robertson was educated in Cox- sackie and from there went to work in his father's tannery, and followed it until the bark was used up in this section and drove that industry to Pennsylvania. Previous to 1878 the tanning firm was Robertson & Bros., and it was then changed to L. A. & R. C. Robertson, and so continued until 1883, when the supply of bark was exhaust- ed. Mr. Robertson is at present in the milling business at Parish. He was elected supervisor in 1871 and 1876.
Ringland, Mrs. Joseph, proprietor of the Ringland House. This hotel was started by Joseph Ringland and wife in 1879. Mr. Ringland was born in Canada August 20, 1832, and came to the United States in 1849. He entered the employ of the Globe Hotel at Syracuse, and in 1862 married Alice M. Breen, of Ireland, daughter of Will- iam and Margaret (Hoyden) Breen. April 21, 1862, he started a hotel at Minetto, which he conducted eleven years, then kept a restaurant seven years in Oswego, af- ter which he opened the above house. It has a capacity of about 100, with sample room, and is doing a fine local business. The father of our subject was a soldier in the British army. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ringland are as follows: Jennie, born April 2, 1865: William J., born September 12, 1874; Joseph B., born May 23, 1878. Jennie married George L. Tifft of Oswego, and has three children. Joseph Ringland died November 16, 1891. He was a Mason, a Knight Templar, Odd Fellow, K. of P., and while taking no active interest in politics, was always foremost in all moves for the prosperity of his town.
Stedman, Wells, lives on a farm of 100 acres two miles east of the village of Red- field. His house is known as an excellent place for sportsmen to stop at when out for trout, birds or larger game. He was born in 1841 in Florence. His grand- father, Elijah, came when a young man from Connecticut to Canastota, where his father, William, was born in 1810. Elijah spent most of his life in Camden, finally
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removing to Pompey where he died. William lived in Redfield from 1837 to 1865, and then moved to Oran. He married Angeline Nott and reared ten children. The oldest son, Levi, served in the navy during the Civil war, and died in 1891; Herman C., a farmer in Nebraska, was shot and killed by a hired man in 1887, the man taking refuge in a barn, which was surrounded by the neighbors and set on fire; Isleton, another son, lives in Osceola. The daughters are Mrs. Blount, Mrs. Corwin, Mrs. Brockway, Mrs. Woolever and Mrs. Moore. Wells married Charlotte Tubbs of North Bay. Their four children, Frank, Ritta, Andrew and Louise, are all deceased. Mr. Stedman spent fifteen years on canal and railroad building. He was in the mercan- tile business on Oneida Lake, conducted a hotel in Jefferson county two years, and in 1884 came from Minneapolis to Redfield. He has served as justice of the peace one term.
Sargent, Charles D., was born in Richland, Oswego county, March 18, 1850. A. J. Sargent, his father, was originally from Connecticut, coming to Oswego county with his father, when the section around Richland was a wilderness. The father married Martha L., daughter of John Butler of Amboy. They had four children, Ida, deceased; Charles D., Edward and Andrew. Our subject has always followed farm- ing. In 1870 he married Cleantha E., daughter of Gilbert Coe of Richland. Her grandfather was one of the oldest settlers of Albion. Their children are Maud A., Mamie B., Jennie C., and Gilbert E. The two oldest have taught several terms in school. Our subject is a member of the Grange.
Spoon, Ezra, was born in Herkimer county in 1834, and at the age of nine years came to Amboy with his father, Warner Spoon, who was a son of Henry Spoon. Mr. Spoon worked at the broker trade for some fifteen years, after which he devoted him- self to farming. He married Mary, daughter of John Patchen, and they have one son, Perry.
