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Smith, J. E., M. D., was born in Hartwick, Otsego county, August 3, 1829. IIis father, Chester, was a prominent farmer of that town and married Mary Ann, daughter of Dr. George W. Arnold, and sister of the late Ilon. I. N. Arnold of Chicago. Both families came from Rhode Island. His mother died at New Rochelle, in October, 1859. His father died at Clyde, September 9, 1892, at the advanced age of ninety-two. Dr. Smith was educated at Franklin Institute, Delaware county, and at Hartwick Seminary, and graduated in medicine at the College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York in 1854. He first located at Corning, N. Y., forming a co-partnership with Dr. Rufus H. Gilbert of that place, but after a few months moved to Waterloo, N. Y., purchasing the prop- erty and practice of Dr. O. S. Patterson, where he remained nearly two years till failing health obliged him to give up a large and lucrative practice. - lle came to Clyde in the fall of 1856, purchasing the drug store owned by Charles E. Platt which he conducted till the fall of 1860, when he again attended a course of medical lectures at the Jeffer- son Medical College, Philadelphia, resuming the practice of his profession in the spring of 1861, making a specialty of chronic diseases. He has since frequently spent several weeks in New York at hospital and dispensary clinies, in order to keep himself abreast of the progress of his profession At the age of twenty-five he married Mary E., daughter of George H. Derbyshire of Hartwick Seminary. Our subject is one of the oldest and leading members of his profession to which his life work has been devoted, caring little for social distinction or the emoluments of political life, but finding more congenial work in the line of his profession.
Seavey, Alvah H., was born in Galen, September 23, 1843, son of John Seavey born in Conway, N. HI., in 1807, who was first a school teacher, later a dry goods clerk, then a sailor, and came to Wayne county in 1840 and followed farming. He came to Huron in 1854, served in various town offices, and died in 1881. His wife was Amanda Gunn and their children were: Joseph, Josiah, Alvah HI., Mary and Helena, wife of D. M. Otis of Wolcott. Our subject began for himself early in life and for many years devoted himself to saw-milling. In 1861 he enlisted in the 75th N. Y. Volunteers, and was discharged on account of disability. In 1864 here-enlisted in the 22d N. Y. Cavalry, and served till the close of the war, and went through the campaign of the Shenandoah Valley. In 1865 he engaged in farming and threshing, in 1875 engaged in the cooperage business, since which time he has been engaged in fruit growing. In 1867 he married Emily II., daughter of Roswell E. Reed, of Huron, born in 1848. They have one adopted child, Grace I. Subject is a member of the G. A. R., Keesler Post No. 55, of Wolcott.
Smith, Hastings B., was born in Marion, June 2, 1852, son of Dwight and Susan (Burred) Smith, he a native of Amherst, Mass., born September 3, 1813, and she a native of England. The grandparents were Samuel and Mary (Hastings) Smith, of Amherst, Mass., who came to Marion in 1828, where the father died, aged sixty-one. The mother spent her last days with her son in Tioga county, Pa., where she died, aged ninety-one. At the age of fourteen Dwight Smith went to live with Joseph Colwell, brother-in-law, and has always followed farming. His first wife was Mary Rice, by whom he had one daughter, Harriet, wife of Peter De Wolf, of Marion. He bought the farm where he now resides in 1839. He built a saw-mill on the farm, and was for many years en- gaged in the manufacture of lumber. He has been supervisor of Marion five years. Hastings B., was educated in Marion Collegiate Institute. He spent five years of huis younger days traveling in the west. Ile returned to Marion, and in 1880 married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas and Abigail (Howell) Negus, and they have seven daughters : Carrie, Cassie, Eva, Leah, Mabel, Annie and Mildred. In 1887 Mr. Smith took charge of the homestead farm, which he still carries on. Ile is also an ice dealer, and furnishes ice for the village of Marion. Ile is a member of the K. O. T. M., Security Tent, No. 137.
