Landmarks of Steuben County, New York, Part 48

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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Chumard, George W., was born in Wayne county, Pa., in 1844, son of William and Mary, who came to Steuben county in 1861. After a few months they moved to Chemung county, residing there till 1864, when they located in Caton, where the parents died in 1869 and 1894, aged sixty-seven and ninety, respectively. Mr. Chumard is the only child. In 1875 he married Harriet, daughter of Christopher C. Lewis, one of the oldest and most respected citizens of the county. Mr. Chumard has resided on his present farm of ninety-five acres since 1870. They have one child, Erma L.

Conley, Edward, was born in Mount Morris, N. Y., July 7, 1852. James Conley, his father, came from Ireland in 1846, and settled in Mount Morris. He was engaged in farming and stock raising, and died in 1870 in his seventy-fifth year. Edward Con- ley is the youngest of a family of eleven children; he was educated in the common schools of Mount Morris; he started to learn the tinner's trade with Bingham & Coy of Mount Morris in 1871, and served two years with them, and April 24, 1873, came to Bath to finish his trade with E. H. Hastings; his capital consisted of the clothes he had on and fifteen cents in cash when he arrived in Bath. He worked nine years at his trade for Mr. Hastings, and then started in business for himself, buying a set of tools and opening a shop on Steuben street in Bath, September 1, 1882. He con- tinued working at his trade till 1894, during which time he built up quite a large hardware trade. In 1894 he conceived the idea of adding other lines of goods and establishing his business upon a cash basis. Knowing ones shook their heads and prophesied his failure; but he started in to win, and judging from his present stock . he has made a success of the cash-before-delivery plan of doing business; he started with one man, and in less than two years had nine clerks, and a store stocked with all kinds of goods. His store on the ground floor is 25 by 95 feet and on the second floor 25 by 52 feet, and his goods are divided into the following departments: First floor, jewelry, dry goods, notions, hardware, glassware, crockery, stationery, books and tinware; second floor, boots and shoes, clothing, hats and caps, underwear, hosiery, carpets and oil cloths. The store is fitted with cash railways and electric lights, and is in every way an up-to-date establishment. In 1876 he married Mary Courtney, by whom he has had five children: William, Walter, Lester, Lillian and James. Mr. Conley is a pusher and a hustler in the front ranks of the business men of Steuben county. He is a staunch Democrat, an advocate of the spot cash system,

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and adheres to it, with a cast iron determination to stick to it to the end. He has a beautiful home on East Steuben street which he built in 1890, fitted with all modern improvements. He merits the support of all people in his vicinity as having revolu- tionized the mercantile trade in and around Bath. Mr. Conley says a strict attention to business will always put a man on top, providing he has a moderate stock of com- mon sense .- [COM.

Chamberlain, Jesse Mark, was born on the homestead farm near Kanona, Septem- ber 27, 1824. His parents were Joseph Chamberlain, born at Wardsboro, Vt., July 28, 1790, and Esther, daughter of Jeremiah and Mary (Josselyn) Wheeler. They settled on the farm where the subject of this sketch and his son, W. H. Chamber- lain, reside, in 1810. Joseph Chamberlain fell from a high beam in his barn and broke his back on April 26, 1833, and died from his injury June 17, 1834. Joseph Chamberlain's father was also named Joseph, and was born at Charlestown, Mass., December 27, 1762. He married Lucy, daughter of Jesse and Mary (Cheney) Whitney, of Milford, Mass., and removed to a farm in Vermont in 1782 which had been given him as bounty for services in the Continental army. His father was Wilson Chamberlain, who married Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph and Joanna (Call) Austin, of Charlestown. Wilson was born September 24, 1724, and resided at the old home in that town until the spring of 1775. At the time of the burning of Charlestown and the battle of Bunker Hill his family fled with other women and children before the invading enemy. Wilson was also a soldier of the Revolution and received partial compensation from the Commonwealth for the loss of his house and property destroyed June 17, 1775. He was a son of John and Thankful (Wilson) Chamberlain, of Charlestown. The earliest ancestor of the family that settled in this country was probably Henry Chamberlain, who came from Hingham, county Norfolk, England, in the ship Diligent, and settled at Hull, Mass., in 1638, bringing his wife, mother and two sons, Henry and William, and was admitted free- man March 13, 1639. October 25, 1860, Jesse M., of Kanona, married Ervilla, daughter of Isaac and Mary (Lewis) Ingham, and are the parents of two sons and one daughter: Joseph Redington, William Henry, and Lucy C. Baker, of Springfield, Mass. Joseph R. married Hope Sommerell and resides at Raleigh, N. C. Their children are Mary Mitchell, Jesse Mark and Gratia.

