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Mich. Mr. and Mrs. Norton have one son, Harrison W., born September, 1886, and one daughter. Lucille C., born May, 1891. Mr. Norton is a zealous Mason, being a member of Wayne Lodge No. 416, F. and A. M., of which he served as master six years.
Newell, Mrs. Emily J., is a daughter of R. Cahoon, of Little Falls, Herkimer county, N. Y., and was born there June 29, 1829. Her father came to Wayne in 1842, pur- chasing a farm in Huron. She married, in 1849, Roger HI. Newell, a life-long resident of Huron. He was a prominent Odd Fellow and Mason, and was at various tunes constable, town clerk, and commissioner of highways. His principal business, how- ever, was farming, and he was a large land owner in Huron. Mr. Newell was also a prominent Granger, and in politics he was a Democrat. He was always charitable to the needy. He died April 30, 1893, aged seventy-two years and three months, and a year later Mrs. Newell became a resident of Wolcott by the purchase of an elegant home, corner Wright and Orchard streets.
Olmstead, Ira M., was born in Huron December 29, 1821. His father, Elijah, came from Connecticut in 1810 and reared a large family of children. He died in: 1833, and since that time Ira has been a resident of Butler. He married, in 1850, Olive, daughter of Ethan W. Allen, and of their three children, H. Allen, Incy Irene, and an infant daughter, only the former, born July 28, 1853, is now living. Mr. Olmstead is a veteran of the late war, with Company E, 96th Regiment, N. Y. S. Volunteers. Allen Olmstead married, in 1873, Flora F. Campbell, of Butler, by whom he has had three children, Charles A., Ira, Le Roy and Zemira E.
Owen, C. Wooster, was born in Penfield, Monroe county, July 8, 1841, the sixth of a family of nine children born to C. W. and Clarissa (Beebe) Owen, natives of Ballston Springs, Saratoga county, and of Vermont, respectively. C. W. Owen came to Monroe county when a young man, in 1814, and learned the carpenters' trade, also owning a good property in the village of Penfield, where he spent his last days, and where his widow now resides, at the age of eighty-five years. The grandfather of C. W. was William, who was born December 29, 1764, a native of Boston, who spent much of his life in Penfield, where he died, May, 1833. Ile served in the Revolution three years. Our subject was reared in Penfield, and there educated, coming to Ontario at the age of nineteen years, and learned the tinners' trade. In 1863 he formed a partership with M. Loekman in the tin and stove business, and then Mr. Owen purchased his interest, and has since been alone in the business, which he has enlarged in many ways, carrying a line of paints, oils and glass, besides his regular lines of stoves, furnishing goods, agricultural implements, ete. He is a Republican in politics, and a member of the A. O. U. W., Lake Shore Lodge, No. 306. I. B., a brother of our subject, was in the late war abont two years, and was killed in the battle of Spottsylvania, May 10, 1864. In December, 1873, Mr. Owen married Emma Fewster, a native of Antwerp, Jefferson county, and they have two children : Daisey and Charles F.
Ostrander, Rev. L. A., D.D., was born in Franklinville, Cattaraugus county, N. Y., July 14, 1843. His father, Joseph Ostrander, a farmer in moderate circumstances, died when he was eight years old. Shortly after this his home was broken up. He went to Chicago and took a position in a drug store. When fifteen years of age, feeling it his duty to preach the gospel, he determined to obtain a liberal education. He pre- pared for college at Cazenovia Seminary. During the winters he taught school. He entered Knox College at Galesburg, Ill., in 1861. After two years he went to Hamil- ton College at Clinton, N. Y., where he graduated in 1865, He took both "Head" ora- tion and the "Clark" prize at Ilamilton. Upon leaving college he accepted an appoint- ment as tutor in Robert College at Constantinople (Turkey). He traveled quite ex- tensively in Europe, also in Egypt and the Holy Land. Returning to America in 1867 he began the study of theology, graduating at Union Theological Seminary in 1871.
