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Hurley, N. A., was born in Clyde August 19, 1876. His father, Dennis Hurley, was a native of the province of Quebec, Lower Canada, and came to Clyde in 1864. N. A. Hurley was educated at the Clyde High School and entered the employ of E. Sands, remaining three years. In the spring of 1893 he established his present business, carry- ing a large line of imported and domestic groceries and also a full stock of crockery. At the age of eighteen he married Lizzie, daughter of Dennis Sheehan. Our subject is identified in advancing the best interests of the town, and is a trustee of St. John's church.
Hibbard, Fremont, born at Butler, July 5, 1856, is the only son of the late Jerome Hibbard, and joint proprietor with his sister Nettie of the Hibbard Basket Works, the most important industry of South Butler. All the machinery used at this factory was
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designed by Mr. Jerome Hibbard, and evinees not only his superior mechanical ability, but stands a monument to his energy and sagacity. Ile died April 4, 1888, at the age of fifty-eight years, and his memory will long be cherished for his many good qualities and generosity. Fremont Hibbard married, April 25, 1889, Marian, daughter of Andrew Piersall, of Savannah.
Haugh, Frank A., was born in the village of Clyde. His father, John Haugh, was a native of the town of Galen and is a prominent farmer of his town. Frank A. Haugh was educated at Clyde and has always lived in this town. At the age of twenty-four he married Kittie Hallett, daughter of Horace B. Hallett, and they are the parents of two children, Lena and Leora. Mr. Haugh is one of the best known men in the town, and has held office as town clerk and deputy postmaster.
Hunt, William, was born in Farmington, Ontario county, March 25, 1832, a son of Micajah and Sarah (Gardner) Hunt, who settled in Walworth in 1844. The father died there in 1880, and the mother in 1860. The grandparents were Micajah and Sarah (Nichols) Hunt, whose parents came from England. Our subject was educated in the Macedon Center Academy and first engaged in the fruit tree business for ten years. He married in 1863 Alice, danghter of Samuel and Louise (Reed) Knowles, of Rensselaer- ville, and they have these children: Lilian, wife of Loren Hill, of Iowa; Miriam, of Nebraska; Jessie, Carrie, and Cora, all of whom are teachers. Mr. Ilunt is a farmer and makes a specialty of fruit evaporating, the raising of garden truck, etc. They are members of the Free Will Baptist church.
Harris, Calvin P., was born in Penfield May 14, 1857, son of Peter and Ellen (Bur- rows) Harris, natives of Penfield. The paternal grandfather of our subject was a native of Scotland, who came to Penfield at an early day where he died. The maternal grand- father was Amos Burrows, a native of Connecticut, who died in Rochester in 1874. His wife was Sallie Cornwell, a native of Connecticut. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. The father of subject is a farmer and resides in Penfield. Subject has always been a farmer, and owns 100 acres. He married in 1878 Ella C. Butler, a native of Detroit, Mich., and daughter of Amasa and Esther Butler, who reside in East Penfield. Mr. Harris and wife have had four children : Arthur P., Ellen L., Esther H. and Donald D. The great-grandfather of subject was Joseph Burrows, a native of Connecticut, whose parents came in the Mayflower and settled in Connecticut. Joseph Burrows was in the war of the Revolution, an aid to Washington. He died in Penfield in 1848.
Hoagland, Charles B., born in Williamson May 2, 1859, is the youngest of two sons of William and Harriet (Luce) Hoagland. The grandfather, Albert, came to William- son about 1825, and purchased a farm where subject now resides. He died July 25, 1852. His wife, Elizabeth, died January 20, 1865. William was reared on the home- stead in Williamson. Ile made many improvements and increased it to 208 acres, which he left to the family. His wife, Harriet, was a daughter of Willian Luce, who was one of the pioneers of Palmyra. Their son Albert was born July 15, 1854. He married Mattie Cady, followed farming, and died February 28, 1893. He left one son, Willie. Mr. Hoagland died June 12, 1893, and his wife April 26, 1892. C. B. Hoag- land was educated in Marion, Walworth and Williamson, and has always followed farming on the homestead. He now has 101 acres of land, and carries on general farm- ing. November 25, 1884, he married Nellie, daughter of William Reed, of Ontario, Wayne county, by whom he has two children : Blanche and Stanley. Mr. Hoagland is at present road commissioner of the town. He is a member of Williamson Grange, and of the Williamson l'ent, No. 162, K. O. T. MI.
