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Edic, Henry, was born in the town of Marcy, April 2, 1823, son of Jacob and Isa- belle Edic, whose children were James, Emily, Henry, Jacob), William, Isabelle, Louise, Amos, Mary Esther, Charles J., Franklin, John Jacob, Antonette, Isabelle, who were all natives of this county. Jacob Edie in early life was engaged in boat- ing on the Mohawk River and later pioneer farming. He was very public spirited, and active in church and educational interests. Henry Edic married Eliza, daugh-
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ter of Benjamin and Mary Kipp, by whom he has five children: George Henry, Har- riet Eliza, Frederick Charles, Jacob and Emily Maud. Mr. Edic is engaged in farm- ing; is active in both church and school work, and has been trustee of the school for many years. He was supervisor in 1861 and 1862, also assessor for many years, and is now living retired.
Gaymond, George A., was born in the town of Marcy, May 4, 1869, son of John O. and Elizabeth (Jones) Gaymond, who have five children: William George A., Ira M., Emma and Margaret. John O. settled in Clayville in 1852, and in Marcy in 1855. In early life he engaged in farming, and at which he has since continued. George A. was educated at Whitestown Seminary and studied law; and late years he has been engaged as a commercial traveler. He is a member of the Oriskany Lodge F. & A. M., of Utica, also the Marcy Grange and Patrons of Industry.
Horrigan, John, was born in Albany, N. Y., August 8, 1842, son of Patrick Horri- gan, who was born in Ireland, and came to the United States in 1831. He first set- tled in New York city, and then came to the town of Florence in 1843, settling on a farm near Florence village. He married Mary McNamara of New York, and they have five children who are living: Mary, John, Bridget, Ellen, and Michael. John is a farmer, and since 1860, in addition to his farming, has engaged in blacksmithing and dealt in agricultural implements. He married Elizabeth Lafferty of Florence, danghter of John Lafferty, and they have a family of seven children: Mary F., Eva E., Ellen, Louisa, William, and Lillian. Mr. Horrigan was town clerk for two years. In politics he is an Independent.
Marsh, John .- James Marsh was born in Canterbury, County Kent, England, September 15, 1834. In 1855 he married Elizabeth Harvey, and the same year sailed for America, and located in Verona, remaining there four years, when he removed to the Ridge, town of Rome, where he rented a farm and manufactured cheese for about two years, and later spent five years at Lee Center and the Ridge. In 1866 he purchased the farm of eighty acres in Lee, which is now owned by his son John, on which he made many improvements, including the erection of all the present buildings, and subsequently purchased two other farms in Lee, on which he made extensive improvements in clearing, fencing, and buildings. Mr. Marsh was a thrifty and enterprising farmer. His children were Thomas and John, both prom- inent farmers in Lee. In politics Mr. Marsh was a Democrat. He died April 22, 1891.
Bowman, John, was born in Rome, Oneida county, August 12, 1858, son of Fred and Verbena (Light) Bowman, natives of Mechlenberg, Germany. Fred Bowman came to America about 1854, locating at Rome, Oneida county, where he was en- ployed five years, and in 1889 removed to Annsville, where he cleared a farm of seventy-five acres, and where he died May 1, 1895, aged sixty-nine years. His chil- dren, were Fred, John, Frank, Sophia (Mrs. Charles Regler), and William. John Bowman was reared on the homestead, and received a limited education in the common schools, and after attaining his majority he removed to Canada, where he worked two years as a farm hand, then returned to the homestead, where he re- mained until 1885, when he embarked in the hotel business at Point Rock, and re- mained there seven years. He then kept the Central Hotel at Rome two years, and
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in 1894 purchased the Lee Center House, which he has since successfully continued, adding extensive improvements, including one of the finest barns in the county, at an expense of $1,500. May 12, 1885, he married Carrie, daughter of Frank and Caroline Dorn, of Ava, Oneida county, by whom he had three children: John, jr., Carrie and Howard.
