Landmarks of Steuben County, New York, Part 85

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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Hubbs, J. Seymour, was born in the town of Charleston, Montgomery county, February 25, 1862, and came to this town with his parents in 1881. He was educated at Painted Post Academy, and at twenty-three years of age took up the study of medicine in the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Baltimore, from which insti- tution he was graduated in the spring of 1887. He engaged in the practice of his profession one year in Hammondsport, and in 1888 traveled on the road for the Ger- mania Wine Cellars. In 1889, in company with Henry Frey, he purchased what is now the Columbia Wine Company. He is a member of the B. & P. Order of Elks, with the Syracuse branch.

Taylor, Walter, was born in the Halsey Valley, Tioga county, N. Y., January 25, 1858, the only son of George Taylor, a native of Tioga county. Walter was educated in the common schools, and his first occupation was with his father on the farm, and he also conducted a cooper snop in Tioga Center, until 1880. In April of the same year he removed to Urbana, where he bought a vineyard of seven acres of B. R. Streeter. He devoted his attention to this industry for two years, when he bought a farm of seventy acres of Charles Baily, and set out twenty acres to grapes. He has made a specialty of Delawares, and has about the largest vineyard of this variety. He makes still wines, which business he is prepared to increase the coming season. The balance of his farm is devoted to peaches and the cultivation of grain and vege- tables. In 1879 he married Addie M. Chapman, of Tioga Center, by whom he had four children: Flora J., Lucy M., Fred C., and Clarence W. Mr. Taylor is a mem- ber of Pleasant Valley Grange.

Myrtle, Rebecca -- Clarence Myrtle was born in Urbana, September 20, 1853, son of Henry C., a native of the town of Wheeler, and grandson of Philip, who came there in 1797. Henry C. married Rebecca, daughter of Ebenezer Brundage, and en-

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gaged in lumbering and farming. It was through his aid the Methodist church of Mitchelville was built. He died March 27, 1895. in his seventy-seventh year. Clarence married Olive A., daughter of Col. N. B. Stanton, of Hornby. He has suc- ceeded his father as one of the largest farmers in Steuben county, serving as vice- president of the Steuben County Agricultural Society for two years, and ready to aid any enterprise intended to benefit that town.

Goff, W. Blake, was born in the town of Howard, May 21, 1838. Job Goff, the father of Blake, was a native of Otsego county, born in 1804, and was only eight years of age when his father, William Goff, a native of Vermont, moved to Steuben county, and located on a farm and was the founder of what was known as Goff's Mills. Job Goff conducted a farm all of his life and was engaged in lumbering. Many of the mills of Steuben county were erected and run by members of the Goff family. Job Goff died in the town of Hornellsville in 1887. Of his five children Blake was the second son. He was given a good common school education and has always been engaged in farming. In 1864 he was engaged in the livery business and dealt in live stock. and was also one of the village officers. In 1865 he took up the Driven Well Patent-right and was the first to introduce it in Allegany county. With his father he patented a farm gate that was considered one of the best of the times. In 1864 Mr. Goff made a very important arrest in Hornellsville of an escaped convict by the name of Collier. He was married July 8, 1871, to Miss Sarah E. Horton, daugh- ter of Alfred Horton. Three of their children are Marietta, who lives at home; Amy Louisianna is a student of Hornellsville Academy; and George B. is now in his fourth year.

