Landmarks of Steuben County, New York, Part 79

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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April 5, 1886, and his wife, Mary Morrison Brundage, died June 19, 1889. Victor Brundage, son of Hiram, was born on the farm adjoining his present residence, April 1, 1850, and was educated in the common schools, and has always followed farm- ing, succeeding his father on the old homestead, conducting a farm of 104 acres de- voted to the production of grain and hay. In politics he is a Republican. Addison Brundage, son of Hiram, was born on the old homestead farm in the town of Urbana, February 1, 1843. He was given a common school education, and took up the occu- pation of farming. November 29, 1863, he enlisted in the 22d N. Y. Cavalry, Co. G, and served until the close of the war, being on detached duty most of the time, and was at Winchester and also on the Wilson raid. Upon his return from the war, he bought one hundred acres of his father's farm, where he now resides. He has also been engaged in manufacturing lumber and boxes, conducting the Taggart saw mill, and also conducts a vineyard of six acres In politics he is a Republican. October 20, 1870, he married Elizabeth, daughter of J. W. Taggart. She died June 25, 1895. James Wesley Brundage, the third son of Hiram, was born on the old homestead farm, Sep- tember 12, 1841, was educated in the common schools, and became a farmer by occu- pation, remaining with his father until he was twenty-four years of age. In 1867 he bought a part of the James M. Brundage farm, consisting of 125 acres where he has since made his home. He has taken quite an active interest in the cultivation of grapes and now has a vineyard of ten acres. Mr. Brundage has always been a warm supporter of the Republican party and its principles and has held the office of high- way commissioner for two years. He and his family are members of the Presbyte- rian church and he was for several years a trustee and elder of the church, and still holds the latter position. He has always been interested in school work and has been one of the officers. He is the present steward of Pleasant Valley Grange, has been the master of the Grange for two years, and also master of the council for two years. February 10, 1870, he married Sarah Bronson, daughter of J. Bronson of this town, and they have four children: Walter W., a graduate of Rochester University, class of '94, who is a bookkeeper with the Hammondsport Bank; Carrie M .; Hattie; and Eva, all of whom are living at home. Roy S. Brundage was born on the Tag- gart farm in the town of Urbana, July 24, 1857. Abram S. Brundage, the grand- father of Roy, was the youngest of the family of Abram and Polly Sims Brundage, and the most of his life was spent on the old homestead farm where Roy now lives. He was married to Louisa Prindle, a native of Schuyler county, and they were the parents of nine children, of which John was the eldest of the family. He was born January 11, 1834, and was educated in the common schools and at Alfred University, and the most of his life has been spent on the homestead farm. In politics he is a Democrat. June 7, 1855, he married Lucy A. Sheppard, daughter of George Shep- pard of Wheeler, and they were the parents of three children: Roy S .; Willie G. ; and May Bell, wife of Sidney McDowell, a merchant of Addison. Mrs. Brundage died March 20, 1875. The farm of 200 acres on which Roy S. is now living is de- voted to the cultivation of grain and the production of wood. Willie G. Brundage was born December 7, 1858, on the Taggart farm and has always made his home in this town. He was married December 24, 1890, to Lulu, daughter of William B. Johnson, of Bath, and they have one child, Gratton H. Brundage, who is eighteen months old.

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Richtmyer, Charles E., was born in Hector, Tompkins county, N. Y., January 1, 1836, son of John Richtmyer mentioned in this work. Charles E. was reared on a farm and educated in Havana Academy, and at eighteen years of age he learned the carpenter's trade, at which he worked for about ten years. He came to Thurston with his parents when he was twelve years of age, and, except five years in Titus- ville, Pa., and five years near Erie City, Pa., has lived in Thurston, N. Y. In 1865 he bought the farm of 105 acres he now owns, and followed general farming. He is a Republican in politics, and has been justice of the peace twenty-four years, and in 1874 and 1880 was justice of sessions. August 16, 1855, he married Lucretia M. Buck, who was born in Enfield, Tompkins county, March 29, 1831, daughter of Amos and Susanna (Lovell) Buck, by whom he had two children: Mina L. wife of F. L. Hawley, a merchant of Cameron, and they have one child, Inez M .; and Bertie E., who is a clerk in a hardware store in Cameron, N.Y. Mr. Richtmyer is also a watch- maker by trade, and has worked at millwrighting for several years, and has also erected seven steam mills in Steuben county, N. Y.