Schilly, Valentine, was born in Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, December 30, 1832, son of Philip A. and Anna Marie Schilly of the same place. Philip was a carpenter and farmer, and their children were Philip A., Elizabeth, Anna Marie, Lena, Valen- tine and John. In 1854 Mr. Schilly came to the United States, three years later came to Hastings where he soon bought a farm, and now owns 123 acres. He has mar- ried twice, first in 1861 Catharine Hyde of Germany, by whom he had six children: Philip A., who is a carpenter and farmer in Hastings; Charles and John, who con- duct a livery and sale stable in Syracuse; George H., Valentine and Dora. She died in 1882, and in 1884 he married second Mrs. Elizabeth Bower of Germany, by whom he has one child, William. He has one brother in this country, Philip A. of Syracuse.
Smith, Hiram J., was born in Hastings February 23. 1856, son of Morris D., a na- tive of Onondaga county, born in 1824, whose parents were Lemuel aud Cinthy Smith, natives of Vermont. Subject's father was a carpenter and farmer. In 1846 he married Eliza, daughter of Nathaniel Bolles of Palermo, and their children were Hiram J. and Laura M., who was the wife of Dr. Horace Mervine of Cicero and died in 1889. Subject and father live together in Caughdenoy. Subject attended school in Central Square three years, graduated from Phoenix Academy in 1883. In 1887 he obtained a State certificate, since which time he has taught school, teaching three years in Michigan. Since 1891 he has been principal of the Caughdenoy school, and is a member of the Good Templars.
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Snow, James M., was born in Hastings on the farm he owns in 1851, son of Nathan, a native of Oswego county, born in Constantia October 1814. The grandfather was Aaron Snow, a farmer. Nathan spent his life in Oswego county, was a farmer and served in many town offices. His wife was Elsie Shue, and their children were Ret- tie and James M. Subjects's parents died in 1856 and 1892 respectively. At the age of twenty-one subject began working on the railroad, later clerked in a hotel in Syra- cuse, and still later in a hardware store. In 1884 he returned to the farm of 125 acres which he has since conducted. He married in 1878 Rose, daughter of Robert and Abigail (Ladd) McChesney of Onondaga county, and their children are Elsie, Gale and Hazel. Subject is a member of the Masonic order. Nathan Snow was one who with Elder Woodin organized the first Baptist Church in Central Square.
·Stewart, Edgar E., of New England ancestry, was born in Oswego county Novem . ber 29, 1865, a grandson of Eathol of Massachusetts who died in this county aged eighty-two years. The father of our subject, Ira, was born in Massachusetts and died here aged eighty-two years. He married Elizabeth Converse, who is now living aged seventy-two years, and their children were Esther, Edwin, Elon, Lydia, Milow, Si- las, Cyrus and Edgar ; of whom Esther, Milow, Edwin, Cyrus and Lydia are deceased. Edgar was educated in Oswego and Pulaski, and married Grace Hollenbeck, daugh- ter of A. N. Hollenbeck of Pulaski, roadmaster for the R. W. & O. Railroad, who married Alfreda Calkins of Oswego county. Our subject has one child, Gardner, born October 6, 1892.
Stewart, Olon Converse, of New England ancestry, was born in Richland March 3, 1856. The father, Ira, was born in Massachusetts, and died in Oswego county aged seventy-nine. His wife was Elizabeth Green, and their children are Cyrus, Edwin, Esther, Silas, our subject, Lydia and Edgar, of whom all are deceased ex- cept Silas, Edgar and our subject. The maternal grandfather was a soldier in the war of 1812. Subject was educated at Richland, farmed until 1890, started in the milk business, and now does the principal milk business in the town. He married, November 22, 1884, Melissa Knowland, of Sandy Creek, daughter of John and Eliza- beth (Near) Knowland, and they have one son, Carroll, born September 29, 1886.