Cook, Dwight S., was born in Prattsburg, N.Y., March 14, 1831. Deacon Aaron Cook, his grandfather, was born in Northampton, Mass., in 1771, and came to Pratts- burg in 1808, and took up several hundred acres of land west of the village. He later disposed of a considerable portion of this, owning at his death, July 31, 1854, . 240 acres. He married Miriam Munro; eight children were born to them, all of whom lived to mature age. Quartus Cook, father of Dwight S., was born in Northampton, Mass., in 1796, and grew to manhood in Prattsburg, where he died in January, 1863. He, like his father was an active member of the Congregational church. He married Lucy, daughter of John Hopkins, a pioneer of the town, by whom he had five children: Dwight S., Aaron H., Harriet S., Henry and William N. Dwight S. has spent his whole life on the homestead, a portion of which he owns, and where he has devoted his life to general farming. In 1853 he was married to Mary E., daughter of Samuel and Armenia (Seeley) Frost. Two sons were born to them: Floyd H., of Prattsburg, and William E .. of Bath.

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Cotton, Thomas, was born in Dansville April 6, 1831. Silas Cotton, his father, was born in Hartford, Washington county, October 9, 1800, and came to Steuben county about 1827, first settling in Dansville, and in 1865 came to the town of Avoca, where he remained up to his death, which occurred in 1871. He was a farmer by occupa- tion and married Lydia Boyce, of Granville, Washington county, by whom he had two children: Eliza (deceased), and Thomas, who received his education in Rogers- ville Seminary, after which he engaged in farming, and now owns a farm of over 200 acres, located on the Cohocton River Road. He married Ann S., daughter of Samuel H. Allen, of Avoca, by whom he had four children : Bayard T., Sarah, Charles O., and Eliza. Mr. Cotton is a land surveyor, has been president of the Schad Wheel Factory for four years, has been supervisor four years, and is a member of Avoca Lodge of Masons, No. 673.

Cook, James E., was born in Bath, August 9, 1863. James E. Cook, his father, was born at Erwin, and came to Bath in early life. He was a farmer, which business he followed all his life. He married Helen M., daughter of John R. Roberts, one of the first settlers of the town of Avoca, by whom he had two chil- dren: Mary and James E., who was educated in the schools of Wallace, after which he engaged in farming on the farm where he was raised, and for eleven years has been working on the railroad-as operator at Bath one year, three years at Savona, and has been at Wallace four years as station agent on the D., L. & W.R.R. He married Alma M., daughter of Myron Jewett, of Bradford, Pa., by whom he had two children: Ida B. and Eva M.

Campbell, Thomas, was born in Ireland in 1815. His parents, Alexander and Matilda Campbell, settled near East Cameron and Mr. Campbell was the first post- master of that town, holding office in 1847. Their children were George, Annie, Margaret, Matilda, Isabelle, James, Alice, John, all deceased, and Thomas. Thomas married Mary, a daughter of Adam and Rebecca (Moore) Wilson, by whom he had these children: Margaret, wife of Royal S. White; Annie, wife of John Smith; George; Adam; Matilda, wife of John Hoffman; Catherine, deceased; and Mary Cross, deceased. Mr. Campbell has been highway commissioner for eight years and is active in educational affairs.

