Landmarks of Steuben County, New York, Part 100

Author: Hakes, Harlo, 1823- ed; Aldrich, Lewis Cass. cn
Publication date: 1896
Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y. : D. Mason & Co.
Number of Pages: 1180

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Hyna, John, was born in Herkimer county, April 10, 1842. Enos Hyna, his father, . was born in Germany and came to the United States when twenty years of age. He settled in Herkimer, where he engaged in farming. In 1844 he came to the town of Avoca and settled near Avoca village, where he cleared a farm of eighty-seven acres. He married Christiana Weno, by whom he had these children: Marietta, John, Peter, William, and Samuel. John Hyna was educated in the district school of Avoca, after which he engaged in farming and now owns a farm of ninety acres, which he cleared by his own efforts. He married Harriet, daughter of Benjamin K. Drake of Wheeler, by whom he had three children: Erastus, Katie, and Constance.

Hennis, Benjamin, was born in England in November, 1822, and came to the United States in 1862, and first settled at Rogersville, Steuben county, where he bought a farm. He remained in that part of the county for three years and then came to the town of Avoca and purchased a farm of 260 acres, where he has lived ever since. He was a farmer prior to coming to the United States. He married Matilda Wall of England, by whom he had four children: Agnes, John, Ebenezer, and Benjamin. Agnes and Benjamin are dead.

Hogue, Patrick, was born in Ireland in 1846, and came to America when three years old with his father, Patrick, who first settled in Canada, then to Corning and in 1849 purchased the farm on the Goodhue Road, which has been Mr. Hogue's home until recently. The father died in 1884. In 1883 Mr. Hogue began to buy and ship live stock to New York and other markets, still operating the farm. In politics he is a Democrat, and served as overseer of the poor for not less than eighteen years. He takes an active part in the affairs of the Roman Catholic church. In 1870 he mar- ried Honora Jane Reynolds, and they are the parents of eight children, two of whom are deceased. He has built a house in Addison village in order to give his children better educational advantages.

Hubbs, Dr. M. B., was born at Corning, where his father, the late Gilbert Hubbs, was an early settler. That he ranks high in his profession while yet a young man is due to his own energy and talent. While teaching at Cameron he took up the

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study of medicine with the determination to make it his life work, and in 1882 en- tered the Baltimore College of Physicians and Surgeons, where he graduated with full honors, and in 1887 located at Addison, where he is already highly esteemed, no less as a man than as a physician. In 1890 he married his present wife, who is a daughter of J. B. Wheeler, one of Addison's pioneers, by whom he had three chil . dren: Georgie, Melvin, and Tracy. Dr. Hubbs is ex-president of the Steuben County Medical Society, ex-president of Hornellsville Medical Association, and is a member of the Erie Railroad Surgeons' Association, New York State Railroad Surgeons' As- sociation, National Railroad Surgeons' Association, New York Medico Legal Society, and of the Psychological branch of the same society.

Hickey, D. D., was born in County Kerry, in 1837, and came to America and to Addison in 1853, when sixteen years of age. He first engaged in farming, receiv- ing for compensation eight dollars per month the first year, after which for thirty years he received employment in the sash factory of Amos & Bliss, and their suc- cessors. Since 1888 he has been engaged in the mercantile business, at which time he entered as a partner with John Durkin, a grocer. After two years he purchased his partner's interests, and is now alone, dealing prominently in groceries, provisions, flour, feed, etc. Mr. Hickey has been for twenty years a member of the Board of Education, and a trustee of the Catholic church for twenty-five years. In 1863 he married Mary Lynch of Addison, by whom he had six children.