Stewart, Thomas R., of English ancestry, was born in this county February 23, 1841, a grandson of Eathol, of Massachusetts, who died in this county aged eighty- one. His father was Draper Stewart, born in Rensselaer county, who married Mary Looks of that county, who died aged thirty-seven years., Their children were Delilah B., Lydia M., Esther, Thomas R., Joel W., Sarah and Harriet, who died in 1875. Thomas R. was educated in the public schools, and enlisted in 1861 in the 24th N. Y. Vols., serving in the Army of the Potomac. He was in four battles, and was honor- ably discharged in 1863. February 22, 1865, he married Eleanor J. Lighthall, daugh- ter of Mitchell and Melissa (Guy) Lighthall. Mrs. Stewart was born in Providence, Ontario, Canada, her father being German and her mother a native of England.
Stewart, Wilber, of New England ancestry, was born in Richland January 26, 1838, a grandson of Eathol Stewart, of New England, who died in this county aged ninety- two years, and a son of Joel, who was born in Vermont and died in Oswego county aged ninety years Joel married Betsey White, a native of Vermont, who is now living, aged seventy-two years, and their children are Gilbert, Orin, Wilber, Sallie,
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Harriet, Milton, Ellen ; of whom Orin, Milton, Sallie and Harriet are deceased. The grandfather was a Revolutionary soldier. Our subject was educated in the public schools, and has always followed farming and dairying. July 14, 1862, he married Julia, daughter of Simeon K. and Tamer (Town) Eaton of Oneida county, and they have had these children: Mary, Fred, Pearl, Millie, Celia, Joel; of whom Fred and Celia are deceased. Albert, a brother of Mrs. Stewart, was killed in the battle of Gettysburg.
Spencer, Theodore D., of New England ancestry, was born in Jefferson county December 22, 1829. His father, Joseph, was born in Herkimer county, and died in Oswego county aged seventy-five. He married Anna Lee of Vermont, who died in Oswego county aged seventy-seven. Their children were Newland, Lucy, Lovina, William, Theodore D., Adaline and Duane; the latter two with our subject alone surviving. The father was a shoemaker by trade and a colonel in the early State militia. Theodore was educated in Henderson, Jefferson county, and his first occu- pation was as a sailor on the lakes. He next worked as shoemaker, has also been constable, mail contractor, tax collector, etc. He is a member of the? Masonic fra- ternity. February 7, 1852, he married Hannah, daughter of Sherry and Betsey Har- dy of Port Ontario. She died February 5, 1861, and February 9, 1862, he married Fluelen -, of Canada. Their children are Willam P., Ella, Hettie, Perry, Etta and Lula. Of these Perry, Hettie and Lula aredeceased. William is in the oil busi- ness in Pennsylvania.
Tucker, Frank A., was born in Sandy Creek, September 13, 1867, of New England ancestry. His grandfather, a soldier of 1812, was born in Connecticut and died in this town aged eighty-nine; his father, Manfred M., was born in Oswego county, and married Cornelia K. Taylor, both now living. Their children are Edwin W., Fred E., a daughter who died young, Frank A., Burton A., and Chloe. Fred E. was drowned at Point Peninsula, Jefferson county, in November, 1886, while rescuing shipwrecked sailors. Chloe is also deceased. Frank A. was educated in Sandy Creek and at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, where he graduated in Boston in 1891. He worked one year in the laboratory of the city hospital at Boston, prescrip- tion department, and also one year at Worcester, as a prescription clerk. Prior to attending college he had clerked two years in Sandy Creek and also for a time at Holyoke, Mass. May 1, 1893, he bought out the firm of Pruyn & Co. of this place, which drug store he now conducts. It is the only store of the kind in town and car- ries a full line of all drugs and chemicals, as well as tobacco and cigars, toilet articles, paints and oils, stationery, cutlery, etc. March 9, 1892, our subject married Flora B., daughter of Yates W. and Anice (Bateman) Newton, and they have one child, Anice Ruth, born July 5, 1893. Mr. Tucker is a member of the New York Pharma- ceutical Association.