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WV hile pursuing his theological studies he entered the lecture field and gave a course of five oriental lectures, by this means meeting his seminary expenses. In 1871 he re- turned to Constantinople, where on the 25th day of May he was married to Miss Eliza A. Thomson, daughter of Rev. Dr. Alexander Thomson, a Scotch missionary. His first pastorate was at Dubuque, Ia. After five years of successful labor in that field he ac- cepted a call to the Presbyterian Church, of Oswego, N. Y. Here he remained six years. He then accepted the pastorate of the Presbyterian Church at Lyons in 1882. A good degree of prosperity has marked this long and happy pastorate. The church now has a membership of 442. While a hard working pastor, Mr. Ostrander is still able to devote some time to the lecture field. He received the honorary degree of D.D. from his alma mater, Hamilton College, in 1890. He has four children : Leroy, Aleck, Robert, and Ethel.
Osborne, William H., was born on the homestead, September 19, 1841. His father, George L., was a native of Dutchess county. The family who were among the early settlers of Massachusetts were of English extraction, and came to Wayne county in 1833. George L. married Martha HI., daughter of John Cornell, and they had three sons : Charles A., and Gilbert L, now of Owosso, Mich. William HI. was educated in the common schools, and at the age of forty married Julia, daughter of Nathaniel II. French, of Junius, Seneca county. In 1865 he inherited and purchased the homestead of 120 acres, which has been in the family over sixty years, raising fruit, hay, grain and stock. Our subjeet is one of the representative farmers of his town.
Porter, Nathan B., is the only son of the late Nelson Porter, of Saratoga county. He acquired a thorough business education at Eastman's Business College at Poughkeepsie, graduating in 1878. After five years as bookkeeper for S. C. Redgram, of Lyons, he became manager for the Ryan-McDonald Manufacturing Co., builders of locomotive engines at Baltimore, Md., and in 1891 became secretary for the Q & C. Co. of Chicago, manufacturing railroad specialties. In 1894 he purchased an interest in the foundry and machine works, now known as the Knapp-Porter Iron Works, on Mill street, Wol- cott. In 1884 he married Julia Darrin, who died, February 12, 1893, leaving two daughters, Miriam and Nathalie.
Paddock, H. R., only son of Henry and Clarissa Paddock, was born near the site of his present home in Wolcott, May 12, 1840. Henry Paddock, the elder, was born at Vienna, Oneida county, N. Y., 1810, and came to Wolcott in 1835. Our subject grad- uated from Falley Seminary at Fulton, N. Y., and engaged in farming, where his sur- roundings are models of neatness and convenience. His present home was acquired by purchase in 1879. December 20, 1860, he married Lney Dowd, of Huron, and they have one son, Frank A., born March 15, 1862, now a druggist in Rochester. Ile was married May 31, 1894, to Nellie Loughborough, of Rochester, N. Y.
Pallister, Albert A, born in Pultneyville July 21, 1843, is the son of John and Han- nah (Wake) Pallister, natives of Yorkshire, England. He and brothers came to Amer- ica in 1829, bringing their parents with them. The father died on the voyage and was buried at Prescott. The grandmother spent her last days in Pultneyville with her chil- dren. John Pallister learned the trade of shoemaker in England. He worked at the trade in Pultneyville till 1867, when he retired and lived with his children until his death, December 29, 1879. Mrs. Pallister died in February, 1870. Her parents, John and Sarah (Leadly) Wake, came from their native country in 1831, bringing a family of four sons and five daughters. One daughter, Elizabeth, died in England. They first came to Pultneyville, but settled west of Williamson. Mr. Wake was born in November, 1771, in Yorkshire, England, and his wife in 1778. They were married in 1803, and he was a farmer in England. Albert A. Pallister commenced his career as a shoemaker, and with the exception of one year on the ocean in a whaling steamer, has followed that business. Ile is now engaged in the manufacture of boots and shoes in
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Pultneyville, also carries a fine stock. He is also in partnership with his brother, Mer- vin, in the Iumber business at Pultneyville, carrying a large stock of lumber. posts, shingles, lath, brick, etc. They are proprietors of the vessel " Fred L. Wells," which sails from Pultney ville. In 1879 he married Elizabeth, widow of Philip Robinson, and daughter of Hamilton Cooper. She has one son and one daughter, Gertrude and Clif- ford.