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Spragne, L. S., M.D., was born in Bristol, Ontario county, April 22, 1820, one of eight children of Dr. Philetns and Laura Seymour Sprague, the former born in 1780, and the latter in 1783. They came to Bristol from Connecticut in an early day and went to Cayuga county in 1822, and in 1850 they removed to Battle Creek, Mich., and there Dr. Sprague died in 1853, and his wife in 1858. He was a member of the Medical Society of Cayuga county. L. S. Sprague was reared on a farm until twelve years of age, and was educated in Mexicoville and Skaneateles Academies. At the age of twenty-one he went to Kenosha, Wis., and read medicine for two years with Dr. E. C. Mygatt, and then one year with his father ; also spent one year with Dr. E. W. Bottom in Huron, Wayne county. He next took a course at Geneva Medical College, from which he graduated in 1845, and began his practice in South Sodus, where he remained four years. He came to Williamson in 1849, where he has a very successful practice. He is a member of the Wayne county Medical Society, and an honorary member of the New York State Medical Society ; also a fellow of the New York State Medical Asso- ciation. Dr. Spragne married. June 29, 1849, Mary, daughter of Dr. Josiah Bennett, and she died, August, 1877. Dr. Sprague and wife have had two children, Dr. J. A. Sprague, and Ellen J., born in 1858, and now wife of Jacob Collier, of Williamson, and they have also an adopted daughter, Mary C., born in 1870.
Towar, Alex. H., was born in Alloway, August 14, 1836. His father was among the earliest settlers in the town. A. H. Towar was educated in the Lyons Union School, after which he learned the jewelers' trade with W. D. Perrine. and remained ten years, In 1861 he entered the service of the United States as purveyor to Jefferson county 35th Regiment, in connection with E. A. Dickerson, and re-entered the service at the expiration of his term of two years with the 50th Engineer Corps and remained until the close of the war, and then returned to Lyons and bought a farm, making a specialty of coach and road horses. " In 1892 he established the New Haven Silver Plate Com- pany, which he still carries on. At the age of twenty-six he married Harriet E., daughter of Alexander B. Williams, of Lyons, and has one danghter, Frederica Towar. Our subject is one of the most active business men in his town, taking an interest in all educational and religious matters.
Towar, II. T., was born in Lyons September 2, 1832. His father, James, born in 1806, was also a native of the town. The grandfather was Henry Towar, and came to Wayne county with Charles Williamson, agent of the Pultney estate, and settled in Alloway, where he was prominently known, erecting the mills and dug the raceway at that place. He came from Alloa, Scotland, and gave the name of Alloway to that place, where he settled. The family were among the French Huguenots that were driven out of France by the revocation of the ediet of Nantes and went to Scotland, and came from there to the United States. Henry Towar conveyed Louis Phillippe, King of France (in exile), from Newtown (now Elmira) to Harrisburg on a flat boat. H. T. Towar was educated in the Lyons Union School, after leaving which he chose the profession of dentistry, studying under E. W. Sylvester, of Lyons, and estab- lished himself in business in 1855, and which he now carries on. At the age of thirty-one he married Mary A., daughter of Hon. Alexander B. Williams. Our sub- ject is one of the leading men in his profession in Lyons, identified in advancing the best interests of his town, also in educational and religious matters, and has been con- nected with the Grace church of Lyons since 1852, and is now senior warden.
Taylor, William, was born in Sodus, Wayne county, July 26, 1844. His father, E. P. Taylor, came from Northampton. Mass., to Lyons in 1805, and was one of the first tanner and eurriers in Wayne county, and the business is still continned by his son, who makes a specialty of rough and sole leather. Our subject was educated in Lyons Union School, to which he has added through life by reading and close observation. At the age of twenty-four he married Mary M., daughter of Alfred Underhill, of New York, and they have three children : Willard U., Morgan D., and Myron C. Ile
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takes an active intelligent interest in educational and religious matters, and isidentified in advancing the best interests of his town, and is recognized as a man of high business ability and sterling worth.
