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Wadsworth, Philip, whose birthplace is still his domicile, is the son of Danford and Eliza A. Wadsworth, who took up residence in Butler, in those days when "Amid the forest solitude his echoing axe the settler swings," and none bore a stonter heart than the young pioneer from Vermont, hewing out a home from the provincial wilderness. Danford Wadsworth died June 19, 1861, when but fifty-one years of age, and Phihp is his only son. November 4, 1863, Philip married Mary T. Rice, of Butler, and their children are : Velona J., the wife of Lincoln Doty ; Henry D., Harvey R., Lemuel G., and one danghter, Sarah M., who October 19, 1887, aged twenty-two years.
Willard, William G., was born in Ontario, December 23, 1855, the eldest son of nine children of George and Adelaide (Gibbs) Willard. George Willard, son of William and Sarah Willard, was born in the parish of Salehurst, Sussex county, England, Septem- ber 4, 1829, and emigrated to the United States of America. March 13, 1849. Adelaide Gibbs, danghter of Joseph and Amy Gibbs, born in Whichford , Warwickshire, England, July 6, 1831, and emigrated to the United States of America April 3. 1850. In 1852 they were untited in marriage and came to Ontario, and in 1856 settled on the farm where Mrs. Willard now resides. George Willard died December 16, 1890, The chil- dren of Mr. Willard and wife were as follows: Harriet A., born October 13, 1853 ; Wil- liam G., born December 23, 1855 ; Frank E., born September 26, 1857 ; Avise M., born August 28, 1860; Lorenzo P., born November 26, 1862; Annie E., born May 31, 1867; Peter J., born May 21. 1869; May S., born Jime 11, 1871; Carrie A., born December 17, 1876. Harriet died September 21, 1854. They are all married exeept Carrie and May S. Our subject was educated in Chili Seminary. He followed farming until 1883 when he eame to Lakeside and engaged in the mercantile business, where he has been very suceessful. He carries a full line of boots and shoes, hardware, crockery, paints, oils, dye stuffs, glass, drugs, medicines and fancy goods, also hats and caps. Ile married, March 29, 1883, Emma A. Ray, a native of Canada, and daughter of John and Mary (Fowler) Ray. He and family attend and support the M. E. Church of Lakeside.
Williams, Henry, a native of Manchester, Ontario county, N. Y., boin December 25, 1830, was the youngest of two sons of John Williams and Naney Williams, he a native of New Jersey, and she of New Jersey. Henry learned the blacksmith trade when a young man, but farming has been his chief occupation. He married Jane, daughter of James and Honor Barker, he a native of England, and she of England. Mr. Barker enme to America in 1829. He bonght the farm now owned by the Williams family, when it was a wilderness, and cleared it and made many improvements. Mr. and Mrs. Willhuns have had four sons and four daughters, of whom one son and two danghters are deceased : Honor, wife of Rufus Schommerhorn, of Ontario; Cora, wife of James V. Allen, Rochester ; Roy, at home; B. IL., and Wallace, are now carrying on the
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farm, engaged in general farming and fruit raising, also evaporating fruit. Wallace married, January 18, 1888, Eliza Bean, daughter of Albert and Emma Jane (Hurley) Bean, of Ontario, and they have one daughter, Susie, born March 30, 1893. Mr. Will- inis connreneed farming in Ontario about 1858 on the Barker farm, then bought a small place, where he lived seventeen years. On the death of Mr. Barker he bought the farm where he resided until his death, December 20, 1890. Mrs. Williams still re- ^ sides on the homestead, aged fifty-nine years. Her father, James Barker, died 1864, and her mother 1876. The family are of very strong temperance sentiments, and in religion are Methodists.