Patten, Silas (deceased), was born in Newburg, Orange county, November 19, 1788, and came to Phelps in 1792 with his father, Jolin Patten, moved into the town of Lyons in 1795 and settled on lot 20. His opportunities for education were limited. At the age of twenty-five he married Mrs. Phoebe Williams, daughter of Samuel Row- land, who died in 1850. In 1854 he married second Bridget, daughter of Michael Dwyer, and they were the parents of ten children, of whom but one is now living, Mrs. Mary Teller, who married Arthur D. Teller, of Lyons, and who are the parents of one daughter, Agnes M. Teller. Silas Patten was one of the earliest settlers in Wayne county, taking up large tracts of land from the United States Government. He soon occupied a prominent place in his town, being a liberal supporter of educational and religious institutions. He died January 12, 1882, at ninety-three years of age, mourned by his family and regretted by a large circle of friends.
Quackenbush, Mrs. Elizabeth, was born in Anrelius, Cayuga county, August 25, 1820, and is the daughter of Albigence and Phoebe (Clark) Munroe, whose children were : Albigence, jr., born March 22, 1822, died at Chattanooga February 1, 1874; Maria Matthews, born May 15, 1837, now living at Rochester; Elizabeth. as above, who mar- ried Jnly 4, 1837, Abram Quackenbush, of Seneca Falls. He was born at Leroy'Sep- tember 22, 1816, and was by trade a tanner and currier, but went to California in 1850, where he followed gold mining for three years. Ile came to Savannah in 1853, where they have since resided continuously. Their children are : George, born December 13, 1840; Rugene, born in 1842, died in 187S ; Catharine, born October 17, 1844, now a widow, living with her mother; and Maria, born April 28, 1860, now the wife of Ed- ward Rutledge, of Syracuse. Mr. Quackenbush was attacked with epilepsy in 1875, since which time his powers of mind and body have greatly weakened.
Paine, William T., was born in Lyons July 14, 1836. His father, Thomas, was a native of Kent, England, and came to the United States 1822, when he was ten years of age. He married Naomi, daughter of Richard Thomas, of Kent, England. William T. was educated in the common schools, to which he added through life by reading and close observation. After leaving school he associated in general merchandise business at Alloway, and which he has carried on for the past forty-seven years. In 1873 he bought the Alloway Hotel property. At the age of forty-one he married Mary, daughter of John Gorsline, and they are the parents of three children: Edward, Ed- win and Ina. Our subject takes a prominent part in the events of the town.
Phillips, Clark, was born in Schodack, Rensselaer county, eleven miles east of Al- bany, August 5, 1817. He was educated in the district schools and Nassan Academy, with such men as John A. Griswold, Dr. Herrick and Hugh and Robert Mcclellan. In his early manhood he was a farmer in his native county. He came to this country with his parents in 1835, and was a farmer with his father, and succeeded to the farm. Hle married twice ; first, September 30, 1840, Irene G. Pitts, of Chatham, Columbia connty, and they had three daughters, Mary E., Frances E., and Emma L., the young- est died in infancy, Mary E. married Chester Ellinwood of the town of Rose, this county, and they had five children, two daughters and three sons: Irene P., who died at the age of seventeen ; Mary L., John C., Chester and Robert survive. Mrs. Phillips died August 10, 1879, mourned by a bereaved husband and many friends. ? He mar- ried second, May 3, 1882, Mrs. Izzie M. Holman, nee Sanford, of North Adams, Mass.