Hooker, Fred S .- Mr. Hooker's life has been one of more than ordinary interest and adventure and the "moving accidents by field and flood," which environed his early manhood, might well have appalled a stouter heart. His birthplace was the quite little town of Springfield, Pa., and the date was 1833, an earlier one than the casual observer would surmise from his vigorous personality. His father was Clark Hooker, a farmer and lumberman, of Bay State birth, who moved to Pennsylvania about 1820 and was one of Springfield's pioneers. Fred S. acquired a good academic education at Troy, Pa., and first learned the cabinetmaker's trade, at which he be- came an expert, afterward taking up and mastering the art of photography. In 1858 the love of adventure and exigencies of business life took him to Texas, and the out- break of the Civil war found him a photographer at Houston. Treason was rampant there, and Mr. Hooker's loyalty to the old flag was undisguised, so he became a marked man, and after arrest by a vigilance committee, was indicted for treason to the Confederacy, the penalty being an ignominious death. But he was not easily frightened, and had plenty of staunch friends who covertly aided his escape to Gal- veston, but hearing of the hue and cry at Houston, valiantly returned to that hotbed of secession, where his financial interests had become involved. The committee formed a plan for his assassination, making a quarrel the pretext, but as he was known to be an excellent shot, and without fear, he passed unmolested and boarded a pilot boat for Santiago, thence to Brownville, where he was conscripted into the rebel army serving under that flag for three months. In the spring of 1862 he es- caped and after an equestrian trip of 500 miles through hostile country he finally reached a loyal blockade-runner at Matamoras, and was thenceforward protected by the Union flag. Mr. Hooker has been a resident of Addison for a quarter of a cen- tury, principally engaged in photography. In 1894 he visited the Southwest and met many old friends, and whilom enemies, now, perforce, more amicably disposed.

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Havens, Thomas, was born in Seneca county, March 26, 1809, son of Jabez and Ester Cryell Havens, a native of Long Island, and she of New Jersey. They settled first in Lodi, and then came to Steuben county, settling in Pulteney in 1810, where they cleared a home, and where he died at the age of sixty-one years. Mrs. Havens died in Corning, aged seventy-seven. He was a Republican and was justice of the peace for a number of years. They were members of the Presbyterian church, of which he was deacon. Thomas was reared on a farm, and in 1860 he bought the farm in Bradford on which he has since resided. He retired from farming in 1885. In 1837 he married Lydia, daughter of Jacob and Charity Cole Bryon, and they have one adopted daughter, Hannah, wife of Oren Bartholomew, a farmer of Bath. Mr. and Mrs. Havens are members of the Methodist church.

Hunt, William, was born in the town of Caton in 1856, son of A. J. and Hannah Cole Hunt, who were married in Tompkins county and came to Steuben county, locating in the town of Caton, where they now live. Mr. Hunt was raised on a farm and married in 1881 Lillian Tubbs, a native of Tioga county, Pa., and in 1883 lo- cated on his present farm of eighty acres, where he follows general farming.

Honness, Melvin M., is a son of the late Benjamin Honness. He was born in Ithaca, N. Y., in 1850, reared on the home place, where he now lives, in Caton. When fourteen years of age he learned telegraphy, and followed that as an occupa- tion, taking charge of his first office at Victor on the Central Railroad. In 1893 he gave up an office in New York for the C. & C. Railroad and has since resided on his present place. In 1882 he married Anna E. Glover, a native of Kentucky.

Holmes, J. S., was born in Tompkins county, in 1829, and came to Chemung county when thirteen years old with his parents, Anson and Lillian (Hunter) Holmes. In 1850 he married Mary Elizabeth Bonham, and moved to the town of Caton in 1852. His first wife died in 1874. His present wife, Sarah Jane, nee Saunders, is a native of Chemung county. He enlisted in the 188th N. Y. Vols., serving till July 11, 1865.

Hellaby, John, was born in England, in 1837, and came to America in 1870, locating in Lawrenceville one year, Lindley two years, and in Tuscarora for a time. He came to Caton later and followed general farming, having a farm of 147 acres, where he resides.

