USA > New York > Wayne County > Landmarks of Wayne County, New York, Pt. 2 & 3 > Part 16
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62
Fowler, M. S., was born at Brutus, January 26, 1851, is the only son of William and Mary (Wood) Fowler, of Butler. He was educated at Rochester Business University, graduating in 1874, and is at present devoted to the management of the large farming interests established by his father. He married, November 29, 1876, Lottie E. Wine- gar, by whom he had three sons : George W., born January 9, 1881; Clarence M., born January 16, 1886, and Burton P., born June 19, 1887. Mrs. Fowler is the elder daugh- ter of the late Mansfield Winegar, who was a prominent figure in the social and busi- ness affairs 'of the locality. At the time of his death, May 9, 1892, he was senior partner of the firm of M. B. Winegar & Son, engaged in hardware trade at South Butler. lie was sixty years of age.
1
51
FAMILY SKETCHES.
Fewster, Charles, was born in Jefferson county, May 17, 1855, the son of Mather and Mary Franks Fewster, natives of England, he born August 24, 1819, and she Decem- ber 23, 1818. They came to Antwerp, Jefferson county, in 1851, and resided there until 1859, and then went to Gouverneur, and remained until 1865, when they came to Ontario, and settled on the farm now owned by the subject of this sketch, and here the father died, August 26, 1893, and his wife died December 11, 1891. Our subject was reared on a farm and remained at home, and since sixteen years of age he has had charge of his father's business. He owns 104 aeres of land, and is a general farmer. He is now serving his second term as highway commissioner, and his first as excise commissioner. In 1887 he married Hattie Truax, of Ontario, daughter of James and Fedelia Traux, and they have two children : Ethel M., and Howard C.
Fellows, Frank L., was born in Lyons, August 2, 1863, was educated in the Lyons Union School, and the Pennington Seminary, after which he taught four years; also read law at Cleveland with Judge Williams. At the age of twenty-six he married Anna M., daughter of William H. Vandercook, of Rose, and they are the parents of three children : William, Ethel, and Laura. Our subject is one of the largest farmers in his town, having 300 acres, raising large quantities of mint, wheat, barely and stock. IIe takes an active interest in educational and religious matters. The family came from Hessie Darmstadt (Germany), and settled in Columbia county in 1750.
Fanning, Joel. Patrick and Melinda Fanning were farmers residing in the town of Butler. They had two children, George and Joel, George being the older by two years. Joel Fanning was born June 18, 1855. At the age of nine his father was killed by the falling of a tree which he was chopping. Although he had a small farm nearly paid for, his untimely death was a great blow to his family. The subject of this sketch attended the district schools until he was sixteen years old ; then he attended the South Butler Union School, Red Creek Academy, and the Leavenworth Institute at Wolcott. By teaching school winters and going to school summers he fitted him- self for college. In the year 1879 he entered Adrian College, Mich., where he re- mained two years, after which he taught the South Butler Union School for two years and the Rose Valley Union School one year. In the fall of 1884 he entered upon the study of law, and was admitted to the bar April 1, 1887, and is at present practicing his profession at Wolcott. At the age of twenty-one he allied himself with the Re- publican party.
Fuller, Erastus B., was born in Arcadia in 1843, son of John L. Fuller of Dutchess county, who came to Wayne county in 1843 and settled where he now resides. Our subjeet has devoted most of his life to farming, from 1874 to 1875 was in the produce business, and in 1879 purchased twenty-six acres of land on the lake shore. His enter- prising mind soon conceived the idea of transforming this property into a resort. He put his ideas into practice, and the result has been the development of the magnificent and popular Lake Bluff summer resort, the most sightly point on Great Sodus Bay. He erected the Lake Bluff hotel, large and commodious, in connection with which he conduets a grocery store, stables and post-office, Mr. Fuller being postmaster in 1894. Ile married Emma L., daughter of Harvey and Lucinda (Clark) Sherman, of Marion, born in 1843, and they have one child by adoption, Irvin S.