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Mr. Phillips was appointed postmaster at Newark March 14, 1872, under President Grant's administration, serving about six years. He was appointed railway commis- sioner in 1870, also a member of the Board of Directors of the Sodus Point and South- ern Railway (now the Northern Central). He has been superintendent of the Sunday school of the First Baptist church in Newark thirty-two years, and is trustee and clerk of that church. Mr. Phillips's father, John, was born in Dutchess county, February 20, 1774, and married Esther Warring, who was born September 13, 1776. They had six children : Phoebe, Joseph, Daniel, John, James and Clark. John Phillips, sr., died December 9, 1860, and his wife February 20, 1864.
Peer, T. J., M. D., was born in Williamson, March 9, 1843, a son of Jolin H. and Harriet R. (Adams) Peer. The father was a native of Williamson and a son of Abram Peer, of New Jersey, who was one of Williamson's first settlers. John H. came to Ontario at the age of abont sixty, where has since resided and followed farming. He is now seventy-eight years of age, and his wife seventy-six. Our subject was educated in the academy at Sodus, and read medicine with Dr. A. G. Austin, of Williamson, with whom he remained four years. He attended the medical department of the Uni- versity at Ann Arbor (1862-63) and in 1865 located in Ontario, where he has since had a successful practice. Later he entered the Hahnemann Medical College at Chicago, from which he graduated in 1871. He is a Republican, and has taken an active part in the political affairs of his town and county, having been United States pension ex- aminer five years. In 1866 he married Augusta Boynton, a daughter of L. S. Boyn- ton.
Putney, Hubbard W., was born in Hampshire county, Mass., March 28, 1819, end came to Lyons in 1840, and established the wire cloth industry in all its branches, making the different grades of fanning mill wire cloth a specialty. In 1842 he com- menced to manufacture fanning mills, and at different times opened branch offices in Amsterdam, Hudson, Poughkeepsie and Nyack, N. Y., also Williamsport and North- umberland, Pa., and Washington, New Jersey. In 1872 he erected the brick block in Lyons known as the Putney block, and where he has carried on business for the past fifty-four years. At twenty-four years of age he married Clara A. Wilds, of Litchfield, Conn., and they have three sons: Cassius II., Edwin B. and George E. He is a Re- peblican in polities, and has been assessor, road commissioner, trustee and a member and trustee of the M. E. Church for forty-four years. Subject is one of the oldest manufacturers in Wayne county, identified in the leading events of the day, and of sterling worth and integrity, whose life has proven his word to be as good as his bond.
Putnam & Co., J, II., manufacturers of barrels and staves at Wolcott, have their factory located upon Lake avenue, near the railroad. ' This plant is a branch having its central business at Wayne Center. There are also branch, shops at Savannah, Lyons, Sodus and Clyde for the manufacture of barrels, and Mr. Putnam is largely interested in mills located in Ohio and in Michigan, holding valuable, exclusive patents for special machinery for crozing and chamfering staves. The works at Wolcott have a capacilty of one thousand barrels per diem, and are under the management of Mr. L. D. Sopher, a gentleman of wide experience and ability.
Pickering, William, was born in England, June 29, 1858, coming to this country in 1870, and settled in Sodus. For seven years he worked at farming by the month, then rented farms and worked for himself. Nine years ago, in 1885, he bought the Robert Hale place, consisting of 114 acres. In 1876 he married Harriet Briggs, of Arcadia, and they are the parents of four children : Willie J., George A., May N. and Harry C., all living at home and attending school. Mr. Pickering is a Democrat.
Palmer, L. H., was born in Nassau, Rensselaer county, January 31, 1835. His father, Jonathan Palmer, came to Lyons in 1844, and purchased a farm north of Lyons.
