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Anderson, E. B., a native of Palinyra, was born in 1852, was educated at the Pahnyra Union School, and went to Chicago in 1869. Here he remained three years in con- nection with the chief grain inspector's office of the Board of Trade, and for seven years was cashier in a wholesale house there. Returning to Palmyra in 1879, he married in 1881, Elizabeth II., daughter of Willis T. Gaylord, of Sodus, N. Y., and they have had two children : Gaylord W. and Edwin W. Mr. Anderson has served one year as village president, and three years in the Board of Education, and has been connected with the coal trade for fifteen years.
Albright, John II., was born in Ontario, March 26, 1845, the son Abraham Albright, born in 1816, on the Atlantic Ocean while his parents were on their way from Holland to America. Abraham was reared on the farm and was a farmer all his life. The subject of our sketch was also brought up on the farm, and was educated at Sodns and Wal- worth Academies. He worked for his father until of age when he purchased a farm of seventy - five acres. He also has an interest in and charge of the homestead farm of 200 acres. He has a twenty four acre vineyard of Niagara grapes and raises other small fruits. In 1874 he was married to Miss Joanna II. Johnson of Williamson, daughter of the late James Johnson, and they have one son, J. Stanley, born October 24, 1878. Mr. and Mrs. Albright are members of South Shore Grange, No. 552, and they attend the Presbyterian church at Ontario Centre.
Austin, Orlando, was born in Williamson, April 3, 1826, a son of Pasqua and Mar- garet (Davis) Austin, natives of Washington county. The grandfather of our subject was Pasqua Austin, a native of Rhode Island born in 1765, who came to Williamson about. 1771, and died in 1834. The father of our subject came to Williamson in 1824, and bought part of the farm now owned by Orlando, to which he added later, retiring from active life at the age of sixty-five. He died in 1886 and his wife in 1876. Orlando was reared on the farm and lived at home until the age of thirty. He then went to lowa and superintended railroad work for a time, and then went to Wisconsin for a short time; thence to Chicago in 1856, where he invested in real estate. In 1858 he re- turned to this town, and three years later engaged as traveling salesman for mirsery stock. Six years later he went west and engaged in the nursery business with Frank Norris, of Brighton, selling out to him after one year, and going to Iowa, where he en- gaged in the forest tree nursery business for four years. In 1876 he came to Williamson and married (1877) Clarissa M. Barker of Pittsford. They resided in Pittsford five years. He then engaged in the real estate business in Rochester two years, afterwards traveling in the interest of a soda and baking powder house for a year. He then re- turned to Williamson and bought the homestead, where he has since lived. The place consists of 100 acres of fine land, on which he has made many improvements. Ile is member of Pultneyville Lodge, No. 159, F. & A. M. Mr. and Mrs. Austin have one daughter, Lula C.
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Anderson, George, son of Peter and Pamela Anderson, was born in Wayne county, April 21, 1859. Beside himself, there were Jennie and Lillie, who both died in 1884; John, now also resides in Savannah, and Kate, the wife of Charles Reade, jr .. of this place. Peter Anderson came from Seneca into Wayne county when a young man, and
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cleared a farin fonr miles northwest of Savannah. At this time he is seventy five years of age, and lives a retired life at Sonth Sodns. His wife, Pamelia, was a daughter of John W. Haddon, and died September 15, 1884. The boyhood of our subject was spent in Savannah, where he acquired an excellent edneation, and he married December 4, 1878, Lottie, daughter of Charles Reed of Savannah. They have three children : Cora, born September 15, 1880; Minnie, born May 9, 1882: Ross P., born February 22, 1887. Mr. Anderson is a man of so retiring nature that only intimate friends recognize his real worth and ability. Ile built in 1884 a very handsome modern residence.
