Landmarks of Steuben County, New York, Part 99

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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carpenter's trade, which he followed three years, when he entered the hardware store of Peck & Co., at Prattsburg, as clerk, later becoming a partner in the business, which he continued for four years. In February, 1894, he sold his interest in this store and in company with Walker. under the firm name of Flynn & Walker, engaged in the same business, opening with a large and rapidly increasing trade, and in connection with the hardware business he deals extensively in agricultural implements. In poli- tics he is a Democrat, and in 1892 was elected supervisor of the town.

Fisher, Perry W., was born at Barnstable, Mass., June 30, 1844, and is the seventh of nine children born to Henry and Olive (Hinkley) Fisher, both of Massachusetts, where they died. The great-grandfather, Lemuel Fisher, was a farmer of Falmouth, Barnstable county, Mass., was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and participated in the battle of Bunker Hill. He died at ninety-four years of age. The maternal grandparents were Elijah and Elizabeth (Bradford) Hinkley of Massachusetts. Mr. Hinkley was a ship carpenter and built three large ships: Washunk, Commodore Norris and William Penn. In the last he lost all his property. Henry Fisher, father of Perry W., died in 1880, and his wife in 1853. Perry W. Fisher was reared on the farm, worked in the oil regions thirteen years and came to Troupsburg in 1882, where he has since been engaged in farming. In 1880 he married Louise, daughter of L. H. and Lovina Murdock, formerly of Pennsylvania, but now residents of Troupsburg, by whom he had one son, Willie. In 1863 he enlisted in the Thirty- eighth Mass. Vols., and served until the close of the war, and was in nine heavy en- gagements; was under Banks in Western Mississippi. He lost his hearing by the firing of heavy artillery, and his company joined Sherman in Georgia in the march to the sea. At Shenandoah he was wounded in the foot. He is a member of Post Baily, No. 351, G. A. R., of Troupsburg.

Fedder, John W., a member of the firm of J. B. Collins & Co., is the manager of their Corning store, called "The Fair," Nos. 46 and 48 East Market street, which was established in 1880. They carry a full line of general merchandise, and have in connection with their store a picture frame manufactory. J. B. Collins, the other member of the firm, manages their Jamestown branch, where they handle a similar line of goods. Mr. Fedder was president of the village in 1889-90, and a member of the first city council.

Fraser, D., of Painted Post, Steuben county, N. Y., was born in Scotland in 1815, son of Daniel and Margaret Fraser, natives of Scotland. The father died there, and in 1831 Mr. Fraser came to America with his mother, two brothers and two sis- ters, locating in Herkimer county. Two years later they moved to Oswego county, and in 1836 came to Steuben county, locating at Campbell. In 1847 he married Eliza- beth, daughter of Minor Nute, by whom he had two children: Minor, and John, who died in 1891, aged thirty six years. In 1885 the family moved to Canada, where his mother died. In 1870 he returned to the town of Campbell, and in 1883 moved to Corning.

Fero, David F., was born in the town of Catlin, in 1846, son of Peter and Lorana (Bryant) Fero. He remained on the farm until nineteen years of age, when he came to Corning and learned his trade of silversmith and jeweler with A. D. Dudley, with whom he afterward formed a partnership in the firm of Dudley & Co., and in 1875

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succeeded them. He also handles bicycles and supplies. In 1877 he married Rose Blair, by whom he had two children: Hazel, aged thirteen, and Mildred, aged seven.

Franz, Jacob, was born in Prussia, in 1832, and came to America in 1849 and lo- cated in New York city, where he remained until 1855, when he came to Corning. In 1866 he established the bottling works, to which he has since given his attention, and is also interested in real estate in and adjoining the Fifth Ward.