Wallace, Joseph Franklin, was born in Lee, Oneida county, May 21, 1850, son of John D. and Ann (Countryman) Wallace. His paternal grandparents, John and Catherine Wallace, were natives of Germany, who came to America in 1826, settling in Verona, Oneida county, later removed to Lee, where they died, the former living to 112 years of age. The maternal grandparents, John and Ann (Eygabroad) Coun- tryman, were natives of Herkimer county, N. Y., and pioneers of Lee. John D. Wallace, father of Joseph Franklin, was born in Alsace, Germany, in 1819, and came to this country with his parents in 1826, and on reaching manhood engaged in farming, which business he followed until his death, which occurred in 1880, aged sixty-one years. Joseph Franklin was reared in Lee, educated in the common schools, and his principal occupation has been farming, though he has been more or less engaged in buying and selling stock, Canadian horses, and real estate. As a farmer he has been very successful, and at present is the owner of the old home- stead, as well as the farm on which he resides. November 7, 1872, he married Sarah Ann, daughter of Robert and Ann (Thomas) Thomas, of Ava, Oneida county, by whom he has three children living: Mary E., Florence E., and Joseph J. Mr. Wallace is a charter member of P. of I., No. 320, of Lee, and its first president. In politics he is a Democrat, and has been once appointed and twice elected to the office of justice of the peace for Lee.
Swancott, David, was born in Montgomeryshire, Wales, August 8, 1831, son of Phillip and Jane (Stevens) Swancott. Philip Swancott was a tanner by trade, and came to America in 1839, locating in Western, Oneida county, and followed his trade there and in Madison county for twenty-five years. He died in 1880, aged seventy- eight years. He married for his first wife, Jane, daughter of William Stevens, by whom he had five children: Philip, Jane (Mrs. Charles Hughes); David; Mary (Mrs. John Roberts); and Richard. He married for his second wife, Mary Humphrey, by whom he had six children: William, Lewis, Hannah (Mrs. William Campbell); Margaret; Samuel; and Lucy (Mrs. Edward Stevens). David Swancott came to Western with his father in 1839, and his education was limited to three months in the common school. He began life as an apprentice to the tanner's trade, which business he followed for six years in Western and Lee. In 1860 he removed to Lewis, Lewis county, and engaged in farming three years, when he embarked in lumbering, which business he has successfully followed in Lewis and Oneida counties, and has been a resident of Lee since 1884. June 27, 1853, he married Diana, daughter of William and Eliza (Hayden) Walters, of Lewis county , N. Y., by whom he has four children living; Philip; Jane (Mrs. John Miller); Thomas; and Edward. Mr. Swancott is a member of the F. & A. M., and is now serving his fourth term as commissioner of highways.
Smith, Dewitt Clinton, was born in Trenton, Oneida county, January, 22, 1854, son of John H. and Martha (Harbeck) Smith, natives of New York and Connecticut
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respectively. John H. Smith was for thirty years engaged in the hotel business in Oneida county, and in 1860 located on a farm in Lee, residing there until his death, which occurred June 19, 1874, aged seventy years. He was the father of fifteen chil- dren, nine of whom grew to maturity: J. Edwin, Fannie (Mrs. Daniel Tulloh), George W., Helen M. (Mrs. David Tulloh), Dewitt C., Marian (Mrs. W. S. Bushnell), Jay W., Charles H., deceased, Ella M. (Mrs. Frank Patrick), Frank H., Jerome B., and Gertrude. Dewitt Clinton was reared in the town of Lee, and from six years of age was educated at the Union school at Lee Center, and Rome Academy, after which he began life as a farm laborer and later engaged in cheesemaking, teaching school winters up to 1884, when he engaged as a clerk for one year in a general store at West Branch, and in 1885 embarked in general merchandising for himself at Point Rock, in which he has since successfully continued. He married for his first wife, Lillie A. Yarwood, who died in February, 1876. His second wife was Carrie M., daughter of Sidney and Lovina (Osborne) Lasuer, of Lee, by whom he had two children: Jennie M., and Bertha M. Mr. Smith is a member of the F. & A. M., and Royal Arcanum, and is now serving his first term as supervisor of the town of Lee. In politics he is a staunch Republican.
