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WILLIAM G. JOHNSON, son of George, was an early settler in Plainfield, Genesee county, coming there about 1818, and for a number of years he made that place his home. He then moved to Yates county, near Penn Yan, where he resided until about 1868, when he moved to Watkins, and died there in 1887. He was married with Elizabeth Estle. They had eight children, John, Dr. George W., of Illinois, Capt. David R., (killed in the civil war), Edmon J., Mary, Amy (Mrs. Ed. Thompson), of Watkins, Eliza- beth and Sarah (Mrs. David Robinson), (deceased.) Edmon J. Johnson, born September 30, 1842, in Genesee county, was edu- cated in the common schools of Yates county, and worked on a farm for a number of years. Tiring of this life he engaged in different kinds of business, but for several years was a traveling salesman for eigar firms. November 1, 1876, he came to Barton and opened a hotel, and has been a hotel keeper from that time.
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He was married with Sarah E., daughter of Miles and Hannah C. (Broadhead) Forman, in 1867, and has three children, Minnie M., Emma T., and Fred. H. Johnson, born March 17, 1875, who is the day telegraph operator in B. T. tower of the Erie railroad at Bar- ton. After acquiring a common school education in the Barton schools, Mr. Johnson practiced telegraphy for six years and has since been an operator. His duties are responsible, but he dis- charges them with ability and success.
BENJAMIN R. GILLAM, son of Daniel and Sarah (Reynolds) Gillam, was born May 3, 1833, in Woodhull, Steuben county. He was educated in the schools of Corning, and then learned the black- smith's trade of Isaac Dobbs, of Tioga county, and, after two years time passed there, he opened a shop one mile east of Corning. Two years later he moved, for one year to Susquehanna, Pa., and then came to Waverly (in 1850) where he has since resided. In 1855 Mr. Gillam was married with Rachel, daughter of Alanson Love- lace. Their children were Alice (Mrs. George Smalley), born De- cember 25, 1857 ; Ella, born March 6, 1859, died April 2, 1863, and William. By his second marriage, with Florentine Lubars, Mr. Gillam has six children, John L., Lewis F., Daniel F. (who on May 6, 1896, married with Claudia Andre), Mary L., George E., and Theodore. Mr. Gillam was constable for three years, and in 1890 was collector of Barton.
WILLIAM GILLAM, oldest son of Benjamin R. and Sarah (Rey- nolds) Gillam, was born in Barton on September 22, 1860, and from the age of twelve years he has supported himself. In 1880 he en- tered the employ of the Lehigh Valley railroad as brakeman, in 1882 secured a position as fireman on the same road, as he had a taste for and wished to become an engineer. This he accom- plished in 1889, and from that date he has "pulled the throttle " on the Lehigh. He has won a high reputation in his line and owns and enjoys a pleasant home at East Waverly. In 1882 he married Alice, daughter of Abram and Sarah (Swartwood) Partridge. Their children Myrtie and Gertie are twins. Mr. Gillam holds member- ship in Manoca Lodge, No. 219, I. O. O. F .; Granite Lodge. No.
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364, A. O. U. W., and in Division No. 380 of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
RICHARD EVANS, son of John and Lydia (Walker) Evans, is, as the name Evans indicates, of Welsh extraction. He was born March 26, 1830, in Ridgbury, Bradford county, Pa., and his life work has been to a great extent that of a farmer. However on October 3, 1862, he enlisted in Co. G., 64th N. Y. Vols., for three years. He honorably did service until mustered out near Washington on July 14, 1865. He was promoted to be a sergeant in 1864 and held that office until discharged. Like many of the Union soldiers he sacrificed his health to his country, and has never recovered sound health since his return to civil life. On De- cember 20, 1865, Mr. Evans married Mary, daughter of Israel and Polly (Hammond) Burt. Their children are Mabel, born June 13, 1868 ; Hattie, born June 23, 1870 ; Clarence, born February 20, 1874 ; Mattie, born December 15, 1876. Israel P. Burt, son of Ben- jamin and Joanna (Purcell) Burt, was born March 19, 1801, at Chemung, N. Y. He married Polly Hammond on December 16, 1824. Their children were Alfred S., born February 26, 1826, died February 24, 1856 ; Mijama, born March 17, 1828, died August, 1884 ; Mary, born May 24, 1835, (married Henry Chamberlain, and had children, Ida, born October 15, 1854 ; Edgar, born February 24, 1858); Ann, born November, 1837; Frances, born July, 1840 ; Esther, born August, 1842, died July 6, 1872 ; Sally, born April 11, 1850 ; John, born November 24, 1852.