Allen, Joseph, a native of Mansfield, Conn., born June 19, 1820, came with his pa- rents to Oneida conmy the same year, and to Newark, Wayne county in 1839. Two years later he removed to Palmyra, and entered the machine shop of Eldridge Williams. In 1842 he began the manufacture of seales here, and in 1844 manufactured the Fair- banks scales comprising all the different styles. In 1855 he commenced selling dry goods and groceries, at the same time continning the manufacture of scales and agri- cultural implements, having a general store, and this he has followed for the past thirty years. He has a large store, fifty-six feet front and 110 feet deep, comprising two and a half stories.
Alborn, Edward F., was born in Waddington, Eng., January 22, 1846, the fifth child of ten children born to Edward and Elizabeth (Green) Alborn, natives of England. Edward came to Ontario in 1854, but soon moved to Walworth, and there the father died in July, 1892. His wife survives him and resides in that town. Edward was nine years of age when his parents came to Ontario. He was reared on a farm, educated in the common schools, and has been a contractor and a miner of iron ore in Ontario for ten years. At present he is a farmer, and owns 115 aeres of land. In addition to farm- ing he is interested in stock and frnit raising. Mr. Alborn is a Prohibitionist, and is a member of of the Presbyterian church of Ontario Centre. On February 18, 1874, he married Eliza Lolley, a native of Ontario, and daughter of Thomas and Sarah Lolley, natives of England, be from Yorkshire and she from Kent. Seven children were born to Mr. Alborn and wife : Edward T, Joseph A., Cora B., Charles W., Floyd A., Lewis P., and Clarence L. Indian relics have been plowed up on the farm Mr. Alborn now owns.
Alden, Hiram, was born in Kenosha, Wis., Jannary 25, 1847. Tlis father was a native of Wayne county, moved to Wisconsin and died there in 1847. Iliram was educated in the common schools and finished at the Sodus Academy. after which he re- turned to his grandfather, Ede Alden. At the age of thirty-two he married Mattie E., daughter of George W. Peterson of Sheboygan county, Wis .. and they are the parents of one son, E. Leroy and one daughter, Myrtie I. In 1875 he bonght the Alvah Brun- dage estate of seventy-six acres, raising hay, grain and stock and small fruits, taking an intelligent interest in educational and religious matters.
Allen, Charles E., was bern in Ontario, May 1, 1861, the son of Jeremiah and Maria Grant Allen, natives of Ontario. Jeremiah Allen was a farmer. He and his wife were members of the M. E. church. He died in September, 1882. Our subject was reared on a farm, and educated in the Rochester Union Schools. He has always been a farmer and owns seventy-five acres of land. Jannary 22, 1883. he married Ada Coyer of Oswego. and they have two children, Bertha M. and Clifford F. Mrs. Allen is a danghter of Benjamin and Eliza Coyer, who resided in Oswego many years, where both died when Mrs. Allen was a child.
Allen, F. S., was born June 22, 1857, the son of Jeremiah and Maria Grant Allen, mentioned in this work. The subject of this sketch was reared on a farm, and educated in the common schools, and he now owns twenty-five acres of land and raises small fruits. Ile married Addie Cone, of Ontario, danghter of George B. Cone, who died in 1882. Mr. and Mrs. Allen have one son, Jay M., born July 17, 1881.
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Allen, Henry C., was born in the town of Root, Montgomery county, February 8, 1837, and is the oldest of five children of Abram P. and Emeline ( Vorhees) Allen. The grandfather was Prince Allen, and the grandmother, Ruth (Pratt) Allen, were both born in Washington county, N. Y., and in an early day settled in Montgomery county, where they lived and died. The father of our subject came to Marion in 1856. where he resided until his death, January 4, 1859, and his wife in October, 1868. Of the family there are three sons and one daughter now living. Elisha P'. was in the Rebellion, and was wounded at Gettysburg, where he died from his wounds and was buried in the national cemetery. Our subject was reared npon the farm and has always followed farming and carpentry. He also buys and sells apples and is quite largely engaged in fruit growing. He married, in 1862, Louisa M., daughter of J. H. Bilby. They have one son, Elmer J. Allen, who resides with them and works the farm. His wife is Carrie N. Pulver, of Marion, and they have one son, Wayne. Mr. Allen has been supervisor of the town, and is a member of the A. O. U. W. of Marion.
