Landmarks of Steuben County, New York, Part 90

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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it. In 1840 he married Caroline Mead of Westlake county, and ten years later came to Steuben county and bought a farm of 200 acres near the village of Arkport. He increased the acreage here to over 300 acres and this land is now occupied by his sons, Henry and Stephen. He continued farming until 1885 when he removed to the city of Hornellsville and has since lived a retired life. He has always taken an active interest in church and school work and was one of the trustees and founders of Spencertown Academy. By his first marriage he had six children: William, who is in the lumber business in northern Michigan; Bessie, who is the wife of Charles Alley of Auburn; Georgianna, who is the wife of Albert Rider of Wellsville; Stephen, who is on the farm; Henry L., and Carrie, who is the wife of Daniel Curry of Ark- port. His present wife is Anna, daughter of Eli Best, of Columbia county.

Hubbs, George W., was born in the town of Root, Montgomery county, N. Y., September 11, 1834. His father, David C. Hubbs, was a native of Saratoga county, who came to Montgomery county in an early day, and spent his days in the town of Root. He was the second supervisor of that town. He died January 2, 1861. His wife was Hannah Montanye, who died July 13, 1860. They had eleven children, of which George W. was the ninth; he was educated in the common schools and Starkey Academy, after which he engaged in farming in Montgomery county, where he re- mained until 1862. April 17, 1861, he married Maria Van Valkenberg, of Sharon, and the next year he came to Steuben county, where he bought a farm of 175 acres in the town of Hornby, with his residence in Schuyler county, across the road. In 1873 he moved to the town of Campbell, where he made his home until 1881, when he removed to Hammondsport, and has since been interested in the grape industry. He has always been a Democrat in politics, and in February, 1893, he was elected justice of the peace to fill vacancy, and in the spring of 1894 was elected for a full term. He has been a member of Urbana Lodge No. 459, F. & A. M., since 1891. He is village clerk, now serving his second year, and also registrar of vital statistics. Mr. and Mrs. Hubbs had five children, four of whom are now living: Seymour, of the Col- umbia Wine Company; Eloise, wife of W. E. Ballou, of Columbia, Ga .; Clara and Catherine, of Rochester, both bookkeepers.

Maichle, Henry, was born. in Syracuse, N. Y., September 10, 1859, son of Jacob Maichle, a native of Germany, who came to America in 1854 and settled in New York city, and a year later at Syracuse. He came to Steuben county in 1861 and settled at Cohocton. He is a carpenter by trade, which business he has always followed. He married Christine Klink, who died in 1868, by whom he had two sons, Jacob and Henry. Mr. Maichle married for his second wife Pauline Hutte, of Rochester, by whom he had one daughter, Anna (Mrs. J. C. Miller), of Scranton, Pa. Jacob and Henry settled in Cohocton. In the spring of 1880 Henry Maichle, in company with O. A. Drake, engaged in the grocery and crockery trade at Cohocton ; a few months later Henry Finch purchased Drake's interest, and the firm existed until 1889, when Mr. Maichle purchased his partner's interest and has since continued the business. He is a staunch Democrat, and takes an active part in party affairs. He was town clerk one year, and in 1888 was elected justice of the peace. He is a member of St. Pius R. C. church. December 21, 1881, he married Sybillia, daughter of William Becker, by whom he had five children; William H., Robert J., Clarence E., Francis E., Ida A.