Fox, G. Albert, was born in the village of Avoca, March 10, 1836. George P. Fox, his father, was born in the town of Palatine Bridge, Montgomery county, N. Y., in June, 1810, and came to Bath in 1833. He was a wagonmaker by trade, and mar- ried Julia A. Anderson of Connecticut, by whom he had these children: D. A., born February 24, 1834; G. A., born March 10, 1836; Hezekiah B., born in August, 1838; and Julia B., born in 1843. G. Albert Fox was educated in Avoca, with the excep- tion of one term in Rogers Union Seminary He learned the wagonmaker's trade, and also followed the carpenter trade in connection with it, and for thirty-six win- ters has taught school. About twenty-five years ago he began farming in the town of Avoca, and now owns a farm of 164 acres. He married Elinore L. Ketan of Prattsburg, by whom he had these children: Fannie, C. E., D. H., Lloyd G. and Rosco C. Fannie and C. E. are teachers. Mr. Fox has filled the office of justice for some years.

Faults, William H., was born Bath, July 8, 1856. Henry Faults, his father, was born in Germany and came to the United States with his parents when he was six years of age, and first settled in Wayland, where he engaged in the tanning business, which he followed for many years. At present he is bridge inspector on the N. Y., L. E. & W. R. R. He married May Dunn of Wayland, by whom he had four chil- dren: Mary C., William H., Laura and Frank. William H. engaged in the railroad and farming business, and the last seven years has been in the clothing business in Avoca and carries a general line of clothing and gents' furnishing goods. He mar- ried Cora Sharp of Avoca. Mr. Faults has filled the office of collector, and is a mem- ber of the I. O. O. F., Wallace Lodge, No. 519.

Filkins, John A., was born in Herkimer county, N. Y., December 29, 1844, son of Nicholas and Maria (McCready) Filkins, both natives of Herkimer county. The grandfather of our subject, Joseph Filkins, was born at Troy, N. Y., and in an early day settled in Herkimer county, where he lived to be nearly 100 years of age. Nicho- las Filkins, father of John A., spent his days in Herkimer county, where he engaged in farming. He died about 1852, and his wife in 1850. John A. was reared by his uncle Cornelius until he was sixteen years of age, when he came to Thurston, Steu- ben county, N. Y., where he has since resided. He is a carpenter by trade, and also owns a farm of eighty-six acres, which he bought in 1874. He is a Republican in politics, and has been highway commissioner three years and assessor about twelve years. In 1864 he enlisted in Co. A, 189th N. Y. Vols., and served about one year. He was at Hatcher's Run, Five Forks and at Lee's surrender. In 1868 he married Edith, daughter of John and Minerva (Mulford) Adamson-he born in Pennsylvania and she in Tioga county, Pa .- and came to Steuben county, where they spent their last days. Mr. and Mrs. Filkins have three children: Belle, Fred and Mildred. Mr. Filkins is a member of Loga Post, No. 465, G. A. R.

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Fults, Spelman L., was born in Morris, Otsego county, N. Y., July 18, 1845. He was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools, and came to the town of Rathbone when eleven years of age where he has since resided. He has always fol- lowed farming, and at present is engaged in pressing hay. He owns thirty acres of land in Rathbone. In 1869 he married Lucinda Smith, of Woodhull, who died in 1879. In December, 1881, he married Maggie, daughter of Michael and Johanna (Tomey) Conley, by whom he has one son, Nelson, born July 27, 1883.

Timmerman, H. A., was born in the town of Manheim, Herkimer county, January 25, 1839. H. A. Timmerman, his father, was a native of the same town and county, where they were early settled, and through life were identified as farmers. In 1865 Mr. Timmerman married Martha, daughter of Jacob Lepper, by whom he had four children, Ward H., Nellie E., Katie M., and Gracie E. In 1869 he came to Bath, Steuben county, and purchased the General Smith farm. Mr. Timmerman is one of the practical and successful farmers of his town, taking an intelligent interest in educational and religious institutions, and has ever received and merited the respect of his associates. In 1862 he enlisted in Co. A, 121st N. Y. Vols., and took part in the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Rappahannock Station, being taken prisoner at Chancellorsville, and wounded in the right leg at Fredericksburg, being promoted from the ranks to sergeant, and received an honorable discharge in 1865 at the close of the war.

