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Brundige, Cornelius O., was born at Fishkill, N. Y., in 1827 and is of German descent. Alvahı, his father, was born in 1799 and died in 1874. He was a son of Abram who served in the War of 1812. Alvah Brundige came from Fishkill in 1838 and settled in Lyons, purchasing of Daniel Paul a farm of seventy-six acres. He was a leading mem- ber of the South Sodus M. E. church. By trade he was a blacksmith and edged tool maker, and carried on that business after coming to Wayne county. He married Bar- bara A. Ostrander, and their children were: Harvey, who settled in Huron and is a farmer; he married Sophia Upson. Catherine married Myron M. Alden, of Lyons. Emily, who is unmarried. Margaret A., who died unmarried. Abraham, who enlisted in 1862 in the 8th N. Y. Heavy Artillery and served till the close of the war; he mar- ried Hattie Davis and settled first in Sodus and later at Niagara Falls. Much of his life
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was spent in teaching and he died in 1891. Mary E. married David S. Dawes and settled near Weedsport, N. Y. Alson died in childhood, Cornelius O., first settled in the town of Lyons but soon after settled near South Sodus. He is a veterinary surgeon by profession, but for eighteen years was an extensive apple buyer. In 1890 he was elected justice of the peace, is a member of the South Sodus M. E. church and Lyons Grange. Ile married in 1851 Lucy, daughter of Jonathan H. Lamson, of Lyons, and their children are: Alice A. (Mrs. Cornelius B. Horton, of Sodus) ; Lucy E. (Mrs. Oscar H. Sweet, of Rochester); and Kate E. (Mrs. William Munn, of Lyons).
Lyman, Samuel, and Clementina (Evarts) Lyman were born in Salisbury, Conn., the former August 18, 1794, the latter July 7, 1793. They removed to Rose (then Wolcott), N. Y., in February, 1818, coming with sled and oxen, and were seventeen days on the road. They endured with patience and hope the privations and discomforts incident to all settlers of a new heavily tintbered country, subject to malarial diseases, from the annual drying of undrained swamps. For a. number of winters Mr. Lyman taught school, and his help-mate, taking advantage of a trade learned in Connecticut, sup- plied many of her neighbors with that indispensable article of feminine attire, a bon- net, and by united efforts they succeeded in keeping the wolf from the door. Their children were: Caroline, born, May 7, 1817; John, born April 28, 1819; Mary, born May 16, 1821; Charles and David (twins), born February 7, 1824; Lavins HI., born April 15, 1828 ; Frederick, born July 21, 1830; Flavia E., born May 31, 1833; Samnel E., born June 16, 1836. Samuel Lyman died May 28, 1877, his wife having died June 25, 1870. In politics Mr. Lyman was a partisan only in so far as he believed the action of his party to be in line with public interests and individual rights. He was originally a Democrat, but in the Morgan excitement he became an anti-Mason, and, in succession, a Whig, Liberty party man, Free Soiler, and, last of all, a Republican. He was the leading abolitionist of Rose, and occasionally his house was used as a station on the underground railroad. He was also one of the earliest temperance men, and the first cold water raising in town was that of a barn built by him in 1830, where the cold water and hot water forces met in a trial of strength, and for a while the result seemed doubtful, one party raising up and the other party pulling down ; but the hot water men were finally beaten, and with bruised fingers and trailing colors abandoned the contest. They succeeded some half dozen times in forcing back the first bent after it had taken quite a start upward, and at the next attempt, when the beam had reached the proper height to make the action effective, a stout beechen lever in the hands of Elizur Flint was swept along its length, to the detriment of numerous fingers that were tugging at its upper instead of its under side, and the bent moved steadily to its place, to the great disgust of the whiskyites, a near by whiskey seller saving he would rather have given $5 than to see the barn go up ; bnt the joke was, he had no $5 to give. Conspicuous among the men who stood for the right on that occasion were Ehzur Flint, Chauncey Bishop, Stephen Collins, Joel N. Lee, Rev. Ansel Gardiner, and C. W. Fairbank. Samuel Lyman was social, humorous, witty, a good story-teller, intelligent, argumentative, honest, and his motto was: "Do Right."
