Landmarks of Steuben County, New York, Part 92

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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Cornell, Nathan, was born in Otsego county, N. Y., March 22, 1814, son of Smith and Delilah Townsend Cornell, who came to Tioga county, Pa., in 1817, where Mrs. Cornell died in 1829. For his second wife he married Rebecca Hackett, of Middle- bury, Tioga county, and three children were born to them. In religion they were Free Will Baptists. He died June 13, 1836. The parents of Smith were Edward and Jemima Hallock Cornell. Edward C., who was a farmer and physician, came to Otsego county at an early day, where he died about 1815. Mrs. Cornell came to Tioga county and spent her last days with her children, and died in 1827. The ma- ternal grandparents of Nathan were Charles and Hannah Hall Townsend. He was a tanner and currier by trade, and came from New Jersey to Sullivan county, N. Y., where he died. Nathan has always followed farming and lumbering, and in 1846 bought a farm in West Union, which in 1859 he sold and came to Troupsburg where he bought 100 acres of land in the southwestern part of the town, and has made a specialty of dairying. In 1846 he married Harriet M., daughter of Samuel and Sallie Fitch, of Brookfield, Pa., by whom he had three children: Helen, deceased, Charles, deceased, and David, who resides at home. Mr. Cornell is radically Democratic.

Cornish, Alvah Z., was born in Wheeler, Steuben county, February 22, 1846, and is the fourth of nine children born to Thomas and Elvina (Hulbert) Cornish, he a na- tive of Poughkeepsie, and she of Broome county, N. Y. The grandparents, Joseph and Mary Cornish, came from Poughkeepsie to Harrison, Potter county, Pa , where he died, and Mrs. Cornish died in Troupsburg. He was a farmer and soldier in the Revolutionary war. Thomas Cornish owned land in Potter county, but settled for a time in Wheeler, Steuben county, and in 1848 returned to Harrison, where he died in 1862. Mrs. Cornish died in 1892. Alvah Z. Cornish was left at sixteen years of age with a large family to take care of, and has always been a hard working man and a good manager, and now owns a farm in Troupsburg of 138 acres, which he bought in 1878, and on which he has erected fine buildings. He carries on general farming and dairying. In 1869 he married Mary E., daughter of Moses Mercal of Brookfield, by whom he had these children: Omer V., Metta, Alva, and Mary J. Mr. Cornish is a member of the Farmers' Alliance at Brookfield, Pa., and was a member of Co. K, 99th Pennsylvania Vols., in the late war.

Cornell. Franklin, was born in Chatham, Tioga county Pa., July 1, 1844, and is the fifth of nine children born to Socrates and Fannie (Short) Cornell, he a native of Chatham, Pa., born September 24, 1809, and she of Schoharie county, N. Y. They came to Troupsburg about 1866 where they have always followed farming. Franklin Cornell was reared on the farm and educated in the common schools, was about two

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years in the oil regions, and has been principally engaged in farming. He has a farm of forty acres at South Troupsburg where he resides, and one of 140 acres in Brooks Settlement. In 1864 he married Martha, daughter of Alfred and Mary Cady of Troupsburg. Mr. Cornell enlisted in Co. B, 179th N. Y. Vols., March 4, 1864, and served until the close of the war. He was in the battles of Cold Harbor and siege of Petersburg, and at the latter place was wounded by a shell. He is a member of Post Baily, No. 351, G. A. R.

