Landmarks of Steuben County, New York, Part 91

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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Andrus. Jacob S., was born in Woodhull, N. Y., December 31, 1850, son of Lewis and Rebecca J. (Stuart) Andrus, he born October 25, 1819, and she born in Barring- ton, N. Y., December 24, 1823, and were married November 10, 1842. Mr. Andrus came to Woodhull when a boy with his parents, where he still resides. His wife died September 28, 1893. Jacob S. was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools, and has since followed farming. In 1873 he came to Tuscarora, and in 1879 settled on the farm of 123 acres which he now owns. In 1874 he married Annie M., daughter of James and Mary (Merring) Moore, who settled in Rathbone in 1855, where he died in 1884 and his wife in 1890. Mr. and Mrs. Andrus have one daughter, Edith M., who was born November 20, 1879. Mr. Andrus is a member of Freeman Tent, K. O. T. M.

Baxter, Harry, was born in Tuscarora, N. Y., October 28, 1844, son of Calvin and Phoebe (Williams) Baxter, natives of Smithville, and Oxford, N. Y., respectively, he born June 13, 1822, and she August 14, 1824. Mr. Baxter came to Tuscarora when about two years of age, where he has since resided, with the exception of about eighteen years which he spent in Nelson, Tioga county, Pa. He was a Republican in politics and was assessor and highway commissioner. He died February 17, 1886, and his wife, November 18, 1877. Harry Baxter was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools and graded schools of Nelson, Pa. He followed farming until in April, 1872, when he went to Nelson and engaged in buying and shipping grain and produce, and in selling agricultural implements, where he remained until 1881. He was also in the grocery business one year and was postmaster one year. He was constable and collector for about three years, and October 11, 1881, was ap- pointed deputy sheriff and also had charge of the jail. January 1, 1883, he was elected sheriff of the county by the Republican party, and served one term. He then returned to Nelson and continued in business until 1891, when he returned to the farm where he now resides. He is a member of Nelson Lodge, No. 434, I. O. O. F., which he joined when it was organized. He married Maria Smith of Nelson, by whom he had four children: Portus, Ernest C., May and Dewitt, who died at eleven months of age. The grandfather, Ira Baxter, was born in Connecticut and came to Tuscarora about 1823. He married Betsey Manley, who was born in Connecticut, daughter of George and Elizabeth (Davenport) Manley, who came to Tuscarora about 1827, where they died.

Beers, George G., was born in Tuscarora, N. Y., February 25, 1854, son of Dennis and Nancy (Sprague) Beers, natives of Tuscarora, he born August 6, 1829, and she, July 16, 1832. Dennis Beers sold the homestead and then bought the farm where he died June 11, 1892, and where his son now resides. He was a farmer and owned 168 acres of land. George G. was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools and Woodhull Academy. He was in the mercantile business at Addison Hill for two years, but is now engaged in farming, and owns fifty acres of land. He is a Prohibitionist in politics, and has been assessor two years. In 1874 he married Anice L., daughter of Philip Perkins, of Tuscarora, N. Y., by whom he had two children: Coral, who was born September 18, 1880; and Raymond, who was born August 15, 1882. The mother of George G. was a daughter of Amos and Polly (Getman) Sprague, he born in Vermont in 1801, and she, in Chenango county, N. Y., in 1806. They came to Tuscarora in an early day where they died, he April 14, 1882, and she,

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October 15, 1861. Philip Perkins, father of Mrs. Beers, was born in Canada, March 12, 1820, and in 1852 he came to Tuscarora, where he now resides. In 1846 he mar- ried Susan A., daughter of Samuel and Jane (Vroman) Rathbone, early settlers of Tioga county, Pa., by whom he had twelve children: Wallace, Lovina A., John G., Nancy I., Anice L., Mary A., Susan A., Sarah E., Philip E., Nellie J., Delia A., and Samuel R.

