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Barney, Will H .- Darwin E. Barney, born in the town of Independence, Allegany county, N. Y., December 9, 1823, is the third of seven children born to Anthony and Roxy (Chapin) Barney. Darwin was reared on a farm and in partnership with his brother, Levant, in 1851, bought the farm he now owns, which consists of 200 acres and makes a specialty of dairying. In politics he is a Republican and has been assessor, and in religion he is a High Universalist. December 8. 1851, he married Maria A., daughter of Luther and Clarissa Forsythe Horton, who came from Long Island to Herkimer county, N. Y., where Mrs. Barney was reared, and then moved to West Union. He was a carpenter by trade. He died December 6, 1860, and she September 22, 1858. Mr. and Mrs. Barney were the parents of seven children: Del- win C., born June 9, 1855, a miller in West Union; Frank, born June 22, 1860, died April 22, 1861; Hiram C., born May 8, 1862, a farmer on the homestead and also en- gaged with George D., born October 15, 1864; and Will H., born February 8, 1867, manufacturer of rough lumber in West Union; and Omer L., born August 12, 1869, who is a jeweler in Whitesville, Allegany county, where D. C. and W. H. are en - gaged in the foundry business.
Knapp, Franklin L., was born in Onondaga county, N. Y., September 14, 1825, son of Ira and Joanna (Synnott) Knapp, natives of New York, who spent most of their lives in Onondaga county, but died in Ohio. The grandfather lived and died in New York, and his wife in Ohio. Franklin L. had these brothers, of whom three are living: George, who died in the late war; Edward, deceased; Elijah, deceased; , Charles, who lives in Ohio; and James, who lives in Wisconsin. Franklin L. was reared on the farm he now owns, with an uncle, Richard C. Twogood, who came to
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Jasper in 1847. Franklin L. spent forty years in Wisconsin, and in 1887 returned to Jasper, where he owns a good farm of 103 acres and follows general farming. Mr. and Mrs. Knapp had five children: two who died in infancy, one drowned at two years of age, and Richard, who was killed at forty years of age, while sawing tim- ber; he left three children by his first wife; Winifred, Gertrude, and Walter S. ; and two by his second wife; Helen and Mina R. The oldest son of Franklin L., Edwin B., is a merchant in Waupaca, Wis., and has one child, Mertie.
Timerman, Milton, was born in Montgomery county, N. Y., at Frey's Bush, May 3, 1834, son of John I. and Maria (Youngs) Timerman, natives of Montgomery county, who came to Jasper in 1848, where they died. The grandfather, John Tim- erman, lived and died in Montgomery county, Milton Timerman was reared in the village of Jasper, and learned the wagonmaker's trade with his father, which busi- ness he followed sixteen years in Jasper. In 1874 he purchased a farm of 133 acres on a contract and follows general farming. He is a Prohibitionist in politics, and has been town clerk and collector. February 11, 1859, he married Elenora, daughter of Benjamin Failing, who came to Jasper about 1840, and now lives with Milton Timerman, and is eighty-six years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Timerman have five chil- dren: Delavan W., Arthur E., Maria, tred B., and Charles.
Brooks, Noah M., was born in Troupsburg, N. Y., October 31, 1829, and is the youngest of seven children born to Joseph and Margaret Hauber Brooks, natives of Connecticut and New York city. The grandfather, who was a pioneer of Delaware county, N. Y., served seven years in the Revolutionary war. The maternal grand- father, Malica Hauber, who was a Prussian, came with Hessian troops sent over by King George during the Revolution. Mr. Hauber and all of his company deserted the British cause, and in making their escape had to wade nearly to their shoulders in a river full of ice. Joseph Brooks came to Troupsburg in 1822, but soon removed to Erie county, where he settled in Holland Purchase, and two years later returned to Troupsburg where he engaged in farming. He died in 1850, and Mrs. Brooks in 1871, aged eighty-four. Noah M. was reared on a farm, and engaged in farming until 1869, when he was obliged to give up on account of an injury. He then en- gaged in a general mercantile business being six years at South Troupsburg, and six years in Harrison, Pa., and then located in Troupsburg Center, where he is still en- gaged in the same business, making a specialty of clothing and groceries. In 1852 he married Nancy Ordway, who died December 26, 1879. For his second wife he married Jennie Howard, of Troupsburg, and they have brought up one child, Josephine, a daughter of John L. and Eleanor Ferguson Broods, who married Albert Harrington. John L. Brooks, brother of Noah, was a soldier in the late war, a member of the 161st N. Y. Vols., who died at Key West, Fla., of yellow fever. Mr. Brooks has been town clerk three years, and highway commissioner two years, and is now serving his second term as supervisor. Mrs. Brooks is a member of the Meth- odist church.