Grant, George E., was born in Delaware county, N.Y., April 20, 1845, son of John L. and Catherine Parmeter Grant, he a native of Scotland, and she of Delaware county, N.Y. John L. came to Orange county, with his father, Lewis Grant, who went to Delaware county, where he died in 1866. John died in Delaware county, June 19, 1866, and his wife, November 12, 1863. George E. was educated in the common schools of Tioga county, N. Y., and engaged in farming, and has also worked in a sash factory. In 1868 he came to Erwin, and in November, 1884, re- moved to Woodhull, where he bought forty-two acres of land. He is a Republican, and has been constable for two terms, and is a member of J. N. Warner Post No. 565, G. A. R., of which he is a charter member. June 24, 1869, he married Lucinda Edwards of Woodhull, and they have ten children : Mabel, John L. (deceased), Nellie, Grace, Charles, Clarie, Benjamin, Arthur, Fred (deceased), and George. December 25, 1863, Mr. Grant enlisted in Co. B, 21st N. Y. Cavalry, and served one year and ten months, and was in the following battles: Newmarket, Piedmont, Lynchburg, Winchester, Ashby's Gap, and Mount Jackson.

Loper, James A., was born in Woodhull, N. Y., November 4, 1854, son of James and Ila Rosenkrans Loper, he a native of Jerusalem, N. Y., and she of Delaware, Pa. They went to Brookfield, Pa., at an early date, where they lived for some years, and then went to Saginaw county, Michigan, where they now reside. The grandfather of James A. was Sir John Loper, an early settler of Rathboneville, where he died at the age of eighty-two years. James A. was reared on a farm, and educated in the common schools. He went to Michigan when a boy, and in 1881 returned to Wood- hull. He is a farmer by occupation and owns seventy-nine acres of land. March 21, 1881, he married Mary P., adopted daughter of Jeffrey Stroud, and they have five children: Anna P., Forest J., Wayne A., Cassie C., and Scott L. Mrs. Loper's own parents were Jesse Morey and Charlotte Fisher Morey. Jeffrey Stroud was born in Woodhull on the farm on which his father settled, where he lived until about 1870, when he purchased the Bethel Gurnsey farm, and resided where his widow now lives until his death, which occurred January 12, 1894. He was a son of Edward L. and Almira Gurnsey Stroud, who are mentioned in this work, was educated in the com- mon schools, and at his death owned 120 acres of land. In 1857 he married Damey

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P., daughter of William and Parmelia Schoonover Morey, who came to Troupsburg at an early day and died at Rowlett, Pa., he in 1892, and his wife about 1878.

June, William A., was born in Jasper, May 5, 1857, son of Elias and Louisa (Countryman) June, he a native of Jasper, and she of Herkimer county, N. Y. The grandfather, Alvah June, came to Steuben county from Connecticut in a very early day, and settled on the farm now owned by William A., where he died. He had lived some years in Mckean county, Pa., where his wife was burned to death. Elias June, father of William A., died in Jasper, in December, 1891. His wife still resides in Jasper. William A. was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools. He followed farming and now owns the homestead farm of 100 acres. October 19, 1881, he married Jessie A. Perry, a native of Woodhull, and daughter of Levi and Hulda H. (Lyon) Perry, he of Woodhull, whose father, Wooster Perry, was one of the first settlers. Mr. and Mrs. June have one daughter, Lois M., born Novem- ber 27, 1891. William A. June bought the first lever hay press used in Jasper, and has been engaged in the business eleven years. His father, Elias June, was always ready to assist any one in need, and was among the first to encourage any public en- terprise. He assisted largely in laying out grounds, planting trees, building fence, etc., to the beautiful cemetery of Jasper. He died without an enemy.