Beers, Christopher S., was born in Tuscarora, N.Y., May 13, 1850, son of Asel and Betsey (Homorcker) Beers, he a native of Connecticut, who came to Tuscarora about 1826, thence to Indiana in 1858, where they died. Christopher S. was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools, and has since followed farming, and now owns a farm of 129 acres. He returned to New York when twenty-seven years of age, where he has since lived. He is a Republican in politics. He is a member of Addison Lodge, I. O. O. F. In 1876 he married Susan, daughter Philip Perkins of Tuscarora, by whom he had four children: Arthur, Loren, Howard, and Gilbert.

Bates, Daniel, was born in the Province of Quebec, September 19, 1817, son of Cyrus and Hannah (Webster) Bates, natives of Connecticut and New Hampshire, re- spectively. He died in Otsego county in 1840, and she in Woodhull, N. Y. Daniel Bates was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools, and has since fol- lowed farming and coopering. In 1853 he came to Steuben county, where he owns 119 acres of land. In 1843 he married Amy Northrup, by whom he had eight chil- dren, six of whom grew to maturity. His second wife was Harriet Church, by whom he had three children. The great-grandfather was born on the ocean and lived to be 104 years of age.

Brown, Perry, was born in the town of Westfield, Pa., August 23, 1850. George S. Brown, his father, was a native of Connecticut, and came to Pennsylvania at an early date where he purchased and cleared 100 acres of land and worked as a farmer. He married Fannie Atwood, by whom he had six children: Emily, Orcelia, Dell, Perry, Willie, and Milo. Perry Brown is a farmer, owning a farm of 270 acres, and deals largely in cattle, sheep, etc., he also owns another farm of 131 acres, and is a man of great business ability and high standing in the community where he resides. He married Almo, daughter of Robert Gunderman, by whom he had two children, Eva and Lillian. He is a member of Mountain Lodge, No. 503, I. O. O. F.

Bowles, Thomas W., was born in Norfolk, England, August 29, 1835. George Bowles, his father, came to the United States in 1845, and first settled in Seneca county, where he remained for two years and then went to Clyde for three years, and from there to Rose Valley, Wayne county, where he remained twenty years, and engaged in farming. He came to Steuben county where he carried on the lum- ber business, and died in 1885, aged seventy-four years. He married Alice by whom he had thirteen children. Thomas W. was educated in the district schools in Seneca county, and is one of the leading lumbermen of the town. He married Mary J., daughter of Samuel and Eliza Rodman, by whom he had two children, Jennie F. and Frederick L. Mr. Bowles runs two steam saw mills turning out one million feet of lumber per year.

Bertron, F. M., was born in Canisteo, June 3, 1856. He began his education in the district schools and finished at the Ontario Veterinary College, from which he

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graduated. He served three years with his father learning the blacksmith's trade, which busines he has conducted in the village since 1883. In 1883 Mr. Bertron mar- ried Hannah M. Dickmire.

Bardeen, Charles E., was born in Fremont, March 18, 1855. Ezra Bardeen, his father, is also a native of this State, born in Yates county, and married Mary Madison of the same county by whom he had three children. Charles was educated in the common schools and has improved it by study and reading. He remained with his father on the farm until November, 1892, when he located in this city, establishing a lumber yard at the east end and the next season built a planing mill and box factory, employing about ten men, and did a very successful business until the 23d of April, 1895, when it was destroyed by fire. January 15, 1894, Mr. Bardeen estab- lished a coal and wood yard and it has proved a great success. The spring of 1895, the firm of Smedly, Bardeen & Smedley was established as a stock company, with a capital of $12,000 for the purpose of manufacturing silk gloves and mitts. He has also two saw mills, a portable mill and one at his timber lot near Canisteo station, which supplies his lumber and also wood for the year. Mr. Bardeen is a member of the Knights of the Maccabees. May 3, 1878, he married Cora Belle, daughter of John Shattuck, a farmer of Fremont.