Hoag, Benjamin II., was born in Walworth March 14, 1849, the fifth of six children born to Hiram C, and Sallie A. Wyman, daughter of Abel B. Wyinan, of Walworth,
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one of the early settlers in the town. Hiram C. was born in Macedon in 1818, son of Benjamin Hoag, one of the first settlers of Macedon. He is a farmer and resides in West Walworth, where he has resided since 1857. He enlisted in Company B, 9th Heavy Artillery, and served three years. Benjamin H. Hoag was reared on a farm, at fourteen years old learned the harness trade and followed it ten years in West Wal- worth, and in 1878 went to Kansas, where he was engaged in farming ten years and returned to Ontario and settled on the S. N. Maine farm, where he has since resided. He has sixty acres and follows general farming. He is a Republican and married De- cember 24, 1868, Jennie Maine, a native of Ontario and daughter of Stephen N. Maine, a native of Connectient, who came to Ontario in 1836, and settled on the farm now owned by Mr. Hoag. Ilis father, Stephen Maine, was also a native of Connecticut, came to Ontario in 1836, and died here in 1864. His wife was Lucinda Ray, a native of Vermont, who died in 1851. The wife of Stephen H. Maine died in 1878, and Mr. Maine resides with his daughters. Mr. Maine was supervisor ten years, county super- intendent of schools for some years, and tanght school twenty-one terms. He married Cornelia Pratt, a native of Williamson, and daughter of Alvah Pratt, one of the first settlers of Williamson. Mr. Maine and wife have had five children, of whom two are living : Mrs. Hoag and Dr. Maine, of Webster. Mr. Hoag and wife have had two children : Cora, wife of Thomas Ransley, by whom she has two children, Benjamin D. Murray, and Esca, at home.
Hennessy, Dr. W. J., is a native of Rochester, born in 1856, educated at the Victor Union School, Macedon Academy and Syracuse University, graduating from the latter in 1881. He began the study of medicine with Dr. C. M. Kingman, of Palmyra, in 1877, and graduated from the Syracuse Medical College in 1881. He practiced at Palmyra till 1883, then moved to Valley Center, Kan., where he practiced till April, 1884, when he returned to Palmyra and has since practiced here. He married in 1883 Minnie, danghter of J. C. Lovett, dry goods merchant of Palmyra, and they have had one son, who died in infancy. Mrs. Hennessy died in May, 1884, and October 29, 1888, Dr. Hennessy married May, daughter of Henry Birdsall, of Palmyra, and they have had one son and one daughter. Dr. Hennessy was trustee of the village in 1889- 93; president of Wayne County Medieal Society 1889-90, and has been health officer for the past seven years.
Hillimire, Anson, a native of Germany, was born in 1824, and came to America in 1849, locating at East Palmyra. In 1852 he married Celestia Cole, and a few years afterward purchased 107 acres of land, where he now resides. He makes a specialty of growing and distilling peppermint. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Hillimire are : David, deceased ; Edwin, Kittie, deceased, and Frederick.
Hill, Joseph G., gradnate Toronto Veterinary College, was born at Sennett, Cay- naga county, N. Y., January 16, 1864. His earlier education was acquired at the Mon- roe Collegiate Institute, after which he spent three years at Toronto, graduating with high honors, besides holding special dental and medical diplomas. January 11, 1893, ho married Ida Barrell, of Wolcott. Dr. Hill began practice at Weedsport, but is now located at Red Creek, where his manifest ability and genial nature have already given him a wide clientele.
Hoag, Jefferson W., was born and reared on a farm in the town of Arcadia, Wayne county, N. Y. While preparing for college he taught a district school for one term and for two terms taught in the Canandaigua Academy. He prepared for college at the Newark Academy, under the principalship of J. Forman Steele. He entered the class of 1870 nt Union College, and graduated with that class. After his graduation he en- gaged in tenching, for two years as principal of Leavenworth College at Wolcott, N. Y. He graduated from the Albany Law School in 1873, and was then admitted to practice as attorney at law. Shortly after being admitted to the bar, he opened an office at
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Wolcott, N. Y., where he has ever since been engaged in the practice of his profession. In 1882 he was elected district attorney for Wayne county and served three years in that capacity. In 1877 he married Ada H. Rowland, of Newark, N. Y.
Hoff, Hubbard, a veteran soldier, who is a familiar figure at Red Creek, and whose disabilities are a constant reminder of those " times that tried men's souls," was born in Schoharie county, June 2, 1826. His father, R. C. Hoff, came here in 1834 and en- gaged in mercantile life. Hubbard learned the trade of cabinet making, which he practiced in various cities of the State until August 28, 1862, when he enlisted in the 160th N. Y. S. Vols. as hospital steward. At the battle of Winchester he was severely wounded by a shell, subjecting him to a weary confinement in the hospital, a long con - valescence at home, and causing permanent lameness. July 28, 1847, he married Mary G. Rassmussen, of Sterling, and they have two children: William D., born September 10, 1848, and Ives P., born November 26, 1852.