Herrington, Samuel, was born in Burlington, Otsego county, N. Y., September 11, 1849, son of C. G. and Aldema Wiltse Herrington, mentioned elsewhere in this work. Samuel Herrington was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools. He came to Woodhull when ten years of age, where he has since resided with the excep-
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tion of four years spent in Osceola, Pa. He owns 184 acres of land. He is a mem- ber of Elkland Lodge. No. 800, I. O. O. F., and Borden Tent, K. O. T. M., and is also a member of Osceola Grange, No. 957. October 31, 1875, he married Mary A. George, by whom he had two children: George W., born May 31, 1877, and was ed- ucated in Osceola graded schools; Herbert S., born September 22, 1879, and was educated in the common schools.
Rising, Willis H., was born in Thurston, March 21, 1848, son of Clark A. and Polly A. Thompson Rising, he a native of Herkimer county, N. Y., and she of Schuyler county, N. Y. His grandfather, Henry Rising, was a native of Connecticut, and in 1792 came to Herkimer county, removing to Schuyler county in 1836, and locating in Thurston in 1839, where he died. He was a farmer and lumberman, and a soldier in the war of 1812. Clark A. Rising came to Thurston with his parents, where he was married, and engaged in farming and lumbering. He died in 1852, and his widow lives in Thurston, where she owns a farm on South Hill. Willis was educated in the common schools, is a blacksmith by trade, and has also followed farming and lum- ing. In politics he is and has been a Democrat, and was elected supervisor in 1887, and re-elected in 1891 by a large majority, and has also held the office of town clerk for two terms. He is a member of the K. of H. at Campbelltown, also of the Grange at Merchantville. July 31, 1870, he married Alice J. Masters of Reading, Schuyler county, and to them have been born five children: Lewis C., Archie F., Emma M., Carrie S., and Willis B. The family attend and support the Christian Church.
Wilder, Josiah, was born in the Green Mountain region of Vermont, and after a residence of some years in Otsego county where he married Elmira Beadle, he moved to the town of Jasper, where he settled on the June farm in 1835; two years later he settled on the J. H. Boyd place in Cameron, and afterwards moved to the place where his son George now lives. Josiah Wilder was engaged in lumbering and farming. His children were Eunice, Angeline, Sarah, Hannah, Elizabeth, Charles, William, Liza, Jane, Daniel, George W., and Elmira. His second wife was Betsey, a daugh-
ter of Elder Smith, by whom he had one child, Leva J., a resident of Kansas. Josiah Wilder died in February, 1863. George Wilder married Cynthia M., daughter of John and Mary L. (Kellogg) Jackson, by whom he had seven children: Mary H., Maggie L., George R., Charles, Estella E., Edith B., and John C. Mr. Wilder has been justice of the peace and is active in school affairs. He owns eighty acres of land, and his brother Charles owns fifty-eight acres in the town of Cameron. They are both members of Cameron Post, G. A. R. George W. enlisted in Co. F, 189th N. Y. Vols., and Charles in Co. F. 31st Wis. Vols.
Wolcott, A. S., is a native of the town of Caton, was born in 1829, son of Judge Nelson and Margaret Hoffman Wolcott, natives of Vermont and Elmira, who were married in Elmira in 1824 and about 1827 located in the town of Caton. He was a gunsmith and farmer and died in 1860, aged fifty eight. The mother died in 1855, aged fifty. Mr. Wolcott and a brother, Jacob H., of Salt Lake City, are the only survivors of the family.