Warner, John A., was born in Ontario Angust 12, 1835, the third child of eleven children born to Alanson and Catharine ( Albright) Warner, natives of Worthington, Mass., and Holland respectively, she being five years old when she came to America. In 1816 Alanson Warner came to Ontario with his parents, Andrew and Chloe (Fair- man) Warner. Andrew Warner was born in Mansfield, Conn., in the year 1778, the son of Matthew and Ennice (Stowel) Warner. Matthew Warner's paternal ancestor was one of those brothers, who came from England at an early day previous to the Revolutionary War. Matthew Warner had a brother named Andrew, who was a soldier m the Revolutionary War, and who had a powder horn made for him and carved with his name and a picture of the first liberty pole over raised in America. This powder horn descended to his nephew, Andrew Warner, who was a teamster in the War of 1812, and is still in the possession of the family of our subjeet. Alanson Warner was a farmer and spent his days in Ontario. He died November 3, 1883, and his wife now lives in Ontario at the age of 83. His father died in Ontario in 1871 and his mother in 1867. Jobn A. Warner was reared on a farm, educated in the common schools and Walworth and Macedon Academics, is a carpenter by trade and followed it thirty-three years. Ile also owns a farm of ninety-seven acres, follows general farming and fruit raising and has fifteen acres of orchard and six acres of berries. Mr. Warner is a Republican, and he and his family are members of the Second Advent church. Hle married in 1860 Harriet Morris, a native of Springwater, Livingston county, N. Y., born July 10, 1838, daughter of Lyman and Anna (Millet) Morris. He is a native of Cazenovia, Madison county, and she of Williamson, Wayne county, N. Y. They had ten children and died in Livingston county, he April 18, 1865, and she May 11, 1871. Subject and wife have had six children : Clarence M., Rosco D., deceased; S. Edith, A. Emma, deceased ; Francis L. and Arthur A.
Waldorf, Reuben, was born in Columbia county, N. Y., in 1840. His father, Peter Waldorf, now eighty-two years of age, is a resident of Clyde. His mother, Hannah died in 1884, leaving a family of ten children, of whom our subject is the sole represen- tative in Wolcott. Until 1870 he remained at Clyde with his parents, purchasing at that time the farm, where he has since resided. February 16, 1869, he married Lottie, danghter of Henry Sheldon, and of their four children, two are now living: Harry, born March 11, 1872, and Finnk, born February 11, 1877. Lena, born June 26, 1870, died in infancy, and Mne, born November 1, 1873, died when 18 years old. The eldest son, Harry, is a graduate of the O. C. Seminary at Cazenovia, N. Y., and now occupies a position as teacher at Leavenworth Institute, Wolcott, N. Y.
Wood, Sidney W., was born in Kingston, Ulster county, April 10, 1829. His father, Israel Wood, a native of Goshen, N. Y., came to Wayne county in 1830, and purchased a farm in the southwest part of Galen. He died in 1834, aged 44 years. S. W. Wood was educated in the common schools, after which he learned the machinist's trade at Geneva. In 1866 he came to Clyde and established the machine works, in connection with his brother, Seth HI., which is now carried on under the firm name of S. W. Wood & Son, manufacturers of portable and stationary steam engines and boilers, and for which they have received awards from all parts of the States of New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Maryland. At the age of twenty-five he married Catherine Whitmore, who died in 1868, and in 1876 he married second Catherine Queeman. By his first wife he had three children : Henry S., Ray G. and Ella.
Taintor, C. A. L., was born in Butler, where he now resides, January 24, 1845. He is the youngest son of the late John R. Taintor, M. D., who died in 1879, aged
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eventy-five. John R. Taintor was one of the early settlers of Butler, erecting amidHis primeval forest a frame house, which is now the home of his son, C. A. Taintor. in wife, Roxana, was the mother of eight children, and died in 1879. John R. died 1866, aged about seventy-five years.