Boss, Cornelius, born in Sodus April 6, 1856, is the fifth of nine children of Isaac and Sarah (Dedee) Boss, natives of Holland, who came to America in 1854 and settled in Williamson on a farm. He bought a farm in Sodus, where he resided till 1865, when he went to Michigan for a year. He returned to Sodus, again buying a farm, which. he sold and bought the farm. a part of which is now owned by our sub- ject. He died April 3, 1887, and his wife March 29, 1880. Subject was reared on a farm and educated in Sodus and Marion. He married, April 7, 1880, Annie, daughter of Frank and Mary ( Lawrence) Leroy, natives of Holland. Mr. and Mrs. Boss have one son and one daughter: Frank C., born September 6, 1886, and Jessie May, born July 13, 1891. Mr. Leroy died in 1866, and Mrs. Leroy resides in Marion. Mr. Boss
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has always been engaged in farming, and makes a specialty of fruit growing. He is a member of the Grange, and is also a member of Security Tent, K. O. T. M.
Ford, Charles H., was born in Utica, October 19, 1861. His father, Harvey Ford, was a well known contractor and builder throughout Oneida and Herkimer counties. Charles HI. Ford was educated in the common schools and fimished at the Whitestown Seminary, then went to Auburn and engaged in the tobacco trade; in 1882 came to Clyde and established his present business as jobber in tobacco and cigars. In 1889 he was elected trustee of the village, in 1890 supervisor, and re-elected in 1891. He was appointed the same year superintendent of section 8, of the Erie Canal, resigned in 1893, and was appomted under Governor Flower sheriff of Wayne county in the spring of 1894. At the age of twenty-five he married Miss Emina W. Gilbert, daughter of Horace Gilbert, of Anburn, and are the parents of one son, Vivian Ford. Our subject is identified in advancing the best interests of his town and county and leading events of the day. He is a member of the fire department for ten years, foreman, and drill master for six years; also member of Clyde Lodge No. 300, Wayne Encampment of Newark ; Canton Galen No. 49, of which he is the present commander.
Eaton, William L., was born in Marion, February 20, 1841, and is the son of Ira and Almira (Hall) Eaton, she being the first white child born in the town of Marion. Mr. Eaton settled in Marion after his marriage and came to Ontario, where he died. His wife died January 20, 1894. William Eaton was educated in the common schools of Ontario, and went to Pultneyville to learn the miller's trade with J. B. Craggs, and worked at Ontario and at Sodus Point. He came to Williamson in 1873, and built the present mill, and formed a partnership with Thomas Seeley, which continned until 1878, when he entered into partnership with J. A. Ridgeway, which was dissolved in 1880. He has since continued the business alone. He has the full roller process, with a capacity of fifty barrels per day and grinds about 25,000 to 30,000 bushels of wheat yearly, and about 20,000 bushels of coarse grain. Mr. Eaton has served as excise com- missioner, but devotes his energies mainly to his farm. In 1866 he married Rebecca Jackson, of Williamson, and they have two children : Mary, wife of Alfred J. Paget, who assists his father-in-law in the mill; and Clarence W., who is at home. Our subject is a member of the Pultneyville Lodge No. 159, F. & A. M., and he and his family are members of the M. E. church. Mr. and Mrs. Paget have one danghter, Gladys.