Clarkson, Edgar, was born in Yates county, N. Y., May 23, 1849. Abraham P. Clarkson, his father, was born January 22, 1815, and was a blacksmith and wagon- maker by trade, but soon abandoned it and took to farming, and came to Woodhull, Steuben county (the town is now known as Rathbone), where he died in 1866, aged fifty-one years. He married Matilda -, by whom he had eight children: David, Peter, deceased, Thadeus, M. Ellen, Mary, Anna, John, Nellie, and Edgar. Mary married Martin Whipple of Westfield, Pa., and died in 1880. Edgar Clarkson was agent for the Howe sewing machine, and in 1873 he married Eunice Armstrong of Jasper, who is one of the descendants of the Murphy family which is so widely known in that part of the county, and in the spring of 1874 he engaged in the grocery busi- ness, and later in the millinery business in Rathbonville, and in 1880 he bought the business of Hile Savage of Jasper, and July 21, 1893, lost both building and stock, the loss of which was $3, 000 above the insurance. February 21, 1894, he bought the real estate of C. C. Aber in Canisteo village, and established a similar business un- der the name of Clarkson Bros., the members of which firm are Edgar and Thadeus. Edgar Clarkson is a member of Troupsburg Lodge of Masons, No. 649.

Coller, B. M., was born in the town of Fremont, Steuben county, October 29, 1868. William Coller, his father, was a native of New York State, and was a machinist. He married Mary R. Lake of Steuben county, by whom he had two children, George C. and B. M. Coller, who was clerk in a grocery store in Buffalo, and then brakeman on the N. Y., L. E. & W. R. R., Buffalo division, in 1888, and was promoted to con- ductor in 1891, and continued up to November 1, 1892. November 16, 1892, he estab- lished a wood and coal business in Canisteo, and also conducts a farm in Hartsville, and has an electric riding gallery at Glenwood for the summer. I. Edward Lyon is a partner in the wood and coal business, and at that time they bought out C. M. & L. D. Whiting, and now run two establishments. September 21, 1892, he married Mary L., daughter of John Carter. He is a member of Morning Star Lodge, No. 65, and is senior master of ceremonies, and was made a Mason in Buffalo, and officiated in the Morning Star Lodge in 1893.

Calkins, Jefferson W., was born in Bath, June 4, 1851. Ira Calkins, his father, was born at Painted Post, where his grandfather, Frederick Calkins, settled in 1791. Frederick Calkins married Polly Mann, and through life was engaged in lumbering and farming. Ira M. married Hannah, daughter of John and Nancy Whiting, and through life was engaged in mercantile and farming pursuits, serving as road com- missioner, and taking an active interest in the development of his town, and dying in 1885, in his eighty-second year. Jefferson W. married Jennie, daughter of Charles M. Brundage, by whom he had three children, Carrie, Hattie, and Ruth.

Crum, W. G., was born in Norwich, Chenango county. October 13, 1851. Samuel

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Crum, his father, was a native of Chenango county, and the family trace their de- scent from the pioneer settlers of Connecticut. He married Jane Fargo, and through life was identified in farming and as buyer and shipper of produce, and came to Bath in 1862, where he was an active business man, and died in 1883 in his sixty-second year. W. C. Crum was educated at Haverling Union School, after which he gave his attention to farming for eight years, and in 1894 was appointed postmaster of Bath. In 1877 he married Catherine Fogarty, by whom he had one child, Samuel B. Mr. Crum is one of the enterprising men of his county, and has given a great deal of attention to improving the breed of horses in his town.

Clough, Winfield S., was born in Athens, Greene county, February 14, 1852. J. J. Clough, his father, was a native of the same county, also his father, J. J. Clough, sr., and the family came from Holland at an early date and settled in Greene county. J. J. Clough, jr., married Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Whitbeck, and followed the carpenter trade through life. W. S. Clough was educated in Baldwinsville Academy, and then learned the carpenter trade. In 1878 he came to Bath and in the same year formed the partnership of Clough & McChesney, and are at the present time among the active contractors and builders in Steuben county. In 1874 he mar- ried Mary E., daughter of Rev. Joseph Strough, by whom he had four children: Frank, Rena, Myrtie, and Anna.

