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Patridge, Daniel, was born in the town of Manchester, Ontario county, August 10, 1844. . Hle has always followed farming, working his father's farm until he came on his present place. He married Ann Kipp, of Macedon, and they have two children, Carrie and Anna. Mr. Patridge owns 100 acres of land and keeps a small dairy. He is a member of the Grange and in politics is a Republican.
Phillips, John M., was born in Wolcott September 25, 1860. His parents, William W. and Hannah, were for many years domiciled where our subject now resides. John Phillips is a young man of more than ordinary ability and highly esteemed wherever he is known. He acquired a thorough education at Red Creek, and in early manhood engaged in his chosen vocation, conducting the homestead farm of 100 acres. He has found time to fill various positions of trust in his town, but is largely devoted to his family and his home. His wife was Victoria, danghter of Charles and Elizabeth Green, and they have two sons: William Meric, born February 8, 1884, and John M., jr., born Jannary 9, 1893. They lost a daughter, Beth, November 7, 1891, at the age of four years.
Payne, William, was born in Heathfield, Sussex connty, England, December 9, 1845, the oldest of two children born to Peter and Ann E. Payne, natives of England, where the wife died September 25, 1850, and the family came to Ontario in March, 1854, and moved on the town line between Ontario and Williamson, in about fifteen years moved on south town line between Walworth and Ontario, and then to Walworth on a farm owned by Tappan Merrill, and finally to Walworth village, where he now resides. He married, a second time, Mary A. Payne, by whom he had three children. Mr. Payne has been a farmer, but now lives a retired life in Walworth. Our subject was educated in the common schools of England and this country. Ile came to America at the age of nine years and at sixteen learned the carpenter's trade, followed it about twenty years, and in 1883 purchased the farm of thirty acres he now owns, and follows general farming; fruit raising, and fruit evaporating. Mr. Payne married, in 1871, Electa E. Lane, a native of Ontario, and daughter of John and Hannah Lane, early settlers of Ontario, but now resides in Macedon. Subject and wife have had two children, Ethel F., who died in infancy, and Susie A. He was formerly a Democrat and held the office of highway commissioner four years, but is now identified with the Republican party. He is a member of Wayne County Lodge No. 416, F. & A. M. He was made a Mason
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in 1867, and has held the office of master of lodge six terms, and is also a member of the South Shore Grange of Ontario. Hle and family are Universalists.
Parker, Lorenzo, a native of Delhi, N. Y., was born in 1810, and at the age of seven years eame to Palmyra, three miles north of the village, where his brother Seth pur- chased 400 acres of land, and there lived and died. Lorenzo was one of six children, and the only one whose descendants are still here. He resided with his parents till 1862, when he moved to Palmyra, and lived retired until his death in 1887, and there his widow still lives. He married Charlotte S. Wales of Troy, a native of New Hamp- shire, and of their six children two died in infancy, and the others are : Roderick W., a resident of Pahnyra, Charles A., with the Metropolitan Telephone Company of New York city ; John M .. who resides in Palmyra, and Clara M., a resident here. The orig- inal traet of land is still in the possession of the children.
Pease, Charles, was born in Columbia county, August 2, 1810, son of Abel and Elizabeth (Potts) Pease. By a previous marriage with Miss Whitbeck, Mr. Pease had two children, both of whom are deceased. In 1828 he removed to Areadia, in 1829 to Manchester, Ontario county, and in 1834 came to Ontario, Wayne county, where he spent his last days. Charles Pease is a natural mechanic, and has followed manufactur- ing of various articles in connection with his farm business. To the original homestead he has added till he now owns a splendid farm of 207 aeres, and has a feed mill, cider mill, ete. Ile is the first man of Ontario run a steam engine, and put in the first drain tile in the town. January 8, 1832, he married Laura Beach, born in Hamilton, Madison county, September 23, 1811, a daughter of Nathaniel and Lucy (Smith) Beach, natives of Massachusetts. They had two sons and three daughters, Mrs. Pease being the only one now living. Mr. and Mrs. Pease have had two sons and seven daughters: Annetta, who died aged twelve years; Lucy, wife of Edward II. Pound, deceased; Charles Wesley, general mechanic, now resides in Rochester. His wife is Ahna Giberson, a native of Ohio. In 1862 he enlisted in the war, and in 1863 was made second lieuten- ant and promoted first lientenant of the 10th Colored Regiment; Emily, wife of W. Speller of Ontario; Louisa, died April 11, 1844; Celinda, wife of Isaac Hurley of On- tario; Alzora, wife of Charles Gernee of Ontario; Frank, who is general manufacturer and inventor in Rochester. His wife is Ella Meyer of Rochester ; and Fannie, wife of Conrad Schnetzer, of Ontario. Mr. and Mrs. Pease celebrated their golden wedding ten years ago. Ile is a liberal supporter of the M. E. Church, of which his wife is a member.