Anstin, William C., born in Williamson, May 21, 1822, is the son of Nathan L. and Dorcas (Congdon) Austin, natives of Washington county, who came to Williamson in 1819. He died February 19, 1872, and his wife Inne 7, 1879. The grandfather was Pasqua Austin, born June 3, 1765, and died August 5, 1834. His wife was Penelope Lee, born in 1777, and died November 22, 1830. Subject was educated in the common schools and at the Marion Academy, and followed farming until twenty years of age, when he engaged in speenlating in stock, which he followed sixteen years. He then engaged in the mercantile business in Marion, and built the store now ocenpied by Mr. Peer. Ile was appointed postmaster, and held the office six years. He engaged in the undertaking business and continued until April 1, 1894, when he sold to Scott B. Curtis. He was deputy sheriff a short time, but resigned and was justice of peace for four years. He married, in 1850, Armina Boyce, a native of Washington county, and daughter of Peter and Ennice (Davis) Boyce, who came from Washington county to Marion and went West, and Mr. Boyce died in Morley, Mo., and his wife in Chicago, Ill. The maternal grandfather of subject was John Congdon, a native of Rhode Island, who came to Washington county in an early day, where he died.
Aikin, John B., represents one of the pioneer families of the locality. His parents, John and Margaret (Young) Aiken, came into Butler county sixty years ago, and their original domicile was a log house, a residence which, however, seemed conducive to longevity, as they reached and adorned age. John B. acquired a good education during the palmy days of the old academy at Red Creek, and npon the attainment of his major- ity became a tiller of the soil. As commissioner of roads, and of excise, he has demon- strated publie office to be a personal trust. In 1864 he married Josephine Wadsworth, of Butler, by whom he had two children, who died in infancy, and a son and danghter, who remain : William J. and Nellie M.
Barker, David E., of Macedon, was born in Monroe county, May 23, 1853, a son of William G., who was born in Canada June 24, 1809, and came to the United States at an early age. He settled in Dutchess county and engaged in farming, which he followed all his life. William G. married Caroline Cornell, danghter of William Cornell, and they had eight children, four now living. She was of the family of Friends. David E. was the youngest child. He was edneated at the Macedon Academy, and married Fannie Baker. ITe, like his father, has always followed agriculture. He married second, Alice Green, of Michigan, November 1, 1883, by whom he has two children : Adda and William. Mr. Barker is a Granger, and a Republican in politics.
Bradley, William, was born in Lyons, April 7, 1819. His father, Thomas, was a native of Londonderry, Ireland, came to the United States and settled in Alloway (a small hamlet in South Lyons), and entered the employ of Captain HI. Towar. In 1818 he married Miss Lonanna Bradley, who came from Litchfield, Conn., and soon
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after bought what has been known since that time as the Bradley Farm on the old Pre-emption road in South Lyons. William was educated in the common schools, to which he has added through life by reading and close observation. At the age of thirty- six he married Catherine J., daughter of William A. Teller, and they are the parents of tive children, three of whom, 11. Seymour, Charles W., and Mrs. Rosie Horn, are now living. Mrs. Maggie A. Ternouth died at Albany in 1884. Rev. David L. Bradley was a very highly educated man, had served as pastor two years at Cape Vincent, had com- menced his third year when at twenty-eight years of age, he received a summons from the master he served and loved so well, to lay down his burdens, to receive his reward. Our subject is one of the prominent farmers in his town. In 1857 he bought the William Ennis property of sixty-eight acres in South Lyons, to which he has added, taking an active interest in educational and religious matters.
Blaker, Benjamin C., of Macedon Center, was born in Monroe county, July 24, 1830, a son of Petroeles Blaker, a native of Pennsylvania, bom in 1800, who came to New York State at an early day and settled in Henrietta, Monroe county, where he took up farming. He never came to Wayne county to reside. He was a mason in early life, but in his later years devoted his attention to farming. He married Mariah Carter, of New Jersey, by whom he had these children : Mary J., Benjamin C., Thomas, Elizabeth, Beulah, Martha, and Ruth A., the latter and Elizabeth being deceased. In 1858 our subject married Mary Fritts, of Monroe county, and they have four children : Minnie, who died, aged nineteen years; Clarence, who is married and resides on the homestead; Nellie, a graduate of Macedon Academy ; and Dora, also a graduate of the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle.