JOHN L. SMITH, son of William F. and Rohannah (Lefler) Smith, was born September 18, 1826, in Tompkins county. Educated in the common schools of the county of his birth he then became a farmer for many years, first working for his father and grand- father, and later on his own property. He has however for the last twenty-five years devoted himself to the care of the sick as a professional nurse. By his first wife, formerly Miss Anna Stew- art, he had three children, Frank A., born in 1849 ; Albert, born October 31, 1855, died October 15, 1857, and Ella, born March 12, 1859, died November 15, 1862. Mrs. Smith died on November 16,
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1862, and Mr. Smith married second, Adaline A. Delamater, daughter of Henry and Olive (Howard) Delamater, of Burdett, Schuyler county. Children : Fred F. born September 16, 1865, married Libbie Hanson, has one child, Nellie M,, and is a plumber in Waverly. Cora and Carrie (twins) born August 13, 1872. Car- rie died February 4, 1880, and Cora, on May 3, 1894, was married with James E. Crispin. William Smith, grandfather of John L., and father of William F. Smith, came to New Jersey from Ire- land. He married Hannah Fidler. Their four children are now dead. Mr. Smith was a farmer until the last years of his life which were passed retired in Waverly. Mary Smith, daughter of William F., married Joseph Brown, and had four children, Emily, Ella, Eda and William. Hannah Smith married David R. Strait. Four of their eight children are living. William Smith, Jr., is a printer, served three years in the army and now lives in Altona, Florida.
JOHN DUBOIS, son of Matthias, a pioneer, was born on Staten Island, January 26, 1777. He is a descendant of Louis DuBois, born at Wicres, near Lille, Artois, in northern France, October 27, 1626, who came, with his wife and children, and other French Huguenots, to America in 1660. He settled at Hurley, near King- ston, N. Y., and opened a store. In the Indian raid of 1663 Hur- ley was almost entirely destroyed, and Madame DuBois and her three children were taken prisoners and held in captivity by the Indians for three months. About 1792 Matthias DuBois brought his family to Vestal now in Broome county, but then in the town of Union, Tioga county. In 1793 he purchased of Robert L. Hooper, of Trenton, N. J., a farm of 821 acres on the Susquehanna river, about one mile west of the present village of Vestal. In 1799 he built a gristmill on the bank of the river. While digging a ditch for the mill, it caved in upon his son, Lewis, crushing him to death. About 1805 John DuBois was married with Lucy Crocker, a daugh- ter of Ezekiel Crocker, an early settler near Binghamton. They made their home in Owego on a farm near the mouth of Owego creek. Abont 1811 he acquired land on the river a short distance west of Tioga Centre, and erected a frame dwelling house, then
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one of the best dwellings in that section. Here he lived until his death on October 29, 1861. In 1812 he was appointed the first postmaster at Tioga Centre. He had a large physique and great physical strength, and once killed a bear with a stone. He had nine sons and three daughters, all born in Tioga county, and all grew to maturity except William and Angeline, who died in in- fancy. The eldest son, Ezekiel, was born in 1807 and was married with Clarissa Badger in 1834. He resided on his farm at Tioga Centre and there died in 1875, leaving five children, Lucy, Caroline (Mrs. A. Morris), David, Cassie, and John E. DuBois. John Du- Bois, Jr., was born in 1809. He was a lumberman and the founder of the city of DuBois, Pa. He owned over 30,000 acres of white pine timber land in Clearfield county, Pa. He died unmarried in 1886. David, born in 1810, died unmarried in 1844. Pamelia, born in 1812, married Hon. Edmund Miller, of Elmira, N. Y. They had two sons and four daughters. Abel, born in 1815, married Eliza- beth Gray in 1844. He moved to Williamsport, Pa., in 1864, where he was a lumberman and still resides, in his 83d year. They have two daughters, Euphemia (Mrs. H. L. White), and Jessie E. Du- Bois. Matthias, born in 1818, in 1849 married Louisa Mundy. He died in 1853, leaving one son, the late William M. DuBois, of El- mira. Orin, born