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He was a very prominent man in the town and at one time held office as supervisor. L. H. Palmer was educated in Lyons Union School and Limn Seminary, after which he entered the employ of Herrick & Co., of Albany. He remained with them till 1861 and then moved to Newark. In 1865 he came to Clyde and in company with S. H. Briggs established the Briggs & Palmer Bank, which continued up to 1880, when the bank was reorganized, and is now known as the Briggs National Bank. Mr. Palmer marmed Louisa M. Briggs, and they are the parents of these children : Edwin B., Louis R., of Baltimore, Briggs S., Mrs. Olive Miller, of Brooklyn, May L. and Anna R.
Peer, Barton P., was born in Williamson, March 20, 1828, the son of Thomas and Emily Pratt Peer. he born in New Jersey, December 2, 1800, and she in Williamson, February 22, 1806. The father of Thomas Peer was Abram, a native of New Jersey, who came to Williamson in 1809. Thomas was a farmer, and died in 1875. Our subject was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools and Walworth Academy, and studied dentistry with Dr. D. J. Peer, and finished his education in this line at Menervia Medical College. In 1852 he went to Palmyra and practiced there until 1856, when he came to his father's farm and then practiced his profession, and in 1875 he came to the village of Williamson, and purchased twenty-one acres, off' of which Elm street has been principally built. Mr. Peer has been assessor, in- spector of election, justice of the peace, and notary public for eight years. He is a member af Pultneyville Lodge No. 159, F. & A. M., and of the Williamson Grange No. 338. September 2, 1848, he married Loraine Merrill, of Madison county, and they have had two children : Duane, who died at the age of twenty-two months; and Ellen Isabelle, who died at the age of four years. This family is of Holland descent, and trace their ancestry to three brothers coming from Holland in 1776, one of whom was the father of John Peer, and the great-grandfather of our subject.
P'lyte, Isaac, was born in Holland, April 24, 1823. Ile is the youngest of the five children of John and Anna Miller Plyte, natives of Holland. Their father died in Hol- land, and the mother in Williamson in 1871. Our subject came to America in 1846, and settled on a farm in Williamson, and he now owns 150 acres of land. He is a Re- publican in politics. In 1846 he married Matilda Ver Dow, a native of Holland, and danghter of Lucas and Matilda Berdine Ver Dow. Mr. Plyte and wife have had these children : John, who married Amanda Englison, of Marion ; Poter married Kate Van Bortle in 1880, and has four children ; Matilda married Abram Collier in 1881, and they have had these children; Annie, at home; Jon, wife of John Van Bortle; Diana, de- ceased, was the wife of William Van Holde, and had one danghter, Clara ; Isune mar- ried Susa Collier in 1886 ; Alice, wife of Marinus Braser, a farmer of Williamson, they live one daughter.
Paddock, W. W., has been for nearly forty years the leading dealer in hardware and kindred goods in Wolcott. Ile was born June 6, 1832, at Vienna, Oneida county, N. Y., and in 1850 began his busmess career with Bradish & Brown at Lyons. For seven years their trusted employee, he then formed a copartnership with S. H. Foster, at that time practically founding the large business now conducted under the firm name of Paddock & Son. In 1871 he built the store which he now occupies at No. 14 Main street, and in 1891 his son, William II., then twenty-five years old, became a part- ner in the business.
l'aget, Tom, was born December 1, 1836, in Knightley, Yorkshire, England, and is the oldest living child of William and Mary Blakeley Paget, natives of Yorkshire, England, and who came to America in 1849, and there lived and died. Our subject was reared in Lyons, and in 1853 went to Canada, and on February 1, 1859, he returned to Lyons. In 1868 he went to Sodus, and in 1879 he came to Williamson, and has since resided here on his farm of thirty-one acres. He also has thirteen acres near here. He has twenty-two acres of berries and other small fruits. Mr. Paget is a Democrat, a mem-
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ber of A. O. U. W., and the Select Knights. September 26, 1859, he married Mary Jones, of Gloucestershire, England, who came to Canada with her parents, and they both died there. Mr. and Mrs. Paget have had ten children : Sallie, Thomas W. (deceased), Mary A. (deceased), Martha J. (deccased), Tom (deceased),' Alfred J., Frau- cis (deceased), Joseph H., Elmer, and Hannah (deceased). Mr. Paget was a carriage maker until he came to Williamson, and worked at Sodus with J. W. Stuver for seven years.