Deeley, David, was born in Durhamville, April 13, 1866, son of Thomas and Fan- nie Deeley, who came to Durhamville in 1859. Mr. and Mrs. Deeley's children were Ellen, James, George, Jesse, Mary, Thomas, Lesse, William, David, John, Charles, and Eugene, eight of whom were born in Oneida county. Thomas was a glass man- ufacturer in Durhamville until 1874, since which time he has been engaged in farm- ing. Jesse married Ameretta Hanney, now deceased. He afterward married Lucy Canfield, by whom he has two children: Harry and Winnie.
Wyman, Simeon T., was born in West Branch, Oneida county, N. Y., June 2, 1837, son of Winslow and Phoebe Wyman, whose other children were Edward, Samuel, Mary, Sarah, Henry, Daniel, John, Hawthorn, and Martha. Simeon T. Winslow came from Vermont to the town of Lee with his father, where they engaged in farming, lumbering and milling. He was very active in religious work of the old Quaker style. He married Harriet, daughter of George and Eliza Brown, of the town of Lee, and they have five children: Flora, widow of Charles Bergman, who married Douglas Wheeler; George, Mary, deceased; Lizzie, and Samuel. Mr. Wyman was assessor of the town of Lee for three years. His son, George, is now located at West Branch, and is engaged in blacksmithing.
Cook, Albert D., was born in Vienna, N. Y., son of Joseph and Mary (Ayers) Cook. Albert D. married Nancy, daughter of Robert and Amelia Shaver, by whom he has three children: Mary, wife of Elgin A. Post; Elizabeth, wife of Dr. Charles Nicols; and Harriet, all natives of Vienna. Mr. Cook is postmaster at Vienna, also justice of the peace at the present time. He formerly belonged to Vienna F. & A. M .. No. 440.
Chrestien, Alfred B., was born in Rome, May 23, 1855, son of Martin and Margaret Chrestien, and married Ida A., daughter of William and Mary Long of Madison county, and they have one child, Blanche H. Alfred started for himself as a farmer when twenty years old, which he followed for two years, and then learned the black- smith's trade, which he worked at for ten years at Canastota and Bridgeport. He
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then moved to Vienna, and has followed farming and been engaged in the hotel busi- ness in MeConnellsville ever since. He has been excise commissioner and is treas- urer of the fraternal society, Order of the World.
Harden, Charles, was born in Verona, November 7, 1828, son of Henry H. and Sarah (Pierce) Harden, and grandson of Ezekiel Harden, who settled here about 1815. Mr. and Mrs. Henry H. Harden were the parents of six children: Mary Bird, Charlotte Allen, Henrietta Stone, Julian Dean, Maria, and Charles. Charles married Marcia Jane. He afterward married Caroline, daughter of Eggleston Lamphere, and they have three children; Frank, Charles deceased, and George. In early life Mr. Harden was a brick manufacturer. He moved to Illinois, where he remained ten years, and then returned to Oneida county and followed farming and lumbering until 1844, when he began the manufacture of chairs. He was supervisor two terms, and highway commissioner for six years. He is a member of Vienna F. & A. M., No. 440.
Woodard, Henry M., was born near MeConnellsville, February 14, 1831, son of Silas and Almira Nichols Woodard. Henry M. married Ruth Ann, a daughter of Leman Powell, of McConnellsville, and they have one child, Mary A. Woodard. He commenced life for himself running a stage from MeConnellsville to Constantia, which he followed until 1880, when he started in the merchandise business at North Bay. He was elected collector in 1862, and also in 1876-77. In 1862 he was elected town clerk, which office he has held up to the present time with the exception of three years, and was postmaster under Cleveland's administration. He is actively interested in educational interests, and is a member of Vienna Lodge, F. & A. M .. No. 440.