Wilder, F. S., was born in Russell., St. Lawrence county, N. Y., June 19, 1850, the son of Brutus and Lucy Townsend Wilder, he born in Orwell, Oswego county, October 13, 1828, and she in Philadelphia. Mr. Wilder came to Philadelphia in 1844, and engaged as elerk in a drug store until 1849, when he came to Russell and began farm- ing. He came to Williamson in 1865, and engaged in farming, and now owns a small farm. He was assessor in Russell for five years. Our subject was reared on a farm, and educated in Marion Academy. Ile learned the tinsmith trade, and bought out a tin shop in Marion, then went to Newark, and was in partnership there with his brother, John P., in the hardware business. In 1879 Mr. Wilder came to Wilhamson and engaged in the hardware business, and has been very successful. Mr. Wilder has been town clerk since 1887. He is a member of the Pultneyville Lodge, No. 159, F. & A. M., the K. O. T. M., and the Protective Life Association of Rochester. In 1879 he married Eliza Howell, a native of Marion, and daughter of Israel Howell, and they have had two children, Lula M., Elmer B.
Waldurff, Peter, was born in Taghkanick, Columbia county, N. Y., February 5, 1810. His father, John Waldurff, was one of the first settlers in Rhinebeck, Dutchess county, and the family was of German extraction. Peter Waldurff was educated in the com- mon schools, and at the age of twenty-five he married Hannah, daughter of Andrew Nichols, and of this union ten children were born, eight of whom are now living, five sons, Martin V. B., who owns a farm adjoining his father's, Reuben, who owns a farin in Wolcott, Stanton E., who owns a farm in Rose, Eugene C., who is a physician of Buffalo, N. Y., and Frank L., who lives on the homestead farin, and three daughters, Hannah, who married Harrison Malley, of Homer, N. Y., Nettie, who married Rev. R. E. Burton, of Syracuse, N. Y., and Helen, who married John M. Mackie, of Galen, N. Y. In 1848 he bought the William Garlie property of 144 acres, and in 1855 he bought the adjoining farm, known as the " Riverdale farm." He has 217 acres of some of the best farm lands in Wayne county, raising fruit, hay, grain and stock. In 1883 his wife died, since which time he has been living with his youngest son, Frank L.
Weed, Hon. Oscar, was born in Galen in 1822, a son of Henry, a native of Washing- ton county, born in 1797, who was the son of Abram Weed a native of Canaan, Conn., and an early settler in Washington county, where he engaged in the Inmber business. lle was killed in his saw- mill by a cake of ice falling on him. His wife was Sarah Sel- leck, and their children were: Selleck, Abram, Henry, Hester, Sallie, Hannah, Betsey, and Nancy. Henry, father of our subject, moved to Wayne county in 1813, with his mother and sisters. His older brother, Selleck, had moved to Wayne county the previous year. He was a Republican and served as assessor and commissioner. Ile married Mahala King. of Galen, and their children were: Samuel, who was a prominent physician in Clyde, Oscar. Abram, William, and Sarah Ann, wife of Oliver Stratton, of Galen. Mr. Weed died in 1862, and his wife in 1881. Our subject was educated nt Clyde High School, and remained on the farm, teaching school winters for about nine yours. In 1818 he married Rebecca, daughter of Joseph C., and Ruth Watson, of Galen, and they had these children: Watson. Oscar D., Mary E. a teacher in Drew Ladies' Seminary, Carmel, N. Y., Garhardns and Ruth (both deceased). Mr. Weed moved in 1850 to Huron, and purchased the farm of 300 acres, where he has since re-
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sided, engaged in farming and fruit growing. In the latter he enjoys the reputation of being the most extensive and successful in the town, the proceeds for the year 1893 being about $6,500. ' Ile has served as assessor and supervisor several terms, and in 1881-82 was elected by the Republicans to the Assembly. has also been delegate to many county and State conventions. His living children are all graduates of Cornell University. Mr. and Mrs. Weed are members of the Clyde Grange. His son, Wat- son, is a Unitarian minister in Seituate, Mass. Addison is in New Hartford, engaged in gardening, fruit growing and civil engineering. Oscar D., practicing law in New York city.