Brown, Elisha, a native of New Jersey, was born in 1807, and at the age of seventeen years came to Williamson, where he lived some time. He then bought a farm in Marion, and resided there several years, and then located in Palmyra in 1846, and there spent the remainder of his life, dying in December, 1893. His first wife was Cyntha Hoag, by whom he had three children : Alfred, now of Illinois; William, who died young; and Frances, now Mrs. J. W. Guerney, of Palmyra. Mrs. Brown died, and he married second, Mary, daughter of Stephen Durfee, by whom he had four children : Garrison, now of Illinois; Emily, wife of William H. Nichols, of Iowa; Joseph S., who resides in Nebraska ; and Edwin D., who lives on part of the home farm. The latter was born in 1858, and was educated in Palmyra, where he has always lived. In 1891 he married Alida L. Harrington, daughter of Hiram Harrington, a native of Wash- ington county, and they have one child, Raymond H., born August 31, 1892. The mother of our subject died in 1881. His father's farm consists of 162 acres, purchased of Stephen Durfee, and of this Edwin D. owns fifty acres.
Bryant, Lewis J., was born in Newark, February 1, 1835, educated in the Union school and academy, and his early life was spent on the homestead farm, and later in the nursery business and market gardening on the farm, near the village. The homestead comprises fifty-five acres. February 23, 1859, he married Jane C. Church, formerly of Madison county, and they had two sons: L. Rae, who married Elizabeth Hoeltzel, of Newark, and has one son : L. Henry (the fifth generation on the home farm); and Lynn T., who assists his father in the business. James Y., father of our subject, was born in Essex county, N. J., September 6, 1801, and his parents removed to Cayuga county in 1804, and to Newark in 1806. October 29, 1828, he married Betsey Darland. of Newark, and they had three children : bycha A., Lewis J., and Francis Y. He died in January, 1871, and his widow survives at the age of ninety years. Simeon, gratot- father of Lewis J., came here in 1806. and bought the home farm from Phelps & Gor- ham's land office in Geneva. Mrs. Bryant's father, Benjamin Church, was born in Madison county, September 2, 1816, and married Sarah Osborne, a native of England, and they had four children : Charles, Jane C., George W., and Adelia S. He died, December 9, 1880, and his widow resides with her daughter, Mrs. Bryant.
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Bartle, Andrew C., was born in Wayne county December 2, 1828, and received his higher education at the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary at Lima, and at Clinton Liberal Institute. In early life he served as elerk in a wholesale hardware store in New York eity. In 1853 he came to Newark, and engaged in humbering with B. F. Wright, under the firm name of Bartle & Wright, which continued two years. From 1855 to 1868 he carried on the business alone in Newark with a branch in Clyde, then took as partner Mr. Eames, this firm still continuing in Newark. May 10, 1851, he married Mary A. Mulford, of Inlberton, Orleans county, they have one daughter, Charlotte. Mr. Bartle's father, James P., was born in Freehold, Greene county, July 3, 1791, and was a colonel in the war of 1812. While a young man he came to Newark, and married Lonisa B. McNeil, of Deerfield, Oneida county, by whom he had five children : Antoinette A., Andrew C., Louisa T., Adelaide C., and Alice S. James P. Bartle was the first supervisor of Arcadia, and represented the district in the Legislature, and was , also the first postmaster in Newark, continuing until 1840. He was the first worship- ful master of Newark Lodge No. 83, F. and A. M., and the first high priest of Newark Chapter No. 117, R. A. M. He died January 24, 1863, and his wife January 6, 1873. Andrew C. is a member of Newark Lodge No. 83, 1'. and A. M , and of Chapter 117, of Newark, R. A. M., also of Monroe Commandery, Rochester, No. 12, K. T., and also a member of the A. O. U. W., No. 116. First two stores for general merchandise, dis- tillery, boat-yard, produce business and various other branches of business, and identi- fied with village improvements, erecting churches, hotels, printing offices and building roads and bridges.
