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(Cold Brook.)
In memory of John H. Bacon, who died June 18, 1834, in the 24th year of his age.
(Cold Brook.)
Orson, son of Amos (Jr.) and Clarissa (Fowler) Bacon, died March 3, 1857, age 14 years, 9 months, 19 days. "O! that with yonder sacred throng We at his feet may fall, And pour the everlasting song And crown Him Lord of All."
(Amos Bacon, Jr., son of Amos and Abigail (Cady) Bacon, married Clarissa Fowler.)
(Spafford.)
Augustus, son of Amos (Jr.) and Clarissa (Fowler) Bacon, died June 5, 1858, age 21 years, 8 months, 15 days. (Spafford.)
Sarah E., daughter of James and Martha (Woodworth) Bacon, died August 17, 1877, age 1 year, 9 months, 24 days. (She sleeps."
(James Bacon, son of William and Phebe (Isdell) Bacon, married Martha Woodworth, daughter of Joel C. and Sarah (Eadie) Woodworth. William Bacon, son of Amos and Abigail (Cady) Bacon, in his will dated December 14, 1878, and probated February 10, 1879, mentions his wife Phebe Bacon, and his children: James (above mentioned), of Spafford, N. Y .; John, of Junius, Seneca Co., N. Y .; Charles, m. Emma J. Davis, daughter of Col. Lewis C. and Mary (Pressy) Davis of Spafford, N. Y., Emeline, m. Arlo Woodworth, son of Joel C. and Sarah (Eadie) Woodworth, then of Spafford, N. Y .; Wesley, of Junius, Seneca Co., N. Y., and Frank of Spafford, N. Y., then all of full age. William died at Spafford, December 17, 1878, three days after making his will, at the age of 68 years.
(Spafford.)
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Perry D., son of Charles and Emma J. (Davis) Bacon, died November 15, 1878, age 5 years, 5 months, 25 days.
(Charles Bacon, son of William and Phebe (Isdell) Bacon, married Emma J. Davis, daughter of Col. Lewis C. and Mary (Pressey) Davis.)
(Spafford.)
BAKER.
Ashbel S. Baker, (son of Simeon C. Baker), died Decem- ber 25, 1849, age 29 years, 1 month, 22 days.
(He was a son of Simeon C. Baker of Marietta, N. Y., and m. (1) Sarah A. Streeter, daughter of Alexander R. and Susan (Carpenter) Streeter, and (2) Norrissa He died from an injury received in a friendly scuffle with Charles Bailey. He left him surviving, his widow Norrissa Baker, and children: Sarah Ann, afterwards m. Roland Rollo of Sennett, N. Y .; Charles, and Clarrissa Baker, all three minors; the first of whom was adopted into the family of Orrin Eddy, whose wife Harriet Streeter was her aunt.) (Borodino.)
Sarah A. (Streeter), wife of Ashbel S. Baker, died May 5, 1845, age 21 years, 3 months, 13 days.
(She was a daughter of Alexander R. and Susan (Car- penter) Streeter).
(Borodino.)
Sally Ann (Taft), wife of Ziba D. Baker, died March 26, 1846, age 34 years.
(Ziba D. Baker, son of Josiah and Sally Baker, married Sally Ann Taft, daughter of Ellis and Cynthia (Knapp) Taft; they were father and mother of Cynthia, widow of Benjamin McDaniels, deceased, and now a resident of this town. Josiah Baker died in this town and was buried in Borodino Cemetery (no stone). He had by his wife Sally the following children: Sally, m. Mr. Carley; Ziba D., (mentioned above) ; Susan, m. Gardner Barber (dead) ; George, m. Mary Ann Austin, resides in Chicago, Ill .; and Morris Baker, resides in Independence, Iowa.)
(Cold Brook.)
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BALL.
Charles T., son of J. M. and H. M. Ball, died October 28, 1850, age 2 years, 1 month, 21 days.
(Mr. J. M. Ball was a shoemaker, and a transient resi- dent of Borodino.)
(Borodino.)
BARBER.
Ruluf Barber, died May 31, 1832, in his 49th year.
(In his will, dated May 29, 1832, and probated July 27, 1832, he mentions his wife Annice Barber, and his children : Ruluf Jerome, (m. Samantha Young; she subsequently m. James H. Isdell), of Spafford, N. Y .; Emily; Calvin, (m. Amanda A. -); Everett, (m. Louisa -), moved to Michigan; Lucian; Sylvia, (m. Ira Young of Cayuga Co., N. Y.) ; Homon (m. Harriet Mason) ; Sarah Ann, (m. James Smith) ; and Daniel Hugh Barber.)