Field, A. S., was born in Clyde, July 27, 1815. His father, Daniel, came from the town of Phelps to Clyde in 1810. A. S. was educated in the common schools, learned the carpenter and joiner's trade in 1840, and established the well-known furniture house of A. S. Field, in which he continued business for forty-two years, and is now carried on by his son, W. N. Field. At the age of twenty-eight he married Rachael, daughter of Gilbert Fisher, and they have had seven children, four of whom are now living: Mrs. Charles T. Saxton, Mrs. J. W. Hinman, W. N. Field and George A. Field. His business career has been of the most honorable character, and he has always on-
52
LANDMARKS OF WAYNE COUNTY.
joyed the entire respect of his fellow-citizens. He has been trustee of the Clyde High School, president and trustee of the village of Clyde and overseer of the poor of the town of Galen. For years he was leader of the first brass band organized in the eastern part of Wayne county.
Fenn, Merritt II., only son of Nelson G. and Fannie M. Fenn, of Butler, was born September 11, 1849. An elder sister, Sylvia, is Mrs. George Johnson, of Wolcott. Merritt's father died December 17, 1851, aged only thirty-two years, and six years later the family removed to Wolcott, where Merritt married, February 8, 1872, Adella, only daughter of Cuyler Castor. Their only child, Marion, died in 1889, when only fifteen years of age. Fannie, the widow of Nelson Fenn, is now Mrs. Alpheus Roberts.
Flint, Dwight B., was born in Rose, February 9, 1830, son of Elizur Flint, a farmer born in 1793, and a native of Connecticut. He was an 1812 pensioner, and ranked as sergeant. He came to Rose in 1817 and settled on wild land, and died in 1884. He was a Republican and had served as supervisor one term and justice of the peace for many years, and was commonly called Squire Fhnt. His wife was Roxie Howard, of Connecticut, and their children were Dwight B. and Calista, deceased, wife of George Catchpole, of Rose. In 1859 our subject came to Huron and exchanged farms with his brother-in-law, George Catchpole, doing general farming, but apples being his favorite crop. In 1892 he purchased a farm of fifty acres in lot 2. In 1859 he mar- ried Mary A., a daughter of Robert Catchpole, and they have one child, Augusta E., wife of Frank D. Gaylord, of Sodus, and their children are: Elizabeth C., born in 1886, and Dwight F., born in 1889. Our subject is a member of the Masonic order in Rose Valley, of which he has been treasurer twenty-six years. In politics he is a Republi- can, and has served as assessor, supervisor in 1875 and 1876, and county superintendent for six years. He and his wife are members of the Clyde Grange.
Fries, William, was born in the town of Rose December 28, 1847, the youngest of eleven children of Andrew and Catherine (Mink) Fries, both natives of Columbia county, N. Y. The grandfather, William, and his wife emigrated from Germany to America and were early settlers of Columbia county. Andrew Fries came from Colum- bia county to Rose, then to Palmyra, and then to Williamson, where he died in 1870, and his wife in 1874. Of the family four sons and two daughters still survive. Two sons and one daughter reside in Wayne county, and the others in Michigan. William Fries was reared on a farm and worked the homestead farm a great many years. In 1877 he came to Ontario, was for a while in the mercantile business at Furnaceville, and then bought the farm near Furnaceville where he is woke largely engaged in growing Are alen of cancerries and peaches. be -. de- other small fait -. In 1800 Le married Elizabeth, daughter of Emniet Teats, of Ontario, originally of Dateless county. Mr. and Mrs. Fries have had four daughters, only one of whom survive: Eveline died at the age of three years, May died at the age of ten, Pearl died at the age of six, and Edna, born October 3, 1877, who is at home. Three of Mr. Fries' brothers, Andrew, Edmund and Gilbert, were soldiers in the Rebellion. Gilbert was killed at the battle of Cedar Creek. In politics the family are Republican and in religion they are Presbyterians.