Powers, William A., the genial and popular owner and proprietor of the :Powers Hotel, corner of Main and Fayette streets, is a native of Ontario county, born in Farm- ington in 1852. The hotel was built as the Palmyra Hotel, on the site of the old Eagle Ilotel, by a stock company in 1836, at a cost of about $12,000, and was at the time the finest hotel structure in western New York. April 5, 1838, it was sold at auction to William P. Nottingham, who became its first landlord, and continued its management for over twenty-five years. The house was owned and condneted by other parties for a short time following Mr. Nottingham's retirement, and in 1867 Robert Hale came into possession and was for several years proprietor and owner. Under his management the house was changed and improved. In 1872 Joseph E. Cochran bought the furniture and fixtures, and leased the building for five years, at the expiration of which time C. B. Stewart become owner and proprietor for two years, then leased it for five years to 1. D. Cummings. Pliny T. Sexton then bought the property, and in turn sold it in 1886 to Mr. Powers, who gave it its present name. This hotel is under the efficient management of Mr. and Mrs. Powers as host and hostess, and is deservedly one of the most popular in the State. It is a three-story fifty-room building, with a wide porch and a row of Ionic columns in front, making it strikingly attractive in appear- ance.
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Patterson, Roger J., was born in Edwards, St. Lawrence county, March 11, 183. His father, John, came from Belfast, North Ireland, in 1832, and were of English descent. He first settled at Edwards, and in 1835 removed to Sheldon, Wyoming county. He was supervisor and a prominent man in that town. Roger J. was edu- cated in the common schools, attended Genesee Wesleyan Seminary and afterward graduated at O. K. Chamberlain's Business College, Baltimore, Md., and came to Wayne county in 1859. He enlisted in the U. S. Army August 8, 1864, in the city of Wash- ington, and was detailed as hospital steward with the surgeon-general, and was dis- charged in March 1866. In 1867 he established a mercantile business, which he con- tinued np to 1876. and then traveled on the road for ten years. In 1893 he was ap- pointed police justice in his town. At the age of twenty-five he married Martha A., daughter of John Veeder, of Marille, Erie county, and they are the parents of one son, Harry W., now of Denver, Col. Our subject is one of the leading men in his town. taking an active interest in educational and religions matters, identified in advancing the best interests of his town, and is recognized as a man of sterling integrity.
Phillips, Clarence A., was born in Auburn, Caynga county, July 11, 1858, and came to Lyons in 1879. He was educated in the common schools, to which he has added through life by reading and elose observation. In 1892 in connection with Edward B. Graff, he formed a partnership and established his present business of dry goods, groceries, crockery and glassware, carrying the leading and one of the best selected stocks in Lyons. At the age of twenty-eight he married Lonisa A., daughter of Henry. M. Baltzel, of Lyons, and they are the parents of three children : Joseph C., Mabel and Edith. Our subjeet is a Democrat in politics and was nominated for presi- dent of the village in 1894, taking an intelligent interest in educational and religious matters, and is identiGed in advancing the best interests of bis town, where he is recog- nized as a man of conservative character and strict integrity, whose word is as good as his bond.
Parshall, Rossman J., was born in Palmyra November 18, 1844. His father, Hendee, was a native of the county, who died at the age of seventy-six and was a prominent farmer. Rossman J. was educated in the common schools and finished at the Macedon Academy, after which he enlisted in 111th N. Y. Volunteers, and took part in the closing battles of the war, receiving wounds in the back of the neck and shoulder. He received an honorable discharge in July, 1865, holding the rank of second lieutenant at the end of his service. The 111th Regiment was a part of the Second Army Corps of the Army of the Potomac, and was known as the fighting regiment of that corps. After leaving the army he returned to Palmyra, and in 1866 came to Lyons and ac- cepted a position as bookkeeper in the Lyons National Bank, where he remained until 1870. In 1872 he went to Sodus and took charge of the Shaker tract of land, and in 1879 was appointed collector of the Port of Sodns Point and held the position up to 1886, when he was elected sheriff and came to Lyons. At the expiration of the term of office he established the present firm of Parshall & Sweeting in the wholesale and retail lumber business. At the age of twenty-eight he married Kate E., daughter of Charles E. Thurber of Palmyra, and they have one son, Ross T. Mrs. Parshall died April 5, 1892, regretted by a large cirele of friends and acquaintances. -
Pritchard, Edward, one of the veteran defenders of his country's flag, was born in Butler December 13, 1836, second son of the late William and Lydia Pritehard. In 1861 he enlisted in Company 11, 75th N. Y. State Volunteers, and was first under fire at the bombardment of Fort Pickens in Florida. Unable to endure the climate and privations of Santa Rosa Island, he was honorably discharged in 1863. Josephine Greenfield, of Batler, to whom he was married in 1870, has three children: Elmer, who died March 20, 1893, at twenty-one years of age, leaving a widow and our laughter, Sarah, wife of Ernest Knowlton, of Butler, and Leland now eight years of age.