(Cold Brook.)
In memory of Jerome Ruluf Barber, (son of Ruluf and AnniceBarber), who died October 23, 1837, age 33 years, 9 months, 17 days.
" He's gone to rest, thy husband dear, Then why shoulds't thou complain, Or grieve, or sigh, or shed a tear, Or wish him back again ?"
(He married Samantha Young, who after his decease married (2) James H. Isdell, son of Andrew and Mary (Harris) Isdell; she and her second husband are both now deceased.)
(Cold Brook.)
Emily, daughter of Ruluf and Annice Barber, died Nov- ember 24, 1839, age 34 years, 5 months, 6 days.
(Cold Brook.)
Loin, son of Ruluf and Annice Barber, died August 13 1827, in his 3rd year.
(Cold Brook.)
Mr. Lucian, son of Ruluf and Annice Barber, died June 4, 1835, age 21 years, 2 months, 18 days.
(Cold Brook.)
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James M., son of Samuel and Thankful Barber, died Oct. 10, 1825, age 10 months, 16 days.
(Spafford.)
Rathbone Spafford, 1807-1887.
Julia A. (w.), 1816-1888.
Menry J. Barber, 1814.
(Spafford.)
Robe (Wilcox), wife of Rathbone Barber, died Novem- ber 4, 1859, age 77 years, 9 months, 11 days.
(After the death of his wife Robe Rathbone moved to Junius, N. Y., where he married a second time. He died at the latter place and was buried there by the side of his second wife. By his wife Robe he had the following chil- dren : Rathbone, Jr., m. Julania Ann Harris, daughter of William and Nancy (Davis) Harris; Jeremiah, m. and lived in Junius, Seneca Co., N. Y .; Reuben W., m. Purlina Morris, daughter of Samuel and Jane (Springer) Morris resided in Barry Co., Mich., and had three daughters there; Charles, m. Betsey Randall, daughter of Silas and Mercy (Harring- ton) Randall; Ruth, m. Jerome Reed, and resided in Alle- gany Co., N. Y .; Robey, m. Clark Havens (both dead) ; and Daniel, m. Cornelia Belknapp, and died in Pennsylvania. Rathbone was a brother of Mary Barber who married Amos Palmer.)
(Spafford.)
Paulina Morris, widow of Reuben W. Barber, 1825-1857. (Spafford.)
Henry E., died March 3, 1874, age 8 months, 2 days. Julia A., died July 2, 1878, age 2 years, 7 months, 6 days. Children of Bradford and Phebe (Cox) Barber.
Bradford Barber was a son of Rathbone, Jr., and Jul- ania Ann (Harris) Barber. Rathbone Barber, Jr. lived most of his life on the Psalter Pullman farm on Lot 32, Sempronius, where were born to him by his wife Julania the following children: Addison, m. Juliette Servant, and resides in the town of Niles, Cayuga Co., N. Y .; Frederick m. Alvira Servant, and resides in Niles, N. Y .; Frank, m. (1) Mary Owen, (2) Samantha Belknapp, and resides in Skaneateles Village, N. Y .; Bradford, m. Phebe Cox, resides in Niles, N. Y .; Alice, m. John Randall, son of Hosea and Charlotte (Clark) Randall, resides in Scott, P. O. address, Glen Haven; Mary, m. Harrison Morris, son of Uriah and
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Frances (Worden) Morris, Skaneateles Village, N. Y .; Jane (mute), resides unmarried, in Spafford, N. Y., and Lewis, m. Amy Johnson and resides in Niles, N. Y. Rathbone, Jr., and his wife Julania, at the time of their decease, were living in the town of Niles, N. Y., but both were buried in Spafford Cemetery. (No stone.)
(Spafford.)
BARKER.
Darius Barker, died July 3, 1840, age 43 years, 9 months, 23 days.