Field, W. N., was born in Clyde July 14, 1848. His father, Ambrose S. Field, was a native of the town of Galen. Mr. W. N. Field was educated in the Clyde High School, after leaving which he associated himself with nis father in the furniture and undertaking business. He purchased the business in 1881 and is now proprietor. Mr. W. N. Field married Miss Lucy A. Foote, daughter of Allen G. Foote, and they are the parents of the following children : Charles W., who was graduated from Union Col - lege in 1893, and is now a member of the State Engineer Corps : Edna M., Lucy A. and Winifred.
53
FAMILY SKETCHES.
Fogerty, Timothy, of Macedon, was born in Ireland November 7, 1827, a son of Ed- mund Fogerty, also a native of that country. Timothy came to America in 1854 and settled in Columbia county, where he worked in an iron foundry for two years, then took up his residence (1856) in Macedon, where he engaged in farming by the month for four years. In 1858 he married Marie Coniff, of this town, and of their five chil- dren four survive, one son having died February 26, 1894, aged thirty-one years. Mr. Fogerty is a Democrat in politics and a member of the Catholic Church. His farm con- sists of 171 acres.
Farrand, G. A., was born November 1, 1830, in Savannah. He received a common school education, and with that as a basis has by personal research become a man of wide information. He married March 28, 1854, Amelia, daughter of James Carris, of Tyre, Seneca connty. Mr. Carris died February 25, 1887, aged seventy-eight years, bis widow, Pamelia, surviving him. She was born at Waterloo December 18, 1816. The only child of G. A. and Amelia Farrand is Valeria, born December 17, 1855. She is now the wife of R. A. Wilson, of Butler, now superintendent of the Wagner Palace Car Company in Chicago, Ill. Mr. Farrand, like his elder brothers, is a " landmark " in intellect and popularity.
Farnum, Ammon S., of Savannah, was born in Onondaga county in 1848, a son of Sylvester A. and Maria (Conklin) Farnum, the former dying in 1893 and the latter in 1883. Mr. Farnum received a liberal education at Albion Academy, supplemented by a business training at the Ames College, of Syracuse. He is a trained telegrapher, having been engaged in that work several years after leaving school. At the age of twenty- two he began the manufacture of harness in this place, and has built up a large and profitable trade, carrying also an attractive and large stock of saddlery hardware. In 1872 he married C. Jennie Westbrook. Their eldest daughter, Maud, born in 1873, is the wife of Prof. L. H. Carris, principal of Apalachin High School. Two younger daughters are: Mary, born in 1876, and Clara, born in 1881. Mr. Farnum has served as justice of the peace for eleven years and has served on the Board of Supervisors five years, besides filling many minor positions. In 1881 Mr. Farnum was elected to the Assembly, serving two years, to the entire satisfaction of his colleagues and of his con- stituents.
Farrand, Isaac T., the second of the three sons of Ebenezer and Susan Farrand, was born January 29, 1828. He married February 25, 1857, Janette, danghter of Daniel Kissinger, of Seneca Falls. In 1860 he engagad in the grocery business, but since 1865 has been a farmer. le is a member of the M. E. Church, a steadfast Repubhean, hay- ing been an assessor for a term of fifteen years. He is also a man of sunny and genial temperament, and has hosts of friends. He has two sons, Edrick HI., born August 31, 1858, a dealer in agricultural machinery, wagons, seeds, grains, ete., with stock and headquarters on the homestead farm, and William, born Jannary 5, 1863, who is a watchmaker and jeweler of much skill and success, having graduated in 1891 with a No. 1 diploma from the Horological School at Waltham, Mass.
Fisher & Kellogg. The senior member of this firm, Gilbert Fisher, was born at Gorham, N. Y., February 22, 1825. He is the son of the late Gilbert Fisher, of Butler, a prominent farmer, who died in 1832. He now conducts (having admitted his grand- son, Guyon Kellogg) a large dairy and fruit farm, shipping dairy products to New York and adjacent points in New Jersey. Prior to the Civil War Mr. Fisher con- dueted a hotel at Port Glasgow. He was a soldier of Company HI, 9th Heavy Artil- lery, serving until the close of the war, and although escaping unwounded, suffers severely from rheumatism contracted while in the service. September 16. 1848, he married Chalystia Stage, of Wolcott, and they have one daughter, Mary, born Be- cember 16. 1848, who became the wife of John C. Kellogg December 24, 1867. The children of the latter marriage are Guyon, born March 17, 1870, and Ida May, born
54
LANDMARKS OF WAYNE COUNTY.