Thomas, Martin H., was bornin Herkimer county December 27, 1827. His grand- father, Isaac, was born in Albany, and died in Schenectady aged ninety-five. His father, Martin P., was born in Schenectady and died in Oswego county aged seventy- two. Martin P. married Annie Ostrum of Montgomery county, who died aged eighty- two, and their children were Margaret C., Martin H., James, Jane A., Marietta, Charles E., Hannah M., and George D. The grandfather of our subject was a Rev-
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olutionary soldier, and the father was a farmer and hotel keeper. Martin H. was educated in Schenectady and Oswego counties, and was engaged in the hotel busi- ness and the grocery trade for some time. He then opened a hotel in Sandy Creek in 1852, and has resided here ever since, being now proprietor of the Sandy Creek House, one of the leading hotels of northern Oswego county, with the best of accommodations for travelers and summer tourists. It is situated a mile from the depot, with a free 'bus for the accommodation of guests, and Mr. Thomas caters only to the best trade. February 29, 1848, he married Levina, daughter of Henry and Louisa (Ferguson) Dingman, and their children are M Fayette, Rosa B., Birdie, and Clarence G., of whom Birdie is deceased. Fayette married Cora Baker; Rosa married B. J. Bedinger; and Clarence married Cassie Monroe. Our subject is an Odd Fellow.
Tallman, Ezra S., is a farmer and owns 200 acres. He was born in Herkimer county in 1829. He moved to Jefferson county in 1832 and to this town in 1869 on the farm where he now lives. He was supervisor of Hannibal from 1879 to 1882, and was also supervisor of the town of Brownville, Jefferson county, five years. He mar- ried in Jefferson county Sophia Green and has two children, Ida and Gertie. One son, John, is deceased. Ezra S. Tallman is a son of John Tallman of Herkimer county, who married Phoebe Mathers. John was a son of Ebenezer Tallman of Herkimer county. He died in Jefferson county in 1863, aged fifty-nine years, and his wife Phoebe, died in December. 1860, aged forty-nine years.
Thompson, George S., was born in Danby in 1851. His parents were of Quaker descent. His father, Israel, married Freelove Nichols. George was born on the same farm his father was, which belonged to the grandfather. The family moved in 1861 to Mount Holley. There were of the children that grew up: Anna, now Mrs. Smith living in Vermont. John in Chicago; he was captain of Co. B, 14th Vt. Vols., through the war. Henry lives in Boston. Silas was a sergeant in the same company with John; he staid with his regiment to the close of the war, but had contracted disease, from which he died soon after. The mother died in 1885 aged seventy-four, and the father in 1887, aged eighty. George attended district schools, and clerked five years at East Wallingford. He married Franc Dickerman, who died in 1871. In 1874 he came to Redfield, where he married Ellen G. daughter of James Petrie, and they have one child, James, who died in the spring of 1880. Mr. Thomp- son was with the tannery company until it closed business in the spring of 1885. He bought the store and stock and nine acres of land, and has carried on the business on his own account since. It is a general store, and he adds to it some lumber tran- sactions. He has been elected town clerk one term, and supervisor twice.
Turpining, Valentine, was born in Oswego county January 10, 1833, son of Valen- tine and Mary (Ladd) Turpining, both of Herkimer county. The grandfather was a descendant of the Mohawk Dutch. The father was a farmer. He died in Jefferson county at the age of seventy-five years. Mary bore him eight children; Valentine, jr., and one other brother are the only surviving members of the family. Valentine, jr., has always followed farming and owns a farm of one hundred acres mostly under cultivation. Most of his life has been spentin Jefferson county. In 1855 he married his first wife, Betsey Petrie, who was of Dutch parentage. November 14, 1893, he
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married his second wife, Carrie Petrie, also of Dutch parentage. Mr. Turpining is a member of the Grange.