(Darius Barker came to this town from Easton, Wash- ington Co., N. Y., May 4th, 1832, and settled on lots 41 and 42, Tully, where he remained until his decease; by his wife Mary Cooper, he had the following children: William C., m. Betsey Ann Knapp, daughter of Elijah and Betsey (Bur- dick) Knapp, resides in Homer, N. Y .; Charles, moved to Chautauqua Co., N. Y .; Cornelia, m. (1) George W. Lyon, son of David L. and Harriet (Arnold) Lyon, and (2) John Wallace, born in Ireland, she resides in Spafford, N. Y .; Sarah Mary, m. John Cotterall, he is dead and she resides in Scott, N. Y .; Charlotte, m. (1) James Hill Norton, son of Robert and Susan (Hill) Norton; (2) Mr. Tanner, she is now dead; Caroline, m. William Smith and moved to Cali- fornia; and Benejah, m. in Oregon and died in Washington, D. C., his widow and one child still reside in the latter place.
Wliliam Cooper Barker, by his wife Betsey Ann Knapp, had the following children : George Eugene, (physician and surgeon) m. (1) Helen Elisiff Westcott, (2) Ada Scammell (both wives now dead), resides in Spafford, N. Y .; Charles Emerson, m. Ida Norton, daughter of Erastus and Mary (Isdell) Norton, of Spafford, N. Y., and Perry Knapp, m. Cornelia Desdemonia Knapp (second cousin), daughter of George Frink and Betsey Ann (Gale) Knapp, resides in Homer, N. Y.)
Mary, widow of Darius Barker, died February 18, 1889, age 93.
(Spafford.)
Messer Barker at an early date was a merchant in the Village of Borodino; he also dealt extensively in real estate,
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commencing these transactions April 28, 1818 and ending April 1, 1840, in which his wife, Ann Eliza, joined. In the latter part of the year 1838 he moved from Borodino and settled in Plymouth, Richland Co., Ohio.
Hon. Sidney Smith says: " Messer Barker had a family of one son and I think four daughters. They were an unusually bright family ; they left Borodino for Ohio before they were fully grown." The son, Frank Barker, married and died in Ohio.
BARNES.
Harvey Barnes, died May 14, 1891, age 87 years.
(He married Avalinda Holmes, daughter of John and Lydia Holmes, and by her had: Edwin F. m. Mary A. Travis, daughter of John Travis; and Christina, m. (1860) William H. Clark, son of Amasa P. and Lydia (Bingham) Clark, of Borodino, N. Y.)
(Borodino.)
Edwin F. Barnes, (son of Harvey and Avalinda (Holmes) Barnes.) Died December 10, 1872, age 32 years, 10 months, 17 days.
(He married Mary A. Travis, daughter of John Travis.) (Borodino.)
Laura, daughter of Noah and Julia Barnes, died April 23, 1835, age 23 years, 1 month.
(Borodino.)
Hiram Barnes, died November 1, 1842, age 42 years, 3 months, 6 days.
He was a brother of Harvey Barnes.
(Borodino.)
BATES.
Mary A. (Sharp), wife of Ransford R. Bates, died February 23, 1862, age 39 years, 9 months, 10 days.
(She wasa daughter of Chester and Anice (Churchill) Sharp, and a granddaughter of John and Martha Churchill, one of the first settlers in Cold Brook.)
(Cold Brook.)
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BAXTER.
Several members of the Baxter family came to this town from Pittsfield, Mass., at an early date, and settled at Borodino and in that vicinity, among whom were Daniel, John, William Bently, Edward and Septimus, five brothers, and possibly one or more sisters, but of the sisters we have no positive information ; and in fact nothing more is known of Septimus than his name. Daniel Baxter came before the Fall of 1817, and first settled on lot 14, Sempronius, west of the Center, but in course of one or two years thereafter moved to the Village of Borodino, where he carried on a general mercantile business for twelve or fifteen years there- after. From 1817 to 1832 he had numerous real estate transactions in Borodino and in that vcinity, in which he was joined by his wife Susan. He was Supervisor of the town in the years 1830-1-2, and his general reputation was that of a substantial business man. He was Member of Assembly of the New York Legislature from this town in 1828. He went West early in the thirties.
John Baxter resided in the Village of Borodino before the Marcellus end of the town was incorporated into the original town of Spafford. He was a successful farmer and business man, and sometimes acted as surveyor ; several of the roads of the town were laid out and surveyed by him, and are so recorded in the town records. In his real estate transactions he is joined by his wife Delia; he also went West and settled in Michigan.
William Bentley Baxter married Mary Hillebert, daughter of John C. and Elizabeth (Berry) Hillebert. He was also a farmer residing near Borodino and went West.