Ferenbaugh, Lyman G., was born in Hornby in 1837, son of Joseph and Anna Sweet Ferenbaugh, natives of Germany and Vermont. The father and five brothers came from Germany with their father, locating at first in Pennsylvania, coming afterwards to Steuben county. The parents when married came to Hornby, locating in the wilderness. They afterwards moved to Corning and died in 1868. Mr. Feren- baugh married Cynthia, daughter of George Sly, and they have one child, Ada, now the wife of Clifford O'Brien. Mr. Ferenbaugh and his brother, John H., have kept up the old saw mill built by their father. They also own a farm of 500 acres and a grocery store.

Fero, Albert, was born in 1830, son of Abram and Catherine Fero, natives of Montgomery county and Pennsylvania, and came to Hornby at an early day, and raised a family of six children. The parents died in 1887 and 1885, aged eighty-six and seventy-nine, father and mother, respectively. Mr. Fero, who is the old- est of the family, married Caroline L. Easling in 1855 and located on his present place of ninety-six acres adjoining the old homestead. They have four children : Lucy, George Frank, Harriet Belle, and Arthur.

Farran, H. J., Caton, Steuben county, N. Y., was born in Tioga county, N. Y., in 1842. In 1861 he enlisted in the 50th N. Y. Vol. Engineers, enlisting for three years. He was afterwards promoted to the rank of artificer. His wife, Sarah C., nee Sage, is a native of Chemung county and came to the town of Caton when a girl. Mr. Farran has resided on his present place since the war; his farm consists of 200 acres of well improved land. They have one child, Adah H., wife of Lewis Thurber.

Ferry, Mrs. Mary M., is the widow of the late John Wesley Ferry, son of John Ferry, one of the pioneers of Addison. J. W. Ferry was born at Almond, Steuben

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county, 1834. His sympathies were with the Republican party, but he sought no political preferment, being too busily engaged with his farming interests and stock dealing. He was farming at Tuscarora at the time of his death, which occurred July 22, 1892. In 1885 he married Mary M., daughter of William Bennett of Hornellsville, who is now retired from active business life, having been a farmer, and extensively engaged in the lumber business in Michigan at one time. His father, Thomas Ben- nett, was one of the first settlers of Hornellsville, where he kept hotel for many years. Mrs. Ferry became a resident of Addison in 1893, and has one son, John W., born in 1886.

Fairbanks, George .- Joel Fairbanks settled in Cameron in 1822. He married Sarah, a daughter of Mathew Dickey, by whom he had six children : Elizabeth Turner, George H., William, Martha, Mary Moore, and Emily Helmer. Joel Fairbanks was a carpenter, builder, and millwright, and at the time he retired from business had built more buildings in the town than any other one man. George H. married Jane, a daughter of Daniel and Margaret Barber, by whom he had four children: Sarah Hatch, Jennie B. Dickey, Charles L., and Joel L., all born on the homestead. In early life Mr. Fairbanks was engaged in lumbering, but he now follows farming. He is a member of the Masonic Lodge of Cameron Mills, No. 547.

Foster, George, was born in Yorkshire, England, 1817. Ralph Foster, his father, one of nine children, was a farm laborer, and married Mary Kirby, by whom he had nine children. Mr. Foster devoted his life to farming, and at the age of thirty-two years came to America, coming direct to Geneva, N. Y., where he spent one winter and the following spring came to Prattsburg where he followed farming. In 1867 he purchased his present farm, and by industry and practical economy has paid for his farm and accumulated a good property. He is an active member of the M. E. church of Prattsburg of which he was for years trustee and steward. In 1850 he married Ann Stevenson of England, by whom he had six children: Frank, John, who died in 1888, Mary, Anna, who died in 1862, George, and William. Mrs. Foster died in July, 1872, and he married for his second wife, Salina Horton, a native of Orange county. Mrs. Foster is a member of the M. E. church and missionary society.