Young. Dr. Augustus A., was born in the town of Clay, Onondaga county, November 8, 1849. He was educated in the pubhe schools, two years in Cazenovia Seminary, and in Syracuse University, graduating from the liberal art department in June, 1876, with the degree of B.S. The same year he entered the medical department of Syraense University, graduating June 25, 1879, with the degree of M.S., and immediately began to practice with much success at Newark. Angust 18, 1879, he married Sarah E., daughter of John M. Carver, of Mallory, Oswego county. They have one adopted daughter, A. Marguerite, who is a student in the academy. The doctor's father, Peter J., was born at the old home in 1819. He was educated in the schools of his day, was a farmer by occupation, and married Catherine Somers, of Schoharie county, N. Y., by whom he had two children : Gilbert T., and Augustus A. His grandfather, Jacob V. Young, was born at Hinesville, Schoharie county, N. Y. He married Isabell McNaughton, of Onondaga county, and they had four children : Mary, John, Elizabeth, and Peter, jr. Jacob V. was a soldier in the war of 1812. Dr. Yonng is a member of the Wayne County Medical Society, the Central New York Society, also of the New York State Medical Association, and Fellow of the Academy of Medicine of Syracuse. He is also a member of the American Microscopical Society. He has contributed articles to medieal and other papers, and is also president of the Pension Examining Board at Lyons. He is a member of the Newark Lodge No. 83, F. & A. M., also of Newark Lodge No. 250, 1. O. O. F., and health officer of Newark the past six years.
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Wride, William, was born in Yorkshire, England, whence he came to the United States in 1830, and settled in the town of Sodns, on the Lake Road. With him, or about that time, came his sons, Robert, John, William, jr., and James. Robert, born in 1803, came to America in 1831 and settled at Perry, N. Y., where he lived until 1835, then removed to the town of Sodus, settling on the Lake Road, then two years later near the Centenary M. E. Church, where he has since resided. The family were among the early Methodists of the town, Robert being a leading member of the Cen - tenary Church, and largely responsible for its erection. John Wride settled at Geneva, soon after coming to Sodns. James settled in Huron, and became one of the influential farmers of the town. He was deputy collector of customs for several years at Port Gibson, and was justice of the peace a number of years. He married Martha Sowerby, and their children who lived to maturity were : Fletcher, George S., and Alice. now Mrs. S. S. Granger. After the death of Mr. Wride his widow married William Hew- son (deceased), of Sodus.
Walch, Edward, was born in Schenectady December 25, 1861, received his higher education at the Union school, then learned the tinsmith's trade, then entered a boiler shop and learned the machinist's trade, and afterwards learned blacksmithing. Going to Paterson, N. J., he entered the Rogers Locomotive Works, and six months later en- tered the employ of the Danforth & Cook Locomotive Co., still later in the Grant Loco- motive Works, and then went to New York and entered the employ of Fletcher & Harrison, in their marine shop. He next went to McNeil's Iron Works in Brooklyn, and then engaged with the Scranton Locomotive Works. He then obtained a position in the West Shore shops at East Buffalo, and in 1881 was sent to Newark, one of the terminal points of the road, in charge of the boiler works at this point, and then was sent to Buffalo. Two months later he was returned to Newark as general foreman of the West Shore Engine House here, which position he has filled since. December 27, 1887, he married Imey M., daughter of Ingh and Mary Crowe, and they have two chil- dren : Edward, jr., and Maria N. Mr. and Mrs. Walch are members of St. Michael's Church, and he was first president of the Catholic Benevolent Legion, was its chancellor, orator and secretary, and represented it at the conventions of Buffalo, Brooklyn, and New York.
The Whitbeek Family .- The first to settle in Wayne county was Albert Whitbeck, who came from Kinderhook, Columbia county, about 1824 and settled in Arcadia. His ancestors came from Holland in an early day and settled on the Hudson. He mar- ried a Miss Schumerhorn, and their children were James, who settled in Newark where he died; Dorcas, who married Jacob Trumper and settled in Arcadia; Caroline, who married George Van Housen and settled in Arcadia ; Maria, married William New and settled in Arcadia; Jolm settled in Arcadia and later removed to Michigan ; Peter settled in Palmyra and was a farmer; Edward died in Arcadia; Jane married Henry Cronise and settled in Newark. Andrew A. settled in Sodns in 1834 and was one of the prominent and influential men of the town. He was at one time supervisor of the town and was a prominent member of the Sodns M. E. Church, being for many years one of its trustees. He married first Cynthia K. Whitbeck and their children were William, George, Cornelius A., Alda and Edmund. For his second wife he mar- ried Imogene Filkins, and for his third wife Almira M. Willard, by whom he had four childred Jolm D., Frank, Carrie and Arthur L. Andrew A. died in 1885.