Chapman, John K., was born in Friendship, Allegany couuty, October 4, 1836. He was educated in the common schools and Friendship Academy, and at eighteen years of age entered the employ of the Erie Railroad Co., starting as a brakeman; which business he followed only two years and then became a fireman, and at the breaking out of the war he enlisted in the Ninth New York Cavalry and saw service with the Army of the Potomac for three years. He was in the following battles: the Second Bull Run, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and the Shenandoah Valley campaign. Re- turning in 1864, in March, 1865, he again entered into the employ of the Erie Co. and located at Hornellsville, where he has since made his home. His first engine number eighty-three, was one of the ten wheelers and a wood burner of the Swine- burne pattern. He continued as an engineer until February, 1889, when he was promoted to the position of road foreman of engines, a position requiring a general supervision of the locomotives, engineers, and firemen of the Western Division. He has been very fortunate in his experience of the accidents that befall all railroad en

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gineers and has never been injured. He is a member of Doty Post, G. A. R., and a trustee. He has been a member of the Order of Locomotive Engineers since 1866, and has been the representative to numerous conventions. He has held all of the offices of the local branch. He has been a member of the Masonic fraternity for twenty years, Hornellsville Lodge 331. He is one of the trustees of the Railroad Y. M. C. A., and has been identified with the organization since its founding. He is a member of the Episcopal church and one of the vestry. January 5, 1859, he married Mary E. Williams, of Horseheads, Chemung county. They have one daughter, Sadie, now Mrs. William O. Pierce, of Hornellsville.

Clark, William W .- Noah Clark, great-grandfather of William, came to Oneida county from Colchester, Conn., and took up a farm of 150 acres, which is still in the possession of the family. Martin Clark, grandfather of William W., was born in Rome, Oneida county, where he died in September, 1870, aged eighty-one years. De Marcus Clark, father of William, was also born in Rome, Oneida county; he died at Clark's Mills, N. Y., in January, 1871, aged fifty-three years. He, with two brothers, built a large cotton factory, where an extensive business was carried on for many years, now known as Clark's Mills, employing 700 hands, manufacturing bed ticking, silk plush, etc. His wife, Mary Ella Walker, was a daughter of a Baptist minister of Utica. They had three children: Anna L. married Robert G. Young, now residing in Utica, has three children, Virginia M., Harold, and Lester; Virginia W. married Samuel F. Jerritt, has two children, Edward and Clarence, residing in Elgin, Ill .; and William W. William W. was born in Elgin, Ill., February 14, 1858. When an infant his parents moved to Clark's Mills, Oneida county, where William resided until 1871, when he left to attend school at Whitestown Seminary, where he took a preparatory course and entered Hamilton College in 1874, graduating in June, 1878. He read law in Utica for two years while attending school, and was admitted to the bar at Utica, in April, 1879. The same year he came to Wayland, where he has an extensive and successful practice. In 1892, Mr. Clark was elected district at- torney by 2,000 majority. January 1, 1894, he took into partnership Mr. Henry V. Pratt, and the business is conducted under the firm name of Clark & Pratt. Mr. Clark is a member of Phoenix Lodge, F. & A. M., of Dansville, No. 115, and a char- ter member of Wayland Lodge No. 176, I. O. O. F., and Atlanta Encampment No. 67, I. O. O. F. September 18, 1879, at Forestport, Oneida county, Mr. Clark mar- ried Hattie M., oldest daughter of General J. A. (a soldier in the Civil war) and Lucy M. (Richards) Hill, of Rockland, Maine, now residing in Powell, Pa. Mrs. Clark was born in Stetson, Maine, June 25, 1858. Mr. and Mrs. Clark have one child: William H., born in Wayland, July 2, 1880.