Wood, Anson Sprague, was born in Camillus, Onondaga county, October 2, 1834. His father, Alvin, was of English ancestry, and his mother, Fanny Woodworth, of New England descent. Early in the forties Alvin Wood removed with his family to Butler, Wayne county, where he continued to reside until his death in 1874. Anson S. was the youngest of a large family of children, three others of whom are still living and resi- dents of Wayne county : Mary, wife of William Fowler, Frances, wife of Christopher C. Caywood, of Butler ; and Benham S. Wood, of Wolcott. Anson S. Wood was edn- cated in the district schools, and also attended the Red Creek Union Seminary. In 1853 he began the study of law in Syracuse, which he continued later in Clyde in the office of C. D. Lawton, and afterwards of Judge L. S. Ketchum. In the winter of 1854 he engaged in teaching. In the fall of 1855 he attended the Albany Law School, and was admitted to the bar in December of that year. During the early part of 1856 he re- sided at South Butler, and was elected town superintendent of common schools. In July, 1856, he removed to Lyons, where he formed a copartnership with Hon. William Clark. He continued to practice law in company with Mr. Clark and Hun. Dewitt Parshall until September, 1862, in the meantime (1858-1859) serving two years as town clerk of the town of Lyons In the fall of 1862 he responded to the call for volunteers to defend the Union, and was commissioned as first lieutenant in the 138th N. Y. Vol- unteer Infantry, afterwards known as the 9th N. Y. Heavy Artillery. After the regi- ment reached Washington Lieutenant Wood was assigned to duty as adjutant. In June, 1863, he was promoted to a captaincy and detailed to duty at the draft rendezvous at Elmira, N. Y., and was for some time assistant adjutant- general at that post. In May, 1861, at his own request, he was returned to his regiment and to the command of his company. He was engaged in the battles of Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Monocacy, Win- chester, and Fisher's Hill. In October, 1864, he was placed on the staff of General J. B. Ricketts, who commanded the third division of the famous Sixth Corps. General Ricketts was severely wounded at the battle of Cold Harbor, and was succeeded in com- mand by Cien. Truman Seymour, with whom Captain Wood continued as judge advo- cate of the division. In February, 1865, he was promoted to major of his regiment, and as such participated in the taking of Petersburg and the capture of Lec's army. For meritorious service before Petersburg he was brevetted lieutenant colonel. The regi- ment was mustered out in May, 1865, when Colonel Wood returned to Wayne county, purchasing a farm in Batier. In 1866 he was elected supervisor of that town. In 1867 he became assistant assessor of the United States Internal Revenue, a position which he resigned in the fall of 1869 to accept the Republican nomination for member of as- sembly from the first district of Wayne county. In the meantime he had removed to Wolcott and resumed the practice of law. Colonel Wood was elected to the Assembly that fall, and re-elected the following year. Jam ry 1, 1872, he was appointed deputy secretary of state under G. Hilton Scribner, holding the office two years, when he again returned to his home at Wolcott and his law practice. In 1879 Gen. Joseph B. Carr was elected secretary of state, and he called Colonel Wood back to Albany to his former desk as deputy secretary, where he continned six years. In 1883 he was one of the secretaries of the Republican State Committee. In 1885 Colonel Word was the unan- imous nominee of the Republican State Convention for secretary of state, but was de- feated with the rest of the Republican ticket. He remained in Albany for over a year
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engaged in the practice of law, when he again returned to Wayne county, taking up his residence at Wood's Island, Port Bay, in the town of Huron, and resuming his law prac- tive nt Wolcott, which he has continued since. At present he is associated with Hon. George S. Horton. Colonel Wood, in addition to the other public positions, has filled the office of president of the village of Wolcott, trustee of the Wolcott Union Free School, justice of the peace, and supervisor of the town of Huro: . He was the moving spirit in the organization of William Dutton Post No 55, G. A. R., at Wolcott (subse- quently changed to Keesler Post No. 55), of which he has been commander several terms. He has also served as assistant quartermaster-general of the G. A. R., depart- ment of New York, and has been a member for many years of Wolcott Lodge No. 560, F. & A. M. Colonel Wood has been repeatedly a delegate to Republican State Conven- tions, and his services as a speaker have long been in great demand in political cam- paigns. He has spoken in every county in this State, and has been called upon by the National and State Committees to make speaking tours of Maine, Massachusetts, Ver- mont, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and lowa. In 1858 Colonel Wood married Martha Louise Vickey, of Youngstown, Niagara county. Mr. and Mrs. Wood have two children living, William Clark Wood, M.D., and Robert Alvin. Dr. Wood is a graduate of the Albany Medical College (1880), and is a successful practitioner at Gloversville, N. Y. Robert A. is a graduate of Union College (1881), a lawyer and newspaper contributor, and resides at Albany.