Bennett, Omer, was born in the town of Howard, November 22, 1838. Benjamin, his father, came with his father, Jacob Bennett, from Vermont in 1809, when he was nine years of age, who took up a tract of 160 acres north of Howard. This land was in the normal condition and the timber land was cleared by Mr. Bennett and his sons. Mr. Bennett was married three times and had four sons and four daughters. Benjamin always followed farming, and late in life bought the old homestead and died there in 1865. He was a Democrat until the foundation of the Know Nothing party and afterward a Republican. The mother of Omer, Mary A. Armstrong, was a daughter of a Cayuga county family, who trace their ancestry to Vermont, and a descendant of Ethan Allen, three generations removed. Mrs. Bennett died in May, 1894, eighty- five years of age. They were the parents of seven children, all living butone. Omer, the youngest son, waseducated in the common schools and Prattsburg Academy, and followed farming from his twentieth year until the fall of 1864. September of that year he enlisted as a private in the 142d Regiment, New York Volunteers, was wounded at Fort Fisher, January 15, 1865, and was discharged the last of May, 1865. He returned to the farm and in 1868 he built the first cheese factory at Like's Cor- ners in partnership with Lewis and Hiram Spaulding. The next year he sold his in- terest in the company and built a factory south of the village which he conducted for eight years. In the meantime, he and Van Parsons erected what was called Bennett & Parsons factory near the village and also one at Fowlerville and then was the proprietor of a factory and creamery at Big Flats, conducting all of them at the same time. He also built a factory in the town of Dansville, in :887 he sold his in- terest and in 1878 took it back and in connection with it erected a saw mill, planing mill, and grist mill. In 1882 the property was destroyed by fire, but in sixty days had the whole machinery running again. He conducted it two years longer, and then let it to his nephews. He has always been the owner of farm lands and in 1886 he bought a farm of 126 acres and later eighty-seven acres, and after selling a small piece he has now about two hundred acres which is conducted as a dairy farm with

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thirty-four head of cattle and five horses. He finds a market for the product in Hornellsville and Canisteo. In 1893 he bought a small place on the line of the elec- tric railroad and erected a fine home where he now resides. He was that year made trustee of school district No. 4, and was the builder of the model school building of that district. In December, 1858, he married Victoria, daughter of William Wallace, a farmer of Dansville. An adopted daughter, Blanche, is the wife of William Rowe, a farmer of Hartsville.

Berry, Alvin L., was born in the town of McDonough, Chenango county, N. Y., January 6, 1839, son of Elijah Berry, a native of Rhode Island, who came to New York State with his parents when only a lad. He always followed farming and in 1850 came to Steuben county, first locating in the town of Erwin where he remained three years, and then located in Burns, Allegany county, for three years, lived in Hartsville, and then settled in Almond. He died in 1888. Alvin L.'s mother, Eunice Lewis, was also of New England birth. She died in the spring of 1888. Mr. and Mrs. Berry were the parents of two children: Ezra D., a retired farmer and insurance agent of Almond, and Alvin, as above, who was given a good common school edu- cation, and became a farmer. At twenty-four years of age he was married, and until 1892 followed lumbering winters and farming summers. In 1869 he bought a part of the old Dyke farm on division 26, consisting of forty-four acres. He had pre- viously owned fifty acres in the town of Almond, which makes him one of the finest farms of this section, the principal products being potatoes and dairy products. In connection with his farming in 1888 Mr. Berry began the dealing in coal, and now has an output of four to five hundred tons per year. He was married in January, 1862, to Adelia, daughter of Elias Hopkins, and they have two children: Eva L. and Clinton D., a stenographer and typewriter with Arbuckle Bros., of New York city.