in 1820, went to California in 1849 and died there in 1883. He left three daughters and two sons ; George and Frank DuBois. George W. (unmarried), born in 1822, died in 1849. Mary (Mrs. Sevelyn Fowler), born July 30, 1824, removed to Clark county, Mo., where she died in 1861, leaving two sons and two daughters. Joseph DuBois, born July 30, 1824, married Euphemia Gray, daughter of Arthur Gray, an early settler of Binghamton, and resided on his river farm one mile west of Tioga Centre until 1863, when to improve his health he took an ocean trip to Cali- fornia. Returning in 1864 he lived two years at Binghamton, then on his homestead farm at Tioga until 1870, when he removed to Waverly, where he died February 4, 1889. He had three children, Anna E. (Mrs. Stuart W. Cowan), of Mt. Vernon, N. Y., Mary (died at six years of age), and Arthur Gray DuBois, by whom this sketch is written, who resides at Waverly.
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DEWITT C. BENSLEY, son of William and Ann M. (Houck) Ben- sley was born September 15, 1854 in the town of Barton one mile west of the village, the farm having been purchased by his grand- father, John Bensley in 1803, which is situated on the bank of the Susquehanna river near what is known as the "Cannon Hole." He was educated in the common schools. After leaving school he engaged in farming until 1881, when he went to work for the Lehigh Valley railroad for over seven years. In 1885 Mr. Bensley was elected a justice of the peace and has held this office four terms of four years each. He was appointed a pension attorney in November, 1885, and is now in office. He was married October 7, 1891 to Agnes A., daughter of Lyman S. and Hattie (Coon) Lum. Their only child Pearl Rae was born June 26, 1892. In 1889 Mr. Bensley engaged in the coal business in Barton and the sales amount to about 325 tons annually. In addition to his office of justice of the peace, Mr. Bensley was elected justice of sessions in 1894 by 1,918 majority. He has served on the bench of Tioga county court and court of sessions with Hon. H. J. Mead presid- ing judge.
THOMAS G. COREY, son of Benjamin and Lucia (Briggs) Corey, was born in 1789, in due season married Mary Eccleston, daugh- ter of John. In the quiet surroundings of the home farm were healthfully reared their ten children, of whom William, born Jan- uary 31, 1820, died June 8, 1897, of heart failure. He was brought up on the farm and has principally pursued that vocation during life, although he has been a merchant, and at one period of his life was a peddler. On May 5, 1844, he married Wealthy A., a daughter of Horace C. and Fanny M. Hubbert. Their four chil- dren are Emma A., born December 4, 1845, died September 29, 1849 ; William H., born May 9, 1850, died in the civil war, was missed June 13, 1864 ; Dr. Horace M. Corey, born October 22, 1855, married Addie Hoyt, (they have these children, Lenore, Janette W., Horace and Gray); Leonel C., born May 4, 1857, married Anna R. Swartwood, (they have two children, Linona M., born April 24, 1880, and Theo, born August 10, 1881.
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JUSTUS LYONS came to Barton very early, when he was only twenty years old, and took up a lot of wild land. He built a log house, began a clearing, and created a fine farm. After locating his land he returned to Goshen, N. Y., his former home, and there married Anna Buchanan, a cousin of President Buchanan, and they came all the way to their new home on horseback. Mr. Lyons helped to build the turnpike through the town, was active in all local affairs, and became extensively known. This worthy couple had nine children. One son, Corey, born 1805, became a large landholder, owning 1,100 acres of land. He married Susan, daughter of Lewis Ilett, had eleven children, and died September 6, 1895. His wife died June 28, 1891. John Lyons, son of Corey and Susan (Ilett) Lyons, was born on the old homestead on Feb- ruary 4, 1838. Brought up a farmer and lumberman, he now re- sides on the same farm where he made his home upon his marriage in 1859, and has been a successful agriculturist, owning now seven hundred acres of land. His wife was Adaline S., daughter of William and Jane Smith. He has two sons, Myron C., of Roches- ter, N. D., and Albert S. Lyons.