French, J. W., was born in Campbell, N. Y., September 7, 1844, son of Lewis T. and Nancy (Lewis) French, he born in New Jersey, and she in Dryden, N. Y., who came to Bath a very small boy at an early day and his father, Samuel, settled three and one-half miles east of Bath, and lived and died in this county. The grandfather of our subject, Samuel French, was a native of New Jersey, and came to Bath where he died. Lewis T. French, father of J. W., was a farmer and lumberman, and built a saw mill on Smith's Run, three and one-half miles east of Bath. In 1863 he moved into this town where he died in 1877, and his wife in 1866. J. W. French was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools. He followed lumbering in Pennsyl- vania and this State, and now owns 160 acres of land, on which he located in 1864, which he has cleared and erected good buildings. He is a Democrat in politics, and is now serving his second term as assessor of this town. He is a member of K. of H. In May, 1867, he married Mary, daughter of Hugh and Jane Beaton, by whom he had nine children: John E., who lives in Washington, D. C., and is twenty-six years of age; Nellie R., who lives in Washington, D. C .; Vina J., who is also in Wash- ington, D. C .; Margaret E., who is now attending school at Haverling; Benjamin, who died in 1881; Jay W., who lives at home; Raymond B., who is also at home; Ernest, deceased; and Irwin D., who lives at home.

Drew, Walter Schuyler, was born in Hammondsport, N. Y., July 3, 1868. His father, Benjamin F. Drew, was also a native of Hammondsport, born February 28, 1831. He was a student with Judge Jacob Larrowe, and was admitted to the bar, and practiced his profession successfully for many years at Hammondsport. He was

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a Democrat in politics, and occupied some of the political offices of the town, was supervisor for a number of terms. He married Susan Mandeville Garey, by whom he had two children: Julia Edith, who died in 1879, and Walter Schuyler, as above. Mr. Drew died June 25, 1882. Walter S. was educated in the Hammondsport Union School, and at eighteen years of age entered the University of Michigan, from which he was graduated in June, 1890. He took up the study of law in the office of J. O, Sebring of Hammondsport and later with Clark Bell, of New York city, and was ad- mitted to the bar in October, 1891. He was associated with Mr. Sebring until the fall of 1893, when he opened an office for himself in Hammondsport, and is now en- gaged in the general practice of the profession at that place. Mr. Drew is chairman of the Democratic Town Committee and a member of the Regular Democratic County Organization.

Hewlett, Emery T., was born in Cortland county, N. Y., April 1, 1829. Samuel Hewlett, his father, was a native of Long Island, and married Catherine Gee. He was a blacksmith and farmer, and died in 1876, aged seventy-five years, and his widow died in 1893, aged ninety-two years. E. T. Hewlett came to Bath in 1847, and in 1852 he married Caroline, daughter of John Moore of Savona, by whom he had six children: Samuel M., John M., Ambrose W., Catherine (Mrs. S. D. Aulls), Maggie, living, and Emery, who died in childhood. Palmer B. Hewlett, a brother of E. T., now of San Francisco, California, was a lieutenant in Shannon's Company that went to Mexico from Bath in 1846. Mr. Hewlett is an enterprising and pros- perous farmer, and also with his sons is conducting a flourishing furniture and under- taking business at Bath under the firm name of S. M. Hewlett & Co.

Schmoker, Fred, was born in Switzerland, June 22, 1855, son of Casper and Mar- garet (Rychen) Schmoker, who came to America in 1881 and settled at Keuka, where they have their winter residence, and they also have a residence on Bluff Point, where they spend their summers. Casper Schmoker was a government detective in Switzerland, but now lives a retired life. He is sixty-nine years of age and his wife is sixty-seven years of age. The grandfathers, Jacob Schmoker and Peter Rychen, lived and died in Switzerland. In 1874, Fred Schmoker came to America and for a time lived in Hammondsport, and in 1880 located at Keuka, where he now resides." In 1885 he married Clara, daughter of William G. and Sallie (Simms) Paddock of Yates county, N. Y., by whom he had four children: Charley, who died at the age of two months, Frederick A., Karl W., Walter A. Mr. Schmoker received his early edu- cation in Switzerland and also attended school at Hammondsport. He now has forty acres of land of which seventeen acres is vineyard. He is a member of Tent 71, K. O. T. M., at Bath. Adolph Schmoker, born in Switzerland, came to this country in 1880 and settled at Keuka where he now resides and owns extensive vine- yard property, wine cellars and hotel. He belongs to Lamoka Lodge, No. 463, F. & A. M., and Hammondsport Lodge, No. 584, I. O. O. F.