Failing, Lucian J., was born in Jasper, August 28, 1842, the youngest of eight chil- dren born to Adam and Nancy (Lyon) Failing, early settlers of Jasper. They came to West Union in 1850, where he died November 1, 1870, and she in 1874. He was
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assessor of the town for years. The grandfather of Lucian J., Philip Failing, with six brothers and their father were soldiers in the Revolutionary war. The father and one son were taken prisoners and sent to Canada. Lucian J. was reared on a farm and has always followed farming, owning ninety-eight acres, where he settled in 1866. He has made dairying a specialty. October 25, 1863, he married Maggie, daughter of William R. and Eliza (Mitchell) Brewster, of Greenwood. Mr. Brewster was a cabinet maker and farmer. He died September 18, 1893, and his wife in 1883. Mr. and Mrs. Failing have had seven children: Eliza, died in infancy; Daniel, a farmer of Hornellsville; William R., of Canisteo, a stenographer, graduated from J. W. Robert's school in Elmira and taught school for two years; Franklin. a farmer; Milton G., Emily, and Andrew R., at home. September 19, 1864, Mr. Failing en- listed in Co. H, 141st N. Y. Vols., and was discharged June 26, 1865. He was at Havenborg, Bentonville, and with Sherman on his " March to the sea." Mr. Failing and family are members of the M. E. Church.
Knapp, William S., was born in Warwick, Orange county, N. Y., February 3, 1814, and is the youngest and only survivor of six children born to John and Eliza- beth (Sutton) Knapp, both natives of Orange county. John Knapp was a farmer and blacksmith, and spent most of his life in Warwick, but the latter part of his life was spent in Barrington, Yates county, where he died at fifty-six years of age. Mrs. Knapp died at Tyrone, where she was living with her daughter, aged seventy-two years. William S. was reared on the farm, and was engaged in farming and deal- ing in stock. He now lives retired in Bradford, where he settled in 1836, and the same year he married Emily, daughter of Ira and Hannah Crane of Putnam county, but early settlers of Barrington, where they died. Mr. and Mrs. Knapp had five children: Ira, who died in the army, aged twenty-four years; Beldon, who was a prisoner at Andersonville, and died in ten days after reaching home; Augusta, who was the wife of E. Richardson of Bath, and died at twenty-nine years of age, leaving two children (Beldon and Carrie A.); Aurelia, who was the wife of Charles H. Ide, and died in 1880, leaving five children (William J., Bert B., Ira, Scott, and Emily); and William E., who is a druggist in Michigan. Mr. Knapp has been a Republican since the party's organization. Mrs. Emily Knapp died February 19, 1891.
King, Hammond A., was born November 23, 1861, the youngest of five children born to William N., who was born in Bradford, June 7, 1824, and Clara (Littell) King. The paternal grandfather, Barzilla King, came to Bradford from Seneca county in pioneer days and was a millwright and carpenter. The parents of Mrs. King were Isaac D. and Lena (Vosburgh) Littell, born in New Jersey in 1793, and Minden, Montgomery county, respectively. Isaac Littell died in 1847. His father, Benjamin Littell, came from New Jersey to Reading, but died in Bradford. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. Catherine Switzer, wife of Barzilla King, eame with her parents, Henry and Anna May (Niff) Switzer, from New Jersey to Bradford. Will- iam N. King worked at wagonmaking in his younger days, but has followed farming mostly, and he and his wife now reside in Bradford, Hammond A. King was edu- cated at the Union School of Bradford. December 30, 1885, he married Julia A., daughter of Justus and Mary (Covert) Lamb, by whom he has two children: Charles N., born November 15, 1887; and Clara L., born February 18, 1889. Mr. Lamb is a vineyardist of Hammondsport. In 1886 Mr. King began running a hotel in Bradford
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and in 1887 purchased the Ellis House, which he now calls the King House, and keeps a first class house. Mr. King has been president of the Board of Trustees of the Union School of Bradford for five years. He is a member of Savona Lodge, I. O. O. F.