Healy, William W., was born in Dansville, N. Y., August 30, 1822, and is of New England stock. His father, Joshua Healy, was born in Massachusetts, and moved to Shoreham, Vt., and died in Dansville, N. Y., July 27, 1858, aged sixty-seven years. He was a volunteer in the war of 1812, and William W. has a canteen picked up on the battlefield of Plattsburg, which was left there by the British. He came to Shore- ham, Vt., on foot and built a log house on the place near the Healy school house, he being the first settler in that locality, where he purchased 200 acres of land and sub- sequently purchased 150 acres. He was the first supervisor of Dansville, and was a member of the State Legislature in 1834-35, also was associate judge of Steuben county. In 1815 he returned to Shoreham, Vt., where he married Lucy Wilson, who was born in Shoreham, November 11, 1793, and died August 23, 1838, aged forty- four years, and they returned to Dansville in an oxcart. They had eleven children: Azro, born January 20, 1814, and died January 15, 1895; Lucy Lathrop Slusser, born

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September 23, 1816; Sophia, born August 1, 1818, deceased; Caroline Clark Kreid- ler, born May 22, 1820; William Wilson, as above; Benjamin S., born April 18, 1825 ; Joshua, born January 2, 1828; Byron, born January 10, 1830, judge of Wyoming county for twenty-two years; L. B. Healy, M. D., born August 13, 1832, and died February 9, 1880; Mary Clark, born July 10, 1835, and Doris, born December 3, 1837. William W. was educated in the common schools of Dansville, and has always followed farming, and is now the owner of Pine Grove farm, containing 400 acres. He is known as the largest potato buyer in Steuben county, and is a large raiser of the same, being the pioneer potato grower of Dansville. He has also engaged ex- tensively in buying sheep, and has at one time bought and driven 2,000 sheep from Vermont to Dansville. He sold one crop of wool for $108,000, and has had 5,000 sheep at one time. He is a member of Dansville Lodge, No. 478, F. & A. M. De- cember 25, 1845, he married Harriet I. Clark, who was born at Conesus, in 1824, and died in November, 1883, by whom he had seven children: Sarah B .; L. C., who re- sides at Arkport; Lucy S. Day, Caroline Eliza, Nettie M., a teacher in Salamanca High School; Harriet, deceased, and Edith May, deceased. Mr. Healy married for his second wife Martha R. (Robinson) Wilbur, who was born in 1838.

Healy, Joshua, is of New England stock. His grandfather, Benjamin Healy, was born in Massachusetts and was a soldier of the Revolution. Joshua Healy, father of our subject, was born in Massachusetts, June 16, 1791, and died July 27, 1858. He moved to Shoreham, Addison county, Vt., with his parents at six years of age, and in 1814, immediately after the war of 1812, in which he participated, he started across the country on foot in company with Elisha Robinson, Gross Gates, John Robbins and Joseph Phelps, and settled in Dansville, where he purchased 200 acres of land, and subsequently purchased 150 acres. He was a man of prominence not only of Dansville, but of Steuben county. He was the first supervisor of Dansville, which office he held for several terms, and represented Steuben county in the State Legislature in 1834-35. He was also justice of sessions for several years. He died July 27, 1858. Joshua Healy has always followed farming, and he now owns 225 acres of land. He has held the office of justice of the peace of Dansville for three terms. He is a member of Canaseraga Lodge, No. 781, F. & A. M. At Wheeler, N. Y., in 1857, he married Julia A. Chichester, who was born in 1833, and died in 1890. In March, 1894, he married for his second wife Julia Swain, of Nunda, who was born in 1855.

Harter, Lafayette, was born January 4, 1855. His grandfather, Andrew J. Harter was born in Herkimer county, N. Y., April 8, 1802, and died March 28. 1887, on the farm of 100 acres which he purchased of the land office, about 1825, and which he cleared. Cornelius Harter, father of Lafayette, was born in Dansville, on the same place, June 22, 1827, and died May 12, 1878. He married Mary L. Merrill, who was born in Fremont, September 11, 1833, and died January 14, 1893, by whom he had seven boys: Lafayette, as above; Eugene, born July 29, 1857; Sidney A., born De- cember 5, 1858; John W., born May 13, 1861; Elmer E., born August 6, 1863, and died November 30, 1874; Etna, born November 8, 1865, and Cornelius, born Novem- ber 9, 1872, and died November 6, 1894. Lafayette Harter has always been a farmer, and is now the owner of the homestead. At Howard, N. Y., he married Lucy Hecox,

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born August 30, 1857, by whom he has three children: Viola, born May 26, 1881; Clarence, born April 11, 1884, and Clyde, born February 25, 1890.