Burnham, Hon. Edwin K., was born in Randolph, Vt., September 8, 1839, educated in the common schools and the Royalton Academy and completing his studies at the Orange County (Vt. ) Grammar School. In 1862 he enlisted in Company C, 15th Ver- mont Infantry, and was at the battle of Gettysburg beig honorably discharged as sergeant m 1863. In the spring of 1861 he graduated at the Albany Law School, and was admitted to practice in the courts of the State. In June of the same year he came to Newark and entered upon the practice of his profession as a partner of James E. Briggs, a native of his own State. In September of the same year he re-enlisted into the army, and October 10, 1864, was commissioned captain of Company D, 111th Regiment, N. Y. Infantry, and went with his regiment, participating in the engage- ments in and around Petersburg until taken prisoner April 2, 1865. He was returned to his regiment April 9, the day of Lee's surrender, and honorably discharged June 4, 1865. Returning to Newark he began the practice of law, and m 1872 he founded the Newark I'nion. In the fall of 18SI he was elected to the Legislature, and was largely instrumental in the passage of a bill establishing the Custodial AAsylum for Feeble-Minded Women at Newark, which is now a flourishing State institution, and of which he is secretary aud member of the Board of Trustees. In June, 1889, he was appointed superintendent of public buildings, which position he filled with credit and honor. One of the first innovations made by him was the rule that the national flag should float from the staff on the capitol every week day through the year, which was the origin of the movement to display the flag on public school buildings. Mr. Burnham owns a half interest in the Wayne County Preserving Company at Newark, and has twenty acres devoted to fruit and vegetable growing. He has served as justice of the peace eight years and as super isor four terms. Angust 31, 1865, he married Nancy A. Dillingham, a niece of Governor Dillingham, and of their for children one danghter died in infancy, the others are George A., Edwin D., and Helen E. Mr. Burnham is a member of Vos- burgh Post No. 99, G. A. R., of which he has been commander four terms. He is also a member of Newark Lodge No. 83, F. & A. M., and also of the I. O. O. F. No. 250, of the A. O. U. W. No. 17, and of the Grange.
Brink, A. C., born May 20, 1863, at North Wolcott, is the son of Emmons Brink, who is a producer and shipper of small fruits at that place. He received his education at
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Red Creek Seminary, prosecuted the study of law in the office of Anson S. Wood, and was for four years in the office of Freeman & Green, of New York. In 1882 he se- enred admission to the Wayne county bar, and began practice in Wolcott. Mr. Brink is a Republican and a snecessful lawyer. He has traveled extensively through the west, being engaged for several years in the negotiation of real estate upon the Pacific coast, and also in Chicago, Ill.
Barnes, R. R., was born in Van Buren, Onondaga county, November 21, 1849. His father, Asa Barnes, was a prominent farmer of that town. He died in 1870, aged eighty. two years. R. R. Barnes was educated at the Baldwinsville Academy and Caze- novia Seminary, after which he returned to his father's farm. March 1, 1872, he came to Clyde and purchased the business of R. R. Mattison, being associated with Engene P. Reed. In 1874 he purchased Mr. Reed's interest, and is now carrying one of the largest and best selected stocks of clothing and men's furnishing goods in Wayne county. At the age of twenty-five he married Edna A., daughter of Henry W. Le Vanway, and they are the parents of three children: Bertram W., Le Van R., and Curtis B. Our sub- jeet is one of the longest established merchants in his town.