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Alden, Dr. Philo L., was born in the village of Howard, August 27, 1856. His father, George Alden, was also a native of Steuben county, born in Milo in 1824. He was a millwright and lumberman by trade, and it is said of him that he built almost all of the mills in Cohocton valley. He died in 1887. He married Ann C. Chapman, of Fremont, who died in Hammondsport, February 7, 1895, by whom he had eight chil- dren. Philo L. was the next to the youngest, and was educated in the High School of Howard, and at seventeen years of age entered Alfred University, teaching school in the winter, until 1876. He remained in Howard until 1879, in the mercantile busi- ness, and then removed to Buffalo, making his home in that city four years, the latter two years being engaged as traveling salesman. In 1835 he came to Keuka Lake on his vacation, and took up the study of medicine with Drs. Burleson and Nichols, at Pulteney. The years 1885 and 1886 he spent in the medical department of the Uni- versity of Buffalo, and was graduated March 1, 1887. He located in Wayne, Steu- ben county, where he remained until October, 1889, when he came to Hammonds- port, where he has since been engaged in regular practice. He is president of the Board of Pension Examiners, located at Bath, appointed by President Cleveland July 20, 1893, and is also a member of Steuben County Medical Society. September 17, 1885, he married M. Emma, daughter of Dr. L. M. Nichols, of Pulteney, by whom he had two children: George Lyman, now in his eighth year, and Edna May, who died at nine months of age in April, 1892.

Christie, Amelia A., youngest of ten children, was born January 11, 1838, in Middlesex, Yates county, N.Y. James Christie, her father, was a well educated man, of Scotch-Irish descent. He settled on a large farm in Middlesex, and died there in 1881 at ninety years of age. Her mother, Lydia Southerland Adams, was of English stock. Both grandfathers served in the war of the Revolution. Chester Adams, her grandfather, through much hardship, brought into Middlesex the first wheat sowed there near the year 1793. James Christie served as a soldier in the latter part of the war of 1812. Amelia received a part of her education at the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, but graduated in Albany at the State Normal School, July 12, 1855. She taught a few years at Rushville, Yates county, and at Lyons, Wayne county. She turned her atttention in 1868 to the study of medicine. She graduated in March, 1872, at The Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, located in Phila- delphia, opposite Girard College. She practiced medicine at Rushville, her home, for eight years, but in December, 1881, came to Hornellsville, where she has since been located. She married Frederick R. Perry, February 1, 1886. Frederick R. Perry was born in Rushville, Ontario county, and is of English stock. He served in the late Civil war, enlisting from Iowa, at that time his home, and had the proud privilege of "marching with Sherman to the sea." He came to Hornellsville in 1881, and is at present an employee of the L. E. & W. R. R.

Schmoker, Adolphus, was born in Switzerland, April 16, 1856, son of C. and Mar- garet Schmoker of Keuka. Mr. Schmoker came to America in 1880, settled at Ham- mondsport, and was with his uncle in a hotel for a time. In 1881 he married Louise M., daughter of John Bergine of Switzerland. Mr. Schmoker came to Keuka, where he engaged in the vineyard business, and in 1895 he erected the Helvetia House, and is also engaged in the wine business. He is a member of Lamoka Lodge, No. 463, F. & A. M., and Hammondsport Lodge, No. 584, I. O. O. F.

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Thompson, George, was born in North Stonington, Conn., May 10, 1821, and is the oldest of twelve children born to Robert and Esther (Slocum) Thompson, of North Stonington, Conn., who came to Chenango county, thence to Steuben county, and settled in Tuscarora about 1833. He died May 20, 1874, and his wife in 1827. George Thompson was reared on a farm and has since followed farming, bridge building aud lumbering. In 1865 he went to Illinois, where he remained three years. In 1870 he bought a farm in Tuscarora and in 1892 sold it to his brother, but still oversees it. In 1869 he married Lucy, daughter of Allen and Sally ( Hickey) Beards- ley, by whom he had two children: Sylvester, who was born February 14, 1872; and Nellie, who was born August 9, 1875. His father, Robert Thompson, was married three times; he had two children by his first wife, five by his second and five by the third.

Barnard, F. E., of Corning, Steuben county, N. Y., son of C. D. Barnard, whose sketch is given elsewhere, was born in the town of Caton in 1857, and resides on the old home place. He has followed lumbering and farming all his life. In 1880 he married Libbie Cass, a native of Troy, Pa., who died in 1894. He has two children : Ray and Claire.