Bushnell, Monroe .- Aaron Bushnell was born in the town of Lee, November 4, 1808, son of Joshua and Sophia Bushnell, who settled in the town of Rome about 1795 and one year later moved to Lee. Their children were Lura, Lucius, Annis, Harriet, Annis, Filmore, Aaron, Clarissa, Artemissa and Oscar. Aaron married Mary Ann, a daughter of John and Annie York, and they were the parents of eight children : Alsadia, Clarissa, Lorin, Marietta, Walter, Raymond A., Chester L., and Monroe Aaron has followed lumbering, boat building and farming, being one of the earliest boat builders in this section. When the Midland railroad was con- structed he was railroad commissioner and plank road inspector, and has been assessor for twenty-one years. He was also active in educational interests, having been trustee for thirty years.
Bailey, Capt. Myron J., was born in Rensselaer county, N. Y., January 1, 1834, son of Silas and Sallie A. Bailey. Ile was born in the town of Paris, son of Silas and Olive Sweetland Bailey, whose children were Eunice, Silas, Timothy, Lyman, Edward, Ora, Abraham, Olive and Almira. The children of Silas, jr., were Jay C., Dorleski, Myron J., and Charlotte. Myron J. married Adelaide M., a daughter of George W. Coville, and a native of the town of Vienna, and their children are Edna E., Gilford D., Myron L., George S., Lottie V., Charles, jr., and S. Wyman. Capt. Myron J. Bailey has followed farming, and by trade is a carpenter and paper hanger, but has now retired from active business. He enlisted in Company E , 101st Regi- ment N. G. S. N. Y., and was elected captain of Company K, of the same regiment,
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which commission he now holds. He is serving his second term as assessor, and has been overseer of the poor, excise commissioner and school trustee. He is a member of Vienna F. & A. M. Lodge, 440, of which he is past master, and has been secretary for sixteen years, and has also been senior warden and senior deacon. He belongs to Sylvan Beach I. O. O. F., No. 326, and West Vienna Grange. In 1890 he was appointed State inspector of public works, and was located at Solvay, near Syracuse.
Dixon, James, was born near Dublin, Ireland, May 22, 1834, son of John and Katherine Dixon, who settled in this town with their children, Edward, deceased, John deceased, and James, in about 1840. James Dixon married Sarah, daughter of Hiram and Mary Coville, and they are the parents of five children : John, Lucy Katherine, who is a graduate of Cazenovia Seminary and Oswego Normal; Frank, Mary Clif- ford, and Lizzie Pauline, who was graduated from Rome Academy, and is now attending school at the Oswego Normal. James Dixon is a self-made man, having started in life when fifteen years of age, working on the canal nntil 1865, when he moved on the farm where he now resides. He has been collector and is now serv- ing his fourth term as highway commissioner, and in 1890 he had an appointment on the State public works. He belongs to Vienna F. & A. M., No. 440.
Blasier, Irving, was born in the town of Western, January 11, 1860, son of Ichabod and Elizabeth M. Blasier. Ichabod, son of Henry, was born in the town of Western, October 12, 1825, and his children were Henrietta, Francis M., Esther E., Celia, Mary, Josephine, Ichabod, jr., Irving, Melvin, Lena, Evert E., Martha, Carrie, Franklin and Charles, of whom the last four are deceased. December 12, 1880, Irving married Clara L., daughter of Henry L. and Sarah A. Vosburg, and they have one child, Merton Irving. Mr. Blasier was educated in the Winfield Seminary, and when seventeen years of age started in the cheese business. In 1889 he bought a cheese factory at Vienna, and in 1893 he started a canning factory under the firm name of Freeman & Blasier, and they do a business of about $23,000 a year, and make 115,000 pounds of cheese yearly. He is a member of Vienna F. & A. M. Lodge, No. 440.