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Quereau, George Henry, was born in Sterling, Caynga county. Jime 4, 1846, son of William Quereau, born in Westchester county in June, 1819, who came to Wayne county in 1847, and settled in the town of Wolcott. He was road commis- sioner, overseer of the poor, and filled various other offices. His wife was Mrs. Sabra Myers Lewis, and their children were: George II., William, Jennie, Frank, Corie, and Dewitt. When eighteen years of age our subject went to Michigan, where he engaged in the egg business from 1872 to 1882. Since that time he has been a resident of Inron. Since 1890 he has been interested in the evapor- ated apple business in Monterey, Mich. In 1869 he married Henrietta, daughter of Thomas and Sarah Bean, bom in St. Lawrence connty, of English extraction, and their children are : Mary Belle, Frank B., and Henry N. Our subject has served as overseer of the poor three terms, is a member of the Masonic order, Vernon Lodge No. 66, of Michigan. He and his wife are members of the Huron Grange.
Patrick, R. Z., a retired contractor and builder, of Red Creek, was born July 23, 1814, in Otsego county, N. Y. For many years largely identified with the best business interests of this place, he is yet a hale and hearty man at eighty years of age, and worthy of the esteem in which he is held. His first wife was Mary Snyder, to whom he was married in 1842, and who at her death in 1875 at the age of fifty-five left two children : Lney, the only daughter, now deceased; and one son, George, a resident of Missouri. In April, 1878, Mr. Patrick married Hannah Moore, of Baldwinsville, N. Y. Always a Republican he has held many official positions with honor and fidelity.
Osborn, P. F., was born in Cattarangus county, N. Y., April 10, 1846. He is the second child of a family of five children, born to Roswell and Emily J. (Arnold) Osborn, natives of Cayuga county, N. Y., and early settlers of Cattaraugus county, The father died in Wisconsin during a short residence in that State in 1886, at the age of sixty- eight years. The mother still resides in Ontario Centre. Mr. P. F. Osborn was reared in the village of Sandusky, N. Y., and there educated. He was a carpenter by trade, although he had spent six years in the oil regions. In 1883 Mr. Osborn came to Ontario Centre and engaged in the mercantile business, where he has been very successful. Mr. Osborn is a Republican in politics. He is a member of the Webster Lodge No. 538. F. & A. M., and Palmyra Eagle Chapter No. 79, R. A. M. Mr. Osborn was married twice, first, in 1869 to Angusta Ely, a native of Rushford, N. Y. By this marriage he had one child, Ernest, who died at the age of five years. Mrs. Osborn died in 1872, and m 1879 he married B. Agnes Sweeney, a native of Cattaraugus county. By his second marriage he had one son, Homer S., born in 1885.
Olmsted, William A., was born in Canada, May 7, 1852, son of Lanren Olmsted, a native of Inron, born in 1818, and a farmer by occupation. In 1840 he went to Canada, and while there married Sarah Reddington, a native of Canada. Some years later he returned to the homestead in Huron, where he was born and now resides. His father was Elijah Olmsted, a pioneer of Huron. At the age of twenty-three our subject began farming, in 1874 purchased his father-in-law's homestead, in 1894 moved to North Huron and engaged in a general mercantile business, where his genial disposition and business ability cannot but msure him success. In 1875 he married Phoebe, daughter of Martin Mclaughlin, who came to Huron in 1830. She was bom in 1851. They have two children: Mary E., born July 24, 1876, and Grace B., born March 12, 1879. Mr. Olmsted served two terms as collector, and he and wife are members of the Huron Grange Lodge.