Brace, William H., was born in Tompkins county in 1820. When eight years old he moved to Tioga county, Pa., and from there to Chemung county two years later. In 1843 he married Lucretia Whitney, also a native of Tompkins county, and they moved to Steuben county in 1850. In 1852 they came to their present farm in Caton, which consists of 112 acres. In 1862 he enlisted in Co. D, 141st New York Vols., serving six months, being confined in the hospital most of the time. They have two sons: James W., and Augustus J. He has filled the offices of constable, collector, and poormaster.

Barnard, C. D., was born in Otsego county, in 1828, son of Frederick Barnard, and a brother of the late George A. Barnard. He remained on the home farm till he was married in 1855 to Mary Jane Gorton, a native of the town of Corning, and a sister of Rufus Gorton. He moved to his present place about five years later, and has been engaged in the saw mill and lumbering business connected with farming ever since. He has a farm of 200 acres, and makes a specialty of dairying. He has five children: F. E., who resides on the old Barnard homestead, Alice, wife of John Wellman, Emma, wife of John Griswold, Edgar, and Lewis.

Bowen, Juliza C., was born October 1, 1839. Her father, Henry Cotton, was born in Washington county, N. Y., June 20, 1798. He owned 168 acres of land, and dealt in stock, but his principal business was farming, and to such men is due the credit of making Steuben county what it is to-day. He died in 1885. He married Almira, daughter of Daniel Martin, who was born in Hartford, Washington county, by whom he had five children: Silas, who was born January 7, 1822; Lydia Ann, who was born November 8, 1827; Samuel S., who was born September 20, 1831: Daniel, who was born August 16, 1837; and Juliza, as above, who was educated in the Rogers- ville Seminary, and has taught school for a number of terms. February 17, 1859, she married William H. Bowen, who was born in South Dansville, Steuben county, De- cember 14, 1838, and died October 7, 1884. He purchased a farm of 150 acres where his wife now resides, and was supervisor of the town of Fremont two years, also as-

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sessor for a number of terms. They had eleven children: Alice E., born January 5, 1860; Elsie R., born October 2, 1862; Ira C., born April 26, 1864; James H., born January 17, 1866; William M., born September 27, 1868, and died December 14, 1884; May J., born May 11, 1870, and died April 11, 1880; Zina C., born June 1, 1871; Frank, deceased; Elroy, born August 22, 1874; Fred J., born March 22, 1887; and Glen I., born April 26, 1882. James H. is the pastor of the Wesleyan Methodist church of which his mother is a member. He married Philinda Sprague July 20, 1892. Elsie R. married George Silsbury, May 12, 1886. Four of the children are teachers, and the rest are going to school and attending to the farm.

Buck, Charles Albert .- His grandfather, John A. Buck, was one of the first set- tlers of Fremont, coming there about 1812, and died at Hornellsville, N. Y., at the age of ninety-two years. Charles E. Buck was born in Fremont in 1818, being the first male child born in that town, and was a farmer by occupation. He married Sarah Patchin, who was born in the town of Wayland in 1807, and three children were born to them: Walter, Charles Albert, as above, and ----. Mrs. Buck was a mem- ber of the Methodist church, and died at the age of eighty-two years. Mr. Buck died in the town of Fremont, March 23, 1863. Charles Albert was born March 20, 1851, educated at the Rogersville Union Seminary, and was a carpenter by trade for about five years, but has since followed farming, owning a farm of 300 acres about one half mile from Big Creek. He is master of the Big Creek Grange, No. 324. December 30, 1874, Mr. Buck married Chloe M., daughter of George M. Franklin, of the town of Howard. She was born September 2, 1854, and has a good common school edu- cation, is a doctress in Hornellsville. Call C. M. Buck, Faith Medium Healer, office No. 5 Bennett street, Hornellsville. Mr. and Mrs. Buck are the parents of three children: Dora May, born October 24, 1879; George A., born August 30, 1882, died September 23, 1886; and Murtil, born February 2, 1892, who died in infancy. They have adopted two children: Ida May Johnson, born February 2, 1878, and Clare Earl Johnson, born June 16, 1881.