Cushing, Adolphus W., was born in the town of Campbell, April 15, 1851, son of Warren G., who was also born in Campbell. His grandfather, Solomon Cushing, settled there in 1808, being one of the pioneers of that town, and married Sallie Wilden, and through life was identified as a farmer. Warren G. married Susan, daughter of Barnabas and Sallie Smith. He died in 1865 in his fiftieth year. Adol- phus W. was educated in the common schools, engaged in farming until 1878 when he began the insurance business and is now carrying a full line of fire, life, and other insurance policies. In 1889 he learned the undertaking business and in 1891 opened his present furuiture and undertaking establishment. In 1872 he married Agatha L., daughter of Richard Lee, and they are the parents of one son, Warren G., and one daughter, Edith B. Mr. Cushing served as assessor for six years and postmaster, also taking an active interest in church and school work.

Cook, Charles C., was born in Wayne, Steuben county, August 24, 1854. Seely Cook, his father, was a native of Ulysses, Tompkins county, N. Y., and the family came from New Jersey, and settled in Tompkins county, and in 1823 Jerry, the father of Seely Cook, settled in the town of Wayne, Steuben county. Seely Cook married Fannie, daughter of Robert Morris, and through life was identified as a farmer, dying in 1888, in his seventy-third year. Charles C. was educated in the common schools and Haverling Academy, and then entered the employ of J. O. Ruppert, and then learned telegraphy, and in 1883 was appointed agent of D., L. W. R. R., at Kanona, which position he now holds. In 1885 he married Adell Ruchen.

Collier, Richard A., was born in Bath, November 15, 1825. His father, Robert Collier, came to Bath in 1812 and entered the employ of Dugald Cameron. He mar- ried Polly Stockbridge, by whom he had twelve children, six of whom are living. Mr. Collier was one of the leading men of Bath in the early days, buying and clear- ing wood lands. He died in 1865, aged seventy years. Richard A. married Mary,

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daughter of Seeley Crosby, by whom he has two sons: Morey S. and Daniel M. Mr. Collier has been engaged in lumbering and farming all his life, having cleared three farms. He is one of the leading men of the town.

Bennett, Robert M., was born in Clarion county, Pa., June 30, 1839, came to New York State in 1859 and remained in the county two years as a farmer. In 1863 he returned to Pennslyvania and was in that State until 1879, farming, lumbering, and staging. In 1878 he was a resident of Bradford, engaged in the hotel business, and being burned out he removed to Friendship and after one year took the Delevan House in Hornellsville. He was then seven months in Richburg, and returning to . Hornellsville bought the Park Hotel which he conducted for four years. He then conducted a summor resort at Loon Lake for five years. In 1888 he came to Almond and built the Bennett House and the foot bridge across to the depot. His hotel has accommodation for thirty-four guests. He is a Democrat and in 1893 he was elected commissioner of highways for Hornellsville. He was also sheriff of Elk county, Pa., for three years, and school director for nine years. In connection with his hotel he conducts a farm of ninety acres. He was married in 1861 to Elizabeth Bardine of Big Creek, who died February 17, 1891 His second wife was Mrs. Vina Yocom of Hornellsville. An adopted daughter, Jennie, is the wife of F. F. Woodruff, a com- mercial traveler of Kansas City, Mo.

Butler, Ephraim Y., was born in the town of Charleston, Tioga county, Pa., Au- gust 7, 1843, the oldest son of Rufus E. Butler, a mechanic of that town, who died April 26, 1866, at sixty-eight years of age. Ephraim was given a good common school education and very early began the life work in which he has become a prom- inent actor. At fifteen, when he could just see the top of the work bench, he was taught how to shove a plane and handle a saw. He stayed with his father until his death, coming to Hornellsville in 1869. His father was a contractor and they together would take contracts and part of their time has been at day work. He had charge of the carpenter work of Park school, Hornellsville Sanitarium, residences of F. G. Babcock, Charles Adsit and many other of the fine residences of the city. Mr. Butler was a Democrat. He was married February 3, 1875, to Sarah A. McKee, of Veteran, Chemung county, N. Y. ; they have one child, Henry McKee, a student of Hornells- ville Academy.