Gould, Talcott W., was born in Berkshire, N. Y., February 13, 1851. Francis Gould, his father, was a native of Broome county, N. Y., and the family were promi- nent during the Revolutionary war. T. W. Gould was educated at Elmira in 1880, and came to Bath and established his present business of plumbing, steam fitting, and electrical goods. In 1893 he was elected president of the village of Bath, and re-elected in 1894, taking an intelligent interest in educational and religious institu- tions and has ever received and merited the respect of his associates.

Grant, Dr. B. F., was born in Bath, September 16, 1827. Col. Stephen Grant, his father, came to Steuben county with Colonel Whiting in 1786, and settled on the Hornellsville road, where he purchased a wood lot, which he cleared up and made into a fertile farm. He married Lucinda Frink, and died in 1875. B. F. Grant grad- uated from the Cleveland Homeopathic Hospital College, and began his practice in Bath, extending over thirty years. He married Mary E., daughter of James Bene- dict, by whom he had one child, Frank. Mr. Grant is one of the progressive men of his profession, a member of the Board of Health, and one of the founders and presi-

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dent of Southern Tier Homeopathic Medical Association of New York, to which he has contributed liberally.

Gere, William N., was born in Greene, Chenango county, N. Y., December 23, 1825, son of Eleazer W. and Mary (Brown) Gere, who were married July 3, 1822. He was born in Massachusetts, December 7, 1796, and she, in New York, October 16, 1802. The grandfather, Silsby Gere, was born in Preston, Conn., May 18, 1757, and came to Chenango county, where he died March 4, 1852. Eleazer W. Gere was en- gaged in farming in Chenango county until 1836, when he came to Steuben county, going from there to Iowa, where he died June 9, 1872. His wife died September 29, 1882. William N. was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools, and at the age of ten came to Steuben county, where he has since resided. He learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed for eight years, and at the age of thirty he bought a farm near Hedgesville, where he lived for forty years. It is known as the Dart farm and consists of 112 acres of land. He now lives in Hedgesville. In Au- gust, 1861, Mr. Gere enlisted in Co. F, 107th N. Y. Vols., and served seven months. He was at the battle of Antietam. He is a member of J. N. Warner Post, No. 565, G. A. R. October 28, 1854, Mr. Gere married Melissa, daughter of Peter N. San- ford, who came to Cameron from Dryden, Tompkins county, in 1842, and died in Addison in 1888.

Genung, N. E., was born in the town of Covington, Otsego county, N. Y., in 1817, and is the oldest of eight children born to Azariah and Olive Walker Genung, both natives of Otsego county, he born in 1788, and she, in 1796. The grandparents, Cornelius and Esther Genung. came from Otsego to Milo, Yates county, in 1818, where they died. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. Azariah Genung was a wagonmaker by trade, but during the latter part of his life he followed the carpen- ter's trade. In 1830 he settled in the village of Bradford, where he spent most of his life. He died in Waterloo, October 11, 1877, and Mrs. Genung, in 1872. In religion they were Baptists. At the age of fifteen N. E. Genung commenced working at the carpenter's trade, at which he has been principally engaged, and in 1850 he bought a farm in Bradford, where he has since resided. In 1837 he married Sophia, daugh- ter of Henry and Elizabeth Leonard, and to them have been born thirteen children: Mary, deceased; Olive, deceased; Henry, who was a soldier in Co. H, 189th Regi- ment, N. Y. Vols., and died August 6, 1865; Augusta, Sophia, Bradford, Henry L., Frank, George, Ann, Nathan, and Richard, who died in infancy. Mrs. Genung died April 22, 1895. In politics Mr. Genung has been a Whig and Republican.

Gamman, Alfred M., was born in Corning, N. Y., and graduated from the New York Homeopathic Medical College in 1876, and practiced his profession until 1888, from which time until 1890 he spent in Atlanta, Ga., since which time he has been a member of the firm of Robinson & Gamman.

