Landmarks of Steuben County, New York, Part 57

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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Stanton, Eunice M .- Amos B. Stanton was born in June, 1827. He was a carpen- ter by trade, which business he followed until 1861, when he enlisted in the 86th N. Y. Vols., and June 16, 1864, was killed in the front at Petersburg. He held the office of first lieutenant in his company, and was a fearless and true officer and soldier, always ready to come to the front in time of battle. He married Eunice M :, daugh- ter of John and Cynthia Crosby, by whom he had two children, Mrs. Iza E. Roosa, and John Stanton, who is a prosperous farmer in this town. Mrs. Stanton has four grandchildren, Lewis O. and Eloise Stanton, and Lottie S. and Stanton Roosa.

Santee, Jerry E. B., son of the late John Santee, of Hornellsville, was born at Cameron, February 28, 1850. He attended the Alfred and Cornell Universities, and Union College, Schenectady, and in 1875 graduated from the latter institution with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. He studied law in the office of Hakes & Stevens, and was admitted in September, 1873. He subsequently practiced with Miles W. Hawley, under the firm name of Hawley & Santee, and later in the firm of Dennis, Santee & Sewell, the latter now judge of Delaware county. Mr. Santee was a mem- ber of the State Legislature in 1876 and 1877, has held the office of city recorder, and for many years has been a member of the Board of Education, taking an active part in educational matters, and rendering valuable services in advancing the interests of the public school system of the city. On account of failing health he was obliged, some years since, to give up the general practice of law, and become cashier of the Citizens' National Bank of Hornellsville, one of the most successful banking institu- tions in Western New York. Mr. Santee married Mary E. Bently, of Westerly, R. I., a lady descended from one of the oldest Puritan families of New England.

Shannon, Thomas, was born in Bath, July 11, 1863. Mathew Shannon, his father, was a native of Ireland and came to Bath in 1827, and died in 1875, in his seventy- sixth year. Thomas Shannon was educated in the Haverling Union School, and

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graduated from Cornell University in June, 1888, and in the same year began the study of law. He was admitted to the bar in 1890, and has been engaged in active practice up to the present time. He is one of the active men of his profession, serv- ing two terms as village clerk, and in the fall' of 1894 was appointed clerk of the Board of Supervisors, and purchasing agent of Steuben county.

Saltsman, Lawrence, was born in the town of Palatine, Montgomery county, March 22, 1835. Hiram Saltsman, his father, was born in Montgomery county, June 20, 1808, and came to the town of Avoca in 1856, where he engaged in farming, which business he has followed all his life, although at present only in a light way. He married Elizabeth Fox, of Montgomery county, by whom he had one son, Lawrence. Mrs. Saltsman died in July, 1842, and he married for his second wife, Mary Nellis, of Montgomery county, by whom he had these children : Alonzo and Eleanor (deceased), Eli, Elijah, William, and Irving. Lawrence Saltsman engaged in farming until twenty years ago, since which time he has been in the produce business, also dealing in hay, straw, etc., in the village of Avoca. He married Caroline, daughter of Solo- mon Edwards, who was one of the pioneer settlers of the town, by whom he had one son, Arnold E., who was deputy sheriff under George Holands. Mr. Saltsman has held the office of supervisor one term, assessor six years, and overseer of the poor two terms. He is a member of Avoca Lodge of Masons No. 673.

Sheldon, John R., was born in Hornellsville, July 6, 1833. The father of John, Orson Sheldon, was a native of Madison county, born in Lebanon, and came to this. county in 1832, and was engaged as a clerk with his brother-in-law, Philander Harts- horn. In 1836 he went to Alfred Centre, where, with Luke Green, he started a gen- eral store, conducting it for two years, and then returned to his native county where he remained untill 1851, when he returned to Hornellsville, where he spent the bal- ance of his days. The winter of 1858 he bought the hardware store, started in 1852 by Nathan Nichols. Orson Sheldon died early in 1870. He was a man who devoted his life to his business and his family. His only children were the two sons now composing the firm of Sheldon Brothers. The store started where Dorr Faulkner is now located, and two years later, 1859, removed to 132 Main street, where they have ever since been located. John R. was married January 27, 1862, to Miss Lydia P. Canfield, of Elmira. They have been the parents of two children: William C. Shel- don, who died May 18, 1882, at eighteen years, at the time a student of Alfred Uni- versity ; the daughter, Mary J., is the wife of Rev. Thomas Stevenson, formerly of 'Brooklyn, now a resident of Hornellsville. A grandchild is Sheldon Canfield Stev- enson.