October 27, 1876. Guy was educated at Leavenworth Institute (as was also his sister) and was for a time engaged as clerk with A. W. Moore and H. C. Moses at Wolcott. A young man of good business abilities, he is highly esteemed by all who know him.
Finley, Mark C., of Walworth, was born December 16, 1826, and was educated in the Walworth Academy and Union College, from which latter he graduated in 1856. HIe then began reading law, and was admitted to the bar in 1859, and began practice in Palmyra. IIe also served as school commissioner for nine years, ending January 1, 1894. He served as police justice twenty-five years, and was also justice of the peace, having served since 1861. He was again elected police justice April 1, 1894. In December, 1861, he married Helen E. Myrick, and their children are: Han- nah E., a teacher in the Union School; Helen M., wife of Dr. S. H. Hunt of Chicago ; Marjorie C., John Finley and Prudence Sabin. The parents of our subject were natives of Orange county, N. Y., and Connecticut, respectively, having been married in Con- nectient. They moved to Walworth in 1816, where they died. The father came to Walworth in 1808, and was in the war of 1812. His second wife was Rebecca Daven- port, nee Potter, by whom he had two children.
Fisher, Abram, was born on the ocean, October 31, 1844, while his parents were coming from Holland to America. He is a brother of John Fisher, mentioned in this work. Our subject was reared on a farm and worked by the month for twelve years, and then purchased the land he owns of sixty-five acres and also thirty-seven acres, which he sold to his brother. He follows general farming, and also has eight acres of berries. 'Mr. Fisher is a Republican in politics. He married, August 8, 1871, Ella Hulbert, a native of Ontario, and daughter of Norman and Mary Hulbert, and they had seven children : Wellington, Earnest, Addison I., Jessie, Allison, Blanche and Frank.
Forgham, Richard F., was born in Westmoreland, Oneida county, October 1, 1848, was educated in the common schools and is a self-made and self-educated man. At the age of seventeen he established a crockery and variety store in Camden, which he sold in 1868 and came to Lyons in 1871 and established the bottling business, being the first plant of the kind between Syracuse and Rochester, and in which he is still engaged. At the age of thirty-nine he married Mary L., daughter of Sylvanus Bailey, of Lyons, and they are the parents of one son, John E. Our subject is a Republican in politics, and is serving his second term as trustee of the village, being identified in advancing the best interests of his town and the leading events of the day ; the street running by his property being named for him, Forgham street. He is a man of con- servative character and of sterling worth and integrity.
Gates, Melvin B., born in Ontario, March 1, 1829, is a son of Joseph W. and Harriet (Levens) Gates, the former born in Oswego county February 3, 1801. Mrs. Gates died in 1831, and he married second a sister of his first wife, who still survives, she being the only one left of six. They had four children, all now living. Mr. Gates was one of the pioneers of Ontario, was for several years supervisor of the town, and served six years as assessor, and revenue assessor from 1862 to 1866. The grandparents of our subject was Isaac and Prudence (French) Gates, who came to Ontario in 1816, and settled on a farm. He was twice married and raised a large family. Melvin B. was educated in Walworth Academy and has always followed farming. In 1855 he married Rhoda M. Gould, born June 11, 1830. and daughter of Ebenezer and Silva (Bancroft) Gould, early settlers of Walworth, Wayne county, by whom he has had two sons, Floyd I., born in November, 1860. His wife is Kittie Cone, and he is en- gaged in farming in Ontario ; and Louis M., born September 13, 1868. At the time of his marriage, Mr. Gates settled on the farm he now owns, and has since resided there and made many improvements. His farm has 120 acres, and he is engaged in general farming and fruit growing. In politics he is a Republican, and is at present county superintendent of the poor. Mr. Gates and wife attend and support the M. E. church.