Welcher, Charles A., was born in Arcadia October 3, 1855, and was educated in the district; and the Union school and Academy of Newark. His early life was spent on his father's farm, and he is now one of Newark's enterprising grocery merchants. He married Jennie E. Garlock of Newark, and they have five children, Fred G., Frank C., Le Feru, Ernest L. V., and James. Mr. Welcher's father, J. Philester, was born on the homestead two and one-half miles north of the village of Newark March 13, 1821. September 22, 1845, he married Abigail Lee of Arcadia, by whom he had seven chil-
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dren Alice, Amanda, Rev. Manford P., Valora E., Charles A., as above, Lucy V., and Byron R., who died, aged fifteen years. Subject's grandfather, John, was born in Nor- ristown, N. J., in 1790 and came to Phelps, Ontario county, when in his ninth year, and went to live with Oliver Clark of East Palmyra until he was twenty one years old. IIe then took up the land for the homestead from the primeval forest. He married twice, first Mehetabel Culver, and second Electa Jagger of Batavia, formerly of Long Island.
White, Patrick S., was born in Syraense May 6, 1852, where he was educated in the public schools. He entered the N. Y. C. Railway shops, learned the trade of machinist, and worked his way through the various grades to locomotive engineer of passenger train, which position he still holds. He ran the first passenger train ont of Newark on the West Shore Railway in 1884. December 22, 1874, He married Mary Kenny of Rochester, and they have had four children : Hattie, who died in infancy in Rochester; Dalros M., who died in Syraense, aged three years; Florence M., born in Rochester, and Bertha E., born in Newark. Mr. White's father, Moses, was born in Ireland in 1825. Ile married Elizabeth Powers and had four children, Patrick, as above, George, Charles and Elizabeth. He too was a railroad man and came to the United States be- fore 1852. He died, aged fifty-two, and his wife still survives, living at the old home in Syracuse: Mr. White is a member of the Catholic Benevolent Legion.
Weinman, Jacob, was born in Rhinefaltz, Germany, September 7, 1832, educated in their schools and worked at varions occupations. May 13, 1859, he married Catherme Menener of his native place, and they have had 'eight children: Jacob, jr., who is a farmer in Clifton, Ontario county, and married Emma Fresch of Newark, by whom he has three children : Carrie M., Carl F. and Ruth E; Philip is a farmer in Phelps, Ontario county. He married Julia Werner and has one son, John P .; Frederick is a carpenter and builder in Newark, and married Neilie Fresch; Theresa M. and Julia A. reside at home; Elizabeth C. died in infancy ; Lon also died at the age of two years; and Chris- tian was killed on the West Shore railroad near his home at the age of fourteen. They came to the United States in 1871. Mrs. Weinman died in 1885, mourned by a bereaved husband and family. Mr. Weinman and family are members of the German Evangelical Church of Newark, and the family have resided on their farm twenty years.
West, George H., was born abont two miles east of Newark, November 19, 1840. Hle married twice, first, Mary L. Lee of Newark, by whom he had two children, K. Endora and Charles E., who married January 13, 1886, Harriet E. Richmond of Newark, and has three children : Mary A., Mabel E., and Ada B. Mrs. West died October 16, 1892, and Mr. West married, second, March 7, 1894, Lizzie S. Yeo, of Phelps, Ontario county. Mrs. West was born near Le Roy, Genesee county. Mr. West's father, Matthew W., was born near Fairville, this town, June 18, 1818, and was a farmer. February 5, 1839, he married Mary Inghes of this town, formerly of Vermont, and they had five chil- dren ; George H., as above noted; S. Maria, Catherine, Emma J. and Lewis G., who married Effie M. Lake of Marbletown, of the south part of the town of Arcadia. They have two children Edward W. and Ethel. Mathew W. West died March 4, 1874, monrned by a bereaved wife and family. His father, Moses, was a soldier in the War of 1812, and some members of the family were in the late war. Mrs. George H. West's father was born in Lincolnshire, England, September 28, 1814, and came to the United States when a young man, loeating at Mount Morris, Livingston county. He married twice, first, Mary Stillson, sister of Judge Norton's wife, by whom he had four children : Arthur E., Frank S., M. Ella and Lizzie S. Mrs. Yeo died April 12, 1860, and he mar- ried in 1866 Adaline Knapp. Mr. Yeo died April 25, 1893, and his wife in 1892. The family resided in Le Roy for a time, also in Phelps, Ontario county, for twenty-eight years. Mr. West is a member of the official board of the M. E. Church.