Smith, Elmon D., was born in North Haven, Conn., Novemher 5, 1817. In 1835 his father, Deacon Hervey Smith, moved with his family to Newark Valley, Tioga county, N. Y., where the subject of this notice continued to live until 1847, when he went to Dansville and resided there one year. Then he went to Portage and car- ried on the tanning business until 1853, when he moved to Hornellsville. Here he engaged in the insurance business, also dealt in leather, and for a time conducted a shoe store. He also engaged in the manufacture of brick. He built much and handled much property, having owned about thirty acres here. When he bought the site of his present residence on Genesee street in 1853 and built there, his neigh- bors thought it strange that he should go so far out to build. In 1851 that section of the town was sowed to wheat. He has been a trustee of the Presbyterian church since 1854, has been a choir singer for over fifty years, and was leader of a choir for forty years. He married Sarah Marsh Waldo, who died in 1879.

Krause, Frederick William Richard, was born in Berlin, Germany, in 1855. He took a preparatory course at the Sophia Gymnasium at Berlin and studied theology and history at the University of Berlin. For 1880 he emigrated to the United States and settled at Albany, where he was pastor of the German Lutheran church, also at New Orleans, St. Louis and Princeton. In December, 1885, he moved to Perkins- ville, where he assumed the pastorate of the German Lutheran congregation (the largest of Steuben county) of that place and also of the Lutheran church of Dansville. Mr. Krause has contributed scientific articles, exegetical and historical, for the St. Louis Theologica and is working now at a "Philologica veteris et novi testamenti Clavis." At Princeton, Ind .. June, 1883, he married Mary Schaible, who was born at that place in 1856. She was graduated at Princeton High School, and took a special course at Terre Haute College and afterwards taught in the graded schools for nine years. They had four children: William, who was born at Neshan- · nock, Pa., April 24, 1885; Lizzie, born in June, 1887, and died June 8, 1891; Her- mann, born April 23, 1891; and Albert, born May 5, 1894, died February 26, 1895.

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Gee, Edward, was born in Steuben county, N. Y., April 25, 1840, son of John T. and Margaret (Betis) Gee, natives of New York, who came to Steuben county where she died at twenty-eight years of age, and he at eighty-fours years of age. He was a hatter by trade, and was also proprietor of a hotel at Woodhull for over four years. He was a member of the F. & A. M. Edward Gee was reared in the village of Woodhull. He is a farmer and owns 128 acres of land. In 1865 he married Amanda, daughter of Peter Harder, of Woodhull, by whom he had three children: Dora, Rush, and Edith G. In 1864 Mr. Gee enlisted in Co. G, 141st N. Y. Vols., and served eleven months. He was with Sherman on his famous march to the sea, and was at the battles of Averysborough and Smith's Farm. He was a charter member of J. N. Warner Post, No. 565, G. A. R.

Wood, Augustus H., was born in the town of Corning in July, 1842, son of Barry C. and Mary Ann Wood. He married Lillian H. Palmer, and they have one daugh- ter, Lillian. Mr. Wood is adjutant of the G. A. R. Post, No. 611, and past com- mander. He enlisted in August, 1861, in Co. L, 6th Regiment, New York Cavalry, and re-enlisted in the same regiment and was finally discharged August 23, 1865. He first served as bugler, then as corporal, and afterwards as sergeant. He has held the office of town clerk and was U. S. census enumerator two terms.