Goodno, Edwin, was born in South Dansville, March 4, 1834. His father, Isaiah Goodno, was born in Massachusetts, a farmer by occupation, and died in South Dansville in 1850, aged sixty five. Isaiah married Philena Marsh, who was born in Vergennes, Vt., and died in South Dansville, in 1863, aged sixty-eight, and their children were Jackson, Albert Jonas, William, Charles, Isaiah, and Edwin, all of whom are deceased except the latter. Edwin received his education in the common

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schools, and at the age of seventeen went to Dansville to learn the harnessmaker's trade, and worked for Hall & Ingersoll, where he remained thirty-two years. In 1884 he came to Wayland where he has carried on the harness making business for eleven years. In 1861 he enlisted as a musician in the 13th Regt. N. Y. Vols., as a three months recruit, and is now a pensioner. Mr. Goodno is a member of Wayland Lodge, No. 176, I. O. O. F., and of the Methodist church. In 1856 he married Flor- ence Lacy, at Hammondsport, N. Y., and they have the following children: Mary, born in 1861, in Dansville; Fred Dean, who resides in Pennsylvania; Herbert, born in 1868, in Dansville, and resides in Wayland; Ernest, born in February, 1879; Eva, born in 1884.

Goodsell, Joel S., was born in Kent, Litchfield county Conn., September 7, 1816, son of Nathan and Polly (Hallock) Goodsell, he a native of Fairfield county, Conn., and she of Long Island; they had these children: Harmon, who was a merchant at Cold Spring, N. Y .; Joseph, who went to Iowa and was killed in Chicago by an ele- vator; Nathan, who spent his latter days in Cayuga county, N. Y., where he was killed by a railroad train; Joel S .; Rufus, who spent his latter days in Cayuga county, N. Y .; Eliza, who now lives in Port Byron, Cayuga county; her husband was Eli Sumner. Nathan Goodsell, father of Joel S., died in Connecticut. Joel S. was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools. At twenty-two years of age he went to Cayuga county, and after several years he went to Delaware county. He has been married three times: In 1838 he married Cyntha Hallock, by whom he he had five children: Charles of Buffalo; John of Oneonta, N. Y .; Franklin, who died in Washington; these sons were in the civil war; Lorenzo of Woodhull, N. Y. ; Fannie, deceased. He married for his second wife, Louisa Munger, of Delaware county, by whom he had two sons: J. Emmett of Meredith, Delaware county, and and Wesley L., who was born in Lawrence, Otsego county, N. Y., June 16, 1860, reared on a farm, educated in the common schools, and who married Cora B. Swan in 1887. From Delaware county Mr. Goodsell came to Oneonta, Otsego county, and in 1867 came to Woodhull, where he remained until 1875 when he came to Jasper where he now resides on his farm of ninety-one acres. His second wife died Octo- ber 5, 1877, aged fifty-seven years and he married Asenath, daughter of John Mar- latt, of Jasper.

Gibbs, Darwin Z., was born in Cornwall, Addison county, Vt., in 1833. Truman Clark Gibbs, his father, was born in Connecticut in 1789, one of five children born to "Zadock Gibbs of Connecticut, who was a mechanic and farmer, and moved to Ver- mont in 1795. Truman was a farmer, and spent his whole life from the time he was six years of age in Vermont. He served in the war of 1812 as a volunteer soldier, and participated in the battle of Plattsburg. He married Esther, daughter of Sim- eon North of Connecticut, by whom he had six children: Esther, Truman C., Sidney S., Lovina, Dotha, and Darwin Z. Darwin Z. began for himself when twenty-one years of age as a farmer, and in the spring of 1857 came to the town of Wheeler where he purchased a small farm, which eight years later he sold. He now owns two farms of 234 acres, and in connection with his farming has built and conducted a saw mill, and has also dealt to some extent in buying and selling stock, also the breeding of Merino sheep and full blood Durham cattle. In March, 1864, he married Harriett Carr, who was born in Almond, Allegany county, N. Y., and who was killed at Jack-

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son, Mich., October 13, 1893, in a wreck, among thirteen others while going to the Columbian Exposition at Chicago.