Boylan, Harris Bert, was born in the town of Burns, Allegany county, N. Y., No- vember 8, 1857. Benson Boylan, the father of Bert, was also a native of Allegany county, and his father, Isaac, was one of the earliest settlers of that county. Benson died in 1860 when Bert was only three years old. The latter was given a common school education, and for his occupation he chose that of his ancestors, farming. His first venture for himself was the purchase of twenty-nine and one-half acres on lot No. 16, town of Hornellsville. His mother had moved to this town in 1872 and lo- cated on a farm there. She died May 17, 1889. Mr. Boylan conducted the Groveland farm until the fall of 1894 when he sold and bought the Loveland farm of fifty acres on lot No. 13, on which he now conducts a dairy farm with twelve head of stock, finding a market for his product in the creamery at Hornellsville. He is a member of Arkport Grange, No. 179, and a supporter of church and school work, he and Mrs. Boylan being members of the Presbyterian church of Arkport. November 3, 1881, he married Mary, daughter of Michael Weber of South Dansville, and they have four children: William Llewelyn, born September 9, 1886; Lillian Maria, born August 14, 1888; Elbert Levergne, born December 31, 1889; and Edith Margarite, born March 11, 1892.

Castner, Charles A., was born in Woodull, N. Y., October 9, 1865, son of Isaac H. and Sarah (Stroud) Castner, he a native of Harrington, and she of Woodhull. The paternal grandfather, John P. Castner, came from Canadice to Barrington, thence to

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Milo about 1850, where he died. Isaac H. Castner learned the carpenter's trade, and worked at the wagonmaker's trade in Woodhull. In 1868 he went to Milo, and in 1880 to Alta, where he still resides. He is a wagonmaker and an insurance agent. His brother, G. R. Castner, died in the rebel prison during the late war. Charles A. Castner was educated at Milo and Alta, and has always been a farmer. He now owns a farm of 148 acres, which he bought in 1889. He deals in fertilizers and Cort- land buggies. He is postmaster at Wayne Four Corners. In 1886 he married Clara, daughter of Henry and Sarah (Lake) Hoover of Tyrone, by whom he had three chil- dren: Eva, Clifford, and Clarence.

Crean, James, was born in County Farry, Ireland, in March, 1850. Hugh Crean, his father, was born in the same place in 1824, one of six children born to James Crean. Hugh Crean was reared a farmer and came to Auburn, N.Y., in 1874, and to Prattsburg the same year, where he has since resided. He married Margaret O'Donnell, by whom he had nine children: James, Kate (wife of Charles Kearns of Austin, Nev.), Martin, Margaret (wife of Maurice Scanlan of Burlington, Mont.), Alex, Ellen, Mary, Richard, and Anna. His wife died in Ireland, and he now re- sides with his son James, who has always followed farming, and came to America and to Prattsburg in 1875, and in 1883 he purchased his present farm of 150 acres, where he, his father and brothers, Alex and Martin, now reside. Martin married Anna, daughter of Patrick Flaherty of Prattsburg.

Caulkin, J. W., was born in Bradford county, Pa., in 1833, and came to Corning, where he has since resided, in 1845. Friend Caulkin, his father, lived and died at Gibson, and was a merchant and contractor. J. W. Caulkin followed building and general contracting until 1892, since which time he has been engaged in farming. He is serving his third year as overseer of the poor. In 1866 he married Hannah Rowley of Corning.

Cook, A. S., was born in Prattsburg, where he resided until 1884, being engaged a number of years in the general merchandise business. For six years after locating in Corning he clerked, and in January, 1889, the present firm of Fletcher & Cook, furniture dealers, was formed. At Prattsburg he was foreman of the Prattsburg Protectors, master of the Masonic Lodge, etc. Benjamin Cook, his father, was born at Palatine, Montgomery county, in 1807, and located at Prattsburg, where he was widely known, highly respected, and influential. He died July 11, 1894.

Campbell, Martin B., was born in Warren county, Pa., November 5, 1863, son of Martin and Sarah (Lesh) Campbell, he a native of Kinzua, Warren county, Pa., born March 17, 1822, and she of Ontario county, N. Y., born August 13, 1830. The grand- father, John Campbell, was a native of Lycoming county, Pa., and spent most of his days in Warren county, Pa. The maternal grandfather, Jacob Lesh, was a native of Pennsylvania, and spent his days in Warren county, Pa., but died in Mc- Kean county, Pa. Martin Campbell, father of Martin B., came to Jasper in 1866, where he remained twelve years, thence to Pennsylvania, and in 1885 returned to Jasper where he has since resided. He sold the farm to his brother, Robert Camp- bell, who now lives in Kane, Pa. Martin B. was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools, after which he engaged in the milling trade, which business he followed in Bradford, Pa., for eight years, but is now engaged in farming, and he

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and his father own 163 acres of land. He is a member of Jasper Tent, K. O. T. M., and is also a member of Jasper Grange.