Tanner, Lansing, was born May 31, 1834, a son of William Tanner who came with his wife and family to Albion in 1838 and settled near where our subject now lives, clearing over 200 acres for his farm. He married Inez, daughter of Cornelius Rich- ardson, of Whitestown, Oneida county, and of their eleven children six survive. The early days of our subject were spent in boating on the Erie Canal from Buffalo to New York, which he followed thirty years. In 1864 he enlisted in the 184th Reg- iment, but never served in any battles; he was placed as a butcher on the field. He married first Eliza Preston in 1856, and had six children, all now living. Mrs. Tan- ner died in 1890, aged fifty years, and he married second Carrie, daughter of George Manning of Parish. Mr. Tanner is a captain of the Sons of Veterans at Sand Bank and has a farm of eighty four acres.
Trumbull, James W., of Scotch ancestry, was born in Richland February 15, 1834, son of James, who was born in Vermont and died in Oswego county aged eighty- eight. He married Malinda Covey, born in Oswego county, where she died aged forty-one. Their children were Elizabeth, Ann, Olive, Smith, Spencer, Luther, Maria, our subject, Selby D., and Elda; of whom Olive, Smith (killed in the battle of Petersburg), Spencer, Maria, Selby (who was wounded in Pittsburg Landing), and Elda are dead. The father was a soldier in the war of 1812. The grandfather, Sim- eon, was born in New England anddied in Vermont. Subject was educated at Rich- land, is a farmer and dairyman, and is a Mason. He married July 22, 1856, Mary Jackson of Oswego county, daughter of Hilance and Dolly (Fox) Jackson, by whom he had these children ; Frances, born December 25, 1858, and Ransom, born January 29, 1863. Frances married Charles Ellis of Richland, and has one son; Ransom lives with his parents.
Townsend, William R., was born in Herkimer county in 1826, son of Alaman and Mary (Parker) Townsend, natives of Putnam and Saratoga counties respectively. Subject's mother died when he was eight years old and in 1852 the father came with his family to Oswego county, locating in Schroeppel. The father was sheriff of Her- kimer county two terms, member of assembly, county clerk one term, supervisor and justice of the peace. He died in 1882 aged ninety-five. William R. is the only sur- vivor of three children: Harvey, who lived on the homestead in Herkimer and died in 1883; and Maria Theresa, who died in Mexico in 1862. William R. was in Cali- fornia several years mining and following his trade of masonry, and in the winter of 1861 enlisted in Co. B, 42d N. Y., from which he was afterward transferred to Co. E, 184th. He was orderly sergeant and most of the time on Major Charles B. Sharper's division of spies. The father was in the war of 1812 and the paternal grandfather, Isaac, served throughout the Revolutionary war. Mr. Townsend married Sarah A. Bell of Herkimer county, who died in 1854, leaving a daughter, Mary E. His pres- ent wife was Mrs. Lucy R. Webster, and they have a daughter, Dora Maria, who is a teacher in the academy at Newburg on the Hudson.
Travers, Henry, a native of the town of Parish, was born in 1856, and owns part of the old Austin tract that was settled by the twin brothers, Henry and Daniel Aus- tin, who came from Vermont in 1825. They built the house now occupied by Mr.
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Travers, which is considered the oldest house in the town of Mexico. Jacob Travers, the grandfather of our subject, came from Vermont and was one of the pioneer set- tlers of the town of Parish, and was in the war of 1812. His son Abraham was born in the town of Parish, and lived and died there in 1881. Mrs. Travers is also a rep- resentative of one of the oldest families of Oswego county. Her grandfather, Ed- ward Rollen, came from Wales andlocated in Williamstown, and her father, Edward Rollen, still lives in Williamstown. Mr. and Mrs. Travers have three children, Lizzie, Clarence and Myrtle.
Tillapaugh, Rev. H. H., was born in 1840 where he now resides in Mexico. He completed his education at the Mexico Academy in 1860, was married in 1866 to Mary F. Austin, and has always resided in Mexico except a residence of five years in Michigan. Their children are Walter, Lizzie, George and Claude H. Solomon, the father, was born in Montgomery county in 1805, and resides with subject of sketch. He came to Mexico a young man, and married Eliza Everetts, who died in 1885 aged seventy-three.