Wall, William, was born in Webster, September 2, 1824. He was the oldest of four children of Elisha M. and Lois (Savage) Wall, he a native of Vermont, born in 1800. Ile settled in Webster and afterward came to Ontario in 1840, where he died in 1891. Subject came to Ontario when a mere boy. He married in 1854 Hannah A. Wray, a native of Ontario and daughter of George Wray. The latter was born in Fort Ann, Washington county, January 8, 1792, and married Almira Brown of Granville, Wash- ington county, April 11, 1821, by Rev. Andrews. He was a blacksmith by trade. Ile came to Wayne county in 1827, and bought the place known then as the Shingled House (shingles being used instead of clapboards). He built the first blacksmith shop in town, and two years after bought thirty-six acres two miles east of that, cleared a spot of ground and built another shop and moved into that. The same year (1829) he built a frame house, in which he lived until his death. His wife died in June, 1872. and he in October, 1872. They had three children, Almira Jane, Hannah Ann, and George Leonard. Mr. Wall and wife have had two children, Ida, wife of William Eddy, and has three children, Raymond, Leland and Vera ; Emma C., wife of William Patten, who has one child, Ruby. Her first husband was Irvin Cudderback, by whom she had one child, Myrta G. Mr. and Mrs. Wall moved to Michigan in 1856, and re- turned to the Wray homestead in 1866, where they still remain. William R. Patten was born in Ontario on the farm his father settled, in 1850. He is the youngest of nine children of John and Ehza (Bancroft) Patten, he a native of New Jersey, born in 1799, and she of Walworth, born in 1810. They came to Ontario in 1830, where he died in 1865, and his wife in 1889. Mr. Patten was a shoemaker and tanner by trade, but after coming to Ontario followed farming. He owned 100 aeres, which he cleared. Subject was reared on a farm and educated in the connnon schools and Macedon Academy. He has always been a farmer, has fifty acres of land, and follows general farming and fruit raising. Ile married in 1890 Emma Wall, a native of Michigan. She is a danghter of William Wall. Mr. Patten and wife have had one daughter, Ruby E., born December 15, 1893.
Waters, George E., was born in Williamson Angust 30, 1849. His parents were Zeniri and Alice ( Brewer) Waters. The family consisted of two sons and three dangh- ters, who grew to maturity, the daughters beig now deceased. W. II. Waters, brother of the subject, is in the town of Miller, South Dakota, in the banking business. %. Waters was reared on the farm and always followed farming. He was an anti-slavery
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advocate, and died September 4, 1870. The grandparents of our subject were William Waters, born in England in September, 1779, and Mary (Sampson) Waters, born in June, 1783. They had three sons and five daughters, all deceased but two danghters, who are in Michigan. William Waters emigrated to America and settled in William- son, being one of the pioneers of that town. He engaged somewhat in land speculat- ing, buying and selling several farms, but his principal occupation was farming. Mrs. Waters died January 14, 1856, and he died March 18, 1864. George Waters was edu- cated at Pultneyville under Prof. Clark. His first business enterprise was as pay- master's clerk in the Umted States navy, but his principal occupation has been farm- ing. He has 130 acres of land and makes a specialty of dairying, having special city customers for his dairy products. He also has fine fruit orchards. He married, Janu- ary 10, 1883, Helen May, daughter of Evelin and Mary (Palister) Cornwall, of Will- iamson. They have one daughter, Alice E., born June 8, 1884. Mr. Waters has been eleven years deputy collector of customs.