Hyde, J. II., is the only son of Harlow Hyde, who came to Wolcott in 1807, when four years of age, and whose father, Zenos Hyde, was the first practicing physician in Wolcott. Harlow Hyde, now ninety-two years of age, and in possession of all his faculties, is in many ways a remarkable man. He is the oldest living ex-supervisor of Wolcott, was for twenty years a justice, and a Republican assemblyman from 1856 to 1860. James H., when eleven years old, was by an accident deprived of an eye, not- withstanding which he acquired a good education, and in 1862 accepted the lieutenancy of Company A., 138th Inf., and went at once to the front, participating in the battles of Monocacy Junction, Petersburg, Cold Harbor, and Cedar Creek. At the latter, while in command of cavalry, he was shot through the arm and unhorsed. He married in 1850 Sarah A. Avery, who lost her life while caring for sick soldiers at Alexandria, Va., and whose four sons are also now deceased.
Hoyt, A. W., a veteran of the Civil War, was born at Weedsport, Cayuga county, November 5, 1846, the youngest son of Aaron F. Hoyt. At sixteen years of age, a student at Weedsport, he enlisted in Battery I, 3d N. Y. Light Artillery. His ex- perience during the war possessed more than the usual vicissitudes of a soldier's life, and during an expedition to Plymouth, N. C., he received injuries which euhninated in the loss of an eye, and for disability he was discharged in July, 1865, after three years of service. It is a fact worthy of note that he was the youngest of five brothers: William, Aaron, Abner, Judson, and Adin, all of whom were in the service and in the same com- pany and regiment.
Inwley, William, is the son of Aaron Hawley, for many years a prominent builder and contractor at Albany, N. Y. William, born in New York city, September 30, 1819, and educated at Albany, came to Wolcott in 1834, and was for a period of ten years en- gaged in the mercantile business at Red Creek. Afterwards adopting agriculture as his principal vocation he has achieved a signal success, being one of the largest landholders of this locality, and his farms are adorned with large and handsome buildings. In 1849 he married Sophia Hamilton, of Victory, Cayuga county, and they have two sons, Aaron, born in 1850, and Charles H., born in 1857. Sophia Hawley died in 1863, and Mr. Hawley's present wife was Miss Hannah Ward, of Wolcott. Mr. Hawley has been a steadfast Republican all his life.
Hoyt, George H., was born near Dexter, Me., in the town of Ripley, September 6, 1825, a son of George W. Hoyt, who was a native of Bradford, N. H. George H. was educated in the common schools of Bradford and at the Francistown Academy. His parents died when he was three years of age, and he journeyed through Maine into New Hampshire, a distance of 250 miles and resided with his grandfather on the farm until reaching his majority. After various experiences he enme in 1850 to Newark, Wayne county, and in 1854 returned to Concord, N. II. Tlmt year he married Mary II.,
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daughter of Jonathan Scribner, of Salisbury, N. II., and they have had three children : George HI., jr., Carrie, now Mrs. Green ; and Lillie, now Mrs. Barnard, of Baltimore, Md. In 1857 Mr. Hoyt came with his wife to Clyde, where he engaged in the grocery business, continuing up to 1861, when he entered the employ of William C. Ely at the glass works, being soon after appointed agent for Dr. Linus Ely in the same business. Dr. Ely was succeeded by Orrin Southwick, and in 1868 Mr, Hoyt became a partner in the firm of Southwick, Reed & Co., they being succeeded by Ely, Reed & Co., which firm continued up to the time of the death of William C. Ely in 1886. The firm was then reorganized and continued under the style of William C. Ely's Sons & Hoyt, manufacturers of fruit jars and glass bottles. Our subject is recognized as one of the conservative men of his town, and has always been identified in advancing its best interests. He is a trustee of the M. E. church of Clyde.