Pierce, Eugene Herbert, was born in Huron, May 31, 1850, a son of John Pierce, of Yorkshire, England, born in 1817, who came in 1826 with his parents, John and Eliza- beth (Barker) Pierce, to Wayne county. Here, in 1860, John bought the farm of 103 neres, where his son Engene now resides, and here he spent quietly the remainder of his hfe. He was one of the first to vote the Abolition ticket in this town. He married Matilda B., daughter of Ahiel and Diantha Guthrie, born in Sodus, February 10, 1823. They had three children: Matilda B., wife of Daniel W. Gibbs, of Sodus; Eugene II., and Lyman C., who is now a teacher in New York. Mr. Pierce died in March, 1894, aged seventy-six years, and his wife in 1876, nged fifty-three. John Pierce, the grand- father, after some years' residence in this and Ontario counties, removed with his wife to Wisconsin, whence they went to Iowa, where they both died. Their children were: John, William, Thomas, Jane, Mary, Ann, Elizabeth, Harrison, and Deborah. Ahiel Guthrie was of Seotch ancestry, and spent most of his life as a school teacher. His par- ents died when he was a youth, and he had one sister, younger, who died when five years of age. His wife was Diantha Bockas Bullock, and they were married in 1818. They lived first in Montgomery county, then removed to Sodus, and afterwards to Huron, this county, where they settled on the farm now owned by our subject. The grandfather died March 7, 1851, and the grandmother January 30, 1873. E. H. Pierce was reared to farm hfe, and was educated in Wolcott Union School and Sodas Acad- emy. He has spent most of his life on the farm with his father, engaged in general work together with fruit raising. In 1-877 he married Emily S. Overton, daughter of Sheldon R. and Catharine Overton, of Wolcott. She was born in Huron in 1847, one of seven children. Mr. and Mrs. Pierce have had two children : John H., born January 4, 1883; and Anna E., born July 21, 1889. Mr. Pierce is a Republican, and has served as assessor five years.
Porter, George E., M.D., was born in Hartford, Vt., June 8, 1867. His father, W. B., was one of the leading farmers in his town. George E. was educated in New Hampshire Agricultural College and Mechanic Arts, located at Hanover, from which he graduated in 1888, receiving the degree of B.S. He then entered the Dartmouth Medi- cal College, graduating in 1891, first locating in Chatham, Mass., and came to Wayne county in 1893. He engaged in general practice. At the age of twenty-one le mar- ried Mary J., daughter of Nahum G. Turner, and they have two children, Lanra May and Clara L. Our subject is a member of the Massachusetts General Medical Society, and is recognized ns a man of ability in his profession.
Palmer, Oseur, born in Ontario, May 5, 1811, was a son of Rensselaer and Mary (Miller) Palmer, both natives of Wayne county, he born in 1803, and she in 1807. He died in 1881, and his wife in 1890. A brother of our subject, John Pahner, enlisted in September, 1863, in the 97th New York Infantry, and was killed at the battle of the Wilderness. Oscar was educated at Macedon and Genesee Wesleyan Seminary. He was engaged in teaching for a while, then in the mercantile business at Lakeside, being the first to carry on the business there. He gave up that business and purchased a farm on the Lake road, where he has since resided, engaged in general farming and fruit raising. The house is known as the Palmer house, and they entertain a high class of boarders from the city during the summer months. October 14, 1869, he married Amelia A. Botsford, daughter of Henry and Diana (Foster) Botsford, he a native of Canton, St. Lawrence county, and she of Marion county. Mr. and Mrs. Palmer have
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