Thompson, J. W .- Isaac Thompson was born in Massachusetts, April 7, 1794, and died in Caton, June 3, 1851. His first wife, Mary W., was born in Chenango county, N. Y., December 4, 1796, and died in Caton, July 13, 1843. Their children were: Sarah Jane Thompson, born in Chenango county, January 5, 1824, died there June, 1893; Mary Ann Stone Thompson, born in Chenango county, July 26, 1826, died in Caton November 2, 1888; Adlard A. Thompson, born in Chenango county, February 19, 1835, died in Caton, November 25, 1873; Rufus E. Thompson, born in Chenango county, June 8, 1828, and still lives there. Isaac Thompson married, second, April 2 1846, Elizabeth Scanlon, born in England, May 31, 1814, and died in Caton, Janu-

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ary, 1890. His children were: Martha L. and Alice (twins), born in Caton, August 29, 1847; Alice died November 29, 1847. John W. Thompson, the subject, was born in Chenango county, July 2, 1832, and was brought to Caton when about four years old, when his father settled in the untouched wilderness on eighty-three acres. After the death of his parents he bought out the other heirs. In addition to forty-three acres which his father bought and added to the original farm, he purchased fifty acres more. He married in 1864, Susan E. Thurber, and they have three sons: Rufus J., born January 6, 1865, a farmer; Monroe A., born August 14, 1867, a plumber by trade, now a resident of Iowa; and Frank R., born January 20, 1872, who is living at home. His sister, Martha L. Thompson, resides with him.

Thomas, Daniel C., was born at Bennett's creek, Steuben county, March 14, 1858. William S. Thomas, his father, was one of the old landmarks in that section, and was a man of great business ability, and through his own efforts he acquired wealth and property, and at his death was the owner of about 400 acres of fine land. He died in 1867. He married Fannie Rogers, who died in 1830, and for his second wife he mar- ried Estie Merion, who died in 1846, and for his third wife he married Mrs. Coleman, by whom he had one son, Daniel C., who, although he owns the old homestead of 400 acres, he does not work it, but lives retired in the village of Canisteo. He mar- ried Elizabeth, daughter of William Crawford, by whom he had two children, Mary and Clark.

Tschachtli, Rudolph, son of Dr. Bend. and Maria Tschachtli, was born in Canton Fribourg, Switzerland, January 23, 1823, and received a good common school educa- tion. In 1841, after the death of his father, he learned the upholstering and furni- ture trade. In 1848, working in Paris, when the French Revolution was at the end, he immigrated to this country and found employment in New York city. In 1851 he married Anna Salmen, daughter of Casper and Maria Salmen also from Switzerland. In 1853 he accepted the foremanship of Brewster & Fenn's furniture house, Roches- ter, N. Y. In 1866 he was associated with J. M. Deutsch and located in Hornells- ville; there they opened a furniture store in the building now occupied by Dorr Faulkner. As the demand for more room increased they bought in 1868 the western half of the Canisteo block. In 1871 they bought the sash and door factory at the corner of Main and Pardee streets, and converted it into a large furniture factory, the first of its kind in Western New York. In 1881, for the convenience of shipping their furniture, they rented their store on Main street, and established an office in the warehouse at the lower end of Pardee street. In 1888, after forty years of hard work in business, Mr. Tschachtli, feeling the need of rest, sold one undivided fourth of his interest to his nephew, Julius Peytrenet, and in 1889 sold out the other un- divided quarter to J. F. Richardson, which relieved him from business cares, and enabled him to spend the balance of his life in retirement and enjoy the fruits of his labor.

Tolbert, George W., was born on the Tolbert homestead, January 28, 1834. John Tolbert, his father, came to Bath in 1810, and in 1812 he married Catherine, daugh- ter of Henry Trovenger, and settled in the village of Mud Creek, now Savona, in 1805. They had nine children, seven sons and two daughters, all dead but three. He was one of the largest lumber dealers in Steuben county, where he cleared many

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acres and was prominent in the development of the town. Four of his brothers came with him and settled five miles up Mud Creek at what is now called Sonora. He died December 23, 1834. His wife, Catherine, died in 1868, having carried on a large and profitable farm through life. In 1873 George W. Tolbert married Cath- erine, daughter of George W. and Eunice Newman, and reside on the old homestead, which has been in the possession of the family since 1812. The original purchase was 160 acres, to which the family have added 260 acres.