Chatfield, Ezra, was born in Sodus, Wayne county, N. Y., September 18, 1845, son of Ezra and Zippora (Orton) Chatfield, he a native of Madistone, Kent, England, born March 4, 1799, and she of Pulteney N. Y., born March 2, 1816. The grand- father, William Chatfield, who lived and died in England, was one of the aid de camps of William the Conqueror. from whom this name descended. Ezra Chatfield, father of Ezra, jr., had five children, and by a previous wife, Elizabeth Underwood, he had three children. He came to Sodus, N. Y., in 1828, thence to Jasper in 1855, where he located on the farm of Lemuel June, where he died January 17, 1882, and his wife September 15, 1886. He was a Baptist minister for many years. Ezra Chatfield was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools and by home study. He was a lumberman and farmer for several years, was in partnership with D. C. Hunter four years in Jasper, and in 1886 moved on to the farm of 124 acres he now owns, where he follows general farming. He was assessor for three years, and inspector of election for a number of years, and is now serving his first term as supervisor of the town. He is a member of E. A. U. of Jasper. October 16, 1872, he married Mary Walwrath of Cameron, by whom he had seven children: R. L., de- ceased; Bertha, Ethel, Lynn, Pearl, Burt, and Mabel.

Cornell, Hamilton, was born in West Union, April 4, 1868, son of Egbert and Dor- leska (Morey) Cornell, both natives of West Union, where they now live. The grand- father, Hamilton Cornell, was a native of Chatham, and an early settler of West Union, who now resides in Jasper, and is eighty years of age. Egbert Cornell, father of Hamilton, is a farmer by occupation, and Hamilton was reared on the farm, edu- cated in the common schools, after which he followed farming, and now owns 105 acres of land. August 22, 1889 he married Maggie Kelley, a native of West Union, by whom he had one son, Lester. The family is related to the founder of Cornell University.

Clayson, Robert H., was born March 12, 1842. His grandfather, Enoch Clayson, was born in Stamford, Conn. and died in Westchester county, town of Bedford, aged ninety-six years. He was a soldier of the Revolution, enlisted at sixteen years of age. Lewis Clayson, father of Robert H., was born in Bedford, Westchester county, N. Y., in 1808. His brother Enoch settled at Bowles Corners in 1827, and bought the Captain Bowles farm. He also bought cattle in this locality and drove them to Westchester county, and on one of these trips was drowned in the Susquehanna River, at Smithboro, where he is buried. Lewis Clayson married Cordelia E. Halsted, who was born in Bedford, Westchester county, N. Y., April 8, 1816, and died in Decem- ber, 1893, and at his brother's death, which occurred in 1879, settled on his farm, which he cleared and improved. Mr. and Mrs, Clayson had five children: Robert H , as above; Augustus, who was born December 31, 1844; Susan M., who was born in 1846, and died in 1862; Anna Miller, who was born in 1849; and Emily Ione Oudekirk, who was born in 1863. Robert H. Clayson was educated in the common schools. In August, 1864, he enlisted in the 28th Ind. Battery, and was discharged in August, 1865. He is a pensioner. He is a member of Wayland Lodge, No. 176, I. O. O. F. At Cohocton, in 1863 he married Lucia Jane Tyler, who was born in

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1846, by whom he had two children: Edwin Tyler, who was born in 1864, and mar- ried Julia Dudley, by whom he has had two children, Charles Aubert; and Luella, who was born in 1866, and who married Segal B. Dudley.