Welch, T. B., a native of Rose, was born February 18, 1864, son of William and Mary
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(Powers) Welch, natives of Ireland; he was born March 25, 1821, and she was born April 25, 1829. They came to Rose in 1849, where he died May 15, 1883, and his wife July 15, 1892. He owned seventy acres at his death. Subject was educated in Rose Union School and Sodus Academy, from which he graduated in 1886, followed teaching two years and then engaged in the hardware business in North Rose in partnership with his brother, J. J. Welch, born August 29, 1867. He learned the tinner's trade at the age of eighteen, which he followed in Clyde and Rochester until he formed a part- nershiy with his brother. They occupy a two story building 56 x 22 feet, and have had a successful business. S. bject was appointed justice of the peace to fill a vacancy of H. E. Scutt in 1892, and re-elected in 1893. He was postmaster at North Rose in 1888, and was again appointed December 27, 1893. Mr. Welch married February 10, 1891, M. Olive Briggs a native of Huron, and daughter of John and Sarah Briggs. They have had one son, Harold J. W. The firm is known as Welch Bros., and they also own a farm of eighty-five acres. part of the Sheer farm.
Wilson, Ephraim B., was born in Connecticut, November 12, 1809, son of Jonathan and Demaris (Wimsil) Wilson, who came to Wayne county when E. B. was about two years of age, they being pioneers of the county. They resided at varions places in the county and were farmers by occupation. Their last days were spent in Galen, where Mr. Wilson and his wife died. Our subject was reared on a farm, coming to Rose when the country was new. He has cleared ninety-five acres and made many improvements, besides rearing a family of four sons and six daughters, two of the latter now deceased He married Celesta Flint of Rose. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson are active members of the Presbyterian Church, and strong temperance advocates. They are also members of the Clyde Grange.
Whitney, the late William, was born in Ulster county October 15, 1820, and came to Western New York with his parents when he was eleven years of age. He was educated in the schools of that day, in Fairport High School and Genesee Wesleyan Seminary at Lima, N. Y. He was always a farmer. Jannary 24, 1844, he married Jane Nichols, of Fairport, formerly of Rensselaer county, and they had two children : Mary E., who married Merian Filkins and had one daughter Jessie, who is a student in Genesee State Normal School. Mrs. Filkins died May 3, 1879; and Estella M., who married Robert Mitchell of the town of Huron, formerly of Sodns, March 15, 1893. Mr. Mitchell runs the farm, and is trustee of the school in his district. Mr. Whitney died Jannary 4, 1892. The family resided in Fairport, Monroe county, twenty-five years, and also in Arcadia many years. Mrs. WIntney's father, Elijah Nichols, was born in Rensselaer county in 1786. He married Marie Filkins, and had the following children : William, Betsey, Polly, Jane, Elijah, jr., John, Trowbridge, Robert and Sarah. He died August 22, 1861, and his wife August 9, 1855. Mr. Whitney's father, Jesse, was born at the old home in Ulster county, and married Emeline Sunpkins, by whom he had six children: William, as above; Loring, Eliza J., Sarah A., Albert and Mary. He died Angust 27, 1876, and his wife several years before.