Hunter, George, was born on the homestead farm, March 5, 1833, son of Peter, who came to Bath in 1827 from Orange county, N. Y. The family trace their descent from Archibal Hunter, who came from Ireland about 1750 and settled in Orange county, N. Y. Peter married Lucinda, daughter of Samuel Dimmick. He was a farmer, and served as assessor for a time. He died in 1860, in his sixty-seventh

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year. In 1855 George Hunter married Catherine A., daughter of James Little, and they are the parents of one daughter, Mrs. Hattie Klock.

Stanhope, John G., was born in Warwickshire, England, son of John and Char- lotte Edwards Stanhope, who went from Warwick to Northampton, where they spent most of their lives. He was sheriff thirty-two years and then retired, residing in Paris, France, drawing an annuity of $2,000 per year till his death from the English government. John G. Stanhope, jr., married Helen L., daughter of Thomas and Marriam Vaughn Spencer, a native of Ludlow, Shropshire, England. Mr. and Mrs. Stanhope came to America and settled in Wayne in 1857. He engaged in propagat- ing fruit for about ten years at Keuka. To them have been born two children: Herbert G., a farmer of Yates county, and who married Helen Gasper and has two children; and Amy R., wife of W. K. Austin, builder and vineyardist, and has one daughter. John G. Stanhope is now engaged in growing grapes and other fruits, having vineyard and land of twenty acres.

Poole, James, was born in Scotland, July 16, 1825, and came to the United States in 1838 with his parents, John A. and Elizabeth, who settled at Seneca Falls. James was educated in Scotland and Seneca connty, N. Y., to which he has added through life by reading and close observation, and in early life learned the malting business, which he has followed for fifty years. In 1849 he came to Bath and formed a part- nership with William Andrew, at whose death he came into possession of his estate. In 1866 he married Elizabeth, daughter of Allison Scott, by whom he had three chil- dren: James A., Mrs. James D. Hill, and Elizabeth. Mr. Poole is one of the repre- sentative business men of the town, and has always taken an intelligent interest in educational and religious institutions.

Frey, John J., was born in Rochester, N.Y., December 17, 1855, and came with his father to this town in 1864. He has been identified with his father, first as an assistant, in 1878 became a partner, and then one of the proprietors of the Germania Wine Company, of which he is now the head. In October, 1894, in company with A. G. Pratt, they bought the Bank of Hammondsport, of which he is now the presi- dent. He is the treasurer of the Hammondsport Building and Improvement Com- pany, and one of the leading business men of the town, commanding the respect of all who know him. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity.

Lamont, Henry C., was born April 27, 1847. His parents were both born in Eng- land. His father, James Lamont, died in Rochester in 1893, aged eighty-two years. He purchased the farm where his son now resides about 1837. He married Eliza Pratt, who was born in 1813, and died May 11, 1878, by whom he had ten children: William, Charlotte Traxler, James P., Charles (deceased), Sarah (deceased), Thomas, a soldier of the civil war, who died in Andersonville prison; Henry C., as above; Eliza P., Ida Bushman, and Rosa Bircham. James Lamont was a tanner by trade and worked in the tannery which was erected in 1835 by a Mr. Kyser. He studied medicine in England, and finally resumed his studies and was graduated from the Eclectic College of New York city, and practiced his profession until his death. Henry C. received a common school education, and has always followed farming. At Hornellsville, N. Y., August 29, 1872, he married Maggie Dernbacher, who was

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born in 1854, and died May 29, 1891, by whom he had two children: Charles W., who was born June 21, 1873; and Raymond J., who was born March 15, 1876.