Armstrong, George, was born in Prattsburg, June, 1825. Josiah Armstrong, his father, was born in the town of Junius, Seneca county, in 1799. He was an only child, and his father died when he was quite young, but his mother lived to be ninety-five years of age. In 1820 he came to Prattsburg and built a log house, cleared a farm, and accumulated a large property. He married Lydia Redfield of Ontario county, by whom he had four children: George, Margaret L., Lydia A., and Rhoda M. He died in 1891 and his wife in 1861. George remained with his father on the homestead, to which he has later added until he and his wife now own 650 acres. In 1859 he married Catherine, daughter of Hachaliah and Elizabeth (Shultz) Carhart, by whom he had one child, Frank C., who conducts the farm and who married Helen M. Olmstead, by whom he had four children: Ermah L., Raymond O., Ednah C., and Florence E. He is a member of the Odd Fellows fraternity, Avoca Lodge, No. 538.

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Bardeen, Henry B., was born in Prattsburg, November 17, 1838. Moses Bardeen, his father, was born in Massachusetts, in 1784, a soldier in the war of 1812, and was one of nine sons born to Moses Bardeen, a farmer, who came to Steuben county about 1810 and spent his remaining days in Prattsburg. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. Moses, jr., settled in Prattsburg soon after the war of 1812, where by his integrity and zeal he accumulated a large property, and at his death possessed several hundred acres of land. He married Mrs. Margaret (Dedsen) Smith, a native of Vermont, by whom he had nine children: Edna, Mary A., Catherine, Edmund, Olive, Luther, Moses, Henry and Lutricia. He died in 1860, and his wife in 1867. Henry B. Bardeen enlisted in Co. C, 188th Regt., from the town of Naples, participating in the battles of Hatcher's Run, Five Forks, and Lee's surrender. After his return from the war he purchased his present farm of 200 acres, where he has since devoted his attention to the breeding of high class sheep and Durham cat- tle. In 1860 he married Ellen Smith of Schoharie county, by whom he had eight children: Charles, who died while his father was in the army; Mrs. Emma Bush of Pulteney; Herbert, of Italy, Yates county; Elmer; Mrs. Ella M. Early of Pratts- burg; Orpha, Bertha, and Carrie. Mr. Bardeen is a member of the Gregory Post, G. A. R., of Prattsburg.

Blodgett, William D., was born in Prattsburg, on the farm he now owns, in 1845, where he has always lived. having purchased of the heirs their interest in the home- stead of sixty-three acres, to which he has added fifty-five acres, and after years of hard toil and industry has cleared his farm of the timber and stumps, and developed it into a model farm, and in addition takes much pride and interest in the breeding of Jersey cattle, and during his early life he dealt to some extent in lumber. In politics he is a Republican. and has served as overseer of the poor, assessor, and jus- tice of the peace, and is also a member of the Grand Lodge at Ingleside, of which he is secretary. Martin Blodgett, his grandfather, was a native of Massachusetts, a farmer and pioneer settler of Gorham, Ontario county, where he died in 1865. He reared a family of seven children. Ansel Blodgett, father of William D., was born in Gorham, Ontario county, in 1812. He was a farmer, and also manufactured and dealt in lumber and shingles to considerable extent for many years. In 1846 he came to Prattsburg and settled on the farm now owned by William D. He married Harriett Lewis of Ontario county, by whom he had four children: Mrs. Emily Drake (deceased), Mrs. Catherine Gibson (deceased), William D., and Mrs. Ellen T. Boggs of Prattsburg. He died in 1873, and his wife in 1892, aged eighty-seven years. In 1865 William D. Blodgett married Phoebe, daughter of William and Polly Pressler of Prattsburg, by whom he had four children: Catherine, wife of Barton Olney of Naples, N. Y., Arba M., Alfa and Allen. Mrs. Blodgett is a member of the grange.