Peck, Fernando, was born in Reading Center, Schuyler county, N. Y., April 9, 1833, son of Tenant and Dorinda (Sutton) Peck, both natives of Reading Center, where they died, he June 1, 1889, and she March 19, 1882.' The grandfather of our subject, Jason Peck, came to Reading Center in an early day, where he died. The maternal grandfather of our subject, John Sutton, settled in Reading Center early in life, where he lived and died. Fernando Peck was educated in the common schools, and has always followed farming, but when a boy he learned the mason's trade. He located on the farm of 175 acres he now owns March 20, 1861, and is a breeder of Jersey and Durham cattle. January 13, 1859, he married Mary J., daugh- ter of James Masters, an early settler of Reading, by whom he had two children: Effie M., who was born June 11, 1865, who married Willis Corbitt of Thurston, and they have one child, Mary M .; and Emma J., who was born January 6, 1867, and married Charles F. Weaver. Mr. Peck has cleared most of the farm where he re- sides, and put on all the buildings and all improvements. He was drafted in 1863, and furnished a substitute for three years. He served as road commissioner during the years 1883 and 1884. He is a member of K. of H., also a member of Merchants- ville Grange, of which he is now master, serving his fourth term.
Conley, Henry, was born in Fermanaugh county, Ireland, September 22, 1840, a son of James and Margaret (McGuire) Conley, both of Ireland. They came to America about 1870, settling in Dundee, where James was engaged in farming. He died in 1877, and she in 1879. The grandparents, John and Mary (McManus) Conley, died in Ireland. They were Episcopalians. Henry Conley was reared and educated in Ireland and came to America at the age of eighteen. He settled in Tyrone, Schuyler county, N. Y., and engaged in farming, which he has since followed. He has owned farms in Yates and Schuyler county and in 1872 came to Bradford and purchased sixty acres, to which he has since added forty acres. August 31, 1872, Mr Conley married Alice, daughter of John Bartholomew, by whom he has five chil- dren : John, Ora, James W., Arvilla, and Herbert. Mr. Conley and his family are members of the M. E. church.
Northrup, John M., is the youngest son of Moses Northrup, who was born in Sus- sex county, N. J., in 1817, and died at Addison, N. Y., June 22, 1894. He was of English ancestry, and came to Rathbone in 1836, where he spent the greater part of his life at farming. After living on his farm forty-three years, he removed to Cam- eron Mills in 1879, and ten years later to Addison. He was supervisor two years, and several years assessor. He married Nancy M. Allen, May 11, 1844, who died after some years, leaving these children: William J. of New York city; Dewitt and Allen of Northrup Settlement; Mrs. William Crawford of Cameron Mills; and Moses P., deceased October, 1886. He married again, October 22, 1857, Amy Stroud of Woodhull, N. Y., who survives him. Their children are John M. of Addison, and Elizabeth, deceased wife of Harry Paxton. John M. was born at Rathbone in 1852, where he first engaged in farming on the old homestead, and was educated at Cook
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Academy, Havana, N. Y. In 1886 he came from Cameron Mills to Addison and pur- chased 100 acres of land one mile west of the village, where he gives close attention to his farming interests. On November 18. 1886, he married Clara Carpenter of Academy Corners, who died May 28, 1889, by whom he had two children: Loren M., born September 13, 1887, died March 11, 1889; and Clara Belle, born May 7, 1889. March 21, 1894, he married Jennie, daughter of George J. Merring, a Rathbone farmer, by whom he has one son, John Herbert, born March 4, 1895.