Babcock Stanton C., was born January 4, 1858. His grandfather was of English stock, and was born in Rhode Island, and died in Buffalo, N. Y. The father of our subject was born July 20, 1817. He had a good common school education, and was a farmer and carpenter by occupation. He has held the office of highway commis- sioner, also of collector of the town of Hornellsville. He is a member of Stephens Mills Grange, No. 308. In 1837 he married Ruth Phillips, who was born in Cohocton Valley, August 18, 1819, by whom he had six children: Ester Jane, who died in in- fancy; Maryette Kelley, who was born November 27, 1841; Harriet Lowell, who was born April 5, 1844; William W., who was born May 21, 1849; Edwin P., who was born August 12, 1851; and Stanton, as above, who was educated at Painted Post. He has been selling machinery on the road, and has always been engaged in farm- ing, and owns a farm of 155 acres. He has been pathmaster and trustee of district No. 8, town of Fremont, and clerk of the same district. He is a member of the F. & A. M., No. 478, of Dansville, N. Y., also a member of Stephens Mills Grange, No. 308. At Canisteo, N. Y., November 24, 1881, he married Mary M. Acomb, who was born in South Dansville, December 27, 1855, by whom he had one child: Harrison Lee, who was born September 20, 1887. Mrs. Babcock's father, Thomas Acomb, was born in England, and came to this country when five years of age.

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Blades, Dr. John W., was born in Naples, Ontario county, N. Y., September 14, 1855, son of Rev. J. H. and Ellen (Woodin) Blades, he a native of Yorkshire, Eng- land, and she of Dutchess county, N. Y. Her father came from England in an early day and lived and died in Dutchess county, N. Y. J. H. Blades, father of John W., was educated in Edinburgh, Scotland, after which he entered the Methodist ministry and preached three years in England. In 1853 he came to Wayne county, N. Y., and entered the East Genesee Conference, and remained in the ministry until his death, which occurred April 11, 1891. His wife died in January, 1863. John W. Blades was educated in the common schools and Addison Academy, after which he read medicine with Dr. John Mitchell, of Addison, and was graduated from the medical department of the University of New York in 1881, and began the practice of his profession in Canisteo, N. Y. He was in Greenwood for six years, and Janu- ary 1, 1894, came to Cameron Mills, where he had a very successful practice. He is a member of the Hornellsville Medical Association and Tioga County Medical Asso- ciation, and was elected State Board of Health officer for Rathbone and Thurston, Steuben county, N. Y. He is a member of Cameron Mills Lodge, No. 547, F. & A. M. April 14, 1880, he married Emma M. Merritt, of Lindley, Steuben county, N. Y., by whom he had two children: Katic G., and Glenn M. In 1880 he received a di- ploma from Prof. J. W. Wright, as operative surgeon, and in 1881 he also received a diploma from William H. Thompson, on semeiology and physical diagnosis of diseases.