True, George I., was born in Owego, N. Y., in 1847. Jairus True, his father, was a farmer and lumberman of Maine, and came to this locality about 1830, and married Jane Kimball of Enfield, Mass., who is now a resident of Addison, and the wife of P. C. Daniels. There were but two children: George and Anna; the latter died un- married in 1868. George was educated in the Owego Academy, and in 1868 engaged in business here as a retail dealer of boots, shoes, and groceries, under the firm name of Paxton & True, and continued it for a quarter of a century, when in 1893 the present firm of Park, Winton & True was formed, succeeding C. D. Hill & Co. in manufacturing sash, doors, and blinds in large variety. In 1872 Mr. True married Louise M. Turner, of Addison. Mr. True has acceptably filled many positions of trust, being a steadfast Republican, and always identified with advancing the local interests. He has served as trustee of the village, member of the Board of Educa- tion, and is treasurer of the Board of Trade and Corporation. He was charter mem- ber of Baldwin Hook and Ladder Company, and of the Young Men's Christian Asso- ciation ; this last he has always taken a special interest in, acting as treasurer, and on finance committee since its organization.

Townsend, Frederick J., was born in the town of Erwin in 1850, and is a son of Edward E. and Nancy L. (Jerome) Townsend. Edward E. was a son of Edward and Eliza (Erwin) Townsend, born at Athens, Pa. Edward Townsend was born in Albany in 1799, son of Henry A. and Elizabeth (Moffet) Townsend. Henry A. moved to Bath and was senator and assemblyman from that district, also second and fourth county clerk in Steuben county. Eliza Townsend, oldest child of Capt. Samuel Erwin, came here with her father in 1803, when two years of age, from Easton, Pa., fourteen years after, Col. Arthur Erwin purchased the Erwin township. She came to this county on horseback, over 300 miles. Edward E. was station agent at Erwin for twelve years and was very active in getting the railroad station located at that point. He married Nancy L., daughter of Richard and Mary Jerome, who was born at Orient, Long Island, March 12, 1826. Immediately after their marriage in 1848 they took up their residence at what is now Erwin Station. In 1889 they moved to Painted Post, where they now reside. Their children were Fannie Jerome (deceased), Frederick Jerome, Mary Mulford (deceased), Arthur Erwin (who was killed by an Indian near Plano, Tulare county, Cal.), Eliza Erwin (deceased), Richard Jerome (deceased), Edward (deceased), and Annie Lawrence (who married Harry C. Hermans, of Corning). These children were all born on the farm near Erwin Station. Frederick J. Townsend and Viola E., a daughter of Samuel and Samantha C. (Jones) Rodman, who at that time was a resident of Plano, Cal., were married at Visalia, Cal., in 1876. They spent four years on the Pacific coast, then settled on a farm near Painted Post, where they now reside with their five children: Fannie Jerome, Clarence Elsworth, Mary Lawrence, Frederick Augustus, and Roy Rodman. One

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son, Arthur E., is deceased. Fannie J. was born at Plano, Cal. The others were born on the farm near Painted Post. The honor of unveiling the Indian monument at Painted Post June 21, 1894, fell to Fannie J. Townsend. Mr. Towesend is at present engaged in farming and is also interested in the manufacture and sale of an implement for stretching fence wire. He is a member of Montour Lodge. No. 168, F. & A. M.

Tubbs, George L., was born in the town of Esperance, Schoharie county, Novem- ber 6, 1836. Jesse A. Tubbs, the father of George, was a native of that county, born April 10, 1810, and is still living on the farm just outside of the above town. For fifty-five years he has been a prominent man of that county, supervisor during the war and holding many minor offices. The mother of George, Mary McDuffy, also a native of that county, died in the fall of 1893 at eighty-nine years of age. They were the parents of two sons. J. Nelson Tubbs, a civil engineer of Rochester, re- cently appointed inspector of canals, and George L. He was educated in the com- mon schools and Fort Plain Academy. He was for six years engaged in the hard- ware business in his native town, and in 1873 he went to Rochester where he was engaged in the building of that city's water works. Since that time he has been en- gaged in similar work at Mount Morris, Norwich, Chenango county, Hornellsville, and Cuba, Allegany county. Coming to Hornellsville in the spring of 1882 he has since made his home here, and was for five years interested here in this work. Feb- ruary 13, 1890, he was appointed by President Harrison postmaster of this city, holding the office until October 1, 1894. On his retirement on that day he was ap- pointed by the Board of Health inspector of plumbing, which he has since held. Mr. Tubbs was married in 1860 to Miss Lina Denise. They have one daughter, Cora, wife of Fred Lockwood. She is now money order clerk at the post-office.