Brundage Family, The .- The first of the family of whom can be found any trace is Benjamin, who lived in the town of Mifflin near Wilkesbarre, and was twice mar- ried, having by his first marriage two sons, Abram and James, and one daughter. In 1807 Benjamin came from Pennsylvania to visit his sons in Steuben county, N. Y., and died while there and was buried in Pleasant Valley Cemetery. James was born in 1765, married Mary Hoffman, and in 1799 he, and his brother Abram, with their families, came to New York State and for a few months located at Elmira, and then removed to Painted Post, where they remained four years. In 1803 they settled in Pleasant Valley, and in April of the same year located where J. S. and Victor now reside. Mr. and Mrs. James Brundage were the parents of fourteen children: Philip, John, Abraham, Benjamin, Polly, Sally, Henry, Samuel B., George S., Catherine, Elizabeth, Daniel, James M., and Anna. Mrs. Brundage died October 9, 1815, and Mr. Brundage, in 1839, aged seventy-four years. Abram Brundage was born March 17, 1775, and his wife. Polly Sims, June 26, 1776. They were the parents of ten chil- dren: Benjamin, William, James, Jesse, Charles, Matthew, Hiram, Alfred, Almira and Abram S. Abraham, the third son of James, was born in Pennsylvania, Octo- ber 2, 1794, and was a soldier in the War of 1812. He was one of the solid men of the community, and accumulated about six hundred acres of land in this valley. December 14, 1821, he married Elizabeth, a native of the town of Wheeler and daugh- ter of Azariah Conger of Washington county, N. Y., and to them were born six chil- dren: Mary A., who married John W. Taggart, of this valley; Cornelius Y., who is a farmer of Seneca county, Ohio; John C., who died in 1843 at thirteen years of age ; Azariah C .; Myron H., who died April 9, 1864; and Sam B., who died May 25, 1877. Abraham, died August 19, 1875, and his wife, April 9. 1872. Azariah Conger Brun- dage was born on the old homestead farm, which he now occupies, in the town of Urbana, January 20, 1837. He was educated in the common schools, Franklin Acad- emy, Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, and Starkey Seminary, and has always been a farmer by occupation. April 25, 1861, he enlisted in the 34th Regt N. Y. Inf., and was corporal of Co. I, and served with this regiment until the battle of Fair Oaks, where he was wounded by receiving a bullet in the neck, in consequence of which he was discharged July 30, 1862. His title of major comes from his being in that office with the National Guard after the war. Politically, he is a Republican and was elected to the State Legislature in the fall of 1877, serving the session of 1878, and re-elected and served the session of 1879. In the fall of 1883 he was again a candi- date but was defeated, and in 1886 was elected to the same position, and re-elected in the fall of 1887, having been five times nominated by acclamation. He has been prominently identified with the management of the Steuben County Agricultural So- ciety, was two years president, four years vice-president, and is serving his sixth consecutive year as secretary. He is also president of the New York State Associa-
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tion of County Agricultural Societies. He has been a member of the Grange nine- teen years, and was one of the promoters of Pleasant Valley Grange. He helped to organize the Patrons' Fire Relief Association, of which he has been president eight- een years, and assisted in the organization of the State Association for Fire Insur- ance, which was effected in 1881, and in 1887 he was made president of the State As- sociation, which office he held seven years. He has been master of the Grange sev- eral times. He is a member of Custer Post, No. 8, G. A. R., and has been its com- mander and quartermaster, passing the subordinate chairs. He has always been a warm supporter of church and school work. November 18, 1863, he married Sarah C., daughter of Orville Tousey of Dansville, Livingston county, and they have two children: Myron T. and Lizzie. Samuel Baker Brundage, the fifth son of Abraham, was born on the old homestead farm, February 2, 1844, and was educated in the common schools and at Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, and followed farming as an occupation, being assigned by his father to the management of 275 acres of the old homestead farm. In politics he is a Republican. He was one of the first to take up sheep breeding, and the wool and grain were the principal products of the farm. December 6, 1871, he married Ella J., daughter of Samuel Crum, a farmer of Bath, and they have been the parents of one daughter, Elizabeth, who still makes her home on the old homestead. Samuel B. died May 25, 1877. James M. Brundage, son of James, a native of the town of Urbana, was born February 17, 1813, and suc- ceeded to the old homestead farm, on which he made many valuable improve- ments. In 1853 he set out three acres of grape vines, but his principal products were grain and wool. He was in early life a Whig, but later a Republican. He was for a number of years identified with the Presbyterian church. He was twice mar- ried, first on January 7, 1846, to Jerusha Davis, and second to Eliza A. Henderson, daughter of John Collin of Avoca, and they were the parents of two sons: George A. and