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Redgrave, Samuel C., leading hardware dealer of Lyons, was born in Baltimore, Md., April 17, 1836, is a son of John Redgrave, who died in 1840. Samuel was taught in the schools of Wayne, whither his mother came after her husband's death, to be near her brother, William N. Cole, the editor of one of the local papers. He worked on a farm in early life, and then served as clerk in the hardware store of William HI. Hulett, of Lyons. He next worked a year in Palmyra, and on April 1, 1855, returned to Lyons in the employ of P. P. Bradish, who then carried on hardware trade. Mr. Bradish sold out a year later to R. HI. Murdock, for whom Mr. Redgrave worked until 1860. After a short time spent in Baltimore he came back to Lyons and began work in the hardware store of Aaron Remsen. In 1862 he enlisted in the 9th N. Y. Heavy Artillery, and was discharged for disability in 1861, returning to his former position. In 1865 he married his employer's daughter, Melvena Remsen. The firm of Remsen & Redgrave was formed January 1, 1866. Mr. Remsen died in February, 1886, Mr. Red- grave has since carried on the business alone. Mr. Remsen was for many years one of the most respected citizens of the town, and Mr. Redgrave enjoys the confidence and esteem of his fellow citizens. He is father of three daughters.
Cheetham, William J., was born in London, England, in 1842, and is a son of John Cheetham, who came from England in 1853 and settled in the northwest part of Sodus on the lake shore, where he engaged in farming. He married Mary Welburn, and their children are: William J., Richard M., George F., Anna R., Emily M., and Caroline M. Richard M. and George F. reside in Williamson, and are engaged in the hardware and banking business ; Anna R. is unmarried ; Emily M. married William Horn ; Caroline M. married Christopher Ewer. William J. Cheetham settted at Joy, carries on a saw mill, and is also engaged in farming. He has been a member of the Board of Assessors of the town, is a member and warden of St. John's Episcopal church of Sodus. In 1863 he enlisted in the 97th N. Y. Infantry, and served until the close of the war. He held the rank of corporal and acting sergeant. He is a member of Dwight Post, G. A. R., of
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Sodus, has been connnander one year, chaplain two years, and quartermaster several years. He has also been a delegate to the State Encampment. He married first Sarah E., daughter of Rev. Edmund Burke, and their children were: John H., Charles W., Francis E. (deceased), Frederick G., and Maria Isabell. His second wife was Mary L., daughter of Philip Muhl, of Sodus, and they have one son, Richard M. Cheethan.
Younglove, R. W., a resident for fifty years north of Wolcott, was born in Mas- sachusetts May 15, 1824. He is a man of much force of character and moral worth, with all the sterling qualities that eling to the pioneer who has achieved success. De- cember 30, 1847, he married Sarah, daughter of John Washburn, of Victory, Cayuga county, N. Y. They have four children : Willis, Frances, Mary and Nettie. Frances is the wife of Daniel Robertson, and Mary of Arthur Easton.
York, Benjamin S., was born in Huron, November 13, 1825, on the farm he now owns. He was the son of Benjamin York, born in Maine in 1785, who came to ITuron in 1812, and was a staunch Whig. His wife was Martha Churchill, and their children were John, Irena, Lovilla, Lavina, Benjamin, and Emeline. Our subject re- mained with his father until the latter died, and in 1850 married Minerva, danghter of John and Eliza De Witt Miller, of Schyler county, and their children are : lino- gene, wife of Robert J. Kelly, of Huron; Eliza, widow of William Mitchell, of Rose ; Josephine and Christina. As his children have left home he has placed them each on a good farm.
Zimmerlin Bros .-- This firm is composed of HI. F. and C. G. Zimmerlin, sons of F. C. Zimmerlin, and who are one of the leading firms in hardware and agricultural imple- ments in Lyons, The business was established in 1885 in the same location now occu- pied by them. The brothers are recognized in this town as business men of ability and striet integrity, and have met with success from the inception of the business up to the present time. H. F. Zimmerlin married Sarah L. Warner, and they have three children : Grace, Mez, and May. C. G. Zimmerlin married Mary L., daughter of Nelson R. Mirick, of Lyons, and while both brothers have had an active business life they have found time to take an intelligent interest in the leading events of the day, in educational and religious matters, and are identified in advancing the best interests of their town.