Flanagan, James Henry, was born at West Vienna, December 23, 1854, son of Peter and Mary E. Flanagan. He married Martha Ann, a daughter of Willard Teeling, and to them have been born three children: Irma, Ida, and Thomas J. James Henry has followed boat building and farming the greater part of his life. In 1874 and 1875 he was elected town clerk, and in 1875 he represented the 3d Oneida District in the Assemaly, and in 1885 he was elected supervisor, which office he has held to the present time. In 1889 he was nominated for State senator, and in 1892 he was appointed assistant superintendent of public works, which position he held for over three years. At present he is a member of the State Democratic Committee of the 25th Congressional District. He is a member of Vienna F. & A. M., No. 440, also of Sylvan Beach I.O.O.F.
Wilcox, Frederick D., was born in the town of Camden, October 8, 1839, son of Chester Wilcox, who was born in Connecticut, and came to the town of Camden when a boy, being one of the pioneers of the town, making all of the roads in this section known as the Hillsborough roads. He was a farmer and speculator in cattle.
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He married Rilia Dunbar, of Camden, by whom he had seven children. Frederick D. Wilcox is a farmer, and he now owns a farm of 130 acres in the town of Camden, mostly improved, also one of 102 acres in the town of Vernon, mostly woodland. He married Julia L -- , by whom he had eight children: Adelbert, Edwin, Jane, Ches- ter, Robert, Irving, Olive and Katie.
Dana, George W., was born in the town of Camden, October 20, 1863. His father, Walter H. Dana, was born at South 'Trenton, and was by occupation a painter. He married Delight Wakefield, by whom he had ten children. George W. was reared on a farm, in which business he spent his early days, and was educated in the com- mon schools. For about ten years he has been a member of the firm of Gardner & Dana, manufacturers of sash, doors and blinds, they being among the leading firms in this line in Camden. He married Lillie D., daughter of William Curtis, of Cam- den. Mr. Dana is a prominent member of the I. O. O. F., and in politics is a Deni- ocrat.
Gardner, Richard H., was born in the town of Florence, Oneida county, July 14, 1842, son of Peter Gardner, who was born in England, and came to the United States in 1830. Ile was a minister of the gospel, and continued to live in the town of Florence up to his death. He married Margaret Little, by whom he had nine children. Richard H. was educated in the towns of Florence and Camden. He learned the carpenter's trade when a boy, which he still follows. In 1885 he estab- lished a sash and door factory in Camden, known as Gardner & Dana. Mr. Gardner married Elizabeth Orr, of New York Mills, and they have one daughter, who is now a teacher in the Camden Academy.
Rush, Horace J., was born in the town of Camden, June 29, 1865, one of four chil- dren of Jacob and Amelia Rush, who have lived for many years in the town of Cam- den, the father being a carpenter and builder, which trade his son, Horace J., learned, and through close attention has become a thorough master of the business, until at this time he conducts one of the leading sash and door factories of the town, turning out all classes of outside and inside finish for houses. He married Lena Grant, of Camden. Mr. Rush is a member of the American Mechanics, and in politics is a Republican.
Gamble, Frederick S., was born in thetown of Camden, July 31, 1861. Ilis father, James H. Gamble, came to Camden about 1850, where he was a merchant for many years, and was also postmaster of this village for thirteen years. Frederick S. is a graduate of Camden Academy, and has been in the boot and shoe business for six- teen years, the firm being known as J. II. Gamble & Son. He married Jennie E. Mann, of Camden, by whom he had five children: Etta, Sherry, Carl, Frederick, and Mary. Mr. Gamble is a Republican in politics, and has held the offices of water con- missioner, trustee of the village, also treasurer. He is a member of K. of P., and Americam Mechanics.