Fairchild, Henry O., was born in New Lisbon, Otsego county, N. Y., August 5, 1836. His father, Charles S. Fairchild, was born in the same place and in the same house in 1812, a son of Benajah Fairchild, a native of Connecticut, who came to this State in 1797, and died in 1855, aged eighty-two years. Charles S. Fairchild died March 25, 1883, in Bath, where he removed in 1873. He was a farmer. Henry O. was the oldest of a family of four children, and was given an academic education in his native county. His first occupation was farming and dairying. He came to Hammondsport in the fall of 1858 and bought the vineyard property where he now lives, in 1862 erecting the residence. He has now sixty acres of vineyard and seventy acres devoted to general farming, and is the largest individual grower in this section. The property is known as the Sunny Side vineyard and wine cellar. Mr. Fairchild has always been a Democrat in politics, and has held some of the minor town offices, and in June, 1893, was appointed postmaster of Hammondsport, which position he now holds. In 1859 he married Helen E. Benjamin, of New Lisbon, N. Y., by whom he had four daughters: Sarah M., assistant postmaster; Louisa M., wife of Thomas L. Henritzen, an attorney of West Virginia; Lucy S., who lives at home; and E. Adelia, a graduate of Buffalo Normal School, at present a teacher of Hammondsport Union School.

Northrup, Moses, was born in Sussex county, N. J., November 10, 1817, and when eighteen years of age came to Rathbone with his parents, where he has spent the most of his life. He was in Addison the last three years of his life, where he died June 22, 1894. He married Nancy M. Allen, a native of New Jersey, by whom he had five children: William J., who now lives in New York city; Adelia, wife of William Crawford, of Cameron Mills; Dewitt, who was born February 22, 1849, edu- cated in the common schools and Woodhull Academy, and October 22, 1878, married Martha Crawford of Rathbone, by whom he had three children: Grace, Alta, and Dewitt C. He is a Democrat and has been collector two terms. He owns 100 acres of the old homestead; Allen, who was born November 27, 1852, educated in the common schools, and in 1876 married Maggie, daughter of James France, of Jasper, by whom he has one daughter, Mabel A. He owns 100 acres of the old homestead. His wife died July 3, 1894; and Moses P., who died at thirty years of age. He mar- ried Eva Reynolds, of Rathbone, by whom he had three children: Mary L., Jessie M., and Lizzie. Moses Northrup was one of the wealthiest men of Rathbone, owned 500 acres of land, and was also prominent politically, being supervisor one year, and highway commissioner two terms. His second wife was Amy, daughter of Joseph Stroud, of Woodhull, N. Y .. by whom he had two children: Lizzie, wife of Henry Paxton, of Addison, N. Y. ; and John M.

Sedgwick, William P., was born in Hammondsport, March 20, 1837. His father, Datus E. Sedgwick, was a native of Tompkins county, N. Y., and the family trace their descent from Robert Sedgwick, a general in the English army under Oliver Cromwell. Datus E. Sedgwick married Mary A., daughter of the Rev. Caleb Ken- dall of Ithaca, N. Y. Mr. Kendall's name was familiar in the early history of Western and Southern New York, he having been one of the Methodist Episcopal

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circuit riders early in the present century, riding the country on horseback and preaching wherever a congregation could be gathered. Datus E. Sedgwick learned the jeweler's business in Ithaca, N. Y., moving to Hammondsport about 1833, and some years later returned to Tompkins county. William P. Sedgwick was educated in the common schools and at Lima Seminary, and on leaving school applied himself to the same line of business as his father, and in 1857, before becoming of age, he came to Bath and engaged in the business of his choice, and for thirty-eight years has been the leading jeweler of this section of the State. In 1862 he married Fannie E., daughter of Conrad Shults, by whom he had four children: William P., Mrs. Catherine Ruggles, Charlotte and Florence. Mr. Sedgwick is one of the oldest mer- chants in Bath, holding the office of trustee of Bath, and member of the Board of Education for fifteen years, and is also a member of Steuben Lodge No. 112, and Bath Chapter No. 95, and nominated for member of assembly in 1887 by the Repub- lican party.