Sanford, John, was born in Urbana, N. Y., in 1823, son of Thomas and Matilda (Miller) Sanford, both natives of New Jersey, who came to Urbana at an early day, where he cleared a farm and followed sawing and farming. He died in 1864 and his wife in 1860. He was a Whig in politics, and afterward a Republican. The grand- father, Thomas Sanford, came from New Jersey and settled in Urbana, where he engaged in farming. John Sanford engaged in sawing in early life, which he fol- lowed about forty years. In 1875 he bought the farm in Bradford where he has since been located. In 1847 he married Mary H. Bartholomew, by whom he had two children: Alonzo, who is a farmer in Michigan; and Mary A., wife of N. French, a mason and bricklayer.

Walling, Daniel L., was born in the town of Bradford, January 9, 1847, the third of six children born to Asa and Sarah (Wilson) Walling. Asa Walling was born in New Jersey, July 7, 1810, and Mrs. Walling was born in Starkey, N. Y., August 21, 1811. In 1820 the parents of Asa Walling, Samuel and Susana (Swarts) Walling, came from New Jersey and settled in Starkey, N. Y., and had nine children, and Samuel Walling died in 1869, and his wife died in 1847. Asa Walling was a success- ful farmer and owned a large farm in Bradford, where he died April 25, 1894. Mrs. Walling died February 7, 1888. Daniel L. was reared on a farm and has always been engaged in that line, commencing on the farm where 'he now resides, which consists of 100 acres, in 1881. He then spent nine years on the homestead, caring for the old people, returning to his present home in 1895. January 9, 1881, Mr. Wall- ing married Sarah E., daughter of James M. and Maria (Dennis) Gillmore, and they have one son, Asa J., who was born March 30, 1885. Mr. Walling is a member of the Grange and Farmers' Alliance.

Wood, Israel, was born in the town of Wayne, March 30, 1831, and is the ninth of thirteen children born to Israel R. and Anna (Fleet) Wood, he a native of Orange county, N. Y., and she of Tyrone, N. Y. The maternal grandfather, Abram Fleet,

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was a pioneer of Tyrone, where he cleared a farm and reared a large family. The paternal grandfather, Jonathan Wood, lived and died in Orange county, N. Y. At four years of age Ira R. Wood, father of Israel, was left an orphan, and he lived with relatives until he was sixteen years of age, when he bound himself out to Joel Thorpe of Groton, Tompkins county. In 1815 he settled in Wayne, where he cleared a large farm and spent his days. He died November 9, 1868, and Mrs. Wood died October 9, 1864. Israel Wood helped to clear the homestead farm, and still resides there and makes farming his occupation. In 1855 he married Orrilla, daughter of Henry and Catherine (McDowell) Cronkrite, by whom he had these children: Jona- than, who died in 1863, aged six years; Laura M., who died in 1863, aged four years; Kittie C., wife of William S. Murray, a teacher by profession and graduate of Syra- cuse University ; Fred H., who died in 1869, aged seven years; Olin W., a graduate of Syracuse University, and a teacher by profession; William M., of Wyoming county, Pa., and a teacher by profession ; and Anna O., who is a student at Albany State Normal College. Mr. Wood is a member of No. 459, F. & A. M., of Ham- mondsport.

McAdam, Henry .- William McAdam was born March 18, 1827, in Ireland and came to the United States when a small child. His father, James, settled in the town of Howard, near where William now resides, in 1830, where he cleared a farm of 101 acres. He died in 1859, and his wife in March, 1864. They had a family of three children: John, Thomas, and William, all of whom were born in Ireland. William was educated in the districts schools of Howard, and December 3, 1851, he married Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Pawling, son of Henry Pawling, who fought for his country in 1776, was taken prisoner and confined on the Prison Ship. Henry Pawling, the father of Mrs. McAdam, was drafted in the war of 1812. At that time the population was limited and his wife, Catherine, was compelled to live alone in a log cabin in the woods, and had to keep bright fires burning in order to frighten away the wild animals. Mr. and Mrs. McAdam were the parents of five children : Eva, Henry, Herbert, Hattie, who married W. J. Stewart and resides in North Carolina, and Clayton. Henry McAdam is a prosperous farmer in the town of Howard, owning a farm of 118 acres, mostly all cleared. February 24, 1886, he mar- ried Emma A., daughter of Andrew Sharp, one of the first farmers of the town. They have one daughter, Bertha. Mr. and Mrs. McAdam are members of the Pres- byterian church.