Waters, John, the pioneer of the family in Wayne county, was of German descent, George Waters, his grandfather, having come from Germany in an early day, and set- tled at Pine Plains, N. Y. John Waters served in the war of 1812. He came to Wayne county in 1833 with his sons George, William, Henry and John, and settled in Sodus, purchasing 300 acres of land near Joy, there being only a small clearing on it with a log house. John Waters, sr., married Elizabeth Rarriek. The sons were all farmers, John settled in Sodus, and married Jenme Ireland ; George died at Joy on the homestead. He married Lydia Jaqua; William resides in Newark, and married Abbie Bishop. Henry Waters went to Albany in 1815 and studied law for a time, but abandoning that he engaged in the drover business, and for many years was an exten- sive dealer, buying and shipping to New York markets. In 1864 he purchased a farm west of Joy near the the town line, and has since been engaged in farming. He served
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one term as justice of the peace. Although never admitted to the bar, hie practiced suc- cessfully in justice court for many years. He married Margaret Murphy, and their children are : Josephine (Mrs. John Crosby) and Lillian, (Mrs. John Constantabouver).
Van Slyck, Charles, was born in Sodus in 1859, and is a son of James, whose father, Isaac Van Slyek, was the pioneer of the family in this county. The latter married first Elizabeth Van Duzer, and their children were: Peter, James, John, William, Mar- garet, Sophronia, and Hannah. He married second Hannah Bain. Of his children, John settled near Albany, where he died ; William moved to Coldwater, Mich .; Mar- garet, married Wesley Wilbur and settled at Palmyra ; Sophronia married Hugh Wil- son, and settled at Sodus; Hannah married Darins Kettle, and moved to Coldwater, Mich .; James Van Slyck spent his life in Sodus, and was a farmer. He was a man of quiet tastes, and never sought political honors. He married Olive Ellrington, and their children were: Nellie E. (Mrs. E. J. Harvey), of Coldwater, Mich .; Mary H .; Carrie A., who married James IFandy, of Sodus; and Charles D., a farmer on the old homestead. He is a Democrat, and a member of Sodus Grange. His wife was Miss Eva C. Stickney.
Van Tassel, Philip, was born in the town of Austerlitz, Columbia county, May 27, 1820, and at the age of seven years was thrown on his own resources. He followed farming ten years, and was a hotel keeper for the same period, also following droving and speculating several years. October 14, 1839, he married Catharine Messenger, of Washington, Mass., by whom he had six sons : William H., George W., Thomas M., John E., Francis and Philip. William H. was elected sheriff of Columbia connty ; George W. was killed by a horse falling on him. Thomas M. died young. Jolm E. resides in Sullivan county. Francis married Cora Wood, and lives in Newark. Philip married Flora Tillottson, who died, leaving four children. He resides on the home farm. This family came to reside in this town in 1865, and Mr. Van Tassel retired from active business in 1888, and has since resided in the village. William, father of onr subject, was born in Hillsdale, Columbia county, in 1788, and married Catharine Holsapple, of his native place, by whom he had seven children : Maria, Martin, Fred- erick, William, Philip, Harriet, and Sarah. Mr. Van Tassel died in 1834, and his wife in 1883. Mr. and Mrs. Van Tassel are members of the M. E. Church, of which he is steward.
Vosborgh, William, son of Jacob, came from Dutchess county about 1845, and set- tled in the northeast corner of Sodns on the lake road, purchasing a farm of 250 aeres, and was an extensive farmer. He married first Henriettn Trinnper and second Eliza- beth Trowbridge, and their children were : Jacob, Anna E., Margaret, Sarah C., Mary E., Enniee, who died in infancy, Emma and Antoinette. Anna E. married Robert Wat- son ; Margaret married Thomas Youmans ; Sarah C. married Wesley T. Jolly ; Mary E. married Rowland Smith; Antoinette married Henry Toor; Jacob settled on the homestead and is a farmer. He taught school for several years during the winter. He married Catherine Youmans of Sodus, and they have five children : William, Edith A., Wesley, Henrietta and George Y.
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