55
FAMILY SKETCHES.
Gilbert, Joseph, a native of Marion, was born February 22, 1833. He is the young- est of eight sons and eight daughters of Samuel and Luceba (Wilson) Gilbert, natives of Hadley, Saratoga county. The grandfather was Joseph Gilbert, who was a farmer of Saratoga county. where he died aged ninety-one. Sammel came to Wayne county in 1809 and settled first in Williamson. He was at Pultneyville during the War of 1812. He removed to Marion in 1849 and bought 100 acres of land, where he resided until his death in 1857. Mrs. Gilbert died in 1864, aged seventy-eight. He was one of the pioneer abolitionists. Joseph Gilbert was reared on the farm and has made farming his life occupation. He married in 1859 Emerett Adams, of Marion, by whom he had one daughter and one son, who died in infancy. Alma is the wife of Delmar Hope, and they have two daughters, Daisy and Faith C. Mr. Hope is now carrying on the farm, which consists of 100 acres. Joseph Gilbert is a member of the Williamson Grange.
Garlock, Abram, born in Mohawk Valley, N. Y., May 5, 1831, was the youngest of thirteen children of Jacob and Maria Garlock, who came to Marion in 1837, and here lived and died aged sixty-three years respectively. He owned a large farm, the village of Marion occupying a part of that farm. Abram Garlock was educated in Marion Acad- emy, and was engaged in the mercantile business ten years, but his principal occupa- tion was a dealer in produce. He was postmaster four years. He married in May, 1854, Hester A. Sweezey, a native of Marion, and daughter of Merritt and Clarissa Sweezey, he a native of Marion, and she a native of Vermont. Mr. Sweezey died in 1855, and his wife in 1873. Mr. Garlock and wife had four children : Arthur M., who died in 1888, aged thirty ; Emery L., who died in 1881, aged twenty-one; Carrie L., who died in 1883, aged twenty-two; and May, wife of Edward Croucher. Mr. Gar- lock died May 13, 1884.
Gurnee, Isaac HI., born in Onondaga county, June 6, 1824, was the second child of Marvin and Phoebe ( Hall) Gurnee, the former a native of Haverstraw, born in July, 1799, and died June 27, 1870. He was a son of Caleb Gurnee, who lived in Skaneate- les, but died in Cayuga county. Marvin came to Ontario, N. Y., in 1828, and there lived and died in 1870, and his wife December 12, 1885, aged eighty-one years. Our subject was four years old when he came to Ontario, where he resided until 1866, when he came to Marion on the farm he now owns. After two years he established a boot and shoe business in the village, but soon returned to the farm he now owns, where he has since resided. He married, December 31, 1846, Sarah Baker, a native of East Newark, and daughter of Jacob and Jane (Rhodes) Baker. Mr. Gurnee and wife had one son, Alonzo B., born February 16, 1849, in Ontario. He came to Marion and learned the shoemaker's trade, which he followed six years, but his principal occupation has been farming. He is a member of the A. O. U. W. of Marion, and has been master of the Grange three years, during which time the lodge has grown from twenty-six to one hundred members. He married, October 26, 1870, Euphema Carpenter, by whom he has had two children : T. Carlton and Edith M.
Griswold, William H., was born in the town of Rose, April 3, 1838. His father, Lorenzo, was a native of the town of Victory, Cayuga county, and came to Wayne county in 1834. He married Elizabeth, danghter of Nathan Jeffers, and they had seven children, of whom three are now living : William H., Mrs. Sarah Lane, and Mrs. Helen J. Cobell. Lorenzo was among the early settlers in the town of Rose, and through life was a prominent farmer in his town. He died in March, 1851, aged forty-three years. William H. was educated in the common schools, to which he has added through life by reading and close observation. At the age of twenty-one he married Julia A., daughter of James Weeks, by whom he has three children : Charles E., Frank W., and one daughter. Our subject is one of the largest farmers in Wayne county, raising large quantities of fruit, hay, grain and stock. He was elected supervisor for two terins, and
=
56
LANDMARKS OF WAYNE COUNTY.
takes an active interest in educational and religious matters, being a liberal supporter of the Methodist church.