ERASTUS WOLCOTT, son of a Connecticut clergyman and born in the same state, came to Barton in 1821 with his family. His wife's maiden name was Almira Beach. After conducting a distillery in Barton for some years he moved to Athens, Pa., where he was a farmer and lumberman and quite prominent in affairs. He was often called to try law suits and was very successful in justices' courts. Wolcott Hollow, where he died, bears his name. Ira M. Wolcott, son of the above, was born in Hardwick, Otsego county, on June 23, 1819. He married Mary J., a daughter of Joshua Smith, of Enfield, N. Y., and about 1848 made his home on a new farm in Athens, Pa. He cleared the land of the forest and built a log house, which is now used. In 1863 Mr. Wolcott enlisted in Co. C, 171st Penn. Vols .. served nine months, and is now a mem- ber of the G. A. R. He made his home in Waverly in 1886, and here Mrs. Wolcott died on April 9, 1891,leaving one son, T. S., who, by his wife, Maggie (Davenport) Wolcott, had a daughter, Alice May Wolcott.
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JOSEPH WILKINSON, son of Jonathan and Martha (Clark) Wilk- inson, was born September 13, 1802, in Wilkesbarre, Pa. He was married with Martha Hanna, daughter of John and Margaret (Mc- Cullough) Hanna, on March 3, 1825. Children : Margaret, Char- lotte, George, Lenora, Esther, John, William, Catherine, Charles, Elizabeth and Isabel. Charles Wilkinson was born July 16, 1841, in Barton, where he had a common school education and was brought up as a farmer. He has always made farming his busi- ness. He was married with Charlotte A., daughter of Isaac L., and Eliza (Swartwood) Raymond, on October 7, 1863. Their chil- dren are Charles R., Wilfred L., Fannie E., Martha E., Mabel A. and Joseph L. Wilkinson.
ISAAC L. RAYMOND, son of Isaac R. and Rebecca (Livermore) Raymond, was born March 3, 1814, and died March 18, 1893. He was married with Eliza, daughter of John and Nancy (Hanna) Swartwood, on November 1, 1839. They had five daughters : Re- becca, Charlotte (Mrs. Charles Wilkinson), N. Dell (Mrs. George Walker), Florence E. (Mrs. Morgan S. Manning) (deceased), and Florence J. (deceased). Mr. Raymond came to Nichols with his parents when he was but five years old. Nine years later the fam- ily moved to Barton where he lived until his death, May 31, 1882. His daughter Rebecca lives on the Barton homestead.
One of the earliest settlers of Barton was ALEXANDER H. SCHUY- LER, who located on Oak Hill when all around was wilderness. The first town meeting of Barton was held at his house in 1824, and he was elected an assessor. Philip Church Schuyler, son of Alexander H. and Mary (Giltner) Schuyler, was born on August 6, 1824, on Oak Hill. He was educated in the primitive schools of the town and followed lumbering and farming all his life, living on the farm with his father and developed on Oak Hill, dying there on February 1, 1884. He was married with Margaret A., daugh- ter of Joseph Kishpaugh, about 1853. Of their children now living are Henrietta (Mrs. George D. Besemer) and Fort Alexander. Mrs. Schuyler married a Manning for her second husband, and lives at Halsey Valley. Fort Alexander Schuyler was born in Barton on
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September 25, 1856, and, educated in the town schools, has always been a farmer. To render his farm more available, in 1884, he con- structed a creamery in Shipman Hollow, which was the first estab- lished in the town. He operated this for six years. In 1887 he moved to East Waverly and has since resided in the village, where he now has a milk route. He married, first, on August 3, 1880, Nellie H., daughter of Samuel and Emily (Cassady) Cary. Their only child, Nellie, is dead, and Mrs. Schuyler died in June, 1881. Mr. Schuyler married, second, Florence E., daughter of David O. and Emeline (King) Curran. Their son, Allison C. Schuyler, was born June 24, 1883. Mr. Schuyler was one of the promoters and is one-fifth owner of Glenwood cemetery, has served his town for five years as highway commissioner, and for several years as an excise commissioner.