Williams, Miles, was born in Tioga county, N. Y., February 21, 1825, son of John A., and Nancy Thompson Williams, she a native of Tioga county, and he of Con- necticut. They came to Woodhull in 1836, where he died October 9, 1870, and she September 13, 1867. Miles's grandfather, Thomas Williams, died in Tioga county, May 15, 1828, and his wife, Elizabeth, died May 24, 1864, aged eighty-six years. The maternal grandfather was Moses Thompson, who was born September 2, 1771, and died October 26, 1854. Miles Williams was brought up on a farm and educated in the common schools, and now owns 192 acres of land. In 1850 he married Catherine, daughter of Joseph D., son of Samuel Strond, who is mentioned in this work. Mr. and Mrs. Williams are the parents of two children: Joseph, who married Ida Marvin, and they have one child. Leon, born March 5, 1863, and by a previous marriage to Nellie Burch, they have one child, Wallace, born May 20, 1882. Mrs. Williams's

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father, Joseph D. Strond, was born in New Jersey in 1792, and came to Woodhull. His wife was Elizabeth Merring, by whom he had nine children. He died February 28, 1870, and his wife November 19, 1883. He was one of the leading farmers of the town and owned about 600 acres of land.

Lang, John H., son of John Lang, first vice-president of the Fall Brook Coal and Fall Brook Railway Co.'s, was born at Covington, Pa., September 8, 1850. He be- gan his business life as a telegraph operator and mail boy for the Fall Brook Coal Co. in December, 1863, from which duties he was promoted to bookkeeper, and later held the positions of auditor, paymaster, and assistant treasurer, and is now secre- tary of that corporation. In the reorganization of the railway department, July 1, 1892, he was made treasurer of the Fall Brook Railway Co. He has resided in Corn- ing since March, 1880.

Foster, William A., was born in Vermont in 1835. When seventeen years of age he began railroad work as fireman and afterwards learned the machinist trade, and then ran an engine for several years, after which he was engaged as foreman of the shops at Fitchburg, Mass., for two years. In 1873 he was appointed assistant super- intendent of motive power for the Fitchburg Railroad, acting as superintendent from 1882 to 1884, and in 1885 accepted his present position of superintendent of machin- ery for the Fall Brook Railroad.

Donnelly, Mrs. E. B .- James Donnelly was born in New York city, March 29, 1843. His family moved to Georgetown, D. C. In 1861 he enlisted in Co. I, 34th New York Infantry, and after his discharge he went to Hammondsport and enlisted in Co. G, 22d Cavalry, and served two years, and received an honorable discharge at the close of the war. In 1871 he married Ellen Benner, and they are the parents of two children: Henry J. and Ellen M. In 1889 he moved to Kanona and kept pub- lic house until his death, which occurred January 39, 1894. Mr. Donnelly was an Odd Fellow and a prominent Mason; also a member of the Knights of the Macca- bees.

Hoagland, John C., was born on the farm where he now lives, October 27, 1839, son of Richard Hoagland, who was born in Montgomery county, and came to the town of Howard in 1830, settled on the farm now owned and occupied by John C. Their ancestry is traced back to the settlement of New Amsterdam, in 1565. Richard was a farmer and lived to be ninety years of age. He married Tabitha Clark, of Montgomery county, formerly of Rhode Island, and they were the parents of eleven children, five of whom are still alive. John C. has always been a farmer, with the exception of three years spent in the army. He enlisted in 1861, and was in the battles of Port Hudson, and the Red River Campaign. He was married three times, first to Tabitha Powell, and three children were born to them: Holand, Clark, and Georgia; his second wife was Jennie Brockney, by whom he had one son, Sumner ; third, to Ella Burd. Mr. Hoagland has filled the offices of overseer of the poor for two years, and supervisor for the same length of time. He is a member of the G. A. R., and a Granger. In politics he is an Independent.