Warner, R. K., was born in Cortland county July 19, 1825, son of Ira and Asenath Warner, natives of Massachusetts and early settlers of Cortland county, where they lived and died. Subject was educated in the common schools, followed farming in Cortland county until 1858, when he came to Palmyra and in 1865 to Marion, and con- tinned farming until 1884, since which time he has lived in Marion. He married in 1848 Ramonia Vail, a native of Cortland county, born October 25, 1829. daughter of Henry Vail, a native of Dutchess county, who died in Madison county, N. Y. Subject and wife had five children : Erotus, who married Ella Wake, and has three children, Melvin E., F. May, Oscar Z., Lewis W., who married Amelia E. Allen, daughter of Abram and Emma Allen, natives of England, who came to Richfield Springs in 1844, and there Mrs. Allen died and Mr. Allen now resides. Lewis and wife have had three children : Lillian, died aged two years; Jessie and Carl; Mary E., wife of George El- bridge, of Homer, Cortland county, N. Y., and has one child, Marion Ramonia; Horace A., who married Minnie Potter, died January 25, 1891, and had two children, Ross and Myrtle.
Wood, Noah, was born April 23, 1832, the son of Horatio Wood, a farmer of Butler who was also a man of local prominence, being a justice for twenty years, and who died in 1860. His wife, Angeline, the mother of seven children, died in 1886. Noah's education was received at Lima, N. Y., and the M. G. B. Institute at Concord, N. H. He graduated in 1860. His principal occupation has been farming. September 10, 1861, he married Addie B., daughter of John Hall, of Cicero, N. Y., and both are prominent in the M. E. church of Wolcott. Mr. Wood is a man of much character and has filled many positions of trust and responsibility, such as president of the village, trustee of the Leavenworth Institute, and justice of the peace, holding the latter posi- tion twelve years.
Wood, Major William, was born near his present home August 1, 1830, son of Horatio N. Wood. He is a graduate of Union College, of Albany Law School, was admitted to the bar in 1857, and practiced that profession two years with Hon. J. B. Deeker. As captain of Company G of the 9th Heavy Artillery he achieved distinction on many a bloody field, promotion to the rank of major and for personnl bravery be- fore Petersburg, was breveted lieutenant colonel by President Johnson. A bullet wound in the face, received at Sailor Creek, necessitated his retirement from the service for some months, after which he was commissioned lieutenant colonel, and his battalion detailed for the protection of the city of Washington. Equally distinguished as a statesman in the county and State Legislature, having been a meniber of assembly in 1886, Major Wood finds in the retirement of his country home and the management of his farming and business interests, congenial occupation. In 1866 he married Mary Green, of Mt. Morris, N. Y., and their children are: George C., Horatio N. Angeline, Julia D., and Walter W.
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White, Charles S., was born in Rensselaer county September 5, 1833, educated in the histriet schools, and finished at private boarding school. He followed farming until 1-62. September 9, 1856, he married Frances S. Tifft, by whom he has one son, Fred. C. Mr. White came to this town in 1874, having been in the mercantile trade at nis old home for twelve years, and this business he has successfully followed since 1875, in this town. Fred. C. was educated in the common schools, with a year in Troy, and in the Union School and Academy. In 1880 he became a partner in the business, under the firm name of C. S. White & Son. He married Minnie M. Horton, of East Newark, and they have a son, Elmer F. H. Mr. White's father, Jacob White, was born in Medway, Mass., in 1788, and was a manufacturer. In 1814 he married Prisa Lewis, of Walpole, Mass., and they had eleven children : Lewis, Sally, Prisa, Miranda, Philip, JJacob, David. Wilham, Charles S., Martha, and Mary J. He came with his funily to this State in 18.6, where he died in 1870 and his wife in 1888, at the age of ninety-four. Mrs. White's father, Sprague Tifft, was born in New York State in 1800, and married first a Miss Culver, by whom he had one daughter. Lydia M. He married second Sophia B. Watson, and had twelve children : George W., James E., W. Dewitt, Frances S., H. Cordelia, Melinda V., Amelia C., I. Nelson, Watson, Lucerne, Emerson, and Martha A Both parents are now hving. Our subject is a member of Newark Lodge No. 82, F. and A. M.