GERSHOM B. PENNELL, son of William Pennell, a soldier of the war of 1812, was born in Pike county, Pa., on December 2, 1814. When seven years old (in 1821) he came to Barton and has since resided in the town and has always been a farmer. He was first married with Matilda Ellis and they had two children, both now dead. He married, second, Mrs. Lucy Broadhead, widow of Sam- uel. Mr Pennell has done much for the benefit of the town, and is now one of its oldest and most respected citizens.
DAVID S. COLEMAN, son of Joshua and Sarah (Penny) Coleman, was born in Sussex county, N. J. He married Elizabeth, daugh- ter of Samuel and Sally Brink of Orange county, N. Y. He came to Barton in 1847. He was a well-known farmer and esteemed. He was several terms an assessor. He had seven children : Emily (Mrs. William J. Drake), Sarah A. (Mrs. Harmon Clark), George D., of Moravia, N. Y., Frances J. (Mrs. Warren Ross), Lydia (Mrs. Dr. F. P. Blair), Antoinette (Mrs. Ed. Holt), and Charles E. (deceased.)
DANIEL DAILEY, son of Daniel and Sally (Van Houten) Dailey, was born August 19, 1825. He was married with Emily, daughter of Ahira and Laura (Parker) Barden, February 4, 1851. They have
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eight children, Dell (deceased), Eugene, Ida (deceased), Laura (deceased), Fred C., Daniel (deceased), May and Ernest. Fred C. Dailey, was born September 12, 1862 in Barton where he was edu- cated in the common schools. He afterward worked at farming for a number of years, then he engaged in the sale of farming imple- ments and has successfully conducted this business. He was mar- ried to Stella, daughter of Charles and Eliza (Hanna) Holt, Feb- ruary 11, 1885.
JONAS U. HOLT came from Schoharie county to Tioga very early, but later emigrated to the west where he died. Charles B. Holt, son of Jonas U. and Tryphenia (Buslı) Holt, was born on March 9, 1816, and marrying Eliza Hanna (born in 1824) on July 6, 1847, became connected with one of the town's earliest families, and was wealthy and prominent. He conducted both lumbering and farm- ing extensively, and owned at one time the most of the land where is now the village of Barton. His children were William, born October 6, 1848, (married Orietta Barden), Frances (died on August 14, 1853), Eliza J. (born October 10, 1851, died August 17, 1853), Charles, Edgar (born April 3, 1854, married Antoinette Coleman), Roseltha (born April 6, 1856. married Dr. A. J. McDonald, and died May 2, 1878), Herbert (born October 4, 1859, married Nora Poole), Sarah (Mrs. Arthur Johnson, born May 20, 1862), Stella (Mrs. Fred C. Dailey, born July 10, 1866), Allie J. (Mrs. Ed. Kane, born July 24, 1869), and Herman. Mrs. Charles B. Holt resides on the homestead farm, her son taking his father's place in its activ- ities. Herman Holt was born on March 31, 1864, was brought up as a farmer on the homestead. On March 6, 1882, he married Elma Washburn, and had children, Rose. Daisy and Charles W. Holt.