Jay S. Mr. Brundage died October 7, 1889, and Mrs. Brundage, July 29, 1886. George Albert Brundage, the oldest son of James M. and Eliza Henderson Brundage, was born on the old homestead farm January 28, 1862, was educated in the common schools, and has given his attention to farming and grape growing. He managed the farm until the death of his father and then came into full possession of 124 acres, eight acres of which he has set out to vineyard, and the balance of the farm is devoted to grain and vegetable products. In politics he is a Republican. He is a member of the Order of Maccabees. He and his family are members of the Presbyterian church. October 22, 1884, he married Sarah, daughter of William H. Garvey of this town, and they are the parents of two children: Leon Jay, born March 22, 1886, and Chester Monroe, born September 17, 1888. Jay S. Brundage, son of James M., was born on a farm in the town of Urbana, October 28, 1867, and was educated in the common schools and at Angelica High School, and has always lived on the old homestead. At the death of his father he was willed 200 acres of the old farm, and the fourth generation of this family now occupy it. He has now a vineyard of thirteen acres, and with the balance conducts a grain and dairy farm, having a milk route in Hammondsport. He has held some minor town offices and has been a school officer. October 27, 1886, he married Linna, daughter of George Thompson of Wheeler, and they have two children: Hiram G., born March 20, 1888, and May, born February 29, 1892. Henry Brundage, son of John, who was a son of
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James, was born on a farm on the south part of lot 12, January 15, 1821. He mar- ried Emily T. Wood, July 2, 1845, and they were the parents of three children: Edward C., Frank W., and Anna. In 1853 he bought a farm of eighty-five acres on lot 8, where he spent the balance of his life, and where he died February 8, 1894. Mrs. Emily T. Brundage still survives, being seventy years of age. Henry was a Republi- can in politics, and was always interested in church and school work, being a trustee of the school. His farm consisted of 115 acres, on which he raised hay, grain, etc. Edward C. Brundage, the oldest son of Henry, was born on the farm where he now resides in the town of Urbana, August 25, 1854, and has succeeded his father in the management of the farm. February 14, 1877, he married Ella F. Jessop, a native of .Orange, Schuyler county, and they have two children: Henry Amos, born Septem- ber 29, 1878, and Charlie Frank, born August 29, 1887. Frank W. Brundage, the youngest son of Henry, was born on the homestead farm, November 25, 1858, and was educated in Hammondsport Union School, and has always followed farming. He was married at the age of nineteen years to Mary C., daughter of John A. Stew- art, a native of Scotland, who lived in the town of Bradford. Frank settled on a farm in Urbana where he made his home for five years, and in 1884 he removed to Darien, Wis., where he now owns and conducts a farm. He has one daughter, Ina E., now in her sixteenth year. Anna Brundage, daughter of Henry Brundage, is a graduate of the class of '86 of Haverling, and adopted teaching as a profession, teaching in the towns of Urbana and Pulteney, and was three years the teacher of' the Pulteney village school, and is now the primary teacher of Painted Post Union School. Lewis Brundage was born on the farm where he now resides in North Ur- bana. August 3, 1839. He was given a common school education, and remained with his father on the farm until he was twenty-three years of age, when he went on a farm by himself in the town of Wayne, where he resided until 1891, with the ex- ception of three years spent on the old homestead, which he bought in 1891. He owns 110 acres, on five acres of which is a vineyard, but the products of which are mostly grain and hay. In politics he is a Republican, and he has been trustee. In 1861 he married Sarah, daughter of James Covert, a farmer of this town. They have one adopted daughter, Cora. Orson Brundage was born on a farm at North Urbana, August 26, 1857, son of James L., who was a son of Ebenezer. He was edu- cated in the common schools and Starkey. Seminary and remained with his father on the farm until 1890. He was then employed in a grocery store in Penn Yan, where he continued until March, 1894, when he bought the Rose grocery and provision store, in Hammondsport, where he is now engaged in a very successful business. In politics he is a Democrat. He is a member of the Baptist church of Penn Yan. No- vember 29, 1883, he married Lola Owen, of Second Milo, Yates county, and to them have been born four children: Ira James; J. Reader; Pearl Lucille, who died at the age of six months; and Fred Lewis, who died at the age of seven years. Hiram Brundage, son of Abram Brundage, was born July 27, 1806, and succeeded his father on the farm. January 5, 1832, he married Mary Morrison of this town, and they were the parents of fourteen children, eight of whom are now living. Harriet Eliza, widow of Alexander B. McFee; James Wesley; Addison; Edgar; Mary C., wife of James M. Craig of Elmira; Elizabeth, wife of James Fancett of Bath; Victor; and Josephine, wife of William H. Hall of the town of Urbana. Hiram Brundage died
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