Coburn, L. D., was born in 1817, at Truxton, Cortland county, son of Harvey and Laura Beecher Coburn, natives of Connecticut. The only local residents of this family are Mr. Coburn, who has been here nearly sixty years, and his sister, the widow of the late Col. J. W. Dininny. L. D. Coburn's boyhood was spent at Trux- ton and Cortland. He was apprenticed to a harnessmaker in Cortland when fif- teen years old, and in 1836 came to Addison, where he engaged in the harness busi- ness, and erected one of the first business buildings on the south side of the Canisteo. From 1866 to 1872 he was engaged in the mercantile business. Mr. Coburn was ap- pointed by Governor Fenton as New York State agent for the care of invalid soldiers

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located at Annapolis, Md. His connection with the Methodist church has extended over a longer period than any other member of the society, he having been one of its organizers, and has held the official position as trustee for fifty-two years. Mr. Co- burn has married three times. His first wife was Harriet Stebbins, of Nelson, N. Y., the second, Harriet Elay, of Dansville, N. Y., by whom he had two children, a son and a daughter. In 1859 he married his present wife, Marie L. Bates, of Cazenovia.

Cornue, M. C., was born in McHenry county, Ill., November 6, 1848, son of Daniel A. Cornue, who was born in Canajoharie, and came to Steuben county when thirteen years of age. M. C. Cornue was graduated from the Wolworth Academy, in Wiscon- sin, in 1869. He then engaged in business in the village of Wallace, in 1888, open- ing a general store. He married Anna Belle, daughter of Charles Able, of Wiscon- sin. For his present wife he married Delphina Hopkins, daughter of Duty Hopkins of Steuben county, and they have one son, Claud C. Mr. Cornue has been assessor, justice of the peace, and is a member of the I. O. O. F. of Wallace.

Conderman, Dr. George, was born in Fremont, Steuben county, N. Y., October 15, 1868, and was the youngest son of John L. and Aseneth Conderman. In 1874 his parents moved to Hornellsville, N. Y., where he received a high school education, graduating from the Free Academy when fifteen years of age. In 1886 he entered the office of Dr. C. S. Parkhill and began the study of medicine. In 1887 he entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York for a three years' course of lectures, and following his second course he took a course of lectures at the Univer- sity of Vermont, from which institution he graduated in July, 1889, thus by extra work he was enabled to cover the three courses of lectures in two years. He returned to New York the fall following his graduation and took a post-graduate course at the New York Post-Graduate School and Hospital, upon the completion of which he returned to Hornellsville and entered general practice with Dr. C. S. Parkhill, and later with Dr. M. D. Ellison. The fall and winter of 1894 he spent in New York preparing himself for his specialty, diseases of the skin, and upon returning to Hor- nellsville, opened an office at No. 4 Hakes avenue. His success has been most grati- fying, and to-day he is the recognized head of his specialty in that section of the State. Dr. Conderman was for two years Erie surgeon at Hornellsville, and is vice- president of the Hornellsville Medical and Surgical Association, member of the Steuben County and New York State Medical Societies and dermatologist to the St. James Mercy Hospital and the Steuben Sanitarium.

Crook, Andrew, was born in Piermont, Grafton county, N. H., March 4, 1835. John Crook, his father, was a native of the same town and county, and served in the war of 1812. Andrew Crook, his grandfather, was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. John Crook married Anna, daughter of Joseph Dutton, of Oxford, N. H., and was identified through life as a farmer, and died in 1871 in his seventy-eighth year. Andrew Crook was educated in the common schools of his native town, and at Kim- ball Union Academy, Meriden, N. H. At the age of twenty-four he learned the marble and granite business at Bradford, Vt. In 1867 he went to Geneseo, N. Y., and in 1870 he came to Bath and established his present business. In 1870 he mar- ried Caroline Doty, of Geneseo, by whom he had two daughters, Helen C., and Marianna. Mr. Crook is one of the representative men of his town, and always takes an active interest in educational and religious institutions.