Wood, Noah, was born April 23, 1832, the son of Horatio Wood, a farmer of Butler. who was also a man of local prominence, being a justice for twenty years, and who died m 1860. His wife, Angeline, the mother of seven children, died in 1886. Noah's edu- cation at Levina, N. Y., was of a theological tendency, but his principal occupation has been farming, and he now owns and operates a dairy farm in the suburbs of Wolcott. September 10, 1861, he married Hattie, danghter of John Hall, of Cicero, N. Y., and both are prominent in the M. E. church of Wolcott. Mr. Wood is a man of much char- acter, and has filled many positions of trust and responsibility, such as the president of the village, trustee of the Leavenworth Institute, and justice of the peace, holding the latter position twelve years.
Whitcomb, Flynn, was born in Washington county, December 20, 1833, one of seven children of Selinda and Samuel (Smith) Whitcomb, of Washington and Chantauqua coun- ties, respectively. They came to Walworth when our subject was an infant, and thence to Ontario in 1838, where they lived and died. He and wife were members of the M. E. church, of which he was a local preacher. Flynn was reared on the farm, edneated in the common schools, and is a carpenter by trade, though he has followed farming most of his life, having a farm of eighty-seven acres. He also gives some attention to fruit raising. In 1892 he was elected to represent the western distriet of Wayne county in the Assembly. Mr. Whitcomb married in 1854 Mary A. Clark, a native of Williamson, and a danghter of John and Elizabeth Clark, who were born in England, and came to America, locating in Williamson first, then in Ontario, where they spent their last days.
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Woodhams, Owen, was born in Sussex, England, December 22, 1833. He is the third child of a family of eleven children of James and Edith (Wren) Woodhams, natives of England, and in 1850 came to Greece, where the father died in 1890, and the mother now resides there at the age at eighty-six. Subject of this sketch was reared on a farm, and in 1855 enlisted in Company A, 96th N. Y. Vol. Inf., and served until the close of war. He owns a farm of eighty-seven acres and follows general farming. Mr. Woodhams married in 1825 Ann Woodhams, a native of England and daughter of Ilenry and Martha (Jenner) Woodhamns, who came to America when Mrs. Woodhams was a mere child. Henry Woodhams died in April, 1891, in Ontario, and his wife now lives in the town at eighty years of age. Subject and wife have had ten children, of whom five are now living: Albert E., Nettie, Elizabeth, William, and Thomas. The family are members of the Wesleyan Methodist church.
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 represent- ative 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, daughter of Henry Sheldon, and of their four children two are now living, Henry, born March 11, 1872, and Frank, born February 11, 1877. Lena, born June 26, 1873, died in infancy, and May, born November 4, 1873, died when ten 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.
Wise, A. M .. was born near Clyde, March 4, 1830, the eldest son of Amanzo and Betsey Wise, who were among the earliest settlers in Galen. His wife is Julia, daughter of David Waldruff, a prominent farmer and builder of Clyde. They were married De- cember 19, 1854, and have four children : T. Jefferson, Alice, Frank, and Belle. In 1862 Mr. Wise purchased the blast furnace near Wolcott and operated it for eight years, after which as senior member of Wise & Waldruff four years were spent in the manufacture of lumber. With his eldest son, Jefferson, he is now engaged in farming and the choicest portion of the 220 acres is devoted to the culture of grapes, berries and smaller fruits. Jefferson married Susan Wadsworth, of Wolcott, who died August 8, 1889, leaving no children.
Wilson, Emily J., the leading milliner of Wolcott, has been in business here for thirty years, and for the latter half of that time at the present location, where by unremitting personal attention accompanied with unusual sagacity, she has built up a large trade in fashionable millinery and those accessories so dear to the feminine heart.
Waldorf, Jefferson, was born in the town of Galen, May 15, 1839. His parents, David T. and Polly A. (Miller) Waldorf, reared a family of five sons and five daughters, of whom but two sons and two daughters are now living. David Waldorf was engaged in the eustom milling business at Penn Yan, N. Y., and for some years a dealer in grain and produce at Clyde, a prominent Democrat and a deputy sheriff. He died in 1888 when eighty-one years of age. Subjeet's wife was Mary A. Dillow, of Clinton, Oneida county, whom he married February 22, 1865, and they have two children, Gisella, born May 5, 1871, now a teacher in Leavenworth Institute at Wolcott, where she was grad- nated in 1892; and Guy, born May 6, 1877. Mr. Waldorf has filled many positions of trust and honor, and is very highly esteemed by all who know him.
Whitbourn, Joseph, was born in Ontario, October 19, 1862, the fifth child of seven children born to Richard and Catharine (Guy) Whitbourn, natives of England, and came to Canada about 1839, in 1860 to Ontario, and here lived and died. Mr. Whitbourn was a carpenter by trade, but also followed farming and owned sixty- three acres of land. Ile was killed by falling from a barn, and his wife resides with subject of sketch.