Hayes, Hon. Albert L., was born at Hawkinsville, in 1847, son of Jonas Hayes, the most prominent farmer of that locality, and whose settlement in the town was at the early date of 1823. He is still living at the age of eighty-six. He married Marinda Harris, who died in 1874, by whom he had five sons. Albert L. Hayes, after com- pleting an academic course at Fairfield, began legal studies at Herkimer in 1867. In
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1870 he was admitted to the bar and began practicing at Boonville. In the investi- gations and reformatory legislation which marked the celebrated "ninety-fifth ses- sion" of the Assembly, Mr. Hayes was a central figure as one of the judiciary com- mittee. He also takes an active interest in the local affairs, and has been a justice most of the time since 1874.
Palmer, E. G., was born at Peterboro, N. H., October 19, 1836, son of Benjamin Palmer, and their paternal lineage traces direct to the Mayflower. E. G. Palmer was educated at Northville and Amsterdam, and his first independent venture in mercantile life was at Little Falls, where he engaged in the hardware business. In 1862 he came to Boonville, continuing the same business for a period of twenty-three years, when he established himself as a florist, at which he has achieved marked success. In 1867 he married Esther Avery of Boonville, descendant of an old New Hampshire family, by whom he has had five children: Burton, Ernest, and Elwin, and also a son and daughter who died in infancy, Mr. Palmer has run the gamut of official life from treasurer and trustee of the village to his present position as super- visor, having been first elected to the latter office in 1890.
Douglass, J. W., M. D., was born at West Leyden, December 20, 1844, and is a descendant from an old Connecticut family. He is a son of the late Thomas P. Douglass. He began medical research in the office of Dr. Watson, at West Leyden, and in 1874 entered the Long Island College Hospital at Brooklyn, graduating in 1877, and locating at Boonville. Dr. Douglass is a very popular and successful prac- titioner, and is now acting health officer.
Willard, Garry Aaron .- The Willard family has been known in Boonville since the organization of the town, and Garry A. Willard, who still resides in Boonville, is one of its worthiest descendants. His grandfather, Aaron Willard, came to Boonville from Vermont at the beginning of the present century. His forefathers were numbered among the hardy settlers of this country, and were among the first to enlist under the banners of the Granite State boys, which were carried through the Revolutionary war. Aaron Willard was a farmer by occupation, and industri- ously plied his vocation near what is now the village of Boonville, clearing away the virgin forest in order to plant his crops. Among his sons was Harvey P. Willard, father of Garry Aaron. He possessed fine intellectual attainments and scholarly tastes, and his abilities were early recognized. He was educated at the Boonville Academy, and after his graduation and for a period of twenty years, taught school in Kentucky and in various places in this State. In 1861 he purchased the Boonville Herald, which he conducted until hisdeath in 1887. Garry A. Willard was born in 1861, and was the sixth of a family of eight children. At an early age he had mastered the printer's trade, and after his graduation from the Boonville Academy he completed his education at the Clinton, N. Y., Grammar School. Returning to Boonville he took a position in the Herald office, mastering the details of every department until, in 1891, he purchased the paper and became its sole responsible head. Since that period the paper under his management has grown until to day, the Herald plant is almost metropolitan in its character, and the paper is extensively circulated through- out Oneida, Lewis, and Herkimer counties. A sturdy, never-swerving Republican, of pleasing address and of the courage of his convictions at all times, Mr. Willard
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could not well escape the notice of those high in the councils of his party. In 1891 he was appointed postmaster by President Harrison and served a full term, and, un- til his successor was appointed by President Cleveland, giving the best of satisfac- tion and making the office rank among the highest in its class. In 1895 he became the candidate of his party for county clerk, and was elected by the hardsome major- ity of 3,500. His prominence in local affairs and the confidence reposed in him by the people of Boonville is best attested by the fact that he was chosen president of the Board of Education in 1892 and re elected in 1893, 1894 and 1895. In 1884 Mr. Willard married Julia H., eldest daughter of C. W. Colton, one of Boonville s best known merchants. One child, a daughter, blessed their union, and the family resi- dence on Schuyler street is one of the handsomest in this village of lovely homes.
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