ALFRED CLARK ELLAS, son of Rollin and Sally (Hardy) Ellas, was born December 20, 1827. in Tompkins county. He was edu- cated in the schools of Barton and Summit county, Ohio. After leaving school he worked as boatman on the canal, and then for fifteen years he was employed in the shipyards. He then was in business for himself as farmer and lumberman until 1871, when
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he learned the wagon-makers' trade, at which he has now worked for twenty-six years. He married Maria L., daughter of Arnold and Elizabeth (Vanderhoef) Hopkins, February 10, 1850, and has these children : Eugene, born August 22, 1851, died October 22, 1851 ; Mary, born March 19, 1853, married Judiah Coleman, (they had four children, of whom Bernice T., the oldest, born October 23, 1874, died September 2, 1895, and the only survivor now is Cora, the youngest, born February 8, 1885 ; William Lewis Ellas, born May 21, 1854, married Prudence A. Kinney on February 18, 1874, (they have four children, Edward E., born March 20, 1875, Arthur L., born August 28, 1877, Reba May, born January 10, 1885, and Belle Vera, born October 29, 1887). Tracy and Stacy Ellas were born in February, 1857. Tracy married Alice Newell, and has five children. Stacy married Rose Rice. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Ellas are now residing in Barton, to which place Mr. Ellas came in 1863 from Ohio, and here he has been a farmer, lumber- man and wagon-maker.
AMOS JACKSON, son of William, was born in Chemung, Che- mung county, November 12, 1854, and received a common school education. After leaving school and before his marriage, on May 14, 1887, with Miss Anna (Van Fleet) Fairchild, he was employed for two years by the Lehigh Valley railroad. From his marriage until his death, which occurred in Waverly on January 21, 1893, he was a hotel keeper in Barton, Chemung, Elmira and in Wa- verly. Mr. Jackson had an adopted son. Mrs. Jackson's parents reared nine children, all of whom are living at the present writing (September, 1896). Solomon Doane was born February 3, 1782, and died March 4, 1858. He married Nancy Bennett, who died in 1828. They had nine children, of whom Susan Miranda married Daniel Van Fleet. James Van Fleet, father of Daniel, was born in New Jersey of Holland (Dutch) ancestry. He married Mary Freydenburg, also born in New Jersey. The dates of their births and deaths are unknown.
JOHN G. HILL, son of Elisha E. and Margaret (Hanna) Hill, was born in the town of Athens, Pa., September 17, 1821, and is a
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cousin of Hon. David B. Hill. He was educated in the public schools of Barton, to which town he came with his parents when only a few months old. He has always been a farmer and has resided on the old homestead ever since he came here as a child. Mr. Hill was married with Elizabeth R., daughter of David B. and Maria (Shipman) Cure, on September 8, 1875. Mr. Hill has seven brothers and sisters, among them Philomela, born May 7, 1823 ; Sarah, born February 26, 1826 ; Hannah, born July 28, 1828, died June 1, 1856; Elizabeth, born September 26, 1831 ; Tabitha, born August 26, 1837. One day in 1894 a number of masked men en- tered Mr. Hill's house on the back side, bound two of his hired men who were there, and compelled them and Mrs. Hill and a niece to go into the pantry and sit on the floor, where they placed a guard over them. One of the company meanwhile entered the sitting room, whither Mr. Hill had just gone from the supper table, and levelled a double-barreled gun at him, demanding "his money or his life." Mr. Hill jumped for the man, and knocked the barrel to one side the same instant the trigger was pulled. By this time Mr. Hill had drawn his revolver, and, shooting his antagonist in the neck, he dropped him to the floor. Mr. Hill then ran to see to his family. While he was thus occupied the robbers escaped and carried off the wounded man. Nothing more was ever known of them. It is supposed that the wounded man was weighted down and cast into the river, but the affair is still a mystery.
CHARLES BINGHAM, born in Holland, came to America before the revolution and made his home in the Wyoming valley, from which his family fled at the time of the massacre, returning however again when peace was made. In the early years after the United States became a nation Mr. Bingham made a new home near Span- ish Hill, in Athens, Pa., but as Indians were numerous and trouble- some he moved back to the Wyoming valley. He did not stay there long, however, for before 1800 he was living on a lot of land he had taken up on Shepard creek. Here he built a pioneer log cabin for the first home of his family, cleared the land, made sugar from the numerous maple trees, and diligently and rapidly developed a fine farm. He died in 1812, leaving sons and daugh-
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