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Joseph was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools, has always been a farmer, and now has charge of the old homestead. He is a Democrat, and is a member of the K. O. T. M. Cyrene Tent No. 203. He married, June 3, 1891, Mary A. Hennessey, a native of Walworth and daughter of Thomas and Catharine Hennessey, who were early settlers of Walworth, where he died in 1892. Mr. Whitbourn and wife have had one child, Elizabeth, born October 6, 1893.
Waldo Horace, was born in Oneida connty November 20, 1832, the fifth of a family of six children born to Thomas and Esther (Beekwith) Waldo, natives of Oneida county, and the grandparents on both sides were among the first settlers. The father of Thomas Waldo was a captain in the French and Indian war. The father of Esther Beekwith was Lemuel Beckwith, who with three brothers came to Oneida in a very early day. Mr. Waldo died in June, 1836, and his wife September 6, 1880, aged eighty-three years. Horace was educated in the Western University, followed farming until he came to Ontario in 1871, and was foreman in the Wayne County Mining Company eleven years, since which time he has been farming, owns thirty acres of land, also property in Web- ster. Mr. Waldo has always been a Democrat, and has been justice of the peace five years, and has been excise commissioner three terms. Mr. Waldo married in 1876 Sallie II., widow of Richard Richmond, and daughter of Horace Hill. Horace Hill was born in Macedon in 1799, and was a farmer and miller, and he and Ira Hill built the Hill grist mill, now owned by Mr. Durfee. He was twice married, first Sallie Beach, and had four children. His second wife was Clarissa Kingman, whom he married June 14, 1825, by whom he had three children, two daughters are living. Mr. Hill was a Whig and Republican, and was highway commissioner and assessor. He settled in Ontario in 1827, coming from Macedon. He first settled on the Hodge farm and then on the Whitney farm. He came on the farm where Mr. Waldo now resides in 1854, and died here March 10, 1883, and his wife died August 25, 1873, aged seventy-one years. Mr. Waldo and wife are members of the Baptist Church, of which Mr. Waldo has been deacon nine years. Hle had two children by his first wife, Louisa and Marie Robinson. The only child by the second wife now living is Susan A. Mason of Albion.
Wager, D. M., son of the late Alfred and Gertrude E. Wager, was born at Amster- dam September 1, 1847. At that time Alfred Wager was a grocer at Amsterdam, but in 1853 purchased a farm in Galen. His success in life, which was marked, was with- out doubt largely due to his unsullied personal integrity, and to the honest and straight- forward character of his business methods ; qualities almost widely ascribed also to the subject of the sketch. His death occurred September 8, 1893, at the age of seventy- eight, and that of Gertrude his wife, a few months preceding. D. M. Wager married March 4, 1872, Ella, daughter of William Sheldon, of Huron, widely known as an inventor of several patent mechanical appliances for farm use. Widely known and esteemed throughout eastern Wayne, his name a synonym for good fellowship and unassuming integrity, such is D. M. Wager, of Wolcott.
Wilkinson, Joseph, of Macedon, was born in this town on the farm he now owns August 13, 1833, a son of Joseph, a native of Dutchess county, who came to Wayne county in 1830. In early life the latter was captain of a sloop, then became a general merchant in Steuben county for ten years. Returning to this county he followed farming until his death in 1857, aged seventy-three. He married Mary, daughter of William Smith, of Dutchess connty, and they had twelve children, five now living. Joseph has followed farming, and keeps a dairy of twenty head of cattle, selling milk in the city of Rochester, and is also a stockholder in the Producer's Milk Company of Rochester. This farm comprises 150 acres, mostly under cultivation. In 1855 he mar- ried Khzabeth, daughter of Willim Lapham, and a descendant of the old pioncer family so well known thoughont this part of the county. Mr. and Mis. Wilkinson have had these children : Gillet R., Wilhem L., John C. and Mine E. Mr. Wukinsen and family are members of the M. E. Church. He was assessor two years, and is a Granger.
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White, John T., a native of Schenectady county, was born May 2, 1810, the oldest of fourteen children of Ichabod and Sarah (Tallman) White, natives of Dutchess county. The paternal grandfather of subject was Ichabod White, a son of Ichabod, who died in Dnanesbnrgh, where the grandfather of subject also died. Father of subject died in Sehoharie county in 1856, and his wife in 1873. Subject started in life by farming, and in 1851 came on the farm he owns of 113 acres, where he has since resided. He was assessor fifteen years. He married December 29, 1861, Sallie B. Wilber, a native of Schoharie county, by whom he has had seven children: Ruth, wife of Henry C. King; William B., who married Mary Richmond ; John J., who married Angusta Wy- man ; Artenmis T., of Macedon, who married Abbie Smith; Mary S., wife of George Gilbert, of Sonth Dakota ; Edna, wife of Jerome Parker, of Walworth, and Elias R., who died in infancy. Mrs. White died July 27, 1894.