Brown, Charles Stewart, was born in Northumberland, England, March 18, 1837. Sutherland Brown, his grandfather, was a veterinary surgeon in the English army for twenty-one years. He reared five sons and two daughters. Thomas Brown, the father of Charles S., was also a veterinary surgeon in the English army for over twenty years. He married Elizabeth Patterson, of England, by whom he had these children : Elizabeth, Charles, John, William, Thomas, Henry, James, Sarah, Jane, Beulah, Annetta and Georgiana. At the age of sixteen Charles S. enlisted as a volunteer in the Crimean War and was in the battles of Balaklava and Sebastopol, pp

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being wounded in the latter one, he was sent home. At the age of seventeen he again left home and worked his way to America, going direct to Albany, where he was engaged in carriage making for two years. He then went to Seneca Falls on bridge work and in 1859 engaged in farming. April 29, 1861, he answered the first call for troops and enlisted in Co. I, 33d Regt., and served six months, when he was discharged on account of sickness. He was in the first Battle of Bull Run, where upon their retreat he was separated from the main army, cut across lots, picked up three muskets, swam the Potomac with these and his accoutrements on his back, and arrived safely in camp; and at Falls' Church, and Malvern Hill. After leaving the war he went to Branchport, where he engaged in farming and carpentry. From 1867 to 1873 he spent his time in Michigan, then returned to Steuben county, where he resumed his trade. In 1883 he purchased a small tract of land to which he added sixty acres in 1890. Mr. Brown is a member of the Gregory G. A. R. Post of Pratts- burg. In 1862 he married Mary, daughter of William and Hannah (Wilson) Bogart, Italy, Yates county, by whom he has three children: Alfred, Alice, wife of William Monroe, of Lockhaven, Pa. ; and Frank C., who resides at home.

Boon, Abram, was born in Ingleside, town of Prattsburg, November 8, 1845. Jacob Boon, was a native of Holland and came to the United States while a young man, coming direct to Prattsburg, and in 1805 located on a farm in the wilderness which he cleared and made for himself a home. He married Phebe Gee, by whom he had five children. He died at the age of seventy-two years. William Boon, father of Abram, was born, reared, and died on the homestead. He married Fannie Deo, who was born in Naples, Ontario county, a daughter of Abram Deo, by whom he had four children: Phœbe, Abram, Sarah, and Lewis. He died in 1877, and his wife survives him and resides on the farm near Ingleside. Abram Deo was a farmer and justice of the peace, and did much business for the public. He was a Democrat and politi- cal orator of unusual ability. Abram Boon was reared on the farm and followed farming for many years. He first purchased a small farm, and now owns 210 acres which he superintends, and since 1865 he has been extensively engaged in the buy- ing of produce. In 1893 he became the head of the Boon & Homenway Company, produce dealers in Naples, N. Y., and in the fall and winter of 1894-95 they did a $100,000 business. In 1883 he moved to the village of Ingleside, where he has since made his home. In 1862 he married Sophia, daughter of David and Sarah (Fisher) Morehouse, by whom he had three children: Eva, wife of Frank Harris, Irving and Grace. Mr. Boon died May 10, 1895, dropping dead suddenly while preparing for breakfast.

Allerton, Dudley D., was born in Bath, May 13, 1857. Delanson Allerton, his father, was a native of Greene county, N. Y., and the family trace their descent fromn Isaac Allerton who came from England to the United States in the ship Mayflower, who landed at Plymouth Rock, and came to Steuben county with his parents and settled at Prattsburg. Delanson married Mary J., daughter of Moses Dudley, by whom he he had three children: Dudley, Mrs. Frank Parker, and Sarah. In 1835 he came to Bath, where he was a farmer, and died in 1894, in his seventy-ninth year.

Aldrich, Dr. J. O., was born in the town of Thurston, December 16, 1848. Thomas Aldrich, his father, was a native of Rhode Island, and came to Steuben county, and

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was among the pioneers of that county. He married Julia A. Eddy for his first wife, and his second was Elizabeth, daughter of John Yost. He studied medicine in Rhode Island, and for years travelled over the surrounding country horseback, and he died in 1881, in his eighty-eighth year. J. O. Aldrich was educated at Woodhull Academy, and graduated from Eclectic College of Medicine at Cincinnati in 1882, and then came to Bath and established his practice. In 1882 he married Jennie F., daughter of Martin Brownell. Mr. Aldrich is one of the progressive men of his town, serving as trustee, and was also appointed as examining surgeon of the United States Pension Board, serving for four years.