Orchard, R. P., was born in Bath, Somersetshire, England, June 9, 1811, son of Abram K. and Mary (Cuthbertson) Orchard, he a native of Bath, and she of Neath, near Swanzey, England. The father of Abram K. was a bookbinder by trade, and also a minister of the Wesleyan Methodist Church. He died in 1857, aged sixty-seven years, and his wife in 1813. Subject was reared in South Wales at Mantyglo. He began work
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in the iron works and at nineteen years of age took charge of a coal yard. He remained in that work until 1838, when he came to Rochester and engaged in the grocery business twenty-eight years, and in 1872 came to Walworth, where he has lived retired. Mr. Orchard was married three times, first to Elizabeth Whitehead in 1844, by whom he had one child, Rowel R., who resides in Washington as a livery manager. His second wife was Charlotte Baker, and his third wife, whom he married December 19, 1881, was Diana Turner, widow of Silas Turner, of Walworth. Mr. Turner died in 1881. Rowel R. married Hannah Everdeen, by whom he had three children : Charles, Libbie and Willie. Mrs. Orehard, wife of subject, first married Harvey Howes, by whom she had five children now living: Roswell F., Harriet A., E. Clarissa, Charles H., and William H., all living in Michigan, except Charles H., who is a Baptist minister of Clyde. Mr. Orchard has made his own property, and was the first man to deliver goods from a store in Rochester.
O'Dell, John S., a native of Washington county, born May 31, 1845, is the second of two sons and one daughter of James and Hannah ( Williams) O'Dell, natives of Wash- ington county. They came to Marion in 1866, and settled on the farm now owned by our subject. James ()'Dell was a shoemaker by trade, at which he worked in Wash- ington county, but he had a farm. The grandparents were James and Sallie O'Dell, of Washington county. Ile was a carpenter and millwright by trade. He went from Washington county to Onondaga and thence to Alleghany county, where he died. The paternal great-grandfather was Solomon Dutcher of Washington county. The father of our subject remains on the farm till the death of his wife, September 27, 1887. Soon after he sold the farm to his son John J., and returned to his native county, where he still resides aged seventy-eight years. Our subject married in ISTS Emma E., daughter of Edwin Curtis, of Marion, and they have one daughter, Hattie, born July 6, 1883. Mr. O'Dell's farm consists of one hundred aeres, and he follows general farming and fruit growing.
Newberry, E. W., was born June 3, 1841, at Huron. He was educated at Falley Seminary, Fulton, and his early years were spent on a farm. In 1874 he engaged in general hardware business, beside undertaking, at Wolcott, and in 1884 established the firm of Newberry & Burton, furniture dealers and funeral directors. In 1865 he mar- ried Josie C., daughter of Rey. Amasa Jones, of Huron. She died in 1881, leaving three children : Myrta J., Merritt. E., and Albert J. Mr. Newberry again married in 1883 Cordelia Furbush, of Wolcott, who has two children, Mary A., and Bradnor F. Ile is in earnest Republican, and beside many minor offices has served as coroner twelve years.
Noonan, M. D., born in Province of Munster, Clare county, Ireland, February 2, 1829, is a son of Michael and Ellen Noonan. The father died in Ireland, and his wife came to Macedon and there lived and died. Our subjeet was educated in Ireland, in 1849 came to Cayuga county, and the same year came to Sodus, and has with the ex- ception of one and one-half years in Ohio, as foreman for Thomas Richmond, resided in Wayne county. He is a farmer and owns eighty-three acres of land. He married, November 9, 1851, Catharine Haloran, a native of Ireland, and danghter of Thomas Haloran, who came to Wayne county in 1849, and died in Ohio. Mr. Noonan and wife have hind fourteen children: Thomas M., Francis, John D., Margaret E., Kittie B., Sarah W., Jennie W., Joseph W., Nellie, Dennie E., Charles E., Mary L., Willie, and one who died in infancy. Mr. Noonan is a member of the Marion Grange.
Norman, William, of Macedon, was born here September 1, 1811. His father was Isaac Norman, a native of England, who came here at the age of twenty years, setthing in Marion, N. Y., where he followed farming for a time, then took up masonry, working at his trade for forty years. He died at the age of seventy-five years. His wife, Elizabeth Smith, died in 1893, aged eighty years. Of their eight children our subject is
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the fifth. He was edneated in the common schools, and married first, Elizabeth Plumnin, of this town, by whom he had two children, one now living. His second marriage was with Elizabeth Glover, of Macedon, and they have four children, all living. Mr. Norman's farm consists of 118 acres, and he follows general farming.