Williams, M. E., was born in Penfield, Monroe county, August 14, 1846, the oldest son of eight children of Thomas and Sarah Heath, he a native of England and she of Penfield. In 1828 he came to l'enfield and in 1851 to West Walworth, where he has since resided. Mrs. Williams died in November, 1893. Subject was reared a black- smith, and learned the trade with his father. He has lived in West Walworth forty- three years, and in 1890 bought a farm of sixty-five aeres and follows general farming and blacksmithing. He married in 1869 Frank, daughter of Avery Maine, and their children are: Millie, Irvin and Cora. Millie is the wife of Albert Echler, by whom she has two children, Ella and Albert. Mr. Williams was overseer of the poor three years.
Ward, Reuben, born at Wolcott, August 2, 1835, is the son of the late Joseph Ward, a pioneer settler, who died in 1882 at the age of seventy-seven. Renben spent nine years of his earlier manhood farming in Michigan, and has since then been engaged in the same business near North Wolcott. His first wife, by whom he had two children, Benjamin and Emma, both now deceased, was Frances Burr, of Wolcott, who died in 1877. The second wife, who had no children, was Maria Raynor, who died January 23, 1884. The present mistress of his pleasant home, which commands a fine view of Lake Ontario, and to whom he was united March 11, 1885, was Mrs. N. Viele, a sister of J. E. Dow, and they have one son, Renben S., born December 29, 1885.
Wilson, George R., was born at Elbridge, Onondaga county, January 6, 1836. His father, Riley Wilson, a builder and millwright, died in 1854 at the age of seventy, and his mother, Belinda, died during his infancy. Mr. Wilson's residence in Wayne county dates from 1841. Until 1881 his home was in Savannah, and since that time in South Butler. Ilis wife was Mary Gorham, of Elbridge, and their children are: Gorham J., Riley A., Addie A., and George W. Riley is a superintendent for the Wagner Car Company, and George is an expert mechanic in the employ of the Hibbard Basket Works. Addie was the wife of James L. Cox, and died in 1890.
Wells, Edward B., is an enterprising young man, born in Inron, June 25, 1861, son of Samuel S. Wells, a native of Rose, whose father was Rufus Wells, a shoemaker by trade. Subject's father was a farmer, and served as superintendent of schools several terms. His wife was Flavia Wells, and their children were: Helen, William II., Irving S., Preston S., Edward B., Cornelia 1., wife of Bracket K. Reed, of Colorado. Subject was educated in Leavenworth Institute in Wolcott, and has always given his attention to farming. He is now conducting his father's farm, consisting of 118 acres, making a specialty of tobacco and fruit. He served as inspector of elections two terms.
Wamesfelder, Daniel, born in Williamson, February 21, 1861, is the sixth of sixteen children of Philip and Dinah (Enesse) Wamesfelder, natives of Ilolland, born in 1822 and 1825 respectively. They came to America about 1847, bringing one son; Isaac, who was born in Holland in 1846. He has always followed the mason trade and farming.
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He now has a farm in the town of Williamson, which is carried on by his son Daniel. His father was Jacob Wamesfelder, who lived and died in Holland. He was the father of fifteen children, of whom five came to America. Jacob was a farmer and garden seed grower. Daniel has always followed farming. In 1885 he married Libbie, danghter of Fred and Sarah Mentz, natives of Germany. Our subject and wife have had three sons: Philip, Fred and Frank. They attend and support the M. E. church.
Watson, Harvey C., was born on the old homestead, November 4, 1860. His father, Levi, was also born on the Watson homestead, February 28, 1835. The grandfather, Stephen G., was a native of Bucks county, Pa. The family were of English and Dutch extraction, came to the town of Galen and purchased a farm in 1824, and which is still in the family. Levi Watson married at the age of twenty-two Mary, daughter of Daniel Chase, and they have two children : our subject and Sarah Watson. He was a prominent farmer, and died in 1890, aged fifty years, leaving a wife and children to take up his many plans and carry them to completion. Harvey C. married at twenty-five years of age Julia E., daughter of Henry Backman, and they have three children : Raymond, Ella and Ruth. The family is one of the oldest in the county, and for the past seventy-five years have been identified in advancing its best interests.