Tillapaugh, William A., brother of H. H. Tillapaugh, was born in Mexico in 1838, engaged in milling from 1858 till 1862, then enlisted in the 1st Cal. Cav. served three years in Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, and returned to Mexico in 1866. In 1870 he married Harriet M., daughter of Charles G. Tiffany, and from 1872 served twelve years as deputy sheriff. In 1890 he was appointed court crier by Judge Wright, serving two years, when he was reappointed by Judge Stowell, and is still occupying . that position.
Tilton, Orville H., was born in 1851 in Mexico, and is a son of Smith and Sarah (Gilmore) Tilton, born in Washington, county in 1823, and she a native of Oswego county, born in 1831. The father died in 1882, and the mother resides at Oswego Falls. Our subject spent two years in Illinois and two years in Kansas. In 1881 he married Ella Myers, a native of Palermo, and they have four children: Roy A., Hattie E., Mac S., and Florence Inez.
Tipper, H. J., was born in Sussex, England, July 3, 1851, son of Edward and Ol- ive Tipper. Came to this country when six years of age, was educated in the dis- trict school near Lockport, then went to learn the trade of house painter, became a boss painter and contractor for fifteen years, then bought the farm on which he now lives and conducts in addition to his painting business. He married Ida Skinner of Butler, Wayne county, by whom he has one child, Olive L., six years of age.
Stratton, Moses K. The great-grandfathers of our subject on both sides served in the Revolution. Charles T. Stratton, 1st, was of Dutch descent and lived at Cox- sackie. When the war broke out he organized a body of men and went into the ser- vice as their colonel, but was never mustered in, consequently received no pay. He had the misfortune to lose all his property. His descendants have in their possession scrip, issued on very common paper, signed by George Washington in acknowledg- ment of indebtedness by the Government to Colonel Stratton, but they were never paid. Charles T., 2d, son of the colonel, was born at Coxsackie, and ran away from home, going to sea. After some years he found his way back home, went on up the river to the Champlain country, over into Vermont, and to Bennington, where he married Mary, daughter of Shubel Bullock, a ship carpenter who had also served in
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the Revolution. Of their two children, one died in infancy, and the other was Da- rius. He moved from Vermont to Ticonderoga, living in that section for several years, then to Fair Haven and Hulberton, working in grist mills. In 1856 the father and son came to Constantia, settling in "Shaksbush," now Bernhard's Bay, where Charles T. had a brother, Willett. They had saved quite a sum of money and with it bought of Willett a farm now known as the Henry Hahn place, paying for it in gold. They found afterwards that it was mortgaged for all it was worth, and they were left penniless. The father never recovered from this and after working around several years in the factories died in 1872. Darius also worked in the factories, and at any work he could get, until the war of the Rebellion broke out. In August, 1862, he enlisted, and died the following February, leaving a widow and three children. He had married Elizabeth Youmans, who is still living in Bernhard's Bay, and his children were Moses K., Ida, who married Asa Montross and lives in Cleveland, N. Y. ; and John, who married Johanna Shears of Crescent, and resides in Bernhard's Bay. Moses K. was born in 1855, and lived in Bernhard's Bay until 1874, attending school and doing any kind of work he could get to do, carrying mail, clerking in a store, etc. He next went to Oneida, where he worked for A. R. Tenner in the hard- ware business, being on the road as salesman most of the time, during which hemar- ried Sarah A. Lilly of Durhamville. He was station agent at Bernhard's Bay in 1881, clerked again for two or three years, and in 1884 took charge of the glass works, where he continued until 1892. He then removed to Panther Lake, where he has a quaint little hotel, and does a good business, entertaining hunting and fishing parties. He has one daughter, Mabel. He has taken quite an active interest in politics, and has served as committeeman, etc.
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