Edward Baxter came originally from Pittsfield, Mass., to Volney, Oswego Co., N. Y., and from there moved to Borodino, where he carried on a general mercantile business for a number of years. From Borodino he moved to Phoe- nix, Oswego County, N. Y., and from there to Liverpool, N. Y., where he remained until his decease. While residing in Borodino he married Eliza Anderson, sister of Thomas B. Anderson, then of that place, and by her had three chil- dren, the first two born in Borodino and the last in Phoenix ; George, born March 6, 1839, married Anice Sitts, of Clay, N. Y .; he has been for several years Supervisor of the Town
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of Salina, is a successful business man and now resides in Liverpool, N. Y .; Charles, born 1843, married and resides in Arizona; Clinton, born 1846, and is also married, resi- dence unknown.
Mr. Edward Baxter died in Liverpool in September, 1895, at the advanced age of 91 years, and was buried at that place; his wife died in 1862 or 3, and was also buried at the same place.
BEARSE.
Aaron Bearse, died February 14, 1842, age 58 years.
(He married (1) Phebe Smith, (2) Rebecca Earl, daughter of David and Anna Earl, and (3) Harriet Cleve- land, sister of Benajah Cleveland. He came to this town among the early settlers and took up his residence on a farm, probably under a contract, on lot 13, Sempronius, for which he subsequently took a deed, February 29, 1812. In his will, dated November 16, 1841, and probated February 24, 1842, he mentions his wife Harriet Bearse, and his children : David; Lyman, m. Mary Emily Langdon, he died West before October 13, 1853; Isabenda (m. 1) Anson Churchell, son of James and Hannah (Dobbs) Churchell, and (2) Albert E. Fulton, son of Emerson Fulton; Ford; Aaron E .; Ward, m. Mary Burns, daughter of Felix and Elizabeth (Walace) Burns; Harriet; and Esther M. Bearse; the two latter died unmarried.)
(Borodino.)
Phebe (Smith), wife of Aaron Bearse, died October 11, 1819, in the 35th year of her age.
(Borodino.)
In memory of Rebecca (Earl) wife of Aaron Bearse, died February 7, 1830, age 38 years, 9 months, 22 days.
(Thorn Hill.)
BECKER.
Peter Becker, son of David and Gertrude (Van Buren) Becker, born June 11, 1800, died July 29, 1889. Age 89 years, 1 month, 18 days.
" He rests well."
(He was born at Easton, Washington Co., N. Y., and is supposed to have been a descendant of John Becker, who
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in 1656 was Clerk at Fort Casimir on the Deleware, in 1660 kept school in New Amsterdam (N. Y. City), and in 1663 and afterwards was a Notary Public and School- master, in Greenbush and Albany, N. Y. He was one of a family of seven children, three boys and four girls, who resided in Washington and Saratoga Counties in this State. After his marriage to his first wife, Mary Eadie, he first settled in Scriba, Oswego Co., N. Y., in the year 1836, and from there came to Scott, N. Y., and resided for about four years on the Vincent Farm. March 9, 1840, he purchased a farm of ninety-nine acres of Henry Ide, on Lot 12, Sem- pronius, and resided in this town afterwards until the time of his decease. His wife, Mary, died April 2, 1866, and he married (2) Asenath Patterson, widow of Calvin Patterson, and former widow of William Case, her maiden name was Asenath Warner. His children were by his first wife.)
(Borodino.)
David Becker, born July 7, 1820. William Becker, born April 18, 1823. Elizabeth Becker, born Sept. 6, 1825. Henry Becker, born July 27, 1827. James Becker, born October 8, 1830. Alexander Becker, born June 2, 1833. John Becker, born July 12, 1836.
Thomas Becker, born February 12, 1838.
Children of Peter and Mary (Eadie) Becker.)
(David Becker married Eunice Legg, daughter of William and Amanda (Fulton) Legg, and had two children : Mrs. Ellis A. Tucker of Little York, N. Y., and Mrs. Emma Gere of Beatrice, Nebraska. Mrs. David Becker was born in February, 1833, and is now deceased, buried by the side of her husband in Borodino Cemetery. (No stone) ; Wil- liam Becker, married Joanna Robinson, daughter of Archi- bald and Amy Robinson; Elizabeth Becker died unmarried; Henry Becker died unmarried; James Becker married Mary Boothroy, resides in Syracuse, N. Y .; Alexander Becker married Mary Newell, daughter of Stephen and Mary (Cuy- kendall) Newell, his wife is dead and he resides in Syra- cuse, N. Y .; John Becker married Elizabeth Shuttleworth, born in England and now deceased; and Thomas Becker married Elizabeth Babcock.)
(Borodino.)