Recktenwald, John, was born in Winterbach, Germany, March 3, 1853, emigrated to America in 1880 and settled at Perkinsville. Peter Recktenwald, his father, mar- ried Eiizabeth Wagner, by whom he had eight children, of whom two came to this country, John and Jacob John Recktenwald worked on a farm for eight years, after which he purchased the Lackawana House in Perkinsville in 1892. January 19, 1891, he married Mrs. Mary (Simon) Gessner, born April 11, 1860, in Perkinsville. She had two children by Michael Gessner: Julia, born April 1, 1882; and William, born April 30, 1885. Mr. Gessner died in March, 1890. Mr. and Mrs. Recktenwald have one child, Walter, born, November 18, 1894.

Beeman, Herbert, was born in La Fayette, Mckean county, Pa., May 1, 1848, son of Albert and Harriett A. (Davis) Beeman, he a native of Connecticut, born in 1811, and she of Broome county, N. Y. He was a blacksmith and farmer, and came from Connecticut to McKean county, Pa., and bought a farm, where he died in 1880. His wife still lives and is seventy years of age. The grandfather, Rufus Beeman, came from Connecticut to Pennsylvania. He was orderly sergeant in the war of 1812. The maternal grandfather, Luther Davis, lived in Union, Broome county, and after- ward went to Pennsylvania, where he remained for twenty years, but returned to Broome county, where he died in 1886. Herbert Beeman was reared on a farm, and was for three years engaged in a saw mill in Pennsylvania. He now owns sixty acres of land, and works 100 acres in Wayne, belonging to his mother.

Plaisted, R. Frank, was born in Jerusalem, N. Y., October 6, 1842, and is the fourth and only survivor of five children born to Richard and Ann Eliza (Miles) Plaisted, he is a native of Hertfordshire, Eng., and she of Yates county, N. Y. John Plaisted, father of Richard, came from England and settled in Yates county and followed farming. Richard Plaisted now resides at Dundee and is seventy-nine years of age. He has been a farmer, stock dealer and dealer in real estate, having owned and sold twenty-three farms. He married Elizabeth (Pinney) Witherill, widow of Willis Witherill. R. Frank Plaisted commenced his business career as a merchant at Tyrone, where he remained for five years. In 1875 he purchased 150 acres of land in Wayne and engaged in farming. He is a dealer in wool, in part- nership with J. A. Stanton, and also deals in sheep. He is a Republican in politics,

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and has been assessor for seven years, also one of the committeemen for several years. In 1870 he married Harriet, daughter of Chauncey and Catherine (Dunham) Kendall, farmers and fruit growers of Starkey, by whom he had seven children: George C., Cora K., Ruth N , Lula B., S. Leola, died December 17, 1894; Jennie B., and Fred K.

Foster, Albert B., was born in Prattsburg, N. Y., August 25, 1854, a son of Alonzo H. and Catherine M. (Simons) Foster, natives of Barrington and Prattsburg, N. Y., respectively. The great-grandfather, Stephen Foster, was a native of Orange county, N. Y., but he died in Prattsburg, where he settled in the early days. Alonzo H. came to Woodhull, where he died May 8, 1889. He was assessor of Woodhull for two terms. His wife is a member of the Freewill Baptist church, of Borden. Al- bert B. Foster was reared on the farm and educated at Woodhull Academy. He is engaged in farming and owns a farm of ninety-eight acres. He has been inspector of elections for two terms and is a member of Borden Tent, No. 259, K. O. T. M. In 1877 Mr. Foster married Adella Aldrich, who was born in Tuscarora, Steuben county, N. Y., by whom he has three children : Carrie B., Alonzo A., and Lillian M.