Youngs, L. S., was born in Coxsackie, Greene county, May 4, 1832. His father, William, came to Wayne connty in 1840, settled on the John Austin farm in the town of Arcadia, and was a large fruit producer. He died on the old homestead in 1884 at the age of seventy-six. L. S. Youngs was educated in the common schools, to which he had added through life by reading and close observation. At the age of twenty- three he married Emeline, daughter of Jacob Vanderbilt, who was called out to defend Sodus Point in 1812, and they are the parents of two children, Mrs. Stella E. Bradley and L. Armeda. In 1868 he bought part of the old Jacob Vanderbilt estate, which has been in the family for ninety years. Our subject is one of the substantial men of his town, taking an active interest in educational and religious matters.
Zelnff, Charles E .. was born in Wolcott September 16, 1841. His father, Benjamin, was a native of Trenton, N. J., settled in Red Creek m 1838, and died in 1885, aged seventy-three years. Charles E. was educated in the common schools, after which he followed boating several years. In 1875 he established hus present business, and is one of the largest dealers in fresh and salt meats in Wayne county. At the age of twenty- nine he married Mary E., daughter of Jonas Van Slyck, of Clyde, and they have one son, Czar E. On subject is identified in advancing the best interests of his town.
Young, Henry, was born near Menby on the Rhine, July 6, 1820. His father, Con- rad, came to the United States in 1831 and settled in Wayne county. He died in 1861, aged seventy-five years. Henry Young was educated in Germany and the United States, and at the age of twenty-two married Ann Eliza, daughter of John Foist, by whom he has five children: George H., Darwin C., Charles F., Lydia A. (Mrs. Rooke); and Mary E. Rodenbach. In 1842 he bought the homestead of sixty- four acres, in 1850 bought the John Desmond property of sixty aeres, and in 1855 bought the J. Longee property of fifty acres, their joint property being 210 acres. They raise fruit, hay, grain and stock. Our subject is one of the largest farmers in his town, taking an active interest in educational and religious matters, having been trustee and class leader and superintendent of the Sunday-school and member of the M. E. church for fifty-two years.
Smith, Ensign, was born March 10, 1830, Rensselaer county. His father, John D. Smith, died here in 1887, his wife, Priseilla, having died in 1865. They left three children, Ensign, Jesse (died in 1854) and Lydin (died in 1878). Ensign married Febru- ary 20, 1861, Charlotte, daughter of Edwin and Lucy M. Powers of Galen, the former
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of whom died in 1844 and the latter in 1879. The children of Ensign and Charlotte Smith are: Jesse, boin January 17, 1862, was murdered January 15, 1887, at Chatta- nooga, Tenn., by a fellow boarder, to whom he had loaned money, and upon demanding it, was stabbed to death ; John E., born January 7, 1864, now operating the homestend farm; Jennie, born October 14, 1865, the wife of Charles Vanderpool of Savannah; Iarther and Imey, born Jannary 14, 1869. Lnther married Bessie Marriott of Galen and they live in Cleveland, Ohio. Lucy is the wife of Ethan Calkins of Lyons; Everett, born April 13, 1871; Herbert S., born April 30, 1872, now in Cleveland, O., and Lester R., born March 14, 1877.
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