Ellen wood, Ensign W. (deceased), was born October 26, 1818, in the town of Butler and early in life removed to the town of Rose. At the age of twenty-three he married Catherine, the adopted daughter of Benjamin Fisk, who died in 1887. Mr. 1 llenwood married in 1889 Mrs. Sarah J. Brant, daughter of John Holmes, of Salisbury, Conn. Our subjeet was a prominent man in his town and county, was banker fifteen years at Wolcott, and a large dealer in real estate in different parts of the county. Highly educated and intelligent, he was a passionate lover of music, and was for some years teacher throughout his county. He was killed in crossing the railroad track at New- ark. He was seventy- one years of age on the day of the accident. Egbert Brant (deceased), was born in Dutchess county in 1821, came to Wayne county in 1826, and settled in Sodus. He followed farming, and buying and shipping cat- tle. At the age of twenty he married Sarah J. Holmes. He was prominently identified in ndvancing the best interests of his town, and took a leading part in the formation of the militia of his county in 1839, holding the rank of sergeant, lieutenant and captain, and quartermaster, till they disbanded. In the fall of 1862 he was taken ill, confined to the house all winter, and continued in gradually weakening. health till his death, April 2, 1875, regretted by all who knew him. He bore his sufferings with the greatest patience, and those who knew him best loved him most.
Bumpus, E. D., was born in Madison county, January 30, 1831, son of James and Eliza A. (Caswell) Bumpus, he a native of Nelson, Madison county, born in 1798, and she a native of Fenner, same county, born in 1801. The paternal grandfather, Salathiel Bumpus, was a native of Massachusetts and came to Nelson, Madison county in 1794, where he died. The maternal grandfather was Zelotus Caswell, who died in Fenner Madison county. The father of subject died in Fenner July 5, 1871, and his wife in 1876. Subject was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools. He went, to California in 1859, engaged in mining for seven years, and in 1869 settled on the farm he now owns of 150 acres, and follows general farming. He married in 1865 Charlotte Whipple, a native of Fenner, Madison county, and daughter of Elisha and Ley Whipple, who died in Nelson, Madison county. He attends and supports the M. E. Church.
Stalker, Robert, a ntive of Rochester was born September 19, 1843, son of Isaac und Esther (Clague) Stalker, he a native of Isle of Man, born in 1813, and she a native of the same place, born in 1809. The paternal grandfather was Thomas Stalker a native of England, who emigrated from the Isle of Man to Rochester in 1828, where he died in 1857. His wife was Catharine Lord, a native of Isle of Man and of Scotch de- seent. She died in Rochester in 1856. The father of subject was a wool sorter by occupation, and came to Rochester in 1826 where he died in 1885. He was secretary of the old volunteer fire department in Rochester, was an exempt fireman at the time of his death, and a member of the police force for a number of years. His wife died in 1887. Subject was reared in Rochester, was a wool sorter twenty years, and was on the police force from 1873 to 1877. He was also a member of the old volunteer fire department a number of years. He came in 1878 to Walworth and purchased forty acres, but now owns seventy acres. He married, July 5, 1869, Henrietta Deane, a native of East Walworth and daughter of John and Mary (Mercer) Deane, natives of England who came to Walworth in an early day, and died in Macedon. Mr. Stalker and wife have four children: Charles A., born March 11, 1870, in Rochester, and educated in the Walworth und Macedon Academies. He has followed farming and also was a book-keeper for William Stalker of Rochester, and was in the hospital one year, where he had his right leg amputated. He is a regular correspondent for the Wayne County
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Dispatch. He now holds the office of collector for the second time, and is secretary of the Phoenix Lodge No. 276, I. O. G. T .; Robert W., born March 27, 1872, who resides at home and has charge of the farm; Harriet E., born August 29, 1874, and died October 15, 1883; and Lillie B., born August 26, 1884.