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Mary (Eadie) Becker, wife of Peter Becker, died April 2, 1866, age 67 years, 9 months, 27 days.
(Borodino.)
Asenth (Patterson) (Case) (Warner) Becker, wife of Peter Becker, died January 23, 1886, age 74 years, 6 months. (No stone.)
(Borodino.)
Elizabeth (Shuttleworth) Becker, wife of John Becker, born 1842, died 1894.
(John Becker was a son of Peter and Mary (Eadie) Becker.
(Borodino.)
Henry Becker (son of Peter and Mary (Eadie) Becker). Born July 27, 1827, died September 8, 1895.
(Borodino.)
Alexander Becker, (son of Peter and Mary (Eadie) Becker). Born July 2, 1833.
(Borodino.)
Mary Newell, wife of Alexander Becker, born November 27, 1833, died December 13, 1895.
(Alexander Becker, son of Peter and Mary (Eadie) Becker, m. Mary Newell, daughter of Stephen and Mary (Cuykendall) Newell. Alexander resides in Syracuse, N. Y.)
(Borodino.)
Joanna (Robinson) wife of William Becker. Died May 30, 1878, age 55 years, 5 months, 7 days. " Mother we miss Thee."
(William Becker (son of Peter and Mary Eadie) Becker m. Joanna Robinson, daughter of Archibald and Amy Robinson.)
(Borodino.)
David Becker, (son of Peter and Mary (Eadie) Becker). Died November 19, 1862, age 43 years, 4 months.
(He married Eunice Legg, daughter of William and Amanda (Fulton) Legg. He was a merchant at Borodino, and prominent both in business and town affairs. He was Supervisor of the town in 1860.)
(Borodino.)
Eunice Legg, wife of David Becker. Died at Geddes, N. Y., July 31, 1879, age 46 years, 5 months.)
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(She was born February, 1833. No stone.)
(Borodino.)
Fannie, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Shuttleworth) Becker. Died September 28, 1864, age 2 years, 6 months. (Borodino.)
BEELER.
(Private in Capt. Kean's Co. 4th U. S. Regt. of Riflemen in the War of 1812, is buried in an unmarked grave in the southeast corner of the Spafford Cemetery. He was a pen- sioner of the United States for loss of a leg, resulting from a wound received in battle in the year 1814. He came to Spafford from Springfield, New York. He died after 1821, but at what date is not known. At the time of his decease, he was living at Roundy's Tavern at Spafford Corners.) No stone. (Spafford.)
BENNETT.
Lucinda, wife of Isaac Bennett. Died October 20, 1830, age 39 years, 4 months, 21 days.
(Thorn Hill.)
Lucy Hutchens, wife of Lyman C. Bennett. Died April 5, 1882, age 52 years.
" In life beloved, in death lamented."
(Lyman C. Bennett (b. in Virgil, N. Y., November 20, 1831), son of Stephen and Waity (Hill) Bennett, married Lucy Hutchens, daughter of Col. Phineas and Betsey (Bocker) Hutchens. She was born in Spafford, N. Y., April 6, 1830; one child.)
(Spafford.)
Phineas Hutchens, only child of Lyman C. and Lucy (Hutchens) Bennett. Died March 29, 1866, age 9 months, 11 days.
" Our Little Phinney."
" O! the little feet, in the glorious street,
Can never go astray. Too frail, too pure for Earth."
(Spafford.)
William J. Bennett, (son of Stephen and Waity (Hill) Bennett. Died October 9, 1860, age 21 years.
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(He was a cripple, and at the time of his decease was living with his brother, Lyman C. Bennett.)
(Spafford.)
The family of Christian Bennett resided and buried its dead just over the Spafford line, in the town of Tully, in the locality commonly called " Bennett Hollow," yet on account of its close business and social relations with the people of this town the following is offered :
Christian Bennett the elder, (called by himself Chris- John Bonats), was born at Frankfort on the Rhine, and was a soldier under Napoleon the First in the French Revolution. After his discharge from the French Army he first settled in Germantown, Pennsylvania, and from there emigrated to the town of Tully among the first settlers. He died in Bennett Hollow, and was buried there by the side of his wife, Hannah Fralick. He had three children registered in the family Bible, as Peter Bonats, Gershom Bonats, and Christian Bonats.