Bastian, George B., was born in the town of Galen, Wayne county May 29, 1852. His father, Michael, a native of Alsace, Germany, came to the United States in 1835, und settled in Oneida county, removing to Galen in 1837. George B. received a com- mon school education. At the age of twenty-one he married Carrie, daughter of George Ehresman, of Lyons, and they are the parents of four children : George H., Ella B., Eva L., and Meda Belle. In 1881 he and his brother purchased 320 acres of land about a mile and a half south of the village, afterwards dividing the property, each taking one- half. He is one of the leading farmers of the locality, and is engaged in raising hay, grain, fruit, stock, etc., also runs a milk dairy, averaging 200 quarts daily. Our subjeet takes an active interest in politics, being a Democrat. Ile was elected town assessor in 1886 and served three years.
Bennett, Charles, was born in Williamson, January 20, 1822, and is a son of Josialı and Ruth Bennett, mentioned in this work. Our subject was educated in the Palmyra and Marion Academies. He has always been a farmer and owns eighty- five acres of land, on which his father settled. Mr. Bennet was a Whig, and assisted in organizing the Republican party, of which he has since been a member. He has been collector one year and assessor nine years, and also trustee of the school for several years. He was a member of I. O. O. F. Mr. Bennett married twice ; first, Delia Warner, of Sodus, they had six children, of whom five are living : J. Warner, who has been a postal clerk for fifteen years and is now a druggist in Williamson, he married Lelia Brown, of Rielville ; Josiah, died in infancy ; Ellen W. ; C. Fred ; Edward A .; Mamie C. Mrs. Bennett died in 1871, and Mr. Bennett married for a second wife Mrs. Phebe I. Bishop, of Rich- ville, N. Y. She had two children by a former husband, Mattie I. and Errie R. Bishop. There was born to Mr. and Mrs. Bennett one daughter, Jennie D., now married to Mr. I. Brasser, of Buffalo,
Bishop, John Calvin, was born February 7, 1829, a son of Captain Chauncey Bishop, of Rose, being the eighth generation in America, from John Bishop, who emigrated to Guilford, Conn., in 1639. Necessity compelled an early departure from home of some of the children to earn their own support, and John C. began teaching in the town of Lyons, November 2, 1845, before he was seventeen. He was successful and continued teaching and attending school for the next ten years. He graduated at Normal school at Albany, April 4, 1850. At Albany he was attacked by cholera and just escaped death. He studied surveying and engineering under Prof. George R. Perkins, and though he has lived on a farm his chief occupation is engineering. His wife was Mary Skilton Avery, a descendant in the seventh generation from Christopher Avery, who emigrated from England in 1630. She is of the family known as "The Averys, of
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Groton." The most distinguished member of the family from Wayne county was the late Hon. John 11. Camp, of Lyons, a descendant of Christopher Avery. The Skiltous were an old Connectieut family. The children of John C. and Mary Bishop were all born at Pilgrimport, their present residence. The first born, Anna, died in 1870, aged fifteen. Charles Avery, the oldest son, is a farmer in Tyre, Seneca county. His wife was Jane E., daughter of William Smart, who came from England to Lyons about 1.854. Their home is five miles south of Savannah village. They have five children. He is a representative man of the best type of young American farmers. Lincoln, the next son, also a farmer, resides at Pilgrimport. His wife was Francis Louise, daughter of William Barrett, who is a grandson of Elder Barrett, the Rose Baptist preacher of seventy years ago. Jolm C. and Lincoln live as one family, Lincoln doing considerable surveying every year, being a competent and skillful engineer. The youngest daughter, Sarah, is at home unmarried. The youngest son, John Skilton, born September, 1861, was educated in the Lyons Union School, Union University and the Albany Law School. He had seven diplomas of graduation, and had been admitted to the bar in Albany on a Supreme Court examination before he finished his course in the law school. He went to Lincoln, Neb., in 1887. The Western Banker, a commercial pub- lication of Chicago, issue of May 15, 1894, contains a portrait and sketch of his life and character. June 20, 1894, he married Cora L. Knapp, of Rose Valley, N. Y. She is the eldest daughter of E. H. Knapp, esq., who belongs to the family of Knapps residing in Butler. They are of Connecticut stock, and date back to colonial times.
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