Stewart, William H., who was born in the town of Howard, April 2, 1843, is the ninth child of a family of eleven children of the late Andrew and Lydia Stewart,

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who were among the pioneer settlers of this town, coming here in 1817. Andrew Stewart was born October 31, 1805, in Washington county. He cleared a farm of eighty acres where he resided up to within three years of his death, when he disposed of it to a son, E. L. Stewart, who is in possession of it at the present time. William H. Stewart began life poor, out through hard labor and frugality he is the owner of a 116 acre farm, mostly all improved land. He married Nancy J., daughter of Henry Stewart of Howard, and they have one son, Don Stewart, who resides at home. They are members of the M. E. church of Towlesville. In politics Mr. Stewart is Independent.

Sin Clair, William A., was born April 10, 1832, on the homestead, which was settled by his father, John Sin Clair, who came from Vermont in 1820; at that time the pres- ent section was covered by a dense forest, and it was only through his laborious work that it was brought under cultivation and roads were laid out for the conven- ience of the incoming settlers; the one worthy of particular mention is the Turnpike which bounds the farm on the south. In 1823 he married Eltha Dickenson, by whom he had six children, three sons and three daughters, and through life was identified as a practical farmer, taking an active interest in school and church matters, dying in 1851 at the age of sixty-three years. In 1857 William A. married Mary J., daugh- ter of William and Martha Abbott, by whom he had five children: Will A., F. Leo, F. Deo, Mrs. A. J. Sin Clair, Mrs. F. B. Conine; and has always resided on the homestead, being one of the most prosperous and influential farmers of that locality.

Hoaglin, Leroy, was born in Schuyler county, N. Y., September 24, 1839, son of John and Fannie (Redner) Hoaglin, who came to Pennsylvania in 1852, and to Wood- hull in 1863, where they still reside. Leroy Hoaglin began working by the month, and in 1863 he enlisted in Co. G, 2d N. Y. Vet. Vol. Cavalry, and served until No- vember, 1865. He was at the battles of Red River, Mobile, Blakely, and all other battles the regiment took part in. He now owns 116 acres of land. He is a Repub- lican in politics, and held the office of assessor four years, elected the second term. He is a member of Restoration Lodge, No. 777, F. & A. M., also a member of J. N. Warner Post, No. 565, G. A. R. In 1867 Mr. Hoaglin married Elsie Thompson, by whom he had four children: Olive, Gertrude, Etta, and Leroy. The grandfather, John Hoaglin, was a native of New Jersey, and came to Cayuga county, N. Y., where he died.

Carter, Erastus A., was born in Canisteo, April 23, 1848, son of John Carter, who was born in Lansing, Tompkins county. When John Carter first came to Steuben county he settled in Greenwood, and was engaged in farming and lumbering quite extensively. He came to Canisteo village about twenty years ago and remodeled the old Canisteo House, it being the first brick house in the county. He run the hotel for about two years, afterwards disposing of the same. In about four years he again purchased the property, which he owned till his death in August, 1888. In 1889 Erastus A. Carter purchased the hotel from the estate, and has since conducted the same. Mr. Carter was at one time engaged in farming and lumbering, but at present devotes his time to farming, the hotel, and his furniture business. In De- cember, 1894, the furniture business was started under the name of E. A. Carter & Son, carrying a general line of furniture and funeral supplies, In July, 1869, Mr,

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Landmarks of Steuben County, New York, Part 79

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