Gorges, Anton, was born in Germany in 1855 and came to America in 1871, locat- ing first in Scranton, Pa., where he remained two years. He then came to Steuben county and moved to his present place in the town of Caton in 1885, where his parents, Mathias and Barbara, died in 1884 and 1890, aged fifty-six and fifty-six. In 1885 Mr. Gorges married Lena Bentz, also a native of Germany. He has a farm of 150 acres, and makes a specialty of dairying and sheep raising.

Gavigan, Edward, was born in Ireland in 1830, came to this country in 1849, set- tled in Corning in 1853, and on the farm where he now resides in 1854. He married Bridget Tinnelsella, and they have four children living: John J., Margaret M., Eliz- abeth A., and Catherine B. Mr. Gavigan is the owner of a farm of 100 acres, mak- ing specialties of tobacco, grain, and dary products.

Moore, Edward B., was born in Canisteo April 23, 1822, and was educated in the common schools. He is a farmer and lumberman, and has followed the latter busi- ness over forty years. He married Helen L. Bunker, daughter of Warren and Sarah Bunker, of Rensselaer county, born January 7, 1832. They have had three children: Joseph W., born April 7, 1858; James W. (deceased), born June 4, 1861; Edward B., jr., born October 3, 1865, who lives at home with his parents. Mrs. Moore is a member of the Christian church.

Zielley, Alex L., was born in the town of Avoca, April 18, 1854, son of Oliver Zielley, who was born in Palatine, Montgomery county, in 1827, and came to the town of Avoca in 1846, and settled at what is known as the Pond settlement on a farm of 200 acres, and retired from active business in 1876. He married Amelia Shults, of Avoca, and one son was born to them, Alex, who was educated in the dis- trict schools and the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary. In 1891 he entered the milling business at Cohocton, and remained there until 1893, when he came to Avoca and became one of the founders of the Avoca Milling Company, now located in the village of Avoca, which makes flour under the roller process, with a capacity of 200 barrels per day. Mr. Zielley is president and secretary of the company. He married Libbie, daughter of Wm. Vrooman, and they have two children: Willie D., and Ollie. Mr. Zielley held the office of commissioner of highways in 1878, since then having held the office of trustee of the village, and in 1893 was elected supervisor, and re-elected in 1894 on the Republican ticket. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. No. 538.

Robinson, Hon. Frank H., who succeeded Hon. Harlo Hakes as county judge, January 1, 1844, was born in Cuba, Allegany county, May 23, 1855. His ability as an attorney has made him popular with the people throughout the county. He served as district attorney for two terms previous to his election as county judge. He read law with Champlain, Armstrong, and Russell, of Cuba, finishing with Sickles and Miller, of Albany. He graduated from the law department of Union University in 1876, and was soon after admitted to the bar, settling in Canisteo in 1879. As a lawyer Judge Robinson ranks among the leading members of the bar.

Gilbert, Dr. Horatio, was born in Ephratah, Fulton county, N. Y., September 11, 1842, the youngest of a family of eight children of the Rev. Ezra D. Gilbert; his early

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education was derived at Fairfield Seminary and Fort Plain Liberal Institute. He took up the study of medicine at sixteen years of age and was first with Dr. Burnapp at Ephratah, and entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York in 1866-67, and then went to Albany Medical College, from which he graduated De- cember 24, 1867. He first practiced at Fultonville, Montgomery county, N. Y., where he continued until 1876, and then removed to Canajoharie, where he conducted an office until 1880, when he came to Hornellsville and established a practice which has assumed a most satisfactory proportion. He is a member of Hornellsville Medical and Surgical Association, the New York State Medical Society, the American Medi- cal Association, one of the consulting staff of St. James Mercy Hospital, and while in Montgomery county was examiner for the Pension department. He served as hospital steward during the war with the 153d N. Y. Vols., and served two years as resident physician of the Soldiers' Home at Albany. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and the I.O.O.F. He served as coroner while in Fultonville, and is a mem- ber of the Methodist church. In 1869 he married Mrs. Louisa Gildersleeve, daugh- ter of Pythagoier Whitman of Canajoharie.

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Landmarks of Steuben County, New York, Part 99

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