Middleton, Ira, was born in Ontario, January 28, 1855, the youngest of three children of Joseph and Orsena (Hill) Middleton, the former a native of Johnstown, N. Y., born November 4, 1812, and the latter born in Macedon, June 12, 1821. The father of Joseph was William, a native of New Jersey, who came to Ontario in 1813, where he died in 1842, and his wife, Catharine McArthur, in 1871. The father of Mrs. Joseph Middleton was Ira Hill, born in Macedon in 1795, who married Fannie Gilbert, of Mas- saelsetts, born in 1798, and died in 1832. He married Elvira, sister of his first wife. He chied in 1865. Joseph Middleton spent his life in Ontario and followed farming, owning 300 acres. He was a Republican and served as highway commissioner, assessor, and supervisor. He died April 10, 1891, and his family now reside on the homestead. Ira was educated in the Marion Collegiate Institute, and has always resided at home. He is engaged in farming, and also deals in coal and merchandise. He is a Republican in politics, and was appointed postmaster in 1887 at Fruitland, which office he held until 1893. December 30, 1891, he married Lena Mack, daughter of Philip and Incina (Easton) Mack, of Ontario.
Miller, F. L., was born in Lee Center, Oneida county, January 26, 1859, laid the foundation of his education in the common schools, to which he has added through life by reading and close observation, being a self made and self educated man. In 1894 he came to Lyons and established his present business, carrying a large stock of dry goods, hardware, crockery, fishing tackle, making a specialty of all house furnishing goods. At the age of twenty-three he married Clara Merchant, daughter of Henry Merchant, of Central Square, and are the parents of two sons: William H. and Howard L. Our subject is recognized as one of the most progressive and enterprising merchants in his town, identified in advancing the best interests, and in the leading events of the day.
Mapes, George, was born in Lyons February 14, 1852. His father, Jacob, came from Alsace, Germany, in 1840. George was educated in the Lyons Union School, to which he has added through life by reading and close observation. After engaging in various enterprises, in 1876 he established his present business of manufacturing cigars, and is now employing twenty hands, having an output of from 700,000 to one million cigars yearly, and is one of the best known manufacturers in Central and Western New York. At the age of twenty-three he married Elizabeth, daughter of Charles Frank of Lyons, and they are the parents of three children, two of whom are now living: Will- iam HI. and George F. Our subject is one of the most active business men in his town, and takes an active interest in educational and religions matters.
Mann, John, deceased, was born in Kent, England, and came to the United States in 1820, first settling in Waterloo. He came to Wayne county in 1835. He married Sarah Filkins, who died in 1845, and afterwards remarried Mrs. Fannie Burnett, danghter of Gilbert Noolan, and who were the parents of four children, three of whom are now living : J. F. Mnnn, M. D., of Syracuse, and George and Frank of Lyons, who are now managing the estate in connection with their farm adjoining, raising fruit, hay. gram and stock. George Munn married at twenty-four years of age Eva L., daughter of Warren C. Depew, of Lyons, and have one son, George D. George was educated at the Lyons Union School and at the Caynga Lake Academy, and afterwards taught for eleven years. Frank was educated at the Woleott Academy, after which they returned to the homestead in Lyons, where they are recognized as conservative men of sterling integrity and moral worth.
Mirick, W. P., was born in Lyons April 5, 1859. His father, Nelson R., was a native of the town of Rose, came to Lyons in 1857, and was prominently identified in the
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business interests of his town. W. P. Miriek was edneated in the Lyons Union School, after leaving which he engaged in active business life establishing a coal and grocery business in 1881. In 1889 he added the malting business to his other interests, also conduets a farm of 150 acres one mile west of Lyons. At the age of twenty-nine he married Ellen, daughter of Van R. Richmond of Lyons. He is a Democrat in politics and was supervisor of the town in 1890. Our subject is one of the most active business men in nis town, identified in advancing its best interests, and is identified as a man of high business ability and sterling worth.
Michel, Mrs. Mary (Sedore), was born in Savannah, Wayne county, in 1835, and was the daughter of John B. and Eunice (Weeks) Sedore, who were farmers. She is the granddaughter of David and Catherine Sedore of Saratoga. In 1861 she married Hanry, son of Philip Michel, a native of Gee, Noghern, near the Rhine and Cologne, and who came to America in 1849. He has five children : Andrew, Henry, Katie, Adam and Elizabeth. To Mr. and Mrs. Michel has been born one child, Addie, who died at the age of sixteen. Mr. Michel is a wide-awake, enterprising man. He began farming at twenty-five, and in time accumulated a large property. His death occurred in 1892, since which time our subject has conducted the farm. She is one of a family of thirteen children. She is a member of Wolcott Grange, P. of H., No. 348, and a lady of business ability.
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