Weed, Benjamin, was born in the town of Galen, August 23, 1828. His father, Selleek, was a native of New Canaan, Conn. He came to Galen in 1811, and purchased one hundred acres of land. He died in 1853, aged sixty-six years. Benjamin was educated at the Clyde High School and the Lyons Union School after which he taught school seven winters, working on his father's farm during the summer. At the age of twenty-five years he married Sarah, daughter of Joseph Watson, and they have four children : Mrs. Elizabeth Hunt, Mrs. Ahce Wendell, and Lucy C., and Mabel E. In 1854 subject purchased part of his father's farm of eighty acres, on which he has erected new buildings and the handsome residence. In 1863 he bought part of the Stephen Waterbury property, and in 1870 bought another portion of the same property, having 164 acres, and raising fruit hay, grain and stock. Our subject is identified in educational and religious matters.
Welch, P. J., was born in Clyde May 18, 1861. His father, Patrick, came to the United States from Ireland and settled in Clyde. P. J. Welch was educated in Clyde, after leaving school entered the employ of Charles A. Howe, remaining fourteen years. In 1884 he established his present business in the center of Maine street, and is now carrying one of the finest and best selected stocks of mercantile tailoring, gents' fur- nishing goods, hats, caps and ready-made clothing in Wayne county. At the age of twenty-seven he married Mary L. Moriarity, and they are the parents of one daughter, Irene. Subject is collector and treasurer of Clyde No. 132 Catholic Benevolent Legion.
Williamson Brothers .- This firm began the manufacture of cigars at Palmyra in 1870, at first with but two or three workmen, but now employing a force of eighteen or more; having an exclusively wholesale trade in cigars of their own manufacture, and also in eut goods in tobacco. Their special brands are " J. K. W." and " Fine Stock." Their factory was built in 1887, a three-story frame structure, twenty by fifty feet, the top story being added in 1892. Both the brothers are natives of Palmyra, their father, Jolin, a native of New Jersey, having located here in an early day, and died in 1892. His wife was Marcia Haver, who died in this town. John K. Williamson was born in 1850. edneated at the Hudson River Institute, and gradnated in the commercial course in 1866. . Hle married in 1874 a daughter of David P. Sanford, one of Palmyra's oldest dry goods merchants. W. W. Williamson served three years in the 11th N. Y. Regi- ment during the late war. He has served as collector of the town one year, assessor three years, trustee four years, and president of the village in 1891. In 1871 he mar- ried Margaret Young, a native of Buffalo, by whom he has had three sons and three daughters, of whom two sons and one daughter survive.
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Whitney, O. F., born in Ontario July 19, 1823, the only child of Cornelius and Mil- licent (Gould) Whitney, the former a native of Connectient, born April 30, 1790, and the latter of Granville, Washington county, born April 25, 1790. . They came to On- tario from Aurelius, Cayuga county, where they had lived two years, in 1816. He was a farmer and was school commissioner in Ontario. He died September 29, 1875, and his wife August 21, 1872. O. F. was reared on a farm, educated in the common school and Walworth select schools, also Ontario select schools. He has always been a farmer, and located on the farm he now owns April 14, 1837. He has ninety-three acres of land, and follows general farming and sheep raising. Mr. Whitney was a Republican until 1882, since which time he has been a Prohibitionist. He and family are members of the Presbyterian Church. He married September 30, 1846, Laura, daughter of Dr. Loami Whitcomb, a native of Washington county and an early settler of Ontario, where he lived and died. Mrs. Whitney died February 7, 1882, and Mr. Whitney married February 24, 1885, the widow of Dr. E. J. Whitcomb and daughter of Cyrus Thatcher, of Ontario. She had one daughter by her first husband, who is now Mrs. O. F. Nash, of Williamson, N. Y. The father of Cyrus Thatcher was Peter, a native of Rhode Island, who came to Ontario in 1809, and died in 1846. The wife of Cyrus was Mercy Gage. Cyrus Thatcher died in Ontario in 1890, where his wife now resides.
Wells, Albert, born at Boyleston August 1, 1854. His father, Jolin, established the business in Wolcott. Albert took charge of the market, now located on Maine street, in 1875, and since the death of his father in 1891, has also operated a farm of 175 acres in Butler, which forms a valuable adjuncts to his retail business in meats, ete. He mar- ried in 1884 Emma, daughter of Peter Waldorf, of Wolcott, by whom he has four chil- dren : Lillian, Wilber, Mary and Laura.
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