Conrad, George, was born March 8, 1845, son of Philip Conrad, who was born in Prussia, Germany, emigrated to America about 1840, and settled in Rochester where he remained five years. He and his brother Charles purchased the farm of 113 acres where George Conrad now resides. In 1844 Philip married Elizabeth Schwingle, who was born in 1822, by whom he had five sons: George, born March 8, 1845; Philip, born May 20, 1848; Christian, born in February, 1851, died in 1861; Henry, born April 10, 1853; and Benjamin, born April 9, 1855. Mr. Conrad died March 10, 1876, aged sixty-three years. George Conrad received a common school education after which he engaged in farming, which he has always followed. He has held the office of assessor three years. In 1864 he enlisted in the 188th Regt. N. Y. Vols., and served until the close of the war. He received a commission by Colonel McMann and Doolittle, and was in the battles of Weldon R. R., first and second Hatcher's Run, Five Forks, and all the battles until Lee's surrender. He was discharged July 1, 1865. He is a member of Theodore Schlick Post, No. 314, G. A. R., also of Way- land Lodge, No. 176, I. O O. F. In 1870 he married Louisa Lander, who was born March 9, 1850, by whom he had four children: Ellen A. Roberts, born July 26, 1871; Elizabeth S., born November 27, 1875; George C., born May 6, 1878; and Lewis J., born October 6, 1881.

Candy, George A., was born in Philadelphia, Pa., May 1, 1840, a son of William and Eva (Smith) Candy, who both died in Hublersburg, Pa. The father was a mason and architect by trade, and served as justice of the peace. Our subject was educated in Hublersburg, Pa., and in 1869 came to Woodhull and worked in the tinshops for W. H. Brady three years. He was for two years with Robert Mason, and then en- gaged in business for himself, doing repair work and tin and hardware business. He is a member of the G. A. R., No. 565, and of Woodhull Tent No. 174, K. O. T. M. In 1894 he married Minna A. Tucker of Woodhull. Mr. Candy enlisted in 1861 in Co. F, 2d Pa. Cav., serving three years and four months, and participated in all the chief battles of the Army of the Potomac. He was wounded at Warrenton Junction and at Cold Harbor.

Cornell, Levi S., was born in the town of Chatham, Tioga county, Pa., October 30, 1835, is the oldest of nine children born to Socrates and Fannie Cornell. In 1858 Levi married Harriett, daughter of Joseph and Jane (Schoonover) Knowlton, he a native of Massachusetts and she of Deerfield, Tioga county, Pa., by whom he had these children: Burtus, who was a farmer of Troupsburg, and who was killed by lightning in September, 1893, in his thirty-second year; Edward N., who is a farmer on the homestead; Levi and Joseph, who are farmers in partnership in Troupsburg; Flora, wife of Daniel McNeal, a farmer of Troupsburg; and Frederick, who is a lab- orer. Mr. Cornell has a farm of 118 acres which he bought in 1865. He is a member of Mcclellan Lodge, No. 649, F. & A. M.

Clark, William B., was born in Greenwood, September 8, 1839, and is the third son of Myron and Sally (Works) Clark, he a native of Geneva, born June 8, 1807, she of Connecticut, born in April, 1812. Myron Clark helped his father clear the home

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farm, and has always followed farming. He spent his last days with his son, Will- iam B., and died May 4, 1884. Mrs. Clark died March 17, 1892. William B. Clark has always followed farming, except one year at Canisteo and one at Andover, which he spent in milling, and has a farm of seventy-nine acres and makes a specialty of dairy farming. In 1868 he married Ruth S., sister of H. B. Hill, by whom he had these children: Frank A., Bertha L., and Leo C. Mr. Clark enlisted in Co. E, 86th Ohio Vet. Vols., and was honorably discharged July 17, 1865. He was taken sick at Vicksburg and transferred to Co. B, 22d Regt. Vet. Reserve Corps. He is a member of Post Baily, No. 351, G. A. R.

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Landmarks of Steuben County, New York, Part 91

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