Huguanir, Leonard N .- His grandfather was born at Kinderhook, Columbia county, N. Y., was a French Huguenot, and died in Montgomery county, N. Y., at the age of eighty-six years. Leonard's father, Adam Huguanir, who was born in Montgomery county, N. Y., in 1799, was brought up on a farm and attended district school. He married Catherine Voorhees, who was born in April, 1806, and they moved to the town of Howard (now Fremont) and bought a farm, where he engaged in farming the remainder of his life. They were the parents of ten children: David A., born January 12, 1827; Jane Ann, born in 1829, deceased; Lewis Voorhees, born in 1831, deceased; Barbara, born in 1833, deceased; Maria, born June 9, 1835; Han- nah, born in April, 1837; Elizabeth, born in April, 1839; Leonard N., our subject, born September 3, 1843; Primla, born in June, 1844, and Charles, born in April, 1846. Leonard N. was educated in Franklin Academy, at Prattsburg, Steuben county, N. Y. He enlisted in the 141st N. Y. Vols., Co. F, was wounded at Dallas, Georgia, and was mustered out of the service at the close of the war, receiving an honorable discharge. November 26, 1873, he married Rose Holden, at Salamanca, N. Y., born at Fremont, May 12, 1855. They are members of the Advent church. Mr. and Mrs. Huguanir have three children: Pearl E., born February 16, 1877, who commenced teaching school when she was but sixteen years old; Leon C., born February 27, 1879, and Lloyd B., born February 27, 1886. Mrs. Huguanir's father, Stephen Holden, was born in Connecticut and came to the town of Fremont, where he purchased a farm. November 8, 1887, he married Catherine Wright of Dansville, N. Y., and died in April, 1879, at Salamanca, N. Y.

Hemphill, George, was born in the town of Hartsville, September 12, 1840, and is the son of Robert Hemphill, who was born in New Hampshire, March 13, 1796. He first settled in Oneida county in 1822, and remained there fourteen years; then he came to Steuben county, on the farm where George now lives. He married Lucy Kimball, of New Hampshire, and they were the parents of six children: William, John K., John R., Silas H., George and Addie E., all of whom are living. George Hemphill acquired his education in the district schools of Hartsville. He married Martha, daughter of James M. Hovey, a farmer of Hartsville, and one of the oldest settlers of the town. Mr. and Mrs. Hemphill have no children. They reside on a farm which consists of 200 acres, about seventy-five acres of which is timber. He has filled the office of assessor.

Horton, Luther T., was born on the farm where he now lives February 25, 1833, son of Thomas, who was born in Connecticut. Thomas Horton came to Steuben county in 1832, buying and clearing sixty acres of the farm now owned by Luther T. He married Rhoda Hitchcock, of Connecticut, who died when Luther was a small child. They had five children: Lauren, who lives in Fremont; Lucius, Lansing, Lucy, deceased, and Luther T. The latter has always been engaged in farming, but in connection with that business he has also been agent for agricultural implements for nearly thirty years. Mr. Horton married Adelpha, daughter of John Patterson, who was born in England, coming to the United States when fourteen years old, and having lived in Howard for sixty-two years, where he has been engaged in

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blacksmithing. Mr. and Mrs. Horton have two children: Della and Casler. Mr. Horton has held many minor offices in the town of Howard.

House, Frank, was born in the town of Howard, October 17, 1858, son of Josiah House, who was born in this town, and was the son of Ansel House. Josiah House was a farmer and owned the farm where our subject now lives. He married Lodus- kie Cobb, of Genoa, and they were the parents of five children: Jane, Emma, Fanny, Frank and Hattie. Emma married George Ballard, of Hornellsville, and Fannie is the wife of Arthur Zeilley, of Avoca. Frank House is a farmer by occupation and has always lived on the homestead near Howard Flats. He married Vinnie, daugh- ter of Elvira Smith, of Howard, and they have three children: Charles, Lena and Earl. In politics Mr. House is a Democrat.