Hoyt, Daniel, was born in Marion August 22, 1821, son of George and Harriet (Skinner) Hoyt, he a native of Pompey, Onondaga county, born June 29, 1796, and she a native of New York, born in Marion April 8, 1800. George Hoyt came to Marion with his parents, Asahel and Rhoda Hoyt, who lived and died in Marion. He was a butcher by trade and died November 13, 1848, and his wife in Walworth March 7, 1871. In 1850 Mrs. Hoyt married a second time John MeCall, born in 1798, justice of the Peace in Walworth. He came from Monroe county previous to the war, and died September 9, 1870. Our subject learned the blacksmith and carriagemaker's trade, followed it twenty-eight years and then purchased in 1861 the farm he owns at present of sixty-five acres, Hle is a member of the Patrons of Husbandry. He married twice, first in February, 1853, Mariett Cogswell, a native of Marion and danghter of Joseph Cogswell, by whom he had two children, Egeron E., born January 5, 1854, wife of George L. Lee, a merchant of Walworth. They have three children, Clinton, Marietta, and Daniel H .; Frank M., born June 21, 1855, who graduated from Bellevue Medical College in 1878 and practiced medicine in Brookline until his death July 15, 1887. His wife was Isabelle Sinn, a native of Maryland, by whom he had two children, Frank M. and Walter S. Mrs. Hoyt died April 15, 1870, and in December, 1871, he married Esther G. Chase, a native of Walworth, born in March, 1836, a daughter of Lyman and Martha A. (Andrews) Chase, natives of Massachusetts, he coming to Walworth in 1819, where he died. He was a cooper by trade and farmer, and they had nine chil- dren. By a previous marriage to Comfort Green he had five children. Mr. Chase died in 1864 and his wife in 1884.
Baker, J. W., born in Kent county, England, July 16, 1825, is the only child of William W. and Charlotte (Eves) Baker, natives of England. He was born in 1803 and his wife in 1806. They came to Rochester in 1837, settled in Rochester, where Mr. Baker died in 1862 andhis wife in March, 1878. Our subject was raised in Rochester, coming there at the age of twelve. He learned the carpenter's trade at twenty-four, went to Marion and there resided four years, when he came to Walworth, where he has since resided. Ile worked at his trade a short time, when in 1859 he engaged in the mercantile business, in which he has been successful. Mr. Baker has been post- master thirty-one years, first appointed in 1861. He married September 10, 1846, Lucy A. Potter, a native of Marion, born April 20, 1825, daughter of Thomas and Rowena ( Hill ) Potter. Mr. Baker and wife have had three children : William A., born October 1, 1847, who was educated in Walworth Academy and Rochester Uni- versity, from which he graduated. He married Catharine Kane, a native of Roches- ter, by whom he has had two children: George W., who died aged nine months, and Minnie A., born September 9, 1874; Charles II., born November 30, 1849, who was edneated in Walworth Academy. He married in 1883 Emily Parker, by whom he had one son, John E., who died in infancy ; and Laura E., Forn August 10, 1851, educated in Walworth Academy. She married Dr. H. L. Chase, of Palmyra, and they have two children, Hattie and Willie.
Hoag, Myron L., Macedon Center, was born May 17, 1840, in Walworth. Humphrey II., his father, was born in Macedon December 22, 1810, always followed farming, and is still living in Macedon. Benjamin Hoag, the grandfather of our subject, was one of the pioneer settlers. Humphrey Hoag held the office of supervisor and highway com- missioner several years. He married in March, 1836, Rachel L. Briggs, and they had four children : Isaac R., Henry C., Lindley M. and our subject, Myron L. - Our subject is a farmer, and at present is an extensive land owner in' Madecon. He married, Febru-
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ary 8, 1866, Alice Smith, daughter of A. C. Smith, and they have had four children : Nora E., Lena A., Willard S. ( deceased ) and Marian E. The family are devout mem- bers of the M. E. Church.