Warren, Gardiner D., was born in the town of Sodus July 8, 1827, a son of Gardiner, and a grandson of Samuel Warren, the first of the family to settle in Wayne county. He came from Cheshire, N. H., with his family, consisting of his wife and six sons, arriving in 1807, on an ox sled. The place was a wilderness, and many trials and hardships were met by this pioneer family, which became one of the first in importance in the county. His son, Gardiner, father of our subject, came to South Sodus, where he died. He was a farmer and also engaged in the mercantile trade. For several years he was county superintendent of the poor, and was a leading member of the South Sodus M. E. church. He married Abigal Davis, and their children were: Aldace P., Gardiner D., and Mary E. The latter married C. T. Cure, and settled in Grant City, Mo. Aldace P. settled at South Sodus and was for several years a major in the old State militia. He was for twenty-eight years a justice of the peace, and for thirty years engaged in the mercantile trade. He removed to Ohio, where he died December 12, 1881. Gardiner D. was engaged in the dry goods trade at South Sodus for five years, prior to 1852, when he went to New York city, and for fourteen years was en- gaged in jobbing. In 1872 he formed the jobbing house of S. J. Arnold & Co., from which firm he retired in 1878, then went to Chicago and formed the firm of Lee, Reynolds & Warren, wholesale dealers in buffalo robes. In 1881 Mr. Warren retired from business, returning to Sodus, but he spends his winters in the South. In 1866 he married Ann De Kay, who died in 1882.
Hill, Charles II., was born at Sodus Point in 1838, and is a son of John Hill, who came from Oswego to Sodus Point in 1837. His father served in the war of 1812. The family is of English descent and trace their ancestry back to 1640, when he first came to this country and settled in Connectient. The grandfather of John Hill settled in Vermont and his father settled in Jefferson county. John Hill was a carpenter and builder and for many years carried on an extensive business. He resided at Sodus Point until 1865, when he removed to New York and entered the employ of the N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R. as master carpenter. He was a member of the State militia and was adjutant. He married Jerusha C., daughter of Capt. Samuel Freeman, who was a merchant trader to the West Indies. Their children were: Edward, Charles H., Mary E., John J., and Helen A. Charles H. Hill settled at Sodus Point. He is a carpenter and builder and has a large and prosperous business. For three years he carried on the business at Albany, N.Y. Ile takes an active part in political affairs, and was a deputy collector of customs at Sodus Point from 1889 to 1893. He married October 18, 1866, Mary E. Waters, of Pultneyville, N.Y.
Gordon, John, son of David and Polly Gordon, was born October 14, 1807, in Carlisle, N.Y., was the eldest of a family of ten children. His parents were of German and Scotch descent, and moved from Carlisle to Galen when John was about six years old, and purchased near Lockpit what is now called the Burton farm. John re- mained on the farm with his father until he was twenty-one years of age,
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attended the district school winters and summers whenever his father conld spare him from work, where he obtained what was called in those days a good education. In 1831 he had accumulated by his industry enough to enable him to purchase a farm of 144 acres, which he occupied at his death. It was a dense forest when he purchased it. In 1835 he married Phoebe, daughter of Jedediah and Mary Jenkins. She was born Novem- ber 15, 1807, in Queensburg, N. Y., and moved with her parents to Galen when twelve years old. So both may be classed among the early settlers. By their united industry they built up the home which they occupied fifty-five years. They had eight children, three of whom are living: Clarissa, Dora C., and T. Adelbert. He was a very success- ful farmer, raising grain, hay, fruit and stock. During the spring of 1891 both passed away, April 14th the wife died and May 17th the husband. Adelbert, the only son living, lives on the homestead. He was married to Hattie, danghter of Roswell Crane, of Waterloo, February 26, 1889, and now has five children: Olive, Amy, Lillian May, and twins, Hiram and John. "There ever existed between them and between the members of their family uninterrupted domestic concord and felicity. In all things the members of the household, by influence of the conjugal example, have been affectionate, faithful and true to each other. As citizens their life was not conspicnous before the world, but their influence was none the less effective and salutary, since it is ever true that the power of virtue is inherent in itself and cannot be lost, though there be no tongue to herald it abroad. A long life of integrity and honor has an earthly im- mortality, the dying breath does not fade it ont. As religionists they were broad of faith and unrestrained and sincere in charity. As citizens they are public spirited, in- telligent and patriotie. As parents they were affectionate, wise and faithful. As neighbors they were neighborly. In character they were a noble man and woman. They had lived together so long and tenderly, had so grown to become one in their union that they could not live apart. The stroke that sundered them served to reunite them, the husband surviving the wife but a few weeks."
Arnold, William T., was born in Perry, Wyoming county. December 16, 1832. His father, George, was a native of Yorkshire, England, came to America in 1830 and in 1835 settled in Sodns, purchasing a farm of eighty acres on the lake road, northeast of the village, where he lived until his death, December 16, 1887. He was a prominent member of the Sodus M. E. church. He married Catherine Wride, and they had one son, William T., our subject. He settled on the homestead and is a prosperous farmer. He married Elizabeth, daughter of William Hewson, and they have two children : George, who married Sarah Drake, and Charles, who married Elizabeth Swailes, both settled in Sodus.