House, Aaron, was born in the town of Howard, October 20, 1837, son of Ansel House, who is mentioned in another part of this volume. Aaron House was educated in the district schools of Howard, his occupation has always been farming, and now owns a farm situated near the village of Howard Flats, of seventy acres, mostly im- proved land. He married Julia Cob, daughter of Abner Cob, afarmer and one of the pioneer settlers of the town of Howard. They have one child, Estella, who was ed- ucated in the school at Howard, and lives at home with her parents. In politics Mr. House is a Democrat.

Horr, Samuel D., a well-to-do farmer and sheep grower of Pulteney, was born in Prattsburg in 1829, a son of Appleton Horr, a native of Maine, born in 1795. Apple- ton Horr came to Prattsburg about 1820 and cleared the most of a 100 acre farm. He was a great hunter and fisherman. His wife was Hannah Decker, a native of Pennsylvania and daughter of Samuel Decker, who later removed to the town of Urbana. Their children were William, Lucy, John, Samuel, Rebecca, Betsey, Sarah, Rhoda, Mary, Emily, Elisha, and Lottie, all of whom grew to maturity. Mr. Horr died in 1871 and his wife many years before. Samuel D. remained with his father until twenty-one years of age, when he engaged as woodchopper. A year later he took up carpentry, which he followed for three years, when he was married and engaged in farming, but soon resumed his trade, which he has followed the greater part of his life. He came to Pulteney in 1849 and some years later in con- nection with his trade bought and conducted a vineyard. In 1881 he purchased his present farm of 130 acres and for several years has been interested in breeding fine wool sheep, now owning 250 head. In June, 1852, Mr. Horr married Sarah E., daughter of Phineas and Ellen (Havens) Casteline, early settlers in Prattsburg. Mrs. Horr was born in New Jersey. Mr. and Mrs. Horr had two children: Olney, who died at the age of eight years; and Mary, wife of Charles Skinkle, of Pulteney. They have three sons. Mr. and Mrs. Horr have been members of the Baptist church at South Pulteney for forty-five years, Mr. Horr having been trustee and deacon for six years. John and Elisha Horr, brothers of Samuel D., served three years each in the war of the Rebellion.

Holden, Jacob B., was born in Bath, N. Y., February 6, 1841, son of Jacob and Catherine (Johnson) Holden, he a native of Connecticut, and she of Homer, N. Y., who came to Bath with her parents when nine years of age, where she died in 1883. Mr. Holden came to Bath with his parents, Hiram and Anna Holden, who died in

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that town. Mr. Holden died in 1849. Jacob B. Holden was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools and Union Seminary of Rogersville, N. Y. In 1871 he located on the farm of eighty acres in Thurston, which he now owns, where he engaged in farming. He is a Republican in politics, and has been commissioner two terms. In 1868 he married Mary J. Parker, by whom he had one child, Charles F. Mrs. Holden died August 19, 1875, and Mr. Holden married for his second wife, Alice Martin, by whom he had eight children: Ella M., Ida G., William J., Oliver E., Floyd L., Frank E., Roy and Phoebe. In 1862 Mr. Holden enlisted in Co. D, 104th N. Y. Vols., and served until June of the same year. He is a member of Loga Post, G. A. R., No. 469.

Jerry, Emron J., was born in Hartsville, N. Y., November 18, 1856, son of James and Almira N. (Adamson) Jerry, who were married May 10, 1854, he born in the Province of Quebec, Canada, June 29, 1829, and she born in Clearfield county, Pa., February 23, 1834. The grandfather of our subject, John Jerry, was a native of France, and came to Canada previous to the Rebellion, where he died. James Jerry, father of Emron J., came to New York State when eighteen years of age, and to Steuben county in 1850, where he has since resided, and followed lumbering and farming. He owned 216 acres of land in Thurston, which he recently sold to his son- in-law, Samuel Aldrich, and now lives a retired life. He was a Republican until 1872, and since that time has been with the Democratic party. He was highway commissioner for one year and supervisor for six years. He is a member of the Cam- eron Mills Lodge, No. 547, F. & A. M. Emron J. Jerry was. reared in lumbering and farming, and in 1879 engaged in partnership with his father in the mercantile business at Risingville, where they were successful. In 1881 the firm dissolved and our subject has since carried on the business. He owns at present 150 acres of land in Thurston. He is a Democrat in politics, and has been justice of the peace four years, and is now serving his third termas supervisor of the town. He has also been postmaster of the town for eight years. He is a member of the Cameron Mills Lodge, No. 547, F. & A. M., and has been master for two years. November 2, 1881, he mar- ried Millie J. Yost, of Thurston, N. Y., daughter of Jacob Yost, one of the early settlers of that town, by whom he had two children: E. J., who was born April 15, 1883; Milda J., who was born March 20, 1888.