Howard, George C., born in 1842, was the second son of Nathan Howard, a farmer of Barre, Vt., who was a typical Yankee, shrewd, and practical. He was a staunch Whig and Freesoiler, and was twice sent to the State Legislature where his great strength of character was manifest. George C.'s boyhood was spent at Barre until the outbreak of the Civil war, when at Lincoln's first call for men, April, 1861, he quickly responded to the call by enlisting as a private in Company E, 3d Regiment of Vermont Volunteers. After one year's service and while yet not twenty-one years of age, he earned a commission as lieutenant, and remained three years in this regiment, then received a civil appointment in the quartermaster's department of the regular army, which office he filled acceptably until April, 1866. After spending two years in Chicago in a dry goods store he travelled for a wholesale drug house, which route took him all over the United States. In 1874 he accompanied a pro- specting party from Georgetown, traveling over the present sites of Leadville and Pueblo, having no conception of the future prospect and development of silver in that country. Mr. Howard came to Addison in 1882, and was a member of the dry goods firm of Jennings & Howard for two years. Since that time he has been a dealer in china, glass, and sporting goods, making a specialty of tea and coffee. He is a Democrat and a member of the Board of Education. In 1878 he married Jennie Hutchins, of Jersey City, and they are the parents of one son: William H., born in 1879.

Bauder, De Witt C., was born in the town of Palatine, Montgomery county, July 17, 1836. His father, James Bauder, was also a nattve of Montgomery county, and was a farmer. De Witt was educated in the common schools and Canajoharie Academy, and his first occupation was as a clerk in a general store at St. Johnsville, where he remained for five years and was then employed as a foreman and pay- master on the enlargement of the Erie Canal for one year. In October, 1862, he came to Steuben county, and his first engagement was as bookkeeper for the Bath Woolen Mills. The following August he came to Hammondsport and engaged as bookkeeper with J. W. Davis, which position he held until in February, 1868, when jj

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he accepted a similar position with the Pleasant Valley Wine Company. He became a stockholder in 1871, and soon after was made a director. After the death of C. D. Champlin in 1875, he succeeded to the office of secretary and general manager, which position he still holds, and in 1885 was also made treasurer, and has probably done more to popularize American champagne than any man now living. In politics Mr. Bauder has always been a Republican, and was town clerk for three terms, and trustee of the village for four years. November 17, 1858, he married Susan F. Stick- ney, who died April 30, 1875, by whom he had three sons: George S., a business man of Illinois; Arthur D., a clerk in Champlin's store in this village; and Charles C. W., a student of Lehigh University, class of '96. Mr. Bauder was again married June 14, 1877, to Kate B., daughter of C. D. Champlin, by whom he had one child, James C., a student of Curtis School, Brookfield Center, Conn.

Huguanir, David A., was born January 12, 1827. His grandfather was born at Kinderhook, Columbia county, N. Y., and his father was one of the Huguenot French stock. He lived and died in Montgomery county, N. Y., at eighty-six years of age. Adam Huguanir, father of David A., was born at Kinderhook, Columbia county, N. Y., and came to Montgomery county, where he lived for about forty-seven years and followed general farming. He came to the town of Howard (now Fre- mont) and purchased the Brayton farm, northeast of Fremont Center, where he died in September, 1884, aged eighty-six years. In 1826 he married a daughter of Adam Voorhees, who died two days after her husband, in September, 1884. They had ten children: David A., as above; Jane Ann, who was born November 18, 1829; Lewis Voorhees, who was born August 4, 1831; Barbara, who was born July 6, 1833; Maria, who was born June 9, 1835; Hannah, who was born in April, 1837; Elizabeth, who was born in April, 1839; Leonard, who was born September 3, 1843; Primila, who was born in June, 1844; and Charles, who was born in April, 1846. David A. Hu- guanir, attended school in Montgomery county, N. Y., and when twenty-two years of age came to Howard and engaged in farming. In 1856 he purchased the farm where he now lives, and now has 140 acres of land. He is a member of Grange No. 308, Stephens Mills, N. Y. June 1, 1854, he married Ellen, daughter of Abram Van Evra, of Lockport, who was born in Montgomery county, N. Y., December 31, 1833, by whom he had two children: Amenzo D., who was born March 9, 1856. He mar- ried Ella Cook, daughter of Henry Cook, of Avoca; and Adelbert, who was born June 13, 1859. He married Ida Jones, daughter of Seymour Jones, of Fremont, N. Y., and he is now assessor of the town of Fremont.

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Landmarks of Steuben County, New York, Part 85

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