Thomas, A. L., was born at Rathbone, June 23, 1835. John Thomas, his father, came to that town in 1829, and was for many years a river man, of wide renown for herculean strength and energy. He died in 1842, leaving a family of five children. Mrs. Thomas died recently at Prattsburg, N. Y., aged nearly eighty years. Mr. Thomas was reared amid lumber and farming interests, dependent upon his own energy from an early age, and when about twenty-five he came to Addison, and was for six years an employee of Mckay & ;Bliss. In 1866 he opened a grocery store at No. 20 Tuscarora street, and continued that business until 1890, when he re- modeled the building and became a wholesale and retail dealer in liquor and cigars. October 15, 1871, he married Mrs. Emily Harrington, daughter of Daniel Barber.

Tadder, Charles (deceased), was born in Nunda, Livingston county, N. Y .. March 5, 1834. James Tadder, the father of Charles, was a native of Connecticut, and a descendant of Mayflower stock, born in 1789, and served as an officer of the war of 1812 and sold his military grant in one of the Western States about 1857. He was one of the pioneers of Livingston county and made his home there until 1857. That year he removed to West Union, where he.died in October, 1861. The mother of Charles, Margaret Weedright, was a native of Strasburg, Germany, and married Mr. Tadder in 1827. They were the parents of seven sons and one daughter. Five of the sons did gallant service during the war, and only two of them are living- William, of Pittsburg, and George, now a successful inventor of the oil section of k

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Pennsylvania. Charles was educated in the common schools, and being a son of a mechanic, he took up mechanic's and iron-worker's trade. On September 10, 1872, he moved to Hornellsville, where he for eleven years and four months was superin- tendent of the moulding department of the Rawson foundry. He then went to Corning with Rawson & Thatcher and spent three years in that city, and it was while there he contracted a cold which developed with most serious complications and caused his death September 13, 1887. He was married, August 24, 1856, to Miss Kate O'Donnell, of Livingston county, and they were the parents of five children: Arthur Charles, proprietor of the Parlor Grocery of Hornellsville; M. Sophronia, wife of Andrew Morris, of Hornellsville; George William, a railroad man of Chicago, Ill .; Ada Winona, wife of Frank Allen Bateman, who died April 11, 1894, in Los Angeles, Cal. The fourth child, David Le Mur, died February 10, 1868, at four years of age.

Tuthill, Henry G., was born in the town of East Otto, Cattaraugus county, N. Y., in 1833. Until nineteen years of age he continued to reside in the county and then went to Nunda, Livingston county, and learned the trade of a cabinetmaker. In the fall of 1856 he removed to Corning, where he became foreman in the extensive fur- niture establishment of W. F. Townley & Co. In 1857 he purchased a half interest in the business, and in the same year he married C. A. Townley, a sister of the pro- prietor. Disposing of his interest in the business, he returned to Nunda, and in September, 1861, raised a company of volunteers and was elected captain of Co. A, 104th Regiment N. Y. Vols. This regiment was assigned to duty in General Duryea's brigade, and was engaged in most of the battles of the Army of the Potomac. He was severely wounded in the battles of Antietam and Gettysburg. In September, 1862, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel for bravery at the battle of Antietam. At the close of the war he was brevetted colonel of the regiment for long and meritorious services, he remaining in the service until October, 1866. In 1868 was elected superintendent of the poor of Steuben county, serving three years. For a number of years he was superintendent of Walker & Lathrop's extensive sash, door and blind factory, resigning his position to engage in a profession for which he had been preparing himself for a number of years, that of an architect. He is a very competent and thoroughly practical architect, and a member of the Western New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, and is achieving very gratify- ing success in his chosen profession. Among the notable buildings designed by him might be enumerated the Methodist Episcopal church, and magnificent stone resi- dence of Joseph A. Drake, of Corning, N. Y. He is the father of five sons, two of them being graduates of Cornell University, and are filling responsible positions as teachers. In 1869 he organized the first G.A. R. Post in Corning and was elected its commander. He is a member of various societies, among which is Painted Post Lodge No. 117, F. & A. M., Red Men, Knights of Honor, A.O.U. W. and Knights and Ladies of Honor. His office is in the Ansorge block, Corning, N. Y.

Van Wie, Mrs. Martha .- Jonas Van Wie was born in Montgomery county, N. Y., April 15, 1831. John Van Wie, his father, was a native of Montgomery. and was one of the early settlers of that town. Jonas was educated in the common schools and began life as a farmer. In 1858 he married Martha, daughter of Ansel Howse, of Howard, and in 1865 he came to Bath and engaged in the grocery business, after-

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wards manufacturing cigars, in which he was engaged at the time of his death, which occurred July 21, 1882.