Christian Bonats, Jr., born in Germantown, Pa., August 14, 1781, married January 8, 1812, Elizabeth Adare. He came to Tully at an early date, and in 1816 purchased his large farm of 155 acres in Bennett Hollow, where he re- mained until the time of his decease, September 25, 1866. He was trustee of School District No. 8 (a joint district for the towns of Spafford, Tully and Preble) from 1852 to 1857 inclusive. He and his wife, Elizabeth, were buried in the Cemetery near the School House, in Bennett Hollow. His children, all born in Bennett Hollow, were: Jane, born February 7, 1813, died January 1898, in Iowa, married William A. Higley ; Joseph Adare, born March 18, 1815, died March 23, 1836, in Bennett Hollow; Lydia Maria, born Feb- ruary 22, 1817, married Isaac Hollenbeck in 1839, and resides in Tully, N. Y., (7 children) ; Henry Staley, born December 20, 1819, died in Pennsylvania, (2 children) ; Sarah Ett, born April 5, 1823, died March, 1872, married (1) Anthony Straile and (2) George Warne, (2 children) ; Mary Elizabeth, born August 17, 1829, married Richard A. VanDenburg, resides in Scott, N. Y. (4 children) ; James Edward, born March 23, 1827, died in Preble, N. Y., mar- ried Hannah Van Denburg, (2 children) ; and John Chris-
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tian, born November 13, 1833, married May 20, 1856, H. Amelia Doran of Syracuse, N. Y.
Col. John Christian Bennett born November 13, 1833, and living in 1888 in London, England, married May 20, 1856, at Syracuse, N. Y., H. Amelia Doran, now living in Syracuse, N. Y., and by her had: John Christian, Jr., born in 1858, residing in Boston, Mass., unmarried; Joseph Adare, born in 1862, married and lives in Texas, Sergeant in 23d United States Infantry ; Andrew Doran, born in 1865, merchant in Syracuse and married; and Carl Lee, born in 1867, married Jessica Marie Kline in New York City, where he now resides. John C. Bennett obtained the rank of Colonel from the State of New York, as commanding officer of the 51st Regiment of New York Militia, located at Syracuse, N. Y.
BERRY.
Jonathan Berry. Born March 17, 1771, died August 13, 1849.
Jonathan Berry came from Cambridge, Washington Co., N. Y., and settled on Lot 12, Sempronius, in March, 1803. He remained there until March 3, 1810, when he purchased the States Hundred Acres on Lot 89, Marcellus, of Daniel Tinkham. Soon after he took up his residence near where Jeremiah Olmstead now resides on this purchase, and re- mained there until the time of his decease. Mr. Berry was a leading business man, and without question dealt more extensively in real estate in his adopted town than any of his fellow townspeople. Among other transactions he pur- chased nearly all of lots 10 and 12, Sempronius, and sold out in parcels to suit his purchasers, who cleared and settled upon the lands. His real estate transactions, however, were not confined to the vicinity of his residence, but extended to all parts of the town, without reference to his individual uses and purposes. The public records indicate that he had a natural born taste for speculation in real estate, which to a certain extent met with success, for at his decease he left a very valuable property of this kind, to be distributed among the members of his family. By his wife Thankful he had the following children: Joseph R., married Sarah Kneeland, daughter of Asa and Hannah (Green) Kneeland,
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resided in Winslow, Stevens Co., Illinois; Mary, married Isaac Knapp, son of Peter and Dinah (Guion) Knapp; Eliz- abeth, married John C. Hillebert of Borodino, N. Y .; Nelson, married (1) Lucretia Lyman, (2) Amy Ann Eddy, and (3) Abigail Stringham, after his decease his last wife married (2) George Maxson of Scott, N. Y., he left him surviving two sons, William G. and Fred M. Berry; Thankful, married James Bemus, resided in Chautauqua Co., N. Y .; Sophia M., married John J. Rowan, son of John and Nancy Rowan, she died in Otisco, N. Y .; Adeline, married Edwin Eddy, then of Borodino, N. Y .; Ann W., married Winchester, she died before her father and left four sons; Jonathan Berry, Joseph R., Andrew J., and George W. Winchester; Simeon, married ,he died before his father and left four children : Jonathan, Timothy M., Mary Ann, married Job Springer, and Edward G. Berry; and Ruth Frances Berry, who died before her father, un- married.)
(Borodino.)
Thankful, wife of Jonathan Berry. Born May 15, 1777, died August 26, 1847.
"There is rest for the wearied spirits above."
(Borodino.)
Ruth Frances, daughter of Jonathan and Thankful Berry. Died July 27, 1841, age 21 years.
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