Beckwith, James T., was born in Bath, Steuben county, N. Y., June 28, 1841, son of Amasa B. and Martha C. (Thomson) Beckwith, he a native of Connecticut, born March 17, 1808, and she born January 28, 1815. The grandfather, Amasa Beckwith, was born in Connecticut and came to Pennsylvania, thence to Bath about 1814, where he died in 1833. He married Fanny Simonds, who died December 6, 1851, by whom he had these children: Elijah, who died in Hornellsville, April 1, 1881; Amasa B., father of James T .; George W., who died in Bath, December 23. 1835; Philance T., who died in Bath October 5, 1850; Azilla J., who died in Prattsburg, December 6, 1831; Caroline M., who was born in Bath, February 18, 1825, wife of James Webster, of Tioga county, N. Y., and had two children: Gilbert E. and Fan- nie D. Mr. Webster died October 1, 1851, aged thirty-four years, and Mrs. Webster married Merritt Island, who died in March, 1892; and Samuel S., who was born in Steuben county, in 1811, and died in St. Lawrence county, September 22, 1857. Amasa B. Beckwith was a miller, and built the Eagle Mills of Bath, which he sold in 1866, and came to Cameron Mills where he engaged in the milling business, and where he died June 11, 1874. His widow now lives in Grand Rapids, Mich., and is eighty years of age. James T. Beckwith was reared a miller and educated in the common schools, after which he engaged in farming and milling, and owns 110 acres of land and the Cameron Mills. He is a member of Bath Lodge, No. 112, F. & A. M., Bath Chapter, No. 95, R. A. M., and Commandery of Hornellsville. He is also a member of the I. O. R. M., of Cameron Mills, No. 56, and the Farmers' Alliance. Oc- tober 20, 1864, he married Mary Island, a native of Tioga county, N. Y., and daugh- ter of Merritt and Mary (Ingersoll) Island, by whom he had seven children: Guy, who was born December 21, 1865, and resides at Cameron Mills; Charles M., who was born November 25, 1867, and resides at Grand Rapids; one who died in infancy ;

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Maud, who was born September 19, 1871; James, who was born July 19, 1873, and died April 16, 1875; Harry, who was born November 1, 1874, and died April 16, 1875; and Helen C., who was born September 15, 1883, and died August 21, 1885. June 18, 1886, Guy Beckwith married Grace Brady, of Cameron. and they had one child, Leroy, born in 1887, who was drowned in Canisteo River August 13, 1892.

Ainsworth, H. R., M.D., was born in Erieville, Madison county, N. Y., September 29, 1841. Soranus Ainsworth, his father, was born at Cazenovia, and the ancestry of this noted family may be traced back to England and to as early date as the thir- teenth century. The great-great-grandfather, whose sons were active participants in the Revolution, was a pioneer of the famous old town of Woodstock, Conn. Abial Ainsworth, grandfather of H. R. Ainsworth, was a posthumous child, his father, Colonel Nathan Ainsworth, having died a prisoner in the hands of the British previous to Abial's birth. He was one of the founders of New Woodstock, N. Y., in 1804, naming the settlement from the dear old place they had left behind. After a year had passed, he was filled with a desire to visit the old home, and, as railroad facilities and steamboat navigation were then unknown luxuries, the journey was accomplished on foot, through forests, across streams, and amid perilous surroundings, made more dangerous still by the ever lurking savage, but all of which is indicative of the strong physique and energy of the man. Mrs. Ainsworth, mother of H. R., was Caroline Hawkins of Virgil, Cortland county, and was also a descendant of an old Connecticut family near New Haven. Soranus Ainsworth, a Baptist minister, died in 1888, his death being earned by exposure to the cold weather of January of the same year, at which time he was called to Truxton, N. Y., to officiate at the marriage of a lady whose father and mother he had married, also the grandfather and grandmother, making three generations he had united in wedlock. Dr. Ainsworth began his edu- cation at Erieville, Madison county, and his study of medicine was begun in 1862 at Truxton, Cortland county, in Drs. Newcome's and Nelson's office. In 1866 he grad- uated from the University of the City of New York, and although a general practi- tioner, he has a leaning toward specialism in ocular complaints. His career has been one of steady advancement, and he has the confidence, not only of the citizens of his own town, but of adjoining towns as well.