Hartman, P. T., was born in Tuscola county, Mich., August 28, 1858. His father, Joseph, was a native of Wayne eounty, and retired in 1860. P. T. Hartman was edu- cated in Lyons Union School, after leaving which he farmed two years, and then en- gaged as elerk in the hardware business with Col. William Kreutzer, then associated with the express company two years and then entered the employ of E. G. Leonard for five years and then went to Canandaigua with George B. Anderson and returned to Lyons in the spring of 1880, and entered into partnership with F. L. Breisch, the firm name Breisch & Hartman, carrying one of the largest stocks of dry goods, cloaks, car- pets and notions in Wayne county. The firm originally located at 36 Canal street, but in 1892 removed to the Parshall Memorial building, occupying two floors, with a depth of 120 and width of 50 feet. P. T. Hartman married at twenty-nine Ada, daughter of James S. Hickox, of Canandaigua, Ontario county, and they have two children : P. II. Hartman and Ruth M. Hartman. Our subject is one of the leading merchants in his town, taking an intelligent interest in educational and religious matters, and is recog- nized as a man of sterling integrity and worth.
Swift, Elisha T., born in Sullivan county, N. Y., July 17, 1818, is the second of a family of four cons and four daughters of Silas and Elizabeth Swift, pioneers of Witham-
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son, coming there from Sullivan county, N. Y. They went to Michigan leaving Elisha T., who was abont 14 years of age, with Mr. Smith of Marion with whom he remained till of age. He commenced business for himself in a saw mill, manufacturing and selling pumps. He then engaged in the cooper business in Walworth, exchanged this business for a farm in Walworth which he traded for the farm in Wilhamson, where he now resides. Here he was also engaged in the lumber business a few years. He made nearly all of the improvements on the farm. Mr. Swift has been three times married, first to Cath- erine Ronnserville, and after her death to Martha Wake, who died in 1873 and by whom he has one son and three daughters, two now deceased, Emma and Jennie. He married third Maria S. (Evans) Harding, daughter of Luther and Elizabeth ( Howland) Evans, natives of Massachusetts, who went to Michigan in 1844, where he died in 1851, and his wife in 1858. Mrs. Swift came to Palmyra at the age of fourteen years. She mar- ried first John Harding, by whom she has one son, Fred, a farmer in Nebraska. Mr. Harding died 1866 and she married Mr. Swift, by whom she has one daughter Lizzie D. Mr. Swift has for some time been disabled by paralysis, and Mrs. Swift now has charge of the farm. They have 103 acres, and are engaged in general farming and fruit raising. They attended and supported the M. E. church until the few last years.
Le Vanway, Joseph, father of Henry W., was a native of France, and was an orphan at the age of ten years. He was bound ont to a man and brought to America when twelve years old, and after serving his time he married Margery Moore, she being of German descent. He engaged in agricultural pursuits, purchasing a farm in Peru, Clinton county, and gave it his entire attention for several years. He then engaged extensively in the lumbering business, sometimes employing 100 men, and took the lar- gest raft of lumber to Quebec that had ever been taken there, which covered four acres of water. He sold his property in Clinton county and bought a farm in St. Lawrence connty. The children of Joseph and Margery Le Vanway were as follows: Betsey, Doras, Julia, Harriet, George, Harrison, Hardy, Wellington ( who is a minister), Henry W. (our subjeet), Hardy 2d, Adeline, Anderson (who was a doctor) and Charles N., who left his law office and raised a company of men 'and went into the War of the Rebelhon, where he was killed at the battle of Shiloh, while acting in place of Colonel Bosworth, of the 34th Illinois regiment. The brothers all grew to be temperate, with one exception. When Mr. Le Vanway went to St. Lawrence county the whole territory was a dense forest, and he took with him his seven sons to assist him in felling trees and clearing the land. Henry W., not liking the wild forest so well, started out for himself when only sixteen years of age, and on arriving in Wayne county among strangers, had only three shillings left. He engaged as a farm hand on his arrival, and now is the owner of one of the finest farms in the county, consisting of 200 aeres of fine land (fifty of which, however, he has sold to his daughter). He is now the only survivor of his father's family. The father died in 1841, and the mother in 1860. At the age of twenty-eight our subject married Cynthia D., daughter of Alanson S. Curtis, and they had two children : Alanson H., who died aged four years and Edra A., wife of H. R. Barnes, a clothier, of Clyde. Mrs. Le Vanway died July 18, 1894.
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