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Cook, Edwin Constant, was born in Liberty Corners, now Cohocton, Steuben county, October 12, 1838. Constant Cook, his father, was a native of Warren, Her- kimer county, born November 10, 1797, and the family trace their descent from Cap- tain Thomas Cook, who came into Plymouth Colony, Mass., in 1637. Constant Cook married Maria, daughter of Nathan and Hannah (Taylor) Whiting, and came to Steuben county in the spring of 1820 and settled in Cohocton, and was very promi- nent in the affairs of his town; he removed to Bath in March, 1843; he died in 1874 in his seventy-seventh year. E. C. Cook was educated at Bath, Utica and Auburn, and spent three years at Walnut Hill, Geneva, and then returned to Bath and engaged in farming, and in 1860 entered the Bank of Bath, now First National Bank, and with the exception of four years in Rochester, has been identified in the active business of the bank up to 1891. In 1863 he married Mary A., daughter of Frederick S. Dewitt, of Rochester. Mr. Cook is one of the progressive men of his town, serv- ing as president and trustee of his village, and was treasurer for seventeen years of the Steuben County Agricultural Society.

Cameron, Joseph, was born in County Wicklow, Ireland, November 7, 1848. John Cameron, his father, came to this country with his family, in April, 1852. He first located in Wellsville where he remained for three months, and then came to Hor- nellsville with Rev. Daniel Moore. He was conductor of the first St. Ann's choir, leading it with the clarionet. He was a shoemaker and was with A. L. Smith, and later with Thomas Snell. In 1858 he started a custom boot and shoe business, and conducted it until 1884 when he retired from business and the affairs of the world, and was admitted to the Order of St. Francis at Allegany, N. Y., where he is now located. The mother of Joseph died December 30, 1883, the result of an accident in falling down stairs. Joseph was the second son of a family of fifteen children. He was educated in the city schools and St. Ann's Parochial School, and after leaving school worked with his father in the shoe business until twenty-three years of age, when in April, 1872, he started business on his own account on Main street, which he conducted until May, 1884, when he gave it up to accept the position of grand secre- tary of the Catholic Mutual Benefit Association, to which he was elected at the con- vention of that association held at Lockport in May of that year, a position which he still holds. He held the office of grand president of the same association from 1882 to 1884. In 1888 he added fire insurance to his office duties and removed his office to the Cameron block, Loder street. He is a member of the A. O. H., and a charter member of Maple City Hose Company of Hornellsville, and is now a member of the fire board. He has been since 1882, secretary of the Board of Education, and is also secretary of the board of managers of St. James Mercy Hospital. He is a Democrat in politics, and was town clerk of this town for five terms previous to the erection of the city. Was register of vital statistics from 1887 to 1890. In July, 1872, he mar- ried Mary A., daughter of the late Michael Curry of this town, by whom he has nine children living.

Clark, William H., was born in Corning in 1840. In 1861 he enlisted in Company F, 10th N. Y. Cavalry. Was mustered out of service January 1, 1863, at Camp Bay- ard, Va., and re-mustered as first-class musician in the Brigade Band. Was pro- moted April 1, 1863, to be band master of the First Brigade Band, 2nd Cavalry Di- vision, A. O. P., serving with Generals Gregg, McIntosh and Davies till the expira-

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tion of his term of service, December 13, 1864. His band received complimentary notice in the History of the 10th N. Y. Cavalry as "the band who played on the line at Todd's Tavern in the battle of the Wilderness," and were in nearly all of the en- gagements with their brigade, losing in wounded and prisoners fully twenty-five per cent of their number, while three died from disease while in the service. He spent one season as teacher in Eastman's Business College. In May, 1865, he returned to Corning, and was in the employ of Walker & Lathrop until 1891, when he founded the Corning Lumber Company, of which he is treasurer. His father, Jesse Clark, was one of the early pioneers of Corning.