Vickers, Jacob, was born in Nova Scotia, May 11, 1848, where he resided until in his seventh year, when his father, who was superintendent of a coal mine on Cape Breton Island, moved to the United States and located in Canisteo, N. Y. He re- mained there about one year and moved to Hartsville, N. Y. His early life was spent on the farm. In April, 1875, he engaged in the mercantile business at that place. Was also appointed postmaster the same year, which capacity he served till 1880; was supervisor of the town two terms. In September, 1888, he engaged in the grocery business at Canisteo and moved to that place, where he has since resided. Last January he bought out the insurance business of G. N. Strong, to which he at present devotes his entire time, which business includes the following well known companies: Ætna of Hartford, Phoenix of Hartford, Continental of New York, Ger- man American of New York, Orient of Hartford; also the Travelers' Life and Acci- dent of Hartford. April 17, 1879, he married Ida E. Whiting, of Hartsville, N. Y., by whom he has one daughter, Nellie J. Mr. Vickers is identified with the Republican party, and has always taken an active part in church and Sunday school work.

Banter, Dewitt Clinton, son of Marcus Banter, was born in Wheeler, Steuben county, N. Y., in May, 1850, and at twenty-one years of age he started in business for himself, being assisted by his father at that time in the purchase of his present farm of 100 acres, to which he has since devoted his attention, has made many essential improvements, and accumulated a good property. In addition to his farm work he has developed an interest in horses, and speculated in this stock successfully for a number of years. His special crop is potatoes, his farm being especially adapted to the growing of that vegetable. In 1871 he married Julia, daughter of John Eckler, of Wheeler, and she died two years later. In 1875 he married for his second wife Manetta, daughter of Martin E. Hamblin, of Fremont, Steuben county, by whom he had two children: Guy H. and Myrta Bell.

McMindes, Prescott, was born in Jasper, April 26, 1841, son of Hiram and Olive A. (Woodward) McMindes. Prescott McMindes was reared on a farm, after which he learned the carpenter trade, which business he followed for some years. He now owns a farm of sixty acres and follows general farming. He is a Republican in politics, and has been constable. He is a member of the Moses Dennis Post of Jas- per, G.A.R. In 1869 he married Fidelia Stephens, a native of Moravia, N. Y., daugh- ter of Marcus and Sarah (Stephens) Stephens, who came to Jasper about 1855, where they died. Mr. and Mrs. McMindes have three children: Ida, Fred and Fannie. Prescott McMindes enlisted, August 14, 1861, in Co. K, 86th N. Y. Vols., and served three years. He was in the battles of Second Bull Run, August 30, 1862; Fredericks- burg, December 11 to 13, 1862; Chancellorsville, May, 1863; Beverly Ford, June 9, 1863; Gettysburg, July 2 and 3, 1863; was wounded on the 2d of July at the latter battle and sent to hospital at Baltimore.

Miller, William J., was born in Oxford, Chenango county, March 29, 1828, a son of William B. and Jane (Walker) Miller, he a native of Vermont and she of Oxford. The grandfather, Josiah Miller, came to Chenango county from Vermont at a very early date, and went from there to Caton, Steuben county, where he died. The

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maternal grandfather, James Walker, was a son of Samuel Walker, a soldier in the Revolutionary war. William B. came to Steuben county in 1832 and settled in Addi- son, but in 1833 went to Troupsburg, where he remained eight years, then came to Woodhull, where he died in 1881, aged eighty-one years. His wife died in 1882, aged seventy-five years. William J. was reared on a farm at Troupsburg and educated in the common schools. He then engaged in farming and had a saw mill in Mckean county, Pa. He came to Woodhull with his parents in 1841, and when thirty years old went to Troupsburg, where he resided for thirty-six years. In 1894 he returned to Woodhull, where he lives a retired life. He owns a farm of 297 acres. In Troups- burg he was justice of the peace, inspector of election, and overseer of the poor. He is a member of the Alliance and of the Grand Army. In 1864 he enlisted in Co. G, 188th N. Y. Vols., and served until the close of the war, being in six battles. In 1847 he married Cynthia Harder, by whom he had six children: Frank J., of Addison ; Hiram J., of Troupsburg; Daniel (deceased); Gaylord, of Ormo, Wis .; Mary L. (deceased), and Niles K., of Troupsburg. Mrs. Miller died in 1871, and Mr. Miller married Eunice Moyer, daughter of T. Jefferson and Emily (Graves) Thompson, natives of Massachusetts. Mr. Miller has been notary public for a number of years. He never took a chew of tobacco, smoked a cigar, or drank a glass of beer.

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Landmarks of Steuben County, New York, Part 57

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