Hurd, Joel, was born in Tuscarora, N. Y., June 30, 1834, son of Ransom and Annie (Johnson) Hurd, natives of Vermont, who came to Tuscarora in 1830, where they died, he June 27, 1847. They had eight children: Achsah, Ransom, Annie M., Rebecca, Joel, Sherman, Bryant and Byron. By a former marriage Mr. Hurd had six children: Russell, Horace, Philander, Lucretia, Harvey and Norman. Joel Hurd was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools, and has since followed farming. He is a Prohibitionist in politics, and a member of the M. E. church in Tuscarora.

Hurd, Eugene, was born in Woodhull, N. Y., Oct. 3, 1851, where he was educated. He began life for himself as a clerk in Woodhull for O. B. Baxter, where he remained one year and a half, and then came to Syracuse, and later, to Addison, where he was employed in the same capacity. At the age of eighteen years he engaged in the mercantile business, and, with the exception of a year and a half spent in Painted

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Post, was in partnership with his brother, John, at Woodhull. The partnership was dissolved and Eugene Hurd went into business by himself, in which he was engaged about thirteen years, being very successful. Mr. Hurd owned considerable property in Woodhull and was proprietor of the Hurd House about five years, and in 1892 came to Hedgesville and engaged in the hardware and agricultural business, and had the agency for McCormick Company four years. In 1883, Mr. Hurd, R. C. Park, and Dr. E. E. Webster built the telephone line from Hedgesville to Woodhull, and re- cently Mr. Hurd sold to Mr. McPherson of Hedgesville, N. Y. He is a Republican, and has been town clerk and is now assessor of Woodhull, and has the contract of carrying daily mail from Hedgesville to Rathboneville. He is a member of the Restoration Lodge, No. 777, F. & A. M. April 12, 1874, he married Charlotte M., who was born September 28, 1846, daughter of Christopher and Cynthia Tubbs Marlatt, she a native of Woodhull, and he, of Ballston, N. Y. He came to Addison when a small boy and afterward to Woodhull, where Mrs. Marlatt died at the age of seventy-six years. To Mr. and Mrs. Hurd have been born two children: Arthur, born October 29, 1878, who waseducated in the common schools and Woodhull Union School, and now resides at home; and Ray E., born at Painted Post, August 11, 1884. The parents of our subject, Horace and Anna Ward Hurd, hea native of Yates county, N. Y., born October 17, 1813, and she, of Elmira, Chemung county, N. Y., born June 5, 1824, came to Steuben county in 1840. They were members of the Methodist church. Mrs. Hurd died in 1888. Mr. Hurd is a carpenter by trade and lives with his son, Elmer W., in Hedgesville. Elmer W. is a merchant in Hedgesville, a Re- publican in politics, and was postmaster about ten years. April 27, 1892, he married Cora Petrie, a widow, who had one son, Harry. Mr. Eugene Hurd has a brother, John, who is a merchant in Woodhull, and a sister, Julia, who is the wife of John K. Stone, of Addison, N. Y.

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Landmarks of Steuben County, New York, Part 100

Author: Hakes, Harlo, 1823- ed; Aldrich, Lewis Cass. cn Publication date: 1896 Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y. : D. Mason & Co. Number of Pages: 1180

Author: Hakes, Harlo, 1823- ed; Aldrich, Lewis Cass. cn
Publication date: 1896
Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y. : D. Mason & Co.
Number of Pages: 1180