Chase, Thomas C., was born in Michigan, January 11, 1839, son of Nathaniel B. Chase, who was born in the town of Cohocton, Steuben county, in 1814, and in 1836 married Deborah, daughter of Amos Stiles, of Livingston county, N. Y., and they had three children: Thomas C., Mrs. Dr. D. S. Allen, of Seneca, Ontario county, and Ida Belle, who died in infancy. Mr. Chase died September 20, 1887, and Mrs. Chase on February 7, 1872. Thomas C. acquired his education in Prattsburg and Lima schools, and was agent for the N. Y., L. E. & W. R. R. Company for a period of thirty years, and in 1889 was compelled to resign on account of poor health, and at present is not actively employed in any business. He married Mary Hees, of Avoca, and their children were Mary E., Constant C., and Nathaniel B. His present wife is Sabra, daughter of Erastus Baird, and they have one daughter, Clara L. Mr. Chase is a member of the I. O. O. F.

Clark, Charles J., was born in Dansville, Steuben county, March, 27, 1865, the youngest son of Lewis Clark, a farmer of that town, who died in 1888. He was ed- ucated in the common schools of this county, Canaseraga and Bath Academy, and three years in Cornell University. He remained on the farm one year, and in Jan- uary, 1889, began the study of law with his uncles, J. H. & C. W. Stevens, of Horn- ellsville, with whom he remained for two years and then entered the law office of C. A. Dolson. Admitted to the bar in March, 1892, he began the practice of his pro- fession in Hornellsville, where he is still located. He is a Republican in politics and one of the workers of the party. The spring of 1894 he was elected supervisor of the 4th and 5th wards, and has served his county and constituents for their best inter- ests. In 1892 he married Lizzie M., daughter of Wesley Brown, who died February 28, 1895.

Campbell, Hon. Frank C., was born in Bath, March 28, 1858. Hon. Robert Camp- bell, his father, was also a native of Bath, and his grandfather, Robert Campbell, sr., came frem Glasgow, Scotland, to Bath in 1795, and was a carpenter and builder. He married Martha McCauley, and was one of the efficient aids of Colonel William- son. His son, Robert Campbell, married Frances, daughter of John Fowler. Hon. Robert Campbell was a very prominent man in his town, holding the office of surro- gate of the county, was one of the Regents of the University, and was elected lieutenant-governor in 1858. Mr. Frank Campbell was educated in Bath and at Trenton, N. Y., and married Mary Louise, daughter of Warren Wilson, and in 1891 was elected comptroller of New York State, also appointed one of the trustees of the Soldier's and Sailor's Home at Bath. In 1883, in connection with his brother, Clarence Campbell, and others, organized and founded the Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank of Bath.

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Velie, Franklin, was born in the town of Orange, Schuyler county, September 5, 1839. Jacob Velie, his father, was born in 1800, in the Mohawk Valley, and came to Steuben county about 1812. He was a shoemaker by trade, but cleared land for farming purposes, and remained on the farm until his death, which occurred in 1847. He married Mary, daughter of Jedediah Miller, by whom he had eleven children: John W., Martha A., Maria, Elvira J., William, Mary T., Franklin, Alma, Abram, George and Emma. Franklin Velie was educated in the town of Campbell, after which he engaged in farming, with the exception of three years spent in the late war. He enlisted in Co. C, 107th N. Y. Vols. He was in the battles of Antietam, Kings ton, Charlesville, Dallas, Gettysburg, and in many others. Heis a member of Logan Post, G. A. R. He married Emily, daughter of J. B. Hollenbeck, by whom he had twelve children, four of whom died in infancy: George, Sherman, Eliza, Anna M., Clara, Grace, Emma, and Sadie. Mr. Velie has been assessor for three years, and is a member of the Presbyterian church. In politics he is a Republican.

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Landmarks of Steuben County, New York, Part 48

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