Aldrich, Loren B., was born in 1834, at Plymouth, Chenango county, N. Y., son of E. A. Aldrich, who was a farmer of Rhode Island birth, and at his death in 1883 left nine children, of whom four are now deceased. At an early age Mr. Aldrich en- gaged in the manufacture of sash, doors, and blinds, which was for a long time the leading industry of Addison, and with which he has been connected for forty years, as an expert mechanic and contractor. Among the Masonic fraternity he holds the highest rank, being a member of Corning Consistory, St. Omer's Commandery, and a knight of the Mystic Shrine He is also an Odd Fellow, and a member of various other benevolent and social organizations. In local government Mr. Aldrich has long taken a leading part, being village trustee for eight years, president for two years, and a member of the Board of Education for twenty years. He married Hul- dah Houghtaling, who died in 1893, leaving one daughter, Erminie, the wife of Jacob Bochnewetch, of Silver Creek, N. Y., who has one son Harry, who is six years of age. Another daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Aldrich, named Carmitia, died when four years old.

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Barron, Dr. William E. was born in Addison, Steuben county, in 1866. William P. Barron, his father, was a native of New Hampshire, and came to Addison in 1840, He was a farmer and river pilot, and married Matilda Jennings, a member of the well-known pioneer family. William E. Barron began the study of medicine at Bal- timore, Md., and graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1891, and began practice in his native town, where he has won high esteem and honor. December 24, 1892, he married Julia Blakeslee, whose father, the well-known edu- cator, was at that time a professor in Alfred University, and now principal of Addi- son Academy. They have one daughter, Dorothy, who was born in 1893.

Bliss, Frank, is of English ancestry, and the sole survivor of five children of Will- ard A. Bliss, who was born in Leyden, Mass., in 1817. His father moved to Truxton in 1822, and to Addison in 1847. Willard Bliss was a sash and blind manufacturer, but on account of ill-health, spent his last years as a farmer and real estate dealer. He married Sarah A. Space, who now survives him at the advanced age of eighty- three years. Frank Bliss has always been a sash, blind and door manufacturer, and has large business interests in Buffalo, where he lived for ten years. Here he is attending large real estate and farming interests, owning 200 acres of choice land east of the village, where he makes a specialty of tobacco. In 1873 he married Delia A. Slater of Dunkirk, N. Y. Mr. Bliss was in early years an adherent of the Demo- cratic party, but has recently declared allegiance to Republican principles, and is now on the Board of Excise. He is a supporter of the Presbyterian church, and helps sustain the Y. M. C. A.

Bartlett, James, was born in Yates county, August 4, 1845, son of Silas, who was born in the same county. Silas Bartlett followed farming the most of his life. He married Hannah Barton, of Livingston county, by whom he had four children: Mor- ris, James, Clinton, and Warren. James was educated in the district schools of Yates county, then removed to Steuben county, settling first in Prattsburg, where he lived about sixteen years, then came to Avoca, where he has since resided. He is engaged in farming and owns a farm of 179 acres, about two-thirds of which is im- proved Mr. Bartlett's first wife was Martha, daughter of Henry Barker, of Yates county, by whom he had five children: Morris, Frank, William, Carrie, and Nettie. His present wife was Helen, daughter of Luther Wheeler, one of the early settlers of Prattsburg. They have one son, Charles. Mr. Bartlett has held the office of high- way commissioner in Avoca. January 18, 1864, he enlisted in the 22d New York Cavalry, and served until the close of the war. He is a member of Morey Post G. A. R. No. 507, and of the Masonic Lodge No. 673.

Billings, Oscar, was born in Wheeler, September 7, 1858. Albert Billings, his father, was born in Washington county, N. Y., and came to Wheeler about 1854, where he engaged in farming. He married Elmira Clop of Washington county, by whom he had nine children. Oscar Billings was educated in Wheeler, after which he engaged in farming which he followed upto 1889, and since that time has devoted his time to milling, under the firm name of Billings, Beale & Co., running a grist mill in Avoca, and which business he still follows. He married Emma, daughter of Harry Fox, by whom he had five children: Walter S., Lulu E., Warren E., Lillie, and Ora. Mr. Billings is at present trustee of the village, and member of Avoca Lodge of I. O. O. F., No. 538.

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Landmarks of Steuben County, New York, Part 90

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