Averill, Gen. W. W., was born in the town of Cameron, Steuben county, Novem- ber 5, 1832, son of Hiram, a native of Delaware county, and a grandson of Ebe- nezer, who came from Harperfield, Conn., to Delaware county, and from there to Black Rock. Among the laws of 1814 and 1815 may be found an act for his relief for furnishing supplies to General Scott's army. Hiram Averill came to Steuben county in 1806 and married Huldah, daughter of Thomas Hemingway. He filled various positions of honor and trust, serving as the first postmaster. W. W. Averill was educated at the Elmira Academy, and July 1, 1851, entered the United States Mili- tary Academy at West Point, being in the same class with Weitzel, Gregg, George Nichols, Alex. S. Webb, J. W. Turner, Ruggles, and Torbert, and was graduated in 1855, receiving rank of second lieutenant in the Mounted Rifles in 1856, serving on the frontier up to 1858, when he was severely wounded in a night attack by the In- dians. Recovering from his wound, he served in the Civil war from 1861 to 1865, being promoted from second lieutenant to brevet major-general of the United States Army, serving in successive grades. His promotion was entirely due to his bravery, and meritorious conduct in the field. being one of fifteen to receive commission for specific distinguished service. He was also given the rank of brigadier general. In 1885 he married Kezia Hayward. For the past eight years has been on the retired list of the army, being on duty as assistant inspector general of Homes for disabled Soldiers and Sailors of the United States.

Bowes, Martin, was born in Ireland, June 15, 1836, and came to the United States and settled in Bath in 1848. In 1857 he purchased a farm, remaining until 1859, and then came into the village of Bath and engaged in the passenger and freight busi- ness, and in 1870 he engaged in the coal business, which is still continued, also deal- ing largely, in connection with his sons, in oils, produce and grain. In 1856 he mar- ried Mary, daughter of Hugh McMahon, by whom he had five children: Henry W., Thomas F., a sanitary engineer of Boston, Mass., Ambrose, Mrs. W. W. Faulkner, and Catherine. Mr. Bowes is one of the enterprising men of his town, serving as trustee for six years, and taking an intelligent interest in educational and religious institutions.

Bedell, J. D., was born in the town of Pulteney, October 5, 1844. His father, Calvin C., was a native of New Jersey and came to Pulteney with his father, Jacob, who settled there in 1828. Calvin C. married Elizabeth, daughter of John Van Ness, and was identified as a farmer through life. In 1854 he moved to the town of Bath, where he died in March, 1895, aged seventy-six years. Jacob E. Bedell was edu- cated in the common schools and by his thorough and judicious reading. In 1868 he

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married Emily, daughter of T. A. McDowell, by whom he has three children: Glenn C., May L., and Martha. Mr. Bedell is one of the representative men of the town, taking an active interest in educational and religious institutions,

Brundage, Mrs. Sarah .- Jesse Brundage was born in Pennsylvania, May 23, 1801, son of Abraham Brundage, who was one of the earliest settlers of Steuben county. Jesse married Sarah, daughter of Grattan H. Wheeler, in 1831, and they were the parents of four children : Franklin, Grattan, Monroe, and Mrs. Eliza Nellis, none of whom is now living. Monroe served in the war, going as a private, and was pro- moted for meritorious conduct and bravery in the field to the rank of captain. He was engaged in numerous battles, losing his right arm at the battle of Antietam. He suffered from exposure and the shock to his system was such that he never fully recovered. He died at Bath in 1875. Jesse Brundage was one of the leading men of the town. He died November 9, 1851.

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Landmarks of Steuben County, New York, Part 92

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