Getman, George W., was born in Columbia, Herkimer county, N. Y., December 18, 1845, was educated in the district schools, and finished at West Winfield Academy, after which he taught for two years, and then entered the employ of J. G. Burrill at Herki- mer, N. Y., and learned the profession of druggist, moving to Lyons in April, 1869, and established the business of retail druggist and wholesale and retail essential oils, of which he is one of the largest buyers and shippers in Wayne county. At the age of twenty-three he married Fannie Taylor, of Herkimer, and they have three sons, George, Frauk, and William, and two daughters, Fannie and Marion. He is a Republican in politics, has been trustee of the village, and is also interested in school and religious mat- ters, having been an elder twenty years in the Presbyterian church of Lyons. Our sub- ject is thoroughly identified in advancing the best interest of his town, where he is recognized as a man of sterling character and high worth.
Garlock Packing Company .- This firm engaged in the manufacture of steam, water. and ammonia fibrous packings, is one of Wayne county's most important manufacturing establishments. In 1884 Garloek, Crandall & Co. began the business at Palmyra on a small seale in a single room of one of the buildings now occupied by the present com- pany. The firm of Garloek, Crandall & Co. consisted of O. J. Garlock, a native of Palmyra, now a resident of New York city; Eugene Nichols, a native of Monroe county, and George HI. Crandall, a native of this town. In September, 1887, the Gar- lock Packing Company was formed by O. J. Garlock, Eugene Nichols, and F. W. Griffith, a native of Phelps, Ontario county. The old firm purchased, in 1886, the main building now occupied by the present company, comprising a three-story, 36x80 structure, and in 1888 an additional building of two stories was erected. The class of fibrous packings made by this firin, in ring and spiral forms, was originated by Mr. Garlock, and has replaced other kinds to a very great extent. It was first introduced about 1884. They are also large manufacturers of gaskets, and jobbers of packings for flanges and joints. They use one steam engine, with a forty-five horse-power boiler, also an electric dynamo engine, employing from fifteen to twenty hands. They manufacture four special packings, viz. : Garlock's Special Water, Garlock's Elastic King, Garlock's Sectional Ring, and Garlock's Spiral. In addition to their plant here, they have also one at Rome, Ga., and have branch offices in New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Chicago, and Omaha, from which points shipments are made to the various parts of the country. They have a large export trade controlled by the New York branch, which also supplies numerous inter continental steamers. They are shipping from Palmyra about four tons per week.
Gilbert, John P., M. D., was born in Lyons December 27, 1829. His father, John, came to Lyons in 1806. His father, Amos Gilbert; was a soldier of the Revolutionary War, and himself a soldier in the war of 1812. He was one of the founders of the Presbyterian church, and was one of the deacons for more than fifty years up to the time of his death in 1882, aged ninety-two years. John P. was educated in the Lyons Union School and the Geneva Medical College, and graduated from the medical de- partment of the University of New York in 1856, under the celebrated Valentine Mott, after which he returned to Lyons and succeeded Dr. Pollock, his preceptor, and estab- lished a general practice, making a specialty of the treatment of the eye and ear. In October, 1857, he married Mary E. Tyler, daughter of Platt Tyler, esq, of Hillsdale, Columbia County, N. Y. Mrs. Gilbert died in 1882, leaving one child, Mary Louisa. He had charge of the Albany Eye and Ear Infirmary from 1858 to 1861. He received a commission from Hon. Gideon Wells, secretary of the navy, and entered the U. S. Navy in December, 1861, as acting assistant surgeon in the East Gulf Squadron, offi- ciating as cluef medical officer on board the U. S. ship, Guard. Resigning from the navy in 1862 he entered the United States hospital service in De Camp General Hos-
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.