John E. Baker was born on his present farm in 1836. His father, John Baker, was born in England, came to this country in 1832, returned to England and married Eliz- abeth Hall, and in 1883 settled here and bonght the farm now owned by our subject. In his family there were seven elldren including John E. Baker, who married Mary J. Park in 1868, she a resident of Gates, Monroe county, and danghter of John and Rachel Park. They are the parents of five children : Emma B. Everett, Fred D. of Rochester, E. Percy, Albert M., and John, at home, the latter being the fifth John Baker by direct descent. Mr. Baker is now justice of the peace in his third year. He is secretary and treasurer of the Producers' Milk Company of Rochester, which has thirteen wagons now running in the city, and in polities is a Republican.
Darling, Martin, was born in Milan, Dutchess county, February 28, 1840, son of the late l'eter Darling, who died December 27, 1891, aged eighty-two. Martin, educated at Leavenworth Institute at Wolcott, taught a select school at Rose for a time, also in the public schools. Some years of his earlier life were spent in Lowell, Mich., in a wholesale grocery. Returning to Wayne county he traveled with tinware and house- hold utensils until the opening of the Civil War, when he went to the front with Co. D, of the 9th Artillery, a participant in their hard fought battles until disabled while in the hands of Mosby's guerrillas. January 11, 1866, he married Phoebe, danghter of Daniel Lovejoy of Rose. Mr. Darling is a Republican, and while in Michigan was a deputy sheriff. He is a member of the Odd Fellows and the Grand Army of the Republic.
Tator, Jacob, was born in Columbia county September 12, 1816. He was educated in the district schools, and has always followed farming. Jannary 30, 1845, he mar- ried Phoebe T. Shumway of his own county, and they have one son, Cyrus A., who is a business man in the gents furnishing goods business in Newark. The family came to Phelps, Ontario county in 1859, where they resided until 1883 when he retired, but still owns the farm. The son, Cyrus A., was born at the old home in Columbia county Feb- rmary 28, 1847. He has married twice, first. October 12, 1870, Mary J. Burgess of Phelps, and they had one son Jay E., born November 3, 1879. She died November 27, 1880, and he married second October 5, 1887, Estella Chine, by whom he has one danghter, Bertha C. Mr. Tator's father, George A., was born in Columbia county March 8, 1877. Ile married twice, first to Gertrude Groat, by whom he had cleven children : Henry, died young; George, Mary, Gustina, Catherme, William, Hannah, Peter, John, Jacob, and Gertrude. Mrs. Tator died November 30, ISIS. He married second Mrs. Rebecca Miller, by whom he had six children : Margaret, Sophia, Harriet, David, Sarah, and Henry second. Mr. Tator died in 1832 and his wife in 1862. Mrs. Jacob Tator's father, Iaaac Shumway, was born in Ohio September 6, 1786, and died January 22, 1865. He married Mary Evans, born April 29, 1787, died October 23, 1861. They had eleven children. He was a soldier of the War of 1812. The family came to reside here in 1848.
Clasby, Patrick W., was born in the province of Minster, Ireland, March 15, 1827, came to the United States in 1848 and m 1856 to Clyde. At the age of thirty-two he married Bridget Mulligan, daughter of Michael Mulligan, by whom he has three sons: William J., Francis P., and James II., also one daughter, Mrs. Maria Crawley. In 1862 he bought the Darius Cole property of fifty acres, and in 1870 he bought the Sigmund property of fifty acres. In 1872 he added fifty acres of the Abraham Ferguson farm, and in 1887 bought fourteen acres of L. Malchoff, having nearly 165 aeres in all, on which he raises fruit, hay, grain and, stock. Our subject is one of the representative farmers of Wayne county, taking an active interest in school and church matters.
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